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*Posted on behalf of Amanda Hlavacek. Please direct your comments to her.*
Despite the numerous times that I have watched Gone With the Wind, it was not until I read the article by Bruce Chadwick that I understood the "political meeting" which Rhett attempted to save Ashley, Frank and Dr. Meade from was a Ku Klux Klan gathering. I became fascinated by the role which Margaret Mitchell assigned the Klan members "as providing needed protection against blacks and white agitators."* However, when I tried to research the topic, I was unable to come up with anything to support her suggestion.
I was also fascinated by Rhett proclaiming that he had made his fortune from blockade running, supported by Dr. Meade's statement at the Atlanta ball that Rhett was responsible for providing the material for the women's dresses. From my basic understanding of blockade running, cotton was exchanged for war materiel, not clothing items. Historian Alice Strickland explains that in addition to those items many "luxury items such as fans, parasols, cloaks, childrens toys, ladies shoes, and other commodities" were carried on the blockade running ships.** Strickland further states that cotton was in high demand in Nassau in the Bahamas, where blockade runners would sell it for a high price as well as to exchange it for desperately needed medical supplies.***
While blockade running was extremely dangerous, it yielded high personal profit in addition to supporting the Confederate war effort. For Rhett to say that he made his money from running would be accurate. Economic historian Stanley Lebergott asserts that for cotton, "[t]he English and Europeans paid about $500,000. The North spent over $700,000."**** The profits could have been exorbitant. One Charleston company grossed nearly $20 million.***** However, if this was to be Rhett Butler's sole income during the war, it is unlikely that he made his fortune from it unless he was extraordinarily successful. Strickland asserts that blockade runners were typically able to make three trips before being captured, and only those lucky few were able to make eighteen trips.****** If Rhett was able to make multiple runs, the potential exists for him to have cleared as much as $85,000 per trip (one-way).*******
Since GWTW focuses more on Scarlett's story and that of the O'Hara's experiences, it is impossible to fully grasp the extent of Rhett's blockade running unless one was to read Donald McCaig's Rhett Butler's People in which the story of GWTW is told from Rhett Butler's perspective. It is a compelling read, and I would suggest it is much more historically accurate than Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind.
*Bruce Chadwick, The Reel Civil War: Mythmaking in American Film (Alfred Knopf: New York, 2001), 195.
**Alice Strickland, "Blockade Runners," The Florida Historical Quarterly 36 (October, 1957): 87.
***Strickland, 88.


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Very little was known about digital marketing prior to the dot-com boom in the late 1990s. For those that believed in the internet, they saw an effective online presence as nothing more than having a website with some words and a picture or two. From the early 2000s, businesses took a step further to proactively market their latest products and services digitally - though usually one-directional - through techniques such as mass emailing.
These methods may have worked then, but smart devices have disrupted the technology scene ever since the first iPhone was launched in 2007. Today, consumers are less inclined to check their emails on the go; instead, they access social networks such as Facebook and are exposed not just to the pages they've liked, but also whatever's trending in their social circles. Based on the assumption that an individual and his/her friends share similar interests, efficiency is increased when a product or service is marketed in such a manner via social media. Just in case you're wondering, this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the potential of digital marketing.
In any business, it is crucial to be able to reach out to the correct audience. By doing so, the effectiveness of marketing initiatives are increased tremendously. Through digital channels, marketers today can choose from a vast array of demographic options such as age, location, interests etc. Such abilities are likened to precision bombing in a military sense as opposed to carpet bombing that is reflective of traditional marketing.
In addition, statistics of a digital campaign can be tracked in real-time with data readily available on online platforms. This allows businesses to constantly refine their initiatives, hence increasing the level of receptivity and chances of conversion from a prospect to a customer.
Of course, such an increase in marketing effectiveness does come with downsides too. As compared to traditional methods, digital marketing is a new concept to many and tends to be far greater in complexity. As a result, digital agencies have emerged in recent times to fill this gap between marketers and technology.
In most cases, the role of the digital agency will begin with the development of digital strategy, followed by actual execution (consisting design, copywriting, development etc.) of the project.
To come up with an appropriate digital strategy, the agency will first need to know who exactly your target market is. Demographics that are as specific as age, location, interests etc have to be made known to them so they can plan for ads to be placed before those who are the likeliest to make an enquiry or purchase. Many may wonder how such specific reach is actually possible, but this is a blatant example of the potential of digital marketing.
Once a target market is established, the agency will look into the most appropriate digital channels to be used for the business's purpose. For example, a fashionable clothing brand reaching out to youths will benefit from ad campaigns on social networks such as Facebook and Instagram. On the other hand, a company that focuses on a niche trade such as industrial automation will benefit more from techniques such as search engine optimisation or paid search marketing. There are a wide variety of digital channels out there, and it will take a digital agency with sufficient experience and knowledge to select the right ones for any business.
In certain situations where results are of absolute importance, the client and agency will also choose to come up with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for a digital marketing campaign. This can be in the form of followers of a social media page such as Facebook or the number of enquiries from a website.
Similar to many other situations, after planning comes execution. Establishing the ideal target audience, identifying appropriate digital channels and defining the KPIs for the campaign means nothing if a digital agency does not have sufficient capabilities to carry them out. This is where specialised staff such as designers, copywriters and developers will come in. While designers craft beautiful graphics and layouts for ads or websites, copywriters come up with attractive tag-lines and content to go along with their work. Developers on the other hand, write lines of code in languages such as HTML5, Javascript and PHP to bring designs and their accompanying copy to life.
With the great responsibilities they shoulder, especially in developed nations like Singapore, selecting a well established digital agency with the appropriate industry experience is of absolute importance. By leveraging on their expertise and resources, in-house marketers can certainly carve out that competitive edge for their brand or business in this digital world.

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To watch a dog eat, you'd think that Thanksgiving would be his favorite day of the year. But, it turns out that our annual human feast can cause a lot of distress for our animal companions.
"Pets won't be so thankful if they munch on undercooked turkey or a pet-unfriendly floral arrangement, or if they stumble upon an unattended alcoholic drink," says the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The ASPCA has a lot of advice for pet lovers to heed, as the holidays get closer.
Local news from across Southern California
If you decide to feed your pet a little nibble of turkey, make sure it's boneless and well-cooked. And, a little nibble is just that. Hard as it may be, ignore those begging eyes when they say, "More, please."
Lots of people use sage in their stuffing. But, the ASPCA warns, it and many other herbs contain essential oils and resins that can cause gastrointestinal upset and central nervous system depression to pets if eaten in large quantities. Cats are especially sensitive to the effects of certain essential oils.
Another don't on the pet treat list is raw bread dough. According to ASPCA experts, when raw bread dough is ingested, an animal's body heat causes the dough to rise in his stomach. As it expands, the pet may experience vomiting, severe abdominal pain and bloating, which could become a life-threatening emergency, requiring surgery.
And, as much as you might want to spoil them rotten, be sure your pets keep their noses out of the raw cake batter, especially if it includes raw eggs, which could contain salmonella. In fact, that's good advice for humans, too.
You can find more tips for Thanksgiving pet safety at the ASPCA's website.
And remember, the best way to say thanks for your pet's love, is to sometimes, say "No!"
You're a good boy, but, "No!"


