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It's the age-old debate in real estate – what formulaic equation can you come up with to justify whether you should rent or buy in any given market. I'm here to tell you – formulas don't work.
For instance, Trulia reports that "Trulia.com, a real estate for-sale listings site that also recently began listing rentals, has launched its own rent vs. buy calculator. If you're trying to decide on a city, it also created a Rent vs. Buy Index for 50 major cities. The index compares the costs of buying a two-bedroom condo with the costs of renting one."
But what Trulia and others don't consider is that it's more emotional than dollars and cents. There is still a certain joy in OWNING your home. There's a wonderful feeling when you get a tax deduction on your residence but an even more wonderful feeling when you walk in and know it is YOUR home and you don't answer to anyone else about paint, carpet, dogs, guests, etc. It's your home. You can do anything you want to it. You don't have to worry about any nicks or bruises and you can decorate and nail the heck out of your walls. It's YOUR home.
We've just come out of a cycle in real estate where everyone looked at their home as an investment. This obviously didn't work out too well for many people. Now we are back to looking at our homes as a place to raise our families and to live our lives. If we make money – even better.
Renting has its place and its merits. But I still, even now, don't think it can ever beat owning a home. There is no amount of money that can beat the feeling and pride of ownership.


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Polymath Echo was the first hero to don the 'wanderer's' wear, concealing her identity during a scrap with the Hand and Hydra in Japan. Read through #13.
Who is Ronin? What is Ronin? Why is Ronin?
Echo recalls her first night runs as Ronin while serving justice to the Yakuza, crime bosses of Japan's underground. That is, until she met Elektra... But it's Clint Barton disguised as the new Ronin who joins the ranks to save Echo from the Hand's methods! Read through #30 to see the former Hawkeye unmask himself to his new teammates!
The Hood and his lackey army corner the on-the-lam Avengers at the Sanctum Santorum. Ronin and the team are 'protected' by one of Doctor Strange's defense spells…which ends up opening a new can of worms for the embattled crew.
Love between Ronins? In a much-needed interlude during Secret Invasion, Maya Lopez, A.K.A. Echo, and Clint, find that their solitary spirits may have found companionship.
Just as Ronin's reunited with longtime love Mockingbird, Clint and Bobbi Morse are swept into a Soviet brainwash plot by the same organization behind Black Widow. Natasha and Clint's history is called into question.
Ronin funnels his energy into exposing Norman Osborn's Avengers as criminals and assassins. But turning to the media unmasked turns out to be Clint's greatest mistake yet…
Outraged at Norman Osborn's seizure of S.H.I.E.L.D. (and his treatment of mutants), Barton stages a lone wolf attack against the Dark Avengers. This is Ronin as you've never seen him before – murderous!
After his failed attempt to kill Osborn, Barton is apprehended and tortured by the Dark Avengers. Luckily, Jessica Jones, Mockingbird and Ms. Marvel are around to stage his escape.
With Steve Rogers seated at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s head, the underground New Avengers can now operate on the map. Will this mark Clint Barton's return to Hawkeye?


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Wide Open Space Festival
- From: 01 May 2020
- To: 03 May 2020
Head into the desert and find a colourful marketplace with tasty treats, handmade crafts, clothing from local designers, plus music and performances.
Alice Springs Beanie Festival
- From: 28 Jun 2020
- To: 29 Jun 2020
Originating in 1997 with a 'beanie party' this event has grown into a fun event where Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists share their culture and exhibit together. The festival aims to promote Aboriginal women's textiles and culture and promote the 'beanie' as a regional art form. Find out more here.


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My name is Kat and I live in New York City. I have been hesitating to get a tattoo for long-long years. I always knew I wanted a tattoo but I had two problems. I didn't find the right artist and I wasn't sure how my images would be delivered with all the reflection of my ideas in one big cohesive piece. I wanted my tattoo to represent my personality and something I feel very connected to. The idea behind Gaia is my point of view of the universe and a detailed representation of the things I feel strong about. Every detail means something to me and overall a creation of my believe system.
Planet earth is not just a place for living beings; it is a living organism as a whole. This is what the Gaia theory says. Materialism considers everything as objects. Spirituality, on the other hand, discovers life in everything. The interconnectedness of all living systems function as a single organism. Mother Earth is the Cosmic Power, representing all of the good and all of the bad in the Universe, combining the absolute power of destruction with the precious motherly gift of creation. All the plants and flowers around and above the female figure represent how everything is connected in the universe in perfect harmony.
The seven round bubbles which lie inside the female body represent seven energy centers; The Chakra System, our energetic connection to the realm of pure consciousness and our spiritual essence. It is something I learned through many years of yoga practice and feel very connected to. There is more to the human body than the physical body. There are numerous energy bodies within and around the human body. It is said that when you begin to develop your senses, a "new and fascinating world opens before you; the hidden world suddenly unveils itself – your perception heightens and your thoughts and feelings are expressed before your very own eyes in color and form". The seven major chakras in the human body are energy centers, points of energy flow, and act as energy junction in the body. How I see it, the chakra system and energetic body is a way for us to connect to the universe, to Gaia.
The symbol of Atom symbolizes that our physical universe is not really composed of any "matter at all". Its basic component is a kind of force or essence that we call energy. We are all just energy and everything within and around us are made of energy. We are all part of our great energy field. We are all one, even in a literal physical senses. If everything is made of energy than its logical to believe that everything is interconnected in the universe and we are part of one, great, living organism; Gaia.
There are many different representations of the Dragonfly, to me it symbolize renewal, positive force and the power of life in general. Also, as a creature of the wind, the dragonfly represents change. And as a dragonfly lives a short life, it knows it must live its life to the fullest with the short time it has – which is a lesson for all of us. The Theory of Four Elements is embodied in the whole picture of Gaia. In my view of the Universe, all things are made up of four elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. All animals, plants, stones, emotions, inanimate objects, and energies are combination of these elements..as, of course, are we. The fish and the water in the bottom represent the Water element, and also my astrological sign as being a Pisces. The mountains in the background represent the Earth element. The dragonfly and the butterflies represent the Air element and the atom represents the Fire element. There are also some Spiral formations in the image. There is one next to the dragonfly, also the way the plant spiral around the females arm, and one embodied in the image as fishes arranged in a spiral formation and continue above the water turning into butterflies spiraling around the female figure. The spiral represents many things in the universe, for me particularly a symbol of the spiritual journey and the evolutionary process of learning and growing. The spiral shows up very often in nature – in hurricanes, in pattern of seeds, in the pattern that leaves grow, and as a helix, the shape of the DNA molecule. Overall, this view of the universe and these ideas show up in all aspects of my life; in my personal life being who I am and in my professional life being a holistic health counselor or a healer.
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Kitsong will have excellent IT infrastructure which will include wi-fi, internet connectivity through a proxy server, a file server, a database server and a Moodle server.
Every learner will have their own tablet pc and email account. These will be used extensively in every subject and acceptable use will be taught and managed. Tablets will contain textbooks, instructional videos, reading books, educational apps and a browser for accessing Moodle tests, exercises and resources.
Instructional classrooms will have data projectors and a 25-seater computer laboratory will allow for lessons in advanced computer literacy, web design, software development and scientific simulations.


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Stephanie W. Berdik, P.C.
Stephanie Berdik is a partner in the Investment Funds Group in the Boston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Stephanie's practice focuses on advising U.S. and non-U.S. private investment fund sponsors on all aspects of their business, including establishment of private investment funds, portfolio investment activities, capital raising, fund regulatory and compliance matters and firm ownership and operational issues.
She has worked with a variety of private fund sponsors, including large, diversified asset managers as well as emerging managers, in connection with the formation and ongoing management of buyout, direct lending, liquid credit, special situations, distressed and venture funds. Stephanie also has extensive experience advising sponsors on establishing managed accounts and single investor funds involving a variety of U.S. and non-U.S. institutional investors.
