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This is an article from the Irish Miscellany out of Boston, the same publication that talked about the charms of Finglas. Again no author for the piece is listed.
The peasantry are rather well informed, and have in general that idea of independence which gives to the lower orders of this portion of the country such a decided advantage over those of the other districts of Ireland. They are, however, very superstitious, and attached to many old customs and pastimes. A short distance from the town is a rath or mound of earth, connected with another mound, in the form of an ampitheatre. It is fifty feet high, and being planted with trees, forms a very pretty object, and it is very well worthy of the inspection of the curious. About seven miles irom Ballymena, and in the background of our illustration, is the celebrated hill, Sleive Mish, where St. Patrick is said to have tended the swine of Milco.
Rather more than two miles from Ballymena, on the Ahogill road, in the handsome village of Gracehill, a Moravian settlement, which consists of about forty houses and four hundred inhabitants, and forms three sides of a quadrangle—in front of which is a very beautiful hedge-rowed pleasure-ground. Midway to this place is Galgorme cattle, at present the property of Lord Mountcashel, and partially fitted up and inhabited by one of the agents to the estate. There is a legend here relative to a former proprietor, who is Said to have sold himself to the devil for a certain remuneration in gold. The box which contained the treasure being still to be seen in one of the rooms of the castle.
This settlement was commenced about seventy-five years since, on a townland containing about two hundred and twenty acres, taken from Lord O'Neill, the entire of which is in a high state of cultivation, numbers of comfortable cottages, and thriving gardens, surrounded with luxuriant hedges, appearing in every direction. Midway from Ballymena to Ballymoney, somewhat to the left, are seen the Craigs rocks, or Fort of Craigs, which form a square of nine thousand feet in area, with a very deep trench, close to which are three pillars erect and tapering, supposed to have been placed there in honour of some valiant chieftain slain in battle; and but a short distance from them, in the hollow of a high and craggy ridge, there is a cromlech, or druidical altar—a slab of black heavy stone, one foot in thickness, ten feet long, and eight broad, originally placed upon five supporters. Beneath this is a chamber which communicates with two others, about seven feet square, and arched over—the whole standing within a circle of hundred and thirty-five feet in circumference, the ground underneath having formerly been hollowed into a kind of cavern.
A writer in Mason's Statistical Survey, speaking of this place, observes—that it must have been the theatre of great events in former times; that it possesses more remains of antiquity than he has any where seen in the same space of ground. The place where the altar is erected is lonely and awful—it induces thought, and brings back the memory to former days, over which the mind broods with pleasure. Here Fingal and his clans of Mourne and Boiskene may have displayed their valor—Torgis and his Scandinavians committed their ravages—Sourleboy ( i. e. Yellow Charley) and his Scotch played off their stratagems— or De Courcey and his English showed forth their heroism. All are now gone; a total change of laws, manners, religion, and war, has taken place and a rational religion and mild government have blessed us with peace and knowledge.


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Since 2012 the National Security Agency has been monitoring the international internet traffic of American citizens without a warrant.
Documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that the NSA was looking for hackers connected to foreign powers.
Also, that they were only allowed to monitor the addresses and "cybersignatures" associated with foreign powers, but that the NSA wanted to warrantlessly monitor hackers even when no such connection could be made.
The expiration of the Patriot Act this past week ended the NSA's bulk phone data collection program, but did not stop the warrantless wiretapping.
"It should come as no surprise that the U.S. government gathers intelligence on foreign powers that attempt to penetrate U.S. networks and steal the private information of U.S. citizens and companies," said Brian Hale, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Over the past two months, cyber-attacks against the U.S. government by foreign powers has been an alarmingly frequent occurrence.
In April, Russian hackers breached an unclassified computer system at the White House and read the President's private schedule.
Last week, Russia also breached IRS servers, which resulted in payouts of false claims to the tune of $50 million.
Friday it was revealed that Chinese hackers have also been assaulting government computers.
The Office of Personnel Management discovered that in December 2014 Chinese hackers got into their servers and obtained sensitive information on millions of government employees.
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Our last blog post discussed times when your workers' compensation benefits can be reduced. This is just one of a whole host of problems that can arise during the workers' compensation recovery process. Everything from an initial denial to complications during appeal and cessation of benefits occur far too often, leaving Massachusetts' residents stranded financially, not knowing where to turn.
When can my workers' compensation benefits be reduced?
Worker's compensation can be a real life-saver. Injured workers may struggle to survive financially when injured on the job, and workers' compensation can help cover lost wages and medical expenses. Yet, the workers' compensation system in Massachusetts is very complicated. Fully understanding it can be difficult, but is imperative to ensure individuals are receiving the fullest compensation to which they are entitled.
Head-on collision leaves four injured in Massachusetts
This blog often discusses car accidents and just how devastating they can be for an individual and his or her family. Perhaps one of the most frightening aspects of a car wreck is that it often comes out of nowhere. A drunk, distracted, or otherwise negligent driver can make a mistake which, in the blink of an eye, can forever change the course of an individual's life. Sadly, one of these accidents occurred recently on a Massachusetts roadway.
Can I receive workers' compensation for disfigurement?
Yes, you can. Massachusetts law allows individuals who have been disfigured by a workplace injury or illness to recover a one-time payment. However, in order to recover compensation for this injury, the worker must show that he or she has suffered disfigurement or scarring to his or her hands, neck, or face. The recoverable amount is dependent upon the severity of the scarring or disfigurement. Additionally, it is important to note that this recovery in independent from any recovery for medical expenses and/or lost wages.
Can I file a medical malpractice claim even if I gave consent?
Yes, depending on the circumstances. The law requires medical professionals to educate you about your medical condition, available treatment options, and the risks associated with each course of action. This information must be provided in a way that is easy to understand so that you can be educated enough to make an informed decision about your medical treatment. Then, when you choose a course of action, you are deemed to have given "informed consent."


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As a small company, you need to have an excellent email advertising software program in position.
It's that vital for your company.
But picking an e-mail advertising and marketing solution has never been more difficult.
There are now several good ones to choose from, each with various function collections and also varying price points.
SendLane blinks some possible as an excellent all-around e-mail service, however it fails on implementation in a few vital locations.
SendLane Pros
Approval required for subscriber imports.
Both a listing and also tag-based administration system.
Automatic listing cleaning as well as enhanced sending out choices.
Advanced worldwide and also list-specific segmenting (or guidelines).
Autoresponder and process automation.
Tidy, modern reporting interface.
365 days/24 hrs a day customer support with fast reaction times.
SendLane Cons
Campaign development is a little drawn out.
Poor as well as irregular UI/UX in some areas of the platform.
Dated email layouts.
Template sneak peek has display screen issues in some cases.
One of the worst form contractors I've seen.
Developing an autoresponder sequence is incredibly sluggish.
No A/B testing features.
Doing not have in integrations.
No totally free strategy.
