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Create bootable WinPE media
The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) includes the CopyPE and MakeWinPEMedia command line utilities. When run from the Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment, CopyPE creates a working set of WinPE files, that MakeWinPEMedia can use to create bootable WinPE media. MakeWinPEMedia can create bootable WinPE USB drives, virtual hard disks, or ISOs that allow you to boot a VHD or burn to a DVD or CD.
CopyPE and MakeWinPEMedia are installed when you choose the Deployment tools and Windows Preinstallation Environment options when installing the ADK.
Step 1: Create working files
No matter what type of media you're going to create, the first thing to do is create a working set of WinPE files on your technician PC.
Start the Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment as an administrator.
Run copype to create a working copy of the Windows PE files. For more information about copype, see Copype command line options.
copype amd64 C:\WinPE_amd64
Step 2: Create bootable media
Now that you now have a set of working files, you can use MakeWinPEMedia to build bootable WinPE media.
Create a bootable WinPE USB drive
Attach a USB drive to your technician PC.
Start the Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment as an administrator.
Optional You can format your USB key prior to running MakeWinPEMedia. MakeWinPEMedia will format your WinPE drive as FAT32. If you want to be able to store files larger than 4GB on your WinPE USB drive, you can create a multipartition USB drive that has an additional partition formatted as NTFS. See Create a multipartition USB drive for instructions.
Use MakeWinPEMedia with the
/UFDoption to format and install Windows PE to the USB flash drive, specifying the USB key's drive letter:
MakeWinPEMedia /UFD C:\WinPE_amd64 P:
This command reformats the partition.
See MakeWinPEMedia command line options for all available options.
The bootable WinPE USB drive is ready. You can use it to boot a PC into WinPE.
Create a WinPE ISO, DVD, or CD
Use MakeWinPEMedia with the
/ISOoption to create an ISO file containing the Windows PE files:
MakeWinPEMedia /ISO C:\WinPE_amd64 C:\WinPE_amd64\WinPE_amd64.iso
Optional Burn a DVD or CD: In Windows Explorer, right-click the ISO file, and select Burn disc image > Burn, and follow the prompts.
Create a WinPE VHD to use with Hyper-V
Even though you can create a bootable When running Windows PE in Hyper-V, consider using an ISO file format instead of a VHD, to enable quick setup of the virtual PC.
To install Windows PE to a VHD:
Create a virtual hard drive (.vhdx):
diskpart create vdisk file="C:\WinPE.vhdx" maximum=1000 attach vdisk create partition primary assign letter=V format fs=ntfs quick exit
Prepare the drive by using MakeWinPEMedia:
MakeWinPEMedia /UFD C:\WinPE_amd64 V:
Detach the drive:
diskpart select vdisk file="C:\WinPE.vhdx" detach vdisk exit
If Windows PE doesn't appear, try the following workarounds, rebooting the PC each time:
To boot a PC that supports UEFI mode: In the firmware boot menus, try manually selecting the boot files: \EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI.
If your PC requires storage or video drivers to boot, try adding those same drivers to the Windows PE image. For more information, see WinPE: Mount and Customize.
If the PC doesn't connect to network locations, see WinPE Network Drivers: Initializing and adding drivers.
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Broom Jumping: An African Ritual
Because slaves could not legally marry, they created their own rituals to honor their unions. Some say broom jumping comes from an African tribal marriage ritual of placing sticks on the ground representing the couple's new home.
2. The jumping of the broom is a symbol of sweeping away of the old and welcoming the new, or a symbol of a new beginning.
Today the ceremony can be performed at the wedding after the minister pronounces the couple man and wife or at the reception just after the bridal party enters the reception area.
3. The broom jumping ceremony is conducted by an experienced African cultural leader and can last up to 25 minutes. The ceremony includes the Bride, Groom, their families and close friends. It gives all in attendance, including guests, an opportunity to pledge their support to the union. A highlight of the cereomony is the recognition of the spiritual presence of ancestors, and the pouring of libations in their memory.
The straws of the broom represent the family and the handle represents the almighty.
5. A fully decorated broom can be purchased at ethnic stores or a regular household broom will suffice. Broom sizes will vary, but it doesn't matter which you choose. If you decide to use your own broom and decorate it yourself, be sure it coordinates with your wedding colors. Using your own broom can also be a great bonding activity for the bridesmaids, perhaps the night, or week before the wedding.
Feel free to use bows, flowers, or other trinkets to make it unique. But don't overdo it. You'll probably want this for a keepsake in your home. Another idea is to have a basket full of ribbon pieces at the reception and allow guests to tie ribbon around the brrom...
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Although Gua Sha is an ancient healing technique used by Chinese Medicine practitioners for thousands of years, it is relatively unknown in the West. It is recognized throughout Asia as a highly effective treatment for chronic pain conditions, stress, fatigue, and a host of other ailments.
First, Gua Sha oil is applied to a specific meridian (energy pathway) on your body. I then use a smooth round-edged object (such as a spoon) to apply short brisk strokes to that area. This creates red patches of skin (called "Sha"), detoxifying your blood and restoring the healthy flow if Qi (energy) to the area. There is no pain involved, and the Sha will fade in 2 to 3 days. But the sense of health and vitality you experience from it will last much longer.
Cupping has been a part of Chinese Medicine for over 2,500 years. It relieves aches and pains, improves circulation, and also helps with respiratory and digestive issues. I simply place a specialized "cup" onto specific points on your body, and then use suction to draw your skin up into the cups. It doesn't hurt — it simply draws fresh blood to that area of your body, which facilitates the cleansing and strengthening of your Qi (energy). The end result is a greater overall sense of health and well-being.
Moxibustion is a Traditional Chinese Medicine technique that involves the burning of mugwort, a small, spongy herb, to facilitate healing and health. Moxibustion has been used for healing purposes throughout Asia for thousands of years. The purpose of moxibustion, as with most forms of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is to strengthen the blood, stimulate the flow of Qi (energy), and enhance your overall vitality and health.
Among other benefits, a landmark study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998 found that 75.4% of women suffering from breech presentations before childbirth had fetuses that rotated to the normal position after receiving moxibustion at an acupuncture point on the bladder meridian.


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Excel Create a Flattened Pivot Table for Reuse
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Create a Flattened Pivot Table for Reuse
Problem: Why would they put three different kinds of information in column A? Doesn't this make pivot tables as silly as the person who created the bad data set back in "Add a Customer Number to Each Detail Record"?
Figure 779 Microsoft is mixing 3 fields in one column.
My goal is to use the pivot table to make a summary, then convert to values for use as a new data set. Having three different fields in column A is really bad form.
Strategy: It is very annoying that Microsoft made this new view be the default. Luckily, it is only a few clicks to go back to the proper view.
1. Select one cell in the pivot table.
2. Choose the Design tab of the ribbon.
3. Open the Report Layout dropdown.
4. Change from Compact Form to Tabular Form.
5. If you have Excel 2010, open the Report Layout dropdown again and choose Repeat All Item Labels.
Figure 780 New in Excel 2010, eliminate blanks in the row area.
