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The best way to observe the state of the so-called computer platform wars today is to look at the ever-popular Mac and PC spots, where two friendly dudes banter about the advantages or otherwise of their chosen operating system.
At the end, you come away with the impression that the personifications of the Mac and PC are nice people that actually like each other and are just trying to find ways to work together. Imagine two brothers with widely different world views trying to come together and act like family.
Indeed, one of the big selling points of the Mac is that it plays nicely with Windows. Microsoft's Office suites on both platforms can share files, and your Mac can easily network with a PC. After a fashion, there's even support with Microsoft Exchange servers for corporate email and other group-related functions.
I suppose it all dates back to the 1997 Macworld, where the ghost-like figure of Bill Gates appeared on screen via a satellite feed. There and then, Steve Jobs and Gates declared the platform wars over. Microsoft won, and it's time to get over it and get on with our lives.
This is not to say that Apple is above ribbing Microsoft from time to time, witness those ads to those ubiquitous signs during WWDC events about copying stuff from Mac OS X.
But you sometimes feel Apple doesn't really have its heart in it anymore. They have already invaded Microsoft's turf with QuickTime, the iPod, iTunes and even Safari. Besides, Apple's sales appear to be climbing steadily, so is there any real incentive to wage out and out warfare with Microsoft when stealth marketing seems to be accomplishing its goals?
Stealth marketing?
Well, consider all the online pundits who claim they used to be Windows users, but extended exposure to the Mac convinced them to change their ways. One by one, they have become Mac users, loyal Mac users, but they always leave a caveat in their articles that there still may be reasons that force you to stick with Windows. But they're just hedging their bets with no real enthusiasm.
These days, even Microsoft's best efforts play second fiddle to Apple's marketing machine. From the introduction to the second-generation Zune music players to last winter's release of Windows Vista, you get the impression that Microsoft wasn't even trying anymore. Maybe they are so confident that their dominance of the PC industry will persist until the last personal computer rolls off the assembly lines that they no longer feel it necessary to pull out all the stops.
Certainly you get the impression that Apple continues to believe what Jobs said ten years ago. While the Mac continues to make inroads against Windows, the overall Mac user base is still dwarfed by Windows. Growing sales may help Apple's bottom line and delight their stockholders, but it won't change the world.
Then again, maybe Apple doesn't have to remove its gloves after all.
Watching Microsoft in action, it's easy to compare the company to an aging boxer, whose best days in the ring are long gone. His legs move slowly, fists don't have the speed and power they once possessed, and perhaps too many glancing blows have dimmed mental alertness.
This is not to say Microsoft is necessarily punch drunk. But years at the top can certainly make any individual or company overconfident. You think you've already conquered the world, and that nobody will ever take your crown away. This may explain why Microsoft is happy to play the waiting game with the xBox and Zune, confident that huge investments in both products will eventually pay off with huge profits.
After all, doesn't Microsoft own the PC universe?
Besides, although they've faced apparent defeats in antitrust actions, they have plenty of money to go around, and they probably chalk up those hundreds of millions of dollars in fines and other expenses simply to the cost of doing business.
At the same time, you wonder what might happen if Apple decided to go for the brass ring. How would Microsoft react then? It's not as if Apple isn't there already with the iPod, and some suggest the iPhone is poised to attain total dominance of the feature and smartphone markets.
But the Mac? Just because one in six laptops expected to be sold at the retail level in the U.S. are Macs doesn't mean Apple has suddenly caught a wave. They still sell but a fraction of the units that are moved by either Dell or HP.
There are also the alleged consequences of lashing out against Microsoft in full force, such as the probable loss of Office for the Mac. Would Redmond really pull the plug on the Mac Business Unit? Some think, by shedding Visual Basic for Applications, Microsoft is already moving in that direction.
It may also be that the steady improvements in iWork are designed to set the stage where Microsoft's Mac software will no longer be available. True, iWork has a lot of room to grow, but perhaps there are already test versions in the labs that match Office feature-for-feature and then some.
Don't say it can't happen, but maybe Apple doesn't care anymore. Maybe they are happy enough to see Macs make steady inroads against the Microsoft machine. Maybe they just want Microsoft to fade on its own accord, with only a little guidance on their part.


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National Signing Day shows which teams should be winning a lot of games over the next few years but it doesn't always show who will.
It really does matter who is doing the coaching.
Alabama, for instance, has no excuse if the championships don't come rolling in. Starting in 2012, Nick Saban has been judged by the Rivals recruiting site to have the nation's top class of signees three times out of four years. That adds up.
Look at USC, though. The Trojans had Rivals' No. 1 recruiting class in 2015 and averaged out at No. 8 from 2012-15. The turmoil of numerous coaching changes really did its damage, however. Twice in the last four years USC was unranked in the final AP poll. Never during that period did USC finish in the AP Top Ten.
Let's figure out, based on the rankings of the last four recruiting classes, which coaches are getting the most out of their talent in terms of development.
You already know about Al Golden, fired by Miami. His recruiting was decent, averaging out around No. 17 on the last four Rivals' charts of his tenure. There were no bowl games in there, however, and no finishes in the AP's final Top 25.
Will Muschamp had three top-10 recruiting classes at Florida beginning in 2012 but only one top-10 finish. That explains why he, too, lost his job and why Jim McElwain, a better coach, had the makings of an SEC East title team when he arrived as Gators coach.
Jimbo Fisher ranks high in both recruiting and production, as expected. Three top-10 recruiting classes according to Rivals between 2012-15. Three top-10 finishes and one national championship over the same stretch.
Nationally, I'd tag Gary Patterson as the coach who does the most with what he's got.
Starting in 2012, TCU ranked 37th, 30th, 50th and 34th on the Rivals recruiting charts. That averages out to 37.25, nothing special. Still, over that same period, the Horned Frogs have two Top-10 finishes in the AP poll and two bowl wins.
Dabo Swinney gets high marks, too, for developing his team. Clemson had the nation's No. 4 recruiting class in 2015 but nothing higher than No. 13 in the three previous years. Somehow Swinney has gotten four bowls wins out of that, including two in the Orange Bowl, and just last month the Tigers were in the national championship game against Alabama.
On the list of underachievers I'll put Brian Kelly. Notre Dame, with its monster brand name and its own major television network, has appeared in one national championship game over the last four years but that's the only top-10 finish over that stretch. The Fighting Irish should be getting more out of an overall average of No. 11 in the 2012-15 recruiting ranks.
Coaches to watch? Well, everyone's had an eye on Butch Jones at Tennessee because the Vols' recruiting ranks have been better in each of his years there, including No. 5 in 2015. So far, though, it's a lot of smoke without really burning the house down.
As for Mark Richt, the new boss at Miami, his results at Georgia are about what you would expect. Three bowl wins and two Top-10 finishes over the last four years and a couple of top-seven recruiting classes in 2014 and 2015. Looks like he left plenty in the cupboard for new Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart. Let's see how Smart likes it when Georgia boosters start ripping on him for coming up short in the SEC.
[Turns out Earl Morrall was a young whippersnapper if we're on Peyton Standard Time]
[Dolphins and Marino were headliners the last time Super Bowl visited Northern California]
[Here's hoping Dwyane Wade can recapture fun and finish of his rookie season]


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The C-130 Hercules has been called the, "most remarkable plane ever produced." And as a testament to its timelessness and unparalleled capabilities the C-130 is still in production 72 years later. For generations now from Vietnam to Iraq, Hercules aircraft have proven to be the critical link in delivering troops and equipment right into the heart of the combat zone.
