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What Makes The Vampires In The Clann Series Different
Vampires are a very well covered territory in fiction. We all know that. The trick is finding a twist on the cliche, a way to make the stereotype fresh and new. And that was precisely my aim in the Clann Series, where the vamps and the witches are constantly just one wrong move away from another worldwide war against each other that will endanger not just their secret societies but all the innocent and unknowing humans caught in the middle as well.
What makes the vamp side in the Clann Series different from other writers' vampires?
First, while my vamps are similar to Charlaine Harris' True Blood version in that my vamps also descended from Lillith, in my world Lillith wasn't created by God to be a vamp. Using an ancient Jewish legend as my basis, my version of Lillith was the true first wife of Adam and started out every bit as human as him on the day they were both made from the earth's dust. But Lillith didn't like Adam's chauvinistic "bow down to me, woman" attitude and she ran away and refused to return to her husband. She chose instead to hang out with demons and eventually became one herself, turning herself into the first vampire. Then she got lonely and resented the fact that God punished her disobedience by not allowing her to have children as he did with Adam and Adam's new wife, Eve. So Lillith began to take Adam and Eve's children for her own, turning them into the world's first "made" vampires by sharing her blood with them.
Secondly, my vamps have souls, so the afterlife is still a big question for the vamps who once believed in God. Will their need for human blood destroy their chance at getting into heaven? Does God forgive vamps for drinking human blood as long as they don't kill anyone to get it? What if they only drink from bad people, does that make it okay? This also means that religious locations and items do not hurt them.
Third, because my vamps descended from the demoness Lillith, they have the incubus and succubus' ability to drain a human's energy through two ways…drinking human blood, or through a kiss. Legend has it that the incubus and succubus come to humans in the night and drain their energy through these two methods, which always really creeped me out, lol! So I included it in my vamps' mythology. It had the wonderful bonus of making a romantic relationship between Tristan and Savannah even more dangerous because she doesn't have to bite him to endanger his life. This provides an even stronger reason for why their love is forbidden.
Fourth, my vamps have evolved into daywalkers. It just never made sense to me that vamps wouldn't eventually evolve in this way! Other species evolve. Why wouldn't vampires? So mine are daywalkers, though they are still fairly pale due to that whole iron deficiency problem, lol. And because Savannah is also half Irish, the poor vamp/witch hybrid is going to have a ton of fun living in the sunny region of East Texas!
Finally, in the world of the Clann Series, it was always believed that vampires could not procreate because their cells' ability to regenerate and destroy any invaders always prevented the women from getting pregnant, and no male vampire had ever managed not to kill any human female he might develop feelings for. So when the impossible is proven possible and an ancient Clann spell allows Savannah's Clann mother to marry her vampire father and then the successful birth of the hybrid Savannah, both the Clann and vamp sides are thrown into total chaos. What will Savannah become? Will she join the vamp side or the Clann? Which abilities and needs will she develop? Will she be a danger to both sides?
One thing is for sure…she definitely can not be allowed to get close to any Clann male. And especially not Tristan who is destined to follow in the footsteps of four previous generations in his family and become the next Clann leader someday!
Vampires have been done to death (pardon the pun, lol). However, given a few kew twists in their mythology and a situation that is built upon some inherent conflicts, I think they can become fresh and compelling again. If this type of vamp sounds like one you'd want to read about, please visit my websites at www.MelissaDarnell.com and www.TheClannSeries.com to read sample chapters from each Clann Series book, find links to where each Clann Series book is published in your country, read quotes from reader reviews, see each book's playlist, and more!
About Consume – Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, Indiebound
These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, CONSUME.
—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Tristan Coleman has survived the change from Clann magic user to vampire, much to Savannah Colbert's joy—and despair. By changing the Clann's golden boy and newly elected leader, even to save him from death, she has unleashed a fury of hatred and fear that they cannot escape.
As the Clann and the vampire council go to war, Tristan and Sav face a new threat—a fracturing of the all-consuming bond they share. To fight for peace, they must forge a new trust and risk everything to take down their deadliest enemy, even as they must run for their lives. Soon they will learn that some bonds are stronger than love—and some battles cannot be won without sacrifice.
About Covet – Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, Indiebound
Dangerous to be together. Painful to be apart.
Savannah Colbert knows she broke up with Tristan Coleman for the right reasons. Most of all, to keep from killing him with her new vampire abilities. But try telling her heart. Now, lost in a sea of hostile Clann faces, Sav tries to come to terms with what she's becoming and what that means for her future. And that someone is doing their best to bully her into making a terrible mistake.
Tristan can't believe Sav won't even talk to him. If being apart is her decision, fine. Just don't expect him to honor it. But even as he prepares to fight for the girl he loves, forces beyond their control take them both in directions neither could have foreseen or prepared for.
A reckoning is coming and not everyone will survive.
About Crave – Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, Indiebound
Savannah Colbert has never known why she's so hated by the kids of the Clann. Nor can she deny her instinct to get close to Clann golden boy Tristan Coleman. Especially when she recovers from a strange illness and the attraction becomes nearly irresistible. It's as if he's a magnet, pulling her gaze, her thoughts, even her dreams. Her family has warned her to have nothing to do with him, or any members of the Clann. But when Tristan is suddenly everywhere she goes, Savannah fears she's destined to fail.
For years, Tristan has been forbidden to even speak to Savannah Colbert. Then Savannah disappears from school for a week and comes back different, and suddenly he can't stay away. Boys seem intoxicated just from looking at her. His own family becomes stricter than ever. And Tristan has to fight his own urge to protect her, to be near her no matter the consequences .
About Melissa Darnell – website, The Clann Series website, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads
Melissa Darnell is the author of a growing list of adult and YA fiction and nonfiction books. Born in California, she grew up in Texas and has also called the following states home since then: Utah, West Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama, Kentucky, Iowa and South Dakota. She currently lives in Nebraska with her husband Tim and two children, Hunter and Alexander, where she enjoys watching Whale Wars, Glee and True Blood, designing digital graphic products for the virtual world of Second Life, and of course writing her latest book.
