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Don't try this at home!
Our adventure starts on a regular day at the Office,
when we had the crazy idea to partecipate to the Mongol Rally 2019,
and it will bring us to drive 13.000 KM from Zürich to Ulan Ude in Russia,
through places where the streets have no name...
because they simply don't even exist!
This is the greatest motoring adventure on the planet. This is 13.000 km of chaos across mountain, deserts and steppe on roads ranging from bad to not-a-road in a tiny car. There's no backup. There's no set route. There's no guarantee you'll make it to the end. It's just you, your rolling turd and planet earth sized bucket of adventure.
The greek legend of the Argonauts tells the story of a group of heroes who sail to far away eastern lands searching for the Golden Fleece.
We chose this name because we drive in their same direction and because its anagram gives the words ARG, ITA and UNO, our nationalities and the model of our car.
The Fiat Uno
The Argounats' ship was named Argo and it was wrought by the guidance of Athena.
Our Argo is not so mythological because it's a Fiat Uno of the 1993, bought in Brescia after a long search of a proper old, cheap and tiny car.
Thanks to the illustrator Drü Egg the car is now a masterpiece of art!
The Mongol Rally is not only a crazy idea but it has also its useful side: charity. So to partecipate to this adventure we are collecting money to donate to 2 different charities who fight 2 of the biggest problems on the World: climate change and hunger.
Cool Earth works alongside rainforest communities to halt deforestation.
ShareTheMeal reaches millions people with food assistance in around 80 countries.
As everything started in the office, we proposed to our company to sponsor us.
The CEO was surprised about the crazy idea, so crazy that he liked it immediately!
So our main sponsor is going to be ti&m, the place where we work and one of the coolest company in Switzerland.
They are going to pay for all of our expenses during the trip!
The argonauti
Andrea Magazzini
He came for tea time on the 16th of February 1991 in Genova (Italy) and he decided to keep on living in this World, as there are nice places and people.
He likes to change and be always on the run, so he lived in Italy, Norway, France and currently in Zürich, Switzerland.
His summer of the last 2017 and 2018 were spent walking 800km on the Camino de Santiago and riding 10.000km on the russian transsiberian train, so now he's really looking forward to his third crazy and longer adventure.
Julio Naya
Rare specimen of the Argentine territory discovered in 1983, currently in a migratory phase in the Swiss Alps.
Hyperactive at times, he is well known for his lack of memory.
Looks deceivingly young but his taste in music reveals his real age (exception: reggaeton).
A connoiseur of '90s cars, he finds himself at home in the DigiUno.
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Cool Earth
Cool Earth is the non-profit organization that works alongside rainforest communities to halt deforestation and its impact on climate
With half of the world's rainforest lost over the past forty years, we need a new approach to conservation.
The only way to halt destruction is to align the future of the rainforest with the people best placed to protect it. This means placing forest in the hands of the people who rely on its survival for their survival.
Cool Earth does just that.
ShareTheMeal is an initiative of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger.
Each year, WFP reaches 80 million people with food assistance in around 80 countries. WFP is 100% voluntarily funded, so every donation counts.
WFP's administrative costs are among the lowest in the non-profit sector – with 90% of donations going directly to WFP operations that are building a world with zero hunger.
You can donate directly with the ShareTheMeal App or sending the money to us via PayPal and after we make a donation with the total amount collected.
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They are market leaders in digitalization and security products and for innovation projects in Switzerland and EU financial centers.
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At their offices in Zurich, Bern, and Frankfurt, they currently employ over 340 outstanding engineers, designers, and consultants.
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LAW OF TELEPHONE: When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one.
LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
LAW OF THE WORKSHOP: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
LAW OF THE ALIBI: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
BATH THEOREM: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.
LAW OF ENCOUNTERS: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
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So, how much should an ebook cost?
In my survey of rates, an ebook should cost about $500-$600 for the coding and cover (whose cost can range from $50 to $100), unless something extraordinary is done. (These prices assume that the manuscript has been edited already and that the author does the proofing.)
GalleyCat did a survey through their Facebook page and got similar results: $300 to $500 when hiring someone else to do the work; $25 or so when doing the work for oneself.
Archway charges $1,999 for the publisher package for the author package to $14,999 for the publicist package. Business books, however, run from $2,199 to $24,999. The question is to what extent (if any) stronger distribution channels are included.
In a different GalleyCat post, Bowker (which sells ISBNs) says abut 235,000 new self-published titles are posted annually. "The marketplace is dominated by four companies: CreateSpace, Smashwords, Author Solutions and Lulu."
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DOMESTIC DAY. Dismantled tree and tackled the jigsaw-like experience of putting Christmas decorations back in boxes. Washed kitchen floor. In between, did a few editing tasks and raised eyebrows at various weathers (windy, rainy-windy, hailstorm etc). My eyebrows. I'm not responsible for other people's eyebrows (sorry to disappoint).
Am now upstairs while a deacons' meeting is going on in the lounge. This is quite exciting. In the nearly-10 years my husband has been in ministry, we've never had a deacons' meeting in our house before – chiefly because our old house didn't really suit the purpose. The parking was awkward, but more to the point, the downstairs rooms all led into one another – porch to the lounge, lounge to dining room, dining room to kitchen. The stairs were in the lounge, so frankly, if I needed to visit the loo, everyone heard me come out of whatever upstairs room I was in – to go to the bathroom.
This was not a problem as they simply met in a deacon's home or (newly designed) church building.
However, here we have a hallway. And a door to the lounge! And I can get to the kitchen without walking through said lounge! And here I am upstairs and no one can hear me if I go to the loo (hurrah!) and I can't hear them either.
Ah, small pleasures.
So I got to indulge my minister's wife-ish-ness and make drinks for the deacons this evening before scurrying up here to waffle on to the world about the delights of hallways and doors.
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Draghi wreaks havoc in the market; Euro plummets
09/Μαΐ/2014 • Currency Updates•
Major movements in currency markets came yesterday from across the channel, with the euro seeing most volatility. The pound eventually ended up against the single currency, having touched 3 month highs. Sterling to dollar trading was flat over the session.
The Bank of England held rates steady at a predictable 0.5%, with bond buying sticking firm at £375bn. We won't know until the 21st the finer details of the meeting, which may show some dissent within the MPC's ranks. More information on the Bank's medium term forecasts will be released next week in the quarterly inflation report.
Today should provide more pound led volatility, as we have industrial and manufacturing productions, with a GDP estimate and a goods trade balance.
Draghi certainly lived up to his recent reputation as a market mover yesterday, sending the single currency swinging all over the park. After much volatility it ended down on both the pound and the dollar by about 0.5%.
Having held firm at 0.25% this month, Draghi took investors for a ride during his hour long press conference. After a bullish initial discussion on Eurozone inflation sent the Euro powering upwards, the Governor sent it plummeting downwards over a cent by admitting that the European Central Bank would be 'comfortable' with decreasing interest rates in the June meeting. It seems that he has finally admitted defeat and recognised that inflation cannot be boosted by his words alone.
