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'Fast and Furious 7' not being scrapped post Paul Walker's death
Paul Walker's death won't have an effect on the upcoming 'Fast and Furious 7' film, it has been revealed.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Universal brass had held a meeting Sunday morning to discuss the fate of the film and the team behind the action film is facing a delay in the production after the 40-year-old actor's untimely death.
Sources have said that the movie will not be abandoned entirely and the cast is supposed to resume shooting soon.
Walker, along with the rest of the cast and crew of Fast 7 were supposed to return to Atlanta on Sunday to continue filming the big-budget film, which features extensive car racing.
Director James Wan and Universal executives have held a conference call to discuss the state of the film and how they should proceed after Walker's death.
Walker had died in a single-car accident while he was attending a charity event for his organistation 'Reach Out Worldwide'.
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The new Gibraltar Air Terminal has opened to the public.
The Terminal replaces an old facility and cost around €84 million, with funding coming from the government of Gibraltar. The Terminal has two storeys- a total floor area of 19,700 sq m- and the development includes four code C aircraft stands and one code D aircraft stand. There is also additional parking for general aviation.
The new building houses three departure gates, 16 check-in desks, two baggage reclaim belts and a dedicated general aviation wing. It will also contain landside and airside retail and catering units. The external finish to the new Terminal is glazed facades.
There has also been some landscaping at the entrance to the main concourse and close to the exit from the boarding gates.
The main contractor is Dragados SA and the terminal was designed by British bblur architecture together with 3DReid. The Terminal also features pecial systems, airside engineering and functional architectural design by NACO, Netherlands Airport Consultants BV, led by bblur partner Daniel Bérubé. Buro Happold, UK carried out its building systems and structures.
Planning permission was granted in 2007 and the Terminal was completed in April 2012, becoming fully operational on 26 September 2012.
Air Terminal Director Terence Lopez said:
"The Air Terminal in Gibraltar has always been very important to our community due to our strong ties with the United Kingdom.
"Our growth as a finance centre and in the on-line betting industry results is reliant on good air communications which can now be developed with the addition of the new facility.
"In addition, many Gibraltarians do their further education in the UK, or travel there for specialised medical treatment so the terminal will always play an important part in our community."
Aquagib Ltd
Aquagib Ltd is principally engaged in the provision of water supplies to the local community under a License Agreement with the Government of Gibraltar.
The water distribution system comprises two networks, one for the supply of potable water and
the other for the supply of seawater. Fresh water is produced by desalination made potable,
stored and conveyed to consumers via a gravity distribution system and subsequently sold through individually metered connections.
Raw seawater resources are pumped into storage reservoirs strategically located throughout the Rock's periphery in order to be able to supply the 'consumer' via a gravity fed Distribution system. Seawater is used for fire fighting, street cleaning, flushing of sewers, flushing of toilets and other sanitary purposes where the use of potable water is not essential.
Aquagib Ltd also has contractual responsibility to operate and maintain sewage pumping stations and their associated rising mains and for the reading and billing of electrical consumption for the Gibraltar Electrical Authority.
William McLaren from Aquagib said:
"The company works on all public and private sector driven projects which have water supply implications for the water distribution network. As a water utility provider we are governed by the Public Health Act and Water rules and comply with the regulations on behalf of our client.
"Aquagib's primary involvement on the project was to ensure that the designed water and sewage pumping infrastructure supplies for Gibraltar Airport were installed and tested in accordance to specification by the contractor, in order that these assets can later be added onto the Aquagib asset register and form part of the network.
"The company's secondary involvement was to ensure that all existing pipework diversions within the build zone were carried out by the contractor in compliance with specification and recorded for future as built reference.
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Daredevils, thrill-seekers and cold weather swimmers are invited to participate in a fund-raising activity of the Rossford Bulldog Foundation.
The Polar Bear Plunge will take place at noon, Saturday, January 25, in the pond behind the Carpenters Local 351 Union Hall, on Bass Pro Boulevard.
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Rep. Johnson clarifies and apologizes for remarks on Israeli settlement enterprise
July 26, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Hank Johnson clarified and apologized today regarding his remarks about the Israeli settlement enterprise during a panel held outside the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:
"We must work to promote policies that support a two-state solution and encourage trust between both sides," said Congressman Johnson. The congressman regrets his comments. He did not intend to insult or speak derogatorily of Israelis or the Jewish people. When using the metaphor of termites, the Congressman was referring to the corrosive process, not the people. "Poor choice of words – I meant no offense. The point is settlement activity has slowly and deliberately undermined Palestinian land claims."


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iraq food + bev tec
April 15 – 17 in Baghdad, Iraq
This year, the iraq food + bev tec opens for the first time inviting exhibitors and trade visitors from all over the world to Baghdad. Iraq is at the forefront of local food production. From 2012 to 2017, the Republic imported lines for beverage and food processing worth over 500 million euros. This makes Iraq one of the five largest buyers of this technology in the Middle East. As an international trade fair covering topics such as agriculture, beverage and food technology as well as bakery products and confectionery, iraq food + bev tec is the perfect contact point for the food and beverage industry.
Krones is presenting its complete product portfolio for the production of non-alcoholic beverages, supported by IPS, our specialists from the region.
Come and visit us at our stand in the German Pavilion and let our experts advise you. We are looking forward to welcoming you.


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Catholic priest and the founder of the School of the Americas Watch, which just held its annual protest against the U.S. Army's School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Georgia. The organization was also in Honduras monitoring the recent elections. Bourgeois recently wrote a book called My Journey from Silence to Solidarity.


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Happu Ki Ultan Paltan 17 July 2019 Written Update: The Laundry Guy Reveals The Truth
In the previous episode of Happu Ki Ultan Paltan, Beni uses a fake beard and wig to disguise himself. He snatches Amma's necklace and starts running. Unfortunately, he bumps into the commissioner's van and gets caught. When Happu comes to the police station he sees Beni being interrogated by the commissioner. In the evening, Amma and Nargis come back home, they tell Rajesh about how her gold necklace was saved and notice that Rajesh is sad instead of being happy.
Watch the latest episode below:
In tonight's episode, Malaika interrogates Kate and Kamlesh by asking them questions one by one. Because they went to the movie, their answers don't match with each other and Malaika catches their lie. She then gives a shock treatment to Kamlesh and seeing this, Kate immediately reveals the truth.
At the police station, Happu gets tired of beating Beni but the commissioner wants him to continue so that he tells the truth. A few moments later, Manohar informs the commissioner about his wife's phone call. When he goes out, Happu Singh requests Beni to not to reveal the truth or else he might lose his job. When the commissioner comes back, Happu changes his tone and tells the commissioner that it's a new trick to interrogate the criminals.