6. For each field in the Row Area except the last field, open the dropdown in the Row Area dropdown and choose Field Settings.
Figure 781 Access field settings for all but the final row field.
7. In the Field Settings dialog, choose None for Subtotals.
Figure 782 Turn off the subtotals for the outer row fields.
8. On the Design tab, open the Grand Total dropdown and choose Off for Rows and Columns.
The result is a flattened pivot table, perfect for re-use as a new consolidated data set. Copy the pivot table and paste as values to a new worksheet.
Figure 783 Copy and Paste Values this pivot table for re-use.
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ORANGE PARK – After 11 years of debate, Orange Park Town Council approved a $1.1 million bid to remodel a stretch of Kingsley Avenue at the River Road intersection that has become known as Kingsley …
ORANGE PARK – After 11 years of debate, Orange Park Town Council approved a $1.1 million bid to remodel a stretch of Kingsley Avenue at the River Road intersection that has become known as Kingsley East.
Considered for years as the Holy Grail of capital projects, the vest pocket park would provide the town's only publically accessible view of the St. Johns River. The new bid comes in 25 percent higher than the amount council allocated in 2016 for the project.
The plan passed will be a less grandiose remodel from previously proposed plans, which in the past have included piers, parks, historic lighting and brick-covered crosswalks.
The project will rehabilitate the dusty median of the three-block stretch of road by raising and landscaping the curb to prevent cars from parking between the two-lane road as they often do.
The contract also specifies the contractor must remove and reconstruct the roadway, construct a new sidewalk and repair and replace new residential driveways.
A large chunk of money to fund the project comes from roughly $733,000 in rollover funds approved in the summer of 2016. The rest of the funding comes from the town's water and sewer fund.
Funding for the project comes in the current fiscal year budget, less than a month before the current fiscal year ends.
The project also includes parking spaces, although many residents – especially those along River Road – believed the town should lower the number of parking spaces to keep the quaint stretch of road from becoming a parking lot.
While the approved contract does not accommodate that request, Public Works Director Chuck Pavlos said the contractor, St. Augustine-based Besch and Smith Civil Group, is aware the town plans to add a number of change orders to the project. One change will limit the number of parking spaces from Astor Street to River Road to 24 spaces.
Storm water and sewer systems will also see an upgrade under the project.
"Right now the town's water main does not go all the way down to the end of Kingsley and River Road, it stops near Stiles [Avenue]," said Town Clerk Sarah Campbell. "This project is going to create a waterline loop that is going to connect Kingsley to the River Road water line."
Campbell said the upgrade will provide a backup line to pump water into homes on River Road should the main line see a malfunction or shutdown.
While not the massive project some residents believed the project was heading towards, Campbell said there is always time to add in those touches later.
"Definitely…" Campbell said. "It's not a lavish project, but it is going to be a good upgrade from what's there now. I think the vision for this part of town is not yet established, so we can make improvements always in any neighborhood in any path that they choose."
The motion to approve the contract from Besch and Smith passed the council 4-1, with Council Member Ron Raymond voting no.
Raymond said he could not approve the project "in good conscience" because the original recommendation made in a budget review committee last month mentioned nothing about awarding a contract.
"I'm not interested in killing the project, but I am interested in doing it at least in the way that I voted for it," Raymond said. "What you're proposing to do is not right."
Mayor Scott Land said the council trumps the committee. The budget review committee was made up of each council member for the purposes of recommending actions to the full council on budget-related matters.
"This is going to get a good project moving that's been needed for years and we're going to get it adjusted so as to we get all the public's comments in there," said Council Member Alan Watt. "It's time to get this done – it's been going on for 10 years."
In January, the council appeared on its way to approving a more grandiose Kingsley East project, that may have given the town another venue to host town event other than in Town Hall Park.
When the former town council received the news that just to rehab Kingsley East would come in over $1 million dollars, they left the fate of the landmark project to the next council that would see two new members seated after the April election.
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On 17 July 2013, the Federal Court of Australia (Court) delivered judgment in Tarkine National Coalition Incorporated v Minister for Sustainability, Water, Population and Communities [2013] FCA 694 (17 July 2013). The judgment overturns a controversial decision (Decision) by the Commonwealth Minister for Sustainability, Water, Population and Communities (Minister) to approve an iron ore mine in Tasmania's Tarkine region (Tarkine).
On 18 December 2012, the then Minister (the Hon. Tony Burke MP) approved a proposal (Proposal) by Shree Minerals Limited (Shree) to develop and operate an iron ore mine in the Tarkine. The Decision was made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act).
The Tarkine is home to one of the few remaining Tasmanian devil populations not affected by the presently incurable Devil Facial Tumour Disease (Disease), which is predicted to result in the Tasmanian devil becoming extinct within 25-35 years. Apart from Shree's Proposal, there are reportedly at least 10 other new mines proposed for the Tarkine region, and almost 60 exploration licences have been granted.
The Tarkine National Coalition Incorporated (TNCI) applied to the Court for judicial review of the Decision, in relation to the Proposal's impacts on Tasmanian devils, which are protected under the EPBC Act as an endangered species. At trial, TNCI relied on four grounds:
- that the Minister had failed to comply with a mandatory requirement that he consider an approved conservation advice (Conservation Advice) regarding the Tasmanian devil;
- that the Minister had imposed invalid conditions;
- that the Decision was inconsistent with the Convention on Biological Diversity (Convention); and
- the decision was so unreasonable that no reasonable decision-maker could have made it.
Ultimately, TNCI only succeeded on ground (a) above. However, the Court's reasoning on the other grounds clarifies the EPBC Act's operation.
(a) Failure to consider Conservation Advice
On 12 May 2009, the then Minister (the Hon. Peter Garrett MP) approved a Conservation Advice for the Tasmanian devil, setting out the threats to the species and available means of supporting the species.
Under the EPBC Act, the Minister was required to have regard to the Conservation Advice in making his decision. Here, however, the Minister was not briefed with the Conservation Advice before making his Decision. Moreover, the Minister's reasons for the Decision only made brief, generic references to him having considered "conservation advices" and "any relevant conservation advice".
TNCI argued that this merely gave "lip service" to the Minister's obligation to consider the Conservation Advice, in breach of a legal requirement that the Minister genuinely consider the Conservation Advice.
The Minister and Shree argued that TNCI's case put form over substance, because the information contained in the Conservation Advice was largely contained in the other material that was put to the Minister. However, that other material did not address the following matters specifically addressed in the Conservation Advice: the Disease's incurable nature, the risk of the Tasmanian devil's extinction in the near future, and research priorities relating to the Disease.
The Court considered the Conservation Advice to be a "pivotal element" in the protection of the Tasmanian devil, and that the Minister's obligation to consider the Conservation Advice "deals with a fundamental aspect of the Minister's role". Because the EPBC Act expressly required the Minister to consider the Conservation Advice, the Minister's failure to do so meant that the Decision was void for jurisdictional error. The Court observed that, as the Minister has now changed to the Hon. Mark Butler MP, it was "by no means certain" that new Minister would reach the same decision if he genuinely considered the Conservation Advice
(b) Invalid conditions
TNCI challenged two conditions imposed on the Proposal by the Minister. The effect of those conditions was that Shree was required to pay $350,000, and an additional $48,000 for each Tasmanian devil death caused by Shree's mine, for the purpose of funding an "insurance population" of Tasmanian devils outside of Tasmania.