Stephanie's experience also includes representing institutional investors in their investments in U.S. and non-U.S. private investment funds, co-investment funds and managed accounts across a range of asset classes.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Stephanie was a partner in the Private Investment Funds Group of Proskauer Rose LLP. She was previously a Vice President and Senior Counsel at State Street Global Advisors where she was responsible for providing legal advice regarding US institutional investment management services and products with a focus on product structuring and disclosure issues concerning commingled investment pools, managed accounts and private investment funds.
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Structuring and Negotiating Separately Managed Accounts, by Stephanie Berdik and Edward Lee, a chapter in the book, The LPA Anatomised 2nd Edition, published by PEI (Private Equity International), 2018.
Speaker, Key Trends Relating to Direct Lending Funds, IBA/ABA 19th Annual Conference on Private Investment Funds, March 2018
Panelist, Cracking the Credit Code: Trends in Private Debt, 24th Annual Columbia Business School Private Equity Conference, New York, February 23, 2018
Speaker, 9th Maples Investment Funds Forum, Grand Cayman, February 9th, 2018
Preqin LP Private Credit Workshop, December 5th, 2017
Fundraising in '17: The Terms Driving the LP-GP Dialogue, Women's Private Equity Summit, 2017
LPA Trends, EMPEA Latin America Council Meeting, September 2015
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A few baby joeys will be around ,baby lambs born early Spring when there is lots of fresh grass for them.
Baby ducklings waddling around .
Little babies.
Our beautiful Australian National flower the Wattle. It is on the Australian Coat of Arms.
It is a fragrant sweet smelling flower. It can be used to make perfumes, bath herbs and potpourris.
We have the bushes (acacia) growing outside our front door in the bush so pretty.. It can give some people hay fever. Australia celebrates Wattle Day on the 1st September. Our start of Spring.
Saying "Hello" to you all from the ladies at my weekly quilting group who look on here to see what projects are happening with you all . These ladies don't have a blog and love reading and seeing my bloggie follower friend's current projects . Your enthusiasm is catching.
Lee has quilted her Christmas wall hanging. Makes me start thinking about Christmas.
Lynne has the top all finished for this colourful fabulous Baby quilt.
Kay has finished this lovely soft warm colours and cuddly flannelette quilt.
Wow it's great.
Thank you all who visit you are truly appreciated.
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Video captured by a local TV reporter in Miami shows a man who disagrees with GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's immigration policies being violently ejected from a Trump campaign event. In the video, an unidentified white man wearing a red polo shirt is seen pulling another man identified as a protester by the back of his shirt. When the protester falls to the ground, the man in the polo shirt then drags him along the floor towards the room's exit. Towards the end of the video, the polo-shirted man appears to kick the protester while the protester is still lying on the ground.
As this protester is being dragged out of the room, the crowd around him loudly chants "U-S-A! U-S-A!"
Protesters made their way into the #DonaldTrump campaign rally tonight in Miami. NBC 6 reporter Steve Litz caught one protester being removed on camera. http://on.nbc6.com/3WP9bmQ
Posted by NBC 6 South Florida on Friday, October 23, 2015
The Trump campaign previously barred the Spanish-language station Univision from covering its event in Florida.
Trump was reportedly interrupted several times by protesters during his appearance at the Trump National Doral Miami resort. At one point, he appeared to endorse the use of violent tactics against these protesters. "See the first group, I was nice. Oh, take your time," Trump said of the protesters. "The second group, I was pretty nice. The third group, I'll be a little more violent. And the fourth group, I'll say get the hell out of here!"


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'Pupils' attitudes to learning are outstanding.' ISI EQI report, October 2019
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Concrete sawing and drilling equipment embedded with diamond edged inserts and are the most effective cutting tools in the construction industry. Additionally, diamond is known as the hardest material in the world, and it also owns other attributes that make it a perfect candidate for use in concrete cutting. The advantages of concrete diamond sawing and drilling are clear cut when in contrast to other materials commonly used as cutting tools. Equipment that use diamonds have higher wear and tear resistance, higher cutting efficiency and lasts longer. Concrete diamond saws and drills will help ensure a straight clean cut for concrete projects, and is highly time efficient.
It has been known for centuries that the molecular structure of a diamond is very dense. The tinier the diamond the greater the density will be. Small crystals cut through harder materials better because they produce a larger cutting surface and larger crystals are used for cutting softer materials. Diamond density is similar to impact strength, and the ability to resist heat. This range in size and density allows for a more customizable approach to each unique project.
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Nassarawa State outgoing Governor Tanko Al-Makura spoke on live Television Continental programme, 'The Platform', anchored by SAM OMATSEYE, on the implications of President Muhammadu Buhari's victory for the state and country.
For the first time, Nasarawa State delivered the presidency to your party. President Buhari has never won Nasarawa State. What is going on in your mind right now?
Jubilation, contentment and a feeling of fulfilment because not everybody will be that lucky that at the twilight of one's tenure to have all these wonderful things happening for him. The president has won in Nasarawa State, I will advice history because that is for the first time since he embarked on his political journey in 2003 so we have broken that jinx like I have always said.
Secondly, we delivered the governor to APC and what is even most exciting is that this governor that we have elected is someone that we cherish, someone that we are sure have the capacity and capability to move the state to the next level.
The third one is that I was lucky to be elected as senator and not only that, that in this dispensation, we have won all the senatorial seats to the APC. We cannot ask for more. I must say this is one of the most exciting moments politically that I have experienced.
The presidential victory was won but it was such a narrow victory and some people were saying, maybe, the areas that were cancelled probably would have turned the election here or there.
Victory is victory. By the time you attain victory, the issue of how much you have got or how much you won, to me is immaterial. What is the most fundamental thing is for one to win. Even if it is by one vote because that shows that the preponderance of vote, majority of the votes are won by your candidate and as far as I am concerned in a very daisy environment, very difficult and impossible political environment like Nasarawa, for the president to have won for the first time and with a margin of over 6,000 votes, I think is something impressive.
Now you are talking about the difficult state of Nasarawa. The eight years that you have been privileged to shepherd the state has not been easy. There was the Mbaitse crisis, which was a militancy problem that really stole the national limelight. Your political foes also wanted to impeach, and then we also had the herdsmen crisis. These three were very very earth shaking to Nasarawa. Take us through how you were able to navigate these difficult times?
Anytime I think about my political experience in Nasarawa state, 2011 till now, I just get seized by certain feeling of making the impossible possible and I believe that it is not all to ones credit and I think to a large extent by the Grace of God because if you look at the complexity, the peculiarity of Nasarawa state, it is one of the most difficult states.
It is highly heterogeneous state. Few people know that) a heterogeneous state but in history, in political disposition, and even social psychology of the people because by historical antecedents, the majority of people of Nasarawa State come from three different kingdoms. One sector from the Hausa-Fulani kingdom. One sector from the Kanem-Borno and another from the Korola family. So, it is a meeting point of different cultures, different tendencies and religion; with this background you should expect a heterogeneous lenience to different political persuasion and not only that our closeness to the Federal capital has also made Nasarawa state become much more difficult state to handle because the influence of the Federal capital territory with all the tribes, all the tendencies in Nigeria, overrunning Nasarawa state, every nook and cranny that also helps to complicate the social structure, the political structure of the state.
There has always been a problem in Nigeria politics with the successor and the god father and so on and so forth. How are you guys going to manage the relationship which is very good at the moment?
I think without making a sweeping statement, I will say that what is usually the cause of conflicts between two friends or two like minds is probably when one crosses the line. As far as I am concerned, have been privileged to be governor for eight years and through divine providence I have been able to support Abdullahi Sule and the people of Nasarawa have been able to support us. As far as I am concerned it starts and ends at that. By that time, I take my bow as the governor of Nasarawa State, he is in charge. I will not want to interfere with his focus, his vision and his commitment to governance. I believe by so doing, he will have an unfiltered attention to ensure that his policies, manifestos and objectives are fulfilled.
