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If you think you are beaten you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't;
If you want to win but think you can't;
It's almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose you're lost;
For out of the world we find
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To the stronger and faster man,
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Is the man who thinks he can.
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Zen can be described as 'releasing conscious, directed thinking, you allow random, unrequested thoughts to arise to awareness - a torrent of ideas which reveals a choatic universe normally hidden from us. It requires courage to face such thoughts and it requires real effort to become detached from it all,
learning how our own thoughts are a source of our suffering which must be let go in order to achieve genuine peace and harmony.'
The word Zen has become part of the English language, but what exactly does it mean? It's much easier to answer the question "When is Zen?", for that answer would have to be "Now!". The whole point of Zen practice is to become fully aware, here and now. To come
home to the present moment; this is truly where we live. Thinking verbally takes us far into the past, or into the distant future. But both past and future are fantasies, since the future isn't known and our memories of the past are often quite distorted accounts of what really happened. Zen exhorts one to "Come to your senses!", for when we get lost in thoughts of the past or future, life passes us by. When one mindfully dwells in the present moment, one completely dissolves into whatever activity manifests. One becomes the activity. Most people have had peak experiences, which all involve being so totally involved with life that one's sense of separateness dissolves into the experience. Very Zen. The word 'Zen' is the Japanese attempt at pronouncing the Chinese word 'Chan', which in turn is the Chinese attempt at pronouncing the Sanskrit word 'Dhyana', which translates as 'meditation'. And indeed, the word Zen conjures up an image of motionless Buddhist monks lost in deep meditation. This mysterious image becomes less mysterious when you realize the monks are simply practicing being here now. http://www2.bc.cc.ca.us/resperic/what_is_the_meaning_of_zen.htm
The principles of Zen are not part of a religion, it is more a state of being and understanding the value of meditation and intuition rather than ritual worship or study of any particular scriptures. It is a total state of focus that incorporates a total togetherness of body and mind, it is described as a way of being. It is something very much of interest to me and I have found inspiration in many of the principles of zen. I have found a zen proverb which is forming the inspiration for my new tattoo:


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Shepherd shares vision for future of KSS site
Mayoral candidate Sharon Shepherd in Kelowna shared her vision of using the former KSS site as a "showcase of sustainability" which could bring people from all over the world to see a municipal model of long-term planning and innovation.
Shepherd commits to starting her mayoral term by appointing a Community Coalition that would report back within the first quarter on site conditions and/or concerns. The committee will be made up of members of the city-planning department, members from Okanagan College and UBC-O, social agencies, the development and business communities, and residents.
She views the site as a multi use community, incorporating park space, mixed-use housing including affordable, subsidized, college/university units and market housing with adaptable and accessible designs and roof-top gardens. She has visions of a basketball training facility (historical use from KSS), a daycare located near a senior center, community gardens, a community and family center, mixed with some commercial or service provider component such as a shoe repair, hairdressing salon, medical or dental office, small grocery store and/or a community policing office.
The entire site could be built utilizing world-renowned sustainable principles such as solar and geothermal energy. Her excitement is evident as Shepherd declares, "Imagine all of this in a site so close to the heart of downtown – close to the lake, entertainment in our Cultural District and the broad range of wonderful downtown shops. What better way to revitalize downtown than to have more close and accessible options for them to live, work, and play downtown?"
When asked about a timeline for building, Shepherd says a full report on the site is required to determine any environmental or other concerns, but given the size of the property feels it can be build in stages with some construction able to begin as early as 2006.
"It's Time for Change"
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Barring another international emergency, tragedy, or mass civil unrest, much of the American national media chatter today will likely surround two kinds of stories.
One will likely be the sudden shift by Republicans to join Democrats in supporting comprehensive immigration reform. The other will surround two interviews with President Obama - one in The New Republic magazine, and the other, Obama's 60 Minutes interview alongside outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
While each of these news items deserve at least some attention, as we warned you in our first edition this year, the real political action to watch has moved to the state and local level.
That fact was evident last week, when media organizations including this one pointed out the Republican Party's underhanded attempts at rigging the vote in Virginia. After the initial Virginia vote-rigging story came to light, other attempts by the Republican Party to try to do the same in states like Florida and Michigan popped up too.
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Since they can't win at the ballot box with their outdated ideologies, extremist Republican political leaders at all levels are now trying to rig the system, even while they distract the national media by appearing to finally move toward bipartisanship on ideas like comprehensive immigration reform.
Even well-known conservative pundits who've thought about these ideas say Republican leaders who keep pushing ideas like vote-rigging will only end up hurting themselves in the end.
No matter how much cheating those GOP extremists do, it won't change the facts on the ground. The ideas President Obama focused on in his inaugural address aren't liberal - they're progressively centrist. They're ideas that both Republican and Democratic voters mostly agree on.
As soon as Americans notice that Republican "leaders" are attempting to rig systems against those centrist ideas - like they did when their intents were brought to light in Virginia and Florida - Republican "leaders" backpedal away from their cheating ideas so fast their heads are likely spinning round in circles.
There is, after all, a reason it says on Nebraska's state capitol building, "The salvation of the state is watchfulness in the citizen."
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Srinagar, March 18: To promote the young talent, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has said during the trailer launch of upcoming Bollywood film 'Sargoshiyan' in Mumbai that they are planning to create a film city in the Valley.
As per reports while talking to media, Mufti said, "My younger brother Tassaduq Hussain, who did the shooting of 'Omkara,' has been discussing a proposal from long to convert a small nearby village of Srinagar into a film city to promote young talent."
