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An entry in the Album presented to the Misses SCOTT in July 1916 caught my eye early on : that of a Madame ENSOR from Ostend.
Was there a connection to Ostend resident, the painter James ENSOR (1860-1949), son of an English father and Belgian mother? His mother perhaps? An aunt? Research revealed that he himself stayed in Ostend throughout the war, and that his mother died there in 1915. So not her.
However, his sister Marie ('Mietche'), used the name 'Madame ENSOR' following a failed marriage to Alfred John Taen-Hee-Tsen. Could this be her? It was known that she was in England during the First World War.
And there was more : on the same page was an Augusta BOOGAERTS of 54 rue de Theux, Brussels. That was the names of James ENSOR's life-long close friend (some thought mistress) whom he called "La Sirène" and whom he painted on a number of occasions. And she lived at 54 rue de Theux in Brusssels…
And digging a little more I found that Mietche's daughter Mariette, known as Alex, had married a Richard Jules DAVELUY in 1908 – and that was the name of the Secretary to the Club Albert in Tunbridge Wells –
Monsieur R.J. DAVELUY – later in the album signing his name as Rich. Jules DAVELUY. And alongside his inscription were Alex and their son Jules.
Must be them…
27 rue de Flandre is now the Ensor Museum in Ostend. I visited it last month : what a treat! (And also a fabulous exhibition at the MuZEE of works by the two great Ostend artists, ENSOR and Leon SPILLIAERT….)
Next stop the Archives in Brussels and the Refugees Registration documents, where I found the confirmation I was after (apologies for the blurred photos…) :
Marie ENSOR and her daughter 'Alex' had lived with the painter and were very close. Alex was only 15 when she married Casino croupier Richard DAVELUY. Her uncle opposed the marriage and there was a falling-out which lasted for a number of years.
James ENSOR met 18yr old Augusta BOOGAERTS, daughter of an Ostende hotelier, in 1888 in his mother's shop (where Augusta was working for a short time), and so began a life-long friendship. The story goes that his mother opposed their friendship, and even after her death, they never lived together.
And my favourite :
COMING SOON to London : An ENSOR Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, 29th October 2016-29th January 2017. Very excited!
"The theatrical, the satirical and the macabre come together in arresting fashion in the art of James Ensor. Curated by Luc Tuymans, this exhibition will present a truly original body of work, seen through the eyes of one of today's leading painters."
Royal Adacemy of Arts website


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If you think selfie sticks are merely annoying, you haven't yet met the granddaddy of all selfie sticks -- the glorious, overwrought MacBook Selfie Stick. This big bad selfie stick doesn't just hold a dainty smartphone; it holds an entire laptop.
Don't scramble for your wallet. The MacBook Selfie Stick is actually a creative project from New York City artists Moises (Art404), John Yuyi and Tom Galle. They built the eye-catching stick, mounted an Apple laptop and took it out on the town for a series of photos.
The stick is a solid piece of equipment made from a metal pole with a heavy-duty laptop holder on the far end. There's no hiding it. It doesn't compact down for portability. It's huge and proud of it.
The 10 most ridiculous selfie sticks ever created (pictures)See all photos
The jumbo selfie stick, which looks incredibly unwieldy, made appearances in various crowded areas of New York. No tourist attraction was safe. The MacBook-on-a-stick visited Central Park, took in views of the iconic skyline and hung out outside the Starbucks in Times Square.
Selfie-stick derision is becoming a worldwide pastime as tourist sites clog up with the telescoping devices and safety concerns abound. You can no longer take selfie sticks to Lollapalooza, Disney theme parks, the Smithsonian or to see the pope. Now imagine a world filled with MacBook-size selfie sticks. If it catches on, it might result in a global ban for the narcissistic photography gadgets.
The artists refer to the selfie-stick project as a "performance." You can interpret it as you like. It could be a multilayered commentary on the absurdity of selfie sticks, on our culture's desire to star in our photos and the lengths we will go to do so. Or it could just all be in good fun.

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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Digital Detox (04/24/14)
- TITLE: Livin' In Recovery
By Donna Tijou
the last of the year,
I sent my love a letter
while I shed a little tear.
I don't have an ipad,
tho' I think they're very fine.
But would you spare me a minute?
Could you lend a little time?
I listened quite intently,
my ear near the ground,
yet heard not a thing,
no, nary, not a sound.
I was very saddened
with the absence of reply.
I cried another tear,
and told a little lie.
I said:
I can do this thing,
livin' in a digit-free zone.
I can get by quite nicely
without my cell phone.
The old rotary
attached to the wall
is all I'll need
when I want to make a call.
I can pay bills by check;
I can write with pen and ink.
Don't need my computer,
just need time to think.
I can snap pics with camera
by pressin' on the shutter,
and develop in a darkroom
just as smooth as spreadin' butter.
I can spin vinyl records
and my old forty-fives,
on a phonograph and turntable,
playing music that revives.
With cover front and back,
I can read a printed book.
Don't need to use a scroll
nor a Kindle or a Nook
Emails, texts or tweets,
this gal doesn't need.
Don't care how notes are sent,
or with what rate of speed.
I can mail letters in a box
with envelope and stamp,
just like kids writing home
from their summer camp.
I can look in a dictionary
and research an old tome.
sitting in a library
in a dark and dusty room.
I can record on tape
and play it reel to reel,
even watch analog TV,
while I eat my evening meal.
I can live the way
people used to do.
That's what I tell myself
when I'm feeling blue.
This digital detox
is more than I can take.
I just pretend to like it
as happiness I fake
It seems that in recovery,
where nothin's a click away,
and livin' in rehab,
is where I need to stay.
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Laurent GUIOT
Head of Human Resources Department
Master's Degree in Business Administration – Institute of Business Administration of Lyon.
Master's Degree in Business Law – Law University of Lyon.
Post Graduate Diploma Specialized in HR Management– Institute of Business Administration of Strasbourg.
Since November 2014: Head of Human Resources Department - Ugitech
2009-2014: Head of Labor Relations – Jobs Evaluation - Communication – Safety – General Services Department, Head Quarter- NTN-SNR Bearings (NTN Corp° GROUP), Annecy.
2005-2009: Head of Skills – Training - Organization Department, Head Quarter - SNR Bearings (RENAULT GROUP), Annecy
2002-2005: HR Manager of an Industrial Branch, SNR Cévennes (SNR GROUP), Alès (FRANCE).
1999-2001: General Manager of a Screw Cutting Parts Cy. -ADP, Cluses (FRANCE).
