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Shadowmoor was released on May 2, 2008. This is the first expansion of the Shadowmoor block and the third installment of the four-part Lorwyn/Shadowmoor Superblock that began with Lorwyn and will be completed by Eventide. It contains 301 cards 80 rare, 80 uncommon, 121 common, and 20 basic lands.
Shadowmoor returns to the dual-colored card mechanics that were made popular by Ravnica: City of Guilds. It also features the introduction of Scarecrow-type Artifact Creature cards.
- Conspire - As you play this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it and you may choose a new target for the copy.
- Wither - Damage dealt to a creature with Wither causes that many -1/-1 counters to be put on that creature rather than behaving like normal damage. Everything else about that damage is the same - it can be prevented, and it can trigger abilities like Lifelink.
- Persist - When a creature with persist is put into a graveyard from play, it is had no -1/-1 counters on it, it's returned to play under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Untap symbol - A new feature of this block, the Untap symbol allows the player to Untap an already tapped creature to play its activated ability.
Shadowmoor is a plane of perpetual dusk where the sun never rises, and where strange light seems to come from unseen sources. This plane is Lorwyn's opposite. Lorwyn is an idyllic midsummer, but Shadowmoor is trapped in a state of crepuscular gloom. Lorwyn's races skirmish over territory and property, but Shadowmoor's races are locked in a perpetual, life-and-death struggle for survival.
Like Lorwyn, Shadowmoor is devoid of humans. Lorwyn's many other races, however, persist in Shadowmoor...but like the plane itself, they too are transformed into darker versions of themselves.
The kithkin, once communal and cooperative, are isolated and xenophobic in Shadowmoor. They live within walled towns, shunning outsiders and attacking those who get too close. The once silver-tongued merrows are assassins and saboteurs in Shadowmoor. They use the waterways to move quickly from victim to victim, always ready to drown and loot land-dwellers. Likewise the boggarts, once mischievous and hedonistic, are in Shadowmoor vicious and warlike. Their interests have turned from curiosity to pillage, and from stealing pies to stealing babies.
The larger denizens of the world, the giants and treefolk, find themselves changed as well. The treefolk of Shadowmoor are blackened, blighted, murderous creatures. And when awakened from the long hibernations, the giants are terrible, wrathful beings that carry huge pieces of the land itself on their bodies.
The transformation of the flamekin is perhaps the most dramatic—and tragic. Once their fires burned bright, but now they are extinguished, reduced to skeletal, smoking husks called the cinders. In Lorwyn they sought emotional transcendence, but in Shadowmoor they seek only to satisfy their malevolence and need for revenge.
The imperious and vain elves of Lorwyn find themselves humbled but heroic in Shadowmoor. Whereas Lorwyn's elves sought to judge and subjugate others, Shadowmoor's elves are the world's last hope—seekers and protectors of beauty and light in a dark, ugly place.
Only one race and one place remain unchanged when the Great Aurora turns Lorwyn into Shadowmoor: the faeries and their home of Glen Elendra. The fae are the fulcrum of this transforming plane, for it was their queen, Oona, who created the Aurora.
There was a time when Lorwyn had annual seasons and was "in balance." It was Oona who sought more influence and control over the world. From her secret glen, she wove countless powerful spells into a web of magic that would grant her more power over Lorwyn. But as Oona's enchantments on the plane grew more complex, the world was thrown out of balance. The very nature of the plane's denizens, objects, and places began to split; they developed "Jekyll and Hyde" existences.
Rather than risk losing her control of Lorwyn, Oona created ever more powerful glamers to stabilize the plane. Eventually she accomplished her goal. Lorwyn's fluctuating states fell into a regular interval of long, bright, warm summers, and long, dim, creepy autumns. The costs to the plane were substantial, however. First, each interval lasted for almost three centuries. Second, on each change from the Lorwyn to Shadowmoor state, the plane's denizens lost all awareness of their previous existence.


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Thursday, October 14
For the Lord!
today's reading.
Judges 7:1-18 Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley...
Judges 7
think about it.
What reason does the Lord give for reducing Gideon's army (7:1-2)? What does the Lord not want to see in those who fight for Him (7:3-7)? How does God add to Gideon's courage before the battle (7:9-14)? What is Gideon's response? How has the Lord encouraged you in the challenges you face?
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Gideon takes on the massive forces of the Midianites with only 300 men. "And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, as the sand that is on the seashore with abundance" (vs. 12). Now this sounds impossible, but it was exactly by God's plan and design. When the dust settled, all would know that God was in control and that nothing is too difficult for Him. Gideon was victorious--yes--but the victory was from the Lord.
So what does Judges 7:1-18 show us about our accomplishments for the Lord? How can we use this passage to help us give the glory to God? Tami W.
P.S. By the way, did you notice the change in Gideon today?
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Sugar Rush: Grapenut Ice Cream from Bittersweet
After the Brooklyn Flea this weekend, I took a stroll around the nabe. In the mood for a refreshing nibble, I misread the "Jamaican Grapenut" flavor on the chalkboard menu at Bittersweet to be "grapefruit." Mini fiber-laden pellets aren't as refreshing as a ball of citrus, but it was still ice cream so no complaints.
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The owner of the part coffee shop, part ice creamerie (all flavors are churned in-house) is Jamaican, and apparently this is the country's unofficial flavor. It's satisfying in the way healthy cereal can be—especially when multiplied by heavy cream.
Some branches of Uncle Louie G's (like the one on Prospect Park Southwest) also stock grapenut ice cream, but Louie doesn't seem to have any Jamaican lineage.
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Holly and her sister finally returned from their cruise on Monday – a day longer than they expected, but Holly's sister had to go to the hospital in San Juan due to falling and injuring her head. Not the way they expected to end their trip, but they're all home now. ■ McHenry county had an earthquake last night around 10:00 pm. We didn't feel anything, but our dogs knew about it. Abby got off the bed and ran around to Holly's side and jumped up trying to get as close to her as she could. Apparently the epicenter was just east of McHenry. It was a small quake – about 2.4 magnitude. There are over a million small quakes annually on our planet. Nothing to worry about. But, do "listen" to your pets. They know! ■ No work tomorrow, but I do have to go to the dentist for the other cap that fell of. Bummer. ■
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Landed in Atlanta . . .
Holly's flight has landed in Atlanta. One more leg of travel to go – Atlanta to Chicago.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Yup, one more night.
They're staying the night in San Juan and both will fly home tomorrow. ■ Now I've got to get the house clean!
A little more time in San Juan . . .
It sounds like Holly and her sister are going to spend one more night in Puerto Rico. The last I heard from Holly they were checking into a hotel. More news as it arrives . . .
Crusing & Bruising . . .
I've been getting texts from Holly in a San Juan ER. Apparently her sister fell on the ship and the ship doctor thought she should get x-rays. They're getting the stitches now, but Holly may not make her flight. I'm waiting for an update.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Can't get rid of my headache . .
I can't seem to get rid of this headache. Maybe some sleep will do the trick.
Tired and another cap gone . . .
I'm tired. Of course it's late afternoon and I've worked at the guitar store, but I feel like a need for a nap. And I've had a headache for the last two days. That just contributes to the aching head. ■ Lost another old cap last night. I hope that's the last one I'll lose 'cause they're rather expensive. I called the dentist this morning, but they don't work today. I'll call 'em first thing Monday morning. ■ Time to feed the dogs. More later.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Busy tomorrow . . .
I'll be busy tomorrow. Trip to the bank; trip to the dentist; work at Dr. Wood's . . . and still figuring out how to finish the pen & ink of an old pickup truck. ■ The picture you see is one of Abby on her very first day with us. She wasn't quite sure of her new situation. "Why am I here? Is this a permanent home, or am I just here for awhile? Will these people love me? They won't beat me, will they?" So many questions and all of the answers were good. She landed in a great home. Now she sleeps with me with her muzzle on my shoulder. Yeah, I think she loves it here. She and Zoe are snuggled in on our bed as I write. ■ No more dizzy spells so far. I'm not one to panic, and I sure don't want to spend time in the hospital again. I'd at least like to make it through January. I'll keep and eye on it though. ■ Holly and her sister spent today in Barbados and are now heading for St. Lucia. I imagine they're having fun. ■ Time for me to get to bed. 'Night. ■
Monday, January 23, 2012
"So many guitars . . . so little time . . .
. . . and so little money." Commonly called "GAS" it's an illness we guitar players have. GAS stands for "Guitar/gear Acquisition Syndrome." I'm down 1 guitar from 23, but my eye is straying to another beauty. We'll see. ■ Holly's cruising as you can probably tell from her posts on my blog. She and her sister are in the sunny climes of the Caribbean – now slowing steaming from St. Thomas to Barbados. I always enjoyed my time at sea when I was in the Navy. Love the rolling from the waves, but you don't get that on a cruise – those ships have stabilizers. ■ I've been having some dizzy spells today. Three of them before I went to work; 2 at work; and 1 since I got home. A year ago I had a super dizzy spell and it was a small stroke. I think I'll give the doc a call tomorrow. ■ About time for me and the dogs to get to bed. 'Night. ■
In St. Thomas
Sunday, January 22, 2012
First day a d sail-away!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
More Rick
CasaBlanca - at Rick's (really!)
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that the weather is cooperating. Cherie's on the way to her airport, too. San Juan, here we come!
Friday, January 20, 2012
The start of the weekend . . . . . .
I just finished this drawing. It's of the four offices that our Cary Grove Chamber of Commerce has inhabited over the years. It was drawn for a chamber event being held tonight. Good thing I finished it! ■ It's been snowing here. Started this morning and it hasn't let up. I did get out in it to go to the bank. Not all of the streets have been plowed yet, and those that have need it again. We had tentatively planned to go out to dinner tonight, but no sense driving in this weather if you don't have to. ■ Tomorrow Holly flies to San Juan where she'll meet her sister and embark on a nice cruise. ■ Dinner tonight is out of the freezer – homemade enchiladas. Mmmm . . . I know they'll be delicious. ■ And I want to thank our neighbors – Jac & Steve for removing our snow. Jac – thanks so much. I know you found the beer I left for you.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Some more to go . . . . .
Still some drawing to do on this, but it's getting there. Now I have to decide on the details, shading, etc. That I'll do on a copy of the drawing to see what looks good. ■ It's been snowing lightly today. Not much to shovel, but enough to make driving a PITA. Glad I'm not out in it. ■ No work today, but that's giving me some more time to work on the drawing. It's pretty well complete now, but still some decisions to be made that will determine its final outcome. ■ Busy day tomorrow. 8:00 am meeting with our chamber networking group; dentist appointment at noon; and work meeting at 2:00 pm possibly followed by work. ■
Friday, January 13, 2012
Snow–here's a picture of it . . . .
Just a quick post. Here's a picture of the snowy neighborhood. I think we only got about 4 inches, or so. Maybe a little more, but it's still not a lot. The first snowfall of the season and people are remembering how to drive in it. Heard there were a lot of cars in the ditches yesterday – too much speed and not enough control. ■ Working on finishing a drawing and I need to run out and purchase an external hard drive for backup purposes. ■
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Finally, snow. It's January 12th and I think this is our 2nd snowfall. We were out of town for the first one, but when we got back it was all gone. This time the forecast is for 2 to 8 inches. That we can handle. ■ The home to the right I drew for a customer in Wisconsin. One of these days when I have some time I'll see if I can't make a map of where the houses I've drawn are located. ■ I'm working on the drawing for the auto body shop. I'll post it when I'm done. ■ Back to work.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Ill, but better . . . . .
Feeling ill today. I think I had a fever, because I was shivering all day. Spent a lot of it in bed with the dogs. I must have broken the fever, because I'm not shivering now. ■ Started this post late this afternoon; it's now about 8:30 pm and I'm starting to feel poorly again. Holly didn't feel well today as well. Wonder if we both got something. ■ I've got a "thank you" card to draw for a auto body shop. This is one of the quick pencil sketches that I drew in preparation for the actual drawing. I find myself doing more pre-pen & ink pencil sketches these days. It helps me to see what is important in the drawing and what isn't . ■ Got a call from Sam's Club telling us to check the Excedrin that we purchased there to make sure it wasn't part of the batch that's being recalled. It isn't. Thanks for the phone call goes out to Sam's Club. ■
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Iannelli Studios, circa 1945 . . . . .
The painting in this post is of the Iannelli Studios in Park Ridge, Illinois, circa 1945. The Kalo Foundation wants 50 note cards of these. I'll have to get busy and see if I can find some easy way to get them printed besides myself sitting at the printer and doing them one by one. ■ Everyone's gone from the holidays and we miss the hustle and bustle of the season. No Christmas tree to take out, but we do have to take the lights off the bear and the wreathes hanging in the windows down. The lights in the trees boarding our patio stay all year long. Those won't be coming down. ■ No snow so far. Weird. We should have a few inches on the ground by now. I'll bet the snow plowing business is just having a terrible season. ■