Hrithik and Ranbir try to scare the laundry guy but he comes back to meet Amma. Seeing him, Rajesh, Amma and the kids get surprised. Amma asks him about the saree but he tells her that he did not receive one. Later, Rajesh asks the laundry guy to leave and tells Amma that she had lied to her because she burnt her favourite saree. Hearing this, Amma tells her that she should have told her the truth rather than telling lies.
Meanwhile, Manohar tells the commissioner that he found out the chain snatcher who snatched his chain. Hearing this Beni reveals his true identity and Happu explains the whole scenario to the commissioner.
What do you think will happen in the next episode? Let us know your thoughts in the comments with the hashtag #HappuKiUltanPaltan.
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Aug 27th, 2016
Siren Blazing It Up At LPGA Tour School
Savannah Vilaubi second through round 2
Words: Daniel Owen
Update: Savannah shot a second round 70, and lies tied second at the LPGA Q School. Leader Sarah Schmelzel shot her second consective 67 to get to -10, and holds a three shot lead over Vilaubi.
Original: Since we last checked in on Savannah Vilaubi, she's been blazing a trail across the mini tours of America, adding a win at the Texas Women's Open to her three wins on the Cactus Tour. That win guarantees her a spot at the LPGA's Texas Shootout next season. Before that, though, she's trying to get on the LPGA full time.
A first round 67 on the tough Dinah Shore course puts her one back of the lead, but the rest of the leading players shot their scores at the easier Arnold Palmer course.
Vilaubi didn't make it through the first stage last season: "I just didn't feel ready last year. It is great to have four professional wins under my belt into my second Q School and I just feel so much more prepared."
It's not all hard work for Savannah, though. She looks to have had a lot of fun recently, especially on #WWD2K16...
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Pret is one of the largest chain eateries in the UK and they have over 450 outlets worldwide. They're deservedly popular and if we're looking for lunch but can't find a vegan restaurant that we like the look of, our choice is either Pret or the smaller chain of Leon's. There are several veggie choices at Pret including sandwiches, baked goods and salads and a great many healthy, organic, tasty drinks. Here's a look at what we ate in Brighton. The receipt is shown so you can have an idea of what's available, and the price.
Above you can see our dairy-free turmeric drink with a touch of warmth from ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. They're made with rice-coconut milk alternative instead of milk.
There are lots of vegan eateries in Brighton but the problem is at the moment either they're out of the town centre, or they're fine dining (which we don't want at lunchtime), or that their seating is limited, and since we were had much to see and enjoy and time was limited we chose Pret because you can walk right in and take a seat (or get your food to go and sit in the park or on the beach if you prefer). Pret are a far easier, more convenient option and the food is fresh, well priced and tasty, too.
Note, if you're eating in the restaurant your food will cost you more than if you take away.
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#1 electronic cigarette brand in India, SMOKFREE is now available at Amazon.in. Amazon is a virtual market place that connects a buyer and seller online.
Delhi, India -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/15/2014 -- #1 electronic cigarette brand in India, SMOKFREE is now available at Amazon.in. Amazon is a virtual market place that connects a buyer and seller online. SMOKEFREE electronic cigarettes are very different from that of the traditional cigarettes like for example, the injurious effects of traditional cigarettes. These electronic cigarettes have many other advantages over traditional cigarettes like they come if various exotic flavours like apple, mango, chocolate etc.
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Emma Torfinn is a Bury St Edmunds based artist who creates ink and gouache drawings and paintings of landmarks, buildings and coastlines in Suffolk and other areas of the UK.
Torfinn Art can be commissioned, you can contact us to order prints or see examples by visiting the Handmade Shop and Gallery in St Johns Street, Bury St Edmunds and the lovely 5* Folk Cafe in Fornham
Up and coming events for 2019;
Ivy Joan Makers Market - Unitarian Meeting House, Bury st Edmunds
September 7th 2019
October 5th 2019
November 2nd 2019
November 21-24th Bury st Edmunds Chrostmas Market
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Torfinn Art looks amazing in my kitchen. The prints are a special reminder of the wonderful area we live in. I'll definitely be back for further prints.
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Love Emma's pictures so much - I have one at work and one at home - that way I get constant pleasure. Perfectly simple and pleasing to the eye every day.
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Hi Owen, sorry, I've only just read your comment and post. Yeah perception is stronger than fact.
Divide and conquer is the oldest trick in the book, but its a trick that continues to work.
Proving only that perception is stronger than data where these questions are concerned: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2014/07/09/the-benefits-tourism-myth...


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Notes on life, art, photography and technology, by a Danish dropout bohemian.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Landing a rocket
By the way, I think it's so kewl that the landing platform is called "Of Course I Still Love You". Why? Because it's an obvious homage to the late SF author (one of my top faves) Iain M Banks. The name was one of the first and best of the many cheeky and inventive names he gave to his intelligent (and often collosal) spaceships in his space opera Culture novels.
If you like science fiction, especially on a very big canvas (huge), and haven't tried Iain M. Banks, then you are in for a treat.
5 comments:
- David Evans said...
I love the way the landing legs unfold at the last possible minute. Computers are very good now, I don't think a human pilot could have made that landing.
- 14 Apr 2016, 19:33:00
- Eolake Stobblehouse said...
Yes, that was one of my first thoughts; computers have already surpassed us in so many ways. I am positive a human pilot could not have done this landing. For one thing the deceleration was horrendous.
- 14 Apr 2016, 19:57:00
- Russ said...
Yes, we're on the wild ride of the accelerating tech curve. What's more impressive, the landing rocket or Google's Go computer that beat a top professional human? The software required for each is just amazing to fathom.
- 14 Apr 2016, 22:06:00
- Eolake Stobblehouse said...
Yes, I'm reading The Singularity Is Near. It's a fantastic read, and convincing. Also rather scary; cuz like the author says, the explosion of machine expansion and intelligence has the potential to enhance both out good side and the destructive one.
- 14 Apr 2016, 22:17:00
The reason it is so beautiful to me is that SpaceX no longer has to throw away the whole vehicle after a single flight. It may not mean tickets as cheap as on airliners, but I might afford one in my lifetime. :^)
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My Spring Time Holy Grail
Hello Spring!!!
Wishes, Dreams, Goals
✿ Have picnics ✿ Visit villages covered in greens and flowers ✿ Eat fresh healthy food from the farmer's market ✿ Plant seeds in the garden ✿ Watch the sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees ✿ Be naked indoors ✿ Cultivate poppies in the garden ✿ Repot the lavender my father gave me a few days ago ✿ Play harmonica on warm friday evenings when home alone ✿ Repaint my bedroom ✿ Buy a rose bush ✿ Have no interest in preserving the status quo ✿ Surround myself with bees!!!! ✿ Wear flowers in hair ✿ Sunbathe with a fun book ✿ Make spring-themed pages in journals ✿ Dance to faerie music ✿ BE a human playground ✿ Stare at hares crossing me on field trails ✿ Make blanket forts ✿ Press flowers in books ✿ Spend a lot of time with my love ✿ Build a spring shrine in a corner of the bookshelf ✿ Play basketball outdoors ✿ Arrive home with fingernails dirty everyday ✿ Eat pears ✿ Drink plenty of freshly made fruit juices ✿ Fill the house with fresh flowers ✿ Buy hair barrette from Nolemire ✿ Make a bird feeder and put it in the garden ✿ Row a boat ✿
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Ever since the arch criminal and murderer Senator Teddy Kennedy died (at last) his old seat has been up for grabs. The two main candidates, Scott Brown (r) and Martha Coakley (dem), are pretty much even in the polls with the only real candidate Joseph L. Kennedy, a Libertarian running as an independent, trailing behind.
