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Magnuson 1:1 ratio rear cog drive kit for TVS1900 or TVS2300 supercharger systems will help reduce belt slippage under higher boost levels. The cog belt kit also has a distinct sound that can't be missed.
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A few years ago, four women did something a few people thought was a bit loopy. I got together with three gals and we dropped out of our professions, cast aside our collective eight or so degrees and designations and started Mabel's Labels. We also made another big decision and purchased a cottage together. Considering we were all having babies at the time, I like to blame the hormones. I have fantastic childhood memories of summers at the cottage. When my siblings cooked up a plan that we should purchase a cottage together, I jumped at it. Memories of fishing off the dock, swimming out to the floating raft and roasting marshmallows around the campfire - all memories I wanted my children to have. Thing is, I should have paid more attention to what my mother was doing during those trips to the cottage. If I had, I might have noticed that going to the cottage is no holiday for mama. My mom didn't spend much time lounging in a Muskoka chair sipping a glass of red. When we were swimming, my mother stood anxiously on the shore counting heads ("one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four"). And as for those campfires - my nerves can't handle seeing one more excited three-year-old waving a wand of flaming marshmallow in the direction of innocent bystanders. Fact is, going to the cottage means mama has to do the same work but without all the conveniences of home. Suddenly we're pulling out portocots, piling too many hyper kids into one room to sleep, and living without the safety devices that were created to make our lives easier. When will someone invent a toddler gate that goes around an entire lake? At our cottage, we don't even have a shower or washing machine and dryer. I don't mind the kids running around looking and smelling like forest animals, but if you have a bed-wetter or a tummy bug goes through the joint, it is game over. I'm married to a non-Ontario type so with all the cottage talk a few years ago he made an interesting observation. It went like this: "So, in Ontario people work really hard so they can afford to buy a place where they go and live like they have no money. Is that right?" Bingo! Daddy-o was starting to understand cottage culture! Five years into cottage ownership, and we head north every chance we get. The cottage provides us with the opportunity to watch our kids run wild together, forgetting that TV and Nintendo even exist. We get to witness sibling camaraderie at its finest. So, even with all the head counting at the lake and marshmallow dodging at the campfire, this memory building is worth the hard work. I'll have plenty of time to lounge in a Muskoka chair later.
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When we partnered with D&AD for their Next Photographer Award, we set off to discover the next generation of talented photographers. What we found was beyond impressive.
Last week, the judges narrowed down the entries to a shortlist of 18 from across the globe. Getty Images Senior Vice President of Creative Content Andy Saunders, a member of the judging panel, said he was overwhelmed by the participants' ambition.
"I was massively impressed by the scale of what many entrants were trying to achieve, both technically and philosophically," he said. "The subject matter ranged from serious documentary to studio still life, to imagery so inventive we will have to make up new label for it."
While the entrants all had unique styles and covered a range of topics, Saunders was particularly—and pleasantly— surprised that so many photographers chose to focus on major social issues that are prominent in today's society.
For example, Brooklyn-based photographer Michael Nigro documented the outrage and tension of the Black Lives Matter protests in his series "Escape From Freedom." Then there was Beijing-based Yuyang Liu's series "At Home With Mental Illness," which explored the daily lives of China's mentally ill. And London-based Melissa Arras, who captured the struggles of life inside a refugee camp in Calais, France in her series "El Dorado."
"These are difficult topics to tackle with skill, but there were many examples of great work in these areas," Saunders said. "It's very clear that these photographers are dedicated to their craft and to creating depth in their imagery, which helps them stand out in a world where photography is becoming ubiquitous."
Throughout the judging process Saunders was both fascinated and inspired by the creativity of the images that were submitted.
"Judging this competition reminded me that fresh ideas are the best ideas," Saunders said. "Even though the execution might not have been perfect—that will come with time and experience—the endeavor of the photography was incredibly impressive."
The final winner of the D&AD Next Photographer Awards will be announced on at May 19th at the D&AD Festival ceremony in London.
Explore more of the groundbreaking work from the up and coming photographers who made the D&AD Next Photographer Award Shortlist


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Fresh Fruit Bunches
The oil plam is know for many things. Cooking oils, cosmetics, oleochemicals and biodiesels are what most people will come up with.
Fruit from the oil plam tree has an oily outer layer and a single seed within, both of which contain commercially valuable oil.
About 98.8% of the value in oil palm comes from oil products, including plam oil, oleochemicals, plam kernal oil, finished products and biodiesel.
The remaining 1.2% of the value found in the plant's by products however, are not to be scoffed at


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Last year, Garrett Reynolds won Rye Airfield's Wicked Jam and Brandon Dosch came in second. This year, Garrett couldn't hold Brandon back and he edged out Garrett for the win. Here is a rundown of the results:
Park Results
2. Garrett Reynolds
3. Jeremiah Smith
4. Nicholi Rogatkin
5. Brett 'Maddog" Banasiewicz
6. Brian Hunt
7. Marcus Tooker & Ronnie Napolitan (Tie)
8. Seth Klinger
9. Zane Bradley
10.Chris Childs
11.Zak Early
Street Results
1. Jeremiah Smith
2. Ian Bresnahan
3. Craig Passero
4. Chris Childs
5. Dan Foley
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Charles Gayle's trio in 1988 studio recordings from NYC in his trio with Sirone and Dave Pleasant, "muscular, impassioned, and wonderfully volatile" free jazz.
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Released: 1999
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Recorded April 13 & 14, 1998 at A&R Recording Studio, New York City
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"A very private man, tenor saxophonist Charles Gayle's early career in music is shrouded in mystery. Raised in Buffalo, New York, Gayle was part of New York's free jazz movement in the late 1960's, but he has chosen to remain out of the spotlight, shunning the business of music.
Charles Gayle has appeared on the New York Club and loft scene maybe half a dozen times in the past fifteen years and somehow or other we've managed to hear him in all kinds of different settings, always forthrightly projecting his personal approach to playing. He has always been a gut player, with ideas and no fear.
To all intents and purposes, Charles was living up the streets of New York in 1987 when we approached him with the idea of letting more people hear his music. The result was that be organized a trio with Hill Green on bass and David Pleasant on drums, which made its debut at the 4th Lower East Side Music Festival. From then on the Charles Gayle Trio began to generate a great deal of excitement and interest on the New York music scene.
His music has a strength, a purity and a beauty that is completely spontaneous and devoid of pretence. We discussed his approach to the music with Charles and his reply was, "The music I am playing at this point is totally spontaneous, nothing set - just go for the Spirit, the Holy Ghost. I feel I am pushing for the Black Sanctified Spirit beyond the ego consciousness. I always feel uplifted and filled with the Holy Black Spirit - propelled (or drawn) to the unconscious."
This album represents an overture to the music and musicians who have preceeded him - Charles feels he owes them. For our part, we find that blues, gospel, avant-garde, the music of changes, etcetera - somehow all-inclusive in these works.
We've had the opportunity of hearing Charles a good deal during the past year and have begun to understand that his music is forever changing, with a constant stream of fresh ideas and new searchings. Very particular directions have been set up and pursued from one gig to the next and, as avid listeners, we can only hope that Charles Gayle's wider audience will have a chance to hear this outpouring of musical directions as they unfold.
We feel compelled to include portions of an article in the New York Times for Thursday, September 3rd, 1987, written by music critic Jon Pareles:
"The challenge of free jazz is to create coherent, compelling music without such obvious devices as melody, recurring chord sequences or a steady beat. It's a challenge that has defeated many a virtuoso since the free-jazz heyday of the 1960's. But Charles Gayle, a tenor saxopbonist, is carving out a free jazz that is muscular, impassioned, clearly structured and wonderfully volatile.
