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Axiom 9
Every universe has a beginning and an end.
The First Micro Universes Were Formed By Micro Black Hole Quantum Events
Singularity Acceleration Axioms and Principles Governing Universe Formation
7 November 2012
Axiom 9. Every universe has a beginning and an end. The first micro universes were formed by spontaneously occurring quantum events sufficiently concentrated to make a micro black hole.
A. Universe formation systems (multiverses) have a beginning and may have an end. Every universe has a beginning and an end.
B. First micro universes.
Prior to the formation of any universe, small spontaneous events occurred, probably on the subatomic scale as predicted by Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. No matter how unlikely, some event or series of events started the universe formation process, since our universe exists. With infinite potential time available, some unlikely combination of small events occurred. This micro universe hypothesis is speculative, but it may stimulate discussion and other ideas on the probability of micro universes serving as the initiating source of universe formation and evolution.
This plausible description provides an example of how the first micro universe could have formed in a singularity acceleration system. The first micro universe was formed when several quantum events occurred spontaneously with sufficiently concentrated particles to make a micro black hole. In this case the black hole was not in a universe; however, it functioned as the equivalent of a micro universe. Given enough time it is reasonable to assume that many spontaneous black holes occurred at about the same time and place. In a rare event, these micro black holes nearly collided and were flung apart and accelerated by gravity assists. The acceleration slowed the black hole decay process long enough for subsequent near collisions to occur with other micro black holes. Several gravity assists caused by near collisions could accelerate the micro black hole singularity to the speed of light, creating the first universe caused by a big bang, be it a very small one. This process probably occurred very quickly, maybe in less than a second.
C. Subsequent micro universes
The natural selection process results in larger universes that become more effective in making more universes. Occasionally a change occurs in a law of physics that leads to something new that works to make the production of universes more efficient. The chances of this process working within an infinitesimally small scale universe and evolving a sequence of increasingly large universes that resulted in a much larger universe seem small. However, given the incredibly long time spans involved, eventually a reliable system for producing universes was likely to happen, as demonstrated by the fact that one exists.
After the first micro universe came into existence, subsequent micro universes would likely evolve and sometimes fail to make more universes. Eventually a sequence worked over many generations that resulted in larger singularities that formed larger universes. Universe evolution would eventually solve all the problems necessary to make large universes with baryonic matter and many stars because we have the evidence of our existence. It is plausible that not every micro universe was successful, and even every universe sequence that formed star systems may not have succeeded in creating other universes. The unsuccessful universes would disappear given enough time, leaving no trace after degeneration. Statistical probability dictates that eventually universes would have happened upon laws that consistently made more universes. Given enough attempts, a system evolved that solved several problems, such as how to get a singularity to warp space at the speed of light and how to multiply mass during a big bang. In addition, new universes would have evolved laws of physics so all the components usually associated with the universe, such as baryonic and dark matter, gravity, electromagnetism, strong and weak forces, and the speed of light, would be within the physical parameters needed for any universe to make another generation. [41] After more generations of these early stage micro universes, subsequent generations became larger. The processes evolved that caused some new universes to produce stars that made blacks holes and galaxies.
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Friends on TV are great because their lives are crazy and dramatic, but they still remind us of our own friendships and personal relationships. On top of that, in the cases of many TV shows, the friends are so fashionable that they give us major style envy. In reality, most friend groups have much more similar fashion senses, or maybe just one friend who's the fashionable one. I firmly believe that a group of fashionable friends is better than one stand alone style star, so let's take a look at some of the most fashionable friends on TV to draw inspiration from this week.
Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda are so known for their clothes that the outrageous outfits are enough of a reason alone to watch the show. While the clothes themselves (and their often designer labels) are pretty unrealistic, the drastically different style preferences of the four friends is also a little crazy. All the same, we can't help but love these ladies and their fashion choices, good or bad!
2. Pretty Little Liars
While Hanna, Aria, Emily, and Spencer have definitely suffered their fair share of fashion misteps and accessory overloads, they're overall an undeniably fashionable foursome. When you consider their personalities, from bookish Spencer to Emily the athlete, it doesn't always make sense how well-accessorized these girls are, but they're inspirational all the same.
3. Gossip Girl
Whether as a twosome or with their faithful (and often fashionable) minions, Blair and Serena are arguably the most fashionable girls to grace our TV screens, and we miss them everyday for the envy-sparking fashions they wore. While the designer shopping bags and labels weren't exactly attainable, these girls demonstrated their best friend bond through clothing, and we can all aspire to do the same.
4. Beverly Hills, 90210
Through feuds and friendship, Kelly, Donna, and Brenda were the most fashionable friends that you couldn't help but follow in the 90's. Through love triangles, romance and friendship drama, these ladies were undeniably fashionable, and as the 90's have become in style once again today, we can all get some crop-top and denim inspiration from the sassiest high schoolers around.
5. 90210 (reboot)
The 2008 remake of the beloved soap opera was so dialed-up fashion-wise, it's comparable to Gossip Girl, only for the West Coast. Annie, Naomi, Silver, and really all their other come-and-go friends (I'm looking at you, Ivy!) were so fashionable, they weren't really believable as high school students. Like their predecessors mentioned above, throughout love and friendship drama galore, these ladies let fashion guide the way, and we can all take note.
6. Lipstick Jungle
Whether or not you watched the too briefly on TV Lipstick Jungle, you can appreciate how on-point these three friends kept their personal styles. Victory, Wendy, and Nico may have been a bit silly as characters, but their professional careers and high-fashion outfits to match gave me serious envy for how I wish I could dress as a working adult, and the friendships that could last for life.
7. Charlie's Angels
Sabrina, Jill, and Kelly were the original trio of badass friends that we have all grown up referencing, and their 70's fashion gives us another reason to admire the leading ladies. From spandex to suede, and everything 70's in between, these girls embodied power dressing, and set a great example of strong women, and just how fashion-forward they can be.

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It might be the single biggest moment in franchise history, Chris Paul saying he really wanted to be a Clipper.
No fingers crossed behind his back.
And yet no one would have been surprised to see five or six big guys carrying a kicking and screaming Paul into the Clippers' practice facility.
He was a Laker, then he was not, and then he was a Clipper.
There are some people in the NBA who might consider that cruel and inhumane treatment.
But Paul embraced the Clippers' experience saying, "I'm my biggest fan and I'm one of those people who think I have the ability to change things. That's what I'm coming in here to do and that's make sure the Clippers take the right steps."
So that brings us to what would otherwise have been a forgettable NBA Wednesday night in Los Angeles. But instead, here it is, playoff implications, momentum on the line and more than all that, great anticipation for a Lakers-Clippers game.


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Hi RMS Families, There won't be a newsletter next week because of Spring Break. Feel free to re-read this newsletter next Thursday 🙂 Have a nice break. CALENDAR(Th) Mar 20 NO SCHOOL – Professional Development / Planning Day (Originally a school day)(F) Mar 21 NO SCHOOL – Final Grading Day (Originally a school day)(M) – (Th) Mar 24-28 NO SCHOOL – Spring Break(M) Mar 31 SCHOOL IS IN SESSION (Originally a no school day)(M) Mar 31
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Hi RMS Families, There's a lot of news this week. Please note the calendar changes re: school days Don't forget about RMS's parent education tonight. (Scroll down for more information.) CALENDAR (Th) Mar 13 SCHOOL IS IN SESSION (Originally a no school day) (Th) Mar 13 RMS Parent Education Night (F) Mar 14 SCHOOL IS IN SESSION (Originally a no school day) (M) Mar 17 Showcase Planning meeting (9-10:15am) (W) Mar 19 Chamber Music Night, 7pm (Th) Mar 20 NO SCHOOL – Professional Development /
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"Beyond Conflict" in Sri Lanka! A Workshop in Sydney
( August 8, 2013, Sydney, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sri Lanka Reconciliation Forum, Sydney, is organizing a workshop titled "Beyond Conflict" on 17 August 2013 at the University of Technology Sydney UTS) participated by Tamils, Sinhalese and Muslims living in New South Wales and other Australian well-wisher for conflict resolution and reconciliation in Sri Lanka. The Reconciliation Forum, a non-partisan and a non-profit organization, has been in existence for more than three years and the present workshop is part of a project undertaken to investigate and study different perceptions of community members on the key issues relevant to reconciliation in Sri Lanka. The study project funded by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship has already completed two components of focus group discussions and an opinion survey. While the workshop will be dealing with some of the key issues of international experiences, violence and recovering from violence, national question and role of diaspora through a host of key speakers, the organizers are also planning to present the results of the focus group discussions and the opinion survey.
The key speakers of the workshop are: Professors Suvendrini Perera and Daya Somasundaram, and Drs James Jupp, Laksiri Fernando and Lionel Bopage. The Chief Guest of the event is Justice Michael Finnane QC. The workshop will be facilitated by Professor Hilary Yerbury and Abe Quadan. The registration and other details are available from the following link.


