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Drawing on the whole body of C.S. Lewis' published fiction and non-fiction, as well as previously unpublished letters, Richard Purtill offers a clear, comprehensive assessment of Lewis' defense of Christianity. He examines Lewis' thinking on religion in light of contemporary thought, giving attention to such central issues as: the nature of God, the divinity of Christ, the manifestation of miracles in history, the challenge of faith, the meaning of death and the afterlife. C.S. Lewis' Case for the Christian Faith is an excellent introduction to Lewis's best thinking on the major themes of the Christian tradition. Those who know his writing will find a new appreciation of his "Christian imagination" and a deep respect for his distinctive contribution to an understanding of Christianity.
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KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani transporters who carry NATO supplies to land-locked Afghanistan have gone on strike, disrupting the flow of goods to Western forces in a protest against a new customs regime aimed at cutting theft.
A spokesman for Afghanistan's NATO-led force declined to comment on how the strike might affect supplies. When Pakistan previously blocked supplies it cost $100 million extra a month to send supplies on longer, alternate routes, U.S. officials said at the time.
The All Pakistan Goods Transportation Association has been unofficially blockading 4,000 vehicles carrying supplies to and from coalition forces in Afghanistan for the past six days.
The truckers are protesting against a new government-imposed system that will require truckers to go through authorized companies to carry NATO supplies instead of making individual deals. The system is designed to cut down on theft.
Transporters say that will hurt their business and they have announced that operations would remain suspended until the system is scrapped.
"We will continue striking as long as our demands aren't met," transporter Abdul Ghafaaz Niazi said on Wednesday.
"Custom collectorate officials are corrupt. We won't listen to them. If they want to lose billions of rupees every day, they can."
Syed Shams Ahmed Burney, chairman of the All Pakistan Custom Bonded Carriers Association, said the transporters' demands were impractical.
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1984 film by Richard Fleischer
Conan the Destroyer (Universal Studios, 1984) is a feature length film based on the character Conan created by Robert E. Howard.
- Directed by: Richard Fleischer.Written by: Roy Thomas, and Gerry Conway
- Into the boat!
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- My cousin's sister's brother never said anything about bars.
- "Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms laid spread across the world. Hither came Conan the Cimerrian, sword in hand. It is I, his chronicler, who knows well his saga. Now, let me tell you of the days of high adventure..."
- Jehnna: I go where I feel myself led.
- Conan: So I've noticed.
- Jehnna: I suppose nothing hurts you.
- Conan: Only pain.
- Malak: I think we made the merchant angry.
- Conan: Are you surprised?
- Malak: But we didn't steal everything he had!
- Conan: We didn't have time.
- Malak: Why are they trying to kill us?
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- Jehnna: How do you attract a man? What I mean is, suppose you set your heart on somebody. What would you do to get him?
- Zula: Grab him! And take him!
- Jehnna: Conan! There are six of them against her!
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- Grace Jones — Zula
- Wilt Chamberlain — Bombatta
- Olivia D'Abo — Princess Jehnna
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Steamboat Springs The asphalt surface of the parking area at Emerald Park is perfectly suited for holding cars.
During the summer, spring and fall, the lot is full of cars left there by owners who are off playing or coaching soccer and baseball. Or the owners might be off enjoying the playground or the Botanic Park, or simply watching one of several games that normally take place on any given day.
But last Friday, members of the Steamboat Springs girls' soccer team used the space to prove that all you need to hold a successful practice is coaches, players and soccer balls.
They showed that grass is optional as long as you have a place like Emerald Park -- or at least the asphalt surface of its parking lot.
The surface may be a little bit harder and more unforgiving than a traditional practice field, but it seemed perfectly suited for passing, dribbling or any other assorted drill coach Rob Bohlmann could dream up.
The upside of asphalt is that it doesn't have to be watered in drought years. The bad news is that Bohlmann's players end up scratched and bruised should they take a tumble while battling for a loose ball.
Sure, the players probably would prefer grass, but the absence of cars in the parking lot is a pretty good indication that green grass is more than a few warm days away.
Until the snow melts, the sports teams at the high school will have to make the most of parking lots, carpeted hallways and school gyms.
But then, making due is as much a part of spring sports here in Steamboat as traveling to play games during the first two-thirds of the season. By the time area fields have shed the winter snow, most sports teams will be eyeing the playoffs.
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I've watched hurdlers run at full speed in the hallways of the school.
I've ducked to avoid being hit by a wild baseball thrown in the tight quarters of the high school gym.
And I've had a half dozen coaches explain to me that several feet of snow is not an excuse for losing.
The one thing I've learned about spring sports is that kids just want to get out and play -- even if it's kicking a ball around in the parking lot.
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A press release posted on Daily Kos, by Barret Brown, who claims extensive contacts with the collective, says, "Anonymous as never been known to have engaged in credit card theft." The release also says that the perpetrator could have left a 'calling card' to frame the group's members.
Sony was hit with a massive cyber attack on April 19, which resulted in the theft of details for nearly 100 million users of the PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Online. Credit card details for millions of users were also taken. Sony has said that the attack displayed a high level of sophistication, and that it came right on the heels of a distributed denial of service attack that took Sony's PlayStation Network offline for a few hours.


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New scientific evidence, including DNA analysis conducted at one of the world's foremost molecular genetics laboratories, as well as studies by leading scholars, suggests a 2,000-year-old Jerusalem tomb could have once held the remains of Jesus of Nazareth and his family. The findings also suggest that Jesus and Mary Magdalene might have produced a son named Judah.
The DNA findings, alongside statistical conclusions made about the artifacts -- originally excavated in 1980 -- open a potentially significant chapter in Biblical archaeological history.
A documentary presenting the evidence, "The Lost Tomb of Jesus," will premiere on the Discovery Channel on March 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The documentary comes from executive producer James Cameron and director Simcha Jacobovici.
The Talpiot Tomb
On March 28, 1980, a construction crew developing an apartment complex in Talpiot, Jerusalem, uncovered a tomb, which archaeologists from the Israeli Antiquities Authority excavated shortly thereafter. Archaeologist Shimon Gibson surveyed the site and drew a layout plan. Scholar L.Y. Rahmani later published "A Catalogue of Jewish Ossuaries" that described 10 ossuaries, or limestone bone boxes, found in the tomb.
Scholars know that from 30 B.C. to 70 A.D., many people in Jerusalem would first wrap bodies in shrouds after death. The bodies were then placed in carved rock tombs, where they decomposed for a year before the bones were placed in an ossuary.
Five of the 10 discovered boxes in the Talpiot tomb were inscribed with names believed to be associated with key figures in the New Testament: Jesus, Mary, Matthew, Joseph and Mary Magdalene. A sixth inscription, written in Aramaic, translates to "Judah Son of Jesus."
