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Student Academy Awards
The 2016 Student Academy Awards competition is now open. This year's deadline for all films is June 1, 2016. Follow the link below to submit a film. We are using FilmFreeway, a third party submission platform, for this year's competition. You will need to create a FilmFreeway account in order to apply.
The Student Academy Awards (SAA) recognizes and honors student filmmakers who demonstrate excellence in the creation of motion pictures. By awarding these outstanding achievements, the Academy strives to support and inspire emerging filmmakers and to foster growth and education in the art and science of motion pictures.
1. Eligibility
a. The student filmmaker must have been enrolled as a full-time student in a degree-granting program at a college or university recognized by the SAA Executive Committee as indicated by the "Student Academy Awards School Eligibility" criteria at the time the submitted film was made.
b. Entries must have been made in a teacher-student relationship within the curricular structure of the teaching institution.
c. Entries must be submitted to the SAA no later than one year from the date of graduation.
d. Entries must be motion picture works that have been completed and submitted between June 2, 2015 and June 1, 2016 (Eligibility Period).
e. Entries must be identical in content and length to the version submitted to the student's school for final grading and may not be altered once submitted for Student Academy Award consideration. (Do not submit work in progress.)
f. Submitted films must not contain mention of any accolades received, such as festival laurels, or awards won.
g. Entries must be submitted online through the designated SAA submission portal on or before close of business on the last day of the above defined Eligibility Period.
h. Advertising films, promotional films, and films made as works for hire are not eligible.
i. Entries submitted for the Academy Awards competition (regardless of the outcome) are not eligible for entry into any subsequent SAA competition.
j. No entry may be longer than 40 minutes including opening and closing credits.
k. All entries submitted must be in English, subtitled in English, or dubbed in English.
2. Entry Procedures
a. Entry forms and films must be submitted digitally using the designated submission platform. Filmmakers should contact the Academy office if any issues prevent digital submission.
b. Entry films must be viewable on the official designated SAA submission platform. Submission links that take the viewer to a third party site to view the entry are not allowed.
c. Entry forms must list the single director or person most responsible for the creative production of the submission. Shared credits will be allowed for no more than two students if the responsibility is shared. If there are any credit discrepancies or controversies, the Academy will insist that credits be settled before the submission may be considered for an award. The final determination for credits in any event will be made by the SAA Executive Committee. The Academy will not be bound by any contract or agreement relating to the sharing or giving of credit, and reserves the right to make its own determination of credit for purposes of SAA consideration.
d. Entry forms must include an acknowledgement that Student has read and agrees to the Student Academy Awards rules. A faculty adviser from the Student's school is required for all submissions, and the form must include the adviser's correct name and contact information.
e. Entries must be submitted to one (and only one) of the SAA Submission Categories. Foreign entries must be selected by the student filmmaker's school prior to submission. Only schools that are recognized non-U.S. members of CILECT can participate in the Foreign categories and each school is allowed only one entry per category. Failure to apply in the correct category could result in disqualification.
f. Entries that advance to the semifinal round of judging must be provided in an approved format as defined by the "Student Academy Awards Approved Formats." Filmmakers will have at least one week to provide the copy to the Academy.
g. Upon request submitted with the entry form, any hard media provided (with the exception of DVD) will be returned to the entrant within 30 days of the the conclusion of the competition.
h. The Academy is not responsible for late, misdirected, missing, or damaged entries.
i. Failure to adhere to the entry requirements within the Eligibility Period will result in disqualification.
3. Judging Procedures
a. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shall judge entries on the basis of resourcefulness, originality, entertainment, and production quality without regard to cost of production or subject matter. Entries shall be judged only within their respective category.
b. All stages of judging, including Preliminary, Semifinal, and Final rounds, shall be overseen by the members of the Academy. The Academy may designate additional non-member judges as required at the sole discretion of the SAA Executive Committee.
c. Upon submission, entries shall be verified for eligibility and category.
d. Preliminary entries will be judged via their online digital submission. At this stage, the Academy has the option to re-categorize the entry into a more suitable category. Filmmakers will be notified of advancement to the semifinals by July 1, 2016.
e. Semifinalist entries shall be judged online only. Filmmakers will be notified of advancement to the finals by August 1, 2016.
f. Finalist entries shall be judged theatrically and online. Final ballots will be tabulated by the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers and filmmakers in each category will be notified of their final status by September 1, 2016.
g. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may award Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Awards to winners in the Domestic categories and Foreign Narrative category. Additionally, Gold medals may be given to winners in the Foreign Animation and Foreign Documentary categories. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medal Awards include cash grants of $5000, $3000, and $2000 respectively and a trip to Los Angeles for the SAA Week.
h. Presentation of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Award winners in each category will be made at the Student Academy Awards Ceremony on September 22, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California.
4. Advertising and Publicity
Student Academy Award participants may only promote their status in the competition within the explicit guidelines provided by the Academy.
5. Miscellaneous
a. Student Academy Awards winning films are eligible for entry into the following year's Academy Awards competition, provided the films satisfy all criteria for the Academy Award category for which they are entered.
b. If the eligibility and/or category of any entry is questioned, the Academy reserves the right to make a determination as the SAA Executive Committee may deem appropriate at its discretion.
c. The Academy reserves the right to amend or modify any procedure, process, or rule, as may be considered necessary by the SAA Executive Committee for the proper conduct of the Student Academy Awards or to adhere to any standards set forth by the Academy.
d. The decisions of the Academy regarding any matter regarding the SAA will be final and binding in all respects.
1. Domestic (U.S. based) accredited by one of the following agencies:
a. Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
b. New England Association of Schools and colleges
c. North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
d. Northwest Accreditation Commission on Colleges and Universities
e. Western Association of Schools and Colleges
f. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
2. Foreign Schools (Non-U.S. based) must be a member of CILECT
1. Domestic Categories include Animation, Documentary, Narrative, and Alternative.
2. Foreign Categories include Animation, Documentary, and Narrative.
3. Category Descriptions
a. ANIMATION – Animated films may present an original narrative story, an existing story or fable, or an exploration of a mood or thought. Either comical or serious, they usually fall into one of two general fields — character animation or abstract animation. Various techniques include cel animation, computer animation, clay animation, stop-motion, pixilation, cut-out pins, camera multiple-pass imagery, kaleidoscope effects, and drawing on the film frame itself. Winning Animation films are chosen by judging the product as a whole, as well as the artistic and technical skill of the filmmaker in whatever motif or animation technique the student has chosen.
b. DOCUMENTARY – Documentary films are nonfiction visual essays that seek to present historical subjects, current social or political issues, or specific human experiences in such a way as to have a dramatic impact upon the viewing audience. Documentaries may be filmed in the cinéma vérité style where camera and microphone merely record the event without injecting the comments or subjective conclusions of the filmmaker, or may be a reenactment. In the latter case, the distinction between dramatic and documentary film lies in the fact that while dramatic film is fictional, documentary film deals with factual situations and circumstances. Winning films in this category are chosen on the basis of artistic technique, as well as the ability of the documentarian to fashion reality into a film essay which leaves the audience better informed and/or moved.
c. NARRATIVE – Narrative films strive to portray life, a character or a narrative story much the same way a novel does, but within the context of an audiovisual medium. Past narrative films by students have included, but were not limited to, dramas, comedies, musicals, and many other story oriented genres. Winning entries in this and all other categories reflect the merit of the film when viewed as a whole, as well as the professional execution of its component parts, such as script, dialogue, direction, cinematography, lighting, acting, editing and scoring. Narrative category films may be adaptations of existing pieces of literature or original stories written by the student filmmaker.
d. ALTERNATIVE – Films submitted in this category must not be candidates for any other category. Alternative films extend traditional cinematic boundaries and conventions of expression. These films employ progressive aesthetic and/or technical elements. These films convey a reinterpretation of traditional structural components such as story, imagery, words, time, space, motion, sound, light and color. These films often expand the language of cinema. This category is not meant to be a "catch all" category for films that lack structure and/or craftsmanship. The Academy strictly evaluates if films submitted in this category are appropriately Alternative.
Approved formats include:
a. HD quality digital file (min. resolution of 1920×1080): Quicktime (Pro Res 422. Pro Res 4444), AVI, H.264
b. DCP
i. Aspect Ratio: 1.78, 1.85, 2.39
ii. Soundtrack: 2 Channel Stereo PCM, 5.1 (6) Channel PCM
