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ELLE Ed-in-Chief's Paris Fashion Week diary: day 2
Carven's new creative directors debut a strong collection, and after watching the H&M show, Andrea gets to scratch a shopping itch
Day 2 kicked off with Carven in the morning. Creative directors Alexis Martial, previously the creative director at Iceberg, and Adrien Caillaudaud, who worked on shoes and accessories at Givenchy, were announced as successors to Guillaume Henry just days ago. (Guillaume, in turn, moved to Nina Ricci, replacing Peter Copping who went to Oscar de la Renta. And fashion's musical chairs continue.) Considering their very recent appointment, the duo showed a strong and coherent collection that felt modern and relevant, despite a distinctive retro vibe coursing through the show.
Adrien Caillaudaud and Alexis Martial (Photo: Imaxtree.com)
Short A-line skirts were paired with blouses, sweaters and matching short jackets, but always with a turtleneck or a high-collar to cover the neck, a styling element that, right now, just feels right. One look in particular, look 15, made me sit up and pay attention: bright blue stovepipe pants paired with a roomy brown leather jacket with an oversized shearling collar (see above). It looked sleek, cosy and sexy all at the same time. The accessories were noteworthy as well, with large disc necklaces and brightly coloured chunky slingbacks paired with contrasting ribbed socks. It was an enjoyable show, despite the fact that we had to wait half an hour for it to start (due to one Solange Knowles' late arrival. But because you're awesome Solange, I won't stay mad at you).
For lunch, I headed to Angelina on Rue de Rivoli. This tea salon is an establishment in Paris and a must visit during Paris Fashion Week, even if it only for its legendary chocolat chaud (hot chocolate). I indulged in a cup, and even took it a step further by spooning in some whipped cream. This is not something that you order and then hold back on. For lunch, I had stewed beef served with seasonal vegetables and a potato galette, which was as delicious as it sounds.
Chocolate eclairs at Angelina (Photo: ellemalaysia/Instagram)
After lunch, it was time for the H&M resee, and a chance to look at last night's collection in detail. Upon closer inspection, I was surprised to see the collection was a lot more space-age-like than I had originally thought. Prints were very celestial and those standout moon boots, which I had somehow failed to notice on the runway, were certainly out of this world. But let's not forget that this is still H&M, a brand that is all about accessibility, and the strongest aspect of this collection is that it is grounded in wearable pieces that are modern and, in fact, not very retro after all.
I got a chance to speak to Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M's head of design, who said "we didn't want it to be retro at all. There's so much retro going on, and we wanted it to feel modern, fresh… the important thing was to take it forward and to make it feel contemporary." She shared that her favourite piece is the green quilted jacket that Edie Campbell opened the show with. My own favourite look was the black leather dungarees paired with the oversized ombré sweater, also worn by Edie Campbell. The math is simple: Edie Campbell is everyone's favourite.
H&M (Photo: Imaxtree.com)
So inspired was I by H&M that I made straight for the flagship store on Champs Elysees, also because I found out that the current season of H&M Studio Spring/Summer 2015 was going to be on sale today in a handful of stores across Paris, in conjunction with Paris Fashion Week. This collection will only be available in Malaysia on 16 March, so with the three pieces I bought from the collection I felt very special indeed.
Then it was time to look at fashion from a different perspective. I headed to Prada's flagship boutique on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré for a special preview of the Prada The Iconoclasts installation, by iconic costume designer Milena Canonero. In the press release, Canonero says, "drawing on my background in film, photography and painting, I sought to reinterpret the collection through the four elements – water, fire, air and earth – and create imaginary situations that culminate in the fifth element, human love." Mannequins dressed in Prada Spring/Summer 2015 were posed in evocative ways to beautiful effect, from one dressed in black with wings straddling a male mannequin, to a trio seated rather nonchalantly with open legs on a red couch where one is blowing a pink bubble and another sitting on a metal swing with her legs kicked out and a mule about to fall off her foot.
Prada Iconoclast (Photo: ellemalaysia/Instagram)
Tomorrow, I attend Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and, one of the hottest tickets this week, Dior. Check back in to read my thoughts on them!


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I take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. My sculptures are an expression of gratitude, a search for parallel, tangible, formal experiences that can be shared with others.
I use mainly nature-made materials, materials that have the history of the earth and the story of their lifecycle imprinted in its veins and textures. These guide me to reveal their secrets through evocative form choices and the elimination of the unessential material for the sake of the essential spirit. I attempt to wed the material's nature to an idea, filtering it through my temperament and vision of totality.
I sculpt light and emptiness. Whenever possible, I penetrate a rock or tree trunk. Not to subdue it, but to open it up. Open for eyes to walk through, traverse, wonder, imagine, remember, touch... and understand.

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A plan to increase the per-hunter limit on deer from five to eight this fall appears to have the support of Georgia's 400,000 archers and gunners.
At least that's the impression the Department of Natural Resources was left with after only a handful of residents appeared at public hearings last week to discuss the change.
Dan Forster, Georgia's assistant game management chief, said only eight people attended Monday's hearing in Athens, and only five of those eight offered comments.
"One wanted to keep the current limit, one wanted to increase it and three wanted more either-sex days," he said. A similar meeting in Lee County attracted 19 people.
The absence of opposition makes it a virtual certainty the Board of Natural Resources will affirm the new limit, which is designed to reduce deer herds in suburban areas.
In our part of the state, we have Columbia County, which ranks second among 159 counties in deer-vehicle accidents.
Will increasing the bag limit put more suburban deer in freezers and reduce the number that bounce off minivans each year? Only time will tell.
Anglers were justifiably miffed recently when they were ordered off the rear portion of the "Mayor's Fishing Hole," a city-owned, public pond off Lock and Dam Road.
But the operators of nearby Swamp Nature Park, which tried to ban fishing on part of the lake that adjoins their preserve, were equally justified in concerns over garbage and illegally parked vehicles.
The group brings thousands of students to Phinizy Swamp for tours of terrain most kids have never seen. Beer bottles and bait cans along a nature trail can certainly sour the experience.
Mayor Bob Young rejected efforts to ban fishing on part of the pond, but agreed to erect signs and designate a parking area to reduce the abuses that led to the situation.
The Mayor has done his part and the Phinizy Swamp Nature Park folks have agreed to be good neighbors.
Now it's up to fishermen who use the area to clean up after themselves. If they don't, you can expect the issue to re-appear in the future.
I got a call several weeks ago from Clay Whittle, who takes his fishing almost as seriously as he takes being sheriff up in Columbia County.
"I sure wish you guys would do a story on how to catch catfish -- big catfish -- in Clarks Hill Lake," he said.
Whittle and his friends sometimes travel all the way to Santee-Cooper in South Carolina to catch big catfish. But they'd like to know more about catching them closer to home.
I tracked down several local anglers who specialize in boating these bluegill-gulping, bottom-feeding beasts. Most wouldn't return my call. One was downright rude when I asked for help on a simple "how-to" story.
I guess they were afraid sharing secrets would cramp their style.
Finally, Bobby Turner, the manager at Raysville Marina, introduced me to Thomas Casteel, whose willingness to share his catfishing expertise is surpassed only by the size of the flatheads he brings home.
Next week on this page, Casteel offers some insight into catching some of the biggest creatures freshwater fishing has to offer. I hope you'll enjoy meeting him as much as I did.
