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Delinquent Dalai Lama's Indian legacy
September 8, 2009
06 September 2009
By Edward Wong in Urgelling, India
HE DRANK wine, cavorted with women and wrote poetry that spoke of life's
earthly pleasures.
He was the Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyamtso, the spiritual leader of the
Tibetans and reincarnation of Chenrezig, a deity embodying compassion.
Given the precedent set by him, some here mention the area as a possible
birthplace for the next Dalai Lama. The current one, the 14th - who fled to
exile in India in 1959, passing by this village on his route - has said his
reincarnation could very well be born outside of Chinese-ruled Tibet.
The fact that the Sixth Dalai Lama came from this area, called Tawang, is
one of the reasons that China gives in asserting that it is a part of Tibet,
and thus part of China. Indian officials say the land was ceded to
British-ruled India by Tibetan leaders in the Simla Convention of 1914.
The Sixth Dalai Lama would sneak out of the Potala Palace in the heart of
Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, for midnight trysts. He renounced his monastic
vows in the middle of his stewardship of Tibet. He was later kidnapped by
Mongolian warriors allied to the Manchu Chinese court and died in captivity
about three centuries ago at the age of 33 - or so one story goes. Another
tells of his winning his freedom and wandering the Tibetan lands as an
So goes the legend of Tsangyang Gyamtso, one of the most popular historical
figures among Tibetans and the most colourful of the long line of Dalai
Lamas. His poetry is among the most iconic in Tibetan literature.
In this remote area of the eastern Himalayas, the mystique surrounding the
Sixth Dalai Lama is magnified a hundredfold. He was born in Urgelling,
called Ugyenling in Tibetan, a village in the lush hills that border Bhutan
and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The dominant ethnic group is the
Monpa, a Buddhist people who speak a language closely related to Tibetan but
consider themselves distinct from the Tibetans on the high plateau.
The two-storey childhood home of the Sixth Dalai Lama was turned into a
pilgrimage shrine centuries ago. Candles flicker in front of the main altar
and prayer flags adorn a large tree outside.
"He's pure Monpa, the only Monpa to be a Dalai Lama," said Jamparema, 60, a
hunched woman in a striped red dress who was pouring oil out of brass candle
holders in the altar room. Since her youth, she said, she had taken care of
the shrine.
The shrine has traditional thangka paintings of most of the 14 Dalai Lamas.
Nine white stupas in a room on the ground floor supposedly house remains of
the Sixth Dalai Lama's relatives.
As for signs of the Sixth Dalai Lama himself, there is a small wooden box
with a stone inside that has a faint footprint - supposedly his, even though
he was taken from this area before he turned three. He never returned.
A small museum in the sprawling Tawang Monastery, which sits above, at
10,000 feet, displays necklaces of turquoise and other precious stones said
to have belonged to the Sixth Dalai Lama's mother.
Long ago, the leader of Tawang Monastery came to Ugyenling to collect the
family's possessions. He was afraid they would be spirited away by Tibetan
officials in Lhasa, said Gombu Tsering, 70, the museum's caretaker.
"The Tibetan government would have sent a spy from Lhasa to collect all
this," he said. "That's why we collected it. A shoe of the mother was taken
by a spy."
The Sixth Dalai Lama had a complicated relationship with Lhasa, according to
the definitive biography of him, Secret Treasures And Hidden Lives by
Michael Aris, a Tibet scholar at Oxford University. Aris, who died in 1999,
was the husband of Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader in Burma.
"It is difficult to think of a more enigmatic or elusive figure in Tibetan
and Himalayan history," Aris wrote.
When he was enthroned in 1697, at the age of 14, he was thrust into the
greatest spotlight in all of Tibet, something for which his reclusive
childhood had left him ill-prepared.
He rejected all the trappings of his title. That meant renouncing his vows,
wearing jewellery and growing his hair out.
Gray Tuttle, a professor of modern Tibetan studies at Columbia University,
said that the Sixth Dalai Lama, if he had focused on ruling the land, could
have consolidated the gains made by his predecessor - the first leader to
unify Tibet after the collapse of the empire in the ninth century - and
transformed Tibet into a strong state with the ability to resist Chinese
"This is where the Sixth Dalai Lama really could have played an important
role, but because of his lack of training, lack of being raised as a Dalai
Lama, he went off and did these other activities," Tuttle said. "But the
Tibetans loved him for that, loved his writings."
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New Fairfield specialist makes math fun
At the beginning of the school year, Mandracchia became New Fairfield's first K-5 math specialist. The position was created to coordinate the efforts of math teachers at different grades, gauge students' skills and come up with new teaching strategies. Many of these strategies are aimed at getting students to have more fun with math.
"That's a constant struggle to try and get kids to enjoy it," said Mandracchia, adding one of the ways they've tried "to break down some of those barriers of kids not liking math" is by playing games and using literature that emphasizes math skills. Mandracchia said there were a number of fun books that teach math skills, among them a story about a knight named Sir Cumference who, during his adventures, teaches kids about geometry.
This is Mandracchia's eighth year teaching in the New Fairfield school system. For his first seven years he taught second grade at Consolidated School and in the 2005-06 school year he won the Teacher of the Year award.
Mandracchia began training for his position during the last school year. It included after-school training in Hamden, as well as on-site coaching and graduate credits that Mandracchia took online. Mandracchia made a three-year commitment to the program, which includes summer workshops and training.
There are 30 educators from around the state in the program and Mandracchia said meeting with them and sharing ideas has been helpful in coming up with teaching strategies.
Part of Mandracchia's job is coordinating the efforts of teachers in different grades so he ends up working at Consolidated School (pre-K to second grade) and Meeting House Hill School (grades 3-5). He coaches different classes at both schools regularly, and also meets with teams of teachers to discuss teaching techniques and student progress.
Another aspect of the job has been creating assessment tests that mimic the Connecticut Mastery Test. The students can take the assessments and teachers can measure "where they were strong, where they were weak" and what children need work on what topics. The hope is this will raise the scores New Fairfield students receive on the Connecticut Mastery Tests.
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Mandracchia has noticed students today are struggling with math that involves money. Mandracchia said because of all the credit card use, "they never practice it at home," adding "even Monopoly came out with the debit card." But whether you're using a credit card or not, being able to work with money is a must in the real world, Mandracchia said, so he is working on ways to improve the money skills of his credit card generation students.
Mandracchia was raised in Sherman and attended New Milford High School. For a year he went to the Maritime Academy in Maine but then decided "I'd rather work with kids full time." He came back to Connecticut where he attended Western Connecticut State University and received a degree in education with a concentration in math. He received his master's in educational technology, also from WestConn. He lives in New Fairfield with his wife and the couple is expecting their first child in February.


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Buying an inverter generator is a lifestyle choice. Your decision to buy one depends on your own specific needs for portable power. Depending on how you use it, freedom of movement, reduced noise, independence, flexibility, excitement, and adventure are a few of the many things an inverter generator offers.
From fishing camps to tailgating parties, an inverter generator can serve you as a quiet, efficient, and reliable source of power. It's the thing that makes everything else possible. After all, a limitation on power is the worst kind of limitation. So, if you're ready to elevate your level of fun, we will help you find the best inverter generator for your needs.