Not just do you have the common suspects like ActiveCampaign, ConvertKit, and MailChimp, yet you likewise have a variety of competitors getting in the marketplace every year.
After covering a new yet very feasible alternative in MailerLite, I couldn't resist tossing one more glossy brand-new competitor into the mix.
Meet SendLane.
Launched in 2015, this e-mail advertising solution has expanded to over 40,000 individuals by 2017.
So let's take a deep dive into the service in this SendLane review. Sendlane Contact
The Approval Process
Upon registering to SendLane and confirming your email, you'll be immediately taken to your control panel.
Here's what it resembles:
At first, you 'd be forgiven for assuming there was no approval process in any way because SendLane does not discuss it upon account production.
However, for the most part, unless you're going back to square one with SendLane, you will need to go with some form of the compliance check.
As I've claimed in previous reviews, these checks are required to prevent spam and also various other low-grade campaigns, which ultimately hurt SendLane's sending online reputation as well as every person that utilizes it.
Keeping that being said, I do believe there's a limit to how aggressive this must be, as well as I'll talk much more regarding that in the next area.
Subscriber Management
Having granular control over your clients is perhaps one of one of the most important aspects of any kind of email advertising and marketing software program today.
Not due to the fact that you're a control fanatic …
… but because very personalized campaigns are necessary if you're wanting to boost opens, boost clicks, and also, most notably, skyrocket conversions.
Client administration is just a click away in SendLane, as well as there are no prizes for presuming where:
Like me, you'll begin with absolutely no customers, yet we can repair that.
Clicking the 'Add Subscribers' button will open up a new interface that allows you to manually include subscribers to your account.
This would just be perfect for one-offs, naturally, but it's something you expect for each e-mail service.
You may also see the choice to include a tag right here– so yeah, it's safe to claim SendLane is both a list as well as tag-based platform. * happy face *.
Apart from that, there isn't a lot more you can do under this tab, however that's not where the story finishes, folks.
The 'List's food selection is where you'll discover most of your administration facets, and there are a few succulent points to cover.
Apart from seeing some fundamental statistics on existing checklists, you can likewise create new lists to section your clients.
To do so, simply click the 'Create New List' button to open up the popup wizard where you'll find the usual options such as calling your checklist, picking your send-address and so forth … however there's one distinct option I think some individuals will certainly neglect.
Automatic List Hygiene
Yep, SendLane will automatically remove customers based upon inadequate involvement metrics, and also you can also define the limit:.
Non-active customers are something I directly battle to keep on top of with ActiveCampaign, so it's excellent to see a very easy, computerized remedy.
As soon as you've developed your listing, you'll after that be able to start adding clients directly to it.
You can do this by hand as you saw under the 'Subscribers' food selection, yet that's an issue if you already have an existing checklist with one more company.
And while both CSV as well as copy/paste imports are possible with SendLane, you will need to reach out to support prior to that appears.
Like I claimed earlier, I recognize the demand to maintain spam-scores low as well as keep deliverability, but this feels a little overkill.
Not only do you have to wait for your import to be evaluated and also accepted, but you first require to ask a human to enable the choice in the first place. That simply appears like an unneeded additional action.
Anyway, proceeding …
Clicking right into a list provides you a few more alternatives, including list-specific stats, subscribers, suppressions, as well as segments.
If you read my MailerLite review, you'll understand that it likewise has a 'Segments' alternative, and it works much the same means below.
Sectors are essentially rules.
Your clients come from a segment just when they satisfy the specified rules, as well as will be instantly included or gotten rid of appropriately.
This is terrific for grouping your customers after they've decided in, instead of relying only on the marking system.
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Email Campaigns
Sending out one-off email campaigns isn't as preferred as it used to be (many thanks to automations), but that does not make them any type of less important.
Whether it's a brand-new post, podcast, or timely news, there's constantly a great reason to send a fast program, right?
That's where the 'Campaigns' food selection is available in.
Clicking the 'Create Campaign' menu will certainly take you to the campaign arrangement display.
The first step, as you might expect, is to call your email, select your subject line and enable (or disable) numerous types of tracking.
This looks a bit various from the rest of the user interface, however the wizard-like strategy is remarkable.
Next, you'll require to pick who to send your campaign to, as well as you can likewise omit by either checklist and tag.
Next up is the style stage, as well as this is where points get intriguing.
Like any type of excellent email service provider, you'll be provided three choices in relation to design templates:
Saved design templates.
Pre-designed templates.
Go back to square one.
Diving right into the pre-designed themes library, my first impressions were much less than stellar.
Not even stating the designs at this stage, however the way this is all laid out simply baffles me.
Small thumbnails? Pagination?
Why …
Not an offer breaker whatsoever, yet it's an unwanted shock given how terrific the user interface has been up until this point.
That apart, what concerning those designs?
At the time of writing, there are 29 designs to choose from, and also in spite of just how new this platform, most of them in fact look a little outdated.
It's virtually like they took inspiration from Constant Contact on this, which's rarely a praise:.
So if you're a template addict, you could not obtain your repair with SendLane– however it's not all bad news.
Leaping back a couple of steps, you can rather choose to develop your very own layouts making use of the template editor– or modify an existing one, certainly.
I such as SendLane's easy, clean as well as contemporary user interface.
Left wing, you'll see a common page builder-esque sidebar, in addition to a toggle between sections, elements, as well as settings.
General I discovered the template editor easy to collaborate with though I felt it was lacking in some elements.
For instance, there aren't any elements for countdown timers, item boxes or social links, as well as the setting panel lacked some layout choices such as extra padding.
Not bad, however truthfully, if I needed to pick in between this or the MailerLite editor I 'd possibly choose the latter.
Finally, when you've constructed your template, you'll be able to continue to the campaign verification screen.
Right here you can check whatever is correct, see a last preview of your email, as well as also send out a test email to on your own.
Clicking the 'Schedule' switch will certainly ask if you want to enable another cool feature called 'Optimized Sending'.
This little beaut will determine the best time to send to every individual subscriber based upon previous campaign data.
How can you not enjoy that? Sendlane Contact
The Form Builder
You can't collect e-mail without a form, and also while there are plenty of plugins out there created for this exact function, you may not need any one of them.
Yep, like the majority of email provider, SendLane has a form builder baked right into their system.
Learning exactly how to access it, however, was a little difficult:
Turns out you need to go under the 'Integration' food selection thing to develop a form, which I'm battling to recognize …
Once there, you have to navigate into 'Web Forms' by clicking the 'Setup' switch:
At this phase, you'll get to name your form prior to being rerouted to the actual form editor.
And reasonable warning, this one a LOT different to the template editor you saw previously.
This time, there's no drag as well as decline, and also virtually every activity will certainly trigger a delay or packing display.
Not only that, however some interface choices below are just mind-boggling, like the theme styler for instance:
Besides the reality that I have to select between color presets, SendLane haven't even troubled to call them effectively.
And also unlike competitors MailerLite and Drip, you can ignore additional form types, such as popups, slide-ins, and also overlays.
