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This explains why we experience such high levels of enthusiasm and energy when we are engaged in a form of task or activity that we love. In flow with the depth of purpose in our heart, we avoid much of the fatigue that comes to the mind and body when we are consumed with rowing our boat against the tide. Weakened by the choice to entangle ourselves in this struggle, we then encounter the pressure of having to measure up to those forces which constitute the weight of that tide. Suppressing the fullness of our being, we are starved of enthusiasm and the will to engage with what we come to label as 'work'.
Living our calling shouldn't be viewed as work in the traditional sense. Better is it understood as purposeful and passionate play. As much as a child enjoys playing with their favourite toy, so should we enjoy doing what we have been called to do to the same extent. Granted, the adult world is more complex than that of a child, and there are going to be challenges encountered in this process of engagement. These are an unavoidable part of the journey. Whilst these occurrences may temporarily disrupt our flow, they need not diminish our joy and harmony. Having a genuine love for that which we do, and how it relates to who we are, we will be inoculated from much of the suffering that stems from a spiritually unbalanced life.
It is often said that to succeed we must persist in the face of opposition. This, I couldn't agree with more, but what is it that allows us to demonstrate and sustain this quality? The answer to this is the loving essence of spirit, out of which courage, determination and resilience also spring. When we partner with genuine love in the pursuit of a purpose, we find ourselves unattached to the outcomes that lay ahead. Immersed in the life enhancing experience of joy and growth, there is nothing more that we need gain. Achieving results by our efforts in the physical world, these are secondary benefits that mean very little in and of themselves. Flowing from our devotion to the spiritual inclination to love, it is this that means more in absolute terms.
Achievements are fleeting, but joy is impactful. Infusing our present moments with richness, it is the degree to which we experience and perpetuate joy that is the true measure of success. How different would the world be if we came to define ourselves in these terms? When we learn to cultivate joy in what we do, and allow this to guide our service, we diminish the need to define ourselves by such things as money, power and material possessions.
In the unconsciousness of our habitat, the success score is assessed by these dysfunctional metrics, despite our intrinsic knowing that they fail to deliver what we most want in life. Of them, there is never enough, especially for vultures who have become slaves of this world. Continually wanting more of these addictive lures, their hunger remains strong, with their discontent in the present moment. We cannot be joyful in the same moment that we are discontented. Mired in the negativity of fruitless striving, joy will not arise from within, when we need something more than we want to be fulfilled.
Similarly, we cannot truly be living life if our attention is continually being focused on the future and what we can gain from it. The future does not hold any joy that is not first present in our heart. To experience joy in any moment, we must bring it there. Manifested through our connection to life, this joy is not dependent on us gaining at the expense of others, despite what the world with a scarcity orientation would have us believe.
At the spiritual level, a form of life is entwined with all other forms of life, so when we seek to take something away from another person, we are also taking something away from ourselves. Depriving ourselves and others in this way, joy is obstructed and our clarity is contaminated. Perpetuating ego consciousness with these life depleting movements, it is the illusion of duality that we must consciously overcome to understand that we can only ever flourish in the fullness of an integrity that no one single mind can claim on or as its own.


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Indicators for Environment Health Risk Assessment in the Jiangsu Province of China
AbstractAccording to the framework of "Pressure-State-Response", this study established an indicator system which can reflect comprehensive risk of environment and health for an area at large scale. This indicator system includes 17 specific indicators covering social and economic development, pollution emission intensity, air pollution exposure, population vulnerability, living standards, medical and public health, culture and education. A corresponding weight was given to each indicator through Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. Comprehensive risk assessment of the environment and health of 58 counties was conducted in the Jiangsu province, China, and the assessment result was divided into four types according to risk level. Higher-risk counties are all located in the economically developed southern region of Jiangsu province and relatively high-risk counties are located along the Yangtze River and Xuzhou County and its surrounding areas. The spatial distribution of relatively low-risk counties is dispersive, and lower-risk counties mainly located in the middle region where the economy is somewhat weaker in the province. The assessment results provide reasonable and scientific basis for Jiangsu province Government in formulating environment and health policy. Moreover, it also provides a method reference for the comprehensive risk assessment of environment and health within a large area (provinces, regions and countries). View Full-Text
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Other things giving me joy this week are....
Seeing my niece in the cashmere jumper that I finally gifted her. She says it feels like you haven't got it on but you're warm. I know what she means.
My favourite cranberry nougat and latte at Via Boffe in Mornington. I was sitting next to this glorious wall of coffee cups from all over the globe.
The only good thing about cold wet weather was wearing my new wool tights from Gorman. Oh and ankle boots!
The balloon lady was at the centre for the holidays - yay! Love a good balloon sculpture.


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The "new normal" in residential green building has taken a leap forward, in terms of establishing cutting edge best practices worth emulating. A new home community in the Paradise Valley, Arizona area recently opened a neighborhood of 32 homes that exemplify multiple fresh ideas. The Village at Paradise Reserve, built by Cullum Homes, showcases innovations such as insulation sprayed on the roof ceiling instead of the attic floor, use of 20 SEER HVAC units with independent zones in each major room of the house with their own thermostats, and crisp and clean illumination provided by ultra energy-efficient LED lighting.
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Things already look a lot different for the Sherman and Denison softball teams and there is still the second round of the district schedule still to come.
Instead of seeing the Lady Bearcats and the Lady Yellow Jackets at the bottom of the district standings, the rivals are currently near the top heading into their first meeting of the season as Denison (9-11, 4-1) hosts Sherman (13-10, 3-2) to close out the first half of District 5-5A action tonight at 5 p.m. at Denison High School.
"It's a big game," Denison head coach Mike Garcia said. "It's the first time in a while it's meant something."
If the teams simply do what they did through the first five district games, they will both be in the playoffs. And regardless of who comes away with the win tonight, they will both be playing meaningful games until they face off again in the season finale on April 21 at Old Settlers Park.
A year ago they were the last two teams in the district standings and five and six games, respectively, from the last playoff spot. Already Denison has won more games overall than a year ago and doubled its district win total.
"That's the good thing about this group," Garcia said. "We have a great core of leaders and it trickles down. We have real good chemistry right now. That's an important factor. Putting together a vision at the beginning of the year, if we do what we did the first half, we'll reach that first goal of making playoffs."
Sherman has equaled both its overall win total and district victories from 2016 with seven games left this season.
"From the very beginning our five seniors put in place the goal to make the playoffs," Sherman head coach Brenda Samuels said. "They're coachable. They're back in comfortable spots. They're excited."
It sets up a crucial match-up that could either see the Lady Jackets put a stranglehold on second-place or have the Lady Bearcats pull alongside their rivals and in possession of the tie-breaker until they meet again.
Denison had a chance to gain sole possession of first place in a battle of district unbeatens this past Friday but Denton Ryan remained on top of the standings with a 7-5 victory. Kaylee Walters was 2-for-4 with a home run, double and scored twice, Elizabeth Linwood was 2-for-3 with a double and scored, Yvette Moreno drove in a run and Olivia Marr and Danielle Sullivan each scored.
The Lady Jackets were down 7-2 after four innings before Denison scored twice in the fifth and then Walters homered in the seventh — her sixth of the season.
"Knowing we competed against them and we have a chance against them the next time, it stokes the fire a little bit," Garcia said.
A pair of freshmen are among the leading hitters for the Lady Jackets. Linwood is setting the pace by batting .460 with seven doubles and 10 RBI while Jaci Garvin is third on the team with a .379 average. In between them is senior Jaydan Hunt, who sports a .420 average and a team-best 20 RBI. Juniors Kayla Daugherty (.373) and Walters (.371) round out the Denison hitters over .320.
"They've done a great job. They know their roles," Garcia said. "They now have that comfort level."
Sherman had to rally to avoid losing to last-place Wichita Falls at home on Friday. Natalie Carrasco tripled, drove in two runs and scored, Kaylee Walker was 2-for-3, Jessica Bridges doubled, scored and picked up the victory, Tobi Torres scored twice and Kaitlin Bang and Jayla Goodman scored.
Wichita Falls took a 3-0 lead in the second inning before the Lady Bearcats scored three times in the fourth to jump in front for good, 4-3, before tacking on a couple of insurance runs in the sixth.
"They're in situations where they're learning something every single game and it's giving them confidence," Samuels said.
The leading hitters in the Sherman lineup are Bridges with a .493 average, Jill Dixon is at .474 with a team-high 11 doubles and 27 RBI, Kenna Ferguson is batting .462 and Walker is at .397.
"They have the ability. They have the skill," Samuels said. "The mental part of the game is the toughest part for softball and baseball. They have truly worked really hard in their mental game."


