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I am a visitor to florida where I have a 1988 escort station Wagon, fuel injection 66,000 miles. Just before leaving the engine died on me as I was cruising at 50 along the highway. No juddering, coughing etc it just died and although I was in gear (automatic) the tacho dropped to zero as I drifted to a halt. The only other diagnostic I have tried is that when I turn the car over there is no spark from the coil. I do not have a manual at present so not sure which wires are which. Whats the most likely problem : fuses, ignition control box (where is it!) Etc any advice. Thanx keith
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Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) aims to tackle issues facing the Welsh red meat industry at this year's Royal Welsh Show.
HCC has recently undertaken a project drawing attention to the increasing levels of anthelmintic resistance on Welsh sheep farms. Taking advantage of the audience at the Royal Welsh Show, which takes place 20-23 July, HCC will highlight the effectiveness of worming treatments.
In an attempt to raise awareness, farmers will be given the chance to guess the weight of four lambs on HCC's industry development stand. A high-spec drench gun will be awarded as a daily prize.
Guidance will be offered on how to correctly calibrate the drench guns, and free measuring cylinders will be available, which make sure that drenching equipment is working effectively.
Lynfa Davies, HCC's technical development executive, said: "The correct use of wormers, accurate dosing techniques and timing are key to slowing the development of this problem. Understanding the relationship between sheep weights and dosing is crucial in the prevention of anthelmintic resistance, with producers encouraged to drench their sheep according to their weight."
Several informative publications from HCC will be on offer during the show, covering topics such as animal health and welfare, grassland and livestock management, as well as the newest version of The Little Book of Meat Facts making its public debut.
Audience members will have the opportunity to get in on the action. Whichever daily visitor can get the closest to identifying a display of beef, lamb and pork cuts will be rewarded with a Welsh red meat hamper.
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A unique collection of 12 full-cast BBC Radio productions of plays by Alan Bennett.
The titles are:
The cast includes John Gielgud, Patricia Routledge, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Judi Dench, Thora Hird, Alex Jennings and many more.
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"Plays by Alan Bennett"
This is a collection of Alan Bennett plays. Some of them better known than others acted by the usual cast of players including Thora Hurd so lovers of Alan Bennett won't be disappointed.
But the really irritating thing about this Audible presentation, and the fault presumably lies with Audible, is that none of the plays are individually listed in the contents. So if you want to listen to Kafka's Dick for instance you have to trawl through over 20 "chapters" until you hit on the right one that announces after 30 sec of theme music that you are now listening to Kafka's Dick. Really irritating and if I had known before hand this was how the download was organised I would not have purchased it.
"Alen Bennett at his best"
He really gets into the heart of people his love of words make it a joy any time he makes people live in your mind
"The greatest living playwright."
Sentiment without sentimentality, wit without smartaleckary. Mr Bennett is a master of turning the commonplace into the fascinating.
"Entertaining listening"
Some brilliant story's though one or two I struggled with probably make more sense listening to them again, on the whole very enjoyable.
"Bennett Bliss"
Fans of Alan's work will need little prompting to download this collection of radio plays broadcast on Radio 4. There is probably something new here for everyone, as well as something very familiar that will bring much pleasure on being reheard. A more serious work "forty years on" not all of which I was able to follow begins the collection with the cast including John Gielgud. There are several plays featuring Dame Thora Hird more reminiscent of the "Talking Heads" series of monologues. One of Alan's hits, "the history boys" works very well in the Radio adaptation although I've seen it on stage and the film with the familiar cast includes James Cordon and Richard Griffiths. The final autobiographical pieces centred around his parents and feature Alan himself as well as Alex Jennings playing 'him'. Thinking of my own mother who was also a product of North Yorkshire trying to adapt to Southern sophistication Bennet's work brought me close to tears.
"A joy to listen to"
Alan Bennett is a National treasure and I hope he goes on writing plays and stories for ever. He has a real insight into what we humans are all about and conveys it thoughtfully.
The actors taking part in this audiobook played their parts extremely well and with clarity. Particularly touching was the author's homage to the late and much missed Thora Hird.
Listen to all the plays as they all have something different to offer. A real treat
"A Vintage Bennett Bonanza!"
Here are 12 vintage BBC dramatisations of an eclectic range of Alan Bennett's plays from The History Boys and The Madness of George lll, to his exploration of Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt and The Lady in the Van and, for me the most poignant, the autobiographical Cocktail Sticks. Wide-ranging, they are all bound together by Bennett's ability to make great and banal events equally moving and involving, to see into lives and minds not usually looked into, and to convey the aching voids and disappointments in characters' lives in a single phrase or piece of dialogue. ('Why didn't I have a childhood?' he asks his doing-her-best, inadequate mother.)
Bennett can always inject humour into scenarios teetering on tragedy - be it the raving George lll, Hector the groping history teacher, demented Miss Sheppard living in the van on Bennett's land, or the old lady trapped in an old people's home by her bossy daughter. The autobiographical plays featuring his own stumbling adolescence ('Girls always felt safe with me - probably because they were.') and the achingly painful but affectionate lives of his parents (his mother so ashamed of the smell of fat when 'Dad,' a butcher, made dripping twice a week in the basement) with his mother's ultimate dementia make unforgettable listening. The themes may sound depressing, but their humanity lifts them above it.
And then it's not just the words but the performances from the full casts of the cream of stage actors including Thora Hird (to whom Bennett includes a fitting eulogy), Maggie Smith, Patricia Routledge, John Gielgud, Alex Jennings. They are, everyone of them, quite simply, the best - and there is some lovely singing too. Whilst listening to these plays I miss the inlay card in CDs which would have given me the titles of the plays and the cast lists. The introductions on the download are perfunctory and rushed - enough to confuse a listener not already familiar with them.
Alan Bennett's newest instalments of his Diaries, Keeping On Keeping On 2005-2014, is available as a download from Audible, but lasting only 2hours 16minutes it can give only a taste of the 736page book. It is read by Bennett which is a bonus, but there is plenty of Bennett's own voice on Alan Bennett Plays too - and ten hours more listening than the Diaries.
Loved the whole audiobook. All wonderful performances. Would readily recommend any of his plays etc.
"Alan Bennett "
didn't want it to finish. really enjoyed it Will be getting more Alan Bennett books
"heart-felt, down to earth, and oh so true."
excellent narrative too. no chapter bookmarks though so don't lose your place! I loved it.
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I appreciate so much the small changes you made, it keeps FL the most ergonomic DAW.
* i think it's better to put the "Select" in the menu right after "Edit"
* Please can you add:
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2- a "Select all and copy" function in the menu
Thank you for the good job you're doing.
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The Focus and Fusion have taken over in the past decade in the Ford lineup although there is still a strong demand in the second hand market for Ford Taurus parts and accessories.
Miami, FL (PRWEB) November 19, 2013
A large percentage of the Ford Taurus vehicles that have been created over the past 30 years remain in usable condition partly due to the engines inside. The Got Engines company is a national dealer of used motors and is now announcing 2001 Ford Taurus engine inventory for sale at http://www.gotengines.com/blog/ford-engines/ford-replacement-engines.
The Ford Motor Company built multiple engines for the Taurus during its global manufacturing production run. The engines that now appear for sale inside the GotEngines.com company inventory include the Duratec and Vulcan series that were the most popular builds between 1986 and 2005. These 3.0 series engines each feature a respectable sale price.
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The Vulcan series and Duratec motors that are included in the V6 builds at the Got Engines company website are two engine types that have been used inside other vehicles. The addition of these used engines for sale online is directly expected to boost the buying options for Ford Ranger owners who are also seeking a V6 engine online.
