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San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan
Located in the South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB) in the state of California, the second largest urban area in the United States of America, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (collectively, the San Pedro Bay Ports) are situated in an area with the worst air quality in the nation. US regulatory agencies have identified ozone and particulate matter less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) to be of particular concern with diesel particulate matter (DPM) as a surrogate for total emissions. This poses a serious risk to Southern California residents who live near the Ports, transportation corridors and other areas with high levels of diesel-related activity. The California Air Resources Board predicts that 70 percent of the potential cancer risk from toxic air contaminants in California can be attributed to DPM.
With the need to accommodate the rapid growth in trade and the increased demands of goods movement, the San Pedro Bay Ports recognize the necessity to reduce their "fair share" with respect to other sources in the South Coast Air Basin . In doing so, the Ports would have to address all maritime operations by implementing strategies that would substantially reduce diesel emissions from ocean going vessels, harbor craft, cargo handling equipment, trucks and locomotives.
In March 2006, an important partnership was formed between the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach along with the South Coast Air Quality Management District, California Air Resources Board and the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 to work jointly toward solutions to enhance air quality and the quality of life for the residents of Southern California. Collaborating as team, the partnership developed the San Pedro Bay Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP).
The Clean Air Action Plan sets forth an array of control measures and implementation strategies that the Ports will use to reduce public health risk from port/maritime operations. The five-year Action Plan includes performance driven goals, emission reductions, and budgetary needs. In addition, the Ports have created a Technology Advancement Program that will evaluate promising projects and technologies that will demonstrate effectiveness in port-related emission reductions. The Plan also includes a program to evaluate infrastructure and operational efficiencies.
The CAAP began implementation in 2007. Since that time, the Ports have worked with tenants and the railroads to implement the CAAP . To substantially address diesel emissions from trucks, the Ports have initiated the Clean Truck Program whereby older trucks are progressively banned from entering the Ports. By January 1, 2012, all trucks entering the Ports will be required to have 2007-compliant engines. The Ports continue to work with all concerned parties to develop this program and secure adequate funding to make it successful.
One of the most valuable aspects of the CAAP is that both Ports will combine resources and expertise to supplement the actions of the federal, state, and local regulators as necessary to implement cleaner technologies for various source categories.
Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy
The Ports of Seattle and Tacoma in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and the Vancouver Port Authority in British Columbia, Canada are located in areas that meet federal, state, and local ambient air quality standards. Some areas in the region are expected to have difficulties in the future meeting stricter United States standards for fine particulate matter. To this end, the ports are committed to helping the region maintain compliance to protect the environment and public health.
As maritime operations grow, the Northwest Ports are successfully reducing air emissions by means of a voluntary and collaborative approach. Through the Puget Sound Maritime Forum, the Northwest Ports aim to proactively reduce diesel emissions voluntarily, in order to protect the environment and public health from the potential negative impacts of maritime-related emissions. The three Ports are currently working on the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy , a joint plan aimed to substantially reduce diesel particulate matter and greenhouse gas emissions. The plan will utilize the recently comprehensive Puget Sound Maritime Air Emissions Inventory as a baseline. Using proven emission reduction strategies successfully implemented by ports in the region, the plan proposes performance goals to reduce particulate matter by 70 percent from ships at berth and 30 percent from cargo handling equipment by 2010. The Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy will also address emissions from port-related trucks, locomotives and harbor craft and includes long-term goals for additional emissions reductions.
For cargo and cruise ships that make regularly scheduled calls at the three Ports, the proposed 2010 performance goal calls for a reduction in particulate matter equivalent to what can be achieved by using cleaner distillate fuels while at dock. There is a 2015 performance goal for ocean-going vessels that calls for compliance with standards that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires. The Northwest Ports support the United States IMO proposal, to reduce emissions equivalent to a sulfur level of 0.1% or less for fuels burned by ocean-going vessels while operating in the coastal waters of the United States and Canada . If new performance standards are not adopted, the Ports agree to continue to work towards meeting these goals, recognizing that technology and fuel availability will impact shipping lines ability to achieve these goals.
For cargo-handling equipment, the proposed performance goal aims to reduce emissions through the use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel with no more than 15 parts per million sulfur, a bio-diesel blend in addition to repowering with newer engines and/or through the use of advanced emission control technologies.
The three Ports are encouraging stakeholder groups to help implement emissions reduction measures and formally sign on as partners.
Port of New York and New Jersey Clean Air Initiatives and Harbor Air Management Plan
The Port of New York and New Jersey , the largest port complex on the East Coast of North America, is located in the Atlantic Northeast of the United States within the USEPA-designated New York/New Jersey/Long Island Non-Attainment Area (NYNJLINA) for Nitrogen Oxides (NOx). Portions of the NYNJLINA are unlikely to meet federal ambient air quality standards for fine particulate matter as new stricter US standards come into place.
The Port Commerce Department of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is a landlord for six marine cargo terminals. Dedicated to Environmental Stewardship as one of its key business objectives, the Port Commerce Department is committed to promoting air quality enhancement efforts as it accommodates growing cargo volumes to satisfy the needs of the largest consumer demand region in the United States . In order to be successful, the Port aims to be a sustainable port, by promoting regional prosperity, financial return and the dual imperatives of security and the environment.
PANYNJ has adopted a proactive strategy to improve air quality that involves compliance with existing regulations, exceeding all mitigation requirements and undertaking voluntary initiatives to reduce air emissions. The Port Commerce Department has implemented an Environmental Management System to ensure compliance with air quality laws and regulations. In addition, there are initiatives underway to offset NOx emissions generated during channel-deepening construction that will exceed regulatory requirements. The Port Commerce Department also has several on-going voluntary, collaborative efforts that are evaluated for their ability to reduce air emissions and cost effectiveness.
For example, a cargo handling equipment (CHE) emissions inventory undertaken to assess the impact of our container terminal tenants' voluntary modernization of CHE and use of cleaner burning fuels showed a greater emission reductions across the full spectrum of pollutants despite a 25% increase in cargo handled. A subsequent emission inventory of vessels dwelling at these same facilities showed that they contributed a small percentage of overall pollutants in the non-attainment area.
In order to meet growing cargo demands, the Port Commerce Department is investing nearly two billion dollars over the next decade to reconfigure existing terminals, deepen the harbor's channels and berths and improve inland access by rail and barge. This investment will create an efficient and cost-effective port, while also reducing local congestion, enhancing air quality and conserving energy. Improvements include installing infrastructure to support electric-regenerative cranes, and significantly enhancing on-dock and regional rail capabilities. In addition, our marine tenants are investing heavily in gate improvements, electric cranes, yard equipment modernization and use of cleaner fuels, all of which enhance air quality. The Port Commerce Department, along with its tenants, public agencies and private partners collaborate on voluntary efforts to field test new off road technologies and develop clean equipment prototypes, such as active diesel particulate filters and hybrid yard tractors. Collaborative efforts that go beyond the immediate port area include working with the EPA, state regulators and port members of the Northeast Diesel Collaborative to develop voluntary regional strategies and USEPA's Clean Ports Program to help develop voluntary industry wide initiatives.
Rijnmond Regional Air Quality Action Program Port of Rotterdam
Air quality in Rijnmond among other regions in the Netherlands , has improved over the last 30 years. However, according to recent figures, emissions have increased beyond their limit values. The increase in emissions poses a serious risk to spatial and economic development and can adversely affect public health. Projections show that emissions for particulate matter (PM) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in the Rijnmond region will exceed European air quality standards set for 2010 if actions are not taken to reduce air pollution.
To address Rijnmond's growing air quality problems, the ROM Rijnmond Executive Council (BOR) has united in a partnership with administrative authorities to develop a package of measures to mitigate air pollution in the Rijnmond region. Better known as the Rijnmond Regional Air Quality Action Program, the program builds upon existing clean air programs. The combination of air quality programs include; Rotterdam's Approach to Air Quality, the Air Quality Master Plan developed by BOR, the Air Quality Plan of Approach by the Rotterdam Metropolitan Region, and the Plan of Approach to Air by the Rotterdam Port Authority.
