text: Entertainment Love and Romance Self-Love: A Users Guide to Female Masturbation Share PINTEREST Email Print Daly and Newton/Getty Images Love and Romance Sexuality Relationships Divorce Teens LGBTQ Friendship By Cory Silverberg York University The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at The University of Toronto Cory Silverberg is an educator, author, and speaker with a passion for teaching people of all ages about gender and sexuality. our editorial process Facebook Facebook Twitter Twitter Cory Silverberg Updated March 19, 2018 Because you set the agenda and control the action by yourself, on your own terms, masturbation may be the best way to learn what turns you on. Most people raised as girls are set up to not enjoy sex in one way or another. They aren't told very much about their bodies in detail (at least not about their genitals), they may be told that sex is something to be afraid of, something to resist. All of us are raised with at least some negative messages about our bodies and some shame about sex. While this title of this guide is masturbation for women, the truth is that not all women's bodies are the same. Most women have a vulva and a clitoris, but not all women do. So while the title of this guide is masturbation for women, what follows might be better described as a guide to clitoral and vulval masturbation. If this isn't what you're looking for, we also have a masturbation guide for penises. There's also a guide to masturbation for everyone. Remember, there's no wrong way to masturbate; everyone is different! Below you'll find some tips, take what works, and leave the rest. Figuring out the difference is part of figuring out what great sex is for you. Get yourself in the mood for masturbation.Relax as much as you can. Whatever that means for you. Take a warm bath or have a glass of wine. Ensure your privacy: turn off the phone, lock the door for privacy from roommates, kids, whoever. Find a comfy position. Most women start out lying on their backs, legs bent and spread apart, with feet on the ground. Remove most or all of your clothing (as much as your comfortable with).Explore all parts of your body.Run your hands over your body, lingering along areas that are more responsive to touch than others. If you're able to do it, and you've never done it before, you might want to try to look at your genitals in a mirror. Because so many women are raised with negative messages about their bodies, and particularly their genitals, being able to see while you touch can be powerful and surprising. Find and touch your inner and outer labia, your clitoris, your vagina and your perineum.Touch yourself.Using one or two fingers, rhythmically stroke the different parts of your vulva, paying particular attention to your clitoris and labia. Experiment with different types of pressure, speed, and motion. Try placing a finger on either side of the clitoris and stroking up and down, or placing two fingers on the clitoral hood and rubbing in a circular motion.Experiment.Try different types of touch: stroke, tickle, knead, pinch, or lightly pull your genitals. Try using one or several fingers, the palm of your hand, even your knuckles.Build up excitement.Learn to hold onto sexual excitement by building up and then reducing or temporarily stopping the stimulation. Pay attention to how your body is responding. It will tell you the particular stroke that feels best and when to pick up or slow down the tempo.Don't forget to breathe, differently.Many of us hold our breath as we get excited. Be mindful of your breath and playing with breathing during arousal. Try to breathe deeply rather than hold your breath. This can help release the sexual energy, rather than fight it.Get moving, even a little.In addition to often holding our breath, many people tense up and don't move much at all when we masturbate. This might work for you just fine, but if you haven't explored movement, it's worth a try. Moving while you are getting turned on, and moving during orgasm can change the way you experience pleasure in your body. For some women, this means rocking their pelvis. For others, it means moving their legs or torso side to side. Find what movement works for you and then intentionally start doing it while you masturbate.Getting over the top.If your hand gets tired, give yourself a rest, switch hands, or try a vibrator. If you're on the brink of orgasm, but can't quite get over the hump, try to become more conscious of your breathing, give yourself extra stimulation: caress your nipples, or try also thrusting your other fingers or a dildo in and out of your vagina.Ride the Wave.As you begin to orgasm, continue the stimulation through the orgasm. Lighten up on the stimulation during the first extremely sensitive moments but keep it going to enjoy those little pleasurable aftershocks. Your first orgasm may feel like a blip or a blast, but the more you practice, the more variety you will experience.Fantasizing and masturbation.Sexual fantasy can be a double-edged sword when it comes to masturbation. If you have trouble getting yourself in the mood or getting over the top, a hot fantasy may be just the ticket. But when we fantasize some of our attention is taken away from what's happening in our bodies at the moment. Sometimes what is getting in the way of us enjoying masturbation is that distance from our bodies. It's good to try everything, but be mindful of whether or not your fantasies are acting as an enhancer or a distraction. Tips Vibrators take some of the manual labor out of masturbation by providing direct, intense physical stimulation to the clitoris.Water helps many women learn to masturbate. In a bath or shower, a direct the stream of water on your vulva and clitoris can be revelatory. Vary the pressure, the pulsation, and the temperature. Alternate methods: slide your butt over the drain so your legs are up in the air and your genitals are up under the tub faucet (rather awkward but do-able for some), or use Jacuzzi jets.Rub against something--a pillow, the corner of some furniture, a washing machine in operation.Dildos can be a pleasurable accompaniment to clitoral masturbation, as they offer the fullness of penetration and can also stimulate the g-spot.


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Wis. Assembly to end year with marathon session
Votes expected on early voting hours, chemo drugs
The state Assembly plans to end its work for the year with a marathon session where several hot-button issues were to be voted on.
Thursday's final session day was to include votes on bills to limit early voting hours, create sanctions for poor-performing schools, and make more affordable chemotherapy drugs available to cancer patients.
If passed, the bill disallowing early voting on weekends or past 7 p.m. in the two weeks leading up to an election would head to Gov. Scott Walker. So would a measure setting new requirements for people exposed to asbestos who get sick and bring lawsuits.
The future of the chemotherapy bill and the school accountability measure are in doubt, depending on what changes the Assembly makes to what the Senate passed.

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I decided to, like all the music mags, make a list of my best albums of 2010 (and a few turkeys too), complete with short explanations as to why I chose them. I'm not saying this is by any means a definitive list because, firstly, I obviously haven't listened to everything and, secondly, music is notoriously hard to judge because it's emotional, abstract, personal and generally subjective. So, feel free to praise, suggest albums you think I have missed or berate my 'terrible taste' or pretension.
1. My beautiful dark twisted fantasy – Kanye West.
Kanye West finally perfects the album he seems to have been trying to make for about 4/5 years, with the help of a who's who of the 'urban' music industry, if not THE music industry. Using a painful break-up and the backlash at his often rude, outlandish behaviour as inspiration, his widescreen hip-hoperas, if you will, are intelligent, thrilling, beautiful and often all at the same time. Arrogant and distasteful that he may well be, it's hard to dispute his big character makes for great music. The album also works brilliantly with his utterly insane, fantastical feature-length film 'Runaway'
2. Total live forever – Foals.
Leaving behind their cooler-than-thou, angular Indie; technically brilliant but not always the most accessible to anyone with an IQ less than 150, Foals relax a lot more on this album and they are all the better for it with this funky, psychedelic Indie rock. It can still be hard to decipher what Yannis Phillipakis' lyrics sometimes, but his newly-found falsetto (as opposed to the previous 'bark') carries you with them with the lush sounds that are far more inviting than riffs hitherto hardly played anywhere above the 13th fret.
3. Magnetic man – Magnetic man.
Three of the best Dubstep producers in their own right, combine to find the notoriously hard balance between the very loud and basslines low and heavy enough to cause tremors in surrounding objects (for the dubstep purists) and actually having some discernible tune, melody and even 'real' instruments (for everyone else).
4. One night stand – Hot chip.
In which Hot chip give even more proof to being one of the select few 'dance' acts who make songs with more than a great beat, catchy hook and an attractive female guest singer. Intelligent, poppy, soulful and funky.
5. The defamation of Strickland Banks – Plan B.
Ben Drew proves he can do Motown-y soul just as well, if not better than his brand of angry, stripped-down hip-hop with a brilliantly-realised concept album which tells the fictitious story of the titular soul singer's concerts, fall from fame, trial and (false) imprisonment.
6. B.o.B – B.o.B presents: the adventures of Bobby ray.
Rare is the artist that can rap and sing, let alone float as effortlessly between the two as B.o.B/Bobby ray (or whatever he wants to be called) does on this album and, indeed, many other songs that did not even make the cut. He also manages to avoid the tired old 'guns 'n' hoes' hip-hop cliches without falling into the cringingly American 'we can change the world' anti-cliche..cliche.
7.The suburbs – Arcade fiire.