1989-1993: HR Manager of a Plant. SNR Bearings (RENAULT GROUP) Annecy (FRANCE).


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Poem: Love Is Not
Love was busy telling me what Love is and is not and Love didn't want me. I leaned in and learned the lesson anyway, what is was to listen and talk to Love.Read More
Love was busy telling me what Love is and is not and Love didn't want me. I leaned in and learned the lesson anyway, what is was to listen and talk to Love.Read More
And I remembered then; this is the Lonely. There was something within me longing to be heard; but the one to hear was not with me.
So I let it sit, let it dwell with me for the day. Loneliness becomes a more tolerable companion as soon as you acknowledge its presence, I've found. I let others assume the reason for my quiet reticence that day and then in the evening, alone in the quietness of my room, I said to the Lonely, 'Thank you for today and good night.' I will not be any more or less lonely simply because I might one day share my Lonely with another. They will not be able to banish the lonely, but they may share it.Read More
You love fewer people than you think you do. And, if you need permission to care less about some, in order to love others better – this is it. Feel free to hit delete. Caring is enough, if caring is what you have to offer. But caring cannot get in the way of Love. You've got permission to gather yourself back from the hundreds of little connections draining your batteries.Read More
Love is problematic to define these days. A single word has been stretched through the ages to encompass many things that are not love. We have come to know love as a feeling, as many feelings. Feelings of acceptance, belonging, desire, companionship, friendship, trust, fulfilment, lust. Many of these feelings are about the Self, the Ego. In it's most basic human habit, pursuit of love is an egocentric, the language of love is a lazy lens through which we seek meaning. We hope to satisfy our inner turmoil through external means. As if love applied externally, from outside of us, will heal our wounds and complete our emptiness.Read More
Here's what you lost at 28 and found at 30 years of age. Here is my pale Scottish skin over strong thighs and proud breasts. Here is an extraordinary, sensitive machine that carries my self, my soul, my sense.Read More
She said, "Oh yeah, he's great. Don't worry I'm just waiting for the second time around. No point trying to catch a new one, just wait til they are done with the practice round.' There are some very practical reasons to be kind to your partner.Read More
And here's the truth hidden in the detail of a movie of a story we should pay more attention to: sometimes the best friend we've been looking for our whole life is just within reach, within eye contact or a phone call. We just don't recognize it when we're busy looking for something that feels like love (sparks) but isn't friendship.Read More
It's a wonder that we ever succeed at loving one another. We take hold of hands and lift one another up the craggy face of courage to the brave lands of loving gently and ferociously. We leap over chasms of honesty, truth and silence. Love, really good, true and honest love is made up of lots of forgivenesses, big and small. It is that forgiving that makes us so brave and scared all at once. Love is all paradox, hope and hopelessness.Read More
Dear Heart, you are a brave little soul. You throw yourself into loving people with everything you have and wonder while leaving feels so much like being torn apart. But without this pain, you wouldn't have the joy of coming home. You, Heart, are at home here with these people. Truthfully though, your next stop is home too, and the next. Enjoy the travelling. Tonight, you'll land somewhere new and begin it all again.Read More
It might begin in a moment or a series of moments – but for it to last it must be crafted, thoughtful, constructed, built, fixed, refashioned, renovated, added to over time with intention, creativity and purpose.Read More
Where there is no love, put love – and you will find love. – John of the Cross In other words, where you hope to find love you should surely plant it. Not a romantic, dreamy kind of love. A substantial, broader kind of love that feeds your roots, calms…Read More
More and more, I think that marriage isn't about finding someone who ticks the boxes, with whom your life fits and feels complete – but choosing someone who you can build a life with. So the image of a garden seems appropriate – we don't marry because we've discovered something beautiful, but because we want to create something beautiful.Read More


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The first shoe is one that is making the sneaker game go crazy. It is the Travis Scott Air Jordan 1 it has an all brown and white upper with a reverse enlarged swoosh, and on the top of the shoe there is a stash pouch that opens with velcro. It will release on May 11th for $175 and could resell for upwards of $1000. I am personally going to try and get these to resell because I could make a lot of dough.
This next shoe I am very excited about it is the Air Jordan 11 snakeskin. This is not the first Jordan snakeskin colorway we have seen, and many people are very excited to this model of the 11 brought back. The shoe is very similar to the normal Jordan 11 the only real difference is the snakeskin which makes people go crazy. I would expect this shoe to retail for around $190 in the late summer.
This shoe is one that looks amazing, it is the kobe 4 protro carpe diem. This colorway is my favorite of the Kobe 4 protro colorways. It should retail for around $180 and I would expect to release in about a month
The final shoe is another one that I really like, it is a Nike and Undercover collaboration. It is set to release in early June and features a very unique heel cup. It will retail for around $180 and should have a lot of resale value.


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The Dining Report – Le Vieux
Touring the World in One Restaurant
As many of you know, our little group has taken a long sabbatical, in the beginning due to me unexpectedly losing my employment. After finding a job 11 months ago, it took me awhile to get our dining cabal traveling down the local food expressway once again, but on January 24th we had our first dinner since September of 2013. Due to illness, my table wasn't quite as full as I had planned, but the company I did have on this Saturday evening proved almost overwhelmingly enjoyable.
On this evening, It was extremely nice to be reunited with my good dining friends, most of whom I had not seen in a year or more, Tracy and Peter, Glenda, and David. Also joining me, a new member to Restaurant Roulette, Maya, accompanied by her food enthusiastic friend Teresa, filling in for Maya's husband Will, who had to give us a pass this time out.
As is my usual modus operandi, I tried to select a restaurant that was fairly new, as any decent new Portland restaurant basically becomes impossible to get into on a Saturday night after a month or so, especially if you have a larger sort of group. I had been reading about the soon to open Le Vieux, and thought their rotating menu of classic European dishes sounded interesting. Also, I had dined in this space, that old house at NW 23rd Place and Vaughn St., almost 20 years ago, and wanted to see what they had done with the place after all that time. Unfortunately, this is one of those locations where no one ever seems to have much luck. While 23rd and Vaughn is a high visibility intersection, as that's where the freeway off-ramp purges itself, NW 23rd Place and Vaughn manages to be much more tucked away, and since the restaurant is elevated from street level, it's hard to notice unless you are going east down Vaughn. The acclaimed since it opened Ataula is right around the corner though, so maybe more people are lurking around this block looking for eats, especially when Ataula is full. (more…)


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Museum of Art installations in 'Activator' create dynamic environment
A structure made of Styrofoam packing materials and a system that renders museum-goers' images into sound are among the six artworks in Activator, a group exhibition of installations at the Bates College Museum of Art.
