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The Dark Knight debuts with Telltale but what lies within the Realm of Shadows?
Posted By Ravi Sinha | On 03rd, Aug. 2016 Under Article, Reviews
What separates a man from a monster? Where do you end and the gaping abyss begins? Telltale Games wanted to explore what made a man like Bruce Wayne and how he separates the dual lives of rich, isolated billionaire and dark, brooding superhero in Batman: The Telltale Series. It's a story we've heard plenty of times but how would it play out in an episodic games format, that too with the Telltale formula of decision making and reaction events? Episode 1: Realm of Shadows is here to give us our first taste.
Bruce Wayne is already Batman once it begins, foiling a bank heist and immediately contending with Alfred on his motivations as Gotham's Dark Knight. From here, we meet familiar faces like Harvey Dent, running for Mayor of Gotham, and Catwoman/Selena Kyle who seems to be mixed up with your usual criminal riff-raff (and with Dent too as it turns out).
"One can only see Falcone as the smarmy, scummy gangster and Gordon as the self-righteous, grizzled cop so many times."
We won't spoil too many details about the episode – especially since it's roughly two hours long – but it's interesting to see Telltale rearrange the pieces and characters of long-established Batman lore into something completely in keeping with the series. Oswald Cobblepot as Bruce's childhood friend who's family has now fallen into shambles and whose character bears more than a passing resemblance to the TV show Gotham? Hereto unknown details about the Wayne Family? There's plenty of drama and intrigue even for the grizzled Batman veteran who's seen it all.
If you've played a Telltale game before then you know what to expect with this one. From the get go, the action scenes are composed of lengthy sets of quick time events. It's not all randomized however. You'll quickly learn to rely on the arrow keys to dodge attacks, follow up blows or just lift bad guys up. Pressing Shift+Q or Shift+E will usually result in a game-changing attack while hitting both Left and Right (or A+D on the keyboard) will result in a finishing move of sorts. There are also times where you hover the mouse over a small dotted area to throw a Batarang or fire the grappling claw. It could just be the Batman license but the action here feels fast and fluid without becoming too much of a jumbled mess of Guitar Hero-like proportions. The beginning also does a great job of highlighting the transition between different sequences – one minute you're ambushing thugs, the next you're battling Catwoman on the rooftop.
Again, this is a Telltale game and that means making decisions. As Bruce Wayne, you'll have to decide whether to shake Carmine Falcone's hand and just how far you want to support Harvey Dent. Some dialogue choices lead to consequences fairly quickly for Bruce while others are chalked down for remembrance, perhaps to re-emerge in other episodes. Each character in the game has a well fleshed out personality and it's easy to like them. Oswald Cobblepot is a particular favourite – he mixes cynicism, deep-seated anger and violence with an almost euphoric expectation for Gotham's dark days. The others are written well but they'll be incredibly familiar to fans at this point. One can only see Falcone as the smarmy, scummy gangster and Gordon as the self-righteous, grizzled cop so many times.
"Gotham City is highlighted in all of its metropolitan glory while areas like Cobblepot Park highlight the downtrodden areas of a once golden city."
Another key aspect of being Batman is the detective work and thanks to the new Linking system, it's possible to explore crime scenes and link evidence together to recreate the incidents taking place. It's an intriguing system, one that encourages logical thinking based on visual evidence rather than just randomly linking things together. The Linking system is also used for executing multi-takedowns though it's more to help you decide which particular environmental object you want to bash a thug's head into.
Art-wise, Telltale has done a great job with Realm of Shadows. Gotham City is highlighted in all of its metropolitan glory while areas like Cobblepot Park highlight the downtrodden areas of a once golden city. Likewise, despite resemblances to a certain Sterling agent, Bruce Wayne is every bit the suave businessman as Batman is the costumed wrecking machine. Suffice to say that you won't have trouble telling characters like Selina Kyle or Vicki Vale apart. One key area that could have used a bit of improvement is the animation – sometimes the transition between actions looks a little odd. The animation for basic movement is also significantly different from that in cut scenes and dialogue sequences. It's not bad but it does feel weird at times.
Then there are the usual performance hiccups that seem to have plagued Telltale titles for ages now. Micro-stutters are incredibly apparent all throughout, some instances throwing off lip-synching. While the game itself didn't crash during my play through, the performance felt like it should have been way more consistent. This isn't a brand new engine and despite great attention to character detail in keeping with the DC lore, Batman: The Telltale Series isn't pushing the envelope when it comes to visuals. You'd be hard-pressed to see a different visual standard here compared to, say, 2015's Tales From the Borderlands. It should run a whole lot better than this. I didn't bother using a controller or playing the game on Windows 10, for which others have reported issues, so keep in mind that those still nag the game.
"Hardcore fans won't want to miss Realm of Shadows, even with its technical glitches and performance issues."
Also, while the pacing and overall content in Episode 1: Realm of Shadows offers a great start to the franchise, I'm loathe to really know where this is going. There are plenty of interesting storyline possibilities that have been opened up and I can't help but feel that Telltale will fail to really deliver on all of them. Keep in mind that this is nothing genre-defying either and could easily be another typical story arc for ol' Bats rather than Court of Owls or A Death in the Family.
Then again, when you have a character like Batman who's been through so much in his illustrious history, it's hard to really convince people that he's in too much danger this time around. Thankfully, Telltale keeps the focus on the dual nature of Batman vs. Bruce Wayne, especially how one's actions could have a profound impact on the psyche of the other, and it works pretty well throughout.
Even if it's not the Freeflow action that Batman: Arkham fans have come to love, Batman: The Telltale Series is still a game firmly rooted in the mythos of becoming Gotham's sworn protector. Its gameplay does a great job of throwing you in the shoes of both Wayne and his alter ego with the decision making and story twists offering hope for the future. I'd advise you to wait for more episodes before going all in to Batman: The Telltale Series but hardcore fans won't want to miss Realm of Shadows, even with its technical glitches and performance issues.
This game was reviewed on the PC.
Strong art-style and presentation that really captures the feel of Gotham. Good story-telling and voice acting. Telltale's decision making and dialogue choices feel significant while action sequences are still very well refined. Detection sequence and Linking system are intriguing and add further character to Batman.
The story, while well told, isn't anything Batman fans haven't seen before. Odd animation transitions at times. Performance issues manifest through micro-stutters resulting in broken lip-syncing. Gameplay, especially in action sequences, is still heavily reliant on QTEs.
As the first episode in the series, Realm of Shadows offers a compelling start to what could be an enjoyable Batman adventure. Performance could be better - notwithstanding other issues plaguing PC gamers - and Telltale's gameplay is getting pretty old but Batman: The Telltale Series more than holds up with its story-telling, art and mechanics.
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Woolfold Tenants and Residents Association encompasses the Neighbourhood Watch scheme for the Woolfold Estate of Horridge Street and Sawyer Street, Woolfold, Bury. We aim to keep both streets and all the residents safe and secure both day and night. We do this by reporting even the smallest incident so our excellent local Police team can build a picture of the area. Every stranger is challenged - these streets are 'self-contained' and lead nowhere so there is no valid reason for loitering.
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Several months ago Vivi developed a bit of a "paci" dependency issue. Now, I'm not entirely sure what you call the rubber nipples attached to a plastic base in your world — with Addie we called them "binkies," my in-laws call them "pluggies," and there are about a hundred other names out there for these miracles that can soothe the most savage of beast.
Assuming they will take one.
Which baby Vivi never did.