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Hello there. I recently have stumbled back on this place after quiet a long while of being inactive. At this point I am sliding back into things with reading and plan to begin posting a few things here and there. I ask that you refrain from reading any of my Yu-Gi-Oh work :D
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If you browse through the forums you will find quite a bit of information. Unfortunately a lot of the good posts get buried. You can work with fire but not fully control it, to my knowledge. Healing can be boosted with different herbs, spells, charms and amulets.
You aren't brand new here so you do know something about this site. You were given the answers to these questions last August, but you apparently you didn't like the answers you were given. The answers haven't changed since then.
Telekinesis and all other forms of kinesis have never been proven to work. In large part the whole idea is the result of fiction novels and Hollywood films. You are not going to be able to control the Elements fully; although, one can learn to work with the Elements in various ways.
Technopathy is someting else that people have claimed to be able to do but which has never been shown to actually work.
There are ways to use magic and energy work in healing. You might want to do a bit of research regarding Reiki as one commonly used form of energy healing.
And you might want to go back and revisit the helpful suggestions from last August on how to go about learning what magic can and cannot do and how to start practicing.


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|6.x module.inc
|7.x module.inc
module_invoke(, )
Invokes a hook in a particular module.
All arguments are passed by value. Use drupal_alter() if you need to pass arguments by reference.
$module: The name of the module (without the .module extension).
$hook: The name of the hook to invoke.
...: Arguments to pass to the hook implementation.
Return value
The return value of the hook implementation.
See also
Related topics
- aggregator_form_aggregator_admin_form_alter in modules/
aggregator/ aggregator.processor.inc
- Implements hook_form_aggregator_admin_form_alter().
- aggregator_refresh in modules/
aggregator/ aggregator.module
- Checks a news feed for new items.
- block_admin_configure in modules/
block/ block.admin.inc
- Form constructor for the block configuration form.
- block_admin_configure_submit in modules/
block/ block.admin.inc
- Form submission handler for block_admin_configure().
- block_form_user_profile_form_alter in modules/
block/ block.module
- Implements hook_form_FORM_ID_alter() for user_profile_form().
- includes/
module.inc, line 921
- API for loading and interacting with Drupal modules.
function module_invoke($module, $hook) {
$args = func_get_args();
// Remove $module and $hook from the arguments.
unset($args[0], $args[1]);
if (module_hook($module, $hook)) {
return call_user_func_array($module . '_' . $hook, $args);
display views blocks
if you want to get views blocks in drupal 7, you have to use
$block = module_invoke('views', 'block_view', 'map-block_1');
on drupal 6 it was
$block = module_invoke('views', 'block', 'view', 'map-block_1');
as an alternative, if the
as an alternative, if the display is set as a block I prefer to use
the advantage is that this function will include the contextual links
In this way the title will
In this way the title will not be included.
More specific detail for module
For Drupal 7 :
$block = module_invoke('block', 'block_view', 30);
@arg 1 : module name
@arg 2 : hook name like block_view, block_info
@arg 3 : id or delta of the block e.g 30, map-block_1
for Drupal 6 :
$block = module_invoke('block', 'block', 'view', 30);
@arg 1 : module name
@arg 2 : hook name like block
@arg 3 : $op of hook_block e.g. info, view, configure
@arg 4 : id or delta of the block e.g 30, map-block_1
e.g. to display block:
e.g. to display block:
print render(module_invoke( 'module_name', 'hook_name', 'block_delta'));
Im using the same method to
Im using the same method to copy the 'search_api_saved_search' module block , it is working fine. The problem is whenever i save the search in copied block, the success_message will appear in the original block section. Any idea how to overcome this problem.
to render blocks in Drupal 7 better to use Block API
function block_render($module, $block_id) {
$block = block_load($module, $block_id);
$block_content = _block_render_blocks(array($block));
$build = _block_get_renderable_array($block_content);
$block_rendered = drupal_render($build);
return $block_rendered;
The above function works
The above function works smoothly.
Thanks for sharing.
$block = block_load('block', '5');
$output = drupal_render(_block_get_renderable_array(_block_render_blocks(array($block))));
print $output;
For views
Works incredibly well for normal stuff but cant get it to render vews for some reason?
@dswans you have to pass the
@dswans you have to pass the views display name as a third argument, see the first comment.
block_render causes notices
The function block_render apprently works and correctly display the title of the block, but it causes a lot of Notices:
Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$title in _block_render_blocks() (line 856 di /home/.../modules/block/block.module).
Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$region in template_preprocess_block() (line 939 of /home/.../modules/block/block.module).
Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$region in template_preprocess_block() (line 940 of /home/.../modules/block/block.module).
Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$region in template_preprocess_block() (line 943 of /home/.../modules/block/block.module).
Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$region in template_preprocess_block() (line 944 of /home/.../modules/block/block.module).
Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$region in template_preprocess_block() (line 951 of /home/.../modules/block/block.module).
yeah same problem here.
yeah same problem here.
The same...
I got the same notices. They appear because when you call block_load with an unknown delta, it creates a default block object only with the module name + the delta (so without $title and $region).
Perfect function for my
Perfect function for my preprocess functions. Love it, thanks
@feo thanks a lot - this is perfect - with the block title and the contextual links and everything!
Just use it like this (for
Just use it like this (for your custom block for instance):
echo block_render('block', 13);
Better and even shorter
//print out block 26
$block = module_invoke('block', 'block_view', 26);
print $block['content'];
Doesn't work in D7
Doesn't work in D7
Drupal 7
This is for Drupal 7.
//print out block 26
$block = module_invoke('block', 'block_view', 26);
print render($block['content']['#content']);
//dpm($block); //uncomment to view with devel enabled
You can find the correct module name and block id from the url on the configure link on the block administration page.
"Better and even shorter" Worked in d7 for me
Worked in d7 for me (http://api.drupal.org/comment/reply/22770/17559#comment-17559). After many try's with a variety of functions, the only one that I could get to work in my node--content_type.tpl.php was this code. I was trying to render a gmap location block into the content page and this is what finally worked (D7.9):
$block = module_invoke('gmap_location', 'block_view', 0);
print $block['content'];
This worked for me in D7 when
This worked for me in D7 when trying to display my custom module inside of a PHP text field in a Views header.
module_invoke and block theme overriding
I could not get block template overrides working with the 'module_invoke'-using code that is listed above and in lots of other pages. Searched for a while and stumbled upon this page. The block_load method listed here works smoothly.
Will this invoke a module for all users of site?
Hi there,
Will the module_invoke be called for all users of the site, or is there a way to only get the module_invoke to be called for a particular user using params?
Thanks very much.
Search block and views block (D7)
Show search block anywhere (delta not needed):
$block = module_invoke('search', 'block_view');
print render($block['content']);
Show views's block which name is 'comments_recent':
$block = module_invoke('views', 'block_view', 'comments_recent-block');
print render($block['content']);
How to use arguments in
How to use arguments in contextual filters in views?
print render(module_invoke('views', 'block_view', 'DELTA', 'ARGUMENT'));
Not working
if you want to render a views block
or other display, you can use this:
views_embed_view($name, $display_id = 'default');
You can also pass additional arguments e.g. for contextual filters like:
views_embed_view('view_name', 'block_display_id', 'argument');
just a quick note - if you
just a quick note - if you are using this in a tpl file, you'll want to have
print render (views_embed_view('view_name', 'block_display_id', 'argument'));
Not printing System Block View
<?php $block = module_invoke('webform', 'block_view', 'client-block-167');
print render($block['content']); ?>
Prints the block but this prints it using the node.tpl not the system block view.
Any way to print as a system block?
Render the whole $block
Rendering the whole $block and not just its content should work.
Thanks!! this function works
Thanks!! this function works for me.
Mini-Panels in D7
If wanting to embed a Mini-Panel into a template, try the following:
$block = module_invoke('panels_mini', 'block_view', 'mini_panel_machine_name');
print $block['content'];
Took me awhile to figure out and couldn't find much in the way of good info on doing so online.