Joseph L. Kennedy with no relationship with the dead killer said he's been bombarded with e-mails from Brown supporters urging him to drop out and endorse the Republican. Kennedy said he's staying in, as he should. Without Kennedy, Brown would most likely win, but on the other hand, with large turnouts for Kennedy he can send a message across the US which in the long run is worth much more than a stooge that will likely be voting for every other piece of offensive and unconstitutional legislation that passes his way.
Around this little debacle we can hear the chants:
"SCOTT BROWN FOR SENATE MAN!(crushes can over head, does a few pushups) HE'S GONNA KILL THAT BILL, YOU JUST WATCH HIM! YEAH! GO ISRAEL!"
"MARTHA! MARTHA! MARTHA!" - only word they know...
"Freedom, justice and cutting government!"
It doesn't matter who among the two elitist candidates that wins. Of course the Obamination will have a harder time passing his fascist crap through the senate if Brown wins, but either way the idiots of Taxachussetts will have elected another spineless tax feeder who you wouldn't want to run your store into national legislative office.
It seems that Brown will win because people want everything to slow down (this is sensible) but they all just voted for Obama 14 months ago because they were so upset with Bush, and now Republicans are the answer to everything.
This back-and-forth between the two abusive parents is a side-show. Any other candidate besides Kennedy is the exact same candidate.
When are the American people going to figure out that the puppet masters stay the same and that the two party system is a scam?
The end is nigh and The Greatest Depression is closing in with millions of ferocious, unemployed, disillusioned and helplessly starving infected people erratically walking an unforgiving earth for years to come. Truth to be told we´re heading for a financial apocalypse because you, the people, believe in any tall tale The Powers That Be cables out. All we can do now is to wait for the fattest lady in history to sing the highest note ever heard...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Murderer Teddy about to be replaced
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- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2010 at 11:10 AM
Pretty interesting news, how come we can´t read anything near it in Svenska Dagbladet?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2010 at 12:20 PM
They don't have journalists employed and only translates some news blip sent from one of their cooperation-people.ReplyDelete
If you want news, the old media is useless
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I know my question here is related : According to Hasker's emergent dualism, why does the mind have to be spatial?
However, this is not a duplicate. Can Hasker's emergent substance dualism approach work with the idea that the mind is a non-spatial entity? He assumes that the mind is spatial because of the relationship between brain matter and mind in his approach. However, it has been shown if the mind is spatial and contains energy, it cannot account for qualia.
So again, would Hasker's idea (substance mind emerged from matter) work with a non-spatial and non-energy mind?


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Happy Halloween! While I have pumpkins in my entry way and will take the child out for treat-or-treating, I can't say I'm a person who's really into Halloween. There are some who goes "all out" for this holiday. However, coming up on Halloween made me think about masks and the ones we wear daily – and we all wear them. I don't mean to imply that we are not always attempting to be our authentic selves, but there are definitely times when I feel like I'm wearing a mask – especially at work.
I don't think that in wearing a mask, you're completely inauthentic or fake. However, I do feel that when you don't work for yourself and are representing someone else's brand/image/product, you are wearing a mask of sorts. Also, let's face it, these masks are often required if we want to sustain our livelihood. For many people, donning this mask is why they often branch out on their own and do things such as consult, open their own business or switch professions altogether.
Wearing a mask at work may simply involve selling a product that you don't believe in, or the more extreme, not being able to be who you truly are. Some people are closeted at work or, some individuals feel that they cannot celebrate their cultural heritage and identity at work. These are more extreme cases of mask wearing, but you would be surprised how many people are wearing such a disguise.
In honor of Halloween (or maybe reverse Halloween ☺), I'd like to recommend that we take the masks off! Can you imagine how awesome our work environment would be if instead of wearing the masks we think are required, we were our true selves? What a culture of diversity and truthfulness it could bring?!
Are you wearing a mask? What mask are you putting on each day? What's your scariest professional story? Feel free to share in the comment below!
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A Porcelain Confession
the romans once believed that
early christians stole babies
and baked them into bread
eating the children's flesh
And sometimes communion tastes like colonialism & I'm
almost ashamed at how easy it is for me to swallow.
you once told me you
didn't believe in god
and i dont think I ever
really digested that
And the first time he touched me I both died and sang praise.
The second time abducted me.
our mother who
art in the pulpit,
hallowed be her
name. her kingdom
will never come
And at age eight I made racist comments in support of a racist
choir teacher & I was so guilty that I wrote a letter the next day
apologizing to my class & for a long time I used to feel good about that.
for a long time
i thought that
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I'm exactly in that situation, and I'm fairly convinced that I'll buy the new $499 sony blu ray player for the HD, the upconverting, and the HDMI 1.3 sound.
HD DVD with recording - I don't think so.
HD DVD with recording - I don't think so.
new DVD player priorities
The high def disc adoption rate is about 1% so far. Only 30% of US households have HDTVs. Lots(most?) of studios are format exclusive. High def disc has a good chance of going the way of DVD-A and SACD.
The fighting and spin by the two format fans on the forums is unbelievable. I've been reading a good bit on the formats trying to decide and can sort of boil it down where it all stands-
Lots of speculation that HD DVD will have Chinese sub $200 players by the holidays but you can get the Toshiba HD-A2 for $255 off Amazon now. Toshiba has announced HD DVD recorders to be both built and available in China before the '08 Olympics in Beijing. Toshiba is starting to include HD DVD drives in 4 of it laptop lines and in '08 will start including HD DVD drives on all its laptops. At this point thanks to PS3(Playstation 3) Blu-ray leads in player and titles sold but HD-DVD has much high attach rates. Blu-ray players when you include PS3 are 5 to 1 to HD DVD players but only sell movies 2 to 1 at this point. HD DVD way out sells blu-ray when it comes to stand alone players. If HD DVD gets a sub $200 player to the market soon I suspect the videophile early adopters that already own Blu-ray will pick one up for the movies from HD DVD exclusive studios prolonging the format war. SD DVD is Toshiba's IP and Toshiba most likely will stay in the game long enough to win or to kill high def discs to keep those SD DVD royalties coming. Pulling the plug on HD DVD is going to have to come from the HD DVD exclusive studios.