"Such tombs are very typical for that region," Aaron Brody, associate professor of Bible and archaeology at the Pacific School of Religion and director of California's Bade Museum told Discovery News.
Ossuary Inscriptions
At least four leading epigraphers have corroborated the ossuary inscriptions for the documentary, according to the Discovery Channel.
Frank Moore Cross, a professor emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, told Discovery News, "The inscriptions are from the Herodian Period (which occurred from around 1 B.C. to 1 A.D.). The use of limestone ossuaries and the varied script styles are characteristic of that time."
Jodi Magness, associate department chair of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told Discovery News that, based on the New Testament writings, "Jesus likely lived during the first century A.D."
In addition to the "Judah son of Jesus" inscription, which is written in Aramaic on one of the ossuaries, another limestone burial box is labeled in Aramaic with "Jesus Son of Joseph." Another bears the Hebrew inscription "Maria," a Latin version of "Miriam," or, in English, "Mary." Yet another ossuary inscription, written in Hebrew, reads "Matia," the original Hebrew word for "Matthew." Only one of the inscriptions is written in Greek. It reads, "Mariamene e Mara," which can be translated as, "Mary known as the master."
Francois Bovon, professor of the history of religion at Harvard University, told Discovery News, "Mariamene, or Mariamne, probably was the actual name given to Mary Magdalene."
Bovon explained that he and a colleague discovered a fourteenth century copy in Greek of a fourth century text that contains the most complete version of the "Acts of Philip" ever found. Although not included in the Bible, the "Acts of Philip" mentions the apostles and Mariamne, sister of the apostle Philip.
"When Philip is weak, she is strong," Bovon said. "She likely was a great teacher who even inspired her own sect of followers, called Mariamnists, who existed from around the 2nd to the 3rd century."
DNA Analysis
Jacobovici, director, producer and writer of "The Lost Tomb of Jesus," and his team obtained two sets of samples from the ossuaries for DNA and chemical analysis. The first set consisted of bits of matter taken from the "Jesus Son of Joseph" and "Mariamene e Mara" ossuaries. The second set consisted of patina -- a chemical film encrustation on one of the limestone boxes.
The human remains were analyzed by Carney Matheson, a scientist at the Paleo-DNA Laboratory at Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada. Mitochondrial DNA examination determined the individual in the Jesus ossuary and the person in the ossuary linked to Mary Magdalene were not related.
Since tombs normally contain either blood relations or spouses, Jacobovici and his team suggest it is possible Jesus and Mary Magdalene were a couple. "Judah," whom they indicate may have been their son, could have been the "lad" described in the Gospel of John as sleeping in Jesus' lap at the Last Supper.
Robert Genna, director of the Suffolk County Crime Laboratory in New York, analyzed both the patina taken from the Talpiot Tomb and chemical residue obtained from the "James" ossuary, which was also found around 1980, but subsequently disappeared and resurfaced in the antiquities market. Although controversy surrounds this burial box, Genna found that the two patinas matched.
"The samples were consistent with each other," Genna told Discovery News.
Upon examining the tomb, the filmmakers determined a space exists that would have fit the "James" ossuary. Given the patina match and this observation, Jacobovici theorizes the lost burial box could, in fact, be the "James" ossuary.
Statistical Data
A possible argument against the Talpiot Tomb being the Jesus Family Tomb is that the collection of names on the ossuary inscriptions could be coincidental.
But Andrey Feuerverger, professor of statistics and mathematics at the University of Toronto, recently conducted a study addressing the probabilities that will soon be published in a leading statistical journal.
Feuerverger multiplied the instances that each name appeared during the tomb's time period with the instances of every other name. He initially found "Jesus Son of Joseph" appeared once out of 190 times, Mariamne appeared once out of 160 times and so on.
To be conservative, he next divided the resulting numbers by 25 percent, a statistical standard, and further divided the results by 1,000 to attempt to account for all tombs -- even those that have not been uncovered -- that could have existed in first century Jerusalem.
The study concludes that the odds are at least 600 to 1 in favor of the Talpiot Tomb being the Jesus Family Tomb. In other words, the conclusion works 599 times out of 600.
Another Tomb?
The researchers discovered a second, as-yet unexplored tomb about 65 1/2 feet from the Talpiot Tomb. During the documentary, they introduced a robotic camera into this second tomb, which captured the first-ever recorded footage of an undisturbed burial cave from Jesus' time. The team speculates that this other tomb could contain the remains of additional family members, or even disciples, though further examination and analysis are needed.
In the meantime, Discovery has set up a special Web site to provide related in-depth information and to allow viewers to come to their own conclusions about the entire matter.
As Academy Award-winner Cameron said in a press release, "It doesn't get bigger than this. We've done our homework; we've made the case; and now it's time for the debate to begin."
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EF Education First Office Named One of The "World's Coolest" by Inc.com
SHANGHAI, Dec. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When Inc.com asked its Facebook community to vote for the world's coolest offices, EF Education First's (EF) Chinese headquarters made the short list of inspired workplaces around the world. EF Shanghai, heralded as a "cozy, four story outpost" in the heart of the city's busy Jing'An district, features natural materials infused with surprise elements like a living wall of greenery and stylized bird cage meeting rooms.
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"At EF, we want our spaces to reflect the creativity and variety of the EF global community," said Fiona Kennedy, EF's in-house designer. "For EF Shanghai, we chose to create an environment that best supports its nearly 800 staff members, including linguists, scientists, technologists, academics and developers."
The 91,500-square-foot space, designed by architect Felix Bonnier of DPWT Design Limited, includes a curvilinear staircase, hardwood floors and stylish recessed lighting. Additional design accents include a set of monkey bars and a rock-climbing wall, which are playful nods to the space's former gymnasium-use.
EF's approach to workspace design consistently receives accolades and awards from global office design authorities. In addition to the nod from Inc.com, EF Moscow recently won Russia's annual national award for outstanding business space solutions from Office Next Moscow; and EF's recent groundbreaking for an expanded North American headquarters in Boston may be the company's most ambitious architectural project to date. Set to open in 2014, the 300,000-square-foot complex will feature a striking glass "waterfall" cascading down its façade, as well as tiered outdoor seating that will wrap the exterior of the building.
Established in 1965 with the mission to break down barriers of language, culture and geography, EF Education First is the world's leading international education company. EF has helped millions of students learn a new language and travel abroad. With a network of 400 schools and offices worldwide, EF specializes in language training, educational travel, academic degrees, and cultural exchange programs. EF is the Official Language Supplier of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi 2014. EF published the groundbreaking English Proficiency Index to measure the English ability of adults in different countries and cities across the world.
