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Both on and off the field, Twins catcher Chris Herrmann is a laid-back guy. That wasn't necessarily the case, however, when he first got called up to the big leagues last year. When Herrmann debuted with Minnesota in 2012 as a September call-up, he was trying too hard to make a good impression. He swinging for the fences when he didn't need to and trying to impress the coaches. As a result, he had just one hit in 18 at-bats. One year later, Herrmann's approach is much more relaxed. His swing looks easy, as it did when he hit a grand slam in the 10th inning of the Twins' 10-3 victory Tuesday against the Angels. He came up to the plate with the bases loaded, put a seemingly effortless swing on the ball and wound up with his first career grand slam -- at any level. Even his first big league home run he hit on June 2 wasn't exactly intentional. "I didn't come up here trying to do things that I wasn't doing," Herrmann said of his first call-up this season. "I wasn't trying to hit home runs or anything. Fortunately I hit my first home run and I didn't even mean to do that. I just stayed in my game. I didn't try to expand everything. "I think that's one thing I really learned, especially my first time up here last year. I was trying to do everything." Herrmann is no longer trying to do everything, but he is working hard to be able to do more things defensively. A catcher by trade, the 25-year-old Tomball, Texas native brings versatility to the Twins. Already in his first 10 games in the big leagues this year, he's played both left and right field, along with catcher. Earlier this year, Herrmann even worked with Twins manager Ron Gardenhire at third base with the hopes of perhaps adding another position to his repertoire. "He's done a really nice job for us up here," Gardenhire said. "He plays the game, he studies the game a little bit and he can play multiple positions, so he's done a real nice job for us." Herrmann is eager to continue to improve his game with the hopes of sticking around in the majors. He'll play winter ball after the season in order to play year-round and possibly work more on his infield defense. Although still undecided on where exactly he'll play this winter, Herrmann has had a few offers from teams in the Dominican Republic. He's talked with Twins teammate Wilkin Ramirez -- who has spent his winters playing in the Dominican in the past -- about what to expect from the process. By playing winter ball, the hope for Herrmann is that he not only improves his game but also shows the Twins' front office and coaches that he's dedicated to getting better. "Anything it takes to get better at baseball and whatever it takes for me to get up here next year, maybe to even start the season here next year would be fantastic," he said. "I just want to show everybody that I'm an everyday player. I can play whenever they want me to, wherever. That's just my main goal, really." Aside from Tuesday's grand slam -- which was the first hit by the Twins this year -- Herrmann has handled the bat well during his brief time in the majors this year. In 10 games, he's hit 9-for-26 (.346) with two homers, eight RBI and a pair of walks. In 69 games with Triple-A Rochester this year, Herrmann batted .227 with 22 RBI and two home runs. He was a last-minute starter on Tuesday when catcher Joe Mauer left the team to be with his wife, who went into labor and gave birth to their twin daughters Wednesday morning. Even under that pressure of starting on short notice, Herrmann handled himself well. Herrmann is now hoping he'll get more opportunities the rest of the season with the hope of proving he's worthy of a roster spot in 2014. And if he does get sent back to Rochester this year, he knows how to handle the demotion now that he's gone through it. "Overall, that's just kind of a learning experience, really," Herrmann said. "Next time, if I do happen to get sent down, it's just a learning experience for me. Just enjoy the time that I have up here and don't take anything for granted. If I get moved back down, just work hard, play hard and hopefully I get another chance." FOX Sports North's Jamie Hersch contributed to this report. Follow Tyler Mason on Twitter
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LOS ANGELES — Right-hander Tyler Chatwood was terrific. Unfortunately for the Rockies, Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke was almost perfect.
Greinke threw the fourth shutout of his career, his first since his 2009 American League Cy Young Award season, holding the Rockies to two hits as surging Los Angeles won 1-0 on Saturday before a raucous sellout crowd of 51,992 at Dodger Stadium.
"He pitched really well," said Rockies all-star outfielder Michael Cuddyer, who struck out twice in three at-bats. "He threw predominantly fastballs, but his slider was really nasty. He was very, very good."
Chatwood gave up the game's lone run in the first inning, but it was all zeros for the next seven innings as he pitched the first complete game of his career. With every start, Chatwood is proving that he is perhaps the Rockies' most reliable starter.
" 'Chat' doesn't have to prove anything to me," said Rockies manager Walt Weiss. "He battled as tough as he can today. You can't pitch much better than that against a team like the Dodgers."
Both pitchers were excellent, but the duel was enhanced by the lengthening late-afternoon shadows and by what many Rockies described as a very generous strike zone, compliments of home-plate umpire Jim Joyce.
"Greinke didn't miss today," Weiss said. "And it's always tough, with afternoon games here, to see offensively. But Greinke was spot on, he was locked in. And Chatwood was outstanding."
The Dodgers have won 17 of their last 21 games as they continue to look like the emerging class of the National League West.
The Rockies, trying to put together a decent run before the all-star break, fell to 3-6 on this 10-game road trip.
Greinke had a perfect game until Todd Helton hit a one-out bloop single to left-center in the fifth. Colorado's only other hit was a bunt single by Jonathan Herrera in the sixth, but he was erased trying to steal second. Greinke, who struck out nine and walked just one, improved to 8-2 and notched his 99th career victory. He has pitched 16 consecutive scoreless innings.
"I stayed good all the way through; I haven't done that in a while," Greinke said. "I felt good out there. It was a fun game."
The 29-year-old Greinke, who signed a record six-year, $147 million contract with the Dodgers in December as a free agent, improved his home record to 5-0 with a 2.17 ERA in seven starts at Dodger Stadium. In his last 43 home starts overall, he is 28-2 with a 2.93 ERA.
In the first inning, Chatwood gave up a leadoff double to Skip Schumaker, plunked Mark Ellis and saw Hanley Ramirez drive in Schumaker with a groundout to short. That was it. In eight innings, Chatwood surrendered only four hits, struck out four and walked two.
"This was definitely a tough game to lose, but sometimes you just have to tip your cap to the other guy," Chatwood said. "My stuff was the same the whole game and I felt good.
"The first guy up (Schumaker) just kind of fisted it into center field and it fell for a double. And that one pitch to Ellis just kind of got away from me. But after that I went right after them and attacked the zone."
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gluttony (part two)
When Daphne Greengrass hears the sound of the doors to the hospital wing opening, she springs up from her chair and turns around quickly, expecting her parents and Professor Dumbledore, but instead she is faced with her friends Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson. Astoria is lying silently in the hospital bed next to Daphne, her dark chocolate hair sprawled across the pillow as she sleeps, although her face betrays a nightmare-filled slumber. Daphne takes a hesitant glance at her sister before turning to her friends. She does not understand why they are present when they have never been particularly close to Astoria, even going far enough to treat her with the very disdain that they � and she � usually reserve for Mudbloods.
�What are you doing here?� she asks, a slight tone of concern in her voice.
�Millicent was with you in the Three Broomsticks when Professor Snape came to fetch you after Astoria's fainting incident,� Pansy simpers. �She thought I might want to know � and of course I did, because I'm your best friend and I'm here to support you during such a worrying time! Draco's here because he's a true gentleman and offered to accompany me so I wouldn't have to travel back alone in a carriage � imagine if I had had to sit with Mudbloods!�
Daphne does not answer Pansy, instead silently thinking that if she had to walk through throngs of filthy Mudbloods and Muggles who are filthier still, she would do so if Astoria needed her. Pansy has always claimed to consider Daphne the sister that she never had, but Daphne has long since realized that she and Pansy have differing opinions on what defines a sister.
�It's okay, Pansy,� she says with a weak smile. �You can go to the Great Hall and have dinner with everyone else. Professor's Dumbledore's owled my parents; they should be on their way right now.�
Pansy turns and leaves, taking Draco's hand to lead him to their dinner. However, to both girls' surprise, Draco shrugs off Pansy's hand. When she turns to him with a querying expression, he merely smiles and says that he has to see Madam Pomfrey because his right arm hurts so after he was attacked by that monstrous Hippogriff belonging to their half-breed Care of Magical Creatures professor. Why shouldn't he visit her right now, since he is in the hospital wing? Pansy nods � she cannot argue with her beloved Draco � and sets off alone. Draco turns to face Daphne, his grey eyes glinting with an emotion that she cannot name.
�How is Astoria?� he asks, and Daphne makes an indescribable noise in the process of strangling an ear-splitting scream.
�Take a wild guess,� Daphne asks warily, turning back to look at Astoria. The younger Greengrass sister is now tossing and turning in her sleep, and Draco motions to wake her, but Daphne stops him.
�You can't. Madam Pomfrey said the Dementors would make her have nightmares, and we can't wake her up before she wakes up by herself. Why do you care anyway, Draco? It's hardly out of affection, is it?�
�How would you know?� he asks scornfully.
Daphne scoffs, glaring at her fellow Slytherin. �How many times have you told Astoria that she's fat, or insinuated that she needs to lose weight? How many times have you made her feel guilty for choosing chocolate cake instead of less calorific puddings? She's twelve, Draco, she doesn't need to worry about her weight.�
�Pansy's skinnier than she is � than you both are,� Draco retorts. �No-one's going to like Astoria if she looks like that dreadful portrait of your Great-Aunt Hepzibah, is she?�
�Astoria's nowhere near the weight that Great-Aunt Hepzibah was!� Daphne snaps, desperate to shriek angrily at Draco but fighting to keep her voice as quiet as possible so that she does not wake Astoria. �You can't compare her weight to Pansy! Pansy makes herself sick after every meal so that she doesn't put on weight, just because you tell that resembling a lacewing is beautiful! Pansy is so skinny, Madam Pomfrey's been threatening to admit her to St Mungo's if she doesn't put on at least half a stone! Pansy puts her life at risk because you tell her to, and I will not let Astoria do the same!�
Draco's expression is one of utter shock, while Daphne gasps for breath heavily after her outburst. It feels like years ago since she argued with Astoria on Platform Nine and Three Quarters, although it has been just shy of three months. Back then, she had been utterly convinced that Draco was a refined pure-blood wizard with geniality and nobility as just two of his impeccable traits � something that all the adults and Pansy also believed. She had never understood how Astoria hated Draco so much, but now she does. Now, she regrets that she allowed her jealousy of Astoria's close friendship with their grandfather to rule her emotions, because now that Astoria does not have their grandfather to comfort her, the consequences of the bullying she endures from Draco and Pansy affect her more than they ever did and they have finally become visible to Daphne in ways that they did not before.
The blond wizard is about to say something, but he is prevented from doing so by the doors of the hospital wing opening once more, this time to reveal Mr and Mrs Greengrass, accompanied by Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape. Daphne is greeted by her mother with a wail of shock at the restless Astoria and tears upon Daphne's shoulder as the latter is engulfed into a hug by the hysterical woman. She is only vaguely aware of Poppy Pomfrey rushing out of her office to explain the seriousness of Astoria's condition in as few words as possible before asking Daphne's father to kindly remove his wife before she wakes Astoria � her mother is, in true Letitia Greengrass fashion, ignoring every word spoken despite their importance.
�Come on, Letty,� Daphne's father says, putting his hands upon his wife's arms and gently steering her towards Snape, apparently expecting the speechless Head of Slytherin to take care of the crying woman, oblivious to the horror-struck expression upon the raven-haired wizard's face.
Before she leaves, however, Letitia takes a glance back towards Astoria and spots Daphne's shopping bags from Hogsmeade. Frowning at the bag labelled Madam Malkin's, � the shop is a smaller branch than the one in Diagon Alley, usually frequented by students who have lost or damaged their uniform � she Summons it with a wave of her wand and retrieves its contents before turning to Daphne with a glare.
�Jumpers? Why have you purchased jumpers? If you required new jumpers, Daphne, all you had to do was ask.�
�I did!� Daphne answers.
�No, you didn't. You only asked for jumpers for Astoria.� It is then that she understands, and her glare becomes more deathly. �Daphne Letitia Greengrass, I told you that Astoria did not require new jumpers!� she says with a shriek, and everybody else winces � not at Letitia's expression of rage, but at the glass-shattering decibels of her voice. �How dare you blatantly disobey me? I am your mother!�
Astoria stirs from her sleep groggily, pushing off the duvet that was previously covering her body.
�Water,� she croaks. �It's so hot.�
Madam Pomfrey frowns as she rushes to tend to Astoria, as does their father. Letitia ignores her daughter, focusing on how Daphne has disobeyed her. Instead of remaining at Astoria's bedside, she simply motions towards her youngest child while continuing to reprimand Daphne.
�Look at her! Her jumper's loose! How can the arms be too short, and the chest be too tight?�
�Her jumper's loose because it's not hers; it's mine!� Daphne exclaims. �I'm wearing the jumpers I'm meant to wear next summer so that Astoria can wear mine! Ask Professor Snape � she couldn't move her arms quickly enough to put lacewings in her potion before it exploded all over her! Astoria's the oldest Slytherin in her year, perhaps even in the whole year � she needed a uniform for second-years, not first. If you had bothered to let Madam Malkin spend time measuring her instead of buying clothes without trying them on so that we could go to lunch with Pansy and Mrs Parkinson, you would have known that!�
Letitia glances at Snape, who nods frostily, confirming Daphne's reference to the occurrence in his lesson is the truth.
�You could have explained this to me, Daphne,� she says. �If you had spoken about the impact upon her schooling in your letter, I would have been more receptive to your request.�
�But I did!� Daphne cries out in horror. �I told you!�
�Daphne,� her mother sighs, �you're a Greengrass. Greengrasses don't lie.� Turning to her husband, she continues. �Come, Darius. We know Astoria is well � the fact she is awake proves that � and I do not wish to remain in the same room as the despicable liar who calls herself my daughter.�
With a few footsteps, both of Daphne's parents have disappeared as quickly as they came, Severus Snape escorting them out of the castle. The Hogwarts Headmaster and Madam Pomfrey take a few steps away from Astoria's bedside and converse quietly in the corner. Astoria has fallen back asleep, her recovery still incomplete. Daphne turns to look her sister, glad to see that this time her sleep is peaceful. She loves Astoria and she always will. But there will always be times when she despairs of Astoria's attitude; of the way that Astoria thinks that because they're Greengrasses, they deserve so much more than they have.
All Daphne wants is for Astoria to be normal.
