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The Science of God
Part 1
Date: 01/01/2012
Issue No. 282
Romans 8:22 says,
22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.
Most people have thought this was metaphorical, because only man has a consciousness of God. However, in 1966 Cleve Backster made a discovery which changes the way we think of nature—or at least plant life.
Backster began working with the newly-formed CIA on April 27, 1948 as part of their program to develop polygraph techniques to know if people were lying or telling the truth. He left in 1951 to become the director of the Keeler Polygraph Institute of Chicago and later started his own polygraph consulting business in Wash. D.C.
Plants Never Lie
By 1958 Backster had enough free time to do further polygraph research. In 1966 he made the most significant discovery ever, insofar as our purpose is concerned. His secretary had purchased a rubber plant and a dracaena cane plant for the office. On Feb. 2, 1966, after working at the lab through the night, he took a coffee break about 7:00 a.m. It was then that he got the unusual idea to hook up the polygraph to his new dracaena plant.
He was surprised that the plant recorded electrical activity that was jagged and not smooth or flat. It was constantly changing. About a minute later, he noticed that the polygraph showed the kind of electrical patterns resembling "fear of detection" in humans who had just been asked a question that made them afraid of being found telling a lie. It was as if the plant knew it had been discovered.
He tried dipping a leaf in the hot coffee and tapping another leaf, but got very little response. Then he had an idea. He would light a match and burn a leaf. The moment he thought this, the polygraph's recording pen spiked to the top of the chart. Surprised, Backster later confessed, "Gee, it's as though this plant read my mind!"
Further experiments showed that the threat had to be real in order for the plant to "scream." If someone were just play-acting, the plant somehow knew this and would not react. But if the plant were convinced that the threat was real, it would react wildly, and every impulse was recorded on the polygraph. Backster also found that expressions of love and concern would calm the plant.
Another time a plant "screamed" whenever a certain man came near. He made his living mowing lawns.
Communication by the Spirit
He also discovered that once he had started to take care of the plant, it seemed to track his thoughts even when he was out of the lab. At one point he left the lab to run an errand, leaving the polygraph hooked up to the plant. When he returned, he noticed that the plant had reacted the moment he had decided to return. The plant did not need to wait to see him. It "knew" the moment he made the decision to return.
Backster soon appeared on various television talk shows, such as Johnny Carson and Art Linkletter. On one of the shows, the plant was asked, "Do you believe in God?" The plant showed an immediate reaction on the polygraph, showing that the plant did indeed acknowledge God. The audience was stunned.
Soon Backster began to monitor living cells (animal and human) and found that the cells also showed the same kind of reactions. He wired living cells with very thin gold wires. In 1988 Dr. Brian O'Leary left his own cells in a lab near San Diego to monitor carefully while he took a trip to Phoenix. When O'Leary missed a turn on the freeway, and when his son failed to meet him at the airport, and other stress-events, the cells reacted to his stress each time, though it was hundreds of miles away.
Vegetarians often avoid eating meat in order to live a "cruelty-free" diet. They may have to rethink their arguments. Whether they are vegetables or living cells in raw meat, they all "scream" when they are cooked or eaten. The stress is all measurable on the polygraph. However, Backster says, when you pray over your food, it has a calming effect, as it seems to understand its role in keeping us alive.
Scientists soon discovered that distance was meaningless in these experiments. All that was required was a "connection" between cells and person, such as, in Backster's case, owning and taking care of "his" plant. Plant reactions were just as strong regardless of distance.
Further research showed that distance was not a factor. The communication was immediate. This showed that a spiritual link could be established.
The Unity of Creation
They discovered that plants would react to nearby animals who were in danger. Backster had decided to leave the polygraph wired to the plant all the time just in case something might occur that was unusual and interesting. One day he poured some hot water down the smelly, dirty sink at the lab in order to clean it. When all of the bacteria were dying, the plant "screamed." So they dumped a pan of shrimp into hot boiling water to cook them, and again the plant "screamed."
This shows that creation itself is interconnected in some way. In my view, everything is part of Creation and is made out of "God Particles." God Himself feels everything, all the pain and all the pleasure, all the sin and all the good stuff that is going on in His Body. God, then, is the common denominator between all things. Distance does not matter, because God is spirit, and the spiritual realm recognizes no distance.
Further, we must recognize that we are not separate from creation but are intertwined with all things as in a single Body. Though sin and selfishness has divided us, these divisions are not permanent. It is a sickness, as described in Isaiah 1:5 and 6,
5 The whole head is sick, and the whole heart is faint, 6 From the sole of the foot even to the head there is nothing sound in it, only bruises, welts, and raw wounds, not pressed out or bandaged, nor softened with oil.
But "there is a balm in Gilead (Jer. 8:22) that makes the wounded whole," as the old hymn says. Neither is the pain permanent that God Himself feels in His Body throughout history. It all came out of Him, it is all going through Him, and ultimately, it all goes back to Him (Rom. 11:36). The reconciliation of all things is the moment when every particle of God's Body returns to full unity and pain-free harmony.
We are here to forgive, heal, and reconcile God's Body. That is what happens every time we care for someone else or resolve problems that divide us. Truth ought to be used to bring unification, not to divide further. This is what Paul meant in Eph. 4:15 and 16,
15 But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
In other words, truth in love is the key to healing the whole body, so that it is without division, and so that each individual part (organ and cell) works properly and can grow and build itself in love. Our growth is dependent upon this love, because not truth alone, but "truth in love" is the measure of spiritual growth.
To accomplish such spiritual growth in love, we need a new understanding of ourselves and the unity of all things. To know its origin as coming "out of" God and to know that in the end all things go back "to Him," gives us the proper perspective for the interim of "through Him." Our place in God's history—His Book of Life—will ultimately be measured by how well we healed, not how well we divided God's Body into good guys vs. bad guys.
Discerning good and evil (Heb. 5:14) is the ability to properly diagnose the illness, so that we know how to bring healing.
The Difference Between Soul and Spirit
Modern scientific research is showing that our thoughts and personality (who we are) are not necessarily centered in our brain. Thoughts appear to come from two sources, which biblically can be seen as soul and spirit.
It was in 1982 that I personally began to notice the distinction between the mind of my soul and the mind of my spirit. I "knew" things that my soulish mind did not believe from a doctrinal position. So the natural question was this: What part of me was thinking outside the box, outside the parameters of my familiar mind?
This occurred at the start of my quest to hear the voice of God for myself. I came to see that both the soul and the spirit had minds of their own. Later, I came to understand that both of these were distinct from the mind of my body, commonly known as the brain. In essence, I was a tripartite being: spirit, soul, and body (1 Thess. 5:23), and each of them had its own conscious mind.
Our brain runs the nervous system of our body. But there is also something known as "cellular memory." This means that certain functions of the soul's mind (the carnal or natural mind of Scripture) are embedded in the cells of our organs—other than the brain. Hence, when doctors do heart transplants, the recipients of the new heart often experience changes in their personalities, habits, and many have memories that the heart donors had before they died. Some can be read here:
My guess is that memories are stored in the DNA of each cell. When a heart transplant is done, the DNA of the donor is transplanted into the recipient, and with it comes certain memories and personality traits. These memories are perhaps shared by the DNA in the heart with the other DNA throughout the recipient's body.
Certainly, it appears that the heart DNA shares its memories with the recipient's brain. With two locations of memory and mind, it appears certain that we are seeing the difference between body and soul. Hence, I make a distinction between the brain—which is the body's mind—and the biblical "natural mind"—which is the soul's carnal mind.
What is the Source of Divine Knowledge?
In the second chapter of 1 Corinthians, Paul discusses the distinction between the mind of the soul and that of the spirit. Of the brain, Paul has nothing to say, unless we mistakenly identify the soul with the brain. Paul holds up the Greeks as an example of dependence upon the soulish mind as the source of divine knowledge. Paul claims that the mind of the spirit is the true source of divine knowledge.
Greek culture and religion did not appear to make a clear distinction between soul and spirit, believing that the soul was spiritual. They taught a dichotomous nature of man: body and (spiritual) soul, whereas Paul used the sharp sword of the Word to divide soul and spirit (Heb. 4:12). He also personified both soul and spirit, picturing them as inner "men." The soulish "man" is the first Adam; the spiritual "man" is Christ in you. 1 Cor. 2:14-16 says,
14 But a natural [psuchikos, "soulish"] man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are supernaturally appraised. 15 But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no man. 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.
To the natural mind that we received from Adam, that is, the mind of the soul, the revelation of God coming through the spiritual mind is utter foolishness. For example, when God told Moses to put a tree into the bitter waters of Marah (Exodus 15:25), the solution appeared to be quite foolish to the natural mind. But it worked, not because the tree possessed some acidic qualities that neutralized the alkalinity of the water, but because the tree was a type of the cross of Christ, which makes the bitterness of the heart "sweet."
In other words, the tree provided the solution by spiritual laws, not by "natural" laws. Both are, indeed, natural to God, and both sets of laws will be commonly known, understood, and utilized in those who receive the revelation knowledge of the Spirit of God via one's own human spirit. When these spiritual laws are utilized, miracles will be commonplace and soon be regarded as "natural" and a part of normal life.
Out of Body Experiences
There are times when one's spirit separates from the soul in what appears to be an odd midpoint between life and death. People call this an out-of-body experience. Some receive training to learn how to do this at will. Others experience it spontaneously through trauma, near-death experience, or by some other kind of shock.
Many have left their body during surgery, and they have watched the doctors work to bring them back to life. In such cases, I believe that it is their spirit (mind, consciousness) that separates from the body/soul that is dead. Those who have returned from such a state sometimes report seeing their surroundings, parents praying in the next room, and other things that would be impossible for them to observe while lying dead on an operating table.
Whatever we think about such things, one thing seems clear: there is a difference between the body and whatever conscious mind has separated from their body. Some would call it the soul, but I believe it is the spirit that has separated from the body. The soul is in the DNA and dies with the body.
Simple observation shows that the body dies and is put in the tomb. The Bible makes it clear that the soul does not survive the death of the body, for "the soul that sins will die" (Ez. 18:4). The DNA in our cells is too connected to the body to live apart from the body. Thus, the soul dies with the body.
There is no biblical statement, however, that proves the death of one's spirit. In fact, when we look at our great Example, Jesus Christ, we see that His body died and was put in the tomb (Matt. 27:60), His soul died and went to "the unseen" or the place of no perception, which is the literal meaning of hades (Acts 2:31), and His spirit returned to God (Luke 23:46; Eccl. 12:7). Death is a return, and each part of us returns to its point of origin.
The human spirit is our connecting link between heaven and earth. It is continually conscious of the realm of spirit, and those who enjoy a direct connection with Jesus Christ may receive direct revelation from Him at all times. It only requires learning to hear His voice and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, to whom our spirit is joined by the second baptism.
This does not mean that non-Christians are devoid of receiving revelation from Christ. Saul was not a believer when Jesus Christ revealed Himself on the Damascus Road in Acts 9. There are countless reports of divine appearances to those who do not know Christ as we do. All men possess a spirit and thus have access to God whether they realize it or not.
The Phantom Effect
It is my current opinion that the soul's mind and memory is stored in the DNA of every cell in our body. I would not presume to insist that the soul is actually located in the DNA, but it is plain that its memory is stored there. I believe it is the memory of the soul's mind.
Yet there is a higher force/power operating in us that is distinct from the DNA itself. I learned this from reading David Wilcock's book, The Source Field Investigations, published last August. He tells how Dr. Peter Gariaev made discoveries suggesting that the complete codes in DNA are located somewhere other than in the DNA itself.
He took DNA samples and put them in a small quartz container and shined a mild laser light on it. He observed it with very sophisticated equipment capable of detecting even single photons of light. He discovered that the DNA absorbed the photons like a sponge, rather than bouncing away or merely passing through it. The light was stored, not in the DNA itself, but in a DNA-like spiral above it.
The shock, however, came when the experiment ended. Dr. Gariaev moved the quartz container out of the way, and to his amazement, the light-spiral remained in the same spot as if the DNA were still there! As Wilcock says,
"Whatever was holding that light in place, it did not need the DNA molecule at all. It was something else. Something invisible. Something powerful enough to store and control visible light within the shape of the DNA molecule itself. The only rational scientific explanation is that there has to be an energy field that is paired up with the DNA molecule—as if DNA has an energetic 'duplicate.' This duplicate has the same shape as the physical molecule. . . It doesn't need the DNA molecule to be there in order for it to keep on doing its job—storing visible light. Some force, perhaps akin to gravity, is holding the photons in place." [The Source Field Investigations, p. 161, 162]
Now, if nature teaches us the mind and ways of God, it seems to me that true science ought to teach us about spiritual things. It seems to me that at the very least, this discovery shows that there is a distinction between soul and spirit—seen in the distinction between the DNA and its "energetic duplicate."
As David Wilcock pursued this discovery further, building upon it with later scientific discoveries, he showed that the vortex and helix shape of the DNA and its duplicate is the point where the two realms of matter/soul and spirit actually connect. It is the "Zero Point," where one overcomes gravity, time, and space.
Wilcock then says,
"The implications of this are mind-boggling. . . . So, just by a simple extension of Gariaev's experiment, it is very likely that our entire body must have an energetic duplicate. . . we find out that perhaps the most important thing the DNA molecule does is store light—both in our physical body and in our energetic duplicate body as well. Obviously, conventional science is significantly in need of an overhaul." [p. 162]
"And that's not all. When Gariaev blasted this Phantom with liquid nitrogen, which creates a sudden burst of great cold, the light spiral would disappear—but then it mysteriously returned after five to eight minutes. . . Even if you destroy the coherence in the area where the DNA Phantom had been, in this case by the sudden blast of cold, it will repair and restore that coherence once more." [p. 162, 163]
This Phantom effect lasted up to 30 days, Dr. Gariaev found. What exactly is this energetic duplicate? In my view, this is just a scientific way of talking about our spirit and the realm of spirit. Wilcock called it "The Source Field."


