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Imagine awakening one morning to find yourself in your bedroom, in your house, on your property, yet surrounded by some vast, untouched wilderness. You look out a window to see a landscape that is familiar in flora and contour, yet obviously unaffected by human culture. Outside, there is not one thing to be seen that is artificial. All is natural, and impressing you with force. Inside, there is no running water, no electricity, no communication via telephone or radio or television or computer. Inside and out, you find yourself alone. What would you do?
This novel begins with that scenario, and the reader is from then onward invited to participate – as if the reader were engaged in a personal dream event – with the anonymous main character in the ensuing struggle for survival, which is both physical and metaphysical. Not only must the person discover how to obtain such necessities as food and water, the person must also seek to answer such basic questions of being as are contained in Paul Gauguin's classic "What? Whence? Whither?"
The novel is available as an electronic book from Amazon. Search by author's name: D. Raymond-Wryhte.
Here are some reviews regarding earlier editions of No Shadow of Turning from people outside Amazon who have published electronic stories, newsletters, and magazines. Also included are reviews from readers and writers at FanStory.
"While the book starts out like a Twilight Zone episode, it quickly adds fantasy and magic to the mix. The book… contains some poetry, which is quite well written. There is also a noticeable religious theme through the novel. It is not overpowering; in fact, it's rather subtle…. The book, overall, is well written… in places, it's riveting…. I was totally engrossed with the story…. Let me say this is an enjoyable read, with many layers of story for you to sort out and study."
"I liked it very much; couldn't put it down. It is well-written, and I found it quite interesting as a nature tale and a spirit story."
"I did find what I read highly interesting and surely believe that there is a market for such a highly imaginative vision as in your story."
"Wow to a beginning of an enthralling novel. I felt as if I was in the twilight zone. Excellent descriptive phrases created stark images and evoked the feeling of the puzzling nature of the narrator. Very well done… so glad to run across you."
"Wow, what a great start. Were this the beginning of a novel, I would purchase it without hesitation. Your style is gripping and fluent. I truly enjoyed it, and I look forward to reading more."
"This is quite fascinating. It's an odd situation–one that would give anyone the willies. Your writing style is a pleasure to read. I'm looking forward to more!"
"Can't wait to read more. Quite graphic tale with lots of action, suspense, anxiety, terror. All the elements are here for an amazing tale. I will stay tuned."
"Your writing is clear-cut, easy to follow, with no difficult or wordy sentences. A smooth, easy read. This chapter has some brilliant narrative. Sometimes the pieces of writing with less dialogue can be better and in this case it is. Well done! I found your story to be both well written and enjoyable. Aside from the dialog, which sounded quite realistic, there were many very realistic descriptive scenes which enabled me to completely visualize the events transpiring."
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Though there were plenty of impressive feats witnessed during the men's gymnastics individual all-around last night — yay Danell! — there was one particularly eye-popping skill that was completely absent: Why have we not seen anyone do the rings during these Olympics? Sure we've seen a few guys in the background striking crazy iron cross poses and whatnot, and we caught a montage glimpse of poor John Orozco sticking a dismount, but we haven't seen a single full routine on what is, we'd think so anyway, the most difficult apparatus in the sport. (Though, all the recent oopsies on pommel horse would suggest otherwise.) What's going on? Does NBC think that we think the rings are boring?
In general I wish NBC wouldn't be quite so narrow in its assessment of what we find interesting. I'm not as down on the network's Olympic coverage as some — I'm not a sports purist and don't mind being told a carefully crafted narrative — but the producer's heavy editorial hand does start to annoy when whole rounds of a competition are skipped entirely for vague reasons. Similarly, we were shown several semifinal swimming heats instead of more of the men's all-around last night because, I suspect, our American boys weren't faring so well. The ending — ultimately redeeming for at least one American gymnast — was smooshed into the very last minutes of NBC's primetime broadcast, meaning we only got to watch the guy who eventually won the silver medal, pretty pea Marcel Nguyen, do one lousy event. I understand biasing coverage toward Americans, that makes perfect if jingoistic sense, but to completely elide an entire competitor and instead show not-completely-important swimming semis? That's just NBC falsely and frustratingly assuming its viewers' opinions.
Lack of sports puritanism aside, I'm also generally reluctant to criticize NBC's coverage too harshly because, well, I certainly have no idea how to properly broadcast a sprawling two-week sportapalooza in which dozens of things are often happening at once. That seems like a hard job! But I do wish that NBC would at least put a little faith in our ability to, y'know, enjoy watching competitors from other countries, or like watching dudes hold themselves parallel to the ground while propped up on silly little rings. Oftentimes the network guesses correctly in what it decides to show us — a longtime holdout, I will now finally concede that beach volleyball is pretty fun to watch — but they increasingly seem to bet on the wrong horse. Or rather, ignore horses altogether. You know, NBC, a lot of us would watch some of that boat racing that looks exciting in all those brief snippets! Same with cycling and fencing and, hell, even table tennis. Maybe these sports have been market tested and have proven to not be the big sellers or even medium sellers, but couldn't they at least try it out and put some of these events in their glossy primetime package?
Speaking of glossy packages, the gymnastics men still have the individual event competition, and if we don't see any rings during those then I'm going to suspect there's some sort of deeper conspiracy. We've heard that the IOC is pretty strict about the Olympic rings logo, but this is just ridiculous.
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November 28, 2017 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
This event is open to the public and to mental health professionals. Dr. Manish Sheth, founder and medical director of Achieve TMS, the nation's largest TMS provider, will speak about advances in treatment of depression including TMS. Dr. Kalpesh Bhavsar, supervising psychiatrist at Achieve TMS Claremont will discuss benefits of TMS treatment and demonstrate TMS technology. Event will be held at 1490 Claremont Blvd Suite 203.


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Google's Android OS introduced a "make-your-own-app" program, a potential boon to anyone who wants to play app developer. Today's App Industry Roundup also looks at smartphone data usage while HTC's Evo and Incredible shortages persist. DIY Android apps If you have an idea for an app, there's no need to pay for an app developer […]
Google's Android OS introduced a "make-your-own-app" program, a potential boon to anyone who wants to play app developer. Today's App Industry Roundup also looks at smartphone data usage while HTC's Evo and Incredible shortages persist.
DIY Android apps
If you have an idea for an app, there's no need to pay for an app developer to create it anymore. Well, if you want a slick finished product, a developer may still come in handy, but if you just want to brainstorm ideas to test proof of concept — or just proof of goofing off — Google's Android operating system offers a nifty new tool.
Called App Inventor for Android, you can "build apps that inform and educate," the description explains. "You can create a quiz app to help you and your classmates study for a test. With Android's text-to-speech capabilities, you can even have the phone ask the questions aloud."
Sounds pretty cool. There is no DIY version for Apple's iPhone, but with the growing number of Android phones available at all major wireless carriers and the coming wave of netbooks and tablets that run Android, you can bet this DIY app program will be a huge hit and a popular programing tool for the wanna-be nerd in all of us.
According to the Android team, the App Inventor program includes location tools (where you parked a car or find your friends at a concert), utilizes the accelerometer, connects with Twitter and can create an app that reads texts aloud while you drive. The App Inventor program is built around a series of building blocks — text, pictures, animations, spreadsheets, etc. — that can be combined to deliver a program of your own.
The project is lead by Harold Abelson, a computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who is working at Google while on sabbatical. It is intended to give users, especially young people, a simple tool to let them tinker with smartphone software, much as people have done with computers, he told the New York Times. "The goal is to enable people to become creators, not just consumers, in this mobile world."
To see how the App Inventor works, check out this video. Then prepare to spend the next several days refining your million-dollar app idea.
A case for AT&T's new data plans
Perhaps if you start creating your own app, you'll start using your smartphone more often. Apparently, most of us are not getting our money's worth when it comes to smartphone usage.
While many of us use our smartphones more than ever — average data usage increased by about 230 percent in a year — that increase was centered among the heaviest users, according to a new survey from Nielsen. But on the lower end, Nielsen estimates that 20 million people are hardly using the data capabilities of their smartphones.
Clearly, these findings help justify AT&T's tiered pricing strategy and indicates that other carriers are sure to follow. Nielsen concludes that such pricing may be a fair model: "The vast majority of customers, 99 percent according to the 60,000 phone bills that Nielsen collects and analyzes every month as part of their Customer Value Metrics product, are better off with a pricing scheme like AT&T's new data pricing mode," the survey finds.
Finding an Evo still tough
Sprint has a hit on its hands with the Evo, but unfortunately phone-maker HTC can't keep up with demand.
