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Service Scholarship Awarded to Senior
A longtime horseback rider and senior at Portsmouth High School, Victoria Johnson was awarded the 2014 Semco Orthodontics Service-Oriented Scholarship in the amount of $500. Johnson plans to study Equine Business in college. This scholarship seeks to empower the youth of our communities to not only succeed but also to understand their world in a thoughtful way through volunteerism and service. The requirements for winning the scholarship consisted of a visitation log from the nursing home at which the student volunteered, accompanied by an essay of reflection.
It is Dr. Semco's dream to establish a scholarship to help others achieve their goals. He also believes it is very important to provide opportunities for others to grow personally, as well as academically. This scholarship encourages students to be mindful of others while pursuing their dreams.
RIPA Scholarship
The Rhode Island Press Association (RIPA) is accepting applications for its annual $1,000 scholarship through April 3, 2015. Students need not be majoring in journalism to be eligible. To apply, contact Liz Boardman, managing editor, Independent Newspapers, P.O. Box 5679, Wakefield, RI 02880.
Scholarship Information
Organizations or clubs that offer scholarships to Newport County students are invited to share that information with NTW readers. Email the requirements and deadline to email@example.com.
Classic Duo
The Newport Music Festival presents a program of French horn and harp as part of its winter concert series on Thursday, Jan. 22 from 5:30 - 8 p.m. at the Channing Memorial Church. A reception precedes the concert in the Parish Hall at the rear of the church. Tickets are $30. To purchase a ticket call the Festival box office at 401-849-0700 or visit newportmusic.org.
Camp Day Jan. 19
The Newport County YMCA is offering a Martin Luther King Jr. Vacation Camp Day on Monday, Jan. 19 and runs from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Care until 5:30 p.m. available for an additional fee. The day will include sports activities, board games, and swimming. Registration forms can be found in the registration office at the YMCA. For more information, contact Josh at 401-847-9200 x113 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Financial Aid Workshops
Financial aid professionals from College Goal Rhode Island will assist college-bound students and their families in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on Thursday, Jan. 29 at the Middletown High School at 6 p.m. and on Thursday, Feb. 12 at Rogers High School 6 p.m. This form is required for students seeking federal financial aid, including grants and loans, at educational institutions nationwide. It is also the form Rhode Island residents complete to determine eligibility for Rhode Island State Grant Programs.
Middletown Historical Society
The Middletown Historical Society is welcoming new members to learn about and help preserve the town's past. Volunteers are also sought to serve as docents at historic properties and assist with the running of Boyd's Windmill. For more information, visit middletownhistory.org or call 401-846- 1870. The Historical Society's museum at Paradise School, Paradise and Prospect avenues, is open Wednesdays 9:30-11 a.m. during the winter. The group's first presentation of the year will be on Sunday, Feb. 8, when local author Frank Grzyb will discuss his new book, "Touched by the Dragon," on Vietnam War experiences by Newport County residents.
Pro-Life D.C. March
A group of islanders will travel to Washington D.C. to participate in a Pro-Life March on Jan. 22. A bus will leave from Providence on Jan. 21. For more information, call 401- 421-0821.
Lyme Support Group
An open meeting for anyone who wishes to discuss or learn more about Lyme disease will be held Thursday, Jan. 15 at 6 p.m. The support group meets on the second Thursday of each month at Harbor House, 111 Washington St., between Van Zandt and Battery. For more information, contact email@example.com.
Brain Injury Support Group
The support group is an opportunity for individuals with brain injury, family and friends to come together to provide mutual support and assistance in coping with the consequences of brain injury.
The group meets the second Tuesday of the month at the Newport Hospital from 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. The next meeting is Feb. 10. For more information, contact the Brain Injury Association of RI, 401-228-3319.
Concert Workshop
The Newport City Council will hold a public workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 21 regarding the proposal by Newport Waterfront Events to hold events at Fort Adams State Park. The workshop will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Pell School, cafetorium, 35 Dexter St. This is a change of venue. The meeting was originally scheduled for the Newport Library.
Circle of Scholars Reception
The Edward King House will host a wine and cheese reception on Friday, Jan. 16, from 5:30 - 7 p.m. This event is open to all Newport Circle of Scholars participants, their guests and all those interested in participating in the program. Meet the instructors and learn more about the classes. Most begin the end of Jan. and early Feb. There is no cost for this event but RSVP is requested. Call 401-846-7426 or email email@example.com.
Potter Pet U
The January program of the Potter League's Pet University, "Finding the Perfect Cat for You," will be held Wednesday, Jan. 21 from 6 - 7 p.m. Come learn the key factors in choosing the perfect cat, as we discuss the effects of age, color, breed, and more. Then learn how to set your family and your new cat up for success. Free and open to the public. Potter Pet U is for humans only; please leave animals at home. Pre-registration required, contact Anastacia at 401-846-0592 x 120 or email@example.com.
Bagpipe Band from Spain to Play in Newport Parade
A Spanish Celtic bagpipe and drum corps, the Banda de Gaites de Corvera d'Asturies will perform in the 59th annual Newport St. Patrick's Day parade on Saturday, March, 14. The troupe marches annually in the New York St. Patrick's Day Parade, where it has been chosen as the best band in several categories. They have also performed in Latin America and Southeast Asia. The band's Newport appearance is co-sponsored by a Newport-based import company, Ciders of Spain and VikingTours.
Constituent Night
Lauren H. Carson (D-Dist. 75, Newport) will host a constituent night Monday, Jan. 26, at 6:30 p.m. at the Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St. The event is open to all of her constituents in House District 75, and is the first of four constituent meetings she plans to hold early this year. Other dates will be announced soon.
Mosaic Club Card Party
The Mosaic Club of Newport County will be holding a card party on Friday, Jan. 23 at the Edward King House from 6 - 9 p.m. The cost to attend is $15. Proceeds will support the Mosaic Club scholarship programs. Membership in the club is open to those interested in and dedicated to furthering the organization's charitable, educational, social and service oriented activities.
For more information, contact Karen Johnson, President, at 401- 787-8670.
Softball Workouts
Newport Softball is offering several indoor workouts at the Rogers High School gym through the end of March. Workouts will be held on Saturdays, Jan. 17, 24 and 31, Feb. 7 and 28 and March 7, 21 and 28 from 9-10:30 a.m.
Players will work on the fundamentals of softball, including drills to improve throwing, catching, fielding grounders and fly balls, base running and hitting. Sneakers must be worn - no cleats. Players should change into their sneakers at the gym to eliminate salt from outside getting on the gym floor.
Volunteers are welcome and needed. For more information, or to volunteer, contact Tom Milburn at firstname.lastname@example.com. Workouts subject to change. Visit newportlittleleague.com for cancellations or changes to the schedule.
Open House
St. Michael's Country Day School is holding an admission open house on Saturday, Jan. 24 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. to tour the campus and meet students, teachers, parents, and the Head of School, John H. Zurn.
St. Michael's Country Day School is an independent, nondenominational, coeducational school for children from preschool (for threeyear olds) through grade eight.
For more information, contact Stephen Bennhoff, Director of Enrollment at 401-849-5970 x 302.


