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Holy Cow Press
711 Woodland Ave
Duluth, MN
Duluth, MN
Phone: (218) 724-1653
Holy Cow! Press was founded in 1977 by editor/publisher Jim Perlman in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our first publication was a chapbook of poems by Thomas McGrath to his son entitled LETTERS TO TOMASITO. In the ensuing 25 years, we have published over 70 titles and have moved the press operations to Iowa and Wisconsin, before returning to Minnesota (Duluth) in 1988. Our primary goal has been to publish the very best collections of Midwest writings we can find and develop an audience for those books regionally and nationally. We have published books of poetry, short fiction, memoirs, novels, plays, children's and young adult titles, biographies and anthologies centered around important themes.
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When you dream about a wind, it symbolises your life force, your energy and your strength.
It can also indicate changes are afoot. If the wind was so strong it picked you up then the changes will take you by surprise, whereas if it only provided a little bit of resistance or nudged you in another direction, you might see the change coming. You might even be prepared for the change.
Alternately, it might be your subconscious telling you to pick up the pace and try to achieve your goals more quickly and efficiently if you have been dragging your feet on something.
If you are in a stressful situation during your waking hours and you dreamed of strong gusts of wind- your sleep state could be referring to the way you're feeling in response to this. You are aware that the situation is not easy enough to breeze through, if this is how you have tackled things in the past.
Strong winds are also a sign that you are not prepared for how much is going on at once- you are feeling overwhelmed by how much is being asked of you.
If the wind was pushing you in a direction you didn't want to go then you may feel that you've being forced into something you don't agree with or support. Maybe someone is trying to influence you into a decision you don't want to make.
Gentle winds or light breezes are about new ideas and new beginnings but ones you can enter into at your own pace rather than being pushed into them. You are excited about the unexpected because it's your decision to explore it.
If the wind was pushing you in the direction you wanted to go, then you will find many allies helping you to achieve your goals in your professional or personal life.
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Migrante/Inmigrant Justice
October Light Undiminished--Remembering Poet Jeff Tagami
El Pueblo exige Justicia /The people demand Justice
The Evil Side of NAFTA
Otro Mundo Es Posible y se esta Construyendo/ Another World is Possible
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El Abuso De los Soldados en la Guerra
Healing our Red, Brown and Black Bodies and Souls, Together.
"They closed 56 schools in our neighborhoods, which is a serious situation- but it is also a challenge, which community leaders and families should seize to teach our children," said Minister Abel Muhammad from Chicago. My heart was already lifted by the spirits present at the 2nd annual townhall,
Cesar Chavez Day
Enjoy a morning of FREE Food, Volunteer Projects, Commemoration of Cesar Chavez' life and work, Live Performances, Food System Activities and Carnival Booths, KidZ Zone and Community Art Projects
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(between Ohio & Chanslor Ave)
Richmond, CA.
Migrant Justice is Food Justice
Join us for the 2nd edition of our Food Justice Film Salon Series!
Our Spring Edition, "Migrant Justice is Food Justice" explores the intersections of food, culture, and workers within the food system. Our event includes homemade dinner, films, and discussion about migration, and the current immigration debate.


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Zlatan Ibrahimovic -- Wanna Smell Like Me? ... Buy My Cologne.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Wanna Smell Like Me?! ... Buy My Cologne.
Wanna smell like a smug 33-year-old international soccer superstar???
Well, you're in luck ... 'cause Zlatan Ibrahimovic has just released his brand new smelly cologne.
The Paris Saint-Germain star says he's been working on his new signature fragrance for 2 years ... and delivered it to the masses at a big event in Paris this week.
So, what does Zlatan smell like? Here's the description according to the release ...
"The fragrance is announced as citrus cologne with woody and aromatic tones.
It opens with notes of lemon, spices and green grass. The heart mixes marine accord white lavender. The composition ends with vetiver, leather and woody notes."
But if Zlatan isn't your speed and you're more of a Ronaldo-scent kind of a guy ... don't worry ... he's releasing his own cologne later this summer.
Guessing it will smell like hair grease and Nair.
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Sugar daddy dating is an arrangement between consenting adults – and a way for people who prefer to avoid the formalities of traditional dating and cut straight to the chase, to meet. And for some people that's pretty sweet.
- a famous line which means when you get your p*ssy f3cked by a black d3ck, you're gonna be so loose that you'll never go back to white, asian, latino, etc. dicks.
- The origin of this phrase was in the 1800's during the slave days, when a white woman would have relations with a black slave....
- once you go black you'll never go back
When I'm orgasming with my partner inside me, it's like the edging orgasm, but deeper, and more concentrated low in my body. or - It feels like the inside of my vagina is fluttering its wings. Like a f***ing butterfly


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Chapter 3
Mandy gets out of the office at 5 pm. She would meet Ben at the bar as usual. This time her co- workers was with her. When they get there, he hadn't arrived yet. She sits by a table with her boss and best friend, Annette and a few others. They order their drinks when the waitress gets to them. Since it was a small bar, not many customers were present. They talk about their day and then the conversation turns into daily things. Mandy kept quiet. She looks at the clock on the wall behind the counter. It was already over 5.30 pm. Annette noticed she looked nervous.
"Mandy, you're awfully quiet"
"Ben hasn't arrived yet" She replies and takes a sip from her beer glass
"Maybe he's stuck in traffic"
"I hope so"
"Don't worry, he will turn up soon" Annette comforts her
But she was still nervous. She decided to call him. She looks through her purse but she could not find her phone. She almost starts to panic.
"I forgot my phone" She says to Annette "I have to go"
"Do you want me to come with you?"
"I'll be fine. Tell Ben if you see him that I'll be right back" She says and stands up to leave the bar
It was getting dark outside. Luckily she was at the company in no time. It was already closed but she had a key. She takes the elevator to the 10th floor where the offices were. She gets to her desk but the phone is not there. She tries to think where she had it last. She looks through the drawers. Suddenly she hears a noise. It was like someone opened a door. She looks up but no one is there. She continues to search. She empties her purse on the desk. But it's not there. She sits down on her chair to think. Then there's the same noise again. She slowly stands up and listens.
She looks down the hall.
"Is anybody there?" She carefully asks but there's no answer
Her heart was beating faster. She quietly put her things back in her purse. The office was creepy after work hours. Maybe she could have asked Annette to come with her after all. She takes her purse and gets to the elevator. The strange thing was that the elevator was on the 1st floor. Maybe someone was there after all. She was more worried about her phone. She must have dropped it. Her purse was usually secure. She gets to the street. It was usually a busy one but now only a few cars were driving by. Her friends were probably worried where she was.
"Were you looking for your phone?" A male voice suddenly says
"Gee, you startled me" She says while turning around
"Sorry about that" He says and smiles
"How did you know it was missing?" She ask doubting, still being shaken
"You dropped it in the café earlier" He says and takes it from his jacket pocket
He looks somehow familiar. Then she remembers where she had seen him before.
"How did you know I was here?" She tries to question him
"I asked the café where I could find you"
"How did they know? I usually don't talk to the staff there"
"I guess they just knew"
"It doesn't really matter. I got my phone back" She says and reaches her hand
But he doesn't give it to her. He keeps it in his hand and looks at her
"Could I have it, please?"
"Oh sorry" He says and gives it to her
"Thank you" She says and takes it
"I didn't look in it, I swear" He says and smiles
She smiles a little and then leaves. There were something familiar about him but at the same time a little creepy. Maybe she only felt like that because what happened in the office. She gets back to the bar.
More people had arrived. She smiles when she sees Ben sitting by the counter talking to Annette. She gets there and sneaks behind him. She wraps her arms around his waist.
"Guess who?" She asks and he turns around
He gives her a kiss and hugs her.
"You're shaking" He says and looks at her
"It's a bit chilly outside"
"It's not that chilly. Something happened?"
"No, everything is fine" She replies and smiles "So where were you?"
"I should be going" Annette says, stepping down from her bar stool "See you tomorrow Mandy"
"See ya" Mandy says and her friend leaves
"I had a call from my agent. I have to fly to Europe next week to talk about a job. I did try to call you"
"I lost my phone and I haven't looked at it yet"
"So you found it. Where was it?"
"At the café. So you got a job?" She says and sits on the bar stool Annette had sat in
"Isn't it closed?"
"It was. What kind of job is it?"
"Don't change the subject"
"What is there to tell? I got my phone back"
"When you keep changing the subject, I thought you're trying to hide something"
"I just thought there's nothing else to tell. No need to suspect anything"
"I wasn't. Never mind. Shall we go?" He says and drinks the rest of his drink
She gets off the bar stool and takes her purse with her that she had laid on the counter when she sat down. She didn't want to bother him about what happened in the office or about the man she had met. They get to their car which is parked a few meters away. The whole trip they didn't talk. She was tired anyway. It was already 7 pm and they hadn't eaten dinner yet. Luckily there were leftovers from the day before. While they watch the news on TV after they've eaten, she looks through her phone. There was a saved message that wasn't there before. She opens the message to read it. She couldn't believe her eyes. She looks at Ben but he's too busy watching TV.
"I need a drink" She says and gets up from the couch they're sitting on
She gets to the kitchen and takes some water from the fridge to pour it in a glass. She takes a sip. She sits down by the kitchen table to read the rest of the message. After finish reading, she closes it. She was appalled. How could anyone write to her that way? None of her male friends would ever do it. There was only one person that could and that was the person who had her phone last.


