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A Legacy of WisdomYou have scribed your words,wealthy wreaths of wisdom,on paper never torn or worn.You have etched your passionson my brow.You have left this wallowed worldvictorious; eyes resplendentwith the wisdom you wrote and wrought.Your passions shall echo in my earsunto eternity.And should I stray into somesullen storm, or get caught inthe torrents of the monsoon, Ill knowthat Lears been there before, andIll not swoon.And if Hades doors open upbefore my stranded soul, and scorchit with the heat of hell, Ill recall thatI am not the first Dantes been downthere as well.And if on my death-bed I mournthe life I wasted on wine and stalechocolate bars, Ill recall Wildes words andhope that, though long in the gutter, I didglimpse the stars.
Laudanum and the Moonlit NightFlattered by the gossamer glow of a blushing moon,I scour the poppy-fields for the opiates of inspiration,the petals brushing against my bare thighs; easingthe tense creases in my neck into shivers down my back.What wanton joy, as I wander and wade in this sea of red,the waves of flowers parting before me, waltzing withthe silent wake of my footsteps. I could saunter on forever,holding nightfall by the waist; nature at my beck and call.Why do you blush, moon? Is it because of how stark nakedI appear before you, disrobed by your own coaxing caress?All cares do I brush aside, when on the night you do preside,and aloft the cloudless sky, gild gleaming eyes with wonder.Why does Dorian linger in that gray opium den for a whiffof oblivion, when you could soothe him to sleep with but a blinkof your lidless eye? In a dream would we saunter on forever,watching nightfall go to waste; nightly would we call out to you,but you would never answer...
A Violin's Faithalas, no man -let alone a violin -can orchestrateself-determination.here I lie, deserted,(Master's given up on me -given me up to a dust devilof a dissonant girl called oh bitter irony Lynn)unstrung and unwound,violet bruises cruisingthe seas of my some-time smooth surfaces.my innards, vital organs behold my broken anima -have fared no better fate.an enema in my f-holewould have been farless filthy than the stringof curses and fickle f-wordsI've tried to utter in the dark.as the bridge between meand reality breaks downinto a dystopia of abusedfingerboards and loose pegs,I shall bid sanity farewell.but not even deft dementiacan bid me forget that Iwas once much more thana violin lent toa violent Lynn.
Da Vinci's WingsMan's the measure of all things or so the Greeks and Romans said.Why walk when we can borrow wings,And glaze with glee the sunset red?And thus we turned to he that knowsThe secrets, both of earth and sky,And ordered that he should composeSome aircraft that would aid us fly.He smiled and shook his bearded head:'To fly you'll need wings of your own for there's no glory to be hadin reaping fruit you haven't sown.'And on we toiled, and on and on,'til our own wings did graze the dawn
I'll meet her again...Its Samhain. The line between the spiritworld and our own is a ray of moonlight. Its the night when the reluctant soul sticksto our plane, hovering - a withered rosewhose beauty is the figment of a dream;a gleam gilding the surface of the lake.For long hours of idyll would the Lakepoets revel in letting their spiritsoar free on the nightingales wings, and dream of glimpsing their Muse clad in pure moonlight but tonight magics afoot: clouds just roseto blur the moon like fumes from incense sticks.The Romantics habit of rambling sticksto mind tonight, as I stroll to the lakeand sit down to recall the violent rowswed have every night, before her spiritgave itself over to the bland moonlightand chose to rest and die, not live and dream.But perhaps tis I thats strayed in a dream?For in that small nest, fashioned out of sticks,I see her visage, painted in moonlight.I glimpse a lady traversing the
The Ghost of your PerfumeComposed Upon the Ghost of your PerfumeYour scent, a sensualpetal of pale perfection,is the one serenadeno siren could compose.Your eyes, muskyalmanacs of Celtic magic,emanate secretsonly the moon can tell.Your lips, orchidsof sweet abandon,beckon me closerand closer,loosen my composure,'til all thought of holding backis gone beyond recall.You are my ars poetica,my dryad immemorial,my hushed cello sonata,my shrine in Art Nouveau.And I... I am your doting dreamer,ensnared yet againby the subtle sorceryof your smile.
All Alone in the AlleyAll alone in the alley,with wine by my sideand not a cat in sight,I drift, slowly,from cold ennuito good old mis'ry.Here, in the deep darkof the cul-de-sac,there are no liesleft to unmask all is barefor none to see the drunken madness in my marrow,the broken poems in my bones;the quill, of late run out of sorrow, the sacrum writhing with my moans.This is what I covet,this is what I loathe;this this - is my sanctum my grove of myrtle drearand martyred dreams.
Away, away, oh wayward windAway, away, oh wayward wind I've had enough of your finesse!Why try to lift her silken skirtAnd not just ask her to undress?Oh I suppose it's not your fault For after all, you have no choice.We must make do with what we have And though you breathe, you have no voice.And b'sides all that, you lack a form A shape to which girls can relate.I'm sorry, mate it's sad but true:You mystics share a lonely fate.Well, darling wind, let's strike a deal Why don't you leave the lass to me?Go try to court the leaves instead I'm off to ask her out for tea.
Restless Nightswhen the skys too darkand your eyes too dry,when the song of the larkis a sorrowful cry;when you wish the thornwas a petal instead,that the chill winter morncrept not up your bed;when autumn ambles past,too slow to hold on,and dusks lecherous lustsows too ardent a dawn;when you wish the moonwould lull you to sleep,but give up way too soonand try counting the sheep;when a coffee-free nightleaves you restless and twitching youll just hug your knees tightand yearn to stop wishing...