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Tropical Fish Keeping - Aquarium fish care and resources
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goldfish tank Byron let me ask you: 29 gallon 700gph of filtration, no plants 1 Common goldfish 3" (commons on his way out of the tank any day) 1 fantail goldfish 1.5" 1 Black Moor 1" Since i don't have any plants, i noticed someone on here is selling Malaysian Trumpet Snails...could i use those to stir up the substrate, eat my algae and kinda take the place of plants? |
I moved your post to start its own thread as it is getting off topic from the bacteria aritcle. I'll leave the tank size for these goldfish to those with experience in that area to comment. To the question about the snails then. Nothing takes the place of plants except the filter, sort of. Snails will help with algae and organics in planted or non-planted, and help keep the substrate cleaner. |
Yah i'm not too worried about the size, the reason i ask is about gravel vacuuming and the thread you posted...avoiding graveling vacuuming would make my two weekly 50% water changes much easier! |
If I remember right he/she is going to be moveing the common in the Spring to a pond, and is going to be keeping just the other two in the 29 gallon so he/she will be ok. I still think you should vaccume the substrate because I do not think the snails will eat the poo that the goldies make. |
Currently the Common does add to the bio-load, but its not stay in this tank long term |
I have not had good experience with goldfish and snails. It seems like anything I add they like to munch on. I tried some larger ramshorns from my pond: gone in a day. The pond snails didn't even get a chance to hit the bottom. I tried MTS because they mostly stay in the substrate and only venture to the walls at night; I might have one or two left in the tank. It seems like any snail that is too large to fit in their mouths doesn't keep the algae under control like I'd want, and any snail that keeps the algae under control just gets eaten as soon as its seen. For algae control I think you are better off just scrubbing the walls. Bottom line: with a goldfish tank there is no way you can get away with not vacuuming the gravel at least once a week. |
:) Glad I can help. Snails are a sore point between me and my goldfish. <_< You might be able to try some larger ramshorns. Maybe if your little guys grow up with them, the snails won't be seen as food. The brown stuff is the easy stuff to wipe off. I have the kind of algae that only comes off with a LOT of elbow grease. x_x As far as goldfish poop, its a great indicator of health. Ideally you want their poops to be short and about the same color as the food. Long stringy poops are a sign of poor quality food. Air bubbles in poop are a big no-no! I know some people will giggle at the thought of fish farts, but it is not laughing matter for your fish. Those air bubbles mean your fish isn't the one in control of the buoyancy and will cause them stress. Thus ends a short lesson on goldfish poop. To clear up the extra food problem, try feeding them smaller amounts throughout the day. I feed my guys 3 times a day. When I eat, they eat. I hand feed them to make sure everyone gets a fair share. |
On snails... Now, I don't have Goldfish, so I don't know... but could snails coexist if they were larger snails with tougher shells? Ponds and Ramshorns are small and have pretty brittle shells. Would Nerites (personal fav, little piggies!) or Mysteries work any better? |
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MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Republican Party is launching a statewide voter registration drive for the first time in more than a decade.
The Republican Party said Monday that hundreds of volunteers are being dispatched across the state to register people.
Republican Party executive director Joe Fadness says, "It's time to get back to neighbor-to-neighbor contact, and this effort is part of our plan to build strong, community-centric organizations."
The state party has already opened eight field offices as part of its effort to be prepared for the 2014 election.
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate says, "No voter registration drive can erase the fact that Scott Walker Republicans have intentionally made it harder for eligible seniors, students and minorities to exercise their right to vote."
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Logistics: Lecture/Discussion: 2 hours, 10-12 AM Friday
- Literature Review 30%
- Group Project 60%
- Class Participation 10%
Office hours: contact Jeffrey Dietrich to arrange a meeting
Tentative Schedule
- 1/19 Introduction, Basis for Synthetic Biology - Jay Keasling
- 1/26 Modeling and Design of Synthetic Systems - Adam Arkin
- Genetic models, stochastic and continuous simulations, adaption of circuit methods to SB.
- 2/9 Jay Keasling
- 2/9 Design of Tumor-Killing Bacteria - John (Chris) Anderson
- ASSIGNMENT (Due 2/16): email Jeff with your three top choices for topics to lead in literature review group discussion. If there is a topic outside of those provided you may list it as well.
Literature Review Assignment
Every student will be required to lead one class discussion over selected readings/topics assigned for that week. Discussions are meant to last approximately one hour and will occur following conclusion of the day's lecture. Readings for that week's discussion will assigned, but discussion leaders are encouraged to contact the GSI if they find readings they feel are appropriate for that week's topic. If there are suggestions on the readings, please contact the GSI at least one week prior to the scheduled date so that the appropriate files can be uploaded to the wiki for class use. The format is of one's own choosing (powerpoint, chalk talk, class debate, etc), but should attempt to bring a number of different perspectives to the table. This class is multi-disciplinary, and the discussions should touch on issues in ethics, policy, business, in adddition to science when applicable.
- Lecture 1/19 - no discussion
- Lecture 1/26 - no discussion
- Lecture 2/2 - no discussion
- Lecture 2/9: Introduction to Synthetic Biology #1
- Lecture 2/16: Introduction to Synthetic Biology #2
- Additional Topics (Presentation dates to be announced)
- Metabolic Engineering
- Genetic Circuits
- Protein Engineering
- Computational Design of a Biologically Active Enzyme [[12]]
- BioBricks
- Ethics in Synthetic Biology
- Business and Synthetic Biology (articles to be posted shortly)
Group Project Ideas
- Dual-use strategies: Identify a synthetic biology "platform" or product with "dual-use" applications for both developed and developing country markets
- Energy: What is the energy balance of proposed schemes to produce biofuels from genetically-engineered organisms? What are the relevant technical targets that would need to be met for bioenergy to make sense from an economic and thermodynamic point of view?
- Marine biotechnology: Marine natural products represent a largely untapped and promising resource for drug development. As scientists with the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution observe:
The marine environment may contain over 80% of the world's plant and animal species, and during the past decade over 5000 novel compounds have been isolated from marine organisms. The diversity of chemical compounds in the marine environment may be due in part to the extreme competition among organisms for space and resources … It is hypothesized that sessile marine organisms (for example, sponges, octocorals, tunicates and algae), have developed a diverse array of chemical compounds known as "secondary metabolites" or natural products for defense and competition.
It is worth noting that this research group alone has discovered 235 bioactive compounds and has had over 117 patents issued over the last 10 years.