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Gay sheriff's lieutenant in DV case back in custody
A gay San Francisco Sheriff's Department lieutenant who'd pleaded no contest to a domestic violence charge is back in custody after skipping a court hearing this week.
In a plea bargain reached in May, Lieutenant Vincent Calvarese, 49, entered his plea to a misdemeanor false imprisonment charge just before his trial was about to start. A no contest plea is similar to a guilty plea.
The charge stems from a July 2012 incident in which Calvarese got into an altercation with a man who's claimed that he and Calvarese had had an exclusive dating relationship.
Susan Fahey, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's department, said Thursday, September 19 that deputies arrested Calvarese Wednesday on a $75,000 bench warrant.
A judge issued the warrant Tuesday after Calvarese failed to appear in court, according to San Francisco Superior Court records. Calvarese also hadn't shown up for at least one of the domestic violence classes a judge had ordered him to attend as part of his sentence, as KTVU indicated on its website Wednesday night.
Calvarese was arrested at a location on 17th Street, which is where he lives, but Fahey declined to say where exactly the arrest was made.
"We had contact with him, and we were aware of the warrant, so it was our duty to arrest if we had contact," said Fahey. She declined to say what had initiated the contact.
Fahey said that medical personnel determined that Calvarese should be taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he remained in custody as of Thursday afternoon. She couldn't say exactly why he'd been hospitalized.
Calvarese was placed on unpaid leave Wednesday, said Fahey. His next court date is Monday to discuss his nonappearance this week.
In an interview Friday, Erin Dervin, Calvarese's attorney, said, "I have no idea" why he didn't appear in court this week and added, "I couldn't tell you that if I did know."
Dervin, who declined to discuss Calvarese's medical issues, also said, "I don't know officially what's going on in terms of his probation accountability issues. I expect to know more on Monday."
Rhab Boughn, compliance and public records officer for the San Francisco Fire Department, said that department personnel were dispatched to a medical call at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Calvarese's address. Boughn said a fire engine and an ambulance responded to the scene, which is standard procedure for such a call, but he couldn't provide more details without Calvarese's authorization or a subpoena.
During the fight last summer, Calvarese allegedly followed the victim and pushed and punched him. At one point, he pushed the victim against a wall and punched him repeatedly. The victim suffered welts and similar injuries, but pushed and punched back. Based on video and witness accounts, however, Calvarese was the aggressor, authorities said.
Calvarese has repeatedly declined the Bay Area Reporter's requests for comment over the past several months. The victim, who's also declined to talk about the case, didn't respond to a phone call or text message Thursday.
The incident occurred at what was then known as Gold's Gym, 2301 Market Street. The gym is now Fitness SF.
Under the agreement, Calvarese was sentenced to three years of adult probation, 150 hours of community service, 52 weeks of counseling, and has a stay-away order from the victim. Assistant District Attorney Ilana Jacobs prosecuted the case.
In May, Fahey said Calvarese had been back at work "for some time" and had been assigned to administrative duties with no public contact. She noted the disciplinary process would be overseen by the undersheriff and not Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, who pleaded no contest to a similar charge in his own domestic violence incident in 2012.


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Secret Agent Clank - TGS 07 Attract Mode Cam Gameplay Video
It's long past time that Clank had his own game, right? Sony is slapping a tux on Ratchet's little tech-oriented buddy, and sending him off on his own spy adventure! Here's a look at this upcoming PSP title, straight from the Tokyo Game Show, and as you can see, Clank seems to control a lot like Ratchet. The environment looks great, too, and we've no doubt this action/platformer will be one of the biggest titles available for Sony's handheld. The game was just unveiled today at TGS, and while most everyone in attendance was happy to see it, they didn't provide a release date...perhaps early 2008?
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The artists that leave the strongest impressions on us are often those that seem to remain undefinable; it simply isn't easy to find 'similar artists' to some musicians, which only adds to their elusive, enigmatic effect. One such artist is New Yorker-cum-Stockport singer songwriter, Taylor Giacoma.
Transatlantic, Multi-genre Storyteller
A brief listen to Taylor's earlier albums, 2007's 'Transatlantic Lammy' and 2009's 'Hold On – A Song Cycle', will quickly inform listeners that Giacoma is a multi-genre storyteller that cannot be pinned down.
Sweeping effortlessly from dark, intense classical influences, to a serene yet forlorn folk sound in a matter of a single verse, you'll find yourself away on a musical journey, wondering how on earth that last song switched genre and style without you even noticing.
Hailing from the other side of the pond and now a firm fixture of the Greater Manchester acoustic scene, Taylor's lyrics and playing style speak of experience and deep truths learned on a travelling path, destined to find the answer to life's questions.
'Ordinary Morning'
Taylor's latest single, 'Ordinary Morning', is , as you'd imagine, anything but ordinary. A Beatles-esque choppy-piano bounces along, sounding like a more alternative, contemporary version of McCartney's verse in 'A Day in The Life'. As the song picks up, Taylor's passion intensifies as she almost growls her lyrics with a carefully-controlled frustration, before gracefully picking out syllables in a scat-jazz style in the very next line.
You're bound to be taken on a journey with Taylor Giacoma's works, keep an eye out for her and check her out on Spotify.


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Creating and Maintaining a Parish Library
by Judy Terry
St. John Church + Memphis, TN
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You have found this link because you have volunteered or been asked to organize your church's library. Get ready for a fun job! I say fun, because you get to wear many hats: storyteller, public relations specialist, creative director, detective, CEO, and data-entry clerk!
The bad news is that the job is time-consuming on the front end and the pay is low, or probably non-existent. But the good news is that you are bringing the life of the Church and the lives of holy men and women to adults and children seeking the Kingdom of God. And there's even more good news! You don't have to do this alone, and you are probably the only person who will know if you make a mistake.
This article will take you step-by-step through setting up your library. Some of you are starting from scratch with a box full of books in the parish hall. Some of you have a room with a bunch of old books that have been gathering dust for ten years. Some have inherited a functioning library from someone who has moved out of town. Managing a library can be very intimidating. Most of you are volunteers, perhaps former or active school teachers or just folks who like to read. Notice, I did not say you need to be a professional librarian!
Scroll through the article and you will find information on choosing a suitable and attractive location, selecting resources, organizing the books and media, shopping for supplies, getting your titles ready to check out, promoting your library, and finding other sources for advice and ideas. Take a look at the Table of Contents on the next page so you can jump into whichever section/s you need.
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Gray whale strands on Tulalip Reservation
Jul/11/10 08:02 AM
The Everett gray whale stranded yesterday in Tulalip Bay on the Tulalip Reservation. Members of Seal Sitters, Sno-King Marine Mammal Stranding Network and WDFW responded to the scene. The mud flats of the bay restricted access to the whale which lay exposed to the extreme sun and heat. As the tide came in, however, the Tulalip Bay Fire Department zodiac managed to get a pump close enough to keep the whale wet and cool. A borrowed canoe allowed a stranding team member to get sheets to the scene so the whale could be covered and more protected. The tide finally covered the whale about 2pm. The Tulalip tribes honored the whale and prayed for him to get well. The repeated stranding behavior of this adult whale is indicative that he is most likely dying. The gray was spotted by NOAA on Saturday at 4:30 at Spee-Bi-Dah heading north into Port Susan. See related gallery of photos.
