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At first glance, you may think this Halloween day column is about the White House and the current administration, but it is not. It's not for one reason and one reason only – although there is a direct correlation, it wouldn't be fun. Accurate yes, fun no.
There's nothing funny about what is coming out of Washington, not that I can tell.
Way back in 1965 when I was 13 wonderful years old, there were two genres of movies very active on the television set. Spies and monsters. Of course there were westerns and family shows, but these two lines of thought were emerging and possibly peaking all within a space of about 5 years. I Spy, Get Smart, The Avengers, Mission Impossible, The Saint, Danger Man, T.H.E. Cat and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. were hugely successful and in the dark shadows of the heinous Commies, everyone wanted our spies to outsmart their spies.
Boy has that changed.
Thanks to Edward Snowden, the good ol' USA is now an open tome for every spy agency on earth, especially those who want to destroy our country. My friend who retired from the Air Force's secret intel organization, with tenure in the NSA and CIA told me what Snowden did was akin to blatant treason, hurting and crippling our country irreparably. I guess that would brand Snowden as an extreme Hollywood creep. Maybe we could talk Jane Fonda into playing his alter ego Chelsea Manning in his life story? Now that is funny! I told you this week's column would be humorous.
When I was 13, I would watch those many monster movies, shivering in my dark room, scared senseless and love/hate every second of it. Frankenstein's monster, the werewolf, Dracula, The creature from the black lagoon, and the Mummy to name a few.
One in particular took place in snow country where a woman scientist was taking injections of wasp venom to preserve her youth and as a 13 year old; I never saw it coming when she disappeared only to attack people looking for her, mutated as a human-size waspish insect. Horrors!
Today's equivalent of a real life monster is when you have your taxes did and realize you owe $1100 or that mutant sprinkler head in your yard jumped your water bill to $452.79! Aside from real criminals and deviants, life's hardships are the real monsters we face. Of course they are and like the wasp woman I experienced as a 13 year old, we never saw them coming.
Life's hardships are the opposite of fun, funny, or anything involving a smile, unless it is Joe Biden's glorious mug. Old Joe can light up a dark room like a jack-o'-lantern! His grin brings me Halloween hope in fact.
My siblings and I on Halloween night would venture out into the neighborhoods - unchaperoned mind you - carrying doubled brown paper grocery sacks, or a pillowcase and return within an hour to dump out our full sacks of ghoulish candy, only to rush out for a second go. There were no cars on the streets because people knew kids would be dashing back and forth and back then, common sense ruled. The real danger wasn't pedophiles, it was cars and it still is today.
We wore homemade costumes using whatever we could come up with and it was the happiest of times. We were monsters, mutants, creeps, pirates – or maybe a combination of all of them and ate every bit of candy we were given without parent intervention or second thought. Sugar was cheap and many people handed out candy bars or whole handfuls of sweet deliciousness.
In today's world of creepy ultra-phobias, it is a much wiser choice to take your kids to your local church or friends only houses for their safe Halloween fun, then run the risk of them being ran over by someone in their car worrying a pedophile is going to get their kids. There are so many cars parked on neighborhood streets at night that they are reduced to one lane of traffic only and with kids darting back and forth, it's a recipe for a disaster.
I would love to return to that one day in time I anxiously waited for, beat out only by Christmas, but that time has come and went. Back then the mutants, creeps, and monsters were portrayed by Vincent Price and Bela Lugosi. Now all I have to do is watch the news. Happy Halloween folks and this year get out and walk with your kids. It will do you both good.


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10:00 am 10.55am 1st class Self Defense and Awareness
11:00am 11:55am 2nd Class Martial Arts
New Mexico Sheriff and Police Athletic League
2117 Osuna Rd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113 [map]
The purpose of the 1st class will be covering self-defense and awareness training. What to be considered and how to react. This class is designed to provide women and also men with confidence and ability to react to most situations, when confronted. What to consider when walking to you vehicle, going somewhere by yourself and generally situations that happens to everyone.Question will be answered from class participants to help understand the process and situations. It will be a hands on class with practice sessions. It will not be as intense as normal martial arts training.
The 2nd class with cover Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu martial arts. It will cover the basics to the most advanced techniques. White belt to black belt.
I have taught martial arts for the PAL since May, 1980 and teaching martials arts since 1971.
Jack James
8th Dan
Regional Director - American Shuri-Te Karate-Do Association
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From July 1-4, 2018, we were looking around Sonoma County, which is in the wine country north of San Francisco.
Ellen and Rick recently bought a lot up there, in the little town of Glen Ellen. The house on the lot was destroyed in the fires of last fall. Eventually they plan to rebuild on the property.
We also visited Santa Rosa (Luther Burbank house and garden), Rohnert Park (Sonoma State University), Sebastopol (Luther Burbank Experiment Farm), Quarryhill Botanical Garden (near Glen Ellen), and Bodega Bay (fish dinner!).
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MORE people have been arrested by police investigating an incident in a pub car park, after which one man remains critically ill and two others suffered knife wounds.
Father-of-one Lee Massey suffered serious head injuries when he was in collision with a car when trouble broke out between two groups of men in the car park of the Royal Hotel in Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe, on Sunday, October 12.
Police have arrested five men over the last week and they have now all been released on police bail.
This follows five arrests in the immediate aftermath of the incident. Those men have also been released on police bail.
Mr Massey, aged 30, lives in Dewsbury and has a three-year -old daughter.
He was today said to be in a critical condition at Leeds General Infirmary.
The two men who were stabbed were allowed home after hospital treatment.
The trouble involved a group of white men and a group of Iraqi men.
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My first clue that we were not in Jacksonville anymore was when we drove to the expensive end of the mall where the Capital Grille took up half the real estate at the end of the block of stores which included Luis Vitton, Tiffany & Co., and a whole store dedicated to Omega watches. I usually shop at the opposite end of the mall at Target, Pet Smart, and Joann Fabrics.
Our dinner reservations were for 6 pm. Sweetie likes to get places early so we pulled up to the valet station at 5:20. This meant we had to walk the gauntlet of stores neither of us had ever stepped foot in. Well that's not exactly true. There was a jewelry store where Sweetie bought an engagement ring for a previous Mrs. Sweetie. I decided to let those questions float away on the evening's cool, damp breeze. My back was still hurting from my visit to the doctor. I'd gone asking for pain relief, but received instead enough "does this hurt?" prodding I saw stars and limped my way home. This made walking any distance painful. We turned around at the first intersection and headed back to the restaurant. It was 5:25.
We walked into the Capital Grille thinking there might be a bench seat for waiting diners, like at the Longhorn Steakhouse. There was not. Even though the Grille is known for their lobster mac and cheese, there was no gigantic lobster tank in the foyer like at Red Lobster. Instead the walls were lined with boxes where repeat customers can store the bottles of wine they buy (by the case) in the evenly temperate wall safes labeled with their names.
The hostess did not blink an eye at our early arrival. Her table or booth question was met with our traditional going out to dinner debate. I like a booth. Sweetie prefers a table. He spoke up faster so off we headed to a table. I soon noticed that we were in a place that treated me politely, but spoke to Sweetie as if he were in charge. Like in the old days when gentlemen walked the little lady to her chair with his hand placed gently but firmly in the small of her back to guide her, pulled out chair, ordered the meal, smelled the wine cork and paid the bill with cash not a gift card. In this case the hostess pulled out my chair, then pulled out Sweetie's. The table was decorated with little red hearts. An anniversary card leaned against the salt and pepper shakers.
Hostess, noting that I wore black slacks, removed my white napkin from the table: Would you care for a black napkin.
ME, nervous laughter giving away my naivete: Sure. Is that so if I spill something, no one will know?
Hostess: "We don't care if you spill. We just don't want you to get white lint on your black pants."
ME, thinking to myself: "Lint is worse than Lobster Mac 'n Cheese?"
