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11 poems from Correspondences in AtlPoetics
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It's issue 38, Southern Winter 2015
Contributors include;
Cecelia Chapman, Felino A. Soriano, Texas Fontanella, Heath Brougher, George McKim, Kyle Hemmings, Philip Byron Oakes, Jim Leftwich, Paul Summers, Annette Plasencia, Steve Dalachinsky, Karl Kempton, Vernon Frazer, Pete Spence, Eileen R. Tabios, Anna Ryan-Punch, Toby Fitch, Olivier Schopfer, Carlyle Baker, Lakey Comess, A. A. Kostas, John M. Bennett, Cheryl Penn, Joel Chace, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Jack Galmitz, Ric Carfagna, Owen Vince, Keith Kumasen Abbott, Russell Bennetts & Rauan Klassnik, Marco Giovenale, David Greenslade, Chris Moran, Alyson Miller, Raymond Farr, John Pursch, Michael Jacobson, hiromi suzuki, Tyler Pruett, Rosaire Appel, Lee Ballentine, Jessie Janeshek, Márton Koppány, Sal Randolph, Jim McCrary, John Lowther, Sabine Miller, Volodymyr Bilyk, Howie Good, John Martone, Tim Wright, Eric Hoffman, Bill Wolak, Jeff Harrison, David Adès, Kathup Tsering, Natsuko Hirata, Tim Gaze, Daniel Pilkington, sean burn, Patrick Williams, Rob Stuart, Amelia Dale, Spencer Selby, Tony Beyer, Cecelia Chapman & Jeff Crouch, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, Carol Stetser, Joe Balaz, Bobbi Lurie, Holly Friedlander Liddicoat, Ed Baker, Emma Corcoran, Sean Bolton, bruno neiva, Barnaby Smith, dan raphael, PT Davidson, Sheila E. Murphy, Cherie Hunter Day, A. Scott Britton, Marco Diotallevi, Willie Smith, Susan Connolly, SS Prasad, Michael Brandonisio, Johannes S. H. Bjerg, Mark Russell, Bob Heman, Ian Gibbins, J. D. Nelson, Lotto Thießen, Sam Langer, harry k stammer, & Katrinka Moore.
Also, the print editions of Otoliths issue thirty-seven are now available from The Otoliths Storefront where the complete back catalog of issues of Otoliths as well as a wide range of quite incredible & unique books can also be found.
1 from Correspondences @ *82
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5 from Correspondences at Assonance Lit Mag
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1 from Correspondences @ Experiential Experimental Literature (ExExLit)
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1 from Correspondences at Zoomoozophone
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2 from the vaults: Correspondences as published in Aught & Intercapillary Space
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I'm just now working through some poems that I'm putting together into a book manuscript, which I plan to call Cruising the Species. It will contain this manuscript called Correspondences (which I have just made a project page for) and 5 or 6 other small manuscripts that are all, in my estimation, quite unlike this one (and one another).
Five of the poems were published in Aught 11/12 (2003).
Ten of the poems were published in Intercapillary Space, 11 (2007).


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Clyde Martin Ward, 91, of Hatley Road, Pittsboro, died April 11, 2008 at Duke Medical Center after a brief illness.
Mr. Ward was born in Raleigh County, WV on April 3, 1917, the son of John Gilbert Ward and Evelyn Cloud Ward. He was a graduate of Lowe's Grove High School, and served as a deputy with the Durham County Sheriff's Department before and after his service in the US Navy Shore Patrol during WW II. Following his service, he moved to Chatham County where he farmed and worked at Chatham Mills for a number of years. Shortly after UNC Hospital opened, Mr. Ward began work there in maintanence until his retirement some 20 years later. He was a lifetime member of the Order of the Elks, Lodge 568, in Durham.
Surviving is his sister, Ernestine W. Tew of Atlantic Beach; and numerous nieces and nephews. His wife of 66 years, Zelma French Ward, preceded him in death September 11, 2007.
The service to celebrate Mr. Ward's life will be held at 11:00 am, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, with Rev. Bob Way presiding. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may visit with the family from 6:00 – 8:00 pm Monday at Griffin Funeral Service in Pittsboro.
Memorial contributions may be directed to either: Elks Retirement Home, 931 Ashland Avenue, Bedford, VA 24523; or to, Ebenezer UMC Building Fund, 724 Beaver Creek Rd, Apex, NC.
Online condolences to www.griffinfuneral.com, Select Obituaries.
Arrangements are under the care of Griffin Funeral Service and Cremation, 396 West Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312.

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Boudoir & Bling: A Bedroom Makeover
When Daniel & Jane moved into their three-storey Georgian home, complete with antique fireplaces, ceiling roses and huge sash windows, they wanted their new decor to pay tribute to these period features, but adding a contemporary feel to the rooms too. We had a conversation about their tastes and loves, the things that they do not like, and most importantly, the feeling that they wanted their bedroom to give them.
Its previous scheme reflected the era in which the house had been built – with heavy curtains, lots of tassels and neutral, beige walls and carpet. Think Laura Ashley meets Downton Abbey.
Daniel and Jane were young with modern tastes, they were well travelled and had been inspired by a scheme in a hotel they had stayed in in France. Once they explained the design of this hotel room, and I had a good idea of what the feeling they envisioned for their bedroom, I created a sample board that showed my ideas for colours, and new, contemporary furnishings. It was important to build a scheme that was contemporary but still flowed with the period features already in the room – a beautiful Victorian fireplace, large ceiling rose, and two lovely sash windows. We could achieve this without compromising their modern tastes and need for comfort, style, and practicality.
With a deep purple/plumb chosen as the bedroom's main accent and a deep grey for the walls, it was important that the floor covering was light or neutral to create a feeling of space and bring light into the room. The sash windows faced south, allowing daylight to pour in, so we were able to go with darker walls and furnishings whilst still retaining
Designers Guild have a beautiful wallpaper, Sukumala, in a rich plumb called 'Thistle', its contemporary pattern is both stylish and elegant, and this would look great in the alcoves next to the chimney brest, which would be painted a complimentary 'Plush Parlour' from Crown Paints' Period range.
'Notting Hill Slate' paint from Designers Guild was chosen for the remaining walls, a rich grey that compliments the purples and plumbs perfectly. As storage space was a priority for Daniel and Jane, we decided to work slightly with what we already had – a large custom built fitted wardrobe at one end of the room was in great condition, it would just need to be repainted to match the walls, and new door knobs would be fitted.
Jane had travelled to India during a gap year, and had a love for Indian inspired patterns and designs, she wondered if we could bring some of this into her new bedroom. My answer to this question is always 'of course!' as each room in your house has to reflect who you are.
I love having one-off pieces that break up the flow of a room, while complimenting the rest of the decor at the same time, and we achieved this with two pieces.
Firstly, a Mother of Pearl dressing table from Graham and Greene was added, a truly beautiful piece that was handcrafted in Jaipur. With a custom covered chair from Roger Lewis, in a gorgeous fabric that blended beautifully with the shades of purple and a contemporary pattern inspired by that trip to India, Jane paid homage to her travels and brought some beautiful Indian design to her new boudoir.
With a headboard for the bed the final offering in the accent colour, the eye flows around the room, noting all of the features in varying shades of purple, set against the grey.
A chest of drawers was custom built by a fantastic local carpenter we know, inspired by a brand in an expensive chain store (we can't tell the difference!) with matching bedside tables, and electric blinds covered in Kalutara Cassis fabric from Designers Guild over the windows that created a cosy space during the evenings.
