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Friday, February 28, 2014
Stream Serial Killer Culture
Just a missive to tell you that Serial Killer Culture is now available to stream for just $19.98, watch it now and receive a Free copy autographed by the film maker John Borowski when it drops on April 1st. I've not had chance to view it myself yet, as I'm doing some killing of my own, but having seen some snippets, it'll make for great viewing on this wet and windy weekend.
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Lunar Eclipse – What is a Lunar Eclipse
What is a lunar eclipse? A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon lines up precisely behind the Earth so that the Earth blocks the Sun's rays and the Earths shadow falls upon the Moon. This relatively rare occurrence only happens when the Moon, Earth and Sun are exactly or very closely aligned, with the Earth in the middle. The shadow cast can partially or totally cover the Moon, creating partial eclipses and total eclipses for our viewing pleasure. The type and length of a lunar eclipse depends upon the Moon's location relative to its orbital nodes. A lunar eclipse lasts for a few hours and can be viewed from anyone on the night side of the Earth. Because lunar eclipses are no brighter than the full moon itself, they are safe to observe without any eye protection or special precautions.
You may notice that the moon looks spectacularly bright just before and after the eclipse. The Moon's surface is rather reflective, and close to the time of a lunar eclipse you are seeing the most direct reflection possible from the Moon's surface. If it is a very clear night, you will get a beautiful view of the moon. You will see various phases of illumination similar to those observed over the course of a lunar cycle.
Lunar Eclipse vs. Solar Eclipse
Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a certain relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of the Earth. A lunar eclipse lasts for a few hours, whereas a total solar eclipse lasts for only a few minutes at any given place, due to the smaller size of the moon's shadow. Also unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are safe to view without any eye protection or special precautions, as they are no brighter (indeed dimmer) than the full moon itself.
Lunar Eclipse Types
The shadow of the Earth can be divided into two distinctive parts: the umbra and penumbra. Within the umbra, there is no direct solar radiation. However, as a result of the Sun's large angular size, solar illumination is only partially blocked in the outer portion of the Earth's shadow, which is given the name penumbra. A penumbral eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth's penumbra. The penumbra causes a subtle darkening of the Moon's surface. A special type of penumbral eclipse is a total penumbral eclipse, during which the Moon lies exclusively within the Earth's penumbra. Total penumbral eclipses are rare, and when these occur, that portion of the Moon which is closest to the umbra can appear somewhat darker than the rest of the Moon.
A partial lunar eclipse occurs when only a portion of the Moon enters the umbra. When the Moon travels completely into the Earth's umbra, one observes a total lunar eclipse. The Moon's speed through the shadow is about one kilometer per second (2,300 mph), and totality may last up to nearly 107 minutes. Nevertheless, the total time between the Moon's first and last contact with the shadow is much longer, and could last up to 4 hours. The relative distance of the Moon from the Earth at the time of an eclipse can affect the eclipse's duration. In particular, when the Moon is near its apogee, the farthest point from the Earth in its orbit, its orbital speed is the slowest. The diameter of the umbra does not decrease appreciably within the changes in the orbital distance of the moon. Thus, a totally eclipsed Moon occurring near apogee will lengthen the duration of totality.
When is the next Lunar Eclipse?
The lunar eclipse calendar is a listing of all lunar eclipses from 2016 through 2018. Times are expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UT), the international basis for other time zones. The type and length of a lunar eclipse depends upon the Moon's location relative to its orbital nodes. A lunar eclipse lasts for a few hours and can be viewed from anyone on the night side of the Earth. For additional lunar eclipse dates, please see NASA's lunar eclipse page.
|Solar Eclipse
|Mar 8/9
|South/East Asia, North/West Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean
|Lunar Eclipse
|Mar 23
|Much of Asia, Australia, North America, Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
|Solar Eclipse
|Sep 1
|South in Asia, West in Australia, Much of Africa, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
|Lunar Eclipse
|Sep 16/17
|Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, West in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
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|Europe, Much of Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica
|Solar Eclipse
|Feb 26
|South/West Africa, Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Antarctica
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Lunar Eclipse Cycle
Every year there are at least two lunar eclipses, although total lunar eclipses are significantly less common. If one knows the date and time of an eclipse, it is possible to predict the occurrence of other eclipses using an eclipse cycle like the saros.
Lunar Eclipse Mythology
Several cultures have myths related to the lunar eclipse. The Egyptians saw the eclipse as a sow swallowing the moon for a short time. Other cultures viewed the eclipse as the moon being swallowed by other animals, such as a jaguar in Mayan tradition, or a three legged toad in China. Some societies thought it was a demon swallowing the moon, and that they could chase it away by throwing stones and curses at it.
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Some popular full moon calendars, in addition to the 2016 Full Moon Calendar, include the following: Moon Calendar 2011, Moon Calendar 2012, Moon Calendar 2013, Moon Calendar 2014, Moon Calendar 2015, Moon Calendar 2016, Moon Calendar 2017, Moon Calendar 2018, Moon Calendar 2019, Moon Calendar 2020.
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Stephanie, Elske and I walk over to Elena's house for the raw lunch. Pat and Renata are already there. Chaska arrives a little later. The lunch is a tastebud delight.
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Dr Ellen Schafheutle has been announced as winner of the 2014 Royal Pharmaceutical Society's prestigious Pharmacy Research UK award. The award will be presented at the RPS conference in Birmingham this September, when Dr Schafheutle will deliver a 30 minute plenary lecture on her prize winning research.
The award is supported by Pharmacy Research UK and recognises an individual who has made a significant contribution to the field of pharmacy practice research and has the potential to become a leader in the field. Dr Schafheutle, who is Senior Lecturer in Law and Professionalism in Pharmacy at the University of Manchester Pharmacy School, will receive this award in recognition of her research into prescription charges, and professional regulation and education.
Dr Schafheutle, who came to Manchester to undertake an MSc in clinical pharmacy and subsequently discovered a passion for research, said:
"I am very excited and proud that my research has been recognised by this award. What I love about my research is that, with a little bit of blue sky thinking, the issues I have investigated have always had real relevance and have impacted on policy and practice."
Dr Schafheutle's lecture will be entitled 'Research informed pharmacy policy & practice: Answers to big questions – getting the detail right.' For this she will focus on her more recent work, following the pharmacy student through pre-registration training into practice and beyond, addressing temporary issues of professionalism, fitness to practise, revalidation and required changes to pharmacy policy to support pharmacists as clinical professionals.
