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Amaterasu Sun Goddess Ritual
You will need:
1 red candle to represent the goddess
1 candle to represent yourself in your preferred color
1 black candle to represent the shadow self
1 white candle
Round mirror or mirrors (makeup compact mirrors are okay)
Crystals, if desired
Cinnamon incense
Oils, such as Jasmine and/or Dragon's Blood
Cast your Circle; call in the Elements, 4 Directions, and the Higher Powers. Also your ancestors and guides, if you wish.
'Dress' or oil your candles. If you are going to carve anything on them though, do that first. On the red candle, carve an image of the sun. On the black candle, carve 'facing the shadow self' and 'releasing negativity'. You can use two black candles if you wish, up to you. You can carve your name on yours, and since the white one will represent Spirit or Enlightenment, you can carve that on it or just leave it blank. (The intent is always the main thing!) Put mirrors around to represent the sun goddess, and crystals such as white quartz or citrine, yellow topaz.
Light your candles. Put the white candle next to the black candle to represent illumination. Put your candle next to the goddess candle. Put mirrors and crystals around the candles.
Center yourself; then say this invocation three times.
Amaterasu, bright Goddess of the Sun!
Shine upon us who call upon you!
Light the path before us,
Keep us safe in your warm comfort.
You who abhor violence and strife,
Please defend us from any evil ones
With your heavenly arrows.
Help us laugh like you did with Uzume,
As she did her funny dance for you!
Shed light on our shadow selves
So we can work through darkness within,
And find the love and joy we need.
When you are through with the invocation, visualize bravely facing the shadows within yourself. Visualize light being shed upon any darkness within, and then coming out of a cave and into the light. You are greeted by your ancestors, guides and guardians, and surrounded with love. Amaterasu gives you a kiss on your forehead and gives you her blessing.
When you are through, go to the door and open it. Visualize yourself as guided, protected, and full of joy, and this going out into the Universe to manifest. Then say, "So Mote it Be!" Clap your hands and visualize any extra energy going into Mother Earth.
© Beth Clare Johnson (Mystic Amazon),


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"Crossing Borders: Medieval Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries"
Jewish culture in medieval Europe—like much of the rest of culture in medieval Europe—was preserved in richly illustrated manuscripts, and none are richer in this regard than the collection from Oxford University's Bodleian Libraries. The Jewish Museum presents treasures from this trove, with an eye toward depicting the interaction of Jews, Muslims and Christians during this time.
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Ultra Music releases 'Ultra Dance 15'
The largest-selling dance compilation in North America continues with Ultra Dance 15, featuring two discs full of dance floor hits from your favorite producers/DJs.
[Listen to Ultra Music Radio on Evolution every Saturday at 10 p.m. ET]
This year's compilation includes tracks from Armin van Buuren, Hardwell, Benny Benassi, Chris Malinchak, Diplo & GTA, and Kaskade & Project 46, among many more. Ultra Dance 15 also includes remixes from MK, Cedric Gervais, Will Sparks, and more.
Additionally, the 24-track continuous mix has huge crossover appeal, with remixes of pop songs from Britney Spears, Robin Thicke, One Direction, and Captial Cities.
The cover features model/actress Melanie Iglesias, who has made a few appearances in dance music videos.
Check out the full track list below:
Disc 1
1. Hardwell feat. Matthew Koma – Dare You (Extended Mix)
2. Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix) (Radio Edit)
3. Britney Spears – Work B**ch (DANK (USA) Clean Club Mix)
4. LINKIN PARK X STEVE AOKI - A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES (Original Mix)
5. Capital Cities – Safe And Sound (Cash Cash Remix)
6. Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell - Blurred Lines (Will Sparks Remix)
7. One Direction - Best Song Ever (Jump Smokers Remix)
8. Armin Van Buuren feat. Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels Like (Extended Mix)
9. Kaskade & Project 46 – Last Chance (Extended)
10. Steve Aoki, Chris Lake & Tujamo - Boneless
11. Tegan and Sara - Closer
12. Headhunters feat. Krewella - United Kids of the World
Disc 2
1. Diplo & GTA - Boy Oh Boy - Streaming rights / Bundled only - see below
2. Blasterjaxxx - Faith (Extended Mix)
3. Dimaro & Ahzee - Drums (Original Extended Mix)
4. Congorock & Nom De Strip - Minerals
5. Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman feat Anna Yvette - Silver Sun (Original Mix)
6. Cash Cash feat Bebe Rexha - Take Me Home
7. Benny Benassi - Back to the Pump (Extended)
8. Contiez feat. Treyy G - Trumpsta (Djuro Clean Remix)
9. Hadouken! - Levitate
10. DJ Fresh VS Diplo feat. Dominique Young Unique - Earthquake
11. Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me (Original Mix)
12. Storm Queen - Look Right Through (MK Vocal Edit)


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Woman taking a picture of her son's company posed in front of the Confederate ...
Man in phone booth, 1976 July (Understandings)
Men at Armistice Day ceremony, 1979 Nov. (Understandings)
1978 Sept.
Bike fest, 1999 June
Mike Gast testing mike for spring festival, 1977 May (Understandings)
Bainbridge High School Band playing for some ceremony, 1976 Nov. (Understandings)
Another view of the park, 1980 Apr.
Gospel singers in the gazebo on a Saturday afternoon, 1979 June (Understandings)
Willis Park United Daughters of the Confederacy posing under the statue on Confederate Memorial ...
(1)Little girl wetting her pants, 1979 June
(2)Little girl wetting her pants, 1979 June
(3)Little girl wetting her pants, 1979 June
Before the park was redone, 1980 Apr. (Understandings)
The Confederate statue in early morning fog, 1986 Feb.
British rowing team for 1996 Olympics, 1994 July
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Choice is good
Yes, I know LinuxCon is next, and that's in mid-August, but I think they've got the publicity thing covered, especially with the 20-year thing and with Linus being there and all. But if you're going to the next show, make it the Ohio LinuxFest in September. Bradley Kuhn and Cathy Malmrose are keynoting, so you'll not want to miss that (especially Cathy — Go ZaReason!)
Spending a lazy Sunday at home for a change — thanks to a newspaper colleague who needed Tuesday off (thank you, Kalin) — it might come as a surprise that I found myself at a loss for a topic to write about. So started the usual drill: I always check LXer.com every morning when I wake up, but then went to a couple of other sites, checked my Google Alerts for Linux-related items, and nothing really jumped out at me.
[You might imagine, if you've read this blog regularly in the past, that "nothing really jumped out at me" usually translates to "nothing caused me to get so rabidly incensed that I had to ask someone for a spatula to scrape myself off the ceiling." But I digress.]
Then I went to DistroWatch.com because, frankly, I hadn't been there in awhile. For those of you who are interested in all things FOSS, DistroWatch is an interesting place to not only keep up with which distros are peaking and ebbing in the great scoreboard of FOSS, but also to see who has released what when, and sometimes, why.
I decided to take a look at how many active distros — including those which also are Solaris- and BSD-based — there are as of today, July 31. It's down a bit since I last looked, which has been literally several years ago.