Glistened FearsBlue gray eyes with glistened tears,They cry and question bitter fears,For all they see and all they know,Is the hate her mother shows.Eight years old, she knows of much,She flinches from her mothers touch,For every day she feels the threat,The beating that shell always get.Liar, liar pants on fire,He was the man that shed admired,Ill never hurt you- this he said,Till he held her by her neck.Back and forth she holds the blade,Tears to wash the blood away,Her pleas unanswered, alone she sits,She wonders if shell live from this.Rock a bye baby on a tree top,She yells for God to make it stop,Just one year left to wait,Can she avoid a nasty fate?2 years of sadness, grief and pain,She feels what she cant explain,Her eyes cant glisten, fill with tears,Inside her mind, she holds those fears.As time will tell, they wont affect,Her love, her heart- her self-respect,For their thoughts dont slash her heart,And in her
Balance of LifeTo love another, love thyself,To heal another, keep your health,To understand them, you must feel,Something more than cold hard steel.To rid of doubt, you must believe,To rid of lies, first not deceive,To rid of death, face its eye,Feel its presence till you die.To take a life, you must give yours,To see your strengths, you must see flaws,To see the truth, you must see farce,The battles, war- surrounding us.All is balanced, all is true,See what you can make of you
MirielleUnicorn with golden hair, walk with me to everywhere,Be my legs; Ill be thine eyes; be with me until I die,And with each breath that you shall take, a bond of sorts we shall make,As made of me you are dear child; something conjured- nothing wild,Born of Light, and sheathed in white; toss your head that all is right,Take this journey now with me; Mother-Daughter we shall be,For you are special and unique; the first of your kind so to speak,Your mate was made of Michaels hand; you will find him- understand,That all that happened wasnt dream; we were a family- ancient team,Today you stand in human form; ready to weather any storm,I hold you now as I once did; as my kyn and blood- my kid.
Speaking SoftlySpeak softly so I barely hear,Those words I long for, crave so much,Hold me close and show me that,I'm the only one you want to touch.Lead me past my anxious fears,Stroking gently my desires,Caress away my self dislike,Til I am one I can admire.Lift away the victim child,With fingers strong, you raise me up,Light the candle to my heart,Brighten where I've lived in dark.I wish to be loved as I love,To have someone consumed by me,To know that all I am is right,To be the everything you see.So listen as I speak right now,I'm whispering inside your ear,So that none but you and I,Know the words that you can hear.
A Tribute To A NoblemanWhen I was born you held me close,I shushed up as you kissed my head,And while I fought and screamed with her,You could calm with no words said.I wanted to be just like you,Big and strong; so noble -kind,I watched you as you fought each day,A greater man no one could find.You worked yourself away for us,While she worked to pierce your soul,It took her years to win that fight,For your heart was made of gold.'Sing a little song for you,With eyes wide open; heart so true'Humour; music your escape,While love your blessing and a curse,For she used what she knew best,Hit you; struck you where it hurt.You taught me love; healed my wounds,You barred the way and drew me close,You were my Hero, and as you lie,I cherish you the very most.Dad you were my Superman,I loved you till the day you died,I wish that I had known back then,Yet in my heart you're still alive.'I love you Dad, I say Goodbye,As all things noble, one day die'
MesmerisedHe is the object of my dreams,He steals away into the night,He is but one I cant defeat,I cant erase from my sight.For his presence fills my mind,His touch so gentle drives me mad,No other lover can I find,This curse of burning heart grows bad.He is the one I want the most,And with his actions shows me how,He feels the same, he is no ghost,To urges he cannot allow.I feel a fool for standing by,Mesmerised by dark blue eyes.
Gods Don't Use ClocksAsymmetrical applause of artillerySkies stained black with the smokeMud ground into the treads of bootsOrders shouted into the stinking airEngine whirr and choke of tracksCracks of gunfire calling papa papa...The sole white feather spirals downFails to be heard among the dinCrimson stained by the savage menRueful landing behind the enemy linesGround into the dirt by running feetJust as have the shower of siblingsPouring tides from the heaven aboveFlak fired up in a stream of smoggy puffsWinged steeds and angels screamConsumed by the words of a machineThe choirs up there take another toneA bygone golden age is laid to rest
ForgivenessYou stole off with my childhood and yet I forgive,For I have a life now that I plan to live,Without all the anger, without all the pain,Happiness, freedom and joy I have gained.There is nothing to bind us, no resentment to grasp,For I am the adult, my words are the last,Your mentality crushed me to be who I am,I am stronger than if things had all gone to plan.Ironic that something you tried to deny,Was the reason Ive pushed past that life,Ive spent too long caring what you say,Now I will dance, I will sing, I will play.You conceived and you raised me, that is the truth,You ruled with a stern fist and forgot all your youth,Yet while you tried to break me, what do you have?A life that is empty, so lonely and sad.Forgiving you Mum was the toughest thing yet,But dont think with these words I shall ever forget,You lost all your power; your words have no hold,Never again will you touch on my soul.