Elsewhere, Greek unemployment showed a slight decline to 26.5%. Data out today is more varied, with German imports and exports, French budget statements, Italian industrial output, Greek inflation and Portuguese inflation.
The dollar was subject to the volatility caused by action in the Eurozone yesterday rather than any US led movement. After a mid-session dip, the greenback powered up against the euro and ended around 0.8% up. The dollar also saw a slight drop off against the pound.
Yellen's second day of testimony was pretty much a re-run of yesterday, again reiterating the soft monetary policy stance until the current economic situation improves.
More positive employment data from the US yesterday, with initial and continuing jobless claims falling to 319k and 2.685m respectively. This follows on from last week's strong NFP figures and adds weight to the argument that, while US GDP might have suffered over the winter, the labour market certainly hasn't.
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I also bought the .co.uk of the prototype name for the same product. My question is this - Could I be asked to hand them over by the manufacturer? I could argue that the name had not been confirmed but as I also bought the prototype name it will undermine me. I had thought that I use the domains on sites that could have paid adverts to people who sell this product.
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This example of Baymax is more interesting; to use pure white body to reflect rubber texture, in fact, tests master of light and shadow than rich colored objects.
The tutorial mainly explains the ideas and process details; please refer to the attached PSD; it is very simple.
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I generally use the method to build the body first, then lay out the space and make the final details.
1. First, when building the body, the body building should be accurate; in the ratio of the official map of the subject, tick the basic outline; it is better not to describe but observe it; combined with the memory, use the pen; to use red is to identify the relationship of body; then only draw one arm and one leg; in the latter period, you can use the magic mirror method.
2. Start with the head and use the color value bfc5c6
4. Improve the brightness of the upper half of the head; make the direct use of a white layer and use the mask to erase it
5. For the shadow of the lower half of the head, I use three layers to exhibit. The first layer is a solid color + mask; in the second layer, I add the dark edge of the lower half of the head; in the third layer, I increase the shadow. The final two layers use overlay mode to increase shadows.
6. Paint high-gloss to the head of Baymax with Gaussian blurring 5 pixel without worrying that it is too bright; largely cover it and in the latter, it can be adjusted at any time
7. Draw the shape of the eye by the use of layer styles; be careful not to use global light
8. Fill the body with color value A8AFB2
9. Use the brush with size of 95 and hardness of 0 to roughly swipe sense of volume; it can be adjusted later, so it is almost ok.
10. Copy a layer of body contour; set BEVEL & MBOSS to enhance the sense of volume
11. Copy the body contour and make the body emit light to enhance the perspectivity of rubber
12. Refine the light and shadow detail
13. Here I use a few high-gross to perform the deflated air texture of Baymax with Gaussian blurring 2 px; this place needs to apply and not too be regular, and then on the other side, use the mirror method to copy high-gloss; after you adjust the shape and angle, it is ok.
14. Do not forget to deal with the shadow of the head and physical contact, and here I directly trigger an oval-shaped blur and then erase the upper half with mask.
15. Continue with shadows in the nearer distance with 2 px segments combined with masks erasing; the closer, the darker and the more real
16. It is basically completed; the shadow when two objects connect, so deal with some shadows in the head.
17. Fill the arm with the color value A8B0B3
18.Use brush stroke in size 150 and hardness 0 to smear the sense of volume
19. Set the outside light to be white in transparency 22 and length 27
20. Deepen shadow projection of the body in the arm; the principle is the closer contact between objects, the deeper shadow.
21. Draw the arm high light, fill it with white and fuzzy 3px; adjust transparency and overlay the layer style; combine with mask to erase texture
22. Draw a level of light perception again in the same way to reflect different parts
23. Fill the contour with different gray
24. Finger painting is like the way of body painting
25. Finger base and arm connecting part needs a projection effect and an inner glow
26. It should be noted that the finger base and arm connected place is not the same as the original.
27. It is the finished form of the whole hand; in fact, there is no special technique; the key is to master light and shadow and accumulate experience; please refer to PSD
28. Now add lines, gray rubber and folds on the arm.
29. Legs painting is like arms painting; mainly pay attention to the interaction of shadows between the body and legs.
30. Use the mirror method to achieve the final appearance; is not it a little gray? Here you can adjust the luminance and color; in PS, gray does not matter; in the latter, it can be salvaged; it is important that the relationship between the various light and dark gray should be exact.
100% of copy means nothing; I hope you can deduce light and shadow by culturing your own experience through practice. What is the derivation of light and shadow? It is that based on one's own experience or sketch mapping experience, one knows where to paint highlights and where to paint shades without reference to FIGS. The technique depends on observation and practice to develop.
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Over the last four years, Dobie High School's campus-wide college-prep program, Dobie College Now, has provided its students with an array of opportunities to learn about the college application process, financial aid, and other information for first-time college students. Recently, the high school's ACE (After school Centers for Education) program has allocated funds to pay for tuition and books for 40 Dobie sophomores to enroll in San Jacinto College's Learning Framework (EDUC 1300) course. The San Jacinto College Learning Framework course helps students develop effective best practices for success in college.
These students have taken and passed the Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSI) and have met all the admission requirements for San Jacinto College. The ACE program provides after school opportunities focusing on college and careers that feature guest speakers from local industry professionals, various facility tours, and a chance for students to get hands-on experience in their areas of interest.
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New lines not created by #13#10
According to chapter "About new line characters" in appendix of the help file, the newline is created by #13#10 (assuming I'm on windows machine).
as i want a proper logfile that is readably by humans, i intend to give some extra output to the screen and therefore to the logging file.
But newlines are acheived neither by adding #13#10 nor adding 13 10 to the dispstr command, instead those characters are completely omitted. if more #10 are added, it seems to work for the first "#13#10#10" sequence. pelase see code below for example
This happens in TT 4.89 and 4.91.
intdim baudrates 15 ;define array baudrates[0] = 921600 baudrates[1] = 460800 baudrates[2] = 230400 baudrates[3] = 115200 ... ;turn on logging for file examination for baud 0 14 if baudrates[baud]<>0 then setbaud baudrates[baud] ;display current baud test on screen int2str sBaud baudrates[baud] dispstr '+++ ... testing baud= ' sBaud #13#10 ;ERROR gives no newline-characters dispstr '+++ ... testing baud= ' sBaud #13#10#13#10 ;ERROR gives no newline-characters dispstr '+++ ... testing baud= ' sBaud #13#10#10 ;gives: CR+LF dispstr '+++ ... testing baud= ' sBaud #13#10#10#10 ;gives: CR+LF+LF mpause 250 flushrecv mpause 100 sendln 'cmd' wait 'response1' mpause 250 if result > 0 then goto ConnectionEstablished endif endif next
I think the order matters. The following works for me on TTerm 4.96.
dispstr '========' CRLF
dispstr 'Line 1' CRLF ;expect no blank above; no blank below
dispstr 'Line 2' CRLFLF ;expect no blank above; a blank below
dispstr 'Line 3' CRLF ;expect a blank above; a blank below
dispstr CRLF 'Line 4' CRLF ;expect a blank above; no blank below
dispstr 'Line 5' CRLFLF ;expect no blanks above; 2 blanks below
dispstr CRLF 'Line 6' CRLFLF ;expect 2 blanks above; 3 blanks below
dispstr CRLFLF 'Line 7' CRLFLF ;expect 3 blanks above; a blank below
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Have you considered creating your own blog, but you don't know where to start? By searching the Internet, you can find numerous sites where you can begin your own blog. The tips and suggestions in this article will help you to learn how to create a new blog or improve an existing blog. Now it's time to utilize this information and have fun!
