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Gumby and I saw the movie "Eat Pray Love" yesterday. Gumby thoroughly enjoyed it. I could take it or leave it. I saw "Sense and Sensibility" not too long ago and was thoroughly mesmerized by that movie ... "Eat Pray Love" does not measure up to it. Maybe I'm just too critical about the overall concept in the first place, and desired more "heroism" in the movie.
not much of a movie
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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putting a cabinet together
Sunday, August 22, 2010
I've put a lot of stuff together, but this one was a doozy. Now I'm tired.
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new jeans
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
If you've followed by blog for a while (I mean a reeeally long while), you might recall that I have difficulty finding blue jean pants that fit my specifications. I like them plain, straight leg, no stretch, and preferably of good weight. The pair that I last purchased at a brick-n-mortar store was one size too large. I've sported the baggy look for some years now and I've gotten comfy with those jeans. But they're wearing out. Some days I do wish they weren't baggy around my hips but overall they're comfortable.
Being that it's back-to-school time, jeans are among the items on sale and thought I ought to take advantage of the sale. The other day, I went to the same store where I previously got my jeans and again was unable to find the right fit. So once more I bought one size larger. They will require a belt; but they don't look all that baggy. We'll see how that works out ... they have some stretch to them.
Today I went to Old Navy and bought two skinny jeans. Yeah, I backed off on the "no stretch" requirement. Seems I had to give that up to get any jeans at all. I tried on two different styles and discovered that "low rise" means "I want to show the public my butt crack." So I opted for the classic rise instead. And since the jeans fit reasonably, I just went ahead and got a second one since there wasn't another style suitable. Actually, Gumby insisted that I get the second one. Else I'd be perfectly content to walk out with just one. They fit snug around my legs but a little loose around my butt and hips ... apparently I don't have much butt. I like a slightly loose fit anyways.
I think it was the 80's when they had "tapered" leg jeans. Those were pretty much the same as "skinny" jeans, except in those days they hadn't made the jeans stretchy yet. So if you had tight jeans, they were indeed tight.
On leaving the parking lot, I saw skinny jeans in action on a young guy and it looked good on him. And I also saw it on a woman; except that on her, due to her shape the skinny jeans made her legs look like chicken legs on that body. Folks, you might want to watch out for the "chicken legs" effect.
Perhaps one day the classic blue jeans will return. Just a little loose, of good weight, plain, no stretch, deep pockets, straight legs, uniform in color (not pre-faded) -- built for working in.
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just what's going on
Monday, August 16, 2010
I'm hoping to do product development. The product would be me. I've applied for financial aid for education. Awaiting verdict. If all goes well, classes start at end of September, and after about 5 months, I'd have a set of skills to market.
We've been to a vigil service yesterday and a funeral mass today. They were both beautiful. We're exhausted.
It's been crazy hot here in Texas. Awaiting reprieve from the heat and looking forward to the forecasted rain.
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TV shows I like
Friday, August 06, 2010
I don't watch much TV. I don't even watch the news with any regularity, which I think is not good. But there is a show which I have yet to miss an episode: Friday Night Lights (on NBC). Odd, since a football theme wouldn't attract me. But Gumby watches it, and once I saw it I was hooked. It's not about football. It's about ordinary people just living the card they're dealt.
Another show which I like is Brothers and Sisters (on ABC). Sally Fields ... need I say more? Also has Rachel Griffiths, who is new to me but apparently is another award-winning actress. I like her. Waiting for it to come back in the fall.
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Women Religious vs. the Vatican
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Ouch. There seems to be a battle between some women religious and "the Vatican."
I repeat that I don't understand the issues. But on the surface, any battle against "the Vatican" just feels wrong. At minimum, it is a house divided.
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. (Luke 12:51-53)Perhaps it is very good indeed that I have not been able to join a religious order. Let's see how all this boils over.
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grass jelly drink
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Today I tried:
Chin Chin Grass Jelly Drink, Lychee flavor
Yes, it actually has dark jelly floating in it. Tastes okay, somewhat like a mild tea with a touch of sweetness. You'll want to drink the liquid with the jelly; jelly itself doesn't have much flavor. Unfortunately, I didn't keep the can, since the dark jelly makes the can look yucky. But I think it has less sugar and less sodium than Sprite and Schweppes Ginger Ale.
Sprite sugar: 38g (per 12 oz. can)
Ginger Ale sugar: 32g (per 12 oz. can)
grass jelly drink sugar: 28.6 (per 11 oz. can)
Sprite sodium: 65mg (per 12 oz. can)
Ginger Ale sodium: 60mg (per 12 oz. can)
grass jelly drink sodium: 59.8mg (per 11 oz. can)
I do believe it is devoid of nutritional content.
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Masterful thriller: Shannon shows gifts in 'Take Shelter'
Here is a frightening thriller based not on special effects gimmicks but on a dread that seems quietly spreading in the land: that the good days are ending, and climate changes or other sinister forces will sweep away our safety. It takes place in a quiet Ohio countryside with big skies and flat horizons, and involves a happy family whose life seems contented.
It is the gift of the actor Michael Shannon, however, that while appearing to be a stable husband and father with a good job in construction, he can also evoke by his eyes and manner a deep unease. Curtis LaForche has what he needs to be happy. He fears he will lose it. His dreams begin to be visited by unusually vivid nightmares: The family dog attacks him, for example, or storms destroy his home.
To the puzzlement of his wife, Samantha (Jessica Chastain), and their hearing-impaired daughter, Hannah (Tova Stewart), he builds a pen in the backyard for the dog, which had been living peacefully indoors. The storm dreams are not so easily managed. Ominous black clouds gather, their heavy raindrops brown and oily, and so subtle is the direction of Jeff Nichols that some of this poisoned rain seems to be real, not imaginary. They live on the outskirts of town, in an area that is swept from time to time with tornados. Full review.

