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Prosumer travels back in time with his contribution to the esteemed Fabric series. Fabric 79 will feature a host of classic Detroit, Chicago and New York tracks along with some more obscure goodies from his extensive record collection and some newer tracks.
The new Fabric mix will be out in december and features tracks by Chez Damier, IF, Vice, Mike Dunn, George Acosta, Domu and Shinoby. Prosumer: "It was a bit like the process when packing for a gig: records that, for some reason, you think are a good fit for the club you are going to, some alltime favourites and some tracks you just discovered and want everyone to hear. I mixed it in my living room using vinyl, a computer and a mixer. The ducks outside were a hard crowd to read."
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Two men against an ever-changing world
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Dan and Drew, the unlikely duo, are out trying to survive. They are comfortable, but they are running out of food and booze, so they decide to go out on some supply runs. Things aren't looking good when they hear gunshots near the house. Wormwood Dawn: Episode Two will have you along for the ride while these two try and rescue neighbors and new friends alike.
Narration for this (and the rest of the Wormwood Dawn series) was done by Clifford Edwards. Clifford has the perfect voice for this. He voices the perfect deep, dark, and definitely libertarian voices. It's just so incredibly fitting for these books. Once again the awesome effects were present in this audiobook, news reports sound like they're on a TV. He voices the crazy old woman that the men go "rescue" in a funny female rendition. The sound quality is still lacking a little bit here, but I've been told that Episode III is going to be much better. The quality takes nothing away from the narration of this story at all.
Wow, well this story has some teeth. If the first episode was a marathon, this story is a sprint. There is no "getting to know" in this, from sentence one this story is full of action. Dan and Drew are really fun to listen to and follow in this story. They are no like anyone that I know, and I still feel like I know the duo really well. I chalk that up to the incredible writing that Crae does for these books. Every page, every second has me glued to my seat wondering what on earth could happen next. This episode is a top-speed dragster run from 0-120 in less than 5 seconds. Just pure craziness going on in this book. And I loved every second of it.
I know that there are at least a few more in this episodic series, but, hearing how well Edwards narrates them, I've been spoiled. Even though I want to know what happens to these guys, I need to hear it. The combination of Crae's fast-paced writing and Edwards' quick tongue has me chomping at the bits for the next book to be released.
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Wormwood Dawn Episode II by Edward Crae
Narrator: Clifford Edwards
Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
Series: Wormwood Dawn #2
on January 13, 2016
Genres: Post-Apocalyptic
Pages: 125
Format: Audiobook
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Dan and Drew continue their quest for survival in the chaotic new world. Having gained a little more knowledge and weaponry, the two strike out to prepare for the coming winter, and secure their base of operations. In the process, they discover a few frightening things about the former occupants of their neighborhood, and the surprising existence of another person who has faced the apocalypse with a startling indifference.
Communicating via the bulletin board system, Dan meets another survivor not far away who would make a valuable third addition to their little group. His knowledge of obscure things, and seeming preparedness leads Dan to believe that he is needed.
Deciding to scoop him up in an impromptu rescue mission, the two travel north. Along the way, they discover the desolation that has been left by not only the infection, but an ongoing conflict between a paramilitary group, and the surviving US Armed Forces.
As the world continues to crumble around them, new challenges, and shocking discoveries will test their strength and unity. Only by teaming up with their new ally, and making it safely back home, can Dan and Drew hope to survive.
I received this book for free. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Also by this author: Wormwood Dawn Episode I, Wormwood Dawn Episode III, Wormwood Dawn Episode IV, Wormwood Dawn Episode V
Also in this series: Wormwood Dawn Episode I, Wormwood Dawn Episode III, Wormwood Dawn Episode IV, Wormwood Dawn Episode V
About the Author:
Edward was born in Zanesville, OH, where he did absolutely nothing worthwhile with his life. Having drank himself into a permanent stupor, he finally moved to Indiana. Years and years of alcoholism and drug abuse kept him from exploring his intellectual interests; including astronomy, quantum physics, biology, and weird things like UFOs, mythology, and interdimensional or astral travel.
Throughout the years, Ed's constant binge drinking and pot smoking had polarized his brain into the realm of the deranged. Pill popping aside, he now contemplates battles against massive hordes of undead mutants, and has barricaded himself in his deep woods home; prepared for the inevitable apocalypse.
Having an extensive collection of high powered rifles, Ed constantly stares out his window to catch the first glimpse of the stumbling horde. If and when that happens, he WILL fire the first shot.
Don't bother talking to Ed. He won't listen. He's crazy. Just read the filth that he spews out into MS Word, and be happy. It's all you'll ever get.
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Supergirl was the standout female superhero of the '60s. After a couple of failed attempts to create a female equal to Superman, Kara Zor-El appeared in Action Comics #252 in 1959. Back then, she had a flying horse named Comet and a supercat named Streaky. While she doesn't have these superpets in her current iteration, one thing hasn't changed about Kara Zor-El: she kicks butt. Not only can she defeat her cousin Superman in a fight, but she also has a fighting spirit that hard to beat as well.
More and more fans are discovering Supergirl because of the CW show (originally CBS show) that premiered in 2015. Critics have praised Melissa Benoist's portrayal of Kara, saying it's the most true to comics version of her. In her nearly 60 years in pop culture, Supergirl has drawn in new fans because of her indefatigable belief that Earth is worth protecting. Like the sun from which she draws her powers, she remains a shining example of having hope in the face of darkness. However, this isn't to say that Supergirl hasn't been through some dark times, and we've gathered the 15 darkest facts about Supergirl's history. The destruction of her homeworld is just the beginning.
The 2005 Superman/Batman comic series details another version of Supergirl's origin story. In this one, she crash lands into Gotham Harbor where Batman finds her. The Amazons abduct her to train her on Themyscira, where she's abducted again by Darkseid. Darkseid needed a leader for his Female Furies, a military group of female fighters on Apokolips. He brainwashes an already weak Kara to do his bidding.
Superman isn't about to let this happen to Kara, but it becomes clear that she could overpower him. He has no choice but to use Kryptonite against his own cousin. Thanks to Batman's negotiating tactics (bombs), they get Kara back. With all the abductions, poisoning (oh yeah, there was that too), and brainwashing, it's still a pretty dark way to start the Supergirl story.
Look, the '60s didn't have dating apps, so you found love in unexpected places. In the beginning of Supergirl's mythology, she found herself being in love with a man who was formerly her horse. Comet the Super-Horse has a complicated backstory. He was originally a centaur in Ancient Greece, but a spell by Circe went bad, and he was turned into a full horse with superpowers.
After going on some adventures with Supergirl in horse form, another spell turned him into a human, but only if a comet was passing through the system he was in. In his human form, he's called "Bronco" Bill Starr, and apparently Supergirl liked what she saw. They become romantically involved; however, this romance fizzles out by the end of the decade.
The post-Crisis period saw the rise of Project 7734. Lead by General Samuel Lane, Lois Lane's father, this secret military group's goal was to eliminate extraterrestrial threats. Unfortunately for Superman and Supergirl, this included New Krypton. The Kryptonian scientists on Kandor were able to figure out how to create a new planet -- one that is exactly opposite in solar system positioning to Earth.
They called it New Krypton. Supergirl captures Reactron after he tries to kill her and brings him to New Krypton to answer for his crimes. It turns out that's what Project 7734 wanted. Reactron nuclearly reacts (as he is wont to do), and New Krypton explodes, killing Kara's mother Alura in the process. Afterwards, Supergirl carries the weight of the destruction and lives lost because she's the one who brought Reactron to New Krypton.
