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I also feel that I need to focus on what I am going to do when, in a year's time, I'm able to return to work. I have almost a third of my working life ahead of me and have absolutely no idea what to do with it. I could revive my book business, but with so many suppliers going out of business, getting stock has become a real struggle.
I'm planning to take a break for a while, after which I will either set up a new blog or try and build a website. If that happens, I'll post a link here. Unlike a well-known book blogger, I will not be initiating the auto-destruct sequence and the content here will simply gather dust in the attic of cyberspace and the archives of the British Library.
The blog began as a simple experiment, while I was laid up in bed after eating some bad oysters. I wrote a rather fatuous post and pressed publish, not expecting anyone to read it. However, within a day I received an interesting comment from someone called Ms Baroque and realised that a blog post wasn't a monologue, but the beginning of a conversation.
I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to read these posts over the years. I still can't quite understand why anyone would want to follow this blog, but I'm deeply grateful to those who do.
I would also like to thank those who have commented for their kindness, thoughtfulness and wisdom. Thanks to fellow bloggers, I have discovered some wonderful books, learned about subjects I knew nothing about and visited exhibitions that I might otherwise have missed.
In addition to communicating across the ether, I have also met a few bloggers, all of whom were as interesting and likeable as their writing.
I would like to apologise to anyone who has been offended by what I have written in some of my posts. There has never been any intent to cause upset, but my attempts to amuse may have occasionally hit a wrong note, either through naivety or thoughtlessness on my part.
I will continue to post on Twitter and Instagram (as phil._.b), so I hope to maintain contact with some of the people who have been good enough to follow this blog.
Once again, many thanks for reading.

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Most people think of a cashless society as something that is way off in the distant future. Unfortunately, that is simply not the case. The truth is that a cashless society is much closer than most people would ever dare to imagine. To a large degree, the transition to a cashless society is being done voluntarily. Today, only 7 percent of all transactions in the United States are done with cash, and most of those transactions involve very small amounts of money. Just think about it for a moment. Where do you still use cash these days? If you buy a burger or if you purchase something at a flea market you will still use cash, but for any mid-size or large transaction the vast majority of people out there will use another form of payment. Our financial system is dramatically changing, and cash is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. We live in a digital world, and national governments and big banks are both encouraging the move away from paper currency and coins. But what would a cashless society mean for our future? Are there any dangers to such a system?
Those are very important questions, but most of the time both sides of the issue are not presented in a balanced way in the mainstream media. Instead, most mainstream news articles tend to trash cash and talk about how wonderful digital currency is.
For example, a recent CBS News article declared that soon we may not need "that raggedy dollar bill" any longer and that the "greenback may soon be a goner"….
It's what the wallet was invented for, to carry cash. After all, there was a time when we needed cash everywhere we went, from filling stations to pay phones. Even the tooth fairy dealt only in cash.
But money isn't just physical anymore. It's not only the pennies in your piggy bank, or that raggedy dollar bill.
Money is also digital – it's zeros and ones stored in a computer, prompting some economists to predict the old-fashioned greenback may soon be a goner.
"There will be a time – I don't know when, I can't give you a date – when physical money is just going to cease to exist," said economist Robert Reich.
So will we see a completely cashless society in the near future?
Of course not. It would be wildly unpopular for the governments of the world to force such a system upon us all at once.
Instead, the big banks and the governments of the industrialized world are doing all they can to get us to voluntarily transition to such a system. Once 98 or 99 percent of all transactions do not involve cash, eliminating the remaining 1 or 2 percent will only seem natural.
The big banks want a cashless society because it is much more profitable for them.
The big banks earn billions of dollars in fees from debit cards and they make absolutely enormous profits from credit cards.
But when people use cash the big banks do not earn anything.
So obviously the big banks and the big credit card companies are big cheerleaders for a cashless society.
Most governments around the world are eager to transition to a cashless society as well for the following reasons….
-Cash is expensive to print, inspect, move, store and guard.
-Counterfeiting is always going to be a problem as long as paper currency exists.
-Cash if favored by criminals because it does not leave a paper trail. Eliminating cash would make it much more difficult for drug dealers, prostitutes and other criminals to do business.
-Most of all, a cashless society would give governments more control. Governments would be able to track virtually all transactions and would also be able to monitor tax compliance much more closely.
When you understand the factors listed above, it becomes easier to understand why the use of cash is increasingly becoming demonized. Governments around the world are increasingly viewing the use of cash in a negative light. In fact, according to the U.S. government paying with cash in some circumstances is now considered to be "suspicious activity" that needs to be reported to the authorities.
This disdain of cash has also grown very strong in the financial community. The following is from a recent Slate article….
David Birch, a director at Consult Hyperion, a firm specializing in electronic payments, says a shift to digital currency would cut out these hidden costs. In Birch's ideal world, paying with cash would be viewed like drunk driving—something we do with decreasing frequency as more and more people understand the negative social consequences. "We're trying to use industrial age money to support commerce in a post-industrial age. It just doesn't work," he says. "Sooner or later, the tectonic plates shift and then, very quickly, you'll find yourself in this new environment where if you ask somebody to pay you in cash, you'll just assume that they're a prostitute or a Somali pirate."
Do you see what is happening?
Simply using cash is enough to get you branded as a potential criminal these days.
Many people are going to be scared away from using cash simply because of the stigma that is becoming attached to it.
This is a trend that is not just happening in the United States. In fact, many other countries are further down the road toward a cashless society than we are.
