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I once read somewhere, that if you live in the UK your whole life, you will spend two thirds of it in the rain. True or not, it undoubtedly rains a lot, and as a result, the average Briton is well prepared for the dampness of UK shores, and will have to hand an array of anoraks, cagoules, umbrellas, and even a pair of wellies or two for the more torrential downpours. So sitting in the modestly sized departure room of Nausori airport, (departure lounge being far too grand a word for this particular area) looking out at the tropical storm currently battering the collected assortment of tiny planes, I considered my current attire, and concluded that a sulu and Hawaiian shirt really weren't appropriate for the conditions, and briefly longed for my sensible geography teacher jacket, stashed somewhere at the bottom of my bag.
Fortunately, I soon remembered, that unlike the UK, the South Pacific doesn't suffer from arctic winds and plummeting temperatures, and so the dowsing we got walking the short distance from the departure room to the plane was actually quite refreshing.
The storm did mean quite a bumpy ride for myself and the other 28 passengers, but a bit of turbulence was nothing to worry about, particularly as the tiny plane we were currently sitting on, was in two hours time, hopefully going to land us on the tiny island nation of Tuvalu – a country recently plagued by epic water shortages, resulting in a state of national emergency, and aid being delivered from a number of neighbouring countries.
Rain is drinking water in Tuvalu, so we were more than glad to deal with the turbulence, and were happy as we landed on the precarious runway at Funafuti international airport, (surely one of the smallest in the world) to see the tropical storm we had left in Fiji, had followed us and was in full force here too, soaking the amassed crowds who had come to see the plane; a twice weekly event that causes quite a stir in the local community.
The crowd which had gathered in the hilariously small terminal building were an odd mix; sunburnt Europeans escaping after a few short days on the island, some Tuvaluan sailors flying to Fiji for work, family members eagerly awaiting food and other goodies sent from overseas, and some locals who had just come to sit and watch the relaxed chaos.
Our soaking wet bags eventually found their way to baggage reclaim, which in Tuvalu is a dark corner with some tarpaulin on the floor, (which, to be honest, could have been someone's luggage looking at some of the other things being carried from the plane) With all our gear accounted for, and a proud stamp in our passports, we headed outside into the hot rain in the hope that someone knew who we were, and where we were going.
"So which one is Andy and which one is Jay then?" asked a man which I can only describe as 75% beard – turns out someone did know who we were, and where we were going, so we followed the bearded wonder into a taxi, and headed for our home for the next nine months. Driving north down the originally named Tuvalu Road, the main road in Funafuti, (There are only two to chose from) it only took us five minutes to reach our new home, and that was with a stop to pick up the house owner who also happens to be the new secretary of the Tuvalu Scout Association.
Based more or less in the middle of the main settlement of Funafuti, I won't go into too much detail about our accommodation (I'll save that for another blog post) but save to say it is fairly basic, but more than adequate for what we need to survive for the next nine months.
Unpacking was an absolute dream! After living out of the top of my rucksack for the last two weeks, it was bliss to be able to take everything out; safe in the knowledge we weren't going to be leaving any time soon. It was also a relief to find out exactly what I had brought with me, and several items surprised me as they came out of the depths of my bag, especially my running shoes which I had completely forgotten about. No time like the present, especially as I hadn't done any exercise since leaving the UK, I put my running shoes on and thought what better way to go and explore the area around my new home than by going for a short run.
Twenty minutes later, and my run had officially become the sweatiest activity I have ever attempted, despite it being overcast, about 6pm, and raining. Excessive sweating and a bright red face meant I was fast becoming a great source of hilarity for the locals; and even with my modest grasp of the Tuvaluan language it was easy to work out what people were saying; it seemed that jogging in Funafuti wasn't to be recommended – not to be put off though I continued with my sweat-fest, and made it back in time to have a shower and boil a pot of water to drink before our taps ran dry. Apparently the tropical downpour has yet to replenish all the water supplies in Funafuti! At least we have boiled enough water to last us for a couple of days, and our bucket of rain water should do well enough for washing.
With the realities of living in Tuvalu slowly coming into focus, we enjoyed a plate of tinned squid kindly brought round by the Scout secretary, lit a mosquito coil, and tried in vain to get rid of the ants which seem to cover everything; before drifting off into a deep sleep and accepting that we had finally made it to that crumb in the Pacific, that place we had been preparing for over the last six months, we had made it to Tuvalu.


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Pothole next to a drain
Reported in the Damage to road category anonymously at 12:27, Tue 4 December 2018
Sent to Bath and North East Somerset Council 3 minutes later. Council ref: 1477523.
This pothole has been here for months and is quite deep. It's very difficult to avoid in a car as this is a narrow piece of road and traffic is often queuing down here to get on/off the toll bridge.
Thank you for your report, it will be reviewed by the appropriate team.
Posted by Bath and North East Somerset Council at 12:30, Tue 4 December 2018
We have looked into this issue and the appropriate action has been scheduled for future works.You can check back here for further updates.
State changed to: Action scheduled
Posted by Bath and North East Somerset Council at 07:46, Thu 6 December 2018
We have dealt with this issue and the report is now closed. Further comments may not be monitored.
State changed to: Fixed
Posted by Bath and North East Somerset Council at 07:55, Thursday 17 January 2019
This report is now closed to updates. You can make a new report in the same location.

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It always starts innocently enough. I have some project in mind that requires the latest feature of some piece of open-source software. By far the easiest way to install software in Linux is to use one of the many package management tools such as apt-get, yum, yast, urpmi or emerge. These automate the process of installing pre-compiled files and save the user the difficulty of knowing how best to compile a given piece of software for their particular distribution.
The trouble with these tools are that they often insist that a given piece of software can only be installed in an environment that has a particular set of libraries available. This is not really a problem in Linux, in that it can happily host multiple versions of a given library in a seamless way. Theoretically, if you need a library you don't have, you can simply install it and you're good to go.
In practice its much harder than that. None of the package managers I've ever used have a way of saying that you want to install a second (or third or fourth) version of a library. They always want to remove the old version before installing the new one. This, I suppose, reduces the problem of having a dozen different (and presumably unused) versions of a single library on a machine.
In practice though, it leads to a far worse problem. You often discover that your current versions of a dozen different tools rely on a currently installed library. If you want to upgrade the library, you have to upgrade all of these tools as well. Of course, these new tools may themselves depend on other new libraries that need to be installed and so on and so on.
I once installed a (I thought) simple upgrade to a program because it had a new feature I desperately needed. By the time all of the dependencies were resolved, my entire operating system had jumped two versions. I had started out running Fedora Core 2 and was now running Fedora Core 4. Or rather, a horrible mongrelized version of Fedora Core 2 and Fedora Core 4 which happened to think it was Fedora Core 4.
This is the equivalent in the Microsoft world of trying to install a new program in Windows 95, only to discover yourself running Windows 2000 when you're done.