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Jack Hochfeld
55A Dickson street
Bronte, New South Wales Australia
Contact via email
or phone +61 (418) 18 36 58
Welcome to Jack Hochfeld Photography. I hope you find pleasure in these photographs and that they crystallise for you some of the visual splendour and uniqueness of the African experience, though the photographs are by no means restricted entirely to Africa. Indeed, more and more they encompass images from my new home in Australia. The selection is quite literally taken from life and hopefully sheds light on the variety and richness that form a permanent backdrop to everyday events and interaction, and are therefore easily taken for granted. Photography is about light and the subject matter of photography is life, so the concepts of light and life come together quite easily. I have expanded on this concept in my book Inspired by life.
For 11.5 years I was an executive with The Bidvest Group Limited in South Africa, reporting to the chief executive. I was responsible for group communications and executive training, and until 2005 for corporate finance and investor relations. I was involved in strategic issues, negotiations and matters of material import to the group. Bidvest is a multinational, entrepreneurial and decentralised group with over 105 000 employees worldwide. Bidvest ranks in BusinessWeek's list of the top 40 companies in the world, in the Forbes Global 2000- the world's largest public companies and is the largest industrial company by revenue listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
I am available for corporate, strategic, management or photographic projects.
Best regards,
Jack Hochfeld Photography
View Jack Hochfeld's Linked-In profile.


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Securing the Power Grid and Our Way of Life
- At February 17, 2012
- By PJ Jennings
- In Smart Grid
There have been many stories of late about securing the grid against cyber threats, terrorism and unplanned outages. However, for most folks, these stories go unnoticed overshadowed by the latest antics of Hollywood actors, politicians or YouTube videos. Granted talking about the electrical grid is not the most glitzy of subjects (I should know, I've been talking about power for 20+ years while my friends' eyes glaze over), but we as a society should be very interested and concerned about our electrical lifeline to the world. A few months back, San Diego had an unexpected blackout in the middle of the day – unexpected as there were no storms or heat waves – just a maintenance worker in a neighboring state pushing the wrong buttons. Needless to say there was gridlock on local streets as traffic lights went out, gas pumps shut down because there was no power to run them, work stopped and plans for the evening were cancelled. It was an interesting look at human nature – what do we do when the things we take for granted every day are all of sudden unavailable? Panic. How do I charge my cell phone? Yikes!
Securing the grid against human error and/or more nefarious actions needs to be a priority. Our appetite for energy is not going to go away. In fact, our need for electrical energy is exponentially increasing. It is our lifeline to the world and integral to our daily lives. Both investor-owned utilities (IOUs) and municipal-owned utilities (MOUs) are on the forward path to making the power grid more intelligent. However, the grid cannot be truly smart if it's not secure. I propose that utilities need to be working on a parallel path in integrating data and communication infrastructure technologies that facilitate a more efficient and faster grid, while embedding security from the customer's meter to a utility's data center. Breaching the grid is serious and not only can the operation of the grid be compromised, but customer data as well. See article on "Data breach exposes info on NY utility customers." Fortunately, new reliability standards such as the North American Electric Corporation's Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP) security guidelines requiring a utility's cyber assets be protected against threats are a step in the right direction.
Making the grid smart and secure is a must. Our way of life in the 21st century demands it.
What are your thoughts?
PJ Jennings


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ESF:MPE_SOEK Competition Economics 1 - Course Information
MPE_SOEK Competition Economics 1Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Milan Brouček (lecturer)
Ing. Milan Brouček (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Jakub Chini, BA (Hons) (seminar tutor)
Ing. Ondřej Krčál, Ph.D. (assistant)
doc. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D.
Department of Economics - Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics - Faculty of Economics and Administration
- Timetable
- Tue 12:00–12:50 S306
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites
- It is assumed that students have completed the course of Competition Law.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 14/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- In this course, students will learn about the competition economics and about the economic approach to competition policy and competition cases. The course is structured according to individual topics of competition policy. Theoretical approach is supplemented with case studies for each topic. The course has the form of lectures and seminars. In the lectures, the emphasis will be placed on the theoretical bases of competition policy. Empirical cases will be discussed in the seminars.
Learning outcomes:
* understanding of the basic and more advanced issues of (more) economic approach to competition policy;
* microeconomics analysis of the cases and conduct impeding effective competition;
* comprehension and analysis of the costs and benefits of (different approaches to) competition policy.
- Learning outcomes
- After finishing this course, students will be able to apply the economic framework to the problems of competition policy. They will be able to discuss the problems of relevant market definition and determination of market power of undertakings. They will be able to list the main consequences and possible solutions of the following situations: i) horizontal and non-horizontal mergers (the emphasis is placed on horizontal mergers), ii) horizontal agreements (emphasis is placed on cartels), iii) abuse of dominance (the emphasis is on the unilateral abusive exclusionary conduct) and iv) vertical agreements. Students will be able to explain the use of quantitative and qualitative methods for analyzing the main issues of competition policy. They will be also able to explain the difference between the approaches in the US and EU jurisdiction.
- Syllabus
- Introduction
- The framework of economic analysis (total and consumer surplus, allocative and productive efficiency, market structure, market failures). Economic approach and traditional (formal) approach to competition policy.
- 1. Relevant market definition and the assessment of market power – 4 lessons
- a. The hypothetical monopolist test, SSNIP test
- b. The relevant product and geographical market
- c. Qualitative and quantitative methods
- d. The role of market shares and market concentration
- e. Lerner index
- 2. Horizontal and non-horizontal mergers – 4 lessons
- a. Unilateral effects
- b. Coordinated effects
- c. Synergies/efficiencies, Remedies
- d. UPP index
- 3. Non-horizontal mergers – 2 lessons
- a. Input foreclosure
- b. Customer foreclosure
- c. Synergies/efficiencies, Remedies
- 4. Horizontal relationships – 4 lessons
- a. Cartels and tacit collusion
- b. Exchange of information
- c. Other agreements
- 5. Unilateral foreclosure practices – 4 lessons
- a. Analysis of dominant position and the concept of abuse of dominance
- b. Exclusionary conduct (predatory pricing, refusal to deal, margin squeeze, rebates, tying and bundling, price discrimination)
- c. Excessive pricing
- d. Significant economic position and the concept of the abuse of market power
- 6. Vertical agreements
- a. Resale price maintenance (RPM)
- b. Exclusivity
- Literature
- required literature
- MOTTA, Massimo. Competition policy : theory and practice. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xxiii, 616. ISBN 9780521016919. info
- TIROLE, Jean. The theory of industrial organization. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1988. xii, 479. ISBN 0262200716. info
- recommended literature
- O'DONOGHUE, Robert and Jorge A. PADILLA. The law and economics of article 82 EC. 1st pub. Oxford: Hart publishing, 2006. lxvii, 782. ISBN 184113502X. info
- DAVIS, Peter J. and Eliana GARCÉS. Quantitative techniques for competition and antitrust analysis. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. xi, 580. ISBN 9780691142579. info
- Teaching methods
- The lectures and discussion seminars will be based on individual readings of primary sources.
- Assessment methods
- During the semester, students will actively discuss given problems on seminars. The course is completed by the written exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: k=2.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/econ/spring2020/MPE_SOEK


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This is my effort to understand Social Media Marketing and its various elements. Though this is an on-going effort, however to pen-down my thoughts for Social Media Marketing will make it easier for me to recall the essence of it!
Today after going through various blogs and trying to understand What exactly Social Media and Social Media Marketing definition means?
The Contemporary WEB is defined by:
• The Content sharing;
• User generated content –text, video, photo etc;
• It's Sociability;
• The active reception;
• The Media convergence;
• The Popularization of Social Media.
As per the definition – Social Network Site means
web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system.
Pretty straight forward and well articulated by Danah Boyd!
As per the definition – Social Media means
a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,which allows the creation and exchange of user-generated content.
A group of internet based application means, apps like Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, YouTube etc.
In Social Media marketing these are the following REASONS why Social Media impact should be measured:
To determine Financial Return
Demonstrate value and impact
Assessing resource need and
Testing the hypothesis
The variety of elements that social media has are as follows:
Every profile / page that is created, will have Connections associated with content around that.
will have the Environment, under which the profile / page is interacted, shared.
Every Profile / page will also have associated Bias, Credibility, Demography, Expertise, Freshness, and Number and rate of connections (BCDEF, N – to remember easily)
Every associated connection will have a Direction, Initiation, and Emphasis.
The content associated with this will have Density, Valence, Proximity, and Attribution
In another post, we will talk about the various type of data elements and approaches to be taken for Social Media Metrics.


