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Cooler Master Devastator II Review
Author: Peter Henderson / Aidan
Date: April 14, 2016
Product Name: Devastator II
Part Number: SGB-3030-KKMF1
Warranty: 1 Year
Mechanical keyboards and purpose-designed mice are a staple of any quality gaming machine, but the price of such specialized components can put them out of reach for many customers. Cooler Master's original Devastator mouse and keyboard were popular because they split the difference, offering solid components at a lower price point. The keyboard's membrane switches were a compromise, but $30 for both a mouse and keyboard designed for gaming was a good deal. Now the company is refreshing the product line, bringing new keyboard switches and other improvements to the new Devastator II combo.
First up is the Devastator II mouse, which isn't all that different from its predecessor. The materials here aren't premium but are well chosen. The plastic is executed well, though it isn't quite as nice as a soft touch finish. The sharp angles are reasonably comfortable, and the soft rubber on the sides is nice. The primary buttons use Cooler Master's fairly good in-house switch, though the side browser buttons are a bit mushy. The LED illumination on the mouse looks good, but it lacks a way to toggle it on and off.
The mouse has an optical sensor with 1000, 1600 and 2000 DPI levels, meaning those who use lower sensitivities in-game may find it too sensitive. The choice to go optical is a nice touch over a simpler laser-based design. The company advertises the Devastator II's low lift-off distance, and overall sensor performance was been pretty good in our testing. The mouse does have some issues with extremely fast movements, but for 95 per cent of use the Devastator mouse holds up pretty well. It's competitive with many mice in the $25 to $30 category, a deal considering the bundle.
The Devastator II keyboard is where Cooler Master is focusing its attention since the mouse doesn't get all that much of an upgrade from the previous version. It's a full-sized board with a plastic construction. The exterior is similar to the keyboard it replaces, with the same textured plastic, etched angular lines and reflective plastic accents. Those accents are fingerprint magnets, and having one just below the spacebar means it gets dirty rather quickly. The build quality isn't exceptional and the keyboard has some flex, but that's acceptable at this price.
The Devastator II keyboard has only single-colour backlighting in blue, red, or green depending on the model, and only has a single brightness setting. While the LEDs aren't that bright, the board's illumination is still very useful thanks to the white undercoat on the keyboard tray. One problem with the board is its lack of built-in memory, meaning you have to re-enable the backlight every time your PC is turned on or rebooted. But again, these compromises seem to be designed to get the board as inexpensive as possible.
While this backlighting is great, the keycaps aren't nearly as usable when the backlight is turned off. Because the keys are transparent, not etched white like most other keyboards, it's hard to see the character markings at a glance. The good news is that Cooler Master's new "mem-chanical" switches are actually Cherry MX compatible, so users can customize the board with their own keycaps. The only problem is that those keycaps cost more than the board itself.
Cooler Master says its new switches use a rubber dome with a plunger that allows for a more mechanical feel, with 4mm of travel. They're not as good as mechanical switches, to be frank, without the satisfactory actuation and response of Cherry MX boards. Still, they're quiet and accurate. And when compared to other membrane switches, they really shine. The Devastator II has better travel distance, more satisfying actuation and an overall better switch experience compared to the membrane switches on our reviewer's Logitech G15. The membrane switches feel far mushier and the Devastator feels much better overall. You'll be able to tell that they're not mechanical, but the "mem-chanical" switches are much better than typical membrane switches and make for a nice middle ground.
Overall, this combo seems to offer good value, with a very competitive keyboard with satisfying switches, great lighting and custom keycap compatibility, and a solid accompanying mouse without any major flaws. For the price, the Devastator II combo is a solid refresh to an already popular lineup and is well deserving of the Hardware Canucks damn good value award.
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The King County Metro Condition Assessment Team along with a Cardno Assessment Team looked to Top360 to help in the inspection of the Light Rail bore tunnels. We spent the early morning hours running our 360 camera rig up and down the tunnels to capture the current condition.
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Now, wearing white Adidas sneakers might seem like a no-brainer. They're plain sneakers, after all. But make no mistake: there is a certain ~aesthetic~ that goes along with them, which is kind of this "I'm very casual but also extremely glamorous and I put no effort into my appearance but I look awesome all the time and also I have a really big following on Tumblr and maybe I'm an Instagram influencer" vibe. It's complicated. But if you want to nail it, I'm here for that. These sneakers are comfortable and versatile and are much better than heels. So, want to wear them? Here are some style tips on how to wear white Adidas sneakers and not look like you're getting ready for gym class:
1. With a mini skirt, plain tee, and a chambray shirt, Adidas sneakers look casual but still put together.
2. Pair the sneakers with something unexpected – like this black midi skirt with a slit. The dress can easily look fancy, but it's made casual and cool with the sneakers.
3. For another unique combo, grab an oversized button down. The look is easy and comfy while still really stylish.
4. Break up an all black ensemble with clean white sneakers.
5. Mimic Kylie Jenner's style with skinny jeans and a crop top. You can add an open chambray shirt if you need another layer.
6. A romper and a pair of sneakers could not be easier or more perfect for a warm summer day.
7. Add other trendy accessories, like round sunglasses and a cute Panama hat, to make a simple outfit more fun.
8. Pair your sneakers with summer classics, like a striped dress and straw hat.
9. Be true to the nature of the sneakers and wear them with sweats/leggings. So comfortable!
10. Pull your socks up a bit and wear this look with a simple dress for something a little offbeat.
11. Obviously white sneakers look great with skinny jeans. Add a nicer top to keep the look more dressed up and put together.
12. The Adidas sneakers also obviously go well with cut-off denim shorts. Add an off-the-shoulder top to keep the look more trendy.
13. Wear your sneakers with a tracksuit and a baseball hat. Hey, the athletic look sometimes just works!
14. For an easy outfit that still looks cute, wear your sneakers with ripped jeans and a cropped tee.
15. Your LBD gets a more casual vibe thanks to your comfy white sneakers.
16. For cooler days, opt for ripped jeans and a plain tee with your sneakers. A leather tote bag makes this easy look seem chic.
17. Take your Tumblr aesthetic to the next level by wearing your Adidas sneakers with a plaid shirt tied around your waist and a crop top.
18. This outfit could easily be more dressed up, but the sneakers keep it casual and daytime appropriate.
19. A maxi dress and white Adidas sneakers go together surprisingly well. Add a leather jacket if needed.
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Sarah Sophie Flicker is an activist, creative director, performer, mother of three, co-author of Together We Rise, she is a partner at Firebrand with Paola Mendoza, an agency creating content at the intersection of art and politics, and one of the organizers of the Women's March. She's a force of nature, she's grounded, she's passionate, she's really damn smart, and on top of all that, she is making real change with her activism work, and helping all of us along the way figure out how we can help and make a difference too. In case you slept through January of 2017, the Women's March was the largest protest in US history with over 5 million women marching worldwide. It was an inclusive, peaceful, intersectional protest to advocate for issues like women's rights, reproduction rights, racial equality, immigration reform, healthcare reform, LGBTQ rights, workers rights, and freedom of religion.
