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Violence in video games. The greatest myth that has been forced onto gaming and programming geek culture. This article will show that not only is there no such thing as violence in video games but that the arguments supporting the myth are about as useless as a third nipple. [ 1 ]
Let's take a good look at what violence is. Violence is harming another human. If I were to pick up a large wrench and beat the crap out of Col. Mustard in the Study, that would be an example of violence, or is it? There's an immediate problem with that example.
There is no Col. Mustard. Actually, Col. Mustard is a yellow plastic game piece, and if nobody chooses to play him, he is represented only as a colorful plastic-coated card. The small wrench is also a plastic coated card as well as a small plastic game piece.
It's hard to imagine any actual violence happening between two plastic game pieces or two plastic coated cards. This is pretend violence on a pretend person, with a weapon that never actually existed. In other words, no actual violence happens. We only say that somebody did in poor Col. Mustard. When you cross this line and say that this is real violence, you are unable to see things as they are and probably are incapable of telling the difference between fantasy and reality.
It is the same thing with video games. I have, in fact, killed Laura Croft, on purpose, an uncountable amount of times. Almost by magic, Laura Croft is brought back to life by loading the game from where I saved it. No actual violence occurs, it's only a game. You'd think if there was real violence and death in video games that I would have been arrested for murder. No real violence, no real murder, no real laws broken. I'll probably kill her again soon.
So why do some people decry "violent" video games and go to extreme lengths to ban them? I know but refuse to say. I'll just recommend "The True Believer" by Eric Hoffer if you really want to know. What I will do, however, is show how useless their arguments are.
Argument #1 : Monkey See, Monkey Do
I once saw a monkey scratch it's anus, smell it's finger, and fall off a tree. I really saw it. I don't, however, have any reason to do it. I might watch it again, and even laugh, but smelling fingers and falling off trees is not for me. This monkey saw (and laughed, and showed his friends) and will not do.
The idea behind the "Monkey See, Monkey Do" argument is that everyone is stupid. If your friends jump off a bridge, you, according to the theory, will too. This is absolute nonsense and an insult to your intelligence.
Argument #2 : Don't Give People Ideas
A more developed version of "Monkey See, Monkey Do" is "Don't Give People Ideas". For example, if I were to see a movie that featured a "death by teacup" scenario, I might get the idea that killing people with teacups is a good thing to do. Therefore, since I have the idea implanted, if I seek to kill people with teacups, it's the movies fault.
Not only is this a regurgitation of "The Devil Made Me Do It", but it completely removes free will from the equation. If someone kills someone with a teacup, that person has made the decision himself, even if he did get the idea from the movie. The movie did not force it's will on the teacup killer.
The more dangerous side to this is that it implies that we should limit ideas in a free society. The people who support this kind of thinking also burn "Harry Potter" books.
Argument #3 : Sends the Wrong Message
The idea that "violent" video games "send the wrong message" is like receiving email that was never sent in the first place. A "message" has a sender and an intended receiver. If no message has been sent, and you say you received one, you might be crazy.
The makers of video games are not putting in subliminal messages in their games. They are not even trying to make a point. They are merely selling entertainment.
This argument is based in pure, unadulterated paranoid schizophrenia.
Argument #4 : Gives Permission
The "permissive culture myth" is used in alot of arguments, not just with so-called violent video games. The idea is that if something is represented in fiction, it gives you permission to do it. So, therefore, if I watch a cop show I have permission to go around and arrest people. This is probably the dumbest argument of the bunch, except for the next one.
Argument #5 : Murder Simulator
The idea that games are "murder simulators" is an attempt to cloak nonsense in science, psychology specifically. It springs from a non-accepted branch of psychology called "killology", or the study of how people kill. This was not born in the halls of academia, but by the military. It is under severe criticism because it states that a soldier, even under threat of his life, will not fire a weapon at an enemy. Only through the application of killology can we get soldiers to fire their weapons and defend their own lives. Sure, whatever, and I just crapped a monkey.
The specific idea that "violent" video games are "murder simulators" that can train people to kill is nonsense as well. By this reasoning, all I have to do to win a skating competition is play Tony Hawk's Pro Skater alot. After all, by the same reasoning, it's a skating simulator and after playing it I will have been trained to skate, even if I have never stood on a skateboard.
Playing a game will not improve your aim, or even help you deal with the blood and gore. Ask any soldier if any game they have played compares to actual warfare, and I'm sure you will get an emphatic no. My dad saw up-close action in Vietnam, I've asked him personally. My brother cut people out of car wrecks for a number of years as a firefighter, and I get the same response. If video games are trying to be realistic, they are doing a poor job. No game will keep you from crapping your pants if you are actually being fired at, or puking at the sight of real gore.
It could be argued that playing a game can teach you tactics to kill. This may be true in squad combat games such as "Full Spectrum Warrior". Tactics are tactics, whether they are squad based combat tactics or chess tactics. Tactics is where to put your game pieces, not how to pull the trigger.
Unfortunately, some nutjobs extrapolate this to games like "Metal Gear Solid" that "teach" you that if you be really quiet, someone won't hear you. And that if you stay out of sight, people can't see you. I knew that already, didn't you?
External Links
- I, Columbine Killer from Wired News.
[1] Note: You will notice that I referred to the third nipple in the first paragraph of this article. The third nipple was one of the supposed signs that someone was a witch. Appearantly, the "witch hunters" believed that an imp, sent from a ground spirit (Satan) would suckle on the third nipple of a witch. There are no imps, there is no Satan, there were no witches. A third nipple can't help you identify something that doesn't exist, and therefore is useless. Much like blaming video games for real violence…