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Sunday is a special day for us at Seion Chapel. We meet together to worship God, to hear the Bible explained, and to enjoy fellowship with each other. You would be most welcome to join us.
If you haven't been to chapel or church before, or perhaps not for a long time, you might be wondering: "What actually happens?"
First of all, relax! You won't be asked to do anything! And don't worry about what to wear; some of us probably will be fairly smartly dressed, but others will be a lot more casual, so whatever you are wearing you won't feel uncomfortable.
When you arrive, you'll be warmly welcomed on the door, and given a service sheet and possibly a hymn book (although we usually use a projector in our services now). If you would like to borrow a Bible to follow the readings and the sermon then there are some available. You can then find a seat anywhere in the chapel. If you have young children, we have a carpeted area at the back of the chapel with some toys and books. Please feel free to take a seat and supervise them there.
The morning service starts at 11am, and usually finishes between 12pm and 12:15pm. A typical morning service usually contains Christian songs, a short children's talk, a Bible reading, a prayer and a message based on the Bible, usually from Seion's pastor. We do take a collection at the beginning of our morning service, but this is for our regular attenders who like to support the work of the church — we are not after your money, and you're not expected to contribute! Children's activities (Seion Explorers) are run in a room at the back of the chapel during the latter part of the morning service by experienced children's workers who are all DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checked. Usually on the first Sunday of the month the service will also include Communion, in which all Christians are welcome to participate. If you are not a Christian, then you are still very welcome at the service and to observe what happens at Communion.
Our evening service starts at 5:30pm and usually lasts for about an hour. This service is similar in format to the morning, although there is no children's talk, or children's activities. If you're with us on the third Sunday of the month you are welcome to join with us after the evening service for a cup of tea or coffee, cake and biscuits, and a time to chat.
Please especially look out for our special All Age Family Services at Seion. These services are geared to be accessible to both adults and children (so there won't be Seion Explorers, the children will stay in the service) and will be more informal than our usual morning services (although they actually aren't all that formal!!). They take place in the room at the back of Seion. These services will consist of a variety of activities; including singing, prayer, readings and possibly a quiz. They will close with a short Christian talk from Seion's pastor. We would really love to have your company- our next All Age Family Service will be the 'Harvest Thanksgiving' service on 24th September. Our 'Shoebox Sunday' Family Service will be on the 19th November.


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Usually the mention of 9 to 5 brings visions of a long work day doing mundane things, watching the clock and itching to go home, but the Image Workshop held by Sallie Christopher on Saturday, Jan. 14 brought nothing but pure joy, relaxation, great people and creativity. Read the rest of this entry »
Every semester, the Writing Center and English faculty at Paradise Valley Community College offer students a week of free Grammar Workshops. Instructors give students incentives to attend by offering extra credit points, so students usually fill every chair in KSC208.
PVCC makes it easy for all students to attend by offering daytime and evening workshops. Daytime workshops run from 1:30-2:20 p.m. daily from Monday, Sept. 20 through Friday, Sept. 24 and evening workshops fill the same daily schedule with hours from 7-7:30 p.m.
Students sign in and receive a copy of the Power Point with place for notes and a Comma Handout with exercises to test their skills as the instructor covers each section. At the end of the workshop, students receive orange tickets to give to their instructors as proof of their attendance at the workshop.
The scheduled workshops cover comma rules; capitalization and passive voice; comma splices, fragments and run-ons; apostrophes, semicolons and colons; and pronoun and verb agreement. The English faculty teaching these workshops include Stephanie Polliard, Marianne Botos, Judy Galbraith, Stacey Rannik and Janie Gustafson.
Photos by Janice Semmel
The Society of Professional Journalists put on a lively workshop "Getting the Job" with an expert panel of three women, who gave advice, shared stories and put some humor in the mix. This workshop kicked off a series of six Journalism Jump Start Workshops to be held in September, October and November.
The panelists included Michelle Donaldson, news director at CBS 5 News; Jennifer Stein, city of Glendale acting senior marketing and communications manager and former KTVK TV 3 producer; and Liz Smith, ASU outreach director at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications and Certified Professional Resume Writer.


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The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable sponsors a Ft. Dickerson Park clean-up day twice a year (Spring and Fall).
This year's Spring Clean-up day is Saturday April 1.
We spread mulch on the trails, pick up fallen debris, and trim brush. The Knoxville Police Department Explorer Scouts provide huge labor assistance. Knoxville Parks and Recreation provides the mulch and a loader.
All willing workers welcome.
KCWRT provides refreshments and light snacks. Time is 9:00 – 12:00 noon. Bring rakes, pitchforks, trimming and brush clearing tools. Park at the top of the Fort Dickerson hill. Enter off Chapman Highway south at the new entrance and stop light. All are welcome.
Excellent community service hours.


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The post was written by Eric Pickhartz, who engaged in a discussion of the monetary value's impact.
Austin, TX (PRWEB) April 18, 2013
The most recent Digital Marketer blog post draws attention to a study by a social media marketing firm that determined the average Facebook fan value to fall at $174. The post was written by Eric Pickhartz, who engaged in a discussion of the monetary value's impact.
"Knowing the ROI of social media marketing just became a little easier, and with this figure brands can move forward with a much more succinct idea of how their Facebook fans will affect the bottom line," wrote Pickhartz.
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This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "E. W. C."
- "Compass," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- ↑ "obit. Capt. E. W. Creak, C.B., F.R.S.". Nature 105: 300–301. 5 June 1920. doi:10.1038/105300b0.
- ↑ "CREAK, Capt. Ettrick William". Who's Who,. vol. 59: p. 410. 1907.
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1925.
The author died in 1920, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 99 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.


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Crystal-infused water bottles combine 'healing' and hydration
Healing crystals, once easy to dismiss as a woo-woo wellness fad, have become a booming mainstream business, with offerings like crystal-based therapy and crystal-infused beauty products proliferating in recent months. They're now popping up in water bottles as well for those seeking self-care on the go.
A pure crystal is fastened inside each glass Glacce bottle, creating an elixir that purportedly supports a variety of benefits: Clear Quartz for energy, clarity, cleansing, and positivity; Rose Quartz for love, beauty, forgiveness, and presence; and Amethyst for calm, intuition, creativity, and sobriety. The concept for the New Orleans-based company was born out of founder Sharon Leslie's frustration with her own makeshift version of the elixir, which involved submerging loose gems inside mason jars, a noisy and impractical habit. Today, her Glacce bottles retail starting at $80 through Free People and the company's site.
Named the feel-good accessory of summer by Vogue, each lead-free ViA water bottle from VitaJuwel comes with an exchangeable bottom piece called a gem pod that's manufactured by hand in the Austrian Alps. Each pod is filled with a selection of colorful, natural hand-picked gemstones the are said to promote vitality, balance, passion, and more. The company offers several gem blends that have been tested by naturopaths and are based on the insights of modern crystal healing. ViA bottles retail from $78 to $182.
Americans aren't the only ones embracing the crystal life. In Australia, a Queensland woman's take on the on the concept is taking off worldwide. Her company, Longemity, sells environmentally friendly bottles made from borosilicate glass using abundant natural resources that are BPA, BPS, BPF and PVC free. Longemity also offers people the ability to mix it up with interchangeable crystal-infused gem pods designed to address a variety of intentions, similar to VitaJuwel. The company offers eight main pods plus special edition pods that are released throughout the year.


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Sitayanam, A Review
The all-woman drama troupe under the Wanita Wing of Kuala Lumpur/ Selangor is turning into a professional venture with a number of plays in its kitty. R.Zeeneeshri reviews their latest production.
The technicians are bustling about the stage fixing the lights and arranging the sets. But director, Hari Das from SS3 centre is anxious. The spotlight gets moved an inch and the set shifts to get the right amount of focus. This director wants nothing short of perfect.
Backstage, the green room is packed with artistes getting their cheeks coloured and hair put up. An 80-strong cast from eight different Sai centres. An hour before show time, the place fills up with the fragrance of jasmine. Vedas are chanted and lamps lit to invoke the blessings of Sathya Sai Baba and the Gods.
As the curtain rises, the narration begins of a touching tale of love, honour and sacrifice, revealing one woman's strength in a world wrought with danger — Sitayanam.
Indeed it is an adaptation of the Ramayana; much focus is given on Sita and her life, struggles and emotional valour. I am not going to get into the details of the Ramayana – the story is as old as the art of storytelling itself.
What makes this play different from other translations, abridgments, and versions, is that scriptwriter, producer, talent scout and inspiration, Aunty Gana Jagadeva, draws upon a vast store of retellings and regional narrations of the Ramayana over the last two thousand years, blends them into the story, and adds notes at the end of each chapter, interspersing these with clever dialogue. There are innumerable factoids that enriched watching experience.
Disappointingly, the drama ends with Sita's first test of chastity. Even though we know that Sita was put to test with fire by Rama because of gossip among the residents of Ayodhya, different retellings of the Ramayana have put forth different interpretations for this blot on Rama's otherwise spotless conduct (though the killing of Vali is a second stain by most accounts).
Perhaps the most satisfying scene, at least from a dramatic perspective, is that of Kaikeyi and the demand of her boons. Minutes before, a deep and dark Manthara vows the crowd with her despicable portrayal of jealousy and sheer evil, as she convinces Kaikeyi of her plan to instate Bharata as King and banish Rama to the forest. Dasharata, equally convincing, shows desperation and feebleness. Only then does the story really begin to unfold.
Hari Das's injection of song and dance at the right junctures make great accompaniment to the 2-hour long, dialogue heavy play. His direction is commendable with ingenious use of character change and scene depiction.
Sita was played by four actresses — young, married, exiled and despondent. The belle of the ball was Ayishwariya Premanathan from Ampang centre who played the forlorn but conscientious Sita stuck in Ravanland. An epitome of beauty, she showcased with consummate elegance the spirit of Sita even at a time when she was at loss.
A worthy mention is also the seductress Surpanakha, played by Ashwathi from Subang centre. Utterly entertaining old fashioned lust in a modern rendition, she swayed her hips and pouted her lips to the wanton sounds of a contemporary composer, as she tried to beguile Rama.
The show ended with a hall-full standing ovation at the Wisma Peladang (NUPW Hall) in Petaling Jaya. I had expected something cutesy. What I hadn't anticipated was a show as radical in spirit as this. One can only hope for a second screening for all who missed it.