Special SoulsI have some people you should meet,For they speak a hidden truth,They feel corruption taking Light,They see what really stirs in you.They read my words and catch the thoughts,The questions; outraged orders which,Can be lost in rhyme and flow,In eloquence of written speech.It was a test that I set up,For those with blocks within their minds,To see a different thing inside,So the meaning they wont find.Well, well, well- What have we here?A group of people without fear?Funny though I shall reflect,Upon the fact theres many who,Read the words and see the vision,That I place in front of you.This site is brimmed with special souls,Who captivate true beauty in,Their works of talent, which reflect,A depth and knowledge from within.So here I pay this homage to,Those deviants that see the truth,Who arent afraid to know whats right,And act upon these feelings too.Thank you all for what you say,It brightens my life everyday
A Scattering of MeteoriteLast night I saw the sky turn red.The heavens heaved and all life bledas meteors rained upon the world,the cosmos' wrath raw and unfurled.I could do naught but gaze wide-eyedat cities razed and lives denied,at trees ablaze and fields aflame.When at long last I o'ercamethe fear that froze me to the ground,I looked around and there I foundtwo lovers locked in tight embrace,a blissful death etched on their face.This life of ours 's a tawdry treasure,for there's no meter that can measurethe tears that trickle and descend,the meteors that have yet to land
IowaIf you visit Iowa,you'll call her fields empty,but she wasn't born that way.A part of her was carved outwhen she was ripped between Virginiaand the purple mountains of New Mexico.Her gold hair, she tore it out when she realizedit didn't make her a princess.She laid her locks strung along every roadleading somewhere else.Anywhere else.White hairs on her cheeksare scars from winter.Her hair darkens with the dampnessof summer rains.The storms are never silent,but neither is life when there's a tearin your childhood wherea parent ought to be.I've been flooded by Iowa's sorrow.The only way I can distract her from her own voided landscapeis if I hate myself harder than she cries.She just wants to flyand I want to bus or train,not because I fear death, but becauseI want to take living slow.It's the only way I ever feel.From the air it's hard to watch Earth's hips move.But Earth can't compare to the country.That's my girl.Full grown even when harvesting season's j
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Princess Of Country Music, Taylor Swift, Purchases Historical Nashville Mansion!
BUYER: Taylor Swift
LOCATION: Nashville, TN
SIZE: 5,601 square feet, 4 bedrooms 4.5 bathrooms
YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Country-pop singer/songwriter Taylor Swift may only be in her very early twenties but she's amassed fourGrammys, seven AMAs, six CMT Music Awards, one MTV Video Music Award and 13 Teen Choice Awards. She's also already begun to snatch up and sell off high-priced real estate like a property obsessed celebrity twice her age.
In late 2009 the poised young lady dropped $1,990,000 on an airy and very grown up 4,062 square foot penthouse pad at the Adelicia, a newly-constructed full-service building in downtown Nashville, TN. In September 2010 she forked over another $1,400,000 for an historic red brick mini-mansion hard up on a busy road a wee bit south and west of downtown Nashville. Most reports from the time suggested the house was purchased for her family. Seven months later the fresh-faced phenom splashed out $3,550,000 for a quaint mini-compound tucked up into a secluded and bucolic canyon setting in Beverly Hills, CA. Yes, puppies, believe it or not there are indeed pockets of pastoral perfectness right in the heart of dirty ol' Los Angeles.
After some interior renovations and privacy making landscaping projects, the young country queen had a real estate change of heart and flipped the Nashville mini-mansion back on the market with an asking price of $1,450,000. A real estate whistle blower down in Nashville, let's call him A.M. Uhsnitch, told Your Mama that Miss Swift and the Family Swift ultimately found the residence too small for their needs and too crowded on to a too small lot on a too busy street. We're not really sure why these things didn't occur to her/them before they signed on the deed's dotted line but occur to them it did not, apparently. It's also all-but across the street from a middle school, which means there's probably a noisy parade of tweens and titanic SUVS streaming past the house at least twice a day 8 or 9 months of the year.
The swimming pool and surrounding terrazzo terrace separate the main house from the two-story guest house (above), done up and did over in a similarly glammy 1930s meets southern traditional manner. The living/lounging area has herring bone patterned hardwood floors, wood burning marble fireplace juxtaposed against peckycypress wood paneled walls, a kitchenette/wet bar, and floor to ceiling paned glass windows and French doors. A surprisingly glamorous spiral stair with custom wrought iron railing connects the two floors of the guest/pool house that is, let's be honest hunties, larger and much nicer than the homes of most people. Upstairs each of the two bedrooms has hardwood floor laid at a 45-degree angle and a private marble and glass tile bathroom.
A columned covered patio off the pool house overlooks the swimming pool and has a large wet bar with granite counter tops. Although the house is really far too traditional for Your Mama and the Dr. Cooter'spersonal taste in architecture and day-core, we do like that a person is never more than just a few steps from a booze storage cabinet and/or wet bar in this house. A nearby storage room for rafts and water wienies offers utility hook ups so that Paul the hunky pool man can launder the towels without ever having to glide his virtually hairless suntanned body into the main house where our imperious and ever-horny house gurl Svetlana would no doubt climb all over him like a starving monkey on a banana tree.
The walled and gated grounds include a separate electronically gated entrance for landscapers, caterers and other domestic helpers who the owner might not want to darken the drive or muddy the motor court with their pee-cup trucks and beat up Dodge Neons. Well-tended grounds dotted with statues and fountains surround the house and include broad flat lawns, massive and mature shade trees, tiered formal gardens, flower cutting garden and plenty of room for a tennis court and/or vegetable garden should the Swift family desire them.
Additional fancy features of The Northumberland Estate that may have appealed to young Miss Swift and her family include custom landscape lighting, hardcore security system, removable child-proof fencing around pool, integrated speaker system throughout the house and outdoor entertainment areas, and an automatic and integrated bug repellent system in the outdoor entertainment area.
Over the years the house played hostess to scads of presidents and other politicians (Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Gore), Tinseltown luminaries (Bob Hope), and any number of country music moguls and superstars (George Strait, Reba McEntire, and the boys from Brooks & Dunn). No doubt with Miss Swift as the new owner, the parade of high profile people who will visit the house will continue unabated.
With a penthouse in downtown Nashville, a house to sell and a house to decorate in an leafy nearby neighborhood and a mini-compound in the canyons behind Beverly Hills, Your Mama imagines young but rich and powerful Miss Swift will keep an army of smart architects in angular eye glasses and nice, gay decorators in Gucci loafers employed for months and perhaps years to come.
Article: realestalker.blogspot.com
Listing photos: Fridrich & Clark
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California Electricity Market:
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GAO-01-870R: Published: Jun 29, 2001. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 2001.