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I'm guessing this is most likely due to personal matters/reasons back home in the US… We'll miss you, Jonny.
The Rakuten Eagles announced today that they received and accepted a request to be released from Jonny Gomes. The Eagles filed paperwork to place Gomes on waivers.
The following comment from Gomes was also posted:
To all Eagles' fans
I wanted to express how lucky I felt for the chance to play in front of the best fans. The energy and passion I felt from everyone at the ballpark gave me strength and provided a positive playing environment. Even though my season ended quickly, I am very grateful. I hope our paths will cross again in the future. Thank you very much.
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The best 5 cheap restaurants to visit n Fort Lauderdale during vacation
Without any doubt, Fort Lauderdale is a perfect travelers hot spot that knows how to cater to visitors. This hot place is a must see for sun and sand lovers. The weather in Fort Lauderdale is hot almost around the year and travelers use to spend mos their time at the beach right down the hot sun. While on their visit to Fort Lauderdale and spending almost a day long at the beach, for sure requires a best budget friendly dine in's. There are many dinning establishments in Fort Lauderdale to visit. Below here you can read about the best 5 cheap restaurants to visit in Fort Lauderdale during vacation.
5 cheap restaurants to visit in Fort Lauderdale
LaSpada Original Hoagies has the finest Hoagies in the town. Not only this, but it also has been developing famous hoagies and also with their enthusiastic staff since 1973. With a checklist of regional "Finest ofs" they remain to draw groups to this outstanding sandwich store. And because these hoagies are so huge therefore full of tasty, fresh ingredients, plan on taking half of it to benefit lunch tomorrow; you'll be so full today from the very first fifty percent.
Tom Jenkins' Bar-B-Q is well known for its succulent ribs and also renowned BBQ sauce. This comfortable eatery bustles with households dining at barbecue tables and boasts that this is a preference that you will never fail to remember. Traditional spirit food meals such as collard eco-friendlies, mac 'n' cheese, baked beans, corn bread as well as wonderful potato pie enhance the meat. Put on your comfortable casual clothing and learn more about your next-door neighbor at their Southerly design dining establishment where everyone is just like a family.
The 84 Restaurant is a traditional dine in for the entire family members. Breakfast served throughout the day with outstanding prices and an extensive menu of American, Greek as well as Italian recipes. Typical breakfast and dinners staples are also readily available for much less adventurous tastebuds. At the end of the dish be sure and also order from the dessert as well as breads menu, which has an abundance of tasty delights.
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Tequila Sunrise has actually been delighting South Floridians, as well as providing a great deal of food for a wonderful cost and even better atmosphere. Having been voted "Best Margarita" by the "New York Times"! "City Web link" and "Sun Guard" have actually called it the most effective Mexican Restaurant. If you want Mexican food that isn't such as all the rest, Tequila Sunrise is the one.
Croissan' Time French Pastry shop as well as Penalty Foods is owned as well as operated by a French bread cook. This bakeshop is plentiful with scrumptious European treats. Great for anytime, Croissan' Time has a charitable quantity of luring croissants, sandwiches, breads and great foods. Their chocolate faves are created with a pure selection of noble-grade beans from all over the world under the "Grand Cru" label of Felchin Chocolates from Switzerland.


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Apple-Parsnip Soup
Pink Lady apples are wonderful for applesauce, and so work very well in this pureed appetizer soup. Sweet Fuji or all-purpose Spartan apples would also lend themselves nicely to the dish.
Cal/Serv: 136
Yields: 8 servings
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 c. chopped onion
2 1/2 c. chopped, peeled Pink Lady apples
1 tbsp. curry powder
1 1/2 tsp. grated, peeled fresh ginger
1 tsp. ground cardamom
1 clove garlic
3 1/2 c. chopped, peeled parsnip
4 c. fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth
1 c. apple cider
1/2 tsp. salt
tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
8 tsp. Crème fraîche
- Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion; cook 5 minutes or until tender, stirring frequently. Add apple and the next 4 ingredients (through garlic); cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add parsnip, chicken broth, and apple cider; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes or until parsnip is tender.
- Place half of parsnip mixture in a blender. Remove center piece of blender lid (to allow steam to escape); secure blender lid on blender. Place a clean towel over opening in blender lid (to avoid splatters). Blend until smooth. Pour into a large bowl. Repeat the procedure with remaining parsnip mixture. Stir in salt and pepper. Ladle about 3/4 cup soup into each of 8 bowls; top each serving with 1 teaspoon crème fraîche.
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The TCTC is an independent regulatory body, which was created by the Telecommunications Ordinance, 2004, and is responsible for the regulation and the licensing of all the Telecommunications service providers and the users of the radio spectrum in the Turks and Caicos Islands. This includes fixed line operators, broadcasting station transmitters, internet Service Providers and mobile telephone operators.
Every Turks and Caicos Islands citizens will have available – at reasonable cost and without discrimination – rapid, efficient, national and international telecommunication services.
Our mission is to ensure that all consumers and businesses in the Turks and Caicos Islands have access to quality telecommunications services, at reasonable rates, in a full competitive marketplace. We will continue to work at improving the sector performance so that the economy will achieve growth, increased employment opportunities, revenue inflows and a vibrant telecommunication industry.


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Inspire Every Mind
Capturing Kids' Hearts:
As a staff we are dedicated to implementing the CKH program. The focus of this program is to ensure every student has a quality connection with a caring adult and that students develop the skills necessary for being a part of a successful team. Two strategies we utilize focus on the positive things happening around us. We teach students how to be intentional in recognizing the good things in their lives and sharing these good things with their classmates during "Good Things" each morning. This helps students recognize that they have things in common with others and it helps them focus on what good is happening around them. We also work on being intentional with affirming one another: the act of providing encouragement or support. We encourage our students to do this for one another, we model it as a staff and we are intentional in affirming classes for specific reasons. At King, we have an affirmation box in the office and we have our Facebook page open for comments. Feel free to affirm a student, class, or staff member you see doing something awesome. Thanks for your continued support of your student and King Elementary! We work together as a community to do what is best for our students!
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By the end of the fuel-crisis-plagued 1970s, Honda and its Japanese counterparts had all but beaten the American auto industry into submission with legions of cheap and highly efficient pint-sized sedans and hatchbacks.
American muscle was out. Econo-boxes were in. As the big three continued to downsize, by the mid-1980s performance and sportiness became virtually non-existent.
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Great Lakes Capital
Ridgemoor Center
2859-2941 28th St. SE
Kentwood, MI 49512
- Renovations underway
- Highly visible in a high-traffic area
- Located near Woodland Mall
- Zoned C-2
©2017 Great Lakes Capital, LLC. Use of any third party name or mark is for informational purposes only and does not indicate sponsorship or endorsement by such party. Any property information presented herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable. Not all information has been independently verified, and Great Lakes Capital, LLC makes no guarantee, warranty or representation about its accuracy. Any projections, opinions, or estimates are for example only and do not necessarily represent the future performance of a property. Before completing a real estate transaction, you and your advisors should conduct an independent investigation of the property to determine its suitability for your needs. Broker Disclaimer: A licensed real estate broker(s) holds an ownership interest in this property.
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On September 19, 2016, the Office of Zoning released the Historical Zoning Viewer which allows users to view the 1958, 1966, 1975, 1984, 1996, 2003, 2012, and 2016 (through September 5th) versions of the Zoning Map of 1958 as amended. The office will also release copies of historical versions of the Zoning Regulations in the coming months.
For additional information about the Historical Zoning Viewer , please contact DCOZ at [email protected].
ABOUT DCOZ - DCOZ is an independent DC agency that was created in 1990 by an Act of the District of Columbia Council. DCOZ provides professional, technical, and administrative assistance to the Zoning Commission (ZC) and the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA).