For information about her other books, please visit Melissa's website at www.melissadarnell.com.
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Development of a 5-DOF Hybrid Micro-Manipulator and Implementation to Needle Manipulation Process in Medical Applications
Abstract: This paper reports the development and preliminary experiments of a robotic system designed to perform needle manipulation tasks in medical applications. A hybrid type manipulator is designed to enlarge the workspace without loss of position accuracy. In this paper, we initially analyze the workspace and step resolution of the robotic system in the operational space. Then, we perform trajectory tracking experiment to verify that the developed robotic system could be employed to attenuate an unpredictable tremor of human operators and enhance position accuracy in neurosurgery or ophthalmic surgery, etc. It is shown through experimentation that the robothuman cooperation mode is effective for micro-manipulation tasks.
Abstract: We design the biomechanical skin measurement system which is assembled with multi-components load cell and actuator. The multi-components load cell simultaneously measures the normal load (Fz), and moniter (Fx, Fy) with strain gages. Capacity and accuracy of load cell are less than 5 N and 0.1%. In this research, designed measurement system applies to determine in-vivo viscoelasticity of human skin.
Dynamic Measurement and Modeling of Soft Tissue Behavior with an Indentation Device Using Indenters of Various Shapes
Abstract: In this paper, we performed the dynamic measurement and modeling of soft tissue with removing samples from the main body to characterize the soft tissue properties for medical simulations. The measurement method made various patterns of normal surface indentations of a soft tissue. Next, the reaction forces through the indenter were measured using a force transducer. From the force-displacement profile, the nonlinear properties were observed in a relatively small deformation range and the frequency responses of the tissue were obtained using a series of sinusoidal indentations below 3 Hz. We developed a viscoelastic model of the tissues from the recorded force-displacement profiles, from which we can develop a model to predict the behavior of the tissues. The developed model, combined with the anatomical model, could provide a visible deformation and haptic feedback for virtual reality based medical simulations.
The Effect of Carbonated Apatite Powder Size on Its Embedment into Titanium Alloy by Superplastic Deformation Process
Abstract: The effect of carbonated apatite powder size on the carbonated apatite embedded on titanium alloy was studied. The process was conducted using superplastic deformation method at 750oC and initial pressure of 34MPa. In order to evaluate the characteristics of the resulting embedded layer, X-ray diffraction method was conducted followed with microstructure characterization. From X-ray diffraction characterization, it can be concluded that small stress layers of carbonated apatite were resulted for all samples with different initial powder size. In addition, initial powder size of carbonated apatite only significantly influences the intensity of diffraction peak for certain plane of crystal structure. From the experimental results, it can also be concluded that superplastic deformation can be used as an alternative method for the coating process of bio apatite material on titanium alloy substrate
Residual Stress in a Polymer-Glued FBG Temperature-Compensated Sensor for Civil Engineering Applications
Abstract: In recent years, embedded fibre-optic sensors as structural health monitoring devices have been widely used in both civil and aerospace engineering applications. Their small physical size and ability to immunize electromagnetic interference make them ideal sensing devices, which provide highly accurate and reliable strain and temperature measurements for structures. This paper presents a new designed temperature-compensated fibre-optic Bragg grating (TCS) strain sensor for imbedding into cement-based materials to measure their mechanical and thermal strains individually or simultaneously. However, the residual stress generated due to the constrained boundary of a steel tube that is used to protect the sensor, will influence the accuracy of measurement. Therefore, a theoretical model that is used to estimate this stress at different temperature conditions is discussed.
Abstract: The elastic modulus and the apparent density of the trabecular bone were evaluated from spherical indentation tests and Computed Tomography and their relationship was quantified. After the femurs were prepared and embedded with respect to their anatomical orientation, the transverse planes of the trabecular bone specimens were scanned at 1mm intervals using a CT scanner. The metaphyseal regions were sectioned with a diamond-blade saw, producing 8mm cubes. Using a custom-made spherical indentation tester, the cubes were mechanically tested in the anteriorposterior (AP), medial-lateral (ML), and inferior-superior (IS) directions. After determination of modulus from the mechanical testing, the apparent densities of the specimens were measured. The results showed that the IS modulus was significantly greater than both the AP and ML moduli with the AP modulus greater than the ML modulus. This demonstrated that orthogonality was a structural characteristic of the trabecular bone. The power relationship between the modulus and the apparent density was also found to be statistically significant.
Abstract: An understanding of the mechanical responses of the patellar tendon (PT) subunits should aid in determining which portion of the tissue might best be used as a cruciate ligament replacement. Human cadaveric knees were obtained from young donors. Fascicle groups with patellar and tibial bone blocks (subunits) were cut to provide six equally-spaced test specimens for each PT. After potting each bone end in PMMA, specimens were mounted in a saline-filled chamber, preloaded to 0.26 N and then subjected to 40 cycles of preconditioning to 2.5 % of the initial length at a strain rate of 1.25 %/sec, and then preloaded to 0.26 N again and failed at a strain rate of 100 %/sec using an Instron. The moduli and maximum stresses were generally greater in the lateral and mid subunits than in the medial subunits. The strains to maximum stress were similar between the lateral and medial subunits, but mid subunits had larger strains. Most strain values were distributed between 10 % to 20 %. Mechanical responses of human PT do vary from location to location. In general, the mid and lateral subunits were stiffer and carried greater stresses than the medial subunits. The results of this research should eventually be important, e.g. in selecting which portion of the PT would be the most suitable for cruciate ligament replacements to use as an autograft. On the basis of strength and stiffness, the more lateral portion of the PT would seem to be more advantageous.