Instead, you can either directly link to your form, or copy and also paste the embed code to have it display inline.
Generally, the form builder feels half-baked and simply not anywhere near to the typical set by the rest of the platform.
Still, there's always the landing page builder, which thankfully is clearly displayed in the sidebar, making it simple to find.
Clicking the 'Build a Single Page' switch will toss you right into the template library, as well as this time around, they got it right.
No pagination …
And no little thumbnails …
As happy as I am to see this, the UI inconsistency of this platform is a little baffling.
It almost feels like each aspect of this software was developed by a various group of people and patched together at the end.
When it comes to the design collection, there are 50+ to choose from at the time of writing, which is a lot greater than the number of pre-designed email templates.
Considering this is an e-mail marketing tool, shouldn't it be the other way around?
Some of the layouts themselves have a little bit of "90's internet marketing" feel to them, yet I managed to select a couple of I 'd use.
However, however, the preview choice was about as reliable as a canoe with a handbrake:
Offered there are receptive options on this preview home window, it's kinda paradoxical do not you assume?
The good news is that's not exactly how the layout searches in the editor.
Sticking with this template, SendLane relocated me right into the landing web page builder to fine-tune the style.
This is similar to the e-mail template builder I covered earlier with a couple of added bells and whistles, which's an advantage.
You get elements like grids, countdown timers, and embeddable forms, along with the capability to allow an exit-intent popup.
Finally, once you're pleased with the style of your page, you can hit publish.
You'll have 2 alternatives for posting, either on a dedicated SendLane URL or on your own website via HTML download and install if you're a lot more technically inclined.
Again, not a negative builder by any means, however it isn't fairly as user-friendly or feature-rich as a few of the less costly alternatives like MailerLite.
SendLane Automations
Advertising automation has long been the buzzword of e-mail advertising, and now it's come to be mainstream. According to Emailmonday, over 51% of business are currently using some type of marketing automation.
So you need to be as well.
But with every little thing from autoresponders to full-blown, interconnected process to take into consideration, it's vital you recognize what you're getting.
SendLane uses both kinds of automation as well as they can be discovered under the 'Automation' menu:
From below, you can click the 'Add Automation' switch to open up the automations library.
This allows you to import pre-built automation series, such as re-engaging non-active clients, or providing an electronic item:
This is a huge time-saver and an excellent demo of what's possible with email marketing automation.
The various other option is to develop your automation from scratch, and also this will certainly allow you to choose between an autoresponder collection or an automation workflow.
SendLane does a solid task at defining the difference:
Allow's first create an autoresponder collection.
Clicking the left side to set up an 'Autoresponder Group' takes you to what shows up to the campaign editor I covered earlier.
This time, nevertheless, it refers to the e-mail as an "autoresponder":.
As soon as you've undergone the motions of calling your e-mail, establishing your tracking, constructing your themes, selecting when to send, and so on …
… you'll see your recently created autoresponder listed such as this:.
See the trouble yet?
You have to go with that entire process multiple to produce even more emails in your autoresponder series.
That right there is the interpretation of inefficient.
As well as when you check out exactly how a platform like ConvertKit does this in comparison, you begin to wonder what the UX people over at SendLane were smoking.
Taking a few steps back (and some deep breaths), let's look a brief look at what the 'Workflow' automation can do.
Here's a quick process I assemble using SendLane:.
General I discovered this functioned pretty well.
Lots of actions and problems to choose from, and also there was just a brief hold-up between adding stages to my process.
The only disadvantage is when adding e-mails to the process, which once more, takes you through the slow and also troublesome campaign wizard.
Tracking & Reporting
Just like any type of great e-mail marketing tool, you'll locate a summary of your campaign stats generally dashboard.
If you want to dive a little deeper into your SendLane reports, however, you'll require to head right into the 'Reports' menu item:.
This will provide a listing of all your present and also past campaigns, each with a really short analytical introduction.
You narrow down your reports by type, whether that's campaigns, autoresponders or operations.
Clicking right into either of those kinds will then offer you a complete record that resembles this:.
I enjoy how perfectly outlined the information is right here, being not just visually enticing but also data-rich.
The 'Subscriber Activity' tab permits you to pierce down subscribers by looking at how they react to your campaigns.
There isn't much else to touch in on the reporting division, however I was still impressed with what you obtain here general.
SendLane Pricing
As you're no question knowledgeable about by now, SendLane services the normal sliding range that almost all email marketing devices use.
Starting at $25/month for as much as 1,000 customers, SendLane depends on the middle of the pack among its rivals.
But as you get more subscribers, SendLane obtains reasonably much more expensive.
SendLane does supply a 14-day totally free test, but it does require you to place in your bank card.
Final Thoughts
But in some way, under the sleek exterior and also outstanding attribute listing, SendLane ends up not totally reaching its potential for me.
Inconveniences include an extremely aggressive approval process, irregular user interface, the dated email templates and also the wordy UX decisions.
If you're entirely making a decision between SendLane and also MailChimp, after that I would possibly pick SendLane as a result of the better advertising automation support.
However, for most individuals, I would certainly recommend searching for better e-mail advertising and marketing software program like ActiveCampaign which will certainly serve the majority of you much better.
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Promoting Educational Equity through School Libraries. Module 5: Educational Equity in the Library.
Nilsen, Alleen Pace; Tyler, Karen Beyard
Suggestions offered in the fifth module of a continuing education program for inservice school media specialists are designed to aid in identifying sexism and sex-role stereotyping in instructional materials, and help trainees foster educational equity in their own institutions. The first part is concerned with the promotion of such equity through building a sex-fair collection, revising discriminatory subject headings and references in the card catalog, encouraging the use of collective biographies, and preparing displays which appeal equally to both sexes. Interaction with students is also discussed, in the context of ways in which librarians can guide the students' reading choices, inform them about women authors, help them understand the usage of the generic term "man," and direct them in their research activities. Librarians' interactions with teachers are discussed with regard to developing a professional reference collection of works on sexism in education, promoting the use of sex-fair materials, advancing the use of non-sexist language, and designing workshops for inservice education. Bibliographies list aids to selecting materials to counterbalance and supplement the curriculum, resources for a professional collection, and selected curriculum materials. An action rating sheet and a workshop evaluation form are included in the accompanying activity book. (FM)
Descriptors: Equal Education, Inservice Education, Interaction, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians, Library Collections, Library Role, Media Specialists, Program Development, School Libraries, Sex Differences, Sex Discrimination, Sex Fairness, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes
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Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Women's Educational Equity Act Program.
Authoring Institution: Arizona State Univ., Tempe.
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Dish of the Day #2247: I'm Coming Out Week
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Interesting what can be found just wandering the garden – and anyway, it's far too hot and muggy to do much else today. Here are a couple of new species to add to the garden checklist.
