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This year, 2014, celebrates 'the 100th anniversary of X-ray crystallography, a technique that I regularly use in my research on the structure of minerals. The centennial marks the first determination, in 1914, of an atomic structure. William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence solved the crystal structure of a very common mineral, halite, which is sodium chloride. They were the first to derive the law of physics that governs the relationship between X-ray diffraction and the arrangement of atoms in a crystal—now known as Bragg's Law.
During the 38 years I have worked at the Canadian Museum of Nature, I have solved over 100 crystal structures and described about 100 new minerals. Much of the work done in the museum's X-ray lab is for routine mineral identification.
Minerals are notoriously difficult to identify as many can have very similar physical properties, yet their 'invisible' properties, such as chemical composition and atomic structure, are vastly different. Knowing exactly what mineral you have is essential to the mining industry and to geological interpretation.
I have used analyses of crystal structure in a number of ways. They have helped describe new mineral species, such as moydite, named after Lou Moyd, the museum's first curator of minerals. Moydite was investigated by other researchers as a possible containment material for radioactive cesium, a dangerous by-product from nuclear-power generation. More recently, I have also been investigating structure changes in minerals such as veatchite and hilgardite to help interpret the geological conditions in salt formations such as the potash deposit in Sussex, New Brunswick.
Now, the word X-ray is most familiar to people in terms of medical and dental uses, radiography, and airport security imaging. These X-rays have a much shorter wavelength and higher energy than those used in crystallography; hence, their ability to pass through materials such as human tissue or suitcases to a detector that displays the transmitted image.
For crystal-structure determination it is necessary to choose an X-ray wavelength comparable in size to that of an atom. Shooting X-rays into a crystal creates the phenomenon of diffraction off planes of atoms. This is known as 'Bragg diffraction or reflection'. The resulting image appears as a set of dots or reflection peaks.
The intensity of a peak is proportional to the total number of electrons associated with atoms in a plane. As an example, planes of atoms that contain lead, which have a lot of electrons, diffract an intense peak while planes composed of atoms of oxygen, with much fewer electrons, produce a much less intense peak.
It was mineralogists who established early developments in X-ray crystallography, since they had access to crystals grown in nature. Today the vast majority of crystallographers are in the field of inorganic chemistry studying proteins, DNA and drugs. To conduct their structure-determination experiments they must first grow a crystal. Crystal growth is as much a science as it is an art but without a crystal no X-ray diffraction is possible. A single molecule does not diffract X-rays. Once the crystal is produced the important work to determine the crystal structure begins—and it all started 100 years ago with the determination and insight of the Braggs.


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We just recommended you guys catch up with one hilarious web series but now we have another obsession for you to binge!
The new mini-series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo comes from the mind of Brian Jordan Alvarez who also starred in and produced Go-Go Boy Interrupted.
Within the opening moments of the series, the unique tone of the show is laid out alluringly; mixing blithe ignorance with a grounded sense of realism. Immediately you have a sense of what the show has to offer, and who the main character is – if you get it, you get it and if you don't you may as well stop watching now.
Between discussing the love for his 2 week fling turned long-distance relationship, desire for his straight best friend, and the meaningless hookups he is still enjoying, the complexities of the star, Caleb, are flawed yet entirely relatable for a gay audience.
The supporting characters of the show are each their own special creations;
Freckle is a standout as a genderfluid maverick with an off-kilter personality that is infectious and fascinating.
Lenjamin, a fellow homosexual, who for trendy reasons wants to become a bisexual, but struggles with the actual 'having sex with a woman' aspect.
Billy, the straight best friend of the group is a free spirit. Open to what life has to offer, and fairly laid back to what comes his way, he is instinctive and genuine.
Karen who as the only straight female in the cast is understandable bipolar. Forward, and unabashed with her opinions and emotions, she is anything but understated – and we live for it.
Benicio is the newest member of the gang but he seems a little too naive to be a permanent fixture in Caleb's life.
There is totally a sense of surrealism around the show, but that only adds to the comedy, and Alvarez reigns it in just enough for the show to have a feeling of realism to it. The tone is similar to that of Girls, but the material is all original.
The technical aspects, including acting, writing, and directing are all top quality, and the storylines are well-crafted and authentic.
With just a five-episode season, averaging at 20-minutes a piece, it plays like a true television show, and the quality is right up there with network produced materials. We are still waiting on news for a second season though!
Our Verdict Is: As a web series this ranks among one of the best we've experienced. Brian Jordan Alvarez is a true talent, between his work here and on other projects, he is really one to watch as a rising star.

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4 Things to Consider Before Quitting Your Rental Agency
Switching rental agencies for a better service
Having problems with your current rental agency? Do you want to quit your rental agency and pick another? Are things not as you expected? Many rental service buyers face numerous issues that make them want to switch rental services. However, before you go ahead and make that decision there are a couple of things that you need to consider. This article aims to help you have a proper guidance so you don't regret your decision later.
1. Identify the problems
What is the main issue that's repelling you from continuing the services from your current car hire Dubai service provider? Are you certain that the problem is not on your end? Did you discuss the issues with your car hire service provider? These are just some of the questions that you need to answer before you say Au Revoir to your rental service provider. Make sure that you have a good reason to quit and move on because finding a reliable Car Hire Dubai service may be a hard nut to crack.
2. Browse rental companies online
Before giving up your current car rental services, make sure that you have another option available to cover your travel needs. Today, it is very easy to look for rental companies' information online through online directories. While searching for your option make sure that you search for the specific services that your current rental company wasn't able to provide. List of things that you would like to see in your car rental service and make sure that you inquire about those things from specialized car rental agents.
3. Talk to your current rental agent
There is always a way to work out your relationship with your rental company. Professional car rental service providers take their services very seriously and there is a high possibility that your rental company will try and eliminate the issues that you are facing. Make sure that you have tried every different way to work it out, talk to your agent or service provider face-to-face and discuss your problems thoroughly.
4. Seek a third-person advice
It is not always advisable to quit your current rental service until and unless there are tremendous problems in the quality of the service. In case you find it hard to decide about your rental care provider, you can always take recommendations from a third party. It could be your acquaintances and friends who have utilized specific car rental services in Dubai and are ready to vouch for a service for your consideration.
Before making any decision, make sure that your rental period is almost over. Most companies do not allow canceling the contract before the rental period is over. bab al Madeena is one of the top-tier car rental service providers in Dubai with a solid track record and ample support to help you find the best service for your needs. To learn more about car rental agencies, visit online vehicle rental shops, such as http://rentacardubaimonthly.com/, to find a service that goes well with your travel requirements.


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B.A., Political Science, Rutgers University, 1992
Julie M. Araujo has over 15 years of experience reviewing, negotiating, drafting and litigating complex commercial contracts, both domestically and internationally. In her role as a transactional lawyer, Ms. Araujo has advised clients in the oil and gas, energy, maritime, construction, shipping and engineering industries with a wide range of contractual relationships, including construction contracts, repair contracts, master service agreements, operating agreements, distribution agreements, equipment and land leases, teaming agreements, charterparties, hold harmless and indemnity contracts, non-disclosure agreements, and many more. With each client, Ms. Araujo is devoted to understanding their core business, their culture, and their goals, in order to better provide each client with tailored, cost-effective legal services and advice. Long-standing clients of the firm frequently call upon Ms. Araujo's experience and expertise to assist and guide them through their toughest and most financially significant commercial considerations and contractual negotiations.
Ms. Araujo's transactional experience has given her distinct advantages and insights when she switches to a litigator hat to provide her clients advice and services during times when they may need it most-when they become embroiled in disputes. Ms. Araujo has successfully handled numerous contractual disputes and claims both "out of court" and in various state, federal, international and arbitral forums.
Through her years of representing both contractors and project owners, Ms. Araujo has developed a niche construction disputes practice. Construction project claims involving delay, disruption, loss of productivity, inefficiency, acceleration, compression of schedule, design defects, cumulative impact, and indirect or consequential losses cannot be successfully handle by general practitioners. Ms. Araujo possesses the specialized experience, training and skill which are required to provide her clients with the winning edge in construction disputes.
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Question: In your answer to my previous question no. 30, in Fatwaa no. 6505, dated 19/12/1403 AH., p. 4, you stated that going to fore-tellers is not permissible because they are sorcerers.
I wanted to mention that the people we go to are known for their adherence to the teachings of Islaam. They do not recite anything except the Qur'aan and Hadeeth in these matters, such as those I mentioned in my question. So what is the ruling on consulting them?
Answer: Simply reciting the Qur'aan and Hadeeth will not show them where a lost item is or bring it back. Anyone who consults someone who claims to know where lost items are, just by reading Qur'aan and Hadeeth is consulting a swindling soothsayer, even if they claim to be righteous and adhering to the Deen (religion)… read more here.