To reduce decision fatigue, we've created a list of inverter generator reviews that will help you narrow your options. To make things even easier for you, we've summarized the crucial factors you must consider when buying an inverter generator. You can find this section after the reviews. So, let's dive right in.
|Editor Rating
|Yamaha EF2000iSv2
Best Overall
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|3 years
|WEN 56200i 2000W
Best Value
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|2 years
|Westinghouse WH2200iXLT
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|2 years
|Champion 3400W
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|3 years
|Briggs & Stratton 30651 P2200
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|2 years
Yamaha's EF2000iSv2 is quiet and reliable. At 1,600 watts (2,000 watts maximum output), it's capable of running everything in your home. It's CARB-compliant and throttles output to demand, so it's efficient, clean, and relatively safe to be around. It can also run north of five hours on one tank of gas. There's much to love about this generator.
It's also expensive. It's almost possible to buy two lower-watt inverter generators of different brands and run them in tandem for what you'll spend on one of these. It isn't the heaviest generator at 44 pounds, but it doesn't come with any features that aid its portability. If this is the generator for you, consider finding a cart or hand truck you can use to move it around.
All things considered, however, those are pretty minor beefs. If you're looking forf our top pick, this one is it.
The 56200i is WEN's version of the Yamaha EF2000iSv2 and a pretty well-made one at that. It matches the original for output, improves a little bit on sound at quarter load (51 decibels for this one as opposed to 51.5 decibels for the Yamaha), and is just as clean and efficient in operation. In fact, it's one of the quietest generators on the market, capable of producing electricity at a sound no louder than a window air conditioner.
At a price much lower than the Yamaha, it is a better for-dollar value. The cost to operate this model each year is just about two-thirds of the Yamaha's.
There are a couple of things that keep it from being our top pick. The first is related to it being a clone, so your cash savings come because a few corners were cut in quality. It can eat oil, especially on first use, and it probably won't last as long as the Yamaha. It's also tall enough to be a little on the awkward side.
Westinghouse's WH2200iXLT offers a little more power and a little more portability for a good deal less money, but at the price of a little more noise. It also has a very efficient engine. At quarter load, this thing will crank out power for a whopping 13 hours on a 1.3-gallon fuel tank.
Why isn't this our top-ranked inverter generator? The answer is pretty simple. With a legitimate top pick tool, you'll know when something is on its last legs. The WH2200iXLT has a very annoying habit of just simply not working. For some things, that might be a mere inconvenience. However, you want to know that a generator will work when you need it. For that reason alone, we dropped it to the third spot. It's a great generator, but you always have to worry about whether it'll work.
There is one significant advantage the Champion 3400W has in this field: it can crank out a lot of power. With other models, you'd have to operate a couple of generators in tandem to get them to the 3,100-watt running power of the Champion. You might also like that you can operate it on gasoline or propane. Propane is affordable, cleaner for the environment, and stores a lot longer than gasoline.
However, it's much heavier than most of our other choices, even though it comes with wheels to help move it around. It's also noisier than other models, and it costs a lot of money, enough that it might actually cost less to buy two of less expensive generators to reach the same power output.
If you're looking for a mid-quality inverter generator, the Briggs & Stratton 30651 P2200 is a choice. It is affordable compared to some of the other models, but it gives up quite a bit to get to that price. The output, 2200 watts, is pretty comparable to other units. What really sums this model up is "affordable power."
It's a little heavier and creates more ambient noise. It also drinks gasoline a little more quickly than competitors and isn't as clean or efficient in operation. In fact, it's not CARB-compliant, so it can't be shipped to California. While there's certainly an argument to not care about what California does, there is no argument that a cleaner, more efficient generator is better than one that requires lots of fuel and produces lots of obnoxious exhaust fumes.
Billed as a lightweight, portable generator, the Ai Power Inverter Generator is just that. At 46 pounds, it's light enough that most people can carry it, and has a handle that allows two people to pick it up in tandem. It comes with the added bonus of being one of the most affordable generators in its class. For the price of our top pick, you can almost certainly pick up two of these.
However, it has substantial drawbacks. At 69 decibels, it's definitely a little louder than other inverter generators. That's loud enough that it would preclude sitting next to it and having a conversation. Probably you also couldn't sleep close to one and get a good night's rest. The engine is also not as efficient as the competitors'. You'll need to keep refilling the gas tank.
This Briggs & Stratton inverter generator really belongs in a different class. Compared to the others we've reviewed, the big overarching issue is that it's just too much generator. That's great if you need a ton of power, but it also means a lot of drawbacks.
First, the power. At 6,500 watts of surge power and 5,000 watts of running power, it'll turn on the lights … and just about everything else you need.
Now, the rest. It's really expensive compared to our other models, even our top pick. It's also much louder and will burn through fuel much more quickly. All these things have to be taken in the context of just how much power it will produce, but at face value, they
It's also not CARB-compliant. While it's true that the environment isn't everyone's top concern, exhaust fumes aren't a lot of fun to breathe, and using up lots of fuel costs you money you could spend on other things.
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During a disaster, a generator can be an important lifeline until power is restored. A generator can help make sure that critical medical machines run, food in your refrigerator doesn't go bad, and your furnace keeps going. If you're going to buy one, you need one you can have faith in.
Understandably, you don't want to leave the purchase decision to a handful of online reviews. We wrote a buyers' guide, not to tell you which one to buy, but to understand how to buy the right one. Part of that is knowing how inverter generators work.
There are two kinds of electrical current, direct current and alternating current. Imagine direct current as moving in a straight line. It's an uncomplicated move, favored by crude means of generating electricity like batteries. However, it also starts to lose strength quickly as it moves down a wire of some kind.
Imagine alternating current as waves on an ocean. Sometimes the waves go above the median, and sometimes the water recedes below the median to make space and energy for the peak.
Alternating current is much more efficient to transmit energy down long transmission lines. When power comes to your house, it comes in alternating current electricity. Because of that, AC electricity is standard household power.
Generators are intended to mimic wall power, so they produce electricity in alternating current. Wall current is by design stable and consistent. For many years, generators produced crude unregulated power. It was alternating current, but it was sometimes prone to surges.
Inverter technology produces alternating current like an old-school generator, but converts it to direct current before converting it back to alternating current, for which the output is regulated. The surge risk is gone. You might see it referred to as clean power.
Modern electronics require consistent, stable alternating current. Sudden changes can damage circuits. Inverter generators do for phones and laptops plugged into a generator what a surge protector does for them during an electrical surge.
There are some other reasons inverter technology offers something extra. The first is that it's easier to match the generator's output with what you need. In generators that just crank out juice, it's more or less consistent whether you need all of it. Inverter technology makes it easier to only produce what there is demand on the circuit for. If you plug in enough things to push demand to peak production, those generators will produce peak output. If you're just charging a phone and running a fan, inverter generators will only produce enough electricity to charge your phone and power your fan.
These generators burn fuel more efficiently because they're reserving peak performance for when it's needed. That's a money saver compared to an old-style generator that runs at peak output all the time. It's also more environmentally friendly because it's producing less overall exhaust in generating electricity. Plus, it's newer technology, which is generally more efficient than older-style generators that are just built to run.
Now that you know what an inverter generator does and what benefits and versatility it offers, the question becomes how to pick the best inverter generator.
We'll go through some of the ways to figure out which model of inverter generator is right for you.
The amount of power generated is measured in watts. This is a good first way to figure out what kind of generator you need, because price tracks pretty closely with power output. Some of the most powerful generators will crank out 12,000 (or even more) watts of power, which will keep your household appliances going and power your Christmas light display. Most people will be satisfied with the 2,000-watt generators. Those are probably the biggest you'd need, especially for an inverter generator. You can, of course, also look at smaller loads if your anticipated need is smaller.
Know how much power you'll need and buy a generator to meet it. There are lots of handy charts online that will tell you how much power you'll need for certain appliances and tools.