We're "down" to 324, and if memory serves, the last check I did had the active number in the 350s.
This always kick-starts the "how-many-distros-do-we-really-need" debate, which I have always considered a non-starter. I've crossed verbal swords in the past with others who say that a figure like 324 is insane, that there are too many distros available and that there should be much fewer distros so we don't have to bend our brains having to choose.
I say 324 — or whatever the number is or becomes — is a perfect number, and that external forces should decide how many Linux/Solaris/BSD distros there are. These external forces, of course, are both driven by market and Darwinian factors. You make a good, solid distro, foster a good team and growing community around it, the project moves up the DistroWatch list and — ping! — profit. Conversely, you don't make a good distro, and these forces — especially the Darwinian one — puts you where you belong.
The reality is that out of the 324 active distros listed on DistroWatch, there are probably between 35 and 50 that will be usable by the general public; that is, those whose computer abilities may end at pointing and clicking. And that's OK, too. I'd just as soon put my mother in a flaming box of dynamite as I would have her use Phayoune Linux on her desktop. [Phayoune users note: Do not flame me — I am only using your distro as an example in this case. I am sure it's a wonderful distro for those using it in Thailiand, but the point here is that not all distros are for everyone, and that Phayoune may not be for my mother since she's not Thai, for starters.]
[Oh, and Mom, I would never EVER put you in a flaming box of dynamite. No, really Mom. I swear.]
Or here's another way of putting this in perspective: Don't look at the list on DistroWatch and make a list of as many distros that come to mind. How many did you get? Ten? Thirty? More? Well, the more you can name, the more in tune you are with what's going on, FOSS-wise. Don't consider that a challenge, but just as an indicator of which distros are doing some heavy lifting in the FOSS realm and, in the grand scale of things, are getting things right. Bear in mind, too, that just because you can't name a distro, it doesn't mean that it's not useful or important in its own way; especially if that particular distro is specialized or based on a particular language or culture (see Phayoune, for example).
But the number of distros — whatever it might be — is what it should be.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software in his new home office. Watch this space.)
It's still only a phone
Larry the Free Software Guy — who, when the occasion arises, always leads off his blog in the third person, rather than to just say "I" since that would be too easy — was about to write about another topic this time around. I owe Jeff Hoogland a blog item on Bodhi Linux, which I tried and liked (more in a later item), as well as the original topic of this missive, which was my take on the new and, um, improved desktop environments in Natty Narwhal and Fedora 15 which are getting a lot of play lately. More on this in another blog, too.
But yesterday I got sidetracked. Blame Android.
Recent history: Kyoko dropped her HTC G2 twice and it went a little loopy, so off to somewhere in Pennsylvania it went for a few days. Meanwhile, I gave her my unlocked Palm Pre 2 to use while it was being repaired and she has taken a liking to it. So we switched phones and I got the HTC when it was returned. As it turned out, rather than blogging, I spent yesterday getting used to my new phone with Android.
I like Android. I mean, I really like it. While I was starting to warm up to WebOS and while I think the HP offering has much in the way of potential, Android is just head and shoulders over WebOS. It is just a great OS for the hardware it's running on.
This is where the love affair comes to a screeching halt. No matter how great it is, it's on a phone. It's running on hand-held hardware which, when looking at it, is still only a phone, when all is said and done.
I know it does a lot of other stuff. Let me explain why I say this, and I'd gladly plead "guilty" to the fact that this is purely generational.
Doing things with the HTC yesterday — calling, texting, checking out the GPS (a very, very cool feature) — was thrilling and filled with "hey, look at this" moments. However, it appears for what I would use the HTC for — primarily using it as a phone and possibily an occasional text message — leaves much of Android's abilities on the bench, so to speak.
Not only this, it begs the question: Why would I use Gmail or Facebook on such a small screen? Is surfing the Web really a viable option on hardware like the Palm Pre 2 or the HTC? I mean, you can do it, with a lot of pinching and expanding of the screen, but how efficient and logical is that? Do you really need to be that connected?
For all the cool things the HTC G2 does, and for all the cool things that Android does for it (and, again, the GPS is really cool), it is still only a phone. I'll keep connecting with the wider Internet with the laptop and desktop, thank you.
(Fedora ambassador Larry Cafiero runs Redwood Digital Research in Felton, California, and is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation. He is also one of the founders of the Lindependence Project.)
Sunday in the afternoon
. . . what have you got to lose?
If you're looking for a good Sunday read, Pamela Jones of Groklaw — who could be an outstanding journalist masquerading as a paralegal, or a paralegal who is one of the best journalists ever — outlines the Oracle-Google dustup in her Friday post here.
There's a lot here and there's more to it that what most folks, me included, have speculated. Have a read and we'll pick this up tomorrow.
(Fedora ambassador Larry Cafiero runs Redwood Digital Research in Felton, California, and is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)


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Chris bungard well what answers have you got for the family that you nearly left without a son. In the world off martial arts it is believed that you should only use *your knowledge and techniques in a self defence manner. so why punch a *innocent boy *over a game of amateur football on a pitch not just knocking him *out but fighting for his life? To set the record straight the world of mix martial arts has got enough of a bad name without *people like bungard who's *bringing shame into the sport.*
*bungard hit this boy all over a football thro *in dispute. this lead to bungard *uppercuting him . From there he fell onto the ground and took a seizure swallowing his tongue *and nearly lost his life. It took 4 to 6 minutes for paramedics to bring him back to a saviour but stable condition. This boy is still under 24 hour medical care. *so to promoters , fighters and fans off Scottish mma How can yous pre mote Scottish mma by letting a thug and a bully *train and fight on the biggest shows in Scotland *?*
so yous no who av been talking about the boys name is Ryan weir he's 19 and is about 60 kg never trained in any kinds off martial arts, boxing etc so bungard *feel proud off not just taking a liberty but also taking him unexpected and with a massive size and knowledge advantage*
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Have you checked your disk for any errors? You could try a manual install instead of using the installer, but you have to be aware of the risks.
Previously I had Windows 7 Premium dual booting with Backtrack 4 Beta in a single HDD drive.
Only 2 partitions currently: the 100mb one mandatory for Windows 7 plus the other one where it was installed.
With the release of Backtrack 4 Final I decided to do a dban format on the laptop and doing the dual boot again.
So, I've installed Windows 7 and it's up and running, however I'm having some issues with BackTrack 4 Final installation.
When running the installer, in the 4th step (Preparing disk space) I'm presented with the following error:
I've searched around in Google but didn't find any valuable info.An error occurred while writing the changes to the storage devices.
The resize operation has been aborted.
Any help in this issue is appreciated.
Have you checked your disk for any errors? You could try a manual install instead of using the installer, but you have to be aware of the risks.
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Have you tried any other partitioning tools to see if you get the same problem? After error checking the drive...
I've done a chkdsk and it didn't report any errors.
I guess I'll have to do the installation manually.
Thanks for the help
Running chkdsk didn't solve the problem.
Using gparted I'm getting error (95): opening 'dev/sda2' as ntfs failed: operation not supported.
The NTFS journal is unclean.
