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Using Drupal for Course Sites
The BCRC can provide an instance of Drupal to support courses in the life sciences. For basic information on how to use drupal, please refer to the extensive documentation at the Drupal website. This guide is intended as a brief overview of how we have drupal configured and how to use it to implement the kinds of resources we have traditionally provided.
User accounts and Privileges
Currently, we are using ldap authentication -- this means that you will need to log into the site using your Biology Department account. Your students will be able to log into the site using their Biology Department account as well. Once you have logged in once an administrator can give you administrator privileges.
You may periodically check and adjust the permissions of who is allowed to do what on your site. Go to Administer -> User Management -> Permissions. Eventually, we hope to have groups configured via ldap, which will allow for automatic provisioning of privileges to you and your students. For the moment, if you want your students to have special permissions, you should assign those permissions to the "Student" role and then add that role to your students profiles. You can select your students on the User page (under User Management) and add the role to them en masse.
There are three kinds of "content" you can make by default (and others you can turn on by turning on other "modules"). "Book Pages" are webpages that can be organized hierarchically. They are useful for making and organizing content that needs to be grouped, for example Preparation Pages (see below), Assignments, etc. "Pages" are good for standalone, permanent pages, like the syllabus. "Stories" are useful for announcements and other topical posts.
Some other kinds of content you might want to turn on: "Blog Posts", which are like stories, but are associated with a particular user and "Webforms" which are like surveys.
Only Stories are automatically promoted to the front page. You can change the default settings for content using Administer -> Content -> Content Types.
Preparation Pages
To make Preparation Pages, you can create a book page called "Preparation Pages" as the "container" for the preparation pages. As you make each preparation page, call it something like "Week 01: Introduction to Course" and make the Preparation Page it's parent.
The sites are configured to use Markdown formatting. Markdown lets you use HTML (if you know it), but also provides alternate (potentially simpler) ways to format things, like a wiki.
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Continuing our series, we turn to two more Classic horn methods for their notes on tonguing, both of which hit on some ideas outside of the conventional wisdom on the topic.
Fred Fox in Essentials of Brass Playing has quite a bit to say about tonguing. He begins his general discussion from the angle of improving the attack. "A cough is a sudden exhalation of air" and for Fox elements of a cough (especially the "diaphragm hardening") mirror tonguing on a brass instrument, and may be applied to the concept of an attack.
Exactly how soft or explosive an attack is depends on the timing between the diaphragm hardening and the tongue release. An attack can be soft and still use the diaphragm action as discussed. Start a note on the instrument with the suggested sudden diaphragm hardening action but with no tongue at all. Notice that no matter how hard a cough action is used, without the tongue, the result is a soft spongy start. Play the note again, this time using the tongue start as used when saying the syllable "da." This start is also on the soft side because no time was allowed for pressure to build up behind the tongue….
Coordinating the timing between the tongue and the diaphragm determines the percussiveness of an attack in "piano" or "forte." The more the tone delays the release the harder the attack. Being aware of this relationship between tongue and diaphragm helps alleviate one of the common problems of brass players, the "stutter" attack. This occurs when too much pressure is allowed to build up in back of the tongue causing the release to be explosive. To avoid this result one should more consciously plan to release the tongue closer to the moment that the diaphragm hardens.
Fox has a definite opinion on the topic of tongue placement in articulations.
Where should the tip of the tongue be placed when attacking a note? There are a few possibilities, such as touching only the lips, touching the upper palate only, touching the upper palate and the teeth simultaneously, and touching only the upper teeth.
Touching the lips is not advisable because when the tongue touches the lips it tends to part them slightly and they are not in compressed position for the buzz. This can result in a last minute adjustment of the lips at the moment the air is passing between them causing a momentary "hiss" sound before the lips are completely set to vibrate. The other usual extreme is for the tip of the tongue to contact the upper palate and front teeth simultaneously. This results in a slightly spongy, unclear attack.
The most efficient contact point for the tongue to contact on attack is the lower edge of the upper teeth, as low as possible but at no time touching the lips.
…The result is a more solid block of air and a firmer attack.
Another related general point made by Fox has to do with lip movement when articulating notes. In short,
The less movement noticeable when playing, the better. This is not a question of looks, it is rather a matter of efficiency. The fewer moving parts, the less possibility of error. Look in a mirror. Play a note for a quarter, rest for an eight beat, then play the note again. If you can see that the lips relaxed during the eighth rest, then there is excessive movement.
…Avoid a quivering "jello" embouchure.
The lips are in front of the teeth. There should be no reflex action between the tongue movement, and the constant firmness of the lips.
According to Harry Berv in A Creative Approach to the French Horn
Because of its large, conical tubing, its relatively small bore, and its deep funneled mouthpiece, the horn does not respond readily to articulation….
The tongue is all-important to the attack and release of air into the mouthpiece. Properly employed, it initiates the sound with a distinction and precision comparable to a finger striking a piano key. In addition to controlling the release of air into the mouthpiece, the tongue determines the accuracy of the attack no matter what the degree of tension and no matter what the dynamic requirement. Because of the deep funneling of the horn mouthpiece, the horn's small bore and its conical tubing—which is longer than that of any other brass instrument—the activity required of the tongue is greater and the attack itself must be more emphatic.
Before the attack, the tongue is behind the two top front teeth and lightly touching them. The tongue never at any point goes beyond or outside the lips.
Berv suggests the use of the syllable "tu" combined with a "light but decided thrust of air" in an exercise that involves spitting out a small object such as a grape pit. He also has another exercise and suggests that
An excellent aid in improving and refining a centered attack is a nontransposing mute. With a cloth or chamois wrapped around the whole mute, tightly insert it into the bell, making the bell almost airtight. This creates more resistance to the airstream, thus requiring the tongue to work much harder…. You will notice that after the mute is removed, the tongue will be lighter and capable of greater speed, which alleviates the problem of sluggishness.
This last point brings to mind one of what I thought at the time to be odder things I ever heard recommended. It involved warming up while playing a mute. It still seems overall like a bad idea to me, the mute would impact centering and tone color among other things. But perhaps the theory behind it had to do with something related to increased resistance. I have noticed that some technical passages seem easier when played on my Silent Brass mute, but I am not convinced that adding resistance to the airstream is a good idea to improve tonguing.
In any event we are only half way through the resources I have lined up for this overview on tonguing.


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In response to my post on airports, reader Ila Bhatt writes in:
The next time i read an article/blog/column/whatever on improving pax. facilities at airports i am going to scream! I have spent a week travelling on a mix of old and new carriers in india and quite frankly, flying is now infinitely more dangerous and for once you cannot blame the govt.
The ineffective PYTs who pass off as attendants are no match for surly men who dismiss them outright. Every single flight i was on had people with cellphones switched on, got out of their seats while the flight was barely touching down, opened overhead bins before the plane halted and were at the exit before the aircraft could get parked! No amount of announcements from the PYTs restrained these guys! As a co-passenger I would try and tell people to sit down and even complained about a guy merrily checking his cellphone to no effect.