Up in Canada, they are looking for ways to even eliminate coins so that people can use alternate forms of payment for all of their transactions….
The Royal Canadian Mint is also looking to the future with the MintChip, a new product that could become a digital replacement for coins.
In Sweden, only about 3 percent of all transactions still involve cash. The following comes from a recent Washington Post article….
In most Swedish cities, public buses don't accept cash; tickets are prepaid or purchased with a cell phone text message. A small but growing number of businesses only take cards, and some bank offices — which make money on electronic transactions — have stopped handling cash altogether.
"There are towns where it isn't at all possible anymore to enter a bank and use cash," complains Curt Persson, chairman of Sweden's National Pensioners' Organization.
In Italy, all very large cash transactions have been banned. Previously, the limit for using cash in a transaction had been reduced to the equivalent of just a few thousand dollars. But back in December, Prime Minister Mario Monti proposed a new limit of approximately $1,300 for cash transactions.
And that is how many governments will transition to a cashless society. They will set a ceiling and then they will keep lowering it and lowering it.
But is a cashless society really secure?
Of course not.
Bank accounts can be hacked into. Credit cards and debit cards can be stolen. Identity theft all over the world is absolutely soaring.
So companies all over the planet are working feverishly to make all of these cashless systems much more secure.
In the future, it is inevitable that national governments and big financial institutions will want to have all of us transition over to using biometric identity systems in order to combat crime in the financial system.
Many of these biometric identity systems are becoming quite advanced.
For example, just check out what IBM has been developing. The following is from a recent IBM press release….
You will no longer need to create, track or remember multiple passwords for various log-ins. Imagine you will be able to walk up to an ATM machine to securely withdraw money by simply speaking your name or looking into a tiny sensor that can recognize the unique patterns in the retina of your eye. Or by doing the same, you can check your account balance on your mobile phone or tablet.
Each person has a unique biological identity and behind all that is data. Biometric data – facial definitions, retinal scans and voice files – will be composited through software to build your DNA unique online password.
Referred to as multi-factor biometrics, smarter systems will be able to use this information in real-time to make sure whenever someone is attempting to access your information, it matches your unique biometric profile and the attempt is authorized.
Are you ready for that?
It is coming.
In the future, if you do not surrender your biometric identity information, you may be locked out of the entire financial system.
Another method that can be used to make financial identification more secure is to use implantable RFID microchips.
Yes, there is a lot of resistance to this idea, but the fact is that the use of RFID chips in animals and in humans is rapidly spreading.
Some U.S. cities have already made it mandatory to implant microchips into all cats and all dogs so that they can be tracked.
All over the United States, employees are being required to carry badges that contain RFID chips, and in some instances employers are actually requiring employees to have RFID chips injected into their bodies.
Increasingly, RFID chips are being implanted in the upper arm of patients that have Alzheimer's disease. The idea is that this helps health care providers track Alzheimer's patients that get lost.
In some countries, microchips are now actually being embedded into school uniforms to make sure that students don't skip school.
Can you see where all of this is headed?
Some companies are even developing RFID technologies that do not require an injection.
One company called Somark has developed chipless RFID ink that is applied directly to the skin of an animal or a human. These "RFID tattoos" are applied in about 10 seconds using micro-needles and a reusable applicator, and they can be read by an RFID reader from up to four feet away.
Would you get an "RFID tattoo" if the government or your bank asked you to?
Some people out there are actually quite excited about these new technologies.
For example, a columnist named Don Tennant wrote an article entitled "Chip Me – Please!" in which he expressed his unbridled enthusiasm for an implantable microchip which would contain all of his medical information….
"All I can say is I'd be the first person in line for an implant."
But are there real dangers to going to a system that is entirely digital?
For example, what if a devastating EMP attack wiped out our electrical grid and most of our computers from coast to coast?
How would we continue to function?
Sadly, most people don't think about things like that.
Our world is changing more rapidly than ever before, and we should be mindful of where these changes are taking us.
Just because our technology is advancing does not mean that our world is becoming a better place.
There are millions of Americans that want absolutely nothing to do with biometric identity systems or RFID implants.
But the mainstream media continues to declare that nothing can stop the changes that are coming. A recent CBS News article made the following statement….
"Most agree a cashless society is not only inevitable, for most of us, it's already here."
Yes, a cashless society is coming.
Are you ready for it?


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Orius: Sent to Kill - Written by David Wohl & Brian Buccellato and Illustrated by Pat Lee
There's no official synopsis up yet, as far as I've been able to find, so I'm using the one I came up with when I reviewed this issue.
There are two races on the planet Orius, who are forced to work together after years of segregation, in order to find a means of leaving their dying world. They create artificial intelligences meant to infultrate Earth, which they're testing by having them fight each other to the death. Meanwhile on Earth, two women meet and unexpectedly know each other, while one of their bosses wonders what is happening with regards to the deal he made with the Orius Greys.Pariah - Created by Aron Warner, Written by Philip Gelatt and Illustrated by Brett Weldele
I've already read and reviewed this as well.
They're not super powered, they're just super smart. The teen protagonists who lead us through the world of Pariah, a twelve-book graphic novel series from the mind of Oscar-winning film producer Aron Warner and published by Sea Lion Books, are the next generation of heroes in the comic book world. Eisner-nominated illustrator Brett Weldele (The Surrogates) will bring the stories to life in ink, and Philip Gelatt penning the scripts set in Warner's world.Collecting issues 1-4.
