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Fascias and soffits are an integral part of roof construction that reinforce and strengthen the entire system. They can also serve as a means for attaching rain gutters or eaves in gutter installation.
Two elements will make up the fascia
The piece which runs along the rafter and the pieces which covers the fascia, appropriately called a fascia cover. Typically these pieces will hold the gutter.
Fascias refer to any horizontal surface which run along rafters or the tops of walls or columns. In a typical roof structure, fascias will be the horizontal surface which run along the tail edges of the rafters on a roof.
The soffit is the material attached at a 90 degree angle between the wall of the house, the fascia surface and fascia cover. This strengthens the overall fascia system and serves as reinforcement for the gutter to be attached to the fascia.
Soffits cover the exposed area between the end of the roof and the wall of the house. They are usually visible on the outside and will therefore be of an appealing finish. The material used can vary from aluminum, plastic or wood.
Soffit length can also vary depending on roof construction from a few inches or centimeters, a few feet or more than a meter.
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The materials of these two elements vary and their construction can vary as well. For instance, the fascia surface may be rolled, allowing for an increase in length and a change in material surface, such as indentation that increases strength.
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Once upon a time there were two designers. They worked in a big design agency with lots of account handlers.
After really good work became really mediocre work, once too often, they decided to work out what was going wrong. It didn't take long to come up with the answer. The account handlers who were supposed to make life easier for the designers and clients, were making it more difficult.
At this point the two designers realised that 'less is more'. The fewer people involved the better the work. So they left the big agency and set up a small agency. Without account handlers. Before long the really good work stayed really good work. Which made the designers and the clients very happy.
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Goodness, what a week for you all. I am glad to hear BYU won. Kylee how did you get to ring the Victory bell? What a great thing you got to do. Is there anything I can do to help Kynsie? Kendra keep being awesome. I look forward to talking to you all. Are you going to go to Austins baptism? You all have had a wonderful week. Pretty hectic though! haha.
This week has been freezing cold!!! Probably the coldest winter ever!! But Heavenly Father has definitely blessed Elder Jeng and I. It has been a miraculous week that is for sure, but all small miracles.
First off, we had interviews with President Pilkington this week. I love interviews, they always lift me/us so high. For some reason I always get nervous but then when I am actually in front of President all is well. He is such a great man, definitely inspired. He talked to me about what stresses me out and how things have been going in general. I told him that I get stressed when I am not perfect, and it is hard not being perfect. Well he told me straight forward, "perfection won't come by a Wednesday afternoon" It is true. That is why we are here, to just learn and try. We will not be perfect, but we can try to be perfect. We came to earth to prepare and to become like God is, that doesn't mean we will be perfect now. Perfection is eternal. I have learned loads from President Pilkington, because of our talk I have been trying to not be as hard on myself...we all know that I am bad at that. You all keep telling me! :) haha now I am finally listening to it!
We were knocking last week. It was pouring rain and very cold. Well we knocked on these girls door. They told us that they were sorta religious, they then told us that we could come another time. So I asked if we could go by on Wednesday. They said yes immediately. From that I just assumed that they would stand us up. Well we were late going to the appointment but because I assumed that they would stand us up it didn't bother me. Which it should have, I wasn't being as diligent as I should have. We went by and they were in. They said you guys were supposed to come earlier. Haha there is a slap to the face for me! They then asked if we could come by in about a half hour. So we did. There were three girls there. Ella, Kate, and Mikaila. They are all really open and really cool. We taught them the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the spirit was so strong. I really enjoyed the lesson. I know that they felt something. They then were asking loads of questions. We invited them to find out for themselves and to read the Book of Mormon and then pray about it. They said they would do it, that they really wanted to test it out. We then invited them to be baptized on the 11th of December. They accepted the date very willingly. They want to get involved with the YSA and come to church. It was so good to have a lesson like that. I know that if they Read and Pray with real intent they will receive an answer!
Jack and Alex haven't been able to see us because they are so busy but we popped by for just a little bit and they said that they have been reading and that they are still very interested in it. We are going to teach them again this week.
We spent a good amount of this week knocking and street contacting. It was really good to get back to the basics of missionary work. Sometimes I find it hard to talk to people, even though I love it. But some how Heavenly Father always makes it possible for me to approach somebody and talk to them. The end result is so amazing. Being able to bear testimony. We have done a lot of that lately. It has been really good. We have found so many new people this week, now we just need to go by and teach them. I really love missionary work. It is wonderful, it is hard, but wonderful. I wouldn't trade it for the world.
I know that perfection doesn't come by Wednesday, I know that Heavenly Father does bless us so much as we are obedient and faithful to him. Use the atonement of Jesus Christ, through him we can become more of the person he wants us to be. I love you all and hope you know that I know that this church is true!
God be with you till we meet again. On our way. #10sof1000s. HE LIVES.
Love, Elder Tyler Rife
I don't quite have the faith to move mountains.....but I am getting there! :)
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Not sure what he is doing here. Perhaps this will have to be a question we ask him when he returns
You could caption it and we could have a little fun with it!!! :)
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Amy Markham Hits the Pages of GQ
Internationally published model Amy Markham has been a staple on our site since the early days. Now we see the 21-year-old Texas native heating up the digital pages of GQ (South Africa). If you want to get to know Amy just a little bit more, check out the interview:
GQ: Are you a girls' girl, or one of the boys?
I am a total girl's girl! I love painting my nails, shopping and anything pink and lacy. I used to be a tomboy when I was younger - I used to be into cars and learning how to race, and I rode my dirt bike. Now, since I've grown up and matured, I've had the chance to see the world and I've gained other interests.
GQ: What gives you a thrill?
I love roller coasters, flying...and watching storms. I also want to sky-dive and go swimming with sharks. I'm pretty much up for trying anything. One of these days I want to chase a tornado too!
GQ: What makes you feel sexy?
I love messy bed head curls, and feel really sexy in lace or a simple camisole top and panties. I also like having very natural make up with just a hint of colour from the sun. I wear tons of make up for a living, so it's nice to feel natural and like myself sometimes. I always have more confidence and feel sexier in my own skin.
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The format of the competition is a bit 'all must have prizes' as there are three groups of four, with the top two in each group and best two third-place finishers progressing to the quarter-finals. Thus, while Team GB have a tough group, they should get through, either in 2nd or 3rd. The groups (with * predictions for progression):
Group E: Brazil*, Team GB*, Cameroon*, New Zealand
Group F: Japan*, Sweden*, Canada*, South Africa
Group G: USA*, France*, Columbia, North Korea
It's a pity Germany aren't going, but there's some very good teams in there - ten of the twelve were at the 2011 World Cup although four of them got knocked out at the group stage, and Canada didn't get a point, stuck in the toughest group - I might be going out on a bit of a limb predicting them to go through, but they are a solid team who just had a dreadful time at the WWC. Plus their captain is nails.
Cameroon and South Africa were the exceptions, but both only narrowly lost out on qualification in the 2010 African Women's Cup, which was used as the WWC qualifying tournament, with the two finalists going to Germany; South Africa (hosts) got 6pts from their group losing to Nigeria, the eventual winners, and then Equatorial Guinea in the semi, Cameroon drew with EG in the group and then got slightly pummelled 5-1 by Nigeria in the next round.
Happily there looks to be at least one cracking game in each of the group rounds. My picks would be:
- Day 1, 25 July at 5pm BST: USA v France
- Day 2, 28 July at midday BST: Japan v Sweden
- Day 3, 31 July at 7.45pm BST: Team GB v Brazil
It's not clear how the knock-out stage draw will work given the format, but I am assuming it will be a hat-based situation but with nobody playing someone from their own group.
