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A'ight, here we go again. Let's see. Second verse, same as the first?
I do hope not, but one does wonder whether one will become a repetitive bore after a while. I looked in my archives to see what I did last New Year's Day, and all I did was have a stash sale. No "Happy New Year," nothing.
That is a funny exercise, going back and looking through my archives. I will sometimes go, "Wow, that was a pretty good post," or "Hey, I remember thinking that photo was crap, but it's actually not so bad," or "I do not remember that at ALL. I'm so glad I blogged it." But then sometimes I go back looking for something good or interesting and say, "Huh? All I did last New Year's Day was have a stash sale?"
Crazy soup.
I thought about it a bit more and wondered why such a banal post for New Year's Day? And then I remembered: Abigail was home for a much-needed breather and serious soul-searching and decision time about whether she would keep on acting or not (she is not any longer -- she loves acting, was meeting with excellent success, but hates the actor's life, so now she's applying to law schools), and my little Vincent was suffering pretty badly. I was carrying him up and down stairs, he was in a great deal of pain, and I was facing his final days. Now I'm all teary-eyed, remembering. I miss him a lot, still. He really owned my heart, that little guy. I still accidentally say his name when talking to or about Mr. Jefferies, and David, who claimed to only ever "tolerate" him all those years, still recalls fond memories about him, too. He actually brings Vincent's name up more often than I, and uses the following words, "I loved it when Vincent......" Just tolerated? I think not. Funny how that works, eh?
Everybody in my extended family loved The Vincent, and everybody misses him terribly. My mom is a dog person, and she is already smitten by little Mr. Jefferies. At our last visit with him, she said to me, "Next thing we know, you'll be getting one of these little dogs." I know that is a whole lot of wishful thinking on her part, because she adored Vincent and loved to watch him often, without the responsibility of pet ownership. Me, I'm not ready for another. My life is too busy, too unpredictable, my days sometimes too long, I like to be free to travel on a whim, and a dog, especially a little dog, needs routine and consistency.
Speaking of long days, that Ally of mine is going to be getting me up at oh-dark-thirty for the entire month of January. Seven-blech-thirty lectures every morning!!! When she first told me, I grabbed my throat and made GACK sounds. Made a very big spectacle of myself, I did. But I love it, and as we all know by now, if I set my mind to something..... well, either I'm going to be fine or someone's gonna DIE; not sure which. Hahaha. It'll be all right. Most days I will be able to get home early and take a nap. I hope I will pull out the reserves and get my arse to the gym.
I love this article, mostly the title. Backwoods Vermont. Yeah, I guess that's right. I guess I shall have to try some of those restaurants.
Here's another title I recently read to a travel article: "Road to Happiness Has No Itinerary." Love it.
The other day when I was wheeling my overfilled cart out of a certain healthy food emporium I frequent, I stopped at the bin of donations for the food shelf. I am forever stunned at what people will buy and put in there. Of course pasta abounds, which seems like it could be a good food -- unless you're like me (and many other people) who don't do well at all with wheat, and there is no protein or any other nutrition, really, in a box of plain white pasta. If I were hungry and that's all there was, of course I'd eat it, but it would be detrimental to my health, leading to all kinds of other problems for a person of limited means. Ever wonder why there is so much obesity amongst the poor? But this one takes the cake: Rice cakes. About four bags of rice cakes. Someone actually put that in the food shelf bin. I mean, I guess it's something -- kudos for the thought, I guess -- but man, if I'm hungry, you might as well give me a bag of air.
A jar of peanut butter or a can of tuna would have cost probably the same amount, and would be filled with oh, so much more nutrition. A box of oatmeal would cost less. Where are people's heads? Honestly! I had so hoped that Vermont had built up an immunity to stupid people, but alas, it is not so.
So to counteract the rice cake dumbass, I went and bought another one of those very convenient "Fund A Meal" boxes that the Hannaford supermarkets are now selling. Yes, there is pasta in there, but there are also protein-filled items and vegetables and fruits.
Of course, the better thing is to just send money. We do that on a monthly basis, but the rice cakes really just made me snap.

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Come experience the beauty of a holiday at Thornhill, the home of Governor and Mrs. Frederick Bates located in Faust Park. The customs of the 1820s will surround guests on this self-guided tour through the festively adorned rooms with historically dressed docents in attendance.
The house is open on Friday from 6-9pm and on Saturday from 5-9pm.
Thornhill is the oldest standing governor's house in Missouri. Dating to circa 1819, it was the home of Frederick Bates (the second governor of Missouri) and his family.


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Out Here in the Rain
- The Land of Citrus
- I remember New Gunn and her bountiful citrus trees. The folks there know the simple joys of watching a sunset, eating an orange, or blasting a zombie into pieces. And wait til you try a slice of Mrs. O'Mallory's Lemon Faux-Merangue pie. Come on down. The zombies don't come out til dark.
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Volkswagen has applied the Atacama label to its latest limited edition variant of the Amarok ute, named after the Atacama desert in Chile - the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Available on the manual TDI400 with selectable 4Motion and the automatic TDI420 with permanent 4motion, the Atacama builds on the equipment already available on the Highline grade, including satellite navigation and front and rear park sensors.
Unique Atacama upgrades include black Durban 18-inch alloy wheels to compliment the black sports bar, black side steps, black rear bumper, and body-side Atacama decals. The tray scores a Durabed spray-in tub liner, while up front there's a set of bi-Xenon leadlights with LED daytime running lights.
On the inside a unique 'Quad' fabric trim covers the seats, finished with a quilted finish in the centre section of the seat base and backrest.
Other standard features for the Atacama include dual-zone climate control, a rear view camera, and auto lights and wipers.
The limited edition model is limited to just 500 examples, priced from $53,900 for the TDI400 manual and $56,990 for the TDI420 automatic (plus on roads).
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text: Being a Christian is to be a believer in Jesus Christ, and knowing the he died on the cross for all of our sins. Christians believe in repenting their sins to the Lord, and they are knowledgeable with the Bible. The Bible is the Christian's handbook. Praying and church might be part of a Christians daily life.


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By Property Soul (Guest Contributor)
With developers rushing to launch or re-launch new and existing projects ahead of the festive season, the Saturday after the Hari Raya Haji public holiday saw twenty-two property advertisements in the Straits Times marketing local property projects.
Despite aggressive marketing by developers, the PropertySoul.com Blog Readership Survey revealed that only five percent are saying that they are planning to buy a private property now. The property survey asked 355 respondents when they are planning to buy a private property. It was conducted online between September 5 and 23 this year.
Prefer to rent than buy
Despite the fact that 10 percent of respondents are currently renting, only 5.6 percent are planning to buy. The result shows that most renters still prefer to continue renting instead of taking the risk to buy now for fear of prices dropping further after their purchase.
A total …


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Meet a fascinating plant of redwood country: elk clover, also known as California spikenard (Aralia californica). It is the only member of the ginseng family that is native to California. It's a perennial deciduous plant (meaning it sheds its leaves in the fall), and it has really large leaves about the size of a person's … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Sunrise Climb
Today is the first day of summer, the longest day of the year. Often the summer solstice makes me think of long evenings and late sunsets, but of course dawn comes incredibly early too. Today, I remember my earliest morning spent high in the redwood canopy. While I was in graduate school at U.C. Berkeley, I … Continue reading
Wooden Batteries?
A new study from the University of Maryland reports that trees can offer a truly green battery. Researchers are using thin slices of wood, a thousand times thinner than a piece of paper actually, to create rechargable batteries. Once coated with sodium, these environmentally friendly batteries may prove to be the ultimate rechargable solution. Liangbing … Continue reading
First Fiddleheads for Dinner
Last night was a first, sautéed fern fiddleheads for dinner. I've often read that people around the world dine on young spring fern fronds, but I'd never had the opportunity to try them myself. Fortunately, our local grocery store specializes in produce and last night we procured these tender greens. Following recipe wisdom online, we … Continue reading
How the Banana Slug Got its Name
Every once in awhile, I stumble across something that just makes me laugh. The sight of this banana slug posing on its namesake was no exception! After seeing the yellow slug and banana peel together, it is no surprise to me how the banana slug got its name. For more on on the amusing life of … Continue reading
Advice for Redwood Lovers
Every day, people who care about the redwoods ask me how they can enjoy the redwood forest to fullest without hurting the trees. People want to know where it's okay to party under the redwoods, how they can landscape their yard without damaging the redwoods that were there first, and what to do when a … Continue reading
Where have all the flowers gone?
"Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing." -Pete Seeger Over 170 years ago, early loggers began extracting redwood from the San Francisco bay area. The trees they cut were monumental and today we can still find the remnant stumps of these giants in the next generation forest of Redwood Regional Park in the … Continue reading