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The technical approach was exactly the same as in the Le Royal picture.
I selected ISO 1600 so I could expose using 2.0 and 1/60.
Camera's like these can be hand-held at much slower shutter speeds, but I find that, for really sharp results, you need a faster speed, so I went for this combination. I would have preferred 1/125, but I did not want to go for ISO 3200 for his kind of pictures.


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Bennelong Funds Management today unveiled its new logo, signifying its commitment to ongoing expansion.
Since being established by the Bennelong Group in 2001, Bennelong Funds Management has undergone various changes.
"Our new logo is the end result of a rigorous process which included an internal audit of our communications needs and objectives, along with an external assessment of our competitors' visual identities. This, in itself, was an interesting exercise in that it uncovered a proliferation of blue boxes used in financial services logos," said Jarrod.
Part of the appeal of our new logo is that it can be interpreted in a number of different ways. "The boomerang contour and colour palette, pay homage to our parent group's logo, and retain a strong link to our Australian origins. But the path or pebbles within the crescent, represent an ongoing journey or, if seen as the investment universe as a whole, new opportunities yet to be explored.
Despite the current economic climate, Jarrod says the boutique fund manager continues to have ambitious targets for ongoing, long-term growth. Declining to provide any specifics, Jarrod alluded to a number of 'irons in the fire'.
"The logo is much more than the visual representation of our brand and its underlying drivers. At the end of the day, what truly sets us apart is our brand and Group values. The Bennelong brand was born out of the desire to create a profitable business to support long-term philanthropic activities through the Bennelong Foundation. Ten per cent of all the Group businesses' profits are directed into the Foundation every year.
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The report finds a reasonable relationship between estimates of probabilities of default and actual default rates. It also evaluates the variability in estimates of exposure at default for all asset classes. These reveal wide variation in bank practices, which can contribute materially to overall RWA variability. It was also found that some of the estimates used in internal credit risk models lack empirical support.
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Bank for International Settlements
> Regulatory consistency assessment programme (RCAP) – Analysis of risk-weighted assets for credit risk in the banking book
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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a second report on risk-weighted assets (RWAs) in the banking book, as part of its Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP) to ensure full and effective implementation of the Basel III framework.
The study examines the variability of RWA in banks that use internal models to calculate their credit risk regulatory capital requirements. It follows the Committee's 2013 report, which found considerable variation in average RWAs for credit risk in the banking book, and extends that analysis in two respects:
- Data were collected from 35 major internationally active banks on their retail and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending portfolios. When averaging across banks in the sample, the report finds a reasonable relationship between estimates of probabilities of default and actual default rates. A weaker relationship is observed between loss outcomes and other parameters estimated by credit risk models (such as loss-given-default). At an individual bank level, there is much greater variation between parameters estimated using credit risk models and actual outcomes. As retail business is predominantly local, these variations are partly explained by differences in local circumstances.
- The report also evaluates the variability in estimates of exposure at default for all asset classes, using data from 37 banks. These reveal wide variation in bank practices, which can contribute materially to overall RWA variability. It was also found that some of the estimates used in internal credit risk models lack empirical support. Further, some data relating to one asset class are being used to support estimates for unrelated asset classes.
The report also describes sound practices relating to banks' independent model validation functions, as observed during the Committee's engagement with banks in the course of this study. These practices apply to the governance, methodology and scope of banks' validation functions, as well as to the role of validation across different phases of model development and implementation.
See also consultation of the BCBS 24 March 2016:
"Reducing variation in credit risk-weighted assets – constraints on the use of internal model approaches"
The consultative document sets out a proposed set of changes to the Basel framework's advanced internal ratings-based approach and the foundation internal ratings-based approach. The proposed changes to the IRB approaches are a key element of the regulatory reform programme that the Basel Committee has committed to finalise by end-2016.
The proposed changes include a number of complementary measures that aim to: (i) reduce the complexity of the regulatory framework and improve comparability; and (ii) address excessive variability in the capital requirements for credit risk. Specifically, the Basel Committee proposes to:
- remove the option to use the IRB approaches for certain exposure categories, such as loans to financial institutions, since – in the Committee's view – the model inputs required to calculate regulatory capital for such exposures cannot be estimated with sufficient reliability;
- adopt exposure-level, model-parameter floors to ensure a minimum level of conservatism for portfolios where the IRB approaches remain available; and
- provide greater specification of parameter estimation practices to reduce variability in risk-weighted assets for portfolios where the IRB approaches remain available.
See further capital related consultation of the BCBS 6 April 2016:
"Revisions to the Basel III leverage ratio framework"
The Basel III framework introduced a simple, transparent, non-risk based leverage ratio to act as a credible supplementary measure to the risk-based capital requirements. The Basel Committee is of the view that a simple leverage ratio framework is critical and complementary to the risk-based capital framework and that a credible leverage ratio is one that ensures broad and adequate capture of both the on- and off-balance sheet sources of banks' leverage.
This document sets out the Committee's proposed revisions to the design and calibration of the Basel III leverage ratio framework. Among the areas subject to proposed revision in this consultative document are:
- measurement of derivative exposures;
- treatment of regular-way purchases and sales of financial assets;
- treatment of provisions;
- credit conversion factors for off-balance sheet items; and
- additional requirements for global systemically important banks.
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New Data: Fire Station ADEM
The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce a major update of Fire Station location data throughout Arkansas. The agency in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, Office of Fire Services developed a mapping application to create an updated Fire Station data set. Before now, the only version of this data was available through a private sector source that had not been updated since 2007, and that data was becoming very outdated. This source, while still available, has been retired to a historical designation.
The Office of Fire Services administers a program whereby fire departments are required to report information each year, in order to be certified for meeting minimum standards prescribed by the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board. Fire departments that comply with the certification become eligible to receive funding through an allocation of the Arkansas Insurance Premium Taxes. Because of this annual certification process the Office of Fire Services is ideally suited to maintaining the location map of fire stations in Arkansas. They worked over a period of several years to map the stations. This result is a major improvement to the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of fire station locations.
The data includes reference to the Department or Station name, County(s) of responsibility, physical and mailing address as well numerous methods of department contact. Additionally, the Fire Station data contains the Fire Department ID (FDID) and the interchangeable National Fire Incident Reporting System ID (NFIRSID) that is used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to track reported incidences.
The locations will be updated as new stations are constructed or retired. Attributes associated with the stations and departments will be updated as certifications are reported by the individual departments. Any errors discovered in this information should be immediately reported to the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, Office of Fire Services at 501-683-6781 .