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Several free applications for your computer will allow you to easily sort, organize, and even add captions to and edit your photos. And as a bonus, possibly the most beneficial feature to the cameraphone user, with one click they'll automatically grab the photos right off your memory card and copy them to folders ordered by date Just pop your memory card into your card reader and a window will pop up asking you if you want to import your photos into your organizer.
One such program is Picasa. Picasa is offered by Google, so you know it's gonna have a slick and easy to use interface. Get Picasa by clicking on the Google Photo Software button on the sidebar at the right. Another option is Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition. Despite its unwieldy name, this is also a fine piece of software. Both applications will help you keep track of your photo collection, and each has its ups and downs. I recommend downloading and trying each, as they're both free, and you can uninstall one when you make your choice.
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In a lively sequel to English author Downie's historical mystery Medicus (2007), its eponymous protagonist—Roman army physician Gaius Petreius Ruso—finds himself absorbed by dark deeds done in the northern wasteland of occupied Brittania.
It's a bleak, forbidding land, where (comparatively) innocent villagers are terrorized by Rome's finest (who tend to strut and make trouble when far from home) and avaricious warlords and their minions—memorialized in a storyteller's violent account of a peaceful settlement menaced by a vicious Wolf. None of this fazes Ruso's housekeeper and frequent bedmate Tilla, who hails from these parts, and knows how to handle misbehaving males. Downie creates a vividly detailed stage on which a puzzling mystery is enacted. A soldier is murdered, in a primitive manner that points fingers in several directions, exacerbates Ruso's fraying relations with his generally uncooperative new colleagues and provokes him to conclude that the soldier's death "was some sort of ritual killing, and he was being asked to help cover it up." Prime suspects include local medicus Thessalus ("as mad as a bee in a bottle"), suspiciously officious prefect's aide Metellus, womanizing basket maker Rianorix, a local brewer (Catavignus), who seems to run several businesses at once, and a vainglorious northerner (Trenus) responsible for the slaughter of Tilla's family. Downie distributes the action throughout 91 brisk chapters, and heightens the narrative's energy level by commenting sardonically on her characters' (often very witty) conversational exchanges. The puzzle's solution is immensely satisfying, and the story ends with Ruso and Tilla apparently prepared to part ways. But it isn't set in marble, and we're given reason to hope another sequel is in the works.
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Enlightened One on May 28, 2014 wrote:Hi Everyone,I'm looking for advice from experienced pet hatchers.I have recently trained my 4th gen Deep Leviathan (hatched with a Sea Dragon) up to Epic but he didn't manifest Spritely which is the talent I was really after.I was very pleased I managed to hatch out Deep Leviathan's selfish talents but I really would like one of my pets to develop a healing talent.Currently I have a 2nd (or maybe 3rd) gen Betta Fish which was hatched with my Sea Dragon. This pet the possibility of manifesting healing current and I'm hoping he will manifest Spritely.My question is, when should I stop training my pets? I know talents can manifest themselves at any age but rather than wasting time and gold on snacks and training, when is considered a "good" age to stop training and try another hatch?Any help and advice especially some of your own experiences would be really appreciated.ThanksMichael Stormhammer Exhalted
Northlite on May 28, 2014 wrote:If by adult you don't get the talent stop there, you want rehatch the originals that you know have the talent again. Once it's gets the talent rehatch that pet back to the pet that has other talents you want. Here is a guide I used and this site is loaded with other pet training info.http://www.duelist101.com/community/thepetguide/developing-pet-step-step/Mary
Enlightened One on May 29, 2014 wrote:Thanks Northlite,I actually used this guide to begin my pet hatching experiments, althought there are many excellent guides out there I found this one to be clear and concise and very easy to understandMichael Stormhammer Exhalted(still trying for a healing talent )
Northlite on May 29, 2014 wrote:If you ever want to try an out side hatch I have many pets with Spritely. If you looking to stay with in storm school I have several frankinbunnies that have manifested assorted things like, spell proof, unicorn, fairy friend, some storm talents and spritely. I can raffle though the herd for the best picks. I also have Enchanted Armaments that have Unicorn, Fairy Friend and Spell Proof pretty regular for the first 3 levels of training - I do these for the Sharpen Blades given. I brought Spell Proof in using the Starfish sold in Celestia which also manifests Spritely now and then.Ideally you want to start with pets that have the talents you want, once they manifest said talents then use them to hatch into the pet you want. I am horrible at keeping track of who is who but have a rough idea of parentage etc.. My goal was to get the talents I wanted in the first 3 levels of training, I get very poor results at Epic but will work on that.Mary
Enlightened One on May 30, 2014 wrote:Hi MaryThank you for your very kind hatching offer, it sounds like you have some very talented pets.I certainly don't have any problem hatching outside of my school as long as the pets had some universal talents like spell proof etc.I live in Australia so the time difference may be a big problem in meeting up for a hatch but if I ever get the chance I would love to see some of your favourite pets.BTW I'm just curious as to wether some wizards change the pets they use in different battles like we all change gear, wands etc.Michael Stormhammer Exhalted
Dakota Death on May 30, 2014 wrote:I stop at adult if I know i want to hatch again. But if it looks good I train until i get something i don't want.
Enlightened One on Jun 1, 2014 wrote:Thanks DakotaBTW, I'm just curious, if you hatch with a pet that has more than one healing talent, say spritely, MC Unicorn, MC Fairy etc, do you increase your chances of the offspring having a healing talent. Would anyone know the rough percentage chances of getting a heal?Mary and anyone else, if sny of you have a pet with two or more healing talents I'd be more than happy to hatch eith my Deep Leviathan, Fennec Fox, Penumbra Dragon or Betta Fish with you as these are the pets I would most like to gain a healing talent.Thanks fellow WizardsMichael Stormhammer Exhalted
Northlite on Jun 2, 2014 wrote:The last 2 hatches I have done with my Enchanted Armor pets net, Spell Proof, Unicorn and Fairy Friend in that order. I have hatched out many to try to remove selfish/useless talents. Their back ground is mixed, my original healing talents manifest in Frankinbunny then Armors were MC Sprite, Healing Current, Fairy Friend, Unicorn. I am not seeing Myth Trap and Fire Shield any more so may have that hatched out. My FrankinBunnies are not as reliable, they are getting MC Sprite and Unicorn with Spell Proof. Original bunny did have MC Healing Current but that isn't showing up much going forward.I do not know percentages because I mainly work on 50% - I feel I have a 50% chance of a talent coming though if it's manifested on the parents, lol. Since I never thought anything would come of this I was very casual about the beginning so proper records have not been kept by all means. I have hatched with many - I usually do not train these hatches because it's to unreliable to know the talents of other pets. I now do print screen when I hatch to have a general idea of what their pet had - most are only to adult and no talents to train for. I stand in the hatchery with my best bunny or armor on and hatch random with anyone who asks. Serious pet people may pass me by but those who have lesser pets ask me.As far as I can figure time zone wise - my morning is your evening with the up to 10 hrs difference, what time of day do you usually play? I am no longer questing on my Ice wizard who manages all the pets so will be depleting her gold hatching. I have tons of things to sell so hatching could go on for a while. Since I probably will no longer quest past the end of Avalon with any of my newer wizards, I am not seeking to add any talents at this time. In other words I am not choosy on what the other pet is and actually never was. I had several wizards that wanted a Frankinbunny and have managed to hatch enough with them to get them one. I am currently working with someone for the Armor pet but 4 hatches later they still don't have one but they were quite pleased with the talents they got in their pet from the hatch so I may be done there. Mary
Enlightened One on Jun 3, 2014 wrote:Hi MaryYour pets sound like ones I would definitely like hatching with, if I could get a next gen with one or more healing talents I could use it as the basis for hatches with my other wizard's pets (providing of course they develop a heal lol.)I could meet you outside Dr Purreau's lab in Ambrose realm (or if that is too crowded, Banshee)Look for Michael Stormhammer and friend me, even if you don't have time for a hatch at least we will be online friends and can msg each other.Looking forward to a hatch meetingCheersMichael Stormhammer Exhalted
Northlite on Jun 4, 2014 wrote:Posts here are on delay so we need to set a time and allow for posting here.Scarecrow is the best realm as it is usually never crowded or full. If I sign on in A.M. here it will be your P.M. I believe. So if I sign on at 8 - 8:30 on Friday and meet you by the lamp post outside the hatchery it will be 8 P.M. for you?Mary
TheCurlyWolf on Jun 4, 2014 wrote:Good question. Me? I stop somewhere between adult and ancient on most of mine. I've got a couple I've gone to epic. There's one that I finally got a unicorn on that I'm hoping [in vain probably] will manifest may cast dragon blade at mega. After discovering one of the recent patches made going from epic to mega 10 energy points per run...I'm debating whether to bother. I probably won't since it took til ancient to get the unicorn on that one in the first place. That being said. Michael I've got a suggestion for you. if you haven't done so already? Get into gardening for mega snacks in a decent way. I'd recommend expending real money for crowns and expending those crowns on Evil Magma Peas. They give nothing but level 8 and 9 mega snacks. Plus when they elder they drop more seeds of themselves so once you do that initial expense output for the seeds. You never have to put out the crowns for seeds again. I've got a field of about 20 of them about to elder. probably tonight or tomorrow. Plus a harvest of Alligator pear trees. The pear trees, if you have 5 of them, tend to give 1 level 7 fried worm snack and the rest give out either level 6 snacks and/or attack cards, per harvest. Also if your wizard has gotten as far as zafaria and mirror lake, it's a good one to farm for level 8 snacks, and gear to sell for gold.
Enlightened One on Jun 5, 2014 wrote:HiThank you for the advice. Although I'm a lvl 10 gardener I've never gotten into it in a big way but your recommendation of Evil Magma Peas is certainly a good idea.I do have a few aligator pear trees in my bank so I will plant those to gain high ranking snacks.It had been so long since I'd done any farming that I'd forgotten the best worlds and now that I have finished Kyrsallis I will certainly go back to mirror lake to obtain some snacks and gear for a gold sale.Thanks for your help TheCurlyWolf, I'd used up all the mega snacks I'd accumulated and was only relying on the occasional storm one from Morganthe for a top upMichael
Enlightened One on Jun 5, 2014 wrote:np Mary, Scarecrow realm it is yes you are correct about the time.I'm looking forward to meeting you and your pets Michael
Northlite on Jun 6, 2014 wrote:I seem to have missed you, maybe off on the time?As for gardening I have a separate wizard for that on the red barn farm. Pets and training becomes a thing. I garden Prickly Bears, Evil Magna and my main crop is Couch Potatoes. I started with seeds I won on all my wizards and shared banked them to my Balance. Now I have more seeds then I know what to do with.Couch Potatoes give one lvl 9 at elder and usually another seed. Prickly Bears give lower level snacks for training to adult. Energy for gardening and pet training needs to be spread across wizards.Pixie Stixs give around 35 ex, lvl 9 50 ex so there is a difference in training.Mary
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Marvel Vs Capcom 2 video – Zangief Vs. Hulk
One of the best things about the numerous "Vs" games that pop up in gaming is how we get to see face-offs between some of the most unlikely of adversaries. And if they're not unlikely, then they're usually imbalanced.
For instance, who hasn't looked on at the boyish Ryu, hadokens and everything, about to take on an indestructible adamantium laced Wolverine and thought – this isn't going to end well.
Exhibiting another contest of immense strength, behold the latest footage of what happens when Russian Man-mountain Zangief of Street Fighter fame goes up against Mr. Gamma himself, The Hulk.
Quoted as one of the strongest characters in the Marvel universe, we're wondering how Ruskie Zangief would manage more than three seconds against the incredible green fighting machine that is The Hulk. Then we remembered – it's just a game.
Apart from another look at the frenetic fighting in the upcoming mash-up, the new footage also showcases some of the game's comic-esque cut-scenes which are looking quite pretty among all the destruction.
Finally, it would appear that the designers really have latched on to The Hulk's radioactive nature. We haven't seen a large man that green since some ill-advised adventures with body-paint during last year's St. Patrick's Day festivities.