David restored the Victorian fireplace and retouched some of the deep browns in the pattern in a lighter, richer purples that blended better with the rest of the room, without changing this beautiful original feature.
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Geometry deals with all the shapes and their properties. It is a branch of mathematics follows the theorems. In GMAT quant exam, you'll get approximately 4-5 questions based on geometry. The geometry generally compiles the following topics:
- Angles and Lines
- Triangles
- The Pythagoras Theorem
- Common Triangles
- Common Quadrilaterals
- The Trapezium
- Circles, Sectors and Arcs
- Cuboids and Cylinders
- Coordinate Geometry
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Kountze man found guilty of capital murder in toddler's death (graphic)
More than six years after 4-year-old Breonna Nichole Loftin died from blunt force trauma to her head, her mother's boyfriend was found guilty of killing her by a Hardin County jury Friday.
Jason Wade Delacerda, 40, was convicted of capital murder after a jury deliberated for 2 hours and 40 minutes. He will be sentenced next week and faces the death penalty or life in prison.
Prosecutors, who argued throughout the trial that Breonna was "tortured to death," made an emotional appeal to the jury Friday morning.
"Life sometimes takes some cruel unusual turns. One day, you're a happy 4-year-old living with your grandmother and aunt, until you're brought to live with your mother's boyfriend," District Attorney David Sheffield said.
He ran through the list of injuries reported in Breonna's autopsy: bleeding on three parts of her brain, a spiral fracture in her leg, 12 broken ribs, marks from standing on bottlecaps, cigarette burns, bruises on her face, blisters from being paddled, pushpin piercings in her forehead and skull and two other major burns, including one described as "blackened."
While he and Assistant DA Bruce Hoffer provided no witnesses or evidence of what caused the head injury that killed Breonna during two days of trial, Sheffield argued that "there's pieces of the puzzle to put together" based on the extent of her injuries and testimony from family members.
Sheffield told jurors that "the only one that did not fail this child was God," who saw Breonna's suffering and "said this was enough, I'm taking you home."
"Do not fail Breonna," he told the jury.
Assistant District Attorney Bruce Hoffer projected a picture of Breonna on a screen and played part of a song from the movie "Pitch Perfect" called "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" during his statement.
Delacerda's defense team criticized the emotional approach of the prosecution, saying it was used to compensate for insufficient evidence that he caused the blunt force head trauma that killed her.
While he conceded that some of the injuries that Delacerda admitted to, like making her stand on bottlecaps, were "weird and strange," Ryan Gertz said "everything they brought you was about something else on some other day."
"You didn't hear any evidence about this crime," he said,
Gertz and James Makin tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully to stop the prosecutors from introducing any evidence that did not relate to the 24 to 48 hours before Breonna died, which is roughly the age of the hematoma that was ruled her cause of death.
He said the only evidence the state provided related to Aug. 17, 2011 was the 911 call that Delacerda and Breonna's mother, Amanda Guidry, made that night. When paramedics arrived, she had already flatlined and was turning blue, according to testimony given this week.
"What we know about that day is that Jason called 911, and Jason was on the floor for 25 minutes doing one-man CPR, even with an EMT in the room," Gertz said. "It was not his objective or desire to kill this child."
After the verdict was announced, Gertz said he was not surprised that Delacerda was found guilty, because of the evidence admitted over his objections.
"They heard, 'Jason's a bad guy,'" he said.
He and Makin both said they had never before tried a case where they did not make an opening statement, call or cross-examine witnesses, or present a case, as they did this week.
That strategy was chosen to "preserve the record" for an appeal, which they will file after next week's sentencing, Gertz said. "We believe there is sufficient error" in the evidence that was allowed to be admitted, he said.
On Monday, they'll present evidence that Delacerda has been a "model inmate" and does not present a future danger to try to convince the jury to spare his life.
Sheffield declined to comment on the verdict until the sentencing is complete.
Guidry is also charged with capital murder in her daughter's death. She was released from jail in December 2014 after posting bond. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty in her case.
Attorneys for a Kountze man accused of killing a 4-year-old girl more than six years ago stopped his two sons from testifying against him in open court Thursday.
Jason Wade Delacerda, 40, was indicted in 2011 on a capital murder charge along with his then-girlfriend Amanda Nichole Guidry in connection with the death of Breonna Nichole Loftin.
Delacerda's two sons, ages 16 and 18, were scheduled to testify Thursday morning about their experience living with their father, Guidry and Loftin in the weeks before the girl's death.
In his opening statement on Tuesday, Assistant Hardin County District Attorney Bruce Hoffer told the jury that Delacerda's sons were going to testify "about their perception of the joy their father got out of knocking Breonna around."
Before the teens were to take the stand Thursday, however, defense attorney Ryan Gertz asked District Court Judge Steven Thomas for a hearing on the boys' testimony.
The jury was not present for the hearing, during which Gertz suggested the prosecution would ask the teens "leading questions."
"(You) bring them in here with all these people and put them on the stand and ask them leading questions, of course, their answer is going to be yes," Gertz said. "I want to know everything they know and not in a leading question format."
Gertz said he was also concerned about an "extreme risk of corroboration" because the boys' mother was present during their interviews with authorities.
According to Gertz, the mother's presence in the initial interviews six years ago and again during their court testimony poses a "serious mistake in a case like this."
"We're told this morning that she's now potentially to be called as a witness because she magically recalls picking them up the weekend before, three or four days before Breonna's death," Gertz said.
"(That's) something we'd never heard before, it wasn't in any of their statements, anything we'd seen at all. Now she magically recalls this and one of the big questions is, has she reminded them of that? Because they certainly didn't seem to know about it on the videotapes."
Gertz requested a mistrial during the hearing, his fourth such request since Tuesday, saying it was "the only appropriate remedy at this point." Thomas denied the motion.
The judge agreed with Gertz that the matter should be investigated further, ordering Thursday that the sons should be questioned by him and counsel privately. The jurors were sent home for the day.
It was unclear if Thomas will allow the teens to testify when court resumes at 9 a.m. Friday.
Both District Attorney David Sheffield and Gertz declined to comment about the private interviews.


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- All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)
- Bicycles
- Horse Carriages
- Quadrigas
- Sleds
- Snowmobiles
- Tricycles
- Unicycles
Land Transport
Free moving images of Land Transport
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Cliparts of Land Transport
Moving images of Land Transport
The best gifs of Land Transport can be used as an animated postcard or share through the social networks, share with your friends the gifs you more like The most common land vehicles are car, motorcycle, bike and train. But in this category are what you will find any vehicle that moves in contact with the ground, such as trucks or buses.
Now you can download all the moving images of Land Transport to use them whatever you want, it's free for you. There are some vehicles that are not even on land or land roads are also considered. This is the case of the sleds or snowmobiles traveling on snowy surfaces in high mountain.
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Your imagination is your ceil, here you will find all the instruments to make your own creations, With animated gifs of Land Transport you can make better works, the best videos for youtube and animate your presentation to reach your goals. Crossover vehicles are used to move through difficult places and on unconditioned land. Examples are the quad, tractor, dirt bikes, cars or 4x4 buggy type.
Graphic material of Land Transport. Is your work relative to Land Transport and you need graphic material to make a presentation, here is your solution, you can get all the gifs of Land Transport in one zip file, it's easy and it's free. Although many people prefer to travel in transport by land, the truth is that not one of the safest forms of travel. In this type of driving the human factor is more important than traveling by air or rail.