This video details the engineering, research and development that went into making one of America's tried and true warrior birds the C-130 Hercules!
Veteran Aircraft
Many American and allied soldiers, marines, & airmen have depended on C-130 airdrop and airland operations where C-130 crews have dropped critical supplies or landed at fields under hostile fire delivering rations and ammunition, while taking out the wounded all in an effort to sustain the fight against our nation's enemies from Vietnam to Iraq & Afghanistan. It brought countless men and women home to their families and lifted the fallen venerably to their final resting place.
A symbol of hope, the C-130 "has brought food to the hungry, relief to victims of natural disasters and hope to remote corners of the earth." It has been adopted by over 60 countries and has been produced in over 70 commercial and military versions. The Hercules worldwide fleet has over 19 million flight hours and an impressive safety record. It is the workhorse of the jet age causing those familiar with its operation to refer to it as, "a one plane air force."
Humble Origins
The U.S. Air Force outlined the original requirements for a transport aircraft in 1951, detailing a platform that was a mix of "truck, jeep & airplane."
What the service needed was an aircraft capable of "hauling large bulky equipment, including artillery pieces and tanks, over long distances. It had to land in tight spaces, slow to 125 knots for paratroop drops, and fly, if need be, with one engine. What the Air Force wanted, in other words, was a tough, versatile heavylifter with plenty of "trunk" space," and Lockheed delivered. https://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/100years/stories/hercules.html
The film opens with Lockheed Martin conducting operational flight testing on the brand new medium weight troop & equipment transport aircraft in 1955 an aircraft that famed Lockheed aerospace engineer Kelly Johnson called, "the ugliest airplane" he's ever seen.
Maiden Flight
The first flight of the YC-130A prototype was on 23 Aug 1954 at Burbank, CA. After a 61 minute maiden flight the aircraft landed at Edwards Air Force Base where it completed its basic flight testing program. The C-130 assembly line was located at the Lockheed Georgia/Dobbins Air Force Base complex, which today houses production facilities for the C-130J.
High-Speed Taxi Runs
Manufacturing was well under way of the first six C-130s in Jan 1955. The first aircraft was assigned the tail number 3001. It was built with Alison T-56 engines and Curtiss Wright propellers. By late March 1956 the aircraft was completing "high speed taxi runs." The film clearly shows the C-130 going airborne and flying just a few feet off the ground as it glides down the strip returning to the runway. This is notably different from current high speed taxi protocols that only call for the test pilot to rotate the nose upward. The nosewheel rises while the aircraft remains firmly on the ground.
First Operational Test Flight
The first production C-130A broke terra firma at Dobbins Air Force Base on 7 April 1955 on its premiere flight. The C-130A only used 800 feet of runway for its takeoff roll. The flight lasted 1:07 mins and the landing was executed with reverse thrust to a stop, using only 2000 feet of runway. The C-130 successfully completed that flight commencing a new era in tactical airlift that has lasted to our present day.
Mayhem In the Cargo Compartment
Current and veteran C-130 crews will respond with sarcasm and ridicule as the narrator declares that the, "changeover from cargo to personnel transport can take place in a matter of minutes" The "reconfig" was an essential element to all Herk operations, and crews from Vietnam to Iraq have stories about the different techniques required to pop pins, remove the cargo rollers and setup the stanchions for troop or liter carrying.
To this day I am convinced the closest to hell I've ever been was during a "reconfig" of the herk in the sweltering heat of the Iraqi desert with all four engines running on the ground. It was part of our daily operation to fly the C-130 loaded down with 56 troops with armed weapons and two pallets of gear to a remote field or Iraqi air base. After a rapid descent we landed and taxied in to ramp a surrounded by concrete barriers to setup for an ERO – (Engine Running Offload/Onload). At that point the aerial port team met with the loadmasters, routinely with much cursing and foot stomping to go over the details for the onload for the next leg of our pain train.
Reconfig was a dreaded by but necessary part of our airlift operation. A clear floor was needed to bring on vehicles and MRAPs. Cargo pallets required floor rollers and to haul troops we had to replace the rollers and put up stanchions to hold the four rows of seats required to pack as much meat into the aircraft as possible, and you could forget about going to the bathroom on that leg because the urinal ejectors were at the back of the aircraft. The C-130 could also be reconfigured to be an aerial hospital to accommodate 32 litter patients and a medical team and we transported dozens in need of aid to hospitals outside the combat zone.
Multi Mission Capable Aircraft
Since its production the C-130 has proven to be most versatile and capable aircraft in the world. It was built to be an incredible machine and its list of mission capabilities has proven to be endless. C-130s have served our country and her servicemembers on every continent and in every major conflict since the Korean War.
C-130s are used as troop carriers, cargo airlifters, special ops infiltrators, search and rescue platforms, air ambulances and hospitals, electronic warfare, information operations, and the feared air attack of the C-130 gunships. The aircraft have been used to mark icebergs in shipping channels, refuel helicopters in canyons, contain oil spills and douse flames with water and fire retardant. On 13 April 2017 an MC-130 dropped the largest conventional explosive in the U.S. arsenal, the MOAB, destroying a mined ISIS tunnel complex in Afghanistan.
The C-130 Hercules is on course to become the first production aircraft in the U.S. Air Force to reach 100 years of service. It has proven to be the most dependable airframe in the world and it will keep right on flying into history time and time again. Avgeekery salutes all the men and women who have operated the C-130 and most especially those Vets who have caught a ride out of the combat zone sitting in one of those red seats.


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We all agree that simple is good.
I enjoyed the reminder of this truth that I read this morning during my devotional time.
"The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my Savior"
These simple words of 2 Samuel 22:1 instantly encouraged me.
I found comfort in knowing just how solid my life can be because of my faith in God.
He is my rock, assuring me that as long as I stand on His Word and do not depart from His presence, I will not fall and I will not be shaken.
For who is able to shake the ground under God's feet?
No one, of course.
He is my fortress, assuring me that as long as I stay within the boundaries of His will, I will find His protection during the inevitable attacks of life.
Foes will send arrows and will batter the walls and pronounce all sorts of accusations. But they will not defeat the walls of God's authority and promised safe haven for the souls of those who remain in Him.
And He is my Savior.
I really like this declaration of King David.
It's great to have a solid place to stand and a fortress to protect us.
But what about eternity?
Do we really want to be in a situation forever where enemies can attack?
Of course not.
We look forward to the day in glory when enemies are no more and we won't be standing on the rock but instead on streets of gold.
I am so glad that I have a Savior to deliver me to heaven.
Our rock. Our fortress. Our Savior.
It's really a good thing that David saw God for who He is.
I pray that you see God the same way.
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Cass McCombs – Big Wheels and Others
For a man of famously few words in interviews, it seems appropriate that Big Wheels and Others should start with an excerpt from the 1970 documentary 'Sean'. On three occasions soundbites of the four and a half year old Sean Farrell serve to break up the music. McCombs himself was born in California and these interviews of what it was like growing up in San Francisco seem to serve as a reflection of his own experiences of childhood.