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St. Patrick's Day is but a few days away, a day when most of us celebrate whatever Irish lineage we might have in us – or not. Let's face it, it's a day when everyone is a wee bit Irish.
And because I love to cook and get in on just about any cultural celebration, I will be making something special for the occasion. There are so many traditional recipes to make for St. Patrick's Day, it's enough to turn my brown eyes green.
Today's Busy Cook in the Poughkeepsie Journal offers a recipe for a Guinness-marinated flank steak sandwich with grilled onions and Boursin cheese. Whew!
Guinness seems to be the drink of choice for this special day and the traditional stout can be used in a multitude of recipes.
One of my favorites is this recipe for Guinness Chocolate Cake. I make it every year for St. Patrick's Day, but there is no reason to wait till then to bake it. It's a rich, flavorful chocolate cake that comes together quickly and is great for any occasion. You can find the recipe here.
And if you don't feel like baking, here are some treats you can find already made at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park:
The culinary school creates wonderful goodies for the holidays. Jameson Ganache Four Leaf Clover Macarons and Bailey's Irish Cream Eclairs are two of the offerings this year. But there's plenty more. Give the Apple Pie Bakery Cafe, where the culinary students make these treats, a call at 845-905-4500 to order; or visit www.ciachef.edu for more information about this wonderful culinary gem that calls the Hudson Valley home.
If you're looking for something green that won't damage your waistline, and if green beer is not your idea of a St. Patrick's Day drink, try this recipe for a green soup that is a tonic in a bowl.
Adapted from a recipe from EatingWell magazine, Basic Green Soup is a powerhouse of antioxidants.
I first discovered it on Claudia's wonderful blog, Journey of an Italian Cook. She is always cooking up fabulous recipes infused with her clever prose and her love of theater. Check out her blog if you haven't already.
I've dubbed it Green Goddess Soup, because of its health-inducing properties. Leafy greens, such as kale, Swiss chard and spinach, are superfoods, potent vessels that contain some of the most concentrated sources of nutrition. According to studies, greens are rich in minerals, such as iron, calcium, potassium and magnesium, and are loaded with vitamins C, E, K and many of the B vitamins. Greens also provide phytonutrients, which protect our cells from damage and our eyes from age-related problems, according to reports. Do you need any more reason to indulge in fresh greens?
Make sure to use a big pot for this recipe. You might not think all those leafy greens will fit, but as they cook down and exude their nutritional goodness, it all comes together and is finished with a few pulses from an immersion blender.
The resulting emerald-green soup will make you feel good about eating your greens – one spoonful at a time – a perfect addition to your St. Patrick's Day lineup.
Green Goddess Soup
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for garnish
- 2 large yellow onions, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt, divided
- 2 tablespoons plus 3 cups water, divided
- 1/4 cup arborio rice
- 1 bunch green chard (about 1 pound)
- 14 cups gently packed spinach (about 12 ounces), tough stems removed
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- Big pinch of cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Tamari (optional)
- 2 tablespoons freshly minced parsley
- Freshly ground pepper
- Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add onions and 1/4 teaspoon salt; cook, stirring frequently, until the onions begin to brown, about 7 minutes. Reduce the heat to low, add 2 tablespoons water and cover. Cook, stirring frequently until the pan cools down, and then occasionally, until the onions are greatly reduced and have a deep caramel color, 30-35 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine the remaining 3 cups water and 3/4 teaspoon salt in a large soup pot; add rice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer, cover and cook for 15 minutes. Trim the white ribs from the chard (save for another use). Coarsely chop the chard greens and spinach.
- When the rice has cooked for 15 minutes and is tender, stir in the chard greens. Return to a simmer; cover and cook for 10 minutes. When the onions are caramelized, toss in the parsley and cook a minute more. Stir a little of the simmering liquid into the mixture; add the onions to the rice along with the spinach, broth and cayenne.
- Return to a simmer, cover and cook, stirring once, until the spinach is tender but still bright green, about 5 minutes more.
- Puree the soup in the pot with an immersion blender until perfectly smooth or in a regular blender in batches (return it to the pot). Stir in 2 tablespoons lemon juice, the Tamari, if using, and some freshly ground black pepper.
- Garnish each bowl of soup with a drizzle of olive oil and a fresh squeeze of lemon to taste.