In addition to leading in sales, Blu-ray has much better DRM for protecting the studios' content and has region coding. HD-DVD is region free and has already been cracked for copying/backing up. You can find some US blu-ray exclusive title on HD DVD from other countries. Japan is the only country sharing the the Blu-ray region that US(Canada?) has. Many think that most studios want the DRM of blu-ray. The big price cut, in the news last week, on PS3 turned out to be a clearance price for PS3 60GB and 20GB units. You can't find a 20GB unit anywhere. Once the 60GB are gone they will be replaced with an 80GB player at the pre-price cut price.
Blockbuster has gone Blu-ray exclusive in the stores but HD DVD is still available through Blockbuster on-line. Netflix also rents both formats. Only about one third of Blockbuster store will carry high def discs at this point. Reports are while the Blu-ray are there at Blockbuster stores the titles are very limited at this point. Both Blockbuster and Netflix charge more for a high def format discs which doesn't bode well for mass adoption by joe six pack.
As for me I decided I'm sticking with my Oppo for now.
Keep the dvd recorder in your PC. Much cheaper way to go and won't get in the way when you get the upgrade bug. I like a Tivo or Dishnetwork hard drive for recording tv. That should increase your choices & free up some budget.
Also, does your tv do HD? That may be an issue???
My last question is do you use this for audio also?
With that said, listen to newbie.
Many thanks to Newbie13 for his in-depth explanation. Thanks for taking the time on this. So if you own a Blu-ray player and rent an HD DVD, will it not be compatible and not work or vice-versa? I'm still a little confused. Sounds like the future of these technologies and formats are still uncertain. I'll probably go with a standard format CD player/recorder at some point in the future to finally get away from VHS tapes for good. HD will have to wait.
Elevick: One of our TV's is HDTV compatible but we don't subscribe to that service with our cable TV provider. We pay them enough every month and most of what's on is crap anyway. No I do not use DVD players for audio. I have separate CD players for my sound systems (NAD, Rotel, etc). Good question though. Thanks.
My Responses --
With the state that HD-DVD and Blue-Ray DVD are in, I'll be pretty reluctant to make a commitment to either camp at this time, meaning I'll be sticking to Regular DVD for the time being (sticking with my Denon DVD-2910 until a winner between HD-DVD and Blue-Ray DVD emerges).
About the only way I'll upgrade from a conventional DVD Player is that a good hybrid player hits the market (and right now, the LG BH100 does not do it for me because it plays some formats of digital media, but not others).
And as for a High Definition DVD Player with recording capability?? From my experience with my Toshiba RD-SX34, I would say that I would buy such a machine for its timeshifting capabilities only (whatever they may be by that time),and that it would not be my main movie playback machine. I would have a separate player in place just for that. So then, my answer to that question is "no".
Hope I made some sense here.


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(My hiking and camping adventures in Northern California.)
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
El Dorado National Forest: Lyons Creek Trail in Snow
Lyons Lake
I recently read a couple of books by John Muir, and his mountaineering exploits inspired a desire in me to hike to another mountain summit. From his descriptions, October seemed a perfect time to go. So I proposed to my friend Erik that we hike to the top of Pyramid Peak via the Lyons Creek Trail. He was concerned about the difficulty of the climb and the weather, but I sent him a link to a website that made it sound pretty easy, and assured him that although it had been unseasonably cool, the forecast for the weekend was for warm weather and clear skies. He agreed to go.
I was hoping there would be a bit of snow on the peaks, just to make them even more beautiful, but as we turned off of U.S. 50 and headed up on Wrights Road, it became apparent that we would have snow along the whole trail. Figuring this would make the climb trickier, we decided on a side trip to Lyons Lake as a back up plan. On our Desolation Wilderness permit I put down our destination as Lyons Lake or Pyramid Peak.
What a total transformation a blanket of snow makes. When we hiked this trail back in July, it was a wonderland of wildflowers and butterflies. Had we hiked it at the end of September, we would have seen mostly the brown and wilted remains of that earlier display, but just a week later everything was gorgeous again with a pristine layer of snow.
We hiked along following the footsteps of people before us until we caught and passed them--three backpackers. After that we were the first humans to trod on the topmost layer of snow, although I could often see one set of footprints that had a thin covering of fresh snow on them. There were plenty of animal tracks, which kept me wondering about what sort of animals made them. Some looked very much like dog tracks, but being unaccompanied by human tracks, Erik surmised that they were from foxes or coyotes.
It was above freezing even when we started on the trail, so the snow was melting and Lyons Creek was flowing, but it was much lower than it had been in July, and crossing it was no difficulty at all. Shortly after that we came to the junction in the trail, and, unlike last time, we headed on towards Lake Sylvia, rather than Lyons Lake.
Soon after Erik said something about a dog. A hiker behind us had caught up to us, and his dog was running ahead. We came to another creek crossing, and while I was studying the easiest way to rock hop across, the guy with his dog just flew on over it as though he were crossing a bridge, rather than stepping on the tops of snow-covered rocks. We had one more such crossing before coming to Lake Sylvia.
Lake Sylvia
Up at the lake, the other hiker's foot prints headed off to the south, in the direction of the recommended route for the off-trail climb up Pyramid Peak. I started following them, thinking that's where he must be headed, and he seemed to know exactly where he was going, so if we followed his tracks we would likely be taking the safest and easiest route.
Erik was uncomfortable with going on though, what with the snow, and we had crossed portions of the trail that had snow covering ice. I'm going to shift all of the responsibility for us shying away from making the climb to him. I'm sure if I had been alone I would have climbed it, waited until sunset on the peak to get the best photos, hiked down again in twilight, taken a refreshing swim in Lake Sylvia, and then returned to the trailhead by moonlight, just as Muir would have done. But being concerned for Erik, I decided to postpone my epic feat.
We ate a little, and then took some photos before heading back to the junction to climb to Lyons Lake. Had we planned on visiting both, I would have chosen to visit Lyons Lake first, as the lighting is better for photos at Lake Sylvia later in the afternoon.
When I first hiked up to Lyons Lake last year, I had trouble finding the trail at points along the steep climb. But this time, even with snow, I found it easy to follow. I think my problem before was just that I was so inexperienced. It's a challengingly steep climb, but mercifully it isn't all that long.
Lyons Lake
Lyons Lake is in a cirque, and I always find cirques dramatically beautiful. A cirque is a bowl shape in the mountains carved out by glaciers with an opening, or lip, from which the glacier flowed out. So we hiked up to this cirque through the lowest part, the lip, where Lyons Creek flows out of Lyons Lake. The rest of the lake is surrounded by high cliffs.
Lyons Lake
It was my third visit to the lake in 16 months, so some of the drama was diminished, but it was every bit as gorgeous as I expected it to be. After taking some photos, I crossed the dam to check out more views. Most of these small mountain lakes in the area have small, old dams at their outlets to increase the holding capacity of the lakes and control the outflow of water. The dam is just made of rock in mortar, and the surface is uneven, so I was slow crossing it since it was covered with snow. There's a pond below the dam, which shows the natural level and end point of Lyons Lake before the dam was built.