A lot of time, when you find two friends or one who have facilitated the emergence of the another go sour, I think it has to do with interference and I believe as a statesman, I would rather allow him to do his work and we continue as friends.
But, as a citizen of Nasarawa State and one who has occupied the seat he is occupying, if I see anything that is worthy of comment to him for him to take a look at, I think I will do it in good faith, other than that he is on the saddle, he should be allowed to execute what he believes in to ensure that he achieves his objectives for which he was elected.


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Lack of impatiensflowering again
An animal (?) ate all the flowers/buds from a potted impatience plant. It is green and healthy looking but no flowers. What should I do to bring back the flowers?
Slugs are know to eat Impatiens.
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All your base are belong to Mars.
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Heather is Jupiter Broadcasting's science expert. She currently appears via Skype as the host of SciByte with Chris.
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For Jupiter@Nite, Heather was a guest host on Space Wednesdays, special themed episodes which focused on space science and technology. She has also appeared on the farewell to Smallville special of Jupiter@Nite in a non-scientific capacity. Several of the episode intros of Jupiter@Nite have also been provided by Heather.
On March 28th 2012 Heather began to co-host TORked along side Chris And Nikki.
Heather was a natural choice to be one of the co-hosts for TORked given her long standing love for the StarWars IP.
Before playing SWTOR Heather spent many years playing StarWars Galaxies so she knows the IP inside out she has also however played a number of other MMO's, but always returned to StarWars Galaxies.
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Insects and other foods the trout should be eating:
1. BWOs (Little and Eastern BWOs)
2. Little Yellow Quills
3. Little Yellow Stoneflies
4. Slate Drakes
5. Needle Stoneflies
6. Mahogany Duns
Most available/ Other types of food:
7. Sculpin, Minnows (Streamers)
8. Craneflies
9. Beetles
10. Grasshoppers
11. Ants
Fly Presentation - Part 8
Presenting Emerging Nymphs and Pupae Imitations in Shallow Water– Down and
Presenting an emerging nymph or pupa just under the surface using a down and across method is
the same as I described in yesterday's last segment with the exception that you cast across or
down and across the stream, mending the line as necessary and providing enough slack line to
allow the fly, fly and indicator, or two fly rig to continue drifting downstream.
Presenting Dry Fly Imitations – Upstream or Up and Across Current:
The most obvious problem fishing a dry fly is, of course, drag. Remember that drag is more
obvious to the trout than it is to you. You may see your fly stop, move suddenly or create a v-wake
but you may not notice when the fly is barely moving in some direction or speed that's different
from the current. The trout, having watched real flies and other things drift downstream their entire
life, can and will easily detect unnatural movement in your imitation.
First, observe the water and try to predetermine where conflicting currents exist. Try to pick the
best spot to cast the fly to in order to get it to drift into the most likely location a trout may be
feeding without excessive drag. Sometimes you have to present the fly in water with conflicting
currents and deal with it the best way you can. Such situations definitely require slack line
presentations. I most often use a reach cast, or what some anglers call a reach mend. In situations
where you fail to get some slack in the tippet or leader, your have to resort to mending the line as
necessary to get as much of a drag free drift as possible.
Any of the methods of preventing drag with the cast, such as the reach cast, curve cast, wiggle
cast, pile cast and other types of slack line presentations, are better than mending the line on the
The second most obvious problem encountered casting a dry fly up and across is spooking the
trout with your leader and/or line. The line is, of course, very visible to the trout, even if it is a
natural, inconspicuous color. The leader can also be very visible and spook the trout, especially if
it lands of top of the fish. The first thing to avoid is casting the line and leader directly over a rising
trout or a location that may hold a trout. As I have written in previous articles, casting slightly up
and across is al;ways better than casting directly upstream. If you must cast directly upstream, and
sometimes you may need to, cast only about one half the length of your leader beyond a rising fish
or likely looking spot to help keep your fly line from becoming obvious to the trout.
Presenting Dry Fly Imitations – Downstream or Down and Across Current:
Presenting a dry fly directly downstream, or down and across, is sometimes the best method to
use. It's not often you need to make this type of presentation in the Smokies, but there are a few
occasions where it's the best method to use. Usually, downstream presentations are needed in
very clear, slow moving smooth flowing water situations. Some spring creeks are good examples. In
many spring creek situations, it's just about impossible to present the fly upstream without
spooking the trout. In my local area of eastern Tennessee, I use a downstream presentation most
often when fishing the South Holston River.
To present the fly directly downstream, make the cast to where the fly will land upstream of a rising
trout or likely spot a trout may be holding. As soon as the fly hits the water, lower the rod just fast
enough to prevent any drag from occurring. You don't want to create too much extra slack. If you
do, you may not be able to set the hook quick enough.
Another method that can be used in conjunction with lowering your rod tip, is to stop the tip of the
rod and bring it back up during the forward cast. This should be done just before the fly hits the
water. This creates slack line and allows the fly to drift downstream drag free. In either case, you
can let out extra line allowing the fly to continue downstream with creating drag.
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Student Government meets at least once a month to walk through the Habitudes Coursework on Leadership. They also plan and execute scholar social events from dances to mystery dinners. Capstone is building our future leaders!
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Amsterdam-Schiphol's Pesky Feathered Friends
Airports around the world have struggled to come up with effective solutions to prevent bird strikes. The force of a jet hitting a flock of geese or for that matter even a single bird can cause a plane to crash. The planting of 'elephant grass' in the area of Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport has proved to be a major help in solving this safety problem and at the same time reduces the unpopular culling of geese around this fifth busiest airport in Europe. The grass is very tall, easy to grow, and most importantly… birds don't like it.
Image: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Popular stopover
If it has wings it loves Holland. With over half a million incoming and outgoing aircraft flights a year Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport is one of the main gateways to Europe and a popular stopover on long intercontinental flights.
Our feathered friends love Holland, too. On the edge of the North Sea and mainland Europe the Netherlands is a popular stopover for birds, especially in spring and autumn during their massive migration from Africa to Northern Europe, Canada and vice versa. Midway through their long journey, millions of waders, ducks and geese choose Holland as a convenient rest stop and place to forage before flying on.
The geese agree
While Schiphol is a favorite end destination for many international flights, others use the airport in much the same way as the migrating birds – a place to refuel and forage before moving on. However, it seems nowadays many more geese 'seem to agree' with the former, and are making Schiphol and its surroundings their final destination, an excellent spot to conclude their trip; instead of flying on, they settle down. And this is a problem.
When an unlucky small bird is 'sucked' into a jet engine not much damage is done; but a large goose is something quite different. In June 2010 a departing RA Maroc jet from Schiphol had to make a forced landing after one of its engines sucked up a mature Canadian goose.
After that the Dutch Safety Board decided measures had to be taken. In the area of Schiphol around the same time, nearly 60,000 geese had settled there were an estimated 7 collisions with geese per 10,000 flights. No major accidents occurred, but the danger is always there. Any collision causes delay and damage, technically and economical, and a troubling concern for passengers.
Bold measures
In the first years measures were bold. It started with bringing in hunters to shoot the geese, around 15,000 a year in the area of Schiphol. Although poulterers were happy to sell the meat from the shot geese, Dutch nature and animal protection organizations disliked the practice. A less violent and more 'animal friendly' solution was found in catching the geese and then gassing them with carbon dioxide. Better? Less bad, was the public opinion.
Creative solution
In 2011 the Dutch enterprising farmet Gert Jan Petrie came up with a smart idea: growing 'Miscanthus Sinensus Gigantus', or elephant grass around Schiphol. Elephants love it on their diner, but the geese find it impossible. And because the grass grows to over three meters long it also helps in reducing noise in the vicinity of the airport.