The Elseworlds series was an alternate reality where Bruce Wayne and Kal-El never made it to adulthood, so the girls -- Batgirl and Supergirl – are the heroes in town. Batgirl and Supergirl team up in response to a Joker abducting Lex Luthor. Luthor, as usual, was up to no good.
Though he is praised for being a great humanitarian in this universe, we know that some things stay the same, and he must be doing something shady on the side. Supergirl, while poking around Luthor's secret laboratories, finds dead baby Kal-El in a jar. Luthor was using the baby's remains to experiment with bioelectricity. Supergirl lays out Luthor with one punch, but she's going to need years of therapy to get over seeing that.
Dead parents are nothing new to us comic book nerds. The most famous orphan backstory in the DC Universe is Bruce Wayne, but there's another orphan story as well. Kara's orphan story is arguably worse because she doesn't get closure for a while: there's some hope that her parents are alive, and then she sees one or both of them die.
One element that pops up repeatedly in Kara's story is that she witnesses her dad's death. In the New 52, Kara accesses a message her father left for her through a sunstone. He tells her that the sunstone is all that's left of Krypton's history and scientific achievements. She watches him die during the message and then the sunstone disintegrates. So, not really a great day for Kara. Her grief draws Reign to her, which creates even more problems.
In 2007, Supergirl had a boyfriend. His name was Power Boy, and the result of their relationship proves that you should date a man, not a boy. Power Boy has a bit of a sad backstory: he was raised on Apokolips under Darkseid's rule. He was abused, and he was even used by Darkseid as a weapon. And Darkseid is not a desirable role model for how to treat women, let's be honest.
Power Boy gets jealous of Supergirl when she decides to visit Owen Mercer in the hospital instead of going on a date with him. Instead of talking it out, Power Boy physically attacks her. He confesses to being obsessed with her, which we assume is his attempt at an excuse for why he attacks her. Supergirl doesn't stand for this and (rightfully) knees him in the groin.
The Red Power Rings are drawn to rage. They make the bearer of the ring immensely powerful, but at a price: the ring replaces the bearer's heart. Rage infects the blood, and blood can even come shooting out of the person's mouths as an attack. Now, imagine this ring in the hands of an angry teenage Kryptonian.
In one of her darkest loneliest moments, Kara draws a Red Power Ring to her. It takes a bunch of Lanterns to subdue her, and she agrees to join them -- one of the reasons being that taking off the ring will kill her. Looks like there's not much of a choice there. Throughout the course of this story, Supergirl has to work through a lot of her issues, as well as fine-tuning how to effectively use her rage.
In 2016, DC launched the Rebirth branding of their comics which followed the New 52 continuity. Because of this, readers were treated to another Kara Danvers origin story. Both her adopted parents are D.E.O. agents, and they decide that she should go by the name Kara Danvers while she attends a technical high school (and fight crime with the D.E.O. on the side). Then her real, and formerly presumed dead, dad shows up.
Zor-El managed to use Kryptonian technology to turn Argo City citizens into cyborgs. They can only stay alive if they feed off energy from humans, killing them in the process. The "Cyborg Superman," as Zor-El is called, does not have the moral compass of Kara to see that this is wrong. Kara's cyborg mom almost kills Kara's adopted mother too. This is a lot for a teenager to handle, especially with a Cat Grant job added on top of it.
Matrix Supergirl is the creation of Lex Luthor in an alternate universe. He wanted a woman who looked like Lana Lang with the powers of Superman, so he made her using protoplasmic matrix (artificial intelligence) tech. After making her way to the mainstream universe, Superman and the Kents take Matrix under their wing. Understandably, they're shocked when they learn she's started dating that universe's Lex Luthor.
We already don't expect Luthor to be a great boyfriend. Superman and Matrix fight over it, but she moves in with him anyway. People don't really respect her because of her connection to Luthor. After this pushback from Kal and the citizens, she decides to leave him when she discovers Luthor has been secretly making clones of her. Thousands of them. He gets a beatdown from her while the rest of us go make sure our boyfriends don't have a secret cloning lab.
During the Crisis on Infinite Earths series, the editors and powers-that-be at DC decided that Supergirl needed to die. Crisis was meant to bring the DC Universe into a single universe, and Superman is a stronger character if he's the only surviving Kryptonian. While we question this logic now, Supergirl dies by the end of Crisis along with The Flash.
Supergirl dies trying to protect her cousin from Anti-Monitor's blasts. In fact, she dies in his arms telling him she loves him, which is a blast to all of our hearts. The Earths are saved, but Superman is devastated. He wraps her body in her cape and sets her adrift in space. This sendoff is the last fans saw of Supergirl for over a decade.
Supergirl has taken on alternate forms throughout the years. One of these is Cir-El in the Futuresmiths post-Crisis timeline. Cir-El is not our Kara Zor-El, but she takes on the name Supergirl when she arrives on Earth. She travels from a post-apocalyptic future to find her dad, Superman.
Superman having a daughter is a surprise for both him and Lois. He eventually accepts her as his daughter, and they even buddy up to fight baddies. However, Kelex scans her and finds that she's not fully Kryptonian. We find out that she's a creation of Brainiac: false memories, grafted DNA, the works. Brainiac has a very complicated plan to defeat Superman and kill Lois Lane, but it is all thwarted when Cir-El jumps into a time portal to stop herself from existing. Erasing yourself from existence isn't the best Father's Day gift, and it's pretty dark.
1998's Superman: The Animated Series introduced Kara in animated form. She was in a couple of episodes of the series before crossing over to The New Batman Adventures and the Justice League cartoons. It's in Justice League Unlimited where she starts having dreams about incinerating men.
She is perplexed about why she's having these dreams and contacts S.T.A.R. Labs about it as she was under their care after her battle with Darkseid. Like other sketchy dudes in Supergirl's history, someone made a clone of her named Galatea. Galatea bears a striking resemblance to Power Girl, but she likes to kill people. Supergirl has to fight her clone and defeats her by electrocution. Being forced to eliminate someone with the same DNA as you is pretty dark.
As far as famous Kryptonians go, H'El probably isn't the first on your list. Jor-El sent him, before Krypton's destruction, to preserve Kryptonian history and research. He gets into some trouble while out in the stars and arrives to Earth much later than Kal-El.
H'El attempts to recruit Kara and Kal to join him in his plan to save Krypton (which of course has to involve going back in time). He glosses over the fact that it'll involve the destruction of Earth to do so. When Supergirl and Superman find out, they try to stop him. H'El tells Supergirl that she needs to choose between Krypton and Earth, and she chooses to stab him with a Kryptonite fragment. This poisons her in the process. It's probably safe to say that she chose Earth.
When Supergirl is turned into a Red Lantern rage monster in the New 52 series, chances are slim that she would be able to change back. The Red Power Ring merges with the heart of its bearer, so it's kind of a permanent gig. Even a mighty Kryptonian needs her heart.
The Lanterns are dealing with their own drama with Atrocitus, so as Supergirl's flying back to Earth, she's attacked by the Worldkiller leader. He tries to co-opt her body, but she's not about to let that happen. Supergirl poisons herself with Kryptonite and then flies herself into the sun. She didn't know it then, but that's exactly what was needed: she dies, which allows her to remove her red power ring and destroy the Worldkiller. It's in the sun's core where we all find out she's immortal.