c. Film
i. Gauge: 16mm (optical only), 35mm
ii. Aspect Ratio: 1.33, 1.85, 2.35
iii. Soundtrack: Optical, Magnetic
iv. Films with a separate magnetic sound track will not be accepted.
If you have any questions please contact Shawn Guthrie in the Student Academy Awards office at 310-247-3031 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Parting the Redwood Curtain
A one-mile highway project could change an entire region
U.S. 101, the longest highway in California, starts in Los Angeles and meanders northward through Santa Barbara, San Francisco and into redwood country. For California's sparsely populated north coast -- the stretch of forests and farms and the smattering of towns that make up Humboldt and Del Norte counties -- 101 is a lifeline. It's the main artery for a region that was in economic trouble even before the Great Recession.
Just across the Humboldt County line, the highway bisects tiny Richardson Grove State Park, where it drops from four lanes to two and weaves through ancient redwood trees. The top speed is 35 miles per hour, along curves too tortuous for full-size commercial semis to navigate. The park is the one place along Highway 101 through which these trucks -- the kind that serve businesses across the United States, from mom-and-pop shops to big-box behemoths -- cannot legally travel, with a few exceptions.
Now, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) wants to improve and widen the highway. But locals are divided. Some see the restricted highway as a bottleneck obstructing economic development in a recession-racked community. To others, it's the finger in the dike forestalling a flood of development in a deliberately bucolic landscape. Both sides agree on one thing: Management of the highway through this state park has implications for development in the entire region the highway serves.
Verdant Humboldt County lies near the southern end of a temperate rainforest that once stretched from just north of San Francisco Bay to southern Alaska. The county's population density is among the lowest in California, and is concentrated around two hubs, Eureka and nearby Arcata. The woods form a largely pristine corridor from the inland hills to the rocky coast, creating a physical barrier from the more metropolitan south, and preserving the pastoral atmosphere that distinguishes the region. Locals call it the "Redwood Curtain."
To get through the two-lane section of Highway 101 through Richardson Grove, loads have to be transferred onto smaller trucks or detour into Oregon before heading back south, increasing the trip between Oakland and Eureka, for example, by 446 miles. A 2008 state-commissioned study found that the restriction increases trucking costs by 16.9 percent for affected industries, including timber, manufacturing, floral and brewing, resulting in an annual income loss of $8 million for businesses and residents in Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
The restriction stems from the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) of 1982, a Reagan-supported law that, among other things, standardized the length of semi-trailers at a maximum of 53 feet. STAA semis aren't allowed through Richardson Grove because the route is so curvy, and they're so long, they can't turn without "off-tracking" -- making use of the opposing lane or the highway's shoulder. Off-tracking on the narrow, two-lane highway endangers both motorists and the trees that line the road. Before 1982, smaller, 40-foot trailers were more common, and though STAA-sized semis may have traversed the park at times, it would have been infrequent.
Humboldt County's 2008 Regional Transportation Plan blamed STAA limits for "preventing (the county's) businesses from being profitable and competitive with other similar business along the west coast." Caltrans' $5.5 million improvement project will, theoretically, level the playing field by creating an uninterrupted freight corridor from L.A. to Oregon. Construction would widen some shoulders and adjust lane alignment to allow semis through. Thirty trees in the park would be cut down -- only two redwoods, neither of them old-growth. Excavation will take place around the root systems of 86 more trees, including old-growth redwoods. The project is set to break ground this September.
When Eureka resident Trisha Lotus heard about the plan, she, like many locals, took it personally. Born in 1949, Lotus spent much of her youth behind the Redwood Curtain, summering in cabins among the big trees, and swimming in creeks and rivers.
Around the turn of the last century, Lotus' great-grandfather, Henry M. Devoy, owned a tract of old-growth redwoods in Humboldt. In 1922, 120 acres were turned over to the state, then under the leadership of Gov. Friend W. Richardson. This land became Richardson Grove State Park.
When Devoy owned the property, a horse path cut through it, crossing creeks, washes and the South Fork of the Eel River. In 1915, the trail was converted into an all-weather road, and in the 1930s, Depression-era stimulus programs put people to work constructing bridges. The one-time horse path is part of today's Highway 101. The park, meanwhile, has grown to more than 2,000 acres, with hiking, camping, salmon fishing, some of the last ancient redwoods, and that uniquely 21st-century amenity: wireless Internet.
But life behind the Redwood Curtain isn't all nature walks and small-town charm. Only recently has California's unemployment rate caught up with Humboldt's, which has been a full point or more higher for the last 20 years. The timber industry declined sharply in the 1970s, and over the last 10 years, manufacturing tied to the lumber industry declined by 70 percent. As in much of the U.S., high-paying manufacturing jobs were supplanted by lower-paying service jobs. Humboldt's economy has been kept afloat by government jobs, moderate tourism and, not insignificantly, a hefty trade in marijuana.
Caltrans' highway improvement plan, part of a statewide push to increase the efficiency of freight transportation, aims to jumpstart the area's sputtering economy. But for many Humboldt residents, who are more interested in preserving the region's rural character than improving its freight corridor, the plan is beyond misguided. "It kind of felt like knives cutting through me. I've just been devastated," says Lotus. "It feels like they're just trying to slice and dice up everything, just to make a little more money for businesses."
In June, Lotus and other opponents of the project filed a lawsuit to stop it. Led by the Environmental Protection Information Center, a local group, with the Center for Biological Diversity, Californians for Alternatives to Toxics and three other individuals, the suit alleges that Caltrans violated the California Environmental Quality Act when it approved the project. Plaintiffs say excavating and paving near the trees will endanger the redwoods' shallow root systems and risk contaminating the South Fork of the Eel River.
Compounding these concerns is a vague anxiety about the far-reaching impacts of the project. There is a pervasive fear that allowing STAA semis through Richardson Grove would turn northwestern California into an industrial corridor, resulting in more pollution, heavier traffic and proliferation of the big-box stores that so many Humboldt residents abhor.
But others in the community see the project as a small price to pay to help beleaguered businesses. "I feel like throwing up my hands and saying, 'If you all feel this way, then we ought to just give it back to the Indians and tear up the road and get out of here,' " says Mark Loughmiller, executive director of the Arcata Community Recycling Center, which serves about two-thirds of Humboldt County's population and says it's the oldest continuously running nonprofit recycling plant in the U.S.
Trucking materials through the park adds an extra cost that's hard for the center to bear in a recession. Recycled aluminum, for instance, must be loaded onto trucks small enough to pass through the Richardson Grove gantlet, then hauled to San Francisco, where it's packed onto an STAA regulation trailer and shipped to a mill in Tennessee. The added cost of the transfer is about $1,600 per load. Once a mere nuisance, the expense has become a serious threat to business.
When the economy tanked in 2008, the average per-ton value of recycled material went from about $160 per ton to $18 per ton, says Loughmiller. The center started charging a fee to help make up the difference. But the extra cost now has the county government, the center's primary customer, considering trucking recyclables elsewhere for processing -- possibly as far south as San Francisco. That could endanger the Arcata Recycling Center's four-decade run and its 30 jobs. It would also increase the number of trips and trucking miles, with their attendant pollution and road wear, as loosely packed, unprocessed trash replaces high-density, processed recyclables.
Kirk Girard, Humboldt County's community development director, puts it bluntly: As long as the county can't be part of a continuous STAA route, trucks will have to make special trips to accommodate local business, increasing costs, suppressing wages, and inflating prices. "The dead-end haul is an expensive haul," he says.
Road projects have brought sprawling development to many once-out-of-the-way communities. The expansion of I-70 through the Colorado Rockies, for instance, contributed to the development of the subdivisions and strip malls that now line the corridor, making parts of the route feel like a far-flung Denver suburb. Highway 101 could also become an avenue for unwelcome change.
A 2007 Del Norte County study on a comparable project specifically identified Home Depot and Wal-Mart as businesses obstructed by STAA restrictions. But Richardson Grove is not Humboldt's only bulwark against suburban sprawl and corporate giants. In a 1999 ballot initiative, a proposed zoning change to allow Wal-Mart into Eureka was voted down by a 20 percent margin. And Humboldt County is still out of the way and sparsely populated. The big-box barbarians may not be clamoring at the gates as loudly as some fear.
Whatever the highway's impact, some wonder if Richardson Grove is the right place to take a stand against future development. "It seems a crude tool to keep us isolated, to limit the proliferation of big boxes," says Girard. But manipulating land management to influence a community's trajectory isn't new, nor is it incompatible with the purpose of public lands. Management decisions inevitably affect surrounding areas, so "it would certainly seem legitimate to use public lands to try to shape the appearance of your community," says Dan McCool, director of environmental studies at the University of Utah.
How a new highway through Richardson Grove will shape northwestern California has more than just tree-huggers and locavores on edge. "We all look at Richardson Grove as our gateway," Girard says. "It's like walking through the entryway into St. Peter's -- the canopy, the redwoods, the circuitous route, that's all a sign that we've arrived home.
"Anything affecting that ambience and that gateway has got everyone nervous."