To render views block in Drupal 7
I thing this is better
$block = block_load('MODULE_NAME', 'DELTA');
print drupal_render(_block_get_renderable_array(_block_render_blocks(array($block))));
For views here
MODULE_NAME = "views";
$block = block_load('views', 'related_courses-block_1');
print drupal_render(_block_get_renderable_array(_block_render_blocks(array($block))))
There are indeed differences
For reference I was using:
$block = module_invoke('block', 'block_view', '6');
print render($block['content']);
Which seemed to work fine until I tried to implement a hook_block_view_block_6_alter() function. When I did this the hook function was never called. I imagine down the call stack the hook is never called properly using module_invoke...
So I tried:
$block = block_load('block', $blockName);
print drupal_render(_block_get_renderable_array(_block_render_blocks(array($block))));
which does run the hook function as expected. One to note.
and another thing...
I've also noticed that for me, calling block_load (the second method) means that the interface renders out the block admin dropdown (edit->view and configure->block links) when logged in as an admin. When using the first method (module_invoke) this is not displayed.
Thanks Zunaeid
Thanks for your comment, I wanted to print a module's block, and this code worked absolutely fine.
For views
Emphasizing what Taiger said:
You can find the correct module name and block id from the url on the configure link on the block administration page.
This has to go down in history as the greatest Drupal function ever. It provides literally no benefit. Why not just call the module's function directly? Is this function going to be expanded in the future to do something awesome? Lawl.
i use block render
function block_render($module, $block_id) {
$block = block_load($module, $block_id);
$block_content = _block_render_blocks(array($block));
$build = _block_get_renderable_array($block_content);
$block_rendered = drupal_render($build);
return $block_rendered;
print block_render('menu_block',1);
print block_render('menu_block',2);
print block_render('menu_block',3);
for your info:
module name and id both can be found in the block configure link on block administration page.
Drupal 8
See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core!lib!Drupal!Core!Extension!ModuleH...
Very simple method works for me
I'm flabbergasted at how many answers there are to printing a view/block within a template file. Why no single definitive answer? Maybe because excessive manipulation at the template level is not what the original Drupal 7 authors had in mind, yet this seems to be a popular strategy among advanced themers.
This is all I needed to add for my block to display in my custom page.tpl file:
$view = views_get_view('my_view_name');
print $view->preview('block_1');
This prints the block version of my view. (You have to add a block version to your view for this to work.)
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Swarnkar, I think you might be confusing 'witch' with Daayan, Churel and other similar terms (I'm not an expert on Indian folk tales but Daayan is the word I stumble across most often) and talking at cross-purposes. Translation is a funny thing and the word 'witch' especially has been used to mean lots of different things by lots of different people. When Nekoshema, Brysing, prsona and most people on here talk about witches, they are referring to human people who practice magic and related craft.
Daayan, as worshippers of Kali and Durga, are human but the root of the word in Sanskrit suggested they were once considered to be entirely different to humans and were supernatural. Churels (which fit the description you mentioned) are vengeful spirits of women who have similar kinds of characteristics to Daayan but they aren't witches at all.
I suspect 'witch' was used as a translation for these words since they bear some resemblance to the Medieval concepts of witches as followers of the Devil but I'd like to think we've moved on a bit in the last several hundred years.


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Why I Hope the EWG is Wrong
No one makes a habit of displaying the inside of their medicine cabinet. But I'm doing it to make a point.
The other night I took my skeptical husband to watch the filming of what's being billed as " 'Inconvenient Truth' for environmental health." The Environmental Working Group's President, Ken Cook, has presented "10 Americans" to countless groups across the country, and it's even available on the web. But at this filming at DC's Source Theatre, the EWG captured the reaction of a group of Washingtonians who gathered to hear that:
• 82,000 chemicals were declared safe for use in household and personal care products with little or no data to support their safety;
• the US has the highest cancer rate in the industrialized world;
• industrial chemicals are showing up in the womb. In other words, embryos are being exposed to chemicals in the mother's body before birth;
• chemical exposures in people are increasingly associated with a range of serious diseases and conditions from childhood cancer, to autism, ADHD, learning deficits, infertility, and birth defects.
So why am I showing you my medicine cabinet? I'm like most Moms – my heart is "deep green," but my buying patterns are a lighter shade of green. The items I buy organic and green are those that my family consumes most often, particularly those items that are most often used by my children. But we still buy plenty of conventional products (although we try to use them sparingly).
When I first learned about the linkages between probable human carcinogens and everyday personal care and household products, I was shocked. That's why I reached out to industry representatives to get some reassurances, as you can read here. And their reaction? While they spend hundreds of thousands to court Mom bloggers at BlogHer and other conferences and launch fancy viral advertising campaigns, they still haven't answered these three simple questions I posed here.
– What is your stance on the Kid Safe Chemical Act?
– What do you think about the adverse affects of long term exposure to the thousands of chemicals used in personal care products?
– Is this issue even being discussed at the industry level, through groups like the Personal Products Council?
In fact, as I blogged here, the Industry reps did everything they could to discredit the Moms asking these questions.
So now you know why I hope the EWG is wrong. Because like so many of you, I still use a lot of these products.
And as for my skeptical husband?
As he put it after watching Ken Cook in action,
"DDT used to be called safe too."
Watch the video yourself and tell me what you think.
If you want to do something now that you've seen this video, visit the EWG's Action Page.
And please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!
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I first saw my doctor
April with
I have seen him 3 times since, today being the most recient. The swollen glands NEVER go down. They don't always hurt but it is getting more frequent and severe. My doctor said today that we would try one more antibiotic and steroid pack for 1 week and for me to return for a follow-up that if the "KNOTS" are still there in one week he wants to do a scan.
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I have had
for the past 6 months (at least). At first, I thought that my impacted wisdom teeth that were probably getting infected were the cause. I had them out in October and it is now the middle of March and my glands are still swollen. I went to my physician who ordered a cbc, thyroid, and mono tests and everything came back fine. She never could give me an explaination for these symptoms.
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I always have and was wondering if anyone else out there that has these swollen nodes in neck also have problems with their teeth and also wondering if problems with teeth (infections and such) could cause the nodes
the back of the
swell up. Also, the
the front of my
have always been large... these problems I've experienced have gone on for years... So, I'm hoping its nothing serious because, if it is, and I have it for years.... what chance would I have?
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I went to the er on on sunday and my
, the ones
and but it's due to an infection caused by my teeth and my glands in my groin area were not swollen and never have been. she said the lump i though was a gland was perhaps a small hernia. And i've been so anxious for weeks and she examined me and said i was fine but in my mind i was already dead, but by the grace of GOD i'm fine and it was all in my mind even though i need to treat my oral infection.
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I recently went to the doctor for some lumps I found
. I found about 4 or 5 on the right side below my ear. My doctor discovered I also had swollen nodes under my arms and in my groin on both sides. About a year ago I had a CT scan that showed an enlarged spleen. What do you think of these findings? I am very worried. I feel fine and just completed 2 weeks of antibiotics for a sinus infection.
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Hi all, I finished treatment on July 27 and the last two weeks I am noticing swollen lymph
on my
and underarms. Has anyone else experienced this as an after-effect of treatment. Also, has anyone here ever gotten a one-month-after-treatment PCR? Patience is not a virtue for me.
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We are two days into the mystery rash syndrome. Today she is poorly -
and sore throat, very dehydrated. She had a headache last week but that has gone. She is a student - there has been a case of bacterial meninitis in her block recently but she is showing no sign of stiff neck or ongoing headache. She does not have a significantly raised temperature. Should I just keep closely monitoring or rush to bemused and off duty local GP?