A discussion of dark facts about Supergirl isn't complete without talking about Dark Supergirl. Surprising to no one, Lex Luthor was being a creep again in 2005's Supergirl and spying on Kara. He uses Black Kryptonite to blast Kara and gets an unexpected result: an evil Supergirl rises from the Supergirl's body.
Dark Supergirl has no moral code and is committed to killing Superman. The real Kara recovers and has to fight her evil doppelganger, and Wonder Woman's lasso of truth merges the two back together. The merge doesn't mean that Kara worked out her issues, however. Doctor Fate says Kara suffers from severe psychological trauma, and Dark Supergirl is a manifestation of this. Dark Supergirl is only defeated when Kara forgives herself for surviving Krypton's destruction.


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New Madrid celebrates the joys of the season
(Community News ~ 11/29/16)
Experience an old fashioned Christmas in beautiful New Madrid, Missouri. The spirit of the season can be felt as you take the Christmas light driving tour through town. Colorful light displays adorn the lamp posts, Courthouse lawn, Veterans Park, and along the levee every night in December. Store front windows are decorated with elves, bows, glitter, and you may even see Old Saint Nick as he prepares for his big night...
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Our club had a good meeting last week where we took a midyear look at our achievements and our plans for the rest of the Rotary year. There were plenty of members in attendance and the meeting was very interactive with the Board members present providing updates for their areas and we were delighted to welcome our Assistant Governor Lyndon Smith.
It was a great pleasure on Monday to present the Rotary District 9810 Primary Schools Speech Competition plaque to Darcy Mitchell, a student from Serpell Primary School who won our club competition in 2017. The District Primary School Speech Competition started four years ago, and we are delighted that a student from our club competition has won this award. Darcy is a very talented and confident speaker who will be presenting at our Rotary District Conference in Bendigo on 2nd to 4th March 2018.
This week we are sharing our meeting with Rotary Club of Doncaster who have managed to secure a great guest speaker, a young man named Mike Rolls who has overcome disabilities brought on by contracting meningococcal septicaemia and will tell us an inspiring story about 'Amputating Dead Weight'. Please contact our club if you would like to attend this amazing event. All proceeds will go to Interplast* which is a not-for-profit organisation providing surgical treatment to 'repair bodies and rebuild lives'.
The following week we will be launching our ever-popular Footy Tipping Competition, and this will again be held at Beau Monde as it is an event we share with our Rotary Cluster partner clubs in the City of Manningham. Proceeds this year will again be directed towards Doncare, our local community and family services organisation. Even if you are not very into football, it can be fun to do the footy tipping for a great cause. Come along to this event on 7th March and wear your footy colours!
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by Granada FC, 2018-08-07T07:56:19.000-07:00August 07 2018, at 07:56 AM PDT in 2018 SUMMER SEASON
1.) There is no offside, so feel free to spread out the field and drag defenders with you then sprint back to help.
2.) 7v7 with unlimited substitutions makes it a little like bball, sub as soon as you start getting tired.
3.) All subs are done from the halfway line. Wait for a deadball in our favor so we don't get caught off guard during a sub
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Nissan Electric Car Chief Explains LEAF Battery Leasing
Editor's Note: This is part two of an exclusive sit down I had with Hideaki Watanabe, Nissan's Division Manager of their Global Zero Emission Business Unit, at last week's U.S. debut of the LEAF in Los Angeles. Part one is devoted to battery swapping, part three to the quietness and safety of EVs, and part four to the different zero emissions directions of Renault and Nissan within their alliance.
As the Nissan LEAF nears its release to the consumer market, the topic of whether or not the battery will be leased or purchased with the car has come to the forefront. In many ways, Nissan has had an on-again, off-again relationship with the topic—leading to confusion among the media and potential customers about what, exactly, Nissan is planning.
In truth, Nissan hasn't done the best job of presenting a clear picture of the topic. So I was surprised when, at last week's U.S. LEAF unveiling, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn made the most definitive statement I'd heard on the subject to date: "The battery will not be sold, it will be leased, and the lease will be calculated in such a way that for the average U.S. citizen—which today drives between twelve thousand and fifteen thousand miles per year—the cost of the lease of the battery plus the cost of electricity is lower than the cost of gasoline."
As expected, many in the media latched on to this statement as the final say on whether or not the LEAF battery will be leased, but based on Nissan's past experience with this topic, I had a hunch that wasn't really the full story. So I asked Hideaki Watanabe, Nissan's Division Manager of their Global Zero Emission Business Unit, to elaborate.
With a wry smile, Mr. Watanabe opened with, "I cannot deny what our CEO said. Let me put it this way: we're trying to provide various options that will fit various demands depending on which market you're in. When Mr. Ghosn talks, he's talking to a global audience. It's not particularly how it's going to be done in a given market, although it could be one option."
"The basic concept is that the vehicle minus battery will be comparable in price to a similar sized vehicle," he continued. "The monthly battery fee, plus the electricity, will be equivalent to, or less than, what you're paying for the gasoline. So that's the whole concept of what [Mr. Ghosn] wanted to introduce, rather than the actual methodology."
According to Mr. Watanabe, Nissan has had many internal discussions about various battery/car lease/purchase options. One model they've been looking seriously at, and think could be very popular with initial LEAF customers, would be leasing the car and the battery together. But even so, he acknowledges that this may not work with all customers. "In some countries they prefer to own things, such as in the U.S. or even in Japan," he said. "In that case we might have a credit scheme, for example, with residual battery value fixed to keep the costs down. There are various ways to implement the idea globally."
One interesting point Mr. Watanabe brought up is that, regardless of the lease/purchase option, the Nissan electric car purchasing model benefits people who drive a lot. "If you go into more detail, it depends on customer usage. If a person drives long miles it is more beneficial. But for the people who only drive 5 kilometers a day, 3 days a week, there's not much benefit to the monthly lease or finance scheme because they didn't pay gasoline to start with. But the basic concept that we're trying to accomplish is to make people happy from a total cost of ownership perspective."
Other Posts in This Series:
- Nissan Global EV Chief: Battery Swapping Likely Won't Work in U.S.
- Nissan EV Chief Talks About Quietness Versus Safety of Electric Cars
- Is the Renault-Nissan Alliance Going in Two Different Electric Car Directions?
Disclaimer: The author's travel and lodging expenses were paid for by Nissan to attend the Los Angeles unveiling of the LEAF.
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Since the Weinstein scandal broke – a long-simmering open secret in Hollywood going back at least as far as Courtney Love's infamous, televised 2005 warning, and probably a lot further – there's been a spate of other abuses coming to light. Mark Halperin. James Toback. George HW Bush. Just yesterday, Kevin Spacey was added to the list for an alleged 1986 incident with actor Anthony Rapp. Today? Andy Dick, after a decades-long string of arrests for sexual assault. All of this on top of the Bill O'Reilly scandal earlier this year.
While women have been keenly aware of this (and have tried telling everyone over and over again), it's rapidly becoming clear that this problem is massive and systemic, starting from the White House and moving on down. Power, in the most patently obvious yet still somehow surprising statement that has perhaps ever been made, breeds abuse; where the victim is a woman, doubly so. Which means that there is possibly lurking, at many companies out there, someone or someones who are themselves guilty of this sort of disgusting serial predation. Which also means that it's very possible this is an issue every company will have to deal with. And if you're in any position of leadership, the question as to how to deal with it may fall squarely… on you.