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text: Several people have expressed an interest in seeing how I get on with a dSLR and primes for closeups/macros after using achromats on bridge and micro four thirds cameras for about seven years, so I thought I would start a thread to chronicle this part of my photographic journey. (btw if this leads to "off-topic" discussions of alternative approaches people use, or want to know about, and any manner of related closeup/macro issues that's fine by me.) So, I've spent a lot of money (by my standards) on some top line lenses and flash (Canon 100L macro, MPE65 and MT24EX), and a fairly decent camera (70D). I have bought some other lenses for less common (for me) applications (Canon 55-250 EF-S STM, for some butterflies and other larger invertebrates in positions where I need a bit more reach; Sigma 10-20, for sunsets and cloudscapes; Canon 18-55 EF-S STM, the kit lens that came with the 70D). Until now I have used achromats, in increasing order of power these are: Canon 500D, +2 diopters; Raynox 150, +4.8 diopters; Raynox 250m +8 diopters; Raynox 150 and 250 stacked, ? +12.8 diopters; Raynox MSN-202, +25 diopters. I have used these for about two years each on a Canon S3 bridge camera, a Canon SX10 bridge camera and a Panasonic G3 micro four thirds camera, and then for about a year on a Panasonic FZ200 bridge camera. I also have a Canon SX240 point and shoot, which is surprisingly good for non-tiny flowers (just the camera - you can't attach achromats to it). I am primarily interested in photographing invertebrates, flowers and skyscapes. For invertebrates I tend towards whole-subject shots and subject-in-its-environment shots and series rather than ultra closups of parts of an animal. Some of the subjects such as springtails are sufficiently small that they need magnification far beyond 1:1 even for whole-body shots. Flowers for me includes , buds, berries, foliage, moss etc, including subjects and scenes ("micro-landscapes") that need magnification beyond 1:1. I don't do any invertebrate or flower photography indoors. The skyscapes are typically sunsets/sunset cloudscapes over over the Severn Estuary, which we live on the side of. I shot JPEG only for years, but now shoot RAW whenever using a camera that does RAW. I always post process my images. I use Lightroom and CS2 mainly, with Zerene Stacker for closeup/macro stacks (not something I have done a lot of to date, although I intend to do more), Autopano Pro for panoramas and Photomatix Pro for HDR (again, not something I have done a lot of to date, but may do more, with an emphasis probably on "realistic, you wouldn't know it was HDR" type HDR, although I wouldn't exclude more "artistic" excursions occasionally). My journey is an exploration, and it might lead me back once more to bridge and achromats. I gave micro four thirds a good go, albeit with achromats rather than prime macro lenses, but then reverted to bridge because, for my purposes, there didn't seem to be any appreciable difference in the quality of the outputs, whilst the FZ200 ergonomics were far superior, for my hand, eyes and brain. My early experience with the new kit suggests that it is entirely possible that something similar might happen with the dSLR. The thread For the Flower Power Folk - my first dSLR images provides some initial impressions of my new kit. My concerns will probably change over time, but at the moment these are the issues that seem to demand most urgent attention: How much of an improvement in image quality am I going to get out of this kit compared to the FZ200 and achromats? Are there types of images that I want to capture, and can with the FZ200, but can't with the new kit? Are there types of images that I want to capture, and can with the new kit, but can't with the FZ200? Is the new kit going to be manageable/usable from a practical perspective for what I want to do, mainly in our garden, and for 4-6 hour sessions at several local nature reserves? Now I have all this kit (APS-C, MFT, bridge and P&S), should I be thinking in terms of "mixing and matching" the kit I use to the types of photography I am (and become) interested in, rather than thinking in terms of using a single set of kit for everything? And if so, how practical is that going to be out in the field? At the moment I can find hardly any invertebrates, and most of the handful I have found have disappeared from view before I could get my act together to photograph them. There is enough plant material to work with, but it has been pretty breezy ever since I got the first of the new kit. I keep going out into the garden but keep getting rained off. I went down to the local bay at sunset yesterday but the sky was very bland indeed. So, while I have had the opportunity to start familiarising myself with the kit in real world situations (cold, breeze/wind, threatening and actual rain), I haven't been able to do any real world IQ comparisons yet. I have done one "set up" comparison. I picked several (wet) little flowers from the garden and arranged them in an aluminium food tray which I put under a roof light window and propped up at an angle to make the camera setup easier. I captured several shots with the 70D using the 100L, and several using the FZ200 with an achromat (I don't recall, and didn't write down, if it was the Canon 500D or Raynox 150). All used RAW. I wanted to emulate a relevant real world situation, where I am striving for maximum depth of field but the ambient light is not bright and I don't want to use flash. I used the smallest aperture with the FZ200, which is f/8, and I used the FZ200 base ISO of 100. My understanding was that to get the same depth of field with APS-C you need to use about three stops smaller aperture, which would be f/22. So, using a remote release, I took several shots with the 70D at f/22, increasing the ISO to 1600 to compensate for the smaller aperture. This was a mistake - it should have been ISO 800, a 3 stop difference, to compensate for the 3 stop difference in aperture. I also took some shots at f/16, making the same mistake, using ISO 800 rather than the ISO 400 which would have compensated for the 2 stop difference in aperture. A bit of a senior moment I think. I picked the shots that looked best to me, one each of: 70D, f/22, ISO 1600; 70D, f/16, ISO 800; FZ200, f/8, ISO 100. These sorts of comparisons always need to be handled carefully, and the interpretations can be contentious even when rigorously conducted, which this one wasn't - apart from the error noted above, the images aren't framed exactly the same, and from the look of the exposure times I think the light level must have changed too. And I can't be certain there were no vibrations in the (wooden, upstairs) floor during the long exposures. All that said ... ... when imported into Lightroom (with the same default sharpening and colour noise reduction) the images from the two cameras looked very different indeed. This was because of different white balances. I set them all to the same white balance, the one which looked most realistic to me. I then exported them all from Lightroom to full size JPEGs, with no other processing, and compression 90%. You can see them here. The RAW images are here in case you are interested. I then processed the images using my normal processing workflow, creating JPEGs 1100 pixels high. The processing was the same for the two 70D images. This included pulling up the shadows as much as Lightroom allows to get some (more) colour into the dark areas of the background, and of course this creates noise. I did not apply any noise reduction. I then processed the FZ200 image to make it look as good as I could trying to match the 70D images as far as practical in terms of colours, brightness, contrast etc, and this included pulling up the shadows almost as much as for the 70D. Apart from this only slightly milder action on the shadows, I had to push the FZ200 image noticeably harder (in terms of contrast, highlights, whites, blacks, clarity and vibrance) than the 70D images to move it towards where I wanted it to be. After the camera-specific Lightroom processing I passed the images over to CS2 and gave them my standard "finishing off", using the same amount of output sharpening for each of them. Here is what I got. (For the 1100 pixel high versions, click on image then right click and choose "Original") 70D, ISO 1600, f/22 - IMG_0448-Edit PS1 PSS3.43 by gardenersassistant, on Flickr 70D, ISO 800, f/16 - IMG_0451-Edit PS1 PSS3.43 by gardenersassistant, on Flickr FZ200, ISO 100, f/8 - P1190878-Edit PS1 PSS3.43 by gardenersassistant, on Flickr On a cursory examination I think the images may look rather similar (framing apart, and depending on how one's screen is set up - I'm using a hardware calibrated screen which claims to render 100% of the RGB gamut). But after flicking back and forth between them many times it looks to me as though the 70D images have significantly better micro contrast, detail and subtlety of colour rendition. To my surprise, both of the 70D images appear to have greater depth of field than the FZ200 image. (We need to be careful here, because perhaps the centre of dof was further forward for the FZ200 and some dof was unused and hence lost at the front of the image.) This jogged my memory about something I noticed a few days ago but had ignored - Cambridge in Colour have a Macro Depth of Field Calculator (about two thirds of the way down this page), and this suggested that there are only two stops of difference in dof between (Canon) APS-C and 1/2.3" as used by many bridge cameras, including the FZ200. This evening I checked my calculations for the values I put into this calculatr and tried again. I got the same result. If true, this means that in terms of dof f/16 on APS-C equates to f/8 on the FZ200. This in turn would mean that by using f/22 on the 70D I could get 1.4 times the maximum dof achievable on the FZ200. And the 100L actually goes to f/32, and this would give twice the dof achievable on the FZ200. There would be a lot of detail loss from diffraction, but I've learnt that increases in dof (which are very visible) can (for me) outweigh loss of detail which may difficult to see or in fact may be beneath the level of perceptibility depending on the size of the image produced for viewing. This is rather promising. As well as the possibility of being able to get greater dof, the 100L makes it easy to position the dof where you want it. With the camera at the appropriate distance for framing/magnification, the dof can be moved with the very smooth focus ring and on the LCD you can see exactly where the dof is falling. It is a delight to use. I have never been successful with manual focusing with any of my previous cameras so I have found this a real eye-opener. More generally, using live view on the LCD on the 70D works very well, when using the on-sensor phase-detect focusing or manual focusing. (I haven't played with it yet, but I suspect the normal, 19 point phase-detect focusing may only be practical using the viewfinder because the LCD blacks out for a surprisingly long time while normal phase-detect focusing is going on. But for something where it is needed, like bees in flight, even I would probably prefer to use the viewfinder anyway. I suspect the 70D and 100L will be much better for bees in flight than anything I have used before, with which I have rarely had much success using achromats.) Another positive is the MT24EX. It is easy to use and seems to be very effective. I may need to add some DIY diffusion, but I won't know that until I find some invertebrates to photograph. So far so good. However, much less promising are some issues around working distance. Here are some some measurements that you might want to refer to as you read on. FZ200 and 70D – some scene widths and working distances by gardenersassistant, on Flickr The first issue has to do with magnifications of greater than 1:1. Up to 1:1 is ok - the minimum working distance with the 100L on the 70D is about 115mm to the front of the MT24EX, or slightly more without the flash. The scene width at 1:1 is of course 22.5 mm. I often deal with smaller scenes. At 1:1 the working distance of the MPE-65 (with the MT24EX attached) is about 85mm. This reduces to about 50mm for scene widths of 12.5mm and 25mm when at maximum magnification, with a scene width of 4.5mm. In contrast, with the Raynox 250 on the FZ200 the working distance is a constant 100mm or so, down to scene widths of about 8.5mm. The Raynox 150 and Canon 500D have even larger working distances, about 160mm for the 150 and about 300mm for the 500D. So, down to scenes of 8.5mm in width (and I don't often need to deal with smaller scenes), the working distance of the new kit is rather poor compared to the FZ200 and achromats. Indeed, the shorter working distances of the MPE-65 as magnification increases, coupled with the increasing awkwardness of handling the MPE65 as it extends greatly as magnification increases, means that I may well end up scaring off some of the subjects which I can handle fine with the FZ200. Another issue with working distance is the need to move the camera far more with the 100L and MPE65 than with the FZ200. With an achromat on the FZ200 you get a range of magnifications that you can use without moving the camera, and so you can set up to use one of the achromats and then change the framing/magnification of the shot with no risk of disturbing the subject. It turns out that with the 100L in order to change the magnification/framing in the way I want I have to move the camera far further than the reach of the focus rail, which means moving the tripod (and for a lot of my natural light, slow shutter speed captures the tripod is essential). With the feet of the tripod wrapped around with long grass, brambles etc, as is often the case out on the nature reserves, this is going to make things much more difficult. There are similar, although less severe, issues with the MPE65 because it extends so much and you have to move the camera to compensate for the lens extension. A related issue with the MPE65 is that it is so awkward to handle, especially when magnifications increase, at which point you are dealing with a very large instrument (about 10 inches long at maximum magnification), the far end of which has to be very close to the subject. The physical difficulty of controlling the movement (back and forth in relation to the subject, and side to side as well) adds to the difficult of finding the subject, which can only be done once the lens is at the required magnification (and length). This compares to the FZ200 where you can position the camera with the lens at minimum magnification, which makes it far easier to find the subject, and then simply zoom in to the required framing/magnification. It is easy and quick, and the process of finding the subject and framing the shot do not involve any movement that may disturb the subject. Yet another related issue is that I often photograph scenes smaller than (APS-C) 1:1. I use the Raynox 150 a lot on the FZ200, from its minimum to its maximum magnification. Indeed, I quite often use it towards or at its maximum magnification for shots concentrating on the subject, and then pull back (without moving the camera or changing to another achromat) to get contextual shots. I often alternate between subject and environmental shots, quite often with shots at one or more intermediate magnifications. The 150 gets me down to scenes about 13mm wide, which is much less than the 22.5 at 1:1 with the 100L on the 70D. So to get the same sets of images with the 70D would require changing between the 100L and the MPE65. Especially when the MT24EX is attached (which it pretty much has to be for the MPE65), this is a non-trivial operation. The camera has to come off the focus rail, the flash removed and put to one side (no where to put it down btw in amongst the wet grass and brambles etc), the lens taken off the camera and put away, the other lens put on, the camera remounted on the focus rail and the flash reattached. I have been practising and will be able to get this operation pretty slick, but it is never going to be quick. The equivalent with the FZ200 (when it is needed at all, which is not very often) is to unscrew the achromat on the camera, put it in its box, take out another from its box and screw it on to the camera. One thing that might help is to use the Raynox 250 on the 100L. This will give me a quicker and easier way to go to smaller scenes, from 21.5 to 12.5m in width, about the same as I can get to (seamlessly much of the time) with the Raynox 150. There are two downsides, one being that although it is much easier and quicker than changing to the MPE65 it isn't seamless like the back and forth zooming I do with the 150. The other issue is that it reduces the working distance significantly, ranging from a maximum of 75mm for scenes of 21.5mm in width down to 45mm for scenes of 12.5mm in width. This compares to a constant working distance of about 160mm with the Raynox 150. So, there are some positives and some negatives thus far. I can't get my head around how all this is likely to pan out in practical terms. It's going to be a case of suck it and see I think. Any comments, suggestions, corrections, additional info, examples, related matters etc very welcome. This story is going to run on for a while I think. More in due course, possibly quite soon.


