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Echo's Bones
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Published for the first time, this Beckett story was originally intended to appear in a collection of interrelated stories, More Pricks Than Kicks, but was rejected by the editor due to inconsistencies in the collective narrative.
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From the Introduction by Mark Nixon:
On 25 September 1933, the London publishing house Chatto & Windus accepted Beckett's collection of short stories, More Pricks Than Kicks, for publication. Writing to Beckett, Chatto's editor Charles Prentice wondered whether Beckett could add another story, which would 'help the book' by bulking up the content. Beckett agreed, and proceeded to write what he called a 'recessional story' entitled 'Echo's Bones', which was to conclude the collection. Within three days of receiving the story, however, Prentice, on 13 November 1933, turned it down arguing that the story was a 'nightmare' and 'would depress the sales very considerably'. More Pricks Than Kicks was published on 24 May 1934 as Beckett had originally submitted it, with ten rather than eleven stories. Now, nearly 80 years after it was first written, the enigmatic 'Echo's Bones' makes its first public appearance.
The failure of 'Echo's Bones' to see the light of day in 1934 needs to be seen in the context of the young writer's desperate struggle to get published in the early 1930s. In many respects, the story of 'Echo's Bones' begins with Beckett's first substantial piece of fiction, the novel Dream of Fair to Middling Women, written between May 1931 and July 1932. Encouraged by Chatto's publication of his book on Marcel Proust (Proust, 1931), Beckett submitted the novel to the publishers. On receiving it in the summer of 1932, however, Prentice politely called it 'a strange thing', praised those sections in which the writing was 'right away from Joyce', and then unsurprisingly rejected it (5 July 1932). As Prentice told the writer Richard Aldington, turning down Beckett's first novel was 'Perhaps a mistake; but it would have been an almost impossible thing to handle; we didn't understand half of it ourselves' (5 September 1932).
Over the next nine months, the book continued to confuse and alienate publishers. With rejection notices piling up around him, and with no steady income after resigning his lectureship at Trinity College Dublin, Beckett by the middle of 1933 must have realised that Dream was never going to be published (it only appeared posthumously in 1992), and subsequently turned his attention to assembling a set of short stories, some of which he had written as early as 1931.
With Dream unpublished, and with not enough stories to make up a solid collection that would interest a publisher (or 'invite a publisher to wipe his arse with', in his words), Beckett began to recycle material from the novel, salvaging those sections that could easily be integrated into or adapted to the shorter literary form. Thus for example the story 'A Wet Night', as it appears in More Pricks Than Kicks, is taken nearly verbatim from the novel Dream of Fair to Middling Women. Beckett also pilfered material from his Dream Notebook, reading notes collated for the writing of the novel. This pragmatic approach also had, to Beckett's mind, intellectual precedence, advocating in his essay on Proust 'that most necessary, wholesome and monotonous plagiarism — the plagiarism of oneself' (33).
By September 1933, Beckett had assembled ten stories amounting to roughly 60,000 words. After his failure to place his writing with publishers, Beckett was hardly confident that his collection would find favour, despite telling his friend Thomas MacGreevy in a letter of 7 September 1933, and referring to the first story of More Pricks Than Kicks, that 'if people can read Saki they can read anything, even Dante & Lobster' (qtd. in Pilling 1997, 99). Prentice must have agreed with this evaluation. In his letter of acceptance dated 25 September 1933, he asked whether Beckett could come up with a 'livelier title' to replace Draff (the name of the final story of More Pricks Than Kicks), adding 'Hurray too if you manage that extra story', which suggests that Beckett may have raised the issue of writing a further story should the publisher feel that the collection was on the short side. Thanking Beckett for the revised title, More Pricks Than Kicks, Prentice reiterated his belief that 'another 10,000 words, or even 5,000 for that matter, would, I am certain, help the book' (29 September 1933). Beckett, for various reasons, struggled to accommodate the request. As he told MacGreevy, part of the problem was that he had killed off the protagonist of the collection in the penultimate story, 'Yellow': 'I have to do another story for More Pricks, Belacqua redivivus, and I'm as stupid as a goat' (9 October 1933; LSB I, 167). The fact that Belacqua would have to be resurrected for the new final story was acknowledged by Prentice: 'I'm delighted that Belacqua Lazarus will be walking again shortly' (4 October 1933). By early November, Beckett confessed to MacGreevy that he was 'grinding out the last yelps for C. & W.' but was 'having awful trouble' with it (1 November 1933). Yet he must have succeeded in writing the story rather quickly after this, as Prentice acknowledged receipt of it on 10 November 1933, while also registering his surprise at its length of 13,500 words ('What a big one!'). More importantly, the story as a whole completely confounded him, and in a long letter, phrased apologetically yet firmly, Prentice informed Beckett on 13 November that 'Echo's Bones' was not suitable for publication; the letter is worth citing at length:
It is a nightmare. Just too terribly persuasive. It gives me the jim-jams. The same horrible and immediate switches of the focus, and the same wild unfathomable energy of the population. There are chunks I don't connect with. I am so sorry to feel like this. Perhaps it is only over the details, and I may have a correct inkling of the main impression. I am sorry, for I hate to be dense, but I hope I am not altogether insensitive. 'Echo's Bones' certainly did land on me with a wallop.
Do you mind if we leave it out of the book — that is, publish 'More Pricks than Kicks' in the original form in which you sent it in? Though it's on the short side, we'll still be able to price it at 7/6d. 'Echo's Bones' would, I am sure, lose the book a great many readers. People will shudder and be puzzled and confused; and they won't be keen on analysing the shudder. I am certain that 'Echo's Bones' would depress the sales very considerably.
I hate having to say this, as well as falling behind scratch myself, and I hope
you will forgive as far as you can. Please try to make allowances for us; the future of the book affects you as well.
This is a dreadful débâcle?on my part, not on yours, God save the mark. But I have to own up to it. A failure, a blind-spot, call it what I may. Yet the only plea for mercy I can make is that the icy touch of those revenant fingers was too much for me. I am sitting on the ground, and ashes are on my head.
Beckett's response to this remarkable letter appears to have been tempered by acquiescence, although a possibly more honest reaction is found in a letter to MacGreevy written shortly afterward: 'I haven't been doing anything. Charles's fouting a la porte [kicking out] of Echo's Bones, the last story, into which I put all I knew and plenty that I was better still aware of, discouraged me profoundly. . . . But no doubt he was right. I tell him so, therefore all that entre nous [between us]' (6 December 1933; LSB I, 171). Indeed, the failure of the story provoked Beckett into writing a poem of the same name, and he subsequently used the title again for his first collection of poems, Echo's Bones and Other Precipitates (1935). And, although it would surely have been difficult for him to feel otherwise at the time, the writing of the story was not an entirely wasted effort, as he transferred material from ?Echo's Bones' to a revised ending of 'Draff', and thus to More Pricks Than Kicks as a whole; Prentice (on 11 December 1933) praised 'the new little bit at the end', calling it 'a decided improvement'.