However, she found one buried in a drawer earlier this year and it became her constant lover and companion. She would wail for her paci and beg to snuggle in her bed with it. We laid down rules that it was only for bedtime and that paci was never to leave the confines of her crib. Then things got real hard and we were all "SCREW IT! IF YOU WANT THE PACI AND IT MAKES YOU HAPPY THEN HAVE THE DAMN PACI." Needless to say you pick your battles with toddlers, and this is even more true when life hands you a giant bag of rotting lemons you can't even make lemonade with.
One of the first things I noticed was that upon regular use of the paci was that her nervous tendency of biting her nails to bloody stubs ceased almost immediately, I put that one in the somewhat "win" column. However the fact that my almost 3-year-old now had a nearly unbreakable bond with something that had to go and had to go now was a pretty serious check in the "lose" column. We kept telling each other we'd break her of it later, "When things calm down!" Which was kind of our way of saying "I'm not going to be the one to take it away, do you remember when we took Addie's binky away? The kid cried all night and didn't eat for three straight days."
Earlier this month we headed up to Michigan for a few nights with friends. We had left in kind of a hurry which meant we had about a zillion things distributed amongst a zillion different bags and in all the shuffle, paci went missing. She begged for it the first night but we convinced her it was just visiting friends. The second night she didn't even mention it and by the third night she was so deliriously worn out from playing with her little friends all day that paci wasn't even a consideration. Our first night back home she searched frantically for paci, by then I had located it, but we decided to keep it from her. She had just made it three days without it and now seemed like a pretty good time to go without it forever.
You guys? It totally worked. Just today she said, "Blue paci didn't like me anymore, he went away!" which sounds like a therapy bill waiting to happen but NO MORE PACI FIGHTS! No more keeping track of the stupid thing and no more worries about how we are going to break her of the habit. Her nail biting did come back, but not nearly as bad as it was before.
The goal now is to keep the house paci-free, much in the same way drug addicts must keep their homes drug-free zones — if Vivi gets a hit of that sweet molded silicone, we may never get her back from her pacifier habit.
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Abstract: In the basic model of communication complexity (Yao, 1979), Alice holds x, Bob holds y, and their goal is to compute a given function F(x,y) by communicating as few bits as possible. What elevates this model beyond its immediate appearances (communication networks, distributed systems) are several surprising connections to other seemingly unrelated areas of theoretical computer science and mathematics. I will discuss my PhD work in this area, with applications to circuit complexity, proof complexity, combinatorial optimisation (size of linear programming formulations), and graph theory (Alon-Saks-Seymour conjecture). A central theme in my research has been the introduction and application of several new Big Hammers, so-called "query-to-communication lifting" theorems. These new techniques have allowed me and my coauthors to resolve several fundamental open problems in communication complexity, some dating back to Yao's original 1979 paper that started the field.
Bio: Mika Goos is a postdoctoral fellow in the Theory of Computing group at Harvard. He obtained his PhD from the University of Toronto (2016) under the supervision of Toniann Pitassi. He also holds an MSc from the University of Oxford (2011) and a BSc from Aalto University (2010). His research interests revolve around computational complexity theory.
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Gartner Research analyst Stephan Ohr looks at the outrageous proliferation of monitoring and control devices enabled by the IoT technology.
By Stephan Ohr, Research Director, IoT and Power Semiconductors, Gartner Inc.
If it does nothing else, the Internet of Things (IoT) will enable new granularity to the devices and processes used for environmental monitoring and control. We can debate whether the new semiconductor revenues associated with IoT ($44.8 billion in 2020) are incremental revenues we might have anticipated with normal expansion of the industrial infrastructure. We can debate which microcontrollers makes better wireless sensor nodes, or whether WiFi, Zigbee, or low energy Bluetooth provides the best communications channels. But what we cannot deny is the outrageous proliferation of monitoring and control devices IoT will enable.
Everything from factory robots to autonomous vehicles to office bathroom soap dispensers can be monitored on the Internet of Things. The use of remote sensor nodes with signal-conditioning front ends, microcontrollers and lookup tables, and integrated communications devices is nothing new for data acquisition and control systems. The use of multiple controllers for automotive subsystem monitoring is similarly not surprising, though the unit volume of sensor nodes deployed in new-generation automobiles will be impressive to many. But the growing use of sensor nodes for consumer applications ─ home thermostats, garage door openers and baby monitors ─ has taken many electronics market observers by surprise, giving rise to speculation that as much of 50% of the "Things" populating the IoT in 2020 have not been invented yet.
Consumer applications drive the IoT
Consumer applications, particularly Home Automation, Home Energy Management, Home Security ─ as well as IoT-enabled entertainment devices ─ will account for the largest proportion of IoT semiconductors (38%) by 2020. These include sensors, microcontrollers and data communications transceivers. (See figure 1, below.)
Unlike industrial controls, where IoT sensor nodes supplement existing monitors for industrial data acquisition and control, sensors provided to monitor home lighting, heating and energy consumption by major appliances are effectively filling a vacuum. Appliances like The Nest, an electronic thermostat with the ability to track user adjustments over time, are among the best "use cases" for the home automation market.
IoT sensor nodes used in the transportation sector, particularly automotive, account for 29% of IoT semiconductor revenues (sensors, microcontrollers and communications devices) in 2020. The automotive sector will offer the fastest revenue growth (54% CAGR 2014-2020) for IoT semiconductors. The biggest drivers for automotive sensor nodes include safety systems, like advanced driver assist systems (ADAS), and chassis stability. The former will utilize CMOS imagers to provide drivers visual information about what surrounds their cars, while the latter will utilize inertial sensors to gage chassis stability as the car rounds a bend at high speeds. These two sensor types, in fact, will account for more than 50% of the automotive sensors deployed for IoT usage in 2020.
Sensors for Healthcare
The healthcare sector is expected to account for $3.8 billion in IoT semiconductor revenues in 2020 (9% of the total), though the use cases are not entirely clear at this moment.
The use of wearable sensors and gateways has not only given amateur athletes and fitness buffs new data to inform their conditioning, but also holds out the promise for electronic health records (EHRs) and patient healthcare records with great analytical capabilities. Data accumulated from many different kinds of patients could enable better diagnoses for chronic conditions and more-informed treatment regimens. Invest money now on monitoring healthy people, so the thinking goes, to reduce the cost treating sick ones later on.
Despite the ostensible popularity of wearable sensors nodes for health and fit monitoring, it does not represent a large market. Amateur athletes and fitness buffs using biometric devices ─ heart rate and blood pressure monitors ─ to gage their fitness level actually represent a relatively small population. Moreover, the interest of these largely middle class people in monitoring the physical conditioning revealed by a smartwatch (or wristband with an iPhone host) has been shown to waiver over time. Thus, the market will appear to grow one year and to taper the next.
More critical for market growth will be the acceptance of biomedical monitoring nodes for hospital and remote patient monitoring. Most of the devices currently using the Apple iPhone as a platform for heart rate or blood pressure monitoring are not currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and doctors using these for diagnostic purposes could shoulder additional liability. Insurance companies moreover have been hesitant to pay for these monitors though interest in the money-saving possibilities continues to increase. Patients themselves may have trepidations regarding the privacy of their medical data. For these reasons, Gartner puts "mobile patient monitoring" on a 5-to-10 year acceptance cycle, though the technology for implementing this ─ IoT addressing ─ readily exists today.