Astoria's eyes flicker open in the darkness of the hospital wing, sparsely lit with flickers emitting from the flames located in the lamps adorning the walls. They show enough light for Madam Pomfrey � and presumably any professors bringing in sick students � to get around the hospital wing, but dim enough to avoid waking any students. She feels refreshed, as if she has just slept for a hundred years, and she looks around in search for the school's medi-witch, wondering why she has been admitted to the hospital wing.
And then she remembers. The boy. She remembers the boy; the Mudblood in the year above her. He was laughing, smiling... but then all of the mirth written upon his face faded away in mere seconds. What happened?
�Miss Greengrass?� Madam Pomfrey has suddenly appeared, as if she had Apparated although Astoria knows this is not possible. �Are you feeling better?�
Astoria nods as the medi-witch bustles around the bed, examining her before conjuring a bowl of soup and some slices of bread in front of her.
�What happened?� Astoria asks, blowing on the soup in an attempt to cool it.
�You were in the grounds, walking back to the castle. Mr Creevey was nearby, saw the Dementors approaching and warned you. The two of you ran back to the castle, but you tripped and sprained your ankle. Mr Creevey went to get help, saw Professor Lupin in the Entrance Hall and requested his assistance. Professor Lupin cast a Patronus Charm to drive the Dementors away and brought you here. If it hadn't been for Mr Creevey, I'm sure the Dementors would have Kissed you.�
It is a relief to Astoria that the Mudblood boy did not divulge their conversation; apparently, he possesses some common sense � something most Mudbloods do not. She is not ashamed to admit to herself that this fact is much more important to her than the Dementors' Kiss; she is alive, and her priority is on the consequences of what might alter her future instead of what has already happened.
Another student calls out, and Madam Pomfrey quickly excuses herself to attend to her duties, leaving Astoria alone once more. She puts her bowl of soup and the plate of bread on the bedside cabinet so that it can cool down to a more consumable temperature, not daring to interrupt Madam Pomfrey to ask if she can cast a very mild Freezing Charm � she can see that the medi-witch is busy catering to the other student, who is complaining loudly. After discarding her empty bowl and plate, Astoria notices her school satchel sitting at the foot of her bed and leans over to retrieve the book she adores reading. She traces the title with her finger, wondering if she will ever have the opportunity to meet S. Cartwright and ask him if the seven deadly sins consumed him as much as they consume Astoria at present. She opens the book fully, allowing the pages to fall to a random page � like Colin, Astoria has read this book from cover to cover multiple times � and eventually it settles on a random page.
Defining the sin of Gluttony, Astoria reads, can occasionally be a difficult task. It is a common preconception that Gluttony refers to the overindulgence of food. However, Gluttony is actually an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires. While food is the most common example, an excess of anything can define Gluttony � toys, television, sex or company are other lesser-known examples. The three most common forms of Gluttony are as follows:
#1. Wanting more pleasure from something than it was made for.
#2. Wanting it exactly our way. (Also known as delicacy.)
#3. Demanding too much from other people. (Time, presence, behaviour.)
Astoria closes the book quickly, her heart beating violently against her ribcage. She hates this segment of the book, despite the fact that she continues to read it whenever she reads it from cover to cover � a task she can easily accomplish in one evening. And the reason that she despises it so much is that it reminds her of her family. Her mother is a perfect example of the second form of gluttony; Letitia Greengrass demands utter perfection from everybody. She complains if Daphne gets a single A, even if it was just one A in the whole year and all her other grades are Os or Es. She even pretends that Astoria is still small, and petite, just like Daphne is, when Astoria is anything but.
Even her father is gluttonous; he seeks company from what her mother disdainfully calls �hookers� when he has plenty of company at home with his wife, daughters and father. Astoria does not know what a hooker is, but she does understand from the arguments seeping through the manor walls that her father seeks the company of outsiders because her mother is more obsessed with their place in society than their marriage. It is a classic case, Astoria is sure, of her father wanting more from her mother than her mother is able to give.
And her grandfather and Daphne have not escaped the curse of gluttony. Her grandfather insists that she is a superstar, and a miracle, and special, while Daphne wants Astoria to act dreadfully like Pansy and be cruel to pure-bloods like Draco. Both of them have an imaginary Astoria in their minds, and both possess ideals for her that she does not think she will ever be able to live up to. And then she turns her head to look at her soup bowl, sitting upon a plate laden with bread. She realizes then that like her family, she is a glutton.
But she does not want to be. Astoria wants to be different from them, and so she does the only thing she can think of: she quickly checks that Madam Pomfrey has retreated to her personal quarters before picking up the soup and plate and walking to one of the many bathrooms attached to the hospital wing. Once inside, she lifts up the toilet seat and pours the contents of her meal down into the water. To Astoria, it makes sense: her family all suffer from different forms of gluttony, and so does she. After all, it is an indisputable fact that she is fat � her mother says it, Pansy says it, Draco says it, strangers say it � they are honest, unlike her grandfather and Daphne, who lie to her and pretend that she is normal when she is anything but.
She will do what Pansy does and pretend that she eats when she doesn't, because that is what will make her normal. Astoria Greengrass does not want to let gluttony define her, just as it has defined her family, and so she will become the very opposite.
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WATCH: Unhinged Trump fan tells 'terrorist' Muslim Uber driver that 'they'll deport you soon'
A Donald Trump fan was caught on camera yelling obscenities at a Muslim Uber driver and telling him that he would soon be deported once Trump was officially sworn in as president.
The Washington Post reports that Chris Cody, a St. Johns University adjunct professor who speaks Arabic, was taking an Uber ride in Queens this past weekend when his driver started talking about a man in another car who accosted him and yelled racial slurs at him. The driver, who is Muslim, filmed the man's racist tirade and gave Cody permission to share it with the Post.
"Trump is president, assh*le!" the man shouted out at the driver, who is a Muslim man. "So you can kiss your f*cking visa goodbye, scumbag. They'll deport you soon. Don't worry, you f*cking terrorist."
The man also told the Uber driver that he was a "loser" and a "terrorist" who wasn't "even from here." The man then stuck up his middle finger as he drove away.
"I could tell he was upset," Cody tells the Post. "He didn't tell me exactly why he decided to take a video. I think he was just so shocked by what happened."
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(British and Irish Poetry, Revised Edition)
Sir John Davies' minor poetry falls into three general classes: dramatic entertainments written for court ceremonies or celebrations, occasional poems which he sent to prominent people, and satires commenting on a literary fashion or topical scandal. Of the entertainments which can be clearly attributed to Davies, the most important are "The Epithalamion of the Muses," presented at the wedding of Elizabeth Vere, daughter of Edward Vere, earl of Oxford, to William Stanley, earl of Derby, and preserved in the commonplace book of Leweston Fitzjames of the Middle Temple; A Contention Betwixt a Widdowe, and a Maide presented at the home of Sir Robert Cecil on December 6, 1602, in honor of Queen Elizabeth; and Yet Other Twelve Wonders of the World, twelve poems in rhymed couplets which were apparently inscribed on a dozen trenchers which Davies presented to the Lord Treasurer on New Year's Day in 1602 or 1603. John Maynard set Yet Other Twelve Wonders of the World to music in 1611.
Davies' occasional poems were addressed to influential people such as Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland; Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Chancellor of England; and Sir Edward Coke, attorney general; as well as King James and Queen Anne. His "Gulling Sonnets" belong to the third class of topical poetry. In these sonnets, Davies mocks the conventions of the Petrarchan sonnet sequences which were popular in the 1590's. These particular poems survived only in manuscript accompanied by a dedication to Sir Anthony Cooke. They must have been written between 1596, when Cooke was knighted, and 1604, when he died. An internal reference to Zepheria (1597), an anonymous sonnet sequence, suggests that they were completed by 1598. Zepheria was probably written by a young law student since it contains an awkward combination of learned legal terms and Petrarchan images.
In his nineteenth century Victorian edition of Davies' works, Alexander Grosart supplied a commentary on Davies which unfortunately has dominated twentieth century critical opinion of the poet's major works. Orchestra, a dialogue between Penelope and one of her wooers, is, according to Grosart, a jeu d'esprit which Davies tossed off in his youth. Grosart insisted that Davies' most valuable work was Nosce Teipsum and that the chief merit of this exhaustive compendium of knowledge about the soul and immortality was its originality. Responding to Grosart's claim, modern academic scholarship on Davies has largely consisted of arguments that Davies' ideas derive from Plato, Aristotle, Pierre de la Primaudaye, Philippe du Plessis-Mornay, and Michel Eyquem de Montaigne.
Underlying the approach to Davies which Grosart initiated is the assumption that a sixteenth century writer would have aimed at or even particularly valued originality. Davies, however, belonged to an age which suspected novelty, valued intellectual tradition, and sought to imitate poetic models rather than to express personal feelings. Poets consciously modeled themselves on previous poets. Edmund Spenser, who hoped to win the title of the English Vergil, began by writing pastorals just as his Latin master had done.
In On Poetry and Poets (1957), T. S. Eliot, in what remains the best critical appreciation of Davies' works, calls attention to his metrical virtuosity, his clarity and purity of diction, and his independence of thought. In shifting the critical issue from originality to independence of thought, Eliot demonstrates historical as well as literary insight. While Davies' ideas on the soul and immortality are not original, one should not expect them to be. His synthesis of many diverse sources shows intellectual independence.
Each of Davies' major poems has to be assessed in relation to other works in that particular genre. He consciously works with certain established poetic conventions. His Nosce Teipsum should be examined in relation to other long philosophical poems, such as Lucretius's De rerum natura (c. 60 b.c.e.; On the Nature of Things, 1682), Aonio Paleario's De immortalitate animae (1536), Samuel Daniel's Musophilus: Or, A Defence of Poesie (1599, 1601, 1602, 1607, 1611, 1623), and Fulke Greville's poetic treatises. Orchestra belongs to the genre of mythological wooing poems, which were later given the name epyllia, or minor epics. In writing Orchestra, Davies did not set out to write a poem about the Elizabethan worldview; he suggests that Orchestra relates a wooing episode that Homer forgot to include in the Odyssey (c. 725 b.c.e.; English translation, 1614) because he wants his readers to associate the poem with other amatory poems popular in England in the 1590's. Of these, two of the most popular were Christopher Marlowe's Hero and Leander (1598) and Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis (1593). Orchestra, however, lacks the sensuality of these two poems and seems to resemble the more philosophical efforts in the genre, such as Michael Drayton's Endimion and Phoebe (1595) and George Chapman's Ovid's Banquet of Sense (1595). The Hymnes of Astraea belong to a genre treated with disdain by most modern scholars. They are acrostic lyrics intended as an Accession Day tribute to Queen Elizabeth. Like the many entertainments written to praise Elizabeth's beauty or her purity, they are intended as courtly compliments and should be approached as artful "trifles," excellent in their kind.
Finally, it is important to emphasize that Davies was a man of ideas. His poems are intended not only to delight but also to teach and to inform. Critics who associate poetry with the expression of feelings or the description of scenery may find his verse less immediately accessible. He thrived on formal restraints; to appreciate his poetry requires a sensitivity to the technical difficulties of writing verse. It also requires that the reader accept verse in which, in Eliot's words, "thought is not exploited for the sake of feeling; it is pursued for its own sake."
Epigrammes and Elegies
Davies' Epigrammes and Elegies appeared without a date and with a title page reading "At Middleburgh." No satisfactory explanation has been offered for the posthumous combination of Christopher Marlowe's translation of Ovid's Elegies with Davies' Epigrammes and Elegies. It is unlikely that the first edition was a piracy because Epigrams 47 and 48, which balance 1 and 2 in the printed text, seem to have been written specifically for the printed edition; they are absent from all four of the most important manuscripts. Although some of the epigrams may have dated from his school days, the majority were probably written between 1594 and 1595.
The poems are obviously modeled on Martial's epigrams, but Davies supplies details of sixteenth century English life. In "Meditations of a Gull," he describes a young gentleman consumed by "melancholy," a young man uninterested in politics who wears a cloak and a "great black feather." He is clearly describing the type of young man who pretends to be an intellectual, rather than a specific caricature. Davies, in fact, claims that his epigrams tax under "a peculiar name,/ A generall vice, which merits publick blame." In June, 1599, the bishop of London and the archbishop of Canterbury ordered that "Davyes Epigrams and Marlowe's Elegyes" be burned. Since they seem less obscene than other works so condemned, it may be that one of the epigrams contained a libelous allusion unrecognizable today. Practice in this genre, which requires condensation and lucidity, assisted Davies in developing talents which he demonstrated more forcefully in Nosce Teipsum and Orchestra, but the Epigrammes and Elegies still have some interest because of the clever way in which they mirror life in sixteenth century London.
Nosce Teipsum
Nosce Teipsum was first printed in 1599, approximately one year after Davies was expelled from the Middle Temple. The poem has frequently been described as an attempt on Davies' part to "repair his fortunes with his pen," thus assuming that Davies wrote it to show that he repented his assault on Martin and that he had completed his reformation. The poem contains what could be interpreted as an autobiographical reference: Affliction is described as having taken the narrator by the ear to teach him a lesson. There is substantial evidence, however, that the poem was begun long before Davies attacked Martin and that it was revised over a period of several years.
The question of literary form has received little attention in discussions of Nosce Teipsum, but an understanding of the nature of the poem's form and structure is crucial. First, the argument, or organization of ideas, does not define the form. It is impossible to outline Nosce Teipsum thematically without reaching the conclusion that the poem is a...
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The BILLBOARD Music list for August 2017 is high on numbers as some of the best performers are up on the list.
Watch this out:
At No.10 is Sam Hunt's 'Body Like a Back Road'
At No.9 is Ed Sheeran's 'Shape of You'
At No.8 is Shawn Mendes's 'Nothing is Holdin' me Back
At No.7 is Charlie Truth's 'Attention'
At No.6 is 'I am the One' by DJ Khaled feat Justin Beiber and Lil Wayne.
At No.5 is 'Believer' by Imagine Dragons.
At No.4 is 'That's what i like' by Bruno Mars.
At No.3 is 'Unforgettable' by French Montana feat Swae Lee.
At No.2 is 'Wild Thoughts' by DJ Khaled feat Rihanna and Bryson Tiller.
At No.1 is undoubtedly 'Despacito' by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat Justin Beiber.
This playlist is also available on VH1 Music Channel for our television sets.Tune into the best pop music and stay shaky for the next top releases.


