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October 2013
Oct 14, 2013
Photos: 3
September 2013
Sep 26, 2013
Photos: 8
August 2013
Will be using my Canon PowerShot SD790is for the Month of August. Got a bit tired lugging around a DSLR with Grip :( I think this Point and Shoot works out nicely and fits in my back pocket!!!
Aug 1, 2013
Photos: 7
July 2013
Jul 20, 2013
Photos: 40
June 2013
Jun 24, 2013
Photos: 47
April 2013
Apr 5, 2013
Photos: 25
March 2013
Mar 7, 2013
Photos: 42
March Madness; Small Ball
Just in time for March Madness, the Studio's Small Ball Show featuring works from 4" x 4" to 12" x 12". All original, acrylics, oil, pastel pencils and more, framed and/or ready to hang. Priced from $25 to $125
Feb 20, 2013
Photos: 15
February 2013
Feb 9, 2013
Inauguration 2012
Great day and crowds at Barak Obama's second Inauguration!
Jan 21, 2013
Photos: 18
January 2013
Jan 1, 2013
Photos: 72
December 2012
Dec 12, 2012
Photos: 14
November 2012
Nov 3, 2012
October 2012
Oct 1, 2012
Photos: 59
Abell Community Street Fair
The Abell Street Fair, Charles Village in Baltmore, Maryland... All shots taken with a K20D and Pentax DA 18-55 Kit Lens
Sep 24, 2012
HampdenFest 2012
Sep 9, 2012
Photos: 17
September 2012
Sep 5, 2012
Photos: 63
August 2012
Aug 1, 2012
Photos: 70
Tokina 28-70mm F2.8-4.3 Manual Focus Zoom P-KA Mount
High reviews on this lens, but I can't see what all the fuss is about. I have quite a number of zooms (3rd Party) in this range, most are too soft at the wide end, the Tokina seems to be a bit better than most...
Wide Open, the lens meters well, stopped down to just f5.6, it over exposes by at least 1 full stop.
*Updated a few observations: Using lens in Manual Exposure with a -2 EV. Seems lens is ok sharp enough, not as soft as I first thought. The most difficult part is finding the proper exposure, even though I used manual exposure I started at -2 EV, from here I still needed to tweak as much as +/-1 EV...
Jul 30, 2012
Photos: 23
Artscape 2012
Artscape 2012 "Largest Free Arts Festival" Baltimore Maryland
Pentax K20D + Pentax A 35-105 f3.5
Jul 22, 2012
Photos: 19
July 2012
Jul 2, 2012
Photos: 75
Honfest 2012
Jun 12, 2012
Photos: 33
June 2012
Jun 3, 2012
Photos: 55
May 2012
Baltimore Scenes May 2012
May 3, 2012
Photos: 46
April 2012
Apr 1, 2012
Photos: 140
March 2012
Mar 1, 2012
Photos: 122
February 2012
Feb 1, 2012
Photos: 102
January 2012
Dec 31, 2011
Photos: 132
December 2011
Dec 2, 2011
Photos: 169
#30 Plein Air Painting, Paul Moscatt
Show #30 - Plein Air Painting with Paul Moscatt
Nov 18, 2011
Photos: 24
November 2011
Nov 2, 2011
October 2011
Sep 30, 2011
Photos: 89
October Painting Exhibit
Art Under Ground Studio, Opening Reception Saturday October 15,2011
Sep 25, 2011
Photos: 6
September 2011
Aug 30, 2011
Photos: 48
Profile Photos
Album for profile photos
Aug 5, 2011
August 2011
Baltimore Images August 2011
Aug 1, 2011
Photos: 96
Artscape 2011, Baltimore Maryland
Artscape 2011, took several giant steps backwards IMAO... talk about lacking, this is an understatement. Hasn't Artscape improved every years since it started using the ZAPP Process?
All of these shots taken with an S-M-C Takumar 135/2.5, Super Takumar 135/3.5, Super Takumar 105/2.8 and a Pentax-F 35-70/3.5-4.5...
Jul 17, 2011
July 2011
Jul 1, 2011
Photos: 138
Honfest 2011, Sunday
Jun 12, 2011
Honfest 2011
Honfest 2011 Hampden, Baltimore MD
Jun 11, 2011
Photos: 45
June 2011
Jun 1, 2011
Photos: 86
May 2011 Baltimore Images
Art, Sites and Sounds from Baltimore City May 2011
May 1, 2011
Photos: 111
Vivitar 135/2.8 Auto Telephoto Close Focusing
This is the m42 mount version. What a superb lens, great IQ, extremely sharp...
Apr 11, 2011
High ISO Shots
Trying out Higher ISO's on both the Pentax K2000 and K10d. I usually will use ISO's 320, 640 or 1250...
Apr 6, 2011
Out of Order 2011
Out of Order 2011, Maryland Art Place Power Plant, Baltimore, Maryland
Apr 1, 2011
Photos: 43
People Shots
Various Friends and Strangers etc...
Various lenses and their Bokeh...
Mar 24, 2011
Photos: 71
New Stuff Since 3/2011
I'll just post my new works in this album
Mar 23, 2011
Photos: 9
Filling Avoid at the Hexagon Space, Baltimore Maryland
Filling Avoid at the Hexagon Space. Featured artists include Booda Monk, Mark McLemore and Billy Mitchell. Opening Reception Saturday March 19. 2011 @ 5:00PM
Mar 17, 2011
Pentax K10D
The 1st few shots with a new used K10... the camera seems to have AF issues, I think it's tied in with the fact that the focusing screen seems to be quite dirty. I am hoping that's all it is. The camera has the most recent Firmware update 1.31v
Feb 20, 2011
Chinese New Years Festival at the Walters Museum
Very nice family outing at the Walters in Baltimore. All shot with a Pentax-F 50 1.4
Feb 6, 2011
Pentax-F 50 1.4
So far an unbelievable lens, both for sharpness and bokeh. The bokeh is mind boggling. Color is typical Pentax F, good rendition and contrast.