7/13/10 Transient orcas were seen attacking the gray whale yesterday afternoon (Monday). Related story and video.
7/12/10 The gray was spotted this morning (Monday) at 6:30 am heading east toward Camano Island.
Gray whale strands in Everett
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Yesterday, however, the whale was marooned on the beach at low tide. Concerned neighbors in shorts and swimsuits assisted in keeping the exposed whale wet and cool. However, as the water rose and the whale became more active it became too dangerous for them to continue to help. Members of the NW Stranding Network (above photo from left, Jessie Huggins of Cascadia Research, Kristin Wilkinson of NOAA, and Brian Chittick of Snohomish-King County Stranding Network) labored for hours pouring buckets of water over the whale - until finally the incoming tide created a water level deep enough that he could swim free. They then boarded a boat with a team from WDFW Marine Mammal Investigations and monitored the whale until 2pm when he finally left the shallower waters and headed out into the strait.
Early this morning the whale stranded again and the Stranding Network responded. Approximately 2:30 this afternoon he was in 7-10 feet of water as the tide came in. NOAA is not optimistic about the whale's survival based on his behavior and weakened condition.


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Winterspells Faery Witchcraft
I have received inquiries about my free e-course recently that lead me to believe I must clarify where I am coming from as far as my magical path is concerned.
What is it, actually, and what is its purpose?
In the global environment of the web, there are so many versions of magic and witchcraft, couched in so many cultural contexts and traditions, that I have been made aware that my Euro-American, Native American perspective grown out of the 1960′s and 1970′s era of social change, is not as obvious to others as it is to me.
I began this blog as a potential platform for my magically inspired fiction: dark fantasy, ghost stories, occult thrillers, weird history, and paranormal tales. As many of my fictional ideas and images are harvested from my life experience, it seemed logical to tell some true stories on a blog and, since I want to get my fiction published, I chose to keep it off-line for now. In writing content to the initial version of this blog, I began peeling back layers of memories and found that the important events in my life share an underlying theme of occult study and magic, and sometimes ordinary events perceived in non-ordinary ways. I am a symbolist and tend to mythologize events in order to make them meaningful, or to cope with the difficult stuff. In trying to understand why this is so, I came to the conclusion, quite a while ago now, that my unusual abilities (I have been seeing spirits since early childhood, raised kundalini the first time I sat meditation, left my body easily to go 'out and about' in the night, and entered and exited Faery at will) fired my imagination, driving me, by an overwhelming need, to ground my visions and insights into the various mediums of art.
It is the Shaman's, or Faery Seer's, duty to enter the Otherworld and bring back treasure…
As the years passed, I naturally developed my own Magical Path. I look forward to completing my Life Story/ Magical Timeline, on this blog so I can see the overall pattern. This may or may not be instructive to readers, but I hope it is at least interesting.
What the Winterspells Magical Path Is:
* Earth Based Magic
combined with
*Artistic Expression
My first love is nature, my second love, the arts.
Configurations of the landscape, an arrangement of trees or rocks, open and closed spaces in the woods, seaside at dusk and dawn, mountain passes, places with histories of ritual, healing, or horror, act as doorways into the Unseen. The beauty, mystery, and transformational power of the natural world comes first. The occult idea the natural world is a 'veil over the face of the Goddess' woven with mountains, seas and forests, fueled my intense desire to see behind that veil into the pristine, dare I say, Edenic, dream of the Creator. In attempting to do this, I have learned and developed techniques along the way that enable me to enter and explore parallel dimensions very close to mundane reality.
I especially hold keys into the Realm of Faery.
Why Faery? Because the Faeryland is, where the greatest beauty, poetry, art, inspiration, music, dance, sensuality, stories, forgotten worlds, mysteries, and power begin. It is creative womb of the Goddess.
* Winterspells Faery Witchcraft is in the Romantic Tradition.
You can see that my path is Romantic by the images I consistently choose, such as the mysterious la Chateau Reine Blanche, or Castle of the White Queen in France. In medieval times, widows wore white, thus the White Queen was often so, if not a ghost, a spirit, or a Faery.The mist over the lake suggests that the chateau is in the Otherworld; one must often cross water to enter Faery. The land of the dead is inferred in this equation, but not in a chaotic, nihilistic way, rather as the twilight place between the living and the dead that vibrates with a very special kind of light.
I am steeped in the literary Romances of King Arthur and the Grail Quest. The Celtic Twilight of Yeats, Fiona Macleod, Bards, Ovates and Druids, Irish music, Scots border ballads, Elizabethan folk music, all inform my imagination. Especially resonant are Shakespeare' plays, the life of Queen Elizabeth I, Dee and Kelly, whatever number King James and his Demonologia. The witches of 17th century Scotland shown in crude woodcuts of the period, so like the brooding atmosphere of my native Massachusetts. deeply inspire me. And of course fairy tale images haunt me still…
This magical life is Romantic in the old sense of the word — full of drama, dark and light, a search for the soul in all its shades and colors, a quest for adventure, opulence, even extravagance, courage, strong emotions, and sacrifices for the sake of love and art.
What Lies Behind the Veil of Nature
Winterspells Faery Witchcraft, is a way of life that focuses on beauty and the seeking of spiritual treasures. It follows a path between the worlds.
This way is heart centered, for the heart center in our bodies is the energetic link between us and the whole of nature, the Faery, and the stars from which we come. We are all stars; everything on earth is composed of congealed light. The light vibrates, sings, moves in waves, and flows through everything that lives through the heart center. When we are in alignment with this energy, magic happens.
I avoid dark paths that deny love and seek to use power as a weapon. This is not out of self righteous judgment, or some hypocritical pretense to be 'good'. I love dark symbols, dark literature, dark gods, the Dark Ages. Rather, it is because the light shines in the dark. And because in the dark is mystery, discovery, moonlight, starlight, quietness; darkness is the atmosphere that leads to inner reflection and dreams. In order to be mature, we must see into our dark places and release forces into consciousness that may have been exiled there out of ignorance and social pressure, but are still very important parts of our psyches.
I think it was Dion Fortune who said something along the lines of, "Be careful exorcizing your demons or may cut off the best part of you."
What Winterseplls Faery Magic is Not:
* Manipulative
* Destructive
* Ugly
I have had many experiences of the dark. Many of these were painful. I don't seek pain; I hate it! If it seeks me then there is an imbalance I need to know about, or some part of me needs to grow — or even to be removed. By the same token to use magic to inflict pain on another because they wound our vanity has no purpose except to return the wound. Since many relationships are fraught with projections and misunderstandings, a magical attack may be against the wrong person, or retaliation for our problems against those we perceive as being better off. We may want to impose ourselves on others, to pass our pain around, or buttress our need for control. This kind of attack thus uses uncreative, destructive, dead energy. In my opinion, since magic involves wonder at the beauty of creation, it is not magic at all.
Misuse of power literally shuts the doors to the dimensions where real magic is worked.
Dark Magic, magic for manipulation, for power over others, will always fail. Why? because the organ of connection to the ground of being where magic can be worked can only be approached through love. Negative, ego-minded, ugly motives may open doors into the Unseen, but the places they access are dead ends that will ultimately turn on the magician. 'Power- Over Magic' always backfires. Our myths, and even our popular fiction, are full of stories about malign magicians getting something worse than they bargained for.
