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To help kick-off Walker Open Field, five guests from across the spectrum of art and ideas have been invited to share thoughts and pose questions on the cultural commons, framing a conversation that will continue throughout the summer. We'll be posting our notes on each of these presenters over the next two weeks, and encouraging them to drop by Walker Blogs to recommend readings and other resources. The event kicks-off at 7pm on Thursday, June 3rd. Save the date!
We met Sumanth Gopinath just a few minutes after he'd left an experimental music concert at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches music theory with a focus on globalization. From his emphatic description of the performance it seemed a wildly creative and moving experience, one that flew completely under the radar of most Twin Cities music fans.
"The University has one of the best experimental composers in the world, James Dillon, working right here in town. He's absolutely amazing! And the School of Music brings some of the world's most creative performers to the Twin Cities. They host wonderful concerts that are open to the public and totally free."
Although Sumanth is on temporary leave from the University while finishing a book project, he regularly attends the School of Music's concert series, just one of many untapped cultural resources he hopes more people will utilize.
While talking with Sumanth about Open Field and the cultural commons, we learned that his interests and knowledge are wide-ranging. He sees myriad connections between digital technology, politics, culture and the everyday. He's critical of notions of cultural commons that don't take these connections into account.
"Ours is a capitalist world-economy. One could argue that various forms of unpaid labor have always made capital accumulation possible, making practices like creative commons nothing more or less than part of a longer history of common repositories for cultural forms."
Over the course of an hour our conversation meandered between the concept of commons in the writings of Karl Marx, Sumanth's own philosophical views on the production and dissemination of creative work, his passion for experimental music and art, and his interest in the global ringtone industry.
"The ringtone is a remarkable cultural phenomenon that is demonstrating a high degree of popularity and is undergoing rapid transformation. It's a powerful lens through which to view the dynamics of cultural production."
When it comes to questions of music production and the cultural commons, we often hear the familiar outcry that file-sharing and a laissez-faire attitude toward intellectual property, especially among those under 30, is killing the music industry. In fact, it's an argument that's been taken up again recently in the Atlantic (nice response here). Sumanth pointed out that the proliferation of ringtone versions of popular songs happened in tandem with the proliferation of pirated music.
"Ringtone providers' increasing use of copyrighted popular music meant that music publishers were licensing material for ringtones and receiving royalties — thus planting the seed for the music industry's plan to make up for financial losses due to file sharing."
Sumanth will be discussing these often overlooked connections at the Open Field kick-off, asking us all to consider the technological as well as the political histories of the creative tools we use, as well as the bits and bites of information that make them work and that provide access to art and culture. In many cases our mobile devices, small as they are, contain extensive libraries of music. Some of them even allow us to compose new works.
In the case of ringtones, this music doesn't just play through our home stereos or headphones, it blasts unexpectedly in all kinds of private and public spaces, becoming part of the fabric of our physical commons, as well as our amorphous digital one. These questions of intellectual property, common ownership and the politics of cultural production will undoubtedly be raised again and again over the summer.
For now, one thing Sumanth is interested in learning which ringtones visitors to the Open Field have chosen for themselves, and why. Anyone? I'll start by confessing that much to the annoyance of everyone around me my ringtone is set to an obnoxious Girl Talk mashup, which I am pretty sure I got from a free file sharing website. Because I am a freeloader.
A Brief History of the Ringtone
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Buy the Easy Vape Digital V5 vaporizer for $126.99
Easy Vape Digital V5 Vaporizer
The Easy Vape V5 is an innovative vaporizer brought to you by Ya Industries of China. The design is based on the timeless accessibility of the digital alarm clock, making it intuitive and easy to use. This is a corded, table top box style vaporizing unit that employs a quality finished glass whip to deliver a thick and consistent vapor every time you use it.
This vaporizer is a box style vaporizer. It is sturdy and light and allows you all the features and functionality you might expect in a compact table top unit. The built in ventilation slots aid air flow and enhance your vaporizing experience.
The V5 exhibits ongoing improvements and modifications from Easy Vape, which is always welcomed by the vaporizing community and bodes well for the future. This is a superb little vaporizer, it looks good, works good, and with a modest price tag it won't break the bank.
Key features:
- Inhalation method: The V5 uses either a hands free whip or extended glass mouthpiece and tubing for direct inhalation.
- Portability: This is a table top vaporizer with mains cord attached. Not portable.
- Dimensions Approx. 6.5 inches X 3 inches X 5 inches (16.5cm X 7.5cm X 12.5cm).
- Power: The Easy Vape Digital V5 is a mains powered vaporizer with a 6ft power cord.
- Heat source: Easy Vape have upgraded the ceramic heating element in the V5, improving on the element used in previous Easy Vape vaporizers. The heater cover has also been improved and thickened – from .75mm to 2.25mm – for extra durability.
- Temperature control: Fully digitally controlled. The temperature on the V5 is accurate to +/- 3C. This vaporizer offers simple functionality with a dual digital readout that displays both target temperature and actual temperature. Operation is very simple and natural.
- Build: The V5 is made from a robust lightweight polycarbonate that offers durability whilst being cool to the touch. The mouthpiece is made using modern ground glass technology giving a high quality finish.
- Special features: The new and improved user interface on the V5 is based on the digital alarm clock design, something that we are all familiar with. The integrated timer ensures safety with its automatic shut off feature.
- Accessories: The Easy Vape V5 is available in a choice of 5 colors for personalization. Colors are, black, blue, navy blue, grey and red.
- Extra manufacturer recommendations: It is recommended that you fill the bowl no more than a 1/3 full and pack your mix down tightly. This ensures that the air flow over your herbs is correct. Caution should be taken when removing the whip from the vaporizer as the end becomes very hot.
- Manufacturer: Made in China by Ya Industries.
- The Easy Vape Digital V5 comes with a 12 month manufacturer's warranty that covers defects in materials and workmanship.
- The warranty is valid only for normal use.
- The warranty is valid only when the vaporizer has been purchased from an authorized reseller.
- The Easy Vape Digital V5 vaporizer is guaranteed to be free of manufacturing defects and in proper working order when you receive it.
- Turn on the Easy Vape Digital V5 by pressing the power button.
- Press MODE once to set the timer for shut off, then press S to enter.
- Select the desired temperature by using the + and – buttons, then press S to enter.
- Grind your blend finely.
- Pack ground material into the tip of the glass hand piece. Do not fill the bowl more than 1/3 full and pack tightly.
- Slide the supplied vapor whip onto the heating element. For best results, Easy Vape recommend that you let the vapor whip remain in place for about 2 minutes before inhaling.
- Inhale with deep, steady breaths.
- You will need to find your own personal preferred operating temperature by a process of trial and error. You can adjust the temperature (and the density of the vapor) with the + and – buttons.
- Caution! During use the tip of the vapor whip will become extremely hot. Avoid contact with the tip of the whip and only handle from the base.
- Do not overfill the bowl. This will reduce airflow and result in burning.
- Expel any spent material from the bowl by blowing the whip into a heat proof container. If some material remains in the tip it may not be thoroughly cooked.
If you would like to find out more about the Easy Vape Digital V5 vaporizer or purchase it at the lowest site, please visit this site.
October 16, 2014 at 10:18 am
Easy does it
Yes, this vaporizer really is really easy to use. And it does an excellent job! I use medical marijuana to relieve my back pain and I vape on a daily basis. It looks like some sort of fancy lab equipment which is awesome. The price is ok.. a great value for money. You might have problems at the beginning with setting the right temperature. Once you get it right the vapour will be great, very efficient.
October 16, 2014 at 10:19 am
Slicka and groovy
Isn't this great, everybody?! I find it utter simple to use it and it looks like omg, looks insanely wonderful. I use it once a week and it still kicks my boosters! Im using it now, hahaa.
Clear from the get-go, its tempting me with its sheer "standing there and looking gorgeous routine".
Oh, and Trisha wanted you all to know she likes it too, hahaha.
October 16, 2014 at 10:20 am
Worst Vaporizer in 10 years of vaping
I brought this recently and am very very disappointed.
The glass tube is too short and the ceramic heater sits close to the ceramic filter and even at the lowest temperature it burns the herb with a small round circle where the heater sits, I pulled the unit apart and with extreme difficulty pulled the heater back 10mm as far as possible and it's still not much better.
The ceramic filter jets the air into the bowl and causes the herb to fly around inside the bowl rather than sit there!
The temperature reading is fake and is only a timed counter that says the unit is at temp well before it is, if you turn the unit off and on the temp starts at 80 and counts up again, if you lower the temp the reading stays at higher temp and does not move.
You can get the cheap wooden VP-100's of Eebay for half the price and they are 10x better than this cheap plastic junk, unlike this the cheap wooden ones do the job perfectly.
October 16, 2014 at 10:21 am
Good vaporizer at a good price
I really really like my V5. I use it with the hands free and tubing so it makes a long whip. That way its good to pass around the room with my friends (we share an apartment).
The temp is easy to set, its just a question of pushing the up and down buttons until you get it where you want it. Once the vaporizer is up to temperature the vapor is thick and luxurious and the hit off the weed is astonishing. Makes it last much longer too.
I would recommend this vaporizer to anyone. It is not too expensive, it is easy peasy to use, and it vaporizes my herbs real well.
April 21, 2016 at 1:04 am
Dude, this shit is amazing. I can't BELIEVE it says fill 1/3 of the way up…I put a pinch in there and can toke for EVER.
There's barely any smoke and at times you think you're not getting a hit…but that's because it LITERALLY strips it of its chemicals.
I got it on sale for $60 and it was the best investment of my life.
– 350 degrees is ideal, 380 towards your last few puffs will make sure to get everything left so you don't waste it
– be sure to pack it tight against the screen, it shouldn't touch the heating element.
– a wet washcloth will help cool it down afterwards
– always set a timer just in case
– practice dragging and try expanding your lungs out word as you drag.
BUT does anyone know how to clean it?
October 13, 2016 at 8:15 pm
Disappointed in the Easy vape Digital v5
I received my Easy Vape today and it will not stay on. I push the power button and it just beeps at me and shuts off. I am very disappointed. 🙁
June 13, 2017 at 9:03 pm
Easy to use but I am having a problem finding the right temp to get vapor…any advice would be greatly appreciated

