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Timing on life line.
Measuring events through palmistry is not exactly easy to do. However, the timing on life line is an important part of interpreting the markings. Knowing whether an event has passed or is yet to come can prevent much unnecessary worry; some markings on this line are negative indicators.
The methods used by palmists are not exact, but the following timing on life line example is relatively close.
The best way to find timing on life line by age is to look at past events. A significant move or change should show and leave a marking on the line. With practice, you get to understand the knowledge of these experiences and achieve a more accurate reading. (See what a broken life line means here.)
The beginning of the line starts at the top, and many hand readers agree that is where to begin the timing. I have observed that when estimating timing on the life line, approximately halfway along shows the age of forty.
A straight line drawn from the centre of the index finger to the life line is around the age of fifteen.
A line straight down from the gap between the index and middle finger is the approximate age of twenty-one.
From the centre of the middle finger, the age of thirty-five.
If a line is broken, has a broad curve, is close to the thumb or reaches out towards the moon, it can be difficult to estimate timing. As a rule, to simplify it all, the first quarter length from the beginning of the line represents the age 1-20. The second quarter is 20-40, the third 40-60 and the last 60-80.
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Laundry Room Sneak Peek
To say, "It's been awhile", would be an understatement! I have been MIA from blogging for several months while focusing on video related content and finishing up the process of building our house. We have been semi-settled in for close to two months and each day it seems I have a new home-related task to conquer! While most of the rooms in our house are far from being finished, I thought I would start sharing some preview images of the ones that are smaller and furnished (to the best of our ability haha)
I love our little laundry room not only for the amazing tile, but also the bright and airy feeling it has. When we chose the floor plan on our house I didn't even realize the laundry room had a window. As soon as I found out it did, I immediately requested a frosted door so the light could flow out into the mudroom/hallway area.
Of course the tile is the main focal point of this room. I knew before we started building our home that I wanted to incorporate this style of tile into either the laundry room or master bath (Will wasn't 100% for it in the master bath) so we settled on the laundry room. Surprisingly, it was super affordable despite seeing outrageous versions of it online. We found this particular brand/style at Lowe's. When it was purchased it was only around 1.50 per sq. ft. - since then it has spiked quite a bit. The last time I checked it was up 10 1.90 per sq. ft. - which is still better than most other retailers!
I haven't decided if I want to put curtains up yet. I know it seems strange to leave the window exposed but I hate compromising the amazing light! I've been tossing the idea of a super sheer white curtain, which really doesn't help for privacy but luckily we don't have close neighbors that would even be able to see in.
The temporary hamper situation was pretty much an impulse TJ Maxx buy the second day we moved in. I haven't 100% figured out the organizational status yet but I knew we needed some dark accent hampers. These were super affordable of course, and I couldn't pass up the industrial/farmhouse look!
You can't go wrong with a classic woven basket! This actually houses some of our shoes (shhh…the blankets are good disguise haha). This is also a temporary design element. I think it adds a bit of texture to the room and also breaks up a little bit of the black and white.
Oh, and the detergent/room spray photographed is AHHHH-MAZING. It's by a brand called "The Laundress". I picked it up at a local boutique home store in my area. It's a natural product and has the most divine "fresh" scent!
The little farmhouse light was from Wayfair. I strategically picked every light in our house and this just seemed perfect for the laundry room!
So, this is pretty much the bulk of our laundry room! Right now we have a standard wire rack above the washing machine and dryer to hold supplies. We'd like to eventually have cabinets installed for a more polished look and obviously more storage! I hope you guys enjoyed seeing a snippet of the final product! Let me know what room you'd like to see next. I'm thinking the kitchen ;)
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Continuous controls monitoring (CCM) is the use of automated tools to examine business transactions as they occur. A CCM system automatically pulls certain data elements from a database of transactions and reviews all of these data elements. The intent is to conduct a complete scan of the data for control breaches, errors, possible segregation of duties problems, and anomalies from what is expected. The review is conducted by comparing the data to a set of tables that contain permitted transaction authorizations, allowable boundaries for detecting anomalies, itemizations of fields that must be completed for a standard transaction, and so forth. These tables are set up for each major transactional area, such as for inventory, payroll, accounts payable, travel and entertainment, and customer orders.
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JAMMU, Aug 30: The dramatic presentation of Kunju Chanchalo at the Abhinav Theatre, here today, came out as delightful artistic rendering of Duggar's love saga which eulogized in folk songs as symbol of platonic love has fired imagination of the young since generations.
Directed by Sandeep Verma, the play based on N. D. Jamwal's script considered as a classic in modern Dogri literature is woven around the short-lived love life of Kunju, a soldier in Raja's army and Chanchalo, a goli of Rani. Kunju dies fighting in a battle and the love torn Chanchalo kills herself by jumping in a river. The death of mortal bodies doses not deter the lovers who get united in the spiritual realm.
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The duo of actorsMridul Anand as Kunju and first timer Amar Chouhan as Chanchalo successfully portrayed the platonic intensity of the young lovers. Young actors' fluent delivery of Dogri verses also allowed the audience to savor the poetic genius of N. D. Jamwal, the veteran Dogri poet and writer.
