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While I was watching TV the other night, a show called Campus PD came on the E! Entertainment channel. This got me thinking about how severe of a problem drinking can be for college students.
Going along with friends to social events or parties is a good way to meet new people and have fun on the weekends. College parties, however, are different from those in high school in several ways. There's no parents around to notice or care about what's going on, the cops are way more laid back than they were at home, and there are often no "Designated Drivers" because it's so easy to walk to parties.
This is appealing to many freshman, because they finally have the freedom to party as often (and as hard) as they want. I have seen so many students "overindulge" and binge drink to a dangerous level.
Does anyone really want to end their night looking like this?
Students with a history of alcohol or substance abuse should be especially aware of their party habits. Going out and socializing is one thing, but drinking to the point of incoherence is something totally different. At Rowan, both NA and AA counseling services are available, as well as classes for Addiction Studies and Awareness.


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The next day I got breakfast at around 9AM with Marlene and Pili (YUM). Afterwards, I was going to take the bus for my second time but it was going to be the first time going such a long distance.
Before arriving in Costa Rica I found this website (link at bottom of post) that had buses connecting people to many different areas within the country for $45+, however, from my travel experience I assumed I could find something less expensive by just asking locals. I also knew if I couldn't I'd be able to book while I was there – I knew I'd have to eventually get from Liberia to San Jose (airports I was flying in and out of) but I didn't really worry about how I'd do it.
This time I was going from Liberia in Guanacaste to La Fortuna in. I asked Marlene if it was possible and she let me know of two different routes I could take, like they were both just as long I decided to go with the option that would allow me to see different areas of the country. The ride was to be about 4.5 hours, just one hour more than the $45+ bus and the price was only about $10.
The problem with taking connecting buses is that if one is late the other won't wait – I learned this the hard way haha. I was taking two connecting buses, going from the first was no problem but the one traveling to Tilaran arrived about 7 minutes late and the next bus I needed to take didn't wait. One of the two things that made me feel better about the situation was that there were locals with me, it wasn't something that just happened to me because I was foreign and didn't know how the buses worked.
The second reason was because like the next bus scheduled wasn't coming for another 3 hours I had time to explore the area I was in and the third (OF COURSE) was that I was able to make a stop in the area for ice cream (pictures to come).
But back the focus of this article -things to keep in mind when traveling through Costa Rica:
My 10 top of mind items for public transportation:
1. The country is extremely mountainous so although short distances it can take quite a while to get from Point A to Point B because it isn't a straight flat path
2. Don't be afraid to speak to locals – I often asked if I wasn't sure I was taking the right bus or if I thought my stop was coming up
3. Fares are determined by distance – the bus drivers usually have tons of change if you don't have any, some even take dollars
4. You need to know the name of the stop you're getting off at so you can tell the bus driver, this is how you know the fare and he can also tell you where to get off
5. REMIND THE BUS DRIVER – they will often forget to call out the stop you are getting off on even if you asked them to so I recommend sitting close to the front and reminding him when you think you're close
6. My personal recommendation is to google map how long a car would take to get from point A to point B and when you've been on the bus for 75-80% of that time go up and remind the driver again
7. The buses remind me of greyhound buses in NYC – I assume because the commutes tend to be longer they don't have uncomfortable seats like the MTA does
8. Sometimes they have bottom compartments in which you can store luggage, other times you'll have to take it up top and store by a handicap door
9. BE AWARE, especially attentive of who you sit next to – I was in a situation where I sat next to someone who looked my way too much and asked too many of the potential risk questions (who are you traveling with, where are your friends, are you married etc. – btw this is a circumstance in which its best to be dishonest), I made conversations as short as possible but still a very uncomfortable predicament
10. Be confident! I'm a city girl born and raised so I'm sure this helped me get around but even when you aren't sure just know there is always a way to get from Point A to Point B
$45+ buses: http://www.anywherecostarica.com/transportation/
Local buses: http://thebusschedule.com/cr/index.php?lang=en (do it the local way, I dare you 😊)
I didn't take taxis much and when I did it was with Pili who I know tends to charge less than the average so unfortunately I cannot provide opinions there. One thing I do know is that taxis in Costa Rica are red, not the yellow I've seen in other countries I've visited