"This will also help people who come from other parts of the country to have a safe and amazing stay," she added.
When asked about who could be the eligible ambassador for Srinagar, Mufti said with a smile chose Salman Khan as the best option.
Extending an open invitation for the people to visit the Kashmir valley during the spring, Mufti said, "The state government will be hosting a tulip festival in Srinagar at Asia's largest tulip garden and our state is safe for tourists."


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With Mother's Day coming up, it only seems appropriate to make some wild assumptions and perform some psychoanalysis regarding Shakespeare's relationship with his mother. Well, perhaps not, but it is interesting to wonder about it given how mothers are often portrayed in Shakespeare's plays.
Here's what we know about the woman who was to mother the Bard. Mary Shakespeare was born around 1540 and was a daughter of a wealthy land owner from the prominent Arden family. She married John Shakespeare, a farmer below her in social status, in 1557, one year after her father's death. She bore daughters Joan and Margaret in 1558 and 1562, both of whom died soon after birth. Her son William, born in 1564, was the first child to survive. He was followed up by four more children, one of whom yet again died after a few years. Thus her life was not without tragedy, but probably not too out of keeping with the usual run-of-the-mill tragedy of trying to raise a family during a plague epidemic.
William himself married the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway when he was still a teenager and a few months later, she became the mother of their first child, Susanna. In 1585, she would give birth to twins Hamnet and Judith. So what was William's relationship to his own mother and the mother of his child? Much of his life was spent in the society of London, while the women lived their lives in Stratford-upon-Avon; however he did spend some time there. He also ultimately chose to retire with Anne rather than in London.
When looking at Shakespeare's plays, mothers are often absent. While father figures abound, Hamlet's Ophelia, both Jessica and Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Miranda in The Tempest, and the daughters in King Lear are all motherless. Shakespeare scholars posit that this could be partially a logistical issue. Since women did not appear on Shakespeare's stage, and young men took the roles of women, it was easier to slot in a young man whose voice had not yet changed for a young woman. Maybe so. But that doesn't explain why the older women who do appear in Shakespeare's play are often anything but motherly. Lady Macbeth is a prime example as she talks openly of infanticide. And Hamlet's mother Gertrude is hardly the picture of virtuous motherhood as she marries her brother-in-law shortly after her husband's murder. Juliet's mother, Lady Capulet, is one of the few instances of a mother in Shakespeare truly seeming to have her daughter's best interests at heart, and for her troubles she is given a small and fairly ineffectual role.
Nevertheless, as creators of greeting cards, and lovers of Shakespeare, regardless of his own possible mother issues, we couldn't help but make a card from his works for one of our favorite holidays. Don't forget your own matriarch this mother's day, and make sure to "say it with Shakespeare"!


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Following on from the digital chaos that was Black Friday, Cyber Monday is expected to boast some last minute bargains as well as a continuation of the huge discounts on the latest gear.
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Come Play the Brentwood Way!
Brentwood Hosts a Play Day on September 6th!
By Barbie Gary
Brentwood will be one of more than 1,000 communities across the U.S. hosting a KaBOOM! Play Day in the coming weeks. KaBOOM! is the national non-profit making children healthier by creating great places to play and they recently named Brentwood as a Playful City USA for the third year in a row! One way that Brentwood proves it's a Playful City is by hosting its annual FREE Play Day on Monday, September 6th, from 1-3pm at Veterans Park to celebrate play. A variety of games and activities to get families healthy and active outside will be offered, including a scavenger hunt, chalk art drawing, bubbles and a simple landscape improvement project at the park to spruce up the trees (so bring your gloves and shovel!) After the Play Day, scoot next door to the Brentwood Family Aquatic Complex for their 10 year Birthday Celebration from 3-5 p.m. Games, giveaways and of course a birthday cake will all be part of the fun!
Brentwood was one of 118 cities designated by KaBOOM! as a Playful City USA for 2010 - with only 10 in California and only Brentwood, Redwood City and San Francisco in Northern California. Each community selected demonstrated creative commitments to the cause of play. Brentwood was selected for a variety of reasons, including that fact that it offers the community its Wellness Policy, a community-wide aspirational goal which promotes physical activity and education as the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle. Additionally, with 58 parks within nearly 12 square miles, there are plenty of great parks to visit. Some parks, such as Blue Goose Park and Rainbow's End Park, have water features which provide a free and fun way for kids to cool off during the summer. Or, check out the dog park at King Park, dig up an archeological find in the sand box at Kaleidoscope Park, or shoot hoops at Balfour-Guthrie Park.
With so many great park options in Brentwood, it might be hard to figure out where to start. The process is a whole lot simpler if you use the Playspace Finder, sponsored by KaBOOM!. This website allows you to type in your city or zip code and find out the location of parks and playspaces in your area. The searchable map pinpoints each park and allows you to click on a specific park to get details equipment and amenities, view photos, and read ratings posted by other users. The Playspace Finder can be found at http://playspacefinder.kaboom.org/ or through the City of Brentwood Parks and Recreation webpage at www.ci.brentwood.ca.us.
Here are some interesting facts about play in America today:
Children today spend less time playing outdoors than any previous generation and are spending an average of four hours a day viewing electronic media.
Lack of play is directly linked to increased childhood obesity - one of the main issues facing children today.
Play enhances children's learning readiness, learning behaviors, and problem- solving skills. They're also happier and better able to get along with others.