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'The Vampire Diaries' Season Premiere Recap: Damon Suffers A Loss & Stefan Blood-Drunk Dials Elena!
'The Vampire Diaries' season premiere went straight for the jugular. Did it successfully convert you over to Team Stefan?
Considering Stefan (Paul Wesley) is now in full-on Ripper mode, I was sure the third season of The Vampire Diaries would be all about Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) giving into their sweet, nasty passions. But man, was I wrong! The Sept. 15 season premiere was loaded with enough Stefan-Elena moments to convert my Delena-shipping heart. Well… almost.
The episode began, as expected, with Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and his new bestie Stefan literally killing their way up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Apparently they don't call Stefan "the Ripper" for nothing. He straight-up rips people's body parts off, then feels guilty and tries to re-assemble them like they're freakin' Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's kind of hot.
Back in Mystic Falls, Caroline (Candice Accola) threw Elena a bitchin' 18th birthday kegger to help get her mind off of her M.I.A. boyfriend. But sweet baby vamp Caroline had her own relationship drama to deal with, as her feelings for Tyler (Michael Trevino) were intensifying, and Matt (Zach Roerig) continued to pine for her from a distance.
Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) — who appears to have spent all summer at the gym — remained haunted by the ghosts of Anna (Malese Jow) and Vicki (Kayla Ewell), who we heard utter "help me" before a clueless Matt entered the frame and sat on her. But when Jeremy wasn't playing Ghost Whisperer — move the eff over, Jennifer Love Hewitt — he was getting stoned with his new BFF. (And honestly, even if you've never smoked a joint once in your life, don't tell me you wouldn't love to light one up with Matt and Jeremy.)
While the Mystic Falls gang got its party on, Klaus and Stefan played a nasty game of darts with a werewolf named Ray Sutton (David Gallagher) so he would tell them the whereabouts of his pack. When he refused to comply, Klaus forced Ray to nom on his blood, then killed him, effectively turning him into — you guessed it — a hybrid! (Seriously, was anyone else totally disturbed watching Simon Camden bleeding and tied to a pool table? Happy have mercy on us all!)
Now here's the part that really got to me: In an attempt to shake Damon off their backs, Klaus and Stefan returned to Mystic Falls and compelled ace reporter Andie Star (Dawn Olivieri) to jump off a high platform at the local news studio. Damon helplessly watched as his fake/compelled girlfriend lept to her untimely death. Honestly, I'm mostly pissed that she's dead because now I won't be able to pretend Damon talks to me through the TV. (He says "Andie," but I hear "Andy.")
While Damon broke some chairs in a fit of rage, a super-emotional Stefan decided to give Elena a call. But he couldn't bring himself to talk to her, so he was forced to stand there while she poured her heart out to the silence. She cried, he cried, and you know what? I almost did, too. "Stelena" fans, this season is still yours — for now!
The episode ended, just as last season premiere's did, with a tweet-worthy twist: When Caroline tried to sneak out of Chez Lockwood — apparently vampires are also familiar with the walk of shame — she was confronted by Tyler's mom (Susan Walters), who shot her with tranquilizer darts! Possibly filled with vervain! Damn you Carol Lockwood and your beautiful blue eyes of death!
P.S. Where the heck was Bonnie (Kat Graham)?
OK, now YOU talk: What did you think of tonight's big premiere? Was that heart-wrenching moment between Elena and Stefan enough to make you think they actually belong together?


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"I sleep only in two drops of French perfume…". It's Anita Ekberg guying herself in La Dolce Vita but – as a certain great lady of today would say in sonorous swooping tones – "remind you of anybody?" Obviously, here's a reference to Marilyn and her preferred nightwear of Chanel No 5. Or maybe MM adopted the line from Anita and polished it up? And does anyone yet know, by the way, what Mrs May wears to set off her leather trousers and kitten heels? I always understood that Margaret Thatcher made a slave of Rochas' Femme, that most gorgeous and assured of peachy chypres. Mae West's perfume, too. Surely not without significance? " The eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe".
A couple of weeks ago, I suggested that we might return and take a second inhalation of old Hollywood smells. Back in the last century when perfume was still so great and arcane a luxury, it was a popular idea for studio photographers to snap the great female stars posing with their collections of perfumes and scent bottles. It always frets me a little when I look at these old portraits. There are never any sign of the packaging, and the perfumes are already evaporating and fading (I think to myself) under the glare of the savage klieg lights: those all-revealing bulbs which are as cruel to fragrance as they are to waning beauty.
There's a stimulating sequence in the Joan Crawford silent OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS (1928) where, robed and ready for a wild party, the hedonist heroine 'Dangerous Diana' peeks into her mother's perfume closet. It's a huge and slightly sinister Art Deco marvel by art designer Cedric Gibbons, built like a medieval tomb, or perhaps a gigantic reliquary. Shadowy and rather grotesque bottles repose within, like Dr Praetorious's laboratory specimens. The mother seems a gracious, possibly slightly dowdy, woman who looks to appreciate her treasures more than she might successfully wear them. Joan seizes an especially elaborate flacon and unstops it.
Up flashes the title:
"Mother- how vicious! You're too young to use such perfume. I'll take it."
Presumably the Gibbons cabinet made a big impression on the young Joan, for over 40 years later Crawford ran a photo of her own vitrine in her unique guide to gracious living¤. The focus is not sharp enough to identify the stock within but we may fancy there's maybe a bottle of Fracas there. Which would accord perfectly with Joan's earlier penchant for tuberose-gardenia fragrances.
There's a sharp little scent sequence in the British wartime propaganda classic MILLIONS LIKE US. I've written about this film before; but, until my latest viewing, I'd missed the bit with Anne Crawford's perfume atomiser. These old films are always meticulously busy; there's masses going on in each shot; lots of background detail. Consequently it's easy to get distracted. The bonus is, you find something new in the mixture every time¤¤. Crawford's character Jennifer is a rich, spoiled and pointless¤¤¤ Society girl who is reluctantly drafted into munitions. On her first evening at the Carton Heath workers' hostel she's dolling herself for bed as though off to a ball, much to the bafflement of her room mate Annie, a stolid and sunny Lancashire mill girl. We begin to notice the most unsuitably enormous and elaborate perfume flacon looming up on Jennifer's dressing table. This is suddenly brought into sharp focus in her looking glass. And then, of course, we remember those essential motifs of movie short-hand. Objects seen in a mirror – the true character revealed; the other self, its obsessions and preoccupations. Here's an economical symbol of an empty-headed blonde – "War Effort's caught it in the neck again…" – who's fiddled her coupons, "stocked up before war broke out" and puts cosmetics before country. Was ever a perfume spray such a damning indictment of character?
Cary Grant – who'd worked with nearly all the greats – said in later life that of his leading ladies Irene Dunne smelled the sweetest¤¤¤¤. By then Cary was on the board of Faberge Cosmetics and Perfumes, so he'd gained an educated nose: he knew whereof he spoke. He recalled Irene sitting there between takes, playing with her collection of scents and oils; layering and blending and mixing to devastating effect. She was a Southern girl from Kentucky, and delicately reared: she knew about the pleasures of killing time slowly, elegantly and deliciously.
Perfume aside, if you've never seen Irene Dunne on the screen then why not make her acquaintance in your Christmas leisure time? Slightly older than most of her Hollywood contemporaries*, she was expert in drama and weepies; she sang like a nightingale; as a comedienne she was peerless. She delivered her lines with a wonderful freshness, as though she was inventing her witty dialogue as she went along. She had a way of setting her teeth while laughing knowingly and throatily. Irene Dunne had – appropriately – a beautiful nose; a classic profile; perfect legs; and was always wonderfully shod. While every inch a lady she could be exceedingly suggestive in the most sophisticated manner. To give only one instance, watch the flirtation (that goes so wrong) with the shoe shop salesman in MY FAVOURITE WIFE – "I've been running around without my shoes on for quite some time…..kind of running wild…."
And then comes that laugh.
All this – and she smelled like a flower garden, too.
¤ 'Portrait of Joan' 1972.
¤¤ rather like wearing your favourite scent.
¤¤¤ but don't have a fit, she comes right in the end, and – it is implied – marries plain-speaking factory foreman Charlie (Eric Portman)
¤¤¤¤ quite a claim – seeing as how C.G. had played opposite both Hepburns, Mae West, Dietrich, Rosalind Russell, Joan Fontaine, Ingrid, Rita, Grace Kelly, Ginger Rogers and Leslie Caron – amongst others.
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There is no better gift than the gift of a memory! I've been giving pictures to my family for years and years as gifts and it's one present that they never get tired of receiving. I was so happy to … Continue reading
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Engagement session at Sherwood Island | Westport, CT Wedding and Engagement Photographer | Karie Peterson Photography
I met with this couple just about a year ago when they booked their wedding with me, and my how things have changed. They now have a beautiful 6 month old daughter who is such a joy to be around, and it's only 3 months till the wedding! This family is a dream to photograph and I can not wait till their wedding in July at the Wadsworth Mansion. It is going to be such a special occasion! Congratulations BJ, Beth and Maddy!
2012 Holiday Card Designs | CT Holiday Portrait Photographer | Karie Peterson Photography
Enjoy a collection of some really fun Holiday Cards that we made right here in studio this season. All designs are made to reflect the individual session are all customizable to fit the needs of each family. Interested in a custom card this year? Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
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Santa's little helper | 2012 Holiday Portraits | CT Family Portrait Photographer | Karie Peterson Photography
This little one was such a cutie! She knew how to strike a pose every time. I thought the most special moment was when we did a Daddy and me series and she grabbed onto her Daddy's leg just like I used to. Moments like these always bring me back to the root of why I'm a photographer. To capture timeless memories, and not just the 'Hallmark' timeless memories, the real ones, that you'll remember your whole life. How you felt swinging on your dads legs, or when he would throw you up to the sky when you were playing.
Now the funniest moment is when we came inside to the studio to do some Holiday themed portraits and we tied this little munchkin up in Christmas lights! She was so into it, we laughed so hard the lights came unplugged. Oh what a great holiday card this series would make!
POWER Packed Portraits | Family Portraits | CT Family Portrait Photographer | Karie Peterson Photography
This session packed a lot of POWER behind it! Love, wonder and amazement are just a few of the key words that come to mind when I see the first portrait shown below. This little man was full of all of those elements that day, and I am so happy I captured it. His big sisters love him so much when we did our siblings series they all just tickled each other and laughed and held each other tight. I just love the ponchos' that the girls are wearing too! Their grandmother hand knitted them just for this occasion. I love the bright colors and the bright lights! Merry Christmas to the Powers Family!
Merry Christmas 2012 | CT Family Portrait Photographer | Karie Peterson Photographer
Always have to make time for my favorite little cousin clients! I have been photographing these kids since they were born and they just seem to get cuter and cuter every time we have a session. This time though, I called them the toothless wonder gang! They are growing up so fast I can't wait till they are older and I can lay out a picture of every year to see how much they have grown. The wreaths were such a huge hit too! My fiancé made the wreaths from vines that we found hiking through Tarrywile Park. We later decorated the wreaths with silk flowers and gave them as Christmas gifts. Prop and a Present… doesn't get much thriftier than that J
First Holiday Card | Danbury CT Portrait Photographer | Karie Peterson Photography
Our first Holiday Card design of the season is a big hit! We wanted to make sure we got it done in time for Hanukkah too so right after we returned from our trip to North Carolina we started booking, shooting, designing and creating some fantastic sessions. Excited to start diving into the season.
Holiday Family Portraits | CT Family Portrait Photographer | Karie Peterson Photography | 2012 Holiday Season Kick Off
We started off the 2012 Holiday Season right with this family! The kids were so excited to get their pictures taken! We played outside and captured some amazing portraits of the kids. Hung on the wall as a series these will look amazing! My favorite image from this collection has to be the sibling portrait though. They were all so relaxed and comfortable with each other it was a blessing to witness.
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Domine, refugium factus es nobis a generatione et progenie; a saeculo, et in saeculum tu es. (cf. Ps. 90:1-2)
Lord, you are become our refuge, from generation to generation; from age to age, you are.
A series of Scriptural bits and pieces caught my attention today. The first (above) is the entrance antiphon to the daily mass (Tues. 1st Week, Lent). It's that part at the end, "you are." This little cherry on the Scriptural sundae occurs in any number of places, both in the Bible and in the ceremonies of the Church: that most basic statement, "Lord, you are."
Of course, this confession brings us right back to Moses receiving the Holy Name of God, "I AM WHO AM." With that name, God identifies himself as over and above everything. He is indeed the God of Being itself, uncontainable within the confines of the universe. As St. Anselm put it, he is, "that than which nothing can be greater."
Today's Psalm Response also caught my eye: "From all their distress, God rescues the just." This based on the text of Psalm 34, oculi Domini super iustos et aures eius in precem eorum. "The eyes of the Lord are on the just and his ears are for their cries. The just are those who live in right relationship with God. They recognize that "He is," and they respond accordingly.
This may not seem like much of a revelation, but it touches on a major challenge for evangelization… really, a challenge for people generally.
What do I mean?
There's another MAJOR Lenten text, Psalm 51, the Miserere… so named for its first phrase, "Have mercy on me." P.S. Listening to Allegri's setting of this psalm will change your life… but I digress. Psalm 51:7 says, ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum et in peccatis concepit me mater mea. "Behold, in iniquity was I conceived, in sin did my mother conceive me."
How few people believe in sin anymore… And even if they believe in sin, they rarely believe in their sins… and almost never in the idea that from the time of Adam and Eve, we have been -let's say "genetically"- disposed toward sin. This phrase has been in my mind in light of a family funeral we recently observed in my family: the reality that we have, along with all the good, a heritage of sin.
On the flip side, how many people really pay attention to miracles. They're real… we can prove it. Sometimes, we even have video evidence that one can look up and watch from half a world away. And yet… how few people live in relationship to these supreme "goods" that we call miracles? Again, at my family funeral, I thought about how often my dad has questioned, "With all these miracles, why do you think people don't practice religion?"
What I want to touch on in all of this is "Being." Or maybe it's better said, "substantial reality vs. insubstantial fantasy." In a city… in a world… where folks are not in relationship with the great reality of sin… nor in a relationship with the reality of goodness (i.e. miracles), what are people in relation with? If God is the great "I AM," can one really claim to be in a right relationship with him while denying such vast swaths of that which is (evil and goodness in this case)?
It's something for us to think about this Lent both as individuals and as evangelizers. In my experience, a big first step in bringing people to Christ is bringing them to grapple with reality… with all that is… That starts with goodness in things like Revelation, doctrine, beauty, love. It also include grappling with the reality of evil. The First Step, after all, is admitting that one has a problem.
Only when one is in real contact with all that is… can one begin to be in right relationship with Him who is. Lord, you are become our refuge, from generation to generation; from age to age, you are.