Witch Wraith by Terry Brooks
This doesn't seem to have a synopsis up online yet. It's the third book in the Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy (which comes after the High Druid of Shannara trilogy). Here's a synopsis of the first book from this trilogy, Wards of Faerie.
Tumultuous times are upon the world now known as the Four Lands. Users of magic are in conflict with proponents of science. The dwindling Druid order is threatened with extinction. A sinister politician has used treachery and murder to rise as prime minister of the mighty Federation. Meanwhile, poring through a long-forgotten diary, the young Druid Aphenglow Elessedil has stumbled upon the secret account of an Elven girl's heartbreak and the shocking truth about the vanished Elfstones, which once warded the lands and kept evil at bay. But never has a little knowledge been so very dangerous-as Aphenglow quickly learns when she's set upon by assassins. Yet there can be no turning back from the road to which fate has steered her. Whoever captures the Elfstones and their untold powers will surely hold the advantage in the devastating clash to come.
A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
For some reason I haven't read anything by her since her debut duology (Warior, Witch) several years ago. I'm really interested in this one and with any luck will have time to read it soon.
Marie Brennan begins a thrilling new fantasy series in "A Natural History of Dragons, " combining adventure with the inquisitive spirit of the Victorian Age.
"You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart--no more so than the study of dragons itself. But such study offers rewards beyond compare: to stand in a dragon's presence, even for the briefest of moments--even at the risk of one's life--is a delight that, once experienced, can never be forgotten. . . ."
All the world, from Scirland to the farthest reaches of Eriga, know Isabella, Lady Trent, to be the world's preeminent dragon naturalist. She is the remarkable woman who brought the study of dragons out of the misty shadows of myth and misunderstanding into the clear light of modern science. But before she became the illustrious figure we know today, there was a bookish young woman whose passion for learning, natural history, and, yes, dragons defied the stifling conventions of her day.
Here at last, in her own words, is the true story of a pioneering spirit who risked her reputation, her prospects, and her fragile flesh and bone to satisfy her scientific curiosity; of how she sought true love and happiness despite her lamentable eccentricities; and of her thrilling expedition to the perilous mountains of Vystrana, where she made the first of many historic discoveries that would change the world forever.
Wasteland by Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan
Welcome to the wasteland
At fifteen,
the citizens of Prin marry.
At seventeen,
they reproduce.
And at nineteen,
they die.
Esther thinks there's more to life than toiling at the assignments-Harvesting, Gleaning, Excavating-day after day under the relentless sun, just hoping to make it to the next day.
She doesn't care that her best friend, a variant, is considered "the enemy." She doesn't care that Levi, who controls the Source, is the real enemy and might send his Taser boys after her if she makes one wrong move.
Then Caleb shows up. Could there be another way to fight for survival.


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With concern for the future of our environment growing stronger and more serious every day, there has never been a better time to take a new approach to some of the most popular gizmos and gadgets on the market and learn how you can convernt to electronics that have minimal environmental impact.
Green gadgets encompass everything from iPods to energy-efficient home entertainment devices to solar laptop chargers and crank-powered gizmos. This helpful resource explains how to research green gadgets, make a smart purchasing decision, use products you already own in a more environmentally friendly way, and say goodbye to electronics that zap both energy and money.
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Over the decades, Wheel Of Fortune has had all different kinds of puzzles, and sometimes they make headlines. In the past, there have been times when all three players have struggled to solve an easy puzzle, when a celebrity's name seems misspelled in the puzzle, and when a puzzle was just plain evil. Well on Wednesday, the iconic game show had a puzzle that some are calling NSFW.
The category was "Same Letter," which means all the words in the puzzle start with the same letter. A contestant named Tanino solved it and read it aloud saying, "Warm, Wet & Wild." He won $3,800 and a trip of the California coast worth $7,650, but viewers were not impressed with the show's choice of puzzle, and they expressed their disgust on Twitter.
One wrote, "LMAO Who is writing the Wheel Of Fortune clues this season?" while another tweeted an image of the puzzle with the caption, "???" and a third simply wrote, "Ew."
That wasn't the only notable moment in the episode either. In a rare occurrence, all three contestants wound up landing on bankrupt in a row. It was strange enough to elicit tweets like, "What in the Wheel Of Fortune hell is going on tonight?" and, "This episode is making my head hurt."
In the end though, Tanino pulled off the win and solved the bonus round with very few letters on the board.
The correct solve earned him another $45,000 for a grand total of $62,450 in cash and prizes.