Find blogs within your niche and comment on their posts. Google Reader is a excellent method for organizing other interesting but related blogs. Visit these sites regularly and, when you do, leave comments.
Strive to maintain a presence on your blog and be there when your readers have questions. Choose a consistent frequency for your responses such as once a day or once a week, which will help establish reader confidence that they can expect a response to their input. If you've begun to connect with your visitors, they'll expect that you'll be around regularly. If you feel like dropping everything and abandoning your blog, consider that you won't just be disappointing yourself, but your readers, as well.
Whatever you do, be sure that all of your content is original. If you copy any part of somebody else's blog or article to yours, you could get caught and it would ruin your reputation. To be successful with your blog it's not important to be a trained writer, but you must be passionate about your topic.
Comment on other blogs to increase interest in yours. If you like Google reader, create a separate folder in it for other blogs you're following. Check out others' blogs regularly, and when you have something to add to the conversation, leave a comment.
Purchase a domain name instead of using a site that is free. Though there will be some initial expense involved, your blog will have a professional appearance. That will also be simpler for people to keep in mind; this is especially true if you use relevant wording for your title, or use your company's name.
Keep your content fresh. People will return often if they expect to find brand new content. Visitors won't return if they aren't getting updated content that isn't available elsewhere. Try to aim for posting at least one time every day.
Write blog posts that are interesting to your readers. Everyday chores like dusting and doing the laundry really aren't so interesting. But, absent an innovative, engaging method of discussing such topics, you are unlikely to hold visitors' interest if you talk about them. Always try to choose a topic that is interesting, and you feel like readers will love. Your goal is to have a unique idea that will cause people to come to your blog and stay.
Whatever you do, be sure that all of your content is original. If you copy any part of somebody else's blog or article to yours, you could get caught and it would ruin your reputation. While even an amateur writer can find success in running a blog, showing your passion through unique content is the only way to reach your goals.
Be real and authentic. Don't offend your reader's intelligence. Honesty, transparency, and openness are critical qualities to convey. Don't just do this sometimes; do it all the time. Your blog should be an expression of your individuality. Perfection is not necessary, but you should simply work on improvements. It's okay to be wrong about something, even in your blog. The best characteristic you provide to your blog is your unique point of view, so flaunt it!
Posts should be concise and clear. While you still have to provide enough detail to inform your readers, overly long and wordy posts will bore your readers and drive them away. Readers don't care about lengthy descriptions, they want you to get to the point quickly so they can learn what they came to find out. People want content, not fluff.
Your blog will benefit greatly if you can convince well-known bloggers to make guest posts for you. Such posts improve your blog's store of original, high-quality content. You could also get more traffic if the other blogger alerts their readers of their appearance on your blog. This tactic can be done by using guest bloggers, and will result in a better blog.
Consider allowing guest bloggers to post to your site. This practice could help you to develop good relationships with other blog owners, which could prove lucrative in the future. It's amazing what having a tight circle of bloggers will do for your site! You could need a small favor in the future, and you will then find that bloggers that you invited to post on your blog, will be happy to help you.
Don't shy away from using lists within blog posts. Whether your blog is about the parts needed for overhauling a 1971 Mach Mustang's Holley carburetor, or the ingredients needed to concoct a new cocktail for an upcoming party, lists are important. By incorporating lists into your blog, you allow readers to quickly find relevant information.
You want to make sure your blog stays healthy. This means you are performing all necessary maintenance and changing little things here and there. Your readers will remain interested and they will have fewer, if any problems when they visit your blog page.
Aim to begin a mailing list for your blog as soon as you possibly can. The sooner you begin compiling your list, the more time you will have to grow it. This list will help you increase your revenue as time goes on. Not beginning a mailing list early can be a huge mistake.
Always welcome comments and feedback from your readers. The feedback from you is appreciated by your readers and it encourages them to return to your blog. This helps create a good relationship with them. When people see you acknowledge others, they will revisit your blog to see if you've responded to their comments.
Do not simply try to write paragraphs and paragraphs of general content. Be sure to find a topic that suits your blog appropriately. If you write about topics that are wrong for your blog, or those in which you aren't interested, you probably won't enjoy much success. Remember to focus on quality content, as this will give you the best chance of taking the path to success.
Aim to start a mailing list for your personal blog as quickly as you can. The sooner you start, the more time you will have to grow your list. You can use a list such as this to earn more money down the road. Creating a list of valid email addresses from your readers will help you avoid ignoring the opportunities you have to turn readers into customers.
If your blog posts are long, you need to make them easy to read by using headers. You want to keep a long post easy to read and hold the interest of the reader. This simple step will make it easier for you to expand your content and bring your blogging to the next level.
The preceding article described a few methods you can use to blog both to make money and to get your voice heard. Applying the tips you have read will allow you to have a better experience when you are creating your blog, and will also allow your visitors to get more enjoyment too. Creating a fantastic blog can be quite simple with some dedication and a few pieces of advice, so go out and create yours today!
Avoid using a simple, shortcut approach when you start blogging. Instead, treat blogging like a business, and perform plenty of research so that you're always learning something new. Learn from experienced bloggers, and apply some of the techniques that they are using. Always seek to improve your blog through new methods and techniques.


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Hey everyone,
I have a label that gets data from a database and uses that as the .Text field. I want to compare this .Text field with an integer value, but I can't convert the text. The value I'm trying to convert to integer is "25,000". Here's what I've tried:
Int32.TryParse(label_Start_Miles1.Text, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Integer, null, out start);
Int32.Parse(label_Start_Miles1.Text, out start);
All of them blow up during run, except tryparse which just doesn't work.


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Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944 San Francisco, California, USA) is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his television roles such as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998), George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018) and Maura Pfefferman on Transparent (2014–2017).
His film roles include Jay Porter in ...And Justice for All (1979), Jinx Latham in Mr. Mom (1983), Sully in There's Something About Mary (1998), the Mayor of Whoville in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), King Neptune in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), Tom Manning in Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Sid Garner in The Hangover trilogy (2009–2013), Francis Silverberg in The Accountant (2016), and Georgy Malenkov in The Death of Stalin (2017).