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My first session on Sunday covered material that I was pretty familiar with, the Pew Forum's Religion in Prisons survey, a groundbreaking work that gave some key data points concerning minority religions in prison that before we had only speculated on. You can read my initial analysis of that data, here, and Pagan chaplain Patrick McCollum's views on the survey, here. This special topics forum featured two researchers who worked on the Pew survey, and chaplains with direct experience either in prison chaplaincy, or working with minority religions.
Patrick McCollum's initial comments seemed to set the tone for much of the panel, and the questions that followed, when he talked about the "dominant religion lens" that Christians view minority religions, particularly in prison. Many working prison chaplains had some very critical things to say about how the data might be skewed by the opinions of a predominantly conservative and Christian chaplaincy body. From what I've heard, Pew is very interested in doing a follow-up study on religion in prisons, something I welcome. The role of a Pagan, McCollum, in shaping this discussion shows just how vital we've become in this process.
After that forum, I attended the second Contemporary Pagan Studies panel entitled "Sex, Metaphor, and Sacrifice in Contemporary Paganism," which featured very diverse papers from Jone Salomonsen on the religious writings of Oslo mass-murderer Anders Breivik, which fused Christian and Pagan elements, Jefferson Calico, on how the Heathen mead hall operates as a central metaphor for interaction between the gods and humanity, and most interesting, Jason Winslade's "When Pan Met Babalon: Challenging Sex Roles at a Thelemic/Pagan Festival."
"Concentrating on ritual performances around the bonfire at Babalon Rising, a yearly festival in Indiana whose attendees follow a mix of Paganism and Thelema, the teachings of Victorian magician Aleister Crowley, this paper will demonstrate how participants grapple with challenging sexual roles, manifested in their dances and their ritual play as deities from Crowley's mythos. Chief among these is his version of the Pagan god Pan who, at Babalon Rising, engages with participants, intentionally pushing boundaries, and creating a setting for festival goers to more freely explore these issues. What results is a messy mix of progressive and regressive attitudes towards sexuality as a metaphor and a vehicle for transformation that potentially challenges essentialist notions of gender and sex in contemporary magickal practice."
Winslade gave an engaging and interesting presentation, and while this panel seemed not a thematically cohesive as advertised, all the subjects covered were certainly important and fascinating.
The final Contemporary Pagan Studies session I attended was on Monday morning, and it was, by far, the most important and exciting of the weekend. Held as a joint session with the Indigenous Religious Traditions Group, "Contested Categories: Indigenous, Pagan, Authentic, and Legitimate" struck right at the heart of the some of the most vital questions modern Pagans face collectively. All the papers presented, from Koenraad Elst's exploration of The Gathering of Elders in India, to Sabina Magliocco's (author of "Witching Culture") examination of authenticity within modern Paganism (read by Chas Clifton since Sabina couldn't make it) pointed out the very real hurdles we'll collectively face as we decide how we'll define ourselves in the years to come. However, my two favorite paper presentations were Mary Hamner's "Middle-Class Vodou: Spirit Possession and Marginality in the United States," and Thad Horrell's "Becoming Indigenous in a Reconstructed Ancestral Tradition."
"This paper will investigate the contemporary Heathen project to create an indigenous identification accessible to White Americans, asking to what degree this project escapes the critiques leveled against other attempts to develop White indigenous identifications. Being rooted in European indigenousness rather than an appropriated American Indian indigenousness, does Heathenry escape the usual post/anti-colonial critiques commonly leveled at such projects? How are "indigenous Europeans" in the United States different from White "wannabe Indians?" What, if any, commonalities do they share? Are the differences sufficient to overcome the usual criticisms, to produce a more healthy and respectful cognitive relation between White Americans and American Indians? Or, do contemporary Heathen claims of indigenous identity continue to reify White racial conceptions of dominance over the racially-other Indian?"
I felt both of these papers were so compelling that I spoke with Mr. Horrell and Ms. Hamner after the session about presenting their research here at The Wild Hunt. Both seemed open to the idea, and I hope that this will not only expand the coverage of Contemporary Pagan Studies at the AAR Annual Meeting, but introduce productive dialog on issues that have provoked a lot of debate among modern Pagans. So stay tuned!
Once I get home later today I hope to start a longer rumination about the important conversations that happen between the panels and presentations, how the AAR Annual Meeting provides fertile soil for future collaboration and helps sustain Contemporary Pagan Studies. Conferences are often about who you meet, who you connect with, as much as the paper you present. As I said before, Pagan scholars are like a microcosm of the Pagan community as a whole: diverse thoughts, theories, and ideas debating, interacting, and spinning off into new directions. Interactions that could provide a road-map for the larger community to move forward. I feel lucky to have been a small part of these discussions, and to have attended these sessions.
I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to the campaign to send me to AAR, including the underwriters who joined us during that time: A Modern Druid, Assembly of the Sacred Wheel,Brotherhood of the Phoenix, Egregores, Ix Chel Wellness, Mill Creek Seminary, Solar Cross Temple,Stone City Pagan Sanctuary, Teo Bishop, The Summerlands, Urania's Well, and Wiccanwoman. Thank you. You make this possible.


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Rodent Exclusion – Cleburne Tx
Did you know a rat can get in a hole the size of a quarter and a mouse can get in a hole the size of a dime. Rodents gather all types of material such as paper, leaves, cotton and many other things to make a nest. It is typically in a darker or out of the way area. Rodents can spread disease. They can ruin many types of things. Rodents may urinate on things. When running along things they may leave a grease mark which is sometimes referred to as a swing mark.