TNCI challenged those conditions on two grounds, both involving an alleged failure by the Minister to correctly identify the matter protected by the EPBC Act.
- First, TNCI emphasised that an "endangered" species under the EPBC Act is one facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild, as opposed to a species classified as "extinct in the wild" which necessarily depends on insurance populations. Thus, TNCI argued that the EPBC Act protected Tasmanian devils "in the wild", such that it was improper for the Minister to impose conditions aimed at establishing an insurance population, rather than protecting the Tasmanian devils in their natural habitat. The Court did not accept this argument, on the basis that the insurance population could be reintroduced into the wild so as to lessen the threat of extinction.
- Second, TNCI argued, along similar lines, that the Minister had failed to comply with a requirement that any condition imposed be to protect, repair or mitigate damage to protected matter. The Court held that insurance populations could be seen as a valid means of mitigating damage to the Tasmanian devils, even though Tasmanian devils are not yet extinct in their native habitat.
(c) Inconsistency with the Convention
Under the convention, Australia was required to maintain populations in their natural surroundings ("in-situ" measures) as far as possible and appropriate, with "ex-situ" measures (eg insurance populations) to be adopted "predominantly" for the purpose of complementing in-situ measures. TNCI argued, along similar lines to its challenge to the insurance population conditions, that the Minister had breached the Convention, because the Decision sought to use insurance populations as a means of mitigating damage to natural populations.
The Court expressed doubts as to whether the Convention formed part of Australia's domestic law but, in any event, emphasised that the Decision's conditions made provision for a number of in-situ measures. The Court held that it was open for the Minister to conclude that those in-situ measures may have been insufficient, such that ex-situ measures were also appropriate.
(d) Unreasonableness
TNCI argued that the Decision was void for unreasonableness because it would have the effect of increasing the threat of the Disease in one of the few unaffected Tasmanian devil populations.
The Minister denied this, on the basis of Departmental advice that insurance populations were among the most practical means of combating the Disease, and that the Disease's spread may have been inevitable. The Minister also emphasised that other conditions imposed on the Proposal, such as requirements for the removal of roadkill, were intended to reduce the spread of the Disease. The Court considered this to be "persuasive", such that it could not be said that the Decision was so unreasonable that no reasonable decision-maker would have made the Decision.
The Court's decision suggests the obligation on the Minister to consider approved conservation advices, and potentially other similar documents under the EPBC Act, cannot be discharged other than by the Minister specifically considering the document itself. However, because the Conservation Advice here specifically dealt with important matters relating to the Disease that were not otherwise in material before the Minister, there is scope for doubting whether the outcome would have been the same if those missing matters had been contained in the other material before the Minister.
The Court's reasoning in relation to the validity of the insurance population conditions is also important, because it indicates that impacts on a species protected under the EPBC Act because it faces a risk of extinction "in the wild" can, to a degree, be validly mitigated through establishing non-wild insurance populations. It is highly doubtful, however, that such measures could be used extensively, without being inconsistent with the objectives of the EPBC Act.


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Stamp collectors and astronomers alike, mark your calendars for June 20, 2017, when a special eclipse stamp will be released. The Postal Service will soon release a first-of-its-kind stamp that changes when you touch it. The Total Solar Eclipse Forever stamp, which commemorates the August 21 eclipse, transforms into an image of the Moon from the heat of a finger.
FindYourStampsValue.com encourages each philately enthusiasts to become the owners of this unique philatelic item! Be the lucky one who will possess a real philatelic novelty!
Tens of millions of people in the United States hope to view this rare event, which has not been seen on the U.S. mainland since 1979. The eclipse will travel a narrow path across the entire country for the first time since 1918. The path will run west to east from Oregon to South Carolina and will include portions of 14 states.
Eclipse path
The back of the stamp pane provides a map of the August 21 eclipse path and times it may appear in some locations. You can cisit NASA's website to view detailed maps of the eclipse's path.
Thermochromic Ink
The stamp image is a photograph taken by astrophysicist Fred Espenak, aka Mr. Eclipse, of Portal, AZ, that shows a total solar eclipse seen from Jalu, Libya, on March 29, 2006.
In the first U.S. stamp application of thermochromic ink, the Total Solar Eclipse stamps will reveal a second image. Using the body heat of your thumb or fingers and rubbing the eclipse image will reveal an underlying image of the Moon (Espenak also took the photograph of the Full Moon). The image reverts back to the eclipse once it cools.
Thermochromic inks are vulnerable to UV light and should be kept out of direct sunlight as much as possible to preserve this special effect. To help ensure longevity, the Postal Service will be offering a special envelope to hold and protect the stamp pane for a nominal fee.
A total eclipse of the Sun occurs when the Moon completely blocks the visible solar disk from view, casting a shadow on Earth. The 70-mile-wide shadow path of the eclipse, known as the "path of totality," will traverse the country diagonally, appearing first in Oregon (mid-morning local time) and exiting some 2,500 miles east and 90 minutes later off the coast of South Carolina (mid-afternoon local time).
A total solar eclipse provides us with the only chance to see the Sun's corona — its extended outer atmosphere — without specialized instruments. During the total phase of an eclipse the corona appears as a gossamer white halo around the black disk of the Moon, resembling the petals of a flower reaching out into space.


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• Do you long to feel whole?
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• the fires of transformation.
• a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination.
• a seemingly miraculous power or process of changing a thing into something better.
The 7-week EMB/RACE ALCHEMY journey will be hosted on-line, but it will take place in real-time, unfolding live with Naomi fully present the whole time. All lectures and discussions will be offered live, but they will also be recorded for later review or in case you have to miss a class. This seven-week journey could very easily change your life. It's designed to catapult you into a far more positive, inspiring, and fulfilling reality than you are currently experiencing, even if your life right now is pretty darn good!
• You will feel more confidence, certitude, and self-assurance on your life path.
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• to "radically accept."
• to "hold a person or a thing close to oneself" in a spirit of endearment.
In this e-course you will not only learn to "emb/race alchemy" which means embrace radical transformation. In this e-course you will also learn to radically accept who you are. This will include the specific form and set of parameters in which you chose to incarnate this time around. Indeed, the course will explain how indeed we choose the circumstances of our current incarnation on the soul level. With this broadened and deepened understanding of our reality, self-acceptance becomes easier, and by truly accepting ourselves, it becomes easier to accept other people even across our lines of difference.
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CHITA, Russia -- A camouflage-green U.S. Air Force cargo plane lumbers out of the sky and onto a runway here deep in Eastern Siberia, bearing plastic cups of Lunch Bucket lasagna -- microwavable, of course -- and No. 10 cans of cherry pie filling.