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Aboriginal Cotton T Towel - Kinship
This artwork is inspired by the spirit of kinship. Melanie Hava was raised in the outback where she would often see emus travelling through the long grasses. Occasionally, she would observe two males joining forces to protect their chicks. This banding together in kinship to feed and protect their mob echoes the way aboriginals once lived.


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I think that is the crux of many issues when it comes to religion / spirituality. Just what is the truth. For that matter what is religion and what is spirituality? That and the struggle that arises when you consider that to walk in your truth is really a struggle of beliefs for what is right and correct has to be challenged when others claim to be walking n their truth but it is opposed to your own truths. Especially in the capacity if they are correct then how can yours be correct. We say tolerance and acceptance of diversity yet to be truthful how can you be tolerant and accepting of what your own spirituality says is wrong. That is if you are walking in so called truth and belief.
I personally think religion is normally structured for it is the dogma and bones if you will that guide us. In that capacity we tend to separate the mystical from the mundane I think. All of it being a gateway that directs us to the "Truth". Yet like any mapping system some of us need detailed and highly defined maps to follow with mile markers, sites of interest, way stations, etc as we progress. Because we are so focused upon the trip I believe we tend to look down upon those who appear to be missing something along the way. Of course that appearance is all speculative and judgemental as we observe and compare / contrast how we travel. When you don't follow the dogma and structure you can't arrive at the same destination or conclusion of those who do follow it arrive at. What at some point becomes tradition I suppose and a commonalty of experience's and revelations that unite a group.
Yet spirituality or the mystical experience I think is where it becomes a certainty or a truth for us as individuals. The culmination of experiences and beliefs that are reached when we've walked the pathway or dogma of our practice and arrive at the conclusion or mystical. Yet being magical or mystical the commonalty of experience and method of revelations allows us to speak about it and have some similar discussion points as it where.
Is another's pathway right or wrong? Well to be honest if I am truthful and follow my beliefs and spiritual conclusions then the answer has to be yes, they are wrong. But that defeats the current pagan concept of all are right and we have to be both tolerant and accepting of diversity and belief. Which to me in the end means we have to be willing to walk in a lie. For in truth they can't be right if it makes us wrong, and we can't be wrong if it makes them right or our conclusions and beliefs are wrong and fallible.
But I suppose that is where the idea of religious certainty versus religious exploration really becomes a test of is your belief / spiritual system static, quasi static or quasi dynamic or dynamic?