There are many ways that one might try to combat the problem of dependency hell. The current system that most distributions use is a system of repositories. These hold versions of the software that are all consistent, and can be safely installed together. Of course that means that if a new piece of software requires a new library feature, one that isn't supported by the base libraries of the repository, then that version of the software doesn't get into the repository.
When one is facing a software problem that is fixed by the latest version of some piece of software, but that isn't in the repository, that can be very frustrating. The temptation is to link to one of the experimental or 'unstable' repositories to grab the version of the software you need. Three times in four, it works. You install the program and a couple of supplemental libraries and you've happily solved your problem. The fourth time, you end up back in dependency hell.
There are other obvious ways to with aspects of the problem, from having an explicit language to describe how library APIs change, so that library dependencies can be derived rather than being set by the software author, to having a far more strongly-typed and object-oriented operating system that could more easily deal with these issues. Both of these are difficult and manpower-intensive changes to implement and what you'd have when you were done would arguably not be Linux any more.
A far simpler solution and one that would go a long way toward solving the problem would be to add a pair of features to most package managers. The first would be a flag to specify that you wish to install a parallel version of a package, be it a software tool or just a library. Thus, I would finally have a simple way of telling my distro that I need 3 different versions of GCC installed for development testing purposes.
The second feature would be a way of installing just a library. Often you'll install a package and discover that it needs Library X. Library X is part of Program X and you have to install that program (which requires you to satisfy its dependencies first), even if you never want to use that program. Sometimes you have to the option of installing Development Kit X instead, which also contains Library X and is designed to let you write programs that use Library X. The thing is, you don't want to write programs that use Library X, you already have one that you simply want to install.
By paring down the number of files you need to install to satisfy a given set of dependencies, and by having tools that are willing to explicitly manage multiple versions of the same installed library, we could go a long way to eliminating dependency hell.


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Popcorn Day
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Sixth-graders, from left, Jared Lucido, Kevin Sargent and Brady Lattanzi try some freshly popped popcorn Thursday in Brett Dunton's art class at O'Maley Innovation Middle School in Gloucester. FoodCorps service member Meghan Stratton of Backyard Growers visited the school for "Popcorn Day," which featured popcorn grown by students in the O'Maley garden. Besides enjoying the popcorn, students explored popcorn-related lessons in a variety of disciplines. For example, they calculated popping percentages in math class, composed popcorn poetry in English, looked at global historical popcorn timelines in social studies and made popcorn still-life drawings in art class.


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This week on Talking to Ghosts we talk to Kelli Anderson about making pop up books, creating a fake dystopian edition of New York Times as a political movement, and looking forward to the time in between projects to catch up on reading!
Kelli Anderson has a book out now called This Book is a Planetarium and you should definitely pick it up at your local bookstore!
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When it comes to housing, one of the main problems people face in most urban areas today — often places of constant growth and increasing housing demands — is a need to choose an apartment typology over single-family houses, not because of their desire, but out of necessity. Their main concerns can be summed up as the following:
- typically, in people's minds, apartment buildings often imply "a life in a box," without living quality, feeling of belonging, and identity;
- a lack of natural light and a view;
- proximity to the neighbors, resulting in the lack of privacy, both visual and acoustic; and
- insufficient physical space in various forms for a life of comfort.
Metaform architects, based in Luxembourg, carefully analyzed these issues and responded by using them as a base point of transformation, developing a new vision of a collective housing typology. The surrounding context, specific terrain conditions, and form of the plot to be developed offered a possibility for a different experiment, while at the same time reflecting and responding to residents' concerns.
The plot is situated along a curved street with steep topography (more than 30 feet of elevation change) and 300-year-old trees classified as national monuments that must be preserved. All of these conditioned the initial shape of the building. Furthermore, the building responds to the specific urban context — small-scaled housing units on one side and a large-scale apartment block on the other. It creates a subtle transition by splitting the main volume into six smaller, vertically shifted blocks. In this way, the building is adjusting to its surroundings; it preserves the required density while nurturing the feeling of belonging, identity, and human scale.
Volume splitting and shifting have been carefully studied to respond to a need for natural light, opening the panoramic views toward the landscape and the city and creating visual contact with the sky, while at the same time allowing for residents' privacy.
Another response to the privacy issues consists of enhancing the vertical communication, while eliminating long horizontal, often dark and acoustically unfavorable corridors. Three vertical cores connect underground parking directly to the apartments. This solution allowed for transversal apartment configurations with three-side orientation.
On the other side, the architects had an idea to give residents a possibility to meet and get to know each other in a common shared indoor space. Facilities such as a common kitchen, leisure room, and games are all designed and intended to bring value by improving social interaction and a sense of community living, on individual voluntary bases, while preserving the privacy and peace of others.
Apart from creating the meeting common space that can accommodate common as well as private gatherings, the underground floors offer spacious storage for every apartment.
The overall aspiration was to "marry" current housing needs and issues with specific conditions of the site; to design a collective housing building that offers people a sense of belonging, identity, and community.
Construction, materials, and structure
The building is made of a massive structure of reinforced concrete, faced with a ventilated façade made of triangular aluminum panels. Façade materials were selected to allow for minimal maintenance. Thermal wall insulation consists of mineral fiber. Openings are filled with three-layered glass in an aluminum frame. The large glass elements are specially coated with anti-UV film to prevent the building from overheating.
An important aspect of the energy concept of the building is the orientation; the large openings appear mainly on the south and eastern façades, whereas the north façade is mostly closed. According to Luxembourgish laws, the building is classified as a low-energy building (Class B-B). A centralized ventilation system as well as solar panels for hot water production are also included to optimize the energy efficiency of the project.
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He may stay enrolled in the CDHP plan for 2018, and once he enrolls in Medicare you can notify Benefits Administration that he wishes to cancel his coverage through the state-sponsored plan completely by submitting a cancel request form. What is important for him to know, however, is that he may not provide the full IRS-approved HSA contribution to his HSA for 2018 since he will not have HSA-approved coverage for the full 12 months of 2018. The full HSA contribution amounts for 2018 are (and these include any employer contribution as well, if your agency provides such):
Single coverage $3,450 + $1,000 catch up contributions if over 55 =$4,450
Family coverage $6,900 + $1,000 catch up contributions if over 55 =$7,900
The final year's HSA contribution is pro-rata in the year you turn 65. Example:
Jim was covered by a self-only CDHP and eligible for an HSA in 2018 but turned 65 on July 2, 2018, and enrolled in Medicare. Jim lost eligibility for an HSA as of July 1, 2018. For 2018, Jim was eligible for 6 months of the year. The federal HSA limit for Jim is $4,450 ($3,450 individual HSA limit plus a $1,000 catch-up). Accordingly, Jim's calculation is 6/12 X $4,450 = $2,225. Jim's maximum contribution for 2018 is $2,225.