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When is Scripture to be Taken Literally? (11 October, 2013, Cheshvan 7, 5774)
The Bible is to be taken Literally. We need to learn the Bible and believe it. Scripture is the truth. Scripture is to be understood literally. There are a few exceptions to this rule that may be categorized under 4 headings: 1. Where the plain meaning is rejected by common experience. 2. Where it is repudiated by obvious logic. 3.Where it is contradicted by obvious scripture. 4. Where it is opposed by clear Talmudic tradition. These exceptional cases were explained by Rabbi Saadia Gaon in the 800s CE. Upon examination these apparent exceptions actually reflect the true intended meaning of the Hebrew Script.
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1. Finding the Ten Tribes Through Scripture and Literal Interpretations.
2. Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan Quotes from Jewish Sources Unequivocally in Favor of Literalism!
3. The Opinion of Rabbi Saadia Gaon and Examples of Interpretations that are not to be understood Literally.
1. Finding the Ten Tribes Through Scripture and Literal Interpretations.
The Lost Ten Tribes are amongst Western Nations. We have more than 120 proofs from the BibleÂ
as well as evidence from Secular Sources.
Out of the 120 proofs from the Bible five of the most potent are
extremely numerous numbers of population,
mainly located in the west,
the most powerful nations on earth,
the wealthiest nations
located in Zeraphat (France and Britain)
These blessings taken altogether as one whole fit the English-speaking and related West European countries (such as France and the Netherlands) and no others grouping of peoples. This where the Ten Tribes must be.
The other proofs strengthen and confirm this conclusion.
When we bring up these and other blessings as proofs there are those who claim that the Promises are not to be taken literally.
The Literal Meaning of ProphecyÂ
We however hold that Scripture is to be taken literally especially when there is no reason for it not to be.
This is the attitude of Jewish Exegesis and Jurisprudence.
2. Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan Quotes from Jewish Sources Unequivocally in Favor of Literalism!
Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan summarized the reasons why Scripture is to be taken literally. Kaplan gives numerous authoritative sources for each reason given.
A primary source on this subject is Rabbhi Saadia Gaon (b. Egypt 882/892 CE- d. Baghdad 942).
We will quote from Kaplan and then briefly discuss the explanations given by Rabbi Saadia.
Extract from:
Handbook of Jewish Thought
by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, Israel 1979, p.145
7:74 The Torah must be studied as a whole, since one ambiguous passage may be clarified by another.178
One must be careful to take an overall view, and not interpret any scripture out of context.179
7:75 There are times when the Torah speaks in allegory and metaphor.180
 There are four conditions under which there is a tradition that the Torah is not to be taken according to its literal meaning:181
1. Where the plain meaning is rejected by common experience.
2. Where it is repudiated by obvious logic.182
3.Where it is contradicted by obvious scripture.
4. Where it is opposed by clear Talmudic tradition.183
7:76 Where none of these conditions hold, the scripture must be taken literally, and not rejected on the basis of mere prejudice.184 In such a case, even when a passage is also interpreted allegorically, the literal meaning must still be retained.185
178.   BaMidbar Rabbah 19:17; Tanchuma, Chukath 23. Cf. Yerushalmi, Rosh HaShanah 3:5 (17a); Tosafoth, Kerithoth 14a, s.v. Elah; Sedey Chemed, P'ath HaSadeh, Dalet 24 (2:134).
179.   Rambam, Iggereth Teimon (in Iggereth HaRambam), p. 19. Cf. Berakhoth 10a; Rashi ad loc. s.v. Shapil.
180.   Moreh Nevukhim, Introduction, from Hosea 12:11.
181.   [Rabbi Saadia Emunoth VeDeyoth 7:2 (83a).
182.   As in the cases of anthropomorphisms; Moreh Nevukhim 2:25. See above, 2:23.
183.   Cf. Minchath Chinukh 232:4; and Zohar 3:85a; Minchath Pittim, Orach Chaim 156; Makor Chesed on Sefer Chasidim 673:1.
184.   Emunoth VeDeyoth 7:2.
185.   Shabbath 63a; Yevamoth iib, 24a; Teshuvoth Rashbam 415; Rashbam to Genesis 1:1, Ramban on Sefer HaMitzvoth, Shoresh 2 (19b); Maharatz Chajas, Shabbath 63a, Megillah 13a, Yevamoth 79a; HaMikra VeHaMesorah 16. It is for this reason that the Torah is called a "witness;" lkkarim 3:21.
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Saadia Gaon: The Literal Meaning of Scripture Must be Accepted
Saadiah ben Yosef Gaon (b. Egypt 882/892, d. Baghdad 942)
Translated and Summarized by Yair Davidiy
We, all the Children of Israel, believe that everything in the Prophets has the literal meaning of the written words.
There may be exceptions if the apparent simple meaning fits one of four categories:
1. It contradicts common experience as in the case of Eve who was described as the Mother of all Living Creatures (Genesis 3:20).
2. It contradicts common sense as when God is described as a Devouring Fire (Deuteronomy 4:24).
3. It contradicts another part of Scripture, as when Malachi (3:10) tells us to test God whereas we have already been told (Deuteronomy 6:17) not to test the LORD your God.
4.It contradicts what our forerunners [the Sages] received as where it says FORTY STRIPES HE MAY GIVE HIM, AND NOT EXCEED [Deuteronomy 25:3] and our Sages said that no more than 39 stripes may be administered.
The way to resolve all these [apparent contradictions] is to seek a linguistic parallel where the words are used in such a way as to accord with how we interpret them and not contradict it.
The mother of all living creatures [concerning Eve, Genesis 3:20] may also be understood to mean the mother of all human beings.
FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE [Deuteronomy 4:24] is a simile and approximation since HIS punishments are like a consuming fire that burns quickly as its says, FOR A FIRE IS KINDLED IN MINE ANGER [Deuteronomy 32:22].
So too, we find it says,
PROVE ME NOW HEREWITH [Malachi 3:10] after having already said,
YE SHALL NOT TEMPT [Hebrew: "tinasu" i.e. test] THE LORD YOUR GOD [Deuteronomy 6:16].
The solution is that a proving-test may have two applications:
One is to test whether the Creator can do something or not. This is forbidden as it says AND THEY TEMPTED GOD IN THEIR HEART BY ASKING MEAT FOR THEIR LUST. YEA, THEY SPAKE AGAINST GOD; THEY SAID, CAN GOD FURNISH A TABLE IN THEÂ Â WILDERNESS? [Psalms 78:18-19].
The second way of testing involves the situation of the individual in the eyes of the Creator as to whether he has an elevated status or not. The testee already admits that God can do the thing. This is permitted, as we find with Gideon:
[Judges 6:36] AND GIDEON SAID UNTO GOD, IF THOU WILT SAVE ISRAEL BY MINE HAND, AS THOU HAST SAID,
[Judges 6:37] BEHOLD, I WILL PUT A FLEECE OF WOOL IN THE FLOOR; AND IF THE DEW BE ON THE FLEECE ONLY, AND IT BE DRY UPON ALL THE EARTH BESIDE, THEN SHALL I KNOW THAT THOU WILT SAVE ISRAEL BY MINEÂ HAND, AS THOU HAST SAID.
This test [of the Almighty by Gideon] is in the same category as PROVE ME NOW HEREWITH [Malachi 3:10].
We find that FORTY STRIPES HE MAY GIVE HIM, AND NOT EXCEED [Deuteronomy 25:3] is interpreted by our Rabbis to mean thirty-nine. [The number forty may be considered] to be a rounding-off of 39 just as the forty years of wandering in the Wilderness was actually only 39 rounded off to forty as it says,
AFTER THE NUMBER OF THE DAYS IN WHICH YE SEARCHED THE LAND, EVEN FORTYÂ DAYS, EACH DAY FOR A YEAR, SHALL YE BEAR YOUR INIQUITIES, EVEN FORTY YEARS? [Numbers 14:34]. In this case the first year had already passed by without them bearing the punishment.
In like manner [we seek] similar resolutions to apparent difficulties whenever we come across one of the four contradictions mentioned above.
Source: Ha-Emunot ve-HaDaot, HaMamar HaShevii, Techiat Ha-Maytim,
Lewin-Epstein edition p.109
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 [Numbers 14:34] AFTER THE NUMBER OF THE DAYS IN WHICH YE SEARCHED THE LAND, EVEN FORTY DAYS, EACH DAY FOR A YEAR, SHALL YE BEAR YOUR INIQUITIES, EVEN FORTY YEARS, AND YE SHALL KNOW MY BREACH OF PROMISE.                    Â
[Deuteronomy 4:24] FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE, EVEN A JEALOUS GOD.
[Deuteronomy 6:15] (FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD AMONG YOU) LEST THE ANGER OF THE LORD THY GOD BE KINDLED AGAINST THEE, AND DESTROY THEE FROM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.             Â
[Malachi 3:10] BRING YE ALL THE TITHES INTO THE STOREHOUSE, THAT THERE MAY BE MEAT IN MINE HOUSE, AND PROVE ME NOW HEREWITH, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, IF I WILL NOT OPEN YOU THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, AND POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING, THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT.                    Â
[Deuteronomy 6:16] YE SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD, AS YE TEMPTED HIM IN MASSAH.