Even though all of McCombs' previous offerings require multiple listens to really come to terms with, at a lengthy twenty-two tracks, Big Wheels and Others is in no rush to define itself. Despite the singles, it is hard to determine which songs stand out on the album. They all seem to be of equal importance and guide the listener through McCombs' influences from the stripped acoustic guitar of 'Dealing', through the country driven lap-steel on 'Angel Blood' to the instrumental jazz compositions such as disc two's opening track 'It Means A Lot To Know You Care'. The latter's title suggests a thank you to the listener for taking the effort to change CD; for all those who do the song is a worthwhile reward.
It's just as difficult now, several listens and many hours since first hearing the record, to put a finger on what it is that makes this record so rewarding. Undoubtedly people will, without the context of interviews and press that McCombs is so insistent on refusing, enforce meanings upon the record that may have never been originally intended. As with all great art, Big Wheels and Others has already begun discussion. What you take from it is up to you. All I know so far is that with Sean's voice breaking up songs of varying styles from throughout McCombs' career, and the title's allusion to a children's tricycle, there is definitely retrospection present.
With each revisit, it feels increasingly like this is most definitely an album proper, rather than a collection of McCombs' latest songs. Big Wheels and Others needs to be listened to as a whole, a lengthy whole. Why? I'm not sure, but as McCombs says in the nine minutes that close the first disc, through whispered harmonies interlaced with swelling string arrangements and eerie lap-steel guitar, "Everything Has To Be Just So". I can't tell you why, but it does. Listen for yourself and figure it out.


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Loved-up boyfriend proposes to partner at Bishop Grosseteste graduation in Lincoln
Graduating from university is already a memorable event, but one man made his girlfriend's day even more special by asking her to be his wife!
Hannah Mozley, 21, graduated this morning from Bishop Grosseteste University at Lincoln Cathedral with a degree in Education Studies and Sport.
Straight after the ceremony, in front of hundreds of witnesses, her boyfriend Jordan Walker, 22, proposed to her on the steps of the cathedral and elicited a spontaneous round of applause!
Hannah and Jordan are both from Nottingham. Hannah hopes to be a teacher and Jordan is a lifeguard and police officer.
Jordan said:
"I've been planning it for ages and both families have been keeping it a secret. We've been going out for five and a half years."
Hannah added: "I didn't have a clue he was planning this – he's kept it a secret really well!
"I wasn't expecting this but it's made my graduation day even better than it was before."
The couple say they might tie the knot in two or three years' time.


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edited by John Pucher and Ralph Buehler.
Bicycling in cities is booming, for many reasons: health and environmental benefits, time and cost savings, more and better bike lanes and paths, innovative bike sharing programs, and the sheer fun of riding. City Cycling offers a guide to this urban cycling renaissance, with the goal of promoting cycling as sustainable urban transportation available to everyone. It reports on cycling trends and policies in cities in North America, Europe, and Australia, and offers information on such topics as cycling safety, cycling infrastructure provisions including bikeways and bike parking, the wide range of bike designs and bike equipment, integration of cycling with public transportation, and promoting cycling for women and children.
City Cycling emphasizes that bicycling should not be limited to those who are highly trained, extremely fit, and daring enough to battle traffic on busy roads. The chapters describe ways to make city cycling feasible, convenient, and safe for commutes to work and school, shopping trips, visits, and other daily transportation needs. The book also offers detailed examinations and illustrations of cycling conditions in different urban environments: small cities (including Davis, California, and Delft, the Netherlands), large cities (including Sydney, Chicago, Toronto and Berlin), and "megacities" (London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo). These chapters offer a closer look at how cities both with and without historical cycling cultures have developed cycling programs over time. The book makes clear that successful promotion of city cycling depends on coordinating infrastructure, programs, and government policies.
John Pucher is Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at the Bloustein School of Planning and Policy at Rutgers University. He is the coauthor of The Urban Transport Crisis in Europe and North America and The Urban Transportation System: Politics and Policy Innovation (MIT Press). Ralph Buehler is Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech.
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Ralph Buehler and John Pucher
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Today it's a trip's story post and this is about a journey to Marrakech made three years ago. I hope you enjoy it!
In distance just a few hundred miles from here, Morocco can be seen as a world apart, yet it is a world everyone living in the south of Spain, including the Spanish themselves, should visit. We made a short trip to Marrakech and Rabat recently, a trip made easy now by the availability of cheap flights and improved roads. Leave the motorway and the airport behind though, and you are quickly in the exotic world of the Souk, the Riad, the Kasbah and Moorish palaces.
The first vision we had as our flight was landing at Marrakech airport was rows and rows of ochre and grey houses in perfect alignment, testimony to the new development being encouraged by Morocco´s king Mohammed VI. After landing we were kept waiting in a long queue for Passsport Control, our first taste of Moroccan bureaucracy. Then began the first of many bargaining sessions we would realize over the next few days, as we shopped around for a taxi, settling instead for the bus which took us to the Medina (the old city) for less than two euros. Immediately we realized that driving in this city isn't easy, with the melee of cars, mopeds, scooters, bikes and donkeys pulling carts, not to mention the horses and carts for the tourists. The worst shock is that this traffic surrounds you as you are walking in the Medina as well.
When we arrived in the Place Jemaa el Fna, night had drawn in and we found this huge square heaving with people. Feeling lost and very conspicuous with the map in hand, we managed to arrive in the right area, only to find a labyrinth of streets with poor lighting where you could easily get lost in trying to find the right direction. Of course a few dirhams helped us to find the way to the Riad, dirhams being the essential resource to pay street kids in Morocco. These kids are difficult to resist (or shake off!) when they are trying to sell you something, and they can change from sweet cherubs to tough limpets in a moment; one lesson you learn is that you can never have too much change!
Riads are private houses usually belonging to good families which were converted into lodging houses, keeping all of the charm and oriental decoration of the original house: bright colour cushions scattered everywhere, elaborately engraved doors and ceilings, trees and exotic plants everywhere, roof terraces where you can relax and where breakfast is served with exquisite orange juice, different types of bread, honey, marmalade and delicious coffee.
Despite its name (the Place of the Dead), Place Jemaa al Fna is an enormous very lively square, Marrakech's own theatre, where you can find musicians skilled in gnaoua (subsaharan music with arab/berber influences), or snake charmers, or women doing henna tattoos or story tellers or sellers of miracle cures or acrobats or barrows where they make fresh orange juice (at only 30 cents a cheap and healthy way of calming your thirst as often as you need).
When sunset comes Place Jemaa el Fna reaches its peak of activity and the food stalls get into gear, selling lamb and chicken tajine, Moroccan salad, kebabs, cous cous and many other local specialities, all of these at cheap prices. You can even eat roast sheep heads (including the eyes!) washed down by mint tea. In fact, the Place smells at night like a giant barbecue!. But if you want a beer you have to hunt it down, we found only the Grand Hotel Tazi (just ask any taxi driver for the Tazi!).
If you don't have much time to stay in Marrakech, best go to the Place Jemaa el Fna and climb to one of the terraces in several bars and cafes and ask for a mint tea. From here you can watch everything going on in the square and gaze at the Koutoubia Mosque and recharge your batteries before entering the souks, which are the commercial heart of the Medina and the reason for many people's visits to Marrakech.