I'll be doing a defrag, from what I've been reading it works. And probably fixing ntfs through linux if the defrag doesn't solve the issue!
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War on Poverty update: 1 in 3 Americans dipped below poverty line from 2009 to 2011
Although the government has spent $20.7 trillion on welfare programs since 1964 according to Heritage Institution estimates, a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that poverty has affected nearly a third of all Americans in recent years.
While the current annual poverty rate in America is 15 percent, the census report reveals a more fluid situation over shorter periods of time in which people move in and out of the designation.
The Census Bureau reports that from 2009 to 2011, 31.6 percent of Americans were in poverty for at least two months. The calculation represents a 4.5 percent increase from the 27.1 percent from 2005 to 2007.


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When the board is turned around, A predetermined word is written on the board. This word can be a magic word, a birthday child's name, the name of the organization that you are doing a show for, etc.
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This month one lucky reader is going to win the Stow Cat Toy Storage, Scratch & Play Center from Moderncat Studio! This three-in-one cat play station allows you to store kitty's toys inside, then she can have a blast removing them one by one through the openings on the side. The scratch pad is available in a wide variety of durable colorful carpet or sisal options. Stow can be used for either vertical or horizontal scratching, whichever your cat prefers. Stow comes with a wooden ball toy that can be installed at either end of the scratcher to entice kitty to scratch and play. The non-skid feet keep Stow in place on hard floors.
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GAITHERSBURG, MD -- Sodexo has a new tool that will help its clients establish sustainability baselines, prioritize initiatives and track continuous improvement.
The Sustainability Management and Reporting Tool, or SMART, covers four key best practice areas: carbon and energy, water, waste, and healthy/sustainable food and environments. It enables clients served by the food and facilities management giant to analyze up to 150 separate actions that can improve measurable performance in each area.
Sodexo piloted the new software at 22 locations in the U.S. in 2011.
SMART users can estimate a facility's energy use and the associated climate impact. They can review their progress and trend data in either a summary "dashboard" or in a detailed layout. They can also view specific recommendations for making immediate improvements and generate customized sustainability reports.
Sodexo said more than 90 of the nation's schools, college campuses, healthcare facilities and corporations began using the tool this month. It plans to roll the solution out to 1,000 client sites by October 2012.


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'Nothing, absolutely nothing, will remind fans more that the Sabres haven't changed their ways if they get into an extended, bitter battle over money with their best player. People will be quick to look upstairs and see managing partner Larry Quinn and Regier, decide things are the same and return to a world of bitterness or indifference.'
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How do I easily determine what Font a website is using in a particular section?
(This may sound like a dumb question, but some many website out there are a pile of crap, and looking at the HTML/CSS is so convoluted, it could take an hour to figure things out - at least in my experience...)
Use WhatFont Tool which is available as a bookmarklet, or a Chrome or safari extension.
Yep, that bookmarklet is great ... although it's not hard to right click on an element, choose Inspect Element and look at the CSS font declaration that goes with it.
That's pretty neat. Thank you!
P.S. I'll assume that this Add-On is secure...
"WhatFont Tool" is the easiest way to find out the fonts used in a webpage.
WhatFont Tool is great.


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|He was a white male with long, blond hair. He was about 5'6" - 5'7" tall. He was wearing a brown and orange International Collection corduroy jacket with a fur inner lining, a yellow Sportswear t-shirt, brownish-grey corduroy pants with a brown belt and brown desert boots.
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Old man winter is tough on plants. Just ask any producer who batches and/or casts cold-weather concrete. Given these tough economic times, producers may have to rethink how they operate in winter to maintain last year's profit margins. Incremental gains in operational efficiencies will be necessary to counterbalance smaller orders and more demanding customers.
In most markets, producers try to recover the additional heating expenses by charging winter service fees. Even so, most plant managers probably admit that the additional revenue barely covers the real costs, especially when you try to calculate volatile fuel costs.
Fortunately, there are some alternatives to conventional heating approaches that may help mitigate the costs of boilers and steam generation.
For more than 15 years, Ground Heaters Inc., Muskegon, Mich., has been providing hydronic heating equipment to concrete contractors. Their products have been used worldwide to provide supplementary heat to reduce the possibility of freezing fresh concrete before initial strength gain.
Earlier this year, Wacker Neuson Corp. acquired the Ground Heaters' line of temporary climate control equipment. The manufacturer has provided the capital investment to expand the Ground Heaters product line that now includes a broad selection of highly efficient hydronic heaters, indirect fired heaters, heat exchangers, air movers, and dehumidifiers. At the heart of this investment is a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant and customer service center.
Using Wacker Neuson's resources, Ground Heater engineers are embarking on some new applications. One initiative will interest concrete producers.
Heating up the precast market
The manufacturer believes precasters can realize the same advantages using hydronic heating as concrete contractors to control their winter production costs. Indoor and outdoor casting crews can efficiently use hydronic equipment to heat casting beds and work areas. Crews would no longer need to use live steam or torpedo heaters.
The hydronic system is more than a tube and a pump. Units can be equipped with a wide array of accessories, all designed for concrete construction. For precast producers, hydronic tubing can evenly apply heat beneath the form or even provide bottom-up heating in the casting bed.
After workers place the heating tubing on top of the form, they overlay the piping with curing blankets specifically to work with portable hydronic heating systems. The design reflects the hydronic heat downward into the mix. In time, the casting crew can develop a curing wrapping system to equalize curing and speed production.
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Arnhem Land: Indigenous Australians Protect the Past
Saving a Cultural Landscape
Teaming up to protect over 5 million acres of land in Australia.
Covered from head to toe in a ghostly shade of ochre, members of the White Cockatoo Performing Group dance among the tall grasses and rocky escarpments of Arnhem Land in northern Australia.
These Indigenous Australian dancers are celebrating an historic event — the declaration of two new protected areas that together span 5 million acres and conserve ancient rock art paintings that tell incredible stories of an intricate connection between the Indigenous people and their natural world.
The new areas — known as the Warddeken and Djelk Indigenous Protected Areas — are protected by a partnership between The Nature Conservancy, the Pew Environment Group, the Australian Federal Government and Indigenous landholders. And, with ongoing support from the Conservancy, traditional landowners will continue to manage these massive reserves through the work of Indigenous rangers.
"It's just great to be here, to be part of such a wonderful event," says Michael Looker, director of the Conservancy's Australia program. "It's wonderful because yes there are conservation outcomes, but what is really wonderful is that we are working with the Indigenous communities in a meaningful way that will make a difference."
"This is the land that I have inherited and I have to look after it," Dean Yibarbuk, Indigenous ecologist and elder with the Warddeken Rangers, explains.
A Conservation Milestone for Australia — and the World
The Warddeken and Djelk Indigenous Protected Areas are more than twice the size of Yellowstone National Park and include sandstone gorges, pristine rivers, tropical savanna and coastal wetlands that stretch from the high country of the Western Arnhem Land Plateau to the islands off the Northern Territory coast.
Added to these important natural areas are the region's famed rock art paintings depicting the world's oldest living culture, which dates back more than 40,000 years. This valuable ecological and cultural pedigree gives the area a significance that extends far beyond the Northern Territory.