Researchers in synthetic biology may be in a position to increase the payoff from this research. Once pharmaceuticals (or possibly specialty chemicals) have been derived from marine natural products, "synthetic biology" approaches developed at Berkeley could lower the cost of producing them at high volumes. This, in turn, would increase the economic and social value that we place on marine biodiversity, in addition to its incalculable intrinsic value. Potential projects:
a. Develop a list of the most promising pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, etc. that could be biosynthetically derived using genes from marine organisms. Identify current stage of commercialization. [Examples discussed in the literature include: a cancer therapy made from algae; a painkiller derived from the toxins in cone snail venom; anti-viral drugs Ara-A and AAZT and anti-cancer agent Ara-C developed from a Caribbean coral reef sponge; and Dolostatin 10 (extracted from an Indian Ocean sea hare and undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of breast cancer, tumours, and leukemia. A publication called Natural Products Report has review articles on marine and other natural products. See http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/NP/index.asp
b. Determine whether any of these are candidates for cost-effective biosynthesis using existing platforms (e.g. pathways for isoprenoids)?
c. Does an analysis of possible high-value marine products for biosynthesis suggest new pathways that would produce precursors for a broad range of them?
d. What models exist to re-invest some of the revenue generated from marine products into marine biodiversity efforts?


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Staff were very friendly and ready to help over and above their call of duty. Food was excellent and quantity of food was more than enough. There was no way downstairs from the First floor to the reception are due to ongoing renovations.
Good large room recently upgraded Terrible food and ongoing renovation work in Public areas very poor reception area
Everything. The staff were courteous, friendly, extremely helpful and spoke excellent English. The breakfast choice was very good and in my opinion, catered to all tastes. I was allocated one of the re-furbished rooms which was warm and very comfortable and had a view towards the Sava River. The location was in walking distance of an excellent pedestrian mall lined with boutique shops. A short taxi ride takes you to Usce shopping center which is clean and modern. Cheaper shops are to be found in sidestreets and all are well stocked. Although only spending 4 days in the hotel, I felt a twinge of sadness at having to continue on my journey as I had immensely enjoyed my stay. In my opinion, some of the views on the hotel website were unfairly negative.
location, view from the room, wifi (and it was working well), atmosphere of the hotel. Room was smaller than I expected. Shower but no bathtub. renovation still going on. reception is hidden. lower staircase is a maze. Hope that renovation is finished soon!
Location and staff Small room
rooms are a little bit small
My room had been refurbished to a high standard so I appreciated this comfort. The lobby and public areas of the hotel need to have similar refurbishment as they look down at heel. There was no proper alternative to a cooked breakfast.
Hotel location communist era service; communist era food.
A very traditional eastern European feel, and it is very centrally located in Belgrade - easy access to everything.
Great location in the centre of the town. A bit run-down but very quaint and endearing, with beautiful stained glass windows and murals. Free wireless internet a bonus. Breakfast was perfectly fine. Staff tended to be a bit brusque but I suspect this is partly the Serbian way - they were always responsive to my requests however. I would be happy to stay there again No gym or pool
Room was good, building very interesting. The bed was extremely comfortable. Wireless internet the fastest we have experienced anywhere. 1. They really should sort out their non smoking floors and policy. 2. Tourists may like to drink tea. It does not mean they are sick. They would like to have tea made from hot hot hot water and nice good brew. It seems a difficult thing to acquire. 3. At payment stage there was an issue with booking.com rate. Apparently they renovated the rooms and felt they should charge more. This is another thing that must be sorted out before it is a grand hotel that it should be.
Best lacation and reasonable price other things are normal standard
Reception (temporary, but could be better.
The only thing great about this hotel is its location - when you step out of the hotel you find yourself on the main bulevard. There is nothing to like about this Hotel. Bathroom was full of mould, water from the pipe was yellow, stuff poorly speaks any other language than serbian and really unfriendly, you have to pay for the "secured" garage" just to find you car scratched the other day. The price for the room is extremely overvalued.
location, something traditional
just down town !
Hotel is located in the center of the Belgrade, great position for discovering the city. Unfortunatley hotel does not deserve 4 stars, the rooms are big, but the furniture is outdated. Rooms have air conditioning, but they should be renewed. Also breakfast would deserve more three stars than four. The staff is friendly but I would expect better rooms for the rank of a hotel although I must addmit that the price of the room reflects the quality. I would estimate it to 3 stars or less.
it was modern and design hotel. Room was big and new. WC with Shower ist big as well. So we like too much and relaxed an that weekend. we will stay again there. It is in the heart of belgrad centar, so we were very close to the shopping, restaurants, cafes, bars, and diskos area. it directly ont TRG Republica. Breakfast-Buffet was wonderful and perfect! No Wi-Fi in the Room, and No Wi-Fi in the Lobby, just in the Restaurant from Hotel was Wi-Fi there, and it was for free as well.
Location and cleanliness of the room Restaurant and front desk people sometime were unkind
Very clean hotel, the newst in the city I think, only 4 months open. Perfect location and very good breakfast. The staff were very pleasant and helpful Problem with the tv
Nice design of the room & bathroom, very clean, located on the main shopping street (but no street noise in the room due to good isolation), mostly surprised my the good quality, service and atmosphere in the restaurant / wine-bar - with live-music, all was excellent. I had a problem switching on the TV, but was too tired to ask for assistance and chose to go to sleep in the comfortable bed instead :-)
Ideal location. Great service. Exceptionally clean Some problems with the working of the TV
Location in the hart of old part of Belgrade where you have pedestrians under you eye walking in the shops arround the area and only 10min walk to the castles. Great ambience. Spa and pool would be the ultimate desire of a demanding person :)
Room and hotel staff The absence of restaurant and bar
The hotel is very well furnished, with modern and spacious decor. The staff are very friendly and attentive. It is situated within the heart of the shopping and entertainment district. I would highly recommend this hotel.
The hotel design is lovely and is very peaceful while being in the fantastic spot for downtown Belgrade. Staff are very helpful and take care of your personal needs. The hotel is very clean and extremly well equipped in comparison with other Belgrade hotels.
Owner and staff very helpful. A delightfuf hotel in a very central location NO
Very helpful reception staff and clean, reasonable 2 star style room with aircon but windows would not close. Located in pleasant part of city very close to centre, restaurants and parks Almost no facilities apart from room, no sign of elegant areas shown on hotel's website, band playing and singing outside room until 1 am. Limited breakfast choice in grim bar area, however, the food was good. Very hard to find, no signage in English and does not look like a hotel.
It has a splendid location on the 'Bohemian' Skardalija street which is crammed with bars and restaurants, all at reasonable prices - and there are less touristy venues all around too. Very friendly staff and modest but clean rooms.
The staff is very kind. No
Great Location and Incredible Service from Staff.
Very friendly and helpful staff.