Then the hostess went through the whole napkin drill with Sweetie. He nodded like he'd been using black napkins his whole life.
In less than a nano-second, we were greeted by Scott, our waiter. Scott looked like he might be more comfortable in the Apple Store, he was all business. He wore an ill-fitting, mustard colored jacket with a pocket full of pens, and black thick rimmed glasses.
All I knew about the restaurant before entering its cloistered walls was they are known for their dry aged steaks and coconut cream pie. The a la carte menu proved daunting at first. Scott walked us through it explaining that any of the sauces can be paired with any of the steaks, the seafood is all fresh, never frozen, and the $9.00 dish of mashed potatoes serves two, as do all the sides. When asked Scott explained that Parmesan truffle french fries are sprinkled with white truffle oil I thought chocolate, Sweetie thought wild boars. Scott made Sweetie very happy when he suggested anchovies for his Caesar salad. Sweetie has never met an anchovy he didn't like. I passed on the sides deciding, rightly so, to fill any leftover space in my stomach with dessert rather than some kind of vegetable.
Scott: Would you care for a drink?
ME: Yes. Unsweetened iced tea please.
Sweetie: The same.
Scott: How about some water?
Sweetie and ME: Sure.
Scott: Fresh or Bottled
ME, remembering the time we paid dearly for bottled water at the Columbia House in St. Augustine (we did get to take home two really cool looking bottles, but still): Fresh
Sweetie: Bottled.
ME (wondering if Sweetie just gave me the gentleman-make-the-decisions-stink eye): Bottled is fine.
Scott: Sparkling or plain?
Sweetie looked like he was leaning towards the sparkling. I remained silent.
In the end he opted for plain -aka Fugi - which came in a plastic bottle and required no uncorking fee.
The water came first, then the iced tea. Scott discreetly laid 2 straws on the table. I'm a straw kind of girl. I thought nothing of pulling of the plastic wrapper and putting the straw in my tea. I didn't blow the wrapper at Sweetie, nor did I throw it on the floor. I rolled it neatly and laid it next to my bread plate - the rim of the plate so it wouldn't be seen.
In between being served water and salad, I whipped out my cell phone. Okay, so maybe no one else in the place felt the need to take selfies. Maybe doing so made us look like the turnip truck had dropped us off at the valet booth, but I thought the occasion needed to be recorded. I'm not sure we'll ever eat in such style again. Besides, we were celebrating our anniversary and Sweetie wanted me to be happy, so he didn't object - too much. I like to take full advantage of Sweetie's smiles. He us not unfriendly but is stingy with smiles. Then I scooped up the confetti and dropped it in my purse like Cinderella's step sisters helping themselves to the party favors from the King's ball,
Sweetie's fishy Caesar and my spinach salad arrived on plates big enough to share. The Grille wants you to get your money's worth. The bread basket had a variety of flavors - dark, light, sweet - all of which shed a some crumbs as is the nature of fresh bread. When Scott came to take remove the salad and bread plates, he whipped a handy little tool out of his pocket and swept up every last crumb on Sweetie's side of the table. This proved to be one of the night's highlights. Scott had no qualms about sharing his knowledge and expertise.
Sweetie: Scott, what is that thing?
Scott; A crumber.
Sweetie, looking more impressed than the people around us who had obviously grown up knowing such a thing exists: Ha! A crumber.
At that point, Scott hoped I'd hurry up and finish my salad so he could impress us again. I put the last bit of spinach in my mouth and gave him the okay. In one fluid movement, Scott removed my plate, picked up the straw wrapper like it was a smelly diaper, pulled that crumber out of his pocket, and swept our table clean. Audiences seeing Houdini disappear couldn't have been more impressed than Sweetie and I.
Scott beamed.
Sweetie's dry aged Kona and shallot covered sirloin that took up most of his plate, and my 2 inch thick, bleu cheese crusted Filet Mignon arrived with proper fanfare. It took three beige coated, tray-carrying kitchen people to place the plates on our table. All conversation stopped. Sweetie and I entered a state of gastronomic Nirvana.
The rest of the evening might have been anti-climatic had Scott not reminded us of dessert. Sweetie was stuffed and not sure how high his blood sugar had soared. I, on the other hand was not leaving without coconut cream pie. A few minutes after ordering, out comes Scott with my pie, and a tray with Happy Anniversary spelled out in chocolate, adorned with a mini-sized cheese cake and flourless chocolate espresso cake. Before digging in, not giving any care to the people around us who had obviously eaten at this end of the mall before, I asked Scott to take our picture.
ME: Scott will you take a picture for us?
Scott: Of course, I will, but let me run get the house camera.
ME: huh?
Scott, returned with a small, spy-sized camera and set about adjusting the anniversary card, what was left of the confetti, and desserts in front of us like he had either done this before or had a side job as a food photographer. He took one blurry photo with my cell phone, then got to work with the house camera.
Sweetie: Hey Scott, are you going to hang this picture on the wall like that guy over there (pointing to a large picture of a be-speckled man with curly hair that could have been Scott's grandfather).
Scott (having realized we were not of the rich and famous club): Oh, no. You have to have done something special for the city to make it to that wall. Each of our restaurants has a picture of one of their host city's best or brightest.
Turns out the gent on the wall was Phil Esteridge, an IBM pioneer from Jacksonville who did for the home PC what Bill Gates and Steve Jobs did for business computers. Who knew?
Scott: Smile!
Sweetie and ME, thinking but not saying out loud:
Scott: Let's take another one, just to make sure.
Clearly happy with himself and his work, Scott left
I was prepared to ask for them, but was glad I when Scott offered take home boxes (nothing as gauche as a doggie bag) for left over steak and desserts. Rich people probably got that way by not leaving good food they'd paid dearly for behind. I loved seeing the smile on Sweetie's face when he ate a dry aged Kona and shallot covered steak sandwich for a midnight snack.
Having the car parked by University of Florida lovers. $5.00
Ambiance, food, and the opportunity to see how the people with money to spend live. $180.00
Anniversary dinner, talking and laughing with my Sweetie. Priceless.
It's been said, you know you're a writer when you write stories on scraps of paper or napkins. Maybe I had the look of a writer and that's the real reason I was offered a black napkin. You can't see ink stains on them. When I realized our visit to the Capital Grille was going to be a night to remember I knew I should be taking notes. Good thing Scott had so many pens in his pocket. I wonder if that's the way F. Scott Fitzgerald got started?
Remember, when life gives you crumbs, just pull out your crumber,
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One of the most exclusive must-attend events on the Android calendar, the Google I/O 2016 is scheduled to happen on May 18-20 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California.
The yearly developer conference is filled with sessions devoted to a wide range of subjects including highly technical sessions that will focus on the latest innovations involving developing applications for mobile and web technologies.
There has been much speculation around the event as this is relatively new territory for the company. However, thanks to a custom map released by the search giant, developed using Google Maps' My Maps feature, we now have an idea. Keynote and parties will be held at the Shoreline Amphitheater, also, there are around ten cosmically named stages, twelve demo areas and a code lab set up in the carparks around the main stage.
Early predictions for Google I/O 2016
Android N
A while ago the Mountain View, California company announced the annual developer previews of the next major Android release that will be presented at each year's I/O conference. According to the Android N update schedule, the previews will receive monthly updates until July, including multi-window support and Doze Mode 2.0 that will be released in Q3, 2016. We might as well see new Nexus handsets, likely to be made by HTC that will carry Android N baked in.
Virtual reality
The first wave of the session will be the big virtual reality that is going to be the hot topic this year, with the company promising to share its vision for VR, what has been developed so far and where they are headed eventually. This will be hosted by Clay Bavor, head of Virtual Reality division. Other sessions include VR and Cinema and how to develop a virtual reality game. Reports also state that the search giant is building a standalone VR headset that does not need any smartphone, PC or games console to operate, with a chip obtained from a Dublin-based chip manufacturer. Additionally, there could be two new VR products announcement, Cardboard partnerships and Expeditions, 360 video updates and YouTube quality.