The Evo 4G is delayed without a ship date, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing Sprint's website. The problem with HTC extends to Verizon as well, as the HTC Incredible is also hard to find. HTC cites issues with suppliers who pulled back during the recession and have been slow to meet the renewed market needs, according to the WSJ.
If you are fortunate enough to have your hands on an Evo or an Incredible, or any other Android phone, you may need some app suggestions. Even though Android users can create their own apps now, Appolicious users have created great lists of their favorite Android apps.


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The Vernon County Democrats includes the Vernon County Democratic Women and the Vernon County Democratic Central Committee, as well as all other Democratic party supporters. We work in cooperation with the Missouri State and the National Democratic Committees.
The essence of the Vernon County Democratic Party's mission is:
to encourage the fullest possible participation of all Democratic voters;
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register Democratic voters;
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and endorse Democratic candidates for elected public office.
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The Vernon County Democrats meet at 7p.m. on the
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As cobble is a boring as hell stalemate with 60 players I was thinking about a ukcs extension to it with everyones input. What would you do to make de_cbble better? Or should I just leave your damn maps alone lol
My ideas?
obviously add an extension to B as the one path there now us just impossible to get through.
remove the sniper points at T spawn to encourage attacking behavior. The two sniper windows above the underpass have a view of nothing and are pointless.
Extend the middle sniper points to look over A/CT spawn so the attacking team have some more options.
sample mock up: http://files.ukcs.net/11739/de_cbble_ukcs_a2.zip
cbble is a very simple map to edit so things can be added/taken away very quickly


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In 10 days, residents of the Cedar Grove Beach Community on Staten Island's South Shore will pack up after another blissful summer. They've been doing it for 99 years. But this time, the ritual is bittersweet, for it will be their last. The city has decided it will not renew the community's lease, which it took control of shortly after Robert Moses annexed much of the South Shore for what wound up being an unbuilt extension to the Belt Parkway.
Such beach communities used to line the entire south side of Staten Island, serving as a summer respite for the island's middle-class residents. Only Cedar Grove managed to survive Moses, continuing for another four decades–thanks in part to the legal acumen of one of its residents, who hammered out the first of the community's rental agreements with the city. It was nearly washed away during the Great Nor'Easter of '92, which destroyed about half the bungalows on the beach, but those that remained carried on the annual tradition.
The Parks Department, which oversees the lease, argues Cedar Grove has had a longer run than anyone else on the beach, and it's time to share–there are plans to increase public access, though no one is barred from the beach at the moment. Cedar Grovers counter that the department has neglected many of the neighboring beaches for decades, some of which have been closed this year due to current budget shortfalls, and so there is no reason to shut down this well-maintained beach without the money to keep it open. Not to mention Parks is making money off the annual leases.
Yesterday, a group of Grovers held a rally at City Hall, asking Mayor Bloomberg to save the community. He happened to show up, and even paused for pictures with a sign declaring, "Parks Must Reconsider." The Real Estate Desk checked with administration spokesman Jason Post to see if this was a real possibility. Mr. Post shot back a curt email: "No." Three minutes later he followed up:
To be clear, that is "no" to reconsider.
Also I wouldn't use the word "takeover"–their lease is up, they were given 2010 as "one last season" at their club and signed an agreement agreeing to vacate this year.
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This is a Fashionista Event and a promotional item was provided to me by Chocolat Frey. Hosts for this event are Still Blonde after all these Years and ModlyChic.
It's the holiday season {and now I have that Andy Williams song stuck in my head} and it's time for all things tasty! I am talking chocolate. I am talking coffee. And yes, I am talking a teensy bit of alcohol. Who's ready for a perfect gift idea for those you love? Then this dessert in a jar White Chocolate and Coffee Trifle recipe might be just what you are looking for.
White Chocolate And Coffee Trifle Recipe
You will need…
6 6 ounce jars OR 3 8-12 ounce jars
2 cups prepared vanilla pudding
3 tbsp of your favorite brand of Dark Italian Espresso coffee
1 6.3 ounce Frey Blond Crunchy Almond Bar
1 cup heavy cream
12 sugar cookies
1/4 cup Kahlua {be sure to get the kind without rum}
How To Prepare…
1. Grind the coffee until it is fine. We used the Nutri Ninja 2-in-1 for this. Then combine the coffee and pudding in a bowl and stir until well blended. Set aside.
2. Break up the chocolate into chunks but set aside a few pieces for garnishment. Put all of the chocolate {aside from the garnishments} into a microwavable bowl and heat in 30 second increments, stirring between, until fully melted.
3. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer at medium speed and whip the cream into soft peaks. Then slowly add in the melted chocolate, while whisking constantly. Do this until the cream mixture is very thick. Set aside.
4. Use one jar to cut the cookies so that they fit into the other jars. I used 3 jars, so I put 2 cookie rounds in the bottom of each. If you use 6 jars, you will need to put 1 in the bottom of each. Spoon the Kahlua over the cookies. Cover the cookies with some of the pudding mixture and then some of the chocolate cream. Try to do this as evenly as possible. You should continue alternating layers until you run out of supplies. Then cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 24 hours and serve.
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(The window on these downloads had to be shut on July 23. As always, thanks for downloading, sharing, trading, etc.)
Hello... The world's gone completely berserk in the hours since my last post; so what's new?
As a soundtrack to global calamity, you could do worse:
To Live and Shave in L.A. - Churchill's, Miami, Thursday, August 25, 1994
01 Ratuning
02 I Learn to Inject Morphia
03 One Navel of Decline
04 I Am _____
05 The Ass God
06 I Used to Pay a Heavy Bribe
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To Live and Shave in L.A. - Churchill's, Miami, Saturday, August 27, 1994
01 I Learn to Inject Morphia
02 One Navel of Decline
03 The Dublin Sound
04 Tina Russell, Free
05 First Pop Novice
06 The Ass God
07 I Used to Pay a Heavy Bribe
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Rat Bastard: bass
Tom Smith: voice, tapes
Ben Wolcott had not yet joined the fray; 30-mm had been on release for only a few weeks.
Engineered by Rat (who ran off the stage, set levels to "autopilot" mode, hit start on the ADAT, and ambled back to the boards). Mixed a week later by TS at Sync, Miami. (Not that there was much to mix... At the Hideaway we had but three tracks of digital!)
The Thursday night/Friday morning slot at Churchill's was a lonely post, yes, but also an awesome duty. Rat had the run of the joint, and his mob lieutenants could be counted on to run the PA (which Rattus had designed and installed). We played there scores of times between 1993 and 1996, as did Harry Pussy, Kreamy 'Lectric Santa, et al. It was never much of a scene; CBGB comparisons are wholly inaccurate. No, it was instead a farm club weight room, a public rehearsal space. We would show up at 1:30 AM, assemble our gear, run through our set, maybe buy a beer, and bolt. In and out in 30 minutes! Thus, one of the layers of the männercreme double entendre...
Thursday's "performance" (Aug 25), delivered to an absolutely empty house, was quite glaringly fractured. Rat was initially tentative, and my timing was perliously off. What doesn't kill you only hitches a ride in your trouser cuffs...
The Saturday bill was shared with Harry Pussy. Our two groups were intensely competitive, and each did its damnedest to blow the other off the stage. We seemed to have ramped things up a bit from the rehearsal...
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TLASILA Blog: A forum for all things related (and of interest) to the experimental collective To Live and Shave in L.A. Founded by Tom Smith in May 1990, TLASILA is antithesis, energized at the juncture of aesthetic revulsion. Genre is obsolete.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Bummin' Around...
I've been in a bit of a funk for the past few days; can't seem to shake the disquiet.
Sorry about not posting more than the few, scattered thoughts you see enameled atop the mantle of July 11...
To make up for it, later today I'll upload a newly retrieved and remastered set of TLASILA performances from August 1994. Pluck out your orbs and plant them next to your laptops...
Sorry about not posting more than the few, scattered thoughts you see enameled atop the mantle of July 11...
To make up for it, later today I'll upload a newly retrieved and remastered set of TLASILA performances from August 1994. Pluck out your orbs and plant them next to your laptops...
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Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)
Are you adjusting to Canadian life, and interested in improving your English skills?
We offer FREE English language classes for eligible adult learners through our LINC program, funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). The LINC program facilitates the integration of immigrants into Canadian culture and society by providing basic to advanced English language training that includes social, cultural and economic information.
When are classes held?
LINC classes are offered in the morning, afternoon, evening and Saturday. Part-time classes are usually between 9 and 15 hours a week. Most classes operate Monday to Friday, but some classes have a combination of in-class and on-line learning.
What classes are available?
We offer LINC classes from Literacy to LINC 8 including Literacy and Blended Learning classes. Blended Learning classes combine in-person sessions with online learning that is facilitated by a teacher. At some locations, we also offer FREE child-minding while you attend classes.