The insect with the stripes is, somewhat prosaically, called a Scarlet and Green Leafhopper or the Candy-striped Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea). Tiny but very attractive … described by the Bug Lady of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee thus:
… one spiffy little insect – easily overlooked, but once seen, unforgettable. Because of its coat(s) of many colors (there are a number of sub-species to be reckoned with), it has a bunch of common names, like candy-striped, scarlet and green, red-banded, and red-and-blue leafhopper. The BugLady loves common names because they tell us what the non-scientific admirers of a plant or animal think about it. CSLs have yellow legs, a yellow head with a black racing stripe through the eyes, and a bright blue/green and red/red-orange-striped thorax and wings. The genus name, Graphocephala, comes from the "cuneiform" markings on the heads of several of the species in the genus. Interesting Fact: CSL can vocalize, like cicadas, by vibrating internal membranes at the base of the abdomen. Unlike cicadas, these CSL sounds are so soft that people don't hear them.
The long fellow with the orange bristles at the tail end is a Maple Callus Borer Moth (Synanthodon acerni). Wikipedia call it a western species which is quite wrong, it's very much an eastern one as the map on this link indicates – somewhat at the northern end of its range here (http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Synanthedon-acerni). I can't find a record of it north of the US border or east of central Ontario so I'll be rash and call this a new species for Quebec 😉


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A confluence of renowned and talented artists from the Indian subcontinent
During recent years, Indian artists have received increasing appreciation globally in spheres of contemporary art. Through diverse forms of expression and perspectives they pose questions about what it means to live in present-day India, a country whose social, economic and cultural development has been accompanied by tumultuous social changes. An international exhibition now gives an opportunity for the Swedish art lovers to glance at their work. 'Samtidigt/Concurrent' presents several noteworthy artists with roots in India and Pakistan, featuring names like Sheba Chhachhi, Chitra Ganesh, Shilpa Gupta, Archana Hande, Rashmi Kaleka, Anita Khemka, Nalini Malani, Pushpamala N, Reena Saini Kallat, Gigi Scaria, Bharat Sikka, Vivan Sundaram, Thukral & Tagra, and Hema Upadhyay.
Indian mythology and history are the point of departure in several pieces that illuminate the position of women. Stereotypes and clichés concerning how women have traditionally been portrayed and represented are incisively, albeit humorously exposed. Their condition in daily life and in the wars that are continuously being waged in the name of nation-building owing to the protracted conflict between India and Pakistan since the partition is another recurring theme.
Urbanization and migration leave clear traces; maps are re-drawn and cities grow by leaps and bounds, the boundaries between city and country become fluid and shifting, and the living conditions for many people change rapidly. In this complex context, consumerist society and an expanding global market are often the focus of these artists' work. They depict the possibilities, the challenges and the risks involved in a new world order in which everything that happens has two sides – simultaneously.
Another milestone exhibition at Stuart Shave/Modern Art showcases works by late Nasreen Mohamedi, the late artist's first solo in London. Characterized by a coherent commitment to the languages of abstraction, her unique and singular oeuvre is now belatedly establishing its deserved place within the context of the Modern canon and art history's international avant-garde. An accompanying note elaborates: "Until recently little-known outside her home country, the exhibit brings together an eclectic selection of her drawings and photographs. They present an essence of her practice; works in which a sense of her sublime personal vision is expressed with humility, grace, and assured belief."
On the other hand, a selection of works from the captivating contemporary art collection of Saatchi Gallery is on view in France for the first time. The show at Lille 3000, Euralille surveys the work of over 30 contemporary artists from Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestine, and India. 'The Silk Road' (La Route de la Soie) is a reference to the ancient trade routes between Asia and Europe, which linked in particular China and the Middle East via India (from the 2nd century BC). Incidentally, three are the three regions whose contemporary works of art arouse increasing interest in the international art world. A curatorial essay states that the theme revolves around exploring an Oriental art that is resolutely contemporary and is the expression of societies in change, caught between age old cultural traditions and an overwhelming modernity.
Interestingly, visitors can choose their own route around the exhibition. Designed essentially around the powerfulness of the installations - from the resonance of the paintings to the significance of the backdrop - the presentation encourages them to freely move around, and to view independently each of the works, including those by renowned Indian artists like Bharti Kher, Jitish Kallat, Tallur L N, Kriti Arora, Schandra Singh, Atul Dodiya, Chitra Ganesh, TV Santhosh, Reena Saini Kallat, and Subodh Gupta.
Last but not the least, another significant group show of contemporary Indian art, entitled 'India Awakes: Under the Banyan Tree' is currently on view at the Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg in Austria. Focusing on contemporary currents and tendency, it complements last year's much applauded exhibition, 'Chalo India', devoted to the established art scene of India. The new edition incorporates a blend of photography, sculpture, painting and installations. Curator Alka Pande has selected the works by 34 talented artists, including George Martin, Sonia Mehra-Chawla, Sunaina Bhalla, Gautam Bhatia, Zuleikha Chaudhari, Prajjwal Choudhury, Abhishek Hazra, Manisha Jha, Ayesha Kapur, Shreyas Karle, Abir Karmakar, Sandip Pisalkar, Prajakta Potnis, Antonio Puri, Prasad Raghavan, Sumedh Rajendran, Bandeep Singh, Baptist Coehlo, Vibha Galhotra, Gurdeep Singh, Suhasini Kejriwal, and Riyas Komu among others.
The banyan tree in the title symbolizes 'the miracle that is India'. Marked by a prolific and tightly interwoven aerial root-system, the tree is said to have the miraculous power to grant wishes. Legend has it that Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment while sitting under it in Bodhgaya. Nowadays, the shade-giving tree is a popular place of encounter or recreation. As Karlheinz Essl notes in her preface: "In the context of the exhibit, the banyan tree symbolizes the innovative power of young Indian artists, who are devoting their abundant creative power to an exploration of the developments and themes of tomorrow, and also the prophetic qualities ascribed to artists in India."
In essence, the ongoing exhibitions of Indian art showcase works that reveal strong connections to their nation's history and simultaneously echo contemporary realities. They provide viewers with a realistic sense of the prevailing socio-political conditions wherein traditions and structures are being challenged and values being tested even while, much remains as it always has been…
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Writer's block has always been a pretty familiar place for me around here. It's probably safer to say that I go through a shorter collective period of inspiration in a year than I spend cracking my knuckles and scribbling half sentences in notebooks. Promising myself that tonight, tonight will be the night that I go home, make a cup of tea and get something onto a page that even vaguely resembles what's wedged in my head. A promise, of course, that ends once I get home and collapse in bed and the task suddenly seems as appealing as moving furniture. That page is very, very blank and I scare easily.
I do, actually. Scare easily. It's a flaw that I have covered for years with wry humor and a talk MUCH bigger than my walk, but my first instinct in most situations is to hide. I say most, because desire has always been the only thing to successfully quiet that instinct. My coach used to remind us gently, back when my entire teenage life involved a hefty dose of reckless abandon, that the key to most things was to want them more than you were willing to fear them. It's always served me well. I did, after all, move across the country.
