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We take a look at this new horror comedy…
When a comically bumbling janitor cleans up a familiarly sterile laboratory, he comically bumbles his way into doing the whole 28 days later… bit, dooming humanity to the zombie plague and all that. But luckily for humanity, the American Scouting Society – spell out the acronym for added hilarity – is holding a ceremony for its most pathetic but dedicated member, Augie (Joey Morgan) who is to be awarded his Condor Patch by Scout Leader Rogers, played by a solid but underused David Koechner. Along for the ride are Augie's fellow-scouts/best friends, Ben (the deservedly rising star Tye Sheridan) and Carter (Logan Miller). But they're not really along for the ride, you see, because they're going into junior year and have been planning for some time to quit the Scouts and reinvent themselves as cool kids. Will Boy Scout preparedness be enough to stop the undead menace? And will the uneasy friendship last the night?
As I believe I've already said (Cub review), using the Scouts as the protagonists in your horror movie is such a brilliant idea that it's hard to believe that no-one's cottoned on to it until recently. What's even harder to believe is that, despite its title and premise, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse still hasn't cottoned on to it. The woods are abandoned as a setting before they're even established, and the rest of the film takes place in the exact same small town we remember from almost every single other zombie outbreak. And the whole Scouting angle is used for nothing more than the source of strain in Carter and Ben's friendship with Augie.
In its enthusiasm to come on like Superbad of the Dead, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse wastes its best idea. Reluctant Scouts Ben and Carter take centre stage and, despite a last-minute bit of heartwarming about what being a Scout has meant to Ben, the film avoids making it an important plot element, perhaps sharing Carter's fear that Scouting is so damned uncool it will alienate any potentially interested chicks/audience members. While Ben and Carter aren't exactly alpha males – they are, in fact, the customary inbetweeners of bromance films – the characters who are keen Scouts, Augie and Scout Leader Rogers, are portrayed with a mixture of nerdiness and femininity which marks them as unappealing characters, which is funny as the Scouts were intended to preserve the sort of classical masculinity we expect "cooler" characters to aspire to. With their ability to build traps and use knives we'd also expect them to be handy in extreme survival situations like this one, but instead we just get silly bits from nowhere, like the trampoline-over-garden-fence hop that we've already seen in Shaun of the Dead, which in any case got it from Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
But the picture isn't a bad one, per se. The brash, obvious laughs aren't exactly my cup of tea, but that doesn't mean the film isn't funny; and the story of boys on the brink of maturity drifting apart then back together again is predictable but not ineffective, and certainly not unaffecting. There is a wasted opportunity to have made a more interesting film, still with comedy elements but set in the woods, with real menace and real survival, but the less interesting film still succeeds at being what it's decided to be – I'm sure that title needs an apostrophe though..
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Apple hangs a torrent site out to dry, scientists want to hang live chickens over our beds, and our staff hangs on to our old VHS tapes. Hang tight for Geekdays.
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- Man who built gun, flamethrower drone must comply with FAA, judge says (arstechnica.com)
- The patented "superformula" that could cause a legal headache for No Man's Sky (arstechnica.com)
- The Colossal Screwups That Got the Alleged Kickass Torrents Owner Busted (gizmodo.com)
- Suspending a chicken over your bed could protect against Zika virus and malaria (telegraph.co.uk)
- Log In – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- McDonald's let the internet design burgers and regretted it immediately (mashable.com)