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Which at one of San Francisco's new toast eateries might be transformed into something "artisanal" for (wait for it, sit down now ….) upwards of about $4.50 a slice. A SLICE!
When I was a child my favorite part of toast was the crust. I liked my toast cold, with the butter and marmalade sort of mingled. My dad knew this, so he always toasted at least one more slice than he needed each morning, then spread on butter (well, Blue Band margarine actually – butter was expensive!) and marmalade. Then he'd cut off the crusts and only eat the middle. The crusts were left on his plate, which remained on the table after he'd left the house. That was my breakfast.
By the time I'd hit the age of six, I was pretty much addicted to toast. It was an easy snack when I came home from school, and it tasted pretty good with anything. Cut into soldiers and dipped into boiled egg? Yum!
Spread thinly with Marmite – oh, my mouth waters! (and please, do spread thinly – my husband thinks Marmite is an evil British invention, but no wonder, the way he slathered it on his toast the first time. No, don't do it – with Marmite, a little goes a long way.
But then there's bread toasted on an open fire, outdoors – the mere thought has me sliding back a few decades. When I was a child my mother worked on the local farms. In a rural area, if a woman wanted a job that accommodated young children or children at home during school breaks, then farm work was pretty much the only choice. For us kids, each day on the farm presented numerous possibilities for new adventures. Only the smallest would remain close to their mothers while the women picked fruit or spread dung across the hop gardens, or cut back the old hop bines (yes, they're called bines with a "b") ready for burning – the rest of us would vanish until someone's mum shouted that it was time to come back for lunch, or tea. On cold days the women usually built a fire to keep us all warm and to heat up food. My mother would snap off a couple of thin Y-shaped hazel branches and give one each to my brother and me – it was a makeshift toasting fork onto which she'd spike a cheese sandwich – those were the best. Then we'd stick our forks as close as we could get to the flames and voila! Toasted cheese sandwich with smoke undertones. My mouth waters just thinking about it.
By the time I was about 16, I was working in a restaurant at weekends and bringing leftover baguettes to school on Monday mornings, where in the girls' common room, I'd toast up a batch of crusty bread for us to enjoy. It was a boy's school, you see, so there were only about ten or so of us girls in that first year of co-education. The common room was in a 16th century timber-framed building that was probably a fire risk, especially as "toasting" meant holding the bread up against the red-hot wire elements of an electric heater that had probably been brought into service around 1936. But dear me, how gorgeous it was, especially spread thick with butter and smooth Kentish honey.
I went on to college and life in the dorm, where each day several loaves of sliced white Wonder Bread were left in the kitchen for student use, along with a brick of margarine. And there was a toaster in the kitchen, naturally. I remember eating that strange almost plastic tasting toast late at night, sitting around with the other girls talking about everything from, well, guys, to books, to films and who was going where – and we were all jealous of Jan. Her dad worked for British Airways, so she was always going off somewhere really, really interesting that no one else could afford. I met up with her in London a few years ago, and one of the first things she said to me was, "You know, I've still got a bit of a thing about toasted Wonder Bread and margarine."
And of course, there are bittersweet memories brought back by the thought of toast. About eighteen months ago, when my dad was in the hospice during the last three weeks of his life, all he wanted to eat in the evenings and for breakfast, was toast and marmalade, with (of course) a cup of tea or two. For about four days in his final week, my mother had a throat infection, and was not allowed to visit, so it was just me and dad. I took in some of my gluten-free bread so that we could have our tea together – me with my special toast and him with his more flavorful "real" toasted bread. But it was a lovely time, really. We never talked about the big things in life that you might imagine would enter the conversation, but instead we just watched TV, or discussed the news or the book on the Dam Busters he'd just read – and we would sip our tea and eat our toast, and just, I suppose, hold the love between us in a very personal, blessed way. After he died it was all I could do to look at toast for a long time. I'd cry over the bread and then just have a cup of tea.
And before I leave you to your tea and toast – for surely you will just have to cut a slice of bread and slip it into the toaster now – here's a link to what is arguably one of the silliest music video's of the 1970's (I haven't yet figured out how to embed a video into the body of a post) – but Paul Young was always easy on the eyes in those days. Go on, click on the link. You'll enjoy it ...


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Dr. Michelle Owens is Board Certified in Gynecology through the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.She received her medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Women and Children in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Owens was chosen to serve as Chief Resident of the Gynecology department from 1998-1999. She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a Diplomat of the Board of Gynecology.
Dr. Owens prides herself on taking the time to get to know her patients and thoroughly addressing their needs and concerns. She understands that choosing a healthcare provider is one of the most important decisions one can make. Not only is she knowledgeable, caring and accessible, she is willing to take the time to go over all options and treat each individual as a person, not just a patient. Dr. Owens makes her home in Crowley with her husband and two children. Not only does she enjoy spending time with her family and traveling, she also enjoys establishing a continuum of care with her patients and building lifelong relationships with them and their families. She is proud to be a part of making a difference in her community.
Educations & Qualifications
• M.D. from University of Mississippi School of Medicine
• Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Educations & Qualifications
• M.D. from University of Miami school of Medicine, Florida
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• Board Certified Urogynecologist
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After all the hullabaloo over the sale of Leonardo Da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" for $450 million at Christie's New York, as I commented on in The Federalist, speculation immediately turned to who bought it, and what they were going to do with it. In the end, it emerged that the picture had been purchased by the Saudi Minister of Culture, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi. The plan was to put the piece on display at the new Louvre Abu Dhabi, which had just opened shortly before the sale.
Originally slated to go on view September 18th, just two weeks prior the Ministry suddenly announced "the postponement of the unveiling," and that "[m]ore details will be announced soon." Initial speculation was that the museum wanted to hold off until the 1st anniversary of the opening of Louvre Abu Dhabi on November 11th. Creature of scandal that it (mostly) is however, the art press immediately went into scavenger mode, trying to find any scrap of information or rumor to explain the cause of the delay. It simultaneously began to cast aspersions on a picture which, only a year earlier, commentators had been fawning over, their reviews causing the public to flock to see the panel in droves.
The Art Newspaper, for example, invited "Salvator Mundi" skeptic Matthew Landrus, a Da Vinci expert at Oxford, to flesh out his argument that the painting was not an original piece exclusively from the hand of Leonardo, but rather was created by Leonardo with significant input from one of his best-known studio assistants, Bernardino Luini (c. 1480-1532). If you've ever seen his work, Luini gives you an idea, albeit a slightly second-rate idea, of what Leonardo could have done with his talent if he had ever managed to get his act together.
Of course, Landrus was not arguing that Leonardo never touched the painting. Rather, he made a reasoned argument that assistants in Leonardo's studio played a significant part in the execution of the piece, and he thinks that Luini is one of the more likely candidates. That's as may be, but this is something of an academic debate, rather than a cause célèbre for the art press to go into a tizzy over.
Then over the weekend, The Guardian published a piece by art critic Jonathan Jones arguing that the real problem with the "Salvator Mundi" was that it had been over-restored. Images of what the painting looked like before it was cleaned and the missing bits filled in are certainly quite shocking to the untrained eye. In its pre-conservation state, it looks as though you just got home from work to find the cat had got at one of your most prized possessions in your absence (and I know whereof I speak.)
Jones believes that the piece should have been left as it was, damage and all. He preferred the panel in its "raw yet beautiful state", subsequent to the removal of all of the years of dirt and bad restoration work that sat atop the original surface. "Wasn't that an incredible object in itself?" he asks. To me, this sounds rather like those who argued that the Sistine Chapel should never have been cleaned, because they maintained that Michelangelo's frescoes looked better when they were covered in dust and soot.
In pursuing these narratives however – assistant work vs. over-restored – the art press needs to tread lightly: as usual, it doesn't think about the consequences of these particular lines of reasoning.
If you study art history at all, you quickly learn that most highly successful Old Master painters, including not only Leonardo, but other art giants such as Raphael, Rubens, and Titian, had so many commissions to complete that they could not do all of it themselves. Oftentimes, these artists would come up with the design for a picture, and the bulk of it would be painted by their assistants. The boss would come in later to work on specific areas, such as the head, hands, or touch-ups. Moreover, many popular Modern and Contemporary artists, from Andy Warhol to Ai Weiwei, have employed assistants to help bring their works to fruition.
Is the art press really intending to argue that, because assistants participated in the creation of this particular Leonardo, that therefore it's not really a Leonardo? What would that do to overall buyer and institutional confidence in the Modern and Contemporary Art market, where the use of assistants in generating works of art is heavily practiced? Why, for example, should the city of Paris be paying American Contemporary artist Jeff Koons millions of dollars for a sculpture which he himself only designed, rather than sculpted with his own hands?
As to whether the "Salvator Mundi" was over-restored, here too we find a bit of a slippery slope argument for the art press to ponder. I'm no art restorer, but looking at the piece as it was, and indeed as is pointed out in Jones' article, there was more than enough left of the original surface for an art restorer to go in and fill in the missing bits. As it happens, in the weeks to come you'll be seeing a piece from me in The Federalist about a Baroque painting which I've just had professionally cleaned and restored, instead of leaving in the grimy, dirty, flaking state in which I found it at auction.
Does the art press want to argue that any work of art which suffers damage should be left in its damaged state? Should we leave some works, such as Velázquez "Rokeby Venus" in the National Gallery in London, which was slashed by a suffragette in 1914, in a damaged state based on the nature of the attack made on them? What about rediscovered works that don't look so great? Why is it acceptable to take 9 months to a year to clean and restore a painting by crazy-eyed one-trick pony Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653)? Because that's who The Guardian is pushing at the moment?
Interestingly, Jones' pointing out that, prior to restoration, there appeared to be two right thumbs on the hand of Christ goes to my earlier statement regarding the work of the master on the painting. In art history, the term "pentimento" describes changes made by the artist as he is in the process of executing a picture. There are examples of pentimenti (plural) in many famous paintings, most of which are not visible to the naked eye because they get covered up by the artist when the painting is finished. Tthese changes can often be revealed through x-rays and other technology.
As a general rule, pentimenti tend to indicate that the work which one is looking at is the real thing. Copies by assistants don't have these changes, because they are simply copies of something that already exists; no further changes are needed to the already-set composition. To Landrus' argument then, the presence of this double thumb would at least tend to show that Leonardo did work on this painting, though how much of it is actually by his direct hand is open to debate.
At the same time, the double thumb pokes holes in Jones' argument that the painting is over-restored. Leonardo would never have allowed a "raw" painting to leave the studio. Like any artist of his time, he would have intended for the painting to be corrected, and the pentimento covered over, whether by himself or by his assistants. A 15th century Italian or French Renaissance patron would never have accepted a weird, mutant double-thumbed Jesus in their art collection. Not only would such a thing be considered bizarre and unattractive to you as a collector, at a time when perfection and beauty were your life goals – how far we have fallen since – but it might have gotten you in trouble with the Inquisition if they called round.
We don't know what the holdup is at this point, with respect to putting the "Salvator Mundi" on public display. We do know that, as usual, the art press loves a scandal, and is intent as a British tabloid publisher to create clickbait, even if it turns out that there's no scandal at all, just an administrative or strategic delay. All we can do now is sit and wait.