As pax we have a right to decent airports but we also have a duty to obey rules and regulations – sadly our national lack of civic sense is exposed to the very world we are trying to impress.
Okay, so here are two questions for my readers:
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A South Korean ruling party lawmaker said Thursday that President Moon Jae-in and Chinese President Xi Jinping share an understanding that suspending North Korea's nuclear and missile development and joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises at the same time is the most realistic way to start resolving the standoff.
Rep. Lee Hae-chan of the Democratic Party also said during a security conference that Moon and Xi talked a lot in their meetings about the simultaneous suspension, as well as the idea of seeking the North's denuclearization and a Korean War peace treaty at the same time.
"I can say that (Moon and Xi) have come to a point where they share an understanding that it is perhaps the most realistic way," Lee said during the conference organized to mark late former President Kim Dae-jung's winning of the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize.
Lee also said that the South and China have the same position on the North Korean nuclear issue.
On inter-Korean relations, Lee said that he hopes the two Koreas will be able to find a breakthrough in their stalled ties on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the 1919 nationwide uprising against Japanese colonial rule and the establishment of a provisional government.
In the text of his speech, Lee said that 2019 would be good for an inter-Korean summit.
"If possible, it's important to push for a South-North summit in the first half (of Moon's five-year term)," Lee said according to the text. "If a summit takes places in the second half, it would be difficult to guarantee its effectiveness."
The two Koreas have held two summits so far, the first in 2000 between then-President Kim and then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the other in 2007 between then-President Roh Moo-hyun and the North's leader. Inter-Korean relations have since worsened seriously under the two successive conservative administrations of Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye. (Yonhap News)


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Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Linkin Park has announced on Twitter to hold a special public event in honor of their late singer, Chester Bennington.
"Just wanted to say thank you to all our fans around the world for the tremendous outpouring of love, which has strengthened our spirit during this incredibly difficult time," the band wrote Tuesday.
"The five of us are so grateful for all of you support as we heal and build the future of Linkin Park," they continued.
"We are working on a special public event in Los Angeles to honor Chester's memory and look forward to sharing details with you soon."
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Bennington was discovered dead in July inside his residence at Palos Verdes Estates in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County coroner's office confirmed that the 41-year-old hanged himself from a bedroom door.
Linkin Park had previously paid tribute to Bennington writing on social media, "You had the biggest heart, and managed to wear it on your sleeve. Our love for making and performing music is inextinguishable. While we don't know what path our future may take, we know that each of our lives was made better by you. Thank you for that gift. We love you, and miss you so much. Until we see you again."
Recently, rapper Jay-Z performed his collaboration with Linkin Park "Numb/Encore" to honor Bennington.


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Swamp Thing [Blu-ray]
(Wes Craven, 1982)
Review by Gary Tooze
Theatrical: Embassy Pictures
Video: Shout! Factory
Region: 'A' (as verified by the Momitsu region FREE Blu-ray player)
Runtime: 1:31:12.508
Disc Size: 38,356,482,932 bytes
Feature Size: 25,507,031,040 bytes
Video Bitrate: 29.95 Mbps
Chapters: 13
Case: Standard Blu-ray case
Release date: August 6th, 2013
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Resolution: 1080p / 23.976 fps
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DTS-HD Master Audio English 1665 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1665 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
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•Commentary by Sean Clark and Wes Craven
• Commentary with makeup-effects artist William Munns
• Tales From the Swamp with Adrienne Barbeau (16:56)
• Hey Jude with actor Reggie Batts (14:30)
• That Swamp Thing - a look back with Swamp Thing creator Len Wein (13:19)
• Theatrical Trailer (1:31)
• Photo Galleries (Poster/Lobby - Photos from the Film - Behind the Scenes)
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Description: Deep in the Florida everglades, a brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise), and a sexy government agent, Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau, The Fog), have developed a secret formula that could end world hunger. Little do they know, however, that their arch nemesis, Arcane (Louis Jourdan, Octopussy), is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish schemes. Looting the lab and kidnapping Cable, Arcane douses Holland with the chemicals and leaves him for dead. Mutated by his own formula, Holland becomes Swamp Thing - a half-human/half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue Cable and defeat Arcane...even if it costs him his life!
The Film:
"Swamp Thing" had already won my heart before its moment of greatness, but when that moment came, I knew I'd discovered another one of those movies that fall somewhere between buried treasures and guilty pleasures. The moment comes after Dr. Alec Holland, brilliant scientist, is attacked by thugs, is splashed with his own secret formula, catches on fire, leaps into the swamp, and turns into Swamp Thing when the formula interacts with his body and the vegetation in the swamp. Crawling back onto dry land, Swamp Thing is not recognized by his former girlfriend, the beautiful Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau).Excerpt from Roger Ebert at the Chicago Sun-Times located HERE
A research scientist (Wise), contaminated while working on a government project in Louisiana bayou country, mutates into the peaceable and amorous 'swamp thing' (played by Durock). Craven tries to do this 'veggie-man' horror in a suitable DC Comics style; and with Louis Jourdan as arch-villain 'Arcane', not to mention Adrienne Barbeau (Mrs. John Carpenter) as the Thing's object of desire, he's definitely on the right track. At other times, the picture is right off its trolley. The budget limitations are pretty obvious, though the money did stretch to oodles of gunk and goo.Excerpt from TimeOut Film Guide located HERE
Image : NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.
Swamp Thing looks heavy and saturated on Blu-ray from Shout! Factory. I don't doubt this is a true replication of the theatrical appearance but it looks fairly extreme. Skin tones are quite warm and many colors - especially the outdoor foliage - look notably vibrant. This is dual-layered with a high bitrate. The image is thick and not particularly sharp. It is consistent - the video is clean and produces, what appears to be, an authentic visual presentation.
Audio :
Active composer Harry Manfredini - who has found some of his niche in the slasher variety of films (Jason, Friday the 13ths etc.) composed the score for Swamp Thing. It is transferred in a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel at 1665 kbps - and sounds quite competent. There are plenty of effects including the 'growling' of the Thing which exercises some of the bass capabilities of the lossless transfer. There are optional English subtitles on the region 'A' Blu-ray disc.
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There are two commentaries - the first has Wes Craven discussing the production details and the second has makeup-effects artist William Munns. Shout! Factory are usually great with adding Red Shirt supplements and this is no exception. We get the 17-minute Tales From the Swamp interview with Adrienne Barbeau discussing the production, her career, the nude scene, her husband at the time (John Carpenter) and his enthusiasm for Wes Craven. She is still as open and gregarious, no ego, and enjoyable as ever. There is also a 15-minute piece with actor Reggie Batts who played 'Jude' in the film (hence the segment is unimaginatively called 'Hey Jude'). There is also 14-minutes with Swamp Thing creator Len Wein reflecting back on the creation and success of the idea. There is a theatrical trailer and Photo Galleries (Poster/Lobby - Photos from the Film - Behind the Scenes.) The package contains a 2nd disc DVD of the Feature.