Win, Regine et. al. take a break from rallying (moaning?) against death ('Funeral) and the global destruction ('Neon bible') to emote about the ennui of their formative years in suburbian Houston, Texas. 'The suburbs" theme isn't the only thing that's changed, harking back as it does to the bands they listened to in the titular suburbs, such as Neil Young, Depeche Mode and Bruce Springsteen. The end result is a big departure in style which, while not always as exhilirating and immediate as their previous two efforts, is just as sophisticated and will win them many new fans for whom their previous work was maybe a little too heavy-going/'Art-student Emo'. Constant doom-mongering on the death of their family and, as they hint, the world, may have got a little tiresome if they had continued to plough that particular thematic furrow, anyway.
8. Immersion – Pendulum.
The Aussie six-piece continue to make 'banging' D'n'B with a rock ethic, thus managing the difficult balancing act of pleasing the D'n'B 'heads' and boy racers as well as the 'Indie kids' and music critics. Detractors will no doubt point to the group 'selling out' and leaving 'their more jungle roots', but I don't see what's wrong with some catchy hooks and aiming for the stadium, which this album does so well. Ambition in itself is no bad thing as this album shows.
9. Contra – Vampire weekend
More of their unique brand of 'Indie' (?) seemingly sent from England to sub-Saharan Africa then thrown back with bells on and put together in America by a bookish, whiter-than-white Ivy-league quartet who, to look at them, seem more at home in a niche book-shop or leading freshman philosophy seminars. Yet, somehow, this all works! And not just for similarly 'bookish' aesthetes, as the crowds at the festivals attest. I, and no doubt many others too, haven't a clue what they're talking about half the time (songs about punctuation, anyone?) but they most assuredly make you believe that THEY do.
10. Come around sundown – Kings of Leon.
Kings of Leon continue on their path to become Tennessee's own U2 with more wannabe lighters-up, stadium-fillers. So, yes, of course they're not reinventing the wheel by any means, but whisper it, to these ears at least, the riffs, hooks and Caleb's charisma render this irrelevant. I would venture that, if they made this album as their third, people would rightfully love it as much as 'Because of the times'. A perfect case for the age-old adage: 'if it ain't broke, why fix it'?
11. Fleshtone – Kelis.
The birth of a musician's son/daughter, amazing as bringing new life into the world is all lovely 'n' that, but usually results in saccharine, even, vom-inducing ballads. Evidently not for Ms Jones' on the basis of the ultra-modern (see: '22nd century') brand of dance by way of soul, on display here.
12. Body talk – Robyn.
Like Kelis above, the Swedish songstress continues to push pop and dance music forward with immaculately produced songs, kookiness and bittersweet lyrics (see: 'Dancing on my own').
13. The Lady Killer – Cee Lo Green.
Cee Lo proves to all those unaware of his work pre- Gnarls Barkley going, literally, 'crazy' big (myself largely included), that he doesn't necessarily need the golden touch of a certain Mr. Dangermouse (helpful as it is) to produce funky, foot-tapping, '60's soul anthems.
14. Lights/Bright lights – Ellie Goulding.
Compared to this time last year when she was topping all the cooler-than-thou tastemakers' sound of 2010 lists, Ms Goulding has gone very 'Radio 2', but this shouldn't detract from the quality of this album. Combining folk and electronica, allied with Ellie's unique voice it's a winning formula. Folk/electronica 'lite' it may well be but there are some good pop songs here.
15. Disconnect from desire – School of seven bells.
More pretty art-rock instrumentalism from the U.S trio. Hardly going to change world, but that's perhaps the point of their dream-like songs… 'songs' being used in the loosest sense of the word.
16. The preview – Chiddy bang.
An EP rather than a full album, but the Philly duo's distinctly '2010' brand of hip-hop that, if one didn't know better, may think originated from a drunken "Caal-lidge"' joke to reference (in lyrics and actual sound) as many different elements of modern pop culture, paradoxically, seems to find it own niche. Thus warranting its inclusion…just.
17. High Violet – The National.
More pretty, earnest, orchestral-ly stuff from the American quintet that grows on the listener like a stately tree, which, indeed, is a reasonable analogy for the National and their music.
18. Man on the moon II: the legend of Mr. Rager – Kid Cudi.
KiD CuDi's sophomore offering offers more of his innovative, trippy, soul-searching, hip-hop ('space-hop'?). While it may not quite reach the heights of his freshman effort, it is definitely a step in the right direction. That direction presumably, being towards mars… from the moon. Or, at the very least, "taking off" to the 'outer limits', if you will, of one's mind, as he sings on 'Marijuana'.
19. Plastic beach – Gorillaz.
Fascinating concept album from Albarn and co. and a plethora of guests, with the vague theme of global warming. It doesn't have as many stand-out, great singles as its predecessor 'Demon days' (perhaps, only 'Stylo'), but it is just as experimental and perhaps much what The Beatles would have sounded like in their more 'happy' periods, shall we say, if they had had access to the technology we have today. Indeed, some 'special cakes' may be precisely the thing to turn this album from merely 'good' to "flippin A…MAY..ZING, MAN!"
20. Wake up! – John Legend and The Roots.
Brilliant collaboration between the crooner and the rappers with a social conscience, urging the youth of America to 'wake up!' to their political situation. The Roots help lend Mr. Legend some backbone and he in turn offers them some….well, tunes, which are both occasionally lacking on their lonesomes.
Soundtrack of the year:
1. Inception – Hans Zimmer
Probably the only soundtrack I've heard so not much competition but these epic, orchestral soundscapes were the perfect soundtrack to Christopher Nolan's mind-fuck masterpiece.
Video of the year:
Chemical Brothers – Swoon.
Silhouettes of people dance across the black background revealing amazing moving images within. My words don't do it justice…just do yourself a favour and watch it for yourself. Good song too.
Turkeys of the year:
1. Progress – Take that.
One of the most ironic album titles in recent memory….
2. Celebrations – MGMT.
…until this, given how spectactularly these New Yorkers have succumbed to 'that difficult second album syndrome'. Or perhaps, that's the point; maybe they 'celebrated' the success of their soul/funk/electro masterpiece freshman offering so much they were knackered, complacent and so, crawled up their own arses and composed these self-indulgent, dull, muso workouts.
3. My worlds – Justin Bieber
A cheap shot, no doubt, and don't get me wrong; I love great pop as much as the next pre-pubescent girl, but this is just crap, no other word for it. I think I've singled out this particular faecal matter because of how odiously young Justin came across in the trailer for his film…and even, the fact that he is even releasing a… 'biopic' I suppose, as a teenager. And, indeed, one with so little of discernible talent to speak of and with so little of interest to say beyond his latest kill/death ratio on CoD. In it, he was being portrayed as some sort of messianic inspiration to his generation when all he does is smile and sing…or, more typically, smile and mime.
4. Endlessly – Duffy.
Must be honest; I have not actually heard any of this but, given that I thought 'Rockferry' was decent, perhaps that's the point.
5. I speak because I can – Laura Marling.
Not a 'turkey' by any means, but an album I consider overrated. Sure, she's 'matured' and is a great talent but I just didn't hear any of the great, singalong songs of 'Alas, I cannot swim'.


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Is Richard Armitage still interested in Richard III?
And as I never state something without proof, here comes the evidence:
RIP pic.twitter.com/dHhpRjkRjO
— Richard Armitage (@RCArmitage) March 22, 2015
The route passed very close to my home and birth place. My family went to pay their respects. #riprichardthethird pic.twitter.com/ZgEKxvMUqK
— Richard Armitage (@RCArmitage) March 22, 2015
Most of what we 'know' of this history was penned by Tudor authors in support of a monarch with a fragile claim pic.twitter.com/p3F59MuvPC
— Richard Armitage (@RCArmitage) March 22, 2015
@RCArmitage to the crown. Tudor Propaganda perhaps? #wewillneverknow
— Richard Armitage (@RCArmitage) March 22, 2015
Petition to Coffining Richard III in a Religious Environment
Media and the 'fact behind fiction' are entirely topics on their own…
So, no further comment about what they currently make out of this new petition, but rather, what this new petition by the initiators of 'Looking for Richard' really is about:
(I must admit, from the media reports about it, I really had difficulties making it out.)
That the team which initiated and persisted in the search for King Richard III cares about King Richard III, can be taken without doubt. That they want to assure his dignity and honourable treatment, is the main factor defining each step of their search, but also is the essence behind this new petition:
Petition to coffin King Richard III in a holy place
(open worldwide via change.org)
Contrary to the original agreement about the treatment of the remains of King Richard III, his bones have not been sent to rest in a church, awaiting his burial ceremonies.