Through the Top Management Steering Committee on Air, a committee comprised of leaders from all participating parties under BOR, commissioned the DCMR Rijnmond Environmental Agency to develop the Rijnmond Regional Air Quality Action Program. The program is carried out in close coordination with the participating administrative authorities and other parties such as members from the business community. In order to establish greater uniformity for measuring and calculating control measures, the Top Management Steering Committee on Air organized five task groups to focus on different source categories. The five task groups were divided into the following groups; road traffic, shipping, railway, industry and households. Each of the sources identified by the Committee, account for 90% of the emissions in the region.
Clean air strategies were evaluated by the impact on air quality, costs, feasibility, side effects, and time frame. Efforts from the five task groups resulted in 100 different strategies of which 34 were selected as most promising. The proposed strategies aim to impact air quality both in a local and regional manner. Local measures included strategies such as shore side power for ocean-going vessels and low emission zones in urban centers. Regional measures included pushing for stronger EU regulations. The 34 promising strategies are prioritized for implementation through a phased approach, which include: immediate, near-term and long term implementation.
There are a number of recommended strategies that aim to reduce emissions related to goods movement. The following strategies relate to port/maritime activities.
Support for existing and future policies and legislation;
Shore side electricity; and
Development and implementation of emission control technologies.
Trucks and Road Haulage:
Intelligent loading;
Clean vehicles; and
Clean vehicle technology.
Conversion of diesel to electric long haul locomotives and
Cleaner EU emission standards for locomotives
The consultation in the task groups has contributed to creating support among the parties involved. Consultation between the parties has also contributed to a better mutual understanding and provided tools for reaching joint agreements more quickly. The Rijnmond Regional Air Quality Action Plan also includes a communications and outreach approach to encourage the public to participate in environmentally friendly practices that promote cleaner air.


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François produces wines from an area stretching over the Pyrenees Orientals, Aude, Herault and Gard. François Bonhomme owns and operates the 15 hectares domaine and it is planted solely with 'Melon', or more familiarly, Muscadet. In recent years, he diversify and begin using grapes from a trusted source in the Languedoc-Roussillon. This has enabled them to produce affordable, quality wine for every price point. Anthony Byrne Fine Wines has been working with François and his family for over 20 years
La Chapelle-Heulin adjoins a large part of the Marais de Goulaine wetlands. Listed since 2001, this site is part of Natura 2000, the European network of fragile natural areas. The countryside is outstanding at all times of the year. In winter, a huge sheet of water covers the wetlands. In summer, they are completely dry, except for gulleys. A network of paths and lanes winds around the edges and can be used to discover the area, especially the old port of Montru.
Carefully harvested, then pressed whilst the must continues to run. Particular attention given to cold racking of the must, cold stabilising (5°C) for 7 days to concentrate the powerful flavours. Then slow and controlled fermentation at 18° C for 21 days. Malolactic fermentation, then occurs followed by racking and tartaric stabilising.
It is characterised by its yellow and very light green colour and by a intense nose. The initial vegetal aromas take place to a wine deep in structure which unites floral and ripe fruit (banana) and 'viennoiserie' such as 'brioche' fragrances. The mouth is very well balanced, round and with a light woody taste at the end.
Situated in the valley in the Loire Atlantique. Respecting tradition But always improving with modern techniques. This producer is one of the most consistent in this region
Lovely, fresh and elegant Sauvignon Blanc with ripe soft fruit and fresh acidity. Aromas of gooseberries and flavours of citrus and melons. A wine of great finesse.
A family estate since 1975, this beautiful estate of 25 hectares is located in the heart of the Muscadet Sevre et Maine appellations
Perhaps one of the best "sur lie" Muscadets, fermented in cask to give a crisp wine with a surprising depth of flavour.
This is Bonhomme's finest cuvée, pale, lemony yellow in colour, crisp and minerally fresh, with that broad, slightly creamy character you only find in the finest 'sur lie' Muscadet (wine left to gain complexity on its yeast 'lees').
This 15 hectare domaine is owned by François Bonhomme and is planted solely with 'Melon', or more familiarly, Muscadet. Anthony Byrne Fine Wines has been working with François and his family for over 20 years.
The word Printemps (Spring) installs an impression of the wine, the winery pick the grapes earlier than the prestige wines to ensure an attractive white with crisp acidity that is ideal with seafood. This maintains the perception of 'Muscadet' ensuring satisfaction. The wine is then aged on its lees, or sediment, for six months to impart more body to the wine. The grapes are selected from François's finest vineyards.
Pale straw in colour with a nose of tropical fruit. Very fresh and zingy in the mouth with a light body. High acidity with a fruity and mineral finish. This is a wine of great finesse.
Touraine vineyards approximately 60 kilometres East of Tours. The soils are clay and chalky.
The Sauvignon grape-variety represents more than 40% of the Touraine wines' yield. Traditional method, then temperature controlled processing allows Auguste Bonhomme Wines to produce very aromatic wines in which the acidity and fruit balance make a particularly pleasant wine. Bottled very early after the harvest in February or March following the crop allows the grapes to retain the fineness and elegance typical from the Sauvignon variety.
Bright green hues are visible in the colour. The nose has notes of nut and fruit which develops into a bright palate of ripe fruit. The finish of this wine has a slight citrus peel bitterness to it. A crisp and dry Loire Valley Sauvignon in a similar style to Sancerre. Overall a very vivacious wine.
François produces wines from an area stretching over the Pyrenees Orientals, Aude, Herault and Gard. François Bonhomme owns and operates the 15 hectares domaine and it is planted solely with 'Melon', or more familiarly, Muscadet. In recent years, he diversify and begin using grapes from a trusted source in the Languedoc-Roussillon.
The 1,800 hectares which composed the Vouvray vineyard cover the soft slopes which come down to the Loire and the numerous valleys which furrow the table land.
The soils are with clay, chalky and siliceous.
The appellation of area stretches over eight towns: SAINTE RADEGONDE, ROCHECORBON, VOUVRAY, VERNOU SUR BRENNE, PARCAY-MESLAY, CHANCAY, NOIZAY and REUGNY.
A ripe rounded medium dry white wine with apple flavours and a hint of honey. Rich, with succulent layers of ripe peach, honey, apricot and ginger that linger through a creamy finish. A great Loire Chenin Blanc.
Auguste Bonhomme's estate is based on the Atlantic side of France's Loire Valley and has been family run for five generations. He grows mainly melon de Bourgogne, also known as Muscadet, on his 15 hectare domaine and produces some stunning wines.
Using minimal intervention techniques, the environment is fully respected and are only treated as a last resort to control pests and diseases. Ready now, but will last a couple of years
Almost medium dry, Salmon pink in colour. This wine has delightful fruit flavours and aromas of Summer fruits. Ripe and refreshing palate.
Ideal for drinking by itself it also matches well with salads and lighter style pork dishes.

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Pleasant Valley walks off against K-Kids
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 by PATRICK MATSINKO in Sports
Forget sabermetrics.
Baseball is a game of inches.
And sometimes, it's the smallest margin that can spell the difference between winning and losing.
The ball bounced Pleasant Valley's way Monday in a walk-off, 2-1 victory over Northampton in a District 11 Class 6A first round game.
With the bases loaded and one out, Danny McEvoy lofted a fly ball to right field that fell in, allowing Brandon Ratti to score from third base to send the Bears to Wednesday's quarterfinals against top seed Parkland.
Sheptock returns to be part of camp
Thursday, August 20, 2015 by PATRICK MATSINKO in Sports
With the dog days of summer setting in, wrestling doesn't typically feature prominently in the discussion surrounding high school sports.
But all across the country, student-athletes are preparing for the upcoming season by participating in a myriad of camps, often traveling far and wide to stay on top of their game.
Recently, the opportunity to partake in such an event came much closer to home.
The Lehighton Takedown Club hosted its Lehigh Valley All-Star Division I Wrestling Camp for grades nine through 12 at Lehighton High Area School.
