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Well I've always said - "If you're going to get a first bream on fly - make it a GOOD ONE" (hahaha, no I didn't - but i do now! )
Since before the Forster Fly Muster, I've been trying (VERY TRYING!) to get a Salt Water fish (preferably a Bream) on Fly from the yak (I've previously landed trout & flatties on fly from shore & a flattie from yak) but at that point, hadn't landed a bream (or whiting!)
Fishing with a Fly Rod from a kayak presents a special challenge, compared to those standing up & casting! Being closer to the water in the yak, you can't always use the same technique - it is just trickier to do for all sorts of reasons!
Being very much a 'part time' fly fisho, having first 'learned to fly fish' about 30 years ago ..... there can be months or even years between my outings on the water! However, over the last couple of months, I've been really concentrating on giving it a 'real hard go'!
Sometimes I can 'fluff' a good cast & I think "THAT should catch a fish" ..... but it didn't! It caught a tree instead! Then it caught a jetty, a rope, a fence ..... LOTS of weed ...... and often it just caught 'nothing'! Hundreds of casts ...... for NOTHING! Then it caught my net, then my stakeout pole,, my paddle, the handle under my Hobie Seat ..... and a multitude of other things!! If ANYTHING is on your yak - the fly or flyline will wrap around it sooner or later!!
Michelle & I have been out a few times in the last month or so & 'nearly' caught fish many times - we've had SO many bloops & hits on the surface fly that we'd been using. I'd bought about 50 of them on ebay some years back & knew they'd 'work' on bream & possibly whiting . So ..... Trevor, Michelle & I have been tossing this fly around over the last month or so!! I've even re-tied the 'floatation' on the fly as the original stuff wasn't highly compressed! I used a bit of nicer foam to replace what was originally on the fly - and it worked just as well - and finally caught the fish!
Last Thurs, we got together with Trevor/Old Bar Boy and had a session with top fly fisho/tutor Brian Henderson (who lives at Pacific Palms.) He took us thru the basics again - Roll Casts & using the Roll cast to initiate a 'one go' distance cast - as multi casting will just spook any fish in front of you! A bit of a storm happened, and we sought shelter for a cuppa & then back into casting again! We walked the shallows with Brian & John (a buddy who gave us each a nice fly to try) but even THEY couldn't land a fish (altho after we'd packed up, they DID get a couple of small whiting & a tiny flattie.)
Jump forward to yesterday ....... Whilst a storm had been forecast, it didn't look too bad in the morning, so I grabbed the opportunity to go out & try AGAIN with fly! I cast my spin rod on the way to 'my spot' ...... which is where Briana & I had fished last week .... so I knew there should be fish there! I had plenty of fish hitting the Sammy on the way over but no hookups. When I arrived, I was dismayed to see that the tide was almost dead low & the area I wanted to fish didn't even have water covering it! Damn! That scuppered THOSE plans!! Oh well, I'll just cast around the shallows around the edges ..... and had some terrific hits!
I even had one hookup where I stripped the line, felt the weight, lifted the rod tip & the rod loaded up & buckled as the fish fought ...... then it got off! So whatever I was doing had to be 'sort of' right ...... many casts later - I'd had a HEAP of hits - one spectacular attack would probably have been a flattie - that missed! Most were probably whiting, as this area when covered in water is a whiting honey hole!
After a while of a cast of thousands, I thought I'd try a deeper area over by the edge in front of the trees & my first cast landed right under the edge of the treeline and I saw a nice 'bloop', then again, then the fly disappeared & I felt the line buckling in my hand! WOOHOO! I am 'on'!! (But I'd been 'on' before! )
I started stripping the line & felt the weight of the fish, then couldn't feel the weight - DAMN! I lost it! Pulling in the loose line, I felt it tighten up to the fish again! It had been swimming towards me away from the structure, out into the open! YAY! I am still on! It felt like a GOOD fish too!! Quite strong. Slowly I brought it to the yak and I could see it was a VERY nice fish! A Blue Nose!
My TFO BVK 7wt Fly rod
A real Blue Nose
First Fly Caught Bream!
It went 35cm on the Lie Detector!
and a Blurry go at a Selfie!
Briana had caught a 35cm bream not far from this spot last week - maybe it was the same one?? So back it went, to grow bigger!
SO ..... now for the next one!! (and a whiting ..... and another flattie ......)
cheers & thanks for reading!
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This happened to me three days ago on FaceBook. In today's world with Social Media's potential use to recruit and radicalize we all need to be vigilant. While I was sleeping I somehow 'accepted' a New Friend. Now I was sleeping, so of course I did not accept a new friend. So, when I did go to FaceBook I looked at my 'new friend' profile. She was a very young, lovely, Muslim women. Since I have 'real' friends of all faiths, I thought maybe I did know her. I did not. I looked at her profile briefly. It was all about inviting me to learn about Islam, and about some faults of western culture. While I thought it was odd to have a new friend who I didn't approve, I considered this could be a new learning experience.
I went to look at the page that shows new requests, and shows people who I might want to invite as friends. That page was FLOODED with males with names like Akbar and Mohammed and other middle Eastern names. I counted about two dozen, and then stopped counting.
The pictures of these new 'possible' friends included some women and a child, a young girl, but mostly men. I briefly looked at a few profiles, which seemed to be designed to recruit and radicalize. I decided to do two things. One, I blocked my 'new friend'. Two, I reported the incident to FaceBook. Three days later Facebook did something and all those middle eastern names who must have been linked to my 'new friend" were gone! Those names were gone from from my new requests/or possible new friends.
In light of the terrorism that is linked to 'lone terrorist' and 'how' such people are recruited I wanted you all to know what I experienced. Somehow, I was 'friended' without any action from me, or approval. Once that happened there was an immediate network of people, dozens of people, dozens of potential new friends inviting me, or facebook suggesting to me about these potential new friends.
Imagine what all these new friends can mean to a disturbed person. It looks like there is an efficient, well organized group using Facebook to help them recruit. Interesting that FaceBook, upon my report, was able to remove all those names, but it took a few days I think. TROUBLE IS, an unhappy, unbalanced person would not report this, but might just have a whole new group of friends and a new cause!


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Cletus A. Mastilock, Jr.
Oct. 12, 1946 - Sept. 13, 2011
Cletus Andrew Mastilock, 64 of Stockton, passed away on September 13, 2011. Born in Lakewood, Ohio, he worked for 27 years as the General Manager of Screenco, Inc., a silk screen printing company. Although he suffered from a lifelong illness, he inspired many by his courage and will be greatly missed.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary K. Mastilock.
Cletus is the loving brother of Jim Mastilock, Loretta and Starr Rider, of Stockton, Jack Mastilock of Santa Clara and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 1:00 pm in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, Hwy 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi. Visitation will be held Saturday from 11 am to 6 pm at Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, 831 Industrial Way at Beckman Rd., Lodi. Committal at Cherokee Memorial Park.
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Roberto Giobbi has a mathematical and scientific background, has studied literature and linguistics, and majored as a translator and interpreter in German, English, Italian, French and Spanish. Since 1988 he has been working as a professional magician, author and lecturer. At the World Championship of Magic he won twice the title of Vice World Champion in Card Magic, and as the winner of all categories, received the Grand Prix in Switzerland.
Roberto is also considered a leading thinker and author of magic. He is member of the Escuela Magica de Madrid, magic's only Think Tank with forty members worldwide. He writes essays and columns for influential magic magazines worldwide and he has over fifty books in six languages to his credit. He is also the author of the five bestselling volumes of Card College, which are the most widely translated magic books in history and are considered globally as the ultimate reference work for card magic.
Roberto also has an international reputation as a teacher. He is a sought-after lecturer and coach for professional magicians and he also gives interdisciplinary talks and workshop for industry managers on creativity, communication, and presentation. Roberto Giobbi is married and has two children – he lives and works in Switzerland, near Basel.


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The unemployment numbers in the US paint a sad story. Knowing that a lot of people won't claim for unemployment benefits, we know that the situation is more worse than what is being reported.
With all the social networking tools available to us and the six-degrees-of-separation rule, things should really get back to normal for people. The numbers show that – that is not the case.
One reason is that social networks have made people more busy at the cost of making them more productive. The chart below shows the real picture – 1 of every 8 minutes is spent on Facebook today. That is the average figures. This means that there are people who are spending a lot more time than what is being reported.
Imagine what would happen if the same one out of eight minutes was spent on reading or listening to a book that would help the person upgrade his or her skills.
We know what would have happened? A person who was unemployed would improve his or her chances of getting a job and a person who was employed would have increased his or her chances of keeping that job.
Sadly, that's not the case. Facebook has probably become the default "time filler" for 93% of the people who are on Facebook (in the US). If you don't have anything to do, you can always be on Facebook. There is enough information to consume for all the 24 hours in a day.