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Francisco Xavier Tellechea, viticulturist at El Esteco at its baby El Socorro vineyard
Based in the northern Argentina province of Salta in Cafayate, which lies within the Calchaquí Valley, planting of the first 17 hectares of El Esteco's El Socorro vineyard was completed in December 2015. The vineyard is intended to emulate the producer's prized Chañar Punco vineyard in the southwest of the Calchaquí Valley, which pays precise attention to terroir.
Chañar Punco is a unique sub-region surrounded by the Quilmes Mountains, located southwest within the Calchaquí Valley in Salta. At 2,000m above sea level, it has poor, rocky and calcareous soil with vineyards that run from north to south, which helps winds from the north improve the microclimate of the canopy.
Around eight barrels of El Esteco's Chañar Punco field blend wine is produced each year – the producer's icon wine – from Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon. Now, El Esteco is hoping to create a second vineyard of equal status within its portfolio, and produce its second icon wine, with the cultivation of El Socorro – a 175 hectare, 1,800 metres above sea level estate situated on steep, rocky land in Cafayate, Salta.
"We started to see the potential in Chañar Punco," explained winemaker Alejandro Daniel Pepa. "We found the difference in the mountains and in the rocky soil. Then we found in our vineyards a beautiful place called El Socorro. We started with Punco, but found very similar lands in El Socorro. It is more in the mountain and more rocky and the climate was similar. In this moment we started in the vineyard and the project. For us it will be incredible."
Just 17 hectares of El Socorro's 175 hectare rocky landscape is currently planted, with the team hoping to plant a further 28 hectares in total due to the difficulty in clearing its rocky soils for planting.
"We had to get government permission to get the vegetation removed to plant," explains viticulturist Francisco Xavier Tellechea. "That took two years. The next step was to contact an enterprise that could take a photograph of the land so we could study the rocky conditions. We saw that there were some islands with less rock than the rest. So we decided to work these areas first. Then we took off the natural vegetation and getting rid of the rocks. We had 100 people working on this."
Uncultivated vineyards cost around US$14,000 a hectare in Cafayate, but it cost El Esteco this alone simply to remove the rocks from the site in order to plant, Tellechea told the drinks business.
A lone cactus stands tall among El Esteco's El Socorro vineyard. Cacti are protected by law in Argentina.
The efforts of El Esteco are indicative of a wider focus on terroir throughout Argentina, with winemakers paying increasing attention to their soils, vineyard management and vinification in order to better express their region's individual characteristics.
"This is happening," said Tellechea when asked about winemakers' efforts to formally demarcate their land from one another. "There are many important wineries that are trying to do this. They get the AOC and appellations. Here we call them geographical indications. To get that you have to study the region and soil and the climate and prove that it is different from neighbouring land. Many wineries in Mendoza are trying to protect their lands as in France and Europe to say this is different to my neighbour. That is something that is starting and is going to become more common."
The first 17 hectares of El Socorro have been planted with Malbec and Cabernet Franc, with the team planning to plant more Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc in the future.
"We don't plan on planting other varieties," said Tellechea. "The idea is to have the icon vineyard in northern Argentina. I think [El Socorro] will have its first harvest in two years from now. The idea is to build a chateau and a very small winery where these grapes can be vinified. We don't have a brand or anything. We have to think about that, but this is the first step."
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Thorbjørn Jagland
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Dear Chairman Jagland and Nobel Peace Prize Committee members:
In the midst of the present global economic crisis, tensions between nations and peoples have all-too-frequently erupted in horrific violence. Much of this violence has emanated from those who have sought to justify their atrocities by means of theology. They advance their dark agendas under the false pretext of divine mandate, the fulfillment of "End Times" eschatology, neo-"Crusader" aspirations, or a twisted and falsified conception of the sacred Islamic duty of "Jihad." U.S. Air Force Academy honor graduate Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein initially founded the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF; www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org) in 2005 to fight back against religious discrimination within the United States Armed Forces. Weinstein's overriding goal focuses on the protection of the "wall" separating church and state in the U.S. military, a legal barrier with foundations in the United States Constitution which is being worn away through a process of attrition by homegrown religious extremists. The discrimination faced by Weinstein, as well as that faced by his military academy graduate children, is the clear result of an ever-expanding Christian Fundamentalist hegemonic foothold within the U.S. military.
Mikey Weinstein's fearlessly outspoken approach has resulted in MRFF standing as the sole beacon of civil rights protection for servicemembers who have encountered pervasive prejudice, bigotry, and related horrid civil rights abuses against their religious liberties resulting from their expressed religious faith (or lack thereof). These incidents have included forced attendance at Christian prayer ceremonies and events, hazing on religious grounds, and persecution that has run the gamut from routine belittlement to forms of "witch-hunting." These incidents are horrifyingly redolent of the darkest periods in the history of the United States. In a shocking testament to this intolerable and unjust environment, over 30,000 active duty United States marines, sailors, airmen, soldiers, veterans, and civilian personnel have swollen the ranks of MRFF's clientele. This shockingly-large roster of clients includes all individuals who have contacted or retained the services of the foundation. Eleven of these clients have been Killed in Action, as was a valued core MRFF Advisory Board Member. Among these tens of thousands of aggrieved servicemembers, the vast majority – nearly 96% – are Christians (Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox) who face persecution on account of their perceived lack of fundamentalist evangelical zeal.
The trauma of prolonged warfare is taking a heavy toll on troop morale, leading to devastating suicide rates among active duty service members and veterans of foreign conflicts. These stresses constitute an all-too-common consequence of all war, and are hardly isolated to servicemembers and veterans alone. However, this trauma also has a deleterious effect among civilians, and leads to the deterioration of families. In September 2012, the U.S. Army even held its first "Stand-down" to address the suicide epidemic. Shockingly, soldiers were then forced to undergo a coerced mass Christian prayer ceremony. Needless to say, this is a manner of proselytizing that is perniciously predatory, and deals grievous blows to the health of American society as a whole.
What Weinstein and MRFF are fighting against is nothing less than an evangelical fundamentalist coup within the United States Armed Forces. This Christian extremist fifth column has its roots in a Cold War-era alliance between the U.S. Department of Defense and militant outfits such as the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade and the Church of the Christian Crusade. However, successive generations of military leadership have preserved this alliance far beyond its original Cold War/anti-communist shelf life. The result has been a U.S. military that is steeped in a highly caustic brew of sectarianism, domineering religious bigotry, and an arrogant, dehumanizing attitude towards the civilian populations of the regions where the U.S. finds itself militarily engaged.
The United States' proclaimed goals of facilitating dialogue between civilizations and cultures, while securing global peace in the process, are starkly undermined by a culture within its armed forces that equates implements of death and mass destruction with the "soul-saving" tools of Christian missionaries. This ultra-nationalist, deluded undercurrent within the armed forces is precisely what Mr. Weinstein and MRFF have committed to fighting. MRFF utilizes all manners of media tools as well as federal and state litigation to forthrightly confront every manifestation of "Dominionism" that has arisen from within the ranks of the U.S. military, as well as its halls of academia.
Indeed, MRFF, with Mr. Weinstein at its helm, has uncovered the unabashed, brazen display of militant religious regalia and iconography within the United States military. In many cases, MRFF has halted their usage after shining a bright constitutional spotlight on the dubious legality of associating church with state.
Such was the case when, in this past Spring of 2012, Beaufort, South Carolina-based Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 (VMFA-122) changed its name from the "Werewolves" to the "Crusaders." Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Wade Wiegel showed his astounding historical ignorance when stating that "The name change is a reflection of our heritage… [it is] not politically incorrect"! As far as the "political correctness" of such an inflammatory move is concerned, we'll leave that up to others to judge. However, any criteria for "correctness" should take into account the fact that in the Arab and Muslim collective memory, "Crusader" is no meaningless appellation. To Arabs and Muslims, "Crusader" is synonymous with a genocidal campaign of colonial banditry, occupation, and mass slaughter initiated by Christians from the West. As Mikey Weinstein correctly noted at the time, "The Crusades serve as a hideous testament to the noxious danger embodied by the foreboding alloy of weaponized theology." What purpose could such a provocation serve, besides circulating this "weaponized theology" throughout the U.S. military?
"Weaponized theology" is an apt description of the so-called "Jesus Rifles" and "Jesus Nukes," phrases which conflict with the true gospel of Christ as understood by countless generations of faithful Christians. However, under the auspices of highly ranked evangelical fundamentalist Christians within the top echelons of the U.S. military, both Jesus Rifles and Jesus Nukes have become an absurd reality. In January 2010, MRFF uncovered the fact that military contractor Trijicon was branding its scopes with New Testament Biblical citations. MRFF pressure led to the provision of kits by the Department of Defense meant to scrub off the engravings. Unfortunately, as of October 2012, many of these rifle scopes still carry the citations. This travesty sends a clear message to the United States' ostensible allies in the Muslim world that a nontrivial number of U.S. service personnel indeed see their tools of death as a means to advance a missionary agenda. In July 2011, MRFF exposed decades-old official USAF presentation materials used to train countless Air Force nuclear missile launch officers on the ethics of nuclear warfare by citing New Testament verses and Christian "Just War" theory. These wretched presentations, known colloquially within the Air Force as the "Jesus Loves Nukes" speech, were swiftly pulled from USAF curriculum within days of their worldwide exposure by MRFF, and a complete audit of other training materials was ordered. However, it is unknown how many active-duty Air Force officers, having been entrusted with the most destructive weapons known to humankind, believe that their fundamentalist Christian faith must guide whether they launch a nuclear missile or not.
There have been countless other examples where MRFF advocacy has played a crucial role in stemming the tide of evangelical fundamentalist zeal within and throughout the U.S. military. From the unconstitutional endorsement of Islamophobic, warmongering, so-called "charities" such as Rev. Franklin Graham's Operation Christmas Child to the extension of invitations to dyed-in-the-wool Christian militarists like Gen. "Jerry" Boykin, Mr. Weinstein and MRFF have ceaselessly struggled to regain the footing of a U.S. military that seems positively spellbound by belligerent religiosity. MRFF also managed to successfully have the official insignia of the four service branches removed from so-called "Military Bibles" filled with fundamentalist addenda. For this reason, Mr. Weinstein, his family, and MRFF are almost daily in receipt of vile hate mail and death threats, many of which cite the same "fire and brimstone" imprecatory curses and biblical citations.
Mikey Weinstein's fervent commitment has led to concrete results, including the introduction of guidelines meant to rein in the rampant abuse of commission that comes in the form of Christian fundamentalist agitation in the ranks of the armed forces. MRFF pressure, and a string of embarrassing incidents uncovered by the Foundation, directly culminated in the issuance of Air Force Instruction 1-1 Standards of Conduct. This AFI 1-1 document requires total mandatory compliance on penalty of potential adverse criminal action, including courts martial, under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The document requires non-chaplain officers and supervisors to "avoid the actual or apparent use of their position to promote their personal religious beliefs to their subordinates or to extend preferential treatment for any religion." This new Air Force directive gives teeth to the explicit constitutional proscription of unauthorized proselytization or endorsements of religious organizations.
Mr. Weinstein has received numerous honors for his efforts to advance MRFF's humanitarian civil rights cause. The foremost Jewish publication, The Forward, named Weinstein one of 2006's "Forward 50" for his contributions in the sphere of "Ideas & Activism." Weinstein has also received the prestigious honor of the Jews for Racial and Economic Justice's Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Risk-Taker Award in 2008. In 2010, Weinstein received the Anne Froehlich Political Courage Award from the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club in Los Angeles, California, joining the prestigious ranks of past awardees such as Ambassador Joseph Wilson IV, former talk show host Phil Donahue, and Daniel Ellsberg of "Pentagon Papers" fame. MRFF has received four total nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, for award years 2010, 2011, and 2012. Mr. Weinstein's list of honors was capped in November of 2011 when he received the inaugural "Person of the Year" award from Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
The ongoing efforts of Mr. Weinstein's organization have earned MRFF acclaim as a trusted go-to source for aggrieved servicemembers seeking redress for the affronts they've been forced to tolerate in silence. MRFF is the only civil rights organization dealing solely with issues of religious freedom, tolerance, and respect within the U.S. military for both "faith" and "no faith" adherents.
The United States Armed Forces possesses the largest arsenals of both conventional and unconventional weaponry known to mankind, and is ominously more than capable of bringing about the "end times" level of destruction that many evangelical fundamentalist Christians excitedly await. Furthermore, considering the United States military's global presence and ability to project force, issues that affect the U.S. military truly concern the entire world. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation's ongoing vital work to prevent religious extremism from turning our military into a nuclear weapons-fueled 21st century Crusade continues to concretely advance the cause of universal world peace, and promote a universal fraternity between nations.
In consideration of the innumerable accomplishments and important ongoing tasks that this civil rights organization has undertaken to guard against religious extremism and ensure the basic human right of religious freedom in the U.S. Armed Forces, both domestically and in all nations where they are present, it is my honor and privilege to hereby submit my nomination of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize.
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U.S. Troops Enter Syria and Kill Senior ISIS Commander
They've crossed the line. U.S. special forces descended on the eastern Syrian city of al-Amt, the Pentagon said, killing senior ISIS leader Abu Sayyaf and capturing his wife, who may have been involved in enslaving a young Yazidi woman freed in the Friday raid. Meanwhile, the militant group has routed Iraqi forces and allied militias in the key city of Ramadi in Iraq's western Anbar province, leaving the world wondering where ISIS — and America — will strike next.
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Metro Verdicts Monthly recently provided data on legal malpractice settlements and verdicts in Virginia, D.C., and Maryland.
The median legal malpractice settlement/verdict in Washington D.C. was a whopping $262,500.00. In Virginia and Maryland, the median legal malpractice settlement/verdict was $212,500.00 and $140,211.00 respectively.
What explains the incredible disparity between Washington, D.C., and Maryland and why is Maryland's median so low? I really have no idea. As always, I find this data very interesting yet useless.