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I've been feeling really run down the last few days and today woke up with one side of my
. The whole side of of my
is these hard
lumps all the way up to under my chin. I'm 99% sure it's swollen glands, but I've never had anything like this before. Only on one side and from my collar bone to my jaw bone. My throat doesn't really hurt and my only other symptoms would be feeling a little tired and waking up with a little blister on my tounge.
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she is not diabetic she is constantly catching every bug going all her
and one under her chin these have been
for four weeks now she has a mouth ulcer in her cheek urine culture no infection present but wbc waiting now to see a peadrictrian but i am really concerned for her health as she is just really run down and seems to be getting worse and the blood on urine sample has increased from a trace to a large amount should i take her back to gp or just ride this ou
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Hi. Children are more susceptible to infections unlike adults because of an immature immune system. It is possible that your child acquires the infection at school, when she is exposed to a classmate who has an infection. As long as there is a source of infection, your child can easily acquire it. She was diagnosed to have a streptococcal infection after her throat culture. That is easily treated with an antibiotic where streptococcus is sensitive.
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(As you might know, that has no added iodine, and neither does the salt
processed foods.
fact, there has been an increase
babies born with thyroid problems since sea salt became popular and mothers were misled that 'natural' is always better.) Anyway, since giving iodine worked (and since she received no treatment for autoimmune thyroiditis), we can assume the goiter arose from thyroid deficiency. The thyroid does not always go down completely after that, btw.
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hi there, I would not be that worry, once they started school , all kind of sickness will happen because it is a different enviroment . after a year or so she would be fine. my daughter had the same when she started school the first year but she is doing much better now. it is normal for the first years just because they are mixing with different kids ands yes they will get sick.
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This is a growing problem in our society as a whole, but alarmingly so
. We've got to make sure they are taking
real food and are physically active . Anything with "partially hydrogenated", or "modified, " you pick the oil... palm, coconut, cotton seed, peanut, sunflower….any of them, they shouldn't be ingested.
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Just to say I've had this a few times now, once ended up in A&E due to swollen uvulea(think thats the name) where they popped in some hydrocortisone and gave me piriton type tabs. They seemed baffled but noted my punchbag-like uvulea with some surprise and diagnosed allergic reaction. I was in a friend's spare bed on that occasion so mebbe. Just had another scary one (at home), seems to happen on waking during a doze.
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Now my
and getting slight fevers and it will not go away. She seems to practice safe sex since she was adamant using condom for sex but I did not engage.I am concerned she is a party girl and messes with tourists and may be infected and infected me. I have made contact on her status and she says she is clean and has been tested as part of her work permit, I believe the last 12 months. The symptoms I have are weird and will not clear up.
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I am having horrible throat pain and trouble swallowing. My
are really
. I am hyperthyroid though =(. I can't wait to get my stupid thyroid out. I hope you feel better.
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I woke up one morning and my jaw was clicking like crazy. All my
my face and
. My jaw muscles were swollen too, which is what was causing my jaw to click since it couldn't open and close correctly. Stop stressing. The stress will make it worse. Also, you may have allergies. Take some antihistamine and see if anything subsides. Also the white patches that look like tonsillitis, I was told by the eye ear and nose doc that everyone has patches.
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As all this was going on I was clearing my throat all the time of really thick flem and then one day my throat felt swollen, not even really sore ( LIKE MY HEAD ) but
. Sure enough it was sinus drainage and the
my throat were
. I wasn't getting over a cold, and my sinuses were never stuffy, they were always clear. A dr. put me on a nasal steroid spray and slowly the pressure in my head that i had for months started to ease up.
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I had this as well, and had it removed before I had my kids. Funny, though, when my milk came
after each pregnancy, this area was
again! However, when I stopped the "engorged" stage, it went back down. It was a great surgery for me, b/c the lump rubbed against my bra when my arm was down, and did cause some discomfort.
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As of right now $$ wise and all that probably is out of the question. All I am trying to do is figure something out here. The
, the headaches, chest pain, MRI images that I question were looked at enough or not..... I am just trying NOT to have something sneak up and kill me. Especially for the sake of my 18 month old daughter.
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I am in my 60's and have only just started to have either a swollen face or, on the last two occasions, a swollen tongue, which all started
September. The first time I had a
tongue was 4 weeks ago and I ended up in hospital. I had already taken Piriton but it didn't help. At the hospital they gave me Prednisolone which worked very quickly and I was packed off home with another 2 days supply.
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I feel sluggish and fatigued ALL the time when they are
I feel pressure
my head and almost like my ears are plugged while
are swollen I get random bouts of nausea but have never actually vomited I have chronic neck and back pain I have had low grade fevers off and on I feel like I have become weaker, its hard to lift things that usually are not an issue for me I get dizzy/confused feeling sometimes I get pounding in my head when I stand up or stretch I have had gastrointestin
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I have recently been experiencing the taste of blood
my mouth. When I spit out, I am seeing traces of blood. I had chest x-rays that came out clear. I saw an ear nose throat doctor who checked my nose and throat and saw nothing except excess mucous. He prescribed a nasal spray for me. I have been using it for about two weeks now, and am still seeing and tasting the blood. I am also experiencing some pressure in my throat. Any suggestions on who to see or what could be going on?
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I tend to get
from time to time so I bought the football icepack from walmart you put
your lunch pack. They have all kinds but that shape is perfect that that spot. good luck with the sweeling. I agree, latex allergy, probaly that spermicide. That stuff can really cause some problems with allergies. Good luck.
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Arm/face pain and
stiffness may appear due to nerve irritation
the cervical (
) spine because the nerves that supply the arm also start in the upper cervical spine. Mostly, this kind of pain aggravates after turning head and typically occurs in patients with herniation of cervical disc and in patients with marked arthritis of the upper cervical spine.
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I too have this noise
but I now have what I can explain as a hollow sensation
and back of skull. I don't know what to do as my health is dwindling. I have been getting moving sensations under my skin, unable to walk for long periods of time without my muscles killing me. Then I just happened to realise the soft cartilage in me right ear around my eardrum had totally gone. Also my lip has started to fade.
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I wasn't too concerned, as I have three older children and always check their glands when I think they are getting sick.
themselves don't concern me. The time they had stayed
, however, sent up some red flags. As he was sitting on my lap, watching TV I was just rubbing his shoulder and noticed a swollen node. Then I found a few in his neck, and one on the back of his head, about an inch from the bottom of his hairline.
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I have noticed, for a few months that i used to get a small pimple like thing, white, just one on right hand sideof tonsil, at the start i thought it was just a infection, but no pain just that when it got a bit big i would feel uncomforable when I swallowa as if there was something there, so i would put my finger in and squueze it out and a hard white piece would come out just like the head of the pimple, Last few weeks noticed a small raised up thing like a size of a pea, hard, just on th
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I've heard that the either the Atlanteans or possibly the Lemurians had holes on the top of their heads to allow their Pineal and Pituitary
to receive more cosmic energy or prana. I have noticed an increase
my awareness and abilities to astral travel. I live a very healthy life. I write and make movies and I feel that my mental clarity and memory is still very good in my life if not better than it's ever been before.
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It is because of the chronic irritation in this site could have caused the enlargement of the lingual tonsils and hence the
, or lingual thyroid was noticed accidentally during your dental checkup Rather than speculating things, please do consult your ENT/Oral Specialist. Any more doubts you are welcome.
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The Alabama woman who is facing kidnapping charges after she allegedly stabbed a 4-day-old's mother and snatched her baby, has attempted to commit suicide, her attorney said Monday while she was in U.S. District Court.
Tammy Renee Silas, 39, allegedly posed as an immigration officer to gain entry to the mother's home and kidnap the infant. Yair Carillo was found in Alabama and Silas was extradited to Nashville to face charges.