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The heat is on, and squash season is right around the corner.
Summer squash are very low-calorie vegetables, containing 17 calories in a 100 gram serving. They are also an excellent source of protein, vitamins A and C, thiamine, niacin, phosphorus and copper, as well as a good source of fiber, vitamins K and B6, riboflavin, folate, magnesium, potassium and manganese. They nourish your eyesight with high levels of beta carotene and lutein. High in antioxidants, squash also keep free radicals at bay.
Summer squash come in many shapes and sizes, from warty crookneck squash to long zucchini, round or oval shapes, and scalloped varieties.
According to Burpee Seeds, summer squash does everything but plant itself. As long as you give it full sun, warm temperatures, well-drained soil and steady moisture, you'll be rewarded with a bumper crop of squash about seven weeks after planting.
So, what can you do with this abundance of squash? I asked some of my blogging friends for their favorite summer squash and zucchini recipes; here's what they shared. (Photos used with permission.)
1. Terri from Our Good Life enjoys zucchini in this pasta with lemon, zucchini and basil dish.
2. Nancy from Nancy on the Homefront, who is one of our weekly Our Simple Homestead~~~~~
blog hop co-hosts, makes zucchini quiche.
blog hop co-hosts, makes zucchini quiche.
4. And she also makes zucchini relish.
5. Chocolate chip zucchini cake is something I've heard a lot about, but I've never tasted
6. Cassie at True Agape calls this summer vegetable bake
to make squash au gratin. It has to be good, it has cheese in it.
8. Megan also told me that she likes to saute squash and onions together in bacon fat
9. Hillary at 918 Plate makes Greek veggie zucchini boats.
They all look delicious to me. Which one will you try first? Or do you have a recipe you'd like to add in the comments?
You might also enjoy:
10 Ways to Use All That Winter Squash
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Austin Williams is the director of the Future Cities Project, an author and illustrator at NBS. An architect and project manager by profession, he was previously technical editor of the Architects' Journal and now writes for a wide range of publications on urban and transport issues. He was the coordinator of the 'Future of' series of festivals and is a founder member of ManTownHuman. He tutors at the RCA and was previously architecture critic at BBC London.
Austin has recently been seen convening the Bookshop Barnies salon discussions for writers, and has published a book called The Enemies of Progress: Dangers of Sustainability, about which economist and previous Little Atoms guest Philippe Legrain said "Austin Williams has a gift for lobbing well-directed hand grenades."


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Manage your facility's holiday risks this Easter
By Julie McStay21 Mar 2016
The primary risk comes from visitors who do not attend the facility regularly and are generally unfamiliar with facility operations. These visitors may attempt to make amends for their absence and disrupt daily processes with unrealistic demands. For example a nephew who is visiting one morning, for the first time in over a year, may not be aware that his uncle likes to shower at night and could complain that his uncle has not had a shower before lunch.
The use of Agency staff can be another risk for approved providers during the holiday period. While use of Agency staff provides a short term solution for roster shortages, unfortunately it can contribute to difficulties in maintaining continuity of care.
Approved providers can reduce holiday risks by ensuring management are appropriately placed to direct and supervise staff during the Easter break. Staff should also be informed to be mindful of complaints that may result from increased risks over Easter. In the event a complaint is made staff should be well prepared to respond in accordance with a resident's rights.
If your facility experiences a significant incident or complaint over the Easter break Julie McStay is contactable during this time to assist with legal advice and appropriate responses.


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Involved in, interested in, or intrigued by the third sector?
We have an event that may be for you if you're an O.R professional looking to explore methodology and utilise your professional skills to help the third sector. The event also welcomes anyone from charitable organisations looking to begin, or advance, your journey on impact measurement. We can provide the knowledge and skills to help you develop your own practical understanding of the topics and simplify the decision making process.
Pro Bono O.R. have teamed up with the economics charity, Pro Bono Economics, and charity think tank and consultancy New Philanthropy Capital, to provide a half day workshop on the topic of Impact Measurement. Impact measurement can differ in perspective, approach and purpose. O.R impact measurement can help an organisation decide what is relevant, efficient and most effective.
Speakers include Mark Graham, Pro Bono Economics, and Rosie McLeod, New Philanthropy Capital, who will be hosting an interactive session based on participants' interests. The afternoon session will include talks from David Wrigley, Orvis Consulting, Jamie Douglas, DWP, and Sam Mackay and John Newman, Apteligen; who will be feeding back the lessons they've learnt from Pro Bono O.R projects looking at impact measurement, and the experience of receiving Pro Bono O.R. support in a large regional charity.
When? Wednesday 25th October
Time? 1:30pm-5pm
Where? Central London
To sign up to the event, for free, then head to:
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These table runners are woven by a group of over 700 rural women in the mountains of Swaziland.
Their aim is to create innovative contempory designs using traditional hand skills and locally sustainable raw materials.
The women, many of whom are grandmothers, work from home enabling them to maintain a traditional lifestyle and to care for their own children, and many vulnerable or orphaned children within their community.
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The following post features in the Jan/Feb 2017 issue of #TheFeed, our online magazine bringing you the best stories from Microsoft Showcase Schools and #MIEExperts, thought leadership, and news from the Microsoft in Education team. This piece is written by Gerald Haigh, and looks at the recently launched Microsoft Training Academies programme.
Head over to SlideShare to browse all the latest stories from this edition of #TheFeed:
Microsoft Training Academies
by Gerald Haigh
One of the most interesting announcements at BETT 2017 will be the launch of the Microsoft Training Academies (MTA) programme. This exciting extension of Microsoft's commitment to education works by first identifying a group of schools demonstrating excellence in teaching and learning with technology, then supporting them as they share their expertise with schools that are climbing the learning curve.
Mandeep Atwal, who manages the UK Microsoft School's programme and is responsible for the MTA initiative is hugely enthusiastic about this new venture.
"I'm very passionate about it. I see the MTA programme as a natural extension of Microsoft's successful global Showcase Schools initiative, which identifies those schools making the best use of Microsoft technologies for learning. After all, Showcase Schools - there are 35 in UK – already commit to sharing good practice. Becoming an MTA builds on that, and with help from Microsoft, they can now take a whole step further in the supportive role by offering these free opportunities for learning and sharing. Knowing the schools as I do I'm confident that the sessions they host will be interesting, inspirational, responsive to need and, of course, good humoured."
And Alan Crawford, Vice Principal of Shireland Collegiate Academy, one of the five MTAs, explains:
"This initiative demonstrates a clear path in the Microsoft ecosystem for schools that want to adopt, embed and share their use of technology. If they choose to travel it, there's route from being a Microsoft School, to becoming a Microsoft Showcase School and then ultimately a Microsoft Training Academy."
Alan goes on to explain the purpose of the MTA programme.
"It will allow schools the opportunity to host, throughout the year, a whole series of events on the use of technology to support learning. Importantly, this is not all about the hardware or the software. The intention is to demonstrate what can be achieved when there's a clear intention, top down, with everyone on board, to deliver the most appropriate use of technology for learning."
The five MTA schools currently offering free workshops are:
- Treorchy Comprehensive School, in South Wales.
- Shireland Collegiate Academy in Sandwell, West Midlands.
- Bolsover Church of England Junior School, in Derbyshire.
- Danesfield School in Buckinghamshire.
- Simon de Senlis Primary School in Northampton.
More information about the schools, together with details and timetables of the CPD programmes on offer, together with information on booking are available here.
Each of the schools offers, in its MTA role, a choice of six free Microsoft in the Classroom development days, consisting of interactive workshops devoted to Microsoft technologies, with particular reference to Windows 10, OneNote, Office 365 and its various and constantly evolving apps. There'll also be opportunities to discover more about the use of Minecraft in the classroom, and a focus on STEM subjects.
The interactive nature of the events will provide ample opportunity for participants to engage with host staff and peers about their own particular concerns. Each school has its particular interests and specialisms, but every one of them will be offering a broad range of experiences to appeal to any school that's interested in gaining a deeper insight into the learning gains to be achieved with appropriate and creative use of technology.
The MTA schools themselves are looking forward to the challenge of creating productive and positive experiences for the schools which choose to come along to their sessions. It will undoubtedly be a two-way learning process. Shireland's Alan Crawford confirms this,
"As a teaching school we know that getting training from those that actually teach and use the technology is invaluable in that it gives real life examples of the benefits of our environment. Our Academy is excited to be opening its doors to others that want to come and see what we do but ultimately have a passion for making a difference in their own school. Change is difficult but achievable!"
You can hear more from Alan in the video below, in which he explains his school's positive experience with Surface devices and Office 365, and the transformational impact of technology on teaching and learning at Shireland:


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Windows 7 Games | Puzzle Games | Dark Parables: Rise of the Snow Queen
Dark Parables: Rise of the Snow Queen Game
One hour or 60 minutes free trial demo version of the game is provided above. There are some games with more than 1 hour (80 minutes) time limit. Windows7Games.com provides virus free games setup files which are placed on secure server. Downloading time of game setup files varies depending up on size and your internet connection speed. Before buy your full version legal copy with various available payment methods you can play free demo of downloadable casual game. You have to purchase activation code or serial key for full version of the game by credit card, Visa Card, Master Card, American Express Card, Discover Card or Via PayPal.
Read Dark Parables: Rise of the Snow Queen Game Features
- Protect the Snowfall Kingdom
- Rescue the missing children
- For a more in depth experience, check out the Collector's Edition
- Get the Strategy Guide!
- Check out our Blog Walkthrough
- Buy full version of this game for PC!
Minimum System Requirements for Playing Game
- Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/8
- Processor: 1.0 GHz
- RAM (Memory): 512
- DirectX Version: 9
- Free Space on Hard Disk: 562 MB
More Information About This PC Game
- Game Size: 484.15 MB
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What is known is that with the rapid development of wedding dresses industry, to a large extent, flower girls dresses have caused a heated discussion in our society becoming more and more fashionable among people. Firstly, there is no doubt that wedding dress has been playing the most significant role in their wedding ceremony. At the same time, we support flower girls dresses are important as well. The styles of flower girls dresses depend on wedding dress's totally. Hence, it is vital and essential for us to choose a wonderful and suitable flower girls dresses not upstaging the bride on the big day. By the way, a good choice to flower girls dresses can be of great benefit to highlight the beautiful bride and make her more attractive. As the following show, we provide you with some of the most popular flower girls dresses.
Ball Gown Cap Sleeves White Layered Organza Patterned Flower Girls Dress
If you want to choose a wonderful and suitable flower girls dresses not upstaging the bride in wedding ceremony, it is sensible for you to have a ball grown cap sleeves white layered organza patterned flower girls dress. It reveals the flower playfulness, in any style of the bride wearing a white wedding dress and then white flower children's clothes is definitely the best choice.
Ball Gown Spaghetti Straps Pink Organza Flower Girls Dress
This tea length dress for flower girls is so cute and charming. The sleeveless ball gown silhouette dress is in soft pink color with high quality organza and satin fabric. The upper part is made up of a square neckline,two straps and some hand made third flowers.The lower part starts from the high waistline and form the beautiful gown.
A Line Knee Length Ivory Satin Flower Girls Dress With Grape Sash And Flower
The flower girls dress not only should matches with the brides wedding dress, but also fit the flower girls themselves. This dress has an a-line silhouette and square neckline with two straps. The ivory dress is made of ruched satin fabric. Around the waistline, there is grape color sash decorated with hand-made flower.
Ball Gown Square Neck Sky Blue Sequined Tulle Flower Girls Dress With Grey Sash
Choose wonder girls dress for your little angels. It features square neckline with spaghetti straps and ball gown silhouette. The flower girls dress is made of tulle fabric. The sky blue dress is sequined by crystals. There is a grey sash around the waistline. The dress is knee length to make the girls like princess.
Ball Gown Square Neckline White Tiered Tulle Flower Girls Dress With Bow knot
Get this white ball gown dress as your most suitable and in line with the traditional flower girls dress. This occasion dress has a square neckline and two white straps without sleeves. The pleated and tiered tulle would make the flower girls just like cute princess. There is a back zipper as well as a bow knot.
Ball Gown Off Shoulders Pink Tiered Tulle Flower Girl Dress With Flowers And Bows
When you find out this dress, you can stop searching dresses for your flower girls. This knee length dress has a ball gown silhouette. The off shoulders matches perfectly with two straps. The flower girl dress is made of tiered tulle fabric in pink color, which is decorated by third hand-made flowers and bows.
A Line Scalloped Neck White Ruched Satin Flower Girl Dress With Wide Lilac Sash
This fabulous floor length gown in ruched satin in a soothing white color is so elegant and charming. The whole dress has an a line silhouette. The upper part is in scoop neckline with two straps. The empire waist matches well with the wide lilac sash. This flower girl dress has a back zipper closure for girls to get dressed.
Column Scalloped Neck Sleeveless Knee Length Dark Blue Ruched Chiffon Flower Girl Dress
Your flower girls would be the most elegant and beautiful girls at your wedding with this knee length dress.The dress has a column/sheath silhouette and scalloped neckline with two straps.The sleeveless dress is in dark blue color with high quality ruched chiffon fabric.
As above show, the pictures are some of the most popular flower girls dresses in our society, which can be offered the reference opinions to you helpfully. It is well known to all of us that a suitable flower girls dress is good to make flower children more cute, lively, charming and so on without upstaging the bride. If you need help, you do not hesitate to ask us for advice, and We are happy to supply you some useful and friendly suggestion on what kinds of styles of the flower girls dresses you can choose on the big day or you log in the website Vowslove.com where there are many various kinds of styles of flower girls dresses, which you can view.


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HBO has picked up the gritty drama Luck.
From executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann, the show looks at denizens of the horse-racing world such as owners, jockeys and gamblers. Dustin Hoffman (The Graduate, Meet the Fockers) plays the tough and intelligent Ace, who just finished a stint in prison protecting all his gambling cronies.
"Michael Mann delivered a pilot from David Milch's brilliant script that took our breath away," Michael Lombardo, HBO's president of programming, said Wednesday in announcing the pickup. "We are truly excited that these two artists, and our extraordinary cast headed by Dustin Hoffman, will be bringing Luck to life."
The cast also includes Kerry Condon, Ritchie Coster, Kevin Dunn, Dennis Farina, Jason Gedrick, Ian Hart, Jill Hennessy, Richard Kind, Nick Nolte, John Ortiz, Tom Payne and Gary Stevens.
Luck will begin shooting in the fall at Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, Calif., along with several other Los Angeles locations.


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Besides the damage to the environment just think of all that residual methanol and potassium going to waste. Tilly could have been glyc washing forever with that lot!
A BEDFORDALE mans reasoning that biodiesel waste was good for the trees was not enough to avoid a spent conviction and $1500 fine in the Armadale Magistrates Court.
The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) pursued the prosecution after the man was seen pouring liquid waste into the bushland at the Churchman Brook Catchment Area a Priority One public drinking water source area.
Witnesses had reported seeing the offender parked on the side of Albany Highway in Bedfordale on November 30, 2015, a hose leading from the 1000 litre bulk container on his trailer into the bush.
A photo showing the illegal dumping of biodiesel waste.DWER testing at the site found evidence of oil and grease.
The offender was ordered to pay $3174.60 to the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, who paid for the affected soil to be removed, and prosecution costs of $2117.50.
An expensive lesson for the man.
Oh, It was not me either.
I don't even know the culprit.
Life is a journey, with problems to solve, lessons to learn, but most of all, experiences to enjoy.
Current Vehicles in stable:
2000 Ford Courier Crew Cab 2.5L Turbodiesel on Blended veggie oil.
'2014 Toyota Prius (on ULP)
Previous Vehicles:
'90 Mazda Capella. (2000 - 2003) My first Fatmobile. Converted to fun on veggie oil with a 2 tank setup. Died when supercharger stuck at max boost for weeks. Stretched head bolts.
'80 Mercedes 300D. 2 tank conversion [Sold]
'84 Mercedes 300D. 1 tank, no conversion. Replaced engine with rebuilt OM617A turbodiesel engine. Finally had good power. Donor for current Fatmobile coupe. (body parted out and carcass sold for scrap.)
'99 Mercedes W202 C250 Turbodiesel (my darling Wife's car)[sold]
'98 Mercedes W202 C250 Turbodiesel (my car)[sold]
Parts Car C220 1993 SOLD.
'85 Mercedes Benz W123 300CD Turbodiesel single tank using 95% used cooking oil and 5% to 10% misfuel (where someone had filled diesel vehicle with petrol).
'06 Musso Sports Crew Cab. Running on used cooking oil with 5% to 10% misfuel. [Head gasket blew!]
Searching the Biofuels Forum using Google
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Besides the damage to the environment just think of all that residual methanol and potassium going to waste. Tilly could have been glyc washing forever with that lot!
Well, what can I say, If you're parking your car with a trailer like that on a main road or Highway you deserve to be caught. Why would one not drive down a dirty road in a state forest or so. AND I AM NOT SUGGESTING ANYTHING HERE !!!!!!!
1990 Toyota Hilux LN106 with ATG 2 tank system (sold after running 150.000 ks on mainly WVO)
1993 Toyota 75 Series with 1 HZ engine both 75l factory tanks and a custom 170l under tray tank.
200.000km 80% on bio 10% on WVO 10% on dino,
"him who never made a mistake, made no discovery either"