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WinterFest & Small Business Saturday Schedule of Events Released
Mark your calendars for November 28, 2015! You won't want to miss the slate of activities planned for WinterFest and Small Business Saturday in Valley County.
You can download the complete schedule of events HERE.
Whether it's one of the community meals, Snowball Drop, horse and carriage rides or holiday shopping, so many memorable moments are created and shared among families, alumni, visitors and community members during Valley County's annual holiday celebration. In fact, you can take a look at last year's memorable moments.
You can also download a schedule of other holiday activities taking place throughout November and December in Valley County HERE. On this schedule you'll find several theatrical and musical performances, kids activities and more!
The Ord Area Chamber of Commerce is also sponsoring the annual Holiday ChamberBucks Drawings, where local shoppers can enter to win one of four $500 prizes of Ord Area ChamberBucks! The Chamber of Commerce is also sponsoring a Holiday Hashtag Contest — more details on both contests will be coming soon!
Be sure to follow the WinterFest & Small Business Saturday Facebook event for updates and news on activities, ChamberBucks drawings, ticket sales and more.

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The Hayabusa LT29i smartphone has been announced by Sony a couple of months ago. It came to light in a cam shot but the poor image quality revealed no details about the phone. Soon after that, Sony announced two smartphones in the Xperia series. The Xperia GX is one of them and it was meant only for Japan.
A couple of days back, the international version of the Xperia GX got leaked. This indicated that the international version will be launched in the near future. A recent report states that by analyzing the revealed information about the Xperia GX and Hayabusa LT29i, the latter might be the international version of GX.
The source claims that, the Xperia GX and Hayabusa LT29i have similar specifications. Both the devices will feature a 4.6 inch HD display, dual core 1.5 GHz processor, 13 MP camera and Android ICS operating system. Similar features indicate that that the Hayabusa is the global version of the GX.
As mentioned above, Sony announced the Xperia SX and GX for Japan. The SX is the lightest LTE phone and it is expected to be launched globally. It will also be powered by the Android ICS operating system as its counterpart.
The Hayabusa LT29i is expected to be launched in the later half of 2012. There are no details about the price and exact launch date. It is not sure if the handset will have the LTE support or not.
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I have a day out soon that i want look hot, hot, hot !!! I'm meeting up with some friends I havent seen for a while so i want to rock my skinny jeans that have got a bit tight over the last few weeks. So i'm setting myself up for a mini challenge - 3 weeks to be exact. I'm geting my son to take a close up photo of my bum before and after - not sure if i'll post the before now or with the after !!!!
I know you can't spot reduce but this is the area i need to work on for the skinnies - between the waist and thighs.
Plan of attack? eat 100% clean, 9 hours sleep a night and 110% effort in the gym 4-5 days a week. 2-3 litres of water a day - that's getting a bit hard coz its winter over here, and to take my supplements - something i don't do coz i hate swallowing capsules. Just for 3 weeks to start with - TOTALLY ACHEIVABLE !!! My friend Charlotte is going to do it with me (thanks Charlotte! always good to do it with someone). I'm going to diarise food and exercise on my blog daily so i hope it doesnt get too boring! So, today is day 1, Sunday 12th June - finish date Saturday 2nd July. Ready, set, GO !!!


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Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 115-126
FES-Assisted Walking with Spring Brake Orthosis: Simulation Studies
1Department of Automatic Control and System Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
2Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Copyright © 2011 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper presents a simulation of bipedal locomotion to generate stimulation pulses for activating muscles for paraplegic walking with wheel walker using functional electrical stimulation (FES) with spring brake orthosis (SBO). A new methodology for paraplegic gait, based on exploiting natural dynamics of human gait, is introduced. The work is a first effort towards restoring natural like swing phase in paraplegic gait through a new hybrid orthosis, referred to as spring brake orthosis (SBO). This mechanism simplifies the control task and results in smooth motion and more-natural like trajectory produced by the flexion reflex for gait in spinal cord injured subjects. SBO can eliminate reliance on the withdrawal reflex and foot-ground clearance without extra upper body effort. The stored energy in the spring of SBO is used to replace stimulation pulses in knee flexion and reduce total required torque for the paraplegic walking with wheel walker. The study is carried out with a model of humanoid with wheel walker using the Visual Nastran (Vn4D) dynamic simulation software. Stimulated muscle model of quadriceps is developed for knee extension. Fuzzy logic control (FLC) is developed in Matlab/Simulink to regulate the muscle stimulation pulse-width required to drive FES-assisted walking gait and the computed motion is visualised in graphic animation from Vn4D. The simulation results show that SBO can be successfully used with FES for paraplegic walking with wheel walker with all the advantages discussed over the current hybrid orthoses available.


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The Best of Friends
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The boys met at preschool. They were quite the odd pair! Ben was a portly pup of unknown origin and Scuggy was as Icelandic sloth. They were inseparable. They played, spent the night in the woods and sang show tunes at the swimming hole. Their parents did not approve, at least, not at first, as they spent too much time away from their respective families. Eventually, their parents resigned themselves to the friendship. The boys had become brothers and there was no use in denying it. In fact both families, after a time, had become quite close, despite their differences. Bonded through their children, they all began to spend weekends and holidays together. Eventually they decided to share a home.
To commemorate the big new family decided that the boys should have a portrait painted. Ben was first to arrive at the sitting. He wore his best suit and scrubbed his face as clean as he could. An hour passed, an Scuggy still had not arrived. "This is typical," thought Ben, "he is always late." Eventually Scuggy showed up, in nothing but an under shirt! He had overslept and so rushed over as fast as he could. After a week, the artist completed the painting. The families had a party to celebrate, and as they toasted to the boys the artists pulled back a cloth to reveal the painting. The crowd erupted in laughter. Everyone agreed that the portrait was as true to life and to the unlikely friendship they all enjoyed!


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|Flow Shop Scheduling Using Clustered Differential Evolution
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|23rd European Conference on Modelling and Simulation (ECMS 2009). 2009, p. 70-76
|A generic approach of population dynamics and clustering for permutative problems is presented in this paper. Diversity indicators are created from solution ordering and its mapping is shown as an advantage for population control in metaheuristics. Differential Evolution Algorithm is embedded with a population based on this approach and vetted with the Flow shop scheduling problem. Extensive experimentation is conducted on benchmark problems in this area with good results.
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The application period for the 35th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, January 28-February 2, 2019, has passed. We thank you for your interest.
Helpful tips for applying will remain online for information purposes; however, any applications received will be held for the 36th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, to be held in 2020. Read more.
Have a Suggestion for the Next Gathering? The Western Folklife Center welcomes your ideas and thoughts for Gathering cowboy poets, musicians, storytellers, gearmakers and films as well as programs and workshops. Thank you for your interest.
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Bethesda is continuing its trend of weekly release of Fallout 4 videos for its S.P.E.C.I.A.L series. This time around, the focus is on the 'A' part of S.P.E.C.I.A.L: Agility.
Agility is an extremely important S.P.E.C.I.A.L that allows players quicker reloading of guns, easier movement, special stealth abilities, and improved VATS accuracy, giving you a huge tactical advantage. It's an especially useful branch to invest in if you're going to be playing with short-to-medium ranged weaponry in the game, or if you prefer doing things quietly.
The video is shown in clasico retro styled Vault demonstrations, with the highly dark sense of humor returning along with everyone's favorite Pip Boy avatar. Not only is this a brilliant marketing strategy from Bethesda, it's also an excellent way for players new to the Fallout series to understand how character development works in the game, and which S.P.E.C.I.A.L branches would suit their playstyle.
We expect the final video of the S.P.E.C.I.A.L series, focusing on Luck, to be released next week.
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What if sheep could fly?
This is a beautifully illustrated funny book to show what might happen if sheep could fly. What a thought! It's perfect for your pre-school child. It was written and illustrated by an artist I met in France on a ski-ing holiday when I visited an artists' village. I offered to translate the books because I loved them so much. I hope you do too.