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Sunday, July 6, 2008
The Role of Emotions in Trading
Why does the average individual investor have a reputation for buying high and selling low? If you use a financial advisor, you might have been given the talk on the need to "control your emotions" when trading. The July issue of SFO Magazine outlines the role of emotions in trading and how to overcome their pitfalls.
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I got to join my first run here in Singapore last August 24. I would not have found about it if not for my fellow USC-Mountaineer, Kentoy, telling me about the run. I wanted to join the Nike+Human Race 10K but as early as July the registration was already closed. It seems that a lot of people of people here in Singapore like to join marathons and races.
I had no idea how my first run in Singapore would turn out as I don't run regularly. I was a bit worried that I would be left behind so I decided to just register for the 10K non-competitive run which was also much cheaper.
The run started at the Esplanade bridge just right in front of the Merlion Park at 7:30am heading to Collyer Quay, Marina Boulevard, ECP, Benjamin Sheares Bridge, Rochor Exit, Fountain of Wealth, Temasek Avenue, Republic Boulevard, Raffles Avenue, Connaught Drive, St Andrews Road and ending at the Padang.
I had never seen so many runners in my entire life. I read somewhere that there was a total of 70,00 runners who joined the SAFRA Singapore Bay Run. During the entire run I had to look out for other runners as I had to run side-by-side with other runners and there were runners that just popped out of nowhere.
The exciting part of the run was running across Benjamin Sheares Bridge and passing by the Singapore Flyer. I was able to run straight for 7Km but exhaustion got the better of me when I got half-way in Republic Avenue. A blister on my right foot didn't also help my situation. From that point I alternated walking and running until I arrived in Esplanade where I started to run all the way to the finish line.
I kinda regret I didn't sign up for the competitive 10K run as I would have gotten a finisher's medal and a personalized finisher's certificate instead of just getting a non-personalized finisher's certificate and it's the same distance that I had run. Anyway, important thing is that I did enjoy the run and I am looking forward for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon this coming December.


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Mass button property edits?
I know I can control click or drag an area to select multiple objects like buttons. Is there a way to make global changes to a similar set of buttons like button text color, text size, button size, bring to front, send back etc., all at one time?
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Dwadasha jyotirlinga temple, darshan of twelve jyothirlngas to achieve moksha
Dwadasha jyotirlinga temple, lord shiva worshiped in the form of omkareswarar
Dwadasha jyotirlinga temple is one of the largest temple structure in karntaka located in omkar hill regions in banglore which is the highest point in south india. jyothirlinga are the holy place dedicate to lord shiva all over the country. lord shiva in the temple worshiped as omkareswarar. Dwadasha jyotirlinga temple is very unique one compared to other shiva temples, it is believed that the single visit in the temple will clears all sins of human and it will leads to the moksha. there are 12 jyothirligams installed in the temple and the sub deities are vidya ganapathy, kalabhairava, chandikeswara etc are along with the twelve jyothirlingams.
Dwadasha jyotirlinga temple is not an ancient one which is open recently for the devotees. this is one of the gigantic temples in karnataka. there are total twelve jyothirlinga which made from stones of river Narmada. under each and every jyothirlinga 1008 small narmadeswara lingas exist here, that means there are 2008 small Narmada lingas installed present here, but 12 if them visible for the devotees. vana durga is the mother goddess present at this hill regions it also called vana durga, placed on open air. there are installation for naga devatas are alos, male and female naga devatas placed under the neem tree.
Brahmaleena sadguru was the founder of temple for giving the opportunity to visit jyothirlinga to achieve good things in life and to give awareness to the peoples to more about the significance of jyothirlinga. rudrabhisheka is the special rituals performed on the jyothirlingas, there are special rituals takes place at Dwadasha jyotirlinga temple on festival days and some special occasions. sri chakra poojas daily followed in the temple, we will update festivals and pooja offerings of this hindu temple.