Project Ara
Google's modular phone project, dubbed Project Ara is expected to come out with a slightly modified design, featuring a hinge and a bigger prism that is mentioned in FCC documents. The company will also most likely announce hardware developments at Google I/O 2016, including improved battery life, better camera and a new system for smartphones.
Project Tango
The company's new reality push is Project Tango. The search giant has already launched a Project Tango tablet and phone which was showcased privately at MWC 2016, but there should be more on this at Google I/O 2016, considering the number of Project Tango events scheduled for the conference. It includes 'Introducing Project Tango Area learning', 'What's new with Project Tango', and a Project Tango developer panel.
Project Fi
Google's Mobile Virtual Network Operator service, Project Fi is still only available for Nexus users. Project Fi uses the T-Mobile and Sprint networks in the US as its basic infrastructure, and switches between the two networks to give smartphone users the best coverage. This year's I/O conference would be a great time to announce the service is expanded beyond the Nexus range for more smartphone owners.
Other Announcements
There could be some updates announced for Google's wearable OS Android Wear including new gesture controls. It's also possible that Android Wear will be made compatible with Windows Phones, which can be a great announcement. Also, there could be more news on OnHub wireless smart router which will showcase the smart home of the future, the Internet of Things generally and project Brillo, an OS designed for the development of smart home apps.


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Well chaps and chapesses, here we are at the start of a brand new year, and we thought it'd be fitting to look back and see exactly how we got here. *WARNING* This is likely to be a rather long post, so go and grab a cuppa tea, a cider, or whatever your poison, and get comfy. Ready? Good.
It's fair to say that 2015 was a huge year of growth for us as a band. As we started the year off, we had only just discovered Dave and he was yet to play a gig with us! Free For All Festival was the perfect kick off – held at the Stag & Hounds in Bristol and overflowing with amazing local bands and a great atmosphere, it was just right to introduce Dave to how we do things Leylines-style (safe to say, he definitely got into the swing of it!)
This month we spent mostly rehearsing and bringing everything together ahead of the summer. We knew we had a busy time ahead of us, not least writing and recording our song 'Sat In A Field', which we recorded at Modern World Studios, with Tony Hobden, Tarrant Shepherd and the guys from Weston College. It was a long evening, but we had a blast there, Tony and the guys were fantastic and the organisers of the Sat In A Field Festival came by to hear the song for the first time, which segues neatly into…
… Our video shoot for 'Sat In A Field'. You're all probably familiar with this song and the accompanying video by now, but just in case, have a look HERE!
Joining forces once again with Tony Hobden, who filmed and edited the video (a director's cut of which can be found HERE), along with some great shots from his son, Arlie, we went up on the Roman Road in the Mendips to film with what has to be one of the most breath-taking backdrops we've ever seen.
N.B. Although it looks nice, warm and sunny, it was still March and flippin' 'eck it was COLD!
Another couple of firsts for us (there were quite a few in 2015!): Our first trip over the bridge to Wales and Cardiff to play at the quirky and charming bar GwdiHw AND our first gig joining Ferocious Dog at Exeter Phoenix. It's hard to believe this was so long ago. We can remember the whole thing like it was yesterday! It was the very first time we'd encountered FD's die-hard fans, affectionately called 'Hell Hounds', and were the biggest crowd we'd played to so far. We're not exaggerating when we say that we made a lot of friends at that gig who have stayed with us throughout the year and spurred us on to what we're doing this year. This gig was the start of all that and we're massively grateful to Ken, Dan, Ellis, John, Les and Scott for having us along for the journey – it was a pretty big year for them as well (See: Ferocious Dog, Rock City Nottingham, making history!)
May was really where we kicked off the festival season at Kingsbury Episcopi's May Festival. The one-day festival had a fantastic grass-roots and community feel, with a willow stage and plenty of great music to get the crowd going. We were over the moon to be asked back again this year to play at the pre-festival warm up in the village in April, and we can't wait to see some familiar faces again!
We also had a (mostly) memorable gig with Mad Dog Mcrea in our home town of Weston-super-Mare – some of us can remember the whole sweaty, energetic gig, some of us might have been out with them until sunrise…we'll let you guess which of us these apply to!
2015 was our first gig as a full band at Bearded Theory, where we had a set on the Woodland Stage, a great venue placed in (as the name suggests) a woodland glade on the festival site. It was backstage at this festival that we once again ran into Alan Ewart (creator of Sound Of Summer blog – definitely worth a read!) and had a good old chin-wag and general catch up with him. He then wrote some very kind words about our set, which you can read HERE
June / July
Pairing these together as these were fairly quiet months for us. June brought us the pleasure of playing at the Jinney Ring Festival – a great local festival held in the grounds of the Jinney Ring Centre, Worcestershire – The weather was fine, the beer was flowing, we seem to remember a certain organiser of Bostin' Days (more on that later) swinging around a pole during one of the sets. All in all a fantastic weekend hosting by The Roving Crows! In July, we returned for the second time that year to Bar Brunel. We have always had a bit of a soft spot for this venue in Bridgwater. They have always been fantastic supporters of local musicians. Their Sunday evening live music sessions have amassed quite a following since they started and we always look forward to playing there.
If the last months had been a little slow-paced, August definitely made up for it. We had slots at the inaugural Livestock Festival, Lakefest, Farmer Phil's Festival, our headline set at Sat In A Field Festival and rounded up with a last-minute appearance on the main stage at Watchet Music Festival with one of the most enthusiastic crowds we'd encountered over the summer. Let's just say, there's nothing that quite prepares you for people singing your own songs back at you!
The festival season certainly wasn't over this month. We had a headline slot at Folkfest in Burnham-on-Sea, a great local (to us) free festival with stages scattered around the centre and a great turn out! Next followed the Heddon Valley Beer & Music Festival in Exmoor. It was great to meet so many new faces, some of which gave a much-needed helping hand when we had engine trouble in the car park (Hannah). Unfortunately, the rest of us weren't so lucky – a series of events including a puncture, broken tools and running on fuel vapours/crossed fingers on the M5 resulting in some of us only just getting home at 8am the next morning!
Officially closing the festival season for us was Something Else In The Dean Festival, which seems to be an end-of-season party for everyone doing the festival circuit and it was where we ended up bumping into friends who were just new faces a matter of months ago. We'd played SEIND last year and we were over the moon when Gail and the gang asked us back for this one, which had sold out in a matter of days.
This can really only be described as the month we went 'oop North' (yes, we are from the Westcountry, so most places are North to us!). We had the good fortune to be offered a slot at The Greystones in Sheffield at fairly short notice, and blimey we're so glad we took the gig! The line up included: The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican, Black Thorn and Brian Stone. We'd previously crossed paths with BS/VD at festivals during the year so practically bit Andrea's (the promoter) hand off! Please check out everyone's music – they're all fantastic musicians! Anyway, there was a LOT of singing, dancing, swearing, jump-ararnd-ing and, naturally, sweating involved – the adrenaline saw us through the long journey back home – it really was one of the highlights of our year…
Until Bostin' Days Live.
The only thing we can really say about that weekend in Nuneaton is: EPIC! We'd played downstairs at the Crew Bar the night before the main event with The Sweetchunks Band. These guys are hilarious as well as being great musicians and good chaps. The bar was packed and, well, let's just say it was SO much fun, we were a little the worse for wear the next day. We might have needed a power nap in the afternoon before we were on the stage in the Queens Hall in the evening! We were (and still are) honoured to have been part of this incredible project, from it's beginnings in October 2014 and becoming part of a massive family. Our thanks go out to Addie Burns, Steve Bentley and everyone involved for making it happen. Seriously awesome!