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The Creative Process is a Mindfulness Practice
Denise Demaras is an Artist, Author, Photographer, and Board Certified Holistic Health and Life Coach. She was born in New York and moved often throughout her childhood. Being 'the new girl' taught her how to let go of familiarity and start over - often. She considers her disruptive childhood a gift as it led her in search of ways to manage the discomfort and pain around changes. Her dedication was and is extensive and determined.
"Many moves taught me how to roam and know that in my heart I was home."
After receiving her certification as a Holistic Health and Life Coach from Columbia University Teachers College and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition for Holistic Health and Nutrition, she became board certified as a Health and Nutrition Practitioner by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She continued her pursuits and soon thereafter became a Chopra certified Meditation teacher and Chapman certified Art for Healing Instructor. Everything fell into place. And then it happened.
On Christmas Eve, 2009, she became the victim of a terrible car accident which restricted her life and ability to work. Knowing that there is no greater teacher than life, she embraced this challenge and allowed her new life circumstances to show her the way to heal.
As she expected, Denise found the way to triumph over emotional resistance and overcome physical pain. In the end the very accident that brought her to her knees proved to be another gift, a blessing of learning, deep healing and joy. Denise found her way home and the way to her healing in her heart.
Her healing journey was fueled with mindfulness and the creative process. She shares what she has lived, learned and put into practice on her website, in social media and in her book Heal from Your Heart with Breath, Rhyme and Art.
She gives us an offering from the heart to help all those who struggle with pain, stubborn emotional and mental blocks, negativity and stress. It is a tremendous guide to self healing for every body, every day.


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Friday, November 27, 2009
Week 5: week of the "Threeza"
This week most of the blodder (blog fodder) comes from circumstances leading up to today's competition. There had been a lot of discussion of who would replace Greco (closed up operation) in the East St. John's bracket. Some agreed that Acropolis might be a good candidate since it appeared to be decent looking when Dale had brought a slice for lunch one day and because it was not part of the competition in the Mount Pearl district. Some concern was expressed that there should not be inner district matching in the first round of the bracket. Pizza Supreme was offered as an alternate choice. In the end it was decided that Pizza Supreme would indeed replace Greco, but Acropolis would be added to the competition this week for a three pizza shoot out, hence Threeza. One would think that this would be the end of the controversy...
After ordering pizzas from the three location, Acropolis, Dominoes, and Pizza Delight (actually two pizzas and garlic fingers plus a "crappy" Greek Panzoretti for Wally were ordered from PD) it was time to collect money. It was at this point that the unexpected happened. Heidi, who had confirmed her participation earlier in the week, had to bow out of the competition since Newfoundland Jesus had dropped his car into the garage and could not be home to care for their dog, thus it was necessary for Heidi to assume this role. This turn of events was not greeted with understanding. I attempt to coerce Heidi into participating in the bracket competition, but was unsuccessful in my convincing efforts. Upon hearing of Heidi's withdrawal from the bracket Chuck commented "I don't care if a dog shits on the floor". Other commentary ensued, and needless to say this commentary was not favorable on Heidi's character. This is where the unthinkable happened. Pappy, overhearing the dissing, promptly confronted Heidi and told her that people were talking about her and it wasn't nice. Heidi called Newfoundland Jesus to console her after hearing what had been said. Miraculously Newfoundland Jesus had his car back from the garage and he could take the role of dog sitter and Heidi could participate in the competition. Everyone was happy. So ends the pre face.
The actual pizza bracket event started with the Acropolis pizza arriving 15 minutes early and being jumbo in size rather than the large ordered. The others arrived within several minutes of each other at around noon. Everyone commenced in the large conference room since there were three pizzas and enough people to warrant the move. Judges for this week include: Heidi, Chuck, Howard, Josh, Stephen, Mutema, Sam, and myself. Also participating in this weeks judging was guest judge Sarah, who was greeted with a warm welcome after an hype filled introduction by myself. All three pizzas this week were non-blank box pizzas with Acropolis actually getting the most box design approval. There was some discussion of how the voting would be cast for a three pizza competition, but as it turns out the competition was narrowed down to the two original match ups with Acropolis getting no votes. In the end Pizza Delight narrowly edged out Dominoes in an exciting 5-4 result. Commentary regarding the outcome seemed to indicate that the sweeter sauce on the Pizza Delight pizza contributed to its victory. Both pizzas were close in terms of quality and taste, while Acropolis fell by the wayside, even having leftovers (probably due to the fact that it was a jumbo). I can say that the Dominoes was a little crispier and had a more predominant crust, whereas the Pizza Delight had a doughier feel and had a crust that tapered off, rather than rise up. In the end I think the sauce was the deciding factor. The garlic fingers were a success as well, but consumption was held of until votes were cast to prevent any influence of decision.
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I whole-heartedly believe that if you combined the sauce from Pizza Delight with the crust and toppings of Dominos, you would have the ultimate pizza champion of the universe.ReplyDelete
In the patent world, this combination would be considered "obvious."
I don't give a s#!& about the pizza....SARAH was there? I'm so sad I missed that. Damn you, Lady Gaga.ReplyDelete
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Burundi Happenings
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- Marina said...
We totally understand your excitement at the "little" things that bring your Burundi experience much closer on the horizon. We are currently planning to be in Burundi for 3 months beginning mid-April. There are so many logistics to deal with just for a short stay. We are excited for you and only wish that we would be there when you all arrive in Burundi! I can just imagine that truck with your container on it, chugging up a hill at 9 miles/hour with a group of bicyclists hanging on to the bumper and even a few guys just standing on the back bumper catching a ride up the hill. We are trying to learn a little Kirundi here in Phoenix before we leave. Surprisingly, there are a lot of Burundian refugees who were placed in Phoenix! We wish you the best as you press on and move forward towards Burundi!!
- March 11, 2013 at 5:47 AM
- Joel Green said...
NAKUMATT!!!! We have such pleasant memories of that store in Kigali, Rwanda. Don't know why, but I laughed out loud when I read about it coming to Burundi :) Just another little blessing.
- March 11, 2013 at 6:32 PM
- tscarlet said...
How exciting to see all the progress! I love the ancient truck that hauled up the shipping container--that is hilarious! We so enjoyed seeing photos from the engineering scouting trip also. We pray often for all of you, that somehow you will be able to continue to focus in language school when your long-planned-for goal is finally edging into close-range view. I know for myself there are many days when I waste an hour googling all I can find about Burundi instead of just buckling down with a French lesson. :)
- March 11, 2013 at 6:55 PM
Yes, Nakumatt!! I live in the land of SuperWalMart but having been in Kenya for just one month, I totally understand what a Nakumatt in Burundi means.
- March 11, 2013 at 9:57 PM
- Sarah Halter said...
Very exciting! And I also totally get how exciting a Nakumatt would be!
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My trip to Mexico started August 12th at Secrets Silversands Resort in Riveria Maya, while Ross headed down to Mexico on August 11th to do a little birding on Cozumel and the peninsula. (To read about that post see here.) The whole reason Ross and I went to Mexico in the first place was to … Continue reading Mexico – Part 2. After the Wedding – August 12-20, 2016
Mexico – Part 1: Before the Wedding – August 11-15, 2016
Our trip to Mexico can be broken down into two parts, "Before the Wedding" and "After the Wedding" because had it not been for a good friend getting married in Cancun, we would not have done a trip to Mexico this summer. However, when a friend that you've known since kindergarten, does a destination wedding … Continue reading Mexico – Part 1: Before the Wedding – August 11-15, 2016