The Medina is a beautiful amalgam of colours and smells, where you can buy leather goods of all types, lamps, rugs, lovely kaftans, spices for cooking, cosmetics and perfumes, such as henna or khol, and you can even find a special Moroccan Viagra (my lips are sealed on this one). In the Medina you could even live (or should I say survive) the experience of having a haircut in a local barber's shop, although I must admit I was a bit apprehensive when he sterilised the razor over a naked flame.
Equally you should go to the Kasba and the Mellah (the old Jewish quarter). And for relaxation get away from the Medina, take a taxi and visit the Majorelle Gardens, which are an oasis of plants from the five continents, designed by the French artist Jacques Majorelle. Here you can also view the shrine to Yves Saint Laurent, who was a major influence in improving the gardens after his friend died in 1963.
If you have a few more days then you will find it interesting to visit the Bahia Palace, the Cadi Palace, the Museum of Marrakech, the Saadiams Tombs, the Medersa Ali Ben Youssef (Koranic School) or the Museum of Moroccan Arts.
Marrakech is, in essence, a very medieval and exotic city: from here you are close enough to be in the middle of an oriental tale in less than half a day. Just make sure it isn't Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves – take care of your dirhams and euros, take your time to shop around, and don't try to carry the souk home with you!
Written by Tim S. and Nieves R.
Photos taken by Nieves R.


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Backwoods Cigars
Last October 2016 Green Bay Packer Sam Shields was arrested for possession of marijuana after police went to his home to investigate delivery of marijuana through the U.S. Postal service. When the police arrived, Shields himself answered the door smoking a weed-laced cigar blunt (similar to a Backwoods cigar) and had another one in his pocket.
The complaint shows that Shields showed the agent a cupboard that had jars of pot and another cabinet with more pot in it. Along with the pot there was candy and muffins that contained edible marijuana and in the garage the agent found a box with no address label from Parker, Colorado.
After initialy pleading not guilty Shields changed his plea to no contest and will pay a $500 fine for marijuana possession. He could face up to six months in jail.
Signed by the Green Bay Packers in 2010 Shields suffered a concussion in 2016 and soon after was placed on injured reserve. In February of 2017 just a few short months after his marijuana arrest Shields was let go by the Packers.
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Assistant Professor of Persian Literature, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Dr. Fatemeh Shams is a specialist in Persian literature. Her fields of interest include social history of modern Persian literature, classical and modern prose, literary institutions and their role in the literary production under authoritarian states, ideology, censorship and official literature in Modern Iran. She is, in particular, an expert on modern Persian literature, social history of post-revolutionary official literature and the politics of literary production in Iran. Her recent book A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option Under the Islamic Republic (Oxford University Press, 2020) is a study of the post-revolutionary literary scene with specific reference to the official poets of the Islamic Republic and the role played by the state in the field of literary production as well as the way in which it uses literature in identity construction.
She is the author of a number of works including Literary Institutions in Post-revolutionary Period: A Detailed History of Howzeh-ye Honari (2013), State-Sponsored Poetry in Iran (2014), Poetry and Power in Iran (2014), Ideology of Warfare and Islamic Republican War Poetry (2015); A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option Under the Islamic Republic (Oxford University Press, 2020). As the Wolf Humanities Center Fellow at UPenn, Fatemeh completed a project on gravestone poems in contemporary Iran; a case study of tombstone poems in contemporary Iran. Currently along with her book project, Fatemeh is working on a parallel project on liminal spaces in literary texts with specific focus on modern Persian poetry.
She earned her Ph.D in Oriental Studies from University of Oxford, Wadham College. Before joining Penn, she has taught Persian language and literature in various academic institutions including University of Oxford, University of SOAS and Courtauld Institute of Art in United Kingdom. Beside her academic expertise, Fatemeh is also an award-winning poet with three published collections.
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Little Ben is becoming more and more fun to photograph...not to mention more and more handsome. He seems so BIG in this picture. Before you know it he'll be staying out past curfew and coming home smelling like beer. Ok, so it's pretty far off, but still!
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Indian Space Research Organiation (ISRO)
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
One function of Human Resource Development division is, facilitation of the academic project work for BE / BTech/ M.Sc/ ME / MTech students with the help of empanelled Scientist/Engineers
1. The duration of the project work (block period) will be SIX Weeks (ie. 8 block periods in an year;01Jan-15Feb ; 16Feb-31Mar ;01Apr-15May ;16May-30Jun ; 01Jul- 15Aug ;16Aug-30 Sep ;01Oct -15Nov;16Nov-31Dec ).
2. Total number of students permitted to do project work in a block period will be 300.
3. The applicants must be from a College/Institute within Kerala State (except for dependants of ISRO employees).
4. Dependants of ISRO employees are given priority, who may do project work with one additional student (ie. Group size of max. TWO only ).
5. The balance positions available ( General Category) will be allotted to other applicants. They may do Project work in group of maximum FOUR.
6. Separate application forms are available for dependants of ISRO employees ( P-2 ) and other applicants in General Category ( P-1 ). The application forms may be obtained anytime directly from the PRO, VSSC or Head, HRDD/Dy. Manager, HRDD or through any VSSC employee who may download the form from VSSC Intranet. Photocopies of the form may also be used.
7. The format, duly filled in by the applicants, and approved by the Principal (or HOD) may be forwarded to Head, HRDD/Dy. Manager, HRDD, VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram ?695022.
8. The application may be submitted anytime before TWO months of the block period.
9. The applications thus received (under General Category) will be ranked on the average aggregate % marks obtained by the group members in all their first five semesters.
10. The top ranking applications from the lot, subject to the total positions available under General Quota will be approved for doing the project work.
11. The acceptance or rejection will be communicated to the applicant(s) within a month of closure of receiving applications at VSSC.
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13. The selected applicants have to report to the office of PRO, VSSC (with the letter of intimation) for verification of records and issue of entry passes, during the beginning of the block period.Original / attested copies of mark lists of all the first five semesters of all the participants in a Group (together with their ID issued by the College) may be produced for verification.
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Panel Physicians are medical doctors who are authorized to conduct immigration medical evalutions by governments of countries who receive migrants. Panel Physicians implement screening guidelines required by the governments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. There are approximately 700 Panel Physicians who conduct health assessments for United States bound immigrants and refugees and 2,400 Panel Physicians and radiologists authorized by Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Panel Physicians and their colleagues form a diverse network of health professionals who must think globally, while engaging local communities and individual immigration applicants.
Panel Physicians are required to implement the Technical Instructions for the examination of migrants for each destination country. The Technical Instructions and requirements for each destination country vary, and can even vary by visa type of the migrating individual. All Panel Physicians must adhere to the Technical Instructions, however differences in practice management worldwide create unique opportunities for professional growth among the network of Panel Physicians.


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Get Mario On Your Frubes
Nintendo have teamed up with Yoplait in the UK for a co-promotion which sees iconic Nintendo characters appearing on Petits Filous Frubes snacks.
With Mario, Luigi, Toadette, Baby Peach, Waluigi and Wario featuring individually on the Vanilla Flavour and Bowser Jr., Peach, Baby Luigi, Baby Mario, Super Star, Koopa Troopa, Daisy, Yoshi, Bowser, Goomba and Boo on the Strawberry flavour – everyone will have a chance to have their favourite character join them for lunch!