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Baby Chick
Peck, peck, peck
On the warm, brown egg.
Out comes a neck.
Out comes a leg.
How does a chick.
Who's not been about,
Discover the trick
Of how to get out?
Baby Chick
Peck, peck, peck
On the warm, brown egg.
Out comes a neck.
Out comes a leg.
How does a chick.
Who's not been about,
Discover the trick
Of how to get out?
The young lad holds his daddy's hand and skips along the sidewalk. A group of children, hunkered down with knapsacks cross the street under the guidance of a guard, stop sign in hand. A black squirrel uses the wires to span the intersection, racing the current and disappearing into a giant oak. The light changes. Two yellow buses turn out into a lane from a side road, one to the right and one to the left. A breeze lifts a flag, then the next, flags lining Northwestern Avenue, Grant, and Bowman, all in the sunlight.
This is no strange land and I am no stranger but I have been gone for years. If I sense nothing but this on my short drive every morning, I acknowledge something abiding: a limp acquired from a dare, yet a race towards everything about tomorrow.
One afternoon in the National Museum of Damascus, I spotted through dusty glass those Ras Sharma artifacts, tiny cylinders, carved and ready to be rolled across clay. I later read that the cuneiform characters carved on those cylinders were the mother or our own alphabet. This cache discovered by archeologists in 1928 part of an ancient library's collection changed the scholars' view of words and language: Ras Sharma, Mediterranean coast, Syria.
I spend time every week in library stacks retrieving interlibrary loan requests. I haven't retrieved a book on Ras Sharma or sent one in that exact direction yet. I mailed a book on Gertrude Stein to Turkey on Friday, pretty close. I mailed a book to South Africa on holocaust crimes the week before. That alphabet set up by scribes many millenniums past, the one from Ras Sharma, ancient Ugarit, has magically branched out.
The spiders in my basement apartment have branched out also, those daddy long legs stay to the baseboards and weave their webs. Ah, Ras Sharma and spiders an interesting mix! I am reminded of the Native American myth of the spider and the deer. Deer asked Spider why she wove such an intricate web with symbols; Spider said that Earth's children needed those symbols to preserve knowledge from past to future. I wonder if the ancients in Ras Sharma inspected spiders' webs? I have and I sweep those webs and my spiders out daily and they come back. I don't kill daddy long legs: persistent, quiet creatures, kind of like librarians. They just go about their business.
An important business it is, because it takes more than symbols to keep our knowledge base intact these days, to protect and share it: From catalogers to shelvers; from circulation desk to reference; collections and weeding; IT to ILL. Sometimes I push my cart through the stacks and I want to stop and browse, but I don't have the time because I am going to find information in a book for someone miles away who needed it yesterday. They can't find what they need online or they wouldn't be asking me; hundreds of requests get scanned and emailed or wrapped up and mailed on a weekly basis from my college. Imagine the web of information transfer going on worldwide on a daily basis made possible by all those librarians.
Sometimes I wonder, is it worth it, all this energy to move information? My spiders keep coming back to trap something along the baseboards. They weave their Ras Sharma symbols and wait. While much spinning made from my mailings may be for naught, I am steadfast that a few of my customers out there will puzzle together silk filaments and trap some gems.
Great Grandpa Edward Lynch told my mother that women needed an education. He remembered his mother, Sarah Ryan, a leghorn plaiter, born in London city center in 1820; she could only sign her mark on the marriage certificate when she married Michael Lynch an Irish tailor in 1843. Michael signed his name on that certificate and made sure that his sons could read and write and they were listed on the census return of 1861 as scholars. Sarah plaited straw into bonnets, bore two sons, and disappeared from records after 1861. According to family lore, her husband took his eldest son Edward to Paris where the twelve year old learned to carve stone. By 1863, Michael Lynch, the tailor with political leanings, had secured passage to America for himself and his eldest.
Edward attended the University of Illinois from 1868 to 1873, gained an engineering degree and married the daughter of his English professor. Genevieve Baker had attended university for several years alongside her future husband. She descended from a long line of women who wrote their own names, read the bible, and gained a passable education even on the Maine frontier. Genevieve wrote for magazines on the east coast and later for newspapers on the west coast. By the time of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, Genevieve had divorced Edward and was living alone near Lafayette Square working as a reporter.
When my mother visited Edward in Pasadena in the 1920s, when he gave her volumes of Aesop tales, Shakespeare dramas and assorted folk tales and songs, when he told her that women needed an education, she followed his advice and became a schoolteacher. She turned down a scholarship to Stanford because her father, Edward's son didn't want her to live away from home, a glitch in the dramatic improvement of Lynch women's educational prospects. Nevertheless by 1931, in three generations Lynch women went from plaiting straw to graduating from university.
When I grew up, my mother suggested I get my teaching credential like she had. She said, "you have few choices: secretary, nurse, teacher." I didn't choose any of those, at least not to start with. I preferred being a hippie and living on the land, making necklaces and milking cows. I didn't know anything about Sarah or Genevieve and had no interest in my ancestors' trails. But I had read all of my Great Grandfather's books as I grew up: I sang the songs, and knew the myths and plays. My middle name was a shortened form of Genevieve. I did become a teacher and then I did something different. I went back to school and became a librarian when the World Wide Web was in its infancy. I discovered Archie and Veronica, the Bancroft library and the libraries worldwide, full of records. I gained the tools to discover and with that, I found Sarah, the leghorn plaiter and Genevieve, the reporter.
I think that Edward realized women, the other half, needed as powerful a voice as men, because without that, half the world is missing. Between his stone carving for the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, passing the state bar and lawyering for the railroad barons, managing Auburn gold mines and writing on solar flares and climate change; between his divorce and drink, in his mind, he tipped his hat and made room for his mother, his wife, and my mother with the knowledge that the world would realign itself, from his granddaughters to his great great granddaughters and beyond. But here, I pause and I tip my hat not to Edward for his inclusive vision for women, but to Genevieve, solitary and fiery, who has loaned me her voice; and I bow to Sarah, silent and stubborn, who has given me purpose. With these gifts, I have become a plaiter of straw, from straw into words, from words into stories.
August 6, 1987
The sparrows spent the morning fighting for nesting space on the ridge above the front door. Half-dozing on a sofa in the living room, I watched them through the screen as a battle of flying wings and bitter chirps stirred up the silence. I bet this old house has seen its share of battles. The pistols embedded in the mortar of the rock-hewn fireplace belonged to Wild Bill Hickock; the neighbor man told me that Hickock and his showmen spent some summers here. They must have built the core of the house, for the rest has been added on; I could tell that.
"Have you picked the dandelions yet, " my aunt's voice came from upstairs.
"No, I'm going in a minute," I said.
Outside armed with my bucket, I gathered the yellow flowers from the front yard. I was overpowered by the treasures of a Canadian spring, and my attention wandered around the landscape to the foxgloves, blossoming cherries, and buttercups.
"Where are my dandelions?" the voice shook my dreams once again.
When I entered the kitchen, Mrs. Beeton's Cookbook was on the counter opened to the section on winemaking.
"Let's see," I said, "cut off all the green, cover the petals with water, place cheesecloth over the crock, and set overnight."
My aunt flew into the job like a fast-order cook; we finished in a flash. I put the kettle on the burner to make her a pot of tea.
"I had a bad dream again last night; I was beating up people," I said.
"You fight in your dreams, and dream in your life, girl," she laughed. Then with a serious look she added, "When I get angry, I scrub the kitchen floor with a toothbrush or take a long walk. Have you been to the woods yet?"
"No, I was waiting to go with you," I said. "Did you hear the birds this morning, Auntie?"
"Every year they fight and make their peace," she said. "We'll have babies above the door by June."
She got up form her chair and went to the kitchen to turn off the boiling kettle. After making her familiar proclamation, " 'this wicked old world is abominable,' my old father used to say, " she asked for her sweater. We headed for the woods. We crossed the open pasture land; Auntie lost her breath so we sat on a log at the edge of the trees.
"Oh, isn't this wonderful Auntie!" I said.
I looked over at her face; she was leaning forward staring at the ground. She took several deep breaths and didn't answer me.
"Auntie, I'll run to the house and get you some water if you'd like some."
She shook her head.
"I'm better now," she said.
She got up and slowly meandered down the trail that cut through the underbrush. Under a gooseberry bush she found mushrooms hidden in the cool shadows. They grew in the remains of a fallen tree and found nourishment in decay. A group of red ants had made their house in the rotting mass and found protection in the depth of the powdery, wood chips. Auntie stirred the ants up with a stick.
"Doesn't that hurt them, Auntie?" I asked.
"What do you think? Maybe it gives them something to do. Maybe I've just destroyed the old queen who was weak. How do I know?" she replied. Auntie had an odd way of looking at things.
That evening while the Aurora Borealis lit the sky, we sat in the front room watching the flames in the fireplace. As the fire died down, the red-hot embers twisted, curled, and slowly blackened. Auntie looked at these changing shapes and told stories based on the images we were seeing. One ember seemed to grow as others melted to it.
"See what's happening to those embers when they stop popping, spitting, and fighting," she said, "they get bigger and stronger; they grow!"
"What Auntie?" I asked.
She never looked at me but just kept on talking. "Without a good damper, all the energy goes up the chimney—it's for naught, child—nothing comes of it. Oh it's a pretty fire all right, but it's the embers that keep us warm through the night."
We slept as warm as toast that night. After several weeks we bottled the dandelion wine–it was a "killer" — and the birds hatched above the door in June.
I don't watch television anymore. I use my computer or smartphone if I want to find out what's going on. That interaction is described in the video as networked individualism.
The word networked seems appropriate in the title.
I am just not sure about the other word, yet.
I visited the optometrist this week and got an eye exam. The doctor told me I had the pressure of a baby. So I walked away with confidence that I'd be seeing for a while down the road.
I have been thinking about "vision." If I have good vision, then I can watch the shimmering scales on a silverfish, its hideout exposed when I move a pile of books; I can see it as it dives for cover. I can watch the magpies circling high over the buildings to the north and the tiny sparrows flitting from wire to wire.
When my mother stayed with me, her macular degeneration fogged her world; she had no central vision and daily mistook a red tomcat on the roof of the building across the street for a magpie. I didn't have the heart to correct her.
Vision is a powerful thing. I woke up this morning with a vision that my guest room would be stacked with boxes ready for the movers by this coming Wednesday. It's afternoon and I am halfway there. I create a puzzle, put it together. I can see myself leaving for the airplane with 4 suitcases and two carry-ons. I can see the door closed, the walls empty. I can see the carousel in Athens, the tarmac in Paris, the car parked in Detroit. I can see the ships docking in Baltimore; the sea crate off loaded, stored and then loaded again onto a truck headed inland.
Vision is a powerful thing. Without it, I worry. I wake up in the night and it is dark. With it, I can breathe right down to my diaphragm. I can plant Italian basil and harvest its aromatic leaves some months later. I can change things, poke the universe and it moves. With it I know I am truly alone. With it I know I am completely responsible and that I can't duck like the silverfish. I shimmer though. I can't sail overhead like the magpies on updrafts. I sail nevertheless.
With this sort of vision, I am directing the film and yet, I'll leave serendipity with the edits and just maybe the credits. For instance, perhaps the red tomcat over on the roof across the street will in the final cut end up a magpie. In the end, my vision has nothing to do with optometrists and everything to do with self-trust and a flit of imagination as I fly from wire to wire, task to task, and problem to problem.


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Welcomed with thunderous cheers, President Barack Obama told a European audience today that he is setting a dramatic goal of "a world without nuclear weapons."
That's not only unrealistic, its downright irresponsible. Especially combined with his administrations complete passivity in the face of Iran's nuclear weapons development and North Korea's preparation to launch an ICBM.
And he gets in a little of the "Blame America first" mojo that he does so well.
Obama said the United States shares blame for the crisis, but that "every nation bears responsibility for what lies ahead — especially now."Nice to see the left wing of the Left wing of the Democrats are well and truly in charge.
Now I don't want the President to fail, he's doing that well enough on his own. But I would like him to root for the home team every now and then mmmkay?