The show opens with a reception and artist gallery talks at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, in the museum, located in the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St. The exhibition runs through March 20.
"Activator is about the inherent ability of installation art to activate the architecture of a space, and the viewer within it, in a manner distinct from two-dimensional art," says Liz Kelton Sheehan, who curated the show.
"The six installations embody this idea on a number of levels — formally, with color, scale and materials, and conceptually, with the artists' attention to the viewer's physical engagement with the work."
Participating artists are Nate Aldrich and Zach Poff, Astrid Bowlby, Amy Stacey Curtis, Eric Hongisto, Nicola López and Jason Rogenes.
In the last if a series of artist talks about the show, Curtis discusses her work in Olin 104 at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2. Sheehan, the museum's assistant curator, offers tours of "Activator" at noon Jan. 24 and March 14.
Admission to the museum and its activities is open to the public at no charge. For more information, please call 207-786-6158 or visit the museum Web site.
The Bates museum hasn't shown installation work on this scale before, says Sheehan. "These artists are really interested in energizing museum visitors in a different way. They want to make visitors aware of the space they're in, aware of their bodies in the space and how they move through a work of art — how they respond to it with all of their senses."
Here's more about the artists:
N.B. Aldrich and Zach Poff have collaborated in the creation of "Observational Soundscape." Mounted outside the museum in the Olin Arts Center entryway, the piece uses video, audio and computer technology to transform images of visitors into sound and ambient sound into images. Aldrich and Poff previously installed collaborative work at the University of Maine and Cooper Union School of Art, New York City.
Aldrich is a new-media artist residing in Brooks who creates installation, video, performance and audio art. He teaches at the University of Maine in the new-media department. Poff is a media artist, educator and sound recordist who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. His work is concerned with the culture of broadcasting, subverting communications technology to reveal the structures and artifacts of media itself.
A native of Bath, a Philadelphia resident and a 2002 graduate of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Astrid Bowlby's installations operate as both drawing and sculpture. She uses thousands of ink drawings mounted on floor, walls and ceiling to investigate themes such as expansion and contraction, density accumulation and scale.
A resident of Gray, Amy Stacey Curtis is the Maine Arts Commission's 2005 Individual Artist Fellow for Visual Art. Exploring issues of chaos, order and repetition, Curtis often lists "audience" among the media in her work. At Bates, her "Modulation I" comprises more than 2,000 aluminum cans bearing a color spectrum on the inside and arranged in a circle on the floor.
Eric Hongisto received his bachelor's degree at the Maine College of Art and also attended the Skowhegan School. A New Jersey resident, he makes murals that exploit the communicative properties of color and that use architecture to prompt viewers to reconsider the space they inhabit.
Nicola López, of Brooklyn, uses a variety of media to explore how place is constructed and represented through drawings, prints, mixed-media collages and installations. A Skowhegan School alumna, she uses the visual language of maps to comment on ways the dominance of technology have affected culture and society.
Jason Rogenes, also of Brooklyn, is a former preparator at the Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, and the fourth Skowhegan School alumnus in "Activator." Widely exhibited in Maine and across the country, Rogenes uses Styrofoam packing materials to build massive, dramatic structures that he calls "techno-clouds of potential." At Bates, his installation in the museum stairwell will unify the upper and lower galleries of the museum.
Showing concurrently with Activator is a small exhibition of works, loaned from the Ovitz Family Collection, by British artist Keith Tyson, winner of the 2002 Turner Prize. A multimedia artist known for the playful complexity of his work, Tyson is interested in the way the scientific paradigm — the notion that all things are explainable in scientific terms — is applied across the spectrum of life.
"I'm fascinated by science's dogmatic determinism, the belief that any event or action, however complex, arises from hydrogen atoms bashing together after the Big Bang," he said in a Tate Gallery publication in 2002.
The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and is closed Sundays, Mondays and major holidays.


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So after having the pleasure of reading her book: The house on blackstone moor, I also got to pleasure to do an interview with Carole Gill. I want to thank her for the time she took to answer my questions! Enjoy the interview.
1. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I am married and live in Yorkshire in England. I was born and raised in New York but somehow fate brought me to my husband and to England! Walking our dogs across windswept moorland and farmland is very inspiring to me and actually gave me the inspiration for the novel.
I love history, too and quite frankly I prefer setting longer pieces of fiction in the past. I suppose it's a kind of wishfulfillment! For short stories, I tend to set them in the present!
As for personal likes: I enjoy a wide range of music from classical to rock to gothic metal and jazz! Travel is something I love as well. If I could live anywhere I'd live in Paris! I say that as a former New Yorker who does happen to love London too, but ah Paris, you have won my heart!
2. When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
I began to write about other things and kind of matured I guess as I saw the beauty in life too.


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Nature reserve Fire Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve
An area of lowland heath offering a sensational panoramic view of the surrounding countryside and coast.
As its name suggests, Fire Beacon Hill was the site of one of the beacons used to inform Elizabethan London of the approaching Spanish Armada. At that time the entire East Hill escarpment would have been covered in lowland heath vegetation, similar to that found here. Unfortunately, just this small patch remains, as lowland heath has disappeared due to forestry plantation and agricultural improvement, making this habitat increasingly uncommon.
On a clear day you can almost see from Berry Head to Portland, the entire length of Lyme Bay, and on a windy day you are on an eye level with soaring Buzzards and Ravens.
Yellowhammers breed on the Local Nature Reserve, as does the nationally scarce Dartford Warbler. Look out for them skulking amongst the low growing bushes. A good tip to spotting 'Dartfords' is to look out for the more conspicuous Stonechat. These beautiful birds sit prominently on trees and shrubs making a distinctive call, like two stones being hit together. When you see a Stonechat, look in the bushes beneath and you may see a Dartford Warbler, using the Stonechat above as a sentry keeping watch.
Nightjars are heathland specialists that can be heard at night hunting for Moths over the nature reserve. During the day they remain perfectly camouflaged, nesting on the ground.
Grayling Butterflies breed on the nature reserve. About the same size as a Tortoiseshell, Graylings are often disturbed into flight while sunbathing on the paths.
A small number of Exmoor ponies and Belted Galloway cattle are grazed in a fenced area of the site as part of the management plan.