How do I start?
If you are eligible for ISIP services, please contact a Language Assessment Centre to find out your English language level.
Please contact your local ISIP LINC location for more information.
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) is an Immigrant Settlement & Integration Program (ISIP) service.
LINC Class
In ISIP's LINC class you will learn to speak and understand English for day-to-day life in Canada. You will learn English by speaking with your classmates and practicing your new language with them. Your class will go on field trips outside the school to learn about different places in the community such as the library, community centre, pharmacy or grocery store. Guest speakers may come into class to tell you about services in the community.
You will learn how to:
- Talk to people in your community.
- Understand Canada and Canadian culture .
- Access community and government services .
- Use English grammar and pronunciation.
You will also meet new people and have the opportunity to make new friends in Canada.
Literacy level LINC classes are for learners with a complete lack in reading and writing skills in their first language. Classes will equip you with the skills to navigate living in a complex culture.
In LINC Literacy classes you will learn to demonstrate emerging abilities in printing, understanding sound-symbol correspondence and reading survival words. You will also be equipped with the knowledge that print conveys meaning and, how to access information and language and feel comfortable and confident within a classroom environment.
Blended Learning
LINC Blended Learning classes involve an in person classroom environment combined with self-study online. If you are looking for LINC classes, but are working or have less time to attend in person, Blended Learning classes might be the right fit for you.
In LINC Blended Learning classes you will complete learning assignments in an on-line environment which can be focused on completely outside of the classroom. On-line tasks and activities are extensions on the same topics covered in the classroom, but provide more flexibility for learners to choose when to complete it. Students will also be provided listening or reading texts to listen to or read outside of the classroom. When they next meet in the classroom, students can discuss, write, present, or answer questions collaboratively. This allows students to maximize the time used in the classroom for learning and developing skills.
To be eligible for the LINC program, you must:
- Be eligible for the Immigrant Settlement & Integration Program (ISIP)
- Be at least 17 years old; and
- Take a language assessment test at a Language Assessment Centre to determine which level is right for you.
Where can I find an Assessment Centre?
For people living in Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Richmond, South Delta, Burnaby or New Westminster, please apply to:
Western ESL Services
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208 – 2525 Commercial Drive (Near Broadway Skytrain Stn.)
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For people living in Surrey, North Delta, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Maple Ridge or the Fraser Valley, please apply to:
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202-7337 137th St.
Surrey, BC V3W 1A4
Tel (604) 507-4150
Fax (604) 507-4155
Once you have taken the assessment test, please visit your nearest S.U.C.C.E.S.S. LINC location to register.
ISIP LINC locations:
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#205 – 5838 Fraser Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Tel: 604-324-8300
Granville Service Centre
#300 – 8268 Granville Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Tel: 604-323-0901
Burnaby-Coquitlam Service Centre
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Coquitlam, B.C.
Tel: 604-936-5900
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Coquitlam, B.C.
Tel: 604-468-6000
Surrey Service Centre
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Surrey, B.C.
Tel: 604-588-6869
Richmond Language Service Centre (site 1)
#200 – 8171 Alexandra Road
Richmond, B.C.
Tel: 604-638-9881
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For most Jewish-Americans, the eating season seems to be year-round. We have many holidays and each one has particular foods associated with it. Even by Yom Kippur, the day upon which we fast, most families have special traditions for the last meal before the fast and for the first meal after the fast.
For most Christian-Americans, the eating season seems to be focused around the Christmas. The parties start right after the Thanksgiving and culminate with the Christmas Eve dinner, then the Christmas Day breakfast, and finally the Christmas Day feast.
No matter their heritage, this time of year finds friends sharing happy memories about sharing food with their families. These stories always fascinate me because eating was such a torture during my childhood and teenage years.
My mother hated to cook. She made only the smallest of effort and the outcome was invariably tough and tasteless. She ate very little at all, and never her own cooking, so perhaps she was unaware, though more likely, she simply didn't care.
Everything she overcooked. We thought hamburgers were supposed to have a hard crust. She served blackened chicken long before the fashion. She did not believe in seasoning. She kept only two spices: salt (used only during the Passover Seder for mixing with water to represent tears) and paprika (used only during the Thanksgiving to give the turkey some color).
Here is the recipe for her signature dish:
1. Boil macaroni until it is the consistency of lumpy Farina.
2. Sauté ground beef until it breaks down into tiny pebbles.
3. Add a handful of frozen chopped onion and green pepper.
4. Combine above in a baking pan. Do NOT add any sauce.
5. Bake at 500° until a knife CANNOT be inserted anywhere.
On the first night, it was awful. We ate as little as possible. My mother would refrigerate the pan of leftovers and re-heat it in the oven the next night and the night after that and every night until it was gone. After a few days, it was inedible; truly impossible to chew and swallow. Unfortunately, when the pan was empty, chances were pretty good that my mother would whip up another batch of her specialty.
Maybe you wonder why we didn't offer to cook or why we didn't have sandwiches or just make a salad. We would never dare to give my mother a suggestion that she might perceive as the least bit critical; the consequences would be far more perilous than enduring her cuisine.
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A magical exhalation of thousands of paper lanterns rising up onto a pitch-black canvas of the night sky, while a full moon knowingly hovers as a shining pearl in the heavens- this is the experience you will witness if you attend the coveted Yi Peng festival, in Chiang Mai, in Northern Thailand. Many brochures and travel books about Thailand feature images of this stunning event, but it isn't until you actually attend the festival yourself that you are able to truly understand the sensational eruption of emotion within you that results from being a part of this massive ceremony.
What is it?
The Yi Peng festival is primarily celebrated in Chiang Mai, although the release of the paper lanterns occurs throughout Thailand, this offering of the paper lanterns is a devoted ritual that pays homage to the Bhudda. The lanterns are also meant to represent the release of a person's misfortune and luckiness and the belief is that if the lantern's fire stay lit until is no longer visible, then the bad luck is completely removed. There is another ceremony that is performed specifically for tourists and requires a fee of 100USD, at a later date than the original ceremony.
Yi Peng is separate from the Loi Krathong festival, which is celebrated in the same time frame. Loi Krathong traditions include sending candle lit offerings made of bread and flowers and usually have ornaments of incense and palm stems, floating down the river that runs through Chiang Mai.
When is it?
The actual date of the ceremony is not usually released until a few weeks before the festival as the festival is dependent on the moon cycle, rather than a traditional date each year. The festival is held during the full moon of the second month of the Lanna calendar, which makes sense because in Lanna, Yi means second and Peng means month.
When the date is finally released, the ceremony begins at about 3:00 pm, but the actual release isn't until about 6:30/7:00pm. Many parties tend to arrive as early as possible in order to find a comfortable position in the main field, which over looks the stunning temple and the glowing Buddha figurehead surrounded by monks.
Where is it?
The release of paper lanterns occurs throughout Thailand, but the most concentrated numbers of releases are in and around Chiang Mai, since this is where the festival is actually celebrated. The days leading up to the actual weekend and a few days after, several lanterns and coordinated releases can be observed around the Chiang Mai area. The largest release is orchestrated at Mae Jo University and has been known to have thousands of international attendants, each equipped with one to five lanterns each.
How Do I Get There and How Do I Get Back?
If you are interested in heading to Mae Jo University, the distance is about 16 km from Chiang Mai and there are a few modes of transportation that you can utilize. A rental car is not your best bet given the large volumes of people that attend the event, but scooting in on a motorbike is much easier and will only cost you 150 baht, excluding the cost of gasoline. There is designated parking for bikes, where your motorbike will be watched over if you pay the 10 baht fee. There is parking for cars, but the line to park and the line to exit are typically an eternal tangled mess. There are also local communal taxis called songthaews, which are only 20 baht one way, and you will have to walk the rest of the way to the field, which is about 1.5 km. The green songthaew at Warorot Market heads in the correct direction and you just need to communicate with the driver so that he tells you the proper stop to get off, but with the massive influx of tourists around the time of the festival, he will probably anticipate Mae Jo University as your destination even before you have taken a seat in his songthaew!
Most festival attendees have accommodations in Chiang Mai, and thus getting back is another obstacle to take into consideration. If songthaew is your only option, hitchhiking is a decent possibility to help you make it out to the main road quicker. If you brought your own bike, be careful of the massive evacuation that will have vehicles spilling out of every orifice of the University and making traffic beyond chaotic. There are also the options of hiring a driver to wait for you, but this is much more expensive and depending on your hired service, not always a guarantee that they will actually still be there waiting for you. A red songthaew will deliver and wait for you, for a total cost of 1,600 baht, and a tuctuc will charge 600 baht for the same type of service.