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Clojurescript notebook. Place to capture updated knowledge as I learn.
Clojurescript is a version of the Clojure programming language, which compiles to
The benefits it brings to the table, apart from the syntax and the style, include the whole gamut of
facilities like immutable datastructures, lazy sequences and macros that Clojure provides. Clojurescript,
like Clojure, tries its best to leverage the host platform (JVM, or Javascript). So, basic types like
strings and numbers directly map to the same types on the host platform, for example. Clojurescript
leverages the Google Closure Tools project absolutely, to generate highly optimized and performant
Javascript without unduly restraining the developer to any `subset' (read: inferior subset) of the language.
For effective use, any programming language needs great tooling support which integrates seamlessly with
the most commonly used editors and/or IDEs that developers use. To understand the basics, the
Clojurescript Quick-Start Wiki page is a good read, although it does not represent the most popular
development workflow. Leiningen, and its huge ecosystem of
plugins, support the most popularly used
Boot is another upcoming build tool for Clojure* and claims a better tooling foundation,
conceptually and otherwise too.
Emacs and vim, unsurprisingly, have various plugins for clojure/clojurescript. Likewise,
IDEs like
IntelliJ Idea and
Eclipse have corresponding plugins. Then there are other newer IDEs/editors (?)
Light Table - you get the idea. Many choices.
The REPL
Unless the
REPL is part of your (development) plan, using Clojure(script) would be mostly pointless.
Unless you practice
guardrail programming, that is. Even then, nothing comes close to the level of fun
that REPL-driven development can take you to. TDD is a matter of choice or taste, and can suit some folks
more than others. Irrespective of when you write them, tests are, well, gooooood.
The Clojurescript REPL needs a Javascript runtime to evaluate the Javascript code that the Clojurescript
compiler (running on the, well, JVM) spits out. There are multiple choices for the run-time. Any browser's
JS VM (complicated dynamics, but very commonly used when you are targeting JS in web-pages),
Google's V8 Javascript Engine (via
Node.js), or
Oracle Nashorn (available in JDK 8) are the most standard
options. The
Clojurescript Quick-Start Wiki is a good starting point to understand it better. It's dense,
so going through all the exercises on the page is recommended unless you are familiar with the how-s and
This section is the most tricky to be written in short. But I'll attempt nevertheless.
We once more invoke the almighty and point you to -
The Rationale (The Authoritative Clojurescript Source Wiki)
While Clojurescript is different from Clojure, understanding the differences deeper can help you understand
Clojurescript itself better. Here you go -
Clojurescript and Clojure - Differences


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The relevancy and necessity of the firewall has been debated with varying opinions on the future of the security device.
In the first episode of the SC Studio TV channel, the panellists were asked whether the firewall is unnecessary. A question claimed that firewalls are now based on port and protocol based attacks, and more and more attacks are now coming through SSLs and URLs and web-based attacks.
SC editor Paul Fisher asked whether firewalls are becoming irrelevant. Panellist Nick Lowe, regional director for Northern Europe at Check Point, claimed that it 'gets to the root of where the firewall is in the architecture'.
Lowe said that the questioner was 'making a very valid point in the sense that a firewall is primarily involved with port control, but if you look at what the hacking community are doing they are not looking at the port that is used as there are thousands of ports out there and every application has different calls and different ports'.
Lowe said: "The way the firewall is emerging is looking at and starting to provide intelligence on how those ports are being used, so for instance it is very simple to set something up on the first initiation of the session, you open that port up and use it for non-legitimate purposes.
"Take an example, something like sasser blaster from a few years ago, you could propagate around. It uses the port, it uses known vulnerabilities inside the systems architecture, but the important thing is to say 'I'm looking at an information flow and I'm expecting a certain sequence of events'.
"When these events do not occur as you would expect them, then you start deducing with quite a high level of confidence that something is not right and you can take decisions as to whether you shut down or control that, whatever you're going to do with it. The firewall has progressed from purely port control."
Simon Langton, head of managed services and operations at Vistorm, claimed that there 'are attacks against firewalls themselves and attacks against the application infrastructure that the firewalls protect, so there are two distinct disciplines'.
Also on the panel was Martyn Croft, CIO for The Salvation Army UK, who said: "I'd rather be worrying about the few ports and protocols that I know about while keeping the rest at bay, perhaps one of the biggest wake ups that we all had was the advent of things like SQL slammer which came through a perfectly legitimate port and wreaked havoc across any network that it could find."
Lowe further commented: "The targeted attack at the firewall has reached a level, I'm not suggesting you pull it out, but they are now looking at scanning ports, they are looking at the policy, they are looking at weaknesses through the infrastructure for open ports that they can use. They are looking at what sort of traffic is going through those ports and how they can get those packets through your structure into those ports."
Commenting, Frederic Ponzo, managing director of Net2S, said: "It is like the car industry, before you had one or two choices of a standard model but now there are all different options that give you more sophisticated technology. It is more than a box that sits and protects the ports.
"There are thousands of ports to protect and business flows through about a dozen, so you don't need one enormous 'mother of all firewalls' to sit and control everything, you compare between safety and performance and what is relevant to the application.
"The key thing is that firewalls as a big time security device is not an advantage anymore, each application has its own profile in terms of compliance and the balance of performance and security, the more security there is the less performance, and vice versa."


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Hammersmith was recorded as Hammersmyth in 1294 and was a hamlet within Fulham until 1834. The origin of the name is in doubt. Some suggest that it is derived from Old English ham, 'a home' or 'town' and hythe 'a port' - 'the home by the port', referring to its location on the Thames. More likely it comes from (again Old English) hamor, 'hammer' and smydde 'a smithy' - referring to a local blacksmith who once lived here. It was recorded as Hammersmith in 1675.
The Hammersmith & City Line station was opened as HAMMERSMITH on 13 June 1864, and re-sited farther south on 1 December 1868. The District Line station was opened as HAMMERSMITH on 9 September 1874.
Hampstead in the 1920s. Heath Street is on the right.


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Coast Mountain Bus Company route 182 'Belcarra / Moody Centre Station'
|Service Area
|Port Moody
|Belcarra Bay Road at Whiskey Cove Lane
Moody Centre Station
|Port Coquitlam Transit Centre
|ElDorado National Aerotech
Girardin G5
|182 Belcarra
182 Moody Centre Station
182 Belcarra/Moody Centre Station is a Community Shuttle route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, BC Canada.
Route Details
This is a north-south shuttle route running between Port Moody and Belcarra Village through Anmore Village. Half hourly service is provided during day time hours on weekdays is available between Moody Centre Station and Belcarra on weekdays. Hourly service is provided on, evening during weekdays, weekends and holidays.
Trips depart Moody Centre Station by Williams Street onto St Johns Street heading eastbound, Ioco Road, Heritage Mountain Boulevard, David Avenue, Forest Park Way, Aspenwood Drive becoming East Road and then northbound along Sunnyside Drive until arriving at the Anmore Grocery. Service continuing on to Belcarra Village routes from Anmore Grocery using the turn-around to access Sunnyside southbound, Bedwell Bay Road and Belcarra Bay Road until arriving at Whiskey Cove Lane.
Morning service to Moody Centre Station routes from Heritage Mountain Boulevard detours onto Turner Creek Drive, Ravine Drive and then back onto Heritage Mountain Boulevard towards Port Moody Station. All afternoon trips from 4PM onwards heading northbound route detour along Heritage Mountain Boulevard by Ravine Drive and Turner Creek before continuing along Heritage Mountain Boulevard towards Anmore and Belcarra.