The site is a good example of partnership working in action. It is owned by Sidmouth Town Council, and Wild East Devon work in partnership with RSPB Aylesbeare team to manage and run events on the site.
From the A3052, heading towards Sidmouth from Newton Poppleford, turn left off the main road at the Bowd Inn, signposted Ottery St Mary. Take the first turning right and then next left, 100 metres further on there is a public footpath to the right, leading directly up to the top of the hill. The site does not have a postal address. The nearest postcode is EX10 0ND.
Get directions to Fire Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve nature reserve with Google Maps.
View parking and walking routes on the Fire Beacon Hill map.
Opening times
All Wild East Devon Nature Reserves are open to the public at all times and are free to visit.
The steep gradients and uneven nature of the footpaths and bridleways make it unsuitable for wheelchair access.
Walking information
The site is criss-crossed with bridleways, footpaths, fire-breaks and the East Devon Way, so exploring on foot is easy. Paths may be muddy in wet weather.
Please keep dogs under close control, and clean up after them.


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Out of Continues Ep 56: GOTY Awards
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Out of Continues Ep 35: GenCon
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Remember when I went to Florida to visit Jaden, Julie and Jessica?
Of course you do. It's all I've talked about for 16,374 hours straight. DON'T YOU JUST LOVE ME?!
Well, it's taken me forever to get my act together and put together (together together together) a post of pictures to show you. All. Together.
But I did it! If you follow me on the Instagrams some of these will be familiar. I have some regular ol' camera shots mixed in as well.
Aaaaand roll back the curtains:
The day started early with a trip on my personal jet. Oh you don't have a personal jet? Oh.
I made it! You guys those are PALM TREES. Here in Kansas we have dirt.
This little kid melted my heart from second UNO. At one point he said to me, "Can I tell you something?" Me, "Yes, Nathan, tell me." Him, "Did you know that when you say 'hello' to someone, there's a bad word in it?"
UGH. I just want spread him on a cracker.
After a gorgeous steak and salad dinner (and a half game of Pokemon) we sat outside on her ridiculously pimp back porch, next to a pool and enjoyed some wine by some famous dude. Harry something? Jaden, what was his name again? But you guys, she had it in a glass CARAFE and it scared me. I'm clumsy. Like bad. So, I begged Scott to pour my drinks. It wasn't annoying at all.
Look who can knit! Did you know this about Jaden? She's a knitting maniac. It keeps her settled. I might need to knit.
The next morning we got up and tended to FARM DUTIES. We fed the chickens, watered the garden, fed the fish. I wasn't jealous at ALL. (read: all. kinds. of.) I held one of these things! You can see that awesomely horrible photo of my double chin HERE.
This photo makes me cry. It's perfect in every way. Just look at these kids. Their faces. "Mooom, It's mooorrrniinnnggggg. Whhhhyyyyyyyy???"
A little later we cleaned up and headed out to prepare for the girls' arrival later in the day. We hit up the farmer's market, which was teeny! But it was nice because it was like bam! bam! bam! DONE. (I get impatient sometimes.)
Then we went to Jaden's favorite local wine store. I about died. I swear I thought an Oger was going to walk out at any second and ask if we needed assistance.
We got home and did our NAYAILS. I never do nails. Never. But after this, I've rearranged a few things in my life and nails have moved up a few notches in priority land. I never knew such joy existed!
The girls arrive! CHEERS.
Jaden taught us how to make egg rolls from scratch. Her mom's extreme supreme recipe.
Here are the ladies holding vegetables and sharp utensils!
Jaden's prime egg rolling skills. She said we needed to tightly fold in the sides so oil didn't seep in and make the entire roll greasy.
I then discovered I'm the jankiest egg roller in the state of Florida.
Yeah, y'all can go ahead and roll those things. I'll just watch. And sip wine. And take photos.
This photo BEGGED for a white vignette. HAHAHAHAHAAA!! Oh, I crack myself up.
Once dinner was made, we put it all in a little yellow wagon and wheeled it down to the fire. A LITTLE YELLOW WAGON. There were so many, "omg! awww! look! this is so cute! I could just die!'" you have no idea.
Dinner by fire. Oh yes.
We went to bed early. We're old.
The next morning Jaden and I enjoyed a cup of coffee while we waited on the girls to walk up from the COTTAGE. I want a cottage.
Look at her knitting. I hope that scarf is for me.
Once they made it to coffee hour, we did another round of farm tending. It was Julie's turn to hold the chicken, SO THERE.
We picked veggies from the garden and looked at the squirmy bugs in the compost bins. I know this might sound insano to you, but I love squirmy bugs in compost bins. But ONLY in compost bins.
Here's Nathan with his HARVEST.
We walked back down to feed the fish, and their sweet pup, Coco tagged along to keep us on our toes. And to eat tomatoes straight from our hands.
And to get fresh with Jessica and try to make out with her.
Sweet sweet Andrew caught a fish! And I screamed. And ran away.
Once my heart settled down from all that highly dangerous fish catching, we went back up to the house and made brunch. Here's Julie with her freakishly awesome leek, artichoke and potato gratin.
After brunch, the girls decided that I MUST HAVE A FACEBOOK FAN PAGE. So, Julie set it up for me!
Look at my page right there with NO friends on it. Sad.
And oh, pass me that cheese dip, please.
Too much work! More play.
Hello, fabulous mojito.
A few hours later I was back at the airport waiting for my personal jet once again.
My pilot must have been napping or something.
And this concludes the longest photo series ever of my girl time Florida trip to the max!
Thank you for humoring me for the past 2 hours of your life.
Tomorrow I'll be back with…wait for it…..DESSERT.
WHAAAT? Who. is. she?


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At one time in Mesoamerica, feathers, especially those of birds such as the quetzal, were valued like jade and gold, similar to the value feathers had for many indigenous peoples of the Americas.
In Mesoamerica, much of the value was tied to religion, especially to the feathered-serpent god Quetzalcoatl. By the time the Spanish arrived, the most varied and intricate use of feathers in this region was among the Aztecs. the Purhepecha and the Tlaxcaltecs, whose territories were all in central Mexico.
The feathers used were from local and distant sources, with the most prized coming from trade routes leading from Central America. They had a similar value to cocoa beans as a kind of money, since they were light and easy to trade.
The use of feathers varied from being woven into fabric, as decorative elements in garments, as flags to float in the breeze and headdresses. One use of feathers that caught the attention of the conquering Spanish was the painstaking placement of tiny pieces of feathers on a surface to create a kind of painting, often on shield and headdresses.