On first reading 'Echo's Bones', one cannot help but sympathise with Prentice's decision to reject the story. As an early critic, Rubin Rabinowitz, summarised it: 'the setting is unrealistic, the plot improbable, the characters bizarre' (55). 'Echo's Bones' is a difficult, at times obscure story, uneven in tone and mood and evasive in stating its business. It bristles with tensions that arise from its fragmented nature, its incessant intertextual borrowings, the way it shifts between different literary styles and its allusive, wayward language, none of which allow the story to coalesce into a unity, even of the 'involuntary' kind that characterised Dream of Fair to Middling Women. But if the story is rather wild and undisciplined, it is also quite brilliantly so, especially in the flaunting yet withholding of its 'shabby mysteries' ('Draff', 174). The imaginative playfulness mixes styles and sources, all of which gesture toward Joyce but ultimately establish something rather more distinctly Beckettian.
Beckett obviously struggled to write the story. His correspondence with MacGreevy testifies to the fact that his heart was not really in the book as a whole ('But it is all jigsaw and I am not interested'), viewing More Pricks Than Kicks as a concession to the marketplace, and in terms of literary merit inferior to what he had tried to do with the novel Dream. Moreover, Beckett's feelings about his creative activities must have been complicated by the death of his father only a few months earlier (on 26 June 1933), which may have contributed to his decision to abandon the kind of allusive, fragmentary, and ultimately Joycean writing that might fulfil his own artistic criteria but would not sustain a living. As a result, Beckett's struggle to write the story is evident across the surface of the text. The characters themselves are ostensibly trying to keep a story going even as it tries at every turn to sabotage them from doing so. More than once, for example, the text obstructs itself, as when Lord Gall 'could not go on with what he was saying'.
Naturally enough, the largest challenge facing Beckett in writing this 'fagpiece', as the story calls itself, was how to ensure its consistency within the collection as a whole. He must have decided that it was easier to resurrect Belacqua from the dead and to add a story at the end of the book than to upset the unity, if there is one, of More Pricks Than Kicks by inserting one at an earlier point. Throughout the volume, Belacqua negotiates a world of love and death, and in 'Echo's Bones' is faced with an afterlife. Even before his untimely demise during a surgical operation in the story 'Yellow', Belacqua was described (in Dream) as a 'horrible border-creature' (123), a state of being reinforced in 'Echo's Bones' by his opening position, seated on a fence. Although a ghost, and casting no shadow, Belacqua is very much a corporeal entity, brought back to life in order to atone for his narcissism, his solipsism and for being an ?indolent bourgeois poltroon' (174) in the previous stories, indolent like his namesake in Dante's Divine Comedy.
The story self-referentially calls itself a 'triptych', and it is indeed a piece in three movements, but whose panels barely make up a whole. The first part tells the story of Belacqua's resurrection and his encounter with the prostitute Miss Zaborovna Privet. The second deals with the giant Lord Gall of Wormwood, who is unable to father a son and will lose his estate to the fertile Baron Extravas should he die intestate. Lord Gall thus requests that Belacqua help make him a father; Belacqua complies, and Lady Moll Gall does indeed give birth — to a girl, since this is a shaggy dog story. The story then switches in its final part abruptly to Belacqua sitting on his own headstone, watching the groundsman Doyle rob his grave. Although Doyle had already appeared as an unnamed minor figure in 'Draff', the other main characters are new to the collection. But in an attempt to establish a sense of continuity between 'Echo's Bones' and the other stories of More Pricks, Beckett reintroduces several characters despite having killed off several of them (including Belacqua) in the course of the book, as summarised during the opening of 'Draff': 'Then shortly after that they suddenly seemed to be all dead, Lucy of course long since, Ruby duly, Winnie to decency, Alba Perdue in the natural course of being seen home' (167). Nevertheless, at two points in 'Echo's Bones' a parade of characters passes by in the background. Thus for example the Parambini and Caleken Frika make an appearance, as does the (deceased) Alba, one of Belacqua's love interests, who surfaces surreally in a submarine transporting the souls of the dead. The reintroduction of these characters, who add nothing to the plot, or plots, presumably prompted Prentice's reference to the ?wild unfathomable energy of the population'.
As for the 'horrible and immediate switches of focus', there is hardly a sentence in 'Echo's Bones' that is not borrowed from one source or another, bearing out Beckett's own statement that he had 'put all I knew and plenty that I was better still aware of' into the story. These references range from the recondite to the popular (Marlene Dietrich, French chansons), and are inscribed in the text both openly and covertly. In compositional terms, 'Echo's Bones' mainly draws on the so-called Dream notebook; essentially Beckett used those quotations from this artistic notebook that he had not previously used in the novel of the same name or in More Pricks Than Kicks. Either Beckett was grasping around for whatever he had to hand, in his haste to complete this last story for Chatto & Windus, or he was re-enacting a compositional strategy that had been impressed upon the young writer by Joyce's example. 'Echo's Bones' is, without doubt, more densely allusive, more Joycean, than any of Beckett's other early writings; both on a verbal and a structural level, it harnesses a range of materials, from science and philosophy to religion and literature. As its title suggests, this is a story made up of echoes, of allusions to multiple cultural contexts. However, as John Pilling has remarked, at times there are so 'many echoes that they seem to multiply to infinity, and yet they are little more than the bare bones of material without any overarching purpose to animate' (Pilling 2011, 104). The switches between the three parts of the story, as well as the references both erudite and contemporary seem randomised, all of which is compounded by the switches in register. The style draws on various literary periods, and the language oscillates between the ornate ('Archipelagoes of pollards, spangled with glades') and the demotic (Dublin slang).
The story structurally and conceptually parallels Dante's glimpse of the afterlife in the Divine Comedy, and plays on forms of atonement that correspond to the sinner's actual vices. The pervasively purgatorial tone is compounded by phrases taken from the Bible as well as from Thomas à Kempis's The Imitation of Christ and Jeremy Taylor's The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living and Holy Dying (1650-1), the latter a book Beckett was reading at the time he was composing the story. However, and despite the many quotations from St. Augustine's Confessions, this is not a story of punishment, conversion and salvation. Indeed, any possibility of religious salvation for Belacqua is undercut by the litter of sexual puns (learned or schoolboy), lewd jokes and terminology deriving from flagellation, infertility and homosexuality, especially in the second part of the story. Just as the themes of impotence and sterility are woven through the story, clothed in literary as well as sexual allusions. The threat of reproductive sex, visible across Beckett's early work, is here deflected humorously, and the general profanity owes much to the Marquis de Sade, whose 120 Days of Sodom Beckett was later to consider translating into English.
The struggle to identify what is at stake in the story is made more difficult by the employment of devices from fantastical, non-realist genres and narratives. One such area is myth; as the title already suggests, Beckett employs the story of Narcissus and Echo from Ovid's Metamorphoses to frame Belacqua's 'post-obit' journey from living character to echoic voice, until only his bones remain in the final tableau of the story. Beckett also invests the proceedings with a gothic atmosphere, especially in the final section which plays out in a cemetery. Perhaps more surprising is the use of fairy tale, a form which throws longer shadows over Beckett's early oeuvre than is usually acknowledged. Blending fairy tales, gothic dreams and classical myth, 'Echo's Bones' is in parts a fantastical story replete with giants, tree-houses, mandrakes, ostriches and mushrooms, drawing on a tradition of folklore as popularised for example by W.B. Yeats and the Brothers Grimm.
Beckett's experiments with the fairy tale form, and the general hilarity of the knock-about between Belacqua and Lord Gall, obscure but never quite obliterate the sense of grief and absence that pervades the story. Indeed, as its opening words indicate, 'the dead die hard', and Beckett may well have had the deaths of his cousin and lover, Peggy Sinclair (in May 1933, of tuberculosis), and of his father (in June 1933) on his mind when writing the story.