In 2015 there were already 100 hectares (247 acres) of elephant grass growing in the Schiphol region. A win-win solution. The crop helps keeping Amsterdam Airport Schiphol safe, aids in noise reduction while at the same time reduces the need for the culling so many geese.
Elephant grass comes with some added benefits, too. It has a high tolerance to brackish groundwater, needs little fertilizer and pesticides, and provides a renewable source of feedstock for bio-based technologies and has a wide range use in building materials, public space furniture, bioplastics, as well as chemicals, biofuels and indeed even kerosene... to fly on!


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The trail from Liberty at the Battle of Wilderness forward to David Argyle ("Guy") Burns is reasonably well documented. But what we know about earlier branches of the Burns family tree?
It's tempting to claim descent from the most famous Burns in history -- the Bard of Scotland -- author of over 500 poems and almost as many songs, including Auld Lang Syne. Not to mention children too numerous to count. Who wouldn't want this blithe spirit on their family tree?
Some of Guy's ancestors certainly did. In a history of the Virginias, the author wrote this about Guy's uncle, Joseph Turner Burns:
He is a direct descendant from the family of the great poet of Scotland, "Bobby Burns," as his countrymen still love to call him. [1]
Nice try, Uncle Joe. The truth is that at the time Robbie Burns was born in Scotland in 1759, Joseph's great-grandfather (Guy's great-great-grandfather) was 19 years old and living in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. So much for "direct descent" from a literary legend.
Still, the Burns men of Guy's line were no slouches, and in this section, we'll get to know these paternal forebears.
: [1] From H. H. Hardesty's "Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia...Special History of the Virginias." 1883.


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"I've seen hell in the mirror of heaven," Cold Cave's Wesley Eisold sings on "Nothing Is True but You." "Tasted poison in the fountain of youth." Buoyed by spectral keys and drum machine beats that wouldn't sound out of place on a house track, it's one of the high points on You & Me & Infinity, Cold Cave's latest EP.
The four songs on You & Me & Infinity are a culmination of everything the band's done before. The pop songwriting muscles Eisold flexed on 2011's goth masterpiece Cherish the Light Years are still in fine form on the title track, while the band's more minimal, New Order-loving early work on albums like 2009's Love Comes Close shines on "Glory" and "My Heart Is Immortal."
You & Me & Infinity doesn't just stand out as a refinement of the band's sound — it's also the first "true" record they've released in seven years.
Formed as a solo project in 2007, Cold Cave was an opportunity for Eisold (a singer for punk and hardcore groups American Nightmare & Some Girls) to embrace his inner Dave Gahan. Trading in throat-shredding howls and hardcore guitars for a gothic croon and chilly synths, Eisold became one of the biggest goth stars dark music had seen in years.
Cold Cave faced a crossroads after releasing Cherish the Light Years. The LP was a big leap forward for the band, proving that Eisold could write anthems that would sound just as good in an arena as they would in a dingy club. With its more polished production and expansive sound, Cherish could have been the start of Cold Cave's world-conquering phase.
Instead, Eisold decided to retrench.
While reports circulated that Cold Cave was working on a follow-up album called Sunflower, it has yet to see the light of day. Eisold continued to tour, putting on stirring shows that were augmented with evocative video projection. But he did something unusual for someone of his stature: He opted out of the album release cycle.
Rather than continue to participate in the record-release-tour cycle that most bands are locked in, Cold Cave became a singles outfit. They would release one-off tracks and eventually a compilation of non-album tracks called Full Cold Moon, but no full-length "proper" albums.
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And while conventional wisdom would say that transitioning from an album to a singles band is folly, Cold Cave stuck the landing. Their fan base continued to swell. And the singles the band were dropping off felt momentous and significant because they weren't attached to any larger work. A one-off song can feel like it contains an entire musical universe of possibilities when it isn't connected to anything else.
When Eisold isn't touring with Cold Cave, he runs his own publishing imprint, Heartworm Press. In addition to releasing Cold Cave records through Heartworm, Eisold also publishes original literature from contemporary authors and reprinted classics like Richard Brautigan's Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt. He's also released musical collaborations through the imprint, like Rebellion Is Over, a three-song cassette Eisold recorded with members of Black Rain and occult/music legend Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. Working with an artist of P-Orridge's status makes perfect sense for Eisold: Genesis is the kind of restless and decadent polymath that Eisold is shaping up to be.
After years of singles, You & Me & Infinity could be the band dropping a hint that bigger things are coming. If it's another longplayer that puts us in a dark, sensual mood like Love Comes Close or Cherish the Light Years, it can't come out soon enough.
Cold Cave is playing on Wednesday, June 27, at Crescent Ballroom, 308 North Second Avenue. Tickets are $15-$18 at ticketfly.com.


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Should WV's Prevailing Wage Law Prevail for Public Projects?
CHARLESTON, W. Va. - People pushing to end West Virginia's prevailing wage law say the move is intended to cut the cost of building schools and other public construction projects. But several new studies warn that a repeal would raise costs instead.
The prevailing wage law mandates that construction workers on public projects make the going rate for their specialty in a given area. Sean O'Leary, policy analyst with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, says his group's analysis of the new research shows repealing the law would actually cost the state in the long run.
"Our construction costs are actually lower than a lot of our neighboring states, like Virginia, Ohio, that don't have prevailing wage laws," says O'Leary.
Senate Bill 361 was set for discussion by the Senate Government Organization Committee on Thursday before being pulled from the agenda. Sponsors say they expect to bring it up this week.
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce President Steve Roberts says estimates are the state could save 25 to 30 percent with a repeal. But the prevailing wage law applies only to labor costs and according to the Center on Budget and Policy report, federal census figures say labor is only 27 percent of state construction costs, making 25 percent savings impossible. Roberts had this reaction:
"I wouldn't be too impressed by somebody's cursory look at this," he says. "We would have to look at the credibility of the report at this point."
Roberts has since received a copy of the report but hasn't commented further.
O'Leary says their findings are in line with a 2004 study of school construction, and a new study from the University of Missouri. He says in public projects the prevailing wage ensures a better end result, helps maintain a high-quality workforce, and keeps in-state contractors from being under-cut by out-of-state firms that use lower quality labor.
"You get what you pay for," says O'Leary. "There's fewer workplace accidents, the work gets done quicker, the productivity is substantially higher, rather than when you have public construction projects based on who can pay their workers the least."


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April 6, 2020 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
22nd December 2010
"Citigroup has warned of a fresh wave of bank failures and a string of sovereign defaults in Europe unless EU leaders come up with a credible response to the crisis."
expatdavid comments: "This is the inevitable result of the feckless politicians dream with the single currency being used to try and force fiscal and political union. Better that it fails now rather than later after many more billions of taxpayers money have been squandered. We have had more than enough of that already."
"The economy has suffered a £1.5billion 'big freeze' shock from travel chaos, lost production and savaged High Street sales."
keith rathbone says: "It's good that people can't shop because no one has any money to spend. Despite weeks of consumerist brain washing from the TV people aren't able to spend which is great news."
The Guardian
"A prolonged stagnation in the property market will see house prices drop by 2% over the coming year, the body that represents estate agents predicted today."
Vince Cable vs. Rupert Murdoch is dominating the boards:
"A humbled and diminished Vince Cable was tonight allowed to cling on to his cabinet post as business secretary, but was stripped of all responsibility for media policy after it emerged he had told undercover reporters that he had "declared war" on Rupert Murdoch over the media magnate's plans to take over all of BSkyB."
TerribleLyricist thinks: " So Vince loses the Murdoch brief, and it goes to… Jeremy Hunt! Next, the speed camera decision will be made by… Jeremy Clarkson. Cable has been played. Politicians are no match for billionaires."