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Tuesday 9 April | 3:15pm
Janina Konia
Janina Konia (Ngāi Tahu, Ngā Puhi) is a Mana Whenua Education Facilitator with Mātauraka Mahaanui. Mātauraka Mahaanui guides education renewal and represents collective 'mana whenua' – Papatipu Rūnanga and Ngāi Tahu interests. She supports learning communities to grow their focus on building authentic engagement and sustainable relations with iwi, hapū and whānau, accelerating Māori language provision and enhancing Māori learner wellbeing and achievement across Waitaha. Janina is involved with the Grow Waitaha programme involving 150 schools across Waitaha. Formerly a teacher at secondary level, Janina has also worked as a Māori art educator for City Gallery Wellington, which then saw her move to teaching positions in Seoul, South Korea. As a parent and an educational practitioner, positive experiences for Māori students and Māori success are a high priority. With whakapapa to Rāpaki, one of the three manawhenua rūnanga, Janina has a special insight into the particular educational needs of Māori and inherently carries Ngāi Tahutanga with her in day to day life.
Tuesday 9 April | 3:15pm
'Mā te iwi, me te iwi, mō te oranga o te katoa' - Engaging iwi, hapū, whānau
What is it that our communities want for their tamariki, for our tamariki? We are a community – a hapori made up of iwi, hapū and whānau. We must aim for quality relationships with our children, our parents, our colleagues and other agencies.
Community consultation enables schools to understand how their community view learner success. Learner success suggests positive practices and experiences that support the Wellbeing of the whole person.
Communities want their schools to be places where all students, their whānau, hapū and iwi are safe and flourishing, successfully learning as themselves. This means focusing on both the individual and the collective needs of the learner, placing those necessities at the centre and adapting systems and pedagogies to suit.
So how do we engage with our communities in order to build high quality relationships and grow productive partnerships for the success and wellbeing of all? This presentation will discuss these fundamental elements and will also provide achievable strategies for schools to support positive education initiatives with an emphasis on sustainable community engagement.
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October 11, 2013
Vero Beach, FL
John Joseph Connolly of Vero Beach, FL formerly of East Haven, CT and West Roxbury, MA entered into eternal rest on October 11, 2013. He was 89 years old.
John served in the United States Army and the Navy. He worked for Amtrak Railroad for 49 years and was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Local #77.
He was beloved husband of the late Barbara Ellen (Dacey); devoted father of Barbara (Connolly) Ryan of Allentown, PA, Stephen A. Connolly of Vero Beach, FL, and Justin T. Connolly of Newburgh, NY; grandfather of six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; brother of Mary Cullinane of West Roxbury, Anne Houhoulis of Avon, Patricia Burke of West Roxbury and the late Ellen Halkyard and Kathleen Mahoney.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 am., Saturday, October 19th from the William J. Gormley Funeral Home, 2055 Centre St., West Roxbury, MA followed by a Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Theresa's Church. Visiting hours will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday. Relatives and friends are invited. Interment will be at St. Joseph Cemetery.
Memorial contributions are welcome at the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.
William J. Gormley Funeral Service; for directions and guestbook visit www.gormleyfuneral.com or call 617-323-8600.


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Policy Wonks
About Policy Wonks[edit]
The Policy Wonks are a Noisebridge committee dedicated to greasing the wheels of Noisebridge's vast administration, and cutting through red tape. We're here to tidy up policy matters, and make Noisebridge's structure easier to understand and navigate. We're the secret cabal that does this tedious work in the shadows so that you don't have to put up with it at weekly meetings.
The current members of the Policy Wonks committee are:
- Kelly, Noisebridge's treasurer
- Snail, a facist board member
- Tom, he's just this guy, you know.
If you want to join the Policy Wonks help us out, or keep us honest, please join the mailing list, and introduce yourself. You can watch this page to see when we meet next; we also send iCal-style invites to the mailing list, and post our next meeting on the [Noisebridge#Upcoming_Events front page].
This page contains the agenda for the next meeting of the Wonks, and the tasks that we have to do by then. If you have something to add to the agenda, please do so here. Previous meeting agendas, tasks, and notes are at Policy/Past_Meetings. We use a Riseup etherpad as a back-channel during meetings.
Next Meeting[edit]
March 5 2012, 1930h; Noisebridge, Turing Meeting Room
Agreed items:
- Agree who is going to edit the wiki pages.
- Copy this agenda to the etherpad for group contribution.
- Agree on our next meeting time/place, post to the [Noisebridge#Upcoming_Events front page] and NB calendar, and invite policy@lists.
- Note the attendees of this meeting.
- Note any items of agreement.
- Add any proposed consensus items to next week's meeting notes.
- Review proposed philosophies
- Kelly: describe harm-minimization bylaws
- Snail: describe hands-off bylaws
- Tom: describe utopian by-laws
Not a Manifesto[edit]
A tiny manifesto found in "Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology" by David Graeber. This is not the manifesto of the Wonks, but it does warn against things we should avoid.
The notion of "policy" presumes a state or
governing apparatus which imposes its will on
others. "Policy" is the negation of politics; policy is
by definition something concocted by some form of
elite, which presumes it knows better than others
how their affairs are to be conducted. By partici-
pating in policy debates the very best one can
achieve is to limit the damage, since the very
premise is inimical to the idea of people managing
their own affairs.
Our current big project is updating and rewriting Noisebridge's bylaws so that they better represent our ethos. We have a GitHub repository for managing the changes that we're going to propose. If you'd like to help us out, please file issues, fork the repo, and send us pull requests! If you don't know how to use Git or GitHub, please read the man pages, ask one of use directly, or email the list.