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Paragraph 1: Money
In each of the novels of focus, each of the protagonists disappears for several years: Gatsby for five years and Heathcliff for three. Neither even communicates with the objects of their desire: Daisy and Cathy. When they eventually return, each of the women have married other men, implicit in each case that they do not truly love them, they married them for a secure life because of their wealth. However when Gatsby and Heathcliff return they are both much richer than either of the husbands. The women both welcome back their protagonist back into their life once they are reunited with them. Gatsby takes his time of making his presence known to Daisy; he buys the house on the opposite side to the river on hers, invites people around in bog fancy parties, hoping to attract Daisy to them, and then himself, like a moth to a flame. However, when Daisy doesn't appear on her own, he asks Nick Carraway, the narrator, to organise a meeting between them. From that point on their affair begins. When it ends, and Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband, discovered what Gatsby really did to get all his money, and it was dirty money, the affair ends. But before that, Nick noticed something in Daisy's voice but he couldn't quite put his finger on it, but Gatsby did. "Her voice is full of money"[1] he explained to Nick. This could explain Gatsby's motivation in the first place for becoming associated with dirty money: he knew that Daisy was almost obsessed with money, she more than wanted a secure home, it was for the material goods that came with it, and he may have thought that if he could provide this, then she would love him back.
It's never quite explained as to how Heathcliff got his money, although it's implied it was similar to Gatsby's dirty money. His motivation for running away to achieve this was when he overheard Cathy tell Nelly Dean it would degrade her to marry Heathcliff. Nelly Dean being the woman retelling her story to master of the house, Lockwood, the narrator narrating her story, that this was taken out of context, and she also spoke about how she knew her feelings for the man who had proposed to her would change, like the seasons, but she would always love Heathcliff. This was, unfortunately, the part Heathcliff didn't overhear. Naturally this has angered him, so when he returns he sets about getting his revenge on everyone who wronged him, possibly even Cathy.
"When Heathcliff returns, he immediately sets about seeking revenge on all who have wronged him. Having come into a vast and mysterious wealth, he deviously lends money to the drunken Hindley, knowing that Hindley will increase his debts and fall into deeper despondency. When Hindley dies, Heathcliff inherits the manor. He also places himself in line to inherit Thrushcross Grange by marrying Isabella Linton, whom he treats very cruelly. Catherine becomes ill, gives birth to a daughter, and dies. Heathcliff begs her spirit to remain on Earth—she may take whatever form she will, she may haunt him, drive him mad—just as long as she does not leave him alone. Shortly thereafter, Isabella flees to London and gives birth to Heathcliff's son, named Linton after her family. She keeps the boy with her there.
Thirteen years pass, during which Nelly Dean serves as Catherine's daughter's nursemaid at Thrushcross Grange. Young Catherine is beautiful and headstrong like her mother, but her temperament is modified by her father's gentler influence. Young Catherine grows up at the Grange with no knowledge of Wuthering Heights; one day, however, wandering through the moors, she discovers the manor, meets Hareton, and plays together with him. Soon afterwards, Isabella dies, and Linton comes to live with Heathcliff. Heathcliff treats his sickly, whining son even more cruelly than he treated the boy's mother.
Three years later, Catherine meets Heathcliff on the moors, and makes a visit to Wuthering Heights to meet Linton. She and Linton begin a secret romance conducted entirely through letters. When Nelly destroys Catherine's collection of letters, the girl begins sneaking out at night to spend time with her frail young lover, who asks her to come back and nurse him back to health. However, it quickly becomes apparent that Linton is pursuing Catherine only because Heathcliff is forcing him to; Heathcliff hopes that if Catherine marries Linton, his legal claim upon Thrushcross Grange—and his revenge upon Edgar Linton—will be complete. One day, as Edgar Linton grows ill and nears death, Heathcliff lures Nelly and Catherine back to Wuthering Heights, and holds them prisoner until Catherine marries Linton. Soon after the marriage, Edgar dies, and his death is quickly followed by the death of the sickly Linton. Heathcliff now controls both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. He forces Catherine to live at Wuthering Heights and act as a common servant, while he rents Thrushcross Grange to Lockwood."-Spark notes.
[1] Gatsby – page 115
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Coursework Essay. Draft 1. (This is entirely used for external memory)
Paragraph 1: Money
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009
English lit coursework, draft 1.
We get to do a creative response to a novel. I chose twilight because I wanted to read it. Meyer cannot write, reading her work is like reading something after Joey from friends has had a go on thesauras feature on microsoft word, but no matter. I did the same in a few places, as a sort of private joke to myself, but now you're included in this, lucky you.
Okay, so I wrote this from the point of view of Edward Cullen, a character I actually like, cause he's actually well written and quite cool, as opposed to Bella, the whiney main cahracter. God, she irritates me. I need to do commentary for this aswell, but that isn't due in tomorrow, unlike this.
I made Bella less whiney, partially because writing a character that whiney and annoying would make me want to shoot myself, but also partially because Edward Cullen was a bit of a retard, cause he fell madly in love with Whiney McWhineyson, so he must have been oblivious to the Whineyness. I like to believe Bella wasn't that whiney, just in her head, but you never know.
I still don't know what I'm going to call this. I want to call it a pun, but I can't think of anything. Perhaps "Dawn" which is like "Twilight" but the other end of the day....nah...that's gay.
Anywho...enough rambling, here is my coursework (:
I stubbornly walked up to the front door of the restaurant and held the door open for her. She looked at me for a moment and exhaled, but she went in. I smiled to myself for a second and then followed her in, I had won this one, I usually did, but like me, she was also infuriatingly intractable.
I glanced around when I entered, there was a few humans occupying a couple of slightly askew wooden tables, but the place wasn't excessively busy. The crooked wooden floorboards, the cream walls with navy dashboards and the open fire on the far side of the room gave the place a homely feel. However, The vintage style posters and signs on the walls made the restaurant seem quite tacky. Evidently, Bella hadn't taken in any of this. For all she knew, I could have taken her to Antarctica and she would never have guessed.
A woman came to greet us at the door, by the looks of her she was quite young, and she warmly greeted us. I was polite back and asked for a table for two, and for some reason Bella seemed to be a little bothered by this. Again, I felt my lips twitch involuntarily upwards.
The waitress began directing us to a table, and Bella followed her. I followed Bella, but at all times maintaining the personal distance of a few inches, as I did at all times. If she touched me, she would feel the icy cold contact of my skin. In a room that must have been warm, as the humans had all happily shed their coats and jackets, and the fire in the corner of the room was quite large, I knew this would only enhance her suspicions, and I wasn't quite ready to confess the truth about what I was.
The waitress had led us to a table in the centre of the room, which I wasn't happy with; this area was over-populated. Bella had begun to sit down, so I quickly intervened.
"Perhaps something more private?" I murmured to the hostess, inconspicuously slipping her a tip. She agreed and led us to an area of unoccupied ring of booths. It was perfect. We took our seats, and I gazed intently at Bella. Her eyes were full of amusement and mischief to which I replied in my expression with an inquisitive look.
"You shouldn't dazzle people like that." She said, with an element of mocking in her tone.
This completely confused me. "Dazzle people?" I asked.
"Yes. You must know the effect you have on people." She replied, palpably still highly amused by this little private joke of hers.
"I dazzle people?" I asked, still utterly bewildered by this outburst.
"Yes. You always get what you want, have you not noticed no one else does?"
I saw an opportunity here, and I took it. "Do I dazzle you?"
She broke our eye contact, and looked down to her lap, her soft, long dark hair cascaded over her shoulders, hiding her face, which had started to blush. "Frequently" she replied quietly. I was satisfied.
Another girl, different from the one who had shown us the table came over and introduced herself, and like the other girl, she was overly warm, it was a little sickening. I glanced over at Bella, and ordered a couple of drinks without taking my eyes away from her, and she bustled off back into wherever these employees went when they weren't with a customer.
I felt another wave of concern sweep over me. I was still waiting for Bella to go into shock, any normal person would have done so already, but the sight of her when I found her with them still puzzled me. She looked as if she was concentrating very hard on something, not as if she was fearful. I knew she didn't exactly know what her potential attackers had been thinking, like I had, but she must have still had some idea. I made a mental note to ask her about it later, but right now I needed to be sure she wasn't going to pass out from the shock, I decided to wait until she had eaten.
"Are you alright?" I asked, I must have looked more concerned than I would have liked to let on, because when she answered she looked a little perplexed.
"Yes" she answered, her eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"Are you sure? You don't feel like you're going to faint?"
"Am I supposed to?" She looked even more puzzled more, her eyebrows knitting tighter together.
"I'm expecting that you are going to go into shock," I explained.
Her eyebrows returned to their normal position and she paused for a second. "I think I'll be fine, I have a habit of bottling my feelings up inside, and repressing unpleasant things."
"Same here." I smiled for a second, but I was even more unsettled inside now. She was exactly like me, just more prone to danger. I knew that if she got too close to me, that wouldn't exactly help her case of the "damsel in distress." I knew that I shouldn't be here, let alone befriending her to begin with, but I couldn't help myself. I was addicted, and I knew that my morality could fail me, and I could kill her. Yet I was prepared to put her in this position. I truly was a monster.
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Thursday, 29 January 2009
The sun had just begun to rise over the autumn trees. The leaves had only just started to turn, so they were at that magical point where they were still on the trees, but going bright colours of orange and red. The rising sun illuminated them, so it looked as if the trees they clung to were on fire. As rays of sunlight came pouring in, he felt his face become warmer, and the nights chill slowly leaving.
He gazed down the hill, and looked upon his hometown. To the eye it was picturesque: tourists came from all over to see its beauty. "The quiet little down in the heart of the Dyn Valley." While he was sitting there, he could see why they thought this.
But he knew that there was more to this little welsh town than met the eye. Behind closed doors, he knew a different life, one that wasn't so innocent. Ever since the death of his mother, he had descended into a downward spiral. "A real mummy's boy" his father used to taunt.
But it wasn't that why he knew he'd never forget that night. Three years ago he'd sat on his stairs staring down at her body, her broken neck making her pretty head stick out at a funny angle. He'd heard his father them tell the paramedics that she'd fallen down the stairs. This was so obvious that it was a blatant lie, but they'd believed him.
Everyone had believed this deceit. He honestly never understood why. Maybe they were all idealists, or maybe they didn't want their precious little town to become tarnished. But then again, he always had been a fantastic actor. They gave him their pity that he'd lost his beautiful, doting wife, and now he was left to bring up a troublesome teenage son.
"Fucking idiots. They're fucking stupid idiots." He said to himself: a clear note of danger and rage in his voice. This scared him: he was in danger of becoming exactly like the man he hated: this was what his father sounded like when he was going to attack, when his nights out with the boys had turned into something more sinister.
He extinguished the cigarette he'd managed to forget about in his rather depressing trail of thought; the orange glow was growing dangerously close to his rough fingers. He found a little damp patch of earth to squeeze the little white stick that was destroying his lungs onto. The smoke went up into the air, a smell of tobacco lingering faintly. Somehow with this fire on his tongue life felt more bearable, even just for a little while.
People in the real world were starting to wake up. He could see light-switches flicker on in the houses. He knew that he had to leave soon; his father would wake up with them and just use the fact he'd disappeared as an excuse.
I wrote this a few weeks ago and put it on deviantart.
Here is what I put in the authors comments (if you are following my other blog, you know I love to ramble on about nothing.)
This was some english assignment that we had to do at the start of the year, and we had to include our hometown, our teacher wanted something all pretty and "isn't where we live great?" and I disagree with this, what with myself and my friend getting randomly beat up when we were walking through the park some night. Some girl was off her face on drugs, so I guess you could say if I wrote anymore of the story I could base a character on her. She will die (: (muhehehh)
The title is called "release". The smoking/drinking/drugs is a release for our nameless protagonist, the beating up of our nameless protagonist is a release for his father. (not dad, father...cause he's a crap dad, cause he beats him up...see?...I feel all emo now..)
The red leaves are meant to represent the blood that gets spilled by his dad, and the whole "red sky at night, shepherd's delight, red sky in the morning shepherd's warning" thing, the sky isn't red, but it looks red to him, which shows the story is gonna be pretty pessimistic or that's he's pessimistic, or the day is going to be baad for him which it will be...I kinda have the story mapped out in my head...but in no order in particular, but it all takes place over the course of the day, and it aint happy. (:
Also, I know that I used colons a few times. I like colons, kayy?
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Monday, 26 January 2009
I used to be pretty good at it, not so much anymore, so I'm going to attempt to try and get good again.
So I'm going to write stories: short stories or individual chapters of longer stories for y'all to read and comment/constructavely criticise/insult/say you like it/whatever
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Ever since I saw THIS post on little green notebook, I've been wanting similar, LARGE lanterns for my own home. Obviously I'll paint over the brass, but I love the look. I saw this one for sale at the flea this past Saturday for $35 but, I had Ryan with me and he just wasn't buying the idea [or the lantern, clearly].
However at Monday night's auction…I won this guy for $15 and I'm thrilled. The glass is AMAZING – very, very old [and a bit foggy/dewy in this shot due to the early hour in the day]. Because the glass is completely removable, painting it will be a breeze. Imagine it painted glossy black or red? I cannot wait to get started on this. AHHHHHH!!!