Edit 4/11: a bit disappointing to find this lens will not focus accurately on my K10d... I believe it's the lens and not the camera. It does focus a bit better on my K2000 but I can tell there is softness there I probably did not notice before...
Feb 4, 2011
Photos: 79
January at the Art Under Ground Studio, Hampden
January 2011, everything inside and out...
Jan 21, 2011
Auto Focus Lenses
All my AF lenses here... Pentax-F 35-70 and 70-210 - Tamron 28-105 - Kit Lens. Love all 3 but really fond of the 70-210, so crisp and clean. Haven't really taken the Tammy out much but hope to do so sooner or later, it does take very sharp images...
Jan 20, 2011
Cell Phone Images...
My Favorite Cell Phone Photos...
Jan 19, 2011
Photos: 53
Super-Takumar 50mm f1.4
This is one amazing lens!!! Supposedly one of the finest, sharpest lens EVER designed and constructed and I might have to agree, it's pretty high on the list, I mean way up high possibly head and shoulders above notable Pentax-M's like the 50 1.7. I've always known my Pentax-K 50 1.8 is an extremely sharp lens but this Super-Tak is right there and IMAO, it's a gentler sharpness, if there's such a thing... judge for yourself.
Jan 18, 2011
Photos: 41
Non Pentax Lenses
I've got a few of these, don't use them as much as I should, so maybe this will spur me on...
Jan 17, 2011
Photos: 32
Pentax-M Lenses
Just for my 28, 35, 50 and 200 Pentax-M's. I love the compactness of all these lenses. I'd like to add an m135 sooner or later. My favorite walk around would be the 35mm...
Jan 10, 2011
Photos: 93
SMC Pentax-K 55mm f1.8
Interesting lens and bokeh is out of this world. After tooling around with this lens, it's become quite obvious, when focused properly, it is extremely sharp wide open, by f5.6 it is at it's sharpest. Built like a tank, smooth focusing and when compared to my Takumar 55, it's a 1/2 step easier to focus.
Jan 7, 2011
Photos: 16
SMC Takumar 55mm f2
Shots with this lens.. I generally like this lens, it is a just a little soft wide open and by f5.6 it is at it's sharpest with good Bokeh. I would rate tthis lens @ 8.25/10
Jan 4, 2011
Photos: 56
General Stuff
Odds and Ends with my Pentax Stuff...
Dec 26, 2010
Pentax Lens on Micro 4/3 Lumix
Pentax K-mounts on my Panasonic Lumix G10. Tough to say whether this is worth it or not but the ability to use other lenses is a big plus and fun. It makes for a compact system but the lack of in body stabilization is hard, focusing is not too bad unless you're using longer focal lengths. I'll add to this over time - Thanks for looking...
Dec 22, 2010
S-M-C Takumar f2.5 135mm & Super-Takumar 135mm f3.5
an m42 mount... the 135 2.5 very solid build but the focusing ring turns @ 225+ degrees which makes focusing a bit difficult. The Super-Takumar is a nice compact telephoto lens, at 3.5 it is a little slow but IMage Quality is very good. Both produce that "Takumar" pleasant colors, kinda like a saturated yet subdued color, retro in look, easy on the eyes and not overly contrasty
Dec 21, 2010
Photos: 29
34th St Holiday Lights 2010
Dec 18, 2010
Photos: 37
December 2010
6th Annual Holiday Party 2010
Dec 11, 2010
Hexagon Reception, November 20, 2010
Nov. 6 – 28th, 2010 The Hexagon Presents: Constructing the In Between; new work by Sean Scheidt, the winner of The Hexagon Salon juried exhibition. By combining traditional photographic elements into paintings Sean Scheidt achieves a melding of two often separate worlds.
Nov 20, 2010
Insanity Rally 10/30/2010
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. Packed but Fun...
Oct 30, 2010
Photos: 85
Artscape Sunday July 18
Felt like an extra Hot day even early in the afternoon. "light" was the buzzword...
Jul 18, 2010
Artscape 2010 July 16, 2010
Artscape 2010 early Friday evening... as far as crowds, I could easily move about with my bike. Highly recommend dropping by Renee Tantillo's Lounge and Jeremy Crawford's "It's not about you" booth. Skateboarding looks nice and drew the most interest
Jul 17, 2010
Photos: 21
Artscape 2010, Saturday July 17
Artscape 2010, Lots of fun at the Mount Royal Tavern.
Photos: 99
Snowgasm, February 5, 2010
It's a start...
Feb 5, 2010
Photos: 13
Artscape 2009 Sunday
I biked down Sunday to Artscape... got there @ 10:30 and wanted to take a few pics of the quiet time, surprise, surprise, surprise, about a 1/3 of the Art Vendors were ready, willing, and able to sell you something.
Jul 19, 2009
Artscape 2009 Day 2
Great weather and even greater crowds. Too much for me, hard to even stop and look...
Jul 18, 2009
Photos: 27
Artscape 2009
Friday at Artscape 2009
Jul 17, 2009
Photos: 83
Sacred to the Memory of: Artists' Reception
Great turnout and show. Thanks to Ryan Coffman and Thomas Izagguire for sharing their work.
Current Gallery - Abandon Ship
Looks like the last Opening Reception at Current Gallery, but they'll be moving to a new location...
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Time to put an end to 'When-I-was-your-age' statements
Published: Friday, April 29, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.
I'm getting old.
I can tell. I make more and more noise when I plop myself on a couch. If the progression continues, my plopping will be indistinguishable from a herd of wildebeests in distress.
At least I'm not becoming cliché old. I hate it when someone becomes a cliché.
I don't ever say to a young person, "When I was your age…" or "When I was young..." unless I'm being silly. If I ever do, I am going to hit myself in the back of the head with a machete. I've done it before accidentally. It's not pleasant.