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A Jekyll-and-Hyde story about a dying, tubercular woman transformed into a nearly indestructible, power-hungry vamp, She Devil features a memorable performance by uniquely sultry Mari Blanchard, heretofore best remembered as the Queen of Venus in Abbott & Costello Go to Mars (1953).
She Devil (not "She-Devil") was a Regal Films production in Regalscope, which were in fact trade names given 20th Century-Fox's lesser B movies of the late-1950s, with Regalscope christened as not to sully the CinemaScope trademark. Olive's Blu-ray of She Devil has quite a few attention-grabbing negative scratches, particularly during the first reel, and a lot of speckling throughout, but also appears drawn from the original camera negative. It's super-sharp with strong blacks and good contrast, to my way of thinking a more than reasonable trade-off.
Dr. Dan Scott (Jack Kelly, pre-Maverick) has developed "a cure-all serum derived from insects," specifically the fruit fly. With it he's cured tubercular guinea pigs, a cat with a broken back, a rabid dog, and a leopard with a "groin injury." The still-grouchy leopard and his coat have inexplicably turned black. Scott is eager to test his serum on humans but his mentor, Dr. Richard Bach (Albert Dekker, Kiss Me Deadly and former Dr. Cyclops), isn't so sure.
After a cursory glance at the Hippocratic Oath, Bach reluctantly agrees to let Scott test his serum on Kyra Zelas (Mari Blanchard), a charity case dying of end-stage tuberculosis. (She's still glamorous, however, sporting false eyelashes and lipstick.) A miraculous recovery follows. However, when Dr. Scott tries to extract a blood sample the needle has trouble penetrating her skin which immediately heals afterwards.
Wanting to keep their grateful patient under observation, Scott and Bach, the former by this time already madly in love with her, invite Kyra to stay at the large home they share, though Bach's maid (Marie Blake/Blossom Rock, later Grandmama on The Addams Family) clucks with disapproval.
En route, Kyra stops off at a pricey Beverly Hills dress shop, where out of nowhere she suddenly demands an elderly Sugar Daddy (Paul Cavanagh) hand over the wad of cash he was hoping to spend on his young girlfriend. There's a struggle and she hits him over the head with a glass ashtray. The police arrive instantly - this is Beverly Hills, remember, not South Central L.A. - and there's a search for Kyra, who's disappeared into a dressing room. She changes into a dress she finds there and, in the heat of the moment, the brunette Kyra suddenly becomes a platinum blonde. (Cinematographer Karl Struss employees the same colored-filtered technique he used in the 1932 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It's very effective, if rather silly.) Unrecognized, she casually departs.
At a party to drum up funding for Dr. Bach's hospital, Kyra sets her sights on wealthy - and very married - outdoorsman Barton Kendall (Destination Moon's John Archer), a shameless philanderer. Changing back into a brunette, Kyra strangles Kendall's unhappy wife (Fay Baker), then just as Mrs. Kendall's corpse is discovered, returns to the party as a blonde. Only Drs. Scott and Bach are quick to catch on to Kyra's scheming, hoping to operate on her - And do what, exactly? - before she commits any additional murders.
The movie is a fairly faithful adaptation of Stanley G. Weinbaum's short story "The Adaptive Ultimate," written under the pen name John Jessel. It had been dramatized previously, first on radio, then as episodes of Studio One, Tales of Tomorrow, and Science Fiction Theatre, all within a few years of one another. One assumes it was so frequently filmed because it could be done cheaply and easily, not because it was especially good. Indeed, some of the goofiest concepts in the movie originate in the short story.
One such example is Dr. Bach's epiphany as to how Kyra might be destroyed. "No human being can live in its own waste products!" he declares. What he means to say is that she might be smothered into unconsciousness with carbon dioxide, but not before the movie audience has visions of Kyra drowning in her own feces.
The filmmakers don't seem to have realized just how ludicrous much of the dialogue is. When Kyra first appears before Dr. Scott as a platinum blonde, for instance, the young man is overwhelmed: "I've never seen such natural luster!" There are also unintentional double-entendres, especially in scenes where Scott and Bach discuss how Kyra's newfound aggressiveness is the result of over-stimulation now that she's thinking with her pineal gland.
Some have described this as a proto-feminist sci-fi film, but that's not particularly flattering to feminists. Genre historian Tom Weaver more accurately describes She Devil as a kind of delirious Pygmalion/My Fair Lady, a connection even the filmmakers were perhaps clumsily trying to make. For no clear reason one scene has Kyra listening to classical music while voraciously reading books in Bach's vast library, hoping to reinvent herself as more cultured and lady-like.
Bill Warren, in his exhaustive, indispensible Keep Watching the Skies!, expressed disappointment in Blanchard's casting, calling her "a tepid actress" and suggesting Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes, or Susan Cabot would have been better in the role. But it's doubtful any of them could have risen above the material, though I confess I'd have liked to have seen the gorgeous and underrated Hayes give it a whirl. But Blanchard more than seizes the day, sashaying about seductively, batting those false eyelashes. It's a memorable performance.
The bulk of Blanchard's movie career was confined to a dozen years from the late 1940s through the early '60s, her last film being McLintock! (1963). She did a lot of TV after 1958 but slowed down considerably after 1964, battling cancer before passing in 1970 at the too-young age of 43.
Her facial features - large, wide-set eyes; big, high cheekbones but a weak chin and small mouth - are so distinctive it's hard to swallow that a mere change in hair color would render her completely unrecognizable, especially since the hair style itself doesn't change.
Video & Audio
As noted above, there's a trade-off in the 2.35:1 image, picture-wise. On one hand there's speckling and negative scratches galore, particularly during the entire first reel where one vertical line runs almost dead center in the frame, with four others off on the right side. That's mildly distracting but the image otherwise is so impressively sharp and rich the rest of the time that it more than compensates and overall the presentation is excellent. The mono audio (English only, no subtitles) is more than adequate but, alas, no Extra Features.