Chair of the Trustees of Pharmacy Research UK, Professor Anthony Smith, said:
"On behalf of my fellow Trustees I would like to congratulate Dr Schafheutle on her success. Over the past years she has produced a significant body of research into pharmacy regulation, policy and practice. The impact of her work is considerable. Dr Schafheutle's expertise has been called upon by Parliament, the Department of Health and the General Pharmaceutical Council. She is a most worthy winner and a person who will continue to produce robust and timely research into our profession".
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1) The Pharmacy Research UK Award Lecture will be given at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Conference (7th and 8th September) on Monday the 8th September. The winner of the award will also be asked to write an abstract of their lecture for publication in the RPS Conference Supplement of the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice and a summary of their lecture will also appear in the Pharmaceutical Journal.
2) Notes on the application process are available at: http://www.rpharms.com/rps-conference-2014/rps-pharmacy-research-uk-award.asp?
3) Pharmacy Research UK was formed in 2012, born of a merger between the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust (PPRT) and the Pharmaceutical Trust for Educational and Charitable Objects (PTECO). The charity offers a range of funding including project grants and personal research awards. www.pharmacyresearchuk.org
5) The RPS Conference 2014 is being held on Sunday the 7th and Monday the 8th September at the Birmingham International Convention Centre (ICC). For further information please visit: http://www.rpharms.com/events/rps-annual-conference.asp


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Database Nation, a different look from Reason Mag.
U.S. agencies collect, examine personal data on Americans, "I didn't know you cared what color my car was, how sweet".
Latest terror alert surprises Homeland Security officials (shouldn't Homeland Security know about terror alerts by Ashcroft and the FBI?) Something is messed up.


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Monday, January 4, 2016
Fort Kearny - The first U.S.Army post on the Oregon Trail ~ By Cheri Kay Clifton
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A very interesting post, Cheri Kay. Clearly, Fort Kearny had an important and, at times, critical role in the settlement of the West and on the Oregon Trail. i enjoyed learning more about the fort and was surprised to hear it was abandoned in 1871. Thought it would have been much later -- even with the railroad. Really makes me wonder if they regretted that decision. What happened to the men stationed there? Did they transfer to another fort in a more dangerous area? Sounds like a premise for a book. :) Thank you for a great post, and welcone to the Sweethearts of the West blog.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, AShley. Actually, I did refer to Ft. Kearny in my book, Trail To Destiny, Book 1 in the Wheels of Destiny Trilogy.Delete
First of all, let me welcome you to the Sweethearts of the West blog, Kay. I hope you will enjoy writing the posts about the old west as well as reading posts by other writers.ReplyDelete
This article was certainly thorough and interesting to read. Although I wasn't born or raised in the west, I liked that you were and that you have such enthusiasm for the west and its history. I lived in Nebraska for a year. I admire anyone who can endure those winters. Brrrr!
I am still amazed by the fact that Fort Kearny was never attacked and had no fortifications for such an event. With all those supplies and its determination to be a refuge for the pioneers, one would think it would be high on the Native American hit list. I liked that the fort gave food to those in need.
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The name of the fort is familiar, of course, to anyone who reads about the old West. But this is the first information I've read in depth about its history and its importance. Lucky you, to have such a wonderful area where you grew up that supplies so much rich history. Me? I use Texas every chance I get, and this is what makes our blog so good. Each author is familiar with a different region..except a few of us who do live in at least the same state. Like the others, I'm surprised the fort was never attached by Native Americans.ReplyDelete
I loved the photos--Well done, Cheri, and once again..Welcome to the Sweethearts of the West.
Celia, I really enjoyed writing about Ft. Kearny. In researching our western history, we learn so much and in fact, I'm sure you'll agree, sometimes get so interested in the research, we have to remind ourselves to get on with writing the book! Ha!Delete
I loved your post. I wrote a story based on some of the information my great, great grandfather wrote about in his journal in 1849. When we moved to Wisconsin from California and drove through Nebraska and saw the Platte River I could almost see my grandfather as he came west. History can be so fun when your heart is in it.ReplyDelete
Welcome again to The Sweethearts of the West, Cheri!Replies
Hi Paisley. In researching the Oregon Trail for my book, I read several personal journals from traveling emigrants. How special to actually read a journal of a family member who had traveled through the frontier.Delete
I've always known this Ft. Kearny was important to the Oregon, California and Mormon Trails, but it was interesting reading more of the history. For those "pilgrims" traveling the wagon trains west, it was about all there was between St. Joseph and Ft. Laramie.ReplyDelete
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You're absolutely right, Robyn. However, I did use a fictitious fort between Ft. Kearny and Ft. Laramie. That way, I could use fictitious Cavalry officers and enlisted in my story.Delete
Very informative and enjoyable article - Thank you, Cheri KayReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Chad. Like I've told you before, you were given a great name, like our son's! Did you know that the English meaning for the name is "protector, defender." Wasn't surprised when our son became a Colonel in the Air Force!Delete
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What's it like?
Set beachside overlooking the entire stretch of JBR, Zero Gravity combines a restaurant, lounge and bar – spread across a two-story indoor venue, around a pool and along the beach. As host to various brunches, beachgoers by day and revellers by night, it's an impressive venue. Midday, the atmosphere is relaxed and uplifting, with the latest tunes being played by an international DJ in the background and as the afternoon goes on, the vibe gets a little livelier around the pool. I'd recommend opting for a bed on the beach if you want to keep it chilled.
What are the food highlights?
Go for items off the a la carte menu and have them served to your bed or head to the restaurant seating area (charged per dish), or enjoy an array of grills and international bites from the varied cooking stations. From the menu, highlights include the sushi and sashimi platter – very freshly prepared and including all the favourites. The Cordon Bleu pizza is a great dish to share, topped with light cream cheese, crumb-fried chicken, turkey ham and cherry tomatoes – the crust is light and thin too, so you'll not feel bloated in your swimwear. From the buffet, there's everything from shawarma and curry, to mac n cheese – great for nibbling on throughout the afternoon.
How was the service?
The team were extremely friendly and always quick on hand if you needed something, without being intrusive.
The bottom line:
A great spot to hang-out with friends in the sun on a Saturday afternoon, and at really reasonable price for six hours unlimited F&B and a spot on the beach.
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I had a crush on a Mexican guy. He worked in a grocery store. I went there with my friend and we hung around the cereal aisle until we saw him. My friend left and I helped my crush straighten out the cereal boxes.
Later, we had a date. He came to my mother's house and kept me company while I folded my laundry. Then we went to Kmart and looked around the garden section. Afterward, we went to eat at a buffet style restaurant.