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BB Movie: Movie Review by R.J. CAMabis
As an Internet adult entertainer, one of the paramount concerns any young lady in the industry has is protecting her real-life identity from the threat of overly-obsessed, psychotic, mentally unstable fans who would love nothing more than to forcibly fulfill their twisted fantasies; at least for a split-second, they dreadfully imagine the sheer horror of being held captive, not being in control when being in control is the norm, shielded from such a fate by existing by pixels on a computer screen.
What happens when that world wasn't meant to be lived in? When role-play and make believe cease to exist...and one is face-to-face with an uncertain fate?
This 'what-if' scenario is captured by C.J. Wallis in his debut feature film "BB," which stars Jennifer Mae as "Candy Cummings," a live-on-her-own-terms lesbian punker chick turned internet cam model who feeds her independence and the needs of her lady love Alina. "Candy" is a natural as a virtual adult entertainer, winning the hearts and tokens of her male virtual suitors, and even more that she wasn't even prepared for.
The film begins with an introduction of "Horny Hal," a perceived war veteran suffering from PTSD (supposedly) and completely convinced that Candy's expressions of gratitude and cutesy names for the tips he sends her translates into an insatiable desire to be with him. Hal feels confident in expressing to the audience that "Candy" needs to be saved from all the other cam fans as well as his perception of what her life has amounted to.
With Alina away tending to familial matters overseas thanks to her lady love's generosity, "Candy" passes the time in cam land selling raffle ticket chances to go on a in-person date that Hal has spent loads of money to win in order to win her heart and put his plan to make Candy his in action...it is all-thwarted when he doesn't win the raffle...and the ride the film takes you on begins at this point.
Jennifer Mae and Kristian Hanson (Hal Bowman) deliver EXCELLENT performances captured outstandingly by the Cinemetography of CJ Wallis in what is sure to be the beginning of a dynamic, promising career as a feature film photographer and director. The performances throughout the movie are slighted, however, by the lack of "meat" in the screenplay, if you will.
The script does a good job at introducing the characters, but the climatic, moment-of-truth showstopper falls short of leaving the audience as thrilled as they could be. The brief introduction of Leah's friend Sapphire Stevens falls short of having any impact on the plot, and the justification for Leah's girlfriend Alina (played by Victoria Fox) being a scarcity throughout the "heart" of the film -- only to resurface at the very end of the film with no apparent substance is detrimental to the script writing of an otherwise remarkable storyline.
Overall, this movie is a must-see for the cam model community, lovers of uncertainty-laden thrillers, and the admirers of raw independent cult-classic level gems.
Acting: 4 and a half stars out of 5
Direction: 3 out of 5
Photography (cinematography) : 4 and a half out of 5
Soundtrack: 5 out of 5
OVERALL RATING: 3.75 out of 5 (Watch this for the performances and an outstanding first-feature effort by CJ Wallis and the Forty FPS family.
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It was the furthest thing from my mind, but my ears heard it right…
Nightclub hosts are the unfiltered voice of the "good looks" Nazis.
I don't mean the crazy nut jobs you find plastered on every page of the net.
More like the gatekeeper kind when you're looking for the right opportunity to get in front of the "man" or "madam".
I honestly thought they looked good. They could use some time in the gym like the rest of us, but they weren't hippos.
The ladies felt, pissed, and who could blame them. Dude was a prick about it…
…and he has a job to do, just like you.
I lingered around for a minute, seeing if I could catch his side of the story.
A younger host, you could totally tell he was green, asked exactly what I was thinking.
The veteran host, you can pick those guys out a block away, calmly said,
"Never go with a maybe, only pick a sure thing. It sucks to say that to them. Now, IF they were in shape – in they go. Bodies over beauty brotha."
As harsh as it sounds, it does make a lot of sense.
Back in my early days of completion, I remember getting passed up for this straight up fugly dude. I mean he most definitely put the fugh in fugly.
But standing next to me, he made me look like a scrawny 10-year-old boy.
That's the body business for ya.
It's also the real life biz for everyday people.
Whether it's work, family, relationships, even your kids – if you've got the body, you'll get the attention.
Everyone likes a sure thing. When you're fit, if anything else, you're a sure thing for:
People will use phrases like these to describe you:
They got their shhite together
Knows what they want
A real "Go Getter"
That's what I'm talking about – THEM!
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A real "Go Getter"
That's what I'm talking about – THEM!
People are attracted to you way more than you think just by your fitness, and you how you choose to live.
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…are always on the hunt for the Whale, someone in great shape that can bring in the barrels of cash!
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New Zealand Golf and Jennian Homes have announced a new partnership, making New Zealand's most awarded franchise builder the first naming right sponsor of the Charles Tour.
Jennian Homes supporting the Charles Tour in this capacity has enabled New Zealand Golf to secure the continued development of the Tour's future, ensuring longevity and a stable playing pathway to help New Zealand's aspiring amateur and professional golfers.
Dave Wilson, Business Development Manager for Jennian Homes, says: "This is the first sports sponsorship Jennian Homes has ever undertaken from a national perspective. Aligning ourselves with golf, a great kiwi pastime, fits perfectly with the iconic New Zealand owned Jennian brand that's been around for 33 years, and supporting the Charles Tour definitely extends our 'building for the future' philosophy – not only in houses but now in emerging golfers as well."
Jennian Homes isn't only focused on helping our up and coming golfers 'build for the future', they will also add another layer which will be of benefit to every day golfers throughout New Zealand.
Any New Zealand Golf member who builds a new home with Jennian Homes will not only have a brand new quality finish, they will also receive a new set of Cobra Golf Clubs, their golf club membership paid for one year*as well as enable a $1,000 donation back to the New Zealand Junior Golf Foundation to help 'build the future' of the young golfers throughout the country.
Nick Rowland, Commercial Manager of New Zealand Golf says; "It was imperative for us to not just find a partner for the Charles Tour, but to find the right fit. Jennian Homes reflects the same values of New Zealand Golf, where longevity and quality take precedence, and we are proud to be working in partnership with them."
Jennian Homes has also added a new aspect to the Tour, The Jennian Homes Trophy. This is to be of similar mould to the FedEx Cup on the US PGA Tour and rewards players for being consistent over the full season as well as competing in more events.
This is an exciting time for all involved in the game of golf. Our current professional golfers performing well on the world stage such as Danny Lee, Lydia Ko and Ryan Fox, have all played on the Charles Tour, highlighting how this pathway has helped them launch their careers.