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Sebastian Sternberg is a research associate at the Chair of Political Science – Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (Professor Th. Gschwend, Ph.D.) and a Ph.D. Candidate at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS) at the University of Mannheim. He holds a Master's Double Degree in Public Administration and European Governance from the University of Konstanz and the Institute d'études politiques Grenoble as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Public Law from the University of Mannheim. As a student assistant in this project, Sebastian became familiar with judicial politics and gained afterwards broad experience in his work as a research assistant at the Chair of Political Methodology (Prof. Susumu Shikano/ PD Dr. Ulrich Sieberer, University of Konstanz). Since returning to Mannheim, he is a member of the CCDB team. He also teaches statistics classes, and he held a CDSS-scholarship.
His main research interests are Judicial Politics, Comparative Politics, and Webscraping/ Automated Data Collection.
Sternberg, Sebastian, Thomas Gschwend, Caroline E. Wittig, Benjamin G. Engst (2015): Zum Einfluss der öffentlichen Meinung auf Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts: Eine Analyse von abstrakten Normenkontrollen sowie Bund-Länder-Streitigkeiten 1974 – 2010. Politische Vierteljahresschrift 56 (4): 570-598.


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You girls never never stop impressing me! It is Sea Spray! Well guessed. And to be fair it is easily confused with Pelican Gray, specially since the pic wasn't colour corrected (again, my bad).
I think I'm having a nautical theme week or something, first Atlantis and now this :) Sea Spray has jumped right up to my top list, it's a great polish. I actually managed to get away with one coat! But it took a little precision so I'll go with two coats next time.
The shade is wonderful. I usually don't feel comfortable in blues but this is impossible for me not to like. It is dusty yet bright, perfect for all seasons, with a very subtle shimmer that makes it so soft.
I don't know why but WP won't let me upload pics right now :( Will try again soon!
Oh and today I'm starting that new category – top application. This polish easily files under that!


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A set of interesting copper engravings of Cayenne and Cassepouri, French Guinea, South America, and Martinique in the West Indies.
The map of Cayenne, home of Cayenne pepper, has a key of symbols identifying the sugar works, petty plantations, indian carbet or village, woody country and palmetto trees.
The plan of Fort Lewis, Cayenne also has a lettered key including; A. the fort on a pretty high hill, d.the lemon tree walk, f. the only landing place about the whole works of the town call'd ye watergate, etc.


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alright and thanks i really appreciate all of the help and the learning it is really going to help me grow as an animator and coder
When are you available so that we can have another lesson????
We need to have a due date dude I told one of your members that ask me about that I said April And May is the animating Time and Somewhere in June is the Due date so that should be enough time
we can start when ever you are ready
ok then
when you decided the times you and your student will work on, just tell me
about the animating school, you entered as a teacher: congratz!
though, I must tell you that the animating level isn't enough to teach animation. this means you can enter only as an Actionscript teacher
if it is still fine for you, just answer me back through visitor message by putting the times you're available (following the correct GMT), your availability and your sample layout
Okay Thanks In Advance And Sorry If I Bothered You
yup, every time you change urs, i will change mine xD
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The Rain Within Increases Focus With 'Atomic Eyes' (album stream) (premiere)
Synthwave and synthpop cross seamlessly together on second full-length from Virginia outfit, the Rain Within.
Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Rain Within will release its second album, Atomic Eyes on Wednesday, 14 February via the Negative Gain label. Consisting of 13 songs, the collection carries a dark weightiness that is tempered a commitment to tuneful, memorable compositions that keep the listener engaged throughout. It's easy to draw a line between a song such as "Realign" and peak era Depeche Mode and though the Rain Within mastermind Andy Deane has most certainly spent his time listening to the masters, there's plenty of the contemporary in his work and plenty that represents his distinct musical vision.
And whereas some music of this ilk languishes in the shadows, preferring atmospherics over real substance, Atomic Eyes thrives on variety, including the comparatively buoyant "Fear, Lies and Love", the chilly, meditative "Home" and the utterly cinematic "While I Am Here." (There's even a taste of what it might sound like when synthesizers dream of heavy metal via "Violet Glow.")
Perhaps the emotional and stylistic scope of the LP should come as no surprise given that Deane moonlights as a horror author and grew up on a steady diet of '80s pop culture, from the scores of John Carpenter to the pop-soaked soundtracks of Molly Ringwald films. With two EPs and one LP behind him as the Rain Within, Deane intends to continue splitting his time between this project and his goth rock outfit, Bella Morte.
Reflecting on this new effort, Deane says, "There's a point you reach as an artist where things really come together, and your visions become clear. Atomic Eyes the product of that moment for me. I feel I've found a way to bring synthwave and synthpop together without having to water either down." He adds, "I think I've also created a sound that is uniquely my own along the way. I think this album is going to get people dancing and being introspective in equal parts."


