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SCENE: Planet Express kitchen. Fry is caught in a huge wave of fire blasting from the refrigerator.
FRY: Professor! I think the refrigerator is BROKEN!
FARNSWORTH: Excellent! My new invention, THE REVERSAL RAY, is a complete success!
FRY: Two questions. What's a reversal ray, and does it heal fourth degree burns?
FARNSWORTH: The device analyzes a machine's function and causes the REVERSE to occur. I used it on the refrigerator, and I tested it EARLIER on the television. Now it watches US!
A giant eyeball watches from the TV screen.
ZOIDBERG: Hello, Professor! I can't talk right now. I've been in a staring contest with this thing for three hours!
BENDER: A reversal ray! Pffft! What good is something like that?
FARNSWORTH: It could turn YOU into a polite, honest, and hardworking employee!
BENDER: (fearfully) Eep!
Fry and Bender leave the Planet Express building with the reversal ray.
FRY: Are you sure the Professor wanted me to take his new invention to the dump?
BENDER: (handing the ray to Fry) As far as YOU know, yes.
FRY: Where is he, anyway?
BENDER: Oh, you know old people. Always accidentally locking themselves in closets.
Fry whistles as he walks with Bender through a busy New New York street. They soon make it to Applied Cryogenics.
FRY: Ah, the OLD CRYOGENIC LAB where I was first unfrozen! That reminds me! I lost a pack of gum when I fell into the cryo tube. I should see if they still have it!
IPJI: Sorry, Fry, we're closing early! I need to pick up my horrible wife from her terrible dentist appointment!
FRY: I just need to check the lost and found.
IPJI: All right, but lock up when you leave. The box is in the tube room. You can't miss it.
FRY: Don't worry, I'll find it!
Fry walks backward and trips over a cardboard box marked LOST + FOUND.
FRY: Whoa!
Fry falls into an open tube and accidentally zaps it with the reversal ray. The door slams shut on him.
The tube ends up in a forest. The door reopens.
FRY: What th--?!
Fry steps out.
FRY: Oh no! Not again! How far have I gone into the...
Fry is surrounded by villagers wearing medieval-style clothes. A huge castle looms in the background.
FRY: ...future?
Fry goes up to a peasant woman (Leela).
FRY: Excuse me. What year is it?
LEELA: How would I know? I'm just a poor filth-gathering peasant. I can't afford a calendar! I'm still trying to save up enough for a second eye.
FRY: Leela!
LEELA: How do you know my name?
FRY: Why are you in the future? Or is it the past?
BENDER: Is this man bothering you, milady?
LEELA: Yes, he is!
Bender comes out resembling a knight.
BENDER: Whoa! I thought you were a fancy lady! Didn't realize you were just a filthy peasant. My mistake!
FRY: Bender!
BENDER: That's SIR BENDER to you, stranger! One of the noble Knights of the Bent Table!
FRY: Bender, I don't know what's going on! Am I in the past or what?
BENDER: Poor peasant, you've clearly gone mad. Not to worry, we have the best mental health plan around.
LEELA: Throwing him in the castle dungeon for life?
BENDER: I didn't say it was a good health plan, I just said it was the best around. Now come along, crazy man!
An enormous dragon resembling Zoidberg lands in front of them.
ZOIDBERG: Did someone hail a dragoncab?
BENDER: (pointing to a horse) No! I have my own ride!
ZOIDBERG: *Sigh!* No one ever wants a dragoncab.
LEELA: That's because you EAT most of your passengers!
ZOIDBERG: But flying makes me hungry!
As Fry rides on Bender's horse, he hears grunting coming from inside the horse.
FRY: Um...Sir Bender? Why is your horse moaning?
A flap on the horse opens up to reveal an old peasant woman.
PEASANT WOMAN: Because we're actually two peasants in a horse costume.
FRY: But why not use a REAL horse?
BENDER: The law says you have to FEED those!
Fry and Bender arrive at a castle shaped like the Planet Express building.
BENDER: And we're here! PLANET EXPRESSALOT!
A knight and his squire walk away from the castle.
KNIGHT: Let's not go there. It's a silly place.
Fry and Bender enter the throne room of the castle. Farnsworth, dressed like a king, sits on the throne.
BENDER: Taking another one to the CRAZY PIT, Your Highness!
FARNSWORTH: Very well!
FRY: Professor, it's me...Fry! I'm from the future, I think.
FARNSWORTH: Are you saying you're living your life backwards like the wizard MERLIN?
FRY: I guess.
BENDER: That jerk next door? He's always spoiling shows for me!
MERLIN: (shouting from the yard next door) Everyone dies at the end of "Hamlet"!
BENDER: Shut up! (to Fry) Well, if you really are a wizard, you can work for me! I could use a little MAGICAL HELP in the upcoming tournament.
They are now at a jousting arena. Farnsworth sits atop a highly raised throne.
FARNSWORTH: Welcome to a distraction that will hopefully take your mind off overthrowing me! THE KNIGHTY KNIGHT GAMES!
The crowd of villagers cheers.
FARNSWORTH: Before we get started, a joke from my jester, Scruffy!
SCRUFFY: I, um...stepped in some dung earlier!
The crowd laughs uproariously.
RANDY MUNCHNIK: It's funny because it's true!
BENDER: (to Fry) Okay, I'm going up against Sir Roberto in the jousting contest! I'll need you to cast a spell or something on him!
FRY: I keep telling you, I don't know any magic!
ROBERTO: (on a horse, holding a long stick with a knife tied to the end of it) I'm gonna stab you with this thing! Gonna stab you until I get tired. And I NEVER get tired!
BENDER: You gotta know some magic! Anything at all!
FRY: *Sigh!* Fine!
FARNSWORTH: Begin the joust!
Roberto charges toward Bender with his knife stick extended.
FRY: (to Roberto, holding out a handful of playing cards) Pick a card! Any card!
ROBERTO: What? Who are you?
Bender thrusts his lance through Roberto's middle.
BENDER: (to Fry) Yeah, that's the stuff! Keep it up!
Fry holds up a top hat as Calculon races by on a horse.
FRY: Watch me pull a rabbit out of my-- AAAAH! It's a skunk!
The skunk sprays Fry.
CALCULON: Ha!
Bender stabs Calculon with his lance.
CALCULON: Um...line?
Later, a human knight stands on the field, clutching his stomach.
BENDER: (to Fry) Good job, squire! You really helped me turn that silent knight into a holy knight!
FRY: Great. Can I get a little help?
Fry has sawn himself in half in a magician's box.
FARNSWORTH: (holding up a letter written on parchment) Stop everything! I just got word that the evil MOM LE FEY is attacking our kingdom! We need to fight back!
SAL: (raising his hand) Quick question for youze! Is we a volunteer or drafted army?
FARNSWORTH: Volunteer!
All the villagers leave.
SAL: (waving goodbye) So long, chump!
FARNSWORTH: Sir Bender, you're our only remaining knight! In retrospect, having you maim the rest of our greatest fighters might not have been the best idea.
BENDER: Don't worry, Your Highness! We've got the wizard on our side. He'll be more than a match for Mom le Fey!
FRY: I'll try my best, but I need about an hour to swallow these hankerchiefs.
FARNSWORTH: There's no time! Here she comes!
Mom, her sons, and three monsters come rushing in on horses.
MOM: (raising a huge sword) Attack, you pathetic sacks of boar pellets!
IGNER: Yes, Mommy!
MOM: For the last time! When we're storming a castle, don't call me Mommy!
IGNER: Sorry, Mommy!
BENDER: Get out there, wizard! (shoves Fry onto the ground)
FRY: YAAAH! (staring up at the charging horses) Um...okay, think of a number between one and--
The horses trample Fry.
FRY: (looking bruised and beat up, raises two fingers) Was... it... two...?
BENDER: (battling the monsters) Hey, wizard! Whatever you're doing, do the opposite of that!
FRY: (while everyone fights in the background) The OPPOSITE! Of course! The reversal ray! I must have used it when I went in the tube, so instead of sending me to the world of the future, it turned everything BUT me into an old-timey version of itself. Yeah, that makes sense if I don't think too hard about it. Maybe the reversal ray can turn things back to normal. But what did I do with--?
The reversal ray is thrown and smacks Fry in the back of his head.
LEELA: Hey, jerk! This thing you left behind in that tube isn't worth jack squat! It just makes a stupid beam that doesn't do anything!
FRY: (going up to Leela) The reversal ray! Thank you, Leela! I love you!
LEELA: (backing away) Love? WHOA! Sorry, I'm almost thirty and have at least a year or two left to live! I don't want to be tied down yet!
After the battle...
FARNSWORTH: Mom le Fey took everything! I'm ruined!
BENDER: They even stole the stuff I stole from them when we stormed THEIR castle last week!
FRY: (pointing the reversal ray at Farnsworth) Don't worry, Professor! This is going to fix everything!
Fry zaps Farnsworth.
FRY: Feel any different?
FARNSWORTH: I do. I used to want to make you the kingdom's head wizard, but now I feel the opposite.
Fry and Leela are tied to a stake and surrounded by men with torches.
FARNSWORTH: I'm going to burn you and your friend at the stake for doing magic that wasn't useful to me at all!
LEELA: I'm not his friend!
BENDER: Sorry things didn't work out. If it makes you feel better, this is what happens to most of my squires. Do you have any last words?
FRY: Just one. TAXI!
Zoidberg the dragon lands and pins Bender and Farnsworth down under his claws.
ZOIDBERG: Where would you like to go, sir?
FRY: Anywhere but here! Leela, want to come along?
LEELA: No, I want to be set on fire!
ZOIDBERG: Okay, but I charge extra for that!
Zoidberg flies into the sky with Fry and Leela on his back.
LEELA: It's so beautiful up here! Not like the filthy ground at all.
FRY: Dragon! Go through that rain cloud!
ZOIDBERG: You're the boss!
Fry and Leela get showered with rain.
LEELA: AAAAH! I'm...CLEAN! I've never felt this way before!
FRY: You're beautiful to me no matter what's crusted on you. But you DO smell way better now.
Fry points at the tube down on the ground.
FRY: The tube! Land there, dragon!
ZOIDBERG: All right. The fare is letting me eat one of you! Two, if you add a tip!
FRY: (walking over to the tube) Sure thing, but let me just get in the, um...marinating tube for a second. It'll make me more flavorful!
ZOIDBERG: How considerate!
Fry gets in the tube. Leela holds the reversal ray.
FRY: Fire the ray gun at me!
LEELA: But it doesn't do anything!
FRY: Trust me!
Leela zaps the tube. Fry ends up back in Applied Cryogenics.
FRY: (getting out of the tube) It worked!
Fry meets Zoidberg on the street.
FRY: Doctor Zoidberg, so good to see you!
ZOIDBERG: Fry, old buddy! Just the person I was having a craving for!
FRY: Leela!
LEELA: (holding the reversal ray) I don't know how I got here or why I'm holding this, but I feel like I just had a shower for some reason.
Bender joins Leela and Fry on the street.
BENDER: Hey, Fry! Did you get rid of that...thing?
FRY: Oh hey, Bender! Don't worry, I fixed it so that it's lost forever!
The reversal ray is in the lost and found box in Applied Cryogenics. The word FOUND is crossed out.
FRY: I can't tell you how good it is to be back!
BENDER: Then DON'T tell us, because I don't really care!
A man and woman wearing medieval clothes approach Fry and Leela. The man is carrying a round tray with golden goblets.
MEDIEVAL MAN: Prithee, fair maiden, wouldst thou like to partake in a mug of mead?
FRY: No! I can't take any more of this! Bender! Leela! Let's get them!
Fry chases after the man and woman with a wooden board.
They are actually at the NNY Renaissance Fair.
LEELA: I didn't know Fry hated RENAISSANCE FAIRS this much!
BENDER: Yeah! He's full of fun surprises! Well, let's get to it! Those jerks aren't going to beat up themselves! And if you're not going to finish that mead...
The end!