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Snooping gear has gone to Syria, Iran and Egypt, and Privacy International isn't happy
A major privacy group today said it is planning to take the UK government to court for allowing egregious surveillance technology to be exported to repressive foreign regimes.
Privacy International said evidence of surveillance technology being sold to foreign powers such as Iran has been amassing since 2011. The body claimed last year that Creativity Software had been selling a location-tracking system to Iran.
Reports also alleged Gamma International was selling "FinSpy" technology to the now-fallen Egyptian government of Hosni Mubarak. That technology, sold as part of Gamma's FinFisher range of products, could have been used by the regime to hack into citizens' email accounts, or even full control of their computers, aping the tactics of cyber criminals, reports claimed.
Privacy International has now sent a letter to Vince Cable, secretary of state for business innovation and skills, asking the government to change the rules which allow such technology to be easily exported.
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The letter claims the controls have not kept pace with the way the market and the technology have shifted, given the industry is now worth $3 billion a year. It points to Gamma as one of the chief pushers of surveillance technology, claiming it was "illustrative of a wide-scale problem and indicative of the need for the UK to take urgent action.
"It is [Privacy International's] view that the FinFisher range of products and other surveillance equipment of concern, designed to access an individual's computer or other device without their consent can be distinguishable from other software, which may have other uses and where export controls are not necessary," the letter read.
The group has given the government 21 days (14 from today) to take action and update the list of products that need to be checked before export. If the government does not respond as the body wants, Privacy International will file for judicial review and, if appropriate, seek an injunction preventing British companies selling surveillance technologies to repressive regimes and stopping them from maintaining and updating those systems already sold.
A Privacy International spokesperson said the body fully expects to go to court, as it is unlikely the government will take action.
Eric King, head of research at Privacy International, told TechWeekEurope that along with Creative and Gamma, there were "a number of others who are deeply complicit in selling this stuff abroad". "Overwhelmingly the surveillance industry is British," King claimed.
Last year, UK security firm Sophos was implicated in selling surveillance technology through its Utimaco subsidiary, which ended up being used for spying technology in Syria. A Newsnight and Bureau of Investigative Journalism report found Utimaco had sold kit to Italian organisation Area, the equipment then being packaged up for sale to the Syrian government.
King said Privacy International is currently only interested in looking at the "worst of the worst technologies", but may look at getting other intrusive technologies onto the list of those that require government approval before being shipped abroad.
The government does not have to make any fresh legislation, only update that export list, something King said was "an incredibly simple fix".
If the Coalition fails to respond in 14 days, it will mark the first time Privacy International has taken the UK government to court. It is hoping to get a protective cost order so it can afford to carry out what will potentially be a lengthy court battle.
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New Delhi: Controversial Uttar Pradesh politician Raja Bhaiya was on Thursday booked by CBI under murder charges in the killing of police officer Zia-Ul-Haq after the probe into the case was handed over to the central investigating agency. Now question arises that if Raja Bhaiya will be arrested? (Agencies) Latest News from Sports News Desk
Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya was named in one of the four FIRs filed by CBI on the basis of complaint given by Haq's wife Parveen Azad in which the five-time Independent MLA from Kunda in Pratapgarh district figured. He was earlier booked by the UP police only for criminal conspiracy.
In the case of murder of Zia, who was shot dead in Kunda while on duty on March 2, two FIRs were filed by the UP police --one on the basis of SHO Manoj Shukla's report in which 10 people are suspects and another on the basis of complaint given by Parveen in which Raja Bhaiya along with four others were named. Raja Bhaiya is likely to be questioned by CBI in connection with the probe.
Raja Bhaiya and four others have been accused in the FIR under IPC sections related to murder, criminal conspiracy, rioting, intentional insult to provoke violence among others, CBI sources said. Both the cases have been taken by up by the CBI for probe as referred by the state government, the sources said. 44-year-old Raja Bhaiya, who resigned as a Cabinet Minister after he was booked for criminal conspiracy, has a criminal record and has been jailed before.
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CBI is dispatching a 10-member team of Special Crime investigation officers including forensic specialists tonight to reach the crime site in Kunda and will take over probe, sources said. "I hope for justice in the CBI probe. CBI must not come under any political pressure," Haq's wife said.
Two other cases which are inter-related with the killing of the DSP--murders of Balipur village head Nanhe Yadav and his brother Suresh Yadav--have also been taken up by the agency for the probe making the total number of FIRs taken by CBI as four, they said.
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CBI sources said the agency will start the probe on the basis of FIRs filed by the state police. They made it clear that all the accused have been named by the state government. The agency would also take up the custody of two accused arrested by the state police--Rajeev Singh and Sanjay Singh alias Guddu Singh considered to be close aide of Raja Bhaiya, they said Rajeev Singh is an accused in the murder of Nanhe Yadav who was killed on March 2 at 7.30 PM in Balipur, Kunda, while Guddu Singh has been named in the FIR relating to murder of Haq and Suresh Yadav.
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In the FIR filed on the basis of complaint given by Haq's wife Parveen Azad, she has alleged, "On the directions of Raja Bhaiya, Nagar Panchayat Chairman Gulshan Yadav, minister's representative Hari Om Srivastava, his driver Rohit Singh and supporter Guddu Singh first assaulted my husband with sticks and rods and later shot him dead."
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With films from 72 countries presented over its 12 days, the 59th BFI London Film Festival promises to be a huge international film celebration. We are delighted to see a vast selection of UK films and UK co-productions profiled within the programme, with an unprecedented 100 new UK and UK co-produced films unspooling - many as World or European premieres.
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One who's conception is the result of an accidental leakage and transfer of semen from the soon-to-be mother's anus to her vagina. Assuming the feces covered sperm reach an egg cell and successfully fertilize said cell, the outcome will be a rather poor excuse for a human child. This child (Butt Troll) will be forever ridden with terrible hygiene and an uncommonly low level of intelligence.
Brittany's parents should have paid a little more attention to their post-anal-sex clean up process. That girl is smelling up this entire building. I guess I wouldn't expect much else from a Butt Troll though.
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there is always grace. there is always hope.
kara and johnny embody that. their story tells it.
from the beginning, i knew that this was going to be a special day. love reunited. only i had no idea. the weeks leading up to kara and johnny's elopement, kara and i essentially became pen pals. she told me her story. told me their story. came to me with the sweetest demeanor and had me in tears over emails. i hadn't even met them yet.
this was an experience that blessed me to my core. only i feel as if i would never be able to do their story justice.
so i'd rather she tell you it herself.
We both grew up in a small town in Eastern Pennsylvania, we met at the end of 5th grade, after Johnny had moved into my grade school. Time would pass and during our Senior year of high school we had captured each others hearts.Johnny moved away to Seattle in 1998 to attend the Art Institute, and I went on to get married to someone else. We lost touch for a few years, found each other a few years later on our High School's Alumni site, but, life had taken us in different directions. Fast forward 10 years and after my painful and abusive first marriage and divorce, I needed the support of my best friend, Johnny.
I arrived in Seattle in May of 2010 and started my life anew. New memories, new surroundings and old love. He is patient with me, takes me on adventures, loves me for me. We are, above everything else, best friends and feel so fortunate to have the opportunity to share every day together.