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travel with henry in
switzerland is the land of plenty
my first homeland
and where i have deep roots
in the the The Bernese Oberland
for me its one of the most beautyfull part of the world
but it can be very expensive for a budget traveler
so maby try a yout hostel
and i allso recomand this place
check it out
when you arive at airport
or first main train st get your self a train pass
so you can travel stress free
there is so much to see so i will
schow you just some place i like best
from zurich airport you can start you journey
via zurich , luzern( have a stroll in the old part there)
and continue. then with on of the finest train rides
over the brünig pass to brienz
from brienz you can visit many great spots near by
i stay in this lovley house near the lake of brienz
check it out
but there is allso hostels and hotels
places you can travel from brienz
1.there is the bigest swiss out door museum ballenberg
only a short trip by bus
its big so reserve min 4-6 hours
2. a fine mountain is the brienzer rothorn Altitude: 2350m
3 .then go for a nice walk along the aare gorge near meiringen
4. visit interlaken and continue with bus or ship to the St. Beatus Caves:
5. from brienz just over the lake
is this fine waterfall where you allso can make a nice walk
along the lake to ISETWALD where you can take the ship
back to brienz
6 like to do something very special travel to the top of europe
Jungfraujoch 3,454 m high you will never forget this
pic by sirhenryb
The Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe is the highlight of any Swiss holiday. The highest railway station in Europe is located 3,454 metres above sea level. The visitors gain access to a high-Alpine wonderland of ice, snow and rock, which they can admire from the viewing platforms on the Aletsch Glacier or in the Ice Palace .
The railway journey to the Jungfraujoch is an experience which leads through the Eiger and the Mönch. At the Eismeer and Eigerwand intermediate stations, visitors can enjoy the wonderful view.
7.here is my fav town in the Bernese Oberland
its called thun its on the lake of thun and my fav river
the aare
great for shoping suveniers, eating out/walks
have a look
switzerland travel tips with will be continue soon
with my home town solothurn
and southern switzerland
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My friend, Marcy has finally published her book of family devotions! Marcy is not only one of the funniest women I know, she is an amazing teacher. (I'm still trying to get her to start her own blog!) Anyway, she has published a family devotion book titled Catching Fireflies and it looks like so much fun that I decided to share it with all of you! I have ordered two autographed copies and am going to give one of them away to one of you!
UPDATE: I received the books in the mail last week and have been going through it over the past few days. It is even neater than I imagined! Here is an excerpt from the Introduction in the book:
"I remember warm nights in late spring, early summer, waiting for it to get dark outside. When it was just dark enough, my family would go outside and catch fireflies. Fireflies only came out in the dark and it was so fun catching them and watching them glow. Fireflies locate each other by their light, they illuminate the darkness and they warn predators to stay away. Some groups of fireflies even blink in unison throughout the night. I always found the light in these little bugs to be fascinating.
I can't think of a better description for the purpose for this book. Family devotion time should be as fun as catching fireflies. Family devotions should be full of fun activities, because learning about God's love can be fun. Families should be able to locate each other by the light within them, they should illuminate the darkness wherever they are and when families are lit on fire in unison together, they will warn predators like divorce, discord and demise to flee at the sight of the light."
Doesn't that just sound like what you want for your own family? Me too!! So, I started looking through some of the studies, and the first one that caught my eye was one in which you teach your children about being "bound up in sin" by wrapping them completely in toilet paper! How fun will that be? There is a story that you read aloud and as you read you unwrap the "mummified" child demonstrating how believing in Christ frees us from the bondage of sin. BUT THEN, she goes on with the example to show how even as Christians, we can become bound up in sin and even though we are free, we can still live a life of bondage. This story is the opposite, you read about a Christian who becomes proud and quits caring about others, stops going to church, etc. and with each of these things you are wrapping another part of the body with the toilet paper until eventually the Christian is completely bound just the way the unbeliever was before Christs mercy unbound him. It is a very fun and silly way to demonstrate a very powerful truth.
There was not much response to my first post about this giveaway, but I am hoping that now that I have seen the book and been able to give an actual review, that interest will be sparked! So, I am extending the deadline for the giveaway until this Friday, September, 14th.
All you need to do is post a little something on your blog that links back to this post (just to get the word out to as many people as possible) and then leave me a comment letting me know you are interested in winning the book. And if you want to take a look at a sample of some of the lessons, you can just click on the button at the top of this post, and it will take you to the official website for the book.
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Tension Knob for the Brake Band - Ashford single drive wheels - SET: Tension Knob, tension spring and brakeband
Replacement brake band tension knob - for Ashford Spinning Wheels with Scotch Tension, generally made after about 1975.
Also used on Double Drive wheels when used in single drive mode
Will this fit my wheel? Place a normal pencil in the hole... now measure the amount of sideways movement at the end of the pencil..
Moves around 10mm+, then this is probably the one for your wheel. Only moves around 5mm, then you probably need the older style which has a thinner shaft. - a different item...
We generally find if this knob is missing, so is the spring and brakeband hence initially we offer this knob as a set of knob, one spring and nylon brakeband.
How to fit it? Generally the knob will be at the front right of the maiden bar (Not here? - you probably need the slimmer knob) The nylon is tied to the spring which will attach to the open screw hook (rear left), thread the nylon through the closed screw eye (rear right) through the hole in the tension knob and put a knot in the end to stop it slipping out of the knob, place the knob in the hole and turning the knob, wind the nylon around the knob until the spring JUST starts to expand. The nylon goes up and over the bobbin, sitting in the groove at the end of the bobbin. This will be a great start point for tension.
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An Emi Funny
I wanted to quickly write down what Emi did on Father's Day. We were all sitting around the dinner table about to enjoy a fabulous steak dinner to celebrate our favorite daddy. Nick started the prayer and then all of a sudden Emi interrupts with her own prayer. With her little hands folded and her head down she said, "And thank you God for making my mommy NOT have any more babies." Every time Nick would start the prayer again, Emi would quietly say this prayer over and over. Ha!
After prayer time, we began eating our dinner. Emi then started blurting out "BAGINA!" randomly. Of course, the big kids were dying laughing. And Nick and I, in our most serious voices, had to repeatedly say, "Emi stop saying vagina at the table" and "If you say vagina one more time you are going to your room".
It was memorable, for sure.


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Doorbells and Letterboxes
In downtown Yangon, the typical (apartment) building is so slim that it often has just one apartment in each floor and a staircase so slim and steep, it's almost a ladder. You can see this in the above picture, right of the "MO" shop.
With no space in the staircase for anything, here's an interesting concept for simple doorbells with attached letterboxes, seen all around downtown Yangon:
Do you see it? It's a cord hanging down from the balcony with a bell attached at the top and something like a peg at the bottom, for letters and newspaper. If someone wants to get in when the door is already locked, the tenant can send down the key via the cord as well. It's pretty cool!