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X= The Queen's Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner
This is my favorite series containing two of my top ten favorite books and my favorite character of all time. I have never written reviews of these on the blog because sometimes something just means too much to put it coherently in to words, but this format allows me to sort of explain myself without having to find the perfect words for each aspect of all four books.
1. Irene Attolia-The titular character of the second novel in the series, Attolia, is rare for me to find in a book. I don't often get heroines who see the world and interact with it as I do, but she does. (I'm fairly certain if she took the test, her personality type would be INTJ.) I know a lot of people who read these books don't like her (or her actions in the infamous chapter three of the second book), but from my first reading of that book I understood what motivated her and felt equally terrible for her as the recipient of said actions. (I DID write an entire post on her once, but beware, it contains spoilerish information.)
2. Eugenides: It has been long documented on this blog that I have a thing for male characters who are brilliant but choosy about applying that brilliance, ambitious but lazy, arrogant but slightly insecure, and who can snark with the best of them. Gen is all of these things and I adore reading about him. (It was heartbreaking when I started reading Queen and it was not in his first person point of view. I love having his voice in my head every time I read The Thief.)
3. Pretty much every other character in the books: Turner has a way of making every single one of her characters an actual real person even if the sum total of words written about them is around fifty. There are so many secondary and incidental characters in this series that fire the imagination. Royal attendants, soldiers, misguided kitchen workers, I want to know everything about all of them.
4. Politics: I know. This is the part where I'm losing a lot of you (especially in our current climate), but hear me out. These books are political intrigue fantasy at its finest, and I love how this touches on the theme of the utter thorough destructiveness (but sometimes unescapable) reality of war, the harsh reality of consequences from decisions that impact multitudes, and how two rulers can want the best for their people and be in complete opposition to each other at the same time. The intrigue that goes on behind closed doors (and out in the open) is so well done too. Power will always draw ambitious schemers intent on making their mark. Some of those people are noble and good, but their methods are not always. And then there is the majority who are just out for themselves. Navigating who to trust in such situations is a minefield.
5. Mythopoeic: I LOVE books that play with mythology, and none does that better than these do. Turner created a pantheon of gods and goddesses, wrote their stories (to play off familiar ones from our own world), and uses them to say a lot about the relationship between the human and the Divine, what that looks like in every day life, and how it plays out on a greater stage.
6. Depiction of Women in Power: This is a series that has not one, but two, strong queens. They are both incredibly different women with different strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes, ruling styles, and relationship skills. Neither is portrayed as more or less than the other. They are both good at what they do and have done the best with the countries and situations handed down to them. Also they run circles around their one male counterpart on their small peninsula.
7. The Romance: This is one of the most subtle romances rendered and yet it is so amazing. (There are actually two romances so far, both equally subtle.) I will focus on the main romance for this which is, to me, absolute perfection. It is all seen from mostly afar, but all of the scenes involving it have power. My top favorite kiss in a book is in the third book of this series. It's not from the point of view of those engaging in it, but the people who witness it. And it's utter perfection.
8. The World: The world building here is excellent. There is a rich history, religion, structure of commerce, and social structure. The countries of Sounis, Eddis, and Attolia are like real places and I would love to visit them.
9. The Writing: The books are not exactly perfect. There are some pacing issues from book to book, but there aren't many pages that don't have examples of stellar writing. I've used chapter three of The Queen of Attolia to teach high schoolers how to write using extraordinary imagery. Turner uses her words sparingly. She can convey pages of information about characters and place with a few short sentences.
10. The Fandom: The QT fandom is small but dedicated. I first found them years ago on Livejournal. Most of us are scattered over Twitter and Tumblr now. There is amazing fan art and head canons. And I will never get over discussing and analyzing these books with the other wonderful people who love them. I also have these books and the community to thank for meeting some truly wonderful people who I have discussed many books with, met (some) in person, served on award panels with, and had numerous discussion on a variety of topics. (Maureen, Charlotte, Chachic, Beth, Shae, R.J., Kate, Jade, Hallie: I'm so thankful for all of you!!!!)