But shortly after I spent that last weekend at home (just before the Marathon bombings), my grandmother passed away and I had to jump on a plane and go back. My family is incredibly close knit and dependent on each other, so it is no exaggeration to say that this was a huge blow. Her arms were what held us all together, and going home to find them gone was like losing a limb I never knew I needed. But I let taking care of my brothers and sisters drown out the fear of her being gone for a while, and when it still couldn't, I slept. And slept. And slept.
I have never been afraid of living in Los Angeles. Never been afraid of being on my own or taking things into my own hands, but the day I got back on that plane to come back here I felt like a completely different person. More tired and more underwater and more scared than I had ever been in my life. It was like I had ripped a seam somewhere trying to carry everything and all the control I had over my life was spilling out of me. It hasn't stopped since. I'm used to feeling uneven about my outside life, about work and friends and how to pay the bills, but being this scared about my own feelings and thoughts and just living in general is terrifying as fuck.
The good news is that these things aren't normal, and I now have a very nice doctor and the power of modern medicine on my side. The bad news is, of course, that the word broken is something I have to constantly sweep out of my head on good days, and cuddle with in bed on the bad ones. And I'm still working through how to have more of the former than the latter, but I'm beginning to think it has something to do with digging until I find the desire that squashes whatever mountain of fear I've turned into.
Therefore, I'm here in a Starbucks with a latte, a laptop, and my best struggling writer impression. If this works, great. If it doesn't, maybe I'll see you in another six months.
But if I'm going to go after fear, I might as well start somewhere familiar.


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Notorious robber gunned down at Teshie Hotel
An armed robber who had been on police wanted list for 10 years, was gunned down by the police yesterday, during an exchange of fire at Teshie, in Accra.
Kwesi Addo, 42, described by the police as notorious, was believed to be behind a series of robberies in the metropolis.
He was reported to have escaped in 2005 from custody at the Nungua Police Station and caused the escape of five others.
A search conducted at the hotel room where he had lodged for the past three months, revealed one locally-manufactured pistol, two big sledge hammers and substances suspected to be Indian hemp,
Others items found were a bank withdrawal slip with a face value of GH¢100.00 bearing the name of Shaibu Issah, a mobile phone and credit cards, one of them bearing the name Mary Afia Pokua.
The Accra Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Timothy Yoosa Bonga, told a news conference that the operation involved seven personnel, led by the Teshie District Police Commander Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Peter Yembilla.
He said police had information that the suspect was on his way for a robbery expedition.
He said at about 10 a.m. yesterday, the police had a tip-off that a notorious robber, on the police wanted list since 2005, was lodging in a hotel at Teshie, where he was planning another operation.
ACP Bonga said upon receiving the information, the police proceeded to the location.
"The robber who was about to leave the premises, spotted the police and attempted to escape amidst firing, the police returned fire and he was hit by a bullet," ACP Bonga said.
Further investigations, he said, showed that in 2005 while Addo was in detention at the Nungua police station, he escaped and caused the escape of five other inmates which led to the reduction in rank of the then Chief Inspector who was on duty.
The Commander said police findings also indicated that he used different names such as Kwame Sarfo and Osei Kwesi.
ACP Bonga said the police noted that the suspect had been in the hotel (name withheld) for months and had been planning robbery activities from there without anyone noticing.
He said the body had since been deposited at the Police Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.


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Guest MINDSETTER™ Handy: ISO's Visit & All That Gas
Sunday, December 10, 2017
ISO NE's CEO, Mr. Gordon van Welie, visited our State for a closed session produced by Rhode Islanders for Affordable Energy and the New England Coalition for Affordable Energy. He reportedly told those privileged to be invited that we should double down on natural gas infrastructure despite our "gas problem." ISO runs our region's electricity markets and transmission (big wires moving power long distances from large generators to consumers) and is expected to remain neutral on supply technologies. Gordon's indiscretion offered in a closed meeting exposes ISO's deep roots in centralized generation and transmission – its board affiliations include ESKOM, Delmarva Power, Connectiv, NV Energy, FL Power & Light, Bewag, WPD, VanZandt Transmission Consulting and Bonneville Power. ISO has long brought a sledgehammer to a surgeon's job. Our transmission rates are double those of the next highest region in the country and are under investigation at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Docket No. EL16-19-000).
Mr. van Welie's opinion comes as CEO of an organization tasked with securing reliability of the region's energy system. Reliability means the ability of the electric system, in all its increasingly diverse elements, on both the demand and supply side, to efficiently meet the demand for energy services to run our homes, businesses, and increasingly, transportation system. That is not how the head of the ISO, whose career has been on the big supply side of the system for decades now, sees things. ISO's solution to the reliability problems of over-reliance on central station fuel-dependent power plants is more big power infrastructure. For those who see no problem in over-reliance on imported fuel and vulnerability to supply interruptions, this is no problem—they advocate for more reliability-threatening big power plants. Moreover, reliability is important, but is not our only concern. Security, cost and environmental impact are the elements of our energy plan. ISO's focus under-accounts for the security, cost-saving and other benefits (e.g., jobs, air quality) offered by local alternatives - demand response, efficiency and distributed generation (DER). Its reliability-based outlook has drastically overbuilt our region's infrastructure. Rhode Island's Power Sector Transformation report (November 2017), informs us that "Rhode Island's peak to average demand ratio is 1.98, meaning that nearly half of our utility's capital investment is not utilized most of the time. . .For both Rhode Island's electric distribution system and New England's wholesale electricity supply market, the gap between peak and average demand means that capital assets are not fully utilized, increasing costs for customers." We are reeling from past mistakes of building infrastructure to manage peak demand. Even if ISO's CEO should advise us on energy technologies, why would Rhode Island listen?
The Journal, ISO, TEC RI, Rhode Islanders for Affordable Energy and the New England Coalition for Affordable Energy and RIPEC's "Business Coalition" are invited to actively participate in Rhode Island's open, expert and stakeholder-driven energy planning processes. It serves no interest to ignore them and report inapt opinions from closed meetings.
Seth Handy practices law in Providence.
Author's note: Once again the ProJo refused to publish this response. The same day that it posted it's editorial supporting the natural gas power plant it ran an ad saying "Trusted. . .we care about the same things you do…we attend city council meetings and we're at the State House -- we're wherever Rhode Islander's gather. And then we report back to you (page C4)." I have not seen Journal reporters in any of our planning processes for Rhode Island's energy future. Why do they ask for our trust? Why does our monopoly utility (not subject to competition) do so much advertising in the Journal?
Related Slideshow: GoLocal: Benchmark Poll, October 2017
Sponsor: GoLocalProv
Sample: N=403
Rhode Island General Election Voters Margin of Error: +/- 4.9% at 95% Confidence Level
Interviewing Period: October 9-11, 2017
Mode: Landline (61%) and Mobile (39%)
Telephone Directed by: John Della Volpe, SocialSphere, Inc.