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Walk #898: Limehouse to Hayes General Data
Map of the walk Maps courtesy of Google Maps. Route for indicative purposes only, and may have been plotted after the walk. Please let me have comments on what you think of this new format. For a detailed table of timings for this walk, please see the table file. NotesFor some time I have wanted to return to London to re-walk the Regent's Canal. It is a walk that I have many fond memories of from when I attended Queen Mary College, which is right on the canal bank. I walked the canal to Paddington on many occasions, despite being in a great deal of pain from an ankle injury. A bank holiday seemed like a good day to do the walk as it meant that parking would be no real problem. The drive down to London went easily at the early hour; I parked at South Woodford, near to where my old halls of residences used to be (the grey and dreary tower blocks having been replaced by smart executive housing) and bought a ticket. It was easy to get down to Limehouse, and the changes soon started appearing through the carriage window: the Olympic Stadium looking strangely small, along with all of its surrounding buildings. After getting off at Limehouse DLR I decided to take the long route to the start of the Regent's Canal by walking around the Limehouse Basin. This basin was built to allow transhipment of goods between seagoing ships and canal boats; now it is filled with pleasure boats and is surrounded by ultra-modern buildings. A couple of decades before I had been lucky enough to go down into the cut-and-cover Limehouse Link tunnel whilst it was under construction. The road tunnel cost about £100,000 for every metre, and from the surface it is impossible to see that it arcs underneath the water. A squirrel ran across the lock gates as I passed the entrance lock that connects the Thames to the basin; it seemed perfectly nonplussed by my presence and ran past my legs and then up a nearby tree. It was a perfect indication of the greening of London; I doubt any squirrels would have lived here when the docks were in use. After walking around the basin I reached Commercial Road lock, the first of the many locks that I would pass on my way to Paddington. What used to be a rather run-down stroll had been massively improved; Mile End Park to the right had been tidied, whilst new buildings jutted imperiously towards the sky on the other side of the canal. Twenty years before I would have been along on this walk; today there were many joggers, cyclists and dog walkers joining me on the narrow strand of path. This, more than the new buildings, showed how the area had changed. I passed under the Mile End bridge to reach the New Globe, memories assaulting me the entire time. Off to the left were the Halls of Residence where a dear friend of mine lived for a year, and to the right were the benches where I had comforted a friend whose dad had died. Benches, it should be said, that had not changed: a homeless man was sitting on the grass beside them, drinking out of a plastic bag-wrapped bottle. For a moment I wondered if it was the same homeless man that used to sit there nineteen years earlier... Three tall cranes sat further north, hovering over the site of an old wharfside building called Suttons Wharf. The magnificent green overhead roof had gone, and the buildings were obviously soon to be replaced with yet more plush canalside apartments. It was sad to see that it had gone, and with a jolt I realised that almost all the old canalside buildings had now disappeared. The going underfoot was easy; many years before the towpath had been converted to carry high-voltage cables, the canal water being used to cool the cables that lay underneath slabs. The lovely Victoria Park was undergoing restoration ready for the 2012 Olympics, and many signs of work were visible from the towpath. There was another change: many cyclists, where cycling on the towpath had been banned years before. A sign showed me the reason; cycling had been allowed after the terrorist bombings in 2005. Eventually I got to see an unrestored derelict buildings on the other side of the river, with plants growing out of its dishevelled brickwork and almost all of its windows smashed. I revelled in its glory, and wondered how long it would be before this too was demolished in the name of progress. One good thing as the lack of graffiti; a couple of decades before many walls and signboards along the canal had been cursed with multicoloured scrawls; there was little present to be seen on this walk. Perhaps the graffiti artists have moved away now that the path is more popular for walkers and cyclists. A new railway bridge in Haggerston marked the East London line extension that opened recently, despite a slight collapse during construction. This also had none of the character of the older bridge that it had replaced. I was feeling slightly low as I walked along, and I wished that I had taken more photos of the canal all those years ago, before the gentrification had begun. Eventually I reached the eastern portal of Islington tunnel. The towpath does not go through the tunnel, and instead the path follows roads westwards through Angel and Pentonville. Little markers on the pavement show the route along the streets; these can be hard to locate, and I chose a slightly different route that allowed me to nip into Superdrug to get a few little odds and ends. The path passed through a little housing estate before descending down to the western portal of the tunnel, which is in surprisingly leafy surroundings. A ramp allows cyclists to descend down to the towpath, but some steps to the left led down to a little viewpoint. One of things that I used to love about the Regents Canal is that it gives the walker a green route through the centre of the metropolis, a means of crossing the city that is relatively traffic-free. The next stretch was a classic example, with skeletal gas-holders and the magnificent arched overall roof of St Pancras station visible behind the ultra-modern Eurostar extension. A new bridge carried the Eurostar lines over the canal, replacing earlier bridges. They left a green-painted steel girder of the old bridge to disguise the rather uglier concrete new bridge - a good thing. Soon more locks were passed and I reached Camden, an area that I used to know well and work in. Refreshment booths were just opening in the market, and weird, exotic smells were wafting around me as I passed. Soon the character of the canal changed as it skirted the northern side of Regent's Park. I was overjoyed to see a red pagoda boat near a turning hole, which I remembered fondly and marked the approach to a much more rural-seeming walk. Some netting of London zoo's aviary spanned over the towpath, allowing tantalising glances of the striking birds inside. The buildings on either bank of the canal changed, from dilapidated industrial buildings or ultramodern apartment blocks to large Georgian buildings with expansive gardens; obviously a multi-millionaires row. I had been slowly overhauling a boat as I walked; this was another change from my previous walks, as the canal was far busier than I remembered. Twenty years before I would scarcely see a single boat moving on the canal, but today there were many, with some locks being doubled-up with boats. I was about twenty yards ahead of it as I approached the Maida Hill Tunnel. Once again the towpath left the canal, but the route over the top was much easier, with a street leading directly to the western portal. I arrived just as the boat emerged from the tunnel, my lead still intact. The next stretch of towpath was closed off to walkers as it had been totally taken over by the adjacent moored houseboats, and the road had to do. Fortunately this stretch soon ended and the towpath