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In this guide I will show you how you can easily add Bluetooth functionality to your alexmos brushless gimbal controller so that you can configure it via the SimpleBGC android application on your phone or tablet.
If your board does not already have the FTDI connectors soldred you will need the following parts
If you are using the official Basecam32 Bluetooth module, then attaching it is fairly easy, the best way is to directly mount it onto your gimbal board as shown below:
This alexmos bluetooth module arrives complete setup to work with your gimbal so there is no need to configure it, simply download the android app on your phone and pair with the module as shown later on in this guide.
Older Alexmos Boards
You will need to find the 4pin FTDI connection on your board, in most boards it will be 4 pins on thier own with the following labels (GND, 5V, TX, RX). For the boards that we sell you can see where it is below (next to the IMU connector). If it does not already have the pin header connected you will need to solder your own one on.
Once its connected and you power on your brushless gimbal board you should see a green LED and a flashing red one on the bluetooth module as shown below.
Thats it, the Bluetooth module is now connected and ready to pair with your device so you can change the settings, or monitor the module remotely.
The Bluetooth module we sell comes ready to use with the alexmos brushless gimbal controller, but if you are using another one you might need to change the settings.
You will need to make sure your bluetooth module is configured to run at a baud rate of 115200. Also the module will need to set to slave mode. For more details on how to configure the module please see our guide on changing the baud rate on the Bluetooth module.
Now that you have connected everything together you simply need to pair the Bluetooth device with your Phone/Tablet/PC.
Once the gimbal board has been turned on and you can see the flashing red LED on the bluetooth module, you can connect to the bluetooth module with your tablet/phone. The device name is CRIUS_BT with a pair code of 0000.
Once paired you can launch the android config application and you can change the settings with you phone without any cables!
If you have any questions please let me know and I can try to help!
Dose your bluetooth module work with the 32 bit boards?
Yes it does, the connection is essentially the same
brilliant I now i can use the android app, Just wanted to make sure it all worked together
I just got the Bluetooth from you guys and it will not connect to any of my 4 android devices, Using it with windows I get the error GUI vs gui vs board version mismatch while using v2.4 and the latest android app app any Ideas?
Are you using the latest version of the firmware on your alexmos board? And is your android app the latest version?. Otherwise can you still connect to your board on your PC via USB cable? Assuming that you can then the next thing to debug would be to connect it to your PC via Bluetooth, but the error you received:
gui vs board version mismatch
gui vs board version mismatch
this suggests that the GUI version you are using is not compatible with the version of the firmware you are running on your alexmos board, so I suggest you update to the latest firmware.
I have a question. I have a DYS Smart 3 Gopro BL Gimbal. I want to control via bluetooth. The configuration of the circuitry is different than shown on your website. Where do I connect the green, yellow, red and black wires? I do not see 4 positions marked GND, 5V+ TX and RX.
I am not sure about the controller on the DYS Smart gimbal as I don't have any with me right now. If you can send some pics of the controller board I could have a look and maybe see where you will need to connect the bluetooth module.
Here is the layout that came with the Gimbal.
Any idea about the connections on the DYS smart gimbal?
Since we dont sell that exact controller its hard to tell you for sure it it has a serial port. But from the looks of it it does not . My suggestion would be to contact the shop you purchased it from and they should be able to help. Otherwise if you have no luck just let me know and I will try talking the factory directly for you.
hi, i bought the bluetooth module and i connected it to the board as shown in the guide, the blue led is blinking and my phone (nubia z9 max) sees it… now, i paired it with the pin 0000 or 1234, and when i open the SimpleBCG app it shows up in the settings but when i try to connect it just do nothing… a also tried to invert RX and TX cables but nothing…
please help me
Have you made sure to set the correct baud rate on your Bluetooth module and within the gimbal setup software? I think you must make sure to set it to 115200.
Hi! Which bluetooth module should I use with an iphone?