Johnny was the one, that on that last day, the day the final straw broke, he was the one that saved me. He was the only one that I had told everything to. He was and always will be my best friend. Johnny was the one that when I called, in tears, and said, "I have to leave", booked and bought my plane ticket. I had no choice but to leave the way I did, I flew from the edge of one coast to the other. I had 30 minutes to pack 2 suitcases, my girlfriends drove me to the airport, and I was gone. I've never been back to Florida since that day.
I never thought I was allowed to feel loved the way I do now, I thought that what I had was my own fault and there was no other choice.
The way Johnny looked at me as you took our pictures, the way he looked at me as we said our vows, the way he looks at me as my head is snuggled on his arm, I know, just by his eyes that he loves me, and he loves me for me.
I've learned that the people that love and support you in life are so very precious. No one should ever make you feel like less of a person, no one should put you down or threaten you.
I've always said that I feel everything so much, everything around me, it affects me so greatly. To be in a place where I am encouraged to be me, that, just being me, means the world to the one person who loves me so much. Those are emotions that I cannot even begin to tell you how important they are.
I was given a second chance at happiness, and my soul has never felt more complete.
shooting with a winter palette, oh it did us well.
down to the courthouse we went. tucked up in room overlooking the city, these two were married.
finding out what the other had inscribed on the ring.
there is always grace. there is always hope.
the first time i met these two, i pulled into the parking lot at discovery park. johnny stepped out of his car, lint rolled his jacket and had a stranger tie his tie. he could barely get words out to me. he promised he typically could speak much better. i could feel how excited/anxious he was to see kara. i yelped when i saw kara walk up. i love when i feel an already closeness and it's our first time meeting. so, 2 hours in the absolute freezing cold. i love what we got, i loved watching them play and be completely giddy over each other.
these are the days that mean so much.
these two have become friends of mine. had me over for homemade pizza. beers. cats. chatting. i am so grateful for people like kara and johnny who trust their story and their day to me.


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Austin's Household Income at $49,987 in 2011, American Community Survey Shows
Sep 20, 2012, 10:00 ET
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The median household income in Austin, Texas, was $49,987 in 2011, which was not significantly different from the national figure of $50,502, according to statistics released today from the 2011 American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, 21.0 percent of people in Austin did not have health insurance coverage, compared with 15.1 percent nationally. A selected profile of Austin appears below, including statistics on education, housing and the foreign-born population.
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"The American Community Survey provides a wide range of important statistics about our nation's people, housing and economy for all communities in the country – including Austin," said Thomas Mesenbourg, the Census Bureau's acting director. "The results are used by everyone from retailers, homebuilders and police departments, to town and city planners."
The survey is the only source of local estimates for most of the 40 topics it covers, such as educational attainment, housing, employment, commuting, language spoken at home, nativity, ancestry and selected monthly homeowner costs down to the smallest communities.
Other selected highlights for Austin:
- In 2011, 35.2 percent of the preschool age population was enrolled in school, compared with 47.4 percent in the nation as a whole.
- Among Austin's 25-and-older population, 86.0 percent completed high school or more, which was not significantly different from the 85.9 percent in the nation as a whole.
- Meanwhile, 44.5 percent of the 25-and-older population had a bachelor's degree or higher, compared with 28.5 percent nationally.
- In 2011, the median value for an owner-occupied home was $217,700, compared with $173,600 in the nation as a whole.
- In 2011, the median gross rent (rent plus utilities) was $905, compared with $871 in the nation as a whole.
Foreign-Born Population
- About 18.9 percent of people in Austin were foreign-born, compared with 13.0 percent in the nation as a whole.
More information about Austin's social, economic and housing characteristics, as well as information on other geographies, can be found on the Census Bureau's American FactFinder website. The 2011 American Community Survey one-year estimates are available for the nation, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional district, every metropolitan area, and all counties and places with populations of 65,000 or more. Estimates for areas with smaller populations will be available later this year.
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Being a quilter in Central Oregon is heaven! We have 9 shops all within a 45 minute drive and they all have their own appeal. And now, I have added Portland to my quilting life! I will be sharing my shopping, projects, mistakes, successes and travels...all things quilt!...so come join me in my world of quilting, books, movies and restaurants!
Saturday, January 14, 2012
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Love the one with the trains! Ps finished quilting another one, yea, in all fairness, mine are all about lap size, not big ones.ReplyDelete
Oh my, I love all the projects! That pumpkin topper is gorgeous! Have a happy weekend!ReplyDelete
Wonderful projects and love civil war quilts, need to figure out what to make with my fabric.ReplyDelete
Beautiful and fun projects. Congratulations on getting 3 blocks done! I love your idea of thinking of all your UFO's as friends. Fabulous!ReplyDelete


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GCC for Embedded Engineers
will produce a file compile—commands that the user can mark as executable and run a line at a time to pinpoint the exact cause of a problem.
GCC is a deceptively powerful, complex tool. The developers have created software that "does the right thing" with minimal information from the user. Because it works so well, users frequently forget to spend the time to learn about GCC's capabilities. This article scratches the surface; the best advice is to read the documentation and invest a little time each day to learn how this tool always can do more than expected.
uClibc, a replacement for the GNU C Library, optimized for size: www.uclibc.org.
dietlibc, another replacement for GNU C, the smallest of the group: www.fefe.de/dietlibc.
NewLib, a Red Hat-supported project for a minimal C library: sourceware.org/newlib.
GCC Internals—information about the guts and construction of GCC; it's very well written and a great guide for those curious about how GCC works: gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint.
binutils—architecture-specific tools that smooth the way for development: www.gnu.org/software/binutils.
info gcc, from your command line, provides in-depth information about end-user-related aspects of GCC.
crosstool, a tool for building GCC cross-compilers, now the canonical way for doing so, is very easy to use: www.uclibc.org.
The Definitive Guide to GCC by Bill von Hagen—a great book covering all aspects of how to use GCC.
Gene Sally has been working with all facets of embedded Linux for the last seven years and is cohost of LinuxLink Radio, the most popular embedded Linux podcast. Gene can be reached at email@example.com.
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Eventide: Slavic Fable Collector's Edition
Your grandmother is caretaker for the beautiful Heritage Park, a magical place where mythical creatures live peacefully alongside humans. But when an evil force seeks to destroy them, she summons you to use your botanical skills to save an endangered plant that is their last hope for survival. That is, until the evil Boruta kidnaps your grandmother, threatening to use the park's ancient magic to conquer the world. Make friends with the creatures to rescue your grandmother and prevent Boruta's forces from causing worldwide calamity. Inspired by Slavic mythology, Eventide: Slavic Fable is a unique Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure that you don't want to miss!
November 27, 2015
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Artifex Mundi is back with a brand-new Hidden Object Adventure title! For years, mythical creatures have lived peacefully together with humans in The Heritage Park that your grandmother serves as the much-admired caretaker. When your grandmother asked you, as the talented botanist, for help – you know something must be wrong!
How refreshing it is to see a new storyline for a change! Arguably, Eventide: Slavic Fable is still based on the same-old kidnapping story – but at least it tries to be different. If you are a fan of fantasy games, then Eventide should feel right at home for you. The game features adorable talking mythical creatures, as well as the almighty evil ones. As the game progresses, the storyline gets more and more interesting, especially the backstories – there was never a single moment of boredom playing this game.