"These Indigenous Protected Areas, along with Kakadu National Park, provide one of the great conservation corridors of our continent and one of the most important areas of rich cultural rock art and conservation anywhere in the world," Peter Garrett, Australian Member of Parliament, says.
"This is a major milestone for conservation in Australia," Looker adds. "The region has remarkable natural and cultural value, including dozens of locally endemic plants and unique animals found nowhere else on Earth, thousands of rock art sites dating back 40,000 years, and spectacular scenery."
Planning a Partnership
The declaration follows several years of consultations, which the Conservancy assisted by providing financial assistance as well as scientific expertise and strategic advice. The process involved members of more than 137 Indigenous clans in the region and helped develop detailed management plans that will guide future land practices.
Central to the region's maintenance is the reintroduction of traditional burning practices that have been found to cut greenhouse gas emissions by preventing large uncontrolled bushfires. Other management approaches include control of feral animals, particularly buffalo, which cause serious damage to the region's wetlands.
Dreams of the Future
The Conservancy is dedicated to protecting the connection between Indigenous Australians and the lands they have watched over for millennia.
"Indigenous people understand this land, they know what needs to happen and we can achieve a lot together by working through partnerships," Looker says.
Both the White Cockatoo performance and the nearby paintings tell stories about the 'Dreaming,' or the indigenous history of how Australia began. Now these new protected areas not only protect the past but allow Indigenous Australians to dream of the region's future.
"I will try to keep it this way for my children as well to look after — for them to look after it in the natural system," Yibarbuk says.


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AMES, Iowa – Every June, more than 1,000 teenagers converge on the Iowa State University campus for three days full of speakers, workshops, mixers, dances, a banquet and community service activities. The 2013 Iowa 4-H Youth Conference, titled Unmask Your Opportunities, will begin June 25 and continue through June 27.
"We chose the theme, Unmask Your Opportunities, because we thought it really shows that by coming to State Conference, you will see all of the opportunities 4-H offers," said Ashley Smeby, 4-H Youth Conference planning committee co-chair.
A variety of workshops are scheduled each day to spark the many interests of the youth. These workshops range from iPad app design, farming for fun and fighting for world hunger to making cheese and preserving 4-H memories. Youth can choose specialized tracks that focus on a theme and span the three days, or can choose a different workshop each day.
The workshops aren't the only points of interest at the conference, noted Brenda Allen, conference coordinator and 4-H youth development specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Each day, a different keynote speaker will address the participants about hard work and the future.
Shannon Oleen is a former 4-H'er from Missouri. She was a National Football League cheerleader, before dedicating her life to motivational speaking. She will discuss hard work, having the right attitude and having the passion to achieve dreams.
Kent Julian overcame a speech impediment as a teen and now speaks all over the country. Julian will talk about how to transform thinking and actions to go from normal to beyond.
Grant Baldwin uses humor to challenge youth across the nation to think and apply action to their lives. He is the author of the book, Reality Check, which teaches youth skills to make the transition from high school to college and the real world.
"This year's speakers come from a variety of backgrounds, but all have used a mixture of motivation and humor to reach thousands of people across the country," Allen said.
4-H members as well as youth who have not participated in 4-H are encouraged to attend the 2013 Iowa 4-H Youth Conference. The deadline to register is May 24. For more information about the 4-H Youth Conference, contact any county office of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach or visit the Iowa 4-H Youth Development website, www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/stateconference/.
"This event is planned by young people for young people, and it makes it both fun and relevant for today's teens," said Allen.
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2000 Fliers and Explorers Globe Signing Ceremony, 11 December 2000, New York City: Signers of the globe: (from left to right) Walter Pittman, William Ryan, Brian Jones, Bertrand Piccard, Don Walsh, and Neil Armstrong.
In a ceremony held on December 11, 2000 at the Wings Club in New York City, the American Geographical Society honored seven men who collectively have ventured the deepest and highest in all of human history, traveled farthest by balloon, and discovered catastrophic flooding of ancient seabeds. Honorees included Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard (deepest ocean dive, 1960); Neil Armstrong (first man on the Moon, 1969), Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones (first circumnavigation of Earth by balloon, 1999); William Ryan (discovered 5 million year-old Mediterranean Sea inundation and 7,500 year-old Black Sea inundation; and Walter Pitman (co-discovered Black Sea inundation). Jacques Piccard could not attend due to health, but all the others were present, and Bertrand Piccard spoke on behalf of his father as well as for himself.
The December 2000 ceremony was the first signing since the 1960s. Honorees were chosen through a formal process by the AGS Explorations Committee, final selection by the AGS Honors Committee and confirmation by the AGS Council. The globe-signing ceremony and associated exploration workshop were funded through a grant from the United States Geological Survey; donations by private contributors including Storm Richards and Associates, the Joseph Aurichio Foundation, and an anonymous donor; and in-kind donations by the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).


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Clarkson University Pioneering Research on Solar Cell Modeling
The Institute of Physics (IOP), one of the largest physics societies, has chosen a research paper on solar cell modeling developed by a Clarkson University team to include in its "IOP Select" collection.
The work is co-authored by Clarkson Electrical & Computer Engineering Associate Professors Ming-Cheng Cheng and Jack Koplowitz, Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Associate Professor Piergiovanni Marzocca and Electrical & Computer Engineering Ph.D students Kun Zhang and Wangkun Jia. (Zhang has since graduated and works with the Sendyne Corporation in New York City.)
The paper, "Modeling of Photovoltaic Cells and Arrays Based on Singular Value Decomposition" was published in the IOP journal of Semiconductor Science and Technology, March 2013.
Founded in 1874, IOP is a worldwide leading communicator and publishing organization with more than 50,000 members, publishing 60 journals read in more than 180 countries. IOP Select is a special collection of articles chosen from IOP Publishing's research journals.
Following a peer-review process, IOP's editors-in-chief and honorary editors choose articles for the collection based on one of several criteria, according to the IOP's Web site. The articles must share substantial advances or significant breakthroughs, demonstrate innovation or have a significant impact and influence on future research.
Cheng led the research, discovering a new application for the mathematical method of Singular Value Decomposition (SVD), traditionally applied to data and signal processing, to model and predict a solar cell's physical behavior.
Cheng said the novel method of modeling is simpler than traditional models and he believes it can lead to greater insight in developing new applications for the SVD method.
"It's a new approach," Cheng said. "It's simple and works really well."
One IOP peer reviewer said the Clarkson study "… may be considered a pioneer work, offering new and efficient ways to respond to actual needs in the field."
The paper is available to all readers free of charge for one year at http://iopscience.iop.org/0268-1242/28/3/035002.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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Photo Caption: The Institute of Physics (IOP) has included a paper authored by a Clarkson University research team in its "IOP select" collection. The paper is co-authored by Clarkson University Electrical & Computer Engineering Ph.D. students Kun Zhang (ECE), not pictured, and Wangkun Jia (ECE), left, back row and professors Jack Koplowitz (ECE), foreground, Piergiovanni Marzocca (Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering), right, back row and Ming-Cheng Cheng (ECE), center.