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Gah, for the countless times I've crashed and lagged so much I got frustrated enough to just log out and curse my way into bed. Seriously I need to vent. I'm considering picking a corner in a lost sim and just lay my hat down and ask for money..for a new damn laptop! Yes, I need it bad and &%$#3″"2!!!*)6%$#"! Lately I can't even afford hanging out at all because I can't even talk in chat..one lag spike after another *sighs*
Anyways, was able to take these pics, thanks to a lag free moment (after which I also crashed) and yeah, I'm back and NOT IN BLACK. lol. Miss anya ohmai being the reason why I got rid of my black attires and instead, chose a 'brown' palette, because really fall is almost knocking on our doors and even though I am not a brown fan I've fallen in love with these softer 'champagne' tones! I secretly went over her hiding hole and stole all her clothes 😉 *shhh* don't tell her <3! So yes, I've decided to make two simple looks and I don't know which I love the most, since !Ohmai's 'emma's ruffles' dress is…just too cute for words. ❤ Uma
Listening to 'Kate Nash – Dickhead'
Worn (left to right) :
Hair – *barberyumyum18/black by **DP**yumyum
Skin – 'Maya [Light] sweety' by (vivé9)
Sweater – 'Nina sweater [CLEARCHAMPAGNE]' by !Ohmai
Cardi (shirt layer) – 'Bird watch cardi – crow' by !Salsa
Shirt (under) – 'check shirt pastel brooch' by *curiosity*
Skirt – 'DNM PANTS skirt' by BP*
Socks – 'Knit knee socks charcoal' by Shiny Things
Prim socks – 'Ballerina shoes cuffs' by {SMS}
Boots – 'Sophia boots [charcoal]' by >TRUTH<
Bag – '*Shoulder bag (brown)' by Beetle Bones
Gloves – 'full finger gloves gray' by (DoMoCo)
Glasses – 'Tortoise mum glasses' by (Yummy)
Hair – 'Noce white pack' by {fascino}
Dress – 'Emma's ruffles [NILENUDIST]' by !Ohmai
Socks+garters – 'ella stockings light brown' by *League*
Shoes – 'dockers white leather' by [hoorenbeek]
Headband – 'AM TULIP headband – champagne' by Miel
Plants – 'Beaker with plants' by BP*
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Halloween can be HEALTHY and fun ...
I find these cookies a little on the sweet side. But considering that your Halloween trick-or-treaters are looking for a sugar hit, they are very suited to the task:
2 cups raw, plain almonds
2 heaping Tbsp raw, pure honey
1 heaping Tbsp raw, carob powder
*Place the almonds in your food processor (fitted with the S-blade) and grind them into a fine flour. Add the carob powder and continue to process. Then add the honey and process into a sticky mass of 'cookie dough'.
*Roll out the dough onto a flat surface. Place a bit of cling-film plastic wrap over the dough and with a rolling pin, roll the dough out to about 1/2 an inch thick. You should get quite a bit of surface area. Now, using traditional cookie-cutters/shapers, press out infamous bats (or any other seasonal shapes you may have on hand).
*Refrigerate the cookies for 20 or 30 minutes to firm up a bit before serving. Enjoy!
These are too easy to make and oh so loved! I put these in my kids' lunch boxes the other day and just watched their little faces crinkle up with laughter when I picked them up after school. Here's how to do it:
First, score a seasonal ripe orange on all sides so it's easier for your child to peel the orange at snack time. Then, wrap the orange up with cling-film plastic wrap, leaving a little 'poof' at the top. Tie it up with some string and then with a permanent marker make a jack-o-lantern face.
That's it!
Don't fret this Halloween ... get creative in the kitchen and serve up some healthy, yummy festive treats for your kids!


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Trusting Twitter
By: Ben Adler | Columbia Journalism Review
Few things feel more personal than my Twitter feed. I tweet without the meddling of an editor. I use it to broadcast my thoughts on minutiae such as what I had for lunch, whether I dressed appropriately for the weather that morning, and my delight or irritation at the latest episode of Boardwalk Empire. There's a reason someone made a hilarious video about how the only person who cares about people's Twitter accounts are their Jewish moms.
And so it is easy to understand the sense of violation felt by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott after one of his tweets was quoted in a full-page ad for Inside Llewyn Davis in his own newspaper. "You all keep fighting about Wolf of Wall St. and Am Hustle," Scott tweeted. "I'm gonna listen to the Llewyn Davis album again. Fare thee well, my honeys." The ad chopped off the first sentence, reproducing the second part.


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Traditional Orthodontics can sometimes require unnecessarily invasive procedures for adolescents and young adults designed to simply deliver the patient straight teeth. This is often done with little or no regard for the impact this methodology can and does have on the overall appearance of the face. The underlying philosophy of all the Rapid Smiles techniques is to not just deliver straight teeth but also balanced faces and beautiful smiles.
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text: Air Conditioner Service in Drexel Hill You constantly hear about confirming that you are on top of your HVAC equipment servicing. It's one of the most universal topics when talking about air conditioners. But why? Preserving your system plays a huge role in the comfort of your home, particularly with the unpredictable summer weather in Drexel Hill. Don't wait for your air conditioner to break down on a hot summer day – service it before it's too late! FOR AIR CONDITIONER SERVICE CALL NOW 610-257-7035 Our experts at O'Brien Heating & Air Conditioning are accessible for tuning and maintenance because it's important to us that our customers' needs are met. Whether it's an urgent situation or a regular examination, we've got your back. Annual servicing is your best bet and it extends an assortment of advantages, including: Efficiency: the more often your air conditioner is serviced, the nicer and longer it will run. When it's working at peak efficiency, that also means less energy usage and therefore lower energy costs. Comfortability: when an air conditioner is working at its complete best, so are the people in your home. Being at ease with the condition of your air conditioner means that you keep cool and positive during the entirety of the season. Reliability: with routine maintenance, the possibility of problems or malfunctions considerably decreases because our pros can check for and handle problems before they arise. Your air conditioner will remain steady and reliable, even when it's being used more often. Dependability: contrast your air conditioner service to a car oil change – staying on top of both mean that you can depend on your car to get you to your destination, and on your home to keep you cool all summer long. With a dependable system, you can get more out of your summer. You want to get the most out of your air conditioner, especially in the summer, and maintaining it with routine service will ensure that you are. Here are a few other things to also reflect on with the high temperatures upon us: Close your blinds: by sheltering the inside of your home from the sunlight and enduring heat that can slip in, you can keep your home cooler. Cracking your windows open at night is another great way to use natural cool air to keep your home comfortable and offer your air conditioner a break. Use fans: fans can be used in rooms that you know you are going to be in for a fair amount of time. They deliver additional air movement and allow you to increase your thermostat a few degrees to save productivity. Programmable thermostats: there are many types of programmable and smart thermostats that let you to arrange when your air conditioner is on and off throughout the 24-hour day. This option can save you money, especially if you are absent from your home most of the day. No matter the time or day, our NATE-certified, fully licensed and trained experts at O'Brien Heating & Air Conditioning are prepared to service your air conditioner. Stop dwelling on preserving your air conditioner and give us a call at 610-257-7035 or find us online to plan an appointment there. First Name* Required Last Name* Required Phone Invalid value Email * Required Invalid value Comments *Required fields Submit Chewing Gum Preference Fire or Ice Result of 1 + 1


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Steelworkers are demanding that employers share the increase in profits from new tariffs.
