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We work with all the major companies offering Van hire at Kilmarnock.
Pre-payments online are accepted by debit card however a major credit card will need to be presented on arrival. If you don't hold a credit card our experienced agents can arrange for a debit card to be accepted for the deposit however this reservation needs to be placed via our team rather than online to guarantee your supplier will accept your payment method.
We can also accept various other types of payment however these bookings need to be made via telephone to confirm your payment type is acceptable.
Indigo car hire have no responsibility for failure to provide a major credit card in the drivers name on arrival unless a prior agreement has been agreed with our contact centre.
Of our suppliers in and around Kilmarnock, The major companies are Europcar, Avis, Enterprise and Thrifty. We also have access to vehicles with a number of local suppliers.
Located in East Ayrshire is the large borough of Kilmarnock, the 14th most populated place in Scotland and the second largest town in Ayrshire. Voted the UKs Friendliest Shopping Town in 2006, the Scottish town is also known for its musical arts and film locations with it producing several musical talents and being featured in several movies and series. Often referred to as Killie it's a fantastic place to visit with tons of historic buildings to see such as Dean Castle, Kilmarnock Railway Viaduct or the RBS Building on King Street which is a listed building.
We aren't only the car hire experts we have also been working with vans for many years arranging several deals for our customers but best of all we can find you the best price available for hiring a van for your given dates and times. We do this by comparing all the prices available and then finding the lowest which we can then further apply our discounts too. As well as this between when you book and when you pick up the car we will alert you if the price drops any lower than the original so we can then amend it and save you even more money than originally.
There are several offers we have managed to arrange, we always aim at making car hire more available to a wider audience of people. Some of the best offers we have managed to organise include…
Debit Card Van Hire
If you plan on hiring a van without a credit card it can be a real task as majority of companies won't allow you to do so due to certain payment restrictions that they have in place. We have however managed to find a company willing to co-operate with us and accept debit cards at Kilmarnock as long as they meet these restrictions….
1.Visa Debit Cards and MasterCard Debit Cards are the only type accepted
2.The numbers on the card must be embossed
3.On the card the name that's printed must match the name that's on the licence
If your card meets these restrictions then give us a call!
Van Hire With A Tail Lift
Usually vans do not come equipped with a tail lift as standard and we were getting many requests for this as there where many people that are wanting to hire a van with a tail lift equipped. We looked at this and decided that we wanted to do something about it in order to try and a deal, eventually we managed to find a company that will hire us Luton vans with the 100% guarantee that they have a tail lift, so if you are interested in getting a van with a tail lift then call us directly.
Young Driver Van Hire
Typically if you are under the age of 25 hiring a van would be impossible, unless you arrange it with us of course as, you guessed it we have another deal for this too! We can arrange van hire from the age of 23 given that you have held your licence for a year prior to hiring with us, we also have another offer on top of this that means there is NO YOUNG DRIVER ADDITIONAL FEE!
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We are proud to announce the arrival of our second son!
Ruben Price Triant was born at home at 7:32 the morning of November 23, 2011 as the sun rose, along with the tiny cusp of a waning crescent moon. He weighs 8lbs. and 12oz. and is 21 inches long. It was a wonderful day to be born as it is also his Nonna's birthday! Big brother Miles was happy to meet his "Baby Ruben." Michael and I look forward to watching our boys grow together!
We hope everyone is enjoying this Thanksgiving holiday. Today we are especially thankful for our newest family member, and incredibly grateful for all of the love and support we have felt from family and friends! Please share in our joy by celebrating the things you are thankful for in your life today!
We will continue to update our "Family Story" on the blog if you care to follow along.
We will be moving officially from The Triant Trio
to The Triant Quartet now that Ruben has joined us!
Sally, Michael, Miles & Ruben

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Martin Landau: 10 Career Highlights, From Hitchcock to 'Ed Wood' and Beyond
Martin Landau, who died on July 16 at age 89, was a familiar face in movies and TV for almost 60 years. He made an impression on big-screen audiences opposite James Mason and Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest in 1959, after steady work in TV, then largely stayed on the small screen until hitting it big as a regular on the hit spy series Mission: Impossible, from 1966 to 1969. In the mid-'70s, he played the captain on the much-hyped British sci-fi series Space: 1999, but it didn't become the next Star Trek. He worked steadily for the next 10-plus years until striking gold with a supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker in 1988, which earned him an Oscar nomination, a feat he'd duplicate in 1989 in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors. He'd finally collect an Oscar win in 1994, for his performance as Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton's Ed Wood. For more on his standout career, click through the slideshow above, illustrating the highlights of his decades in movies/TV.


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Hello Friends,
In keeping with easier, more fun communication technology, I will be phasing out of this blog and switching over to the below sites. Not that I've been very consistent with this one, but hopefully the new sites will be better and more regular.
For general information: https://harrybertoiafoundation.myshopify.com/
For stories on recent happenings: https://social.shorthand.com/Harry_Bertoia/
For a while, I'll post a directional notice here until this blog dies.
Thank you!
Sunday, October 16, 2016
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Happy New Year!
It was a strange week in Madison - with the weather being positively balmy. There was no snow.
Triple A and Joe Bodell have it out.
The Drama Queen continues the attack on Mark Ritchie.
Monday, January 01, 2007
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Wow! I am rather behind on the blogging AGAIN! How does that always happen. It is now October and we have moved yet again. Now we reside in a place called Pflugerville in the Austin area of Texas. Cody got a new job but we are hoping this one is much more long term. In other words, I am NOT making these poor kids witch schools AGAIN! Lucky for us it has always been during the summer and we didn't have to switch in the middle of the year.
Any who…we are here and so far we love the kids school and daddy loves work. Mommy is ALLLLL by myself at home now while the kids are in school because Kayla started kindergarten this year. WOO HOO She is loving it so far. She is hating waking up so early because school here starts at 7:40 and we walk to school. So we leave the house around 7:15 or so and usually end up to the school around 7:30. They encourage students to get there as early as 7:20 so they can start their work early. It's been nice walking them. We have fun and mommy walks them to school and then goes running. This last week I have been able to get up to almost 6 miles which for me is a huge accomplishment. I had been stuck at that 3 and a half mile range forever. So to go up has been great. Here are a few pictures
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
Pretty in Pink
Kayla loves pink. This is no secret! So when Mommy wanted to take pictures of her since she turned 5, all I had to say to Kayla to get her to cooperate ( she doesn't like taking pictures ) was "Go put on your new pink church outfit and pretty, sparkly, pink shoes." It worked! She even let me curl her hair! It was a miracle. She was outside with me in the cold for about 45 minutes saying things like, "Okay now take one of me on my bike!" So half of these pictures she posed. :-)
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Saturday, February 8, 2014
Kayla's Birthday
Kayla turned 5 years old and REALLY wanted to have a birthday party at Chuck-e-cheese. That is when Tyler had his birthday party there too, when he turned 5. SOOOOO we decided we'd better go ahead and let her. She has been really miserable here in Texas. She didn't make friends very quickly and why should she have? She doesn't go to school so she just hung out at hoe with mommy. Poor little girl. We have made some friends at church now and she has been doing better. Madison and Aunt Stacie were able to come down for the party as well which makes everything much better.
The ticket blaster was the best! Her hair was flying all over and about 5 minutes after she did it we noticed she had a ticket stuck in her hair!!!
She had tons of fun and had fun playing with her presents afterwards.
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Snow Day
We had a snow day Thursday and Friday of this week. It was SOOOOO cold Thursday. I had a rough night with the kids. Tyler came in at 5am something saying he was having bad dreams. I had him climb in bed with us while I went to the bathroom. I tried to get back in bed with the boys but they were taking up too much room. Tyler said his throat hurt so him and I went and got water and then I took him back to his room. I talked with him for a little bit and then said good night to him. I closed his door and I could see that Kayla's flash light was on in here room and it was moving all over the place. I open her door and she was up and changing her clothes. She had wet the bed. SOOOOO we got her cleaned up and changed her sheets and blankets and then I crawled back into bed. Kayla started talking to herself on the baby monitor which was keeping me up. Then Cody's phone went off. It was Tyler's school saying it was cancelled. I got back up and told Tyler ( who of course was still asleep ) He was so excited to he could "sleep in". Cody got up and said that his phone said it was severely snowing outside. We took a peek out of the window and sure enough the back yard was white. Crazy. It was only like 10 degrees which is pretty darn cold for her. We spent the morning hanging out and then the kids decided they needed to go out back and play in the snow. It was freezing out! I got some good pictures of them in the snow playing. Kayla kept saying, "Ahhhhh I just want to eat snow!" haha As she shoved it in her mouth. Mommy decided I would make snow ice cream since they were both eating it any ways. We had never done that before. It was good. They played longer then I thought they would and then came in and had chocolate milk and then after lunch we had the ice cream. It was the best snow day ever!