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hi, Is there a way, like in ableton live, to change scenes and launch them through midi triggers?
Open the Dashboard and go to Settings > Shortcuts and set "Edit shortcuts for" to Controller. Then search for "launch next scene" and use the small "+" button to bind it to your controller.
answered Jul 31 '17 at 15:21 by magickalmutagen (191)
edited Jul 31 '17 at 15:22
You can do this via the Mappings Browser panel (icon in the bottom-right corner that looks like a hand pointing). You can read the section "The Mappings Browser Panel" from the user guide for more info.
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I think there should be a section under "Development" for Mods.
For example, different tank skins, tank models, textures, etc.
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We have a series of trackers on the sourceforge project page. Those are already suited to what you want.
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NYC mayor Bill de Blasio called the incident an "intentional act," adding that, according to preliminary information, "there is no evidence at this point of a terror connection." "There is no specific and credible threat against New York city at this point in time from any terror organization," the mayor stressed. "Based on this hour there is no specific connection to the incident in New Jersey." Well it seems Mayor Bill De Blowio is trying to already cover up the possible fact that this act is likely an ISIS inspired radical Islamic attack on Manhattan New York. The mayor literally doesn't seem to understand the meaning of terrorism...Which is, the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. Mayor Bill De Blasio this is directed at you...The weapon used in the attack was an IED, which of course is a use of violence, and they likely wanted to kill Americans no matter who the victims were, which this attack like many others fits the term of "terrorism". Guess what else this attack is going to create, which is Americans fearing to step outside their homes...Not all but some. This is another reason why this was a terrorist attack, because terror attacks cause the people to panic with terror. This mayor has probably made the stupidest comment regarding this attack, and it's time for Bill to step down.
Dumbass NY mayor: "Intentional act" but Manhattan blast shows no terror connections
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Another corrupt Democrat with a big secret bank account supplied by Islam.
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This is my favorite Dean Koontz book... so far. When I talk to people about books, I almost always mention this one. The only issue I had with it was that I always forget the title of the book (confuse it with Tick Tock because of the book cover).
If you like twisted stories involving crazed clowns and bakers...you will like this. There is a love story, an eccentric female a killer clown and the kindly baker with his strange hours....Continua
In the moments before he is born, Jimmy Tock has a strange destiny thrust upon him. His dying grandfather prophesies five dark days in his grandson's life. The moment his grandfather dies, Jimmy emerges squalling into the world, destined to struggle against an evil so dark and pervasive only the most extraordinary of human spirits can shine through.
What dangers await Jimmy on these five dark days? What terrifying events must he survive? At each of the crisis points a mystery unfolds that will challenge his understanding of god and evil, life and death – and everything in between.
Great read, excellent humour, and a fabulous and unexpected twist…...Continua
Wow I know I am a slow reader I read during my lunch breaks & not all the time. The only reason I read it through is because I can't start something & not finish. Personally I will not read again but that's my opinion I know some people loved this....Continua


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According to a study by researchers at University of Arizona and Loma Linda University, out of 84 reusable bags tested, "bacteria were found in almost all bags and coliform bacteria in half." With the addition of meat juices and incubation in a car trunk for two hours, bacteria increased 10-fold. This means that the potential for contaminating other foods in the bags goes up significantly.
In case you were wondering, the bags "were collected from consumers entering grocery stores from the San Francisco Bay area, the greater Los Angeles area and Tucson, Arizona", with most made of woven polypropylene. People were also surveyed on how they use their bags, and only 25 percent have separate bags for their meats and vegetables and only 3 percent cleaned their bags on a regular basis. Fecal contamination was indicated by the presence of E. coli in 12 percent of the bags, with greater numbers of bacteria present in California bags than in the ones from Arizona. Yum
The good news? When you wash your bags, the bacteria count drops nearly to zero.
Thanks for the heads up from Eliza, over at the Bad Astronomy blog.
A heads up about the above study. It was funded by the American Chemistry Council, which represents some plastic bag makers. The article can be found here.


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Hostel was the last film screened on the last day of the festival and it does not disappoint in the nudity department. Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson and Eythor Gudjonsson are backpacking through Europe trying to get laid. In the Netherlands, the guys visit a club that has several girls naked in the windows. They go inside and Derek accidentally goes into a room where some woman is wearing leather bondage gear and whipping some guy. Derek then goes to visit his hooker, and she takes off her top. Feeling bad about paying for sex, he leaves.
Later, the guys are invited into Lubomir Bukovy's room where there is a stoned couple having sex on the bed. Lubomir then shows them photos on his camera with lots of naked women to entice them to head to Slovakia.
Once in Slovakia, they check into the hostel where they learn they have to share their room. As they enter their room, Barbara Nedeljakova (who was at the screening) and Jana Kaderabkova are getting dressed. As Barbara and Jana are leaving, they invite the guys to join them down in the spa. This scene gets repeated later on in the movie with two different women.
The guys visit the spa and there are a lot of hot naked women around. They then enter the sauna where Barbara and Jana are both relaxing topless, and have a long conversation with them. They all hit the club later and then go back to their room where Jay has sex with Jana and Derek has sex with Barbara.


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Dawn, I'm glad this is opening up your thought process. A great way to get – and keep – ideas for your job flowing is to start thinking about things that will move your employer forward, but move you ahead as well. Once you make the connection between the two goals, it's easier to get motivated and come up with ideas.
What improvements can you contribute to that will get you noticed? Maybe you can identify processes that you could streamline or improve to make things more efficient – and get credit for doing so. Here's an objective: Think of things that bring value to your employer, recognition to you, and enhance your skills and/or increase your worth in the workplace. If you can accomplish all three of these, you'll have a hat trick!
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Retrospective: The 2010 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological AssociationSeptember 16, 2010
by Sarah Michele Ford
Last month, downtown Atlanta was taken over by the 105th meeting of the American Sociological Association, the primary professional organization for sociologists. Imagine two convention hotels, full of more than 4000 sociologists. I know, for an introductory sociology student, that probably conjures up images of your professor times a thousand or more, which is probably more than you would like to imagine. The meetings are four days of paper presentations, meetings, receptions, and catching up with friends and colleagues. The ASAs are also the best place to get an idea of the wide range of work that professional (and not-quite-professional) sociologists are doing. On the first day of the meetings alone I heard research papers about how blind people assign individuals they meet to sex categories, surveillance, race gaps in access to after school programs and the impacts thereof, and the expectations of young Black men of having professional athletic careers; later during the conference I heard enthusiastic discussions of how to best teach racial and ethnic inequality, papers on the relationship of the individual to society, collective memory in a variety of socio-historical contexts, and papers about prisons and prisoners.
All of this sociologizing really does require coffee, as we saw one morning between the 8:30 and 10:30 sessions (I took this shot from the back of the line; it took me close to half an hour to get my drink).
The only other thing that sociologists are willing to line up for in such great numbers is books, as the only other pictures I took during the trip illustrate. These are all sociology students lined up for the student book giveaway on the last day of the conference; the line later wrapped all the way back around past where I was, roughly the 50th person in line.
I can, of course, only speak for myself, but I always find these professional meetings exciting and exhausting all at the same time. I come home full of new ideas that I can't wait to try out in my research and in the classroom. And I also always ask myself, has any sociologist ever studied this event?


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Monthly Archives: September 2011
RIP- Sylvia Robinson
Born in Harlem, NY, Sylvia Robinson crafted a career as a songwriter. Whether it was 1957's "Love is Strange" or 1973's "Pillow Talk", Sylvia's work was a constant presence on the Billboard charts. Her observations of the interaction between the DJ and the crowd at a birthday party would help to generate the culture we know today as Hip-Hop. Read the rest of this entry
New Video from Random Axe- "Chewbacca"
Chewie is kinda amped up about spreading the word that Black Milk, Roc Marciano, Sean P. and Guilty are ill. Shot during the group's appearance during Rock the Bells in San Francisco, Chewbacca proves why he's their number one fan. Read the rest of this entry
New Video from Evidence- It Wasn't Me
From off of his latest album, Cats & Dogs, Evidence lets the world know who he is and what he isn't. Did you cop this album yet?
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Lil' Cease and his Hardbody crew show some love to the ladies over this classic break. Tell us how you like this one.Read the rest of this entry
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You Gotta Watch This: Chuuwee "Chez Chit"
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It's 'The Infamous' back in the house once again!
The Red Bull Music Academy began it's 2011 World Tour by stopping in NYC celebrating Mobb Deep and the 1995 release of their classic album, The Infamous.
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If you haven't read the latest issue of Rapper's Delite you're…late. In our In Case You Missed It section we break down this snoozed on album from Uptown's duo. Enjoy Thursday's theme. Get at us and tell us how you feel about this one.