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Keen to enter a major run in a city she has fallen in love with, Amy had no hesitation in entering the Leeds Half Marathon.
She said: "After falling in love with the city following a visit in 2016, I moved to Leeds in September 2017 from South Wales to study for a Master's degree in Psychology at Leeds Trinity. I thought it was the perfect reason to combine a great city with one of my greatest interests – running. I think a large sporting event is one of the best examples of seeing the true spirit of a city."
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Frank and Edith Richards in 1920
June 26, 2011
The document above is the record from the Fourteenth United States Federal Census (1920) containing data on the household of Frank and Edith Richards, my maternal great-grandparents. The pertinent text is as follows:
Frank A. Richards age 27, Head of Household, employed as a machinist at an auto shop, born in Michigan. His parents were both born in Germany, and their mother tongue was German.
Edith E. Richards age 26, wife, born in Michigan. Her father was born in England and her mother was born in Canada, both speaking English as their mother tongue.
They could both read and write.
Their children:
Robert F. Richards age 4 yrs 6 mos
Helen E. Richards age 1 yr 2 mos.
They lived at 1338 S. Olive St., Los Angeles, Calif., in a 6-unit building. They rented their home.
My grandmother, their daughter, had not yet been born. They had recently moved to Los Angeles. My great-grandfather was working on cars in 1920!
The four other families in their building also rented, and they were also white. One of the units housed a single mother aged 49, the manager of the building, with her two school-aged children. The next unit housed a young couple with a toddler and an infant (husband a "general laborer"), the next another couple with an infant (he was a house painter for a living), and the fifth unit housed a couple in their 40s (husband a self-employed real estate agent). I guess the sixth unit was unoccupied. None of the families were originally from California.
I wonder if the three young mothers got along and helped each other out, Edith, Hazel, and Genevieve.
I think this is where Frank and Edith Richards lived in 1920. I think the building has since disappeared and was probably where the parking lot with the two red cars is now. Places don't last very long in Southern California, they get turned into parking lots.


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We're two days into rehearsal for my next project, "The Boys Upstairs" by Jason Mitchell and I'm really excited about this project. We've got a great cast and the script is a lot of fun. Plus, it's always fun to do an area premiere, because you get to be the first version of these characters that the local audience will see. One of the most interesting things for me about this piece is looking at is as both and actor and a writer.
From an actor's perspective, my character Ashley has a lot of great stuff to play. There's some great one-liners, some fabulous reads, and a good bit of physical comedy which should be great fun to learn and play. There is also a southern accent and a bigger-than-life career for the character. His energy is very "third circle," which essentially means he's in people's faces a lot and loves being the center of attention. His love for his two best friends is paramount and never wavering, despite some great arguments and conflicts. It is transcendent of momentary stress.
But then, using my writer's eyes, there are a lot of areas for the actor to play. The situational comedy and the relationships are very clear, but what's behind them for Ashley has left me with a lot of options. It's a really nice balance of telling a very clear story but giving the actor the freedom of how to get there. We have the time in our process to really explore that and dig deeper than our first choices to find the layers to make these guys more than just what's "expected" of certain gay archetypes.
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The producing company, Pride Films and Plays, has focused it's mission on giving a voice to gay culture, male, and female identified, and this play will not disappoint. "The Boys Upstairs" offers three very different characters with a variety of universal experiences. There's something...or someone...for everyone "Upstairs."


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7 Not-So-Healthy Foods, You Thought Were Healthy/
In my efforts to help women separate nutrition facts from fiction, I thought it was time to check out some foods that are either perceived to be healthy or advertised to make them seem healthier than they really are.
1. Granola –
Better watch the portion you dish out because most store-bought versions are high in sugar and calories and list a smaller serving size than most cereals. Check the label carefully to find brands with at least 3 grams of fiber and no more than 6 grams of sugar. Or better yet, make your own from whole oats and nuts to maximize the fiber and heart healthy fat. You can find my Go Nuts for Granola! recipe here…
2. Bran Muffins –
Yes, they have more fiber than a blueberry muffin, but that's about the only benefit. They're loaded with sugar, fat and calories in a small portion that leaves most women looking for more to eat an hour or two later.
3. Smoothies-
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4. Fat-free Salad dressing –
Have you ever compared the ingredient list of a regular dressing and a fat-free dressing? It's usually twice as long, filled with emulsifiers, natural and artificial flavors and other ingredients to keep the dressing in solution. Instead, cut the amount of dressing you use in half, buy oil-based dressings -- such as a vinaigrette instead of creamy dressings -- or make your own vinaigrette with olive oil, your favorite vinegar and spices.
5. Snack bars –
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6. Rice Cakes –
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Very generally said, three things that victims of being bullied do:
1: Never go back to where it happened, moved away, never meet/speak to the people who did it to them.
2: Seek out revenge, this often never happens as the victim is so destroyed that they are scared or become mentally ill.
3: Suicide.
Yes a very basic list and very short list.