Artifex Mundi is back to showcase its artistic superiority through the amazing visuals of the game. Every single scene is beautifully painted with rich colors and enhanced by the top-notch visual effects. We were also impressed by the amount of creativity put into creating all these eye-catching locations; they are unique to this particular game and we did not get that feeling of dejavu we sometimes get in some of the recent HOPA titles. For the majority of the game, the music remains pretty serene and calm, but it does get suspenseful when the situation seems fitting. The voice-overs of the characters are very well-done, nothing to complain about.
In addition, Eventide: Slavic Fable has a very cohesive gameplay. Every aspect of the game flows delightfully together, the whole experience of the game is as smooth as silk. Perhaps, two of the weakest aspects of the game are the hidden object scenes and the puzzles. While the locations in the game are extremely imaginative, the hidden object scenes look pale in comparison – most of them are junk piles with list formats, definitely lack the bells and whistles. The puzzles are slightly better, but could certainly be better. More than half of the puzzles are incredibly easy, and not very complex either.
Nonetheless, Eventide: Slavic Fable has a nice length of four hours, or five hours if you include the amazing bonus chapter. Apart from that, the Collector's Edition of the game comes with a strategy guide, replayable hidden object scenes and puzzles, wallpapers, concept art, soundtracks, cutscenes, achievements and collectibles.
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Read this article in Italian.
The American Loren Chasse is one of the most important international artists working in the areas of environment and sound. His ability to listen and to transform an object into "musical instrument†is the most identifying feature of his work.
If field recordings are more and more common in "experimental†music, then Loren Chasse does not only have a different way of using sound, but he manages to "photograph†with his microphone the acoustic spaces in which he works.
Chasse shifts the traditional frontier of art by blurring the differences between music and sound art, if it can even be assumed that they exist. Beyond his activities as a musician and his several collaborations, he is a teacher in the San Francisco School District where he organizes workshops on skilled and creative listening.
Luca Bergero (LB): In 2004 I was in a concert of yours– I really liked your plunging into the public, and the way you cancelled the distance between you and the listeners. Can you just tell us about the way you develop your live performances? How flexible are you in your relationship with the public?
Loren Chasse (LC): My performances are thoroughly connected to the use of space as an "instrumentâ€. Usually, there is little distance between the listener and me because the sounds I like are generated by delicate physical gestures, which have to be observed from close up. Often, the sounds are acoustically amplified from the same room and are relatively calm. The sounds of the room and of the public are always included in the "mixâ€. I work near each listener's ears in such a way to obtain a sort of intimacy, something individual, maybe private too, for each ear in the room.
I am aware I cannot really "compose†a performance before it happens. I can at most "choreography†my movements in space, considering this path as a stereophonic space I want to investigate within. I try at least to identify a set of chances for space and the situation of the performance: I want some of them to happen. In the live performance you attended, I noticed some children in the theatre following me while I was moving among several things on the floor. They looked at me from close up, with the fascinating inattention peculiar to children, and wanted to imitate my gestures and touch the things when I had finished using them. As they felt at their ease, they joined me as I was shaking the gravel or contorting some wood.
LB: I read a lot about your idea of the microphone as the ears' extension. Since you started working with field recordings how has your everyday listening changed? Do you manage to separate each moment completely? Do you have the chance to seize the sounds from others?
LC: I use the microphone a lot and I take inspiration from certain pointlessness in sound recording. The moment does not sound so good once it is recorded. This is why during my performances I like to create a natural listening experience and not a technologically mediated one. I usually use a microphone to record the sound of my actions so that after the performance my public can listen to a recorded version of what they experienced. In my recorded works I like to get the sounds they way they are transformed and overemphasized by the environment; maybe giving a physical quality implying something on the situation and on the circumstances they were achieved or found.
LB: Each environment has peculiar sound aspects. How do you relate or modify the audio to the space in which you are presenting Do the works you create for art galleries require a different approach?
LC: I do not really know whether I really make a distinction between works for art galleries and the others. It is always related to a specific space. Are there stairs? Balconies? Windows? Railings? Wood? Stone? Fitted carpet? Metal? Is there an access to the adjoining rooms? Are there fixed chairs? Can the spectators move freely around the room? Definitely, the venue might influence my approach in that I "hope for†or anticipate that a particular kind of public may attend the event. Yet, there are plenty of "subcultures†where my works are presented and I must say that some spectators are more â€innocent†than others, or some have more experience, or at least, some have different experiences.
LB: Part of your works involves children. What kind of reactions do they have towards the projects that you present to them? How does your relationship with those "pure†listeners influence your work?
LC: Working with children gives me the freedom to profit from more possibilities. They are not self-aware, and so I realize that I in turn become less self-aware. Children do not look for or listen to a "personality†within the work; rather they need an immediate fulfillment of their senses. So, I tend to be rather physical in my approach and to create my sound I try to use things that are far more fascinating. And I try tailor sounds so they are not too "violent†or strong for children's ears.
LB: How important are collaborations on your artistic path? How does the comparison with other musicians/artists interfere with the growth and realization of new projects?
LC: Collaborations can be very fulfilling. It is a relationship imposing some limits that can be either exciting or frustrating. To me collaborations are successful when I have a friendship or at least a personal relationship which goes beyond the sound art subculture. Lately, I am more interested in working with people from other fields, whose motivations can be slightly different from mine's.
At present time, I am involved in a project with an organization of London named Proboscis. I am interested in the "practice "of free distribution which can lead to perspectives-often through creativity-to work in new fields. Proboscis usually gathers artists and people concerned with different fields, such as economy, neurology, education, cartography, communication, etc., with the hope that two fields might be mutually inspired to innovative new practices and develop new decision criteria.
My project involves working with a state school to map the neighborhood according to the sound experiences of the students. Moreover, we are analyzing some "typologies†of sound spaces in London. And exploring the way people listen to their environment in everyday life.
LB: What is, (if it exists), the limit between music and "sound art�
LC: I think the imaginary limit changes continuously. My activities in groups such as "Thuja,†"The Child Readers,†"The Blithe Sons and Of,†(also called Jeweled Antler music), are not much different from my solo activities. The division seems to be, rather, one between the culture of "sound art†and the culture of alternative/experimental/psychedelic. (So may names!) But, now there are festivals and events, (even in big museums), inviting artists from both "fieldsâ€. So, actually, this border is vanishing and the two worlds, listening and recognizing themselves "in the otherâ€, are starting to mingle.
LB: What are your current engagements? Do you have plans to come back to Italy?
LC: Each summer I go where I am invited. I have some good friends in Turin, (a group called "My Cat is An Alienâ€), and I hope I will meet them again and collaborate. I would also like to visit some friends in Milan and Udine. Those meetings might also lead to some collaboration.
Next summer I imagine I will have some opportunities in Estonia and in Latvia; I am going to work with some friends in Switzerland and in Spain. I suppose I will go where the wind is blowing!


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It's not all mainstream what you read on THEME. The field of photography is far and wide, and this post refers to another rather unusual evidence that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Ever heard of a photographer named Eadweard Muybridge? Not? No wonder. Muybridge, of California, discovered in 1874 that his wife had a lover. He shot and killed the fancier, was put on trial and acquitted on the grounds that it was "justifiable homicide." Which inspired composer Philip Glass to write the chamber opera The Photographer, based on the homicide trial and words drawn from the trial as well as Muybridge's letters to his wife.
Since we're talking photography on THEME, here's what interests us: in the early 1870s Muybridge developed a scheme for instantaneous picture capture. His technology involved prescriptive chemical bath formulas and an electrical trigger.