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By Sebastian Reich and Andrew Stuart
In part I of this article in the October issue, the authors described the use of data assimilation in numerical weather prediction.
The subject of data assimilation has been driven primarily by practitioners working in the geophysical sciences. However, the potential for application in all realms of science and engineering cannot be overstated. For this reason, the subject is ripe for development by the mathematics community [6]. The primary benefits of a discipline of this type are three-fold: (i) systematic development leads to clarity about the right questions to ask and distinguishes between generic algorithmic and mathematical questions, and application-specific ones; (ii) it leads to the possibility of importing algorithmic innovation from the computational mathematics community; and (iii) it allows for the exchange of ideas between different application areas through a common language. Of course, this perspective is not news to most SIAM News readers, but the value of mathematics as the language of science and engineering is always worth re-emphasizing.
A central transferable idea in this article is that, in many areas of applied mathematics, the data model and the mathematical model should be considered in conjunction. Thinking about a scientific or engineering problem in this way from the very start is certainly a nontraditional way of thinking, but we argue that it is, in many areas, the right viewpoint. In the context of data assimilation we thus consider a combined model for the signal with a model for the observation process. For expository purposes we consider a discrete time signal \(V_J = {\{\upsilon_l\}}^J_{l=0},\) given by
\[\upsilon_{j + 1} = \Psi(\upsilon_j) +\xi _j.\]
Here the model noise \(\{\xi_\ell\}^{J-1}_{\ell = 0}\) represents stochastic forcing to a deterministic evolution given by \(\Psi(\cdot)\); this stochastic forcing may or may not be included in the use of the model, depending on the setting. The mathematical model for the signal may have many centuries of intellectual development behind it (for example, in numerical weather prediction, or NWP) or may be the product of more recent application-driven needs (for example, in traffic flow). The level of confidence in the purely deterministic signal model will affect whether or not it is appropriate to include model noise in it. The observations \(Y_J = {\{y_l\}}^J_{l=1}\) are assumed to be given by
\[y_{j+1} = h(\upsilon_{j+1}) +\eta _{j+1}.\]
This equation typically will model the use of data acquisition instruments, which will, of course, be application specific. Here the observational noise \({\{\eta_\ell\}}^J_{\ell = 1}\) is almost always present because very few observing instruments are perfect. We can state two formulations of the data assimilation problem. The first is to find information about \(\upsilon_j\) given \(Y_j = {\{y_l\}}^J_{l=1},\) and to update this information sequentially as \(j \rightarrow j + 1;\) this is known as filtering. The second is to find information about \(V_J\) given \(Y_J\) for some given J; this is known as smoothing. Smoothing is more computationally demanding than filtering because it operates in a state space of dimension \(J + 1\) times that of filtering's state space. While in the fully probabilistic model described below filtering and smoothing theoretically lead to the same result at \(j = J,\) current computational implementations of smoothing in the form of 4DVAR (standing for four dimensions—three space plus time—and a cost functional to be minimized) and filtering in the form of ensemble Kalman filters (EnKFs) often demonstrate that smoothing is more informed by the data than filtering is. However, EnKFs deliver an estimate for forecast uncertainties and do not require the computation of adjoint operators (and can thus be seen as derivative-free minimization methods). Merging the advantages of 4DVAR with those of EnKFs is currently a very active area of research in NWP.
Another important distinction is between deterministic and probabilistic methods. Deterministic methods for smoothing can be formulated through optimization as attempting to find the model and observational noise sequences that provide the best fit to the overall mathematical/data model. This leads to the 4DVAR objective function:
\[J(V_J) := \sum_{j=0}^{J-1} \bigl(|C^{-\frac{1}{2}} (v_{j + 1} - \Psi (vj))|^2 + | \Gamma^{-\frac{1}{2}} (y_{j+1} - h(vj + 1))|^2 \bigr),\]
which will typically be augmented with a regularization term for the initial condition, as discussed earlier. The covariance matrices \(C\) and \(\Gamma\) weight the relative confidence both in the mathematical model and the data. There are many variants on the above equation and, in particular, the singular limit \(C \rightarrow 0,\) where the model is thought to be noise free \((\xi_j \equiv 0),\) and hence optimization is over \(\upsilon_0\) only, is widely used. Deterministic methods for filtering also can be expressed in terms of optimization; 3DVAR type methods have the form:
\[\upsilon_{j+1} = \textrm{argmin}_\upsilon J_{j(\upsilon)}, J_j(\upsilon) := |C_j^{-\frac{1}{2}} (\upsilon - \Psi (\upsilon_j))|^2 + | \Gamma^{-\frac{1}{2}} (y_{j+1} - h(\upsilon))|^2.\]
As with smoothing, the choice of covariances \(C_j\) and \(\Gamma\) leads to a variety of different methods. A key question is whether such methods can reproduce accurate estimates of the true signal, even when initialized incorrectly. Figure 1 shows the output of a filter for the Navier-Stokes equation, and demonstrates how, in this case, the true signal (denoted by \(u\)) is recovered by the filter (denoted by \(m\)); three different Fourier components are shown, together with the \(L^2\) norm of the relative error. In all four figures synchronization between filter and truth may be observed. A rigorous dynamical systems perspective on synchronization was established in [4] in the noise-free model and data case. EnKF methods employ \(N\) copies of the above iterated minimization in parallel, and the covariance \(C_j\) is estimated empirically from an ensemble of forecasts. Such methods provide a transition from deterministic to probabilistic data assimilation techniques in that the ensemble information may be used as a surrogate for model uncertainty. Furthermore, such methods also lead to complex interaction between the different ensemble members and hence to interesting and challenging problems in random dynamical systems [7]. There is a great deal of opportunity for new research in this area.
More generally, probabilistic filtering methods concern approximation of the sequence of probability measures \(\mu_j(\cdot)={\mathbb P}(v_j \in \cdot | Y_j).\) There are various approaches, but the most prevalent for low-dimensional applications are SMC methods that attempt to approximate the probability distributions \(\mu_j\) by weighted sums of Dirac measures. This can be very hard to do in problems where the state space dimension is large or where the data is very informative [14, 15]. EnKF methods partially address the need to tackle such problems by employing linear regression during each data assimilation step, but rigorous analysis justifying their accuracy in practical scenarios (fixed, small ensemble size) is very much lacking and very much required. An interesting connection between probabilistic filtering and optimal transportation theory [12] provides an important conceptual foundation for the analysis of these problems.
The smoothing distribution requires study of the probability measure \(\mu(\cdot)={\mathbb P}(V_j|Y_j).\) This measure is on a space of dimension \(J + 1\) times that of the space where each measure \(\mu_j\) from filtering lives. As a consequence, it can be very difficult to study this probability measure accurately and efficiently. Monte Carlo Markov chain (MCMC) methods can be used in some cases, but they are primarily for model problems in benchmarking mode [8]; there remains a significant number of challenging questions in numerical analysis and statistics concerning how to make these methods accurate and efficient for high-dimensional applications [3].
Data assimilation is at a very exciting juncture for mathematical scientists. There are a plethora of applications in which dynamical models are confronted with significant data sets. The question of how to merge the dynamical model with the data to either estimate model states or model parameters—or to estimate both—is thus very timely.
In addition to the legacy applications in the geophysical sciences [11], for which data assimilation remains key, new areas include traffic flow [16, 5], neuroscience [1], personalized medicine [13], and power grids [2]. Furthermore, the subject has been application-led to date. The opportunity for mathematical scientists to systematize the field, develop and import new ideas and algorithms, and export these ideas into application domains old and new is a great one. The recent texts [9, 10, 12] provide introductions to the mathematical underpinnings of data assimilation. The field is one that will only grow in importance over the next few decades and is an ideal one for younger researchers in the mathematical sciences.
This article is based, in part, on a lecture delivered by Andrew Stuart at the 2015 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, held in Snowbird, Utah.
Acknowledgments: Andrew Stuart is grateful to EPSRC, ERC, and ONR for financial support that led to the research underpinning this article. Sebastian Reich acknowledges support under the DFG Collaborative Research Center SFB1114: Scaling Cascades in Complex Systems.
[1] Abarbanel, H. (2013). Predicting the Future: Completing Models of Observed Complex Systems. New York, NY: Springer.
[2] Backhaus, S., & Chertkov, M. (2013). Getting a grip on the electrical grid. Physics Today, 66(5), 42-48.
[3] Cotter, S.L., Roberts, G.O., Stuart, A.M., & White, D. (2013). MCMC methods for functions: Modifying old algorithms to make them faster. Stat. Sci., 28, 424-446.
[4] Hayden, K., Olson, E., & Titi, E. (2011). Discrete data assimilation in the Lorenz and 2d Navier-Stokes equations. Phys. D, 240(18), 1416-1425.
[5] Herrera, J.C., & Bayen, A.M. (2010). Incorporating of Lagrangian measurements in freeway traffic state estimation. Transportation Res. Part B, 44, 460-481.
[6] Ide K. & Jones, C. (2007). Special issue on the mathematics of data assimilation, Phys. D, 230, vii-viii.
[7] Kelly, D.T.B., Law, K.J.H., & Stuart, A.M. (2014). Well-posedness and accuracy of the ensemble Kalman filter in discrete and continuous time. Nonlinearity, 27(10), 2579.
[8] Law, K.J.H., & Stuart, A.M. (2012). Evaluating data assimilation algorithms. Mon. Weather Rev., 140, 3757-3782.
[9] Law, K.J.H., Stuart, A.M., & Zygalakis, K.C. (2015). Data Assimilation: A Mathematical Introduction. New York, NY: Springer.
[10] Majda, A., & Harlim, J. (2012). Filtering Complex Turbulent Systems. New York: Cambridge University Press.
[11] Oliver, D., Reynolds, A., & Liu, N. (2008). Inverse Theory for Petroleum Reservoir Characterization and History Matching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[12] Reich, S., & Cotter, C. (2015). Probabilistic Forecasting and Bayesian Data Assimilation. New York: Cambridge University Press.
[13] Sedigh-Sarvestani, M., Albers, D.J., & Gluckman, B.J. (2012). Data assimilation of glucose dynamics for use in the intensive care unit. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, 5437-5440.
[14] Snyder, T., Bengtsson, T., Bickel, P., & Anderson, J. (2008). Obstacles to high-dimensional particle filtering, Mon. Weather Rev., 136, 4629-4640.
[15] Van Leeuwen, P.J., Cheng, Y., & Reich, S. (2015). Nonlinear Data Assimilation, Frontiers in Applied Dynamical Systems: Reviews and Tutorials, Volume 2. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
[16] Work, D.B., Blandin, S., Tossavainen, O.P., Piccoli, B., & Bayen, A.M. (2010). A traffic model for velocity data assimilation, Applied Mathematics Research eXpress, 1, 1-35.
Sebastian Reich is a professor of Numerische Mathematik at the Institut für Mathematik at Universität Potsdam (Germany) and in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Reading (UK). Andrew Stuart is a professor of mathematics at the Mathematics Institute at Warwick University (UK).
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So, I wasn't tagged for this one 😦 but I'm sure Janel at Keeper of Words won't mind me borrowing it!
As the title suggests – this tag is Rapid Fire so my answers should be short and sweet, preferably the first response that comes into my head after reading the question. So lets get right to it….
eBooks or physical books?
Paperback or hardback?
Either. However paperbacks are more convenient for the handbag!
Online or in-store shopping?
In-Store shopping
Trilogies or series?
Heroes or villains?
Ooooh……I do like a good villain!
A book you want everyone to read.
IT by Stephen King
Recommend an underrated book.
GABRIEL'S INFERNO by Sylvain Reynard
The last book you finished.
MY BLOODY VALENTINE by Alastair Gunn
Weirdest thing you've used as a book mark.
I don't use 'weird' things – but mainly use receipts and old train tickets
Used books – yes or no?
Yes – but as Janel – as long as they are in excellent condition.
Top three favourite genres?
Crime Fiction (and all its sub-genres)
Contemporary Romance
Borrow or Buy?
Characters or plot?
Hmmm….I think you have to have both. Without one, it can lead to a disappointing read
Short or long book?
Long or short chapters?
Name the first three books you think of.
THE MERMAIDS SINGING by Val McDermid
CURSED by Thomas Enger
THE CROW GIRL by Erik Axl Sund
Books that make you laugh or cry?
Our world or fictional worlds?
Our world
Do you ever judge a book by its cover?
I'm so naughty – I admit I do……
Book to movie or book to TV adaptation?
Tricky. There are some great books that deserve great TV adaptations…… I say TV
Series or standalone?
I tag:
Everyone who hasn't yet done this tag!
I would love to hear your thoughts on the above – do you agree with any of my answers?
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Monday, December 11, 2006
Urs -- "Take my spirit totally from my body"
This week, Sunlight is offering a series of poems in memory of
the passing of Rumi from earthly life, and specifically focused on
his teachings on the subject of mortality.
Today, Sunlight offers Ghazal (Ode) 1716, in a translation by
Professor William Chittick. For more information on "Urs", the
wedding, Sunlight suggests a visit to
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Tonight, take my spirit totally from my body, so that I
may no longer have shape and name in the world!
At this moment I am drunk in Thee - give me another
cup! Then I may be obliterated from the two worlds in Thee,
and be done with it.
When I have been annihilated through Thee and be-
come what Thou knowest, then I will take the cup of non-
existence and drink it, cup after cup.
When the spirit becomes radiant through Thee,
when the candle lights up - if not consumed by Thee it is raw,
Give me now the wine of nonexistence instant by
instant; when I have entered nonexistence, I will not know
the house from its roof.
When your nonexistence increases, the spirit will
prostrate itself to you a hundred times - oh you to whose
nonexistence thousands of existences are slave!
Give me wine, measure by measure! Deliver me from
my own existence! Wine is Thy special grace, intellect Thy
general grace.
Send up waves from nonexistence to steal me away!
How long will I pace the Oceans shore in fear?
The snare of my king Shams al-Din is catching
prey in Tabriz, but I have no fear of the snare, for I am
within it.
-- Ghazal 1716
Translation by William C. Chittick
"The Sufi Path of Love"
SUNY Press, Albany, 1983
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bolmsted needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 19 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
Disability Insurance Quotes
We sell individual disability insurance policies to consumers in the USA.
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We want our logo/branding, and the picture of the agent assigned to the quote that has been requested. We want it to be clear on the page how changing the benefits affects the price. Finally, we want it to be clear which product/benefit option the consumer selects.
All options and colors are available.
This is a page that is designed to help a consumer on our site select a disability insurance policy. The first step is located at https://www.disabilityquotes.com/index-temp.cfm. Once a consumer has filled out the quote request box, they are taken to another page where they can fine tune the quote. They can select different benefit amounts and see the updated pricing in real time. Then, they can request an official quote for the amount they have chosen.
We have a start on how we want it to look, but we're unhappy with the results so far. We'd like some design options on this second page, where they can update their quote and see the new pricing and then select one of those policies to have us send to them.
I have included screen shots of the page we want designed. The first shot is what the consumer sees when they fill out the quote request box on the link above. The second shot is what they see when they chose to update the benefit amount to reflect a different amount and price.