Abstract: There are increasing incidence of Hangman fracture with the development of society and industrialization. The research on upper cervical spine concerning hangman fracture is able to be well carried on with The finite element method(FEM) developing. The research includes a biomechanical experiment of cadaver specimens and FEM analysis accordingly. The finite element models of geometrical complex structure from medical images are generated automatically, the research presents simulation of different surgical option of hangman fracture, testified the models by loads, calculated the stabilities and stress of models. The corresponding results were summarized with experiment of cadaver specimens. The research demonstrate that clinical therapeutics is an good option for Hangman fracture with C2-3 inter-vertebral disc injury.
Abstract: The optimal femoral cancellous bone angle is estimated in order to design the femoral IM (Intra-Medullary) nail for patients with more precise method based on CT image of the femur by converting the CT image files into the JPEG files and analyzing the mathematical models with MATLAB (Ver. 6.0). The results show that the measured average ℓ(femur length between Lesser trochanter and greater trochanter) of the right femoral cancellous bones out of 40 Korean males is 356.6 mm whereas the measured average ℓof the Caucasians is 430 mm and the estimated lateral bowing angle( of Korean males is 4.53°±0.93° whereas the estimated lateral bowing angle of the Caucasians is 4.2°±2.3°. Moreover, we have found that the longer femur is bended more than the shorter one and the distribution of the femoral bone length is not the Gaussian profile. This suggested method has a potential to estimate each patient's femoral cancellous bowing angle more precisely. If the bowing angle of the lateral images of each patient can be estimated immediately through medical image data, it could be easier for surgeons to choose appropriate nails that are most suitable for each patient. More investigations can be achieved by collecting more data for patient's femoral curvature.
Abstract: Objective. To determine whether the load-carrying capacity of human proximal femora with simulated lytic defects can be predicted using QCT-derived simplified beam theory. Design. The predicted fracture load of simulated defects were calculated using new technique of QCT combined with engineering beam analysis. Patients. Simulated lytic defects were created using a surgical drill in the intertrochanteric region of twenty human cadaveric femora. QCT scans were conducted before and after creating defects on either AM (Anterior-Medial) or PL (Posterior-Lateral) regions. Results. A linear relation could be used to predict failure load from the proposed engineering analysis based on QCT scan. The coefficient of determination analysis of QCT-derived predicted load vs. the measured failure load was R2=0.73 (p<0.0001). Conclusions. The data suggest that three quarters of human femoral failure can be predicted in vivo, i.e. using QCT scan. Combined with information on the loads associated with the activities of daily living, these data may be used to prevent pathologic fractures of patients who had prior surgery of removing tumors on proximal femurs.


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Newcastle City Council has announced the rollout of full fibre gigabit broadband across 25 of its social housing developments. Full fibre broadband is already available in 1,180 council homes, and it will continue to roll out across almost 5,000 properties in 25 of Newcastle's social housing developments, including Todds Nook, Vallum Court, Westgate Court, King Charles Tower, Pandon Court and Lort House. Residential gigabit broadband provider Hyperoptic has been chosen to provide the service, which enables symmetrical speeds of 1,000Mbps – more than 30 times faster than the average.
Councillor Jane Streather, cabinet member for housing and public health, said: "In the world we live in today good quality, high speed broadband can be the key to success when it comes to education, employment and social inclusion. As more and more services go online we recognise that providing ultrafast, reliable and affordable broadband is an essential part of our drive to increase digital inclusion.
"By working in partnership with Hyperoptic, whose gold standard services have been tried and tested by other councils, we know our tenants will receive the best Internet experience possible in the UK today."
Over the last year Hyperoptic has worked in partnership with councils and housing associations to enable digital inclusion by providing full fibre broadband to tenants at little to no cost to the council. The company is already working with housing associations including Hyde Housing, and directly with Salford Council, Nottingham Council and Thurrock Council. Tim Huxtable, regional director of Hyperoptic, said: "Public services are becoming digital by choice. We are equipping and enabling social housing tenants to access these services in the best way possible – with an Internet connection that helps rather than hinders, and will stand the test of time as technology advances.
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With due regards I, XYZ, Roll. No. so and so, studying in class 'this' request you to grant me leave of absence for one week with effect from 'some date' to 'some date'. My elder sister is going to be married on the 'special date' of the instant, and I being her only brother have to perform lot of work regarding the occasion. You could understand how important this event would be for my family and me, besides we need to arrange many things for this auspicious event.
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Musicians have always talked about that difficult second album. After taking as long as needed to create their first record, the pressure is on getting the second one out there. It's not only rock stars however that have a follow up to worry about.
It's about 4 years ago now that I spent a very long, and very enjoyable, night at The Rockwell bar in
with Dave Pickerell, the former Master Distiller at Maker's Mark. Over the course of the evening we discussed anything and everything bourbon, including future plans for Maker's Mark releases. Whilst remaining quite tight lipped about what was around the corner, Dave did let me know he had a few casks laid down and was monitoring them to see how they were progressing. London
Rewind back to 1953 and Bill Samuels Sr bought the Burk's Spring Distillery and set about creating his new – bitterness free – bourbon. A family history of distilling going back to the previous century gave Samuels a good idea of what he was doing and in 1959 the first case of Maker's Mark was sold to Keeneland Racecourse. Maker's was on its way.
51 years later and Maker's Mark is stronger than ever. A focus on what they do and doing it to best of their ability has meant a consistent quality in the whisky. Other than a brief foray into a slightly spicier, stronger Bourbon back in the 90's that only really went to
, Maker's Mark has remained a one whisky distillery. That is until now. Japan
Gradually through 2010 Maker's has been shipping Maker's 46 across the
, state by state. The work begun by Dave Pickerell that I was given the very slightest insight into has been carried forward and bought to market by his successor, Kevin Smith. Despite the new expression hardly leaving the US and Duty Free I have managed to get a bottle and give it a little road test. USA
The original Maker's Mark bottle was designed by founder Bill Samuels Sr's wife, Marjorie and 50 years on and the folks from Loretto have created a perfectly modernised version of the classic design. Clearly Maker's Mark but distinctively different.