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A Word from German History (no.2)
Image: Dietmar Rabich Lampenladen (m.) Lampenladen literally means a lamp store, but in East Berlin it was also a dig at the government. One of the most important buildings in the communist part of the city was the Palast der Republik, or the palace of the republic, which was a cultural centre with restaurants and a theatre, among other things. It had a big glass … Continue reading A Word from German History (no.2)


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Delivering remarks in a post G7 press conference, Prime Minister Justin from Canada outlines his perspective on the summit and takes questions from a pre-selected media audience. Many of the questions centered around U.S. positions on trade/tariffs and the Canadian/EU position that U.S. tariffs are illegal; whereas Canadian and EU tariffs are quantifiable expressions of magnanimous intellectual superiority and Americans should spend more time thanking them, instead of these feeble efforts to gain trade reciprocity.
The underlying Trudeau trade premise is that the U.S. should be thankful for the products brought into the U.S. market by Canadians and Europeans. And Americans should express their appreciation through unilateral indulgence-fees for friendship. If President Trump does not agree to continue the cycle of abusive trade policies, the Europeans and Canadians might stop saying they are our closest and most valuable ally.
Here's The Final Charlevoix G7 Agreement CLICK HERE
In the granular details: •On NAFTA Justin from Canada says a sunset clause on any renegotiated trade deal is a non-starter regardless of time-frame. If the U.S. intends to reevaluate the outcomes of a trade deal, there can be no trade deal – ever.
According to Trudeau's economic team, there will never be any new products or services created within industry, ever again. Accordingly, the world currently has all the products and technology that will ever exist in the life-cycle of human existence; therefore there is no reason to ever plan on a need to renegotiate trade at any duration of trade agreements.
•On the global gender equity initiative, six of the G7 members have agreed to a $3.8 billion fund to create more opportunity for female organisms; and/or for the expanded rights of those who might identify as female organisms in the next generation. The central beneficiary group of the G7 gender equity initiative will likely be human; however, in the spirit of inclusivity the communique also accepts a building movement within the EU to recognize planetary gender inequality amid all species.
In fairness to the female Salvadorian four-toed sand lizard who might not want to face the horrors of sub-tropical male domination and subsequent impregnation; the U.N. will use a portion of the G6-1 funding to study the sensibilities of trans-gender lizards in the Southern Hemisphere. The international monetary fund will be responsible for distribution and will use their upper-east-side suites as the temporary conduit until the new international center for gender equality building is finished; [*note the design competition and contractor bidding period has been extended until August 14th, 2021]
•On the horrors of plastics and climate initiatives, the G7 agreement morphed to a recycled G5 as Japan and the United States refused to sign on to the planned planetary elimination of all plastic, petroleum and carbon-based products.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raised the argument it was impossible for many people to carry enough water from the river, in their cupped bare hands, to take a shower. Germany's Angela Merkel became quite cross, and pointed out that showers and bathing were already verboten per the 2011 G20 communique and international water-conservation agreement in Finland.
Theresa May rose to support Ms. Merkel and pointed out how the success of the 2011 Finland water-conservation-agreement necessitated and supported accepting increased middle-east immigration. Less EU bathing means more water. More water equals happier fish; and many of the most disenfranchised of the pelagic species had their planetary rights trampled for eons by colonial expansionists.
PM May supports correcting those historic abuses, and the U.K. Council on Subterranean Species Initiatives (UK-CSTSI) has been monitoring the sensibilities of North Atlantic cod for almost half-a-decade. The councils' work has been a key policy initiative for the elimination of insensitive fish-and-chip shops throughout England and Northern-Ireland.


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Thursday, Feb. 18. 2016
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT)-- The United States District Court of South Carolina is asking anyone who attended any of the Lacy School of Cosmetology locations on a federal student loan to contact the U.S. Department of Education. You may be able to have your loan forgiven due to the outcome of the case against Earnest "Jay" Lacy, the President and CEO of The Lacy School of Cosmetology.
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) -- The United States District Court of South Carolina announced Wednesday a more than $9 million default judgement against Lacy School of Cosmetology and its owner in damages and statutory penalties.
Earnest "Jay" Lacy, the President and CEO of The Lacy School of Cosmetology, was ordered to pay $9,283,123 back for presenting false claims to the U.S. Department of Education for federal student loans and grants.
The release from the United States Attorney's Office states Lacy owned four offices in South Carolina for The Lacy School of Cosmetology. The main campus is in Aiken and there are three others in Lexington, Goose Creek, and Charleston.
An investigation done by the federal government revealed the school had misappropriated funds by knowingly failing to comply with numerous federal program regulatory requirements, making unauthorized disbursements of federal student aid funds, failing to refund student credit balances, and concealing its actions by submitting false statements of compliance, according to the release from the United States Attorney's Office.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said a whistleblower notified federal authorities of the illegal practices.
The damages and statutory penalties include $2,078,448 in Pell Grants and $106,593 in federally backed student loans. Then, the False Claims Act requires those damages to be tripled for a total amount of $6,555,123. A civil penalty of $2,728,000 was also imposed under the False Claims Act which imposes a penalty per violation.
This was issued in December 2015, but Lacy had 60-days to appeal the judgment.


text: So its happened, the site relaunch that is. I've been perusing through the mostly 'empty' forums, it's quite sad but I can guess it gives us all an opportunity to contribute fresh new content, once we get use to the design and layout that is. Anyway, I thought that I'd post my first topic here. I know there are going to be members on here who want to reunite with their 'buddies', some may have been forced to create new accounts, or some are recovering from the relaunch. You can let your buddies know that you are still here and hopefully be able to reconnect with them! A bit like friends united only a little bit less flash and with more gay people Happy buddy searching!


text: You might have heard about the unseen wonders held in a can of WD-40, but did they tell you how you can use it to clean your car? In this month's blog, we're taking a break from auto repair tips to further your WD-40 education so you can keep your car looking its best! Removes Tree Sap During the hot summer months, you'll probably find some shade to park in when you go out—perhaps under a tree. The problem with trees, however, is the sap that makes its way to the exterior of your car. This creates a magnet for dirt, causing some unsightly spots on your car. A little bit of WD-40 can help remove this scum to keep your car looking fantastic. Cleans Bugs If you've ever been on a road trip, you know that it pretty much always ends with a plethora of bugs scattered on your windshield or grill. Usually, clearing this off can be done in a few minutes at a gas station, but sometimes you have to use something a little stronger than wi ... read more