By the way, you can still buy the 2 CD album by visiting http://www.bostindays.co.uk/
November / December
We're going to round up the year by putting these two months together, partly because this has become quite a long post, and because we're fairly sure your tea's probably cold by now (or you've finished your tipple and need a top up).
We had a surprise birthday party to play at in November. Normally, we wouldn't disclose the details of a private 'do, BUT this deserves an exception as it was for one of our favourite people. Clair and her husband Darren have been with us virtually from the start, travelling to our gigs, buying our stuff, making their own Leylines T shirts and generally being awesome human beings. When Darren approached us to play at her surprise birthday party, how could we say no?!
We returned to Weston in December to host our early Christmas party at The Imperial. It was fantastic to see so many old (and new) friends and family all gathered in the same place after rarely playing in Weston over the year. It was particularly great to see friends from much further afield travel across the country to see us! Having previously mentioned that we hadn't played much in Weston…we were back again a couple of weeks later, celebrating The New Market's 1st anniversary under the management of Jim and Jo Worley!
There is of course one massive thing we've missed off our review – THE NEW ALBUM!
We've been wanting to make an album for some time, and we finally managed to organise ourselves into actually doing something about it. This was in part set in stone when we did a live session at Glastonbury FM, and we (Steve) said that we would have new material released ahead of the festival season in 2016. SO, with that in mind, we set up and launched our crowdfunding campaign at the end of November. The response so far has been staggering – you guys have helped us reach around 95% of our target with around 6 weeks still to go before we hit the studio! If you haven't done so already, please PLEASE visit http://supporttheleylines.co.uk/ and have a look at what we have planned. It really is VERY exciting!
Aaaand that's it for 2015! Thanks for reading all the way down, knew you had it in ya!
See you out there in 2016 – have a look at our gig list, come to a gig, tell yer mates about us, chat to us online. You know the score!


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Have you ever just stopped to imagine for a while just how "big
and powerful" our God is? Psalms 147:4-5 say, "He counts
the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. Great
is our Lord, and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite."
For man, the number of the stars is absolutely beyond our capability.
With the Hubble telescope, we saw deeper into space bringing within
counting range a new number of stars, but in the distance became
visible an a innumerable faint blur of ever distant stars! Now
every one of those stars God has not only counted, but he is so
familiar with them, he has a "pet name" for each! Should
this surprise us? After all He created each and every one of them!
Which is harder? Counting or creating them? Yes, "His understanding
Man is very insignificant in relation to God. Look how God compares
man in Isa 40:12 "Who (God) has measured the waters in the
hollow of His hand". When we dip our hand into the ocean,
we pick up a few tablespoons of water. God by contrast, can hold
all the water in all the oceans in the cup of His hand. "God
marked off the heavens by the span" A span is the distance
between the thumb and the pinkie. The farthest reaches of the
infinite universe is measurable by the span of God's hand. "God
calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, and weighed the
mountains in a balance, and the hills in a pair of scales".
While even today with the most powerful earth-moving equipment
and cranes, man can move a few hundred tones of rock, God knows
the precise weight of the entire planet earth! "Behold, the
nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are regarded as a speck
of dust on the scales; behold" All the population of the
earth are just one drop added to a bucket of water or the dust
on the scale that weighs your produce at the grocery store. The
picture that emerges here, is that our God is infinitely more
powerful, wise and knowledgeable than even the sum of mankind.
Jesus talked about how the "very number of hairs on each
of our heads is numbered" Mt 10:30. This fact obviously impressed
Jesus' listeners yet it was a dramatic understatement to the actual
depth to which God knows all things. I have no doubt, that God
has a constant knowledge of every atomic particle in the universe.
Jehovah is infinite in His knowledge. He knows all that there
is to know!
Understanding this about the nature of our God has some important
implications. It should be obvious that if God has names for each
of the stars, that He knows US personally through and though.
Wherever we go, God is there. Whatever we do, God see it. While
some have the idea that they can escape being seen by God or that
God is so uninterested with man that there are times when God
is blissfully indifferent to man. Elihah the prophet challenged
the priests of the idol God "Baal" to set up an alter
and have Baal, the god, send fire from heaven to consume the offering.
Elijah said, 1 Kings 18:26 "'Call on the name of your god,
but put no fire under it.' Then they took the ox which was given
them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from
morning until noon saying, 'O Baal, answer us.' But there was
no voice and no one answered. And they leaped about the altar
which they made. And it came about at noon, that Elijah mocked
them and said, 'Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either
he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he
is asleep and needs to be awakened.' So they cried with a loud
voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords
and lances until the blood gushed out on them." For these
priests, they felt that to get their god's attention they had
to cut themselves with knives! But not so with Jehovah God! Elijah
went on to say, "Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this
people may know that Thou, O Lord, art God, and that Thou hast
turned their heart back again." Then the fire of the Lord
fell, and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones
and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and
they said, "Jehovah, He is God; Jehovah, He is God."
Then Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; do
not let one of them escape." So they seized them; and Elijah
brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
What a fantastic contrast between the false gods and the true God of the Bible. He hears us when we call out to Him. Nothing escapes His notice. He is watching over us all through the night when we sleep. He is very concerned about us and loves us all dearly. "Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7.


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Street Unity
Art Show and Benefit for the Families of Fausto Manzera, Andrew Cazares and Kool Kep, Rest In Peace.
Upset will be holding a silent art benefit Saturday, May 2nd in Chicago. All money raised will go to the families of Andrew Cazares, Fausto Manzera, and Nazon Simmons. Thank you to Stef for all your help and to Rumble Arts Center for letting us use their space.
A huge list of artists involved will be announced soon! Artwork will go for cheap and is for a great cause. Don't sleep!
Street Unity
Silent Art Auction
Saturday, May 2nd 8-11 pm
Rumble Arts Center
3413 W. North Avenue, Chicago


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This page introduces our tutorials running on Damn Small Linux. If you can spare 50 Megabytes (not 50 Gigabytes, or for that matter 50 Kilobytes) you can run a great version of Linux with lots and lots of goodies on your Windows computer whether state of the art or not. You may even dust off a Windows 98 computer and use it to learn Linux instead of letting it rot in a landfill. The FAQ section answers many of your questions and sets some of our ground rules, such as not providing technical support. Next comes the clickable list of our tutorials, followed by a short description of each tutorial so that you can get a better idea of the tutorials before making your selection.
The first list comes without any explanation. The second list repeats the choices with a short explanation to help you make your selection.
The first tutorial shows you how to download Damn Small Linux. It's legal and absolutely free. The Damn Small Linux people want you to use their product. And I really believe that you'll also want to use it. Downloading Damn Small Linux
Once you have downloaded Damn Small Linux you will want to start creating files. This tutorial applies the Beaver text editor and the ls, pwd, and cat commands to set you on your way. Getting Started With Damn Small Linux Files
This tutorial applies the * and ? wildcards and the rm commands on your way to file mastery. Selecting And Deleting Damn Small Linux Files
This tutorial applies the mkdir, cd, and rm directory commands and the cp and mv file commands. In addition it introduces command options. Creating Directories, Copying, And Moving Damn Small Linux Files
This tutorial shows you how to go back and forth between the two users automatically created by Damn Small Linux and presents some differences between them. Introducing Damn Small Linux Users
This tutorial shows you create users and change their passwords. It reviews many aspects of the previous tutorial. Creating Damn Small Linux Users
This tutorial shows you how to copy text files back and forth from Linux to Windows. It is a complicated, lengthy procedure that can be well worth doing.
Copying Files Back And Forth From Linux To Windows
This tutorial shows you how to create a Backup USB pen drive, to copy Damn Small Linux files to the drive, and restore them later. While creating the drive is a lengthy procedure once it's created copying and restoring files is quite easy.