With each pack of Petits Filous Frubes, you have the chance to win one of 100s of prizes from Nintendo 2DS systems to Nintendo goody bags! To see if you've won, just enter the secret code on the inside of your Petits Filous Frubes Super Mario pack at http://supermariofrubes.com/.
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Boneless Chicken Wings
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Read this: TV mast works affect families' Freeview boxes
Summary: Work carried out at the mast on July 1 means that some have been left with set top boxes that do not work. So I went back to Currys where I got the box about 18 months ago. Eventually someone there told me the signal at Caldbeck had been changed. Mr Nuttall, of Skinburness Road, added We had no warning about this. - cumberland-news.co.ukwww.cumberland-news.co.ukTV mast works affect families' Freeview …
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Chemical peels for acne – what is beneficial and what is TOO MUCH!
Peels are that two edged sword. On the one hand, it's true that chemical peels or microdermabrasions done well and at the right intervals can help with keeping pores unclogged, bacteria counts down, and oil better controlled. Peels also thin the outer layer dead layer (stratum corneum) and can inflammation in the epidermis (barrier layer) right under the dead layer. When inflammation starts then the pigment making cells get activated in ways that can cause blotchy discoloration. I'm guessing this discoloration that you mention above, could be related to that. Your doctor should be able to tell you!!
I have a bias toward microdermabrasion for people with acne, INSTEAD of peels.
3 reasons why you should consider microdermabrasion instead of chemical peels to treat acne:
- Microderms are more predictable when done by the same person. Peels done by the same person are not as predictable because of how much peel solution is absorbed. This depends on many other factors that you can't predict by just looking at the skin. An example would be; say you started using Retin A 3 weeks ago. The same peel solution that you had 2 months ago, will now absorb very differently. Not so much for the microderm.
- Microderms in experienced hands, rarely cause the kind of discoloration you are describing because they rarely cause inflammation.
- It's easier to overstrip the skin with peels and cause the dryness which is probably causing the little wrinkles you see on your cheeks.
We still use peels in our office but for specific problems.
Bottom line: I would recommend a second opinion in your situation from another dermatologist. Ideally one who has both peels and microdermabrasions in their office. In general, in my opinion, peels and microdermabrasions should be every 4-12 weeks depending on the problem. In rare instances we might use them every two weeks for a month or two.
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Friday 9 October
Michael TRB Turnbull on
St Andrew and the Emperor Constantine
Friday 13 November
Fiona Richmond on
2015 - Scotland's year of food and drink
Friday 11 December
Professor Jane Stuart-Smith
'Bring hither the fatted coo!'
How the Glasgow accent is changing
Friday 8 January
3:30pm Dr David Worthington on On the high post-way between Vienna and Venice': The Leslie family in Slovenia c.1650-1800.
Friday 12 February
3:30pm Dr Duncan Ross on Renewable energy in Scotland
Friday 11 March
John Colman on
The work of the Woodland Trust.
Friday 8 April
David McKenzie on
Historic Kilmun and the Argyll Mausoleum - Scotland's best kept
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Carole King's 1979 release, Touch The Sky, has quite a different sound from her previous release, 1978's Welcome Home . This one features an obvious country influence, particularly in a song like "Passing Of The Days." Her band for this album was made up of members of Navarro and members of Jerry Jeff Walker's band. Like Welcome Home, this album has not previously been available on CD in the United States except as expensive import (which is completely crazy). My favorite tracks are "Move Lightly" and "Dreamlike I Wander."
"Time Gone By"
There is no title track, but the opening track, "Time Gone By," comes close with the line, "We followed inner visions and touched the sky." "Time Gone By" is a good tune that recalls the days when people were guided by dreams and lofty goals, and is a song for those who haven't lost that drive. In 1979, that longing for those heady days of a decade earlier must have been pretty strong. And things were only going to get worse, as we moved into the Reagan years. (Geez, why am I thinking about that bastard now, especially while listening to Carole King?) Carole King plays piano on this track.
"Move Lightly"
"Move Lightly" has a bit of a funky thing in the bass line and a simple drum beat. It's like a dance song slowed down. It's actually a seriously cool tune, one of my favorites from this release. Here is a bit of the lyrics: "That's a hard and heavy foot/You've been usin' to put yourself down/Why don't you walk softly/If you win the world and lose your soul/What good will it do you - love don't come from gold." I love Carole King's vocals. There is a certain rough quality that sneaks in at times that is just perfect.
"Dreamlike I Wander"
"Dreamlike I Wander" is a wonderfully sad song of longing and loneliness. Her husband, Rick Evers, had died the year before this album was recorded, and it's impossible not to think of that when hearing Carole King sing lines like, "Dreamlike I wander through my life without you." And, "All I know is another night is over/And my bed is empty and cold/I can't forget you/Can't set myself free/I hope you find peace of mind/It's too late for me." This is a beautiful tune, with something of a country feel, particularly in the guitar. It's another of this CD's highlights.
"Good Mountain People"
"Good Mountain People" has an upbeat country bar feel, which fits the lyrics - "Good mountain people - they sure know how to have a rockin' good time." This song features some wonderful work on keys by Reese Wynans (though that lead section is too brief).
"You Still Want Her"
"You Still Want Her" is an interesting song about being in love (against one's better judgment) with a woman who is a bit of a wreck. Carole sings, "You don't think she's gonna last another winter/With all the snow she's rakin' in." And the song has a decidedly female perspective in the lines, "But you've always thought your love for her could save her/And that's how you get taken in." Carole King plays piano on this one.
"Crazy" is a pretty fun country rock tune. Mostly I like it for the lines, "I may be crazy/But I've been crazy for a long, long time." Okay, then. Carole King is on piano, and there is also saxophone, which comes a surprise in this song.
"Seeing Red"
Touch The Sky concludes with "Seeing Red," a mellow tune. Carole's vocals have a raw power that at times approaches Kim Carnes territory. This song also features some nice work on guitar.
CD Track List
- Time Gone By
- Move Lightly
- Dreamlike I Wander
- Walk With Me (I'll Be Your Companion)
- Good Mountain People
- You Still Want Her
- Passing Of The Days
- Crazy
- Eagle
- Seeing Red
Musicians appearing on this album include Carole King on vocals, acoustic guitar and piano; Reese Wynans on keyboards and piano; Dave Perkins on electric guitar and acoustic guitar; Bobby Rambo on acoustic guitar and electric rhythm guitar; Leo LeBlanc on pedal steel guitar; Tomas Ramirez on saxophone, flute and recorder; Rob Cobb on bass, saxophone and flute; Richard Hardy on saxophone; Fred Krc on drums and tambourine; Miguel Rivera on congas and percussion; Mark Hallman on acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, synthesizer, and backing vocals.
Touch The Sky is scheduled to be released on February 28, 2012 through Rockingale Records and Concord Music Group. Also scheduled for release on that date are three other Carole King albums: Simple Things, Welcome Home (neither of which have been previously available on CD in the United States) and Pearls: Songs Of Goffin And King.


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Treasury Department Ignoring President's Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Astronaut Neil Armstrong?
The Treasury building in downtown Washington D.C. typically heeds the order to fly flags at half-staff to honor those who have died. The President recently issued an order to have flags flown at half-staff to honor national treasure and first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong.