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If you see people walking from building to building with a campus map and Middle States agenda in hand, be sure to say hello and offer help in locating his or her next meeting! During the first half of this week, ten visitors from other Middle States institutions are arriving on campus, set to hold conversations with dozens of MSU faculty, members of the administration, professional staff members and undergraduate and graduate students. The Team Members are:
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Middle States Visit, March 4-7, 2007
Mary Ann Swain, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, State University of New York at Binghamton, Chair of the Middle States Team (All areas of Middle States Standards and Outcomes with a focus on the Board of Trustees, administration, and graduate education)
Scott R. Anderson, Information Technologies Librarian, Millersville University of Pennsylvania (Faculty, the library, students, technology and institutional resources, professional staff)
Betty Crockett, Associate Vice President for Administration and Finance, Salisbury University, Maryland (Finances, advancement, senior administrators, assessment, planning and institutional resources)
Kerry S. Grant, Professor of Music, SUNY at Buffalo (Faculty, graduate education, University Senate, academic affairs)
James H. Haynes, Director of Title III Programs, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD (Undergraduate education, general education, students, student life and services enrollment management)
Bruce E. Keith, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, US Military Academy, West Point (Faculty, assessment, institutional research, deans and associate deans)
Linda D. Koch, Vice President for Student Affairs, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania (Undergraduate education, students, student life, general education and learning resources, professional staff)
Linda Lamwers, Vice president for Academic Affairs/Provost, West Chester University of Pennsylvania (Grants, graduate students and education, leadership and governance)
Dorothy M. Mattison, Associate Professor, Department of Business, Management and Accounting, U. of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD (Human resources, faculty, assessment, University Senate, leadership, governance, associate/assistant deans)
Glenn Lang, Executive Director, Educational Opportunity Fund, New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, Trenton (Serves as a representative of the NJCHE and will participate in a variety of sessions)
It is arguable that Middle States reaccreditation is one of the most important activities in which the campus community becomes engaged. Without reaccreditation the University would simply not be able to operate. Thank you for your interest and support for a successful conclusion to the process, particularly the Team's visit.