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The WAVY Carbon Fiber Slim Wallet is a great wallet at a great price
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Overall, should you get this wallet? Yes, have you been reading? This is a minimal wallet done right.


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Leg day happened, courtesy of Scott dragging my sorry ass to the gym. Which is good…But also painful. So. Many. Lunges.
Here's what I did:
Warm up – 8 x bar only (20kgs – all weights below will include this 20kg)
6 x 40kg
8 x 50 kg
8 x 60kg – 3 sets
Walking Lunge
5kg each hand x 20 – 3 sets
Treadmill Walking Lunge
50 x 2 sets
Leg Extension
20 x 35kg – 3 sets
Those lunges just about killed me. Stairs are not my friend at the moment…
I also did day 1 of my 30 Day Challenge when I got home – the squats were so difficult!


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President Buhari's 2nd Term Inauguration Will Be A Low-Key Affair
Being Text of a press conference addressed by the Hon Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at the State House in Abuja on Monday, May 13th 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari's inauguration for a second term on May 29, 2019, will be a low-key affair, as a number of the events slated for the inauguration will now be held during the first observance of June 12 as the National Democracy Day
The decision to have a low-key inauguration for the President was taken at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, 8 May 2019.
However, invitations have been sent to all world leaders to attend the ceremonies marking the observance of the Democracy Day on June 12.
Since the first observance of June 12 as Democracy Day falls into an election year, and as a measure to sustain June 12 as Democracy Day, the celebration of the inauguration and the advancement of democracy in the country will now take place on June 12. The country can ill-afford two major celebrations within a two-week interval.
Details of the events slated for the two ceremonies will be unveiled at a world press conference slated for May 20th in Abuja
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Millions of off road rigs have covered billions of miles with lug centric wheels, we had them on two Jeeps that had the snot beat out of them, you will be fine.Wheels got here today so I pulled a front and tried the new wheel on. The stock wheels fit very close to the hub with a lip. The new wheels are not hub centric and have a gap around the hub. Is this acceptable? Will new or different lug nuts be needed?
Clearance at the caliper, tie rod end, and elsewhere is excellent as far as I can tell. I'd like to get the tires mounted in the next day or so, but need to find out if the wheels will work like this first.
ETA: picking up new lug nuts tomorrow and hopefully finding time to get tires mounted
The metal fender liners on these old rigs do a great job of amplifying rock hits that would go unnoticed in a newer vehicle with plastic liners!Only down side so far is that they are prone to hold gravel that starts slinging out around 20-25 mph. I guess most larger lug deep tread tires are like this.


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Love is Selfless
John 5:35 (NIV) John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.
Love prepares the way
John 3:30 (NKJV) He must increase, but I must decrease.
1 Corinthians 13:4-13 (NIV) 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Love is Selfless
Envy is at the core of comparison.
WARNING: Envy can nurture a bitter spirit.
Proverbs 14:30 (NIV) A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
James 3:14-16 (NIV) 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.
"When I am loving well I celebrate what others have, even if it's something I long to have."
Envy is focuses on what I don't have, pride is bragging in what I do.
Pride: (KJV) Puffed up. gk Inflated.
Gifts are meant to speak of the giver of the gift not to puff the pride of the recipient.
2 Corinthians 10:17-18 (NLT) As the Scriptures say, "If you want to boast, boast only about the LORD." when people commend themselves, it doesn't count for much. The important thing is for the Lord to commend them.
Although gifts emphasize our value they also reveal our lack.
"Humility is the prerequisite of perfect love."
Matthew 6:1 (NIV)"Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Philippians 2:3-8 (NIV) 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!
"You cannot love someone that you put yourself in front of."
Both of these things (envy, boasting proud) are very self-focusses….
At the heart of self-seeking is Narcissism.
Many confuse love with happiness.
Ephesians 5:21(NIV) Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Nurturing Selfless-love
1. See yourself Investment not a waste.
"When I realize I have something to offer, I find joy in offering it."
Matthew 16:24-26 (NIV) Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. 26 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?
2. Go First. Be the first to be last.
"We experience love the most when we are showing it."
John 15:11-13 (NLT) I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! his is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.
3. Have confidence in God's love
1 John 4:16-17, 19 (NLT) 16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 17 And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. …19 We love each other because he loved us first.
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CrossWorthy (5)
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Long before it was a fashion statement, oh, along about the time it was truly a blunder, I made a statement all right … by wearing a pair of mismatched shoes to church.
It's been so long ago, as a matter of fact, that I still had children at home. And a husband. ;^- (Thus, the reason I probably didn't have a clue as to the nature of my own appearance.) (I spent a great deal of time in La-La-Land in those days ~~ it was a self preservation technique that I honed to a fine art.)
It was also at a time when I actually cared what I wore to church. (I'm somewhat ashamed to admit it now, but it does make for a better story.) (Don't get me wrong, I don't wear cut-offs and a tank top to church, but this place was, well … I'll just say, "over the top." It was quite the church to make a fashion statement. It was more of a diversion than Paris in the Spring. Showing up to see what the fashionistas were wearing was right up there with praising the Almighty. You know. Priorities. One simply must keep them straight.
Now, I must insert here that my mother made sure that we wore our Sunday best to church when I was growing up. It was important that we offered our best. I understand that theory. It makes sense. What I'm speaking of in the previous paragraph is another man-made (or woman-made) warped sense of importance. Oh, how we human beings can skew a perfectly good sanctity.
Nevertheless, I digress.
On said Sunday, I rushed about in the usual tizzy, trying to get myself ready, the children ready, as well as answering the perfunctory Sunday morning question from the former Mister (Does this tie match this shirt?) (No.) (Did it ever?) (You're color-blind, for St. Peter's sake.) ;^-
Sundays were not my favorite day of the week.
On this particular Sunday, I donned a long, navy-blue, broom skirt, (comfy…no hose required) and a flow-y black and blue top (to match my attitude) (AND covers a multitude of sins) ;^) … and a pair of navy-blue pumps. Or so I thought.
After an entire first-half-of-the- service, singing and playing the piano (a longggggg self-imposed penance that I supposed would secure my spot behind the Pearly Gates) (Boy, was I wrong….) I took my seat on the front row. I let out a long sigh. I let my mind wander. (I forgot to put the roast in the oven. I wonder if I can convince the Mister to buy lunch at the Mexican restaurant today?) Sigh. I crossed my legs to swing my foot in nervous anticipation for the end of the sermon.
Several foot swings later … Did my eyes deceive me? No. They did not. There was a navy pump. Good. On the other foot ~~ a black pump. Noooooo! I blinked my eyes. It had to be a mirage. Blink. Blink.
(Noooooooo. I am DEFinitely NOT winking at you, Mister.) (Are you kidding me?) (Your tie doesn't match your suit.)
And my shoes didn't match each other.
Oh, horror of horrors. THE fashion faux pas of the fashion faux pas'Z.
I cannot tell a lie. I was in church, for goodness' sake.
I wanted to laugh. Why cry? There were too many other perfectly good reasons to cry that I had skipped right on over. Laughter would be better. Yes, much better.
I covered my mouth with my hand. My eyes began to sparkle. I stifled a giggle. It certainly was the most interesting thing I had seen that day. And I thought it up all by myself. Oh. That's right. No thought was involved. None whatsoever.
Oh, who cares? So, I wore mismatched shoes. No one noticed until I pointed it out afterward, laughing at my own joke. Why was I the only one laughing? They were too busy sashaying down the
runway. I mean, aisle, viewing each others' regalia.
I was FAR ahead of my time with the one-black-shoe-one-navy-shoe-thing. I just didn't realize it then. I think that I may try it again sometime. Just to see if anybody notices.
Oh, fiddlesticks. Who am I kidding? ;^) I much prefer the church where cut-offs, tank tops and bare feet are accepted. I think they call it, "the beach." ;^) The Almighty speaks there, too. And he definitely doesn't care what you wear. ;^)