"An extreme misconception exists in our country that play among children is a luxury when, in fact, it's an absolute necessity," said Darell Hammond, KaBOOM! CEO and Co-founder. "For decades, this notion dominated our actions and we continue to see the damaging results: a monumental lack of playspaces for children and sky-rocketing childhood obesity rates. Brentwood refused to adhere to the status quo and realized all children deserve a municipal commitment to the cause of play. These 118 Playful City USA communities serve as beacons for the rest of our nation that an investment in children is an investment in our future."
For more information on the KaBOOM! Playful City USA program, including applications for 2011, visit www.kaboom.org/playfulcityusa.
So, just a reminder... start playing today... come to our annual Play Day!
Labor Day, Monday, September 6th
Veterans Park, 3841 Balfour Road
1-3 p.m.
Everyone is welcome to this free event!
For more information about Parks and Recreation events in Brentwood, call our office at 516-5444 or www.ci.brentwood.ca.us
EverythingBrentwood.com thanks Barbie Gary for this wonderful article!
Barbie Gary is a Recreation Supervisor at the Parks and Recreation Department at the City of Brentwood.
Article posted in September 2010 and so may be outdated after sometime.


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Assalamu alaikum,
Do you love the Prophet Muhammad (alayhi salatu wassalam) more than you love your parents, your siblings, yourself? It is a goal we should strive for as Muslims.
Some haters say or imply nasty things about the final Messenger of God (alayhi salatu wassalam), the one who was sent as a Mercy to all of Mankind (not just the Arabs or the "foreigners"). Yes, that means you. (By the way, did you know that there are more Chinese Muslims than Arab Muslims? Betcha didn't.)
I'm proud to say that I love Muhammad ibn Abdullah, Rasool Allah, sallallahu alayhi wassalam. Why? For starters, he was as close to perfection in human form as humans can get. He taught us the correct way to live; his entire life was an example for us to follow. Every move he made and every sound he uttered was carefully recorded so that we could be guided. This was a tremendous sacrifice of his privacy, and he did it willingly, without complaint. He was a perfect example of charity, piety, spirituality, mercy, compassion, patience, perseverance, strength, and a whole host of other noble character traits. Without his example, we could not correctly practice our deen.
Secondly, he was patient. He endured great trials, disappointments and sacrifices. He taught us to be patient and persevere and to depend only on Allah. Lastly, and surely there are other great reasons, but for me personally this is the greatest: he sacrificed for us. Yes, that's right, for you and me. He would stay awake all night in prayer, and he was praying for his Ummah, the ones he called his brothers. He called us his brothers (and sisters)! Imagine being bestowed with such an honor! He told his Companions (radiAllahu anhum) that he was praying for his brothers, and they thought he was talking about them, but he corrected them by saying that they were his Companions, but his brothers would come after him; they would believe in him and the Message although they never saw him. That's you and me!
What's so great about that? you may ask. Well, have you ever stayed up praying all night? I know I could not. I can stay up all night working on a paper for class or some other work on the computer. But the thought of standing up for prayer at night–even two extra rakas–seems like just too much work for me. I ask Allah to protect me from my own laziness. We get tired if the imam takes too long, subhanAllah. And he stood up all night long. Until his beloved ankles were swollen. And he wasn't praying for himself or his family or his Companions. He was praying for his brothers. He was weeping for us, because he knew what trials lay ahead for us. He was asking God to forgive us and guide us and protect us from Shaytan and the haters. And he did this on a regular basis. SubhanAllah we can't even do this for ourselves, for our own souls. How short do we fall.
I love my brother. I say it loud and proud. You can hate him and insult him and slander him all you want (Lord knows he endured enough of that already), but you'll be missing out in my opinion. I'm proud to be able to call him my brother and that he bestowed the honor of that title on us, on me. And all the hating going on out there just makes me more firm in my beliefs and cultivates more love for my religion and my Prophet. Alhamdullillah.
Alayhi salatu wassalam.


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I'm finally getting my finished art project posted. It's a 7 Gypsies white wooden printer's tray. The 12 openings are perfect for holding 12 artist trading cards.
So, this is what it looked like before I put any of my ATCs in it.
I took some jute twine and made a bow to hide the nail.
Here's the finished project again. I'm just thrilled with how it turned out and had the perfect spot for it in my scrap room.
I wanted to share two other things with you. This is a Valentine card that I received in a swap.
My friend Libby created this lovely tri-fold card.
I received this from Giorgia, all the way from Italy ~ she made this beautiful bracelet and ring.
Thanks for stopping by today.
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International Congress on Polymers in Concrete (ICPIC 2018)
Polymers for Resilient and Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure
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This volume collects the proceedings from the International Congress of Polymers in Concrete 2018 (ICPIC), held under the theme "Polymers for Resilient and Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure." ICPIC 2018 provides an opportunity for researchers and specialists working in the fields of polymers to exchange ideas and follow the latest progress in the use of polymers in concrete infrastructure. It also showcases the use of polymers and polymer concrete in sustainable and resilient development, and provides a platform for local and overseas suppliers, developers, manufacturers and contractors using polymers, polymer concrete and polymer composites in concrete structures to develop new business opportunities and follow the latest developments in the field.
The International Congress of Polymers in Concrete is an international forum that has taken place every three years for the last 40 years with the objective of following progress in the field of polymers and their use in concrete and construction. Following 15 successful congresses held in London (1975), Austin (1978), Koriyama (1981), Darmstadt (1984), Brighton (1987), Shanghai (1990), Moscow (1992), Oostende (1995), Bologna (1998), Honolulu (2001), Berlin (2004), Chuncheon (2007), Funchal (2010), Shanghai (2013) and Singapore (2015), the 16th ICPIC will take place in Washington, DC, from April 29 to May 1st, 2018.