"Leaders of the United Steelworkers union are demanding higher wages from two of the biggest U.S. steelmakers as President Trump's tariffs propel industry profits.
'We feel we need some recognition and to share in the profits of the company,' said Michael Young, president of the union's branch for the Midwest plant of U.S. Steel Corp., one of the companies facing down union leaders according to The Wall Street Journal.
The price of steel jumped by more than 30 percent this year after the U.S. levied tariffs on foreign steel, causing profits to rise for the industry generally.
Union leaders say workers aren't seeing their compensation rise appropriately at U.S. Steel and ArcelorMittal SA, which make up 40 percent of the U.S. production capacity for flat-rolled steel."
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2018 Ford Fiesta ST200 Price aaaand Reviews- The Fiesta is nearing the finish of its lifetime so Ford as of now produced very intriguing models of it. The most recent is the 2017 Ford Fiesta ST200, an auto which has been discharged a couple of days prior in Europe. Shockingly, the auto won't be accessible for the US advertise. Passage said that since it is fabricated just in Germany, it would be excessively expensive for the US clients. The auto is right now estimated at about $4,000 more than the general ST. With the import charges, it would achieve more than $25,000 in the US where you would already be able to get a Focus ST.
As you would anticipate from an uncommon release, the two its inside and outside have been invigorated with cool new accents. The lodge is the thing that you would anticipate from a Fiesta. Be that as it may, the 2017 Ford Fiesta ST200 comes as standard with dark Recaro seats and a calfskin wrapped controlling wheel. The hardware level is like that of a Titanium show. This implies aerating and cooling, electric windows, and Ford's Sync 3 infotainment unit are on the whole accessible.
The shading must be the best thing about its outside. The ST200 will be worked with a solitary shading decision, Storm Gray. Passage said this looks like the groundwork utilized on autos before painting giving it an extremely staggering plan. All things considered, we need to concur. This is the first run through the Fiesta has been accessible in this shading and bits of gossip say it will likewise be the last. The wheels offered as standard are the discretionary edges on the normal Fiesta. These come as standard painted in shine dark with a Storm Gray line which traverses over the external side of the wheel.
2018 Ford Fiesta ST motor
The greatest change is another three-barrel motor, which produces 197bhp and gives the Fiesta ST a guaranteed 0-62mph time of 6.7sec – a similar dash time as the old Fiesta ST200.The new motor originates from the same Ecoboost line-up as the 1.0-liter rendition we've officially attempted – and adulated – in the most recent Fiesta.It's not about execution, however; the new motor likewise has a chamber deactivation framework (a first for a three-barrel motor) that holds CO2 outflows down to a foreseen 114g/km. We don't have mileage figures yet, however this innovation should help the ST's mpg figures as well.Out of the blue, the Fiesta ST gets selectable driving modes that let the driver pick between Normal, Sport and Track settings to adjust the responsiveness of the motor, guiding and dependability control to suit diverse kinds of driving. Changing to both of the sportier modes likewise enhances the Fiesta ST's fumes note.
2018 Ford Fiesta ST cost
Portage has moved its Fiesta extend upmarket to remove it from the less expensive, more down to earth Ka+ little incubate, so we anticipate that the ST will be estimated marginally higher than the active model, which begins at £18,145. Passage should be watchful, however, in light of the fact that its key opponents, the Seat Leon SC Cupra and Vauxhall Corsa VXR, cost from £18,465 and £19,245 individually. We'd envision a beginning cost of near £18,500.


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Today is Mother's Day here in Canada. When I was a kid, it was a day for cheesy cards, lovingly made pasta necklaces and fingerprint art and moms being given a carnation at church. It seemed so umcomplicated.
As an adult, though, I have come to appreciate that Mother's Day is fraught with sadness for so many people. In our own circle, I have heard painful, painful stories of dear friends who were told they couldn't have children (and these friends live in a small town and as people whose jobs are very rewarding, being a bride and having babies are the only real ways to be special), friends who have undergone traumas related to complex fertility treatments, friends whose mothers were not nurturing and loving for a variety of reasons and whose kids have come away with painful scars (like the boy in my class this year whose abuse at the hands of his addicted mother have led to him living only with his loving but overwhelmed dad), friends whose mothers suffer from mental illness or Alzheimers, friends who have never found a life partner and whose dreams of a family have passed them by as they age and friends who have suffered pregnancy loss or even the loss of a child (this is especially fresh as we have a family at the school at which I teach who lost their 10 year old son to cancer last Sunday). I know that especially for moms who don't work outside the home, whose worlds don't involve a whole lot of compliments and recognition, it's nice to have a day in which they get to be the star. For so many others, though, it's a day of pain and powerful reminders of dreams that won't come true and feelings of being left out of life's joys. It really makes me think that we need to find another way to celebrate to recognize those moms but also to recognize the pain, too.
It makes me think of offering some kind of "nurturing day", a day in which we celebrate all of those who nurture other people. I heard a story last year that has really stayed with me and today, it fits what I am thinking about. A friend works in a community in which she is dealing with a lot of youth who are suffering and excluded. She told me about a gay couple who had always been dreaming of adopting children and being parents. For a variety of reasons, this never came to pass. For a while, they were really sad and gave up on their dreams. Then, at some point, they realised that there was a group of orphans who desperately needed care and they could meet that need. They decided that they would "adopt" older kids, teens who had been disowned by their parents for their sexuality. They stepped into the breech and gave a place to "go home" for kids whose homes had been denied them. While I realised that for some, this isn't what they think of when they think "Mother's Day" and I doubt that there is a card made for this scenario but to me, THESE are nurturers who deserve to be celebrated. There are the teachers who buy shoes for the kids whose families don't have the means to give them, there are the old single ladies and widows at church who have selflessly taught the little kids Sunday school class for years and are a loving force for so many little ones growing up in the church, there are the "aunts" and "uncles" who may never have their own kids (whether family by blood or by love) who put themselves out to make a safer world for other people's kids. There are those who are "parenting" their elderly parents and who are dealing with burdens as heavy or heavier than most parents bear. All of these people deserve the cheesy card and the carnation and they are no lesser because they didn't necessarily do the labour and delivery.