Here is an example: Animals are highly in tune with Faery, very much in twilight mind. Being so open and heart centered, animals will always respond in a trusting, friendly way to people who are the same. If you are hostile, mean, potentially violent, even if your energy field is merely darkened by spiritual pollution, animals will give you a wide berth — especially cats. When your energy field radiates love, kindness, and clarity even wild animals will approach you.
I have always gotten along with animals, especially cats who are particularly psychic. When I lived in London, I was subjected to constant, vicious psychic attack spurred by the vanity and envy of another Tarot reader in Camden Market. My aura was constantly being torn at by spirits that, in then process of trying in, inflicted literal physical pain on me. Sometimes the negative vibrations that evil witch sent my way would get into my being, and turn my aura very dark indeed. I was often stressed out and emotionally unbalanced by the draining toxic vibrations of her vindictive sorcery.
During that time, animals ran away when they saw me coming. This was very upsetting, not only because I missed my contact with the animals, but it was also a strong sign that I was in worse shape than I ever dreamed. The evil coursing through my aura on those dark tides was noticed by the neighborhood cats! Of course, once I saw this, and got some help, ( another wild story) I regained my good reputation among my furry friends.
I am sure the woman who cast those horrid spells got a nice blow back –simply because energy must return to its own level! The clean dimensions cannot accept it. There is no resonance. Negative energy is polluting and must find its way back to its source. Not only that, but the negative magic she sent out was carried on the strength of her emotions — her spells were such an intimate part of who she is that they must snap back like a rubber band.
Sooner or later, everything goes back to its creator. It is not a matter of tit for tat. It is the Law of Nature.
It is the heart that speaks to trees, to stones, to hills, and wild creatures; it is the heart that calls forth the Other, and the heart that opens the twilight vision, the second sight, the third eye. The heart responds to beauty, Silence is the medium through which the ancient voices of Earth will speak to us. Silence, and listening to the soundlessness as we gaze into the Unseen. The shift in awareness that happens in the silent core of the heart, erases all ego striving, quiets the mind, ends discussion. One walks into the Otherworld as one walks into the sea, sensing the change in temperature, the currents moving against the the body, the play of light on the mirror-like surface of the waves. If your heart is open, and respectfulness is your frame of mind, deeper doors may open to you. You are allowed in because you cause no harm, you are allowed because you bring love and beauty. The Faery are always curious about the vibration of love, drawn to beauty, and anxious to participate with us on that level.
Winterspells Faery Witchcraft is Life Affirming.
Body and Spirit are One, God/Goddess are One, it is all One energy. We don't have to go anywhere — to another planet, or a star system, or space ship, or leave our bodies, or strive toward any other condition that denies life.
We are already in the star system! We are made of starlight, and the Earth floats in a universe of stars.
Below is a small lesson in magical perception. Even if you already know this one, it is fun to be reminded.
Apple of the Goddess
Take an apple.
Cut it crosswise in half
Pull it apart
inside, see the star
A five pointed star
made with seeds.
A pentagram inside an apple made by the Goddess and opened by Eve who desired knowledge of Earth.
The stars are in the Earth
The Earth is a star
All creatures, stones, trees, oceans, mountains, clouds are stars.
Reach into the starry matrix with your mind
Touch the currents of energy
Hear the ethereal music of the spheres
You do not have to strive, deny yourself, attain, or ascend
You are already there.
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Patent application title: Phalaenopsis orchid plant named 'Trivium'
René Schoone (Assendelft, NL)
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A new and distinct Phalaenopsis plant named `Trivium` particularly
characterized by flowers which are white, within the labellum there is
some green/yellow and red/purple; plants which may be propagated
economically and uniformly using tissue culture; plants which produce
more than one inflorescence; long and sturdy inflorescences; and
relatively short, dark-green foliage.
1. A new and distinct Phalaenopsis plant named `Trivium` as illustrated
and described herein.
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/478,800, filed Apr. 25, 2011 and Netherlands Plant Breeders' Rights Application No. OPS790, filed Apr. 27, 2011. The disclosure of both prior applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
[0002] Phalaenopsis
[0003] `Trivium`
[0004] The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant, botanically known as Phalaenopsis of the Orchidaceae family, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name `Trivium`.
[0005] Phalaenopsis comprises a genus of about 55 species of herbaceous perennials many of which, or the hybrids thereof, are suitable for cultivation in the home or greenhouse. Phalaenopsis is predominantly epiphytic or rock-dwelling, and is native to tropical Asia, the Malay Archipelago, and Oceania. The species typically has 2-ranked, fleshy, oblong or elliptic leaves affixed to a short central stem (monopodial growth), which vary in size from 5 to 8 inches to over 2 feet. The leaves may be entirely green or mottled with silver grey.
[0006] Phalaenopsis orchids, often referred to as `Moth Orchids` in the horticultural trade, are frequently used to furnish cut flowers for the florist trade or sold as flowering potted-plants for home or interiorscape.
[0007] Phalaenopsis produces upright or pendent lateral racemes, often with many showy flowers which open in succession beginning with the lowermost. The flowers possess three sepals and three petals; the lateral ones being alike. The lowermost petal, called the labellum, is three-lobed and is often more brightly-colored than the other flower segments. Flower colors include various shades of pink, white, yellow and red-brown.
[0008] Phalaenopsis orchids are typically propagated from seeds. Asexual propagation of Phalaenopsis is often done from off-shoots which frequently arise from the lower bracts of the inflorescence. The resulting plants are detached from the mother plant and may be planted in a suitable substrate.
[0009] The new Phalaenopsis `Trivium` is a product of a controlled breeding program conducted by the inventors, Rene Schoone, in Strengweg, Heemskerk, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program was to develop a new Phalaenopsis cultivar particularly characterized by its attractive and unique colored flowers, economical propagation via tissue culture, rapid growth, and a plant dimension suitable for packaging and shipping to the market.
[0010] The new Phalaenopsis `Trivium` originated from a cross made by the inventor in 1998 in Strengweg, Heemskerk, The Netherlands. The female or seed parent is the Phalaenopsis cultivar designated `Hisa Shiobara`, unpatented. The male or pollen parent is the Phalaenopsis cultivar designated `Miva Casablanca`, unpatented. The new Phalaenopsis `Trivium` was discovered and selected by the inventor as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in 2006 in Strengweg, Heemskerk, The Netherlands.
[0011] Asexual reproduction of the new Phalaenopsis cultivar by tissue culture was first performed in November, 2006 in Cieweg 13, Heemskerk, The Netherlands, and has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for the new cultivar are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction. The new cultivar reproduces true to type.
[0012] The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be unique characteristics of `Trivium`, which in combination distinguish this Phalaenopsis as a new and distinct cultivar:
[0013] 1. flowers which are white, within the labellum some green/yellow and some red/purple;
[0014] 2. plant produces more than one inflorescence;
[0015] 3. plants may be propagated economically and uniformly using tissue culture;
[0016] 4. inflorescence is long and sturdy
[0017] 5. relatively short, dark-green foliage
Presently, there is no commercial cultivar to which `Trivium` can be meaningfully compared.
[0018] The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Phalaenopsis `Trivium` showing the colors as true as is reasonably possible with colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describe the color of `Trivium`.
[0019] FIG. 1 shows a side view perspective of a typical flowering plant of `Trivium` in a 12 cm pot, at 16 months of age.