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Based on the live action feature film of the same name, Asterix at the Olympic Games follows the legendary Gaul Asterix, his friend Obelix and the faithful Dogmatix as they travel to Greece in aid of their lovesick friend Alafolix. Their journey takes them to the Olympic Games where they find themselves pitted against the athletic might of the Roman Empire, including the likes of Brutus and the heroes' long-time nemesis, Julius Caesar.
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Logged out on my Linux Ubuntu machine and can't login anymore
I worked on the sshd_config file and changed the addAuthorizedKeysFile in it. After that I lost the connection to the server and I am not able to login via ssh again. I have no access to the server. Is there any possibility to login into server without having the possibity to login directly?
This depends on the hoster
Normally you have some kind of rescue system which can be loaded into the ram of your server. From there you are able to mount the harddisks so that you can edit the files. This depends on the hoster. Normally you need to login in to the hoster account to run the rescue mode of the server. Then you need to reboot the system so that you will be able to login in this rescue system.
After you logged into your rescue system you can list all available disks with
ls /dev/md*
after this you need to mount the disk with
mount /dev/md2 /mnt
After the disk is mounted to the rescue system you can use a sftp programme like winscp to go into your files which need to be recovered. There you can then change the wrong code to fix the issue. After this you need to reboot the system again.
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Stripping Away a Lifetime of Disbelief
Sandy Clarke, who got in touch with His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche's teachings when he was surfing around YouTube, expresses the changes in his life and his beliefs.
I sat with a few friends the other night and most of them seemed to be quite shocked that I've "taken to Buddhism", as they've all known me to be a heavy critic of religion (not so much the teachings, but rather the institute of religion) in the past and I get the feeling they can't believe that my interest in Buddhism has deepened as quickly as it has.
I owe a lot to H.E. Tsem Rinpoche after having come across his teachings by accident. I think I was watching a video about the life of the Buddha when I spotted a video with the very interesting title, "Are You Divine?" So I watched it and thought that the "student" giving the talk was extremely knowledgeable and made a lot of sense.
It seems laughable to me now, but because I didn't know who or what Rinpoche was, and because he was dressed as a normal person sitting in what looked to me like a student's bedsit, I presumed he was simply a wise young man giving a talk from his bedroom.
After I watched more of his teachings and realised that I was WAY off the mark, I was quickly drawn by his ability to really connect with his words and convey his inner passion and wisdom to his audience. To give a good talk isn't difficult. I've watched and been in the presence of great talks, but to me, Rinpoche has that rare quality of someone who grabs all of your attention and holds it effortlessly until his teaching is finished. I had never been in awe of anyone simply through watching them on a screen; Rinpoche sure proved that there's a first time for everything!
It is because of him that I have made a commitment to myself to continuously improve. It is because of him that I now try to be more aware of my actions and their effects. Sure, I don't always get it right, and I'm a long way off getting it spot on all the time, but it's impossible to overturn 20+ years (plus previous lifetimes) of habits around in a short space of time. The trick is to constantly chip away at the negative…eventually it falls away, but first I suppose you have to be aware of the need to chip away at the negative in order to first begin.
That's what Rinpoche has done for me. Created awareness. A year ago if anyone asked, I'd have laughed at the suggestion that I was to become connected with any religion. I viewed most as exploiting people through their hopes and fears: if you don't believe in this or do that, you spend eternity in hell, but if you lead a good life and follow these rules, everything will be fine.
However, I always had a soft spot for Buddhism, mainly because what I'd read or watched had all made sense – there was nothing I came across that I disagreed with.
Rinpoche opened my mind completely in regards to all religion. That in itself was a miracle, and if there was anyone capable of doing such a thing, it was him. Oh, no doubt there are still lots of questions in my mind regarding Christianity or Islam or Judaism, but I don't criticise them now. In fact, where I used to be a vehement critic, I've found myself advising and encouraging Christian friends if they ever lose their faith a little; everyone has the right to believe in whatever they choose: as long as it hurts no-one and serves to develop a person's spirituality, then I'm all for it, and not because Buddhism or Rinpoche has said this is a good thing to do, but because Buddhism and Rinpoche has made me realise that this is the best thing to do, to understand and respect a person's beliefs, whatever they may be.
To Rinpoche, I am grateful for his patience and his infinite kindness, and I will be eternally thankful for his opening my mind to some things to which it was previously closed. I greatly admire his "unconventional" teaching methods, and it's my opinion that if there were more teachers (in general – not just religion) with his drive, compassion, kindness, humour and ability to connect with people, there would be far fewer divisions between peoples. Why? Because through learning from someone like Rinpoche, you come to see clearly the uselessness of any sort of negativity, and instead you come to appreciate the absolute value of compassion. Sure, it might take us some time to get it right, and yes we might slip up from time to time, but it's my strong belief that in such a teacher as Rinpoche, even students with the smallest of sincere commitment to learn from him and listen to what he has to say cannot fail (however long they take to get there) to achieve compassion, understanding and peace towards themselves and other beings.
Rinpoche also introduced me to Ajahn Brahm, another great teacher with so much wisdom and insight. If I achieve even a fraction of either men's wisdom and kindness in this lifetime, I will count myself a very lucky fellow indeed.
So I thank you, Rinpoche, for providing me with a more open mind, the desire to be more patient with and helpful to those around me, for giving me an insight into the need for awareness and for generally making me see the importance of constant self-improvement. And although I may not be perfect, and although others may have their faults also, I thank you for having incredible patience and kindness as we try to chip away at our imperfections.
Lastly, I thank you for your occasionally entertaining antics. I think it was Ajahn Brahm who said that great spiritual leaders have a great sense of humour, which is something you clearly have in abundance.
For what you have given me, I can hardly put into words my appreciation (and I write a lot of words!), but I can sincerely wish you a long life, good fortune and blessed health. You are a remarkable teacher.
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Red twig dogwood will brighten your winter landscaping with its bright red branches; the shrubs actually can provide year-round interest. Despite bearing spring blossoms, variegated leaves during summer, and berries from summer to fall, clearly, this plant's common name explains the main reason that people grow it: namely, the bush's red twigs, which are brightest from late winter to early spring.
- Botanical Name: Cornus alba 'Elegantissima'
- Common Name: Red Twig Dogwood, Tatarian Dogwood
- Plant Type: A broadleaf, deciduous flowering shrub
- Mature Size: 8 feet high, with a spread of close to 8 feet
- Sun Exposure: Full sun to part shade
- Soil Type: Rich, fertile, moist soil
- Soil pH: 5.5 to 6.6
- Bloom Time: Spring
- Flower Color: White
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 8
- Native Areas: Much of North America
How to Grow Red Twig Dogwoods
Red twig dogwood shrubs should be planted somewhere in your yard where they can be easily viewed from a window, to take advantage of their status as top-notch specimen plants for winter landscapes. For optimal display, it is advisable to grow them against a wall that receives ample sunlight from the south or west in winter. Use them in combination with yellow twig dogwoods for an even more stunning winter display. With or without their yellow cousins, red twig dogwoods look best massed together. On a more practical level, their widely-spreading root systems make them effective plants for erosion control (for example, on steep bankings).
These shrubs bear variegated leaves (greenish-gray with a white edge) and small white flowers that form in flat clusters. The flowers are succeeded by berries that are a white color (alba, the species name, means "white" in Latin) with hints of blue and green.
The fall foliage can pick up hints of rose or gold, but most gardeners find the foliage less attractive, overall, in autumn, as leaves pick up brown spots with age. You will be glad that the foliage is deciduous, as you will have a clear view of the red color of the bark in winter.
Red twig dogwoods will tolerate partial shade, but their signature red bark will be brightest if they are planted in full sun.
Red twig dogwood bushes are considered good plants for wet areas (for example, wet spots where homeowners may wish to establish woodland gardens), although some report that they perform better in well-drained soils. Work humus into the soil for nutrients. Somewhat acidic soil is preferred.
These plants prefer moist areas. They thrive in low spots or along streams or ponds. If there is not a lot of rain, water new plants weekly for the first few months. Mature plants only need watering during dry spells with no rain for more than a week.
Temperature and Humidity
This shrub has adapted to a wide range of temperatures. It does not do well in extremely hot and humid climates where it can be vulnerable to disease like canker.
Fertilize red twig dogwood in the early spring, side-dressing it with compost. When it has started to leaf out, you can feed it with fish emulsion, although it will do fine without.
Propagating Red Twig Dogwoods
If you want to propagate red twig dogwoods, take hardwood cuttings in late fall. Look for a stem that is as wide as a pencil. You should cut it into 6-inch to 9-inch sections with a bud near either end of each cutting. Take off side branches and dip it in rooting hormone. Plant the cutting in the ground or in pots. You can keep the planted cuttings in a cold frame that is closed over the winter. In spring, you can open the cold frame or move the pots. It can take up to a full year for the cutting to root. Once they are rooted, you can use them in your landscape or nurture them further in a nursery bed.
Varieties of Red Twig Dogwoods
Different species of dogwood shrubs with red bark can be found around the globe in the Northern Hemisphere. All are classified under the genus, Cornus:
- Tatarian dogwoods (Cornus alba) are native to Asia.
- Red osier dogwoods (Cornus sericea) are native to North America..
- Bloodtwig dogwoods (Cornus sanguinea) are native to Europe
The similarities between these species, and the similarity in their common names, all of which include or signify "red," has led to much confusion as to which is which, even in the nursery trade. If you have your heart set on a particular cultivar, be sure to make your purchase from an establishment that you trust.
If erosion control is a significant reason for your purchase of a red twig dogwood, be sure to seek out the red osier type, specifically. Red osier spreads by suckering to form a colony over time. The root system of such a colony can be very effective at holding back the soil on a hillside. Cardinal is an example of a cultivar to look for.
The brightness of this bush's red twigs has a tendency to fade over time from early spring to summer, and there is not much that you can do about that. But through proper care, you can do something about the fact that the older branches tend to be less colorful than the younger ones. Care for this plant amounts mainly to pruning. Prune in late winter or after it has bloomed.
For maximal color, prune out 1/3 of the older branches every three years or so (or even annually, as long as you do not mind having a plant of a smaller size). Such care will promote new growth. And since the younger branches bear the brightest color, that is precisely the growth that you want to encourage. If the bush is overgrown, you can cut it back to the ground. It will return within a year with young red stems.


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Monday, January 23rd, 2017
Positive Vibes
"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results." – Willie Nelson
Most businesses have a busy season. For CPA firms, that season is mid-January until mid-April. For decades CPA firm owners have strived to find ways to keep their people busy all year long and have been very successful in most cases.
Yet, January through April has always been the months of intense focus, numerous distractions, multiple interruptions, on-going questions, constant learning and career-building opportunities.
When the pressure is on, partners and managers sometimes become negative. When the pressure is on, all the other people working at the firm sometimes become negative!
Some people begin to say things like:
- Joe is never going to make it. He just isn't getting it.
- Sally is so slow. What are we going to do?
- Bill is a loner. He never asks questions and ends up doing it all wrong.
- The way Betty dresses is horrible.
- Tim has bad breath. Who is going to talk to him?
In times of stress, people tend to become more negative. The old 80/20 rule surfaces. People are negative 80% of the time and positive 20% of the time.
Let's change that beginning this week. Begin to focus on things you like about people at least 80% of the time. I have always naturally been an optimist. Maybe that has helped me survive many busy seasons and still remain positive most of the time.
- "I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter."