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As the electricity industry restructures, California and the west have witnessed extraordinarily high wholesale prices and sharp limitations on the availability of electricity. In California, high prices have led to financial problems for the state's utilities, power outages, and rate increases. In other Western states, the high prices have also led to rate increases for consumers. This report assesses the outlook for California's electricity supplies this summer. Because of a lack of timely direct access to key information and limitation in other data, GAO was unable to assess likely conditions in California. To make an independent, reliable assessment, GAO would need access to data underlying key supply and demand factors, such as power plant outages and electricity supplies that could be imported into California. Furthermore, forecasts of California's electricity market show stark differences in the expected conditions this summer.
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NATURAL GAS:Federal Approval Process for Liquefied Natural Gas ExportsGAO-14-762: Published: Sep 26, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 1, 2014.
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Oil and Gas Transportation:Department of Transportation Is Taking Actions to Address Rail Safety, but Additional Actions Are Needed to Improve Pipeline SafetyGAO-14-667: Published: Aug 21, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 22, 2014.
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Electricity Markets:Actions Needed to Expand GSA and DOD Participation in Demand-Response ActivitiesGAO-14-594: Published: Jul 11, 2014. Publicly Released: Aug 11, 2014.
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National Nuclear Security Administration:Agency Expanded Use of Some Federal Oversight Reforms, but Is Still Determining Future PlansGAO-14-588: Published: Jul 17, 2014. Publicly Released: Jul 17, 2014.
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Fusion Energy:Observations on DOE's Cost and Schedule Estimates for U.S. Contributions to an International Experimental ReactorGAO-14-750T: Published: Jul 11, 2014. Publicly Released: Jul 11, 2014.
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Advanced Reactor Research:DOE Supports Multiple Technologies, but Actions Needed to Ensure a Prototype Is BuiltGAO-14-545: Published: Jun 23, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 23, 2014.
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Department of Energy:Enhanced Transparency Could Clarify Costs, Market Impact, Risk, and Legal Authority to Conduct Future Uranium TransactionsGAO-14-291: Published: May 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 9, 2014.
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Fusion Energy:Actions Needed to Finalize Cost and Schedule Estimates for U.S. Contributions to an International Experimental ReactorGAO-14-499: Published: Jun 5, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 5, 2014.
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DOE Loan Programs:DOE Has Made More Than $30 Billion in Loans and Guarantees and Needs to Fully Develop Its Loan Monitoring FunctionGAO-14-645T: Published: May 30, 2014. Publicly Released: May 30, 2014.
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Oil and Gas:Updated Guidance, Increased Coordination, and Comprehensive Data Could Improve BLM's Management and Oversight [Reissued on May 16, 2014]GAO-14-238: Published: May 5, 2014. Publicly Released: May 12, 2014.
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I smoked the natural version of this cigar about a week ago and tried the maduro last night. I've always been a big fan of maduros so I ordered a bundle (right before I smoked the one from the sampler). The sampler version had a fantastic flavor but an extremely hard draw. I plan to smoke one tomorrow when I get my ups shipment but let the rest of them sit in my humi for a month. At this point I recommend the natural over the maduro. I will report back with my findings after i get through the bundle. "Smoke em if you got em!"Wade M. in Lafayette, IN September 1, 2011
"Good flavor, burn was very bad however"
Good looking, well-packed, good draw. As Carl said this was a different flavor from many other maduro cigars, but I enjoyed it. After around 10 minutes, I only had about 1/16" of ash and I thought I had found the slowest-burning cigar ever. What really was going on though was it was tunnelling - BAD. Even snipping off the tunnelled area (a full inch or more with no sign of stopping) to form a fresh foot, toasting the foot etc., it still tunnelled as if the binder was made from asbestos. I can't comment on wrapper flavor because very little of the wrapper burned. I might actually have been able to pack it again like a pipe and smoke a whole new bunch of filler out of it. Nothing wrong in my humi either, other cigars that have been in there the exact same amount of time (about three weeks) burn just fine, and it is sitting at 69/70. Wrapper feels just fine to the touch too. So give it a try if you like, but I wouldn't smoke this one while driving or doing something where you can't correct the crazy burn.David C. in USA August 18, 2011
"Great Smoke..."
Excellent smoke for the price. Beautiful tasty wrapper. Great filler with a surprisingly high level of complexity. Decent draw. This stick put a smile on my face. Give it a try. Will definitely have a home in the humi.SONOFGOD in Michigan August 4, 2011
"Better Then Expected"
Nice dark wrapper, no blotches. All appear uniform in color. No soft spots. Heavy in the hand, fully packed. Draw on a few was a little tight but overall OK. Burn is even. Occasional relight necessary. Aroma is pleasant. Flavor is nothing special. Not a typical Maduro taste but not offensive either. Very mild cigar.Carl in Ohio September 30, 2010
"Hard draw"
Four of the first seven have been impossible to smoke because they are rolled too tight. The other three were decent cigars, the construction is so inconsistent these are not worthwhile buys.Darron in Round Rock, TX September 17, 2010
"Not a bad stick...for the price"
For the money you really can't beat it. Enjoyed the taste. My biggest complaint was the uneven burn. So, I get to play with my torch abit. Not a big deal. I'd buy it again...Mongo in Colorado September 16, 2010
"First four out of bundle were very good"
Decent smoke, no major complaints for the price.Eric in Cleveland September 5, 2010
This is a very poor smoke, they actually appears to be a natural that's painted with a substance to give them the appearance of a maduro. The construction is poor and the burn is equally bad. Save yourself the time, but then again you do get what you pay for.GREGoRY in POMONA, CA September 2, 2010
"A Quality Smoke in any Book!!"