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Is it now OK for British politicians and central bankers to call for France to lose its AAA rating? When can we start?
By Andrew Lilico Economics Last updated: December 15th, 2011
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Christian Noyer, head of the French central bank, thinks that, if any country should lose its AAA rating, it should be the UK. I would be most interested to ponder the French reaction, should such comments be made in reverse. Can we take it that it would now be OK for British politicians, civil servants, or members of the Monetary Policy Committee to call for France to lose its AAA rating? When can we start?
Here are the countries that Standard & Poor's still awards its highest, AAA, credit rating: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. If you focus upon European sovereigns, and set aside Luxembourg and the even smaller states, the relevant list becomes: Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. The yields for the benchmark 10-year bonds for these countries over the past four years are shown above.
Now, over the past year, yields on all these bonds have fallen, except for two countries: Austria (where they've essentially stayed still); and France (where they've risen). We can think of these bonds yields as made up of four factors:
- expected growth across the relevant capital market
- expected inflation in the country
- expected depreciation in the currency in which bonds would be serviced / repaid
- the expected risk of the government defaulting.
The higher each of these factors, the higher the bond yield.
I've made the lines a bit thicker for France, the UK and Germany. The UK's yield has fallen markedly over the past year. That is likely to be through a combination of growth expectations being downgraded and the risk of sovereign default falling (as the Coalition's deficit reduction plans bed in). While in early 2010, the UK had comfortably the highest yield on this graph, it has now converged to almost the German level. Yields in Germany fell until August 2011, then rose. The fall was probably driven mainly by the perception that the currency Germany would repay its debts in would appreciate relative to the current euro – e.g. if the euro broke up and there were a New Mark. The recent rise was probably driven mainly by increased risk of German default – e.g. if it took on responsibility for the debts of weaker eurozone members such as Italy.
French yields are amongst the least changed on the graph (together with Austrian). Now the French could claim that is because France is its own capital market and French growth prospects are better than those elsewhere. But no one would take that claim seriously. Note that French yields move almost in lock-step with Austrian yields. The reason is that the banks in these two countries are believed to be particularly exposed to defaults in PIIGS states. It is expected that the French and Austrian governments will bail out their banks, more, if those banks become distressed from, say, Greek default.
This renders Noyer's remarks about the French budget beside the point. French government budget plans are almost incidental. What places the French sovereign in particular distress is its commitments to the banks. Whereas in the UK the Coalition government has taken significant (albeit still inadequate) steps to disentangle the government from the banking sector, such as the Vickers proposals and the treatment of the Southsea Mortgage and Investment Bank, the French government is more entangled with the banks than ever. Furthermore, there is a material risk of the euro collapsing entirely, with the consequence that the French repay their debts in New Francs or something – a currency that might well be devalued relative to the euro (because of the loss of Germany). After all, the ERM crisis of 1992-3 eventually reached France, and the Franc was not able to hold its peg against the Mark. Is France really so immune this time? Indeed, there is a material risk that France could be one of the first to withdraw from the euro. The Socialist candidate for the imminent French presidential election, who is well in the lead in opinion polls, says he will seek to renegotiate even the inadequate €+-26 Treaty agreed last week – an event that would presumably imply French withdrawal from the euro, since that Treaty is an absolute minimum necessary (though by no means sufficient) set of conditions for the euro to survive. Furthermore, if one looks back through history, France is the stand-out serial defaulter amongst the AAA-rated sovereigns. That hasn't happened since the 1930s, but then France hasn't faced a situation like this since the 1930s. Total French societal debt (~340% of GDP), including private sector as well as public sector debt, is well above Italy's (about 310%).
The question France should be asking is not whether its credit rating can be justified as lower than the UK's. Instead it should be asking whether it's credit rating can really be justified as higher than Italy's.


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CARTHA – On Relations in Architecture
Statements and opinions of emerging international architects and theoreticians on the role and importance of personal relationships, networks, and hierarchies in contemporary architectural production.
1st edition, 2016
274 pages, 24 color and 127 b/w illustrations
18.5 x 24 cm
Since 2014, CARTHA has provided a platform for critical thinking on architecture and society. Founded by an international team of architects and designers, it aims to bridge the gap between theoretical and practical approaches to contemporary architecture. Each year, CARTHA initiates research and the publication of four issues on a topic in its online magazine that are then brought together in an annual book.
In 2015, CARTHA's topic was relations within the architectural spectrum. Contributions explore models of collaboration and the ways in which architects relate to other architects, clients, workers, and users of space. Each of the four issues—Worth Sharing, Confrères, Mannschaft, and Santisima Trinidad—features an introductory interview with a renowned architect or firm, including Diogo Seixas Lopes, Grafton Architects, Samuel Schulze, and Marco Serra. Photography in the 2015 edition of CARTHA includes series by Guido Guidi, Rasmus Norlander, Joël Tettamanti, and Onnis Luque.


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Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 2
There are three photos in this 2nd series on Tropical Wild Mushroom or fungi, being temporarily named as "Durian Mushroom", "Mushroom Spores" and finally, "Manhood Mushroom".
1. Durian Mushroom
The mushrooms above grow on a dead Durian branch that have fallen on the ground. The dead branch was relatively too hard for mushroom to grow since mushroom usually prefer to sprout on semi-rotten wood. See larger image of the above mushroom.
2. Mushroom Spores
The photo above show tiny mushroom spores growing on a burned log. The spore is a size of a match stick. See larger image of the spores.
3. Manhood Mushroom
Now for the fun part. I assured you that the above photo is real. It's another kind of mushroom jutting out from a hole previously drilled by an insect on a dead log. The mushroom diameter is slightly wider than a crayon. See larger image.
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By your best estimate, how much money do you have saved for retirement? Whether due to various economic factors or not correctly prioritizing finances, many people are not on track to have enough money to cover their expenses during retirement. One-third of Americans report they have no retirement savings. This lack of savings indicates that just getting started on retirement planning is a significant obstacle for many people. Americans' retirement savings balances are in the top bracket. Women More Likely Than Men to Have No or Little Retirement Savings The gap between men's and women's retirement savings is cause for concern for anyone planning for retirement. 2015 Gender Pay Gap in Financial Wellness report from financial education company Financial Finesse. One reason women fall behind is the gender pay gap. 79 for every dollar men earned in full-time positions.