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A small, intensive vegetable farm is a peculiar workplace. We come to the farm from a wide variety of backgrounds with a few intersecting interests. While there is time for solitude, most of our days are spent in close proximity to one another and over the course of a season we know more about each other than about many people we've known much longer. Chatter can vary from best pizza in town to the state of world politics, and conversations are fluid as the work moves from place to place, and groups dissolve and reassemble. Soon we're sharing in the quirky thrills of the farm--the last zucchini harvest, a run through the irrigation water, the beauty of a well-weeded carrot bed, or the sweetness of a new set of stones on the knife sharpeners :).
By the fall, more often, we find ourselves in comfortable silence. The fall sunshine, the chill in the morning air, and our comfort with one another means that we don't need to talk. We've hit a stride in our work that we barely need to vocalize our protocols either. It's a goal each year that we reach this point and feels good to get there.
I'm so grateful to the folks who, like me, have chosen this work. It's a vocation that is not for everyone, and those who thrive enjoy the rigor, the physical and mental challenge, and the tangible rewards of a bountiful harvest and a delicious meal. I've been very lucky to work with people for whom this is true. Our season together is coming to an end, and whether the members of this year's crew come back for another season at Blue Moon or move on to other pursuits, their integrity and work ethic will serve them and their colleagues well. Thank you guys!!


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I had the pleasure to interview Dr Dora Katsonopoulou, the Director of The Helike Project, and President of The Helike Society based in Achaea, Greece. She is an archaeologist, a researcher, a consultant of international research programs and Board member of scientific Institutes and Organisations, a guest lecturer at Universities and Institutions, and she has organised four International Conferences on Ancient Helike and Aigialeia. She is the Leader of excavations conducted at Helike near Aigio since 2000. I contacted Dora in February 2013 and asked if she could cite my short story, Helike, on the Helike Project's website to help promote their work and the awareness and significance of the project and archaeological digs, but also for modern people to be educated, to relate to the history of Helike, and to place faces and names to the Greek citizens who were part of the tragedy when the town was lost in history, and lastly, for modern people to have empathetic understanding. My short story is about the destruction of Helike from the perspective of one of its citizens that I created, Alethea. Dora answered 15 Questions I had about her work directing and organising the project, the purpose of the project, and its aims for the future. This is an interview to commemorate her hard work since 1988.
A huge thank you once again to Dora for her contribution.
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This article provides you the revision notes on Class 11 Chemistry: Chapter- Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry, to give you a quick glance of the chapter. This article is a continuation of the revision notes on Class 11 Chemistry, Chapter- Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry, Part-I. In Part-I you got to learn about matter and its classification, basic physical quantities and their measurement.
CBSE Class 11 Chemistry Notes: Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry (Part - I)
Topics covered in this part of chapter notes for 'Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry', are:
The key notes of the chapter are as follows:
Laws of Chemical Combinations
There are 5 basic laws governing combination of elements to form compounds.
1. Law of Conservation of Mass (Antoine Lavoisier in 1789)
This law states that matter (mass) can neither be created nor destroyed.
2. Law of Definite Proportions (Louis Proust in 1799)
This law states that a chemical compound always consists of the same elements combined together in the same ratio, irrespective of the method of preparation or the source from where it is taken.
3. Law of Multiple Proportions (Dalton in 1803)
This law states that when two elements combine to form two or more compounds, then the different masses of one element, which combine with a fixed mass of the other, bear a simple ratio to one another.
4. Gay Lussac's Law of Gaseous Volumes (Lussac in 1808)
This law states that under similar conditions of temperature and pressure, whenever gases react together, the volumes of the reacting gases as well as products bear a simple whole number ratio.
For example:
H2 (g) + O2(g) → H2O (g)
100 mL 50 mL 100 mL
Here, the volumes of hydrogen and oxygen which combine together (i.e. 100 mL and 50 mL) bear a simple ratio of 2:1.
5. Avogadro Law (Avogadro in 1811)
According to this law equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure should contain equal number of molecules.
Dalton's Atomic Theory:
Basic postulates of Dalton's Atomic Theory are:
It is the smallest particle of an element, which may or may not have independent existence is called an atom. For example, oxygen (O), hydrogen (H), etc.
CBSE Class 11 Chemistry Syllabus 2017 – 2018
It is the smallest particle of a substance which is capable of independent existence. For example, H2O, O2, etc.
Atomic and Molecular Masses
Atomic Mass:
Gram Atomic Mass:
Atomic mass of an element expressed in grams is the gram atomic mass or gram atom
Molecular Mass:
Formula Unit Mass:
Mole Concept
Molar mass:
Molar Volume
Percentage Composition:
Empirical Formula for Molecular Formula
Empirical formula:
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Molecular formula:
Relationship between empirical and molecular formulae:
Chemical Equation:
The representation of a chemical change in terms of symbols and formulae of the substances involved in the reaction is called chemical equation.
Limiting Reagent:
It is the reactant which gets consumed first or limits the amount of product formed.
For a balanced reaction reaction:
B would be a limiting reagent if nA /nB > nB/nA
Similarly, A is a limiting reagent if nA /nB < nB/nA
Concentration of the solutions
Mass Percent:
Volume Percent:
Parts per million ( ppm):
Mole fraction:
Molarity (M):
Molality (m):
Try the following questions:
1. Determine the empirical formula of an oxide of iron which has 69.9% iron and 30.1% dioxygen by mass.
2. Calculate the concentration of nitric acid in moles per litre in a sample which has a density, 1.41 g mL–1 and the mass per cent of nitric acid in it being 69%.
3. What is the symbol for SI unit of mole? How is the mole defined?
4. The density of 3 molal solution of NaOH is 1.110 g mL–1. Calculate the molarity of the solution.
5. Calculate the mass of ammonia produced if 2.00 × 103 g dinitrogen reacts with 1.00 × 103 g of dihydrogen according to the following chemical equation:
N2(g) + H2(g) → 2NH3(g)
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Billy Dwayne Boyce Sr., 80, of Harrisburg died on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.
All services will be at Praise Assembly of God, 4300 Clark Lane, in Columbia. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Graveside services to be at Oakland Christian Church, 2929 E. Oakland Church Road in Columbia.
Billy was born on Nov. 21, 1931, and was raised in Boone County.
He spent all of his of life in construction. Owner of Columbia Curb and Gutter for nearly 45 years, he had a hand in paving roads, building bridges and airport runways and left his mark on Columbia by paving the way for economic development. Columbia Curb and Gutter received many awards for their outstanding work, including a Region 7-National Award for General Prime Contractor of 2000.Billy was just 16 years old when he joined the U.S. Army and fought for our country in the Korean War, he was in the 11th Combat Engineer Battalion.
He was a member of Praise Assembly of God, the Northern Cherokee Nation of The Old Louisiana Territory and the Elks and Eagles Lodge.
Billy is known for his heart-felt commitment for raising money for the area�s children at Christmas time. For more than 25 years he worked with the Salvation Army and the Voluntary Action Center to make sure no child went without at Christmas.
Billy is survived by his wife, Linda Boyce; two sons, Billy Boyce Jr. and Marvin Boyce; five daughters, Doris Boyce, Anita Haley, Angie Nickerson, Tiffany Schwandt and Crystal Watson, all of Columbia; 14 grandchildren, Michelle Timke, Daniel Boyce, Rebecca Borgard, Bryan Boyce, Christine Pfannenstiel, Charlie Bell Jr., Justin Gipson, Matthew Gipson, Olivia Nickerson, Malakai Nickerson, Sheppard Nickerson, Cole Schwandt, Ella Schwandt and Brady Wilson; and sixteen great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Campbell Nickerson; three sisters, Letha Dale Reynolds, Nanny Shaw, and Helen Boyce; four brothers, Paul Nichols, Loren Nichols, Carrol Nichols and Vencil Nichols; and other nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers the family request donations are made to the Voluntary Action Center.
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Home improvement is consequently crucial in restoring the classical appearance of the house. Where one decides to carry out the maintenance himself, due to lack of skills the work done will not be satisfying. Therefore to make your home beautiful and fetch the best value when it comes to selling home improvement is crucial. Hence, home improvement enhances the appearance of the house but also increase the lifespan of the house and the home in general
Therefore, the type of the design and the size of your home is the key to determining the kind of home improvement ideas one should consider. Since the homes in some ways do have some similar designs; therefore there are some of the improvement ideas which apply to nearly all the houses. Since in nearly all the apartments there is a kitchen and a bathroom; therefore an improvement on them is one of the most common. Therefore, one of the ways of improving the kitchen and bathroom is making sure that you install the necessary new equipment and appliances for efficiency. The improvement done on the kitchens does not only involve the presence of the new stuff but also keeping in pace with new designs.
In the recent times' boilers have become very famous due to their benefits and hence one should consider installing one or even replacing the old ones with new one. The third improvement that can be carried out in the home is replacing the old windows with the double glazed windows due to the advantages that come along with them. The fourth improvement that can be carried out on the home is the creation of a home garden. Therefore with the regular check and replacement of old structures it leads to long life and increased value of the home property.
Therefore, one should make sure that the roof is not leaking and there are no blocked gutters to prevent water blockage. Where the house is made from wood it is important that one do termite extortion on a regular basis. As times goes by one may detect some new remodeling features such as new painting which can be done on the house to make it look new. With the tearing of the room's large area is formed and it also allows extensions to be made on the existing walls. Therefore where one wants to have best results on home improvement it's crucial that one hires the right professionals.
Noting down the area in your home that needs to be improved is one thing that needs to be prioritized. After having made the list of the various improvements, one should also do budget estimation of the cost which will be incurred in the maintenance process. Since the improvement process is crucial in giving your home a new look with the improvement done by an expert and everything is in the right place the results turns out to be satisfying.