The questions that most people don't want to ask:
Is spending time on Facebook REALLY helping me?
How much time is the right amount of time to spend?
What am I NOT doing because I am spending time on Facebook?
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Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1981-Nov
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Sex Differences in Visual Encoding Skills: Learning to Read.
Whyte, Jean; Harland, Rosemary
A study investigated the proposition that males have a predominant tendency to encode visually when reading, whereas females tend to encode phonologically. Arabic symbols were used to teach a group of 24 college students to "read." Subjects were assigned randomly to one of two conditions: learning the symbols as "letters" one by one with the aid of a tape, or learning the symbols in groups as "whole words," again with the aid of a tape. They were then asked to transfer the knowledge to "new" words containing the same elements. The findings indicated that males appeared to benefit more from word training whereas females benefited more from letter training in the transfer task. The findings suggest that when teaching reading to young children, a more visually oriented method might be more effective with boys and a less visual method might be more effective for girls. (HTH)
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Ever since Common Core was rolled out earlier this decade, I have heard students, parents, and teachers complain about it. Most of the time, these people don't really know what they are complaining about. My favorite question to ask is, "have you actually read the standards," which is met with faces that look both confused and slightly annoyed that I would ask such a question.
Common Core is not perfect, but there are so many pieces of it that have pushed critical thinking, problem solving, and writing about things other than unicorns and rainbows. In social science, we teach students to both read critically, and write academically. We have talked about how you aren't an expert by reading one source, but rather by reading many sources from different points of view. With regards to writing, you can write informational pieces or argument pieces, both of which take out words like "I, me, my, we, us" to give the author more authority than, "I think" or "we believe" statements.
So as my students have watched the turd tornado we call, "Election 2016," they have been forced to think about things differently. We have talked about the need to read stories from a variety of points of view, watch different news channels, and evaluate online sources. We've talked about how MSNBC and Fox News are both biased, but if you know that going in, we can discover the other side's point of view.
But, the greatest endorsement of Common Core came yesterday as we were talking about the third debate. By now, everyone knows that Trump has claimed, repeatedly, that if he loses, it's because the system is rigged. We talked in class about media bias, and how that works both ways. We talked about how each state has its own "system," so it would be 51 (including DC) systems that are rigged.
And then a student said,"we learned last year that when you make a claim, you have to back it up with evidence. Someone should mention this to Trump."
When a 7th grader understands that claims need evidence and a presidential candidate doesn't, that is a win for Common Core.
I'm not saying voter fraud doesn't exist, I'm just impressed that 7th graders realize that words without anything to back them up should be questioned and fact-checked. If Mr. Trump has evidence that suggests that this is a real problem, he should share it, and then we could evaluate his argument. But throwing words out there with the only evidence being, "believe me," it forces us to question the validity of this, and pretty much all, of his arguments.


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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: Not in God's Name—Confronting Religious Violence
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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, one of the most admired religious leaders of our time delivers a major address on how we can understand and confront religious violence.
In his powerful and timely new book, Not in God's Name, Rabbi Sacks tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism. If religion is perceived to be part of the problem, he argues, then it must also form part of the solution. To do this, according to Rabbi Sacks, you first have to understand the concept of "altruistic evil", of violence committed in the name of God. It is only by understanding our collective past that we will be able to build a better future, one where the three Abrahamic monotheisms—Judaism, Christianity and Islam—exist side-by-side in peace.
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My first afternoon in Mexico City, hunched over a slab of succulent barbacoa wrapped in banana leaf on the curbside patio of a family restaurant in Colonia Roma Sur, I was startled to attention by a curious sound. It was a woman's voice, singing a sort of a cappella radio jingle – distant, but as I tried to make out the distorted words, clearly getting closer. I looked up and down the street. Suddenly I found the source: a slow-moving pickup truck with a megaphone fixed to the window. The broadcast was a recording. "Se compran / colchones / tambores / refrigeradores," the voice booms melodically. "O algo de fierro viejo que vendan!" The truck passed by and continued on its inexplicable way.
I do not speak Spanish and so had no idea what message the voice meant to impart. Instructions of some kind? An important civic announcement? Political sloganeering? What was obvious was that the truck was not new: nobody else seemed to pay its booming tune any mind, from which I surmised that the voice must ring through these streets relatively often. And oh my, does it ever. I happened upon the truck several blocks away after lunch. And again nearby after dinner. Next morning I encountered it a half-dozen times in quick succession. It seemed to be everywhere, around every corner, lurking down every alleyway and along every unassuming lane. Halfway across the city I'd hear the woman's distinctive croon wafting through the air, as if the truck had followed me. That damned "o algo de fierro viejo que vendan" proved inescapable.
he woman wants junk. That's what her mysterious siren call is demanding: old refrigerators, mattresses, microwaves. She wants "algo de fierro viejo" – "some old iron." And indeed that is how she has come to be known in Mexico City, where her thunderous, ear-splitting, unavoidable song is as ubiquitous as "Despacito." Her name is Marymar Torreón. Her father, Marco Torreón, had her record this now-ironic plea more than a decade ago to save him the trouble of having to announce what he was buying to homes across the city on repeat throughout the day, a terrible strain on the vocal chords. His elegant solution to the problem was so appealing that soon every junk collector in the city wanted a copy of the recording to blazon — and it wasn't long before a bootleg Marymar Torreón cassette began circulating through the industry.
Marymar's mellifluous solicitation swiftly became iconic – not only in Mexico City, where I was introduced to its sound, but wherever there is junk to be found and trucks to collect it across Latin America. Locals call it "voz del fierro viejo," fittingly: "the voice of old iron." And as with any cultural staple it has of course been exhaustively discussed, chronicled, celebrated, and parodied online. YouTube yields a bounty of fierro viejo videos: news stories, histories, fond tributes, drunk reenactments. There are (naturally) techno remixes and mashups that imagine Marymar feted on American Idol. And there are pristine recordings of the song in full for tourists like me, home at last and nostalgic already for the authentic sound of the streets of Mexico City.
Who knew a request to buy garbage could prove so infectious?


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A heart-shaped cake or a dozen decorated cupcakes for Valentine's Day can be baked in minutes with ready-made mixes.
But if you really want to show your love, put a little extra time and effort into the project by making the frosting from scratch.
Opening a can of frosting and spreading it on a cupcake is fine if you're pressed for time, but it takes only a few more minutes to whip up a buttercream frosting or an old-fashioned boiled icing like grandma used to make.
For decorating, you'll want to use a vanilla or chocolate buttercream. Tracie Tinker, co-owner of Tinker's Cake Shop on West Maxwell Street, advises against skimping on ingredients.
"We use unsalted sweet cream butter and the finest powdered sugar (12X) for a light and fluffy buttercream that's not too sweet and melts in your mouth."
The terms frosting and icing are often used interchangeably. Frosting usually is thick enough to spread on a cake, and icing is generally thin enough to be drizzled or poured over it, according to Crazy About Cakes by Krystina Castella. Both are made primarily with confectioners' sugar mixed with liquid and flavorings. Sometimes, eggs and butter are added; some are cooked, others are not.
Buttercream is made from butter, eggs and sugar, and it can be flavored with melted chocolate, extracts, liquor, zests and fruits. Glazes, which are similar to icings but thinner, are shiny toppings and fillings that are brushed, poured, drizzled or dripped onto cakes. Thin glazes soak into the cake for additional flavor.
Chocolate ganache is the ultimate cake or cupcake topping. It's made from melted chocolate and heated cream. It's poured over cakes to create a smooth surface and is always impressive.
Professional cake decorators add fancy touches with fondant, a pliable, moldable confection made from sugar, water and cream of tartar. After it's cooked to the soft-ball stage, it can be rolled out into sheets, cut into pieces and used to top and fill cakes.
To decorate your homemade cupcakes, you'll need a few supplies: Decorating bags, or throw-away parchment triangles, and decorating tips and couplers. For instructions, go to Wilton.com.
To simply ice a cupcake quickly, you'll need a spatula and a bowl of buttercream frosting.
â– Place a dollop of icing at the center of the cupcake.
â– Spread icing across the top, pushing toward the edges with spatula or icing knife. For a smooth look, run the spatula edge across the top.
â– For a fluffier look, lightly touch the iced surface with the spatula blade and lift up.
Here is a basic recipe for buttercream icing, along with other recipes. Follow the instructions to make it the ideal consistency you need.
Buttercream icing
1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
1 stick butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (about 1 pound)
2 tablespoons milk
In large bowl, cream shortening and butter with electric mixer. Add vanilla. Gradually add sugar, one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often. When all sugar has been mixed in, icing will appear dry. Add milk and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Keep bowl covered with a damp cloth until ready to use. For best results, keep icing bowl in refrigerator when not in use. Refrigerated in an airtight container, this icing may be stored for 2 weeks. Rewhip before using.