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Abingdon, UK: OBN the membership organisation supporting the UK's innovative life sciences companies, announces today the appointment of Bill Fleming to its Board of Directors, effective immediately
Philadelphia, USA and Oxford, UK: Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc ("Adaptimmune") (Nasdaq:ADAP), a leader in T-cell therapy to treat cancer, today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering of its American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") following its entry into a definitive agreement with Matrix Capital Management Company, LP ("Matrix") to purchase an aggregate of approximately US$42,000,000 of its ADSs. Adaptimmune sold 7,000,000 ADSs at a price of $6.00 per ADS.
Glasgow, Scotland: MGB Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing a novel class of anti-infectives to address the major global problem of antibiotic resistance, announces today that it has raised $1.15 million in a financing round with existing investors.
London, UK: AZD4635 (HTL-1071), a novel adenosine A2A receptor antagonist, reverses adenosine-mediated T-cell suppression and enhances anti-tumour immunity. New preclinical results presented at AACR Annual Meeting
Following a £0.5m Medical Research Council (MRC) grant to implement new Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging tracers for mitochondrial dysfunction and synaptic loss, Imanova has been awarded an additional £1m of strategic funding from the MRC for clinical evaluation of this combination of tracers in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease - Stage 1 of the MIND-MAPS (Molecular Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disease – Mitochondria, Associated Proteins & Synapses) programme.
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I remember waking up to a gorgeous Sunday morning after one hour of sleep in three days. The mornings always come like a partial birth. The mind and body severed from one another with the heavy weight of yesterday's mistakes still lingering in my veins. I'm acutely aware of the pain my body it endures from being in a state of constant repair and regeneration and just how insane it is for someone to go through this crap over and over day after day, week after week, year after year. And although my mind feels overwhelmed from its constant "on" button it feels refreshed by the brand-newness of the early hour.
It's a new day another chance to reconcile with my abnormalities within this world, yet my soul aches with the residual consequences of past decisions. And then there is the constant battle with insomnia, a battle I've been losing all of my life, a battle that leaves me in more of a walking, sub-deviant, diluted, waking living hell for most of the day until the sun starts to set. And when I recover and begin to feel alive, the quiet of the evening jams my senses reminding me that I have only hours left to enjoy this full on alertness with the rest of civilization before I am alone once more while the rest of the city retires to a perfect state of dreaminess.
It is a vicious cycle that I can not endure without colorful soldiers escorting me through the motions. They are at my command to use waking me into action so that I can be counted as one among the living. And they are at my command to lull me to sleep when the fear of losing my mind becomes to much to bear from watching the hours slide slowly by.
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We have finally arrived at tomato season, and man did I forget how quickly they go from zero to ninety (pounds) once July sets in! In the past week I have been reminded about all the aspects of growing tomatoes—the beautiful colors and interesting shapes of our heirloom varieties, the joy of eating a hot tomato off the vine, the way you get covered in tacky green powder when you harvest them, the tricky task of suspending heavy bins from the barn rafters so the mice can't get into them, the way my back feels after hauling them around all day… sometimes I feel like I have amnesia there is so much I forget about the challenges we face with every new season—with every new crop!
We finally got around to threshing the wheat we grew this spring and were amazed with how little grain we were left with once the straw and chaff were removed. Now we know why more people don't do wheat on a small scale! It is amazing how much more productive per square foot corn is as a grain, and what that means when you are really trying to eat sustainably. Maybe Michael will switch to making tortillas! Anyway, if anybody knows a person looking to buy a small combine, send them our way.
We have really enjoyed going to the Lynchburg Community Market on Saturdays this year (last year we only went on Wednesdays). We are connecting better with the community and I am more "in the loop" with things happening in town. We were unsure how we would like it because we are used to doing producer-only markets where people are not allowed to resell produce that didn't come from their farm. At Lynchburg the majority of the farmers are doing some reselling, which usually means buying the goods at a produce auction the week or the morning of market which could have come from hundreds of miles away. They unload, repackage, and mark it up to sell—virtually no different from if you were to buy it at a grocery store. They get dirt cheap prices at the auction and so they are still able to sell at a low price. I am not particularly bothered by this because I feel like we are appealing to a different set of customers who are looking for locally produced, chemical-free items, but I do wonder how aware the average customer is about the differences between vendors at the market. I would love to hear any insight you all have!
Stay cool and don't get overwhelmed by how quickly the grass is growing. Those are my mantras right now.
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Meyer Lemon Buttermilk Pudding
Around this time of year, winter starts feeling as though it has overstayed its welcome. I know especially for many of you, the snow and the bitter cold has definitely remained far too long, and the shoveling and snow days, the cozy hats and gloves…
Around this time of year, winter starts feeling as though it has overstayed its welcome. I know especially for many of you, the snow and the bitter cold has definitely remained far too long, and the shoveling and snow days, the cozy hats and gloves – those lost its allure a long time ago. I admit that our winter out here has been mild, to say the least, but I'm starting to get spring fever, and am looking forward to warmer days.
The one thing that I love about winter, though, is the citrus. Specifically, the Meyer lemons. I will use it any chance I can, just to smell its sweetness on my fingertips when I squeeze the juice and zest the peel. It brings the sunshine in, and I can serve its warmth on a plate.
I made this Meyer Lemon Buttermilk Pudding, to share with my friends at KitchenAid. In case you are curious as to why this pudding looks like a cake, well, it's an English inspired pudding. Our friends across the pond call these tender cakes that are baked gently in a water bath puddings, not to be confused with the creamy variety we serve in a cup. The steam as it bakes in the oven results in a silky cake, crack the top and you have the most tender crumb, with a creaminess that is just wonderful. I loved it warm, served with a dollop of cool Greek yogurt. My husband preferred it chilled, without much more than a dusting of powdered sugar. Either way, it's really wonderful, and I hope you try it.
Please join me and find the recipe for Meyer Lemon Buttermilk Pudding on the KitchenAid blog: The Kitchenthusiast.
Disclosure: This post was brought to you in collaboration with KitchenAid. Thank you for supporting brands that I love – posts like these help behind the scenes at Kitchen Confidante. Thank you for making my blog a part of your day!
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Lauren Gaskill | Making Life Sweet
Just bought my first bag of Meyer lemons at the store today and I know I have plenty to make this! Pinning!
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
So pretty, like a burst of sunshine on this grey February day!
Liren, my dear friend has a Meyer Lemon tree and just gifted me with its fruit. She told me there were plenty more where those came from. I can't think of a better way to put them to good use than in this recipe.
Danielle Wooding @ New England Daughter
You had me at Meyer Lemon. <3 Also I adore that plate you have in the photo! How beautiful!
Um, winter has TOTALLY overstayed her welcome this year. I'm ready to kick her butt out. Thank goodness for citrus. The little rays of sunshine. Meyer lemon pudding cake is my favorite and I make it all winter long. Your photos are just gorgeous, Liren!
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Looks so fluffy and delicious!
Meyer Lemon Buttermilk is one of the my favorite and i thanks to you for this best post ever
Gwen @simplyhealthyfamily
I'm so blessed to live in Phoenix, except for June-August ;) I've yet to get my hands on any Meyer lemons which is tragic as far as I'm concerned. This pudding is simply gorgeous!