The reasons of the University of Leicester for this are manifold, among those are, preserving (correct temperature, water level, etc.), security (against possible fanatics), transportation to the location, hindering of further research access, …
So King Richard III at the moment is stored in a scientific vault, like a research specimen, which for the University of Leicester he certainly is.
But besides having been King of England once, King Richard III also is a human being, for which certain treatment standards should be in place to ascertain his human dignity.
One of these standards, the 'Looking for Richard' team tries to insist upon with this new petition:
Giving King Richard a holy and not a scientific environment for being placed in his coffin.
From what the media makes out of this request and petition, you would think, the 'Looking for Richard' team wants to overthrow all the planning and work from either Leicester Cathedral and the University of Leicester for the burial ceremonies. Some even make me believe, a new war between religions is imminent.
Far from it !
The supporters of this petition come from all religious and none-religious backgrounds worldwide and have the one thing in common:
They are concerned about the scientific treatment of a human being, which sets a very utilitarian precedent of how to treat human remains where the scientific interest dominates and subjugates every other consideration.
This coffining in a holy place would give the found bones a 'human dignity' back and would assure that King Richard III is not only seen as a scientific curiosity, but also as a very religious man and human being.
It also would uphold consent for a treatment of human remains, not only of kings, but human beings in general, which researchers seem so easily to forget that King Richard III after all still is.
In this regard, think about how you would like to be treated and for once see King Richard III not as a spectacular historical oddity, but as a human being, and take action regarding this new petition as you see fit:
Petition to coffin King Richard III in a holy place
(open worldwide via change.org)
The petition will close at midnight (GMT) on Tuesday 24 February 2015. The results will be handed over to the re-interment board in Leicester.
More information and details about the 'Looking for Richard' team and new petition on the Looking for Richard website.
100 Days Till King Richard III's Reburial
From today on there are only 100 days left till the reburial of King Richard III in Leicester Cathedral.
If you want to join the cermony, Leicester Cathedral starts a ballot procedure, to select participants for the ceremony. The procedure of 'ballot' was selected to find a fair way to chose among the many interested in the ceremony worldwide.
The ballot procedure starts at 8 a.m. [GMT] and is open till 31st December 2014 (12 a.m./noon).
The online access can be reached via this form provided by Leicester Cathedral on their website:
The places offered via the ballot are for the
- Reception service on Sunday 22 March
- the Reinterment service on Thursday 26 March and
- the Tomb Reveal service on Friday 27 March.
(Winners will be notified about 30 days after the ballot closes, so at the end of January 2015.)
Good luck and all the best wishes !
Richard Armitage about the King
Richard Armitage mentions King Richard III and a new Channel 4 documentary about the king, coming out next year, in the new interview:
Sunday Times interview with Richard Armitage by Ed Potton (28.11.2014)
(Quote from the RichardArmitageUS-FacebookPage.)
[…] He's [Richard Armitage] always been drawn to conflicted roles: Oakenshield, Proctor, Lucas North, his double (triple?) agent in Spooks. "I know," he smiles. "I need to do some comedy, don't I?" He doesn't mean it, though: he knows he's best at playing men who combine light and shade. That may go back again to Richard III, with whom he inherited an obsession from his father. Armitage was set to be called Russell until he was born on the anniversary of Richard's death at the Battle of Bosworth. His dad took that as a sign: he was instead named Richard.
When the King's remains were recently discovered under a car park in Leicester, down the road from where Armitage grew up, he was thrilled. He hopes to be involved in a documentary about it for Channel 4 next year. How about playing him? He's not hopeful: "He was a young man when he died." Don't believe that one, either: Armitage could make a splendid crookback. Imagine the mixtape for that one. […]
Happy Birthday & Quiz Winners Revealed !
Happy Birthday, King Richard III !
To be exact, happy 562. birthday !
KRA has no real birthday present for King Richard III, but we have three wonderful presents for our three
KRA-Champions 2014,
who won the KRA Quiz 2014:
The prices for our winners are:
- "Finding Richard III: The Official Account", by Annette Carson, Philippa Langley, Dr. Ashdown-Hill (Pb)
- "Richard III: A Small Guide to the Great Debate" by Annette Carson (Pb)
- "The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III", by Philippa Langley, Michael Jones (Pb)
Our three winners and this year's King Richard Armitage – Champions are:
- Iwona
- Janet Slocombe
- Andrea Castano
And they really are champions.
I admit, the quiz was hard this year, really hard.
So again this year, the selection of the winners was a point decision.
Still, I hope you all had fun answering the trick- and not so tricky questions.
The solution-page unfortunately was accumulated in a bit of a rush, as I had an overly hectic month of September, but I will try to extend it with more details and background information.
Happy Birthday RA & Commemorating Richard III – The Quiz is Open !
Many of you know, that on this day, now already two years ago, a for my life important person died. So this day, with its joy about Richard Armitage's birthday, always holds the vivid image of loss for me as well.
What must it have been for Richard Armitage, growing up and always being reminded on his birthday, that King Richard III lost his life on exactly that day?
We nonetheless hope, Richard Armitage celebrates a wonderful birthday and has an exceptional performance of "The Crucible" at the Old Vic.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Armitage!
To celebrate both, the joy and the commemoration, KingRichardArmitage is doing a new Quiz.
All participants till 30 September 2014 (in all time zones around the world) will take part in the drawing.
The winners will be announced here on King Richard III's birthday, the 2 October 2014.
As last year, the KingRichardArmitage-Champions will be drawn by chance among the most complete and correct Quiz entries.
Prices for the winners are three recently published books about King Richard III and the search in Leicester published by the restlessly and confidently pursuing team of the 'Looking for King Richard Team':
- "Finding Richard III: The Official Account", by Annette Carson, Philippa Langley, Dr. Ashdown-Hill (Pb)
- "Richard III: A Small Guide to the Great Debate" by Annette Carson (Pb)
- "The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III", by Philippa Langley, Michael Jones (Pb)
So it is worth to win and try your luck. Take your time, browse around and have a look around the KingRichardArmitage website, as for most of the questions the answers can directly be found on the KRA website.
The Quiz is Opened ! – Good Luck !
The Date is Set – 26 March 2015
The date for the intended reinterment of King Richard III in Leicester Cathedral is set:
Thursday, 26th of March 2015
Planned Schedule:
- 22 March 2015 (Sunday)
University of Leicester will transfer King Richard III's remains into a lead-lined coffin,
and will travel from Leicester to Bosworth on a remembrance journey.
In the evening, King Richard III's remains will be given into the care of Leicester Cathedral,
and a church service of reception will be held.
- 23 – 25 March 2015
King Richard III's remains will lie in repose in Leicester Cathedral.
- 26 March 2015
King Richard III will be re-buried in the morning.
- 27 – 28 March 2014
Revealing of the tomb and service to mark the completion of the reinterment.
Attendance at the Cathedral services will be by invitation of the Dean of Leicester, David Monteith.
The reinterment service will be broadcasted live on TV by Channel 4 (Editor John Hays), and will also cover the week's events, with interviews and presentations of the leading participants in the search and discovery.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, current successor of King Richard III in the title as Duke of Gloucester, is to be the Patron of the Leicester Cathedral's King Richard III Appeal, trying to cover the financial requirements of this ceremony and accompanying events.
More information on the website of Leicester Cathedral:
(Soon will be updated with planned schedule.)
Commemoration & Honour
The topic already had gone round in my head, but I had avoided to bring it up so far, as I did not want to thematise another battlefield around King Richard III.
But now, a new petition was brought to my attention, which was started by Victoria Mather to collect support to honour King Richard III:
Richard III Funeral Procession Plans
(Petition can be signed by British citizens only!)
King Richard III's remains are planned to be sent on a 'burial procession' from Bosworth Field to Grey Friars and then his later resting place across the street, at Leicester Cathedral.
The first time King Richard III had been on this route certainly can't be called a march of triumph, but rather was a tour to show his defeat, shame and to humiliate him.
Now one could say, give it a second try and make it a way of triumph now, but a burial procession is hardly an event to be perceived as especially triumphant.
So it takes no overly active imagination to see the repeat performance of this route of utter degradation of a former King of England as a commemoration of Tudor victory rather than as honouring the newly found King Richard III.
Please take action as you see fit.
Thank you !
Richard III Funeral Procession Plans
(Petition can be signed by British citizens only!)
Heated Debate about Tomb for King Richard III
You now can vote in a poll about the new tomb design for King Richard III's grave in Leicester Cathedral, if you like the newly revealed design or not:
- Leicester Mercury: Richard III: Final tomb design revealed, by Peter Warzynski (18.06.2014)
(The poll is in the right side bar of the page next to the article.)