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Opeth – "Will O The Wisp"
Sweden's musical alchemists, Opeth, have unveiled an earnest new track, "Will O The Wisp" today. The track is found on the band's forthcoming, 12th studio album, Sorceress, that will be released on September 30th. You can pre-order it on Amazon as a [amazon text=download&asin=B01JJA8M74], [amazon text=CD&asin=B01IR89228], [amazon text=double-CD&asin=B01IR87JPK], [amazon text=on vinyl&asin=B01IEKLCXQ] or as a [amazon text=picture disc&asin=B01IR8920A].
In a recent, exclusive track-by-track feature with Metal Hammer, vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt gave some insight behind the creation of the song.
It's a song inspired by "Dun Ringil"l by Jethro Tull (from the album Stormwatch, 1979). I wanted to do a song with my capo really high, so it's up on the fifth fret. It makes the guitar sound really glittery. I just wanted to go for a simple, catchy vocal melody. It has a slightly positive vibe to it, but the lyrics are really, really dark. It's a beautiful song, I think. I'm really happy with that one.
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Guitarist Mark Trotter says this of the track:
"Jaws Of Hell" had been around in various states of disrepair for probably two years before we recorded it: however much we thought we had finished with it, the song hadn't finished with us. To this day it's probably the song that has beaten the shit out of us the most. We kept pushing until we felt the song had reached where it needed to be.
In a bizarre parallel to the time and effort the song took to finish, lyrically it certainly has a sense of overcoming adversity and pushing through, no matter what it is in front of you. The track itself is one of my proudest moments so far in our band's history.
Badmotorfinger – "Hidden Heroes"
The track is taken from Badmotorfinger's new EP Heroes, scheduled for release on September 27th, 2016, via logic(il)logic Records.
(hed)p.e. – "Pay Me"
California G-Punks (Hed)p.e. have premiered a new music video, "Pay Me". Taken from their latest album Forever!, frontman Jahred said:
This video is just a perfect window into the everyday life of a band on tour. It just shows us kicking back, riding, smoking, and mostly importantly SHREDDING!
I like how it builds up from just straight skanging around the street to something more meaningful. It shows how fun our live shows are, and it shows how tight knit the band is as people. The song just ROCKS so HARD!