So Drumpf is clearly doing the two first two after Seth Meyers Roasts Donald Trump – White House Correspondents Dinner – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h87sVIDzqBM (10:30 in)


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Natural radioactivity in virgin and agricultural soil and its environmental implications in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia
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Document Type: Original Research Paper
Nisar Ahmad
Mohamad Jaafar
Mohammed Alsaffar
School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
A study on natural radioactivity in virgin and agricultural soil samples collected from Sungai Petani was conducted using high-purity germanium. The mean activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K in virgin soils were 51.06±5.83, 78.44±6.42, and 125.66±7.26 Bq kg−1, respectively, while those in agricultural soils were 80.63±5.78, 116.87±7.87, and 200.66±18.24 Bq kg−1, respectively. The corresponding activity concentrations in agricultural soils were higher than those in virgin soils and those reported for other countries of the world. The average values of radium equivalent activity (Raeq), external hazard index (Hex), internal hazard index (Hin), outdoor annual effective doses (Eout), and indoor annual effective doses (Ein) in agricultural soils were 258.38 Ba kg−1, 0.708, 0.925, 0.162 mSv y−1, and 0.669 mSv y−1, respectively. The average values of outdoor external dose (Dout) and indoor absorbed dose (Din) rate in agricultural soils were 116.04 and 218.46 nGy h−1, respectively, which were higher than the permissible limit. Soil with Hex and Hin less than unity are suitable for use as building materials and in agriculture.
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Ad Tech Cookie Panel Comments/
If Nick Nyhan wasn't such a good moderator, odds are that the folks on our panel would have politely agreed with one another on every question asked. But when Nick asked Ari Schwartz and Trevor Hughes to explain the differences in their approach to the cookie problem, the shit really hit the fan. It quickly devolved for a second into four people trying to talk over one another. At one point, I think I felt Nick's hand on my shoulder - perhaps he thought I was about to throw a chair, Springer style. At one point, I disagreed with Ari's assertion that there wasn't any benefit to a consumer accepting a third-party ad server cookie. Thankfully, Esther Dyson was on my side. (Every once in a while, you need to go see Esther live, if for no reason other than to simply be reminded of how scary-smart she is.)
In the end, I think it was an interesting treatment of a less-than-sexy topic. I think I got most of my major points across with respect to how the ad industry should deal with consumer vis-a-vis cookies (TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY). Now, if we could just end this polarizing situation in the industry and avoid sweeping the issue under the carpet (again), we might actually have a shot at preserving cookies and addressing the problem once and for all.


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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Drink to Pink!
Congratulations to Barely Pink and her blog the Pink Report for winning the Spanking Bloggers Network Blog of the Month!
Photo by Narcis Virgiliu, via Art or Porn. Colorized by Dioneo Daspanca.
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Oh, thank you, Dioneo! What a sexy photo. You know if I drink that though, it will leave her completely exposed. We wouldn't want that, would we?ReplyDelete
Thanks again!
Love the picture Dioneo! And Pink deserves it. Her blog is fun and sexy to read.ReplyDelete
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Congratulations, Barely Pink!ReplyDelete
Totally in agreement! And, I would really like that drink as well...ReplyDelete
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Make mine a double.ReplyDelete
I <3 Miss Pink. I perv to her regularly.
Thanks everyone! And thank you, again, Dioneo.ReplyDelete
I'm feeling well loved. :)
It's well deserved, Pink! I'm sorry you didn't get the full haiku treatment this time: I haven't been feeling poetic this week. Oh, and I say go ahead and drink up. At this range, the olive should protect some modesty.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Gabby! I agree. Glad you liked the photo--I've very much liked several of yours recently!
Thanks, TS!
Thanks, Raven Red! The bar's always open here, so pull up a stool...and then bend over it, of course. Sorry, couldn't resist. ;)
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Running Without Getting Anywhere
You know those times when it feels you are running but without actually getting anywhere - even though you are doing the 'right' thing?
I want to suggest a different way of looking at this. What if WHAT we are actually doing is not as important as we think it is?
And instead the WHY of that behavior actually mattered more than we think?
In the approach I use, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), we don't look so much at behaviour but at the function of that behaviour in a specific context.
Or in other words:
What is motivating or driving this behavior in the right now?
We even have a snazzy acronym for this: WTF or What's the Function?
This is a very different way of looking at human behavior.
For example, if someone is really into healthy eating asking WTF of that choice can yield a lot more insight than simply judging this as 'good' or 'bad' behavior.
Using this example, there are many different reasons we can be obsessed with healthy eating.
This might be driven by:
I need to look a certain way in order to fit in and be loved - and this diet helps me achieve that.
I need to hold myself on a very tight leash so my life doesn't fall apart - and controlling my eating is one of the ways I do this.
Maybe improving my eating will help me improve as a person and I'll finally stop hating myself.
I need to punish myself by depriving myself of certain foods.
If I eat healthy enough I will avoiding getting sick / getting old.
I know I feel better when I eat healthy and I want to choose what is best for me.
So again we take this behaviour: Eating healthy.
And when we examine the WHY behind it, or what is driving it, we have two main categories.
Away moves or Toward moves.
Are we moving away from something uncomfortable or toward something that matters?
Are we trying to get away from unwanted thoughts like:
I am not enough.
I need to control myself.
I need to avoid getting sick or old.
And emotions that go with these thoughts like anxiety, shame and even self-loathing?