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GLOUCESTER TWP. — Comedian and sports radio personality Big Daddy Graham will perforn here Saturday, April 21 at a fundraiser event for Special Olympics New Jersey (SONJ).
The Night of Music and Comedy is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Villari's Lakeside Restaurant and Bar, in Sicklerville. It will also feature music by area duo The Ed and Mike Acoustic Show.
Music begins at 7:30, and Big Daddy Graham takes the stage at 9. Tickets cost $20 per guest.
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Scott at 609-209-5605 or email email@example.com.
The event is one of many Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) taking place throughout the year.
The LETR for SONJ is recognized internationally as a top grassroots fundraiser, officials of the latter group said, and it raised more than $2.6 in 2011.
SONJ added that it provides year-round training and competition for more than 22,000 children and adults with mental disabilities. You can learn more about the group at www.sonj.org.


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Fish & chip pie
Hearty homemade pie meets a traditional British takeaway for a doubly satisfying family supper for those evenings when only comfort food will do
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal446
- fat17g
- saturates7g
- carbs40g
- sugars10g
- fibre6g
- protein30g
- salt0.6g
- 3 eggs (at room temperature)
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 50g butter, plus extra to serve
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 2 tbsp rapeseed oil, plus a drizzle
Rapeseed oil
If you want a light alternative to other cooking oils, rapeseed is a great choice and has…
- 2 onions, chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 50g plain flour
- 600ml milk
One of the most widely used ingredients, milk is often referred to as a 'complete' food…
- small bunch flat-leaf parsley
- 6 small cornichons (about 2 tbsp), rinsed and finely chopped
- 1 tbsp capers, rinsed and finely chopped
Capers are the small flower buds of the Capparis shrub that grows in the Mediterranean. As they…
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 800g floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper
- 600g skinless and boneless haddock, cut into chunks
A white-fleshed salt water fish often compared with cod in flavour and texture. Found on the…
- 1 tbsp malt vinegar
- 200g frozen peas
Boil the eggs for 7 mins, then plunge straight into cold water and set aside to cool.
Melt the butter in a large saucepan and add the oil and onions. Cook for 5 mins or until soft. Stir in the flour for 1 min to make a paste, then add the milk bit by bit, stirring as you go, to make a smooth sauce the consistency of double cream. Add the parsley, cornichons, capers and lemon juice, and season to taste.
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Peel the potatoes, cut into chips, put in a pan of water. Bring to a simmer, cook for 2 mins, then drain – the potatoes should still hold their shape. Leave to steam-dry for 5 mins.
Spread half the sauce over the base of a large shallow casserole dish (ours was 30cm). Scatter the fish on top, peel and quarter the eggs, and add these too. Top with the remaining sauce. In a bowl, toss the chips with the vinegar, a drizzle of oil and some seasoning. Scatter over the pie and bake for 40 mins until the potatoes are golden.
Meanwhile, cook the peas in a pan of boiling water for 2-3 mins, then drain and mash lightly with a knob of butter and the lemon zest. Serve alongside the pie.


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Based on Chrome's open-source components (Chromium), but with real-browser functionality added.
Spectacular. It has all the pieces missing from Chrome. I'd strongly consider switching to it from Pale Moon if it had proper ScrapBook X support.
Software > Operating Systems >
(on Wikipedia)
An operating system most notably on mobile phones, but also found on media boxes.
Fundamentally flawed - It is tethered to Google in as many ways as they've made possible. From a time server, to internet traffic compression. From google play requiring an account requiring your verified phone number. From hoops to download and install software from their store. It's fucking awful.
Note that although Android borrows from BSD and Linux, it is not fully-free. Replicant aims to be that.
Google >
Software > Web browsers >
(on Wikipedia)
A web browser by Google, designed to be fast and perfectly willing to sacrifice features.
Other browsers are built with some of Chrome's open source components:
Most still refer to the overarching corporation as Google, though they are now called Alphabet Inc. and "Google" is their search engine and something of a sub-umbrella brand-corporation.
(on Wikipedia)
Alphabet Inc's search engine.
Google is Evil.
People aren't security conscious enough.
I could say people aren't "privacy" conscious enough, but I really do mean something more thorough than that.
Disambiguation: Chromium (dietary mineral)
Google > Chrome >
Software > Web browsers >
(on Wikipedia)
A web browser compiled from the released source of Google Chrome.
It's simplicity is overdone to the point of losing functionality. Some of its preferences are so wrong that I can't use it, and because it's inflexible I can't fix their mistakes.
I switched to Pale Moon.
Google Chrome is as trustworthy as Google .. which is to say that it's not trustworthy.
Google's informal motto is/was don't be evil. They claimed to be pretty good guys.
However, Google has (as I figured) very obviously become Evil. Tracking.. hell, building activity webs. Why do you think they have all kinds of web developer services like captcha. They get to see who uses them.
So since they're evil, I'll stop using Google Search.
Instead, I'll use DuckDuckGo. They claim to be pretty good guys.
Hey wait.
Google nukes meta search engines >
Since Radar magazine doesn't have it anymore (archive.org archive), and Scroogle isn't showing it, here is the short story which inspired Scroogle:
This short story was published in the October 2007 issue of Radar magazine. This story is copyrighted Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC-BY-NC-SA) There is also a list of translations of this story. I don't know how many of those links are still good. Use archive.org if something's gone missing.