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Triple-Threat: Page 159
January 25th, 2015, 3:59 am
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User's Comments:
Reply Zoinks scoob (Guest), January 25th, 2015, 4:04 am
Fricking julienne and melody i cannot take cuteness this any longer
Reply MOD YOU NERD (Guest), January 25th, 2015, 4:49 am
guys that symbol is the 'natural' symbol in music Melody is saying 'naturally' I'm
Reply Guest, January 25th, 2015, 7:40 am
who the heck is Cell? and yay the trio has become the group of candy,instruments, TVs, socks and a girl with no socks on but with nice rain boots. AND THAT WAS THE SEA WHAT I CANT EVEN- and what about Assock and pink flowers?
Reply i have been watching too much db (Guest), September 4th, 2017, 8:29 pm
@Guest: i have been watching way too much dbz, because my first thought was 'Cell' as in the freaky lizard creature that melts people and absorbs them with his tail
Reply RMAgic (Guest), January 25th, 2015, 9:23 am
I'm sorry, but the last two panels I thought--
Reply PANKAKESORSOMETHING, January 25th, 2015, 12:21 pm
Oh man i started reading this just recently and now that i reached the current page i dont know what to do with life
Reply Tijopi11, January 25th, 2015, 1:55 pm
@PANKAKESORSOMETHING: I know the feeling....
Reply Andrea (Guest), January 28th, 2015, 8:25 am
@PANKAKESORSOMETHING: I know right
Reply Andrea (Guest), January 25th, 2015, 2:11 pm
Reply AnnaMix (Guest), January 25th, 2015, 2:55 pm
Melody reminds me a horse. ^^ Those triangles also goes well as stirrups for Julienne. How adorable =)
Reply Guest, January 25th, 2015, 9:37 pm
Oh boy oh man. What if cell's name will be another pun, like maybe theyre some kind of cellphone-object-head character? Idk
Reply GenesisInk, January 26th, 2015, 2:09 am
I seriously can't get over how clever Julienne's name is and her design is great ughuhg
Reply who? (Guest), January 26th, 2015, 3:18 am
maybe Cell is called Cell because she sells things? :o
Reply Incleaam (Guest), January 26th, 2015, 3:54 pm
@who?: :0
Reply Axel Mantoro, January 26th, 2015, 12:29 pm
Reply VintageCandyShop (Guest), January 26th, 2015, 3:01 pm
"..That is the sea."
Reply pinetrees_ (Guest), January 27th, 2015, 7:13 am
His clothes. I've noticed throughout the comic that RGB's clothes get duller and duller. Is that GONNA mean something? Or is that just my imagination over thinking things?
Reply Axel Mantoro, January 28th, 2015, 10:53 am
@pinetrees_: oh.....OH....OOOHHH I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN. *wink wink, nudge nudge*
Reply Kitty star (Guest), January 28th, 2015, 5:30 am
No assok wrong sea
Reply SmartGuy (Guest), January 29th, 2015, 10:06 am
I see...
Reply Tootiredtocomeupwithacleverusern (Guest), January 30th, 2015, 4:08 pm
Let us sail the forest and climb the oceans
Reply Andrea (Guest), January 31st, 2015, 10:59 am
@Tootiredtocomeupwithacleverusern: yes
Reply Teasila, January 31st, 2015, 7:38 pm
if i keep it up maybe another page will appear.... XD,
Reply Mmbrane (Guest), January 31st, 2015, 8:26 pm
@Teasila: same,,,,
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Speech and Debate Teams Wins 14th Straight District Championship
The team turns its attention to the Philadelphia Catholic Forensics League Finals on March 3rd, where the top six entries in each event earn a spot at the National Catholic Forensics League Tournament in Washington, D.C.
On Saturday, February 24th, the Speech & Debate Team hosted the Pennsylvania High School Speech League District 11 and 12 qualifiers. The top two entries in each event qualified to the State Finals. 21 La Salle students earned their way to the State Tournament, held on March 16-17 at Bloomsburg University, including seven entries winning an individual District Championship. Those impressive numbers gave La Salle 122 points toward the team award, with the next closest in District 11 having 74 points, giving the Speech and Debate Team its 14th consecutive District 11 Team Championship.
This win built off of a strong conclusion to the Team's invitational season. At the Pennsbury Falcon Invitational in early February, the team placed 3rd overall in Speech Events out of 67 schools entered – including individual 1st places by Patrick Kelly '18 in Informative Speaking and Luke Kawczynski '21 in Declamation. The following weekend, eight Explorers competed at the 43rd University of Pennsylvania tournament with Desmond Young '18, Martin Csongradi '18, and Patrick Kelly '18 being recognized for individual awards in Extemporaneous Speaking and Original Oratory. Last weekend, the Team competed at its final Invitational of the year, The 44th Annual Harvard University National Tournament. Patrick Kelly won his 3rd award in as many weekends, placing 2nd in Informative Speaking out of 157 competitors, marking the first time a La Salle student reached the final round of the Harvard Tournament in school history.
The Speech and Debate Team turns its attention to the Philadelphia Catholic Forensics League Finals on March 3rd, where the top six entries in each event earn a spot at the National Catholic Forensics League Tournament in Washington, D.C., and the National Speech and Debate Association Valley Forge District Qualifiers on March 10th-11th. The top two entries will earn a spot at the 2018 National Tournament in Fort Lauderdale, FL.For more information on the program, visit:
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text: Hi Hubert, On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 01:09:38AM -0600, Hubert Chan wrote: > There will be a new GNUstep library release coming up, which will break > binary compatibility with the GNUstep libraries currently in Debian. > (The versions currently in Debian are one release old, and the current > GNUstep release already breaks binary compatibility with what is > currently in Debian.) Since the new release adds many new features, we > would like to get it into etch if possible. Since the general freeze > for etch is only a couple of months away, that means that if we want to > make it happen, we'll have to make a very, very smooth library > transition. > So here's what needs to happen: > If you maintain a package that uses the GNUstep libraries, you will need > to change your build-depends. Instead of build-depending on > libgnustep-gui0.10-dev, you should build-depend on libgnustep-gui-dev, > and instead of libgnustep-base1.11-dev, you should build-depend on > libgnustep-base-dev. These will be the names of the new -dev packages > for the new GNUstep libraries, which will enable us to do smoother > transitions later on by allowing us to do binNMUs. (And ftpmaster seems > to prefer those names.) The current -dev packages already provide those > names, so it should even be safe to upload packages with the new > build-depends, if you were already planning on doing an upload soon. So > there's no reason to delay making the change. You can do it right away, > and should do it as soon as possible. This should be the only change > that you should need to make to your packages. While the ftp team is going to prefer -dev package names that don't include ABI versions in them, the underlying *reason* for that preference is that changing -dev package names unnecessarily generates busy work -- not just for the ftp team, but also for the release team and for maintainers of packages that build-depend on those -dev packages. So while changing the -dev package names to libgnustep-gui-dev and libgnustep-base-dev sounds like a good idea to me, I think it would also be a very good idea to make these packages Provide: libgnustep-gui0.10-dev and libgnustep-base1.11-dev during this transition just as the previous packages Provide:d the new names. This would immediately enable us to do binNMUs for any gnustep packages whose maintainers don't have time to change around their build-dependencies before the freeze while still letting you get your lib transition in for etch. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.debian.org/


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Goldwater on state's rights
""Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States' Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a 'general assumption' but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.""
