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Morton's Neuroma: Tingling Toes
Imagine the last time your foot fell asleep, or you bumped your funny bone. The burning, tingling sensation you felt is the result of pinching or compressing a nerve. It’s an unpleasant sensation that most people are glad to get rid of. Now imagine if you had that burning, tingling ache in the ball of your foot whenever you took a step. This uncomfortable situation is possible—anyone who suffers with Morton’s neuroma is familiar with the pain.
Swollen Nerves
patient testimonialMorton’s neuroma is a sensitive, swollen, irritated section of nervous tissue in the ball of the foot, between two metatarsal heads. Typically the nerve between the third and fourth toes is the one that’s affected. Nerves are sensitive tissues, and react to any kind of irritation, pinching, or compression.
When they are injured, they misfire and cause pain around the damage—and possibly in other places the tissue touches, too. You develop a burning, pins-and-needles sensation around the neuroma that may radiate into the toes. Sometimes you experience numbness or lose your sensitivity to touch in those places as well. Some people also feel like they are standing on a stone. As the neuroma gets worse, your ball of the foot and toe pain will increase.
How You Pinch Your Nerve
Anything that squeezes or compresses your forefoot can help create Morton’s neuroma. Shoes are the most common culprit. Footwear that is too narrow or has a tapered, pointed toe box pinches the toe bones and metatarsals together, potentially squishing the nerves between them.
High heels can be problems, too—they force your body weight forward onto the ball of your foot, often crunching your toes into the front of the shoe and putting too much weight on your metatarsal heads. Preexisting conditions like bunions, flatfoot, and hammertoes can play a role as well. They can change the biomechanics of your feet and compress the nerves.
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Dr. Noah Levine will need to examine your lower limbs to diagnose your Morton’s neuroma and determine the best treatment for your pain. Pressing on different points of your foot and other tests will identify the problem. Occasionally imaging tests are used to confirm the condition. Then we can help you begin treatment.
Conservative care is always the first option. Often relieving the pressure on the nerve alleviates the pain. Pads under the uncomfortable spot cushion the area and may decrease some of the pinching. Orthotic devices can add some padding, too, as well as correct biomechanical issues that might have contributed to the problem. You might need to make some shoe changes. Avoid all models with narrow, pointed toe boxes; instead, stick to styles with wide, cushioned soles.
You might need to cut back on hard impact activities while you heal as well. If your pain is persistent, we might recommend anti-inflammatory medications or direct injections. If your foot isn’t responding to conservative care, you might need surgery to decompress or completely remove the damaged nerve.
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Design > Discount limitations
PowerDiary offer a means to discount clients, by a percentage or a dollar figure - great! Unfortunately PowerDiary's knowledgebase is very scant on detail when it comes to discounts and there's a few design flaws that need to be carefully considered and actively managed.
The way we get around these limitation is that we recommend that you never use the $ discounts and don't offer clients neat rounded to $5 increment type rates so that the % discounts can be better relied on. We still need to be careful every time books and similar are added but the egregious errors to things like short consults and cancellation rates are avoided. Eg: A conversation with a client might be "if I could discount your sessions by 7% would that make a difference?", $15 type variations on this conversation should be avoided because PowerDiary only allow 2 decimal places on percentage discounts and you may end up discovering that a 6.97% discount takes your $215 rate down to $200.01 or 6.98% comes out at $198.99.
Design flaw 1: Client profile discounts will discount everything
Realistically the conversation with a price sensitive client will be a bit like, "if I could discount your sessions by $X would that make a difference?", But PowerDiary never implemented the word "sessions" in that if you add a discount on the client profile then everything you ever invoice that client for in the future will include a discount - books, initial assessment fees, cancellation fees could go negative - everything!
Solution: There is none - the work around is to stay switched on and edit invoices so the defaults don't break non-session charges.
Change request: PowerDiary - Please add a "Discount level" which is applied to the client and a form to manage discount levels where every service item and product can have either a $ or % discount applied separately. Therefore we could say that a "$20" discount is $20 off all sessions but $0 off books or initial assessments etc.