Whatever option you choose, it is crucial to set a designated meeting time and places for your friends and the driver, in case anyone was to get separated in the turbulent exodus of the festival. Purchasing insurance on your motorbike is also highly recommended. There are some tours that include the travel to Chiang Mai or Mae Jo for the festival as a part of their package, but these will be fairly expensive. You will be able to find locals willing to act as an unofficial tour guide, just be prepared for exorbitant prices that they know they can push on uninformed tourists determined to get to the big release.
Anything Else I Need to Know?
When it comes to purchasing the paper lanterns, most of the Northern Thai cities will have several street stands selling the beautiful products, sometimes in different colors and shapes such as Hello Kitty or Angry Birds. It is highly recommended that you do not purchase your lanterns outside of the actual event because the organizers do their best to standardize the size of the lanterns during the major release. That being said, I purchased my lanterns before I read that helpful hint, and was still able to enter in the festival without any conflict.
Bringing a blanket to sit on is more comfortable but not necessary as the grass is soft and as long as it hasn't rained, pleasant to sit on. The main field is laced with a grid of torches comprised of a small basket of fire at their top.
Alcohol are not permitted, but you will still see some people consuming alcoholic beverages within the grounds and not receiving any penalization for it. Remember that this is a religious ceremony, and the lanterns are offerings to Buddha, so please be respectful to the local culture and its rituals. Food and drink are sold once you enter the Mae Jo grounds, so people typically indulge in the street food offered at the entrance and pick up a can of soda to wash it down.
Clothing must be conservative, especially for the ladies. Attire should feature covered shoulders and shorts or skirts that hit or cover the knees and no sexy deep V-necks please! Shawls and sarongs worn over the shoulders is also acceptable attire.
What Else Is Happening?
The lantern release is only one specific event in the overall Yi Peng festival, so there are many other activities such as traditional Thai dances, beauty pageants, boat races, decorations, music exhibitions, pop up amusement parks and markets and one of the most distinct celebratory acts is the profuse lighting of fireworks.
Why Should I Go?
I was blessed with the opportunity to attend the Yi Peng festival in November 2013 at the authentic ceremony at Mae Jo University.
Just upon arrival at the ceremony grounds, the energy radiated throughout the entire premise, as a strong devoted sensation. The chants of the monks also developed a very spiritual and holy atmosphere, which I could feel lifting my heart into a state of lightness. When it came time to finally release the paper lanterns, the emanating glow was enough to make my heart beat right out of my chest with excitement and we were directed step by step on when and how to light our lanterns, to purposefully make a wish and release your negativity with your lantern and then finally send your offering of light to the Buddha!
It was though I was a part of the birth of a million stars, immersed in a celestial emancipation that was not only visually stunning, but spiritually impactful. One of my travel partners was a very burly, juggernaut type of Irish man who I had only met a few days before, but this ceremony had us wrapped in an intense embrace with inevitable tears for how beautiful the whole experience was.
This was one of the most important events of my life, and to think that I was actually planning to go to the Full Moon Party down in the southern islands! The kindness, the powerful energy, the spiritual connection that can be felt permeating through all that attend the festival is inexplicably unique to the Yi Peng festival.


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Diagnose Me
>> Wednesday, January 20, 2010
.... No, not my "head" problems. And not my undiagnosed hypertrichosis with a hint of triathlon-induced narcissistic personality disorder - I'm at a good spot with that.
As many of you "regulars" know, I have some constant achilles issues. I tend to get overuse injuries. But for the last 2 weeks, it's been changing a little, and I don't know if it's STILL an achilles issues.
Normally, the pain is at the lower part of my calf / upper part of my heel, right in the middle. Usually, the pain is here:
I'll post this to a BeginnerTriathlete Forum as well, and we'll see who can diagnose me better... ;)
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Signed: Nanajūkyūsai Toyokuni hitsu
Artist's seal: toshidama (in red)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Marks 085 - seal 25-175)
Carver: Horikō Tashichi
Combined date and censor seal: 11/1864 and aratame
Related links: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Ritsumeikan University ; Waseda University; Tokyo Metropolitan Library; Shizuoka Prefectural Library; Hankyu Culture Foundation;
Mimasu IX also performed under the name Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (河原崎権十郎) and later as Ichikawa Danjūrō IX.
Shibaraku is not a play unto itself, but a short drama inserted during interludes or in between full plays to provide variety and maintain a certain level of energy and interest on the part of the audience. The plot centers around the figure of Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa, who has become the stereotypical bombastic hero of the kabuki stage, with red-and-white striped makeup and strong, energetic movement. The historical Kamakura Kagemasa is famous for his bravery for having continued to fight after losing an eye in battle in the Gosannen War (1083-1087). The climactic moment of this short work takes place when a goodly samurai is being assaulted by a number of villains. Kagemasa shouts "Shibaraku!" (Stop a moment!) loudly from behind a curtain (agemaku) and then steps out onto the hanamichi (a raised platform extending through the audience to the stage) in magnificent costume and makeup. Arriving at the stage, he sits on a stool (aibiki) and, in a special kind of monologue called tsurane, explains his story. He then drives the villains off and, as the curtain falls, greets the audience from the hanamichi, not as the hero, but as the actor. The work is derived from an actual occurrence involving Danjūrō I. On this particular occasion, when his fellow actors refused to give him his cue to make his entrance, Danjūrō dramatically shouted "Shibaraku!", and stepped onto the hanamichi, making his entrance.
(Most of this information is taken directly from Wikipedia.)
Illustrated in a full-page, color reproduction in The Art of Japanese Prints by Richard Illing, 1980, p. 48.
The curatorial notes at the Fitzwilliam Museum say of this print:
"Published shortly before Kunisada's death, this print is signed Shichijukyu-sai Toyokuni hitsu ('from the brush of the seventy-nine-year-old Toyokuni'). A poem in the actor's own hand is printed at top left, signed with his poetry name, Sansho.
Kunisada had depicted successive generations of the Ichikawa lineage of actors in the role of Gongoro in Shibaraku!, which was one of the great examples of the 'rough-stuff' style (aragoto) for which the Ichikawa line of actors was famous. All of Kunisada's prints depict the moment of the character's entrance, one of the highpoints of all kabuki. Narita Goro is on the point of executing the innocent Yoshitsuna and his fiancée, when the voice of Gongoro comes from the rear of the theatre shouting 'Shibaraku! Shibaraku!' ('Stop right there!'). The hero then strides onto the hanamichi passageway leading through the audience, wearing the most extravagant costume: a voluminous suo ('plain sliding-door') robe, with the Ichikawa crest (mon) of triple-rice-measures (mimasu) adorning square sleeves so wide that they have to be supported with splints."
There is another copy of this print at the Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina.


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The unpredictable and unorthodox race for Houston mayor narrowed Tuesday to a choice between a veteran City Hall insider trying to become Houston's first openly gay leader and a former civil rights activist hoping to become only the second African-American to run the nation's fourth-largest city.
City Controller Annise Parker and former City Attorney Gene Locke, the two candidates originally predicted by many to prevail at the race's outset, face each other in a Dec. 12 runoff.
Although no outcome could qualify as completely unexpected in one of the closest mayoral elections in recent memory, the big surprise of the night was the strong showing by Roy Morales, the race's only conservative. The retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, who ran with virtually no money and no endorsements compared to his opponents, placed only a few percentage points behind City Councilman Peter Brown, who poured more than $3.2 million of his family fortune into his candidacy.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting in Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties, Parker led the field with 31 percent of the vote, followed by Locke at 26 percent. Brown came in third at 22 percent, trailed by Morales at 20 percent. Three other minor candidates on the mayoral ballot totaled 1 percent.
Addressing a jubilant crowd at the Hilton Americas-Houston a little after 10 p.m., Parker looked ahead to the runoff.
"This race is not over," she said. "Join me at headquarters tomorrow. We'll get back to work, and in five weeks, we'll claim victory."
Declaring himself an underdog who relished winning against the odds, Locke acknowledged that his path would be difficult but not impossible.
"My life has been an uphill battle. I kind of like where I am now," he said as supporters filtered out of the Hyatt Regency ballroom late Tuesday night. "I'm on my home turf, coming from behind and pulling ahead."
Brown conceded at 11:05 p.m. as the final totals showed no possibility for the outcome to be reversed. The results in Harris County showed a steady decline for the architect and urban planner, who was the front-runner just weeks ago. He fared best among absentee voters who cast their ballots early, taking in more than a third of the vote. In the early voting, he dropped nearly 10 percentage points and fell further on Election Day.
An "URGENT" Facebook message to supporters just before 3 p.m. offered a window into the state of mind of the Brown campaign as Election Day came to an end.