Goldwater on religion and politics
""There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' and 'D.' Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of 'conservatism.'""
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We've reached the point where we're told that Trump is E-V-I-L, but they can't say why. And meanwhile with overwhelming bad news coverage, he still has an approval rating of more than 50%.Read More...
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John McCain is a dishonorable scumbag who is in it only for political advantage. He's cashed in on that POW experience so many times that it ought to have disintegrated by now.Read More...
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Drama goes on past last over before Devon are confirmed as semi-final winners
DEVON are on the way to the Unicorns Trophy final next month after scraping past Suffolk on wickets lost in a tied semi-final at Sidmouth.
Confusion reigned in the seconds and minutes after the game as players and officials speculated on who had won?
A public address announcement that 'we don't actually know who has won' did nothing at all to clarify matters.
The confusion was largely caused by the influence of messers Duckworth and Lewis, whose system was brought into play due to a break for rain.
Morning rain meant a delayed start and a 35-overs a side game started just before three pm. Devon lost two overs batting time due to more rain, which opened the door for Duckworth and Lewis.
Devon recovered from 58 for five to make 201 or eight in an innings slimmed down to 33 overs. Zak Bess (78no), Ben Green (38) and a 15-ball cameo of 29 not out from Scott Barlow dug Devon out of trouble.
The Duckworth-Lewis System calculation was that Devon's revised total was 199 for eight so Suffolk would have to make 200 to win – one less than Devon scored – which is one of the more bizarre side effects of using DLS.
Suffolk needed 14 to win from the last two overs, six two win from the last set of six, two to win with four balls left… and didn't get them.
Suffolk's last pair scrambled a leg bye off the final ball bowled by Ben Green to 'level' the scores at 199.
Neither side anticipated a tie, neither had the captains by the look of it at the end, and the umpires weren't sure either.
Only after the rulebook had been thumbed were Devon declared winners. They lost eight wickets to Suffolk's nine.
Devon will meet Cheshire at the Getty family ground in Buckinghamshire on August 29 – three days after they are due at the same venue for finals day in the Unicorns T20 competition.
Keith Donohue, Devon's director of cricket, said before the game his side had to be prepared for the ebb and flow of a close encounter.
"A little less ebb and at a bit more flow might have been desirable for the state of my health," joked Donohue afterwards.
"To get 201 on the board having been 58 for five was a top-draw effort by our batters.
"I felt out total was competitive, but not beyond reach and when they batted the scenario kept changing all the time.
"At 44 for five the momentum was with us; at 159 for six Suffolk were in the box seat and at the start of the last over I was anticipating shaking their hands and with them well for the final.
"Cricket can be a harsh game at times. This time we were not on the end of it."
Devon 201-8 (Z G G Bess 78no, B G F Green 38, S Barlow 29no; T W W Rash 3-33), Suffolk 199-9 (D P Batch 47, B D Shepperson 30; Z G G Bess 3-32, B G F Green 3-38, G R Chappell 2-28). Devon bt Suffolk on fewer wickets lost using DLS.


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One of Japan's best known actresses with a career spanning over forty years, Kaori Momoi is perhaps just as well known for her outspoken and refreshingly direct approach to interviews as she is for her work with such esteemed directors as Akira Kurosawa, Kon Ichikawa, Yoji Yamada, and Shohei Imamura. One of the few Japanese actors to have made a successful international career starring in Hollywood movies such as Rob Marshall's Memoirs of a Geisha and international art house fare in Alexander Sukurov's The Sun, Momoi currently lives in LA and is even reportedly preparing to play Scarlett Johansson's mother in the upcoming US live action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. It's perhaps less surprising then that in choosing to adapt a short story by one of Japan's best young writers, Fuminori Nakamura, Momoi has chosen to shift the story to LA whilst maintaining its Japanese characters.
We first meet Azusa (Kaori Momoi) as she's washing her foot in a public sink near a beach. A strange conversation with an American man implies that she's involved in some kind of sex work and the pair head into a hotel where they're stuck in a crowded lift with a collection of noisy strangers. Aside from this lift scene which is replayed with slightly different emphasises throughout the film, the narrative, such as it is, is provided by Azusa's two sessions with passive psychiatrist, Dr. Sanada (Yugo Saso). In the first of these she discusses her feelings of guilt over the death of her family, killed in a fire started (perhaps not) by accident as she carelessly played with matches as a child. Later sessions see her accompanied by an official looking American man, seated in the corner but unable to understand much of what's going on. Now Azusa is suspected of a violent crime but finds herself confessing to various other moral and criminal transgressions, but then again perhaps "confessing" is the wrong word.
Transposing the story from Japan to LA brings an additional layer of alienation to Azusa's story as she finds herself alone and set adrift far from home. The slightly rundown, beachside faded glamour of the outside world contrasts neatly with the cool, ordered interior of the psychiatrist's office where Sanada appears almost indifferent to Azusa's monologue as he makes coffee in a vacuum pot and stares blankly straight ahead. It's little wonder why Azusa remarks that perhaps he's just not suited to this kind of work during her first session and even later states that he's really just a sounding board for her – she's monologuing for real, applying the talking cure to herself.
Intercut with Azusa's monologues and the reoccurring lift scene in which Sanada also appears, Sanada is seen with his own, not quite happy, family. Married to a fellow doctor working at the same clinic, Sanada seems a little uncomfortable with his confident, dominant wife. Conversing in English at home the couple share extravagant meals prepared by their housekeeper with their little daughter but as Azusa's monologues continue the family scenes become ever more strange and disjointed and Sanada is even seen wolfing down a plate of high grade beef in his pyjamas whilst sitting next to a bright burning fire inside a patio chimney heater. Azusa maintains control, both in the room and out, with Sanada left behind as passive observer.
Expertly played by director and lead actress Momoi, Azusa is a necessarily unreliable narrator as she offers her series of sad stories each of which leads towards a fire. Betrayed by men from her father onwards leading to a failed marriage, inappropriate relationship with another Japanese man in the US, and an ill fated assignation with an American possibly more interested in her daughter, Azusa's only constant has been the fire but it also seems to spark her madness. It's impossible to tell how much of what Azusa is saying is "true" at any given time as her oddly circular narratives fracture off yet return to the same point but what she appears to crave from Sanada is the simple act of acknowledgement – of being seen, understood, and respected as a human being.
Reportedly shot in just ten days for a minuscule budget, Hee is anchored by a strong performance from its leading lady but is occasionally undercut by Sanada's passivity which leaves her without the necessary pushback. The English language actors offer their lines in a slightly surreal manner which adds to the heightened atmosphere of the piece but does not always gel with the other theatrical elements and, at times, proves jarring. Though sometimes too obtuse for its own good, Hee takes an interesting, experimental approach to its material and displays a nice flair for composition even if the cinematography itself remains more conventional. A frustrating, if sometimes fascinating, experience, Hee is the story of woman trapped in flames with only the last remaining hope that we will be able to see through the smoke and heat haze to finally acknowledge her presence.