Families trying to prepare for retirement need to factor such deficits into their financial plans. Women's retirement savings needs are also greater than men's. Women are also more likely to live longer, increasing their chances of outliving retirement funds. To make up for anemic earnings and plan for their higher retirement costs, women need to be proactive and save aggressively. Retirement Savings Correlate Closely to Age Retirement savings are closely tied to savers' stages of life.
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My aunt's friend has entrusted me with copying her favourite coat. A Max Mara. Very well-worn.
I hope I'm up to the task - because now all she has is a half coat.
I've preserved the buttons, pockets and shoulder pads.
I had searched online but couldn't trust myself to buy such expensive fabrics without touching them, and even when I got samples, I wasn't fully satisfied. But all is well now, Murphy Sheehy had the stock to fit the bill.
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EPT9 London: John Eames wins the John Eames invitational (again) to collect £98,430
John Eames has really made these 2,000 NLHE side events his own on the European Poker Tour, so much so that for the last couple of seasons the 2k side events have been coined as the 'John Eames Invitational'. If you take a quick look at his roll of honour you'll see why.
John Eames' cashes in 'John Eames Invitational' tournaments
1st. EPT Vienna, €123,500 (Oct 2010)
2nd. EPT Barcelona, 2nd €78,300 (Nov 2010)
1st. EPT Prague, €101,750 (Dec 2011)
1st. EPT London, £98,430 (March 2013)
That last line was added last night when Eames beat Mike Watson heads-up to secure an enormous £98,430 payout. These side events really are stacked.
In fact, those cashes make up approaching a third of his live recorded cashes, which now weigh in close to $1,750,000 following his third win. It's an astounding string of results, which were punctuated by Eames taking the time to deign an appearance at an EPT Main Event final table in Copenhagen. A magical run of kings there helped him to a third-place finish worth quarter-of-a-million dollars.
A word to the wise. If you enter an event with a 2k buy-in check to see if Eames is playing. If he is, either swap a percentage or take the day off. And if you don't believe us...
In retrospect, probably should have made a deal. Trying to beat @johneamespoker in a 2k EPT side event is impossible— Mike Watson (@SirWatts) March 14, 2013
EPT9 London, event #12
Date: 12-13 March 2013
Buy-in: £2,150
Game: NLHE
Players: 172
Prize pool: £333,680
1. John Eames, UK, £98,430
2. Mike Watson, Canada, £55,890
3. Souheil Mansour, UK, £32,530
4. Andrew King, Ireland, £24,360
5. Antonio Palma, Portugal, £20,020
6. Giacomo Fundaro, Italy, £15,690
7. Johan Ocklind, Sweden, £12,350
8. Liutauras Armanavicius, Lithuania, £9,010
9. Fabio Breituss, Austria, £7,010
10. Diego Ivan Arbuello, Argentina, £7,010
11. Jonathan Duhamel, Canada, Team PokerStars Pro , £6,340
12. Joao Ribeiro, Portugal, £6,340
13. Ognjen Sekularac, Serbia, £5,670
14. Vladislav Varlashin, Russian Federation, £5,670
15. Ana Marquez, Spain, £5,000
16. Todd Terry, USA, £5,000
17. Nikolaus Teichert, Germany, £4,340
18. Rhys Jones, UK, £4,340
19. Justin Bonomo, USA, £4,340
20. Tudor Purice, Romania, £4,340
Click through to live coverage of the EPT London Main Event. Check out all the festival results from EPT London. Follow the @PokerStarsBlog Twitter account to keep up-to-date with all the EPT action.
Rick Dacey is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.


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"More than just a good flight"
Lufthansa is launching a new image campaign today with an entertaining new TV commercial bearing the slogan "More than just a good flight". In addition to the commercial, which can be seen all across Germany on television, in online video formats and in cinemas, a digital special edition of the Lufthansa magazine (LH.com/nonstop-you) will form the core of the integrated campaign. This will give passengers the chance to take a look behind the scenes at the Lufthansa Group, and tells the stories of five employees in video format.
"Just as with 'Fanhansa', the focus of the new campaign will be our passengers. We want to strengthen our brand awareness as a premium airline in a charming and entertaining way", says Benita Struve, Head of Marketing Communication at Lufthansa.
The new TV commercial, which is in the style of a cinema trailer, tells the story of CEO Wilson, who throws the entire office staff into turmoil when she announces her unexpected visit. This is followed by a tremendous sense of relief once they find out that the dreaded boss will be travelling with "the Germans", who ensure that even the most ruthless manager will arrive feeling relaxed. The commercial will be broadcast in 45- and 30-second slots on all high-coverage TV channels in Germany, and in a 45-second slot in cinemas. A slightly adapted version will be also shown in the US.
In the related content special on LH.com/nonstop-you, you can now take a look behind the scenes at the aviation group. Five videos tell the personal stories of employees working in different areas of the Lufthansa Group. They show the passion of the Lufthansa staff to ensure not only the wellbeing of CEO Wilson and the others, but also of each and every individual passenger of the airline and always with the goal of creating a premium flying experience for every passenger. There are also further content pieces on topics chosen from the world of Lufthansa. The campaign featuring CEO Wilson and the five employee profiles will also be rolled out across the social media channels Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, as well as via newsletters and mailings, and will be linked to the digital special edition of the Lufthansa magazine.
The idea for the campaign came from Lufthansa's lead agency Kolle Rebbe. Territory were responsible for the digital Lufthansa magazine and the five video profiles. NeulandHerzer manages all social media activities and Serviceplan One in Frankfurt supervises the BTL measures. Mindshare Frankfurt is the responsible media agency, and the production company who filmed the TV commercial was CZAR, with director Martin Werner.


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My bestie is very pregnant.
Like could happen anytime very pregnant.
Is there anything quite as exciting as waiting for a new babe to be born?
I know, I've been pregnant too and the end bit does drive you insane with all the heartburn and kicking and feeling a small person headbutt your cervix all day. But I also remember it being kind of exciting too. Like I would wake up and think "is today the day? Will I be holding my new baby in my arms by this time tomorrow?" And I also remember feeling a bit sad that I would not be able to feel my child curled up in my belly all the time. I would get excited wondering what they would look like, and what sex they would be (granted this was only with Harper, but it was so nice not knowing I really regretted finding out with the other 2) and how the birth would go. I would daydream about names and visualize myself holding my belly babe in my arms. And then I'd go pee and stare in the fridge hoping for inspiration.
As I'm not the one with all the late pregnancy discomfort I'm so excited! I might be called to help wrangle her older children for a bit so I've been carrying my phone around waiting for news-which I've been promised to get at any hour of the day or night.