That's my desire this year. I want to look for opportunities to be that nurturer - to love those who need to feel some unconditional love and to say thank you to everyone who is nurturing, often in the shadows. You are doing God's work and living out the gospel message.


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text: Advertisement 4 February 2014 at 7:20am Arctic Monkeys to headline Reading Festival It's been confirmed that the Arctic Monkeys will headline this year's Reading Festival. Festival-goers enjoying the music in Reading Credit: ITV Meridian The band will perform at the event which is held just off Richfield Avenue over the August bank holiday weekend. Last updated Tue 4 Feb 2014 UK Reading Festival Share Tweet Reddit


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Aphex Twin vs Luke Vibert '03
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Your Brain Makes Its Own Version Of Valium
Gringos on the Ayahuasca Trail
Cancer, rape fraud case bowls over Mich. community
This Lady Is Gonna Get Pitbulls Banned : Arrested After Letting Her Dogs Loose On News Reporter! [Video]
Miley Cyrus singing about cocaine and ecstasy on her new single? Yep
Use These Secret NSA Google Search Tips to Become Your Own Spy Agency
Field of dreams: A remarkable exhibition sheds new light on the dark history of the opium business
Thieves Now Have Hacked Car Door Remotes
Israeli site shows photo of kids dressed as burning Twin Towers for Purim, upsets everyone
Doing very dirty deeds: Veteran porn star gets 30 days in jail for knowingly exposing co-stars to syphilis
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Drunken lawyer goes berserk at cops
Man charged with having sex with pit bull at city pound
Weird Skin Color Illusion Can Reduce Racism
The New Xbox One Will be a "Monitoring Device Under the Guise of a Gaming Console"
Gorgeous Vintage Advertisements for Heroin, Cannabis and Cocaine
Max Headroom and the Strange World of Pseudo-CGI
Large box of marijuana delivered to wrong Sacramento house
Carl Hart, Columbia University Scientist, Confronts Drug War In 'High Price'
Report: Israel Has At Least 80 Nukes
Day of week of procedure and 30 day mortality for elective surgery: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics
New Jersey dad wears Nazi uniform in court during custody hearing
EPA Declares More than Half of US Rivers Unfit for Aquatic Life
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Iron in Egyptian relics came from space
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Netizen outrage after Chinese tourist defaces Egyptian temple
JCPenney Has an L.A. Billboard for a Tea Kettle — and It Looks Like Adolf Hitler
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Josephene Myrtle Corbin, the Four-Legged Woman, was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1868. Rather than having a parasitic twin, Myrtle's extra legs resulted from an even rarer form of conjoined twinning known as dipygus, which gave her two complete bodies from the waist down. She had two small pelves side-by-side, and each of her smaller inner legs was paired with one of her outer legs. She could move the smaller legs but was unable to use them for walking. At the age of 19, she married a doctor named Clinton Bicknell and had four daughters and a son. It has been said that three of her children were born from one set of organs, two from the other. Myrtle died on May 6, 1928.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle:
Wells a describes Mrs. B., aged twenty, still alive and healthy. The duplication in this case begins just above the waist, the spinal column dividing at the third lumbar vertebra, below this point everything being double. Micturition and defecation occur at different times, but menstruation occurs simultaneously. She was married at nineteen, and became pregnant a year later on the left side, but abortion was induced at the fourth month on account of persistent nausea and the expectation of impossible delivery. Whaley, in speaking of this case, said Mrs. B. utilized her outside legs for walking; he also remarks that when he informed her that she was pregnant on the left side she replied, "I think you are mistaken; if it had been on my right side I would come nearer believing it;"–and after further questioning he found, from the patient's observation, that her right genitals were almost invariably used for coitus.
(the name Mrs. B. refers to Myrtle's married name, Bicknell.)
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The federal government is planning to introduce new behavior detection techniques at airport checkpoints as soon as next month, Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole said Thursday.
TSA already has "behavior detection officers" at 161 airports nationwide looking for travelers exhibiting physiological or psychological signs that a traveler might be a terrorist. However, Pistole said TSA is preparing to move to an approach that employs more conversation with travelers—a method that has been employed with great success in Israel.
TAKE a look around you. The walls, the chair you're sitting in, your own body – they all seem real and solid. Yet there is a possibility that everything we see in the universe – including you and me – may be nothing more than a hologram.
It sounds preposterous, yet there is already some evidence that it may be true, and we could know for sure within a couple of years. If it does turn out to be the case, it would turn our common-sense conception of reality inside out.
The idea has a long history, stemming from an apparent paradox posed by Stephen Hawking's work in the 1970s. He discovered that black holes slowly radiate their mass away. This Hawking radiation appears to carry no information, however, raising the question of what happens to the information that described the original star once the black hole evaporates. It is a cornerstone of physics that information cannot be destroyed.
A molecular biologists has long believed that cancer results from chromosome disruption rather than a handful of gene mutations, which is the dominant theory today. That idea has led him to propose that cancers have actually evolved new chromosomal karyotypes that qualify them as autonomous species, akin to parasites and much different from their human hosts.
"Cancer is comparable to a bacterial level of complexity, but still autonomous, that is, it doesn't depend on other cells for survival; it doesn't follow orders like other cells in the body, and it can grow where, when and how it likes," said Duesberg. "That's what species are all about."
If you fashion yourself as an audiophile and just threw down a decent wad of cash on a new A/V receiver, you probably won't like hearing that the receivers of yesteryear produce comparable sound. Why is that? Technological advancement, ironically.
Cnet's Steve Guttenberg sheds light on this interesting development that over the years, actual sound quality became a secondary selling point since most people started buying their equipment either online or from big box retailers. People started caring more about the number of connections and wireless interfaces and wattage of systems. As a result, there was less money in R&D budgets to spend on advancements in sound.
An Australian designer has been forced to apologise for referencing the Holocaust in the name of one of its garments.
The "Belsen Was a Gas" military parka designed by Australian label Evil Twin, caused a furore among shoppers on the online retail website Buy Definition this week.
Shoppers condemned the label for "committing the sin of such hateful, shallow and selfish callousness".
A 36-year-old woman allegedly snatched an infant from his stroller and slammed him into the metal railing of a truck as his mother and aunt tried to fight her off, police said Wednesday.
The woman, Natasha Hubbard, later told police she wanted to eat the baby's arm. The baby suffered only minor injuries.
A clever crook, dressed as an armored truck guard, waltzed out of a Queens check-cashing joint last week with almost $15,000 in cash, cops said.
After stepping into Lorenzo's Enterprises on 31st St. in Astoria about 10:15 a.m. Friday, the disguised bandit said he was there for a pickup and was given the load of cash, police said.
The employees never suspected the man, who was clad in a GARDA Armored Courier uniform, was a thief.
It wasn't until a few hours later, when an actual guard from the same armored truck company arrived for the cash, that the workers realized they had been had, cops said.
Responding to reports of someone breaking into cars, officers had confronted Thomas, a transient well-known to merchants and officers in downtown Fullerton.