Note: For thin (spreading consistency) icing, add 2 tablespoons light corn syrup, water or milk. For pure white icing (stiff consistency), omit butter; substitute an additional 1/2 cup shortening for butter, and add 1/2 teaspoon no-color butter flavor. Add as much as 4 tablespoons light corn syrup, water or milk to thin for icing cakes.
Makes about 3 cups
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For a flavorful icing, make this boiled chocolate icing.
Boiled chocolate icing
5 cups sugar
1⁄3 cup cocoa
1 stick butter, cut into pieces
1 can (15 ounces) evaporated milk
½ cup whole milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Combine all ingredients except vanilla in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Turn heat down to medium low, and simmer the mixture for 10 minutes. Remove icing from heat, and stir in vanilla.
To assemble a cake using boiled icing: Place a single cake layer on a plate, and spoon the icing over the first layer, making sure to cover the entire top surface and allowing the icing to drip down the sides. Center another cake layer on top of the iced layer, and repeat the icing process. Use remaining icing to coat the sides of the cake.
Adapted from Cake Ladies, Celebrating a Southern Tradition by Jodi Rhoden
White fudge frosting
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 cups granulated sugar
1 cup whole milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine butter, sugar, milk and salt in a saucepan. Heat, stirring constantly, until mixture reaches 234 degrees on a candy thermometer. Let cool completely, then add vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until frosting reaches a spreading consistency. Using a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip, pipe frosting onto cupcake.
From Crazy About Cakes by Krystina Castella
This frosting recipe can be colored using a food-coloring paste.
Cream cheese frosting
2 ounces white chocolate, broken into pieces
¾ cup cream cheese, softened
7 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups confectioners' sugar
Put chocolate pieces in a heat-proof bowl that fits over a pan of gently simmering water (the base must not touch the water), and stir until chocolate melts and is smooth. Be careful: White chocolate is more temperamental than dark. Allow to cool to room temperature.
In a bowl, using a wooden spoon or an electric hand mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Mix in white chocolate and vanilla extract. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until mixture is fluffy.
Using a small spatula, smooth the frosting over the cupcakes. You also may use the spatula to make small spikes. Decorate with small sugar beads or sugar flowers or candies.
Makes enough frosting for 12 cupcakes.
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Its been over another month since my last post. I rarely seem to find time to update this blog even though there are usually things that are going on. Since the last post I have managed to update my database with the Ayurvedic marma points, medieval phlebotomy points and trigger points used by physiotherapy acupuncture. I've also included a few points used in Western medical tests such as McBurney's point (for appendicitis), Murphy's point (for gallstones) and Tinel's sign (for carpal tunnel syndrome) where pressure or percussion over a point can test positive for a disease. While these are not necessarily my areas of expertise I do think they are important to know and interesting to see the correlations. For example, Murphy's point for gallstones is very close to the front alarm point for the gallbladder in Chinese medicine, maybe even on the same point deep in the body, just approaching from a different angle (in Murphy's sign the hand is generally placed just under the ribcage and pushed up underneath it while the Chinese just press directly on the space between the last ribs). I am also a believer that acupuncturists should be experts at acupuncture, that is pressure point anatomy and therapy with needles, not necessarily "zhenjiu", Chinese acupuncture. Certainly the Chinese have the most developed form with the richest history and greatest refinement but there is more than one way to explain and understand the mechanisms and some of the traditional Chinese ones are controversial to say the least! A bit of understanding of the science and anatomy behind the points can never be a bad thing.
Which brings me on to my latest developments. My course in tui na, massage and bodywork has begun and I am enjoying it very much. Our teacher is a physiotherapist as well as an acupuncturist and is encouraging us to revise our anatomy so we understand exactly what muscle groups we are working on as well as the traditional channel models. I like this style and think I will enjoy this course a lot. I also hope that I will soon be able to reduce the amount of needles I need to use for my treatments, applying them only to points that seem in particular need of attention and then following up with more massage. Tui na is about the only form of massage that is specifically designed to accompany acupuncture and once I have this tool I will be able to describe myself as a bodywork therapist and not just an acupuncturist. I think a lot of people are frightened of acupuncture, especially when it is being delivered by a wild-eyed, long haired, bearded man like myself! By putting acupuncture as a secondary treatment option I can hopefully find some clients who were previously too nervous to call.
I am actually enjoying the idea of learning manipulative skills so much that I am even considering applying for physiotherapy courses when I have completed this diploma. Not only do I think I would I enjoy it, but it could be very helpful to getting me some work within the NHS or elsewhere in the Western medical world and help me get away from the business and marketing side of my career that I dislike so much. How I would love to come into my clinic and just work on clients all day from a doctor's referral and never have to worry about marketing and advertising again! And I do not think that waiting in hope that acupuncture will become a state registered profession is going to work. It has been on the verge of being accepted since I first studied the issues around it during my medical anthropology days over 15 years ago. It could be another 15 years before anything changes and there is no guarantee it will move in the direction I want it to. On the other hand I think that with the increasing aged population and issues like obesity on the rise physiotherapy may start to see a rise in popularity as people unable to exercise properly are referred to help them find ways that they can become active.
As usual lots of plans! I have often said that the worst thing to be is stagnant and one thing I am not is stagnant right now.


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He spent the afternoon looking in the windows of employment agencies — a replace with from the usual shop windows where he sought ways to spend his money. As the afternoon drew on, a card caught his respect:
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Having done as much as they could for the time being Peter and Klaus packed it in and drove back to the headquarters of the Treat Squad. They didn't go upstanding in to the squad room as was sane, but first called in to the laboratory where they presented an assistant with the remains of the block of hash. "How long will it take you to control for traces of Heroin in this?" Peter asked.
Luke grinned at me then held up a hand to his best inhibit. "Okay!" he called bankrupt, laughing. "Word them we'll be there in a stylish."
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Suzanne couldn't disguise the gloom in her voice. "I don't know why. All of the problems Chloe had are because of me! You should disinclined me." In her mind, Suzanne added, "Like I do."
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Heimtextil 2018
09.01.2018 - 12.01.2018 — Hall: 10.1 Stand: E 40
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Venkateswara Exports, established in 1994 is one of the specialized exporter of home textiles in India.
We are manufacturer and exporters home textiles and home furnishing products like Table Linen, Kitchen linen, Bed linen, window treatments, bags, throws etc.,
We are acknowledged for our impeccable finish, quality workmanship and fabulous designs. Our ethical business dealings, principles and timely deliveries enable to the complete satisfaction of the clients.
Located in the southern part of India, in a the City Karur, which is an ancient city catering to inland buyers for over 100 years. Due to Artistic skill and hard work, Karur had a niche in the world home textile market.
Venkateswara Exports is a Karur based Home Textile Company incorporated in 1994 by a team of well known personalities having professional experience for over 40 years in home textiles field. The company is having a global presence, having clientele base internationally.
The partners, Mr. N.Malayala Ramamirtham, Mr. N. Sivakumar, Mr. N. Saiprasad, Mr. M. Balasubramanian have wide ranging experience in home textiles for more than 40 years. The firm is professionally managed by 60 employees, which include 10 efficient Managers and 50 skilled personnel in various departments like Production, Planning & Control, Inspection, Packing, Logistics, HRD and Finance.
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whatcha up to?
What I've been up to waiting for spring:
I'm compulsively checking new listings in Yucatan and Campeche, as beach front properties have dropped substantially in the last couple of months and escape to Mexico is still the dream I will realize.
The only thing making the cold survivable is the spiced chai I've been making in the morning: thick slices of fresh ginger, a dozen cardamom pods, lots of black pepper, a pinch of cumin, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, cloves and bay leaves. I boil it for 30 minutes in a quart or two of water, then fill my 32 oz mug and plop in a big tea bag, steep, then add milk and sweetener.
MeetUp.com? Who knew? Never heard of it until I found a gardening group on Craigslist, now I've become quite the little joiner, following in my mother's footsteps. I have games group twice a month, community gardening, baby Buddhist training, and a writer's group.
Seeds have arrived and I'll be starting them this weekend. Red Star tomato, ancient squashes (fascinated by squash), sugar snap peas, the sweetest corn. I'm desperately seeking a good load of rabbit shit, but it's hard to come by and I'll probably end up with horse or goat. If all else fails, I'll go test the piles at the stockyards and find one that's aged long enough to turn into that sweet smelling, crumbly golden gardener's treasure. A good supply of well aged manure is one of life's joys.
Daddy called me 43 times Saturday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. I answered 14 of the calls and let the others go. He's getting worse, and he's increasingly unhappy. His physical health seems to be improving, though. I'm having thoughts I couldn't have imagined 20 years ago. One of the most wretched aspects of dementia is the loss of dignity. It's unbearable to watch.