Erik's Photo of Me Crossing the Dam
I circled the pond and decided to just cross the outlet stream again below it to get back to the main trail, rather than go back the way I came. I waited for Erik to join me so I could show him the spot I found easiest to cross, but I had to wait a while as he kept taking photos of me from the opposite side of the pond. He demonstrated great sagacity in spending his time that way, as those photos will be quite valuable when I'm famous.
I descended pretty quickly, much more quickly than I could have last year. Back at the junction, I waited for Erik. I looked back at one point, and there was that dog again in front of Erik. The other hiker soon came along. He asked us if we had gone "all the way up" to Lyons Lake, to which we answered yes. Erik asked him if he had climbed Pyramid Peak, to which he answered yes. The summit of Pyramid Peak is at least 1500 feet higher than Lyons Lake. And the dog was still running ahead and then running back after all of that climb, with seemingly endless energy. We found out later (he kept passing us, as he would stop to take in the surroundings, and then start on the trail again) that the dog was only 4 months old. That impressed Erik, who solemnly informed me that he could not have made that climb when he was 4 months old.
It was quite a bit warmer in the afternoon than it had been in the morning, and the snow was melting or melted in many places, leaving pools of water on the trail, or just making it muddy at points. But we still made good time back, and arrived at the trailhead earlier than I anticipated. The other hiker got back to his car as I was getting ready for the drive home, and commented that it was another awesome hike. I'd have to agree. Even without the great scenery, just getting out and using my body to its full capacity feels great.
Posted by Tom Spaulding at 5:15 PM
Labels: desolation wilderness, el dorado national forest, hiking, Lake Sylvia, lyons creek trail, Lyons Lake
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Thank you for this story. I'm about to hike to Lake Sylvia and Lyons Lake, and have tossed around the idea of bagging Pyramid while at Sylvia...don't know if I'll have time, but I think I'll give it a shot now. thanks!
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The kids are in bed. My bed, to be specific. I had to make a compromise just to get them to agree with the whole "going to sleep" thing, and that was it: curling up like kittens in the exact spot that I should be occupying. This is what happens when The Husband goes to the football. And how do you think I feel? When we first met, eleven years ago now, he had no interest in football whatsoever. He'd outgrown it or something. Sure, his family were all footy-mad, but had risen above all that bollocks! It suited me fine, since my family had no interest in sports, and consequently, neither did I. Then out of nowhere, more than five years into our relationship, he decides to renew his interest, and suddenly I've got this footy-obsessed husband who'd leave me home alone with the kids and a raging case of the flu just so he could see the Grand Final. The nerve of that guy!
In case you're wondering, I've come here to rant. The kids are snoozing like blessed little angels, in contrast to the demons that were tearing through the house just a few short hours ago; the bird is resting in his cage, the dog is asleep under the bed, the guinea pigs… I'm not sure what they're doing, but they ain't bothering me! Finally, it is ME time. Only trouble is, it's nearly 11pm and I just can't be arsed doing anything. Even flicking on the tube seems like too big a commitment, which'll wake up one or other of the kids anyway. So I'm here to chronicle my thoughts and feelings: primarily, that my life feels as though it has been sucked into a vortex of mundanity, and I have nothing to look forward to until the kids have grown and moved out of home. (That's what the older gals in my life tell me, anyway.)
Since I'm here, I might as well set down a resolution: I will no longer allow life to simply swirl about me, tugging me along for the ride, a helpless and hopeless passenger. No! I'm jumping in the driver's seat, starting now! Life will happen on my terms, or not at all. Scratch that last bit, it sounds a little savage. What I mean is, I want to be more proactive in living out my dreams, my personality. I'm not exactly sure what that will look like, but I'll report back with my progress.


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News Ticker
Travelling is a nightmare for Test teams and that goes double for subcontinent teams.
So Bangladesh will be thrilled about playing Australia in a Test series at home, starting on Sunday, because the Tigers travel about as well as unrefrigerated fish.
Not since 2009 in the West Indies have they won on the road, but the best all-rounder in the world according to the ICC, Shakib al-Hasan, told The Guardian the Tigers feel they are "very much unbeatable at home" regardless of the opposition.
It seems a silly statement to make about the second-worst team in the world but even blind confidence is kind of admirable and the recent raw data almost backs him up.
During a two-year run from October of 2014 to October last year, during which Bangladesh only played at home, they lost just one of a possible 10 Tests at home, which sounds impressive until you dig down into that run.
The first three Tests were against Zimbabwe, which … you know … name a current Zimbabwe player. But Bangladesh won 3-0 and that's not nothing. It is, however, close to nothing, especially as it is their ONLY series win anywhere since 2009.
Then came Pakistan in 2015, which included the only game Bangladesh lost in that two-year period, but it was emphatic.
Pakistan declared twice — a five-session 557 and a rapid 195 — while the hosts were skittled for 203 and 221. That came after a first Test that saw 1,515 runs scored in just three innings.
If this trend of high scoring on flat tracks continues, Australia and the out-of-form David Warner will feel right at home.
The 'series' against India means nothing because its one and only Test was destroyed by rain, as were both Tests against South Africa, although the dismissal of the Proteas for just 248 on day one is nothing to sneeze at.
Perhaps the latest series, against England in late 2016, is the only one that has any relevance to Australia's chances.
The 1-1 draw was just reward for stingy bowling by Bangladesh and, in the words of Alastair Cook, a lack of "world-class spinners" for England.
Will Nathan Lyon be enough for Australia? Definitely if he continues his strong form from India. Will Ashton Agar experience the Steve O'Keefe effect (i.e. all those deliveries that are darts in Oz start spinning the perfect amount to find an edge)?
What does all this mean for Australia?
It would stand to reason that if the Aussies could run India close over there, then a series in similar conditions against a far less-talented opponent with a worse home record will be a cake walk.
But as impressive as Australia was in India, our expectations were so low that anything short of capitulation was a positive. Things are different now.
Not only are we expected to win this time around, the players are also coming off a truncated preparation thanks to the pay dispute that totally in no way impacted their relationship with the governing body.
One of the few warm-up matches against proper opposition they had scheduled was called off due to rain, so the players' performance in Bangladesh conditions is still a bit of a mystery.
But maybe all that just means they are well rested after a five-month break between Tests.
Matt Renshaw's performance in India and continued emergence as one of the best Chris Rogers impersonators in the world bodes well, while Peter Handscomb's effort batting out a draw in Ranchi is more representative of his skill than the rest of his disappointing returns in the hunt for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Meanwhile, Steve Smith is still a gun, Usman Khawaja is finally back where he belongs and Glenn Maxwell scored a Test century on the subcontinent earlier this year.
As far as the bowling stocks are concerned, with Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Jackson Bird in the squad, the loss of Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson should not hurt too much.