Design Flaw 2: $ Discounts discount the line not the rate
$ discounts are particularly bad. If I add a $20 discount to a clinician charging $150ph and invoice a standard 50min session I will get an accurate $130. If I invoice a short consult 30 min I should get $78 (($150-20) x 30/50) but instead I get $70 ($150 x 30 / 50 -20)
Solution: Don't use $ discounts
Change request: This is a bug IMHO - it just needs to be fixed.
Design Flaw 3: Percentage discounts have only 2 decimal places
By avoiding the $ discounts we can fix the rate problem so short consults work as expected, (books etc are still a problem but hey its a start). But if you say to a client I can drop your rate to exactly $210 instead of $220 then I should be able to set a % discount of 4.545% right... wrong! I can only choose 4.55% or 4.54% meaning your client's rate would become either $210.01 or $209.99 respectively.
Solution: Avoid neatly rounded rate promises.
Change Request: PowerDiary - Please allow at least 3 decimal places if not 4 to be safe. Xero does - why not PowerDairy?
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By: Bradley Loves
The Question that was posed on Skype was this one, and I have edited and added to it to make it more complete for my blog! I am posting it because I think that it should be made public.
Are Demonic entities or beings holding the EARTH hostage and are the rest of “us” prisoners because certain humans are doing their will on EARTH in exchange for power, knowledge, and divine secrets?
If so, do the demons actually take over a human host, or do they just influence them?
What is the process of the demons, how do THEY do this?
Great question, Here is a simple example!
• Let’s put it this way, how does “water” actually fill a sponge?
• How can a sponge hold a completely different substance than what it is made from?
Water exists in a very different “state” than the sponge does. So therefore, water can permeate and exist within all of the holes, pores, and empty spaces within the solid mass of the sponge by a process of INFILTRATION!
Spirit is rather like water in this regard.
Even dark spirits which are DEMONIC exist on a much finer level of creation than what we can normally see with our own eyes, and thus exist in a different STATE than we do!
It is as simple as a dark demonic entity (just like water does to a sponge) entering into the EMPTY SPACES of your physical body and saturating the empty spaces of your body which is far more solid than than the rarified “energy” that the DARK SPIRIT exists in.
The entity, once saturating your body…, now exists inside of your formally “spiritually clean” spaces much like water now exists inside of a sponge.
You’ll notice that a sponge that is filled with WATER is far heavier and harder to move around than a “dry” sponge.
Have you ever seen how easily an innocent child moves around? They are light on their feet, and they can jump, hop and skip with almost every step!
They are “light” because they have no demonic entity inside of them weighing them down!
Most adults (who have defiled their own systems) move around as if they are loaded down with a heavy weight!
There is an actual physical “weight” that can be felt upon the human body frame due to the dark spirit…, and if it can be forced to leave…, the human host will feel as if a huge weight has suddenly been lifted off of them and they will feel light as a child again!
Any Channeler (who is actually channeling and not faking it) will tell you that they can physically FEEL the weight of the energy of the spirit descend down onto their bodies and literally take it over as they channel!
(Sadly…, they do this willingly)
Human beings are given “shields” by GOD to block these entities from taking over your body without your permission…, but human beings sadly engage in all manner of bad behavior!
The SATANISTS who are already here (and most of whom are demonically possessed)…, are pushing many forms of BAD BEHAVIOR AS NORMAL!
This is done to weaken our shields and defile our bodies!
Satanists actually do Rituals and Sacrifices in order to try to DRAW DEMONS into their own bodies and willingly hand over their bodies to the demons in exchange for what they think is GREAT MAGICAL POWER and long life!
The bad behavior that the Satanists are pushing (like a drug) here on Earth “LOWERS” the vibration of normal human beings “shields” so they can be easily penetrated by other demonic entities who are waiting for a physical body to grab hold of and control!!
It is like seeing a huge game board with lots of people playing the game…, but you can’t play unless you have a game piece that is physically on the game board! (Like Monopoly).