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(H) Purge(Evil): Ulvin has an deep seated hatred towards evil. He lashes out with Divine light in an attempt to purge Evil from his sight.
Brief Description: Tall and muscular with short blonde hair. Ulvin was once a mortal being, a human from a small village who picked up arms and started roaming the countryside, slaying monsters and rescuing innocent and defenseless folks from certain ruin at the hands of Evil while teaching others to do the same. He eventually started his own little band of wandering do-gooder swordsmen.
One day, Ulvin was struck down by an orc's poisoned arrow in his neck as he held the way for villagers to escape from an orcish warband. His lifestyle and sacrifice drew the attention ofKethneciel and he was raised up into godhood, gaining Courage as his domain and Heroism as his portfolio.
Ulvin embodies the virtues he did when he was a mortal and expects those same virtues to be upheld by those whom would follow in his lead. His tenants are to be fearless in the face of adversity, to protect the weak, to always do the right thing and to uphold the virtues that which put mortals above petty evils.


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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Embraer SA (EMBR3.SA) was the "harmed party" in the trade fight between Boeing Co (BA.N) and Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO), the Brazilian jetmaker's commercial aviation boss said on Wednesday.
The U.S. trade commission last month handed an unexpected victory to Bombardier against Boeing, in a ruling that allows the Canadian company to sell its newest jets to U.S. airlines without heavy duties.
Embraer, a more direct competitor to Bombardier in the market for smaller passenger jets, is backing a separate Brazilian government complaint against Canada at the World Trade Organization, Embraer Commercial Aviation CEO John Slattery said.
"We were the harmed party," he told Reuters at the Singapore Airshow. "Illegal subsidies were given both by the federal government and the state of Quebec to Bombardier. In addition to that Bombardier sold the aircraft in the North American market below cost."
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Where should I stay? Once we decide where we are going, that's often the next question we ask. But how do we find the answer? Ask a well-traveled friend? Talk to an experienced travel advisor? Both good options. I'd like to suggest a third: Consult our list of AFAR Recommended Hotels.
AFAR editors have selected the best hotels in more than 100 destinations around the world, based on what we value—local character, style, and the experiences the hotels offer to different kinds of travelers. After all, we decide where to stay based on the kind of trip we're taking.
Say you're heading to my old stomping grounds of Scottsdale, Arizona. If you feel like having a lively, urban experience, you could stay at the W Scottsdale downtown. For a more secluded stay that's still close to the city, you could opt for the Sanctuary Resort and Spa in Paradise Valley. For all the benefits of a large resort—including 10 swimming pools—the Hyatt Regency at Gainey Ranch is a great choice. Want to head to the desert? The intimate Boulders Resort and Spa offers beautiful rooms and villas set on 1,300 acres.
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Work experience blog – Holly Davis-Grant
We recently welcomed English Literature student, Holly Davis-Grant, to do a two-week placement here in our Bristol office. Here's what she had to say about her time with us…
Upon finishing my second year of university I had the sudden 'uni-is-almost-over' epiphany that I need to start climbing my way out of the warm and cosy university bubble and figure out what I want to do as a future career.
Not wanting to fall into the expected vocation of an English Literature graduate – teaching – I had to start looking at my options. I realised it was important to me to be able to incorporate a certain level of creativity into my job while still working in a business-like atmosphere. PR seemed like the natural fit for this, so I started looking online to see what I could find. After an informal chat with the lovely Julie she invited me to do two-weeks experience with the Bristol Grayling team. I was excited and actually a bit shocked as I didn't think a big company like Grayling would take on work experience 'first timers' like me.
During the first morning commute my nerves kicked in and I started to worry about what kind of tasks I was going to do. I suddenly remembered the film 'The Devil Wears Prada' and had visions of myself running through Cabot Circus with dry cleaning in one hand and an over-flowing tray of Starbucks in the other. I'm pleased to say this vision never came to life! In fact, it was quite the opposite. Julie met me at reception with a warm greeting and briefed me on the company and what kind of tasks I would be doing. She later gave me a tour of the office and gave me all the vital information – where the biscuit tin and coffee were kept!
Shortly after my arrival I was pleased to discover Grayling had prepared an efficient and handy timetable of all the tasks I would be doing over the next fortnight. Reading it over, I was pleasantly surprised at the types of things I would be doing – not a single coffee run or photocopying session in sight! During my two weeks I did a variety of tasks including putting together an editorial for a magazine, selling-in press releases to newspapers, booking bands for an event and creating content for social media. These were just a few of the many things I got to try out during my stay.
I was grateful for the amount of responsibility Grayling gave me and the sense of freedom I had whilst completing my tasks. I was lucky enough to work with almost all of the friendly staff in Grayling's Bristol team and thankful for the varying scope of tasks they assigned me to do. The two weeks I spent with the company were a fantastic and eye-opening experience into the world of PR and have further cemented my motivation to work in the industry after I graduate.
This week at Grayling
In the space of just two working days we devised, planned and executed a PR stunt for client Bristol 2015 to mark the one month countdown to Arcadia Bristol – the famous mechanical spider coming to the city in September as part of Bristol's year as European Green Capital.
Last Thursday we met with Arcadia to agree the Lords of Lightening Frequency Rider photostunt, which involved 2 million volts of lightening lighting up the Bristol skyline in front of iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge
The event took place on Monday, with all media materials drafted and approved. We turned off the street lights of Clifton (well, the council did), arranged for photographs and videography, attended a press stunt and managed media attendance.
We gained national online coverage on Telegraph Online, Independent and BT.com (pics of day) and print coverage in the Daily Telegraph (half a page!), Guardian and Independent I, plus a raft of regional coverage.
It was a very busy two days but the team loved it!
In other news
We're famous! We sent in our Shaun the Sheep picture to the Bristol Post who featured it online.
From L-R – Lucy, Lydia, Kimberley, Shaun (the sheep), Louise and Neil. Our photographer was Megan – she was too shy to be in the picture.
We think the picture is BAAArilliant! What do you think?
Tomasina, our resident tomato plant has been 'getting it on' with our other resident tomato plant – Tommy! We hoped that he may have been pollinated by a bee and therefore encourage Tomasina to fruit. No luck yet!