Reviewed at the 2016 London East Asia Film Festival.
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HCM CITY (VNS) — Dragonfly Theatre in HCM City will present Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett next month.
Generally considered to be one of the finest plays of the 20th century, this black comedy takes a lighthearted and irreverent look at the biggest questions in life: Who are we? Why are we here? What are we waiting for?
The play follows two men as they wait for the seemingly never present Godot. At times striking and thought-provoking, at others downright silly, this is a play for everyone.
Dragonfly Vietnam is a professional quality theatre company based in HCM City. Past performances have included The Importance of Being Earnest, The Little Prince, and Dangerous Liaisons.
The shows will be staged at 7pm on October 9, 10, 11 and 12.
The venue is Cargo Bar, 7 Nguyen Tat Thanh St., in District 4.
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There is a lot of talk in recent years about the rise of "slacktivism." As social media has grown and become an awareness-raising machine, this idea of "slacktivism" has emerged. In short, it is being willing to post/share/comment/like—but be unengaged otherwise. Slacktivism is talking big game about your feelings about issues—but ultimately doing nothing. It is akin to a boat that is ashore. It has potential, but it needs to be brought back into the water to really make the difference that it was intended to.
People have taken note. And people are making changes—and are calling for others to make the same changes—to not just put their money where their mouth (or social media accounts) is, but to put their time, skills, and voice toward some major issues in our world today. And we are so encouraged by this.
We saw a really good example of this shift with the ALS Foundation's Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014. What started as a "either dump ice water over your head—or donate" became a "dump ice water over your head to raise awareness, and donate to raise funds." Through the call to do more than just talk (and talking is important), the ALS Foundation received $115 million in donations—and that $115 million has enabled incredible steps in their research in the last three years.
We're not going to ask you to pour ice water over your head. But we are going to ask you to put slacktivism to death, and commit to bringing freedom, safety, and hope to women and girls exploited by the sex trade. We need your voice, time, talents, and money to continue this mission.
We get asked often how people can get involved—so we thought we'd put together a list of ways you can do just that. Here are five ways to make an impact for the hundreds that will be sold for sex in our community tonight:
Stop reading this blog for a minute, and take a moment to pray for those in Seattle who are being exploited in the sex trade. Take a moment to pray for those purchasing sex in our community. Pray for REST. Pray for your reaction to the rest of this blog. Consider committing to being a prayer partner, and showing up at our prayer events.
From operating our REST House, the Emergency Receiving Center Shelter, and Drop-In Center, to having people available to help women seeking to exit the sex trade—and having material resources for them—we need your support. Whether you're able to make a one-time donation, or become a monthly supporter, or provide directly for material needs—we need your help. Make a financial donation here.
Get Trained & Volunteer.
There are many ways you can volunteer at REST—and it all starts with attending a Training Day. We need frontline volunteers as well as people working in the background. Learn more about volunteering here. One upcoming volunteer need we have is for a volunteer photographer and a few volunteer models for a photoshoot. If you're interested, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Join us at A Night of REST.
Attend our annual fundraising gala on November 11. Connect with other like-minded people in our community, enjoy dinner, and participate in live and silent auctions to raise funds to bring REST to exploited individuals. Info & tickets are available here.
Use your platform.
We know we're encouraging you to put slacktivism to death—but that doesn't mean we don't need your voice. It means we need your voice and. We need your voice and your intentional commitment to bring freedom, safety, and hope to those exploited in the commercial sex trade in King County. One new way you can use your voice to very practically help us is by starting a Facebook Fundraiser. Through Facebook Fundraisers, we can collectively, as a community, put our money where our social media mouth is and make a real—visible—tangible—impact. Facebook fans have already raised over $3,200 for REST. $3,200 can keep our ERC Shelter & Drop-In Center open for two days, or provide life skills training for all of the women in the REST house for a year, or help ten survivors escape to a safe, out-of-state location.
You can make a significant impact for those exploited in the commercial sex trade in our community right now—if you're willing to put slacktivism to death and take action.


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4 of 5 stars.
Included in Chronology published by Curiosity Quills Press, this very short story deftly alternates between two timelines, two locations and two narrators that are identical twins. Their stories converge until the point that they include each other and then conclude.
Jeff's tale, which both opens and closes the story, has a nice warped perspective as he is viciously hungover throughout and seemingly getting worse. As an unreliable narrator, he's funny in his lack of remembering the events of the previous evening and in not recognizing the many people strewn around his living space and bedroom and bed . . . Josh's tale also veers towards celebrating as his research group out in the Nevada desert is about to throw the switch on their years of work, a mini-version of the Hadron Large Collider to test the commercial potential for energy production from induced micro-gravities, but something is going wrong with the machine . . .
Jeff's sections are labeled "Post," while Josh's are labeled "Pre". As Jeff continues to explore his environment, his lack of recognition of anybody around him, starts to get eerie. He goes outside and sees crashed vehicles, and bodies with blood around the faces. Josh's co-workers start to babble in words he doesn't recognize and they're collapsing . . .
Whether one considers this speculative fiction or science fiction, the science end falls apart quickly as the Nevada crew speculates as to what is going wrong on their end. However, the treatment of the situation and the depiction of the symptoms is handled very well. The dovetailing of the disparate storylines is also surprising in a good way. This story is highly recommended. One can also follow the author's blog, here.
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Prize Money Boost Attracting Big Names To Summer Jumping
Summer jumping used to be a dirty phrase in the racing community. Purists would look down their nose at the mere thought of National Hunt horses jumping over obstacles outside of the traditional winter months. Facilities and attendances at summer jumping venues were low, and crucially so was the quality of the animals that were on display.
Over the last decade through there has been something of a revolution at various tracks around the country, and a recent visit to Newton Abbot confirmed that the once derided summer jumping game is now a major asset to the Sport of Kings.
As families and punters poured through the gates of the Devon venue, it was clear that the turn to summer racing in the early 2000s had really paid dividend from a business point of view. What had started as an initial idea to combat the weather conditions during December and January, has now grown into a successful venture which only appears to be going in one direction.
Playgrounds and magicians keep the children happy but just as important as the off-track activities are on a family day out, Newton Abbot have also realised that the need to put on the best quality sport on the track, is equally essential if they are to attract the more seasoned racegoer.
Prize money at venues like Newton Abbot has continued to rise in recent years and local owners and trainers, in particular, have responded in kind.
Ten-time Champion Trainer, Paul Nicholls said "Tracks like Newton Abbot put really good prize money on for their novice hurdles and novice chases, and that gives us the opportunity to run some better horses in the summer."
That was certainly born out at the weekend with the Nicholls trained Bagad Bihoue, rated 142, completing a four timer in the novice chase, by beating the 136-rated Vosne Romanee. A clash between two highly rated unbeaten classy novice chasers would have been unheard of in the summer in the past but thanks to the pot on offer, and the safe ground, both sets of connections were happy to let their horses take their chance.