In July 1878, Muybridge successfully photographed a horse at a gallop using a series of fifty cameras. Each of the cameras was arranged along a track parallel to the horse's, and each of the camera shutters were controlled by trip wires which were triggered by the horse's hooves. This series of photos, taken at Stanford's Palo Alto Stock Farm, is called The Horse in Motion, and shows that, indeed, the feet all leave the ground.
Muybridge's sponsor, Californian racehorse owner Leland Stanford, laid a wager on the contentious issue of whether a galloping horse was ever airborne. Muybridge proved: it was! By projecting the pictures in rapid succession to reproduce the horse's motion, Muybridge laid the groundwork for the development of motion pictures cameras, and hence the entire cinematic industry. Muybridge produced, in fact, the first film ever!
Later on, after his acquittal, Muybridge left the U.S. for a lengthy planned photography expedition to Central America, where he particularly worked in Guatemala. Composer Glass, however, wasn't the least bit interested in the explorer and photographer Muybridge. It's about the personal melodrama.
Glass' opera is a piece of abstract, repetitive music. Spherical and meditative, it reminds of the composer's most famous work, the film music to Koyaanisqatsi.
Now here's the mystically compelling The Photographer, a peculiar piece of chamber opera, gently assaulting one's mind and ears:
You can purchase The Photographer — performed by Paul Zukofsky and the Philip Glass Ensemble — from Amazon.


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AOL launches a local language version of its web search portal in India called AOL India Portal informs Arnold Zafra.
"Coming into the Indian web market are a slew of AOL web services spearheaded by AOL's video search portal Truveo. Truveo is launching its international editions in eight major countries today as well."
As India is a significant consumer of its products and AOL too aims to serve the market with a formidable portal an video search tools. AOL President and COO Ron Grant said that, "These are also important steps in our ongoing efforts to make AOL a truly global company, we started this year with three international portals in Europe, and we will end 2008 with a presence in 30 countries around the world."


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This section describes known application client issues and associated solutions.
If you have a top level JAR file inside your client JAR (in this case, reporter.jar), when you deploy the client JAR, the MANIFEST file for that JAR overwrites the MANIFEST file for the client JAR.
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The application client always tries to connect to localhost:3700. The problem is that several system properties need to be read before the client code is invoked.
Set the following as system properties (-D in your JAVA_CMD). Do not set them in your appclient code:
org.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialHost = server-instance-host org.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialPort = server-instance-port
When a SocketChannel is registered on several Selectors, doing socketChannel.keyFor(lastRegisteredSelector) returns null instead of the SelectionKey.
This is related to a JDK bug, 6562829, and is expected to be fixed in 6.0 U3. A workaround has been included in Communications Server, such that the selector is unwrapped before the keyFor API is called. This enables the keyFor to succeed until JDK bug is fixed.


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A friend of mine just sent what I feel is a great and timely email and I wanted to pass it onto you. At this time he isn't even aware of me doing so. But Gary is not only a former client of mine, but a really good friend and I learn about as much from him as he does from me. He is a great teacher and one of the few truly insightful, intuitive people I know.
Whether you read his message and just soak it up, or you read it and book a session with him or with me, whatever you decide or need is great.
Just today I decide to print out personal notes from my client's I've worked with a display them in frames around me – as a reminder. Being surrounded by love and reminded of our gifts can be important on those days where we waiver. These notes are not simple thank you's, they are immensely personal notes that often bring tears to my eyes. Words have power, and when it comes from the heart and a personal space it is even more powerful and often needed for the recipient.
I want you to do well on your journey and every now and then, even the best of us (meaning you), sometimes need some encouraging words to remind us who we are, and to stay true to our path.
His email is below.
Warmest Regards,
Stefanie Hartman
Notes from Gary:
It has been a while since I've written a newsletter and with so much occurring at the moment in the world and having received lots of emails from clients and students with concerns from different parts of the world I'm putting thought to keyboard.
This is what has been happening in my world. I have been extraordinarily busy with trainings and clients in Australia with the corporate side of the business booming. I'm back in the states developing several on-line trainings so the information can reach a wider audience. I'm finishing that project up before heading off to Paris, Bali and Australia. It's been a busy year but not without its challenges and unpredictable circumstances.
What I have witnessed is, the amount of energetic, emotional and financial intensity occurring right now is really nothing like I have experienced before and hence the number of emails I have been receiving. As I read through many of the emails I desired to share some thoughts and recent personal experiences of mine with the hopes they may inspire, encourage and bring focus.
We are living within a time where the illusion of our political and financial systems are becoming transparent here in the US and around the world. Many emails have confessed confusion and fear that goes along with realizing what once seemed so invincible and stable is actually not really stable at all and far from invincible. Many of my students and friends are on the threshold of real personal and financial concern and my feeling is we require putting this period of our lives and history into perspective.
On a practical note I truly believe that there are no insurmountable problems only inflexible thinking and a lack of innovation and adaptability. So for many of my phone coaching clients that I am working with, I'm helping them generate ideas, clear their fear and scarcity thinking, clarify their communication in their business and personal relationships, so they can see possibility instead of lack and fear. Most importantly create a doable plan for the next year that works.
We must remember we are reality generating creatures and what we feel, speak and dwell upon, we create more of and create it faster than ever before. You can adjust to every situation given you when you remain the one with the most flexibility and have the possibility mind set. Is it easy?
No, but is it your best possible option? I would have to say yes.
The alternative really sucks and creates just more fear, upset and feelings of impossibility which is the last place you require you're thinking to be.
I am constantly reminding myself that at the heart of all we experience in life is a spiritual experience with wisdom's that are constantly revealing themselves if we only have the eyes and heart to witness them.
I'd like to share a brief moment I had today that may shine a light on a topic that is very important in these times. There are some big places in my life that I am facing uncertainty. I found myself at the gym this morning and was sitting on one of the machines wondering which way my fate would fall. What ball would be thrown to me and what game would I be playing. Suddenly I found myself closing me eyes and saying the following:
Great Spirit I do not know where you want me to do the work.
I will go where you open the door for me to enter. And I will not stand for long beating at the door that has closed. I surrender my life over to be directed and be of service. Give me the courage and wisdom to surrender to the synchronicity of life's circumstances because I know that is how You speak to me. Give me the power to be patient, confident, courageous and strong in all my life's situations whether it meets my desires or not. Let me live unattached to what I think it ought to be and be happy with how it is.
After speaking this silently within myself, I felt a surge of strength and peace, come over me. Yes small things can happen at the oddest moments that make a big difference even on a bench press machine at the local gym. So ask more inside yourself to whatever you believe in. It's not what you say, it's the sincerity of your heart.
If you are struggling in any aspect of your life I truly believe there is a power that here's for you if you ask. Remember to ask.
Additionally it is not just about a personal prayer and suddenly you've done your bit, it is equally about taking massive action through goals, innovation and mind set. You cannot afford to luxuriate in negative thinking and fear based worry about the future. Unless of course You desire to create it in the image of your fear. There is nothing that the world can throw at you that you cannot conquer as long as you're a good steward of your focus.
Polish your mindset and heart with surrender mixed with some powerful intention and creative innovation. It has been the only thing that has ever worked in my life. This is where the rubber hits the road. It is not what you know but how you utilize what you know in moments of tribulation. In the fire of your life challenges is where your studies and learning's become transmuted into your character and the eternal wisdom of your soul.
Light, Gary De Rodriguez
Private Sessions Available! If you are interested in private one on one sessions.