D-11 volleyball proves to be among the best
Thursday, January 8, 2015 by PATRICK MATSINKO in Sports
A glance at the six finalists in the 2014 PIAA Volleyball Championships revealed an unusual trend: All three matches featured teams from District 11 play.
Marian Catholic was the district's Class A representative, while Bethlehem Catholic took the honor in Class AA and Parkland earned the spot in the Class AAA match.
Two of the three teams, Bethlehem Catholic and Parkland, walked away with state championships, while Marian suffered a five-set defeat to Greensburg Central Catholic.


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CLAIRE the clever girl has quitted her job for just over a week. She is working on the her first children's book. The draft is almost done but she needs to figure out the illustration. While working on the book at her own pace, she is also teaching English and working as a freelance material writer for her former employer. Life is busy in a relaxed way, if you know what I mean.


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Time to repeat moth-eaten story
May 31, 2003
Only at night they seem to come, creeping along the branches, along the windowsills and the door frames, down the chimney and through the tiny rips in the window screens.
Dirty, dusty, filthy, slimy, cruddy, ugly little miller moths.
Lousy, polluted, soiled, unclean, unhygienic, unsanitary, nasty flying puffs of dust.
In the morning I open the door to pick up my paper, and they rush at me, like an attacking horde of frantic poofs of spooky fuzz. When I open the garage door, they fly into the morning light like teeny vampire bats swarming out of a cave.
Inside the house, it's a Life Cycle passing right before our eyes. Or, not actually BEFORE our eyes, because we wouldn't want to watch, but here's what happens:
1. The dogs outside bark to signal they want to come in, so you open the door, and they loiter around for ABOUT 30 MINUTES, just standing there, looking at you, like they're saying, "Why did you open the door? What do you want us to do?" Meanwhile, about 23 skillion miller moths rush in.
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2. A miller moth appears in the room, flittering all around the lights, which the stupid little things like to do.
3. Our cat spots it and lays in wait to kill, like all cats like to do.
4. The miller moth swoops low enough, the cat suddenly pounces, and it's over – at least for the moth.
5. Cat eats moth. If you listen closely, you can hear the crunching.
6. Cat throws up moth, because dry, dusty insects aren't supposed to be eaten comfortably.
7. Dogs see cat throw up.
8. Dogs eat the cat's regurgitated moth parts.
9. Dogs scratch the backdoor to go outside.
10. You open the door, allowing another 1,000 moths to come in, while the dogs stare at you as if to ask, "Why did you open the door?"
I know it sounds awful, but life is like that sometimes.
One good thing about the dogs: If they don't eat the moth mess, it's likely you will step in the sticky moth-parts conglomeration in the middle of the night. Barefooted.
Anyway, Moth Experts tell us there are ways to capture them:
Soapy water under a light at night. This hasn't worked for us, and we usually end up with some soapy moths, swimming around in the water, doing little backstrokes and having the time of their lives, taking a bubble bath.
Vacuum cleaner. This is my favorite, stalking the fuzzy little flying critters around the house, sucking them up in the vacuum. It's the hunter/gatherer part of me, I guess, that enjoys this.
But then I wonder: Can they crawl out of the vacuum at night? Are we vacuuming the SAME moths every night, over and over? Don't they get tired of it after a while?
With the return of the moths this year, we've also had the return of the Intersection Birds. Those are the fast-flying birds that swoop around the intersections, apparently catching the moths that flutter up out of our cars when we stop.
This can be hazardous for the Intersection Birds, in danger of being hit by cars, but they usually aren't. However, it's REALLY dangerous for the moths, who have a tendency to be eaten by the Intersection Birds.
So, in a couple of weeks, they'll all be gone, because the moths are just like us: As it gets hot down here, they go to the mountains for hiking and fishing and camping and making little teeny moth campfires and eating little teeny S'mores.
In the meantime, I'll be out hunting each night, my .45-caliber vacuum in hand, capturing those little dusty critters. Right now, I can swear to you that our house is moth-free for the first time in weeks.
I'm finally winning, and …
Wait a minute. I'll be right back. The dogs just barked to be let into the house again.
The name Gnarly Trombone was taken from an 1871 Cincinnati newspaper that misread Horace Greeley's handwritten name of the Greeley Tribune. Mike Peters is a Tribune staff writer. He may be reached at: email@example.com.


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Tips on Fitness and Nutrition
When speaking of adults in the Us who are taking part in physical activity, the statistics are pretty worrying. Despite the fact that fitness and the right nutrition has been championed time and again as it can reduce chronic diseases, improve life quality and fight stress, statistics show that a tiny number of adults take part in at least 30 minutes of psychical exercise. Moreover, only one out of three adults who participate in physical activities get the commended amount each week. Not so many people are so keen on fitness and nutrition which can be very detrimental, however, you can turn a new page and schedule for regular exercise. It is not easy going to the gym every day and many people give up, however, with a fitness trainer everything can be a little bit streamlined. However, we must acknowledge that there are dozens of trainers out there and picking the right one can be difficult. These are some factors you need to take into account so that you can get the right fitness trainer you need.
Make sure that you pick a trainer certified by a certifying agency. For a trainer to be legitimate, he or she has to pass through certification. For a trainer to be approved he or she needs to pass an exam through an official agency such as the ACE, NASM among other accredited bodies. This makes sure that the individual not only has academic understanding of the isometric science, anatomy and kinesiology but also meet they have they have gained the required set of standards. Beat Strong is one example of an entity that you can get plenty of professional who can guide you on fitness and nutrition.
When choosing a good fitness trainer make sure you inquire about the experience of the professional and determine whether it suits your preferences. Additionally, ensure that the professional holds sufficient expertise in giving service to an individual with your wants and limitations. Visit a center that specializes in giving the right fitness routines and nutrition for your needs and one such center is the Beat Strong. Make sure that you have gotten a fitness trainer who can give the right fitness and nutrition path considering some of your needs like medical issues or any injury gotten in the past.
The cost of service will differ depending on how long the sessions are, trainer's qualifications, expertise as well as the location you live in. Hence, before choosing a trainer look at the factors and how they will affect the cost of service. For instance, you are likely to pay less for service if you choose a trainer in a fitness center than an independent one. Be sure that you are hiring a professional that you can afford.
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By Chris Guillebeau
To the surface observer, it sort of feels like they've received the occupation lottery—that by way of a few stroke of good fortune or condition, they've stumbled on the only factor they love lots that it doesn't even consider like paintings, and they're getting paid well off it.
In truth, their luck has not anything to do with likelihood. There's a style for locating your excellent task, and Chris Guillebeau, the bestselling writer of The $100 Startup, has created a realistic advisor for the way to do it—whethe rwithin a standard corporation or enterprise, or by way of amazing out by yourself.
Finding the paintings you have been "born to do" isn't as regards to researching your ardour. Doing what brings you pleasure is superb, but when you aren't incomes a residing, it's a pastime, no longer a profession. and people who bounce up and about excited to visit paintings each morning don't simply have jobs that flip their passions into paychecks. they've got jobs the place additionally they can lose themselves for hours within the movement of significant paintings.
This intersection of pleasure, cash, and circulation is what Guillebeau might help you discover during this e-book. via inspiring tales of these who've effectively landed their dream profession, in addition to actionable instruments, workouts, and suggestion experiments, he'll consultant you thru today's giant menu of occupation recommendations to find the paintings ideally suited in your designated pursuits, talents, and experiences.
You'll find out how to:
• Hack the activity of your desires inside a standard association via making it paintings for you
• locate not just your excellent paintings but additionally your excellent operating conditions
• Create plans that may let you take smarter occupation hazards and "beat the house" each time
• commence a ecocnomic "side hustle" and earn additional cash on most sensible of your basic circulate of income
• break out the criminal of operating for somebody else and construct a mini-empire as an entrepreneur
• turn into a rock megastar at any artistic pastime by means of making a dependable base of lovers and followers
Whichever direction you opt, this booklet will assist you to locate that one task or profession that feels so correct, it's such as you have been born to do it.