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- The campaign to lure London companies is run by a Texas nonprofit
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott hopes to capitalize on the fallout from Brexit
Washington (CNN)Texas has a message for London businesses that might suffer after Brexit -- move to the Lone Star State for the "freedom to prosper."
TexasOne, a nonprofit organization that does the marketing for the Texas' economic development office, announced Saturday it launched an ad campaign in London during the Fourth of July weekend urging business executives there to "declare independence from high taxes" and relocate to Texas following the U.K. referendum to leave the European Union.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also tweeted on Saturday, "Dear British businesses: Declare your independence from high taxes by doing business in Texas."
Tracye McDaniel, the president and CEO of TexasOne, said in a statement that Texas "is inspiring a business revolution."
"Independence Day is the perfect opportunity for Texas to launch this campaign in the U.K. to highlight how Texas offers companies the freedom to prosper and is a beacon of opportunity," she said in the statement.
The ads could be seen on the Financial Times home page and 7,000 other London-based websites with Twitter and Facebook promotions.
Brexit, or the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union, has affected markets across the world. The U.K. Treasury chief George Osborne said the country will be "poorer" as a result of the effect Brexit had on the country's economy. He added that the U.K. will have to cut spending and raise taxes.


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He was exempt from tax for the two previous tax years due to SED. He was employed when he worked on the ships (via a company called MSOL Services Limited, based in Jersey) He would invoice them and then they would invoice the company (PVI Limited)
Unfortunately he doesn't qualify for SED as he was not out of the country for long enough.
He is now employed in the UK and pays tax via PAYE, will that mean he doesn't need to make any payments on account?
Finally, will he be eligible for a tax refund for the 12/13 tax year, seeing as he only worked half of it and was on a NT tax code, therefore didn't receive any form of allowance?
Many thanks
Many thanks for this. I can't seem to see where his personal allowance has been taken in to account. Also I can't see how to change the payment on account sum to zero... are you able to point me in the right direction?
the online version...
That's great, thank you.
One final question. Is there any way that this can be paid in instalments? Or does the entire amount have to be paid by the 31st January?
That's a great help - thank you. Sorry, just one last question. Will he be eligible for a rebate at all? He was he was out of work until October of this year?
He wont be eligible for a rebate for 2012/13 as he has yet to pay his tax for that year.For 2013/14, assuming he has been on a 810L tax code since he started his new job, he would have been paying less tax than he otherwise might have as his personal allowances are playing catch up so hopfully he will be have paid the right amount up to now. You can check the position after 5 April 2014.
He has actually been on (and is still on) an emergency tax code. I guess he needs to talk to his employer / tax office?
Thank you, you have been most helpful.