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PCBC is proud to be the official annual event of the California Building Industry Association (CBIA) and Leading Builders of America (LBA). PCBC is proud to bring together the leaders of residential building, create greater business connections and strengthen business fundamentals of the homebuilding industry.
Five years ago, the Leading Builders of America (LBA) created its partnership with the California Building Industry (CBIA) and PCBC—joining forces to protect member needs and create a strong legislative environment to support the homebuilding industry.
Our common values and objectives align perfectly and both groups work together and respond to critical issues: CBIA at the state level and LBA at the federal level.
The California Building Industry Association is a statewide trade association based in Sacramento representing thousands of member companies including homebuilders, trade contractors, architects, engineers, designers, suppliers and industry professionals in the homebuilding, multi-family and mixed-use development markets.
The building industry has historically played a significant role in California's economic strength, and its success is critical to the state's current recovery. With new housing construction contributing $38.6 billion and supporting more than 209,000 jobs to California's economy in 2013, it is critical to continue the industry's increasing momentum and growth.
Leading Builders of America represents 20 of the largest homebuilders in America and they endorse PCBC as their official event. No other housing event has the endorsement of LBA. PCBC is proud to bring together the leaders of residential building, create greater business connections and strengthen business fundamentals of the homebuilding industry. LBA's members include many of the largest homebuilding companies in North America. Our members include publicly traded companies whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange as well as privately held companies.
Our purpose is to preserve home affordability for American families. We do this by carefully evaluating the public policy dialog at the federal and state level and becoming actively engaged in issues that have the potential to impact home affordability.
LBA member companies build across the residential spectrum from first-time and move-up to luxury and active-adult housing. In each of these segments, our members are leaders in construction quality, energy efficiency, design and the efficient use of land. Many of our members are also active in urban multi-family markets and also develop traditional and neo-traditional suburban communities. LBA member companies also operate a range of subsidiaries that complement their core homebuilding business including mortgage lending and title insurance.
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Last night I went to a UEFA Europa League match between Kharkov Metalist and Newcastle United here in Kharkov. It was my first UEFA game and it was an experience to remember to say the least if for no other reason than the experience of being in the stands with 40,000 yelling Ukrainians. I made a video of some of the chants the home town fans were shouting through the match.
The game got me in the football mood so I finally ripped a pack of my Ukrainian stickers and I'll have the results tomorrow.
February 22, 2013
February 15, 2013
I Finally Found Some Sports Cards In Ukraine
Since moving here to Ukraine in September I've found exactly zero packs of sports cards or stickers in my travels. I've been surprised by this because last summer my home city of Kharkiv was a host site for the 2012 Euro Cup and you can still find memorabilia from the event in stores...but still no cards to be found.
That was until today.
I've been traveling around the middle part of Ukraine [south of Kiev] this week and was just randomly walking by a small store in Zhytomyr and there right in front of me were Panini 2012/2013 UEFA Champions League booklets and stickers.
That was until today.
I've been traveling around the middle part of Ukraine [south of Kiev] this week and was just randomly walking by a small store in Zhytomyr and there right in front of me were Panini 2012/2013 UEFA Champions League booklets and stickers.
So I finally get to rip open some semi-new products. I'm going to saver this as who knows when I'll find some more of these so I'll wait until I'm back home and really write some detailed posts [and learn something about the Champions League as I know next to nothing about soccer].
February 11, 2013
Interesting [To Me] Andy Pafko Item On eBay
Back in 2011, I wrote about visiting Andy Pafko Athletic Park in his hometown of Boyceville, WI. It was a lot of fun and a nice little crowning glory to my Andy Pafko collection. I was reminded of this trip recently when a unique item showed up on eBay. It is a poster for the ceremony that dedicated the park to Andy. The seller is asking $29.99 for it which is about $10 more than I would pay for it and unfortunately there isn't a "make an offer" option on it currently.
February 9, 2013
A Pack To Be Named Later: 1981 Fleer Baseball Stickers
Today [well, back in September] I ripped a pack of my favorite baseball sticker pack: 1981 Fleer Stickers.
February 6, 2013
My 1966 Topps Batman Pickups From Black Friday
The road to somewhere is paved with good intentions and one of my key intentions while I was back in America was to scan as many cards as I could to set me up for posts for majority of 2013. It didn't turn out so well as I only scanned about a quarter of what I hoped to and most of those cards where from my Black Friday purchases on COMC.com.
My overall favorites are these Batman cards from 1966 that were put out by Topps. Not only are they the first trading cards featuring Batman these were also drawn by Norman Saunders who famously drew the original Mars Attacks cards. Because these cards were so popular Topps issued five sets of them [including one with live action shots from the TV show]. The key difference between the sets was in the color of the Batman logo on the front of each card. The four cards that I picked up were the "Black Bat" versions which are the most common. The other main types are the "A" and "B" Series:
A Series = Red Bat on the front of the card and a red border
B Series = Blue Bat on the front of the card and a blue border
Black Bat Series = Black Bat on the front of the card and no additional border
This first card is my overall favorite...even with the pencil marks.
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February 2, 2013
The New Topps Website
I received a message from Topps today letting me know that they are going to have a super awesome new web page next week. I would say I'm excited but I'm sure it will be infrequently updated and just overall not very helpful for card collectors as their webpage currently is now. Beyond that though, I'm troubled that "Trading Cards" is the fourth thing listed of the four categories that the web site will be focused on. Am I making something out of nothing?
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One secret affair, two disastrous dinner parties, and three couples heading for trouble cause matrimonial mayhem in this expertly written farce from the genius mind of Alan Ayckbourn. Recommended for ages 15 & up.
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text: khonsuu 0 Posted September 22, 2012 Let's begin with a hypothetical question:Is there any possible way that random people can walk by in a public sandox, take a copy of your objects (along with all their contents and scripts), directly off the ground and into their inventory?? It turns out the answer is, yes. And it was not until today that I realized this was possible. I had a slight misunderstanding of permissions because I was sending objects between alts and things get weird if you do so. Turns out simply placing a checkmark next to "Anyone can Copy" is sufficient to give permission to the entire internet to come along and simply steal you hard work RIGHT OFF THE GROUND in front of you. I had been working on a gigantic multi-part, multi-scripted object that I was even intending to, some day, put out for sale. Strange behavior of other avatars nearby me in the public sandbox started to make me worry. At that time, the worry was a mere inkling in the back of my mind. Ya know, one of those things you freak out about and then learn to ignore. I thought to myself "Surely, Linden Labs would not let people just grab my work directly off the ground!" (...would they?) ....would they? Today my suspicions turned into a horrific reality. Weird avatars were appearing around me at strange angles, walking around me and my builds for 45 seconds and then teleporting away. It was now blatantly obvious to me that they were not in the sandbox to do any work. My suspicions had now grown larger than an "inkling". Today I met with a friend to test the "Allow anyone to Copy" stuff inside of object editing dialogues. Sure enough, I could grab a copy of his little box right off the ground in front of him. I fealt my blood run cold.... I would like everyone on this forum to know, (as well as all Linden Labs employees that may read this post) that I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION AND I HAVE NOT GIVEN ANY OF THESE PEOPLE PERMISSION TO COPY MY WORK. I HAVE BEEN WRITING MULTIPLE SCRIPTS INTO A BUILD FOR OVER A MONTH AND ANYONE WHO HAS SIMPLY RIPPED IT OFF THE GROUND IN THE SANDBOX IS STEALING IT FROM ME. At this point, if anyone has anything constructive to say or add, I would like to hear it. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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On 3 March 2014, the International Court of Justice handed down its order on the request by Timor Leste for the indication of provisional measures in its claim against Australia relating to the seizure and detention of certain documents and data (for earlier reporting of the proceedings: see here). As predicted, Timor Leste didn't get the seized material back, but the decision of the Court did give it most of what it wanted.