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From the Head of Middle School
The actions of our boys today are their habits of tomorrow
We welcomed 150 new boys across Year 6, 7 and 8 into the College and Middle School last week. As I said in my welcome back address to many of the parents at our brief morning tea on Wednesday, and again later that day to our boys, I put the spotlight on the relationship between actions, habits and character. I was hopeful of making the point that our repeated actions become habits and the sum of our habits forms our reputation. My question to them was: "What sort of reputation do you want? As this will tell you what sort of actions you should be trying to turn into habits."
Four simple examples that may or may not have made it to the dinner table conversation last Wednesday I used to clarify my question were:
- If you don't want to be seen as the time-wasting late guy, be on time to your classes, every day.
- If you don't want to be seen as the disorganised guy, pack your bag and get your uniform laid out ready the night before school, every night.
- If you don't want to be seen as the rude guy, thank your teachers, thank your parents, and compliment your mates, daily.
- If you don't want to be seen as the stinky guy; wash your hair and wear deodorant, regularly.
The concept of actions becoming habits is a critical one for early adolescent boys and therefore us as Middle School teachers and parents. Our goal for boys entering into Senior School and particularly into Year 11 & 12, is that their endeavours, inside and outside the classroom, are underpinned by good habits. Habits that enhance effective and efficient learning and relationship building. If I throw in four topics such as: being seen as a reader, respectful, fit & healthy and diligent, I do not think your sons would have any trouble coming up with another four illustrations to highlight these characteristics. It might be worth having this conversation at dinner sometime this week. Tell them Mr Ledger asked you to.
Thank you for helping us have a very smooth start to the year. I look forward to seeing you at the Parent Information Evenings this week.
Mr Richard Ledger
Head of Middle School


text: I though that for many musicians who wants to sell their music using UTAU can have a hard time to ask a permission to use an UTAU (a voice and possibly a character too) for commercial use especially if the author is no longer around UTAU community and inactive. So, I thought that why not make a list such of UTAU that can be used for commercial use. Important Notes: Please understand that doujin=/=commercial. (In Japanese: commercial usage=商用利用; doujin=同人) I only will list UTAU that ToS CLEARLY states that you're not required to have permission from the Author of VB to use their voice (and possibly character) for commercial usage. I will not list UTAU that allows Doujin only or if their ToS stays that "permission is required". Obviously, I will not list UTAU that prohibits commercial usage or those UTAU that lacks official ToS. I will also list UTAU that can be used for commercial usage with a purchase of a license. Please read carefully what a purchased license includes (and what not) from the UTAU's home page. READ ALWAYS EACH UTAU'S VB TERMS OF SERVICE (利用規約) CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THEM! ToS can change over time and I have no time to check 24/7 if there are any changes their ToS or not, so, please, do read ToS before start to use the VB. Using voicebank for commercial usage is allowed, but using character is prohibited/with permission only or usage of character is unknown. Akihana/秋花 Nota bene: Notifying of commercial usage is recommended. Hinanogi Maya/雛乃木まや Nota bene: ToS is in Japanese only. Iwata Tarou/岩田太郎 Hitsuboku Kumi/筆墨クミ Kieg Matsuo Sora/松岡空 Nota bene: For using the character in merchandise special permission is needed. Mizune Kiaru/水音キャル Nota bene: Notifying of commercial usage is recommended. Sōhō/ソーホー Nota bene: ToS is in Japanese only. This VB will be discontinued in 2017 August 7. Yumeiro Hasaki/夢色刃先 Yumeiro Theory/夢色Theory Using voicebank and character are both allowed for commercial usage Kyou Hana/強ハナ/강하나 Sakasa Shiki/逆さ 指揮 Takoe Zuii/多声ズイー Type A Yamatouchi Iori/大和内庵 Nota bene: ToS is in Japanese only. Commercial usage is allowed after purchasing a commercial license Kikyuune family - After purchasing a license, it's possible to use Kikyuune Aiko/Akio, Akiko, Akihiko and Fuusenne for commercial use. Prism Sonata/ソナタ Studio Ogien's UTAU - After purchasing a license, it's possible to use Kasai OG01, Axis OG36, Atlas OG37 and Apollo OG73's voice for commercial usage. This post was last time checked/edited on 12 June 2017.


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1973 Lotus Elan Sprint – Today's British Tempter
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Originally introduced in 1962, the Lotus Elan was a compact sports convertible and coupe that stayed in production until 1973.
Initially, the Elan was developed as a roadster, however, in 1963 a hardtop version was offered, and then in 1965 a coupe version was released.
Power came from the fabled Lotus-Ford twin cam, 1.5lt and later 1.6lt, inline four-cylinder motor, and the shove from the busy little donk was sent to the rear wheels via a four-speed manual transmission.
Arguably the most desirable model of the Elan series was the Sprint, the last iteration of the original marque.
The Sprint was the hottest version of the Elan, and thanks to some fettling of the 1.6lt twin cam, power was now rated at a healthy 94kW (126hp), which is quite a lot of oomph when the whole car only weighed 703 kilograms.
The Sprint was produced between 1971 and 1973 in a limited run, and while the final number of models produced will never truly be known thanks to a flood which destroyed the factory which kept the records, most experts suggest that around 1400 Sprints were produced in total.
This particular sprint is a '73 coupe and, according to the seller, has travelled an original 94,445 miles from new.
The seller adds that the Elan has been meticulously maintained and has a documented history of services, maintenance, repairs and improvements.
The Elan Sprint is $60,000 and anyone interested in this classic British sports car can view the full listing here.
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Kansas City's favorite neighborhood celebrates the beginning of the 2015 holiday season with open houses, outdoor music, pop up events, and giveaways, Thursday, November 12th, 5-9PM. Brookside's Holiday Season Opener kicks off the annual Open House Weekend with participating retailers extending hours November 12th-15th: Thursday evening until 9PM, Friday and Saturday 10AM-6PM, and Sunday, 12-5PM.
Stroll through the shopping district, sipping hot cocoa provided by Michael Forbes Bar & Grille or complimentary Roasterie coffee and get your first look at the festive window displays and holiday merchandise. Find great deals and the best selection of gifts and seasonal décor at your favorite Brookside merchants. Area restaurants will have food and drink specials available Thursday evening only.
The FREE event, sponsored by KC Magazine, 101 the Fox, JACK FM, 94.9KCMO, Magic 107.3, and 95.7 The Vibe, includes outdoor music performed by the Holiday Trombones and local choirs on Thursday evening in the Park, from 6-7:30PM.
At various locations around Brookside, there will be pop up events Thursday evening such as Photos with Santa at Fit Formula, grand opening events and free food tastings and samples at Savory Spice, live jazz at World's Window, a whiskey tasting event by Dark Horse Distillery at The NEW Dime Store, "Forever Brookside" Instagram photo spot at Brookside Barkery, plus Thursday Night Football at Charlie Hoopers Bar & Grille and The Brooksider. Other participating merchants include: 5B&Co Candles, Fiddly Fig, Shop Beautiful, plus many more.
World's Window, at 63rd Street and Wornall Rd., is collecting new and gently used warm, winter coats and sweaters for both women and children. World's Window is partnering again for the sixth year with the Rose Brooks Center to help aid their mission in breaking the cycle of domestic violence. In exchange for coat or sweater donations, the generous donors will receive a 20% off coupon that can be used any day through November 12th, at Worlds Window.
Spend $200* and get a $20 BKS gift card FREE, or spend $100 and get a $10 BKS gift card free. Bring your receipts to Michael Forbes Bar & Grille by 11/15/15 to get your gift certificates. Multiple receipts can be combined to reach the qualifying amounts. Receipts must be dated November 12, 13, 14, 15, 2015 and from a Brookside shopping district merchant. Purchase $50 in Brookside gift cards and get a FREE $10 gift card. Also, Thursday night event attendees can register to win a Brookside themed holiday giveaway.
*Limit one free $20 Brookside Gift Card for purchase of $200, per customer.
Evening Specials and Events
- 5B & Co. Candlemakers: Celebrating the "Year of the Nutcracker." 25% off all Nutcrackers. New scent -
- Spiced Biscotti - 8oz tin for $12.50 (regularly $16.50). Complimentary homemade sweet treats and holiday drinks.
- Avenues Bistro: Ladies Night - Happy Hour Food & Drinks for Ladies ALL NIGHT LONG!
- Bella Napoli: Homemade gnocchi on special tonight
- Brookside Barkery & Bath: #ForeverBrookside Instagram photo spot, plus cider and donuts! Enjoy 25% off all TOYS, TREATS, and ACCESSORIES from 5pm to 9pm!
- Brookside Gallery and Framing: Holiday Open House with decor by local artists
- Brookside Jewelry:
Wine and Cheese event
FREE polishing cloths
Featured product for the week - personalized limited edition Christmas bells
20% off throughout the store (some restrictions may apply)
- Brookside Nails: Open late! Manicures and pedicures til 9p.
- Brookside Toy & Science: 15% off all purchases, FREE holiday gift wrap!
- The Brooksider Bar and Grill: Thursday Night Football
- Charlie Hooper's Bar & Grille: Thursday Night Football - specialty cocktails / wines by the glass/crafts on draft on special
- The Fiddly Fig:
Gift with Purchase -- Receive a holiday gift FREE with a purchase.
Every customer will receive a FREE rose
25% off one item
The store will be filled with beautiful decorations and gifts, along with beautiful fresh floral arrangements for holiday party ideas. Enjoy complimentary wine, appetizers and homemade cookies.
- Fit Formula: Photo with Santa from 6:30p-8:30p! Donations are being accepted and all proceeds benefit the Children's Miracle Network.
- Foo's Fabulous Custard: Enjoy seasonal favorites - pumpkin, peppermint, and egg nog flavored concretes.
- Leopold Gallery - Complimentary wine
- Michael Forbes Bar & Grille: Steak special - Steak with choice of sauce, mashers and fresh veggie $11.90
- Mike's Wine & Spirits: Wine tasting plus holiday cocktail samples and ideas
- The NEW Dime Store:
Darkhorse Distillery Whiskey Tasting and light appetizers
- Optical Innovations:
Blowout Sale going on all weekend with 10% to 90% off
- Savory Spice: Grand Opening events and food tastings on the grill, plus hot chocolate and malt ciders.
- Shop Beautiful: Wine and cheese and 20% off select jewelry until 7p.
- a store named…STUFF: Purchase BKS Pride items (sweatshirts, coffee mugs, magnets, and ornaments) and STUFF will double the donation given to charity on each one. Shop nearly 4,000 ornaments, new holiday collections by American artists plus the storied 10ft. Traditional American Christmas Tree. Sips, snacks, treats, and of course M&Ms, will be served.
- Tuesday Morning: Holiday decor and more. Open until 7p.
- UPS Store - 20% UPS shipments November 12-14 (Closed Sunday)
- World's Window:
Live jazz music 5-7p, door prizes, wine and festive treats. View over 150 nativities from around the world in the windows! Open House features ornaments, clothing and decor from around the world.
Donate a new or gently worn coat or sweater for women or children and receive a 20% off coupon that can be used November 12, 2015. There's no limit to the number of coats and sweaters a customer can donate.