When it comes to voting, do you consider yourself to be affiliated with the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, Moderate, or Unaffiliated with a major party?
Unaffiliated: 49%
Democrat: 32%
Republican: 15%
Moderate: .4%
Next year, in November of 2018, there will be a statewide general election for Governor and many other state offices. How likely is it that you will vote in this election?
Will you definitely be voting, will you probably be voting, are you 50-50...
Definitely be voting: 78%
Probably be voting: 13%
50-50: 9%
In general, would you say things in Rhode Island are headed in the right direction or are they off on the wrong track?
Right track: 39%
Wrong track: 45%
Mixed: 10%
Don't know/Refused: .6%
What would you say is the number one problem facing Rhode Island that you would like the Governor to address?
Jobs and economy: 21%
Education: 12%
Taxes: 12%
Roads: 12%
State budget: 9%
Corruption/Public integrity: .8%
Healthcare: 3%
Governor: 3%
Homelessness: 2%
Immigration: 2%
Other: 7%
Don't know: .9%
Over the past three years or so, would you say the economy in Rhode Island has improved, gotten worse, or not changed at all?
Changed for the better: 35%
Changed for the worse: 16%
Not changed at all: 43%
Don't know/Refused: 5%
Over the same time, has your family's financial situation improved, gotten worse, or not changed at all?
Changed for the better: 26%
Changed for the worse: 19%
Not changed at all: 54%
Don't know/Refused: 1%
Recently, a proposal has been made to permit the issuance of $81 million in bonds by the State to build a new stadium for the Pawtucket Red Sox. If there was an election today on this issue, would you vote to approve or reject issuing $81 million in financing supported moral obligation bonds to build the stadium?
Net: Approve: 28%
Definitely approve: 15%
Probably approve: 14%
Net: Reject: 67%
Probably reject: 19%
Definitely reject: 48%
Don't know: 4%
Could you please tell me your age?
18-24: 7%
25-34: 15%
35-44: 15%
45-54: 20%
55-64: 17%
65+: 25%
Don't know/refused: 1%
What was the last grade you completed in school?
0-11: 2%
High school grad: 16%
Technical/Vocational school: 1%
Some college: 23%
College grad: 34%
Graduate degree: 24%
Don't know/refused: 1%
The next question is about the total income of YOUR HOUSEHOLD for the PAST 12 MONTHS. Please include your income PLUS the income of all members living in your household (including cohabiting partners and armed forces members living at home).
$50,000 or less: 27%
More $50,000 but less than $75,000: 13%
More $75,000 but less than $100,000: 13%
More $100,000 but less than $150,000: 17%
$150,000 or more: 13%
Don't know/refused: 17%
What particular ethnic group or nationality - such as English, French, Italian, Irish, Latino, Jewish, African American, and so forth - do you consider yourself a part of or feel closest to?
American/None: 21%
English: 13%
Italian: 13%
Irish: 12%
Black or African American: 6%
Latino/Hispanic: 6%
French: 6%
Portuguese: 3%
Jewish: 3%
German: 1%
Would you say that Donald Trump has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as President?
Excellent: 13%
Good: 12%
Fair: 14%
Poor: 57%
Never heard of: 0%
Cannot rate: 3%
Would you say that Jack Reed has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as a United States Senator?
Excellent: 22%
Good: 29%
Fair: 23%
Poor: 15%
Never heard of: 6%
Cannot rate: 6%
Would you say that Sheldon Whitehouse has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as a United States Senator?
Excellent: 17%
Good: 22%
Fair: 21%
Poor: 28%
Never heard of: 6%
Cannot rate: 7%
Would you say that David Cicilline has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as a Member of Congress?
Excellent: 9%
Good: 29%
Fair: 21%
Poor: 27%
Never heard of: 6%
Cannot rate: 8%
Would you say that James Langevin has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as a Member of Congress?
Excellent: 7%
Good: 30%
Fair: 20%
Poor: 18%
Never heard of: 13%
Cannot rate: 11%
Would you say that Gina Raimondo has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as Governor?
Excellent: 6%
Good: 28%
Fair: 30%
Poor: 31%
Never heard of: 1%
Cannot rate: 3%
Would you say that Daniel McKee has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as Lieutenant Governor?
Excellent: 3%
Good: 16%
Fair: 21%
Poor: 8%
Never heard of: 26%
Cannot rate: 25%
Would you say that Peter Kilmartin has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as Attorney General?
Excellent: 3%
Good: 20%
Fair: 28%
Poor: 17%
Never heard of: 13%
Cannot rate: 19%
Would you say that Seth Magaziner has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as General Treasurer?
Excellent: 4%
Good: 18%
Fair: 24%
Poor: 13%
Never heard of: 21%
Cannot rate: 21%
Would you say that Nellie Gorbea has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as Secretary of State?
Excellent: 5%
Good: 21%
Fair: 21%
Poor: 10%
Never heard of: 20%
Cannot rate: 23%
Would you say that Jorge Elorza has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as Mayor of Providence?
Excellent: 4%
Good: 24%
Fair: 24%
Poor: 22%
Never heard of: 9%
Cannot rate: 15%
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I previously wrote a blog on lane splitting based on the California study. Of course, California is the only state that legally allows lane splitting, but more states are sure to follow.
As bikers, most of us advocate lane splitting, but even among ourselves, it is controversial. However, like always, passing a law isn't sufficient. We also have to educate the public on the benefits. Click here for the blog/study on lane splitting.
Below is a video of motorcycle rider lane splitting. He can ride, I give him that much, but unfortunately, when you mention lane splitting, this is what everybody imagines it is like. The reality is lane splitting should be between ten to fifteen miles an hour. Basically, first gear speed and as a way to have traffic continue to flow smoothly.
Be safe.
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Factory in village with tainted water gets Superfund tag
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- A factory site contaminated with chemicals that also tainted drinking water in an upstate New York village near the Vermont border has been designated a federal Superfund site.
The listing announced Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency allows federal resources to be used to clean up areas of Hoosick Falls contaminated with PFOA. The chemical formerly used to make Teflon and similar coatings has been linked to health problems.
The Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant was previously added to the state's Superfund list of priority projects.
U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer had advocated the federal designation.
Saint-Gobain has added filters to public and private wells to remove PFOA until an alternative water source is found.
A Saint-Gobain spokeswoman said the company is fully cooperating with authorities investigating the contamination.
The DEC and DOH released the following statement:
The New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation and Health released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) addition of the McCaffery Street plant site to the National Priorities List.
"We welcome the federal government's addition of this site to the Federal Superfund Program, which we requested in January 2016. We will work in partnership with the EPA, as New York State continues to hold Saint Gobain and Honeywell accountable for cleaning up their contamination and providing an alternative water source to the community."