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September is National Preparedness Month. This month, FEMA is urging Americans to actively formulate preparedness plans — not just for their families, but for their communities.
By now, most Americans have seen the haunting footage coming out of the Gulf Coast. Images of families trudging through contaminated flood water just to reach higher ground, begging for rescue on social media, people carrying their dogs through waist high water and children being airlifted off of roofs. Hurricane Harvey was a "500-year storm" and certainly is not the norm when it comes to severe weather, but those stuck behind in Houston and elsewhere along the Texas Gulf Coast serve as a grim reminder that an emergency preparedness plan is something that every family should have.
National Preparedness Month Weekly Themes
- Week 1: September 1-9 Make a Plan for Yourself, Family and Friends
- Week 2: September 10-16 Plan to Help Your Neighbor and Community
- Week 3: September 17-23 Practice and Build Out Your Plans
- Week 4: September 24-30 Get Involved! Be a Part of Something Larger
Social Media Hashtags
- #NatlPrep
- #PlanAhead
- #MidlandReady
Throughout the month of September, Midland will be participating in several social initiatives to promote preparedness all over the country. It doesn't matter where you live, it is vital for you and your family to have a plan for evacuations, natural disasters and any unforeseen circumstances that may cause you to be stranded in your home, or worse, abandon your home for extended periods of time.
Make time this week to sit down with your family to formulate your preparedness plan and take steps to educate your community. Even having a basic plan could make all the difference. If you already have a plan, make sure you talk to your neighbors and extended family about what they need to do to make sure they are prepared when life throws something unexpected their way.
For more information on National Preparedness Month and what you can do to get prepared, visit Ready.gov.


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"Is love eternal"__shivika ff by kanfi "Chap 4"
After landing,,Annika first went to visit Karim Uncle…She has visited that society,,,has seen that orphanage after really long time….But this time there was no hatred in their eyes,,they were shameful for their acts,,how had they treated the little soul long back…But this time Annika was not that timid one,,she is bold enough to look through the eyes of each n every person looking at her…After all she has succeeded in her life,,she has became self dependent and she really doesnt care what this society,,her parents think about her…But all this has became possible because of only one person and that is KAREEM UNCLE…
Kareem uncle is in his late60s…
When kareem uncle first saw her,,he wasnt sure is that annika..!!!are you annika beta…"He asked in trembling voice
Yes uncle its me only…haww u forgot me…!!…"said annika pouting
No beta..how can I forget you,,,its just my vision isnt that much strong now…"said uncle holding annika's hand
What do you mean by that uncle,,,,you are still same young and handsome uncle for me…"said annika
I m happy annika that you've changed..You have gained confidence..Now you can make others happy as you are happy..May god bless you….!!…"said Uncle patting his hand on her shoulder
Uncle its all becoz of you and shivaay…Whatever am I today and whatever have I today,,,all belongs to you both….
Okk uncle ,,,now I am going to meet him…And there are so many unsaid words which need to be spoken today….Uncle bless me that today may all stars be in favour of me,,and I m able to confess my feelings to him….And we both will soon come to meet you…And you better take care of urself….love u soo much uncle…. ""Said annika kissing the forehead of uncle
I am coming shivaay….She take cab and move towards her final destination…She take out her dairy from bag and starts reading……
8Sept 2015
So it has been one year in this institute…Here everyone is really good..No one has hatred for me..They love me for who am I…..Teachers here are really proud of me…I have won many competitions as a student of this institute….I also get good marks in every test…And I've few frnds here too and they are really not jealous of me,,they appreciate my work….And tomorrow I will go for an inter-college competition which is a week long competition…Participants will be taken to XYZ place and all quizzes and talent hunts will be performed there….I am selected from this institute and they have so many expectations from me ,,I hope I'll be able to fulfill them all……
10sept 2015
Yeah I am finally here…..There are so many tough competitions for me,,I am so excited for this….The competition will start from tomorrow….
Apart from all this,,,you know what happened today,,,I am such a stupid,,,Oh god how can be I so stupid….On the bus,,there were all participating contestants….There was a boy,,his name….what was his name..!!oopss I forgot,,,okk let it be,,,lets continue..He is from the famous ABC college and is topper,,,he will be really a tough competition for me…So he was sitting just beside me, on the bus,I was casually looking out and suddenly I felt someone's hand on my neck, under my hair….My anger level just reached to the top and without thinking for a second,,I just turned back and found that its hand of him only and I just bursted on him…."how dare he to do this",,"I know cheap people like him very well"",,You all just need an excuse to do all these cheap things",,,and what not….He didnt say a single word and when I applied brakes on my tongue,,,he just said your hair got stuck in seats so I was just removing it and nothing else,,,saying so he showed me my hairs in his hand and left that seat and moved to back side..
And I was like "phail gya raita"…….then one of students there told me about him that jihe is topper n all and is very nice guy….yeah got it,,his name,,its SHIVAAY…..I just mentally slapped myself for this stupid behaviour….I need to apologise to him and will do the same soon……
This is it for today guys,,,,so finally Shivaay enters the stry….did u like the part?????do tell me…
And from now 4-5 episodes there will be just diary entry which will be basically annika's POV and then aftr that present time shivika meet….there is an interesting twist,,,,so stay tuned….!!!
**I m not getting much comments???do commnt guys,,silent readers
**Do vote if you like…
Lots of love


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COCONUT GROVE, FLORIDA — Coconut Grove, Florida.--The looting, arson and violence that marked the bloody Los Angeles riots has awakened America to the incredible problems that exist in its core cities and posed the question, ''What is the basic, root cause?'' The answers and proposed solutions are usually superficial and predictable: the disintegration of the family, more money for black entrepreneurship or for ghetto programs, etc. But these ideas are symptomatic and do not relate to the root cause.
The underlying cause of America's urban ills is the complete segregation of American society caused by suburban sprawl and the flight of the white upper and middle class from the inner city over the last 40 years. Middle America, the strength of our country, has retreated to suburban cocoons, leaving the unmanageable, empty shell of the cities to the poor blacks and Hispanics who could not flee. The cities are left without the tax, educational, cultural and economic bases needed to sustain a healthy urban environment.
The country in the long run cannot support a fractured, two-tier society -- a prosperous suburban white society and a separate poor urban Black-Hispanic one. Unfortunately,the recent riots will encourage more suburban sprawl as many of the remaining urban residents and businesses flee for the protection of the suburbs.


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How To Buy Your First Bitcoins?
Bitcoin is a form of digital currency, created and held electronically. No one controls it. Bitcoins aren't printed, like dollars or euros – they're produced by people, and increasingly businesses, running computers all around the world, using software that solves mathematical problems. As it's only been 8 years since the first bitcoin is mined, not many people know how to buy your first bitcoins . We will try to break it down for the newbies who would like to know how to buy your first bitcoins online.
Obviously, the best way for anyone to buy bitcoins is by making use of their bank account. For online money makers like many of us, bitcoins are the real future and can save some money which PayPal/Payeer take as fees. Fees for sending bitcoins are minimal as the fees can be as low as 7 cents even for sending over $500 worth of BTC.
Methods To Acquire Your First Bitcoin
- Through Mining. This is done by sophisticated mining machines. (Important – This is not really profitable these days unless you get cheap electricity and good GPU at the best price). Forget about it if you are completely new to bitcoins!
- From your friends who hold bitcoins already. Localbitcoins is such a marketplace where you can find many sellers from your country who currently hold bitcoins.
- Through bitcoin exchangers or bitcoin wallet websites (Coinbase, Xapo, Unocoin, CoinPayments e.t.c). The payment methods are usually bank transfer, bank wire and credit/debit cards.
Trusted BitCoin Wallets
You can only sell or buy bitcoins and send or receive bitcoins if you have a bitcoin address. Each bitcoin wallet comes with a personal address which starts with either 1 or 3 and looks somewhat like this '1HW46HZrSQ6Z26JrbFxfvpNnzh6WyEB4H2'
- CoinBase
CoinBase is the most popular bitcoin wallet and has over 5.3 million members. Started on June 12, 2012, in California USA, it has grown to about 33 countries including US, Canada, Australia, Singapore and the majority of European countries. Citizens of any country in the world can register in Coinbase and make use of their 'send/receive bitcoins' services, you can't directly buy and sell bitcoins in exchange to your national currency. Only members from the coinbase approved countries can load bitcoins from banks or withdraw bitcoins to banks. If you are from any Europe or any of the above said country, join CoinBase to get your bitcoin address instantly. Not just that, if you buy $100 worth of BTC by either bank transfer, credit card or bank wire, you will get $10 credited to your account for FREE!
Is it safe to buy your first Bitcoins?
Bitcoins fluctuate a lot even on a daily basis. Bitcoins can fluctuate up to 20% at some days. If you have left some bitcoins in your wallet, your bitcoin value could get diminished or could even multiply with the passage of time.
That's why the Bitcoin value is highly volatile comparing to physical currencies like USD or EUR. Any positive/negative news regarding to bitcoin can affect the price a lot.
The point I am making is that the bitcoins can be risky if your aim is solely investment for short term. It can go both ways. Bitcoins are destined to go up with its push from Chinese investors and usual traders from all around the world. The catch is that vast majority of the world's population don't know about Bitcoins, although Bitcoins are going more and more viral.


text: RUGBY UNION: Wales captain Sam Warburton believes that Australia are now favourites to lift the 2015 World Cup, after experiencing the 30-26 home defeat to the Wallabies on Saturday. "People can rightly call them favourites," said the Cardiff Blues flanker. "It's extremely close, but they're a tiny bit in front of us at the moment and we've just got to keep working hard until we can get a win against these sides".