was rejoined just before Paddington Basin was reached. One glance at the basin showed why the canal was so busy - the large basin was filled with narrow boats and a PA system was blaring a distorted voice over the water. Almost every boat was festooned with bunting and flags, and a large sign declared that it was an Inland Waterways Association rally. I was very tempted to take a long look around, but my legs were nicely warmed up and I wanted to get on. A bridge took me over another canal, and I joined the Paddington Branch of the Grand Union Canal. I had spent the entire day so far walking with the canal on the left; the bridge had taken me to the other side of the canal and almost all the rest of the day would be spent with the canal on the right. More flag-clad boats were moored along the canal making a wonderful sight. I have not walked the Paddington Branch of the canal as much, but I must still have walked it a dozen times. It was a wonderful day to be doing the walk, and again it was a green corridor through the suburbs. The A40 Westway looped overhead on a concrete viaduct before Kensal Green cemetery was approached on the far side of the canal, and then the vast area of Old Oak Common railway depot on the left. My GPS showed that I had managed to average well over 3.5 MPH on the walk so far, a little more than usual but not too surprising as I had been pushing myself hard, especially in the earlier part of the walk. The canal became slightly more rural as it curves westwards from Alperton, and many people were sunning themselves beside the golf course on the opposite bank. It became more urban as it approached Greenford, and it seemed like a good time to stop for a break. There was a convenient canal-side pub, so I went in and ordered myself a pint of bitter shandy before going to sit on the benches outside. People were enjoying the sunshine in the pub's garden and I joined them, smiling as I watched people continue along the towpath. Unfortunately the only negative thing of the day happened at the pub: a barmaid refused to fill up my water bottle for me, despite the fact that I had just spent over tenner in the pub on food and drink. This is the first time someone in a pub has ever refused to fill up my water bottle, and it left a literal and metaphorical bad taste in my mouth. Instead of pushing the matter I decided to just ration the little water I had left. The pub marked the point where the canal changed from heading in a rough westerly to a more southwesterly direction, and I enjoyed the next few miles as it headed towards Southall. Occasional smart new buildings and apartments towered overhead, and in one place a new marina had been dug out and surrounded with similar smart buildings. The canal wounds its way through Southall before approaching the point where the Paddington Arm meets the Grand Union Canal proper at Bull's Bridge. My GPS showed that I had done nearly 26 miles by this point, and as there was still plenty of time left I was tempted to walk further to try and make it a thirty-plus mile walk. However I still had to travel back across London and then drive for an hour home, so with some regret I left the canal to walk the short distance to Hayes and Harlington railway station. It had been a superb day's stroll, and one that was well worth doing. The journey back to my car was easy enough, and so was the drive home. Unfortunately when I got home I received a shock - the GPS log showed that I had only done about 24 miles, much shorter than I expected. The was no obvious reason for this as the tracklog seemed fine with no spurious points, and so I can only assume that my GPS unit had a fit somewhere around Victoria Park. DirectionsThis walk starts off from Limehouse Docklands Light Railway station. Leave the station and turn left to head south for a short distance away from the railway line. After a few yards turn left to head eastwards across Ratcliffe Lane, paralleling the station platform, before it ends at a T-junction with the A101 road. Carefully cross the road and then turn right to head south along Branch Road; do not take the A101 that curves to the right to enter the Rotherhithe Tunnel. Just before Branch Road ends at a T-junction with Horseferry Road, turn left along a path that meets the western edge of the Limehouse Basin. Keep the basin on the left as you walk around the southern side of the basin to reach the sea lock that leads to the Thames. Cross the lock and then turn left to head up the eastern side of the basin, shortly reaching a bridge over the Limehouse Cut. Cross the bridge and turn left to head north; after a short distance turn left to follow the northern side of the basin westwards, immediately below four large buildings. Soon the entrance to the Regent's Canal is reached. Turn right to start following the Regent's Canal, keeping the canal on the left. Follow the canal as it initially heads northwards, before curving to take a more westerly course. After 4.5 miles the eastern port of the Islington Tunnel is reached at TQ316832. Here the towpath leaves the canal and slopes up to reach Colebrooke Row. Cross this using the pedestrian crossing and then continue straight on up Duncan Street. When Duncan Street ends at a T-junction with the A1. Turn left to head south along the A1; when some traffic lights are reached just before Angel tube station carefully cross the road and start heading northwestwards up the B515 Liverpool Road. Take the second road off to the left, Tolpuddle Street, and follow thbis westwards for a sixth of a mile until it too ends at a T-junction with Barnsbury Road. Cross the new road using the pedestrian crossing and then turn right to follow Barnsbury Road northwards for about 100 yards. Take the first road to the left, Maygood Street, and when this ends turn right along a path and then left to head down a path. This reaches Muriel Street above the tunnel's western portal; cross Muriel Street and then turn right and immediately left to join the sloping path that leads down to the canal towpath. Continue along the canal for another 3.5 miles, passing Regent's Park and through Lisson Grove tunnel before reaching the eastern portal of the Maida Hill tunnel at TQ267823. Take the path that leads up from the towpath that soon ends at Aberdeen Place. Head straight on down Aberdeen Place; when this ends at a T-junction with the A5, carefully cross the main road and turn right and then immediately left along Blomfield Road. Follow Blomfield Road as it parallels a section of towpath that is closed off to the public; when you can rejoin the towpath and head on along the canal for another quarter of a mile to reach Paddington Basin. Keep the basin on the left to reach a blue bridge beside a road bridge; cross the bridge and on the other side turn left to descend to the towpath. At the towpath turn sharply left to head under the bridge and join the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal. Follow the towpath and keep the canal on the right for another thirteen miles; it heads in a rough westerly direction for about eight miles before curving to the left to take a more southerly course for the last five miles until Bull's Bridge is reached at TQ107790. When the Paddington Arms ends at a junction with the main canal at Bull's Bridge, cross the bridge to join the northern bank of the Grand Union. Follow this northwestwards with the canal on the left for two-thirds of a mile, passing under a railway bridge before reaching a road overbridge at TQ097795. Join this bridge and cross it to head down Station Road. Cross straight over another roundabout and climb slightly for a short distance before Hayes and Harlington railway station is reached on the left, where this walk ends. Distances
This makes a total distance of 23.9 miles, with 528 feet of ascent and 455 feet of descent.