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Painting With A Twist is a BYOB art studio! Bring your favorite bottle of wine or other beverage, your favorite food & your favorite people and we'll take care of the rest. One of our talented artists will be with you every step of the way as you eat, drink and paint your way to a finished work of art. You'll be amazed before the night is over! You just might discover your inner artist!
Public classes are offered for adults at $35 and $45 and for kids at $25 and $35.
Our staffing and supplies are planned according to the number of guests. We require at least 48 hour notice for cancellations so that we may offer your spot to another customer and are eligible for a full refund. Cancellations with less than 48 hrs notice or No Shows WILL NOT receive a refund or store credit.
This is a BYOB studio, feel free to bring anything you would like to eat or drink. We provide plastic cups and bottle openers/corkscrews. Feel free to bring ice, we have ice buckets here!
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Hotlines spring up for China VIPs to buy luxury goods amid anti-graft drive
Amid Xi Jinping's anti-graft drive and the popularity of weibo, those who have something to hide prefer to do their shopping by telephone
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President Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign may have created a new business on the mainland: serving "important people" in an extremely low-profile, or even secret, way.
I was back in Shanghai for a quick trip recently and dropped by several big shopping centres on Nanjing Road, one of the mainland's busiest streets. Ironically, these shopping centres - and, in particular, the big luxury brand shops inside - didn't look busy at all. They were almost empty.
I asked my friends how these shops survived in such circumstances. Some laughed at me, joking that I had been away from Shanghai for too long, saying I was out of the loop on all the latest tricks.
Social media, such as the microblogging service weibo, has become an effective tool to help the public monitor and report their suspicions of bribery and corruption. So, nowadays if someone important wants to buy luxury products but for some reason does not want to be seen in the shop, he or she just calls a hotline and asks for the product to be delivered to their home, where they pay cash on delivery.
So, how do these important people choose between all the different designs of handbags and shoes without visiting the shops? They use the internet or browse the product catalogue that are sent to VIPs on mailing lists.
One of my friends in Shanghai's retail business said many of those luxury shops' hotlines have grown busier since Xi took office earlier this year and quickly launched a nationwide campaign to fight corruption on all levels. That explains why, although the shops may be empty, business is not be as bad as you'd think.
Such practices are understood to be prevalent in Hong Kong's luxury shops as well. Wives and daughters of senior government officials will do their best to avoid visiting the luxury goods shops in Tsim Sha Tsui when they travel to Hong Kong, for example. Instead, they call VIP hotlines and whatever they want can be delivered to their hotel rooms within just a few hours.
They can even avoid going to restaurants so as to avoid being reported for participating in expensive banquets.
How can they do that? Well, in Shanghai, there are now a few new private clubhouses that are popular among VIPs. They may appear to be nothing more than old three-story villas in an ordinary residential area, but behind that façade you may find the top chefs of the city's most famous hotels and restaurants cooking private dinners for VIPs.
Membership fees for such private clubhouses range from one million yuan (HK$1.26 million) to five million yuan annually and if you pay something around five million yuan, some private clubhouses will allow you to have "endless banquets" throughout the year for no extra charge, said a friend who has tried the new and special service dedicated to serving these VIPs.
There is a popular saying among the general public on the mainland: whenever there is a measure taken by the government, there will soon be a countermeasure. That's the key of the unspoken tricks I learned from my Shanghai friends.
George Chen is the Post's financial services editor. Mr. Shangkong appears every Monday in the print version of the SCMP. Like it? Visit facebook.com/mrshangkong
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There are many ways you can help children and their families get the care they need.
There are a few different treatment options for pilonidal disease:
Hair Removal
Laser hair removal: Laser hair removal is one of the treatment modalities offered at the Pilonidal Care Clinic at Boston Childrens Hospital. Most cases of Pilonidal Disease occur because there is too much hair in the gluteal crease. Often, the hair can be excessive, and cannot be managed by shaving alone. If the medical team determines that your child would benefit from laser hair removal, they will recommend this treatment to you as an option to consider. Instructions on what to do to prepare for laser treatment will be emailed to you prior to your visit.
Laser hair removal is a safe procedure performed in the office by our PA or surgeon. You will be scheduled for a longer visit than usual (around 1 hour). When your child arrives, they will be seen and examined as usual. If it is safe to proceed with laser hair removal the day of the visit, one of our clinicians will shave the area apply local anesthesia cream. Your child will wait 30-45 minutes for the anesthetic cream to take effect. The treatment is performed in the treatment room of the clinic. If patients agree, parents can be present, but everyone in the room must wear special safety goggles. A laser hand-piece will deliver laser energy in approximately 1 inch increments to the area that needs to be treated (the buttock crease and 2 inches on either side). This treatment can cause mild discomfort but is usually well tolerated. The entire treatment takes around 2-3 minutes. When your child's treatment is finished, instructions will be given about signs and symptoms of complications (uncommon and usually temporary), and do's and don'ts after treatment.
Your child will need at least 6 laser treatments for permanent or near-permanent hair removal. Treatments are 6-8 weeks apart. Waiting too long between treatments will cause your child to need extra laser treatments, so it is important to plan for a schedule of timely laser treatments.
Hair is the cause of almost all pilonidal disease. Any type of hair can cause problems, but the most troublesome is coarse, thick hair. Hair removal is the most important thing you can do for your pilonidal disease.
It is important to cut the hair VERY short
Make sure you remove ALL of the hair in the area around the butt crease. Even one hair can keep the cut from healing or can make a new abscess show up. A family member will most likely need to help with hair removal.
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Shaving: You may need to do this every week, depending on how thick hair is and how fast it grows. To remove hair from the area, use regular razors, electric beard trimmers, or eyebrow shapers.
Chemical hair removal: You may use NairTM or other hair removal creams and gels to keep the hair away longer. Make sure to do not get the cream into the cut or on your anus.
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Soaking in a bath for 10 to 15 minutes, two to three times a day.
Spraying the buttock crease with a hand-held shower head for 10 to 15 minutes, two to three times a day.
Sitting in a Jacuzzi, pool or ocean for 10 to 15 minutes, two to three times a day.
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I must tell you that the battery needs a replacement.
It must have been due to power surge that it has gone faulty.
Sorry bout this dear.
It must have been due to power surge that it has gone faulty.
Sorry bout this dear.
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Alternative to the DC in outlet
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Congress backs Obama on aid
Senate joins House in reluctant vote to arm Syrian rebels
Published 10:22 pm, Thursday, September 18, 2014
In the heat of an election campaign, Congress cleared the way for the U.S. military to train and equip Syrian rebels for a war against Islamic state militants on Thursday, reluctant ratification of a new strategy that President Barack Obama outlined scarcely a week ago.
The 78-22 Senate vote sent Obama legislation that also provides funding for the government after the end of the budget year on Sept. 30, eliminating any threat of a shutdown. The House approved the bill on Wednesday.
In an appearance at the White House soon after the vote, Obama said he was pleased that a majority of both Republicans and Democrats had supported the legislation. "I believe our nation is strongest when the president and Congress work together," he said. Noting the killing of two Americans by the Islamic State group, he said that "as Americans we do not give in to fear" and would not be put off by such brutal tactics.
In the Senate, 44 Democrats, 33 Republicans and one independent voted for the bill, while 9 Democrats, 12 Republicans and one independent opposed it.
The issue created new fault lines for this fall's elections for control of the Senate as well as the 2016 race for the White House.
"Intervention that destabilizes the Middle East is a mistake. And yet, here we are again, wading into a civil war," said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. laying down a marker for Republican presidential primaries still more than a year distant.
Sen. Mark Begich, in a difficult re-election campaign, said, "I disagree with my president" on the wisdom of having the U.S. military become involved. "It is time for the Arab countries to step up and get over their regional differences" and be more aggressive in the fight against terrorists," the Alaska Democrat said, drawing a quick rebuttal from Republican rival Dan Sullivan.
Combining approval for aid to the rebels with funds to prevent a government shutdown into a single vote made it difficult to measure support for Obama's new military mission.
For a second day, the administration dispatched top-ranking officials to reassure lawmakers — and the public — that no U.S. ground combat operation was in the offing.