Gary Tooze
July 30th, 2013
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It's perfectly possible that you don't know what an Ophthalmologist does. Many people don't. An Ophthalmologist examines, diagnoses and treats diseases and injuries in and around the eye. He or she is a medically trained Doctor who usually acts both as a physician and as a surgeon, can prescribe a wide range of medicines, carry out eye surgery and will often work in an Eye Hospital or the Eye Department within a Hospital as well as in a Clinic such as The Medical Chambers Kensington. So an Ophthalmologist is often called an Eye Doctor.
You should regularly visit your Eye Doctor as he or she will be able to detect an eye problem in its early stages, which will make treatment easier and much more likely to be successful. So you should take proper care of your eyes just as you would take care of other parts of your body. It is good practice to get your eyes checked every 2 years and every year if you wear contact lenses. Here are a few tips about what to look for. Apologies for the play on words.
Contact Lenses You should take your contact lenses out immediately if your eyes are irritated when you wear them. It is always a good idea to have a pair of glasses with you as a plan B.
Conjunctivitis This condition is also known as pink eye and is one of the most common eye problems. Acute conjunctivitis is redness and soreness (inflammation) of the clear covering (conjunctiva) which coats the white of the eye and lines the inside of your eye lids. It can come on relatively quickly and usually lasts only a short time. It can clear up on its own, but also often needs treatment and you should see an Ophthalmologist if it lasts.
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Under Richard Balcombe the musical side of things was in excellent shape. All the cast, both soloists and the hard-working chorus, contributed fine musical performances of Offenbach's music. This contributed greatly to the performance, so that we could sit back, enjoy the show and take the musical side of things for granted.
In the pit was the English Chamber Orchestra, this combined with an increase in the size of the chorus has meant that musically things were on a more even keel than has been the case other years at Grange Park. The orchestra contributed a sparkling account of the overture and accompanied the cast deftly and stylishly. Balcombe's speeds were generally apposite and the whole thing was done with love.
'Bluebeard' at Grange Park Opera. Photo © 2008 Alastair Muir
Ultimately Bluebeard is a rather fun but crazy show. Stephen Langridge, Richard Balcombe and their cast created that very rare thing, a stylish and enjoyable performance of an Offenbach operetta.


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Life. There is no true definition except for the period of existence. How we choose to live life is our choice. We each have different perceptions on how we should and shouldn't live it.
Some choose to live by other people, some by other things. Some take religion as the means of life, doing as what they believe, god or the gods would want them too; while some do not believe in any god. Some believe in rebelling against society or life; while some mold to society as another face in the crowd. Some are followers, some leaders. Some people live with billions of extra money, while some live it bill to bill. Living in the past. Living in the future. It is all about how people perceive life. They choose how they live it.
But life differs. We don't choose who we live with, who we are born from, where we live at our young ages. The people who bring us up, generally help set up our life. Life is what we make it.
Through our experiences we prosper, if we learn. I made mistakes, but I lived. I had thoughts and negative images, but I rebuilt myself stronger than I was. It's the way we take our mistakes that make us stronger. I took my mistake and changed. I searched for reasons I rebuilt my beliefs and my morals. I used to mold with a crowd, be like everyone else, but I found within my searching being like everyone else was not worth it. Why be a clone, when you can be your own? It's not about the people you impress. It's the people who know everything about you and love you for it anyways that matter.
I had to fix my mistake, I had done something I regretted and now I had to mend it. I realized first I had to change. I had to become someone better than who I was, or who I was trying to be. I had to break through a thick shell of lies and mistakes. I acknowledged it would be different and I would sacrifice, but to me change was all that mattered. And second I had to tell my mom. This seemed to be the hardest thing. How could I bare to disappoint her? She would never look at me as her good daughter; she would look down on me. I looked at her with tears streaming down my face, as I told her what had happened, who it was, and that I was sorry, I waited for anger, but all I saw was love and caring. She took me in her arms and held me, repeating kind words of: everything was going to be okay. Her face did not have any sense of disappointment. It was then I realized that it was going to be okay. The past days and weeks we talked and became closer, we grew towards each other. I forgot I had people around me that loved me. It came to me that I did not have to live by impressing others and trying to make people like me because I had other people who love me. I had them right in front of me. If they loved me they would be there for me. I should live life, the way it is. Don't take things for granted. It was time I looked for the positive things and to be myself.
Life differs depending on how you make it. People go through life differently. But the only thing that matters is if I enjoy it. Life is what I make it. The way I see it is different from the next person. Life is undefined. Life is what you make it. Life does not define us. It is we who define life. This I believe.
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And I'm back in Rotterdam again! I had two lovely days with my little sister in Brussels. We were super lucky with the weather and basically walked around the city from morning to evening. On Friday I showed her around the old city center, where you can find cute streets and, of course, Manneken Pis haha. We had delicious Belgian waffles and in the evening we went to the movies. The next day we did some sightseeing, visited two parks and the Atomium. Even though I've been to Brussels a couple of times before I'd never visited the Atomium, so I was pretty excited to see it this time! I'd heard from various people that they found the 'thing' a bit disappointing, but I actually found it really cool!
Since it was quite hot ánd we had to walk around a lot I choose to wear this comfortable outfit. Surprisingly I can walk for miles on these shoes haha. We took these pictures on the rooftop of Parking 58, a parking garage across the street of our hotel. From up there we had quite a nice view over the city center of Brussels!
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The floodwaters that have displaced 20 million Pakistanis and submerged nearly a fifth of Pakistan's land are exacting a terrible toll on an already long-suffering people. That would be reason enough for the United States to be generous and compassionate in its response. But the humanitarian interest is heightened by Pakistan's centrality to America's national security interests. The Obama administration must seize this chance to deepen and broaden what is already a large commitment, lest Pakistan become even more of a breeding ground for terrorism., says an editorial published in The Washington Post To be sure, the government of Pakistan is a complicated partner -- whether in combating al-Qaeda and the Taliban or in delivering foreign aid to its own people. Corruption is rampant, and public trust in an officialdom whose presence is barely felt in many of the affected provinces is low. Not surprisingly, Pakistan's reputation for inefficiency and graft has deterred foreign donors in its hour of need, the editorial says. The challenge for the Obama administration and other governments is to develop new mechanisms -- similar to those, perhaps, that the United Nations has devised for rebuilding Haiti after its earthquake in January -- that would enable relief and reconstruction with maximum transparency and honesty. If this is done successfully, the Pakistani government and its international allies, the United States included, could gain prestige in the eyes of a skeptical people. The alternative is a vacuum that extreme Islamist groups are already attempting to fill. The American people must be there when the floodwaters recede. The moral justification is compelling enough. But the strategic rationale is real, too, the editorial says.
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IF chickens could sue for defamation of character, they'd have a winning case against the article ``Kinder, Gentler Hens for the '90s,'' Oct. 4. Chickens are neither ``clucking cowards'' nor descendants of ``wild jungle beasts'' prone to violent intra-species aggression.
Scientific field studies of the social organization and behavior of the feral chicken (e.g. research by McBride et al. in the mid-'60s) show a highly complex social life with virtually no fighting.