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Mind and Matter
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Metaphysics - What is Really Real!
What is Reality?
physical objects might not exist as we naively conceive them is one profound question. But
the separate existence of mind and matter is equally problematical.
Is everything really mind or matter?
We naively think things are matter or they are mind. Mental things are thoughts, or ideas. They contrast with matter. The main difference, I suppose is that only I can experience my thoughts, but any material thing can be experienced by anyone with the sense organs, etc, to perceive it.
Real things have mass, size, locations, etc. Whereas mental things do not - although we do say:
'This thought is weighing heavily upon me',
this may be merely a way of speaking.
We do think in normal life about mind and matter as being ways to talk about thoughts and objects (or processes). But some thinkers deny the existence of mental events - believing everything is matter. And some deny the existence of material things - believing everything is mind.
The scientific theory of reality might lead us to believe that we can only know 'mental events', but, just as rationally it might also lead us to believe that these are really matter.
The problem of mind and matter.
If mind and matter are totally different - how can one affect the other? How can we think 'I'll go to town' and our material bodies actually go to town? How can a thought which is totally different from a physical event affect my actions? Clearly, it could not. Furthermore, if mind and matter are totally separate, then how could we even know of the other? As 'mind' does affect 'matter' and we do experience both mind and matter, then they cannot be totally separate. That is, what we call mind and what we call matter cannot be totally separate 'substances'.
These are some of the reasons why many thinkers believe everything is either mind or matter but not both. Western society is materialistic, and denies the existence of mind; whereas Eastern society thinks everything is mind.
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At 8 am our guide picks you up at the nominated place and move towards Moinamoti in Comilla. This journey takes around 3 hours. On the way we cross Meghna river – one of the three mighty rivers of Bangladesh.
After arrival, we stop at Miami restaurant for refreshment before enjoy ing archaeological sites.
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Shalbon Bihara, Charpotro Mura, Kutila Mura- Archaeological sites bearing old Buddhist civilization.
Second world war cemetery– Beautifully kept and well maintained. One of the two war cemeteries of the country.
Lunch offered in a highway restaurant. On way back, we stop at Sonargaon. During 16th and 17th century this was the capital of Bengal. Here we visit a king's palace, old Panam city and the folklore museum.
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In many cases, people will use this type of tarp for protection from the sun. Because of the way it is made, this product offers great sun protection by creating a large shade area. Because of the material it is made from, the area within the shade experiences very little sun penetration. This makes the protected area quite cool, even on very hot days.
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If most of the world is doomed to mediocrity, why am I having such a hard time accepting my fate?
"But wiggygirl3.wordpress.com, you're not mediocre, you're basically the most awesome person in the whole world!" Nope. Falsch. And I confirmed this is untrue by going through my best friend's birthday present to me. She generated a list of 18 reasons why I am fantastic; only three of them were actually true.
Yesterday my ex boyfriend texted me to say "I'll be moving in sooner than I expected" or something like that. When I asked why, he replied he was given the opportunity to engage in research at his University before he even steps into a college class in a program that is usually only for college juniors and seniors. He apparently sent an email about the technology or research programs at his college to the head of his department, who then recommended him to the dean of the school, who then placed him into this program.
And I'm just sitting here thinking how I cannot even motivate myself to do my simple German homework until 5am the day it's due. I'm not dumb, but I'm not naturally-gifted-smart either. Review tests are catastrophic because, even though this year I was attempting to do so, I cannot retain any knowledge. I'm trying to learn for the knowledge, not the grade, but it's not working. I cannot compare to people like him.
I used to think I could accomplish whatever I wanted through sheer determination. But with my motivation slipping away, I have nothing. There will be no Johns Hopkins Graduate school in the future. No becoming a molecular geneticist/researcher and achieving great things. I am mediocre. But I cannot let go of this ridiculous fantasies. Why can't I just accept my fate?


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Today's entry is somewhat athletics related, a rather sad one.
I was reading up on my usual track & field news online when I clicked a link about a tracker who died.
The thing is the athlete was a mom whose selfless act saved her son's life.
Rhiannon Glenn Hull who ran for University of Oregon was in Costa Rica starting a school.
While she was swimming at the beach with her youngest son, both of them got caught in a rip tide.
Both struggled from witness account, and a boy rushed out to help them.
Rhiannon handed her son to the teen, and not soon after she was pulled by the tide and goes down under, seen for the last time.
Her body was found three miles away after a three day search.
So sad right. I couldn't imagine what the kid might feel right about now. I do hope he doesn't blame himself for not being able to save his mom.
My condolences goes out to the family.
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I recently read an economics article that vividly illustrated why it's so important to know how the numbers are calculated. Ordinarily I don't write about economics as I know very little about it, and so can't spot obvious factual or logical problems in an argument that a real economist would notice instantly. In this case, it shouldn't matter.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just reported that the USA added 114,000 jobs since September, and the unemployment rate is now 7.8%, down from 8.1% in August. This would seem to suggest that unemployment has been dropping. The problem is, the numbers actually reflect seasonal adjustments in how unemployment rates are calculated, and the rates can't be compared from month to month. Counterintuitively, we simply can't tell from the current numbers whether unemployment was lower (or higher, or unchanged) in September than August.
How can this be? John Williams of shadowstats.com explains:
Each month the agency recalculates the series to adjust for regular seasonal patterns tied to the school year or holiday shopping season or whatever is considered relevant. The next month, it does the same thing using another set of seasonal factors. Rather than publish a number that's consistent with the prior month's estimate, it recalculates everything, including the previous month, but it doesn't publish the revised number from the previous month.
The assumption is that the monthly recalculations don't make much difference over time, but they do. The depth and the protraction of the current severe economic downturn have thrown off the annual seasonal-factor adjustments. The result is very volatile seasonal factors month-to-month. That means the new calculations for the September number may have resulted in a very significant revision to the August number. Again, though, the BLS doesn't publish that, so the headline August-to-September 2012 change in the unemployment rate is not consistent and not comparable.
I don't know enough about economics to judge whether the current economic downturn has actually made month-to-month adjustments more volatile. Either way, numbers are still being reported without context, leading reporters, politicians, and ordinary people to make assumptions about the economy that may or may not actually follow. Psychologists should be quite familiar with this state of affairs.
If I were a BLS researcher, I would either explain the limitations of seasonally-adjusted numbers, or just give the new August rate along with the September one. Probably the latter, as reporters want to tell a story and they won't see any use for statistics from which they can't draw conclusions.
Definitely keep this issue in mind the next time you see a headline on the number of kids with autism.


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A mudslide reached part of Thane Road near Mill Street just before 6 a.m. this morning but was quickly cleaned up by the Alaska Department of Transportation. Crews were able to clean up the mudslide in one hour. A second mudslide was reported by Juneau Police near the Thane Ore House but didn't impact the road.
ADOT spokesperson Aurah Landau said crews were in 'quick response mode' for additional mudslides.
"There is really quite a lot of water coming into the system. We issued the flood warning for Jordan Creek because water was going out into the parking lot. We are quite concerned out there. We don't want people driving through the water when it gets deeper."
The aftermath of Typhoon Lan has brought much of the rainy weather to our region. Runoff is expected to be a problem but Curtis said he could not predict if other mudslides will occur, "Anytime you get a very high rainfall rate that is one of the things we look for. The NWS at this point and time does not actually forecast the onset of mudslides or landslides. We recently attended a conference in Sitka with scientists on this subject. As far as a system to predict mudslides and landslides we are not there."
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Rubislaw yesterday was the venue for the National Primary School Qualifier. Granite City Wanderers had two teams of youngsters entered ( 16 ), the only club entered among all the primary schools.
Ali Gentilucci and Sandy Keith looked after the teams and Alastair Hunter showed his umpiring skills. There were plenty of games for the youngsters some of who were playing their first ever games of hockey. I am pleased to say both our teams finished second in their group. It was also nice to see some of the school teams also with Granite City players featuring in their sides.
At the end of the day the goal was achieved as all left looking forward to the next event with smiles on their faces.