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David Charvet
Biographical Information
Charvet's father was Tunisian-born Jewish businessman Paul Guez. His mother was born in France. When Charvet was nine years old, his father moved to the USA. David Charvet caught his big break in 1992 on Baywatch as "Matt Brody" and remained with the show for three full seasons until 1995. He won a green card through the visa lottery then in place.
He dated Pamela Anderson prior and during the second season. He has never married. He is currently dating Brooke Burke. Charvet also appeared as "Craig Field" on Melrose Place from 1996 to 1998.
He is currently based in his native France where he acts and sings and is seen on TV. He already released 3 albums, David Charvet in 1997, Leap of Faith in 2002 and Se laisser quelque chose in 2004. After his hit-singles "Should I Leave", "Jusqu'au bout" and "Je te dédie", he will release his new single "Sometimes it rains" from the album Se Laisser Quelque Chose in May 2006 in France.
The Rat is a Yin,
and is the First sign of the Chinese horoscope.
AppealInfluenceThriftSociabilityIntellectual SkillCharisma
NervousnessVerbosityAcquisitivenessThirst for PowerGuileMeddling
Birthday: May 15, 1972
A sacrifice must be made in order to gain something of great value.
Abundance, fruitfulness and fertility; perhaps marriage or children.
Birthday: May 15, 2017
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I been spending perhaps way to much time getting to learn the Xen Cloud Platform over the last couple of weeks. I have been beating my brains the last couple of nights trying to figure out why certain features were not showing in XenCenter client. Why does XenCenter report that the license is going to expire in 30 days (even though XCP is FOSS). After a prolong search I came across mailing list with the answers I seek. Basically XenCenter treats XCP as a really old version of XenServer, even though XCP is based on XenServer 5.6 FP1. To get around this just do the following:
Create a new file in /etc/xensource/ and name it xapi_version_override
In this file place this value of 5.6.199 in it.
Now just restart XCP and next time you bring up XenCenter it will see XCP as 5.6.199. As for licensing, you can apparently apply the free license to XCP if you desire to. But in the end it is a none issue none functionality will be going away.
So GF and I had a trip up to zion for a couple friends' wedding. I must say that park is so photo worthy. Have to go back again and camp a couple nights next time. Any case we took a bunch of photos and I am pretty much forcing myself to get good at manual mode purely. I think I am getting the hang of it.
This photo was taken just outside of the junction to 89 and 89a. It just along the hill climb to page az.
The image is tad bit on the dark side, but I wanted to capture as much range as possible, so I did this on purpose.
This is the horseshoe bend in the Colorado river that I missed last time I was in page. That is Laura in the foreground.
I so need a wide angle lens
yep, wide angle please.
Now for a few pics within Zion national park.
yeah I got a lot of pics. This is only a small sample of them. This is on our trek back
We are just north of the bridge over glen canyon.
The new bridge over the canyon
We were on the old bridge
Looking down at the rafters, that is a long way down.
I need to upload photos from the other trip to California I had. Nice little festival at the Thai temple in Van Nuys. My little sister won second place.
Just got started (finally) on my next sub project. This will be a maelstrom-x housed in a rather wide enclosure and tuned to between 17 and 18Hz. I need to do some final math to get the tunning down.
Here is what the model of the box will look like.
Definitely less ambitious from what was originally envisioned. We'll see how the next build goes. For now I got a pile of fresh cut Baltic birch that needs some attention.
So I took my brother out to tempe for some practice with the camera gear. I wish I really had a body that can do high ISO cleanly like the Canon 7d or 5DMKII. It would make taking some of these shots much easy and cleaning looking. At least we got some good practice in low light situations with the full manual mods.
I post a few of the shots on my image hosting site.
A side note, Gallery 3 Beta 3 is turning out very nicely. Much quicker than beta 2 was. I look forward to the final release of this software.
I never did get around to posting a few pics of the arcade controller I have yet to complete. I got a lot of wiring left to do to the controller board, but I at least have the wiring completed for the buttons, joystick, and led lights.
Inside the stick
Near Finished
I finally got around to re wrapping my home theater sub with better adhesive and a different material. I also completed stain and paint of my Zaph Audio ZDT 3.5 towers
Sub Rewrapped
Back of right tower
Center Channel Front
Right Tower
Left Tower
Now I am thinking of what can be done better, what can I get improved with the sound. Unfortunately that costs a lot more money, so I will only think about it for now.
Took me a while to get around to posting this. First off, yes I am still seeking employment. I been on a few interviews, I just haven't gotten an offer yet. Beyond that I keep pretty busy. Here is what I have been done the last month.
Project AlanM. A friend of mine wanted to add a sub for his music listening purposes and make use of one of the three EHQS subs we got for cheap. So below are the pics of the build. It will sit under his desk and double as a foot rest, so the finished looks didn't matter to much.
You know there is a rule that you can never have to many clamps. Time and time again I have proven this to be true. I keep buying more clamps and I still manage to make use of them all. Any case on to the pics.
Here is our Sketchup drawing of the project.
The first few joints to be made.
The cutout where the sub will be placed.
Me running low on clamps
The first couple of bracings and back piece.
The sub hole cutout with out all the fun clamps.
The completed box with a relocated amp to the end of it. We were doing some late night testing while GF was fast asleep. Sounded pretty good for such a low cost woofer. Alan is pretty happy with the resulting sound, and that is what counts. Plus the foot rest part I hear is great ;).
Square port
side view
I got more to post, but that is it for this particular post.
Just recently helped a friend complete his first DIY subwoofer. He is happy with the sound so far and the design leaves room for a driver upgrade for even more output. I went and made this design a bit different as far as the looks go for the port. We went with a triangular shaped port instead of a slotted port or traditional round one. The port is going out the front and speaker itself is offset by an 1 off center to complement the look. For a $15 dollar sub, it sounds pretty good, it doesn't go to low, but does at least hit the 20hz area nicely.
Here are a few pics of the sub.
Clamping for the triangular port before cutting. That was a challenge to clamp. Only the first baffle has been attached so far.
Front of box with second baffle attached.
First coat of primmer applied. This really helps seal the MDF up, and makes getting rid of the fine lines easier. Granted there is a lot of sanding involved.
Back of box with sub amp hole cut out.
A closure look at the triangular port.
First coat of paint with cheap spray paint. (Note never use cheap spray paint, it sucks period)
Second coat with much better quality spray paint. It actually doesn't dry in the air.
Harley will need to upload the other photos he has on his camera. But that includes the final look with sating lacquer applied. Over all it sounds good, leaves some room for improvement and he is happy with the results.
So I came across an interesting thread over at Anandtech forums talking about Apples expose. This link came up in the thread that clones the expose functionality on windows. I must say it is pretty useful so far.