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Faculty/Student Innovation Grants
Cabrillo Education Foundation (CEF) is providing Faculty/Student Innovation Grants designed to create critical breakthrough thinking. Click Here to download the application.
The purpose of the Faculty/Student Innovation Grants is two fold:
To fund either a new approach to or improvement of a current process/program to increase student success along the continuum of early learning from Kindergarten through College and Career Readiness. Faculty proposals may include curriculum transitions and enhancement, professional development and/or learning communities, programs that target more equitable outcomes for socioeconomically disadvantaged students, teacher collaboration on a project or coordination with an outside organization and pilot projects supporting goals that are aligned between CEF and CUSD.
Two grants will be reserved for faculty sponsored students who have a new invention and /or innovative approach to student success, technology, arts & sciences, etc.
In partnership with CUSD, we welcome these new innovative approaches and are prepared to provide eight $1000 grants, six for Faculty and two for student/faculty sponsored innovations.
Grant funds will be provided for programs implemented in the 2019-20 school year and will be available until May 31st, 2020. Grantee will notify CEF if the program can not be initiated within two months and return funds to CEF.
Selection Process
The Cabrillo Education Foundation funds the CEF Faculty/Student Innovation Grants Initiative program. Principals and the CUSD Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum will screen applications and receive the approval of the Superintendent prior to submission to CEF.
The Cabrillo Education Foundation's Board of Directors will serve as the Review Committee. They set program guidelines, review and score submitted proposals, and make final awarding decisions. The CEF Executive Director facilitates the selection process. Application deadline is October 19th 2019.
What this program is for:
- Bring new, innovative "Out of the Box" thinking.
- Creation of a new program that is "Above & Beyond" a typical classroom experience.
- Revision/Addition of existing programs or processes to leverage student success.
- Teacher/Staff sponsorship for a student's innovation.
- Project resourceful or new to CUSD or the HMB community.
- Project goes above and beyond the typical classroom experience.
What this program is not:
- Day to day operation funds of CUSD programs.
- Expansion of existing programs unless it is an innovative addition.
- Classroom speakers unless they are essential to the innovation being created.
- Classroom supplies unless they are essential to the innovation being created.
- Conferences.
Previous Successful Grant Projects:
- Building and programming of Ozobot machines for early coding development.
- Promotion of proficient, career-ready skills using applied geometry in construction projects.
- Farm to desk agricultural program to develop food science technology.
- Publication of a literary and creative art anthology to promote project management skills.
- Initiation of student club to foster leadership, develop mechanical skills and build community.
CEF-Funded Innovation Grants
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By Alan Morrison
I have accrued a modest but eclectic collection of the souvenirs of other peoples' travels: a Dutch Van Gogh print; an Argentinean pencil box; a portly pottery Czech village mayor with his nose in the air; a cadaverous wood-carved Don Quixote figurine. And then there are the stocks of crinkled postcards from all and sundry person and place, coffee-stained and ink-blotted, wishing I was here.
Travel may broaden the mind, but the mind can also broaden travel; it can intensify it; it can crystallize the experience and distil the sensation of moving itself until the kinetic process becomes frozen in time like the photo of a struggling smile. And of course, landscapes themselves are constantly on the move: hills and rocks slowly, almost invisibly, through time, subside or accumulate – especially desert dunes, plunging seemingly into themselves, snaking in the wind in North Africa, just across the water from here on which the Moors first came; it's not only us who journey, the sand travels too.
When I do travel abroad, it is likely to be to Granada, to accompany Lucía in visiting her family. Granada: that contradictory, almost arcane city where uncannily preserved Moorish architecture clashes deafeningly with that of the sky-gazing Christian inheritors. You may feel yourself sojourning in two worlds at the same time in this labyrinthine place, nestled in a dusty valley between the olive-tree mottled hills and the snow-capped, Sierra Nevada mountains. They say that's why Granada has such seasonal extremes, because of these mighty peaks: in summer the heat smothers the city like a hand over a face, and in winter the cold reddens the skin with an icy burn.
Our last visit was in winter. The penetrating chill of a city I had come to associate with thick, heavy heat, served to both surprise me and complete my sense of disorientation – my customary sense of being when travelling abroad. My Cancerian pincers always tense when I am away from home, but, unhelpfully, my shell recedes and the cold sunlight pours into me and stretches my eyes, melting off the blinkers. Then I am spiritually naked. My sense of self and purpose shrinking as I am exposed to the glare of an unfamiliar sun illuminating unfamiliar views and unfamiliar faces, until my own identity and perception are reduced to the size and dimensions of a postcard. This feels more than simply a transition of time and place; it seems sometimes like a painful but educative metamorphosis; a transmogrification from a native to a foreigner – and yet I've always felt a foreigner even at home. Some people go abroad carrying their countries with them and leaving their minds behind, safe at home. Unfortunately, or perhaps ultimately fortunately, I bring my mind with me.
While I am abroad, scooped like a tadpole from my microcosmic pond, I fill with the transience of things. It's as if I'm suddenly all spirit, all ether, flitting insubstantially through a maze of lasting buildings, markers of my own earthly limitation. And throughout this dislocated passage of time, one thought sticks like a thorn in my mind: words printed on a page, my words, my poems, blinding me with their permanence – and all I want is to become as permanent as them; to have my entire consciousness immortally franked onto paper. And this immovable thought serves continuously and without any respite, to remind me with a piercing shiver, of my own ephemeral substance. This thought is the stone, it can blunt any scissor-points but those of panic; paper can wrap it – but paper also burns.
Why do I meditate on mortality as I pass by the beautiful, motley mustard-yellow and milkshake-pink town houses with their pretty balconies and large rectangular shuttered windows; the winding backstreets verged high by silent, shuttered terraces that look dark and unlived in, only a washing-line away from their opposites across the narrow Roman cobbles? Their shutters are sealed like visors – mine are stretched wide open as if someone had clothe-pegged my eye lashes apart. I want to look and to see and to appreciate, but my thoughts swirl in and out the nooks and crannies of every poetically dilapidated street. This is an intense type of tourism; an out-of-the-body visit. My guide is a dislocated native of this place, who was brought up to accommodate the great weight of history heaving through every vivid day; Lucía says Spain is 'so heavy', and I think I might sense what she means sometimes in the dark chocolate of the peoples' eyes, the bars adorned with black bulls' heads and dust-caked wine bottles, clamouring with glasses and laughter, plates clanking like castanets.
Near our cramped wood table where we feast on vivid-coloured delicacies, a gnarled-faced, leathery-skinned character strums flamenco – or some such idiomatic strain – on his chestnut-coloured guitar; his fingers spin their stringy web fast as a spider. Occasional thunderous strums strike picaresque images in my mind of Don Quixote jousting with the windmills as his armour clatters with his horse's gallop; Sancho Panza riding rationally behind him on his bungling mule. The flamenco strums strike my ears with a violent gust of pride which doesn't belong to me or my country – but it stirs something remote and significant in me nonetheless (like De Falla's El amor brujo when I listen to it at home in the cold). It strikes only a sort of inherited sense of turbulence in Lucía – and it is at this point, as she sighs wearily through her cigarette, that she first coins her legend: 'Spain is so heavy'. 'So is England' I utter, unconvinced of my own comparison, and she promptly ties up this thread of doubt: 'No it isn't – not like Spain'.
In the piercing mornings, while breakfasting, I am struck by how alive Latin culture is, as we scramble for a spare table in the fug of animated conversations and cigarette smoke. The natives of Granada are as lively and loud as the ubiquitous little birds that smother the trees in the winter squares like puffy, rotund, feathery leaves – so it seems all year round the city's trees are in leaf; amidst the clatter of coffee glasses and tip-plates the café congregations chirp friskily over their chorros and hot chocolate. Lucía introduces me to the many shades of café con leche, subtly differentiated in a hierarchy of milk quantities served in little glasses hot to the touch: shadow (so milky only a shadow of the coffee remains), cloud (milky), cut (espresso with a trickle of milk). Another bright, stunning day is in the ascendant, and the mournful toll of the cathedral bell can do nothing to lastingly solemnize it; this city is unrepentantly alive; bustling with activity and thought and feeling; perfumed with the odours of incense and oranges. Granada is a slow taste to acquire, like the olive; when you taste it as it should be tasted it is both sweet and sour at the same time, gradually reviving the tongue. Many other analogies might do for this place: the smoky oak flavour of Rioja; the salty tang of jamon, sliced clean and red as if from a raw wound.
Strangely enough I had never actually been into the Al Hambra before this visit. Twice before we had sat sipping summer wine in the Satsuma-glow of the bird-chirping spring evening, staring up at the sunset-orange of the Moorish walls that had given the palace its name: the Red. Not so this time: we rose early one morning to discover another time, built in tribute to the Muslim sense of the transitory nature of things; built to pass like a thought, not to last, unlike the Christian cathedral at the city's heart. But this convoluted palace had lasted, beyond all expectations or even considerations, no doubt, of its original architects. Though some of the cobalt blues of the interior tiles had unsurprisingly faded in places, the intricacy of the sculpted walls with their egg-shelled casting and high star-shaped ceilings remained painstakingly intact, like the imprint of mummified cerebrums. Courtyards once paced in by sleepy Sultans have retained their shape and detail, still fecund with fountains in the centre and pillared porticoes perfectly preserved and symmetrical, luring the eyes in to their whispering shades. One fountain stands on squat stone lions – 'a gift from the Jews' informs my guide, assuring me that even the tour-book omits this information. And from the portico balconies, through the Visigoth arches and architraves, the most breathtaking sight of all: the view of Granada itself, cliffs of innumerable white houses tumbling upwards to the inky mountains beyond. Here and there are protrusions of green, cypresses and poplars, and the whole city looks like the miniature Bethlehem lovingly crafted for display in a tent outside the Cathedral.