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So if he or she pointed up and to the left when as the place where they put someone they like, chances are that's where they will look when they think of that person again. ". Well the same idea applies strongly in Speed Seduction. You see, building states of fascination, arousal, lust, etc. can be done very quickly; no doubt about that. But once you've built those states, why not make sure you have a way to turn them on again any time you want to, without having to go throw building them all over again?
I guess I was stupid to ever THINK THAT THINGS COULD BE LIKE THAT. Chapter 11: THE BOYFRIEND DESTROYER, PART II When to use this pattern: This pattern is for use when you ask a woman out and she hits you with that famous line, "I have a boyfriend". It's purpose is to get her to meet you for coffee anyway, at which time you can play with her mind using any of the other patterns we'll give you. It's also another example of one of my favorite types of patterns: time distortion!!! Steps/tools used: 1.
Well, here's what I want you to do. Remember that time again, and see what you saw, hear what you heard and feel how it felt. And when those feelings reach their peak, just wiggle this little finger for me! (wiggle one of her pinky fingers). (Watch for the wiggle ... when she gives it, reach over and touch her on the wrist or arm and say "PERFECT") YOU: Great ... now do it again ... see what you saw, hear what you heard, and feel how it felt ... and when those feelings reach their peak, wiggle that finger.


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If you took the volume of a cat, and had a box with approximately the same volume, what are the chances that a cat will try to fill the box space? About meow percent. If the box is much larger than the cat, the cat will not be as interested. The more surfaces that touch the cat's fur, the more the cat is experiencing tactile sensation, the greater the attraction the box has for the cat. The cat likes to feel enclosed. It likes a box that might even deform itself in order to accommodate cat pour. In natural habitats, little cubby holes in the ground or on hillsides, creek banks and in logs, in btween boulders, all of those little nooks and crannies are good hiding places for small animals like rodents, snakes, and birds. Cat food. So, the cat might be attracted to the small space that both provides a pleasant tactile sensation as well as a meal, perhaps. So, not only does the cat fill the enclosure, but it is also filled by what was already within the enclosure. Add to the tactile joy of squeezing into a box the acute senses of taste, sight, and the smell of the animal it ate: its blood, its waste, its muscle and organs, its pheremone traces. Those smells also please the cat, excite it like catnip. In a rabbit warren, or a rat hole, the cat is completely immersed within a layering of sensation which brings it contentment. Cats love to curl up within this space, making a kind of kittysphere of cat happy inside the enclosure redolent of a tasty meal. It's like it's laying within its own stomach.
You've heard of the phrase snug as a bug in a rug? Same thing. Incidentally, an autistic woman named Temple grandin once did an amazing study about the comforting feeling an animal experiences by being enclosed. She was interested in a confining apparatus used to calm cows before slaughter, called a cattle crush. She constructed one for herself and found it immensely satisfying to be constricted within it.She herself experienced a sense of safety while confined, feeling a barrier around her body, reinforcing a physical projection of her self-awareness. Swaddled, like a baby, safe within a comfortable environment, defining a range of sensation. After a while, one would become unaware of the sensation. It would fade into the background noise of thoughts. Insomuch that an animal thinks, the swaddling instinct, the "cozy impulse" is a matter of integrating the self into a layer within other layers, like the strata of rock formation, or an alignment of crystalline architecture within a mineral or other substance. To make the interior of something both its interior and exterior, to create a multiplicity where there was nothing. Why?
It's possibly a tendency of all matter to want to join, align and reconstitute inwardly an outer projection that closely resemble – or catalyzes, or provides – a congruous harmony within. Harmony, resonance, order, those sound nice. Harmony, what exactly is harmony? An accord of opinion, of emotion, of composition within another structure which in some way draws something into alignment, accord, or arrangement. In music, harmony results in sounds pleasing to the ear, or in science, we talk about animals and plants in symbiotic, or synergetic alignment when they are in some way congruent, homogeneous with another substance. The arrangements of acoustic vibrations create a certain motility to transfer the energy through a strata with greater efficiency. Flowers shaped like the The possible combinations of chemical bonds have a similar array, bees which pollenate them. Lichen living together in the tundra, the bacteria in our guts we use to digest our food and to produce chemicals we need to survive the effects of interacting with dangerous microorganisms. In crystalline structure, the order begins with a seed, a lump of things that absorb and realign what is outside itself, propagating outward, absorbing, realigning internally. Sort of like corporate takeovers, these forms will grow as long as there are materials available that can be reordered internally to fit its matrix.
In Chladni resonance, an object is subject to a range of vibrations which cause it to vibrate – all objects vibrate at certain frequencies – and create an inward alignment when the resonant vibrational frequencies are applied to the objects. It can also bind up objects together of a similar nature into forms to more readily transfer the energy through their vibrations, through their standing wave patterns. If you were to take a pile of sand, place it on a sheet of metal, blast the sheet with different sound frequencies, at specific intervals, the sand would magically line up into beautiful, radial shapes propagating outward from the sour e of the sound. Waves, crescents, circles, dots. At intervals, sound simply moves matter into forms which allow that standing wave pattern to move more efficiently through the medium. There are different forms for different, specific frequencies, and different combinations of material will acquire different movements according to the relative sound waves used. Different rates of mutation, canalization, and tscale occur. Think of them as nodes of relative organization. The human species uses words, languages of various other signaling strategies within its milieu to relate significant ideas, frames of reference, dynamic iterations of older forms, clues and riddles. Sometimes the language itself can lead to meaning. Information has a way of organizing itself like a virus, becoming shaped by the collective consciousness in order to be more easily transmitted. Communication is like a living thing in which we thrive. We are full of information, immersed in data transfer, and mine every conjunctive ideation for performance value. Our minds are becoming extrusive.
I can very easily imagine information moving through a socius of a people like a unifying narrative, traveling like the signifying tone of a bell rung at a temple. It's that simple. A tone, or a series of tones, implying a representation of an idea. A dinner bell, a prayer bell, a warning bell. They all are some of the simplest forms of communication. No entity can communicate energy without an alignment of its substance or part of its substance, into a form which produces a resonant vibration that can be interpreted by another. By degrees of separation, these interpreted (conduits of wave form energy) forms may converge or diverge by degrees and class. Vocalizations, body languages, wrigglings that produce visible shapes or shake loose pheremone messages and so forth, they are different just as the variety of life and of matter is a series of graduations of difference dependent upon the continuum of possible forms of matter as a whole. Approaching the speed of light, these wave forms are able to assume superpositioning, simultaneous representation of seemingly arbitrary and even opposite frequencies. These approximations of immediate entanglement could be what we refer to as "particles" in the literal sense, particles of a whole.
So when I think of a cat thinking about what's in the box, I'm not thinking about Schrodinger at all. I am thinking like a cat, wanting to become entangled with the contentment that the box promises, a fantasy stomach, a "kitty happy" dimension. By degrees, there is contentment in seeing the box, in entering the box, in finding its relative volume, in consuming what might be inside it, in sensing what remains of the previous forms being assimilated within, in the cat assuming a harmonious resonant frequency within the enclosure. Cat's like catnip. Arrest them.
Same thing with weed. Marijuana opens up through its psychoactive properties, conduits, interplay of forms, chemical interactions which give rise to sensations of entanglement, of interpenetration of the self and the environment, a sense of belonging to and grooving with a larger continuity that, honestly is cosmic in scope. So, people seek it. If it provides contentment, the form will, of its own accord, assimilate into homogeneity other forms which create a range of changes (wave forms) which effectively transfer energy through the resonance of the two once-separated objects. If you've ever experienced marijuana, this experience happens, even in spite of stressors in the environment which are totally obtuse to this process. Unexpected hilarity ensues, or a profound deepening of empathy, a deepening even of sorrow, Emotions are intensified and becomes complex and nuanced in a different way. The interesting thing about marijuana is that people like it, and it doesn't kill you. It creates a change in the body that people find pleasing and therapeutic. Given that this "harmony" is a phenomena that is prevalent in matter down to atomic structures of matter, it is really, really, really stupid to assume that making this physical manifestation of cosmic energy in some reasonable way preventable. In what way is it preventable and reasonable to alter natural forms of this harmonic resonance? On this level, it becomes absurd.