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Steve Evets
Steve Evets
Evets during the presentation of Looking for Eric at the Cannes film festival.
Steven Murphy
26 July 1959
Salford, Lancashire, England
|Actor, musician
Steve Evets (born Steven Murphy; 26 July 1959) is an English actor and musician, who found fame in the leading role in the 2009 film Looking for Eric.
Personal life[edit]
Born in Salford, Lancashire, Evets joined the Merchant Navy after leaving school, but was kicked out after three years, after jumping ship twice in Japan and spending his eighteenth birthday in a Bombay brothel.[1]
In 1987 Evets was injured in a pub brawl and spent time on a life support machine. He was stabbed through the liver, lung and diaphragm, was glassed in the face and had his throat cut.[2][3]
Evets briefly worked delivering pipes alongside his acting career, and as an electrician.[1][2] As there was already a Steve Murphy on the books of Equity, he decided on the palindromic stage name Steve Evets, "The first thing that popped into my head was 'Steve' backwards ... so I put that on the form."[1]
Evets's early acting work included a street theatre company formed with two friends.[1] He moved into theatre work, and had small roles in several television series such as See No Evil: The Moors Murders, Casualty, Life on Mars, The Cops, Shameless, and Emmerdale.[4]
In between acting roles, he worked under the name Adolph Chip-pan, performing political comedy poetry in Manchester. He also worked as a musician, and was introduced to Mark E. Smith of the Fall in the mid-1990s, leading to Evets performing his poetry at some Fall gigs.[1] When Smith found that Evets could play bass guitar, he was drafted into the band in Turkey after previous bassist Jim Watts had been sacked.[1] Evets played in The Fall between 2000 and 2002, before leaving to front his own band, Dr Freak's Padded Cell, which he described as "electronic dance music with sort of very political overtones", even getting Smith to provide guest vocals on one track; Evets made a video for the track and posted it on YouTube, much to the dislike of Smith, ending their friendship.[1]
His first major film role came in 2008, playing a terminally-ill wheelchair-bound alcoholic opposite Robert Carlyle, in Summer.[4] He followed this with the lead role in Ken Loach's 2009 film, Looking for Eric; his performance saw him tipped for the Best Actor award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.[5][6]
In 2010 to 2014, he appeared as the homeless drug addict Colin in the acclaimed TV series Rev. He played Morty in Vertigo Films' 2012 low-budget horror film The Facility[7] (originally titled Guinea Pigs) directed by Ian Clark.[8] He starred in a music video for Salford-based band Emperor Zero's 2011 song "Man with Red Eyes".[9]
Steve Evets appeared in the first three episodes of the first series of BBC Three zombie drama in the Flesh, but did not return for series 2 due to his character's death.
In 2015, Evets' appeared as Jim Smith in the BBC TV series Death in Paradise episode 4.5 and he also appeared as Bertrand in the BBC TV series The Musketeers episode 2.5 "The Return". In February 2016, he appeared in the BBC One drama series Moving On.
External links[edit]
- Steve Evets on IMDb
- ^ a b c d e f g Wilson, Benji (2009) "Looking for Eric: Steve Evets is up there with Cantona", The Daily Telegraph, 6 June 2009.
- ^ a b Fitzherbert, Henry (2009) "ELECTRICIAN SPARKS A HIT FLICK FOR CANTONA", Daily Express, 14 June 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Steve Evets – Bafta awards 2010: stars ready for their close-ups", The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ a b O'Neill, Phelim (2008) ""First sight: Steve Evets", The Guardian, 4 July 2008.
- ^ Romney, Jonathan (2009) "The 62nd Cannes Film Festival, France", The Independent, 24 May 2009.
- ^ Lim, Dennis (2009) "Cannes: The Awards Outlook", New York, 22 May 2009.
- ^ The Facility profile, IMDb. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ Guinea Pigs infosite. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ Evets on YouTube. Retrieved 9 September 2014.


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Each year on February 14, couples everywhere take a day to celebrate their love. This year, McGill's science outreach program hosted a Freaky Friday on Valentine's Day dedicated to love. Freaky Friday is a monthly event that normally features experts presenting their research to the public in an accessible way. For example, in 2011, John Lydon, a professor in social psychology at McGill, presented his theory on speed-dating, the role of physical attractiveness, and the eternal triangle of love.
This year, the organizers decided to shift the focus. Rather than giving the stage to renowned researchers, it was given to undergraduate students. Three McGill undergraduates were given four minutes to present their own theories of love and defend it against a panel of judges consisting of recently graduated McGill science students.
Love is the drug
The evening started with the neurochemical drivers of two early stages in love: lust and attraction. According to the first student, Adam Iskric, being in love is comparable to being on, and addicted to, drugs. Various hormones and neurotransmitters are involved in the feelings of love – testosterone, dopamine, adrenaline, and serotonin. "Dopamine, for instance, has the same effect as cocaine. It stimulates the desire and reward system in the brain and gives us this intense feeling of pleasure," explained Iskric. Increases in dopamine levels are associated with increased levels of energy, loss of appetite, less need for sleep, and focused attention toward a partner. In that sense, we are getting addicted to our partner.
Trust me (this is love)
"Imagine this. Meet a random stranger, sit together on a bench, exchange intimate personal experiences for half an hour, and then stare in each other's eyes for four minutes," described the next student speaker, Alexander Rosenthal. This experiment, conducted by Arthur Aron, a professor of social psychology at Stony Brook University, was supposed to make people fall in love in 34 minutes. Interestingly enough, after the session, most of the assigned pairs did feel highly attracted to each other. Two couples even got married.
According to Aron, eye-contact facilitates the release of oxytocin. She went on to explain that, "Oxytocin plays an important role here. It is also called the love-hormone, as it is released while having sex, giving birth, breast-feeding, and other activities that involve trust. Oxytocin makes us feel closer to the other person which is crucial in order to establish a long-lasting relationship."
Bizarre love triangle
The final student presenter, Ethan Yang, focused on the social aspect of love. "As a person who grew up in different countries and cultures, this was what always interested me most. Love means different things depending on the dominant values and norms in society," he said. Yang claims that from a biological point of view, love's a phenomenon based on a cocktail of neurochemicals. However, whether we fall in love heavily depends on our surroundings and can be influenced by how we perceive and classify love. This touches, for example, on different images of the family throughout history, gender roles, sexual orientation, and intersexuality. He summarizes this conception by using the triangular theory of love. "There are three main aspects of love: passion, intimacy and commitment. The type of a relationship depends on the mixing proportions of all three. These three aspects alone can be explained with neurochemical processes in the brain. The mixing proportions are shaped by the social context." Hence, Yang concluded the evening with a synthesis of the previous approaches.
Though the talks didn't present particularly cutting-edge research, it was an opportunity for to highlight student researchers rather than the usual professor-centered presentations.
Ingrid Birker, science outreach coordinator and organizer of Freaky Fridays, saw the evening as a great success. "I am thrilled about the high quality of the contributions. Another event like this is definitely something worth considering." There are, however, no concrete plans for another freaky science competition.
Next time your heart flutters and your eyes go googly, remember the biological, psychological, and social aspects going on in your mind and body. There is science to the silly little thing called love.


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The Thing(s) pt. 2
…continued from yesterday
Carpenter's 1982 attempt is actually a remake of the 1954 Howard Hawks film The Thing From Another World, itself a monster movie of some repute. Hawks' film is drier and far more scientific, actually almost intellectual given the philosophical differences between the scientists and military commanders at the research station. Hawks' monster, though, is definitely humanoid and non-shapeshifting. Instead, it is a blood-thirsty shamble of conscious, regenerative vegetation impervious to all but extreme electrical shock (which should tell you how it is ultimately dispatched). Both Carpenter's and Hawks' films are based on John W. Campbell's 1938 novella Who Goes There? The premise is the same, of course, but Campbell is far more subtle with his message and makes excellent use of symbolism. The aptly named MacReady (Carpenter's mainstay leading man Kurt Russell in the 1982 film) is among the first to uncover the alien; another researcher inadvertently buries an ice-axe in the creature's frozen head, and it's an image that is revisited frequently throughout the story. Once the researchers wise up and discover that somebody is not who he appears to be, they get the idea to test everybody's blood to discover the creature (Carpenter recreates this scene in one of his film's most suspenseful moments that ends, predictably, in another gorefest). The blood test serves Campbell's message, which is really about the Red Scare—the spread of Communism. It's no coincidence that Who Goes There? made print in the midst of the Great Depression, when there was substantial fear about the spread of Communism. To go further, Campbell crafts some of the dialogue in WGT? to function as double-entendre applying equally to dealing with the alien and dealing with Communism. What's more, the symbolism of the blood test is very prescient in that it came a mere decade before the House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings. Unfortunately, both Carpenter and Hawks ignore this most critical part of the source material. But I can't complain—both films still work pretty well.
Besides the barf-bag special effects, Carpenter employs effective screenwriting techniques to further scare the pants off the audience. Due to the nature of the beast, we never know its true form. It takes human form, but when it's revealed, it takes on all kinds of crazy, horrific shapes and sizes, thereby leaving the true shape of the monster to the viewer's imagination. Though Campbell describes the creature in WTG? as having three red eyes, and "blue hair like crawling worms," and Hawks' creature is no doubt humanoid (played by James Arness, actually), Carpenter never tips off the viewer. I've always been psychologically terrified in such situations because my imagination gets the best of me. The same approach works beyond explanation for most of Ridley Scott's Alien and throughout The Blair Witch Project, both of which scared the crap out of me.
So where to go with all of this? Who Goes There? ends with MacReady killing the alien moments before it takes off in a makeshift aircraft to reach civilization. Carpenter's The Thing ends with MacReady at least temporarily stopping, if not killing, the titular creature. I guess that's why I'm grateful for inventive screenwriting. Thanks to Carpenter's interpretation of the story, there is an untold thread about what actually happened between the Norwegians finding the alien spaceship and then chasing the creature out of their camp. The screenwriter and director of the new film have said they consider their The Thing to be a "found film" based on the short scenes from the 1982 film in which MacReady and others visit the Norwegian camp only to find it completely waylaid. The only catch, then, is that we already know what's going to happen in this new film. But so what? That didn't keep people from seeing Titanic, Apollo 13, or countless other history-based films, and even the slight X-Men: First Class last summer. Going back to the pre-history of certain film universes might be a flimsy excuse to make a movie and turn a profit, but in this case I'll take it.