"This race is tight!" the message said. "The polls are beyond close, and it's going to be down to the wire. We need everything you've got. We need you to come by our field office. Bring your cell phone. Bring your charger. WE NEED YOU NOW."
"This is not a speech that I wanted to give or that you wanted to hear, but the people have spoken," Brown told a crowd of supporters at the Heights Theater that had begun to dwindle. He said that many of the ideas and policies he introduced in his campaign have been taken up by the other candidates.
"All of you need to get involved in this runoff," Brown said. "I don't know what I'm going to do in this runoff, but my voice will be heard, I'll tell you that."
Republican consultant Allen Blakemore predicted weeks ago that Brown could be in trouble if Morales crossed the 20 percent barrier.
"It's just a question of the constituency and where the votes are coming from," Blakemore said. "Roy Morales is not taking votes away from Gene Locke in the African-American community, or Annise Parker in Montrose. He's taking votes from Peter among right-of-center Anglo voters. That was where Peter built his house of cards, and late, when those folks started cluing in to the race, they started to vote for Roy Morales. Peter's whole deal collapsed on him."
Margins not that close
Morales refused to concede before all the returns had come in.
About 50 of his supporters stood in a circle and held hands while Eric Story led them in a prayer.
"Lord give us victory. We're going to fight as conservatives," said Story. "We're going to see our city and our state and our nation turn around. God, it's not over. We can't stand by and see the lifestyle that's assuming she's going to win take office."
The margins between the candidates were not nearly so close in 2003, the last mayoral election with no incumbent. After a hard-fought contest in which the three main candidates had been lobbing attacks for months and an unknown Bill White spent a record $6 million, the business executive and eventual winner took home 38 percent of the vote. Former City Councilman Orlando Sanchez, who ran as he had two years before on his conservative bona fides, had 32 percent and Sylvester Turner, a longtime African-American state representative, had 28 percent.
No attacks as in past
In the 1997 contest, the only other race in which there was no incumbent after the city adopted term limits, Lee Brown, a former police chief, had a commanding lead after the general election with 41 percent of the vote. Conservative Rob Mosbacher made the runoff with 29 percent of the vote.
While those campaigns were characterized by frequent attacks and occasionally testy interaction between the candidates, this year's race was tame for all but the final 10 days. From the early months of this year, the candidates focused almost exclusively on issues, policy ideas and endorsements. But many of their prescriptions for fixing the city's problems with crime, transportation and economic development differed only in nuance, leaving voters with little to distinguish one from the other.
Chronicle reporters James Pinkerton, Carolyn Feibel, Mike Tolson, Allan Turner, Joe Holley, Renee C. Lee, Dale Lezon, Lindsay Wise, Susan Carroll and Jennifer Latson contributed to this report.
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TV On The Radio Tour
With their latest release Return To Cookie Mountain ready to drop in September, the five-member, […]
With their latest release Return To Cookie Mountain ready to drop in September, the five-member, Brooklyn-based TV On The Radio prepare for another North American tour that will keep them busy for most of the fall. This tour comes at the heels of their extensive European one, which the band is currently on.
Return To Cookie Mountain is out September 12, 2006 on Interscope.
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Been busy doing volunteer work and going to job interviews. Should you ever decide to do volunteer work, here are a few great reasons why:
–You will get treated better by your superiors at the non-profit place than at a regular job. This is because the non-profit place can't afford to lose volunteers. Whereas in a regular job, a supervisor justifies giving poor treatment while dangling the paycheck carrot. Never mind that it takes more than that to get someone to stay.
–Your work will be appreciated from day one. I got so many "thank yous" from volunteering at the homeless shelter than in the 6 years working at my old job. If you have the time and energy its worth donating a few hours at a charity you like.
–The job hunt still sucks as usual. I went for a job interview for a cashier position at a store and caught the hiring manager misreading my cover letter and resume. I also saw the look on her face when she realized I was overqualified for the position. I also never got a call back from her for the second interview.
An administrative job I applied for the provincial government sent me an invite for a "networking event" before offering the chance to be interviewed by hiring managers. This event will be filled with other candidates while being forced to do team building exercises while being observed by managers and HR goons. Tell me this: what other reason would HR and managers organize this event only to play as amateur sociologists to try to see who is worthy of their jobs? In the end it will be the extroverts on happy pills who would win instead of people with actual talent. So in a nutshell job hunting up in the far north is becoming more of an attack on the dignity of the job hunters as managers are forced to screen people through polls and trick questionnaires posted online by HR goons. Last time I had to participate in team building exercises, it lasted 4 hours and I got PAID to do them. A lot of spaghetti and marshmallow towers were built that day.
Keeping all of this in mind, maybe its time to leave the hunt and start planning my exit strategy. Fuck you Canadian employers with your worthless expensive work visa requirements and rampant discrimination against US citizens. It's not like I broke any laws coming to your winter-beaten country. I entered with open eyes and mind and I will be leaving this place driving with one hand and flipping the bird with the other.


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Crossing invisible lines
For once, I'm not talking about environmental regulations, though I very well could be, given the multitude of boundaries lurking on the map, but not visible in the landscape, but that's another story... No, today I stepped over a fear and re-arranged my own values in doing so. To most people it would look like an ordinary tourist trip out on a snow scooter though, and in some ways it was...
Just a short post to plug my first journal 'publication': I have written a book review for the Journal of Ecotourism of the excellent collection edited by Bram Büscher and Veronica Davidov: The Ecotourism-Nexus: Political economies and rural realities of (un)comfortable bedfellows.
The book is all about the spaces and places where ecotourism and resource extraction meet, and the challenges, connections and similarities they share. I won't say much more about it here, because you can read the full review free using this link, but I read parts of this on my way to Svalbard in the summer and it was a really good companion in terms of thinking outside the box from the outset.
Borderlands and king crabs, Kirkenes
I've recently returned from a short trip to Kirkenes in Northern Norway. I have quite a bit to say about the conference I was attending, but I thought I'd first share some thoughts and stories about the town and area I visited, as it was quite fascinating and was the source of lots of 'firsts' for me...
I've been following the dicussions in the local paper on the changes to the built environment in Barentsburg over the last few months. Having seen the stark contrasts between old and new last year, I could see where these debates were coming from and where the concerns and different view points on cultural heritage value, decent living conditions, and symbolic image projection met, physically on the streets of the town. I wasn't quite prepared for the level of change I saw between last year and this though. ...
It's started. The big cruise ships have arrived in Longyearbyen, bringing more visitors than the normal population here in one go, for a few hours. Yesterday there were over 3000 plus hundreds of crew, today over 2000 plus 800 crew. Everyone seems to know when they will arrive and how many people are coming. This is an entirely different type of tourism and tourist to those choosing to stay overnight here and engage in some daytrips and activities (which is still ongoing). It's quite exciting to see how a whole new set of logistics are set into action. Now I see why there are so many buses around town, usually not in use. It is interesting to observe the flows of people, what is being photographed and observed, how the local businesses react (one or two more stuffed polar bears have appeared on the streets, a few ad hoc stalls popped up...), what temporary services and labour markets evolve to cope with these numbers of people.... in other words, how value is constructed and flows differently.
'Pyramiden has captured a part of my heart - so many secrets, stories, such beauty... Diolch yn fawr!' Samantha Saville, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.
The guest book at The Tulip Hotel, Pyramiden, in which I attempted to sum up the impossible, has entries from 1987 up to 2000 (I guess some tourists found it after the settlement closed in 1998) and then resumes again in 2014.
Last year I visited the town as part of the fieldtrip visit to Petunia bay and discussed a key text on Pyramiden. For this trip, spending a couple of nights at the hotel and wandering the streets, hills and through the buildings of this Soviet-time settlement,sometimes alone, has been another quite magical experience. Perhaps that its history is so recent, yet seems so distant and another world away from the one I was growing up in is what makes it so very intriguing. That you can glimpse the different layers of development, inhabitants and activities in the peeling layers of the disintegrating structures and their contents at every turn had my imagination firing on overdrive.
31st May - Trying and research
I've had a day focussed on tourism today, one way or another. It's actually 'low season' at the moment, between the busy snow-scooter, skiing - filled March and April and the summer season proper, although there are still visitors about here and there. So, like the tourist operators and service providers, I have been gearing up for the next round coming in...There are actually quite good statistics on what kind of people come from where for Svalbard, but not so much qualitative information on why they come and what they take away from their visit. So I am going to attempt to get a bit of an insight into value in Svalbard from this perspective as well, and am part-way to setting up a survey system. In fact, the most observant of you will perhaps notice there is a link to it at the top of this very website as well as the posters and forms I'm slowly getting around the town with. I say attempt as I really don't know what kind of response, if any, I will get from this approach, but sometimes research is about it being worth a try, right?