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Apple has launched new Ipod Nano and now it is avalable on Malaysia Apple Store. According to Mr Steve Job (Apple CEO), the new Ipod nano is about 50% lighter and 50% smaller to previous Nano. Okay... it is supporting touch screen features now with multi touch technology, meaning you can put 2 fingers into the1.54 inch screen and tweak around. But the screen is relative small, i don't think you can satisfy with it compare with ipod touch which is as big as iphone.
The icon idea are copied from Iphone and it should be no problem for the folks to play around with it. Nano can last for 24 hours playback with single charge. pretty standard compare to others brand player. Weight is only 21.1 grams, for me it is very light and you won't easily notice if it drop from your pocket. According to Apple Store, selling price for 8GB is RM549 and 16GB is RM679, okay for the price standpoint but i bet you can pay 100 to 200 bucks less if you are buying China brand player with same memory capacity. But if you buy Nano because it is "Apple" then it shouldn't be a big problem for you to pay this amount of money. So for the folks still struggle on gift idea to your lover this year. Nano might be a good choice for you then


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By way of explanation: This blog mostly consists of extracts from my homebrew system Explore, but they should mostly be applicable to any other system which is vaguely OSR related due to a shared heritage. Explore is a traditional role playing game of exploration / adventure / intrigue in a world of swords / sorcery / monsters. The rules have been iteratively developed and refined through the fire of play testing (I have very critical players!) in an attempt to make them as simple as they can be without losing their vital essence.
I've previously given a system of heights and weights of humans, which leads to the obvious question of heights and weights of other races. Here below is a unified system of measures and related bonuses, which in particular can be applied to the heights and weights of non-humans. My desire to find such a system has it's origin in the observation that it's very tricky to work out a consistent set of such bonuses, and I always find myself querying these bonuses in other systems, so such a system makes it much easier for me! As usual you can adapt this to other systems.
By "unified system of measures" I mean I'd like the same system for working out what damage penalty a Halfling gets compared to a human, and for working out what damage bonus a giant wolf gets compared to a standard wolf, and in fact for working out what damage bonus a statue made out of stone might get, or what bonus a ballista might give compared to a crossbow. And it's got to give sensible answers. And it's got to be simple.
Firstly I borrow from a popular idea for simplifying encumbrance - precise weight is not important (the earliest reference I know of this is Delta's weighing things in stones), and apply this to all measures. (So everything is measured to the nearest rank)
Secondly I continue the principle from my open dice system that +1 always means the same percentage increase. (So there is a fixed ratio increase between ranks)
Thirdly I link the different measures and bonus system, so that if you increase the height of a creature by one rank, you also make it +1 weight and +1 damage and +1 strength.
Let's start with weights:
Let's start with weights:
Weights are given in pounds, and every two categories the weight doubles:
1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 45, 64, 90, 125, 180 etc.
Things will only ever be given a weight from that list.
How much does a Giant weigh?
If a 6' human weighs 180lbs, how much should a 12' giant of the same build weigh?
You might expect it to go up 2^3 = 8 times, but the general consensus appears to be that weight goes up at a power of 2.5, so 2^2.5 = 5.7 = approx 6 times. In our system of weights this means a size of +5 ranks, which is a weight of 1000lbs. Hence for +1/-1 in weight rank to match +1/-1 in height rank, the height ranks must double every +5.
Addendum - see Squaring The Cube for a discussion of this rule.
Addendum - see Squaring The Cube for a discussion of this rule.
Heights are given in feet and inches, and every five categories the height doubles:
3', 3'6'', 4', 4'6'', 5',
6', 7', 8', 9', 10', 12',
Again heights of things are only ever given from this list.
Note that characters have more precise heights and weights, but that's purely for flavour.
Note that characters have more precise heights and weights, but that's purely for flavour.
Inanimate objects
Surprisingly this rate of increase also works for inanimate man-made non-solid objects such as clothing or tables. As a table gets larger you have to make the legs thicker, so they go up by more than the square of the size, but they don't need to be made as much thicker, so they don't go up by as much as the cube of the size. Hence a giant's sword (like the giant) is twice as long, and is six times as heavy.
How strong is a Giant?
The height bonus for a Giant of +5 translates into a +5 damage bonus purely because of their size (they will probably get another +3 for being strongly built for a total of +8), which seems reasonable.
Am I dense?
If you increase the density of a weapon (keeping it the same weight), then it concentrates the force and hence the damage. For density we keep with the same +2 categories = double the density (This is so that +1 density has to be accompanied by -1 size or +1 weight).
Note that for simplicity we assume that density and strength of a material are the same, which means we have to include a slight fudge - there is an ad-hoc rule where a human punch is less deadly which would not apply for example to a stone one.
So, how about a human-size statue made out of stone?
Densities are given in pounds per square foot, and every two categories the weight doubles:
50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 300 etc.
50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 300 etc.
For example, Animals are 50 lb/sq foot (as is water, ice, and wood), Stone is 150 lb/sq foot.
So, how about a human-size statue made out of stone?
How strong is a Statue?Stone has +3 density compared to flesh, but the statue is the same size so it is also +3 weight. So the statue is 6' tall, 150 lb/sq foot (+3), weighs 500 lb (+3) and is +6 damage.
Speed versus Size
Now the speed of an animal is more affected by their build than their size; small animals tend to scurry and large animals tend to plod. So I'm having Halflings and Giants move at the same speed as humans. Similarly I'm having their maximum speed they can throw things to be the same (Giants can just throw heavier items - they can throw a small boulder as far as I can throw a tennis ball).
So what about range? How does throwing something faster and further affect damage?
If a giant hits me with a sword he gets +5 damage, and so if he throws a spear at me you'd also want +5 damage.
The spear's +5 damage comes not from increased speed / range, instead it comes from the +5 weight.
We're going to assume that the damage comes from increased Kinetic Energy, thus it is proportional to the velocity squared, thus proportional to the range.
So if +5 range gives the same bonus as +5 weight, range doubles every other rank, like weight.
So if +5 range gives the same bonus as +5 weight, range doubles every other rank, like weight.
Range / Drop
Ranges and drops are given in feet, and every two categories the weight doubles:
(Drops have the same maths as Ranges, so they use the same ranks).
So that's enough explanation for now. In the next post I'll cover in the next post examples of how to use this quickly for many different purposes.
So that's enough explanation for now. In the next post I'll cover in the next post examples of how to use this quickly for many different purposes.