I sleep better at night knowing that women like Sarah Sophie are passionately and successfully affecting change with their tireless efforts to put that passion into action, all the while being inclusive, giving credit to others where credit is due, and truly making a difference for the betterment of the entire country. I'm reminded that we don't have to be perfect in our own personal activism, however that looks, and that when we gather together for a common cause we do, in fact, see the world change. What matters is that we do it. That we make the phone call to our representatives, that we show up for that march, that we listen to other people's stories, and that we are open to widening our perspective—even just a little.
interview by Kacy Byxbee, editor, Your Zen Mama
Can you tell us a little bit about where you're from and how you ended up in New York?
I was born in Denmark; my mom is Danish, and my dad's a New Jersey Jew, and we came to America (to the Bay Area in northern California) right before I started proper school. From there I went to Mill's College where I immersed myself in intersectional feminism, and went to law school. Dorothy Tsuruta and Stephanie Widman were two of my teachers who had a huge impact on me. I was always a theater kid and a pretty serious dancer. I also always had a real love for social justice and activism- that's something that I got from my parents pretty early. Then, I went on to Los Angeles where I acted, which was terrible, for a year and a half. I met my husband, moved to New York, and at that point I had already started doing work at the intersection of Art and Politics and Art and Activism. My friend Jorjee Douglass had the idea of a political theater group called The Citizens Band. So we brought it to New York!
Were you able to first merge art with activism and politics when you were in college?
It started pretty much in college. I had been really inspired by Act Up, as I was part of the queer community in the late 90's. The second I landed at law school I realized I wasn't going to be a lawyer in the way that we normally think of that profession. I thought, I am definitely going to use all this incredible information and the privilege of having that kind of education towards something that's going to create some sort of narrative shift. That's where my interest has always laid.
Were your parents activists? How did activism come into your life?
My mom is Danish and she grew up with her grandmother. Her grandmother was already a widow by the time she was born, and my great-grandfather was the prime minister of Denmark who brought Democratic Socialism to Denmark and was engaged in a lot of resistance work, specifically during World War II when the Nazi's came to Denmark. My dad is also a lawyer and started his work in the Justice Department and specifically working on the Voting Rights Act. They went on to do really different things, but I think that was just something I always understood; that that was the work that you do, and they did a good job of giving me a pretty solid moral backbone.
Now that you have kids, how do you communicate a sense of activism and being involved to them?
It's been interesting. With anything that has to do with parenting and mothering, both in our every-day acts and also as a verb in general out in the world, I think we have to create a lot of space for failure and know that there's no road map. I am always reluctant to answer that question because when you're raising kids you never know if you're doing it right, and that's why we all get stuck in a lot of judgment and defensiveness because the stakes are so high, and we want to think we are doing it right.
I can tell you what I do, and I don't even know that I can say that it works for me, it's just what I do. I think because activism is such a big part of my life, it's become very ingrained in my kids' lives. In these times where I think all our engagement is so critical, the first thing I would say is just be engaged yourself.
I think so much of parenting is just being the kind of person that you hope your kids will be. We worry so much about what we say to our kids and what sort of activities we have our kids engaged in, and I'm starting to believe that the real solution or answer to all this may just be living it in your own life. And because you're living it in your own life in a natural and unforced way, it filters down to them. For better or for worse, as much as my kids go to protests, rallies, and get dragged to my boring meetings, they eye roll as much about this stuff as any kid does about anything. I think it's just ingrained in them and especially for white parents, there's a lot of privilege that needs to be discussed and conversations need to be had about race and gender.
How do you address race, gender, and privilege with your kids who are 4, 7, and 10, and how does that differ depending on their age?
I think you have to meet your kids where they're at and there are definitely age appropriate ways of talking to them about all of this stuff. But it's also about knowing who your kid is. My middle son is inherently empathetic and really sensitive and my younger son is inherently more boisterous and drawn to things that are typically gendered as male. So, the way I approach them about things is a little different. My seven-year-old naturally role models for my four-year-old, and I think they both really benefit from having an older sister. It goes down the line! The dynamic of every household is different. That said, one thing that's important and can be a little painful for people to hear about is, when we are talking about these things it's totally normal as a parent to want to protect your kids from pain and the darkness of the world, but the truth is they hear about it at school, or if they have older siblings. And the truth is that there's kids all over the world who have no choice but to survive this stuff and are struggling everyday with these realities, not because their parents talk to them about it, but because that's their reality.
It's my belief that if there are kids that have to live through this, then my kids can certainly tolerate a conversation about it. I don't think we do anybody any favors when you try to over protect our kids from pain and don't give them the tools, even at really young ages, to grapple with important things.
For example, when we talk about gun violence we don't just talk about what just happened in Florida. We've been having these conversations for a really long time, and they understand that the issues of violence and guns (aside from being attached to violence), are also attached to the things that we watch and the things we're messaged. It's also attached to other movements like Black Lives Matter. They understand it in general; my ten-year-old really gets, my seven year-old kind of gets it, my four-year-old understands that there was a young boy who was playing with a toy gun and the police thought it was real, so they shot him and that's why gunplay is not something we mess around with. Not because that would happen to them, but because guns cause severance.
It can be really controversial and there are great books out there. If you're worried about talking to your tween or pre-tween about gender and sexuality, then there's a great book called "Sex is a Funny Word" that I really recommend. "Hello Flo" is good for tween and teen girls. "A Girls Guide To Joining The Resistance" by my friend Emma Gray is great. Although there needs to be more books for boys! If you're worried about talking to your kids about race there are like a number of books: "A is for Activist", "The Youngest Marcher", some of the "Magic Treehouse" books do a good job on race and gender. "Young Gifted and Black" by my friend Jamia Wilson. All the "Rad Women" books by my other friends Kate Shatz and Miriam Klein Stahl. There are so many! Books are a great entry point.
I think we talk a lot about protecting our kids from the media that they see. I have three kids, I've bene solo parenting a lot lately, and I know that I'm not going to be able to sit with all three of them and watch what they're all watching. I have to trust them. We talk more about being culturally critical of what they are watching, and understanding that there's going to be things that they see that they're going to need to talk to me about. With my older daughter, I will often tell her, "if you can tell me what's wrong with it, you can watch it."
Can you talk about what the intersection of Art and Activism looks like and why it is important?
Cultural work, art, and activism intersecting is so important because people may be getting different sources of news, but they aren't turning off their TV's. They're still watching TV shows, they're still listening to music, going to the movies, and that's where hearts and minds are changed. I do really believe it's almost impossible to hate anyone whose story you know. We become invested when we hear each other's stories, because we humanize each other. I think that's especially true for kids. My older two kids really understand the DREAM Act and are pretty invested in what happens with the DREAM Act because they have young adult friends that have DACA protection. Beyond even talking to your kids, think about, who are your kids seeing in their community on a daily basis? Do they interact with people who look different than them or are in a different economic bracket than them? It sounds weird and fabricated to say that, but I think it's really important to open up the circle to not only who you hang out with, but also who your kids interact with.
How did you explain the results of the election to your kids?
