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4th June
Well, June couldn't have got off to a happier start - I received my first bulk consignment of Gondarlan from Chipmunka, and have started taking orders straight away! So if you live in Great Britain and would like a copy, I'll gladly put a signed one in the post to you for £11 including postage & packing - saving you £1.99 on the cover price. Just email me on email@example.com, phone on 01924 255969 or text to 07977 967963 to place an order... and as soon as I receive your cheque, I'll mail your book out.
The excitement of getting the hard copies has motivated me to crack on with Book 2, in which the heroine starts her voyage of discovery (literally and metaphorically) - I'm hoping to have it finished by the end of this year. I've been working on promoting Gondarlan, too - after all, no-one can buy a book if they don't know it exists - and looking forward (albeit somewhat nervously!) to getting a batch of reviews I can use. Watch this space...
Aside from that, we've been having a hectic time in the garden... where we've just unleashed biological warfare! Sick to death of the slugs that reduce our lettuces to lace and graze all over our strawberries and radishes, we decided to hit them with the wonderfully named 'Nemaslug' - a 10 x 14cm packet containing a mind-boggling TWELVE MILLION nematode worms. You just water them into the soil and they parasitise the slugs, stopping them feeding and eventually killing them (under the soil, thank goodness - your garden doesn't turn into a disgusting slimy graveyard). And so far, so good... I've just picked a lovely big bowl of intact strawbs, which I guess means that deep within the soil of Helmickton, a deadly battle is being waged - and the nematodes are winning! The manufacturers, Becker Underwood, also supply nematodes to kill off other garden pests including ants and vine weevils... so if you fancy trying a pesticide-free, natural (albeit somewhat macabre) way of protecting your cherished plants, check out their website www.nemasysinfo.co.uk .
12th June
Hubcap and I had a great time yesterday, at the long-awaited 'Interpreting Battlefield Finds: Making the Most of Museums' conference at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. It should have taken place on December 4th, but had to be postponed due to the snowy weather. Luckily, although it was a bit nippy yesterday, we didn't get snow - just a riveting day's entertainment. As the title suggests, it was all about how battlefield archaeologists and museum curators can help one another interpret artefacts from land and underwater conflict sites, to supplement the historical record and better understand what took place. A tremendous range of land sites were touched on, from Fulford (1066) to the English Civil War battlefield near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, and two marine sites: the famous Mary Rose and the Elizabethan Alderney wreck. All the speakers (including Tim Sutherland on Towton, see pic below left) were brilliant, and we particularly enjoyed the deeply thought-provoking final presentation by Professor Richard Morris on the archaeology of 20th century military installations. If you'd like to read a full report, click the button!
Altogether, at £35 including tea, coffee and an ample buffet lunch (albeit grievously lacking in biscuits and cake!), this conference was exceptionally good value for money - and a great way to launch this planned series of collaborations between the Royal Armouries and the Battlefields Trust (the next one will be on the English Civil War). The TBS contingent certainly had fun, as you can see from the pic below right... and I was also greatly cheered to learn that the two Society authors currently reading 'Gondarlan' (Dave Cooke and Peter Algar) are both enjoying it!
Tim Sutherland (left) & Dr. Jonathan Riley, Master of the Armouries Some TBS delegates: L - R: me, hubcap, Dave Cooke, Mick Weaver,
(right) during Tim's presentation 'Conflicts & Allies' Judy Thomas, Des Thomas
21st June
This week's big news for Herstory is that Wakefield Libraries have just bought two copies of Gondarlan - and ten of Walk Wakefield 1460! So they should be appearing on the shelves any time for local readers to borrow - or for readers further afield to get through inter-library loan. I'm delighted - and about to apply for my Public Lending Rights on both titles. Plus I've just had a royalties cheque for my chapter in the 2nd edition of Blood Red Roses, the Towton mass graves excavation report published by Oxbow - their all-time biggest seller, which continues to sell several hundred copies a year (pretty impressive for an academic publication, and good news for everyone involved with it).
Meanwhile I'm coming down from an intense, and very enjoyable weekend. Friday saw me chained to the kitchen in a massive medieval 'cookathon', preparing our food display-cum-lunch for the Open Day at St Oswald's Church: to go with Alex's pork-and-raisin rolls, I made frumenty, salat, gingerbread, stuffed dates and the sumptuous elderflower cheese tart called sambocade, and brewed a batch of hypocras (sweetened spiced wine). And it all went down a storm on the 18th with the Frei Co and public alike... we got a lot more visitors than last year, took £20 from have-a-go archery which we donated to chuch funds - and made a whopping £135 for TBS on the Society stall!
It's elderflower time again ...
Since it was a hot day, something else that went down well was hubcap's famous elderflower champagne. Elderflowers were widely used in the 15th century to flavour sambocade, rice puddings and a sauce to serve with fish; and although we're not sure this recipe is medieval, it's such a fantastic, refreshing summer drink I thought I'd share it with you:
For 1 Gallon of Elderflower Champagne: Pick at least 4 big heads of elderflower (or 8 small ones); shake off large insects; then put in a bucket covered with a dark cloth, with just one little chink left clear, for a couple of hours. (Any remaining insects will vacate the flowers and migrate to the light). Don't wash the heads afterwards, or you'll wash all the natural yeasts off. Dissolve 1lb sugar in warm water in a sterilised brewer's bucket. Add the juice of a lemon, its peel cut in quarters, and 2 tablespoons of white vinegar. Put in the de-bugged elderflowers, top up with water to 1 gallon, and give a quick stir. Cover with a cloth (to let air in but keep dust and critters out) and leave for at least 3 days without peeping. (If you bottle at 3 - 4 days, it'll be sweet and very fizzy; we prefer to leave for 5 - 7 days so that it's drier and less effervescent).
After your preferred brewing time, take off the cloth. Recoil in horror at the vile scuzz of mouldy lemon peel and flowers floating on the surface (see left) - but don't skim it off! Instead, just dibble a little hole, insert a plastic tube and siphon off the liquid - underneath the scum it's a lovely clear pale yellow with little bubbles - into screw-top bottles. Chill in the fridge, then serve forth and enjoy - that's all there is to it, and it makes a magnificent, fragrant drink perfect with summer desserts like fresh strawberries. (For the rest of the batch, it's a good idea to periodically loosen the bottle caps for a second to let it off-gas a little - otherwise it tends to explode in a cascade of foam when you want to drink it!). So get out there and get picking... alas, the elderflower season's nearly over for another year...
25th June
It's been another all-round busy week for Herstory... on the writing front, I've made a start on the sequel to Walk Wakefield 1460, the second of what I hope will build into a full 'Walk the Wars of the Roses' series: Walk Towton 1461. This one will be co-authored with one of our TBS chums, Alan Stringer, who's been studying the battles that took place at Ferrybridge and Dintingdale just before Towton... and I'm looking forward to going with him next month to Mortimer's Cross, where the first engagement in the campaign occurred, to suss out the lie of the land, photograph the battlefield and make some notes for the text.
I'm also plugging away on Book 2 of Lay of Angor, to try and satisfy my (so far small but enthusiastic!) group of fans - I'm now on Chapter 12, but the trouble is, they can read it a lot quicker than I can write it! And in-between-times, we're trying to keep on top of our burgeoning garden... it's a terrific year for salad greens and soft fruit, and we gorge ourselves daily on lovely fresh berries. I find the mixtures of raspberries (red & golden), currants (red & black), and strawbs (cultivated & the
Enjoying the fruits of Helmickton: goosegogs, red and black currants, strawberries, sorrel, chives - and plenty of flowers for the bees!
gorgeous tiny wild ones) are especially good steeped in hubcap's beech-leaf noyau, a stunning liqueur and very simple to make: just dump a bottle of gin onto half a kilner jar of fresh young beech leaves, and leave for 3 weeks. Then strain off the liquor, add 8 ounces of sugar boiled in a half-pint of water, a glass of brandy, and lo! You have the most delicate and unusually flavoured liqueur, vaguely reminiscent of the old 'Beech Nut' chewing gum, and perfect for drinking after a summer dinner.