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COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The 2009-10 Lindsey
Wilson College Cultural Affairs Series offers a heavy does of music
from around the world and the exploration of theological
The series offers 16 events over an eight-month period on
subjects ranging from the Gospels and author Dan Brown to a
performance on the pipa, the Chinese lute. The subjects explored in
the performances are not only global in theme but also feature
world-class performers, according to Lindsey Wilson Director of Library Services Phil Hanna,
Cultural Affairs Series chair.
"Lindsey Wilson is pleased to offer a variety of world-class
performers and speakers in this year's Cultural Affairs Series,"
Hanna said. "Many of these performers travel the world and have
performed all over the globe. It is a privilege that they will be
on our campus to perform, entertain and enlighten us.
"We are pleased we can continue to provide all of the events
free and open to the public as part of Lindsey Wilson's commitment
to making educational and cultural-enrichment opportunities
available to residents of the region."
Author and adventurer Tori Murden McClure will kick off the
series locally with a Sept. 1 talk on "A Pearl in the Storm: How I
Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean." McClure's talk will be
at 7 p.m. CT in the Norma and Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship. A
reception and signing of McClure's book by the same title will
Here is the lineup for the rest of the season:
7 p.m. CT Sept. 22, Hodge Center - "The Gospel
Code and the Dan Brown Series," a talk by Ben Witherington, Bible
scholar and author at Asbury (Ky.) Theological Seminary.
7 p.m. CT Oct. 6, Hodge Center - "Clarence
Jordan and the God Movement," by Al Staggs, minister and actor.
7 p.m. CT Oct. 23, W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital
Hall - "The Virtuoso Horn Duo and Friends American Tour
2009," by the Virtuoso Horn Duo of Luxembourg.
7 p.m. CT Oct. 29, Slider Recital Hall - "New
Fiction: A Reading," by Gurney Norman, Kentucky Poet laureate
and author. Co-sponsored by the Kentucky Humanities Council.
7 p.m. CT Nov. 2, Columbia Baptist Church, 201
Greensburg St. - "The Poets Sing: Musical Settings
of Distinguished Poems," by the Lindsey Wilson College Choral
7 p.m. CT Nov.13, Slider Recital Hall -
"An Evening of Elegant Chamber Music," by the Merling Trio of
7 p.m. CT Nov. 20, Slider Recital Hall - "An
Evening of Vocal Music," by mezzo soprano Laura C. Atkinson of New
York City.
2:30 p.m.CT Dec. 2, Location TBA -
"Scriptures and Songs of Christmas," Lindsey Wilson College Chapel
7 p.m. CT Jan. 26, Slider Recital Hall -
"Music by Bach, Mozart, Ravel & A Special 200th Birthday
Celebration for Chopin," by pianist Andrea Anderson of Los
7 p.m. CT Feb. 17, Slider Recital Hall -
"Performance on the Pipa (Chinese Lute)," by Ming Ke.
7 p.m. CT Feb. 23, Slider Recital Hall
- "Lift Evr'y Voice and Sing," by Daryl Harris of Northern
Kentucky University. Co-sponsored by the Kentucky Humanities
7 p.m. CT March 23, Columbia Baptist Church, 201
Greensburg St. - "Spring Tour Concert," by the Lindsey
Wilson College Singers
7 p.m. CT March 26, Slider Recital Hall -
"Acoustic Gypsy Jazz & A Mix of Latin, Celtic and Other
Original Music," by Stirfry of Frankfort, Ky.
7 p.m. CT March 29, Slider Recital Hall -
"The Green River Connection," by pianist Bob Reynolds and violin
Heidy Ximenes of Campbellsville, Ky.
7 p.m. CT April 25, Location TBA - "Spring
Concert," by pianist Robert Reynolds of Campbellsville, Ky.,
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This hat recalls the iconic headgear worn by airmen of the United States Army Air Force during World War II. First developed for open-cockpit fliers, hats of this design were worn by countless B-17 bomber airmen during the war, preferred for their ability to combat sub-zero temperatures encountered at high altitudes. True to the originals, its buttery-soft, lambskin exterior is durable yet supple, and its genuine shearling interior and classic upturned brow provide cozy warmth. A leather chin strap and buckle secure the hat's ear flaps for a comfortable, snug fit, staying faithful to the fact pilots wore them tight-fitting to keep them secure during missions. Brown. (2 oz.)
To get the proper fit in a hat, we recommend that you measure your head to determine your proper hat size.
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Needs a little help
By Russ
from Manchester, England
Ordered this via the UK website as most of the similar hats over here are of low quality and poor design. My first impressions were not that good, anyone expecting the hat to look like the photo might be disappointed. The hat has a gloss shine to it rather than the mellow hide look in the ad. This gives the hat a plastic appearance despite the outer being genuine leather. This product is made in the USA it seems now rather than China as suggested by another review. The other downside to note is that the stitching is nothing like the good job shown in the photo, far fewer stitches are used, I pressume to save costs. All said, there is a decent hat there and with some modification by myself, I'm happy that I have a good hat. I used some Fiebings De-glazer to take off the cheap looking sheen and then re- waxed the leather. The result is a much better item which looks of better quality. I would recommend this product if you are prepared to tinker with it. Do not expect it to look like the photo!
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Shearling very thin
By Suzy
from New York
The hat is made of shearling, however the shearling is much thinner than it looked online. It also runs big, so the combination of thin shearling and loose fit will probably mean that it won't be very warm.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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By gordon
from elloree sc
size is to large to fit snugly. lining is thin.
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It does not possess the QUALITY fit
By Yah
from Philadelphia,PA
The scraps that hold the ear flaps just does not hold them up.
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A great way to stay warm
By Frank the Inventor
from Flower Mound, TX
I bought it just before winter finally arrived and am so glad I did! Use it to walk the dogs.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Flying Fortress Aviator's Hat
By Sherry
from Bellevue, WA
This is a Christmas gift that I know will be treasured.
Classy little hat !!
By Ischmail
from Ldason, SC
This is a very nice hat for the price. t is classy and warm for those cold weather nights or your walk to school.
like it very much
By Rejean
from Rouyn,Quebec
for cold weather
very warm. leather not as good as in pic
By love real leather
from Tacoma, Wa.
So warm and comfortable in cold weather! However was disappointed with the quality of leather used, especially from this store. It is very thin and has kind of a vinyl look and to it. Would not recommend this to someone who wants a real good quality bike leather type cap. otherwise, very satisfied. Great service.
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from ORE
I feel in style,and oh so warm,in my new brown bomber hat.
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Tension can determine the size, shape, and longevity of your project. The size needles you use, the fibers that make up your yarn, even your mood — all of these variables affect the tension of your knitting. It is as personal as your handwriting, and it can change with each project.
Finding the correct tension for specific patterns and projects is easy. Here are a few simple guidelines to help you along.
Find the Right Fit
Experiment to find the right tension. Your yarn should feel comfortable and slide easily along the needle. You should not have to struggle, break into a sweat, or break a needle in a effort to make one knit stitch.