You can reach Gary via email at: email@example.com Or by phone: 972-542-4655
Strategy session with Stefanie, email: email@example.com or by phone: 800-814-8445 ext 2
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- v. to check again
- n. The act of checking again.
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No time for you to check and recheck the translation.
I went to the saga continues today and read your bit about 'a friend being similarly assigned to DIA 'and I think you need to recheck that quote ... it may be CIA or something i would have to check the interview and see the context to recapture what I was talking about.
Soon after launch, there was so much activity in the logs that Mayer demanded that the engineers recheck their stats.
Perhaps I should reconsider or recheck — even if this other is an esteemed marine biologist who does know the difference.
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I vacillated; I dwelled, unnecessarily and painfully stopping to repeat the simplest multiplications and to recheck the guidelines on the pharmacy web page.
If on every play it has to recheck everything, that is poor coding on Apples part.
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"This settlement puts the onus on Wal-Mart to check expiration dates when stocking its shelves, to periodically recheck stocked items, and then remove from sale any infant formula or non-prescription drugs that are past expiration," said Attorney General Dow in a press release.
It exposed how insurance companies deny claims, and when all else fails, they recheck the application to search for any minute detail that gives the right to cancel policies.
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I think I will load another full box of the TTSX and confirm my loads over a chrony & recheck zero with a clean barrel over the weekend.
"When you plan such an operation, you check and recheck and double check each digit and each letter," he continued.
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Christmas Unplugged
My kids are at that age when everything on their Christmas list has a power cord and costs at least 200 bucks. These are kids that live in a house with three tablets, two iMacs, a laptop and Kindles galore so what new gadget they could possible want/need is beyond my comprehension. It's a tough age though, because all their friends are getting the latest and greatest (my kids don't even have phones yet) and there will be the inevitable gift show-and-tell after Christmas break. Dr. Rossman and I started thinking: maybe it's time to take advantage of this impressionable age by being the ones making the impression.
So we're having a handmade Christmas.
After the initial eye-rolling and panic, the kids have accepted their fate and are even a little excited about planning out what to make for their sibling and parents. I found that I was the one having the hardest time deciding what to make since I am banning myself from giving the expected: paintings. I was telling my son this morning that I had been on Pinterest looking for ideas and he scoffed, "I think we should have to come up with ideas without the internet."
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Update on April 16, 2013
Today justice prevailed and we finally got justice for our Umar Tufail. The sentence will be tomorrow, hopefully both thugs will get at least 30 years for executing my darling son Umar Tufail. I am extremely thankful to the jury for making a stand against these thugs and their associates, the jury sent out a strong message even though they were intimidated. Today my faith in our judicial system was restored. We need to stand together against thugs to get our country back.


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President Obama and congressional leaders Wednesday evening held their first face-to-face meeting since the government shut down but emerged no closer to a compromise with both sides refusing to budge from their entrenched positions.
During a meeting with Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Obama said he would not negotiate with Republicans over fiscal issues unless they passed a clean funding bill to end the government shutdown.
Republicans called such a demand untenable.
"The president reiterated one more time that he will not negotiate," Boehner told reporters at the White House after the 90-minute meeting. "At some point, we have to allow the process our founding fathers gave us to work out."
"My friend, John Boehner, cannot take 'yes' for an answer," Reid complained, insisting that he threw the Republican a "lifeline" on keeping the government funded but was shot down.
"If they keep moving the goalposts … then I can only conclude they want to shut down the government," added Pelosi.
The lack of a breakthrough ensures the government shutdown will head into a third day, and comes as the next fiscal crisis, an Oct. 17th deadline to raise the nation's borrowing limit, nears. That deadline could potentially force leaders to simultaneously pass a funding bill and a hike to the debt limit.
Obama has already begun an effort to pressure Republicans on the debt ceiling, telling Wall Street it should be "concerned" about the prospect of a default. The president met with leaders from the financial industry on Wednesday and they urged Congress to quickly raise the debt ceiling.
Analysts say the debt-limit debate will have a much larger impact on the overall economy.
The government shut down on Monday after House Republicans tied funding bills to measures delaying or defunding Obamacare. The Democratic Senate rejected those measures and Obama has vowed to veto any attempt to block his healthcare reforms.
Republicans insist that Obama negotiate over the shutdown and debt limit in hopes of forcing deeper spending cuts and entitlement reforms. But the president has said he will not negotiate on budget issues until Congress passes a "clean" continuing resolution and raises the debt limit.
The House on Wednesday passed "piecemeal" spending bills targeting particular programs in an effort to reopen parts of the government.
The measures restoring funds to the District of Columbia, National Institutes of Health and the National Park Service though are unlikely to pass in the Senate, where Reid is insisting on a comprehensive, single continuing resolution.
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Hi there, I'm Zoot101 and I think it's great that you're interested in brickfilming and you want to be part of a community.
However, brickfilms.com is now a desolate, empty place. There is no one running it (not even any moderators) and the people left here are all looking for brickfilming advice, but without anyone to give answers.
In 2007 the brickfilming community left this site to go to http://www.bricksinmotion.com/, so if you're looking to join the brickfilming community, that's the place to go. You won't find anything here, at least not for quite a while.
yeah, that is true that everyone has left this site, but things are getting back to where they were. So, you should encourage people to join here,
Thanks for dropping by and I would encourage everyone interested in Brickfilms to participate here. Brickfilms was, in fact, without moderation for some time – that has changed. Brickfilms is still the biggest and best resource for Lego movies on the web. It will take some time to rebuild the community, but that's okay.
Hi Zoot101!
Indeed all you have said is correct. Brickfilms.com is "ONCE" a desolated and an empty place. But things are pretty different than before. Brickfilms.com is officially back with members registering daily. And if you need information and resources, We still have it. If you need a friend and someone to talk to, Come on brother! We are here.
So, if you want to comeback to brickfilms.com. We will welcome you with open arms. 🙂
With members coming to here to ask and share ideas once or twice a day, I don't really think so. Plus the fact the we get a member to join us at least every other day in this forum. I've seen other forums that never really started this way so we're on the right way so far.
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Vinca Minor.
Family: Apocynaceae.
Gaelic Name: Feoghaig.
Also known as Cut Finger, Death's Flower, Dicky Dilver, Blue Buttons, Sorcerer's Violet, Virgin Flower and St Candida's eyes.
The Periwinkles are familiar flowers amongst the woodlands and gardens of these Isles, though there is doubt among botanists whether this plant is a true native of these Isles, though some of the names it goes by in these Isles are of very old usage. The Name of the genus Vinca and the English name of Periwinkle are both derived from the Latin 'Vincio' meaning 'To bind' or 'Wind About'; in allusion to the trailing habit of the plant that spreads over and dominates other plants were it grows. This habit of the plant is alluded to by the poet Wordsworth (1770-1850): 'Through primrose tufts in the sweet bower, the fair periwinkle trailed its wreaths.' The name of the species 'Minor' is named to distinguish it from the other species 'Major' both known as the lesser and greater periwinkles due to the size difference of their leaves. They are the only representatives in these Isles of the family order Apocynaceae, the Dogbane family, the name Apocynaceae is derived from the Latin 'Apocynum' meaning 'Away Dog' as the main representative of this family the Dogbane is poisonous to dogs; most mammals tend to avoid these periwinkles too, due to them containing the Alkaloid Vincamin.