The Orange County Register reported that Thomas, who suffered from schizophrenia, began to struggle as officers tried to search him and that Thomas sustained head and neck injuries.
Thomas' father, a retired Orange County sheriff's deputy, has asserted that officers used excessive force to subdue his son, who was unarmed, slight and of medium height.
After seeing his son's injuries and talking with witnesses, Thomas told the Register his son "was brutally beaten to death."
"When I first walked into the hospital, I looked at what his mother described as my son … I didn't recognize him," Thomas said. "This is cold-blooded, aggravated murder."
Your computer, your phone, and your other digital devices hold vast amounts of personal information about you and your family. This is sensitive data that's worth protecting from prying eyes – including those of the government.
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects you from unreasonable government searches and seizures, and this protection extends to your computer and portable devices. But how does this work in the real world? What should you do if the police or other law enforcement officers show up at your door and want to search your computer?
EFF has designed this guide to help you understand your rights if officers try to search the data stored on your computer or portable electronic device, or seize it for further examination somewhere else.
Because anything you say can be used against you in a criminal or civil case, before speaking to any law enforcement official, you should consult with an attorney.
The rabidly politicized, mad-as-hell, accept-us-or-die quotient of gay Americans—at last count, somewhere between 97 to 99 percent of them—seem determined to prove that they can get just as offended as your average hillbilly breeder mountaineer, if not more so.
It's as if they're taking it to the streets, up into the hills, and down into the hollers to spread a simple message—"You think you can get offended, you stupid, hateful, one-toothed, inbred, Christ-worshiping rednecks? You ain't seen an uptight bunch of whiny wah-wah emotionally retarded walking fetuses until you've tangled with us!"
According to the latest daily statement from the U.S. Treasury, the government had an operating cash balance of $73.8 billion at the end of the day yesterday.
Apple's last earnings report (PDF here) showed that the company had $76.2 billion in cash and marketable securities at the end of June.
In other words, the world's largest tech company has more cash than the world's largest sovereign government.
A damaged nuclear fuel rod was stuck inside a reactor at Japan's ageing Hamaoka nuclear plant after an accident 17 years ago and is still there, the plant's operator said Thursday.
The operator, Chubu Electric Power Co., said experts were unable to remove the spent fuel rod from the plant, located 125 miles (200 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo, Kyodo News reported.
The rod was stored inside a special container in the spent fuel pool of a decommissioned reactor. The company sought help from domestic and foreign experts on how to safely extract it, but no solution was found so far.
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Successful Aging through the Life Span: Intergenerational Issues in Health
Successful Aging through the Life Span: Intergenerational Issues in Health
Aging is both a biological process and a sociological phenomenon. As a biological process, it can be seen as beginning at birth or conception and unfolding throughout the life span. In this way, biological changes affect the individual organism, leading to a variety of changes throughout life, from growth and maturation through the child-rearing years and into the period known as old-age or senescence.
Understanding these changes over time, and ameliorating those that are undesirable, is an important part of understanding aging research. Equally important is the need to understand the impact of the aging process on the individual within the context of society. What values and roles are assigned to the individual based upon chronological age? What expectations does society have for people? And are there resources available to help people meet these expectations?
As overall population aging takes place, such questions become more pressing. In the first decades of the 21st century, these are pressing questions indeed. Throughout the world—in the industrialized world and, increasingly, in poorer countries—we are seeing perhaps the greatest demographic shift ever. Life expectancies have exploded, both at birth and at older ages. People over the age of 100, once seen only rarely, have become much more common. Large percentages of the population are entering the period traditionally known as "aged," making the traditional age pyramid much more rectangular and changing the ratios among various population segments. The traditional three-generation family is becoming stretched into four and sometimes five generations. Although often presented as a "crisis," this demographic revolution is also one of the great successes of our time.
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This is the moment a wedding in Newcastle came to a standstill when a waiter dropped the HUGE cake he was carrying towards the bride and groom.
The bizarre footage shows the unknown waiter carrying the cake through tables full of guests, before suddenly being pushed by another waiter – for some reason.
The cake then appears to be thrown over his shoulder in dramatic fashion, and hits the deck in front of shocked onlookers.
The bride rushes over, looking shocked and concerned, before suddenly realising she had been the victim of a prank. Brilliant.
Guests cheer as they also come to the realisation that the awkwardness has been lifted, and the wedding isn't actually ruined.
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AARP Medicare plans, administered by insurance giant UnitedHealthCare, have been under scrutiny lately for belt tightening, ranging from dropping Silver Sneakers to dropping thousands of physicians from their networks. Major providers like Moffitt Cancer Center and St. Luke's Cataract and Laser Institute are out for 2014. ... But this trend is neither temporary nor confined to AARP plans, said Jack Larsen, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in an interview with the Tampa Bay Times (Nohlgren, 11/2).


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Unfortunately they do not feature on this volume, one must wait for the post of the second Manchester collective collection, "Uzipping The Abstract".
The north west rival organisation to the even more imaginatively named "London Musicians Collective", home of The Door and The Window and Here and Now (Kif Kif et al).
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|Tyler Dowd "Hole in the Wall" digital photography
Once again, Studio M at the Mass Mu is exhibiting the works of students enrolled in Photojournalism at Walsh University. 18 images are on view and well worth the time to stop by. Professor Lee Horrisberger has taught her class well. In a world were almost everything is "caught on tape", selfies saturate our servers, and images can be captured instantly on a cell phone, the role of photography as an informational art form is becoming somewhat of a dinosaur. Considering the long and rich history of photographs as our source for emotional connection to situations where words cannot say enough, it is refreshing to see students challenged to keep this tradition alive.
A large statement is posted just inside the door so I will skip the details of the specific assignment. Students were allowed to use "cameras, computers and photographic equipment from Walsh's Communication Department to imitate the style, lighting and content of a photojournalist of their choosing." Next to almost every image in the show is an explanation by the student as to why their journalist was selected and how a specific work by this person influenced the image you see. I would recommend that these comments be read in order to put the student photographs into their correct context. One must keep in mind that these are intended to be emotional pieces that convey a story visually, not just "pictures" of people or things. But this is Snarky Art so I chose to see them also as independent works of "art" because this is a show rich in happenstance and the merits of just good old fashioned fundamentals.
As with any show, there are gems to be found and I will touch upon a few as we progress. Since space (and your attention) are limited, not everyone will get mentioned but all the works were deserving of comment. Several pieces already had red dots on the tags and my visit was the day after the opening!
Working around the room from the statement and going counterclockwise (because I know you print these blogs out and take them with you to follow along…right?) Brook Morgan (Jr) presents "Avery", a study in crisp contrasts of black and white (on several levels) that captures a moment in time. Inspired by Sally Manns, Ms. Morgan's subject does not look at the viewer but rather pulls us out of frame to wonder what caused the reaction we see on the child's face. The child's emotion is contagious.