Mr. Gayle plays contours and textures rather than melodies, using a different range and technique for each composition. He gets a huge saxophone tone, whether he's playing wide-open low notes or shrieking overtones, and he holds the stage with calm dignity while generating a fusillade of music.
Mr. Gayle's trio makes music to move mountains by."
We realize, of course, that words are an implication of reality. For the past forty years we've witnessed the music and musicians at first hand from generation to generation, the greats and the near-greats. On an average of four or five nights a week in all those years we've seen them all. We express this to give credence to our words when we say that Charles Gayle will definitely get your attention if you dare to listen to him."
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I did this to myself but I want to know if theres anyway to recover or have I killed my tablet.
Ive got a ASUS VivoTab Smart tablet with Windows 10 installed.
Recently it kept rolling back a big update saying I didnt have enough space on my C: drive. I had partitioned the dive into 2 drives, a C: and D:. I planned to just increase the size of the C: drive but when I used Partition Manager it showed 4 extra Healthy Recover partitions. After doing some research I figured that they were left over from upgrades from Windows 8 to 8.1 to Windows 10. None of them were over 500 Mb which I thought one should have been 500 Mb for Windows 10. I decided to delete them one by one and then resize the last one to 500Mb so my Windows 10 would have a 500Mb Recovery Partition and then work on resizing the C: drive with extra available space on the D: drive.
Well something went wrong and now the tablet will only boot to the BIOS Menu and the only drive that is listed for Boot Option #1 is Windows Boot Manager.
Other ASUS users with similar booting problems have said to set:
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Then install a bootable Win 10 USB drive into the tablets port and restart.
When I hit "Save and Restart". my tablet doesnt seem to want to read the USB drive when restarted. It just reboots to the BIOS menu.
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Lower Mortality Thanks to Global Warming?
The release of the Summary for Policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sent the media into a global warming frenzy. Headlines were literally predicting "climate chaos" in the coming decades, humanity and every specie on the planet are in deep peril, and according to an international group of celebrities (the "Global Cool" crowd), we have "10 years to save the planet."
Among the usual claims, we learn that many humans will die as the temperature of the Earth increases, and that the elderly, the children, and the poorest among us are most at risk. Throw in a few pictures of Paris during the 2003 European heat wave, claim tens of thousands died in that event, and the icing is on the cake. A Google search of "Global Warming and Mortality" will lead you to 723,000 different sites – we sampled a dozen or so, and according to these sites, you will be lucky to survive much longer if temperatures continue to rise.
We have addressed the serious scientific literature on global warming and human mortality many times in the past at World Climate Report, and an article has been published in a recent issue of the International Journal of Biometeorology that will surely not be featured by the popular media (as you will see, maybe it will be featured based on one interesting finding). The title alone "Temperature-related mortality in France, a comparison between regions with different climates from the perspective of global warming" tells us immediately that someone has something credible to say about global warming and human mortality in France. The article is especially timely given the focus we see in so many global warming presentations on the thermal conditions in Paris during the summer of 2003.
The research team from various institutions in France collected daily temperature and mortality data from 1991-1995 for six "departments" (a.k.a., states or counties) located in urban, oceanic, semi-continental, mountain, and two different Mediterranean settings (Figure 1). They broke the data into three age groups including less than 1 year old, 1 to 64 years old, and greater than 64 years old. They also divided the data by sex and by major causes of death including respiratory disease, cerebrovascular disease or stroke, heart disease, and other diseases of the circulatory system. Violent deaths resulting from murder or accidents were excluded from their study.
Figure 1. Study areas in France. Departments: 1 Paris (urban), 2 Finistère (oceanic), 3 Côte-d'Or (semi-continental), 4 the Hautes-Alpes (mountain), 5 the Alpes-Maritimes (mild and sheltered Mediterranean), and 6 the Hérault (extreme and windy Mediterranean)
The Laaidi et al. team found for the whole population, "As expected, temperature and daily deaths exhibited a marked temporal pattern. For all the departments investigated, mean daily counts of deaths showed an asymmetrical V-like or U-like pattern with higher mortality rates at the time of the lowest temperatures experienced in the area than at the time of the highest temperatures. The lowest temperatures ranged between approximately −9°C in the North of the country and approximately −2°C in the South, while the highest peak reached 24°C in the North and 30°C in the South." The data clearly show that people adjust to their environment and people in cold areas are more susceptible to warm temperatures and people living in warm areas are more susceptible to cold temperatures (Figure 2). A thermal band exists called the thermal optimum in which mortality is low, and the scientists note that "The level of the thermal optimum rises in line with the warmer climatic conditions of each department. The thermal optimum is greater in Paris, probably due to the urban heat island, than in the Hérault, which is situated in the extreme south of France in a Mediterranean climate."
Figure 2. Daily mean mortality in 3°C temperature bands in Paris, the Hérault, Finistère, the Hautes-Alpes, Côte-d'Or and the Alpes-Maritimes for the whole population (1991–1995) and per 100,000 Inhabitants (from Laaidi et al., 2006)
We did find one result of potential interest to global warming advocates the world over. Laaidi et al. note that "The thermal optimum was consistently lower for women, especially those over 64." So instead of simply stating that global warming will disproportionably impact children, elderly, and the poor, we can now announce that women, particularly older women, could be in more peril than men should the temperatures rise. If this article gets any popular press coverage, this is sure to be the angle – grandmothers beware of global warming!
Actually, with respect to any temperature rise due to global warming, the research team found "For both men and women mortality was higher at low temperatures, suggesting a lesser ability to adapt to the cold." Based on another related study, they state "In England and Wales, the higher temperatures predicted for 2050 might result in nearly 9,000 fewer winter deaths each year." Laaidi et al. conclude "our findings give grounds for confidence in the near future: the relatively moderate (2°C) warming predicted to occur in the next half century would not increase annual mortality rates."
Numerical models of climate consistently predict warming in winter in mid-latitude locations such as France and less warming in the summer months given the buildup of greenhouse gases. The Laaidi et al. study and dozens of other similar studies show that the threat to human mortality lies on the cold end of the thermal spectrum rather than the warm end. Higher temperatures in the winter would certainly decrease mortality, and we could conclude from this and other studies that in terms of temperature-related mortality, global warming would save lives – a message not well conveyed in the hundreds of thousands of websites on the subject.
Laaidi, M., K. Laaidi, and J.-P. Besancenot, 2006. Temperature-related mortality in France, a comparison between regions with different climates from the perspective of global warming. International Journal of Biometeorology, 51, 145-153.


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This 18-bit universal bus transceiver is designed for 1.65-V to 3.6-V VCC operation.
The SN74ALVCH162601 combines D-type latches and D-type flip-flops to allow data flow in transparent, latched, clocked, and clock-enabled modes.
Data flow in each direction is controlled by output-enable (OEAB\ and OEBA\), latch-enable (LEAB and LEBA), and clock (CLKAB and CLKBA) inputs. The clock can be controlled by the clock-enable (CLKENAB\ and CLKENBA\) inputs. For A-to-B data flow, the device operates in the transparent mode when LEAB is high. When LEAB is low, the A data is latched if CLKAB is held at a high or low logic level. If LEAB is low, the A data is stored in the latch/flip-flop on the low-to-high transition of CLKAB. When OEAB\ is low, the outputs are active. When OEAB\ is high, the outputs are in the high-impedance state.
Data flow for B to A is similar to that of A to B, but uses OEBA\, LEBA, CLKBA, and CLKENBA\.
The B-port outputs include equivalent 26- series resistors to reduce overshoot and undershoot.
To ensure the high-impedance state during power up or power down, OE\ should be tied to VCC through a pullup resistor; the minimum value of the resistor is determined by the current-sinking capability of the driver.
Active bus-hold circuitry is provided to hold unused or floating data inputs at a valid logic level.
The SN74ALVCH162601 is characterized for operation from 0°C to 85°C.