This evening I was very much looking forward to going to a cultural show from the people of Barentsburg visiting Longyearbyen, but due to one of my classic dispraxia-type blunders, I managed to miss it entirely (why do evening activities start so early here?!). Very trying, but ultimate failure. So instead, I ended up reading some more about tourism, which was actually quite well-timed, as some of the chapters were calling very strongly for more research into Arctic tourism...
For once, I didn't take many pictures today! Photography is, as Mia Hunt points out in a recent paper on urban photogrpahy as a research method, a way of being in, and producing versions of place[1] . This has all kinds of benefits from being able to tell a story visually as well as, or instead of through language; by drawing attention to the material things and actions of where we are; by creating and evoking atmospheres and emotions of place...All good and interesting. It is also a performance and way of observing and experiencing place. Does the camera ever lie? Well, maybe, maybe not, but it can frame, omit, draw attention to and zoom in and be mainpulated after the event. Its use can identify someone as tourist, researcher, visitor, professional or amateur. None of these things are particularly bad per se, but occasionally it is nice to stop framing what is around you from behind the lens and take it in 360 and unencumbered. Mainly this involved soaking up some sun rays and reflecting on the past 2 weeks on this occasion.
[1] Hunt, M.A. (2014) 'Urban Photography/Cultural Geography: Spaces, Objects, Events', Geography Compass, 8(3), pp.151–168. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gec3.12120/abstract
24th May - time for tourism
Takes one to know one, so they say. In that spirit we booked ourselves on a guided walk up a glacier and into an ice cave as an exploration into tourist mode and a bit of a day off. Of course it wasn't, but it was heaps of fun in the sun! Along the way we talked history, politics, climate change, environmental protection and, erm, popular Swedish/ Norwegian TV shows... Though the concept of paying to go for a walk in the countryside is very odd in the UK, here it makes a lot more sense to follow someone who knows the good snow from the bad, the crevasses and avalanche sites and where the best bits are. This is not countryside as we know it! It's quite understandable why many are drawn to Svalbard to access this kind of stunning surroundings and winter sport activities, either as tourists or residents, especially on a really sunny day like today! Lots to think about value-wise along the way: silence vs adrenaline, legislation vs freedom, location and data (e.g. Svalsat satelitte company), landscape, local knowledge....
We walked out to the easterly town limits this evening. Mainly because I wanted to say 'hei' to the cute husky dogs along the way. As we arrived at the infamous polar bear sign however, two gentlemen came along and we watched as they appeared to be having great fun climbing the thing. Assuming they would want a shot of the two of them together there, I offered to take one. After a little confusion and discovery that I can understand a bit of Swedish now my Norwegian has progressed from zilch to 'bare litt' (only a little bit), they showed us they had actually been retrieving a Geocache that was inside the sign post (hopefully that's not a spoiler for any potential geo-cachers out there). In fact, they had trouble signing the log book as it was already completely full. Turns out there are several Geocaches just in Longyearbyen, and a few further afield. How interesting...
I could also say quite a lot about mobility, polar bears and how the two relate in Svalbard as well, but sometimes pictures speak louder.
Svalbard, jeg er her igjen!
I'm back in Svalbard (with slightly more Norwegian under my belt) for the next two months for the main fieldwork of the PhD. Most of my time is likely to be spent chasing people around for interviews and discussions, doing said interviews, transcribing them, thinking about them and generally observing the goings on here (more in this post on what kind of things I'll be talking about with them). Thinking about how best to blog all this has led to a change of tack. As much as I want to be open and public about my geographical research, I also can't go telling you about who said what after every encounter I have, and that wouldn't be great reading either as well as being very unethical etc etc. So, drumroll, I've decided that since I'll also be taking lots of photos, most of which will only be seen by me, just for practical reasons, I'm going to post one a day on here with a few quick thoughts about it.
As I am behind by a fews days already, I'll post a few today to catch up and avoid making too many difficult decisions, though choosing these from many was hard enough! I've gone for a tourism and change theme today...
December 2018


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The policeman and Nina
The rave of the moment, Nina released some lovely birthday photos which are gaining attention across the internet.
She spiced up her picture with a subtle political message to express her stand against oppression and other ills battling the Nigerian state. A policeman was spotted trying to harm her with his gun at a beach environment.
The Imo State native has been described as the most photogenic lady of the Big Brother Naija 2018 set.
Read her post:
"May I please use my little voice, very little press but mighty creative mind to say "THIS IS NIGERIA" and we will not be bullied by trolls, intimated by oppressors, weakened by haters nor fear SARS or the government we are a democracy, and the youths of this nation have a voice, it's in our generation we must turn this country around. @tiannahsplacempire thanks for always trusting my work and letting me be me. @nina_ivy_ thanks for taking direction and lending your face for me to be creative with. God bless Nigeria @abusalamiphotography #nigeria #usa#ghana #liberia #unitedkingdom #australia#southafrica #barbados #gambia#bigbrothernaija"


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To end the Easter Bank holiday, I indulged in the flavours of Indochinese cuisine at Banana Tree Soho! I've teamed up with award-winning Ivolution Productions who I'm excited to partner with for future vlogs and restaurant video content! Continue reading
Category: Restaurant reviews
Let's do Lunch Travel | Table for Two at Šatlava, Hradec Králové (CZ)
If you're looking for a sophisticated place to dine during your visit to Hradec Králové, I recommend visiting the Šatlava which means medieval prison in Czech as it's stands within a former prison complex… Continue reading
Let's do Lunch | Kinho & Kinha catch-up Dinner at Pho, Soho
Every year my best friend Kinho from Brazil flies to London for a work conference, then takes the opportunity to stay an extra few days with me in Soho. When it comes to recommending places to eat, I have to admit I'm not the most experimental (something I'm on a mission to change), I tend to stick to what I know… and Pho was on the list for a healthy (and slurpy) catch up with my bestie bro! Continue reading
Let's do Lunch Travel | The Local Hotspot: Caffé del Kassaro, Palermo Sicily
If you're looking for delightfully authentic Sicilian food at affordable prices during your stay in Palermo, Caffé del Kassaro is my recommended go-to place! You'll find this gem open only during breakfast and lunch-time hours, conveniently tucked away a stones throw from Palermo Cathedral… Don't let the name or the entrance deceive you, this restaurant offers much more that just coffee and treats! Continue reading
Let's do Lunch | The Specials List: Vaps Potato Soup is a MUST-TRY!
It's said we eat with our eyes, so it's no wonder the restaurant with over 200 chains across the world has got it so right; a choice of what goes in – and what stays out of your dish! Vapiano offers a wide range of freshly prepared Italian dishes cooked to order right in front of you – appealing for even the fussiest of eaters! Continue reading
Let's do Lunch Travel| Czeched-in: City Break in Hradec Králové
One of my top tips for urban girls wanting to get ahead and expand their networks is – travel. Sometimes getting out of your 'comfort zone', your usual routine, can be enough to re-spark some vitality, or simply help you re-focus on your goal. Besides, it's a great way to make new contacts, not to mention create meaningful connections outside your usual circles.
So I took my own advice and found myself heading to Stanstead airport last Saturday to czech-in for a flight to the Czech Republic… And no, it wasn't to Prague this time. Continue reading
Working Lunch: Let's do Lunch Network meets Global Dinners at Whyte & Brown
When Global Dinners co-founder Ricardo Tannus reached out via LinkedIn to hear more about Let's Do Lunch Network, it wasn't long before the conversation went from email, to a meal! I met up with Ricardo at Whyte & Brown in Kingly Court for lunch, and it turns out food isn't our only common interest. Brazil, Ghana, student-initiative-turned-business, promoting diversity and connecting people through sharing of food are just some of the things which connected us! Continue reading


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5 Powerful Buying Strategies
1. Don't Get "Pre-Qualified", Get "Pre-Approved"
- Do you want to get the best house you can for the least amount of money? Then make sure you are in the strongest negotiating position possible. Price is only one bargaining chip in the negotiations, and not necessarily the most important one. Often other terms, such as the strength of the buyer or a quicker closing date, are critical to a seller.
- The way to make a strong offer today is to get "PRE-APPROVED". This happens AFTER all information has been checked and verified. You are actually APPROVED for the loan and the only loose end is the appraisal on the property.
- The "Pre-Approval" is VERY POWERFUL and a weapon I recommend all of my clients have in their negotiating arsenal.