One handy feature of inverter generators is that you can operate them in parallel. That means you can connect two inverter generators and double your power output potential. This comes in pretty handy when you need a lot more juice than what you normally require. One instance of that is touring the country in a recreational vehicle. Normally, you can run everything with one generator. But if there's a super hot day and you need to run a power-sucking air conditioner, inverter generators allow you to connect a second generator to keep everything running.
When buying an inverter generator, definitely keep this option in mind. If you ever think you'll need excess power capacity, get a generator with the potential for it.
Because a generator is basically an immobilized gasoline engine, its exhaust is dangerous. This is why generators should never be used indoors or in enclosed spaces. The warning label that tells you this is a reminder that a generator can be a dirty piece of technology.
Inverter generators, like any newer design, tend to operate a little more cleanly than traditional generators. They're also more environmentally friendly in that their output matches the demand. When something only runs as hard as it needs to, it will use less fuel.
CARB-compliant inverter generators pass some of the world's strictest air quality standards. If you live someplace with air quality standards that apply to generators, buy one that complies with them. Even if you don't, the reality that generator fumes can kill you in enclosed places ought to be an incentive to minimize your exposure to exhaust.
Generators have traditionally been loud. One thing that mitigates the noise is the need to operate them outside. The noise also serves a useful purpose in letting you know when the generator runs out of fuel. If the noise stops, the generator is out of gas and whatever you're powering is without juice.
Depending on how much power it produces, a generator can put out as much as 70 decibels in noise. That's as loud as most people's televisions. However, some inverter generators can produce as little as 50 decibels, which is about as loud as an average two-person conversation. Take into consideration how much noise a generator will make. Be sure that includes the range of decibels, because an inverter generator that doesn't create much power will also create less noise.
Whatever you use your generator for, portability is part of it. If you pull it out after a storm to run your refrigerator and phone charger, you'll have to move it. If you move it around your yard to provide extension-cordless juice to power tools, you'll have to move it. If you stow it in an RV, you'll have to move it. You can see the common thread. Make sure you can move the generator you're looking to buy around. If you're a little older or don't have a lot of upper body strength, definitely look for one with wheels.
There are a couple of things to keep in mind when considering the prices of inverter generators. You'll want to figure out maintenance costs, expected operational life, and how much gas it uses. The price tag of any generator tells you only one part of the overall cost of owning, operating, and maintaining a generator.
Online pricing fluctuates and can even be different from website to website. If you find a specific model of inverter generator but have time, consider waiting a few days and checking prices again.
Based on our reviews, we'd recommend the Yamaha EF2000iSv2 Gas-Powered Portable Inverter Generator as the best all-around inverter generator to buy. If it's not available, we'd suggest the WEN 56200i. It's not only the one we think is the best for the money, but also one of the quietest inverter generators available. We liked the Westinghouse WH2200iXLT and the Champion 3400W as good alternatives to the Yamaha, and felt that the Briggs & Stratton 30651 was an okay second-tier choice. The Ai Power Inverter Generator is environmentally friendly, which is the best thing going for it. As for the Briggs & Stratton 30675 Q6500, it's okay as a generator of last resort.
We hope you found our reviews helpful and, when paired with our buyers' guide, a great resource in helping you find the right inverter generator. We wish you success in finding the right generator for wherever you need one, and hope that the next time a storm puts your lights out, your generator will keep your wireless network powered up.
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Ok,as promised I have decided to reward my dedicated readers with a self-indulgent running like crap post.No paragraphs as I want it to be as painful to read as the hands were to play! These are just a sample of life at the turbos recently.
I was off work on Monday and after PS3 sessions on Fri+ Sat,I decided Sunday night was for poker and hit the turbos tables after losing a flip in the Blogger game.As I've been running like crap I loaded up some $12 ,180 player turbs to start with and played 17 without cashing in any of them.In the first game I got it in with 88 v AK,AQ and KQ.King on flop.In the next game I shove KQs from the cut off and the button snap calls with KK.Out.Next I shove A5,get called by Q10 and the 10 hits on the river.At 200/400 in the next game I shove AQ,get called by K4sooted and he obviously rivers a flush.I still had time to shove my remaining 600 chips in with JJ and ran into QQ.AQ loses to J10 in my next game when the villain rivers a straight after the money went in on a Q high flop.AQ loses to A9 in the next game crippling my stack before my 77 fails v AK to knock me out.JJ falls to the mighty K6sooted all in preflop in the next disaster before I run A5 into JJ ( nice to lose to a better hand for a change) in the next one.I actually make it to 400/800 blinds in the next game and shove A10d from mid position..into Aces.Remaining chips in that game go in with A5s v QK.Queen on flop.Next I shove A2 from the cut off and the button snap calls with A6.Possible split pot? Nope,6 on flop.KK goes down to AJ next ( Ace on turn)and shortstacked in a new game I shove K2,get called by J9 and obviously a 9 comes on the turn.Run AQsooted into QQ in the next game and fire up some $16's too.In the $16 I check A10s in the bb.Flop comes 10 4 9.Mr Q9 leads for the pot,I reraise,he flats and calls my bigger turn bet too.River is a Queen and I don't get away from my tptk.Short in another $12,180,I shove K10 and run into AJ in the blinds,run A4 into AJ next and then have KK busted again,this time by A10.( two aces on flop just to make sure).I shove J10sooted in a $16 next at 200/400 and lose when snapped off by AQ.It's one of those "unexploitable shoves" next in a $12 as I push A2 in the small blind...into 88 in the big blind.In the next game my 77 loses to QQ for half my stack and the other half goes when AK loses to A5.By this time I'm just grateful the 5 came on the flop to put me out of my misery early in the hand!In the next $16 I run QQ into KK and 88 with 88 obviously spiking the 8 to win.Presto isn't gold for me as it loses to 33 in my next $16.Another sickener.AJ loses to KJ in the next game for half my stack and the other half loses with Q8s to 33.AK goes down to K8 in the next $16 sending me out 4th ( just in the money).HU in another $16 I shove K6sooted into AK.Those were most of the games I played.I did manage a few cashes and restricted my losses to $88 for the evening.Previously on Party ( 9 man $22 turbs) here's how I've been running this month.AK into KK,AJ loses to 33,AQ into AK,3 handed at 400/800 I shove K8 and run into QQ,shove K4 into Q10 in a blinds battle next and he makes his straight.44 into 55 on the bubble of another was a lovely kick in the nuts,followed by AK losing to A8 in the next game.88 into AA for another bubble finish was next followed by AJ losing to Q7 and then A10 falling to J9.( yet another bubble finish).AK to 1010 next is standard and by now totally expected and when I bubble again after running QK into AK ( sb into bb) I give the kiss of life to the penguin I killed earlier just so I can kill it again.My own AK goes down to 66 and KQ in the next game before my 88 is beaten by good old big slick in the next turbo.AK loses to A8s ( 8 on flop) next and my QKsooted runs into Aces in another new game.I try not to get disheartened when my AQs loses to the mighty 96d all in preflop next and try not to think what a feckin set up it is when I bubble again after shoving K2 from the small blind at 200/400 into Ak in the big blind.20 dollars to the first three readers who comment on this post with only the words nobody runs as badly as you.Transfer to stars or tilt,AQ obv loses to 1010, it's a flip and I don't win them,before AK loses to 99 in my next game.( bubble again obv).HU I shove 77 and A10 rivers the 10.Nice to cash though.77 into JJ next and then KK loses to J10 in the first hand of the next game.That's another $22 down the drain.AQ obv loses to KJ next and then AK doesn't hit v 1010 for another exit.I shove K10 at 200/400 and get called by QJ.Q on flop and turn.Next I shove A4 at 300/600,get snap called by K2 and yes the King fell on the flop.3 left in the next game,I shove AKs,get called by AhJs.Board comes 4h 2s 7h.Turn is 6h and river obv is 5h.A10 into QQ late in next game sees me crash out before my Aces are busted by good old K6sooted next.Of course it's AK into AA on the bubble of another one before I bubble yet again when my AQs shove is called by 22 and I fail to hit.It's A10 all in pre v QJ next and I had to love the JJA flop,Queen on the turn and the Jack to give him quads on the river.Soooperb.A5 beaten by QJ was next up in the lost race stakes and I once again ran AQ into QQ to go out of the next $22 I played.I have cashed in enough games and made enough from my Party points bonus ( $150) to mean I'm ( at time of writing on 23/3) down about $250 for the month.Looking at the above perhaps I should be grateful it's not more.