Ronnie Stokes (Jr) whose piece is entitled "Zac Carter" is more than a journalistic project, it is also a study in the layering of triangles, whether intentional or not. Three bright "stars" of light forming the first such triangle are the teeth, the earring and the logo on his hat. If one continues to look for smaller and smaller triangles they are easily found. It is this underlying fundamental element (shape) of composition that elevates this piece and gives it bones.
Kaci Bucklew also has a basic element of art (space) which creates a layer of interest most likely unintended, hence the role of happenstance. The figure in "Matthew Lenz" is holding a longboard, the intended subject of the image, but the placement of the figure to the right leaving an empty space on the left, his eyes looking left, and a horizontal tree branch in the background located almost at eye level, all pull the viewer out of frame to wonder what is happening elsewhere. What is the rest of the story? Perhaps other skaters? I believe the board was to be having it's portrait taken, but the figure holding it in place is far more intriguing.
Tyler Dowd (Jr) has a well written narrative of how he captured his graffiti image which leaves the viewer wanting more of the story when paired with the picture. "Hole in the Wall" is just the beginning of an interesting journey on the part of the photographer. Whose work did he capture? How did it get there? Why was it done? All these questions are left unanswered…….the picture made me want to search for clues.
Dallas Makowski (Sr) was inspired by Neil Leifer's image of bowling. Mr. Makowski's "New School" appears to be a well thought out response to the formal elements of his chosen reference photo but to capture the moment in time of a bowling ball midway between the release and the lone pin at the end of an alley, is not something planned. Perhaps luck played a big role in how this study in contrasts works so effectively, but it does, and photojournalism is sometimes just all about being in the right place at the right time and pushing the shutter button.
Jamie Woodburn (Jr) had that same good karma with her the day she set out to capture sunlight. Inspired by Eliot Porter, one of the first photojournalists to work exclusively in color, her image "Sunlit Forest" reveals more than was perhaps intended. A strong visual piece as it is presented, look a bit more closely and one will see that she was not alone in the woods. Directly below the burst of sun (something that happened suddenly on a cloudy day according to her narrative), two trees form a cross (X marks the spot?) and within the negative space formed by those trees, a "face" can be seen in the shapes and patterns. I found more faces than the one which is most obvious. Yes, the intent was to capture light, but the almost holy intensity of the sunburst itself also gave us life in the forest.
Finally, I want to acknowledge the work of Alejandro Meza (Soph) and his piece "Never Ending Pathway". As an artist, I was drawn to his overwhelmingly strong use of line as pattern in this image that depicts a man walking in a snowstorm on the edge of the woods. The blurred trees are vertical, the seams of his jacket are horizontal but he is vertical figure as well, and the wind driven snow is diagonal. Add the elements of texture and space and this work is dead on to his source of inspiration, the work of William Eugene Smith whose figure is in a circular composition.
There is more to see in this small but very strong show at the Museum. Good job to all these students who put their work on public display and I encourage the viewers to purchase a rising star or two as the prices are extremely reasonable and well worth your investment in their future.


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But doctor shopping for pain meds is a no-win situation.
Investigators with the Pasco County Sheriff's office said that Manda Beacham obtained prescriptions for 12,363 pills over 15-months by doctor-shopping, reports the Tampa Bay Times in St. Petersburg.
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Para-Norman. The massive undertaking, which involved capturing
more than 400,000 separate stop-frames using 60 EOS
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separate units, each with its own shooting stage, sets, puppet
actors and equipment. Because 3D photography requires the
capture of not one, but two frames 24 times for every second
of screen time, the compact Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras
were mounted on computer-controlled motorized horizontal
sliders, which moved the cameras first right and then left for
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Hans Kraus Fine Photographs is currently hosting William Henry Fox
Talbot's "World: A Gallery of Natural Magic,"
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The unusual exhibition
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Talbot, the recognized
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art during the 1830s, combining the use of a camera obscura with light-sensitive chemistry. It was his approach that eventually became the basis
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Pikto Launches Third AnnualPhoto CompetitionPikto recently announced its Top Pick Competition for emergingand mid-level artists. The annual competition asks participants toexplore their own voice while developing a thematic tone for all oftheir entries. The winning photographer will receive $5,000 towardthe production of a gallery show, including an opening reception,professional PR support and a two-month show in the Pikto Gallery.Previous winners include Arthur Bondar and Anastasia Taylor-Lind(VII Photo Agency), the Top Pick Winner 2011. Taylor-Lind's winningseries, "National Womb: Baby Boom in Nagorno-Karabakh," has beenfeatured in the New York Times and Burn Magazine, among others.The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2012; winners will beannounced November 15, 2012. No entry fee. www.pikto.com.


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I read this book as a part of my readings for a class in art therapy fundamentals. Personally, I think that this book is more suited to those who have an interest in art therapy, or particularly like the tales of people's personal journeys. Because that is what this book is: the recounting of Pat Allen's personal journey once she understands what art can do for her in an emotional and spiritual way. It also lays out some exercises and suggestions as to how the everyday person might come to explore their own soul and life through creating art. But would these tactics work for everyone as profoundly as they did for Allen? Maybe for some, but definitely not for others. That is the nature of art therapy, though, isn't it?
Art is a Way of Knowing begins with Allen laying out how one can come to explore using art themselves, and as she does so, begins recounting some of the early events in her life. Things come into much more detail once she reaches discussing her time studying art, and finding that she did not understand the purpose of it anymore, only to come across some of the ideas of art therapy pioneer, Margaret Naumburg. It is from there that Allen really delves into telling about her life and how she explored different events of it using art and meditative tactics. These includetimes of depression, the birth of her daughter, and the death of her father.
Allen's story and journey is presented in an intensely intimate manner, and it almost felt invasive to hear all of these details about her life and what she was experiencing. But that also made it quite moving to be able to share in the experience and really come to know her on a deep level. However, sometimes I wondered how she actually communicates with people in real life: her writing is quite whimsical and has metaphors throughout, particularly those discussing the "river" of the unconscious and trying to reach it. Sometimes I found this to be a bit frustrating, especially when you read about her life so closely and just want her to get help for her issues, which are clearly there, and yet she just keeps spinning the wheels and speaking with fanciful elusiveness.
At the end of the day, I am incredibly interested in art therapy (hence why I am beginning to take courses on it in university), and I too have personally experienced using the art process as a way of healing myself during times of loss. Because of this, I highly connected with Allen's story in Art is a Way of Knowing. And yet, I can definitely see how some might not find it as interesting, and maybe even find it a bit cloying at times. But if you have an interest in art therapy, or enjoy recounts of personal spiritual journeys (as I mentioned earlier), you may also find that you enjoy this book. Particularly as a quick read, as it comes in just over 200 pages, and includes some photograph's of Allen's work along the way (which I must say, are quite diverse and all very intriguing in how she comes to see them).
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