Perfect location unside of nightlife-city, very nice girls on reception, useful neighbourship with restaurant. A feeling like you are using simply a flat in the city. Excellent for short stay to have fun in Belgrade ;) Entrance door :) The smell of he restaurant kitchen on the 2nd floor
Superb town, very good location, nice people, wonderfool food! Do not think twice, go to Belgrade! Problems with the parking place.
very friendly welcome, great central location, clean facilities
Clean rooms, very amable reception lady, near to many restaurants, good if you want to stay in the middle of the city. Very old building, a little smelly, it is not reallya hotel but a pension, the breakfast available quite late, no parking. space of the hotel.
in the middle of old, historical, boemic part of Belgrade no telephone in the room, very small bathroom


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Lot 38: Lady's 18K White Gold Movado Wrist Watch, 17 Jewels, Running Condition,
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These Bullets are "fight" free, as I'll have some thoughts on last night's scuffles coming later this morning.
- Gordon Wittenmyer asked Dale Sveum to name the players currently on the roster that he's confident will be on the roster Opening Day 2013. He could come up with only nine names: Starlin Castro, Anthony Rizzo, Jeff Samardzija, James Russell, Alfonso Soriano, David DeJesus, Darwin Barney, Matt Garza and Welington Castillo. No Carlos Marmol? No Travis Wood? Could have been mere oversights, or an acknowledgement that the Cubs will be shopping Marmol (they will), and could make huge changes in the rotation (I wouldn't be willing to call Wood a lock, either, and I like Wood). And then there are young guys like Brett Jackson and Josh Vitters, who very well could be back at AAA to start next year.
- Dale Sveum on his ejection two nights ago (after home plate umpire Larry Vanover "eyeballed" him): "Sometimes it takes a lot for me to get that worked up about something. I am a very patient guy, so that's one thing I've got going for me. But I'm not going to lie, patience can only go so far sometimes too. You do snap, but usually when I do it, not too many people are going to see it except maybe the individual." I don't think I'd like to see Sveum snap.
- Sveum says the Cubs are working with Josh Vitters, but, so far, the youngster is having trouble translating what he learns with the coaches into his actual performance in the games. "I think it's like anything, adjustments have to be applied in the game," Sveum said, per ESPNChicago. "We can do all the batting practice and teaching all we want, but if it isn't applied in the game. That's where you have to start evaluating. Can people apply it and make adjustments on the fly in a game?" Nudge, Josh. Nudge.
- Sveum says he doesn't sleep all that well right now, but he's not worried about how he'll be evaluated after the season. Instead, Sveum says he's just focused on teaching and keeping his coaches' spirits up.
- VFTB interviewed Jim Callis about the Cubs' farm system, and Christian Villanueva, Juan Carlos Paniagua, Albert Almora, Junior Lake, Matt Szczur and more come in for discussion. The most interesting bit is probably where Callis guessed – admitting it's early – that Villanueva would crack the Cubs' top 5 prospects when he gets around to ranking. Lock that into your memory bank for a prospect post coming later today.
- The MLBullets at BCB discuss Brandon McCarthy's brain surgery and recovery. All appropriate thoughts and/or prayers go out to him and his family. He took a line drive off of his head on Wednesday, in case you missed it (and, having seen it, let me suggest you are probably better off missing it).


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Lloyd's Mariposa Cactus (Sclerocactus mariposensis)
- Other Names
- Mariposa Cactus, Golfball Cactus, Lloyd's Fishhook Cactus, Silver Column Cactus, Mariposa Viszagita, Mariposa Lloyd's Cactus, Lloyd's Mariposa
- Texas Status
- Threatened
- U.S. Status
- Threatened, Listed 11/06/1979
- Description
- This is a small, rounded cactus with single stems up to 4 inches tall.
- Life History
- As with most cacti, this species has been over collected. Large tracts of land in the vicinity of the Mariposa Mine have been wiped clean of all cacti except pricklypears, dog cholla, and tasajillo, by the hired hands of cactus collector entrepreneurs. These "business people" have the cacti dumped in large piles to be sorted later for sale. Many of the cacti die while in the pile, or during shipment. Many others die due to improper care by well-meaning individuals who are ignorant of the special requirements of cacti.
- Habitat
- Lloyd's mariposa cactus thrives in creosote-lechuguilla shrublands on rocky, gravelly soils (mostly derived from the largely limestone Boquillas Formation) on arid slopes and flats in the Chihuahuan Desert.
- Distribution
- This species is found in Brewster County in Texas, and the state of Coahuila in Mexico. In Texas, it is known from about 30 sites, many within Big Bend National Park and Black Gap Wildlife Management Area.
- Other
- Although the common name of this species is the Spanish word for butterfly, the cactus is actually named after the locality where it was first discovered, the Mariposa Mine in southern Brewster County.


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Editor's Note:On Feb. 20, 2013, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in favor of defendant Lamar Evans in the case detailed below.
"I'm gratified the Court reaffirmed the principle it had recognized for over a century: an acquittal, whether by a judge or jury, is final and the State cannot put a citizen through the ordeal of a retrial following an acquittal simply by identifying errors in the trial leading to the acquittal," said Prof. David Moran, who argued the case before the Supreme Court in November. "To put it simply, it's the State that puts people on trial, and the Double Jeopardy Clause stands for the proposition that it is the State, not the citizen, who must bear the risk that mistakes are made during that trial."
Prof. Richard Friedman was one of Prof. Moran's co-counsels on the case.
By John MassonOct. 30, 2012
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how big are you trying to go, or are you just trying to use a roller for a fill
how big are you trying to go, or are you just trying to use a roller for a fill
well rollers are probably one of the easiest ways to get up. Theres nothing really tip wise that isn't common sense... wear clothes you dont mind paint splattering on and if ur gonna be close to the wall/painting high spots, where a hat/beany/shirt or somethin on your head so u dont get paint on your face or in your hizzair... other than that rollers are pretty straight forward
ergh! this brings back bad memories. i got bucket paint in my eye coz i was using an extension to paint high. that bitch freakin hurt! i had a red eye for about a couple weeks and i couldn't open it too much, and it was watering all the time and shit... fucking hated it... i dont wannaa remember lol
but yeah, ribcage said it all right
dont forget to take an extra bag to put your messy shit back in when u wanna go home
plastic bags are great for that, ive left rollers tied up in a wal mart bag for more than a week, and when i took it out, it was still wet, cleaned up just like it wouldve had it been fresh.
Can someone help me choose my tag?