I hope that was as worthwhile for you as it was for me....
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Each week, I talk to Joe about the pieces I've selected for Joden Girl. My choices are always about reactions – maybe you'll love it, maybe you won't. Usually Joe and I agree – but sometimes we don't. This week is one of those weeks. As I handed my pick across the desk to Joe, the words were already coming out of my mouth… "I know you're going to hate these…"
I placed these earrings in his hand and finished my thought… "I don't know why, but something about them really appeals to me!" Of course, I was right. Joe doesn't hate them, but he definitely doesn't think they're worth blogging about!
Made from 9 karat yellow gold, these simple wire-wrapped style dangles are so fun! I love the artistic charm of them. A thin band of gold envelopes the center of a pair of uncut white topaz. The stones aren't perfectly matched (which only adds to their allure) but light bounces off the large flat faceting -enchanting, really. The final detail is a small round opal, bezel set on the front of each earring. Again, the opals are not matched, one is noticeably larger then the other. I love the imperfectness of them! These are a steal at just $350.
Perhaps Marilyn Monroe said it best – "Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
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OTTAWA • If the Bank of Canada was seeking a justification to finally begin to pull the trigger on interest rates is unlikely inflation figures on Friday gave its goal of closer .
While the annual rate of price increase rose slightly more than expected last month, he was still in the comfort zone of the central bank.
And despite a series of strong economic figures - pointing to a moderate and steady growth - the last debt crisis flare-up in Europe will overwhelm national considerations, according to BMO Capital Markets deputy chief economist Douglas Porter. "Look at the bank to maintain its tough talk, but not to act on it soon."
The index of consumer prices rose 2% in April from a year ago, with increases in the eight categories tracked by Statistics Canada.
Increase in the CPI last month put right at the Bank of Canada in mid-target range of 1% and 3%. But the reading of 2% was slightly higher than the average forecast of 1.9% of analysts, who had the same level as in March.
The base rate - the stripping of volatile elements, such as certain food and energy - rose at an annual rate of 2.1% from 1.9% a month earlier. Market expectations were for the base rate to remain at Mars.
"I find it interesting that there is some underlying strength of inflation, but I do not think that's enough to be concerned at this stage," said Mr. Porter.
Surprisingly, energy costs rose in April at a slower pace than the overall index for the first time since October 2009, with rising gas prices slows, electricity and natural gas.
"Gas prices have risen in recent months, pushing the gasoline index in April to its highest level since July 2008," said Statistics Canada. "Nevertheless, the increase from year to year in gasoline prices in April was the lowest since September 2010, partly due to near-record prices in April 2011."
In fact, the relaxation energy prices had a dampening effect on the overall number. Excluding energy costs, the CPI rose 2.1% in April from a year earlier, after rising 1.6% in March.
By province, Newfoundland and Labrador had the highest rate of inflation last month, to 3%. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were also above the national average, both at 2.6%. The lowest rate was in Alberta, at 0.8% on lower costs of electricity and natural gas, while British Columbia has experienced an annual increase of 1.6%.
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Catch PSL Winning Team Prediction PSL 2020. Which team will win PSL 2020 Predictions? PSL 2020 Overall tournament predictions. Pakistan Super League season 5 Predictions along with expert's opinion and reviews.
Wow the thrilling season of Pakistan Super League starts and the fans are voting and supporting their team for the 5th season of the PSL. Islamabad United lift the PSL trophy twice, while Peshawar Zalmi won only one final against the Quetta Gladiators. Here the 5th season of the Pakistan Super League and no one knows that who will win this season.
What do you think about the winning team of PSL 2020. The Predictions PSL 2019 are placed here in this article and these predictions are made after noticing the previous performances of all the emerging teams of PSL 2020 Today Cricket Match Prediction.
Quetta Gladiators is the hot favorite team in all the seasons, but they missed the change to win the final in the first two seasons of the Pakistan Super league. In the last PSL 2019, they lose the semi final match and knock out from the tournament. The Pakistan skippers led the Quetta Gladiators team in the PSL. Now he comes with new hope and courage to win the trophy of PSL 2020 season 5.
On the other hand, Peshawar Zalmi won one time and they defeat the Quetta Gladiators in the final match at Gaddafi stadium. Kamran Akmal becomes the player of the series after the stunning performance in the PSL season 4. Hafeez also played the good innings for the Peshawar Zalmi team in the season 3.
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PSL 2016 the first season: Islamabad United by six wickets from the Quettal Gladiators after getting the big total of 174 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium
PSL 2017: won by the Peshawar Zalmi by 58 runs against the Quetta Gladiators. It was the big match, where the Peshawar Zalmi sets the big total of 148 runs against them.
PSL 2018: won by Islamabad United against the Peshawar Zalmi by 3 wickets. Peshwar Zalmi set the reasonable total of 148 runs against them and IU chased in the 17th over the match.
PSL 2019: Quetta Gladiators won the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2019 after clinching an eight-wicket win over Peshawar Zalmi in the final at the National Stadium of Karachi on Sunday.


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If you read about SPELLS you'll find that they are full of songs and though some people might care about the specifics such as "Wow, these are like the rare unreleased tracks all collected together" what I took out of all of their various albums is that they have an album called "Staying In > Going Out" and that's a movement I can get behind. This music also has this combination of two elements which I'm really into as well: on one hand, it has this fun rock quality to it like Andrew WK, where it's almost pop and you want to sing along, but at the same time it can be gritty, blue collar type punk rock.
Within the first side of this record I hear As Friends Rust, some Rise Against and as "Slice Away" opens up it sounds like Blondie's "One Way Or Another". There is also this song where they sing the band name (Which I like when bands sing their names because it seems like something only rappers do) called "S-P-E-L-L-S SPELLS SPELLS (SPELLS RULES)" and this has a more traditional punk sound to it. You can really hear something coming out like Dead Boys or just something in general you might have first been exposed to in the CBGB years.
"Taking It Over" shows that you can have this melody within the grit and in many ways it reminds me of The Break. As I listened further into Side B I thought how SPELLS would do a great job of covering the Dramarama song "Anything, Anything" because it has that pure melody to it (which made it a radio hit) and yet it also has that intensity that SPELLS could kick up a notch. Just balancing between those two worlds of pop melody and punk rock is what SPELLS seems to be defining as a genre and that song I think could really help them showcase that.
Of course as I'm thinking this a song comes on called "Poor & Weird". I immediately recognize the song but can't place the artist so I had to google it (I could've just looked at the linear notes) and it was originally by The Briefs, off an album called "Hit After Hit", which I got as a promo back when it came out and have seemingly forgot about for quite some years as it's likely in storage in my parents' attic (as are a lot of CDs still) But to hear that song come on as a blast from my blast felt right since this is the generally embracing feel this album has.