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Hi everyone
As much as I always try and find the positive in every situation – this Friday looks wet!! (Hard to believe given our Girls team was cancelled tonight due to the heat)!! As a reminder, all games, training and Milo will go ahead on Friday – unless you hear from your Team Manager/Coach!! Let's hope we do get some play in on Friday, as we will have pizza and sausages post match!! With only three weeks left until the Christmas break, how quickly has this year gone!!
On saying all of that, can I please ask all families to ensure that in wet – or hot weather – that they do not leave their children at matches, with an expectation that they can collect them at the normal close of play. Last week was a classic example of how the weather can change quickly. It is not fair on our Coaches and Team managers to have to try and contact families to come and collect players. I know we are all busy, but please be mindful of this. Our Coaches and Team Managers do so much – so let's all help them – help your children. I know 'stuff happens', however let's all please ensure that we work together!!!!
Sponsor of the Week
Piccolino's have been an amazing sponsor of Nunawading CC last season, and again this season. Whether it be numerous vouchers for 'Player of the Week' or financial assistance, we are really grateful for all that John, Simon and the team do. If you have never tried Piccolinos – either take away or at their award winning Eat in experience, please try them out – and say that you are from Nunawading CC. For all Take away orders, a discount applies when you show your Nunawading membership card (not valid for dine in).
Piccolino Pizza and Pasta
Contact: John
Ph: 9803 1885
53 Blackburn Road, Mt Waverley
Nunawading Cricket Club – Junior Christmas Party – Friday 15 December 2017!
The Nunawading Cricket Club Junior Christmas Party is on Friday 15 December (invitation attached). Santa will be in attendance sometime around 6.45pm, and will visit Milo Children and then our Super 7s and Fast 9s players (who will be training).
Everyone will be welcome to then come upstairs for some Piccolino Pizza and Sausages – as well as a cold drink. We will be unlikely to do match presentations on the night, however there will be some announcements.
Following on from that, Santa will again return and visit U12, U14, Girls Team, U16 and U18. This will likely be around 8.45pm – 9.00pm.
If you would like your child (and/or siblings) to receive a present from Santa, please bring one along on the night – wrapped and clearly named. There will be designated spots for you to leave your present throughout the night. Please ensure presents are no more than $10-$15 for your child.
Please RSVP for catering purposes – and let me know if you can bring a salad or dessert to share!!
Team Photos
Thanks for understanding regarding Team photos cancellation on Sunday. Weather was wet, and forecast was ordinary – although how much sun was there at 4.00pm!! On saying that, we will reschedule in the New Year – most likely in the lead up to matches/training – stay tuned!
Big Bash League memberships
As part of your registration with Nunawading CC, all players (excluding Milo), receive a two game membership to either the Melbourne Stars or Melbourne Renegades (GO STARS)!!!!! Ha!!
Details for all Nuna CC players have now been submitted, so you should be receiving your memberships in the coming weeks – certainly in time for the season ahead. If any Milo families are interested in a cheaper membership – or any families would like a cheaper family membership – please let me know!!
If you have ordered apparel and have not yet collected – or need apparel and have not ordered, please contact our Apparel Manager Derek at apparel Recent order has arrived!!


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[Photo by: Hubert Figuière https://bit.ly/2zYSBdn Title: Internet café https://bit.ly/2C2XHGZ Creative Commons CC]
Raise your hand if you feel life growing up you were molded by the internet.
Now raise your hand if you think that without the internet you'd be an entirely different person.
Probably, right?? We lie to ourselves and act like it doesn't have influence over us and that we can stop using it whenever we want. But the reality is that the web has been woven into our everyday lives like the decorative spider webs we hang in our houses for Halloween. To the point that we don't know where it's effect over us starts and stops.
When I was a kid, I'd spend countless hours playing online girly fashion games, like https://www.stardoll.com/en/ & games of my favorite Disney Channel shows like Kim Possible, Lilo & Stitch the Series and Brandy & Mr Wiskers. (Yes, that was a thing & yes, it was totally awesome) I also would watch music videos on America Online (AOL)'s kid section called Kids Online (KOL) before youtube was even a thing. Watching P!nk & Kelly Clarkson music videos and the AOL sessions of artists singing their songs in a studio because the music video was probably not appropriate for children, Like Rihanna's "SOS" and "Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee. I never had a myspace but I remember looking over my brother's shoulder as he used his like the child annoyance I was. I also remember Facebook becoming my mother's obsession when the craze of the new social hit Puerto Rico like a hurricane. I also used to be a super fan of Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers, like every other little girl in 2009, and would watch fanfiction videos on Youtube back when there were not really any copyright rules and no one made any money. Does anyone remember those? No? Just me? K… They had copyrighted music and photos of celebraties as the characters with text that would be the lines and you'd read it like a story. My best friend, at the time, pushed me to make a Twitter when it first lauched and to boycott the idea after she made a profile all I would do was tweet bible verses like the goody goody two shoes I was.
Over the years I've seen the web evolve into what it is now. From Facebook's inception to "Close you account before the government hacks it." How Youtube went from being "Broadcast Yourself" to "I'm gonna tell you this mascara is God's gift to humanity for $60k." I was the first person I knew to discover that you could watch tv on the internet!! Places like Teen Nick and ABC Family would let you stream their content for free on their website. REVOLUTIONARY! Then they changed it so you have to long in with your TV Provider to make sure that companies like Dish Network and Direct TV were still getting your money.
So it's safe to say that I have truly grown side by side with the internet. It's the primary source for information in our lives. Need a recipe for vegan brownies for your lactose intolerant cousin? Pinterest. How to learn another language for free? Duolingo. How do I apply lipstick without turning into the Joker? YouTube. It's become everything and ignoring that fact is pure denial.
I pretty much use the internet for about anything you can think of. And I'm not going to sit here and act like I don't. I get my US & world news from Twitter and Buzzfeed and sometimes local news on Twitter. Watching Youtube videos is a part of my daily routine with the strange mix of Beauty, Lifestyle and Pro Wrestling content making up most of my subscription feed. I check (multiple times a day) websities like https://bleacherreport.com/wwe & http://www.wrestleview.com for all my pro wrestling news needs. Scrolling on twitter, instagram, and Pinterest is how to pass time when commuting or just procrastinating. I spend way too much time online window-shopping, which is probably the reason why my bank account is skinnier then I'll ever be. I also use various streaming services like: Hulu, Netflix, the WWE Network, NJPW World, Honor Club, etc. What can I say? I like TV. Did you know that you can even watch live TV on your phone when it's too hot to go downstairs and you don't want to leave the air conditioning? Yeah! That's a thing!
https://freeform.go.com Formerly known as ABC Family
But honestly, after so many years of using the internet, I, like many others, have felt the heat of the social media negativity weigh heavy on me. I've gone thru phases of deleting social media apps from my phone to avoid mindlessly scrolling on them, to permanently deleting accounts due to the lack of privacy social media can impose. I've seen and heard stories of people getting lost in the web because they were never taught how to navigate it safely. It's no secret that there is a lot of scaming, hoaxes and deceit laced between the codes of websites looking to be seemingly harmless.
But it's not all bad. The internet has greatly changed the way we learn things. We went from going to a library and searching in big book and encyclopedias to have the answers of the universe right at out fingertips. Information that would take months to go through in an analog way, we can soak up in just one afternoon of digital research. Everything from World War II, Evolution vs Creationism or "What's more American: Burgers or Apple Pie?" (According to the Greatest Theologian in Recent History, corn beats everything.) One just had to be mindful to check the source to make sure that it wasn't written by an online troll who can't tell the difference between a pancake and a waffle.
Currently, I'm taking an online sociology class which is nice because I get to learn but the schedule is more relaxed. Plus, I don't need to spend extra money on books and things because all the materials I need to read and watch are posted to the page by the professor. This is actually how a lot of people study these days. Not everyone has the funds to move somewhere to go to collage so online classes can let them stay where they are while getting their eduction. It's also nice if you work full-time because you can do the work in your pajamas after downing a bucket of coffee in the morning before going and making your coin.
So I guess the moral of all this is, the internet is our frenemy depending on how you use it. I think it can be a great tool for students to learn new things, find information and get their education. On the flip side, I find that it can be a bid distraction. I think it's shortened our attention spans, as a society, and can be used to harm others when used without intelligence, decrement and humanity. Personally, I love the web, but I have some days where I hate it. I've lived the simple life without the internet and I can find it to be a little too bland for my taste. Who I am is molded by the web. I find that in the web pages I've found things I'm passionate about and my dreams. I know, I know. I sound like a child. But humor me for a second here. For example, I didn't discover Pro Wrestling thanks to the internet, but my love for it deepened once I used it to watch matches and wrestlers from all around the world. I didn't know what eyeshadow was thanks to youtube, but I learned how to applying watching tutorials. And we can't forget that the internet is how we listen to music these days! Gone are the days of record stores and towers of CDs and man do I miss them. But Spotify is cool too.
We can also find a great deal of nostalgia on the web if you haven't already been able to tell. Yeah, Lindsay Lohan used to sing and she was actually pretty good.
So my point is…
Use the web, love the web, be safe on the web but don't let it consume you. Feel free to take as many social media breaks as you need. Let's all find balance on the internet and use it for positive things. And relax, this isn't all that deep. Be yourself on these platforms, learn and be entertained. If someone posts things you don't like then block or mute them. Learn to be safe and be wise on the internet so it doesn't lead to your demise.
And on that oddly deep note, I'll catch y'all on the next post to see what's inside my mind.
Stay Weird!
PJ Cage