Parting Thoughts
For fans of '50s sci-fi pictures and lovers of high camp, She Devil comes Highly Recommended, in part because its transfer is so strong, negative scratches notwithstanding. And that natural luster!
Stuart Galbraith IV is a Kyoto-based film historian whose work includes film history books, DVD and Blu-ray audio commentaries and special features. Visit Stuart's Cine Blogarama here.


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2. When you are adding two matrices together, you add similar elements together and place them in a new matrix. Because of this, you need to have matrices with identical sizes. Create a Matrix class, with methods such as add(Matrix a), subtract(Matrix a) and multiplyScalar(double n).
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The H10 Panorama Hotel is located in Havana's posh Miramar embassy zone, combining a modern four star residence with a conference centre for international business meetings.
It is just 25 minutes drive from the international airport. Amongst the many facilities there is the main buffet restaurant plus German and Italian specialty restaurants.
The Hotel Panorama has 317 comfortable, modern rooms and has views to the sea and city. Of these 4 rooms have facilities for the physically handicapped.
The Panorama Hotel is located in Havana; a city pulsating with the rhythms of the Caribbean and the magic of pre & post revolutionary Cuba. This city is where tradition and the pace of contemporary life meet, where grand, colonial buildings stand beside modern architectural creations.
Hotel H-10 Panorama was previously Hotel Be Live Panorama, Hotel Oasis Panorama, Hotel Gaviota Panorama, Hotel Maritim Panorama, and originally Hotel LTI Panorama.
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Reviewed on 20 Mar 2010 by Antonio A from United Kingdom
It was an excellent stay. The hotel staff was veru helpful and attentive and the rooms were clean and nicely furnished. Breakfast was excellent, very diverse and plenty of fresh fruits to choose with staff standing to take care of any of our requests!
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Business centre
Car rental desk
Children's swimming pool
Conference halls & rooms
Daytime activities programme
Disabled facilities
Elevators / lifts
Evening entertainment - cabarets
Field sports
Golf course - 18 holes nearby
Gym & fitness centre
Health & Beauty salon
International cuisine
Internet on hotel's PCs
Laundry & Ironing Service
Lobby bar
Mastercard & Visa (not USA bank issued) accepted
Modern building
Money exchange
Nightclub nearby
Nightclub, disco or dance hall
Poolside snack bar
Reception staff speak Spanish, English, French, German, Italian
Safety - smoke detectors, fire alarms, strobes, extinguishers, sprinklers
Safety - uniformed security personnel 24hrs
Shop(s) with basic supplies, souvenirs & gifts
Shops max 2min walk
Squash court
Swimming pool
Taxis desk
Telephone - national & international calls
Tennis court(s)
TV room/bar (international channels & videos)
The rooms are modern & decorated tastefully, either with 1 king size bed or 2 double beds.
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Lahore is the capital city of Punjab in Pakistan, and it's known as the cultural heart of the country. As the home of festivals, art, music, cuisine, and all sorts of attractions, Lahore is definitely a destination for all travellers.
Visit one of the oldest cities in the world at the Walled City of Lahore. Be impressed by the massive Lahore Fort, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Fall in love with the gorgeously tiled Wazir Khan Mosque. Feel the divine at the stunning Badshahi Mosque. Don't forget to see the nearby Minar-e-Pakistan and Hiran Minar light up at night.
Explore the city's history and culture with a trip to Lahore's 12 famous gates. Check out the historic buildings, markets, and fascinating streets at Delhi Gate. Get a taste of the local cuisine at the famous food spots of Lohari and Bhatti Gates. Don't miss the beautiful Roshnai Gate and be dazzled at night by the Gate of Lights.
Spend hours admiring the exhibits of the city's museums. You'll find collections of art, artefacts, costumes, and more at Lahore Museum. If you love art, then you should definitely stop by Shakir Ali Museum, where you can see the masterpieces of one of Pakistan's most influential artists.
Other Lahore museums worth your time are Fakir Khana Museum, Allama Iqbal Museum, the National Science Museum, and plenty of art galleries such as Lahore Gallery and Taseer Art Gallery. Taste the local cuisine too with a food trip in Lahore.
Make your own masterpiece by bringing your camera to Shalimar Gardens. Spend time with nature at Jallo Park, where you can also spend hours at destinations like Sozo Water Park, Joy Land, Sindbad, and Skyland Waterpark. Find the animals of Lahore at Changa Manga Forest and Wildlife Park too.
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NORMAN, OK. (Jan.3, 2017)—Mike and Tammy Hughes, owners of Signs Now Norman, located at 231 East Robinson, were recently named "Best of the Best" out of all of the Alliance Franchise Brands Signs Now locations across the United States, Canada and the U.K. Serving the Norman region since 1998, Signs Now continues to experience growth and success after nearly two decades in business.
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I've been contemplating what to do with my freebies lately. I've been discouraged by the ratio of downloads to comments but that is nothing new and from speaking with some other designers on Twitter it seems that I get many more than most. I thought that 5% of people thanking someone for a freebie was pretty sad until I heard that another designer exceed 1000 downloads and received about a dozen comments. Really? That's pretty sad. I've also been informed by my loyal readers of several TOU violations regarding my CU freebies. All I ever asked for was credit and evidently for some that was even too much to ask. The violation is generally rectified after I email the designer and is an oversight. But it's still frustrating.
In light of all this I thought about what to do. I really enjoy designing freebies and I really appreciate those who thank me every single day. (You know who you are! I love you guys!) I didn't want to take the blog down and punish those readers who really do appreciate my freebies. I thought about making everything Personal Use only but then what to do about all the previous downloads that I've allowed CU for? It would be a mess and too confusing. There really is no perfect solution and I don't want the stress of selling my things in a store. Hopefully the solution that I came up with will be agreeable to everyone.