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Extract images from Java applet
My question is not exactly for Java development but I cannot find elsewhere an answer:
I there a software utility that I could use to extract the images (possibly gif or png) from a web page using Java (from their Java applet)? I guess I should first take the file from browser's cache or Windows' temp or something...
My purpose is NOT to "steal" their images, I just want them as a reference (for artistic purposes). I already have Visual studio 2005 but I'd prefer NOT to install the Java development part (since I'm only interested in C++). I also could grab them as screenshots but they are too many and it's time consuming.
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sometimes you can acces a websites index where all files are.
sometimes it requires a password too.
Maybe they've uploaded it there/
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Solution found!
coltragon, thanx but that didn't work...
...but I found one solution (although I didn't actually "extract" the images)!
In case anyone is interested:
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The images from the Java applet were "hiding' without extension on the following folder, inside other various folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\[User]\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\
(where [User] should be replaced with your name)
1. This location might be obvious for Java developers, but I located it by using the search in XP, searching for the most late files modified (in fact created) after I used the site's applet.
I used the original search in Windows "the search companion" NOT the "later search V4" which is totally useless with its pathetic "indexing" and its zero usability etc (and I have uninstalled it)
2. Then, I deleted all the contents of that folder (with the browser closed), I started Firefox and browsed many pictures (not for too long, to avoid automatic deletion, so I did this in parts). While I was browsing, the images were added inside that folder.
3. So after a while, I used search again, this time limited on that folder (so it was fast) setting it to find all files "less than" a guessed max size. After this step I had in one search window all the browsed images collected from their various folders.
4. I sorted them for size (because their size was similar, to filter out some other files), I selected them and copied to a safe folder.
5. Then I used the excellent "LupasRename" utility (free, a life-saver!) to massive add a *.gif" extension (with just two clicks). Sorted them for date (actually to sort them in the sequence I was browsing them), enabled "Thumbnails view" and copied them in groups to other meaningful folders of my choice. And that was all! :)
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Now that the floods from the Vistula have subsided, it has become possible to estimate the damage done by them. Six hundred Jewish families in Praga, on the right bank of the Vistula have lost most of their possessions and suffered great hardship.
This calamity of nature did not fail to provide the Polish police with an opportunity to display their racial discrimination. Although voluntary citizens committees were organized for the purpose of aiding the flood victims, the police found it necessary to make raids on the streets, to gather up stray passers-by and compel them to perform the hardest part of the cleaning up work-All the captured "volunteers" were Jews, without distinction as to age of sex. Many Jewish citizens were mistreated in the process of being enlisted.
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BRB's Guide to County Court Records: A National Resource to Criminal, Civil, and Probate Records Found at the Nation's County, Parish, and Municipal Courts. Facts on Demand, dist. by National Bk. Network. 2011. c.880p. ed. by Michael Sankey. maps. ISBN 9781889150574. pap. $34.50. REF
Sankey (The MVR Book) has compiled a valuable reference to accessing court documents and public records held by 7000 nationwide courts. A prefatory user's guide provides practical tips to effectively navigating local bureaucracies and idiosyncratic filing practices. The guide itself is divided into 51 segments, organized alphabetically by state and including the District of Columbia. Each opens with a map, vital state details, and a brief explanation of the court system. Segments are further divided alphabetically by county and include mailing address, extent of available records, relevant fees, and required notarized forms. A time and sanity saver that will be at home in public and law libraries.
Carpenter, Richard C. A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946. Vol. 4: Illinois, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan. Johns Hopkins. (Creating the North American Landscape). 2011. c.310p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781421401461. $70. REF
Adding to his previous volumes covering the mid-Atlantic; New England and New York; and Indiana, Lower Michigan, and Ohio, Carpenter expands his detailed survey of America's post' World War II railway system with this examination of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan. The book is comprised largely of scrupulously rendered, hand-drawn railway maps that correlate with the U.S. Geological Survey's topographical charts. Occasionally, margins have charming pen-and-ink sketches of stations, tracks, and coaling points, mimicking the look of a travelog. Multiple indexes permit easy location of viaducts, tunnels, and various station types. A marvelous reference for mid-20th-century transportation research and American history collections.
Haines, Arthur (text) & Elizabeth Farnsworth & Gordon Morrison (illus.). New England Wild Flower Society's Flora Novae Angliae: A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England. Yale Univ. 2011. c.974p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780300171549. $85. REF
Based on almost ten years of empirical field research by Haines (Ancestral Plants), this guide represents a comprehensive update to and revision of significantly outdated and inaccurate subject research. Nearly 3500 of New England's wild, vascular plant species' both native and non-native' are described in six major chapters. Prefacing these are ten brief, multipage segments devoted to family-grouping explanations. Stunning, margin-bound scientific drawings by Farnsworth and Morrison beautifully clarify the written descriptions. Even with the helpful glossary, field-specific terms make this inaccessible for lay readers. Recommended for botanists and extremely knowledgeable enthusiasts.
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Mars-Proietti (Nations of the World) has compiled an extensive guide to 1,183 health-care plans of seven kinds, including individual HMOs, PPOs, vision, dental, and Medicare. Profiles are organized by state and then alphabetized by provider name. Each incorporates provider contact information, services offered, coverage types, regions served, accreditation details, corporate officers, and average subscriber fees. Information is clear, consistently presented, and easily located, making the guide extremely user-friendly. Of particular note is the valuable, ten-page introductory health-care reform time line. A subscription database, updated more frequently than the print guide, is also available. A practical addition to public and medical library collections.
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Woodford (This Is Detroit, 1701' 2001) brings into a single volume a raft of interesting facts concerning, for example, Michigan's natural resources, notable historical events, individual cities and counties, Native American tribes, geographical landmarks, major figures, successful companies and products, historical and contemporary sports teams, and educational institutions. He also addresses broader, more complicated issues such as racial and ethnic hostilities. Each running several paragraphs in length, entries are organized alphabetically by the name of the location, term, period, or place. An effortless, fact-filled read, this fun trivia book is recommended for state-focused collections, past and present inhabitants of the Wolverine State, and curious lay readers.
Screen World. Vol. 62: The Films of 2010. Applause: Hal Leonard. 2011. c.412p. ed. by Barry Monush. illus. index. ISBN 9781557837875. $49.99. REF
Monush's annual survey consistently reminds readers that compelling films are produced outside Hollywood's glittery epicenter. Of course, he doesn't shun blockbusters and devotes significant coverage to Oscar-winning films like The Social Network and best-picture nominees like Black Swan. Indie and foreign films also enjoy the spotlight, each represented by a black-and-white still, plot synopsis, and listing of cast and crew. Additional segments profile promising new actors, top box office stars and films, and Academy Award notables, and provide obituaries. A worthwhile summary of 2010 productions for film studies collections.
Sharp, Jasper. Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow. (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts). 2011. c.524p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 9780810857957. $99. Online: NetLibrary, Overdrive, MyiLibrary, EBL, & Questia REF
Japanese film authority Sharp (Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema) opens this landmark reference with an extensive chronology, noting the political and economic events that facilitated the development and expansion of Japan's film culture. The bulk of the book defines Japanese cinema's principal studios, directors, actors, film techniques, historical periods, genres, and major films. Multiparagraph entries are alphabetized by the English-translated Japanese words, followed by both Hepburn Romanization and traditional kanji characters. A nearly 100-page, by-theme bibliography is a treasure trove of research leads. To date, the most comprehensive English guide; its depth and breadth make it vital for film-studies collections.