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As much as I love long fluttery lashes I must admit I very rarely use false lashes, I'm all about mascaras.
What excited me about the Katy Perry Color Pop Lashes was in fact the 'Colour pop' part, there are mascaras out there that claim to brighten your eyes or make the pop so I was really excited to see if false lashes could do a better job.
The Lashes I have are in Ka-ching which is perfect for my hazel eyes. The lashes are predominantly black with emerald green strands running through them helping to add colour, volume and length, they are easy to apply, re-usable and suitable for contact lens wearers like myself.
Saturday night was party night for me and I'm so happy to report that these lashes went the distance. I think they look great on the eyes as they aren't too thick, they are comfortable and they held in place for the entire night. Although I think they are way to over the top for day time I will certainly be reaching for these on my next night out.
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Sonnet: my mistakes were greater then my progress, and so I finally ripped the start of a sleeve out and left her alone. I'm disappointed that I won't be wearing it tomorrow, but know that it will knit up much much easier when I'm not focused on schoolwork. (Normally I can knit and study without any problems, so I'm not sure what all the mistakes were about....)
(I also tried to start a Dulaan hat and frogged most of it; the same was true of another set of pulsewarmers I picked up this evening.)
After a marathon study session at school this afternoon I'm home to put in another few hours. I really can't wait until the gastrointestional exam is OVER!!!


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I rode down the escalator, of course. There was a little pharmacy there, with friendly-smiled white-vested name-tagged employees.
But none of the medicines were familiar to me, and the people there only spoke French.
We stumbled through a transaction, between my halting one-month-in-elementary-school French and a lot of gestures. I bought some emerald blue breath drops. They didn't want money or credit cards - in the end, I traded them my shoes for the breath drops. Not a good deal, I know, but the breath drops were beautiful. They really did look like gemstones, not liquid at all. The label was incomprehensible.
I'd had garlicky pasta for lunch, out camping, and was about to meet the CEO of a big investment company, so I wanted to have nice breath.
It tasted like snow and oxygen and silver. I felt a sudden, dramatic shiver shaking in my spine, and I blinked in surprise. When I opened my eyes, the world had taken a blue tint.
I blinked my eyes again, and I was at the restaurant with the investment CEO. I blinked again and the meeting was over - it went great, thank you, and she actually complimented me on my breath - and I was in Paris, collecting rare books. I blinked again and I was in Boston, reporting on key developments in network mathematics in a secret symposium under the city. I blinked again and I was fostering baby sloths in Costa Rica. I blinked again and I was in Japan. Idaho. The River Ganges. The slums of New York. The penguin-filled blue ice of Antarctica. The skyscrapers of Stockholm.
And then I blinked again and now I'm back home. The world isn't tinted blue anymore, my breath still smells good, my camping buddies are still back in the Sierras and angry at me for ditching them, and I'm writing on LiveJournal.
Because I love you so much!


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The RBS 6 Nations Championship returns in February 2011 , The premium annual international rugby series will see Ireland defend their grand slam championship they won last year. 6 Nations Tickets are on sale now. Europe's six top rugby playing nations will be aiming for glory in another hotly contested championship.
Defending champions France and their new coach, Marc Lièvremont, go in search of their first hat-trick with three back-to-back victories, but England will hope to be strong contenders after their exploits at the World Cup. Ireland, last year's Triple Crown winners, will want to forget their World Cup form and prove to their fans that they can perform under pressure.Scotland will hope to continue on their World Cup form and coach Frank Hadden is confident this side can make an impact.
Wales and their new coach, Warren Gatland, will hope to rediscover the form that saw them crowned RBS 6 Nations Champions in 2005.
The oldest international rugby tournament in the world starts this weekend with old rivals Wales entertaining England at the millennium stadium this Friday night. Saturday sees Scotland travel to Paris for their first game and Ireland will play Italy in Rome.
England have been made favorites for the tournament with France also hotly tipped to take the trophy home, all the teams will be hoping to get their campaign's off to a good start and with the World Cup just around the corner it will be a great spectacle.
Find and compare Six Nations tickets for all the games, there is no doubt it will be a competition to remember.