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|Don't panic, US readers! This is in Celsius.
Friday, March 6, 2015
In which we put the 'climate' in 'acclimatising'
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Welcome to the US of A (and Fahrenheit and miles)!ReplyDelete
I think that 30 weeks pregnant is enough of an excuse to not run until after you've delivered. Just walking can be aerobic at that stage. Hope you acclimatise quickly.ReplyDelete
Wow, I definitely put you in the active pregnant woman category! I was only able to put in a few hikes and walks and that was it! Before you know it you will be sharing all your running mom experiences here :D Oh it makes a world of difference that your hubby can cook! You can nap while he cooks...provided baby is napping too haha. You know what, don't worry if you're not running just sleep as much while you still can! LOL! All the best and take care.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! I don't feel like I need to be setting some kind of example for anyone else - it's really about what each of us is comfortable doing while pregnant, and what each person's unique health situation is.Delete
Oh and believe me, there has been A LOT of sleeping going on this past couple of weeks! :)
Yay! Welcome to our fine country! Hopefully it will warm up soon.ReplyDelete
Funny that you had that issue with converting miles to km, because I was doing the opposite yesterday at the track. I had changed my Garmin to km so I could do 400 m intervals, but then I couldn't tell what the pace should be because I was thinking about minutes/mile, not per km. Oops!


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Iran agreed in principle today to export much of its stock of enriched uranium for processing and to open its newly revealed enrichment plant to UN inspections within a fortnight.
The agreements, struck at negotiations in Geneva with six major powers, represented the most significant progress in talks with Tehran in more than three years, and offered hope that the nuclear crisis could be defused, at least temporarily.
Western officials cautioned that the preliminary agreements could unravel in negotiations over the details. But if the deals are completed, it will push back the looming threat of further sanctions and possible military action.
A full day of talks in a lakeside villa just outside Geneva included the most senior and substantive bilateral meeting between an American and an Iranian official for three decades. At a lunchtime break in the proceedings, the US delegate, William Burns, took aside Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, for a one-to-one chat that lasted 40 minutes.
At the end of the negotiations, the EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, on behalf of the six-nation group – known as the E3+3 and consisting of Britain, France, Germany, the US, Russia and China – said the meeting "represented the start of what we hope will be an intensive process".
The most concrete, and potentially most significant, gain from the Geneva talks was an agreement in principle that Iran would send a significant quantity of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium (LEU) for further enriching and processing in Russia and France respectively, so that it could be used as fuel in its research reactor in Tehran, which makes isotopes for medical uses. President Barack Obama said yesterday: "Taking the step of transferring its low-enriched uranium to a third country would be a step towards building confidence that Iran's programme is peaceful."
Western experts at today's session said that up to 1,200kg of LEU could be involved, three-quarters of Iran's declared stock. It would be further enriched in Russia from below 5% purity to just under 20% – enough for the research reactor, but not enough for a warhead.
Once it had been turned into fuel at a French plant it would be extremely hard to turn into a weapon, and so would defuse the immediate international tension surrounding the purpose of Iran's uranium stockpile, which some scientists say is enough to make a warhead.
The proposal has been put together over the past month between the US and Russia, and seeks to fulfil an Iranian need for reactor fuel in a way that reduces international tensions.
Solana said that the details of the deal would be hammered out at a meeting of experts from Iran, France and Russia at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 18 October.
On Saturday, the IAEA director, Mohamed ElBaradei, is due in Tehran to seal another of the deals struck in Geneva – on when inspectors from the UN agency can inspect a new enrichment plant under construction in Qom, the existence of which only became known last week. Solana said that he hoped the inspection would take place "within the next couple of weeks".
The third agreement struck in Geneva is for the six-nation group to meet Iranian officials again before the end of this month to negotiate a long-standing offer to Iran of a "freeze-for-freeze".
Under that proposal, first put forward last year, the international community would impose no new sanctions, and Iran would not expand or accelerate its uranium enrichment programme.
NEW ADDA senior US official in Geneva said yesterday that until uranium enrichment was suspended "the overall problem of Iran's nuclear programme remains".
The Iranians were assured yesterday that a freeze on sanctions would include all multilateral and bilateral measures, and that the Obama administration – unlike its predecessor – would remain a full participant in the negotiations throughout.
The deadline for further progress on all these fronts is still December, as stipulated earlier this year by Obama.
Yesterday, the US president said: "We're not interested in talking for the sake of talking. If Iran does not take steps in the near future to live up to its obligations, then the United States will not continue to negotiate indefinitely, and we are prepared to move towards increased pressure."
Speaking in Washington after the talks ended, the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, said it had been a productive day, but added a note of caution. "I will count it as a positive sign when it [Iran] moves from gestures and engagements to actions and results," she said.
• Read Julian Borger's global security blog here


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I ALWAYS said that snow was nice to visit, but I wouldn't want to live in it,
I didn't want to have to drive in it, or have to shovel it out of my driveway.
Famous Last Words.
Here I am, living what should be my own personal nightmare, and you know what? I kinda like it. My husband wants to buy a $500 snow thrower, and I'm thinking "We don't need to waste our money on that, just give me my shovel and go away". I know it sounds totally bizarre, but I came to this realization while my mom was here visiting. (Yeah, that's a whole other story).
I thought it would be nice to have her come and visit. To see where we live. To see that we can still be family even though I moved 2000 miles away. That I hadn't abandoned her. Seven days might have been a little ambitious considering our not too distant blow up. We managed not to fight, but we also avoided speaking about anything of substance.
There was A LOT of tongue biting.
When it snowed, I had to go outside and shovel, and for the first time in DAYS, I had peace. It was just me and my shovel, methodically removing the snow from the walks and the driveway. I found myself lapsing into this meditative state where my mind was void of worry, I was just moving, just shoveling, without thinking. It was the quietest my mind has been in ages.
Maybe this too will get old. Maybe the newness will wear off and it will just become work like so many other household chores, but for now, I'm enjoying my private time with my snow shovel.
I also think that my rear might be residing a little higher than it was before all this physical labor. Bonus!!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Shoveling Snow is Good For the Soul Amongst Other Things
I ALWAYS said that snow was nice to visit, but I wouldn't want to live in it,
Labels: exercise, meditation, shoveling snow, snow
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- Jenny Grace said...
There can be something very comforting about mindless labor that you can throw yourself into. Makes sense.
- January 14, 2011 at 1:19 PM