A good place to start is with the recommended needles for the pattern and the yarn. We used Blue Sky Alpaca Sport Weight for this experiment, whose label recommends US size 3 – 5 needles for a gauge of 5 – 6 stitches per inch. We made four swatches with four different size needles, cast on 20 stitches for each swatch, and came up with very different results.
Swatch 1
Needles: US size 2 Crystal Palace bamboo needles
Gauge: 6 stitches = 1 inch
Finished Dimensions: 3.25 x 2.75 inches
These needles are smaller than average for this yarn; they yielded a tight, dense fabric that continued to curl even after blocking. This fortified fabric is suitable for mittens and other projects that keep out the cold, but would not be recommended for sweaters, scarves or other projects that would benefit from a fabric which drapes and breathes.
Swatch 2
Needles: US size 5 Lantern Moon ebony needles
Gauge: 5.5 stitches = 1 inch
Finished Dimensions: 3.75 x 3.5 inches
The size 5 needles yield comfortable, even stitches that hardly needed blocking. This is a desirable fabric for sweaters or other medium weight projects.
Swatch 3
Needles: US size 8 Addi Turbo aluminum needles
Gauge: 4 stitches per inch
Finished Dimensions: 4.5 x 4 inches
Larger than recommended, these smooth aluminum needles glide through the yarn making a loose fabric. Scarves and shawls benefit from a drapey, but not quite lacey stitch like this. However, this fabric would be too drapey for a sweater because it would not hold its shape.
Swatch 4
Needles: US size 10 Lantern Moon ebony needles
Gauge: 3.75 stitches = 1 inch
Finished Dimensions: 5 x 4.5 inches
More loose and open than the previous swatch, this swatch knit up quickly at almost half the recommended gauge. The stitches are very open, which allows the alpaca fibers to somewhat fill the spaces between each stitch. This fabric would be suitable for a scarf or a shawl.
Adjusting the Tension
As you can see, there is not one perfect tension for your yarn. It all depends on the project and the knitter. Keep in mind:
1. Try a few different needles of different material to get the gauge and tension that is best for your project. If your stitches are sliding off the needle willy-nilly, you might need to go down a size or two. If your stitches just won't budge, try a smoother material like aluminum.
2. Keep a loose grip on the yarn as you knit. Don't tug on the yarn as you complete each stitch. If you'd like your fabric to be more dense, go down a needle size or two rather than trying to knit tighter.
3. Maintain even tension by consciously focusing on your knitting rhythm for the first few minutes after you pick up your needles. Knitters who like to watch movies or listen as they knit find their tension getting too tight during a chase scene or too loose during a song and dance number. Commuter knitters find their tension changes from the ride to work and their ride home. Unless you like your knitting to be a diary of your day, pay attention to the way you begin to knit; that will keep your hands focused even while your eyes wander.
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- DiC Entertainment, American Greetings
- Distributed by: Cookie Jar Entertainment
- Cartoon Characters: Tako Maki, Maguro Maki, Ikura Maki, Kani Maki, Wasabi Pow, Titanium Chef, Satel-Lightning, Aqua-Bot Boy, Hideki, Fugu, Toro, Unagi, Mochi Macchiato, Uni, Ben, Sir Darkly, Mayor Hack Martin, Jenny Flume.
- Voice Actors: Rick Adams, Tara Strong, Andrew Francis, Chiara Zanni, Scott McNeil, Adam Behr, Michael Daingerfield, Maryke Hendrikse; Full Voice Cast ...
- Directed By Walt Kubiak.
- Produced By J.C. Cheng, Jim Lara, Nicholas Hollander, Tom Ruegger, Ryan Wiesbrock.
- Written By Gordon Bressack, Shea Fontana, Nicholas Hollander, Tom Ruegger.
- Music: Phofo.
- First Aired on November 15, 2008.
- Originally Aired on CBS-TV (USA).
- Running Time: 12 minutes.
- Episode Number: 19-A
- Season: 2
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Unagi unleashes a new power against the city, but it endows the Sushi Pack with special powers.
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This series aired on the KEWLopolis block on CBS. Each episode consisted of two cartoons. The Sushi Pack are tougher than tough, mighty munchies of goodness! Four pieces of sushi and a wad of wasabi jolted to life- out on the streets fighting for what... (more)
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Bynum coming to Cavs
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached agreement on a two-year contract with center Andrew Bynum.
Bynum accepted the deal on Wednesday night, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the agreement. WTAM Sports Director Mike Snyder also confirmed the move.
The 7-foot Bynum did not play in any games last season with Philadelphia because of knee injuries. But the Cavs were willing to take a risk on him being healthy to help a team that won just 24 games last season.
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Small WonderBy Sadie Stein
"Bond always mistrusted short men. They grew up from childhood with an inferiority complex. All their lives they would strive to be big—bigger than the others who had teased them as a child. Napoleon had been short, and Hitler. It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world." ―Ian Fleming
Every class has one, or maybe two: a child so improbably small that this becomes his or her identity. There he is, on the end of your class picture year after year, forced to play a pawn in the fifth grade human-chess game (wearing a teacher's old velour shirt as a tunic), any child role in a play, and later the deadweight in a freshman year trust exercise. He humbly takes this as his due. He does not need James Bond proto-Godwin-ing to make him feel the sting of his lowly position.
I have come across many treasures on the giveaway table of my building's lobby, but my most recent acquisition is perhaps the greatest. Short Chic: The everything-you-need-to-know fashion guide for every woman under 5'4″ could have come from the apartments of literally half my neighbors, but now it is mine. The cover features a petite woman dressed in the height of 1981 style: slouchy heeled boots, what looks like a leather duffel coat, a large woolen scarf, and some kind of bulbous cap that (the helpful height chart next to her informs us) brings her to a towering 5'1″. The two authors, according to their back-flap bios, are, respectively, 5'3″ and 5'2″. Read More


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On vows, fierce love, and trust
On Walpurgisnacht, May Day Eve, the special ceremony I had been planning for nearly two months, and thinking about for years, took place: Odin and I renewed our Marriage vows.
I had been thinking about doing something like this for years because when I initially married Him in December 2002, it was more of an elopement than anything else. The ritual I had been planning at that time was supposed to (or so I thought) be a simple year-and-a-day dedication to a god Whom I had (or so I thought) only recently begun working with. But I thought wrongly. That's right, folks: as much as I've written here and elsewhere about the need for careful consideration and deliberation before entering into a god-marriage, as many times as I've stressed that it is an action to be taken only after years of devotion and not entered into on impulse, this is totally a case of "do as I say, not as I do" because my own Marriage was very sudden. Or, so it seemed to me at the time. It turns out, Odin had been hanging around me my entire life in various guises: there was the episode with the Wild Hunt when I was eight, my sense that I had an invisible dark companion all through my teens, and my marriage to an "underworld spirit", a dark, shamanic warrior king who I now know fits Odin's description to a tee, in my early twenties. There was the unexpected playing of "Ride of the Valkyries" as I started down the aisle at my wedding to my mortal ex, and the time a Ouija board spelled out "Priya" (proto-Indo-European for "beloved," and the root on which Frigga's name is based) when I asked for a "pagan name." So many signs and clues I've enumerated in other blog posts in various places, and yet (since I can, frankly, be a bit thick when it comes to this kind of thing) I still thought it was sudden when I impulsively called on Him in my mid-thirties and He not only answered but almost immediately said, "Come be My wife." But it was Him, so regardless of the things that seemed to stand in the way, how could I refuse?