Everyone who is anyone in Chita is here, waiting on the runway, hungering more for the sight of Americans than for the granola bars they bring as humanitarian aid. The last U.S. military plane landed here in 1942, a local historian says. It didn't bring Dinty Moore stew. It brought Wendell L. Willkie, dispatched by President Franklin Roosevelt during World War II for a goodwill tour of the Allied countries.
Chita (pronounced chee-tah) is one of 64 former Soviet cities receiving a token of Operation Provide Hope, the highly publicized U.S. intercontinental airlift that ended last week.


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Here in Holland, the idea of what Halloween entails is...in simplest terms, wrong wrong wrong.
Growing up with Halloween being my favorite holiday, I find that the charm of the season stems from the wholesome design of the holiday. It is meant, first and foremost, for children. (Reminder: this is my assessment of the holiday, not applicable to everyone.) Trick or treating in costumes with friends. Pumpkin patches with your family. Bobbing for apples to win fun prizes. Getting lost in corn mazes. Haunted houses that spook you and your friends out more than you care to admit. Not sleeping for the month of October because of the ghost stories your older cousin shared. Watching the Peanuts Halloween Special.
It's all very family oriented, and here in Amsterdam I am often confronted with Halloween being about large raves and scary/sexy costuming. It makes me feel that, with the Americanized interpretation of the holiday proliferating culture here, we are left with contrary depictions of the All Hallow's Eve. It is one of my favorite holidays, and it's the beginning of the most festive part of the year.
Given that, how does one design for Halloween? If you, a designer, have a client that needs some Halloween design work done, how do you go about doing so? My question lies in a cultural diversion with the representation of the holiday. The key thing is to think about the demographic, and utilize the plethora of pre-existing relevant content.
Everyone loves Jack O' Lanterns. Like most American traditions, the history behind the friendly faced pumpkin started with immigrants. Irish immigrants brought part of their culture with them in regard to this time of year, and it has rather Celtic roots in purpose. In Ireland, they carved faces into turnips to ward off evil spirits. I can't imagine the turnips looking very nice, given the warped look of the vegetable. Any who, with pumpkins being native to America, the shift in which vegetable to desecrate changed over. Jack O' Lanterns are, to me, the hallmark of the holiday in terms of branding. When you see a Jack O' Lantern, you know exactly which holiday you are representing.
Black Cats.
Black cats exist all days of the year, and are no different from other cats. However, there is a certain reverence and mystery surrounding the darkest of felines at this time of the year. Black cats are often touted as familiars to witches, and became popularized at figures of the holiday when European Puritanical religious superstitions made their way to the shores of the New World. The New World Pilgrims believed a number of things about the cats: that the cats were actually witches themselves, women who could transform into this stealthy feline (in Mexico witches can turn into owls, which is far more terrifying). They also believed, for centuries prior to making their way across the Atlantic, that black cats were gifts from Satan himself to these witchy women. There is a long history of this superstition in Europe, and it's very interesting to see the implications of it in popularized American media (for example, Sabrina the Teenage Witch). So if you want to overload your design with religious superstition neatly packaged and personified, a black cat will do just fine.
Ghosts have a really, really, incredibly long tradition in Halloween that predates American revitalization of the holiday; if you want a proper education on the subject, I would suggest taking time to research it all as it varies from culture to culture and has notable shifts in regard to the influence of the Church. It is a mergence of Celtic traditions, harvest festivals around the world, and religion. The function of putting on costumes was intended to scare off spirits, and thus a blanket looking ghost emerged as a significant icon of the holiday. It's the one time of year where we get to scare them instead!
I can go on and on, but won't. The fact of the matter is that Halloween is a holiday full of icons and is a great representation of Americana: the influence of immigrant culture all mashed together into something distinctly American. Even though many roots are founded in Europe, the holiday as it exists in the United States is far different than what you see in European countries. The closest thing is perhaps Sint-Maartens here in the Netherlands, and the tradition of seeking candy on that day is akin to trick or treating.
So when thinking about design, take into consideration the history behind these relevant holiday icons. You can look to Hollywood or the history books. Personally, the books fascinate me and starting there before going to the highly commercialized Hollywood interpretation will give your holiday design a little more heart and depth.
Happy Halloween,
Alisa Longoria


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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) announced on Friday that Rebecca Hersman will join them as the director of the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) program.
They also stated that she will serve as senior advisor for the International Security Program.
"Rebecca has been a key leader over the past six years on issues ranging from the nuclear security summit to the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons to the global health security agenda," said Kathleen H. Hicks, senior vice president and director of the International Security Program at CSIS. "She brings to CSIS strategic vision, real world experience and a commitment to the development of young professionals."
Previously, Hersman served in the Department of Defense as deputy assistant secretary for countering weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Prior to this, Hersman was a research fellow within the center for the study of WMDs at the National Defense University. Her primary focus was the Department of Defense's role in mitigation of chemical and biological threats.
She holds a master's degree in Arab Studies from Georgetown University after earning her bachelor's degree from Duke University.
"We are delighted to welcome Rebecca to CSIS," CSIS President and CEO John J. Hamre said. "She is one of the nation's true leading experts on nuclear and counter-WMD issues, and I am confident that the PONI program will thrive under her strategic direction."


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3921 . The term 'Butterfly Stroke' is associated with which game?
3922 . Which vitamin is very liable and easily destroyed during cooking as well as storage?
Vitamin C
3923 . Who acts as the Chancellor of State Universities ?
3924 . Which current is produced by upwelling of cold water off the coast of Chile and Peru?
Humboldt current
3925 . By whom was the structure of Qutab Minar was completed?
3926 . In which process, a nucleus spontaneously breaks down by emitting radiation?
Radioactive decay
3927 . 'Alice in Wonderland' the famous TV Serial, is based on a book written by which author?
Lewis Caroll
3928 . Who was the chairman of National Income Committee?
P. C. Mahalanobis
3929 . In which country are the broken hill famous for zinc and lead?
3930 . When Akbar was young, Who was his guardian?
Bairam Khan
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3931 . Which organ destroys worn out RBCs in the body of a vertebrate?
3932 . Which State has no Panchayati Raj Institution at all?
3933 . Fluorescent tubes are fitted with a choke. What does the choke coil?
Reduces current in the circuit
3934 . The Vindhyas belong to which class of mountains?
Block mountains
3935 . In which year Akbar assumed actual control over the administration of his empire?
3936 . Who wrote the book 'A Passage to India'–
E. M. Foster
3937 . Barack Obama, the President of America, comes from which American States?
3938 . What is the normal temperature of human body on the Kelvin scale?
3939 . Maharashtrian Plateau is made up of which?
3940 . By whom was Nishat Garden built?
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3941 . Which is the oldest Development Financial Institution of India?
3942 . What is a powerful eye irritant present in smog?
Sulphur dioxide
3943 . Where is respiratory centre situated?
Medulla oblongata
3944 . Which part of the Earth's surface receives the highest amount of insolation?
Tropical deserts
3945 . Which are manuals of instruction in the form of brief rules?