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In order to detect and remove the obstacles that prevent citizens to enjoy their EU citizenship rights in their daily life, the Justice and Consumers Dictatorate General of the European Commission launched a public consultation, inviting all EU citizens, organisations and other stakeholders concerned with advancing EU citizenship to share their opinions and experience on matters related to their rights as an EU citizen.
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Argh! I swear I jinxed myself so bad calling my blog 'CurrentlyCara'!
…After a fairly up-to-date beginning in the blogging world, I have since fallen off the horse big time and found myself seriously behind with posts! However, the good news is that my excuse for lack of writing is that I've been busy doing a tonne of travelling! Ugh.. not another travel blog I hear you say. Yes amigo, I'm sorry to say that you have stumbled upon one of a gazillion travel blogs on the big old world wide web. So what's the point of this one? Well if I'm being honest, because it's good for me (so selfish!), and it could be good for you! I get to feel like I've left a tiny footprint in cyberspace and indulge my passion for writing, and you might just read a handy hint or two that could be just the thing for one of your own trips.
Now, to the nitty gritty – what's to be found here? In a nutshell – a series of posts showcasing the different locations that I've travelled to, featuring my highlights and lowlights, travel tips, and little bits and pieces about fashion, interior design and cuisine. I've also made recommendations of what to see and do, where to stay, what to eat, and where to party. Where have I been? Since I quit my job for the dream that is traveling the world in May 2014 I have travelled through 34 countries and counting. My travel has mainly been focused across Europe and through Central and South America, but there have also been some fun stops in countries such as Morocco, Turkey, and Cuba along the way!
Sometimes, OK mostly, I write a lot (sorry, it's just that I never want you to miss out on something really fabulous!) and sometimes I write only a little, but I always include a bunch of fun and colourful snapshots to keep things and interesting. You'll also find a sprinkling of quotes inspired by the places I've seen and things I've done, because sometimes famous people just say it so much better!
As I'm still on the go, searching out new and wonderful places around the globe (and experiencing seriously intermittent WIFI!), my writing is back-dated and fairly sporadic – so make sure you check back in every now and again to see what new locations I've added. Oh, and also… You'll have to keep in mind that I'm travelling on a backpacker budget, so there's nothing super fancy-pants about my experiences (even though I have an obsession for all things glam)!


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Greetings government of Israel,
As the world has witnessed today your Navy soldiers boarded the vessels which were en-route to the Gaza Strip, attempting to break the illegal maritime security blockade placed by you to hurt the people of Gaza in the name of counter terrorism.
Two Irish-Canadian flotilla ships – Canadian Tahrir (Liberation), and the Irish Saoirse (Freedom) – with 27 passengers from nine countries on board were approaching Gaza in a peaceful and humanitarian mission. They were not inside Israeli territories, and are not carrying any weapons. These boats were captured by your navy exactly at 15:59 Gaza Time; the vessels were about 35 NM outside Gaza, which is INTERNATIONAL WATERS at the time of capture. This is a clear sign of piracy on the high seas. Furthermore, UN resolution 3005 states, that all resources (so also the sea) and natural wealth falls under the control of residents of Gaza.
Your actions are illegal, against democracy, human rights, international, and maritime laws. Justifying war, murder, illegal interception, and pirate-like activities under an illegal cover of defense will not go unnoticed by us or the people of the world.
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» telefonicaopencloud_networking_subnet_v2
Manages a V2 Neutron subnet resource within TelefonicaOpenCloud.
» Example Usage
resource "telefonicaopencloud_networking_network_v2" "network_1" {
name = "tf_test_network"
admin_state_up = "true"
resource "telefonicaopencloud_networking_subnet_v2" "subnet_1" {
network_id = "${telefonicaopencloud_networking_network_v2.network_1.id}"
cidr = "192.168.199.0/24"
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The following arguments are supported:
region- (Optional) The region in which to obtain the V2 Networking client. A Networking client is needed to create a Neutron subnet. If omitted, the
regionargument of the provider is used. Changing this creates a new subnet.
network_id- (Required) The UUID of the parent network. Changing this creates a new subnet.
cidr- (Required) CIDR representing IP range for this subnet, based on IP version. Changing this creates a new subnet.
ip_version- (Optional) IP version, either 4 (default) or 6. Changing this creates a new subnet.
name- (Optional) The name of the subnet. Changing this updates the name of the existing subnet.
tenant_id- (Optional) The owner of the subnet. Required if admin wants to create a subnet for another tenant. Changing this creates a new subnet.
allocation_pools- (Optional) An array of sub-ranges of CIDR available for dynamic allocation to ports. The allocation_pool object structure is documented below. Changing this creates a new subnet.
gateway_ip- (Optional) Default gateway used by devices in this subnet. Leaving this blank and not setting
no_gatewaywill cause a default gateway of
.1to be used. Changing this updates the gateway IP of the existing subnet.
no_gateway- (Optional) Do not set a gateway IP on this subnet. Changing this removes or adds a default gateway IP of the existing subnet.
enable_dhcp- (Optional) The administrative state of the network. Acceptable values are "true" and "false". Changing this value enables or disables the DHCP capabilities of the existing subnet. Defaults to true.
dns_nameservers- (Optional) An array of DNS name server names used by hosts in this subnet. Changing this updates the DNS name servers for the existing subnet.
host_routes- (Optional) An array of routes that should be used by devices with IPs from this subnet (not including local subnet route). The host_route object structure is documented below. Changing this updates the host routes for the existing subnet.
value_specs- (Optional) Map of additional options.
allocation_pools block supports:
host_routes block supports:
destination_cidr- (Required) The destination CIDR.
next_hop- (Required) The next hop in the route.
» Attributes Reference
The following attributes are exported:
region- See Argument Reference above.
network_id- See Argument Reference above.
cidr- See Argument Reference above.
ip_version- See Argument Reference above.
name- See Argument Reference above.
tenant_id- See Argument Reference above.
allocation_pools- See Argument Reference above.
gateway_ip- See Argument Reference above.
enable_dhcp- See Argument Reference above.
dns_nameservers- See Argument Reference above.
host_routes- See Argument Reference above.
» Import
Subnets can be imported using the
id, e.g.
$ terraform import telefonicaopencloud_networking_subnet_v2.subnet_1 da4faf16-5546-41e4-8330-4d0002b74048


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President Of The Phillipines Reveals Why He's Waged A Bloody War On Drugs
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte was sexually abused as a child by a Catholic priest, a traumatic experience which now drives his bloody war on drugs.
Since taking office 100 days ago, Duterte has launched a bloody battle against drugs that has led to the death of 3,700 people.
With three million drug addicts, he said the war was crucial for the survival of the next generation in the Phillipines and didn't 'give a shit' about human rights.
Despite international backlash against Duterte's murderous methods, it was his brutal vow to kill drug dealers that made him so popular, with 80 per cent of the population claiming to be very happy with him.
Duterte also said he does not 'give a s***' about human rights, and dismissed the deaths of innocent civilians and children as 'collateral damage', the Daily Mail reports.
During his first interview since presidency, 'The Punisher' said to Al Jazeera:
We have three million drug addicts, and it's growing.
So if we do not interdict this problem, the next generation will be having a serious problem.
You destroy my country, I'll kill you. And it's a legitimate thing. If you destroy our young children, I will kill you. That is a very correct statement.
There is nothing wrong in trying to preserve the interest of the next generation,
I do not care about what the human rights guys say, I have a duty to preserve the generation.
If it involves human rights, I don't give a sh**.
He claimed he was 'fondled' by a priest while attending the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Davao High School in the 1950s, but was too scared to report it.
Due to Duterte's extreme fear tactics, drug dealers and addicts are so terrified of being murdered that tens of thousands of them have turned themselves into police, while an additional 26,000 have been arrested.
The blood-thirsty president also happily drew similarities between himself an Hitler, saying:
Hitler massacred three million Jews, now, there is three million drug addicts. I'd be happy to slaughter them.
At least if Germany had Hitler, the Philippines would have [he then pointed to himself].
He also called Barack Obama a 'son of a whore'…obviously international relations aren't high on his agenda.
The president has encouraged civilians to take the law into their own hands which has resulted in many vigilante killings.
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The Punisher's torment: How Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's bloodthirsty war on drug dealers is driven by being sexually abused by a Catholic priest as a child Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3842252/Philippine-President-Rodrigo-Duterte-s-war-drug-driven-sexually-abused-Catholic-priest-child.html#ixzz4NLfL5s2a Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook


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Well we are adjusting to the time change difference still but it has been quite an experience so far. I've gotten to meet many of Monel's family and a few of her friends. It has been a great time meeting all of her extended family and seeing how they all interact together. A lot of… Continue reading It's more fun in the Philippines!
Month: July 2017
Travel day!
The day is finally here!!! Monel and I are traveling to the Philippines today! First I am now in Troy, MI getting on the train and heading to Chicago to meet up with her at the airport. Then it's time to get a move on to the other side of the world. I am nervous… Continue reading Travel day!
Daily Prompt – Sail
Sometimes the day can feel like it's just not moving anywhere and other days it feels like you didn't even get a chance to breathe. Taking the time to tighten the lines of your sail and catch more wind to power up your day can seriously give some great benefits. The same goes the other… Continue reading Daily Prompt – Sail
The trip is finally almost here! 🇵🇭
Finally the trip is almost here. After a long time of planning, the trip for Monel and I is right around the corner. We have one week to go and at this very time seven days from now, we will be on the airplane ✈ heading to Manila. We are both so very excited to… Continue reading The trip is finally almost here! 🇵🇭
Daily Prompt – Relieved
One of the great feelings in life (for me at least) is the feeling of relief. Relief comes at the perfect times, it comes at the worse times, and sometimes you don't get relieved at all. A simple reason why I enjoy feeling relieved is right in the word itself (RELIEF) which also points to… Continue reading Daily Prompt – Relieved
Daily Prompt – Magnet
Whether you understand how magnetization works or not, at some point in your life you've likely been exposed to magnets or played with them or even just used them to hold up papers or pictures on the refrigerator. The word magnet can mean something different based on the context or the person talking about it.… Continue reading Daily Prompt – Magnet
Daily Prompt – Illusion
Illusions will cloud your judgement at some point in life, let your mind clear up and see what you can really enjoy!
Daily Prompt – Sunny
The sun is an extremely powerful source of energy. It heats the earth and gives plants their food. The amount of energy given off by the sun is purely amazing. You can sit out on a Sunny day and get absolutely fried to a crisp just by being exposed to it from 93,000,000 miles away. … Continue reading Daily Prompt – Sunny
Travels in Los Angeles and San Diego, California
Earlier this year, Monel, Phoebe, and I took off out of Chicago for a week of vacation in Southern California. It was the first trip for the three of us, and it was a great one. We got to grow and bond together, which was really nice. Monel's sister and her husband live out there… Continue reading Travels in Los Angeles and San Diego, California
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- 1 lb. beef sirloin, sliced thinly
- 3 small bell peppers, sliced
- 3 tablespoons Knorr Liquid Seasoning
- ½ cup scallions, chopped
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 2½ tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
- 5 teaspoons cooking oil
- Pour Knorr liquid seasoning and oyster sauce over the beef sliced. Add the ground black pepper. Mix well.
- Add the cornstarch. Mix until all the ingredients are distributed. Let is stay for 5 minutes.
- Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a pan.
- Stir-fry the bell peppers for 3 minutes.
- Remove the bell peppers and set aside.
- Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil in the same cooking pot. Add the marinated beef. Stir fry for 8 minutes or until the beef is completely cooked.
- Add the bell peppers back and then stir-in the scallions. Stir-fry for 3 minutes.
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Publication of Volume 6, Issue 11
The Journal of Sport for Development (JSFD) is pleased to announce the publication of its eleventh issue.
Click here to download the full issue (PDF, 2.2 MB)
JSFD's mission is to examine, advance and disseminate evidence, best practices, and lessons learned from Sport for Development programmes and interventions. JSFD is the first peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to exclusively publishing research from the field of Sport for Development.
Issue 11 Articles
- Walters, S., Spencer, K., Farnham, A., Williams, V., Lucas, P. Humanistic sports coaching and the Marist organization: A multi-case study in the Philippines
- McSweeney, M. Localizing global sport for development (Book review)
- Okada, C. 'Sport for development' in Japan
- Mandigo, J, Corlett, J, Holt, N, van Ingen, C, Geisler, G, MacDonald, D, Higgs, C. The impact of the Hoodlinks Programme on developing life skills and preventing youth violence in Guatemala City
- Schulenkorf N, Sherry E, Richards J. JSFD in times of change: A reflection on milestones met and challenges ahead
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It's been over a year since New York rapper, Chinx, was viciously shot down in cold blood. The Far Rockaway rapper was tittering along the lines of stardom before his untimely demise. From his smooth hooks to his catchy wordplay, he was ready to tap into his potential. Since his passing, his good friend French Montana and Chinx's mother have been going back and forth. As things continue to get messier by the minute, we only hope for some kind of resolution. Let's backtrack and see how they got here.
Read About The Beef Between French Montana And Chinx's Mom
Chinx Gets Murdered May 17, 2015
A 911 call was made after shots rang out in Briarwood, Queens, where the rapper and his friend were both shot in his Porsche. With numerous gunshot wounds to his torso, Chinx failed to cling onto dear life and died at 31. His friend Antar "Yemen Cheese" Alziadi, suffered injuries, but made it out alive.
Chinx's Funeral (May 26, 2015)
Nine days following Chinx's tragic murder, his funeral took place. His closest friends and family members all attended. "Chinx wasn't somebody that was always caught up in trouble," said French in a piece for Grantlandback in August 2015. "Everybody that knows him knows he's the coolest cat you could meet. He was a great guy who worked so hard to get where he was at. I don't think none of us got over it yet."