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Reproduce newspapers in electronic form: I&B Ministry
NEW DELHI: The government intends to bring ?reproduction of any newspaper in electronic form? within the ambit of the Press and Registration of Books Act.
In the amendments proposed to the PRB Act, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) has also proposed inclusion of a section which says 'paid news' means publishing any news or analysis in the publication for a price in cash or kind as consideration.
The amendments, which have been placed on the website of the ministry, also says that ?facsimile edition? of a publication means an exact replica in full or in part of the original edition of a foreign publication ?in so far as the contents concerned and may not include title?, subject to the condition that any page is not published in part.
The government also proposes to establish a Press and Registration Appellate Board to be constituted by the central government, by notification in the official gazette, consisting of a chairperson and another member, to be nominated by the Press Council of India, established under section 4 of the Press Council Act 1978 from among its members.
It says any dispute relating to registration of newspapers or publications would be referred to a ?specified appellate authority? that may be prescribed by the central government.
Under the amendments, publication means newspapers, magazines, journals or newsletters printed periodically and published in India ?including its reproduction in electronic form or any syndication, facsimile edition, and Indian editions of periodicals published outside India.?
While noting that the Press Registrar General will consider all applications of new titles ?as soon as practicable?, the amendment says an application for a title may be rejected if it is ?same or similar to that of a known foreign publication?, subject to the proviso that ?the same or similar title shall not be rejected if the Indian entity seeking the title has a tie-up with the owners of the title of such a foreign publication?.
The amendment further says that no publication shall be printed and published in India except with the prior approval of the central government granted if such publication is owned by or has investment from any individual who is not an Indian citizen or foreign unincorporated body of individuals or body corporate incorporated under the law of any country other than India.
Furthermore, the Press Registrar General may reject, after giving the person concerned an opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken, and holding an inquiry into the matter, if he is satisfied that the publication mentioned in the declaration is found indulging or having indulged in the practice of ?paid news?, on the basis of adjudication by the Press Council of India or any other quasi-judicial/judicial authority. Till a decision is taken, the Press Registrar General may suspend the publication of such publication.
Furthermore, any person aggrieved by an order of a specified authority refusing to authenticate a declaration under section 10 or cancelling a declaration under section 19 (l) (a) to (d) may appeal within 60 days from the date on which such order is communicated to him to the Press and Registration Appellate Board and may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from appealing on time.
The Appellate Board may, after calling for the records from the specified authority and after making such further inquiries as it thinks fit, confirm, modify or set aside the order appealed against. The decision of the Appellate Board shall be final in respect of provisions given in sub section 19(1) (a) to (d).
Any person aggrieved by an order of the specified authority for suspension of publication under the provision of section 19(1)(e) will still be free to approach a court of law.
In case of change of name or place of press, a fresh declaration will not be necessary if this information is given to the specified authority within five days.
It shall be the duty of the publisher, and owner in the absence of the publisher, of every publication ?to furnish details of the advertisement revenue of the publication as and when asked for.
Whoever prints or publishes any book or publication otherwise than in conformity with the provision of section 3 will have to explain the reasons for this and to complete the formalities as specified in this section.
In its penal provision, the government has said that any contravention of sub-section (1) will invite a fine not exceeding Rs 5,000 in addition to suspension of the publication for a period of 30 days.
Furthermore, whoever owns any press, other than in conformity with the provision of section 4 will have to explain for such activity and to complete the formalities as specified in that section. For contravention of sub section (1), the person shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Rs 5,000 in addition to sealing of the printing press for a period of 30 days.
The amendment says that ?In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power' such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: the period of suspension of the declaration under sub-section (i) of section 19 , and the manner of filing appeals to the specified appellate authority under sub-section (1) of section 20.


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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has a message for Europeans: Before they protest about alleged US secret jails on their territory, they should remember that terrorism threatens them, too.
That's a primary argument Secretary Rice made Monday, in a lengthy statement on United States conduct in the war on terrorism. Intelligence gathered during interrogations of terrorism suspects has "saved innocent lives - in Europe as well as the United States," Ms. Rice said before departing for a week-long European tour.
In essence, the secretary of State appeared to be trying to redirect the debate over reported secret detention centers away from the nature of the centers themselves and toward possible benefits - namely, defense against terror attack.
But the negative effect of the images of US mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere, plus the unpopularity of the Iraq war among many Europeans, may make it difficult for her to win over the region.
"The real issue here is that no one trusts the United States anymore," says Hurst Hannum, a professor of international law at the Fletcher School at Tufts University in Medford, Mass.
This issue exploded into public view on Nov. 3, when The Washington Post reported that the CIA had set up a covert network of prisons overseas to hold high-value terrorism suspects. At times, the web contained as many as eight sites, said the Post - some of them in now- democratic East European countries.
The news story did not name the countries in question. The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch, however, has issued a report alleging that CIA-linked airplanes traveling from Afghanistan in 2003 and 2004 made direct flights to remote airfields in Romania and Poland. In addition, news reports in Germany and Great Britain have alleged that CIA planes at least transited through bases in those countries.
Human rights groups have denounced the practice of holding prisoners incommunicado, calling it illegal and an invitation to torture. The European Union has demanded that Washington address the issue, in part to allay fears that the US has installed some sort of secret gulag in the middle of a solidly democratic area of the world.
As she left the US, Rice did not directly mention whether secret prisons exist. That would be highly classified data; in addition, to unilaterally expose any such network would be to risk embarrassment for host nations.
Instead, Rice emphasized the positive. This meant both alleged benefits from intelligence gleaned from detainees, and an insistence that the US complies with domestic and international law in regards to such detainees.
Terrorists are often captured far from their homes, in lawless areas. They can be dangerous people. In addition, some may "have information that may save lives, perhaps even thousands of lives," said Rice.
In this context, the US does practice "rendition," said Rice, meaning the practice of taking detainees to third countries.
But in doing so the US complies with all laws and treaty obligations, including those under the Convention Against Torture, said Rice. The US does not transport detainees for the "purpose of interrogation using torture," nor does it transport them to any country where US officials believe the detainee might be tortured.
In addition, the US has respected "and will continue to respect the sovereignty of other countries," said Rice. This last reference may be interpreted as a warning to European leaders to refrain from appearing to be shocked by operations they might have known were occurring all along.
Critics of US actions were unswayed by Secretary Rice's logic. They decried the fact that her statement did not directly address the existence of these so-called black sites.
In refusing to confirm or deny the prisons' existence the US is "mocking international law, they are mocking the rule of law that the US values," said Irene Khan, secretary-general of Amnesty International.
Moreover, torture can be defined in many different ways. Methods of interrogations allowed under current US rules, using cold temperatures, intimidation, and other techniques, might be defined as torture by some, say critics.
Allowing an international inspection of US detention centers overseas might defuse much of the current criticism, say some. "They have to allow access to these places," says Professor Hannum of Tufts.
It is also possible that hidden in the details of Secretary Rice's argument is a softening of US positions. In saying that the US complies with obligations of the Convention Against Torture, Rice may have retreated somewhat from the administration's long insistence that it would not be bound by international restrictions on treatment of detainees.
In another indication that the White House may be softening its stand in this area, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said in a broadcast interview on Sunday that the administration is no longer strongly opposed to the ban on degrading and inhumane treatment of detainees passed by the Senate in October.


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Boston Mayor Vows To Stop Anti-Gay Chick-Fil-A From Opening There
Mayor Thomas Menino wants to make sure that the anti-gay company doesn't open on the Freedom Trail.
"'Chick-fil-A doesn't belong in Boston. You can't have a business in the city of Boston that discriminates against a population. We're an open city, we're a city that's at the forefront of inclusion,' Menino told the Herald yesterday.
'That's the Freedom Trail. That's where it all started right here. And we're not going to have a company, Chick-fil-A or whatever the hell the name is, on our Freedom Trail.'"