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BWW Reviews: POOR LITTLE LULU, Theatre of The Absurd at Cleveland Public Theatre
POOR LITTLE LULU, Theatre of the Absurd at Cleveland Public Theatre
Roy Berko (Member, American Theatre Critics Association & Cleveland Critics Circle)
POOR LITTLE LULU, Matthew Earnest's play, which is getting its world premiere at Cleveland Public Theatre where it is being produced in association with The Lunar Stratagem, is a classic Theatre of the Absurd creation. The absurd movement, which was at its high during the turbulent mid-to-late twentieth century, centered on the existential question, "why do we exist?" Plays by Edward Albee and Eugene Ionesco put individuals in absurd situations, where the ridiculousness and horrors of life, and of the decisions made, were paramount.
Earnest has taken the words of Frank Wedekind, who wrote PANDORA'S BOX (1904) and EARTH SPIRIT (1895), controversial plays which examined women under siege, and developed a work that allows for seeing a group of people who are depraved, selfish and foolish. People, who clearly are acting out the meaning of existence.
Placed in a stark white setting, with harsh glaring lights, the work takes on the look of absurdist art, often letting the viewer figure out what is being portrayed and its meaning.
The script is as relevant today as it was at the turn of the century, maybe even more so because of the constant availability of electronic media. Vitriolic conservatism in the present day has broadened the field. Religious fanatics, their political spokesmen, and right wing media moguls attack anyone that doesn't agree with their narrow views by name calling, verbal, and litigious assault. Women, gays, liberals and humanists, among others, are castigated as the enemy and attacked.
Lulu, in Earnest's play, is doing what she has been taught to do. She is a femme fatale, the only route open to her. As Earnest, who is also the play's director states, "We were interested in her as a blank canvas that everyone in her life felt free to paint on whenever they liked, even to the point of renaming her at their pleasure. Renaming her by calling her names and alluding to her in vulgar terms.
Earnest paints not only on Lulu, but on the entire stage. Men are dressed in revealing women's underwear doing "womanly activities," such as moving furniture, moving daintily through lives, changing characters to fit the needs of others. The real is often not presented as real. Actors change characters so often that keeping track of who is who becomes an exercise in futility.
The cast of POOR LITTLE LULU seems to understand their purposes. Some, of course, carry out their mission more proficiently than others. Katie Nabors (Lulu) moves easily from mood to mood, role to role. Karl LaMarca, is cute, effeminate and believable as Alva Schön. The rest of the cast has high and low moments, sometime feigning roles that require believability.
Benjamin Gantose's lighting design and Will Bezek's set design add to the absurdity of the production.
Capsule judgement: POOR LITTLE LULU is not a play for everyone. It is abstract and existentialistic in nature, which makes it a niche production which will attract those who like the Theatre of the Absurd and enjoy verbal gymnastics.