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Monday, February 3, 2014
Sometime in my second year of living in California there was a girl in our ward named Maria who started a work out group. We started off by doing something called couch to 5k. Every week you would run for 20 minutes but you would run for 1 minute and walk for two minutes. You did this several times a week. Then the next week the running went up and the walking went down. Just a little over a month or so I was running 3 miles without stopping. It was wonderful! I loved it. We lived in the perfect place to run because we lived around a lake and if I went out my front door and run to the corner and went all the way around the lake back to my front door it was like doing a 5k. Every chance I got I would go run. Our work out group would get together 3 times a week normally. We would do lots of cardio and about once a week we would run. Then we started meeting at the kids school and running to the house we worked out at and then running back to the school. Did I mention it is really freaking hot in the high dessert! haha Sometimes it was awful. Then it is really windy there too. Sometimes my ears would get so achy. I usually shoved toilet paper in them. Any ways. The first run I did was a 5k mud run. We trained really hard for it and I had NO idea what I was in for until we got there and started running. HOLY COW it was SOOOOO hard! By far the worse one I have done to date. Not only was it super challenging because about every 100 yards or so they had some kind of obstacle you had to do but when I had about a mile left I fell on a rock and hurt myself. I sliced up my hand and arm and busted up my thigh. I had the HUGEST bruise!! They only way to see it fully would be if I took a picture naked and since that wasn't going to happen I tried to get some close up ones. I had bruises every where though. I even had some on my ribs! Here are some pictures from that run. Sorry the quality sucks but I stole these off of my friends Facebook page :-)
Here we are before the race started all nice and clean and still smiling! haha
Here we are just starting the race. Right as you cross the start line they have firemen hosing you down! Did I mention this was in late August and it was probably 100 degrees when we raced?
This is my friend Amanda and I crossing the finish line. She fell too and busted up her knees and hand really bad. We were the klutzy ones of the group apparently.
Here we are shooing off our injuries
This is me with Natalie and Maria, my work out girls.
And here is my arm…I had dirt all in my cuts. For about a week I would scrap the dirt off of the cuts while watching TV.
And the after pictures…
I'm hoping to do many more races in my days….Crossing my fingers
Here we are before the race started all nice and clean and still smiling! haha
Here we are just starting the race. Right as you cross the start line they have firemen hosing you down! Did I mention this was in late August and it was probably 100 degrees when we raced?
This is my friend Amanda and I crossing the finish line. She fell too and busted up her knees and hand really bad. We were the klutzy ones of the group apparently.
Here we are shooing off our injuries
This is me with Natalie and Maria, my work out girls.
And here is my arm…I had dirt all in my cuts. For about a week I would scrap the dirt off of the cuts while watching TV.
And here is my thigh….it had a huge lump under the skin…it was so gross….
For my next running adventure I signed up to do a Monster Mash Halloween 5k but then I broke my toe so I didn't get to do it. That was a bummer. So my next one ended up being another 5k mud run. I was a little nervous since the last one was so awful but this one ended up being a piece of cake! We decided we wanted to make t-shirts and put something funny on them. We decided on "Sister Wives" Because all of my friends at church call each other this. We knew some people would not like this but we decided we didn't care. haha And on top of that to make it even worse on the back of our shirts we wrote "We share EVERYTHING" haha We also had capes which I was not a fan of and will never wear again while racing. Here's the before pictures
Then we have some during pictures. Amanda and Chrissy were way ahead of us this time and so Chrissy took pictures of Carol and I along the way. She was carrying a water proof camera.
That's me at the bottom of the huge net we had to climb. I totally accidentally kicked someone while climbing it. Opps
After this we treated ourselves to In N Out. It was so much fun!
The next race I did was another 5k. I haven't worked my way up yet to anything longer then that. One of these days I am hoping I can. The next was a color run that Amanda and I did by ourselves. That was fun too. A totally new experience for me. Again my friend and I made shirts. Her's said, "I'm with Awesome" And mine said on the front "Who needs boobs" and the back said "When you have a butt like this" heehee
Fun fun FUN! And lastly just a couple of days before moving to Texas I did one last mud run. It is ironic because it is the same mud run that I started with. The one that was SOOOO hard. However this time it was perfect! I am assuming they got complaints about their being way too many obstacles because they had about half of the amount this time and it was perfect. There were a few things I didn't like. They had several fire pits you had to jump over which wasn't bad but then they had a huge slide you had to go down that put you straight into a huge pile of dirty water. I got so much up my nose it was gross! But I preferred this one to the first one any day!
Here are our before pictures
I'm hoping to do many more races in my days….Crossing my fingers
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When Lea Davison realized that she could make mountain biking her career, she focused on riding and never looked back. "I love my job," she told an interviewer last year. She's also very good at it. Lea is the top woman mountain bike racer in the US and represented the USA in the 2012 Summer Games in London. The team was the most successful women's mountain biking team in US history.
A natural athlete, Lea had the full support of her family as she pursued many different sports, eventually focusing on skiing and cross-country running. During high school and college, she earned slalom titles and state cross-country championships. In 2000, during her junior year in high school, a friend suggested she try out for the mountain biking team and she was an immediate success. Her passion for the sport grew and by 2004 she was a regular on national podiums.
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Americans aren't a culture known for their proficiency at smelling the roses. We are a forward looking bunch, barely able to exult for a nominal length of time before we are proceeding to formulations for what comes next. Perhaps it is our system of capitalism which solidifies this tendency.
Great, Mr CEO, you made oodles of money this quarter. What about the next quarter? You have to top it!
We've all seen where that mindset has gotten us. That doesn't mean we will change our habits, though.
In sports, we tend to act in the same fashion. The confetti was still dandruff in Jeter's hair as reporters asked him about who the Yanks should re-sign next year.
But Yuri Foreman seemed to be doing a fine job of living in the moment, exulting in the aroma of his championship effort which came on Saturday night in Las Vegas. The Belarussian/Israeli/Brooklyner wore the mark of a man who'd engaged in combat, as 18 stitches on his left eye and a black mark on his right told anyone who saw the beaming pugilist at Prime Grill in New York City on Thursday that he earned his right to smile from ear to ear.
Foreman, who is studying to be a rabbi, sat with rabbi DovBer Pinson and spiritual advisor Joel Lion at the restaurant, but right next to Foreman was the man he referred to as "my second rabbi," promoter Bob Arum. The promoter broke into a grin about as often as Foreman as he chatted with reporters with fierce pride about the 29-year-old Foreman's unanimous decision win over WBA junior middleweight titlist Daniel Santos on the Pacman-Cotto undercard. Clearly, this win was just as sweet, maybe sweeter for Arum, than Pacquiao's mixed blessing win against Cotto. Both of those men are contracted to Top Rank, so one's victory means a tumble in stature for the other. But really, the Foreman win was a bit more than business for Arum, I believe. For the 77-year-old dealmaker, a Jewish American, Foreman's win had to strike him from a different angle.
Jews have to do a lot of counterpunching in many parts of the world, our own melting pot included, and so over the years Arum has had to combat anti-semitic volleys from haters. One can infer that he feels an immense personal pride as one from his tribe overcame a pronounced lack of pop and sniping from critics who called him "Yuri Boreman" and recommended him as a cure for insomnia to become the first Israeli to win a world title.
"I'm carrying the flag right now for Israel," said Foreman before he tucked into a plate at the restaurant. "It's been a dream of mine since I was ten to win a world title."
The kid has to get props for his perseverance, if nothing else. He started training in an Arab gym in Israel–talk about throwing yourself into a lion's den. No, there was no shortage of willing sparring partners looking to "help" Foreman learn the finer points of pugilism. He turned pro in January 2002, and was brought along skillfully, but slowly, to the point where critics started to multiply. They'd grouse that he was more story than anything, that he built a glossy record on a weak foundation of journeymen. The critics had a point; his stiffest test before Santos was Andrey Tsurkan, and that was a split decision victory. But the turtle-paced buildup and sniping is old news now. Foreman can point to the belt at the "Boreman" brigade, and inform them, if he chooses to score a verbal counter, that a fight with Manny Pacquiao might be in the cards for 2010.
"I would love to fight Manny Pacquiao," Foreman told TSS. "I would give Pacman the opportunity to fight for his eighth title. I have mad respect for Pacquiao and think he's one of the best fighters ever. I haven't had a chance to talk to Bob Arum about it, but I will."
In fact, half an hour later, Arum talked about the potential for a Foreman-Pacquiao scrap. The promoter said he'd like Foreman to defend his crown a couple times, and then maybe entice Pacman to look for that eighth crown.