Thematic Catalogue of Troubadour and Trouvère Melody. 2d ed. Pendragon. (Thematic Catalogues, No. 18). 2011. c.740p. ed. by Donna Mayer-Martin & Dorothy Keyser. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780918728821. $120. REF
Understood to be the legacy of late Southern Methodist University music history professor Mayer-Martin, this landmark reference has been fully revised by Keyser (music history, Univ. of North Dakota) to correct first-edition oversights. Newly included is Mayer-Martin's bibliographic outline for a planned but unrealized second volume, which would have explored troubadour and trouvère manuscripts. This song-focused volume organizes extant incipits, or melody openings, by interval. With organizational patterns and data that require specialized knowledge, this is a musicologist's reference rather than a layperson's primer. It remains the most comprehensive troubadour melody index available.' Savannah Schroll Guz, formerly with Smithsonian Libs., Washington, DC


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It's very simple.
At 43, I now understand how folk achieve so much in life. Climb the Mt Everest, consistently win Formula One Grand Prix Championships, or finish marathons. Then there's also building your own business, earn your first million dollars, publish a book.
All these accomplishments are achieved through sheer will and spirit grit.
Time and time again, I've read and heard about the power of the mind. But it was only through running that this point is driven home. Into my heart.
Achievements are 70% desire/passion/drive/will… call it what you like. The remaining 30% is hard work. You can even increase the proportion of desire to a higher percentage, some may even say 90% motivation, 10% work.
"Inspiration fires you up. Motivation keeps you burning!" – Stuart Aken
Here are some mind tricks I devised to boost my energy levels and calm my nerves.
1/ New specialist socks. My Thorlo socks may not make me run faster, but it will give me confidence that I will be running blister-free, and will have less reason to not finish a race.
2/ New shorts, with bright happy colors. It has a nifty small pocket for my key and a dollar note/credit card. Wearing it makes me feel good. Feeling good will help me reach the finish line.
3/ Energy gels. I've read that it is essential to boost energy levels with shots of sugar, caffeine, salt and whateverelse, while running. So OK. Better to have it than not. All the better for my mind to tell my legs to run through my fatigue. Especially at the 10km mark of a 21km half marathon!
4/ Compression aids. I debated on wearing my SKINS full length leggings on the day of my first half marathon. It could get too warm. So I will settle for a left leg compression bandage. It does not look pretty. But it will help trick my mind to ignore any niggling knee pains.
What mind tricks do you employ to cope and achieve your goals?


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"Regarding our Stories, the question is never 'Is it true?' because it can't be true; it's just a Story. The question also isn't 'Is it the right Story?' because that implies there's only one correct choice. The most helpful question is 'Is this Story useful?'" – Victoria Castle, Trance of Scarcity
Mental agitation, anyone? How about anxiety, confusion, feeling torn between two apparent opposites, juggling multiple perspectives, needs and desires? We're fast approaching Tuesday's Lunar Eclipse (which is really Monday night, exact at 12:13am PST), and in addition to the escalating emotional energy that's typical of Eclipses, this one is also turning up the volume on our minds.
This Lunar Eclipse — a super-potent Full Moon — is in Gemini, the sign that rules the mental realm, communication, and integration into our everyday environment. Learning, writing, speaking, teaching, siblings and neighbors all fall under Gemini's rulership.
At a Lunar Eclipse, events from the past reach a point of culmination, fruition and completion. Feelings that have been repressed erupt into awareness, inspiring breakthroughs and revelations. The energy is intensely emotional, and possibly volatile.
The shadow expression of Gemini is readily available — information overload, hyperactive busyness and high anxiety. But the higher potential offered by this Eclipse is to awaken to and release any thinking patterns, beliefs or perceptions that are keeping you from stepping into your true power. What is the old story that keeps you from living your highest purpose?
Deepening Darkness
"You're supposed to die a lot of times in order to find a bigger life." – Michael Meade, The Ends of Time, The Roots of Eternity
What is typically the brightest night of the month — the Full Moon — turns dark at a Lunar Eclipse, as the Earth's shadow blocks out the light of the Moon. In a rare turn of cosmic events, this Eclipse coincides with the Winter Solstice — the shortest day of the year, when the darkness reaches its height of power. The concurrence of the Lunar Eclipse and Winter Solstice deepens the seasonal and metaphorical darkness, presenting a powerful opening to die to what no longer serves you.
Adding to the theme of closure and endings, this Lunar Eclipse is the third in a series of five consecutive Full Moons that activate what in astro-speak is called the "anaretic degree" — the last degree of a sign. In the words of Willow (of the excellent astro-blog Willow's Web), "On the anaretic degrees, we're distilling the energetic lessons of the entire sign." She continues:
"At these anaretic Full Moons, the Sun opposite the Moon creates a point of highest pulling tension, a harmonic tightening along the polarity that tunes up the full spectrum of energies and spins off whatever is not necessary moving forward, leaving us with a new mix to play with." (Anaretic Degree Full Moons)
The polarity animated by this Eclipse is between the Gemini Moon and Sagittarius Sun. Gemini rules the "lower mind" — the mind we need to write emails, talk with the people around us, feel at home in our daily environment, and check items off our to-do lists. Sagittarius, Gemini's opposite, rules the "higher mind" — our connection with intuition, inner truth, the big-picture perspective and higher consciousness.
The Gemini-Sagittarius opposition asks: Do your everyday interactions and activities reflect your integrity and higher vision? Can you connect with others while maintaining connection with your inner guidance? Are you overly attached to your version of "truth," or overly adaptable to others' ideas and opinions? Are you so plugged into your iPhone, iPod and iPad that you can't hear the little voice of intuitive wisdom? Or are you lost in your own inner world, missing important messages from the people around you and feeling disconnected from your surroundings?
As the light of the Moon disappears and then returns, as the Sun's light fades to its weakest expression and is then reborn, we have the opportunity to reset this polarity and return to balance.
The Courageous, Healing Conversation
"One of the great disciplines of life is asking oneself, 'What's the courageous conversation right now?' And it may not be with a person." – David Whyte, Making Friends with the Unknown
At the time of the Eclipse, the Gemini Moon forms a flowing trine (120-degree angle) with Chiron and Neptune, traveling together in Aquarius. Meanwhile, Mercury — the planetary ruler of Gemini — also harmonizes with Chiron and Neptune, in an energizing sextile (60-degree angle). Ideally, these planetary links open our minds to liberating new perspectives and perceptions, and inspire communication that heals.
Chiron is the archetype of the Wounded Healer, representing our deepest pain as well as our healing gifts, while Neptune dissolves the boundaries that keep us feeling separate. As I wrote in a previous post, the Chiron-Neptune conjunction, which has been active since spring of 2009,
suggests the potential for healing by softening our defenses. Our wounds can make us feel more separate and alone when we close down around them. But when we take the risk of letting down the walls of protection and revealing vulnerability… we realize that we are not alone, and we may even discover previously unimagined resources for healing. (Opening to Oneness)
The healing, courageous conversation, as David Whyte says, is not necessarily with another person. We may be overdue for a conversation with Source, the invisible realm or our own imagination and intuition (all ruled by Neptune), or with our instinctual, animal selves (ruled by Sagittarius the Centaur).
The key to identifying which conversation wants to take place is by tuning into where we feel disconnected, separate, wounded and alone. Where are we operating under the illusion of separateness?
With so much mental energy flying around, the challenge is to drop into our hearts and feel the feelings beneath the thought whirlwind. While our thoughts can be so very compelling and endlessly entertaining/maddening, it's our feelings that offer true guidance during these dark days.
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Chapter Two – Around Town
As they trudged through the snow towards the scrimshander's house, the 'adventurers' couldn't help but wonder how the residents of Easthaven managed to still act like normal townsfolk and sit outside, gathered in small groups, to gossip and share tales of their oh-so-important town. Agreed, they had lived there for their whole lives and were used to the cold and snow, but still... a bit of compassion for the newcomers, who were only reminded of their misery when they looked at the careless citizens?