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Following an embarrassing 4-1 defeat away to Juventus last weekend, Roma will be looking for a swift return to form when they host Atalanta at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday (11:30am BST).
Roma were all but defeated within twenty minutes against Juventus, their defence failing to deal effectively with the home side's movement in forward areas. Midfielders Claudio Marchisio and Arturo Vidal were able to run in behind at will, creating three goals that killed off Roma's challenge before it had even begun.
The ineptitude of his side's display provoked an incredulous response from coach Zdenek Zeman and from Roma director Walter Sabatini, who labelled it a "disastrous" performance. Sabatini also questioned the desire of a number of the players, presumably in an attempt to stimulate some sort of response for the visit of Atalanta.
If Roma can take any solace from last weekend it will be that for all their own problems this Sunday's opponents fared even worse, going down 5-1 at home to Torino. One goal from the penalty spot, two from set-pieces and another two in open play were conceded, with Atalanta's defending on all five leaving a lot to be desired.
Roma have enough quality in the final third to suggest that they should have little trouble breaking through the Atalanta defence. But they are always liable to leave themselves open on the break, with the nippy Argentine playmaker Maxi Moralez primed to take advantage.
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- We therefore expect plenty of goals in this match, so back over 3.5 goals @ 5/4 with William Hill.


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[flattr /] Every time you have a bright light shining into your lens you get a lens flare. This can look nice or horrible. You can avoid much of it with a lens hood – and with paying more money for better coated lenses.
But when you have these nasty spots on the image – there are ways in GIMP to heal them. Some are discussed in the forum thread where I also got the image for this show.
My preferred way to tackle a problem is to understand the source of it. Solving the problem is often much easier then. (This is the theory, often I just poke around…..;-) ) So I start with a bit of blackboard – showing that a lens flare is only added light, the original image lies below and the flare can be (in theory) subtracted from it.
In GIMP I do this with comparing similar colours in and outside of the flare. A bit of layer magic and the flare is gone. Except for the fringe where my patience ran out.
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00:20 Greetings, Flattr
01:45 Lens flares
02:20 Origin of lens flares
12:10 Avoid lens flare with a lens hood and lens coating
13:05 "Digital" lenses
14:20 Solution: subtract light
16:00 Curves to correct the contrast
19:45 Subtracting light from the flare
19:45 How much light was added in the flare?
22:00 Sample points
23:05 Docking a dialogue
23:30 Mixing the correction colour
27:25 Correcting the second flare
33:00 Recap
35:15 A quick crop
36:30 Why layers?
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Frøya Fiks is an illustrated story and activity book for children ages 7 to 9. Through the narrative, Frøya Fiks grows into a strong, confident child when she discovers her ability to create solutions to the challenges in her life.
The readers follow the process of making physical projects through Frøya's perspective. Frøya Fiks inspires children and boosts their self-confidence by challenging their problem-solving skills through hands-on activities.
Frøya is the main character in a story and activity book for children age 7–9.
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Eivor Pedersen grew up in Gildeskål, Norway, and started playing in her family's woodshop at the age of five, establishing a lifelong affinity for design and creating things. She focused on typography as an undergraduate and studied in Brazil and Australia before coming to New York City in 2013.
This was one of the first boats I made. I did everything myself, sawing and hammering. I remember how much fun it was.
Kleiva was my grandfathers fishing boat. Here I am starting to get a little more creative. The green colour on the side is supposed to be algae and the red is fishblood.
Stina was the boat my grandfather had before I was born. I made if from a photo. and it does indeed look like the real boat.


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Brooke Perry gives the hombres the heebie-jeebies at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2016. See the hottest Brooke Perry photos from the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2016 at the Grand Palais in Paris.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2016 started with a bang in Paris. There were supermodels galore and the Angels looked devilishly hot. It was a time of colors, forms and superbly-designed lingeries. Among one of the attractions of the show was Bridget Malcolm.
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Brooke Perry is an American model who was born in 1992. She is a Pisces. She is a beautiful blonde with seductive looks. Her height is five feet and nine inches.
She modeled for the PINK brand of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2016. A light chiffon material covered her frame while beneath it the light pink colored silky strands flowed all over her. She posed for the cameras and gave flying kisses in the process.
As Brooke Perry struck angular ways of carrying herself one after the other, the shutterbugs (cameramen) went crazy taking pic after pic of this sexy and pretty woman.
"Holy crap that was INSANE! Thank you @vspink @victoriassecret @ed_razek #vsfashionshow2016 #vsfsparis," Brooke Perry wrote on her Instagram after the show.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is months in the making. This year the show marks the 20th anniversary of the sexiest runway show. The Victoria's Secret fashion show has grown to a global TV event that draws an audience of about 500 million people world-wide.
CBS will broadcast the 1 hour Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2016 on December 5 at 10pm ET. The taped show will be shown in 190 countries around the world.