Select northbound and southbound trips do not service Anmore Grocery and instead continue along Sunnyside Drive if heading to Belcarra Village or along East Road if going to Moody Centre Station.
Points of Interest
- Moody Centre Station (Bay 8)
- Inlet Park
- Inlet Theatre
- Port Moody City Hall
- Port Moody Recreation Centre and Library
- Heritage Woods Secondary School
- Anmore Grocery (Select trips only)
- Belcarra Regional Park
- Sasamat Lake
- September 2003 - Service introduced as C26 Belcarra/Port Moody Station to replace portions of the discontinued 148 Port Moody Station/Lougheed Station
- September 2008 - Select afternoon peak hour trips diverted to run along Ravine Drive and Turner Creek[1]
- December 2016 - Renumbered from C26 to 182 with re-route via Heritage Mountain and Ravine Drive with two added trips[2]
- April 2017 - Midday weekday service increased from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes[3]
- ↑ The Buzzer August 29, 2008 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 23-04-2010
- ↑ Bus Route Buzz: Anmore and Belcarra – C26, translink.ca, retrieved 11-03-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer April 21, 2017 translink.ca, retrieved 10-13-2017


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Who are the happiest citizens in China? Not us — although we're close to the top. At least that's the conclusion of a recent survey (story in Chinese) conducted in 31 China cities by Oriental Outlook and University of Chicago professor Xi Kaiyuan from December 2006 to January 2007. Xi, also known by the English name Christopher K. Hsee, is a professor of Hedonomics (related to "hedonics"), the "science of happiness", which operates at the crossroads of psychology (quantitative measures of subjective well-being) and economics (aspects of consumer behavior).
The survey was conducted through random phone interviews in four municipal cities, 22 provincial cities and five autonomous regions to obtain 7,000 samples (what kind of person agrees to a random phone interview?). One of its main conclusions was that Nanjing, Hangzhou and Shanghai are the three happiest cities in China (thus Shanghai retains its title as the happiest major city in China). The survey questions focused on human relationships, transportation, opportunities, convenience, entertainment, environment, public security, civilization and city development in recent years.
The survey revealed that public safety is one of the factors relating to overall happiness, as is economic opportunity, where surprisingly Lhasa ranked first. Shanghai was tops in terms of convenience and urban architecture. And while Lhasa, Nanning and Changchun were the best in terms of human relationships, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou couldn't even squeeze into the first 20. The report also shows that the higher the level of education, the lower the hedonomics rate. Other findings: Females are generally happier than males (especially in Harbin, if you remember), the longer you live in a city the happier you feel about living in there, and of course citizens who own apartments are happier than those who don't. The happiest people of all? Those with the shortest commutes between home and office.
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The good thing about it being a little bit harder to buy a house right now is that lenders are being stricter with the requirements making sure that all borrowers can actually afford the home, not just do anything they can to get the buyer in the house. That's what we saw about 10 years ago and that's not a good place for people to be. People were maxing out their credit cards for downpayments, and overextending themselves on monthly payments. Many people paid more than 60% of their monthly income towards your housing costs, which is just ridiculous.
Now, lenders are looking for no more than about 40% of income going towards the housing cost including mortgage, taxes, and interest. This keeps things affordable and keeps people in their homes.
Because of this, borrowers need better credit ratings than ever before. It doesn't mean you have to be perfect but there are some great ways to rapidly increase your credit score over the next few months so you can get a better way home purchase. If you are planning on buying a home or even refinancing this next year, here are some excellent ways to increase your credit score.
Shoot for perfection or just thereunder. A perfect 850 credit score is the best that you can get but that's almost impossible so if you can shoot for 750.A credit score of 750 will get you a good interest rate and great terms. 750 is kind of the magic number for many lenders and creditors. It puts the ball in your court rather than the lender.
Keep your longest credit card. Lenders look at the length of time you've had credit with a source. The longer the better, especially if it's paid off. Work at paying off your credit cards and revolving credit and make sure you don't cancel cards that carry no balance. This looks like you have a lot of available credit.
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Metropolitan Police's use of Facial Recognition Technology at the Notting Hill Carnival, 2017
Paul Wiles, Biometrics Commissioner writes about the use of Facial Recognition Technology at the Notting Hill Carnival.
This kind of biometric technology (Facial Recognition Technology) has the potential to be a really useful crime fighting tool but we are not there yet. It needs to be properly tested and evaluated if it is going to be effective and it will need to be handled carefully by the police and the government if it is going to be trusted by the public.
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There is a public benefit in the use of such technology if it can be shown to help prevent the problems that there have been at previous carnivals by assisting the police to catch offenders or prevent crime.
Tests of facial matching for spotting individuals in large crowds have so far had very poor success – hence the Metropolitan Police's trial. It is good that they have made their trial public but they must carry out a proper evaluation and publish the results.
The police already hold over 20 million facial images but there is as yet no single, shared policing system for storing and searching police held images nor an evaluation of its accuracy and usefulness.
Police forces need to work together to agree on a single facial recognition system that has been proved to work in the field and government needs to create a legislative framework for its use, with independent oversight to provide public assurance, as it has done for DNA and fingerprints.
The previous Biometrics Commissioner made similar points as have others, such as the Science and Technology Select Committee, and we have yet to see what the government proposes as their Biometrics Strategy has been delayed for some time.
Broader explanation
Police already hold over 20 million facial images on both the Police National Database and in separate force systems. Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary (Scotland) recently commented unfavourably on this situation since it means that different standards are being applied across the UK. Most of these facial images are custody images. The courts held in 2012 that these holdings were unlawful and the Home Office responded to that judgment in 2017. I have commented on this response elsewhere.
Current police interest in facial matching has moved on from custody images to whether it can be used to identify individual offenders in public places. The capability to do this is still unproven since tests in such situations have shown very poor match rates unlike match rates in controlled environments.[1]
The police are conducting a number of trials to see if facial searching and matching technology can be employed effectively in crowded public places. Such experiments should be properly designed and evaluated, preferably involving external experts, and the results published. The police should also evaluate their use of facial images generally in order to demonstrate that they have a useful and cost-effective purpose, based on adequate matching quality. They also need to explain how they will deal with potential false matches.
There is limited research on this area and most of it has been conducted in the USA. Evaluations should include not just the behaviour of the matching algorithms but how they work in the total criminal justice system and how human decision making in such systems affects the accuracy of match rates.[2]
Facial matching systems have improved significantly recently and the use being explored by the Metropolitan Police may, at some point, reach acceptable quality for operational use but presently that remains to be demonstrated.
The use of facial images, especially in public places, is very intrusive of individual freedom, especially because images can be captured without the subject being aware. The public benefit of the use of such an intrusive technology must outweigh the interference in individual privacy. Such a difficult balance between public benefit and individual privacy should not be decided by the police but is best decided by Parliament through informed debate and legislation. As is currently the case for DNA and fingerprints the legislation should include independent oversight to reassure the public that their privacy is being properly protected.
Paul Wiles, Biometrics Commissioner
[1] The most extensive evaluations of the facial matching capabilities of different systems have been carried out by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
[2] See e.g. D. White et al: Error Rates in Users of Automatic Facial Recognition Software, Plos One, 2015, 10 (10): eo 139827, showing how human error can reduce further the effectiveness of facial recognition systems.