But let's just say Prohibition, as an experiment, was meant to introduce a different histrionics, a different historicity to be contemplated, from a moral perspective, to be necessary to correct other behaviors which were considered bad. To create compliance through forced denial of destructive chemical interplay, which is all that prohibition could hope to assume to say it's function is.
But people are seeking harmony, to be in accord with larger forms of pleasing ideas and progressions of change which sustain themselves as a species.From Wikipedia:
Historicity in philosophy is the underlying concept of history, or the intersection of teleology (the concept and study of progress and purpose), temporality (the concept of time), and historiography (semiotics and history of history). Varying conceptualizations of historicity emphasize linear progress or the repetition or modulation of past events.
Historicity is to human action what crystals are to rocks. So, by doing this over and over, authorities hoped to ingrain, within the minds of people, a new alignment of thought within the ideology of control, of an ability to limit human experience based upon a class of chemical reactions which:
- are not understood
- therefore not effectively delineated into proper classifications according to its proposed degrees of harm
- are naturally occurring at an elemental level down to rocks and elements.
- can be recombinations falling outside recognizable law based upon unrecognizable properties of aforementioned chemical reaction.
All of this is absolutely absurd. It doesn't produce rational nor synergetic alignment of thought.
But what do the limitation of certain types of arbitrarily chosen types of chemical reactions means to greedy people who want to control and destroy the weak, to suck up the power and energy out of the many into hegemonies of powerful corporate, feudal states of being? This:
- The destruction of science
- The imprisonment and torment of people
- The exclusion of services to increase the value of other services left available, and to aggrandize professions which deliver those services
- The gross waste of energy used to combat this emergent property of the universe which is constantly proceeding from forces which began billions of fucking years ago must be powered by the destruction of these forms of existence themselves.
- That the secret economy of this form of oppression, robbery, tyranny and ignorant hatred of existence at its perforative level is controllable.
- That is why oppressive forces reject science, reject common love, reject qualitative forms of justice, of economy, of religion, of heterogeneity, diversity withing the whole of humanity – because these phenomenon all support the transcendent truth that enlightened thought reveals: we all belong here, and this beingness is good and eternal.
I just don't see this process as being helpful, this forced prohibition. It just creates a fiercer criminality. It creates an artificial dependence upon powerful pharmaceutical companies that subvert all process to get "drugs" to market. Like key be to lock. So, is taking any and all drugs good? Is it good to combine all drugs together into a superdrug and hope that is even more awesome. Can you take, say, unlimited amounts of a substance because it pleases one a little when one uses a little? Is it always appropriate to take any kind of drug irrespective of the nature of the individual. Should a heart-patient take amphetamines? Should a suicidal person drink booze? Should children indulge in drugs which limit developmental physics within the body? Should we drug our pets?
Let's consider something painfully obvious. Naming something doesn't teach one anything. Calling some things "drugs" and not calling other things drugs doesn't teach one anything. Heroin is a drug, but so is tobacco. Aspirin is a drug, but so is alcohol. Are they the same thing? A drug: something that produces a change within the body, Is sugar a drug? Can someone become totally addicted to sugar? Can someone's craving for any certain item become destructive? Is it limited to indigestible substances? People call experiences which create chemical changes within our own minds and/or/both body a drug. Adrenaline is a drug. Serotonin is a drug. Dopamine is a drug, endorphins are a drug, cognitive enhancing activities are a drug. If people are getting high off their own supply? Drug. Pheremones are drugs; fear, ecstacy, trust, laughter, all containing potential for deeper harmonic resonance within a person or a community.
What is psychoactive? Marijuana is always called a psychoactive substance. It's often grouped with hallucinogenics, or caffeine. It's associated with the term psychosis. Is this an accurate use of terminology? What does psychoactive mean? I think, when I hear that word, of an "active psyche", a brain that's alive, sensate, riven with interplay with ideas and so on. Here are some definitions I found on the internet:
- psychoactive: of or pertaining to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychoactive: affecting the mind or behavior <psychoactive drugs>
- psychoactive: (Psychology) capable of affecting mental activity: a psychoactive drug
- psychoactive: affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes; "psychoactive drugs"
- psychoactive: it alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior.
- psychoactive: Affecting the mind or mental processes. Used of a drug
Notice each definition is associating itself with the word "drug", to limit the concepts of what could affect mood, or brain function or whatever. So we have a substance or something out yonder around a substance that affects the brain, affects the brain, affects brain function, temporarily affects brain function, and really affects brain function. But, I have read that bacteria in one's guts affect mental processes. That to a degree, bacteria living symbiotically within our intestines have agendas that, in order to merely digest material, we have to accommodate to a degree. It's at an unconscious level? I don't know. All of the things which affect brain function ALSO affect brain function. It's ridiculous. Temperature affects brain function. Gravity affects brain function. Electromagnet energy fields affect brain function. Radiation affects brain function. Not getting enough sleep creates MAOIs and I start hallucinating. I don't eat and I starve. I ride a rolelrcoaster and get jazzed off my adrenaline. And what is brain function but the concerted effort to make an organism, a host of chemical processes sheathed in greasy skin, do certain things.
Defining something as a thing that makes a change in some other thing, and then saying the word "drug" after it is called association. It is arbitrary. Replace the word "drug" with "hot dog" and you get a hilarious alternative universe. Replace it with the word "idea", and you get…the idea. This is brainwashing. Brainswashing is a psychoactive idea that cozens one's mind like a cattle crush. it gentles the organism being lead to slaughter. Science doesn't go about naming things to replace the knowledge of a thing. Science asks "why", not "whatchamacallit".
You can't say a cat in a box is the same thing as a a cat on a table without dropping the association: It's just a cat doing its thing, on a table, or in a box. Its not box cat. It's not table cat. It's just cat. So, I propose that the word "drug" be redefined as " a perjorative applied to a chemical reaction not limited to intracellular origin which creates a stigma or negative association in order to create a fear of governmental torture, death, and prejudice, and to create a longing for complacency and personal irresponsibility, chauvinism, and self-annihilation."
Or, as my cat says, "HISSSSSSSS".


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Night time is the right time to honor Hekate and no month has more dark hours than November. Well, maybe December might if I was to add it all up, but it seems less dark because of that whole Winter Solstice thing. It's like Samhain ushers in an underworld vibe that lasts until at least the end of November and Hekatean energy is at an annual high point. And despite all Her other epithets and roles, Our Lady is The Dark Mother beyond any other title or responsibility.
In honor of this high holy month, I'm going to be focusing on aspects of devotion, dealing with personal darkness, and getting a bit into the creepy side of things for the next few weeks. But, first, let's talk a bit about The Dark Mother and The Holy Darkness.
The Dark Mother
There's different ways that I understand Hekate as The Dark Mother. There's the "dark night of the soul" when she comes to me to see me through. I wrote about how She often comes to Her devotees for the first time when they are suffering the most. The side of the Dark Mother is as a guide. Her symbols are usually keys, crossroads and a lantern. Be on the lookout during the weeks ahead for signs that Her energy is nigh – dropping keys and unexplained lights in the darkness are two examples.
Our Personal Underworld
The side of The Dark Mother is also useful when we want to delve deep into our personal underworld. November is the ideal time to pierce the internal veil and do shadow self taming work. It's a time when we can deep dive into that darkness where our hurts and fears live. I'm going to be writing more about this in the weeks to come.
If you're going through a difficult time or have shadow work to do, I'll be posting The Three Keys Ritual for Healing later this month as part of my personal expression of gratitude to The Dark Mother. By sharing this powerful healing ritual, I am honoring Her for all the times She's pulled me through.