We all got out the vote. My daughter took the week off and we went to Philly with a get out the vote group called MAP. We've been working together for about 12 years now and we go to swing states to try and get out the vote for both midterms and general elections. My husband and my sons came for a long weekend, but my daughter and I were there in Philly for a whole week.
So, she knocked on about six hundred doors with me. The night of the election my husband and sons had gone home, but she was with me the night of the election, and the next day she wrote me a note that said she was sorry and she had really, tried but she didn't feel like she tried hard enough.
It's hard to think about how to talk about things if they're really engaged with it to begin with because it's just part of a normal conversation. We all have different entry points and we all have different abilities; this news cycle is punishing we all get tired, and everyone should absolutely take breaks if they need to. There's this quote that Grace Chen put up on her Instagram that really stuck with me. I think it's taken from somewhere else, and I'm paraphrasing, but part of it says, "the burden on us is not to finish to finish the work, but neither can we abandon it." That, for some reason, has really kept me going because it's a realistic expectation. Even if your entry point is committing to calling two of your representatives a week—if your kids are in the room, explain to them what you're doing or even if it's going to a rally for 10 minutes or encouraging your kids to do a walk out on either March 14th or April 20th or going on March 24th and marching somewhere. They're the closest things I can think of. Or doing something for immigration and the DREAM Act. Look at what communities are on the frontlines and who is most vulnerable. Then, find a way to show up for them! If you're doing it and your kids see you doing it, it's a really natural discussion.
You can also try to find books that aren't just your race or your economic breakdown. I really try to read my boys books with female protagonists. That's great advice that my friend Cecil Castellucci, who's a YA author gave me. When my daughter was just born I asked her what advice she had. She said, "I actually don't have great advice for girls but for boys, read them a lot of stories with a female protagonist." For white parents, read them books where the protagonists aren't white and talk to them about that.
We have a Resistance Revival Chorus and I didn't have a babysitter this week, but our friend came through at the last minute and took my older kids to see Black Panther, and the conversation I had with my seven-year-old was riveting about that. And his insight was awesome. For some reason we get ourselves worked up about these conversations but maybe the hardest part is overthinking it, and the easier thing it to just do it.
How did you get involved with the Women's March?
It's all in the book "Together We Rise". Jamia Wilson did a beautiful oral history of some of the March organizers. We all came together very quickly, many of us had never met. It's a real testament to showing up with what you are skilled in, whether it's organizing, parenting, filmmaking, or fashion! We all have something to contribute when we have passion, heart and compassion. I become involved pretty early, the process hasn't always been easy. I try to remind myself that if a truly intersectional women's movement was easy, it would have happened a long time ago. We all come with our personal and collective histories, our biases, and varied experiences.
When we first came up with the oral history idea for "Together We Rise" I was nervous about it and then it ended up being not only really fun and easy to read but also really instructional as far as intersectional organizing and intersectional feminism. So go read it!
Paola Mendoza and I worked together solidly since the beginning of the March. Now we are starting our own company creating content at the intersection of culture and politics. The Women's March really brought us together. It is another gift of this great community of women coming together.
Can you talk about intersectionality and why it is a cornerstone of the Women's March?
Feminism has not historically done the best job of speaking to all women, even though it's foundation is in the work of black women and women of color. When you're talking about women, you're talking about 52% of the population. That is a mass movement with all different kinds of women. Women aren't a monolith—we're rich, we're poor, we're white, we're black, we're Latina, we're trans, we're Muslim, we're undocumented, we're immigrants, we're all of the above and so there's no way to talk about 51% of the population unless you're also addressing reproductive justice. Not only reproductive rights, but also reproductive justice. And not just equal pay for white women, but equal pay and the way that breaks down for all women and gender non-conforming folks.
You have to be talking about immigration. When we talk about deportation, we're talking about families being ripped apart. We have to talk about Black Lives Matter because what is the point in fighting for a right to plan our families and choose if we can't raise our children without the threat of violence, racism and poverty? We have to talk about disability rights because there are disabled women whose issues aren't getting addressed if we aren't talking about that.
That was a really important and critical part of organizing the march and ultimately what made it so successful. We like to say we midwifed a movement. It was the people who birthed it and have done the work throughout the last 17 months in this iteration of this movement. We stand on the shoulders of giants and certainly never would have understood as a culture what it meant to be out on the street everyday if Black Lives Matter had not preceded it, having been out on the streets for years preceding this election. We stand on the shoulders of ACT UP and the work that was done in the 60's and 70's and the feminists that came before us. The civil right movement was a decade that informed all of this. That is all a part of it.
We put out the Unity Principles before the Women's March and those continue to be guiding principles for us. Even if you see what's happening with the gun violence work right now, or what's been happening with #MeToo and continues to happen. We aren't doing the work if we aren't talking about all the ways in which gun violence affects people, not just in schools, not just in predominantly white communities but also we're talking about the violence that happens everyday, the violence that disproportionately affects communities of color and were talking about depression and suicide as well. To tie it together further, most mass shooters have a history of domestic violence and violence against women. It's all connected.
How would you advise people that are tentative to attend a protest due to safety concerns?
It's our right to protest. Protest is an act of love and an act of patriotism. We do it because we strive for something better and because we love our country and communities. Also, the ACLU puts out great information. They're putting out excellent information right now about student's rights. At the end of the day, our liberation is bound in each others, if we care about women's rights then we have to care for all women and show up for communities outside our own.
Having children is ultimately fraught with uncertainty and risk and fear. Lean into that and give yourself a break! If you are new to activism, be smart, level-headed, and thoughtful about how you show up in spaces. If you're showing up in a community that isn't your own, it's absolutely enough to show up and silently support. Sometimes the most revolutionary thing you can do is listen without judgment. Show up and use your platform, whatever that might be, to pass the mic to a person directly impacted or a vulnerable group that doesn't have the same platform you have.
Even getting arrested and civil disobedience is a pretty low risk. Be thoughtful, be careful, kind, and aware of your surroundings. I don't really know of too many circumstances of adults, children, anybody… especially when protests and rallies and marches and sit-ins have become so run of the mill - I think that they're pretty safe. Choose wisely, and trust that people want you there. Putting your body in that space is a really awesomely, revolutionary, great act. Feel good about it.
Between your work, your work with the Women's March, and having a family you have A LOT going on. How do you balance it all?
I'm really bad at that. I'm also pretty sure that balance doesn't exist. I think the awesome thing about being a parent is, it sets the bar really low. You don't find balance, and you have to create your own boundaries and pay attention to what feels good. I think as long as our kids are under our wing and in our household that balance probably won't ever feel really solid. I've made peace with the idea that I'm going to feel overwhelmed. Today I had a meeting that I really didn't have to do, and it wasn't going to be especially productive, so I thought, you know I am going to bow out of that meeting, turn it into a phone call and I'm going do an exercise a video. I think it's stuff like that. Singing with the Resistance Revival Chorus is something that feels really good to me, so I went out of my way to find a sitter last night to make sure I was able to do that. I think it's making good choices for yourself and your family and knowing that you're going to fail probably everyday and that's okay too.
What is the Women's March doing to protest gun violence?