It's not an easy question to answer, and while circumstances are going to differ from case to case, person to person, and company to company – the Weinstein Company, for example, is going to have a hard time bouncing back when it's literally named after a prolific accused abuser – there are nonetheless constructive steps that almost anycompany can take. With that in mind, in the event serial predation is discovered or uncovered at the top of the ranks in your company, here is a handy guide to appropriately approach the situation as well as help maintain the company's good name and protect the lives and jobs of its rank-and-file.
Failure could put the entire company at risk.
Remove the predator
First and foremost, this needs to happen, and it needs to happen almost immediately. It needs to be clear, clean, and punishing; no golden parachutes, no stock options, no farewell party. Key to any organization dealing with this kind of sexual abuse is making a very bold statement that this kind of conduct is not only at odds with the company's values, but with living in society. That means a swift, bold, uncompromising response that matches public revulsion and mirrors it back to onlookers. In short, you need to say "we are as disgusted as you are, and we are doing exactly what you would do."
It's hard. I know. We're talking about powerful people with lots of allies, but loyalty isn't going to do anyone any favors; behavior so abhorrent and opposed to public norms of decency and respect requires strong, unequivocal condemnation with real consequences; even if no laws have been broken, it is vital for a company to be seen as strongly distancing itself from any wrongdoing so as to minimize potential fallout.
Transparency over self-preservation
As the scandal continues to unfold, it's becoming clear that the Weinstein Company was, unfortunately, apparently aware of allegations well in advance of anything breaking, and apparently countenanced payouts to silence Weinstein's victims. Questions are being asked as to who knew what and when, whether Disney was aware during its period of ownership over Miramax, and whether the board has any criminal liability. Internally, one must imagine that the Weinstein Company's leadership is in a state of panicky, helpless dread; what else will come to light? Who else is going to fall as a result of this? What should they do?
If true that the company was indeed aware of Weinstein's behavior and oversaw paying hush money to preserve its reputation, the only way forward isn't denial, which nobody will believe anyway; it's for heads to roll. That means transparency; a company caught up in this mess cannot go into siege mode. It not only makes you look guilty, it prevents you from addressing the scandal in a way that's constructive and helps ensure survival; battening down the hatches and denying everything or hoping a sacrificial lamb will be enough simply does not work. Nor is it good enough. Especially these days, where the animus and emotion are, rightfully, so heightened, and where the questions will dog you unto digital eternity.
The best response, to avoid charges of collusion or conspiracy to conceal the truth, would be to find a neutral third party to investigate the situation and provide a full accounting of the behavior of all relevant parties. This is a move that works to restore public confidence that the company is honestly invested in something approaching justice, and isn't solely out for their own necks.
Of course, for any of this to work, the commitment must be real. Which brings us to…
It's 2017, and the last ten months of the Trump administration has everyone's truth meters pretty finely tuned. Kevin Spacey's response to the allegations he's facing, which attempted to deflect responsibility by coming out of the closet, was immediately met with incredulous gaping; was Spacey really doing this? Was he using his homosexuality to avoid blame for attempted sexual assault on a minor? The Twitterati, who drive so much of our national conversation, cried foul, and Spacey's apology makes him look even worse than he already did.
The issue we're dealing with is fundamentally a moral one during a time when our culture is rent by moral divides; you can't hashtag this and hope it goes away. The people angriest at Weinstein, at Spacey, at Bush, at Toback – they aren't going to be satisfied with pantomimed contrition, and they're the ones who must be satisfied.
In other words, even from a PR perspective, right now there's no way to avoid squarely facing the problem, taking responsibility, and putting that responsibility into action. The issue is too large, too broad, too profound; nobody is going to think lip service or PR campaigns constitute a substantive response, and with the scandal continuing to spiral out of control, the organization that comes out of this intact will be the one that takes it honestly, legitimately seriously.
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On 10/28 I attended an Enochian class at the Knights Templar Oasis (OTO) in Salem, MA.
Before the class I had a meal and a stout at a local restaurant. Then I drank a red bull very quickly before getting to the class so I would stay awake. I hid the red bull when I entered the temple, because I thought they would get nervous about my heart blowing up, then I realized I could play it off as if I was a hardcore soft drink drinker, and this would work as a cover if they confronted me. This is one expression of my paranoia. :O)
Two guys ran the class, and did a pretty good job. It was fun to get together with 13 people to do a group working with the Enochian aethers. The class leaders explained that their original plan to skry all the elemental aspects of all the aethers, but that this would take a decade. So the plan now is to skry all of the aspects of the spheres on the tree of life on the lowest of the Enochian aethers, TEX. This is something that can be completed in a reasonable amount of time, about ten months if there is a class once a month.
This was an interesting thought, as I previously thought that Kaballah and the enochian system did not have anything to do with each other. The class leaders explained that many commentators on the kaballah suggest that the tree of life can be used as a classification system
for just about anything. This appears to be the case after thinking about it further. No mention was made of other groups who had done this in the past. If there were, it would be interesting to compare the results of this series of classes to other classes.
We skipped over introducing ourselves and cut right to instruction after wine was passed around. The wine seemed pretty funny to me, especially because of the danger
that some people suspect they are in when they start to practice enochian magick. When I was offered wine, I said, no thanks, I drank before I came. This got a small laugh from a few people. One lady said I was already 'fortified' if I drank before I came.
The event started with a banishing ritual I had not seen before. It was certainly a thelemic ritual as those were the god names used.
We began a chant together as a group. It lasted for about 4 minutes. The person leading the class recited the call, we stopped chanting, he recited it again. The chant used was designed by Lon Milo Duquette and published in his new book Enochian Vision Magick.
At this point we began to skry. For those who may not know, the simplest and most basic method for this is to close one's eyes and use that dark surface to see if anything manifests.
For the first couple minutes I had no visuals, but I had some other sensations.
Momentarily I was fairly sure that nothing was going to happen, and that I was putting hope and energy in the wrong direction. This was soon appeared to be a naïve perspective. The first sensation I had was a pressure sensation on the front of my body. It was fairly large in terms of surface area, but the pressure was mild. The sensation or feeling I noticed in regards to the pressure was one of pregnant void, or what appeared to be a highly energetic void. After this, my focus was lost, and I had to come back to this sensation and to the skrying surface. In my visual range, I saw lots of lights moving in rhythmic patterns, and I thought some one was playing a joke on me with a flashlight, but I opened my eyes and nothing was there. Colors continued to move around as if it was some sort of psychedelic experience. This was quite interesting, and I'm not sure what this means. One observations was that the colors were not like a 60s type bright color moving, but more of a dark one. The colors I remember were black red and yellow. A slight pressure on my third eye began to come into my attention. The pressure seemed to increase slightly the more I focused on skrying visually. This was interesting, as I have had this sensation a number of times while in meditative states.
After the skrying was finished, we recorded our observations in journals. This took a few minutesl, and we began to share. Some of the people's visions in the room were far more vivid than mine. I suspect this may be because they are more open, or that they are more advanced in an initiatory sense. Some visions had similarities, others didn't. Two people had visions like mine that were very abstract. One vision was about 90% similar to mine. No one reported the same body sensations.
Overall, a very good experience, and I will be going back for more, and learning the Enochian System on my own.