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MONTREAL – Quebec's minority Parti Québécois government has introduced legislation to ban shale gas hydraulic fracturing in the farming region of the St. Lawrence Lowlands for up to five years. But it signalled it is open to resource development in other regions under the right conditions.
The bill, if passed with support of one of the two opposition parties, would put a moratorium on all exploration and drilling activity in the area widely known as Quebec's Utica formation until an environmental review on fracking is complete and the government introduces a new legislative framework governing hydrocarbons. All current permits would be suspended and no new permits issued.
The government would offer no compensation to permit holders, exposing Quebec to potential legal action on behalf of resource companies. One company, Calgary-based Lone Pine Resources Inc., last year launched a lawsuit under North American Free Trade Agreement rules against Ottawa over the former Liberal provincial government's decision to revoke oil and gas exploration permits for deposits under the St. Lawrence River.
"It's my region, my riding and I can see the issues very clearly," Quebec environment minister Yves-François Blanchet told reporters in Quebec City Wednesday. "I see the concern that citizens have, the level that has reached. And it's really a genuine issue of social acceptability."
The moratorium is limited to the St. Lawrence Lowlands region and does not apply to other areas of Quebec. The PQ minister suggested his government would consider the development of each resource region separately.
"There are differences in the geology between regions and, particularly, differences in population," Mr. Blanchet said. "It will require different approaches on a case-by-case basis."
Asked in particular about the government's position on Anticosti Island, where Junex Inc., Pétrolia Inc. and Corridor Resources Inc. have done preliminary oil exploration work, Mr. Blanchet said the PQ would make an announcement soon on the framework for resources development there. He did not elaborate.
Unlike the St. Lawrence Lowlands, an agricultural area with a sizable population, Anticosti is thinly populated, with an estimated 280 residents. Thousands of deer roam the island without natural predators.
Junex alone estimates that its Anticosti land permits may hold a potential of 12.2 billion barrels of oil on the island's Macasty shale oil play, which would require fracture stimulation to access.
"The next phase is to go out there and drill some vertical wells," Junex chief operating officer Peter Dorrins said in an interview. "We've identified some deeper targets in what we call conventional type reservoirs that really we find quite exciting."
Quebec's natural resources minister, Martine Ouellet, caused an uproar last September after she suggested, less than 24 hours after getting elected, that she had difficulty seeing a day when technology would allow the safe extraction of shale natural gas. The PQ government has since softened and nuanced that statement, stating that the risk posed by fracking need to be more carefully considered in populated areas like the Lowlands.
Mr. Blanchet on Wednesday declined to comment on the possible dangers of fracking, saying his personal opinions are unimportant in this case. The government's environmental review agency, the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement, is conducting a review of fracking, and he urged everyone to wait for its conclusions.


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martedì 26 aprile 2011
Development #3: Journey to a Supposed Glory
According to my personal experience, one of the oldest and most common questions a player usually wonders is: how far will my character go?
Creating a new character is IMHO always funny, because in the process your original concept meets with the dice roll, shaping around and getting shaped by those curious tiny polyhedra.
Just a little more details, and your character literally becomes alive.. ready to venture in a marvellous and exciting world, along with his fellas.
As a player, you foretaste what your character could potentially do in the next future: beheading the orc's general, saving a princess, burning to ashes an evil warlord with an impressive fireball.. and so on.
But often experience teaches that pushing so far could be not so easy.
Building a campaign - whereas with building I mean a cooperative effort between the DM and the players - is something satisfying, but the journey is long and full of obstacles: you'll never know if the campaign you've always dreamed to play will reach its natural ending or not.
Sometimes players drop the group, sometimes things get too hasty or too slow and vibe seems not so good anymore.
Dreaming does not cost a thing, but keeping your feet on the ground could be easier and safer.
That's why IMHO it's better planning something modular than a long term campaign since the very beginning, because it could be really frustrating if your campaign starts breaking up when you're next to its climax.
The best damn thing? Divide et impera: in other words, Tiers.
Yes, Tiers: something you're going to associate with the most controversial game of these times: 4th Edition D&D.
So far from its origin, but yet so damn close. Thinking in Tiers can help you planning things in a modular way, playing up to a check point and only after deciding if going further or not.
Holmes did that, in his Basic D&D. People usually thinks Holmes' Edition is just an introductory set, good to start with but seen only as an amuse-bouche.. an appetizer: you start with it, play a couple of times.. and then move to AD&D 1st Edition.
Gygaxian AD&D is a really awesome game, but Holmes' D&D does not shine less: IMHO it's a complete game, although characters reach only the 3rd level of experience.
Too bad? Not at all, if you plan to play something on a human scale: you're not a normal man, not yet a hero.
That's what I wanna start from, in my game: building your characters in different Tiers, according to whom your character is able to manage.
In few words, my purpose it's to split your character's career in 3 differente Tiers.
Can you fight just orcs, goblins and big animals? You're still an Adventurer, with no renown.
Are you brave enough to challenge a giant? You're a Hero, and people knows you also far from your hometown.
Do you crave for a dragon? Shaken spears or splintered shields? You're a Legend, everybody knows who you are.
Adventurer: from 1st to 3rd level.
Hero: from 4th to 9th level.
Legend: from 10th level and beyond.
My 2 cents, for tonight.
Artwork by Jared Hindman.
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Edwin Mellen Press is suing our colleague Dale Askey (associate university librarian at McMaster University in Hamilton) twice, once alone and once with McMaster itself, for comments he made on his blog in 2010 about the quality of Edwin Mellen publications.
Dale Askey said in an email interview that it was "my job to assess the quality of books, and I did so based on many years of experience in the field… As a qualified and experienced librarian, I was sharing a professional opinion for consumption by peers."
Dale Askey has the freedom to comment on publishers and the quality of their publications. We librarians and archivists, members of the library chapter of the York University Faculty Association, fully support him in his exercise of academic freedom and freedom of speech.
Related links:
- Petition at change.org: Edwin Mellen Press: End libel suit against Dale Askey and McMaster University
- Notice of action in the suit (PDF)
- Unprecedented $3 million dollar lawsuit filed against McMaster librarian for blogpost (blog post from the Canadian Association for Professional Academic Librarians, bringing together a lot of links and information)
- Price of a Bad Review (article by Colleen Flaherty at Inside Higher Ed giving good coverage of the case so far)


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Publisher Blurb:
When a collegue's death is dismissed as a freak shark attack, the Rippers go to Egypt to investigate for themselves. Amid mysterious artifacts, exciting balloon rides, and exploring ancient ruins, will the Rippers even notice the sleeping threat to all humanity?
This new Rippers adventure by Paul "Wiggy" Wade-Williams will lead your Rippers beneath the waves, over the desert, and into the sands. They may even get to witness the downfall of mankind while they're at it...
Made for use with the Rippers roleplaying setting, this 26-page PDF requires the Savage Worlds rulebook to play.


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WPCS Obtains New Bank Credit Facility From Sovereign Bank
WPCS International Incorporated, a provider in design-build engineering services for communications infrastructure, has announced that it has obtained a new $12 million bank credit facility, which replaces the company's existing credit facility that expired on November 30, 2011.
The new credit facility is with Sovereign Bank, a subsidiary of Santander Group. The new banking line is for a $12 million three-year revolving credit facility. Griffin Financial Group LLC, based in King of Prussia, PA, acted as the exclusive financial advisor and investment banker for this transaction.
Joseph Heater, CFO of WPCS, commented, "We are pleased to announce the successful completion of this new bank credit facility with Sovereign Bank. As WPCS continues to execute on its strategic development plans, this line of credit provides an additional source of liquidity for our current working capital requirements. We appreciate the confidence that Sovereign Bank has demonstrated in our company and believe that this new bank credit facility will serve as a solid foundation for our future growth."


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Just over a year later, my benchwork, track, electronics, and control system are finally complete! This weekend I made the last adjustments to my track-work, soldering a few more connections and leveling out a few last problem areas on the track. Both my Backmann EMD GP30 and my Kato SD-40 engines run perfectly on the layout and all aspects of the control panel and electronics, including the dual-cab wiring, work perfectly.
I also added a handle to the winch that raises and lowers the control panel, so I no longer have to use a screwdriver as a lever. I also came up with a latching system that will lock the control panel into place when it is in its raised position. This prevents all of the weight being on the winch cable, and also makes the control panel more rigid when in use.
To do this, I used two double ended bolts that I attached to the underside of my benchwork. I then drilled two holes through the control panel base so the protruding bolt end could pass through the control panel base when it was raised up against the benchwork. I then used butterfly bolts to support the control panel on these bolts. To make locking as easy as possible, I cut slots in the holes that I drilled, allowing the butterfly bolts to pass through the control panel base. This prevents the butterfly nuts from having to be completely undone. Once the butterfly bolt passes through the control panel base, it is turned 90 degrees, allowing the entire control panel to rest on the bolts (as seen above). Metal braces were added to prevent the bolts from damaging the hardboard.
I have now stated to plan the landscaping for me layout, which will be my project for the next couple months at least.