Anyhow, at the end of our week of labour, we felt we deserved a pint at the Three Houses on the A61 Barnsley Road near Sandal Castle - well worth checking out if you're in the area, the beer and food are both cracking. So we met our pal Dave Cooke (whose review of Gondarlan should be appearing on this site soon) there for a quiet bevy... though we were soon driven out by the arrival of the 'Orange Shriekers', a species of bird with gaudy summer plumage, a non-stop chattering voice and a deafening raucous cackle, which flocks around public houses in large numbers, particularly of a weekend! Seriously though, it was great to see a local pub doing such a (literally) roaring trade... even though us oldies couldn't hack it for too long.


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Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny by Holly Madison
Reviewed by Laura the Librarian
Holly Madison hopes to extend her 15 minutes of fame in this dishy memoir about all things Playboy. Madison tries to portray herself as a bit naïve and above all the drama when she starts spending time at "the Mansion." She exposes the conflicts and complications that arise as she becomes Hugh Hefner's No.1 girlfriend. Madison certainly captures the resurgence of the Playboy brand and Hugh Hefner's popularity with a new generation.
She also provides a behind-the-scene glimpse at reality TV and the making of reality TV stars when she discusses, "The Girls Next Door," the hit series she filmed with Hef's fellow girlfriends Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson. Madison's big revelations revolve around the prickly Hefner and an overly ambitious Wilkinson. While it was hard to not roll your eyes with Madison's tendency to portray herself as just a small-town girl caught up in the Hollywood scene, the book works as a quick and gossipy read — ideal for a lazy day.

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Saturday, 11 April 2015
Marvel Flashback: Machine Man #10
Machine Man #10 (Marvel Comics)
Marv Wolfman (w) Steve Ditko (a)
"If we delay even another moment Machine Man will be dead"
The issue opens with Machine Man being rushed into a laboratory following a bust up with the Hulk which actually took place in the Hulks own mag (#235 to 237). Will he survive?
Silly question really as this was a re-launch of title that had been discontinued eight months earlier after the original run with Jack Kirby came to en end. This time the reigns were with two other Marvel "big guns", Marv Wolfman and the great Steve Ditko.
These days it would be launched with a new #1, but back then it was fairly common practise for companies to revive series with the old numbering.
This issue relates or rather reboots the origin of Aaron Stack, the "Machine Man" as robot X-51 from a military programme. Not quite the origin we all knew but then Marvel had lost the 2001 franchise so in order to integrate the character into the Marvel universe a new origin was necessary.
Of course like so many Marvel heroes he had to find his way in the world. As he muses his existence:
"But if I'm not a robot..and I'm not a human being.. what am I?"
His "father" Abel Stack a scientist appears in a hologram message (think Star Wars) and tells him that;
"Aaron, you are not merely a walking, talking computer. You are a thinking living creature of God. If you were a mere thing you would not have found a human being to help you.."
There's more but you get the gist.
Regretfully this only lasted until #19, but I've always been a fan of both the original Kirby and this Ditko run. Worth getting an issue or two if you come across them.
Aarron does appear in the MU from time to time but his last solo series didn't last too long.
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As if the Nike Lebron 10 Low wasn't attention grabbing enough here is a look at an eye popping silhouette that is sure to turn heads. The sneaker comes in a full on sonic yellow upper that is peppered by hits of grey that does little to cool things off. Aside from the speckled swoosh these are fairly straight forward and while we don't know when they'll be at Nike retailers chances are you won't miss them. Check more pics after the jump
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Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you'll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week.
I have a confession to make. One of the main reasons I wouldn't update/upgrade/sync my old iPhone 3G was because of my fear of losing one game: Edge. The awesomeness that is Edge was one of the first games I bought, but due to the on-again off-again legal battles between a douche who thought he owned the rights to the word "edge" and French game studio Mobigame, the game has been repeatedly pulled from the iTunes store over the past couple of years. I was worried I would lose it forever.
Well, worry no more friends, because not only does it appear that Edge (and its sequel Edge Extended) is here to stay, but for a limited time only (read: the holiday season) the original game is free. In the game there are three sets of controls to choose from (the super easy to use D pad, the default touch and drag setting or the ever maddening accelerometer setting) so there's an option for every skill set. Your challenge is to work your way through 48 levels by rolling a cube up, down and over the modular environments, collecting prisms, pushing buttons and avoiding falling platforms and the dreaded sneaky black cube, all in an effort to get to the end
quickly safely without falling into the dreaded nothingness which I so despise.
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I'm not saying I wouldn't get Biggie on my pinky finger. If you're like me than nail art is totes an expression of what you're feeling like that week. Some week's I'm a hot an frisky red, while other weeks I could be in my feelings a bit more and opt for a dark and gloomy navy blue.
Celebrity nail art is the perfect way to pay tribute to your favorite crooner. From a Nicki Minaj bold pink style to a jewel-encrusted crown in honor of the greatest rapper that ever lived (insert rapper name here) use the nail designs are your inspiration for your next salon visit.
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Birthdays for Alvin Ailey & Diane Keaton; Oprah on Racism in Georgia; Plus Ally Pat's Anti-Eulogy of Hosea Williams, Also Born This Day
Alvin Ailey
In my blog about A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, I was able to include a clip of mythologist Joseph Campbell explaining what Joyce meant by "aesthetic arrest." If you listen to the clip or read Joyce and think about your own experience, you will certainly see the truth in it. The last time I experienced this state of heart-stopping rapture was when Vermeer's The Girl with the Pearl Earring was on display at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. You walk into the place knowing you're going to see this painting. And even though you're expecting it, you are blown away when you finally see her. I've had this experience in Chicago with Sunday on la Grande Jatte and also while watching Judith Jamison dance. Even if you've seen a hundred ballets, nothing prepares you for her presence on stage. Notice that I speak in the present tense. Now 70, she has not danced for the Alvin Ailey company in decades. But the experience was such that it feels as if it is still happening in some kind of eternal present. Perhaps that's another aspect of aesthetic arrest - the way it takes you out of time even as it freezes a particular experience within time. Point being that there would have been no "Revelations" for Ms. Jamison to dance had there been no Alvin Ailey. In 2008, CBS put together the following short presentation on his life and extraordinary legacy. Since today marks the 83rd anniversary of his birth, there's no time like the present to watch it again.
Hosea Williams
A few weeks ago, I drove to Forsyth County, Georgia, to buy some vinyl recordings I saw on Craigslist. Even though it's been 27 years since Oprah broadcasted an alarmingly vitriolic TV show on racism in that county, I still had qualms about traveling to a place where African-Americans were once so unwelcome you were not allowed to let the sun go down while you were there. If you watch Oprah, then you know she did a follow-up program on Forsyth County some years later, and things had changed dramatically. Nevertheless, I had to fight back the feeling that maybe I didn't need to buy these old albums after all. Maybe I could find them on eBay and at a better price. This is part of what Faulkner meant when he wrote, "The past isn't dead. It isn't even past." If you have lived through something, it's still in you, like the carbon-dating of trees. Sometimes you're conscious of these memories, as I was that day when I fought back irrational fears and continued north into territory no longer known for its hatred of blacks. But sometimes these past memories are unconscious. They're inside you driving your behavior in ways you don't even realize. That's what the stories in my novel series are about. This unconsciousness, as Jung once pointed out, is sin. I write stories to explore that.