Reading? Are you reading? I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns and cried off and on for two days. The idea of the Afghan people waiting, hoping, that the US would help them while they were being destroyed by fighting among the warlords broke my heart. And then the treatment of women . . . inconceivable.
The IRS came to call at my warehouse a few weeks ago. The accountant I've had for the nine years I've been in business apparently received dozens of letters asking for reports from 2006, ignored them all, and so the IRS. Now the witch won't return my calls.
Woke up to an email from one of my juvenile parole kids, now 33 years old. "I just wanted to tell you I appreciate what you did for me, you really helped me." Sweet.
My biggest buyer has accepted that Russia's economic downturn is only going to get worse, the oligarchs are actually running out of money, and he will not be taking his latest container full of furniture. Fuck.
This version of the Silver Palate's Chicken Marbella is divine.
Republicans. God help us all. Obstructionist bastards.
And you? That's enough about me, what about you? Whatcha been up to? Whatcha reading, eating, thinking about, doing? Tell, please.
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Dream Houses
The proposed housing models featured in your Spring 2012 issue ("Dreaming American") are best described as solutions in search of a problem. In particular, the proposal for the Oranges, in New Jersey — which would fill underused streets between existing buildings with ribbons of new developments — creates problems for which there are no reasonable solutions.
Problem number one is that the new structures, to meet disability-access regulations and building codes, would require elevators and public corridors leading to enclosed exit stairways, neither of which can be accommodated within the proposed configurations. Problem number two is that the structures would interfere with access for emergency vehicles.
But aided by the reclamation of previously private spaces ("The idea is that private space that is now abandoned, foreclosed, or empty would be given back to the public"), a more realistic project could be conceived featuring the following:
• Narrowed and reconfigured roads for use by bicyclists and joggers, and access for emergency vehicles.
• Playgrounds, parks, and open space enabled by the demolition of buildings deemed to be unsuited for adaptive reuse.
• Varied housing types to accommodate residents with a wide range of family structures and financial resources.
• Ground-level spaces for such services as childcare, health care, laundry, and community administration.
• Community-owned shuttle buses to provide access to shops and schools.
I'm sure that Jane Jacobs, if she were alive today, would be pleased to see this concept implemented.
Aaron Cohn '49GSAPP
Los Angeles, CA
Critical Acclaim
Thank you for the Spring 2012 issue of Columbia Magazine. It is for me the most splendid in memory. Reading the College Walk pieces about the National Book Critics Circle Awards ("Bookmakers") and Joseph Pulitzer ("Window of the World"), as well as Norbert Ehrenfreund's first-rate short story ("To Capture a King"), fills me with admiration.
Esther Casier Quinn '60GSAS
Seattle, WA
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the Spring 2012 issue cover to cover. I felt transfixed by Bill Zavatsky's poem "Train Ride" (and am now on a mission to find more of Zavatsky's poems); inspired by Stuart Firestein's Ignorance seminars, which reflect my own current questioning ("Known Unknowns"); puzzled by Dr. Attila Mady's letter as I try to reconcile this viewpoint with Columbia's proposed campus smoking ban; and disturbed (even if proud of the victory) by the visual of racial division captured by the photograph of the winning track-and-field team on p. 54.
Sabi Muteshi '93BUS
Nairobi, Kenya
Jaque Mate!
What drew me to read Norbert Ehrenfreund's "To Capture a King" in the Spring 2012 issue was the first word of the story: Ofelia. From the Spanish spelling, I surmised that the story would take place in a Spanish-speaking country, which is of cultural interest to me. The added charm of "Ofelia" is that it was my mother's name; she was Venezuelan.
In dramatic and swift narrative, the author was able to capture so many important themes of Hispanic and universal interest: machismo, loneliness, longing, provincial perceptions and responses, and the emerging competence of the modern woman. ¡Bravo y otra vez! (Bravo and again!)
Beatriz Olmeta Block '61GS
Little Silver, NJ
From Stalin to Putin
Timothy Frye's essay "Russian Resolution" (Spring 2012) reminded me of my years at the Russian Institute, now known as the Harriman Institute.
I arrived at Columbia in 1951, while the Cold War was on and the ugliness of McCarthyism and the fear it engendered seemed to be everywhere. It was rumored that FBI spies were in our classes and student conversations were being reported.
On graduating, we would earn a certificate, an absurd and inexplicable alternative to a master's. We were required to take two years of course work, write a final essay, and pass two foreign-language exams. All that for a certificate?
I remember Geroid T. Robinson '30GSAS, who wrote the compelling Rural Russia Under the Old Regime. He turned down my proposed certificate essay on the Jewish Labor Bund, telling me he couldn't read Yiddish. That's your loss, I thought, but instead asked why, then, he had approved proposals for studies in Russian and Chinese relations. Could he read Chinese? My mentor, Philip Mosely, who taught political science, rescued me and accepted my essay, "The Czech Legion and Russia." In 1953, I was drafted and left without my certificate.
I finally received my certificate in 1967. Russian Institute director Alexander Dallin asked me why it had taken so long. "The Army, a wife, and three kids," I answered. The Russian Institute was a remarkable place, with a committed faculty and curious and dedicated students.
Murray Polner '67SIPA
Great Neck, NY
What You Don't Know...
It made me smile to read Douglas Quenqua's reflections on Ignorance, a seminar organized by Stuart Firestein ("Known Unknowns," College Walk, Spring 2012). I was a student in the inaugural session the spring of my senior year, and it was a fitting capstone to my time at Columbia. The small class, which met in the evening, mused on the present boundaries of scientific knowledge and the ignorance that extended beyond them, as well as avenues for potentially expanding the islands of scientific knowledge. In all, it was a very helpful perspective to gain before delving into graduate school in geology the following fall — and it seemed fitting to embark on my own research having just received an "A" in Ignorance.
As some areas of scientific research have become more driven by methods and tools, and are benefiting from but also being challenged by the rise of very large data sets, there has never been a better time to focus on the true unknown.
Samuel C. Schon '06CC
Houston, TX
Latter-Day Pols
Jennifer Miller's College Walk essay "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?" (Spring 2012), which explores how "gentiles" view Mormonism, notes that some confuse the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with Scientology. It's passing strange, then, that when Mitt Romney was asked in 2007 to name his favorite novel, he chose L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth. Not the choice I'd have made, were I running as a Mormon in America, even excluding the book's dubious merits as pulp science fiction.
Michael Kempster '71CC
Andover, MA
I am saddened by the idea that anyone in this day and age would dismiss a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints purely because of his religion.
Though I am not a Mormon myself, I have known and respected Mormons for many years. Some time after going to Washington as a reporter, I signed on as the Washington correspondent for the Church-owned Deseret News. I ended up staying for twenty-six years. Late in my career, my journalism-school classmate Jim Mortimer became the paper's publisher.
I have found Mormons to be as wholesome and trustworthy as any people I ever worked with.
Gordon Eliot White '57JRN
Deltaville, VA
Still Fuming
Attila Mady ("More Smoke," Letters, Spring 2012) overreaches from his hospital experience to pronounce on the epidemiology of smoking-related diseases. It is not the case that the effect of cigarettes is "unpredictable and idiosyncratic" when studied at the level of populations. There, the attributable risks of a wide range of diseases are specific and predictable: much higher than in nonsmokers, in a dose-graded fashion, with ex-smokers at an intermediate level. The idiosyncrasy belongs to the individual who may contract any one or more of a number of smoking-related diseases.
Unquestionably, nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke over time do have a heightened risk of cancer, lung disease, and heart disease. Mady draws his conclusions from hospital data. It is well known that these are unreliable in judging relative risks for whole populations.
Mady would like us to believe that smokers are reluctant to quit because smoking is calming (among other attributes), and that we have "little hard data ... regarding the effects of smoking." This is nonsense. Nearly all chronic smokers are addicted to nicotine and find it difficult to quit. This phenomenon has been well studied by the tobacco industry itself and applied to making cigarettes addictive. Most "calming" is due to the relief of withdrawal.
In survey after survey, nearly three-quarters of smokers say they wish they had never started (the majority did so in their teenage years). It is the tobacco industry's legal and public defense that citizens have the "private right to make their own choices" (quoting Mady), but free choice has been subverted by the industry's engineering design of the cigarette and pervasive advertising and promotion.