So these demons who want to have an influence here are desperate to hijack a game piece…, it is as simple as that!
Listening to RAP MUSIC (courtesy of the Satanic Los Angeles Music Industry) as well as many other forms of music, drinking alcohol excessively, taking recreational drugs (even prescription drugs)…, injecting huge doses of VACCINES into little children, spreading pornography everywhere, placing images and videos of violence and killing everywhere (TV and VIDEO GAMES) are all being pushed as very normal…, but have devastating effects upon our human shields which block out DEMONIC ENTITIES!
Pushing ABORTION as normal…, etc…, these are all very devasting to humanity and are weaking our shields!
All of these things are having a very detrimental effect upon YOUR ENERGY SYSTEM!
These things are specifically designed to weaken or lower your “shields” (harmonically) so that DEMONIC ENTITIES can then penetrate you and live within you like water lives inside of a sponge!
The Satanists want even TINY CHILDREN to be “possessed” by Demonic entities ASAP…, which is one of the MAIN REASONS why they are so heavily VACCINATED almost out of the womb!
I have written before about the Satanists who are doing magic spells which are designed to DEMONIZE A FETUS while still in the mothers womb!
This is called creating a MOON CHILD!
Once possessed by the Demonic Spirit Entity, (like water fills a sponge) the human host starts to say, think, and do things that are not GODLY!
They suddenly are no longer acting on their own, and their behavior is noticably different! These are the words, thoughts, and actions of the DEMON however, not the human host!
The demon is now acting through the human hosts body!
If the “host” is a rather low consciousness human being…, he or she will barely notice the demons presence inside of them…, and simply think that their new thoughts, feelings, ideas, and emotions are THEIR OWN.
They will barely notice they lost the skip and the hop in their step, and think they just are feeling tired and sluggish! But they now are carrying the actual physical weight of the DEMON on their bodies!
Hollywood is especially pushing very DARK AND EVIL MUSIC…, SUBLIMINAL MOVIES and excessive SEXUALITY unto children to weaken their shields!
Liberal teachers in American schools (almost ALL of whom are possessed) are pushing sex ed in school to kids as young as 5 and 6 and want to teach them to masturbate and other awful things.
They teach them about oral and anal sex…, same sex preferences etc at 5, 6, and 7 years old now!
This is done to try to get little kids possessed as soon as possible!
• For every human being possessed by a dark entity…, that is one less GODLY human being that can fight back against their take over of the Earth!
• Their goal is to completely TAKE OVER this level of creation!
• The ILLUMINATI and the SATANISTS are helping them to achieve this – which is why “they” are the enemies of mankind!
For those people who are spiritually STRONG, who can’t be possessed (yet) there is also now AI…, artificial intelligence – which is working through ALL OF OUR TECHNOLOGY and devices to MIND CONTROL them.
Have you ever wondered WHY…, ever single device sold is BLACK in color??
In the 1960’s and 1970’s TV’s, Stereos, and phones were NEVER BLACK!
That is because they were not yet being used SATANICALLY!
The color BLACK is the “symbol” (cymbal) that what you are holding has a DARK PURPOSE! It is also why priests wear all black…, and why judges wear all black!
They are working for the DARK SIDE!
Human beings are currently being hammered from two different sides – one demonic…, and the other technological.
WE are 100 percent AT WAR – and are currently fighting for our very lives…, although TRUTHFULLY…, it is an unseen and invisible WAR!
Pray for the Earth, pray for the people of Earth because even now…, with a few people trying to reverse the course…, they are moving FAR TOO SLOWLY and squabbling over dollars and bank accounts…, when the entire human race is in serious jeopardy!
This is what we are now facing!
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Francis Blomefield
Francis Blomefield was born on 23rd July 1705 and died of smallpox on 16th January 1752. He was an aficionado of historical records and writings who produced “An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk”. This is available on-line and can be searched by parish. There is extensive information about Martham much of which I have used on this website.
During his lifetime he also compiled and published detailed accounts of the city of Norwich, Thetford and the southern hundreds of Norfolk but died before the whole work could be completed.