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I hope you are all well. It's almost the weekend and I'm already thinking about baking some scones to have with raspberry jam and clotted cream. I want to get a cake stand and recreate an Afternoon Tea experience at one point too.
So onto my review. I was kindly contacted and asked to take a look at B-bird's website which I did and fell in love with the 'Momma Needs Sugar' range. This collection encapsulates bright candy colours with a childhood nostalgia which is what I am most attracted to. In this range I love the aqua polo mint necklaces, the cupcakes and Ice-cream bracelet, Care bear rings and their pink macaron ring (To mention a few!)
B-bird's jewellery is handmade and designed in Dorset and their passion is to create and design beautiful jewellery using the finest gems, pearls and crystals from around the world. They have a wide array of jewellery to suit a range of tastes and ages. I particularly love their Swarovski pink heart bracelet and all prices are very reasonable as this is £9.99.
|Photograph taken from B-Bird's website.
I love the collection header. It reminds me of American diners and pink retroness which I absolutely love.
|Business cards with the companies logo.
I was kindly sent two items from the range and they arrived well wrapped in a bubble envelope. Inside, the jewellery had been folded in B-bird stamped tissue paper. I like how the logo has been inked onto the paper repeatedly.
I was delighted with the two pieces that I had been sent. I had spotted the *red love hearts bracelet on the B-bird Facebook page and the *My Little Pony ring was one of my favourites when I browsed the site for the first time. They were separately placed in an organza bag which adds to the thought of the packaging.
The *heart bracelet priced at £4.99 is really good quality and will be perfect for me to either wear mid-week or dressed up for a night out. It's made up of heart beads and on stretchy elastic. My wrists are tiny so it had a loose fit on me.
I love this *My Little Pony ring so much and they also sell it in pink too. They are also priced at £4.99. I love the bright colours and the cuteness of it. The ring is adjustable to ensure a comfortable fit.
Do you need some sugar in your life? Even my Donut top that I was wearing in the photograph is making me hungry!
Love Laura xoxo
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St. Cecilia Day in Sutri
(This post is from the evening of November 22nd)
"Ave Maria," came the voice over the intercom of the Carmelite convent in Sutri. I was glad someone had answered and hoped that it meant I would be able to get out of the rain. "Hello, I'm a pilgrim…" I began. "Yes, please come in." I heard a buzz come from the door and I eagerly opened it to get inside.
I found myself in a small, dark room with a closed door. I waited in this lobby area and soon I heard noise come from the other side of the door. I heard a light switch on, and a little door opened up on a large wooden counter that I hadn't noticed in the darkness. On the other side of a grate stood a nun, looking at me. "Can I have your credential?" she asked, indicating a large turntable to her left. It was like I was cashing in chips at Vegas or buying something at a 7-Eleven in a particularly dangerous part of town, but the nun was replacing the casino employee or embattled convenience store worker, making for a funny image in my head. As she was busy stamping the credential, she explained that the convent did have a house for pilgrims, but it wasn't heated, so I may want to look for somewhere else. I had no desire to go back out into the rain and it wasn't actually all that cold, so I told her that I didn't care and would take whatever they had, heated or not. She passed a key to me through the turntable and told me the house was next door. I was pretty certain, based on the way this limited interaction went, that they would not be serving dinner to me, so I went to set down my things and make my own plans.
I emerged a little while later from the cold room to wander about town and found the door to the chapel of the convent—which had been closed upon my arrival—now open. I went inside to go take a look and found a very dimly lit, sparsely decorated sanctuary. I could hear chanting and prayer, but attributed the noises to a recording that must have been playing over some speakers. Many churches in Italy follow this practice—I guess to give a certain ambiance to their worship places while actual services aren't going on. As I approached the altar, however, I looked to my right and saw another room separated from the main one by a large grate. In the other room, facing the opposite direction of the main chapel's altar, were the nuns of the convent conducting a service. I didn't want to disturb their prayer, so I quietly slipped out and starting to make my way through town.
Sutri is one of these well-preserved, medieval hilltop towns that you can find all over central Italy. It is very narrow, resting on the crest of a hill, and one main street leads all the way through town along the ridge. I walked through the main square and continued beyond to find the town's cathedral. The building had been altered many times since its early construction, and now was a jumble of architectural styles. The basilica layout was decorated with bright, baroque design, making for an interesting combination. On one of the poster boards near the entrance, I saw that there would be a special St. Cecilia Day mass at 5PM on November 22nd—today! Cecilia is the patron saint of music, and the Schola Catorum of Sutri would be making a special appearance that evening to provide music at the service. Since it was already 4:30, I decided to come back to the service after walking around a bit more.
I left the cathedral, and, as it began to rain lightly, I made my way down some of the smaller roads that went through the town. It was getting dark. Orange street lamps were turning on, glowing brightly in the rain. I ended up back in the central piazza and found that the area which had been deserted when I walked through earlier was now brimming with activity in spite of the bad weather. Couples were walking under umbrellas—reminiscent of Caillebotte's Paris: A Rainy Day—and old men were standing in bars around the square talking to one another. The large clock on the gate at the opposite end of the square was reaching five, so I walked back to the cathedral to catch the beginning of the service.
When I arrived, there was hardly anyone there, but people began to enter as soon as I had found a seat at the back. By and large, the attendees were old women who took up positions near the altar. Instead of just sitting there, waiting for the service in silence, they began to go into a long series of chants. All stood, and one woman began reciting prayers—mostly to Mary—and the others would respond from memory. This ritual went on for at least ten minutes and I was surprised to see such precise and impromptu devotion from the laity. They finished, and the service began without much pomp. A priest was the only official present, and there was no procession or anything of the sort. The choir was standing in the apse, behind the altar, and all were in street clothes. The priest even had to do his own incense. The sermon—about St. Cecilia and the transcendental joy of music making—seemed very unplanned and improvised but was actually better than many I've heard. It didn't try to make a cute point or delve into things beyond the scope of the day's scripture and significance. The choir was a bit disappointing. From what I could tell, it was many enthusiastic, older members of the community who had no real vocal training or experience but made up for it with excessive verve and volume. Either way, it was interesting to see all the proceedings and I was glad to have had the chance to see the way another church does its business.


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Addictive Relationships
People who are addicted to love often have the best of intentions: they hope to have happy and healthy relationships that are full of romance.[1] However, underneath these good intentions may be a struggle with intimacy, as with sex and love addiction, there is always a hidden agenda that needs to be met, often based on feelings of insecurity.1
When a child is raised in a family that is dysfunctional, especially with emotions, that child grows up to desperately seek out love from others.1 When a child lacks love from a parent, they may seek to make up for it later in life with that of a romantic partner.1
However, when emerging from a dysfunctional home and falling quickly in love as an adult, our vision may be clouded and we may be at risk of being with a partner who will repeat those familiar and unhealthy patterns.1 Spending time with someone before committing to a relationship is important, as we can get to know them as a person and a partner without romance getting involved and in the way.1 Then, a realistic decision can be made regarding whether or not the relationship turns romantic.1 This is often difficult for love addicts to do, as they need romance, but it is a healthy practice.1
Love addicts often live in a fantasy world, where they think that each person they have intense feelings for can make them happy, without truly knowing them first.1 This is when separating fantasy from reality is important.1 When we don't know someone too well, we can project many desires upon them.1 These positive feelings of love can create chemical highs within our bodies, only to be possibly ruined by the truth of who the person is, through experience.1
Since addictive relationships are based on the highs that are created during pairing, they often burn out quickly.1 On the other hand, non-addictive relationships will grow and become more settled.1 People who are in addictive relationships have trouble navigating normal relationship difficulties, as honesty is lacking, and the underlying dynamic of the relationship is very emotionally raw, due to a dysfunctional childhood.1 These relationships actually lack intimacy.1
Intimacy involves the ability to talk openly about fears, concerns, deep topics, and dreams.1 There is no blaming or deflecting involved.1 However, for those with dysfunctional childhoods, they found that it was not safe to be real with everyone, and learned to preserve themselves as a coping mechanism, detaching themselves from their feelings.1 As they grew, their coping mechanism stuck, creating toxic relationship dynamics.1
[1] Katehakis, A. (2014). The Psychology of Addictive Relationships. Psych Central. Retrieved on March 28, 2014, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/03/24/the-psychology-of-addictive-relationships/