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Dr. Mahmoud Reda Taha, PEng, Professor, Chair and Regents' Lecturer, UNM Civil Engineering. He is a bridge engineer by training and has been a professor at UNM for 15 years where he taught civil engineering materials, fracture mechanics and structural design classes. His research on nanotechnology has been funded by major funding agencies in the US including NSF, DOD and DOE. He has published extensively on mechanical characterization of nano-modified cementitious and polymer composites with more than 300 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has 3 issued and 7 pending US patents. He is a Fellow of American Concrete Institute (FACI) and currently serves as the Chairman of ACI committee on polymers and adhesives in concrete, associate editor of ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering and co-chair of ASCE committee on emerging technologies as part of ASCE Infrastructure Resilience Division.
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Concrete-Polymer Materials: How Far Have We Come, and Where Do We Need to Go?
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Polymer Concrete for Bridge Preservation
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Feasibility Study of the Use of Polymer-Modified Cement Composites as 3D Concrete Printing Material
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Experimental Analysis and Micromechanics-Based Prediction of the Elastic and Creep Properties of Polymer-Modified Concrete at Early Ages
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Durability and Long-Term Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer as a New Civil Engineering Material
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What is it that everyone is so concerned about losing these days? Oh, that's right: their memory.
Fortunately, I have my smartphone to get me out of a jam when I can't remember the name of that actress who was just in that movie, you know the one with the Oscar winner, everybody loves him, oh, come on … (No shame in admitting that I've outsourced about 15% of my working memory to IMDb.)
In his new play, "Marjorie Prime," which is having its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum in a production directed by Les Waters, Jordan Harrison explores the fraught subject of memory from a variety of fascinating angles, including senior dementia, our ever-increasing dependence on technology and that old Freudian standby, the perils of repression.
Daringly, a few of the characters, all of whom are played by flesh-and-blood actors, are holographic doubles or "primes," which simulate the presence of loved ones for therapeutic reasons. But best not to give too much away, for Harrison intentionally challenges us to find our footing in a theatrical world that questions the way remembering and forgetting govern our relationships to each other and to ourselves.
If the work is ultimately more conceptually intriguing than dramatically satisfying, it's the kind of experience that keeps unfolding in the mind long after the 80-minute play is over. And for all its fancy, futuristic invention, "Marjorie Prime," which also grapples with the hidden legacy of suicide in a family, is primarily concerned with something eternal: the way our humanity is shaped and warped by the mysterious ebbs and flows of memory.
The play begins with Marjorie (played by that earthy treasure of the American theater, Lois Smith), an 85-year-old with severe memory problems whiling away her day in a leather recliner opposite a man young enough to be her grandson but who turns out to be her husband. Her late husband, to be precise, but in a much younger incarnation.
Walter (Jeff Ward) is a computer-programmed, pixel-generated companion brought in to keep Marjorie's mind from atrophying further. Shady Lane, the assisted-living facility in which Marjorie has a cookie-cutter apartment (austerely decorated by set designer Mimi Lien in various shades of soul-erasing beige), has recommended this form of therapy.
Tess (Lisa Emery), Marjorie's frosty daughter always spoiling for a fight, is suspicious. But Jon (Frank Wood), Tess' husband, is enthusiastically on board, offering background information about his mother-in-law's salty past to enhance the "prime's" conversational acumen. Conflict between the caretakers ensues.
"Science fiction is here, Jonathan," Tess complains. "We buy these things that already know our moods and what we want for lunch, even though we don't know ourselves," and "we tell them our deepest secrets, even though we have no earthly idea how they work."
Worst of all, says Tess with more than a hint of jealousy, "we treat them like loved ones." This last point might seem ironic coming from a woman who's always pushing people away with her quarrelsome objections, yet underlying her testiness is an open wound of childhood neglect longing to be healed.
Tess' brother, Damian, hanged himself when she was a girl. He killed the family dog too, not wanting to die alone. And it is through the tale of the dog that we learn not just the story of what happened but also the way in which this trauma elicited a dance of silence in the household that stymied the family's grief and capacity to be open.
Since much of the family history is disclosed through the programming of the primes (the others come later), the play asks the audience to piece together the various narratives like a detective. Complicating matters is that not everything fed to the primes turns out to be true, though the fabrications inevitably reveal much about the fears and desires of the fabricators.
"Marjorie Prime" is a smart new play that doesn't always feel particularly welcoming. Harrison, a writer on the Netflix original series "Orange Is the New Black," doesn't exactly specialize in ingratiating characters. Marjorie and Tess at times put me in mind of Bruce Norris' contentious crew, and like much of Norris' work, there's an abstract quality to Harrison's writing here that stems from ideas being more highly valued than their personal embodiment.
Much like Harrison's "Maple and Vine," a play about a community pretending to live in the 1950s to escape the technologically dizzying rat race, "Marjorie Prime" has an audacious concept that isn't easy to dramatically sustain. This is the kind of work that would probably benefit from a more intimate space, though the Taper has gathered a first-rate cast under Waters' expert direction.
Smith, a canny veteran with heartland tenderness who has excelled in the plays of Horton Foote, gives piquancy and sass to this old woman who may not be able to remember much but hasn't forgotten that she once had a robust sex life. She makes it impossible to know whether Marjorie was a selfish mother or a devastated one. The ambiguity is as real as the clouds in her character's mind.