Cortes sent examples of these to Spain as gifts to the king and others, and even sent a number to Asia. Eventually feathered garments and paintings made their way to a number of European royal families and even to the Vatican. For this reason, most of oldest and best surviving pieces of Mexican featherwork are in European museums.
Instead of destroying the craft (given its religious significance), the Europeans decided to co-opt it in the first century of the colonial period. Native artisans, however, had to stop creating the old designs in favor of images related to the new religion. Sometimes old indigenous abstract elements can be detected along the edges.
The "golden age" of featherwork in colonial Mexico lasted only until the very beginning of the 17th century. The main reason for this was that the Spanish upper caste began to disdain indigenous handcrafts, and much of the religious imagery was produced using oils. Another problem was the serious depletion of the fine feathers of tropical wild birds which gave pre Hispanic and early colonial feather paintings their color and shine.
Featherwork never completely died out, but has never regained its former stature. Feathers are still used on some traditional garments, especially the edges of huipils in Chiapas and the fringes of rebozos in Michoacan. They can also be seen in the garb worn by many traditional dancers, such as the concheros, who can be regularly seen on Mexico City's main plaza (Zocalo) and other areas. There are even some places that still make feather painting and similar items, but mostly use dyed feathers from domesticated fowl.
It is not possible to return to the making of the early colonial work with tropical bird feathers, primarily because of environmental reasons. Fortunately, the musuems which do have these irreplaceable centuries-old relics have been able to preserve them fairly well.
The featured image is a replica of the so-called Montezuma's headdress at the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. Credit Thomas Ledl


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A few days ago a friend of ours posed a question to us; "how did you know it was the right time?". I think this is a question we haven't really thought about since we had to almost a year ago. Now that some time has passed and we can rehash on all the things we were feeling at the time we made the decision to move to Europe, it's easier to answer these questions with honesty and insight.
When we were living in Toronto we felt almost simultaneously like we had outgrown our surroundings. We were finding it hard to experience things that ignited our souls. Working jobs that left us like two ships passing in the night; we felt separated by our obligations to life in the city. We had an apartment, that although we loved, made us feel trapped. We wanted more. We craved new experiences, new views, the unknown and a sense of freedom.
The question of expectations and steps involved is a difficult one to answer. I believe that the experience of making such a big decision would be different for each individual. For us, the decision was made and we had the desire and followthrough to make it happen. That doesn't mean it was easy. We had a lot to think about and there was a lot of variables to work into the equation. Family and friends – missing the people you love is always going to be on your mind, but you know at the end of the day that those people are going to be the constant in life and distance doesn't matter because there is no limit to how far love can travel.
Fear. Fear is going to be both your motivator and your worst enemy. I wholeheartedly believe that fear is an integral part of life. It is something you're going to live with and at times it will push you to do things you never thought possible of yourself, and at other times it will try its hardest to dictate your journey. Our fear was complacency. To stay in the life we lived, safely and with security. Or to take that leap into the unknown, fearing the hardships but relishing in our newest adventure. We could have easily made the choice to stay and enjoy new horizons in a two week a year style, but we let the fear of contentment push us into making the move.
If there is one piece of advice that we can offer to people who are looking straight down the centre of a fork in their road it would be that there is never going to be 'a right time' in life. You can always wait until you have more money, until you've secured a better position in your job, until life is handing opportunities to you on a silver platter…but we can honestly say that if you have this mindset…you'll always find a reason to wait.
Don't spend your days waiting for the perfect moment, make the perfect moment happen. You are just as much in control of your path as we are. Never settle for anything less than what will make you happy. There will be days that are harder than others, there will be a new set of things to think about but at the end of the day you will have the power of knowing that you did it. You set out living your life the way you want to live it. You'll shine from this knowledge and you'll open yourself up for so much.
We only have one go at this life. Get out there and look fear square in the face and say, "I'm ready".
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Production took place on director Jonathan Liebesman's (Battle: Los Angeles) upcoming Ninja Turtles early last year, but we still have yet to see so much as an official image from that film. That is poised to change very soon, as producer Galen Walker has revealed on his Facebook (via CS) that the first trailer for the film will debut in front of Captain America: The Winter Soldier when the Marvel film opens on April 4th. Not much is known about the plot of Ninja Turtles, but the titular turtles are being created using performance capture technology with Alan Ritchson, Pete Ploszek, Jeremy Howard, and Noel Fisher assuming the physical roles. Produced by Michael Bay, the cast also includes Megan Fox as April O'Neil, William Fichtner as Shredder, Danny Woodburn (Seinfeld) as Splinter, and Will Arnett in an as-yet undisclosed role.
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How Companies Use Activity-Based Costing: Help Management Understand the Real Cost of Products
Origin of Activity Based Costing
Activity based costing was introduced in the US in the 1980s at a time when there was some dissatisfaction with more traditional methods of costing. One reason for this was that manufacturing industry was becoming more automated with the result that the proportion of indirect costs was growing compared to direct costs.
For example, the reduction in the need for direct labor and the increase in the use of machinery meant that direct labor costs were being reduced while overheads such as depreciation and the costs of operating plant and machinery were increasing. Costing methods that computed a contribution to products based primarily on direct costs were therefore becoming less precise in their ability to allocate costs in a manner that could identify areas of inefficiency and relate the costs to the products.
To understand how companies use activity based costing it is necessary to look at the need for informed management decisions. The ability of management to take decisions that could increase product profitability was limited by the shortcomings of the information provided by their costing systems and a more useful costing system was required.
Activity based costing identifies the activities taking place in the organization and allocates the costs of the organization to those activities. The contribution of each activity to the various products and services provided by the company is then measured and allocated between those products and services. As a result, most of the costs of the enterprise are allocated on a rational basis to the products, resulting in an accurate determination of the profitability of each product or service.
Implementation of Activity Based Costing
An enterprise using activity based costing does not need to allocate a large pool of overhead expenses to the products based on arbitrary or very general criteria, because allocations are based on measurements of cause and effect that relate activities to the products. The connection between a cost and an activity are identified and the costs are therefore assigned to products and services in a rational manner, based on the extent to which each activity is involved in the creation of each product.
This assignment of costs to activities and products based on observation and measurement of the contribution of the activities to the output of products or services enables an organization to identify a situation where there is a high overhead cost per unit of a particular product.