Queen of Creepy
Then there's thoroughly creepy Hekate. She's the Psychopomp, Disheveled Night Wandering Mistress of the Dead. Et Cetera. Not for the timid. This aspect of The Dark Mother can be very appealing if you're a fan of things that go bump in the night (like me), but it can be dangerous to seek this sort of Hekatean energy if you're not ready. I've spent lots of time wandering around in the metaphysical underworld and lived to talk about it, so I'll write some about ghosts, daimons, hellfire and other problems at some point this month.Whether you're connecting to Her because your going through personal dark times or you're a fan of the spooky side of Hekate, November is the perfect time to explore either or both points of reference for personal growth, doing witchcraft, or honoring Hekate.
The Holy Darkness
I love the dark. My favourite time is when the Deipnon falls on a foggy night when the ocean is calm. It's like my entire world is surrounded by a black velvet blanket that safely cradles my family in our little coastal home. The Deipnon is the night of the Dark Moon (the astrological new moon) when there is no moon visible in the night sky. This is the holiest night of the lunar cycle for devotees of Hekate. It's when we express our worship through offerings, words and deeds (like charitable work). In ancient times, it was referred to as Hekate's Supper when a meal was often left out to honor Her. Currying Hekate's favor this way was believed to keep all the bad things away.
In this way, Hekate as the Dark Mother is the keeper of the Holy Darkness. She can be our guardian through personal long nights and protect us from metaphysical nastiness. We come to Her to seek her protection and comfort during the night.
The Holy Darkness is the time when we can explore our own fears while honoring the Dark Mother.
Dark Holy Days
Besides all the darkness and the monthly Deipnon, November features two different special days for expressing my devotion to Hekate. The first festival is Hekate's Night which is held on November 16 and the other is on November 30 when Hekate of the Crossroads is celebrated. You know, when Americans celebrate Thanksgiving and our thoughts turn to the unbearable lightness of Christmas. Maybe you think those are the truly "dark" days, but not in the same healthy way that the long nights of November can be.
The festival on November 16 is all about Hekate as The Queen of the Underworld. It's a time to express our gratitude for Her seeing us through our dark days, for showing us the way out, for maybe helping us learn a thing or two. Or we can honor Her as the Queen of the Underworld and perhaps do some mediumship of our own.
November 30 is for honoring Hekate of the Crossroads. I love that this falls at the end of November because it's like the crossroads from my month of Dark Mother devotion and work into lighter times where I focus on other aspects of Hekate.
If you're new to devotion to Hekate, I'm going to be posting a couple of articles about creating sacred space in the lead up to the two holiest days of November. One will talk about altars and shrines and the other focuses on creating ritual space.
I'm so excited it's November! Time to delve into the darker mysteries of myself and the Dark Mother.


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King qualified for the Rio Olympics in the spring of her freshman year, and this summer has gone on to win a gold medal in the women's 100 meter breaststroke and the women's 4x100 medley relay. In addition to being a successful Olympian athlete, King has also been extremely successful as a college athlete – she broke NCAA, American and US Open records in the 100 meter breaststroke during her first NCAA appearance, and broke additional records in the 200 meter breaststroke at that same meet.
Ajomale also qualified for the Olympics in the summer following his freshman year as part of the Canadian track and field team, for the 100 m dash. He also qualified for semifinals in the 100m and 200m dashes of the World University Games the summer before his freshman year, the second biggest worldwide games after the Olympics.
Alsberg wrote and published her first novel, Zenith, at the end of her freshman year of college. The book was co-written with author Lindsay Cummings and reached the top of the New York Times Bestseller List. Alsberg also announced that she'd be contributing to an anthology of short stories called Because You Love to Hate Me, written with several other authors and BookTubers. In addition to writing, Alsberg maintained a Youtube channel that reached over 300,000 subscribers this year.
Oyeyemi had two of her plays - Juniper's Whitening and Victimese- performed for the first time while she was in her first year at Cambridge, and the two were published in an anthology later that year.
Bandara founded the company Creston Solutions, a firm that provides marketing and technology consulting to small companies, the summer before he started college, and grew the corporation throughout his first year at Indiana U. Since then the company has grown to include additional employees, and Bandara now also serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the company Top Tier Learning.
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Packer released an album titled One that he wrote and recorded in his bedroom during his first year at the University of Lincoln, using only his cell phone. Since then Packer has released two additional singles - No Other Heart and Don't Think I'm in Love.
Bhageria co-founded ThirdEye Technologies, a corporation that seeks to help the visually impaired by creating technology that can recognize objects- different types of medicine, money, etc. He also published a book the summer before he started college entitled What High School Didn't Teach Me: A Recent Graduate's Perspective on How High School is Killing Creativity, which provides a critique of the American public school system.
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Goeller created a short film series called Art Works, which tells the stories of Atlanta's LGBT+ youth. The first installment was posted in April of 2016. In addition, she had her work published in the summer 2016 edition of Off the Coast Magazine, an art and literary magazine published quarterly. Her artwork was also showcased at Emory's Top 16 Red Carpet Finale.
The next time you're searching for inspiration, keep these successful students in mind. Remember that they're human just like the rest of us are, and if they can succeed, then so can you!
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"Don't miss this dazzling tour de force."—Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal winning author of The One and Only Ivan
This gripping novel about survival and family is based on the real story of one wolf's incredible journey to find a safe place to call home. Illustrated throughout, this irresistible tale by award-winning author Rosanne Parry is for fans of Sara Pennypacker's Pax and Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan.
Swift, a young wolf cub, lives with his pack in the mountains learning to hunt, competing with his brothers and sisters for hierarchy, and watching over a new litter of cubs. Then a rival pack attacks, and Swift and his family scatter.
Alone and scared, Swift must flee and find a new home. His journey takes him a remarkable one thousand miles across the Pacific Northwest. The trip is full of peril, and Swift encounters forest fires, hunters, highways, and hunger before he finds his new home.
Inspired by the extraordinary true story of a wolf named OR-7 (or Journey), this irresistible tale of survival invites readers to experience and imagine what it would be like to be one of the most misunderstood animals on earth. This gripping and appealing novel about family, courage, loyalty, and the natural world is for fans of Fred Gipson's Old Yeller and Katherine Applegate's Endling.Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout and a map as well as information about the real wolf who inspired the novel.
- Imprint: Greenwillow Books
- On Sale: 05/07/2019
- Trimsize: 5.50 in (w) x 8.25 in (h) x 0.96 in (d)
- Pages: 256
- List Price: 16.99 USD
- Ages: 8 to 12
- BISAC1: JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Wolves & Coyotes
- BISAC2: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
- BISAC3: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes)
"Riveting and lyrical, A WOLF CALLED WANDER is a vibrantly imagined celebration of the natural world. Don't miss this dazzling tour de force." - —Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal-winning author of The One and Only Ivan
"Inspired by the story of OR-7, a real wolf naturalists tracked in the wild, Parry perfectly conveys her character's curious, alert, and social nature.. . .a page-turning narrative. . . .deserving of a place alongside Sheila Burnford's The Incredible Journey, Jack London's White Fang, and other classic animal adventure novels."
- School Library Journal (starred review)
"Rife with details of the myriad scents, sounds, tastes, touches, and sights in Swift/Wander's primal existence, the immediacy of his intimate, first-person, present-tense narration proves deeply moving. . . .A sympathetic, compelling introduction to wolves from the perspective of one wolf and his memorable journey." - Kirkus Reviews
"Wander's first-person narration...lends a unique perspective and immediacy to the story. . .Armiño's realistic black-and-white illustrations fill in gaps, making this memorable adventure a beautiful one as well." - ALA Booklist
"Parry doesn't pull any punches in her portrayal of the brutal reality of the natural world. . .Readers who liked the Hunters series for the gritty authenticity of its natural world will feel right at home." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Parry offers a wolf's-eye view of the Pacific Northwest's forests, mountains, and prairies in this harrowing survival tale based on the story of OR-7, a wolf electronically tracked by scientists. . . .An action-packed novel perfect for reluctant readers as well as animal lovers." - Publishers Weekly
"Inspired by a true story, Rosanne Parry evokes the Pacific Northwest with lilting, sensory-driven ambient details. . . . Parry's choice to have Swift narrate his own perilous journey brings an on-the-ground intimacy to the story. . . . Parry has written about being far from home before . . . it's a terrain she captures expertly." - The New York Times Book Review


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a generic app to provide a way to handle database binary data in django
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A generic app to provide a way to handle database binary data in django.