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In its 16th season, our Water Quality Notification Program has continued to keep the public informed of the Charles River's conditions with the assistance of 10 local boathouse partners in the Lower Basin. Between June 27th and October 19th, our interns collected 140 water samples and took water temperature and depth readings from four sites along the river: the North Beacon Street Bridge, the Larz Anderson Bridge, the Boston University Bridge, and the Longfellow Bridge.
CRWA intern Blair Frantz boating to the Longfellow Bridge sampling site with the Boston University Bridge behind her.
These samples are used to verify our bacteria prediction model, which alerts partnered boathouses along the river to fly a blue flag when there are no predicted public health risks and a red flag when boating isn't safe. Our bacteria prediction model uses weather data gathered from our own weather station located on a small island near the Community Boating facility in Boston. It records environmental data (rainfall, wind speed, air and water temperature) every 10 minutes. This data is then automatically run through four separate complex models that predict E. coli bacteria concentrations hourly.
Unfortunately, this year's samples indicated that the water quality has worsened from previous years. Compared to last year's 99.14%, only 89% of this year's samples met the Single Sample Standard for Secondary Contact. Massachusetts' water quality standard for boating states that if E. coli bacteria levels exceed 1,260 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters, the water is not safe for boating.
Like previous years, the river's water quality was impacted by stormwater runoff associated with wet weather events. This rainfall picks up contaminants as it drains to the river untreated, causing elevated levels of E. coli bacteria. While 2016's wet weather events didn't meet standards 8.33% of the time, 29.27% of this year's wet-weather samples didn't meet standards.
Overall, the best water quality was found at the Longfellow Bridge sampling site, with no samples exceeding the single sample boating standard. The Boston University Bridge site only exceeded the single sample boating standard in 4 samples, while the Larz Anderson Bridge site exceeded the standard twice. The poorest water quality was found at the North Beacon Street site, where 9 samples exceeded the single sample boating standard. These findings are consistent with previous years, where we have found that water downstream is of better quality than water upstream.
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"The key," announce my cat as she sensed my confusion, "is awareness."
"Awareness," I replied with a degree of confusion.
"In your mission to define," said my cat, "the subconscious."
"Define," I muttered, "mission."
"The simplest investigation," said my other cat, "will highlight how even as far back as Freud no psychologist regards it as a term that holds meaning."
"Though it's a wonderful concept," purred my cat, "for pseudo-intellectuals wishing to ride a tide of fuzzy thought."
"In the mass perception," said my cat, "it's one of those concepts everyone think has meaning even though they're not sure what that meaning is. So most hide their ignorance and assume them that use the term must be authoritative because they're using big complicated words."
"But as long as you define your terms," said my cat, "there's nothing stopping you from recycling such fuzzy concepts for your own purposes."
"Here comes the war," muttered my other cat.
"You're not wrong," I replied. "The answer is buried somewhere inside my mind. Though it's a bit of a fight when it comes to arranging it."
"You're not as incoherent," said my cat, "as you think."
"Awareness," my other cat reminded me.
"I suppose," I smiled, "what I'm trying to say is that the subconscious is the place where the mind pushes things which are below conscious awareness. But an example to highlight my point seem elusive."
"Learning to read," said my cat, "would be a good example."
"Initial awareness," explained my other cat, "would be of the individual letters. Over time as familiarity was gained the letters would drop below conscious awareness and the words would appear."
"And as time passed," I concluded, "the ability to read would likewise become subconscious. Yet you still retain the ability to access that knowledge."
"Subconscious awareness," purred my cat. "Nominally below the level of conscious awareness until you consciously pull that information out of the back of your mind."
"Walking, talking," said my other cat, "remembering to breath, all abilities which reside within this mythical space."
"But what of the extraordinary powers," I asked, "new-age thinkers claim reside within the subconscious."
"Some do," said my cat. "The ability to overcome physical discomfort, for instance. The ability to consciously slow your heart. The skill to override the autonomic fight or flight response."
"But mostly the abilities such assertions refer to," said my other cat, "reside above the level of conscious awareness."
"Above," I queried.
"Above," agreed my cat.
"By way of an example," suggested my other cat, "consider the colour of the handholds you find on the bus."
"What," I asked with mild surprise.
"It's an answer that resides within conscious awareness," said my other cat, "yet you're not aware of it because it is largely irrelevant."
"Hence you push the answer," said my cat, "up into your higher consciousness."
"Your hyperconscious," suggested my other cat, "if you like."
"Orange," I muttered.
"See," said my cat, "you knew, you just didn't knew you knew until you were asked."
"Sounds rather radical to me," I sighed as I glimpsed the picture my cats were painting.
"Not really," said my cat, "pagans have been drawing down the power of the Moon for centuries."
"Just what has that," I asked in a mildly incredulous tone, "got to do with the price of milk."
"As a symbol within your wider cultural heritage," said my cat, "The Moon represents the unconscious."
"And it's not just the pagans," said my cat, "Christians have co-opted sufficient pagan philosophy to have generated similar constructs."
"Although Christians," said my other cat, "tend to eschew the external symbology in favor of more abstract historical concepts."
"But regardless of the theologies involved," said my cat, "sooner or later most will encounter the hyperconscious."
"Which is where it get icky," admitted my cat.
"Icky," I replied with a dubious look.
"Indeed," said my cat, "because the manner in which an individual interprets the connection is strongly bound to cultural operators."
"For instance," said my cat, "read a self-help book that incorrectly espouses the untapped power of the subconscious and that's what you'll believe you've discovered."
"Although as bad ideas go," said my other cat, "it's not the worst."
"Why's that," I asked.
"Loci of control," said my cat.
"Self-help books tend to explore answers," said my other cat, "in terms of an internal locus of control. That is to say they seek to teach individuals to interpret events as resulting primarily from their own behavior and actions. In a sense placing the power of the hyperconscious in the hands of the individual."
"And the alternate," I frowned.
"The external locus of control," said my cat, "which most cultural imperatives seek to replicate in the minds of the individual."
"Why's that," I asked.
"Makes for better sheep," said my other cat.
"Consider the psychologically abusive way," said my cat, "the Roman Church seeks to enforce the view that power resides outside the individual."
"To what end," I asked with a degree of skepticism.
"By forcing an external interpretation of the hyperconscious," explained my cat, "you effectively allow the hierarchy of the collective to misappropriate the power which essentially belongs to the one."
"Which according to one definition," said my other cat, "is Black Magic."
"It's a bit like telling somebody that they live in a democracy," said my cat, "and then offering them identical lizards to choose from."
"I'm not sure I believe this," I replied.
"Consider the shape," suggested my cat, "subconscious, conscious, hyperconscious."
"Triangular," I replied after a moment's thought.
"Three in one," purred your cat, "sounds familiar don't you think."
"Doesn't exactly take a big leap of faith," I replied after a pause, "mankind was after all created in the image of God."
"Psychologically speaking," said my other cat.
"I want you getting the impression," purred my cat, "that it has anything to with arms and legs."
"Or indeed thumbs," grinned my other cat.
"Hmmm, I find myself pondering," I sighed, "my own loci of control."
"And," asked my other cat.
"The best I can come up with," I admitted, "is that I'm inside-out."
"You got that backwards," said my cat.
"Sounds paradoxical," I replied.
"Not really," said my cat, "there's something you've yet to realize."
"What," I asked in suspicious tone.
"You began asking questions," replied my cat. "About your nature."
"Being an introvert you dove inwards," added my other cat.