The Gaelic name of Feoghaig means 'Roll of Hair' in reference to the winding nature of this plant and like the name periwinkle is also applied to the cone shaped whorled shells of the edible marine snails of the genus Littorina.
The folk names of Blue Button and Virgin flower refer to the lovely blue colour of the flowers, the virgin being Our Lady whose robes are blue, the name periwinkle as also become the name of a colour blue. The name of St Candida's Eyes originates from Dorset County in the South West of England, St Candida has been identified with St Wite to whom the church of Whitchurch Canonicorum is dedicated, she has also been identified with St Gwen and St Blanche, St Blanche is associated with 'Blanche's causeway' the luminous effects of trails of disturbed water, later identified as St Candida, her tomb which became her shrine and mysteriously survived the brutal reformation was the scene of much veneration and a sacred well which bears her name just a mile from the church was reputed to have healing powers and was a sovereign cure for the eyes, nearby to the well the area abounded in periwinkles and became known as St Candida's eyes.
The periwinkle is also known in British slang as 'Dicky Dilver' but the reason for thus are now obscure, Dicky Dilver is sung about in the old rhyme which goes as thus: 'Little Dicky Dilver, had a wife of silver; he took a stick and broke her back and sold her to the miller. The miller wouldn't have her so he threw in the river'.
Medicinally the periwinkles (Both minor and major being very similar in properties.) contain the alkaloid Vincamin which is used in pharmaceutical preparations as a cerebral stimulant and vasodilator to improve blood flow to the brain and inner ear. It also contains Vanillic Acid (Used as a flavouring agent.) Ursolic Acid (Used in cosmetics and also capable of inhibiting various types of cancer.) P-Coumaric Acid (this has antioxidant properties and is believed to reduce the risk of stomach cancer.) Beta-Sitosterol (Which plays a major role in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia, which are the formation of large discrete nodules in the prostrate.) and Reserpine (An indole alkaloid which is an antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug.)
The herb has Antibacterial (Kills bacteria), Carminative (Soothes the gut), Astringent (Constricts body tissue.) Cephalic (Eases headache and other disorders of the head), Diuretic (elevates the rate of urination), Antispasmodic (reduces muscle spasms), Sedative (induces sedation by reducing irritability or excitement), Hemostatic (stops bleeding) and Depurative (has a purifying and detoxifying action) qualities.
Traditionally used in herbal medicine for treating Menorrhagia an abnormally heavy and prolonged menstrual period, haemorrhages, and all inflammatory ailments of the skin and as an excellent remedy for piles. The herb was also well used for obstructions of mucus in the intestines and lungs.
Its uses in stemming bleeding led to the folk name of Cut Finger, and this plant is identified as being the Vincapervinca of Pliny the Elder (23AD-79AD). Dioscorides (40AD-90AD) says this plant is a great binder and commends if against the fluxes. Culpepper (1616-1654) recommends it also as a 'great binder, staying bleeding both at mouth and nose' also 'to stay away women's menses' and 'against the lask and fluxes of the belly'. The flowers are gently purgative and were used as a gentle laxative for children and for overcoming chronic constipation in adults. The herb is mentioned in William Coles (1626-1662) 'Adam and Eve' (printed 1657) as being an excellent remedy for cramp, he mentions a friend of his who suffered terribly from the condition and nothing would ease it, until he wrapped some of the branches about his limbs.
In modern Herbalism it plays an important role in improving neurological and psychical symptoms such as memory loss, concentration and attention disorders, dementia, tinnitus, visual disorders and depression; the plant helps in the improvement of cerebral functions. It has also been studied with the possible uses of being an efficient substitute for Insulin, something which the ancient herbalists have long used for this purpose.
Magically the herb is under the auspices of the planet Venus. An old name of this herb in reference to its colour and its uses within the magical traditions is Sorcerers Violet also known as 'Violette Des Sorciers' in old French. It was very popular in love charms and love-philtres, so much so that it became the most auspicious and aphrodisiac plant for newlyweds, and became part of the bride's apparel as reflected in the rhyme: 'Something old, something new. Something borrowed something blue.' The something blue, being the periwinkle, which the bride would wear in her garter. Newlyweds would often plant the periwinkle in the gardens of their new homes to ensure happiness in their marriage. Culpepper claimed that if the leaves be eaten by man and wife together it would cause love between them. Practitioners of voodoo in the Caribbean sew the leaves into the mattress to keep the husband and wife forever in love, and the blue flowers were a symbol of spiritual peace and harmony.
Apuleius (Circa 125-180) in his 'Herbarium' (printed in 1480) states the herb is good in the fight against the devil sickness, demonical possessions, snakes and wild beasts, poisons, envy and terror and that it grants grace and can fulfil wishes, he recommends it be plucked when the moon is nine nights old, eleven nights old, thirteen nights old, thirty nights old and when it is one night old and thou shall be clean of all uncleanness. St Albertus Magnus (circa 1208-1280) states in the work 'The book of secrets: being of the virtues of Herbs, Stones and certain beasts'. Says that if the herb be beat with the powder of worms and the house leek (semperviva) and eaten would induce love between man and woman.
The name 'Death's Flower' arises because of its use children's funeral wreaths, the colour being considered appropriate and because of the belief that it was the flower of immortality. In medieval England the flower was wove into garlands and placed about the neck of condemned men on their way to the gallows, and it was thus placed in mockery upon the head of brave Simon Fraser in 1306 when he was took prisoner fighting for Scottish hero William Wallace (1272/3-1305), when he was led heavily ironed through London to his place of execution at Tyburn.
In Wales it was considered that ill luck would be unleashed on those picking the flower from the grave, and on those of the perpetrators family and that the person would be haunted by the owner of the grave.
The flower is a source of nectar to the Bumble Bee (Bombini Bombus), the Mason Bee of the order Osmia, Bees of the Anthophora order and the Bee Flies of the Bombylidae order including the Bombylius major. The herb is also a food source for Thrips of the order Thysanoptera. Two moths are also known to feed upon it, the Oleander Hawk-Moth (Daphnis Nerii) and the Clouded-Bordered Brindle (Apamea Crenata). The Brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx Rhamni) also feed on the nectar.*
Also on this day:
1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.
1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1900 – The British Labour Party is founded.
1964 – The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1973 – The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
2002 – Death of Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (b. 1918)
* All information regarding the uses of the plants is exactly for that informational purposes only, and that the author and owners of the web do not encourage anyone to be eating, or disturbing wild plants, but merely to admire them in their natural environment and to ponder on their rise and fall within human culture.


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Featuring top-selling artists and worship leaders with combined total sales of more than 21 million units, Mighty To Save includes Jeremy Camp's "Everlasting God," written by Brenton Brown and Ken Riley; Kutless' arrangement of Marc Byrd and Steve Hindalong's "God Of Wonders"; the Billy James Foote-penned "You Are My King (Amazing Love)" by Phillips, Craig & Dean; and the Tim Hughes classic, "Here I Am To Worship," among other favorite selections.
In addition, the project showcases Hillsong Live's recording of the title cut. Penned by Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding, "Mighty To Save" received the 2009 GMA Dove Award for Worship Song of the Year and is currently the second most-sung worship song in U.S. churches, according to Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI).
Mighty To Save – Today's Biggest Praise Songs also includes the modern hymn "In Christ Alone," performed by Newsboys. Written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, "In Christ Alone" has been recorded by numerous artists and is one of the most popular songs in churches around the globe today.
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