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Brooks: Trump Should Have Fought Wall Fight with GOP House Majority
On Friday's "PBS NewsHour," New York Times columnist David Brooks argued President Trump should have had the fight over funding the border wall when he had a Republican majority in the House.
Brooks said Trump "should have fought this fight, obviously, when the Republicans [were] there. If he really cared about the wall, he should have cared about the wall. I think he was prompted by what he sees as a crisis on the border by all the families…coming across the border. And so, suddenly, he got hyped up about all this."
He continued, "But, given where we are, you know, he won an election running on the wall. And Nancy Pelosi won an election running on DACA. So, this, to me, is not that complicated. You come — both those sides come together and offer that proposal, and Nancy Pelosi doesn't give him $5 billion on the wall, but she gives him 2 billion. And we can have an actual government. And, to me, that's a deal that just seems so obvious."
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3-Way Relay (3000W)Regular price
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In-line relays make it possible to operate mains voltage devices such as large lighting circuits. You can operate them remotely from the Lightwave App, remote control or from a wire-free switch. The 3-Way relay splits one circuit into three separate remotely switchable circuits capable of managing 3000W between them.
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Keith Coleman Three-Dimensional
My piece, Gustave is a homage to the extraordinary crocodile from the Nile river who dons the same name. Gustave was estimated to be 70 years old, 20 feet long and weighing in at 2000 lbs. Its speculated that Gustave has claimed the lives of over 300 people over his 70 years on the Nile. Gustave is made from 100% all recycled material, mostly old hot water tanks. I tired to enter this piece in last years contest, but due to health reasons, I was unable to finish it last year.
Entry Details
- Art form: 3-D
- Depth: 25'
- Medium: Metal Sculpture
- Width: 9' 6"
- Year created: 2013
- Height: 3'


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There are many people who will use these RSHO products because they have been given the finest medical care with these RSHO products, and they may be offered through doctor that prescribed them. Real scientific hemp oil has been used to ensure that there are many people who may use something natural that will help them feel their best. There are many people who will find that they have a number of ways to keep their bodies in the best condition possible. If they wish to use RSHO, they may use these products because they feel as though they need something that will be helpful to them.
The RSHO products that people choose have been selected because they often come in the form of an oil that may be vamped or simply used on the skin. The oils that are vapors feel very nice in the lungs, and they help people relax. Someone who is attempting to relax will feel much better, and they will begin to enjoy this much more because they have chosen these oils over all their other remedies. Each remedy that someone chooses must be selected with help from their doctor, and they may use these products daily.
The hemp oil that people have chosen is often vamped because of the lovely flavors that are included. The flavors are quite a lot of fun, and they may make the oils a bit more easy to take. It is simpler for someone to change their body, and they will notice that they may change the way that they approach their overall health. They have these oils at their disposal, and they may use these products because they want to calm themselves down. This is why it is important for someone to feel their best when using something natural.


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Hiring a temp nanny
With the school summer holidays being a good few weeks, it can be difficult to organise your schedule to make sure that your children are properly cared for.
If both parents have full-time jobs, childcare can become a challenge since children need to be looked after and entertained during the daytime. This is where a temp nanny comes in very handy. The entire focus of the temp nanny will be ensuring that your children are safe, happy and have plenty of funs things to do in these warmer months.
Nannies are experts at finding educational and fun activities for children of all ages and they can really make a difference when it comes to their enjoyment of the summer holidays.
A temp nanny is normally a university student wishing to make some money over their summer break or an actual, qualified nanny. In the case of a student, the person is usually in the process of acquiring a child-related qualification (such as education or healthcare) with an immense passion for working with little ones and who has all relevant and up-to-date requirements to work with children, such as a DBS and first aid training.
Hiring a temp nanny can benefit both you and your children. You will have peace of mind that your children are being cared for by a caring person and will not have to constantly find a babysitter for your children.
A temp nanny is also a good idea if your family decides to go on a summer holiday. They will really take a weight off your shoulders by allowing you to have more time to relax and de-stress while she takes care of entertaining the children.
Some people hire a temp nanny uniquely for a summer holiday so that the children can be well entertained and can be shown around the city. Normally, this would be familiar with the city and can find plenty of child-friendly activities for them.
A temp nanny can make a great addition to your children's lives and will allow them to have a fun summer holiday!


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Last week Facebook unveiled it's newest product, or what Mark Zuckerberg called Facebook's newest pillar: Graph Search.
Using natural language, users will be able to search within Facebook for things like: "friends who live in Seattle," or "friends who listen to Kanye." It's very similar to how we use Google. The upshot, of course, is that Facebook is filled with all kinds of personal data that is not accessible to Google's indexing and the wider internet.
Using our "social graph," Facebook's nerd language for the online networks we've woven together, Zuckerberg and company will offer a personalized search. Rather than use complex algorithms informed by people's online behavior (like Google), Facebook will run it's custom query using our friends and jobs, the things we've "liked" and the places we've been.
As I've written before, this is exactly what the new Foursquare is doing.
While many tech observers see "social," "local," or "personalized," as the future of search engines, there are reasons to avoid the quick embrace. For starters, Google works pretty damn well. Secondly, if I'm looking to a trustworthy friend to recommend a restaurant or a mechanic, wouldn't I just text that person?
Another issue mentioned by many reporters is that most people don't use Facebook or Foursquare the way power users do. So while, in theory, a personalized social search may be more valuable to me it's also a lot more limited in scope. How many of your friends actually rate their music and movies and then post online? (Usually it's just that crazy handful of people who blow up your news feed.)
Facebook's promo vid makes this kind of information culling look like an enriching experience. While I'm very skeptical, I'll wait for the roll out before I become a full on naysayer.