3946 . Who is the head of the National Defence Committee?
Home Minister
3947 . Who was the first Indian to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of London?
Srinivas Ramanujan
3948 . Prof. Amartya Sen has earned worldwide distinction in which field /area?
3949 . Mist is a result of which thing?
3950 . At where an example of Chola architecture can be seen?
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3951 . How is the relative permeability of a diamagnetic material?
Less than unity
3952 . Which gland in human body is popularly called 'Adam's apple'?
3953 . Which was the first woman Governor of a State in free India?
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
3954 . The intensity of insolation depends on which line?
3955 . Between which the famous Battle of Takkolam in South India was fought?
Cholas and Rashtrakutas
3956 . In India, the bank NABARD does not provide refinance to which bank?
Export-Import Banks
3957 . Crusade for human rights is associated with which name?
Jimmy Carter
3958 . Which nontoxic gas helps in formation of enzymes which ripen fruit?
3959 . Which desert is famous for its deposits of nitrates?
3960 . Which queen enjoyed political power along 'with her husband?
Nur Jahan
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Reuters wrote last week: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-cancer-children-idUSKCN11M09I
"Brain cancer is now the deadliest form of childhood cancer in the United States, surpassing leukemia, as treatment advances have allowed doctors to cure many blood-related cancers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday"
In 1999, nearly every 3rd child who died of cancer had leukemia. At that time brain cancer caused the deaths of one in four children. Years in between researchers have repeatedly warned about comparable death rates in these two pediatric cancer types. By 2014, the numbers had castled.
"Forms of leukemia that a generation ago were almost universally fatal are now almost universally curable," said Sally Curtin, one of the authors of the cancer report.
Overall, cancer mortality in children dropped 20 percent from 1999, continuing the trend that started in the mid 1970s, according to the study by National Center for Health Statistics.
"The declines were broad, across all the age groups, males and females, for both white and black children," Curtin said. "That in and of itself is noteworthy because so many health outcomes have disparities."
Curtin noted also that brain cancer deaths held stable when leukemia deaths dropped. Absolute numbers, however, haven't changed a lot, with mortality in childhood brain cancer slightly increasing from 516 in 1999 to 534 in 2014, the study also reported.
"For pediatric brain tumors in particular, we have not made significant headway at all," said Katherine Warren, head of pediatric neuro-oncology at the National Cancer Institute.
Katherine Warren emphasizes also that childhood brain cancer is more difficult to treat, in part because the blood-brain barrier (BBB) protects the central nervous system from toxins [and medicines]. This makes it more difficult to deliver chemotherapy and many other blood-borne medicines.
I myself can see three main messages here:
These news make me think of Temodex. It is locally applied and therefore cannot be stopped by BBB, which is why it has already shown the efficiency in treatment of brain cancers in adults. It combines the best way of [local] delivery/application with the best and only proven medicinal substance.
We do not need any better motivation to push the pivotal development of Temodex forward and make it available for children ASAP.


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THE STAR-PRESS / SEARCH: 1107 W Second St Mount Vernon, IN 47620
- 2 beds
- 1 baths
- $27,500 price
- 201818115 mls id
- Square Feet: 832 sqft
- Year Built: 1935
- Status: Active
Conveniently located within walking distance to schools and restaurants, this home is currently an investment property and is tenant occupied. The home has newer siding and replacement windows. Flooring was replaced 4-5 years ago. The enclosed back porch has laundry hookups. Kitchen and bath were updated 2 years ago. 1 car detached garage offers additional storage. Property is being sold "As Is".
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Office Phone: 8124734663
Listing Agent: Rick Mileham
Updated: 16th August, 2018 3:17 PM.
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FPL comes to aid of poor
Florida Power & Light gave 50 low-income homeowners new air-conditioning filters, energy-efficient light bulbs and low-flow shower heads to help cut their bills. 1B
Bravo for Project Runway
Fashion Editor Rod Stafford Hagwood dishes on the 15 contestants, including Chris March, left, and handicaps them on their chances of wooing Tim Gunn and winning the competition. 1E
Florida men with HIV
A new health report estimates 1 in 22 gay men are living with HIV in the state. 1B
Saying no to catalogs
Tired of holiday gift catalogs flooding your mailbox? A free online service lets consumers ask merchants to remove their names from mailing lists. 1D
From grief to charity
NASCAR's Kyle Petty and family, who lost a son in an accident, bring plenty of happy moments to children facing serious illnesses through their Victory Junction Gang Camp. 1C
Sizing up all of our losers
Columnist Ethan J. Skolnick takes a lighthearted look at the sorry state of college and professional sports teams in South Florida. 1C
Turkish airstrike on villages
The cross-border attack on some abandoned villages was the first since tensions began intensifying.13A
Musharraf defends actions
Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, said Tuesday his declaration of emergency rule would not interfere with free elections. 18A
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Financial Definition of TAX-EXEMPT
What It Is
Generally, tax exempt means free from federal income taxation.
How It Works
Tax exemptions can apply to a portion of an individual's income or to the nature of an organization.
For example, let's say that John purchases municipal bonds. The interest on those bonds is tax exempt, so John does not have to pay federal income taxes on that income. Income generated by investments in Roth IRAs is often tax exempt.
Likewise, nonprofit organizations are generally tax exempt, meaning that they are not required to pay federal income taxes on their income.
Why It Matters
Tax exemptions obviously save taxpayers and organizations money on taxes. Accordingly, investments with tax exemptions can be very attractive, particularly to investors in high tax brackets or in economic environments in which taxes are high or expected to rise.
Considerable controversy exists regarding what sorts of income, activities, or organizations should be tax exempt. Most of the time, an organization has to be registered under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in order to become tax exempt.
It is also important to note that even though income may be exempt from federal income taxes, the taxpayer or organization might still have to pay state, local, or other types of taxes (such as payroll taxes, sales taxes, or excise taxes).
TAX-EXEMPT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of tax-exempt for English Language Learners
: not taxed : exempted from a tax
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Seeing a huge colony of ants marching towards your kitchen or in your balcony will put you in worry. If your residence is a breeding ground of ants, then you must not ignore the issue. Without delay, obtain useful tips and a professional help of a reputed pest control company to sort your ant-related hassles.
Clean The Countertops Properly:
Take time to clean and scrub the countertops in a proper manner with the help of vinegar and water. Mix water and vinegar in equal proportion and apply it as a cleaner to clean the desired corners and surfaces of tables, kitchen sink and other flat-based areas.
Removal Of Moisture-Based Objects:
If your abode consists of flower pots, pieces of bricks, bath tubs for kids, grills for barbecuing, piles of wooden pieces, or the leftovers of raw vegetables and fruits, then you should exclude such objects which contain moisture and draw ants to enter your living spaces.
Apply Natural Methods:
Having found the breeding spots, you can pour boiled water inside the nests of ants. You can make use of the powder of chili pepper, few cinnamon sticks and cloves, or dried peppermint leaves into the openings of nests to keep ants away.