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Zombies are apparently all the rage in video games these days. You have the obvious zombie massacre games like Dead Rising 2, games that bewilderingly change the direction of a franchise like the recently announce Yakuza 4 that pits a Japanese mob boss against the undead for some bizarre reason, and game additions that allow you to step out of the game's mold and slaughter the walking dead as with Black Ops' zombie mode. We can now add Red Dead Redemption to that list thanks to the DLC "Undead Nightmare".
Although no official release date has been announced for the single player zombie expansion- unless you count "coming very soon"- before Halloween seems logical. No official price has been released either, but previous Red Dead DLCs have all cost $10.
As for the story of the DLC, there are zombies, you have guns. What more do you need to know? According to Rockstar, Marston will face off against the undead while attempting to seek a cure for the infectious zombie plague. The pack also features new weapons, zombie animals, and a new secret location, plus new multiplayer features that will be revealed later.
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A man falls from the sky.
It is morning and the air is clear. The sun's up, but there's no heat in it yet, the day's creation of weather has not yet begun. No convection current or desert wind stirs the stillness. No thermals have started their ascent.
A woman lights a candle. Before she did this, there was only darkness around her. Now, there is light. Now she casts a shadow.
A man falls from the sky.
After fifteen seconds he reaches terminal velocity. He can see the curvature of the earth's surface, the distant blur of horizon, clouds below him looking thick and solid as ice. The air around him becomes denser as he nears the ground. Gravity remains constant. He turns about his axis so that he is falling face downward. Below him is a map of brown and red and grey and green. He cannot see detail. Tears smear and freeze on his face.
A woman lights a candle. The flame has been transferred from match to wick. Now the match lies dead.
A man falls from the sky.
He feels the thrill of speed: every heart thrust of adrenaline, every cell excited by animal energy, every electron spinning through quantum dimensions. He feels the living being inside himself.
A woman lights a candle. In the process of burning, the wax is melted, consumed, vapourised. Light and heat are produced. She sees the empty place in her bed, the thick eternity of night outside.
A man falls from the sky.
A cat falling from a 32 storey building will almost certainly survive. The man does not have a parachute. The man falls more slowly now than he did a few seconds ago. He feels air and light around him, understands that there is desert and rock and sand and scrub below.
A woman lights a candle and places it in a window where a draught catches the flame and makes it burn crooked. Wax drips down one side, congeals and forms lumps that hang, gathering more and more wax until their own weight drops them with a clatter onto the sill.
A man falls from the sky.
For a few minutes he has experienced flight. He feels only lightness and elation. There is nothing in freefall that causes pain, there is nothing in falling that causes injury. It's only that sudden stop at the end. He will make his mark on the world. He will leave an impression.
A woman lights a candle and watches it burn awhile. She puts it in a votive holder so that its light will remain steady, burning bright in her window. She watches it until she falls asleep. It burns all the way down. She wakes into darkness and lies there, alone. She wonders about the nature of flame. Where does it go when it's gone?
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When Christmas Comes to Town
Join us for a dance exploration of the classic children's story The Polar Express.
It's Christmas again, but not all is not well in the fairy tale realm of Pantomime Land...
With help from the evil Maleficent, the Ugly Sisters, the sinister Abanazar and the scary Big Bad Wolf, the terrifying Giant known as Flesh-Creep plans to make this Christmas the worst one yet!
Jack is in hiding and stuck up a beanstalk, Cinderella's riches have turned back to rags, Aladdin is trapped in the magical lamp and Hansel and Gretel are lost in the woods! the run from a pack of wolves!
Only Santa can stop this evil plot from becoming a reality. With the help of his trusted elves an trusty steed Rudolf, Santa travels to Panto Land to sort things out in this magical place, once and for all.
This One Day Drama project is aimed at Year 6 / Primary 7 pupils and is being delivered throughout December. The project includes movements and singing, so it really gives your pupils the opportunity to perform live to an audience. They will naturally build in confidence, work on speaking and listening skills and discover the importance of working together in a team.
Head Teacher
"One Day worked with the whole school from Reception to year 6. The team not only learned every child's name but got to know what their strengths were and how best to deploy these. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and were able to display drama and performing skills to a degree of confidence which we had not seen before. The children performed their Christmas Play to all parents after four days. Parents commented on the excellent quality of the performance.""
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A deadly two-car crash resulted in no survivors on the morning of April 9, 2011. Walter Edward Skinner of Richmond, Virginia drove his truck on the wrong side of the interstate and struck a Toyota, killing the driver and all passengers. To learn more, check out the story here:
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Jim Wallace, executive director of the Gun Owners Action League of Massachusetts, is kicking the wrong can down the road when it comes to making guns safer ("Gun-rights advocates decry retailers' moves," Page A8, March 1). Mental health is certainly an issue in this country, but it takes only one person with an assault rifle to fall through the cracks of even a perfect mental health system.
Not banning assault rifles is crazy. Give people a year to turn theirs in. After that, possession should be illegal. Edward Stack, CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods, is not a "coward." He's a brave person to stand up to a loud, irrational minority that is heavily armed. Wallace and other gun-rights advocates are the cowards for thinking they need a gun to protect themselves. Brave people don't need guns.
We need to clarify the Second Amendment and bring it up to date with the 21st century. People think this cannot be done because it is part of the Constitution. Yes it can. It's called an amendment.