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TABT…The Givency Code by Julie Kenner
As if a recent breakup, scrounging for rent money, and lusting after designer shoes weren't enough to make graduate student Melanie Prescott's life challenging, she's suddenly practically living The Da Vinci Code. A mysterious stranger is sending obscure codes and clues her way and she soon discovers she has to solve them in order to stay alive. With stakes like that, her dissertation on "the derivation and primary characteristics of codes and ciphers used by prevailing nations during wartime" is looking a little less important than it was yesterday. Right now she's just worrying about living to see tomorrow. The only bright spot in the whole freakish nightmare is Matthew Stryker, the six-foot tall, dark, and handsome stranger who's determined to protect her. Well, that and the millions of dollars that will be her reward if she survives this deadly game. And she'd better survive. Because that's a heck of a lot of money to be able to spend on shoes and handbags and sunglasses and dress, and, well, it's hard to be fashionable when you're dead.
I'm not much of a chick lit fan, probably because I'm the furthest thing from a fashionista you could possibly imagine (I'm perfectly happy in picking up a sundress at K-Mart, thank you very much). This book promised to be more than relationship angst and shoe shopping, though, so I decided to give it a shot, and was I ever rewarded! Mel is a fabulous character, one I'd love to have a drink with while discussing history (and a shared passion for shoes). To me, she was a chick lit heroine with down-to-earth roots and sensibilities. And as for Stryker, well, I have a thing for military heroes (even if they're out of the service) and he fit all my expectations for the honorable, hot Marine to a tee. I highly recommend picking up this book…it's a wild rollercoaster of action, with the added bonus of a believable budding relationship between Melanie and Stryker. You'll use your brain on this one, while tripping through some of Manhattan's most delectable shopping venues.


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The Company You Keep Can Make or Break Your Addiction Recovery
In Addiction Recovery, the people you surround yourself with makes a huge difference. Your company is arguably the single most important part of staying sober. It is for this reason that it is recommended not to date in the first year of recovery. One bad relationship can bring you right back into using drugs or alcohol.
Addiction Recovery Is Only As Successful as the People Around You
Anyone in recovery can relapse at any point, no matter how much time they have or how strong they may seem. A perfect example of this is a 26-year old male named Ryan whose drug of choice is heroin. He had nearly a year clean.
Ryan moved to South Florida after rehab and rebuilt his life. He lived in a supportive halfway house and got a job working in Marketing for a successful company. All seemed well, which was a huge sigh of relief for the countless people who watched Ryan spiral down in his addiction.
After about 6 months of being clean, Ryan began dating a girl who was also in recovery for opiates. Unlike Ryan, the girl struggled majorly with trying to stay sober and frequently found herself back in rehab and detox facilities. It was just a few months until Ryan relapsed with her. Together, they began using heroin and before long were back out on the streets - unemployed, drug addicted, and homeless.
Dragging Someone Down is Easier Than Lifting Them Up
Unfortunately, it is a lot easier to drag someone back down into addiction than it is to lift someone out of it. As someone in Addiction Recovery, it is essential that you make your sobriety a priority and avoid people who are into drugs or drinking. To be around such people is to put yourself directly in harm's way. It will only be a matter of time before you fall right back into your addiction.
Cutting off people close to you who are still in addiction can seem heartless, cruel, and incredibly difficult. Unfortunately, it is a part of protecting your sobriety and making yourself a priority. By allowing people into your inner circle who don't have good intentions, you are opening up the door for failure and relapse.
Learn How to Establish Healthy Boundaries
Creating and maintaining boundaries is a huge part of addiction recovery. You need to set boundaries with friends, family, and work. This is a time where you should be your first priority, and everything else will follow.
Relationships in recovery aren't entirely black or white. It is understandable that some relationships will be harder to break off than others. For example, if you are in recovery for alcohol, and you have a parent who is an alcoholic, cutting them out completely may not be realistic. However, you can think of ways to keep a healthy distance, while still maintaining a relationship of sorts.
Romantic relationships are notoriously difficult in early recovery. The need for approval and partnership can overshadow healthy, normal boundaries. Codependent relationships can form, with one or both people falling right back into addiction. These situations simply aren't healthy. It is extremely important for people in recovery to be vigilant about maintaining the healthy boundaries that can help keep them sober.
Build a Strong Sober Network
The more people you have who want to see you succeed on your side, the better. Your sober support network can help open your eyes to other people or situations that may not be in your best interest. They are people you can turn to when things get hard.
Sure, it is easy to turn back to drugs or alcohol, but staying sober and facing things in a healthy way is infinitely more worth it. As soon as you get out of rehab, it is important to start thinking about who you keep around yourself. Some ideas of people who can make up your sober support include:
- The professionals - a therapist, doctor, etc.
- A sponsor
- People with more sober time than you
- Trusted family members who have your best interest in mind
- People who are not in addiction themselves but understand what you are going through
- People with similar sober hobbies and interests as you
Eventually, seeking out other healthy people will become second nature. Until you are strong enough in your own recovery, allow yourself to receive guidance from people who have been in your position already. Make it a hard rule to stay away from people who use drugs or alcohol and those who don't care about your recovery.
As the expression goes, if you hang out at a barbershop long enough, you'll end up getting a haircut. The same goes for using drugs and alcohol. If you are constantly around it, you'll eventually have a weak moment where you give in. The best way to prevent that from happening is to separate yourself from that world as much as possible.
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Seeing all objects in the collection.
David Rhodes Teapot with Hand Painted Flowers - 1770
Early Queen's ware (cream coloured earthenware) teapot with hand painted floral decoration and flower shape knob.Attributed to David Rhodes. C. 1770
Early Queen's ware (cream coloured earthenware) teapot with hand painted floral decoration, flower shape knob and cabbage spout. Attributed to David Rhodes. C. 1770 David Rhodes (1777) was an independent enameller and partner in the firm of Robinson & Rhodes of Leeds. Rhodes was Wedgwood's principal enameller at Newport Street and the Chelsea Decorating Studio. In 1768 Josiah described Rhodes as 'A master Enameller and China piercer (perhaps an indication that Rhodes was responsible for some pierced or reticulated wares at Leeds)... who is sober and steady ... he paints flowers and landscapes very prettily, prepares a pretty good powder gold, and has a tolerable notion of Colours."
- Type of object: Teaware/teapot
- Mark: Wedgwood
- Year produced: 1770
- Body: Queen's ware, cream-coloured earthenware
- Glaze: clear glaze, lead glaze
- Material: ceramic
- Decoration: hand-painted, pierced
- Accession number: 1053, 1053a
- Dimensions: 130 mm (height), 120 mm (width)
Queen's ware
Queen's ware
In 1765 Wedgwood provided a tea and coffee service to Her Majesty Queen Charlotte (wife of George III) in the new earthenware body he had recently perfected. She was so pleased with the set that she not only allowed Josiah to style himself 'Potter to Her Majesty', she also allowed him to call his new earthenware 'Queen's ware' - a name by which Wedgwood's cream coloured earthenware is still known today.