Or are we moving toward values - things that matter to us - like:
Wanting to feel our best.
Wanting to treat our bodies well.
Perhaps you will notice the same behavior has a different feel to it depending on the WHY behind it.
Because here's the deal:
When we are trying to avoid something - when it is about getting AWAY from something in our internal village of thoughts, emotions, sensations - we can spend our life running without feeling like we are ever getting somewhere.
We are constantly in motion, seemingly doing the 'right' things and yet…
We are simply getting away from something and not necessarily moving towards anything. Even when we have goals (the latest fad diet! a marathon!), once we reach these goals, we are left with a feeling of emptiness or what next?
We are like a rabbit being chased by a fox. The rabbit's energy is focused on just getting away. But where is it going and will it find some yummy grass on its way? It doesn't matter in this context because the poor rabbit is simply trying to avoid something unpleasant (in this case, getting eaten).
Think of the same rabbit moving towards something it wants. The rabbit might be doing the same behaviour (moving / running) but this time it is driven by appetite, by a desire to eat something yummy, to seek food. It has an aim that is life-nourishing.
Fluffy (as I decided to call this imaginary rabbit) is not simply trying to get away from something but is moving towards what matters.
The thing that is tricky with most situations when you are a human and not a rabbit though, is that the distinction can be quite subtle. And often we are not aware of the beliefs and emotions driving our behaviour.
Here is a more complex example.
Helping others.
Helping others is very valued in our society.
And yet, like any behavior, we can only truly understand what is happening in the context in which it developed.
If we look at the WHY behind it, there are many potential motives:
I want to help others because this is the kind of person I want to be - it is a value I hold dear.
I feel unloveable and by being there for others, maybe they will like me / accept me.
If I am always the one helping others, I don't have to admit I have needs.
If I am always the one helping others, I can keep them at a distance because I don't have to reveal anything about me or show any weakness. I am the one in control.
I only ever felt valued as a child when I helped others so I continue to do so because this is the only way I believe it is possible to be loved.
If I help others, they will help me without my needing to ask for it.
It might feel painful to read this. To examine more deeply the WHY behind your actions.
I know. And I know this is especially painful when what we do feels like a source of pride. And yet, when we are doing things as more of an Away move, we can never truly win because we are mostly trying to avoid painful stuff - not fully choosing to do something because it matters to us.
We can always make a subtle shift in how we approach the same behaviour though. And the first step is to notice whether what you are doing feels like more of an Away or Toward move.
Any behaviour is usually a mix of both Away and Toward elements. Yet which feels more dominant?
Here is a hint:
Away moves have a rigidity about them - they feel like rules or obligations. They are held very tightly. For example: I must ALWAYS eat healthy, otherwise I am a bad person.
Or: I don't feel I have a choice, I am always the one helping others.
AWAY moves are driven by a core belief around 'I am not enough'.
Towards moves have more flexibility - they are driven by values and are consciously chosen. They are held more lightly. For example: I WANT to eat healthy most of the time because I know this is when I feel my best AND I can also make less healthy choices when this feels kinder towards myself.
Or: I want to help others because I want to live in a world where people help each other. Realistically, I sometimes also need to say no when my own well-being is at stake. And it goes both ways: I can also ask for help in return without judging myself for this.
TOWARD moves are driven by a core belief of 'this matters to me' or 'this is the kind of person I want to be' - even if there is still anxiety / fear / beliefs around not being good enough / doubts - this is discomfort I can allow to be there, I can make room for it because this behaviour matters enough to me.
Realistically, probably nobody does TOWARD moves all the time.
So if you realize that a behaviour is actually more of an AWAY move than a TOWARD move, that's OK. You can always change this.
Because what if the pain / discomfort is not something you need to run away from? What if thoughts and emotions, even if they are uncomfortable - actually do not have the power to stop us from doing what matters?
And what if, instead, we allowed ourselves to make choices based on doing what matters to us?
Even if it means acting AS IF we were enough, AS IF we were already worthy of love and belonging?
Don't move the way fear makes you move.
Move the way love makes you move.
Move the way joy makes you move.
- Osho


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Clear Liquids Only/
Well, it's Wednesday and I'm still in the hospital. They put another surgical drain in yesterday, and it brought me pretty low. Today was better, but they still have me on a clear liquid diet. Yuck! Nothing more than broths, tea, and sorbet. What I wouldn't give for some real chow. So after torturing myself with Food Network all day, I invite everyone who reads this blog to post your favorite recipe or links to recipes. Nothing with alchohol, since I can't have it-- but believe me, anything sounds good after 4 days of clear liquids only. Have at it!


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by Antoine Valot
I liked it because of the crunch, but also because it becomes spongy when you chew it. Chalky at first, but then chewy too. Like marshmallows used to feel.
Rog and Del found the stash in an old train car. Hundreds of old peeps, dead mortals, stuffed in there. From the time before, obviously.
Rog is old. He remembers a lot about the time before, when things were so complicated. Del forgot, like me, because we jack-up a lot. But Rog is weird, he almost never jacks. He talks a lot, he's sad a lot. But he remembers a lot of things.