I'm reminded of all this because today marks the 88th birth anniversary of Civil Rights Leader, Rev. Hosea Williams. During the heyday of civil rights in the 1960's, Williams organized protests in Savannah, GA, and eventually came to the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who sometimes referred to him as his "bull in the china shop." In the following years, he campaigned tirelessly for justice and equality. In 1987, it was Hosea Williams who led the protest marches into Forsyth County, which eventually brought international attention – and Oprah's TV show. Williams also sought to feed the hungry and shelter the homeless—sound familiar?—and to this day the annual Hosea Feed the Hungry Program provides meals to thousands of people each Thanksgiving.
What follows is a 10-minute clip of Oprah's post-Forsyth reflections on what happened there in1987. After that, you'll see a radio interview with Hosea's daughter, Dr. Barbara Williams Emerson, about her father's life and accomplishments. The remaining two clips are from a sort of anti-eulogy, given by Hosea's friend, Atlanta radio personality Ally Pat, during live coverage of Williams' funeral. When I was a grad student in creative writing, one of our texts cautioned against writing that sounded like remarks made at a funeral. We want to remember the dead with kindness and respect. In doing so, we sometimes forget that they were once alive—with all the contradictions, trials and weaknesses the soul endures during its time here. A good story should tell the truth, something one never hears at a funeral. Except in this one instance. Years after Hosea's funeral, people were still talking about the things Ally Pat said that day. We should all be so lucky.
Hosea Williams Funeral - Ally Pat's Anti-Eulogy
Diane Keaton
You know her. She was married to Michael Corleone in The Godfather. In 1977, she created a fashion craze and won an Oscar as Woody Allen's Annie Hall. Eleven years ago, while in her late 50's, she appeared nude in Something's Gotta Give. Diane Keaton, who turns 67 today, just keeps getting more irresistible. Let's hope Hollywood keeps writing scripts that will put her onscreen for years to come. Here's the trailer for Something's Gotta Give.
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Am I going deaf? Why can't I understand a mushmouthed word you're saying? Do I need to be a dog to pick up your special pitch? Are you speaking in a frequency only aliens and Björk can hear, let alone understand? Are you practicing your Ozzy Osbourne impression for a Legends in Concert tour?
Speak. The. Fuck. Up. And while you're at it, try e-nun-ci-a-ting.
If you continue on this marblemouth path, I can only assume you're asking for a knuckle sandwich. I may not be able to hear you but I can read lips.


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Create Composite Images Using Photoshop Mix
Creating composite images is always a lot of fun. Opening Photoshop and taking a bit of something from one image and putting it in another image has always been an adventure. Until now this technique has been tethered to portable or desktop computers but that all changed in mid-October 2014 when Adobe released Photoshop Mix, an iOS application which allows you to create composite images using images on the iPad or stored in the Creative Cloud. Once those images are done, you can send them back to your Creative Cloud account and … here is where it gets really neat .. open them in Photoshop for further refinement. Here's a quick "How To:"


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Posted 22 June 2003 - 01:55 PM
Excellent idea...the whole ime I was writing about the alien base I forgot that in the human bases the same thing happens...the aliens start right in the base...like we left the damn door open AGAIN!!!!
yeah, humans bases shouldb be 2 staged too. At the upper stage, aliens will have a clear adventage, and you can choce to click on the flee button, to flee down to the main, were you have an adventage. Some time aliens will surprise attack (when you do not manege to see the battleship), and you will start at level 2.
Posted 22 June 2003 - 03:54 PM
I also REALLY like this idea. To me, an alien base raid in the original was basically just a mission. Like any other mission. I have seriously had a harder time on Battleships than some bases.
Now, if I had to fight my way in. And then take the base only with my remaining men and equipment... Now that would have been a challenge!
It also should not be difficult to code. So who knows, I could see this happening at some point!
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So, what DO you have planned?!
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Posted 09 May 2004 - 10:44 PM
Every one is right when they say the bases should be bigger. Cydonia is the only other base in the area if you think about it so there should be room for hundreds of alien personel. Btw Cydonia should be like a whole other game for you to play. Fighting among the pryminds and the subterrian levels.
I want to fight it out in an alien base and leave with over 100 plasma rifles and other weapons. Maybe rescue aductees and missing X-com troopers. A base should be a treasure trove of equiptment and even ship parts.
Posted 03 June 2004 - 10:24 AM
That made me think about a whole new concept: Several type of bases!
The smallest would just be a small outpost: a small base with weak defences and nothing really important inside.
The Bigger the base the harder it is & the more you gain.
Also bigger bases could also have higher ranking aliens...
Maybe even "special" bases such as a science base (where u can find abducated humans and free them), maybe a storage base...
Edited by -Sky_Lord-, 03 June 2004 - 10:25 AM.
Posted 03 June 2004 - 11:34 AM
It should also take time to build such an installation. All bases would start as small outposts, just like human bases. Some alien bases would specialize and get bigger with few more facilities built each month. Others would stay small and serve as scouting/monitoring/intercept bases like x-com equivalents.
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Posted 07 June 2004 - 04:53 AM
That would make alot of sense!
But "special" bases would have to start as special, or start as outposts but change very fast (in a month) to their purpose!
Being able to "scout" a base is also logical...
Posted 18 July 2004 - 09:14 PM
I also liked the idea that you should loot the alien bases of a lot of weapons, live alien technicians and pilots who are unarmed, and all sorts of goodies. These rewards would also justify the harder, two-stage mission, and the fact that bases could come in varying sizes.
Posted 18 July 2004 - 11:58 PM
Here I go an angry brother gonna make his move
But can I buck him in the city so I never lose?
See I'm a get him in the crowd with a couple heavies
And lay the barrel to the ground, hold the gat steady
And now I'm ready for my adversary, talk is cheap
I'm looking for a way to make a plan gonna keep it neat
So don't be telling me to get the non-violent spirit
'cause when I'm violent is the only time the devils hear it
'cause all I want to see is m****f***ing brains hanging
Posted 19 July 2004 - 07:53 AM
Then again, in TFD, an alien base could have underwater structures because it's very easy to hide such thing underwater... Overland, a bunker might be hidden with trees, but not a whole building
Maybe the simplest thing to implement would be to have the upper (4th?) level of the bases to be on the surface...
A nice option would be to select WHERE your soldiers are waiting in a XCOM base defense... If you can see the attacking ship for an hour, there's no reason people would still be ransacking amno or just getting out of bed...
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Posted 19 July 2004 - 08:50 AM
As for the two-parter... I'd imagine the defences and such would be popup or something- so that they stay secret as long as possible, but then once they are found, you still have to fight your way on-site. At the VERY LEAST you should start on the surface and have to fight alien patrols on your way to finding the access shaft. By the time you have landed, the aliens should know something is up.
If you wanted, there might only be buildings topside on the harder difficulties, with the very easiest difficulty being a strait one-parter, and the next dealing with megre alien patrols, etc... all the way up to something horrid like TFTD's bases full of tentaculats, aquatoids, tasoths, and xar... squishy flying thingamies, all wrapped together in a rather tactically annoying structure that obscures the entry point.
Edited by 54x, 19 July 2004 - 08:51 AM.
Posted 28 July 2004 - 07:12 AM
(The way I design my bases there's only one choke point... )
Popup defenses are EVIL, still, I like teh idea ::
Adjusting base difficulty is good too
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Posted 04 September 2005 - 12:04 PM
Let me just get this straight.
You break into an alien base on mars, do your thang, capture yourself an alien leader. This lets you research "The Martian Solution." You do some research, research TMS, then research yourself an avenger. Load it up with some crew, and a magical button appears on the geoscape, labelled "MARS." You click the button.
Suddenly you see another geoscape, not of Earth, but of MARS. That magical red planet of destiny. You choose your base location, but you can't make it near Thanatos yet, because the terrain is too bumpy/the earth is too red/whatever reason explained to you in a pop-up. You choose to make a base, and, lo and behold, a few days later, the base is created, as if by magic, with a hangar, a storeroom and a few living quarters. You will need some alien alloys to start building things on Mars, which will need to be sent by Avenger-mail from Earth. Once you've got some alloys in your stores, you can build some radars, even a hyperwave decoder. Then you can start hunting some aliens.