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February 5, 2014
Water in Mexico City comes out of the tap in a variety of colours (yellow, rusty or earthy tints), flavours (sulphuric, chlorinated or metallic) and textures (muddy or gritty). Water that doesn't smell, taste or look funky, however, is actually more dangerous, for it can sucker people into believing that it's drinkable. In general, all those who have other options don't drink the tap water.
The quality of water supplied to buildings here has consistently been ranked at the bottom of any list of world cities. In addition, rusty pipes, mould and old water tanks made from asbestos (prohibited since the 1970s but still used in lower-income buildings) can add harmful substances to the water. Over time, poor quality water can corrode the pipes and eventually cause them to burst.
The water I need to replenish my bodily fluids and to keep myself clean is pumped in daily through an underground pipe that empties into a huge cistern buried underneath the patio. An electric pump located in the patio lifts the water up from the cistern and into the large plastic water tank located on the roof, which in turn channels water back down into the bathroom, shower and kitchen.
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Europe's Surplus of Stagnation
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LONDON – While the rest of the world recovers from the Great Recession of 2008-2009, Europe is stagnating. Eurozone growth is expected to be 1.7% next year. What can be done about it?
Indeed, according to the German finance ministry, the surplus is "no cause for concern, neither for Germany, nor for the eurozone, or the global economy." Because no "correction" was needed, it was up to the deficit countries to adjust by tightening their belts.


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Who is the sponsor? The University of Washington's (UW) Genetically Engineered Materials Science and Engineering Center (GEMSEC) offers a unique combined Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) and Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. We seek as collaborators a small faculty-student teams from a Pacific Northwest Tribal Colleges, to participate during 2008-2009 and beyond.
Who can apply and What is involved? Over the next year, GEMSEC will provide extended, in-depth molecular biomimetics and bionanotechnology research experiences for one or two Tribal College faculty members and two or three undergraduate students.
- A key component is an extended (up to 10-week-long) summer immersion in cutting edge science for the faculty-student team in GEMSEC laboratories at UW, providing an exceptional learning opportunity in bionanotechnology, a critical area of science, technology, & engineering.
- During this period, Native American Students will:
- Carry out engineering, biology, medicine, or materials science research in a GEMSEC laboratory, working under the guidance of their Native American faculty member and GEMSEC researchers,
- Participate in GEMSEC research meetings,
- Prepare a research proposal on a GEMSEC-related topic of interest, and
- Present their research to other students and scientists.
- Participating Native American Faculty Members will:
- Carry out collaborative engineering, biology, medicine, or materials science research in a GEMSEC laboratory, working with other GEMSEC researchers,
- Participate in GEMSEC research meetings, o Prepare a research proposal on a GEMSEC-related topic of interest, and
- Present their research to other scientists.
What are long term benefits? Preparation and collaboration in advance of this summer session, and extensive follow up after it will help develop a strong, ongoing relationship between the UW and the Tribal College. The possibility of a second year of collaboration, involving the same or different Tribal College faculty and students, can also be explored.
What is GEMSEC? GEMSEC investigators are researching a wide range of topics, with an emphasis on learning how nature has built and refined common elements into sophisticated, specialized materials with distinctive properties, including spiders' silks, mollusk shell structures, bacterial nanoparticles, and sponge spicules – please see http://depts.washington.edu/gemsec/ for more details. Equally, GEMSEC researchers use these strategies to create practical technological materials with desired engineering characteristics. This focus on molecular biomimetics provides an excellent platform for truly cross disciplinary research among the broad areas of engineering, biology, medicine, and materials science. Tribal College faculty and students with interests in any field within these broad areas might enjoy and profit from this collaboration.
What funds do Students and Teachers Receive? GEMSEC will provide appropriate student and faculty stipends (level dependent on length and degree of involvement), as well at housing for faculty and students while at the UW, and transportation costs as needed to participate in the summer research program.
If you are interested and would like further information for this opportunity, please contact either:
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New SatoshiPoint ATM in Stockwell
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PTV II: Star Beach Bar by Badboytje88November 21, 2009 posted by Skipper24
After many years of pillaging, the retired Captain Brickbeard and his arch nemesis Admiral Goldbuck find themselves meeting at the good 'ole Beach Bar. They share stories and drink to their hearts content. No prizes for guessing why this charismatic bar is called the Star though!
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Michelle Obama, in addition to being first lady, has also become the first dietitian, thanks to her efforts to improve Americans' eating habits, especially those of the young.
Michelle Obama, in addition to being first lady, has also become the first dietitian, thanks to her efforts to improve Americans' eating habits, especially those of the young.
Thus, the results of a five-year nutrition study published by the New England Journal of Medicine on Monday should grab her attention. Those participants in the study who were put on a Mediterranean diet - heavy on olive oil, nuts and fish - had a 30 percent lower risk of major cardiovascular problems even though most of them were already taking statins, diabetes drugs or blood-pressure medication.
The sponsors of the study were so impressed by the results that they canceled, for ethical reasons, the relatively ineffective low-fat diet being given a control group.
Rachel Johnson, a University of Vermont professor who heads the American Heart Association's nutrition committee, called the results "really impressive," especially because, as she told The New York Times, the researchers "did not look at risk factors like cholesterol or hypertension or weight. They looked at heart attacks and strokes and death. At the end of the day, that is what really matters."
The Mediterranean diets - slightly different versions were given to two groups - included extra-virgin olive oil, fish, beans, tree nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts), three servings of vegetables a day, two servings of fruits, peas and lentils, white meat instead of red, and for those accustomed to the habit, seven glasses of red wine a week.
One of the study's leaders, Dr. Ramon Estruch of Barcelona, said the diet did not supplant the proven treatments for high cholesterol and blood pressure, but was a good first step to prevent heart problems. And, he told the Times, the best way to use the diet for protection would be to start it in childhood.
Obama will have her nutritional work cut out for her, showing up in the nation's schools with fish, olive oil and nuts.