We were out playing train-up with guns and lazes, blowing buildings up, and looking for ammo in the city ruins. But mostly playing train-up, no teams. Rog had norside, Del was wesside, I had the park. I was winning good, I had found Rog from behind and pumped a dozen rounds in his back, and I was cutting his arms off with laze when Del got me. She popped me right in the head, blew my brains out. I didn't even see it coming.
By the time I fixed it was night. I saw my old braincase on the grass in front of me, so that's how I knew how she got me. I called for Rog and Del but they'd gone back. So I went back too. I wanted to jack-up because I was mad. Del just pops me all the time, right in the head. What's the fun in that?
But when I got there Rog had hauled back that big train car, with the stash of old mortal bones. Del was ripping him up, putting the old dead bones inside him in place of his nano ones. They were laughing like mad. Del was making a mess of it, crushing the bones sometimes while she put them in, and they didn't fix, so once Rog's skin was closed up, and he lifted his arm, the end of it was just flopping down. I said "Hey Rog your hand's a limp dick!" and we all started laughing real hard. Del grabbed Rog's other arm and squeezed, and we head the dead bone inside crack and crush, and then he had both arms flopping and Del was calling him "double dicky."
I'm the one who had the idea to chew on some of the bones. I'm the one who always likes to eat things. I started with a long one, and it splintered a lot and cut my cheeks a little, so the chalkiness soaked up my nanoblood and that's when I found out it was chewy too.
I haven't tasted anything since the time before, when I was a kid, and of course I couldn't taste the flavor of the bone. But the feel of it in my mouth, it brought something back. I remembered something from before. I remembered marshmallows. Back when I lived in a house, and we had clothes, and we had pain and lots of things were dangerous. I had my mom, who was an old mortal, she was complicated. She was nice to me, gave me marshmallows. They tasted fantastic. Sugar. Sugar was like buzzing.
The feel of the chewy bones made my mouth wet. I remembered shoes. I had shoes with color spots under them, on the soles. One was red and the other was another color. It was so I could tell which one went on which foot, but I never could tell which color meant what anyway. I remembered the backyard, with the short little brick wall. I used to walk on it, with my arms out. There was a sand pit too. I remembered my mom patting the sand off my pants.
I had feelings then, before. Sometimes I was afraid. Tall people, angry at me. My mom didn't get angry though. I would put my hand in her hand and stand next to her. I remember her hand was very warm.
I kept chewing and chewing and there was more water in my mouth, it was spilling out my lips, and my nose, and my eyes. I couldn't swallow because my throat was stuck so I spit out the wet bones, and wiped my face with my hands.
Then I got tired and I wanted to jack-up, and Del too. Rog didn't want to, he asked us to cut off his limp dick arms before we jacked, so I lazed them off for him, and Del ripped out some old bone ribs she'd put in him. He had to stop breathing for a while, so he was out. We finished cleaning up his insides, and we left him opened up, to fix, while we jacked-up.
I was very hyper, so it was good to jack-up. I pushed the dial to the top, and buzzed hard. I must have been out for days. When I came back there was no more bones in the train car. Rog and Del had crushed them, for fun. I tried to remember again, but I couldn't. I could just remember that I had remembered some of before, but not the feelings. I put on a powersuit and crushed the train car. Then I jacked-up for a minute, and we went off to play train-up.
This story was inspired by People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi.
Antoine Valot does software, performing arts, and fiction. He crafts experiences that empower and delight.


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Chandigarh, March 12, 2019
NRIpress.club/Ramesh/ A.Gary Singh
Sukhpal Singh Khaira President of Punjab Ekta Party(PEP) today told Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to issue a white paper on drug menace in Punjab and blamed the Chief Minister for making false statements on curbing the activities of drug mafia in state.
Khaira in a statement said that drugs were being sold openly in the state and online purchase of drugs by Simarjeet Singh Bains President of Lok Insaaf Party in Ludhiana is stark evidence of flourishing drug trade, in the state. He said that deaths of youth with over dose were reported from Amritsar recently and many similar incidents had gone unreported. He accused Capt Amarinder Singh for shielding the big fish of drug mafia.
Khaira said that Capt Amarinder Singh had made tall promises before 2017 assembly election to eradicate drugs within four weeks. He and his ministerial colleagues had several times named Bikram Singh Majithia's involvement in synthetic drug trade and made public announcements to put him behind bars within 24 hours of forming government.
Khaira said that Capt Amarinder Singh was answerable to people of Punjab because he was given the verdict to eradicate drug mafia. He said that let Capt Amarinder Singh tell the people how many big drug smugglers were arrested by his government. He said that many political leaders infamous for drug business were enjoying patronage of Chief Minister. He said that on March 8, Rahul Gandhi who addressed a rally at Moga admitted that big drug smugglers were yet to be nabbed. Even Capt Amarinder Singh admitted that drugs were being sold in state despite arrest of large number of drug peddlers. He said that only drug users were being arrested to make false claims on the arrest of drug peddlers.