So bestie, when you read this take a moment to enjoy the anticipation because before long you will have a wonderful squishy newborn in your arms and all the mystery will be gone. Except for maybe a name....
Thursday, June 24, 2010
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- katepickle said...
How did you know that I spend half my nights peeing or standing in front of an open fridge!?!?! LOL
Funny reading this because I was exactly where you are now a little over a year ago waiting for your gorgeous girl!!!
- June 25, 2010 at 11:34 AM
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So I have been reading threads here (for the past month or so) and I was scared to post a topic that's already been answered but so far, I haven't seen a thread (nor answer) that discussed this specific built.
I am so noob that I can't use the battle priest guide as basis because, well...
1. I don't understand it (the matk equivalent to the ratio of the int etc..)
2. I don't know where to get most of the quips/pets mentioned
3. I can't calculate for the life of me the stats and what it can do for me and my skills
..I am not lazy I'm just really
dumb not understanding it
From reading guidelines and answers from veteran priests, I did learn a few but I don't think my Lurer FS is advancing... AT ALL.
I have been visiting the Auction for the last couple of weeks waiting for someone to sell Slash of honor only to find out it's available at Event Manager NPC So now, I am saving GC to get a hold of that weapon.
So far, I am still not quite sure what best equipment set to get as I want to be an effective Lurer AND FS. I suppose I need DEF, MATK? I am
stupid clueless when it comes to stats and so I followed the 3:2 Int/Vit ratio. I am able to (almost barely most of the time) survive even on strong maps with spam heal but I want only if possible to survive without having a heart attack in the process!
I can't even post my current equips as it will only show how noob I am with choosing the right armors. (Lets just say I put r4 Ivy S cards on my VVS Morningstar weapon for more Int as opposed to neutral damage cards )
So hopefully, someone can enlighten me what equip to get (aside from weapon), where to get them and what cards are best to put.
(I have also tried searching the database for most of the equips mentioned on the other guides but most of them don't have info on where they can be looted)
If this has been answered and I prolly missed it, please do share the link, I will be more than happy to read it.
If you need to know anything regarding the current stats/set to help me out, let me know which one I need to share
Thanks so much and I hope I can be on top 50 priest on my server soon LOL


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Our vision is to be an insurance company distinct in character, calibre and capability. We are committed and equipped to offer the same levels of service in the insurance space that our parent (Larsen & Toubro Limited) is renowned for, in its other fields of business.
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It was ranked as 14th in 2011 by the Economic Times in their survey of the Top 500 Companies in India. Another feather in its cap was added when L&T was ranked 47th in the world in the June 2009 issue of Forbes-Reputation Institute's "World's Most Reputable Companies" survey. In this survey, L&T was the only engineering and construction company in the world to have made it to the top 200.
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Ash Stymest for Eleven Paris 2010Ash Stymest for Eleven Paris 2010
Once again. I died. No words could ever describe how much I adore this gorgeous hunk of a model. God. Sometimes I even pretend that I am married to him I even flipped when some blogger posted a title of Ash getting married.
Good thing it was just the ad campaign of Eleven Paris featuring Ash and Lizzy Jagger for fall 2010. Sune Csajkowski took the photos and upon seeing them it cheered my heart head on. He took absolutely gorgeous photos and he did Ash Stymest and Lizzy Jagger justice, truly. I say the people behind the scene gave Eleven Paris a run for their money. Ha.
No words could describe how crazy I am for Ash. He is just so cute, like OMG cute. Goodness, I promised myself never to let go in front of men. Guess what? Ha.
Moving on...
Well? Whatchathink? Isn't he Hot or what?
Tell me whatchathink.
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I have been off for a while, playing in the shop.. learning to turn pens. Lot's of fun pens. as well as all the other stuff I turn. but it leaves an awe-full lot f dust and shavings.
So it happens that I got a Dust Deputy for my shop vac and was cleaning all of said shavings today and thought.. hmm I wonder itf I can cast all of this into polyester and create a pen blank from my turning trash??
I will be trying it here shortly and will post my results!
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Printrbot's Aluminum Extruder Goes Plastic
We recently found the printable version of printrbots new aluminum extruder. I wanted to make an adapter plate for our dual extruder setup on our plus as it comes with 2 DDE. Soon Printrbot will be offering the aluminum extruder on the plus's dual extruder kit. We wanted to test out the design before we spent almost $100 on 2 new aluminum DDE.
I think that the printed version may work great as I've heard of issues with the aluminum extruder acting as a heatsink causing jams. There are several reasons why I would like to use the aluminum extruders design. The main one is the orientation of the motors and the second is the convenience involved with the new design.
If I can get the new design to work properly than I will also need to custom design new fan mounts. I want to use the aluminum extruder mounts as they are an important part of the dual extruders design. They also allow for easy adjustments of hotend heights. I printed off the first of the two that I will need and tomorrow I plan on printing the second so I can start to mock up the adapter mount.
You can find the printable version of this DDE HERE
Update: March 26th 2014
I printed the first of the two required for my dual extruder setup. I was rather surprised to see how well the parts printed with out adding any support structures. The parts required a little bit of clean up to get everything to fit right. I tested them on the dual extruder plate because I was worried that they both wouldn't fit correctly. After some mock up it looked as if it wouldn't need much if any modifications other than a mount plate. I only have one position that I can mount these because I want to reuse the aluminum extruder mount. I plan on printing off the second extruder today ao that I can figure out mounting points on the carriage.
Here's the first extruder to be finished, with the 2nd printing away
Now that I've printed out my two mock up versions and tested them on the dual extruder mounting plate. I can see that they are a little bit too wide to fit with the stock dual aluminum extruder mount. I will have to modify them a little bit in order to fit both of them correctly. I can either modify the model, modify it after its printed or design a new dual extruder setup.
The wood direct drive extruders work fine as they are now but, I like the accessibility of the design as well as the orientation of the stepper motors. I also want to see if my smaller nema 17 custom Kysan steppers will do the job. Since I'm running 1.75mm filament, the smaller Kysans should have enough torque to do the job. The only way to know for sure is tontest them out. I do know that I will at least need to add heatsinks to them as I do know with my current setup. The question is, will I have to run 40mm fans as well.
The two mock up versions pictured above were printed in PLA at 160mm p/s at 20% infill and .3 layer height. The final versions will be printed in ABS with much higher infill, slower print speeds to reduce any over shoot and more infill. I might change the layer height to .2 as well. The aluminum extruder mount works well to keep the heat away from the extruders.