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{{{AUTHOR INTERVIEW}}} Milla Vander Have, author of Ghosts of Old Virginny @millavdh
Milla van der Have (1975) wrote her first poem at 16, during a physics class. She has been writing ever since. One of her short stories won a New Millennium Fiction Award. In 2015 she published Ghosts of Old Virginny, a chapbook of poems about Virginia City. Milla lives and works in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Q: Welcome to The Writer's Life! Now that your book has been published, we'd love to find out more about the process. Can we begin by having you take us at the beginning? Where did you come up with the idea to write your book?
A: Thank you! The idea for writing my chapbook Ghosts of Old Virginny came while I was on a writer's residency in Virginia City, Nevada. I was there to work on my novel, but while there, something happened. I remember one moment in particular. I was writing on the porch, which is my favorite place to write. So I was in the zone, working on a chapter and when I looked up, a herd of wild horses was grazing on the lawn. I hadn't even heard them approach! That moment, I knew I had to do something with my surroundings because it was all so special, the
Q: How hard was it to write a book like this and do you have any tips that you could pass on which would make the journey easier for other writers?
A: This book was fairly easy to write, due to the productive nature of my stay in Virginia City. I wrote these poems when I wasn't working on my novel. They were a way of relaxing. I would go on walk, look around and work that into a poem. That's how I got one of the first poems I wrote for Ghosts of Old Virginny. It was on a walk to the cemeteries and I saw horse dung everywhere. I knew the wild horses hung out there as well. That resulted in the poem Silver Terrace Cemeteries. So many things I encountered are in this book, because Virginia City was such a wealth. Bernadette, the donkey I passed every day on my way to town, is in there. Figures of legend, like Julia C. Bulette, are in there. Even the tarantula hawks, fearsome critters as far as I'm concerned, are in there. And that would be my tip for other writers: find a place that inspires you and go there on a retreat if you can. Having a place that makes you so productive, that is, to stay in the terminology of Virginia City, pure gold.
Q: Who is your publisher and how did you find them or did you self-publish?
A: My publisher is Aldrich Press (an imprint of Kelsay Books). I found them online and
submitted my manuscript. What spoke to me was their professionality in combination with their personal approach. The books they publish are the results of care and attention and that was exactly what I wanted. Within a week I got an email that they wanted to publish it.
Q: Is there anything that surprised you about getting your first book published?
A; Everything went very smooth. And what amazes me, still, is that we were able to get this done with me being in the Netherlands and Karen Kelsay, my publisher, in the US. And I had someone read through my poems before I sent in my final draft and she lives in Berlin. So it is a very international production, thanks to e-mail and Hangouts.
Q: What other books (if any) are you working on and when will they be published?
A: I am working on a novel. It's quite a big project. It has echoes of Ulysses in that it's set in Dublin, in the same street Leopold Bloom lives in. That is the starting point. And it shares the comprehensive approach. There are 12 point of view characters, whose tales are weaved together, so you can imagine it's quite a project. Right now it's in the second draft phase. I hope to be querying for an agent at the end of this year. Also I have a final draft ready of another place-inspired chapbook. This one I wrote during a vacation in Japan, so that's a whole different context than for Ghost of Old Virginny.
Q: What's one fact about your book that would surprise people?
A: I think it is that the book is written by a non-native speaker. Almost 10 years ago I switched from writing in Dutch to writing in English. For no particular reason, other than that I read a lot in English. Somehow English feels like a more suitable language for me to write in. And maybe not a surprise, but I hope the book communicaties the wonder and awe of a stranger visiting the American West for the first time.
Q: Finally, what message (if any) are you trying to get across with your book?
A: There is no explicit message in my book. In fact, I am always intrigued by the possibility of text containing several meanings and messages at once. That is what I was looking for in this book too. For instance, there's a story a local told me, about the last gunfight in Virginia City. I worked that into a poem that can be read as dealing with a relationship and being close to someone. Or the little spider skin above my door (which scared the heck out of me) that turned into Black Spider Moan, a poem about spiders as something much bigger, maybe even about our relationship with spiders as symbols or with nature in general. So I hope the poems can be read from different perspectives and contain many messages. I actually love to hear from people who read something I never expected in my poems.
Q: Thank you again for this interview! Do you have any final words?
A: I am very thankful for the chance I got to see this part of the US and delve into its history. Especially for a Dutch person, the American nature is awe-inspiring. I mean, the biggest bird I get to see at home is a seagull. In Virginia City vultures circled overhead as I walked. I had never expected the West would touch me so much, but it did. And I am thrilled to have Ghosts of Old Virginny as proof of that!
Virginia city, Nevada has been drawing the adventurous for over 100 years. It has been the home of gold-miners, businessmen and writers. After the bonanza, Virginia City reinvented herself and became a ghost town that draws travelers and artists. And, as it happened, a Dutch poet.
Milla van der Have visited Virginia City in 2014, on a writer's residency to finish her novel. But once there, something happened: the Comstock got to her. In Ghosts of Old Virginny Van der Have explores the legends and history of the Comstock by reimagining them. These poems deal with being uprooted and leaving the known behind. They speak of miners, ghosts and horses and throughout of the comfortable tension of love, that greatest journey of all.
You can purchase your copy of Ghosts of Old Virginny at Amazon.