PEP president said that Chief Minister had played to the gallery by setting up Special Task Force(STF) on drugs. He asked Chief Minister to explain to people the achievements of STF. He said that Harpreet Singh ADGP was appointed head of the STF but before he could catch the big fish, his powers were curtailed and brought under control of former DGP Suresh Arora. He said that Arora was DGP during the SAD-BJP government and it was foolish to expect that he would unmask the drug mafia which existed and grew during his tenure in the previous government. He added that STF was now a non-functional wing of Punjab Police.
Khaira also stated that present DGP Dinkar Gupta is a non-effective police officer who is not seen in the field since the day he has been appointed DGP. He said that he has not spoken a word on activities of drug mafia even after Ludhiana episode. He said that DGP S Chatopadhya in his report submitted to High Court had also raised accusing finger on Gupta for his likely involvement in some shady deals.
Khaira said keeping in view the blatant availability of Chitta/drugs in every nook and corner of the state, Capt. Amrinder Singh must issue a white paper on drugs and admit his colossal failure to curb them.


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SAM Broadcaster Bad SQL!
We keep seeing posts on the Spacial Audio Facebook pages and forums from people saying that their queue list table within MySQL has crashed and is corrupted.
This is usually the MySQL error that people get.
"MySQLi prepare error: Table 'samdb_mysql.queuelist' doesn't exist"
Last updated on: 6th September 2019
at 12:22 PM Europe/London


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Super moist honey pumpkin bread with a bit of cinnamon infused butter and a coffee = the best fall morning of your life.
I tried to hold off on posting a pumpkin recipe on the blog. I still have a summery recipe left that I want to post here before it starts cooling down.
But I was thumbing through Easy Baking from Scratch which just released and came across the honey pumpkin bread and I couldn't resist. Actually, I was torn between the sugar and spice scones and the pumpkin bread so I asked which I should make first on Insta and most people wanted the pumpkin bread.
It was a very, very good choice.
At first, I admit, I was a little nervous about the recipe as it calls for a decent amount of sugar, plus the honey. I didn't know if the balance between the two would be there without making the bread overly sweet. And instead of ginger on the list of ingredients, there was lemon extract. That was so new to me.
Unfortunately, I didn't even have lemon extract around and wasn't able to pick any up, so I sadly didn't even get a chance to see how it tasted with the lemon. After tasting the finished product, I think it would have been a good addition.
If I'm completely honest, I think this might be one of my favorite base recipes for pumpkin bread. It's sturdy, but still light with a beautiful crumb. It's wonderfully moist and packed with flavor.
I can easily picture myself making this bread again and adding chocolate chips. Or adding pepitas to the top. Instead of the sugar dusted on top, a maple cinnamon glaze would also be good. It's one of those recipes that's amazing on its own and as a blank canvas for your creativity to shine.
When I have a bite of this honey pumpkin bread, all I can think of is waiting for a crisp fall morning in a fluffy sweater with a slice or two of toasted bread topped with a touch of butter and whipped cream and a hot mug of coffee or, more likely, hot chocolate.
It's just so quintessentially fall without being cliche since it doesn't have that expected "pumpkin spice" flavor. It's pumpkin and simple, but far from basic.
I am so excited to make more recipes from Eileen's cookbook now. I am definitely making the sugar and spice scones this weekend. Oh, and the breakfast focaccia. If everything is as good as this honey pumpkin bread, we are in for a very fun season of baking!
Honey Pumpkin Bread
The perfect fall loaf. Moist, rich honey pumpkin bread
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cups granulated sugar, plus 2 tablespoons for topping
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 2/3 cups vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup pure pumpkin puree
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 x 5 loaf pan (or use parchment paper).
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, 2/3 cups sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda, and salt together.
In a medium bowl, mix together all the wet ingredients and whisk well. until well-combined.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until it is combined and there are no streaks of flour.
Pour the batter into the loaf pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle the top with the two tablespoons of sugar.
Bake for about an hour, or until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs clinging to the toothpick.
Remove and allow to cool completely.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:1 slice
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 150


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Dietrich's daughter: Witness for the prosecution
German actress and singer Marlene Dietrich was a polished and dazzlingly sophisticated film icon - but apparently a cold, selfish, and even vicious mother, writes Emily Hourican
The power of Marlene Dietrich's carefully-constructed image was so great that even now, when the dust should long have settled, she is always instantly associated with the hard-core glamour of her heyday - that carefully made-up, artfully-lit and cleverly-deployed stage creation - and almost never with the squalid circumstances of her end, or indeed her many personal failings, particularly as a wife and a mother.
Dietrich lived a long time, nearly the span of the century. Born in 1901, she died, aged 91, in 1992. By then, she had not left her Paris apartment in many years. A fall in 1979 left her with a fractured hip, and a refusal to get out of bed - apparently she could drink better there, without risk of falling on something hard if she passed out. She saw almost no one, although she would speak for hours on the phone, cooked on a hotplate set up beside her bed, and used a Limoges pitcher as a chamber pot. The bed was a mess of dirty, dishevelled sheets; knotted into it were bottles of pills and booze. Beside it was the diary she kept, in which she recorded the miserable details of her daily life: ''Have not heard from Maria"; ''no food"; "all alone".
Except that 'Maria', her daughter with Rudolf Sieber, claims that much of what she wrote was a lie. That she was manipulative to the end, trying to curate her posthumous reputation in the same way she had created her living legend.