I need something to go along with the letters B, R, and K only because I'm really comfortable adding style and flow to those letters.. I could just put BRK, but I don't wanna seem like a gang or something..
karb, krab, bark... barak?
practice some A letters and you're good eh ? ^_^
yep yep, when doin something similar i had long hair and got a bunch of paint in it without noticing, changed my shirt and pants, started walking down the street, got stopped by mrs piggy, she asked what i was painting i said i didnt know what she was talking about, but blue paint in the hair was a dead give away
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Well im getting confused by the caps which i need to get my head around before i go out trying throwups. Ive looked on the net,and what i found is "grey dot is the skinniest,pink dot is the fattest". Does that apply to all brands? Also does the shape or colour of the cap itself determine anything or just the colour of the doughnut where the paint comes out of?
i reckon the maclaim cap is the skinniest cap around and the level 5 gold cap is the fattest... but when it comes to throws, you wont be needing any skinny caps. those are more for piecing, especially when you're intrested in fine detailed work.
and no the shape or color of caps dont determine anything. I could lay out all kinds of caps in front of you and you wouldn't be able to know which is which, except for the calligraphy cap coz its nozzle looks like a line, but you're gona have to try your caps out to find out which is which if this is your first few times, then you'll just get used to em and automatically know that pink and orange dots are fat caps for example.
trial and error is always the best way to go.
it would help also if you can get your hands on Eaz1's dvd "the future of graffiti". there's a section only about the different caps and how to use them and stuff, that movie's very informative and helpful. highly recommended.
hope this helped
Hey where do you guys get the "Hello my name is" or the priority mail stickers from? Do you have to rack it?
EDIT: Hey I found it online, its free but I just want to make sure this is the right one?
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Why hasn't graff on trailer trucks/18 wheelers ever taken?
Was doing random throws With my friend before collage. He gave me a burner chrome the fat ass can and I did my outline then when I started to fill I ended up wearing half the can it misted all over my hands and had specs on my face Hahah oh and my black looked like water and was patchy I shaked it like fuck, maybe it couldn't cover the chrome.
why did you do the outline before the fill if you were doing throws?
You know like my first outline in the fill colour, so it looked like a hollow then the dusty fill with the fat. Need to get those sharp edges with the fat i found it hard and didn't want to go too close for it to drip everywhere.
ooooh i thought you meant you did the actual outline in black then tried to fill it with silver lol nvm
Its all about angles, when you get real close with the can you got to make sure the the cap's hole isnt facing the wall parallel, if you make it so it sprays at an angle you get hit the corners without going beyond the area your wanting to fill, ya digg?
And yeah unless you got that coversall burner black you definetly aint gonna cover the chrome unless you wait until it is completely dry


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The Tale of Taliesin
by Jennifer Cochrane
Once there was a witch named Ceridwen, and she had two children. The one, her daughter, was as beautiful a child as you could ever hope to see; the other, her son Morfran, was so ugly, ill-favored and stupid that he sickened everyone who saw him.
Ceridwen was grieved that Morfran was so horrible, and resolved by her magic arts to make him into such a great bard that no-one would mind his ugliness. She began to cast a great spell. Many were the plants that she cast into her cauldron, many the incantations said over it. An old blind man named Morda was set to keep the fires burning beneath it, assisted by a young boy, Gwion.
The Cauldron of Wisdom and Inspiration must be kept boiling for a year and a day, and then the first three drops from it would impart ultimate knowledge to the one who drank them. But the rest of the liquid would be deadly poison.
Long labored Ceridwen, roaming far to find the rare and exotic herbs she required, and so it chanced that she fell asleep on the last day of the spell. The boy Gwion was stirring the brew when three drops flew out onto his thumb, and they were scalding hot, so that he thrust it into his mouth to stop the burning. Instantly, he had the wisdom and inspiration of ages, and the first thing that occurred to him was that Ceridwen would be very angry.
He ran away from the house of Ceridwen, but all too soon he heard the fury of her pursuit. Using his new magical powers, he turned himself into a hare. She turned into a greyhound bitch, and gained ever more on him. He came to a river, and quick as thinking became a fish. She became an otter. He leapt from the water, and in the middle of his leap became a bird of the air. The witch Ceridwen became a hawk. In desperation, he looked down and saw a pile of wheat. He dived, landed, and as it scattered he turned into a single grain. Then she landed and became a hen, and pecked at the grain until she had swallowed Gwion.
Soon after, Ceridwen found herself with child, though she had lain with no man. When she realized that the baby was Gwion, she resolved to kill it, and Morfran wanted her to also, in revenge for his not becoming a bard. In due course, the babe was born, and Morfran would have slaughtered him on the spot, but the mother said no, because it was the most beautiful child ever seen. But she took him and, sewing him in a bag, set him adrift on the ocean.
Now there was at that time in Gwynedd, a lord named Gwyddno Garanhir, who had a son, Elphin, that was reckoned the most unlucky man alive. There was a weir on Gwyddno's land that had always had a huge catch of salmon in it on May Eve, so Gwyddno resolved to let Elphin have it to help turn his luck.
So it was that on May Eve, Elphin and two of his father's men went to the weir. Net after net he pulled, but there were no fish.
"Why, you've turned the luck of the weir," they growled.
"Just wait," said Elphin, "I haven't finished yet. There might still be something..."
There were no fish. But just as they were about to go, Elphin noticed something caught on a pole of the weir. He waded out and brought it back.
"More bad luck," grumbled the men.
"There may be a treasure inside," Elphin replied as he carefully slit open the greased leather bag he held.
To his very great astonishment, he saw the forehead of a baby, so white and beautiful that it seemed to shine.
"A radiant brow!" he exclaimed. (tal iesin in Welsh.)
"Yes, Taliesin, that will do well enough," said the baby.
Elphin was so surprised he nearly dropped it. The men muttered and made the sign against evil.
He put the child in front of him on the horse and they rode for home. While they rode, Elphin's thoughts were gloomy, as he realized they still had no salmon. But the babe in front of him spoke, saying
"Fair Elphin, cease your lament!
Swearing profits no-one.
It is not evil to hope
Nor does any man see what supports him,
Not an empty treasure is the prayer of Cynllo,
Nor does God break his promise.
No catch in Gwyddno's weir
Was ever as good as tonight's.
"Fair Elphin, dry your cheeks!
Such sorrow does not become you,
Although you consider yourself cheated
Excessive sorrow gains nothing,
Nor will doubting God's miracles.
Although I am small, I am skilful.
From the sea and the mountain,
From the river's depth
God gives His gifts to the blessed.
"Elphin of the generous spirit,
Cowardly is your purpose,
You must not grieve so heavily.
Better are good than evil omens.
though I am weak and small,
Spumed with Dylan's wave,
I shall be better for you
Than three hundred shares of salmon.
"Elphin of noble generosity,
Do not sorrow at your catch.
Though I am weak on the floor of my basket,
There are wonders on my tongue.
"While I am watching over you,
no great need will overcome you.
be mindful of the name of the Trinity
And none shall overcome you."
"How can this be, that you, a babe, can talk?" marveled Elphin.
Again Taliesin replied with a poem.
"Firstly I was formed in the shape of a handsome man,
in the hall of Ceridwen in order to be refined.
Although small and modest in my behavior,
I was great in her lofty sanctuary.
"While I was held prisoner, sweet inspiration educated me
and laws were imparted to me in a speech which had no words;
but I had to flee from the angry, terrible hag
whose outcry was terrifying.