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Sunday, June 25, 2017
Borobudur, or Barabudur (Indonesian: Candi Borobudur) is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, as well as the world's largest Buddhist temple, and also one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. The temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome. The temple is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The central dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa.
Built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty, the temple was designed in Javanese Buddhist architecture, which blends the Indonesian indigenous cult of ancestor worship and the Buddhist concept of attaining Nirvana. The temple also demonstrates the influences of Gupta art that reflects India's influence on the region, yet there are enough indigenous scenes and elements incorporated to make Borobudur uniquely Indonesian. The monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path around the monument and ascends to the top through three levels symbolic of Buddhist cosmology: Kāmadhātu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). The monument guides pilgrims through an extensive system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the walls and the balustrades. Borobudur has the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist reliefs in the world.
Evidence suggests Borobudur was constructed in the 9th century and abandoned following the 14th-century decline of Hindu kingdoms in Java and the Javanese conversion to Islam. Worldwide knowledge of its existence was sparked in 1814 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, then the British ruler of Java, who was advised of its location by native Indonesians. Borobudur has since been preserved through several restorations. The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO, following which the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Borobudur is still used for pilgrimage; once a year, Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the monument, and Borobudur is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction. (from Wikipedia)
Some photographs from my visit to Borobudur are below:
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Saturday, June 17, 2017
Sikkim Flora | Yumthang and Yume Samdong Valley in June
At the start of the monsoon in early June and after the crowds have gone the valley between Yumthang and Yume Samdong in North Sikkim presents a floral spectacle which is not seen by many. Here are some photographs of the flora of the valley.
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Thursday, June 8, 2017
Mallory and Irvine | 8th June 1924
|The view of Everest from the Kharta glacier on the 1921 expedition
Camp VI was the highest camp of the British 1924 Everest expedition.
On the same morning, another British climber, Noel Odell, was making his way up from Camp IV to Camp VI. Odell was a geologist and he was collecting fossils from the slopes of Mount Everest. Odell recalls that it was not the perfect morning to climb Everest. " Rolling banks of mist" were sweeping across the mountain and covering the north face. Neither the face nor the summit ridge could be seen by Odell. There was also a sharp wind which was making climbing very difficult.
Suddenly at 12.50 pm the mist cleared and Odell spotted high above on the ridge, a black dot climbing a rock step, which Odell at that point identified as the Second Step. Soon after Odell saw another black dot following the first black dot. But before Odell could be sure that the second black dot had joined the first, the mist rolled in and blanketed the mountain and this fantastic vision was lost forever.
The two dots that Odell saw were George Mallory and Andrew Irvine "going strongly for the summit of Everest".
Mallory and Irvine were never seen again.
But even today, ninety three years after the disappearance of Mallory and Irvine, the legend of Mallory is still alive. Books are being written about Mallory, expeditions are being planned to find Andrew Irvine and his camera because Everest experts believe that the camera will unlock the secret of Mallory's last climb.
In this post we take a look at some photographs and other memorabilia from the Everest expeditions of 1921, 1922 and 1924.
|The 1921 expedition team - Mallory sitting first left
|Mallory and Irvine boarding S. S. California on their way to India in 1924
|Irvine working on oxygen cylinders on the1924 expedition
|Members of the 1924 expedition - Standing from left Irvine, Mallory, Norton, Odell, Macdonald. In front: Shebbeare, Bruce, Somervell, Beetham. Members not in the photo : Noel, Hingston, Hazard.
|Norton and Somervell with their sherpas before the summit attempt
|Route map of Norton and Somervell's attempt
"..... some day you will hear a different story..." George Mallory
All photographs reproduced above are copyright of Royal Geographical Society, John Noel Photographic Collection and their respective owners.
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Friday, June 2, 2017
Nikon | Three News Lenses Introduced
Nikon AF-P 10-20mm F4.5 -5.6 ED VR
This lens promises to be a winner for DX users - it is light only 230 g in weight, reasonably priced $309 and has VR as well. It would be the ideal wide angle zoom for DX shooters who want to travel light and yet have the convenience of a wide zoom. Its competition would be the Nikon 12-24 F4DX and the 10-24 F3.5-4.5. This lens would be slower than both the other two DX wide angle zooms and also lose 4mm on the top end. However, you get a lighter lens with a significant reduction in cost. One waits to see what the optical performance would be like but looking at Nikon's latest offerings this promises to be very good. Neither of the two earlier Nikon DX wide angle zooms had vibration reduction.
Nikon AFS Fisheye 8-15 F3.5-4.5 ED
This a wide angle fisheye zoom for full frame Nikon DSLRs. If you do a lot of photography in cramped interiors and need a fish eye perspective then this could be a choice. However the obvious deterrent is the price $1250. This is a gold ring lens so expect the same build quality and weather sealing as the other gold ring lenses in the Nikon stable. The lens also focuses to 0.5 inches making it very suitable for close up work.
Nikon AFS 28 F1.4 E ED
This lens complements F1.4 series of wide angle primes the 24 F1.4 and the 35 f1.4. If you have any of these two lenses then adding the 28 f1.4 would not be a prudent choice. The lens has been built on the Nikon 28 F1.4 AFD which was one of the legendary lenses in the film days. Priced at $1999 this is also a gold ring lenses and eminently suitable for low light work, interiors etc delivering gorgeous bokeh at the f1.4 aperture. Nikon's prime lenses are built to extremely high quality and one expects the same performance from this lens. The lens is on the heavier side 645 grams for a prime lens.
These lenses can be pre ordered and should be in the shops by late June 2017
For more information on all these three lenses do visit the Nikon site http://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/marketing/updates/camera-lenses/index.page
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Specifically Christian newcomers to the study of Judaism frequently puzzle over why — as they themselves often put it — Jews "don't believe in Jesus." The reality is simply that the entire Jewish concept of who and what a Messiah actually is (or does) is just nothing like what Christians themselves have in mind, when […]
Today is January 1, 2013, otherwise known as New Years Day. The beginning of a brand new year (as much of the world reckons time and date), today is the day we throw away our old 2012 calendars and open our new 2013 calendars. It's also a day when some of us make "resolutions" to change our ways for the better in certain areas, or otherwise resolve to launch various sorts of fresh new starts.
According to the conventional Western or Gregorian calendar currently in common use, today is the beginning of 2013 A.D. That "A.D." specifier is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase Anno Domini, which means "In the Year of the Lord," and which also reveals the specifically Christian origins of this particular system of marking time and counting years.
Read literally, 2013 A.D. (or A.D. 2013, e.g. "In the Year of the Lord 2013") would seem to indicate that it has now been precisely 2013 years since the birth of Christ, which occasion serves to divide history, as a matter of widespread and longstanding convention, into two great epochs: A.D. for all years following that axial natal event, and B.C. (for "Before Christ") for all years prior to it.
In other words, the presumption here is that Jesus Christ was born in what we today would regard, according to this particular calendar, as the year 1 A.D. (There's no such thing as a "year zero"; the numbering of years proceeds immediately from 1 B.C. to 1 A.D., with no gap or break in between.)
However, that presumption is erroneous.
This particular method or system of counting, numbering, and labeling years as either B.C. or A.D. was not invented until centuries after the time of Christ. In the process of its adoption and organization, the intent was that it begin with the year in which Christ had been born, designating that as the pivotal year 1 A.D., and then counting both backward (B.C. years) and forward (A.D. years) from that.
However, modern scholars have since determined that the wrong year was identified as the year of Christ's birth and subsequently adopted as the pivotal axis year upon which the entire B.C./A.D. framework hinges. In other words, as it turns out, Christ wasn't actually born in what the calendar labels as the year 1 A.D., after all.
The Bible, of course, does not specify the exact year within which the birth of Jesus of Nazareth occurred. (As I explained in a previous blog entry, the Bible also does not indicate that he was born on December 25, either — or even during the winter season, for that matter.) Based upon scriptural clues and historical evidence, most modern biblical scholars today believe that Jesus was born a few years prior to the the traditional 1 A.D. date.
The relevant data may be too skimpy to make it possible to arrive at a precise answer, but the general scholarly consensus is that the historical Jesus was probably born somewhere between 4 and 7 B.C.
Not a big deal, really — just another of those interesting little factoids that may be common knowledge among scholars and clergy, but which seem to seldom trickle down into the shared pool of generally common knowledge, or to get much exposure among the majority of average ordinary layfolk.
And, of course, this entire system of counting and labeling years is not the only one around. It's become the standard such system, even in secular usage, despite having religious origins. This particular calendric system was originally devised and established within a specifically Christian culture, and so was based upon a Christian religious framework. But other religious cultures have devised entirely separate and distinct calendric systems of their own.
So, for example — and as I went into much more detail elsewhere, in another previous blog entry — while today the Christian world (and much of the secular world, too) by convention regards the current year as 2013 A.D., according to the Hebrew or Jewish calendar we are currently in the year 5773 A.M. (Anno Mundi, "In the Year of the World," or 5773 years since the traditional date of Creation).
By contrast, according to the Islamic calendar, we are currently in the year 1434 A.H. (Anno Hegirae, "In the Year of the Hijra," the Hijra being Muhammad's pivotal migration from Mecca to Medina which occurred in 622 A.D. on the Western or Gregorian calendar, but in 1 A.H. on the Muslim calendar).
Hindu, Buddhist, and various other sorts of religious calendars also exist, of course, each with their own characteristic ways of counting the years.
In any case… Happy New Year!


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United Furniture Tall Chest of Drawers
United Furniture offers a bold example of mid century American modernism.
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NOTE: We are constantly rotating our stock and not all items are on display at once. Please email us if there is a specific piece you would like to view and we'll make sure it's in the gallery.
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One year laterCategories Central America, New Zealand, Personal, Travel, Travel inspiration
Today marks exactly a year on the road for us. 12 whole months since we packed up our things, said our good byes and got on the plane to Los Angeles. Since then we've made it to six countries and have had countless adventures. This year has been fantastic in a lot of ways, challenging…Continue Reading "One year later"


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Christmas Weddings at Crewe Hall
Posted on 1st April 2015
Crewe Hall at Christmas is a wonderful winter wedding venue, evoking the full wonder of Christmas. As part of the Q Hotels Hotel chain Crewe Hall really go to town at Christmas with wonderful Christmas trees and decorations a nod to the Victorian Christmas we all love. Cheshire wedding photographers David and Beverley Foster Photography cover many weddings at Crewe Hall and a lot of winter weddings, Christmas is a special time of year and it need to be captured very differently from a summer wedding. As professional photographers with many years of experience its out job to capture the magic of your wedding, Crewe Hall and Christmas!
Lavishly decorated you are getting a lot for your money when you book a Christmas wedding at Crewe hall. The Hall of pillars and the lower floors are just stunning and as your guests arrive they are sure to be impressed. Warm log fires burn and the floor standing candelabra, a main feature of Crewe Hall, burns to create that winter wonderland fairy tale wedding. The atmosphere is exciting and the the whole feel of a winter wedding at Crewe Hall is very different to other times of year, magical and special!
You can hold your wedding in the drawing room or Long gallery, for the smaller wedding party the carved parlor and in the modern edition of the hotel there is a wonderful large ballroom ideal for a large wedding complete with its own bar. A Christmas wedding may mean that you do not what to go outside, that's not a problem with this spectacular wedding venue ans the interior of Crewe hall is just great, with so many lovely features to choose from Crewe Hall is the ultimate backdrop to your wedding photographs. However there is a real consideration when booking a winter or Christmas wedding. You need a professional wedding photographer, don't be disappointed after your spectacular wedding with photographs taken by an amateur photographer or a friend with a camera. This is a special place and your day is one in a life time, you need someone familiar with the hall and someone who has the expertise to create great images of your day in what can be difficult lighting conditions. To keep the atmosphere in your wedding photographs you need someone who is a pro!
Cheshire wedding Photographers David and Beverley also offer disc of all your images so you do not have to make the difficult choice of choosing your wedding photographs you Just simply keep them all….makes perfect sense! we also offer Graphi story books a wonderful way to remember your day..currently on offer they are great value and lovely wedding books.
Wedding Singer Emily Foster performance at a drinks reception in the Hall of Pillars at Crewe hall. Emily is available for drinks receptions and also wedding breakfast playing a selection of songs and background music of your choice. With prices from £245 this is a lovely edition to your wedding day. Emily can also include Radio mic free of charge for your speeches and can work with a DJ for your evening party.
Wedding Singer Emily Foster performance at a drinks reception at Crewe hall in the hall of pillars, relax with drinks and your friends while Emily sings a choice of songs and plays your music selection.
Christmas Weddings at Crewe Hall
Getting ready in the Royal Suite at Crewe Hall, its our favourite room for getting ready shots as there is lots of space and lots of light, something that is very important especially at a winter wedding. Its always nice to take images of the brides dress and flowers at this stage and get some shots of the bride and bridesmaids before the wedding cermeony takes place.
The evening gets into full swing in The Drawing room
Christmas Weddings at Crewe Hall are always special, its a great wedding venue and great value for money. Why not chat to the wedding coordinators to see about booking a date at this wonderful fairytale wedding venue. As Photographers we know you will not be disappointed..we liked it so much we are holding pour daughters wedding their this Christmas.