SPELLS really reminds me of that EP As Friends Rust put out in the way that this has that line between punk and hardcore where fans of either genre would be into these songs and yet at the same time it's on the threshold of being catchy as well so if you're into pop punk you might think it's a little bit heavier than what you're used to but you'd still find it fun to sing along. When you can really cross genres and bring people together like this, well, that should be a lot of what music is about.


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- New Trends in Industrial Design and Development Law at the International Level (Marcus Höpperger);
- The Hague System Today and Tomorrow (Grégoire Bisson)
- The assessment of the individual character of Community design in the practice of OHIM (Carlo Rusconi)
- The protection of designs in Swiss law: assessment of the prospects and LDes (Nathalie Tissot);
- Design Law in the Apple vs Samsung Dispute: Lessons and Prospects (David Stone)
- Protecting Designs Globally: a Practitioner's Point of View (Michael Ritscher);
- Design practice of law in the watch and jewellery (Bertrand Siffert).
Regrettably this Kat can only speak and read French un petit peu, so with apologies to messrs Rusconi, Tissot, Siffert and his former French teachers, this review covers the English chapters only.
New Trends in Industrial Design and Development Law at the International Level (Marcus Höpperger)
International industrial design laws are notoriously diverse, both in terms of the substantive conditions required for protection and the procedures for obtaining registered protection. Hopperger argues that despite this, "there are areas of industrial design law that lend themselves to a more common and harmonised approach among member states." The paper includes a useful summary of the proposed changes that would be put into place by the draft Design Law Treaty.
The Hague System Today and Tomorrow (Grégoire Bisson)
Bisson says that the Hague System is in the midst of a period of 'spectacular' development following the ratification of the Geneva (1999) Act by the Republic of Korea, Japan and the USA. All three nations joined the Hague System as Contracting Parties whose Office is an Examining Offices. This means, Bisson says, that users of the Hague System will increasingly have to bear in mind that "someone at the other end of the international registration process will be appreciating their design and its disclosure from a substantive point of view." The author acknowledges that applying for registrations through the Hague System has become more complex, but argues this is a "small price to pay" for single pass access to protection in over 80 countries.
Design Law in the Apple vs Samsung Dispute: Lessons and Prospects (David Stone)
This helpful case note comes from a partner in the intellectual property department at Simmons & Simmons. The chapter focuses on the EU decisions related to Apple's 2004 Registered Community Design for a handheld computer (RCD 181607-0001). It is an excellent primer on the infringement proceedings at OHIM and the German, Dutch, Spanish and UK national courts. The author is not shy of offering constructive criticism where he feels that the courts erred in their reasoning.
Protecting Designs Globally: a Practitioner's Point of View (Michael Ritscher)
The author shares the insights accumulated from 20 years working in-house for the high-end Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra. This thoughtful piece asks whether existing legal frameworks and practices provide adequate protection for the aesthetic element of product designs. Ritscher also questions whether academics and judges adequately consider the overlap between design rights and other forms of IP protection (particularly trade marks and copyright).
I would recommend this book to any practitioner or student wishing to bring themselves up to date with recent developments in international industrial design law. A 10% discount is available to IPKat readers on request to firstname.lastname@example.com.
JACQUES DE WERRA (ed.), Le Droit de Design / Design Law, collection, p®opriété intelle©tuelle - intelle©tual p®operty, Geneva / Zurich 2015, Schulthess Éditions Romandes.


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Curtis Lynn Adkins, Kenneth Wayne Calder, David Gene Jordan, Coy Keck, Merle Anderson Williams
Curtis Lynn Adkins
Curtis Lynn Adkins, 64, of Grenada, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Carroll County.
He was born Oct. 5, 1954, in Bastrop, La. While Curtis worked for many years at Resolute Forest Products, he will be most remembered as a loving husband, father, friend and an avid outdoorsman.
A service to celebrate his life was held Saturday, June 15, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service.
He was preceded in death by his son Trapper Adkins and parents Curtis Adkins and Mary George Nolan.
Survivors include his wife Laura Adkins; two sons, Del Martin of Grenada and Chris Gunter (Brittney) of Hernando; two daughters, Elizabeth Martin of Detroit, Mich., Christie Vance (Jeff) of Prattville, Ala., and two sisters, Keitha Powell of West Monroe, La., and Melissa Adkins of Farmerville, La.; one brother Carl Adkins of Sterlington, La., and six grandchildren, Gabe, Avery, Katelynn and Hannah Gunter, and Dalton and Corbin Vance.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, (662-307-2694).
Kenneth Wayne Calder
Mr. Kenneth Wayne "Kenny" Calder, 51, of Coffeeville, passed away Thursday, June 13, 2019, at his residence.
He was born Dec. 8, 1967, in Grenada. Kenny, an avid outdoorsman, will be remembered as a hard-working man who devoted 23 years of his life to Yalobusha County in both District 1 and District 5. Kenny was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Coffeeville. He had spent recent years welding for the public and could always be found offering a helping hand. Kenny was a loving father and was well-loved by many. His passing leaves a hole in many hearts.
Funeral services were Monday, June 17, at Calvary Baptist Church in Coffeeville with the Rev. Elbert McKnight officiating. Interment was in the Calder family plot in the Calvary Cemetery east of Coffeeville.
Survivors include two daughters, Ashley Calder Nelsson (Nick) of Texas and Harlie Calder of Grenada; three sons, Alex Calder (Leykon) of Coffeeville, Chad Martin and Randy Calder, both of Grenada; his mother Jamie Depew of Coffeeville; seven grandchildren, Mackenzie Calder, Ozzy Skipworth, Nicholas Nelsson, Cooper and Easton Godwin, Paisley Calder and Alexis Calder; two nieces, Tiffany Calder and Tara Calder; two step-sons, Matt and Dylan Reeves of Coffeeville; step-mother, Barbara Calder of Coffeeville; step-sister, Terry Simpson (Leonard) of Coffeeville; and one step-brother, Jerry Ferguson (Alisha) of Coffeeville.
He was preceded in death by his father Charlie Calder and his brother Randy Calder.
Pallbearers were Alex Calder, Randy Calder, Robert Calder, Russell Calder, Jerry Ferguson, Chad Martin, Tyler Potts, Van Potts and Ray Schmitz, III. Honorary pallbearers were Emmitt Brown, Lee Church, Charles Liles, Michael Price, Ray Schmitz, Jr. and Filo Simpson.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com.
Arrangements were entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, (662-307-2694).
David Gene Jordan
David Gene Jordan, 70, of Winona died Friday, June 14, 2019, at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital in Winona.
Funeral services were Monday in the Oliver Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following at Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr. Jordan was a member and also served as a deacon of Scotland Baptist Church. He was a retired employee of Oliver Florist and a director's assistant for Oliver Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife Becky Jordan of Winona; two sons, Ken Jordan of Grenada and D'Wayne Jordan of Itta Bena; one sister Linda Hodges of Kilmichael; three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Jordan was preceded in death by his first wife Shirley Reeves Jordan; his parents, Thomas Milton and Robbie Delores Collins Jordan; one sister Jo Parks; and one brother Melvin Jordan.
Memorials may be made to Scotland Baptist Church, Geeslin Corner Volunteer Fire Department, or the American Cancer Society.
Oliver Funeral Home of Winona (www.ofhwinona.com) handled the arrangements.
Coy Keck
Coy Keck, 90, passed away peacefully at home in Tillatoba surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, June 15, 2019.