[0020] FIG. 2 shows a close-up view of the typical buds and flowers of `Trivium`.
[0021] FIG. 3 shows a close-up view of the typical leaves of `Trivium`.
[0022] The new Phalaenopsis cultivar `Trivium` has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and day length without any change in the genotype of the plant.
[0023] The aforementioned photographs, together with the following observations, measurements and values describe plants of `Trivium` as grown in a greenhouse in Strengweg, Heemskerk, The Netherlands, under conditions which closely approximate those generally used in commercial practice. Initially, the ideal temperature to grow plants of `Trivium` is 27° C. during the day and at night. Then, during the flowering phase of `Trivium`, the ideal growing temperature is 20-22° C. during the day and 18° C. at night. Light levels for growing `Trivium` are a minimum of 5,000 lux and a maximum of 10,000 lux. A balanced fertilizer with level of 200 ppm N, 87 ppm P, 168 ppm K is applied. Duration of growth of `Trivium` from potting size is between 10 and 14 months.
[0024] Color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (R.H.S.), 2007 edition, except where general colors of ordinary significance are used. Color values were taken under daylight conditions at approximately noon in Zaandammerweg, Assendelft, The Netherlands. The age of the `Trivium` plants described is 12 months after potting. [0025] Classification: [0026] Botanical.--Phalaenopsis. [0027] Parentage: [0028] Female or seed parent.--Phalaenopsis cultivar designated `Hisa Shiobara`, unpatented. [0029] Male or pollen parent.--Phalaenopsis cultivar designated `Miva Casablanca`, unpatented. [0030] Propagation: [0031] Type.--tissue culture. [0032] Rooting habit and description.--Fleshy; approximately 5 mm-7 mm wide and green in color; freely branching. It takes 12 weeks for plants growing in tissue culture to initiate roots. [0033] Plant: [0034] Size at maturity.--Height: about 62 cm Spread: about 60 cm. [0035] Growth habit: standard; dark-green leaves and a relatively normarraceme. [0036] Vigor: moderate. [0037] Crop time: Following asexual propagation, at about 26 weeks 2 leaves appear; at about 30 weeks 3-4 leaves appear; after a cold treatment of about 4-8 weeks at a temperature of about 19° C. about 2 peduncles with flowers appear. [0038] Foliage: [0039] Quantity per plant.--About 5 to 8 leaves are produced before flowering. [0040] Arrangement and attachment.--half up/horizontal and on two sides. [0041] Overall shape of leaf.--oval, the tip is blunt and asymmetric. [0042] Texture.--smooth and leathery. [0043] Pubescence.--3 to 4 pairs of leaves. [0044] Mature leaf length.--about 15 to 21 cm. [0045] Mature leaf width.--about 7 to 8 cm. [0046] Mature leaf thickness.--about 2 mm. [0047] Mature leaf color.--RHS N137B. [0048] Venation.--Pattern: parallel Color of midvein: dark green [0049] Peduncle: [0050] Quantity per plant.--about 1 to 2. [0051] Number of flowers per peduncle.--about 10 to 20. [0052] Length.--about 64 cm. [0053] Diameter.--about 6 mm. [0054] Strength.--strong. [0055] Aspect.--upright. [0056] Texture.--glabrous and smooth. [0057] Color.--dark green. [0058] Internode.--Length: about 40 mm. [0059] Inflorescence description: [0060] Appearance.--upright to slightly pendant, racemose inflorescence with bilaterally symmetrical flowers that open in succession beginning with the lowermost flower. [0061] Inflorescence size.--Height (from base to tip): about 15 to 25 mm Diameter (at midpoint): about 15 to 23 mm. [0062] Flowering time.--For an untreated plant (flowering plant that has not undergone cold-treatment where the plant grows at a temperature of 18° C. to 19° C. for about 4 to 8 weeks after a period of about 30 weeks at a temperature of 25° C.), 2 racemes appear with about 16 to 20 flower buds and flowers per inflorescence. First flowers can be expected approximately 4 to 6 months after planting a plant with a leaf diameter of 3 to 5 cm. Flowers persistent. [0063] Flowering longevity.--On the plant: about 4 to 6 months; lastingness of cut flowers: has not been observed. [0064] Fragrance.--no fragrance. [0065] Flower.--Rate of opening: Flowers fully opened about 2 to 3 days after tepal separation. Orientation at opening: slanted upward and outward. Shape: see picture Size: Height: about 70 mm Diameter: about 80 mm Depth of tube: about 16 mm. [0066] Tepals.--Quantity and arrangement: six tepals that are trimerous, overlapping and arranged in 2 whorls. Petals are more pronounced than sepals. [0067] Petals.--Arrangement: Inner whorl of tepals comprises 3 petals, 2 lateral petals and labellum. 2 lateral petals: Overall shape: broadly ovate and weakly cupped Apex: oval Margin: weakly undulate Length: about 53 mm Width: about 35 mm Texture: Upper surface: smooth and satiny Under surface: smooth and satiny Color (when fully opened): White (RHS NN155B) Labellum: Overall shape: 3-lobed with 2 prominent callosities at central junction of the lateral lobes and base of the midlobe. Lateral lobes of labellum fold upward about the column; the midlobe extends forward and is terminated by 2 short filiform appendages at the apex. Lateral lobes of the labellum are ovate in shape while the midlobe is triangular with a bump and a rib on it Margin: entire and weakly undulate Length: about 20 mm Width (not flattened): about 24 mm Texture: Upper surface: smooth and satiny Color (when fully opened): Midlobe main color is white (RHS NN155B). At base green/yellow (RHS 1A) and red/purple (RHS 70B). Chirri is white (RHS NN155B). Pestle is yellow (RHS 12A) with red/purple stripes and spots (RHS72A). Lateral lobs are white (RHS NN155B). At base some red/purple stripes (FHS 72A) and the bottom edges are green/yellow (RHS 1A) and some red/purple. [0068] Sepals.--Arrangement: Outer whorl of tepals comprises 3 sepals. Overall shape: elliptical and weakly cupped Length: about 40 mm Width: about 31 mm Texture: Upper surface: smooth and satiny Color (when fully opened): white (RHS NN155B). At base of the bottom sepals some green/yellow (RHS 1C). [0069] Reproductive organs: [0070] Arrangement.--The stamens, style and stigmas are fused into a single, short structure called the column, possessing one terminal anther with pollen grains united into a pollinia, which are covered by an anther cap. The stigma is located under the column behind the pollinia. The ovary is inferior with three carpels present. The plant has not produced seed. [0071] Column.--Length: about 15 mm Diameter: about 5 mm Color: RHS NN155B. [0072] Pollinia.--Quantity: Two Size: about 1 mm Color: RHS 24A. [0073] Ovary.13 Length: about 5 mm Diameter: about 5 mm. [0074] Pedicel.--Length: about 40 mm Diameter: about 4 mm. [0075] Disease/pest resistance/susceptibility: No specific resistance or susceptibility observed [0076] Temperature tolerance: Tolerant to a low temperature of about 15° C. and to a high temperature about 30° C.
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The Bishop of Durham has accepted the post of Archbishop of Canterbury, according to reports.
Sources have apparently confirmed the Right Reverend Justin Welby will be announced as the successor to Dr Rowan Williams, after the Crown Nominations Commission put his name forward to Downing Street.