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Archaeological Survey of a Road To Be Subjected To High-Resolution Remote Sensing By Louisiana State University In San Juan County, New Mexico
Author(s): Lawrence E. Vogler; LaVerne Seeley
Year: 1995
This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded.
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Archaeological Survey of a Road To Be Subjected To High-Resolution Remote Sensing By Louisiana State University In San Juan County, New Mexico. Lawrence E. Vogler, LaVerne Seeley. 1995 ( tDAR id: 284869)
This Resource is Part of the Following Collections
Archaeological Survey • Archeological Survey • Remote Sensing
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35045 (Fips Code) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • San Juan (County) • United States of America (Country)
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min long: -109.046; min lat: 36 ; max long: -107.421; max lat: 37 ;
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Sponsor(s): Louisiana State University
Prepared By(s): Navajo Nation Archaeology Department
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NADB document id number(s): 5449426
NADB citation id number(s): 000000233769
General Note: Contract number: NNAD 95-119
General Note: Sent from: Navajo Nation Archaeology Department
General Note: Submitted to: Louisiana State University


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When I started my adventures of hiking and exploring new hot sauces, creating a blog was the furthest thing from my mind. Now that I've created a blog, I have this need to play catch up with previous expeditions, while documenting new experiences along the way. Thank you, my readers, for joining me in this new chapter of my life!
Let's go back to January. I was just getting into longer hikes and decided to take a woman I was dating on a hike up Mount Diablo in the East Bay of Northern California. I didn't know the trail, and assumed it was just a simple hike to the top. I did a little research after my partner suggested it, and off we went on an early Sunday morning four and a half mile journey!
The approach to the trailhead was a beautiful, winding road up the mountain. As we climbed speedily in my car up the twisty roads (avoiding bikers and not scaring my co-pilot, of course), we broke through the cloud cover characteristic of the bay area. When we finally parked, the view was beautiful! The horizon looked like miles and miles of fluffy white pillows. I had never seen anything like it and knew I had found a gem.
The trail started out winding through campsites and seemed easy to lose, but once we saw the signs for Juniper Trail, we were comforted and set in stride. Both of us being inexperienced, we had to take our time. The first half mile or so was a stroll down a narrow trail with shaded areas. Once we crossed the road we drove up on, however, things got tough.
My partner had a heart condition, and I was relatively out of shape. The second half of the ascent was a fire road mostly in direct sunlight. I cheered my partner on, and the boy scouts on the trail were rooting for us as well. I even offered to give my partner a piggy-back ride, but that didn't work out so well :/ As morning grew on, we had to take more and more stops, which was fine by me, but somewhat unnerving. I didn't want the person I was hiking with to die on me, but I also selfishly wanted to reach the top to show her the beauty of nature and enjoy a special moment of achievement with her at the summit.
With my partner's heart pounding, and my head pounding, we made the final steps to the summit. It was littered by what I considered cheaters, people who drove up the road to the top just for a view. They even had a gift shop looking building up there! Call me a purist, but we took pride in our climb. Luckily, there were water fountains up there, so I was given a nice dose of gratitude for the urbanized mountaintop 🙂
The trip down the mountain was more my style. Rugged, fast, single-track trails that were all downhill. My partner followed my footsteps and we made it back in one piece, sharing life experiences with each other along the way. There were a few slips, but the end result was worth it. We both conquered a decent hike, enjoyed each other's company, and got to know each other more.
Back at the car, we both generously applied Biofreeze® to help relieve our headaches and soreness. I was grateful for the relief that came and for the adrenaline pumping through my body.
To wrap up the adventure, we had lunch at a restaurant my buddy works at. Of course I used hot sauce, but I was still in my Cholula days. The awakening to fiery concoctions had not occurred yet.
I hope you enjoyed the journey at least half as much as we did! I appreciate you reading and hope you remember to take a hike and spice up your life!


text: Hey everyone, having a hard few days with a spell of insomnia. I'm on Prednisolone at the moment which always makes my sleep worse and I just feel terrible and really emotional. I feel like my head is a mess and it's making my pain levels so much worse. I've tried everything I can do to try and sleep but as Fibro affects your sleep so much I've gotten used to Insomnia. There's a loneliness that only 3am knows! Not seeking advice on how to sleep, but just wanted to share with people who may be going through the same thing! I feel like a crazy woman, I can't concentrate on anything and I just want to cry all the time! Ugh, trying not to think about tonight but I' starting to feel anxious about sleeping already which doesn't help either!


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Heart disease remains the primary cause of death for people all over the world. Heart disease may also be called coronary heart disease or coronary artery disease. The causes of heart disease are already established and well known.
The most important reasons for heart disease are unhealthy food and drinks, physical inactivity and smoking.
These unhealthy habits may lead to elevated blood pressure, elevated blood sugar, elevated fat and obesity. Also, the social, economic and cultural changes in the world – globalization, urbanization, poverty and stress contribute to the increase in the number of people who die from heart disease.
Chest pain
Chest pain is the most common symptom of heart disease. Patients feel the pain or discomfort when the heart is not receiving enough blood through its coronary arteries. There are two types of chest pain: typical chest pain and atypical chest pain.
Typical chest pain is felt as a kind of weight under the breastbone. It may occur during exercise or intense emotion. Patients can get rid of this pain with rest or medication.
Atypical chest pain is felt as a sharp pain that suddenly comes and goes. The pain starts in the chest, but may also felt in the abdomen, back or in the arm. This pain is not related to physical effort and cannot be relieved with medication.
Shortness of breath
Another common symptom that occurs among patients suffering from heart disease is breathlessness or difficulty breathing. This symptom may occur during holidays or a physical exercise and may indicate that the heart is not functioning properly.
Heart attack
Heart attack or myocardial infarction may be the first sign of heart disease. A heart attack is caused by temporary lack of oxygenated blood that flows through the heart. The five most important signs that a patient feels during a heart attack are: chest pain, pain that radiates to the jaw, neck or back pain, mild headache, pain in the arm or shoulder and shortness of breath.
Chronic fatigue
Chronic fatigue can arise as a symptom of heart disease. It can occur during any physical activity and the patient may not be able to perform daily tasks. Patients may have difficulty to climb stairs or walk a relatively short distance.
Irregular heartbeat
Some symptoms of heart disease may be due to irregular heart rate. The heartbeat can be very fast, slow or irregular. Abnormal heart rhythm may be a symptom for tachycardia (fast heartbeat), bradycardia (slow heartbeat), trembling heart, dizziness or loss of consciousness. If the patient feels these symptoms for a longer period, they should seek medical attention.
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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by derrickps3, Apr 20, 2010.
i am ok with touchwiz and wonder is there a 1.6 rom including it?
yes, and the other is half touchwiz that doesnt include the TWlauncher.
TW... http://androidforums.com/all-things...ld-2-1-6-factory-w-busybox-rooted-kernel.html
Half TW http://androidforums.com/all-things...ld-2-1-6-no-twiz-w-busybox-rooted-kernel.html (my opinion way better!)
oh man thank you very much, that was the reason why i went back to 1.5 because i didn't think there was a 1.6 with touchwiz, but thanks alot. this forum is very helpful
edit: so what does the half touchwiz do? please give details
I'll Be Posting the APP's to Push into the stock Factory 1.6 TouchWiz Rom Shortly, this will Fix all the FC everyone has been Getting from the Factory rom..
Give me more detail as to what you have set up so far!