Things to watch out for:
1) Whether France have dealt with the lack of confidence shown at WWC 2011 - they got the most shots per game off of any team there (20), but tended to shoot too early / far out, perhaps fearing that they didn't have the strength to hold off defenders; they have the skill, if they can go another couple of yards before pulling the trigger, they could be a threat. With a bit of luck, they'll have worked on their defence too...
2) Whether teams have worked out how to play against Japan - they play a patient, possession game (average 56% at the WWC) and so have inevitably been called 'Barcelona-esque', but it was a very different style from the more direct approach of the other teams in 2011 which the traditional big teams found very difficult to deal with, and they ground it out, winning on penalties against the USA, who had a shocker in the shoot-out.
3) Whether Brazil will embrace the Olympic spirit and stop rolling around on the floor feigning injury (who says the women are nothing like the men?) and just play the bloody ball, in which case they can be lethal. Their quarter-final against the USA in Germany was probably the game of the tournament, with retaken penalties, late goals, a last-minute equaliser, and Hope Solo. I love Hope.
4) Whether Team GB can put in a good performance - they should get out of the group, but then may struggle. Hope Powell made some bad decisions last year, both on and off the field (criticising her players publicly, making substitutions too early which left England limping and basically down to 9 players in the quarter-final with France), so hopefully that will not re-occur.
A dashboard of the stats from the WWC 2011. You see what I mean about the French defence.
I reckon the answers are 1) maybe, 2) yes, 3) and 4) probably not, so will be tipping USA! USA! to take the gold medal.
I may also cast an eye at the men's competition to see how Belhanda gets on for Morocco. But obviously that's a side issue. Go ladies.


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On Saturday, June 9, 33 cancer survivors who are PMC cyclists came together to celebrate the 33rd annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) and the Boston Red Sox Foundation's 10th year as presenting sponsors of the PMC.
Just hours before the game, Billy Starr, PMC founder and executive director, and Larry Lucchino, president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox, spoke passionately about the meaning behind PMC Day at Fenway Park and posed for photos with Red Sox wives, Stacey Lucchino, and Tiffany Ortiz.
As trails of baseball fans took to their seats, a short video highlighting the PMC organization played on the JumboTron.
Minutes later, PMC cyclists representing towns in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York rode their bicycles around the warning track as part of a pre-game ceremony during which PMC volunteers stood in front of the Green Monster to catch the falling American flag that unveiled the PMC logo.
Following the survivor parade, Krystn Cinelli, 27, ofHaverhill, sang the national anthem and PMC Team 9 Pedal Partner and cancer patient, Tim Burke, 12, of South Boston, eagerly shouted, "Play ball!"
To officially start the game, Diane Legg, 49, of Amesbury, threw the ceremonial first pitch. With the help of Wally the Green Monster, Joey Bianco, 14, of Natick, and Samantha Burns, 8, of Weston, served as bat kids.
At the start of the fourth inning, Emma Zeiger, 14, of Needham, was honored by the Red Sox as a Child-Hood Hero for her outstanding contribution to her community as a member of the PMC family.
As a special tribute, Bill Cantor, 88, of Swampscott, sat in Ted Williams' Red Seat sporting a straw hat to commemorate the day in 1946 when the straw hat worn by Joseph Boucher, ofAlbany, deflected a ball hit by Ted Williams.
Although the Red Sox lost to the Nationals with a final score of 2 to 4, PMC Day atFenwayParkwas an all around win. PMC participants were recognized for their hard work and dedication to the PMC mission as well as for their personal journeys overcoming cancer.
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O(n log n)
Hypothetically, let us say that you are a Famous Computer Scientist, having graduated from the Famous Computer Scientist School in Smellslikefish, Massachusetts. As a Famous Computer Scientist, people are throwing money at you hand over fist. So, you have a big pile of checks. (You remember checks, little slips of paper with signatures? They represent money.)
You also have a problem: A shiny new Boeing 747 has caught your eye and you need to know whether your pile of checks represents enough money to pay for it. That problem is easy to solve, since all you need to do is to add up the amounts of the checks. But you also have a more pressing problem: Do you have enough time to sum up your checks before the 747 dealer closes for the day?
Being a Famous Computer Scientist, you know something that few others know: that you have to sort the checks, smallest to largest, before you can add them up.
A digression: That is the lowest form of computer science humor, a somewhat obscure reference to a painful fact about computing hardware. In this case the problem is that numbers such as $3141.59, $100000.00, and $2.57 are represented by the computer as floating point numbers. Floating point numbers are effectively represented in scientific or exponential notation, such as 3.14159 * 10^3, 1.0000000 * 10^5, or 2.57 * 10^0. The computer, however, only allocates a certain number of digits for each number, as if instead of using one digit to the left of the decimal point in the exponential notation followed by further digits to the right, it only had 3 (or 6 or 8) to the left of the decimal and no digits to the right. That would mean that 3141.59 would be represented in the computer as 314*10^1, 100000.00 as 100*10^3, and 2.57 as 257*10-2.
Adding floating point numbers is a multi-step process: the computer first adjusts the numbers so the exponents are the same, then adds the values. But 257^10-2 added to 100*10^3 becomes 0*10^3 or 0.0 when adjusted, so 2.57 + 100000.00 equals 100000.00.
To help mitigate that loss of precision, you need to sort your numbers from smaller to larger before you add them, in hopes that the small numbers will add up to something large enough to avoid completely disappearing when you add the sum to the larger numbers.
There is a discipline dedicated those kind of painful problems, called numerical analysis. Unfortunately, I am supremely unqualified to talk about that discipline, so I shall just quote another Famous Computer Scientist, Edsger W. Dijkstra: End of digression.
The bottom line here is that you need to sort your pile of checks before you can add them together, and you need to know how long it will take to sort them to decide whether you can buy your new bird today or not.
At this point, as a Famous Computer Scientist myself, I am going to use a very snazzy computer science trick to avoid having to continually talk about checks and 747s: abstraction. [1] I will throw away all the irrelevant details, including the 747 dealer (who wants to go home now anyway) and in fact both the numbers and the addition operation, and state the problem this way: you have a list of things that you need to sort, and you want to know how long it will take. The only operation you have on the things is to compare two and ask, "Is this one smaller than that one?"
Algorithm behavior
Sorting is a fundamental computer science problem and is well studied. There are many, many algorithms known for sorting. (The algorithm is fundamental to computer science. If you have a program, it is made up of code written by a programmer. The code implements one or, more likely, many algorithms. An algorithm is a high-level, general, abstract description of a process, while the code is the details; the low-level, concrete, specific description of the process plus a huge bundle of other trivia.)
Each of the algorithms has its own behavior, and its own speed. But what does it mean to talk about the speed of an algorithm, which is a thing of the mind and does not do anything? That is where the "Big-Oh"[2] notation comes in.
For every algorithm, any operation used in that algorithm, and any input given to the algorithm, there is a mathematical expression that describes how many times the operation is used on that input by that algorithm. Consider a simple algorithm, going through a list of 12 numbers counting how many there are in the list, one by one. If the operation is looking at a number to determine whether it is the last one in the list, then the operation is used 12 times by that algorithm on that input.
The expression normally depends on the size of the input: if that simple algorithm is given a list of length n (the variable traditionally used for such things), then it will use that operation n times.