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As a part of our work on sustainable water initiatives, including recycled water, stormwater, and groundwater protection, Heal the Ocean is closely following both short-term and long-term water supply planning efforts and as a part of these efforts we recently met with Santa Barbara County Public Works Deputy Director for Water Resources and staff to request a number of changes to the "Long Term Supplemental Water Supply Alternatives Report." The Report was initiated at the direction of the County Board of Supervisors in order to develop information on potential sources that could supplement existing water supplies.
In discussing the Report with County staff, we proposed a list of suggested changes, including greater emphasis on the future viability of conservation and stormwater capture strategies. To the County's credit, they adopted many of our suggestions, and we thank them for seriously considering and incorporating our input. Taken as a whole, this Report represents a significant step forward for increasing local, sustainable water supplies. More specifically, the Report provides compelling new information on the potential for advanced recycled water projects to cost effectively meet future water supply needs.
"…this Report represents a significant step forward for increasing local, sustainable water supplies."
Conventional recycled water for use in irrigation has been a staple of diverse water supply portfolios in California for decades and, after four years of drought, water professionals continue to ask how we can maximize this resource. However, the cost of installing a separate "purple pipe" distribution system for the delivery of tertiary treated recycled water has made many recycled water projects too expensive to implement. In response, water agencies have increasingly turned to the prospect of "indirect potable reuse," which deploys highly advanced treatment processes to transform wastewater into a source of highly treated, purified water for use in recharging groundwater supplies (see HTO's White Paper for more on potable reuse projects).
The County's "Long Term Supplemental Water Supply Alternatives Report" provides significant new information regarding the viability of potable reuse projects in Santa Barbara County. Most significantly, this Report developed the first estimates of project-specific unit cost and water supply estimates for a range of potential potable reuse projects across the Santa Barbara region, including eight indirect potable reuse projects and nine direct potable reuse projects, which are expected to be approved by the state in coming years.
All told, 12 projects were specifically designated for "regional consideration," which means that the project was estimated to cost less than $3,000/acre-foot and produce more than 2,000 acre-feet per year (an acre-foot is approximately equivalent to filling up a football field with one foot of water). While many have pushed for desalination in response to the drought, the Report shows that these 12 potable reuse projects are more economical on average than the desalination options available to the County. Only one potable reuse project was found to be more expensive than the cheapest ocean desalination option. In fact, our analysis of the Report's data shows that potable reuse options are on average $1,034/acre-foot less expensive than the five ocean desalination options considered (See Figure 1 above).
This is a huge difference: the average cost of potable reuse options ($1,346/acre-foot) is close to half the average cost of desalination options ($2,380/acre-foot). More precisely, potable reuse projects cost an average of 43.45% less than the ocean desalination options.
"…the average cost of potable reuse options is close to half the average cost of desalination options."
The County Report demonstrates that indirect and direct potable reuse offers a cost-effective means to fight water scarcity. This locally controlled source of supply offers a compelling opportunity to meet future water needs and Heal the Ocean intends to continue to push for these options as a part of our campaign to help develop sustainable supplies of water.


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I joked to a friend that I might as well live in Pasadena since I spent half my time there and then thought maybe I'd test that conjecture. I did an experiment for a week where I charted all the time I spent in different cities and made two pie charts, including and not including sleep time. I cut out transit times and cities passed in transit for ease. I posted this on Facebook a month ago, but then thought it would be beneficial to continue also posting these here on my blog. Here are my results.
This experiment probably deserves a redo, seeing the short amount of time I did it. San Marino, a city I visit from time to time was surprisingly cut out. El Monte is rarely visited. The rate of Altadena was skewed higher due to a man I was seeing at the time (but no longer.) Were I to redo it for a month, there would probably be higher rates in Arcadia and San Gabriel, along with a larger diversity of cities. I'll see if I find the time.


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Research has established that we often fall prey to cognitive biases unknowingly, leading to us making suboptimum decisions. This module seeks to examine some of these biases and how they affect our decision making as we re-look at decision making theories (Game Theory).
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Rock climbing walls are fun and great exercise, but you'd have to possess nerves of steel to take on this one, featured in the below video. It's aboard the Brilliance of the Seas, which is currently sailing around Dubai and the Suez Canal, and about to sail the Mediterranean from May.
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Brilliance of the Seas is a cruise ship belonging to the Royal Caribbean's Radiance class. It cruises the Mediterranean from April to January, and is based in Dubai sailing to ports around the Middle East and India from January to April, doing two "repositioning cruises" each year through the Suez Canal.
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Leading china based Xiaomi smartphone manufacturing company the coming January 19 before a product launches is invited to globe. Which happens to be in Delhi, as well as the event, the company is expected to launch in the country Xiaomi Redmi Note 4.
The Redmi Note 4 in August 2016, China has been launched. After the turn, India is to launch it in the market some scheduled date to late one. The 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage to the mobile with 3GB of RAM and expend up to 64GB of approximately 9 thousand rupees Indian price and 12 thousand rupees was introduced.
In India to be around the same price of the phone. This smartphone available in three different color like gold, gray and silver colors will be launched. The rear panel includes a fingerprint scanner.
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ON AIR - The Love Zone
with Rob Allen
Thousands gathered in Croke Park last night for the first of Bruce Springsteen's two sold out concerts.
The atmosphere was electric as we gave The Boss a warm Irish welcome.
Even Taoiseach Enda Kenny couldn't help himself from busting a few moves, and thankfully Andrew Watchorn caught it all on camera.
Highlights for us - the thumbs up; air guitar and out of time fist pumping.


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Fresh off a record-setting $2.4 million event in October of 2007, Huggins and Scott has completed preparations for a new catalog auction that will begin in four weeks. Ruth, Gehrig and Cobb autographs and a decades-old game-worn Chick Hafey jersey are among the lots.
Maryland-based Huggins & Scott, which sold a rare Joe Jackson-Buck Weaver autographed baseball for $69,000 last fall, will offer 1,384 consigned lots of vintage and modern sports cards and memorabilia in a two-day auction beginning April 2.
Another one-of-a-kind piece of vintage baseball material highlights the auction, one which should stir the interest of game worn jersey collectors as well as the legions of St. Louis Cardinals fans and hobbyists.
Lot number one is a Chick Hafey game-used Cardinals' home jersey dating from the 1929 or 1930 season. Hafey was a hard-hitting outfielder for the Cardinals who was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1971.
"The Hafey jersey is probably one of the neatest items we've come across in some time," said Huggins and Scott Auction Director Josh Wulkan. "Vintage game used jerseys are scarce, but having a Hall of Famer from the pre-World War II era of baseball is really special for us. It will be the highlight of someone's collection."
Several pieces of high quality vintage signed baseballs and other autographed pieces also be offered. Included is a collection of Ty Cobb personal hand-written letters and autographs dating from an extended period of the Hall of Famer's life. This compilation spans four decades and contains letters, typed letters and dictated multi- and single-page letters, notes and a signed 8×10 photograph. The majority of the group were letters Cobb exchanged with the well-traveled author and entrepreneur Helene Champlain.
A 1929 New York Yankees team signed baseball features the signatures of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and other Hall of Famers who toiled for an early edition of the Bronx Bombers. The ball includes 19 black ink signatures forged with a steel-tip pen and has been authenticated by James Spence Authentication.
Fans flocked to Ruth and Gehrig and the H&S auction is evidence that the two superstars accommodated whenver possible, personalizing items for those who asked. A Lou Gehrig signed 7×9" black and white photograph is also being offered as well as a single-signed Babe Ruth autographed baseball.