But perhaps lost in the optimism of the last tour were the issues remaining within this team.
As we mentioned earlier, Warner's form is still a question mark and he is yet to prove himself away from home, averaging 31 with no centuries in his past 33 innings on foreign soil.
Meanwhile, Matthew Wade is in for a nightmare as a wicketkeeper on Bangladesh pitches and unless he can somehow find runs at seven - he has failed to get out of single figures in more than half of his 13 innings since coming back into the team - he can expect more selection speculation.
Spin could still be a problem, with Lyon in need of some bouncy pitches to be at his best. If he doesn't get what he wants, he could be in for a long pair of Tests, while Agar is being touted as an all-round saviour, which has been a curse for every Australian with that tag since Michael Bevan.
All that being said, if Australia loses this series, there will be hell to pay. There's no real excuse not to perform and anything less than one Test win (weather permitting) will be a disappointment and bode terribly ahead of the home Ashes series.


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Have You Ever Looked Over Hotel Fails? They're Totally Wacky!
Good hospitality is the key for hotel owners to get more customers! But some of the hotels just don't care and that makes them part of our article! Well, look over some hilarious hotel fails that will make you laugh out loud! Read the full story to discover that...
This note was written a long time ago!
If you look at the top left, you'll notice that the paper is starting to yellow. This gives you some idea of how long ago it was written. Unless of course, it is soaking up some stains that were still wet.
Sink fail!
If you are replacing a tap and you can't get the right length you might have to choose between buying the wrong tap or replacing the entire sink.
How to reach out there?
I think the reason why it's so funny is that he's probably still sitting there.
We give you what we promise!
I have seen worse. At least you have an open view and fresh air. Often that is more than you could ask for!
Architect fail!
In case you don't want to miss any action on the road, you can have a direct gateway to the balcony!
If you slip better you slip gracefully! In case, someone is watching you!
Books are written to be read? No.
I guess many of the books have been stolen. So, the hotel is intended to put the sign for the books!
What should I say about this?
What gets me about braille signage is, if you're blind, how the hell do you know where the sign is?
Would be there any lifeguards for it?
Honestly, if they'd just take a hacksaw the railings, throw a $100 picnic table in the middle, I doubt anyone would even realize what was up. "What a strange courtyard…"
Privacy invaded!
The only advantage of having such bathrooms is that you won't miss your favorite shows! By the way, why people built such hotel rooms?


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Rusty Smalley inherited a successful funeral home business from her father which she claims that she will ever be thankful to her father for. Rusty used to own and operate a successful driving school before her father passed away which she sold out only after 6 months of her father's death.
Rusty is a blogger as well and she writes about almost everything significant that she notices throughout an average day in her life. Just last week, Rusty wrote about the reviews that she read on a talent agency's Google Maps profile. Rusty noticed how the so-called talented people are extremely untalented when it comes to the manners and etiquette of talking to someone.
Rusty claims that the real word for sperm in the Chinese language is same as the 'seed of love', they changed it after the 'seed of love' started changing into seed of lust and violence in the practical life of the people.
About philosophy, Rusty says that Socrates was wrong when he used the term 'Cultivation of Soul'. Rusty claims that the soul cannot be cultivated , it always remains as it is. Rusty claims that the only things that can be cultivated are heart, body and brain.
Rusty claims that most of the modern leading multinational corporations are designed, managed and operated in a way to make the consumer spend all he can.
Many of Rusty's cousins are involved in livestock product and textile industry. Rusty claims that both livestock and textile industry are growing rapidly due to the rapidly growing population. Rusty's cousins are so much attached to the livestock that they bet on nothing but cockfighting websites (sabung ayam).


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Diamond Calk Horseshoe Double Ended Adjustable Wrench
This is a nice clean, used, antique double ended adjustable wrench marked "10 IN. DIAMOND CALK HORSESHOE CO. 12 IN. DULUTH MINN DIAMOND TOOL-STEEL DROP-FORGED MADE IN U.S.A." in raised cast lettering on the handle. This wrench is 12.2" long, and has the 10 jaw type on one end, and the 12" jaw type on the opposite end. There is minor wear noted around the jaws, not bad, in very good, usable condition, no rust, with very good jaw alignment, some minor edge dings, some minor pitting on the 12" end mostly. We also note that there are three letters stamped on the 12" end "WHS" Both heads adjust smoothly. We note that 10" end knurl is like new, where the 12" end knurl has some wear, but very good working order. A nice clean vintage wrench from the 1920's-30's era! Diamond Horseshoe Co. and Diamond Calk and Horseshoe Co. are one in the same. The design is so close to that of the Crescent Tool Co., one wonders if the two companies were connected in some way. Yet we find no evidence of this in any records regarding these quality tool making companies. We can't find any history about Diamond Tool or Diamond Calk after early 1950. This is the first one of these that I have seen in this size in several years, quite rare!


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So this is another quilt in progress.
Those 53 pieces are more easily seen from the back of the block.
I chain pieced to make the sewing go faster...
City Tiles
Emily Dennis is a Michigan quilt designer who created this City Tiles pattern. I wanted to make a quilt by a Michigan artist (so close to home), I liked the title of the pattern, and I knew in my head what I could do with the block design.
So this is another quilt in progress.
Each block contains 53 pieces.
Those 53 pieces are more easily seen from the back of the block.
The fabric is collection of ten different blues. Five of the blues are from the True Blue collection by Zen Chic.
I chain pieced to make the sewing go faster...
and gradually the pile of blocks grew.
I am currently in the process of sewing thirty blocks and rows together. This quilt will measure 60" x 72."
Line Dried
This pattern called Line Dried by Coriander Quilts nestled in my brain the first time I saw it.
Maybe it was the Ohio Star blocks.
Maybe it was the name.
Maybe it was the stripes.
More than likely it was the combination of all three.
It didn't take long before stars, lines, and stripes organized themselves in my brain.
The actual quilt did not materialize as quickly, but eventually 2,225 pieces successfully became one.
I assembled zebra stripes for the binding.
This quilt top will be machine quilted at Three Sisters Quilting, and likely
auctioned at the Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale this September.
I found I could say things with colors and shapes
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Scarborough Perth, Scarborough Beach Community Perth
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Jun 26 2006, 06:47 PM
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Maximum Perth Enthusiast
Group: Admin
Posts: 860
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From: Perth
Member No.: 2
Back to www.scarboro.info
At the end of 2005 the Scarborough Forum and Calandar got hacked, mainly by off topic Russian WEB SPAM off topic Russian WEB SPAM off topic Russian WEB SPAM mafia. It was also frequently spammed with OFF TOPIC messages.