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One of the top lawmen in from the Mexican state of Nayarit has been arrested by U.S. authorities in connection with his alleged role as a top cartel figure. The alleged part-time drug lord is believed to have made at least $250 million that federal prosecutors are looking to seize.
Federal authorities arrested Edgar "El Diablo" Veytia on Monday at an international bridge that connects the Tijuana airport with California. On Tuesday, Veytia went before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in San Diego who ordered that he be held without bond until his case is turned over to a district court in New York.
Court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed that Veytia was formally charged on March 2, when a federal grand jury for the Eastern District of New York handed down a three-count indictment against him. The charges against Veytia deal with various conspiracies aimed at importing, trafficking, and distributing marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamines, and heroin.
The indictment was handed down under seal meaning the information was not public until his arrest. It remains unclear if other defendants are also named.
Prior to his arrest, Veytia was the attorney general for the Mexican state of Nayarit. That state is considered to be one of the safe havens for the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, (CJNG) an offshoot of the Sinaloa Cartel that in recent years has grown exponentially. The court records point to Veytia using the nickname "El Diablo" and "Lic Veytia", appearing to show a term of endearment with the alleged drug traffickers. Prosecutors are looking to seize at least $250 million in assets and proceeds from the case surrounding Veytia.
Edgar Veytia Indictment by ildefonso ortiz on Scribd
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded the Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and Stephen K. Bannon. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook.
"J.M. Martinez" from the Cartel Chronicles project contributed to this report.


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…Dusk falls quickly as the mists in autumn and here in the sheltered valley the light is fading. The thin grass is wet and dew-cold as they alight from their ponies, setting them to graze and drink from the wide, slow moving stream. They leave the sheepskins over the ponies' backs.
It will be cold tonight. The sky is clear and a smell of frost is in the air.
Those who are to remain set camp, kindling a small blaze…
…They cannot ride the last stretch of their journey,
the hill before them is steep, the path narrow
and strewn with rocks.
He looks back at his companions and smiles grimly.
They are clever, the Old Ones.
Their place is high above the valley, an island between deep gullies and tumbling streams, well protected. This is the only way…
and any who attempt it could be picked off one by one…
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Apple Corporation are traditionally known as being little interested in smart cards. However, with macOS Sierra (10.12) the California-based company has introduced the so-called CryptoTokenKit framework, with which macOS users can now finally use smart cards without major detours. The support of this feature with a new component (Crypto Token Driver) is one of the numerous highlights the new version 7.1 of cryptovision's smart credential middleware sc/interface has to offer. Other innovative features include support for the latest Java card generations, extended functionality for using the Microsoft Virtual Smart Card (MS VSC) and an individually configurable warnings about future expiring certificates – to name just a few. With the new version 7.1 sc/interface consolidates its status as the most complete and feature-rich smart credential middleware on the worldwide market.
sc/interface website: https://www.cryptovision.com/en/produkte/scinterface/


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Exclusive: Gaming with FAILE, the Dynamic Duo of Street Art
The walls were lined with the work of two street art magicians; pop culture mélanges that saw characters and creatures of every color, shape, and size oozing and weaving between each other like a manifested hallucination. On the ground was an army of assistants sketching, painting, and hammering away not on canvases, but on fully functional arcade games, each one lovingly decorated and programmed with unique games and designs. Stepping into the sprawling Greenpoint studio of FAILE was, simply put, trippy. The machines were being prepped for a piece called The Deluxx Fluxx Arcade, the latest iteration of a monumental installation that has been featured in multiple cities around the world, this one in particular heading to the Brooklyn Museum. It is but one of many works to be featured in the upcoming retrospective of the artists' fiercely imaginative work, a show titled Savage/Sacred Young Minds.
FAILE is the dynamic duo of two Patricks—McNeil and Miller respectively—who have been making art together their entire lives. Moving to New York in the heyday of the DIY street art movement of the 90's, the artists are now in a line of work entirely their own. Their colossal installation work has been commissioned all over the planet, featured in places as unlikely as the New York City Ballet and the plains of Mongolia. For their first ever retrospective, the pair have reconfigured their landmark piece The Deluxx Fluxx Arcade, a collaboration with artist Bast, to bring the ultra-sensory, ultra-immersive exhibit to their hometown. Milk Made's Jake Boyer stopped by the studio for a chat with Patrick Miller to discuss the artistic arcade, their adventurous past in the early days of street art, and what it's like to work full time with his best friend from high school.
So…how did the arcade come to be?
It started in 2010. We were going to do a group show with Bast, and we were sitting around really thinking about what it could be. Somehow we stumbled on to pinball machines and we were just like…"Pinball machines are awesome." Essentially what we do is find old arcade cabinets, totally strip them down, repaint them, put in all of our own computers and create our own original video games and sounds. We look at them as a painted surface and a sculptural object from a fine art perspective, but also as a way of giving the viewer a way to interact with the art through the video games. The games originally were really simple; there was no objective, it was more about the play and the experience and letting the viewer manipulate the art. Now we have games that are making more of a commentary—we have one game that addresses gentrification where the gamer has to crush down brownstones to make way for luxury skyscrapers.
Why do you think you found arcades so special?
I think for us growing up it was just this exciting space where it was like going into a magical cave. You could be this hero or villain through the games, but you were still interacting with a huge rage of different people of mixed ages. It was like this sacred space in a way, when you were a teenager it was a bit transformative when you were in there. When you came back out you were back to your normal, boring, suburban teenage experience.
What do you think inspired you to move from street art to interactive installations?
Given that we started making work on the street, we felt that public interaction was always a part of it. The work we would put up on the street would live and die there, in the sense that we had no control of it once we put it there. People would rip it, it would tear, other people would go over it, it would get rained on, whatever. There was always this evolving nature to the work that we were interested in watching, we would go back and photograph it over time. We really liked that idea of 'play', where someone takes a photograph of it here and it ends up there and it can start to take on a life of its own. It felt much more living and breathing than a gallery space could ever be. But over time we started asking ourselves, 'How can we take this further? How can we make public work that comes out of the blue and still functions in a way that engages the audience beyond print or painting?' The arcade is really about having fun with these things, letting the viewer really engage in a full sensory experience. You start touching it and just like that—bam! People get so into it!
Street art is such an interesting medium, especially given that it's widely still considered illegal. When you all started making street art, was it a secretive, dangerous process for you?
Yeah, definitely. When we first started we were so small, this would have been around the late 90's. Patrick was going to college out here, and I would visit from my college in Minneapolis. We would just take a lot of photos, because we didn't have much money so we would go out and just cruise around, like you do when you're young. And we were always so enamored by the things that were happening on the walls—it definitely was not graffiti, this was something different, and we really responded to it. It was something that was already in line with the types of images that we grew up with, and we knew we wanted to do something of our own and have a place in that conversation, that dialogue between artists. But it's hard, when you first start out you really don't know anything, you're going out you're just putting things up in the wrong places. You don't quite know the rules of the street, in terms of going over this or going over that, and then the constant worry of not getting caught.
Have you ever been caught?
Yeah, it sucks (laughs). Over time we evolved and you get a little smarter about how you do things, but the whole nature of street art really changed. In the late 90's it was really small, there were very few people that were doing it on a global scale, you could probably count them on one hand. One of the most fascinating things about the urban art movement is that it grew parallel with the Internet and social media, and it's probably the first true artistic movement to be attached to that. So all of a sudden you could be doing small things anywhere and people were seeing it. That also changed the culture of it, it became more commodified. People take things off the street really quickly, you can put something up and it'll be gone in 24 hours and then you might see it being sold somewhere. That was the time when we started to slow down from what we were doing on the street, because it was just so defeating to see things get stolen and resold.
You all have such a really curated, refined sense of your pop culture iconography, have you always been such culture vultures? Do you spend a lot of time selecting your imagery or is it more instinctive?
Yeah we do, we work really hard at it. I think that's something people probably don't realize, how long that process takes. Growing up we were always very visual people, and we knew we loved art. And I collected so much stuff, like baseball cards, Garbage Pail Kids, comic books, zines, skateboard magazines, skating stickers, any part of skateboard culture, really. We always kept collecting and were always looking back. It was very much like we were working from a source material. It's finding these bits and pieces from the past to make something new, and all of a sudden you have a tapestry of the past to speak to current events.
It's really rare that to see such a true partnership of artists. You've always worked together, you have a collective name…what is your working dynamic like?
It's very much a collaboration, we don't really make work on our own. Patrick and I have known each other since we were 14. We grew up together, I know him so well, he knows me so well. One thing that makes it a really successful partnership is that we are very different people in the way we work. McNeil is much more hands on. He likes the physicality of it, he likes the process of working through things, so he often manages the studio side of things whereas I am a bit more digital by nature. I like to plan things out on the computer first and then go after it. That really works, it leaves room for serendipity in the process.
Did you ever find it weird that you all had the same name when you were growing up?
That's how we met. It was the first day of high school. He had moved from Canada and we had 3 classes together. His last name was McNeil and mine was Miller so you'd hear it coming alphabetically. I'd always go to raise my hand but it was his that would come first. Finally we just happened to be sitting next to each other in P.E and he introduced himself as the Patrick who kept coming right after me. He came over that afternoon and bought some fireworks with me. We joke and say it all started with a bang.
'Savage/Sacred Young Minds' will be on display at the Brooklyn Museum from July 10th-October 4th, visit their website here
All imagery of the FAILE & BAST DELUXX FLUXX ARCADE courtesy of the artists