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For a number of years, enthusiastic followers of all things green talked up the idea of green energy and more efficient, cleaner sources of power. This commentary largely fell on deaf ears other than for a few academic researchers, the companies that manufactured the early stage green technologies themselves, and other interested parties.
Over the past few years, the status quo with green technologies seems to be changing. The catalysts for change include falling prices with manufacturing, increased demand as installation costs have steadily fallen and renewed interest in green technology from more mainstream consumers.
Mainstream consumers have been troubled by the increasingly obvious effects of global warming which is thought to have been caused by carbon emissions, amongst other things. As the seasonal weather patterns continue to shift, with alternative more extreme highs and more extreme lows being experienced all over the planet, people around the world are beginning to take the health of the planet more seriously. A little too late, some might argue, but to arrest the negative effects caused by more damage in the future, better late than never.
Top of the list for green technology is solar power. Plants soak up a few percent of the rays beamed down from the sun, but solar panels are more efficient and can collect up to 15 percent of the sun-rays. A line of solar panels, usually affixed to the roof or the side of the home, are oriented for the best solar vantage point. The sun-rays are then converted into energy, which is transferred into the home. The energy can then be used immediately, in place of the always-on utility supply, or (partially or fully) stored in batteries for later use depending on the needs at the time.
Wind turbines have also become a topic of some interest because they have recently been redesigned from tall poles with a rotating blade (not unlike a propeller) to tall thinner poles, with rotating twisted blades which swirl around in a futuristic-looking manner. The latter take up little space, require less wind speed to be effective and due to the curved design of the blades, create little noise resistance and is not harmful to bird life.
Renewable energy is seen as the wave of the future. Unlike improvements such as biomass boilers which create co2 as they burn the wood to generate electricity, wind turbines and solar panels are much cleaner sources of renewable energy. Once the manufacturing has been completed – which can be negative to the environment like most manufacturing is – a turbine or solar panel installation can last for a decade or more.
The green deal initiative is a terrific new government program to offer loans to home owners who wish to make green changes to their property in order to create energy savings. A whole host of green improvements is possible. These include installing renewable sources of energy, a underfloor heating system, storage heaters, energy saving light bulbs, and improved insulation materials installed in the surrounding walls.