Marian Stamp Dawkins at Oxford provides insight into the causes of ``cannibalism'' that can occur in a cage: ``Junglefowl, which are the wild ancestors of our domesticated chickens, spend long hours scratching away at the covering of leaves that hides one of their favorite foods - the minute seeds of bamboo.
``An ancestral memory of this way of life seems to have carried down the generations into the cages of our modern intensive farms so that even highly domesticated breeds have the same drive to scratch away to get their food - if they have the opportunity.''
Chickens are natural foragers with an evolutionary instinct to range. They have excellent full-color vision, like ours. They have highly developed hearing enabling them to recognize the location and identity of other members of the flock over vast areas amid dense foliage. Our society has chosen to imprison these active birds for life and then to resort to ``blaming the victims'' for the results of what we have done to them. Karen Davis Potomac, Md. United Poultry Concerns Inc.,
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I saw this at a construction site and I think it's a pretty good (unintentional) ad for 311. Might even be better than the original.
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Doctors Without Borders sent me this bill-stuffer with an offer for an affinity "debit card." The key innovation is that I can connect this card to any US checking account: I would not need to change banks. If consumers get used to this idea, the implications could be fairly wide reaching for banks and the loyalty of their checking account customers.
This service, currently being sold by Tempo and First Bank & Trust, would allow any non-bank organization to issue debit cards. Types of organizations could include high schools, universities, non-profits, or for-profit companies.
In fact, using this service, a company could issue loyalty points that would be portable. Similar to airline and hotel points, the consumer could leave his/her bank without leaving behind the accumulated rewards balance. Companies from Coke to CVS offer loyalty points outside of the banking realm, and this seems like a fairly useful extension: credit card and debit card partnerships are potentially a big nut to crack. Those credit/debit partnerships would also require alignment with a specific bank (e.g. Chase), which would naturally exclude some of your members.
With banking reform, it's not too likely that this will bring a deluge of new direct mail, but it I think it is otherwise pretty interesting. It's the first time I've seen of this, although there have apparently been pockets of upstream affinity debit for a little over a year.
Reverse side of the bill stuffer. Click to enlarge
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As a marketer, I was really blown away by a "Giving Card" promotion from the New York-based non-profit, ioby, and--on the final day of giving for the 2010 tax year--I thought I'd share why.
ioby is an acronym for "in our back yards," a play off of NIMBY. The organization is part of the growing trend of hyper-local giving organizations. In ioby's case, they facilitate donations to small-scale local environmental projects, with the idea that donors would be able to see the direct impact of their dollars AND benefit from the improvement of their own neighborhoods.
There's a special genius in joining the two ideas of "helping others + benefiting yourself" and many (commercial) referral programs are built on this combination. Since ioby's entire organization is predicated on this duality, a word-of-mouth promotion is a perfect choice--it is right on brand.
ioby's "Giving Card" was handed out at it's Annual Gala. The card includes two $10 donation certificates: one for you and one for a friend. ioby executed this particularly well:
I spoke to Erin Barnes, ioby's executive director, who sees multiple occurrences of giving reflected by this single piece. She said, "We wanted to create an echo chamber of giving back:
I think this simple piece really succeeds in creating that "echo chamber of giving." Additional details about ioby and its local environmental programs can be found at ioby.org.
Alternate views of the piece can be seen below.
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Front and back of the Giving Card. The paper is cut and folded in such a way as to open up like a flower. (the photo at the top of the page shows the inside of the card when opened). The card was designed by a printmaking class at Parsons under Shana Agid.
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Returned from an early shopping trip this morning, to avoid the expected storm (it seems to have failed to show), to find this package on the doorstep…
I love books – this one is particularly beautiful. A nice touch inside from the Geography Collective.
The format follows the previous volumes but this time the focus is food. The missions are organised under a number of headings, it reads like an alternate cookbook, guerrilla gardener's handbook and sustainability manual.
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Australia's Shane Warne was that rare breed of sportsman who managed to balance a rollercoaster life off the field with world-beating performances on it.
The supremely talented "Spin King", who has announced his retirement from all cricket at the age of 41, became known for a colourful private life including a recent affair with British actress Liz Hurley.
But the bleach-blond, who took 708 Test wickets in a career that made him the scourge of batsman worldwide, will ultimately be remembered as one of Australia's best sportsman -- in the eyes of many second-only to legendary batsman Don Bradman.
Warne will retire after the current Indian Premier League season with the Rajasthan Royals, ending a career in which he resurrected the art of leg-spin and became the first bowler to take 700 Test wickets.
At the same time the cigarette-puffing, beer-swilling "Warney" survived drug and bookmaking scandals and pursued an energetic love life which is widely thought to have cost him the Australian captaincy.
"A big thank you to everyone that has helped me - supported me through all the ups and downs - hope you have enjoyed watching me play," he said on his frequently updated Twitter page.
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh said he knew there was something special about the chubby young bowler from suburban Melbourne when he first saw him bowl on an Australian youth tour to Zimbabwe in 1991.
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Warne posted inauspicious figures of 1-150 in his 1992 Test debut but knuckled down under his mentor Terry Jenner and 18 months later caught the cricketing world's attention with the "ball of the century" against England.
The delivery, Warne's first in an Ashes Test, turned prodigiously to bamboozle England's Mike Gatting and herald the arrival of a cricketing superstar.
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IU professors collaborate on digital version of works by 14th-century poet Petrarch
June 27, 2013
The way H. Wayne Storey sees it, the 14th-century writer known simply as Petrarch -- who is credited with developing the Italian sonnet -- was also a talented graphic designer.
Storey, a professor of Italian in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington, said Petrarch was one of the first western European poets to lay out his poems on the manuscript page, according to a deliberate visual and physical design involving careful use of blank space.
"He used each manuscript page as a 31-line canvas, following strict rules of graphic composition that were integral to his poetic techniques and to the meaning of his poems," Storey said.
"No edition of the work since the early 15th century has followed Petrarch's complex layouts."
After the poet's death in 1374, his book design patterns were quickly abandoned by copyists churning out editions of his famous work.
Storey and his collaborator, John Walsh, a digital humanities and editing specialist and associate professor in the School of Informatics and Computing at IU Bloomington, are working on a project that will help share the poet's original vision with the world.
The two are creating a digital "rich text" edition of "Canzoniere," one of Petrarch's most influential bodies of work, using the poet's personal service copy of the work as a model.
Like many powerful bodies of poetry, "Canzoniere" -- or, as Petrarch called it, "Rerum vulgarium fragmenta" (roughly translated, "fragments of ordinary things") -- was inspired by love.
As the story goes, Petrarch fell in love with a woman named Laura in 1327 and remained fixated on her for decades, writing a sequence of 366 poems, most of them sonnets.
While the poems are iconic in the world of literature, Storey said, few people today know what Petrarch's famous poems were meant to look like on the page.
One of the trickiest elements of Petrarch's poetry is what's not there -- blank space. "For medieval copyists and poets, blank spaces serve as highly evolved punctuation," Storey said. "In Petrarch's manuscript, we have identified nine separate functions for blank space."