Maker's Mark has always had a very distinctive nose and Maker's 46 follows the same pattern – vanilla, toffee, honey and butter. To taste, it is no surprise that Kevin Smith and his team have stuck to the mantra at Maker's of 'remove the bitterness'. This bourbon is so smooth it almost feels as though you could spread it on your toast in the morning and the hefty 47% ABV slips by unnoticed. All of those sweet notes from the nose continue on the palate and thoughts of creamy toffees come to mind with the complement of cinnamon. For the finish it becomes sweet joy again with those same caramel and toffee themes. Unlike most bourbon, where rye is used in the mash bill, there is no side-of-the mouth bitterness.
There it is. The first genuine addition to the Maker's Mark range and it's a real triumph. For Kevin Smith and Bill Samuels Jr, it is fair to say that their difficult second album is sure to go platinum.


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Okay, today is a new day, and I am re-dedicating myself to getting back on track.
My eating and exercise regimen from last week was an unsuccessful mess. Too many days were usurped by more pressing obligations, and too many of my food choices went the way of hell; therefore, step one is to dive into my journals and take a look at what I did right in the weeks prior to see where I can tweak things a bit for the coming week.
The goal being not to overdo it out of guilt for what I failed to accomplish last week.
I'm notorious for "making it up to my body" by going overboard with everything–food intake, exercise, reps, sets, etc. My way of negating a bad week is to increase my workout load and decrease my caloric intake. Which, by the way, is a totally insane way of doing things.
My psyche goes on steroids, with a little extra caffeine thrown in on top as I repeatedly tell myself that more is what I need to do to make things right. It's a completely unhealthy habit, I know, but it's one I've used on more occasions than I care to mention (did I mention I'm hardly perfect?).
That said, my focus today is on taking it one meal at a time, scheduling a challenging workout, and reminding myself that one day won't kill your progress but being stupid certainly can.
I intend to not be stupid today.


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The underdogs site. A great site for old games that are free AND legal to download.
The only problem is that it seems like some of the games that I used to be able to download are not in that catagory any more, still a good site.
The warmmilkcomics site. The site that features a few skits that I wrote and acted in. Check out the free episodes. I appear in episode 1 in talkline and I wrote "Dark romance of the Vampyre" in episode 2.
I also did a quick web commerical awhile back because I was bored.
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Jonathan pointed out that my last blog post didn't really fulfill its promise of concluding our breastfeeding saga. I doubt anyone was on the edge of their seat, but as of 11:37 tonight, Talia has been breastfeeding without any magic tricks for two weeks, three days, fourteen hours, and twenty-five minutes…or so. Indeed, when we went back for our next lactation consultant appointment, Talia had gained an ounce a day for an entire week on breastfeeding alone. So, it's official: TALIA LEARNED HOW TO EAT. It took her four weeks instead of four days, but once we gave her that deadline, she figured it out. I guess, like her mommy, she works best under pressure.
We have to go back next Monday for a two-week check-in to make sure the trend continued, but I sense that she's been eating well, and her head is noticeably bigger. Sooo, I guess I'll get to breastfeed her for the foreseeable future after all. I really didn't think it was going to work out, and, like any good pessimist, I'm still prepared for things to go wrong at any point. For now, though, I'll consider this to be a closed issue and move on to other non-breastfeeding blog posts, as promised. Thanks for bearing with me; I'm happy to say that I'm starting to have other things to talk about again :)


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The fact is, Most of these people don't even know what being mature involves, it's like when you're little, You play doctor, when really, can you perform a quadruple heart bypass?
These people need to realize. being "mature" is not great, doesn't get you anywhere, in fact, in can make things worse. Sure, there are times when you have to be mature, and us "immature" people know these, and can be, when the need arises.
So please, don't tell me I'm being immature, cause otherwise, I will react correct to your statement with a nice and prompt: I don't care, Whatever, Fuck you.
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Strange, I never seen any pornographic material, but i saw the gore-related pictures [some] people were complaining about. And one person on my acquaintance list was hacked and someone used his account to spam message others some site that gives you a virus.
Well, why don't you just deactivate and make a new one? Ha ha ha. Burst that little face with a book for real this time. Websites are websites.
hack by the one and only sis <3 with love, me >;D
I must have some really good friends or something because I have yet to see porn on my facebook dashboard.
Wait you can post porn on FB!? I'm going to post some Vocaloid yaoi and see what happens!
Tom-san spanks Shizu-chan as punishment for having a perfectly round derriere
Alright, the whole facebook attack was kinda fake. There was one radical (and very stupid) person who had worked on a previous Anonymous operation that decided for some reason only known to himself, that facebook had to go, and made the call under the title of Anonymous.
Thing was that no one else amoung the typical anonymous members agreed with this plan, seeing the fact that there goal is to help the spread of information and trying to reveal the truth to the public and Facebook has been an amazing tool for helping organize many things for them and others.
No attack took place on facebook that day, especially by Anonymous.
Now, as for the links being spammed on your account, either you've been accessing some apps on facebook that aren't legitimate, or you were logged into a computer (either yours or someone else's) that was infected with a keylogger, and an automated bot used your info to spam.


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Last year on my birthday I decided to rekindle the pursuit of spiritual matters and see if there were any hope of keeping a belief in higher power alive. I gave myself one year to see what happens; see if something moves me back to the studies that made me ponder beyond our lives on Earth, or maybe I would distort into a zealous following of Appalachian snake handling…maybe venture to the Minnesota Temple of Eck and revive that old 60's cult, Eckankar.