That is led by the Women's March Youth Empowerment, which is a group that's been functioning for about 17 months now. Young people called for the walk out and we are really letting them lead. Tabitha St. Bernard is the one adult at the helm of the WM Youth Group. She has done a really beautiful job of giving them agency and letting them lead. There was a 17 minute walk out on March 14th. Then there's the big national marches, the main one being in DC, with March for Lives on the 24th. Then there is a full day, potentially longer walk out on April 20th that's also being led by a youth group called National School Walkout.
The amazing thing about this is that the kids are doing the thing that adults never could. You sit there and think, why couldn't we have done this? But I think maybe it ultimately had to be them. For the resistance, in general, these kids stand on the shoulders of giants; Black Lives Matter has absolutely been led by the youth. DACA, the fight for the DREAM ACT, and all the DREAMERS are all young people that have been in the halls of Congress and protesting solidly for over six months now. When we talk about protecting our youth, we have to remember that these kids have done a remarkable job of harnessing our attention. When we talk about protecting young people, it has to be ALL young people. I see that they're becoming more and more intersectional everyday.
As adults, I think we just have to let them continue to lead, sometime help guide the conversation, but mostly give them agency. It's not just these amazing kids that you're seeing from Florida, who happen to be predominantly white. There are kids who have been leading in the anti-violence space for years and years, which does call into question, why are these kids getting so much more attention than the kids in Flint, Michigan or the kids who were out on the street in Ferguson and why are schools suddenly making allowances for activism, which definitely went by a different name, even a few years ago? I think it's important to keep it intersectional and also understand where so much of the momentum for these movements come from and make sure that when we were talking about protecting kids were talking about all kids and all communities.
How does the work of the Women's March continue for you throughout the rest of the year?
Women's March launched the Power to the Polls initiative that's pretty awesome and the goal is to register a million voters. There a swing state tour going to 10 different states that will include everything from get-out-the-vote training to registration, to youth –led campaigns, to delving into our daring discussions toolkit a bit more because as we all know, face-to-face interactions work far better than anything else.
Women's March is working with organizations on the ground in these communities and letting the communities lead and lending support and whatever resources we have to help elect not just the big national candidates but also local candidates up and down the ballot that really stand for progressive values and protecting everybody.
Paola Mendoza and I, in launching our company (still looking for a name!!), have a whole bunch of creative projects that were working on, including continuing all the book stuff we are doing with the Women's March. Also, for everyone, everyday you're kind of shot out of a cannon. For example, earlier today there was a huge DACA decision made and it was good. That doesn't mean the work ends, but it definitely shifts the way you are focusing on it. So, it is always in flux.
How can people get involved?
For Youth: Youth Empowerment Arm
To find a Chorus near you or get information on starting your own: Resistance Revival Chorus
To help get the vote out: Power to the Polls
To learn more about the Women's March and Intersectional Organizing: Together We Rise: The Women's March Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World
For parents who are having a hard time talking their kids about challenging topics, or have some uncomfortable conversation they need to have: Daring Discussions
"Agreement on every issue is not the goal; in fact, that can be dangerous. But Regardless of issue, our agreement must lie in the recognition, respect, and primacy of each person's basic humanity. This fundamental truth is at the heart of every spiritual tradition and tolerating anything less is the greatest threat to our movement"
Cassady Fendlay, Sarah Sophie Flicker, and Paola Mendoza in Together We Rise: The Women's March Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World
This interview has been edited and condensed.


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The Archaeology of the First World War on Teesside | Robin Daniels
Grindon Parish Hall, Thorpe Thewles: Fri 21 Feb 2014
The focus of attention in relation to WWI is rightly drawn to the Western Front. However, all regions of Britain also witnessed major changes as new facilities were built or were commandeered to further the wear effort. This was particularly intense along the coast where aircraft, submarines, airships and artillery sought to fight off the threat to coastal shipping. The impact on the buildings and landscape of the area has not been studied in any detail an this talk will outline these hidden aspects of the First World War on Teesside.
Venue | Grindon Parish Hall, Thorpe Thewles, at 7.15pm (until 9.00pm) on Friday 21 February. Tickets are £3 each from Carlton & Stillington Post Office or members of the history group. Contact Linda on 01740 630014


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Rod Stewart's latest is frustrating and annoying. It is because it should be so much better, but isn't.
The opening two tracks demonstrate the potential [and I dislike using that word which seems patronising with respect to his musical history and talent, but…]. Opener Love Is is a Celtic folk pop number that works in the way Stewart's pop music does: anthemic and here supported with fine violin. The vocal is, as ever, distinctly the same distinctive Rod rock rasp. Second Please is excellent: beginning rock guitar with sass that moves into a funky rhythm and beat, the vocal at its very best – a mellowing out of that rasp – joined by a soul chorus and then the magnificent falsetto of please which sets the aural hairs on end.
Two markers placed on the board saying 'Listen mate, I've still got it'. And there's the rub. He has but for some reason replaces this with some of the worst schmaltz ever. Third Walking in the Sunshine isn't a complete disaster, but it is a pop-lite lift-listenable littleness. The alliteration was only to give me something to say. Love and Be Loved is the requisite reggae tune, and it won't be nudging Bob Marley down the list of anyone's Reggae Favourites List for the next century or so. But it is OK to pass the time of writing that last sentence. We Can Win is a piece of football patriotism, again with a Celtic flavour, and considering Scotland's recent goodish European run, and Rod's clear love of the game, this is also OK as a slice of Stewart sincerity.
Then we have the title song. This is a little twee. Plenty have commented on this already, with Rod himself offering his genuine rumination on the feelings of those who are actually in this situation – a loved one away and off to war – and its anthemic drive is bathed in more Celtic tones, perhaps losing some sense of purpose in the echo of sounding too much like the others. But next Way Back Home is painfully twee, its patriotism expressed in the most naïve and simplistic soundbites – not for me to question sincerity here – but I do questions someone of Rod's lived experience and intelligence being prepared to peddle this commercial good old-fashioned British way of tarting-up drivel, the worst example with the end-sample of Churchill's never surrender speech. And I don't believe this is for the British market. I think it is to appeal to the American market where this kind of vacuous but compulsive declaration of patriotic fervour is fashionable.
Can We Stay Home Tonight returns to safer ground - though not hard after the seismic shattering of the immediate previous musical footholds - the sixties soulful chorus as a welcome and pleasant echo of the past, and Rod's vocal genuinely beautiful. Is this sustained? No. Following this is another descent into tweedom with Batman Superman Spiderman, a song for his son that would be an outstanding tribute sung regularly at his bedside as a night-time lullaby of unconditional love, but not on a record – unless of course the commercial targeting of a similarly schmaltz-inclined market is entirely intentional. The vocal chorus that echoes the title line in a whispered musical hug is woeful.
I do like The Drinking Song that has a rawer sound, a chugging rhythm that reminds of The Faces in as much as one will be listening out for such, and the honest account of his drinking exploits is refreshingly direct and assertive: there's no sentimental-older-guy-looking-for-redemption bollocks here.