I smoke pricey top shelf smokes and good everyday ones also, these cigars are worthy of a place on the top shelf, what a group of gems. fantastic smooth flavors, some woody some creamy but all great. the maduro by Nestor Plasencia is a fly under the radar hit. just as good in the natural wrapper, the Limited is a big fat flavorful roll of smoking pleasure. and the Fuente is a treat. its not very often all the smokes in a sampler are good these are all great. let your price ego go and stock up on all of these fine smokes.Ken in Sammamish Washington July 4, 2010
"for the money -- I like them so much"
yes Iam pretty new to cigar smoking -- but have tried plenty -- these for the money -- so far anyway -- seem to be the best deal -- taste good and strong enough for me -- have been back to buy moreBob B in Lakeside, Ca April 8, 2010


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Sapogne-sur-Marche is situated in the Ardennes (Champagne-Ardenne region) in the north-east of France at 47 km from Charleville-Mézières, the department capital. (General information: Sapogne-sur-Marche is 231 km from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Charleville-Mezieres at 47 km and Montherme at 53 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Heritage sites Longwy ville neuve (Vauban fortifications) (33km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé) (see also historical French towns) Charleville-Mezieres (48km)
Sites of natural beauty Lac de Bairon (40km)
Towns of Art and history Sedan (29km)
Commune: Sapogne-sur-Marche
Canton: Carignan
Arrondissement: Sedan
Department: Ardennes
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Postcode: 08370
from Charleville-Mézières (prefecture): 47 km
from Paris: 231 km
from Calais: 288 km
from Nice: 672 km
from Bordeaux: 691 km
from Strasbourg: 210 km
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sapogne-sur-Marche): Auflance, Avioth, Bievres, Breux, Fromy, Herbeuval, La Ferte-sur-Chiers, Margny, Margut, Mogues, Moiry, Puilly-et-Charbeaux, Signy-Montlibert, Thonne-le-Thil and Thonnelle.
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School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies International Postgraduate Research Scholarships
Cardiff School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies has two scholarships available for overseas students embarking on a research degree within the School during the academic year 2012/13.
Award Value
£1,000 to be used to cover research-related expenses (see Terms and Conditions below)
Applicants must be international fee-status students intending to commence either a PhD or Professional Doctorate within the School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies during the academic year 2012/13
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- To be considered for the award, candidates must have accepted an unconditional firm offer of a place on either a PhD or Professional Doctorate programme within the School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies by Friday 31 August 2012.
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Harvey K. Littleton
Harvey K. Littleton (1922-2013) was a glass artist and educator, who is considered a pioneer in the Studio Glass Movement.
His work ranged from functional vessels to sculptural forms. His father was a physicist at Corning Glass Works so he had early exposure to glass in the factories. Trained as a ceramicist, he began experimenting with hot glass in his studio in 1959. Through two landmark workshops and by establishing the first Studio Glass curriculum at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he helped to bring glass out of the factory and into the artists studio.
He attended Brighton School of Art in England, received his Bachelors of Design at the University of Michigan, and received his M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art. His work can be found in the collection of the High Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, the Victoria & Albert Museum in England, among others.
Harvey K. Littleton, Blue Crown, 1985-89
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Last Saturday I started a series of posts on Civil War heritage groups. Our first group was the Sons of Confederate Veterans. If you missed it you can read about them here.
This week we'll talk about the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861 – 1865. I've been a member for almost 15 years.
The aim of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 (DUVCW) is to preserve Civil War Heritage while honoring our Civil War ancestors. We do this through education and participating in events that commemorate the memory of our ancestors who served.
Membership is open to all women who are a direct descendant of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served in the Union Army, Navy or Marine Corps and Revenue Cutter Service during 1861-1865, and those who died or were killed while serving in the armed services of the Union between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865, and who are at least eight years old.
Eligibility is through lineal descent only. Applicants do need to furnish a complete war record of their ancestor and proof of descent.
Local groups are known as "tents" to recognize our veteran ancestors who "tented up" at the end of the day and each tent is named after a prominent Union Civil War era woman. I belong to 'Lizabeth A Turner Tent #23.
The goal of today's tents is to preserve, honor and remember the service of our Civil War ancestors and promote patriotism whenever possible.
The tents in a state belong to that state's Department. So my Lizabeth A Turner tent belongs to the Ohio Dept. Ohio has eleven tents. There's a yearly convention for each Dept. and a national convention held yearly as well.
My tent has about 6 meetings a year and we're involved in a variety of events. We participate in our city's Memorial Day parade and Wreath Laying Ceremony, we host a Food Drive for our local Veterans Pantry, we have a yearly display at our public library, we attend Flag Day and Veterans Day services, not to mention the various Civil War related events we've attended during the sesquicentennial and so on. In fact there's a campfire at my house next week!
I've loved my time as a member of the DUVCW so much that I've been president of my local tent (click for website) and president of our state organization (click for website) as well. If you can join I really recommend it. Meetings are a fun time with like-minded women.
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Hey everyone, I'm an 18 year old from Sweden! I'm currently studying social-science in my second year.
I'm been drawing for 4 or 5 years now, on and off, but i'm now starting to do something about my lazyness.
Hopefully this sketchbook will help me push myself more =) I'm looking for feedback and critique =)
here's three sketches to start things off.
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1 from imagination,
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Last edited by inzai; October 15th, 2010 at 11:58 AM.
Hey dennis, I like what youre doing here. Do you have more developed work for me to look at?
Thanks Darkstrokes ! I'll post something up, either later today, or tomorrow =) was hoping to focus on new stuff, but I might post older stuff aswell..! Thanks again for the comment!
*made it easier for myself to change icon*
Last edited by inzai; October 6th, 2010 at 09:28 AM.
great studys brother, i like them the imagination ones great, but on the others really try to get your edges down man
The clarity is too soft dude! But your imagination drawings are great, and great studies- keep it coming!
Don't bother looking at my sketchbook. I haven't updated that thing in years. :/
Dude, this is really good for a new guy!