Norbert Hirschhorn '58CC, '62PS
London, England
The Tau of Alzheimer's
Karen Duff deserves credit for her conjecture concerning tau's role in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease; but some skepticism is in order because there is not yet scientific consensus about the role of this protein (Explorations, Spring 2012). The function of tau is the maintenance of the tubules that carry molecular transmitters from the neuronal cell body out to the end of the axon. Anything that kills the cell will cause the release of tau into the extracellular space: the more cell death, the more cerebral atrophy, the more tau (in the form of tangles) is released and can be found in the cerebrospinal fluid. The killing event itself is likely the result of oxidative stress. And Alzheimer's disease, which starts with synaptic failures in the hippocampus (not, as in rats, in the entorhinal cortex), may also have its etiology in the inability of the cells to get rid of reactive oxygen species. Admittedly, the subject is complex, and we have a long way to go before definitive answers can be obtained.
Howard Lieberman '55CC
Haverford, PA
Future Justice
In 1957–58, I worked at the reserve desk of the law-school library. On my first day, I was told by the librarian, J. Myron Jacobstein '50LS, to provide a Ruth Ginsburg with anything that she might request ("Without precedent," News, Spring 2012).
Ruth was certainly very often at the desk. She was always smiling, polite, and friendly. It was a pleasure to serve her. I still remember her signature. It was a bold, legible Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
She is the only person whom I really remember from my time at the law library, and I am delighted for her success in life.
Edward J. Harnby '55GS, '58BUS
Seal Beach, CA
Good Chemistry
As soon as I earned my PhD in chemistry with Gilbert Stork in October 1988, I needed to rush off to Oxford to begin my postdoctoral appointment and so had no chance to participate in Commencement. It was only last summer, twenty-three years later, when I was finally back in New York around the right time and was at long last able to properly graduate.
Straight after the ceremony, I wandered into Havemeyer, now finally with my doctoral robes, to visit Stork and feel again the special serenity of the famous lecture hall. Coincidentally, Paul Hond exactly captured that feeling of the department and of the time-honored Thursday-evening problem sessions ("Chemical Bonding," College Walk, Summer 2011). As a graduate student, I kept a separate notebook for the special lectures Hond mentions; the notebook is still in my library. The names of visiting lecturers to the department from that time read almost like the Nobel laureate list for chemistry.
Good to hear the department is as congenial, stimulating, and interactive as it always was.
Alan D. Roth '88GSAS
London, England
Euro's Death Exaggerated
David Beim's speculation that the euro may not outlast 2012 strikes me as a possible but unlikely scenario ("Too Late for the Euro?" Winter 2011–12). Greece has managed to get its bondholders to take a 74 percent haircut. Italy has gotten rid of its clownish prime minister and held its sovereign bond interest below 6 percent. Spain, the current bad boy, is struggling, to be sure, but how likely is it that it would leave the Eurozone, given the advantages it has gained from membership? Beim is right to point out structural weaknesses in the euro's governance, principally, the lack of compensatory fiscal-policy coordination and the unwillingness of hard-liners like the Germans and the Dutch to countenance transfers of wealth.
Yet I believe he has missed the original purpose of the euro: to form an indivisible union, first between France and Germany, and gradually stretching to most of Europe, so that there would never be a repetition of the three hundred years of internecine war that had plagued Europe since 1648. That's what will ultimately lead the Germans to ease up and seek face-saving economic measures.
Walter P. Blass '53GSAS
Warren, NJ
White House Calling
In his May 14 Commencement address at Barnard College ("Barnard, this is the White House calling," News, Spring 2012) President Barack Obama deplored the shortage of female executives at major companies and urged the graduates to "fight for a seat at the head of the table." Jill Abramson is the first female executive editor of the New York Times. The fight for women to get a seat at that table included a sex discrimination suit forty years ago. For that reason, one would have thought that Abramson would have been an appropriate choice for Barnard's Commencement speaker.
She was, in fact, that choice. But she was preempted by Obama. At a fundraiser after the Barnard Commencement, President Obama said, "I want everyone treated fairly in this country." I guess, with the acquiescence of Barnard, that didn't include Jill Abramson.
Donald Nawi '62LAW
Scarsdale, NY
According to Barnard president Debora Spar, Jill Abramson said she would be pleased to speak at another time. — Ed.
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- Tigerlilybride
- 5 years ago
- Wedding: August 2013
I didn't even know this is considered innapropriate until I saw another post on here. Actually I have never even seen a wedding invitation that didn't have a card for the registry included. Why is this a problem? To me it seems far easier, as all the guests know about it without having to make a million calls to find out by word of mouth, especially if they live a long ways away. I know that if my fiance and I hadn't inclued them many people would not have asked and we would end up with a mountain of towels or 20 toasters.


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Four years after she made twerking the word of the year, Miley Cyrus is reinventing herself with her new album, Younger Now. Here's the honest review
That no-holds-barred MTV Video Music Award performance with Robin Thicke and the twerk sensation that followed will go down in music history as the Miley Cyrus takeover. Her naked Wrecking Ball video and raunchy We Can't Stop followed, and sweet Hannah Montana was a foggy memory.
A lot has happened since 2013 when Miley's shocking fourth studio album Bangerz was released. Miley went underground last year after campaigning for Hilary Clinton in the presidential elections. She has emerged without the hip thrusting and the Dead Petz days glitter for her latest album, Younger Now. Was it a genuine detox from social media or a marketing ploy by her record label?
The stark contrast in her new avatar is the answer. Miley says she has stopped smoking weed, and is writing soul-searching songs. She has gone back to her country roots (dad Billy Ray Cyrus is a renowned country singer) and wears cowboy boots in the music videos. Since she's on home turf, the album should be a good one; it isn't!
Younger Now is safe. Period. The first two tracks off the CD Younger Now and Malibu are practically drilling it into your ears that Miley has left her insane clubbing and sexperimenting days behind for walking by the ocean and cosying up to old-time boyfriend Liam Hemsworth.
Rainbowland is a duet with country legend Dolly Parton that is all hype and tepid sentiment. Inspired falls into the same track of a vague utopia. Miss You So Much and I Would Die For You are the only two honest songs; Miley is at her vocal and songwriting best here. Just when we started getting our hopes up, the track Thinkin came on, with Miley trying to do a Carrie Underwood.
Miley is trying so hard to be unoffensive that she has manufactured a collection of songs that are boring at best. She has ruffled too many feathers in the past to rewind to her daddy's style. The year 2017 is a competitive one for popular music and Younger Now is too safe to hit the charts, leave alone being a topic of conversation.
We will be cheering from the sidelines when Miley decides to push the boundaries with a better next album.


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Teacher of Mathematics (maternity cover), Croydon
Closing date:
Start date: 01.09.2018
Contract type: Part Time / Full Time
Contract term: Fixed Term
Suitable for NQTs: Yes
Co-educational boarding and day school (HMC)
1000+ pupils (3 to 18) 200 in Sixth Form
Teacher of Mathematics
September 2018
Innovative and inspirational teacher with passion and enthusiasm, committed to achieving high standards within a successful department.
Royal Russell is an HMC/IAPS co-educational school with over 1000 pupils between the ages of 3 and 18, situated on a beautiful green campus of 110 acres in the Shirley Hills near Croydon. We have over 150 boarding students in the Senior School, and are proud of our day and boarding facilities that rank amongst the best in the South of England. Our pupils, parents and staff experience a warm and friendly environment with strong pastoral care for every pupil alongside a comprehensive co-curricular and enrichment programme. We aim to build on this alongside improving academic success to continue to be the family school of choice in South London. The Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) has recently judged the school as 'excellent' in all areas.
A well-qualified and enthusiastic graduate teacher is required to join a dynamic and friendly Maths department in our ambitious and growing School. This is a maternity cover position for September 2018 initially for 1 year but with the possibility of permanency. Candidates looking for part-time roles will be considered.
Mathematics is a leading subject within the school with a track record of strong academic results, with over 120 students taking the subject at A level including around 30 Further Mathematicians. Alongside teaching the Maths across Key Stage 3-5, you will also support students in a range of activities such as Maths challenges and problem-solving days.
A willingness to contribute to the extra-curricular programme and support the pastoral life of our school is essential.
The Royal Russell pay scale which is above SNS includes a generous allowance for suitably qualified and experienced staff. Allowances are available for specific pastoral and academic responsibilities.
We offer excellent benefits which include free lunch, free car parking, use of on-site tennis courts, gym and swimming pool. Staff are also entitled to 50% discount on School fees (pro-rata for part time/term time staff).
Thank you for your interest in joining the Royal Russell team
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Open Day and New Volunteer Days
We are holding an open day tomorrow (15 March) for prospective tenants and anyone interested in taking a look around. Please feel free to come along anytime between 3pm and 7pm. The core team will be there to answer any questions. The deadline to apply for a free studio is 20 March.
We are also pleased to announce new dates to volunteer with the build.
22-24 March come along anytime between 11am and 5pm
29-31 March come along anytime between 11am and 5pm
No experience needed and lots of painting to be done!
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KTL—Live Archive—vol. 9
The ninth in a series of 12 cassettes cataloging the live work of KTL. Over 80 minutes worth of live recordings are documented on this one. Two shows from Austria and Spain this time showcase the long form work that KTL is so known for.