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Altaf Hussain: one of the founding figures of Mohajir Qaumi Mahaz in Pakistan Photograph:( WION )
In the past weeks, there has been a great deal of sound and fury over Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain's anti-Pakistan remarks. He delivered the speech to MQM supporters who had been protesting media bias at the Karachi Press Club via phone from London where he has lived in exile for the last 24 years. Pakistan, Hussain declared, "is a cancer of the entire world…it is the epicentre of terrorism for the world." Thereafter, MQM supporters stormed the offices of two media companies. In the ensuing uproar, paramilitary Rangers sealed the MQM headquarters, arresting its top leaders and removing Hussain's posters.
Since 2013, the Pakistan Army has been trying to restore peace in the Pakistan's principal port and commercial centre, a populous city of 23 million called Karachi. In 2015, they intensified their operations, killing hundreds of MQM workers and jailing thousands. Many have simply disappeared. It is these actions which probably triggered Hussain's outburst.
Hussain has since apologised to the Pakistan Army chief, the Rangers chief, the ISI and other higher authorities in that order; the list tells its own story about the power balance in Pakistan. As a tactical move, he has declared that he is stepping down from the leadership group of the party. The MQM leader Farooq Sattar announced that the party will now be run from Pakistan, not London.
Simultaneously, Hussain has faced considerable pressure in his place of exile, UK. The troubles began with the assassination of an MQM leader Imran Farooq in 2010 by two assassins who were arrested in Pakistan on their return. They claim they were put to it by a senior aide of Hussain in London. Subsequently, the London police began an investigation into the MQM's activities, especially money-laundering, and arrested Hussain in June 2014 though he was not charged subsequently.
There is an irony that the Punjabi-dominated Pakistani establishment is convinced that the MQM has been funded by India, considering that the party is constituted of those who played a central role in creating Pakistan. This is one reason why after the first army offensive against the MQM in 1992, they created a situation for which New Delhi was forced to shut down its consulate in Karachi in 1994, an action that has also affected Mohajir visa seekers.
The "Indian hand" has been a staple Pakistani explanation of the problem. But the fact that Mohajirs originally came from India gives it a resonance in contemporary Pakistan. In 2015, a BBC report, following up a British investigation into money laundering, claimed that Pakistani officials blame India for providing fund and training to the MQM. These claims came in the wake of a statement from a Karachi police officer that two arrested MQM militants have revealed that they had been trained by India.
The BBC report was based on the purported 2012 confession to the London police by senior MQM leader Tariq Mir that the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) of India had funded the MQM. According to the report, the R&AW had been funding the MQM since 1994 and that the four top leaders of the outfit were aware of it. It turned out later that this entire report had been fabricated and it was formally denied by the London Metropolitan Police, which said with typical British understatement that no such documents were part of its record.
One of the greater ironies of history has been the fate of people who are called Mohajirs in Pakistan. They were the people who conceptualised the country and fought tooth and nail against the Congress party to create it. But once established, they found themselves slowly marginalised to the point that they had to create a new political platform to defend their interests. The Mohajir Qaumi Mahaz (Mohajir Qaumi Movement) was founded in 1984 by Altaf Hussain and Azeem Ahmed to represent the interests of the erstwhile refugees from India who had concentrated in the Karachi area.
Initially, its goal was to advance the interests of the Mohajirs who resented the discrimination against them from the dominant Sindhi community. In turn, the Sindhis and other communities in Pakistan resented the sense of entitlement among the refugees from India who had foisted their Urdu language on them and had held a disproportionately high share of top-level jobs in the new nation.
Altaf Hussain's personality is shaped from his rough and tumble days as a student leader in Karachi university. In turn, this imprinted itself on the MQM. Once established, the party came to dominate Karachi's politics through a network of patronage, enforced by violence and assassination. In the October 1990 elections, the MQM emerged as a potent third force in the country between the Pakistan Muslim League and its rival, the Pakistan People's Party.
So powerful did it become that the Pakistani establishment decided to crush the outfit and launched an "Operation Cleanup" ostensibly to restore order in the otherwise chaotic city, but also to cut the MQM to size. Thousands of MQM workers were arrested and hundreds killed. It was around this time in 1992 that Hussain fled Pakistan and arrived in London from where he ran the affairs of the party thereafter.
Violence levels have remained high in the city in recent years with four-way clashes between the Sindhi-dominated PPP, the MQM, the Baloch and the Pashtun refugees who now make up a significant proportion of the city population. Most authorities accused the MQM of being the instigator of the violence. But many believe that elements from all these ethnic groups have devolved into armed mafias and are political entities only in name. To add to this mixture has been the role of the Islamists who have carried out many targeted killings in the city, primarily targeting Shias. The Al Qaeda and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, too, have found the city's violent environment congenial for their activities.
In the late 1990s, to rid themselves of a sectional identity, the MQM changed its name to the Muttahida (United) Qaumi Movement. It took up the cause of provincial autonomy and cultural pluralism in Pakistan and called for the abolition of feudal holdings in Sindh. But essentially it remained a political entity tightly controlled by its mercurial leader in London.
In 2002, with a Mohajir, Pervez Musharraf, at the helm of the Army, the MQM returned to normal politics and did well in the provincial elections, though nationally it won only 17 seats. Subsequently, it became an ally of the pro-Musharraf PML(Q) and it displayed its preferences in protesting the visit of Musharraf's tormentor Chief Justice Ifthikar Muhammad Chaudhry in May 2007. Violence remained at a high tempo thereafter, including the bombing of a Shia procession on December 2009, followed by riots and arson.
Violence intensified after 2010 when MQM lost the power of its mayoralty and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) decided to rule the city through bureaucrats rather than hold elections. According to estimates, in 2011 approximately 2,042 people died in violent incidents, followed by 2,403 deaths in 2012, 2,789 in 2013 and 2023 in 2014. In 2015, despite a sharp decline—with just 1040 people killed—Karachi still remained the most violent region in Pakistan.
Given Pakistan's own dysfunctional polity, restoring normalcy to the city will not be easy. Neither will Hussain's power, which has suffered a temporary eclipse, disappear that easily. In treating the symptoms, rather than the disease, the Pakistan Army may buy some time, but that is about all.


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Art Club to Nelson-Atkins Art Museum
The WCHS Art Club visited the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum in Kansas City on November 11, 2017. The group raised funds this fall for the trip by painting homecoming windows for a donation from 10 Washington Businesses. The students went on two tours at the museum. One on the medieval arts and one of the Picasso exhibit. The Nelson- Atkins is the only Museum in the United States showing this Picasso Exhibit. It is on display for the next 6 months. The students also had time to explore the museum on their own. "I was very impressed by the collection at this museum, we saw so many works by well-known artists – Van Gogh, Monet, Caravaggio," said Erin Toole, WCHS Art teacher, "What a great experience for our students."
The following students participated in the trip: Hailee Bennett, Jaise Chandler, Kylie Cordry, Jasmine Greenwood, McKenzie Huband, Alyssa Jenson, Garrett Kohlmeyer, Josiah Lucas, Emily Meyer, Kirsten Ouellette, Emma Portenier, Hannah Portenier, Chase Riley, Jenae Romesier, Allie Rumsey, Jake Toole, Nina Villasenor and sponsors Mrs. Erin Toole, Rose Ann Zach, and Traci Woodward.