Via Troop 903 (please read their writeup on the career of Neil Armstrong):
Flags across the nation are flying at half staff today in memory of astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon.
Armstrong died last Saturday at age 82. President Obama issued a proclamation Monday ordering U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff at all public buildings and facilities until sunset today, "as a mark of respect for the memory of Neil Armstrong" on the day of his interment.
The Treasury Department however, may not have received that notice.
This picture was taken around 1 p.m. ET on Friday, August 31, 2012.
This flag is at the rear of the Treasury Building in downtown Washington, DC. This picture is looking across 15th St. from F St.
This flag has always been half-staffed when other half-staffing orders were issued by the President, but not today.
Is it plausible that this is simple human error? How would those responsible for the caretaking of the flag not have missed such an order?
Somebody has some explaining to do.
Flags Flying at Half-Staff For Two Fort Drum Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Flags to Be Flown at Half-Staff For Two Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government buildings be flown at half-staff on Friday, May 11, in honor of two Fort Drum soldiers who died in Logar province, Afghanistan on May 2.
Specialist Junot M. L. Cochilus and 2nd Lieutenant David E. Rylander died of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. Both soldiers were assigned to the 7th Engineer Battalion of the 10th Mountain Division's 10th Sustainment Brigade, based at Fort Drum. Specialist Cochilus was from Charlotte, North Carolina, and 2nd Lieutenant Rylander was from Stow, Ohio.
"I join with all New Yorkers in mourning the loss of Specialist Cochilus and 2nd Lieutenant Rylander," said Governor Cuomo. "We will honor the service of these two Fort Drum soldiers and we will be forever grateful for the sacrifice that they made for our nation. I send my deepest sympathies to their family, friends, and fellow soldiers."
Governor Cuomo has directed that the flags on all state buildings be lowered to half-staff in honor of and in tribute to our state's service members and those stationed in New York who are killed in action or die in a combat zone.


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By The Editors
We're delighted to officially kick off our 2008 book club series with a month-long discussion of Robert Walser's The Assistant. The Assistant is the first of WWB's seven picks from this year's Reading the World program. Sam Jones will be moderating this month's book club, and he will be joined by Susan Bernofsky, Tom Whalen, Damion Searls, Tamara Evans, Mark Harman, Millay Hyatt, Jonathon Taylor, Bernhard Echte, Peter Utz, James Tweedie and others. Head over to our Walser homepage to look at the articles already posted, and if you have a comment, or a question, we encourage you to join in the discussion at our Walser forum.
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Almost every time I use the bathroom I pass a large amount of gas. It sounds like a loud machine gun firing off. And I need to clean the toilet from the "spray". It's extremely embarrassing and also painful. I am desperate to find a solution. What has worked best for you?
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Not eating any dairy, eggs , meats and fried stuff when I am outside . Gas for me is related to mostly what I've consumed in the last meal. Bananas, butters, breads , any low protein diet gives minimal to no gas. I only consume eggs and protein shakes at night and eggs smell like sulphur coming out and so do protein farts lol.
I know we blame gas on foods. Which is correct. I had the same painful problem. And cleaning the mess.
One thing I did notice. Never did before. But we all swallow air. Either when eating or not. It has to go somewhere. If you chew gum you will swallow air.
But if you don't chew gum Knock that off your list.
Just a thought. I may have said it before.
My remedy isn't perfect but it certainly helps. I use Super Enzymes by Now.
They help digest foods.
Pepto Bismol
Excessive gas is sometimes a sign of SIBO. Mine was corrected by a couple of months of doxycycline. More recently folks have reported being treated for SIBO with Xifaxan, which is much more expensive but should usually have fewer side effects.
Thank you. This has been going on for a while. I don't know much about sibo. Is that something I could have for a long time without knowing it? I just don't know if what I'm experiencing is normal for having a j-pouch but it sucks.
SIBO can go on for a long time if untreated. What have you been doing to control the gas? Not all gas is SIBO.


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She describes herself as a mother and blogger, with an interest in sheep that's hard to explain. She could add to that researcher, businesswoman, author, apprentice and teacher of traditional techniques and even then the definition would be too short. The world first found out about her thanks to an unusual cloth doll, but Rosa Pomar has an entire universe of uniquely Portuguese things to share, from wool spun by hand in the Minho to wicker baskets from the Algarve.
She knows the migratory patterns of animals and man to the highlands of the Serra da Estrela, where the pastures remain fresh and abundant throughout the entire summer. Whenever she can, she follows this transhumant path. She knows they take pride in being a shepherd there; it means being a sheep owner and taking it seriously and "has its very own professional values, ethics and aesthetics". She knows that in Guarda there's a tiny village called Fernão Joanes, where the saying goes that "a real shepherd walks ahead of his flock, not behind it" and that he carries a woollen blanket on his shoulder so that the sheep follow both the man and the blanket. She knows that round about the summer solstice there's "an ancient ritual called the blessing of the sheep", when the flocks run around the village chapel, adorned with ribbons and tassels made laboriously by the shepherds. Last year they asked her to help out with these male chores and the region's sheep wound up bedecked with pompoms made by people from Lisbon and other places in the world who had learnt the ancient craft by following instructions on the blog A ervilha cor de rosa, one of the town's first and one of the ten thousand most influential on the planet (according to official ranking). Yes, Rosa Pomar knows about that, too. And Alentejo boots and Alcobaça chintz, Estremoz cement tiles and the Algarve wicker basket that Jane Birkin paraded around Paris. Things uniquely our own that she wants to share with the world, starting with the wool of native Portuguese sheep breeds.
"A sweater is a sheep and five sticks" she explains, "knowing how to get from the raw material to the finished product opens up a huge path of possibilities". She says that she took the opposite route: she started with the knitwear to get to the sheep. Born in the post-revolutionary Lisbon of 1975, into a family with a public profile (her grandfather is the painter Júlio Pomar, her father the journalist and art critic Alexandre Pomar) and "emancipated women with degrees but where there was never the stigma of female chores related to the idea of domestic and domesticated women", Rosa learnt to knit from an older cousin at the age of seven and, while she was becoming an historian at Nova University in Lisbon and taking her drawing even further at the art school Ar.Co, she would always be knitting and sewing, against the tide of fashion and people of her age and "despite everyone thinking it was all a bit weird".
She remembers making a "wonderful discovery" when she was eighteen, at the archaeological site of Mértola (where she spent a few weeks as a volunteer): "some balls of hand-woven, super-soft wool the colour of milky coffee that they had at the Oficina da Tecelagem". It was the 90s, and you didn't see Portuguese wool on sale in Lisbon, so she bought as much as she could. It was the start of a study that led her to rescue the handmade cycle of wool in Portugal from obscurity, a tradition that goes from shearing to washing, carding, weaving and spinning the yarn and which, in a country with fourteen native breeds of sheep is still alive, "but undervalued and not part of the syllabuses of official education establishments, unlike countries such as Germany, and with no entities to safeguard it, such as the UK's Crafts Council". 'Oh girl, what an idea!' said the wool manufacturers when she arrived with wool from Portuguese sheep wanting 200 kilos of yarn and their answer counted everything in tonnes and "that doesn't even pay for switching on the machine". Rosa Pomar has come a long way and brought a love for what's ours with her.