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This Tobago island one of the most astonishing islands of Caribbean, popular for its social calendar, the variety of activities you can do and the places to explore.
1. Tobago Jazz Experience attracts music fans around the world and the likes of Emile Sande, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick and Sting. If you want to chill out under the stars, Mount Irvine is the blissful venue for Jazz on the beach.
2. The World's 1st Eco Project "Main Ridge Forest Reserve" which came into effect in 1776 houses approximately 12 to 16 species of mammals out of the nearly 90 mammal species in the Caribbean region, 24 non-poisonous snakes, 16 rare lizards and 210 species of unique bird. The protection of Tobago is of Universal value, recognized by UNESCO.
3. 5 Forested Bays. Englishman's bay is a combination of white sandy beaches and lonely palm trees.
Bloody Bay got its name from a fight between British, French and Dutch forces in the early 1800's and according the legend the sand ran red. Today is a peaceful place to free your mind of thoughts and let imagination flow.Parlatuvier Bay is a quiet fishing cove where the clusters of coconut palms provide their shade ideal for relaxing under. Batteaux Bay has wonderful views out to Goat Island and Little Tobago. Starwood Bay is a secret beautiful spot .
4. What Togago means? Christopher Colombus called it Belaforma because of its beauty from a distance, British, French and Dutch called it Tobago because it is cigar shaped.
5. Tobago island is divers' dream where you can come face to face with the most rare and outstanding sea creatures. If you are a master in fishing then the Game Fishing Tournament is held in Charlotteville annually.
6. Tobago's Blue Food Festival taking place at Bloody Bar Village is unique. There you can taste delicious Dasheen that turns blue when cook it, dasheen curry, lasagne and pizza. Note that they include iguana in the menu!
7. Robinso Crusoe led his lonely life on Tobago and proof to that are the descriptions given years ago by the 20th century A.Hyatt Verrill. Tobago is the island of inspiration.
8. The Tobago Cycling classic, a 5 day tour attracts top riders from almost 20 countries. They also have the Buccoo goat race, however this is for locals.
Tobago is the place where the most rare things in the world happen.
It's well worth a visit!
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Seedbed Preparation
Conventional Systems
Soil type and previous cropping pattern dictate the amount of tillage necessary to prepare the seedbed. A field with a large amount of residue from the previous crop, such as a crop produced on irrigated soil, requires deep plowing or deep tillage to help decompose the residue and to keep the surface soil free of debris. Soil should be plowed ordisked as deeply as possible to help break up compaction and reduce the risk of herbicide carryover. Deep plowing, or at least twodiskings, may be necessary.Disking and harrowing follow plowing orchiseling to complete seedbed preparation.Small Grain Production Manual
Soils should not be tilled when wet since this contributes to soil compaction, large clods, and other physical conditions unfavorable for growth of small grains.
The seedbed should be several inches deep, and the soil clods should be small enough so that they do not interfere with grain drilling, such as by getting caught between disc openers. Seedbeds with large clods and heavy crop residue that do not pass freely through the conventional 6- to 7-inch drill spacing of grain drills produce a weak stand with uneven germination. Conversely, an overprepared seedbed creates a powdery surface soil that is prone to crusting, which can delay or prevent emergence. Seedbed preparation for broadcast seeding is less critical because the broadcasting equipment does not drag clods and residue.
Summer fallowing preceded by deep plowing or deep tillage is one system used in rainfed production areas. With summer fallowing, seedbed preparation can be com- pleted well before the normal fall planting period, allowing seed to be planted before the onset of the rainy season. Seedbed preparation for summer fallowing begins with plowing or chiseling in spring followed by disking or harrowing. This process starts after volunteer cereals and weeds have made some growth but before weeds have pro- duced seed and while there is ample moisture available for tilling. Soil can then be disked in early fall to break up large clods and harrowed after the first rain to help control germinating weeds.
Annual cropping is also used in rainfed areas. Seedbed preparation for annual rainfed cropping begins with disking or chiseling dry soil in early summer. The seed- bed is prepared after fall rains begin and is completed with shallow disking or harrow- ing. There is more risk of crop failure with annual cropping than with summer fallow- ing because inadequate moisture conditions and increased weed and disease pressure are more likely under annual cropping.
minimum-Till and no-Till
Minimum-till and no-till seedbed preparation can be very beneficial inrainfed crop- ping systems because the crop residue that remains on the soil surface helps retain moisture and prevent soil erosion. In addition, reduced-tillage systems generally have lower input costs than conventional systems. Seedbed preparation usually consists of applying chemical weed control if weeds are present and drilling seed directly through the residue of the previous crop. The amount ofdisking and harrowing needed to bury surface crop debris, kill emerging weeds, and incorporate seed or fertilizer is limited. Straw and chaff must be thoroughly chopped and spread during harvest of the previous crop in order for sowing to be successful. Also, care must be taken in setting up sowing equipment so that the drill is able to cut through surface residue. "Hairpinning" occurs when residue is not cut but stuffed into the seed slot by the openers, preventing the soil-seed contact necessary for optimal germination.
Mulch may be used in irrigated production in the Southern California Desert Region or other regions where rain is not expected before stand establishment. Fields are pre- pared, leveled, fertilized, and irrigated approximately 2 to 4 weeks before sowing to allow enough time for the fields to dry sufficiently for mulching and seeding. A mulch layer of dry soil 2 to 3 inches (5 to 7.5 cm) thick is created and seed is drilled into
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Growing up in Castle Dale, the wind is a part of life, so I shouldn't have been so surprised when the wind almost blew us completely away…well not completely but it did mess up our hair. It may have been windy, but it made for some beautiful lighting.
Dear Allinson family, thank you for spending the evening with us. I sure love your family!


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Guest of the Week (9/15/17)
Christine Corbett Moran, Ph.D., NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
Congratulations Christine! You are theCUBE's Guest of the Week.
The open-source community may be headed toward a major turning point, thanks to a security breach of epic scale.
When news broke this month that the personal credit records, including names, birthdates, Social Security Numbers and home addresses of 143 million people had been breached at the credit rating bureau Equifax Inc., there was outrage. As more details have emerged, reports have placed some of the blame on an open-source server framework called Apache Struts, although representatives from that project have issued their own statement questioning whether vulnerabilities in open-source software led to a hack of historic proportions.
Even if it's found that a flaw in Apache Struts led to the massive breach, open source is not going away. In fact, major tech players, such as Microsoft and Amazon Web Services Inc., have recently put significant support behind open-source projects and startup investment in the field — reaching $3.5 billion between 2012 and 2015.
But there is still tension between a community of open-source developers who believe in the power of its collective, democratic model and companies who need to bring successful products to market that will realize a nice return for the bottom line.
"I don't think that money is a primary motivating factor for most people in the [open-source] community," said Christine Corbett Moran, Ph.D., NSF astronomy and astrophysics postdoctoral fellow at California Institute of Technology. "When you do something of value, money is the reward for that, and the only question is how to distribute that reward to the community."
Moran paid a visit to theCUBE, SiliconANGLE's mobile livestreaming studio, and spoke with co-hosts John Furrier (@furrier) and Stu Miniman (@stu) during the Open Source Summit in Los Angeles, California. They discussed the power behind the open-source community, Moran's own successful invention three years ago, corporate involvement in getting products to market, nation state attempts to stifle innovation and the challenge of training the next generation.
Read more about our Guest of the Week here and here.
Follow Christine on Twitter (@corbett), and check out more of SiliconANGLE's and theCUBE's coverage of Open Source Summit 2017.