P_Synthesis writes: "After all the recent fees stuff perhaps Vince was dying to show he was doing something. Problem is, that may be the last thing he does. He should have saved it for the tell-all autobio. Bound to be marginalised now even if he isn't kicked out."
And then followed up with Vince Cable's views on the Telegraph's journalism:
James wrote: "And why should Vince not have his own views. If he had "declared war" on the BBC or ITV or just about anyone else who is behaving inappropriately, no one would have bothered. It just goes to show that the men in grey suits always protect their own."
mdman says: "He is the most ridiculous minister in the coalition Government. And he has beaten off some stiff competition to win that prize. He can't threaten anyone with anything now"
"Companies such as Amazon.com Inc. and Etsy Inc., a site that sells handmade and vintage goods, are making gift recommendations for individuals by tapping into the trove of comments and preferences collected by social-networking giant Facebook Inc."


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I'm going to wait until the previews are up on the page but basically... Jurassic Park the euro worker-placement board game. I'm pretty much sold.
From the miscreants at Weta Workshop and Cryptozoic comes Weta Workshop's first tabletop game, set in the sports-crazy dystopian future of Giant Killer Robots! Strap in for the most epic smackdown this side of the megapocalypse. Gather your squad of Giant Killer Robots (GKRs), build your deck, and face your rivals in the ultimate fight for fame, fortune, and sweet salvage rights. Scheme, strategize and strong-arm your way to victory as you dominate the media landscape, one billboard at a time. GKR: Heavy Hitters is a standalone, customizable tabletop game for 2-4 players, combining high-quality collectibles with dice-rolling, mech-building and tactical play! Pilot your Heavy Hitter (the biggest, baddest robot on the board) and a squad of three Support Units through the ruins of an old city, competing to either wipe your opponent off the map or reduce four skyscrapers to rubble. THE WORLD OF GKRThe story goes like this...Big plague. People died. Governments fell over. Things got bad, real fast. Fortunately, the corporations saved the day! Under their command, things got a whole lot better. But what to do with all those abandoned cites? There's money to be made in the salvage rights. But which corporation gets them? Enter the Giant Killer Robots League.AIM OF THE GAMEThere are two ways to win GKR: Heavy Hitters. Defeat your opponent through brute force, or reduce four buildings to rubble by Tagging them with advertising. Winning is a careful balance of managing energy, repairing damage, earning new Pilot skills, gathering and using sponsor-endorsed upgrades, and moving into positions that give you tactical advantage for your unique weapons.CHOOSE YOUR PILOTPart superstar athletes, part celebrity spokespeople for their corporate Factions, these guys have been chosen as much for their ability to drive Heavy Hitters as for their ability to drive ratings. Pick your Pilot carefully! Each will unlock special skills and upgrades on the Achievement board to help you strategize your way to victory. CHOOSE YOUR FACTIONGKR: Heavy Hitters features four unique corporate Factions. Each has a squad of GKRs ready for you to take control, including one Heavy Hitter and three Support Units with a whole heap of special abilities. As Pilot, you get to pick one Faction to fight for. Which will you take into combat?!DEPLOY PHASEThis is your chance to deploy your Support Units to the field. The Combat, Repair and Recon Units come with attack and defence capabilities unique to your Faction. MOVEMENT PHASENext, move your Heavy Hitter and Support Units into a tactical position on the battlefield. COMBAT PHASETime for the smackdown! In the Combat Phase, Factions attack and defend against each other with the roll of the dice. Rather than turn-based order, weapon speed determines who strikes first. Every Heavy Hitter has an arsenal of Primary Weapons, Secondary Weapons, and Orbital Strike. Primary Weapons are broken into 3 classes: Energy, Missile, and Ballistic. Use your cards wisely! If you sustain damage, you lose cards. If you lose all your cards to damage, you're OUT!TAGGING PHASEThis is your chance to assert advertising dominance on the battlefield. Place four Tags on a building and you demolish that Building. Demolish four Buildings, and you win the game!For each Building you Tag, you also earn a Sponsor Card. Use 'em throughout the game to give you a tactical advantage through hacking, counter-hacking, or even a spot of corporate espionage. RESET PHASEThe final phase of the round is the Reset. Draw new Faction Cards, replenish your energy and get ready for another round of robot rumble!
Rising Sun is a board game for 3 to 5 players set in legendary feudal Japan. As the Kami descend from the heavens to reshape the land in their image, it is up to each player to lead their clan to victory. Use politics to further your cause, negotiate to seek the most profitable alliances, worship the Kami to gain their favor, recruit monsters out of legend to bolster your forces, and use your resources wisely to be victorious in battle. Created by acclaimed designer Eric M. Lang, Rising Sun reunites the same creative forces responsible for the smash hit Blood Rage, with stunning artwork by Adrian Smith and intricate miniatures sculpted under the direction of Mike McVey.Each of the five clans in Rising Sun brings not only their own individual set of ten beautifully detailed miniatures for their Daimyo, Shinto and Bushi units, but also a unique ability that sets them apart from the others and affects all players' strategies.Koi (Flow, Like Water) - Ever adaptable, the Koi clan is able to use hired Ronin as coins and vice versa, giving them great flexibility and making their decisions very unpredictable.Dragonfly (Wings, Wind and Spirit) - Flying on gossamer wings, the Dragonfly clan is able to move anywhere on the map without restriction. You never know where they'll strike next.Bonsai (Humility, Earth and Root) - Ever growing and evergreen, the Bonsai clan needs to spend no coins when buying resources. Strongholds sprout from the ground and Upgrades to the clan blossom naturally.Lotus (Patience is key) - The Lotus clan dictates the flow of politics by turning the Political Mandates they play into anything they wish. A powerful ally to have at your side, and a terrible foe to betray.Turtle (Hard as the mind; delicate as steel) - The Turtle clan builds their Strongholds on top of the shells of giant legendary turtles. These indestructible fortresses can move around the map and even join in the fights for the provinces.Played over the course of a year, each Season in Rising Sun is divided into a Political phase, where players prepare their clans and set their plans in motion, and a War Phase, where dominance over each of the contested provinces is decided.During the Political phase, players choose among a restricted selection for a Political Mandate to play. These determine the actions all players may perform. They can Recruit new units on their Strongholds, Marshal their forces across the map, Train to upgrade their clan with Season cards, Harvest to reap the rewards of the provinces they dominate, or even Betray their ally to bring opposing forces to their side.When players perform a Train Political Mandate, they are able to spend their coins to upgrade their clans with Season cards that bring all manner of new abilities. From Virtues that give you bonuses according to your actions, to Enhancements that improve your clan, to powerful Monsters that may join your clan, bringing with them amazing strength or other more devious benefits. At the start of each Season, players engage in a tea ceremony to negotiate new Alliances. Having the right ally and playing for mutual benefit (for a time) is often key to victory. Allies don't kill each other during war, and they also grant each other a unique bonus whenever they play a Political Mandate. Recruit extra units, build Strongholds when you Marshal, save coins when you Train, and reap a bountiful Harvest. However, the enticing Betrayal option always casts a shadow of doubt over Alliances.Do not be too quick to Betray your ally, though, for such an action brings dishonor to your clan. Honor is a tangible force in Rising Sun. Clans are always competing on a ladder for who is more or less honorable than the other. Having more Honor than your opponent gives you the upper hand on any ties in the game, from a dispute when worshipping a Kami, to deadly war on the provinces. But occasionally being dishonorable might also be a valid strategy, for upgrades such as the nightmarish Oni often favor those at the bottom of the Honor scale.When players Recruit their forces, they may choose to send their Shinto warriors to climb the mountains and go worship the mighty Kami. Three times per Season, each of these gods will grant their blessing upon the clan who worships them the most. The competition for the grace of the Kami can become fierce and change the course of the game. Each Kami grants a different benefit, from increased Honor, to extra Bushi, Ronin or coins. Only four of the seven Kami are used in each game, creating different dynamics each time you play.Each Season ends with the War phase. In each of the contested provinces, the warring players secretly bid their coins on the different War Advantages. Only the winner in each of the different options is allowed to execute them, allowing for dramatic shifts in the outcome of each battle, or cunning players coming out ahead even in defeat. Bluff your way through impossible odds and trick your opponents into needlessly wasting their coins. Sometimes losing a battle may win you the war.When Winter comes, all politics and fighting are over. Players gain extra points for winning battles in as many different provinces as possible, and also for certain upgrades they may have gathered. As the snow falls, the new Emperor will ascend!