This is a total rip-off of BinaryField class from Django 1.6+ sourcecode with some tweaks to make it work under Django 1.4+.
pip install django-binaryfield
Use BinaryField to bind your binary database columns on a django model. Like so:
from binaryfield import BinaryField class ExampleModel(models.Model): short_data = BinaryField(max_length=10, default=b'\x08') data = BinaryField()
Django-binaryfield works out-of-the-box with existing binary database columns that are correctly mapped in your models. If you want BinaryField to work with syncdb management command there's one setting called BINARYFIELD_HACK_ENGINES that can be used to hack Django database backend. Use it like this:
BINARYFIELD_HACK_ENGINES = ( 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', )
It's a list of django backends (as an "importable" strings) to mangle in order to syncdb could work properly. Did I mention that it is a hack?
Oracle issues
There are some issues with Oracle when handling parameteres in a query in Django < 1.6. You can see this link (https://github.com/django/django/commit/8aefd30379eba9aa7e5afcc69cc352adf0d23489) to see what changed in django.db.backends.oracle.base.OracleParam class regarding this feature.
There are two settings to control a fix to this issue:
- BINARYFIELD_HACK_ORACLE_PARAM - determines whether or not apply the fix - Default: False
- BINARYFIELD_HACK_ORACLE_PARAM_BACKENDS - an iterable of backend engines as an "importable" strings to apply the fix. - Default: [ settings.DATABASES['default']['ENGINE'] ]
- Some more tests maybe?
- An example view to show how to serve a file from database
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More than 500 people attend Women's March in Idaho Falls
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IDAHO FALLS — Snow and freezing temperatures didn't slow down the more than 500 women and men who marched through downtown Idaho Falls on Saturday morning.
The Women's March in Idaho Falls was organized as a sister march to the Women's March on Washington that took place earlier Saturday. Similar marches were organized throughout Idaho and across the country.
An estimated 1,200 people marched in Pocatello, according to the Idaho State Journal, several hundred marched in Driggs and some 5,000 in Boise.
"It's very exciting to see this kind of turnout, especially in a place like Idaho Falls," said Miranda Marquit, the co-organizer of the event.
Marquit said she wants people to see that they can be involved in politics.
"We had a very low voter turnout, as a nation, this election," Marquit said. "What I really hope, with this march is, I hope that we become engaged as citizens and that we start taking our duties as citizens seriously."
McKay Frerichs, one of the marchers, said when you realize so many people support you, "it increases the volume of your own voice and increases the volume of everyone else's voice."
"I think that a lot of people feel that the government has stopped listening to them," Marquit said. "I've talked to a lot of people who want to know what they're getting up to in Boise. They don't understand why our politicians aren't doing more for us. And I think a lot of them resonate with the idea of 'Hey, we are your constituency, it's time to start making legislation — it's time to start protecting our rights.'"
Marchers carried a variety of signs with captions like "Women's Rights = Human Rights," "Our Bodies Our Minds Our Power" and "The Revolution Starts Now!"
"I'm here today because I want my children to be proud that I stood up for their rights," said Pam Traughber, one of the marchers.
Frerichs told EastIdahoNews.com that after the results of the election she realized she needed to become more involved in politics and get away from the attitude that she needed to be nice and not stir things up.
"That attitude is the reason that, not only have we not made enough progress but that we've really taken a step back — a giant step back," she said. "People are too willing to be bystanders."
Frerichs said the march was just the beginning.
"I saw and met a lot of people that I have never seen or met before," she explained. "And now I've started a conversation with them. And that conversation will continue and it will bring more and more people into the fold until that conversation gets bigger and bigger and bigger until it's really hard to ignore."


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Diagnosis in Oral Cancer
Early Diagnosis in Oral Cancer with Velscope Device
Are oral cancers frequently seen type of cancers? How dangerous are they?
Are oral cancers frequently seen type of cancers? How dangerous are they? Oral cancers make up %5 of cancer types seen in all our body. Even though %5 seems to be a small figure, as the probability of its occurrence is high among all cancer types, it is an important and high level. Malign cancers in the mouth area are important as they are close to vital areas (like brain) and due to the probability of easy spreading to other areas of body anatomically
Why is early diagnosis important?
When the abnormalities in mouth region have not turned into cancer or even if they may have turned into cancer, if it is at the early stage, their treatment
is much easier and with early diagnosis, life danger of a person gets reduced. Cancer can be treated before it spreads to other areas of the body. As cancer stage progress, both a person's life danger increases and as the spreading cancer is removed, more tissue is being lost.
Who are under the risk of cancer?
Even though the reason of cancer is not completely known or as there may not be a single reason for it, particulars that cause cancer risk most are:Dense usage of alcohol and cigarettes Unhealthy nutritionIrregular living and stress Genetic tendency (cancer story in the family) People staying under sunshine for a long time or having solarium Those being subject to heavy radiation
Those consuming cigarettes and alcohol
Poor oral hygieneInappropriate prosthesis (prosthesis that constantly
cause dents)Those having abnormal formations in their mouth
(Abnormalities with white or red color, blooding
points, wounds that don't recover)
What is the risk of transformation of abnormal formations in the mouth to turn into cancer?
Those having abnormal formations in their mouth (Abnormalities with white or red color, blooding points, wounds that don't recover)
How are the abnormalities observed in the mouth having a risk to transform to cancer can be diagnosed?
Even though there are various methods, nowadaysone of the simpliest and most comfortable methods is Velscope early cancer diagnosis device.
How doesVelscope device work ?
By sending a blue light beam with wavelength inside the mouth, device enables for suspicious areas to be determined. Suspicious areas look darker and irregular when compared with other areas.
What is early cancer diagnosis method and advantages of Velscope device ?
First of all it is a simple and painless method. It enables for the detection of abnormalities of soft tissues which are in deep areas and can not be seen Being used with photography majawe, and by getting records of images of suspicious tissues, it makes the clinical follow up process become easier.
A suspicious situation is determine in my mouth. What should I do ?
It should be regularly followed up and if a suspicious situation occurs, ear, nose and throat doctor should be visited.
Can Velscope device help to diagnose cancer precisely and can it provide treatment?
Velscope device is not a device aiming to treat cancer . Besides, it can not provide precise diagnosis. It is a device aiming to determine and follow up the abnormalities that can turn into cancer later on. Definite diagnosis can be made with biopsy to be taken from the suspicious area.
Doctor who wrote the article: Dr. Başak Kuroğlu Öztemelæç


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Local business among Best Places to Work
Several local businesses were among the 100 Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for 2015, which was released recently.
The program, sponsored by Team Pennsylvania Foundation and founded by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, pays tribute to top companies around the commonwealth. The winners will be announced at a celebration dinner on Thursday, Dec. 3, at the Lancaster County Convention Center in downtown Lancaster.
LARGE-SIZED COMPANIES >> Country Meadows Retirement Communities, Hershey, and Milton Hershey School, Hershey.
SMALL/MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES >> Candoris Technologies, Annville, and Ecumenical Retirement Community, Hershey.
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- Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until the onion is tender, about 5 minutes.
- Stir carrots and celery into the onion mixture. Pour vegetable broth into the stockpot; add potato, bay leaves, basil, sea salt, pepper, and thyme. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until the vegetables are beginning to soften, about 20 minutes.
- Stir beans into the soup; continue simmering until the beans are hot and tender, about 20 minutes more.
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I am not a vegetarian myself. I was looking for a recipe to make for a church food fair in tried this one. I found it to be outstanding and very very delicious! It was even better the second day...
Followed it to the letter and felt it lacked in flavor. Basil however was a bit overpowering. Not well balanced.
I am not a vegetarian myself. I was looking for a recipe to make for a church food fair in tried this one. I found it to be outstanding and very very delicious! It was even better the second day...