All this, and far more - indeed, far more lurid - is explored in damning detail in Marlene Dietrich: The Life, written by Maria Riva, first published in 1992 and now reissued in a 25-year anniversary edition. Riva describes her mother, Hollywood icon and star of many wonderful films, including The Blue Angel and Touch of Evil with Orson Welles, with vicious exactitude, detailing "the crepe-flesh of her hanging thighs… her once-translucent skin is parchment. She exudes an odour of booze and human decay," and blaming her mother for many of the traumas of her own life, including being raped as a teenager by her lesbian nanny - something she claims Dietrich wanted to happen - chronic lack of self-esteem and her failed marriage at 18. She married in order to escape her mother, and when that didn't work, began to drink. Later, having dried out but with nowhere to go, she moved in with her father's mistress, herself living a kind of secret half-life for fear of displeasing Marlene, then returned home and even shared her mother's bed on occasion.
Clearly, this was a relationship that was twisted and difficult, characterised by what Riva describes as great coldness on her mother's part - all Dietrich's imagination, ingenuity and enthusiasm seemed reserved for playing the role she had created. Her many lovers included Maurice Chevalier, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Edith Piaf, Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Joe Kennedy, John F Kennedy, possibly Joe Jnr too, Frank Sinatra, and Edward, Prince of Wales ("I can do it better than Wallis Simpson," she once boasted) and those are just the most famous. All were managed and manipulated to suit Marlene, and often overlapped one another in a way that must have come pretty close to French farce. Men were trophies to be collected, and boasted of. Years after her affair with John F Kennedy, she kept the knickers he apparently ripped off her, once producing them for her son-in-law, Maria's second husband, she "held them under his nose, saying: 'Smell. It is him. The President of the United States. He - was wonderful'."
Her interactions with her daughter, however, don't seem to have involved even that level of performance. As a mother, she was indifferent, humourless, permanently grand, and completely self-obsessed. "A child brings you nothing but trouble," was her tactless response to the news of Riva's first pregnancy. She marvelled at "how ugly" normal people were, avoiding them wherever possible, and enjoyed only the relationships in which she was unashamedly adored.
Riva's childhood was spent on set more than in school, she wasn't allowed friends, even a pet dog was disapproved of because it took too much of her attention, and from the time she was six or so, she had to pretend to be younger so as not to age her mother.
And yet the two, somehow, clung together so that in the end, when all else had fallen away, there was only Maria left, keeping a jaundiced vigil by her mother's chaotic bedside, watering down the whiskey in a final, pathetic effort to control the drinking, adding "Maria here" to her mother's diary, only to find her words crossed out the next time she came.
The great strength of the book - which runs to a whopping 787 pages - is Maria's access to Marlene's diaries, which she kept from the time she was a child in Germany (although in her own, fabulously unreliable autobiography, she denied ever having a diary), and the many love letters she received throughout her life, which, unusually, she would give to her husband to keep.
The picture that emerges, from Marlene's own account, is indeed of someone particularly self-absorbed from a very early age, and highly aware of her effect on others, particularly men; she talks about boys she is "mad about" from the age of 10 or so, and describes clothes she admires or wants. Where she mentions women - her mother, her sister, various aunts - it is usually without either affection or much interest. They are clearly bit-part players in the story of her life.
Lena, as she was christened, was born in 1901 in Berlin, the daughter of a dashing Prussian officer and the quieter, more humble girl he married when his many, notorious exploits with women tainted his reputation to the point where he was no longer seen as suitable husband material by the parents of carefully brought-up young ladies.
Marlene was the second daughter, and a beauty from birth. Her father, who she adored and who unashamedly favoured her, was killed in World War I, leaving the family with almost no money, until her mother married again. Even so, against a backdrop of massively rising inflation, poverty was rife across the Weimar Republic, and Marlene, as she styled herself from the age of 16, was determined to lift herself up and out of it.
She studied at the Max Reinhardt Acting Academy, and by the age of 20 had established herself as hard-working, willing, and talented at transforming herself physically into whatever character she played. She began to get bit-parts in films, even though her mother dismissed actors as "shiftless, tambourine-playing thieves," and to transform herself into the star that was Marlene Dietrich. When she was 22, she married Rudolf Sieber, an assistant director. Maria, her only child, was born a year later. The two stayed married, although Dietrich was unfaithful from the start, and he sometimes shockingly complicit. The fiction that he was her husband was useful in keeping too-attentive lovers at bay, and in smoothing over Dietrich's public image in America. Yes, it was known that she was a femme fatale, a man-eater and sexually voracious, and yet, alongside that ran the pretty story that she was also, in her way, a wife.
Because of this, although Sieber had a partner of his own for many years, Tamara Matul, there could be no public scandal, particularly no pregnancy, and so Matul, according to Riva, was forced into several abortions in order to keep the fiction alive. Eventually, she had a breakdown and tried to kill herself, for which Marlene blamed her bitterly.
Meeting director Josef von Sternberg was the real turning point in Dietrich's life. He seems to have instantly understood her, personally, and professionally - directing her in several films, including the seminal Blue Angel - and was instrumental in adding the rather sadomasochistic edge that sharpened her performance. This was where the fully-formed Dietrich emerged: the heavily-lidded eyes and knowing, even mocking expression, the deep rasping voice, and defiantly ambiguous sexuality.