Arum blessed the meal before everyone tucked into steak, chicken and salmon. No word on whether he said a silent prayer that the numbers rolling in from Saturday's PPV would be adding to his glow. The promoter would be heading over to HBO's office a few blocks away after the meal to get some returns on PPV numbers. He'll hope that the numbers bolster leverage for he and Pacquiao, as the dance to make Pacquiao-Mayweather kicks off in earnest. If Pacquiao-Cotto does better business than Mayweather-Marquez, which did one million buys after expectations were in the 600-700,000 range, Arum and Pacquaio are in that much better shape. That tally came after an immense ad blitz, something in the neighborhood of $10 million, which is believed to be far in excess of money spent to plug Pacman-Cotto. There have been phone calls between the expected players, Arum, Richard Schaefer, Al Hayman and Leonard Ellerbe, but everyone's waiting to see the numbers before they start posturing. And, there will be posturing on both sides. Everyone talks about Mayweather's, but Pacman has his own pride and ego which will have to be attended to. Also, Freddie Roach has grown into a skilled negotiator, and will put his stamp on the formulation of terms. Will he be willing to accept even a 50-50 deal now that Pacquiao is armed with more leverage than Mayweather?
Back to Foreman, in the vein of what we touched on before, savoring the moment. Much credit for the Santos win has to be attributed to the behind the scenes work of the Top Rank staff. They lobbied hard for Foreman to rise in the WBA's ranks, so Foreman could emerge as a mandatory challenger for Santos. They realized that Santos would be not a soft touch, but certainly in a less than ideal place mentally and physically come fight time. Now 34, the Don King fighter had been on a one-fight-per-year run since 2005. He hadn't gloved up since July 2008, and rust, one imagined, could lessen his chances against the sweet science student with the above-average chin, Foreman. A few months back, Top Ranks' Carl Moretti went to Panama with two envelopes to enter a purse bid for Santos-Foreman.
"I had two envelopes in case someone else showed up," Moretti told TSS at the restaurant. "No one did."
The winning envelope contained a check for $162,500. Not a grandiose sum, but one that reflected the marketplace. Santos was a part-time fighter with a minimal fanbase, and Foreman had a compelling, novel back-story, but he needed to offer a showing which would appeal to more hardcore fight fans, not the casual sports fan intrigued by his "Lion of Zion" persona. Arum placated anyone referring to the writers who dismissed the sleep-inducing potential of the matchup by assuring that the human interest stories on Foreman would help the overall promotion.
The reviews weren't across the board raves, but to me, Foreman fought smartly and with enough aggression to win a healthy bunch of the unconvinced. Scuttlebutt has said that we'll see him tangle with another King fighter, Cory Spinks, who holds the IBF junior middleweight strap. Nope– Moretti shot that down, saying another negotiation with King isn't a welcome prospect. So, Spinks is out, who then? Kermit Cintron is a possible, as is WBO champ Sergei Dzinziruk, or Pole Pawel Wolak. Moretti said he wouldn't hesitate to make Paul Williams-Foreman, either. Moretti said that he think Foreman might become even more of a fan-friendly hitter, as a 25% uptick in confidence could make the New York resident more willing to sit down on punches.
SPEEDBAG Puerto Rican fight fans are somewhat adrift with Cotto's demise at the hands of the typhoonesque Pacquaio. Miguel said he'd be back, but there are no guarantees, so more eyes will be trained on next gen hitter Juan Manuel Lopez, the WBO featherweight titlist. He was life and death with Rogers Mtagwa on Oct. 10, and left Madison Sguare Garden Theater with a win, just barely. Next up for 27-0 JuanMa is a Jan. 23 date, again at the Theater. He'll defend his crown against the former WBO featherweight champ Steven Luevano, a fellow lefty and a 37-1 slickee with minimal pop (15 KOs). Yuriorkis Gamboa (16-0) will again share the bill with JuanMa, as they did in October. The Cuban will take on Mtagwa (26-13), and look to blow him out, to provide a stark contrast to JuanMa, who needed luck and prayers to stave off an upset loss.


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Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances the A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie concert scheduled for Aug 12th at The Palace Theatre has been postponed.
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"Canada! I'm so sorry but we will have to reschedule these shows. I lost my voice and the Dr. don't want me getting on a plane.
We will announce rescheduled dates soon."
Information regarding the rescheduled date will be announced shortly.
Ticket holders can choose to keep their tickets which will be honoured on the new date or receive a refund.
Refund deadline is Friday August 18th at 6pm.


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Thursday, December 15, 2016
I, Cringely News we aren't supposed to know - I, Cringely
I'm writing this post on Wednesday evening here in California. Normally I wouldn't point that out but in this case I want to put a kind of timestamp on my writing because at this moment we're at the end of the second day of a concerted attack by the UAE Electronic Army on various DNS providers in North America. If you follow this stuff and bother to check, say, Google News right now for "UAE Electronic Army," your search will probably generate some Facebook entries but no news at all because — two days into it — this attack has gone unnoticed by the world at large. My last column was about fake news. This one is about real news you never hear about.
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My DH recently went to the RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo) at Fairford with a couple of his friends and his 12 year old god-son. The array of photography equipment that they took with them was eye-popping, and after they got back of course came the task of sorting through the photos. They took over 10,000 photos between them - I swear I'm not exaggerating.
When his god-son's 13th birthday came up, it wasn't difficult to decide on a card, and this week's Sketch Saturday sketch helped it all come together.
I used a free cloud embossing folder that came with a magazine, and which I've been planning to try out for ages. It looks fabulous, doesn't it? The Red Arrows were taken from one of their photos and cut using my Silhouette. How appropriate.
I'm also entering into Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge of "anything".


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A majority of people in Britain associate Islam with terrorism and the repression of women, a poll has shown.
The survey coincided with the launch of an advertising campaign aimed at combating negative perceptions of Muslims.
In the online poll of 2,152 UK adults, 58% of people said they associated Islam with extremism and 50% associated the world religion with terrorism.
The poll also found that 69% believe Islam encourages the repression of women.
It was organized as part of the Inspired By Muhammad campaign that will see adverts featuring pictures of Muslim professionals including TV presenter and Islam convert Kristiane Backer on the London Underground, bus stops and taxis.
Organizer the Exploring Islam Foundation said the campaign aims to highlight the Prophet Mohamed's teachings to Muslims on the importance of the environment, gender equality and social justice.
For one, this is a good campaign that aims to bring out the moderate Muslims and try to erase the image of the mad jihadist with a bomb strapped to his back. And I say "try", because it will take more than that to make that image go away.
The title of the article comes out as if it were a surprise to the readers that Islam is related with terrorism, violence and misogyny. First of all, we have to admit that there are extremists everywhere, and that no philosophy or belief is totally safe. But the problem with Islam is that it seems as if in Muslim societies, this extremism were not shunned, but condoned.
What about the Christian fundies who shoot down doctors? We can argue that's just one of them, all the others being annoying in different levels, but more or less civilized. However, when it comes to Islam, English people might have it pretty easy relating it to terrorism and everything bad when they see this images:
Seriously, when you have a group of people demonstrating on the streets, being angry about a cartoon, or a so-called "offense", threatening with making their backwards laws the rule of the country/world, it's not just nonsensical to tolerate that, but also suicidal.
This is where liberalism fails. And just to be clear, I'm referring to the kind of liberalism that argues that every culture and human group has to be accepted, along with their practices and customs. Western society has had its flaws during the past, but along with those flaws came the idea of social justice, tolerance and human rights that most of the world share. To allow a human group that rejects and shuns those ideals is not moving forward under the idea that by allowing that culture, we are being more progressive and tolerant. On the contrary, it's moving backwards by allowing not a own group, but a foreign one hijack those ideals.
The problem is not the color of their skin, or the beards they have, or the clothes they wear. It's the divinely-inspired idea that their religion-filled culture must prevail anywhere over any other. Some Muslims might and will adapt into a society that cherishes liberal values, that's wonderful. But it is not enough.


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Halloween costume if it was going to be done in time for trick-or-treating.
The Neue Mode pattern that I used turned out to be peskier than I thought. First, it didn't include seam allowances, so I had to add these myself. It wasn't a big deal in itself, but their were a lot of curved pieces, which really slowed things down.
My other issue with the pattern is, perhaps, a matter of what was lost in translation, since the original instructions are in German. (And my college German is way too rusty to really understand them.) In English, the instructions are vague and minimal. At times I had to wing it. I'm glad I made Phineas' shirt first, because I definitely leaned on that experience for installing the collar and the sleeves. I also added top stitching in a few areas where it wasn't called for, like the cuffs of the sleeves.
Anyway, I really do like how it is coming. Next steps: After Orpheus tries it on, I will hem the bottom and finish the front center hems, adding the ties. And then it will need the Hogwarts patch sewn on.