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Some Free February Appy-ness with a new piece of free software for teachers from Microsoft every day in February. Many of these items are unknown heroes, but they all share two things in common: 1) They are useful for teachers or students and 2) they are free.
Photosynth takes your photos, mashes them together and recreates a 3D scene out of them that anyone can view and move around in. Different to static photos and video, Photosynth allows you to explore details of places, objects, and events unlike any other media. You can't stop video, move around and zoom in to check out the smallest details, but with Photosynth you can. And you can't look at a photo gallery and immediately see the spatial relation between the photos, but with Photosynth you can!
Create a collage quickly and easily
For an idea of how it can be used in the classroom, take a look at some of the best:
Or you can explore the world's 250,000 Photosynths from a map - with the Bing Photosynth map, including over 5,000 of Australia alone.
One of my personal favourite ideas is the Photosynth produced for Wootton Bassett School's art exhibition. Ts is a great use for Photosynth - taking a 3 day school art expo, and making it permanently available to everybody.
Where can I find out how to use it?
There are easy step-by-step instructions to create your first Photosynth on the website, and there's some good tips in the Photosynth tutorial on the Photoprosumer website.
My personal tip to make a fascinating, immersive Photosynth is to keep changing your camera perspective - move around the thing you are photographing - rather than simply making it a flat panorama.
Where do I get Photosynth from?
Go to the Photosynth website and click on the 'Create your Synth' link at the bottom of the page


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We are open for submission throughout the year. Be sure you're a reader of contemporary poetry. We love simultaneous submissions as long as you notify us if a poem is accepted elsewhere. We consider translations if you can provide the original version as well (and we will consider exceptions for good reasons). We ask for first serial rights, and copyright remains with the author. Anything that has appeared in an online or print journal is previously published. Posting drafts to an online workshop or blog is not previously published provided they're removed prior to submission. Anything the editor can Google is previously published. Please do not send work more than once per six months unless we request otherwise. Don't ever send revisions of work still under consideration. Please feel free to query if you do not hear back from us within two months.
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A few weeks ago it was a location photo shoot for Lammhults at my workplace. Of course I had to take some pictures too. Styling by Johan Boqvist, Grand Public. Photo: Mia Linnman.
Thursday, 10 April 2014
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By CAROL GUNTER
Do not have to ask anybody if they got rain as I know they like me have gotten more rain than they probably wanted. This is Tuesday the start of the second week of even more wet weather for this month of October. Possibly by Thursday the sunshine will hopefully be back with us. Two weeks ago I mowed the yards on a Sunday evening as it was one of those have to cases with the "ox being in the ditch" as Aubrey would say and the yards needed to be mowed with the rain on the way. Happy to report did not see an ox nor an "invisible cow" in the process of mowing.
At least George my garden spider is doing well and hasn't got washed away by all the heavy rains as he is
just hanging around you could say out front amongst the azalea bushes. Thriving nicely and is getting very big
now. I wonder how much bigger he will get and just how long is his life span. Probably longer than the last
one at the back of the house that I'm pretty sure the grandkids took care of. Got to find out more about him from
my out-dated encyclopedia on the bookshelf.
It seems like I'm not the only one who goes to Walmart. The other day I saw Joann Campbell and got to talk a
few minutes with her there. Also, I spotted Burley Bogle, Nick Nokes, and Clyde Nokes.
Visitors at our house recently were Bedford Taylor and Katie Underwood.
Have you got your Halloween candy yet? I have not gotten mine but will get it probably this week. Love to
treat the little ones and also the big ones. Candy that is left I give to my neighbors as that would be too much
temptation for me to have on hand to eat.
Got to thinking the other day about this General Election coming up on November 4th and how much more
knowledgeable I should be about what and who I should vote for. If I decide ever to run for some office (I
am leaning toward dog catcher as I told you in an earlier column) I feel like I need to be more up on matters
that would affect me and my fellow Cannon Countians. I'm sounding like a politician already, aren't I? Checked
the Courier pages about the official ballot and some of those constitutional amendments (most were foreign to me - and no lawyer did I have at my side to translate the meaning of all that dialogue of words) so that ended that notion quicker than it got started - but tomorrow will be another day and I will try to hash out those amendments on my own as sure to get out and vote and do your civic duty. That is the main thing as your vote counts in all of this.
Please keep some people in prayer:
Denise Stanton, Donna Lawson, Jeff
Brown, Carlon and Mai Nell Melton,
Edith Miller, Bobby Taylor, and the
Kenny Rhody family.
Have to write a couple of things that came to my mind that Aubrey told me over the years. It seemed that back in
his teenage years before I came into the picture, he would out run the law in Woodbury and I'm sure others
were in on this too. One time he had uncapped the headers and went through Woodbury with some city
officials and a lawman or maybe two in the court house yard just looking on in disbelief. This was so very loud by
Woodbury standards way back then and by the time the law was going up Woodbury hill in hot pursuit Aubrey
had turned around and was meeting them on the way back down. This happened more than once and Aubrey really enjoyed doing this. If you knew Aubrey, you can imagine the fun he was having out running the law. Even funnier, these lawmen liked Aubrey.
One other time after Aubrey and I had started dating as was the practice then the guys would congregate up at
Mr. George Barrett's store that stood across the road in front of what is now the Short Mountain Fire Hall after
they had taken their dates home. Well, the law would come by every now and then and make sure they were
behaving themselves. This one night a lot of guys there and the law stopped. Aubrey told me he could hear this car
coming from Smithville and as it topped the hill the guy had the hammer down and was sort of letting up on the gas when he spotted the law there at the store and then he really gunned it and passed the store and the Short Mountain School heading out of sight and sound. The officer looked at Aubrey and asked him, "Gunter, do you know who that was?" Aubrey replied it's probably some of those guys from Smithville showing out. The officer said, "Well, when you see those guys, tell them they better slow it down from now on." The officer wasn't believing the "guys
from Smithville story" from Aubrey, as you can tell. Later on the two guys that had come through driving so fast
came back and stopped at the store to be with their friends. The law came back and the officer walked up to the
two guys in the car and wanted to know if they were the ones who came flying through their earlier. To which
they replied, "No sir, it wasn't us." I think the officer got the message across to them (at least there for the
time being) to take the foot off the gas pedal or they could be in big trouble with the law if they didn't.
If you have any news for the column, just give me a call at (615) 563-4429. Have a great day! For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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Carnival Legend
by Vicki Jordan
Western Caribbean
November 15, 2009
Hampton Inn Ybor City: Very nice hotel. Parking was extra but only 45.00 compared to almost 100.00 at the pier. The hotel parking garage is difficult to find if you don't know your way around. There are lots of one way streets downtown and also there was construction that made it a little more comfusing. We would stay there again if we sail from Tampa.
Embarkment day Tampa: We had no problems with embarkment. It went pretty smooth. Our shuttle didn't pick us up until after 11:00, but we were on board and eating lunch by 12:15. Not to bad. We were able to get into the cabin around 1:30. It was really awesome going under the Skyway Bridge, especially at night.
Sea day: There is always lots to do on a sea day but we just took it easy and relaxed around the ship and in the cabin. We did go to the show, The Big Easy, that night and really enjoyed it. The singers and dancers were awesome.
Grand Caymen: Tendering in was really easy and it didn't take us very long at all. The only issue was people that had an excursion was suppose to have priority getting off but there were people cutting across the rope to get in the same line which made it very crowded.I don't know why people can't follow directions. We did the Turles, Turtles and more turles Delux tour. We saw LOTS of turles. Included in the excursion was a trip to Hell which was very interesting. The show in Follies that night was Lubo, a guy that balanced everything on his head. Very good. Also there was a comedy show by Ronnie Bullard. Very good and clean. He also did an adult show later that night that we did not go to.
Cozumel: We did the Cozumel Hightlights and Shopping tour here. One of our stops was Discover Mexico which has scale models of Mexican landmarks. This is an awesome place. Very informative guide and great place to visit. We visited the Tequila factory and was able to sample several kinds of tequila. My favorite was the cream flavor. We shopped a little. The vendors are VERY pushy in Cozumel and I just did not care for that. I was ready to get back onboard the ship. We did not attend any shows that night.
Belize: The excursion we had planned for Belize was cancelled for some reason and we did not try to do anything. We tendered in to port and shopped a bit. We had a drink at The Wet Lizard. There really is not much to do right there in port. We were back onboard within a few hours. We crashed early that night. No shows for us.
Isle of Roaton: In Roatan we did the Pirates, Monkeys and Parrots tour at Gumbalima Park. We really enjoyed this excursion the best.We were able to hold the parrots and spider monkeys. This was my favorite of all the ports. It really is beautiful with it's beaches and mountains. Not much at the pier as far shopping. We were suppose to dock at the new pier but that was changed at and we docked at the other one.
Sea day: Today was a relaxing day for us. We did do the cancer walk at 2:00 and that was fun. Quiet a few people participated.
General ship review: The Legend is a beautiful ship and very easy to get around on. Our cabin was on the 4th deck and the dining room just one deck down. Lido was up 5 decks. We took the stairs all but a few times. We did not eat in the dining room but twice by our choice. We either had late lunches or just pizza or salad most days. We did dine in there two nights and was very pleased with the service and the food. Excellent in all ways.Also, we chose the anytime dining which was perfect for us. We were able to get a table for just the two of us which we prefer. The only food issue we had was really just a lack of different venues during the evening hours. You could always get pizza and salad. The deli was not open past 6:30 I believeand the the Bistro was only open from 6:00 to 9:30. But, we did not starve. We enjoyed the ice cream many times and had pizza several times.The ship was spotless. It's hard to believe they can keep a ship with so many people on board so clean. We did go to the Legends show the last night and was actually disappointed in it. The talents were not good and most of them didn't know the words or messed up very bad. But, that made it funny in a way.
I do believe Diamonds International pays Carnival to push their shops. Everything was Diamonds International Diamonds International, etc, etc. No, we did not even shop at one.
Disembarkment: Our embarkment code was 16 so we were almost one of the last ones off the ship. There was an issue that kept us from even starting until almost 8:30. They kept calling for several people over and over, I don't know if this held us up or not. Didn't matter to us, we were not in a hurry. We finally left the ship at almost 10:00.
I would go on the Legend again without a second thought. I was beautiful and we absolutley enjoyed the whole cruise. We did as much or as little we wanted to do. The weather was perfect to make the cruise perfect. What an awesome time.