Alien UFO activity will be focussed mainly around either taking off for Earth or finding you. Your activity on Mars can be to either stop UFOs taking off for mars, or locating alien bases on mars. Capture a leader on Mars and they'll point you towards Thanatos. Alternatively, establish several bases on Mars and you can try to stop the aliens ever getting to Earth. If you can eradicate every alien base on Earth, and then establish several bases on Mars, then Alien activity on Earth will cease. This is bad. If Alien Activity ceases on Earth, then the nations will no longer sponsor you as they see your task is complete. Letting the occaisonal UFO slip through will ensure your funding, if you kill it the moment it hits the atmosphere.
After several months of rock-hard alien base raids, you will find a commander who can patch you through to Thanatos. This is, like, the hardest level evar. You will lose zillions of troops on superhuman, and even on Beginner it's going to be difficult. And when you've destroyed it, they will have set a self-destruct. You need to get out of the base within a set number of turns, otherwise the whole planet asplodes with you on it. Yep, that's right, an entire planet. But, by this time (hopefully), you will have retreated back to Earth, to a triumphant hero's welcome. Yah. Until the terrors from the deep arise, anyway. But that's definitely for > V1.
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BF2 Hackers =5SF= have busted
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The anti-logarithm of the logarithm of X plus the logarithm of Y equals X times Y, or 10^(logX + logY) = XY
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Posted 17 January 2006 - 04:24 AM
Who says Thanatos is the only place on mars where the aliens live? I think we should have it so that when you've researched "The martian solution," if you had an avenger-craft or anything else space-capable, you could establish a base on mars. Of course, the Aliens will know about it, and will send craft after you, as well as earth. It could be like a double-geoscape thing.
It would make more sense that you build a special base craft, rather than build it with nothing but an avenger ferrying up supplies and concrete.
I rather like the idea of multiple missions on Mars. If you've gone through the effort of coding the terrain and a new set of physics variables for the gravity, then it makes sense to get some mileage out of it. But, uh, let's leave off the part about the planet exlpoding, shall we?


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Like other telecommunications giants, AT&T – which has 85.1 million customers in its 3G network – has a huge stake in becoming sustainable based on its sheer volume of business.
More than 17.3 million customers have AT&T high-speed Internet access, and AT&T carries some 18.7 petabytes of data traffic on an average day. Those connections are the bedrock of the company's massive energy use.
"We're reorganizing the way the company manages its energy use, while maintaining — and improving — the quality, reliability and competitiveness of our services," the company said in its 2009 Citizenship & Sustainability Report, a blueprint of sorts for the company's plan to become green.
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To implement a sustainability plan, AT&T hired its first energy director, John Schinter, who was assigned the job of shrinking the company's carbon footprint. It also formed a sustainability advisory council, designed to help customers use communications technology to reduce their environmental impact.
Beth Shiroshi, AT&T's AVP of Citizenship & Sustainability, said sustainable business practices are being implemented throughout the company. "We strive to minimize our environmental impact in ways that are relevant to our business and important to the communities in which we serve," she said in a recording posted on the company website.
In particular, AT&T has focused on its cars and trucks, since 70 percent of direct emissions came from its ground fleet. It has invested $565 million over the last 10 years to bring in electric vehicles and alternative fuel models. By deploying 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles by 2019, AT&T hopes to save 49 million gallons of gas and reduce emissions by 211,000 metric tons.
In the meantime, it instituted a company-wide efficiency policy to minimize idling, fast accelerations and hard braking.
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Happy Wednesday! Hope y'all are having a good week. We are gearing up for several holiday events this weekend, plus the Buckeyes in the Big Ten Championship game. It will be a busy, but fun, weekend.
I wanted to share this loose, flowing dress. I bought it last year from Loft, so the exact one isn't available, but here and here are a couple of similar styles. I love the bell sleeves and because this dress is loose, it will hide anything you might not want to show.
The dress is a dark (but not navy) blue, and has almost an eyelet-type detailing around the neckline. It is so comfortable, but so stylish at the same time.
I laughed at this picture, because I was trying to showcase how loose the dress is, but instead it ended up looking like I am wearing a tent! I've just got to get better at this photography thing. It's harder at this time of year because it is dark all the time, so I can't do photos outside and the lighting inside is so awful.
I paired it with these over-the-knee boots by Marc Fisher, in a taupe color. It took me awhile to warm up to this style, but once I finally bought them, I really liked them. It is hard to wear them with jeans because they just pull on with a small zipper on the side, so the hem wants to ride up inside the boots while pulling them on. But with dresses they are perfect.
I also had a helper with this picture! He didn't understand why I wasn't taking him for a walk, not that he is spoiled or anything!
This outfit is simple, but still fashionable, and appropriate for a variety of situations. I love dresses, even in the winter (with tights), because they are so simple to style and look put together. I used to hate them, and would only wear a dress to occasions that absolutely called for one. Now I can't get enough of them and wear them every chance I get. So if you are anti-dress as I was, give them another chance and look around for a style that suits you. I'll be showing some more of my favorites as the season goes on.
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Racer X: You dealt with a pretty serious back injury that caused you to miss basically all of 2011. How is the injury coming along?
Derek Anderson: Yeah, definitely not the worst injury, but any back issue is not good at all. I herniated a disc and it was messing up one of my nerves, so the goal of the surgery was to fix the disc and take the pressure off the nerve. Since the disc was putting the pressure on the nerve for so long, it really jacked up the nerve. Actually I'm still riding somewhat handicapped, because I have a pain in my leg that is still there. The back is 100 percent, it feels good, but that nerve is going to take a really long time to heal so I still have trouble getting my right leg up in corners and stuff like that.
What was the actual procedure they had to do? Was it a herniated disc that they had to fuse?
No. Here's what they had to do: with a herniated disc, think of your disc like a jelly donut and if you squeeze the disc some of the jelly will come out. So my disc was still aligned but it had been squeezed pretty much and the jelly inside the disk squirted out and that was causing the pressure on the nerve. I got the surgery to basically take out or cut out that jelly and sew it back up and release pressure off that nerve. It wasn't a big gnarly surgery, not taking discs out, and not fusing anything, it was a relatively simple surgery but that nerve stuff is what keeps lingering.
After almost a full year off the bike, Anderson is finally starting to get back into the swing of things.
Photo: Andrew Campo
So basically it was a lingering problem with the disc?
It's kind of weird, because last year at Pala I was behind Windham [Kevin] and I was eating some roost and all the sudden some of the roost cleared up before I hit this rut and there was a gnarly pothole and I hit the pothole and it almost threw me over the bars. I didn't think it was a big deal, my back started to get a little sore before the start of the second moto, but I thought it was just a strain. Then the next couple of times I rode after that I started to get this sharp pain shooting down my leg. I can almost guarantee it was because of that one pothole at Pala, because it knocked the wind out of me, I hit my teeth, it gave me a headache—it really jarred me pretty bad. So Pala was my last race last year, and then I did a couple of local races and went back to Pala for a little redemption. So that is kind of where it started, and it began to get more and more aggravating to the point to where I had to get surgery.
How tough was it having to sit out the entire year, basically just rehabbing and watching the races from afar?
I just feel like if I can't race—I mean I'm a die hard of the sport, I care about it and it's always 100 percent on my mind—I can't settle down to watch a race on TV and see how everyone else is doing because it puts more stuff in my mind. So I have been working and doing other things to kind of keep my mind off of it and have just been plugging along and doing my own thing. The less I think about what could have been, the easier it is on me.
You made your season debut at Pala. How much prep time did you having going in?