Of course, He made all the seeming obstacles vanish, cutting them away as deftly as a surgeon with his blade, and the life I live now—while not yet everything I would like it to be—is geared towards being a god-wife, with everything I do and don't do centered around my relationship with Him. Still, our wedding ceremony (while it did have an Over There component to it that was quite lavish) was a furtive affair here: vows carefully written out beforehand and then whispered in a darkened room, offerings made, and then slinking off to bed without fully being able to grasp how my life had just completely changed. Six months or so later, there was a repeating of the vows with Jolene as a witness and a horn of mead offered. By then, I knew very well that the first ceremony had "taken," by virtue of the fact that the surgeon had started working away at my life, and the sweeping changes were beginning to roll in.
As the years went on and I read about Lwa weddings (which are often as expensive and elaborate as the mortal kind, with a dress, flowers, rings, a cake, guests, a reception, and a horse standing in for the divine bride or groom), and then encountered other god-spouses who were putting varying degrees of planning and expense into their own weddings, sometimes involving their communities so that everyone around them could bear witness to the Marriage, I began to want something like that, or to think that I did. I began to fantasize about renewing my vows with Him in a forest clearing, with Jo acting as horse and myself in a beautiful dress and crown, before a select handful of guests, with a picnic reception afterwards and an actual wedding cake.
Doesn't sound too impossible, right? Except, the flaws in such a plan are significant: Jo would never be comfortable horsing Him in front of other people and even if she were, I wouldn't want to share Him with other people at such a time, even in a small way. Also, the handful of people I would even conceivably be interested in inviting are far-flung, and getting them gathered in one place, here in Oregon, for such a ritual would be a monumental and expensive task.
So I thought to myself: what are the essential elements of this fantasy? The forest clearing would be nice, but it's not strictly necessary, and I can easily make a trip to the forest at some point to repeat my vows to Him there with the wights as witness. (The bulk of my community being, at this point, non-human.) The people were completely unnecessary, and the more I considered it, the less the idea of having them there appealed to me. The trappings would be nice, and some of them I could manage fairly easily. The only indispensable elements, when you got right down to it, were Him and me, but since I really wanted Him to be horsed for this, this time the only witnesses would be gods and spirits—which, really, suited me fine, anyway.
And so, on Bolverk's Day (March 17th), I asked for and received His agreement to my plan, along with the agreement of the horse herself, and then I set about planning the special day. Except, since it's me, I over-planned, and then ran myself ragged trying to accomplish the ever-growing list of tasks I had set for myself. First, I was going to make my own wedding-style cake, using a recipe from Gesine Bullock-Prado's Sugar Baby (the fabulous book that taught me to make sea salt caramels). Since I couldn't be confident of my first attempt succeeding, there would need to be a practice run; however, then I realized that the recipe called for nearly a dozen eggs. Since we didn't need a huge cake, I could halve or quarter the recipe, but the idea of doing so gave me a headache, and everything suddenly seemed hopeless. I would buy a cake, I decided. I tore through my collection of papers looking for the copy I thought I had saved of my original vows to Him but could not find it anywhere, so I would need to write new ones. I had some mead that was almost ready and would do nicely for the ritual, and I would cook dinner for Him afterwards, of course. I began a damiana liqueur to give Him as a gift, which would be ready by the time of the ceremony. Money being scarce at the time, I decided I would make a skirt to wear, and buy a pretty, lace-trimmed tank top to go with it, something sexy that would show off all my tattoos. I was also going to make a crown and a new necklace to wear for the ceremony, and a hand spun Marriage cord to bind our hands with, and a special Odin oil just in honor of the occasion generally, and some beeswax candles, and, and, and...
And then I got sick again--not too surprisingly under the circumstances, since I do have an auto-immune disease and I was pushing myself constantly, not getting enough sleep, and tuning out my Husband's pleas for me to get some rest. Confronted with a head cold and fever, I was finally forced to rest for nearly a week, which brought my preparations to a screeching halt. At about the same time, Jo developed a rash on her face and neck, which has gotten better since but at first looked like it would spread to the point where horsing would be an unacceptable notion for her by the time the day of the ritual rolled around. I began to despair, and to rage at myself for not having listened to Him and taken care of myself when my sickness could still have been prevented. I accused Him of not wanting the ritual, at which point He reminded me that, were that the case, He could simply have refused in the first place. And, He added, "Why should I shield you from the ill effects of pushing yourself when you still refuse to take care of My wife?" I sulked, and pushed at Him. He pushed back, harder. I cried a lot.
At which point I finally began to realize how counter-productive all of this was; instead of the sweet ceremony I had envisioned (timed to coincide with a festival that already has ritual significance for us, connected with my queenship path), this was turning into exactly the opposite of what I had wanted. It was turning into an anti-renewal of vows. And furthermore, I and my craziness were solely responsible for that. I stopped my half-hearted attempts to push Him away, gave up the idea that the ritual had to happen on Walpurgisnacht, and decided to do what I should have been doing all along: listen to Him, and trust Him. "When," He had asked me, "have I ever denied you anything truly important to you? When have I ever given My word to you and then broken it?" The answer to both questions, of course, was "never." The irony of the situation struck me full-force: I was planning a celebration of our partnership at the same time as I was fighting Him tooth-and-nail on the issue that I know is of central importance to Him: my self-care. I let up on myself, made sure I got plenty of sleep as well as plenty of time lying in bed reading (I picked a surprisingly good fantasy/military action novel by a British writer, centered on Ragnarok: The Age of Odin by James Lovegrove). I ate lightly but made sure my meals were packed with vitamins, took immune system-enhancing herbs, and drank lots of orange juice. Above all, I strove to maintain a calm, serene outlook: things would work out somehow, if not the way I had originally planned then in some way that would be even better. I knew this because Odin had told me so, He had promised me, and He loves me and has never broken a promise to me. (Regardless of what others may say about His unreliability, this has not been my experience; He has been harsh with me when my behavior forced Him to be, but never treacherous.)