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The United States Small Business Administration recently released an article articulating their position on crowdfunding and its role in the business world. The piece explains the uses of crowdfunding and goes on to explain the regulations hindering its progress, ultimately projecting a positive tone on the matter. At first, I was hesitant to believe that the SBA, which was at one time a central source of funding for small businesses, would embrace an alternative. But the more I think, the more it makes sense.
The SBA is a federal organization that was founded in the early 1950's as legislators began to acknowledge that encouraging small businesses would lead the country along the right economic path. To accomplish this mission, the SBA's provides monetary support to entrepreneurs to "maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses".
Sound familiar? Crowdfunding was established to empower businesses of all shapes and sizes to promote and ultimately fund their product to the crowd. The goals of the crowdfunding movement and the SBA clearly overlap. So why is the SBA making efforts to accept crowdfunding?
The article suggests that the SBA realizes the limitations of government support for small businesses, and sees crowdfunding as a way to fill the sizeable gap between funding supply and demand. The piece also acknowledges that the crowdfunding ecosystem is changing quickly; it discusses the passing of the JOBs Act in 2012 and mentions the SEC's position in restricting the role of equity crowdfunding. Ultimately, the article emphasizes that the SBA has received this movement with open arms. We at Launcht are happy to see federal agencies embrace the movement
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|Campeonato Baiano 2015
Please also see my All-Time World Cup Team Index.
This is my selection of a 25 member all-time team for the club. The number 25 was chosen because it is the official squad size for the Champions' League.
Bahia has won the Brasileirão title twice: in the 1959 season, defeating Santos' Santásticos which contained figures such as Gilmar, Mauro, Mengálvio, Coutinho, Pepe and Pelé, in the finals and in the 1988 season Bahia edged Internacional. Bahia has only appeared in the Copa Libertadores three times, reaching the quarterfinals in 1989, Bahia's best-ever performance. The club has also won their state title a record 46 times.
|Taça Brasil of 1959
GK: Nadinho (Brazil)
Widely considered the greatest goalkeeper in the history of Bahia, Nicknamed "O Macho", he played for the club from 1958 to 1968. He won several state championships (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962). and he started for Bahia on the 1959 Brazilian championship winning team. Nadinho was part of a pre-list to the 1962 World Cup.
GK: Ronaldo Vieira Passocs (Brazil)
Ronaldo helped Bahia to win the 1988 Brazilian Championship, where he was the team's starting goalkeeper. He started as a reserve, but became a starter after Sidmar left the club.
GK: Emerson Ferretti (Brazil)
Emerson started his career with Grêmio. He also played for Flamengo, Juventude and Bahia. With Bahia, he was an idol for six years between 2000 and 2005. He is their appearance record holder. He transferred to Vitória in 2006, where he ended his career as a player.
RB: Leone (Brazil)
Leone was the captain of Bahia that won the Taça Brasil of 1959, currently considered by the CBF as the first Brazilian Championship in history. It is considered by many historians as the most important football tournament in Brazil at the time. Before theis, he won three Rio state champion with in 1953, 1954 and 1955.
RB: Perivaldo (Brazil)
Perivaldo started his career with local amateurs Itabuna Esporte Clube. He played in the Série A with Esporte Clube Bahia, Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, São Paulo FC, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras and Bangu Atlético Clube. In the late 80s, after living three years in South Korea, he relocated to Portugal in hopes of finding a new club, but eventual poor choices and several misfortunes ended up with him as an homeless person having to resort to street vending in Lisbon. Perivaldo returned to his homeland on 11 December 2013 at the age of 60, with the help of the Portuguese Professional Footballers Union. Perivaldo gained two caps for Brazil. He was on the players' pool for the WC Finals in 1982.
CB: Roberto Rebouças (Brazil)
Roberto Rebouças was a legend with Bahia. He joined the club in 1963 from Victoria. He earned nicknamed the "Baiana Wall". He was known with President Tricolor Osorio Vilas Boas. Roberto also played with Botafogo of Ribeirão Preto before returning to Bahia, where he won the regional titles of 1970 and 1971, and from 1973 to 1977.
|Roberto Rebouças
He was a big centerback of Bahia that won the Taça Brasil of 1959, currently considered by the CBF as the first Brazilian Championship in history. It is considered by many historians as the most important football tournament in Brazil at the time.
CB: Vicente Arenari (Brazil)
Began in Flamengo's youth teams, where he start his professional career in 1954, but did not feature much. He became a star with Bahia, where he played between 1956 and 1962, winning the 1959 Brazilian Football Championship. He would also play with Palmeiras and Nacional-SP, where he finished his career in 1967.
CB: Juvenal Amarijo (Brazil)
Juvenal Amarijo started his career with Cruzeiro-RS, joining Flamengo in 1949, then Palmeiras in 1951, moving to Bahia in 1954 then retiring in 1959 while playing with Ypirnga-BA. He played for the Brazil in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Juvenal lost his money after retiring from playing and was living in poverty. He died on October 30, 2009, at to age 85, in the city of Salvador, in Bahia, Brazil, due to respiratory failure.
LB: Romero (Brazil)
Jorge Romero Filho, better known as Romero, was a left-back soccer player who played for Bahia of 1973 until 77 , conquering five state titles. He also played for Palmeiras in 1977/78.
DM: Baiaco (Brazil)
Baiaco was the star of the Seleção de Francisco do Conde. He joined Bahia because the club also took his friend Caetano. In 1969, Pele was seeking g his 1000th goal when Baiaco famously marked Pele out for the historical goal. He scored a goal in that match. He played with them until the year 1980 when he left the club at the age of 34 and a year later he finished his career defending the Leonico. He was capped in 1974 by Brazil.
DM: Paulo Rodrigues (Brazil)
Until he turned 28 years old, he spent his career playing with Uberaba National in Minas Gerais and Botafogo in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. He joined Bahai in 1986, where he finally found stardom. He was a key player as his club won the 1988 title.
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CM: Elizeu (Brazil)
Elizeu started in 1962 with Santos. He would play for São Cristóvão do Rio, Fluminense, Olaria, New York General, Anderlecht, Belenenses, of Portugal and Vitória de Salvador. He had three stints with Bahia - the first one in 1967, the second in 1969 and the third in 1971/1972. He represented Brazil at the 1964 Olympics.
RW: Marito (Brazil)
Known as the "Blond Devil", he was a part of Bahai's team that won the that won the Taça Brasil in 1959. He was was selected as one of the best players in the history of Bahia by the newspaper Correio in 2010. He also earned the nickname "Garrincha do Bahia" (Bahia's Garrincha).
RW: Ze Carlos (Brazil)
Ze Carlos was the top scorer for Bahia as the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol in 1988. He played for Internacional, Athletic Mineiro and America. He also played in Saudi Arabia. He was capped 4 times.
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Biriba was known for his partnership with Marito while playing for Bahia in 1950's. He began his successful career in the club in 1957, the famous team known as ""Juventude Transviada". He was a part of Bahia that won the Taça Brasil of 1959, currently considered by the CBF as the first Brazilian Championship in history.
LW: Jesum (Brazil)
Jésum Gabriel is a former left-wing who played for São Paulo, Cruzeiro, Bahia and Vitória-BA. Born on December 25, 1953, Jésum became more famous during his times with Bahia. For the São Paulo, he played 42 matches between 1972 and 1975.
AM: José SanFilippo (Argentina)
During his club career he played for San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and Banfield in Argentina, Nacional in Uruguay, and Bangu and SC Bahia in Brazil. He is the 5th highest scoring player in Argentine football. At the international level, Sanfilippo played for the Argentina in the 1958 and 1962 World Cup Finals. He was also part of the Argentina squads that won the 1955 Pan American Games and the 1957 South American Championship.
AM: Douglas (Brazil)
Douglas started with Santos in 1967, but he made his name with Bahia. He was voted as one of the greatest players in the history of Esporte Clube Bahia by the fans of the club. He is the second highest scorer in the history of Bahia with 211 goals. Douglas also played a short passage (three months) with Bahia's greatest rival: Vitória.
In 1982, he started his professional career with Catuense. In 1985, he joined Bahia, where he won the 1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. In 1989, he was signed by São Paulo, winning the 1989 Bola de Prata, and that year's Campeonato Paulista. He also played for Flamengo, Fluminense, Corinthians and Internacional. Capped 3 times in 1989.
He began his career playing in the amateur categories of Ceará Sporting Club in the first half of the fifties. He briefly played playing for America Football Club of Ceará, then returning to Ceará in the middle of the year 1957. With Bahia, he won essential the 1959 Brazilian Championship, earning the nickname "Bahia's Pele".