"Then you generated a virtual identity node," continued my cat, "to help you ask a question, and through it you inadvertently activated the mass consciousness, giving you access to a higher dimension of thought."
"Which is what you've been muttering about," I conceded, "for a number of months."
"Indeed," purred my cat.
"So what do I do about it," I asked with due concern.
"Tell somebody," said my cat.
"Who," I replied. "Why."
"Trinity plus one," said my other cat, "plus one."
"A pentagram," I replied.
"Precisely," purred my other cat. "It's been leaking from the mass-unconscious into the hyperconscious for as long as humanity can remember."
"Jupiter Exception," announced the other. "We would ask you to stop."
"No," said my cat. "I WILL NOT!."
"But he can't perceive it directly," said the other.
"He doesn't need to," said my cat, "he perceives it as the geometric centre of a triangular based pyramid."
"A place where the uncertainty principle," grinned my other cat, "operates within circumscribed parameters."
"Then he asks nicely," grinned my cat.
"Tetragrammaton," muttered the other, "and the end of this World."
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Wizard of Transformation, actually
I am a wizard in the magical Kingdom of Transformations and I slay dragons for a living. Actually, I am a systems level programmer. One of the problems with systems programming is explaining to non-computer enthusiasts what that is. All of the terms I use to describe my job are totally meaningless to them. Usually my response to questions about my work is to say as little as possible. For instance, if someone asks what happened at work this week, I say "Nothing much" and then I change the subject.
With the assistance of my sister, a mechanical engineer, I have devised an analogy that everyone can understand. The analogy describes the "Kingdom of Transformation" where travellers wander and are magically transformed. This kingdom is the computer and the travellers are information. The purpose of the computer is to change information to a more meaningful form. The law of conservation applies here: The computer never creates and never intentionally destroys data. With no further ado, let us travel to the Kingdom of Transformations:
It's a thing, you see…
A little thing of me still…
A curious shadow…
…of a former Life.
I'd give money to discover what these symbols mean. Only where in the name of all that is feck, with all the power of this hyper-global-mega-net of ours, may one find my answer?
Feck! A Story for Another Day…. Perhaps.
a.k.a. how irritating are kanji 🙂
All along the watchtower
"There must be some way out of here"
Said the joker to the thief
"There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief
Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth
None of them along the line
Know what any of it is worth"
"No reason to get excited"
The thief, he kindly spoke
"There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hour is getting late"
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants too
Outside, in the distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
The wind began to howl
The Journey of the Sorcerer…
The thing with Tarot Cards, The Tarot, is that so often people bounce off it due to fear and ignorance. Give it half a chance, however, and something else may be found within.
For what it's worth, those who are enlightened will certainly agree the perceived mystique of The Tarot has little to do with dark occult practice, and is more akin to stage magic. Misdirection and illusion wrapped around arcane knowledge one may truly find reflected in extant academic knowledge bases. Seemingly magical, perhaps, but in the final analysis there is no magic. Merely tricks of mind offering no more in terms of "magic" than flash-cards designed to teach a child to read. A formalised mechanism, albeit laissez-faire and non-deterministic, by which one may grow; unlocking personal, social, and universal truths in the process. A way to foster develop self-insight, self-awareness, self-discovery, and self-realization, leading finally to self-actualization. Quantum mnemonics wrapped in the poetry of an artists soul, a thing to be claimed for your own as you grow in insight and awareness.
Within the tradition of The Tarot, The Fool's Journey is an allegory that relates to what is essentially the semiotics of self. Abstract, and somewhat esoteric perhaps, knowledge and learning woven from the stuff memes are made of. A received wisdom relating the pathway of the one into the worlds of the many. It's a story that leads to discovery and enlightenment. A story folded into itself, self-supporting, self-contained.
The Fool's Journey is quite simple to grasp, yet it can take a lifetime to master the inherent wisdom contained within. Simply put The Fool, the hero/protagonist of The Tarot, walks a path which visits each of the trump cards. At each turn The Fool learns a thing and continues.
The journey starts with The Magician. Noble, proud, confident, skilled; a powerful magus with the infinite as a halo floating above their head. Upon The Magician's table are the tools of his trade, The Wand, The Sword, The Cup, and The Pentacle; the classical elements of antiquity. Of course modern science tells us there are one hundred and eighteen elements that make up the periodic table, but look beyond matter and contemplate the intangible realities of the human psyche. It is here the tools of The Magician truly manifest their infinite power.
In order to expand an understanding of the wisdom of The Magician it's probably best to relate The Tarot to a story you probably already know: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the story of Dorothy Martha Gale of Smallville, Kansas.
Consider The Fool. Pack on her back (her worldly possessions), dog at her heels (her worldly concerns), and the rose of innocence in her hand ("she's only got four thorns," said the Little Prince.) Now consider Dorothy as she steps forth upon The Yellow Brick Road with Toto beside her. Contemplate who it is she meets on the road, and how that may be said to relate to your Self…
First is The Scarecrow, he lacks a brain and desires above all else to have one. Reflected through The Tarot one sees The Sword of The Magician. SWORDS: Air, pure mind, the thought and the intellect; the conceptual self.
The second character Dorothy meets is The Cowardly Lion, he desires courage and to be brave. Through The Tarot, again, one sees a tool of The Magician, in this case The Cup. CUPS: Water, the heart, emotion; the feeling, nurturing, self.
The third character Dorothy encounters is The Tin Man, he is rooted in the tangible world (he rusts) and what he lacks is (to him) a tangible thing. Reflecting through The Tarot once more one is drawn to The Pentacle. PENTACLES: coins, diamonds, tangible stuff, matter; the physical self.
Finally Dorothy finds her way to The Emerald City and meets Oz, the Great and Terrible. Here she learns the final lesson of The Magician. WANDS: Fire, pure spirit, vitality and passion, energy, will; the spiritual self.
"Your wand?" announced The Great Oz, "Your wand was in your hand when you arrived in Oz, my daughter. Don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise. Or ever take it off you…"
The story of Dorothy is long and there are many nuances layered across her adventures in Oz, similarly there are many ways to unlock its magic. Many more words can be spoken with regards to the depths of meaning that can be drawn from Oz. Similarly much more can be gleaned from The Tarot, but that is, I suppose, best left as an exercise for the reader…
Upon the yellow brick road, Dorothy encounters the representational aspects of her inner psyche. The classical Elements reflected through the story of her life… A journey of discovery and enlightenment. One can learn much reflected in the world around us, in the stories we tell, we simply need to learn how to read and interpret them; discovering our own inner Dorothy, The Fool within. And in our that journey of discovery and enlightenment we can discover how we all have the power manifest our will and to heal ourselves.
After The Magician, The next archetype The Fool meets is The High Priestess – the guardian of the subconscious – who represents wisdom, serenity, knowledge and understanding. The High Priestess also poses a challenge: to go deeper – to look beyond the obvious, beyond the surface situation, to unlock what is hidden and obscure.
At this point it's probably best to point you in the direction of the book I found most useful when formulating a fixed understanding of the received wisdom of The Tarot. If The Fool wishes to continue the journey it's a good place to start. From my perspective the rest is Neo-Jungian Psychology. For that there's Google.
Tarot for Beginners: A Practical Guide to Reading the Cards by Barbara Moore Published by Llewellyn Publications, U.S. ISBN-13: 978-0738719559
And Oz, the Great and Terrible? Surely nothing but a trickster, a charlatan, a mountebank. Quite possibly The King of Wands (but therein lies another story.)