And it was a heavy, homemade machete. Fortunately it was dull — like my wit at the time.
I was swinging around trying to do a trick I saw in a post-Conan era cheesy sword and sorcery movie. It didn't work, and the next thing I knew I was on my back on the ground. My friend was leaning over me. There were two of him that kept splitting apart and coming together. And his voice was chopped up like when someone speaks into a large electric fan.
Talk about a cliché.
But I digress.
I always hated it when old people would say dumb stuff like that.
I remember even as an 8-year-old thinking sarcastically, "Gee, really?"
"When I was your age a candy bar was a nickel, lunch was a quarter and we could go to the movie for a dime," old people would tell me. There was always a slight disdain in their voice, as if I were personally responsible for raising the consumer price index over the past several decades.
I'm sorry. I should have invested all of my liquid assets in precious metals to help prop up the market.
And if that wasn't dumb enough, the same people would also tell me things like, "When I was your age we used to make $7 a day. And we thought that was a lot of money."
I somehow managed to avoid saying, "Well, I guess if lunch was a quarter, movies were a dime and candy was a nickel, it was a lot of money."
Even with my young mind, I realized that both of those dumb statements canceled each other out to some degree.
But what I hated more than that was the technology-related statements.
"When I was your age we didn't have all these telephones and televisions. You kids don't know how good you got it."
Again, my inner sarcastic boy needed to be restrained.
"Really? I thought there have always been telephones and televisions. How did Paul Revere let his wife know he would be late that evening of the 18th of April in '75."
When I got older, the next generation of young people had to have even dumber technology-related commentary. It's a good thing that it's not my generation. I would have had an even harder time controlling my sarcasm with the new crop of technology.
"When I was young we didn't have all those cellphones and computers."
Really, but I thought there were always cellphones and computers. I suppose that makes sense. When Gen. Douglas MacArthur had to leave the Philippines, instead of his "I shall return," he could have just sent out a text message, "BRB :("
These days, I like to flip it around on old people. This can be fun and it evens the score for all the decades of listening to their stuff.
I walked up on a conversation the other day. A guy I know who is in his 70s was talking to his grandson. The grandson said something about sending someone a text message.
So I called a halt to the conversation.
"Whoa, whoa. Let me explain," I told the grandfather.
"When you were young you didn't have all these cellphones and text messages. Y'all had the telegraph. A text message is kind of like a telegraph machine in your pocket."
Dee deeee dee dee deeee deeee deeee dee deeee dee dee.
By the way, that's "LOL" in Morse Code. Don't be impressed that I know that. I looked it up on Wikipedia.
You didn't have Wikipedia when you were young.
Chuck Boutwell is a humor columnist for Big Fun on the Bayou. Opinions expressed in this column represent the views of the columnist, not necessarily this publication. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Richard Fuld and Donna Lewis's Awkward Phone Convo
Fuld [In high-pitched fake southern accent]: "Hi, is Ken there, please?"
Desperate to avoid steering his 25,000-person company into bankruptcy proceedings, Mr. Fuld dialed the Charlotte, North Carolina, home of Bank of America chairman Kenneth D. Lewis. His calls so far that weekend had gone unreturned. This time, Mr. Lewis's wife, Donna, again picked up and told the boss of Lehman Brothers: If Mr. Lewis wanted to call back, he would call back.
Mr. Fuld paused, then apologized for bothering her. "I am so sorry," he said.
Donna: "You know, boys don't like to be chased."
Richard: [Silence]
Donna: "You have to let them come to you."
Richard: [Silence]
Donna: "You'll get a reputation."
Richard: [Audible snuffling]
Donna: "Now, now dear, don't be too hard on yourself."
Richard: "I was just TRYING to be MYSELF."
Donna: "Now—"
Richard: "I can't help it if my voice is a little bit deeper and my gaze is dark and penetrating—" [hiccups]
Donna: "I'm sure—"
Richard: "I'm—" [hiccup]
Richard: "—not" [hiccup]
Richard: "—not" [hiccup] JAMIE DIMON."
Donna: "I'm sure you're a very nice boy—"
Richard: "They call me the Gorilla. Did you know that?"
Donna Lewis holds phone away from ear, grimaces as loud wailing breaks out. She resolves to keep her mouth shut and never try talking sense to somebody else's CEO again.
The Weekend That Wall Street Died [WSJ] (P.S. This story is epic and amazing.)


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The Stroller: 'All for it'
Published: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, June 10, 2013 at 1:18 p.m.
Sally Cannon of Spartanburg mentions every deterrent from firing squad to a noose and the chain gang for criminals bent on killing or harming law-abiding folks. "Bring back the chain gang. I'm all for it," she says. "I think the nonviolent criminals should be put on the chain gang instead of sitting in a cell with a cot and three square meals a day and twiddling their thumbs while the taxpayers have to support them. I'm always reading about prisons that are overcrowded. If they had executed all the men and women on death row the very day they were sentenced, there would be a lot less overcrowding. Whatever happened to the firing squad, the hanging noose and the electric chair? All murderers and rapists should be put to death immediately instead of sitting in jail. How do you think the victims and their families feel? Bring back the chain gangs, execute the ones on death row, and bring back the electric chair and the firing squad. Giving them the lethal injection is the easy way out."
THANKS: Rick Chapman of Boiling Springs tips his hat to folks in the medical records department at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. "My wife, Carolyn, worked in that department before becoming ill, and I can't thank her co-workers enough for what they did for her while she was a patient in Mary Black," says Mr. Chapman. "I thank them for everything they have done for our family."