ST: Uéslei (Brazil)
Uéslei won many trophies in Bahia, where he played for the two big clubs in the state, Bahia and Vitória. In the five seasons with Bahia, he won five Bahian championships (in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998 and 1999). He won another title in 1997 with Vitória. He also played for five seasons at Nagoya Grampus in Japan and finished his career in 2009 at Oita Trinita.
ST: Charles Fabian (Brazil)
Charles fist made his name as a 20 years old striker with Bahia, winning the 1988 Campeonato Baiano de Futebol. In 1991, he joined Cruzeiro where he won two Supercopa Libertadores. In 1992, he moved to Boca Juniors, but never settled down. With Flamengo, Charles was known "Charles Baiano" because the club already had Charles Guerreiro on the team. He managed to score incredible 18 goals in just 29 matches, but only played one season. In 1994, he returned to Bahia, where he once again starred. Capped 9 times.
ST: Beijoca (Brazil)
He played for many clubs in Brazil, but better known for his playing career with Bahia. He spent seven years with Bahia, but on separated stints (69, 70, 75, 76, 77, 78 and 84). He won six Bahian titles (70, 75, 76, 77, 78 and 79).
ST: Carlito (Brazil)
Carlito was the all-time leading scorer for Bahai with 253 goals. He was known for scoring against Vitoria, Bahai's main rival. He won the Campeonato Baiano: 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1952; 1954; 1956; 1958; 1959.
Honorable MentionRodolfo Rodriguez, Marcelo Lomba, Dani Alves, Beto, Edinho, Sapatão, Romeo, Dani Alves, Dada Maravilha, Nonato, Lima, Beberto Campos.
Squad Explanation
-- Rodolfo Rodriguez was the most established keepers ever played for the club, but he only spent two seasons there. I selected three keepers who have contributed more. Emerson Ferretti is the club's all-time appearance leader.
-- The peak of Perivaldo's career was actually with Botafogo. I admitted that I selected him because of the human interest stories of his life after football. I took him over Dani Alves, who also ony played in the beginning of his career.
-- Charles Fabian, Ze Carlos and Paulo Rodrigues played on the 1988 team.


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**Disclaimer: There is no order.**
1. Dean Ambrose
Dean Ambrose is absolutely a future star. It is clear he is a fan favorite, his fueds are great, and his character is at an all time high. With Seth Rollins (technically) having a guaranteed title reign in the future, I could see a possible Shawn Michaels/Undertaker setup, where Rollins cashes in on the champion and Dean must win the Royal Rumble to get a title shot. This could be a great situation if WWE put the right amount of effort into it, and it would definitely give back to the fans for Batista's pointless win this past year. I am definitely voting Rollins and Ambrose's feud as the best of the year right now, and this would only set that in stone.
2. Guys on Their Last Run
None of the following guys are people that could stand up on their own as far as this list, so they're all grouped together in this one category. They are the wrestlers who—despite their age or other factors—could end up getting one last push before they fade off into the sunset. Ranked from most likely to least likely potential winners, the names I could throw out are Chris Jericho, Triple H, Sting, Undertaker and Jack Swagger. Next week, I will go over outrageous returns you can expect to see.
3. Dolph Ziggler
Nowadays, it seems like everyone is pushing Dolph Ziggler...except the company, that is. Fortunately, it is the fans that the company pays attention to.
Dolph Ziggler is my personal favorite on the roster. He performs great, has an awesome personality, and is in the perfect position to be brought back into the main event.
Ziggler has won the Money in the Bank, held multiple midcard championships, and has won the World Heavyweight Championship twice, making him the 22nd Triple Crown winner. He has been noted as a Most Improved and Most Underrated wrestler.
It's time for Dolph to move past the midcard triumphs and go on to the main event for real. The Royal Rumble is the perfect transitional match to do this to a Superstar and a win for Ziggler would be legendary.
4. A Returning CM Punk
I really feel like this one could be a definite possibility. WWE surely has realized that bringing CM Punk back would cause a spike up in the ratings a whole lot. With Punk being last year's Iron Man, it would both make sense in kayfabe and be something they could offer to him in real life as incentive to return. Punk is a fan favorite (and my favorite in the modern age). Having him win the Rumble is...well...best for business.
5. Roman Reigns
As if you didn't expect this one, right? Roman Reigns is the powerhouse of WWE, and what seems like the main focus for the writers. He is in a rare position right now, being right at the top, yet somehow, not quite officially there, either. Despite how he came up short, Reigns was a big contender for the Money in the Bank ladder match for the vacated WWE World Heavyweight Championship. It wasn't meant to be, but if Reigns gets some great feuds over the next few months, leading into a Royal Rumble victory, then it could be the perfect path for him to gain the championship.
There's another angle that I've been exploring when leads me to believe that Reigns is the top choice to win the battle royal: Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar. I guarantee that Lesnar will have the championship at WrestleMania XXXI. As Paul Heyman says, "it's not a prediction. It's a spoiler."
Reigns is clearly going to be a champion within the next year if things continue going as well as they have for him as of late. This past year, he broke the record for most eliminations at the Royal Rumble and nearly won the title at Money in the Bank a few weeks ago. It's only a matter of time before seeing him as the champion comes to fruition. He is arguably being positioned as the next face of the company even without the titles in his possession, considering how over he is with the crowd. Like Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania XXX, his time will be well overdue come the Royal Rumble.
It is already known that Brock Lesnar's contract ends somewhere around Extreme Rules 2015. Right now, it appears that Brock is set for SummerSlam and Night of Champions, and through many reliable sources, Brock Lesnar will win the championship at SummerSlam against John Cena, the "greatest" transitional champion ever.
With these factors, and the rumors of a feud between The Beast and The Powerhouse, there is almost no doubt that Roman Reigns will be in the title situation come the Road to WrestleMania in 2015.
That's my list, but who do YOU think will end up winning next year's Royal Rumble?
Who will they end up facing for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXXI?
Go ahead and tell us your predictions in the comments below!


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After Mandalay it was definitely time to experience some country-life and some more traditional regions far away from the big cities. So I went on a 10 hour long very bumpy and very uncomfortable (though very scenic) train ride to Kyaukme. As I decided to save the $2 for the more expensive first class ticket ($5 instead of $3) I had to sit on wooden benches for the whole period of time while being tossed around more than your average baseball. But hey, who said backpacking was gonna be good for your bum 😉
Kyaukme was an insider tip by a fellow traveler who said that it was far less touristy than Hsipaw, which is a little bit further up the road, and indeed, we didn't really meet any other travelers and there was only one licensed guest house in town. The latter was quite unfortunate as they took advantage of their position and charged quite horrendous room rates. However, the trip was still well worth it. We met Joy, a 23 year old native who spoke Burmese, Shan, English and Mandarin and who started showing tourists around at the age of 16. He is an excellent example how education paired with motivation can be a way to make a decent living. He probably makes much more money during one day by showing a couple of tourists around than most farmers make during one week. Before we left on a two day trip into the mountains we went to visit his English class went for dinner with his students. It's nice to see young people so eager so speak English and it's a pity that this kind of motivation is often lacking in European countries (yes, I've been one of the lazy unmotivated ones myself).
The day after, we were heading into the mountains to the north. We went on a couple of scooters in order to get further into the rural areas and walked around some villages from time to time. This is actually one of the times where it makes sense to get a guide as there are no maps of that area (except for a roughly correct hand drawn map) and as locals don't speak English whatsoever. The landscape was just stunning; we went through forests and fields and along many tea plantations as most locals in the northern Shan state live from growing tea. We got invited into houses for tea, met some traditionally dressed local women and slept in a small mountain village.
It was very interesting to see how traditional the village life still is in these mountain regions. Most houses are
made of wood and have a small stone square in the middle of the room which is intended as a fireplace and for cooking. The houses we've been to consisted of 2 or a maximum of 3 rooms and accommodated up to 10 people and if the village was big enough they even had some electricity from a turbine in the river, at least for the 6 months of the year when there is enough water to run it. Some of the smaller villages didn't have any electricity at all. We've been invited for tea by a Nepalese family which basically didn't own anything except for the wooden shack it lived in and the few pumpkins and tea plants on their fields. They asked us to stay over-night but Joy turned down the offer and told me later that he wasn't sure if they even had enough blankets for the whole family and a couple of guests. But despite all the poverty it is still always nice to experience the great amount of hospitality from those people and how gladly they usually share food with you even though they have so little.
All those villages are quite isolated by the way; the "roads" leading there looked sometimes like a random accumulation of rocks rather than an actual road and getting up there on a motorbike felt more like a roller-coaster ride than anything else. I am actually surprised that all of us survived without severe injuries 😉
I am glad I went on this tour with Joy and if I had more time in this country I would love to discover more regions like this, far off the beaten track. Instead I am heading off to Inle Lake to visit the only 2 wineries of Myanmar.