Sarrajah sighed dramatically, just after emphatically hissing that very complaint towards her comrades, hoping to find that they agreed. Needless to say, Ardrion rolled his eyes, Laurelia looked at the bard as if questioning her sanity, Maran smiled complacently, Tuckel snorted, and Kairn blinked. Disappointed by their cruel and far from satisfying reactions, Sarrajah forced her attention back to the commoners around, managing to pick bits of conversation here and there.
Three men on the left had quite overstepped the boundaries with the few bottles of wine they had brought with them from the tavern. Merrily, they were interrupting the conversation with obnoxious burps and hiccups, and all were swaying about, barely able to stand on their own feet. "Swapping tales" had quite successfully turned into "ruining tales".
"Har, har," one of them was just amusing himself unnecessarily more than it was adequate. "Can ye believe thish one? There'sh been shighting of some goblinsh an' sush in the pass."
"Pfah!" exclaimed another, who was had yet do drink quite a few cups before he could be considered as well off as the first. "They usually hole up in the Spine o' the World an' kill each other!"
"Some fool," laughed another, perhaps a bit louder than necessary right there, "claimed he even saw some orcs outside of town."
"That'd be me," another smiled dumbly from the other side of the circle, his inebriated state preventing him from noticing the insult.
"I'll wait 'till ya sober up 'fore givin' -that- tale any weight," the same man who had defamed his story previously snorted his way.
"Suit yerself," the other replied, and burped loudly for a prolonged moment.
Disgusted beyond all means of displaying it, Sarrajah turned her head away with gritted teeth. And this was going to be her audience for the night, hmm? Sad, sad situation. I'd rather play for a bunch of ogres, she thought grimly. There went the prospect of visiting the tavern again that night, to actually tell tales.
That was when the bard noticed the pack of worried wives gathered across the street from the men, with gossip of their own to spin and pass around while watching their husbands closely. Someone DOES need to be around and drag them off, eventually, Sarrajah noted mentally, though she still found it outrageous to see half of the town sitting by idly. How business got around in those parts, IF it did, was beyond the bard's comprehension.
"Did you hear a wolf's been sighted on the outskirts of town?" one of the wives asked the others, giving herself an air of importance similar to that of a countess or duchess... only a slight bit more ridiculous.
"Yes!" another was eager to confirm, leaping at the chance of monopolizing attention and being heard by the others. "We've been keeping an eye out for it, me an' me sister, we have. But it seems to be coming around just for a whiff on the fishbone carvings in Apsel's workshop."
"Damn thing must be starving," one noted, "to be showing itself around humans like that."
"I've gots a better one!" interjected a portly woman, her cheeks red and face sweating despite the cold. Ten points go to being fat, for keeping you warm, the bard snorted at the thought, even as the woman continued to speak in a way that suggested her tale was the best ever to have been told. "Me boy was out playing, an' he swore that he saw a footprint in the snow... as large as a man!"
"Assuming he's not telling tales," the previous one tossed her head, indignant at the attention having been taken away from her, "that would mean giants."
"But..." another looked outraged. "There hasn't been a giant in the Pass since... well, damn near since as long as I can remember!"
"Your son must be imaginin' things," the first to object re-affirmed her already given opinion. While at that, she took the chance to kindly sway the subject back towards her own story.
Suddenly feeling sick with the whole charade, Sarrajah dulled her hearing instinctively and hurried to catch up with the others, who had already gained some advantage over her and were checking out the wooden sign that marked the scrimshander's house. Still, the conversations seemed to somehow haunt her from all parts of town.
"Have you heard about old Jhonen?" she had time to catch another rumor from a side.
"One of the steadiest fellows I know."
"Well, he's been going round with some tune he keeps humming an' looks like he hasn't been getting much sleep," the teller stated soberly.
"The troubles must be hitting him harder than we thought," the group agreed and all gave sympathetic sighs.
The bard made a tremendous effort and managed not to roar out in a much Kairn-like fashion and just drive into the commoners, battering one at random with her staff. She caught up with the others just when Ardrion was greeting Apsel, the scrimshander, with a nod. The fishbones he was obliviously holding in one hand had given the man out for what he was, though he looked rather distressed and lost, standing outside his house like a statue frozen in place.
"Well, here's your 'skullbasher'," Sarrajah noted promptly, her sarcasm well-concealed, as she was stopping by Kairn's side.
"Oh, thank the Gods!" Apsel welcomed them heartily, seeming to just wake up from deep revelry when he finally saw them. Somewhere in the background, Kairn grunted disappointedly, but no one minded him anymore since all were intrigued by the scrimshander's odd behavior.
"We are..." Sarrajah began, but Apsel interrupted promptly.
"Whoever you are," the man said hastily, "you picked the perfect time to wander by. I could really use some help."
Sarrajah sighed and tried not to visibly darken at the lack of courtesy. "What seems to be the problem?" she asked coldly, slipping back into her leader posture in a highly natural way.
"A wolf somehow got into my workshop!" the distressed Apsel announced. "It's tearing the place apart. It attacked me as I was opening the shop this morning! I was SO startled by the sight of the beast that I accidentally... err..." – the man shifted nervously – "...broke the key off in the lock while trying to get away." He sighed heavily. "Now I can't even get back in."
"Lovely," Ardrion remarked coolly, and the others could barely stifle chuckles.
"Uh-huh," Sarrajah acknowledged that she had been paying attention, though a certain lack of interest was obvious. "And what exactly would you have us do?"
"Could you go in there and get rid of that stupid thing for me?" Apsel pleaded. "Then I could get back to my scrimshaw."
The bard sighed dramatically. "Very well," she promised. "We'll see what we can do."
"Of course," the man reminded her. "You'll need to get the door open..."
Sarrajah patted her adjacent halfling companion on the shoulder... as best she could, given his height. "That's your job, yes?" she smiled to him most sweetly.
"My pleasure," Tuckel grinned toothily.
"I sincerely thank you," Apsel looked truly relieved. "The door to my shop is just around the corner here," he added, pointing them in the right direction. They set off while his repeated thanks echoed in their wake.
Once they were standing at the entrance, Tuckel held his side of the bargain and began to work on the lock.
"I could just use a spell, you know?" Laurelia hid her pretense of a bored yawn. Immediately after, though, she realized something, paled suddenly and cast quick glances about to see if anyone had taken her seriously.
"What? Magic Missile?" Sarrajah smirked her way. It was well-known to the party that the elven mage, in the full splendor of her talent and refined skills, only knew that single spell.
"You're right," the female elf admitted, though the glint of mischief in her eyes warned against the belief she might actually cede and accept defeat. "Not suitable for the door. Might cast it on you, though."
"Ladies, please," the party cleric, by excellence the soothing factor in the middle of all conflicts, stepped in humbly. "It is a shame that we should expend our energy fighting each other."
Both the women muttered darkly, glaring at each other, but both gave in to the truth in Maran's words and put an end to their public argument.
"There ya go!" Tuckel pulled away the small elongated piece of iron he'd been working into the lock. "'Tis been taken care of," he added, grinning as he stepped away.
"Sweet," Ardrion stepped forth before any could approach the door and open it. "Now, can we please spare the wolf's life? It is a shame to kill animals when it can be avoided... we could lead him out of town."
"Oh, I'm sure it will tag along just willingly," Sarrajah rolled her eyes as she was sarcastically pointing out.
"I could attempt to charm it," he offered with an apologetic shrug.
"Melamin," Laurelia intervened, finding the perfect combination of softness and determination. "You know as well as I do that if we lead the wolf out, it will return at a later time."
The ranger sighed and closed his eyes for a moment, to nod his acceptance of reality. "Very well," he agreed, and they all walked in, a bit grimmer than before.