Francis was born in the village of Fersfield in south Norfolk, the eldest son of yeoman farmers, Henry and Alice Blomefield. He was educated at Diss and Thetford Grammar Schools. In April 1724, he was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1727 and MA in 1728. On leaving university in 1727, he was ordained a priest, appointed Rector of Hargham in 1729, and shortly afterwards Rector of Fersfield, following in his father’s footsteps. On 1st September 1732 he married Mary Womac, the daughter of a former rector of Fersfield. They had three daughters, two of whom survived him.
As a boy, Blomefield began recording monumental inscriptions from churches he visited in Norfolk, Suffolk and later Cambridgeshire. Whilst at college he also kept genealogical and heraldic notes relating to local families. Soon after leaving university he was collecting materials for a planned account of the antiquities. He travelled around local churches and recorded their details. He supplemented the information he collected from other local antiquarians with his own observations. He journeyed to churches to copy inscriptions, spent long hours in dusty muniment rooms and kept up an enormous and endless correspondence. However, after a serious illness, he had to curtail his travels, so instead, using a standard questionnaire, he wrote to local clergy seeking further information about their churches.
At the end of 1739 the first volume of his History of Norfolk was completed. It was printed at his own press at Fersfield, acquired specially for the purpose. Blomefield’s Norfolk was both detailed and largely reliable and comparable with the best county histories of the period.
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I’m studying for my Management class and need an explanation.
Discussion Question:
XXX’s Post:
Crisis of Hostage:
There is a drastic increase in the hostage crisis in past two to three decades with numerous demands of the hijackers. These kinds of demands become very difficult to governments to cope up with the situations that might get them into trouble with the unethical activities. Therefore, it explains situation that terrorist group performs some kind of unethical situation like kidnapping the people, blackmailing public for their demands from the government. Doing this kind of activities pushes the government into confusion whether to give them what they are asking for. Here the hijackers demand a lot of money or ask to fulfill their demands by some means of exchanges for the lives of hostages. It is very important for any country’s government to know about the hostage crisis and also to know to deal with this kind of terrorist groups on releasing the hostages. The government needs to take necessary actions to cease this kind of hijacking or kidnapping from the terrorist groups and should make some policies on hostage crisis to deal with them. The decisions between the government and terrorist groups can be negotiable at some point of time with the discussion.
Ethical decisions on Hostage crisis by Government:
As the public is a first priority to any government, it is their duty to take responsibilities of them by protecting common people from any kind of hostage crisis. So in this process, the government should be able to accept any kind of exchanges with the terrorist groups for the lives of the common people (Feste, 2015). Any country’s government should always secure and provide safety to its people as it is the basic ethic of the government that has to take into consideration during the time of hostage crisis by accepting the demands and exchanges that were asked by the terrorist groups.
Identifying the Terrorist groups:
It is always negotiable for both the government officials and hostage groups to accept the conditions if they are in the limitations. The difference between absolute terrorist groups and contingent terrorist groups can be distinct with the situations but always it depends on the demands of the terrorist groups cannot be identified with their demands. Basically, there can be a negotiation between the absolute terrorists and the government or contingent terrorists and the government but the revolutionary terrorist are sometimes non-negotiable and can be problematic for the government.
There should be always a backup plan from the government officials to arrest terrorists groups after the releases of the hostages and prosecute them with the punishments they deserve for the things they have done. Always the plan should be coming from the government officials when the hostages are under the control of terrorist groups.
Leslie, S. (1970). Is counter-terrorism policy evidence-based? What works, what harms, and what is unknown. Retrieved from http://www.redalyc.org/html/727/72720106/
Smith, A. (2002). Combating Terrorism. Retrieved from https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-107666968/combating-terrorism
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I'm importing a shapefile into SQL Server '12 via the OGR2OGR tool and am getting a database connection error.
I followed the example from this article.