text: Editing Server:Moon Guard US/Korvos 0 Hi, welcome to WoWWiki! Please log in to edit this wiki! Joining Wikia is free, and it only takes a minute.We hope that you become a member of the WoWWiki community! Don't have an account? Click here to join WoWWiki. You do not have permission to edit this page: The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: FANDOM Staff, FANDOM Helpers, Wiki Managers, Content Team Members. Please log in to edit this wiki.Joining WoWWiki is free, and it only takes a minute.We hope that you sign in, and become a member of the community!Click here to log in or create an account more + You can view and copy the source of this page: Korvos Ebonlocke is a Forsaken Warlock on the server Moon Guard(US). He tends to be found roaming around Brill, often keeping to himself, only talking to his imp, Azrot, or working on creating new potions and elixers. The warlock is often seen as unfriendly and bitter, but in truth he just has no interest in meeting new people and making new friends. After losing the love of his life, Corin, and becoming undead he sees little value in most, if not all things. {{npcbox | name = Korvos Ebonlocke | titles = The Potions Master & The Mute | gender = Male | races = [[Forsaken]] | character = [[Warlock]] | faction = Horde | occupation = Alchemist | location = Brill / Undercity | status = Alive }} ---- '''Information''' ==Basics== *Full Name: Korvos Silas Ebonlocke *Age: Unknown *Race: Forsaken *Gender: Male *Detailed Class: Warlock *Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual *Relationships (Past or Present): Single, with only one past relationship with the late Corin Hayfield. *Wealth status (Rich, Wealthy, Upper, Up-Mid, Mid, Low-Mid, Low, Poor): Low-Mid by choice, seeing little value in money. *Job(s):Alchemist *Theme Song: Help I'm Alive - Metric ===Appearance=== *Facial appearance: Mild rotting found above and below the eye sockets, but aside from that very little disfiguration on the face for an Undead. Shaggy purple hair with numerous burnt strands, due to his Imp enjoying setting strands of his hair ablaze. *Skin color and appearance: Light purple skin, where there is skin left, dirty bones and the like are exposed in numerous areas around his upper torso and legs. He stands a few inches shorter than most Undead, but not enough to be noticeable unless closely examined. *Best features: Loyalty. Even though he sees little need for friends and companions he is extremely loyal to those he is friends with, helping them when the situation requires it. Even with his excommunication from the town of Grand Hamlet(now Darkshire) he is still somewhat loyal to the town, showing no resentment and completely understanding the reasoning behind his excommunication. *Worst features: Quietness. He does not attempt to be friendly to new people, often resulting in people reacting to him poorly. ===Relations, Ect.=== *Place of birth: Grand Hamlet, Southern Elwynn Forest. Which is now known as Darkshire, Duskwood. *Wealth status during childhood: Upper Class *Current home(s): Brill *Reason for making a home there: He enjoys its close proximity to Undercity while not being bothered by the constant business of the city. *Known family members, and their relation to the character: Ello Ebonlocke, Uncle and Mayor of Darkshire. Althea Ebonlocke, Cousin and leader of the Night Watch. *Most cared for friends, family, or pets: Vadrik Chillscream, Kavic Beastrage, and his imp, Azrot. =='''History'''== {{construction |Much of this is still under construction even with the wondrous powers of Wowwiki, it is proving difficult to find an accurate timeline of events, so please excuse me if an event is misplaced. Please do help and correct me in any errors that might be present!|doc=}} Korvos Ebonlocke was born into the Ebonlocke family, where his father was the younger brother of Ello Ebonlocke, mayor of Grand Hamlet, and his mother the daughter of the local blacksmith. Shortly after his birth, his father died of a cause unknown to Korvos, and his mother was left to raise her young son alone. His uncle Ello stepped into the role of a father figure for Korvos, teaching him how to be a responsible and caring man. Early in his childhood he became close to his cousin Althea, as the two were of similar ages. They could often be seen playing together around the town, and were known to everyone in the town. When Korvos reached the age of eleven he was sent to Stormwind to learn the ways of the mage. He spent the next years training under the wizards there, excelling in the art of wielding fire magic. When not training he would read books on different types of magic, as well as alchemy, something he had always been interested in, but was never able to pursue. Living in Stormwind gave him the oppurtunities to begin working on his Alchemy, which he enjoyed greatly, often making simple potions used for trickery rather than enhancement and healing. After he had decided that he could gain no more knowledge from the wizards in Stormwind he returned to his home to find that it had greatly changed since he left. His cousin seemed distant and unwelcoming, and his uncle tired and hardened by the troubles of the town. The dark influences from the tower of Karazahn had become to invade the town and surrounded forest. It was when he saw the terror that had been unleashed upon the town he decided that something must be done to drive back the dark forces. He recognized that his fire magic alone would not be strong enough to repel the evil, so he began studying more destructive magic, practicing the spells in private, keeping his studies secret from the townsfolk. One grim evening while in his room studying he began hearing screams from outside his window, the screams became louder and other more violent noises quickly errupted. He quickly grabbed his spell book and dashed outside, decided that the time was now to put his new spells into practice. When he reached the militia he saw his cousin ordering around the civilian soldiers around, she quickly explained that the town was being invaded by an unknown number of zombies and other wretched beasts, and that they did not have enough men to keep them at bay, and there would be no way for the Army of Stormwind to reach them in time. He ran up to a nearby hill, where he was able to get a full view of the mayhem, deciding that this would where he would stage his attack. He began channeling his spell, putting every ounce of energy he had into the spell. Fire began raining upon the attackers, continuesly pummeling them with balls of fire, creating fires among the zombies which quickly spread to the surrounding invaders. Korvos saw the spell was being effective, but more and more continued coming. Some of the smarter invaders realized where the fire was originating from, and hordes of invaders began their attack agaisnt Korvos himself. Under his breath he whispered one word, and immediatly a wall of fire errupted from the ground around him and moved agains't the invaders, incinerating them quickly and efficiently. With the assitance Korvos provided the Militia were able to hack down the remaining invaders, saving the town from the dark dangers that presented itself that night. The aftermath of the battle was atrocious, not only were there countless bodies of slain townsfolk, but much of the surrounding area was destroyed not by the invaders, but by Korvos' destructive spells. While grateful for the protection Korvos brought to the town his uncle insisted that he give up the destructive fiery magic he had taken so long to study. Korvos insisted that he was doing it for the safety of the town, and that it was neccessary but his uncle told him that it was too dangerous and could cause too much harm to the townsfolk. Korvos was given the option of abandoning his magic or leaving Grand Hamlet forever. Korvos chose the latter, vowing that one day he would return and purge the town of all darkness, without harming anyone from the town. ((The second and third parts of Korvos' journey will be posted shortly.)) Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page: Template:! 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poem brut #26 – The Diverse Colors of Needlework
By Susanna Crossman.
draw it through
the judge deborah song
the word unravels
Susanna Crossman is a British writer based in France. She has recent/upcoming work featured in The Creative Review, Litro, The Stockholm Review of Literature, RIC Journal and Visual Verse. Co-author of the French novel, L'Hôpital, Le dessous des Cartes (LEH, 2015), she is part of the Dangerous Women Project and her fiction has been shortlisted for the Bristol Prize and Glimmertrain. She regularly collaborates on international hybrid projects with visual artists, filmmakers and musicians. Susanna Crossman is represented by Craig Literary. Read more at: @crossmansusanna
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The GSX-S750 come from the factory with very smooth fueling unlike the GSX-S1000 fueling issues, however the Suzuki GSX-S750 ECU Flash (2017-18) is a massive improvement , more power, more torque and more fun! Particularly if you have made any modifications to your GSXS750
Flash using the harness and software from Woolich Racing, It can be flashed using the permanently installed harness which connects 4 wires to unused pins on the stock ECU harness and also connects to the SDS (Suzuki Diagnostic System) connector to read engine data or it can also be flashed using a bench harness.
- Features available for Suzuki GSX-S750 (2017-18) ECU Flash
- IAP Fuel Maps (correct the over lean stock fuelling to improve the response)
- TPS Fuel Maps (correct the fuelling to increase power, particularly if you have modified the exhaust or intake)
- Ignition Timing Maps (more advance to add power and make it more responsive, remove restriction in low gears)
- Ignition Dwell Maps
- Secondary Throttle Plate (STP) Opening Maps (open earlier to increase low end torque)
- Fuel Trim Maps
- Adjust RPM Limiters (Increase the RPM from the low 11,400 RPM)
- Adjust Idle RPM
- Adjust Fan Temperature (keep the engine cooler in traffic)
- Enable High Speed Datalogging
- Disable Top Speed Limiter (want to go faster?)
- Disable Stock O2 Sensor
- Disable Fuel Cut (smoother on off throttle)
- Disable PAIR Valve (stop the popping on over run)
- Woolich Racing AutoTune
- Real Time Engine Data
The bike we used has an Arrow slip on exhaust replacing the heavy restrictive standard exhaust and a BMC Airfilter
The stock Suzuki GSX-S750 is restricted in the lowest three gears by retarded the ignition, so we made the ignition the same in all gears, we opened the STPs (Secondary Throttle plates) earlier, raised the rev limit to 12,600 rpm, turned off the fuel cut on deceleration, removed the top speed limiter and adjusted the fuelling.
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What a season though, eh! The Vasa Ski Club is back in it. The Senior Men's Michigan Cup is going down to the last weekend. The Senior Women's Michigan Cup is going down to the last weekend. And the Michigan Cup will most likely be decided at the relays as well.
This weekend's Boyne Highland races
Gary Day at Boyne Highlands said they would be making a call about this weekend's freestyle and classic races on Friday morning. The course may be altered but right now they still have good coverage.
Says Gary, "We still have plenty of base and at this time, we plan to hold the races this weekend. Because of the uncertainty of the weather, the meal and prizes have been cancelled and we may have to alter the course somewhat. The fee will be reduced to $15 per day and will include a snack after the race."
Check the NordicSkiRacer Trail Reports for the Friday morning call.
The Michigan Cup Relays
Given the snow conditions, I have been in contact with Bob Frye about the relays. Pending the rain this week, he will be making a call next week. However, given the tight race this year and the awards party at the relays we have been looking for a backup.
Boyne Highlands is willing to serve as a backup. I also checked with Hanson Hills but they are closed. If anyone else has any ideas please let me know. Rest assured there will be a realys event unless we loose all our snow in the Lower Peninsula.


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To empower Manitoba's Aboriginal Community to grow physically, spiritually and culturally through sport and recreation.
To strengthen Aboriginal participation in positive healthy lifestyle activities.
The MASRC promotes sport and recreation as pillars to the health and well-being of all first Nations, Inuit and Métis people. Our goals are building partnerships, targeting community strategies, measuring success and creating community awareness. These goals will guide us as we work through community led initiatives to building community capacity (skills, knowledge, structures and resources).