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How doth the little busy Bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From ev'ry op'ning flow'r!
~Isaac Watts (1674–1748),
You are the quintessential busy bee, Lori! And you are always creating a honey of a project! :)
Love the colors in the geometric chairpad.
Im getting projects done also. lots of things I want to punch and hook. Garden time not that far off.
Loving all your sweet creations.
Lori,, love ur new projects!!
Very nice,,, love the chairpad and punches, wonderful,,,,
Spring has sprung,, here for a few days, but will not last as we expect more snow in march here,,, thats ok,, more hooking to do before then,,,
Beautiful projects that are also making all of us "Bee Happy" today!
Big bumble bees are already busy outside my window here with those big magenta pink azalea flowers this morning. By afternoon the buzz is audible as the bush is alive with beautiful bumblebees everywhere!
lori, i am in love with your geometric design! the color choices and bold value changes make it over the top wonderful!


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Finally! my first ever freelance animation work has finally come out of the editing end of the movie monster, and here it is! my task was to animate an accompaniment to the drunken rant from a fictional rapper, Phallik, which mostly involves half-baked theories about ejaculation and bad raps. It's real early professional work, but I'm pretty pleased about most of it. okay, please, thanks!
and also, here is a sketch of hannah blummenreich, anna bongiovanni, and erik krenz, enjoying each other's waaaaacky company
Thursday, May 27, 2010
'This Is Sex' and This isn't.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Distraction Squad
A bunch of funny looking young women joined a squad to fight corporate embezzlement and crime. They're Morna, the nerdy one, Callisto, the one with the muscle, Alizee, the contemplative storyteller, as well as Penny, Gertrude, Tai, Rachel, Yeller, Dell, MooMoo, Zerene, Kancy, with the occasional appearance of the Mim, Es, Toots, Yav, Pru, Des, Helia, Kim, Soo-Anne and Jacqueline. Or maybe these are just sketches of girls I did around town.
In addition here are some buildings I sketches when I was intoxicated.
In addition here are some buildings I sketches when I was intoxicated.
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Santa Rosa City Schools will meet with teachers union representatives today in hopes of settling a labor dispute after teachers rejected a tentative contract agreement earlier this fall.
It's unclear what kind of settlement, if any, they'll reach after a fact finder assigned by the state Public Employees Relations Board recommended the district increase teacher salaries by 2 percent and health care benefits by $2,000, retroactive to last school year. District officials said the increases would cost more than $12 million over the next three years, which they say the cash-strapped district can't afford, particularly at a time of declining enrollment in the wake of October's wildfires.
"Even with our tentative agreement, we were going to have to make cuts to make it happen," said Jenni Klose, the school board president.
Some teachers complained the tentative agreement doesn't go far enough to resolve an "attract and retain" problem. Will Lyon, president of the Santa Rosa Teachers Association, which represents nearly 1,000 educators, said the 18-page fact-finding report released this past week validates their concerns the district is losing young teachers to neighboring districts that offer more competitive salaries and health care benefits.
While teachers in Sonoma County's largest school district want to resolve the labor dispute and build on a good relationship formed with the district during the wildfires, Lyon said they likely won't settle for anything less than what's in the report.
"Teachers don't want to strike," he said. "(But) with this fact-finding report, it's going to be really hard to go back."
The union first approached the district about a new contract in January 2016. Talks reached an impasse last March and the two sides began mediation sessions in April.
In September, the two parties reached a tentative agreement, which called for a total of 1.5 percent salary increase over the next two years, plus a one-time 0.5 percent bonus, retroactive for the 2016-17 school year. Under the plan, teachers also would have received a total of $1,000 toward medical benefits and gotten to keep three days of paid training. In return, they would agree to continue supervising dances, sports events and other activities for up to 34 hours a year without pay.
Teachers rejected the deal by a 55-percent vote, with about two-thirds of the union membership casting ballots, Lyon said. The No. 1 reason was compensation, he said.
Matthew Davis, a Santa Rosa High School physics teacher, voted against the deal, interested in seeing the recommendations of an independent third party. On Wednesday before school board members went into a closed-door meeting to discuss their next steps, he urged them to bring back a better deal.
"It's important that we attract the best people that we can," he said. "To be ratifiable, it needs to be significantly better than the tentative contract."
Klose said the district could impose the last offer it made before reaching an impasse — a one-day reduction in paid training and no salary or medical benefit increases — but that's unlikely. She said they could bring back the tentative agreement or some other offer.
"I'm really hoping there's a way we can work this out without it becoming a big battle," Klose said.


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By converting a three-year bachelor's degree into a four-year programme, Delhi's premier centre of learning will only compromise a reputation that has taken generations to build. Ramachandra Guha writes.columns Updated: May 05, 2013 22:22 IST
Among public universities in India, the University of Delhi stands out, and for at least seven reasons:
First, it has an integrated campus, with undergraduate colleges and graduate faculties in the sciences, the humanities, the social sciences, law, and even fine arts;
Second, it has an all-India catchment, with students coming in large numbers from Bihar and Orissa, from the south, and from the North-east;
Third, it has consistently had some of the best colleges and postgraduate faculties in India and even Asia;
Fourth, the campus has always been hospitable to all political tendencies. Unlike some other Indian universities, it has not been a Marxist or Hindutva stronghold;
Fifth, this pluralism is intellectual as well as ideological. In the departments I myself know best, such as history and economics, students are not force-fed a single way of studying the subject (as they would in some other universities), but acquainted with diverse theories and approaches;
Sixth, although women students and faculty are still not fully free or equal, compared to other universities in India DU has more consistently encouraged women to excel in scholarly pursuits;
Seventh, although it is a residential university, it is closely integrated with the city, since it has a large number of day scholars. Unlike the IITs and IIMs, here students can get a good education without being distanced from Indian society as a whole.
It is for these reasons that the proposal to radically restructure Delhi University has met with such alarm. In an arbitrary, authoritarian manner, the administration has sought to push through the conversion of the standard three-year bachelor's degree into a four-year programme. Rather than closely consulting all stakeholders within and outside the university, the scheme has been presented as a fait accompli to students, parents, college principals, departmental heads, teachers and staff.
The logic of converting an established three-year degree programme into one of four years has not been carefully examined. When all other public universities in India have a three-year programme, how can one university alone stand out? The argument that the change will help students get admission into American universities is extremely elitist, since that possibility is open to (at most) 1% of DU students.
The change in duration has not been seriously debated, nor, more dangerously, have changes in the syllabi. Thus the new BA programme has a mandatory course on geographical and social diversity. While this is not in itself a bad idea, the committee constituted to design the course was chaired by a business economist. Another mandatory course, on history and civilisation, was drafted without much input from the DU's own history department. (These examples could be multiplied.)
Strangest of all is the name adopted for the new scheme. Students will get a 'Baccalaureate', used in France for high school graduates, and in no country that I know of for university graduates.
For some time now, the finest scholars in the university have urged the vice-chancellor to be more consultative. Their counsel has been disregarded. Sadly, there is a tendency among people in authority to become even more arrogant when confronted with criticism. This happened to Indira Gandhi, and more recently, to Narendra Modi. Still, that a scholar of distinction would be so closed-minded, bodes ill for the future of higher education in India.
I write this in some anguish, for the vice-chancellor and I were once undergraduates together. But write it I must, for I owe almost everything to our shared alma mater. Like countless other Indians, my mind was quickened and shaped by my years at the University of Delhi. It was there that I learnt to read with discrimination and to conduct serious research. It was there that I came to appreciate the virtues of liberalism and pluralism. It was there that I came to love our great traditions of classical music (the violin maestro TN Krishnan was a professor at the university at the time).