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There has been a rise in social entrepreneurship in Africa; so we took a closer look. No doubt civil society is indeed the catalyst for social change, and Africa is no exception.
No fundamental social change occurs merely because government acts. It's because civil society, the conscience of a country, begins to rise up and demand, demand, demand change. Joe Biden
Africans understand this and so over the years we have seen this demand for change through the emergence of many African social entrepreneurs with start-ups ranging from clean energy to medical help and much more.
Top African Social Entrepreneurs
We decided to take a closer look at these social entrepreneurs and share with you our list of the top social entrepreneurs from Africa.
Ellen Chilemba
First on our list is Ellen Chilemba, who at the age of 22 is already a force to be reckoned with. Ellen founded her organisation, Tiwale, at age 17 in 2012. Tiwale's aim is to help women escape poverty by empowering them with the relevant education and information through workshops, vocation skills training and interest free micro-finance loans.
In a few short years Tiwale has trained hundreds of women and has helped many of them start successful businesses. Ellen has been called a powerhouse by Forbes, as well as being named one of their "Africa's Most Promising Entrepreneurs Under 30".
Jean Bosco Nzeyimana
Next is Rwanda born, Jean Bosco Nzeyimana. At the early age of 19, Jean came up with the idea to process waste into environmentally friendly and affordable fuel in his community. His company, Habona Ltd collects and sorts trash to create briquettes, organic fertilizers and bio-gas with the aim to reduce the number of people still dependent on charcoal for energy.
Nzeyimana has won many business awards including being named Top Young Entrepreneur of Rwanda and receiving the African Innovation Prize.
Chike Ukaegbu
Educator, entrepreneur, investor and humanitarian are just some of the words used to describe our next African social entrepreneur, Chike Ukaegbu. Nigerian born but living in the U.S., he launched the Education and Entrepreneurship Leadership Fund in Nigeria in 2014.
This fund has awarded academic scholarships and seed capital to youth entrepreneurs. He then founded the diversity-focused Startup52 in 2015 with a goal to provide better access to capital and other resources for founders from communities that are not among the 'usual' list. Chike is well respected in his field and hailed as an expert by many.
Victor Ochen
Nobel Peace Prize nominee Victor Ochen formed AYINET in 2005 as a way to bring peace to a war-ravaged Uganda. Born in Northern Uganda, a product of a community displaced by war and a victim touched by war himself, Ochen's heart was moved by his encounters with those with similar experiences.
These encounters affected change in him and helped him to effect change. The African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET) is a not-for-profit organization that is committed to making peace and justice a reality for victims and survivors of war. It's major initiative being to get victims much needed rehabilitative surgery and to empower youths to leadership.
Gina Din-Kariuki
The Gina Din Group (GDG) founded by Kenyan born Gina Din-Kariuki, is the most awarded agency in Africa. It's founder and our next entrepreneur, Din-Kariuki, is considered the foremost expert in communications and public relations in Africa.
She serves as a goodwill ambassador for the Red Cross and runs the Gina Din Foundation which empowers youth and women through leadership training, entrepreneurship workshops and employment opportunities. The Foundation also seeks to connect youth and women with mentors, global resources and media platforms to propel them towards their goals.
Barclay Okari
Sixth on our list is 22 year old Barclay Okari. Okari was inspired to found his start-up after volunteering to teach at a small girls' high school in Western Kenya. He discovered that many of his students missed classes regularly because they couldn't afford sanitary napkins.
The sadness of this fact and a desire to change it birthed AFRIpads – the inexpensive, reusable, washable sanitary towel. Impact Africa Industries, Okari's company, has sold and distributed over one million Safi Pads to low-income women across Uganda and Kenya.
This young entrepreneur has turned a $1,500.00 loan from his parents into a product of impact.
Nthabiseng Mosia
Ghanaian entrepreneur Nthabiseng Mosia is co-founder of Easy Solar. Inspired by the lack of access to electricity to 90% of Sierra Leone; Mosia and her partners created Easy Solar to provide customers with an alternative to electricity.
They operate on a rent-to-own financial model and offer high quality products and appliances. At only two years old, Easy Solar has 9 distribution points and have brought electricity to over 8,000 households. Mosia has been named as one of Forbes "30 Most Outstanding Entrepreneurs in Africa 2018".
Judith Owigar
At the forefront of the African Tech ecosystem is our next social entrepreneur, Judith Owigar. Co-founder of 8 year old AkiraChix and founder of 3 year old Juakali Workforce, Owigar uses her time and resources to nurture and develop women in tech in Africa.
She has helped to propel both women and children, into careers in science, technology, engineering and math. She has also taken a hand in addressing the growing youth unemployment rate in Kenya. Owigar has been listed as one of CNN's African Voices' "10 African Tech Voices to Follow on Twitter".
Speciosa Mbula Nguku
Next to last on our list is Speciosa Mbula Nguku. She is the founder and director of Machakos Surgery, the first network of surgical hospitals in Kenya. Machakos Surgery provides affordable, ethical, quality care to its patients.
Being an anesthesiologist and pain specialist, Nguku works primarily with children with disabilities. She and her team strives to restore dignity to patients by surgically correcting deformities.
James Kofi Anan
The last entrepreneur on our list is Ghana born James Kofi Anan. As a child slave himself, Anan established his dream, Challenging Heights, unofficially in 2003 and then officially as a registered organisation in 2005.
The mission of his organisation is to prevent child trafficking, reduce child slavery and promote the rights of children. Kofi has received many awards over the years, recognizing the value of his work in keeping our most precious resources safe.
Final say on social entrepreneurship in Africa
Be it through education, healthcare, training or protecting their people and the environment, these inspiring entrepreneurs are driven by heart, passion, and a desire to see change across Africa. Join us in hailing their efforts and the efforts of many like them native to our great continent.


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I have been working on this project for some time now. I have reclaimed discarded southern history textbooks and done extensive research on my family history. I am attempting to restore/ reclaim my history- the past- my family- and my roots- in an attempt to understand myself and my part in the world in which I live.
Lately most of my art revolves around this concept. Of understanding my place in our culture and history.
I feel that my identity lies beyond any and all of this and yet I cannot help but think that this information is invaluable in understanding my identity.


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Starting this January!
ONE DAY and FOUR WEEK SESSIONS
Our winter session is the perfect solution for those who want a short and sweet semester of clay making! This is a great chance to try out something new - have you been taking several throwing classes, try your hand at handbuilding! Have you been a little curious about mosaics or slab building?
Now's the time to see if you like it without a long-term commitment.
FEE: Four week session fee: $ 120.00 Members /$ 140.00 Non-Members
Please visit our website for a comprehensive list of classes—there's something to fit everyone's schedule!
Basic Wheel Sampler
Several dates & times offered. A variety of instructors.
This course offers new students a 4-week introduction to the potter's wheel. This class is designed for those students who are unable to commit to a full length class but still wish to have an extended studio clay experience. Participants will experience basic methods of centering clay, forming cylinder and bowl forms, trimming and adding handles. Students will also learn how to finish their pots using standard decorating and glazing techniques. This class is for students with no prior wheel experience, all are welcome.
Hand-building Sampler: Soft Slab Techniques for Function
WHEN: Mondays, 7-10 PM | Jan 11 to Feb 1
Instructor: Jeremy Wallace
Students will experiment with methods of creating content while learning basic building skills in this 4-week exploration of hand-building techniques. Through hands-on exploration participants will utilize soft slab construction combined with paper templates to create a foundation from which to build any project. Through technical demonstrations, historical and contemporary reference students will explore methods of translating an idea from sketchbook doodle into realized product. This class is for students with no prior clay experience, all are welcome.
Figurative Elements: Dynamic Expressions
WHEN: Thursdays, 7-10 PM | Jan 14 to Feb 4 or Wednesdays, 10-1 PM | Jan 13 to Feb 3
Instructor: Travis Winters
This 4-week course will focus on creating dynamic facial expression as a vehicle for narrative story telling. Special attention will be taken to study details of the face and how feeling + emotion can accurately be conveyed through facial expression. Participants will work on a series of head/face pieces as they gain knowledge on the muscle structure of the face with an emphasis on how features move and contort when showing particular emotions. Basic hand-building techniques such as slab, pinch, coil and solid construction may be utilized. Previous clay experience is recommended but not required for this course. Course fee includes 25 lbs. of clay and bisque firing - glaze firing fees are additional.
|Raku fired cups by Susan Gladstone
Raku Sampler
WHEN: Mondays, 7-10 PM | Jan 11 to Feb 1
Instructor: Ben Freund
Raku is a low-fire firing process that involves removing hot pots from the kiln and reducing the glazes in reduction bins filled with organic material. This class will focus on glazed raku surfaces and raku firing. Students will experience the basics of raku glaze formulation, application and firing. This course is intended for students with working knowledge of clay—potters and hand-builders welcome. Course fee includes 25 lbs.clay and bisque firing, glaze fees will apply.
Istoriato: Storytelling on Plates
WHEN: Tuesdays, 10-1 PM | Jan 12 to Feb 2
Instructor: Ali Hatfield Young
In this 4-week session students will gain a general understanding of 2-D painting techniques and proper application methods for plates, chargers or bowls. Through weekly demonstrations and hands-on practice participants will learn explore a variety of brushes and mark-making techniques available using oxide washes and commercial underglaze colors. Using basic color theory and historic works as context students will gain a foundational knowledge of ^04 Majolica through ^10 reduction glaze options available in the Clayworks studios. This course is intended for students with no prior experience with the technique—hand-builders and potters welcome. Course fee includes 25 lbs. clay and bisque firing.
Scribble, Doodle and Dot
WHEN: Wednesdays, 10-1 PM | Jan 13 to Feb 3
Instructor: Deborah Bedwell
Do you know those little scribble drawings you make across the margins of your newspaper and notebook? In this 4-week session learn how to use them as inspiration and as a starting place for both making and decorating work. Participants will be encouraged to experiment with creating both 2 and 3 dimensional ceramic pieces which bring a casual, playful, graphic sensibility to pottery making. Previous wheel experienced is required, open to Basic II level and above.
FEE: $ 120.00 Members; / $ 140.00 Non-Members


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Author: Alyna Watson
Inlays are process of beautification that can be performed on floors, furniture, walls, windows and also doors. They are done on wood, marble, stone and even glass. Inlays help in making an otherwise dull and lifeless area, bright and stunning. There are different types of inlays that can be used. They are flooring inlays, wood inlays, stone inlays etc. These inlays can be created with the help of varied methods, waterjet cutting is one of them.
Flooring inlays can be done for residential, official as well as commercial places to add more beauty to them. Wonderful designs can be created and shown with the help of this method. The entire furnishing gets a new look with the help of this. Be it your home or your office, get all the compliments you desired by making few changes to your flooring.
When it comes to design, flooring inlays can be done in many forms with central, border, classic or modern art designs. The craftsmen are equipped with the best of means to add the most ravishing and attractive piece and color to your overall décor. Waterjet cutting is one of the most sought-after processes for flooring inlays as it does not harm the material at all. The use of chemicals and hazardous substances get eliminated and the method does not emit any harmful gases.
Flooring inlays can be customized to get the desired look for your area. They can be in the form of strips, borders, colors, and various decorative pieces to suit your taste. Over the years, flooring inlays are done and it has gained a lot of popularity because of its final outcome due to waterjet technology. Try it out for your area and you will surely be amazed by the number of compliments.
Article Source: http://www.articlealley.com/article_1708536_27.html
About the Author: Alyna Watson
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Flooring Inlays to Make Your Floors More Beautiful
Author: Alyna Watson
Labels: Craft and Creation, Furniture, Home and Garden, Marble, Wood, Wood flooring