Get A Professional Ant Inspection:
There are many locations in and around your living spaces where you would not be able to reach or spot out the pesky creatures. Call up an established pest agency to receive "pest control services" and high-standardized pest solutions and inspections from the expert team. The pest inspectors will carry out an intensive pest inspection in the windows, doors, kitchen zones, the edges of the carpets, patios and all unreachable tiny holes to kill the nocturnal insects at once.
Banish the ants with the application of the tips mentioned above.


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Rainbow Recaps: Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (Episode 7)
Episode 7 of Strong Woman Do Bong Soon came with a big revelation that I'm sure we all knew already, and a bunch of super cute moments that made me scream until my throat hurt. I wasn't the only one, was I? Let's see how it went and the gif set I made this time.
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Episode 7: "Change"
The episode starts with a Shakespearean fantasy, Bong Soon dreaming she's Juliet and Min Hyuk as Romeo. All fine and romantic until she steps on his toes and he walks away, horrified with her strength. She wakes up screaming, and thirsty so she leaves her room. Perfect timing because now she can defend herself when one of the thugs comes at her, and then save Min Hyuk from the one that's trying to kill him. And that's how they get the bad guys, tying them up as the CEO refuses to call the police.
The next morning they awake with a call from Gangster Boss who called to check on his employees, just to get Min Hyuk to tell him it failed. Later, Bong Soon stays looking after the thugs while Min Hyuk goes to the appointed meeting to accept the role as new CEO, only because he has been threatened in such childish way that he refuses allowing such person take care of the company. He claims that if the other person hadn't acted this way he wouldn't have accepted the position. He also shows the thugs in his place as evidence and promises to catch the culprit behind for the next board meeting.
His father is shocked but Min Hyuk reassures him that he'll catch the person and that he's sure it's one of his brothers, so they need to do it quietly unless they want to jeopardise his father's image.
Gangster Boss gets an earful from the one who asked him this, which infuriates him, especially after hearing what happened to his lackeys, so he goes to meet Min Hyuk to reveal who's behind the attack. Heartbreakingly, the CEO finds out it was actually the brother he trusted the most, Dong Suk. He breaks down crying.
Bong Soon finds him depressed and lost and when he points out how the culprit was the one they least expected, she takes in her hands to cheer him up so they go to the amusement park. They go to different rides and she drags him around, even wearing kitty ears. They are adorable I ship them so much.
On their way to Bong Soon's home he tells her about the pink hoodie girl and Bong Soon looks at him as if recognising it's her the angel he's talking about. Then she receives a call to tell her Grandma is visiting. Min Hyuk goes with her and is introduced, and now both Strong Mamma and Strong Grandma treat him as the future son-in-law. I'm sure Min Hyuk secretly loves that.
After the CEO leaves, the three women have a touching moment where they talk about the chain from daughter to mother and grandmother, how they are connected by something special. This makes Bong Soon re-connect with her strength and not be scared of having a child like her anymore.
Meanwhile, Min Hyuk goes home and his heart aches as he has flashbacks of Dong Suk being the only one kind to him when they were kids. That's why he doesn't beat around the bushes and tells his brother he knows the truth, for which the older brother apologises and explains he just wanted to scare Min Hyuk. The CEO agrees to keep it between them but warns him to never do such a stupid thing again. Their father watches them with what looks a content look in his eyes.
The next morning Bong Soon runs into his high school followers and scolds them for skipping class, making them go back but one of the neighbour ladies watches thinking Bong Soon looks more like a a gangster boss, telling that to Bong Soon's mother later.
Then, Bong Soon meets Min Hyuk for more training, which goes basically the same. She's still strong and hurts him at times, but Min Hyuk can catch her off guards at time, cornering her and even ending up pinning her against the floor, declaring they should do it... "us."
Am I the only one screaming here?!
When Bong Soon asks what he means by "us" he only says the training and rises to his feet again for more training.
Be still my heart.
The training continues to make Bong Soon control her strength so she doesn't end up sending pieces as projectiles anymore, able like that to smoothly join society. Once she does, he welcomes her to the Game Development Team, although he takes it back when in her excitement she breaks the game board.
At the hospital Gangster Boss checks on all his injured employees, getting angrier at Bong Soon. The toothless thug promises to avenge his name and pride.
The neighborhood ladies go to see the shaman again to ask if they should get rid of Gangster Boss, and after paying the fee, this one connects with whom seems to be Bong Soon's Great-grandmother, who warns them that no matter what, they can defeat that man. They go home scandalized and a shocked for what happened. At home, Bong Soon's mother scolds her daughter, accusing her of stealing kid's money. Bong Soon has had enough and this time demands to know why her mother treats her like that, with so much disdain and disapproval, showing clear favoritism for Bong Ki. Our girl cries and screams, heartbreakingly, while her mother can't say a thing.
Later, awkwardly, Bong Soon just comes to take food for her brother and Kyung Sim, but the mother doesn't say anything else while watching her. At the hospital, Bong Soon walks in while Hee Ji is confessing and as it's about her childhood friend and twin brother, she thinks she has some right to speak. Bong Soon tells them both they are being bad people, Gook Doo is their friend and she can't be like that. Bong Ki is also at fault because he shouldn't have kept seeing someone who was dating, that only encouraged her feelings. She tells them she hopes they'll stop being this way.
Following the lead of the lost shoe when the kidnapper attacked Kyung Sim, they get to an actor for a play exactly like what's happening with the kidnapper, so they suspect him, especially when they hear he's lost a shoe. However, the actor has an alibi and they don't even think the real culprit is also enjoying the creepy play.
At the hospital Bong Soon is playing a visit to Kyung Sim and she is in the room when the kidnapper comes for her as a fake doctor again, after causing a fire distraction for the police. The culprit makes a run for it and even with the policemen and Bong Soon chasing after him, he escapes by using another costume. It's so upsetting!
Gook Doo comes then after hearing that, just to scream at Bong Soon for going after the culprit, being overdramatic. They keep fighting so Bong Soon leaves alone, angry with him.
At the neighborhood, Min Hyuk drops by the walnut shop, ending up talking to Bong Soon's father who thanks her and asks him to please look after his daughter, after all he adores her. Min Hyuk reassures the man he also deeply cares about her and the man smiles content, glad such young man is around her daughter.
Later, Gangster Boss drops Toothless Thug, who goes after Bong Soon, determined to get his revenge. Min Hyuk, who is around, spots them when the thug approaches Bong Soon, but before the CEO can do anything, out of nowhere, Gook Doo shows up to defend Bong Soon, beating the already bruised thug. Bong Soon screams to them to stop, ending taking the matter it in her hands, grabbing Gook Doo and literally throwing him away.
Now Bring the Rainbow!
With every passing episode I ship the main leads more and more. They have great chemistry and it's beautiful to see Min Hyuk falling for Bong Soon, who is a hundred percent herself when she's with him. She hides nothing with him and shows even her less "appealing" side, and I adore that because it makes it so real and pure. Ji Soo is her childhood friend yet she is a completely different person with him and he doesn't know something that is a big part of who she is. I guess this is why I ship Min Hyuk and Bong Soon more, because it's an honest love. And we can see more clearly now how Bong Soon's heart is going to our CEO! Yes, I am still squealing.