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Back to Journals » Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials » Volume 9
Randomized response surface pathway design with odd response outcomes in a Latin Square designed study
Authors Holand T, Ellingsen K, Dewi S, Larsen S
Received 18 April 2017
Accepted for publication 24 July 2017
Published 14 September 2017 Volume 2017:9 Pages 75—84
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OAJCT.S139884
Checked for plagiarism Yes
Review by Single-blind
Peer reviewer comments 3
Editor who approved publication: Professor Arthur Frankel
Trond Holand,1 Kristian Ellingsen,2 Sagita Dewi,1,3 Stig Larsen1
1Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Norwegian University of Life Science, 2Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway; 3Bali Indera Hospital, Government of Bali Province, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Background: Response surface pathway (RSP) design has been recently developed and described for dose-finding studies. The aim of this paper was to introduce and demonstrate additional procedures to strengthen and generalize the design and combine RSP with classical study design.
Materials and methods: Nine bull calves and six heifer calves were included in an unbalanced 2 × 2 Latin Square (LSQ) designed study with large and small aperture bottle teats. The two LSQ sequences were performed with independent randomized three-level between-patient RSP design with an odd number of response classifications. The milk temperature window was 8°C–38°C with a mid temperature of 23°C. X-rays of the abdominal cavity were taken before, during, and immediately after intake of milk and recorded as "milk", "trace", or "no milk". Based on the results of the first design level, the milk temperatures for five calves in the second design level were obtained by a randomization procedure. A similar procedure was performed for seven calves in the third design level. Adjustment of the dose from one design level to the next was based on a k-adjustment factor estimated to ensure coverage of the entire predefined dose window.
Results: Starting with a low number of subjects and increasing this number with increasing design levels reduces the sample size without reducing the power. The suggested randomization procedure worked as expected. No milk in Rumen was recorded and minimum milk temperature (MMT) was estimated to be ≤8°C for both teats. The odd number of response categories increases the flexibility of RSP, enabling category redefinition in hindsight from "trace" to "uncertain". After category redefinition, MMT for large bottle teat was estimated to be 14.3°C (95% confidence interval: 8.3–20.3°C), but 8°C for small.
Conclusion: The suggested changes and additional procedures increase the strength and flexibility of the RSP design.
Keywords: k-adjustment factor, Latin Square design, patient reduction in clinical trials, randomized response surface pathway design
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text: We are so lucky to live in Savannah. Right now, the weather is wonderful (ask again when July comes around). The camellias and hibiscus are blooming, and there is a wonderful fresh scent on the breeze. I don't consider photography to be one of my artistic talents, but it is hard not to take wonderful pictures at Bonaventure Cemetery.


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40 year old Hassna Hassen lives with her four children in Bisle district in Ethiopia's Somali region, one of the hardest hit by the ongoing drought, owing to two consecutive failed rains. Just as the many pastoralist families living in the Somali region, Hassna's livestock have been decimated by lack of pasture and water.
'There has not been any rain in the last four months. We are entering the dry season which we all know will be tough but this time last year there was more pasture so we weren't this worried about the animals. This year, barely any have made it. We never expected that things would get this bad,' she says. "It has also been very difficult to find food and milk for the children. I used to borrow from my neighbours but there's little to share so I'm now forced to use my savings to buy what I can from the city. Other times, we only have the wheat that the government provides. There is not really enough food for everyone but we try and share.''
Still reeling from the effects of a devastating, El Nino driven drought in 2015/16, Ethiopia is now engulfed in a new drought that has left 5.6 million people in need of emergency food assistance. Water shortages have reached critical levels contributing to the closure of 159 schools (more than 100,000 children out of school).
But Oxfam is there, delivering clean water to the most affected. So far, over 263,000 people half of whom are women have received clean safe water. Hassna has similarly benefitted from Oxfams WASH assistance where emergency water was trucked for people in the IDP camps along with a cash transfer that gave people the power and a better option to alternate and purchase essential items for their children.
"At least we know that there is a place with clean water," Hassna continues. "We used to have to fetch water from a water point that is far from home. One evening we sent a few people from the family to get water and they did not make it back until noon the next day. I also appreciate that Oxfam understands the importance of out livestock because they are our livelihood."
"I don't worry about water issues anymore because Oxfam have been a huge help to us and our community; you have reduced our burden immensely. We feel cared for," Hassna concludes.


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A different game of writing prompts: Invisible Pain
The scars. I lay here in bed, at once trying not to see and trying to make out every detail.
Wondering what other people can see. Wondering what they think.
It has been over a decade since any have been added.
Who was that young girl?
And why did she first decide to cut into her skin?
They all said: She does it for attention.
In high school anything anyone does is for attention.
Now, aged, aging, sight changes and blurs without these lenses:
The other night, a former lover became upset with me for suggesting that maybe she was dependent on the pain medication she has been taking for months now. I was not speaking to her pain—I could hear its presence in her voice through the phone and over one-thousand miles. I was responding to a conversation in which she confided in me that she was afraid to have the pain relieved. She had lived with it so long, taken the meds so long, that her identity became one with it.
Who would she be without pain?
Though I tried to explain that I believed she was still in pain, tried to explain that pain and dependence could coexist, she became desperate to illustrate her pain to me. To prove it. She wished pain were visible, she wished there were colors that corresponded to the number and face charts the doctors used.
What color is beyond 10?
I felt: Yes, I wish pain were visible. I wish you could have seen the collage that comes after 10 each time you dismissed my emotions and demanded that I stop crying. Every time you left me alone in the depths of it, like the pain was my choice and you were opting out.
I thought: Cutting is this desire to be understood in action. Proactive. An attempt to prove pain. Redirecting the wound to what can be touched, to what can heal.
They all said: She does it for attention.
I say: Attend. Tend her wound.
Who would any of us be without pain?
Prompt: Write an American Sentence. Choose another group member's American sentence. Use this sentence to begin your piece. Leave it through the revision process. And then delete it.
The beautiful sentence I chose: "In the dim dusk I could still see it there, the emblem of my mistake."