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Written by Paul McCartney during the sessions for The Beatles (a/k/a the "White Album"), "Let It Be" was inspired by a dream the singer had of his deceased mother, Mary, assuring him, amongst the turmoil of the Beatles' slow breakup, that everything would be all right. McCartney eventually transformed the song into a gospel-style number for the Get Back sessions that would eventually be released as the album Let It Be.

The earliest known performance of "Let It Be" occurred on January 3, 1969, during rehearsals for the LIB project. It was rehearsed over 38 times on January 8, 9, 25-27, 29, and 31, 1969; Take 27 from the 31st was used as the basis for the official release. That take featured the song's third verse, written on the spot by Paul after it was decided one was needed. On April 30, 1969, producer George Martin recorded a new solo from Harrison, although the single release of "Let It Be" would use the original solo from January 31, 1969.

On January 4, 1970, George recorded yet another guitar solo, which was meant to sync up with the earlier solo and play simultaneously (this idea was later scrapped). Martin added backing vocals from Linda McCartney, at the insistence of Paul, and the resultant mix, with the original solo only, became the "single version" of "Let It Be."

On March 26, 1970, producer Phil Spector—called in to save the Get Back/LIB project—remixed "Let It Be," adding his signature orchestra and choir. He used the more rocking January 4 solo instead, and also added an extra chorus at the end. This would become known as the "album version" of the song.

McCartney was very displeased with Spector's version, but had no say in the matter—the band was being managed by Allen Klein, a move that Paul disagreed with, leading him to sue for dissolution of the band, and therefore Klein was allowed to bring in Spector. In 2005, the original January 31 version, with original solo, was released on Let It Be... Naked, a stripped-down version of the original project.

Written by: Paul McCartney (100%) (credited as Lennon-McCartney)
Recorded: January 31, (Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London, England); April 30, 1969, January 4, 1970 (Studio 2, Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
Mixed: January 4 and 8, March 26, 1970
Length: 3:50 (single version), 4:01 (album version)
Takes: 30
Musicians: John Lennon: backing vocals, bass guitar (1964 Fender Bass VI)
Paul McCartney: lead vocals, piano (Bluthner Flugel Grand), electric piano (1968 Fender Rhodes)
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitars (1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster, 1966 Gibson Les Paul Standard SG)
Ringo Starr: drums (1968 Ludwig Hollywood Maple)
Billy Preston: organ (Hammond RT-3)
Linda McCartney: background vocals
Unknown overdubs: two trumpets, two trombones, one tenor sax, two cellos, choir

First released: March 6, 1970 (UK: Apple R5833), March 11, 1970 (US: Apple 2764)

Available on: (CDs in bold)

Let It Be, (US: Apple AR 34001, UK: Apple PX1, Apple PCS 7096, Parlophone CDP 7 46447 2)

The Beatles 1967-1970 (UK: Apple PCSP 718, US: Apple SKBO 3404, Apple CDP 0777 7 97039 2 0)

Past Masters Volume Two, (Parlophone CDP 7 90044 2)

The Beatles 1 (Apple CDP 7243 5 299702 2)

Highest chart position: US: 1 (two weeks beginning April 11, 1970); UK: 2 (April 11, 1970)

Trivia

It's often believed that the song's churchy feel, along with the "Mother Mary" reference, makes "Let It Be" a song about Christianity (specifically, Catholicism). Paul has made it plain that the Mary in the song is his mother, but the song is gospel-oriented in nature, leading many to continue to associate it with the religion. John picked up on the similarities: during the sessions, he says "...and now we'd like to do 'Hark The Angels Come'," a joke which was appended to the version on the original LP. (It's been suggested that John insisted on placing the vulgar folk song "Maggie Mae" after it on the LP as a way to deflate its solemnity.) Lennon has also claimed that McCartney wanted to "wanted to write a 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters'," referring to the gospel-based Simon and Garfunkel smash, but that song was written and recorded well after work had begun on "Let It Be."

Paul's endless retakes of this song drove the band to distraction and caused a famous row with George which is captured in the Let It Be film; when Paul instructs George on how to play the solo, the guitarist snaps, "OK, well, I don't mind. I'll play whatever you want me to play or I won't play at all if you don't want me to play. Whatever it is that'll please you, I'll do it." John also pointedly asks "Are we supposed to giggle in the solo?"

There's some dispute over the second, more rocking guitar solo recorded on January 4, 1970, with some attributing it to Paul or even John. The evidence suggests Harrison recorded both, however.

This is only the second (and final) Beatles single released in the UK with a picture sleeve, the other being "Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane."

Aretha Franklin's version of "Let It Be," from the album This Girl's In Love With You, was actually released two full months before the Beatles' version.

The healing nature of this song has made it useful for charity events: in 1987, McCartney organized a group called "Ferry Aid" to perform a version of this song to benefit victims of the recent Zeebrugge Ferry disaster in London. After 9/11, Paul closed the benefit show "The Concert For New York" with a singalong of this song that featured the night's other musical guests along with NYPD and NYFD members.

"Let It Be" was the first Beatles song released in the Soviet Union, arriving in 1972. In 2003 Paul McCartney, in preparation for a Red Square concert, gave a private performance of this song to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

Sesame Street did a well-known parody of this song called "Letter B."

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"Love" "Life" "Faith"
"Erected by wife"
Died Feb 28, 1917
Aged 25Ys 7Ms
"Gone but not forgotten"
"Such was his end, a calm release,
No clingings to this mortal clod.
He closed his eyes, and stood in peace,
Before a smiling God."
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Daisy Rock sponsors LACAAW Event: Artists sign donated guitar for fund-raiser: All members of The Offspring, Gene Simmons, Social Distortion, Alice Cooper and more...
LACAAW\'s 31st Annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner10/04/2002
Daisy Rock Girl Guitars has donated a Daisy Rock guitar to LACAAW (Los Angeles Commision on Assaults Against Women) for a fund raiser event, the 31st Annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner. It\'s been signed by all members of The Offspring, Gene Simmons, Social D, and Alice Cooper.
The guitar was one of the highest sellers at this event!
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The World Boxing Council heavyweight championship boxing match between Bermane "B. Ware" Stiverne and Chris "The Nightmare" Arreola produced an 0.8 overnight Nielsen rating for ESPN, the highest-rated fight on any ESPN network since 2003.
Stiverne defeated Arreola on a sixth-round TKO, making him the first boxer of Haitian descent to win a heavyweight title. It's the highest rating since a Monte Barrett-Eric Kirkland bout on Oct. 3, 2003, on ESPN2 (1.3).


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Snow continues to fall across northern Wisconsin, while rain is still impacting the Chippewa Valley.
Snowfall totals will be the highest in our northwest counties where this has been a mostly snow event. A large swath of 6-10" has already fallen with some areas of 10-14" in Polk, Burnett, Washburn, Sawyer, and Price Counties. The snowfall amounts really drop off quickly as you head south towards I-94. Check out the forecast snowfall breakdown below.
Here are some of the snowfall reports:
15.0" Minong [Washburn]
12.5" Radisson [Sawyer]
10.0" Hayward [Sawyer]
10.0" Phillips [Price]
9.2" Spooner [Washburn]
8.0" Frederic [Polk]
7.0" Cumberland [Polk]
6.2" Ladysmith [Rusk]
6.0" Haugen [Barron]
6.0" Seeley [Sawyer]
5.3" Bruce [Rusk]
5.0" Balsam Lake [Polk]
5.0" Park Falls [Price]
3.0" Amery [Polk]
2.0" Lublin [Taylor]
1.0" Clear Lake [Polk]
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