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Hip-Hop Rumors: Gucci Out of Rehab? Magic Johnson..ALIVE!
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All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.
I was listening to the new song from Drake with Eminem, Lil Wayne, KanYe and I think thats it. Come on now I know yall arent going to act like this is a better smash record than Swagger Like Us with Jay-Z, T.I. Kanye and Wayne.
WHOA! Vote later down in the rumors on this one.
Something else I want to address is this notion that Drake is better than Jay-Z. I dont know where you come from, but I come from a place where you have to have a certain tenure in the game before you can talk about titles, crowns or being the best. Drakes nice with it, but come one guys. Let the man drop a classic album first and lets talk.
I know that title sounds pretty stupid, but let me explain. Some people are informing me or reminding me of my own rumors. I remember very little of what I write, because it is so much to retain every day. BUT, it should be noted that all the songs that are being leaked out on Jay-Z are the songs with Timbaland. I am being told that there is a reason for this. Timbalands camp has a leak. LOL! But also - and this could be wishful thinking by some - but these are unfinished songs that are coming out. The rumor is the finished records are actually unfinished or not ones that will be included on the album. I dont know, because some of the song titles actually match up. On top of that, no statement has been released from Jay-Zs camp over this. As always WELL SEE!
I know it wasnt done on purpose, but did that Drake, Eminem, Wayne, Kanye song just duff out that Jay-Z Mars Vs Venus? Something fishy is going on here!
You may have gotten this in our recent interview with French Montana. Well, Frenchie didnt go in too deep about the matter, but he did say that Max B is looking to get out of jail. How? Apparently, they are trying to get a mistrial declared on the case. On what grounds? I dont know. Nevertheless, Max B and his legal team are fighting feverishly to get him out of the bing.
And when I say Daddy, I dont mean Birdman! LOL! Seriously, Drake is some kind of regular dude or something. I am being told that he was visiting family in Memphis recently. What? A star that visits his family? Unheard of! Anyway one of my readers got to kick it wit Drake last night while he was there in Memphis visiting family. My reader (not saying his name so I dont blow up the spot) says Drake was a real cool and humble. He said the whole family kicked it at Wet Willies downtown on Beale Street where Drake joined them all in a quick karaoke rendition. He and his father also did a rendition together. After kicking in Wet Willies for a few hours they headed to the strip club, "Platinum Rose" for a night cap. Memphis loves Drake now. Thats very cool.
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Remember the rumors about Gucci? That he was in rehab after failing his pi$$ test? Well, its looking like he may be out. I am hearing that Gucci Mane and OJ da Juice Man are working with a cat named Mall G on a new mixtape, I am being told. Now, I am told they also are going to be working with Big Mike. This is all going down in Connecticut from what I understand. I dont know though...I thought Gucci was in rehab. I dont know I am glad to hear Gucci is working again.
Rush Limbaugh is a piece of human trash. I just wanted to say that.
Shout out to my boy Mikey T The Movie star and the homey Fresh from Queens. They hit me up with a bunch of these rumors today. Props, dudes!
First of all, Magic Johnson is alive and well. Never fear! That rumor was a bad one, but that is the world we live in!
The rap cat Kartoon is now recording his album with popular producer Jelly Roll out in the West coast from what I am being told. Rumor has it, hes also the first act on D Bock West. Interesting. Look for him.
Rumor has it, Shawty Lo is in the middle of writing a book about his life and he wants to release it in early 2010. If I didnt know better, I wouldnt think dudes want to read again.
Melbourne, Australia has been informed that the Wu Tang Clan is coming to their town, but some are worried its a scam. Anybody got the goods?
Zmoney tells me that Drake and Jay-Z are working on a new song, where Drake will spit a verse.
Rumor has it Cap1 definitely down with the DTP team.
That Rick Ross movie is about two years old. I mean, the quality was as bad as a movie can get.
Back a ways back, Irv Gotti and Murder Inc was looking to get at Shyne. Well, I heard that is still on the table, even though Jay-Z has been to visit the former Bad Boy in jail. What is stranger is that Shyne may be dissing 50 Cent when he comes out. I hope not.
Before Michael Jackson died, the Jacksons were shopping a reality show that he was not going to be involved with. They couldnt get a show greenlit. Now that MJ is dead, they have reportedly gotten the thumbs up on the show. How sad is that?
Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian are reportedly working on getting back together. He supposedly picked up the phone.
DMX still has it! Him and Tyrese are working on some music.
Venus and Serena Williams are now co-owners in the Miami Dolphins. WOW.
FeFe Dobson talked to Honey Magazine about Rihanna cold-jacking her style:
I mean, for sure I question that, but who wouldnt. She is supposedly a fan of mine. I try to take it as a compliment. It gets a little much when she starts getting the same tattoos as me but overall I just want people to separate the image and listen to the music. Its about the music. Its like Prince and Michael Jackson, totally different artists. Or its like Kanye West and Jay-Z. So what? They are both black men, they sound different. So they both wear jeans, they are different.
I met her when she was the dance hall queen with the long hair. She was a nice girl but very quiet.
A FeFe fan did this video:
Check out the quotes after the image.
Im not hating on young people. Like, when people say that, Im like, What are you talking about? Its just stupid. Im not hating on young people Im not Bill Russell, [saying] Michael Jordan aint shit. Im saying Lil Wayne and Kanye are like LeBron and Kobe. My job as someone at the forefront of the game is to leave it in a better position than when I came in. Same way that Russell [Simmons] left it to me. Cause this thing saved my life. Literally. So I have a responsibility to it karmically. And after that its on you. I did my part. I made D.O.A. I said it. I made the statement. I made the push. Here, yall take it from here. HIS LEGACY AS FORMER DEF JAM RECORDS PRESIDENT
So if you ask me to grade my performance as the president, Id say A-plus. No one can bat a 100. Its impossible. I mean, everyone is looking at my shit. But if we really looked under the hood [of] every single [record exec] and the acts they put out in that time, Id be comparable to anyone.
But when I say Im the best, I dont say that outta my ass. I say that with all my stats behind me. I put that against anybody. I mean anybody. I really believe that I believe in a lot of things. I believe that SportsCenter is the best thing on TV. I shouldnt have to prove it. But I do have these stats to prove it. Im talking about real run. Im not talking about years off. Im talking about straightboom, boom, boomback to back. Were not talking about heritage acts either. Were not talking about respect what Ive done. Im talking No. 1 [albums] 10 times. The Beatles is the only one [to have more No. 1 albums]. They got 19, and if I get a surge of creativity, I could make nine albums next year.
This is quite possibly the Epic Fail of the YEAR!
I dont know who these two bozos are, but some dude named Spencer Pratt and his wife Heidi seem to think that they are way bigger than Michael Jackson. Here is a jacked mini-article from US magazine. SMH at these clowns. Crack is WACK!
Spencer Pratt tells MTV's The After Show that his wife Heidi is the "new, modern day, 2010 Michael Jackson."
When host Jessi Cruickshank points out Jackson is dead, Spencer gestures to Heidi and says, "Yeah, but here it is, it's living, like the holy spirit.
"Like, Michael Jackson's in heaven," he continues. "The Holy Spirit now has Michael Jackson juice, so boom! For all we know, Heidi gets possessed with Michael Jackson's divine spirit."
Relive Jackson's most unforgettable moments.
"So Heidi is the new Michael Jackson?" Cruickshank questions.
"Oh, way bigger," Spencer asserts.
Jackson isn't the only pop icon Heidi has been channeling.
If you need this product, you have some major problems! The A-Spray deodorant for your WHOLE BODY.
This one is called the Swagga Drip and it is a combination of a lot of other dances with colorful names like The Matrix.
Do the Morpheus!
If you want to see the Venus and Serena dance, you might want to click here LOL @ THIS ONE! The cake has been taken.
For more, go to illseed.com. Or just follow me at http://twitter.com/illseed
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!-illseedWHO: illseed.comWHAT: RumorsWHERE: AllHipHop.com, MySpace.com/TheIllseedHOW: Send your rumors and ill pics to illseed at email@example.com.