Will . Looking forward to it all as per usual When ever you want some person to do random competitions with you which we never stick to feel free to let me know. I hope it sticks this time, good to see you back buddy
hello Dennis. Im from sweden too I like your work even though I would love to see more and as someone else allready wrote, something that you have worked on alot more. You seem to have talent, share it with us will u!
Cheers/ Brain
btw, what city u from ?
Cheers/ your friend PMB
"Painting my brain with memories of the future"
Pencil and brush is my choice of weapons!
My Sketchbook!
Ryanoir Thanks man!
MiladThaha Thank you =) I will , not sure what you mean by 'clarity' tho'.
Piemonster Haha, thanks buddy
Lilnebo I will keep posting this time, i promise! haha
Bapsi As you wish!
PaintMyBrain Thank you! My blog is in my signature if you want to see old stuff... but I really wanna
focus on moving forward, even if its good to look back and see where you come from etc..
Jovian M thx, i guess
soo.. I really wanna keep this sketchbook daily, but I have already failed with that goal.. although I now have a scanner, which will help me with that. I also had some time to draw during the last couple of days.. as soon as I get home, i will upload the studies I'm been working on at home =) Here are some mixed sketches.. some quickies from school, and some quickies from life in general, and some doodles from my imagination.. hope you like =)
Keep goin man, you´re doing great! =D
No pain, no gain.
Hey man, great work so far.
I love these peeps.
dont get lazy with your pencil rendering, it doesnt pay off!
it looks good to clean up a bit alright?
keep at it den-dawg!
Thanks guys.. Feel kinda bad, have nothing to post except for this today..
school + working took up all my spare time last two days =E
anyway.. here it is.. and it can be seen in my new SP thread.. but anyway...
daaaaaaamn thats hot bro O__O i like how it fades into the background
The stuff on your blog, is love sex and magic
Thx Lil & Ryanoir =)
here is the first that goes in color.. was just doodling around in PS but felt that I had to post something ...
yeah looking nice bro! why inzai btw?
I second "why inzai" and ... that last need needs to go darker, give it some more contrast. Apart from that I'd say it's one of the best faces I've seen you do. (:
I explained to ya on msn Ryanoir, but for PieMonster & Bapsi: it really comes down to me being tired of the old nick =) thank you for your comments.. PieMonster, I don't think its about using 'more contrast', I think its more about how I could better utilize the values I have in there. The easy solution to it would be to throw in darker ones, but I would only cheat the eye, if even that.
here is todays update.. I'm hoping to be able to scan tomorrow.. right now, there's no time haha.
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Last edited by inzai; October 6th, 2010 at 09:42 AM.
looking great bro! looks like a very very sloppy but nice looking style your getting, but it'd improve from some minor clean ups here and there, iono if you want it to look unfinished and not polished, or if these are all wips or sketches but even with a sketch it pays off to clean up here and tehere.. but its your work, your decisiion brother!
more self portrraits preashee
haha yeah man, I really agree with you, they are sketches but would benefit a lot from being cleaned up, although it's mostly about repetition for me right now, not fancy rendering. Rather studying and repeating what I've learnt =) I've spent almost 4 years drawing without ever drawing characters, I 'know' how to render, a lot better compared to what I know about figures or characters in general So the focus atm is not on rendering, or being sloppy, or being fast, or being slow. It is repetition and on learning what is underneath the character, what makes the character etc. Also mixing that with studies from real-life, and remembering how things look and work, and also experimenting with focus, composition and values within that =) Although, these last points I've mentioned could and will improve if I spent more time on the rendering etc..looking great bro! looks like a very very sloppy but nice looking style your getting, but it'd improve from some minor clean ups here and there, iono if you want it to look unfinished and not polished, or if these are all wips or sketches but even with a sketch it pays off to clean up here and tehere.. but its your work, your decisiion brother!
more self portrraits preashee
hopefully that gives you a better insight in what I'm 'currently doing'. I'm not painting and posting tons of environments for a reason I am not interested in staying within any of my comfortzones anymore =)
i don't mean spending time on rendering, the line work and overall brushwork is sloppy and doesn't look thought through, maybe you did think it through but possibly not enough
studying figures isnt about repitition exactly (even though it is good) but you can save a hell of a time if you slow down when studying figures, you pick up a lot more things you didn't ever know about them, dave pulumbo had an article in imaginfx about that too, saying not to rush figures and such. which is all too right
i totally respect what you said but i wasn't meaning rendering. rendering somethings not totally important, making readable shapes and such is more important than really rendered stuff.
so yeurp
thanx guys,
just two speedpaints before sleep.. one is a study, there was this brief moment of great light that hit the trees and bushes outside my window.. very brief moment which I tried to at least steal the colors from..
and one.. of those.. err soldiers that you do when you can't come up with something better...
haha yeah.. thanks man I'll try to be ready and home tomorrow for the light to hit the bushes again.. then I'll do another study.. with more time put into it was mostly experimenting with custom-brushes and colors.. =) thx for looking Nim!
nice stuff!
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President Assad of Syria has announced his country is at war with it's insurgency, saying "When one is in a state of war, all our policies and capabilities must be used to secure victory."
You mean like the US is with the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Bashar? That means the U.S. won't have any cause to complain when the Syrian regime: carries out airstrikes on suspected insurgents and counts all males of military age nearby as militants too; launches artillery shells at suspected militants who turn out to be wedding parties; has Tuesday meetings to decide who's on the kill list; launches airstrikes into neighbouring countries saying it's in "hot pursuit" of insurgents; hires local militias to do it's fighting for it; arrests people without charge and ships them off to Iran for indefinite detention and torture or lets those who carry out atrocities while fighting under it's banner off with a slap on the wrist. All these things, and more, are there to be had now that war is formally declared, thanks to the American Precedent.