I started rummaging through teachings and philosophies I had laid aside about three decades ago, telling myself back then to revisit spiritual matters when I got older-if I made it that long (which I did…proof being this absurd blog). It seemed easy enough for me to let go of religious doctrine back then, back in the 80s, back during the years of Ronald Reagan. Most of the public at that time were busy being yuppies, the 80s equivalent of current day Hipsters. Spiritual organizations and mystic teachings were not among the trendy things people craved in the 80s. A lot of folks had their fill of following soulful paths to enlightenment back in the 60s and 70s and wanted to pursue gourmet food, drink giant mixed drinks and line dance at clubs. I don't fully even recall a lot of the chatter on the street from that period (as far as spiritual matters go), but I do recall there being an awful lot of political actions going on. The pendulum of our nation's politics had swung back right after a period of shame with Jimmy Carter. Everyone was tired of Carter's failed attempt at stopping inflation, gas wars and lines at the pump, and to end his final year as President, Iran captured a group of U.S. citizens. Americans wanted blood but Carter couldn't supply, so, Reagan was elected and the hostages were released. The era of young Republicans grew, and they looked the other way and paid no attention to the Iran/Contra scandal or other issues opposition would bring up. These Reagan supporters felt everything was movin' and groovin' in America and they had paychecks in their hands, so things were copacetic.
I was younger then and kept abreast of politics but laid back on participation, for the most part. I also set aside my search for life's meaning. I was a family man with a wife and children. Things were going okay and I could pigeon-hole the doctrine of the Tao Te Ching in my mind for later. Later eventually showed itself to me, after the nation swung back and forth through a spectrum of presidents, Senators and political lizards that went (ideologically) from left to right; Reagan to Bush to Clinton, then Bush the Second…on to Obama…then…
Good leaders and inept ones and we still have large groups of citizens saying all politicians are crooked. That may be, but there are degrees of how crooked a person is and if you put that on a sliding curve of performance, there are defined 'good' leaders and 'bad' leaders in this country's history. America's current leader, the Crimson King, is a unanimous choice winner to receive the title of our worst. We are being governed by some emergency standby crew of knuckle fuckers, scrambling around Washington trying to plug up holes the president keeps creating in public relations. It's to the point of going beyond the concern of Republicans as to how this man will reflect their image to the voting public. Most people have begun to believe that true Republicans are not associating themselves with Trump; everyone's distancing themselves from the man, and he just storms about lighting little fires. Imagine the pressure his current staff must feel patching up the wrong Trump keeps creating…yeah, I know, shed a fucking tear for the monsters who helped support him. Donald goes off to play golf, steps in now and then to do something-and he has no barriers about what he might do. In the last few days he launched missiles at Syria and Afghanistan, meet with China, who he badmouthed as the bad guys throughout his entire presidential campaign, played golf a lot and worked hard to hide his past tax information.
All this madness going on and you wonder if I still have an interest to seek a higher power out there? Now more than ever, folks. The logic of humans trying to make a better world seems almost pointless. No matter how good a plan we have for society to run, shit keeps falling victim to chaos, and chaos does not play by the rules of physics. You'd imagine, with all our intellect and intelligence, we'd do the right thing…but power and greed is a variable that poisoned our governing system and no one knows how to stop the transgressions of the Crimson King. We may not need to throw out the ideals of Democracy or Capitalism, but we certainly need to throw out the asshats running ours right now. As ridiculous as some feel it is to seek out an ethereal Supreme Being, I can't say there is much satisfaction seeing what humans are letting happen to this nation. I've felt the pull of truth coming from moments in meditation, when I've let my thoughts of politics and the woes of injustice on our streets leave my mind. There is an answer out there and I will continue to pursue it. That answer is not coming from our leaders. That answer is somewhere beyond them.
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Emergency Seahorse Care Part IV: CPR
I once had the ph of a tank drop to a critically low level due to some mistakes in chemistry and not paying close enough attention. My first sign something was wrong was when all the seahorses in that aquarium were exhibiting signs of stress. As soon as I realized what was happening, I put water from another tank into a bucket, put the seahorses from the problem tank in that water, and added an airline.
One, however, stopped breathing and was lying on the bottom. After about a minute, it was still not breathing, so I grabbed a catheter and syringe, and filled it with water from the bucket. I started forcing the good water over its gills. About a minute later it started breathing on its own again, and was fully recovered by the next day.
I'm not sure if it was forcing the water over its gills that helped, or if it would have recovered anyway. However, since that happening, I now always keep a syringe and catheter "ready to go" I suspect that this type of "CPR" could help in many cases of poisoning or stress where the seahorse has apparently passed on. I've had it help in a couple instances since that fateful time. If the seahorse was sick or old, its probably not going to be worth the effort. But in emergencies like the one I had, you may just be able to save your seahorse.
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2018 National Artist Fellow and Grammy Winner Kalani Pe'a tours the West Coast
NACF 2018 National Artist Fellow and singer/songwriter Kalani Pe'a calls himself a millennial Hawaiian who loves to write Hawaiian music with his own innovative twist.
NACF 2018 National Artist Fellow and singer/songwriter Kalani Pe'a calls himself a millennial Hawaiian who loves to write Hawaiian music with his own innovative twist.
Fiber artist Marques Hanalei Marzan has dedicated his career to continual exploration, perpetuation, and innovation around Native Hawaiian arts.
Pōhaku Hano Kaho`ohanohano, a practitioner and preservationist of traditional Native Hawaiian weaving, weaves and teaches from his studio on family land in Kahakuloa.
Filmmaker Ciara Leina`ala Lacy (Kanaka Maoli) is driven by her commitment to social justice, representation, and Native Hawaiian culture.
Jeff Peterson is a slack key guitarist, composer, and educator. He studies and shares the rich history of Hawaiian music across generations.
Kalani Pe'a is a songwriter and vocalist who celebrates his Native Hawaiian language and heritage through music and visual arts.
We believe that the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation has a responsibility to support those artists and culture bearers whose voices and actions are championing justice. Our Community Inspiration Projects do just that by providing artists and communities opportunities to address issues of social concern through artmaking. Here are some of the great things that are happening with some of our Community Inspiration Projects:
"Our people can't live without hula and hula cannot live without our people." 2015 NACF Fellow Vicky Takamine and Kahikina de Silva recently talked to Americans for the Arts about their deep commitment to keeping Hawaiian culture alive, and passing…
Composer and musician Aaron J. Salā is known for his exquisite melody and bel canto legato.