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Title: The Tattoo
Author: youcantseeus
Contact info: firstname.lastname@example.com
Beta: Oshun
Spoilers: For books 1-4.
Characters: Flick, Seel, Pell, Cal, Orien
Word Count: 22,000
Disclaimer: The following story is a work of fan fiction based on the Wraeththu series by Storm Constantine. I am not the original creator of the Wraeththu universe nor do I own most of the characters and locations contained in this story.
Summary: Flick attempts to make a statement with a tattoo. Seel is not pleased.
Chapter 1
Sometimes, I could read Seel like a book.
For example, when Colt and Stringer came over and proudly showed us that they'd gotten rough tattoos of one another's names across their arms, I knew that Seel was fuming. He may have smiled and made light comments through gritted teeth, but I knew that later that night I'd be the one who would have to listen to him ranting about how foolish it was to have somehar else's name on your arm forever and how it echoed human possessiveness and human love.
As it turned out, Pell and Cal got to hear him rant as well. Seel barely waited until Colt and Stringer were out the door before he started in.
"Could you believe that?" he asked the room as I started washing the dinner dishes. "I knew that letting that har charge for tattoos was a bad idea. Now we have hara making stupid decisions."
Cal looked up from where he was sharing breath with Pell. They were always hanging all over one another. I was surprised that it didn't bother Seel more, given how he felt about Cal, but he seemed determined to show that he was above caring. "What are you going to do, oh mighty Seel?" Cal asked in a playful voice. "Ban tattoos?"
"Of course not," Seel said, throwing himself into a chair across from Cal. "I just would have thought that Colt and Stringer would have a little more sense. It's not like they've just gone through althaia. They're old enough to behave seriously."
"Maybe that's why they did it," I said.
Everyhar looked at me. "Well," I said, quickly, "Colt and Stringer have been together a long time. They seem pretty solid." I was receiving a patented Seel glare. Seel was very good at glaring. "Maybe they feel secure enough about their – their feelings," I had almost used to word "love" which would have been a huge mistake, "that they think they'll last."
The glare was only getting worse. "It's sort of sweet in a way," I babbled on. "I mean, for some people."
Not for Seel, obviously. "It is not sweet, it's disturbing," he said and then he pointed at Pell and Cal. "And I better not catch you two down there getting matching tattoos anytime soon."
Pell made a face. "No way," he said. "Did you see those tattoos? They were hideous."
I rolled my eyes as I dried a plate with a dishtowel. Of course Pell's main objection would be aesthetic.
"You can get them magically removed, you know," Cal said to Pell.
"But it leaves a scar," Seel put in.
Seel continued brooding long after Pell and Cal had gone to bed.
"Matching tattoos," he muttered. "Can you imagine feeling so sick about somehar that you'd want his name tattooed on your body?"
I finished wiping down the counters. "No," I said. "I can't."


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Hey guys,
I need some info from you guys that are flying. What carbs are you
using and how good are they working. What problems are you encountering.
I have my solo 210's mounted. Lonnie Prince said my props will go out this
week so carbs are all I lack. I'm also working on a muffler system like what
you guys use with the 185's, but I have my solo mufflers if I have to use them.
I was told that the Walbro, tillotson carbs have to be adjusted every time
before flight. how true is this!!!!!!!
Some of you guys know Alex Varv from Aero Cors-air, he recommended
using the Walbro 37c , are any of you guys using that carb.
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Laura Berman
Laura Berman of GreenFuse Photography
Local Food Hero 2007
Laura Berman is a Canadian photographer with a passion for food, farms and gardens. After working for 20 years as a landscape architect, horticulturalist, and community garden animator, Berman has now turned her focus to photography. She captures intimate images of food from field to table and the people who create it – farmers, gardeners, and chef.
Unique Food System Problem
After 20 years of working with food growers, producers and enthusiasts, Berman has developed an increasing passion to share with others the efforts that these individuals put into their work. Where a picture speaks a thousand words, she believes in the importance of documenting the work of farmers, gardeners, chefs, and nature in general, to showcase the beauty of a green world.
Unique Food System Solution
Berman utilizes her exceptional skills in photography to capture intimate portraits of food, landscapes and all of the people involved. GreenFuse Photos is a rapidly growing food stock photography catalogue and Berman's images can regularly be seen in books and magazines, as well as purchased as fine art prints.