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This morning I read an article about how marketers and brands are undervaluing women's sport, with particular emphasis on the current FIFA Women's World Cup (Marketing Week). The article reported that, according to FIFA, the competition will reach 30 million female football players and 336 million fans worldwide. In the UK, every match is being shown on the BBC.
So, why haven't I really heard anything about it? Do I have my head under a rock, or are marketers really missing a trick in attracting what should be its core audience – women. Other than a small number of major brands, there appears to be very little promotion surrounding the Women's World Cup. Despite the recent success of Sport England's 'This Girl Can' campaign in raising awareness of women's sport and general fitness, it can still be seen that there is little uptake in marketing to support women's sports – just take a look at the listings of your sports channels and see how many women's sports are being televised. This doesn't give much incentive to the big brands to get involved.
So could small businesses take the lead in this?
For any small business looking to target women, the sponsorship of a local women's sports team or advertising at the location where the activity is done would be a surefire way of catching their eye – whilst also supporting that activity at a grassroots level. Specific marketing activities linking to your business to support local teams or larger competitions may also be likely to generate PR for your business, all of which is mutually beneficial for both sport and business.
The golden rule for such targeted marketing is not to be contrite. Make sure your offer is worthwhile to the audience to really get them on board, and encourage their loyalty.
If more small businesses lead the way in supporting women's sport, then the larger brands may follow as interest increases. This provides small business with a rare opportunity to be leaders in a lesser supported area, and so should be an activity which is both supported and celebrated.


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Thursday, February 26, 2015
Claymore Castings Crossbowmen
I know I say this a lot, but these are some of the best-sculpted figures I own. They are the French crossbowmen recently released by Claymore Castings, which has become my "company to watch". There are 3 packs of 4 figures in this release, so I bought them all. The detail and animation on these figures are just amazing, as is the engineering. The "cross-piece" (bow and bowstring) comes in a separate piece, and as you can see some bows are drawn, some are not, and some have quarrels in them... which means each piece is specific to a figure! At least one of the pieces had the tip of the quarrel on the bow piece, and the shaft on the stock, and one had the hand on the bow piece! And the thing is, everything fits together so well, I bet you can't tell which figure had which combination.
The pavises are from the Perry WOTR European mercenaries box set.
Here are the figures shown separately. About half of them must have played Skyrim, because they are wearing some form of knee armour.
I show the last figure separately, because it is probably my favourite of the lot; check it out: he is holding a crossbow bolt in his teeth!
The next release from Claymore Castings is Hundred Years War knights, which I may not get; but I will be keeping an eye for figures I can use.
The next purchase for this army is likely to be the WOTR light horse box set from Perry, which will be released at Salute this year. After those my army may be considered "complete". I think.
Posted by captain arjun at 9:13 pm
Labels: Warhammer Fantasy, WOTR
2 comments:
- Roger said...
hi there, just trying to get in touch with you, but not sure how I do that on blogger blogs. You can hook me back on my email.
Im also a hobbyist now trying to make a creator network. You can find us in the link or mail me at roger.andersen()gmail.com
- Thu Feb 26, 10:21:00 pm 2015
- fatgoblin said...
damn nice figs. Really like the faces too. jobs a good one
- Fri Feb 27, 12:02:00 pm 2015
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The first stage of Sydney's Westconnex road will include a tunnel from Strathfield to Ashfield and a widened M4 motorway, and is expected to cost between $3 billion and $4 billion.
Details about the project's building sequence were presented to the NSW government late last month in a business case, which outlined plans for the entire 33-kilometre motorway, according to Fairfax Media.
Roads and Maritime Services officials who worked on the plans recommended the first segment include a widened M4 from Parramatta to Strathfield and a 4km tunnel.
The tunnel, which includes three lanes in each direction, will run from the start of the existing M4 in Strathfield and connect with the City West Link and the eastern section of Parramatta Road.
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Hey there coffee lovers!! I probably should have posted this sooner (sorry everyone!), but I'm back and happy to say that I'll be continuining as coffee moderator for a bit longer :) Why do I keep applying to be coffee moderator? Because I love coffee! It's just for the taste, really. While of course the caffeine gives me a little jolt, I really just love the variety of coffee concoctions that are out there, you know?
There's just nothing like a good book and a nice iced caramel macciato. I hope this community can become a place where we talk about our favorite coffee shops, our favorite places to order from, and our favorite drinks! Plus if anyone likes to homebrew, cold brew or hand drip or whatever, lets share our tips!! Until then, enjoy your coffee!


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THE Scottish and UK Governments have confirmed a joint move to strip cigarette packets of all branding.
UK ministers will launch a consultation on plainpackaging on Monday and the Scottish Government will follow "soon."
A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: "We are working with healthministers across the UK to develop a consultation on tobacco packaging.
"Tobacco use is one of Scotland's most significant public health challenges and is the biggestpreventable cause of ill health and premature death in Scotland.
"If smoking is to become a thing of the past, we must take action to prevent young people from starting to smoke in the first place."


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Just a drawing I've been doing on and off for around a month. I realized I needed to practice drawing backgrounds and landscapes so this was really good practice for that! I still have a lot of practice and techniques to master though, and it will be a long time before I can probably try something like this with digital art xD And any Comments and Criticism are welcome!
(Hopefully the quality didn't turn out to horrible either! I don't really have a great way to upload traditional art...)


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So recently I visited Nara Kitchen & Co in Damansara Uptown to check out some of their new menu items. It wasn't my first time there and I'm sure the cafe is not unfamiliar to KL and PJ cafe goers anymore.
Photo by @narawithlove
Knowing how their food items have always been made to look good (for Instagram) and taste yummy (for the tummy), I brought my camera and prepared myself to 'collect' some photos for my Instagram feed.
Let's check out the food!
Mixed Tempura Vegetables [RM24]. The bowl is filled with sweet potato, aubergine, yam, lotus root and oyster mushroom. I love how the wasabi mayo dip brings extra taste to the tempura items. Great for sharing.
Grilled Salmon Mentaiko Pasta [RM49]. The first thing that came to my mind was "OMG SO EXPENSIVE!" but I understand why it is priced like this. The seared salmon fillet was so tender yet flavourful. The squid ink pasta was creamy and not overboiled. The mentaiko was yummy. Pairs nicely with the salmon. OK actually still expensive lah. lol
XXL Meatball Bolognaise [RM35]. You like balls? They give you big balls! Actually just 1 giant ball. The gigantic chicken meatball is juicy and the outlet layer is crunchy enough to give it 2 different textures. The pasta tastes like pasta like how you'd expect.
Follow me on Instagram for more food and cafe discoveries! Http://instagram.com/smashpop
Baked Coconut Dory [RM33]. The percik gravy is super yumz. Rice is buttery and fish was crispy outside and soft inside. YEt, it's not something that I would order if I were to dine in Nara Kitchen & Co. I'll order the XXL Meatball. HEHE!
Sloppy Hoe [RM29]. Melted cheddar, chicken bolognaise with dijon honey mustand. Interesting how they filled the breads with chicken bolognaise. It's like eating pasta but not. Haha! Another item which is great for sharing.
Nara Kitchen & Co
61, Jalan SS 21/1A, Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya,
11.30am – 10.30pm
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"The Sopranos" has held the imagination of the world at gunpoint. This story of an upper-middle class suburban family has found an unprecedented place in the heart of cable television subscribers. This fictional family slips in under the radar and subverts viewers who would typically not take part in violence, crime, and deceit in any other context. Yet, every Sunday night, while sitting safely in their living room, millions of people become a third party to criminal activity.
"The Sopranos" shines light into dark areas. It calls hidden secrets to the surface and creates a heightened awareness of the flawed state of mankind. It happens unexpectedly, like spotting the overlooked grime lingering under your fingernails. At once you see your hands as they are, filthy and disgusting, and you are appalled.
Similarly, you watch the show and you may find yourself wanting Tony to kill the traitor, deceive the FBI, and exact sadistic revenge on the worst kinds of people. Your response may be unprecedented and even shocking to you. But you know that something the characters did or said struck deep into the heart of who you are. For ten bucks a month, HBO gives you a new self-awareness. We watch Tony, Carmela, and the rest of the crew, and we see ourselves. It is more than just sixty minutes of action, music, and dialogue. It is a lens that has shaped the way we view the world. Reality steps in and paints an accurate picture as it destroys the illusion of suburban bliss and exposes the vanity, greed, and hypocrisy that typify this culture.
When Silvio gets sick and throws up before he has to kill his best friend, it doesn't have to be explained. The viewers' stomachs are churning as well. When Tony, the chronic adulterer, tells Carmela, "You're not just in my life, you are my life," fans of the show put faith in the unfaithful Mafioso and believe. Because we see ourselves in him, we want to believe that Tony is actually good, and that consequently we are good.
The world loves this adulterous, lying, murderous thief because he is real, raw, and exposed. Caryn James, a New York Times commentator, wrote, "Emphatically middle class, [Tony] is like one of your neighbors, but with a more dangerous job."
But there is something about Tony Soprano that is too real for us-too close to everyday life. As Peter Kreeft says, "To look at a man with both eyes open is terrifying and wonderful, like a roller-coaster ride. It yields a great sense of depth, a third dimension, just as two physical eyes do." We watch Tony and we see ourselves, and that scares us.
Our culture has become so good at covering up the dark-covering up the real-that we are taken aback by such penetrating pictures of reality. Selfish motives rise to the surface and call all of our actions into question. We are driven by our own lust instead of the greater good, and it is to our shame. We are mortified by our lack of moral integrity. We rely on the false so much that when the true story of our sin is revealed, we are forced into the arms of therapy and medication. Still, honest people crave this reality, this acknowledgement in the self-centeredness of humankind. But what we desire most-spiritual realization-we also fear most. This journey will be painful. But we search for truth nonetheless, because we hope for something better.
How can one become a better person watching a series that is violent and sexually deviant, portrays criminal behavior, and disrespects the sacred vows that bind the family? Many will say it's not possible. They will likely mock the aim of this book and especially the intentions of Sopranos creator David Chase, who is seen as cashing in on extreme violence and sexuality. In fact, if you often agree with Christian conservative Pat Robertson, then this is not the book for you. It would be a good idea to put this book down now and turn away slowly. But if you have even a small understanding of what motivates the show's obsession and openness to spiritual insight, then you've come to the right place.
Pundits claim violence begets more violence. The belief is that the brain is a sponge which simply absorbs what it sees and hears and mimics it. They say, "Garbage in-garbage out," "What I see, I will become," and so forth. This philosophy may sound reasonable to many, but it is deeply flawed. It is merely a tool used by religions to control followers. It teaches people they should avoid art, literature, film, and discourse which do not fit into the religious organization's worldview. It's an extremist view that allows no room for moderation. It's like taking the adage, "You are what you eat," literally. But if all you eat is Velveeta cheese you will not become Velveeta cheese, although you will likely get sick.