Other costing systems would tend to overlook this type of inefficiency because they would tend to allocate general overheads to products based on a general allocation key that would not reflect the actual relationship between the overhead expenses and the product. This differs from how companies use activity based costing to allocate costs to activities as a result of observation and measurement of those activities.
Advantages of Activity Based Costing
The analysis of costs to the various activities and the relation of these activities to the products to which they contribute can highlight inefficiencies that would be overlooked by more traditional systems that fail to adequately analyze general overhead expenses.
For example, a particular staff member might spend a disproportionate amount of time on an activity that relates to the output of a particular product, meaning that under activity based costing a relatively high proportion of the labor costs associated with that person would be allocated to one particular product. The activity based costing system would therefore identify high costs relating to that product that might be overlooked by a costing system that allocated the costs of that person among products based on a key such as the proportion of direct costs or the turnover generated by each product.
Another example might be that a particular product takes up more time of a particular expensive item of machinery than the other products. A costing system that only looks at direct costs might overlook this inefficiency because it concentrates on the direct labor and materials associated with the product, while the costs associated with running the machine (such as electricity, maintenance, repairs and depreciation costs) are allocated among products generally based on the proportion of direct costs relating to each product or some other allocation key.
An activity based costing system would examine the activity of the machine and allocate the costs relating to that machine among the products based on the activity of the machine in relation to each product, thereby correctly allocating higher costs to the product that uses the most machine time. Activity based costing might therefore reveal that a particular product is making far less profit than was originally thought and this could lead to changes in the system or modifications of the product leading to more efficiency in production.
Activity Based Costing in Financial Services
Activity based costing is not only useful in relation to manufacturing enterprises. A financial services institution might gain greater insight into its real costs and the profitability of its various products by introducing activity based costing. For example, the financial institution may analyze the time spent by each employee in relation to activities relating to particular products and allocate the cost of those activities more accurately among the products and customers of the institution.
Staff may be spending relatively more time on certain activities than on others, and when the costs relating to these activities are allocated among the products of the financial institution it may be found that certain products are incurring higher costs than previously thought. These costs may have remained hidden under other costing systems because they were part of the general overheads and allocated according to a general allocation key based on cost or turnover of products generally rather than the actual costs of activities performed.
Limitations of Activity Based Costing
Activity based costing is a relatively expensive system to implement, involving detailed work to analyze the activities within an organization and relatively expensive software to process the information. An enterprise could also fall into the trap of collecting too much detailed information on activities which may lead to an overflow of detail which obscures the useful information that could be provided by the system.
Another danger is a potential failure to identify the action that needs to be taken as a result of the information provided by the activity based costing system. This may especially be the case where there is some resistance within the organization to introducing the new method of costing. The changes in costing and the new opportunities for management information require a new attitude from management and a determination to deal with the inefficiencies that are highlighted by the activity based costing system. For this reason, a new science of activity based management has developed.
Activity Based Management
The more accurate management information that is provided by the results of activity based costing can, if used properly, result in better management decisions that lead to improvements in efficiency and higher profitability of products. The greater analysis of costs, including overhead costs, produced by activity based costing can lead to the identification of inefficient products and the identification of inefficiencies in carrying out activities within the enterprise or within particular departments.
Resources can be allocated to the profitable products and the product mix can be adjusted to increase overall profitability. Some products previously considered to be profitable may be found to be incurring high costs, leading to a decision to cut back on their production or to implement more efficient processes. Unnecessary and costly activities can be reduced and hidden costs eliminated.
Such advantages from activity based costing can only be achieved if the results are analyzed and utilized in management decision making. The management must understand how companies use activity based costing and how the results should be interpreted and changes implemented. For this reason, activity based management has to be put in place to take advantage of the results of an activity costing system and to fully implement the necessary changes highlighted by the system.
Technical Briefing "Activity Based Management - an overview" by CIMA, 2001
"Activity based costing" published by the Crown Prosecution Service
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|Mark and Harriet Jenkinson with Jasmine
Jasmine, a 14-month-old Tibetan terrier, broke down a stair gate and ran down the stairs at The George Inn, a pub in England.
The pub was packed with more than 50 customers during the lunchtime service on Saturday, January 26, including a 90th birthday celebration.
Mrs Jenkinson, 37, went from the bar to find out why Jasmine was barking and within a minute the smoke detector went off.
The pub was evacuated and fire crews from Chippenham, Calne and Swindon put out the flames and ventilated the flat of smoke.
The fire was caused by a fault in a fridge in the couple's flat.
The pub was closed for a couple of days while repairs were made to the dining room after water came through the ceiling from the fire crew's hoses.
Mr Jenkinson, 50, said: "When Jasmine barks it's usually because she wants to go outside for a wee but this seemed a bit more frantic.
"She was upstairs and she either heard something in the kitchen or smelled the smoke before the detector started. She managed to break down the stair gate and alerted us by her barking.
"Our staff were brilliant and we got everybody out of the pub. I tried to see if I could put the fire out but I couldn't get into the kitchen, it was too smoky."
A couple of customers took Jasmine home with them to Calne while the fire brigade were there and she was reunited with Mr and Mrs Jenkinson the next day.
Mr Jenkinson said: "Jasmine is a very good guard dog and is calm. The customers are not surprised at what she did, she is such a good little dog. She was the none the worse for wear by the fire."


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Push Notifications are messages and alerts that can be sent directly to smartphone users. Push Notification functionality is included in the Koupon SDK and used by many of our clients to engage and communicate with customers about offers. They require that a customer has downloaded the client's app and are effective in that they can be delivered even if the app isn't open or running in the foreground. For Koupon clients, Push Notifications are often used to notify app users about a special promotion, new offers, or simply to remind the user to re-engage with the app.
Koupon supports Push Messaging for both iOS and Android apps. There are some differences between how each platform handles push notifications, but they are very similar.
Apple iOS and Android support two types of notifications — Local and Remote. Local notifications appear the same as Remote push notifications, but are built and configured within an app. Remote Notifications (also known as Push Notifications) are sent remotely, giving marketers and developers the flexibility to send notifications at targeted times and to specified groups of users without releasing a new version of the app. Account's that use the Koupon SDK can send Push Notifications using Koupon Manager.
Local push notifications are best suited for marketers that aim to set fixed, repeated patterns about notifications (such as a calendar or to do list app). Koupon Media recommends that our clients use Remote Push, mainly because of its flexibility and targeting capabilities. For the purpose of this article, we'll be focusing on Remote Notifications.