Case and point that elevated price money leads to a better product.
Such races are becoming increasingly frequent during the summer months, and we only have to look back at the roaring success of the Market Rasen card on Saturday to confirm those suspicions. Their Summer Plate Handicap Chase, which also went to Paul Nicholls with Alcala, had close to £30,000 for the winner, and as a result it drew one of the best fields in recent memory for the time of the year.
With Market Rasen leading the way, Newton Abbot are clearly following close behind with prize money at the forefront of their business model.
Managing Director of the Devon track, Pat Masterson said "We are now looking to do something similar to Market Rasen, and have a £150,000 race day. We want trainers like Nicky Henderson at Lambourn and those further up the country to come here."
Throughout the year, Newton Abbot have a minimum prize money of £6000 each race, and that has clearly proven attractive. With costs high for trainers in terms of transportation it is clearly a mantra that works, with Messrs Henderson, Mulholland and Olly Murphy among those joining Nicholls with runners at the track during our visit.
As well as attracting an improving equine talent, we are also seeing the human stars on show at tracks like Newton Abbot, with jockeys more than happy to spend their precious summer time riding for decent prizes on quality horses.
Sam Twiston-Davies, fresh from winning the big prize on Alcala at Market Rasen, said: "It's lovely to be able ride for good prize money during the summer, and because of that we kept him (Alcala) going, so it's lovely when a plan comes off."
Top jockeys do of course need time off during the quieter summer months, but the advent of higher quality cards is an increasingly attractive proposition, and in turn that makes the entrance fee even better value for money.
No one is suggesting that summer jumping will ever surpass the thrill and quality of the winter version but attendance figures, and customer satisfaction, does suggest that there is a place for both. Tracks like Newton Abbot and Market Rasen have clearly got the balance right, with both crucially realising that the quality of sport they offer remains the fundamental ingredient to any day out.
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If you are feeling frazzled, scattered, disconnected to yourself and what is going on around you try this really simple meditation. I have found this to be so relaxing, bringing me back to my centre, reminding me of my worth, boundaries and revitalising.
Having practiced it so many times over the last few months I wanted to share it with you! This has helped me so much – try it, it might work for you too!
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Metformin affects cortical bone mass and marrow adiposity in diet-induced obesity in male mice.
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Absorptiometry, Photon, Adipose Tissue, White, Adiposity, Animals, Body Composition, Bone Marrow, Cell Count, Chromatography, Liquid, Cortical Bone, Diet, High-Fat, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Immunohistochemistry, Lipid Metabolism, Male, Mass Spectrometry, Metabolomics, Metformin, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Obesity, Organ Size, Osteoblasts, Phenotype, RNA, Bacterial, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, X-Ray Microtomography
Obesity during maturation can affect the growing skeleton directly and indirectly, although these effects and the mechanisms behind them are not fully understood. Our objective was to determine how a high-fat diet with or without metformin treatment affects skeletal development. We also sought to characterize changes that occur in white adipose tissue, circulating metabolites, lipids, and gut microbiota. A diet-induced obesity C57BL/6J mouse model was used to test the effects of obesity and metformin on bone using bone histomorphometry and microcomputed tomography. Bone marrow adipose tissue was quantified with osmium tetroxide microcomputed tomography and histology. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry was used to analyze body composition. Hematoxylin and eosin staining was used to assess changes in white adipose depots, mass spectrometry was used for circulating lipids and protein metabolite analysis, and ribosomal RNA sequencing was used for gut microbiome analysis. Mice fed a high fat-diet since wean displayed increased medullary areas and decreased osteoblast numbers in the long bones; this phenotype was partially normalized by metformin. Marrow and inguinal adipose expansion was also noted in obese mice, and this was partially normalized by metformin. A drug-by-diet interaction was noted for circulating lipid molecules, protein metabolites, and gut microbiome taxonomical units. Obesity was not detrimental to trabecular bone in growing mice, but bone marrow medullary expansion was observed, likely resulting from inhibition of osteoblastogenesis, and this was partially reversed by metformin treatment.
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Bornstein, Sheila; Moschetta, Michele; Kawano, Yawara; Sacco, Antonio; Huynh, Daisy; Brooks, Daniel; Manier, Salomon; Fairfield, Heather; Falank, Carolyne; Roccaro, Aldo M; Nagano, Kenichi; Baron, Roland; Bouxein, Mary; Vary, Calvin; Ghobrial, Irene M; Rosen, Clifford J; and Reagan, Michaela R, "Metformin affects cortical bone mass and marrow adiposity in diet-induced obesity in male mice." (2017). Maine Medical Center. 100.


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Your summer life under the patio roof
The warm days are already there. There is theoretically no summer yet, but in truth we can spend out time already without any problems. For many people, this means that they now spend their life to a large extent under the patio roof. So that one feels there well, you but should learn above all really comfortable to make the latter.
Partially applies the same rule as in the interiors. In part, there are also some special features. We want to show how these to each other exactly behave and how you exactly can deal with the knowledge about it, creates a really great ambience, you based on a couple of great examples.
Stable wooden beams make a nice Pergola
Cool colors
You want to emphasize a particular item under the patio roof? Then you should do this in bright shades. Make it work even better, the main design parts should be deleted but then neutral.
Dividing into zones
The concept of open-plan kitchens, you've learned how you can accommodate several different zones within an open plan. This has to do with our need for order and Division of functions. On a psychological level, we achieve this that feels even a confined space such as a home. So, you could achieve it under a small terrace roof that one feels free and has everything, what you would have in a huge garden.
Lush vegetation overlooking the city
The sun shield
The use of a sun shielding should be adapted to the actual situation. If you have a natural cover for the Sun in some places, you need not incorporate an additional canopy there, right? By the position of the building or sometimes by a tree, it has always shadows in many places or in the summer only early in the morning. The patio roof should be attached real only in the places where absolutely necessary.
Elegant solution with metal frame, fabric and glass
The light
The last above applies of course in cases, when you use this especially in the summer. If you want to be protected from the weather and from the rain, then you might consider a solution which allows the light in certain places and is absolutely leak-proof only on some.
Small wooden Pergola and hanging plants
Treat yourself to comfort
If you spend much time on the terrace, you should treat yourself too much comfort there. Make upholstered furniture and many pillows. But see to that they are easy to care for. Because outside collects more dust than inside, as it sees itself.
Exotic and mystical pattern pillows and candles
A general turning point with the proper light or/and a fireplace
They provide more comfort under the patio roof through the appropriate lamp. She can also be combined with a fan. You could add also a fireplace, which will have a particularly decorative effect. But he can contribute something to the cooler spring or autumn evenings to warm up the atmosphere.
Coziness and comfort at the same time
Spice up the soil and other items with color
Provide for a seamless transition or a garish contrast to the garden with color. Would be very effective, to spread about the ground beneath the terrace roof. Especially with wooden decks, this is relatively easy. Choose the appropriate color which is not damaged by the weather conditions.