It is night in the miniature Bethlehem, only the bleats of shepherded sheep and the grumbles of King-burdened camels carrying in the evening silence. Faint glows of scrub-nestled households hover here and there like glow-worms on the hillsides; the three Wise Kings bring their gifts, guided by a special star lighting their way. Joseph and Mary are crouched beside a haloed baby in a straw manger in an illuminated stable. The Angel Gabriel is held on with blue tack to the stable beam. The customary visitors huddle near the place of nativity, three pipe-smoking shepherds, a cow and a mule. There seem to be more attendees than one would see in the average Anglo-Catholic crib – and most bizarrely of all, there is one figurine, possibly a shepherd, perpetually crouched in a crapping position, his trousers pulled down, an emerging stool protruding from his anus. 'Who the hell is this meant to be?' I ask Lucía and she smiles knowingly with that inimitable Spanish iconoclasm saying 'No one knows – but he's always there'. 'Perhaps it's meant to be the Devil?' I suggest.
Strangely, my most enduring memory of this last visit of ours to Lucía's city of birth will be of sitting round a glass-topped table, a heated tablecloth hugging all of our knees as we sit round watching Gabriel's existential cartoons. Gabriel is only five years old, with wide brown eyes full of dread and wonder – the strange bedfellows of innocence. He sits couched in sierras of cushions, gripping his special pillow, Felipa, which he always brings with him wherever he goes. And I am the foreigner in his small imaginative world, struggling to let go of a thought which is lodged in my mind like a sharp and jagged rock. One day soon, he will have to let go of his pillow.
Published in Headstorms magazine, Seeker magazine and The Taj Mahal Review, 2005/6
Alan Morrison © 2005/6
By Alan Morrison
I was seventeen when I first started to see; see properly I mean; see not just what's here, but what isn't here but should be. And once you start to see what is not here but is possible, everything else begins to fade as this mighty absence takes shape.
It's a sort of awakening of conscience; a conversion of faith; a spiritual politics. It's come a long way and had many forms: the blacked out face of a Scottish coal miner; the proselytising lips of tea-sipping thinkers; the turpentine nails of tubercular journeymen; the brief reigns of hair-suited Ministers; the thundering thoughts of compassionate minds. But it's always had one thing in common at its core: life and its fruits are here to be shared.
My parents were going through one of their lean periods, so I accompanied them in our clapped-out burgundy Maxi to a car boot sale in the run-down school grounds of a local council estate. It was a depressing, drab community and the playground lay at the centre of a labyrinth of paint-peeling beige box houses, all exactly the same, with little patches of scrub for front gardens littered with rusting bicycles, old fridges and upturned shopping trolleys. This was where the pallid species known locally as 'scum' existed in their hidden numbers, cramped between the Social Security offices and the town centre. Graffiti sprawled on every road sign and lamppost – the claw marks of society's neglected residents. Just outside the wire enclosure of this asphalt hinterland, a sign shouted the eleventh commandment: NO BALL GAMES.
There we displayed our commodities, old faded Star Wars figures and rusty toy soldiers, souvenirs of childhood, heaped in damp-stained luggage once used by us in mythic times when holidays were still possible.
In a small matter of minutes a grubby-faced little boy appeared wearing a pair of scruffy corduroys too big for him. His face had that transparent paleness typical of these neglected neighbourhoods, where skeletal kids look like they've barely seen sunlight for years – as if they've been left on their parents' window-sills to fade in the urban glare like Chimney Sweep miniatures; the sort of luminous paleness the Council kids used to have at school, the ones who reeked of stale urine. That face was marked by a mighty absence of life's better things. I had to remind myself this was almost the twenty-first century – and no doubt at times so did this shabbily-dressed, thumb-sucking cadaver.
There he stood like a half-starved ghost gazing in wonderment at the out-of-date merchandise displayed before him in the old damp-smelling suitcases. He stared at the small figures as if they were nuggets of gold. I watched as he crouched on the asphalt and picked one of the figures up, toying with it and animating it as his father's shadow hovered over his luminous skin. 'How much are they each?' asked the timid parent, back hunched humbly. My father could barely answer for the pity that scraped his tone: '50p', he croaked. 'Ok,' said the father, kneeling down next to his enraptured son, 'You can pick one of them'. As the small boy rummaged around in the multitudes of figures for his one plastic, out-of-date, paint-faded choice, I saw my father turn away for a second as if on the brink of tears while I held back my own, feeling a mixture of extreme pity, shame and…a sort of enlightening sadness; an unconditional love for the little boy and the little second-hand world he lived in; for the way he scrimped about for just one little faded figure, a faded little figure himself.
In time, and after much careful handling of figure after figure, the boy made his choice and the father pressed a cold 50 pence piece into my hand. The man and his mesmerised son turned and walked slowly away. As I stared after them, I noticed how the little boy held the plastic figure, which I had once taken for granted, as if it were a precious and priceless relic; as if one blink of his eye and it would disappear. Our hearts sank with our hands into our pockets.
What choice had we? We needed money ourselves and so we sold what we didn't need anymore – but we felt ashamed, and it was all we could do to stop ourselves giving the boy the whole suitcase full of figures for the price of those meagre two. But it had largely been through such selflessness that we had come by hard times ourselves; my father often proudly quoted the motto of our Fabian ancestors: sui oblitus commodi – forgetful of one's own interests. Doubtless these matchstick folk had never had any interests to forget.
Only a short time later another man, about the same age as the boy's father, all jeans, trainers and clinking car-keys, squeaked up to us in his leather jacket and surveyed our suitcases of toys on the ground. With a screwed-eyed, indirect gaze beneath the peak of a baseball cap, he said to my father, 'How much for the whole lot?' Slightly taken aback, my father's brow furrowed as he bit his nails in consideration of the toys' collective value. As if instinctively sickened at the prospect of making a profit in such a deprived place, he muttered 'I'm not really sure…' 'Thirty quid for the lot' proposed the slightly impatient spectator who seemed as much a stranger to this playground as we were. 'Right, ok' agreed my father, no doubt so relieved at the prospect of securing sufficient funds to keep us in electricity for the next fortnight that it didn't occur to him to haggle for any more; anyway, bartering was contrary to his ancestral nature.
The deal done, the man slid out three crisp ten pound notes from his hefty wallet. My father grinned with embarrassment as he took the money. 'They're for the kids', said the man as he closed the lids on the figures and clicked the latches shut. He then heaved the two cases from the ground and carried them stealthily away, his trainers crunching on the playground gravel. My father gazed at the three notes in his hand, tapped his fingers on his corrugated brow, and smiled wearily at my mother stood shyly by the car.
Then there came the clunk of a car door shutting some yards along the asphalt and we looked up and saw the man seat-belting himself in. His car was a large, chunky estate with a huge boot at the back filled to the brim with all manner of children's toys and clothes. No one except the woman who lived in the shoe had as many children as that! Or were they for him? Surely an adult should have grown out of hoarding toys? Of course, as his car heaved away, another possibility occurred to us…
The scruffy little boy whose day had been illuminated by the gift of one single second-hand figure came into my mind again, and no doubt, from the sad look clouding my father's face, into his…
…the image of that boy and his innocent gratitude for what was a pittance of amusement has lodged in my mind ever since and even as I speak about it now I have to swallow the memory as if it's a stone in my throat. But if it is a stone it's from a fruit, as it's grown in me, fleshing out with sweetness. Now every word on my tongue tastes of that memory.
So the seed of new convictions was planted in me that miserable day, when the grey skies hung heavy over the small, second-hand boy crouched on that asphalt before a trove of small, second-hand toys. That's when I first glimpsed the mighty absence, under his chin, glowing like the golden shadow of a buttercup.
published in Headstorms magazine, 2005 and online at Seeker magazine, 2006
Alan Morrison © 2005/6
By Alan Morrison
Stanley Tantalus (indeterminate time - unspecified departure) failed to make his presence truly felt during several decades haunting his now derelict digs at 41, St. Anthony's Street, Tipton. The obscurity of the many undocumented achievements in his profession as Insubstantial Tenant at this only latterly recognised address classically illustrates the timeless theme of the polarised, struggling ghost; still a much-deprecated community role in our unreceptive technological society. Tantalus, an already doubt-afflicted fiction was driven to inverse solipsism at his complete invisibility and ultimately handed in his lack of notice. His absence wasn't missed.
It is indeed shocking to meditate on the disturbing reality that throughout his entire posterity on earth, the full achievement of Stanley Tantalus's prolific absence failed to capture the light of celebrity.
In recent times however revisionist mediums have begun to reassess Tantalus's long and significant obscurity; the full metaphysical extent of which has only just begun to attract the critical notice it so giftedly eluded when transparently manifest at that now legendary bed-sit. All the more legendary for the fact that it was bulldozed down last year by a sub-contractors who refuse to be named, acting on the orders of a well-known high street retail company, who also refuse to be named, as part of an inner-city redevelopment, the details of which both the sub-contractors and the retail company refuse, emphatically, to divulge. Nevertheless, an un-intrusive shrine to Tantalus's mythical home, now a pile of sub-contracted rubble, has since been erected by some of the more fanatical disciples of his in-growing cult phenomenon. This powerful gesture has ensured that both the address and Tantalus himself have tipped into the arena of popular folklore.