He was born in Vilonia, Ark., to Louis and Mary Ellen Keck.
He was happily married to his wife Margie for 60 wonderful years. Their two children, Kelli and Tracy, were the pride of his life. His love for videography, and he was often found behind the camera during holidays and around town. He loved capturing the beauty of Grenada lake.
Mr. Keck was employed with Sterling Stores for 40 years. His employment brought him to Grenada to manage the Magic Mart Discount Store in 1974. After retirement in 1984, he owned and operated Airport Grocery Bait Shop & Deli for 13 years. His love of photography was evident with the thousands of pictures displayed on the walls of the store. This got the attention of the Mississippi Roads television show, which featured the store in an episode. He retired to the white sandy beaches of Destin, Fla., and spent years there before returning home to Grenada.
Coy was a kind and gentle person who loved spending time with his family. Left to honor and remember his life are his loving wife Margie; his beloved children Kelli and Dallas Jones, Tracy and Christi Keck and Bonnie Hall. His grandchildren, Jason and Ashley Jones, Ryan Keck and Katie Swoboda, Kyle Keck and Tyler Keck; great-grandchildren, Miley and Jace Jones; nieces and nephew, Carolyn Loyd and Kenny and Jackie Cole; great-niece and great-nephews, Kevin Moore, Eric Cole and Erica Cole; his many brothers-and-sisters-in-laws and nieces and nephews.
Coy rejoins his loved ones, his parents and his sister Marie Keck Cole and brother-in-law Eugene Cole.
A private family memorial will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Online condolences may be made on our website at www.nfhgrenada.com.
Mortimer National Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Merle Anderson Williams
Mrs. Merle Marie Anderson Williams, 72, of Coffeeville, passed away Friday, June 14, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford.
She was born April 5, 1947, in Calhoun City to Neal and Johnnie Lollar Anderson. She was a retired inspector at Borg-Warner in Water Valley and was a member of First Baptist Church of Coffeeville.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service with the Rev. Truman Scarborough officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Nebo Cemetery at Big Creek.
Survivors include her son Allen Howard "Howie" Williams, Jr. (Wendy) of Coffeeville; two sisters, Shirley Nelson of Big Creek and Doddie Ross of Big Creek; five grandchildren, Jamie Coleman (Shelia), T.K. McCammon, Neal McCammon, Charlee Williams and Jessie Williams; one great-grandchild, Gracie Little; two special nieces, Tammy Beshears (John) and Amber Harris (Chuck); two special nephews, Bubba Nelson (Velvet) and Doug Crutchfield (Susan); and a step-son John Lawson Bower of Grenada.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Allen "Hoss" Williams; sister Teresa "Sissie" Dugan; brother Tom Anderson and a grandchild Andrew McCammon.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, (662-307-2694).


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Fire Department Hosts Open House
The Burlington Fire Department held an open house on Saturday to give residents a chance to learn more about fire safety and even get some hands-on experience with firefighting equipment.
BNEWS Reporter Kyle Ruffen went down to check it out and spoke to Captain Michael Hanafin who explained the day's events.
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Fayetteville is represented by Mayor Jon Law.
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I'm looking for advice from the forum on setting a fair asking price for my one owner 2006 Blade F16.
I'd like to find it a good home. This boat is in So Cal.
I'm 76 now and no longer quite up to singlehanded rigging, launching and sailing this pocket rocket.
The boat, sails, trailer, catbox, yard cover were all purchased new. Beach wheels were used.
The boat has all the bells and whistles and the overall condition of everything is good.
My idea on setting price goes on the assumption that boats, trailers and equipment depreciate similar to cars and that I should base my price on a calculated value.
Any suggestions?
Time to Part Ways With My 2006 Blade
there are a dozen or so f16 for sale on this site in the classified section
they start around 4500 and go up from there depending on age and condition and extras
there are lots of variables - sail shape, carbon parts etc
i think 4k - 8k is about avg for the market - again lots of variables
i suggest you do a search in the classified section and see what others are charging (ps - lots of these have been around and not sold - so you may need to price accordingly
There was one for sale here a few years ago for $7,500.00 My bet would be to place an ad as to what you feel is a fair price..
I know more and more sailors are downsizing form the 18 - 20 foor performance boats to A-Cats and such... There was an A-cats for sale here not long ago and it sold in a few days..
Where in So Cal are you?
John Schwartz
Ventura, CA
The F16 Blade is a great boat. I currently own two of them and will say they are such well made boats. Anything $6k or less is well worth the price for a boat in good condition if you ask me. Folks looking for a light, fun and fast (to those here who are in my fleet both my boats are dogs) keep an eye on this one.
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Very tempting, but moving the boat from CA to PA would be a challenge. I have transported my old NACRA 5.7 that distance, twice! If you know the bearings and tires to be in very good condition, it is worth mentioning in your ad.
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Michel - Spring Fairy & Golden Butterfly (DVD 6)
Title: Michel - Spring Fairy & Golden Butterfly
Volume: DVD 6
Running time: 100
Distributor: A.D. Vision
Release date: 2007-03-13
Suggested retail price: $14.98
Age rating: 7+
Kim and Michel are close to achieving their goal. With Poyo's help, they've rescued many of the fairies abducted by the Black Hammer Gang. The Tree of Life can only return to its former glory if all the fairies are saved. The Black Hammer Gang isn't just hunting for treasure anymore. They're tired of losing to Kim and Michel, and Salome plans to put an end to their losing streak.
Contains episodes 23-26.
DVD Features: Clean Opening Animation, Clean Closing Animation, Previews.
Spoken Languages: English, Korean, English subtitles.
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Location: English Harbour (Antigua)
After a longer than expected passage from Nevis to Antigua, both boats came together to have an exciting Mexican dinner. Sadly our boat is still learning how to cook. Our beans were "overhydrated", along with our rice. After dinner, both boats "squeezed" together. Squeeze is when the boat comes together and talks about their favorite part of the day. Antigua is such a pretty island. It has mountains that overlook the coast. Tomorrow is an early morning hike up to Shirley Heights, but a day full of adventures.


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My office is COLD. It is always cold. We have complained numerous times to the HVAC folks, to no avail. Other floors in our building are comfortable, but we regularly have people in our office keeping their outdoor jackets on. I keep both a cardigan and a fleece (in black, of course, for optimum coordination with suits or business casual attire). This week has been particularly bad. I am typing this wearing a fleece jacket and a gray fleece hat. Yes, that's right folks; I've been wearing my fuzzy grey fleece hat in the office. Does wonders for my professional look. But it does keep my head warm & helps the rest of me feel a bit warmer. Now if only I could keep my fingers from turning numb while I type.
Space heaters are not permitted because of fire risk. And they are a little touchy about fire risk in my organization because about ten years ago they actually had a fire and had to demolish the whole building and start over because the old building had asbestos that got loose during the fire and contaminated the whole building.
So, here we are in a supposedly modern building (built in 2000 or so), where we can't open windows in the summertime (when it is also freezing), wearing so many layers that we all look like blobs as we sit and peck out letters on our remaining working fingers.
I need some of those gloves that have no fingertips. I saw some at Target last weekend and almost got them, but they were in orange camo and it didn't seem professional to be wearing orange camo in the office.
The weather next week is supposed to be colder. Sigh. At least in the summertime I can go outside at lunch and warm up for a while. I sit like an iguana in the sun getting overheated so that I'll stay warm through the afternoon. Can't do that in January.