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One of the cool things about tech and IT is that it can be digested in bite size chunks.
Outsourcing is an ever-growing industry and is a familiar concept to many South Florida businesses. Over 281 billion dollars were spent on IT outsourcing in 2015 alone according to Statista. As more and more cost and quality conscious businesses in our area and around the globe are turning to outsource their non-core business processes, outsourcing has revolutionized the way business is done in almost all sectors.
We've been surfing the world-wide-web for almost three decades now and chances are each and every one of us have stumbled upon good, bad and even fraudulent websites at one time or another. But how do you determine if a website is truly 'legit' or not?
There are certain traits that can indicate a website's intention to scam you out of money or valuable information.


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Mama June Shannon has been open about her dramatic weight loss, chronicled on the reality show Mama June: From Not To Hot. But she hopes her daughters won't need to undergo the same process she did.
The mother of four recently had gastric sleeve and skin removal surgery. She's also worked with a personal trainer and a nutritionist on the show. In a new interview with People, Shannon said she hopes her children will learn from her example.
"I don't want them to go through what I went through in school or with surgery," Shannon told People. "I've seen them lose and gain weight, but I don't want them to end up like I did at 460 lbs. Who would want that?"
People notes that Shannon has been subject to criticism for allowing her daughters Lauryn "Pumpkin" Shannon, 17, and Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, 11, to eat ketchup and butter-covered noodles, which they called "sketti." (Shannon's two adult daughters, Jessica and Anna Shannon, are estranged from her, the magazine adds.)
Shannon seems cognizant, though, of the impact that fat-shaming can have on kids, especially when it comes from a family member. "I do worry about their health, but I'm not going to say, 'You got to eat salads all the time,'" Shannon told People.
Shannon also explained that her family sometimes ate unhealthy food because she didn't know how to cook other meals, and they've been exploring new food options together. One example People mentions is that the family now eats more baked chicken, instead of fried chicken.
"Nobody taught me how to cook," Shannon told People. "So it's a learning experience all the time, and we look up new recipes."
As for whether she'd want her daughters to undergo surgery, as she did, Shannon told the magazine that she would support them, though she wants them to understand it's also a lifestyle change. "If they do have to have that done, they've got to realize it's not just a surgery thing," Shannon told People. "You have to change body, your frame of mind, what you eat. Everything."


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The pastoral work of the parish continues as it has from the beginning offering spiritual and material sustenance such as the Philoptohos Committee, composed of at present by :
Mrs. Eleni Christou
Mrs. Alexandra Katsilioris
Mrs. Vasiliki Katsoulas
Mrs. Jenny Panagopoulos
Mrs. Dimitra Chronis
Mrs. Maria Kalogerinis
Mrs. Antonia Dalas
Mrs. Effie Demourtzidis
Mrs. Eleni Demourtzidis
Mrs. Vasso Demourtzidis
Mrs. Zoe Lathouros
under the Presidency of Father Nicholas
We thank all other ladies that have served on the Philoptohos all these years – many have recently retired from the Philoptohos due to illness.
As time rolls by so things also change and roll by in this flowing fallen world. Many of the original ladies of the Philoptohos have passed on into eternity.
May the Lord God forgive them their voluntary and involuntary faults and grant them a place in his eternal Kingship.