HAPPY HOUR: Four guys stumbled upon a bar advertising all drinks for 10 cents each. Thinking it was too good to be true, they went in anyway. "What'll it be, gentlemen?" asked the bartender. Each of the men ordered a martini. "That'll be 10 cents each, please," said the bartender. The guys can hardly believe their good luck. They paid, finished their martinis and ordered another round, again at 10 cents each. Soon, curiosity got the best of them. One of the guys asked the bartender, "How can you afford to serve martinis as good as these for a dime apiece?" "I'm a retired tailor," the bartender said, "and I always wanted to own a bar. Last year, I hit the lottery jackpot for $150 million and decided to open this place. Every drink costs a dime. Wine, liquor, beer — it's all the same." "Wow! That's some story!" one of the men said. As the four of them sipped their martinis, they couldn't help noticing six other people at the end of the bar. Not one had a drink and hadn't ordered anything the whole time the four guys were there. Nodding at the six people at the end of the bar, one of the men asked the bartender, "What's with them?" The bartender replied, "They're all senior citizens, and they're waiting for happy hour when drinks are half price, plus they all have coupons."
ODDS AND ENDS: Spartanburg Shares, the community's free medical equipment loan closet, is in need of volunteers to help match clients and equipment on Tuesdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Thursdays, from 3 to 7 p.m. Wheelchairs, hospital beds, canes and many other types of medical equipment are available without charge to any resident of Spartanburg County. Located at 137 S. Dean St. in downtown Spartanburg, the outreach service, which launched last October, has already helped nearly 250 people and hopes to help even more with additional volunteers. If you have time to spare for this very worthwhile cause, contact Jerry Toth at 415-4246.
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Mr Yeti can relax now he's checked in after burning the candle both ends
View from the plane window as we approach Kathmandu
First night beers in the New Orleans Cafe, Kathmandu. The first of a few!
Roof top kit faff, Bag Packers
Benn- The master of kit faff ;-)
Tusk and Daz with boats ready to load
Boats always attract kids attention
KTM street kid
Not the best loaded van I've seen but they all stayed there just
Ralph finishing the haul up from the Trisuli
Ian R finishing the haul up from the river
Benn finishing the haul up
Roof topf bus ride to Pokhara
The Pureland Expeditions team in their transport passing us on their way to the Marshyangdi
Relaxed pick up travel with boats
Benn looking up adventures Lakeside in Pokhara
Sun rise in Pokhara
The morning view from the Pokhara hotel balcony
Another vehicle loaded and ready to go. This time out to the Kali Gandaki
Future kayakers at the get in of the Kali Gandaki
Ian R packing for 3 days on the river, Kali Gandaki
Kids are interested, Kali Gandaki
Kids love the cameras
Kids n cameras
Ralph, Kali Gandaki
Ian R, Kali Gandaki
Lee, Kali Gandaki
Benn, Kali Gandaki
Ian R - WHOOPS, Kali Gandaki
Ian R recovered, Kali Gandaki
Ian R in Ralphs boat trying for a cleaner line
OK so far
WHOOPS there's a rock, Kali Gandaki
Lee kit faffing
Ian R - WHOOPS
Benn , Kali Gandaki
Me,, Kali Gandaki
Me, Kali Gandaki
Ralph- If your not sure what to do with your blades waving them around in the air above your head is one option ;-)
River Gods, Kali Gandaki
Benn last on the beach, Kali Gandaki
Still faffing, Kali Gandaki
Self support, Kali Gandaki
Waterfall, Kali Gandaki
Village life, Kali Gandaki
Beautiful valley, Kali Gandaki
low tech stove, Kali Gandaki
Local Dhal Bhat, Kali Gandaki
2 rivers done, Seti Beni, Kali Gandaki
ferry along the flat, Kali Gandaki
A goat boater?
The ferry's band
Dhal Bhhaaaaaattttttt
Tired river scum
Ian R- WHOOPS, Marshyangdi
Ian R, Marshyangdi
Bus roof travel, Marshyangdi
Jeep transport to Bhule Bule, Marshyangdi
Lee, Marshyangdi
Mountain views from Marshyangdi
Busy bus back to KTM
Another day and on our way to another river on another from of transport
Nepalese New Year Celebrations
Benn, Bhote Kosi
Ian R, Bhote Kosi
Johny looking at the result of a minor bus crash
Beth and Daz scouting, Bhote Kosi
Beth and Daz walking, Bhote Kosi


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An acronym for Association of Community Organizers for Reform now, which is an organization that operates in low-income neighborhoods to help register new voters. They are a radical left-of-center group and have yet to ever support a conservative candidate. Recently, investigations in 14 different states have led to numerous convictions of ACORN employees, including things such as voter registration fraud, election fraud, perjury, identity theft, and now most recently, videos of an undercover investigation have surfaced plainly showing ACORN employees aiding a couple posing as a hooker and her pimp in getting a home in her name through illegal means including falsifying documents, tax evasion, and child prostitution. The US Census Bureau recently cut ties to the group after all of these nefarious actions came to light also. It is of the opinion of many now that ACORN is less of a community organizing group dedicated to helping low-income and minorities than it is a multi-state organized crime racket that ought be brought up on RICO charges. Barack Obama is a big supporter of ACORN as well and once served as a lawyer for the group.
Bob: "Those fuckers from ACORN ought to be locked up."
Joe: "Yeah, right along with their crooked, lying leader, Barack Hussein Obama."
Joe: "Yeah, right along with their crooked, lying leader, Barack Hussein Obama."
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verb: the political act of altering a video and/or employing actors to create video footage that can then be altered to destroy a rival organization or person.
(Background: The tactics were used against Acorn, Shirley Sherrod and most recently, Planned Parenthood.)
(Background: The tactics were used against Acorn, Shirley Sherrod and most recently, Planned Parenthood.)
Those House Republicans sure didn't waste any time after Planned Parenthood was acorned.
I loved how Jon Stewart acorned Glen Beck last night.
I loved how Jon Stewart acorned Glen Beck last night.
by Boogertee February 27, 2011
acorn is a nut that fat squirrels eat off of oak trees
person:look that squirrel is eating an acorn
other person: no shit
other person: no shit
by cascadineddy August 16, 2007
a gentlemans flacid circumsized cock
i think squirrel nutkin has be hoarding in your underpants for the winter
by grem November 03, 2003
Another word for crazy, aka nuts.