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The Irish Province of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit seeks suitable applicants for the position of Housekeeper.
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text: I was idly flicking through TV channels recently when I stumbled across this natural cutie on the Disney Channel. Her name is Skai Jackson and she's one of the stars of the Disney channel show Jessie. Her beautiful natural hair had me hooked from the get go, but she's also a very talented actress. I'm all about encouraging the younger generation to love and enjoy their natural hair and this little diva knows how to work it. It's great to see some inspiration I can show my nieces and cousins and hopefully one-day, daughters.


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One of the challenges for any trainer is the speed to leveling up between stages. There are lots of blog entries here at the Keep on how to accelerate this with snacks. You can find them by clicking here, here and in Blaze's Tips and Tricks here.
Well, that is certainly part of the equation. The other part is the actual training itself. Typically, die hard pet trainers will always go for the Dance Game. It is fast and easy to get a perfect score is easy when know how.
It is funny, but I think there are two types of people that enjoy this game. The counters, and the music lovers. Funnily enough, I love music and thought this was the game for me. It seems that my basic premise that this would help me master this game was wrong from the outset!
Keeping my music up, I would charge into every game listening carefully for the change in sound in order to know which note to click on, when and how many. I would usually average 6 although sometimes I only got 5 right, and sometimes all 7, but wow, that 7th note made it so much harder.
I was discussing this with Alia one day and she told me she didn't even listen to the music, she just counted the rhythm of the arrows and formed a pattern from one to the next. I know Alia does this with numbers, so it did make sense that she'd do it here too. The funny thing was, she was soooo fast!
Stubborn me, I kept at my practice of listening for the music, but with constant distractions, this just became a real challenge and I found myself getting a perfect score less and less often. So...well...I swallowed my pride and turned off my sound.
OK, I started with a couple of 6's, but they were so easy?! I could even get them if someone started talking to me? What is this? There might be something in this after all!
Oh, one last tip. With the 7th note, focus on remembering the last arrow. It can sometimes help you count backwards to make sure you have it right.
And as you can see, my regular supply of Mega Snacks make this activity soooooo much quicker!
BTW- if you have any other Pet Training tips, be sure to let me know what you do. I enjoy being able to keep learning.
Good luck with your training and...
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If you plan to hunt for life on Mars, past or present, bring a back hoe.
Early in the planet's history, the most likely locations for microbe metropolises were under the Martian surface in wet environments warmed by hydrothermal activity, according to a new study.
The work, published in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature, adds a fresh wrinkle to the debate over the climate history of early Mars and how hospitable the young planet would have been to simple forms of life.
Key to that hospitality is whether or not early Mars – in this case, Mars 3 billion to 4 billion years ago – would have had a climate sufficiently warm to allow water to accumulate on the surface long enough for life to emerge.
For years, planetary scientists could marshal evidence suggesting that the red planet was a largely dessicated orb from the get-go, where water occasionally pooled and flowed for geologically brief periods in limited regions on its surface.
Through about 2000, Mars orbiters failed to turn up evidence of clays or other minerals that would form in the presence of liquid water, explains Bethany Ehlmann, a planetary scientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif.
Others pointed to the northern lowlands as resembling an ancient ocean floor, as well as to other evidence suggesting that early in Mars' history, it hosted water on its surface.
But as the US and European space programs sent advanced orbiters and landers to explore the planet over the past decade, evidence for a warm, wet early Mars began to build.
NASA's rover Opportunity found evidence of past surface-water pooling, notes Dr. Elhmann, the lead author of the new study. Research was conducted by a team of astronomers from the US and France.
More globally, evidence came from instruments on the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter and later from data gathered by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
"We were seeing that clays were all over the planet," she says, as well as surface deposits of other minerals that form in the presence of water.
The clays appeared as layers in canyon and valley walls at levels deep enough to date to Mars' Noachian Period, a slice of geologic time on the planet that spanned 400 million years, beginning about 4.1 billion years ago. They also appear in the material ejected by impacts, which dredge up material from deep in the crust.
But did the clay deposits the orbiters map really form on the surface, which would imply abundant surface water?
That's the question this new study tries to answer.
The team notes that on Earth, clays also form from hydrothermal activity in the crust. Hydrothermal clays form in the presence of water, but they form with relatively small amounts of water compared with surface clays. So they tend to retain the mix of minerals in the rock that spawns them – volcanic rock known as basalts.
Clays forming on the surface tend to show a much different make-up, altered by flowing water that can leach minerals from the clays.
Typically, clays formed underground have higher concentrations of iron and magnesium, plus a smattering of other minerals that form at temperatures of up to 400 degrees Celsius (752 degrees Fahrenheit). Water leaching of surface clays leaves them with high abundances of aluminum.
Data from the orbiters indicate that far more of Mars' clay deposits show a hydrothermal pedigree than a surface pedigree.
The upshot: If Mars had a warm, wet environment early in its history, it was underground.
"Embarking on this project was important," Dr. Ehlmann says. Although the constant overturning of Earth's crust has erased virtually all records of what was happening 3.5 billion years ago, some of the few rock formations geologists have found from that period show evidence for life, she says.
Understanding the clays on Mars opens a window on a similar period and whether the environment was hospitable for life there as well.
"We think our data point to the fact that the longest-duration, water-rich environments would have been in the subsurface" on Mars, she says.
It could have been a fecund incubator, she suggests, noting that on Earth, the vast majority of microbial biomass is thought to live in Earth's crust, not at the surface.


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'In drawing' (cherry music – cherry001)
The word 'small' is one I like. For me I always think of something subtle, with shape and a pleasing form that can be held in some way. Of course it can mean 'without substance' but in terms of music, for me it is a word to be used to convey an piece that fits, that we can take in and does not involve force. Music that communicates without unnecessary elements.
The label' Cherry music' is a small label….one that aims for a creative balance between the music on the disc and the physical object itself. 'In drawing' is the labels first non cd-r release and it features unprocessed field recordings by 6 artists who clearly find the music and sound in their everyday life is something to be treated with an enjoyable respect.
What makes this cd stand out from the countless other collections of field recordings available is that the choices made by the artist remain, for the large part, inspired by the simple joy of discovery. It is a very fine line between a recording that celebrates the sound itself and one that exists to illustrate an artist's theoretical outlook.
The pieces on 'In drawing' are all very different of course. Some contain gentle hums from air conditioners as in the piece by Asuna, the sounds of café music and crockery that feature in 'La grande illusion' by Yasuo Totsuka, the water and wind around 'Isla Genovesa' captured by Chris Watson or (and I'm guessing here) the effects of placing a microphone inside a hollow metal tube on the opening track by Justino (ruidobello). Only the track by Takahiro Kawaguchi ruffles your ears slightly with animal sounds that are strange and somewhat daunting.
Then there's the track by Ami Yoshida's who adds to our understanding of her artistic outlook by contributing the quietest piece on this cd. For an artist who is known for her ability to raise the smallest sound into something of amplified detail, her recording is simply impossible to represent in mere words. For me that is the sign of truly inspired and authentic field recordings. If these sounds could be captured in a written language there would be less point in listening to them and sometimes we should put aside our human need for things to have an explanation and simply let them be what they are. The temptation with all of these pieces is to listen in order to try to work out what made these sounds. Do yourself and the artists a favour and resist that temptation because you might end up missing the essence of these pieces.
As someone who has also been recording natural music / sound for many years I can honestly say that Cherry music have approached the concept of field recording in a way that any artist would find a rewarding experience.
All of the pieces on this highly recommended disc should be simply allowed to be what they are: fascinating, rewarding, subtle and therefore powerful pieces of natural music.
review by Jez riley French