Stanley Leonard Tantalus, known indifferently to disinterested neighbours as 'that work-shy loafer from number 41', was frequently forgotten for his unmemorable, neutrally toned, threadbare cardigans. He was always missed by passers by, a morning paper crumpled in his armpit, spindly roll-up protruding from fish-lipped mouth, which puckered involuntarily in its gash of brillo-pad stubble whenever he smoked – a sort of smoker's stammer. His unrecognised catchphrase, 'If you're out of Lambert & Butler I'll have an ounce of Old Holborn and some blue RIZLAs, ta' has passed into the popular unconsciousness and is now the stuff of void; it has almost become a ghost of the modern vernacular. This quintessentially idiosyncratic 'Tantalism' of alternating between straights and roll-ups never succeeded in attracting anyone's notice. Tantalus was an emphatically self-effacing, inoffensive individual, who was often mistaken for himself in the street.
It is a testament to the vast vacuum of Stanley Tantalus's contribution to modern Western society that an unmanned museum has recently been erected on the site of his demolished rented dwellings. The Tantalus Museum attracted much media disinterest on its unofficial opening last December to a throng of hard-hat sub-contractors, clipboard-waving surveyors and handpicked street beggars, all struck dumb by the complete absence of any building. Sponsored by the Tipton Spiritual Society, the new museum has been omitted by local architects for its striking innovation in design, lovingly built along the late Tantalus's own forgotten spiral-pad specifications, constructed on the foundations of his lost thoughts.
'The museum is built to last the ravages of time,' stated site manager Derek Lepidus on the building's incompletion. 'Yes, we had a poor turn out at the unofficial veiling, but on hindsight we perhaps should have waited till the spring. Invisible buildings don't tend to attract much interest, especially in late December'.
Similar sentiments were expressed by the museum's undedicated curator, Lindsay Carus, or would have been, had she been aware of her appointment to such a post.
But the Museum has attracted a priceless accolade from an itinerant ex-architect through raising his methylated spirits in the wake of this 'highly significant Post-Modern comment on our times – its transparent scaffolding, a masterful irony (anon.)'.
There is no doubting the seductive appeal of the breathtakingly un-researched detail of this unusual museum: no one could fail to be un-fascinated by exhibits such as Tantalus's second-hand typewriter with its missing r, i and p; his precious pilfered Starbucks' ashtray; and the coffee-stained sofa on which he composed some of his most obscure suicide notes which he un-famously scrolled into empty Unigate bottles every morning for the milkman to collect – all of which are tantalisingly un-manifest in the museum's main gallery, The Rubbish Dump Room. Stanley Tantalus was indeed a prolific suicide note writer, having committed suicide on at least three occasions throughout his life.
But despite these recent non-commemorative developments in memory of the early Stanley Tantalus – 'the unsung cultural stalwart of Tipton' (The Morning Dodo); 'the very sinew and bone of these disinterred Tipton streets' (The Daily Spectrograph) – the incarcerated legacy of this most unremarkable of men is best absent-mindedly meditated on with a thrown, empty gaze at the burial mound of rubble cordoned-off with yellow tape under the auspices of a new urban rejuvenation initiative. The site, we have on good authority, is currently sub-contracted to a reputable high street exorcists who have requested to remain unnamed, as competition is currently at an all-time high due to a slump in business.
Predictably and poetically, too, the grossly overgrown pauper's grave of one Stanley Leonard Tantalus, is also unnamed. It gathers mildew and molluscs in the shadow of its unmarked headstone – though the more feverish of Tantalus aficionados claim the incumbent's initials are clearly visible in the eerie serendipity of snail spoors. There has even been the grisly rumour that some members of the local community were now able to recall numerous sightings of Stanley Tantalus whilst he was still alive.
Contemporary social theorist Julian Cruickshank, irritable at being asked to expend oxygen on the subject, interprets these 'Tantalus witnesses' (sic.) as suffering from '…a collective false memory syndrome triggered by the sudden wave of hysterical media neglect regarding the, until now, un-credited absence of one of life's faceless understudies'. Cruickshank even goes so far as to describe this outburst of sudden communal mourning as '…uncannily similar to that of the disciples Christ's body was interred in the sealed tomb: unable to accept their leader's death, they experienced a collective hallucination immortalised as The Resurrection'. Cruickshank continues: 'Of course, this Christianity itself could easily be explained as the culmination of centuries of Chinese Whispers. Or, indeed, Russian Dolls. The rational mind dismisses eschatology as myth. We don't even know for certain whether the collective hallucination which inspired this myth ever actually happened either'.
[Note: our sympathies go to the family of Julian Cruickshank (late) on hearing news of his suicide last week, just as we went to print. Mr Cruickshank Phil, MA, BA, BC, AD, took an overdose of St. John's Wort washed down with a litre of White Lightning, only two days after the launch of his latest publication, The Impossibility of History. His suicide note simply said, 'I've lost my faith in doubt', and was signed in barely decipherable, spiderish scribbles, only the 'Phil' and 'MA' recognizable in his list of academic distinctions.]
Whatever one's tilt on the subject of Stanley Tantalus's non-existence, even sceptics are unanimous on most points: that something failed to happen; someone failed to make any impact; some number of people definitely witnessed nothing, and that this nothing was undeniably something; that this something must have been hugely significant to have inspired so much speculation as to the nature of its unapparent substance; that this substance emitted a strange, eerie, gas-meter grey aura, and that this aura shimmered with some sort of non-energy, or lethargy, that clearly wasn't visible but was there; that this energy, or invisible apparition, uncannily resembled the anonymous face of someone; that this anonymous someone was completely unrecognisable but yet they KNEW it was Stanley Tantalus because they couldn't remember what he looked like, nor indeed who he was, and yet all three of the witnesses swear blind that the apparition said it was Stanley Tantalus and bid one of them give him a fag; that as Stanley Tantalus dragged at his cigarette, he coughed out a billow of phlegm-green smoke, wiped his stubbly face as if shaking off some cobwebs, and told them to forget that they had ever remembered to forget him, go forth and spread the word that purgatory has a public smoking ban, angels have to save up for halos with easily mislaid coupons, your dead relatives bombard you with nonsensical gossip under the subterfuge of 'catching up', everyone speaks in infuriating tongues reminiscent of Born Again Christian bashes, if you can't get a haunting job you have to go on a Ghost Training Scheme which is insufferably patronising and ill-equipped, and, most unimaginably of all, those who once looked straight through you now acknowledge you by asking you to autograph your obituary for them, while they politely look the other way and congratulate you on a superior work of fiction…
And so the caucus story of the unfashionably early, fashionably late Stanley Tantalus finds its infinite closure in a paradox of ifs, buts and maybes, and not least of all butts: Stanley Tantalus is the only prophet to have been glimpsed after death having a transcendental fag-break.
So the mystery remains, to no one's particular notice, and the words of those few who testified to his little known resurrection continue to tantalise sceptics: we didn't know what he looked like but we KNEW it was him, because he introduced himself…
This, no doubt, will go down in the annals of hearsay as perhaps the cleverest double bluff of all time. And who knows, it might even spark a little piece of history which some day in some plaque-yellow backstreet pub, the friendless, stubbly, fag-wafting drunk sat in the corner, who never manages to be seen through the cloudy ponds of clinking pints, might be the only person to know that piece of pub quiz trivia, and finally be sculpted into being by the perception in the other punters' eyes.
Published in Headstorms magazine, 2005
Alan Morrison © 2005
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Consumer Advisory: Avoid employment/employee discrimination
During holiday time, the Colorado Civil Rights Division encourages heightened awareness of state anti-discrimination laws
DENVER (Dec. 23, 2015) -- The holidays are not only a unique time of year for consumers, but also for the employers and employees that serve them. With the spike of temporary, seasonal employment opportunities that continue through the New Year, the Colorado Civil Rights Division, part of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), can help employees to know their rights, as well as remind and educate employers about Colorado's anti-discrimination and public accommodation laws. Employers and employees are encouraged to take five minutes to get more aware of these laws.
Imagine if this type of scenario happens at a jobsite, a housing unit or at a place of public accommodation…
- A properly qualified 75-year-old is not hired for a seasonal job at a food service outlet--despite that he was qualified under the employer's job description--and the hiring manager told the applicant that he was not hired because he had questions about his physical stamina due to his age.
- The holiday season is a busy time at the drive-up coffee shop, and a manager denies an employee's request to take time off for religious purposes. He now requires that the employee work extra hours. There had been no advance notice to the employee that these working hours, outside of 9-5, might be a required part of the job.
Employers: Do you know if you are complying with Colorado's anti-discrimination laws?
Employees: Do you know your rights?
Discrimination can be based on: Age (Employment only); Ancestry; Creed; Color; Disability; Familial (family) Status (Housing only); Marital Status (Housing and Public Accommodations only); Marriage to Co- worker (Employment only); National Origin; Race; Religion; Sex; Sexual Orientation (including transgender status); and/or, Retaliation for engaging in a civil rights-protected activity.
The Colorado Civil Rights Division offers the following tips:
Age and Employment
Unless age is a bona-fide occupational qualification which is reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business or enterprise, it may be discriminatory to presume that a person's age prevents them from performing the job. It is not discriminatory to ask "Can you perform the essential job functions of this position?" and, if it is asked of all applicants, the employer may ask the applicant for a demonstration or verbal description of how he or she would perform the essential job functions.
Other resources:
Religion and Hours of Work
Unless it is reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business or enterprise, it may be discriminatory to require a person to work hours different from those usually assigned if the assignment was based on the employee's request for leave due to religious reasons. It may be discriminatory to ask any questions in hiring in the area of religion that, if answered, would reveal religious affiliation, denomination, customs, holidays observed or the name of the minister.
Other resources:
Visit the Colorado Civil Rights Division for information on the state's antidiscrimination laws, free educational classes, or to file a complaint of discrimination in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodation.