Person 1: I love swimming in ground beef.
Person 2: You're acorns!
Person 2: You're acorns!
by NOT a girl January 02, 2008
You know how Lexi thinks acorns doesn't equal coffee? She's wrong. I just proved it.
by BradyIsGreatness January 23, 2012
What Peter Andre keeps in his trousers
Peter Andre: Jordan, do you want some of this?
Jordan: No thanks, it's an acorn
Jordan: No thanks, it's an acorn
by Kieuseru February 09, 2004
What Wendy Darling recieves from Peter Pan on their first interaction.
Peter mistakes this for a kiss: something which Wendy want's to give him.
Peter mistakes this for a kiss: something which Wendy want's to give him.
'Now,' said he, 'shall I give you a kiss?' and she replied with a slight primness, 'If you please.' She made herself rather cheap by inclining her face towards him, but he merely dropped an acorn button into her hand.
- Chapter three; Peter Pan
- Chapter three; Peter Pan
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One must say Yes to life, and embrace it wherever it is found - and it is found in terrible places... For nothing is fixed, forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
James Baldwin (1924 - 1987)
Source: Fumbling Toward Divinity: The Adoption Scriptures
Contributed by: ingebrita
Earth-treading starsthat make dark heaven light
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Source: Romeo & Juliet
A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.
Danish Proverb
Today, I dance lightly with life.
jonathan huie
Source: www.DanceLightly.com
Contributed by: Jonathan45
When I step into the lightMy arms are open wideWhen I step into the lightMy eyes searching wildly
Dave Matthews
Source: Lie In Our Graves
Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light.
L. P. Jacks
Source: Widowhood: The Death of a Spouse
Should at that moment the full moonStep forth upon the hill,And memories hard to bear at noon,By moonlight harder still,Form in the shadows of the trees,---Things that you could not spareAnd live, or so you thought, yet theseAll gone, and you still there,A man no longer what he was,Not yet the thing he planned...
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Truth is within ourselves; it takes no riseFrom outward things, whate'er you may believe.There is an inmost centre in us all,Where truth abides in fulness; and around,Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in,This perfect, clear perception-which is truth.A baffling and perverting carnal meshBinds it, and makes all error: and to knowRather consists in opening out a wayWhence the imprisoned splendour may escape,Than in effecting entry for a lightSupposed to be without.
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Climbing up on Solsbury HillI could see the city lightWind was blowing, time stood stillEagle flew out of the nightHe was something to observeCame in close, I heard a voiceStanding stretching every nerveI had to listen, had no choice
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Un-freakin'-believable!Teddy bear display spurs discussion at University of Wisconsin-Platteville
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The disarming this month of 25 knife-wielding teddy bears by UW-Platteville police has prompted a campuswide discussion on the boundary between free expression and campus safety.
The bears were part of a student art display, propped up in neat rows on the floor of the main lobby of the UW-Platteville Art Building with sharp kitchen knives in their plush laps.
A campus police officer who was securing the building on the morning of Feb. 7 a Saturday was alarmed by the artwork and chose not to open the building, instead calling the chairman of the art department. Because the building is open to the public, the two agreed the knives should be removed.
"We were concerned with the accessiblity of these knives on a weekend day with no faculty or staff in the building," said Scott Marquardt, director of campus police.
The student who created the display, Michael Hannigan, a self-described "guerilla artist," frequently creates anonymous work intended to be provocative. This display was an attempt to juxtapose the innocence of teddy bears against the ferocity of real bears, he said.
"The idea that teddy bears are so cute and cuddly was kind of funny and almost ridiculous," Hannigan said. "I wanted to return some of that notion that bears are deadly and scary to the teddy bear."
But Hannigans interpretation of that notion was trumped by a University of Wisconsin System rule that prohibits the display of "any object that resembles a dangerous weapon" in university buildings. The display had gone unmentioned for about a week by campus police before the officer raised the alarm.
The incident sparked a deeper conversation on censorship and the arts in UW-Platteville classrooms, said Linda James, assistant professor of art history.
"They (police and administrators) kept saying it wasnt censorship, and I say, Sure it is,â " James said. "But lets qualify it and call it necessary censorship."
James, who wrote an essay on the incident and submitted it as a potential topic for a faculty forum, said police and administrators were respectful. She said she recognized the necessity of the safety precautions, especially after student violence at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University.
Still, both she and Hannigan said the artistic value of the project is lost without the knives.
"I felt the bears kind of looked stupid" without the knives, Hannigan said. "They looked kind of childish by themselves."
Some students took the opportunity to create another message with the display, putting plastic cafeteria knives on the bears laps and writing "censored" on them.


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The first Bengali theatre was established as early as 1795. Russian Indologist Gerasim Lebedev is credited to have founded it. Prasanna Coomar Tagore established the first Indian owned Bengali theatre in 1831, named the Hindu Theatre.
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My Cayo District page will mostly be about Caracol, since it didn't have a specific category. Caracol was a 3 hour (bumpy) drive from the main road in San Ignacio. But it was worth the drive! It was an extensive Mayan city with much to explore! Here I am on the top left at almost the highest point in the city. I have a ton of pictures from here. See my travelogue for more!
About half way down the road that takes you to Caracol, you will find Rio on Pools. This is a great place to stop on your way back from Caracol! See my travelogue for more pictures!
Here's me and my friend, Amanda, in a little room under one of the temples. It was so fun to explore all the little nooks and crannies. :)
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Interesting page, Sarah!
Lots of very useful information here on the Cayo District! A dip in the cool and refreshing river waters sounds like a great idea to me after a day of exertion in the Tropics! Great T'logues too!
Nice page Sarah, Congratulations on your wedding and on bankrupting Mark on the honeymoon by the way!
Great tips and travelogues! I"ll be in Belize soon, so I appreciate all the info, thanks!