To realize their vision of digitizing Petrarch's medieval style, Storey and Walsh are testing the limits of the Text Encoding Initiative, an international set of guidelines for encoding machine-readable texts in the humanities and social sciences.
Working with graduate students Allie McCormack (library science and informatics) and Isabella Magni (Italian), Storey and Walsh are creating a digital model that will allow users to explore the relationship of visual layout to the meaning of Petrarch's work.
With funding from IU's New Frontiers grants program administered by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Storey and Walsh are creating "The PetrArchive Project," a website that will allow users to follow "microscopic" shifts in Petrarch's work, Storey said.
Employing various contemporary web technologies, the site will be interactive and will reveal the layers of the poet's erasures, corrections and changes through animation.
"All these phenomena will be animated so that users can watch the genesis of specific poems and how those changes alter meaning," Storey said. "Users will be able to trace the development of single and multiple corrections in the text. In print, that is a daunting task. In the digital medium, it becomes an intriguing pleasure."
Shortly before his death, Petrarch decided to add more poems to the end of the Rerum vulgarium fragmenta.
He took two sheets of parchment and folded them to make four chartae (eight "pages") to insert between the last page of his manuscript (not at the end). But Petrarch miscalculated the space needed to transcribe the 23 new poems and was forced to dramatically change his standard layout.
"He needed an additional side of a charta (one page) that would insert blank space into the collection, something that broke the unity of this part of the work," Storey said. "Our animation follows this significant shift in visual and transcriptional layout for the poem while documenting Petrarch's own 'distorted version' that he had to adopt purely for material reasons."
Eventually, the website will take on the study of the relationship between visual layout and poetic form and meaning in the work of other writers and poets.
Meanwhile, Storey and Walsh are hard at work on their collaboration to make Petrarch's magnum opus speak anew.


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After two very successful debut shows in New York in 2012, Sensation by ID&T returns this fall and proudly present their first U.S. tour: Sensation 'The Ocean of White'! Visiting 4 cities, Oakland, Las Vegas, Miami and New York. The shows will take place September 14 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California; October 5 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada; October 12 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida and October 26 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York were it will celebrate it's 100th global performance.
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ID&T is a Dutch pioneering electronic music experience company. They work with the world's most talented and innovative DJs, musicians, creatives and artists to create dance events that bring people together, in places that thrill the senses. Their aim? To spread joy, have fun and share ideas with the generations of tomorrow.
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In the latest development to report on December 4, 2015, the LTA expanded the discussion by issuing new guidance on the use of amendment clauses in conservation easement deeds, to land trusts and other members of the conservation community (Click here to view LTA's new guidance), by recommending that conservation easement deeds continue to include a general amendment clause and explaining why that is good conservation practice.
Moreover, the LTA's guidance characterizes the IRS's ill-conceived position on amendment clauses as a "trial tactic aimed at disallowing conservation easement deductions on technical grounds in order to avoid the difficulty of challenging perceived overvaluations." Happily, the LTA expressed a renewed commitment to "vigorously oppose IRS attempts to punish landowners simply for signing a conservation easement that includes an amendment clause."


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Another spectacular book from Lauren that has all of the elements we have come to love. The characters are strong, sexy, witty and genuinely are easy to fall in love with. Anyone who is an avid reader of Laurens' book have seen these characters before.
Met Josie Hammer, sister to Wyatt and Nick Hammer. She is a baker who owns and operates Sunshine Bakery. She is a sweet, happy and all around good person but has a naughty mind when it comes to Chase. The naughty girl caught me off guard and made me laugh. She is a closet sex kitten that has claws. She is looking for a roommate after Natalie marries Wyatt and moves to his apartment.
Met Chase Summers aka,"Dr. McHottie" as Josie calls him. He is an ER physician at Mercy Hospital and is between apartments at this time. He is in need of a place to live that isn't on a couch. When we meet Chase he is trying to figure out why he is having such bad luck finding a place to live. Every time he finds a potential it falls through.
Josie and Chase have been best friends for a long time. Everyone knows Chase loves Josie but the 2 of them are oblivious to this fact. As the story progress' we get a glimpse into the inner turmoil they are going through. This story is mostly told from Chase's point of view but we learn what Josie thinks when we are given her recipes for baked good. They decide to move in together which solves both of their issues. Then one night Josie asks to get in bed with Chase…..now get your mind out of the gutter it was all innocent……hehehe
How will this turn out for these 2 oblivious lovers? How will Chase do being a good boy when it comes to Josie and keeping in the best friend zone? Guess you will just need to read to find out.
5 Sexy Stars For Chase and Josie!!!
Sexy Chase Summers, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways....you are hot, you are sexy, you have a filthy mouth, you are smart, you are romantic, you are an amazing friend, you are funny and you are most definitely the full package! Lauren Blakely's newest rom-com is everything readers have come to love from this fabulous author and so much more. Told from Chase's POV (and Josie's in small snippets throughout), it's a best-friends-to-lovers romance that is laugh-out-loud funny, sexy, steamy and a total feel-good story. One thing I really loved is how strong the female lead is. Josie is successful, independent, funny and goes after what she wants. She and Chase have insane chemistry both as best friends and as lovers. And their sex scenes....oh their sex scenes.....Blakely is notorious for her steamy heat level and let's just say that Chase and Josie are scorching hot! Fans of her recent rom-coms will thoroughly enjoy all of Chase and Josie's friends who show up throughout to round out the story (Josie is Wyatt and Nick's sister after all!). As a treat, we also get to know Chase's brother Max who will be the star of Blakely's upcoming book Joy Stick! The Summers boys are both super hot and readers are sure to fall in love with them both.
Full Package is a book that has lovable characters, lots of laughs and lots of heat. Blakely's writing is always superb and longtime fans and new readers will fall head over heels for this fun and beautiful story. With Full Package she adds another 5-star story to the already glowing list of books she has penned. I absolutely loved it!
Recipe for perfection!
Lauren Blakely never ceases to amaze me. She has done it once again with Full Package. I absolutely love friends to lovers romances and this one is right there at the top of all of them. This book was so fun and lighthearted, sexy and endearing. Full Package is told in the male POV which is so much fun!!
What do you get when you mix a super sexy doctor with a gorgeous Baker? You get two best friends who couldn't be more right for each other. Their chemistry was off the charts, but can their attraction to each other turn to more or will it ruin their perfect friendship?
If you love a romantic comedy then this book is for you. Get set to do nothing but read for a few hours because you won't be able to put this book down!
- $3.99
- Category: Contemporary
- Published: Jan 09, 2017
- Publisher: Lauren Blakely Books
- Seller: Lauren Blakely Books
- Print Length: 300 Pages
- Language: English
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Perth: David Warner's decision to cut down on his alcohol consumption during his wife Candice's pregnancy has paid handsome dividends, with the Australian opener notching up a stunning 253 in the ongoing second Test against New Zealand here on Saturday.
The hosts have already taken a 1-0 lead in the series and have amassed a mammoth total of 559/9 declared in the 1st innings in the second Test of the three-match series.
Warner revealed in the Caribbean this year that he was abstaining from alcohol in order to prepare himself for a hectic playing schedule over the ensuing 18 months.