I am impressed with the kidnapper, how psychotic he is, actually imitating the character from the play and enjoying his work. Bong Soon seems to be the only thing actually getting in his way and I am scared for what he'll do to her, because as the shaman said, strength can't beat the knife. No matter how strong Bong Soon is, she would still die with a bullet, right? This psycho is far too clever and that makes him more dangerous.
You know what I loved about this episode? When Bong Soon yelled at her mom. Sure, the lady is a comic relief and very funny all of the time, but she's infuriating in the way she treats her daughter. She should really understand Bong Soon instead of making things harder and hurting her so much. And how our lead girl said it, her physical strength comes with a weaker heart and she hurts a lot, too. I'm so happy she made herself be heard and said what was causing her so much pain. I hope her mother opens her eyes and changes, to be a bit more like Bong Soon's grandmother.
Episode 8 is out and I'll see you all for that recap.
I'm out~
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How to Create Autonomous Transactions in SQL ServerPosted by Andrey Ivanov | On August 13th, 2012 | In Database Migration, Microsoft SQL Server
You probably heard about autonomous transactions in Oracle. In a few words, using just one pragma directive in a PL/SQL block you can isolate it from the callers' context, so it becomes independent transaction. It's quite useful if you want organize data audit and is pretty widely used in production databases. As you might guess these autonomous transactions do not have direct equivalent in Microsoft SQL Server. The only way to isolate a Transact-SQL block from a transaction context is to open a new connection. There are several options here, so let's start with SSMA approach.
Assume that we have some logging logic in a stored procedure named "dbo.LogError" and we want to commit it even in case when main transaction will be roll backed.
As in previous case with UDF exceptions SSMA use extended procedure (now – to open a new connection). SSMA will wrap our routine like that:
It was the only way to do that in SQL Server 2000 and it still works faster than other solutions, but there is a one big issue here – Microsoft announced that this feature is officially deprecated, so extended stored procedure is just not an option now.
Starting from SQL Server 2005 we can use CLR instead and in SQL Server 2008 version loopback linked server is appropriate too. You can read more about loopback approach in this article.
It's pretty good primarily because it's very simple. Once you have configured loopback server all you need is just change invocation T-SQL code from
without any changes in target routine. But you have to keep in mind that using linked server in SQL Server always negatively affects performance. Calling routine throw the linked server is about 3-4x times slower than same invocation in current context. Well, it's actually 1-2 milliseconds overhead per execution (or even less), but still, if you looking for a solution for very high loaded system, maybe you need something else.
SQLCLR might be good enough (this approach is recommend by Microsoft by the way). It still will affect performance, but a little less (up to 2-2.5x times slower). And if there are some computational tasks in your logic, CLR can provide additional performance here and maybe compensate calling overhead. Of course, writing CLR routines requires knowledge of C# or other .NET language. But if we just want to execute our stored procedure in new connection using CLR, .NET code will be very simple. If you are new to SQLCLR, you can start with this article.
Code of CLR wrapper for our "LogError" stored procedure will look like that:
public static void ErrorLoggingCLR()
using(SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection("context connection=true"))
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("exec dbo.LogError", connection);
After you deploy this to SQL Server, you can call it just like usual SQL Server stored procedure. Just make sure that your server is configured properly (sp_configure 'clr enabled' returns "1" as running value).


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Devereux, Michael, Sterne, Gabriel and Smith, Jennifer (1994) Personal and corporate sector debt. Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, 34 (2).Full text not available from this repository.
This article examines the influence of debt on the behaviour of households and firms in the recent recession. It compares the levels of debt in the two sectors in recent years, and the sectors' reactions to indebtedness. It then considers each sector in turn. Debt was more unevenly spread across both households and firms in the recent recession than in its predecessors. Partly as a result, disaggregated data can in both cases help in reaching a more accurate picture of the influence of debt on behaviour, and in deciding between competing explanations of recent developments in the two sectors.
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Net gain for rural operators
Skilled nursing facilities would become eligible for broadband services funding under a proposed Senate bill.
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced S. 1916 in August in order for nursing homes to apply for support through the Universal Service Fund's Rural Health Care Program, which provides telecommunications and broadband services for rural providers.
The Federal Communications Commission expanded the RHCP to include the $400 million Healthcare Connect Fund in 2012. It originally allocated $50 million over three years starting in 2014 for a skilled nursing pilot program, but later halted those plans.
The fund was designed to provide patients with telemedicine access and to support the exchange of electronic health records, plus increase broadband services.
"This common-sense bill would support and improve the healthcare services that skilled nursing facilities can provide to our rural communities by allowing them access to much-needed funds that are currently out of reach," Thune said, specifically mentioning Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society as a provider that would benefit.
"The legislation would help healthcare providers such as the Society develop new, innovative ways to reach out and offer supportive services directly in clients' homes," Thune added.


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Part II: Schubert's "Der Erlkönig": This timeless art song, in sand animation by a CalArts/Oberlin colleague Ben Zelkowicz (2002). I was blown away by it when I saw it at an animation shorts festival back then at CalArts. I had to order it tonight!
The story:
Who rides, so late, through night and wind?
It is the father with his child.
He holds the boy in the crook of his arm
He holds him safe, he keeps him warm.
"My son, why do you hide your face so anxiously?"
"Father, do you not see the Elfking?
The Elfking with crown and cloak?"
"My son, it's a wisp of fog."
"You lovely child, come, go with me!
Many a beautiful game I'll play with you;
Some colourful flowers are on the shore,
My mother has many golden robes."
"My father, my father, can't you hear,
What the Elfking quietly promised me?"
"Be calm, stay calm, my child;
The wind rustles through dry leaves."
"Do you want to come with me, dear boy?
My daughters shall wait on you fine;
My daughters lead the nightly dances
And will rock and dance and sing you to sleep."
"My father, my father, can't you see there,
The Elfking's daughters in the gloomy place?"
"My son, my son, I see it well:
The old willows they shimmer so grey."
"I love you, your beautiful form entices me;
And if you're not willing, I shall use force."
"My father, my father, he's grabbing me now!
The Elfking has done me harm!"
The father shudders; he rides swiftly,
He holds the moaning child in his arms.
He can hardly manage to reach his farm;
In his arms, the child was dead.


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BEST | Phil Dunphy, Modern Family "I'm a cool dad, that's my thing. I'm hip, I surf the web, I text. LOL means laugh out loud, OMG: oh my god, WTF: why the face," Phil says in the pilot and oh, how right he is. Not only does he prove said hipness by speaking in abbreviations, he also learns the dances to High School Musical and lets Luke quit magic despite his own intense passion for it.
WORST | Clay Morrow, Sons of Anarchy
Oh, Clay, don't you know that when you try to have your stepson's wife killed, karma will get you? Or when you attempt to murder his best friend (keyword: attempt)? How about when you off his father and cover it up? As SAMCRO prez, Clay did whatever he needed to in order to get what he wanted, which left zero room to be a good stepfather to Jax — not that he really cared.