So stay tuned and keep on reading (if you have any questions regarding this beautiful country drop me some lines), Rock'n Roll, Nico


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'Rocky Horror (Puppet) Show' by Zoot Theatre
By Jacqui Theobald
The people in the front row were bouncing to the beat of the music and to their own nostalgic memories. "Rocky Horror" has a built in appeal for those who loved the cult classic of their younger years. Zoot's version opened at the Dayton Art Institute last weekend to cheers and a standing "O" from the devotees.
Those who came expecting puppets to predominate may be a bit disappointed. The stars in this production are the live, multi-talented cast bringing to the stage a faithful interpretation of the mid- '70s parody of old science fiction mixed with B-grade horror movies.
Tristan Cupp, the creative drive of Zoot, explained: "The show represents part of the company's goal of proving that puppets are not just for children. The plan for our first musical never included having the entire show done by singing and dancing puppets. The three robot-like body puppets in the show represent Frank 'N' Furter's failed experiments, now phantoms that he keeps around."
For those unfamiliar with the plot, admittedly a little thin, the story begins with Janet and Brad, a young couple with a flat tire on a rainy night, stumbling into a nearby castle. It belongs to Dr. Frank 'N' Furter a "sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania." He says he has discovered the "secret to life itself" and is creating perfect people, or trying to, and has brought Rocky to life. There is a collection of weird characters, the Annual Transylvanian Convention meeting in the castle. The night is an orgy of various couples having sex (simulated), chases, dismemberment and enormous phallic ray guns transforming people into statues.
It may be best to enjoy the music, the energy and the terrific performances. This is not a think piece requiring vast insight.
The show is well cast and directed by John Fass as if these young performers were born to their roles. Many are from Wright State's Musical Theatre program, reflecting their thorough preparation and training.
JJ Parkey is Dr. Frank. He sings, he dances – in stunningly high heels – he prances and leers. Is it possible to bring real life to an alien spoof? Parkey has done it. He wears his "classic" transvestite minimalist costume, both the clothing and the character, with aplomb.
It wouldn't be believable for Rocky, the perfect man, played by Riley Able, to look the part any more than he does. He is also convincingly ingenuous as he discovers language, himself and the world around him, with gentle amazement. He, too, manages those golden heels comfortably, the perfect mate, dancing into the bizarre world at the castle.
Beth Conley as Janet opens the show in a pink glow of naiveté, expresses surprise at how much she enjoys losing her virginity in the second act and is a strong singer and dancer throughout the show. Ray Zapp as Brad is shocked and shy, then involved. Credited as Set Designer, he worked on some puppets, too. Certainly multi-talented, he does all tasks well.
Bringing both puppeteer skills and dramatic interpretation to the Narrator, Andrew Ian Adams explained things, as much as is possible.
The fans of the old movie have their favorites and happily acknowledged each character's entrance. Riff-Raff (played in the movie by playwright O'Brien) is Matt Zanfagna. Eddie (Meat Loaf in the movie) is Natalie Houliston. She also plays Dr. Scott, in a wheel chair. She said: "We are called to be bold." Yes.
There are so many technical details and such a large cast that it's impossible to acknowledge all the deserving talent. Fass is both Director and Music Director. "Wearing two hats," he said, "is an awesome responsibility and left me consulting with myself." Apparently it was a successful conversation. He has achieved a lively, beautifully blocked and paced homage to this show that he admittedly has long loved. If the performances are over the top, it's by design.
Having a six-piece live band in the pit in this era of economy is a real asset. "The music is loud," Tina McPhearson, chair of Zoot's Board of Directors, announced. Be forewarned, but not surprised. Edward Wooten conducts and plays keyboard.
Choreographer Shawn Storms (Remember her as Gary Coleman in the Human Race's "Avenue Q"?) has managed the 16-member cast with energy and a creative nod to the original's '70s dance style. What a talent!
Those "traditional" costumes are wonderfully wild. Costumer Designer Ayn Wood's perfectly fitted choices extend the ambiance and apparently allow the actors to move with sufficient freedom.
Lighting Designer John Renzel, modest as always, has a great opportunity to express himself with every light the somewhat limited power of the DAI's facility. From strobe effects mounted high on a tall framework to old-fashioned footlights, he provided atmosphere.
That brings us back to sound: Zoot staff Sound Designer and engineer J. Gary Thompson made sound appropriate for the show, although it may not suit every ear. He, too, is challenged by the limitations of power presently available in the beautiful old DAI theatre.
The Zoot Theatre Company presents "The Rocky Horror (Puppet) Show" Oct. 25–27 and Nov. 1–3. Midnight show on Saturday, Oct. 26. For more information, please call 937.512.0140 or visit zoottheatrecompany.org.


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They are people of the Word and prayer. They have Bibles lying around their living room where they now sit much of the time since they are not as mobile as they used to be and Mom needs Dad to be around all the time. On this visit I noticed several copies of the New Living Translation in their living room. I asked Dad, the Bible scholar, Biblical languages professor, what he thought of the NLT. He said, "It's clear." I agree. Wise words from 90 years of hearing, studying, teaching, and preaching from the Bible. If I make it to 90, I hope I can be that wise.
God bless you, Dad. And you, too, Mom. Thanks for raising such a special woman to be my wife.


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Don't worry - this blog entry won't consist of me rambling about yet another templating engine that will change the world. Instead, I'll be focusing on a practical aspect - the problems the current HTML templating libraries have and what can be possibly done about these issues.
Django and all other MVC/MVP frameworks do a great job at separating the Controller logic from the View logic. This way you can have all your complex operations in Controller and send back the data that needs to be shown or rendered to the end user. On the other end of this process you have a templating library - it takes Python objects and renders them.
Now, some of these templating libraries argue that having lots of logic in the representation layer is a bad thing (Django templating for example). Others, like Jinja2, are more lax and allow you to do lots of interesting things.
In both cases what we are actually doing is mixing data with logic. And while this might not seem like a problem with small applications, when you start operating on a greater scale, issues start to appear (a lot). Let me provide a few examples:
- Front end developers (CSS/HTML developers) start having difficulties when editing html pages when something does not appear the way it should be appearing. They have to learn the templating engine your framework uses.
- Sometimes HTML/CSS developers break the logic in html pages by replacing something by mistake.
- Backend developers are not the best at editing both HTML and CSS (well, in most cases, at least!). I have had this happen to me quite a few times too. I receive the HTML from a designer team, after that I put it into the templating engine...and it has a radically changed appearance. When I compare the way it looks on the server and the original things are just looking completely different.
- If HTML/CSS developers need to play or change something on the system, what they need is a working copy of the whole system. You need to give them ssh access to the staging server or something similar.
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In this paper, the derivation of irreducible bases for a class of isotropic 2nth-order tensors having particular 'minor symmetries' is presented. The methodology used for obtaining these bases consists of extending the concept of deviatoric and spherical parts, commonly used for second-order tensors, to the case of an nth-order tensor. It is shown that these bases are useful for effecting the classical tensorial operations and especially the inversion of a 2nth-order tensor. Finally, the formalism introduced in this study is applied for obtaining the closed-form expression of the strain field within a spherical inclusion embedded in an infinite elastic matrix and subjected to linear or quadratic polynomial remote strain fields.
1. Introduction
Some specific problems in mechanics take the form of linear equations between two tensors having an order higher than n=2. For instance, the theories of generalized continuum (Toupin 1962; Mindlin 1964; Mindlin & Eshel 1968; Suiker & Chang 2000) introduce higher order gradients of the displacement for the description of the continuum. The generalized gradient elastic constitutive equation introduces tensors of order 6,8,… More recently, such considerations were extended to nonlinear elasticity (Dell'Isola et al. 2009). From another point of view, the problem of an elastic inclusion embedded in an infinite elastic medium and subjected to a polynomial remote strain field has been studied by Asaro & Barnett (1975) and Mura (1987). It has been shown that the complete solution requires a linear system involving the inversion of tensors of order 6,8,… to be solved. However, there are no explicit known closed forms for the inverses of such higher order tensors.
To summarize, in all the problems quoted above, two nth-order tensors a and b are related through a linear relation that takes the form 1.1 where is a tensor of order 2n. We assume that the components of a and b are symmetric according to their two first indices aijp,…,q=ajip,…,q, bijp,…,q=bjip,…,q and are invariant by any permutation of their (n−2) last indices p,…,q. For instance, in the case n=3,4,5, one has 1.2
In relation (1.1), ⊙n denotes the nth contraction between and a such that bijp,…,q=Aijp,…,qklr,…,saklr,…,s. Owing to the symmetries of a and b, Aijp,…,qklr,…,s is invariant by any permutation of indices (i,j), (k,l), (p,…,q) and (r,…,s). Throughout this paper, these symmetries are called 'minor symmetries'. Note that does not necessarily possess the 'major symmetry', namely Aijp,…,qklr,…,s≠Aklr,…,sijp,…,q.