The news comes just hours after it was revealed that the Bishop Welby, 56, will not make a scheduled appearance on Thursday's recording of BBC Radio 4's Any Questions at the National Railway Museum at Shildon, Co Durham, a spokesman from his office confirmed.
Although being the fourth most senior cleric in the Church of England, Bishop Welby has been a bishop for less than a year.
Leading bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes also fuelled speculation that he is to be appointed after they announced that they had closed their books on betting for the Archbishop of Canterbury following a rush of bets on Bishop Welby.
The reported confirmation of the Bishop Welby's appointment as 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the 77 million strong Anglican Communion will be seen as a meteoric rise in the career of the clergyman, who marks the first anniversary of his enthronement as Bishop of Durham later this month.
The Eton-educated bishop worked in the oil industry for 11 years before leaving to train for the Anglican priesthood. He was first ordained as a deacon in 1992.
"I was unable to get away from a sense of God calling," he said in an interview.
A Lambeth Palace spokeswoman declined to comment. A Downing Street spokesman refused to confirm or deny the appointment. He said: "An announcement will be made in due course."


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Titans vs. Vikings: TV Info, Spread, Injury Updates, Game Time and MoreAugust 29, 2013
Two teams highlighting the final week of preseason action are the Minnesota Vikings and Tennessee Titans with both looking to build momentum around young quarterbacks and superstar running backs.
The Titans and Vikings will not play each other during the regular season, but Minnesota won, 30-7, when they met in 2012. With starters expected to be active for Week 4 of the preseason, bragging rights will be at stake in Minneapolis, as Tennessee looks to avenge its lopsided defeat from a year ago.
The question is, who will emerge victorious?
When: Thursday, Aug. 29 at 8 p.m. ET
Where: Mall of America Field in Minneapolis, Minn.
TV: KARE-11 (Minnesota), WKRN-2 (Tennessee)
Live Stream: NFL.com (subscription required)
Betting Line: Titans (-4.5) via BOVADA
Tennessee Titans' Injuries
Out: Akeem Ayers (Ankle); Zaviar Gooden (Ankle); Sammie Lee Hill (Elbow); Marc Mariani (Shoulder); Kevin Walter (Back); Kendall Wright (Knee)
Questionable: N/A
Probable: N/A
The Titans enter the game with injuries all over the place, but there is no bigger void than that at wide receiver. Kevin Walter and Kendall Wright were expected to be featured players, but they'll both miss the preseason finale against Minnesota.
Wright is expected to be ready for the regular season opener, according to the Titans' official website. Unfortunately, Teresa M. Walker of the Associated Press reports that Walter will miss the first six weeks of the regular season following back surgery.
Minnesota Vikings' Injuries
Out: Christian Ballard (Personal); Greg Childs (Knee); Jerome Felton (Abdomen); Kevin Williams (Knee);
Questionable: Sharrif Floyd (Knee)
Probable: N/A
The Vikings enter the game with a banged-up defensive line, as Christian Ballard and Kevin Williams have been ruled out, and Sharrif Floyd is questionable. Minnesota couldn't have picked a worse preseason week to lose its interior linemen, as it prepares to go up against CJ2K, Chris Johnson.
With Tennessee testing out its new and improved offensive line and Minnesota without three of its primary run-stoppers, this could get interesting.
Top Storyline: Class of 2011 Quarterbacks Meet
Entering the 2013 NFL regular season, few players are under as much pressure to produce as the quarterbacks of the 2011 NFL draft. Two will be featured in this game, as Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder goes up against Titans field general Jake Locker.
Cam Newton may be a star from that draft, but Locker, Ponder and Blaine Gabbert are all still searching for answers.
Locker and Ponder both have superstar running backs in Johnson and Adrian Peterson. In order to become a Super Bowl contender, however, both teams will need their quarterbacks to elevate their level of play.
Injuries have been an issue for Locker while Ponder has been a strong contributor, but hasn't yet displayed the ability to lead an offense. With a much-improved receiving corps in Minnesota and a drastically improved offensive line in Tennessee, both are expected to shine.
We'll get a first head-to-head preview of the season during this preseason clash.
If both teams were going at full strength, it'd be difficult to pick against the Vikings with Peterson lining up in the backfield. However, the Vikings have been resting Peterson all preseason and are expected to be without Williams and Floyd.
Expect Johnson to remind the world that he can also run for 2,000 yards.
Johnson had what some referred to as a down year in 2012, but the Titans' offensive line ranked among the worst in the NFL and Tennessee's inconsistency at quarterback had every defense thinking run. Still, Johnson topped 1,200 yards and averaged 4.9 yards per carry during the final 13 weeks.
With little resistance up the gut and Locker needing a breakout performance, expect the Titans to step up and win in Minnesota.
Titans 24, Vikings 20


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Sawasdee House
Average rate: $23 - Hotel class: 3 stars
147 Soi Rambutree Chakrapong Rd., Bangkok, Thailand
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Sawasdee House Bangkok Reviews
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Sawasdee House Apr 28, 2013
Sawasdee House is not easy to spot because whole front is a big restaurant with lots of beautifully designed chairs and nice sofas to lay on. Reception is made almost like secondary thought, it is at the main building (I think that they have couple buildings that start with the same name), very low ceiling, almost like basement lobby… Not attractive at all… and in order to go to your room, you'll have to pass through the area that looks like storage, with cleaning products, restaurant things and metal lockers for the staff. There are stairs on the both sides of reception and both lead to all floors so don't worry which one you take. We got room on the fourth floor overlooking the street. There are rooms on the lower floors in the same double room quality, but most of them don't have glass wall towards the terrace, and that is what you need!.
Room was really well done, small, but with everything you need. Bathroom was exceptionally nice because it is on the balcony with two windows without glass, only cloth covers if you are shy… I really like that concept of showering while people are passing by, it is like naked people watching, or sitting on the toilet while people pass by… Of course no one can see you because you are on the fourth floor, so I find this concept a bit liberating. Glass doors and windows towards the balcony are important for me because of light that comes into the room. Electricity works on the key and you have to have it in the holder if you want some light or AC. Room also has a TV, but I did not bother to turn it on… Really not interested in what box has to give me. Hallways are a bit weird and kind of institutional, with some nice pictures and graphics on the walls. Looks like they are trying to sell some pictures to people staying in the hotel.
It was very nice place to stay for couple days, it feels like good hotel with all amenities that you really need. Location is right next to Khaosan Road, in one of the side streets (I think it is spelled Ram Buttri or something like that) that are actually nicer to go for dinner or search for good shirt that will remind you on Bangkok. Travel agency that belongs to hotel will overcharge you if you let them. They are around 50% more expensive than other places around, so bargain and research or be fool.
Price for Sawasdee House was 800 baht for double bed AC room, but they also have much cheaper rooms (300for one with the fan and common bathroom). Only issue with smaller rooms is that they are very small and you will feel like in jail… Stuff is fairly ok but far away from normal Thai smiley faces.
In general room is great, a bit on the expensive side for Thai place, hotel is less than average, and location is excellent. I would consider staying there again especially if I am traveling with a friend.
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In the heart of Bangkok's Phra Nakhon, the Sawasdee House is a stone's throw from Wat Chana Song Khram and Khaosan Road. The neighbourhood is famous for shopping. The hotel is conveniently located for sightseeing in Bangkok with Santi Chai Prakan Pavilion and Public Park and National Gallery only 10 minutes away.