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Last weekend I hit 25, which means I am 11 books behind my target of 100. I am still having fun, and have enjoyed all the books on one level or another, brain-candy or bubble-gum.
Here be the first quarter, in reading order:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling
The Lacuna – Barbara Kingsolver
The Slap – Christos Tsiolkas
A Very Private Gentleman: A Novel – Martin Booth
I Was Amelia Earhart – Jane Mendelsohn
Warm Bodies – Isaac Marion
Summer Crossing – Truman Capote
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith
The Help – Kathryn Stockett
Aloft – Chang-rae Lee
Northline – Willy Vlautin
Body Surfing – Anita Shreve
The Snowman – Jo Nesbø
The Yiddish Policemen's Union – Michael Chabon
The Piano Teacher – Janice Y.K. Lee
The Hours – Michael Cunningham
The Imperfectionists – Tom Rachman
Room – Emma Donoghue
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake – Aimee Bender
The Devil's Star – Jo Nesbø
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, #1) – Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) – Suzanne Collins
Submarine – Joe Dunthorne
The Autobiography of Alice B.Toklas – Gertrude Stein
Working on 26-30!
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In words, like weeds, I'll wrap me o'er, Like coarsest clothes against the cold: But that large grief which these enfold Is given in outline and no more." Tennyson
Saturday, 26 May 2012
Oh and in case you're wondering...
... the battery pack held by the staff at the port was flat! They charged it up over night and got us jump started in the the morning. And squeezed us on the next sailing. It was a very long trip home, but we made it!
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Events Calendar
Registration & Advising Session
Date and TimeMonday, January 29, 2018
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
- Holton Hooker Learning and Living Center » 121A - Multipurpose Room
2018-2019 academic registration is coming up (beginning in March)! In addition to meeting with your academic advisor, we will be offering general registration and advising sessions. These sessions will cover registration basics, understanding myPath, and general advising information. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to get a head start on your schedule for next year and set yourself up for success!
- If possible, bring your laptop
- Light refreshments will be provided
At each session there will be an advisor from a different college to answer questions. All majors and undeclared students can attend any session. Below are the featured advisors:
Monday, January 22: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Tuesday, January 23: Kirkhof College of Nursing
Thursday, January 25: Padnos College of Engineering and Computing
Monday, January 29: Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Tuesday, January 30: College of Education
Wednesday, January 31: College of Community and Public Service
Monday, February 5: College of Health Professions
Tuesday, February 6: Honors College
Thursday, February 8: Seidman College of Business
For questions regarding these events, please email Liz Chase (email@example.com).
*Please note, these sessions are intended for current first year students and new transfer students.


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New Delhi: In an effort to make the national capital safer for women, Delhi`s Lt Governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday directed the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to conduct a safety audit to identify safe and unsafe areas for women and girls in their districts.
"Each Deputy Commissioner has been asked to conduct a safety audit of space within their districts to identify safe and unsafe areas for women and girls along with remedial measures to be adopted to ensure their safety and security," said an official from LG house.
Jung asked the DCs to identify a location in their district where a new all girls` school can be started in the coming year.
He also asked them to specifically pay attention to the cleanliness and hygiene aspects, especially related to mid day meals being served in schools.
These directions were given at a review meeting held yesterday in which Jung also stressed upon improving the health care facilities offered to children.
Government hospitals and dispensaries were asked to stock emergency medicines and any shortage should be brought to the notice of Secretary (Health) immediately, he said.
He also directed that gram sabha land and other land should be made free from encroachment and should be used for establishing schools and healthcare facilities. "This land is to be made available to Departments` of Health and Education," Jung said.
The DCs have been further instructed to monitor the health care centres and schools in their districts closely and send detailed reports of the same to Departments of Education and Health, with a copy to the Lt Governor`s secretariat, officials said.
Jung told the Chief Secretary to draw up a roster for the visit of Secretaries to government hospitals for closer monitoring of their functioning.
He also instructed the DCs to keep a close watch on the movement and prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses in their districts.
Every fortnight, the DCs submit an action taken report on issues pertaining to status of water and power, cleaning of dhalaos, de-silting of drains, defogging, removal of encroachments, field visits to hospitals, dispensaries, schools, fair price shops, night shelters and other critical areas within their districts.


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A bomb threat briefly emptied South Hagerstown High School on Monday morning and police were searching for the caller who caused the disruption.
At approximately 9:15 a.m. a student aide answered the office telephone and the caller said there was a bomb in the school, according to Principal Michael Shockey. "It sounded like an adolescent," he said.
The school was evacuated for an hour as police, teachers and administrators searched the building. They determined South was secure at 10:30 a.m. and students returned from the parking lot as classes resumed.
The incident led to a shorter interruption than the May 4 evacuation of Boonsboro High School. It was the latest in a series of threats following the April 20 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo.


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All items > Knives > Folding Knives > ESEE (Folding)
- Overall Length:8.50"
- Blade Length:3.50"
- Cutting Edge:3.25"
- Blade Thickness:0.11"
- Blade Material:D2
- Blade Style:Drop Point
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Finish:Black
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:5.00"
- Handle Thickness:0.36"
- Handle Material:Polymer
- Color:Black
- Frame/Liner:Stainless Steel
- Weight:4.51 oz.
- User:Right Hand, Left Hand
- Pocket Clip:Tip-Down, Tip-Up
- Knife Type:Manual
- Opener:Thumb Stud
- Lock Type:Frame Lock
- Brand:BRK Designed by ESEE
- Model:Avispa
- Model Number:BRK1302B
- Designer:Mike Perrin, Jeff Randall
- Country of Origin:Taiwan
- Best Use:Camp/Hike, Everyday Carry
- Product Type:Knife
This Avispa model is outfitted with a textured black polymer handle scale and a D2 blade steel upgrade in a black finish. It features a proven blade design, inspired by the Laser Strike fixed blade, paired with a stainless steel frame lock handle. The Avispa is slim, comfortable, and has joined the ranks of heavy-duty performers with its latest tool steel upgrade. Add a 4-way pocket clip to the mix, and you have a contender for a slot in any EDC rotation.
The Avispa (Spanish for wasp) frame lock folding knife, like the Zancudo, was designed and is fully endorsed by Mike Perrin and Jeff Randall of ESEE and Randall's Adventure & Training aka RAT.