The Court considered that Timor Leste had established jurisdiction prima facie on the basis of the declarations it and Australia had made under Article 36(2) of the Court's Statute accepting the Court's compulsory jurisdiction, and that at least some of the rights claimed by Timor Leste were plausible. A concomitant of the principle of the sovereign equality of States was equality between States when in the process of seeking peacefully to settle their disputes, which meant that States have a right of confidentiality and of non-interference in their communications with their legal advisers when engaging in arbitration proceedings or negotiations. The Court also considered that there was a link between the rights claimed and the measures sought by Timor Leste insofar as they sought to prevent interference by Australia with Timor Leste's communications with its legal advisers.
The major issue before the Court was, however, whether there was a risk of irreparable prejudice to Timor Leste's rights, and whether such a threat was urgent. Australia's argument was that there was no such risk. At the commencement of proceedings the Australian Attorney-General had stated that there had been no inspection of the documents and data seized and that they would be held under seal until the beginning of the oral hearings on Timor Leste's request for the indication of provisional measures. At the oral hearings themselves, the Australian Solicitor-General had assured the Court that the materials would remain under seal until it rendered its decision on the request. Further, a written undertaking of the Attorney-General was presented to the Court stating that until the close of the Court's proceedings the materials would only be inspected for purposes of national security, and that there would be no communication of them or their contents for any purpose in connection with the exploitation of resources in the Timor Sea or related negotiations, or in connection with the case before the Court or the Timor Sea Treaty Arbitration.
The Court considered that these undertakings went a long way to mitigate the risk facing East Timor. Such undertakings were binding on Australia (the Attorney-General having actual and ostensible authority to bind Australia as a matter of both Australian and international law) and it could not be anticipated that Australia would not comply with the commitments it had made. It did not, however, consider that they extinguished it. Given that Australia specifically reserved the right to inspect the materials, the Court considered that there was a risk of disclosure of their contents and, once disclosed and confidentiality breached, the injury suffered to Timor Leste's rights to conduct arbitral proceedings and negotiations without interference would be irreparable.
Accordingly, the Court ordered (by 12 votes to 4) Australia to ensure that there is no disclosure of the materials to any persons to the disadvantage of Timor Leste until the conclusion of proceedings. To that end, the Court further required Australia (also by 12 votes to 4) that Australia continues to hold the materials seized under seal until further decision of the Court. Finally, the Court ordered (by 15 votes to 1) that Australia not interfere in any way with communications between Timor Leste and its legal advisers in connection with the proceedings before it, the Timor Sea Arbitration, or any future bilateral negotiations.
Although little was said about the events giving rise to the application, the Court plainly thought Australia had behaved inappropriately. An order for the return of the material seized never having been a realistic option (not least because it would appear to anticipate the subject matter of the underlying claim itself), Timor Leste seems to have achieved most of what it sought from the Court. The decision cannot be said to break much new ground legally speaking, although the statements on the content of sovereign equality in the context of the peaceful settlement of international disputes, and on unilateral undertakings are interesting. Perhaps more important is the message sent with regards to States' right not to have their communications intercepted when engaged in negotiations or legal proceedings. The Court's comments will doubtless be used by Timor Leste to support its claims in the arbitration concerning the 2006 Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea, where it claims that Australia bugged Timorese cabinet discussions during negotiation of the treaty (see here for examination of the issues). In that context, and given the current wider controversies about electronic eavesdropping, one might see the composition of the minority – Judges Keith (New Zealand), Greenwood (UK), Donoghue (USA) and Judge ad hoc Callinan (Australia) – as interesting, albeit that all but Judge ad hoc Callinan voted for the final part of the order.


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9:15 p.m. Mayor Reed says travelers are being sent to Georgia International Convention Center for shelter, Chick-Fil-A will provide meals.
9:07 p.m. Georgia Power says switch that accesses back-up system was also damaged in the fire, causing both system to go down
9:01 p.m. During a news conference with Mayor Reed, an airport official said "because of the intensity of the fire, the switch which accesses the redundant system was damaged. Airport has a very redundant, very robust system." It will take time to investigate the cause of the fire.
8:56 p.m. Mayor Reed says "no evidence to suggest fire was caused deliberately" about fire, says security sweep is underway at airport.
Our Team Coverage of the power outage at the airport continues on wsbtv.com and the Channel 2 Action News Nightbeat at 11.
8:30 p.m. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed holds news conference regarding Atlanta airport power outage.
UPDATE: #CBP officers remaining on duty at @ATLairport clearing International passengers at F-Concourse. The diversion plan of other International flights destined for #Atlanta continues with those aircraft landing at other airports. #AtlAirport #poweroutage— CBP Southeast (@CBPSoutheast) December 18, 2017
8:16 p.m. FAA says it will retain normal staffing in the Air Traffic Control tower throughout Sunday evening. Air traffic controllers will be ready to handle flights as soon as they resume.
Update: #FAA will retain normal staffing in the Air Traffic Control Tower at @ATLairport throughout the night. Air traffic controllers will be ready to handle flights as soon as they resume.— The FAA (@FAANews) December 18, 2017
Please contact the airport and airlines for information about their operations.
8:06 p.m. Delta cancels ALL remaining flights. Full statement here.
The airline has canceled approximately 900 mainline and Delta Connection flights Sunday as a result of the outage and 48 flights have diverted to alternate airports due to a nationwide groundstop for Atlanta-bound flights.
Pending full resumption of power, Delta anticipates a near-full schedule Monday in Atlanta, though some delays and cancellations can be expected.
Delta continues to deplane the remaining customers from aircraft that have not been able to park at terminal gates that require power to operate. The airline will also work to reunify customers with their luggage once power is restored.
The Atlanta Airport, along with Atlanta Police Department, are restricting the vehicles allowed to the terminal drop-off and pick-up area due to congestion.
UPDATED: Power outage at ATL leads @Delta to cancel flights @DeltaNewsHub https://t.co/RL9LKzXP55— Delta News Hub (@DeltaNewsHub) December 18, 2017
7:45 p.m. Crowded lines at the MARTA station as passengers head home after being evacuated at Atlanta airport.
MARTA is running @ATLairport but the line is enormous. pic.twitter.com/Y0sEpe7HOx— Matt Johnson (@MattWSB) December 18, 2017
7:30 p.m. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says power has been restored to Concourse F.
Power at Concourse F is back on. If you are in another concourse, please remain there. We have an additional update on when full power will be restored from @GeorgiaPower.— Kasim Reed (@KasimReed) December 18, 2017
- Flights canceled, police evacuating Atlanta airport after massive power outage
- Here's what caused the power outage at Atlanta airport
- Passengers frustrated, confused by airport power outage: 'It's crazy in here'
7:00 p.m. Governor Deal announces two initial response teams comprised of 24 Georgia DPS troopers to assist with Atlanta Police Department
The state has been in constant contact with airport and other officials. We are sending 2 Initial Response Teams comprised of 24 @ga_dps troopers to assist. https://t.co/PavuF6XNn4— Governor Nathan Deal (@GovernorDeal) December 17, 2017
6:47 p.m. Exit from the interstate to Atlanta airport has been shut down due to power outage. Drivers are being urged not to drive there. Travelers are being advised to take MARTA and have people pick them up from the MARTA station.
Urgent #ATLairport traffic update. Do not attempt to drive to @ATLairport.— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) December 17, 2017
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6:38 p.m. Georgia Power says the outage may have been caused by a fire at an underground facility, says power should be restored by midnight.
Latest information from @GeorgiaPower regarding power outage at @ATLairport. pic.twitter.com/4dZdNPwheG— City of Atlanta, GA (@Cityofatlanta) December 17, 2017
6:00 p.m. Atlanta Police Department officials ask people to stay away from the airport as they begin to evacuate airport.