It's simple. All my downloads will remain free and links will stay up as long as I can afford to host them. You can download anything you want and play with them, read the terms of use, and decide if you want to use them Commercially. If you want to use my freebie as a CU item, you can purchase a CU license and design items that you can sell or give away. All the info is included under the Commercial Use License Tab above. It's basically an honor system. I know that most designers are honest and trustworthy and will abide by the terms.
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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) – A grieving Connecticut town is bracing itself for the first funerals for victims of the school shooting last week that left 20 children and six adults dead.
Officials in Newtown are also debating when classes could resume – and where, given the carnage in the building and the children's associations with it. The funerals come a day after President Barack Obama pledged to seek change in memory of the victims. The district is considering sending surviving students to a former school building in a neighboring town.
The gunman was 20-year-old Adam Lanza. Authorities said Sunday he was carrying hundreds of rounds of especially deadly ammunition, enough to kill just about every student in the school if given time. His motive remains unclear. He killed his mother before heading to the school and committed suicide as police closed in.
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Scottish Adoption Agency Celebrates Despite Closure Threat
St. Margaret's Children and Family Care Society is in danger of closing due to its policy of placing children only with a married mother and father.
GLASGOW, Scotland — Friends of the St. Margaret's Children and Family Care Society gathered at Glasgow's cathedral on June 9 to commemorate its years of service and to support the society's adoption agency against the threat of forced closure.
Ronnie Convery, director of communications for the Archdiocese of Glasgow, Scotland, said there was "a mood of celebration" at the annual Mass and reception at St. Andrew's Cathedral.
"Of course this year there is a storm cloud on the horizon, namely the threat from secularists to try to have the agency closed down," Convery told CNA June 11.
"That galvanizes people, they feel bad that the service they have enjoyed from St. Margaret's — and which they know to be professional, caring and supportive — may be threatened."
Hundreds of people, including many children, gathered at the cathedral June 9. The society has placed hundreds of babies and children with adoptive families since its founding in 1955.
Convery said the annual event has become "a real celebration for families who have adopted children through St. Margaret's."
"The word which comes to mind is 'family' — what we see each year at this Mass is the 'St. Margaret's family' coming together to thank God and to enjoy each other's company at the follow up buffet."
However, this year's celebration came at a time when the society's future is uncertain.
In March, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator affirmed a previous decision that the society cannot follow its policy of placing children only with a married mother and father, in accord with Catholic teaching. The regulator said this policy has a negative impact on cohabiting and same-sex couples.
Almost all religious adoption agencies in the U.K. have already been forced to shut down or disaffiliate from their church sponsors due to anti-discrimination laws.
Convery said attendees at the Sunday celebration were determined "to do all possible to save St. Margaret's from going the way of other Catholic agencies in this country."
Brian McGuigan, a member of the society's board, said the society's managing council is "intent on fighting this at every available opportunity.
"Saint Margaret's origins and identity are inseparable from the Catholic Church and her values and moral teaching in respect to marriage and the family," he said in a June 7 statement.
"The ultimate irony is that apparently in the name of tolerance, societies such as Saint Margaret's are no longer to be tolerated. The reality is that the issue is not one about equality or diversity, but about freedom of religion and belief," he said.
The society has said that it will seek to overturn the charity regulator's ruling.
St. Margaret's Children and Family Care Society is still continuing with plans to move to a new home in Glasgow's Newton Place to open a new family center and offer more family services.
Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow praised the society as "a treasure of the Church in Scotland."
"It does nothing but good work for children and families of all faiths and none," he said on June 7. "The whole Church is united in support for its work and we hope that common sense will prevail, and it will be allowed to continue to serve children in Scotland who need loving families."


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UPDATE 4/19/2013: Roger Guenveur Smith is bringing back Rodney King to the Bootleg Theatre through May 5.
Roger Guenveur Smith is an Obie-award winning actor, director, and writer known for his portrayal of Black Panther leader Huey Newton in A Huey P. Newton Story. Rodney King, his newest work, plays at L.A.'s Bootleg Theater through August 19. Guenveur Smith joins Patt to talk about the challenges of his current role.
On his very personal connection with Rodney King:
"I am definitely an Angeleno I grew up here and I think that Rodney King has been a person who has continued to resonate in my imagination for 20 years. In Leimert Park at Chaos Gallery we undertook an improvised performance entitled "Chaos TV," just after he was beaten in March of 1991. We oddly anticipated what would happen a year later with that performance. I went on to do other performances with Mike Broyard entitled "Inside the Creole Mafia," in which Rodney King was imagined in a nightmare sequence. Another piece with my partner Mark Anthony Thompson, who also does the sound design for this piece. Christopher Columbus is still among us as a long entertainer with political aspirations who runs a travel agency on the side, and his big hit song is 'Do The Rodney King.'"
On why he decided to do the show so soon after King's death:
"I think like many of us, I was exceedingly moved when I got the news that Rodney King had passed, oddly enough on Father's Day this year. I wanted to know why it was that Rodney King should matter to me and why perhaps Rodney King should matter to an audience. The piece is actually set up in a series of questions, not unlike a post-mortem interview with Rodney King, or Glen as you call him. I think that this is a crucial kind of tension within this man. The man who was called Glen by his family, by his friends, and who became this person Rodney King through a kind of multimedia invention. I call him the first reality television star. He said that he didn't go to school to learn how to be Rodney King, and was propelled into our imagination, propelled many people into the street in 1992 and beyond, all over the world."