ComicReaders (Regina) is going to do a Retailer Pledge of CMoN's Rising Sun.We will charge a flat $100 USD (shipping and tax included). We will pay the first $10USD in duties if there are any. To guarantee your pledge a deposit of $50 USD will be collected by PayPal. I will PM you our PayPal address. The remaining $50 USD will be collecting at time of shipping.You will get the Core game, Phoenix Exclusive Monster and ALL unlocked stretch goals.KS link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/rising-sun/description
Hardback is the follow-up to Paperback, the award-winning word / deckbuilding game from Tim Fowers. Hardback is not an expansion - it's a whole new game. Fans of Paperback will feel right at home playing Hardback, though there are plenty of new strategies and mechanics to explore: Hardback has no dedicated wild cards - your starting hand offers significantly more variety - and you'll never draw a "worthless" hand Any card can be made wild by playing it face-down - keeping you in control of which cards to focus on In Hardback, you do not purchase cards to earn victory - instead, play letter cards that score victory each time they are used Hardback does not have a pre-configured offer row - setting up a new game is as quick as shuffle and go No "draw extra cards" cards - instead, use "ink" to press your luck and draw extra cards - but go too far and you might not be able to spell a word Persistent cards provide stay in play and provide benefit each turn - until your opponents force you to discard them by using your letter in their wordIn hardback, there are four distinct card "genres", each with their own unique mechanics to compliment your play style:


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IDW Publishing: "Regeneration One" Issue 92 Comic Book Review
General Information:
Title: "Destiny" Part Two
Cover Price: $3.99 (US)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Publishing Date: June 12, 2013
Writer: Simon Furman
Penciler: Andrew Wildman
Inker: Stephen Baskerville
Colorist: John-Paul Bove
Letterer: Chris Mowry
Editor: John Barber
Editor in Chief: Chris Ryall
On Earth, a very one sided battle is going on between Spike (aka "Circuit Smasher") and Optimus Prime. As the Autobot tries to reason, Spike is overcome with anger, attacking relentlessly. That is, until Linda Chang and a contingent of armored soldiers come to stop him. He backs off, allowing Optimus to collapse in pain. Linda explains he will follow them to Little America where he will state his case, if they don't like it, Spike may wind up finishing the job! Optimus asks if that is his commanding officer, he tells Optimus it's his wife!
Meanwhile on Cybertron, several Autobots previously exposed to Nucleon are being kept under watch with an Energon siphon attached inside "The Garage". The Autobots include Blaster, Silverbolt, Inferno and Huffer - all in new bodies designed to resemble their original forms. Blaster tells Prowl to let him help, but Prowl tries to hide the truth until Blaster reveals (via intercepted transmissions) that he knows there is a lot of unrest on the streets of Cybertron. He offers to get to the bottom of the problem but Prowl tells him to stay put, concerned that incidents like Silverbolt's body malfunctioning (and launching him into space) will recur.
On the streets of Cybertron, Kup and the Wreckers are dealing with one of many incidents that have turned violent. Secretly, Soundwave is using the frequency shared by all Cybertronians to cause unrest! This is a distraction however, allowing the Decepticons time to destroy sensor outposts, blinding Cybertron! However, Soundwave realizes that Blaster has begun to pick up the signal and figure it out so he deploys the new Mayhem Attack Squad to destroy him! Carnivac, Roadblock and Snarler immediately head to "The Garage".
On Earth, Optimus has been brought to Little America (in what's left of Wyoming) to make his case. Several citizens including G.B. Blackrock greet him. Optimus proposes uniting the planets of Nebulos and Earth, allowing each world to help the other. Nebulos could provide technology to speed Earth's recovery while Earth could provide strength to help Nebulos through their recent trauma at the hands of Scorponok. Spike is against it, knowing a Space Bridge would be involved and most likely more involvement with Transformers in the future. The others however want to consider it, something Spike is not happy about!
Back on Cybertron, Blaster has figured out what's going on but Soundwave is blocking his ability to let anyone know. He also realizes that the Mayhem Attack Squad is one the way! He tells the others and they prepare to fight (unarmed as they are) as the three Decepticon Pretenders crash through The Garage's defenses!
Underground, Hot Rod continues to lead the Dinobots to the lower parts of the Sonic Canyons, in the hopes of finding Grimlock and the "Demons" to boot. Little do they realize, the Demons are following them.
Back at The Garage, Snarler and the others have broken through the final wall to find Huffer seemingly alone. Snarler charges but Huffer takes him down with one punch! Thanks to some solid teamwork, the Autobots manage to take down the Decepticons, though Silverbolt will need repairs. Prowl explains the Intracomm has been taken down for maintenance, preventing Soundwave's signal from spreading. Unfortunately the damage is done, with almost all long range monitoring stations down. This means whatever is coming - they won't know what it is until it is right on top of them.
Elsewhere, Bludgeon tanks Soundwave for his work and prepares to invade with the Warworld, just as Galvatron prepares to do the same with The Ark!
I'm a fan of stories that tie up loose ends. I think sometimes in the effort to build story arcs, writers can forget to address certain storylines or drag them out way beyond their "expiration date". This issue does a nice job of slowly beginning to tie up loose ends while starting new story threads. For instance, we are seeing some resolution on the Nucleon powered Autobots getting back into service just in time for Cybertron to be in danger (and perhaps use their unique skills as demonstrated in this issue). On Earth, Galvatron is gone sure, but Optimus still has work to do and finally proposes something the humans may want to consider. All these transitions feel very organic and not forced at all.
My favorite story thread in this issue was seeing Blaster and the other former-Nucleon fueled Autobots get back in action. I liked the way Blaster's abilities served as a counter to Soundwave's (at least in terms of uncovering his plan). It was also cool to see "old timers" like Huffer and Inferno back in action against lesser known G1 characters like Roadblock and Snarler. I enjoy a good episode of "Transformers Prime" as much as the next guy, but it's great to see some good ol' Generation One action from time to time. It was also fun seeing the (brief) debut of the new Mayhem Attack Squad, and I find it interesting that once again three Pretenders were chosen to be members of the team (the original team consisted of Bludgeon, Octopunch and Stranglehold, three Pretenders from the same era of Generation One as Snarler and company).
Elsewhere, I like Optimus' idea of uniting the worlds of Nebulos and Earth. It's an ideal solution in many respects. The only slight narrative flaw here is that while we've been told the Nebulans are traumitized (understandably so), we haven't really seen what that means. A brief report from Fixit's team or something may have solved that. I found myself wondering just what is wrong. Are they apathetic? Scared? Unable to move/act on their own behalf? It's a bit fuzzy to me so I'm hoping that we get to some clarity on this if Nebulos and Earth do meet (and I really hope Spike doesn't screw it up in the process).
Hot Rod's story is a very minor part of this issue, but I found myself wondering if he is somehow going to use the "Demon' legions to help defend Cybertron against Bludgeon's attack drones. It would be a fascinating contrast for Cybertron's most ancient warriors being the key to defeating advanced technology with its basis in Cybertronian tech. I'm also wondering what state (if any) the crew will be finding Grimlock (and maybe Scorponok) in at the lower levels of the Sonic Canyons.