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Facet Publishing have announced the release of the second edition of Vanda Broughton's textbook Essential Classification.
Classification is everywhere. We classify birds and animals, languages and ethnic groups, stars, volcanoes, minerals and clouds, wine and blood, and colours and roses. We classify diseases, occupations and social status; the size of notepaper (grand eagle, elephant and pott); the dimensions of icebergs (small, bergy bits and growlers); and brandy (mellow, pale and superior).
Classification is therefore a crucial skill for all information workers involved in organizing collections. This new edition offers fully revised and updated guidance on how to go about classifying a document from scratch.
Fully updated by author Vanda Broughton, Professor of Library & Information Studies at University College London, Essential Classification leads the novice classifier step by step through the basics of subject cataloguing, with an emphasis on practical document analysis and classification. It deals with fundamental questions of the purpose of classification in different situations, and the needs and expectations of end users. The reader is introduced to the ways in which document content can be assessed, and how this can best be expressed for translation into the language of specific indexing and classification systems.
Fully updated to reflect changes to the major general schemes (Library of Congress, LCSH, Dewey and UDC) since the first edition, and with new chapters on working with informal classification, from folksonomies to tagging and social media, this new edition will set cataloguers on the right path. Key areas covered are:
• The need for classification
• The variety of classification
• The structure of classification
• Working with informal classification
• Management aspects of classification
• Classification in digital space.
This guide is essential reading for library school students, novice cataloguers and all information workers who need to classify but have not formally been taught how. It also offers practical guidance to computer scientists, internet and intranet managers, and all others concerned with the design and maintenance of subject tools.
Essential Classification; July 2015; paperback; 336pp; 9781783300310; £49.95; is published by Facet Publishing and is available from Bookpoint Ltd | Tel: +44 (0)1235 827702 | Fax: +44 (0)1235 827703 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.facetpublishing.co.uk. | Mailing Address: Mail Order Dept, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD The US edition is available in North America through ALA Editions.
More information: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=300310#.VaOPP_lVhHw


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Eagles, Cadets fare well at FCIACs
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St. Joseph's Julia Spinelli placed second in the shot put at 31-10 and Trumbull High's Katie Foley took third in the 300-meter dash with a time of 42.28 and fourth in the 600-meter run in 1:41.52 at the FCIAC Girls Indoor Track Championships held in New Haven's Floyd Little Athletic Center on Thursday.
Darien won the team title. Trumbull was 10th and St. Joseph 13th.
Trumbull's Meaghan Gillespie was fifth in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.40.
The Eagles' 1,600 sprint medley relay team of Gillespie, Gabby Reggiano, Taylor Pratcher and Katie Sullivan was fourth (4:33.67).
The Eagles' 4x400 relay team of Gillespie, Foley, Sullivan and Reggiano took fifth (4:17.80).
Trumbull's 4x800 relay team of Krystyne Kryzanski, Olivia Nestro, Camilla Edwards and Casey Healey were eighth (11:15.03).
The Eagles 4x200 relay team of Pratcher, Harleigh Kaczegowics, Mary Virasak and Bridget Weston were 11th (1:58.78).
St. Joseph's 4x200 relay team of Megan Kacenski, Mariah Provenzano, Melissa Tkacs and Christine Zangrillo was seventh (1:52.44).
The Cadets' 1600 sprint medley team of Channel Morton, Kristen Frattaroli, Alexandra Quatrella and McKenzie Spadinger took 12th (4:58.32).
The Cadets' Zangrillo was sixth (7.69) in the 55-meter dash and 11th (44.69) in the 300.
Trumbull's Reggiano was seventh in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 3:12.
The Eagles' Miranda Cotto was seventh (8-0) in the pole vault.
Trumbull's Melissa Wydra and St. Joseph's Andrea Galeano tied for 10th (26-8) in the shot put.
In the 300, St. Joseph's Provenzano was 12th (44.91) and Tkacs was 21st (46.63).
Trumbull's Alyssa Centopani was 17th (24-5) in the shot put.
St. Joseph's Spadinger was 21st (3:31.23) in the 1000.
Trumbull's Lindsey Gilson was 27th (6:06.35) in the 1600.
FCIAC boys track
Trumbull High placed fifth and St. Joseph placed 12th at the FCIAC Boys Indoor Track Championships in New Haven's Floyd Little Athletic Center on Thursday.
Staples of Westport won the team title.
Trumbull, behind Tim Johnson, Rafi Gangi, Joseph Matera and Isaac Cotto won the 4x200 relay (1:34.53).
The Eagles' team of Johnson, Matera, Cotto and Gangi also bested the field in the 4x400 relay (3:32.99).
Trumbull's Kevin Crossley, Johnson, Cotto and Gangi placed third in the 1600 spring medley relay (3:47.48)
The Eagles' Jacob Duncan, Matt Ferraro, Zack Texiera and Dan Rouleau were fifth in the 4x800 (8:52.24).
St. Joseph's Steven D'Ascanio was second (6-2) in the high jump and tied for eighth (10-0) in the pole vault.
The Cadets' Brian Reilly was 12th (5-6) in the high jump and Jeremy Hopwood tied for 16th (9-0) in the pole vault.
Trumbull's Matera was third (37.21) in the 300-meter dash and Neil Barrow was 17th (39.76).
The Eagles' Crossley was fifth (2:40.88) in the 1,000-meter run.
Trumbull's Justin Puzzio was sixth (8.53) in the 55-meter hurdles.
St. Joseph's team of Reilly, Carmine Corica, Evan Aldo and James Mas was 10th (9:28.90) in the 4x800 relay.
The Cadets' Nick Zannis, Shane Losonci, Kyle O'Brien and Mas took 12th (4:15.18) in the 1600 sprint medley.
The Cadets' Mas was 17th (2:56.10), Trumbull's Texiera 19th (2:56.76), St. Joseph's Zannis 24th (2:57.69) and the Eagles' Tom Baccaro 35th (3:03.06).
Nick Buchta was 16th (1:33.49) and Ferraro 27th (1:44.64) in the 600.
The Eagles Rob Oliver was 18th (37-8.50) in the shot put and St. Joseph's John Ready was 19th (37-5).
Trumbull's Jeremy Lewis was 19th (16-9.75) in the long jump.


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Fibre? What? Where?
Oh, here you are.
I'm studying Dietetics, so I'm supposed to tell you to eat more healthy foods, more veggies, more fruits, more legumes, more whole grains, more nuts and seeds, etc. And God forbid we ever tell you to "NOT" do anything, don't consume a lot of sodium, a lot of saturated fats, a lot of red meat, don't sit on your butt all day. No no no, don't tell them NOT to do anything, we're told.
So eat cookies.
And get your fibre.
Yes, professor, I didn't tell them NOT to do anything. Does that mean I pass? I do?
Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
makes 2 dozen cookies
1/2 c. softened butter, salted (add 1/2 tsp. salt if you have unsalted)
1/3 c. packed light brown sugar
1/3 c. white sugar
1 large egg
2/3 c. whole wheat all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. baking soda
2 c. quick-cooking rolled oats
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars until soft and fluffy.
3. Blend in egg until smooth.
4. Add flour, baking soda, and oats.
5. Stir the heck out of it. (Until blended)
6. Drop rounded tablespoons onto lighted greased or parchment paper-lined cookie sheets.
7. Bake 8-10 minutes, or until browned around the outside.
8. Cookies will be soft, let them stand on the cookie sheets for a minute before removing.