On King's now-famous improvised speech:
"I happen to think that the speech that Rodney King delivered May Day 1992 is one of the great American speeches, right up there with that other King. He was given a script of four pages, he was dyslexic, he threw away those pages and he spoke from the heart, which obviously had not been damaged in the same way his brain had been damaged. He was able to focus on something that was fundamental, not just for the city of Los Angeles, but I think for human civilization. He spoke to it haltingly, reluctantly, perhaps, but I think he gave us a lesson."
On the difficulty of making audiences see well-known personalities in a different light:
"Its very difficult and challenging. When I started working on Huey Newton, he had been dead only four years so he was very much remembered particularly by his family and his friend and comrades, his enemies even. To go up to the Bay Area and to play Huey Newton in front of that audience was an extraordinary experience and I felt that if I was able to survive that I was able to do anything on stage, and I did survive. Rodney King, my goodness, he left us Father's Day this year and here I am delivering his great speech at the Bootleg Theater. It's another challenge, but I think this particular piece is not as much a performance as it is a prayer."
On getting the tone right for the "Rodney King" show:
"I think that you go to the narrative and you go to the text. The text is full of such beautiful silences. So many replays and so many rewinds, and we remember that this is a man who just two days ago had been exceedingly disappointed. Not guilty, not guilty, not guilty, not guilty, Koon, Powell, Briseno and Wind. Who went home and admittedly got drunk, who disguised himself in a Rasta wig, went to South Central and saw an electrical cord get severed sparks going everywhere then we went back home to the bottle. Who recognized Reginald Denny as someone with whom he had worked on a construction site. Who was brought the Spoils of War as I call it by comrades who had looted… Then he's given a four-page script, he's given a sweater a-la Huxtable, and we had just watched the last episode of the Cosby Show. He's given a tie and his lawyer says, 'Think Mr. Rogers," so he's out there in a sweater and a tie. And he improvises one of the great American speeches."
On the real tragedy of Rodney King's story:
"I think there's a very important aspect to this story which is rarely told, and that'd that Rodney King never testified in that first trial. He was essentially given a gag order by his own attorneys, so he never got to say that the officers said, 'run, n****r, run n****r, we're going to kill you, n****r.' We never got to hear that Sergeant Koon had found out that Rodney had been an usher at Dodger Stadium and said, 'Hey, Rodney, we really played some hardball tonight, didn't we.' We never got to hear any of that testimony. And yes he did get up, and he was trying desperately to save his own life. He says in his own book, 'The Riot Within,' that perhaps those beatings that his father had administered to him were in preparation for that moment. Father's Day, I have to say this, you know Rodney King's father was an alcoholic, and he felt that it was genetic, his addiction. He found his father in a bathtub, expired."
On what people can expect from the performance:
"The piece is improvised, I of course recite Rodney King's great speech, I recite also a rap which can't be recited on KPCC live, by a guy by the name of Willie D, who was a very popular rapper at the time with a group called the Ghetto Boys from Houston, Texas, who felt essentially that Rodney King was a sell-out, and that he shouldn't have been on TV crying for the cops who beat the hell out of him. So in between those two narratives, its largely improvised and I draw from the same archives that you've been drawing from."
Roger Guenveur Smith, actor, director, and writer
Watch Patt's interview with Rodney King:


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Can't believe that it is almost June! That means that school is almost over & I will soon have an 8th grader & a 2nd grader! Where does the time go? We are getting ready to go on our beach vacation for 2 weeks in June, so I need to use up what we have in our freezer before we leave. So, you will see a lot of things on my menu that are incorporating what I have "on hand". We have over 3 pounds of ground beef frozen, so that will be used in the tacos & spaghetti sauce. I also have a lot of frozen chicken breast & some filet mignon, too. I only plan on buying fresh fruits & veggies, milk, eggs & bread (for those that eat it) until after we get back.
Sunday ~ Burgers (sweet potato/black bean burger for me), veggies & salad
Monday ~ Filet, baked potato/sweet potato, steamed green beans & salad
Tuesday ~ Mexican Pizza/tacos, refried or black beans, corn & salad
Wednesday ~ Bourbon Chicken, steamed brown rice, broccoli & salad
Thursday~ Spaghetti & Meat Sauce, veggies & salad
Friday~ Dinner out w/friends
Saturday~ Dinner out with Mary & Mack
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Brownies (didn't get to them last week)
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The Frankness of Francis
Pope Francis' World Youth Day messages were overshadowed by his comments on respecting those who are homosexual and reiterating the Church's No to women's ordination from the press conference he gave to reporters on the plane from Rio de Janeiro to Rome. And Catholic bishops and commentators went into high gear correcting the secular media's misinterpretations of Francis' words.
But the presser wasn't a departure from the theme of the 28th World Youth Day ("Go, and make disciples of all the nations"), nor from Pope Francis' message the week of July 22-28. It was his message lived out.
"We cannot keep shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel," he told clergy and religious at a Mass on July 27.
To the more than 3 million pilgrims gathered for the closing Mass July 28, he issued a challenge: "Where does Jesus send us? There are no borders, no limits; he sends us to everyone. ... Do not be afraid to go out and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those farthest away, most indifferent."
Reflective of that, the Pope visited a hospital and a slum community, and he met with prisoners.
When Pope Benedict XVI retired from the papacy in February of this year, he recognized the necessity of "both strength of mind and body" to govern the Church and spread the Gospel in a world "shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith." The 85-year-old Pope admitted that his strength had diminished and that he could no longer fulfill his Petrine ministry. Benedict entrusted the care of the Church to Jesus, the Good Shepherd, to Mary, Mother of the Church, and to the conclave that would elect his successor. And the electors delivered Pope Francis.
Now, just over four months after Pope Francis' election, the world received a deeper glimpse of the man the cardinals, guided by the Holy Spirit, chose to lead the universal Church.