All Push Notifications to Apple devices are delivered to Apple devices through Apple Push Notification Services (APNS) and to Android devices through Google Cloud Messaging (GCM). To send notifications, Koupon Media obtains app user Device IDs or Tokens from APNS or GCM — these IDs help us know which app users receive which messages. For terminology purposes, that makes Koupon our clients' Push Provider.
Push Notifications entail two important pieces of information — the device ID and the payload. The Device ID identifies which device the notification should be sent to, the payload includes the content of the message including its badge icon, alert message, alert sound, and the action that should take place if the push is opened or selected. There are more restrictions on messages sent through APNS and the payload is much smaller than with GCM, but both are effective at delivering compelling messages about offers. For offer delivery purposes, we recommend that our clients use an alert message of 200 characters or less.
Using the Koupon Platform, Retailers and brands can also send targeted Push Notifications to customers. Koupon can send pushes based on a customer's past app usage, offer interactions, or location.
Normal Push Notifications simply open the associated app, but many of our clients have explored Advanced Push, which opens a web view within the app. Many client's have been successful displaying an exclusive offer via Advanced Push. To learn more about Advanced Push, contact one of our Client Success Managers.
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"Castro's Grail" Giclée Print
$ 680.00
"Castro's Grail" is a limited edition giclée print by Nicholas W Starr in collaboration with author Kristian Haagen, a respected authority in the horological community. Together these artists have put their synergetic lens on these intricate masterpieces. Each giclée print is signed and numbered by Nicholas W Starr.- Image size 36 1/2″ H × 26 1/2″ W
- Paper size 40″ H × 30″ W
- Printed on archival 350 gsm 100% cotton rag paper with archival pigment based ink
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This Russian piece is one of the coins in the banner at the top of this site, hiding a bit left of the center on the bottom. You'll note it's in pretty decent shape, a prooflike AU. (Full disclosure, I no longer own this coin.)
This is a silver half-ruble, or poltina (from the prefix pol- or half-) of 1826. It's the first year this particular "wings down" design was used, and it only ran to 1831.
The top reads "Poltina Coin," the bottom is the date. НГ is the initials of the mintmaster, Nikolai Grachev. The eagle itself bears a shield with St. George on it, the traditional symbol of Muscovy.
The inscription reads, "Of pure silver, 2 Zolotniks, 10 1/2 Dolei" (which works out to almost precisely nine grams of pure silver), and the mintmark for St. Petersburg.
R. W. Julian (yes, that R. W. Julian) has done a lot of work on Russian coinage and has written a book covering silver coinage for the period from 1797-1917. There is a short section near the front of this book where he lists ten particularly tough types for a collector to find (if they are assembling a type set, which I was), and this coin, plus the wings down 25 kopeks (quarter ruble) were among them. Which is why I jumped on this coin when it showed up; it's not only one of the toughies, it's in fantastic condition.
Apparently a very small number of these were struck in platinum in 1826, and exactly one in 1827) as a test run for the later platinum coinage. I am certain this coin wasn't one of those, because a platinum piece would be twice as heavy as it "should" be. (Also the platinum pieces have no edge lettering.)
This coin came in handy for another reason. When building my Russian Coins Of Conquest exhibit, I needed a warlike graphic, as a sort of "logo" to tie the exhibit together and add visual interest. Quick searches of the internet turned up nothing that wasn't cheesy or just not what I had in mind. Then it dawned on my that I had literally hundreds of scanned in images of Russian Imperial Eagles, and I settled on this particular coin because of its superior condition. I chose the wings down eagle because it's the only style the Russians used where the eagle is clutching arrows and a wreath, indicating war and peace–surely appropriate for an exhibit about occupation and regional coinage.
So first I had to laboriously mask out everything that wasn't eagle; this took quite a bit of time because I didn't want the edges of the eagle to look jagged. I used Picture Publisher 7.0, an obsolete bit of software much easier to use than Photoshop. (Today it has to be run on an XP virtual machine, which is a pain–but back in 2007 this was not much of a problem.)
I could almost imagine a stamped metal eagle like this gracing the cap of an officer in the Russian Army or police in the 1820s or 1830s. (Would he be a full bird colonel?) I've seen this eagle motif on at least some of the shoulder patches of today's Russian military (with the crown, even though it's a republic today).
But for an exhibit color is needed, so I started by making the eagle gilt:
Of course the shield ought to be red, as indicated by the vertical lines (that's the convention for indicating "red" on uncolored sculpture, or relief, or engraving). So I masked the shield and changed it to red:
And St. George should be white or silver, so some more masking:
Voila, one graphic suitable for use in an exhibit.
Few who have seen this exhibit (and I still have the coins for it and will often display it non-competitively) realize that the decorative eagle graphic was really a picture of a coin! But if you go to an ANA show, there's a good chance you will see this exhibit, and you will know.


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The Statfold Barn Railway is an extensive two-foot gauge private railway near Tamworth in Staffordshire, England. We are home to the old Burton to Ashby Tram and one of the largest collections of narrow gauge historic steam, diesel and electric locomotives from the UK and overseas…
Statfold Barn Railway opens regularly throughout the year. Please see our Events page for dates & details.
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"What a good day out for steam train lovers"
We went with a group of friends on the Sunday of the March event, plenty to do and see, even had a go on a 'pump' trolley, rode on the top deck of the tram and enjoyed many train rides. Only disappointment was the garden...
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Went to see the exhibits on a 'Wartime ' weekend. Lots of engines and memorabilia to see. Shame about the rain but didn't spoil the fun. George Formby and Winston Churchill turned up along with soldiers from UK, USA and even Germany, all getting along...
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What a hidden gem Statfold Barn Railway is. Just outside Tamworth, Staffordshire on the B5493 is a wonderful collection of restored narrow gauge steam engines. When not out on the extensive track around the farm on special steam days. these engines are on display in...
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Fabulous steam trains. Lovely bloke driving the garden track train very funny x lovely staff.Nice tidy grounds.
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Visited over the enthusiast weekend and we were pleasantly suprised. So many different engines especially in the covered Museum and round house. The running lines were permantly busy with a grest variety of trains, trams and buses. This may be one of the countries newer...
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Visited with some colleagues on an enthusiasts open day. The whole event was very well organised from car parking to train running. I counted 12 steam engines running plus a diesel railcar and a tram. It's more a visitor centre than an end to end...
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From the moment we got on the train the fun began . Everything was very well organised and thought out to make a magical experience for young and old. The gifts for the children were good quality and with most things undercover the weather didn't...