For that the poll is posted by a Leicester based newspaper, the Leicester Mercury, the result so far is astonishingly clear.
The team involved in the design of King Richard III's tomb described the design using the highest praise.
(I must admit, I was wondering a bit, what they would have said when the stone tomb really would have a 'design'. But perhaps then the design would speak for itself and would not need so many words to explain its not so obvious meaning.)
But I don't want to withold the explanation of the carved cross design of the tomb from you, which was revealed at the press conference on Monday, 16.06.2014.
- University of Leicester (YouTube): Richard III – The Tomb Design Press Conference by UniversityLeicester (June 17, 2014) – Video of the press conference, where the planned tomb design for King Richard III's burial in Spring 2014 was revealed:
Trying to imagine the 'light'-design of the tomb from a practical viewpoint, the question remains with me, when the sun in the East would stand high enough to take effect on the carved tomb and reveal the intended light reflection representing resurrection. But perhaps King Richard III is not meant to …
Tomb for King Richard III
The Cathedral of Leicester announced the new tomb design for King Richard III today and revealed the approximate time of his burial:
Spring 2015.
To be honest, I am a bit 'underwhelmed' by the new design, because in my opinion now even the previously good parts of the tomb design are gone.
To compare, the Leicester Mercury has the picture of the first draft of the design in this article:
Richard III: New tomb design revealed today, by Peter Warzynski (16.06.2014)
What strange design competition is that to remove all elements people so far liked about the design and leave only the parts people did in major parts not like?
It is a strange method of the Cathedral of Leicester and a really difficult to understand way to estrange even the remaining supporters for Leicester Cathedral.
Perhaps the black stone beneath the tomb is meant to significantly differentiate the tomb design from a white chocolate brick.
But why the circle beneath the tomb, which in my observation had been majorly supported and liked in comments about the first revealed tomb design, now is eliminated as well, is a mystery to me. Except, that it is much easier to lay this rectangular stone floor design and not having to integrate a circle into its midst. Cheaper now, when already such additional expenses have been spent on a new tomb design.
I would not criticise the Cathedral so much for this design, if there had not been a previous tomb design, with well based references to the King's life and even more convincing, with local materials King Richard III would have known and intended to be done by rare and talented hand-craft artists. In addition, even the payment had been secured for this very first design the Cathedral declined, because they initially had only wanted a stone slab in the floor.
So the necessity to accrue further expenses for this indistinct non-entity of a design for the tomb really is beyond my understanding.
In a way, Leicester Cathedral really must be angry about getting King Richard III or at least with the Richard III Society, whose members had commissioned and intended to finance the very first design.
Or how should that new tomb design be interpreted?
At least, the designer must somehow be angry with the king or does not want to put too much attention to him and his life, to only show minimalistic references.
One reason why I just so strongly don't like this tomb design is, because I had visited stone pits, where the prepared stones look the way the tomb does.
Raw material prepared for the breaking…
Now, you can surely see an analogy that King Richard III had been broken in the Battle of Bosworth and his broken body had been transferred to Leicester.
But to see him as raw material is a strange interpretation of his life. And to break him with a holy cross is a picture the designer really has to explain to me to make me believe in its religious relevance or sensibility.
To excuse this poor design as 21st century based, I would argue that even the 21st century can do better…
Please feel free to discuss your opinion about the tomb design here. All opinions are welcome!
The one above is just my interpretation of the design, which unfortunately is not a favourable one, though I had tried hard to remain open-minded for the problems of the Cathedral of Leicester.


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Some folks in Hollywood (namely a director named Matt Schrader) finally read my mind and made a documentary about my favorite genre of music—movie scores. It's called Score, and it looks terrific.
In addition to showing archival footage of composers like John Williams tweaking some of their more iconic compositions, the trailer manages to subtly—and perhaps unintentionally—showcase the frustrating fact that the most successful and prolific film composers are white men. I think I only noticed just one person of color (Quincy Jones) and two women (Deborah Lurie and the great Rachel Portman) among all the talking heads, but as Manchester By the Sea composer Lesley Barber shared with me in an interview last year, the industry is becoming less and less dominated by people who look like Thomas Newman and John Williams every day.
Score hits theaters June 16.


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In Mexico, a torta is a sandwich. In many parts of Spain, it refers to a flatbread of some kind. These are similar enough as to not add to the confusion, but then the Germans and French had to confuse things by having their very similar sounding torte and tarte as meaning cake. The Italians, then, confused us all by using torta to mean a meat and cheese pie (like a calzone perhaps) or a quiche. Ah, those crazy Europeans.
Why, you may be wondering, am I talking about torta when the recipe has nothing to do with one? That's a good question. My inspiration for this recipe was inside Cooking Light. It really bothered that they did not choose to correctly label their recipe as a frittata and instead chose to call this a torta "without the crust". I just believe if you are going to be a cooking reference for millions of readers, you are better off giving them the vocabulary to talk about these things as well.
I digress.
This recipe utilizes no crust, so it really should not be called a torta. It's a frittata. This is a quick and easy idea for breakfast or brunch. I prefer to cook a frittata in a cast iron skillet, but if you don't have one, a regular skillet will do as well.
- 1 1/2 lbs red bliss potatoes
- 1 c egg substitute (Substitute: 1c fresh eggs, scrambled)
- 1 tbsp fresh chives (Substitute: green onions)
- salt and pepper
1. Slice the potatoes thin and put in a pot of cold water and 1 tbsp salt. Bring to a boil and then cook for an additional 6 minutes. Drain the potatoes for several minutes.
2. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a 10″ skillet (cast iron preferred). When smoking hot, place the potatoes in an even layer. Cook until the potatoes brown. Flip and repeat on the other side.
Note: The second picture is a good example of when turning is done too early. Most of my potatoes never got a chance to crisp up. There is nothing wrong with this, but a crispy potato adds more texture to the dish.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg and chives together. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour over the potatoes and cover the pan with a tight lid. Turn the heat down to low.
4. Cook for 10 -15 minutes until the bottom has browned and the eggs on top have set and begun to brown
Note: I was having a really hard time with my timing on this one. I pulled the frittata off too early. This is a good example of eggs being just set, but the good eats come if you cook it past this point to crisp up the egg and provide some additional texture.
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A is for anger
At least a few times a week I have decided to challenge myself, by giving myself an alphabetical theme to blog on. Each theme will be related to living with mental illness/ physical disability. I am also going to do the same challenge on my FBL blog Lifelovesandlipgloss.wordpress.com , although often using different topics for the different blogs.
I chose to write about anger first, because it is something that I struggle with a great deal.
Expressed anger
My experience of anger as a child, my parent's violence and emotional abuse, taught me how much expressed anger can hurt others, so I tend to BOTTLE IT UP.
My anger is mainly triggered by memories from the past which leave me feeling POWERLESS and UNABLE TO ESCAPE, stress which also leaves me feeling BACKED INTO A CORNER as well as UNABLE TO COPE, and being unable to cope leads to a great deal of FRUSTRATION, which makes me want to EXPLODE.
Turning it inwards
Instead of expressing my anger and frustration in a healthy way, I turn it inwards and attack myself. At first it starts off as a mental attack. INSULTS, ABUSE, SELF-HATRED. The things my parents and the bullies at school used to say to me, I say to myself: Ugly, fat, useless, pathetic, unwanted, better off dead.
The negative self-talk can only go on for so long before the anger bubbles over, like I'm in some kind of pressure valve, and I end up wanting to act on the negative feelings I hold towards myself, by physically causing myself pain, also known as SELF-HARMING.
Searching for a new anger-management strategy
At the moment though, I'm desperate not to follow the old negative patterns. I feel STUCK, TRAPPED. I know that I will lose my partner if I end up self-harming or attempting suicide again, and, if I do, I am also likely to end up back on the PSYCH WARD.
I'm trying so hard to change things. Firstly, I try to FILL MY DAY so I don't have too much time to dwell on things. I try to do things that I know will RELIEVE MY TENSION, from watching a favourite TV show, to colouring in or other creative-type stuff. Blogging also really helps. It helps me to EXPRESS MYSELF in a CONSTRUCTIVE way and to feel LESS ALONE, when I realise that others are struggling with similar issues.
Hopes for the future
My hopes for the future are that my feelings of anger will lessen and I will FEEL MORE IN CONTROL of my anger,that I will learn to express it in a healthy way, that doesn't leave me with feelings of REGRET after yet another explosion.
Do you struggle with anger? What ways have you found to manage it? What helps you to cope better with it? Either comment below or Tweet me @spursbythebeach.