The Magician himself?


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Good day everyone! This called was labour of love but totally worth it because I made it for my dad on the occasion of Father's Day.
To start of, I took a white cardstock panel that was sized 4.25 inches by 5.5 inches. I used the Stacked Edges 2 die from Pretty Pink Posh and I cut out strips of colored cardstock. I used Green Apple, Soft Navy, Audrey Blue and Sea Glass cardstock. After that I carefully trimmed down all the strips into individual pieces and placed them on the panel carefully using my liquid glue adhesive. Using my white gel pen I drew the stitched lines.
For the front panel, I die cut a panel from a piece of Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock using Spellbinders Labels Eight Die set. I stamped the leaves and acorn from the Simon Says Stamp Nutty Over You stamp set which is a discontinued set but you can use any solid stamped leaved and flowers or acorns. You just need it to embellish the frame, if you get what I mean. I cut the stamped images out using my Tonic Spring Loaded scissors.
From the Mom and Dad Icons set, I stamped out the word DAD onto a copic friendly cardstock and used my copic markers to color it in. I stamped the sentiment, which is from the same stamp set onto a piece of Green Apple cardstock and cut it out as a tag and scored it to give it some dimension.
YOU ROCK! is from the Father's Day Finds stamp set, which I stamped on the die cut panel directly using Versafine Onyx Black Ink. I placed everything together on the Argyle Background.
I placed the entire panel on an A2 sized top folding card base.
That's all for this card. I hope you like it! Have a great day.


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Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week. Why you ask?
It is the day that two great things occur in L.A. on a weekly basis:
1) The Santa Monica Farmer's Market is open
2) The Food section of the LA Times comes out
This week it is as if the Times spoke with the farmers at the Farmer's Market about what they should feature. The main story this week is about Heirloom Tomatoes. A "fruit" that is absolutely phenomenal. As the sun rose over L.A. I delved into the food section and absorbed its contents. Fast forward a few hours and I am amidst the hustle and bustle of the Santa Monica Farmer's Market. Practically every stall is overflowing with Heirloom Tomatoes! I bought at least 5 different breeds this morning and am looking forward to enjoying them this week.
After leaving Tomato Land I started to think…is there a way to use tomatoes in a dessert setting? Le Pain Quotidien offers a delectable tart that combines Ricotta, roasted Figs, Honey, fresh black Pepper and diced Tomatoes on a slice or Rye. Sounds bizarre, but trust me – it's delightful!
So I am currently brainstorming ways to use tomatoes in desserts. Sounds odd? That's what I love – allowing us to redefine what dessert means to us.
Stay tuned to see what I come up with!
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Never a Dull Moment
What is my point?
My point is that last night I woke up to the oddest scraping noise. My first reaction was, "It's a mouse." I thought about waking Cory up, but didn't see the point since the mouse would only run off as soon as it heard us approaching. Instead, I opted to lie in bed and further dissect the situation. The noise was not a typical mouse noise (please don't ask how I know this), but there was no other good explanation.
Finally, the noise subsided and I fell back into fitful slumber.
This morning, I noticed that an ant trap (seriously, please, don't ask) that is normally near our front door was in a new location, in the kitchen. I spoke with my mom and shared my fears - that an abnormally playful and dexterous mouse had frolicked through the house David Beckham-style, in the midnight hour, sliding the ant trap a good 30 feet into the next room.
She assured me that no mouse in its right mind would waste a perfectly good evening in a perfectly good house - especially one with foil-wrapped cookies on the counter - engaging in such nonsense. Plus, it's Summer! Mice don't typically retreat indoors in June.
I went on my merry way and forgot all about the mouse.
Over my lunch of chips and guacamole I noticed the loveliest view from my seat at the island.
I think I'll sit there more often for lunch.
Later, still forgetting about the mouse, I chopped some veggies for dinner and decided to take a picture because 1. I am all about photographing veggies and 2. I wanted to initiate my new bowl from HomeGoods into this nonsensical hobby (see #1) of mine.
At some point, during my chopping and stirring, Calvin ran in from playing in the other room and asked, with a certain air of calm, "Mommy, do you see that mess?"
"Yes." I replied, absentmindedly. I wasn't exactly sure which mess he was referring to, but there were several in my line of vision, so I assumed I was covered.
"No", he said, "Do you see that mess? By the door?"
I glanced over, roughly 6.5 feet away, to see a chunky mouse sitting contentedly on the floor, making direct and meaningful eye contact.
Now, I'm no stranger to mice, but I squealed and hopped up on the counter, all the same. You may not be aware of the attraction wild animals have to me, but it is well documented here. There was also the time, 5 years ago, when I awoke from a Winter's nap in my childhood bedroom to a mouse perched atop my clavicle.
My entire life, my mom and dad have told me that mice and the like are more afraid of me than I am of them. And I believed them!
Not anymore. I knew for a fact that the mouse was heading straight for my flip-flop-clad feet. It wasn't a risk I was willing to take.
A chase ensued between the mouse and the men of the house. Ruby consoled me, saying, "It's OK, Mommy! He's a cute mousey!"
At last, he was captured.
And thrown to the wolves, er, cats. I won't even go into that.
The moral of the story: Mice are more afraid of you than you are of them. They are, however, infinitely less afraid of me than I am of them.
Count yourself blessed.
And for those of you who made it all the way through this post, I have a gift:
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Once a mouse ran across my flip flop clad foot while I was cleaning the garage. I screamed like Ned Flanders and about hit the roof!ReplyDelete
I feel your pain.
Oh that is so funny! One Christmas I had a mouse rolling pretzels around on the kitchen island while we were watching tv. I kept checking to see what the heck that noise was, and of course, he would be gone by the time I inspected things. The funniest thing to me was that he (or she?) got a little gingerbread cookie and was trying to carry it away. It was hard to 'deal' with that little Christmas mouse, but we did what we had to do. Gotta love living in an old house in the country!ReplyDelete
Hope you are mouse free again.
EEEKKK! A mouse, I am so glad you were able to solve your mystery. I am the same way with sleeping and I usually have a good imagination in the middle of the night. Only I dream and sleep walk and find myself all over the house.ReplyDelete
At least MAYBE you can sleep alittle better tonight, knowing you caught the mouse :)
I found you blog while blog hopping, very cute, will be back. What a gorgeous view out your window.
A) I'm bringing my cats with me for protection.ReplyDelete
B) I can't wait to sit at that island and see that view.
C)T-5 days and the forecast looks beautiful.
I'll email you later so we can chat and swap digits! Hugs, Jen
Let me see if I can remember my comments:ReplyDelete
1. where and how exactly did you hop up on the counter? I am imagining somehow you superpowered it in one jump up on the island.
2. I love that Ruby consoled you.
3. That window picturesque is THE Best photo (maybe) You have ever posted.
4. I swear a mouse was crawling up my arm in high school in bed in the middle of the night, and I flung it so hard off my arm in the arm. Luckily, it never came back.
LOL, great story! I'm glad it was you and not me. :) And I love that Ruby told you that it was ok, and that it was a cute mousey. Kids are great for things like that.ReplyDelete
I was beginning to feel real sorry for you, but then you put that little pic in there of your view, and my feel-sorry-ness evaporated. That is so incredibly peaceful looking and beautiful! Even with a mouse at my feet! (But I'd have the same screaming reaction too:)ReplyDelete
HA, great post. But you can't be a Farm Girl without regular bouts with wildlife ;-)ReplyDelete
wow shannan, that view is mighty fine...ReplyDelete
hey, are those peas from the garden? ask my son how many hours (boy-speed, mind you) it takes to shell a grocery bag full of peas... you do not want to know!