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I was in Pulau Singkep and Pulau Lingga for Gunung Daik Festival 2017. One of the signature events of the annual festival is the 35 km mountain biking trail through the hills and villages near Dabo (Singkep) town. I didn't bike this time but am inspired to start training 😁 Over 100 cyclists from Malacca, Johor, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore joined the Indonesians for this year's event from 19 -22 Nov.
Singkep and Lingga Islands are part of Indonesia's Lingga Regency which is part of Riau Province. The Lingga Regency islands are about 100 km - 120 km south of Singapore. The easiest way to travel to Lingga Regency from Singapore is by ferry (as there are no scheduled air links, at the moment).
Our first stop in Lingga Regency was Singkep's Jagoh ferry terminal. Jagoh is four hours by fast boat south of Batam Island which in turn is one hour south of Singapore (so total time at sea is about 5 hours). The weather was bright and sunny, and all our boat rides were smooth and comfortable.
At Singkep's Jagoh ferry terminal, fishermen bring in their catch of the day on little wooden boats and sell them directly to buyers from restaurants or fishmongers who come on motorcycles.
Singkep Island (757 km²) is about the same size as Singapore (719 km²). According to the 2010 census, 41,000 people lived on Singkep Island mostly around Dabo town where we spent three nights.
Singkep and Lingga Islands used to have a tin economy but the mines had closed since the 1980s. Today, most people engage in farming and fishing. There is some (swallow) bird nest production - you can hear the characteristic chirping of swallows when you walk the streets of Dabo Singkep. There is also growing tourism which Lingga Regency hopes to promote as the islands have much natural beauty and historical significance as a key centre of Malay culture.
The retail shops around Dabo town mostly cater to basic everyday clothing, transport and food needs of locals.
There is a small fish and vegetable market.
I didn't see any petrol stations - there are probably very few. But, petrol and diesel are sold everywhere in plastic soda bottles and cans at street side motorbike workshops and also provision shops.
Life in Dabo is simple, peaceful and relaxing.
In Singkep, the two major hotels are One Hotel and Prima Inn. Some of us were put up in One Hotel (which is roughly 3-star).
Others were accommodated in Prima Inn (also roughly 3-star). One Hotel is equipped with lifts whereas there are only stairs in Prima Inn. Prima Inn provides intermittent wifi and at the lobby only.
One of our favourite hangouts in Dabo town was a local coffee shop just across the street from Prima Inn known as Bintang Timur. It's a Hainanese style kopitiam, the kind we find throughout Singapore and Malaysia.
Bintang Timur is run by Mr Yang together with his mum and helpers. The Yangs are Hakka. Mr Yang's father who founded Bintang Timur learnt the coffee trade from a Hainanese master. The Yangs speak Bahasa Indonesia, Hakka and Mandarin.
Bintang Timur kopitiam has been in this same location for over thirty years - the quintessential corner kopitiam (coffee shop in Hokkien language) of Singapore, Malaysia and around here in Indonesia. Their clientele is a cross section of the local population in Dabo Singkep.
Mr. Yang brews coffee with the same long throat steel kettle and coffee sock used in Singapore and Malaysia.
The familiar steel tank and coffee pots were fabricated in Singapore. In decades past before they were mostly phased out by the 1990s, Singapore had a thriving light manufacturing industry and most coffee shops and restaurants from Johor in the north to Singkep in the south were equipped by the workshops of Singapore. Singapore made restaurant equipment and machines were famous for its quality.
Bintang Timur serve their kopi in these traditional thick ceramic cups and saucers which were also imported from Singapore. The flavour and aroma of Bintang Timur's kopi is very similar to the "white coffee" we find in Johor from JB and Pontian to Muar and Batu Pahat.
Made with Robusta beans from Lampung in Southern Sumatra, the aroma is very mild. The beans from Lampung are roasted at Bintang Timur twice a week. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to observe the roasting this time.
The body is light-medium and the flavour is quite pronounced and distinctive (reminds me of Kheng Guan Hiong in Pontian Johor). The locals drink their coffee with a lot of sugar or condensed milk. If you prefer less sugar, just mention it when you make your order.
Unlike in Singapore and Malaysia where kaya and butter toast is staple, Bintang Timur does not serve it. They do have soft boiled eggs eaten with dark soy sauce and white pepper. The flavour of the egg was mild and it was done around 80%.
Bintang Timur serves a variety of local light dishes and snacks from local suppliers. There is a samosa similar to epok epok with greasy crisp, slightly chewy skin. There is a little bit of savoury spicy filling in the airy samosa.
I like this pulut panggang - glutinous rice with fried grated coconut and dried shrimp filling. It is not too greasy, the tender glutinous rice has a slight chewiness to the bite and it has a bit of sweet toasty flavour from the grilled banana leaf wrapping. The mild savoury sweet spicy flavour of the fried grated dried shrimps and coconut balanced the sweet glutinous rice.
The round brown biscuit in the middle is Cakar Ayam or chicken scratching because it looks like a ball of bad handwriting 😄 Cheryl bought it at the market to share with us.
Josephine did a beautiful sketch of Cakar Ayam that is certainly no chicken scratching 😄 Cakar Ayam is a sweet dessert made of strips (like short wires) of sweet potato fried and dunked in caramelised sugar. It tastes sweet and is hard and crisp.
Needless to say, we also explored the area around One Hotel and Prima Inn for more food.
We tried a couple of fried kway teow/ mee / bee hoon stalls. There was a nice toasty taste from good wok hei and lovely aroma from caramelised garlic and dark soy sauce. Fried with vegetable oil, the fried noodles were quite greasy. There was only bean sprouts and noodles. The savoury taste was relatively flat as it did not have layers of flavours from blood cockles, eggs, fish cake, Cantonese wax sausage, nor chives. There was a slight pepperiness.
Of course, we had to try an ikan bakar stall. The fish brushed with savoury spicy sambal and oil were grilled over charcoal. The sambal was milder in flavour than the Johor variety (which is savoury sourish spicy) but was robust enough to over power the fish's natural flavours. We had a variety of grilled fishes including rabbit fish, and of course, stingray.
The zhi char stall served up a variety of satisfying home style dishes and is very similar to its average counterparts in Singapore and Malaysia.
Martabak Manis is a form of apom balik (crispy pancake) with a choice of fillings of crushed peanuts, grated coconut, chocolate rice, grated cheese or boiled corn.
Those Bakso Ayam balls were huge 😮 It's a hard boiled egg wrapped with minced chicken meat. We didn't try this, but will do next time 😄
Roti Bakar Bandung. Its a loaf of white bread with hinged slices slathered with a choice of condensed milk, cheese, jam, chocolate sauce, margarine, peanut etc. The loaded loaf is then browned on a greased flat iron griddle. Sugar overload 😱
After all the good food, we were all energised for the fun biking trail which is the highlight of the annual Gunung Daik Festival.
The biking event was very well organised thanks to good co-ordination between government agencies and private sector. The hospitable people of Lingga Regency were supportive, committing lots of resources and energies to ensure a fun and safe experience for all the participants.
Police outriders, marshals, water points, first aid posts, ambulances, evacuation of stragglers, washing points, delicious food, post ride entertainment etc. The organisers thought of everything - thank you and kudos to them.
After the fun biking event, our hosts brought us to Pulau Lingga which is an hour away from Pulau Singkep by boat. Lingga Island (889 km²) is bigger than Singapore (719 km²) in size and has a population of 16,651 according to the 2010 census. Daik, the capital of Lingga Regency is here on Lingga Island. Quiet today, Daik was once the centre of Malay influence and culture, its influence reaching Pahang from here. Hence, Lingga Regency is known as Bunda Tanah Malayu - Mother of Malay Land.
Museum Linggam Cahaya has a large collection artifacts from Lingga Regency, most of which are contributions of local residents. It's a treasure trove for history buffs interested in the history of Lingga Regency and also our region as the Malay Sultanate based in Daik ruled Riau, Johor, and Pahang from here in pre-colonial days (1600s).
The famous Daik Mountain is in the background - the signature "ears" on the right of the range slightly obscured by low cloud. Daik Mountain is 1,165 metres or 3,822 feet high.
The ruins of Istana Dumnah built by Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alamsyah in the 1860s. It was abandoned in the early 1900s, left in disrepair and crumbled into a pile of weathered bricks and cement.
Replicas of the large community hall and grand palace were built steps away from the ruins. The grand buildings of Istana Damnah in its old glory are open for public visits.
The once exclusive royal bathing pool of cool, clear mountain water from Gunung Daik is today open to the public. We can see Spanner Bard fish frolic in the pristine water.
👉 A relaxing getaway in Lingga Regency is interesting for me as I enjoy natural beauty and food of Singkep and Lingga islands. The people here are hospitable. Lingga Regency has many significant historical sites which give us insights into the context of our region's past. I also look forward to enjoying sports like biking and trekking in Lingga Regency's mountains.
If you are a cycling enthusiast, you may wish to note the annual Gunung Daik Festival in Singkep and Lingga islands in your calendar.
I hope I can join you in Singkep and hopefully ride the Gunung Daik Festival trail next year. Look how cool KC is - it is never too young or too old to start biking 🚲 A trek up Gunung Daik is another activity I hope to experience.
(Note: Look out for future posts where I will share greater details about the natural attractions, historic sites and more food in Lingga Regency 😋)
Date visited: 19 - 22 Nov 2017
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Indonesias recurrent peatland fires generate toxic haze and release globally significant amounts of greenhouse gases, with severe impacts on public health and economy within Indonesia and neighboring countries (e.g. Malaysia, Singapore). This flyer presents a collaborative research endeavor between CIFOR, the Lancaster Environment Centre and the University of Cambridge on diverse stakeholder perceptions of the costs and benefits of the peatland fires in Riau, and opinions on the effectiveness of prospective solutions.
Topic: fire,fire management,peatlands
Geographic: Indonesia
Publisher: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
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By Blogger June 19, 2012
Today I'm all about tufting! I've actually started a tufting project with my mother that we stopped working on a couple a months ago and now it's just sitting in her house taking up space. Mom if you're reading this I promise I'm going to finish it at some point. I've also been seeing pinterest explode with tufting tutorials and have been tempted to DIY a tufted headboard. So, what is tufting you ask?