Unfortunately, very often the mathematical expression is complex, not very helpful, and very unenlightening. The big-oh notation is designed to highlight the most important part of the expression while hiding irrelevant details. It describes the asymptotic behavior of the expression as the inputs of the expression get larger. In this case, that means that it describes the behavior of the algorithm as the size of the inputs to it get bigger.
Take, for example, the expression 37n^3 + 12n^2 + 19. If n is 1, that equals 37+12+19 = 68. If n is 10, it equals 37*1000 + 12*100 + 19 = 37000 + 1200 + 19. Clearly, as n gets bigger, the final 19 becomes irrelevant. Less clearly, 12n^2 component also becomes irrelevant, because it will be dwarfed by the first. Finally, the 37 is also irrelevant since 37 times a huge number is just another huge number. The asymptotically important part of the expression is the n^3 element. So, 37n^3+12n^2+19 is O(n^3), pronounced "order of n-cubed".
The "order of" an expression describes a kind of upper bound for the expression. It is defined as an expression which, when multiplied by some constant, is greater than or equal to the original expression for all input values larger than some other constant. Because we can choose the new expression, we can pick one that is simpler than the original in the same way that n^3 is simpler than 37n^3+12n^2+19.
(By the way, in case you were wondering, when n = 13, 37n^3+12n^2+19 equals 83336, while 38*n^3 equals 83486. So, n^3 multiplied by 38 is greater than the original expression for all input values greater than n=12. Hence, 37n^3+12n^2+19 is indeed O(n^3).)
The behavior of the counting algorithm is O(n), "order of n". How does that describe the speed of the algorithm? If each operation takes a finite (and by assumption, constant) time, then the time taken by any implementation of the algorithm will depend on the size of the input primarily by n times the time taken by the operation (plus some constant factors here and there). The Big-Oh notation provides a way of comparing two algorithms; for a sufficiently large value of n, n^2 will be greater than 10000n, and thus an O(n^2) algorithm will be slower than an O(n) algorithm for any sufficiently large input. There is a traditional hierarchy of algorithms:
- O(1) is constant-time; such an algorithm does not depend on the size of its inputs.
- O(n) is linear-time; such an algorithm looks at each input element once and is generally pretty good.
- O(n log n) is also pretty decent (that is n times the logarithm base 2 of n).
- O(n^2), O(n^3), etc. These are polynomial-time, and generally starting to look pretty slow, although they are still useful.
- O(2^n) is exponential-time, which is common for artificial intelligence tasks and is really quite bad. Exponential-time algorithms begin to run the risk of having a decent-sized input not finish before the person wanting the result retires.
There are worse; like O(2^2^...(n times)...^2).
How does that apply to sorting? Sorting, as a problem, is clearly at least as bad as O(n), since it has to look at each item, but that is just as clearly not a good estimate. Can a better bound be found? What do the well-known sorting algorithms do?
The best sorting algorithms, going by names like "heapsort" and "quicksort", are O(n log n). But that does not necessarily mean those are the absolute best algorithms. There might well be a better one yet to be discovered. [5]
So, is there a way to find the performance of any sorting algorithm? In this case, the answer is yes.
Going back to our operation, comparison, it takes two items and says either "yes, this one is smaller than that", or "no, this one is not smaller than that". It is a binary comparison; it produces one of two possible answers.
A sorted list is a permutation of the original list; it is the same list with the elements rearranged. For a list of n elements, there are n! possible permutations; that is n * (n-1) * (n-2) * ... * 1. The question becomes, how many comparisons do you need to pick out one specific permutation out of the n! possibilities?
Each comparison, because it is binary, reduces the possibilities by half. So, the answer to the question is a number of comparisons, c, such that 2^c >= n!. Solving for c, that is
c >= log n! = log (n * (n-1) * ... * 1) = log n + log (n-1) + ... + log 1
The last expression is of the order of
log n + log (n-1) + ... + log (n/2)
which is of the order of
n/2 * log (n/2)
which is of the order of n log n. [3]
Ultimately, using only comparisons, sorting is O(n log n); any fewer comparisons would not be able to pick out a single permutation from the possibilities. [4]
Heapsort is therefore about as good as sorting algorithms are going to get; anything better will be only an incremental improvement. (Quicksort has bad behavior for certain inputs; for example, using quicksort on an already sorted input is O(n^2).)
A creative part of computer science is often that changing the problem, or adding information, allows dramatic improvements. For example, if I can change the problem to adding a single new element to an already sorted list while keeping it sorted, I can easily find an O(n) algorithm; simply taking the new item on the end and re-sorting would be foolish when I could just go down the list and identify the spot where the new item goes.
(That might give you an idea for beating the problem. Taking one item as a list, it as already sorted. Adding another item to the list is O(n). Adding a third is also O(n). But the resulting algorithm, called "insertion sort", for creating a sorted list from a list of n items is quite bad: Using an O(n) algorithm n times is O(n^2).)
Physics often says fundamental things about the universe. Mathematics is "the queen of the sciences" (even though it is not a science) because it frequently makes final, absolute, dramatic statements. But here is one from computer science: sorting using only basic comparisons is a fundamental problem. (Have you ever tried to find a word in an unsorted dictionary?) The shortest possible time it takes to sort n items is of the order of n log n. And, the heapsort algorithm, if it is not itself the best possible algorithm, is the neighbor of the best.
I am seeing a lot of traffic to this page, presumably from people interested in the O(e) notation. If that describes you, here are some good links to learn more, in a slightly more serious fashion:
- Big O notation from Wikipedia is reasonably complete, reasonably correct (as far as I can see), and reasonably complex. Probably the exact opposite of the "Wikipedia is a wasteland of pop culture" stereotype.
- Plain English Explanation of Big O Notation is more readable and reasonably complete.
- Big O notation from CS Animated. What can I say, it's animated. Actually, it does have a very good illustration of the process of reducing the total number of operations identified in a block of code to a single, simplified Big O (or in that case, the related Big Theta) expression, as well as a thorough discussion of the ideas, aimed at budding computer scientists.
- Check out P and NP for similar entertainment.
cdsmith wrote a blog post on the fibonacci numbers, including analyzing the complexity of several functions to compute them. It turns out that if you use the simple, basic definition of fibonacci:
fib 0 = 1 fib 1 = 1 fib n = fib (n-1) + fib (n-2)
the time complexity of computing fib n is O(fib n).
I originally wrote this article not to discuss the Big O, but to highlight the properties of the sort algorithm. Algorithm analysis is complicated and interesting on its own. The most entertaining example that I know about is from an article by Jon Bently, collected in one of the Programming Pearls books if I recall correctly. He showed two algorithms for reversing an array of things with the same algorithmic complexity, and then showed that one was much, much, faster than the other because the slower was largely pessimal in regard to page-based virtual memory.
If you are interested in floating point numbers, check out Anatomy of a floating point number or the cannonical What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic .
|To save time, I will skip the joke (physics, I think) and just give you the punchline: "Assume that each cow is a perfect sphere of uniform density...."
|No, I am not referring to the manga or anime series on Cartoon Network. And, no, I do not understand it either.
|I have taken this argument from Bruce Mills, Theoretical Introduction to Programming.