And suddenly, the storm clouds lifted and I got better—not gradually, I just woke up one morning and was no longer sick. At the same time, Jo's rash began responding to the neem oil solution I had made up, and her tax refund hit our bank account, meaning I could buy the things for the ritual that I had not had time to make. Suddenly, we were back on track for Walpurgisnacht, just as if nothing at all had happened. I was the model of an obedient wife (okay, that is not true, but I was a good deal more cooperative that I had been), so my beloved Husband graciously conceded and stripped away all of the obstacles that had been confounding me. To show my appreciation, I continued to cooperate by trimming unnecessary tasks from my list. I had already gotten most of my important tasks done before I became sick, anyway; I had a pretty new dress to wear (low-cut to show off my latest tattoo), had finished making the Marriage cord, and the damiana liqueur was ready. I made a crown for myself to wear, from garnets, faceted smoky quartz, and rattlesnake vertebrae, then abandoned my plans to make a new necklace because the crown was a perfect match for the Gunnlod necklace I had already made. I gave up on the idea of making candles, since there was no time; I would use my olive oil lamp from His altar, with a tea light for the dinner table. For our meal, I bought steak, new potatoes, and baby zucchini (local veggies from the farmer's market), and picked out a cake. I cleaned the house, set up the hearth shrine, and made an offering at the Queens' shrine on the morning of the ritual, inviting Them to witness, along with my other loved ones Over There, our Family. I wrote and rewrote my new vows. The flowers were left for Jo to pick up on the evening of the ritual itself, so that He could choose them for me, through her. (Surprisingly, He bypassed roses and selected bright orange Gerber daisies interspersed among yellow daisies, a spray of sweet-smelling white daisies with yellow centers, huge tea-pink lillies along with smaller exotic maroon and yellow striped ones, and an abundance of varied greenery; He said the combination—and the bold Gerber daisies especially—reminded Him of me.)
I began the day having had a remarkable dream the night before. For the most part, when I dream of Him, He is either not actually visible in the dream, or I know He is "physically" there but am somehow unable to look in His direction or focus on His features, or Jo or someone else is horsing Him for me. I had never had a dream in which He was there as Himself and I was able to interact with Him. But in this dream, He had taken me shopping for used spinning equipment—and when I say "used," I mean antique or possibly medieval. (Things that had been in His family for years, most likely, as Jo suggested.) He was wearing a fedora and a sharply tailored camel's hair coat, but it was definitely Him. I even got to kiss Him in the dream, to feel the scratchiness of His whiskers and the smoothness of His lips and tongue. As I said, a remarkable dream.
I awoke with the "holy shit, this is really fucking REAL" feeling many of you may be acquainted with, and of course, the first thing I wanted to know was why I couldn't have dreams like that all the time. His answer was two-fold: first, I was too exhausted most of the time to be able to penetrate the veil of illusion that the subconscious mind tends to cast over everything during dreams. If I would take better care of myself, get more sleep on a regular basis, and not wait to go to bed until all I could do was pass out, my ability to do this would improve. Secondly, apparently part of my subconscious mind still does not believe in the reality of my situation, of our relationship, and still fights against it; this is, as He puts it, my mortality fighting for its own survival. The fact that this dream that was not really a dream was able to sneak through is a sign that it's starting to lose that fight, that my subconscious is finally starting to accept—after ten years!--that I really am married to a god and that He really is, bit by bit, eating away what's left of my humanity.
Fairly recently, I had written that, at the height of our fighting earlier in the year, I had come to the grudging realization that I could potentially grow to hate Him—as so many of His people do, and as He has always feared—if I allowed myself to, if I let myself forget how much He loves me. Ever since then, this has been a recurring worry of His that He brings up more and more often, since—as He continually stresses to me—He will never put my wants ahead of my needs, and will never relent in His harshness when the situation calls for it. But yesterday after my dream with the heightened sense of realness it brought in its wake, I came to quite a different realization: the idea that I could ever hate Him is a spectacular piece of hogwash I somehow managed to convince myself of. The fact that He will not hesitate to be harsh with me when I force Him to be, in defense of my well-being; His refusal to compromise on anything touching my path and my role in His life (and His in mine); His willingness to compromise my wants of the moment in service of a greater-far reaching plan He has for me—all of these things are part of what I love most about Him; He has never been harsh with me for His own benefit, but only for mine, to keep me safe and whole and hale. The enormity of His love for me is that He would even sacrifice my affection—as desperately as He wants it—if He needed to, in order to keep me safe. It is a fierce, savage kind of love, intense and unswerving just as He is, and the only thing that could ever persuade me to turn away from such an incomparable love is my own foolish, deluded ego, my selfish little whims, my stubborn temper tantrums. The lead-up to this ritual, the story of how it almost failed to happen, is a good example of the fact that most of the time the primary or even only thing that stands in my way or interferes with my plans is me; I am a skilled saboteur of my own interests, and there is no call to blame anyone else—especially not Him, my closest friend and most devoted ally—for that fact. When I work with Him and put my trust in Him, everything goes so much more smoothly. When I try to fight Him because I think I know better (than Odin!)--well, surprise, everything falls apart.
Having already shared much more of this than I had expected, I am not going to share my vows, or what He said to me in return. (A LOT was said, on both sides; we stood in front of the hearth shrine for so long that one of my legs was almost useless the following day.) However, what I will share is that He and I both acknowledged this occasion as a threshold for us, a doorway at which I am leaving behind my fears, my remaining doubts, and all of the other undesirable ego-baggage that I've been allowing to stand between us. I have agreed to surrender these things before and have done so, but surrender is not something you do once and are done with; it is a daily process of choosing Him, of choosing our love and our Marriage, above and beyond all of these other things that distract me and drag me down unto their muck. He also stressed to me that, in a similar way, the vows that we exchanged have been said between us before at other times and other places; each time we repeat them we add another drop into the Well, lay down another layer of Orlog, until—layer upon layer—we have built something indestructible.
For the interested, more photographs (none of the actual ceremony, of course, but several of the trappings--the flowers, marriage cord, damiana liqueur, crown, etc.--and one of me in my dress, standing in front of His shrine) are posted on my own blog here.
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Lighting designer Paule Constable recently revealed the world of lighting opera and theatre productions as part of an ROH Insights session.
'If you imagine when you're first making a show and a director is [working out] how they want to tell a story, they're obviously going to think very early on about the set and costume designer that they're going to work with,' Paule said. 'How that is seen, how it's perceived, how it's brought to life is what the lighting designer does.'
On working on this key aspect of production design, Paule said: 'There are infinite possibilities with light - it's very far from arbitrary. We consider every decision we make in a huge amount of detail.'
Paule also spoke about how she got into lighting design: 'I love the technical side of things, which for many [lighting designers] is our way in. I love climbing ladders and changing gels and playing with light but I also found I really loved what you can do with light in a theatre.'
As well as Royal Opera productions such as Die Zauberflöte, Faust and Le nozze di Figaro, Paule has also designed for a host of other opera companies and theatres. She lit the stage show of War Horse for the National Theatre (and subsequent West End transfer and international tour) and recently worked on a new production of Les Misérables.
Paule was recently nominated for an Opera Award in the lighting category.
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David McVicar's production of Die Zauberflöte runs from 16 April - 9 May. Tickets are still available.


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Apparently Diane Lane was ok with the bar fights and being drunk and the women Josh Brolin slept with all over the world but had a problem with him having sex with his assistant. Over the weekend Josh and his assistant Kathryn Boyd took their relationship public. The kiss butt tabloids say the two only began a sexual relationship in March. Uh huh. I guess they think Josh is future cover material? Probably not, but his publicist represents other people so why not just say the pair started hooking up in March. I love how they just expect everyone to nod their head and smile and say sure it is perfectly plausible that his very attractive assistant started working for Josh and then just a few months later Josh and Diane split and they waited another year before they became intimate.
These are the same people who probably believe that MTV award winners don't know they are winning in advance.


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