Edition of 100 copies on professionally produced cassettes with letter pressed covers and inserts.
Shipping in mid April 2017.
Only shipping to the US now. If you want this outside of the US please email email@example.com. Sorry for the inconvenience but international shipping has been so problematic for me I just don't want to deal with it any longer. If for any reason you are outside the US and you haven't received a cassette from this series that you ordered prior to #9 please let us know at email@example.com (for direct contact with myself, Demian) and I will get it taken care of.
People who pre-ordered and are international will still receive their copies of course.
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Fantastic new app called Vote with Me for getting your friends/contacts to vote:
Truly worth checking out! From their site:
We know, asking your friends to do things is awkward. That's why it is so much more powerful than talking to strangers.
We've done the science and found that messages from friends are about twenty times more effective at encouraging voter turnout than other common methods.
You may have seen similar apps before, but you haven't seen this one. We don't force you to register with us or with any other group. We don't put you on an email list, because we don't have one. The app contains no ads, and we never ask you to donate money.
Extra, extra, read all about it!
Click here to read September's PPDC newsletter!
(or ones from previous months, if you missed them)
Wonderful to see so many people at our Sun., Aug. 26, 2018
Summer Garden Party
With Rep. Ted Lieu, State Sen. Ben Allen, AM Richard Bloom, City CM Mike Bonin
We sold out and had close to 200 in attendance!
To those who missed this opportunity, don't worry -- we'll keep working to bring you more
We've got a new batch of endorsements for you ahead of November's elections, with more to come
Kudos to everyone who showed up at the PaliDems / Heal the Bay beach weekend cleanup and pitched in!
Here's just some of what you helped remove and catalog:
The fight is ON.
President Trump has nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be the next Supreme Court Justice.
If you care about ...
... the principle that no one is above the law, and that a President under investigation should not get to select a Justice who will give him a free pass
... womens' rights and reproductive freedom ... GLBTQ equality ... families being torn apart on our borders
... clean, safe air and drinking water and saving a planet under extreme threat
... overturning Citizens United and getting money out of politics ... voting rights and civil rights
... the fact that because of insane gerrymandering, when Democrats get more votes, Republicans can still win more seats in Congress
... workers' rights and protections, and unions' ability to compete with right-wing, big-money donors during elections on behalf of the people, not billionaires and corporations
... innumerable other progressive policies and goals over the next few >decades<, not just four years
... then you need to take action to keep Kavanaugh -- and any other conservative -- off the court.
Planned Parenthood is first out of the gate with this form (CLICK HERE)
for contacting your Senators.
Or call them: Feinstein 310-914-7300 / Harris 213-884-5000
Yes, our Senators oppose Kavanaugh,
but they need to hear from us that merely voting against him won't stop his being approved.
Democrats must delay a vote on any Trump pick until after the November election, just as Republicans denied a vote on President Obama's pick, Merrick Garland (a centrist with Republican support!)
Missed June's 55,000-strong rally downtown in support of Keeping Families Together?
Here are more ways to take action:
Search for local events: http://map.familiesbelong.org/search.php
Great seeing fellow PaliDems out marching with PPDC!
Friend-of-PPDC Robert Scheer of TruthDig was there -- were you?
Let us know if you have a story to tell.
Sincerest thanks to everyone who attended or donated generously in honor of our most recent event on June 16: reception/screening/discussion of documentary Newtown
With civil discussion about gun violence #StandWithStudents
Read about the event here -- report by Zach Garai, PPDC's Pali High board rep
Thanks too to the phenomenal, eloquent, inspirational panel!
Action Items list handed out at the event -- live links, phone numbers to call, and resources to tap
With the wildly important 2018 midterms looming, we need to
Flip 8 of 14 California Congressional districts BLUE
Thanks to all who came June 5 at 8:30 PM for a grand opening celebration and to watch primary returns come in
with Mayor Eric Garcetti and other elected VIPs
Now it's time to get to work!
NEW as of June 27: Click here re PaliDems-sponsored WEDNESDAYS, 5:15 - 8:30 at the HQ in Westwood
(the HQ phone banks daily, but this one is specially organized by PPDC)
-- Click here re THURSDAYS, 6 - 8:30 PM in Santa Monica
Want to just drop in any afternoon or evening?
Westside Democratic HQ, 1027 Westwood Blvd., Westwood Village
Hours: Monday Closed
Tuesday to Thursday 1 - 9 PM
Friday to Sunday 12 - 8 PM
Phone: (424) 402-8111
Email: email@example.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westsidedemhq
Check out westsidedemhq.org for the latest
Sign up here to volunteer
Full house at May's
Hot Topic Speaker Series event
Fake News and the Modern ConsumerPPDC brought in journalism professionals with local and global experience to talk about how to discern and treat fake news and identify spin on a Tuesday night, and you filled the room -- thanks for making time to come!
Above, at lectern: PaliDems President Erika Feresten
Terry McCarthy
President & CEO, Los Angeles World Affairs Council
Bill Bruns
Lifelong journalist & Editorial Adviser, Palisades News
John Harlow
Editor-in-Chief, Palisadian-Post and former Guardian reporter
Maryam Zar
Former foreign correspondent & moderator
Wow and WOW.
So many of you showed up for the March for Our Lives, both downtown and in Santa Monica.
The passion, the energy, the spicy signage, the orange, the solidarity ... all incredibly inspiring!
Special thanks to those who rode on our bus
and marched holding the PaliDems banner. : )
2018 Membership Drive still open -- click to join or re-up
Our January Annual Meeting (open to all!) with
State Sen. BEN ALLEN
Assemblymember RICHARD BLOOM
City Councilmember MIKE BONIN
County Supervisor SHEILA KUEHL
was a huge success, with over 200 in attendance to hear what's in store for 2018
Read all about it here, and stay tuned for news of our next event
To explore some of our other past events, click here ...
Board meetings generally held the first Tuesday of every month,
6:45 - 8:45 PM, at locations TBA.
Call or email us if you're interested in attending!
The Pacific Palisades Democratic Club (aka PaliDems, or PPDC) is one of the largest, most active Democratic clubs in Southern California. Since our founding in the 1950s, we've been working to insure that the following Democratic values and goals stay or become fundamental American priorities:
Women's access to abortion and contraception
Scientific research and development
Electing progressive Democrats to city, state, county, and federal offices
Environmental protection, addressing climate change
Improved and expanded Medicare-for-All, single-payer system
The list goes on -- click here to read more


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Derek Hough Parties with His Mom & Sisters!
Derek Hough and girlfriend Hayley Erbert get cozy at breakfast on Sunday morning (July 24) in Studio City, Calif.
The 31-year-old dancing professional and his girlfriend were later spotted checking out a nearby farmer's market.
The night before, Derek took to Instagram to post his exciting night out with the women in his family. Derek was joined by mom Mari Anne and sisters Julianne, Katherine, and Sharee.
"Love these women of mine. Missing @marabethpoole in this photo. #family #crazy #theBest #passionate #surroundedbyestrogen," Derek captioned the below picture.
30+ pictures inside of Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert enjoying their afternoon…


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So I got diagnosed in February, and since then, nothing has worked for me, I'm still in constant pain and was admitted to hospital last week. My next step is a "peritoneal stripping" I've been online to see what this procedure is, and what it consists of, and I haven't found too much information.
My biggest concern is that I move to China in 6 weeks to start my graduate job.
Has anyone had this procedure before? How long was recovery, and what did the surgery consist of?!
I'm 23 and have no kids, I don't want anything to ruin my chances in the future aha
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People want a hero. People need Jesus.
For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men? What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.…
Jesus started his ministry with a band of misfits, mostly comprised of common fishermen. There was nothing incredibly special about these men that would be attention grabbing, nor was Jesus himself. "He has no stately form or majesty that we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him (Isa 53:2)."
Yet, it was these men that Jesus hand picked to set the world on fire with the message of the gospel. It wouldn't be a glamorous gig by any stretch of the measure. Being chosen by Jesus to spread this message of "Christ for sinners" was a sure death sentence. Crucified, flayed with knives, sawn into pieces, killed with arrows, hung, speared through, etc. etc. etc. The church knew this, and still we have Paul (in the verse above) correcting people for wanting to stand under the banner of the names of mere messengers, aka made them celebrities. Why?!
We want a hero.
Sure, we can blame the "Celebrity Pastor" phenom on American culture crazy, but that's really not the issue here. Our problem is our nature bent on having a hero. Throughout scripture it's so clear — we don't want God, we want a man. In 1 Samuel we see the prophet going to the Lord on behalf of the people because they were demanding a king. What God says to him is so striking:
"Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king."