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Haphazard Electric Work
You wouldn't tackle a wiring project in your house without turning off the power at the source and then double-checking at the site of the problem, right? (Well, let's hope you wouldn't, anyway.) Same thing with your car. A little laziness might get you zapped.
Some automotive pros say that the current in your car isn't strong enough to really hurt you but it's always better to be on the safe side, which means assuming that you could sustain injury [source: AA1Car]. Even if you don't suffer an electrical shock, you could easily start an electrical fire, or possibly overload your car's wiring or other electrical components. So, you should know what you're dealing with ahead of time. Make sure your car is off when it needs to be off (which would be most of the time) and remember to disconnect (and then isolate) the battery's negative cable. And if you drive a hybrid car with a high-voltage battery, avoid touching the battery at all costs. Since hybrids are designed specifically for heavy-duty electrical power, the battery has much more shock potential than an average car and can cause injury on contact.


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Wanting to know more about the Mast Motorsports LSX 440 that is going into Project: LSX El Camino? Well, adjust your eyeballs and hold on to your processor, because the images and videos you are about to see are behind the scenes, TOP SECRET, certified cool stuff! The one thing I don't want to do here, is fry your brain though! So, in this edition of the Mast Motorsport engine epic, I will show some of what Mast Motorsports puts into making one of the meanest, naturally aspirated small blocks on the market. Specifically, Mast Motorsports LSX 440: engine epic part 2 will show the bottom end build-up of this LSX bad bowtie block.
The following content is your author's original experiences while being present in the shop during the engine build. All accounts were naturally occurring events with no staging taking place. This is how it really happens!
Once the tour of the shop was over, the next 2 days were spent in the engine build / clean room with Perry Kiritsy and the other professional engine builders. This is when we got to know the guys, and have some fun! We traded some stories while watching/helping Perry with the engine build. It was very cool to see the other builders come up to Perry during the build and offer words of encouragement and place bets on the horse power level his engine might achieve. Again, fun group of guys!
As stated in the last article "Mast Motorsports engine build epic part1" the LSX block was prepped and machined prior to our arrival. It was cleaned and ready for assembly. The first part that was installed was the crankshaft.
So before we go any further, ever wonder what some of the differences are between a 7.0L and a LSX block? Perry breaks it down for us as he puts these main caps in their place!
"You definitely get what you pay for with these blocks." – Perry Kiritsy. I agree with Perry on this one. The engineering in the LSX block is superior to the other LS blocks. Everything from cross dowel pins in the main caps, to open lifter valleys for ease of lifter installation has been engineered into these blocks.
On to the next set of parts. The pistons and rods were all lined up like the main course at your favorite Italian restaurant, complete with the white paper table covering and the waiter's name. (Yeah, Perry wrote his name on the paper for us!) That's probably not very amusing at face value, but every time different parts were prepped, the table covering was changed. This was to ensure clean parts were going into the engine at all times.
Lets hurry this up a bit…
The bump stick is a custom grind designed to Perry's specs. If you want one like this… well, your gunna have to ask Perry, but I can say it is a Comp Cam! Seen here, Perry installs the cam with bearing grease and Rotella 15w-40 oil in the can.
This next assembly technique is something everyone can appreciate. The Melling LS high volume oil pump (part # MEL-10296), is a very nice piece and should be considered when building a high performance engine.
In this last quick clip, Perry checks the depth of the oil pick up tube to ensure the rotating assembly is fed the oil it wants with no restrictions. Again, probably a detail that is overlooked when installing an aftermarket oil pick up tube and oil pan by most, but these guys are all about the details. The Mast Motorsports oil pan (part # 401-111) and related parts we had previously purchased and checked on the G-body frame for clearance. (see the post: "Mast Motorsports oil pan -LSX El Camino motor mount & oil pan part 2")
I skipped over a few of the other pieces that went into the short block, but things like the GM timing cover, GM block oil plugs, and the ATI harmonic dampener were all standard installations. The short block is essentially built at this point, but rather than continuing the build, we decided to call it a day. It was time for a refuel and some sleep anyway. End of Day 1 – and it was Awesome!
Like all things, one must build on a solid foundation, and as you can see Mast Motorsports isn't messing around when it comes to building up a bullet proof bottom end. My point here in this article is to illustrate that Mast Motorsports is a step ahead of the game. They are able to take high performance engine building, create an assembly line environment, and maintain that custom shop level of detail. It just doesn't get any better than this!
In the next part of the Mast Motorsports engine epic, we will take a look at the top end assembly and what it takes to make the GM manifold mate to a set of Mast Motorsports Black Label heads. Plus, check out this Black Diamond QFT carb, more to come on that as well! Yeah, Mast Motorsports builds engines with carbs. and they bite just as hard! Stay tuned for more details.
If you haven't already figured it out, I am very impressed with Mast Motorsports. They are right at the heart of our hobby. Take some time and cruise through their website by clicking on the highlighted texts in this article. Also, their Facebook page, Twitter page, and YouTube channel will help you keep in tune with the latest news from these guys!
Happy Hot Rodding!


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In the Sydney Paralympic Games in 2000, the Spanish basketball team competing in the intellectually disabled classification easily won the gold medal. In the group stages, they outscored their opponents 254-126, and in the medal round they won both of their games by more than 20 points.1
Three days later, after having received the praise of spectators and journalists, a member of the team confirmed everyone's worst fears. He revealed that the team was performed so well because the majority of the team truly was not intellectually disabled. As the scandal ran its course in the weeks following the announcement, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) indefinitely suspended intellectually disabled (ID) competition in all sports. The IPC later suspended ID competition in the 2004 Athens games and the 2008 Beijing games.
However, after twelve years of being barred from the Paralympics, ID athletes will have a renewed opportunity to compete in the London 2012 games. The ID classification, one of six disability classifications in the Paralympics, will be eligible to hold competitions in track and field, swimming, and table tennis.2
The ultimately successful push to reinstate ID competition began in 2004. It began on the part of Inas, the international governing body for ID athletics at the elite level. That year, Inas persuaded the IPC to reinstate ID athletes on the grounds that Inas and the IPC together develop a new process for determining the eligibility of ID athletes. In the system in place during the 2000 Sydney games, the Spanish Paralympic Committee was able to sign nine members onto its basketball team without a requirement for any psychological evaluations or proof of prior ones.3
The two organizations worked tirelessly, persisting in their efforts after finding out that the suspension was still in place for the 2008 Beijing games. The project's main focus was on making both eligibility criteria generalized for all ID athletes and eligibility criteria that was tailored to each sport.4 To do this, the project reached out to researchers from five universities and research institutes around the world in fields as diverse as clinical psychology and human physiology. The progress the project made proved to be astounding, as researchers also made strides in the on-field evaluation of ID athletes. These evaluations measured an athlete's various motor and cognitive skills, including reasoning, working memory, visual-spatial perception, and reaction time. With these focused evaluations, the researchers believed they had a clear method of determining, on the field of play, who did and who did not meet the criteria for a mental handicap.5
Inas also reworked its oversight system so that it was able to subject all applications for eligibility to a full review. To apply, athletes now need to submit an internationally recognized IQ test with a score under 75 alongside a certified psychologist's evaluation of the results. Athletes also need to submit the results of a recognized adaptive behavior test that has been subject to a psychologist's evaluation. The adaptive behavior test, which tests a person's communication and motor skills, as well as his or her ability to adapt to doing daily tasks with his or her handicap, must show deficiencies that are two standard deviations below the mean. The athlete also needs to provide evidence that the onset of their disability came before the age of 18.6 After testing these improved oversight methods, as well as the on-field evaluations at the Inas Global Games in July 2009, the IPC deemed the standards acceptable and opened competition for ID athletes at the 2012 London games.7
Several athletes have already been through the eligibility process and are working hard towards qualifying for the first ID Paralympic competitions in twelve years. In the United States, cyclist Syd Lea returned from the 2011 Inas Global Games in October with two gold medals.8 Leslie Cichoki has swum some of the fastest times in her disability classification in 2011, all while working towards a culinary arts degree.9 Michael Murray, a middle distance track runner, has run personal bests of 4:10 in the 1500 meters and 1:59 in the 800 meters while working a full time job. Murray, a proven competitor who runs three laps around the track all-out the day before a race, says his favorite part of the sport are the friendships he has made through the sport. Murray is now working towards the 1500 Paralympic standard of 4:05. If he makes the standard, he will face competition from top runners like Iranian Peyman Nasiri Bazanjani.10 In January, Bazanjani ran an incredible time of 3:58, comparable to that of NCAA Division I runners.11
His performance is a testament to Inas' and the IPC's commitment to elite competition. Top-flight competition is what distances both organizations from the Special Olympics, which also holds competitions for ID athletes. The IPC's stance is that, "The Paralympics are about elite performance sport, where athletes go through a stringent qualification process so that the best can compete at the games. On the other hand, the Special Olympics does not make as clear of a distinction between the elite and recreational sport…while the Paralympics emphasizes high-level performance, the Special Olympics emphasizes participation from those who can and will".12
As the 2012 Paralympics in London move ever closer, Inas is already looking at the Rio 2016 games and beyond. The organization is unsatisfied with the limited number of sports offered to ID athletes in London and is working towards implementing more sports like tennis and alpine skiing for future Paralympics. Alpine skiing, if implemented, would be the first ID sport contested at a winter Paralympics. Although the future looks hopeful, one cannot but wonder about what the world missed out on in the ID competitions in the 2004 and 2008 Paralympics.13 The 2012 games this summer will surely provide a clue.