And before the start of play on Day Two, he said the alcohol ban is likely to continue until the birth of his second child, expected in January -- though a series triumph over the Black Caps could seriously challenge his willpower.
"A lot of that decision (to stop drinking alcohol) was mostly to try and get through England and our summer to give my body the best opportunity (to do that)," Warner was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
"Also it helps when you've got your wife who's seven months pregnant now, and (with) her not being able to have alcohol, it's more about achieving a goal for myself to see if I can actually go her full term with not having alcohol.
"I'm going well so far but I think I might need one after this game.I didn't (have one last night). It (would've been) quite easy to open one up, but I think if I'm going to, a Test series win definitely might bring one on," he said.
Warner was out in the opening half hour of play on the second morning, adding nine runs to his overnight total to become just the 12th Australian to post a Test match 250.
After toiling fruitlessly on Day One, Kiwi pacer Trent Boult got the breakthrough, inducing an edge that flew to Mark Craig at second slip.
It was the first time in his Test career that Warner has batted out the day.
"It wasn't really in the back of my mind to try to achieve (batting a full day), it was more about trying to take the singles on offer," he said. "That allowed me to achieve batting out the day for the team and I think that's what it comes down to; if the fields are a little bit more attacking, you can play your shots a bit more and might create the chances.
"There were odd occasions where Brendon did bring the field back in but for us it was about rotating the strike and that was the crucial thing (getting) us to 2-400."
Warner also conceded that he benefited from a beautiful batting wicket on the first day that offered little for the Black Caps' four-man pace attack.
"The key factors here as well are the types of wickets we're playing on," he added. "They're nice and generous for batsmen and the bowlers really have to work hard.
"We know in Australia if you're a batsman you really have to cash in. We're fortunate enough to play on very good wickets, and I think around the world the wickets are pretty batter friendly today, but as a batsman you still have to score the runs."


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Does Your Teen Need a Job?
April 10, 2012 by admin
Filed under Guest Articles about Outdoor Baby Swings and Bouncers
Why Working Now Translates into Brighter Futures
Our family has crossed the threshold and there is no turning back – our oldest teenager is now gainfully employed with her first "real" part-time job. I admit it is a bittersweet time for me as a mother as we move from a family that has been able to adjust our schedules together and take advantage of opportunities for adventures together. Now those adventures will have to work around work for our oldest. But as my husband said when she asked him if he thought she should accept the job offer: You're a teenager and you've been offered a job doing something you enjoy – take the job.
Teenagers Who Work Have Brighter Futures
According to a recent report, teenagers who work part-time are building benefits that will pay dividends in the future. However, employment is not always easy to find, and it appears not all teens are pursuing employment options. Almost 1 out of every 4 teens ages 16 to 19 were unemployed in February of 2012 in the United States, evidence of the climbing unemployment rate for teens of 23.8%. To compare that, a decade ago or so that rate was at or below 15% among teens.
These rising numbers do not comfort market analysts. Heidi Shierholz, a market economist describes how the teen unemployment numbers are reflective of the national employment numbers and unfortunately, are indicators of future economic problems for these teens as they enter adulthood.
- Working teens boost their future income potentials. High school seniors who work part-time were 7 or 8 years later more likely to earn more than 10% above the salaries of their classmates who did not work as high school seniors.
- Teens who don't work tend to become adults who use state and federal assistance programs.
- Teens who work part-time are more likely to achieve higher levels of education beyond high school.
- Teens who work part-time feel more dependable and responsible, translating into higher self-esteem and motivations to continue succeeding.
- Teens who work build important life skills, even as basic as teamwork and prioritizing strategies.
- Teens who work learn effective communication skills and job-seeking strategies.
The Problems with Teens in the Workforce
I have a hard time recalling not working as a teen. I began babysitting when I was just 10 years old, working 45 hours a week as a sitter during the summers until I turned 16 when I got my first "real" job in retail. As a teen I never really considered the negative impacts my work might have on myself and those around me. However, research and my own experiences as a mom show that while teens benefit from employment there are pitfalls for which we and they need to be prepared.
- Teens who work more than 20 hours a week are at higher risks for school dropouts.
- Teens who work part-time often have less family time (this is one thing that is most difficult for me as mom to embrace).
- Teens who work part-time tend to have more disagreements with their parents, perhaps because of increased struggles for independence or stress levels for teens.
- Teens are less likely to contribute to daily household chores.
- Young adults and adults in the workforce during a recession need those jobs in ways different from teens.
- Teens who work are more likely to suffer sleep deprivation and to experiment with tobacco and alcohol.
Helping Teens Find Good Jobs
In our home it is expected that effort is put forth when you are ready – and this is no different when it comes to the job market. We have encouraged our children to look for work that allows them to build some basic skill sets, provide money they can learn to manage, and helps them to work toward their individual goals. Along the way we have watched them and their friends struggle with finding work and have seen firsthand how teens can find themselves in the minority of the working teen class.
- Begin volunteering at an early age. It teaches life skills, practical skills, and gets you involved with community members.
- Broaden your horizons. Working as a teenager shouldn't be miserable loads of expectations, but especially in this economy teens need to learn to start small and build from there.
- Feel the freedom. For teenagers this is perhaps one of the only times in life when the status of employment won't affect the possibility of the next meal, ruin the mortgage payment plan, or risk healthcare for the family. Encourage your kids to take advantage of the freedom from these responsibilities and take time to try job markets that might otherwise not be considered.
It was a surreal experience to proofread my child's job applications and résumé, but it was also an empowering experience for both of us. As a parent I realized I had done sufficient effort to prepare her for the job market, and she realized that she does have contributions she can make. Those part-time jobs for teens are important steps on the big staircase of life and I am excited to watch as my children navigate their paths.
Related posts:
- Stay-at-Home Moms Can Stay Connected to the Job Market
- 3 Scary Trends: Is Your Teen Trying Them?
- How to Tell If Your Teen is Depressed
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Creative Writing with Jackee Holder
1 – 8 June '18
€ 470 — 770*
"I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say." — Flannery O'Connor
If you had the time to write what would you write that was true and from the heart? Whether it's a novel, a book of short stories, blog posts or personal writing there's a story we all have to tell on the page.
Our week-long writers retreat with Jackee Holder is open to the beginner and seasoned writer and for those hungry for protected time out in beautiful surroundings to connect with your writing voice. With little distraction and a host of creative and therapeutic writing activities you'll dive deep into your writing in our morning and optional afternoon classes.
A creative incubator
The retreat is designed to be a creative incubator offering access to inspired content to coax you onto the page along with quality time and space to try out a range of writing techniques and tips which provide solutions and ways of not getting stymied by writer's block and the tyranny of the inner critic that stops many writers in their tracks.
During your week you'll have plenty of opportunity to stimulate your creative writing juices with walks out in nature, trips to the sea and our full moon writing mediation on the evening of the 21st May. You will feast on guided creative writing exercises, stimulating writing prompts and structured feedback in small groups designed as direct routes to get you motivated and inspired to write.