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ZAOUIA AOUFOUS, Morocco (AP) - Hundreds of rural Moroccans lined up under a searing sun for U.S. medical treatment for toothaches, cataracts, broken bones and other ailments.
While stretched thin in hostile zones like Iraq or Afghanistan, the U.S. military is conducting a two-week humanitarian mission in an effort to drum up goodwill and polish its image in an allied Muslim country recently hit by terrorism.
Nearly 100 U.S. medical staffers landed in the North African kingdom 10 days ago for operation Medflag, an annual effort to deliver temporary medical care to Africa.
American military leaders say the operation helps bolster the image of U.S. forces in Morocco, where polls show people overwhelmingly opposed military action in Iraq.
``When they see the activities that we're engaged in, they realize the (negative) stereotypes they may have heard are not accurate,'' Rear Adm. Lewis Crenshaw, deputy commander for U.S. Naval Forces Europe, said on Tuesday.
Morocco, a longtime U.S. ally, suffered its deadliest terror attack ever in May when five near-simultaneous bomb blasts hit the coastal city of Casablanca, killing 33 bystanders and 12 of the attackers.
``This kind of exercise helps prevent the seeds of terrorism from sprouting,'' Crenshaw said after a brief meeting with regional leaders.
On Tuesday - the first day that journalists were allowed to visit a treatment site - more than 1,000 people received medical care. The teams trekked to Zaouia Aoufous, a verdant valley town of about 30,000 known for succulent dates and picturesque red canyons some 96 miles west of the Algerian border.
Moroccan soldiers controlled access to the site - a local elementary school converted for the day into a medical clinic offering care in pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, ophthalmology and internal medicine.
Boys with bloodied gauze in their mouths exited a makeshift dental office, as teams of Moroccan paramedics hauled away elderly women on stretchers.
In one classroom, covered with students' drawings of Pikachu or sword-wielding Arab fighters, 7-year-old Rqia Hadou cried to her mother as Lieut. Cmdr. Matthew Southwick examined her with help from a translator.
``Mommy, don't let him hurt me,'' the child said in the local Berber language, as tears welled in her eyes. Her mother, Soumia Ben Iku, said the girl has sporadically fainted since she was four.
The operation has focused on seven towns around the eastern city of Er Rachidia.
Maj. Peter Legrand, a medical logistics officer from Belgium acting as an observer on the mission, said the exercise gives American troops the chance to showcase their humanitarian efforts - and earn a ``public relations'' boost.
``There's always a television aspect'' to such operations, he said. ``But whatever the case, it's still positive. Sometimes, it's as simple and important as teaching children to brush their teeth.''
Medflag has brought medical care, humanitarian aid and doctor training to African countries since 1998. Next year's operation is to take place in South Africa.
Some local leaders praised the aid program, which will inject about $2.5 million in medical supplies into Morocco, but said it's only a temporary solution.
``We're really hoping that this will become a periodic visit from the Americans,'' said Amar Aoujil, the head of the town council in Zaouia Aoufous.
A U.S. Navy team based in Rota, Spain, is leading the multi-service operation uniting about 90 doctors, dentists, nurses and support staff.
The mission culminates Thursday with a mock ``mass casualty'' exercise that will challenge Moroccan medical squads to treat 100 people acting as flood victims.
Military officials say this year's edition has been especially productive, with more than 5,100 people treated since the operation began on Sept. 6.


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Sir David Cannadine, one of Britain's most distinguished historians visits the RSA to provide a new paradigm for historical understanding that emphasises our commonalities, rather than our differences.
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Last weekend, when I was gallivanting around parts of Middle and East Tennessee, my ladies had a day at the salon. Like women with beautiful, wavy hair everywhere, they got it straightened. I understand the impulse. Early in high school, when I found I could not get my hair to go into my eyes like Robert Smith, one of the members of the Cannon County Speech and Debate team showed me how to blow my hair straight. I did not do it very often, mostly because it was more work that it was worth (this was prior to the invention of the straightening iron) but I also did not want to run the risk of being labeled a poseur. In the alternative / punk / whatever-we-were culture of late 1980's suburbia, there was nothing worse than being a fake, inauthentic person.
So the first thing I think when I imagine being an atheist, if just for one day, is that I'm a total poseur. I can't really imagine being an atheist any more that I can truly imagine being a woman or being black. It's not how I am built, which doesn't make the way I am built any better or worse (although it does give me tons of privilege in this society.) The best I can do is a polite bit of fiction, a suspension of belief.
Except it's not. Lack of belief is agnosticism, which is the end of logic as well. We can't rationally prove the existence of God, nor can we rationally prove a negative (such as "God does not exist.") Atheism, then, is the belief that God is not here because there is no God. This day, the day between the remembrance of the crucifixion and the celebration of Easter, is as close as Christians come to atheism. God is not here today.
So where does that leave us? Without God, how do we build a life of meaning? Even on a day without God, my life has meaning. If nothing else, I've got a wife that I can partner with and a daughter I can care for. That doesn't mean nothing. Then there are the other people. Do they have dignity and deserve respect because God told me they did? Not today. Maybe not ever. Maybe they have dignity and deserve respect because they are. And they are all we have. Today, we don't know if we've got God, but we know we have each other. What do we do with that?


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It was a leprechaun, no doubt. His eyes were are green as the leaves hanging from the trees above us and his hair was red, like fire. He wore a forest green derby hat with a white feather tucked in its Band. His knickers and jacket were the color of his hat. His stockings and shirt beamed – the brightest yellow I had ever seen. And, of course, his shoes were black, well polished, and decorated with large silver buckles. He sat on a large, black pot of golden coins.
He wasn't surprised to see me. I'm sure he heard me coming up the trail, the same trail I walk on fine, sunny, spring days such as that day was. He smiled at me – not a kind smile, but a mischievous smile. He had a bit of the devil in him. I smiled back, tipping my hat before I continued down the trail.
As I past the green, wee fellow, he said to me, "Aren't you wantin' this gold I'm perched on? It's the purest pile of gold that ever did be."
"Good, sir," I replied. "You've already given me all the gold I need. It was a fine smile, indeed. So now, I only wish to pass for it is a good day to walk. Linger I shan't no more."
"Aye, tis a good day," said the leprechaun. Then he flipped me a gold coin. I snatched from the air. Held it in my first. "Go buy you wife a pretty dress and a good night you will have as well."
A quick wind stirred the trees and I looked up to see the their leaves dance. When I returned my eyes to where the leprechaun was sitting, he was gone, as was his gold.
I smiled and bowed. "Thank you, fine sir. My wife thanks you as well."
I turned toward the village from whence I came. I had a dress to buy.
Oh yes – it was a good night, just as the leprechaun had promised.