Is it possible to do better by not using comparisons? Yep. I recently ran across a brilliant example of this: Intelligent Design sort. Say you have a deck of 52 playing cards shuffled into a random order that you wish to sort. The probability that you could pick the three of Diamonds first, followed by the Jack of Clubs, and so on (or whatever order the deck is in), is 1/52 * 1/51 * ... * 1, or 1/52!. 52! is
according to my copy of bc. Clearly, the likelihood of this ordering is far too miniscule to happen by chance; a Higher Power must have arranged it. How can we, as mere mortals, improve on such? Therefore, the deck is already sorted. Unfortunately, like most things Intelligent Design, this sort algorithm has no useful properties.
For a better example, suppose that you have many, many decks of cards mixed together in a big heap, and that you want to sort them all by suit and value. There are only 52 possible combinations of face and value: Ace of Hearts, four of Spades, and so forth; every Ace of Hearts is equivalent to every other Ace of Hearts. You arrange 52 bins, examine each card once, and toss it into the appropriate bin. This algorithm, bin sort, sorts the heap in O(n), and can do so because it involves no comparisons between any two cards.
|For an interesting discussion (with graphs) of the difference between n log n and n algorithms, see O(N log N) Complexity - Similar to linear? on stackoverflow. (And yes, I did give up on keeping the notes in order in the text.)


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One thing I havent mentioned yet is the painting scores, I dropped 5 points on detailed section, not surpised as these models are nearly a year old and I had only been painting for a few months when I done these. Still, it wont affect me too much will it. Will it?.
Drum roll.......
In First place. Nope not me. In second place. Nope not me. In third place!. ding ding
Overall standings for the top 10 were
Josh Roberts Eldar and Dark Eldar, Beast pack
Eric Hoath Eldar and Dark Eldar, Beast pack
Mark Pocock (me) Chaos Daemons. Screamer Council
Alex Harrison Imperial Guard, Space marines and Inquistion. Thudd guns and centarions!
Andy Oakham Farsight and Tau, Ovesa star riptide heavy
James Mcnaughton Eldar and Dark Eldar, Beast pack
Luke Nurser Eldar and Inquistion
Tom Hutchings Necrons and Tau.
Gaz Jones Eldar and Dark Eldar, Beast pack
Simon Weakley Eldar and Dark Eldar, Beast pack
You might see a pattern there, definetly Beast pack heavy!. I ended up coming in third place, on 185pts and 34 VP's with second place with 190pts and 34vp's, wait what, 5pts difference.... ! Damn you models!. That would have made me joint second and it would have gone down to another tie beaker to get the final standings.
So getting to 3rd place I ended up playing 4 ETC players, who were all from the same team! (best team??) I did have a easy pass in game 1 but the rest were definantly a uphill battle for me. The next highest daemon player was 14th and the top 15 dominated by Eldar (7 out of 15). Every game was a good solid competitive game which is exactly why I go to tournaments, therefore this was probably the best of my 40k career so far!.
Overall I am more then pleased with 3rd place considering in total this event had 157 players enter into the heats, I ended up winning best daemon player as well (norrowly lost out to that award at GT heat 3 by a few points as well!). This is my loot for third place, the skullcrushers are what I purchased with my voucher I won from Sanctuary Gaming.
Overall, a massive thanks to the GT guys, very much looking foward to next years and thanks to all of my opponents.
Whats next for me?. Currently repainting my army, I wont be losing points on painting again (I hope, if I do I'll cry!).


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Oh, hi!!
Well we had an adventurous morning!
I've been having some car drama sooo early this morn, my sister, Dani and I took my car to the shop and on our hour wait we made a trip to the antique shops down the street.
It was too much fun!
Right away! We were finding things to "ooh" and "eek" about!
Super cute vintage suit case set ...in turquoise!
i LOVE anything that takes me back to my child hood... so i squeezed myself into this little vintage desk.
BUT...I left it there cus we already have one in the garage... waiting for the move :))
...and we D-I-E'd over the vintage plastic umbrellas!
yellow plastic gingham... are you kidding!!? SO CUTE!
Dani found our future Formica table for the kitchen!!!
Then she fell in LOVE with a GREEN typewriter... in case... in MINT condition!
so cute!
BUT instead of buying everything we saw... we sorta "took note" for a future purchase.
Why? ...well because we have NO WHERE to store all of this stuff.
Fancy Cat Vintage storage is over flowing as it is!!
But we will be moving into the "Fancy Cat Headquarters" soon and it's going to be nasty fun decorating the place. Can't wait for the BLOG posts that will come with that.
Until next time...
love, tif
PS. have you been to Dani's photo treasure BLOG??
it's amazing!! [see it here]


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Mass on 25th anniversary of Visitation fire celebrates how faith sparked school's renewal after tragedy
July 30, 2018
Twenty-five years ago, a fire broke out at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School's historic main building on 35th Street in Northwest Washington. It destroyed some of the almost 200-year-old school's most treasured features; the wide wooden staircase that led students up and down to class, the fourth floor that saw many a student hide away on the windowsills that overlooked the city, the Odeon that planted a love of theater in so many Visitation thespians, and the chapel, that hosted nearly two centuries of prayer.
"There are certain days where everyone knows exactly where they were," Head of School Dan Kerns wrote in a recent email to alumnae. "If you were part of the Visitation community 25 years ago, one of those days is July 8, 1993."
From tragedy, strength
On July 8, 2018, the Visitation community gathered for Mass to commemorate and celebrate that devastating day that brought billows of dark smoke that could be seen in Arlington, and a stench of burnt wood that would take months to dissipate, but which also brought swells of strength, faith, and hope that showcased the unyielding community that Visitation always was.
"Everyone saw the strength in our community," said Olivia Wills Kane, a 1985 graduate of the school 'who worked as its admissions director at the time of the fire and is today the director of the St. Jane de Chantal Salesian Center at Visitation. "Our mission was visible to everyone because it was being lived out in that moment."
Sister Mary Berchmans Hannan who was president of Visitation at the time coined the phrase that would define the school in the decades after the fire, "The Spirit Rebuilds the Place." The main building which dated back to the 1800s was rebuilt with added modern commodities like air conditioning and computer wiring, and then using the need to rebuild the school after the fire as a springboard, Sister Berchmans was able to start a campaign to build a gym and redesign the old gym into a performing arts center.
"July 8, 1993 was a day which was fraught, but we knew God was there," Sister Berchmans said after the anniversary Mass, in the same chapel that was once destroyed.
'Day of thanksgiving'
Father Leo O'Donovan, the celebrant of the anniversary Mass, was president of neighboring Georgetown University in 1993 and was one of the first people to rush to Visitation to offer assistance, housing and dinner for the sisters while the fire raged.
"This is a day of thanksgiving and gratitude, of friendship and family in many senses," he said in his homily. "It is a celebration of courage and hope, of remembered terror and all but miraculous triumph, of still almost palpable alarm followed by the admirable resolve of generous individuals and an historic community that rose to a challenge they had never imagined they might face. This is the day of vision remembered and vision reborn. It is the day of the great fire that could have ended our dreams but instead gave them new and vibrant life."
Community enduring
Alumnae, parents, current and former teachers, administrators and Visitation sisters attended the Mass. Barbara Jones '58 chaired the Visitation Board in 1993 and worked alongside Sister Berchmans, Dan Kerns and others to chart a path forward after the fire.
"We had the kind of nourishment and structure to endure this kind of of catastrophic event," she told the congregation after the Mass. And people came from all over to help during and after the fire, "because people love this school," she said: An assembly line of fathers of Visitation students ushered out priceless works of art including an 1821 painting of Jesus, Mary and Martha in prayer which Charles X of France had donated to the sisters; a Jesuit priest, Father Paul Tipton saved the Blessed Sacrament; Sister Mada-anne Gell grabbed the sisters' vow book which dates back to 1816 as well as a samplers from 1799 depicting the school.