Hi Sarah, Loved your Cayo District page! It sounds so refreshing to dip your feel in those pools! I like hammocks too.
Sarah, great pages. The Rio on Pools and the hammock rest at El Pilar both look fabulous. Blue Hole National Park sounds wonderful as does St. Herman Cave. Restaurant tip was also good. Super photos.
great tips with awesome photos. Thanks for sharing with us.
some very helpful tips here!
Wow, looks so refreshing there. Also, looks like you had a blast too! Thanks for sharing Sara!!:-))
The pools do look refreshing, ideal after a long walk. Lovely page, looks like you had fun here with your friends Sarah. Well done (~_~)
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However, the bill was revised to roll back plans to apply sales tax to rents, mortgages, property sales and school fees, while raising the top income tax rate on a sliding scale to 35 percent from 30 percent.
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"Perhaps collecting less (tax) will eventually oblige the finance ministry to come back with another proposal during this administration," Excelsior TV cited Carstens as saying in an interview posted on its website on Friday.
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The reform must still be passed by the Senate, which is expected to approve the bill by the start of November. It is tied to the 2014 budget, which must be approved by mid-November.
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Dr. Dickson's group is developing novel spectroscopic and imaging methods for the study of intermolecular interactions and dynamics in biological systems.
New florophores for biological imaging. Standard fluorescent labels are often unsuitable for long-time single molecule imaging, especially in living systems with high background emission. Thus, in order to improve contrast, we are developing Au and Ag nanoclusters as a new class of fluorescent labels in biology. These high brightness, robust nanomaterials should enable direct labeling of proteins to image live cells, study protein-protein interactions, and potentially watch individual proteins as they fold to their native conformations. Au and Ag nanoclusters exhibit discrete excitation and emission due to being composed of only a few atoms. Consequently, with size-tunable optical properties and absoprtion comparable to semiconductor quantum dots, but with improved photostability, these nanoclusters offer new opportunities in biological labeling. For example, the extremely small size will be less invasive; noble metals are not toxic; and their discrete energy levels enable energy transfer experiments to be performed—all with weak mercury lamp illumination on the single molecule level. Much brighter and more robust than organic dye molecules, these advanced inorganic nano-materials are being utilized both as optical memory elements and as photo-activated biological labels.
Optical Properties of Individual Nanoparticles. We have created and are currently studying the properties of extremely fluorescing Ag clusters . Having made these water-soluble, the outstanding photostability and brightness of DNA-encapsulated Ag nanocluster emitters offer great promise as materials and biological labels.
SAFIRe. We have developed the concept of optically modulated fluorescence for selective recovery of our emitters from within overwhelming background. This adapts the concept of modulation as used in traditional high resolution absorption spectroscopy to fluorescence imaging, and has allowed discrimination of nanocluster, cyanine dye, and fluorescent protein signals with signal:background improvements exceeding 100-fold. This expands the dimensionality of imaging to include dark state lifetimes, and is performed by modulating long-wavelength transient absorptions of our designed emitters. Such methods do not increase background, but simply shift our signals of interest to a unique detection frequency, enabling its selective recovery without background. Interaction timescales and selective imaging enable a wide variety of protein interactions and locations to be studied.
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Rapid Cytometric Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Utilizing Adaptive Multidimensional Statistical Metrics. Huang, Tzu-Hsueh; Ning, Xinghai; Wang, Xiaojian; Murthy, Niren; Tzeng, Yih-Ling; Dickson, Robert M. Analytical Chemistry 2015, 87 (3), pp 1941–1949.
Optically Modulated Fluorescent Proteins Enhance Sensitivity in Live Cell Imaging. Jablonski, Amy E.; Issaeva, Irina; Chen, Yen-Cheng; Hsiang, Jung-Cheng; Vegh, Russell B.; Bagchi, Pritha; Bommarius, Bettina; Bommarius, Andreas S.; Tolbert, Laren M.; Fahrni, Christoph J.; Dickson, Robert M. Biophysical Journal 2014, Volume 106, Issue 2, 607a.
Optically modulatable blue fluorescent proteins. Jablonski, Amy E.; Vegh, Russell B.; Hsiang, Jung-Cheng; Bommarius, Bettina; Chen, Yen-Cheng; Solntsev, Kyril M.; Bommarius, Andreas S.; Tolbert, Laren M.; Dickson, Robert M. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 135 (44), pp 16410–16417.
DNA-Templated Molecular Silver Fluorophores. Petty, Jeffrey T.; Story, Sandra P.; Hsiang, Jung-Cheng; Dickson, Robert M. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2013, 4 (7), pp 1148–1155.
Modulated Fluorophore Signal Recovery Buried within Tissue Mimicking Phantoms. Sarkar, Saugata; Fan, Chaoyang; Hsiang,Jung-Cheng; Dickson, Robert M. Journal of Physical Chemistry 2013, 117 (39), 9501–9509.
Generation of luminescent noble metal nanodots in cell matrices. Choi, Sungmoon; Dickson, Robert M.; Lee, Joon-Kyu; Yu, Junhua Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 2012, 11, issue 2, 274-278.
Developing luminescent silver nanodots for biological applications. Choi, Sungmoon; Dickson, Robert M.; Yu, Junhua Chemical Society Reviews 2012, 41, issue 5, 1867-1891.
Optical Modulation and Selective Recovery of Cy5 Fluorescence. Fan, Chaoyang; Hsiang, Jung-Cheng; Dickson, Robert M. ChemPhysChem 2012, 13, issue 4, 1023-1029.
Signal Discrimination Between Fluorescent Proteins in Live Cells by Long-Wavelength Optical Modulation. Jablonski, Amy E.; Hsiang, Jung-Cheng.;Bagchi, Pritha; Hull, Nathan; Richards, Chris I.; Fahrni, Christoph J.; Dickson, Robert M. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2012, 3, 3585-3591.