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How long will it take for me to become a confident person?
You may choose to engage with the process of building confidence until you achieve your personal goal. While this could take days, weeks or months depending on that goal, you'll feel more and more confident as you work towards it.
You might then wish to set other goals and continue the growth process. While it may take time to get to the point you are trying to reach, the beneficial effects can be felt quite quickly. Like most things in life, The more you put in the more you'll get out of the process, and the faster you will get results.
Hopefully you will be so rewarded by the process you'll want to continue until self confidence becomes established as a habit and a way of life.
I tried to change before and it didn't work. Will this method be any different?
Perhaps you tried to change using will-power alone, or you found it hard to stay motivated.
Many of us were taught to believe that all worthwhile things are difficult to obtain - that there's no pain without gain, and the nastier the medicine, the more good it will do you etc. All of us have experience of learning and growing through suffering, but we can also grow and benefit from experience gained through enjoyment. Yes, enjoyment!
Learning a new skill can be interesting, stimulating, engrossing. Becoming confident does not have to be a dry subject or an onerous task. As well as the nuts and bolts side of things, you will also find refreshment in the form of mind-stretching exercises and activities that grow you while you enjoy them.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Why not try it? What have you got to lose?
I am not at all confident. Can I be helped?
Perhaps you are thinking that your own problems are too big or deep-seated for you to benefit from a self help approach which involves enjoying yourself. Let me tell you something....
When you focus on a problem and dwell on it, it gets bigger and bigger until it fills the frame of your life. I am not belittling your suffering, but when you feel that a problem is all there is, everything else that is positive and good in your life dwindles in your perception at the same time.
Focus on enlarging the positives, the goodness in your life, making them occupy the greater part of the frame, and you will automatically feel more confident, able to cope with the problem and may even find a creative solution to it. The tips and techniques on this site will help you do just that.
I am not unhappy. What's in it for me?
So you are not unhappy? That's great, and it is but one stage along the continuum of: deeply depressed, through to blissfully happy. Why stop there when you could have so much more?
You say confidence gives you freedom. Surely freedom is a myth?
Is freedom a myth? I don't think so. Everything is subjective and finding your own freedom is a valid goal. Think of this: a prisoner rises above his situation and finds release through writing or spiritual experience. A woman has the chance to fulfil her dream of visiting Australia but rejects it because of her fear of flying. Who is free?
Being confident means you can have your dreams and fulfil them.
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Wife M and I went to the Annex for a drink then to The Big Sick. The Annex's cocktail was awful – I am not sure how a drink can be too bitter and too sweet at the same time, but it was. Wife M's drink was too sweet. Won't be going back there… We loved The Big Sick, which turned out to be a true story based on the Pakistani actor from Silicon Valley's courtship of his girlfriend, where they fall in love, break up then she gets sick. We loved it – it was a touching, funny and enduring story about lovable characters, and I loved it much in the same way I loved the lovable people in Bend It Like Beckham from 10 years ago. A fun summer evening that ended at a reasonable hour (9:40pm).
Note: her illness reminded me of my mom's illness in 2009, when she had to be intubated and was in ICU for several weeks where we didn't know if she'd live, and my dad, sister, wife and I spent a lot of wrenching time together where we all really bonded.


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Thanks to the presidency of Donald J. Trump, the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate news organizations has been obliterated. Trump has launched an all-out attack on the mainstream media as purveyors of lies and fake news. In the absence of the distinction between truth and lies, how can citizens make intelligent choices when selecting their leaders? There is much fear and trepidation in the United States over this epistemological crisis. Suddenly the free media, which has defined American democracy, lies in tatters. Americans find themselves living in a post-truth world that threatens their democracy and way of life.
In my view, all the lamentation over the loss of truth in the American media is a sign of puerility. What has happened to the American media is a blessing in disguise. Throughout history, Americans have enjoyed unparalleled freedom of thought and speech—enshrined in their Constitution. Unfortunately, freedom of thought and speech does not guarantee immunity from deception and propaganda. Nor is a free media immune from groupthink.
There are two different ways of looking at freedom of thought and speech. One is bright and sunny and has its source in John Stuart Mill. The other is dark and sinister and has its source in Plato. Americans have, for the most part, been living in the cheery world of liberal ideology. Like Mill, they believe that free discussion allows the truth to emerge, and that truth is always good for society. Unfortunately, this sunny view is naive; it leads Americans to believe that they are among the fortunate few who can bask in the bright light of Truth.
In contrast, Plato realized that there is no guarantee that intellectual freedom will allow the truth to triumph. On the contrary, in a free contest of ideas, the most seductive, vociferous, cunning, crafty, and clever ideas are the ones bound to succeed. Like so many philosophers, Plato thought that he knew what was good for humanity. He was in possession of the Truth. If the latter is to triumph, it must be imposed. Because people are too ignorant and depraved to choose the truth of their own accord, they must be deceived. Accordingly, Plato became the philosopher of "artful lies."
Americans believe that they are on the sunny side in the freedom of speech debate. In truth, when it comes to their foreign policy, Americans fall back on artful lies. Like Plato, they believe they know what is good for humanity. They have no qualms about using lies to influence the elections of other countries. When the lies are not artful enough and the wrong results are achieved, then the democratically elected leaders are removed by the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1953, the democratically elected secular president of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddeq, was replaced. In 1973, the democratically elected Salvador Allende of Chile was removed. Americans have interfered in Russian elections since the fall of the Soviet Union. Unhappily, interference yields unanticipated results—such as the grim mullahs who rule Iran and the corrupt oligarchy over which Vladimir Putin presides. Nevertheless, the United States continues to be a champion of Plato's artful lies.
However, with the ascendancy of the neoconservatives during the presidency of George W. Bush, the artful lies were no longer reserved for foreign consumption. They became a staple of domestic politics. The result was two disastrous and unnecessary wars—in Afghanistan and Iraq—wars that have undermined America's stature in the world, ballooned the national debt, and brought the United States to the brink of economic collapse. Far from questioning these wars, the media cheered them on.
In spite of these fiascos, Americans cling to their liberal stupor—namely, that a free media ensures the triumph of truth. In reality, America's mainstream media is rife with feel-good propaganda. It never fails to remind Americans that they live in the greatest nation on the planet, the most powerful nation on Earth—a nation with a world-historical mission. That mission is to spread freedom and democracy throughout the world and destroy the enemies of freedom in every corner of the globe. The free media has been complicit in the propagation of the national mythology. It has contributed to the crowds chanting "USA! USA!" It has failed to inject a note of realism into the national conversation.
Americans and their leaders are horrified at the post-truth world in which they have been plunged. They blame Russia for loss of confidence in American democracy. They blame Russia for destroying the world of truth, which has made American democracy a beacon for the world. They are determined to punish Russia, so that no one will ever dare to interfere with an American election again. Accordingly, former President Barack Obama expelled Russian diplomats from the United States. Even worse, congressional leaders suspect the collusion of President Trump with the Russian foe and are determined to investigate.
In my view, the effort to punish Russia for ruining the pure and uncontaminated American electoral system is just so much hypocrisy. The United States spies on everyone—friendly as well as unfriendly governments. It behooves the leaders to keep quiet and not make fools of themselves wasting money and time on endless investigations. Instead, they should put their energy into figuring out how not to get hacked.
It is time for the media to rise to the occasion. Its first task is not to be distracted by fact-checking the plethora of lies and falsehoods dished out by the new administration. This may be a deliberate policy to distract the media from what the administration is doing. Second, the media must embrace the title of "liberal media" and take its job seriously as defender of the rights and freedoms of Americans—not corporations. Third, the media must resolve to be fair to Trump and his supporters by taking them seriously. This means questioning the bipartisan consensus on Russia as the evil empire. It means considering the negative effects of globalization on ordinary citizens. It means taking seriously discussion of immigration, multiculturalism, and political correctness. It means not dismissing conservatives as homophobic, racist, and sexist.
In short, the media should affirm the post-truth world as an antidote to the childishness of the feel-good propaganda in which they have basked for so long. They should delight in the doubt, multiplicity, and radical critique of the most sacred cows that the post-truth world invites.


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The Things They Understand
So, I go to get Amelia up from a nap yesterday and it looks like something is missing in her crib – she has a glowworm that's always with her and I don't see it. Those things are not light! (so I'm confused – she couldn't have possibly thrown it up and out of her crib – could she?). I look at her and ask, "Honey where's your wormie?? What happened to her?" She looks at me and smiles and looks down. Ok. Again, "Mia, where's your wormie? Do you know?" She gets down and crawls over to her pile of blankets, lifts one up and reveals the completely hidden glowworm. Picks it up, smiles at me and crawls back over and hands it to me…11 months old. Makes me wonder what else she's completely understanding that we just don't realize yet!