Securing the Perth forum is a financial costs I can not afford again for the volunteer Scarborough website forum, so I've created a Scarborough Forum in the $800 more secure Perth Forum. Previous to securing it, identity thieves, sent emails to its users pretending to come from me and inviting recipients to click on an exe file. I've never sent emails to Scarboro nor PerthPerth users. Never click on links to exe files nor attachments otherwise your PC could get malware popups requesting your credit card payment to the mafia for protection against the exact malware they infected your computer with!!
Use the Perth Calendar to post date based events. If more than one Scarborough event is posted per week, I'll set up a special Scarborough Events Calendar which is secure.
You should be able to upload photos of Scarborough Beach to the new photo gallary. You can only VIEW photos at the older Yahoo photo gallary Even more Scarborough photos.
Advantage (for me): one lot of security admin costs and one login to moderate one forum.
If there are postings you want to copy from the pre 2006 Scarboro Bullitin Board to this Scarborough Forum, do it now before they are lost forever.
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Aug 12 2006, 02:39 PM
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Yes it was web spam so I deleted that rubbish. It took nearly a whole day because these Russian, Pakistani, Eastern European, American, French, etc web spammers use any web server they can hijack or a proxi server to post in nearly every forum. I don't know why these proxi servers which are mainly set-up for spam, aren't shut down? Tech heads out there: we'd like your feed back in the Perth IT forum to this question of mine.
Ok now let's get back on topic and post messages about Scarborough.
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A group of tradesmen meet to discuss a play on the theme of Pyramus and Thisbe which they want to perform at Theseus' wedding. They plan to rehearse in the forest.
Oberon and Titania, the king and queen of the fairies, are arguing over who should have a changeling boy that Titania has stolen. Titania will not give him up, so Oberon takes his revenge by having his servant Puck find a special flower whose juice he will squeeze onto Titania's eyes while she is asleep. This will maker her fall in love with the first person she sees upon waking. Oberon, seeing Demetrius reject Helena, tells Puck to put the potion on Demetrius' eyes also. But Puck mistakes Lysander for Demetrius, and Lysander wakes to see Helena, whom he falls in love with and chases after, leaving Hermia alone.
The rustics begin their rehearsal near where Titania is sleeping. Puck gives Bottom an ass's head. Bottom frightens his friends away, and in doing so wakes Titania. She falls in love with him, and Bottom is treated like a lord by the fairy retinue.
Hermia, having lost Lysander, thinks Demetrius has killed him, and when he denies it she goes to look for him. Oberon is furious with Puck for his mistake and tells her to find Helena and bring her to him. Oberon squeezes the flower onto Demetrius' eyes while he sleeps. Lysander enters with Helena, begging for her love, telling her Demetrius does not love her; Demetrius then wakes, sees Helena, and begs for her love. Hermia enters and is snubbed by Lysander, while Helena thinks all three are tricking her.
Demetrius and Lysander challenge each other to a duel. Oberon gets Puck lead all four Athenians to the same place to fall asleep. Puck puts an antidote on Lysander's eyes so that he resumes his love for Hermia.
Oberon then releases Titania from her spell, having received the changeling boy from her. Puck removes the ass's head from Bottom.
Theseus and Hippolyta arrive to hunt in the forest, along with Egia, where they discover the sleeping lovers. They hear their story, and Theseus decrees they shall be married as they wish, despite Egia's will.
Bottom is reunited with his friends, and they rehearse their play, which has been selected as one of those to be made available as entertainment at the wedding. After supper, Theseus chooses their play, which is presented in front of an audience of all the lovers. They all retire to bed, and Puck is left to address the audience.
Theseus............................................Ryan Woitalewicz
Hippolyta...............................................Maria Johnson
Egia......................................................Jessica Cooper
Hermia.......................................................Haley Parlin
Helena................................................Samantha Luehr
Demetrius...............................................Michael Fines
Lysander.............................................Patrick Schofield
Oberon...................................................Dillion DeVore
Robin Goodfellow.........................................Elle Luehr
Titania.........................................................Abby Parlin
Nick Botton..............................................Gideon Luehr
Peter Quince............................................Robert Garia
Francis Flute.............................................Brock Butler
Snug..........................................................Dusty Butler
Robin Starvling.........................................Jacob Morse
Peaseblossom....................................Samantha Moss
Mustardseed.............................................Allison Moss
Cobweb....................................................Mikayla Barg
Fairy 1....................................................Alyana Newell
Fairy 2........................................................Kelli Matias
Fairy 3.......................................................Elbira Aviles
Production Staff
Director......................................................Judy Walker
Director..................................................Jami Adelman
Stage Manager..................................MaKenzie Peters
Stage Manager...................................Abbie Philmalee
Lights/Sound..............................................Trey Zessin
Lights/Sound...........................................Kaden Peters
Lights/Sound...........................................Jack McCoun
Lights/Sound...............................................Halle Sidak
Makeup/Crew.............................................Lizzy Duval
Makeup/Crew............................................Marlie Ruge
Makeup/Crew......................................Delaney Shears
Makeup/Crew.......................................Stacia Lemburg
Set Construction........................................Skip Walker
Set Construction......................................Brian Leisher
Set Construction................................Helida Rodriguez
Performance & Ticket Information
Admission: Tickets will be sold for $10 at the door on a first-come-first-served basis. Doors will open an hour before the show.


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When I was seven, there was a tiny store in my neighbourhood that my friends and I loved to visit. It sold all kinds of novelty goods—cute Korean stationery sets too unbearably pretty to use, vintage toys wrapped in brittle yellowing plastic, jewelled stud stickers that you can buy in pairs you can stick on your earlobes for the day, packs of knock-off trading cards that all kids had a towering stack of to play a game called teks. But what I coveted the most from that shop was the book of Sailor Moon paper dolls they sold for P20.00 (the equivalent of four days' allowance, and therefore expensive). It featured all the Sailor Scouts and included their uniform, their weapon, and two outfits, shoes and accessories. The cardboard and ink smell of it is so distinct that I'm sure a mere whiff would take me back to those afternoons when I'd pore over the details of their outfits—the folds and the flounces and the delicate expressiveness of their hands— for hours.
My love for paper dolls—mostly the clothes, really—go way back. My favourite volume of the children's encyclopedia is the one that included a 50's style paper doll they suggest I trace and cut out. But what I really loved were the drawings of well-coordinated dresses complete with matching hats and shoes, how they rendered pattern and plaid and the lines that indicated how it draped and cut. In Art class in second grade I was ecstatic when my teacher taught us how to make paper dolls out of file folders. I grew a mild obsession that lasted for the rest of the year, buying cheap folders and lamenting at how I'd ruin each one from frequent pencilling and erasing as I strived to make the dolls and clothes match the frustratingly clear image in my head that failed to match what I drew.
On Sundays after lunch at my grandma's house I would go up the creaky stairs and often flipped through the dusty stacks of Betty and Veronica digests with the multi-page outfit spreads, 80s Vogue, Sears Catalogs and Simplicity patterns. At first I wasn't really looking at the models, but seeing clothes on actual people, I then began to imagine myself and how I'd want to look like and what I wanted to wear, which, even back when I was young, was starting to become a source of frustration. By the time I was nine I've outgrown the teen's section. But then again, in Manila, clothing is sized very small.