In the three decades since I graduated, I have gone back often, half-a-dozen times a year on the average. I know and admire scholars in many colleges and most departments (including the sciences). For all the pressures of growing student numbers and scarce funds, there remains, among a significant number of DU teachers, a real commitment to opening young minds, doing original research and building institutions. All this has now been put at risk by a scheme carelessly conceived and hastily pushed through.
The scheme proposed by the vice-chancellor must be postponed by at least a year. A proper process of consultation must begin, with changes discussed with care and in detail with faculty and staff councils, as well as with the best scientists and social scientists from other universities. If the reforms are then carried out, they will be more solid in spirit and in substance and be able to enlist the cooperation of all stakeholders.
In the meantime, admissions for the coming academic year (2013-14) can be conducted on the basis of the existing system of a three-year degree. This, after all, is the system that has produced Amitav Ghosh, Radhika Roy, Naina Lal Kidwai, PN Dhar, Arun Jaitley and hundreds of other top scholars, professionals, public servants and entrepreneurs. Allowing it to continue for another year, while the most sustainable model of reform is worked out, is in the interests of students, parents, and faculty alike.
Institutions of quality take generations to build. But they can be destroyed by one thoughtless act or by one authoritarian individual. The University of Delhi, one of our few remaining genuinely public treasures, must be saved from this eventuality.
Ramachandra Guha's books include India after Gandhi. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for services to education
The views expressed by the author are personal
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335—Topics in Plant Biology
We have two goals in this course. The first, and most important, is to introduce undergraduate Biology students to some of the many fascinating aspects of Plant Biology, especially as these differ from animal biology. For instance, did you know that plants are moving (on a large scale) all the time? It's the truth, but in a very different time scale than we animals use. How do plants do that without the benefit of muscles and skeleton? Have you ever thought about how, in the absence of a pumping heart, plants' circulatory systems work? After all, the water at the top of a tree got there from roots in the ground, but no pump was involved. Plants don't have an immune system, and yet, they 'stand and fight'—literally rooted to the spot—taking on all types of pathogens, as well insects and other predators. What strategies do plants use to overcome these attacks? Have you ever wondered about how biotechnology is used in agriculture? We have all heard news stories about GMO's (genetically modified organisms). What are these and what makes them useful or dangerous? These are the types of topics we will be covering in this course. The second goal for this course is to provide a convenient way for UMass Biology majors to accomplish their plant biology course requirement. The course is open to any student who has successfully (with a C or better) completed the Introductory Biology series Biol 151, 152 & 153.
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Q: What would the world be like today if science had stopped with Einstein?
Krishna: This universe is based on scientific principles. It is science-run. Science doesn't depend on human beings. Whether we understand it or not in a scientific way, whether we unravel or not the mysteries this universe relies on, the scientific principles work wonderfully to run this universe and life based on science exists, and flourishes.
If scientists fail to understand the language the universe is written in and unravel the mysteries, and make technological advance, it is a big set back to only human progress. Human progress would have remained where it was during Einstein's time. But the universe would still run and life goes on. Science goes on.
Q: I read your article science-and-the-paranormal
I had some strange experiences in the past and I want clarifications for them from you.
I was taking a nap in the late afternoon when I was eighteen, and was in between sleep and non-sleep when I felt a heavy presence on my head, suffocating me, and I was unable to speak or to move any part of my body. In addition, there was a heavy invisible presence upon my chest that prevented me from moving or calling for help.
I visited a priest and bought a religious holy book and a holy thread which I tied around my wrist with his advice and this experience never returned. Wasn't that a 'spirit' visiting me? Some people do experience paranormal activities during sleep.
Krishna: Have you heard a thing called 'sleep paralysis'? That was what you suffered. It wasn't a ghost or a paranormal activity!
Two months back even my aunt told me she had a similar experience and she's afraid since then to sleep alone. She says even a hand rubbed her head and hair. She was sure it was a ghost visiting her. I tried to convince her it wasn't! :)
Up to as many as four out of every 10 people may have sleep paralysis. This common condition is often first noticed in the teen years. But men and women of any age can have it.
During sleep, your body alternates between REM (rapid eye movement) and NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep. One cycle of REM and NREM sleep lasts about 90 minutes. NREM sleep occurs first and takes up to 75% of your overall sleep time. During NREM sleep, your body relaxes and restores itself. At the end of NREM, your sleep shifts to REM. Your eyes move quickly and dreams occur, but the rest of your body remains very relaxed. Your muscles are "turned off" during REM sleep. If you become aware before the REM cycle has finished, you may notice that you cannot move or speak.
If you find yourself unable to move or speak for a few seconds or minutes when falling asleep or waking up, then it is likely you have isolated recurrent sleep paralysis.
During this time, you might 'feel' your dreams are true and if they are nightmarish, you think you are dealing with ghosts. The things your priest gave you must have had some placebo effect on you and when you are 'mentally assured by a belief', your anxiousness and stress get reduced and it would have an arresting effect on your sleep paralysis.
If you visit a doctor, if you know the truth, then also the reassurance that no ghosts exist in this world according to science will have more realistic and permanent effect on your mind. Hope my article has this effect on you.
Q: Can we measure the energy ghosts are made of?
Krishna: Whole of science deals with observable and measurable things. Things that exist only in people's imagination and not in this physical world have no relevance with regard to science.
Ghosts and spirits are, therefore, neither observable nor measurable because they don't exist in the first place. People hallucinate different things and think they are real. Read this article that deals with this state of mind ... Science and the paranormal
Q: Why do some people experience 'supernatural things'?
Krishna: If people don't think with clear rational minds, when fear grips them to have a closer look at strange things, when they fail to investigate and understand things properly, they attribute them to 'supernatural' or 'paranormal' experiences.
Scientists explain things in this way: Science and the paranormal
Q: Whenever I wear new clothes, I get rashes. Why is this so?
Krishna: You might be allergic to dyes, fungi ( that are transferred from person to person when they touch while stitching or packing or checking or trying new clothes), and the chemical finishes like urea formaldehyde that manufacturers put on clothes to enhance color or texture or to prevent mildew formation.
Some clothes have mites and dust accumulated on them even though they are enclosed in boxes and cupboards in shops.
Try washing the clothes - even if they are new - before wearing them to remove all these things that might cause allergies. The clothes you use on babies and old people should definitely be washed before using them.
I do wash my clothes, especially underwear, and iron them before trying them and my friends tease me for doing that. But science says that is the best way to follow!
Q: Does publishing a research paper truly shows how brilliant a PhD candidate is? Is that really a necessary requirement to earn the degree?
Again if you publish peer-reviewed papers, your examiners and thesis reviewers will get impressed and you can easily convince them that your work is eligible for a Ph.D.
Q: Can we drink rain water?
Krishna: Rain picks up the contaminants of the atmosphere while falling down to the Earth. These may include pollutants in the air and microbes. I actually saw rain turning black and smell horrible in some areas of our city. So rain water near cities is not safe. However, you can drink rain water in less polluted areas. But treating it in some way to remove the impurities or boiling to kill microbes before consuming it is a better idea!
Q: What are the scientific reasons behind the traditions we follow during eclipses?
Krishna: There are no scientific reasons behind these traditions and rituals, only superstitions. Before the onset of the scientific era, people feared everything that happened around them because they had no way of knowing the truth.
They imagined things with their primitive understanding of the universe and weaved stories around them. These stories are highly creative. Each person who had some power over others came up with a different explanation, instead of one truth and fact. And others around him followed him blindly without questioning it. That is how these stories and beliefs originated.
Now the more creative human beings in our societies are trying to give super spins to these stories to give them a scientific twist. Others with swollen chests think their culture and traditions have a scientific origin and spread these misconceptions. The gullible will fall for them thinking that it is real science.
But when they encounter real scientific road blocks they fall flat. Realize this. Now you met one such road block! Turn around, change route and go the real scientific way.