Emery has a rare stage virtue: She's not afraid of being disliked. Tess' sharp edges (best summed up in the line, "We're West Coast WASPS, we don't do therapy") aren't softened in the least, yet through the truthfulness of her character's resentments, Emery allows us to feel the undertow of suffering.
Wood portrays a peacemaker in Jon who manages to be the most amiable character onstage yet who also might be operating from blind self-interest. Wood never tips his hand, but the possibility is just quietly there.
Ward has the toughest assignment in many respects, playing a computerized gadget that isn't fully explained. He slyly manages to show, if not actual emotions, the desire to please humans who count on emotional reflections to understand themselves and their confounding place in this world.


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The view from the shuttle cockpit was reasonably impressive. As the shuttle crested the ridge, a bowl-shaped valley opened up between the dusty red mountains that characterize this part of Minos. Nearly in the center, light reflected off the single tower of the tiny spaceport where the Aces and Eights was berthed. All of the party had elected to visit the town of Durmin as part of a supply run, and the shuttle was now packed with supplies to make the next few weeks of space voyaging both survivable and enjoyable. Since the party had parted ways with the Aces and Eights in orbit and agreed to meet Captain Mallorn here, it was a minor relief to see the familiar gray curve of their ship's hull parked on the spaceport's single large landing pad, now only a few miles away.
"Suddenly, A burst of cannon fire across the nose of the shuttle startled everyone, and a small kitfighter zooms past the cockpit. A voice crackles over the radio: "You're entering a restricted area. Turn around immediately!"
The party informed the fighter that they were returning to their ship, and the fighter instructed them to go into a holding pattern while it verified this information. A couple of things became clear: all radio transmission attempts were being jammed, and despite the tone of the warning, this was NOT part of the official local air force. The guy piloting the shuttle, Neil Lovell, decided to risks making a break for the spaceport and home. The kitfighter pursued, opening fire, trying to draw a bead on the surprisingly nimble shuttle. As the shuttle approached the spaceport, a light from the Aces and Eights began flashing in Morse code: "SIEGE GET AWAY."
After a hurried discussion, the party concluded that if there was a siege on the ship, they were better off not sticking themselves in the middle of it. Neil pulled the shuttle into a split-S maneuver, sending it skimming along the surface back in the direction they'd come. The kitfighter continued its pursuit, guns blazing away (although it had not yet managed to do serious damage). Neil decided to try something risky: he spun the shuttle around mid-air, blasting the throttle, and attempting to nullify current forward velocity and ram the kitfighter. The kitfighter barely managed to evade… then came around for another pass on the now-immobile shuttle. Another burst of gunfire found its mark, sending the shuttle sliding out of the air and down to a crash landing.
Thanks to Neil's excellent piloting and the miracle of safety harnesses, nobody was hurt… but the kitfighter was coming around for another pass. Doctor Ivan attempted to rig the engines to explode, but failed, and the party all dived away from the shuttle as the kitfighter strafed it once more, lighting up an engine and causing a massive explosion. The party hid in the low scrub brush covering this part of the terrain, and apparently the kitfighter didn't see them: after circling a couple more times to verify that its target was destroyed, it flew back towards the spaceport.
The party started to make their way to the spaceport on foot (about a mile away). They noticed a jeep coming towards them and the crash site… apparently someone had decided an on-foot inspection was in order. They moved off to the side, hoping to avoid attention, but some footprints apparently caught the eyes of the men in the jeep. Before they had long to investigate, half the party simply opened fire from where they were hidden in the bushes, and the men in the jeep dived behind it to take cover. During the ensuing firefight, Doctor Ivan (who had once driven the exact same model of jeep and knew exactly where to aim) shot a hole in the gas tank and used it to start a fire, and Granny Tea carefully aimed under the jeep to shoot one of the unfortunate foe's feet out from underneath him with her shotgun. Rose, meanwhile, managed to somehow jam BOTH her pistols at the same time. Again.
The fight ended with a two foes down, no casualties, and a burning jeep sending a pillar of black smoke into the sky (nicely matching the one from the shuttle). One of the men in the jeep was still alive, although unconscious and gravely wounded.
At this point, the spaceport is less than a mile away, its metallic walls gleaming in the sunshine. Slightly closer and a few hundred yards from the spaceport, there's a paddock with a handful of horses (always a reliable and cheap form of transportation where there's plenty of land around) and a stable.
Loot recovered:
- Two AK-style rifles (Range 24/48/96, Damage 2d8+1 AP2, ROF 3, full-auto capable, Min strength d6 to use).
- Two flak jackets
- An inconsequential handful of credits
- A couple of spare ammo hoppers (2x 50 ammo/Wt 3)
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SCT Celebrates 35th Anniversary
The team at Safe Child Thailand would like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped to make our 35th Anniversary Gala Dinner such a great success.
The gala held at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London on Saturday 7th April, was generously sponsored by Thai Airways and The Emblem Group. Special thanks go to our esteemed guests, His Excellency Khun Pisanu Suvanajata, Ambassador of Thailand and the Lord Mayor of Westminster for their attendance.
We were also honoured to be joined by Roelien Muller, from our partner project in Phuket initiating Community Health and Hygiene work.
Our brilliant entertainers Vassilis – Magician of the Mind, Thai Dance Academy, West End Kids and DJ SR kept guests enthralled throughout the evening. Amy Willerton, our gracious host, presided over the event expertly.
Amy captivated guests with the heartfelt story of her own first-hand experience of our work with disabled children in Thailand, an addition that was particularly appreciated by donors who know our work so well.