"Since then I have fled in the shape of a crow,
since then I have fled as a speedy frog,
since then I have fled with rage in my chains,
- a roe-buck in a dense thicket.
"I have fled in the shape of a raven of prophetic speech,
in the shape of a satirizing fox,
in the shape of a sure swift,
in the shape of a squirrel vainly hiding.
"I have fled in the shape of a red deer,
in the shape of iron in a fierce fire,
in the shape of a sword sowing death and disaster,
in the shape of a bull, relentlessly struggling.
"I have fled in the shape of a bristly boar in a ravine,
in the shape of a grain of wheat.
I have been taken by the talons of a bird of prey
which increased until it took the size of a foal.
"Floating like a boat in its waters,
I was thrown into a dark bag,
and on an endless sea, I was set adrift.
"Just as I was suffocating, I had a happy omen,
and the master of the Heavens brought me to liberty."
By the time he finished, they had arrived at the court of Gwyddno.
Everyone crowded round to see how big the catch was. Elphin held up Taliesin for them all to see.
"What is that? Where is the catch?" asked Gwyddno.
"Here is the catch, father, see, I have caught a bard."
"Well, what use is that? Don't you have a good wife, who can bear you many strong sons of your own?"
"He will get more profit from me than the weir ever gave you," said Taliesin.
"Can you speak, and you so small?" asked Gwyddno.
"Indeed, I am better able to answer than you are to question me." claimed the baby.
Then Gwyddno asked him what else he had to say, and Taliesin replied with another poem. So Elphin rejoiced, that his luck had turned, and gave Taliesin to his wife to care for. She loved the baby very much, and time passed and he grew up.
The king of the land at that time was Maelgwn, a somewhat vain man who surrounded himself with toadies and fawning sycophants. The year that Taliesin turned thirteen, Elphin received a summons from the king, demanding his presence at the Christ Mass feast at midwinter. Elphin would much rather have stayed home with his wife and foster son, but as a dutiful subject (and a relative of the king besides) he went.
As they all sat around the high table, the other men vied with one another to see who could praise Maelgwn the most. Elphin was an honest man, and he couldn't honestly say that the king's bards were better or the queen a fairer woman, than those waiting at his home.
"What, so silent, Elphin? Can our loyal subject then find nothing to praise his king for?" said Maelgwn.
"Well, my lord," said Elphin, "I would say that though I am not a king, yet my wife is as fair and as virtuous as any woman in the kingdom - and my bard the best in Gwynedd."
"Insolence!" roared Maelgwn. "Throw him in our deepest dungeon! Let him be chained there until the falsity of his monstrous claim can be shown once and for all! And we think we know just how to do that..."
Taliesin was out skating. As he bent down to take the skates off, he glanced at a patch of ice, and fell into a trance, where he saw all that had befallen Elphin. When he woke, he rushed home to tell Elphin's wife.
Maelgwn had a son named Rhun, a lecher so revolting that to be seen with him would tarnish a woman's reputation beyond repair. This son he sent to Elphin's home, to seduce his wife and show the falsity of his claim. When Rhun came to the gate, he was welcomed, if not warmly, then civilly, by young Taliesin. He showed the prince into the hall, where sat a woman dressed in finery, with rings upon her fingers and a golden torque.
"How delicious!" thought Rhun. "I'll enjoy this, I can tell."
She made him welcome and they supped together. Rhun poured cup after cup of wine for her, and foolishly she drank it all. Soon she was giggly and silly, and she assented to his request to withdraw with him to some place more private. Rhun waited until she fell asleep in a drunken stupor, then tried to remove the ring from her plump hand. It would not come off, so quick as lightning he cut the finger off, ring and all.
Laughing, he rode back to his father's house. Maelgwn was delighted with his son's performance. He called for Elphin to be brought forth.
"Well, cousin, how say you now? The prince Rhun has had your wife with her willing cooperation. Do you persist in your stupid claim that she is so very fair and virtuous?"
Elphin paled, and feared for his wife, for he did not really believe that any woman, let alone she, would lie with Rhun by choice.
"How do you know this, my king?" he asked.
"My son's word is good enough for me - and should be for you, too."
"I'm sorry, my king, but even the money-lenders ask for solid proof where the prince Rhun is concerned."
The king growled, but the courtiers were, this once, murmuring in agreement with Elphin.
"Since that's not enough for you, see here is her finger. Do you deny that this is her ring?"
Elphin looked closely at the severed digit.
"Indeed, my lord, it is her ring, but I do deny that it's on her finger."
"How so, knave?" roared the enraged monarch.
"For three reasons, my king. First, my wife is a small woman, and this ring sits loosely on her thumb, but it's jammed so tightly on this finger that it won't come off. Second, ever since I've known her, my wife has trimmed her nails every Sabbath Eve, and this nail hasn't been trimmed this month, I'd say. Third, we keep servants for kneading bread dough - I certainly don't require my lady wife to do it. And yet you see under this nail and in the creases of the finger, traces of the rye dough this hand was lately kneading. I fear that the prince has despoiled some innocent kitchen wench, but whoever it was, it wasn't my wife."
The court cowered before Maelgwn's fury.
"You won't get away from it that easily!" Maelgwn declared. "If your bard is so great, let him come and compete with ours. Now take him away, before we get tired of him."
Hurriedly, the guards took Elphin back to the cell.
Taliesin was already seeing about provisions for the journey, while Elphin's wife looked after the poor nine-fingered maidservant. He arrived at the court two days later, and slipped through the gates. He made his way to the throne room and sat in the corner. When the king's bards filed in, he pouted his lips at them and played blerwm, blerwm on them, and the bards stood still and played blerwm, blerwm on their lips instead of praising Maelgwn. Maelgwn finally ordered a guard to strike Heinnin Fardd, his chief bard. This broke their trance enough that Heinnin Fardd could explain to Maelgwn that there was a devil in the form of a child who had cast a spell on them.
Then Maelgwn had Taliesin brought out, and questioned him.
"I have come to salvage Elphin's honor and his freedom. Taliesin am I, primary chief bard to Elphin.
"Primary chief poet
Am I to Elphin.
And my native country
Is the place of the Summer Stars.
"John the Divine
Called me Merlin,
But all future kings
Shall call me Taliesin.
"I was nine full months
In the womb of Ceridwen.
Before that I was Gwion,
But now I am Taliesin.
"I was with my king
In the heavens
When Lucifer fell
Into the deepest hell.
"I carried the banner
Before Alexander.
I know the names of the stars
From the North to the South.
"I was in Caer Bedion
I accompanied Heon
To the vale of Hebron.
"I was in the canon
When Absalom was slain.
I was in Llys Don
Before the birth of Gwydion.
"I was patriarch
To Elijah and Enoch.