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It's that time of the year when the plans have been made and are a few days away from getting into action. For me, the Christmas season is my absolute best time of the year umh because (1) it's the holiday season – I get to relax and think about the year that was versus what's to come (2) I am either spending time with family or exploring somewhere new. I have said this countless of times here, I love to travel. What doesn't excite me though is the process of getting all packed up and ready to gerrarahia.
I don't even understand how most times my luggage is overweight and I have to pay for the excess baggage. With most times, half the things packed aren't used. No ma'am, not this time. This time, I have followed a few steps that although I cannot boast of being an expert packer anytime soon, I can say I have a grip on things. If you find yourself in the same dilemma described here – and don't be shy, we all need a little help sometimes – read on:
// Start early
Unbelievable how the small things actually do matter. My dad used to do this all the time. He placed his case in the corner of the room and as the days went by, he would throw a few items in it. By the travel date, he would be first in the car all packed and ready. And I never heard him say he forgot this or that. It goes without saying that my Dad is extremely organized. So do the same thing a week or so before the travel date and you won't find yourself 2 minutes from the airport screaming "I left my passport."
// Pair your outfits
Count the number of days you will spend away and put aside some outfits for the activities of the day. This will save you excess baggage fees and time the day of. You do not want to be stressing about what to wear when you're on holiday. You want to be stressing about why the cocktails aren't reaching you fast enough.
// Roll your outfits
I actually just learnt this recently. Rolling clothes saves you space but also keeps your clothes crease free. Nice, no? If you are going away for a long time, think about getting those vacuum seal bags – I can only think about the Ikea vacuum bags at the moment – more clothes, more space.
I hope you find this helpful. I have also created a guide of the things you should not forget, feel free to download and use it here.
Happy packing and Happy Holidays 🙂
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Non-Christians almost always raise the question: If God is good and God is great (all-powerful) then how can there be evil in the world? Since there is evil, there must be no God. Or if there is a God, he must not be good or he must not be all-powerful.
I think we need to deal with a couple of issues:
Is this a good argument against the existence of God?
How do the other world views deal with the problem of evil?
What is the answer to the problem?
B. The Logical Answer
For many years, the problem of evil was seen as a way to show that Christianity was logically inconsistent. If Christianity could be seen to be logically contradictory, then it had to be false. The atheist is using the same approach that we've been using as we discuss the answers the various world views have to our world views questions.
There is no logical fallacy in that statement of the problem of evil…
◦ · God is good.
◦ · God is all-powerful.
◦ · God created the world.
◦ · The world contains evil.
Where is the contradiction? What they really mean is this:
◦ · God is good.
◦ · God is all-powerful.
◦ · God created the world.
◦ · The world shouldn't contain evil.
◦ · The world contains evil.
There is only an assumption on our part that there shouldn't be any evil in the world. People assume that God must want to eliminate all evil. One would have to be omniscient (i.E. God) to know that there was actually evil that occurred that had no ultimate good purpose.
Christianity doesn't teach that there shouldn't be evil. So there really is no logical problem. All we can really conclude from the argument is that God must have had a good reason for allowing evil and suffering.
C. Pantheism says:
If everything is God and God is everything, then you can't have opposites like good and evil. Therefore evil is an illusion.
So, when pantheists try to use the "problem of evil" argument against Christians, they are being inconsistent with their world view.
D. Naturalism says:
Since a naturalist doesn't believe that there is anything that transcends the natural world. They really can't believe in an objective "Good." And therefore in a naturalist's world view there really is no "good and evil." Evil is relative and just a matter of subjective preference.
The naturalist/atheist is also being inconsistent when he uses the problem of evil as an argument against the existence of God. But few, if any, recognize that they are disqualified from asking the question.
This is a very important point. We've talked about how one's world view must be logical, practical, etc. At every turn in the discussion we need to be able to recognize and point out where they are bailing out of their system and appealing to the Christian system to make their arguments.
I firmly believe that the Bible is filled with all authority pertaining to morality and that we should all follow it. Most people say you don't need a book or God to teach morality, but this is just false. Without one God in charge to make the rules, humans would make the rules. Needless to say, humans aren't the best people at confirming right and wrong. If we had our way rape, murder, and stealing would have been acceptable from the beginning. Who will you trust with right and wrong. Holy God or corrupt men?
There are plenty of people whom don't believe in God, yet they lead good and honest lives. If you don't believe in God, you don't believe in heaven or hell, so they don't care what they do in life. I know many people who are Christians and they break laws, lie, cheat, steal and commit adultery and then go to "confession."
No, I do not think that we need Christianity to be moral. I consider myself to be a moral person and I am not affiliated with any religion. I think that a person can be any type of religion (or no religion at all) and this does not necessarily determine whether or not they are moral.
No, I would have to disagree that Christianity is the only source of morality. We can look to other religions to be "moral," or we can adhere to our own ethics and values to be whatever we consider as "moral." Being moral is a little bit of a subjective and abstract thing. We do not need Christianity to be moral.
People have been moral long before Christianity came along. The Greeks, Romans and many other pre-christian civilizations and peoples were far more morally superior than even some of us today for example the Romans and especially the Greeks were very open and accepting of homosexuality. By saying we need Christianity to be moral it is pretty much the same as saying that we can't be moral by being a Muslim or a Buddhist or a Hindu, which is nonsense in fact Christianity sometimes causes people to be immoral by saying that its not right to kill another human being except (there are far too many buts and contradictions in the bible) when its in the name of god. It's just a thought, but whens the last time anyone heard of a war being fought by Buddhists in the name of Buddha? The Bible and therefore Christianity also says it's wrong to work on a Sunday, eat lobster and allow women to speak in the house of god. I'm sorry but it's absurd to suggest that we need Christianity in order to be moral. We are far better off thinking for ourselves, using common sense and logic to be moral rather than listening to 50 year old virgins preaching and telling us what to do and when to do it, or reading an old unreliable book that we know very little about and surprisingly very little about the people who wrote and compiled it. So to conclude we can be good without Christianity (and god).


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Senate proposes water policy shift, fees for consumers
Associated Press Writer
The state would dedicate water resources to protect critical bays and estuaries, and Texans could face millions in new fees on water consumption under a Senate bill introduced Monday to guide the state's future water use.
The bill introduced by a group of Democrat and Republican senators is designed to meet the challenge of protecting the environment and promoting conservation while providing Texans with reliable sources of clean water.
"Unless we take the necessary steps today, we will lack the resources to support our growing population," said Sen. Ken Armbrister, D-Victoria, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Water Resources.
The tap-water tax, which would be levied on retail water sales above 5,000 gallons a month, would cost Texans about $125 million a year and would help build new water systems and refurbish existing ones.
The bill also modifies the century-old "rule of capture," which allows landowners living outside of groundwater conservation districts to pump as much water as they choose. The bill introduced Monday would create legal protections for landowners who are hurt by their neighbor's pumping.
A 2001 statewide water survey predicted Texas will struggle to keep up with water demand over the next 50 years as its population is expected to double to about 40 million.
State officials predict Texas will have to spend as much as $98 billion to refurbish existing water sources and transfer systems, or build new ones.
Texas has only one natural lake _ Lake Caddo in East Texas. Most of state's water comes from underground aquifers and reservoirs that capture rain water.
"One of the biggest challenges we face is providing clean water for generations to come," said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, a Republican.
Under the Senate plan, the state would ensure that water is directed toward the state's rivers, bays and estuaries, which have been strained under the increasing demand for water.
Environmentalists called it an important policy shift to protect the state's wetlands. Healthy estuaries and bays are critical for fish, oysters and migratory birds.
"This bill will help ensure our children continue to enjoy healthy rivers and bays as well as the fish and wildlife heritage Texas is famous for," said Myron Hess of the National Wildlife Foundation.
The water consumption tax would be levied at a rate of about 13 cents per 1,000 gallons used above the 5,000 gallon limit.
According to the state Water Development Board, the statewide average water use for households and small businesses is about 170 gallons per day, or about 5,100 gallons a month.
That average does not include large industrial and agricultural use, and statewide use varies among regions.
The bill would exempt government, religious organizations and schools. Collected locally, the money would be sent to the state. Landowners and businesses that take water from private wells would not be taxed.
Armbrister said the fee would help encourage conservation. Those who use less water could avoid paying it.
The change to the "rule of capture" also represents a significant shift.
Texas is the only western state still using the rule. The Texas Supreme Court upheld it in 1999 when a group of farmers in Henderson County in East Texas claimed the Ozarka bottled water company sucked their wells dry.
The proposed change creates legal liabilities for high-volume users who damage neighboring wells.
"Families and farms don't have to live in fear their precious water will be siphoned away for convenience store coolers," Dewhurst said.
The Senate water conservation bill is SB3.