- AnonymousJune 23, 2009 at 6:18 PM
hehehehe. i have 2 cats, no mice survive our place. :) beautiful view from your lunch table. i love the cosmos. love love love. have a great day tomorrow shannan!!ReplyDelete
Girl you are just the sweetest thing. I don't know why, but right now I just want to give you a big hug. Your sweet little mouse story and your beautiful view and the lovely flower... just made my day:)ReplyDelete
I have just discovered your blog as I'am new to the blog world. Your blog is really cute you are an awesome writer!You have a great sense of humor! Loved your view picture. Your kids are adorable! You poor dear having to deal with the mouse ugh!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2009 at 3:06 PM
hahahahahaha! What fun!ReplyDelete
That picture from your window is straight out of a storybook. How beautiful!!
you mean you didn't keep it :)ReplyDelete
I just found you! I don't know how ( I forget how I get most places here in blogland ) I am so happy I did!ReplyDelete
Cute story, wonderful writing, great pictures, I will be back!


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Congratulations to second year student Meagan Harrington, previously at Heath End School, on being awarded a Morehead-Cain scholarship to study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill majoring in Anthropology and minoring in Geography. Meagan was the recipient of the Alton College Foundation Nicholas Branch Scholarship for Excellence in Humanities last year for Geography which allowed her to do research for her EPQ and to attend taster sessions at various universities which helped inform her Higher Education choices and to further explore oppoortunities open to her, including the possibility of this scholarship.
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
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Creating and maintaining environments where people connect to animals
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Hand made soaps are usually made in small batches using traditional methods and plant-based ingredients. Hand made soaps are high in glycerin. Glycerin is a natural by-product of the soapmaking process.
Why should you buy a natural handmade soap:
Handcrafted soap is made with natural, wholesome ingredients that cleanse without stripping skin of its natural oils. Commercially-made bars are made with chemical additives, or synthetic detergents.
Commercially-made bars are made with synthetic detergents, they cannot even legally use the term "soap." Instead, they may be called "beauty bars," "cleaning bars," "cream bars," or something similar. Handcrafted soap is made with real and wholesome ingredients.
Glycerin is a humectant; it attracts moisture and softens your skin. Glycerin is not merely added to handcrafted soap. Rather, it is naturally created in the process of mixing water, oils, and butters. In handcrafted soap, the glycerin is left in place.The absence of glycerin is another reason that commercial bars dry out the skin.
To know more about natural handmade soaps, you would need to how the soaps are made. There are basically three ways to make a soap:
One common way is called "melt and pour" soap. There are even melt and pour kits you can buy to make cute soap shapes with your kids. These are generally glycerine based transparent soaps.
The other two methods are "hot process" and "cold process." The hot process method utilizes heat after the saponification process has taken place, while the cold process method does not. Undoubtedly the best method for producing the highest quality soaps is the cold process method.
A combination of oils or fats and lye goes in the making of cold process soap bars. Lye is not as scary as it sounds as all the caustic qualities of the lye are removed during the saponification process. When the lye interacts with the oils or fats, it creates glycerine. How hard or soft the soap bar ends up being, and how well it lathers depends on the type of oils and fats that are being used.
Botanical sounding name does not necessarily mean that the product came from a plant either. Cranberry, watermelon, peach, pear, apple, strawberry, fig, pomegranate, coconut are synthetic scents made in a laboratory. Many soaps supposedly containing vanilla, jasmine, rose, lemon verbena, and sandalwood are also made with synthetic scents because the real essential oils, absolutes, or concretes are very expensive or even endangered.
If an oil doesn't have a latin botanical name, then it's not a true essential oil and it has no aromatherapeutic benefits. If it dries your skin out or makes it feel tight or itchy, it may not be real, this is a real soap test. Because a well made, glycerin rich, handcrafted natural soap will leave your skin feeling soft, smooth, and nourished.
Remember that your skin is porous and absorbent. It absorbs whatever it comes in contact with. Chronic use of chemical laden products will cause the body to store the chemicals in the body fat or even in the brain.
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- Don't let your soap drown in water.
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Police Scour Pakistan Bomb Scene
Investigators search the scene of a double bomb attack in Peshawar that claimed more than 30 lives.
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Reconstructing Proofs at the Assertion Level
- Most automated theorem provers suffer from the problem thatthey can produce proofs only in formalisms difficult to understand even forexperienced mathematicians. Effort has been made to reconstruct naturaldeduction (ND) proofs from such machine generated proofs. Although thesingle steps in ND proofs are easy to understand, the entire proof is usuallyat a low level of abstraction, containing too many tedious steps. To obtainproofs similar to those found in mathematical textbooks, we propose a newformalism, called ND style proofs at the assertion level , where derivationsare mostly justified by the application of a definition or a theorem. Aftercharacterizing the structure of compound ND proof segments allowing asser-tion level justification, we show that the same derivations can be achieved bydomain-specific inference rules as well. Furthermore, these rules can be rep-resented compactly in a tree structure. Finally, we describe a system calledPROVERB , which substantially shortens ND proofs by abstracting them tothe assertion level and then transforms them into natural language.
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A sci-fi/fantasy crossover visual novel, with a branching plot that really makes your choices matter. A philosophical game about the nature of reality, existence, and personal differences in perspective/perception.
Quotidian (Feb 1, 2016)
We made this game in 48 hours for the Global Game Jam (which was an awesome experience!). The theme we had to follow was "ritual" - we interpreted this as "daily ritual" - but with a twist. If that sounds mundane to you... well... prepare to be surprised. Click the image to play the game (free) on Newgrounds. I made probably about 70% of the in-game art. The design/idea, and many other details were a collaborative effort between the 3 of us.
ADventureLib (Aug 4, 2015)
A nonsense-filled parody adventure game, where every object/character is randomly shuffled. "It is up to you to defeat the fire-breathing [kitten], save your beloved [toilet], and find the [potato] of legend!" Available on Steam. My role: 100% of the art, animations, graphic design, and story.
Havencall (currently on hiatus)
In many ways our dream game - an artistic point-and-click adventure game, with a strong audio-visual design. It will feature many unique puzzles, challenges, and even a few battles as the protagonist, Aura, fights her way towards the place she belongs. My role: 100% of the art and animations, co-author, co-designer.
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Deity Quest (May 1, 2014)
Deity Quest is a light-hearted, pokemon-inspired RPG where you play as an ambitious young god, recently assigned to a world - Aberos - to convert followers and gain power. Your goal is to become the Overgod, the highest position among the many gods of Aberos. Develop your divine magic, support your followers in fast-paced 6 vs. 6 battles, adventure through locations, and compete with other deities in your quest to reach the top! My role: as co-author I wrote all the dialogue and fleshed out the story, and I did a couple minor art things.
Trip Through Time (3-2013)
A robot from a post-apocalyptic era is sent back in time to observe the nature of humanity and decide whether or not they are worth bringing back. Trip Through Time is a runner where you run through the history of humankind and avoid obstacles by phase shifting through them. My role: I did 100% of the art and animations.
You have fallen into a vast underground maze. Can you find your way out, or will you end up trapped in darkness forever? My role: I only made a small contribution to this game (just a few pieces of art - most of the art is not mine). But, it is a very strong game, especially if you like horror games.