"This is critically important and welcome news as the 3,600 residents of Hoosick Falls will now see the contaminated Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics site eligible for federal funding, permanently. I am proud to have advocated on behalf of the people of Hoosick Falls and the surrounding communities so they can have access to the funding necessary to clean up contamination and have safe drinking water. I look forward to working with the EPA, state and local officials, as well as the local community, to ensure that PFOA contamination is remediated and the health and safety of our families is protected," said Faso.
"Hoosick Falls residents need all hands on deck -- and especially the EPA's Superfund status -- to hold accountable Saint-Gobain who created this PFOA mess and force them to clean up the pollution. I am glad that EPA has heeded our call to add this site to the Superfund list, because it gives the EPA leverage to make the polluters pay and to set a protocol for investigation and clean-up. I will continue to watch this situation like a hawk and will continue to remain in very close contact with the local officials to make sure the feds are meeting their deadlines," said U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer


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Radio Don Bosco
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - 10:05
Red Army foundation Chairperson in Tonj calls for peace and unity in South Sudan.
Abraham Mabior Malith stresses that it is the right time people cooperate with the warring parties engaged in peace talks.
He appreciates the two parties for signing the peace deal to end the suffering of civilians in South Sudan.
The Red Army Chairperson urges solders that did not get an opportunity to register to go to a nearby Red Army centre for registration.
The leader talked to Don Bosco Radio on Tuesday at the SPLM Office in Tonj.
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On Liberty/
Stuart Mill
Pengin, 2007, 248 pp.
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"Two cornerstones of liberalism from the great social radical of English philosophy John Stuart Mill was a prodigious thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age. In On Liberty, one of the sacred texts of liberalism, he argues that any democracy risks becoming a 'tyranny of opinion' in which minority views are suppressed if they do not conform to those of the majority. The Subjection of Women, written shortly after the death of Mill's wife, Harriet, stresses the importance of sexual equality."


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On 28th August 2016 me and my family went to Harry Potter World in London and i was of the most amazing experience that I totally recommend to any Harry Potter fan out there.
Me and my family went on this trip through National Holidays which meant that it was first of all a long 6 hour journey on the bus which wasn't the most of comfortable experience. I managed to get some sleep when I wasn't reading my book Alice. Once we arrived at London at 1:30pm we were allowed some free time until 5:00 to explore London, now I suffer from anxiety so being in such a crowded place did make me feel very anxious and I felt little bit of a panic rising but I was managing to breathe through it we didn't really get too do much because we did get lost at one point and we needed to be back at the coach by 5 I went to the disney store which was massive and had so much more than the Newcastle store and I bought a phone case which is marvel and I also got a glass tumbler which was beauty and the beauty related.
The hotel was ok I suppose nothing really special but it was only for one night so it was ok the food was terrible I could only eat chips because there was no variety.
We got to Harry Potter world on Sunday at about 10:30 and the queue was huge and security was rather tight and then the magic began and I honestly can not put into words the amazement once the tour started I was speechless finding out the amazing things that it took to film such an amazing and popular movie series, the details in the props were amazing now I tried the ButterBeer however and I will prob get a lot of hate it was nothing special it wasn't as sweet as I thought it would have been.


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Lecturer in Health & Social Care
- Recruiter
- Peterborough Regional College
- Location
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Salary
- £24,915 (non-qualified)/£27,281 (qualified) - £28,855 per annum, plus a market allowance*
- Posted
- 13 Jul 2018
- Closes
- 29 Jul 2018
- Ref
- 10732a
- Subject Area
- Health, Public Services and Social Care
- Job Level
- Lecturer
- Job Function
- Academic Support, Curriculum / Course Management
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our Health and Social Care team. Within this role you will teach across a range of courses from Entry level to Level 3 and the key duties of our Lecturers include:
- Delivering high quality teaching and learning.
- Guiding and supporting learners, providing pastoral support and care.
- Providing appropriate assignment material for each programme and developing our contextual learning.
- Monitoring the progress, retention and achievement of learners.
*Essential requirements are a Level 3 or above qualification in Health and Social care and suitable industrial experience. There is a £2040 market allowance for holding a Level 3 specialist qualification.
The ability to teach Anatomy and Physiology and experience and/or qualifications in teaching and assessing would be advantageous. We welcome applications from people in industry, and will provide the necessary support to obtain your professional teaching qualification and assessor/verifier awards in-house.
You will be a self-starter, who can quickly build relationships, with excellent organisation and planning ability. This is a great opportunity to invest in the next generation of professionals.
The College offers many good employment benefits including 37 days holiday entitlement plus Christmas close down (or additional payment for hourly employees), access to the Teachers Pension scheme, and many on-site benefits and facilities, including a gym and on-site nursery. This position will be based at our Peterborough Park Crescent site.


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MGTZ Holiday Special Trailer!on November 27, 2014 at 7:50 am
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So, gals and ghouls, here's the trailer and the link to where you can purchase the early release of the movie or the soundtrack. This is real!
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Prisoner #69961
Adora was born on the January 23rd to Mary and John Shadow, she was born on Advivo. She is the couple's first child. She was a very spirited child from the beginning she become courage, and was shy too; she also loved her parents a lot. She is Samuel's (Sam) older sister. She loves to read anything and everything, she loves animals. Adora sort of likes to study. She loves watching movies. She thinks her family is dysfunctional as they seem to be hush-hush about curtain things. She regrettable got a younger sibling when she was 4 years old. When she turned 16 years old, she was arrested and sent to earth. When they arrested her she fought back, she kicked, bit, she also tried to run, but they caught her. Adora is charged for Siblings, Protest/Resisting Arrest and Defied Curfew. She was sentence to go to earth.
Adora, sometimes known as Adora Shadow, is cynical, sarcastic, aloof, tough, yet deeply caring. Adora is strongly guided by her own conscience, and has a keen feeling of what is right from wrong. She is very courageous, brave, careful and loyal. She also kind, loving. She loved to tease of her brother Samuel (Sam) nickname Sammy, also very protective . Adora is very careful who she trusts. When she trusts somebody she is very loyal.
She had a good relationship with her parents, and was very close and protective of her younger brother Sam.
Coming To EarthEdit
Adora Shadow came to earth with the First Group/Assembly of individuals to land in early August.
The officer-in-charge is Alexei Morozov
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In Brief: Gold nanoparticles might fight cancer
Alabama scientists are considering using gold nanoparticles to turn near-infrared laser light into a "thermal scalpel" of intense heat to kill tumor cells.
Alabama scientists are considering using gold nanoparticles to turn near-infrared laser light into a "thermal scalpel" of intense heat to kill tumor cells.
To address the growing number of patent disputes, two House representatives introduced Friday a bill to improve patent litigation.
Charles Scales, a NASA veteran of more than 33 years, Monday was named associate administrator of its Office of Institutions and Management.
A new dinosaur species -- Dracorex hogwartsia -- named in honor of author J.K. Rowling and her Harry Potter books, went on display Monday in Indianapolis.
A new Trojan virus has been detected that uses a Microsoft Word vulnerability to infect computers, Panda Software Labs reported.