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G&B: Apologies to Sting
It's been a blast, folks. The Worlds Most Popular Podcast is signing off. Truth to be told, there's not enough hours in the day for ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
music to my dreams dream
A few cool dreams last night. All the dreams had a sountrack of different types of music that I've been listening to for the past few weeks. The dreams were like a music video. It's not like the songs were playing on my stereo while I was sleeping because I remember nothing being on. I took off both the tele and the radio. Anyway, here the three of them.
The first dream was to the track MGMT's Time To Pretend. I wake up from my bed and I put on my bedroom lights. I notice I'm really hot. Sweating in fact. I take off my sweater and open up the window blinds. It's nice out. I decide to go somewhere for breakfast. I walk slowly downstairs and pick out my clothes. I have a whole room full of clothing. Top to Bottom. Side to side. Cloths are everywhere. I can't decided. I look around and see this cool t-shirt. It's dark blue with a bunch of paint blotches on it. I decide to wear that with my black jeans. I go upstairs to take a shower. I go into the washroom and look for a razor. I notice that these are new razors I never used before. I start to shave. The razor is the sharpest razor I ever used. It's leaving my skin nice and smooth. I think to myself that I can shave like this all the time. I start shaving everywhere else. I'm loving it. I go take a shower and as I get out I notice my whole washroom floor is full of hair. Like 2 feet deep worth of just hair. I muddle through the mess and head to my room to get dressed.
The second one was to Until the Day Is Done by REM. It's a short one. I'm on a beech walking and just enjoying the sunshine. I throw stones, chase of the birds, give the birds bread, sit down for a bit and people watch. Whatever I basically feel like doing. I see someone In the distance I might know. It's a girl. I run up but she vanishes. I look back from where I came from. Looks like as I was running towards her, I wrote a whole letter to someone with my feet in the sand. The whole beach is covered with cursive writing. I don't write like that, but It's in my style of writing. I'm curious. I look for the beginning of the letter but can't find it. It's ongoing. Slowly, the letter gets ruined and damaged. I can't read it anymore.
The last dream is to Dave Gahan's Kingdom. I'm standing on the side of a building right by a sidewalk. Looks like I'm hiding from someone or about to scare someone. I really don't know why I'm there. Just standing there. I look opposite of me. A door opens. It's leading down. I run into the door and run down the stairs. It looks like an underground parking lot. I'm walking around looking for another exit. Somewhere else to hide. I turn back to leave. The door shuts. I'm locked in. Running around looking for another exit. Can't find one. I then see an open window that can get through but I'll need a ladder to get up there. Try jumping and reaching for the edge of the window. Trying to grab on but I can't keep my grip. I fall.
I wake up.
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I established true out of pocket cost MPGe using actual measured data early in my blog. After all, the amount of money I pay compared to gas car is what matters to me, and probably to most people as well.
I used to think that everyone knew this, but apparently, most people were (are?) oblivious to it; they believe they're getting 100+ MPGe, because EPA tells them so. While that's true with regard to energy consumption, that's not what most people are expecting. When they hear MPG, they think of the money they'll spend / save. Telling people that EV gets 124 MPGe is committing fraud without telling them that MPGe doesn't have much to do with money.
In this post, I present various tables that show out of cost MPGe (MPGe$) for various cars. For SparkEV, I was able to measure the actual mi/kWh, and have an accurate table in link above. But for other cars, I have to infer mi/kWh from EPA's MPGe figure.
First, these are EPA MPGe converted to mi/kWh using
mi/kWh = MPGe / 33.7kWh/gal
Note that mi/kWh inferred from EPA is about 20% lower for SparkEV compared to actual measured mi/kWh. Therefore, it could be that other cars also have higher mi/kWh when actually measured. In any case, the table should give you an idea of MPGe$, which you can boast (or feel shamed) when speaking with gas car drivers for apples-to-apples comparison.
To read the table, rows are $/gal at local gas station and columns are $/kWh you pay to charge the car. For example, $2.60/gal gas in SoCal on Oct 2015 and $0.33/kWh a household would pay for $150/mo electric bill would result in 29 MPGe$ for BMWi3, 20.8 MPGe$ for Tesla P90D. Those are far away from EPA's 124 MPGe and 89 MPGe for those cars.
Even the best case of $2.80/gal premium gas and $0.19/kWh for SDG&E base rate would result in 54.2MPGe$ for BMWi3, still far, far away from EPA's 124 MPGe. SoulEV with EPA 105 MPGe would only get 46 MPGe$, worse than Prius using premium fuel! But again, this is using EPA's "mystery meat" MPGe figure; actual could be bit better (10% to 20%?)
Last column of $0.59/kWh is what Blink charges for their DCFC if you're a member; you get less than 20MPGe$ in most cases. For those who pay $2/kWh (Leaf at 88% battery at DCFC, non OTG plan), you can take $0.25/kWh MPGe$ and divide by 8; with $2.60/gal, you'd be getting about 4MPGe$.
Green is 75 MPG boundary (2001 Honda Insight), orange is 50 MPG boundary (Toyota Prius), red is 25 MPG boundary (typical gas car).
Green is 75 MPG boundary (2001 Honda Insight), orange is 50 MPG boundary (Toyota Prius), red is 25 MPG boundary (typical gas car).
Money equivalent to liters per 100km for our Metric friends. Conversion factor used from MPGe$ to these values are 100/1.609344.
Because row and column units are the same, if you stick to same currency denomination, the math works out. For example, if it's BMW i3 with Euro 0.19/kWh and Euro 1.50/Liter, you would be paying equivalent to gas car that gets 2.14 L/100km.
Green is 3.14 L/100km boundary (2001 Honda Insight), orange is 4.7 L/100km boundary (Toyota Prius), red is 9.41 L/100km boundary (typical gas car in US).
Why is this color scheme seem different (prettier?) than MPGe$? It's done by comparing successive rows whereas MPGe$ color is done by comparing successive columns. This has to do with row resolution being less in L/100km tables to cover more range (about $2/gal to $12/gal).


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DIY Bedbug Treatments
DIY bedbug treatments are among the many options that you can try to resolve your bedbug problems. Although the success rate of DIY pest treatments isn't always promising, there is no harm in trying, especially if you don't have sufficient budget to acquire the services of a bedbug exterminator.
Bed bugs can cause a lot of problems, both mentally and physically. This is the reason why people with this type of infestation are so eager to find a solution that will stop bedbugs from causing them any further discomfort. Having a limited budget shouldn't stop you from resolving bedbug problems. In fact, to give you some ideas, here is a list of DIY treatments that you can try to get rid of your bedbugs;
Bedbug Treatments
- Mattress Encasement and Bed Frame Traps
Mattress encasement and sticky traps are both designed to attract bedbugs to a particular space in order to exterminate them or to keep them from spreading to the mattress. Although at some point, the bedbugs might begin to adapt to the encasement and traps and learn to work around the set treatments so they can continue to infest and bite humans and live on the mattress. When this time comes, then perhaps you might one to try other bedbug treatments.
- Heat Treatments
Heat treatment is known to work wonders with both the bedbugs and their eggs. This is one of the top DIY bedbug treatments that you should try. However, you have to make sure that you have a useful and accurate guide with you to help you through the process of executing heat treatment, otherwise you might be putting yourself in great danger, since this type of treatment can easily spark a fire.
- Pesticides & Solutions
Pesticides and other solutions are another option for DIY bedbug treatments. Your ability to properly follow application and dosage instructions play a crucial part in this type of treatment. This treatment does not exactly offer a permanent solution against bedbugs, but it can significantly reduce the number of bedbugs causing you serious discomfort.
The details provided above are just some of the DIY bed bug treatment that you can try. Note that most DIY bedbug treatments aren't as effective as the treatment offered by a professional pest exterminator. So if you are looking for a long lasting solution for your bedbug problems and you have the budget, then you might as well hire a certified bed bug exterminator.