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Grisaia no Kajitsu
I just finished watching an amazing episode from an amazing show. I'm not talking about Grisaia no Kajitsu this time. This is one was based on an erotic visual novel and I do believe there is a manga out there as well, so my expectations of this aren't really high.
The artwork is okay. It's better than I had expected. I was going in a different direction when I learned about that visual novel. Goes to show that you just cannot judge a book by its cover.
It's probably the story that's going to be the problem. I find that visual novels don't always have the best of stories, although I have to be honest and say that I haven't got a lot of experience with them. I've played about a dozen of them in my life and half of them didn't contain any major nudity, so I have very little knowledge when it comes to visual novels.
I must be honest and say that the first episode really caught my eye. It was quite interesting. I was also impressed that those panty flashes were subtle, giving me the impression that I won't have to worry about fan service overdoses. I suggest you give the first episode a try too.
Plot Summary: Mihama Academy—on the surface, a closed learning environment established to nurture students who find themselves at odds with the world around them; in actuality, an orchard-cum-prison built to preserve fruit that has fallen too far from its tree.
Whatever the circumstances behind its establishment, Mihama Academy is at present home to five female students, all with their own reasons for "enrollment." For better or worse, each girl has established a routine obliging of her current situation; life moves at an idle, yet accommodating pace within the walls of Mihama.
Yet with the arrival of the institute's first male student, the nearly preposterously opaque Kazami Yuuji, the students at Mihama begin to fall out of step with their predetermined rhythms. Will Yuuji prove to be the element the girls around him needed to take hold of their lives once more, or will the weight of their pasts prove too steep a wall to overcome?
And in the first place, just who is Kazami Yuuji? While the true nature of the "job" he is wont to alight to at the most haphazard of moments remains shrouded in secrecy, one thing is for certain—his encroachment upon the quiet orchard known as Mihama Academy will prove itself momentous in one way or another. And of course, one cannot discount the possibility that perhaps Yuuji himself carries the weightiest past of any of the students…


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NOTE: Due to the closure of Drollerie Press, this book is no longer available. I have the returned rights to my story, so please check back to see what I do with it in the future.
Fall 2009, Drollerie Press
various genres
(contains violence, the threat of sexual violence and strong language. Please also note that the anthology as a whole contains strong violence including sexual violence, and is not suitable for children)
Scented Danger is part of this anthology which re-tells the story of Little Red Riding Hood in poetry and prose. In these stories, Red is sometimes innocent, sometimes less so; and the wolf is sometimes a monster, and most often human.
The Path glowed. It floated three feet from the ground, a flat silver ribbon winding off into the dusty grey tangle of city streets, and its edges flickered: fuzzy, faint blue, a ghost of colour.
Elli stood on the rough, dusty ground, the pass-chip cool against the hollow of her throat. She lifted her chin a little, so as not to impede the sensors, and put her right hand up to where the forcefield shimmered, a wavering as of rising heat above the edge of the Path. It thrummed against her palm, not at all painful, but completely impenetrable. Then, as the chip registered, as the remote scanners raced through her body, checking her gene- and hormone-patterns against the city memory-banks, the thrum quickened to a buzz. She felt the unyielding texture of the forcefield dissolve, the vibration melting to non-existence—first around her hand then farther, leaving a gap just wide enough for her to slip through.
She scrambled up onto the Path. As she stood, the motion shook flakes of damp, dark grey dust off the edge of her cloak. They fell to the silver surface of the Path, then instantly spun away off the edges. Part of what made the Path seem like something from another world, a bridge to a fairy tale: amongst the dust-drowned city, it was the only thing that stayed clean.
"Put your hood up," said her mother, Marianne. In contrast to her figure, a little blurred through the reactivated forcefield, her voice came sharp, urgent.
Elli drew the hood of the cloak over her head. The cloak itself came to her feet, thick brown folds falling all around her, obscuring every line of her body. Once she tied the strings that kept it close around her face, shadowing her eyes, no one would be able to tell whether she was a young woman, an old woman, a man—except that, of course, a man wouldn't need to cover up in the first place.
"Remember," said Marianne, "don't speak to anyone who's not on the Path."
Elli stooped to check all the buttons were fastened. They went all the way down to the hem of the cloak, ensuring not even a glimpse of ankle showed. "I know." She straightened. "But wait—what if it's a law officer? What if he speaks to me?"
"Even then."
"Refuse to speak to the law? I'll get arrested!"
"If he's a real law officer, and he wants to talk to you, he'll get up onto the Path. I mean it, Elli. You've never been through the badlands; you don't know what the people are like. Once you're on the Path you can't afford to do anything it might read as criminal activity—or consent to criminal activity. It protects you from violence or illegal solicitation from other Path-users. But people have been tricked before—someone's called to them and they've said 'yes?' and the Path read that as consent. It's conditional protection—it won't work if it decides you don't deserve it.
"That's why you keep the cloak on, leave the hood up. You can't afford to make eye contact, smile, even show your face if you're young and pretty. If you're going through Pimp Alley and the sensors decide you're giving a come-on—"
Marianne opened her mouth, and then shut it. She looked up at Elli. There might have been tears on her face, or it might have been just the transparent wavering of the forcefield. "It's dangerous," she said. "That's all. Be careful."
"Okay." This time Elli held back the irritated emphasis. But inside—for heaven's sake, I'm eighteen. I might not have been to the badlands before, but I've grown up in the city, I've done salvage since I was nine—I can handle myself.
"Thank you," said Marianne. Beside her, Elli's father, Bren, smiled up at her. "You'll do fine," he said.
She grinned at him, buoyed by a fizz of excitement that seemed part of the vibrating forcefield. She was on the Path. The Path. She was on her own adventure, her own quest, to save them all. "I know!" she said, giving the words a half-joking arrogance. "Grandmother won't be able to resist me. I'll bring back everything we need!"
Bren put his arm around Marianne, gave her a little shake. "She's joking. It's okay. Let her go or she'll never get back by dark."
Well, that did the trick. Elli grinned down at them both through the forcefield's shimmer. Then she turned north and took her first step along the Path. One step closer to the central city—and her grandmother's house.
The grandmother she'd never seen. The grandmother whom, twenty years ago, Marianne had used this same Path to escape.