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I was born on the island of Stroma and lived there for the first nine years of my life. I grew up hearing stories from my mother and grandparents of the life of a different generation.
Pushed by members of my writing circle, Talking Volumes, to write about my native island, (which has already been done in length in the book entitled 'Stroma') I decided to set my story in a fictional island, Raumsey. All of the characters are entirely products of my own imagination.
After Winning 2nd prize in the Scottish association of Writers' general novel competition 2009, my first novel, Follow the Dove, was published by Troubadour in 2011.
I now have seven books under my belt, five of them in the Raumsey Series. Three of them are award winners.
Isa Muirison loves her life working for the floating shops of Orkney at the turn of the 20th century. But her life is thrown into turmoil by her father's decision to emigrate to Canada, her sister's illness and her own love for Davie, a penniless whisky runner.
Despite her family's opposition, she follows Davie to his tiny island home where she is met by the fierce hostility of his mother and his childhood sweetheart, Chrissie.
But no one could have foreseen the tragedy shatters Isa's security.
Meanwhile, Chrissie has found solace in the arms of Davie's violent brother Jack, only to discover a darkness in his soul she could never have imagined. Events are set in motion over which the two women have no control.
Chrissie Reid, a young battered wife living on a small Orkney island in 1906 finally turns on her husband, Jack. After a particularly brutal attack, she is driven to offering him poison. With no memory of that night, she believes she has killed him, especially when she discovers the remains of a body buried in the byre.
But the past won't stay buried, and fourteen years after that fateful night, Chrissie is forced to confront the nightmare that has overshadowed her life.
With the arrival of a letter, she discovers that nothing is as it seems. A series of events over which she has no control are set in motion. Lies and secrets are uncovered, leading to a dramatic and tragic climax.
For Isa and Davie Reid, life as immigrants is full of loneliness and despair. On the long journey from her home in the northern isles of Scotland, she meets up with Sarah, a young girl from the Irish community in Liverpool, who has been sent to Canada to marry a friend of her father, a man twice her age whom she has never met. Through the years, both Sarah and Isa grow into strong independent women. The struggle to build a better life in this new, often harsh land is intercepted and exacerbated by the great war, which brings tragedy to some, yet gives Sarah the means of escape from what she sees as the nothingness of her existence.
Left alone during the war years, Isa is faced with extra trials that she could have never foreseen. Tragedy of the past and challenges of the present threaten to overwhelm her, yet she confronts every setback with her normal strength of spirit and unending optimism ......
The Great War is over, and the inhabitants of Raumsey Island struggle to regain their livelihood.
Seventeen-year-old Annie Reid is a spirited, ambitious girl, determined not to end up a herring gutter or go into service.
Annie befriends a young schoolteacher, Alexander Garcia, who promises to help her further her education but, after tragedy strikes, Annie pursues a nursing career amidst the political complexity of Glasgow.
Garcia dreams of a return to his Spanish roots, but Spain is also in political turmoil.
Annie's love for the teacher remains through the years, but will love overcome the barriers and prejudice of race, religion, beliefs and distance?
Part of the series, but stand-alone
Hitler is marching across Europe.
Mary Rosie enjoys the excitement the influx of young servicemen bring to the area, especially one charismatic RAF pilot.
When the first bomb strikes her home town, Mary is catapulted into the grim realities of war.
A grim discovery on the beach changes her life forever and fuels her decision to join the WAAF.
France has capitulated. Johnny Allan's regiment has been annihilated. Somehow, he has to
get home to the girl who no longer waits for him.
Liesel, a German Jew who lost her family to the Nazis, struggles to adapt to life in Britain.
Their lives become entangled in a way that no one could have envisaged.
A story about war, family ties, love, loyalty and loss.
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"The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. " -Psalm 145:18
How encouraging to know that God is nigh–near in place and time—to those who call upon Him. There is a big BUT in there though; we have to call upon Him in truth.
Truth is a dicey concept, frought with loopholes and riddled with our own pride. If truth is relative, the whole game gets called off. If my subjective view of the world is legitimate just because it's mine, well that makes for less conflict and disagreement initially, though I don't think that's the case in the long run.
Unlike most of my generation, I don't think truth is relative or subjective. Sure, we can have legitimate preferences–tastes about what we like and don't like–those things can be subjective. But, when it comes to the spiritual laws of the universe, I believe they are as set in stone as arithmetic facts and natural law. The earth will rotate at a certain speed, night will come at such and such a time, these kind of "laws" we depend upon. Without such laws, little would get done and life would be too chaotic to plan.
In a similar fashion, I believe in spiritual laws and that they are absolute. I'm not the judge of them, but nonetheless they exist and make our emotional and spiritual lives dependable. They make it so that we don't have to live in emotional or spiritual chaos chasing this theory or that teacher. We can rest in the dependability of what has been revealed.
Getting back to the verse–what does it mean to call upon Him in truth? The word truth here means stability, trustworthiness, verity, certainty, assurance. Maybe it means being open to God–setting aside your preconceptions (and if you grew up in a church but don't feel close to God, you may have many preconceptions that you aren't even aware of). It means approaching God with humility, with a willingess to really hear Him, hear His thoughts and plans for things, not just come to Him with your "stuff" (though He wants that too). It means coming to Him with a heart willing to consider and trust His essential character, then from this flows a willingess to consider new things He may reveal to you.
One thing He's shown me in His word lately is the spiritual concept of forgiveness. I'm struggling with this one because I've got a hurt that I've tried to reconcile unsuccessfully (thus far). How to forgive when the person isn't sorry? I'm not exactly sure yet, but I'm open to whatever He has to share with me regarding forgiveness.
The children's memory verse for the week comes from Mark 11
"And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."
It's tough stuff, isn't it? From it we learn the spiritual truth that our forgiveness by God is somehow interconnected with our willingess to forgive others. Seems almost unfair, though I know it's not. It is a difficult truth to look at though–especially if you can't quite forgive another person.
Lord, help me to forgive those who fall short. Help me to call upon You in truth, even when that truth calls me to difficult things. Help me to trust that I can forgive someone who isn't sorry, because I know that You wouldn't ask me to do something that was impossible or unattainable. If anyone else reads this and has a similar difficulty, would You shine Your light on that area of unforgiveness and enable them to forgive fully. Show us more about how to forgive others, knowing that You forgave those who treated You with cruelty and abuse. Amen.