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Blogging in Schooling – Digital Disruption in Education
Blogging is one of the most innovative technology tools of 21st century to engage learners and educators in an interesting and much more interactive manner. The conventional teaching methods and learning engagement is undergoing a radical change. The change has to be positive.
Teaching and Learning has to be rich in content and reach a wider audience.
Blogging is profoundly impacting the very core of education engagement, improving the overall learning and teaching process. The processes itself are in a state of transformation, there is a fundamental shift taking place in the digital age.
Digital Technology is playing a significant role in altering the way education is being delivered and managed in schools. Blackboards have become whiteboards. The boards per se have become interactive in nature and multimedia is making it interesting. Teachings are not anymore a one-to-many one way communication but have become many-to-many collaborative communication. Learning are not textbook-centric it has become technology centric and technology is driving the change in teaching and the way it's being learned.
Learning is not limited to classroom.
Boundaries have blurred and the world has become an extended class. Physical boundaries are just notional in nature and virtual space is the new learning platform. Learning has become highly collaborative. Learning also has become personalized.
Technology is changing the basic ground rules of running a school.
It is a virtual playground. Rules are being re-defined. The conventions are being broken and it is being done rampantly and rapidly. There is very little time to think and reflect. The need of the hour is to quickly embrace and adapt to the changing technology trends.
Technology itself is undergoing a tectonic shift and the impact of its application is equally significant across the board.
"It is not static but dynamic."
"It is not rigid but flexible."
This technology platform provides the flexibility to embed many other useful tools to enhance the utility value and productivity of the users.
- Blogging is assisting students to ICT literate which is crucial for twenty-first century skill. Internet safety is such an important aspect of the online learning system where the users need to be aware of the cyber danger and knowing the safety measures and applying it appropriately is equally essential.
- Blogging is an excellent way to learn about being a responsible member of the online community. In the traditional classroom the only audience for students was classmates and the teachers teaching them.
- Blogging has the potential to flatten the physical boundary, the confinement of four walls of classroom which has been the convention of the previous century.
- Blogging provides a larger and diverse audience to interact and engage and learn through collaboration and continuous feedback from rich audience spread across the globe.
In blogging, along with the writing skills comes the clear knowledge acquisition on Information Technology, it also provides a fascinating platform for social engagement and considerably enhancing the social skills of students which is so important in learning the lessons of life that the student learn.
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Blogging in school curriculum is a necessity which will make learning technology an integral part of the teaching process. These aspects can no more be demarcated. Technology teaching should not restrict to technology subject and technology class.
"Technology learning is today an applied learning."
"Today it is learning by applying the technology."
Blogging is not limited to language and writing but it has its strong reach and expands the horizon of learning across subjects from mathematics to geography to science. Information Technology needn't be taught separately but taught through the applications of technology across the subjects. Blogging is a fascinating technology tool and dissecting the product architecture and analyzing the design to the database to the deployment framework makes the learning process much more interesting.
Blogging as a comprehensive tool facilitates the improvement and effectiveness of learning process through fostering knowledge creation, deep reflection, wide collaboration and purposeful conversations.
Blogging as a technology tool can be calibrated to the pace and space of teaching and learning process. Technology learning can be cultivated through the application of the tool in the teaching process. Blogging can be a common platform for knowledge creation, knowledge gathering, knowledge dissemination and knowledge management in this platform can be the epicenter of learning for school. The stakeholders from students to teachers to parents to educators can seamlessly connect, communicate, collaborate and share knowledge making it truly a knowledge platform.
The power of knowledge lies in sharing not it hoarding.
Blogging platform this provides that vehicle to transfer and transport knowledge between students, between teachers, between schools across countries and continents.
Education Blogs have the inherent potential to change the dynamics of education ecosystem. Blogs have acquired different dimensions from a class bog to student blog to teacher blog to school blog. Many schools as part of their website may have blogs but that is used more as a content marketing tool rather than learning and teaching tool.
- Teachers may have their own personal blogs to promote their passion or Teacher Blog. Similarly, many students may have their own personal blogs to propagate their area of interest. Very few schools, almost negligible number of schools may be using blogging as part of their overall teaching and learning strategy across the school curriculum.
- Class Blog can become an important instrument of change in the classroom and equally outside the classroom. It is about designing an overall strategy for introducing blogging as a tool for teaching and learning in school and the goals to be met in the process of implementation.
Blogging is used as an informal method in the school, it needs to be formal.
Today it is treated as a separate part from the curriculum; it needs to be an integral part of the school curriculum. There is a lack of proper knowledge and understanding of how to strategize and deploy blogging as a collaborative tool, as a interactive tool, as a communicative tool, as a knowledge tool, as a learning tool, as a teaching tool and as a tool that has the intrinsic potential to transform the education delivery is managed in schools.
Blogging is emerging as one of the most important development in technologically advanced 21st century learning and working enviornment. However education has yet to fully tap the latent potential and the vast possibilities this technology platform called as "Blogosphere" harbors that can change the fundamental course and the very foundation of education management. Just going back to our good old days where all our writing had limited readership and it was confined to the teachers or the parents and rarely did it have the wings to go outside the classroom and to reach a larger and wider readership. The lifespan were invariably shorted and the readership was never broadened. The article or an essay or a story written by students ends up in the school storehouse or the teacher's cupboard and never ever had the opportunity to see the light in the future.
Storytelling was confined and told stories went to hibernation.
It is no more the end of any story, today with the interactive and connecting platform of blogging, the student can make the work of creativity reach far and wide and obtain multiple feedback and views that change the student's complete perspective. It opens a window of opportunity that is immeasurable and the impact is instant. Practice of blogging is yet to catch up in India though it has already have made deeper inroad and better deployment in schools abroad and changing the way student learn and teachers teach.
- Blogging is providing an authentic learning opportunity and exposing students and teachers to a global audience.
- Blogging is source of diverse knowledge and there are so many blogging sites that teachers and students just read and tap that global source of knowledge repository and reap immense benefit to the learning and teaching process in a class.
- Blogging becomes the guide for digital citizenship lessons from internet usage and safety to learning the etiquette of virtual life on the digital space to knowing the various aspects of copyrights on digital property and the means to exercise control on digital footprints.
- Blogging provides a wonderful source of creative content through creativity and conversations through commenting. Both the writer and reader gets an exposure to the new techniques and tools like hyperlinks to other sources to embedding images and videos to text that makes reading and writing in this digital space interestingly interactive and truly engaging.