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Top questions to ask in a job interview
Shannon Houde has over 15 years of coaching, mentoring, and training in the impact sector and is the founder of Walk of Life Consulting.
You spent hours on your CV, targeted the right employers and positions, tackled the dreaded cover letter, and made it through the initial screening process. Then you landed the interview — congratulations! With sustainability jobs in high demand (most hiring managers receive an average of 200 applications per role) this is quite an accomplishment. You are getting close to the finish line but still need to give a great interview before you land your dream job.
Before any interview (and even before applying to a position), you should know as much as possible about the company you may be marrying into. However, the interview is a great time to get some inside information on your adopted family – so be ready with thoughtful questions about the work culture that an Internet search won't give you. There is no need to waste this time with "throwaway" questions about salary, benefits and hours, etc. at this stage – if all goes well, you can have those conversations later on. Instead, focus on thoughtful questions that will help the interviewer really get to know you and will help you get to know the position and company.
Here are my top seven questions to ask in an impact sector job interview:
1. What is the one- to five-year plan for the company?
Interviews can be stressful and sometimes it feels like the magnifying glass is focused exclusively on you. But try to remember that you are interviewing them too! Learn as much as you can about the company's plans for the future. If you are offered the job, you want to make sure it will be a good fit for you today and down the line. This also shows your interest in the long-term and your commitment to them already
2. How will the company support my long-term career development?
Before walking into your interview, you should have a strong sense of how you visualize the next few years of your own career. Ask this question to make sure that the company will help you develop and grow in the way you have envisioned for yourself. But be careful here because you don't want to look like you need to be developed in order to do the job. This question needs to be in the context of your goal of staying long-term with the firm.
3. What have you most enjoyed about the culture here?
Interviews are a chance to look behind the scenes at how a company really operates, to look past what they say on paper. This question gives you a chance to personally connect with the interviewer during your conversation and also can help you determine whether or not the company truly "walks the talk" about employee life.
4. What will you expect me to achieve in the first six months? Would we set these KPIs together?
This two-part question can help you get and idea of how they see your growth oath within the role and the company. It helps you and your potential employer to establish clear goals and also helps paint a clear picture of how your responsibilities will develop during your first year in the position. It also shows that you are already thinking about meeting those objectives.
5. What constitutes success with in this company?
A question like this one will show that you are looking forward to a future of growth and success within the position and will give you a chance discuss some of your past successes as they relate to this new role. It also shows you are looking at your role/team as integral to the bigger company's objectives.
6. Who would my key stakeholders be, both internally and externally in this position?
The people you work with have a huge effect on your day-to-day life in this role. Make sure to ask a bit about your potential team and develop a solid understanding about who you will be reporting to and who will be reporting directly to you. Also who you will be expected to influence and persuade with your empathy and listening skills.
7. What are the next steps?
You made it to the end of the interview, but if all has gone according to plan, the conversation isn't over yet! Ask this final question to get a sense of how to best move forward. But let them lead on this. If they start talking about further interviews, start dates, salary, that is a good sign but nothing is sealed and delivered until you have a written offer letter.
And don't forget to always write your contact a personal thank you letter outlining your three top points for why you are amazing (concise one line bullet points) within 24 hours!
I know interviews can be nerve-wracking. But armed with insightful and thoughtful questions can help you nail any impact sector interview. Schedule a mock interview with me to put your new knowledge and communications skills to the test in the hot seat.
This article originally appeared on Triple Pundit
About the Author: Shannon Houde, MBA, is founder of Walk of Life Consulting, the first international career coaching business focused solely on the environmental, sustainability and Corporate Responsibility (CR) fields.
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We experimentally demonstrate a DMT transmission system with 1.55-μm EML using nonlinearity-aware time domain super-Nyquist image induced aliasing. Compared with linear equalization, the capacity is improved by ∼16.8%(33.1%) with proposed method for 4(40) km transmission.
We experimentally demonstrate a DMT transmission system with 1.55-μm EML using nonlinearity-aware time domain super-Nyquist image induced aliasing. Compared with linear equalization, the capacity is improved by ~16.8%(33.1%) with proposed method for 4(40) km transmission.
We experimentally demonstrate a DMT transmission system with 1.55-mu m EML using nonlinearity-aware time domain super-Nyquist image induced aliasing. Compared with linear equalization, the capacity is improved by similar to 16.8%(33.1%) with proposed method for 4(40) km transmission.
We report on the first experimental demonstration of 200-Gbps (net rate 166.7-Gbps) 1.55-mu m DMT IMDD transmission over 1.6 km fiber using a single monolithically-integrated-EML, DAC and photodiode, achieving an effective electrical spectrum efficiency of 4.93 bit/s/Hz.
A thorough analysis of equalization-enhanced phase noise (EEPN) and its impact on the coherent optical system is presented. We show with a time-domain analysis that EEPN is caused due to the interference of multiple delayed versions of the dispersed signal, generated by intermixing of the received dispersed signal, and the noise side bands of the local oscillator (LO) in the photodetectors. We derive statistical properties such as the mean, variance, and error vector magnitude of the received signal influenced with EEPN. We show that in coherent optical systems utilizing electronic dispersion compensation, this noise corresponds to multipath fading in wireless communication systems. Closed-form expressions of necessary LO linewidth and/or mitigation bandwidth for a general system configuration and specified OSNR penalty are given. The expressions for system design parameters, validated with system simulations, show that higher order modulation formats, such as 16-quadrature amplitude modulation and beyond, put stringent demands on the LO linewidth unless a mitigation technique is used.
We present an extensive study of equalization enhanced phase noise (EEPN) in coherent optical system for all practical electronic dispersion compensation configurations. It is shown that there are only eight practicable all-electronic impairment mitigation configurations. The non-linear and time variant analysis reveals that the existence and the cause of EEPN depend on the digital signal processing (DSP) schemes. There are three schemes that in principle do not cause EEPN. Analysis further reveals the statistical equivalence of the remaining five system configurations resulting in EEPN. In three of them, EEPN is due to phase noise of the transmitting laser, while in the remaining two, EEPN is caused by the local oscillator. We provide a simple look-up table for the system designer to make an informative decision regarding practicable configuration choice and design.
A method for mitigating local oscillator (LO) phase noise-induced impairment, also known as equalization-enhanced phase noise, in coherent optical systems is discussed. The method is suitable for real-time implementation and requires hardware with a bandwidth much lower than the signal baud rate, even for a system utilizing conventional semiconductor laser as LO. We evaluate the required parameters like interpolation technique, electrical signal-to-noise ratio at digital coherence enhancement (DCE) front end, for long haul transmission links having quadrature phase shift keying and 16-quadrature amplitude modulation formats. We show that the method can be implemented using a low-speed DCE front end and a simple digital linear interpolator with small (<1 dB) implementation penalty even in cases that would otherwise result in error floor.
Coherent communication networks are based on the ability to use multiple dimensions of the lightwave together with electrical domain compensation of transmission impairments. Electrical-domain dispersion compensation (EDC) provides many advantages such as network flexibility and enhanced fiber nonlinearity tolerance, but makes the system more susceptible to laser frequency noise (FN), e.g. to the local oscillator FN in systems with post-reception EDC. Although this problem has been extensively studied, statistically, for links assuming lasers with white-FN, many questions remain unanswered. Particularly, the influence of a realistic non-white FN-spectrum due to e.g., the presence of 1/f-flicker and carrier induced noise remains elusive and a statistical analysis becomes insufficient. Here we provide an experimentally validated theory for coherent optical links with lasers having general non-white FN-spectrum and EDC. The fundamental reason of the increased susceptibility is shown to be FN-induced symbol displacement that causes timing jitter and/or inter/intra symbol interference. We establish that different regimes of the laser FN-spectrum cause a different set of impairments. The influence of the impairments due to some regimes can be reduced by optimizing the corresponding mitigation algorithms, while other regimes cause irretrievable impairments. Theoretical boundaries of these regimes and corresponding criteria applicable to system/laser design are provided.