5:00 p.m. Power outage causes major airlines JetBlue, United Airlines, Southwest and American Airlines to cancel all remaining flights
BREAKING: Channel 2's @MattWSB has learned @Atlanta_Police has asked people stay away from @ATLairport as evacuations are about to begin https://t.co/lLjqMm04OK pic.twitter.com/gJof6ZG634— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) December 17, 2017
4:00 p.m. Officials with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport issue update. Says cause of fire is under investigation.
Updated information on the ATL power outage. pic.twitter.com/yu0MMsRqZE— Atlanta Airport (@ATLairport) December 17, 2017
3:38 p.m. FAA issues ground stop in place at airport.
1/2 The #FAA has put in a ground stop for flights headed to @ATLairport due to a power outage affecting the airport terminals. The FAA Tower can operate normally, however, departures are delayed because airport equipment in the terminals is not working.— The FAA (@FAANews) December 17, 2017
2:08 p.m. Due to the power outage, hundreds of Delta mainline and regional flights have been canceled. Delta is working to deplane customers from aircraft that have not been able to park at a gate due to the outage.
Flight cancellations and disruptions are expected as a result of the @ATLairport power outage. Delta customers are encouraged to check the status of their flight via the Fly Delta mobile app or https://t.co/yQj0byWQnW before heading to the airport.— Delta (@Delta) December 17, 2017
1:00 p.m. Power outage reported at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
TOTAL DARKNESS AT @ATLairport: Power outage leaves thousands of travelers stranded. Here's a look inside:— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) December 17, 2017
LATEST INFO HERE: https://t.co/lLjqMm04OK pic.twitter.com/w1ec2tQ3vq
Everyone is exiting the emergency door in the rear of my plane down some stairs. Have to walk into Terminal E. Not sure what awaits us when we get there. I'm waiting until everyone is off before I make a move. @wsbtv @MarkWinneWSB @ajc @ATLairport pic.twitter.com/zJmZG65sOz— Natalie L. Ammons (@nammons) December 17, 2017
I understand lighting at International terminal @ ATL airport is the emergency lighting. Plenty bright but flooded with folks @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/vHrjeasHbx— Mark Winne (@MarkWinneWSB) December 17, 2017
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Opinion: VIP chef's death underlines a professional struggle
ROME- The death of Mario Santilli aged 49 in Milan last week, from a presumed overdose, is the last show of the hidden reality within the restaurant profession as well as the former VIP chef.
Mario died on Saturday in poverty in his campervan in Milan; he was trying to get a fresh start but was struggling to start up again. He was once the head of a famous Italian restaurant, "La dolce vita", in Pune, near Mumbai in India and was once named the third best chef in India. Here, his restaurant was frequented by VIP celebrities and famous politicians alike. He fled India in 2008 after being threatened for having spoken out about Indian police and mafia and then moved to Abruzzo, which he left after the 2009 earthquake. He then moved to Milan to live in a campervan.
There is a hidden reality behind the appearance of the glamourous lifestyles chefs and restaurant owners are depicted as leading. They are shown to be driving their brand-new car and well acquainted with celebrities who dine in their restaurants with whom they take pictures; they seem to be living a life of the rich and famous.
I think one of the first shocking chef deaths was Bernard Loiseau who killed himself in 2003; he is said to have feared his restaurant would lose a Michelin star and would be declassed to 2 stars from 3 stars. More recently, Benoit Voiler, once named the world's best chef, killed himself in 2016 due to serious financial difficulties.
Those two suicides highlight the reality behind the fancy glimmer of the famous chef's lifestyle. The death of Santilli signals a trend of the same professional malady suffered by many others; 95 percent of chefs are said to suffer from depression, along with many engaging in alcohol and drug abuse.
The constant pressures that chefs and restaurateurs suffer are numerous. They working long hours and continual travel like a damned soul, which, beyond the difficulties this poses on a personal level, makes it difficult to uphold a family too. Moreover, the new and horrifying social media frenzy means that passionate chefs who give their all to their work are beheaded like a French king on Internet guillotines; the number of cases like this is becoming way too many.
A few years ago, I bought a book called 'A day at El Bulli' and the chef –author's unhappiness was manifest on his face on his photograph inside the book. This was just before I opened my new restaurant in New York. A months later Ferran Adria announced the closing of El Bulli in 2012, a strange move for a restaurant that was reviewed as the best in the world and whose waiting list was composed of reservations years in advance.
Most recently Heston Blumenthal has pointed out how much work, pressure and sweat has gone into his success. Long 16 hours work days were accompanied by financial insecurity, and he even admitted to almost closing a few times; he had not become rich suddenly despite his popularity amongst customers.
All these stories reveal a hidden reality: chefs' lives are not as glamourous as they appear to be and they don't 'get rich quick' like many people think.
Many people leave good day jobs to start a restaurant where they are faced with this truth. Many get into the profession not having a clear idea of what they are doing and often without proper training. All that pretending to be chef does is lower the standards; given the current notion that 'the customer is always right', restaurant professionals are often treated as nothing more than slaves by customers.
Moreover, the number of family-owned restaurants is falling significantly; the are no longer as many of the type of restaurant that we loved when we were children and when going out was a treat, when kids had to sit on their chair without disturbing others and where the menu was the menu and not a list of grocery items to mix and match.
It saddens me to write this but it seems that restaurants are slowly fading into a new standard of mediocrity. The people that work in the profession are no longer working for professional certified restaurants and the best food critics are being detrobed by the number of stars that many "new social media critics "will award you, regardless of their lack of knowledge and experience and affected by their moods and sometimes their affiliation with competitors.
In fact, I shall be closing my restaurant in New York too; I have had enough like many but I try not to be swept up in the storm and now I only cook for those who "deserve it."
I hope that whoever reads this article, the next time they get to a restaurant they will think about it, be more understanding and stop staring at their phone . Enjoy the meal, enjoy life and look for great food. If you don't like your dish, remember that you are in a restaurant and be happy.
Vincenzo Pezzilli has worked as a top chef in China, Italy and New York for the past 25 years. He moved to New York in 1997 after working with renowned chef Paul Bocuse and worked upwards through the city's classic Italian restaurants, such as Coco Pazzo. In 2012, he opened his own restaurant in New York Gastronomia Culinaria.


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Exeter extends China careers fair portfolio
Attendance has doubled at the successful Careers Fairs in Shanghai and Beijing, organised by the GW4 consortium of the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter.
Building upon the success of last year's inaugural Shanghai Careers Fair, the event was successfully repeated in September 2016 with Beijing added to the China graduate recruitment programme.
Held at the prestigious Peace Hotel in Shanghai and the China World Hotel in Beijing, the event attracted the largest employer brands from the world of graduate recruitment including names such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Apple, IBM and Nielsen amongst many others.
The success of the previous year's event also helped to attract a number of additional large recruiters from the Asia Pacific region which has helped to increase the scope of job opportunities for our returning graduates as well as add to the growing global profile of the University across the world.
Professor Janice Kay, Provost and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, commented "The University of Exeter is committed to ensuring that our graduates have access to employment opportunities within the world's top industries and employers. The success of the events in Beijing and Shanghai and their success in attracting such prestigious employers continues to illustrate the high regard in which our talented and innovative graduates are held."
"Last year was a great success for Exeter in delivering our first ever graduate recruitment fair overseas." says Paul Blackmore, Head of Student Employability and Academic Success "With the success of both the recent Shanghai and Beijing fairs and with twice the number of graduates and employers attending compared to last year, it is really gratifying to see how this programme is now viewed as a 'must attend' fixture in the diaries of major Chinese graduate recruiters."
Once again, employers attending the event have praised the organisation, the numbers of high-quality graduates attending and the innovative nature of the event.