Over the course of the week you'll receive affirmative feedback about your writing in a range of formats from your peers as well as engage in a one to one session with the retreat facilitator. The writing generated during the course of the week will be both personal and professional and provide future content and focus for future writing goals whether you are thinking of starting or already run a blog, want to increase your confidence in generating content for posting articles on social media or have a book you're working on or would like to work on.
At the end of the week you will come away with a clear theme and direction for your future writing as well as a deeper connection with your own unique writing voice.
You'll leave with a body of writing with personal meaning as well as an inspired writing action plan with support built in to help you achieve your writing intentions for the next six months.
- How to engage in personal writing techniques which free up the mind and creates space for leveraging new writing opportunities
- Explore a range of writing approaches and methods guaranteed to help you craft appealing content for a range of platforms
- Learn how to become a better writer through regular writing practice and trusting the process
- Through writing in community discover your strengths and your unique writing voice and explore ways of bringing these alive on the page
- Try out different writing techniques that will help you build and generate themes and focus for crafting your personalized body of work
- A template that outlines the contents of a book proposal
- Mine the natural beauty of the Greek landscape to inspire and infuse your writing and creative thinking
The 1st is arrival day with check-in in the afternoon, registration and the welcome meal. From the 2nd onward the workshop takes place in the morning from 09:30 – 13:30, the afternoons are free for following up your inspiration, relaxing in the hammock, or at the nearby beach!
*Prices: include workshop plus full accommodation and 3 daily vegetarian meals (except of one night out in a Tavern): in a tent € 470, in a triple room € 520, in a twin room €620, in a single room €770.
All rooms are en suite twins or singles with a marvelous sea-view and a balcony, except for one triple with lovely sea-view but without balcony.


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Today, UK publisher Empire Interactive announced that its upcoming redneck racing title, Big Mutha Truckers, will be cruising to both the PC and GameCube platforms this spring.
The title was previously released for sale in the UK last December on both the Xbox and PS2. North American gamers, however, must continue waiting until April 2003 to get their fingertips greasy with any version of the game, which takes big-rig racing up a notch by adding customization and mission-based gameplay.
The upcoming Cube and PC versions are said to feature all of the same upgrades as the projected Xbox and PS2 titles here in the States, including a new Cash Crash Combo system (earn scratch for wrecking traffic) and cash rewards for ditching bikers on your tail, as well as additional recorded speech and sound effects.
IGN recently went hands-on with the Xbox version of this hillbilly racer and came back with bandanas wrapped around our heads. You can read all about it in our full hands-on report and then check out the rest of our Big Mutha Truckers coverage right here.
Stay tuned to IGN for our own impressions and media of the PC version in the very near future.


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Burzum – The musical pioneer vs. the delusional thinker
Varg Vikernes, aka Burzum. A musical pioneer and groundbreaker for the black metal genre, but also a delusional race theorist. Is it possible to consume his music without consuming his ideologies outside of his music?
As a listener of Burzum, and as a year long reader of his writings at Burzum.org the two sides of Varg Vikernes has become a great source and inspiration to reflection around the concept of «The Art vs. The Artist». To me, his personal darkness and delusion is also playing a part when interpreting and listening to his music — I have a fascination for what and why he has written and composed music with the qualities that it clearly has, considering his crimes, views and ideology.
When I discovered the album Filosofem, the opener Dunkelheit struck me immediately. Dunkelheit is a composition with a sentiment and feel that has gripped me from the first second of its run time – monotonous and hypnotic, and in many aspects so close to what I strive to write myself. This is also why I decided to do an alternative version of the song (watch video below).
The album, Filosofem (Burzums' description of the album) ⌘ (Entry in Encyclopediae Metallum), opens with this song and the whole aesthetic of this album presented something new in music and to many the album represents the prototype of the Black Metal genre. It's undoubtedly a demanding task to listen to if you are not accustomed to the extreme metal genres, but if you look past the noise and the knife sharp treble you'll find a melancholic beauty – which also spurred me to rearrange the song and record it with finger plucked guitars, and also to try to evolve the vocal melody.
Acoustic, alternative version of Dunkelheit.
To most of us, the ideology and crimes of Varg Vikernes (aka. Burzum) are not just remote and alien, but also terrifying and reminiscent of the darkest part of Western History.
If I'm still not clear enough: to be 100% clear, I do not share any of Varg Vikernes' view on race, evolution and politics — on the contrary. I find his views (as formulated outside/separate from his music) completely abhorrent and the works and logic of a delusional mind. My contribution to the discussion around Burzums' music is to underline the beauty of his music as a contrast to his delusional views shown outside his music.
My version of Dunkelheit came to shape during my time in Florø in late 2015, early 2016 when I stayed with my father, terminally ill with cancer. The version was recorded using a Zoom Handy Recorder, in one take.
Later released on the album The Course of Things and Our Insignificance (Apple Music, Spotify).


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Find the hidden animal in this picture 5/18
In this series of find the hidden animal you will need to spot the animal hidden in the given image.
So in the image above can you tell me the animal you see. Please do not hesitate to share with friends and family to take help or check their visual observation.
Do start the timer to check your score!!
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Answer of the whatsapp puzzle Find the hidden animal in this picture – 5/18 is : Great Horned Owl
If you can solve any 3 of these 5 puzzles, you have got a great IQ
- Who can solve shoe, whistle and Priya Prakash puzzle?
- How many circles?
- 90% Will Fail This : How many water melons are there?
- Find the hidden animal in this picture – 15/18
- What is wrong in this picture?
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Perfection will kill you - CYM 14 - Jeremy Reid
In this Monday Motivation episode we discuss planning for major holiday events and also how our expectations to be perfect can be the cause of why we struggle so hard or even give up and how we can shift our mindset for sustainable long-lasting success.
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Roland (Kipps) returns to Tri-State in 2011 as Jack in the On the Town reading of Conor McPherson's award-winning play, THE WEIR. Mr. Johnson made his Tri-State debut as Kipps in Stephen Mallatratt's ghostly THE WOMAN IN BLACK. Recent credits: he was Jim Dooley in THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT (Shadow Lawn Stage). Mr. Johnson has appeared in many plays, including Michael in SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME (Ivoryton Playhouse,) Harold Palmer in COMMUNICATING DOORS (Bristol Riverside Theatre,) Felix Ducotel in MY THREE ANGELS (Centenary Stage,) Waldgrave in THE NERD (Public Theatre-Maine,) and John in INNOCENCE (New Jersey Repertory.) His Shakespeare credits include major roles in HAMLET, RICHARD II, CYMBELINE, and HENRY IV,1 and 2. TV and film credits include appearances on the CONAN O'BRIEN SHOW, and THE GUIDING LIGHT. He is a member of Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Among the many places he trained as an actor was Second City.