If you put all the days together that I rode it would probably add up to two weeks. I had gotten on my bike about a month before Pala, but with work and letting my body heal from the few times I was able to ride, I didn't get a chance to ride the bike a bunch. I just rode a handful of times before Pala and felt like I had decent speed so I figured if I could get in and qualify, that would be goal number one and then if I had thirty plus two in me I would just go out and see how I could do. I only did maybe one thirty minute moto prior to Pala, so I really just concentrated on sprint laps while I was practicing.
Anderson finished 26th overall in his rookie season last year.
Photo: Andrew Campo
You were pretty far behind the eight-ball but you still managed to go 25-25 at Pala. You must have been pretty happy with those results?
Oh yeah. Just to get in was a goal in itself. And there were still a lot of people that didn't think I could even ride anymore. Just to prove some people wrong, and prove that I have the heart and dedication to do this, was probably one of the biggest things. Then to fall off the start in the first race and coming back to twenty-fifth, to me, that was amazing, and then I fell a couple of laps into moto two and to still end up with a twenty-fifth was 100 percent satisfying. I was kind of bummed out that I didn't get a good overall score, but, hey, making it in is making it in, so that is what I was the happiest about.
You had been off the bike for quite some time and obviously your endurance wasn't where you would have liked it to be. But did you feel like you were almost back to 100 percent by the end of the day?
Honestly I knew what to expect from racing the entire 2010 [outdoor] season. I think that helped me out in qualifying. But I was definitely not riding like myself, even in practice I got pumped up on the first lap. I was just so nervous and worrying about my own thing that it messed with me a little bit. And the endurance part, I definitely didn't have two thirty plus two in me, that's why I was really excited to go 25-25. In practice I got pumped up and got a little frustrated, but I drank some more water and thought about it a little bit more and got a .2 seconds faster lap time in the second practice and I think that helped my motivation a little bit for the motos.
As far as the motos go, I definitely didn't have thirty plus two hard laps in me. The second moto on the first lap I was having a gnarly problem with getting cramps in my arms and legs, but it went away about half way through and I just did my own thing and held on from there. My endurance definitely hurt me at that race. It was definitely a smart choice to go out there and qualify—it was good for my sponsors—but it was hard to be racing thirty plus two all last year and being comfortable doing those long motos to not racing for a whole year and doing two local races and then going right to the big leagues again. It was a pretty tough change.
You weren't really able to do much all season, and yet you still managed a couple of top-25 finishes which was pretty impressive considering you were maybe 80 percent at best…
Yeah when I'm practicing at my home track and stuff like that my sprint laps are great, but I don't have any one around to get in my head and pump me up or a gnarly rough track, so I feel great at home. I probably feel around 90 percent, because my leg issue in some of the corners takes away from that percentage. But when you get to the races and you have all those fast guys around you it will pump you up twice as fast, and I think that was my main issue. With some injuries, like if you break an arm or something, you can still train somewhat. But when I was off [for a year] I was just a couch potato, I couldn't do anything. So all in all I'm really happy with how I did and I'm really excited for next year already.
Anderson is still dealing with some lingering effects from his injury, but says he is almost 100 percent recovered.
Photo: Andrew Campo
You mentioned you were still having problems with your legs. Do the doctors feel this could be a long-term issue?
The doctor that did my surgery and a couple of other doctors told me that before I had the surgery I should feel instant relief when I came out. But I didn't feel instant relief at all it felt exactly the same. And then a couple of months later I was still feeling the same pain and I went back to the doctors and had another MRI and they said the disc and everything looked perfect, but they said this nerve could take a long time to heal. With the nerve they said that if it is aggravated for more than a year than there is a slight chance it could be permanent. So about two or three months after the surgery when they told me I couldn't mess anything up is when I started to get back on the bike and getting used to my leg.
What are your plans for next season?
I really don't have the money or the sponsors to back me for doing supercross. I could probably get everything together and find some support to get me there but it's a big stretch doing that. Ultimately I don't care, I would work my butt off and fund my own way to the races if I had to, but the main thing for me for supercross is practice. I mean I could ride a bone stock bike and I would try to make it work as long as I get the practice. But here in Colorado we don't really have any supercross tracks, we have a couple of arenacross tracks, but I'm not going to go do twenty laps on an arenacross track and say I'm ready. I don't want to go into a season half-assed. I want to go in as professional prepared as I can be. So right now the big picture is to train all winter and do some local races and get ready for motocross next year.
Thanks again Derek. Who would you like to thank for helping you out this season?
Vickery Motorsports, DuPree 1 Ink, Hart Roofing, Fox, Pro Circuit, Shoei, Bel-Ray, Victory Circle Graphix, Rhino Stand, Spy, Kawasaki and a big shout out to Novik Gloves.


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OBDSTAR X300 M is a professional odometer adjustment tool newly launched by OBDSTAR. Same as OBDSTAR X-100 Pro, X300M adjusts odometer using one OBD2 adapter to connect with the OBD2 port, package shown as follows.
OBDSTAR X300M is superior to OBDSTAR X100 pro D type in following three parts:
Part 1: OBDSTAR X300 M weights as light as 0.9KG (1.98LB)
While OBDSTAR X100 pro D type weights 1.5KG (3.31LB). The lighter X300M will cost less shipping cost & custom, and easy to carry in working condition.
Part 1: OBDSTAR X300M Excellent Performance in Software and Firmware
- The main system adopts ARM high speed chip to keep it stable and anti-jamming while running fast.
- With high industrial standard OBDSTAR X300M is portable, crack proof, shock proof and it can work stably under tough environment, such as at high or low temperature. Besides, OBDSTAR X300M own modern design and high-definition screen which is more comfortable to use.
Part 2: OBDSTAR X300M Support More Car Models
OBDSTAR XM300M workable car makes and models tested by OBDSTAR Company
Browse following link for specific car models OBDSTAR X300M can adjust odometer for:
Note: The car model is supported or not, it is determined by the dashboard type, not the manufacture year.
OBDSTAR XM300M users' reviews:
Prompt: more vehicle models will be tested and shared afterwards, please keep an eye on:
- For VAG group vehicles:
Audi A3 is on the list from 2003 – 2006, 2007- up personally I have not tried
Audi A3 2008 monocolore OK
It can make Audi normal a6 before 2009
Volkswagen Tiguan 2013 TFT color dash nec+24C64 ok
Volkswagen caddy 2014 white meter NEC24C64 via obd
Volkswagen Caddy 2014 with TFT Color dash via obd
Volkswagen Caddy 2014 with TFT Color dash via obd
Seat Ibiza 2014 via obd ok
Volkswagen Polo 2014 with NEC24C64
06 a8 OK
2013 golf with black/white screen – OK (with latest update)
Golf 6 2012 white color, write 2 sec!!
Q5 2013 via obd ok
Tiguan 2012 tft color NEC24C64 ok
Volkswagen Polo 2014 White Meter NEC24C64 using golf menu OK
Passat 2009 mileage nec+24c32 OK
kia sportage r 2014 d70f423 mieage tested ok
Can support vw micronas
Skoda Octavia 2010 nec+24c32 VDO mileage OK
Skoda Superb 2012 via obd mileage ok
Polo 2004 VDO k Line mileage OK
Audi A4 2007… in 20 seconds by OBD.
Volkswagen Amarok 2014 ok ( choose golf NEC 24C64 white meter 2013-)
2013 jetta mono display ok.