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That's how last night's dinner went. My lesson for you from this whole debacle is to plan accordingly. I vowed to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly here, so let this be an "ugly."
Don't get me wrong. The final product turned out pretty tasty, but it was
not perfect, not to my standards, and it's all a result of piss poor planning. While I was groaning at my failures, though, I kept reminding myself being mad about this makes me kind of an arsehole. That made me slightly less invested in anger. Chastising myself also helps.
If you're looking for some realism in a food blog, this is it. Not everything is a home run, and that's okay.
Read on to see why. This is another long one, so I've broken it down into parts so you can find the bits that interest you the most. It is definitely TL;DR if you're in a hurry, but I'm very aware of this. That's why you get subheadings.
I also started by giving you the recipes in case that's all you need before telling you the details of how I turned this into a three ring circus and an 8:30 PM serve time. Be aware that I started the actual cooking (not marinating) at 5:00. Maybe it'll help you plan or at least feel better when you don't.
First of all, I was inspired to make this because I was watching Ant-Man, and the kid at the end was eating pork chops, mac and cheese, and green beans. This looked amazing for some reason.
My original goal was simply to make the homemade macaroni and cheese. I thought other people were taking care of the rest. The series of unfortunate events was set into motion when I realized too late in the day that I had somewhere along the way agreed to cook the entire dinner.
Okay. Sure. Not a problem, but I had 8 pork chops and no idea what to do with them. I love pork, but I'm still learning how to cook it with the same ease and confidence as other meats. In past pork-cooking events, I've created a leather shoe, a hockey puck, some bones, charcoal briquettes, a lovely Yule log, a fire. You can see why this didn't excite me.
Baked Pork Chops w/Spiced Rum & Herb Gravy
After a little research and many realizations I was short on both time and ingredients to do anything that looked appealing, I threw caution to the wind and marinated it for an hour in something I made up on the spot (granted, the basic ideas came from several recipes I found, but they all had 8+ hour marinating times).
The final decision consisted of non-measured amounts of a series of random ingredients. I just kept tasting the mixture and imagining its effect on pork in the short term. Here's the list:
- A mix of dry and fresh thyme
- White onion slices
- Minced garlic
- Dry sage
- Lemon juice
- Red pepper flakes
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
Then it went into the refrigerator for an hour. Well, that was the plan.
Ideally, I was going to marinate them for that hour, spread them evenly in a baking dish, separate the onion layers and spread them on top, and cook the pork for at least an hour at 400. Toward the end, I intended to drain the liquid (part marinade and part pork drippings) from the baking dish and use some of it to make a very interesting rum gravy (just some flour, the liquid, and a dash of the same herbs as the marinade).
Technically, I suppose that's what I did, except you can add a half hour to the marinating time. This was an accident. We'll revisit this.
Four (Six!) Cheese Mac and Cheese
So I spent $30 on cheese for mac and cheese. One of those cheeses was gruyère, which is a favorite. Let me reveal something that makes people question my humanity.
I don't really like cheese.
Stop yelling.
I like cheese where cheese belongs, but I don't necessarily like a slice of cheese, say, on a cracker. It's fine on tacos (sometimes), grilled cheese, lasagne, and of course, in mac and cheese.
However, all bets are off with gruyère. I don't even know why, but it's delicious and I had to restrain myself from biting into the hunk.
I used this recipe from Food.com's very own Swedish Chef. I've used this before, and it's pretty amazing. This recipe has a single flaw, that half the cheeses are measured by cup and the other half by pound, but it's not a huge deterrent to success. Read the reviews. Only two aren't so great. Nobody's perfect, so that's a good ratio.
Of course, I made a couple alterations as you can see in the photo below. Instead of four cheese, mine turned out to be six cheese thanks to the Italian cheese blends below. Not being able to find fontina any other way should have been the first sign of danger, but alas, I kept going.
For the most part, the mac and cheese was not the problem in this fiasco. Everything with it went relatively smoothly. The only problem was that I was out of onion powder and opted for minced onions instead. This made very little difference. Let's just say technically, I only made three of the mistakes mentioned in this HuffPo article on mac and cheese mistakes, and I don't consider expensive cheese or cavatappi over elbow to be mistakes. I do, however, see their point.
What's that you say? That's only two mistakes? Yep. We'll get to the third one in a bit; feel free to skip to the section titled "where it all went wrong."
My sister graciously helped me grate the cheese, which is something I hate to do. At one point, I was measuring the Italian blend, poured about half a cup into the bowl, looked at the container, asked myself aloud, "This is about a cup, right?," shrugged, and then dumped the entire contents of the container into the cheese mix.
My sister was befuddled. "Did you just ask if that was a cup, shrug, and dump the whole thing in?"
She laugh-snorted with derision (or maybe it was awe?) and went on grating.
Hey, that's what I do.
Fine. So I didn't follow it exactly then. The cheese ratios may have been a little different, with more gruyère and Italian blend than it calls for, but that's something else I really like about this recipe. It leaves room to blend cheeses in your own realm of understanding.
I also made another slight modification by doubling the cayenne and omitting the nutmeg. I found last time the onion/nutmeg combo made it taste a bit like spaetzle, which I love, but that's not where my head was. The takeaway here is that you can play with the spices (like the cheese) depending on your tastes.
I'm not going to spend much more time on the mac and cheese other than to tell you I trust this recipe and recommend it whole-heartedly. If I had to rate it, I'd give it a full 5 stars out of 5. Please leave a review for the Swedish Chef at Food.com if you use it (you don't have to credit me with helping you find it, but I wouldn't object to it, either).
Green Beans with Almonds
This is an old standby that by itself is very easy to make. It's only when you add in poor planning and unanticipated obstacles that it becomes rocket science.
My recipe for this is quite simple. There aren't exact measurements because, like most of what I do, it's a matter of taste.
- Fresh whole green beans, tops and bottoms snipped (16 oz.)
- Natural, unsalted, raw almond slices (roughly 1/8 cup)
- Olive oil (1 tbsp.)
- Fresh garlic, sliced or minced (1 clove – up to 2 if you like it garlicky)
- Sea salt (very small pinch – the soy sauce has enough sodium. Man, I sound like your doctor. Well, your doctor and I are correct.)
- Cracked pepper (which, this time, I forgot) (to taste)
- Soy sauce, low sodium (a splash)
Toss the green beans with salt, pepper, garlic, and half the olive oil. Heat the oven to 350. Heat a skillet (ideally, cast iron) to medium heat, add the rest of the olive oil, and toast the almonds until they're lightly brown. Take almonds off the heat QUICKLY (they'll keep cooking) and put them aside. Save the oil.
Spread green beans on a cookie sheet and bake until desired crunchiness. I like mine nearly raw, but that's not everyone's taste.
Remove beans/garlic mix from oven and toss with almonds. Heat skillet used for almonds (that still has the oil) to medium heat and add bean/garlic/almond mix just long enough to brown some of the beans. Splash lightly with soy sauce and mix right before taking them off the heat. Serve hot.
Sautéed Coleslaw Mix
Now let me tell you how simple the cabbage mix was.
I didn't make it.
Mom came in for the last minute save on that. Easiest moment of the night, hands down…even if I did, for one second, think she showered it with balsamic vinegar (has its place. This is not it). If you want to know what she did do, though, here it is.
Heat olive oil in a pan (medium because the coleslaw mix is pretty delicate), toss coleslaw mix (or just cabbage) onto the heat, add a pinch of salt and pepper and minced garlic. Sauté until it's heated through, browned a bit, but still crunchy. Splash with soy sauce. Toss again.
Where it all went wrong
This all looks pretty easy, no? Normally, it is, but, well, we know this didn't go well. See, here's the deal. About halfway into making the mac and cheese, I realized I had very little olive oil. By "very little," I'm estimating about a quarter teaspoon could be coaxed out of the bottle. The timing on this sucked because the meat needed to go in, but I don't like leaving food in an oven if I'm not in the vicinity. If I went to the store, I'd have to do that. So I waited. What's another fifteen minutes of marinating? Not a problem. So we'd eat at 7:15 instead of 7. As I said, not a problem.
The store is very close by, so off I went. No sooner did I turn right in that direction than I was stopped by the presence of party parking at someone's house. Now, normally, when you go to parties at someone's house where there isn't a lot of space for parking, what do you do?
The answer is (hopefully) not "park right on the road in the lane." I didn't take a picture, so let me try to describe it to you. They love pick up trucks in this town (I drive one by necessity, and sometimes I get the love affair with them but not always). This street was a two-lane residential street, and the houses are set back only about two car-lengths from the road. Most have driveways, but at this house, the driveway already had four cars in it (two across, two deep). There are no real curbs on the roads, but the lawns at these houses are kept rather nice, so maybe these people didn't want to pull onto finely manicured lawns.
Whatever the motivation, the road contained two pick up trucks parked end to end on one side of the road (and facing the wrong direction). Directly across from them on the other side, there were two more pick up trucks parked on the road. These people had seemingly thought about pulling off the road a little, decided, "Aw, screw this," and settled on parking 4/5 of the truck in the lanes of the road and the other 1/5 lazily on the curb. There was about a 21.64% chance my F-150 would fit between them.
Luckily, before I turned around, another Ford truck came the other way, traveled between them successfully, and renewed my hope. It took me a whole two minutes to squeeze through the line of trucks, all the while making that, "eeeeeeeeeee," noise that sits somewhere between a scream and a whimper.
We've added five minutes to the trip already.
Then I got to the store, and it took an inordinate amount of time to find olive oil because it wasn't where it should be. Asking someone was a gamble because the first person had to ask me what olive oil was used for, and the second person couldn't figure out why it wasn't where "it's supposed to be." Well, it's not. Let's find it!
Finally, we located it (at the bottom of the shelves, beneath the potato chips). I headed to the register.
The line was six people deep. This isn't a problem by itself, but it turns into one when the first person is complaining about her card being declined, the second person needs cigarettes the store apparently doesn't carry, and the fourth person has a cart filled with ALL the Dr. Pepper in the Panhandle of Florida.
I've now lost a full thirty six minutes. I also forgot my phone, so I couldn't do the logical thing and tell someone at the house to put the pork in the oven.
I was 2.4 seconds from putting the olive oil back (in its normal location) and using sesame oil in its place. Then I figured, "Well, I'm here so let me stick it out."
Finally, I got out of there, took a different route home, and got the meat into the oven. That went smoothly, thankfully, and it was time to cook the pasta for the mac and cheese.
I've probably overcooked pasta three times in my life, including this one. It's in my DNA to instinctively know when it's time for pasta to come off the stovetop.
At least, it is when I'm not distracted by the fact my beans (just bought them two days ago) were covered in a fine layer of slime and a nice fluff of mold.
Luckily, I had an extra pound of pasta and an extra bag of beans. Thank you, Publix BOGO! Now, this means I didn't really get anything free in the end, but I did salvage dinner.
I suppose the pasta wasn't really overcooked, but here's the thing. I live in the south, and southern mac and cheese is generally pretty mushy. It's good that way when that's what you want. I, however, did not want this. I wanted a luxurious cheese sauce unapologetically gracing the ridges, curves, and tunnels of firm cavatappi.
Remember those Huffington Post mistakes and how I said I was only making three of them? Overcooked pasta was the third. That was not happening on my watch. Therefore, I stand by the assertion I made only two of their mistakes, both by choice. I fixed the third.
I cooked the second box of pasta, this time allowing it to cook only a few minutes so it would finish cooking in the oven with the sauce. I whipped up the cheese sauce and mixed it with the pasta, using a very old, very dilapidated plastic spoon so it was like churning butter by hand. I just laughed, thought, "figures," and dug in. After what my right arm still believes was an epoch, I poured the pasta and cheese mix into the ramekins and baking dish. In the end, the mac and cheese did not let me down.
Those beans, though. I burned the almonds, didn't have enough garlic left (still needed some for the cabbage), splashed too much soy sauce on them, and couldn't seem to get them to brown in the skillet.
Finally, with the beans on a pizza pan on top of the pork (which was STILL not done) trying their best to resist being cooked, the ramekins and baking dish full of mac and cheese on the shelf below, I still needed to make cabbage and gravy.
It is now 8:00. Everyone is starving. I hate myself. I'm considering pizza.
As I mentioned above, Mom swooped in to help with the cabbage. That left me able to work on the gravy. I drained the liquid from the pork, reserved some of it, put the chops back into the oven, and started on the gravy.
It smelled awesome, but the damned flour – even after sifting – simply would not break down. I essentially made dumplings. Pork flavored dumplings in a thick sauce.
At this point, I just gave up. Everything was out of the oven, I got the gravy to an edible state, and all the dishes still resembled food items.
I know when to call the game.
I just wish I'd taken a picture of the 3 and a half foot stack of dishes I created in my wake.
UPDATE: I had some of the mac and cheese left over. If you microwave it, you will get a nice cheese oil river in the bowl. Use the oven to heat it.