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CBTV: Teen Titans May Be Headed to TNT
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According to Deadline, TNT is looking to get into the super hero TV game.
With five comic-derived television shows headed to small screens this fall (Gotham, Constantine, The Flash, Arrow, and Agents of SHIELD) Geoff Johns and the minds at DC Entertainment are apparently not done yet. Per the report, Teen Titans is one of three shows awaiting a final approval from the network. Helmed by writers Akiva Goldsman (Fringe, I Am Legend, A Beautiful Mind) and veteran producer Marc Haimes (MIB 2, Legend of Zorro), the series would ostensibly focus on former Robin Dick Grayson, as well as Starfire.
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While no official word of the series' progress has come from DC Entertainment, Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns tweeted out a link to a related story from the Wall Street Journal after Deadline broke the initial news, providing additional confirmation.
Though no details of the Teen Titans show are confirmed, Haimes resume contains multiple action epic credits, suggesting that the prospective show would certainly not be light on action, while Goldsman has proven that he has the ability to successfully craft sprawling science fiction universes on the small screen.


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LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS WITH LUZ EMILIA AGUILAR, JORGE VOLPI AND ILEANA DIEGUEZ, IN SPANISH WITH simultaneous translation INTO GERMAN
In the past decade, more than 170,000 executions were registered in Mexico and about 30,000 missing persons were tallied. Is Mexico therefore a deeply violent country, as is often suggested? If not, what are the origins and causes of this gruesome escalation in violence?
At the beginning of the 21st century, there was still the impression that this development had been permanently halted. The murder rate in Mexico fell sharply. Then, exactly a decade ago, Felipe Calderon was elected as president. After he declared war on drug trafficking, the country slid more than ever into a maelstrom of violence.
A rapid increase in abductions and killings of women is one of the tragic outcomes. Mass graves containing up to 100 bodies have been discovered. Images of devastated villages have been deeply engraved onto the collective consciousness. These tortured and dismembered human bodies hold the significance of a spectacle in Mexico. Each individual act follows a system of signs and carries a terrible message. This bears the features of a war of annihilation, which a population has declared upon itself.
Two years ago on 26 September 2014, no fewer than 43 university students at a training school for primary school teachers in Iguala were kidnapped and murdered. At the time it looked as if the first signs of a protest culture would develop in Mexico. This crime moved the public more than any other because in the course of the otherwise inconclusive investigations, it was discovered that the victims all belonged to a group that had opposed the discriminatory hiring and pay practices of the Mexican government. They were arrested and transferred by the police to the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel, which was akin to authorising their execution.
Since then, public outrage has noticeably decreased again. However, on a more profound level, there seems to be a growing part of the population that is no longer prepared to accept drug-related crime, its associated violence, the sudden disappearance of people and the corruption that reaches deep into the state apparatus. People want to break the stranglehold that organised crime keeps on the entire country – and with it, the people who live there.
The performing arts play an important role for this civic momentum. In recent years, a number of young directors and performers has emerged who have broken away from the rigid aesthetic orientations of previous generations and, often using minimal scenographic means, enter public space to reclaim what first seem to be unsuitable venues for new forms of political theatre. An outstanding representative of this trend is Ángel Hernández, who has declared it his goal to reclaim and revitalise spaces and settings once damaged or even destroyed by organised crime; with the means of and for the purposes of art, he wants to make them available to the population once more.
Three prominent intellectuals from Mexico City will gather for a small symposium on the occasion of the Endstation Sehnsucht festival and explore the diverse relationships between art and politics, theatre and activism against the background of developments outlined here.
The critic and theorist Luz Emilia Aguilar Zinser analyses the political situation in Mexico and Central America, and the extent to which it has changed the artistic practice of the performing arts. If violence itself has become performative itself in such a fundamental way, what options does theatre have to distance itself from a grim reality, instead of duplicating it behind the back of its own intentions?
The writer and festival director Jorge Volpi deals with the issue of drug-related crime and the different perspectives that have developed both inside and outside the country on this phenomenon. He focuses on bestseller thrillers like "The Cartel" by Don Winslow, but also pop culture trends such as "narcocorridos", a genre of song that is immensely successful particularly in the United States, in which the cruel acts of drug kingpins are glorified.
Ileana Diéguez is a university teacher of theatre and the visual arts. Using examples from both disciplines and using the medium of cultural activities, she talks about ways in which to process and grieve over traumatic events such as the disappearance of loved ones. The central "character" is the "missing burial" in which, especially in Latin America, an "unfinished historical grief" is reflected.
Part of Endstation Sehnsucht – Theater in Mexico: A festival about flight, identity and the representability of violence
Curated by Christoph Gurk and Ilona Goyeneche.
In cooperation with Goethe-Institut Mexiko. Funded by Kulturstiftung des Bundes. Supported by Secretaría de Cultura de México, Goethe-Institut München and Instituto Cervantes.
Next to the individual ticket a FESTIVAL PASS is available at the box office.
FESTIVAL PASS (for 6 days): 60 Euro / discounted 40 Euro
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Letter: Natalie Pien, Leesburg
Editor: I predict that one part of Gov. Ralph Northam's legacy will be far reaching, in both time and space. It will impact not only Virginians living today, but citizens all around the world for generations to come. To be sure, Gov. Northam must be commended for outstanding accomplishments: Medicare Expansion; Metro funding; raising the legal threshold for felony larceny. Millions of Virginians will benefit.
None of this, however, will matter. Gov. Northam has failed to act within his authority to block two unneeded, fracked gas, fossil fuel transporting pipelines, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline. These pipelines that cut through beautiful, rural central Virginia will exacerbate climate change, which negatively affect every social concern from national security to food security to health security to (im)migration security. Completing the ACP and MVP will result in global warming carbon pollution equivalent to 46 coal fired power plants, totaling 120 metric tons of carbon emitted per year for the next 40 years. That's 12 times more than the annual carbon reduction proposed in the Governor's Energy Plan.
Ominously, the October Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that we have 12 short years to take bold, unprecedented steps to stop greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, the recently released fourth U.S. National Climate Assessment reports that climate change is here, expensive, and deadly; but the worse impacts can be avoided if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced. The message is clear. Building new, fossil fuel pipelines to be in service for over 40 years is wrong.
Gov. Northam's legacy can be different if he chooses to stop the pipelines. He can heed of any one of the following:
- "Do no harm," Hippocratic Oath.
- "Too dangerous, too dirty," Physicians for Social Responsibility re: fracked gas pipelines.
- "Stop work on the ACP and MVP," VA NAACP President.
- "Stop work on the ACP and MVP," Gov's Advisory Council on Environmental Justice.
- The ACP "is not in the public interest," Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur dissent statement.
- "The ACP is more expensive than using existing pipelines," Thomas Hadwin, former electric and gas utilities regulations compliance executive.
Gov. Northam, what will your pipeline legacy be? Will you put people and planet above corporate (Dominion Power) profit? It's not too late to do the right thing. Stop the pipelines.
Natalie Pien, Leesburg