We for the first time experimentally demonstrate a simple technique to overcome EEPN. Performance recovery from above FEC to <1 dB penalty for 28 Gbd 16-QAM over 520 km with high LO linewidth is achieved.
We present experimental validation of novel analytical expressions essential for the design of coherent optical systems impaired by EEPN. These expressions enable a simple and accurate EEPN analysis for any system specification.
We experimentally investigate the possibility to mitigate local oscillator induced Equalization Enhanced Phase Noise penalty. The results pave the way for the use of even 10 MHz linewidth local oscillator lasers in 28 Gbd 16-QAM metro links.
We propose a low complexity timing algorithm for high order PAM. Experimental results demonstrate higher performance and lower complexity than conventional algorithms in a 32 Gbaud PAM-8 transmission over 4 kin SMF links.
A theoretical investigation of the equalization-enhanced phase noise (EEPN) and its mitigation is presented. We show with a frequency domain analysis that the EEPN results from the non-linear inter-mixing between the sidebands of the dispersed signal and the noise sidebands of the local oscillator. It is further shown and validated with system simulations that the transmission penalty is mainly due to the slow optical frequency fluctuations of the local oscillator. Hence, elimination of the frequency noise below a certain cut-off frequency significantly reduces the transmission penalty, even when frequency noise would otherwise cause an error floor. The required cut-off frequency increases linearly with the white frequency noise level and hence the linewidth of the local oscillator laser, but is virtually independent of the symbol rate and the accumulated dispersion.
Integrated polymer photonics brings low cost and high fabrication flexibility to optoelectronic industry. However, this platform needs to overcome several issues to be effective enough for practical applications. In this letter, we experimentally demonstrate a decrease of propagation losses and polarization sensitivity of polymer waveguide-based devices as a result of thermal treatment. Heating of poly(methyl methacrylate) strip optical waveguides above the glass transition temperature initiates a waveguide surface reflow due to a decrease of the polymer viscosity and surface tension energy. This results in a decrease of surface roughness and shape change from rectangular to cylindrical. Thus, scattering losses and polarization sensitivity are minimized.
Heating of poly(methyl methacrylate) ridge optical waveguides slightly above glass transition temperature minimizes surface roughness and provides cylindrical shape. We experimentally demonstrate propagation loss decrease and polarization insensitivity as a result of waveguide thermal treatment.
We propose a novel carrier phase recovery scheme for circular 16QAM coherent transmission systems. Experimental results show low penalties (<1.4 dB) even for linewidths where square 16QAM exhibits irretrievable (above the FEC limit) error floor.
We experimentally demonstrate the significant phase noise tolerance increase of 28Gbaud circular-64QAM constellations against its square-64QAM counterpart with a novel, low complexity and high-performance phase recovery scheme employing only 8 test phases.
A novel two-stage n-PSK partitioning carrier phase recovery (CPR) scheme for circular multilevel quadrature amplitude modulation (C-mQAM) constellations is presented. The first stage of the algorithm provides an initial rough estimation of the received constellation, which is utilized in the second stage for CPR. The performance of the proposed algorithm is studied through extensive simulations at the forward error correction bit error rate targets of 3.8 x 10(-3) and 1 x 10(-2) and is compared with different CPR algorithms. A significant improvement in the combined linewidth symbol duration product (Delta vT(s)) tolerance is achieved compared to the single-stage n-PSK partitioning scheme. Superior performance in the Delta vT(s) tolerance compared to the blind phase search algorithm is also reported. The relative improvements with respect to other CPR schemes are also validated experimentally for a 28-Gbaud C-16QAM back-to-back transmission system. The computational complexity of the proposed CPR scheme is studied, and reduction factors of 24.5 broken vertical bar 30.1 and 59.1 broken vertical bar 63.3 are achieved for C-16QAM and C-64QAM, respectively, compared to single-stage BPS in the form of multipliers broken vertical bar adders.
The phase noise tolerance of circular multilevel quadrature amplitude modulation (C-mQAM) constellations employing different carrier phase recovery (CPR) algorithms is studied. A differential decoding scheme and a bit mapping for this type of constellations are proposed. A novel CPR scheme for C-mQAM constellations is also presented. The particular distribution of the constellation points in a C-mQAM signal is exploited to reduce the required Nth power for the removal of the modulation component by a factor of two. Hence, the computational complexity of the proposed algorithm is drastically reduced. The combined linewidth symbol duration product (Delta nu T-s) tolerance of different CPR algorithms for C-mQAM constellations is studied and compared with the proposed CPR scheme. The results are analyzed at 3.8e-3 and 1e-2 bit error rate forward error correction limits. The proposed CPR scheme achieves similar Delta nu Ts tolerance compared to single stage BPS algorithm while its computational complexity is reduced by group factors of 27.2 vertical bar 32.3, and 30.5 vertical bar 32.6 (in the form of multipliers vertical bar adders) for C-16QAM and C-64QAM, respectively.
We report on a 116 Gb/s on-off keying (OOK), four pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) and 105-Gb/s 8-PAM optical transmitter using an InP-based integrated and packaged externally modulated laser for high-speed optical interconnects with up to 30 dB static extinction ratio and over 100-GHz 3-dB bandwidth with 2 dB ripple. In addition, we study the tradeoff between power penalty and equalizer length to foresee transmission distances with standard single mode fiber.
We demonstrate 100 Gbaud 4PAM transmission over 400 meters SMF with monolithically integrated 1550 nm DFB-TWEAM having 100 GHz 3-dB bandwidth with 2 dB ripple. We evaluate its capabilities to enable two lanes 400 GbE client-side links for optical interconnects.
We summarize our recent research works on enabling coherent optical transmission systems for metro and access networks with low-complexity digital signal processing techniques, focusing on reduction of laser linewidth requirement with efficient carrier phase recovery.
We experimentally evaluate high-speed intensity modulation/direct detection (IM/DD) transmissions with a 1.55-μ text broadband electro-Absorption modulated laser and pulse amplitude modulations (PAM). We demonstrate 80 Gb/s/ λ PAM-4 and 96 Gb/s/ λ PAM-8 transmissions with low-complexity digital equalizers at the receiver. Performance comparison with different types of equalizers are performed, including linear symbol-spaced feed-forward equalizer (FFE), fractional (half-symbol) spaced FFE and decision feedback equalizer (DFE), with different tap number. It is found that for both cases, a 6-Tap symbol-spaced FFE is sufficient to achieve a stable performance with bit-error-rate below the 7% overhead hard decision forward error correction (7%-OH HD-FEC) threshold over a 4 km standard single mode fiber link. Practical considerations including comparison between adaptive and static equalizer implementation and tolerable fiber chromatic dispersion are discussed.
We experimentally validate two novel CPR schemes outperforming existing CPRs in complexity and performance. A complexity reduction of at least a factor of 4 is reported compared to the BPS algorithm for a 64QAM system.