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Gen X marks for me a crossroads. A calling out within the species which into our bones the message came 'enough.' Mid-life, I am thrilled to see so many ready hands in Gen Y picking up the torch. It's been exhausting frankly: writing to representatives who are so star-struck by post-war policy – indeed made wealthy and comfortable by such policy – that the limits of growth are simply as much of fantasy as is the reality for so many to ever own a house.
Certainly environmentalists have tread through every generation, yet the dominant economic paradigm of constant-growth has unceasingly ruled the day. But the day for change has arrived, and those younger than myself feel it very dearly: they own it. They own the need for change, whereas my Gen X cohort simply marked it. (I have long seen the 'X' like the marking for a railroad: a big 'Stop!' sign, denoting oncoming danger.) Attracting young people onto the importance of voting can be as much of a struggle as getting them in for work, and both symptoms appear natural to me when I plot through to the available outcomes, each concluding upon the potential of never-ending debt servicing.
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World currencies used to be tied to gold. Gold gave the currency credit, and if a nation had access to gold, their currency carried with it a trust and confidence. After WWII, all currencies became tied to the USD as a means of nationhood stability. And the USD continued to be tied to gold. 1971 rolls out 'the Nixon Shock,' and the USD was "freed" from gold, confessing insolvency essentially, confessing that the splurge of credit created was too much for the little yellow metal to handle. Flash forward forty years, and this insolvency has become a problem we'd rather continue ignore while the US exports its inflation: witness Argentina, Venezuela... Japan… and witness the price of gold. Greece fights for the drivers seat in a joy-ride traveling at unparalleled speed toward a very real brick wall – an edge. Our web of credit, leveraged evermore to an uncertain future, a culture fuelled more with questions than answers, is truly remarkable. Such monetary policy resembles a big fat spider who got caught in its own web.
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Tit-for-tat aside, economic de-growth is truly upon us at the marker of ecology alone. The invitation is loudly upon us to redefine the energy sources which fuel our actions, and subsequently, the thinking-energy which pertains to that. Our sense of self is something that is created and reinforced choice by choice by choice; and like anything else we build, the shape of our self is something we can walk away from at any moment, rethink, and reassemble differently later. Currently, our outward activity is greatly incongruent with our inner, and this calls out in a whole host of ways for our steadfast attention.
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They've worked for Pompey for a combined 65 years.
Now long-serving pair Kev McCormack and Barry Harris have hit a memorable landmark on Pompey duty.
After the recent win at Cambridge, the duo have laid out kit together at each of the 92 clubs in English league football.
To mark the occasion you have helped list questions for our Blues stalwarts to answer.
This week, it's Barry's turn...
Congrats on the landmark, Baz. Whose shirts are the favourites you've collected over the years?
Frank Lampard's is my best. He signed it to 'Mr Pompey'. That's nice.
The one I still keep in touch with is Alan Smith, who played for Leeds, Newcastle and Manchester United.
He was at the school at Lilleshall when I was doing a medics' course with Neil Sillett in 1994.
I got to know him then – and he's given me a shirt from every club he's played for.
Paolo di Canio's is another favourite. My grandson has most of them now, though!
What was your first ground working with the club?
My first was in the 1966-67 season when I went to Blackburn with Gordon (Neave).
We finished at 20 to five and we had to be showered, changed and packed to be on the coach at 5.19pm to get the train from Preston to Euston.
I'd been going as boy mascot before that but that was my first working.
Where did your trademark pumped-fist salute come from?
I honestly don't know! I wasn't quite aware of it, really.
I know me and Sylvain Distin wound up the Manchester United fans at Old Trafford doing it when we won there in 2008.
We did it to the Stretford End – and he'd been Manchester City captain the year before!
What's your favourite Pompey away kit?
I like the all-white ones. They look smart – but they are a nightmare to get clean.
You don't like it as a kit man! It ends up in the bath in bleach!
What are the best and worst grounds?
I wouldn't like to say worst but some are worse than others.
Accrington is a nightmare with the facilities but you have to respect they have come back into the league.
The Emirates and Old Trafford are the best but don't forget Wolverhampton.
And best moment of the 92-club tour?
Well it's not one of the 92 clubs but winning the FA Cup at Wembley.
That and beating Manchester United at Old Trafford in the quarter-final – that was when we won it really.
And best and worst manager?
Favourite? Harry (Redknapp). I like this one now, Awfs. I've known him a long time. I don't want him to fail.
The least favourite? I suppose you have to look at the way Freddie Cox ruined us.
What's the funniest thing you've seen?
There have been some funny moments.
On my 53rd birthday at West Brom, we were at the hotel near the ground when Neil Sillett and John Durnin stripped all my clothes off me, chucked water all over my bed and tied me to a chair in the corridor.
There were people walking by – and I hadn't a stitch on!
So what have you got to say about your work mate?
Kev has been as good as gold. We shout at each other but I can honestly say we've never had an argument.
He wouldn't deceive you and if he's got something to say, he says it. You've got a friend in Kev, a good friend.


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Garments Of A Believer Series
Contributed by Ben Thomas on Nov 14, 2008 (message contributor)
Summary: You are protected with the Various garments, until Devil strips those away from you, he can not harm you.
Garments – Luke 10:30 A certain man was going from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothes and belongings and beat him and went their way, [ unconcernedly] leaving him half dead, as it happened.
Devil cannot touch you until he strip you from the garments you have.
A. A certain man.
In this story there is no name mentioned, this means it is you and me, it could be you my friend. You belong to god. You should not go to Jericho while you are in Jerusalem.
B. He went down to Jericho.
The path from Jerusalem to Jericho is DOWNWARD. Our life should be going up not going down. Every day God expect us to go higher and higher in our spiritual walk.
C. This morning I would like to focus on what this thief did to this man. You are protected every day by various garments of God. These are valuable garments. It cost God a lot to give you this garment. Satan wants to take that away from you. Then only he can beat you. Theses are the garments, which Satan wants to remove from you.
1. Royal garments, Psalm 45:14–15.- Adam and Eve
Devil replaced the glory of God with fig leaves-
The animal garments with which God later clothed them Gen. 3:21
2. Sackcloth, Isaiah 3:24.- Mordekai –
Haman do not want you to put the sack cloth – because he knows that if you put the sackcloth there will be deliverance.
3. Clothed with righteousness, Isaiah 11:5
High priest Joshua
4. faithfulness, Isaiah 11:5
Joseph – Pothipher's wife tried to took that off – but just got a hold of it
5. Garments of salvation, Isaiah 61:10.
Prodigal son came back and the Father put this on him.
6. Garment for wedding, Matthew 22:11.
Provided for the wedding of the Lamb of God.
7. Robes washed white, Revelation 7:14.
No more dirt from the world. The white robes of those martyred during the Tribulation Rev. 6:11; 7:9 in the middle of the tribulation there is a white robe put on you by Jesus Christ. Give you victory, strength and courage to overcome the battle. This tribulation will also be over. Garment of victory
8. Garment of praise. Isa 61:3.
Protection form the enemy
9. The garments of the high priest of Israel Exod. 28:4–43; 39:1–31; Lev. 8:7–9; 16:4 for the service in the temple.
10. The garment with which Boaz covered Ruth Ruth 3:9
Redemption – the proof that you are redeemed.
11. The robe given to David by Jonathan to seal their friendship covenant
1 Sam. 18:4 – Remind you of the covenant.
12. The beautiful linen robe David wore when he carried the Ark of God to Jerusalem (Worship) 1 Chron. 15:27 – You need to remove your proud, position and palace when you come to the presence of god. Michel will not like it. But do not loose that garment. Devil can not touch you when you have this garment.
13. The many-colored coat of Joseph Gen. 37:3, 31–32
Spiritual gifts – vision – Brothers got jealous. Devil tried to take that from him,. Outwardly they did, but from his heart they could not kill that dream.
That garment want just an outward sign that he was different.
. 14. The robe given to the returning Prodigal Son by his father Luke 15:22
Sonship – you are not a servant here in my house you are my son
15. Elijah cam to Elisha and place his mantle on him.
His security, protection and higher calling.
No matter what happen to your life, may be you are walking toward Jericho in your spiritual walk. Do not allow the enemy to touch those garments. Protect those garments, walk close to Jesus. Stay in Jerusalem, Get fellowship, and spend time in prayer. Satan wants to remove those garments then he can wound you. The ultimate aim is to kill you.
He cannot kill you. You belong to God.
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Dear mang, XD
Happy 10th year anniversary. Can you believe it's been 10 years since
I first saw you and our eyes met across the room as we walked towards each other and we known each other and became friends? To be honest, I had no idea we would have such a long term friendship. I remember how we used to fight with the boys sitting behind us, how you threaten to 'ask that guy to have sex with me' when I disturb you . You knew I just got my period back then!
I'm sorry for being all meanie and hard hearted about my NSYNC cassette (oh my, we used to have cassette back then) but it was my precious item back then. After that huge (actually, thinking about it now, it's quite tiny) fight and we separated in Standard 6, I thought that was the end. I didn't know you would call me after our UPSR result and made things up and I thought we won't see each other again.
I had no idea you were coming to Sri Aman XD and I admit, I was a little bitch in Form 1, ignoring and walking away from you but I think I grew up in Form 2 when we were placed in the same class. When you approach me once again, I thought it would be nice for us to try to settle things in peace again.
We grew close again within two years in Form 2 and 3. Remember those good old days when we sit by the side of the window and those world cup days in form 3? Good memories. When form 4 and 5 approached, we grew apart as you took art course while I took science stream minus the biology.
I remembered how miserable we were when we were selected for National Service. Back then, I felt like kicking the crotch of whoever shit who sent me the congrats sms for being selected. I went and came back with a total 180 degress change. I remember meeting you in school for our SPM result and I told you that you will love NS very much. I was right, wasn't I? =P
When I went in MMU, I had no idea at all that you were right there in the same course. We didn't talk about it, there were millions (well, I doubt there are millons) other uni / college in Malaysia but we ended up there together again.
We pulled the gap close again and spend time talking/complaining/bitching/laughing at everything. We talked about our dirty little secrets and anything under the roof. Of course, there were times when we fight or get annoyed with each other but even the desert would have rain pouring down once in a while, it's only normal for a friendship to have holes and bumpy roads.
It helps more that we are living merely 5 minutes from each other. It's extraordinary though we been friends for so long, we only camwhore together ONCE and I stepped into your house only last year and we have our first movie only last weekend XD.
So here's to another 50 years *clink imaginary champagne glass* by then we would be 72. Vow that our future jobs and life would not interfere with our friendship. We'll see who gets married first, gets a kid first, who gets the first wrinkle and whose hair would turn white. I bet yours will!
Sincerely signed , Ping
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
10 years and counting ..
Dear mang, XD