The artwork in this issue was definitely up to the usual standards set by the art team. Wildman's pencils conveyed both emotion and action very well. I thought Blaster's facial expressions were great, showing his enthusiasm, stubborness and sadness from panel to panel. In particular I am very fond of the sequence where the Mayhem Attack Squad charges into The Garage. The panels are very cleanly laid out, and there's something appealing in that simplicity. I even found the way Carnivac takes out one hapless guard a bit comedic in its timing and artwork (but yeah, I felt bad for the guard). The color work in the issue is also really nice. The scenes in Wyoming in particular had a very vibrant, almost photographic element to them at times, especially with the lighting of the skies. I'm also a huge fan of the lighting effects used on blaster energy and Blaster's sonic waves, they really add a rather cinematic element to the battle scenes that I really like.
Final Thoughts:
This is a fun issue where the action is a critical part of the storyline, but doesn't dominate it. I'm equally curious about all the story threads started here and satisfied with the ones that are resolved. Looking forward to the next issue!


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update: what was i thinking???
have you ever done something that at the time seemed like an ok thing to do, but in reality was just a bad idea? seriously, what possessed me to do this?
Archive for March, 2006
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update: what was i thinking???
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tonight i'm going to a free play about jesus, just for the………hell of it. haha. yes, you read that right. it's even being performed in a church! i'm going into a church! unfortunately, it doesn't look like a romantic comedy, or even better, a farce, so i think i better sit in the back since i laughed hysterically throughout the online trailer…
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would you believe that i was seriously contemplating bidding on this?
ok, ok, i know that was a silly question, given my, er…….fascination with wax figures. he's hot! i totally would have bought a life size wax dude off ebay for $100. the only thing that stopped me was the fact that they wouldn't ship. i think it would make quite an interesting addition to my home decor. i could only imagine the r-rated fun we could have had with this guy. anyone in cali want to try to buy him & deliver him cross country for me?
& on a completely unrelated note, if you address me in my place of business, you can call me stud finder. yes, 50% tool used to find studs in walls & 50% former crush on a god loving student volunteer. the moment was classic, & yes…you just had to be there.
& here's some fun trivia for you: did you know when mice die they smell like steak? some of you might think this is a good smell, but trust me, it's not. critters really need to stop dying where i work. it really sucks.
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amazing! the guy at the jewelry store thinks i am a ho! i had to sign a bunch of slips of paper, so i said that i needed a shorter name. & he says "yeah if your last name was 'ho' or some other asian name with only a couple of letters…" & i blame it all on the coat. i mean, while wearing this fabulous coat i had a homeless lady in nyc call me a prostitute in a foreign language! i bought this coat secondhand & i wonder who the woman was who owned it before me. it's looking like a slut owned it. that's cool, though.
now, you may find this strange, but in my free time i like to find pictures online of events i've been at to try to find myself in the background. this usually requires some time, effort & resourcefulness…& i could totally be doing better things, but hey, i like doing it. so now i give you, fair readers, the chance to play "where's rhitard"! kinda like "where's waldo", but there's less people & i'm not wearing a striped shirt. click on the pic to find me!
i figured i'd start easy first. back many moons ago i was an extra "party ho" in a candiflyp video. um…this is a still from that & i really don't have much more to say other than it was a fun afternoon. next!
of course you would find me in the background at a drag show! next time i'll have pics of me standing next to the ladies…oooh.
this was from when i was security working the door at clearwaterconservancy's for the love of art & chocolate. i was hoping they would have posted some more pics on their website, but this is all i had to work with.
ahhh, my movie, "plums"! i will tell you more about that later, but this is the director talking to the minister guy during the funeral scene…this was my first funeral & it was a blast. will all funerals be this fun, i wonder?
ok, this one from nrt's "the breakfast club" is pretty tricky. those god awful wrists of mine gave it away, though.
ahh, & finally, my stint as an extra in another student film, because having a part in one wasn't enough. this movie is called "crazy diamond" & the lead character's name is david gilmour. so there was absolutely no way i wasn't showing up to this shoot in my dark side of the moon t-shirt. unfortunately, i got a shitty seat so i'll be lucky if my arm gets in.
& speaking of arms & people in the backgrounds of pictures…
here is the sopranos' furio's arm & leg on the left side of the picture! hot damn!
so there you have it, folks. interestingly enough, i wasn't making my classic background picture face in any of these pictures.
boy, when i see a camera aimed in my general direction, i try to make the most ridiculous face so that when people see it, they are like, 'what the fuck is wrong with that girl????' unfortunately i haven't run across many of those photos. wouldn't that be a gem to find? the only random picture i found of myself was from some girl who was a friend of a friend who wanted a picture with me. & that, my friends, was the absolute worst picture of me ever taken. ever. i wont even post it, it's that bad. i want to know what that camera is & never ever buy it. anyway, more pics to come as i find them!


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Nature in Downland page 20
First published by Longmans Green & Co 1900
On the south side of the range the hills are as a rule lowest, and slope gradually to the sea. The aspect of the downs on this side is familiar to most of us, owing to the large number of persons, probably amounting to millions annually, who visit one or other of the seaside towns and villages that extend in a chain along this part of the south coast, from Eastbourne to the Selsey peninsula, near Chichester. The hills are highest on the north side, where they rise abruptly from the flat weald, like a gigantic buttressed wall, or an earthwork reared of old by Titans. The loftiest part of the range is in the South Downs proper, where, in the neighbourhood of Lewes, east and west of that town, one may walk many miles along the crest of the hill, on a turf which makes walking a joy, and keep at a height of from 700 to 860 feet above the sea level, the ocean six or seven miles distant on one hand, the deep-green wooded flat country of the weald on the other…
I myself prefer to approach the downs on the north side, rather than walk five to seven or eight miles from the coast before getting to the highest point. The climb up the steep smooth escarpment is a good preparation, an intensifier of the pleasure to follow. Those who know the downs are all agreed that it is a rare pleasure to be on them. And when we have had our upward toil on a hot day, and are at length on the level plateau-like summit, on the turf; when the wind has blown us dry, and we have experienced that sense of freedom and elation which is the result of rising from a low level into a rarefied atmosphere, these purely physical sensations are succeeded by a higher, more enduring pleasure, which the mind receives from the prospect disclosed. I mean the prospect of the vast round green hills extending away on either hand to the horizon. What is the secret of his peculiar pleasure? We may say off-hand that it is nothing but the instinctive delight which we have in wild nature and a wide prospect. And this is no doubt a principal element in the feeling - wild nature and a wide prospect in unenclosed country, an elastic turf under foot, and full liberty to roam whithersoever we will. There is another element resulting from the conformation of the earth's surface – the special character of the scenery. The wilderness, the wide horizon and sense of liberty after the confinement of the roads and fences and hedges, come first: it is the local aspect appealing as it does to the aesthetic faculties, which makes the feeling distinctive. Thus, among mountains, on moors, and in vast desolate marshes, on iron-bound coasts, and on wide seaside flats and saltings, and on level plains, I experience this same feeling of elation, which yet differs in character in each locality, and I may be able to analyse my feelings in all or some of these cases and find out why they differ. What is to be said concerning the special quality of the South Downs - the mental flavour they impart?
I remember Gilbert White speculated on this very question, in the often-quoted Letter LVI, where he says:
"Though I have now travelled the Sussex Downs upwards of thirty years, yet I still investigate that chain of majestic mountains with fresh admiration year by year, and I think I see new beauties each time I traverse it… For my own part, I think there is something peculiarly sweet and amusing in the shapely-figured aspect of chalk hills, in preference to those of stone, which are rugged, broken, abrupt, and shapeless. Perhaps I may be singular in my opinion… but I never contemplate theses mountains without thinking I perceive somewhat analogous to growth in their gentle swellings and smooth fungus-like protuberances, their fluted sides and regular hollows and slopes, that carry at once the air of vegetative dilatation and expansion: or was there ever a time when the calcareous masses were thrown into fermentation by some adventitious moisture – were raised and leavened into shape by some plastic power, and so made to swell and heave their broad backs into the sky, so much above the less animated clay of the wild below?"