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Andrea Ramolo gets up-close and personal on her new solo record, NUDA. Her lyrics, drawn from personal experience, are passionate, vulnerable, and honest. In "Edge of Love," she transcends raw emotion: "There was a time when my light was burning/ But I let it go to black/ You say it doesn't come easy/ But every pain holds a strength inside." "It was written during an exceptionally dark time where I was painfully shedding pieces of who I thought I was — as an artist, as a lover, as a woman," she explains in a press release. "I wanted the project to unabashedly expose that process; that battle with ego and identification in an attempt to just be, to reveal all my cuts and bruises in this process of becoming."
In 2003, Ramolo went through a difficult time in her life. Her mother was going though breast cancer treatment and that's when she decided to pick up the guitar. This difficult period allowed her to heal and express how she was feeling. Eventually, her country-folk tracks would end up on her debut album, Thank you for the Ride. She followed that album up in 2011 with The Shadows and the Cracks, which earned her a nomination at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. "I've definitely matured and acquired this confidence in my writing and in my voice as an artist," she says. On NUDA she also pays homage to her Italian heritage. Ramolo sings beautifully in her rendition of the ballad "Caruso" and says she wanted to remind listeners of the importance of family.
"It's about the power of love, the whole album is about the power of love, so the song captures the essence of the album, but just in another language," she says. "It's so important to revisit our roots and express ourselves in this way, as Canadians, because we all come from different places. This country was built on its immigrants, and it felt good to do something nice for my family."
Da Sola is the companion piece to Ramolo's NUDA. Da Sola (meaning by myself) contains the same songs without the full band. Produced by Faye Blais, it features Ramolo singing and playing baritone and acoustic guitar.
NUDA is set to be released Jan. 27, but you can pre-order the album here. Below, watch the video for the album's first single.
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TEHRAN -- For the third consecutive day, low-income Iranian families lined up Tuesday in harsh winter weather outside government–run distribution centers to pick up free food parcels.
The nationwide handouts are part of an effort by Iranian President
Outside distribution centers at the government-run department stores Shahrvand (Citizen) and Sepah (Army), crowds lined up for the baskets, with each package including two frozen chickens, rice, vegetable oil and two packs of processed cheese.
But criticism has mounted about long, unwieldy lines amid freezing temperatures and reports of shoving and scuffles.
Sohaila Safaei, a law professor in line, welcomed the initiative. But she wondered why food packages were only handed out to heads of family and not to low-income single people. She also questioned the one food basket per family limit.
Some have challenged the quality of food in the baskets.
Two Iranian lawmakers, Hadi Hussiani and Abdolwahid Fayyazi, moved to impeach the minister of industries after learning that rice from India was being handed out instead of higher quality, locally grown rice, reported the official state news agency IRNA.
Hassan, a 39-year old taxi driver who helps care for his elderly father, was found waiting in line for his ration at a distribution hub in central Tehran. He found the experience demeaning.
"I am really angry," said Hassan, who asked that his full name not be given for privacy reasons. "My 76-year-old father who is sick and suffers from
The food handouts were introduced in part to replace the cash subsidy program launched by the administration of former President
There were unconfirmed reports on some pro-opposition Iranian news sites that two people were killed Sunday in stampedes while trying to get their food baskets. But Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ezhei, spokesman for the judiciary, denied that anyone had died, attributing the reports to media sources hostile to the Islamic Republic.
"The anti-revolution foreign media outlets try to use anything against the system," Mohseni-Ezhei said during his weekly news conference Monday. "What they wrote is not true."
But he did fault the distribution of the food packages.
"We hope that the government thinks about a well-considered method and how to handle the giveaways in a better way," said Mohseni-Ezhei. "It is not appropriate that people wait in long lines during the '10 days of dawn.'" he said, referring to the festivities leading up to the 35th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on Feb. 11.
Conservative hard-liners, political rivals of Rouhani, seized on the food-line snafu as an illustration of what it termed the incompetence of the current administration.
"Again, rulers put people in queues on the eve of anniversary of the revolution," snarled the conservative news website Tabnak.ir
Special correspondents Mostaghim reported from Tehran and Sandels from Beirut. Times staff writer Patrick J. McDonnell in Damascus, Syria, contributed to this report.


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What wouldn't I do?
Indulged and spoiled, fed everything I'd ever craved on a silver spoon, I still was lacking. A need for more had grown in the hot house I'd been raised in. It was a thirst I couldn't quench, a hunger that wouldn't be satisfied.
Until he came along. Hardly a knight in shining armour, he left me greedier than ever before. Travelling the globe, sashaying my hips and showing off my wares as I went, I never could have guessed the danger that was stalking me. Or who was stalking me.
Until the only thing that had ever mattered to me was threatened, and then I had to sit up and smell the roses. Torn between a ghost and a man who was strangely immune to my charms, I found myself on the run.
Trouble was, I was galloping into the danger and not away from it. I had to--instinct had taken over. She was all that mattered. I couldn't fail. I had to face my demons and hope the guardians who'd been sent to protect me were up to the job.


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|Does this make you horny?
If I see one more commercial sexualizing toilet paper, I might scream. If I see one more commercial telling me about paper bits stuck to my anus, I might have to stop using it altogether.
Ad campaigns making toilet paper fresh, sexy and hip are FREAKING ME OUT.
Charmin thinks I check my son's butts for leftovers. I do not.
Cottonelle thinks my sex life is going to pick up because my husband will get randy when he swipes that softness across his rear.
Quilted Northern wants to have some girl talk with me about the amount of poo literally on my hands after a movement.
These ad campaigns are so incredibly wrong on so many levels, I don't really think I can even deconstruct where they go wrong...but I'll give it a "go".
Charmin (Proctor and Gamble): if someone found out that I made my sons spread 'em so I could see if there was any leftover paper stuck in their hineys, I'd get reported to child services. I'd be on the news. Making your animation a bear does NOTHING to disguise that you're advocating checking butts for teeny pieces of tissue. Honestly, this problem seems like it falls under the "don't tell anyone and pretend it never happened" category. It is really not something to glorify or advocate.
Cottonelle (Kimberly-Clark): if my husband starts screaming at me about how randy he's getting while he's pooping? Because the toilet paper is making him horny? I am out of here so fast he won't even see me leave. In NO scenario is it appropriate for my husband to desire me sexually because he wiped his butt with soft toilet paper. Click on KC's name to see the offending ad if you don't believe me…. Apparently Viagra and Cialis got nuthin' on the softness that is Cottonelle. However, we will find ourselves seeking either marriage counseling or divorce should he equate me and marital "relations" with poop and wiping. I don't care how soft the plys are.
Quilted Northern (Georgia-Pacific): I don't know what you think you've heard about "girl talk" sessions, but it's way different than getting poop all over our hands when we wipe. I am not certain that has ever been something I've talked or even THOUGHT about, despite your ad campaign which asserts that women all over the country are concerned. We're not…eff why eye. Again, you can see the "ad" if you click their name. It may be my own personal failing, but I don't want to be friends with women who may or may not have poopy hands, and no way of figuring out how to fix that problem, until watching a QN commercial.
All three (that last one especially) have gone after the "cleanliness" factor and I think this is somewhat insulting. I have been blindly assuming all this time that the OLDER versions were removing any fecal matter left…but now they're all saying that the NEW version is doing this??
What the hell has been happening all these years?
I'm aware that the market for toilet paper is…um…stiff (obviously stiffer in Cottonelle's case). For the most part, a store brand is just as good as a name brand, especially when we're just flushing it, so these companies are going for an ad campaign to hook me. But I most appreciate the straight up ad campaigns where I'm told the paper won't clog a septic system, or has more ply's, or more sheets per roll. I'm on board with these hooks.
But for the love of all that's decent in life:
This blog post kicks off Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Take care pals, because your colon is pretty special. Colonoscopies can save your life. Check out the National Cancer Institute for more info.
*Pictures courtesy of: http://www.1800recycling.com/ and http://www.wellbeingworld.com/ Weird, and gross.