"Thus we learned again, and more deeply, how close the Providence of God is – but also how the merciful and provident God is always beyond our imaginings and comprehension: an ever greater God," Father O'Donovan said. "And that is perhaps the greatest lesson of all."
Julie O'Malley Moeller, '93, who attended the Mass with her two children said, "The Mass was a beautiful reminder of the power of community and the unique spirit that has long blessed Visitation."
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What happens when you trade a big chip for a can't miss prospect, a can't miss prospect for another can't miss prospect, and draft a guy first round and put all these hot prospects all in one lineup? Well, if you are the Seattle Mariners and their fans, you watched all three collectively flop in 2012. We, of course, are talking about Dustin Ackley, Justin Smoak and Jesús Montero. None of the three topped the .300 mark in on-base percentage. And Smoak and Montéro finished below ground in the fWAR department. Can the trio reverse their fortunes in 2013?
Spring Training is such an illusion. The games don't count. Pitchers of every stripe are thrown out there to either get experience or just work on some pitches. Plus, a large number of teams, including the Mariners, now train in Arizona where the ball just sails through the hot, dry air making the offensive numbers dubious at best.
All those disclaimers aside, it is very encouraging to see what Dustin Ackley, Justin Smoak and Jesús Montéro are doing this spring. Smoak and Montéro are both batting .500 with half of their hits being of the extra base variety. Ackley is batting .400. Certainly, spring training is no predictor about regular season success. But success sometimes builds on itself and there is something to the group dynamic where success is contagious. Maybe we have something here.
Consider also that Safeco Field is going to have new dimensions this year that could favor Smoak and Montero specifically and Ackley occasionally. Montéro hit .295 on the road last season and .227. Smoak hit 197 at home in 2012 and .235 on the road. Ackley had ten homers on the road and only two at home. Safeco definitely got into these players' heads. The differences in the dimensions are not drastically different. But they will be different enough to change the mindset.
Another thing to look at is BABIP. Dustin Ackley had a BABIP of .265 in 2012. Justin Smoak's BABIP was an insanely low .242. Even Montéro's .292 was a bit on the low side. Perhaps some of that is bad contact. But perhaps some of that is bad luck and bad approaches too. If all three just have league average BABIPs, there is will be vast improvement.
Dustin Ackley is a former first round draft pick. In his minor league career, he showed a far higher walk percentage and lower strikeout percentage than last year's numbers. He has good plate discipline and only swung at 24% of pitches outside the strike zone last season. His walk totals will improve and the strikeouts will come down. Knowing where he was drafted, Ackley will have every chance to turn things around.
Montéro was the big chip in the trade with the Yankees that cost them one of their best young arms. He will get every opportunity to turn things around too. With John Jaso gone, Montéro is being depended on to catch, which is still quite the dicey proposition. But the gut here says that he is going to explode offensively a year removed from the shock of switching coastlines and leaving the only organization he had known.
Justin Smoak is probably on his last "Get Out of Jail Free" card and will need to either start showing what he can do or fade away into the sunset. He is only 25 and can still turn it around. If this spring is any indication, he looks like he's figured some things out.
Time will tell on these three. But, without being overly analytic here, all three could jell this season and make this a much more fun season for the long-suffering Mariner fans.


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The History Of Whitby – Whitby Abbey
Set on a headland high over the popular seaside town, Whitby Abbey is the perfect choice for a great value day trip in Yorkshire.
It's easy to see how Bram Stoker was inspired by its gothic splendour when writing Dracula. This is one of the most atmospheric visitor attractions on the Yorkshire coast.
Discover the long history of the Abbey and the daily life of the monks who once lived here in the unique interactive visitor centre with its dramatic digital reconstructions.
Or listen to the audio tour as you wander around the ancient ruins and enjoy the stunning views.
For mystery and imagination, Whitby Abbey is one of the best family days out in Yorkshire.
The first monastery was founded in 657 AD by the Anglo-Saxon era King of Northumbria, Oswy (Oswiu) as Streoneshalh (the older name for Whitby).
He appointed Lady Hilda, abbess of Hartlepool Abbey and niece of Edwin the first Christian king of Northumbria, as founding abbess.
The name Streoneshalh is thought to signify Fort Bay or Tower Bay in reference to a supposed Roman settlement that previously existed on the site.
This contention has never been proven though and alternate theories have been proposed, such as the name meaning Streona's settlement.
Some believe that the name referred to Eadric Streona, but this is highly unlikely due to chronological considerations: Streona died in 1017 so the naming of Streoneshalh would have preceded his birth by several hundred years.
The double monastery of Celtic monks and nuns was home to the great Northumbrian poet Caedmon. In 664 the Synod of Whitby, at which King Oswiu ruled that the Northumbrian church would adopt the Roman calculation of Easter and monastic tonsure took place at the abbey.
Streoneshalch was laid waste by Danes in successive raids between 867 and 870 under Ingwar and Ubba and remained desolate for more than 200 years.
The existence of 'Prestebi', meaning the habitation of priests in Old Norse, at the Domesday Survey may point to the revival of religious life since Danish times.
The old monastery given to Reinfrid comprised about 40 ruined monasteria vel oratoria similar to Irish monastic ruins with numerous chapels and cells
Whitby Abbey Timeline
- 614 – St Hilda (Hild Of Whitby) born
- 657 – AD Saw the first monastery built at Whitby by Oswy King Of Northumberland
- 657 – Hilda became the founding abbess of a new monastery at Whitby
- 664 – Synod Of Whitby
- 680 – AD Death Of Caedmon the first English poet
- 680 – Hild Dies
- 867 – The Abbey fell to Viking attack
- 1078 – Abbey re-founded by Regenfrith (Reinferd) a soldier monk, under the orders of his protector, the Norman, William de Percy
- 1539/1540 – Second Abbey destroyed by Henry 8th -Under The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- 1539 – The Cholmley family acquired Whitby Abbey and its land after the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 and lived in the abbey`s lodgings and the gatehouse until they built the Banqueting House. It is recorded at several sources including the book Whitby Law And Legend that the Abbey was ruined by The Cholmley Family who used stone and roofing materials to sure up Abbey house where they lived.
- 1762 The nave fell
- 1800's (Unknown Date) – Strikland Family take ownership
- 1830 – Abbey tower crumbled
- 1897 – Bram Stoker writes Dracula
- 1914 – Abbey shelled by German Navy in World War 1
- 1920 – The abbey ruins, then owned by the Strickland family, were handed over to the Ministry of Works
- 1984 – English Heritage took on the care of the abbey
- 2002 – New visitor center opened in
- 2003 – £3.5m spent on Abbey House which is reopened as Whitby Youth Hostel
- 2010 – "Desecration" of an ancient site by Yorkshire Water and Duffy Contractors
- 2012 – New Plaque put in place at The Donkey Field
Further Reading On Whitby Abbey
- Illuminated Abbey – Whitby Abbey Lit Up For Goth Weekend.
- All Our Site Articles On Whitby Abbey
- Whitby Abbey, Britain's Most Romantic Ruin
- The Synod Of Whitby
- Whitby Abbey Website – English Heritage
- Unofficial Abbey Website
- Hugh Cholmley MP
- Whitby Abbey Book
- Whitby Abbey WikiPedia
Whitby Abbey Gallery – Click Thumbnails To View Full Size Images.