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This year marks Tonka's 70th Anniversary celebrating decades of keeping children entertained with their amazing toy vehicles. My 28 year old son played with his Tonka truck as a child and now my 7 year old loves playing with it. They are toys built to last.
Tonka Tinys is the newest, exciting toy in the range. We recently reviewed the new Tonka Tinys three pack and blind garage packs of miniature scale, collectable vehicles. With over 20 Tonka Tinys vehicles to collect including police pick-ups, dump trucks and helicopters, there is a world of imaginative play for kids to enjoy.
Now, playtime is set to bring some big adventures on a tiny scale with Tonka Tinys playsets. Brand new for this year, Tonka Tinys have launched the Blast & Dash Quarry and the Car Crush playsets. They are scaled to suit the Tonka Tinys vehicles and are fully connectable.
Freddy received the Tonka Tinys Blast & Dash Quarry playset to try out. The playset comes with an exclusive Tonka Tinys dump truck ready for action. Features include a toppling tower and working detonator for some explosive fun.
The playset comes boxed and needs to be assembled. It is a bit fiddly to put the parts together and as you would expect from this type of playset, the assembled structure isn't very rigid (as it is meant to break apart during play) so can't be handled too roughly.
The playset looks pretty cool with a Tonka flag, a ramp that goes through the rock surround, a working barrier and a lift. It is all made in miniature making it the perfect size for any of the Tonka Tiny vehicles.
The exclusive vehicle that comes with the playset is a yellow truck with a working black dump bed and chunky wheels. You can load up the dynamite or boulder into the back of the dump truck.
The detonation device consists of a push down detonator that fires the boulder from a launcher. We didn't manage to fire the boulder out of the launcher with any force, so it wasn't powerful enough to bring down the structure, but it was still quite fun to push down the plunger. Freddy said he thinks this part of the playset needed improving to make the boulder explosion look more like the one shown on the front of the box.
The lift carries the truck to the top of the tower. Pulling the lift up was a bit tricky and sometimes resulted in the tower toppling over. If the truck gets to the top of the tower it can then cross the bridge to the adjoining tower and whizz impressively down the ramp. (The ramp was Freddy's favourite part of the playset.)
The tower collapses to simulate an explosion at the quarry. The plastic structure tilts on its base so it's simple to push it back into place afterwards. I thought this was a good idea because children don't need to continually rebuild that part of the structure from scratch to continue playing. However, as the structure is quite flimsy, the bridge and ramps sometimes fell off during play, which frustrated Freddy.
There is something so appealing about miniature toys. I absolutely love the Tonka Tinys vehicles and think they are well constructed with good detailing. The playsets make a nice addition to a child's collection, increasing the play value and providing an environment for the vehicles to use. The concepts of the two playsets: an explosive quarry and a car crushing junk yard, are exciting and thrilling to young imaginations. We just wish they were a bit more robust to withstand being played with. They are however good to look at as part of a tiny model world. A larger playset is due to be launched this autumn to add to the fun.
You can find the Tonka Tinys Blast & Dash Playset on Amazon (RRP of £9.99) and the blind garage packs are £2.49.


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- Rustic home decoration, hammered copper range hoods, sinks, tables, and bathtubs, punched tin mirrors and lighting, talavera tiles and murals under myrustica brand.
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- handmade home furnishings including tin mirrors, lamps, sconces, forged wrought iron mirrors, copper table-tops, tubs and hoods under myCustomMade brand.
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- handcrafted Mexican tiles for kitchen backsplash and counter, bathroom shower talavera tile murals, myMexicanTiles stair riser tiles from Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico.
Custom Copper
- kitchen range hoods for wall and island, free standing and drop-in bathtubs, made to order dining tables, mirrors and apron, vessel, and undermount sinks.
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- kitchen, bathroom and dining furniture, tubs, hoods and sinks.
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- hand painted ceramic tiles for wall, floor, backsplash and stairs from Mexico.
Forged Iron
- forged iron chandeliers, table bases and furniture colonial style handmade in Mexico.
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Sunday, October 05, 2008
Sunday Malamute Blogging
On a recent trip to For Dog's Sake, in search of healthy chews for Kodi, Marcía the owner, talked us into getting him a bull penis. He loved it. He may no longer have cojones, but he now has a bully stick.
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Sep 11th 2013
Tech News Today 837
Handsy Hackers
Hosted by Iyaz Akhtar, Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt
Apple's chances in China, inside the US Moto X factory, MOOCs get Google love for online education, and more.
Although the show is no longer in production, you can enjoy previous episodes from the TWiT Archives.
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell Apple's chances in China, inside the US Moto X factory, MOOCs get Google love for online education, and more. Guest: Myke Hurley Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tnt. Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com. Check out the full show notes for today's episode. We invite you to read, add to, and amend the wiki entry for this episode at wiki.twit.tv. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 44:27
- Here's why Apple's rumored deal with China Mobile has not been announced yet
- Motorola now shipping 100,000 Moto X phones weekly from Texas
- Intel aims another barrel at ARM with synthesizable, ultra-low-power Quark
- Google teams up with edX to create the YouTube for online education
- Google security exec: 'Passwords are dead'
- Dryft: a software keyboard that follows fingertips to improve touch typing on tablets
- Show notes for today's episode