- International Paralympic Committee, "Results: Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games: Basketball ID: Men." Accessed November 1, 2011.
- BBC News, "Spain in Paralympics Scandal." Accessed October 19, 2011. November 24, 2000.
- Ibid
- International Paralympic Committee, "Joint Statement on the Re-inclusion of Athletes With Intellectual Disability." Last modified September 13, 2008. Accessed October 19, 2011.
- Van de Vliet, Peter. Inas, "Memorandum." Last modified December 15, 2009. Accessed October 22, 2011. http://www.inas.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/2009_12_15-Memo-IPC-Membership-ID-Athlete-Reinclusion_FINAL.pdf.
- Athletes without Limits, "Application." Accessed November 1, 2011. http://www.athleteswithoutlimits.org/downloads/usapplication.pdf
- Van de Vliet, Peter. Inas, "Memorandum." Last modified December 15, 2009. Accessed October 22, 2011. http://www.inas.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/2009_12_15-Memo-IPC-Membership-ID-Athlete-Reinclusion_FINAL.pdf.
- Athletes without Limits, "Syd Lea." Accessed November 1, 2011.
- Athletes without Limits, "Leslie Chichoki." Accessed November 1, 2011.
- Athletes without Limits, "Michael Murray." Accessed November 1, 2011.
- RunMichigan.com, "2011 MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships." Accessed November 1, 2011
- International Paralympic Committee, "FAQ." Accessed October 22, 2011.
- Inas, "Executive Committee Report 2009/2010." Accessed November 1, 2011.
- AudreyH. Beijing: The Bird's Nest stadium, JPG, http://www.flickr.com/photos/25393766@N00/2979793704/in/photostream/
Evan Jin is a second-year student at the University of Chicago majoring in biology. Follow The Triple Helix Online on Twitter. Join us on Facebook.


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1. Download aperture six photo template into your template folder on your desktop by going under RESOURCES in My Big Campus. Control click on the title of the template and download linked file.
2. Open aperture template up in Photoshop and put photos into the template by moving over the thumbnail in iPhoto into the template and selecting EDIT> TRANSFORM>SCALE
3. Type underneath each photograph what the aperture and shutter speed was, according to the information in iPhoto. The assignment had you shoot at f/3.5, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16 and f/22.
4. Answer questions at bottom of template regarding aperture in complete sentences and add your name and period number to the bottom right hand side of the document.
5. Once it is completed, merge layers by going to LAYERS > MERGE VISIBLE so there is only one background layer.
6. Save as format JPEG as lastname.firstname.apertureexercise in your FINISHED PROJECTS folder.
7. Open your finished projects folder, open the file in viewer, and press file > print for your copy. (it compresses the file when it is viewed in viewer versus Photoshop so it will print quicker).
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Species In-Depth
At the Aquarium
Red abalone can be found in in the Aquarium's Southern California/Baja gallery, Northern Pacific gallery, and in our education classrooms. Some of the abalone were provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and others are the result of successful captive breeding efforts carried out by our aquarists. Just as is their diet in the wild, we feed our abalone kelp and other types of marine algae.
Geographic Distribution
Sunset Bay, Oregon to Bahia Tortugas, Baja California, Mexico
Red abalone inhabit the rocky shores of bays, rocky tide pools, and kelp forests. In Northern and Central California they are found in intertidal and shallow subtidal waters; whereas in Southern California, they inhabit only subtidal areas and then only in locations where there is upwelling of cooler water. These areas are located along the mainland and the northwestern Channel Islands.
Physical Characteristics
A single shell covers the body and organs of an abalone. The shape of the large thick shell of a red abalone varies depending on the structure of the rock crevice or crack in which the abalone grew. It may be somewhat flat if the crevice was tight or domed if the space was large. The left side of the shell has three or four open, moderately raised respiratory holes and a number of closed pores. The shell surface is usually a dull brick red with a red rim around the rim of the shell; however, coloration may be obscured or appear to be pinkish due to growth of algae on the shell surface.
The abalone foot, a strong, broad, and flat muscle, takes up most of the interior of the shell. Its surface is black and the sole is yellowish. There is an interior scalloped fold of tissue at the edge of the foot, (the epopodium, that contains black sensory tentacles at its edge. The epopodium may protrude from the shell. A thin mantle of tissue next to the shell hangs from the edge of the muscle attachment cover the body.
Average shell length today: to 20 centimeters (8 inches)
Maximum size if the abalone avoids harvest reported to be 30 centimeters (12 inches)
Legal harvest size: 18 centimeters (7 inches)
As the abalone grows, the edge of the mantle adds new material to the outer rim of the shell, which increases the diameter of the shell, and new layers to the inside, increasing the thickness of the shell.
Shell formation begins in the larval stage and continues into the adult phase. Growth depends on food supply, so it is highly variable. Yearly growth is believed to be greater in Southern than in Northern California, where food is less available. During El Niño events when ocean temperatures are higher, abundance of kelp decreases and shell growth in Southern California slows.
Abalone are herbivores. In Southern California older juveniles and adults' primary diet is giant and feather boat kelp. They also eat tangle kelp. In Northern California their primary diet is bull kelp. Encrusting coralline algae and bacteria are the first foods eaten by very young abalone, those in the post-larval settlement stage. They usually graze on the diatoms that occur on the algae. When about 5 centimeters (2 inches) long, the juvenile abalone begin to feed on drifting kelp.
Red abalone usually reach sexual maturity at a shell length of 13 centimeters (5 inches); however, females may become mature when as small as 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) and males at 8.1 centimeters (3.3 inches). Broadcast spawning occurs as eggs and sperm are flushed out into the water through the pores in the abalone shells. At first spawning a young female broadcasts only a few thousand eggs; whereas a large adult spawns as many as six million eggs. In Northern California spawning is seasonal from April to July, peaking in May, reflecting the seasonal availability of kelp. In Southern California spawning may occur year round. In all locations when one abalone starts to spawn, it usually triggers spawning of others in the aggregation, an occurrence that causes more opportunities for fertilization to take place. A minimum density of spawners that are no more than 1.5 meters (5 feet) apart is essential for successful broadcast spawning.
Fertilized eggs (zygotes) sink to the seafloor, where they hatch into planktonic microscopic larvae in about 24 hours. The veligers are free-swimming, using cilia to move up in the water column where they remain for several days to a week before starting to search for a suitable substrate to which to attach, usually small spaces between rocks or under boulders. When settlement occurs, swimming stops and growth into an adult abalone begins.
Abalone "breathe" through their respiratory pores. Their gill chambers are under the pores. Water drawn in under the edge of the shell flows over the gills and out the pores. The pores are also the exit for waste, eggs, and sperm which are carried out in the water flow.
When an abalone is disturbed it pulls in its foot, mantle, and surrounding epopodium and uses its strong foot to clamp its shell down. In this attached position, the strength of the muscle makes it extremely difficult to detach the abalone.
Researchers have identified a chemical found in coralline red algae called gABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), that stimulates the veliger larvae to settle and stop swimming.
About 30 to 35 years of age
Abalone harvesting in California has a centuries-old, multi-ethnic history that started with Native Americans, continued with Chinese-Americans, followed by Japanese-Americans, and finally today's diverse harvesters. Abundant about 30 years ago, abalone once supported thriving commercial and sport fisheries. Regulation of commercial take began in 1900 and recreational take in 1997. Today, due to overfishing, disease, low population densities for reproduction, predation by sea otters and other marine animals, especially of juvenile abalone, and illegal poaching, abalone are in trouble, with some species facing extinction. Two of the eight species found in California, white and black, are listed as endangered. Two species, pinto and green, are listed as species of concern. Commercial fishing of all species is prohibited, with recreational take limited to red abalone only by free divers and rock pickers, and only north of San Francisco Bay. Use of SCUBA gear is prohibited. In addition the CDFW also regulates season and time of day harvesting is allowed, size, number harvested each day, the total harvested yearly, and the type of tools used to dislodge the abalone.