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Many families choose to use a child care centre in the Perth area to help their children grow and develop in a healthy and controlled environment. While there is no doubt that this is greatly beneficial to the child at this stage of their development, a high-quality day care environment is not the only thing that children need to maximise their learning potesntial—their home environment should also be healthy and engaging.
The Right Place
The home is the perfect place to begin children's early learning and is in fact one of the most important. While many day care centres in Perth strive to and succeed in creating an environment that is great for learning and developing, the home is truly where it can happen the best.
Day care centres are special environments where children learn social and behavioural skills among other things. In the home, these new skills can be put into practice in a comfortable and natural environment; it is important for children to also learn in the place where they spend most of their time.
Constant Reinforcement
Another reason why a good home learning environment is important is because all of the lessons taught at the day care can be carried over and reinforced. The child generally only spends a few hours 5 days a week at a childcare centre; the rest of the time is spent at home.
If these lessons aren't reinforced at home, they can easily be overridden by other habits. Therefore, to make sure that the prime behaviours and skills are retained, they should be actively touched on again at home to keep the thoughts alive and fresh.
Home Sweet Home
Childcare centres are essential to the early learning of children, socially and academically. However, it is also just as important for children to have a solid home learning environment to keep what they learn fresh in their minds and to make sure that they are practically carried out in a natural environment.
To learn more about how we bridge the gap between our child care and homes in Perth, call our Bertram centre at +61 (08) 9419 1844, our Carlisle centre at +61 (08) 9472 4702 and our St James centre at +61 (08) 9358 4673.


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How I stopped worrying and learned to love 'Game of Thrones'
I'm not sure why it took me so long to clamber aboard the creaking, overcrowded "Game of Thrones" bandwagon, pressed uncomfortably between the superfan team of Leslie Jones and Seth Meyers, Joe Jonas (who has been to known to dress up as Sansa Stark), and everyone else who hasn't been living like a wildling in seclusion for the last decade.
But here I sit, wondering why I wasn't an earlier arrival on this particular pop-culture juggernaut. After all, the backstabbing, throat-slitting power plays that fuel the lead royal families in the fictional land of Westeros — the Starks, the Lannisters and the Targaryens — echo the bloodthirsty, brutish ambition of two of my favorite series, "I, Claudius" (1976) and "Rome" (2005), both set in a debauched, declining Roman Empire where murder was as routine as breakfast cereal.
(Anyone mesmerized by the twisted machinations of Tywin and Cersei Lannister needs to check out original gangsta John Hurt as the morally corroded Caligula, Patrick Stewart as the duplicitous Sejanus and — hail to the queen — Siân Phillips as emperor Augustus' wife, Livia, in "I, Claudius," a woman who elevated conniving and killing to a fine art rivaling the work of Michelangelo.)
But it's not just the nastiness of ancient Rome that fascinates. There are the swashbuckling epics of Japan's Akira Kurosawa and the artful choreography of Chinese wuxia — martial-arts films set in a long-ago China such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
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Then, of course, there was "Spartacus," in both its 1960, Kirk Douglas incarnation and its recent TV-series revival. So, I've long had a soft spot for fiction that begins with clanging swordplay and ends with violent death. (Even the tongue-in-cheek, sword-and-sandal goofs "Xena: Warrior Princess" and "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" satisfy.)
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On top of that, while not the most enthusiastic fan of fantasy literature (a little dragon action goes a long way), I've always been partial to "The Lord of the Rings," in both Tolkien's original literary vision and director Peter Jackson's cinematic interpretation.
And let's not forget the zombies — which is basically what the army of the dead threatening to overrun Westeros this season are. From the slow-shuffle hordes of George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" in 1968 through the quick-twitch killers of "28 Days Later" in 2002 and the South Korean "Train to Busan" in 2016, zombies have long been a supernatural favorite.
Given all that, I should have been one of the first singing the praises of "Game of Thrones." But I'd never read the books by George R.R. Martin; he had concocted such a complex and convoluted world that diving in felt overwhelming. And the couple of times I did try to watch the series, that lack of familiarity with his universe seemed to be a hindrance not worth the trouble of overcoming.
Then once the hype started — how many "GoT" covers has Entertainment Weekly done anyway? — resistance seemed to be the better part of valor. When others would gush about the Mother of Dragons, the Dothraki, Jon Snow, Brienne of Tarth, or name their daughter Khaleesi — in the first half of 2016, more parents chose that name than Jane or Anna, according to Nameberry, a site devoted to baby names — I could wear my blank stares of incomprehension as a badge of honor.
But, as was so eloquently stated in another fantastical franchise ("Star Trek"), resistance is futile. Earlier this year, I was determined to see what all the fuss was about, starting with season 1, episode 1, "Winter Is Coming," and binging all the way up to last Sunday's eighth-season opener, "Winterfell."
This time around, I came to understand much of the appeal, from the sheer scale and scope of being completely immersed in an alternative universe with its own savage history, multitude of languages and foods (pigeon pie!) to the level of acting, especially Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, aka The Imp, and Lena Headey as his sister, the odious Cersei. No doubt, if Livia from "I, Claudius," ran into Cersei on the streets of King's Landing, she would so give Cersei a game-recognizes-"Game" head nod.
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In the closing episode of season 5, Cersei — under threat from religious militants who'd taken over the capital of King's Landing — is forced to make a walk of shame through the streets. Her hair has been hacked off, she's naked and the surging crowds of the pious and the poor — unleashed after years of monarchical oppression — spit and throw feces and curses at her in an anarchic rush of class rage.
Headey's ability to summon up a facial expression that's a blend of fear, disgust and steely "if you come for the queen, you best not miss" determination is so convincing that she engenders a grudging respect for her despicable character.
The monsters with human faces such as Cersei, her sniveling son King Joffrey, her brother-lover Jaime, repulsive Stark family adversary Ramsey Bolton and scheming Lord Petyr Baelish are the most intriguing aspects of "Game of Thrones." Their ilk remains with us in our world, far beyond the borders of the imaginary Westeros.
Still, the actual monsters — the Night King with his dreaded White Walkers and wights — are shiveringly well-wrought. The attack at the end of season 5's "Hardhome" episode is a masterful display of sweeping action combined with gruesome effects.
Yet there remain elements worth eye rolls. Whenever "GoT" wanders too far off into the religious and the mystical — Arya Stark and the many-faced god, Melisandre (aka the Red Woman), the three-eyed raven — it just seems to be an excuse for some deus ex machina plot contrivances. (I'm told these elements work better in the books.)
What may turn out to be one of the most exciting things about "GoT" though is an element that is now largely backdrop. It looks as if the planned "GoT" prequel series, set centuries before the present story, will expand the geography far beyond Westeros and we may find out more about the mysterious empires to the east and south. These are the places that all those black and brown people, such as current characters Grey Worm and Missandei, call home.
With luck, they won't just be helping Westerosi people, or hanging around waiting to be liberated and led by the likes of Daenerys Targaryen as they are right now. They should have stories of their own, rooted in their own cultures, that intersect with the Westerosi. Like Wakanda, but with White Walkers.
So, I swear by the old gods and the new, I'm on this bandwagon for now. So move over Leslie, Seth and Joe and please pass the pigeon pie.