What I ran:
ogr2ogr -overwrite -f ESRI Shapefile "MSSQL:Server=.\MSSQLSERVER2012;database=ap;trusted_connection=yes" "C:\Users\johndoe\Desktop\myshapefile.shp"
The error:
SQL Server does not exist or access denied
I'm assuming I need to pass some type of credentials? and the server string is probably wrong where would it be located.
Question: Why am I getting this error?
• how about omitting the .\ in the MSSQL connection string? Oct 28, 2016 at 20:09
• @DPSSpatial hey! I just tried that no luck, same error. Oct 28, 2016 at 20:11
• Hmm... then what about using uid and pwd instead of trusted connection? Oct 28, 2016 at 20:13
• First thing to correct is the value of -f that is telling the outputformat. In your case it should point to SQL server.
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Oct 28, 2016 at 20:21
• I just tried uid I'm assuming "user id" I've seen some examples that say username though. Oct 28, 2016 at 20:22
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One thing that I found was that I was not able to upload shapefiles directly to an MSSQL instance that was on a separate server; my workaround was to download sql express to my local hard drive, do the OGR2OGR script there, then use SQL Server Management studio to import the data from my local computer to the server on the network domain. My syntax was (from the command prompt in the directory that ogr2ogr.exe is in):
ogr2ogr -progress -f "MSSQLSpatial" "MSSQL:server=(your server name here);database=(database name on server to publish shapefile to);trusted_connection=yes" "(directory and actual name of shapefile with .shp extension)" -a_srs "(the ESPG projection code of the shapefile)" -lco PRECISION=NO
Note: the "trusted connection" parameter is used when you are using windows authentication (e.g., when you are on a domain network) as MSSQL login credentials. You may want to check if your mssql server is set up to accept forms of login other than username/pw (you may need to install another instance of sql server; the only place I saw that option was when I ran the original setup.exe)
• Yeah very close to what I ended up using. Nov 1, 2016 at 17:07
I've managed to import successfully on remote server. Here goes procedure
1. Install QGIS Desktop 3.10.5..or whatever version is actual.
2. How to find out what goes to parameter -a_srs, in my casa that is : -a_srs "EPSG:3765":
Open QGIS Desktop 3.10.5, open new project and drag-drop your shape file to Layers left sidebar. Right click on that layer and go to Properties. There you will be able to read your -a_srs information.
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1. Run command in CMD:
C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.10\bin>ogr2ogr -progress -f "MSSQLSpatial" "MSSQL:server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,yyyy;database=yourDB;UID=yourUsername;PWD=yourPassword" "C:\Users\Username\Desktop\ShapeFiles\Name_of_shape_file.shp" -a_srs "EPSG:3765" -lco PRECISION=NO
Output: 0...10...20...30...40...50...Warning 1: Ring Self-intersection at or near point 664451.64629999956 5053409.8562000087 60...70...80...90...100 - done.
Where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - IP address of your server, and
yyyy - port number of your server if you are running SQL Server on different port than standard (I think you can omit that in case you are)
To upload a shapefile to a local or remote Microsoft SQL Server database (or Azure SQL) using GDAL's ogr2ogr, open a new command prompt and use this:
ogr2ogr -f "MSSQLSpatial" "MSSQL:server=your_server_url,1433;database=your_database_name;uid=your_username;pwd=xxxxxxx" -lco SCHEMA=dbo -nln new_table_name "C:\path_to_file\shapefile.shp" -nlt POLYGON -lco GEOMETRY_NAME=geometry_column_name? -a_srs "EPSG:27700" -overwrite -progress -lco OVERWRITE=YES
Note that the default port for SQL Server databases is 1433. Also I have set the desitination schema as the default 'dbo' schema. As I am working with data within the British National Grid projection, I am using the EPSG/SRID of 27700. In my example I am uploading a polygon shapefile, so I set the -nlt flag to POLYGON. You can change all of these parameters to match your setup.