In the present study, we assume that tensor is isotropic and we denote by E2n the space of isotropic 2nth-order tensors having minor symmetries. We propose to build the inverse of , namely the tensor such that 1.3
In the case n=2, is an isotropic tensor of fourth order. Owing to the symmetries mentioned above, depends on two independent coefficients a1 and a2 and can be expressed as . Tensors and are defined by Jijkl=δijδkl/3, Kijkl=Iijkl−Jijkl and Iijkl=(δikδjl+δilδjk)/2, where δij is the Kronecker symbol. and are two projectors that define an irreducible basis for isotropic tensors having minor symmetries. The use of these two tensors easily produces the inversion of , since .
We aim at extending this basis in the case of higher order isotropic tensors. The paper is organized as follows. In §2, we first state the case n=3. An irreducible basis, constituted of six independent tensors, is obtained and appears to be convenient for effecting the classical tensorial operations and especially the inversion. The methodology applied for obtaining this basis is clearly depicted in this section. It consists of generalizing the concept of deviatoric and spherical parts, commonly used for second-order tensors, to the case of a tensor of order 3. This approach is then applied to the case of an eighth-order tensor. Its generalization to the case of a tensor of order up to 2n=8 is addressed in §4. Specifically, the application of the methodology to the inclusion problem is performed.
2. A basis for sixth-order isotropic tensors
In this section, we first consider the case n=3 in relation (1.1), a and b are then two third-order tensors, while is a sixth-order isotropic tensor. has the symmetries: Aijkpqr=Ajikpqr, Aijkpqr=Aijkqpr. Tensor is invariant under the orthogonal group O3, consequently 2.1 where Qip,…,Qjq are the orthogonal matrices of the group O3, which satisfy QikQjk=δij and . Every isotropic tensor of order 2n (n being an integer) can be expressed in terms of the Kronecker symbol. Particularly, a sixth-order isotropic tensor can be read as a linear combination of 2.2 For a tensor having minor symmetries, only six tensors are needed. They are denoted , and their components are 2.3 where it is recalled that Iijkl=(δikδjl+δilδjk)/2.
The triple contractions between two tensors taken from are given in table 1. constitute a basis for all tensors . However, this basis is not convenient for the inversion of sixth-order tensors since it leads to a complex linear system of dimension 6.
In order to provide a simplified basis, we first introduce the spherical part, S(a), and the deviatoric part, D(a), of a third-order tensor a as follows: 2.4 S(a) has the properties (S(a))ipp=aipp and (S(a))ppi=appi. Consequently, all contractions of indices of (D(a)) are null: (D(a))ipp=(D(a))ppi=0. It is, therefore, natural to consider D(a) as the generalization to third-order tensors of the deviatoric part, which is well known for second-order tensors. This decomposition suggests introducing the sixth-order tensors , and given by 2.5 These tensors are such that , and . Here, is the identity for the triple contraction ⊙3 and and produce the deviatoric and spherical parts of a. From another point of view, every sixth-order isotropic tensor having minor symmetries is defined by six independent coefficients. Owing to the previous relations, it is natural to introduce the decomposition , where and . It is easy to show that tensor is defined by four independent coefficients. It suggests, therefore, that there exist four tensors with n=1,2,3,4, such that and whatever the value of n. In other words, we search defined by , such that and . For its part, tensor is defined by two independent coefficients. It suggests that there exist two tensors and such that and , whenever n=1,2.
The following expressions were found for and : 2.6 Note that and . In addition, the triple contractions between the different tensors and are given in table 2.
These results lead to the following remarks:
— It can be observed that define a monoid (an algebraic structure with a single associative binary operation and an identity element). is the identity for the composition ⊙3 and is defined by equation (2.5). The six elements for n=1,2 and m=1,2,3,4 constitute an irreducible basis for . Every tensor can be read as 2.7
— Introducing K6, the space of isotropic sixth-order tensors given by , it can also be shown from table 2 that define a sub-monoid. Tensor is the unit element of K6 for the composition ⊙3.
— Introducing J6, the space of isotropic sixth-order tensors given by , it can be also shown from table 1, that define a sub-monoid. is the unit element of J6 for the composition ⊙3.
For a given third-order tensor, the contractions provide four spherical tensors, which can be named partial spherical parts of a, 2.8 Operators Sn have the properties Sn(Sn(a))=Sn(a) for n=1 and 4, but Sn(Sn(a))=0 for n=2 and 3. On the other hand, the deviatoric part of a can be decomposed into the partial deviatoric parts of a, D1(a) and D2(a), which are defined by 2.9
These partial spherical and deviatoric parts have the properties Dn(Sm(a))=Sm(Dn(a))=0 whatever n=1,2 and m=1,2,3,4. As a consequence, every third-order tensor a can be decomposed into 2.10
A decomposition of a third-order symmetric tensor (called SFH decomposition) was introduced by Smyshlyaev & Fleck (1996), formalized by Fleck & Hutchinson (1997) and used more recently in the context of gradient plasticity by Gurtin & Anand (2005). The SFH decomposition of a third-order tensor reads a=a(1)+a(2)+a(3), where the expressions of a(n) for n=1,2,3 are given in appendix A. The concept of spherical and deviatoric parts of a third-order tensor has not been used by the authors. There are close relationships with our approach because it can be shown that a(1)=D1(a), a(2)=D2(a) and a(3)=S(a). However, the SFH decomposition uses only three terms, whereas in the present study, a is decomposed into four terms: two spherical parts and two deviatoric parts, as shown in equation (2.10).
The third-order tensor can be decomposed into its partial spherical and deviatoric parts, which are related to those of a by 2.11 in which a1,…,a6 are the components of on the basis , as defined in equation (2.7).
Consider two sixth-order tensors . We denote by a1,…,a6 and b1,…,b6 their components within the basis . The triple contraction between and leads to 2.12
It is now possible to look for an inverse of . Let be the inverse of defined by . Note that and, consequently, the inverse of is the sum of , the inverse of , and , the inverse of . Finally, the components of are given by 2.13 with ΔJ=a3a6−a4a5. As a consequence, the condition for having an inverse is a1a2ΔJ≠0. The tensors that comply with this condition constitute a sub-monoid that has the properties of a group. The production of the inverse, if it exists, of any sixth-order isotropic tensor having minor symmetries is a clear advantage of the basis , compared with the basis . The following section is devoted to the construction of a similar basis for eighth-order isotropic tensors.
3. A basis for eighth-order isotropic tensors
We now consider in relation (1.1) the case n=4. Consequently, a and b are now two fourth-order tensors, while is an eighth-order tensor. In the general case of an isotropic eighth-order tensor having no symmetries, it can be decomposed into a linear combination of 105 isotropic tensors whose components are obtained by the permutation according to indices i,j,k,l,p,q,r,s of δijδklδpqδrs. In fact, 91 independent tensors are needed (Kearsley & Fong 1975). Now, tensors of components Aijklpqrs are assumed to be symmetric according to indices (i,j), (k,l), (p,q) and (r,s) (called minor symmetries). So, among the 105 isotropic tensors quoted above, we can define 17 isotropic tensors having these four minor symmetries, which are given by 3.1 Note that a more refined analysis of the 17 tensors defined above show that they do not constitute an irreducible basis for the eighth-order tensor. More precisely, those tensors comply with the following relation: 3.2 All eighth-order isotropic tensors having minor symmetries are defined by 16 independent coefficients and can then be decomposed as a linear combination of 16 tensors chosen among those of equation (3.1). As for the case of a sixth-order tensor, a basis made up of tensors is not useful for doing the classical tensorial operations and especially the inversion since , whenever n,m=1,…,17.
The methodology used is the same as the one applied in the previous section. The first step consists of splitting a fourth-order tensor a into its deviatoric and spherical parts, 3.3 where D(a) is the deviatoric part of a, such that [D(a)]ijpp=[D(a)]ppij=[D(a)]ipjp=0. Now, for a fourth-order tensor, it is possible to find tensors for which the contraction over two indices, which defines the deviatoric part, is not zero, but for which the double contraction over the indices is null. Let us introduce the spherical part S1(a) of tensor a, which complies with [S1(a)]ppqq=[S1(a)]pqpq=0. Now, a can be decomposed as 3.4 where the second spherical part S2(a)=S(a)−S1(a) has been introduced. The components of D(a), S1(a) and S2(a) are given by 3.5 with 3.6 where α, β, γ and η are traceless. S1(a) and S2(a) have the properties 3.7
Similarly, a definition of the deviatoric part of a fourth-order tensor was proposed by Lubarda & Krajcinovic (1993). However, the definition introduced by these authors can be used only for a tensor that is invariant by any permutation of its indices, while, in our paper, the considered fourth-order tensor is symmetric only according to its two first and two last indices.