An Abalone Recovery and Management Plan (ARMP) was adopted in 2005 by the California Fish and Game Commission to manage the recreational fishery in Northern California and aid in the recovery of the depleted abalone populations in the rest of the state.
Farming of red abalone is currently (2015) being done at three aquaculture farms on the central California coast. The adult abalone are fed giant kelp obtained from kelp beds leased from the CDFW, which also regulates harvesting of the kelp. "Baby" abalone are fed coralline algae grown by the farm operators. All are sustainably operated. The Aquarium of the Pacific's Seafood for the Future recommends red abalone as responsible seafood choice.
Special Notes
Whether the shape of a red abalone's shell is rounded or flat is largely due to where whether its habitat as it grows into an adult is a thin crack in a rocky crevice, in areas where there are strong currents, or in more open rocky areas where there is little current. It is more difficult for a highly rounded shell to stay attacked to a rocky surface-strong current habitat so the abalone usually forms a flat shell that presents a low profile to the currents. In contrast, in open areas with little current the tendency is to grow highly rounded shells.
Red abalone shells are abundant in Chumash middens (refuse deposits) in the northern Channel Islands dated about 7500-3300 years ago. Abalone were a Chumash food item and the shells were used to make jewelry and the circular hooks used in fishing.


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Replacing a walkway in front of the Reynolds Alumni Center at the University of Missouri was his idea, so it seemed fitting for David Roloff to purchase one of the new path's first personalized bricks.
Roloff, director of membership and marketing at the Mizzou Alumni Association, used the marker to tout that he and his wife, Laura, were a Mizzou match. Now, he'll dedicate one of the last bricks to his children.
"It's a great way to bookend the Legacy Walk," he said.
Fewer than 150 of the 2,576 bricks that make up the Legacy Walk are up for grabs as the 5-year-old project reaches its final phase. The project started in 2007 as a way to raise money by letting alumni and other MU fans engrave messages into the sidewalk.
The deadline to order a brick is Aug. 1. They're slated to be installed by Homecoming this fall.
The cost of a brick is $375 for alumni association members. When all are sold, the Legacy Walk is expected to have raised about $1 million, which will be used to create a scholarship endowment.
"We're so pleased of the income coming in for scholarships and the connections to campus in the walkway," Roloff said. "Every brick has a story."
Donors used the bricks to recognize names, graduation dates and, in some cases, Greek affiliations or majors.
"There are a lot of names and degrees, certainly, but some say 'Go Mizzou' or 'Beat Kansas' or other fun things," said Todd McCubbin, executive director of the alumni association.
Among the more notable engravings is a marriage proposal. Mike Anderson of Chicago surprised 2006 graduate Jacquelyn DeBonville in 2009 by buying a brick asking her to marry him.
Roloff got the idea for the Legacy Walk when he and other alumni association staff members were trying to come up with a project after finishing the successful Tiger Plaza, which allowed donors to purchase bronze plaques.
"It dawned on me one day as I was leaving the Reynolds Alumni Center and noticed the brick walkway had fallen into disrepair," he said. "It seemed to click. Everybody loved the idea and the location."
On game days, McCubbin said, it's not unusual to see several people on the walk showing off their bricks to friends. "It's a pretty cool thing," he said.
For Roloff, the entire walkway serves as a tribute to his contribution to MU.
"It really fills me with a sense of pride," he said. "I've always felt a strong service to Mizzou to do my best to support the institution. Knowing every brick contributes to student scholarship, knowing a project like that brought in $1 million to be used for years to come to support students, it's really heartwarming."


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NC Latin American Film Festival | DIASPORAS & INDIGENEITY
Sepember 16 to October 15, 2013
This year the festival features 27 films, from eleven countries, with the presence of fifteen filmmakers. The festival includes feature length films, short films, and documentary films, grouped in three series:
1. Spanish and Latin/o American Film Series (LFS): Curated by Samuel Amago and Cristina Carrasco, Romance Languages and Literatures UNC-CH. Thanks to PRAGDA, an independent cultural initiative to promote Spanish and Latin American cinema and a film distribution company, through the Spanish Film Club, which offers to help universities bring the very best in contemporary Spanish and Latin American cinema to campuses to introduce students to the language and cultures of these territories.
Location: Bingham 103, UNC. Chapel Hill | Dates: September 24 – October 1.
Location: Nelson Mandela Auditorium (GEC) | Dates: October 8 & 15
Film Screenings: 7.00 pm.
Sponsored by: PRAGDA, Romance Languages UNC-CH, Center for Global Initiatives UNC-CH
2. Native & Indigenous Film Series | October 4, 5,6,7 & 9
Location: RICHARD WHITE AUDITORIUM. Duke East Campus; NELSON MANDELA AUDITORIUM. GEC, UNC-CH; GRIFFITH FILM THEATER. Bryan Center, Duke. See especial program and related events
Sponsored by: Hemispheric Indigeneity in the Global Age, Mellon Foundation -Partnership in a Global Age grant; American Indian Center, UNC-CH; Native and Indigenous Studies, UNC-CH, Duke Center for Canadian Studies.
Thanks to Native Networks, American Experience, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU
3. Jews and Muslims in Latin/o America and the Caribbean Series (JMS) | October, 1 & 2. 2013
Location: Bingham 103, UNC; John Hope Franklin Center at Duke; and the Griffith Film Theatre at Duke | Dates: October 1 & 2
Academic Event: W@TC, October 2, noon-1pm.
| Film Screenings: 7.00 pm.
"This events are part of the Center for European Studies' initiative, "Jews & Muslims: Histories, Diasporas, and the Meaning of the European," funded through a Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant and the Duke University Office of the Provost, and co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, and Duke Islamic Studies Center."
NOTE. Films in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Native and Indigenous languages with English Subtitles
2013 NC Latin American Film Festival Venues:
In Durham: Holton Career and Resource Center, 401 North Driver Street; The Carolina Theatre of Durham, Cinema 1, 309 W Morgan St, Durham; at Duke University's the Richard White Auditorium, East Campus; the Griffith Film Theater at the Bryan Center; and the John Hope Franklin Center, room 240. In Chapel Hill: at the University of North Carolina Binham Hall, 103; and the Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the FedEx Global Education Center, 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill.
Organized by The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University.
This event is made possible through funding by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, US Department of Education, and the Duke University Provost Office. Co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Americas at UNC-CH, Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Duke Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, Duke Dance Program, Duke Center for Canadian Studies, Duke Center for European Studies, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke Screen/Society, UNC-CH Romance Languages and Literatures, UNC-CH Center for Global Initiatives, The Ackland Art Museum at UNC-CH, PRAGDA, and the Carolina Theatre of Durham.
Thanks to Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies NYU.
Festival Director and Programer, Miguel Rojas-Sotelo


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Another minute and the men who pulled a woman out of a burning car would have been too late.
Around 9:30 p.m. last Friday, Daniel Balcaen and Kevin Meda pulled an elderly woman from her car just moments before it burst into flames on Hwy 6.
"According to witnesses, just a minute or two later, the car was fully engulfed in flames," Lumby Cpl. Henry Proce says. "She wouldn't have made it."
The woman was trapped in her car when Balcaen and Meda arrived. The men broke the window and bent back the door frame to get her out.
The woman sustained non-life threatening injuries, and was still in the ICU at Vernon Jubilee Hospital on March 7. But she's alive.
"She told me that as the men were getting her out, (they were) telling her "you're going to make it," Proce says. They kept their promise. "They saved a woman's life."
It was extremely lucky that Balcaen and Meda were driving by when they did. "The highway would have been pretty dead at that time," Proce says.
Proce applauds the men for their good deed. "It's the appropriate thing to do, you'd be remiss to walk away. In this case, we're lucky because they were uninjured."