Additional thanks go to the team at the Royal Garden Hotel for their generosity and support of our event, ThaiSmile Magazine and AmThai Paper for capturing the event, and our expert silent auction team from Give Fundraising.
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Scrap the Girls Challenge
What a great challenge this is one of the best I have done in a long time.
I used Kaisercraft paper title and embellishments and a
C T M H spotty stamp. The swirl is my favourite cut on cricket.
Love these colours together it looks so fresh. The photo is of
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Threads (1984): Nuclear War, Straight No Chaser
dir: Mick Jackson
In high school, many American students were subjected to the 1983 film The Day After during their lessons on the 80s cold war segment. It was a combination of cold war paranoia, nuclear war fears, and American melodrama. The Day After's focus on melodrama neutered the impact that it would have on emotionally scarring high school kids.
Threads pulls no punches. Threads is stylistically reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick (notably, The Killing), Truffaut, and Altman...sometimes all at once. Threads is a cold, horrific, detailed account of the events leading up to the nuclear bombing of Britain and the aftermath, both short and long term.
Threads opens on a couple at make out point, with Johnny B Goode blaring on the radio. They switch the radio and we start hearing about the moving of Soviet forces into Iran and the US being pissed about it, but it is brief, and quickly turned off so the couple can screw and get accidentally pregnant. The first 20 minutes of the film is an accounting of the first couple of weeks of May when this Iranian crisis is background noise to the accidental pregnancy of young love.
The next 20 minutes start to detail the oncoming panic that the UK feels as they finally start focusing on the crisis. The citizens hold disarmament rallies, loot stores, and move out of the major cities for the countrysides. The pregnancy and apartment renovation of the new couple takes a back seat to the paranoiac reactions, the preparations of the Sheffield war government, and the ongoing developments of the US government's movements toward the Soviet Union.
The next 20 minutes detail the day of the bombings, and the effects, which includes the killing of the boy, the starvation of the people, and the movements of the people and the dead.
The final hour doesn't go into melodramatic detail of hospitals and taking care of people. The people in the blast radius are left for sick or dead. They're denied food and medical care. The injuries and sicknesses effect everybody. The people are left to start learning how to work and how to farm because there are no more stores or manufacturers. And, we watch this through our surrogates: the young love woman and her daughter.
This is not The Day After which is all about the bombing and the day after. Threads is a harrowing experience showing how the attack will start as background noise, then encompass life. This shows people dying, dogs feeding on corpses, people burning, cities on fire, and the necessary callousness of government towards the survivors. There are no makeshift hospitals with E.R. level dramas. Threads is a dog-eat-dog movie.
Threads will break you. It won't make you cry, it doesn't make you care for anybody in the movie. You can relate to the surrogates as you want, but they're not treated with any sort of cloying emotion. The main characters are tools within which to walk through the details of the nuclear devastation. Threads isn't interested in the intimate. Threads is interested in the large-scale personal. In having much of its post-blast runtime include still photos of corpses in the streets amidst factoids, Threads doesn't limit what may happen. It coldly tells you that food is scarce and people are happy when others die because it means the food will last longer. It coldly tells you that typhoid is among the illnesses that will readily occur after a bombing. It coldly says that there are 10-20 million bodies that are rotting in the streets because people need to start growing food and have no time to bury the bodies en masse.
Threads doesn't want to make you cry. It wants to make you scared. This is a full on horror movie. Deeply affecting, and deeply disturbing, you really don't expect it. Required viewing.
Sidenote: Threads is not available on DVD in the US, but is on YouTube at the time of this writing.
Sidenote 2: This is getting especially harrowing again because of yet another Iranian crisis. In real life, we're just now claiming, again, that Iran is progressing with their nuclear program. I don't think I have heard Russia coming in on this, but nuclear war is obviously what this latest scenario is about.
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While I was on Pawtucket Street covering the fire tonight at 10:24 p.m., police tell me a man went into R&M Liquors, 815 Lakeview Ave., in Lowell, pulled a knife and tried to rob the place.
The attempt failed, and the suspect hopped in the passenger seat of a green Honda Civic and drove off.
But a short time later, someone robbed Wendy's at Arlington and Bridge streets in Dracut at knifepoint.
That suspect got into the passenger seat of a green Honda Civic and fled.
Below is a photo of what I found at Willard and Bridge streets in Lowell after I was told police had stopped a green Honda Civic there a little after 10:30 p.m.
Police tell me Andy Montanez, 26, of 3 River Place, in Lowell, who is pictured in a close up here…
And Michael Feliz, 24, of 151 Coburn St., Lowell, who is pictured here…
…were identified as the bad guys. They were both charged with armed assault with intent to rob in connection with the attempted heist at R&M Liquors, and were being held by Lowell Police early Wednesday morning.
Dracut Police tell me they will also have charges, but they could not immediately say what those charges will be last night.
Both men will be arraigned this morning in Lowell District Court.
I have to credit my buddy Laura, her boyfriend and her boyfriend's roommate with tipping me off to all this while I was at the fire.
This is twice now I've had to thank her. I need to get my act together.
I'm off on vacation now until after Memorial Day, so I'll try to shape up by then. Have a very good week everyone.


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Dear All beloved friends and family members,
It is an apology to all for leaving this wellness blog for years. Nevertheless, the decision to start sharing wellness has matured in myself which is the reason I am here again to start my journey once again. At below, I will bring everyone on a ride of this healthcare industry in the relation with Nutrition Basics.