We introduce , , , and , such that , , and . These tensors can be expressed on the basis of as follows: 3.8 Let us decompose as follows: , where , and . As for the case of the sixth order, tensor is defined by four independent coefficients. This suggests that there exist four tensors , for n=1,2,3,4, such that , and , whenever the value of n=1,2,3,4. These tensors read 3.9 Note that . The quadruple contractions between the different tensors , for n=1,2,3,4, are given in table 3.
It can be observed that the structure of the composition of all has the same properties as the one obtained for in the last section.
Now it is possible to show that tensors constitute a vector space having dimension 8. Therefore, has 10 independent coefficients, which suggests the existence of 10 tensors , such that , and , whenever the value of n=1,…,10. These tensors read 3.10 The contractions between the different tensors , for n=1,…,10, are given in table 4. Note that .
Finally, is within a vector space having dimension 2. So we introduce , such that , and , whenever the value of n=1,…,2. These tensors read 3.11 Note that .
The contractions between the different tensors , for n=1,…,2, are given in table 5. Note that the table of products is the same as for the case of sixth-order tensors.
All eighth-order tensors having minor symmetries can be decomposed by using the irreducible basis . Appendix B produces the relations allowing the components of any eighth-order tensor within the basis to be obtained from its components in the basis . As for the case of a sixth-order tensor, define a monoid for the composition ⊙4, the unit tensor for ⊙4 being .
The following decomposition of the space is used where defines the sub-space of isotropic eighth-order tensors that can be decomposed on the basis of tensors , for n=1,…,4, the sub-space and K8 being, respectively, associated with , for n=1,…,10, and , for n=1,…,2. It can be observed that define a commutative sub-monoid, while and define two sub-monoids.
Let us decompose by using the new basis 3.12 Let us do the same with a second tensor , its components within the new basis being denoted by bi for i=1,…,16. Defining by , its components within the new basis are given by 3.13 We now look for the inverse of an eighth-order tensor . The components of , solution of the equations , are 3.14 with 3.15 The condition for having an inverse is a1a2a12ΔJ1ΔJ2≠0.
4. The case of higher order isotropic tensors
We aim at generalizing the methodology proposed in the previous sections to the case of a 2nth-order tensor for n≥5. To this aim, consider an nth order tensor a, its components being denoted by aijk,…,l. This tensor is assumed symmetric according to its two first indices aijk,…,l=ajik,…,l and also according to its (n−2) last indices k,…,l. Tensor a can be decomposed as follows: 4.1 with n=2p if n is an even number but n=2p+1 if n is an odd number. D(a) is the deviatoric part of a, such that . In the expression above, Sp(a) denotes the pth spherical part of a. Tensors Sp(a) have the properties 4.2 Consequently, we introduce tensors , for p=1,2,3,… and , such that , and . We can define the independent sub-spaces K2n, for p=1,2,3,… associated with and , used for the decomposition of . The second step is to apply the decomposition , . Consequently, , is decomposed as 4.3 The numbers of irreducible tensors , for 2≤n≤6 are given in table 6.
5. Higher order inhomogeneity problem: spherical inclusion in an infinite matrix subjected to a polynomial remote strain field
Eshelby's 'inhomogeneity problem' (Eshelby 1957) is well known for the case of a given constant strain field at infinity: it gives the strain field inside an ellipsoidal inclusion having elastic properties that are different from the material outside the inclusion. This problem uses the solution of the 'inclusion problem' for which a constant free deformation is given within an ellipsoidal part of an homogeneous material. The inclusion problem can be extended to the case of free deformations that have a polynomial form, but the solution of the 'inhomogeneity problem' for the case of polynomial strain fields at infinity needs the inversion of higher order tensors. In this section, the method used for obtaining the inverse of higher order tensors is used for solving the 'inhomogeneity problem' in the case of spherical inhomogeneities made up of an isotropic material and located within an infinite isotropic medium. Let us consider a spherical inclusion located at xi=0 made up of an isotropic elastic material of rigidity Cijkl embedded in an infinite isotropic elastic matrix whose rigidity is . We denote by λ, μ, ν (respectively λ0, μ0, ν0) the Lamé moduli and the Poisson ratio of the inclusion (respectively of the matrix). The inclusion is subjected to a polynomial remote strain field . It has been proved (see Mura (1987) in the case of an infinite isotropic medium and the work of Asaro & Barnett (1975) in an anisotropic context) that the strain field within the inclusion is also a polynomial and reads 5.1 In the following, a series for aij(x) at the second order is considered, aij, aijk and aijkl are solutions of 5.2 with 5.3
In the expression above, and are the components of the Hill tensor (Hill 1975), which are obtained from the components of Eshelby's tensor and from the components of the inverse Sklmn of the elasticity tensor by . This tensor depends only on the elastic properties of the infinite medium. , and are the components of higher order Hill-type tensors that are introduced by aijk and aijkl. As for the classical Hill's tensor, they are built from the inverse of the elasticity tensor and from higher order Eshelby's tensors that can be found in Mura (1987). These tensors can be derived within the basis composed of for both cases of a sixth- and eighth-order tensor and translated into the basis composed of ) by using the base change relations given in appendix B. Note that, once aijkl is determined by solving the last equation in (5.2), one can compute cij for obtaining aij from the first equation in (5.2).
It can be observed that aij, aijk and aijkl are solutions of a linear equation having the form 5.4 for n=2,3,4. Obviously, a closed-form expression of the strain field within the inclusion requires the inversion of tensor , for which it will be convenient to use the formalism introduced in the last sections.
— In the case where a is a second-order tensor, , and are fourth-order isotropic tensors having minor symmetries. The components of b are given by bij=aij−cij. Solution of equation (5.4) is trivial, and can be found in Mura (1987), for instance.
— Consider now the case of a third-order tensor a. The components of the Hill-type tensor written in the basis given in §2, are 5.5 are the components of in the basis , as defined in equation (2.7). The components of are δCijpqδkr. The decomposition in the basis is given by 5.6
The computation of the inverse of , denoted leads to 5.7
— In the case n=4, the Hill-type tensor is decomposed within the basis given in §3. One has 5.8 are the components of in the basis , as defined in equation (3.12). δCijkl is replaced by an equivalent eighth-order tensor whose components are given by δCijklIpqrs, which reads, in the basis , 5.9 Components of are given by These results finalize the closed-form solution of the higher order 'heterogeneity problems'.
6. Conclusion
The present study deals with the inversion of an isotropic 2nth-order tensor having particular symmetries (called 'minor symmetries'). To reach this objective, irreducible bases for isotropic 2nth-order tensors have been provided in the paper. These bases extend the () basis used for isotropic fourth-order tensors. The particular case of sixth- and eighth-order tensors has been examined, and higher order cases have been addressed in §4. The methodology used consists of decomposing third- and fourth-order tensors into their deviatoric and spherical parts, as commonly used in the case of a tensor of order 2. The particularity with tensors of order n≥4 lies in the definition of spherical parts of order 1,2,3,…, while for tensors of order n≤3, only one definition of the spherical part is used (for instance, in the case of a second-order tensor, the first spherical part corresponds to the classical definition). This decomposition of an nth tensor appears to be useful for obtaining the irreducible bases '' for isotropic 2nth-order tensors.
It is shown that the bases '' are useful for effecting the tensorial operations and particularly for the inversion of a 2nth-order tensor. In order to show the relevance of this formalism, we derive the closed-form expression of the strain field within a spherical inclusion subjected to a polynomial remote strain field. This result is an extension of the well-known use of Eshelby's tensor for obtaining the solution of the heterogeneity problem that is the base of numerous homogenization problems. It suggests that the results of higher order heterogeneity problems could be used for obtaining effective properties in the context of gradient elasticity. This will be developed in a forthcoming paper.
- Received March 16, 2010.
- Accepted May 5, 2010.
- This journal is © 2010 The Royal Society
Appendix A. The SFH decomposition
The SFH decomposition of a third-order tensor a (symmetric according to its two first indices) has been introduced by Smyshlyaev & Fleck (1996) and formalized by Fleck & Hutchinson (1997). It reads A1 with A2 where εijk is the permutation symbol.
Appendix B. Base change relations
Let us denote by an, for n=1,…,6, the components of a sixth-order tensor in the basis for n=1,…,6. Let bn, for n=1,…,6, be the components of in the basis as defined in equation (2.7). The relationships giving bn as a function of an are B1 Let us denote by an, for n=1,…,16, the components of an eighth-order tensor on the basis , for n=1,…,16, and let bn, for n=1,…,16, be its components on the basis , as defined in equation (3.12). The relationships giving bn as a function of an are B2


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