This soup came out really good. I used a bag of dried Northern beans that were soaked overnight. I put the soaked beans in a pot and added vegetable broth and simmered for a little over an hou...
I ran out of olive oil. Therefore, I used vegan butter. I didn't have any bay leaves on hand either. I used everything else the recipe called for and I didn't miss the bay leaves at all. It cook...
My husband says this is the BEST bean soup ever! We try to eat vegetarian through the week and enjoy meat only on the weekends. Great recipes like this make it all possible.
Very simple to make.All I changed was, I added one can ,and one 32 oz vegetable broth, I didn't do the four cups. We all loved this soup.
I increased the recipe. I used 48 ounces of cooked beans. I used about 4 carrots and 4 Yukon Gold potatoes. I also added about 8 ounces of vegan "benevolent bacon" to the broth. This came out qu...
Very good bean soup! I made minor adjustments to my taste, and a little less broth because I like a thick and hearty soup. I will make this again!
I have 4 teenagers and a toddler that are all picky and like different things. The first time I made this, I expected only 2 to eat it. ALL of them love it and ask me to make it. Huge hit in ...
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Markbass Artist Lorenzo Feliciati new EP "RUMBLE" will be released on March 6th, it's his first self-published work and will be initially available on his Bandcamp profile only.
Markbass top-artist Stu Hamm getting ready to head to the EU for a month of dates playing the best known and loved songs from his solo releases, as well as his time with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.
If you will be attending the upcoming winter NAMM show in Anaheim (January 16-19), please visit us at our booth (Hall D, #5044) to check out our exciting Markbass and DV Mark NEW PRODUCTS for 2020!
On December, 11th we'll have another amazing Special Event at Mark World headquarters with Linley Marthe (Joe Zawinul) on bass, Luca di Luzio on guitar, Rodney Holmes (Santana, Michael Brecker) on drums, Alessandro Altarocca on keyboards and Alessando Fariselli on sax.
Australia's Mixdown magazine has reviewed the LITTLE MARK VINTAGE in their #309 issue, and the only misses found is "I don't own one yet".
Premier Guitar Magazine reviewed the Little Mark Vintage head.
Czeck Magazine Muzikus has interviewed Joe Dart in their August '19 issue.
Nice review of the MB STU AMP 1000 Stu Hamm signature head in the latest issue of Australian Guitar Magazine.
The NEW ERA at MARKBASS continues with another state-of-the-art JEWEL! Please welcome LITTLE MARK VINTAGE D2.
After many requests from players worldwide, Markbass is now proud to offer its amazing onboard preamp for your bass.
Following the amazing success of MB Octaver, we decided to offer a smaller version, part of our Raw pedals series.
I am very excited about this new adventure that I can finally share with you, another great Mark World news! Let's talk about instrument strings...


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CFR's Max Boot joins James M. Lindsay to discuss his new book, The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam.
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There's nothing worse than realizing you've forgotten something important when moving. Of course, the dread rises the farther you move – conceivably, you could return for your item if you moved to the other side of the city, or to a neighboring city, or anywhere local moving. But moving interstate? That's a lot of effort, and a lot of gas money or bus ticket. And right after moving, when everything is in chaos and you need to stay focused and unpack? That's incredibly difficult to accomplish. So, ideally, you wouldn't forget any of the things people forget when moving interstate – but just in case, think about making yourself a handy reminder. A checklist can do wonders if you utilize it right! So how do you do that? Continue reading "Things people forget when moving interstate"
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How to pack appliances for relocation
So, you're moving. Congratulations! There are a lot of things to consider when you're moving. Everyone always focuses on packing, and for good reason. After all, many people fear and avoid packing until the last moment. There's just so much to do! There's a reason people seek out various guides on packing, or even packing services. Everyone focuses mostly on clothes and utensils, maybe furniture, that kind of thing. But, in all your packing of clothes and furniture, do you think about how to pack appliances for relocation? Appliances can be surprisingly fragile. After all, you basically need to do a mountain of prep work just to move a washing machine! Not only that, but they cost a lot to replace, and don't fetch a high price used. So, what do you do? How do you tackle that problem?
Get the appliances you're gonna pack
The first thing you have to do is gather up all of the appliances. You can't start packing without proper organization – how are you gonna pack an appliance if you don't know it's there? You have to look at all of your things, and decide if they're good enough to move. Does the busted iron deserve to hitch a ride with your long distance movers? Or is it cheaper to just buy a new one and toss the junk out. You only want to pack appliances for relocation if you want them in your new house! Of course, once you test them all, you have to clean them. You don't want to carry dirty appliances around, right? You're going to have to take them apart anyway – might as well clean them while you're at it. Plus, you'll get to see preexisting damage.
You have to dissemble your appliances. You can't just move them with all the fragile bits and expect everything to be fine! Of course, you might have to look up a tutorial for some things, like disconnecting a washing machine. But don't be discouraged! With enough time and patience, you're sure to pack appliances for relocation like a pro! You'll have to gently take your appliances apart, and pack them separately. This is especially important for things that contain glass parts – like a mixer with a glass bowl. Glass is fragile, and you have to transport it separately. Plus, when you remove the loose or fragile parts, they won't be in your appliance to cause damage when they're moved around.
Get the right supplies to pack your appliances with
Getting a box that's sized just right is very important, and so is figuring out what kind of moving box do you need. And making sure that said box has enough padding in it is just as important as securing all the fiddly parts of your appliances. You'd be surprised how destructive a sharp bend in a road can be if you haven't packed your things right! Sliding around in boxes is a prime way to get damaged. Of course, getting moving supplies that are quality is no easy feat – that's why many people choose to have packing services instead. And, of course, have to get enough padding – no matter if it's packing peanuts or newspapers or crumpled paper.
How do you pack your appliances?
Well, you have to use copious amounts of packing paper in order to secure your appliances. No matter if you're moving local or long distance, using Boro Park movers or Williamsburg movers, you need to take care in packing your appliances. So, you have to wrap your appliance in packing paper – but try not to tape your actual appliance, just the paper. Scotch tape or duct tape is really sticky, and it's a right bother to remove. You want to use at least two layers, just in case. Of course, plastic wrap is also very helpful. Don't forget to remove any batteries! And, of course, try to dig out the box your appliances came in, because that box was designed for transportation. You'll have a way easier time relocating your appliance in it's original box!
Tricks to make packing up appliances for relocation easier
Of course, there are a lot of tricks that will make your relocation a success. The correct packing of appliances is definitely one of them. They won't make or break your move, but they'll certainly help you have an easier time! And, in a way, save money. Everything you're not spending on replacing your microwave you can spend on Brooklyn moving quotes. Of course, some of these tricks are for when you pack appliances for relocation, and others will help more with unpacking.
- Do you have the owners manual? If so, find it! There you'll find the way to disassemble and reassemble your appliance, and if you put it in the box with said appliance you won't lose it. That will save you a lot of time on unpacking! Some people actually tape it to the box, but that makes it difficult to store it afterwards.
- Lining your boxes with towels will help you cushion the appliances. Plus, you'll save some space on transporting towels.
- Fill the small bits of your boxes with packing peanuts or crumpled paper to lower your chance of damage.
- Label your boxes! This will help you unpack later, and will help your moving team put the boxes exactly where you need them.
- Label anything fragile. This ensures it doesn't get put on the bottom of the truck. Plus, the movers will handle your items with velvet gloves.
Moving from LA to Brooklyn
Congratulations! Changing your address from West to East Coast will bring you new opportunities. Also, moving from LA to Brooklyn can be challenging. One has to think about a lot of things and organize even more. So, if you are thinking about relocation, you need to hire long distance movers Brooklyn. Someone who is experienced and who will assist you in the best possible way. If you move to NYC, prepare for a lot of change in your life. Besides the different weather conditions and accent, there's much more into it when it comes to interstate moving. The vibe and the speed of the City That Never Sleeps will change your perspective. Continue reading "Moving from LA to Brooklyn"