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Are you making time for business development?
How good are you and your team at winning new business and retaining existing clients? Proactive business development is critical to the success of any recruitment business, but many of us struggle to make time for it.
Feed and Famine
Many recruiters follow a feed and famine cycle. They put all their effort into business development until they get a vacancy. Then they put all their focus into trying to fill the vacancy. Once they fill, or fail to fill, the vacancy, it's back to business development until they get the next vacancy. This approach makes it hard to predict performance. It also creates a lot of stress for everyone involved. Proactive business development activity can prevent this, but it's hard work. It can be emotionally draining. Many consultants avoid would rather search a CV database, or use LinkedIn, than pick up the phone to someone they don't know.
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Loner Lunch: Tender Bob'sSunday, October 21, 2012
Back to my old self, one Saturday i found myself having loner lunch at Tender Bob's. It was not yet lunch time but I was a hungry carnivore craving for pure meat. :|
My US Peppercorn Steak, a 6 oz. flat iron steak crusted with freshly ground pepper. At first i thought i made a wrong choice of food because it was not a girly food, about a tablespoon of pepper was covering the meat and I call it a 'hell food'. But then I love spicy food, the US steak was so flavorful and more tender compared to domestic meat. I preferred mashed potato and vegetables as sidings instead of rice, then a refreshing bottomless lemonade as thirst quencher.
I always want it well-done.
Toothpicks must be ready, those pepper bits may get stuck in between teeth.. :)
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Ten miners die in first quarter of year
ARLINGTON, Va. – In the mining industry, death doesn't discriminate between young and old. In February 2014, 24-year-old Arthur Gelentser III died after he was crushed by a continuous mining machine in an underground Virginia coal mine. In November of that year, 67-year-old James Crane was killed when his dump truck tumbled backward 30 feet off an embankment at a sandstone mine in Pennsylvania.
In both cases, investigators found the incidents could have been prevented if safety procedures were followed. Little solace for the family and friends of Gelentser, a husband and father of two, or Crane, whose wife and three daughters share the same fate as the loved ones of seven other truck drivers who died in metal and nonmetal accidents in 2014.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today released its summary of U.S. mining deaths in the first quarter of 2015. From Jan. 1 to March 31, 10 miners died in accidents in the U.S. mining industry. Four were killed in coal mining accidents and six in metal and nonmetal mining accidents.
"The fatalities in 2014 – historic lows in coal fatalities amid increases in metal and nonmetal deaths – remind us all of the progress we've made and the work ahead of us," said Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "Zero annual fatalities are absolutely possible. It is a goal we pursue daily. Going forward, MSHA is determined to make mines safer and healthier places to work, so miners can work and then return home safe and healthy after each shift. We owe our miners that much."
Brief descriptions of the 10 mining deaths that occurred in the first quarter of 2015 follow:
Coal Mine Fatal Accidents
A 43-year-old continuous mining machine operator was killed when he was pinned between the conveyor boom of a remote-controlled continuous mining machine and a coal rib. The victim was operating the continuous mining machine from a remote position in the entry and was preparing for the next mining cycle when the accident occurred.
A 29-year-old roof bolter helper died when a piece of rock accidently fell and pinned him against the top of the drill canopy on a roof-bolting machine. The machine was in position to install a row of permanent supports when the accident occurred.
A 45-year-old assistant longwall coordinator was killed while working on a longwall section. The victim was shoveling loose material between the longwall face and the pan line when a large piece of rock hit him as it fell from above.
A 34-year-old section foreman died when a coal/rock rib fell and pinned him against the side of a shuttle car.
Metal and Nonmetal Mine Fatal Accidents
A 57-year-old miner was operating an excavator near a ditch when the excavator tipped on its side and went in the water. The miner was removed from the cab and transported to a hospital, where he died.
A 48-year-old miner was operating a walk-behind masonry saw when he tripped and fell. The victim fell off a 4½ foot ledge, and the masonry saw landed on top of him.
A 63-year-old contractor was severely injured while installing new screen panels (devices used to separate material into different sizes). The feeder bin that the material was placed in pivoted, pinning the miner between the bin and the rear support beam of the deck holding the screen panels. The victim was transported to a hospital where he later died.
A 44-year-old truck driver was operating a loaded articulated haul truck on an elevated road adjacent to a dredge pond. After traveling about 125 yards from the loading point, the haul truck drifted into the water. The victim was eventually removed from the truck, taken to a hospital and then a trauma center, but died two days later.
A 53-year-old miner was on a work platform on top of a skip (a conveyance that transports ore from underground to the surface) traveling up the ventilation shaft when he struck a cross member, or strut, used to reinforce the walls of the mining shaft.
A 54-year-old miner was operating a mechanical scaler to extract loose material in an intersection when a roof fall occurred and covered the machine.
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Hunting Squirrels on the Water
Hunting tree rats from a boat is a great idea! Squirrels like to live and eat near water.
If there is a body of water in the place you plan to hunt, this may be an option. Floating down a stream can be silent.
Taking a canoe, Jon-boat or even a large inner tube will help you to travel over a large area in record time.
(On second thought, adults in large inner tubes might be a better idea than kids in them. Having their attention diverted in too many directions [protecting their gun from water, staying balanced in the tube, watching for squirrels, etc.] might be a bad idea for youngsters.)
The advantage to having two in a boat is fairly obvious. One tends to the boat while another watches for squirrels.
Often, the two take turns navigating the boat; after one shot, that person guides the boat and the other person has a shot.
This is a logical choice; if you recall when discussing squirrel varieties, I mentioned that tree rats prefer to live in and around forests — close to water.
Another reason this is a great choice, depending on the age of the youngster with you, he/she may get tired of stalking fairly early.
The Third Type of Squirrel Hunting
When I read about this style, I was stunned by the cleverness of it! I've made a big to-do about dry, crisp leaves and childrens' difficulty traveling over them.
In my travels over the South during the past couple of years, I've been shocked by the arid, desert-like conditions. Georgia and Texas have been particularly hit by drought.
In The Ultimate Guide to Small Game and Varmint Hunting, by H. Lea Lawrence, he suggests that you use a topographical map to find any railroad tracks (in your hunt area)!
The railroad companies keep their track easements clear. It is much easier to travel on tracks than on ground littered with twigs and brush.
Mr. Lawrence makes a point about abandoned tracks, too. Generally, these are also cleared and would make good trails through woods.
As soon as you see a likely spot, veer off the tracks and get started stalking or sitting.
Next part: In a few days,when I return to this subject, I'll give a list of things to consider taking on your next squirrel hunting trip.
This blog is a companion to my website: GreatGhilliesAndGraphics.com


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Chad Michael Murray Talks 'Rumblings' of 'One Tree Hill' Reunion
The One Tree Hill Scott brothers reunite!
Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty met up with fans over the weekend during 2016 EyeCon in Chicago, Ill.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Chad Michael Murray
Also in attendance were fellow alums Shantel VanSanten, Antwon Tanner, Stephen Colletti, Lindsey McKeon, and more.
During a Q&A session in front of a packed audience of die-hard fans, Chad revealed that he recently heard "rumblings" of a possible on-screen OTH reunion.
He asked James about it, and although James hasn't heard anything, he did say "he could see that" happening at some point.
One Tree Hill ran for nine seasons from 2003-2012 on The CW.
TELL JJ: Would you want to see a OTH revival of some sort?


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My jam is nearly done but I did make some time to do some crafting towards my Xmas 2012 prep. Usually I give little pressies to all my neighbors. In short I give lots of little Xmas pressies - but different ones for different people. I'll be sharing the others later but today we will cover the neighbors. I try to think of something universal, small and useful. This year I decided upon a vanilla pod - YES!!! One Vanilla pod!
This is what the finished product looks like:
I bought them already packed individually into small glass tubes. The rest was easy peasy. I did a double landscape 4x6 Photoshop layout for both sides, printed it onto white cardstock, punched a hole for the tube to peek out and tied it with some twine from The Twinery. I've taken some more pic's if you want the inside info:
Still think one vanilla pod is a bit skimpy? I even added a tried and tested recipe for Creme Anglaise to the inside of the card. Remember my DIY washi tape that I shared here. I used it to stick the glass tube to the inside of my card. I couldn't get any green washi tape to match the stickers on the tubes so I made my own from tissue paper.
Now for something that made me smile. I did the whole thing and then checked the Color Throwdown's weekly color combo:
What can I say - Creative minds think alike! Don't you just love the color Limeade. To me it sounds like lime with some extra zing.
Please hop over to The Color Throwdown to see what the rest of Blogland did with the same color scheme. Just click here.
Well, that's it from me. I hope you are having a Terrific Thursday. Please come back to play as I'll be sharing more of my creative life right here with you.


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Biometrics departments are split into individual specialisms including activities such as clinical data management, medical dictionary coding, biostatistics, SAS and clinical programming.
Each role plays a vital function in the analysis of clinical research data. For example, in Clinical Data Management, Data Managers are responsible for making sure that the data collected in a trial is accurate and complete.
The role has changed over the years and what was once data entry and checking has now become much more project management focussed, often coordinating teams of data managers across continents and time zones requiring not only a great eye for detail but also strong communication skills and on ability to meet deadlines
The Biostatistics teams will apply statistical assessment tools to help plan clinical trials, providing valuable input into study design such as sample size and data collection methodology as well as final and on-going analysis to help identify if a study has been statistically proven. Biostatisticians can also get involved in the analysis of efficacy and safety data.
Within the programming team, a SAS programmer will provide statistical programming support for the statisticians and statistical programming expertise for the company.
They will write programs to create statistical tables, listings, and graphs and will often work closely with both Clinical Data Managers and Biostatisticians.
Take a look at our real-life experiences of working with biometrics:
A day in the life of a biostatistician
An interview with a SAS Programmer
An interview with a Clinical Data Manager
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U.S. Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she is eager to work with Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the leaders of other states who haven't decided to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
The Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare" or ACA, is the health reform legislation that will extend coverage to millions of uninsured Americans and has already required that certain covered preventive services be provided without a co-pay, co-insurance or deductible. The health reform law also allows adult children to remain on their parents' insurance up to age 26.
The Affordable Care Act expands health coverage by building on Medicaid and creating new exchanges – state health insurance marketplaces – with premium subsidies. (People at 139 to 399 percent of poverty would be eligible for subsidies.)
According to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the 266 million non-elderly people in the United States in 2011, 56 percent had health insurance through employers and another 6 percent were covered by private non-group insurance. Medicaid provided insurance for 21 percent.
Still, 18 percent – nearly 48 million people – were uninsured.
Roughly 25 percent of Texans are uninsured and about one-third of non-elderly adults in Harris County lack insurance.
As of April 2, 26 states and the District of Columbia supported expanding Medicaid. Texas was among 19 states opposing the expansion and another five states are weighing options.
Speaking to the National Association of Black Journalists' 5th Annual Media Institute on Health last week, the Affordable Care Act's chief evangelist responded to questions about Gov. Rick Perry's suggestion that some people covered by Medicaid should be responsible for co-pays.
"Almost a quarter of the Texas population is uninsured. It's the highest number of uninsured people in the country and at least, thus far, Gov. Perry has indicated he has no interest at all in expanding Medicaid even though the federal government will pay 100 percent of the newly insured costs and has been not at all interested in having the state play a role in the marketplaces," Sebelius said.
Perry has been a steadfast opponent of the Medicaid expansion, but wants states to have the flexibility to implement reforms to their existing programs without seeking permission from the federal government. In a letter to the Texas Congressional delegation last month, the governor wrote that: "My goal is to better serve Texas' most needy, while promoting a sense of personal responsibility and ownership in an individual's own healthcare."
The governor's letter said he would like to implement cost-sharing, including copays, deductibles and premium payments on a sliding scale as well as asset testing to ensure care for those in the most need, health savings accounts and the use of private and employer-sponsored coverage.
"We can take care of the marketplaces. We will run a federal marketplace in Texas. And we are working actively with lots of states who have innovative ideas about Medicaid and how benefit programs could be structured and how there could be additional co-pays and more personal responsibility. We're eager to talk about that," Sebelius said. "The way the Medicaid law works is that for individuals under 100 percent of poverty, there are some very strict guidelines about how much of their income you could have as a co-pay or co-insurance. There is more flexibility when you get above 100 percent and the new expansion would take people up to 138 percent of poverty."
Enrollment in the exchanges begins Oct. 1 and will last for six months, giving many Americans the first health insurance coverage of their lives.
"We would be eager to work with Gov. Perry and anybody else. We're having lots of conversations with lots of Republican governors right now and I think that we're seeing more and more people come into this program," said Sebelius, a former Kansas governor.
The Secretary added that she thinks the federal government's offer is a bargain, particularly for cash-strapped states. Pennsylvania Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, was in her office last week.
"It's probably the best federal deal ever put onto the table in terms of a federal-state share of any program: 100 percent federal funding for three full years and gradual reduction so the most a state will pay at the end of 10 years for newly insured individuals would be 10 percent. The federal government would pick up 90 percent. And there are lots of states that are led by Republican governors who have done very careful return-on-investment analysis and have concluded that this is absolutely in the best interest of the state to take the offer," Sebelius said.
Currently, income limits for Medicaid eligibility vary by state. The ACA would extend Medicaid coverage nationwide to those earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, which in 2013 is $15,856 for an individual, $26,951 for a family of three and about $31,000 for a family of four. Also included would be many now ineligible, including some parents of Medicaid-eligible children and certain low-income childless adults.