Rattan furniture and white upholstery
Different groups of seat
Wood frame and sheet metal
Generosity and purist design
Rustic atmosphere with natural materials and smooth colors
Openness and warm radiance
Schwellenloser transition to the garden
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Original pendant lamps and candles
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The referendum for Scottish independence will take place this week, and I am thinking of a picture that used to hang in the Classics library at Chapel Hill when I was a graduate student there. There among images of philologists and historians of old hung a framed portrait of Douglas C. C. Young, the Paddison Professor of Greek from 1970 to his untimely death through years later at the age of sixty. Young was a great scholar who produced a critical edition of Theognis, and in fact wrote a book about his thrilling search for the lyric poet's manuscripts all across Europe entitled, Chasing an Ancient Greek.
Young was extremely learned– there is a story I remember hearing of how, one time in some Oxford Common Room, a historian was going on about a Byzantine emperor's lineage and said, "And God only knows who his grandfather was!", whereupon Young leaned over to give the answer and thereafter was nicknamed "God"– as well as extremely witty. My favorite article of Young's is entitled "Miltonic Light on Professor Denys Page's Homeric Theory" (Greece & Rome 6.1 [1959] 96-108) which employs the statistics-based methodology of academics arguing that the Iliad and Odyssey are not by the same authors to prove that there two different Miltons at work on Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained! A reductio ad absurdum of epic proportions, "Miltonic Light" must be one of the greatest satirical works of scholarship ever written.
But as compelling as his textual criticism was, Young was more notable for his fierce devotion to his native Scotland. An ardent nationalist, Young chastised his fellow Scotsmen as Quislings if they did not actively work for independence. As leader of the SNP (Scottish National Party), he even spent three years in prison during the Second World War, insisting that the 1707 Act of Union did not permit conscription of Scots into the British military. After the war, Young continued to teach Classics at Dundee and St. Andrew's, eventually ending up with a prestigious named chair in Greekat UNC, where he died too young. Throughout his life, he remained a force in Scottish politics, and one can well imagine what his thoughts would be this week.
As the referendum draws nearer for Scotland, the rhetoric has gotten more acid. In a recent editorial, Labour MP Gordon Marsden, an anti-separitist, writes, "As for the bigger questions about border controls and goods from Scotland entering the UK and all other EU countries without customs controls, the SNP's cloud-Cuckoo land White Paper simply assumes it would happen." The reference to the fairy-tale utopia in Aristophanes' Birds is one that Young would have relished responding to, with acerbic ridicule no doubt. Among Young's signal achievements was a translation of this play into Lollans, the Scots dialect employed by Robert Burns among other. I remember once looking up The Burdies in the Chapel Hill library and reading it mostly as a sustained curiosity, but it has in recent years received critical praise.
Alas, I cannot find The Burdies online anywhere, but did find these lines cited form it in an article, which perhaps are most apropos:
O, you that foondit the famed etherial city,
ye kenna hou muckle honour ye win frae mortals,
hou monie lovers are grienan for this county.
ὦ κλεινοτάτην αἰθέριον οἰκίσας πόλιν,
οὐκ οἷσθ᾽ ὅσην τιμὴν παρ᾽ ἀνθρώποις φέρει,
ὅσους τ᾽ ἐραστὰς τῆσδε τῆς χώρας ἔχεις.
Oh you, who have founded so illustrious a city in the air, you know not in what esteem men hold you and how many there are who burn with desire to dwell in it.
I'll be thinking of Douglas Young as the votes come in, but how the referendum will go this Thursday is anybody's guess. The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley, as some Scottish poet once said, and that goes for burdies as well.


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Psalm 103:15-16
As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.
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|This article is about a/an song in Choudenshi Bioman.
- Lyricist = Kan Chinfa
- Composer = Kase Kunihiko
- Arranger = Yano Tatsumi, (21st Century Version: Kouji Gotou), (CBS Sony Version: Hiromoto Tobisawa), (King Record Version: Jun Tsukui)
- Singer = Miyauchi Takayuki, (21st Century Version: Same), (CBS Sony Version: Shinichi Ishihara), (King Record Version: Masayoshi Miyazaki)
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Lyrics parts in bold indicate the TV-sized version.
|Original Japanese lyrics
|Approximate translation into English
Kimi no kokoro ni shirushi wa aru ka?
Do you have the sign in your heart?
English translation by Chirlind
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- The opening theme of Choudenshi Bioman was played during the Bioman entry featurette of The 30 Sentai Encyclopedia, shown at the end of Task 11 of GoGo Sentai Boukenger.
To commemorate the 35th anniversary of Super Sentai, Columbia Records and NIPPONOPHONE released the 7 volume soundtrack Super Sentai Theme Songs Collection for digital download on iTunes on July 20, 2011. Choudenshi Bioman was part of the Volume 2 collection.


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A Springtime Korean-American Story
I used to work as an Art Assistant for the US Edition of Reader's Digest Magazine. I loved that job, because I got to pick out the back cover art, during my tenure there. I left that job to move to Virginia. This move changed my life in so many ways. I told this story to my 85 year old friend and I love her version of a story she told to me a few years ago, while we were caring for her husband, in their home. We share a Korean heritage. We share a love of caring for others. We both have birthdays in the first days of Spring. This lady still remains an inspiration to me, because she is, like me, energetic, active, full of life, and a strong-minded Korean American woman. We shared our stories about how we were both born in Korea, we both came to America, we both ended up in Virginia.
Here is her version of her story: She told me that her father and mother always told her, "Dear Daughter, you are so beautiful and accomplished that you would make a good wife. You do not have to have a professional career!" She bristled at their comments, because she wanted to be independent and studied pediatric medicine. This was ground-breaking, to be a Korean woman and a Pediatrician. It was 1947. When she made the decision to go to the United States to practice Pediatric Medicine, she couldn't decide where in the US to go. While all of her other friends were saying, "Go to NY!" her intuition told her not to "follow the crowd." One day, she was reading Reader's Digest Magazine. She saw the back cover art. It was a painting of Dogwood Trees in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She felt they looked so beautiful and Asian. She liked the name, "Vir-gin-ia", it sounded so easy and melodic when she pronounced it. She made her decision and got accepted to MCV, to practice Pediatrics. While there, she met an ambitious, hard-working Korean immigrant, like herself. He was a one of the first surgeons to develop Transplant Surgery. They fell in love and got married and lived a good, long life together. He left a legacy of healing that endures, today. She ended up being a housewife and a mother, to support his work. She never regretted her decision to live her life here, practicing medicine in Vir-gin-i-a. She claims that that picture on the back cover of Reader's Digest, changed her life.
Next week, March 24th, in Korean tradition, "gije" (hangul: 기제) we celebrate Death Anniversary, together, since it is the anniversary of her husband's passing. I am looking forward to seeing her, getting together, celebrate life and the upcoming Spring season, and eating our favorite Korean foods.
Richmond, VA
Another Proud Korean American


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These days, more often than not I have several ideas to write about floating around in my head, but when I sit down with my laptop, I feel nothing but particularly uninspired.