We propose a method for cycle-slip mitigation in circular multilevel quadrature amplitude modulation (C-mQAM) coherent optical systems, with constellation rotational asymmetry, based on an adaptive boundaries approach. The impact of cycle-slips in C-mQAM coming from Viterbi-Viterbi algorithm limits the phase noise tolerance. By introducing adaptive boundaries and a differential coding scheme, the ambiguity of asymmetrical rotation of constellation can be effectively removed. Performance of the proposed method is evaluated for a C-16QAM and C-64QAM for various laser linewidths. Results show a noticeable improvement in linewidth symbol duration product (Delta(upsilon) . T-S) tolerance compared with the previous studies on C-mQAM and mQAM constellations. The Delta(upsilon) . T-S tolerance reaches 4 x 10(-4) and 1.1 x 10(-4) for C-16QAM and C-64QAM, respectively, for 1 dB penalty at a symbol error rate of 10(-3).
We demonstrate the significant impact of crosstalk between add and drop ports at optical nodes on energy-efficiency per Hertz in WDM networks employing 32/64 Gbd DP-16QAM transmission, especially when the isolation is reduced to 30dB.


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BEST PRACTICE: Community relations
HOW-TO: Plan for Make a Difference Day
BEST PRACTICE: Community relations
Situated in the bucolic Russian River Valley of Sonoma County, Windsor Lodge No. 181 is part of a community that's known for its family-friendly environment. These days, the lodge is going to extra lengths to contribute. Secretary Jon Powasnick explains.
Background: Our lodge is small – just 70 members. For a long time, there was a sense that we should not be too open about Masonry in the public. But in recent years, we've had a series of progressive-minded masters who put a focus on community relations. Grand Lodge's leadership retreats have reinforced that, and more and more, we're initiating young men who want to be active in the community. As a result of all these aspects, the lodge has been seeking out new ways to engage with our neighbors.
The efforts
Open and engaging
There's been a gradual change in the attitude of our brothers; a warming to the idea of doing more in the community – and doing it openly. We've become more generous with our lodge funds. We're doing a better job of getting our name out there and showing that we care about the town. Openness will only further the lodge. We're already seeing the results.
Contact: Jon Powasnick
HOW-TO: Plan for Make a Difference Day
On October 3, lodges and Masonic youth orders will work side by side on service projects for their communities. With just two months to go, here's how to prepare for an impactful event.
Reach out to Masonic youth
At the planning meeting
Program suggestions
Rally the lodge
Ready to further your knowledge of Freemasonry? Visit the new Masonic Education Events page for a complete listing of upcoming Masonic education opportunities near you.
Upcoming opportunities include the 15th Annual California Masonic Symposium; 2015 Enriching History Colloquium; and XIV World Conference of Regular Masonic Grand Lodges. Plus, purchase tickets for Annual Communication special events!
Stay on track of lodge business and prepare for important deadlines. Here's your August checklist:
Executive Committee
Senior Warden
Hall Association
Questions? Contact Member Services at firstname.lastname@example.com or (415) 776-7000.
Huntington Beach Lodge No. 380 and Masonic Outreach Services partnered to help a family get back on its feet. Share this story with your lodge to raise awareness of outreach services and to reflect on the good you do by supporting Masonic Assistance.
By partnering with Masonic Assistance, you can make sure your fraternal family knows where to turn when they need support. To make a gift in support of Masonic charities, visit freemason.org/contribute.
Download: Beyond Obligation: The Journey Home
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A Backpacking Guide to Cairo and the Giza Pyramid
The topic of getting scammed in Egypt need no introduction from me. In fact, I have written a whole article about it a while back with my greatest passion. It was a problem I was not prepared for and so I paid the price dearly. That said, I still think Egypt is one of the most unique countries you can experience. Walking through the mysterious old city of Cairo and the historic ancient ruins in this country, one could only imagine oneself as Indiana Jones exploring a long-lost civilization. There's no other country like Egypt.
If you want a summary of my trip to Egypt, do check out "Follow me and I'll show you Egypt" post, but if you want a detail look at each location, do stick around and I'll show you what Cairo is like.
Looking for a complete itinerary for Egypt?2 Weeks Itinerary for Egypt.
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Where to Stay in Cairo
After arriving in Cairo in the evening, I went to a hostel I booked called Arabesque Hotel which I do not recommend. It's very old and there was not many people there. Given, I got upgraded to a single room but the purpose of me staying in a hostel is to meet some people. Ultimately I did not meet anyone there and I would suggest people to go to Freedom Hostel instead (which I stayed on my way out of Egypt). Very modern, clean, fast WiFi and I met lots of people here.
Getting to the Pyramids of Giza
Walking in Cairo in the early morning was a quiet and peaceful experience I did not expect from this place.
I heard a lot of stories about people getting scammed by the taxi on their way to the pyramid so I was determined not to be one of them. It took me only a couple of minutes to find a taxi that are willing to turn on the meter and it costed me less than 40 EGP to go from Downtown Cairo to the Giza Pyramids.
The taxi dropped me off (unknowingly) at the wrong entrance. The front entrance was only for big tour buses and I was refused entry by the security guards. As I was desperate, a guy (who was hanging out with the guards) offered me to show me the right entrance.
I tried my best to reject him, but I also needed him to show me since I had no clue where I was. He walked me through a small village, zig-zagging along the dirt roads for almost 30 minutes. Along the way, he tried to get me on a camel ride for a fee. I rejected firmly and he gave up on that front.
After arriving at 9 sharp, the gate was still closed. At that moment, I was confused. Did this guy bought me to a wrong entrance again. Turned out, that year the government decided not to adjust the day light savig time, and so my clock was one hour early.
I waited for an hour until the gate opened. My little friend here was so anxious to get me the ticket and directed me through the security screening. I was wondering when he would show his true color.
It did not take long. After walking inside the Giza area, he started to guide me through each place. I told him clearly that I wanted to be alone but he won't let me go until I gave him a "tip".
I gave him 100 EGP at first and he refused. He wanted more! He said people gave him 300 USD and I cursed to him and say that "I'll give you 300 EGP and you better get out of my face". He accepted it and tried to butter me up. I just walked away, cursing and never look back at him.
That said, the sight was still pretty phenomenal. The pyramids were not exactly in the middle of no where as people imagined. You can see the vincinity of the crumbling Cairo on the horizon.
There are 3 main pyramids in the area, aligned in a line. The actual scale of the pyramids baffled me. On the left is the pyramid and me for scale.
The camels are not habited in this area by nature. They are brought there by the hawkers to find tourists to carried them around. I refused to get on one when I saw how they treated them.
This is the second largest pyramid, the pyramid of Khafre and here is me for scale. I was not even that close to the pyramid and I was still dwarfed by it.
The scattered rocks at the foot of the great pyramid of Khufu.
I could totally imagine an army marching through this path!
The pyramid of Khafre dwarfing everything else around it.
The Sphinx was a little smaller than I previously thought. It is also fenced off so no fun photos of me with the Sphinx. :(
This is the closest I was able to get to the Sphinx. It was still quite a sight!
Last but not least, the Sphinx's ass to show you how big the acutal monument is. :)
I spent half a day in the area and took a taxi back to the hostel and rested for the rest of the day, exhausted by all the relentless touters and hawkers. At one point, one of them actually threw a scarf at me like it was free and asked for my money later. Although, nothing beats the guy who started off super friendly, shook hands with me and didn't let go until I buy something from him. From that point on my goal each day was to NOT GET SCAM AGAIN.