Nearly three quarters of a century after his death, the name Knute Rockne still invokes a mythical quality and the godfather of the Fighting Irish is represented by the inclusion of a 1930 Notre Dame autographed football. The 1930 championship has special significance because it would be the last game coached by the legendary Rockne before his untimely death in a 1931 plane crash. The Spalding J5 official leather game ball contains fifteen signatures including that of Rockne and future Irish coach Frank Leahy. Faded, but legible, the ball is an important piece of Notre Dame football history.
The sale will include several rare baseball and football card lots, highlighted by a T207 Buck Weaver containing the rare Broadleaf tobacco ad on back The card has been graded 50 by Sportscard Guaranty Corporation. A T3 Turkey Red Cy Young graded SGC 60 should attract attention from followers of this incredibly popular pre-War 'cabinet card' set.
The ever-popular 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card can be found in the sale, with a PSA 4 version offered.
One of the finest 1972 Topps football sets in existence should find a new home with little trouble. The complete set is ranked #3 on the PSA Set Registry. 220 PSA 9 (MINT) graded cards are included and the set has an overall rating of 8.63.
Last fall's auction saw Huggins and Scott sell some exceptionally rare regional cards with a 1953-54 Briggs Meats Jensen/Masterson rare panel selling for $20,700 and a 1953 Hunters Weiners box featuring Red Schoendienst, which brought $17,250. This spring's sale follows up with another wonderful selection of tough regional meat issues of Esskay and Briggs cards among the lots.
Several early unopened wax boxes are included including a 1972 Topps football high number box.
Huggins and Scott will have an unusually large number of autographed lots with balls, bats, lithographs, photographs and others having been obtained by consignors across the country.
Huggins and Scott's rapid growth has caused the company to increase the frequency of its catalog auctions beginning in 2008. "We have now decided to go from two auctions per year to four," Wulkan explained.
"We should be the talk of the industry this summer. We just uncovered an incredible 275-card high grade 1914 and 1915 Cracker Jack baseball card collection. It will be offered later this year. We will also have an unbelievable group of items from a major collector of Philadelphia Phillies memorabilia that includes some important player awards and other pieces which will be featured in our July and October auctions."


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Xplore Procures $3.2M in Private Placement
Austin, Texas Private Placement: Xplore Technologies Corp. has raised $3.21 million in gross proceeds from a private placement.
The private placement involved senior secured subordinated promissory notes and warrants to buy 32.1 million shares of its common stock. Xplore Chairman and CEO bought $1 million of the secured promissory notes and warrants to buy 10 million shares of common stock in the private placement.
Sassower said Xplore's (OTCBB: XLRT) past cost reductions "are now fully reflected in its financial results, and its cash burn rate has been dramatically reduced. As the markets improve, we expect Xplore's performance and cash flow to show improvement."
The company used $900,000 of the net proceeds from the private placement to repay indebtedness to its senior lender, and it intends to use the remainder for product development, working capital and general corporate purposes.
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Heil to California!: A UC Berkeley Course Catalog From an Alternate Alt-Right Universe
San Francisco magazine | Photo: San Francisco magazine | October 18, 2017
You thought Milo's Free Speech Week was a bust? Think again, students.
Note to students: Welcome to the Spring 2018 semester at the Andrew Breitbart Memorial Campus of the Patriotic American University of California, Berkeley (ABMCOTPAUOCB), formerly known as the University of California, Berkeley. As you know, following Great Patriot Milo Yiannopoulos's totally successful and not-at-all embarrassing Free Speech Week in September, the MAGA Revolution has taken hold of this formerly cucked university. Our new chancellor, Steve Bannon, has made some changes to the previous course catalog. Please review carefully, as there are no more safe spaces for you #snowflakes to shed #liberaltears if you make a mistake. Get over it!
African American Studies 153C: Slaves Were Immigrants, Too
Instructor: Ben Carson
This survey course on the empirical, fact-based beliefs of HUD secretary Ben Carson replaces a previous course on the novels of Toni Morrison. Topics include why being gay is a choice, why Muslims shouldn't be allowed to be president, and the real purpose of the pyramids in Egypt (storing grain).
Agricultural Studies 10: The Edible Plants and Animals of Montreal, Where I Now Live
Instructor: Michael Pollan
Fieldwork introducing students to the many wonderful things to eat above the 49th parallel. Have you had poutine ? It's not quite the perfect Flavor King pluot from Chez Panisse, but we may as well learn to like it, since we'll be here the next four to eight years.
Architecture 10: Building a Big Wall
Architecture 20: No. Bigger Than That. Tremendous.
Architecture 30: Big! Big! Big! So Big That I Forget for a Blissful Moment My Devastating Inadequacies as a Father, Husband, and Man
Art Therapy 100: This Is an Actual Thing That Mike Pence's Wife Does
Instructor: Karen Pence
You don't need health insurance—just watercolor the cancer away.
Bioengineering 97C: Hand Enlargement in Adult Males
Instructor: Dr. Harold Bornstein
Please note: Students must have previously completed Bioengineering 97A: Spray Tanning in Adult Males and Bioengineering 97B: Hair Transplants in Adult Males.
Chicano Studies 180: Transnational Indigenous Migration
Instructor: Ann Coulter
Spring-break work-study program in Central and South America for Dreamer students. Return visas not offered.
Comparative Literature 87C: 19th-Century Eastern European Literature
Instructor: Melania Trump
Beginning with the works of France Prešeren, with an emphasis on his account of the Christianization of the Carantanians in the eighth century, this course draws on post-structuralist accounts of power/knowledge in the formation of subjectivity and subjugation to (re)interrogate the positionality of the nation-state in the works of Krste Petkov Misirkov, Władysław Syrokomla, and Matija Čop.
Computer Science 194: Russian Twitter Bots
Instructor: Fancy Bear
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Gender and Sexuality 15: Theory and Practice of Man-Boy Love
Instructor: Milo Yiannopoulos
The development of pederasty in Plato's Symposium, André Gide's The Immoralist, and Michel Foucault's History of Sexuality, Volume One. Admission restricted to students enrolled at local middle schools. Parental consent strongly discouraged.
Legal Studies 4: Introduction to American Jurisprudence
Instructor: Steve Bannon
Can we lock her up? Should we lock her up? Where can we lock her up? The most fundamental questions of American justice will be explored. Students will earn extra credit for locking her up.
Mass Communications 40: Twitter
Instructor: Tomi Lahren, #TCOT
An in-depth examination of how real Americans really use social media to express their real feelings about @realDonaldTrump. (Cross-listed with Computer Science 194).
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Because of my hubby's injuries we have stayed in all weekend which means I did not raise my fashion freak flag, so tonight before I go to sleep I put on two of my favorite pairs of shoes and pictured all the places we will go together once again when the patient is using his new foot scooter!
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A year and a half has passed since a certain "John Doe" provided a consortium of journalists across the globe with 11.5 million documents revealing the illegal, unethical and secretive activities of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, in what became known as the Panama Papers leak.