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Taylor Swift mobile game in the works
Taylor Swift mobile game in the works
Taylor Swift, the global pop megastar, had announced an upcoming mobile game by Glu Mobile, a mobile game developer also known for their celebrity management games. The game is due in late 2016 and is being developed for both iOS and Android mobile devices.
"We realize that Taylor and her global fan base expect a new and highly differentiated mobile gaming experience…Glu is equally committed to designing never before seen gameplay elements that utilize Taylor's unique creativity. Accordingly, we will spend the required development time to ensure this innovation is achieved," said Niccolo de Masi, CEO, Glu Mobile.
Though little is known about the upcoming game, it would not be surprising if the Taylor Swift game will play similarly to their previous it Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. The release of the game had sparked a little celebrity games craze. Since their success with Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, they had also gone to develop a game for Katy Perry, Taylor Swift's would-be rival.
These games feature cartoon-like visuals and allow you to manage the lives of celebrities. You decide how your celebrities work and when/where to attend tours to make money to buy more items. As usual, the easiest way to earn these virtual items is by paying real-world money.
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Corky is ready to buy her first smartphone. She's going to be traveling to Spain and needs to know what kind of phone to get. Leo says that Corky should check out PrepaidWithData.wikia.com. It'll show what data SIMS to buy in the country she travels to. Roaming can be expensive and buying a local SIM is a great way to save a lot of money.
The other option is to get an International Data Roaming plan. But they're pricey and don't include a lot of data. Most phones these days are "world phones," meaning that they will work anywhere. The iPhone is a great example. They sell their phones unlocked now, so she can put a local SIM in it at her destination. Corky should check out T-Mobile. They're great because they offer 2G data for free overseas.


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Natural gas utility to fund 'alternative heating' in Western Massachusetts (MassLive 12/20/18)
Berkshire Gas Co. this month launched a program that could make its Western Massachusetts service territory less dependent on the very fossil fuels it sells.
The natural gas utility on Dec. 5 announced $1 million in "alternative heating" grants to help eight communities affected by Berkshire's longstanding moratorium on new or expanded energy service.
The company in 2014 and 2015 imposed the bans on new service, citing pipeline constraints -- and recently said it had abandoned any immediate plans to lift the moratorium. The company deemed that building new pipeline or liquefied gas storage to serve the area would be too expensive.
In announcing the grant, Berkshire invited the towns of Deerfield, Greenfield, Montague, Sunderland, Whately, Amherst, Hadley and Hatfield to send their proposals to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, or DOER.
"Recognizing the challenges imposed by the moratorium, Berkshire Gas sought the opportunity to support jobs and economic development through the alternative heating program," the company said in a news release. (read more)
Cambridge's Transit Committee to pitch dozens of ideas to MBTA for improved bus service (Wicked Local Cambridge 12/17/18)
Important changes to Cambridge's public bus system are in the works.
Potential ideas include a bus service from Harvard Square to Assembly Square in Somerville, a bus-only lane at the BU Bridge rotary, and bus lanes into and out of Alewife Station.
The list of 30 draft proposals was pitched by the Transit Advisory Committee to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Senior Transportation Planner Andy Smith on Dec. 5, during its monthly meeting at the Cambridge Senior Center.
The committee - composed of Cambridge residents, local business owners, and representatives of institutions - handles planning and funding for transportation. At the meeting, seven of the committee's 21 members sat around a table and used a map to show potential changes. The ideas were part of the state's Better Bus Project, an initiative program by the MBTA that hopes to make service changes and improvements statewide by 2020.
"We hope as a whole it continues to improve the reliability and the ability of the service to meet the residents and the visitors and the workers needs," said Tegin Teich, senior transportation planner for Cambridge.
The set of ideas and concepts shared Tuesday came from TAC members themselves, but also from Cambridge residents -- over 500 of them -- who participated in online surveys. (read more)
In landmark agreement, Mass., eight other states vow to cut transportation emissions (Boston Globe 12/18/18)
In a landmark agreement to address climate change, Massachusetts and eight other Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states have agreed to create a system to impose regionwide limits on transportation emissions, the nation's largest source of carbon pollution.
Under the agreement, announced Tuesday, the states, which extend as far south as Virginia, have one year to develop a framework that caps the region's overall transportation emissions and requires fuel distributors in those states to buy pollution permits for some of the carbon they produce.
"Reducing transportation emissions is imperative to combating the causes of climate change and meeting Massachusetts' aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets," Governor Charlie Baker said in a statement.
If approved, the agreement would be modeled after the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a nine-state regional "cap-and-invest" system for power plant emissions known as RGGI. Widely seen as a national model, the mandatory market-based program has helped reduce power plant emissions from Maryland to Maine by about 40 percent below 2005 levels without raising average electricity prices. (read more)
No more gas-powered cars. Frequent commuter rail trains, running all day. Maybe even hefty fees on drivers who insist on driving into downtown Boston and adding to the already fearsome traffic.
This could be the futuristic vision of getting around Massachusetts in just a few decades, as recommended Friday by a commission assembled by Governor Charlie Baker to tackle some of the most vexing transportation challenges, including ever-growing congestion, pollution, and decrepit infrastructure.
At the heart of the mammoth report's many recommendations, said Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, is fixing public transit and putting it on sound financial footing, with the explicit goal of reducing the number of cars on the road.
"Whether today or in the future, we simply must move more people in fewer vehicles if we are serious about reducing congestion and greenhouse gas pollution," Pollack said.
So maybe it's no surprise the gas guzzler comes in for a bit of a drubbing.
Massachusetts should develop tools to phase out the use of gas-powered cars and light trucks after 2040, the commission said, by offering rebates and other incentives to steer people to electric vehicles, for example. While internationally, France, the United Kingdom, and others are moving toward such policies, in the United States only California has come close to even broaching such an aggressive idea. (read more)
Offshore wind auction draws huge interest and big money (Boston Globe 12/15/18)
The blockbuster auction for offshore wind leases that wrapped up Friday should leave few doubts: The industry has finally arrived in New England.
Three developers backed by major European energy companies paid a record $405 million to gain access to 390,000 acres of federal waters nearly 20 miles south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. These firms will each pay $135 million to the federal government for the rights to build massive windmills in their respective slices of the ocean.
"We are completely blown away by this result," Walter Cruickshank, acting director of the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, told reporters after the auction ended.
Cruickshank was speaking for the agency that oversaw the auction, but he also summed up much of the industry's reaction.
Until now, the record for an offshore wind lease was held by Statoil, which agreed two years ago to pay $42 million to win control of nearly 80,000 acres off New York's coastline. (read more)
Massachusetts natural gas companies would support greater engineering oversight (MassLive 12/11/18)
Gov. Charlie Baker's bill that would require more oversight by engineers of natural gas work got a boost Tuesday when it was endorsed by the state's public utility companies.
After natural gas explosions killed one person and caused massive property damage in the Merrimack Valley, Baker proposed legislation that would require all natural gas work that could pose a risk to public safety be approved by a certified professional engineer. The bill is pending before the Legislature.
At an oversight hearing before the Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy with top executives from the state's five natural gas utilities, Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, asked if any of them believe lawmakers should not pass Baker's bill.
"We support that bill and do hope that bill moves forward," said Stephen Bryant, president and CEO of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, the company responsible for the gas explosions. The other four executives appeared to nod in agreement, and none spoke out against the bill. (read more)
Moving away from natural gas, with the help of hot water pipes (The Boston Globe 12/6/18)
The Nov. 27 editorial "Don't curb gas utilities; clean them up" begins an important discussion on making the transition from natural gas to renewable energy.
The options discussed, hydrogen and renewable natural gas, may be more sustainable, but both have problems.