For the comfort of guests, the Sawasdee House offers non-smoking rooms. Wi-fi is provided. Confidently choose the Sawasdee House for your next stay with the knowledge that you'll be ideally placed to take in Bangkok's popular range of clubs, bars, and establishments.
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I awoke yesterday to a very distraught little girl pleading with me to let her stay home from school. "My tummy really, really hurts mum", she said.
There have been all sorts of nasty bugs doing the rounds lately and even though Ada has a bad habit of saying something hurts on a daily basis, for some reason her tears seemed much more genuine than usual and I found myself telling her she could have the day off at home with me. We dropped Kye off at kindy and just like magic Ada perked up, tears disappeared and any hint of that sore tummy were long forgotten. I'd totally been conned.
It's been a long term at school and we're nearing the end of it with only one week to go until the holidays start. It's not very often that Ada and I get to spend time alone without her brother around, so conned or not, I didn't mind letting her spend the day at home, call it a mental health day if you will. Because even if the sore tummy was not real, I know her poor little body and mind could do with a day off. It's been such a big year.
So we baked. Ada ran to her closet to grab her gorgeous new apron, a handmade gift from my clever sister that's as pretty as a dress. She pulled up her chair and helped cut the butter. I showed her how long to pulse the flour and butter "see, you want just teeny bits of butter left in there love, these will melt when the pastry cooks and will create lovely little pockets of flaky goodness. Just like we want". She smiled and gave me a hug.
We made pandowdy, a smashed-pie-like dessert which originates from America's deep south. Kinda pie like in it's method, the filling is piled up under a sheet of rich cookie-like pastry which bakes to golden perfection. Later comes the fun bit when you then smash the pastry to encourage the filling to bubble up and over the top, leaving some pieces of pastry crisp while others soften from the fruit juices. Rustic, gorgeous, insanely delicious and totally my kinda dessert.
gluten-free apple berry pandowdy
You will need to start this recipe a day ahead to allow time for your yoghurt to drain. Just a note on using frozen berries; check on the label where the berries are from. I stopped buying them after discovering that most of the store bought ones are from places as far afield as China and Peru. Now I don't know about you, but I don't fancy eating berries grown overseas where we have no idea of the standards in which they are grown in. Buy locally grown or pay that little bit extra to buy organic ones. Even better, do what I do and when berries are in season buy up loads and freeze them yourself for use later on in the year. In NZ it's easy to buy NZ grown berries, but for some reason over here in Australia I'm yet to find any? I've been meaning to write to the big supermarkets here and ask why...
serves 4-6
labne pastry
- 1 cup (120g) fine brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup (70g) fine millet flour
- 1/2 cup (55g) almond meal (ground almonds)
- 2 tablespoon gluten-free cornflour (corn starch)
- 1/4 cup (40g) blitzed raw sugar* or any other fine grain sugar
- good pinch fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste, optional
- finely grated zest 1 lemon
- 140g cold butter, cut into small cubes
- 1/2 cup (100g) labne (strained yoghurt)**
- 4 each of granny smith and pink lady apples, peeled, cored and cut into eights
- 2 tablespoons raw sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornflour (corn starch)
- 1 1/2 ups frozen mixed berries ~see headnotes
- juice 2 mandarins
- finely grated zest 1 lemon
- raw sugar, to scatter
- pure icing sugar (powdered), to dust, optional
- cream or coconut cream to serve, optional
To make labne pastry, place brown rice flour, millet flour, almond meal, cornflour, sugar and salt into food processor, pulse to combine. Add vanilla bean paste, lemon zest and butter and pulse a few times until just small lumps of butter remain. Add labne and pulse until just combined. Turn out onto a clean bench and knead a few times until dough comes together. Form into a flat disc, wrap in a plastic bag and chill in the fridge for an hour.
Preheat oven to 200C/395F. To prepare the filling, place cut apples into a medium bowl. Combine raw sugar and cornflour then add to the apples along with the berries, mandarin juice and lemon zest. Mix thoroughly. Turn out into a 23cm diameter, 5cm deep pie dish. Brush the edges of the dish with a little water to help the pastry stick. Roll out pastry on a piece of baking paper until 4mm thick. Using the paper, invert the pastry onto the filling and press down the edges to stick. Trim edges off with a sharp knife (save them to bake off later as cookies). Brush top of pastry with a little water and sprinkle with raw sugar. Cut a little hole in the top to let the steam out and bake for 30-35 minutes. Remove from the oven and using a fork make a few good big cuts in the top of the pastry, pressing down a little to encourage the filling to rise up and over the top. Place back in the oven and cook for a further 20-25 minutes or until top is golden. Dust with icing (powdered) sugar and serve with a drizzle or cream or coconut cream.
* Instead of using caster sugar I like to use organic raw sugar which I blitz to a fine powder in my upright blender. You could use any fine grain sugar you like.
** To make labne (strained yoghurt) place about 1 1/2 cups of natural plain yoghurt into a fine mesh sieve over a bowl or square of muslin, tied up and suspended over a bowl overnight in the fridge. Tip out the collected whey in the bowl periodically or save to add to smoothies or bread dough. The next day you will be left with a lovely thick strained yoghurt, which can then be used in this recipe or stored for later use.
Inspired by this recipe from Australian Gourmet Traveller.
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With moves to ever-smaller semiconductor manufacturing processes, problems arise as engineers attempt to cram even more transistors onto chips.
According to DigiTimes industry players are already concerned about the progression to smaller processes. Intel and TSMC for example are expected to begin producing chips which are below the 20 nanometre barrier in the next couple of years, and it will not be long before there are production challenges.
Eastern sources believe in the next few years equipment costs for manufacturers could cause headaches for cash strapped firms, as next gen production methods using extreme ultraviolet lithography tools cost around $100 million a pop.
The technological bottlenecks could be the most significant problem, with TSMC already working on 14nm chips, with risk production due in 2014.
Luckily many labs are looking at developing alternative technologies which could eventually supplant silicon as the ubiquitous semiconductor material.
IBM recently highlighted some of its weird and wonderful attempts to solve the problem creating even smaller chips, and development with super material graphene continues at a mesmerising pace.
But graphene is not the only material which could power a new breed of computer. Researchers at Harvard and Purdue universities in the US have continued work into 3D chip structures which are set to become common in chips next year.
Using microscopic nanowires made from indium-gallium-arsenide, which has a faster electron flow than silicon, the researchers are looking to create an alternative for further 3D gate designs.
According to the team it is difficult to use silicon for smaller process 3D chip design and believe that indium-gallium-arsenide could do the trick. They reckon that a 3D device developed with indium-gallium-arsenide could be up to five times faster in conducting electrons than silicon, and with a dielectric coating of aluminium oxide power consumption could also be significantly lower.
Due to the 'top-down' method for production that is already common in the semi manufacturing industry the researchers think that there should not be too much problem producing a new breed of chips either.


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Thorame-Basse tourism and travel guide
Visit Thorame-Basse: highlights and tourist informationTo Visit Attractions
Thorame-Basse is situated in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence region, in the south-east of France at 21 km from Digne-les-Bains, the department capital. (General information: Thorame-Basse is 618 km from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Colmars-les-Alpes at 14 km and Annot at 19 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Thorame-Basse, France: places to visit and attractions
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend when sightseeing close to Thorame-Basse in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Note that all distances shown are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater.