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In episode 314 of the IKEA Home Tour Series, the Squad works with Dax and Margaux to make the most of their small, multi-purpose living room. Dax and Margaux live in a small, 500 square foot house in the Pacific Northwest. They have one dog of their own, but look after several others. With a strong passion for sustainability, they love living in a tiny home with an equally tiny environmental footprint, but have a tough time enjoying their small living room when it's cluttered and disorganized. Using sustainable and responsibly sourced materials is important to the couple, so the Squad chose to tackle their storage and organization woes with the SVALNÄS wall mounted shelving system, made of bamboo. Giving them storage as well as a wall-mounted workspace, it's a flexible system made with a highly sustainable material. The HOLMSUND Sleeper Sofa was chosen to create a truly multi-purpose space, converting from sofa to guest bed with ease, while giving space for linen storage within. With these and other creative living room ideas, Dax and Margaux can make the most of their small home, and have a comfortable and sustainable space for themselves and their four-legged friends. For more information on the design, layout and products used, check out our "Behind the Design" blog below!
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Ideas for a Small, Multi-Functional Living Room
To say Margaux and Dax lead busy, interesting lives is an understatement. They both work and go to school full time, enjoy countless hobbies such as gardening and crafting, and own a dog sitting business on the side. In order to live more sustainable lives, the couple decided to rent a small home just outside of Seattle Washington. While they love their space, they were struggling to make their living room work for their growing business and everyday life. It needed to serve as a space for overnight guests, a hub for movie nights, an area for the dogs to play, a room to relax, and a place to study. They had run out of ideas on how to fit so many functions into such a small space.
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Margaux and Dax recently moved from Texas to Seattle. When family and friends come to visit, there needs to be a comfortable place for everyone to sleep. The couple used to keep a mattress in the living room but the dogs kept taking over. We chose to replace the old mattress with the HOLMSUND sleeper sofa. It fits Margaux and Dax's style, pulls out to be a full sized bed, and even has plenty of hidden storage for extra linens and fresh pillows. Also, the machine washable cover is great for any home with pets.
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Development of Movement Coordination in Children: Applications in the Field of Ergonomics, Health Sciences and Sport
Title: Development of movement coordination in children: applications in the field of ergonomics, health sciences and sport
Editors: Geert Savelsbergh, Keith Davids, John van der Kamp, Simon J. Bennett
Publisher: Routledge
Call number: RJ496 A63D48 2003
From the Publisher:
Co-ordination of movement plays a key role in human development and is an important area in sport and health sciences. This book looks in detail at how children develop basic skills, such as walking and reaching for objects, and more complex skills such as throwing and catching a ball accurately or riding a bicycle.
Development of Movement Co-ordination in Children is informed by five major theoretical perspectives and are explained in an introductory chapter:
* neural maturation
* information processing
* direct perception
* dynamic systems
* constraint theory.
The international contributions are brought together under the headings of ergonomics, health sciences and sport. Focusing on practical applications, individual chapters cover many different aspects of movement behaviour and development, ranging from children's over-estimation of their physical abilities and the links to injury proneness, to the co-ordination of kicking techniques. Both normal and abnormal development is considered.
This text will be of considerable interest to students, teachers and professionals in the fields of sport science, kinesiology, physical education, ergonomics and developmental psychology.
About the author:
Professor Geert Savelsbergh is the Desmond Tutu Chair Holder of the Faculty of Human Movement Sciences. He studied Human Movement Sciences at the VU University and also obtained his PhD at this university. His major interest lies in the role of visual information in the guidance and regulation of movement. His research group, entitled "Perceptual-motor control: development, learning and performance", is part of MOVE, the Faculties main research programme and is very international oriented. The research group examines these aspects with infants, children (with and without special needs) and with athletes in peak performance.
Keith Davids is the professor on the Faculty of Health at the School of Human Movement Studies. He was a first-class honours graduate of the University of London and gained a PhD at the University of Leeds. Between 1993 and 1999, he led the Motor Control group at the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the Manchester Metropolitan University, before being appointed the Department Research Coordinator. At the UK RAE 2001, the Department of Exercise and Sport Science gained a 5* rating, the highest possible award for research excellence.
Currently Professor Davids supervises doctoral students from Portugal, England, Germany, Wales, Singapore and New Zealand. He is also co-editor in chief of the International Journal of Sport Psychology and holds editorial board positions for the Journal of Sports Sciences, Infant Behavior and Development and the Psychology of Sport and Exercise. He is an Associate Editor for the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
John van der Kamp is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Human Movement Sciences at the VU University in Amsterdam. His Master's thesis involved the role of body orientation in the development of reaching and grasping in 3- to 9-month-old infants. During his PhD-work, which was completed in 1999 and supervised by Professors Geert Savelsbergh and Claire Michaels, he investigated the use of optical information sources in the control of interceptive movements.


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Monday, 11 June 2018
Other things I make - visit my Etsy shop
As well as making cards and the products to sell cards (have a peek in the Stampin' Up! Store) I also enjoy making other crafts.
In the picture above you can see an image from my handfasting some years ago. When I looked online for handfasting cords I couldn't find anything that I liked and so I set about creating my own.
Here is an example of one of the cords up for sale. There are also handfasting cards and other crafts.
You can view all the items I sell in my Etsy Store by clicking the link, or going to the Etsy Page on this website.
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It's that time of year again...clean notebooks, freshly sharpened pencils, earlier bedtimes and of course, our homeschool curriculum choices. We homeschool in terms, so scheduling for me is like planning three "mini-years." Because our terms last for 3 months, I am able to evaluate where the kids … [Read more...] about Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices for Fall 2017
Meeting Charlotte Mason: Nature Study
I can still see it now. Each of my children around age two or three would have the same experience, laying on their belly staring at a beetle. Little fingers extending toward the fat bug. Darting eyes keeping up with the skittering critter crossing our back porch. Excited nerves mustering the … [Read more...] about Meeting Charlotte Mason: Nature Study
How to Homeschool with Little Ones: Part 3
In Part 1 I told you the key to homeschool with little ones has to start with mindset. In Part 2 I shared some practical tips for including those precious infants and toddlers in your homeschool day. Today we're talking about the pre-school crowd. Disclaimer: I am not a medical … [Read more...] about How to Homeschool with Little Ones: Part 3
How to Homeschool with Little Ones: Part 1
A few years ago, we were trying to decide if it was a good idea to add another little person to our family. Among other considerations was the aspect of our homeschool. We had a nice routine going - the boys were 5, 5, and 4 then and academic life was very simple. How would it be to be pregnant … [Read more...] about How to Homeschool with Little Ones: Part 1
15 Activities to Keep Kids' Hands Busy During Read-Aloud Time
Read-aloud time. It's a desire on the checklist of every homeschool mom. We know it's important and we love to do it but these kids are just so wiggly sometimes we have to wonder if we're doing it "right." Do you want to know the trick to a successful read-aloud time? Busy hands. True, … [Read more...] about 15 Activities to Keep Kids' Hands Busy During Read-Aloud Time
Is Santa Real?: When Kids Pop the Question
One night at bedtime, my very literal and incredulous (then) five-year-old, popped the question: "Santa's not real, right?" We'd been in a pattern for a few months of him fact-checking me: "Are superheroes real?" "No. But there are real everyday heroes like daddy, who was a Marine, and … [Read more...] about Is Santa Real?: When Kids Pop the Question


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KOTN is a Canadian-based brand that specializes in everyday essentials ethically sourced from Egyptian cotton. I needed some solid turtlenecks and was blown away by their high quality, softness, and warmth. The fitted turtleneck is the most comfortable, versatile addition to my fall wardrobe. Perfect for layering under a sweater or tucking into high wasted jeans.
I asked Co-founder Ben to answer a few questions about KOTN, the story behind the brand and their commitment to ethical production practices.