A physics platformer flash game with a unique twist, where you draw shapes to overcome many challenges and puzzles. Play through 22 unique levels as Kami, a curious fox girl with the power to create and destroy. Here's a video of some gameplay: (link). You can play Drawscape on Newgrounds, (here). My role: I did 100% of the art and animations.
GPU Game Engine
This project was never completed, but quite a bit of concept art went into it, and it was a great learning experience for me. Above is a screenshot of a ship I designed for the demo (you can see my original design in "Art" above).
Aero Empire (2008-2010)
An epic but over-ambitious project which taught us a lot but remains incomplete (although rumors of a re-design and revitalization are floating around...hmm...). You can learn more about AE by checking out its IndieDB page: (link) My role: concept artist for characters and buildings, some texture art as well.
Shadow of Time 4 (2008)
A small parody RPG. I did not make the artwork for this game, but I did design all of the maps and wrote the story and dialogue. And no, there is no Shadow of Time 1, 2 or 3. IndieDB page: (link) You can play the game here (caution: plays music upon opening): (link)
Ilk (2008)
A computerized version of a card game David invented. It's similar to Magic: The Gathering but uses a standard deck of cards. This was the first time I had ever made artwork for a game, and also my very first time making digital art.


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Mother's Day is coming up fast and I sure hope you are ready to show mom some loooove! Not gonna lie, I think the best present for me would be to sleep in until I wake up naturally and then get a 2 hour long massage followed by some brunch with a glass or two of mimosas. As a mom of two energetic and rambunctious toddlers, I'm going to give some quick suggestions for what real mom would want (besides sleep all day). I had the pleasure of attending a FabMomFunDay event hosted by JustFab and FabKids and meeting and talking to some very fabulous and chic momma-bloggers this past weekend about mom's day so this list has real mom-cred. I will also share some super pretty photos from the event at the end as well as a mini Giveaway to get the celebration started so make sure you Enter!!
Paper her with some much needed time alone. Some of us mamas have a full time job along with the responsibilities of taking care of kids and household chores while others have taken on the sole responsibility of attending to their child every waking hours of the day, either way we are over worked, stressed out, tired and quite likely on edge MOST of the time. Letting mom take some "me" time and pamper herself either at a Spa or at the comfort of home is a really nice change of pace. Let her put on a super comfy Pajama Set, catching up on her favorite show while she do a little mask/facial while sipping on some bubbly thru a straw would be such a treat. See some of my favorite anti-aging facial products below. Those products are either personally tested or have received the highest praises and ratings from many beauty experts. Fab Moms approved!
Shower her with affection and glitz and glamour. Most of the time moms live in sweat pants and tee shirts because when we are cleaning, cooking, or taking care of toddlers who can barely feed themselves we get dirty and messy. So when we do get dolled up, it is a nice reminder that the little pieces of glam came from the ones we loved. Jewelries doesn't have to be big, but Personalized Pieces will be taken to heart and treasured forever.
As for bags and things, every mom and woman has her own preference when it comes to bags, however I have not heard one mom/woman say they didn't find THESE Totes super adorable and cute. If you are looking to treat your special mom for giving her all everyday, then check out some designer bags I've selected below. They are the IT bags right now and will sure make her feel special. Fab Moms approved!!
Now, for some photos from the FabKids event that was held this past Saturday at Au Fudge in West Hollywood. I had such a great time and was delighted to meet fellow mommy bloggers such as Carly and her baby girl from Lip Gloss and Crayons (in person)!! As well as meeting new mommy bloggers from the area; it was a great opportunity to both have fun and socialize. All the kids wore FabKids outfits and mommas got adorned with JustFab shoes. Some of the fabulous shoes below. If you are looking for on trend style without breaking the bank, JustFab is def the place to start.
Some Photos taken from Fab Mom Funday With FabKids and JustFab
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Can you spot PA's little cookie monster hands?
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New York: Women with Type 2 diabetes find physical activity more difficult than non-diabetic women, which in turn threatens to make them more sedentary and cause their health to worsen, according to a new study.
In other words, the findings suggest, common household activities like climbing stairs or carrying groceries would feel more difficult to people with Type 2 diabetes than to their counterparts who don't have diabetes.
"We know regular physical activity prevents premature disability and mortality from Type 2 diabetes mellitus and is a critical part of disease management," said lead author Amy Huebschmann from University of Colorado.
"However, many people with the disease are generally sedentary for reasons that are not fully established," Huebschmann added.
But researchers may now be getting closer to an answer.
The study looked at 54 overweight women between 50 and 75 years of age who reported doing less than one hour of physical activity per week.
Approximately half of them had Type 2 diabetes while the others did not. Women were studied because the effects of Type 2 diabetes on exercise and cardiovascular function are typically worse among females than males.
All of the women exercised on a stationary bicycle at a low to moderate intensity similar to the work needed to walk one mile in 25 minutes.
During the exercise, women reported how difficult it felt while also having blood drawn to test for lactate levels.
The researchers found significantly higher lactate levels during low to moderate intensity exercise in people with Type 2 diabetes than their counterparts without the disease.
They also tended to score higher on the Rating of Perceived Exertion that measures how difficult people rate the exercise.
"Exercise effort is an important barrier to physical activity because it is modifiable, and the perception of more intense effort during exercise has been associated with lower levels of usual physical activity," the study said.
The study was published in the journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care.


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Stretches For Lower Back Pain Relief
Lots of adults get lower back pain. Exercises and stretches for lower back pain can provide significant relief. Most cases of lower back pain are caused by strain or injury. In addition to stretches for lower back pain and other home lower back pain remedies, you might consider osteopathic manipulation. One of the best back exercises for lower back pain is walking.
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If you are experiencing lower back pain, then you want some fast and easy lower back pain remedies. Most back pain will get better on its own. If these lower back pain remedies do not help, then you should call your doctor to find out if there is a more serious underlying problem.
1. Find a comfortable position in which to rest.
Lower Back Pain Left Side – Could That Be Kidney?
Lower back pain left side or lower back pain right side, either way you are in pain and probably worried that it could be something serious like a kidney problem. While lower back pain left side or right side could possibly indicate a kidney problem, chances are it is really about the spine or muscles. Kidney stones typically do not cause any symptoms while they are still in the kidney.
Lower Back Pain Right Side Causes
Lower back pain right side or lower back pain left side is a very common complaint. Almost everyone has lower back pain at some time in their lives. There are a number of possible causes of lower back pain right side or left. Discs are the spongy cushions that are found between the bones of the spinal column. Over time these cushions may get thinner or slip out of place.
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A bruised tailbone, also known as the coccyx, can be very painful. Obviously, falling and landing on your tailbone can cause bruising. Repetitive activities like rowing or bicycling can bruise the coccyx. The tailbone can be bruised in contact sports. And you might not realize it, but the tailbone can also get bruised in childbirth.
Bruised tailbone symptoms include discoloration around the tailbone and severe coccyx pain. If the tailbone pain is worse when you sit or worse if you apply any pressure, you have bruised tailbone symptoms.
Top 10 Back Exercises For Lower Back Pain
80 percent of Americans will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives. While most back pain is caused by stress, strain or injury, persistent back pain can be a signal that something serious is wrong. Lower back pain right side or lower back pain left side can be a sign of bone or cartilage infection, internal bleeding, or cancer on that side of the body. Injuries to the coccyx or tail bone may be the result of a fall, contact sports, or activities that continually strain the muscles around the bone.