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Christopher Fagnant was in Michigan when the ransom notices flashed across screen after screen at Qualtek Manufacturing.
It was the start of a long and costly cyber nightmare.
As company president, he'd heard from the firm's IT specialist after the first signs of trouble, about 45 minutes earlier. It was 8 a.m. Aug. 31, the Thursday before Labor Day weekend, when the Springs-based manufacturer learned it had been hit with ransomware.
Its data and systems were being held hostage by hackers, and they'd end up paying a high price to get back to business.
Nearly two months later, Fagnant talks about the emotional stress and lingering anxiety, but they've reached the point "where it's no longer every day there's still a computer that needs to be brought back up or there's still this that needs to be fixed."
But he's taking the unusual step of talking publicly, and in detail, about falling victim to ransomware so that other Springs companies can avoid the same ordeal.
"It's kind of like anything else — you air your dirty laundry and you find out everybody else was kind of just keeping it under wraps," Fagnant said. "But I'd say, more than that, it's that I don't want to keep my mouth shut because I don't want it to happen to somebody else."
Qualtek was not inattentive to cyber precautions. It had a cybersecurity assessment early this year and had been fixing a list of deficiencies.
But that Thursday morning launched an expensive lesson on closing the gaps.
"In the grand scheme of things [the cybersecurity assessment] didn't help us at all — but it should have," Fagnant said. "They told us everything we were supposed to do to defend ourselves from an attack, but because we didn't do certain things right — like the backup — we were still vulnerable."
Qualtek had onsite and off-site backups, but they discovered the hackers had deleted their onsite backup. And due to a miscommunication, their off-site backup in the cloud fell far short of what they expected.
"What we determined was, the last useful image of our server was from six months prior," Fagnant said.
So the hackers were holding half a year's worth of data hostage, along with everything else on the server: digital work instructions, accounting software, email, and Qualtek's material requirements planning system, which included order entry, invoicing, work order generation, shipping and documentation.
"None of that was accessible," Fagnant said. "We knew relatively quickly that we were going to have to pay a ransom.
"It was one Bitcoin per [system] that we needed to unlock, and we were lucky — sort of," he said. "There's two ways to look at it. One, we shouldn't have all the stuff we need on one workstation — i.e. one server — but two, we only had to pay one Bitcoin to get that one workstation back."
The day they paid the ransom, one Bitcoin was worth $4,850.
While the FBI says it does not support paying a ransom, in part because there's no guarantee the victim will get their data back and in part because it "emboldens the adversary," a 2016 IBM study showed that 70 percent of ransomware victims pay up.
EosEdge Legal cyberlaw attorney Doug DePeppe said the ransom "is a business decision for the victim.
"While paying the ransom promotes more attacks, if the encrypted data risks destroying the business unless the ransom is paid, I suppose there are not many good options," he said in an email.
For Fagnant, it was "not a money thing — $4,800 to get your entire business back, it was sort of a no-brainer."
But when you've never used Bitcoin, how do you navigate the payment?
"The screen basically gives you those instructions and says in order to pay, you need to pay via Bitcoin. But in order to pay via Bitcoin, you need a Bitcoin wallet … and normally it takes a number of days to set one of those up, even if you have the money to just put in there," Fagnant said.
In the end it took help from five organizations — and a couple of false starts — to get that job done.
In the meantime, Qualtek leadership worked frantically with their IT support company as well as the firm that did their cybersecurity assessment, Springs-based IT consultants Navakai, who they'd been interviewing to take over IT support.
"The whole day was just going as fast as you can — super high stress trying to do as many things as we can to get this stuff up and going," Fagnant said.
Alongside the highly technical rescue operation, Qualtek had to turn back the clock a few decades on operations, hand-writing detailed documentation for parts that needed to be certified.
Fagnant said customers were "empathetic and understanding … but I think if I read between the lines, everybody in the back of their minds is going, 'How do you let this happen?' And they're right … It would've been a lot easier if we'd had a [server] image from even a week before. Then it would've been: 'I'm not going to pay the hackers and I'm not going to keep fueling this broken system that allows them to do this' — but we didn't. We just weren't in that position."
Qualtek had secured cyberliability insurance just a couple of months before the attack, and without it, "right now, at least, I know I'd be about $45,000 in the hole," Fagnant said.
Qualtek has a $10,000 deductible to pay, and Fagnant has advice for other companies: "Trust but verify. That's it.
"Make certain that you know what you have in place. … Whatever you think you have, make sure you know what it is and don't be afraid to spend what sounds like a lot of money now to save yourself a lot of money later.
"The off-site backup process has to be robust. … That's really what I've been going around telling people: If it's on your list of things to do, make it the thing you do today."
DePeppe also emphasized preparedness.
"Establish vendor and cyberlaw relationships now, and investigate insurance options," he said. "Network backup is a key preparation step."
Regularly backing up data and verifying its integrity also heads the FBI's list of recommended defenses. Its other recommendations include:
• Secure backups and make sure they're not connected to the computers or networks they're backing up;
• Be suspicious of links in emails and do not open attachments in unsolicited emails;
• Only download software from sites you know and trust;
• Keep application patches up to date for operating systems, software and firmware;
• Set antivirus and anti-malware solutions to update automatically; and
• Report any ransomware attack to the local FBI office or file a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center at IC3.gov.


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Wadali Talao Amravati
Tucked amidst mesmerising nature; Wadali Talao is a popular reservoir sprawled on Chandur rail road at Amravati. It was built to supply fresh water to the residents of the city, now serves as a refreshing getaway to the dwellers and travelers of Amravati. Away from the hullaballoo of the city, Wadali Talao offers the peaceful environment around nature's setting. The place has become tourists favourite hotspot who enjoy being close to the nature. The charm of this place over children is also not too less, because of the nearby zoo, whose amazing and cheerful inhabitants fascinate the kids. One can also delve into an exhilarating boating experience and other water sport activities in the region.
Wadali Talao Amravati is an ideal place for a picnic outing with family and friends, as it is just 3 km away from the city and can easily be reached by local transport. The best season to visit this place is during monsoon and winters, from July to February, when the reservoir is lush with clean water and weather is also pleasant.


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Today, I went for a run on our city's "Hike-and-Bike" trail. I've been trying to get in shape for several months now after realizing that the "Newlywed 20" is completely legit. Normally, I get up in the morning and go exercise at our apartment's fitness center. I like it there because I'm usually the only one who uses it at that time of day, and I can watch "What Not to Wear" and no one can judge me as I huff and puff my way through an elliptical machine workout.
This morning, though, I was feeling ambitious. Sam and I recently acquired our first smartphones (iPhones, to be exact), and I've been playing with mine non-stop for days. Yesterday, our OtterBox super-duper "Run-your-phone-over-with-a-Hummer-an-it'll-be-fine" cases came in the mail, and now I don't have to treat my phone like an egg anymore. I thought a great way to celebrate that would be to take my new phone on a good old fashioned run, outside.
Nike has this awesome app for the iPhone that I also tried out today for the first time. Using the phone's GPS system, it tracks your speed, distance, and calories burned on any run. It even shows a map of your route at the end of your run that highlights the points where you ran faster and where you ran slower. It's also completely free and you can get in the app store here.
So, there I was. All set. I had my headphones, some water, and… then I started running and remembered. I'm not so great at running. I don't have the body type for it and I don't know the correct technique (although Sam did help me improve a lot over the summer so I don't look like a flailing infant when I jog).
The trail here in Waxahachie is really beautiful. There are overhanging trees, old train tracks, and flowers. The trail has tons of squirrels that just sit by the sidewalk and wait for people to come along. I imagine they've been fed a few too many granola bars and crackers. They're not scared of humans at all, and that's unsettling.
Squirrels are Rigby's hillbilly cousins. They're not as cute or as fluffy. I would never want one living in my house. Plus, as I learned today, they're total jerks. I was just running down the trail, minding my own business, trying to ignore the feeling that my heart was about to pack a suitcase and ask for a divorce from me, when a little mangy squirrel runs around my feet and tries to trip me up. You know that joke about a squirrel making it 80% of the way across the road and deciding it needs to turn back? That works on sidewalks, too. Then, to top it all off, it starts scampering down the trail, right in front of me, just mocking the fact that it can run faster than me.
Okay, maybe I'm giving the squirrel too much credit. They're not that smart. Still, though, running is embarrassing for me even without squirrels to rub it in. Just the whole situation of jogging on a street or trail or track, awkwardly nodding as people zoom past you. All the while, I'm just wondering how long I can keep it up until I have to pretend to do stretches just so I can sit down for a while. And then there's that feeling when you see someone in really good shape running towards you and you say to yourself, "Well, I better start running too so I don't look like a loser." So, despite my amazing technology and the great scenery, I still only managed a 15 minute mile.
Maybe running isn't the right exercise for me. The skinny girls on Pinterest make it look so easy!
I think it's going to take a lot of time and patience for me to be the one soaring past people walking and catching their breath, the one leaping over squirrels in a single bound.


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Major points of interest:
- The very explicit teachings regarding how this organization believes the mind is distorted and one should reason with their heart.
- Blueboy discuss his ideas of love bombing vs. friendship and recruitment. The ideas aren't fully developed but he does provide examples.
- Very explicit discussion of the God is a republican theme
- The writer has a behaviorist perspective on the conversion experience, that behavior induces belief. While many Christians believe this with regard to morality its unusual to see it with respect to conversion from a still active Christian.


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Electronics Engineer (22342)
As an Electronics Engineer you will be working on cutting edge technology developments. Projects are varied and will involve significant technical challenge and you will be working in a fast paced environment, often to tight deadlines.
Working alongside some of the most talented technical people in the world on complex multi-disciplinary medical devices and systems, you will use your excellent digital and analogue electronics skills to contribute to and lead cutting edge technology developments.
This position will offer you the opportunity to be involved in all stages of the development lifecycle, from initial concept generation through to final delivery and support, and you will be expected to take a technical leadership role.
To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will have an excellent undergraduate degree in electronics.
You will have well rounded practical electronics experience.
Specific expertise in the following areas would be advantageous:
- Low noise design techniques for sensor interfacing
- Analogue modelling and simulation tools
- Power electronics, including power supply design and motor control
- Digital design skills
- Multidisciplinary system design skills
Excellent communication and collaborative skills are required.
Please note: even if you don't have exactly the background indicated, do contact us now if this type of job is of interest - we may well have similar opportunities that you would be suited to. And of course, we always get your permission before submitting your CV to a company.