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text: N'Klabe is a salsa orchestra from Puerto Rico formed in 2003 by vocalist Félix Javier Torres. Originally, the group also featured vocalists Héctor José Torres Donato and Ricardo Porrata. Their debut, Salsa Contra Viento y Marea, appeared in 2004 with an exciting mix of salsa tradition and up-to-the-minute pop. The Sony BMG label signed the group and released its next album, I Love Salsa!, in late 2005. The title track became a huge salsa hit and went on to earn a nomination for Best Tropical Song at the 2006 Latin Grammys. Their third effort, Apunto a Estrallar, was released that same year. Around 2008, Donato and Porrata left the group and were replaced by vocalist Anthon Ibañez. In 2009, N'Klabe added singer Jose Ruben "JR" Ruiz after he finished second in the sixth season of the reality TV vocal competition Objetivo Fama. Eventually, Ibañez also parted ways with N'Klabe, who then added vocalist Roberto Karlo Figueroa. In 2011, N'Klabe released the holiday-themed album Aires de Navidad. In 2012, N'Klabe, featuring the trio of Torres, Figueroa, and Ruiz, released the live concert album La Salsa Vive. ~ David Jeffries


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It seems every band is throwing their hat in the reunion pool. Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, Texas Is the Reason, 108, Grade and the list goes on...
During last year's Save CBGB campaign, posi-core legends Gorilla Biscuits played to a sold-out, well-received audience. Watching it from a live stream, I must admit I was highly envious at the time, though I actually passed on seeing that show to make it up a few weeks later for a weekend of Philadelphia reunion-core.
Much to my delight, Gorilla Biscuits announced a summer 2006 tour, mainly to support the reissue of thier 1989 classic, Start Today. Shows quickly sold out around the country, and I anxiously awaited the tour's stop in my town.
I arrived as Down to Nothing was blasting through their set. I'll honestly admit, I haven't always been a fan, mainly for some very ridiculous reasons. Richmond straight-edge hardcore has a nasty history of violence and intolerance towards those not sharing the same ideals. Dating back to the days of Hate O Four, the conflict between sXe and not has been, well, unpleasant. However, DTN plays a charged brand of hardcore, which obviously in their hometown will get the kids jumping all around. Packed with heavy riffs, well-timed breakdowns and inclusive sing-alongs, I found myself enjoying the set. Afterwards, I briefly spoke with the band's frontman, David, for a few minutes and promised to try to catch another show. I'll definitely keep my word on that one. Great guy, great tunes.
Next came popular hardcore upstarts, Comeback Kid. I've been following these guys since their debut, Turn It Around, yet for one reason or another always ended up missing their shows. They've since replaced their vocalist with now-former guitarist Andrew Neufeld, and I was anxious to see how he handled the material.
Right away, I could tell that the band had made the right personnel choice. Favorites like "Wake the Dead," "Die Tonight" and "Never Fade" seemed flawless, and highly energetic. The crowd's participation was also in full throttle, with plenty of shout-alongs, stage-dives and pile-ons to provide for one great performance. Sadly, my favorite, "Give and Take" wasn't included...
And with trumpets sounding, began the loudest sing-along I may have ever witnessed at a hardcore show. As Gorilla Biscuits briefly introduced themselves, the went full-speed right into "New Direction." The crowd seemed like one interconnected mass, moving in a frenzy and simultaneously shouting every word almost in perfect key. "New Direction" has always been one of my favorite songs PERIOD by any band, and this memory will only further reinforce that thought.
Continuing, the set was heavily focused on material from the previously mentioned, reissued LP Start Today. Fan favorites such as "Stand Still," "Competition," "Time Flies" and of course, "Things We Say" kept every person on the lookout for a constant barrage of crowd surfers coming from every angle and every corner of the club. But having such a great time, most didn't seem to mind.
As for my overall impression of the band's performance? Highly impressed. The band obviously practiced the material to the point of perfection. Every word from Civ's mouth, every note from Walter's guitar sounded like we were back in the early `90s.
This was certainly a reunion warranting fan acceptance, as dated as some may claim Gorilla Biscuit's material is, I couldn't disagree more. A highly influential band that can still capture the energy from a generation ago. Thanks for the great time.
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- Supports a loving and nurturing bond between mother and baby
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Hard Palate Cancer: Risk Factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Hard Palate Cancer
The hard palate is the bony part of the roof of the mouth, and is considered as part of the oral cavity. The hard palate forms a barrier linking the mouth and the nasal cavity. A natural orifice in the palate for nerves and blood vessels can make a duct for a tumor to spread into the nasal cavity.
Risk Factors
Oral cavity cancer is more prevalent in men than women. This kind of cancer is closely linked with cigarette smoking. Reverse smoking has been found to be the main cause of hard palate cancer. In reverse smoking, an individual places the lit portion of the cigarette in his mouth. Alcohol also increases one's risk.
In the early stages, hard palate cancer can appear like a risk-free sore and can happen without symptoms. However, early detection and treatment significantly improves survival rates. Therefore, in addition to checking one's own mouth for suspicious changes, a dentist should inspect an individual's mouth for signs of oral cancer during routine dental exams, particularly if one smokes.
About 50 percent of hard palate cancers are squamous cell carcinomas. Typically, an ulcer in the mouth is first noted. In the beginning, the ulcer remains painless, but soon after becomes painful. Other symptoms include:
- Bleeding
- Foul mouth odor
- Loose teeth
- Changes in speech
- Problem with swallowing
- Not able to open the jaw
In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, the surgeon will examine the palate with a mirror or a small, flexible scope. Diagnostic procedures include:
Biopsy: This is a procedure where a tissue sample is taken and examined under a microscope to see if cancer cells are present.
CT Scan: This is a procedure where a special type of X-ray is used to take a series of pictures with different angles inside the mouth.
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging): This is a technique that produces a two-dimensional view.
Orthopantomography: This is a panoramic X-ray of the upper and lower jaw. It illustrates a view from ear to ear and helps establish if a tumor has grown into the jawbone.
Surgery is one of the most preferred treatments for patients suffering from hard palate cancer. The bone adjoining to the tumor contains malignant cells and therefore, a part of it also needs to be removed. In case of a small size tumor, the excised area is easily closed after the surgery. However, in case of a large tumor, it is very difficult to close the excised area and a prosthetic device is required to cover the opening in the roof of the mouth. The prosthetic looks very similar to a denture plate.
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy can be prescribed before or after surgery or sometimes as the sole treatment method. Radiation includes electron beams, high-energy X-rays or radioactive isotopes in order to destroy cancer cells.
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
This procedure uses a computer to deliver correct doses of radiation to a tumor or an area of a tumor. This technique helps minimize radiation exposure to the surrounding normal tissue. IMRT allows the use of more effectual radiation doses with fewer side effects as compared to the conventional radiotherapy techniques. After exposure to radiation, the cancer cells stop dividing and the growth of the tumor slows down. Radiotherapy also destroys cancer cells and can shrink or remove tumors. Radiation therapy involves five to six weeks of daily treatments.
Chemotherapy is used when the cancer spreads to lymph nodes or other organs of the body. The drug circulates in the blood and upsets the growth of the malignant cells. Chemotherapy drugs can be taken by mouth or given through a vein for several months. Chemotherapy is prescribed for various different reasons:
- As an alternative to surgery when combined with radiotherapy, called chemoradiation.
- After surgery to minimize the risk of relapse.
- To slow the growth of a tumor and control symptoms when the cancer cannot be cured.
(Web): Diagnosis and treatment of palate cancer – https://cancer.stanford.edu/headneck/lip-oral/palate.html
(Web): Oral Cancer – https://www.ohsu.edu/xd/health/health-information/topic-by-id.cfm?ContentTypeId=85&ContentId=P00716


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Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has launched a kid's nutrition program "Aussie beef de genki kids!", aiming to support Japanese kid's genki through sports like rugby. As a first step, MLA will hold an "Aussie beef de genki!" Australian rugby event for reconstruction assistance in Kamaishi City on 31 October, and sponsor a BBQ at "Aussie beef de genki! Japan-Australia kid's rugby festival in Yokohama" on 3 November. For full details on these events, visit MLA Japan's website.
Monthly column and recipes for kid's nutrition
A monthly column by Professor Uenishi of Joshi Eiyo University will be posted on MLA's website starting December. The column will feature the health benefits of Aussie beef for kids' nutrition and a monthly recipe.
Andrew Cox, MLA Regional Manager said "In Australia, Aussie beef and rugby are both great for growing kids - physically and mentally. With the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and Sevens rugby in the 2020 Olympics, now is the right time to build partnerships that help make Japanese kids more genki!"
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A handy feature of Hadoop Hive is the ability to use the filename and path of underlying files as columns in a view or table using the virtual Hive column INPUT__FILE__NAME. This is particularly handy in the case of external tables where some metadata about files is embedded in the location on HDFS or the… Continue reading Using HDFS path and filename as columns in a Hive table
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