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Trump's appointee for the Department of Labor has already voiced his stance on steep minimum wage increases and restrictive labor regulations.
The nominations keep on coming.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Andrew Puzder to head the Department of Labor, according to Bloomberg BNA. Puzder has been highly critical of steep minimum wage increases and restrictive labor regulations, including the DOL's overtime rule.
"Andy Puzder has created and boosted the careers of thousands of Americans, and his extensive record fighting for workers makes him the ideal candidate to lead the Department of Labor," President-elect Trump said in a statement. "Andy will fight to make American workers safer and more prosperous by enforcing fair occupational safety standards and ensuring workers receive the benefits they deserve, and he will save small businesses from the crushing burdens of unnecessary regulations that are stunting job growth and suppressing wages."
The nomination has received praise from pro-small business advocates, including NFIB.
"Many NFIB members are franchisees, a business model that was under attack during the Obama administration," said NFIB President and CEO Juanita Duggan. "Andy Puzder understands how these actions and other labor regulations directly harm American entrepreneurs and family businesses."
Duggan added that "small business owners are pleased that someone who knows what it takes to manage a successful company has been nominated to oversee the Department of Labor."
Opposition comes from Democrats, progressive groups, and labor organizations. These groups include the AFL-CIO, Economic Policy Institute, National Partnership for Women & Families, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, and Communications Workers of America.
Earlier this year, Puzder told Fox Business that he was "opposed to raising [the minimum wage] to the point where lower-skilled workers, working-class Americans, young people, minorities, are losing the jobs they need to get on the ladder of success."
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|Improve your 2 on a lot bathroom with this remodel.
My very general answer is that if a) any improvement helps you sell for a higher price, consider doing it, and b) if you can make a profit on your remodeling investment, consider it. But you also have to look at what your sales price as is will be and are you making your home that much more desirable.
So, as in most things real estate related, the answer is "it depends". But before we get to the "it depends" part of the answer, let's take a deeper dive into some of the considerations, questions, answers and design tips that you'll need to address in your bathroom remodel.
1) What dimensions are you working with? Take some measurements of what you have now and then look into what are the standard sizes for toilet bowls, bath tubs, vanities, etc. If your bathroom's size is not conventional, you costs may go up. If you are just updating the existing footprint with standard products, it can be a lot less expensive and a greater ROI.
2) Are there design elements you can keep (and keep your costs down)? For example, in older homes wall tiles may have several coats of concrete and wire lath. Removing these can be very labor intensive and cause costs to skyrocket. You may be better off retaining some features and updating others.
3) Buy some high end materials. Because bathrooms are usually smaller than let's say your kitchen, you can invest in some (but maybe not all) higher end materials.
|This classic look can be done for less than you think.
5) If possible have more than one way to dry out your bathroom. The best way to avoid and reduce mold and mildew is to have a multifaceted approach with both fans and a window. Very important when you put that fan in. Make sure it vents to the outside and not just the attic.
6) Plan the right height for the sink. I know it sounds obvious but I often preview homes that just have the bathroom sinks either too high or too low.
7) Don't do anything too stylized or personalized. I had a client once who did an extensive remodel of his master bathroom. Absolutely gorgeous and tasteful high end work. Then he removed the wall between the bedroom and the bathroom so that while you were in your bed you could gaze upon this amazing 3-4 person spa tub with an electric fireplace. While it did have a certain Las Vegas Hangover effect (no Bradley Copper included) it was not exactly a selling point. Fortunately most of this was done a few years before he sold so at least he got to enjoy it. Before we put the house on the market, most likely I should have advised him to get a contractor in and replace the wall. So that's one where the remodel actually cost money at the time of sale. Let's avoid that for sure.
|These free standing bathtubs are more popular.
Personally, I would most likely spend $5,000-$10,000 on flooring before I invested the same amount in a bathroom. But before I did flooring, I might invest in painting, removing pop corn ceilings or putting in recessed lights particularly if you have a 2 on a lot townhouse built in the 1980 or '90s. I find many of those could be dramatically improved by the addition of recessed lighting in the downstairs (and the removal of drop ceilings in the kitchen).
If after flooring, painting, lighting, maybe replacing the roof etc you still have budget left without pricing yourself out of the market, then lets talk about that bathroom remodel. Contact me for a free, no obligation meeting and I'll let you know exactly what you can do to sell your house for a higher price.


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Online pharmacy drugs tend not to fall in this category. No, not the canned meat variety - spam is similar to the junk mail that you receive inside mail box, just in a electronic form. The buying of drugs through on the web is a very simple process.
We have a team of professional Pharmacists who are in the service each of the time. If a pharmacist includes a problem with providing a person with any medication that is specifically prescribed by way of a Doctor or perhaps general deemed safe to the general public through the FDA, chances are they'll are within the wrong field. Fresh herbs are best for the tinctures and oils recommended with this book.
They usually work exactly the same hours because pharmacist, since the pharmacy technician works under close supervision of the pharmacist. The distinctive groups place their roots from ancestors who, at some stage in time within the annals of Philippine history, prevailed upon and influenced the predominantly Filipino-Malay race. Don't drink often, only socially, and don't smoke (ever).
An online pharmacy is quite a help in a embarrassing scenario like this. Any reputable internet business puts their shopping cart application on a good server. Strong customer service skills really are a must when handling the hectic pace of a pharmacy or pharmaceutical department.
However, please be guided by the average hourly and annual salary data provided. When the subsequent refill was ordered, the request was sent for the now non-existent Doctor with the Clinic, leaving an order lost online like countless things these days. You spot the drug name and strength and go grab the medication.


text: Article | February 01, 2012Selective Auditory Attention in Adults: Effects of Rhythmic Structure of the Competing Language Leigh Ann Reel and Candace Bourland Hicks Author Affiliations & Notes Leigh Ann Reel Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX Candace Bourland Hicks Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX Correspondence to Leigh Ann Reel: email@example.com Editor: Robert SchlauchEditor: Robert Schlauch× Associate Editor: Marjorie LeekAssociate Editor: Marjorie Leek× © 2012 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information Special Populations / Cultural & Linguistic Diversity / Speech, Voice & Prosody / Hearing Article | February 01, 2012 Selective Auditory Attention in Adults: Effects of Rhythmic Structure of the Competing Language Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, February 2012, Vol. 55, 89-104. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0193) History: Received July 12, 2010 , Revised January 14, 2011 , Accepted May 6, 2011 Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, February 2012, Vol. 55, 89-104. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0193) History: Received July 12, 2010; Revised January 14, 2011; Accepted May 6, 2011 Web of Science® Times Cited: 6 View Article Figures Tables PDF PDF Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation Reel, L. A. & Hicks, C. B. (2012). Selective Auditory Attention in Adults: Effects of Rhythmic Structure of the Competing Language. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 55(1), 89-104. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0193). Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: Selective Auditory Attention in Adults: Effects of Rhythmic Structure of the Competing Language You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × PurposeThe authors assessed adult selective auditory attention to determine effects of (a) differences between the vocal/speaking characteristics of different mixed-gender pairs of masking talkers and (b) the rhythmic structure of the language of the competing speech.MethodReception thresholds for English sentences were measured for 50 monolingual English-speaking adults in conditions with 2-talker (male–female) competing speech spoken in a stress-based (English, German), syllable-based (Spanish, French), or mora-based (Japanese) language. Two different masking signals were created for each language (i.e., 2 different 2-talker pairs). All subjects were tested in 10 competing conditions (2 conditions for each of the 5 languages).ResultsA significant difference was noted between the 2 masking signals within each language. Across languages, significantly greater listening difficulty was observed in conditions where competing speech was spoken in English, German, or Japanese, as compared with Spanish or French.ConclusionsResults suggest that (a) for a particular language, masking effectiveness can vary between different male–female 2-talker maskers and (b) for stress-based vs. syllable-based languages, competing speech is more difficult to ignore when spoken in a language from the native rhythmic class as compared with a nonnative rhythmic class, regardless of whether the language is familiar or unfamiliar to the listener. Acknowledgments We gratefully acknowledge Steven Zupancic, Renée Bogschutz, Melinda Corwin, Rajinder Koul, and Nick Coppola at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX, as well as Sylvia Martinez at La Casita Elementary in Clovis, NM, for their contributions to this project. We also thank the language recording volunteers, subjects, and all others who generously gave their time to make the study a success. Subscribe to view more For full access to this article, log in to an existing user account, purchase an annual subscription, or purchase a short-term subscription. Order a Subscription Subscribe Pay Per View Entire Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research content & archive 24-hour access $30.00 Buy Now This Article 24-hour access $15.00 Buy Now Become a Visiting Scholar Sign In or Create an Account Please sign in using your ASHA.org login. If you do not have an ASHA login, you may register with us for free by creating a new account. 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|*Yay* for fall decorations!
|Yes, yes we did already put up our Christmas lights around the house. We might be a little excited for Christmas..
|I'm pretty sure my little brother is the cutest, ever. Although, I might be a little biased. ;)
|Our cat Mr. Alex enjoying this lazy fall day.
|Best way to start out the day, cereal! I sometimes even eat cereal for dinner. It's quick, easy, and delicious!
|My "office"..... this is where I spend countless hours doing home work, and editing photos.
|I'm just loving these fall colors! I think fall just may be my favorite season. What's your favorite season?
|"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain."
|My not so "baby boy," Tebow. Yeah, he's not even one year old yet.... he'll be a big dog!
|Ah, my face is actually in front of the camera for a change. ;)
|My older sister Lacey and I were rocking out to some tunes. I'm in love with our new stereo! This weekend I babysat, worked on home work, and rode a crazy horse.
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All joking aside, the mothership is proudly announcing a new partnership with that giant of science communication, National Geographic. You can read about it here, here, here.
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ScienceBlogs, the science-related blogging platform owned in part by NYC-based Seed Media Group and German publisher Hubert Burda, has cut a strategic deal with National Geographic Digital Media, the digital arm of NatGeo. Under the deal, NatGeo will take a minority stake in the platform, and will also take over the ad sales for the network of specialized blogs, headed by Jim Hoos, VP of Digital Media Sales for NGDM. The two companies will create and exchange content, including video content.
To be honest DearReader, I don't know anything more than this. Unknown how this new arrangement will affect your enjoyment of the Scienceblogs in general or this blog in particular. I do have this memory of a certain picture published a long time ago in National Geographic which I'd love to use to illustrate how much it sucks to be the grad student, though... hmm.