We want someone to tell us what to do, we want a person to lead us. Give us the strongest, most glamorous, well spoken man and we will follow him, even when it is to our own detriment and his. Meanwhile, God always sees fit to use that which is small and insignificant. I'm not saying God can't use a man like that — he used a man like that to bring Law/Gospel theology to mainstream evangelical Christianity with a flippin' bang. I can't deny that and I would never want to. I'm thankful for how God used that man to show me that the Sermon on the Mount was Jesus bringing the Law down to my heart level. That sermon showed me my deep unrighteousness and need for something outside of myself for salvation– works will never be enough. I'm forever grateful for that message and I'm grateful for the man willing to stand up and preach it, unapologetically. However, he's not the only man who has preached the gospel to these ears, and if I'm being honest, the people who have taught me the most about grace and law/gospel distinctions have not been standing behind pulpits, writing books, or have ever had a cable TV slot time. My point here is that typically the way that God works is through the most unlikely people — this message fits into the hands of beggars who will immediately run and begin to share with other beggars — that's how the first "grace movement" began, but it's not what our hearts prefer.
"Grace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes" – Luther
This is striking me so incredibly hard the past couple of weeks as one of the popular front-runners for the "grace movement" has been sidelined, again. People are losing their minds, again. A friend of mine removed this man's sermons from his personal website (no one asked him to post them in the first place and no one asked him to take them down) and he's received so much hate mail stating that this personal decision is a clear indicator that my friend doesn't truly believe in grace. Meanwhile, my friend is shelling out gospel messages constantly through blogging and podcasting. Clearly, these people are awestruck by a particular messenger and not the message itself. Understand that every single messenger is expendable. The only thing that is not expendable is the gospel.
God uses men to preach the word, but make no mistake about it — it was not a man who saved you and set you free. It was Jesus through the Holy Spirit reaching into your cold heart bent on saving itself, and opened your eyes to the truth that you need a savior. Not a pastor. Not a charismatic speaker. A savior. You need one man — the God-Man who was crucified for you, who was resurrected on the third day, and has sat down at the right hand of the Father and is now advocating for you.
People want a hero.
People need Jesus.
And that is why the unstoppable gospel message will continue to be spread like a wildfire through the most unlikely people. Eyes on Jesus, friends. The grace party is just getting started.
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."


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Country: United States
Audio: MP3, 32 kb / s
Director: John Landis
Runtime: 1:42:06
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1985
Starring: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison, Bernie Casey, Prince William, Tom Hatt, Frank Oz, Charles MakKouen, James Daughton, Jim Staal
Two young men - the US State Department officials - are selected to perform responsible tasks. After a short training course ... throw them in Pakistan. Miraculously, having escaped after clashes with local tribes, they receive a new task - to cross the border and get to the road to Dushanbe. Here they were already waiting for Tajik border guards and comrades from the KGB. But from their friends manage to get rid of. And then they meet their new friend - the same spy as they are hiding under the guise of a doctor of the Red Cross. Its purpose - to Soviet SS-50, which it should run. As a result, some adventurous trio manages to make a missile launch, and it goes in the direction of the United States ... ... With the help of this site you can download Spies Like Us full HD movie.


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Mildred is our debut game, a fun fast shooter with the look and feel of an old school RPG.
Take control of Mildred, a girl with super powers, imprisoned by an unknown enemy in a foul dungeon. Fight your way out, blast energy from your eyeballs, rid the world of evil beasts, and find your captors. As you progress you'll gain experience, level up, and become more powerful… ready to face challenges that lay before you.
- 21 levels of back to basics shooter fun.
- An array of beasts and monsters.
- 6 XP levels to make you progressively more powerful.
- 16-bit style gameplay and graphics.
- Genuine 8-bit sounds and music.
- Custom level loader for Tiled Map Editor .tmx files (template level included).
Available now for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Download (Mac): mildred-1-0-0-mac.zip
Download (Windows – 32bit): mildred-1-0-0-windows-32bit.zip
Download (Windows – 64bit): mildred-1-0-0-windows-64bit.zip
Download (Linux – 32bit): mildred-1-0-0-linux-32bit.zip
Download (Linux – 64bit): mildred-1-0-0-linux-64bit.zip
Source: github.com/hexensemble/mildred
Changelog: hexensemble.com/mildred-changelog
Produced by HexEnsemble.
Programming by Jez Harding.
Art by DENZI.
Music & sound by The Jezter.
© Copyright 2016 HexEnsemble. Published under licence by Hot Baked Goods.
DENZI's artwork used under a Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.


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text: Attention all units, this is not a drill! The beauty world went crazy for one type of texture again, and after cushions, now is the time for mousse. It's highly unlikely that any beauty product you name right now doesn't come in a handy mousse format, too. Remember when we told you about Pantene's new foam conditioner, a very peculiar format considering the product? R+co just introduced a hair mask that almost looks like it is made of beaten eggs. Ouai, Drybar and TRESemme also created a dry shampoo in this texture: say what? No, really, it's true. And it's not just the makers of hair products who lost their head (haha) about this new way to present a product, a lot of skincare companies did just the same. Mousse has always been appreciated as a good texture for facial cleansing, but now it also comes as a body foam. The oddest new product is Supergoop!'s sunscreen, which leaves no residue and is very easy to reapply throughout the day. And don't even think makeup could be missing here, of course not! There is such a thing as foam foundations, really! It's not as cool as it sounds though, you will still need a brush to apply them, but it's a good start. Especially compared to liquid foundations, foam foundations feel a lot lighter on the skin and don't feel heavy, sparing you that feeling of wanting to remove all makeup halfway through your day. Have a look at our gallery, and discover all the products we know of that come in a mousse format!


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Social/ Environmental Responsibility
Concerns about environmental conservation, human health and dignity have a direct impact on how I do business.I spend a lot of time researching vendors, and auditing my own practice in order to make the best, most thoughtful choices possible. I do not share who my sources are as that is proprietary, but if you have any concerns or questions, just ask!
Commitment to Small Farms, Fibersheds, and Indie Shops: I believe that a diverse, local economy is vitally important to community and national economic health, so I purchase the majority of my materials from local sources.
"But you're an online store! Doesn't that conflict with the "locavore" ethos and/ or drive brick and mortar shops out of business?" Nope. The reality is, that not everyone lives in a place where they can get what they want/ need at a local brick and mortar store. Online purchasing is a necessity for some, and those customers have a right to a great selection. There can be room for everyone.
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In August 1998 the South Lanarkshire Carers Network was formed to establish a Network for all unpaid Carers and their issues in South Lanarkshire.
Prior to this, a steering group had been meeting as a result of a Carers Strategy which had been drafted by South Lanarkshire Council in early 1998. The steering group presented a response to the draft Carers' Strategy to South Lanarkshire Council, based on the collated information gained from a seminar held in Blantyre Miners Welfare on 21st April 1998.
On 22nd March 1999 within the Council Chambers, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Council formally launched the South Lanarkshire Carers Strategy, together with a response from a Carer.
From here, the agenda was set and the aims and objectives of the Network were created.
The aims and objectives of the Network are:
- To identify unpaid Carers in South Lanarkshire
- Further develop and maintain a Network for unpaid Carers in South Lanarkshire
- To encourage unpaid carers to participate in a variety of consultation processes
- To consult and engage with unpaid Carers to produce, develop and provide access to comprehensive information through a variety of methods
- To identify gaps in service provision and contribute to the development of partnerships working to improve services affecting unpaid carers.
- To raise and develop the profile of unpaid Carers by promoting their issues at local and national level.


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In the iPraktikum WS15/16 more than 100 students worked in real projects with 10 companies. Find out more and watch videos of the final presentations on our project page!
|BMW Factory
In the iPraktikum WS15/16 more than 100 students worked in real projects with 10 companies. Find out more and watch videos of the final presentations on our project page!
|BMW Factory
We will teach two courses in the summer semester 2016: (1) Introduction to Software Engineering (EIST) has a focus on software development with exercises on analysis, design, modeling, programming and testing. (2) Project Organization and Management (POM) has a focus on software project management with exercises on agile methods, meeting management, retrospectives, release management, continuous integration and continuous delivery
Both courses have special emphasis on blended and experiential learning, mixing theory with exercises. We expect more than 1000 students in EIST and more than 400 students in POM. Therefore, we are looking for motivated tutors who help us in the preparation and conduction of these exercises. If you are interested in EIST, please write an email to Jan Knobloch. If you are interested in POM, please write an email to Stephan Krusche.
We will offer the iPraktikum again in the coming summer semester! We are looking for participants in various roles. Would you like to learn about software engineering in an applied setting while developing a mobile application? Apply as a Developer for the practical course iPraktikum.
If you have already participated in a project at our chair, consider applying for the seminar/practical course Advanced Project Management. In this course, you get to take on the role of a Coach and learn about agile project management in a real project.