A fusion of talent and energy came together in the sold-out world premiere of The Story of Everything (TSOE) in Honolulu, Hawai`i on September 26, 2015. Kealoha, an award winning spoken word poet and a graduate of MIT with a degree in nuclear physics, led the effort. The theatre, filled with a community of mothers and babies, students, and young adults to elders of all ethnicities and professions, represented the vast diversity of communities Kealoha desires to work among. The performance was the culmination of a lifetime's work for Kealoha and one of the pilot projects of NACF's Community Inspiration Program.
Singer Lehua Kalima says her music is rooted in her Native Hawaiian upbringing, but her musical passion has grown into pop and folk.
Starr Kalāhikis early musical influence was gospel, jazz and bossa nova. Now inspired by the poetry and songs of Queen Lili'uokalani (Hawaii's last queen), she recently launched a performance production entitled "The Lili'u Project."
Visual artist Abigail Romanchak will create a new series of large-scale prints addressing climate change and sea levels rising due to global warming with support from NACF.
Legendary songwriter Liko Martin will complete new compositions, including a rock opera, and release new recordings with support from the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.
Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole will compose original music and choreograph new bodies of work ready to tour in 2016 with the support of an NACF Fellowship.
Robi Kahakalau (Native Hawaiian) will compose a collection of music and accompanying curriculum to teach Native Hawaiian pre-school age children language and heritage through music.
Bernice Akamine is a visual artist known for the abstract glass sculptures and vessels she creates with smooth flowing lines, often covered with a form-fitted skin of texture and color.
Umi Kai (Native Hawaiian) will launch a traditional arts master-apprentice program to teach next generations to create Native Hawaiian cultural objects and weaponry.
Kaui Kanaka'ole (Native Hawaiian) will undertake mentorship as part of her journey to become a kumu hula or master of the dance form.


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Imaging3 Announces Formation of a Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. E. Brooke Spencer is announced as the first member of the Imaging3 SAB
Burbank, January 18, 2018: Imaging3, Inc. (OTCQB: IGNG), a development stage company targeting disruptive technologies in the medical imaging industry, announced today the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to aid in the development of its lead product, the Dominion SmartScan™. The first member of the SAB is Dr. E. Brooke Spencer. "The formation of a Scientific Advisory Board is an important step for our company, in order to gain timely insights from industry leaders about how the Dominion can help patients and healthcare professionals. Dr. Spencer has been an advisor to multiple technology companies and operates her own practice. Her impressive background and extensive experience in radiology provide us key insights to patient and practitioner experience." Said CEO John Hollister, "We are excited to be working with her at this stage of development."
Dr. E. Brooke Spencer, board certified in radiology, is the medical director and CEO of the Minimally Invasive Procedure Specialists and the Interventional Institute of Colorado in South Denver. She has served as the chairman of Radiology and Interventional Radiology at Littleton Adventist Hospital since 2013. Dr. Spencer is a pioneer in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis and chronic venous occlusions. She has extensive experience in treating varicose veins and is known nationwide for her work with chronic venous reconstruction. Dr. Spencer has conducted or participated in many clinical studies and has numerous publications. Additionally, she has served on several corporate boards and has been an advisor to other public and private companies. Dr. Spencer received her BA Cum laude with highest honors from Dartmouth College, MD from the University of Vermont, an internship in general surgery at University of North Carolina, residency in diagnostic radiology at Duke University and a fellowship in interventional radiology at Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Spencer added, "The Dominion looks like it has the potential to really impact the role of radiology in helping improve healthcare. I'm excited about working to help the company bring their technology to the forefront of medical imaging. "
About Imaging3 Inc.
Imaging3, Inc., founded in 1993, has developed a patented medical imaging technology, called the Dominion SmartScan™, that will produce 3D x-ray images, virtually in real time. The SmartScan technology has the potential to allow healthcare professionals to perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures more quickly and accurately, resulting in higher throughput for the clinicians and fewer safety risks for the patient. In addition, Imaging3's technology exposes patients to significantly less harmful radiation than current imaging technologies such as CT scans, which the company believes will allow scans to be used in many settings where there are concerns about radiation exposure. The technology also allows for greater portability, easier installation, and a significantly reduced cost burden for the healthcare system overall. Imaging3 is planning to submit a 510K application to the FDA during 2018 in order to gain marketing authorization for the SmartScan technology.
Visit the company's website at http://www.imaging3.com for detailed information about the company's technology.
Safe Harbor Statement
Imaging3 cautions you that any statement included in this press release that is not a description of historical facts is a forward-looking statement. Many of these forward-looking statements contain the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "may" "intend," "expect" and similar expressions. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein. These forward-looking statements are based largely on the expectations of the company and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties inherent in the Imaging3's business, including, without limitation: the company may not ever obtain FDA approval for any of its devices; the company may not be able to secure the funds necessary to support its product development plans; and the company may not ever achieve the market success to sustain a profitable business. In addition, there are risks and uncertainties related to economic recession or terrorist actions, competition from much larger imaging companies, technological obsolescence, unexpected costs and delays, potential product liability claims, and many other factors. More detailed information about Imaging3 and the risk factors that may affect the realization of forward-looking statements is set forth in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Such documents may be read free of charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and Imaging3 undertakes no obligation to revise or update this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. This caution is made under the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Investor Relations Contact:John Hollister
Chief Executive Officer


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Route 120 has been a route that's linked Hounslow and Heston with Southall and Northolt. As it links two major regional town centres of Hounslow and Southall, it is indeed a very busy route. Plagued with traffic problems, the 120 has always been a hard route to run. No matter the operator, gaps in the service and curtailments have been the norm for years simply due to the unpredictable flow of Southall and Northolt traffic. However, for the most part, previous operator London United have done well to run the 120.