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YCS British Final- Well Done Andrew!
That was some weekend. 187 climbers and families and still room to move around. Couldn't have done that at many other climbing walls.
Biggest congratulations for the day must go to Andrew Barr, the only Scotland South member to make it onto the podium. Big achievement when you consider that he didn't even qualify for the finals last year. So if you didn't do as well as you would have liked this year don't get disheartened, just get training.
BMC Report and full results can be downloaded from here
Quickdraw placings:-
Boys 8-10
Robert Davidson 8th
Rory Whyte 23rd
Girls 11-13
Gabriella Stewart 19th
Megan Saunders 26th
Boys 11-13
William 4th
Alasdair Darroch 31st
Lewis Davidson 32nd
Girls 14-16
Abigail Blunt 18th
Boys 14-16
Andrew Barr 3rd
Jamie Drummond 29th
A big thank you to all the Quickdraw parents who helped out at the event belaying, chaperoning and judging. Also to Angela, David F. Alexandra, Olivia, Amelia and everyone else who ran the tombola/cake stand and helped with the tattoos. We raised £378. Thanks to everyone who supplied prizes and cakes too.
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Welcome to CanaCard!
The CanaCard Patient Management System aims to be the industry standard across Canada by providing real solutions to Doctors, Patients, Regulators, and Licensed Growers, and effectively manage data gathered in order to perfect the science of medical Marijuana while providing regulatory compliance and financial transparency for all parties involved. At the heart of the platform is the CanaCard Patient Identification Card, pictured above. This exclusive photo ID card identifies the patient as a legitimate marijuana patient, and gives him/her access to prescription data and access to legitimate grower websites, where purchase, payment and delivery of prescribed marijuana can all be arranged from the comfort of one's home. Learn more…
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Local Thai food a Tik less spicy
Though he has been in the U.S. off and on since he was 12, Gita Sripol has come a long way from his birthplace in northern Thailand to sell the food of his homeland on the streets of Yellow Springs.
Local psychologist joins west, east in healing
Few conventional medicine providers give much credence to traditional medicine, whose practitioners don't often seek mainstream credentials. Dr. Rose Mary Shaw bridges both worlds.
StoryCorps creator at Schuster for WYSO fundraiser
On Friday, June 21, WYSO will host David Isay, the founder of StoryCorps, at the Mathile Theater in the Schuster Center. His presentation, "The History of StoryCorps and the Power of Listening," will serve as a fundraiser for WYSO.
Village's second passive house opens for one-day tour
Greene Generation Building will open its second passive house in the village on Saturday, June 22, from 1 to 4 p.m.
AGENDA for Council's special meeting on herbicide use around pool
Village Council will hold a special meeting on herbicide use around pool on Thursday, June 20, at 7 p.m. at Council chambers in the Bryan Center.
A movie night fundraiser? Inconceivable!
The Yellow Springs Bahá'í junior youth group will host an outdoor screening of the film The Princess Bride on Saturday, June 22, as a fundraiser for the Senior Center.
Rae Dewey memorial
A memorial for longtime villager Rae Dewey will be held Thursday, July 4, at 2:00 p.m. at the Glen Helen Building.
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Eco•Mental is encouraging villagers to bring all unwanted electronics the first Saturday of each month for recycling.
Village staff to alert swimmers about overuse of herbicide
The Village will contact those who swam in the Gaunt Park pool from last Wednesday to its closing late Friday afternoon to alert them that herbicides had been applied inappropriately Wednesday morning to the grass around the pool.
Emergency Council meeting on pool closure
The Yellow Springs Village Council will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday morning, June 16 at 9 a.m. in Council chambers to discuss the pool closing yesterday due to herbicide application.


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FRESNO, Calif. (Nov. 6, 2017) – On Saturday, Nov. 11, all Dutch Bros Fresno locations will celebrate Veterans Day by donating $1 from every drink sold to the Central Valley Honor Flight, a local organization that sends World War II and Korean War veterans to see their memorials in Washington D.C.
Central Valley Honor Flight was founded in 2013 by an all-volunteer group. Over the past four years, they have sent nearly 800 World War II and Korean War Veterans to Washington D.C., to see their memorials. 100% of donations to CVHF are spent on flights, lodging, transportation and food for the veterans on their trip. This allows it to be completely cost free for all the veterans who are able to attend the trip.
"We are so excited to be able to donate to such an amazing organization! After learning about the Central Valley Honor Flight Foundation we knew we wanted to be able to donate in the most impactful way we could," said Genesis Wilson, owner of Dutch Bros Fresno. "By doing a giveback day we are hoping to not only give a monetary donation but to be able to spread more awareness and information about the Central Valley Honor Flight. Being able to give back to those that have given so much to this country humbles us and we hope they enjoy this awesome journey!."
On Saturday Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day, Dutch Bros Fresno will donate $1 from each drink sold to the Central Valley Honor Flight. 100% of the proceeds donated will go directly to the cost of sending WWII and Korean War veterans to Washington D.C., commemorating their sacrifices and honoring their service.


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New Louis Vuitton Artsy Tote Handbag
Guess where I went shopping yesterday? South Coast Plaza! Wow, I love it there! I made a stop at the Louis Vuitton store and saw this gorgeous handbag (see image above). This new handbag from Louis Vuitton just recently came into production. It is named the Artsy GM and it comes in two sizes. Truthfully, I'm not a big fan of the name; however, I am a big fan of the look! The thing I love most about this handbag is the nice beautifully hand-stitched white vachetta leather handle. There are only two companies that I know of that make their designer handbags with this type of leather: Louis Vuitton and Rioni. It is so different from many other totes. Read on for more details about this Louis Vuitton tote…
This tote has 6 pouches inside (very rare for Louis Vuitton). It also has a D-ring for keys and pouches. On the outside there is a charm that can be used inside as a key-hanger as well. Last but not least, I love the fact that this bag has feet on the bottom.
Larger Louis Vuitton Artsy GM:
Dimensions is L19.7" x H14.1" x D9.8"
Cost: $1630 USD


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Sudan University of Science & Technology has signed an agreement with the Association of Arab Universities to conduct, on February 2014, a three (3) days workshop under the title (Self-Evaluation of Academic Programs).
HE the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Hashim Ali Salem signed the agreement on behalf of SUST, while Prof. 'Abd as-Sallam al-Qhays, the Consultant at the Assurance and Accreditation Council, Association of Arab Universities, signed it on behalf of AAU.
The workshop will discuss how to prepare a self-evaluation report in accordance with the ten (10) academic programs criteria approved by AAU to adopt the academic program, which combines goals and learning outcomes, curriculum, teaching and learning, faculty staff, library, learning resources, students' progress and evaluation of their performance, facilities, support services, academic program management, research, outreach activities, in addition to quality management and improvement.