Are you an experienced iOS developer? Apply to be a Tutor in our introductory courses and teach beginners how to develop in Swift as participant in the (pro)seminar Teaching iOS. You prepare an interactive tutorial and help students during the course.
If you have any questions feel free to contact Dora Dzvonyar or ios (at) in.tum.de
Since 1978, the technical and scientific associations of the Werner-von-Siemens-Ring foundation honor young nature scientists and engineers. The young scientists receive a honor medal and a certificate, and are invited to join events of the foundation. The Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) recommended Stephan Krusche as young scientist for his successful research in the area of agile development and continuous software engineering.
The Werner-von-Siemens-Ring foundation followed the recommendation. Prof. Dr. Joachim Ullrich, the chairmen of the foundation, honored Stephan in addition to four other researchers in natural sciences as young scientist 2015 in a colloquium in Berlin. Stephan had the opportunity to present his research about agile development and continuous software engineering to the members of the foundation.
Stephan is the third researcher of the Chair for Applied Software Engineering who received the award. He follows Timo Wolf and Walid Maalej who received the award in 2007 and 2010.
The Chair for Applied Software Engineering is co-hosting the 1st International Workshop on Continuous Software Engineering together with RWTH Aachen and FAU Nürnberg. The workshop will take place on February 23, 2016 in Vienna. A detailed description of the topics covered and the call for papers can be found on the CSE16 website. We are looking forward to your paper submissions and great discussions!
Two members of the Chair presented how we scale our courses with tool support at AtlassianSummit 2015 in San Francisco. Lukas and Dora talked about how the Atlassian stack supports instructors in their daily work and allows them to teach applied software engineering to hundreds of students at the same time. The Summit also gave them numerous opportunities to get in contact with Atlassian's product managers, who were eager to get feedback and hear about how universities use their products. The recording of the presentation is available here.
The Chair for Applied Software Engineering is hosting the 1st International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems in the Context of Smart Cities. It will take place on the 23rd of February 2016 in Vienna. This workshop is a forum for authors to present their early research findings in the field of Cyber-Physical Systems in the context of Smart Cities. The workshop aims at overviews, theoretical approaches, tools and frameworks, applications, system infrastructures and test beds for Cyber-Physical Systems. A detailed description and the Call for Papers can be found at CPSSC website. We are looking forward to receive your paper submissions.
In the iOS Praktikum 2015 more than 100 students worked in real projects with 10 companies. Find out more and watch videos of the final presentations on our project page!
|BMW Retail Analytics
|Hack the Hotel
|BSB Navigator
|Allianz Healthy Living
|Audi Home
During the iOS Practical Course SS 2015 the Incident Localization and Assistance System (ILAS) has been implemented at the Chair for Applied Software Engineering. In cooperation with T-Systems International GmbH, ProGlove and the Institute of Automation and Information Systems at TUM, 8 students and Constantin Scheuermann as project leader implemented a system that supports production line experts during their maintenance routines. The core of the framework is the integration of a smart glove (ProGlove) in combination with a smart phone and a web application.
The project was successfully presented at T-Systems Innovation Center Munich and recently at Automobilwoche Kongress 2015 in Berlin. It will also be presented at this years 3rd IEEE ICCC International Workshop on Internet of Things in Shenzhen, China.
Thanks to Alexander Harlass, Galina Volynets, Johannes, Bachhuber, Konstantin Kromer, Leonardo Serra, Maximilian Strobel, Sri Vishnu Totakura and Ulrike Niemann for their great effort during the project.
Hendrik Noeller (the person to the right in the picture) participated in the innovative TUMKolleg program of the Otto-von-Taube-Gymnasium where school students have the chance to experience their first research at TU München in their final year in the Gymnasium. Hendrik took the change and did his research in the area of collaborative real time applications at the chair of applied software engineering.
In his excellent work he successfully improved a framework for the synchronization of data between different systems (iOS, OS X and Java applications) in real time and received the first prize for computer science of the Hans Riegel Stiftung in the large auditorium of the LMU. Stephan Krusche received the silver badge of honor of TUM for supervising his work.
Hendrik just finished the Abitur with the best possible grade and will study computer science at TU München in the upcoming winter semester. Then he can continue his research about collaborative real time applications at the chair of applied software engineering.
We are looking forward to offer the iOS Praktikum again this winter term! First of all we look for students who participate as Developers. See Practical Course: iOS Praktikum for more information.
Additionally we also offer two related courses:
We are searching for Coaches who want to supervise a project team of the iOS Praktikum. As a coach you gain hands-on experience in project management. Additionally you can fulfill tasks like leading the release management or code quality team. For further information see Seminar/Practical Course: Advanced Project Management.
We also offer the seminar "Teaching iOS". If you are an experienced iOS developer you can take part as Tutor in the Swift introductory courses. You teach iOS beginners how to develop applications by preparing an interactive tutorial about an advanced topic and help in the organization. For further information see Seminar: Teaching iOS.
In the iOS Praktikum WS14/15 more than 100 students worked in real projects with 9 companies. Find out more and watch videos of the final presentations on our project page!
|Agile Factory
|Virtual Reality App Launcher
|Kneehapp 2
|Serious Games for Plant Recognition
|Energy Wearhouse
|Retail Analytics
|Next Generation B2B App Store
|Accident Assistance
|Digital Showroom
|Burglary Prevention
12 amazing small games made it into the iOS AppStore! 24 students developed them during the Seminar Games Development with iOS (WS14/15) using Swift and SpriteKit:
CircleFever tests your reflexes. Catch the symbols with corresponding forms by rotating up and down your game circles! (by Christoph Erl and Johann Rottenfußer)
Help Fluffy ducklings through a world full of abysses. Tap on the ducklings to jump and fly, and save as many as possible! (by Monika Wintergerst and Alexander Richter)
Food Chain: Control a mouse and navigate it through a maze to reach the tasty cheese. But be aware of cats - they are hungry, too! (by Timo Lamprecht and Jana Pejic)
Galactic Defense: Defend your galaxy with your spaceship. B fast and cautious because the enemies will try to shoot in your direction! (by Marius Schulz and Ledian Xhani)
Glitch 'em up: Board the cockpit and dodge asteroids! Glitches bend spacetime. Are you able to use them for your advantage?. (by Michael Wang and Fabian Manhardt)
Keep Up the ball on platforms and reach as many platforms you can. Get the highscore and challenge your friends via GameCenter! (by Florian Ruppert and Wenbo Huang)
Mobius 3D is inspired by a moebius strip. It's orientation-less and endless. You lose your mind, but you collect as many coins as possible! (by Maximilian Flis and Fei Pan)
In Monster Roly you help Roly to get to his favorite food - donuts. Tilt your device to roll Roly. Be careful: the world is a dangerous place! (by Ute Schiehlen and Stefan Cimander)
Saws is a 2D game in which you move a bird around to find the lost baby bird. Be careful not to touch the saws! (by Jan Göbel and Parisa Elahidoost)
Shifuban: You're ship was hit by canon causing holes and water gushing. Move the barrels onto the holes and rescue the ship! (by Anja Kastenmayer and Henning Helmbrecht)
In Tiny Wizard you control a wizard to protect the Tree of Life. Several enemies like orcs and thieves attack not only the tree but also our tiny hero! (by Daniel Peter and Alba Xhani)
Wormcraft is a two player 3D game. Destroy the enemy team with a grenade or bazooka by demolishing the surrounding environment! (by Shivam Agrawal and Lukas Kick)
If you like one of the games, please give it a nice rating share it with your friends :-)
We published Interactex Designer. Download it on your iPad for free from the iOS AppStore. The development environment for eTextiles is being used to create and test software for eTextiles visually without the need to write any code. It supports every hardware component from the Arduino Lilypad family such as LEDs, buttons, accelerometers, light sensors and most iOS user interface elements such as buttons, labels, switches, etc. The tool has been developed by Juan Haladjian and Katharina Bredies. More information about the project can be found in the project's website: http://www.interactex.de. Check also the Demo Video and the GitHub repository.
We published the peer-to-peer real-time framework Reto on Github, that Julian Asamer developed during his Master's Thesis under the supervision of Stephan Krusche. Reto is available in Swift on iOS and OS X (sReto) and in Java 8 (jReto) for Windows, OS X and Unix. Both implementations are compatible with each other regarding the network protocol and the exposed API. Reto allows data exchange between multiple peers in WiFi networks, over Bluetooth or over the Internet using a dedicated, but simple WebSocket server. Reto supports discovery of and communication with peers that cannot be reached directly by using other peers to forward data. The framework offers an easy-to-use, high-level, object-oriented API and can be integrated without much effort into existing applications. Try out one of the example applications on Github and participate in the further development by creating issues and pull requests! Active contributors can also get write access to the repositories.