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Map of places to visit near Thorame-Basse
Markets in and near Thorame-Basse
- Colmars: market Friday & Tuesday - seasonal market only (14km)
- Saint-Andre-les-Alpes: market Wednesday & Saturday (14km)
- Allos: market Wednesday (20km)
- Annot: market Tuesday (20km)
- Digne-les-Bains: market Wednesday (21km)
- Castellane: market Saturday (27km)
- Seyne: market Tuesday & Friday (31km)
- Barcelonnette: market Monday all day - seasonal market only (35km)
- Barcelonnette: market Wednesday & Saturday (35km)
- Puget-Theniers: market Sunday (35km)
More information about Thorame-Basse, Provence
Tourist attractions to visit near Thorame-Basse, France
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Thorame-Basse and wondering what to do next!
Grand sites of France
- Gorges du Verdon (41km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Sisteron (46km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Verdon (42km) [Map]
Remarkable gardens
Sites of natural beauty
- Lac d'Allos (23km) [Map]
- Barrage de Castillon (24km) [Map]
- Lac de Castillon (24km) [Map]
- Col d'Allos (24km) [Map]
- Clue de Barles (25km) [Map]
- Source - Verdon (26km) [Map]
- Col de la Cayolle (27km) [Map]
- Barrage de Chaudanne (27km) [Map]
- Col de la Bonette (36km) [Map]
- Lac de Sainte-Croix (44km) [Map]
- Lac de Quinson (58km) [Map]
- Lac d'Esparron (58km) [Map]
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Thorame-Basse
Canton: Allos-Colmars
Arrondissement: Castellane
Department: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Region: Provence
Postcode: 04170
Distance to Thorame-Basse
from Digne-les-Bains (prefecture): 21 km
from Paris: 618 km
from Calais: 838 km
from Nice: 75 km
from Bordeaux: 567 km
from Strasbourg: 509 km
Getting here
Thorame-Basse is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice or Marseille airport. Driving is also possible - by car from Calais the drive takes about 11 hours. For driving distances to Thorame-Basse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 2 other places listed as being close (less than 6 kilometres from Thorame-Basse): Lambruisse and Thorame-Haute.
This page in French: Visitez Thorame-Basse


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UPDATE: 8th Jan 2010:
$48,000 in restitution from Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene.
In a 13-page filing, prosecutors said Richard Heene should pay $47,809.04 to local law enforcement, the National Guard, firefighters and the U.S. Forest Service for the search and the subsequent investigation into the family. Some of the costs were for public information officers loaned from other agencies to help answer reporters' phone calls.
The filing also notes that the Federal Aviation Administration is pursuing a civil fine against the family. The FAA has proposed they pay $11,000 for temporarily disrupting air traffic around Denver International Airport, but the two sides are negotiating, Richard Heene's lawyer said.
The following was a story I normally wouldn't mention but seeing as I learned of it when the news was actually breaking (mid-pursuit) I Blogged about it (here), so consider this a follow-up of sorts. Well that and the paths that all hoaxes travel (via the internet) has always been of personal interest to me. In this case however within a matter of hours questions were raised and in a day or so accusations were levelled, as I'm sure you're aware the event led to a prosecution and ultimately sentencing, if you actually look back at how the events transpired on the 15th October it quickly becomes apparent that it was indeed little more than a self-promotional publicity seeking attempt (ultimately aimed at garnering interest prior to a foray into reality television).
Balloon parents plead guilty to hoax charges
Fri Nov 13 2009
A couple who pretended their son had floated away in a homemade balloon have pleaded guilty to hoax charges. Richard and Mayumi Heene's six-year-old boy Falcon hit the headlines when it was believed he had climbed into the UFO-shaped helium balloon and drifted away. But the incident was an elaborate publicity stunt the couple hoped would secure them fame on a reality TV show. Richard Heene pleaded guilty to attempting to influence a public servant, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of up to six years in prison, while Mayumi Heene admitted a less serious charge of making a false report to authorities.
The Heenes drew worldwide attention on October 15 when they reported that Falcon had sailed away in a silver airship. The inflatable drifted over Colorado for 50 miles, chased by National Guard helicopters, as authorities mounted a search operation that riveted TV viewers. The balloon later landed empty and it turned out the boy had been hiding safely in the family attic. Public sympathy turned to outrage when Falcon gave away the hoax in a live interview. An investigation was launched and the mother admitted the incident was a publicity stunt.
Source: ITN
I say it quickly became apparent it was a hoax of course as when the father (Richard Heene) originally reported it the news-media showed little to no interest so Heene promptly called the FAA to report that his balloon was airborne, not being controlled and that there was a *possibility* his six year old son was inside, all of this was within minutes of the balloons launch at 11am. Then at 11:15 when apparently the story was still flying under the radar of the media Heene decided to call local news-media and request for their helicopter to locate and follow the balloon, still not content Heene then gets his wife to contact police and describe the massive current/voltage that builds up in Mylar balloons every few minutes. It has since been claimed the police were rightly sceptical of the entire fiasco but obviously once the news-chopper was in pursuit and live coverage being streamed they had to at least appear to be taking the claims seriously.
Roll on the 16th October and several interviews later Falcon lets slip that he was hiding in the attic under his father's instruction and 'for a TV show,' cue the parents disbelief & denial. Two days later the Colorado Sheriff announced that it was indeed a hoax and the parents were to be arrested, on November 13th the parents entered a guilty plea finally on the 23rd December the parents were sentenced. The following was posted to the BBC on December 23rd (2009):
A US man who triggered a major alert by falsely claiming his son was adrift in a helium balloon has been sentenced to 90 days in jail - and his wife to 20. Richard Heene, 48, and his 45-year-old wife Mayumi said in October their son had been carried off by the balloon. Six-year-old Falcon Heene was finally found hiding at home. In court in Colorado, Heene appeared to fight back tears as he apologised to rescue workers and the community, saying he was " very, very sorry ". The judge also ordered four years of supervised probation for the couple and banned them from receiving any form of financial benefit from the case. Heene and his wife Mayumi had pleaded guilty to charges that they carried out the balloon stunt to promote a reality TV show.
'Wasted money'
The prosecutor had argued the couple should face time in jail to act as a deterrent to others who may be considering mounting similar stunts for financial gain and publicity. Prosecutors had asked for a jail sentence to deter others , he said Heene had, " wasted a lot of man power and a lot of money in wanting to get himself some publicity ". He argued that the couple had acted not on the behest of any TV companies, but that " they came up with it all on their own, not necessarily just to get a TV show but at least to put their name out there again and maybe in hopes that somebody would pick them up ".
"For that, they do need to be punished".
Richard Heene will be allowed to serve 60 days of his 90-day sentence on release, allowing him to work as a construction contractor during the day, while spending the night in jail. He will start his sentence on 11 January 2010. Mayumi Heene will begin her sentence after her husband's to ensure their children are still cared for. She will be allowed to report to jail on two days a week, return home at night, and serve the sentence through jail-supervised community service. The judge also ruled that her husband must serve 100 hours of community service and write a letter of apology to the community and public service agencies which helped search for his son. The couple have already been ordered to pay $42,000 (£26,000) in restitution for the emergency services' rescue efforts.
Source: BBC


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