Visit Coptic Cairo
"Today is going to be different", I told myself and it did. First thing in the morning, I took a metro to the Mar Gergis station near the Coptic Cairo area.
Coptic Cairo is a Coptic Christian region of Cairo. A much more quiet, peaceful and spiritual place than anywhere else in Cairo.
The area consisted of churches. If you are a spiritual christian, you will want to come here. Eventhough, I am not a spiritual person, I still enjoy the peacefulness of sitting without getting touted by people.
The famous Hanging church. I have no idea why it is famous though so if you do, please tell me. :)
A hidden market, way under the ground level of the Old Cairo was a hidden gem I accidentally stumbled upon. There are more churches down here as well.
I walked a bit further north and found a nice flea market. I was trying my best to blend in but my Asian features gave it away pretty quickly.
Visit the Cairo Citadel and the Mosque of Muhhammad Ali
Next up, the Citadel and The Mosque of Muhhammad Ali. This is probably one of the most attractive attraction in Cairo for me.
Some parts of the Citadel are used as a museum to explain the concept of Islam to travelers.
Some are used as a militiary base.
But the majority of structures in the Citadel are mosques.
This is the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, the biggest of them all.
The inside was decorated with scriptures and chandeliers.
People said the Mosque of Muhammad Ali is a disappointment compared to the Blue Mosque in Turkey. I had never seen neither so my mind was still blown away by the sheer size of the place.
The Citadel is also the perfect place to see Cairo from the top. It was quite a sight to behold.
Some people think that the mosque was not well maintained but I like it this way. It looks more interesting and mysterious then if it were cleaned.
Stroll Around the Khan-El Khalili Grand Bazaar
After spending long hours at the citadel, I decided to finish off my day with a stroll in the historic Khan-El Khalili grand bazaar.
This is a good place to buy a souvenir but you will have to bargain quite a bit. Whatever the price they give, half that and walk away if they can't match it.
If the shop owner don't give in, just walk away and some other stores will offer you a lower price. They all sell similar stuff here.
There are also plenty of coffee shop for you to sit, and enjoy a little Shisha. Since I am not a big fan of shopping when I travel, I simply sat in one of the cafe nearby, sipped a cup of Turkish coffee and watched people.
Around 8PM that day, I went to the train station, bought my sleeper train ticket to Aswan, hopped on the train at 9:15PM and slept my way through the ancient land as I awaited my arrival to the remote temple of Abu Simbel. Stay tuned for my journey down to the border of Sudan.
Continue Reading the Next Part:2 Days in Aswan and Abu Simbel.
Further Reading for Egypt
I have plenty of articles to help you more with your trip planning in Egypt. Here is a selection of articles about Egypt you might like:
- Looking for a complete itinerary and travel guide for Egypt? 2 weeks itinerary for Egypt.
- There's art in scamming people, and there's also art in avoiding them. Here ishow to avoid getting scammed in Egypt.
- Aswan may be quite far to get to but with Abu Simbel, a stunning ancient Nubian tomb at the border between Egypt and Sudan, it makes it worthwhile to get all the way down there. Check out my travel guide on how to spend 2 days in Aswan and Abu Simbel.
- Luxor is the land of palaces with a ton of majestic things to see, you would need at least 3 days to see them all. Here's a complete travel guide on how to spend 3 days in Luxor.
- My praise of Egypt isn't convincing? Why not let photos tell the story. Check out 22 photos that will inspire you to visit Egypt.
- You can also watch my travel video here: The Only Egypt We Have.
- To see all articles about Egypt, visit Egypt Travel Guide page.
- Looking for more travel guides for the Middle East? You can find more on my Middle East Travel Guide page.
- For more of my travel guides, visit my Destinations page.
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How does Matthew let us know that Jesus is "Special?"
By Paul Dion, STL
We know a lot about the life of Jesus as an adult. We know that He gathered people around Himself and preached to them with authority. The story of Jesus' infancy in Matthew has a lot of indicators about where the source of this authority lies. I expect that many of you will point to the genealogy that is the hallmark of Matthew's gospel.
There are several other markers in the story that point to some of Yahweh's strongest "messiahs" (anointed ones) and to some of the Chosen People's most glorious, and notorious, adventures that are experienced by Jesus, Mary and Joseph in the first two chapters of Matthew.
These experiences are God's work fashioning the Son into the complete, authoritative incarnation of Himself, the fulfillment of His announcing that this child will be Emmanuel, Jesus (Joshua in Hebrew), the one who saves.
Here is this week's burning question: How does Matthew let us know that Jesus is "Special?"
Discuss the symbolism of the "Adventures of Jesus, Mary and Joseph" in the first two chapters of Matthew.
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Matthew is telling us what God wants us to know about how Jesus fulfilled the divine promises of the Old Testament. Matthew is building a Jesus from the faith that we all have because we know Jesus as the resurrected Christ.
Matthew is convinced that we have to be able to connect the Law, the adventures of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon, the Judges, the Kings, the Prophets and all the other holy people with our contemporary life. Matthew knows that we connect intimately with the childhood history of famous people. When we know what their home town is, what their parents did for a living, who their relatives were, we are more attracted to the famous person whom we love.
So Matthew doesn't want to leave us with the story of a grown man with no roots. He knows that it is important to teach us how Jesus was brave enough to go all the way to the Cross for our sake. He knows that it is important for us to connect to the history that was taught to Jesus as he was growing up so that we can better connect to Him and His Father by believing in the Resurrection.
Matthew wants us to know that Jesus was royalty. Matthew wants us to know that the "blue" blood in Jesus came not only from God but from his human lineage as well. Jesus had this toughness about Him because because He knew that He was royalty.
He knew that His ancestor was David, the great covenanted one who saved the Israelites from the Philistines. He knew that David was given the Temple as a sign of the covenant between the Jews and their God. He therefore knew that he had no reason to fear the officials of the Temple. He knew that He was from deeper Temple roots than the Scribes, the Pharisees and the Sadducees. Matthew knew that he had to tell us the story of Jesus' roots if we were going to believe in the complete Christ.
It is therefore important for us to read the story of the Nativity as told by Matthew with the stories of Genesis and Exodus in the back of our mind. It is important for us to know that the holy family went to Egypt to protect themselves, just as Abraham and Jacob's family had done to ascape the famine. It is important for us to know that Jesus "escaped" from Egypt like His people did to come back to the land of promise.
St. Matthew reminds us that in Jesus Christ we have a complete capsule of the history of the Chosen People. God saves not only those who came after Jesus Christ, but all the saints who came before and dedicated their lives to keep their share of God's vow to them through Moses, "I will be your God and you will be my people."
If you think that this answer is too late to be timely and significant, think again. We will hear this story again during the Easter week-end. True we will hear it from the Resurrection aspect, but please remember that it remains the same story. We'll be hearing it again in about 12 weeks. Stay tuned.


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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns quarterback Jason Campbell says he's trying to relax this week and finish a miserable season on a positive note.
Campbell admitted to "pressing" in Sunday's loss to the New York Jets and said he's heading into the season finale against Pittsburgh with a different mindset. The nine-year veteran has been disappointed with his performances in the past two games.
Campbell said he spoke with his father this week and told him the only thing he wanted for Christmas was a win over the Steelers, who still have playoff aspirations.
Once the season ends, Campbell faces an uncertain future with the disappointing Browns, who are expected to draft a quarterback and will be making other changes.
The 31-year-old Campbell said he would be happy in any role for the Browns, who signed him to a two-year contract in March.
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