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Max Attard
Special skills
Accents: American (standard), Estuary English, Heightened RP, Irish (Southern), Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, RP, Scottish (standard), Yorkshire, Norfolk
Singing: baritone
Dance: contemporary, period
Music: guitar, bass guitar
Sports: sailing, skiing, water-skiing
Other: film editing, sound editing, directing
Driving licence: UK
Previous experience
Projects at RADA:
- Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Daniela Hardie and Jüri Nael
- Dr John Dorian, Dancing with the I, Simona Gonella
- Andromache/Chorus, The Trojan Women, The Company and Ian Morgan
- Vindice, The Revenger's Tragedy, Peta Lily
- Cook, Mother Courage and her Children, Guillaume Pigé and Ian Morgan
- Jack Bryant, Roots, Robert Fried
- Daniel Frostman, Dreams from the Pit, dir. Emma King-Farlow (The Palace Theatre)
- Alex, The Recruit, dir. Jenny Jenkins (Birmingham Repertory)
- Faustus, Doctor Faustus, dir. Sarah Talbot (George Cadbury Hall Theatre)
- Mr Bingley/Wickham, Pride and Prejudice, dir. Maddy Kerr (Heartbreak Productions)
- 2017, Sir Black Jack, Castle Jackpot - Big Brother Ident, dir. Mike Sumpter (5 Creative)
- 2016, Man, 3 mobile (online), dir. Dom Lashley (Gravity Road).
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Dive Brief:
- Perrigo's stock slid 15% when markets opened Friday, as investors reacted to the consumer and specialty drugmaker disclosing Thursday a new $1.8 billion bill it faces from Irish tax authorities over how a 2013 deal was classified.
- The regulatory issue centers around Elan Pharma selling its multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri to Biogen in April 2013. Perrigo bought Elan later that year for about $8.6 billion. Irish tax authorities are claiming that transaction should have been treated as a chargeable gain with an effective tax rate of 33% instead of trading income, which has a 12.5% effective rate, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Perrigo called the tax assessment meritless and legally incorrect, and intends to appeal. The company noted it would not have to pay until all applicable proceedings have completed, which Perrigo said could take several years.
Dive Insight:
Days before Christmas, Perrigo would have preferred coal to a $1.8 billion bill.
The company disclosed it was under audit by the Ireland Tax Authority in its most recent SEC quarterly filing. It also mentioned an ongoing audit by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service concerning the 2013-2015 fiscal years, which also covers the time of the Elan sale.
Additionally, Raymond James analyst Elliot Wilbur said in a Dec. 20 note to investors the $1.8 billion figure does not include interest or any potential penalties the company may wind up also forking over.
Wilbur noted too that Elan has long been perceived among investors as "crafty" with its financials. That may have resulted in the big bill now in Perrigo's lap. As of Sept. 29, Perrigo had $444 million in cash and cash equivalents.
On a larger scale, 2018 has been a year of uncertainty for Perrigo. Its market capitalization has been cut down more than half, from roughly $12.5 billion when the year started to $5.5 billion.
Uwe Rohrhoff took over as Perrigo's CEO in January. He lasted 10 months before being replaced in October by Murray Kessler, who became the company's third leader in as many years.
Kessler, a former executive in the tobacco industry, will try to drive the company to a consumer focus. In August, Perrigo announced it plans to spin off its prescription drug business from its consumer healthcare unit.
Doubts still surround a path to profitability. While its prescription drug business posted a modest operating income of $36 million last quarter, it consumer health division had an operating loss about $126 million.


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JEAN Symes hit the winning runs as he rescued the Highveld Lions from a precarious position to guide them into the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 with a five-wicket victory over Yorkshire at the Wanderers.
The Lions were vulnerable when they entered the penultimate over needing 20 to win but Symes smashed a huge six followed by a boundary to change the dynamics of the match.
Two consecutive boundaries off Steven Patterson's first two deliveries of the final over was enough to see the Lions over the line in Johannesburg, finishing on 134 for five chasing Yorkshire's 131 for seven.
Yorkshire started well after being put in to bat, with Phil Jaques especially looking good.
Yorkshire skipper Gale fell attempting to launch a powerful shot off Dwaine Pretorius but instead he skied the ball over his own head to be caught by wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile.
Gale had made 21 off 26 deliveries with Yorkshire on 54 and they made just six more when his replacement Joe Root was out for five, caught by Sohail Tanvir at deep backward square off Aaron Phangiso.
After a short weather break, Yorkshire's run rate dropped and Alviro Petersen claimed the vital wicket of Jaques, the Carnegie player unable to get his length right.
Jaques had made 31 off 29 balls but Yorkshire were wobbling and they will have been hoping for more than 17 off Gary Ballance who became Thangiso's second victim, a swipe looping to Dirk Nannes to leave Yorkshire on 100 for four.
Adam Lyth (21) top-edged a Chris Morris delivery to Nannes at the boundary, Adil Rashid (eight) was lbw to Sohail Tanvir and Azeem Rafiq (four) was out after skying the last delivery to Phangiso.
The Lions' response to an apparently straightforward target of 132 was swift but their opening stand was curtailed when Peterson was out for 19.
The wicket of Gulam Bodi was lost four runs later but Neil McKenzie shared a stand of 38 with Quinton de Kock before being lbw to Azeem Rafiq for 13. De Kock skied a slow delivery for a simple catch for Dan Hodgson off Iain Wardlaw after the batsman made 32 off 35 deliveries, including two fours and two sixes.
Pretorius had made 25 when he sliced a Patterson delivery to leave the Lions on 107 for five.
With six needed off the last over, Symes hit a glancing shot past leg stump for four and then another boundary off Patterson to finish with 27 off 22 deliveries.
Yorkshire were set to play Chennai Super Kings in Durban today.