|Towards the end of United's rein on the route, the 120 saw an ever increasing number of Trident TAs and TLAs appear on the route. TA235 departs Northolt for Hounslow, Bus Station. 21/04/17
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The 120 has been run by London United since privatisation, with new buses ordered for contract renewals in 1993, 2000 and 2012. However, under tendering, this busy route has changed hands to Metroline.
|ADE40418 arrives at Northolt at the end of the route. ADEs and SPs were the main staple diet for the 120 being replaced by the new Volvo Wrightbus hybrids. 10/05/17
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Metroline run the route from Perivale West, with driver changeovers at Northolt Station. As the drivers only have to travel a few stops on the Central Line, changeovers are easy to deal with at this end. However, this is not as easy as the garage terminus changeover point of Hounslow Garage when London United ran the route.
|The new kit for the 120, readied into service for the past month on other West Perivale routes in preparation for Metroline's take over of the 120. VWH2270 blinded for the 120 whilst on the 90. 31/05/17
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Metroline's new Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 3s for the 120 are part of a larger set of buses ordered for various contract renewals, route gains (like the 120), and updating the fleet for the 7. In theory, this would cascade buses to the 4 and 17 for their hybrid conversions. The hybrids will surely reduce costs and diesel fuel burn during the lengthy amount of time they will be stuck in Southall traffic over the course of the contract.
|VWH2278 on the first day of Metroline operation of Route 120 in Northolt. 24/06/17
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The first day of the 120 proved to be quite testing. It was very near to Eid, a religious festival. This meant that, along with roadworks, Southall became a hotspot for traffic, rendering the 120 very difficult to say the least. The large gaps were extensive enough to be as far as Southall-Hounslow, due to the sheer volume of traffic the route was facing.
Subsequent days found the 120 to be fairly testing and overcrowding in peaks still being a very notable issue. Operations are settling well. Diesel B9TLs have already strayed onto the route, but they are very few and far between.
VWH2271 seen loading passengers after a downpour at Hounslow, Treaty Centre. 24/06/17
© Aubrey Morandarte
Overall, the 120 will be fairly interesting, with garage dead runs having to deal with possible A40 traffic if running to Northolt. With the unpredictable nature of Southall traffic, as well as the route being known for being very busy during the daytime, it'll be interesting how Metroline will cope with this difficult route to operate.
Photos and text by: Au & TC


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"True, true, God is good.
Good to the upright, good to the just.
But I—I couldn't see it, nearly missed it.
Feet slipping, sliding to the ditch.
I couldn't take my eyes off the rich..."
We are lucky and blessed that there are so many engaging, high-quality and theologically fabulous new church music resources being produced by contemporary Christian musicians and poets. However, I know church leaders are sometimes reticent to introduce new material to their congregations. There are many reasons for this which I'll save for another day's ramblings.
I think one thing that is enormously helpful in introducing new worship songs or other materials to congregations is to take the time to give the piece some context. This allows the music to quickly become a familiar friend (rather than that awkward stranger on the bus who's encroaching on your personal space). I make this act of taking the time to carefully and thoughtfully introduce new material an important aspect of my ministry.
I recently had the pleasure of participating in the leadership of an evening Psalm festival as part of a two-day celebration of Psalms at Emmanuel College, Toronto. I shared this leadership with Dr. Swee Hong Lim and church musician/doctoral student/new favourite person Becca Whitla. We led, among other things, the Canadian premiere of a new setting of Psalm 73, recently published in Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship (Calvin Institute of Christian Worship / Faith Alive! Resources, 2012).
The setting is entitled "Why do the powerful have it so good?" and is a versification of the Psalm spoken over an e minor vamp (later transitioning to an A-majorish key area with some sus-2 action). The congregation responds to the spoken text with sung refrains. The entire thing is in a kind of dub poetry/quasi-hip-hop style. It's a wonderful setting, and could easily become part of a congregation's repertoire.
Here is how I chose to contextualize the piece for the gathered participants that evening (in conjunction with teaching them the sung refrains). What do you think? What might you have done differently?
"Why do the powerful have it so good?" is a paraphrase of Psalm 73, a Psalm which employs strong language to demand justice for the poor and to accuse God of allowing the wicked to prosper. The setting which we are about to learn employs spoken-word poetry for the text of the Psalm, interspersed with changing sung refrains and underscored by a musical vamp, in a kind of dub poetry or hip-hop style.
In Canada, we enjoy a rich tradition of artists in both of these contemporary genres, performers who employ spoken poetry to convey powerful messages of critique. Among them are internationally renowned Somali-Canadian hip-hop artist K'naan, and Pentictonite slam poet Shane Koyczan, who performed at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
K'naan uses the medium of hip-hop, which is too often a platform for conveying messages of violence, misogyny and celebrating worldly wealth, to decry the corruption and conditions of poverty in his beloved native Somalia, and to call for people to live lives built on mutuality, generosity and gratitude. He combines expressions of anger and grief at the struggles his country faces with pride at his African heritage, reminding his listeners that there is always a place for joy and thankfulness in the midst of struggle.
Koyczan's recent online poetry-video project To This Day, a tribute to "the bullied and beautiful," went viral during the month of February with 4.3 million views in less than a week. It combines Koyczan's affably cutting poetic voice with the animation of several artists to convey a powerful message against bullying.
The unapologetic, adamant voice of Psalm 73 lends itself well to this spoken-word genre. Drawing on these previously-mentioned traditions, this setting invites us into the text's message of critique in a fresh contemporary style. I invite you to join me in learning the sung refrains...
- Companion page for this Psalm on the Songs for All Seasons website
- All about the author of the setting, Andrew Donaldson
- Psalms for All Seasons at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
- Listing for Psalm 73C/Why do the powerful have it so good? on the ever-useful Hymnary.org


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Glenn JacobsMore About: Day of Reckoning
Malthus was right...sort of
Likewise, look at all the government interventions in food. Part of what is driving food prices higher worldwide are the subsidies given to corn farmer for ethanol. Farmers are raising less of other crops in order to free up farm land for the production of corn. This corn is not sold as food, but converted into ethanol, an extremely inefficient fuel relative to oil. Additionally, land once used to graze livestock or raise other crops is now used to grow corn, often exacerbating the depletion of the water supply.