TransportRegular trains run from Hayes and Harlington railway station towards Paddington; from there, the tube system will take you back to Limehouse, although several changes would be needed. DisclaimerPlease note that I take no responsibility for anything that may happen when following these directions. If you intend to follow this route, then please use the relevant maps and check the route out before you go out. As always when walking, use common sense and you should be fine. If you find any information on any of these routes that is inaccurate, or you wish to add anything, then please email me. All images on this site are © of the author. Any reproduction, retransmissions, or republication of all or part of any document found on this site is expressly prohibited, unless the author has explicitly granted its prior written consent to so reproduce, retransmit, or republish the material. All other rights reserved. Although this site includes links providing convenient direct access to other Internet sites, I do not endorse, approve, certify or make warranties or representations as to the accuracy of the information on these sites. And finally, enjoy your walking! Nearby walks


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When You Hear the News
Death is one of the most uncomfortable topics to discuss. We try to find the right thing to say. We rush it and try to get it over with. But whatever you do, you cannot ignore sending a condolence message. Good etiquette dictates that you address what has happened. A call, card, flowers, or a visit are gestures you can make to let the family know you're thinking of them. Remember to:
Be a Good Listener
Listening is an art form. At no time is this more important than when a friend or colleague is experiencing grief. Let him or her talk about how they are feeling and let them talk about the person who has died. Don't try to fix it, because you can't.
According to Liz Aleshire, author of 101 Ways You Can Help, the grieving family has an "almost physical need to talk about what happened to her family, to share memories, to rehash the wake and funeral." Every time they speak about their family member, it's one step towards the healing process.
Let them lead the conversation. You can add a comment here and there, in agreement, to keep the conversation going. Don't try to change the subject, or bring up other people's experiences.
What (and What Not) to Say
It depends on your closeness to the honoree. If you are an acquaintance or casual friend, you needn't say more than "I'm so sorry" or "He was a wonderful person." Closer friends can be more personal, saying "We're going to miss Josette very much." Do not ask about the details of the death. If a family member does mention their last days, try to comfort them.
Peggy Post, director and spokesperson for The Emily Post® Institute, suggests you call on the grieving family and try not to avoid them. Everyone grieves in their own way and while some may want to be alone for a while, others may need you to be there and listen - take your cues from your friend or family member.
Don't be surprised if you feel tense or anxious before you talk to the grieving family members. It's common (and that's why we're here to help).
Do Say...
Don't Say...
Remember not to monopolize the mourner's time. They need time to meet with others and time alone.


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In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Joint Archives of Holland will feature an address by Sandra S. Clark, director of the Michigan Historical Center, on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall at Hope College.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The Joint Archives brings together the archival
collections of Hope College with those of the Holland Museum
and Western Theological Seminary, and other organizations
that contract for archival services. The archives opened in
the fall of 1988, and is located on the ground level of the
Van Wylen Library.
Clark's talk, part of the archives' annual speaker
series, will explore the special challenges facing local
communities and the state to preserve the legacy of the
past. Following the address, there will be a special
reception in the Joint Archives reading room.
Clark studied Canadian and U.S. history at
Michigan State University, and has taught both subjects
Plattsburgh State University College of New York and at MSU.
She went on to work at the Canadian Embassy in Washington,
D.C., and left to become editor of "Michigan History
Since then, she has served as deputy director of
the Michigan Travel Bureau in the Department of Commerce,
and director of the Michigan Historical Center. Clark is
president of the American Association of State and Local
History, chair of the Michigan State Historical Records
Advisory Board, and on the boards of the Nokomis American
Indian Cultural Learning Cetner in Okemos and the Wayne
State University Press Great Lakes Books Series. She is
past president of the Michigan Museums Association.


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Kate Gosselin Has New Job Blogging About Coupons
Kate Gosselin probably knows a lot about clipping coupons, since she has all of those kids. Now she's going to get paid for that knowledge.
The former 'Jon & Kate Plus 8′ and 'Kate Plus 8′ star has just landed a new gig blogging about the world of coupons for the web site Coupon Cabin.
Why this particular job? "No matter how much money you have, it's just smart to use coupons," Gosselin says. "One week, I remember saving more than half my grocery bill that week with coupons. I was beyond thrilled."
The blog debuts on November 22. No word yet on whether or not this will turn into a reality show down the road, but the combo of Kate Gosselin and coupons — a hot topic now because of sites like Groupon and Seize the Deal — might be too much of a temptation for one of the cable networks to resist.


text: Ankara has been entertaining people with her quick wit and charismatic personality her entire life. She decided to translate her gift for performing it into a career devoted to the arts by moving from Florida to New York City in 2006 and enrolling at the New York Film Academy for the 1 year intensive acting program. After gaining knowledge and experience from multiple facets of the craft, she was drawn into a comedic direction and took classes at Upright Citizens Brigade to dive more into the improvisation world where she felt most comfortable. Since Ankara has been creating laughter all her life, she has taken a leap into the Stand Up Comedy world hitting clubs all around New York City to further her love for laughter and performance. Ankara will continue to work in the entertainment industry where she can work with fellow performers who want to create laughter together.