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Google's virtual world
According to a breathy report on CNN / Business 2.0 Google are getting into the Virtual World business. In short the idea seems to be to map 3D models as custom layers to Google Earth and make them public.
Talk about collision of rights issues and a large bucket of fun – where do we start?
Writing about the project on Googleblog, Brad Schell, Product Management Director, Google SketchUp enthused: "Visionaries, utopians, virtual world builders: your time has come." And I'm sure that there will be business in creating things like a virtual Royal Academy over the location of the physical one in London's swinging West End.
But our experience of VWs so far suggest that virtual utopias always come with heavy dose of distopian practices known as greifing. As every new virtual form is invented a new and unusual corruption of that form quickly follows. For a lesson in what might happen one need look no further than your average virtual utopian's space of choice - Second Life (sorry for the third SL ref in a row – I really need to get on a bonus scheme, so for balance consider also There.com for all your 3D social world needs), and the multifarious kinds of architectural greifing that go on there.
So, if A knows where B lives, A does not like B so I create a large purple phallic looking building over their location and publish it as a layer. Assume for the moment that it's not defamatory in a legal sense and that But B owns their property – do they have some kind of right over that space or those co-ordinates in any space that seeks to replicate physical world geography?
Further - linking back to the interesting discussion we are having over anti-war protests and Amercia's Army in the dead-in-iraq: thread – what's public, what's common, is political protest on say the location of 10 Downing Street OK?
With my speculation hat firmly in place the way I see things going is as follows:
- Some form of official virtual map will emerge, special rights will be treated like rights to domains initially with Google and arbitrator and possibly national based authorities along the domain model should the project be a success.
- In parallel a number of fantasy layers as group project will emerge – initial ones possibly along lines 'what if' conceits – such as what if this were are cartoon world, here fair use and satire would exist and parallel spaces would compete for audience share though would probably target like minded groups.
- On the edge will be political world-views such as an ecologists view of the world using visual representations of climate states and organisations that pollute so one can zoom around the globe from a eco point of view.
These broadly map against the more nuanced version of the Four Worlds Theory I've been working on following the helpful comments on the thread.
Note: for previous physical / virtual mapping conundrums see Skinnable World I and II.
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Ha ha! I so predicted this when Google bought SketchUp.
Posted May 15, 2006 9:28:29 AM | link
The first "Virtual Real World" is coming! Everyone should 3d-draw their house now.
Posted May 15, 2006 9:54:03 AM | link
Having used Sketchup, I'm going to be very keen on seeing how the 90% of crap hurts the performance... =P
Posted May 15, 2006 12:44:41 PM | link
As in the "real world", a _good_ virtual world can't just be a ludic-world, social-world, or a civil-world, but one world that can be used to anything (so has to be ludic, social and civil components). In such a world you must have the concept of freedom, and if it's society wants to, a concept of property. But since we're talking about another world, you can't (or shouldn't) transpose property from one world to another.
Posted May 15, 2006 1:24:23 PM | link
Ren -- I've got this one on my RSS:
Pretty cool stuff, but I'm not clear on what functionality you get from Sketch-Up past the 3D modeling, can someone clarify? Seems like this is a long way from anything VW-like.
Posted May 15, 2006 2:07:17 PM | link
Well, let me clarify at bit -- I see the connection between certain MOO-like VWs and this AND I think it's fascinating, but I don't see (other than in theory) how this is Google getting into the virtual worlds business...
Posted May 15, 2006 2:12:32 PM | link
I see them approaching it from their particular strength: advertising. It'll be more AR than VW, however. But then VW's are increasingly becoming vehicles for real content - like the BBC Radio 1 thing in SL over the weekend.
Posted May 15, 2006 2:17:44 PM | link
Totally interesting stuff. Being quoted in the article, let me give quick background and a few interesting project links. Want to jump in on Ren's speculation specifically but some links I want to point to seem down right now (grr) and I'm time-strapped.
The article came out of the Metaverse Roadmap Project and an invitational summit we had last weekend at SRI International. Definitely of note: some of the most intense interest we've had in the project so far is from the geospatial community who want to turn the real world into gamespace--the avatarized Google Earth.
(Elevator tag for MVR: "What happens when video games meet Web 2.0? When virtual worlds meet geospatial maps of the planet? When simulations get real and life and business go virtual? When your avatar becomes your blog, your desktop, and your online agent? What happens is the metaverse.")
There's a new Very Spatial Podcast that talks a bit about the Metaverse Roadmap and virtual worlds from a geospatial point of view. From that:
"The point is that I think a lot of people that are in the more professional [geospatial] world are thinking of [Metaverse Roadmap topics] still as kind of a gamey thing and maybe not serious… But what'll happen is that most of us who are in our middle generation, so 30s, 40s, 50s, whatever, that are professionals now are going to sit back and go "Ehhh, you know this is probably just a trend," or say, "Well, I just don't have time to deal with this," and then 5, 10 years from now all this stuff is going to be completely integrated with the next generation people that come out of school, and we're all gonna go, "Wha'happened?"
Then they go on to talk about Second Life with great interest. It's with a wink, but a serious wink, that I wear a Second Life/Google mashup shirt in Second Life (pic on this page) ;-).
I've spoken with Dr. Fred Limp, Director of the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) at the University of Arkansas, who's very, very interested in this area and is giving input on the roadmap. He's been writing a series of forward articles for GeoWorld including An Impending Massive 3-D Mashup: Fundamental Technology and Business Drivers.
I have the chance to present some of these ideas at the upcoming O'Reilly Where 2.0 conference with a talk called Google Earth and Second Life Mashups: Virtual Worlds Meet Geospace, and I'm really looking forward to the conversation on this thread re: that. (For one really simple and really exciting mashup, check out Mark Wallace's 3pointD Google Map with embedded SLurls--direct links to locations in Second Life.)