The deluxe edition does have a great offering with the 'Python Lee Jackson with Rod Steward' extended version of In a Broken Dream, and it just proves my nostalgia is a great barrier to accepting the silly new on this album, though I will also stand by my better judgements. I do mention because I acknowledge many have loved and will love the material I have criticised – just read Amazon reviews where one, for example, thinks the Batman Superman Spiderman song is worth the price of the album. A worrying idea to my mind, but I sense there are those other than Rod Stewart who have encouraged a marketing to a certain audience over what should have been a sense of maintaining the integrity of what Stewart can and should do as a musician. As I have said, he is in fine voice. A shame he feels the need to dress it in comic-book presentations so often on this over-long album.


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Mindful Eating, It's about Love
Dear Friends,
I wrote my first blog post about mindful eating in 2008. Since then I've written several more posts and an entire book (Things I Did When I Was Hangry: Navigating a Peaceful Relationship with Food) about mindful eating. Eating is not just something I love to do, but something about which, clearly, I am conflicted.
I ate vegetarian style for more than 25 years, vegan for two, and meat eating in various amounts for the remainder. I've studied nutrition and food, both formally and informally. Once, I brought together a panel of experts: a Buddhist monk who was an animal rights activist, a Native American college professor researching traditional diets, a vegan doctor, a bone broth expert, and the author of The Mindful Carnivore to discuss what we should be eating. I won't bore you with all of the other wacky ways I've tried to understand how my mindfulness practice applies to my need to eat. I'll be honest, I'm eating right now as I write this blog post.
What have I learned?
After all of these years and hours spent, what have I learned about mindful eating? You probably know the basics of mindful eating (and if you don't check out my book), so here are some thoughts that go beyond simply learning how to eat a raisin:
Mindful eating is pleasurable. If you aren't enjoying eating, you're probably not doing it. It's not about trying hard and definitely not about misery.
Mindful eating doesn't have anything to do with body size. Mindful eating doesn't help you lose weight, gain weight, or keep your weight the same. Mindful eating and weight are like apples and Mazdas, they are completely unrelated. Unfortunately, our fat phobic, body shaming culture has hijacked the term "mindful eating" and you may find it used to keep people's bodies (mostly women's) at a certain acceptable size. Please know that this is not mindful eating. The correct word for this is dieting - you may have heard of it.
Mindful eating is a concept, and concepts, like the North Star, can help direct us, but they are never the place we are really trying to get to. The place we are aiming for is ineffable, but it has something to do with pleasure and ease and connection and all of the juicy ways humans can experience life.
Mindful eating -- like anything really -- can be used as a weapon against others, or more often against ourselves. Judging our eating as mindful or unmindful is exactly not the point. Enjoying food can't be done when we are deep into self-hatred, body shame, or self-judgment.
Mindfulness is all about choice. Likewise, mindful eating means you are in choice. You are not being driven or coerced into eating, you are making moment-to-moment choices about what and how you want to eat. It's especially important that you are making those choices, not someone else.
"From a biological standpoint, that's all a hunger signal is— INFORMATION. When I feel a growl in my stomach, that's simply information that my blood sugar is dropping...As a human being with free will and reign over my own body, I get to do with that information what I damn well want to. I might choose to stop when I'm full because I legitimately don't want to feel stuffed before I go back to work… or I might choose to keep eating the raw chocolate mousse because…yolo…it's Sunday…I have nowhere else to be…and that mousse is f*cking worth it" -- Isabel Foxen Duke
Back to the Future
So where has all this left me? In a classically Zen way, I feel I am back to the beginning. Long before I wrote blogs about mindful eating, before I knew what mindful eating was, before I was a vegetarian, before I hated my body and tried to change it by throwing up, before all of that, I knew how to eat. There's a story I've heard many times about an ancient Zen master who was asked, "What is enlightenment?" He answered, "When hungry, eat. When tired, sleep." We all knew how to do that at one time, right?
If there is anything I might add to that complete Zen teaching, it's just what I've learned from the living Zen master, Thich Nhat Hanh. His way of eating and living is based on a kind of gentleness, regarding everything as precious. When we walk, our feet are kissing the earth, and when we do the dishes, we do it as if we are bathing a baby. It's all about love. When we eat, we eat in a way that demonstrates love for ourselves and for the world. As best we can right now. Period.
Blueberry pie is the whole teaching
My very first understanding of what "Mindful Eating" looked like in practice, nearly twenty years ago, remains the truest. My son was about 9 years old when he demonstrated mindful eating in this very hilarious and authentic way. This story took place at a retreat in an enormous and very silent dining hall:
"I am sitting at a round table, trying to eat mindfully along with six hundred other people, when the silence in the hall is suddenly broken. A loud moaning of a child's pleasure is echoing through the hall and getting louder: "Mmmm. Mmmm. MMMMM!..." I feel slightly embarrassed for the child making the noise and even more so for his parents, who will clearly be mortified when they finally hear him. I look toward the sound and am shocked to see my very own Louie, completely immersed in eating his pie. He isn't trying to be loud—he's focused on his pie—he's simply relishing every bite with great joy as if it were the first food he had eaten in months." (from Things I Did When I Was Hangry.)
So, celebrate your food, eat with love for yourself and all beings. Eat joyfully, gratefully, even heartily. Trust yourself. You already know how.
Friends, much of my inspiration for writing is to hear your thoughts about what you've read. Please share in the comments below - or simply share with others on social!


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51 Sqn Spring Tag Days
Multiple locations - see available ticket descriptions
Vanier and surrounding areas, Ont
Cadets will attend this event in full uniform complete with winter jacket, toque and black gloves, and will be provided with instructions at the arrival of their shift. Cadets are requested to arrive promptly before the start of their shift at the entrance of the designated location. They will receive a collection can and tags to offer in exchange for donations.
Cadet Code of Conduct for Tag Days
Engage shoppers: as they enter or leave the location, say to them "would you like to support air cadets?"
Be Polite: respect everyone making eye contact - you are representing all cadets. Don't 'give attitude' if they don't want to support Air Cadets, just say "have a nice day"; there will always be another chance.
Know about the Air Cadet Program: be able to describe what the donations are used to support; if asked, give examples: squadron activities like FTX, gliding and power familiarization flying, music lessons, marksmanship, Biathlon, competitions, Protocol Dinner, BBQs, end-year citizenship trip, summer camps, scholarships and bursaries
Establish Good Communication: between senior and junior cadets. Seniors, ensure the cadets you are leading are comfortable if something is not right; juniors, ask your leaders questions, don't be shy!
Be Punctual: arrive at or ahead of your assigned shift ready to engage; ensure your uniform is impeccable and you have already eaten a meal recently.
Arrive appropriately dressed: this may mean wearing longjohns if cold and/or windy.
Arrive well fed and with a water bottle (consider bringing a snack).
If you leave your spot (e.g – washroom): leave your donation can with other cadets or parent supervisor
Your supervisor (senior cadet or parent volunteer) has insurance paperwork, a copy of permission to solicit donations at your location, and emergency numbers should there be reason to contact Squadron or Sponsoring Committee personnel.