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We carry out a number of projects, most of which are externally funded. Most projects are themed broadly around biodiversity, and the functions and ecology of soil fungi.
For specific information on the ERC Advanced Grant see separate site here.
Fungal ecology in agricultural systems
There are currently a number of projects underway themed around the biodiversity and ecology of fungi in agricultural systems. These are funded by the BMBF initiative BonaRes (the projects are Soil3 and INPLAMINT), and by others.
Ecological synthesis and analysis
There are a number of projects in which different lab members engage in re-analysis and synthesis of existing ecological data in order to gain new insights. One commonly used set of techniques are meta-analyses. We also work in the development of concepts, for example community coalescence.
Trait-based approaches in fungal ecology
We are interested in applying trait-based approaches to the ecology of fungi, and have engaged in a number of conceptual exercises. We are using a culture collection consisting of 30 isolates to establish a suitable model system with which to test some of these ideas.
DFG German Biodiversity Exploratories
The lab is part of the DFG-funded German Biodiversity Exploratories program (speaker: Prof. M. Fischer); in the last phase, having started in 2011, the lab participated with three contributed projects, which deal with diversity of arbusculary mycorrhizal fungi (Hempel and Rillig), soil aggregation (Rillig) and plant-soil feedback (Prof. Jasmin Joshi at University of Potsdam and Rillig). In the current phase (start 2014), the lab contributes one project on Sebacinales (Hempel). The Exploratories are large-scale laboratories in three locations in the north, middle and south of Germany in which replicated plots are located. The goal is to uncover interrelationships among biodiversity, land use and ecosystem processes.
Ecuador: tropical mountain forest
Our lab contributes a project on arbuscular mycorrhiza to the DFG-funded research platform (previously research unit 816) in southern Ecuador, a global hotspot of biodiversity. The current project is to test hypotheses regarding the response of mycorrhizas to fertilization in tropical montane rainforest.
Soil biota and soil aggregation
We have several projects related to the process of soil aggregation, i.e. the formation of soil structure. We are most interested in the role of soil biota in this process, for example mycorrhizal fungi and saprobic fungi.
Communities of AM fungi and other soil fungi
We engage in a number of projects in which we seek to understand what controls the structure of AM fungal communities or communities of other fungi. This typically involves applying molecular ecology methods, high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics.
Root-colonzing fungi, including pathogenic fungi
Soil pathogenic fungi in natural ecosystems are quite underrepresented in soil and plant ecology. We are isolating and testing root-colonizing fungi, including pathogenic fungi and try to learn more about how they control plant communities in local grasslands.
Biochar additions to soil, following the example of the Amazon Dark Earths, are being discussed as a means of soil carbon storage. We are particularly interested in the effects of biochar on soil biota.
Riparian systems
We participate in the SMART program, a collaboration between Italy, Great Britain and Germany, to study aspects of riparian ecology, with a below-ground focus.
Priming and memory
We are a member of the collaborative research center (Sonderforschungsbereich) on Priming and memory; our project deals with thermo-priming in fungi (both saprobic fungi and mycorrhizal fungi), in other words, how fungi remember past stress events and how this affects renewed exposure to stress. It is our most physiologically oriented project in the lab.
Novel soil contaminants
We scan for potential future issues that could affect soils. Currently, we look at potential effects of microplastic on soil biota. But we're always interested in new ideas…
Global change biology
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PETALUMA, Calif. --Police have evacuated part of a Petaluma neighborhorhood because of a bomb scare. Ely Boulevard South between Caulfield Lane and Weaverly Drive have been closed.
Police have asked residents in the area to leave their homes as a precaution after they found an old military explosive. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Bomb Squad has been called in to take the device away. It's unclear when residents will be allowed back into their homes.
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The creators of the great purple scourge, Barney the Dinosaur, have an unspoken contract with parents palatable for all involved: We buy their videos and an occasional plush toy for our 3- and 4-year-olds and make Barney's brain trust obscenely wealthy; they in turn create benignly lobotomized entertainment that holds our non-demanding kids in thrall; our kids watch TV and allow us a few precious minutes of peace.
The most important element is parental trust in Barney to be blandly wholesome, so that we have to endure only a few seconds of it while we cue up the VCR for our tykes.
Family movies, on the other hand, imply a rather different contract: Parents buy tickets and popcorn for the whole family; filmmakers deliver light entertainment that kowtows to kids yet is not so brain-dead as to alienate sentient adults. "Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie," the first theatrical film featuring the green-bellied beast, takes that big old fat foot of Barney's and stomps that contract beyond recognition.
For a long stretch, "Barney's Great Adventure" is essentially plotless, as some kids and a token African American pal are left with farmer grandparents.


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Ricky Walden won the third European tour event of the season, the Bluebell Wood Open, at Doncaster Dome last night.
After a frenetic few days snooker, the latter stages were, as ever, contested by the top players. Walden edged Marco Fu, this season's Australian Open champion, 4-3 in the final.
Walden held a healthy lead over Barry Hawkins in the semi-finals of the World Championship last season but had a bad last day and was beaten.
Rather than sulk about it he tried to see the positives. "It was frustrating to lose in the semis but I played well and came so close to the final. I'm using a new cue this season and it's working so far," he said.
Walden is one of those players who keeps his head down and plays. He has good days and bad days but manages not to dwell on either.
He's £20,000 better off this morning. This event, non-televised, may have been a little below the radar but he beat not only Fu but also Ali Carter, Ryan Day, Mark Allen and Shaun Murphy to win it.
A number of players voiced their displeasure with conditions at the Dome, in particular the heat and people walking past tables while play was going on.
"Venue was terrible - worst conditions I have ever played in my pro career," said Ronnie O'Sullivan, who for all the controversy in his career has never been one to complain about playing conditions.
Alan McManus made the following point: "The Dome a very good venue IMO. Although, for me it's simply the wrong time of year for any tournament in England. Tables play very strange."
Some would say 'it's the same for everyone so get on with it.' I don't agree with that. Top level sport deserves top level conditions.
If they didn't cut the grass at Wimbledon it would be the same for everyone but not what world class tennis players deserve.
However, the fact remains that the business end was contested by leading players who were able to adapt better to the conditions.
The next tournament is the Paul Hunter Classic in Furth, the fourth European Tour event, which starts later in the week.


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Very short synopsis:
Unpleasant guy gets killed, but is he really who he says he is? Hamish investigates independently once more.
I read it in: English
I liked it: no
For people who like: cozy mysteries, the Scottish Highlands, who are hardcore Hamish fans
This is definitely the weakest of all Hamish Macbeth books so far. No reader can possibly be interested in finding out who killed the victim. Not because he is an unpleasant lout (most victims are), but because we don't really get to know him. Then the little that we do know turns out to be a complete lie, the victim has taken on a false identity, so in the end it seems like we never knew the victim at all.
The solution to the problem is so disconnected to the story that it is impossible to guess why the victim was killed, so reading the mystery was no fun at all. Just like a Deus ex machina the solution is there. Yes, we have met the murderer before (so it was not as bad as it could have been, I guess), but still the end was extremely unsatisfying.
Not to speak of the "Gentleman Jim" gangster character appearing! How trite can you get? Gentleman Jim! I was surprised that Gentleman Jim didn't wear spats!
This felt like a book that needed to be cranked out at an even quicker pace than usual and the story was made up as the author went along.