Ms. Jones joined Tri-State Actors Theater for the first time in Season 2000 in the role of Sylvia, the hilarious pooch, who gives its name to SYLVIA, by A.R. Gurney. She performed the role of Alex in Season 2001′s closing production, ON THE VERGE, or The Geography of Yearning. Ms. Jones, a founding member of The Genesis Repertory Ensemble in NYC, was featured most recently as one of the Wierd Sisters in GRE's MACBETH. She was Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET, Bianca in OTHELLO, and Edith in THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE–all for GRE. She appeared as Ophelia (HAMLET) and Sarah (WHISKEY DOWN)in the Million Stories Festival, and was Gwendolyn in Tom Stoppard's TRAVESTIES. Other roles on the New York stage include Mattie in ENVIRONMENT AND EVELYN, and Luce in THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE. Beyond New York, she has played Belinda Cratchit (A CHRISTMAS CAROL) for the North Shore Music Theater, and was featured in other roles including Angie (TOP GIRLS); Thomasina (ARCADIA); Hermia (A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM); Christina (DANCING AT LUGHNASA), and Marianne (TARTUFFE). Ms. Jones is a graduate in Theatre of Dartmouth College, and has studied acting with Karen Kohlhaas (Atlantic Theater Co.) and vocal production with Ariel Bock (Shakespeare and Co). Her most recent New York appearances were as a member of the acting company of the Jean Cocteau Theater.


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< ECMO | Main | iPod online >
May 21, 2006
Rebecca Called
Rebecca called tonight to let us know that Greg had a rought time last night and today, but is now stable. They switched Greg from the first ECMO machine to one that can be used for a longer period of time, but the changeover was difficult and they had to work on him through the night. There's not much they know right now, but they're hoping he can stay stable for 24 hours so that they can see if they can take him off the ECMO. They'll know more tomorrow. They're very tired so send out some energy for all of them. 24 hours isn't long, Greg. You can do this.
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Quote of the Day: Michael Jackson, The Worst Father?
- By Bossip Staff
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Michael Jackson was named the worst father of the year in an online poll:
"Dangling a baby out of a Berlin hotel window! We're not sure what's crazier: Michael's unique approach to parenting, or the fact that a woman was willing to carry the children of a twice-alleged child molester."
Damn. Poor Mike can't seem to catch a break. His is a tragic tale to the bone.
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- FutureMrs_
- 4 years ago
- Wedding: June 2015
My fiancé is planning about getting me a fake wedding set for when i go to work and or shady places. My work is very hands on and im constantly hitting my hands/lifting things and stuff of that nature. While i could just not wear an engagement ring, fiancé feels much more "safe" about me wearing one since he has noticed i get flirted with a lot, and in turn will also make me feel more secure (maybe silly but oh well). My question is, should the fake one match the real one? My real one is a princess cut in an invisible setting (or illusion, not sure. The one that has small diamonds to make a bigger one). He doesnt know if they have to match, i personally dont care if it does or doesnt. What do you guys think?


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Well, this weekend my boyfriend and I moved into our new little apartment together! I love the space, it's cozy and comfortable. I love that we have a corner apartment so we get lots of light all day long. Now the slow unpacking and setting up begins. I scored some rad vintage wicker chairs last weekend from a yard sale. I'm usually not a fan of wicker at ALL, but these have a really rad modern twist to them, they are kind of minimal and mod in their shape by the wicker ads a nice rough earthy element to them I think. I also grabbed a set of 2 stacking tables at the Fremont Market on Sunday and I really really love them. When it comes to home decor, I love clean sharp lines, contrasts with black and pale neutral tones, and rough wood and other natural element textures. We'll see how this place shapes up over the next couple of weeks as I attempt to hunt down more great treasures and affordable prices!
I haven't been big on thrifting or yard sale-ing in recent years just because I have lived in shared spaces where the other people already had all the necessary decor and I don't like collecting things without an immediate purpose. Up until this point, all I owned besides clothes and accessories were my bed, my dresser, my side table for my bedroom and then just a few random objects like a record player and artwork. I'm really excited to finally get to invest in a space, decorating it to really suit my style. And thankfully my boyfriend digs my taste when it comes to home decor so I'm having lots of fun dreaming up a space for us to both enjoy and call home!
Unfortunately, all this major moving and house cleaning, nesting and hunting down cool things to fill our space with has left me really not excited to work. I'm the sort of person that when I have a goal, I just throw myself into it wholeheartedly. And it's hard for me to balance fully devoting myself to work and to moving into our new space at the same time. But I've gotta keep rollin' on all fronts! Wish me luck :)


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South Gate Restaurant Review: Situated along Central Park, this modern American eatery's chic and showy interior comes courtesy of designer Tony Chi. The dining room offers heavy yet stylish leanings toward the 1970s. Off-white leather banquettes sit below walls crammed with a mosaic of mirrors and the front of the room looks out onto Central Park. The real show, however, is what's on the menu: seasonal, modern American cuisine. Start with zesty hamachi or the grilled Hudson Valley foie gras, crunchy on the outside and silky on the inside. Entrées are divided as surf 'n' turf: the butter-roasted lobster in a pepper-marjoram broth is served like a hearty stew while the crispy Snake River Farms pork belly arrives in three blocks of tender goodness.
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Ringling Bros. is coming to Cincy and there is a special family four-pack offer. I like this deal because it includes snacks that usually are extra!
Details: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents DRAGONS is coming to the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati – March 13-17. Tickets are ON SALE NOW.
Just click here: www.ticketmaster.com/venueartist/18... to purchase tickets. Click on the "family deal" option after choosing which show you would like to see. You can buy a family four pack at $99 for any show except 3/13. It includes 4 tickets, 4 16oz lemonade cups, 4 small popcorn boxes and 4 lollipops.
More about the show. It's a once in a millennium event that honors The Year of the Dragon. Circus performers from the farthest reaches of the earth have assembled for Ringling Bros. Presents DRAGONS to showcase their astounding acts of bravery and astonishing athleticism. Ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson presides over this fantastical celebratory tournament of circus champions that brings together mystic dragon lore with authentic circus feats.
I work for Miles Of Marketing (www.milesofmarketing.com) and we are a group of moms passing along great information like this to other moms!!! Feel free to share the discount with others.


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Police have made an arrest after a man died following a town centre attack.
At around 11.30pm last night (Wednesday), a 50-year-old man was attacked by a group of people close to Oceans 11 chip shop on Railway Road in Leigh.
I know this incident may cause some concern locally but I want to stress that we have launched a full investigation and are actively trying to find those responsible for the attackDet Chief Insp Jane Little
He was treated at the scene by the ambulance service before being taken to hospital where he tragically died sometime later.
Further enquiries into the man's death have revealed that he was attacked by a group of people and had personal items stolen from him some time prior to the ambulance service attending.
A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody for questioning.
Detective Chief Inspector Jane Little from GMP's Major Incident Team said: "I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences to the man's family at this incredibly difficult time and we currently have specially trained officers working to prove them with support.
"Less than 12 hours on from this man's tragic death, we are still in the very early stages of our investigation and our enquiries are on-going.
"I know this incident may cause some concern locally but I want to stress that we have launched a full investigation and are actively trying to find those responsible for the attack.
"This was a violent attack and we are appealing for anybody who may have witnessed it or have information on the circumstances surrounding it to please contact police."
Anybody with information should contact police on 0161 856 8797 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.