Now, you can't move 3D directly between Second Life and Google Earth at present, though as I mentioned on my blog the idea is out there for new Google 3D Warehouse buttons like, oh, "Download to Second Life," "Download to There," "Download to Croquet," "Download to Multiverse," "Download to Rapid Prototyping," etc. I'm sure someone's working on one or two already. :-)
The closest thing I've seen is when Mike Frumin at Eyebeam R&D in New York used his OGLE software to yank 3D from Second Life, put it into Maya, and suck it into Google Earth, landing among other things my avatar in 3D Google Earth Manhattan (pic from Mike's Second Life Future Salon slide deck).
Exciting times ahead. My biggest question about Google Earth at the moment: How can it be avatarized? Will people be ripping Google Earth data into other 3D platforms? Or what? Also, Google Earth isn't alone in virtualizing the planet. Will Microsoft's Virtual Earth or someone else try this? Could they (would they, please) release it for the Xbox 360 so I can run around the world Halo-style? :-)
Posted May 15, 2006 3:15:54 PM | link
IMPORTANT CAVEAT: although a little research shows that I've coded for both Second Life and Google Earth (I may be the only one with that particular honor), I have NO insider knowledge about any current or future plans. So don't read anything into this beyond my own opinions.
Putting copies of Second Life objects into any other 3D package is fairly straightforward with OpenGL, and, like you said, done. But 2L objects are not like normal polygonal models. You'd get a copy, but lose everything but basic shape and color. Interactivity is gone. Dynamism. That's fine for buildings, but then 2L just becomes another modeling package (though a collaborative one, which SketchUp doesn't seem to be).
To get the benefit of 2L objects, you'd really have to meld the code behind those objects. And that requires, obviously, the source code to both. Rendering on a global scale is no mean feat, but 2L's grid-centered tech is more about simulation and interactivity than big rendering. They're two different animals in terms of technology. Even if Google bought Linden tomorrow (and again, I know of no such plans nor am I endorsing the idea), it would be quite a bit of work to produce such a chimera.
On another level, one of the things that makes 2L great is that they can just keep adding land. It need not be cartesian on the whole. It need not conform to reality. Why would they want to build a copy of 1L when they have the relative freedom of 2L? What's the need that's being met, apart from fleshing out GE with more real-world buildings? (which, I'd imagine GE would be developing automatic mechanisms for...). I guess if you prefer 2L's modeler to SketchUp, it makes sense. But that's not earth-shattering, so to speak.
That's not to say that avatars and social networks in GE are a bad idea either (there are already GPS tracking addons...). Or that 2L wouldn't do well with a nice spherical viewer for their world. :)
Anyway, I'll chew on this and maybe post a trackback'd entry on my blog in a day or two (brownianemotion.org). I need to think about what's old NDA first.
Posted May 16, 2006 6:38:51 PM | link
> Anyway, I'll chew on this and maybe post a trackback'd entry on my blog in a day or two (brownianemotion.org). I need to think about what's old NDA first.
Thanks, Avi! Wow, looking forward to your follow-up.
Glitchy Gumshoe just sent me this: http://www.sketchupmodels.com . Let's you upload and now *sell* your SketchUp creations, like markets for virtual goods we've seen around Second Life.
"SketchUpModels.com is simple, powerful, convenient, and is free to use. More importantly, if you've been building a personal library of quality models, this site can potentially make you a good bit of money for doing next to nothing."
Posted May 18, 2006 6:46:59 PM | link
So in the future will we all go to virtual boutiques where they image map our bodies to create an exact replica avatar?
How long before they put tracking chips in our bodies and permanently link our signal to our Google World avatar?
Then when you are at the bar during lunch, your boss can log on to Google World and get your coordinates, walk up to you and scream at you in real life by screaming at your avatar in Google World via your cell phone.
Posted May 18, 2006 7:30:51 PM | link
Okay, Jerry. Have at it. Comments welcome.
Google's Virtual World (www.brownianemotion.org)
Posted May 19, 2006 1:00:28 PM | link
2L surely has thought about the prospect of limiting the total extent of available land, just as in 1L. More value, better development, ?? Meanwhile, I get the sneaking suspicion that many VW folks are, due to their own comfort with fantasy, missing a staggeringly huge audience out there who are much more comfortable with a mirror VW (Google Earth) than unlimited VWs such as 2L. Look at the number of people that read fiction but not science fiction. I would like to see the freedom of 2L in a real-world environment, and I suspect that I'm not alone.
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4. "Short-term", yes, future generations thank you for having to deal with tonnes of radioactive wastes and usefull link get pharmacy hundreds off end of life power plants to deal with. That's this kind of way of thinking to got use to the mess we are in today, shall we dig our tomb a bit deeper?
written by Steve, December 20, 2011
Bill Gates did a talk on TED (http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html) and advocated for a nuclear technology that could use our current the non prescription tramadol radioactive waste as fuel. I'd be interested in feedback from nuclear engineers on the feasibility of this proposition.
written by electronics recycling, February 07, 2012
Also given H3 is used in nuclear fusion rather than fision vertually no radioactive byproducts are produced as waste from the power station.
written by electronics recycling, February 07, 2012
Sorry Paul but you have it totally backwards. Fission is the process employed by reactors at present and involves breaking down heavy elements to lower atomic masses. Fusion is buy viagra from canada the process akin to levitra canda that in the sun whereby smaller atomic masses (such as hydrogen) are pressed together to produce larger atomic masses, and the release of some of the mass in the form of viagra uk delivery fast energy.
Fusion is by far the cleaner version, and if we have the guts to get it, there a plentiful supply of Helium 3 (an ideal fusion material) on the surface of the moon - mining of which would not produce any side effects on cheap generic levitra india Earth.
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