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Vice reports:
The number of suicides related to unemployment remains stubbornly high despite the improving economy, according to a study published this week.
Researchers had previously registered a spike in suicides during the global economic crisis that began in 2008, suggesting that financial stress and hardship had contributed to the rise. But an analysis published on Tuesday in The Lancet Psychiatry by doctors at the University of Zurich in Switzerland estimates that about 5,000 suicides were associated with the crisis, while roughly nine times as many self-inflicted deaths are linked to unemployment each year.
Full Story: Vice: Unemployment Is Killing 45,000 People Each Year


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Avengers: Endgame is a stunning finale to a great cinematic journey! After Thanos snapped his fingers and half the population disappeared in the universe, the remaining Avengers have been searching for a way to bring everyone back. Their last hope falls on this Nano Gauntlet, an ultimate weapon that is designed to channel the awesome powers of all Infinity Stones at once.
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Last year, the No Papers No Fear Ride for Justice challenged the Sheriffs and overseers of anti-immigrant laws and challenged all of us to have no fear.
Through civil disobedience, art, and organizing the undocubus became a symbol of inspiration and a sign of our resistance.
We won't let vandalism derail us and we're planning to ride again.
Over the past year many have had their hopes raised by immigration reform and families shattered by continued deportations. Now more than ever, we must fight for and make the change we want to see. If our elected officials don't have the courage to do what is in their power, we will again show them what it looks like to be fearless.
Follow the UndocuBus route as it travels starting July 28th.
We'll keep the map updated with blog posts and reports as we visit hot spots and communities on the front lines across the country.
How we resolve this debate will either advance or set back civil and human rights for our generation. The people below have influence over the debate. If they support our effort, they move thousands with them.
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Undocumented mothers, fathers, students, sons and daughters will challenge the champions of hate with stories, voices, and action through key states in the Southern US because we're tired of facing deportation, harassment, and being taken from our loved ones and we're ready for a new day.
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SEPT 3-6th, CHARLOTTE, NC - DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
We travel to North Carolina first and foremost because it is a place, like so many others across the country, that faces the federal and local policies that criminalize and marginalize our communities. It is the home of the Shogun 12, it is the home of emerging day labor centers and where undocumented youth have come out of the shadows in the face of repression. A movement is building and growing across sectors in North Carolina that includes the LGBTQ community, Occupy, families of and formerly incarcerated people, labor and worker organizations and many more. We come to North Carolina first and foremost to build with local communities.
The Democratic National Convention will be held in Charlotte September 3-6th, 2012.
When we arrive after having braved so much, will we be included as undocumented leaders, as honorary delegates, as people who have felt the direct impact of today's immigration policies, or will we be excluded? Decision-makers who feel our community's pain can take decisive action to end it. We're ready to move the country forward and we're risking everything to do so. We hope to inspire officials to match our courage.
Every year the Department of Homeland Security removes 400,000 people from the United States. Over the last four years, president Obama has deported over 1 million people. There is a rise of collaboration between local police and immigration agents through programs like Secure Communities, implemented in over 98% of counties in the country. And in June, the Supreme Court gave permission to police officers in Arizona to ask people for their immigration papers, if they are suspected of being undocumented.
Meanwhile, both parties have turned the suffering and life of undocumented immigrants into political football, passing the responsibilities to each other.
On the other hand, we have also witnessed how actions led by our own communities have the power to change policies and to create alternatives to defend the rights of immigrants. In Arizona, Barrio Defense Committees have organized to share information about how to fight against deportations, and against those who seek to criminalize immigrant communities.
Actions by undocumented students, such as coming out of the shadows, civil disobedience, and occupations of electoral offices have shown what happens when our community acts for itself, it changes everything.
We can't wait for anyone else any longer. We've come too far to allow this country to be turned back.
This summer a culmination of this work will be manifested during a Bus ride, through key states in the southern part of the United States, that will continue to confront power with the stories, voices, and actions of those directly affected by these immigration policies. Riders are undocumented people from all over the country, including students, mothers and fathers, children, people in deportation proceedings, day laborers, and others who continue to face deportation, harassment, and death while simply looking for a better life.
The tour began on July 29th in Phoenix, Arizona, following a week of action calling for Sheriff Arpaio to be brought to justice and for the federal government to stop collaborating with Arizona's crisis. We will head through key states, including New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. The tour will end in North Carolina at the Democratic National Convention.
Riding the bus alone is a great risk because of the checkpoints and profiling that has become so common. But the ride is also arena for mobilizing, where we will build with those who have a story to tell, who have realized the only secure community is an organized one. We have overcome our fears and are ready to set a new example of courage. We hope this country and its officials will be brave enough to follow.
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Apr 30, 2013
Travel back to #RootsTech - You'll hear 10 Top Tips for How to Bust Through Your Genealogy Brick Wall, and get the scoop on the new partnership between OCLC / WorldCat and FamilySearch.
From Lisa:
If you didn't get a chance to attend a genealogy event yet this year, don't fret, because in today's episode while I get back to my laundry and packing to travel to Tennessee to present a genealogy seminar, you are going to hear two recordings we did at RootsTech.
First up is Jay Jordon, President of OCLC which you may know as the WorldCat. We got a chance to sit down at RootsTech to chat about their new partnership with familysearch which will bring the familysearch catalogue to WorldCat.