At WYD Rio, the 76-year-old Pope showed his energy, his relevance and his vision of the Church. To the youth, Francis spoke in a language they understand — direct, simple and related to the realities they experience: "Let Christ be your strength; don't get drunk on other things," he told them during the papal reception.
"Stir things up," he told Argentinian youth, exhorting them to challenge clericalism and complacency. To the throng at the closing Mass, the Holy Father showed his confidence in young people. "The best evangelizers are other young people," he said.
While, at times, the large international event resembles a huge but wholesome rock concert, World Youth Day is essentially an encounter — with the Successor of Peter and the Church, through the gathering of bishops, priests and religious and the celebration of the sacraments.
Further, it's an encounter with other young people, who are galvanized by a meeting with so many others who share their faith.
Ultimately, it's an encounter with Jesus Christ, who calls everyone to be transformed by his love and mercy.
The youth responded enthusiastically. They recognize in Francis a pope of the people who is down-to-earth and simple.
For the youth, the Pope who met them on the streets of Rio isn't a rock star, but a man who drinks matte and shares deeply in the emotion of people. Many had tears in their eyes when the Pope spoke, and the crowd's well-timed cheers showed they were tuned into his words.
His actions had equal impact. When a 9-year-old boy jumped a barrier and ran up to the popemobile, Francis stopped to give the boy a hug. The crying youth whispered in the Holy Father's ear, "I want to be a priest of Christ," and then Francis shed his own tears and encouraged the boy in his vocation. The moment showed Francis' warmth and emotional depth. During a meeting with Brazil's leaders, a girl with Down syndrome presented the Pope with a gift. She smiled as she handed him a simple card, and he touched her face tenderly and beamed his own genuine smile.
During his trip, in two separate gatherings, Pope Francis met with Brazilian bishops and the Latin American and Caribbean bishops (CELAM). According to the Vatican spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, these two talks were the longest and most significant addresses so far in Francis' pontificate. In these occasions, the Pope outlined a vision of the Church's mission that focused on "an encounter with the Master and an encounter with men and women who await the message."
He emphasized the humble ways that God acts to restore brokenness. "God always enters in poverty, littleness," he said. And, later, he said that "God's way is through enticement, allure. … Mission is born precisely from this Divine allure, by this amazement born of encounter."
He regretted that, often in the Church, "we have forgotten the language of simplicity and import an intellectualism foreign to our people."
In a sort of examination of conscience, he asked: "Are we still a Church capable of warming hearts? ... Is the Church still able to move slowly: to take time to listen, to have the patience to mend and reassemble? ... Or is the Church herself caught up in a frantic pursuit of efficiency?"
He emphasized formation, collegiality and solidarity as ways to face challenges within the Church. He spoke of the permanence of the missionary call and the task of the Church to "go against the tide" in society.
To the Argentinian youth, the Pope expressed the hope that World Youth Day would "stir things up."
Pope Francis himself has caused a stir. The presser on the plane ride home was no accident or mistake. Nor was the cardinals' choice of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio.
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Albert Nobbs
DirectorRodrigo Garcia
Release Date(s)2011 (May 15, 2012)
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- Video Grade: B+
- Audio Grade: B
- Extras Grade: C+
Based on Istvan Szabo's treatment of George Moore's story, Albert Nobbs has finally made its way to the screen through the efforts of actress Glenn Close and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, some 30 years after it first opened off Broadway in 1982.
Amazingly, Glenn Close's association with the title role in which she stars so impressively dates all the way back to that Broadway opening. It's a role that has stayed with her ever since. The story takes place in 19th century Ireland where Albert Nobbs, a woman who has survived by disguising herself as a man and becoming a waiter/butler. As the story begins, she is working at Morrison's, a Dublin hotel, where she has been for the past 17 years. At a time when the country was very poor, the incentive for people to stay out of the poorhouse was pervasive and Albert's solution to such a possibility is extreme indeed. So many years has she spent as a man, that she has essentially forgotten her own true identity, seemingly even her own real name. The details of Albert's life are sad indeed as we watch him/her guarding her hard-earned pennies intended to open her own business someday, all the time in worry that some failing in her work might cause loss of her job - a constant concern not only for her but for all her fellow workers. While the details of Albert's life make for a film of rather lamenting sadness, the rich collection of supporting characters in her world add amazing vignettes, particularly a painter (superbly played by Janet McTeer) who reveals himself not only to be a fellow woman in disguise, but one with a wife in the country - an inspiration for Albert to contemplate having a wife of his own in the person of an attractive young hotel maid (Mia Wasikowska). The film is dominated by Glenn Close's powerful and mesmerizing performance, and she's very ably backed up by the impressive supporting cast that includes the aforementioned McTeer and Wasikowska as well as the likes of Brendan Gleeson, Aaron Johnson, Pauline Collins, Brenda Fricker, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Albert Nobbs is truly something different and an experience that will rest in your mind long after the film is over. Fortunately, Lionsgate has now made it available to us on a very nice 2.35:1 Blu-ray presentation. The image excels in its definition of textures, whether they be facial features or hotel architecture. Black levels are very deep, imparting great depth of field and the film's mainly muted colour palette is consistently well-rendered. A few instances of softness apparent are stylistic photographic choices rather than any deficiencies of the transfer. The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio mix delivers an impressive atmospheric ambience throughout, well balanced with the clear dialogue and Brian Byrne's subtly fine score. And don't miss his closing credit music for the song "Lay Your Head Down" performed by Irish recording artist Sinead O'Connor. English and Spanish subtitles are included. Disc extras are highlighted by a very informative audio commentary by Glenn Close and Rodrigo Garcia. There are also several deleted scenes and the film's original theatrical trailer. Highly recommended.


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