- Blogging creates an online learning community that is global and provides the space for collaborative learning which takes learning and teaching to a deeper and wider engagement.
"Blogging in Schooling" is having a paradigm shift in the way information technology is getting used in the teaching and learning process.


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I will be stopping by the High Performance Computing on Wall Street conference on Monday, Sept 17, and catch up with the new Digipede release.
Wednesday through Friday, I will be at the Gartner Complex Event Processing conference in Orlando.
I am starting to feel like a vendor. However, in my new role, I am basically playing software entrepreneur again, this time in the context of a multi-billion company.
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
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Marc - If you get a chance, please come say hello at the GigaSpaces booth.
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On the anniversary of union leader Chea Vichea's death each year, members of Cambodia's Free Trade Union defy government orders and march to the site of his assassination in 2004 to lay wreaths in his honour.
The same orders have come this year, but for the first time, the union has listened and agreed not to march.
The reason, FTU president Chea Mony said, has nothing to do with Prime Minister Hun Sen's decision last week to approve the building of a statue to the fallen union leader, but is because the January 22 anniversary coincides with senate elections campaigning.
"The program to commemorate Chea Vichea's memory is intact, but there is no march to newsstands near Lanka pagoda, where the killers shot him dead. Instead, we will take the wreaths in motorbikes and cars," Chea Mony, Chea Vichea's younger brother, said.
It is the first time Chea Mony has agreed not to march on the anniversary of his brother's death, but he denied his obedience related to the statue.
"I don't give in to anybody. I don't hold the procession because it is a [campaigning] day for the senate election. I follow the law, and the city hall also complies with the law."
More than 100 people had been expected to march through the streets to the site where Chea Vichea was assassinated in 2004 while reading a newspaper near Wat Lanka.
The decision to cancel the wreath procession was made on Friday after city hall held two meetings attended by union representatives.
Koet Chhe, deputy director of Phnom Penh municipal administration, decided not to allow the procession because the city did not want campaigning for the senate election for the third mandate to be interrupted, Chea Mony said.
The union representatives had also agreed to refrain from using banners, pushing political messages and travelling past Prime Minister Hun Sen's house, he said.
Two men were charged, convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for Chea Vichea's murder, but are widely believed to be innocent.
Chea Vichea's wife, Chea Kimny, and their two children sent a letter from Finland, which the Post obtained yesterday, asking the government to find Chea Vichea's killers. "My two children and I would like to request the government seek justice for our beloved father and husband," Chea Kimny wrote.
Am Sam Ath, a senior investigator for rights group Licadho, said the authorities' inability to find the real killers meant people were losing confidence in the government.


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Washington, D.C. Goes Vape Unfriendly
Washington, D.C. has become the latest US district to bring in harsh restrictions on vapers' rights. A tough package of anti-tobacco laws passed last week turns out to include a ban on vaping in any indoor public place where smoking is already banned.
The new laws, which have already been signed by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, will make it illegal to vape in all bars, restaurants and workplaces. It could become law as early as January 2017, following a 30-day review period. D.C. vapers will still be able to puff away on outdoor patios, but enjoying your e-cigarette in a bar will become a thing of the past.
Officially the reason for the new law is to reduce the number of young people who take up smoking. Another provision of the law is an increase in the age for purchasing any tobacco product from 18 to 21. This is a growing trend across the USA, and it's likely that in a few years smoking will have been brought into line with alcohol as something college students and junior members of the Armed Forces are too young to do.
That isn't going to happen in D.C. right away, though. In fact, teenagers will probably still be able to buy cigarettes until nearly the end of next year. Before the new age limit can be approved, the District needs to find some way to replace the sales tax that's currently paid by smokers aged between 18 and 21. It's not a lot compared to D.C.'s $13 billion budget – just over a million dollars – but it does hint that protecting young people might not be the highest priority.
All about health?
When D.C. first banned smoking in workplaces and restaurants in 2006, then extended that to bars and nightclubs in 2007, the justification was that the law was needed to protect bystanders from secondhand smoke. There's no doubt that many people find secondhand smoke annoying, and it contains a wide range of carcinogens, but the new laws don't seem to have the same motivation.
Even following the stated rationale, to protect young people from tobacco, it's hard to see how that's helped by banning vaping in bars. Under-21s aren't allowed in bars, so they wouldn't see any vapers who happened to be in there enjoying a beer. They'll certainly see them standing outside the door beside the smokers, though. The effect of Mayor Bowser's new ban will be to increase the number of vapers young people see.
Another provision that's raised some eyebrows is a ban on chewing tobacco at sporting events. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has been pushing for this on the grounds that many youths see baseball players as positive role models and might start using chewing tobacco if they see players using it. There's little evidence to show that this is a real problem, but obviously, CTFK can't claim there's any health reason for banning chew.
Obviously, the same applies to electronic cigarettes: Repeated studies have found that "secondhand vapor" has no noticeable health risks at all. The real purpose of that ban seems to be nothing more than making it as hard as possible to vape. Again the justification is protecting young people, despite all the evidence showing that teens who regularly vape are almost exclusively current or ex-smokers.
Not all bad?
There are some potential bright spots for vapers in the new legislation. The law specifically bans vaping in places where smoking is already banned, and there are some exemptions built in to the original smoking ban. For example, you can smoke in a store if tobacco products account for at least 75% of its revenue. Unless something changes, that means you can also vape in a vape shop. There are also some cigar bars in D.C. which have a similar exemption, so if you don't mind sharing your space with cigar smokers you don't have to stand outside to vape.
Not all D.C. legislators are fully behind the new law. The council chairman voted against increasing the age limit, arguing that it makes no sense to impose bans on people who're old enough to vote, join the military or run for office. Others pressed for a reduction in the fine imposed on underage smokers and vapers, cutting it from $50 to $25. Sadly, while there was some opposition, it wasn't enough; Washington, D.C. has joined the list of places where you're not free to vape.


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This above all: to thine own self be true [...]
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I'm glad that this community exists, then! This article is a fresh post, but I've received a few e-mails from younger generations who have told me that this has helped them. I think that as atheists, knowing that our viewpoints are misrepresented and not understood by the Christian majority, we should be helping the young people who are too afraid to come out. And coming out isn't always the best move early on! Thanks for your comment!
John, thanks for the recommendation on Pyrrhonism. I'm going to look into that a bit. It would be very interesting to look at that viewpoint.