Hydrogen is a smaller molecule that leaks more easily and is corrosive to several pipe materials. Once it leaks, the range under which it will explode is more than four times greater than gas. After what we've seen in the Merrimack Valley, few will want to assume that risk.
Renewable gas is made from manure or agricultural and food waste. This idea has promise, but not at the scale needed. Boston's waste treatment plant uses sewage from 3.1 million people, but produces enough power from the methane it generates only to partially run the plant itself. (read more)
Watertown Becomes 1st Town In New England To Require Solar Panels On New Commercial Constructions (WBUR 12/9/18)
Watertown will now require commercial developers to put solar panels on new buildings, becoming the first town in New England to do so.
The town council unanimously approved a zoning ordinance requiring new commercial construction, as well as renovations of existing buildings that are more than 10,000 square feet, to have solar collectors.
Cambridge is considering a similar solar requirement, as both communities have been undergoing construction booms.
Vincent Piccirilli, vice president of the town council, said the plan has been in the works for about a year-and-a-half.
"It grew out of concern with all the development in Watertown," he said, "that we really should be doing more to require developers to do something to help the environment, particular with solar energy generation." (read more)
Starting in March, Newton electric customers will have the option to get some or all of their power from renewable sources through a green energy contract signed by the city's mayor late last month, according to a city statement.
The Newton Power Choice municipal aggregation program allows the city to choose the supplier for electric customers, rather than having the local utility buy the electricity, the statement said.
With the deal in place, the local utility in Newton — Eversource — will continue to deliver electricity to customers, bill them, and provide customer support, the statement said.
"The difference is that Newton now selects the supplier of the electricity for customers rather than leaving it up to the utility," the city said in the statement.
Along with Newton, about 140 Massachusetts communities have municipal aggregation programs, the statement said.Through the 22-month contract signed by Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, the city said that at least 60 percent of the electricity to customers will be from local renewable sources, such as solar and wind, according to the statement. (read more)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- There should be plenty of power this winter across New England, though the company that manages the electric grid says an extreme cold snap could pose some challenges.
In its winter forecast, ISO New England said this week that consumer demand across the region is expected to peak at 20,357 megawatts (MW) under normal weather conditions or 21,057 MW at extreme temperatures.
But pointing to last winter's two-week cold snap, the company didn't rule out some bumps along the way. Should there be a scenario in which the region loses a large generator, electricity imports are affected or fuel deliveries are disrupted, the company could be forced to put in place emergency procedures. It would consider importing power from neighboring regions and asking consumers and business to voluntarily conserve energy. (read more)
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What are Archetypes?
The concept of archetypes have been studied and talked about since 4th century BCE, with Greek philosopher Plato and his Theory of Forms. However, it was the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung who coined the term archetype and made his visionary theories about individual and collective psychology well-known. He understood the human psyche as containing all psychological processes – both conscious and unconscious. Jung believed we each have an individual and unique unconscious, while at the same time, we all naturally inherit what he termed the 'collective unconscious'. The collective unconscious contains all of the memories and wisdom we share as a species, as well as archetypes, which consist of universal and ancient patterns, ideas and images. He defined archetypes as patterns of behavior in the collective unconscious that we inherit as biological modes of functioning – also understood as behavioral instincts.
Archetypes originate from ancient ideas and mythologies, and continue to be passed down through generations. This happens through storytelling, religious and cultural teachings, ancient wisdom and so on. Today, we see and feel archetypes everywhere in society via movies, television, advertising, the Internet, songs, the news and many other forms of media. The elite controllers of Earth intentionally influence us by placing these archetypal energies into our awareness through the mediums mentioned, among others. By influencing our thought-forms and through other means of psychological manipulation, these energies impulse us to play out their agendas, which are primarily rooted in fear and frequency limitation.
Without realizing it, we are reliving the same archetypes that have kept humanity dis-empowered and limited for eons. Archetypes influence our beliefs, and our beliefs play a major role in what we experience life.
"Limiting beliefs tend to keep us trapped in one of three roles: victim, persecutor, or rescuer." – Dr. Alberto Villoldo
These roles are also called archetypes. When these archetypal roles are strong in our psyche, we remain at the feet of other people, constantly giving our power away based on the actions of other people. These archetypes keep us feeling fearful, defensive, jealous, manipulative and competitive, coupled with beliefs in scarcity, powerlessness and separation. These energy patterns got stuck in the collective unconscious a long time ago, many of which we have since internalized. Overtime, this threatens our originality and builds fear of personal expression and creation. Our perceptions remain limited to what we've 'always known', and we run in circles as history repeats itself.
Personal Archetypes
When universal archetypes become personalized in our individual psyche, they influence our behavior, beliefs, fears, emotions, desires and so on. Caroline Myss, Ph.D. believes we each have a Sacred Contract – a set of agreements that we, as soul, make before we come to Earth. This contract includes certain experiences, people, lessons and roles. She says that within each Sacred Contract contains the dominant energies of 12 archetypes, which play major roles in our lives. Of these 12 archetypes, according to Myss, we all share four: the Child, the Victim, the Prostitute and the Saboteur; then we each have an additional eight archetypes specific to our current lifetime. Click here to read more about Sacred Contracts and archetypes.
Each archetype has a 'light' aspect and a 'shadow' aspect. Archetypes themselves are neutral, yet the eight archetypes that are personalized in the individual psyche will have specific meanings for the individual. Learning about which archetypes are dominant in your life will allow you to have a deeper understanding of yourself and a deeper connection with yourself, which can act as a catalyst for tremendous growth and healing. Illuminating your archetypes is an effective tool for introspection and self-discovery, which naturally uncovers immediate guidance in various areas of life.
Learning about your shadow aspects is very liberating, as it brings hidden parts of your personality to light. When you remain blind to your shadow aspects, your potential to manage your energy is limited and your experiences are less likely to reflect your unique essence.
"Your shadow aspects are primarily rooted in fear patterns that have more control over your behavior than does your conscious mind." – Dr. Carolyn Myss
While it may not always be pleasant, facing your shadows is paramount in arriving at greater self-awareness. Self-awareness gained from these understandings can provide you with clarity in light of your life themes, emotional and behavioral patterns, your relationships, the lessons you are here to learn, insight into your life purpose, and so on. Ultimately, self-awareness can transform your life through the ability to better manage your emotions and behaviors, making self-informed, productive decisions that align you with happiness and peace, and taking more responsibility for all areas of your life. With this, you are more free, and more likely to live your life to your highest potential with integrity.
Identifying Your Archetypes
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The Ede are organised in a matrilineal society. Their houses have a distinctive look with some reaching up to 100 metres long! Little by little, they are being replaced with concrete structures, resulting in the disappearance of their whole ancestral social system. Their unique culture is increasingly under the pressure from new lifestyles and nearby cities, but thanks to their coffee, which has become very popular, their living conditions are improving.
I met the Ede on several occasions, but I could never find their original costume, until my trip to the Buon Ma Thuot area, in October 2017. In most ethnic groups, the male costume is very simple, and enhances the sophistication and finesse of the female dress in comparison. But in the Ede ethnic group, the male costume is very elegant and is filled with subtle details. The bright red piece was traditionally reserved for high social ranking, while the common costume featured short sleeves. It is still produced today and is most commonly worn during festivals, and you can even find it in a few tourist shops!


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Soft hints of Lily and violet.
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· Scent Strength: Subtle
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Purchased to use for massage therapy. It's a clean, fresh fragrance. This is one that sets the mood for relaxation and still gives you something extra to enjoy during the massage. Love it.
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