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Then you're going to hear 10 Top Tips for How to Bust Through Your Genealogy Brick Wall – The winner of the free RootsTech registration that we gave away on the Genealogy Gems blog Sarah Stout, got an opportunity to sit down with me and Canadian Genealogy Guru Dave Obee to discuss her brick wall (read all about it here) which spanned the Canadian and US border. But the locations weren't really the important thing here. The 10 Tips that Dave dished up can really be used by every family historian to achieve genealogy success.
Watch the Video:
Dave Obee's Top 10 Tips:
1. Create a Timeline – "plot her life…it's easier to see the
2. Understand Geography – "plot movements"
3. Find Every Possible Record
4. Understand How Records Were Created
5. Read Every Local Story in Newspapers at that Time
6. Tap into Local Knowledge – "Locals know more" (historical and
genealogical societies)
7. Go There if You Can in Person
8. Look for Negative Proof
9. Collaborate with Other Researchers
10. Be Diligent About Proof
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Isaiah 40
Comfort for God's People
1Comfort, comfort my people,
says your God.
2Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her
that her hard service has been completed,
that her sin has been paid for,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.
3A voice of one calling:
"In the wilderness prepare
the way for the Lord#40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / "Prepare the way for the Lord;
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.#40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God
4Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain.
5And the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
6A voice says, "Cry out."
And I said, "What shall I cry?"
"All people are like grass,
and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
7The grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of the Lord blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.
8The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God endures forever."
9You who bring good news to Zion,
go up on a high mountain.
You who bring good news to Jerusalem,#40:9 Or Zion, bringer of good news, / go up on a high mountain. / Jerusalem, bringer of good news
lift up your voice with a shout,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
say to the towns of Judah,
"Here is your God!"
10See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power,
and he rules with a mighty arm.
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.
11He tends his flock like a shepherd:
He gathers the lambs in his arms
and carries them close to his heart;
he gently leads those that have young.
12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?
Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,
or weighed the mountains on the scales
and the hills in a balance?
13Who can fathom the Spirit#40:13 Or mind of the Lord,
or instruct the Lord as his counselor?
14Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him,
and who taught him the right way?
Who was it that taught him knowledge,
or showed him the path of understanding?
15Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
they are regarded as dust on the scales;
he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
16Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires,
nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.
17Before him all the nations are as nothing;
they are regarded by him as worthless
and less than nothing.
18With whom, then, will you compare God?
To what image will you liken him?
19As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and fashions silver chains for it.
20A person too poor to present such an offering
selects wood that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
to set up an idol that will not topple.
21Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
23He brings princes to naught
and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
24No sooner are they planted,
no sooner are they sown,
no sooner do they take root in the ground,
than he blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
25"To whom will you compare me?
Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.
26Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:
Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one
and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing.
27Why do you complain, Jacob?
Why do you say, Israel,
"My way is hidden from the Lord;
my cause is disregarded by my God"?
28Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
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Perspectives on Probabilistic Graphical Models
Time: Mon 2020-11-16 13.30
Subject area: Electrical Engineering
Doctoral student: Dong Liu , Teknisk informationsvetenskap
Opponent: Associate Professor Harri Lähdesmäki, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
Supervisor: Ragnar Thobaben, Teknisk informationsvetenskap
Probabilistic graphical models provide a natural framework for the representation of complex systems and offer straightforward abstraction for the interactions within the systems. Reasoning with help of probabilistic graphical models allows us to answer inference queries with uncertainty following the framework of probability theory. General inference tasks can be to compute marginal probabilities, conditional probabilities of states of a system, or the partition function of the underlining distribution of a Markov random field (undirected graphical model). Critically, the success of graphical models in practice largely relies on efficient approximate inference methods that offer fast and accurate reasoning results. Closely related to the inference tasks in graphical models, another fundamental problem is how to decide the parameters of a candidate graphical model by extracting information from empirical observations, i.e., parameter learning for a graphical model. The two essential topics (inference and learning) interact with and facilitate each other. For instance, the learning of a graphical model usually uses an inference method as a subroutine, while the learned graphical model is then employed for inference tasks in the presence of new evidence.
In this dissertation, we develop new algorithms and models for generic inference in Markov random fields. We firstly present an alternative view of belief propagation in terms of a divergence minimization, which is in contrast to the intuition of free energy minimization. The alternative view brings the development of a variant of belief propagation algorithm which turns out to generalize the standard one. Insights on the convergence behavior of the developed algorithm in the binary state space are provided apart from the intuition in development. As a step beyond approximate inference with message passing, we develop a region-based energy network model that performs generic inference via region-based free energy minimization, which turns inference in Markov random fields into an optimization problem. This model incorporates both our essential understanding of inference and modern neural network models with computational efficiency.
The further part of the dissertation focuses on parameter learning for probabilistic graphical models. This part starts with the discussion on parameter learning of undirected graphical models and explains the role of an (approximate) inference method in this routine. As for directed graphical models, new finite mixture models incorporating normalizing flows in neural network implementations are presented for more expressive and flexible modeling. The learning of developed generic models is handled within expectation maximization due to the presence of hidden (or latent) variables. The expressive modeling method and learning are further extended to dynamic systems within a reduced dynamic Bayesian network, i.e., a hidden Markov model. The dissertation closes with a chapter on the likelihood-free learning for a class of directed graphical models, where (directed) generative models induce implicit probability distributions and are learned via the optimal transport distance.


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