Honestly, I've had times (and articles, if you read the blog) in the past where I've called out in a very critical way, the Christian faith. I'm learning as I go, that they are, in fact, as convinced of their beliefs as we are and that they're not wrong for having been indoctrinated. If we ever want to pull ourselves out of this medieval mindset, it's going to have to happen with love, forgiveness, and above all, patience.
I appreciate it, John! Thanks so much for your comments. I'm feeling like joining Atheist Nexus was an awesome idea!
Get back in the closet, you hippie! Lol, no I like this post a lot. I thought it was very insightful for someone who is new to his atheism. I also commend you for realizing that theists are just as convinced of their thoguhts as you are of yours, and that they have a right to them, just as you do. I think a lot of atheists lose sight of their respect for theists and get to a point where they ridicule and disrespect them, which I think is just turning the tables and making one's self the oppressor, rather than helping to bring any enlightenment to the world.
Welcome to the nexus, and more importantly welcome to atheism! I want to make a recommendation, if you feel like doing any research. Check out an old philosophy called Pyrrhonism. It's the predecessor to both skepticism and epiricism. Perhaps you'll find it as interresting as I do.
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In-state local and long distance calls: $.18 per minute
Out of state long distance calls: $.21 per minute
International calls: $.75 per minute
Prepaid (Advance Pay)
In-state local and long distance calls: $.20 per minute
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Receiving Prisoner Calls
As part of PCS telephone services, prisoners will be able to call only 20 personal telephone numbers but those numbers will be the first 20 personal numbers the prisoner chooses to call each quarter (i.e., Jan-Mar; Apr-Jun; Jul-Sep; Oct-Dec) unless the number is blocked in accordance with the Prisoner Telephone Policy. The first 20 completed calls each quarter will become the prisoner's "Personal Allowed Numbers" (PAN). Prisoners also may call numbers on the universal list.
The prisoner has the option of placing collect calls to telephone numbers on their PAN list. Collect calls are billed to the called party every month through their phone carrier company.
Some local phone providers establish a maximum dollar amount limit for collect calls. You will need to contact your local provider to determine this amount. If you reach the maximum dollar amount limit allowed for collect calls, you may be at a risk of being blocked from receiving future collect calls from an inmate. In such instances, you can call PCS at 855-466-2832 to sign up for a prepaid calling account and begin receiving calls again. You can also visit the website to sign up for service:
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You can sign up for a prepaid calling account today if you experience any of the following:
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Single Family Homes
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In Ashburn, for the week ending November 27th, it looks like the real estate market is still steady as she goes. We are still seeing homes generally being absorbed (going under contract or off market) at basically the same pace as new listings are coming on market (therefore, inventory is still not growing). Average price per square foot is right around $160 no matter what your home type. The average days on market is still considerably less for condos and townhomes than it is for single family homes, even though the inventory numbers are similar. (That's because of the lower price range being a touch more active.)
Questions? Want to know what these numbers mean in terms of your home value? Just reach out to me and ask, it's what I do. (smile)


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The panel came about because of ScotteeInc, a charity developing community-based popular performance around themes including fat, age, feminism, working class and queer identity. Scottee and I are part of ScotteeInc. The organisation has been going for about a year now, its award-winning inaugural production, The Worst of Scottee, has racked up a bunch of rave reviews and there are some exciting projects in development. Another ScotteeInc production, Hamburger Queen, opens in London tonight.
So, with ScotteeInc in mind, the idea behind this panel is to talk for a bit about what it is to do fat performance in a climate around 'obesity' that is very repressive. Amazingly, things are looking pretty great in the UK as far as fat and performance are concerned, lots of people are engaged with it and there are good things happening.
The talk was recorded. You can download for free it via iTunes: ScotteeInc Podcasts.
The night went by in a bit of a whirr. Looking back, there are many things I would have liked to have asked. I suspect, for example, that performing is a means that fat people use to make meaning of our lives and bodies. I wonder what it is to perform for majority fat audiences, if people have had experiences of that. I would have been good to make more concrete plans about how and what we need to develop fat and performance in the UK. Also, we never really defined what we meant by 'performance'. Oh well!
I've been flashing on bits of the talk all week. Mostly thinking about the repeated idea that we seek normality or acceptance. This strikes me as odd because none of the panel court normality in performance, quite the opposite in fact! I interpret this to mean that we want to be able to do what we want to do without the burden of people's limited expectations of what a fat person can do or be.
I wanted more of a social mix of speakers in the panel but quite a few people turned me down or weren't available. In spite of my optimism about fat and performance, I also wonder if this exists within a particular sphere of queer life, and that the idea of fat performance remains contentious elsewhere, something with which people would not want to ally themselves, or something barely worth talking about.
Edited to add: I wrote this post in a bit of a hurry and I now notice that it ended on a bit of a dour note. The talk itself was not at all dour! In fact, I think it a valuable discussion amongst practitioners. This kind of thing is pretty rare, I'd say. Fat people are spoken of, but it remains quite unusual for us to speak for ourselves. The inevitable questions about health creep in, but this was not really a panel about that, and that feels exciting too. I see this work as part of the project of developing fat culture, community and identity, which is to say, or recognising that fat people make valuable contributions to the work of being human and that sometimes we have great things to say.
The speakers
Scottee is a wunderkind performer, director, artist, broadcaster and writer from Kentish Town, North London.
Dr. Vikki Chalklin is a queer fat femme performer, activist and scholar based in London. She is interested in feminism, performance, art, bodies, fat, sex, and all kinds of queer cultural production. Alongside teaching and academic research, her performance practice works to blur the boundaries between her creative and scholarly worlds, giving cabaret-style performances of academic work at conferences, and performance lectures at queer performance and cabaret clubs and she has previously performed at Duckie, Bar Wotever, Bird Club, and The Fattylympics. She is also competing to be crowned 2014's Hamburger Queen.
Kayleigh O'Keefe is a contemporary artist engaging with themes of fat acceptance, body confidence and alienation through performance and film. She has collaborated with established artists and filmmakers, produced and directed immersive live art events for the Pink Bear Club and distributed her performance art videos to an online audience.
Holestar is an artist, entertainer, DJ, writer and queer activist.
|Scottee, Dr Vikki Chalklin (pic by AbsolutQueer),
Kayleigh O'Keefe and Holestar (pic by Lee Roberts)


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So many ideas swirl around inside my head,
and I was very happy when I had some time to play with this one.
I played with a mixture of collage, ink, pastel, paint, and scribbles.
How freeing to scribble with no worry about whether it turns out or not.
It was after all just some time to play.
And then a bit of playtime on the computer.