I had a lot of ideas for outfits. In the stories I tried to write in sixth grade, I often described the characters' clothes down to the colour details of their skirt and the heights of their shoes and not advance the plot anywhere else. The story began and ended with the clothes. I loved indulging my interest in fashion more as a concept than in actual clothes, partly because imagining them feels more infinite than my reality—a reality where I was made to wear a really frumpy flower girl dress with ridiculously huge puffed sleeves and peach satin accents and an equally ridiculous matching hat with netted peach flowers and fake seed pearls that smelled like fresh paint and was too small for my head (ha, can you tell I resent this dress SO MUCH?!). Or a reality that had me red-faced and fighting tears in fitting rooms in frustration about the scant collection of plus size clothing available that I actually wanted to wear.
Fashion drawings were an escape, but it was not until the mid-2000s that I actually considered drawing fat folks in awesome clothes. Discovering zines, feminism, riot grrrl, fat acceptance and the body liberation movement propelled me to rethink my love of clothing concepts and designs in terms of my own body, of bodies similar to mine, and how clothing becomes even more of a statement when fat people wear it. Even more when fat people of colour wear it. In my images, I want to explore the breadth (pun intended) and depth of beauty possible that fashion/fatshion drawings and illustrations can express as my process expands to include research in rendering fabrics, weaving, stitching and clothing history. But perhaps more than that, in the true spirit of my art practice, it's an ongoing conversation with my younger self, making up for lost time, transforming fashion drawing from an escape to a possibility. There is a huge power in creating representations for oneself. I think drawing fat people of colour in cool outfits made me look and see myself better—though my wardrobe is hardly close to the awesome pattern mixing explosion my illustrations are (it's getting there!), I'm actually more comfortable with the way I dress.
Keet Geniza is an artist born and raised in Manila. Her art practice that centers the intertwined processes of making, shifting and loving as a queer, brown, pinay femme immigrant through representational art and illustrations, comics, writings and zines. Her practice facilitates her ongoing quest to untangle and reconcile the roots of past woundings, explore and transform her engagement with solitude and invisibility, and navigate the cusps between personal heritage and narrative reinvention. Her works and sketchblog can be found on makeshiftlove.com and her Instagram @makeshiftlove. She currently lives and works in Toronto.


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Born Sindiswe Zungu 1984 in the beauty of the great Uthukela River in Mandeni and moved to the bright City lights of Durban to avoid a 45 minute long drive after enrolling into Mangosuthu Technikon. It was after settling in at Tertiary that she felt she needed a challenge outside academics. It didn't take much pondering for her to realize her love for music; she secretly fell in love with then growing music genre, House-Music a love that introduced her to the art of Dj'ng.
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In case you were wondering, the Midtown Miami welcome wagon is in business. And Pizzafiore, server of amazing Italian food and just one of many new fast-food joints that has popped up near the New Times offices, has received the first dose of reality that often comes with setting up shop in a new area.
They wuz robbed.
On Sunday, April 29, while most of Miami cowered under a power-killing late-night downpour, the glass door to Pizzafiore was unceremoniously smashed in. The thief has yet to be apprehended but Arcoub Abderrahim, owner of this and two other locations (he only owns the name of the South Beach location, so no complaints about their soggy pizza crusts), believes that he knows who did the deed.
He lays the blame on certain 300-pound delivery driver who will for now remain anonymous. Apparently this guy worked for three days, the robbery happened, and the guy never showed up again. Talk about Employee of the Year. This guy stole the cash register, two bags of shrimp, and a bag of french fries. So if anyone knows someone who suddenly came into a lot of shrimp, call crimestoppers -- or just tell him he's a douchebag.
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Māori Party president Tukoroirangi Morgan has resigned and is urging the party's co-leaders to do the same.
Te Ururoa Flavell and Marama Fox remain in their positions after the party's disastrous election result.
Ms Fox says she'll do whatever party members want.
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Ms Fox says the entire national council of the Māori Party has stepped down to enable fresh leadership to come through.
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Hi. My name is Faith, and I'm a Slurpeeholic.
I met my goal last week of having only 2 regular sized Slurpees. And I seemed on track for making my goal again this week, until today.
See, my lap band is a wee bit tight. And by wee bit, I mean I throw up virtually everything I eat and I'm sick to death of it.
So last night after work I went to the mall to buy some glasses. The glasses store had a big deal going on–two pairs of glasses, even unlined bifocals, for only $99! What that really means, of course, is "two pairs of glasses, even unlined bifocals, with the regular heavy lenses that aren't scratch resistant and aren't glare resistant and don't transition to sunglasses for only $99!" It would have cost me $550 for two pairs of lined bifocals with lightweight lenses that are scratch resistant and glare resistant and transition; it would have been about $350 for one pair of glasses; so I split the difference and got one pair of glasses and one pair of prescription sunglasses for $415.
After I left the glasses place, bemoaning the fact that my glasses are due to be in right around Thanksgiving and praying fervently that they come in the day before rather than the day after, because I don't want to go anywhere near a mall after Thanksgiving, I got to the food court and saw they had a Panda Express. I've been craving PeiWei noodles, so this was a sad sorry substitute, but there it is. I ate a few bites of my dinner and threw the rest away.
I stopped next at Hot Topic because I was lured in by the sign promising an extra 50% off clearance items. I got a Gryffindor tie (not on clearance, but on Halloween sale, so it was actually 75% off) and a pair of Reptar hair clips that I shall wear ironically, and a couple of Harry Potter necklaces because I'm a dork. And then I meandered through Earthbound Trading Company, trying to decide whether or not to purchase the wall hanging I wanted to purchase, but ended up not doing so because I don't want to buy any decor type items until I'm settled in my home. And then I went to the car.
By the time I had exited the mall parking lot, I realized my dinner wanted to come back up. So I ran into Half Price Books and threw up in the bathroom. I felt weak and shaky and extremely crabby about it. I hung around for 10 or 15 minutes, just in case I needed to throw up again. Thank goodness I didn't, and I went home with no further ado but $4 broker because I bought two packs of notecards that were on clearance.
Then today I threw up again. And my tummy was queasy and I wanted a Slurpee to chill things down and soothe my tummy. And I got one. A big one. Not a ginormous oh-my-gosh size, but a big one. And my lunch came back up anyway.
So I called the doctor's office and I'm going in Monday afternoon for a small unfill, after which I fervently hope I'll be able to eat again. I want salad. I want mashed potatoes. Faithie want food! And the PA told me that until then, I need to stay on liquids because all the throwing up is making the stomach around my band swell up, making it even more constricted. So my meals until then shall consist of protein shakes.
And I promise not to get another Slurpee until next Wednesday afternoon. Pinkie swear.