And just really quick on the "relationship" between our hero and the Belle of the village…
It is obvious why Hamish and Priscilla had to split up and can never be a couple. More than once Priscilla used her social position to get Hamish out of trouble, either by just being who she is and at the same time being a friend of Hamish's (obviously being friends with the rich and noble is enough for Hamish to be above suspicion or reproach) or by using her status deliberately to pull strings with Hamish's superior's wife. That woman's social aspirations would all fall to pieces if Priscilla wasn't friends with her anymore, so she does everything (including dissuading her husband from firing Hamish) to stay on Priscilla's good side. What sort of light this throws on her husband I don't even want to think about.
If Priscilla was married to Hamish, she would be reduced to being a constable's wife, living in a cottage, and where would that leave her social influence? No superintendent's wife would beg for an invitation to a Bobby's cottage! So for Hamish's sake he and Priscilla need to stay apart under any circumstances.
Product info and buy link :
|Death of a macho man
|M. C. Beaton
|Robinson Publishing
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|Buy Death of a Macho Man, though I advise against it
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Peplum top or jacket
Way more versatile than a dress and easier to pull off.
White shoes
Clean and chic– just avoid kitten heels.
Navy and tan
The new colour combo for the summer.
Rainbow jewels
Forget gold and silver, make a statement with bold colours like red, blue and yellow.
Strapless maxi dresses
Maxi dresses are hard enough to pull off, why complicate the matter further?
Cargo shorts
Unless you want to look like a German tourist.
Studded clutches
We're totally over it after someone almost clobbered us to death!
Lace espadrilles
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This week on New Mexico in Focus, two retiring state senators talk about what is behind their decision to step away from the legislature. It has become a popular move, as one-sixth of the N.M. Senate has chosen to retire. In the House of Representatives, still more elected officials are resigning, either altogether or to seek higher office.
KNME's one hour public affairs show New Mexico in Focus airs Fridays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 6:30 a.m. on Channel 5.1. The show can also be seen on KNME's Digital Channel 9.1 on Saturdays at 5 p.m. NMIF will not air this Sunday at 7 a.m. or on Saturday at 5 p.m. due to the Pledge Drive.
Joined by Santa Fe New Mexican political reporter Steve Terrell, NMIF's opinion experts dissect the bills and the vetoes likely to have the greatest impact as Gov. Susana Martinez closed the book on legislation this week.
• Senator Mark Boitano, R-Albuquerque
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Concern mounting that robots will steal white-collar jobs in the US
Robots aren't just going to one day take over manufacturing jobs, but could also replace lawyers, grocery store clerks, teachers, and other positions in the service sector, according to an author with a background in robots and automation.
There are a number of different focuses for robotics, with companies expanding outside of just manufacturing - with the new generation of robots able to work in fast food restaurants, hotels, retail stores, farms, and other common workplace tasks.
"As we look forward from this point, we need to keep in mind that this technology is going to continue to accelerate," said Martin Ford, Silicon Valley executive and author, in a statement to NPR. "So I think there's every reason to believe it's going to become the primary driver of inequality in the future, and things are likely to get even more extreme than they are now."
It could still take a while before more robots are seen in your office, but it's something that experts say shouldn't be counted out over the next 50 years. As designers are able to assign robots more complex tasks, the jobs facing most risk will remain formulaic positions that depend on predictable routines.


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Legends, Myths and Folklore Linked with Landscape
For a long time, I've been interested in visiting places linked with myth, legend and folklore. In Dimmuborgir, Iceland, some lava formations are said to be the petrified remains of trolls. Glastonbury,UK is a major site associated with Arthurian legends. Mount Olympus in Greece actually exists (and it's a fine walk in the woods!). In Sherwood Forest, UK there is a large tree that is apparently where Robin Hood and his gang hung out.
Legend has it that the burning hill of Yanar Dag in Azerbaijan was caused by a shepherd who accidentally lit a natural gas fire with a cigarette. And in Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire, the rock formations "Calf" and "Cow" were apparently shaped when a giant tripped and broke off a chunk of rock as he was running away from his wife. And I'm very keen to visit Carnac, France, where apparently the stones were created when Merlin turned one of Caesar's armies to stone.
Whatever the stories are behind a mountain, a tree, a ruin, a river or a wasteland, the folklore gives them an added texture that makes them more compelling to visit.
I thought I'd start this thread and let people post examples of myths, legends and folklore that are linked to places you can actually visit. Does anyone have a story they want to tell?


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Ancient World History Book List –
Part 3 (Ancient Greece)
Hello !
If you've been following this series, thanks for coming back!
I'm so excited to share all my favorite books for the Ancient Greece Unit.
If you're just jumping in, you may like to check out the first post for these units
–> Free Ancient World History Curriculum and the supplemental book lists for the previous sections as well. These books are NOT required for the studies… they're just my favorite resources (most I've personally used). You will find the few required books for the curriculum included on the bottom of each unit's curriculum page.
Section 1: Ancient Civilizations & the Old Testament & Book List
Section 2: Ancient Egypt (includes Ancient China) & Book List
Section 3: Ancient Greece
Section 4: Ancient Rome & Book List
Be sure to follow my Ancient History Pinterest Boards too !
I will be adding the best of the best FREE ideas to them frequently.
* Ancient Civilizations Board
* Ancient Egypt Board
* Ancient Greece Board
* Ancient Rome Board
–> This post contains affiliate links. There will NOT be any additional charge to you if you click to Amazon through these links, but I will make a small commission if you do! So thanks ahead for supporting my work ! 🙂
*Literature :
* The Trojan War: An Interactive Mythological Adventure
* Tales From the Odyssey (Part 1) & Tales From the Odyssey (Part 2)
(This is a 6 Book Series by Mary Pope Osborne if you enjoy them!)
* Hour of the Olympics
and Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Companion
* Adventures in Ancient Greece (Good Times Travel Agency)
* The Lion in the Gateway
* Tales of the Greek Heroes
* The One-Eyed Giant (Tales from the Odyssey)
* Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Book 1)
(This is a 5 Book Series !)
* Percy Jackson's Greek Hereos
*Resource/Informational Books:
* Archimedes and the Door of Science and Herodotus and the Road to History
* What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? and Pythagoras and the Ratios: A Math Adventure
* D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
* Who Was Alexander the Great ?
* Where Is the Parthenon ?
* Discovering God's Story: Fully Illustrated Bible Handbook in Chronological Order
* Understanding People of the Past: The Ancient Greeks
* Science in Ancient Greece
*Activity Guides:
* Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome
(Hands-On History)
* Spend the Day in Ancient Greece: Projects & Activities That Bring the Past to Life
* Life in Ancient Greece Coloring Book (Dover)
* Tools of the Ancient Greeks: A Kid's Guide to the History and Science of Life in Ancient Greece
Hope this list is helpful !
I'd love to know what YOU are using too !
Leave a comment.


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|CNN believes that skinheads like Harry Houck bring "balance" to
discussions of police killings by deflecting the issue onto so-called
"Black on Black" crime and ranting about "you people."
CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin called out the network's law enforcement analyst, Harry Houck, on Tuesday for referring to a black activist from Chicago as "you people."
After Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that he had fired Police Supt. Garry McCarthy over fallout from Laquan McDonald's shooting, Baldwin asked Houck and NAACP Youth President Stephen Green for their reaction.
Houck took the side of the outgoing police chief, saying that Emanuel should have been made to resign instead.
"This mayor should be impeached, he should resign," the former NYPD detective opined. "The National Guard should go into Chicago, take that city back from the thugs."