Going backwards is part of going forwards
She taught, she took a post-graduate course in Medieval History – "I love reading 13th-century texts just as much as drawing" – she lived for a year in the Alentejo, another in the Algarve, passed through the Minho and returned to Lisbon to set up a house the size of the world, where she shares balls of yarn made from the wool of Portuguese sheep – including three exclusive yarns she created – as well as the material's practices and customs, from the traditional woollen blankets of Guarda to the open-knit socks of Bucos, in Alto Minho. And everything else she always dreamt of having for her sewing and knitting work but could rarely find. "Retrosaria started out with three rolls of fabric at my house and was always supposed to be something small." First, it was a website, created in 2008, just a year after she'd found the house in an old mannequin factory between Bairro Alto and Chiado. It's up on the second floor, past rainbow-coloured letter-boxes and on one side there's the shop, where the balls of wool, including Rosa Pomar's Beiroa and the Japanese Noro nestle in old wood and glass furniture. You can also find all the utensils you'll ever need for knitting, crocheting, weaving and embroidery, in addition to American fabrics, Portuguese chintz, Dutch capulana fabric (yes, she explains it was the Dutch who took capulanas to the African continent and that the most extraordinary prints and best quality cloth still come from the Netherlands), taleigos (rag-bags often used for bread) and traditionally-inspired baby slings, as well as old aprons, lace socks, industrial boots, jacquard jackets, all irresistibly smooth to the touch, poles apart from mass production. On the other side of the corridor, overlooking a medlar tree and an orange tree, is where she designs the quilts and dolls, where the pieces are sewn, the sweaters are woven and the spinning is done on a wheel made according to an 18th-century design by a carpenter in the Azores – and all this is taught at weekend workshops that are almost always fully booked. "Exchange is a very powerful thing. What I love is contact with people, and that's what makes these things beautiful."
Rosa Pomar's community began in 2001, when she went to New York to take a summer course. In order to share the experience with friends, she created a bilingual blog that started out being called @ny and ended up being A ervilha cor de rosa – creating a pun between the colour pink (cor de rosa) and the creator's name, which she inherited from her grandmother. Eleven years ago, a rag doll she made for baby Elvira and put on show in the shop window changed her life. It was made using craft techniques and very old materials, but the design was totally new and so unique that visitors to aervilhacorderosa.com really wanted one, too. Rosa Pomar ended up being swamped with orders for her unique and numbered dolls, at the same time as continuing her search for and research into craft materials and styles, becoming a reference both in person and on the blogosphere.
She says she works long hours, but doesn't know what to say when people ask what her profession is. "I'm a contradiction, I'm the most anti-consumerist person possible – I have three pairs of shoes and I make my own clothes – but I have a shop and I live off selling things. It's true that I understand this as sharing. It's as if I were an intermediary of ideas and experiences." She researches fabrics as if she were a memory archaeologist, she collects offcuts as if she were putting together a family album, she chooses the raw material for a bread bag with the same care as someone designing a bridal trousseau, she shares experiences and knowledge on the blog, the website and social networks with the same generosity and clarity with which she wrote a book about Portuguese knitwear or told the story of a patchwork quilt made from the fabrics she put together, piece by piece, while she was pregnant with her youngest daughter, Amélia, who is now eight. Her field work continues to take her around the country (her research into the traditional wool cycle, for instance, is documented in the audio-visual project Wool in Real Time, with Tiago Pereira), at the same time as she researches all the ethnographic literature she can find on the subject – Rosa Pomar invariably spends her Mondays at the National Library among old texts about textiles: "A very important ritual in my mental hygiene". She's an active citizen in public life, committed to conscientious consumption, against the ravage of the traditional azulejos or means of production that favour quantity in detriment to quality, wholeheartedly in favour of hand-made production and the education "of training the movement and the body" that trades allowed. There's an old knitting lesson that's been passed down from generation to generation and which Rosa Pomar likes to repeat – "doing and undoing, it's all work". In knitting as in life, "going backwards is part of going forwards".
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Take on the role of Katherine Evans, who suffers from depression since the love of her life has died. With nothing left, she stands up, collects herself and glances around her apartment, the journey into the deepest corners of her mind is about to begin.
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Girls Varsity Soccer
Game Summaries & Headlines.
The Varsity Lady Eagles opened up Delta League play this past week against 2 of the top teams in the section.
On Tuesday behind goals from senior Jen Salinger, Olivia Mattos and Bella Martinez, the girls defeated Franklin HS 3-2. Strong goal tending from sophomore Morgan Shepherd and solid defense from Brianna Barcelona, Kamryn Johnson and senior Alexis Brown helped to keep the Wildcats behind in the score. It was the programs first win versus Franklin, a past section champion.
On Thursday, the girls battled past city champion St. Francis to a 1-1 tie. After being down 1-0, senior Emily Burnett sent a corner kick into the box and Claire Burkhart's shot found the net. Stingy defense led by Barcelona, Brown and Kamryn Johnson along with great mid-field play from Martinez and Grace Erbe kept the Troubadours in check.
Eagle girls travel to Monterey Trail for a 330 game on the 10th and are at home against Grant at Sheldon HS at 530 on the 12th.


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A Fox News Channel Documentary aired last evening May 21st entitled âGlobal Warming: The Debate Continues.â? The Documentary was very informative in communicating the need to assess the risk to society of global warming relative to other natural- and human-caused risks. This "vulnerability" framework is a theme that has been emphasized on the Climate Science weblog (e.g. see and see). The use of the vulnerability perspective would allow policymakers the ability to quantify risk from the spectrum of environmental and social risks, rather then replying on hyperbole in the media (e.g. see) to drive the policy agenda.
I would like to see a Part II of the Fox News Documentary, where the diversity of climate forcings, beyond global warming are discussed, as well as what are the effective climate metrics to assess climate variability and change. These topics have been discussed frequently on Climate Science, as they are inadequately covered in the existing international and national assessments of climate change.


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Cals Creations
Friday, August 28, 2009
Been at it again
Oh dear I think Ive got the bug now
I have been playing again, hope you like them
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1st ever
I was inspired with this one cos its being set by my mate's little girl, Katie and as its her 1st time in setting a challenge I thought it was the right time for me to do my first challenge card.
If you want to join in with this its here on Shells blog
This is my card, The "Love" is in silver foil but it doessnt show up very well on here
hope I've done it right :)
Good luck Katie with your challenge, hope you get loads of entries!!
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Another one for you....Im really getting into this lol......Ive been busy these last few days as the kiddies have been over to stay at nannies house because its the last week of the holidays and Sam goes back to school next week, oh its gone too fast for me but he is so ready for it again as he has loads of energy, I dont know how the teachers will cope if all the kids have the same amount of energy to use up lol........We took them to a soft play area to let them run off steam, but I think it was me that ran it off lol
This layout is a photo of my Birthday this year, we had a lovely day at Markeaton park near Derby, where there is a paddling pool for the kids with various swings etc, we had a picnic under a tree (which is a good job cos it rained a little bit) then the sun came out and we went for a paddle, the kids loved it and so did me and Emma x
On the way home from Emma's I got stuck on the motorway for two hours and I was only going up two junctions!!
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Well I have to apologise once again for not posting much....no excuses this time..... just life!!