One of the major goals of cancer nanotechnology research is to develop nanoparticles that deliver cancer imaging agents and anticancer drugs specifically to tumors. Two new reports in the literature highlight new approaches ...
Many companies who score an advertising spot at the Cannes Film Festival this week will market their products to visitors using digital billboards.
Wired News announced Monday that it has released the full text of a set of documents of AT&T's alleged participation with the National Security Agency.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists are trying to help energy companies draw millions of additional barrels of oil from the sea.
Both the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation are expected to review Net neutrality-related bills later this week.


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Lights! Camera! Action! The film will start rolling in the pretty Cuban town of Gibara as it welcomes its International Film Festival next month. Cuba's cool party organisers - HAPE Collective - will also stage a gathering in the north coast town to launch the celebration of all things celluloid.
The International Film Festival of Gibara - successor to the town's "Festival of Low Budget Movies" - will be held in venues and public spaces across town from July 1-7. Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro, who famously played Che Guevara in the two-part 2008 biographical Che, will attend. He'll be joined by his Che co-star the Mexican-American actor Demian Bichir, who played Fidel Castro in the two-part biopic. Bichir will show his film "Un cuento de circo & A love song", and is on this year's jury panel.
Some 44 films, including documentaries and animation, will be screened and judged by a panel of jurors. Hotly anticipated will be the showing of Cuba's "Sergio y Serguei" by Ernesto Daranas about a Russian cosmonaut stranded on the Mir space station who makes radio contact with a Cuban professor of Marxism. Film goers will also have a chance to see "Bram Fischer" by Dutch director Jean van de Velde about the eponymous South African lawyer of Afrikaner descent who fought against apartheid, and defended Nelson Mandela.
One of the jurors, Stephen Bayly, teaches at the International Film and TV School in San Antonio de los Baños, outside Havana, and is a former director of the National Film and TV School in the UK. He produced 1995's Richard III with Sir Ian McKellen, and 1996's Mrs Dalloway starring Vanessa Redgrave. In Havana, he has directed two plays at the Bertolt Brecht Theatre - Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall, and Bent by Martin Sherman.
Honouring festival founder Humberto Solas
This year marks 10 years since the death of the festival's founder, director Humberto Solas; in homage the festival will screen the restored version of one of Solas' best known films, "Lucia", and host an exhibition about the director in the Jiba Cinema on the main park. Another great Cuban film director, Tomas Gutierrez Alea will also be honoured with a screening of "Memorias del Subdesarollo" (Memories of Underdevelopment) which, like Lucia, is marking 50 years since it was made.
The best of Cuba's dancers by day and DJs and singers by night
Cuba's famous nueva trovador Silvio Rodriguez will open the festival with a concert and this year for each night of the festival, Cuban and foreign DJs will take over an abandoned warehouse, and play to the crowds. Cuba's Ivan Lejardi is already billed for one night. Argentine singer Fito Paez and Cubans Alain Perez, Kelvis Ochoa, Cimafunk, Raul Paz, and Haydee Milanes are all slated to entertain festival goers. Double the reasons to get to Gibara!
Cultural entertainment has also been ramped up with appearances scheduled for theatre, and music companies Rompe Tacones, Teatro Guiñol de Holguin, and Holguin's Codanza contemporary dance company. Holguin artist Cosme Proenza will stage an exhibition, and a street mural painted up by JEFF, Eduardo Abela, Javier Guerra, Osneldo Garcia and Vladmir Martinez, among others will colour up the town.
Cuban culinary highlights and a beach makeover
This year, Gibara's local attractions will also get a boost. The excellent private restaurant La Cueva de Taina, which serves up local shellfish dishes, and cassava in earthenware bowls and pots, will host an event alongside the Gibara Culinary Association; and a local beach will get a deep clean by Havana's environment organisation, the Nuñez Jimenez Foundation, in a bid to highlight and protect the environment.
Caves by day and comfort by night
For those looking to stay on, Gibara is a wonderful place to kick back and explore the surrounding caves, and beaches. The town now boasts two smart hotels - the most impressive is the tangerine grand Hotel Encanto Ordoño; the second is the bold red Hotel Encanto Arsenita with its colourful art nouveau floor tiles in pastel green, rose, and orange creme.
Plus a clutch of great Cuban "casas particulares" (B&Bs) are scattered across town for those that love staying in a family home. From the hotels, the views are winning - of the sea, the saddle-shaped Silla de Gibara hill, and the buildings of the main square topped by domes and pineapple decoration.
Gibara's bedrock is almost 100 per cent limestone meaning the area is riddled with caves, sinkholes and weird karstic structures formed nine million years ago. On the edge of town is the curious "Colgadizo de Marea" - a 70m long karstic wall hanging which marks the level of the sea in the area around 30,000 years ago. You can even perch on it as you ponder its multi-millennial make up.
Playa Caletones, 11 miles west of Gibara, is famed for its sinkholes where snorkellers can paddle in the teal green shallows or dive off the coral-encrusted ridges while cave divers can submerge into the filmic green subterranean hollows thrusting with stalagmites and stalactites.
The Hoyo Verde cavern, and Tanque Azul cavern (Cuba's largest flooded cavern with 3,640 metres explored so far), are buried in thick bush so the adventurous need to walk in - along with the marmalde-coloured butterflies that flit about in the area - and hire a horse to carry dive tanks and equipment.
More accessible is the "Caverna de los Panaderos" (Bakers' Cavern), a seven mile labyrinth of karstic tunnels - painted with 22 motifs of Taino rock art - leading to the Lake of Dreams, an ice-cold crystalline pool of water said to bestow eternal youth on all who bathe in it. The Bakers' Cavern is also known for one of Cuba's most curious film festivals: "El Festival de Cine Cueva de los Panaderos" (The Cave Film Festival) staged every year in March.
Crabs and beaches, forts and fun
Fuel up at the best place to eat in town - La Cueva de Taina - in Reparto Pueblo Nuevo, which prides itself on crafting indigenous cuisine. After lunch head out around the coast to the mouth of the Cacoyüguin River and watch men collecting the jaiba crab, a local delicacy, and buy the aphrodisiac la coquina, a mauve-coloured mollusc from the seafood sellers at Playa Bayado, a short stroll out of the town centre.
Gibara, founded in 1817, was once known as "La Villa Blanca de los Cangrejos" (The White Villa of Crabs). Board the local ferry to San Antonio across the bay, and bask on the virgin sands of Playa Blanca, or stay at Casa Bay View, a homestay with a tiny slither of beach. It was on this shore, facing Gibara, that Christopher Columbus first caught site of the indigenous Taino on Cuban soil in 1492.
Back in town, explore the Fernando VII fort on the coast, the Mirador, site of an old fortress on Los Caneyes hill, the reopened Museum of Decorative Arts, the cigar factory, the pretty square housing the oldest house in Gibara, and swing by Bar La Loja for your favourite Cuban tipple.