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51 Sqn Spring Tag Days
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Denise has owned an offline advertising company, managed two finance companies, been the credit manager of a Lowe's Home Improvement store, and has been writing, blogging, creating websites and blogs, and doing online marketing for the last 5 years.
If you need great ad copy, articles, blog posts, web design, social media promotion, or other forms of online marketing, she's your gal.
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My latest remix is out on Beatport! The release features remixes by Ben Hennessy, Dead Funk, Angoscia, IDeaL, Vano, and more! You can find the release here.
I have some new snazzy photos courtesy of Vizual Jockey. Please head over to my Photos section to see them!
Hi all! I have a free treat for you guys. You know that song "Jack"? That sexy booty house track that was played constantly at EDC this past year and I didn't mind it one bit? Yeah, well I made a bootleg of it. And it's awesome. You can listen and download it for FREE here.
It's getting some amazing press. I only uploaded it days ago, and it has already been featured on Noiseporn.com, one of my *favorite* music blogs in existence, and MusicYouNeed, a San Francisco-based blog that I also like a lot. Get it while it's hot!
I am very happy to say that my Tying Floasters EP has earned a 5/5 rating from Nerdy Frames, a blog based out of Auckland, New Zealand. Nerdy Frames has supported many of my past releases, but this is the first time that they've given me such a high rating. Yay! ^______^ Go check them out for more electroey goodness!
I have a new EP out today. It features two tracks, "Tying Floasters, which is kind of a progressive electro rave ballad, and "Beet Blood," which is kind of a banger ;) Check it out on Beatport!
I have two fresh new remixes out with Temple Music Group. Check them out on Beatport! I've remixed "That Disco Shit!" by J.Quest and "The Saviour" by EhRah. Both are pretty awesome. The originals are awesome too.
I've been working on some new originals to release with TMG. Hopefully I can show you some previews soon!
I have been given the amazing opportunity to play in New York for and EDC NYC after party with Bunny from Rabbit in the Moon, Mike Leon, and other talented artists. I'm so excited! I'll also be getting into some trouble at EDC in the big apple. You can find more information and purchase tickets here.
Yeah, I'm at it again. I remixed Bad Boy Bill's "Unsaid," and I must say, it's one of my best yet. Listen and vote for it on the Womstreet Contest Page.
You can hear my DJ mix entry on Mixcloud.
My Airport EP will be coming out on Monday! I'm really excited about this one. It features my two tracks "Song in the Dream About the Airport" and "Terminal 3." It will be available exclusively on Beatport, and then it will be released to iTunes, TrackItDown, Juno, etc. on March 25th. Find out more about Quack Recordings here!
Well, I'm at it again. I've entered another one of Insomniac's Discovery Projects. I love these contests because even though I haven't won in the past, I still get to connect with other highly talented producers all over the country. Maybe the third time is a charm? :D
I have completed both the DJ mix portion and the remix of James Egbert's track "Back to New." Check out the DJ mix on Mixcloud by clicking the image below.
You can listen to my "Back to New" remix here:
I made a New Year's resolution to make a 30-minute mix every month of 2013, so here's the first one! Track listing is as follows:
[1] Skeleton Key (Original Mix) - Green Velvet, Pleasurekraft
[2] Bomjacker (Original Mix) - DBM, Tommy Trash
[3] Walking Down The Street (Bart B More Remix) - Ron Rarroll
[4] Puttin It Down (Original Mix) - Santiago & Bushido, Hijack
[5] Scenester Girl (Club Edit) - MC Flipside, Carl Tricks
[6] WHO (Original Mix) - Plastik Funk, Tujamo
[7] Freak (Original Mix) - Klein, Gregori Klosman, Dabruck
[8] Swag (Santiago Remix) - Paul Anthony, Zach Bletz, Atom Pushers
[9] I Wish (Original Mix) - Funkin Matt
The HighWire EP came out on armageddon day after the world didn't end. You should check it out. It features the original by Silent J, my remix, and an awesome breaks remix by Brett James. Check out the whole EP on Beatport!
I have a show coming up at Qi Ultralounge on December 8th! It will be an all female lineup, plus a fashion show. Dress to impress! Check it out in the Events section.
Hi everyone! I've just finished a track that I'm giving away for free. Yay freebies! I've always loved the organ part at the beginning of The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" (yunno, the theme song to CSI Miami? Yeah, that one), so I decided to remix it. I think it turned out pretty well. It has already been blogged by Top House Music Blog and Digital World Records. You can download it from the player or by clicking on the picture above to go straight to Soundcloud. Enjoy!
My remix of Silent J's track "High Wire" came out last week on the ZumoBeatz Mizumo Summer time Sampler! The compilation features tracks from some of my favorites like Audiofunktion, Mac Vaughn, DJ Aleks and more! Go check it out here!
I've been featured in a blog! This is the first time I've ever been featured in a blog. I'm excited! I hope this is the first of many. We also did a little interview. I believe this is also my first official interview. Yay firsts! Go check it out here, and go like Fist Pump The World's Facebook page.
After seeing my friend Fabian Campos win the Discovery Project for EDC, I decided to give this one a whirl. Here is my mix submission! Be sure to listen past the 5 minute mark, or else your listen won't count. And don't forget to press the little red heart!
My remix of Eva Simons' "Renegade" will be up sometime in the next 24 hours. Wouldn't it be cool to play at the big rave??
I just released my debut EP on Tuesday!
The lovely guys at Temple Music Group have been big supporters, and I'm very happy to put out my first original EP with them. The two tracks, "Battery" and "Anyway," are quite different. At first, I was afraid that they wouldn't go together at all, but I think it's a nice contrast.
Go check it out on Beatport!
I'm opening for AC Slater at EPR this coming Wednesday, July 25th. The last time I played with him, I was covered in fake blood for our halloween show. It's gonna be crazy. My mom really wants to come see me play, as she's never seen me before. It'll be interesting. If you see an older lady who *clearly* does not fit in, that's probably my mom. Go say hi! Check out the details in the Events section!


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The Neolithic Site of Grotta Scaloria, Puglia, Italy
Collaborative research, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, USA, (https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/products.aspx?gn=RZ-50924-08) with Ernestine Elster (University of California- Los Angeles), Drs. John Robb, Tamsin O'Connell (University of Cambridge), Maryanne Tafuri (Università "La Sapienza" di Roma), Eugenia Isetti (Istituto Italiano di Archeologia Sperimentale), and Antonella Traverso (Soprintendenza Archeologica di Genova) at the Middle Neolithic site of Grotta Scolaria, Puglia, Italy, originally excavated by Marija Gimbutas but never published, documents funerary processing that includes defleshing of corpses. Using a zonation method of recording fragmentary archaeological remains first pioneered at the Middle Bronze Age site of Velim Skalka (Bohemia, Czech Republic), the human remains analyses will be published as part of a synthetic volume, Scaloria Cave: Ritual and Landscape in the Mediterranean Neolithic by the Cotsen Institute at UCLA in 2014.