What makes KOTN different from other brands that specialize in basics? Why should we shop KOTN? What separates Kotn from other brands first and foremost is our focus on one fibre, Egyptian cotton. Beyond that, we aim to create simple, thoughtfully-designed, high-quality basics that are made ethically and don't cost a fortune.
How do you communicate the heart behind KOTN and share it with your customers? Our heart is our team, our customers, and our partners, so we primarily share what's happening in the lives of our Kotn community. We primarily post on Instagram (@kotn) for short-form content, and on our journal (journal.kotn.com) for interviews, lookbooks, and other long-form content.
We love what you're doing to build the local community in Egypt by investing in education. What are some things that we can do to help as consumers? Thank you! We're just trying to play our part in building something that gives back to the community and helps it thrive in the future. If you want to get involved with us specifically, feel free to reach out.
Cotton is one of the most water-consuming raw materials. What practices are you putting in place to stay sustainable? Great question. At the moment, our ability to monitor our water use isn't great, but addressing our water consumption is one of our top priorities in terms of aid and development. There are a couple of organizations (like Better Cotton Initiative) that specialize in this area, so we hope to be able to partner with one of them as they expand into Egypt.
KOTN produces all their pieces responsibly and provides fair wages. Why is it important to build ethical practices in your production? What difference has it made for you from a business standpoint? We're only able to maintain our high quality of products through the hard work of our fantastic craftspeople in the Nile Delta. We recognize that they are fundamental to our success, and believe it's not only the right thing to do morally, but the best practice to uphold from a long-term business success standpoint. We can only be as strong as the foundation we're built upon.
Do you think the conscious movement is gaining momentum? If so, why? Of course! It's gaining momentum through people like you and the incredible platforms we have to connect on. More now than ever, people are recognizing the importance in looking beyond themselves and to the wellbeing of the global community. I think this is largely due to social media's impact in connecting people across the world; it really exposes us to the steps we need to take to improve living conditions in Egypt, one Kotn craftsperson at a time.
What inspires you as a brand? What do you see for the future of KOTN? We find most of our inspiration in "ordinary moments". They're the everyday things that make you smile when you think about them, but you'd never think to photograph them. My favourite of these is walking onto the platform just as the train is pulling in. We like to design products made for the compendium of these moments, which could range from more clothing, to home, and more. We're not ready to say exactly what's coming in just yet.


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DarkSide Publishing Week!
There are many things I love about the Pacific Northwest. The trees, rain, waterfalls, rain, wildlife, rain, ocean beaches, rain, rivers, rain, lakes, rain, mountains, rain, desert… See a theme? Ha! Yes, there is a lot of water here, but water is the essence of life, so it's a good thing.
Most all of my novels are set in the Pacific Northwest. I've lived here for thirty-something years and feel that I'm qualified enough to bring this beautiful place to life through words. After all, setting is just as important as the characters, in my opinion, and the author should know it just as well. Plus, there's mystery in forests and dark, overcast skies. Opportunities lurk behind every tree trunk and every cloud, waiting to surprise the reader.
In the past, books would build a world with pages of descriptions. Dickens and George Eliot are famous for this. Now, readers are in a hurry. They get bored with paragraph after paragraph of setting. It's the author's job to build the scene within the narration of the story. Move the story forward, yet still bring in elements of the surroundings.
Setting provides atmosphere and sets the mood. It can also be part of the conflict, the antagonist. Can you imagine Twilight by Stephanie Meyer taking place in the desert? Or Holes by Louis Sachar in a forest? The stories just wouldn't work.
When building the setting, use all the senses. Have the characters hear the birds in the trees, the clock ticking on the wall, the water lapping on a shore. Have them smell the salt in the air, the blackberries in the sun, the smoke from a fire. And what do they see? And feel? Trickle these experiences on top of the dialogue or the actions in the perfect locations to build tension or whatever the goal may be, and a lush world will unfold without the reader even knowing.
Thank you, Tymothy, for the opportunity to post on your blog. And thanks to your readers for reading. Have a great week!
Angela, you are very welcome, and thank you for dropping by!
From DarkSide Publishing blog!
Angela writes young adult and middle grade novels. When she's not writing, she's playing house with her husband and son, working hard for her money as a licensed massage therapist in a chiropractic office, or escaping the ordinary through reading, hiking, kayaking and traveling. She's somewhat of a loner who occasionally subjects herself to group settings such as her favorite writers' groups, critique groups and outdoor concerts. Angela's also a passionate vegetarian learning to enjoy regular exercise because she heard somewhere that exercise keeps people young.
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Angela's Work!
Dream Smashers – YA Contemporary
Sixteen-year-old Autumn has spent her entire life worrying about others. Her ailing grandma, meth-addicted mother, and a best friend who is always in trouble. She's spent the last few years attempting to worry less, to be carefree, without success.
Enter Evan, whose radiant attitude is an Autumn magnet. With Evan at her side, Autumn's able to let some of her worries go as they trudge through life's difficulties and fall for each other in the process.
A girl who no longer wants to care and a boy who cares enough for the both of them, Dream Smashers is a love story, but most of all, it's about letting go.
Ebook: $2.99 Amazon Amazon UK Amazon DE Barnes & Noble SmashwordsPaperback: $11.00 Amazon Paperback
Land of Corn Chips – Middle Grade Fantasy
Eleven-year-old Nate Hansen never believed in dragons before an eccentric man with a purple-feather hat kidnaps him. Spirited to the Land of Corn Chips on the back of a mechanical yellow dragon, Nate must find a way to avoid being ground into compost. His only hope of escape is to earn the friendship of the local wrestling gang and zombie kids, and to believe in a parent he no longer trusts. Land of Corn Chips is an action packed middle grade novel of approximately 100 pages.
Ebook: 99 cents Amazon Amazon UK Amazon DE Barnes & Noble Smashwords
October 11, 2011
Angela Carlie: Setting The Stage
About Tymothy Longoria
Tymothy Longoria has been described as a writer with a flair for the dramatic (whether this is true still remains to be seen). He is a fan of all things fantastic, metal music, black t-shirts, and aligns himself with geeks, nerds, and all manner of monsters, and is an ardent, optimistic supporter of his fellow creatives. He has written several short stories for the online macabre zine Underneath The Juniper Tree and in 2012 was awarded Debut Author of the Year by Twisted Core Press for 'Envy', his contribution to the Seven Deadly Sins Anthology. He is currently editing his full-length dark fantasy retelling, Revenants: Book One of The Stories. Fairy tales? If only. Legends will be reborn. Tymothy calls Texas home, where he lives with his wife, two children, and a cat called ThunderCat aka Kitty PawKitty. He is represented by Bree Ogden of Red Sofa Literary. View all posts by Tymothy Longoria
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3 responses to "Angela Carlie: Setting The Stage"
Angela Carlie
October 11th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
This was fun. Thanks again, Tymothy! 🙂
Tymothy Longoria
October 11th, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Thank you doing it, Angela! I really appreciate you writing-and such a great post too!
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Cow Elk Valle Vidal, NM
Cow Elk in the aspens and long grass in Valle Vidal, NM. The day before the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico was closed due to the extreme fire danger, this cow elk emerged from the aspen grove, only to disappear again into the trees. A brief moment indelibly etched in memory. Thanks for looking. G
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really beautiful ~ poised elk ~ mauves ~ purples ~ greens ~ sunlight ~