2) For Hyundai
Hyundai verna fluidic obd ok
Hyundai accent 2012 by obd ok 24c16
Hyundai Creta D70F3525 ok
Hyundai Verna 24c16 ok
Hyundai Accent 2011… by obd in 2 seconds
hyundai Accent 2011… by obd in 2 seconds
3) Kia
Kia Sportage with 24c16 2012 work perfect
Kia sportage 2013 round dash screen obd success
Kia sorrento 24c16 al ok obd
Kia optima mileage correction: ok
kia sorento um 2016 ok obd2
4) Opel
Opel Isignia 2011 works well via obd
Astra J 2010 ok
Astra J 2011 read Security Code ok (via gm cruze)
Opel Insignia 2009/2011 OK
Opel Zafira 2012 OK
Opel astra 2010 2011 2012 NOT OK
5) Chevrolet
Chevrolet Cruze 2010, 2011, 2012 via obd Ok
Chevrolet Cruze 2014 via obd take less than 4 seconds
Chevrolet cruze lt 2012 alla key lost ….OK 10 min programing and mileage correction ok
Chevrolet CRUZE 2012, Read security code ok and Mileage ok
Chevrolet Cruze 13 miles ok
Chevrolet Captiva 2012, 2013 ok
6) Range Rover
Range Rover Evoque 2013 via obd ok
Range Rover Evoque SD4 2013 ok less than 2 seconds
Evoque 2012 works OBD
Rang rover sport 2014 , 10 sec after buckup all ok
7) Ford
Ford Tourneo 2015 H9S12EXQ384
Read ori Value ok
Focus 2013 OK
Ford fiesta 2012 OK
8) Fiat
Fiat grand punto 2010 OK
Fiat punto 2007 OK
Fiat fiorino obd ok
9) Others
New update mileage correction for hyundai Sonata 9
Benz yes bmw no
Honda civic 2006 all keys lost OK
Porsche Cayenne 2012 mileage OK
have made KM visteon dash 95320 vw golf 5 with success, just plug and play
Jeep grand cherokee 2013 OK
Jeep compas 2014 for obd2 2008+
I20 24c16 ok (Note: if you WANT TO DO KM IN HYUNDAI I20 THEN YOU HAVE TO PUT KM 4 TIME MORE EX. 1000 KM NEED THEN PUT 4000 KM IN X100.)
2006 Chrysler 300c -> will do dash via obd but won't do SRI
Hummer H2 2008 via obd ok
2014 Altima Via obd ok
i20 by obd ok ….. so i had to make the x4 solution given on this thread example for 25300km = 25300×4 ; sometimes gives 9999999 some times 564873248 whatever but keep trying 1 or more number more on total.
Rio obd ok
This is from www.eobdtool.co.uk website technical support:New Original OBDSTAR X300M is Superior to OBDSTAR X-100 Pro D Type


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Is 3-D printing the answer to global food shortages?
I don't know what it is about 3-D printing, but the nifty new technology seems to reliably bring out the Internet's silly side. There's Cody Wilson, the Camus-loving anarchist and his electronic gun-making blueprints. Then there are the awesome 3-D printed Christmas cookies that, according to Gizmodo, "kick the crap out of sugar cookie snowmen." ...
I don't know what it is about 3-D printing, but the nifty new technology seems to reliably bring out the Internet's silly side. There's Cody Wilson, the Camus-loving anarchist and his electronic gun-making blueprints. Then there are the awesome 3-D printed Christmas cookies that, according to Gizmodo, "kick the crap out of sugar cookie snowmen." There's even the iSwattr, a "radical new" iPhone case that brings the "latest smart phone technology to bear on the killing of menaces such as disease carrying flies, icky cockroaches, and scary spiders," according to the contraption's designers. O, wonder! What other marvels await us in this brave new world?
Apparently, however, the buck stops at Quartz, which abandoned these frivolities in favor of an earnest story on the potential for 3-D printing technology to feed astronauts on multi-year missions and even support a planet inhabited by 12 billion people. I almost couldn't believe the article wasn't killed in favor of something on mini 3-D printed "you" action figures — or maybe the nexus beetween 3-D printing and high fashion. But here it is nonetheless: Anjan Contractor, an engineer at the Texas-based Systems and Materials Research Corporation, has been awarded a $125,000 grant from NASA to create a 3-D food printing system that enables long-distance space travel. Here's more from QZ:
His initial grant from NASA, under its Small Business Innovation Research program, is for a system that can print food for astronauts on very long space missions. For example, all the way to Mars.
'Long distance space travel requires 15-plus years of shelf life,' says Contractor. 'The way we are working on it is, all the carbs, proteins and macro and micro nutrients are in powder form. We take moisture out, and in that form it will last maybe 30 years.'
But Contractor has his eye on a more terrestrial application for his 3-D printing design:
He sees a day when every kitchen has a 3D printer, and the earth's 12 billion people feed themselves customized, nutritionally-appropriate meals synthesized one layer at a time, from cartridges of powder and oils they buy at the corner grocery store. Contractor's vision would mean the end of food waste, because the powder his system will use is shelf-stable for up to 30 years, so that each cartridge, whether it contains sugars, complex carbohydrates, protein or some other basic building block, would be fully exhausted before being returned to the store.
Ubiquitous food synthesizers would also create new ways of producing the basic calories on which we all rely. Since a powder is a powder, the inputs could be anything that contain the right organic molecules. We already know that eating meat is environmentally unsustainable, so why not get all our protein from insects?
If eating something spat out by the same kind of 3D printers that are currently being used to make everything from jet engine parts to fine art doesn't sound too appetizing, that's only because you can currently afford the good stuff, says Contractor. That might not be the case once the world's population reaches its peak size, probably sometime near the end of this century.
'I think, and many economists think, that current food systems can't supply 12 billion people sufficiently,' says Contractor. 'So we eventually have to change our perception of what we see as food.'
Fittingly, Contractor plans to start with pizza "because it can be printed in distinct layers, so it only requires the print head to extrude one substance at a time." Thank goodness QZ could get the term "pizza printer" in there somewhere.


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COVID-19: Your safety is our utmost concern
- Due to Provincial restrictions, our classes are being rescheduled. Classes will resume when the closure mandate is lifted and it safe once again to gather and learn. Thank you for your patience during these difficult times.
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Traditional Pearl Knotting
April 26, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmCdn $47.00
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Course outline: Learn how to confidently tie those tiny silk knots between pearls and beads with Angela Peace, and how to attach a clasp using the professional French Wire method. The skills learned in this class can be applied to other stringing and related projects. These techniques are a must for jewelry designers. Illustrated instructions are included in the class fee.
Skill level: Beginner
Prerequisite: N/A
Technique: Pearl Knotting and Attaching a clasp using French Wire
Bring to class: All items can be purchased at the store prior to class and the instructor will be there 1/2 hour prior to the class to assist you if needed.
- one strand of 6, 7, or 8 mm round, near-round, or potato pearls
- clasp (non-toggle type)
- Griffin silk pack appropriate to hole size in pearl/bead
- French wire
- pointed tweezers
Of special note: the class patterns and instructions from our classes are for your personal use only. Please respect the intellectual property of our artists/instructors by not sharing, selling, or teaching the patterns you receive from the classes you take.
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i will be rather pleased to leave February behind & welcome in March tomorrow, weather wise this week has been such a washout too, a little more sunshine would be much appreciated!
still i did have a little good news to brighten my week, i won a giveaway over on saltwater kids blog (as part of 'the boy' month which dana & rae have been hosting) the goodies arrived on Saturday!
the most fantastically made reusable 'snack pack' set, which will be just perfect for big G to use for his daily school packed lunch,
it's just so sweet!
having still avoided taking my lace knitting out it's bag, i set about casting on for some much needed mindless knitting, you know, the easy kind you can pick up & put down, & pretty much on with, with your eyes closed!
the result - a very quick, warm & cosy hat, i made the pattern up as i knit, & used up some of the yarn from my stash (colinette one zero in dusk) i've still not felt ready to attempt the lace right now, so have been grannying along when i find the time! (& nearly completed the 3rd row)


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The occupation of the factories: Italy 1920 - Paolo Spriano
The story of the mass wave of strikes and factory occupations which swept Italy 1920-21 told from the documents and accounts of the time. Written in 1964 and translated into English in 1975 by Gwyn A Williams, who also wrote the introduction. We don't agree with all of the political perspective of the author but reproduce this text for its historical factual information.