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Millions of people bought an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot for their homes in 2016 — and maybe you were one of them! Thanks to the growing number of skills available for Alexa, Amazon's voice-controlled AI assistant, you can make use of Amazon Echo countless different ways in different rooms in your house.
In fact, thanks to the way you can set up multiple Amazon Echo and Echo Dots throughout a house, you might be inspired to get a Dot or two for more coverage throughout your home. Here's some of our favorite ways to use Alexa to make life easier at home.
- Using Alexa in the kitchen
- Starting the day on the right note
- Find Your Phone around the house
- Set the mood with music
- Explore the limitless possibilities with IFTTT
Using Alexa in the kitchen
One of the most popular places to use an Amazon Echo is in the kitchen. When you've got your hands all messy making dinner, it's incredibly convenient to use when you need to set a timer or if you need to convert measurement units on the fly. There's also (of course) the option of ordering things right from Amazon, so if you notice that you're running low on a specific ingredient or need a new kitchen utensil, you can order it right away, and through the magic of Amazon Prime it might be available for same-day delivery!
There are also a bunch of Alexa Skills available for food and beverages, which run the gamut from recipes from popular brands and bartender apps with cocktail recipes and wine pairing suggestions. Also, it's alway better to cook with some music playing, and Alexa can control music from your Amazon Music account, Spotify, TuneIn and more.
If you've determined that there's no food in the kitchen to cook, or you just feel like ordering in, you can connect Alexa to the Domino's app for Android and order a pizza with only your voice. The future is now.
Starting the day on the right note
If you place an Amazon Echo in your bedroom, you can use it to make your life easier by setting your morning alarm each day. Simply ask "Alexa, set an alarm for…" whatever time you want, and you can set it to repeat every day, or just on weekdays or weekends. You can pop into the Alexa app on your phone to edit alarms at any time as well.
You can also have Alexa deliver you daily news or traffic briefings by simply saying, "Alexa, give me my Flash Briefing", which pulls together audio news reports from sources you can customize in the Alexa app, or say "Alexa, what's my commute?" for weather and traffic updates from your home to work. That way if traffic is backed up, you can plan your morning routine accordingly.
It's the little things that make mornings a bit more bearable.
Find Your phone around the house
Picture this: You're about to leave the house when you realize you can't find your phone. It's probably happened more than a few times to you, right?
With just a bit of setup, Alexa can help make it easier than ever to find your phone when you've accidentally misplaced it somewhere in your home thanks to TrackR.
First, you need to activate the find my phone skill through Alexa by saying"Alexa, enable the Find My Phone skill". Then you'll need to download the TrackR app onto your phone and go through the setup process for Alexa integration. Once it's all good to go, you can set off your phone's ringer by asking Alexa to find your phone. This will work even if you've set your phone to silent.
Set the mood with music
Both the Amazon Echo and Echo Dot have built in speakers for playing music, and since launch there's been growing support for different music services including of course Amazon's own music service, but also Spotify Premium, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and Pandora.
By default, Alexa will scour Amazon Music to fulfil your request, so if you want to use a third-party service, you'll need to specify "from Spotify". For example, you can say "Play [title] by [artist] from Spotify" to play a specific track, or "Play [playlist title] from Spotify" to play a custom playlist that you've created within the app.
If you're a true audiophile and you've got Sonos speakers in your home or apartment, you'll be happy to know that full integration between Sonos and Amazon Echo is coming later in 2017, with beta testing currently underway via the Sonos App.
Explore the limitless possibilities with IFTTT
If you own an Amazon Echo and haven't looked into the available If This Then That (IFTTT) applets, you're really missing out.
IFTTT is a free service that allows users to create and share chains of simple conditional statements that connect different apps and devices together. Connecting it up with Alexa lets you do all sorts of smart things automatically, such as receiving a notification on your phone when your Alexa timer goes off, or have Alexa email you your shopping list whenever you ask "what's on my Shopping List".
This is also the place to find or create connections between your Amazon Echo and the ever-growing list of connected devices and apps that are compatible with IFTTT. For example, you can yourself some Alexa-compatible smart lights and take advantage of custom commands, such as "Alexa, trigger party time", which sets your Philip Hue lights to rotate through fun color loops.
There's a ton of fun to be explored here, and it might help to inspire your next smart home investment — however do note that IFTTT only works in the US or UK at this time.
What are your Alexa tips?
These are our best recommendations for using your Amazon Echo around the house, but we want to know how you use Alexa around your home! Let us know in the comments!
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Becoming a mother is one of the biggest transitions a woman can experience. You deserve the best possible care, not only to ease your body through remarkable changes, but to give your baby the best, healthiest start possible. WISH's obstetric services cover the whole pregnancy from fertility and conception through post-partum care.
Women's Institute for Specialized Healthcare (WISH) offers prenatal care, fertility services, high-risk pregnancy care, prenatal diagnostics and ultrasounds, reproductive endocrinology and referrals for surgeries related to fertility and prenatal care. We also offer preparation for birth including classes on birth and breast feeding, lactation consultation, infant massage, and baby care. We want you to be comfortable and informed throughout this amazing experience so that you can feel confident as you step into this wonderful new role.


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A birds-eye view of City Centre Park:
A. Furthest to the left is Goudy Field – a popular playing ground to the Victoria Highlanders and home to our City Centre Park Slo-Pitch League.
B. Located around the pond is our FREE outdoor exercise equipment.
C. In the centre is Westhills Stadium. Our field is one of a kind in Western Canada. It is built to meet the needs of rugby, football and soccer and it is rated at FIFA 2 star specifications.
D. Next to Westhills Stadium is the new Westhills Arena and Langford Lanes. The arena is a NHL regulation-sized rink that is 200 feet long by 85 feet wide.
E. For family activities we have the Westshore Family Fun Park including a Splash Park/outdoor skating rink, 18-hole mini golf course, Playzone and Balladium. It's fun, safe and will keep everyone active!
F. Furthest to the right is Eagle Ridge Community Centre where you will find our dry floor arena, fitness centre, skate sharpening at Bladz Pro Shop and Stitched for all your sports gear repairs. Don't forget we have public skate too so bring the kids!
Disclaimer: information found on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Users are encouraged to verify information and not rely on the information found on this site to their detriment. Information submitted may not be confidential.


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From the first toast to the last dance, our wedding experts will take care of all the reception details. Springtime gardens or a crackling fire on a snowy winter evening - elegant to casual - we'll help bring your wedding vision to life!
Wedding receptions from 20 to 200 guests are graciously accommodated in our lovely main dining room, more intimate Cupola Room or on our beautifully landscaped outside events terrace. From each location, colorful flower gardens and sweeping fairway and mountain views provide beautiful backdrops for wedding photos and for your guests to enjoy.
Rehearsal dinners, wedding ceremonies, dream receptions and farewell brunches are custom designed just for you! Lake Sunapee Country Club is also perfect for Bridal Showers and Bridesmaid Luncheons.
Lake Sunapee Country Club's beautiful setting, outstanding service, wonderful food and attention to every detail help you create a wedding celebration that provides a lifetime of memories to share with friends and family.
For more information about Weddings, please contact Justin Snyder, Clubhouse Manager, at (603) 526-6040 x235 or by filling out the form on the right.


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Protect Yourself From The Heat
The Summer heat can be hard on your heart. With the expected heat wave coming this week there are a few things you should know to enjoy the weather while keeping your heart from working too hard. Temperatures are expected to hit the 90's this week and while its a great time to get out and enjoy the beauty of Summer in Central New York, it is important to remember that prolonged exposure to sun and heat can cause health problems.
As it gets hotter outside the risk of developing heat related health issues like heat stroke and heat exhaustion increases. Doctors recommend practicing good judgement when it comes to outdoor activities in the heat.
Some precautions to take while enjoying the outdoors in the heat are:
Stay hydrated by drinking water during and after exercise. Stay away from caffeinated and alcoholic beverages.
Dress properly for the heat. Wear lightweight and light-colored clothing as well as breathable fabrics such as cotton or new breathable fabrics. Choose well-ventilated shoes and wear socks that wick away perspiration.
Take regular breaks. Find a cool place with some shade and stop for a few minutes, hydrate and start again.
It is also important to be familiar with the signs and symptoms of heat stroke and exhaustion.
Symptoms of heat exhaustion: Headaches, heavy sweating, cold clamy skin with chills, dizzyness or fainting, weak and rapid pulse, muscle cramps, nausea/vomiting or both.
Symptoms of heat stroke: warm dry skin with no sweating, strong rapid pulse, confusion and/or loss of consciousness, high fever, headaches, nausea/vomiting or both.
For more information visit the American Heart Association at www.heart.org or call 1-800-AHA-USA-1


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13 comments:
I love velvet myself, especially red velvet cake/cupcake :). I would like to have a velvet dress, pumps, and skirt!ReplyDelete
those black velvet shoes are gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I love the red velvet heels! :)ReplyDelete
Sydney: I had a red vekvet cookie this past weekend at a party and it was sooo good! Now I'm obessed! It was my first time having red velvet ;)ReplyDelete
A La Moda: I know! If they were more affordable, I'd buy them.
Crystal: Me too! They look so elegant.
mmmm cupcakes.... :)!ReplyDelete
that jacket is amazing and those cupcakes dont look so bad either ;)ReplyDelete
V: Yup ;)ReplyDelete
Andee: I love the color of the jacket so much! I don't typically wear blues in that shade, but the velvet looks so soft and comfy.
velvet has been growing on me. and of course, can't say no to red velvet! :DReplyDelete
<3, Mimi
Mimi: I didn't used to care for velvet either, but I am loving it now for some reason. I think seeing it plastered in so many fashion magazines has changed my outlook!ReplyDelete
Hahaha, I love your inclusion of red velvet cupcakes! And those heels from WHBM are beeeautiful!ReplyDelete
I've been wanting a something velvet too! I forget where (forever21 maybe?) but they had these really lovely velvet dresses! I think they would be great for the holidays. Kinda weird though because I remember I used to wear velvet dresses and pants when I was like 7 LOL xo :)ReplyDelete
I have never seen velvet leggings, but I can only imagine how chic they must look! What a great post :)ReplyDelete
<3, natasha
Amy Kelinda: I love those heels! They are just so pretty to look at!ReplyDelete
Caitlin: LOL, me too! That's why I have steered clear of velvet but now I am re-thinking ;)
Natasha: I would love a pair! I'd probably sleep in them.
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