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Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057
Experience the "VII Technology Showcase" at ITS America's 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition
ITS America will present a VII Technology Showcase at its 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition, June 4-6, 2007. Check out the latest vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication systems and related applications from Caltrans, California PATH, Econolite, InfoTek, Mark IV IVHS, O.M.J.C. Signal Controller, Raytheon and TechnoCom. The showcase will be staged in a parking lot outside the Palm Springs Convention Center – just a few steps from the exhibit hall to approximately 100,000 square feet of outdoor VII demonstrations! For the latest information on the VII Technology Showcase and its partners, visit www.itsa.org/amviishowcase.html.
1) Freeway Meltdown Offers Telecommuting Test Case in Bay Area
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3) Study Lauds Maritime Navigation System
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4) Air Traffic Controllers: FAA Radio Ban Threatens Safety
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6) Mapping the Bay Bridge Traffic Snarl
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7) GPS Rivals
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http://www.upi.com/Security_Terrorism/Analysis/2007/04/29/outside_view_gps_rivals__part_1/ (part 1)
http://www.upi.com/Security_Terrorism/Analysis/2007/04/29/outside_view_gps_rivals__part_2/ (part 2)
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Filtered Reality explores shifting perceptions of nature in an increasingly virtual world. As augmented reality improves, digital overlays become more inherent to our everyday lives, impacting how we see and interact with materials. A complex, hybrid aesthetic emerges as new technologies seek to bridge the intersection between nature, man and science, and bring these elements closer together.
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AVS works closely with the audio visual sector providing both standard products and bespoke solutions for mounting and interfacing with audio visual equipment.
Our background in systems and AV integration allows us to understand the needs of the other stakeholders integrating our solutions making installation and serviceability easier, ultimately delivering a better product.
Clients come to us because we understand their applications beyond the metalwork. We understand the industry and many of the demands of the installation environment and can therefore design and package accordingly.
We are more than just metalworkers.
We save our clients valuable time and money by engaging with them in determining solutions to their problems
Standard products
19" Racks 10u - 48u
Rack panels
Rack shelves
Rack Accessories
Termination panels (supply, assembly and wiring)
Custom rack metalwork
Custom products
Projector brackets
Loudspeaker Mounts
Connection box / panels
Floor Box Panels
LED Display Mounts and cladding
Anything else in metal
Product assembly and wiring
Based in Maidstone, AVS have an excellent team of experienced engineers, automated factory facilities, process control and a carefully selected supply chain to ensure we deliver our ethos of first class service and quality.
Please call us for advice on design materials and finishes. We also offer design and education sessions.
Case study
The client request
A regular client of ours required 2600 connection panels in 13 different sizes, designs and layouts and numerous connector configurations. Each panel required not only a unique number to be engraved on on the corner but also a unique number for each connector on the panel (in excess of 7500 connectors (10 different types)). The initial request was to provide just the unpopulated panels.
The AVS solution
We foresaw that this was quite a complex requirement, with lots of careful logistics and handling required to ensure that the correct connectors were fitted to right panels, with the right engraving. We therefore undertook the scope of work to manufacture the metal blanks to paint, engrave and populate the panels with connectors. We finally labeled and package them into site installation zones, thus making the clients job easier and reducing the risk of errors.
How we did it
We created a database linking panel types, engraving and connectors
The panels were CNC punched from the CAD files with check counts referenced to the database.
A database link was created to the CNC engraving software so that each panel could be engraved in sequence and the database updated to show the progress status.
The database created an inventory of connectors and fixing screws that were kitted ready for assembly.
The assembly was performed in groups as the panels completed the engraving process.
Labels for each panel and each site area box were printed from the database and as the panels completed assembly, they were bagged and labelled, the labels provided a check list as each panel was completed.
The panels were boxed by site zone with a label on the box cross referencing the quantities and specific panels in each box.
Finally we delivered them on time, filling our VW Transporter from back to front, floor to ceiling with boxes.
The clients feedback
AVS did a fantastic job of recognizing what was required to make our job easier, executing it to perfection and as the result the site installation and logistics were made simple.


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I don't know where the excitement went, the feeling in the pit of my stomach that puts the zest into life. Is that maturity? Or is it because the reality of growing old scares me and fear follows my days infecting each minute.
I am not brave. I cannot pretend to be. I fall apart and cry and sometimes, like yesterday, give in to it. And that is more than OK, it is necessary. To let it out. I realize as I write that bravery and tears DO go together. To cry when one is taught not to, shows spirit, casting away should's and falsities and allowing oneself to feel what is there. To be how one is.
One can always compare their status to another and come up better off. There is always another who has it worse. So the tears are stuffed. Until the melt down. What a relief. To let it come up and allow real feelings.
It's only then that the internal pep talks begin helping again, the little reminders of what is worthy, the little things that make me happy; butterflies on the wall that sparkle at night in the glow of the tree lights, Cindy's cut out tree ornaments that glitter in the dark by candle flame, that man I married, who aggravates me to distraction at times, then does or says something quite contradictory to the usual dumb arguments we've had for 35 years… now saying words that show understanding and kindness without the passive aggressive path he usually seems to walk.
Those are the little things that brighten my day. Oh, and COFFEE….
Bubble baths, or any baths may be a thing of the past. Boo Hoo. I will find new pleasures in simple joys, the spice of life. Like friends in flesh and blood. I let many friendships cool off as I immersed myself into the blogging world. Yet during this past year of blogs and posts I have met beautiful women who suffered so much yet get up every day and try again. Not all make it, but I understand that too. What we each do is enough. It has been one of the most satisfying years of my life because I found others that relate on a deep level, sad as that is because there is still so much needless suffering of our children.
I need both, the connection to souls who truly understand the challenges of trauma, especially one that is still taboo, and I need to be with a person one to one, see their face, feel them, laugh and cry together.
Today my friend and I will attend the church where all the choirs gather and each sing a carol. At the end all the choirs converge together to sing Hallelujah. The church vibrates with their song and thrills me to my toes with tingles.
I called another friend and made a date to visit her for tea and see her grand-baby daughter who she baby-sits. I have not yet seen the baby. It is time to repair my connections before I lose them altogether. Friends really are the SPICE of life. And they take some work and care to sustain.
We continue to enjoy frequent over-nights with our own grand-children; the laughter, the running of padded feet as they chase each other, their delight in the simple innocent things that make Samuel and I smile at each other. Life is good and I don't need to bound around like Tigger to show it. I can be me, serious, sometimes funny, and peacefully happy.


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FITNESS fanatics took part in a special two-hour 'aerobathon' at Kilmarnock's Galleon Leisure Centre to raise £616 for charity.
More than 60 good sports each paid to wear fancy dress and be put through their paces in aerobics, body combat, CX works, body attack and Zumba last month in aid of West Sound's Cash For Kids appeal.
A raffle also helped raise the sum for charity.
Event organiser Chivonne Houston-Smith, a fitness instructor at the Galleon, said: "I want to thank all the business who donated raffle prizes and to everybody that attended."


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A testament could also be called a testimony. The Newer testimony of God for us continues the story of the older testimony of God for us. This is what we have with the Gospels. Much as the Torah, the first five books of Moses are the preeminent texts of the older testimony of God to us through the Jewish people. The Gospels are the preeminent texts of the newer testimony. This is where Jesus is revealed.