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You know what they say – when it rains, it pours. Chances are the weatherman does not have good news for Research In Motion (RIM) before the year is over, especially when you consider what StatCounter has garnered and predicted based on the graph above. What you see, if current figures and variables are maintained in a linear fashion, then Windows Phone's installed base would surpass that of Blackberry in the US before the end of November 2012. This particular projection was based on extrapolating the StatCounter web usage data from the beginning of 2012, so we just have three more months or so to wait until we find out whether there are more Windows Phone handsets in the US compared to Blackberries in due time. Which side of the camp are you on?
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So, here we go! In no particular order, here are some of my favorite projects of 2009!
Lined shopping cart trio.
Vintage wallpaper jewelry boxes
Another shopping cart trio
Barkcloth and vintage floral pillows
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Shabby buffet
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The day started with lots of excitement when the kids rushed downstairs and found our elves with two little Christmas trees and a very special gingerbread house, which Dough the elf, who we met in Lapland last week had sent for her three favorite kids.
After breakfast we told the kids that we were going on a little adventure. There were squeals of delight when we drove in the enterance to Legoland for the Christmas Bricktacular event.
It was really nice being in the park this time of year with a lot less crowds than usual and it looked so lovely all lit up for Christmas especially when it started getting dark.
There were so many amazing Christmas themed Lego constructions including a giant 18ft lego Christmas tree which was very impressive. We even learned how to make Lego snowflakes in Mrs Christmas' Toy Shop which are a really nice keepsake and look lovely on our tree.
The actual Santa experience got ff to a bad start with a ridiculously long queue to meet the man himself, our slot was for 4.15pm, we got through it by 5.45pm which with three little kids was tough going. All of the Santa huts are really closely located together as you walk through the enchanted forest. I panicked as I saw a family walk in to be greeted by a different Santa as we walked towards our hut, thankfully the kids didn't notice as it could have really ruined the magic for them. To top it all off our family photo was off center and blurry but on a positive note, Father Christmas himself and the presents were good. Just a shame the experience wasn't quite as magical as I would have expected from Legoland.
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A Lagos-bound Air Peace plane returned to Port Harcourt International Airport some minutes after takeoff on Saturday.
Sam Adurogboye, general manager, public relations, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), confirmed the incident.
Adurogboye said an alarm was raised about fire in the cabin, forcing the pilot to make the air return.
"The flight crew did the right thing by returning to base to check the situation," he said.
Adurogboye added that the aircraft did not crash-land, explaining that there was no panic because the pilot briefed the passengers before landing safely.
"Air return is a precautionary flight safety procedure that must be adopted in the event of a snag," he said. "The pilot acted according to Standard and Recommended Practices (SARPs)."
He also reiterated the NCAA's commitment to safety of Nigeria's aviation sector.
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7:08 a.m. 982 Express
Odd bouquet of soaps, shampoos, bodywashes, leave-in conditioners
Not an odor, but not a fragrance you'd purchase.
A red sun breaks the horizon.
The bus lurches off toward a microscopic downtown.
Bureaucrats, IT support, paralegals, receptionists
Hipsters having just finished their painstaking dishevelment.
We extract sweaters and windbreakers
Against the icy vents.
Capsule of humanity.
Glass and steel core sample of suburban America.
In silence we read tablets, phones, textbooks, programming manuals
Chip away at that novel.
Forty-eight squirming thought-bubbles vie for space
Above the seats and down the aisle:
Work worries, romantic speculation, political outrage
Fantasy football rankings, fervent prayer, X-rated daydreams, raw grief.
A boy and girl get on, college classmates.
The silence shattered.
He does not care to hush his voice
Or dial back his enthusiasm for her
Before forty-six eavesdroppers.
He strains to extend their conversation
Just one more volley,
Laughing uproariously at his own bland observations.
She responds just enough to spare him humiliation.
We others exchange bemused glances.
We know these people.
We've all been one or the other.
One by one we nod off to its ceaseless rocking
And the wheeze and whine of its engine.
To each a perfected technique:
I slump under my Yellowstone cap
One leans a temple against her window
Another's head tilts back, mouth agape.
We sleep together
And dream the dreams of humanity,
At turns profound and nonsense.
The left and right lunging is one dreamer's downhill slolem
Another's tank combat flashback
Another's sea epic.
I wake to the electronic bell,
Halting automated future-chick:
"Next stop Guadaloop … AND … twenty-fourth"
I pass the paraplegic, his chair ratcheted down
Thank the driver
Fling on my backpack
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Tiny, Silent and Green PCs That You Can Build Now
Want to build a completely silent, green computer system? It's not hard and can cost as little as $200. Depending on your power costs, low-wattage machines save lots of money Can You Really Save Money By Building A Green PC? Read More and provide solid performance. After throwing together a dozen eco-friendly machines, I've learned a few strategies for keeping your build costs and wattage requirements low.
This article covers component selection for assembling silent and green PCs (but you also can buy silent mini PCs premade 5 Silent Fanless Mini PCs That Will Save You Money Miniaturization continues to shrink the size of the average PC. What once required several rooms can now fit in your pocket. There's a new category, fanless Mini PCs, that's becoming popular. Read More , too). In particular, it covers low-power variants of standard computer processors, cases specially designed for fanless, low-power operation and other components that allow for silent, eco-friendly computers.
Sketching Your Build Out
I've written before about rules for building eco-friendly PCs Build Your Own Low-Wattage PC with Three Simple Design Rules After a few failures and experiments building my own fanless, highly efficient computer, I can share three low-wattage builds designs that dispense with most moving parts and minimize the number of fans used. Read More . Saving energy requires using low-power internal components. A fine line between performance and wattage exists. The faster a computer, the more power it consumes. But recent advances in CPU architecture — noticeably present in low power variants of AMD's APU (what's an APU? What Is an APU? The Accelerated Processing Unit, Explained Checking out computer parts for an upgrade? You might have seen an "APU". What is it and how does an APU differ from a CPU? Read More ) line of CPU/GPU hybrids and Intel's T-series processors — allow for computer builds providing adequate graphical performance along with extremely low power requirements. With the right cooling solution, these can become completely silent by dispensing with fans. Fanless PCs save power and improve ease of maintenance.
Before proceeding, take some time to sketch out the relative power requirements of the system. Also pick one of the available platforms, such as AMD or Intel, to base your build on. I prefer using PCPartPicker (we've covered how to use PCPartPicker Save Time & Money! The 4 Best Sites For Automatically Building a PC WARNING! Building a PC can cause the following symptoms - despair, rage, violence against inanimate objects, poverty, feelings of regret and worthlessness, depression and suicidal thoughts. Fortunately, websites exist that take the pain out of... Read More ) to sketch out the basic components and OuterVision's eXtreme Power Supply Calculator to estimate power requirements. Once you've established a general part list, start choosing and buying parts.
Build Considerations
Silent, mini-ITX builds require special attention to four categories: CPU, motherboard, case and power supply. Regarding RAM and hard drives, the kind of RAM isn't really important and you will definitely want an SSD, instead of a traditional HDD.
Both AMD and Intel offer low power processors. On top of that, Microsoft will soon add ARM processor support for the Windows 10 operating system.
- AMD: AMD's latest line of APUs also include lower voltage variants, designated with a "T". Of their two latest lines of APU, only Richland offers 45 watt processors. Considering that it also offers an integrated GPU, these offer excellent power efficiencies for media center or budget builds.
- Intel: Intel makes several low voltage variants of their mainline CPUs. These are designated by "T", "R" and "S". For example, the Core i7-4765T is a 35-watt version of their mainline Core i7-4770 CPU. These lower wattage processors come with lower maximum clock speeds. For the sake of brevity, I will only list T-series processors and only from their Haswell lineup.
- ARM (Qualcomm and others): All ARM processors are low-power and most are fanless designs. ARM processors can run Linux, but not Windows (though this may change in late 2017). Ideally, you want an ARM processor on a media center build, although they can credibly function as productivity-oriented machines.
Intel low-wattage CPUs:
Intel processors come in five different variations, in order of their performance: Core i7, Core i5, Core i3, Celeron/Pentium, and Atom (Cherry Trail). The first three models use Intel's mainstream Core architecture. The last, Cherry Trail, uses a low-power design. Unfortunately, Intel does everything possible to obfuscate the differences between its Celeron, Pentium, and Atom lines of processors. If you choose to go with a Celeron or Pentium, make sure you're not buying a chip based on the Atom architecture — unless you want a Cherry Trail processor.
- Core i7-6700T 35-watt $303 MSRP;
- Core i5-6600T 35-watt $213 MSRP;
- Core i5-6500T 35-watt $192 MSRP;
- Core i5-6400T 35-watt $182 MSRP;
- Core i3-6300T 35-watt $138 MSRP;
- Pentium G4500T 35 watt $75 MSRP;
- Braswell: Braswell is a 14-nanometer die-shrink of the Bay Trail architecture. Benchmarks indicate that it's not a significant improvement over Bay Trail.
- Bay Trail series: Bay Trail comes soldered directly to the motherboard, although it's so new only one or two models are on the market. Keep in mind that Intel renamed its Atom series of low wattage CPU into two categories: Pentium and Celeron.
AMD low-wattage APUs:
AMD hasn't released a low power variant of their APU architecture in years. They're still based on the 28-nanometer lithography, meaning they're about three years behind Intel. However, in 2017 AMD plans on releasing its Ryzen line of processor. At present, no projected variation of Ryzen uses less than 65-watts of power, making it unsuitable for passively cooled, compact systems. They did release a G-series processor for embedded systems, but that left system-builders in the dust. Embedded processors come soldered to the mainboard and they cost a fortune.