Tailoring silver nanodots for intracellular staining. Choi, Sungmoon; Yu, Junhua; Patel, Sandeep A.; Tzeng, Yih-Ling; Dickson, Robert M. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 2011, 10, issue 1, 109-115.
All-optical fluorescence image recovery using modulated stimulated emission depletion. Fan, Chaoyang; Hsiang, Jung-Cheng; Jablonski, Amy E.; Dickson, Robert M. Chemical Science 2011, 2, issue 6, 1080-1085.
Optically Enhanced, Near-IR, Silver Cluster Emission Altered by Single Base Changes in the DNA Template. Petty, Jeffrey T.; Fan, Chaoyang; Story, Sandra P.; Sengupta, Bidisha; Sartin, Matthew; Hsiang, Jung-Cheng; Perry, Joseph W.; Dickson, Robert M. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2011, 115, issue 24, 7996-8003.
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The Kalindi Kunj bypass project, which is expected to reduce travel time between Delhi and Faridabad and decongest Ashram Chowk, may finally take off after its conception in 2002, with three proposed alignments having been submitted by Public Works Department to Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (planning and engineering) Centre (UTTIPEC) for clearance.
"Our consultant had submitted a feasibility report on the Kalindi Kunj bypass, giving three proposed alignment possibilities for the project. We have submitted the same to UTTIPEC a week back. We expect them to finalise the best alignment for the bypass," a PWD official said.
Land acquisition issues concerning the Uttar Pradesh government had earlier led to discontinuation of work by PWD in 2007, after an expenditure of Rs 52 crore. This bypass is expected to begin at Ring Road near DND flyover and end near Badarpur Border, according to the feasibility report.
According to PWD, the advantages and disadvantages of each of the alignments will have to be assessed before narrowing down on one option. "The starting point will be Ring Road near DND flyover, with it terminating near Badarpur Border. The report says the total length of each alignment, the length of elevated structures, land acquisition required in each case besides giving other details," a PWD official said.
For instance, in alignment-1, the Jasola bird sanctuary is coming in the way and the affected colonies will be Abul Fazal, Shaheen Bagh etc, while in alignment-2, the disruption is minimal. In alignment-3 too, Holy Family Hospital and colonies like New Friends Colony, Zakir Nagar and Haji Colony will be affected.
"Kalindi Kunj bypass will not only provide additional connectivity between Delhi and Faridabad but will also decongest NH-2 besides helping in easing congestion at Ashram junction," the official said.
Around 30 boundary pillars have already been built near DND to mark the site of the bypass project. The government had earlier sanctioned nearly Rs 100 crore to construct the 14-km stretch of the bypass that falls in Delhi. The remaining 13 km in Haryana has already been constructed.
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Saturated Fat 9.5 g47.6%
Trans Fat 0 g
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Sodium 910.5 mg37.9%
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Lost jobs and the need for health insurance dominated a telephone town hall on the economic stimulus package conducted recently by a local representative.
The town hall was open to residents of the 13th Congressional District, which includes a large swath of southwestern Brooklyn as well as all of Staten Island, represented by first-term Rep. Michael McMahon.
One woman told McMahon that she had just been laid off. "My biggest problem," she stressed, "is health insurance." Job losses, the woman added, were one of the most significant issues facing this country. "I'm finding it out firsthand," she added ruefully.
Two other callers also said they had been "laid off for quite a while." One stressed, "I have to continue to pay my bills."
The reality, as McMahon noted, is that, "We are all feeling pretty worried at this point. People are upset that they've taken our American dream and turned it into an American nightmare."
In all, the stimulus package promises 3.5 million jobs, including approximately 8,000 within the congressional district, as well as "immediate tax relief" for working people, McMahon told his listeners. The jobs will do more than put people back to work, he added. "They are investments in our infrastructure," he stressed. Money targeted at education will mean that "Teachers don't get laid off, and schools stay open and flourish," he said. The stimulus money will also "keep cops on the street," McMahon added, "and keep our water clean.
"The money will help people who lost their jobs get through this hard time," he went on, "not forever."
Foreclosure relief will help even those not in danger of losing their homes. "If the house next door to you is in foreclosure, we all lose," McMahon emphasized.
The stimulus package is expensive, he acknowledged. However, pointing out that former President George W. Bush had been left a surplus by his predecessor, President Bill Clinton, and that that surplus, over eight years, had become a significant deficit, McMahon stressed, "We are in a terrible recession so that all economists, even the most conservative, are saying only the federal government can get the economy going. We are spending money now, but the president said that over his four year term we are going to cut the deficit in half."
Concern over the economy is clearly widespread. "What we learned is what we know -- the tough economic times we hear about on radio or TV are very real in our district," McMahon said in a subsequent interview. "There are people in Brooklyn who don't know how to pay for their health insurance, who don't know how to pay for their mortgage. We in the federal government are committed to getting our people and country out of this mess as soon as possible. This requires stimulus spending in the short term and fiscal prudence -- bringing down the deficit -- in the long term."
A whopping 7,927 people were "on the phone at some point" during the event, which focused on economic issues, noted Lauren Amendolara, a spokesperson for McMahon. While McMahon answered 25 questions, approximately 200 people got in the queue to ask questions, and another 200 people left voice mails at the call's completion, Amendolara noted
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Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01) today sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner asking him to bring important tax credits for Iowa families to the House floor for a vote. The tax credits include Braley's Child Tax Credit Restoration Act which would double the Child Tax Credit, Braley's Tuition Relief for Students Act to extend the tax deduction for undergraduate and graduate students, and the Earned Income Tax Credit.
"These commonsense tax credits would help offset the tax burden on Iowa families and make college more affordable for middle class Iowans," Braley said. "Bringing these important pieces of legislation to the floor for a vote and passing them quickly is a no-brainer for families and the economy. The House has prioritized tax credits for businesses—which I've been happy to support—but working class families shouldn't be ignored."