I was there at the crucifixion
Of the merciful Mabon.
"I was the foreman
At the construction of Nimrod's Tower.
I was three times
In the prison of Arianrhod.
"I was in the ark
With Noah and Alpha
I witnessed the destruction
Of Sodom and Gomorrah.
"I was in Africa
Before the building of Rome.
I came here
To the remnant of Troy
"I was with the Lord
In the manger of the ass.
I upheld Moses
Through the water of Jordan.
"I was at the Cross
With Mary Magdalene.
I received the muse
From Ceridwen's cauldron.
"I was a harping bard
To Deon of Lochlin.
I have gone hungry
For the Righteous One.
"I was at the White Mount
in the court of Cynfelyn.
In stocks and in fetters
For a year and a day.
"I was in the larder
In the land of the Trinity.
And no-one knows whether my body
Is flesh or fish.
"I was instructor
To the whole universe.
I shall be until the judgement
On the face of the Earth.
"I have sat in the perilous seat
Above Caer Sidi.
I shall continue to revolve
Between the three elements.
"There is a marvel in the world
Which I cannot reveal."
"And all this makes you think you're better than my bards," sneered Maelgwn, "My bards, who have trained for twenty years."
"They are as nothing beside me," declared Taliesin.
"Well then, my lord," said Heinnin Fardd, so as not to be left entirely out of the proceedings, "certainly a contest will decide the matter."
"Why not? Me against all the king's bards. The contest - to compose a poem on the wind." Taliesin was serenely confident.
"Of course the king must judge," fawned Heinnin Fardd. "Who better?"
"And this contest will take place in twenty minutes," Maelgwn announced. (He was getting bored.)
"Twenty... my lord, I entreat you, I implore you, how can an epic be composed in -" Heinnin Fardd was desperate.
"Just do it, get on with it, I'm getting sick of this."
Heinnin Fardd and the king's bards huddled in the corner, consulting scrolls of rhymes and metaphors. Every so often, one let out a yelp of frustration. Taliesin lounged on the floor, laughing at their discomfiture.
When the time was up, the king's bards stood in a line before the throne and bowed.
"O greatest of kings, hear our song.
Blerwm, blerwm,
blerwm, blerwm,
blerwm, blerwm,
blerwm, blerwm."
"Knaves! Fools! Miserable swine! Was it for this that I paid you in gold and precious gems?" The court had never seen Maelgwn so angry. The bards groveled in the rushes. "Mighty king, it was not our fault! It's that demon child."
Taliesin, admittedly, was smirking in a most irritating fashion.
"So it's my turn?" he asked. He stood up straight and began. While he sang, a great wind arose and buffeted the castle, shaking it to its foundations. Maelgwn was afraid, and he called for Elphin to be brought out.
As soon as Elphin was brought out, Taliesin stopped the wind, and sang a new song that caused Elphin's chains to fall away from his ankles and wrists. Then he cried out to Elphin's wife to enter the hall, and she held her hands up so that everyone could see that she had ten fingers. Maelgwn was angrier than ever.
"You think you're so great. You're nothing! I bet my horses are better than yours, anyway."
Taliesin smiled and whispered to Elphin, "Take him up on it - I know how to make us win."
"I accept, my king."
"Then let there be a horse race."
Elphin led the other two home. On the appointed day, they returned, leading a lame old horse. Maelgwn rubbed his hands in glee.
The horses started - Taliesin riding old Dobbin. As each horse of the king's overtook him, he struck it on the rump with a holly twig, then let it fall. As the king's horses got further and further ahead, no-one could understand why Taliesin was still smiling. He slowed down and dropped his cap - again, no-one knew why.
Old Dobbin reached half-way, and Taliesin stopped him for a rest. The king's horses had long since passed them on the way back. Dobbin started back. As the king's horses passed the discarded holly twigs that Taliesin had struck them with, they stopped, reared up on their hind legs, and began to dance. The whole court was in fits of ill-concealed laughter, except Maelgwn and Rhun.
Taliesin and Dobbin wandered past them to the finish line. Maelgwn saw no alternative to letting them go. On the way home, Taliesin bid Elphin stop where he had dropped his cap. He had some men dig a hole at the spot, and they dug up a great chest full of treasure.
"Truly, Taliesin, never could I regret the day I pulled you out from the weir," said Elphin as they rode away.
(It is said that afterwards, Taliesin went to the court of Arthur, where he was chief harper and adviser to the king.)


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Marco Rubio: Another Senator Who Doubts Global Warming
Picking out one United States legislator for antiscientific thinking is quite a chore since the field is so crowded. But Marco Rubio (R-Fla) deserves a bit of extra attention; for one thing he sits on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. For another, he appears to be one of the Republican White House hopefuls for at least the next election cycle. For a third, I'm still not terribly happy about his comments on the age of the Earth.
So, given all that, when he casts doubt on the human influence on global warming, and even the existence of global warming itself, I take notice.
He was interviewed recently by Buzzfeed's Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith, who asked Rubio, "Do you see global warming as a threat to Florida [Rubio's home state]," his reply was interesting. Here's the video (Rubio's response is at the 1m15s mark).
The first thing Rubio said was, "Well, first of all, the climate is always changing." And sure, that's true…on a 10,000 year time scale. What we're seeing in the past few decades is climate change on scale unprecedented since records have been kept, and extremely unusual even when compared to proxy records (tree ring data, for example, and measurements using ice cores) that go back millennia. Weather can change abruptly, year-to-year, but climate change as we're seeing now is extremely rare, and generally catastrophic for many species alive at the time. Climate really shouldn't be changing on the time scale of years, or even decades, but that's precisely what we're seeing.
Rubio goes on, saying, "I understand people say there's a significant scientific consensus on that issue, but I've actually seen reasonable debate on that principle."
Actually, no he hasn't. There has been no reasonable debate, at least not from the deniers, who for the overwhelmingly most part are not climate scientists, who twist data, who leave out critical information, who use cherry-picked graphs, and who resort to outrageous ad hominems to cast doubt on the reality of global warming.
Any controversy in this field has been manufactured, politically and ideologically motivated, and is not based on the actual science. Among climate scientists—men and women who have studied this very issue as their career—there's a 98 percent consensus that the Earth is warming up and human activity is to blame.
The truth is, our poles are melting. Nine of the hottest years on record have been in the past decade. Even a study funded by the oil magnate Koch Brothers found the Earth is warming up.
So, oddly enough, I take exception to what Senator Rubio said. There is no longer reasonable debate. All we see is denial.
And the time for debate is long since past anyway; the science is in, and it's sound science. I'm tired of politicians equivocating and hemming and hawing about global warming. We need to stop fiddling while the world burns, and start putting out this fire.
Tip o' the thermometer to Dave Razowksy.


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