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San Jose, CA (PRWEB) January 13, 2012
From the outer reaches of deep space to the miniscule nucleus of an atom, the developers of PC-BSD make it clear that the scope and possibilities of PC-BSD are endless. Following the release of the Hubble Edition, iXsystems eagerly announces the release of PC-BSD® 9.0: Isotope Edition.
PC-BSD is a stable, secure, and user-oriented desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. Kris Moore, founder and lead developer of the PC-BSD Project, states that "PC-BSD 9.0 marks an important step in the series. Users are now given the flexibility and power of running the desktop of their choice, fully integrated with the PC-BSD tool library and PBI package management system."
At first glance, PC-BSD 9.0 Isotope Edition offers more available desktop choices. In this latest version, many open source Window managers (GNOME, LXDE, XFCE, and KDE) are fully supported. More users can run their preferred desktop while still being able to enjoy all the features and advantages that PC-BSD offers.
New enhancements have also been added, including an updated PBI (Push-Button Installer) system. PBIs are self-contained applications that allow users to easily install programs without deleting or overwriting important data. Isotope's 8.x predecessor allowed users to easily download, install, and update applications. The new PBI system makes significant improvements by efficiently organizing PBI dependencies without unnecessary duplication.
As always, updating new versions of software will not interfere with previously working ones, and now disk space is also conserved. The new AppCafe, replacing the Software Manager, provides an easy way to obtain and manage applications from a graphical user interface, and works across all supported desktops.
"PC-BSD 9.0 has truly innovated the BSD world and proved to me that their system is easy for anybody to use, while still containing the core aspects of one of the most stable operating systems," says Mark Shaw, Systems Administrator and Web Developer at Card's Computers, Inc. "It really is a beautiful system and I love the AppCafe. This is probably one of the biggest achievements the PC-BSD team has made in making it easy for people to install software."
PC-BSD 9.0 also includes full integration of ZFS v28 thanks to the FreeBSD® Project. ZFS (Zettabyte File System) is an open source 128-bit file system that provides triple-redundancy storage without a RAID controller, automatically restores corrupted files from redundancies, and allows users to incrementally back up a snapshot of the filesystem to a remote ZFS volume.
More new features offered include:
- Enhanced Life Preserver, which allows users to back up their system with greater ease.
- New Update Manager that automatically checks for updates.
- Ability to update to the next major point release without reinstalling.
- Control Panel configurations can now be saved across desktops.
- Touchscreen drivers are now available. Users can download, run, and operate PC-BSD without ever touching a keyboard.
- Wireless configuration profiles are added to the system; users can quickly view and connect to available connections.
"It has been a long time since I have been truly impressed with an operating system and PC-BSD just absolutely nailed it with PC-BSD 9.0 Isotope Edition. All of the rough corners from 8.0 Hubble Edition have been polished off, and the GUI is second to none. Installation is simple and flawless, and ZFS works beautifully. I can (and will) install 9.0 to a 3TB drive, and I am looking forward to finally having a dedicated PC-BSD system," remarks Al Fairclough, a retired Photo Imaging Consultant.
For more information on PC-BSD, or to download the new PC-BSD 9.0 Isotope Edition, please visit http://pcbsd.org. It is also available for retail sale at http://www.freebsdmall.com on DVD.
About PC-BSD
PC-BSD is a fully functional, user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. It runs on the latest FreeBSD version 9.0 with a desktop interface of the user's choice and graphical system installer. Its PBI system, developed for PC-BSD and also available on FreeBSD, allows users to download and install their applications in a self-extracting and self-installing format.
About iXsystems, Inc.
iXsystems® is the all-around FreeBSD company that builds FreeBSD-certified servers and storage solutions, oversees FreeNAS development, and is the corporate sponsor of the PC-BSD Project. iXsystems is an employee-owned and operated, open source-centric, customer focused organization, dedicated to providing the highest quality built-to-order enterprise rackmount server solutions, pre-configured server appliances, and scalable storage solutions to our customers around the globe. More information about iXsystems is available on the web at http://www.iXsystems.com.
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