2. Sell First, Then Buy
- If you have a house to sell, sell it before selecting a house to buy! If you don't sell first, the seller may figure that's a risky deal, since he might pass up a buyer who DOESN'T have to sell a house while he's waiting for you. So he says OK, he'll do the contingency, but it has to be a full price offer! So you see, you paid more for the house than you could have because of the contingency.
- Now you have to sell your existing house, and in a hurry! Otherwise you lose the dream house! So to sell quickly you might take an offer that's lower than if you had more time.
- The bottom line is that buying before selling might cost you TENS OF THOUSANDS of dollars. I always recommend that you sell first, then buy.
3. Play the Game of Nines
- Before house hunting, make a list of nine things you want in the new place. Then make a list of the nine things you don't want. I call this "NINE OF THIS AND NONE OF THAT".
- You can use this list as a scorecard to rate each property that you see. The one with the biggest score wins! This helps avoid confusion and keeps things in perspective when you're comparing dozens of homes.
- When house hunting, keep in mind the difference between "SKIN AND BONES". The BONES are things that cannot be changed such as the location, view, size of lot, noise in the area, school district, and floor plan. The SKIN represents easily changed surface finishes like carpet, wallpaper, color, and window coverings. Buy the house with good BONES, because the SKIN can always be changed to match your tastes.
- I always recommend that you imagine each house as if it were vacant. Consider each house on its underlying merits, not the seller's decorating skills.
4. Don't Be Pushed Into Any House
- Your agent should show you everything available that meets your requirements. Don't make a decision on a house until you feel that you've seen enough to pick the best one. Review the Multiple Listing printout with your agent to make sure that you are getting a COMPLETE list.
- In the early 2000′s, homes were selling quickly, usually a few days after listing. In that kind of market, agents advised their clients to make an offer ON THE SPOT if they liked the house. That was good advice at the time.
- Today there isn't always this urgency, unless a home is drastically under priced, and you'll know if it is. Don't forget to check into the SCHOOL DISTRICTS of the area you're considering. Information is available on every school; such as class sizes, % of students that go on to college, SAT scores, etc. You can get this information from your agent or directly from the school.
5. Stop Calling Ads!
- A word of caution – some agents create ads solely to make the phone ring! Many of the homes have some drawback that's not mentioned in the ad, such as traffic noise, power lines, or litigation in the community. What's not mentioned in the ad is usually more important than what is.
- Remember that the person writing the ad is representing the seller and not you! The most important thing you can do is having someone on your side looking out for your best interests. Your own agent will critique the property with an eye towards how well it meets your needs and will point out any drawbacks you should know about.
- So whether you decide to work with us or not, pick an agent you feel comfortable with and enlist the services of that agent as a buyer's broker. Then you become a client with all the rights, benefits, and privileges created by this agency relationship, and you're no longer just a shopper.
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GRANBY, Colo. – May 19, 2009 – Granby Ranch will host the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships July 16-19. This is the first time the national championships have been held in Colorado.
The USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships will see thousands of professional and amateur racers compete in cross country, downhill, single speed, super downhill, mountain cross and short track races. The weekend-long national event will determine the United States National Mountain Bike Champions in amateur and pro divisions. Qualifying competitors will test their speed and endurance on SolVista's world-class trails. Event information and details are available at www.SolVistaNationals.com.
"We chose Granby Ranch for the National Championships because the terrain matches the difficulty of the world circuit," said Kelli Lusk, USA Cycling mountain biking events and program director. "The trail system and base area are perfect for hosting a variety of events and accommodating both the pros and amateurs."
Recreational mountain bikers are among the adventurers who flock to SolVista during the warmer months. This summer, those cycling enthusiasts will enjoy seeing some of the world's premier ridersnavigate through SolVista Bike Park's new trails, jumps, and terrain features for the competition. Transforming the alpine skiing at SolVista Basin into a mountain bike mecca, the Granby Ranch Mountain Bike Park features ten trails: three black, four blue and three green, along with a pump track.
"We've been working on the mountain bike trail system for three years," said Charlie Mayfield, vice president of operations and marketing for Granby Ranch. "The terrain of the mountain and our lift system make for a great variety of biking. We have rough and rugged trails for those who really want a challenge. We have more gentle trails for families and bikers who want something more mellow. And we have the pump track for riders of all abilities to hone their skills."
Recently featured in the New York Times Great Homes and Destinations section, Granby Ranch offers guests an opportunity to explore Colorado's natural beauty in every season, specializing in the outdoor activities for which Colorado is known: skiing, golf, mountain biking, fishing, and hiking. According to Ski Magazine, SolVista Basin at Granby Ranch is perfect for families interested in learning to ski together. "Moderate, short slopes all drop to the base area, and this compact scale makes it easy to keep track of little ones," Ski Magazine, December 2007.
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I just realized that my blog turned 2 years old today, so I figured I better put something up to celebrate, right? Here's a mostly unreleased recording session by the Pointed Sticks, the third and final post of rare Sticks material I have. I say mostly unreleased because "Worse" and "Careless" were later included on the "Waiting For The Real Thing" album that Sudden Death records put out in 2006. According the liner notes of that CD, this demo was recorded at Sabre Sound sometime in 1980, I'm assuming before they recorded "Perfect Youth".
1. The Real Thing
2. Marching Song
3. True Love
4. All That Matters
5. All My Clocks Stopped
6. Nothing Else To Do
7. Careless
8. All I Could Take
9. Part Of The Noise
10. How Could You
11. Middle Aged Teenagers
12. Worse
13. Love Or Money
14. American Song
15. New Ways
16. Apologies


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1. When will I know if I have been selected for the internship?
You will be contacted, either by phone or email, to let you know whether you have been selected for the position. You will usually hear from us within about two weeks after the deadline.
2. Are the dates for the internship flexible at all?
No. The dates for the internship are not flexible. We cannot allow people to come late or at different times because of training. We do not allow people to stay for shorter periods of time because it is already hard enough trying to learn so much in just three months. Please also note on the Intern Program page that the start dates listed are tentative. Your official start date will be on the first Monday of the month.
3. What kind of weather should I expect?
Texas weather is always unpredictable. The rain especially can be very unpredictable and can occur at any time. During the winter, the average temperature might be in the 50's or 60's during the day, while the night temperatures can fall down to the 30's and 40's, sometimes below freezing. Summers get very hot with most days in the 90's and temperatures often reach well above 100 degrees. All of our work is outside so please bring appropriate clothing for your session.
4. What should I bring?
Below is a list that should tell you most of the things you will need to bring. These are just suggestions; you won't need all of it necessarily.
Clothing that you will not mind getting ruined - At some point during your internship, you will be covered in blood from diet preparation, paint, bleach, or something else! Please bring the appropriate clothing for your session: shirts, tanktops, shorts, pants, long sleeve shirts, sweatshirts, a warm jacket, hat, gloves, etc.
Old shoes - once again these will get ruined. Two pairs is always nice in case one pair is wet.
Lots of socks.
Waterproof boots.
Rain gear - we do have some panchos but some people like to bring their own.
Bug spray.
Suncscreen. This is Very important! Don't worry, you will still get a tan with the sunscreen.
Medications - for stings, allergies, headaches, etc...
Journal or notebook. This is required as you will be turning in a weekly journal.
Pocket knife or Leatherman.
A watch (waterproof).
Personal effects...shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, etc...
Driver License (you must bring this if you will be driving the vehicles provided by IEAS)
A copy of your Social Security Card (you must bring this if you would like to get paid!)
5. How many interns work at IEAS?
The number of interns present at IEAS can vary with the seasons. Generally there are anywhere from four to eight interns here at a time. There are 3-month and 6-month Animal Care Internships available.
6. What are the accommodations? Does IEAS provide food?
Interns live in the Meadows Dormitory. There are four bedrooms, each with it's own bathroom and walk-in closet. There is also a kitchen, common living area, and a laundry room with a washer and dryer. Things like plates, glasses, pots and pans, bedding, bath towels, etc. are all provided so you will not need to bring anything of that nature.
IEAS does not provide food for interns. Housing and vehicles are provided for all interns. We also provide you with a stipend, which is intended to cover living expenses such as food, gas, etc.
7. How soon before my start date can I move in?
You can move in the weekend before your start date. We ask that you arrive before 5:00pm since people tend to get lost trying to find the Sanctuary. If you are flying, we ask that you fly in no later than 5:00pm. Otherwise you will need to get a hotel room and will be picked up the following day.
8. Do Interns socialize outside of work?
Interns do socialize outside of work. We remind you that you are representing the sanctuary while you are out, so act with maturity. Any housing issues have been resolved by the interns themselves.