And the problems go on and on. The potential Malthusian catastrophe that we face is not a natural inevitability, but just another example of the silent yet destructive nature of the State.
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Frosty: Again you attempt to snow your readers with simplistic mathematical implications that are unfairly and unrealistically applied, while strenuously avoiding all other data contradicting your own predetermined outcome.
You always speak as though the sum total of all consumption should be equally divided among all people as household consumption. This does not truly reflect reality. Governments, particularly in military expenditures, procure, consume, destroy, and otherwise waste far more resources than households. Big industries come next. They develop, market, and vend the pollutants, throw-away packaging, etc. They dump waste products into the sea. Then the public is punished and taxed for cleaning up their messes.
People like you point to the shortages of water, food, and energy... while ignoring the fact that governments and NGO's are deliberately putting farmers, ranchers, and homesteaders out of business and shuttering power plants permanently. And anyone who has even a basic knowledge of the hydrological cycle knows there is never a water shortage, although it is true many water sources are being seriously polluted and some local developments (with government planning) are drawing down water tables faster than they can be recharged. More intelligent planning, and industrial discipline, is needed in view of such practices, including fracking.
You ignore data offered by credible institutions that mathematically demonstrate the Earth's carrying capacity is much higher than our current population. It is very possible to feed, water, clothe and house billions more people with decent hygiene and energy with proper planning.
You keep insisting humanity will grow to infinity unless some demi-god like yourself stops the growth. It is more a matter of the type of growth that needs to restrained, rather than growth in human numbers. What we need to eliminate is aircraft carriers and destroyers, war planes, tanks, missles, spy satellites, and disposable products and goods designed with planned obsolesence. But as you have said before, you can't get the elite to change their practices, so us little people will just have to be routed out. Thanks for selling us out, you shill.
Did you ever notice in all these writings - writings that agree with Malthus - that there is a little, two-letter word expressed or implied? What is that little two-letter word? It is "we."
This little two-letter word attempts to unify all the people of the world in two areas:
1. That all of us are going to feel the joys and pains of everyone else throughout all future time;
2. That "we" as a gigantic, massed, unguided, mismanaged group, somehow can't think for ourselves, and figure out methods around our problems, so we need some central LEADER who is smarter and more capable than we are.
Anyone who is taken in by either of those 2 areas, has been caught in a one-world-government that is seeking to satisfy itself at the expense of all the rest of us.
Take a look at what Wikipedia says regarding land area of the United States at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_States. As of this writing, the land area of the United States is 3,717,813 square miles. That's more than a full square mile for every American citizen.
Now, let's put this into perspective. A reasonably-sized apartment might have 1,000 square feet of floor space - 2 bedrooms and, possibly, 1.5 baths. An average middle-class house might have 2,000 square feet of floor space. So, how many square feet are in ONE square mile? Isn't it 27,878,400?
Let's see. If you had your own square mile, you could fit almost 14,000 average middle-class houses on it, and almost twice that many reasonably sized apartments (one level only). If you wanted to get roads and streets onto the property, so that you could connect every house or apartment building, you could reduced the house /apartment numbers by a factor of 10, and still get 1,400 houses or 2,800 apartments onto the land, easily.
Each of the above, 1,000 square foot, apartments could house 4 people reasonably well. And if you stacked these apartments 5 levels high, that gives you room to house about 56,000 people per square mile, with about nine tenths of that mile left over.
Now, let's see. If you used half of the rest of the square mile (remember, we are talking about only 1 square mile here) for farm land, it would be something like 12,545,280 square feet for farm land. Usually we don't measure farm land in square feet. Usually we measure it in acres. Wikipedia says that an acre has 43,560 square feet at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre. That figures out to about 288 acres of farm land in that single square mile with another 288 acres for roads and parks and woodlands, etc..
Now let's see. If we wanted to stick all American citizens into average apartments, in average square miles, like the above scenario, how many square miles would it take? Considering that there are about 330 million Americans, we could do it on less than 6,000 square miles. How many square miles are in the United States? After housing all Americans like the above, we would still have over 3,710,000 square United States miles left.
China has a similar land area as the United States; their population is, maybe, 5 times larger. Canada has more land, but their population is only about one tenth of the United States. Mongolia and Siberia combined are way bigger than the United States. Yet Mongolia's population is under 3,000,000 and Siberia's population is suggested at less than 40 million.
You should be able to see the point of this whole comment. "We" of the world have not reached any kind of an impasse regarding population. Any suggestion that we have is pure b******t. In fact, we are so far away from a population/natural resource problem, that any thing that we might attempt to do do now to alleviate such problems in the future, will be totally outdated and useless by the time that the world population becomes any kind of a problem at all.
The whole population thing is being used by folks who want to subject you, through fear, to their control, so that they can suck as much labor and money off you that they can get away with.
Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth."
We are so far from completing God's command to Noah, that we may never come close to getting it done before Jesus returns.
Dear Glenn Jacobs,
Malthus will ultimately prove himself totally correct as to population overload. These quotes below bring it home. Frosty Wooldridge
"Unlimited population growth cannot be sustained; you cannot sustain growth in the rates of consumption of resources. No species can overrun the carrying capacity of a finite land mass. This Law cannot be repealed and is not negotiable." Dr. Albert Bartlett, www.albartlett.org
A lot of very elderly people never realized that Malthus and the State were only secondary problems, not until life nearly passed them by, that is. Now they don't think about Malthus or the State at all, to speak of. Now they keep asking themselves how they could have always been looking for answers to the secondary problems, while ignoring the primary problem. But, of course, now they are to old and sickly to start their research anew.