The fight was a short one. The wolf would have been a formidable adversary for any of them, but they were six against one. The animal seemed to be particularly 'fond' of Sarrajah, since it was the bard he leaped at and tumbled to the floor; the girl had to promptly shield her face with one arm that got bitten mercilessly, while she clumsily attempted to use the staff in her other hand to bat the animal away. A firm hand, Ardrion's own, came and grabbed the wolf by the nape of its neck, then dragged it away despite its yelps of protest, to where Kairn's rudimentary sword could decapitate it in one move... not without missing the ranger only barely. The body fell to the ground with a thud and the ranger payed homage by gently placing the head in its proper spot and remaining knelt for a few more moments, his eyes closed.
The others made the best of that short time and looked about the shop's only room. Stacked with shelves and rafters, as well as various work benches, it bore hundreds of scrimshaw shavings and bones, fishing poles and gaffs, tools and work with different degrees of completion. The carvings Apsel was currently working on were displayed on a round table in the center, while the polished ones sat triumphantly inside a glass cabinet, free for all to view. Admittedly, some were quite stunning.
In the end, when Maran had been given enough time to tend to Sarrajah's arm with a spell, they made their way back out and found the scrimshander again. "Sarrajah complimented his work and he appeared most flattered, especially after they let him know the wolf problem was settled, though he still had to dispose of the body.
"Oh, I thank you!" Apsel shook the bard's hand gratefully, then handed her a few coins, as well as another object. "Please, accept my humble reward."
"It is well appreciated," Sarrajah assured him with a most gracious smile, then gestured the others to away.
They stopped a few feet further, back on the road, to look at what they had received for a reward. They could count around twenty gold pieces, and the other item was a dagger with a quite keen edge and a handle made out of intricately carved knucklehead trout bone. This last acquisition went to the halfling thief, as it was natural, and the companions wished him to wield it well... maybe in a bit too solemn a fashion for the entire look of them not to drift towards ridiculous, but still.
On they moved, deciding to visit another large building, also made completely out of wood, like the rest, that towered nearby. Upon entering, they were hit by a wave of stale air, smelling of slightly decayed wood remnants and maybe some flavor of cheese. A clerk's desk had been installed to the right, and a man dutifully stood behind it, conversing with a commoner who faced him from the client's side.
"I'm worried the goblin and orc sightings are tied into the problems we've been having with the caravans of late," sighed the clerk meaningfully.
"Caravans have been getting in trouble?" Sarrajah couldn't keep her curiosity in check as she approached, leaving her companions behind to study the room a little. They had long learned to leave conversation and information gathering to the highly charismatic bard.
"Some of them have gone missing," the clerk promptly informed her, turning to regard her studiously.
"Aye," the man he had been talking to confirmed. "At first we thought the snows must be burying 'em, but with goblinoids about, it's more likely -they're- the ones that buried the caravans."
The commoner had quickly gained the air of importance Sarrajah had been so disgusted with earlier, while passing by the housewives, so the bard just nodded shortly. Then, she turned back to the clerk and held out a hand, politely introducing herself, since that was the only natural turn she could give to the dialogue to stop the outrage.
"I am Churin," the man replied, shaking her hand for a brief moment. "May I help you?"
"I was just wondering what it was that you do here," Sarrajah shrugged helplessly.
"Me?" the man looked surprised. "Ah, nothing much. I get paid a sum to store scrimshaw and emergency food supplies here through the harsh winters."
"Certainly sounds like it would be important in a place like this," the bard didn't mean to offend and attempted to show at least some interest. "And what does the rest of Easthaven do?"
"Most of them fish for knucklehead in Lac Dinneshere," Churin answered. "Not a rich living in terms of wealth, but living up here, a man can still lead a very rich life."
"I see," Sarrajah displayed a most charming smile. "And anything interesting you've heard, lately?"
"He don't hear much, stuck in this ol' stuffy warehouse as he is," interfered the other man, who was feeling left out, probably. "But -I- do..."
"Really?" the bard arched an encouragingly curious eyebrow.
"Aye," the commoner nodded. "There's one about Old Jed, who lives in a little shack near the shore of the lake. I'd stay away from him."
Sarrajah doubted this matter was as important as the man was trying to make it, but she nodded anyway. "Really?" she looked as interested as possible. "And why's that?"
"Grisella at the Winter's Cradle cut him off," the man was more than eager to explain. "That drunk fool'll try and get you to spot him a tankard. Watch your purse, alright?"
"I surely will," the bard began to withdraw, finding that a possible and most welcome end to the dialogue. "You are most gracious to warn me."
"T'was nothing at all," the commoner nodded pridefully.
"Oh, hear this one," a man who had just entered rushed over to them before the bard could take her leave. She stopped and began to listen intently, since fits of most intriguing laughter were shaking the newcomer. "One of the girls says she saw some blue-skinned figure down by the shore!"
"Ha, ha!" the three men laughed together, nudging each other suggestively in the process.
"An' she said whoever it was was singing some song," the new arrival continued. "I told her the kids playin' out along the road might be likelier to believe!"
The laughter roared again, and an even more disgusted Sarrajah fled their company quickly, wondering about how much truth that new discovery could actually hold. Deciding it was close and worth checking, she explained to her companions and they all headed out.
Much to their surprise, especially after Ardrion's skeptical remarks, the blue-skinned woman was there, hidden between the lake's nearly frozen waters and some rocks. She was wearing a strange green dress, which glistened and reflected the light in a way similar to the ice itself. Her hair was green, algae-like and tangled like no other, and her features almost as delicate as an elf's. In some ways, she was beautiful and intriguing, if a little spirit-like, almost a mere apparition.
At the party's cautious, but curious approach, her lips moved slightly and she began to sing a soft, flowing song, like the sound of a great undersea current, though the companions had little idea why exactly that. The song did sweep over them, however, engulfing them in its intense feeling for only a few short moments, before it stopped and the woman stood looking at them with hope-filled eyes.
Sarrajah did not know exactly what she wanted, but the song had been beautiful and she stepped forth, fascinated. "My lady," she offered respectfully. "Perhaps I can answer your song with another."
The woman's face seemed to brighten as the bard began, her voice rising softly into a melancholic tune, which revealed the actually beautiful and emotional side of her gradually, as every word seemed to uncover more of Sarrajah's inner self. Eagerly, the woman lent her own voice to the bard's, and the two created an interweaving melody together, one of unspeakable beauty and grace. Oddly enough, the bard suddenly found herself understanding the strange blue-skinned being as they joined in this display of artistic skill.
When finally the song was over, Sarrajah turned her back on the woman with a respectful bow, and returned to her companions. "She is looking for one of the fishermen," she explained, her face still radiating that passion she held within and only revealed while performing. "She speaks to him in dreams, but she is not allowed to approach him in the flesh." She sighed contentedly, her glee and fascination finally showing signs of retreat. "What a beautiful tale..." she mused, while the others pretty much stared at her in bewildered astonishment. "Perhaps we can find this man for her."
"That..." – Laurelia struggled to remember a name – "...young man... Jhonen. The one a I overheard a commoner mentioning. Who was humming a song on the street?"
"I heard that too," the bard confirmed. "Shall we go looking for him, then?"
"If we have to..." Ardrion sighed in a highly tormented fashion.
"Off with us, then," bid the bard, eager to resume moving now that the song's effects were beginning to fade away from her and she could feel the cold bite at her face again. She began to hum, much to the others' dismay, as she lead them back to the town's main road, but she didn't mind their reactions, too lost in weaving dreams and imagining the rest of the story to notice anything.


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The agent of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has revealed that Inter are interested in his client.
The Saint-Etienne striker has been heavily linked with a return to Italy at the end of the season.
And his representative has claimed that the Nerazzurri are tracking the progress of the 23-year-old.
"Inter are interested," he told fcinternews. "They have followed him during this season.
"I must say though, that in recent weeks we have not had direct contact with anyone from the club.
"I expect to receive a phone call later this month to figure out what is going on."
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