BEST | Burt Hummel, Glee
Burt is a guy's guy – a mechanic and avid football fan – so Kurt is a bit hesitant to come out to his father. Burt, though, is anything but intolerant. In fact, he comforts his son and is always super protective of him. Now let's talk about that graduation gift to Kurt. Who would've guessed that Burt, of all people, would get up there and dance to "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)?" Not us – but that just makes it all the more satisfying.
WORST | Nicholas Brody, Homeland
Nick was a great father figure to poor little Issa but to his own kids, Dana and Chris? Not so much. In Brody's defense, his relationship with his kids was bound to be awkward and distant after eight years as a POW, but his lies and betrayal (and that whole attempt at blowing up innocent people) are not the stuff of role models. Despite his few cute moments with Dana, their final interaction was absolutely heartbreaking.
BEST | Adam Braverman, Parenthood
Adam is the dad we all wish we could have: protective, accepting and fun – gotta love when he gets that dance fever! He will do whatever it takes to help his son with Asperger's – including impromptu trips to the amusement park (fail) and surf lessons (success) – and not so much as bats an eye when Haddie brings a girlfriend home from college. Plus, who doesn't love a man who will shed a tear every episode once in a while?
WORST | Peter Florrick, The Good Wife
We first meet Peter when his leaked sex tape with a prostitute and accusation of hiring escorts with state dollars lands him in jail, forcing kids Zach and Grace to change schools and make new friends – AKA every kid's worst nightmare. Even when out of prison, Peter chooses to spend all of his time in politics and not with his children. 'Nuff said.
BEST | Bob Belcher, Bob's Burgers
"Dad, you're the best pimp a girl could ever have," Tina Belcher tells his father, to which he responds, "Oh, Tina. I've been waiting all my life to hear those words." It doesn't get any sweeter than that. There isn't anything Bob won't do for his kids – even if it means dressing up in a homemade 'Equestranaut' costume to get his daughter a beloved toy back.
WORST | Peter Griffin, Family Guy
"I was dating your mother, I don't like the way condoms feel, next thing you know I got a mortgage, a kid and a crappy job at a toy factory," Peter tells Meg, which is just what every girl wants to hear from their father to make them feel all warm and fuzzy inside. He's lowbrow and crude and it is revealed that he shook son Peter Jr. too much, ultimately killing him. I guess you could say Chris, Meg and Stewie got lucky?
BEST | Prince Charming, Once Upon a Time
Just watch any hug between Charming and Emma and your heart will melt. David cared about his and Snow's firstborn so much that they put her in a magical wardrobe and risked never seeing her again, to protect her from the curse. And while he missed 28 years of Emma's life, at least he has Prince Neal to watch grow up.
WORST | Tywin Lannister, Game of Thrones
Nothing says fatherly love like having your son watch his former wife get gang-raped by guards, or rewarding him on his 16th nameday with oversight of privys and sewers. To say that Tywin is a bad dad is the understatement of the century. He blames Tyrion for the death of his wife and sees his son as malformed and perverse. Let's just leave it at that.
BEST | Richard Castle, Castle
Get out your notebook and pen because everyone can learn a thing or two from Castle AKA the greatest dad in the world. This single father-turned-honorary detective chooses to make his daughter the 'Best Man' at his wedding because she's "the most important person" in his life. (We're not crying…there's just something in our eye.)
WORST | Mikael, The Originals
All fathers have demands for their kids – take out the garbage, clean your room, vacuum – but kill your brother? Mikael pitted Elijah and Klaus against each other as lads and has a strong desire to kill Klaus, which is generally not the hallmark of a top pop.
BEST | Murray Goldberg, The Goldbergs
Murray may be hot-tempered, blunt and feel absolutely no shame for any of his actions, but he is also a great father. He will call his kids morons and mock them at the roller rink, but it all comes from a place of love. Besides, who wants another lovey-dovey daddy anyway? We'd choose Murray any day (or decade)!
WORST | Rowan Pope, Scandal
We're not sure what's worse: instructing someone to sleep with your daughter to keep her away from her true, forbidden love, or instructing someone to sleep with your daughter, period. Either way, shame on you, Papa Pope! Mr. "Hell and high water" may have helped Olivia to stand in the sun, but that meant orchestrating a Machiavellian series of events that lost him any chance at being gifted with a tie anytime soon.
BEST | Sheriff Stilinski, Teen Wolf
Stiles and his dad have quite possibly the most heartwarming father-son moments on TV. When the sheriff tells his son he was a hero in the big lacrosse game, our eyes welled up with tears, just as his did when he finds out that Stiles has the same disease that killed his wife. Plus, any embrace between this father/son duo gets us a little choked up in the best way possible.
WORST | Conrad Grayson, Revenge
During his heyday,, the head of Grayson Global was not only responsible for a massive plane crash, but he also framed and attempted to kill his daughter Charlotte's biological father. Oh, and let's not forget that he also threatened her on national television. (Yikes!)
BEST | Ron Swanson, Parks and Recreation
What is there not to love about Ron Swanson? He is hilarious, wise and unsurprisingly a great dad. When he first meets his now-stepdaughters, he lets them dress him up as a princess, as every father should. Even though John's arrival is the most downplayed birth ever, Ron has some sweet "goochy-goochy-goo" moments that prove he really is just a big ol' softie.
WORST | King Henry, Reign
When he isn't playing favorites with his sons (and pitting them against each other), he is putting his own happiness first, making various power plays for the English crown — including trying to murder his own son so he could marry his daughter-in-law. (Talk about a game of thrones!)
BEST | Bobby Singer, Supernatural
A dad in everything but name, Bobby's been a constant fixture in Sam and Dean's lives (more so since BDW's death), helping them put away one demon after another and proving that "family don't end with blood".
WORST | Malcolm Merlyn, Arrow
What's worse than your son dying? You being the one that caused his death – just ask Malcolm! When he attempts to level The Glades because his wife was killed there, Tommy ends up a casualty. Malcolm is grief-stricken (eye roll), but luckily he later finds out that Thea Queen is his offspring, so he now has a second chance to be a good father — though something tells us he won't tutor Thea to be an angel.


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Spanish photographer Diego Diaz Marin snaps Gipsy Crisis featuring his muse and model Fabiola Gomez. Gipsy Crisis addresses the life of a rich millionaire and elegant woman, living in Spain's economic crisis.
Marin captures the intense light of his hometown Torre Del Mar, Spain with the abundance of Fabiola's rich girl existence, then mixes them with the emotional and real world complexity of the kaleidoscopic images.


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There is a special light that photographers call magical—when the sun is setting and surrounds everything with a soft glow. It's also present in the early morning hours as two of these photos attest. In one, Anita and Artimisa are clothed in capulanas to keep warm in the cool morning air. In the other, children carry rolled-up esteiras, woven mats used as bedding and floor mats, to sell in the market in a larger town nearby. The third photo is of little Alfonso sleeping in Lehla's arms, oblvious to everything but a feeling of comfort and safety. Oh, so much beauty!
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