We did have our barbecue and it was a great evening....I have just started doing digital scrapbooking and am really enjoying it, I have downloaded loads of elements from various sites including scrapgirls and shabby princess (thankyou to all the ladies who supplied them) and I am really enjoying it....here are a few piccies of my first ones....hope you like them
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Here I am again....we (Bri & me) have been busy trying to landscape the garden and to give us a goal to aim at we (I should say me lol) decided that if it was complete by the time my birthday came around I would throw a barbecue/garden party....well its nearly finished and I am trying to organise the party...I have about 2o odd adults coming and approx 12 kiddies....soooo I am pretty busy with it all lol.....I dont do things by halves.....I have never had a bday party before so I gotta make this a guddun hee hee.....I still have my good days and my bad days in health but am trying to just get on with things otherwise I would be doing nothing lol.....I havent been in the craft room too often as I am shattered with all the other things going on so I havent got any cards to show you all yet.......speak again soon
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Well so much for my New Year's resolution eh?.......oh well I guess they are made to be broken lol
I am still in and out of hospital, in fact I only came out last Friday so I am recuperating again, I am getting sick of being sick lol.....This time my throat got inflamed and swollen and it started to close up on me so that was a bit scarey but hey ho we have to deal with things that life throws at us dont we....my problem is that I try to get back to normal (whatever normal is) too quickly so this time I'm making myself do things a bit slower so hopefully I can recuperate better....well thats the plan lol
Hope you all had a lovely Mother's day, I went to the cemetry to lay some flowers for my mum, some tulips because she always loved the beginning of spring when all the tulips and daffs came out.....I was shocked at how many cars there were driving up and down the cemetry grounds.....why cant ppl treat it as it should be "a resting place" instead of wacky races!!,.....I understand that ppl with disabilities need access but surely ppl that can walk should do so and park outside like we did, I had only just come out of hospital but I wouldn't dream of driving through
I guess you have noticed that I haven't put any cards on here lately, thats because I have only made what I needed to make i.e family bdays etc and havent thought to take photos of them before giving them out so I apologise for the lack of cards.......my get up and go seems to have got up and gone lol
Anyway I will say bye for now and hopefully I will be on top form soon
Luv to all x
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Hi all........Yes Im still around lol.....I have been up and down the hospital as I have a rare disease that I wont go into details with but its a debilitating illness and I dont always get the chance to come here much but I had to come and show you all my new haircut....Ive had it all cut off.......What do you think?
I am still doing my crafting and have started parchment craft so will post some pictures soon
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Duo duels, and Hill Top winsBy Tatura Guardian
Hill Top leapfrogged East Shepparton into the top half of the Goulburn Valley Bowls Division table after overcoming Daniel Nichols' side 16-95 to 2-80.
The win gave the Hillbillies a five-point advantage on the ladder, narrowly securing their position as the duo fights it out.
On Saturday Hill Top was clearly the superior side and Nichols was the only East skip to prevail as he finished one shot ahead of Jock Hicks.
Murray Stark and his team of Dennis McHarry (third), Gary Mansfield (second) and John Flanagan (lead) were sensational in knocking off East's Ashley Lawlor 24-18.
Garry Russell and Allan Hueston fought out an entertaining battle with Russell narrowly prevailing by two shots, while Hill Top's Jeff McNaughton secured the biggest win of the day.
He was able to see off Geoff Franze by eight shots to help cement the win and add valuable shot difference to the overall tally.
In division two Tatura kept Mooroopna Golf winless thanks to John Attwood's spectacular form.
Joined by Nicolas Tziros, Dorothy Best and Robert Bordett, Attwood's rink gathered 41 shots to win by a margin of 22 against Graeme Barber.
Peter Le Sueur, Nick Boyd and Brendon Boyd all pitched in for the 18-123 to 0-74 triumph.
In division three, Hill Top ensured it would be in the top four during the Christmas break after an away win against East Shepparton.
The Hillbillies prevailed 13-100 to 5-85 with Ken Parks the only Hill Top skip to win his rink.
But Parks won in a big way against Kevin Cox, while team mate Jeff Trevaskis and East's David Downs drew.
Euroa was too good for Hill Top in division four despite Hillbilly Ray Flett putting in a strong effort against Brian Diffey.
Hill Top put in a fine performance at East Shepparton to take out its division six encounter 14-82 to 2-52 while Tatura's short trip to Mooroopna Golf also proved fruitful with a 22-shot win.
In division seven Hill Top went down to Kyabram, unable to win a rink in the 20-shot loss.


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NAVARRE � From Navarre�s 5-3 win over Fort Walton Beach Tuesday emerged two themes.
The first was unavoidable: Rachael Dehlinger�s defense let her down.
But that didn�t underscore the significance of second theme: Navarre�s offense made those extra outs count.
NAVARRE � From Navarre�s 5-3 win over Fort Walton Beach Tuesday emerged two themes.
The first was unavoidable: Rachael Dehlinger�s defense let her down.
But that didn�t underscore the significance of second theme: Navarre�s offense made those extra outs count.
Brooke Murphy belted a two-run double down the left field line as part of a three-run fifth and Allison Pettigrew tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings for the win, leaving Dehlinger with the hard-luck loss.
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The win avenged a loss to the Vikings (11-11) early in the season, one in which Dehlinger limited the Raiders to just two runs.
�She�s a very good pitcher,� Navarre head coach Scott Murphy, whose team improved to 15-6 overall and 7-3 at home, said of Dehlinger. �She really controlled us the first time she played us the fourth game of the year. She�s still a good pitcher but I think we�ve grown up a bit over the last week or so and have swung the bats a bit better one through nine.�
While not her sharpest, the senior-right hander struck out five and allowed five runs on seven hits over a complete-game, six-inning effort. But three of those were unearned, including two in the decisive fifth.
�Our defense did not back her up tonight,� Fort Walton Beach skipper Gary Drouin said. �They were not tough enough out there in the field to make outs.�
The defensive miscues, which came after the Vikings committed an error in the second and two in the third that led to an unearned run and a 2-1 hole, began with the Raiders down 3-2 after Kamber Anderson led off the fifth with a bunt single. Jenna Bobbitt, who singled twice as part of a 2-for-3 day, then reached on a fielding error at shortstop to set the stage for Brooke Murphy, who laced a two-run double just inside left field line deep in left and later scored on a misplayed ball in right off the bat of Pettigrew to stake the Raiders to a 5-3 lead.
�They buy a $300 bat and the only way to hit it is to swing it,� Murphy said. �And when they swing it, the other team has to catch it or field it, throw it and catch it again. Yeah, they made some mistakes, but that�s because we hit the ball hard.�
For Drouin, whose team led after Braya Enriquez and Duniesha Farrone tallied RBI singles in the fourth, it was a game-changing frame that took all the wind out of his team�s sails.
�That fifth inning was the key,� Drouin said. �We got out of that inning we�re OK. But they had the top of the lineup coming up and they got us.�
For Pettigrew, that was more than enough run support.
Entering the fourth in relief of Audrey Thomas, who struck out two and gave up three runs � two earned � on six hits, Pettigrew retired the final 10 batters she faced in her scoreless gem.
�Both girls did well,� coach Murphy said. �Audrey Thomas, she�s a senior. She�s a four-year starter that�s won over 20 games for us and Allison Pettigrew, what else can I say about her? She�s done well in the three years here. Both are contrasting pitchers, but both throw strikes and both of them are winners. They both do a good job."