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White Sauce DelightFrom bodana63 12 years ago
- 2 pints of heavy cream shopping list
- 1 pkg of cream cheese shopping list
- 3 cups of parmesan cheese shopping list
- garlic, 6 cloves fresh or 2-3 minced in a jar is fine shopping list
- 1 and a half cup of white wine shopping list
- (wine Suggestion: Italian Pinot Grigio) shopping list
- 2 T olive oil shopping list
- fresh pepper! shopping list
- Fettucine (enough for 8+) 2 pkg in grocery refridge department or make your own noodles shopping list
- ** 2 lbs chicken or 30+jumbo shrimp (peeled), just prepare the meat in same manner to get the flavor. shopping list
- I use kosher salt most of the time when I cook. shopping list
How to make it
- Over a slow to medium heat in a sauce pan add the heavy cream, cream cheese in chopped up chunks and melt down.
- Make sure to turn the heat down low and slowly add parmesan mixing it until it is all melted.
- Add in 1 and half- T garlic and 1 and half- cups of wine (more or less), to your liking. (I usually add more.)
- Stir occasionally and keep it covered. Heat can be turned off to prevent any burning or overcooking.
- **While making the sauce you can sautee the shrimp or chicken (bite size peices).
- *** Also, heat the water and have it ready for your noodles in a large pan. The noodles only take 1-3 minutes depending on if they are from the store (3 minutes) or if they are homemade ( 1 minute). So do not cook them until you are ready to serve your white sauce and meat.
- Heat the olive oil and your meat of choice in the hot oil and saute over med-high heat and turn down to med-low when almost done.
- Next add the 2 T garlic and slowly add in the wine to your sauce when ithe meat is close to being done allowing it to simmer and cook in the flavor. I like to add some kosher salt at this time, about 1 T. When serving the Chicken or Shrimp make sure to drain off excess liquids.
- Time to cook those Noodles!
- Now your are ready to serve.....Sprinkle ontop of each serving the remaining fresh parmesan cheese and add some fresh pepper! Mmmmm. Give it a try and tell me what you think. It is easy and terribly rich. My kids and husband crave this dish and I seldom to keep my weight down. ;)
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text: For National Football Authority, we had the opportunity to interview LB Thomas Howard, the Bengals' leading tackler. We talked about his first year with the Bengals, why he is optimistic for 2012, how good of a coach defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer is, and more. We also talked about his effort to provide scholarships for walk-ons who are trying to prove themselves – just like he did once upon a time. Click here to read all about it.


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New York State Bar Association
The Case for Diversity in the Profession
Monday, March 12, 2012
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On October 7th this year, the villagers of North Dalton, high in the Yorkshire Wolds, gathered in their village hall to enjoy the annual Harvest Supper.
This is no ordinary event: residents bring along produce they have reared, grown or made to be auctioned for local charities.
After a brief service of thanksgiving followed by supper, they get down to the serious business of relieving people of their cash!
Local auctioneer, David Atkinson is extremely proficient at this and he manages to do it in a very painless and good-humoured way.
Among this year's goodies to be had, we're Mr. Clancy's prize onions, Auntie Pam's scrumptious chocolate cake, Farmer Nettleton's lamb, jointed of course and Fullers Bakery's largest bloomers.
Not for us the £10 loaf; oh no! We achieved more than that. Our extra large brown and white bloomers, lovingly crafted by Baker George Fuller, sold for £9, £10 and £11 each.
Pictured is Mr. Kev Ellis of North Dalton with his prized Fullers white bloomer.
This fun evening raised £1100 for charities and, as you can see, made Mr. Ellis a very happy bread lover.
……….Would you like a position in one of our shops, Mr. Atkinson???!!


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I've been baking all of our family's bread for the last year, and it has been one roller-coaster of a ride. Every two weeks or so, I bake four loaves of bread. My husband and oldest son eat a sandwich for lunch every weekday. Sometimes we have toast for breakfast. Sometimes I just like to eat a piece of bread with butter for a snack. We like bread.
When I first started the process of grinding all of our wheat and baking all of our bread, I was pretty successful. I used this recipe, and it proved to be a good one for about the first six months. Then something happened. I'm not really sure what it was, but my loaves went from being light and soft to dense and hard. The gluten didn't develop, they tasted a little too yeasty and they fell apart easily when you tried to slice them.
But, I soldiered on. And the boys were troopers – they kept eating their daily sandwiches on this failed bread-like substance. I tried a variety of things to help remedy the problem – more liquid, less liquid, a different combination of flours (more red wheat, less white wheat, more kamut, some soft white wheat), honey vs. molasses vs. maple syrup vs. sucanat, butter vs. coconut oil – you name it, I tried it. Every so often, I'd get a good loaf or two, but the next time I tried to replicate what I'd done, it was back to dense bricks.
I could even tell in the mixer that it was going to be a failure. Instead of long, rubbery strands of gluten, the dough would just come apart in short, stubby wads. Windowpane test? Forget it. I was beginning to think that maybe bread and I just weren't meant to be.
Then the other day, I saw this post for Oatmeal Sandwich Bread over on Art & Lemons. She described it as "soft" and "pillow-like," and I knew I needed to try it.
Her recipe was based on one from Kim Boyce's Good to the Grain.
Note to self: buy this book. Soon.
Anyway, the recipe seemed simple enough, and it used a technique I hadn't tried before – autolysis. This is where you mix the dry ingredients and liquids together and let them rest for 30 minutes before adding the salt and kneading. From what I gather, this allows the flour to better absorb the liquid, thereby allowing for more effective gluten development.
The first batch I baked came out perfectly. Soft, pillow-like loaves with tons of flavor and a beautiful open crumb.
The second batch? Yea – not so much. Flat failures.
Bread, why do you hate me so?
But once again, I soldiered on. I turned to ye olde interwebs to discover the source of my problem, and I think perhaps I've been overworking my dough. It seems, based on a number of sources, that if you over-knead your bread or if you let it over-rise, the gluten strands can break. Who knew? I've been abusing my bread all this time. Here I was blaming the bread, when all along it was me.
This time, the third time really was the charm. This bread is kind of spectacular. I mean, if sandwich bread can be spectacular. I think I'm in love (again).
Whole Grain Sandwich Bread (adapted from this recipe at Art & Lemons)
prep time: 45 minutes
rise time: 2 hours
bake time: 30 minutes
yields: 2 1-lb. loaves
- 2 cups warm water
- 3 Tablespoons honey (could also use maple syrup or molasses)
- 4 Tablespoons cultured butter, melted and cooled (could also use coconut oil)
- 1 Tablespoon active dry yeast
- 4 cups freshly ground hard white wheat, sifted
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon unrefined sea salt
- Combine water, honey, butter and yeast in the bowl of your electric mixer and let sit for 5 minutes so yeast can bloom
- Add the flour and oats to the water mixture and stir to combine. Let rest for 30 minutes.
- Add the salt and knead in the mixer, using the dough hook attachment, for 6 minutes. Dough will be a little sticky and should slap the sides of the bowl as it mixes. It should be very elastic (long, rubbery strands of gluten) after six minutes.
- Remove the bowl from the mixer, cover with a damp towel, and let rise in a warm place for one hour (I usually preheat my oven to 150F, then turn it off and set the bowl in the warmed oven).
- After an hour, the dough should have doubled in volume. Scrape it out of the bowl onto a lightly floured surface.
- Grease two 1-lb. loaf pans
- Divide the dough in half and knead one half a few times, forming it into a loaf-shaped rectangle. Repeat with the other half
- Place the dough in the loaf pans and cover loosely with plastic wrap
- Let rise in a warm place for one hour, or until doubled in bulk.
- Preheat the oven to 350F
- Carefully remove the plastic wrap and transfer the risen loaves to the oven (take care not to deflate them)
- Bake for 30 minutes, rotating them after the first 15 minutes to ensure even baking.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack. Allow to cool for at least a couple of hours before slicing.
- Enjoy!


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Learn to Quickstep at Karen Hardy Dance Studios
The Quickstep is danced to up-tempo jazz/swing music. The QuickTime Foxtrot and Charleston would fuse together in time and bring us a dance offering speed, body flight, flare and daring tempo changes known as the Quickstep.
With Foxtrot and Quickstep having common origins, the Twenties saw many bands playing the slow Foxtrot too fast, which soon led to the Quickstep breaking away and finding its own fast characteristic style. With the Charleston fever offering a lot of influence to this dance around 1925 the English then developed it as a progressive dance without kicks and mixed in the fast Foxtrot steps.
There was a debate as to why this dance became so popular in Britain. It has been thought that the Quickstep was the Brits' answer to 'keeping warm indoors' during the winter. However it is a proven fact that the energy exerted while dancing a 60 second Quickstep is equivalent to running a mile in record time. If ever there was a dance to challenge your fitness levels, Quickstep is the one!
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