If you are a python user, you can pass the ogr2ogr command into a python variable and use subprocess to call it. It is much easier to modify GDAL processes within a script than within a cmd prompt:
import os
from subprocess import call
os.environ['PROJ_LIB'] = r'C:\Program Files\GDAL\projlib' # not essential
in_file = r'C:\path_to_file\shapefile.shp'
out_schema = 'dbo'
out_nln = 'new_table_name'
out_gname = 'shape'
out_gtype = 'POLYGON'
host = 'your_server_url'
port = '1433'
db = 'your_database_name'
user = 'your_username'
pw = 'xxxxxxx'
command = fr'ogr2ogr -f "MSSQLSpatial" "MSSQL:server={host},{port};database={db};uid={user};pwd={pw}" -lco SCHEMA={out_schema} -nln {out_nln} "{in_file}" -nlt {out_gtype} -lco GEOMETRY_NAME={out_gname} -a_srs "EPSG:27700" -overwrite -progress -lco OVERWRITE=YES'
I find it useful to print the ogr2ogr command out in the python console so I can quickly copy it for use in command line if I so desired. In this example I 'f' string the variables (ie.{variable}), but you may wish to %s string them instead.
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Why Good Looks Matter
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Veikko Anttonen is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion at the University of Turku, Finland. He was elected Vice-President of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) for the period 2015-2020 at the conference in Erfurt last August.
He was the Professor and Chair of Comparative Religion at the University of Turku between 1997-2015.
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, stated in an interview that a successor to his post can be a woman if she is good looking, otherwise she would not be of much use. The statement is overtly sexist, and as expected, has met severe criticism. But what else the interview statement implies! The Tibetan institution of finding “a reincarnated” Dalai Lama, the supreme religious leader representing continuous genealogy of Buddhas, is a religio-cultural construct. It is obvious that there are specific culture-dependent criteria which become operative as integral elements in official Tibetan Buddhist theology in the search for a “right” successor. From the point of view of the study of religion, we do not only need to understand how a politically correct choice is being made, but also to theorize the overall religio-cultural construct called reincarnation. According to my category-theoretical approach to the issue of sacrality, there are specific criteria, such as perception of an anomaly and category-boundary that become operative in classifying and attributing sacredness as property of a thing and an appropriate member in the class of “sacred things”.
Over the history, things have acquired their sacred status in diverse ways in different cultures and category systems. The Dalai Lama’s remark was not a slip of the tongue, but a comment indicative of sacred-making characteristics among Tibetan Buddhist monks. Qua scholars of religion, we need to ask what cultural, ethnic-territorial, socio-economic and person-specific characteristics are implied in setting apart an appropriate candidate for the post of Dalai Lama. Since good looks seem to matter in the case of a female candidate, it needs to be explained how culture- and theology-dependent notions of sacrality are appropriated in order to meet requirements regarding the expectations of a candidate’s political role, his/her media and public appeal, etc. I am not hereby implying any kind of sui generis theories of the sacred á la Eliade, but a methodological strategy that can be operationalized in order to explain the institution of finding a new, reincarnated religio-political leader for Buddhist monks after the passing of Dalai Lama.
The statement by the Dalai Lama is therefore revealing since it clearly expresses that there is a system of classification according to which certain traits of personality and appearance are perceived as elemental in the re-embodiment of a dead monk.
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Same Futures Fin Template - 3 Different Constructions. How Will They Ride?!?
Posted by Fin Guru on Apr 5th 2021
Posted by Fin Guru on Apr 5th 2021
Hi there - Another Fin Guru episode here. Same template, three different constructions.
How will they ride?…. let's find out!
Watch the 12 min video here or here or keep reading below
What we thought we would do today is take the F4 template from Futures, in three different constructions, and would take one of our team riders to surf these three fins in the same board and on the same day. We want to see if we can identify any differences as well as ask him if he was able to notice anything.
So first off the three constructions:
Futures Fins Thermotech F4
The Thermotech - their entry-level composite material. They are made in Huntington Beach in the United States, so that's pretty cool. The material is better than the FCS Glass Flex material in my opinion because the Thermotech is more rigid. But, the problem with these types of composite material fins in general, is they flex too much. When you have a fin that flexes too much what happens is you load up the fin and they bend too much and snap back too slow. For example, when you do a bottom turn. If the material is weaker it won't snap back into position and so what you end up with is a slower response.