Q: Are there any scientifical and biological depictions about icchadhari Naagins?
Krishna: No! Snakes can live from 10 to 25 years only, not 100 years. And they definitely cannot obtain 'powers' by living for so long.
If they cannot bite living beings how can they survive in the first place? And no snake was found with a 'gem' or 'naag mani' till now.
These are just silly stories and wild imaginations. No such thing as icchadhari Naagin exist in reality.
Q: How can using plastic make young girls mature early?
Krishna: Xenoestrogens are a type of xenohormone that imitates estrogen. They can be either synthetic or natural chemical compounds. Synthetic xenoestrogens are widely used industrial compounds, especially in plastics such as PCBs, BPA, and phthalates, which have estrogenic effects on a living organism even though they differ chemically from the estrogenic substances produced internally by the endocrine system of any organism. Natural xenoestrogens include phytoestrogens which are plant-derived xenoestrogens. Because the primary route of exposure to these compounds is by consumption of phytoestrogenic plants, they are sometimes called "dietary estrogens". Mycoestrogens, estrogenic substances from fungi, are another type of xenoestrogen that are also considered mycotoxins ( I worked on these toxins and this is my subject).
Xenoestrogens are clinically significant because they can mimic the effects of endogenous estrogen and thus have been implicated in precocious puberty and other disorders of the reproductive system (1, 2).
Endocrine disruptors are a category of chemicals that alter the normal function of hormones. Normally, our endocrine system releases hormones that signal different tissues telling them what to do. When chemicals from the outside get into our bodies, they have the ability to mimic our natural hormones, blocking or binding hormone receptors. This is particularly detrimental to hormone sensitive organs like the uterus and the breast, the immune and neurological systems, as well as human development.
Xenoestrogens are a sub-category of the endocrine disruptor group that specifically have estrogen-like effects. Estrogen is a natural hormone in humans that is important for bone growth, blood clotting and reproduction in men and women.
When xenoestrogens enter the body they increase the total amount of estrogen resulting in a phenomenon called, estrogen dominance. Xenoestrogens are not biodegradable so, they are stored in our fat cells. Build up of xenoestrogens have been indicated in many conditions including: breast, prostate and testicular cancer, obesity, infertility, endometriosis, early onset puberty, miscarriages and diabetes.
Here are some of the chemicals that are xenoestrogens:
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Q: I am infertile because of auto-immune problems. How can would this happen in a healthy person like me?
Krishna: Testes (or testicles) are what are known as an 'immune-privileged' site*, which allows sperm cells within testicles to be protected from the body's immune system. Most cells in the body are recognized by the immune system as 'self,' but mature sperm are a notable exception. Since sperm cells don't mature until puberty, the immune system doesn't recognize sperm as 'self,' but rather as a foreign agent. Immune privilege prevents molecular triggers, called antigens, expressed by sperm from inciting an autoimmune attack against them. In some people this privilege gets break down. Some 20 percent of male infertility is thought to be a result of a breakdown of immune privilege, in which sperm cells are attacked and destroyed by the body.
* But this site provides protection to certain viruses like HIV too which hide there to avoid our body immune system. Immune privilege allows foreign invaders, including viruses, to find protection from the immune system within the testes. This is because antigens from invaders also do not seem to set off an inflammatory response, unlike elsewhere in the body. Patients had been found to have Zika and Ebola viruses in their semen months after they were originally infected even though the viruses had been cleared from elsewhere in their bodies.
Q: Can high temperature cause brain damage?
Krishna: Some years back my mother had Malaria and the temperature of her body shot up to 107 degrees F every alternate day - this continued for one year and she had malaria five times in 12 months. Malaria medicines didn't work (resistance 's the culprit) . The doctors didn't believe us until they themselves checked her temperature. She went into a highly confused state of mind. We thought she would die. I tried to cool her body down quickly using all the methods I know. Fortunately, her temperature control mechanism too worked wonderfully and she came out of it without much damage within minutes of having high temperatures.
But what I noticed after that 's she became very irritative, forgetful, angry, unable to understand things properly. Dementia developed and she couldn't recognize people properly. I had to understand her condition scientifically to deal with her patiently and take care of her till her dying day.
It wasn't easy at all.
Excessive heat denatures proteins, destabilizes phospholipids and lipoproteins, and liquefies membrane lipids, leading to cardiovascular collapse, multiorgan failure, and, ultimately, death.
So in fact one's tissues, also the brain, is destroyed by the excessive heat.
Q: Do you oppose our ancient wisdom by following science?
Krishna: No, I don't, provided it promotes true knowledge and facts. Like this...
असतो मा सद्गमय ।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ।
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
– बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद् 1.3.28
From untruth lead us to Truth.
From darkness lead us to Light.
From death lead us to Immortality.
Om Peace, Peace, Peace.
That is exactly what science does. It takes us from falsehood and misconceptions to facts. It leads us from darkness to light. Science is fighting disease and death too. It is promoting human welfare.
Am I not following ancient wisdom by going the way of science? :)
Q: How do you deal with ignorant people who oppose you?
Krishna: Hmmm! Not only me all my friends and colleagues find this very stressful. Very often we face these situations....
Argument from ignorance, also known as appeal to ignorance (in which ignorance represents "a lack of contrary evidence") is a fallacy in informal logic. It asserts that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven false or a proposition is false because it has not yet been proven true. This represents a type of false dichotomy in that it excludes a third option, which is that there may have been an insufficient investigation, and therefore there is insufficient information to prove the proposition be either true or false. Nor does it allow the admission that the choices may in fact not be two (true or false), but may be as many as four: true, false, unknown between true or false, being unknowable (among the first three) (3).
In debates, appeals to ignorance are sometimes used in an attempt to shift the burden of proof.
Arguments that appeal to ignorance rely merely on the fact that the veracity of the proposition is not disproved to arrive at a definite conclusion. These arguments fail to appreciate that the limits of one's understanding or certainty do not change what is true. They do not inform upon reality. That is, whatever the reality is, it does not "wait" upon human logic or analysis to be formulated. Reality exists at all times, and it exists independently of what is in the mind of anyone. And the true thrust of science and rational analysis is to separate preconceived notion(s) of what reality is, and to be open at all times to the observation of nature as it behaves, so as truly to discoverreality. This fallacy can be very convincing and is considered by some to be a special case of a false dilemma or false dichotomy in that they both fail to consider alternatives. A false dilemma may take the form:
Such arguments attempt to exploit the facts that (a) true things can never be disproved and (b) false things can never be proved. In other words, appeals to ignorance claim that the converse of these facts are also true. Therein lies the fallacy (4).To reiterate, these arguments ignore the fact, and difficulty, that some true things may never be proved, and some false things may never be disproved with absolute certainty. The phrase "the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence" can be used as a shorthand rebuttal to the second form of the ignorance fallacy (i.e. P has never been absolutely proved and is therefore certainly false). Most often it is directed at any conclusion derived from null results in an experiment or from the non-detection of something. In other words, where one researcher may say their experiment suggests evidence of absence, another researcher might argue that the experiment failed to detect a phenomenon for other reasons.
3. "Argumentum ad Ignorantiam". Philosophy 103: Introduction to Logic. Lander University. 2004. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
4. Duco A. Schreuder (3 December 2014). Vision and Visual Perception. Archway Publishing. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-4808-1294-9.
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This problem has been going on for about a few weeks now. I would be on the net, playing xbox 360 live, or anything that uses the internet. All of the sudden the internet would go down. I then have to unplug the router power and plug it back in and everythings fine. It does it about once a day. It is really annoying.