"Sweet and amusing" are not words we should now use in this connection; but the description is pleasant, and the speculations, albeit fanciful, are suggestive; for it is a fact that the attractiveness of these broad hills is in a measure due to their fungus-like roundness and smoothness. But not only to these qualities, as we find when we leave the chain to look upon an isolated down: it fails to attract: the charm is not in the one but in the many. Furthermore, it is die to a combination of various causes. To begin with, we have the succession of shapely outlines; the vast protuberances and deep divisions between, suggestive of the most prominent and beautiful curves of the human figure, and of the "solemn slope of mighty limbs asleep."
That modern poet's vision of a Titanic woman reclined in everlasting slumber on the earth, her loose sweet-smelling hair lying like an old-world forest over leagues of ground; the poet himself sitting for ever, immersed in melancholy, in the shadow of her great head, has seemed a mere outcome of a morbid imagination. Here, among the downs, the picture returns to the mind with a new light, a strange grandeur; it is not a mere "flower of disease" and nothing more, but is rather a startlingly vivid reminder that we ourselves are anthropomorphic and mythopoeic, even as our earliest progenitors were, who were earth-worshippers in an immeasurably remote past, before the heavenly powers existed.
Here to, where the lines of the earth are most human-like, we are reminded of the philosophic doctrine that for us all nature is a secondary object of the passion of love, and that to this fact the beauty of nature is chiefly due. The scene also takes us back to the discredited Hogarthian notion concerning the origin of our idea of beauty; and at the same time to Burke's theory of the beautiful. This, too, has fallen into neglect, if not contempt, oddly enough, since it contains the germ of our modern philosophy of the beautiful. Perhaps it would not be an exaggeration to say that it contains a good deal more than the germ. Burke was assuredly right in maintaining that there exists a very close connection between the senses of sight and feeling, and in tracing the agreeable sensations arising from the contemplation of soft and smooth surfaces in this connection. To put the theory into five short words – what we see we feel.
When we look on a landscape, particularly when it is seen form a considerable elevation, the body goes with the mind or vision; in other words, locomotion is associated with seeing – we are thee, as it were, roaming corporeally over the expanse we are gazing on. When we look at the sky, or a cloud, or the sea, the sight does not instinctively rest on it, but is satisfied with a glance; if we continue to gaze, not occupied with something in us, but seeing vividly, it is because some object or some strange or beautiful atmospheric effect excites our admiration or curiosity; or because we are artists, or sailors, or fishermen, and have an interested motive in studying water or sky. "I cannot stand all day on a naked beach watching the capricious hues of the sea," pathetically wrote Charles Lamb from some spot on the south coast. "I would fain retire into the interior of my cage. While I gaze on the sea I want to be on it, over it, across it. There is no home for me here." I have read that in convents and harems there is an arrangement of the windows which prevents the inmates from looking out or down upon the earth; they are constrained to look up, presumably because there is no male form, nor shadow nor reflection of one, in the void above. Those who have been fenced in from harm in this fashion must have hated the blue sky as much as Tennyson's worn-out mariners hated the dark blue wave. I have noticed that birds when perched do, even when they appear to be reposing, gaze a good deal at the sky. They are aerial, of the sky, and are accustomed to ravel and dwell there with spread wings; and their fellows and enemies are there.
The sea and the sky in their ordinary aspects do not hold the attention, because we are not of them, and do not feel them, and the sensation of moving in or on them is consequently not here associated with seeing. The sight dwells with pleasure on the downs, because they are, in appearance, easy to walk upon, and in a sense are being walked upon when looked at.
Here it may be remarked, that a surface which appears easy to the feet is also easy to the sight. The greater pleasure which we receive from flowing outlines than from those that are angular, as Herbert Spenser has pointed out, is due to the harmonious unrestrained action of the ocular muscles occupied in the perception of such outlines. On these downs, for the sight and bodily sensation which cannot be dissociated from sight, there are not impassable chasms, no steep heights difficult to climb, not jagged rocks and broken surfaces to impede free movement and passage.
Finally we have as another important element in our pleasure the large prospect disclosed. Why a wide horizon should have so great a fascination for us, wingless walkers on the level ground, is a curious question. It is not merely a childish delight in a novel sensation; I should rather look on it as a survival, like a fighting, hunting, and various other instincts – an inherited memory of a period when the hill-top was at the same time refuge, fortress, and tower of observation from which all hidden things stood revelled – where men, loosing their fear and feeling superior to their enemies, were lifted above themselves.
One would be only too glad to believe the feeling to be different in its origin, and in a sense prophetic – like the unnecessarily large brains of primitive man, according to the Wallacian doctrine – pointing to a time when we shall be able, with the aid of perfected machinery, or better still, by means of some mysterious undeveloped faculty within us, to rise from earth and float hither and thither at will through the boundless fields of air.
Oddly enough, that desire that we all have at times for wings, or at all events for the power for flight, and which like other vague and idle promptings is capable of cultivation and of being made a real source of pleasure, most often come to me on these great green hills. Here are no inviting woods and mysterious green shades that ask to be explored: they stand naked to the sky, and on them the mind becomes more aerial, less conscious of gravity and a too solid body. Standing on one great green hill, and looking across vast intervening hollows to other round heights and hills beyond and far away, the wish is more than a wish, and I can almost realise the sensation of being other than I am – a creature with the instinct of flight and the correlated faculty; that in a little while, when I have gazed my full and am ready to change my place, I shall lift great heron-like wings and fly with little effort to other points of view.
To come back from this digression, or flight. It is true that the extent of earth visible from the very highest downs is not really great, but with a succession of dome-like outlines extending to the horizon we have to take into account the illusion of infinite distance produced on the mind by the repetition of similar forms. The architect, in a small way, produces the same effect in his colonnades. I was once very much struck by an effect of this kind at sea, in the South Atlantic, when during perfectly calm weather there was a stupendous swell, the long vast glassy rollers succeeding one another at regular intervals. Viewed from the bridge of the steamer the ocean appeared to have increased immeasurably in extent; the horizon was no wider than before, yet it was as if I had been lifted hundreds of feet above the surface.
Those of my readers whose minds run on mountains, and the joy of mountains, may say here that, in spite of the illusion produced, the height of the downs is really so small that the pleasure arising from that cause must be comparatively very little. It is, I think, a very common error that the degree of pleasure we have in looking g on a wide prospect depends on our height above the surrounding earth – in other words, that the wider the horizon the greater the pleasure. The fact is, once we have got above the world, and have an unobstructed view all around, whether the height above the surrounding country be 500 or 5,000 feet, then we at once experience all that sense of freedom, triumph, and elation which the mind is capable of. This "sudden glory," which may be ours on a very modest elevation, is the most we can hope for; we can no more get a new sensation or a larger measure of the quickly vanishing pleasure we have enjoyed by transporting ourselves to the highest summits on the globe, than we can change a Skye terrier into an eagle by taking it three or four miles up in a balloon and throwing it our of the car.
What we do get by ascending to greater heights, to the limits of our endurance, is the mountain scenery, the new aspects of nature, which have an aesthetic value. This is the same kind of pleasure which we experience in walking or riding through a picturesque country; but the aesthetic pleasure of the mountain may actually seem more, or keener, on account of the greater novelty – the unlikeness of the scene to the more or less familiar aspects of nature on the level earth. For we live on the earth but pay but brief visits to mountain summits.
Friday, 16 February 2007
The Charm of the Downs
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