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Tai has been awarded the
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International workshop on "Sparse Representation of Multiscale Data and Images" 14th - 17th December 2009, IAS, Nanyang Technological Univ, Singapore
IMI International Workshop on Computational Photography and Aesthetics, 12-13 December 2009.
Nanyang Technological Univ, Singapore.
Compatible and Innovative Discretizations for PDEs
June 17-19. Together with the Simula Centre we will celebrate Ragnar Winther's 60th anniversary.
2nd International Conference on Scale Space
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text: While in Arles we did take the time to have lunch. And if you are in France where do you have lunch, nowhere but at Cafe Van Gogh. We sat outside and enjoyed our lunch and wine as we marveled at the sites. It truly was a magical day as we sat in the very spot of Vincent Van Gogh and ate at the cafe that made his painting come to life. Van Gogh created his oil on canvas in 1888, and the very spot he sat his easel on is marked by a copy of his painting. Inside the cafe were more tables and a beautiful bar that was very ornate and truly French!


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What We're Doing
The coalition is currently focused on two major prevention efforts in the Fairbanks North Star Borough:
– Suicide prevention among 15-24 year olds. As part of our current Wellness Campaign, we worked with Seed Media and local talent to develop our "What Source of Strength Will You Be?" PSA. Please check it out and share it with others who would benefit from our message. One way you can be a source of strength is by sharing your story of strength with the community of when you were helped by someone or someone helped you when you were struggling with suicide or risk factors that can lead to suicide. Share your story through our online form.
– Preventing the first misuse of prescription opioids (pain relievers, e.g. Vicodin, Oxycontin, Fentanyl) among 12-25 year olds. Thankfully most local teens and young adults have never misused prescription opioids. However, we must protect them from starting down the path of addiction. We've completed our needs assessment and based on the data and input from community stakeholders, we will soon be implementing several strategies.


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All white everything — that should be my personal summertime motto because it's what I live by! There's just something so incredibly crisp, clean, and smart about white-on-white.
This top ($88) is ideal for blazing hot temperatures. Its split neckline and ¾-length sleeves make it so airy and, because it's polyester, is extremely low maintenance. I paired it with my favorite distressed white skinny jeans and trusty pair of nude heeled sandals to create this all white look.
This is an outfit I'll probably repeat this summer more times than I'd like to admit.
Top: Nordstrom | Jeans: James Jeans (similar) | Heels: Steve Madden | Handbag: Celine (similar) | Sunglasses: Celine (similar) | Watch: Larsson & Jennings (similar) | Necklace: Dana Rebecca
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Roundworms In Dogs: Causes, Risks and Prevention
Imagine this scenario: you've just adopted a puppy and he has just vomited up something that looks like a piece of cooked spaghetti. What's going on?
Your puppy has probably just demonstrated that he is infected with roundworms.
Roundworms are a helminth parasite. There are two species that can infect dogs, Toxocara canis and Toxocara leonina. T.leonina can also infect cats. T.canis can also infect humans, with serious consequences.
Puppies frequently are infected with roundworms from their mother. A pregnant female can pass the parasite to her pups before they are born, or she can transmit them through her milk after delivery. Roundworms are extremely common in puppies, regardless of where they came from, so all puppies should be given a thorough deworming protocol.
This parasite can also be transmitted by swallowing roundworm eggs from the environment (through normal grooming) or by eating small rodents such as mice that are already infected.
Once the egg is swallowed, they hatch in the intestinal tract and develop into larvae. The larvae then migrate to other organs, most notably the liver and the lungs. Larvae in the lungs are coughed up and swallowed, ending up back in the intestinal tract, where they grow into adult worms and lay their own eggs. Some larvae will stay in the liver, where they encyst. In this form, the larvae can stay for years, waiting for the right moment. When that moment comes, the larvae leave the cysts and travel to the lungs. When an infected dog has a bowel movement, the eggs pass into the environment, where they can infect other dogs, rodents or potentially humans. It is important to note that fresh feces is not infectious. The eggs take approximately one month to mature once in the environment, at which point they can be picked up on paws and then swallowed from normal grooming behavior, eaten with grass, etc. Toxocara canis eggs are well known for their hardiness. If conditions are not optimal, eggs can remain infective for months or even years.
Symptoms of roundworms are:
- a pot belly appearance
- weakness
- diarrhea
- vomiting, with or without presence of adult worms
- poor coat condition
- belly pain
- weight loss
- appearance of adult roundworms in stool
Since roundworms take nutrition from their host, puppies infected with roundworms can suffer from lack of growth, weight loss, and other failure to thrive conditions. Heavy infections can cause pneumonia or severe diarrhea and vomiting.
Roundworm eggs can be detected with a fecal flotation test, which should be performed yearly. It is also important to note that a dog or puppy can be infected with roundworms but not actively shedding eggs. A pup with some or all of the symptoms listed above should still be treated with a deworming medication even if he has a negative fecal flotation test.
Deworming will also only remove the intestinal forms of the parasite and does not address the migrating larval forms. Once those forms complete their migration and return to the intestine, the dog can still be infected and pass the eggs along to others. Therefore, repeated deworming is important for breeding dogs, nursing mothers and all puppies.
If your dog has been treated for roundworms, there are several things you can do to minimize reinfection.
- Pick up all stool immediately and dispose of it.
- Don't let your dog use sandboxes or playground areas to defecate.
- Wash or replace all his bedding and disinfect or replace all his toys and food bowls.
- Give a heartworm medication that also controls roundworms, such as Sentinel.
- If you are using an injectable heartworm prevention, talk to your vet about prophylactic deworming on a yearly or twice yearly basis.
Finally, although it is rare, T. canis can infect humans and cause serious eye, heart, lung and neurologic issues. Kids have a higher risk of becoming infected because transmission is via hand to mouth contact. Don't let kids play where dogs defecate and make sure to always wash hands before eating or after handling dog feces.


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"I love the texture of these pecan pie bars. Moist, chewy, nutty and seriously delicious!"
Um … can I please have a moment to tell you why these PECAN PIE BARS are totally AMAZING?? I promise it will only take a few minutes.
*You can eat pecan pie without a fork
*Easy to make
*Your kids will love them and change your name to " The GOAT" … bonus!
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*Moist and Chewy
*Nutty and Sweet
*Delicious and Perfect for Fall
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So without further adieu … check out this super delicious
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They are moist and chewy … rich and decadent … and full of pecans. Yum yum yum!
This recipe calls for a box cake mix. I'm one of those people who really love cooking from scratch sometimes … and really love cooking semi-homemade the rest of the time.
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Pecan Pie Bars
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 16
- 1 box yellow cake mix (reserve 2/3 cup for filling)
- 1 egg
- 1 stick butter, melted
Pecan Pie Filling
- 1.5 cups light corn syrup
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1.5 cups chopped pecans
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9″ x 13″ baking dish.
- Mix the crust ingredients together thoroughly in a medium mixing bowl using a fork.
- Press into the baking dish and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool while you make the filling.
Pecan Pie Filling
- Mix the filling ingredients together thoroughly in a medium mixing bowl using a spatula and pour over the cooled crust. (Don't forget the 2/3 cup of cake mix)
- Bake for 40-45 minutes.
- Cool completely before cutting into squares.
- Wrap individual bars in plastic wrap and store in the fridge.