"You people," the law enforcement analyst continued before he was interrupted by Baldwin.
"It's not 'you people,' Harry," the CNN host sighed. "Come on."
"You people who live in Chicago," Houck shouted, "should start voting for maybe another person, maybe a Republican, instead and see how he — a Republican — can come in there and straighten that city out."
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Looking back at my last post, written in a deliriously happy moment before I was off to meet my two Guys in New York, sigh.....well it reveals how LIFE can change in a mere instant.....a *Snap of the Fingers* and all you have known is changed.
I spent three weeks in hospital....was uninsured... and now, still slowly (but surely) healing....am left with unbelievably GIGANTIC medical bills - and no way to ever pay them back.
Most of you know I am alone in San Francisco.... close friends live thousands of miles away....as do Chris and Bofie. It will be a long, rough road to a recovery... but I am grateful for those friends who can comprehend what I am going through....and send me emotional support. It means a lot.
|Bofie misses his Mum.... thank goodness for SKYPE and Facetime!
Meanwhile, I have begun work at my non-Opera job...receptionist at a Tax Company.... only 20 hours a week (nights and weekends) and just over minimum wage....but it's all I can get here in San Francisco these days.....so I take it...
|Blue Boy
|Mr. and Mrs Mallard at Brunch
|The Stow Lake Turtles like the Sun too!
|La Bella Luna....I have missed you!
I leave you with words that have always encouraged me to push on when things get tough.... they ring especially true now.


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"Something's the mattery, with my battery,"
in a sing-song rhythm,
from the bathroom...
He said he read it in "The Silly Book." Imagine that!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Cooperisms 3
Posted by Tara Tyler at 6:39 PM
Labels: funny
2 comments:
- Jen Daiker said...
This is so cute!!! Your blog is adorable! I'll definitely be coming back!
I'm stopping in to welcome you to the A-Z Blogging Challenge!!! I'm a co-host so should you need anything I'm here to help!! Feel free to stop by my blog to say hello or join us on Twitter (I'm @jenunedited)!!
- March 28, 2011 at 8:25 PM
- Tara Tyler said...
Thanks for the comments and welcome! I'm glad to see someone who is as excited about writing as I am!!! (love those exclamation points! or a well-placed smiley =)
- March 28, 2011 at 10:33 PM
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The Occupy L.A. protesters are gone from the City Hall lawn, but Susan Hutchinson wonders if customers will ever come back to the downtown farmers market she manages.
Hutchinson stared toward a barricaded City Hall park Thursday, where vendors until recently sold baskets of plump strawberries and tomatoes, buttery croissants and bunches of fresh-cut roses. The weekly, open-air market was uprooted from the park by the two-month Occupy L.A. protest, and merchants suffered when relocated across the street from what became a squalid encampment of earnest activists, disenchanted youth, the homeless and drug abusers.
"We were collateral damage," Hutchinson lamented about the political protest that became "more like a refugee camp." A quarter of vendors stopped coming and business fell off by as much as 50 percent for those that remained.
Hutchinson says she tried sharing the lawn with protesters during the Occupy encampment, but their tents blocked the fire lanes needed by the market's permits.
Hutchinson took her concerns to one of Occupy L.A.'s public meetings, but when she told them that vendors were losing money, the crowd booed her. "It was inappropriate for me to use 'the M word,'" Hutchinson told KPCC.
The majority of demonstrators wanted to reach a consensus, but due to the near-unanimous agreement needed to make decisions in the Occupy general assemblies, they weren't able to reach a deal.
Hutchinson's complaints were among scores heard by City Hall leading up to the decision by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to evict hundreds of protesters from the park in a late-night raid, resulting in nearly 300 arrests last week. The behind-the-scenes pressure added weight to more obvious problems, from illegal drug use to seeping portable toilets to lice.
The protesters say their push-back against income inequality and Wall Street abuses will live on, but the encampment left another legacy.
Thefts, shoplifting and assaults spiked in the neighborhood, and film productions avoided the popular, landmark site. Local restaurants grumbled about lost business, and weeks of media coverage of motley demonstrators camped on the City Hall lawn did little to buff downtown's scruffy image.
There's also fear the city opened itself to lawsuits if other protesters aren't granted similar, extended welcomes on public property. Even some City Council members soured on the demonstration after enacting a resolution in October praising the "vibrant exercise in First Amendment rights."
"You either enforce the laws or you ignore them — these are the consequences," said Councilman Dennis Zine, a former Los Angeles police officer who initially endorsed the protest, then later urged the mayor's office to intervene. "Once you permit this to start, there is no stopping it."
Occupy activists are unapologetic and say critics are missing the big picture by focusing on inconveniences instead of the broader problems of society and the camp's efforts to raise awareness.
While the relocated farmers market will return to its original location and the City Hall lawn will grow back, millions of homeowners who lost their houses in the mortgage crisis sparked by corporate profiteering will not get their homes back, they said.
"I'm sure the original tea party by the founding fathers wasn't good for business — they threw the merchants' tea into the sea," said activist Peter Thottam, who is organizing Occupy events for the New Year's Day Rose Parade. "This isn't about local issues, this is about economic, social justice concerns."
The Occupy Wall Street protests started Sept. 17 with a few dozen demonstrators who tried to pitch tents in front of the New York Stock Exchange. It soon spread to other cities — the Los Angeles protests began Oct. 1, with a few dozen tents set up the first week.
The Democratic mayor was among the early supporters for Occupy LA — he handed out plastic ponchos one rainy day. After the population swelled in October, he said the city would remain "accommodating." But by the end of last month he declared the encampment, with overflowing waste cans and hundreds of tents, was "simply not sustainable."
Villaraigosa alluded to health concerns at the park, but a broader range of other issues came into play, from the impact on tourism to vandalism to the impact on downtown banks where protesters sometimes rallied.
There are plans in the Council to form a committee to promote the ideas behind the protest, while the cash-strapped city is still trying to figure out how much money was spent contending with the long-running demonstration, a figure likely to run into the millions.
Hutchinson said the protesters first shared the park with the farmers market, but its rapid growth made that unworkable. As the weeks went by, some vendors were harassed for food or stuck with unpaid IOUs. She said some vendors found it galling that people from the encampment would ask for freebies, while the protest was driving away their usual business.
"They had no control over these people," she said.
Last week the park looked like a faded industrial yard — concrete barriers topped with chain-link fencing walled off what was left of the lawn, once popular with sunbathers and tourists. Villaraigosa has said the cleanup and repair to the park might cost more than $1 million.
In a positive sign, City Hall's role as popular backdrop for filmmakers and producers — it was a fixture in the TV classic "Dragnet" — was back in business after film crews mostly steered away during the protests.
With the encampment gone, "Gangster Squad," a film starring Sean Penn, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, shot scenes outside City Hall last week — out of view of the chain-link fence that surrounds the park.
With vintage cars lining the curb and actors on City Hall steps in 1940s garb, events around here were returning to normal.
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As a member of Louth County Council, I intend to give special priority to national and local issues related to poverty, inequality and social exclusion.
There are over 180,000 children living in poverty in Ireland today. This is an alarming statistic, and given that our future is in the hands of our young people it is one that should not be ignored. I will endevour to ensure that all young people are empowered to develop skills and confidence to fully participate as active citizens in our society.
Research by the Urban Institute in America shows that children can rise above the poverty line during their lives as a result of programmes and policies which support work and help parents to improve their economic standing. It is my goal to use the policies of the Labour Party to promote such programmes and supports for the betterment of our community.
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