9. What will my schedule be like?
Work starts at 6:30 am and ends anywhere from 3:00 pm or 4:00 pm. The end of the day depends on what we need to get done that day. Hours do vary. You will work anywhere from 50 to 70 hours per week. Duties vary depending on the time of year and what the sanctuary has going on at that time. You will be involved in food prep, feeding, cleaning habitats and houses, basic upkeep of the grounds, etc. The work can be exhausting and demanding at times. Interns need to know their limitations and stress tolerance levels.
10. How many days off do interns get?
Interns will have one day off per week. You are able to leave the grounds on your day off. However, the IEAS vehicles are not to stay off property over night. If you plan on being gone overnight, we ask that you let staff know.
11. What type of training will be provided?
Interns will be trained on basic animal husbandry. They will be involved in feeding, cleaning habitats and houses, upkeep of sanctuary grounds. Past interns have been involved in constructing a new habitat such as building pools, caves and houses. You will learn how to cement, make water troughs, install pumps, work with PVC piping, working with weedeaters and mowers, etc. The amount of knowledge one is able to gain is endless. The only thing is that it depends on what is going on at the sanctuary. We try to introduce interns to as many new things as possible.
12. Will I be able to work with the Veterinarian?
Our veterinarian does not come out every week. He only comes out if there is a problem with one of the animals. Do not count on working with either the Vet or Vet Tech while here. Remember, this is an Animal Husbandry Internship.
13. Are pets allowed in the Dorm?
No pets are allowed during this internship.
14. Are computers provided or should I bring my laptop?
The dorm does have two older laptops for interns to use with internet access. However, we do suggest that if you have a laptop to bring it. It's hard when you have 4-8 interns and only 2 computers. You will be required to do some work on computers such as writing grants and proposals.
15. Can my family and friends visit me?
Your family and friends are welcome to visit you during your internship. Advanced notice is required for all visitors who will be touring the facility with you. No overnight guests are allowed on-site.
16. How much will I learn about Animal Behavior?
Interns will learn as much about Animal Behavior as they want. They have the option to participate in our Emotional Enrichment Program during their off time. REMEMBER, this is an Animal Husbandry Internship. Everything else is secondary.
17. If I fly in, will someone come pick me up or do I need to find my own transportation?
If you fly in BEFORE 5pm, someone will be able to pick you up. Any arrival time after 5pm, you will need to stay the night at the airport and someone will be there to pick you up the next day after daily chores are finished.
18. Are you required to live on site?
Yes. If you would like to participate in the IEAS internship, you will be required to live on-site.
19. Can International Students/People apply?
Yes, they are always welcome as long as there are no additional costs to the Sanctuary. You are just required to get all the necessary materials needed to work in the states.
20. Can I fax or email my application materials?
No. You can mail your application to IEAS, Attn: Intern Program, P.O. Box 637, Boyd, TX 76023. Only reference letters will be accepted by email to: [email protected]
21. Should I send my reference letters with my application or can they be sent separately?
Either way is fine as long as all of your letters arrive by the deadline.
22. How much is the stipend?
Currently the stipend is $50 per week. This may change at anytime.
23. Does IEAS pay for my transportation?
No. You are responsible for paying for your flight or gas to drive to IEAS. If you fly in, someone from IEAS will pick you up at the airport.
24. Do I have to be in college to apply?
No. We accept application from all individuals. It doesn't matter if they are currently attending college or have already graduated.


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Running a business presents many unique challenges but there are a few big ones that really stick out even to the most seasoned of franchise owners. We're speaking of course about the point of sale – which is something that the average consumer very rarely thinks about as they're passing through a retail establishment. If you are the business owner, however, there is a good chance that it is all you think about, and you're probably looking for ways to make it better. Don't' worry, so is everyone else, and you might want to consider getting an advanced point of sale touch screen monitor to make the process a bit smoother.
Make Things Faster and Smoother with a Point of Sale Touch Screen Monitor
The pace and flow of the store is set by the point of sale. People come into your store, they get what they need, and they're looking to get out as quickly as possible. The point of sale may not necessarily be electronic, there are a few stores out there that still use basic cash drawers, but if you really want to up your sales and get people out the door faster, then you're going to need to make sure that you do have that electronic point of sale and that it is able to handle the volume.
Just imagine what a problem holidays would end up being if you didn't have a way to move your customers through the line quickly! Taking cash is okay, and as they say, cash is king, but the majority of customers today are going to use credit cards, and you need to be able to process them. One thing is for certain: if your customers cannot use a credit or debit card at your POS, there is a good chance they'll move on to the next store, no matter how good your products and services are.
One of the most irritating things we have found in the past with retail establishments are those that force you to visit an ATM before you can pay for your purchase. Don't worry, our point of sale monitors solve that problem entirely.
High Quality Monitors – Essential for your Operation
Your POS touchscreen monitor is going to see a lot of use – there is no way around that one. You need to make sure that it is ready for the big time and the massive customer influx that you are going to see. In addition to getting a durable POS system you will want to make sure that it functions properly which definitely adds value to your business. A good point of sale system will make things smoother on both sides, so don't ignore the need for one!
It Doesn't Have to Cost a Fortune
You might have need of several monitors, or you might just be looking for one inexpensive touch screen monitor. No matter what, your needs are going to be clear, and you'll want to make sure you can afford to outfit your entire establishment with well priced, high quality monitors. Don't worry, we have you covered. We can offer you an inexpensive solution that will last you for many years to come.
Are you ready to get started? Are you prepared to bring your store to the next level? Take a look at the hardware we have to offer; our touch screens are of the highest quality and able to manage the volume that you've been looking to serve in your business. In addition to that you are definitely going to start seeing some serious improvements in your company.
Make sure that you take a look at all of the other accessories that we have to offer, and take advantage of our products to make your business a better place for both yourself and the customer. It's time for you to start building your company with the right hardware and the right capabilities. We're in a digital age now; it's time for you to get caught up.


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For this edition of the A to Z Challenge, here are a couple of women I don't know much about. In fact, I know more about their husbands than I do them. Typical.
Kate Lincecum was born about 1898 in Gonzales County, Texas. She was one of 10 or 11 children born to Lachaon Joseph Lincecum, Jr. (d. 1940) and Elizabeth Stubblefield. When she was about 20 years old, on 19 April 1918 at Bexar County, Kate married a slender, blue eyed and light haired man named William Arthur Parker. He was a son of Thomas Arthur Parker and Elizabeth Wheeler. The young couple had at least three children.
Kate and William moved around quite a bit, all the while remaining in the great big state of Texas. They lived in five counties over a 23 year period, staying in the central and north- and southeastern parts of the state. William held several different occupations over those same years, finally settling on training racing horses by the taking of the 1940 census. He appears to have held that occupation until his death in 1970.
A Social Security Death Index entry for Kate L. Parker provides a death date of 13 September 1981 for my 4th cousin (if that's her).
Kathryn Evelyn Lincecum was born 15 March 1912 in Henderson County, Texas. She was one of at least three daughters born to Herbert Clarence Lincecum (d. 1921) and Florence Ellen Gordon (d. 1942). Kathryn married Dorsey Taylor Kownslar 10 June 1939 in Navarro County, the couple having at least one child.
Kathryn was with Dorsey when he enlisted as a private in the United States Army 15 October 1942. He would make the military his career.
Kathryn was Dorsey's second wife, and their relationship would (presumably) end in divorce, as he was married again before 1960. Kathryn did not remarry, passing away at the age of 80 years on 14 August 1992. Her remains rest at Athens Cemetery, in the county of her birth.
The relationship between Kate and Kathryn was 2nd cousins. I wonder if they knew each other.
Are you wondering what's up with all the "letter" posts? I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (links to official page). This challenge lasts through the month of April, with Sundays off. Each day follows a different letter prompt, in order, from A to Z. Click here to see all my letter posts on one page (in reverse order). Though this is my second year in the challenge, it's my first with two blogs. My theme here is "kinfolk direct." Versus any name from the one name study, these genealogy and history posts all involve someone to which I am related. You may follow along with me by RSS feed and other social media platforms listed at the top of the sidebar. I and other bloggers in the challenge on Twitter will also be using #atozchallenge.
I'm also participating with Southern Graves. This blog as a whole is one of my themes – telling the tales of tombstones, primarily from those found in the Southern United States and usually the State of Georgia.
Are you participating in the challenge, too? Please leave a link to your blog in the comments, I'd love to pay you a visit. Good luck to all involved!


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Today's Quote:You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. ~Dale Carnegie
Today's Affirmation: I genuinely see the God in everyone I meet because I look for and see the good in all.
Today's Spiritual Contemplation: Being interested in others starts in the recognition of our commonality. That commonality is the Christ; present in every heart everywhere and rising up with my recognition. When we truly see this in others they must see it in us. They will like us even when they can't fathom why.