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For those of you hiding under logs that may not know this, Chapter 1 of Towers of Midnight has been released on Tor's site (and various other places). The chapter's title is "Apples First," and reading through it, it has a very different feel from the last few books. We get reacquainted with a character waaaaaay back in The Eye of the World, and for possibly the first time EVAR in an epic fantasy series, we get to see how a minor, relatively unimportant character (whom most of us most likely thought we would never see again) has fared over the last few years of story time. And Mr. Bunt has not fared well.
The chapter concerns itself with a farmer named Almen Bunt, who has taken over his brother-in-law's apple orchards after the death of said B-i-L, and is struggling with the fact that the area, region, even world seem to be dying. His family back home is starving as worms eat all their potato crops, and everyone around in his current little village are hoping for the best, but seem resigned to the fact that the world is ending. As the chapter begins, all the apples on all the trees, after struggling to even bloom for months, have fallen off and onto the ground, withered and dead. Almen discusses this misfortune with his relatives and friends, and then sends them back up to the farm to see if they can find something to salvage the tiny, shriveled apples.
Suddenly, from behind, he feels a direct ray of sunlight, for the first time in quite a while, and sees a stranger walking up the path. The stranger is none other than Rand, who seems to be faring very, very well after his epiphany on Dragonmount at the end of the previous novel. Now, instead of a dark, shadowy "warp in the air," following Our Hero around, a warp of light follows him. Almen looks on in shock as the apples on all the trees grow back. Rand tells him to harvest them as quickly as possible, and those harvested now should remain good. He then walks on towards Tar Valon, for a meeting with Egwene that we have been waiting for for about six books now.
This chapter is an extremely warm and light chapter by the end, and is quite frankly a huge change of direction from the previous books, and even the prologue to Towers of Midnight. Of course, based on Jason Denzel's and Leigh Butler's (p)reviews, things are still going to get very, very bad by the end, but it's nice to see that Rand seems to have taken things in the right direction mentally.
A few notes:
First of all, I really am now digging Sanderson's take on Rand. After reading the prologue, Chapter 1, and Chapter 8, I feel very, Very confident in his abilities to finish the series. Those of you who have read my previous thoughts on Sanderson know that I had misgivings the first time I read The Gathering Storm . . . those misgivings are completely gone. And I love his presentation of Rand now after Our Hero's conclusion last book.
Rand himself comments that he may be insane (indirectly, by telling Almen, "It's not you who is mad, friend"). I find this interesting, especially with all his vehement denials in previous books of "I'm not Mad! Yet!" and such. A turn of heart also added rational and logical thought back into his head, apparently.
Rand seems to be in the right frame of mind to hear whatever Egwene is going to tell him, but I still can't help but feel like she really needs to think first once they have their confrontation. If he actually accepts her "Righteous Anger," without so much as a comment – especially if she starts comparing her jail time to his time in the box – I'm going to have some serious issues. We all know Rand has done some Very Bad Things, many of which I'm sure we still haven't seen the full repercussions of yet, but Damn It All, he's our hero, and the only one who can save the world. And Egwene is a carbon copy of whomever she currently finds herself wanting to emulate, always willing to try out a new fad, so I just don't find the situations equal. But hey, that's just me. Many disagree.
Also, what war is going on in Seanchan? What craziness have I completely forgotten about after not having read books 10 and 11 in three or four years now? I know the ruling family was killed, I guess it has to do with that? If so, it seems like the amount of destruction mentioned in this chapter reaches a lot further than a typical coup d'état. Feel free to let me know.
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American Horror Story: Roanoke wrapped up this week with a finale that was both unexpected and completely necessary. It took the popular anthology horror series in a direction that abandoned what we have come to love, while also giving the viewers proper closer to a season that was far from consistent. The finale took the "show within a show" motif to a new level, giving us everything from a true-crime series and fan reactions to a Ghost Hunters spoof and the resurrection of Lana Winters, all to tell the story of Lee Harris after the events of Roanoke.
The episode starts off with all the characters reunited on stage for a panel to discuss their time on the show in front of fans. It wasn't the best scene, but it did remind us of the cultural impact "My Roanoke Nightmare" and its sequel had. Fans expressed their love and personal connections to everyone from Lee to Rory. After this, though, it quickly jumps into a true-crime show that adequately summarizes life for Lee after the show. She was acquitted of all charges for the murder of the Polk family but the prosecutors were still hungry to put her behind bars. They quickly charged her for the murder of her husband, Mason, using her confession tape as evidence and Flora as their only witness. However, this backfired when the defense pointed out that Flora had been spending her time with a little ghost-girl which brought her credibility into question.
This part of the episode worked because it was so cheesy and unexpected, you couldn't help but go along for the ride. It's the same way Nancy Grace is able to suck people into whatever skewed narrative she is telling at the time. For some reason, people just love true-crime stories, especially when they involved murder and families. The best thing this did, though, was it reestablished a relationship between Lee and Flora. Even though it was severely strained at this point, it reminded us what Lee's motive was the entire season.
Even after Lee's legal troubles subsided, she was still seen as a murderer and a terrible mother in the public eye. In an attempt to reach out to Flora, (who was living with her grandparents) she did a live interview with Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson's character from Season 2) on the Lana Winters Show. This was an intense scene featuring two women with similar backgrounds who were both out to prove something. Lana tried to back Lee into a confession, while Lee was looking to reestablish herself to her daughter. If this season of AHS, and this scene, in particular, didn't establish Sarah Paulson as one of the best actresses in Hollywood, I don't know what will. It was chilling to watch these two flex their muscles, especially when Lana Winters dropped the bomb that Flora had gone missing. Unfortunately, their interview was cut short by Lot Polk who barged in strapped with an assault rifle, looking for revenge against Lee. This is when I remembered I was watching American Horror Story: Roanoke. Of course, they had to ruin a great scene with unnecessary murder!
The rest of the episode took place back at the Roanoke mansion because it wouldn't be season 6 of AHS without stupid characters wanting their turn with The Butcher. This time, it's a few frat-boy ghost hunters filming yet another show! While at the house they are slaughtered by the Pigman (I'm actually glad he got one more scene this season) and the other ghosts featured this season, but not before running into Lee. She found Flora at the house because of Priscilla, the little girl she'd been trying to protect since the beginning of the show. After much debate, Lee decided to sacrifice her life to live out her days protecting Priscilla so Flora could grow up and live her own life.
This was the perfect closer to a season with no conceived "right ending". We went from a show centered on the marriage of Shelby and Matt, to an unexpected reality show when all along the season was about Lee. She made it clear from the start she wanted to survive for her daughter. Flora was all she had in life and that's what she was fighting for. In hindsight, the constant "terror" and numerous characters were all a distraction. The writers wanted us to feel lost and uncertain so the end would be that much sweeter and the unconditional love Lee had for Flora would be that much clearer. Like I said earlier, the finale of American Horror Story: Roanoke capped off the season in an unexpected but necessary way.
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After years of scribbling URLs, special offer codes, and phone numbers on scraps of paper and backs of envelopes, then forgetting where I put them, I graduated to creating a draft in Gmail, which at least made a centralized dumping area. Unfortunately I now have almost 400 drafts.
I have capitulated and dragged myself into the 21st century by purchasing ACT! 2009 contact manager software, and the No Stress Tech Guide To ACT! 2009. I hope the "no stress" claim is not just hype. (New software always freaks me out to a greater degree than most "new" anything else. A very patient techie hubby is a must.) I am determined to free myself from the tyranny of disorganization. Really.


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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist's Odds 'n Sods— a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from "HJL". Survivalrealty has a great California location with an Atlas shelter on the property this week.
Public Schools Again
In yet another example of why public schools are a total loss, a West Point High School teacher in Virginia was fired for refusing to use the politically correct gender pronoun that a very troubled and mentally ill student decided that they wanted to use. The student was a biological female, yet decided to identify as a male. While the teacher was agreeable to calling the student by her actual name, it wasn't good enough and the student along with the administration demanded that the teacher suspend reality and refer to the student by her chosen pronoun.
Other students at the school have staged a walkout in protest, but to no avail. This is a disturbing trend that we have allowed to take hold in these Marxist/Socialist indoctrination centers as up to three percent of ninth and eleventh graders are gender nonconforming at this point. Get out while you can! Thanks to D.S. for the link.
Global SitRep
Reader G.P. sent in this article by Patrick Buchanan that gives an interesting global sitrep. As we enter the next two years of Trump's presidency, the U.S. will basically be paralyzed politically as the Democrats go after Trump with everything they have. Europe's leaders are also similarly paralyzed due to various political maladies that affect each of their nations. England is consumed with Brexit, France is burning with globalization, Germany is swamped with immigrants, Poland and Hungary are at odds with Brussels and Europe is drowning in Muslim immigrants. It's not a pretty thing.
World Debt
World wide debt has reached new heights this year. A record $184 trillion (represented in U.S. dollars) is on the books now. That's $86,000 per person for the entire world population. Leading the debt are the United States, China and Japan. Overall the combined public and private debt is equivalent to 225% of the entire world's gross domestic product. This number represents an increase in over $2 trillion since their last estimate in October as it includes countries that had not previously reported. Thanks to P.B. for the link.
Recession Recovery
A decade after the financial crises, the U.S. economy is supposedly working well with unemployment at a 50 year low. But when you look deeper into the economy, you see some disturbing facts. While some areas are doing well, most regions are barely moving ahead. The bottom third of U.S. counties actually saw their economies shrink. For the ext 20% in the bottom half, the economies grew by only 0.6 percent. So why are the overall numbers so good? Because the relatively few counties that are doing well are doing spectacularly well and the way unemployment numbers work is not truly representative of actual unemployed or under-employed numbers. Thanks to H.L. for the link.
Venezuelans Lament
Also from H.L. comes this article on the gun ban in Venezuela. True to historical form, the repressive government banned personal ownership of firearms six years ago and now the free citizens have little recourse as the socialist continue to stamp out their freedoms in rigged elections and corrupt politics. With the ban put in place by Hugo Chavez before his death, Maduro has wasted no time in enforcing it. The penalty for a civilian carrying a banned weapon is 20 years behind bars. You know who does have guns though? The government and the criminals (but I repeat myself there.) The citizens didn't care enough years ago and now they are paying the price.
Polio-Like Disease
The symptomatically polio like disease that has plagued America has seen an expansion of cases this year. Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) has struck 158 people across 36 states this year with another 311 cases still being evaluated. Texas had the most cases with a total of 21. Colorado has the next highest at 15. Oddly enough, the disease seems to have a two-year cycle which begins in September and subsides at the end of November.
For the secret squirrel looking for a location in California, there is a 20 acre listing in Kern County, CA (exact location is undisclosed) that has a 10′ x 40′ Atlas fallout shelter on the property. The shelter is gas tight and well built with a master bedroom and a bunkroom. It will sleep six comfortably along with a galley kitchen/living area. There is also a video of the shelter.
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Bright Object UFO Sighting from Farmington, Michigan August 21 2015
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This is what I saw in the sky Aug 21 21 2:45 am. Woke up to a bright light coming in through the window. I thought it was burglars so I grabbed my phone to call the police. I looked out the window and saw this big bright thing in the sky behind my house. I took this picture and then it floated away, slowly at first and then it sped up and went away fast. It was about the size of a small car.
In the picture you can see these red flower petal looking lights emerging; I didn't
see those when I looked up at the thing. I don't know if that's some kind of optical thing with my phonecamera or if I just didn't notice them in all the excitement.
- Posted by Anonymous
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Those aliens might have been in your house. You should lock your doors and windows in case they come back.
I believe you. A friend of mine and her husband had the same thing happen. They had just gone to bed. It was seen through their bedroom window. It was so bright it shown through the curtains and temporarily blinded them even though it was like about a few second flash.
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