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The Good Vibes Project
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For the first time in human history, the deafblind have a two-way communication tool. Available in the form of a mobile app, Good Vibes is harnessing the power of the smartphone to empower the deafblind community across the world. While Braille helps the deafblind read and learn about the world around them, it is not a two-way communication language, which still leaves them in a void. How can we overcome these limitations by using technology? Since the deafblind deciphers all things by sense of touch, what would help is a technology or medium that employs tactile feedback. It also has to be readily available, affordable, and dependable. All these qualities can be found in the ubiquitous smartphone. The designers simply found a way to convert English alphabets into tactile inputs (tap or a long press) and back into tactile outputs (distinct vibrations). With the Good Vibes app, a whole new dimension of app design is being explored—one that works for those who can't see nor hear. The result is 'an invisible UI' – probably the first of its kind. And it works like magic.
- Company:Cheil Worldwide India, India
- Team Lead:Vinod Sivan
- Design:Kailash Chandra Bhatt, Rohit Kumar, Nishith Sidana, Vijay Simha Vellanki


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This week was the launch of Miles For Style, a stylish boutique online store featuring some of the best that South Africa has to offer. At the launch we were treated to a lunch hosted by Miles for Style partner L'Avenir, a beautiful wine farm in Stellenbosch.
What sets Miles For Style apart from other online stores is the range of goods available. Taking a browse through their varied online offering, there really is something for everyone. Their offering is aimed at the discerning South African which becomes increasingly obvious as you take a look through their wines, fashion and travel sections.
What I like about Miles For Style is that when you buy, you earn SAA Voyager Miles and, even better, they'll soon be launching a service that allows you to redeem your miles against purchases made online in their store. And that means no more expiring miles!
One of the highlights of the day was the take-home goodie bag filled with treats from Miles For Style's partners including bottle of Ayama's "Baboon Swing" Chenic Blanc, Glen Carlou's Unwooded Chardonnay and Pierre Jordan's Brut. As well as one Uplifting Coconut Bodywash from Soil, a wine stopper and coaster from Colori a Mano, Red Oker's genuine leather wallet, a coffee pod and Italian Lifestyle recipe book, one Lavish natural skincare product, Hellooow Collections beaded necklace, a bowl from Urchin Art, a leather wine holder from SAA and a voucher to spend on Miles For Style.
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I arrived in Mexico City late, the night before my flight. Correction: I arrived in Mexico City late, the night before my arrival date. You'd think after being experienced in traveling and basic common sense I wouldn't have mixed up the arrival and departure dates. The next week was spent calling and e-mailing back and forth between my travel agency and airline to find some way for me to get to Argentina; they weren't too fond of my idea of sitting in the captain's lap. In the end I bought a completely new ticket. Lesson learned. I hope.
I didn't want to waste a perfectly good week in an amazing country so I pampered myself. I brought my backpack (my home) to the laundromat in hopes of not smelling like India (curry, feces and sweat), got a haircut from a bald man that didn't understand why I was showing him a picture of what I wanted him to do (note to self: it's okay to walk away), painted my toenails to cover the dirt, watched movies and chatted with friends in my hostel. I was a princess.
This princess wasn't above pyramids, churches and museums (including the museum of popular art). I should first mention that I had contracted some sort of infection in my knee that made it painful to sleep or walk horizontally, let alone walk up hundreds of stairs. It was about the size of a large apple and formed an inch high puss pyramid inconveniently on my knee. Any sort of movement caused even more stress to the tender spot. The day I went to Teotihuacan, an archaeological site established around 100 BC, my lump was at its prime. Perhaps even more painful than the throbbing in my leg was the fact that I was unable to climb to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun or Pyramid of the Moon. I did, however, pep-talk and high- five several others into summiting, my duty was done.
I caved. I went to Walmart. They knew what they were doing when they put calamine lotion, non-perfumed lotion, vegetables, fruit and band aids all under one roof. Don't judge.
The city was nothing short of impressive. It gets ten points for all the taco, tortas, and quesadilla stands. It was actually a great city (for a city), a city that I didn't want to be in, but a great city nonetheless.


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for the time being... it's my only oversized 1x12 cab at the moment. i'd like to use the "greenback" loaded vox cab with it. pero parang babagsak. medyo malaki pala yun head. di ko nga pinabuksan yun box sa jb. just paid for it and went back for it the next day.EDIT: tried it through the "vox greenback 12"" loaded open back night train cab, as well as the krank cab with the eminence legend 12". sounded best with the krank cab IMHO lang naman po. my high gain heads love that cab. must be cause it's a "hifi" speaker, great for tight high gain toanz.interestingly, magkalapit yun tunog ng ironheart sa night train na cab. can barely tell the difference. as to which is better, parehong parang may kumot na nakataklob. baka nasanay lang ako sa pagka-hifi ng eminence legend. Or sa vintage 30 which is my go-to speaker whenever possible. Pero maganda mag-chug yun ironheart cab. Doesn't get much love in the internet, but its kinda growin on me. Acquired taste siguro. Either that or its breakin in quite nicely.
At that price, you're better off buying a DSL15C which is available locally.
Ay hindi sir. DIY cab ko lang. Dimensions were based sa 1x12 Recto cab.
Boys and Girls...you have to check out the new Marshall Origin Series. Pinapanood ko lahat ng videos for NAMM 2018 and a couple of new amps are out ...Bret Hinds Orange, Tremonti PRS, Fender Hot Rod IV, Victory, Vox MVX100, EVH and even the new Marshall DSL series.Pero itong Origin Series...demo pa lang parang gusto ko na mag salary loan sa SSS para mabili ito ASAP! I hope they have this in Ochanomizu by 3rd week of Feb. this year! hahaha
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