Back then, I was involved in the health chain stores whereby involve in promoting and sharing of nutritional supplements, application of OTC medications and lifestyle guidance to clients. Before deciding to venture out from this health industry to the food industry. Just before this, I did take the opportunity to learn about the health assessment company where their major function was to perform body check-up and blood testing. And now, been close to 5 years in the food industry.
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Let's all pretend it's still April, April being grilled cheese month. I actually made this sandwich, along with the last 10, and next 10 posts like WEEKS ago now, but hey, it's not like this is my day job. Looking for housing in this zero decent vacancy city kind of became my day job for a while. I'm finally out of my money haemorrhaging loft. I already miss that big space, those windows, the ceiling height you find no where else in Toronto, but hey, it's also not fun to watch your friends hopping on planes, and travelling, when you're like, "COOL, I'm gonna hold down the fort here... in my expensive-ass apartment, in this expensive-ass city, close to nowhere else good, and sacrificing food explora$ion for floor$pace. But you know it's time to move when you can buy a house in Detroit for less than your monthly rent. I'm way further west in town now, in a kind of perfectly shabby house, good enough to stay a while, but definitely giving me pangs to move. Far away. But it's also kind of great, because I feel like I'm in a totally new land. Quieter, cheaper, I don't know a single bar around here, and everything closes at fucking 9. It's almost like being back in France. Almost...
Anyway, we were brainstorming grilled cheesus'z last month, and he was like, why don't you just make a regular sandwich, with a simple grilled cheese sandwich as bread? And I was like FTW YES, yes, I will do that. So here it is. Good story, right?
Monforte raw sheep's cheddar
caramelized onion cheddar
Ontario bacon
heirloom cherry tomatoes
green onion
caramelized onion jam
This is just a gratuitous photo of cheese, because this cheese is so, so beautiful.
Making a simple grilled cheese with three layers of two different kinds of cheddar.
Now you're going to fry this in butter.
Now behold, "bread".
So blah blah blah, mayo, some more cheese, bacon...
Then the other stuff. I opted for radicchio in this "BLT" because I'm going to throw this in the oven to let everything melt. Radicchio gets all warm, and loses its bitter taste, as opposed to say, a romaine which would just get soggy.
Then you have a really tall sandwich that looks like this.
And here's what it looks like inside.
FUCK, I love cheese, but it's maybe time to lay off on all these grilled cheeses. Grilled cheese month has been fun.


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A US Geological Survey says that Venezuela has much more oil than we all know. The scientists estimate that Venezuela's Orinoco oil belt holds 513 billion barrels of recoverable heavy crude. This is twice as much as Saudi Arabia's reserve, the country that was considered to hold the biggest reserve in the world with proven reserves of 260 billion barrels.
This evaluation is by far more optimistic than the official assessment made by Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez. The state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) said it hopes to certify more than 235 billion barrels of crude oil from the Orinoco River basin, in eastern Venezuela. According to PDVSA the Orinoco River basin could hold 1.3 trillion barrels of extra-heavy crude oil. It's estimated that the oil recovery rate will be about 40%-45% of the reserve.
Petroleos de Venezuela SA had no immediate reaction to the US Geological Survey, but is known that the Latin American country made it a priority to slowly increase Venezuela's proven reserves, particularly in the Orinoco oil belt.
Proved reserved are those claimed to have at least 90% confidence of being recoverable with existing technology and under the existing political and economic conditions.


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The Manchester Bar That's Only Accepting Cashless Payments
A growing number of bars and coffee shops in Manchester are turning away cash and only accepting card or Bitcoin payments - some places have even chosen to adopt cryptocurrencies!
The days where tills were full of notes and loose change are becoming a distant memory, as the age of contactless cards and mobile payments is taking over the world.
Sandbar, a real ale and craft beer bar, decided to go cashless in February this year. The manager, Ash Wright explains what he thinks about this payment shift.
"Cashless payments are the future," said Ash.
"Ten years ago, 95% of our take was cash. However, in the last two years, this percentage has plummeted to 25%, and we think that this decrease is going to continue."
Ash also believes that cutting out cash payments saves time and money and creates a safer work environment for his employees.
"The cost involved in servicing cash was completely unbalanced in comparison to card payments," he says.
"It was costing us 40 hours of management time a week! This was spent auditing it, counting it, taking it to the bank and filling in all the cash and till sheets,
"The safety of our staff is our top priority and having cash in our pub puts our employees at risk. Robberies in bars have always been a thing but recently, there have been a few with guns. Having cash here soon became a serious risk," said Ash.
"I don't want my staff to have a gun in their face and this scenario should not have to be something my staff need to worry about."
Cash usage is in serious decline in the UK. According to UK Finance, 62% of all payments made in 2006 were by cash, this number fell to 40% in 2016. By 2026, it is predicted to be used for just 21% of transactions.
Data and privacy concerns were definitely a concern when Sandbar introduced Bitcoin payments. This is because Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies offer a greater degree of anonymity than card payments.
Created in 2009, Bitcoin is a form of digital money 'mined' by computer. It has no central bank and is not regulated by any organisation or state, and its value has fluctuated wildly over the years. One Bitcoin was worth around £6,062.94 at the time of writing - down from over £14,000 at its peak in December 2017.
"For most people, Bitcoin is a novelty, because the money they've got in Bitcoin is investment money, not money to buy a beer with," said Ash.
"Bitcoin has kind of kept itself to itself, but bringing it into a bar setting might further its expansion and awareness. Cryptocurrency may become part of the economy very soon."
UK regulators view Bitcoin as a commodity rather than a currency, but it is gaining credibility as a legitimate method of payment for a growing number of retailers.