From mass strike to new society - Jeremy Brecher
Gramsci and syndicalism - Tom Wetzel
Italy 1920: When 600,000 workers seized control of their workplaces
Tom Wetzel details the Italian Factory Occupations of 1920, which matured beyond conventional trade unionism and at its height involved about 600,000 workers. This article was originally presented as a talk at the Conference on Workers' Self-Organization in St. Louis in 1988.
Preventative Counter-Revolution - Luigi Fabbri
Ferrero, Pietro, 1892- 1922
A short biography of Pietro Ferrero who, with Maurizio Garino, was one of the anarchists at the head of the factory councils movement in Turin.
Garino, Maurizio, 1892-1977
A short biography of Maurizio Garino, one of the leading anarchist animators of the Italian factory council movement.
1918-1922: The Arditi del Popolo
1918-1921: The Italian factory occupations and Biennio Rosso
Seize power or seize the factory? - Amadeo Bordiga
Amadeo Bordiga's commentary on the Italian factory occupation movement in 1920 as well as his view for how the movement should move forward. We do not agree with it but reproduce it for reference.
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Bayesian Analysis of Immune Response Dynamics with Sparse Time Series Data
Apr 30 2014
In vaccine development, the temporal profiles of relative abundance of subtypes of immune cells (T-cells) is key to understanding vaccine efficacy. Complex and expensive experimental studies generate very sparse time series data on this immune response. Fitting multi-parameter dynamic models of the immune response dynamics-- central to evaluating mechanisms underlying vaccine efficacy-- is challenged by data sparsity. The research reported here addresses this challenge. For HIV/SIV vaccine studies in macaques, we: (a) introduce novel dynamic models of progression of cellular populations over time with relevant, time-delayed components reflecting the vaccine response; (b) define an effective Bayesian model fitting strategy that couples Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) with Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC)-- building on the complementary strengths of the two approaches, neither of which is effective alone; (c) explore questions of information content in the sparse time series for each of the model parameters, linking into experimental design and model simplification for future experiments; and (d) develop, apply and compare the analysis with samples from a recent HIV/SIV experiment, with novel insights and conclusions about the progressive response to the vaccine, and how this varies across subjects.
Keywords:Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC), Bayesian Inference, Dynamic Models, Immunology, Learnability of Parameters, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), ODE Models, Sparse Data, Time Delays, Vaccine Design
BibTeX Citation:
@TECHREPORT{Bonassi2014, author = {F. V. Bonassi and C. Chan and M. West}, title = {Bayesian analysis of immune response dynamics with sparse time series data}, institution = {Department of Statistical Science, Duke University}, year = {2014}, type = {Discussion Paper}, note = {Submitted for publication}, url = {http://stat.duke.edu/research/papers/2014-02} }


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We had a very busy week this week, hence my post being several days over due, with celebrating the 4th of July and starting my new workout regimen and making a huge mess in our house making SLIME! We had attempted making slime a couple of weeks ago, with a huge fail. We discovered the reason behind the fail and brought in a slime-making expert(a 5th grader) and tried again! This time was a success and super fun!
The first step is to gather all of your ingredients that you'll need, which include: ELMER'S GLUE (This is crucial. Non-Elmer's glue WILL NOT form the slime.), contact solution containing boric acid, shaving cream for fluffy slime(not necessary), glitter(not necessary either). Please disregard the baking soda in the picture. Several recipes called for that but we ended up not using it and it worked fine. Also, we did not use measurements so you can put away your measuring cups and spoons. Yay for wingin' it!
Then, we poured one bottle of Elmer's in a bowl. We wanted this slime to be fluffy so we just added a few squirts of shaving cream.
We mixed the glue and shaving cream until combined well, and then squirted a little bit of contact solution and mixed, and continued squirting little by little until it turned into slime that we could handle without it sticking to everything. Be careful if you are making this with small kids, and do most of the mixing yourself. Do not let them eat it or lick their hands. Mine wanted to play with it before we had enough contact solution and it was such a pain to get off of her hands.
Slime is almost complete!
Finished Slime! We added LOTS of glitter to ours. At this point, it's very easy to mix with your hands. You should be able to pour the glitter on and then work it in like dough. Word to the wise, do not use glitter if you don't want it ALL OVER your house. Someone had already recommended that to us and I thought it wouldn't be too bad, plus I LOVE glitter, but it literally was everywhere.
Ready to make more?! Yeah! Now on to regular slime with no shaving cream. Again, pour one bottle of glue into your bowl.
Since we made just regular white slime the first time, we thought it might be fun to mix things up and add some food coloring! Gimme some pink!
After your food coloring is blended into your glue, add your squirts of contact solution and mix until it is a dough-like consistency and does not stick to your hands.
We got REALLY wild and mixed the fluffly slime with the regular slime, and of course we added more glitter. Notice it is ALL OVER the table.
Overall, this was a really fun activity and my favorite part was that it took a while to mix everything and play with it and it kept my toddler entertained the whole time. However, this is an activity that you can't leave your toddler alone with so you can't just sit them down at the table and think you can go clean or watch Netflix. You are all hands in on this one.
I don't think we'll be making a habit of this, however, I have seen some really cool slimes on Instagram, so maybe we'll try those if we're feelin' crazy…
Here's to making slime, a huge mess, and most importantly, memories!


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One of the great things about homeschooling is that we have the opportunity to expand and develop on interests that our kids show more fully. Since many of the "extra" programs have been cut from the public school system, lessons like home ec and woodworking are no longer something that kids get a chance to experience in school. But when our kids at home want to learn how to use tools, we can do that!
My (just-about) 7 year old has decided that when he grows up he wants to be a worker man (aka construction worker). He's fascinated by all things tool related, talks non-stop about his experience when he gets bigger, and loves to watch HGTV with us. When we were walking through a store and he saw the orange safety vests, he all but pleaded with me to get him one – even though they only had size huge! I talked him down. The other day, I found him washing out his art toolkit because he'd decided that he was going to save it for a tool box and wanted to start saving up for his own tools.
In the past, I've taken the boys outside with Daddy's big hammers and screwdrivers with a bucket of nails and screws and let them mangle some extra chunks of wood laying around. But heavy, large hammers are rather unwieldy for little hands, making this task rather challenging.
Imagine my excitement when I found Montessori Services – a company devoted to supplying Montessori schools and homes with quality, hands-on, real, kid-sized products – and their amazing Young Builders' Tool Set! They sent me one for my son so I could review and share it with you.
My first thought when I opened the box? OH MAN! IT'S SO CUTE!!!
Now, I'm not sure if technically "cute" is an acceptable word for tools, but the reason I said that is because each of the tools included is a perfectly miniaturized, working version of the grown up tools! It's like someone took a shrink machine and made Daddy's tools kid-sized. It's perfect. The products are quality too. I recognize the names of some of the tools – like Fiskar and Olympic.
Designed for kids ages 5 and up, the set includes:
- a toolbox
- a measuring tape
- safety glasses
- a level
- a hand saw
- a hand drill
- a hammer
- a sandpaper box
Since giving this to my son, he has been so passionate about being able to use his very own tools. We have taken woodworking books out of the library and combed through the free "junk" piles at Home Depot – which allowed us to build a workbench/LEGO table together. Every time Daddy pulls out his tools, so does the kidlet. He LOVES his tools.
Montessori Services has a huge online store, including other practical life tools for things like cleaning and gardening, school kits for science, math, geography and more, as well as art supplies and musical instruments. You just have to check out their site for everything they offer!
Disclosure: Affiliate links have been used in this post.


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Can Your Gut Bacteria Help You Gain Muscle Strength?
In recent years, we've learned that the microbiome—aka the community of bacteria living in our digestive tract—influences our well-being in myriad ways. Our weight, metabolism, mood, and blood sugar levels are just a few (of the many!) aspects of our health that have been directly linked to our gut bacteria.