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Tel: +86-631-5687517
Fax: +86-631-5681775
April 10, 2017 | Translated by Liu Pengzhan
Professor Atilla Incecik, Vice President of University of Strathclyde and Dean of HITWH International School of Ocean and Science Engineering (HIT-ISOSE), will introduce the trends and updates of interdisciplinary technologies pertinent to ocean exploitation, such as big data, material and unmanned autonomous system, based on a global analysis of key marine technologies in 2030.
Speaker: Professor Atilla Incecik
Time: 7:00 pm, April 13, 2017
Venue: G202
China is an ocean power, and the ocean plays a decisive role in the development of national economy. The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (NCCPC) also put forward the marine economic powerful nation strategy. Chinese President Xi Jinping further emphasized on accelerating the construction of the "21st-century Maritime Silk Road". The importance of the marine development of our country in the future is being highlighted, which sets a higher requirement for naval and marine technologies in the "new normal". Naval and marine technologies have become an important catalyzer for marine industry, and marine technology exhibits the trend that features innovation, globalization, collaboration and interdisciplinary interaction. It has become a significant strategy for China to create more high-level talents in scientific research and engineering construction, nurture international technologies and international talents in developing marine economy, as well as seize the opportunities of extracting marine resources. Future marine technologies will cover such three major areas as merchant shipping, shipbuilding and marine space, in which eighteen key marine technologies will become the key factors in national economy and national defense.
Professor Atilla will present the latest development and trends in marine technology and the key marine technologies in 2030, including unmanned autonomous system, smart ships, deep-sea resources exploitation, sustainable energy, energy management, big data analysis, advanced manufacturing, propulsion and power, shipbuilding technology, robotics, sensors, human-machine interaction, human function reinforcement, communications, cyber and electronic warfare, carbon capture and storage, and marine biotechnology.
In addition, Professor Atilla will also introduce how to join HIT-ISOSE and how to take full advantage of this platform that enables you to study overseas and approach the cutting edge of technologies.
Feel free to come to know more about future key marine technologies and get ready to play a part in future marine economy.


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Cherry Groce family win right to legal aid
A 160,000 signature petition, a community wanting justice, and fresh submissions to Chris Grayling by the family of Cherry Groce has finally delivered a level playing field.
Ministers have overturned a refusal to grant legal aid to the family for lawyers to represent them at their mother's inquest. Last week, Channel 4 News reported on the petition delivered by the Groce family to Downing Street, calling for legal aid to be granted.
Cherry Groce was mistakenly shot by police during armed raid on her home in Brixton in 1985. It left her paralysed from the waist down and wheelchair bound for the rest last 26 years of her life.
Two police forces and a retired inspector who shot Mrs Groce are to be represented by QCs at the inquest. Up until Friday, the legal agency had refused to grant legal aid so the family could have the same level of legal expertise.
But today, the justice secretary has bowed to pressure to reverse that decision and treated the family as an exceptional case.
Round 1 to the Groce family.
Watch again: The Metropolitan police has for the first time publicly apologised for the shooting of Cherry Groce, which sparked the 1985 Brixton riots.
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So I have these divination cards.
I made the first batch about a year ago, and I've revised them since. I think they're approaching usable for people who are not me.
To test that, I need people who are not me.
If you're interested in a reading, you can drop me a line with contact info and some idea of what you'd like your reading to be about. I'm happy to do this for free in exchange for two things: your feedback on the reading itself, and possible permission for me to write about it on my blog. (No identifying details, obviously, and this is fairly negotiable.)
So if you're interested, hit me up!


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Delving into the Archives No.1
So, it's mid week and I don't have much time to post…but I do feel I ought to. Otherwise, people might get fed up of turning up and finding I've written nothing. So I thought that if I was devoid of inspiration, I should randomly choose a file of photographs (I've not sorted them out into subjects – they're still in date order) to share with you. This wll at least add some interest , and give me someting to write about.
So the date I chose, completely at random, was 28th July 2010. We were on a canal holiday with all of Mr D's family: his sister and her husband and two children, his brother, wife and son, plus Mr D's mum. There were 10 of us in all, spread out over two narrow boats. We started off somewhere in Shropshire and followed the Lllangollen canal to Llangollen and back. This was one of the boats that we were on – but I don't know exactly where it is we've moored here. It must be said, our boats weren't decorated as beautifully as many of the hire boats that we passed! I loved the "canal art" that was on many of the barges – the traditional castles and roses designs, that have been passed down for hundreds of years.
This is an example of the roses and castles that the boat people would use to decorate their homes (the narrow boats) and their possessions. I remember doing a project about Canals with a group of Year 4 children (aged 9 – I think!) We visited a Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne, not too far from Miltton Keynes, and the children learned how these beautiful pictures were made. Their attempts back at school weren't quite as successful! If you're in the area, I think it's a great day out! (and the pub isn't bad, either…not that we went with the children!)
Here are some of the water plants that were growing where we moored – I have to admit to having NO idea what they are! I'm not the world's best at identifying plants. Mr D is quite good – it comes of studying plant biochemistry at Cardiff University!
And here is a picture of trees. I don't know why I took this – maybe it was the first signs of autumn, in the yellows and browns in the foreground. But there you are – trees!!
Next week (if I don't have time for much else) there will be another dive into the Dormouse Photo Archives.
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It's not hard to spot the flaws in the study released this week that ranked Maryland 49th among 50 states in per capita spending of federal transportation money on pedestrian and bicycling projects. In looking for big projects, researchers missed the far more numerous little ones - as well as all those financed primarily with state rather than federal funds.
When the Maryland State Highway Administration refurbishes a road, sidewalks are often upgraded to meet higher safety and accessibility standards - yet that's not the kind of effort that would be considered in the report. A big example: The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge outside Washington included $30 million to improve access to walkers and bikers, but that was not primarily a pedestrian project and therefore didn't count.
But the research, which was prepared for a coalition of groups that advocate for enhanced spending on transportation projects, does a better job of pointing out is that Maryland has a relatively high rate of pedestrian fatalities compared to other states.


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Capital Park Redevelopment - Phase 1‹ Back
Capital Park comprises 6.2 acres of land, strategically located across from the Provincial Legislature in the heart of Victoria. This project represents a significant development for the Capital Region and the local economy, marking a commitment by the Province to retain a significant presence in downtown Victoria.
HDR | CEI, in association with Endall Elliott Associates, have developed a concept design that includes both residential and commercial spaces for the landmark site. The mixed-use development will be constructed over three phases and will include over 235,000 square feet of office, 155,000 square feet of residential as well as over 20,000 square feet of street-front retail space.
An important component of the project was to enhance the area without jeopardizing the established essence of the neighborhood, which dates back to the 1940's. Community garden spaces, generous greenways, and the proposal to relocate and revitalize heritage buildings are several features that emphasize our commitment to the current neighbourhood dynamic, while opening the project site to the broader community.
The project features significant landscaping and plaza areas for both the public and the people who call Capital Park home. A broad plaza featuring water fountains, trees, green roofs and a retail pavilion will connect the lobbies of the two office buildings.
The architectural design takes strong queues from the adjacent Legislature and Queen's Printer building, incorporating masonry and strong vertical articulation into a contemporary expression. Many sustainable initiatives will be incorporated into the building design including a holistic approach to heating and cooling between the residential and office buildings, green roofs, solar domestic hot water and solar shading.
Project Cost
Office: 240,000 SF, Residential: 155,000 SF, Retail: 20,000 SF
Phase 1 (Office): fall 2017, Phase 2 (Retail): 2018, Phase 3 (Residential): 2019
Sustainable Features
- Office targeting LEED Platinum
- Residential targeting LEED Gold
Related News
Three HDR | CEI Projects Shortlisted for NAIOP 2018 Awards of Excellence
Mar 16, 2018
Finalist, Best Mixed Use Development category, 2018
NAIOP Vancouver and Business in Vancouver Commercial Real Estate Awards of Excellence
Jawl Properties and Concert Properties (in joint venture)
Victoria, BC
Residential, Office & Commercial


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Want to get your GED® certification in Watson MN? The GED® exam is for adults who have not completed their high school diploma. The certification that you receive upon passing the Minnesota GED® test is accepted as an equivalent credential to a high school diploma by employers and colleges across the United States.
The examination covers basic subjects that students learn about in high school. Lessons reviewed in GED® classes include reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. Those are the subject areas that make up the test in Minnesota.
Typically GED® classes in Watson MN are offered at:
- Watson Literacy Centers
- Watson Libraries
- Watson Colleges
- Watson Workforce Learning Centers