The Gospel of Matthew, the Good News that Matthew shares with us begins with something rather jarring to modern eyes: a genealogy of Jesus Christ from Abraham and David up until his birth. Matthew serves as a bridge from the prophets to the apostles. There is not a pre-birth narrative in Matthew, though the book contains some infant narratives not found elsewhere. The wise men come in Matthew. As well, there is a flight to Egypt that is not present elsewhere.
The twentieth century has been filled with theories about authorship of the Gospels and the order in which they were written. A prominent theory posits a document called Q which contains sayings found in Matthew and Luke but not in Mark. Mark is universally regarded as the earliest Gospel with various scholars speculating over the order of the other Gospels. Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known as the synoptic Gospels because they look at the life of Jesus in roughly comparable ways. The Gospels of John is held out as something different and is commonly thought to have been written later in the 1st Century.
Because it starts with the Genealogy, many scholars believe that Matthew was written for a Jewish audience. Like the rest of the New Testament, it is written in what is called Koiné Greek, or common Greek. That is, this is the Greek of the commoners not of the elites. If you remember the musical My Fair Lady, it is more the language of Eliza Doolittle than of Henry Higgins.
There is a power and directness in the original language. One of the struggles with translations like the King James that make the entire Bible sound beautiful and regal is that the original language is not regal at all. It is basic and direct. Some books (like Luke-Acts and Hebrews) use more formal language and syntax, but overall, the language of the newer testimony is not very high. It is to the point and to the point of the people. God is not here for the special but for us. God is with us no matter where we are.
Two of my guiding scriptures are found in the Gospel of Matthew: Matthew 5 and Matthew 25. These texts continue to challenge and reveal more of God's love to me. As well, they convict me about how to serve and lead God's people today. These are texts set apart. The more I return to them, the more I get out of them. The less I return to them, the less I really am myself.


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New ideals for a 21st century leader
"The fate of the country does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot box…but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning." – Henry David Thoreau
I am assuming you are as concerned as I am about our country's current state of affairs. How about alarmed? How about outraged?
With the incredibly important challenges we currently face – folding financial institutions, government bailouts, energy challenges, environmental urgencies and global wars, doesn't it seem absurd that we are spending this important decision-making time discussing abortion, gay marriage, gender-race issues or any other important – but not urgent – matter?
Recently on the news crawl, the latest campaign scandal about a political candidate was followed by a report about how that candidate's brand of eyeglasses is so popular it is on back order at the manufacturer . If we are primarily concerned with the fashion of eyeglasses, where does that lead us as a country? If the news media consider this information newsworthy – what does that say about our culture?
Consider what would happen if we focused our attention on the health, security and sustainability of the economy, the environment, energy resources and global community? What if we refuse to be swayed by the distractions?
What would be possible if elections focused on the people leading the political leaders, rather than the other way around? It is our job as citizens to identify a new kind of political leader and lead them – by example – to the future we desire.
Here is what is emerging in the new political leadership paradigm.
Non-Polarizing Discourse:
Defies old conventions of "us versus them." Not defined or restricted by party affiliation.
Has an extraordinary skill of listening and discernment. Is able to take in data from many sources, and bring people to a shared purpose and aligned action.
Surrounds himself or herself with diversity of opinion and skills. Values disagreement over "yes men" to properly vet vital decisions.
Views his or her role, political influence and responsibility in a global context.
Honors his or her word. New leaders mean what they say and say what they mean, in public and private.
Is versatile and situational. Is able to say "we must change our course," when necessary. Understands that instant connection to global markets, political scenarios and demands on resources make it necessary to be responsive, adaptive and decisive upon receiving new information.
Views success as achieving results – not on winning or being right. The old paradigm is "let me do whatever it takes to get into office and then I will get to business." The new paradigm is "I will use my campaign to demonstrate that I can make a difference, and go where the people lead me."
Is self-aware and takes responsibility for the biases created by individual experience. Can discern between being reactive rather than responsive, disavows personal feelings of fear. These ideas are fundamental to the art of leadership. They are skills available to everyone. By applying these principles to our own lives, the legacy of our democratic republic will be served. When we conduct our personal and public lives with the same standards we expect from our leaders, we will contribute to the integrity of our government.
I invite you to e-mail me the qualities at the top of your list. What characteristics does the 21st Century Leader need to have? By working toward these ideas together maybe we can truly become a government of the people, by the people, for the people.


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The nation's exports last month grew a modest 3 percent to US$27.54 billion from a year earlier, as demand for electronic parts remained strong, but shipments of other products lost some steam, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday.
The ministry attributed the uneven growth to base disruptions that might disappear as the year-end holiday season approaches.
The high base last year accounted for significant declines in shipments of information, optical, mineral and electrical products, Department of Statistics Director-General Beatrice Tsai (蔡美娜) said.
"The retreat might prove temporary, as the global economy remains on a stable course of recovery and the value of exports continued to mark the highest for the same month in history," Tsai said.
Apple Inc's iPhone X might supply the growth catalyst in light of better-than-expected sales so far, she said.
Outbound shipments might advance at a similar pace this month and beyond, compared with double-digit percentage increases in previous months, as low-base benefits are about to die out, she added.
Taiwanese firms supply chips, camera lenses, casings, touchpanels and other critical components to Apple and Chinese firms including Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp (歐珀移動) and Huawei Technologies Co (華為).
Semiconductors, in particular, last month outperformed other product categories with an 11.6 percent increase to US$8.6 billion, as the bitcoin boom drove up demand for high-performance computing chips, Tsai said.
Imports last month grew a milder 0.1 percent to US$22.34 billion, widening the trade surplus by 17.4 percent from a year earlier to US$5.2 billion, the ministry said.
In the first 10 months of this year, exports and imports gained 13 percent to US$259.02 billion and US$213.21 billion respectively, it said.
All major trade partners increased purchases of Taiwanese goods, with the exception of Japan, which registered a 6 percent contraction as Japanese firms bought less chemical, machinery and mineral products, Tsai said.
Chinese technology brands also cut purchases of information and communications technology products, dragging the sector's shipments by 5.9 percent, the ministry said, adding that exports of optical devices shrank 11 percent amid lackluster demand for TVs.
Shipments of mineral products plunged 22.6 percent, even though oil prices soared 20.6 percent to US$55.1 per barrel, it said.
Tsai dismissed concerns of a potential slowdown, saying that major local technology firms provided positive earnings guidance for this quarter.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (台積電) last month said it expects strong sales for this quarter on the back of insatiable demand for high-end smartphones.


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It's a perfect place to contemplate life whatever the weather.
Now there is a fine piece of wood to park your behind on.
This is the new bench amidst the tropical foilage inside the Belleisle Conservatory.
The bench, costing £800, was gifted last week by the Ayr and Prestwick Lions Club to the Ayr Friends of the Conservatory.
Seated are Miranda Kotnic with Lion President Phiroze Mehta, and behind are Lesley Glendinning, Patrick Lorimer and Alex Mooney.
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