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Becker County
Birchmere Resort
Birchmere Resort, Minnesota
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Tent camping is available
Game Room
Laundry Facilities
Bait and tackle
Activities: boating, fishing, paddle boats, jet-skiing, pool table, ping pong table, swimming and canoeing
I would never stay at a resort with owners as rude as Birchmere on Little Toad Lake. Says George Altberg (Sat, 10 Jul 2010)
Paddling a canoe is a good way to experience the landscape here; if you like comfort, there are good cabins here. You may go for a delightful swim at this campground, and you can go for a ride in a paddle boat. In the washing machine room you could wash
your garments, and this campground has a good swimming pool where you could go for a glorious dip.
You can get bait and tackle here, and in case you love jet skiing, this is an excellent spot for that. If you have a thing about
boating you're in luck, boating is glorious here; there are tent sites here where you can pitch a tent. Showers are offered at Birchmere Resort, and hope you enjoy fishing, the fishing is delightful .
There is a game room for keeping yourself entertained; there's a fun playground, so the young ones may have a great time. A magnificent game of billiards at the pool table is incredibly calming; ping pong is a splendid game, and naturally this campground has a ping pong table. Everyone likes an enjoyable tour to nearby Charlies Ottertail Tubing, and a visit to Glendalough State Park revitalizes the spirit. For all you bowlers, Cactus Sports Bar & Grill is an outstanding bowling alley
right next door to Birchmere Resort. You don't have to go far from Birchmere Resort to distinguish the water at Little Toad Lake Dam.
Holiday Inn DETROIT LAKES - LAKEFRONT, Detroit Lakes
12 miles away
Super 8 Perham, Perham
12 miles away
Best Western Premier The Lodge On Lake Detroit, Detroit Lakes
18 miles away
Best Western Plus Holland House, Detroit Lakes
19 miles away
Other campgrounds near Birchmere Resort, Minnesota:
Curley's On Cotton Lake, Rochert
, 6 miles away
Rose Shores Campground, Frazee
, 7 miles away
Tamarac Resort and Campground, Ponsford
, 9 miles away
Whispering Pines Resort, Perham
, 10 miles away
Buffalo Lake Campground, Rochert
, 12 miles away
Golden Eagle Campground, Perham
, 13 miles away
Waterfront Park, Wolf Lake
, 14 miles away
Treasured Bay Resort, Frazee
, 16 miles away
Forest Hills Golf and RV Resort, Detroit Lakes
, 17 miles away
Country Campground, Detroit Lakes
, 17 miles away
Public Lands near Birchmere Resort, Minnesota:
Glendalough State Park, Minnesota
, 26 miles away
Maplewood State Park, Minnesota
, 30 miles away
Itasca State Park, Minnesota
, 32 miles away
Trails near Birchmere Resort, Minnesota:
Little Scenic Trail, Becker County
, 19 miles away
Golf Courses Near Birchmere Resort, Minnesota:
Frazee Golf Course, Frazee
, 10 miles away
Perham Lakeside Golf Club, Perham
, 11 miles away
Maple Hills Golf Club, Frazee
, 15 miles away
Three Bears Country Club, Ogema
, 16 miles away
Ironman Golf Course, Detroit Lakes
, 20 miles away
Lakes Near Birchmere Resort, Minnesota:
Silver Lake, Otter Tail County
, 10 miles away
Elbow Lake, Becker County
, 14 miles away
Boedigheimer Lake, Otter Tail County
, 15 miles away
Rush Lake, Otter Tail County
, 17 miles away
Bad Medicine Lake, Becker County
, 17 miles away
Current weather conditions at Birchmere Resort, Minnesota
Local climate location: DETROIT LAKES 16 miles away
Outdoors Recreation Near Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the metro area neareast to Birchmere Resort. Find info on campgrounds, marinas, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater, golf courses and more.
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Complete list of all campgrounds in Minnesota
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There were brewery assembly line workers, pioneers on the prairie and plenty of detectives in the spring of 1978, but it was hard to find a rich person in prime time.
The closest thing to a millionaire was Ricardo Montalban as a mysterious resort owner on "Fantasy Island," or the voice of John Forsythe, the never-seen boss on "Charlie's Angels." The title of "The Six Million Dollar Man" referred to a government line-item expense, not the hero's net worth.
That was way back when Jimmy Carter was president, inflation was edging upward, the Amoco Cadiz oil spill was still blackening the shores of Brittany, and the three broadcast networks offered a steady flow of mirth and good intentions. "Laverne & Shirley" and "Three's Company" were top-rated comedies, and "Charlie's Angels" and "Little House on the Prairie" were the most popular dramas on television.
And that's why so many almanacs and timelines list the premiere of "Dallas" on CBS on April 2, 1978, as a cultural turning point. It's hard sometimes to remember how different that show was: a daytime soap opera refashioned for night, where family, envy, sex, greed and oil money roiled a Texas ranch called Southfork. By the time it finally shut down in 1991, "Dallas" was almost willfully a joke, but it wasn't so campy at first, and it was certainly addictive. There wasn't much to watch back then, and nothing else on television was anywhere as racy.
A spinoff, "Knots Landing," came soon after, then "Falcon Crest" and "Dynasty," but "Dallas" was the first and the most subversive.
It was "Dallas" that broke the rules by focusing on the rich, and in particular a slimy, villainous hero, J. R. Ewing, played by Larry Hagman, and his neglected, self-pitying wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), who wore expensive clothes and, swirling a heavy glass tumbler, drank too much.Continue reading the main story
On Wednesday TNT begins a resurrected "Dallas" that doesn't meet expectations, let alone defy them. This version is palely faithful to the original without any of its seditious zest.
Following a time-honored telenovela subplot, this "Dallas" is the true heir who comes home to find he has been displaced by a snazzier impostor. "Revenge," on ABC, which is a modern-day "Dallas" or "Dynasty" set in the Hamptons, keeps a straight face as it wallows in soapy suspense and arch satire.
"Dallas" is a look at a new generation of Ewings that feels old and even stodgy.
Most of the principals, except Victoria Principal, are back: Mr. Hagman as an older but still treacherous J. R.; Patrick Duffy as the virtuous Bobby Ewing; and Ms. Gray as Sue Ellen, now sober and civic-minded.
Seeing those artfully preserved faces is fun for a while, but all three actors seem needlessly limited to the most narrow interpretations of their old roles. Mr. Hagman, whose snowy white eyebrows twist upward like the tip of a handlebar mustache, is all bad, all the time, without the mitigating insecurities and vestigial family loyalties that made J. R. stand out in the first place.
The younger Ewings have polished, generic good looks without distinguishing marks on their faces — or their personalities.
The one hilarious element is the effort to update the story. The writers have reconstituted the feuds of the second generation of Ewings as an allegory about clean energy versus fossil fuels: Bobby's sweet, well-meaning son, Christopher (Jesse Metcalfe), has turned his back on drilling and wants to develop methane hydrates as an energy source. He spends a lot of time on Skype with Chinese scientists. "I know that I can make Ewing Alternative Energies the next Exxon," he tells his proud father.
J. R.'s son, John Ross (Josh Henderson), is of course a fracking maniac who wants to drill all over Southfork and will scheme, lie and connive to get his way. The two cousins clash over women as well, particularly Elena (Jordana Brewster), the beautiful, oil-minded daughter of the family's longtime cook.
The opening theme music is the same (minus the early syncopated underbeat that gave Texas a bit of "Super Fly" sass). The camera once again skirts the Dallas skyline and swoops down over the Southfork ranch house, which once looked imposing but by today's standards of wealth — adjusted for oligarchs and hedge fund managers — looks quite modest.
In 1978 the Texas economy was booming, while the rest of the country was still struggling. Rich Texans were loud, proud, vulgar, exotic and extravagant. (The Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog that year offered a $600 all-chocolate Monopoly game.) There is still plenty of money in Texas, but attention, and wasteful extravagance, have shifted elsewhere, to Internet moguls, billionaires, Wall Street bond traders and Russian tycoons. They are the ones buying Park Avenue mansions, basketball teams and art.
Texans used to be big hat; now they are old hat. So, unfortunately, is "Dallas."Continue reading the main story