~I think it started happening when i updated the firmware. Im not sure tho
Router is a Linksys BEFSR41 ver 3
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I don't know about you, but I love learning. It's truly one of my favorite things in the world. In fact, one of the reasons I'm a
teacher is, as I told my friend, John, last week, because I'm in the business of blowing minds. More often than not, I spend my free time cruising the internet for interesting and mostly useless bits of knowledge. Every once-in-awhile, though, I come across something absolutely astounding, a new piece of knowledge about the universe around me that completely shatters the constructs I had previously believed to be true.
Most often, I find that I am blown away by discoveries in astronomy, physics, or engineering. Whether it's because I've spent some time studying these fields, they're pet interests of mine, that they are just plain awesome, or all of the above it does not really matter: there is something inherently interesting in learning something that was previously never known, or sometimes never even considered to be real. Those are the most amazing discoveries: instances that seem impossible, but clearly exist, sometimes occurring more often than we realized.
I recently came across an article on the website IFLS.com that was as Earth-shattering as it was theologically revolutionary. The article was about a particular region of the Dominican Republic where some boys do not have a penis or testes until they reach puberty. Yes, that is correct. Please re-read it if you have to. BECAUSE IT'S MIND BLOWING. Don't we know all that there is to know about the human body? How can the human body still have such amazing mysteries left for us to discover? Regardless, I think it's a good reminder. Something that we believed to be so concrete and well-researched still has mystery. So it is with God.
I would be the first to admit that I am not certain what to make of people who say that they are transgender or the like. In all honesty, I also believe in our call by Christ to be generous and loving to all people, especially those in greatest need (whatever that may be). However, I wish there were simple answers to these complex questions that face us today. The Bible says nothing about transgendered people; it doesn't have a lot of answers when it comes to homosexuality (fornication isn't what you think it means… it's really ambiguous); and it says a whole lot about love, trust, and "be not afraid." I am a faith-filled person who relies on the certainties of science and research to help guide my faith in God. It seems like this crazy story about boys who were raised girls until they reached puberty and grew penises has something important to say about our world: it is a mystery.
One of the most important Truths of our Catholic faith is that God is the Divine Mystery. We often forget that. We like to put God and our faith in a little box, slap a label on it that says "Catholic" or "Christian" or "Bob" or "Debby" or "Pat." Then, when something comes around that challenges what we believe to be true, we often shut it out instead of opening to the possibility that it is a part of the infinite mystery we call our God. Mystery doesn't fit in a box. It cannot be tamed, nor should we want to tame it. That's the beauty in our faith. We are not supposed to tame our God of Wonders, only to grow in relationship with the Father through the person of Jesus Christ, guided by the Holy Spirit.


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Black Widow Necklace
Wow! I'm getting this necklace A.S.A.P.! Its hip, its trendy, its basic, its classy…in other words, it works with anything you could possibly put together. The shapes as a group resemble an abstract silhouette of a black widow spider, how cool is that?! The muted gold chain and rims give it an ornate, vintage feel, so it will be easy to fib about the "hundreds" it cost you! Wear it to a black tie event, or with a t-shirt on lazy Sundays! My kind of versatility!
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A little research found this tidbit that backs up McEnroe:
THE CRANKY OLD MAN Random thoughts and stuff from a cranky old man. Humor (maybe)and satire, mostly stuff from a confused head. I intend for this blog to be non-political. If I offer a political statement, rebuttals are permitted, however this blog is not for the unsolicited political opinions of others and as such those comments will be deleted and not published. Thank you.
Serena Williams is certainly in today's news, her car driving 'accident' doesn't give her a good press. I agree she is a great tennis player but something about her stops me from watching. Gone are the Martina days which I loved. As for McEnroe, he knows his tennis all right but in his playing days he acted like a spoilt teenager... sometimes funny, sometimes irritating.ReplyDelete
It is Venus, who had the accident, Serena's sister.Delete
The biggest and best men will always be bigger than the women and likely able to outperform them based on that alone, it's just a physical fact.ReplyDelete
I don't follow tennis, but you are probably right in saying men have the advantage over women on the court - also that McEnroe is a jerk.ReplyDelete
Glad to see that nobody is bringing up Riggs vs Bobby Jean King as an example. Riggs was in the category of a good club player.ReplyDelete
I agree with McEnroe and I hope he doesn't apologize. People need to get over it, men and women are not now, nor ever will be equal.ReplyDelete
I refuse to be baited by this opinion.ReplyDelete
No one should ever apologize for their opinions, if you are forced to change your opinion to suit someone else then it is no longer your opinion, McEnroe should not apologize, that's just my opinion.ReplyDelete
Think he was trying to stir up another Riggs/King money maker. Guess he forgot how that one turned out.ReplyDelete
Like Mike said, and Riggs was 55 yo. McEnroe at 58 would give Serena a good match, but I don't think he would win. It might be interesting. Pretty sure McEnroe could not compete with any of the top 700 men players either.Delete
I don't know. She could beat me.ReplyDelete
I thought McEnroe had mellowed over the years but he still seems to be as arrogant as ever.ReplyDelete
I think your blog is the only place people are allowed to have opinions anymore.
My mom loved to watch the Williamses as much as she loved to watch her baseball Cardinals. Even she would have agreed that Serena could not beat the men.
I think you're spot on. Serena is tall, fast, lightweight and strong, against her female competitors. Against male players, her only strength would be speed and of course they are probably equally fast, so Serena would play well, but not win against top rated players.ReplyDelete
I always wondered if McEnroe was a real jerk or if that was just his celebrity persona. I suppose since we'll never know we'll have to buy what he'd peddling. He's a jerk.ReplyDelete
The whole "controversy" was so dumb. I *LOVE* Serena, but Mcenroe wasn't wrong in saying she wouldnt be competitive with the top male players.
The only thing i take issue with is your comment that pop culture always shows women beating men in competitions - I'm having trouble coming up with examples of this.
(I love American Ninja Warrior, and while men and women compete in the national finals together, they've started to set awhile a few slots for women to make it to the local finals. Thats said, men always do much better overall on the show. It's not painted in any kind of weird way - it just is what it is. People do like watching the women be successful, just because there are so few of them.)
That man have never grown up- still the arrogant, self serving jerk he has always been. GrrrrrrrrReplyDelete
At this point in her career I think Serena would be competitive with anyone around the 200's, I think at her prime she might have been a 50/50 in that range.
Johnny Mac is and always has been a whiny complaining snot. Having watched him for years in his prime I'm convinced he would have never quite made it to the top if not for his mastery at distraction and concentration-breaking antic laden play. Any other player would have been tossed out of multiple tourneys but somehow the tennis idiots decided to let him cheat to get an advantage. Before his time and in the time since he retired the standard tactics he employed would have cost multiple games per match but some dope decided he was 'good' for the game. What a pity, really, that color was allowed to beat talent. Just my opinion of course, but his conduct as a big-mouth has hardly changed.
Personally, my humble opinion is that this whole thing went wrong when McEnroe was asked how the best woman tennis player ever would do competing with men. Why does nobody ever think to ask him how the best woman tennis player ever would do competing with men when challenged to, oh, let's say, produce breast milk?
Men and women are different physically, some things women will never be able to do as well as men (AND vice versa). Why do we insist on comparing them on the differences?
I liked your answer - you should be McEnroe's publicist. Think of all the blog material you'd have then. ;-)
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This is a Gary Falin roughout that I saw at the Renegade Roundup last March. I've carved a few original designs the past year, but I think I've learned a few things by carving the designs of others, even though I end up "improving" them. Gary's work has a lot of intricacies and it is quite educational doing his roughouts. I'm really looking forward to the next one! Merry Christmas to all!
-- Mike P., Arkansas, http://mikepounders.weebly.com
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#1 posted 12-24-2013 05:08 AM
Very nicely done, and just in time for the holidays. Though this guy looks like he is holidayed out. I love the paint job, your fabric effects are excellent!
-- "Necessity is the mother of invention"
#2 posted 12-24-2013 08:45 AM
nice! very well done, Merry Christmas!