It's like all the brilliant, creative ideas I have shrink into unattractive globs or float in the distance, just out of reach. Most of the time, though, those brilliant ideas simply seem way too brilliant for me to capture today. Too vivid for my current color set, too complex for my weary brain.
So I sit with my laptop, and if I'm feeling ambitious I'll journal, but most days I close out the blank document or blog page, and I revert to the couch potato version of myself, who enjoys crunching on chips and binge watching Supergirl on Netflix.
I've been wondering lately why I feel so uninspired to write even though I have all these ideas and topics floating in my head. Coming up with topics is usually the hardest part of writing for me. As I've pondered this, I recalled a few episodes of The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey, my recent favorite podcast. The host, Jamie, frequently interviews authors and is in the process of writing a book herself. I remember her saying, "You know how they say you write a book?" Her guest asked, "How?" Laughing, she replied, "You sit down and write a book."
This makes me think perhaps what's missing is not inspiration but discipline. Discipline, and courage. Courage to show up and let my work be seen, even if it's not in vibrant color like I'm used to or well-composed and easy to read. It's not exactly fun, but when I sit down and churn out the words, my soul is still fed, and hopefully others' are too. (But it's more like a whole grain, raw vegetables kind of meal, not meatloaf and mashed potatoes.)
In a way, this dilemma about writing correlates to how I feel about reentry. How do you live through reentry? You wake up, and you live your day. You show up when you need to (to work, to interviews, to church, to counseling), you veg and cry when you can (and sometimes when you're not supposed to), and then you do it all over again tomorrow.
Even when you're feeling particularly uninspired.
There isn't a recipe for perfect reentry or coping with reverse culture shock. There is no secret to feeling inspired for life. You wake up and get through the day, and then you do it all again the next day, and the next, and the next. You choose to be thankful for the many sweet parts of life, and you push through the hard parts.
Reentry is a strange thing. I think one day soon I may start to feel the tingle of inspiration, the warmth of motivation for writing and for the idea of life in America.
Until then, I will pray for strength to show up each day and courage to let myself be seen. That, I think, is enough. And I think it's really all you can ask for when you're feeling particularly uninspired.


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Civil War in the Southwest - Picacho, AZ
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Each year you can see a Civil War battles reenacted at Picacho Peak State Park in Picacho, AZ.
posted by: Poehunters
location: Arizona
date approved: 8/20/2013
last visited: 3/21/2015
Warner Grand Theatre
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This Live Stage Theater is located at 478 W 6th Street in San Pedro, California.
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location: California
date approved: 8/19/2013
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A concert hall at the University of Arizona.
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last visited: 6/22/2014
This Concert Hall is located at 478 W 6th Street in San Pedro, California.
date approved: 8/15/2013
Bell in Hand Tavern - Boston, MA
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Located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, the Bell in Hand Tavern is the oldest tavern in the United States; operating since 1795. It offers Karaoke every Tuesday night.
posted by: Chasing Blue Sky
location: Massachusetts
date approved: 8/14/2013
last visited: 8/22/2014
Driftwood Bar on Craycroft - Karaoke , Tucson, AZ
A local bar with Karaoke on Thursday and Friday nights in Tucson, AZ.
date approved: 8/10/2013
last visited: 11/25/2013
Liberty Center (Lona Theater) - Sedalia, Mo.
This two-story plus yellow brick building is located at 111 West Fifth in Sedalia, Mo.
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Teatro San Materno - Ascona, TI, Switzerland
The only original Bauhaus style theater in Europe is again used as a live stage theater since 2009.
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location: Switzerland
Plush on 6th - Jazz Club, Tucson, AZ
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This popular jazz club is along the tourist nightlife area in Tucson, AZ.
date approved: 8/8/2013
last visited: 11/14/2014
George Demeester Bandshell at Reid Park, Tucson, AZ
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Bandshell located in Reid Park in Tucson, Nashville, AZ
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last visited: 3/28/2015
Théâtre Municipal - Épinal, France
Théâtre municipal de la ville d'Épinal /
Municipal Theater of Épinal
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location: Grand-Est, France
date approved: 8/4/2013
last visited: 10/11/2014
LAFFS Comedy Caffe, Tucson, AZ
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LAFFS Comedy Club, featuring the best nationally recognized stand-up comedy entertainment, often with stars from your favorite television shows since 1988. Full bar, full restaurant. LAFFS offers shows several nights a week.
date approved: 8/2/2013
last visited: 8/13/2013
Laugh Factory - Los Angeles, CA
The Laugh Factory is located in Hollywood, CA.
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date approved: 8/1/2013
Borgvold Scenen - Viborg, Denmark
Scene midt i Borgvold Parken, Viborg --- Bandshell in the middle of the Borgvold Park, Viborg
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location: Denmark
date approved: 7/31/2013
Britannia Arms Karaoke - Capitola, CA
Karaoke is offered at night at the British pub in Capitola, CA.
date approved: 7/29/2013
last visited: 9/30/2013
Le Petit Faucheux - Tours, France
[E] Le Petit Faucheux is the jazz club in Tours, Centre, France.
[F] Le Petit Faucheux est le club de Jazz de Tours, Centre, France
posted by: Chickilim
location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
last visited: 12/14/2014
Tokyo Sushi - Folsom, CA
A sushi place that has karaoke, what will they think of next.
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date approved: 7/17/2013
last visited: 7/22/2013
The Lucky Derby - Citrus Heights, CA
Karaoke in a casino. If you lose you can sing the blues.
Rockville Ritz Theater ~ Rockville, Indiana
This Live Stage Theater is located at 201 W Ohio Street in Rockville, Indiana.
location: Indiana
date approved: 7/11/2013
last visited: 6/1/2014
Musée canadien des civilisations - Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Musée canadien des civilisations is located in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
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location: Québec, Canada
date approved: 7/10/2013
last visited: 7/24/2014
Sweet Fanny Adams Theater ~ Gatlinburg, Tennessee
This Live Stage Theater is located at 461 Parkway in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
location: Tennessee
date approved: 7/9/2013
last visited: 8/21/2014
Battle of Königgrätz - Chlum, Czech Republic
The Battle of Königgrätz, also known as the Battle of Sadowa, Sadová, or Hradec Králové, was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War, in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire.
posted by: ToRo61
location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
date approved: 7/7/2013
Theater Koblenz — Koblenz, Germany
The Koblenz Theatre was built in 1787 by order of the Archbishop and Elector of Trier Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony
posted by: prussel
location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
date approved: 7/3/2013
last visited: 10/28/2014
North Park Vaudeville - San Diego, CA
This small theatre is located at 2031 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92104
posted by: Metro2
date approved: 6/22/2013
last visited: 6/10/2013
Center Stage Theater - Santa Barbara, CA
Center Stage Theater is located in Paseo Nuevo Center, upstairs at the intersection of Chapala and De la Guerra Streets, Santa Barbara, California.
date approved: 6/18/2013
last visited: 4/22/2013
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