A senior recruiter from Abercrombie & Fitch (Asia) said: "The GW4 Career Fairs offered a great opportunity for Abercrombie & Fitch to connect with a diverse group of graduates with high quality academic backgrounds, as well as a strong employability profile. We enjoyed a really memorable experience and opportunity to share our career opportunities and interacting with such great candidates. My team appreciated being invited to such successful fairs and are already looking forward to participating next year."
A Beijing exhibitor added: "Well organised, strong promotion, warm hospitality and fantastic attendance! Outstanding graduates - hope we can continue to work together in the future. We really enjoyed it and thank you so much".
The fairs were delivered as part of the GW4 careers partnership with the Universities of Bath, Bristol and Cardiff. With the events over-subscribed by both graduates and recruiters, plans are now underway to accommodate even larger numbers of attendees and exhibitors at next year's event.
Date: 21 September 2016


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Dr Stan Litras, Owner and Principal Dentist
BDS (Otago, 1981)
BSc (VUW, 1977)
Past President NZDA Wellington
Past NZDA Board Member
I grew up in Wellington, and have lived here most of my life, apart from studying in Dunedin and practising as a dentist in London for 4 years.
I have seen my city develop from a quiet, windy town of milk bars, beer barns, trams, and rugby at Athletic Park, to a sophisticated, multicultural, world class cool harbour capital with top quality restaurants, bars and culture, an excellent climate, a caketin and a safe and happy environment.
And I've seen my fellow Wellingtonians' attitudes to their oral health change from pulling teeth out at the drop of a hat and getting full dentures by the age of 40, to caring about looking after their natural teeth for life.
The days of mouths full of huge mercury fillings, gappy teeth and plastic dentures have given way to a preventive philosophy, computer designed, milled porcelain restorations and dental implants.
It's been my great pleasure to help support attitude change and bring the best of modern dentistry to many thousands of Wellingtonians. I see the provision of unbiased information and advice, the education and empowering of people to make informed decisions about their health, as amongst the most important parts of my job. In my experience, patients want to be active participants in their health outcomes and the strong partnerships I have forged with patients have been the key to my running a successful practice in Wellington for over 25 years.
Melissa Grant, BOH (Otago)
Melissa has worked in the dental profession for many years. Her background in assisting and passion for health and the clinical treatment process led her to further her education. Melissa's desire to directly influence health outcomes for dental patients as a Clinician resulted in her completing a dual-degree in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy at Otago University.
- Melissa's dual-degree gives her a special perspective, placing her ideally to understand each patient's hygiene needs in the context of any existing restorative work and/ or any treatment which may be required. She considers both scopes entirely complementary, and believes that each one makes her a stronger practitioner in the other.
- Friendly, focused and enthusiastic, Melissa has the perfect skill set, knowledge and integrity to help patients achieve and maintain excellent oral health, thus preventing tooth loss and minimising the need for complex intervention. Melissa takes enormous pride in her work, she has a relaxed chairside manner and a superb rapport with her patients.
- Being a big rugby fan, and a sports all rounder, Melissa is very switched on to the total health picture. She is highly motivated to help Great Teeth patients maintain a clean, healthy, attractive smile, reducing requirements for corrective treatment, prolonging the life of existing restorations, and improving general health.
Ellen, DSA Receptionist
New Zealand Dental Association DSA Cert., 1997
Ellen has been in the dental profession since 1996, and part of the Great Teeth family since 2000. Ellen chose dental because she wanted to work in a service profession that involved the care of people. She has a special interest in helping ease patients' anxieties about dental visits, and her other key interest is sharing generalised oral health info with interested patients. Ellen enjoys providing scheduling and other solutions.
Friendly, outgoing and cheerful, Ellen is also a great listener and team player. Her clinical background enables her to provide oncall support in the surgery, and emergency sterilising support to other clinical staff during her frontdesk shifts. She is able to interpret chartings and treatment plans if patients have general questions when they call us to make bookings. Ellen's clinical training and experience has also given her greater insights into the care process than many other career dental receptionists.
Ellen is experienced in staff selection, so she plays a key role in GT recruitment, shortlisting promising applicants and making recommendations to Dr Litras regards each person's merits. Ellen relishes opportunities to contribute to the professional development of new dental personnel and provides comprehensive training in frontline services and clinical safety.
Ellen loves her job. She often says that our patients are the best part of her day, and that being in the care of GT patients is not only a responsibility but also a true priviledge! When Ellen's not working, she enjoys quality time with loved ones, reading, music, movies, documentaries, sea kayaking, photography, writing for enjoyment, tennis, festivals, and volunteer work.


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Cerebral Palsy and Therapies
What is Cerebral Palsy:
Cerebral Palsy is a collective term used to describe a group of motor conditions that cause physical disability associated with body movement and posture. The impairments cause activity limitation and affect the level of functional independence.
Causes of Cerebral Palsy include: problems during intrauterine development, asphyxia before birth(in my case), hypoxia of the brain, birth trauma, and complications in the perinatal period or during childhood.
The early signs of cerebral palsy usually appear before a child reaches the age of 3. The most common are a lack of muscle coordination when performing voluntary movements, stiff or tight muscles and exaggerated reflexes. .
Simple actions that are performed subconsciously by others, require marked effort and concentration, and often fail in patients with Cerebral Palsy. For example, in severely affected individuals, the extension of all the fingers may accompany extension of the wrist. Discrete movements, such as that of an individual finger, may be impossible.
The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, communication, and behaviour. Epilepsy and secondary musculoskeletal problems may occur.
To date, no type of Cerebral Palsy has a known cure. However, therapy can help individuals function more effectively. Early intervention is highly recommended as young children have a strong ability to learn new motor plans (neural plasticity).
Cuevas Medek Exercises (CME) Physical Therapy was created by Ramon Cuevas, Physical Therapist, in 1972. The first name of this physical therapy approach was MEDEM, Spanish acronym for Dynamic Method of Motor stimulation.
In 1980 Ramon Cuevas changed the name of the therapy to MEDEK, Spanish acronym for Dynamic Method of Kinetic Stimulation.
Nineteen years later in 1999, Ramon Cuevas decided to include his name into the name of the therapy, and the nomination CME Cuevas Medek Exercises therapy came to light.
Cuevas Medek Exercises (CME) is a totally avant-garde approach inspired to provoke automatic motor responses in motor delayed children from ages of 3 months ahead. For more information, please see details under CME characteristics."
MEDEK uncovers and maximizes any movement and energy that lies dormant within the child. This physical therapy, unlike any other, does not let the child to be passive. The child has no choice but to work hard with whatever power he has. He repeats these movements over and over again, until it becomes part of him.
Conductive Education
"Conductive education is a holistic integrated education system, which enables people with damage to the central nervous system to learn to overcome the challenges they face. Conductive education is a process of experiences which leads the person to work with their motor impairments, moving towards increased independence.
Andras Peto, the founder of conductive education, viewed people with neurological conditions as a whole; focusing not only on the body but also the personality. Conductive education perceives people with neurological conditions as facing a challenge of learning rather than needing treatment for a medical condition. Peto argued to ensure learning people with neurological conditions should be "taught" rather than "treated". Through a structured teaching environment, led by the conductor, the brain can access residual capacity (neuro-plasticity) and learning can be promoted". (Scope definition)
The program/daily routine
The program/daily routine is a timetable of activities which reflect an integrated system of learning. It is carefully planned and highly structured with a focus on meeting goals in an interrelated manner. The program is complex in the way it is designed, but simple for the individual to understand. This allows the learning within the program to be integrated into every part of an individual's day. It provides the individual with a learning environment rich with relevance, fun, and opportunities to practice and clear pathways to achievement. The daily routine will depend on the age and the specific requirements of the individual. Daily living skills (such as toileting, washing, dressing, eating) will be incorporated. WWW.peto.hu