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Not just trains there are also vehicles . Visited it with my nephew we both really enjoyed the day. Remember to book your tickets ( as far as l know it's still tickets only).
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We visited on 16/12/18. 4 adults & 4 children 14,5,4 & 3. We all absolutley loved it! What a hidden gem! On arrival you're offered mince pies & hot mulled wine for the adults. Children are given a golden Santa Express Train ticket (Lovely touch)...
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The fine basket-work Hobby Horse by Peter Spenceler, featured on the front cover and in Tim Power's feature in the November 2006 issue of Mardles, has found a new Stable. On Boxing Day 2006, at the Dolphin Inn in Wortham, Tim handed over the reins of the Hobby Horse to Ron Ross, Squire of Hoxon Hundred. After more than twenty-five years of confinement in Hamish & Lila Frasers attic in Waldringfield, during which period the Horse came out only once a year for the anniversaries of Douglas Kennedys birthday, the Hobby Horse will now be able to gallop out on Wednesday evenings with Hoxon and also trot along to a few of the Summer festivals and Hoxon Holidays.
Hoxon Hundred are based in the Suffolk village of Hoxne and have been performing Cotswold and Border Morris dances for over twenty years along with North-West Processional and Garland dances, Rapper Sword and Clog step-dances. All of these traditions were displayed at the Dolphin, and, respecting the time of year, Hoxon also sang Carols and performed a Mummers play. Then followed a music & song session (including Mardles rambling session reporter, Dave Cooper) with sandwiches and mince pies, good beer and a proper pub fire. Well done Hoxon and the Dolphin!
Peter Spenceley wrote to Mardles " see the letters page " to say that the first outing of Hoxne Hundred & the Hobby Horse would be at the Dolphin.
The Hobby Horse was with the ˜Whirligigs™, a London dance group led by Marjorie Fennessy, on their visit to Angers in central France. "This was in 1955", said Mike Isaacs, a past member of the group who provided the photo of the Whirligigs with the Hobby Horse in Angers. However for many years the Horse lay in the attic at Cecil Sharp House until found and refurbished by the Fraser's in 1980. Its current revival came about because Heather Bexon wanted to borrow a hobby horse for a ˜folk day™ at Hillcroft school, and heard about the Horse at one of the Fraser™s events from Tim Power, who also lives in Waldringfield. After the folk day, Hamish & Lila decided to pass the Horse to a group who would make more use of it, and Mike Bexon suggested Hoxon Hundred, being a well-established side performing a good variety of dance traditions. And so it came to pass!
Thanks to Mardles, the Horse has once again come to the notice of the EFDSS. Hilary Blanford, wife of the original Mr Mardles, invited the Horse back to Cecil sharp House in February 2007 to attend The Return of Albert, a re-creation of the London Folk festivals at the Royal Albert Hall in the 1960s and 70s. This may well be the first of many such outings, because the (now) Hoxon Hobby Horse is one of only a pair. Peter Spenceley made a similar horse for the "Beau of London City" Morris side a few years before making the Hoxon horse, but the Beau side disbanded last year. So what became of the first one? Will they ever meet again? Whatever else may happen, I hope that Hoxon will carry on the ancient tradition, and that the Hoxon Horse will provide an element of extra entertainment for their audiences for many years to come.
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The Rev. Jerry Falwell Passes Away Today
The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority, passed away 12:40 pm today, shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University. He was 73.
The Rev. Falwell was an enormous figure who drew the religious right together as a cohesive unit, ushering that group's momentum into the political arena.
Philosophically, I have considered Mr. Falwell was a formidable adversary but with death go personal battles and is a time to have and feel only respect for the life and respect for the passing.
May his family and friends love and lift each other to find peace and comfort.
Death is the road.
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LeAnn Rimes has injured her heel while on her honeymoon with husband Eddie Cibrian in Mexico.
The country star and Cibrian tied the knot in a surprise ceremony attended by 40 of the couple's family and friends in April, but waited until last week to celebrate their union with a trip to Cabo San Lucas.
Rimes has now revealed that she suffered minor injuries while trying to manoeuvre past several jagged rocks on a local beach.
"WOW, my head and my heel are killing from slipping on a rock at the beach. OUCH……needs to get better FAST (sic)," she wrote on her official Twitter page.
Numerous followers inquired about her health following her pronouncement, prompting Rimes to assure her fans that she is not seriously hurt, adding: "Yes pain, but i'm ok."
Rimes recently answered a claim by a Twitter follower that she is "scary skinny" by insisting that she is simply a "healthy girl".
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I wanna help all who has the old & unsupported SiS 771/671 chipset vga adapter mostly found in Fujitsu Esprimo laptops.
I've used my esprimo v5535 on Wheezy with an unofficial sisimedia driver, but it can't be compiled for newer Xorg than 12 because of missing XAA. There is a binary solution ( http://zatherz.cba.pl/sis/), and a link to the patched sisimedia driver source which can be compiled for jessie's xorg 1.16. It's work instantly, but got a small annoying bug: on video overlay (mplayer -vo xv) the colors are shifted randomly 9 times of 10 run. I've tried to solve this problem for days, but I've failed. :-/ Then I've decided to use the old xorg with the old working sisimedia_drv.so, because newer x doesn't offer me any advantages with this old hardware...but cannot compile 1.12 xorg for jessie. :-/
I made a bit hacky solution: replace the binary files with 1.12 in jessie's xorg packages and lie to other packages as they are 1.16. Everything is working and the colorshifting bug has gone away! So, here you are the essential fake packages for sis671/771 users. Download from http://flerp.hu/debian/sis671-jessie/ then:
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dpkg -i libaudit0dc_1.7.18-1.2dc_i386.deb sisctrl_0.0.20051202_i386.deb xserver-xorg_7.7+8dc_i386.deb xserver-xorg-core_1.16.4-2dc_i386.deb xserver-xorg-input-evdev_2.9.0-3dc_i386.deb xserver-xorg-input-mouse_1.9.1-2dc_i386.deb xserver-xorg-input-synaptics_1.8.1-2dc_i386.deb xserver-xorg-video-sisimedia_0.8.0dc_i386.deb
After you install them, hold the packages:
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echo xserver-xorg hold | dpkg --set-selections
echo xserver-xorg-core hold | dpkg --set-selections
echo xserver-xorg-input-evdev hold | dpkg --set-selections
echo xserver-xorg-input-mouse hold | dpkg --set-selections
echo xserver-xorg-input-synaptics hold | dpkg --set-selections