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Age spots (also known as Liver Spots, sun spots or Solar Lentigo) become an unwanted consequence of sun exposure and the skin's natural ageing process. Presenting as areas of uneven skin tone or pigmentation, age spots result when excess melanin (skin pigment) has been stimulated.
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Los Angeles – Cherie DeVille took home the MILF Of The Year award at Thursday night's 33rd XRCO Award Show. This marks DeVille's second such award, as she won the XBIZ MILF Of The Year award in January of this year.
Although she was unable to attend the festivities due to a prior commitment, Cherie wanted to express her gratitude for the award, and thanked those who supported her throughout her career:
"I am so so so honored that XRCO chose me as the MILF POTY. I want to thank all the companies and directors who have let me bang for them all these years on camera, my agent OCM, my PR XXX Star PR for keeping me on everyone's radar, my partner Adam Porris, and my best friends Dani Daniels and Aaliyah Love for supporting me like no one else could! I love you all!"
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There are actually three systems that work together to help us understand how others are thinking and feeling and that allow us to relate to each other as social beings. The third one, which I haven't really mentioned up until now, is motor empathy.
Motor empathy is the reason you find yourself looking in the same direction a stranger suddenly turns toward. It is the reason you tend to cross your arms if your conversational partner is crossing hers.
It is probably also the reason my cat smiles after more than a decade of my smiling at her.
Motor empathy is also called mirroring. We do it unconsciously for the most part, although life coaches and job interview tips might advocated doing it on purpose. Mirroring the actions of others makes us likable. It is an advertisement of your success as a social human being. It says you are skilled at understanding how others feel. It says you care about other people. It says you share your toys and play nicely in the schoolyard.
To some extent this may really be true, because motor empathy may be the precursor of affective (emotional) empathy. And you need affective empathy to develop real concern for other people. Cognitive empathy alone doesn't seem to do it.
It works like this. Someone smiles at you. you smile back. The smile makes you feel happy, and consequently you understand that people who are smiling are happy.
So motor empathy may be the mode of transmission for contagious emotions. You mimic the expression and the expression creates the emotion that goes with it.
But it's not entirely clear. Autistic people have great difficulty with motor empathy. However, we don't know whether they have difficulty with affective empathy. They may not. The jury on that is still very much out.
Even if it is, good motor empathy as an indicator for other kinds of empathy only works for some people–most people, in fact, but not everyone.
It doesn't work for people with personality disorders. They all have perfectly fine motor empathy skills and major gaps in others systems. Borderlines feel what you feel, but cannot make sense of it. Narcissists lack affective empathy. Psychopaths do too. They do not feel what you are feeling, even if they are doing what you are doing.
Motor empathy is a part of what makes us feel connected to others. There are other elements involved, but motor empathy is one of them. That is why you can develop the most intense feeling of connection to a narcissist or psychopath–they can seem so absolutely in synch with you–but still be dropped like a hot potato.
They don't feel what you are feeling, even when they look like they are. The connection is entirely on your side.


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May: What's in Bloom
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is a perennial often grown as an annual and can be naturalized on sunny hillside an in our county gardens. You can allow your plants to self sow or broadcast seed in the fall on cultivated areas. The leaves are finely divided blue green in color with flowersabout 2 inches wide in a variety of colors ranging from pale yellow to deep orange. Click here for more information on the California Poppy.
Columbine (Aquilegia) is another perennial with lacy foliage and flowers ranging from white to various pastels. The flowers are to 3 inches across, erect or nodding. These plants are hardy and self-sowing and can be enjoyed spring though early summer. Click here for more information.
Common Snowball (Vibrunum) is a deciduous shrub with maple like leaves which turn red in the fall. The white flowers clusters are 2 –4 inches across resembling snowballs. V.o. Roseum is composed of sterile flowers (so no fruit, no mess). This shrub grows up to 15 feet tall and is very beautiful when in flower and in the fall when the leaves change!
Iris (Iridaceae) is too beautiful and too easy not to have in our Descanso Garden. There is a vast array iris with sword like leaves and showy flowers of many colors. Iris grows from rhizomes which grow outward from the end of the leaves. When planting point the end in the direction you want the growth to take. On slopes set the rhizomes with the growing end facing up hill. Clumps become overcrowded after 3 to 4 years which can reduce the quantity and quality of the flowers. They should be lifted divided in the fall which is the best planting time in our gardens, right before the winter rains. The soil should be amended with plenty of compost prior to replanting in the same bed. Remember to mark your flowers in the spring so you know what color the plants are if you are going to divide them in the fall! Click here for more information.
Lilac (Syringa) is a tall shrub that grows up to 22 feet tall. It has attractive, aromatic foliage and bears wonderfully scented lilac, blue or pink flowers previous year's growth in spring. It suckers heavily and is one of Descanso's own 'pass-along plants.' These do well as in a shrub border or as a specimen plant. Click here for more information.