The motherboard doesn't make a big difference in power consumption, but small form factor cases generally require mini-ITX motherboards. A few passively cooled cases support micro-ATX cases. As of 2016, there are three new motherboard form factors for system-builders: STX, Thin-ITX, and the Next Unit of Computing What Is an Intel NUC? What to Know and Why You Might Want One Intel NUCs can best be described as small, barebones PCs that are pretty awesome under the right circumstances. Read More (NUC). Of the three, STX and Thin mini-ITX offer socketed processors. NUC boards come with a soldered processor and upgradeable RAM.
Passive cooling: Also note that small form factor desktop CPU/APUs can be easily passively cooled up to around 45 watts (watts are generally used as a means of measuring heat production, as well as power consumption). Personally, I prefer using heat pipes, but low wattage (around 10 watts and below) processors typically cool themselves using convection (air flow).
A number of small form-factor cases exist on the market. However, many require special motherboards. Only one provides versatility and cooling performance.
- HD-Plex HD1.s: I currently use this case on my workstation build (see below). It offers fantastic cooling performance along with aesthetic beauty. However, it comes with a higher than average price tag of $189. HD-Plex actually makes a variety of fanless cases, but to the extent of my knowledge, the HD1.s is the only readily available, passively cooled case for the mini-ITX standard.
- M350: This case works best with a mini-ITX that doesn't require active cooling, such as the ECS KBN-I/2100 or Intel's Cherry Trail lines of mini-ITX motherboard. It can also accommodate a fan for AMD AM1 builds. I think it looks pretty good, too. I've seen it go for as little as $40.
- Streacom DB4: After years of delay, Streacom finally released a passively cooled mini-ITX cube case, the DB4. It can support a discrete graphics card (200mm in length), in addition to five 3.5-inch SATA drives or 12 2.5-inch drives. Unfortunately, it costs over $300 and requires a proprietary power supply from Streacom. However, if you require absolute silence in your work environment, such as a sound engineer, you might want to take a close look at it.
- Akasa Euler: Akasa's Euler design offers passive cooling for Thin mini-ITX motherboards. The entire case doubles as a CPU heat sink and it cools up to 35-watts of power. It sells from some retailers for as little as $100. Akasa continues to improve on the Euler's basis design and multiple variants exist.
A lot of other mini-ITX fanless cases exist, but in my opinion, these four offer some of the best features and design.
Power Supply
I'm using picoPSUs in all the builds listed here. PicoPSUs offer around 96% efficiency when converting from wall current (AC) to DC. They frequently offer between 60 and 150 watts. The average ATX power supply converts at around 70% efficiency. Some other points for consideration:
- Connectors: Make sure that the picoPSU you purchase possesses the necessary number of connectors. Otherwise, you will need to purchase splitters and adapters, which increase build costs. picoPSUs designated with "XT" offer a 4-pin CPU power connector.
- Wattage: Most low-wattage PCs don't require more than 90 watts.
- Cable lengths: Measure your motherboard. You may require an extension cable for certain picoPSUs. The picoPSU plugs directly into the 24-pin ATX power port on the motherboard.
- Case: Some cases come with picoPSUs built directly into them. These already include the correct cable lengths.
Alternatively, thin mini-ITX motherboards (more on them below) include an on-board AC-DC converter.
Other power supplies:
- ATX: Full-sized computers use ATX power supplies.
- FlexATX: This specification arrived in 1999, offering a form factor designed for small form factor cases. It works in a wider variety of cases than either TFX or SFX.
- TFX: These are thinner than regular power supplies. I see them appear more often in pre-built small form factor PCs from vendors such as Dell.
- SFX: Small form factor power supplies offer lower wattages. These are frequently used, along with FlexATX units, in microATX builds.
- Other: For additional details on other kinds of power supplies, check out Tom's Hardware's excellent article on the subject.
RAM and Hard Drives
RAM and hard drives don't really make a big difference in power consumption. However, you do get better performance out of some kinds of RAM when paired with an AMD APU.
DDR3 desktop RAM range from 1.25v to 1.6v. The wattage consumption of a 1.25v compared to a 1.6v stick isn't much. You won't need to pay a lot of attention to that. However, low-profile RAM may help with tiny cases. If you use an AMD APU, you will want to use two sticks (this provides dual-channel mode), which allows for better performance. Some AMD APUs are only single channel only need one-stick of RAM. 1866MHz RAM provides the best bang for your buck, but in general, the higher the RAM's frequency, the better your performance with APUs.
Solid state drives (how do SSDs work? How Do Solid-State Drives Work? In this article, you'll learn exactly what SSDs are, how SSDs actually work and operate, why SSDs are so useful, and the one major downside to SSDs. Read More ) offer lower wattage requirements compared to traditional disc drives, as well as being faster. Among SSDs, wattage consumption can go as high as 5-watts and as low as 1-watt during operation. Because they come in the 2.5-inch form factor, they also combine well with smaller cases.
Three Sample Low Wattage Systems
For reference, I list three different variants of fanless PC in the (roughly) $250, $500 and $1,000 price range. I actually built both a $200 streaming media center and a $1,000 workstation, both without fans and they work great. I haven't included Raspberry Pi based machines because we already published several articles on that, and they aren't yet capable of general purpose Windows computing.
$200 Intel Linux-Powered Home Theater PC
This particular, ultra-budget build runs between 10 and 25 watts. It uses an Intel Bay Trail processor. It doesn't play anything other than lower-end games at console resolutions (in some cases). It should handle most kinds of 1080p video streams, although it won't play very many games.
Overall, the Antec ISK110 is easily the best mini-ITX case for low-end builds. Its overall cost of less than $70 might seem high, but it comes with both a picoPSU and a power adapter. On top of that, it includes space for two 2.5-inch SATA drives. Be wary, though, that both SSD and RAM prices are set to increase in 2017 as production fails to meet demand.
All prices accurate at the time of writing.
- Case + Power Supply: Antec ISK110-VESA mini-ITX — $67 via Amazon
- CPU: Included in motherboard (Intel Pentium N3050)
- Motherboard: ASRock N3050B-ITX — $55 via Amazon
- RAM: Patriot 1x4GB — $23 via Amazon
- Hard drive: ADATA SU800 128GB SSD — $45 via Amazon
- Windows tax: Ubuntu 15.04 (certified by ASRock) — $0
- Total: $190
Note: The system below uses a Realan case, not the ISK110.
$556 Passively Cooled Workstation
Intel's thin mini-ITX motherboards offer an even slimmer profile than mini-ITX. While not as efficient as using a picoPSU, it still offers significant power efficiency over a standard motherboard. It also requires a 19v power brick. The case that I used in this design, the Akasa Euler, also doubles as the heat sink, which allows fanless operation. This build can double as both an HTPC and a desktop.
Regarding the case, the Euler's compatibility is officially listed as working only with two motherboards. However, the CPU placement on many thin mini-ITX boards allows a wider range of compatibility. Meaning, it can fit most Intel mini-ITX motherboards. It's also VESA mountable, so you can attach it to the back of a monitor or TV with an adapter.
All prices accurate at the time of writing.
- Power Supply: 90-watt universal adapter $10 via Amazon
- Case: Akasa Euler — $100 via Sidewinder Computers
- CPU: Intel Core i3-6300T — $158 via Amazon
- Motherboard: ASUS H110T/CSM Thin mini-ITX — $80 via Amazon
- RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR4 2 x 4GB SO-DIMM RAM — $43 via Newegg
- Hard drive: ADATA SU800 128GB SSD — $45 via Amazon
- Windows tax: Windows 10 Home — $120 via Microsoft
- Total: $556
$1,000 Passively Cooled Workstation/HTPC
The HD1.s case works with a wide variety of motherboards (both ITX and Thin ITX) and processors. However, it also runs around $180. With a built-in power supply, it costs around $230. The build I made uses around 15-25 watts while in normal operation and uses a full-sized mini-ITX board (it's also compatible with thin mini-ITX boards). The HD1.s case also works with a wide variety of processors, including almost all CPUs listed in this article. Although heavy and requiring a great deal of labor to assemble, it also cools at least up to 45-watt processors and offers VESA compatibility.
All prices accurate at the time of writing.
- Power Supply: 80-watt AC-DC adapter — $25 (add-on option to case)
- Case: HD-Plex HD1.s — $214 via HD-Plex
- CPU: Intel Core i7-6700T — $360 via Amazon
- Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac mini-ITX — $90 via Amazon
- RAM: Crucial DDR4 2 x 8GB DIMM RAM — $98 via Jet ($85 with 'WELCOME15' coupon)
Hard drive: Crucial MX300 525GB SSD — $129 via Jet
- Windows tax: Windows 10 Home — $120 via Microsoft
- Cost: $1011
Building an ultra-quiet, fanless, low-power mini-PC with solid performance doesn't require lots of money or effort. I don't recommend that everyone run out and build fanless systems, but for enthusiasts, it's now possible with a great variety of components.
Not only do these cases take up less space, but they also provide lower weight, VESA-mounting, and lower power requirements. Dispensing with fans saves around 2-5 watts per fan, depending on how hard it's working to cool the system down. Removing the three fans required of the ATX specification drops around 6-15 watts from the build and improves your computer's ease of maintenance.
Does anyone else love tiny PCs offering silent, fanless and green computing? Let us know in the comments.
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Hitch Accessory 4: Cargo Carriers
Most of the time, you'll use your hitch for towing a trailer. But wouldn't it be great if you could make better use of a hitch when you're not towing? Enter the hitch-mounted cargo carrier. This handy accessory fits into the hitch receiver on one end and, on the other, provides a flat cargo deck capable of carrying up to 600 pounds (272 kilograms). It's an ideal solution to transport a wide range of items, including garden equipment, lumber, and gear for camping, hunting or fishing.
There are two types of cargo carriers. Open-style carriers may or may not have side rails to help hold cargo in place. Most have attachment holes on the side that let you easily secure items with a bungee cord or strap. Some are made of polypropylene, a plastic polymer; others are made of steel. Enclosed carriers have lockable lids to protect your cargo. They are available in stationary or swing-away models.
Not quite satisfied with your hitch? Learn how you can modify it with two simple pieces of equipment next.