-- Jim, Marostica Italy
#3 posted 12-24-2013 12:57 PM
#4 posted 12-24-2013 01:48 PM
Great carving Mike as always. Merry Christmas.
-- Dale West Central Pa. Do it all, before last call.
#5 posted 12-24-2013 02:14 PM
Mike, this is a wonderful carving and I don't see how it could be done any better. It's perfect. Merry Chrismas.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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#6 posted 12-24-2013 02:40 PM
wonderful carving. he looks like he's built his share of toys. Does Santa offer a retirement plan? Merry Christmas.
-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario
#7 posted 12-24-2013 02:53 PM
Looks like he is saying, "You want what and you want it when?" Send him out for a hot buttered rum or three. Thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas.
-- As ever, Gus-the 79 yr young apprentice carpenter
#8 posted 12-24-2013 02:54 PM
Double post, should not have had that second egg nog.
-- As ever, Gus-the 79 yr young apprentice carpenter
#9 posted 12-24-2013 02:55 PM
I think he is looking up at Santa saying, "Are we done yet?"
Beautiful work as usual Mike.
Mike, each member of our family had an ornament on our Christmas tree except me. Thanks to your "5 minute Gnome Tutorial" I now have an ornament.
Merry Christmas
-- Bill - Mesquite, TX --- "Everything with a power cord eventually winds up in the trash." John Sarge , timber framer and blacksmith instructor at Tillers International school
#10 posted 12-25-2013 01:01 PM
Merry Christmas Mike! And thanks for posting your carvings. I have enjoyed them. And they have also inspired me.
-- Jim, Georgia, USA
#11 posted 12-26-2013 12:56 PM
His look to me is, are we done yet.
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#12 posted 12-27-2013 07:49 PM
Excellent carving on that wonderful elf. Great details and colors, the fabric looks real.
#13 posted 12-28-2013 01:35 PM
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Welcome to Howietoun Fishery
Howietoun Fishery has been operating as a commercial fishery since 1881. Howietoun near Stirling is one of the oldest fish farms in Scotland.
Brown trout hatched at Howietoun have been stocked for angling throughout the world and are famous for their quality.
In 1979, the farm was acquired by the University of Stirling and it has continued to apply new technologies to the best traditions of aquaculture. Both brown trout and Atlantic salmon smolts are available from Howietoun, including the capacity to produce triploid and all-female stocks.
Howietoun Fishery, Sauchieburn, Stirling, FK7 9QH
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Travelling from Perth via the A9, continue onto the M9 motorway at Junction 10, follow signs for Edinburgh and Glasgow (not Stirling).
Once on the motorway come off at Junction 9. This is just past the point where the motorway splits (M9 left to Edinburgh, M80 straight on to Glasgow). It will be signposted Stirling, also it will be signposted Bannockburn Heritage Centre and Services. On reaching the roundabout take the first left (signposted Stirling Tourist Route).
Travel 200 yards and take 1st left (just before Pirnhall Inn pub). Carry on until reaching a 'T' junction (approximately ½ mile). Turn left (over the motorway), travel up the hill through a crossroads. You will then come down a sharp double bend. Continue along the road until you reach a sharp right bend (you will see a road sign for Carron Bridge on the bend) and take the left turn up a small lane which is on the bend. Continue a short distance and take the first turning right up a dirt track which leads to Howietoun Office and Hatchery.
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I had a walk in a woodland and was greeted by several winter birds, black-faced buntings, hawfinches and a dusky thrush!
This was my first hawfinch of the season.
This already-very-tame black-faced bunting was feeding on a path literary in front of me. They normally start doing it more often in the end of winter but it's still November and they have just arrived in the area! I wish I had completed the drawing but someone had to go pass and it decided to fly away.
Common Stinkhorn
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Gardaí in Longford have issued a warning to home-owners to exercise extreme vigilance over their property in the coming days, following a spate of burglaries throughout the county over the festive season.
Between 12am and 8am on Christmas morning, a house at Silchester Terrace, Battery Road, Longford was targeted by burglars. A wallet and handbag were taken in the incident and two people – seen outside the property - are believed to have made their get away in a "small silver car", according to gardaí. Anyone who was in the area at the time of the incident is asked to come forward and assist gardaí with their inquiries.
Later that day, December 25, thieves broke into an unoccupied house at Curry, Athlone Road, Longford. "Entry was gained through the conservatory and a small number of items were subsequently taken from the home," a garda spokesperson said, adding that a Playstation, flat screen TV and games were also stolen during a robbery at a house in Kenagh last Wednesday morning.
Speaking to the media about exercising vigilance over property this Christmas, Crime Prevention Officer, Noel Harraghy pointed to the fact that the risk of break-ins and fires "increased at this time of year". "It is essential that your home is protected against crime at all times over the festive period and that everyone exercises vigilance," he added.
Meanwhile electricity supply was restored to over 1,300 Longford homes throughout last weekend after gale-force winds and hurricane-strength gusts last Saturday night, cut electricity supply across the board. Many of the areas left without electricity as a direct result of the storm included Drogheda, Ennis, Limerick, Longford, Monaghan, Tipperary and Waterford. On the night winds reached speeds of up to 130km/h, wreaking havoc by tearing down power lines and ripping trees from the ground. Thankfully there have been no reports of injuries during the storm.


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Reports of siege as El Aaiun protests continue
As protests against Morocco's denial of the Saharawis' social and economic human rights have become daily news in occupied Western Sahara, eye-witnesses report a police siege targeting the hunger striking Saharawi graduates.
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Sources on the ground state that the Moroccan security forces have blocked the entrance to the El Aaiun flat where a group of
more than a dozen unemployed Saharawi graduates are carrying out a hunger strike since 12 January 2016
. Sympathizers are not allowed to enter the building. In addition, a convoy of military vehicles is reportedly stationed near the place, and there are rumours that the police is planning to remove the hunger strikers by force. The siege is said to have started in the early hours of Monday morning, 18 January.
For months, unemployed Saharawi graduates in El Aaiun have been staging peaceful protests against discriminatory employment practices by OCP, Morocco's state-owned phosphate company. They demand an end to the systematic marginalization of Saharawis in their own country. The group, operating under the name OCP Skills Sahara, calls for the right to work, particularly in view of Morocco's exploitation of Western Sahara's natural resources. Without exception, the demonstrations, now occuring almost daily, are met with violence on the part of the Moroccan security forces.
Footage of yesterday's protest El Aaiun, the capital city of occupied Western Sahara, is included below.
What started as off as regular demonstrations accelerated into almost daily protests, triggered by OCP's promise last November that it would create of 500 new jobs in the phosphate plant in Western Sahara, Phosboucraa. It quickly became clear that most of these new positions would not be accessible to Saharawis, as the qualification criteria are simply out of reach to them. Saharawis today live as a marginalized minority in their own land and often cannot afford higher education. During the 40 years occupation, Morocco has not established a single university in Western Sahara.
Saharawis have long lamented that they've been systematically replaced by Moroccan settlers ever since OCP took over the phosphate mines following Morocco's violent annexation of the larger part of Western Sahara.
In October last year, the
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
stated that the Saharawis are indeed particularly affected by poverty, and expressed its concern that the Saharawis right to dispose of their natural resources was still not respected. In particular, the Committee urged Morocco to respect the rights of the Saharawis to be informed and to give their prior consent to the exploitation of their resources.
The photos below were taken at yesterday's protest in El Aaiun. Protesters chanted slogans on human rights and the right to work, and
called for an "end to Morocco's policy of systematic marginalisation of Saharawis"
Morocco occupies the major part of its neighbouring country, Western Sahara. Entering into business deals with Moroccan companies or authorities in the occupied territories gives an impression of political legitimacy to the occupation. It also gives job opportunities to Moroccan settlers and income to the Moroccan government.
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