The two had an affair for many years, with von Sternberg living openly in the family home, and Sieber acting as a kind of butler. Dietrich was very much in thrall to von Sternberg, and Riva recalls her mother fondling his overcoat before hanging it up, 'as though [it] had magic powers'.
The call from Hollywood came as a direct result of The Blue Angel, and in 1930, Dietrich moved there under contract to Paramount Pictures, and made a string of successful films, including Morocco, in which she dressed in white tie and kissed a woman - highly provocative for the time - and Blonde Venus. She was a Hollywood anomaly, permitted a far darker and more brazen image than any of the home-grown stars, still stuck with playing wholesome sweetheart roles. As such, she stood out instantly, and was adored by fans.
Dietrich's relationship with Germany after she left, and particularly once the Nazis came to power, was complicated. She claimed to have been approached by them to return, and to have flatly refused. Instead, she renounced her German citizenship - and was hated in her homeland as a result - was at the forefront of the Hollywood war effort, and was a generous contributor to funds aimed at helping Jews escape. And yet she was capable of anti-Semitic quips - "I gave up my country for them, and now what do I get?" she once said: "The stores are closed for Yom Kippur" - and was openly racist towards black Americans, refusing to allow black nurses tend to her in hospital.
After the war, Dietrich pulled strings to get herself to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp because, she claimed, she believed her sister Elisabeth to be there. Instead, she discovered that her sister and her husband, although indeed in Bergen, had been working for a group supporting the Nazis. Thereafter, she began to publicly deny Elisabeth's existence. Riva spins this story rather differently though, claiming that her mother knew well Elisabeth wasn't in the camp, but deliberately suggested it in order to gain sympathy and establish herself on the right side of American public opinion, at a time when being German could have worked against her.
There are many such moments in Marlene Dietrich: The Life, where Riva's account doesn't match what was widely believed, but then, Dietrich's own version of her life is so thoroughly self-serving and subjective, that this is hardly surprising. Between them, there is no monopoly on truth.
However, although it is hard not to detect the spiteful relish Riva feels when describing her mother in her later years as "a pathetic creature", saying it's as if her "basic nastiness" was finally revealed, in fact, by describing the lengths her mother went to in order to try and continue playing the glorious part of Marlene Dietrich - the corsets and harnesses, the make-up and wigs, the tricks and cheats and sheer determination to be beautiful and desirable - she leaves us cheering rather than spitting. Undoubtedly Dietrich was a terrible mother, and possibly not a great person in general, but she was - still is - a perfect screen icon, infinitely larger than life.
'Marlene Dietrich: The Life', by Maria Riva, is published by Pegasus Books
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Designer: Amadi
Full length wide leg pants featuring a tie waist by designer Amadi. Behind the brand are life partners Nataline Ngo Amadi and Wahid Amadi. Nataline designs for women who are ageless, feminine, smart, confident and do not take themselves too seriously.
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Canberra Raiders Captain Alan Tongue will announce his retirement from Rugby League this afternoon, at a Press Conference at Canberra Stadium.
Alan arrived in Canberra from Tamworth at the end of 1998 on a Scholarship with the Raiders after attending Farrer Agricultural High School where he played his junior rugby league.
He made his first grade debut in 2000 against the Brisbane Broncos at ANZ Stadium in Brisbane, a game and went on to win the Raiders rookie of the year award that season.
He's since gone on to play 217 NRL games with the Raiders and will line up for his 218th match this weekend against the Titans.
An outstanding leader Alan will be missed by the club in his retirement, but is always welcome at Raiders HQ or here at Canberra Stadium.
A true clubman Alan is one of the few remaining one club players and will be remembered among the Raiders greats.


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self loading wagon with rotor and pick up
Technical characteristics
The CARAQUE is available in three versions :
1-Version with hydraulic rear door.
2-Version with hydraulic rear door and two mechanical bale separators.
3-Version with three mechanical bale separators and spreader conveyor.
-A chassis with sturdy design in 180/70/40/6 sections
-Rotor driven by 38.10 automatic lubrification chain
-Standart low drawbar (high drawbar option ) with two hydraulic cylinders.
- 60/30/3 body side post
-hydraulic rear door
-36 blades on 175 series and 42 blades on 200 seriesen in 4 sections, controlled by hydraulic cylinders
600 mm diameter chain-drive rotor (width 1.75 m on 175 serie and 2 m on 200 serie)
324 mm diameter tube,10mm thick
10 mm thick star covered at the end by a 20 mm part in HARDOX steel
8 mm thick HARDOX rotor rim
Chain driven
- 540 mm diameter pick-up articulated drag on 240 mm running units with 4 gauge wheels, height adjustment by a push bar (width 1.75 mon 175 serie and 2 m on 200 serie )
- boom equipped with two hydraulic cylinders and a nitrogen ball ( low boom as standard, high boom as option )
- tandem axle ( tag option )
- Wheels 560/45/22.5 on 175 serie
- Wheels 620/40/22.5 on 200 serie