The Child Tax Credit is currently set at $1,000, but has not kept up with inflation since it was last raised in 2001. Braley's legislation which he first introduced in February would double the value of the credit up to $2,000 for qualifying families.
Braley's Tuition Relief for Students Act would extend the $4,000 tax deduction for undergraduate and graduate students for four years.
Braley's letter argues that improvements to the Earned Income Tax Credit should be made permanent as it is one the most successful policies in place for lifting families out of poverty and encouraging work.
"These are common-sense tax cuts for middle class families, and I urge you not to delay any more and to bring these tax cuts up for a vote," Braley's letter reads.
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And the gap between reality and Star Wars gets a little smaller...
Republicans... even though the boat of the administration is sinking, are still holding firm to the "don't rock the boat, if you know what is good for all of us" mentality. Many dems also think that is a good course (maybe thinking it will be a game of tit-for-tat when HRC is in the White House). Entrenched political elite know no party, only power.
hooray for stupidity!
why is it that even with a majority the dems can't do a fucking thing. i understand that a small group of repubs can block things, then why the fuck didnt a small group of dems do the same thing when it came to votes like the war, the patriot act, the supreme court? it seems like even with a minority, the repubs are still in power.
There must be Democrats that are not voting "No" on Alberto Gonzales.
Strange ... I thought I heard Republican US Senator Spector was in favor of censuring the AG ...
Nothing surprises me anymore.
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"Secondly, I wrote the book because I wanted to challenge people to play big in life. Stop hanging around people who moan, complain and ultimately settle for an average life. There's never been a better time to be an entrepreneur but you would never know it if all you did was watch the news and hang out by the water cooler. People need a kick in the ass, as well as encouragement to go for it. This book provides a balance of both."
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Sam shares, "I'm nothing special. I'm not Superman. I was just angry that I would miss seeing my kids grow up because society told me I had to have a job, work 40 years and retire with my 401(K) and a gold watch." That was the impetus for changing everything to make more time for his family and less time for corporate politics.
But it wouldn't be easy. Sam quit his job, went through a painful bankruptcy and got rehired at the big telecommunications company he'd previously left, then finally exited the corporate world for good as he endeavored to make every day a Saturday through podcasting, blogging and motivational speaking. Walk with Sam as he endures monumental failures, followed by incredible successes. "The success stories would never had happened, had I not had the experiences of trying and failing. I was mocked (for stuttering), ridiculed (for quitting my six-figure job) and ultimately humiliated (bankruptcy)
No More Workdays: the Journey to Making Every Day a Saturday is already receiving rave reviews. Here's what one reader shared, "After reading this book it's obvious Sam is the corporate version of Indiana Jones. This guy is not afraid of failure and is extremely transparent about his life and business. I laughed. I cried. Most of all, I felt like I could do achieve anything. After reading this book, you will no doubt feel like I did: Wanting to go for your dream right now and make every day Saturday!"
Sam firmly believes that "Success without fulfillment is failure." Saturday is a mindset, not a circumstance. You can have a net worth of $5B and be miserable. We all have a passion and a purpose in life, yet very few of us take the chance to play big. We settle for a life of mediocrity because we're afraid of being judged, losing money or a host of other self-sabotaging beliefs.
"I'm here to report back to the dreamers that everything will be just fine if you have the guts to stay in the game. You're going to fail, period. Accept it, learn from it and move on. Life is a real game played by real people. Sitting around and wishing for a better life will guarantee you die filled with regret."
It is extremely rare to find a first-time author who can so deftly write about pain and joy, misfortune and good luck, that it puts the reader on an emotional roller coaster but Sam does it, and does it well. Come along with Sam and find how his story relates to moments in your own life – then become the Champion who is just waiting to get out and make every day a Saturday!
No More Workdays: the Journey to Making Every Day a Saturday is available now on Amazon as a Kindle eBook (http://www.amazon.com/
About Sam Crowley and Every Day Is Saturday
Sam Crowley is a former Fortune 100 executive who launched the personal development brand, Every Day Is Saturday, and the hugely successful website, EverydayIsSaturday.com. Sam is also an author, speaker and business coach.
From C Level executives to small business owners, Sam has taught the Every day Is Saturday message to people all over the world looking to find their own Saturday.
Sam lives in Cincinnati, OH with his wife, Angela, and their three children Madeline, Laura and Paige. You can find Sam on stage or teleseminars, preaching the Every Day Is Saturday message and calling out champions around the globe. Sam's Every Day Is Saturday show is downloaded in over 150 countries and is part of the free membership at EverydayIsSaturday.com.
If you understand that life is not a dress rehearsal and nobody gets out alive but you need the inspiration to go for your own Saturday – plug into Sam Crowley and you'll find yourself getting there in record time!
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This part of the collections covers almost the entire time that people have lived in Wales - almost 250,000 years in total. It is only the most durable of materials that have survived from these times: stone, bone, pottery and occasionally wood.
The in Wales is to be found at Pontnewydd Cave and dates to 250,000 years ago. These early Neanderthals left examples of their rough stone tools, the animals they hunted and ate and even their own bones.
With the evolution of modern humans, we see a greater variety in the range of tools used in Wales as well as the first evidence for ritual burial, at Paviland Cave, Gower, where a young man was buried covered in red ochre and accompanied by grave goods.
These faced a harsh landscape, caught for much of the time in the grip of the Ice Age. Around 10,000 years ago all this changed: the climate warmed, glaciers retreated and forests took their place.
In place of hunting herds of reindeer and mammoth, people hunted deer, fished and collected plants for food. This is reflected in the tools they used, which were adapted to fit new needs.
This hunter-gatherer lifestyle continued until c.4,500 BC when farming was introduced to Britain from the Continent. Along with the new crops and animals also came the introduction of pottery and the development of trade routes, which stretched right across the British Isles linking communities over great distances. Perhaps of greatest importance to archaeologists, this period is also the first in which , sealing the evidence of a past lifestyle for people today to decipher.


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