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I've decided it's time again for a short explanation on my Friday posts. Some 5MF-ers post the intro every week. Perhaps I should too. 🙂 Anyway, each Friday, Lisa-Jo gives us a prompt and we are to write about that prompt for five minutes. No longer. (Sometimes I cheat. It's hard to stop once you're rolling!) Unedited. (I at least run spell-check. I know. Total cheater.) Usually if I post on a Friday, it's for Five-Minute-Friday. The image will clue you in. But so will clicking on it. Today's word is: Worship.
Here we go!
When I was single, I understood worship as a lifestyle. But it mostly happened in my room, face on the floor, candles lit, tears streaming, songs pouring from my soul to my heart from my mouth. Uninterrupted. Intentional. Beautiful. Raw.
Then I got married. And… well, it can be a little awkward to be caught in the middle of a moment like that… but I still tried. But then life so quickly set in. Full-time jobs. Caring for a husband. Cooking meals, doing laundry, paying bills, getting groceries… I was only doing these things for one extra person… yet I still felt up to my elbows in chores. I remember resentfully and begrudgingly doing the dishes one night as a newlywed. I'm sure my frustration had little to do with the chore and more to do with the converging rivers of two separate people making life as one.
As my thoughts rumbled with grumbling and complaining to God, I heard Him whisper back, "This is worship."
Humility-slap (If humility can slap).
I was humbled. But I immediately understood. As I submitted my life to marriage and the union of two people journeying together, caring for each other, doing their part to improve this world as one… sometimes my act of worship was going to be dishes. Or laundry. Or groceries. Each act of love spent loving another, especially my husband, was a sweet incense to the throne room of heaven.
It's not always sensational.
It's not always obvious.
Dishes are just dishes… dirty, nasty, food-encrusted ceramic (or plastic) releasing its filth into the same soapy water that is clinging to my hands.
It's just
Until I realize it's not about dishes. It's about providing a clean and loving atmosphere for my husband- the man God has gifted me. It's about being humble enough and willing enough to get a little dirty for a good cause. It's about being able to offer quality hospitality to whoever needs a meal or friendship. It's about stewardship over each thing God gives us. Some people don't even have a plate to eat on…
Who knew dishes could be more than soap and grime?
Then kids came along… and worship began to include story times, diaper changes, sleepless nights (filled with desperate prayers), bandaged wounds, taking in and adopting orphans, disciplining, training, correcting, feeding, more cooking, more laundry, more dishes, taxi-ing…
And sometime I forget that my life in those mundane moments is an opportunity for worship. A chance to dig in and see God's goodness and kindness and tenderness and compassion- and praise Him for it. A chance to acknowledge, accept, and confess my weaknesses, my inadequacies, my failures- and re-claim my need for a Savior. THIS is worship.
Most of my worship happens in the normal, messy moments.
Only every now and then, under a steeple.


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The relationship between art and the myth has been a longstanding one; ever since the early poetry of gods, the acknowledgements of heroes and the spirits of primitive times, artists have been drawn to portraying it all, starting with the paintings and sculptures we know all too well today. This is what we will also encounter in the new Henri Deparade exhibition hosted by Galerie Neuheisel, as the German creative rides the wave of revival of interest in this particular cultural field. How will his artwork manage to translate the mythical tradition of the ancient Greeks into the painting of modern times? Has anything changed for the concepts of hate, devotion and humiliation, struggle and reconcilliation, from then until now? We are about to find out.
The latest Henri Deparade exhibition is bound to tell us the story of the artist's own fascination with myths such as the Oresteia by Aeschylus or the Argonauts, not missing the legends of Troy and the figure of Oedipus as well. It is not just about dressing them up in contemporary clothes; rather, he creates pictorial situations and conflicts from the ancient world which still concern us, so many years later. He sees those like Medea, Agamemnon, Klytaimestra, and their stories unfinished or at least untold for our times, and reintroduces them in a new light, even though they have been shaped and interpreted by many already. In these works, we sense a sensitivity for their paradigmatic existence and feeling, a call for a new testimony of theirs and our own lives.
An important aspect of the work by Henri Deparade certainly involves color. His mythological scenes are bathed in the hues of blue, red, green, as if each of them corresponds to the stories themselves, and they keep on repeating to confirm their guiding function of the mood, the atmosphere before us. The painter leads us through the traces of his color as well, through the marks where it had been erased, the intersection of his lines and the outline of his classical profiles we're able to recognize. Such gestural style doesn't fail to reveal what the mythological figures are expressing: in fact, it perhaps reveals it even better, as the artist articulates a pre-rational world in his imagery. Henri Deparade's is a peculiar mixture of drawing and painting, a harmony of paint and line, a narrative filled with overlapping figures, crowded rooms, constant and perpetual appearances and reappearances of stories, faces, emotions.
Through these works, we get a unique opportunity to relive the myths of our favorite characters yet again, seen through the eye of one of the most talented figurative painters of our time. We are bound to feel their energy, going strong even today, as it continues to live on in a period so different from it's own. Mythos und Alltag, an exhibition of works by Henri Deparade, will be on view at Galerie Neuheisel in Saarbrücken, Germany, from January 20th through March 3rd, 2017. The opening reception is scheduled for January 20th at 7pm, and the artist will be present.
Featured images: Henri Deparade - Urteil des Paris, 2016. Oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm. All images courtesy Galerie Neuheisel.
Saarbrücken, Germany