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We're all the time eager to get more from our laptop computer battery, allowing us to work that little bit longer on the street without needing to search out an influence socket. Be sure you have your information backed as much as one other location – both a conveyable hard drive or a cloud service. In Windows 10 , search for "Defragment and Optimize Drive" to find it. Observe: Don't defragment a stable-state drive (SSD), as it would cut back the drive's usable life.
-Battery Upkeep: Leaving a laptop plugged in after the battery is absolutely charged will cut back the general lifetime of the battery. That's not to say they cannot be quick, however you will sometimes find a non-Ultrabook clamshell laptop with an HD display screen and spinning drive-primarily based storage for less than $600 or £400.
That stated, in many laptop computer models, as soon as the battery is a hundred% charged, it's going to lower off the power provide to the battery, so keeping it charging is redundant after that point, and won't harm the battery in most cases. One of the best defense against ransomware is frequent backups and powerful safety software program , but Windows 10 now consists of basic protection right in your working system.
With a laptop backpack, it is a lot more convenient to carry your notebook in your back and it is also a lot less obtrusive too – in the event you carry a laptop briefcase, you are mainly saying hey, have a look at me, I'm packing thousands of dollars of hardware." You in all probability won't get mugged, however you are going to have a tough time getting rid of touts since you'll have a big neon dollar sign floating over your head.
If having a protracted-lasting battery issues extra to you than outright energy, however you want extra grunt than a Y-Sequence processor can present, a U chip could possibly be best for you. While you're utilizing your laptop computer on battery energy, Home windows exhibits your battery degree in the taskbar.
Decide up or hold your laptop by the display screen, or scratch, twist, hit, or push the floor of the display. Most funds and mainstream laptops have 1366 x 768 displays, however in the event you can afford it, we recommend paying further for a panel that runs at 1920 x 1080, also referred to as full HD or 1080p.
Then you'll want top-of-the-line gaming laptops These machines usually value from $800 or £600 to upwards of $three,000 or £2,800 and so they'll seemingly be those to reap the benefits of AMD's laptop computer-grade Ryzen processors first. There is nothing extra annoying than a laptop computer with a low-rated battery life.
Because of the constraints positioned on them by the laptop's physical size, laptop keyboards are usually more different than desktop models. HowToGeek says lower screen brightness settings helps save laptop computer battery power, because the show is a significant drain on most devices.
The very top end model has a 4K colour-correct show which makes it good for graphic design, and gaming performance is first rate as long as you play at either a decrease resolution or on medium settings. By eliminating unnecessary power uses, it is best to be capable of prolong the life of your battery in those moments that you find yourself high and dry.
When a computer begins to run out of memory, it makes use of the hard drive as digital reminiscence, which considerably will increase the quantity of heat the laptop computer places out. The 2-in-1s generally are available in two different kinds: detachables with screens that come off the keyboard completely and versatile laptops with hinges that bend back 360 degrees to vary modes.
On Windows machines, click on the battery icon within the Home windows taskbar, then toggle your battery settings from Balanced" to Power Saver." On a MacBook, you possibly can entry the Power Saver settings by clicking the battery icon in your high toolbar or by way of System Preferences -> Energy Saver.
Nevertheless, be careful for laptops that seem really low-cost, it's normally as a result of they have old processors inside them corresponding to a Pentium. Home windows Vista has constructed-in safety tools that focus on laptop safety. What's extra, it is similar to the opposite 2-in-1 laptops in this list in that it can become a pill – you may select whether or to not take the keyboard with you.
That is confusing, as laptop computer buyers looking at specification sheets will see Core i7 processors with clock speeds as low as 1.3GHz all the way in which up to three.5GHz, making it arduous to inform should you're shopping for a processing powerhouse or a light-weight web shopping machine for street warriors.
In late July, U.S. Homeland Safety ended its controversial four-month ban on passengers carrying laptops onboard America-sure flights from certain airports within the Middle East and North Africa. Observe these tricks to make your laptop battery final longer.


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Rucker, Rudy.
Turing & Burroughs
. Los Gatos, CA: Transreal Books, 2012. ISBN 978-0-9858272-3-6.
The enigmatic death of
Alan Turing
has long haunted those who inquire into the life of this pioneer of computer science. Forensic tests established cyanide poisoning as the cause of his death, and the inquest ruled it suicide by eating a cyanide-laced apple. But the partially-eaten apple was never tested for cyanide, and Turing's mother, among other people close to him, believed the death an accident, due to ingestion of cyanide fumes from an experiment in gold plating he was known to be conducting. Still others pointed out that Turing, from his wartime work at
Bletchley Park
, knew all the deepest secrets of Britain's wartime work in cryptanalysis, and having been shamefully persecuted by the government for his homosexuality, might have been considered a security risk and targeted to be silenced by dark forces of the state.
This is the point of departure for this delightful alternative history romp set in the middle of the 1950s. In the novel, Turing is presumed to have gotten much further with his work on
biological morphogenesis
than history records. So far, in fact, that when agents from Her Majesty's spook shop botch an assassination attempt and kill his lover instead, he is able to swap faces with him and flee the country to the anything-goes international zone of Tangier.
There, he pursues his biological research, hoping to create a perfect undifferentiated tissue which can transform itself into any structure or form. He makes the acquaintance of novelist
William S. Burroughs
, who found in Tangier's demimonde a refuge from the scandal of the death of his wife in Mexico and his drug addiction. Turing eventually succeeds, creating a lifeform dubbed the "skug", and
with it, becoming a
. He quickly discovers that his endosymbiont has not only dramatically increased his intelligence, but also made him a shape-shifter—given the slightest bit of DNA, a skugger can perfectly imitate its source.
And not just that…. As Turing discovers when he recruits Burroughs to skugdom, skuggers are able to enskug others by transferring a fragment of skug tissue to them; they can
, exchanging "
" (memories and acquired characteristics); and they are telepathic among one another, albeit with limited range. Burroughs, whose explorations of pharmaceutical enlightenment had been in part motivated by a search for telepathy (which he called TP), found he rather liked being a skugger and viewed it as the next step in his personal journey.
But Turing's escape from Britain failed to completely cover his tracks, and indiscretions in Tangier brought him back into the crosshairs of the silencers. Shape-shifting into another identity, he boards a tramp steamer to America, where he embarks upon a series of adventures, eventually joined by Burroughs and
Allen Ginsberg
on the road
from Florida to Los Alamos, New Mexico, Burroughs's childhood stomping grounds, where
Stanislaw Ulam
, co-inventor of the hydrogen bomb and, like Turing, fascinated with how simple computational systems such as
cellular automata
can mimic the gnarly processes of biology, has been enlisted to put an end to the "skugger menace"—perhaps a greater threat than the international communist conspiracy.
Using his skugger wiles, Turing infiltrates Los Alamos and makes contact, both physically and intellectually, with Ulam, and learns the details of the planned assault on the skugs and vows to do something about it—but what? His human part pulls him one way and his skug another.
The 1950s are often thought of as a sterile decade, characterised by conformity and paranoia. And yet, if you look beneath the surface, the seeds of everything that happened in the sixties were sown in those years. They may have initially fallen upon barren ground, but like the skug, they were preternaturally fertile and, once germinated, spread at a prodigious rate.
In the fifties, the consensus culture bifurcated into straights and beats, the latter of which Burroughs and Ginsberg were harbingers and rôle models for the emerging dissident subculture. The straights must have viewed the beats as alien—almost possessed: why else would they reject the bounty of the most prosperous society in human history which had, just a decade before, definitively defeated evil incarnate? And certainly the beats must have seen the grey uniformity surrounding them as also a kind of possession, negating the human potential in favour of a cookie-cutter existence, where mindless consumption tried to numb the anomie of a barren suburban life. This mutual distrust and paranoia was to fuel such dystopian visions as
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
, with each subculture seeing the other as pod people.
In this novel, Rucker immerses the reader in the beat milieu, with the added twist that here they
really are
pod people, and loving it. No doubt the beats considered themselves superior to the straights. But what if they
actually were
? How would the straights react, and how would a shape-shifting, telepathic, field-upgradable counterculture respond?
Among the many treats awaiting the reader is the author's meticulous use of British idioms when describing Turing's thoughts and Burroughs's idiosyncratic grammar in the letters in his hand which appear here.
This novel engages the reader to such an extent that it's easy to overlook the extensive research that went into making it authentic, not just superficially, but in depth. Readers interested in what goes into a book like this will find the author's
background notes
(PDF) fascinating—they are almost as long as the novel. I wouldn't, however, read them before finishing the book, as spoilers lurk therein.
Kindle edition
is available either from Amazon or
directly from the publisher
, where an EPUB edition is also available (with other formats forthcoming).
September 2012
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The Hudson Highlands String Quartet will perform Wednesday in Trinity College Chapel.
Heather Ewing, associate carillonneur at Washington Cathedral in Washington, D.C., will perform a carillon recital at 7 p.m. on the Trinity College carillon.
The concert is free and open to the public. Seating will be outdoors on the College Quadrangle. Audience members are invited to bring chairs or blankets.
It is part of the 20th annual Summer Chamber Music Series.