It can be bought from online exchanges or in person from Bitcoin ATMs, including The Corner Store a few doors down from Sandbar.


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Kuniharu Shimizu's Haiga based on Rita Odeh's Haiku:
child'd laughter-
throwing stones at the
uppermost branch
February 6, 2012
Haiga 762 -Toy Haiku 15
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Haiku by Rita Odeh (Israel). Artwork by myself.
Rita-san sent me a batch of haiku about children. Among them, I found this haiku. It is about stone, like the previous post 761. The haiku seems to have some interesting layers of meaning other than kid having fun throwing stones.
As for the haiga, I considered the the excitements of children playing a game. I took out crayon for I thought that was a suitable medium to express the mood, and did the color drawing on white paper. I drew the stones in various colors to make the drawing look colorful. I then scan the drawing and added the background.
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State faces difficult session
A Green River legislator expects a difficult budget session in February.
Rep. Stan Blake, D-Green River, said budgetary problems the state is reacting to will make the session more difficult, as legislators for the past 10 years have worked with budgetary surpluses.
"There will be people who don't want to touch the 'rainy day' fund and do cuts," Blake said.
Budgetary shortfalls are being anticipated throughout the state as funds in mineral production, mostly in the oil and gas industries, has dropped off. Sweetwater County currently anticipates a $6 million shortfall for the 2016-...
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Freaky Frillback Pigeon
I ran across this image on the internet, and it caught my eye. My first thought about this bird was that was indeed "freaky". Although birds exist in a myriad of different forms, this was the first I've ever seen that wasn't, well, "streamlined" in design for efficient flight. Even the flightless birds have a certain smooth gracefulness about them.
In researching the Frillback Pigeon I learned immediately that it "evolved" through man's tinkering with selective breeding. Now don't get me wrong – selective breeding has produced many wonderful things from highly productive crops that help to feed the world to a vast array of dazzling flower breeds. I'm all in favor of using selective breeding to improve the positive qualities of earth's plants and animals. (As opposed to the abomination of Genetically Modified foods, plants, and animals which are threatening to kill us all so the big "Pharma" companies can get richer faster.)
The thing that bugs me is that some people use selective breeding to change animals to "improve" their "beauty" – even if it means producing something that is "unnatural" or even unhealthy. Common examples of this are often found in dogs and cats whose appearance is downright ugly to most nature lovers. For example hairless or grossly wrinkled dogs, or those with legs so short they move more like lizards than dogs. Or cats whose faces look like they ran into a brick wall at high speeds. These seem to be beautiful to some people. Or maybe they just wanted to produce a "deformed" breed to get a name for themselves, or to make money breeding more of the poor animals. Next will probably be six-legged creatures that look like cute furry insects curled up on our laps.
Can you tell I'm not really in favor of pigeons with deformed feathers? Anyway, here's some more photos so you won't be so shocked to see one show up at your bird feeder. I'm sure some will regard them as beautiful.
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NEW ORLEANS;La-- Brieux Carré is made up of a couple of guys with a passion for all things beer and a brewery pup named Barley who keeps them company.
Robert Bostick and Taylor Pellerin met three years ago at a beer festival. Each brought their own home-brewed craft beers, and by the end of the night they were combining mugs. The rest is history.
With a laissez faire approach to brewing, they hope to embody the New Orleans spirit.
"We want our brews to be as weird and interesting as the city we live in," said Bostick."While we will always have a variety of brews on tap to suit every type of craft beer drinker, it's our goal to challenge ourselves and bring new recipes to the taproom every week."
Bostick started brewing his own beer in college when he first discovered craft beer and the effects it had on his wallet.
"If you do the math, I was spending about $8 a six-pack, and if I made it myself I was spending $3."
The duo began brewing to save some beer money, and now they're sharing their beer with Nola.
Brieux Carre, located at 2115 Decatur just steps from Frenchmen, is1,100 square feet, with a bar area that is 390 square feet. There is also a patio out back that can seat 50 people who want to enjoy a experimental Bostick and Pellerin. All beer is brewed on site.
Brieux Carre officially opens April 1.


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On Monday morning, I went to work like usual. Fellow colleagues wished me a happy birthday. They had made me a little poster with Snoopy on it as well! I figured the birthday festivities were over.
One of my students wished me happy birthday before class. I wondered how he knew. He said a friend told him. He wouldn't tell me what friend but things in Piura get around!
However, my 11 am Intermediate II class was a bit restless. We had concluded a series of activities, and I was about to launch into the next batch, when they resisted. I could sense they were bored,so I said great, let's take a break. Then, some of the students proceeded to bring out bags of snacks and goodies, plus a card for me that they'd passed around to sign for me! It also was another girl's birthday too! I was so surprised. Some of the students presented me with goodies and the card. I was really surprised and touched.
Later that night, I went to the church party organized for me. They all were waiting for me. I'm glad I prepared a speech. We ate dinner and then the dancing started. I tried to learn two salsa steps but to no great end. I ended up dancing anyway and had a good evening! The cake part was funny, I didn't know what they were asking me to do, but it ended up that I was supposed to take a bite of the cake. I did and then it was "smushed" in my face. Hah hah.
Monday night, one student in my Upper English class asked me when my birthday was. I told her it was the day before. On Tuesday, she brought me a gift!
I was really touched by how welcoming, genuine, and kind (some!) of my students and ward members have been for me to actually make this effort for me. Plus my colleagues are all nice to me. This has been an easy part of the transition, thanks to the people. It's a great lesson for me to make sure I also reach out and care for the people around me - here in Piura and at home.