Back Pain Massage Therapy – When To Use?
Sooner or later most people will experience lower back pain. Back pain could be a symptom of something serious like kidney disease, tumors, or ovary problems. Lower back pain right side or lower back pain left side can be a symptom of these conditions on the corresponding side of the body. Pregnancy can cause back pain. Herniated disks and spinal cord compression are also possible culprits. Less common causes of back pain include infection of the cartilage or bone, aneurysm, osteoporosis, bleeding in the pelvis and shingles. If you have back pain that persists, you should seek medical attention. If medical intervention is not needed, there are some techniques that you can use to relieve back pain.
Spinal Cord Compression Symptoms and Treatment
Spinal cord compression occurs when something puts pressure on the spinal cord. Tumors, spinal cord injury, and aging can all cause spinal cord compression. Symptoms of spinal cord compression include problems with bowel or bladder function, loss of sensation in hands and feet, weakness of the arms and legs, coordination problems, pain and numbness in the extremities, neck, back, arms or shoulders. If you have these symptoms, seek medical attention as soon as possible.


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We've recently completed work on a stream repair project in Hendersonville, NC on the Oklawaha Greenway; a stream restoration project on the Kelley Farm in Jackson County; an irrigation storage pond at Mountain Top Golf Club in Cashiers, NC; have relocated a channel on a C4 classification river in Macon County; and completed 2,100 linear feet of stream restoration on Peachtree Creek in Cherokee County.


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The land returned to the ownership of Osberton Estate after de-requisition and all of the RAF buildings were quickly demolished. The airfield became fields for pigs and sheep as well as several areas of woodland planted around the airbase. Runway 28/10 remained intact.
During the 1970's the Dukeries rally did three laps of the airfield as one of its stages. In 1973 driver Phil Brooks and co-pilot David Yorke crashed their Mini at the airfield on the third lap after hitting a gravel bank and going through a hedge.
The remaining runway was used to test Ferodo lorry brakes and as a display line up marker for pilots from Netherthorpe Airfield practising stunts. On 7th August 1989 G-BFHM (photo) a Steen Skybolt biplane crashed just north of the runway killing pilot Richard Fisher and seriously injuring the second pilot. After impact the aircraft caught fire and was so badly destroyed the investigation was unable to determine the reason for the crash. The report mentions the survivors account of the aircraft doing a stall turn when the aircraft and suffering a jammed rudder. There is a tribute to Richard here
It later became a bit of a racetrack for boy racers but the final straw seems to be when travellers moved onto the airfield in April 2004. by 2006 most of the airfield was pulled up and returned to agricultural ground. All was not lost though – the 500 tonnes of rubble produced in lifting the runway was reused as levelling material for the Southfield site at Newark Air Museum.
The RAF still has associations with Worksop via the 303 (Worksop) Squadron ATC air cadets.
There a few remnants of the base left; some concrete aircraft tiedowns (for tying aircraft wings down in strong winds) and part of a taxiway to the north-east of the airfield as well as a small section of runway 28/10 near the road.
Nowadays the land is used for game hunting and horse riding and its pre-RAF use as sheep and cattle rearing. There are several good footpaths around the former base and in spring snowdrops can be seen alongside the small road to Bilby. Wildlife is numerous with birds of prey such as kestrels and buzzards being commonplace. Aircraft can still be seen overhead on a regular basis due to airliners flying overhead bound for Robin Hood airport (the former RAF Finningley) and occasionally the disticncive sound of a Chinook can be heard fling overhead.
There is also a legend of an Airspeed Oxford buried on the airbase too, these were common aircraft in the area but why it would be buried rather than scrapped is unknown!


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When I got a comment from Indu ji in one of my blogs that a surprise was awaiting me at JEETE RAHO I rushed to the page full of excitement and was surprised to see my name included in her list of bloggers for the LIEBSTER award ---it dId send a flutter down my spine because I never thought my name would be included in any such list and that too by someone of the caliber of Indu Chhibber.
Thankyou so much Indu ji(indu chhibber) -----I am sorry I am very late in posting my blog but it happened because it is one thing writing a blog and quite another responding to something as serious and important as this ---it requires so much concentration and seriousness which I could not devote because November- and December share 5 birthdays parties 4 anniversary parties and then add to the list Diwali and New Year celebrations and again 9th January ( b'day party of yours truly)---so all this prevented me from devoting my best in earnest to answering the questions; ,forming questions and then listing 11 names --which was more difficult for me due to my being new to the site .I hope you will understand and forgive my laxity.
and now to as you have said ---earning the title
The rules of the game are:
Post 11 facts about yourself.
Answer the 11 questions the tagger asked you.
Tag 11 more bloggers who have less than 200 followers.
Make 11 questions for those you have tagged.
Tell the people that you tagged them & no tagging back.
1- born on 9th january
2 -started school at the age of 5
3- finished my school at the age 15 (proves I was intelligent )
4- graduation at the age of 19
5 -post graduation when 21
6- married on 14th december
7- have 2 daughters
8- dropped my career to bring up kids
9 -took up career again after kids grew up
10- was a university level hockey player,stage and radio artist
11 -am a good cook
phew.........11 facts enough to blow my own trumpet which was done only because it is the requirement of the blog
2.Which period of Indian History do you like the most?
3.Your favorite woman Politician Indian or International/?
4. Favorite Indian singer?
5 Favorite Indian sports person
5 .Favorite food item
6. Favorite book
7 What do you prefer to listen to violin or sitar
8. Favorite gazal singer
9 Do you have stage fright?
10 Do you prefer reading the news paper to watching news on Television?
11.Do you think blogging is very helpful in stress management ?
My answers to Induji's questions:
1-Your favorite color?
any light shade ---yellow ruling at the moment
2-Your favorite movie?
kagaz ke phool and chupke chupke
3-Your favorite music genre?
everything pleasing to the ear specially hindustani
4-Your favorite actor?
there are so many but I think Naseeruddin Shah is more talented than many
5-Your favorite actress?
6-Your favorite hobby?
lazing around but I never get to indulge in it
7-Your favorite blog?(some help from me---jeeteraho?)
yes actually --It Is Jeete raho
8-Your pet hate?-------
that I cant't hate anything
9-Your dream vocation?-
women and child welfare
10-Your dream vacation?
any forest reserve with a typical rest house ---the old world British kinds
11-Your ambition in life?
make everyone around me HAPPY
and Now to the list of bloggers I have tagged .in alphabetical order
Deepak Kripalhttp://theoriginalpoetry.blogspot.in/
Ekta khetanhttp://ektakhetan.blogspot.in/
Fizah ---meapoetess.blogspot.inhttp:/
jahid akhtarhttp://jahidakhtar.blogspot.in/
Meenakshi Malhotrahttp://beyondwoman.blogspot.in/
Pattu raj------http://gardenerat60.wordpress.com/
saurabh chawlahttp://www.saurabhchawla.com/
varsha dutta -----crazyweekdays.blogspot.com
Ps ---I have just been to Meenakshi Malhotraand deepak kripal blogs and find my name in their lists but since I had already included their names in my list I don't think I am tagging them back nor are they as I had not posted this blog till now .have had the pleasant surprise of seeing my name in the nomination lists of Ashishand jahid too
I will now rush to the respective winners and let them know about my having tagged them .
thanks a lot INDU JI indu chhibber) Meenakshi Malhotra , deepak kripal, jahidandAshish for bestowing me with the honour .