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I take it that the Opening Gate was meant more for an Off the Page Project, for it has hinged doors, but I just loved the idea of using it on a LO! I painted the three layers in shades of blue and gave the top one some spots of Perfect Pearls highlights.
I embossed the Ironworks with black Stampendous Aged Enamel and placed some flowers and Fern Leaves behind them.
The stamped images are from a LeBlanche stamp.
The Butterfly is from the Flutterby's and Butterfly set from Twiddleybitz and was inked with Distress Inks and some Glossy Accent.
A Zipper and Typo Bulb from Prima ... I coloured the Zipper with some Alcohol Ink.
The wings of the Cherub were dusted with some Perfect Pearls in blue and green. The flowers are Harlow Cashew from Prima.
I treated the Fern Leaves by dabbing some Texture Paste on them, then inked them with Distress Inks and a little Glitter.
Thank you for taking a stroll down memory lane with me...If you still have your Father...treasure them, for they may be gone all to soon....
My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate in the Klottey Korle constituency, Philip Addison, has confessed that he would never have ventured into politics if he knew how "tortuous" it would be for him.
In an interview with Citi FM, the renowned lawyer confesses of having been shocked by some of the things he had come to know about politics.
Mr. Addison, who was the lead lawyer for NPP flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo during the 2012 Election Petition case, expressed interest in representing the party in Parliament in the Klottey Korle constituency.
His main contender in the primary, Nii Noi Nortey, once an NPP constituency chairman in the area, is contesting as an independent candidate because he was aggrieved by the process that got Mr. Addison elected over him.
The Klottey Korle constituency is been contested by Zanetor Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Eva Lokko of the Progressive People's Party (PPP).
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Are you a coin collector looking for a group that shares your enthusiasm for gold and silver coins? Coin clubs offer everyone from novices to expert numismatists a place to gather and share the history and beauty of precious metals. No one understands how fun and captivating coins can be better than those of us here at Provident Metals, so we've created a resource to help you find like-minded collectors at coin clubs in your area.
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Alamo Coin ClubGrady's BBQ
6510 San Pedro Ave
San Antonio, TX 78216
Bellaire Coin Club
The Bellaire Coin Club is one of the oldest clubs dedicated to the study and education about coins, exonumia, and paper money on the Texas Gulf Coast.Bellaire Coin Club
P.O. Box 3074
Sugar Land, TX
(281) 910-0741
Capital City Coin Club
Based in Austin, the Capital City Coin Club meets on the first Thursday of each month, and has been in operation since 1969. This club can also be found on Facebook.Yarborough Branch Library
2200 Hancock Drive
Austin, TX 78756
(512) 454-7208
Coldspring Association of Numismatists (CAN)225 Timber Drive
Coldspring, TX 77331-5141
(713) 443-3140
Collin County Coin Club
Chartered in 1987, the Collin County Coin Club meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month and sponsors biannual coin shows.San Miguel Grill
506 W University
McKinney, TX 75069
(972) 548-2345
Corpus Christi Coin ClubP.O. Box 10053
Corpus Christi, TX 78460-0053
(361) 241-0348
Dallas Coin Club
The Dallas Coin Club has been in operation since 1928, and their slogan is "Friendship and Knowledge through Numismatics." They meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month and maintain an active Facebook page.La Calle Doce
415 W 12th Street
Dallas, TX 75208
(214) 941-4304
Fort Worth Coin Club
The Fort Worth Coin Club meets on the first Thursday of the month and holds seasonal coin shows. The club was founded in 1954 by five very prominent coin collectors and civic leaders, among them were Amon Carter Jr. and B.Max Mehl. We encourage visitors to come and enjoy snacks, a Numismatic program and an Auction at each meeting. We can be reached at [email protected] or 817-444-4813 just ask for Gary.Fort Worth Botanic Garden Center
3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 444-5500
Gateway Coin Club
The Gateway Coin Club in San Antonio, Texas, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012 with the issuance of an enameled, 1.5-inch diameter bronze medal.Denny's Restaurant
San Antonio, TX 78230
Golden Spread Coin Club
The Amarillo-based Golden Spread Coin Club was established in 1955 and meets on the first Monday of the month.Happy State Bank
701 S Taylor Street
Amarillo, TX 79101
(817) 688-6994
Greater Houston Coin Club
The Greater Houston Coin Club was founded in 1955, and their mission focuses on the educational and scientific aspects of numismatics. They meet on the 3rd Thursday of the month and post schedule updates on Twitter.Houston County Community College, Eagle Room
1010 West Sam Houston Parkway
Houston, TX 77043
(832) 717-0578
Greater Orange Coin Club
Founded in 1961 our coin club meets the second Thursday of the Month at 7pm.309 N 8th St
Orange, TX 77630
Greater Port Arthur Coin Club
The Greater Port Arthur Coin Club was established in 1960 by a small group of area Coin Collectors led by Lloyd Buss, a native of Port Arthur who also served as District Governor of the Texas Numismatic Association (TNA).Jefferson County Clinic Building
7965 Viterbo Rd.
Nederland, TX 77627
(713) 503-5993
Hidalgo Coin Club
The Hidalgo Coin Club celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2010. They meet on the 2nd Mondayof each month, host regular coin shows, and have a Facebook page.St. Mark's United Methodist Church
301 Pecan Boulevard
McAllen, TX 78501
(956) 566-3112
Key City Coin ClubRose Park Senior Citizen Center
S 7th and S. Mockingbird
Abilene, TX 79605
(325) 721-1162
Lamb County Coin ClubP.O. Box 907
Littlefield, TX 79339-0907
Northeast Tarrant Coin Club
The Northeast Tarrant Coin Club meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month, and also produces a member newsletter. They maintain an active Facebook page.Family Life Center of The Mission Church
3224 Cheek-Sparger Road
Bedford, TX 76021
Pasadena Coin Club
The Pasadena Coin Club was established in 1961 and holds meetings on the first and fourth Mondays of the month.Golden Corral Restaurant
4021 Spencer Highway
Pasadena, TX 77504
(832) 971-7362
Silsbee Coin ClubP.O. Box 1593
Silsbee, TX 77656-1593
(409) 385-7028
South Plains Coin Club2204 W. 5th
Plainview, TX 79072-7610
(806) 293-4922
Texas Numismatic Association, Inc.
The Texas Numismatic Association was founded in 1960, and welcomes members of all ages. They hold an annual convention, publish a regular member newsletter, and maintain an active Facebook page. The TNAs 2017 show will be June 2-4. Anyone interested may contact Doug or Mary Davis, Show Producers, at:[email protected] or 817-723-7231. More information may be found on our website.Arlington Convention Center
PO Box 384
Roanoke, TX 76262
(817) 723-7231
The Tyler Coin Club
The Tyler Coin Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, and holds club auctions at the end of each meeting.Meals on Wheels Building
3001 Robertson Road
Tyler, TX 75701
Women in Numismatics (WIN)
WIN is a nationally incorporated non-profit organization founded in 1991. Membership includes people interested in promoting numismatics among women.PO Box 341652
Austin, TX 78734
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Well honestly, who could resist clicking on this totally relaxed and laid back picture that was in this weeks Show Off Saturday Linky Party? I certainly couldn't:) These are Allison's "Pigs in a Blanket" slippers and they look so comfy!
Apparently she was able to make and take these right away in a class at Quilt Fest and oh' boy did she score!...and so did we! Head over to her blog, Babco Unlimited, right now and find out where to get a pattern to make a pair of your own! Your feet will love it:)
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My husband and I have spent many an Earth Day volunteering or attending events. I think this year we will find some time during the day to spend it not doing or going but staying home and being with nature--attempting to truly offer appreciation in spirit. We try to honor the earth in our everyday actions and commitments, but rarely do we sit down, take in the scents and the view of our garden and nearby forest, and relish the gift of living on this planet. I believe that will be our gift this year--silent appreciation.
Some ideas for celebrating Earth Day 2011:
- Take the kids out for a neighborhood cleanup.
- Plant a tree, a garden, or anything.
- Walk to work or to the train station or to the store one day.
- Hold a scavenger hunt to find green living items, such as cloth bags, a bicycle, a compost pile, etc.
- Help a senior citizen build a garden.
- Bike to work or to the store one day.
- Develop an Earth Day celebration in your neighborhood.
- Commute to work one day instead of driving.
Here are some other ways to celebrate or contribute:
The Earth Day Network has organized a project, Billion Acts of Green, where you can pledge an act of green. They are keeping count and as of this post have over 80 million pledges.
Picnic for the Planet is a celebration of the planet, its food, and its people. The Nature Conservancy is sponsoring this event to celebrate Earth Day 2011.
In Washington D.C., Earth Day on the National Mall will be held on April 16 and April 17, and an Earth Day celebration will be held at the National Zoo.
The Earth Day New York organization is hosting multiple events throughout the city to celebrate Earth Day.
Earth Day San Francisco is hosting an Earth Day celebration with various speakers and entertainers and exhibits.
Earth Day Atlanta is hosting a 5K Green Dash as well as other events.
Earth Day in Boston, Massachusetts will be celebrated with a Charles River cleanup, special events at The Children's Museum, and concerts.
Earth Day Canada is hosting various programs and has a list of events for each province.
Check for Earth Day Events in your area.
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Iman al-Qahtani
Iman AL-Qahtani is a Saudi journalist and writer, as well as a Saudi activist. She graduated from the college of art in Riyadh in 2002 with a BA in English literature and science. Since then she has worked at several newspapers in Riyadh where she has written extensively upon Saudi women and in particular their political role in society.


text: Just as English slips into Math through Algebra, Math sneaks into English through numerals. Various guidelines can aid writers in using them. A numeral is a symbol of a number. "20?, "six", and "XII" are the numerals of the numbers they represent. You cannot actually see a 2, but any of the words/symbols that describe the number 2 are called numerals. Arabic numerals are those we use every day, such as 13 and 6. Roman numerals are seen less frequently and consist of the letters I, V, C, L, X, D, and M in varied combinations. They are often used in titles and names, like "Bertram Moore III" and "Superbowl XLV".


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Mail Messages and Envelope Fun!
I typically take time to work on envelopes and work on several at a time . I think that this saves time overall. I can't imagine what it would be like to write a letter , then switch gears and get into the creative mode decorating envelopes. I don't think I could do this. The above letter has a message: The Letter is NOT Dead. I like that message and feel it is one that needs to be heard! Sometimes I will use an inspirational quote, or an encouraging scripture passage. These all add another layer to your mail art. Have you ever put a message on a letter?
When I was engaged in my "envelope making session" I noticed that I tend to work with themes, It seems to be easier to get out all my vintage or retro craft supplies and stay within that parameter. Again, it seems to work for me. It is a good feeling to reach into the envelope basket and grab an envelope that seems to "fit" the recipient of the letter. I am always trying to find ways to simplify the process, so as to keep it pleasurable. Hope this offers a bit of insight to you!
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Digital Pathological Image Analysis and Cell Segmentation (PDF)
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Open Microscopy Environment (PDF)
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Drug Characteristics Prediction (Abstract)