And according to a new study, the strength of our muscles is no exception. In fact, the research, from Tufts University, suggests that the health of our microbiome may be the difference between us having muscle strength or not.
To find out exactly how this connection works, the researchers compared the gut bacteria from 18 older adults who had "high-physical function and favorable body composition" with 11 older adults with "low-physical function and less favorable body composition." The findings, published in Experimental Gerontology, showed that the bacterial profiles of the two groups were significantly different. For example, the group with favorable body composition had higher levels of Prevotellaceae, Prevotella, Barnesiella, and Barnesiella intestinihominis bacteria.
In the next portion of the study, the authors inoculated mice with bacteria taken from the two distinct human groups and observed how the mice's metabolic and physical profiles changed as a result. Interestingly, the mice whose guts were colonized with the bacteria from the "favorable body composition" group displayed an increase in grip strength, which is a common measure of muscle strength.
Based on those results, "we now start to understand the role of gut bacteria in the maintenance of muscle strength in older adults," said Michael Lustgarten, one of the study's main authors. "For example, if we were to conduct an intervention to increase Prevotella levels in the gut microbiome, we would expect to see an increase in muscle strength if these bacteria are involved," he continued.
This could have implications not only for gym-goers and athletes but also for the aging population. As Roger Fielding, one of the study's other authors, explained, "As we age, body composition, muscle strength, and lean mass all decrease... Identifying differences in bacteria present in the high-functioning and low-functioning groups in this study moves us toward a fuller understanding of both the gut microbiome and healthy aging."
This study was small, so there's still a lot more to learn about the details of the connection between muscle strength and the microbiome. In the meantime, we can all work to support the general health of our gut microbiome by eating foods high in prebiotic fiber and, of course, taking a probiotic supplement.
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Unfortunately, one of the foodie stallholders booked for our market on 8th June has had to cancel at short notice. We do have a waiting list of people who'd like to take a stall, but at the moment none of the food-related people can make it.
We are of course happy to allot the stall to a craftsperson, but as we'd really like to keep the existing balance between food and crafts, it would be great to find another foodie stallholder for this market, if we possibly can.
If you are a local food producer and would like to book a stall at our market, in Piddington, on 8th June, please contact me at email@example.com
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Will parking be an issue for Orlando City opener?
Crews put the finishing touches on the new Orlando City soccer stadium Friday. More than 25,000 fans are expected to attend the home opener in two days.
"Super excited about the match Sunday," said season ticket holder and fan Scott McCorvie. "Check out the new stadium. It's going to be a lot of fun. It's going to be super loud."
But before the team takes the pitch, fans are hoping to score with parking. McCorvie noted that "should be interesting."
Fans can pre-purchase a spot at one of 10 parking garages downtown to ensure a space.
• Orange Lot (ADA only): Corner of S. Terry Avenue and Central Boulevard
• Geico Garage: 433 S. Division Avenue
• Grove Park Lot: Central Boulevard between S. Terry Ave. and Division Ave.
• City Commons Garage: 460 Boone Ave.
• SunTrust Center Garage: 60 W. Pine St.
• 55 West Garage: 60 W. Pine St.
• Garland Ave. Lot: 109 W. Pine St.
• Central Boulevard: 53 W. Central Blvd.
• Wells Fargo Garage: 20 N. Orange Ave.
• Jefferson Street Garage: 150 W. Jefferson St.
Fans can then walk several blocks over to the new stadium or take the shuttle. LYNX will offer expanded LYMMO bus service that will drop fans off near the stadium Sunday.
"The city has adequate parking around the area," reassured Orlando traffic control manager Scott Walker. "I think we'll be just fine."
At City Hall, Walker will be watching over traffic on game day. Most roads around the stadium will close at 2:30 p.m. SunRail has also announced it will offer service on Sunday to accommodate the tens of thousands of fans that will pack the downtown area.
Orlando officials are urging fans to plan their route ahead of time and to arrive early.
On match day, a number of local roads around the perimeter of the stadium will remain closed throughout the match and will not reopen until 45 minutes to an hour after the final whistle, the city said.
• Central Blvd. from Westmoreland Drive to Glenn Lane (closure begins 2:30 pm)
• Westbound Central Blvd. from S. Terry Ave. to Hughley Ave. (closure begins 5:30 pm)
• Church Street from Westmoreland Drive to Glenn Lane (closure begins 2:30 pm)
• Church Street from Glenn Lane to S. Terry Ave. (closure begins noon)
• Church Street from S. Terry Ave. to S. Division Ave. (closure begins 2:30 pm)
• Glenn Lane from Church Street to Central Blvd. (closure begins 2:30 pm)
• South Terry Ave. from Church St. to Central Blvd. (closure begins 2:30 pm)
• Pine Street from stadium site to partial closure near Division Avenue (closure begins 2:30 pm)
Fans who want to park closer to the Parramore stadium will have to kick up some extra cash.
Click here to view Sunday's SunRail schedule.
"I think the parking situation is bad planning for the city," said Parramore resident Jose Colom, who also called the stadium a "blessing" for the community.
Colom thinks fans will have to pay as much as $40 to park at private lots by the stadium. Across the street, barber J. Henry is one business owner who will be selling parking spaces at his business. Other residents will sell space on their private lawns.
"I think it'll be great for business," said Henry. "It'll bring a lot of people into the neighborhood that don't normally come to the Parramore area."
Parking in private lots can have risks. After the Pro Bowl at Camping World Stadium, one lot reported five cars were broken into and one was stolen. As for McCovie, he plans to park downtown and walk.
"Luckily, there's a lot of places to park downtown," he said, wearing a purple Orlando City shirt. "So, hopefully, it won't be too much of an issue."


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In other news… ASVP will be having their fist solo exhibition at Black Book Gallery. We first spotted their work on the streets of Brooklyn, New York and there's much much more where that came from. We're also stoked to be working this duo on an exclusive release for you guys very soon.
Opening reception September 2nd @ 7pm – Open to the public
Artists in attendance
Denver, CO (August 24, 2011) – ASVP is a New York based artistic team of two that began working together over 8 years ago and has more than 20 years of combined creative experience. The team has created paintings, murals and poster art that has been displayed in major cities across the world including London, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Hawaii, Zürich, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Varanasi India as well as New York City.
"The clean look and feel of the work comes from our commercial training in graphic design and advertising, but for us, many of the actual images are reflective of "a break-out" from a certain type of creative jail that we both found ourselves in. We felt like we were in the Creative Matrix—and we finally figured out how to unplug."
ASVP's work collages eastern and western images from multiple influences including; retro advertising, pop and comic book culture, mixed with bold typographic elements. The team uses dramatic multi-layered compositions with bright tones of pop-inspired color.
"The more aggressive imagery in the show comes from a defensive, almost resentful place, and more strongly shows the idea of us "breaking free" from our past to create things that are more honest. Other images in the show exhibit more restraint. When viewed together, the diversity of the work shows an honest depiction of our voice as a work in progress."
ASVP's first solo exhibit comes on the heels of two recent group shows including "Bushwick Open Studios" and most recently, "Can't Hear the Revolution" at Kunsthalle Galapagos.
"Down to Earth" is comprised of nearly 40 silk screened pieces on paper and canvas with hand and spray painted elements in many of the works. Exhibit opens at Black Book Gallery on September 2nd and runs through September 30th.


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My Henry: four unlikely years later and the world remains resoundingly full of you, my sweet, so-loved, so-missed boy, in spite of the empty, gaping void you have left so far behind. I still find the heres, theres and everywheres of ordinary life can be turned instantly extra-ordinary at the singular thought of you. And here I go, uncertainly stepping into another year which should more properly have belonged to you.
Ohhhhh boy, my boy… This, written with love that burns as bright and fierce and sad as ever.