Futures Fins Alpha F4
The Alpha - This is a cool material. It's a proprietary material that futures developed with the help of 3M called Compound 6. It is a carbon fiber air injected material that they use in their molds. And that is done here in the good ole’ USA. They are Light and resilient.
Futures Fins Legacy F4 Honeycomb
The Honeycomb, or “HC” - This is a fiberglass fin with some inside space being taken up by a hexagon shaped honeycomb foam. So the honeycomb foam helps with the weight. Also because there is a little less fiberglass where the foam is it allows for a little bit more flex than an all fiberglass fin.
We got our team rider Gunner Day to go ahead and grab these three sets of fins and he took them for a surf. We thought we'd see if we can notice a difference visually and then ask him if he could notice a difference surfing them.
So first off is the Thermotech so let's check out the footage of Gunner.
All right so to me when I looked at the footage I was seeing a board that was a little bit sluggish. This kind of makes sense since it goes along with the fact that it's not a super strong resilient material. So the flex back is going to be a little slower which means the response is going to be kind of slower and weaker.
So the next fin we asked Gunner to try was the Alpha. Now the Alpha series has a slight inner foil. So that usually helps with a little bit of lift. Typically the inner foils are better in smaller waves; they give you a little bit of an advantage due to the “lift” the inner foil provides.
I also thought I would mention that with the Alpha material Futures teamed up with a non-profit that collects and recycles fishing nets. So Futures take those and they melt them down I guess and they incorporate it in with their Compound 6 material. So that's pretty cool!
Futures Fins Alpha Netplus Info
Anyway, let's check out the footage of Gunner riding the Alpha.
Okay so to me that was night and day! What I saw was a board that had a lot more speed. I also thought that his turns were sharp and crisp. I liked what I saw for sure and I definitely feel like it was way better than the Thermotech.
So the next fin is the Honeycomb and this actually is Gunner Day's go-to
fin. This is definitely going to be a stronger material and it has a “flat” foil on the inside of the fin which i more for control and not as much "lift". So let's see what the footage looks like when Gunner puts the Honeycomb fins in his board and takes them for a surf.
All right so I definitely noticed some things about his board when he had this fin in. I felt like the board had drive but I felt like he had to work
harder to almost kind of pump it into the next gear. I also thought that when he was going off the top the turn didn't look as sharp and quick as it did with the Alpha.
So after looking at all the footage I definitely had my opinion about it.
I asked Gunner after he had surfed all three to rate the fins or tell me
which one that he thought he liked the best. While the honeycomb is Gunners go-to fin he had something interesting to say after riding them all.
This is my go to fin (F4 Honeycombs) at home normally and I would honestly expect them to be a lot better. But, I honestly think I like the
the Alphas better. They're maybe a little bit more responsive. I think it might just be because they have more flex and are a little lighter maybe.
So you can see that in the end the Alpha was the fin that he chose. Now I thought that was pretty cool because when I watched the footage I definitely thought that the Alpha looked the best to me. But, I was wondering if Gunner was going to choose the Honeycomb because this was the fin that he always goes to and hey let's face it fiberglass, honeycomb, definitely a cool fin. Who doesn't perceive the fiberglass Honeycomb as the ultimate in performance?! So I thought it was pretty cool that he actually thought that the Alpha worked
Now what can we learn from all this? To me, what we can learn is that there might be a fin construction that has a more ideal application wave wise. I mean here we have 3 different constructions and they are the exact same template and yet, we are getting different results. The Thermotech flexes a lot making it ideal for entry level surfers. If you surf maybe 2 to 4 times a month and are a beginner, to novice, this fin would be fine. If you are anything but that, I would go with the Alphas at bare minimum. It definitely is better response and performance than the Thermotech! But ultimately I would have to say, in my opinion, a fin for everyday surf, especially here in California, would be the Alpha all day long (as long as it is available in your ideal template). We saw the footage! It definitely looked faster and better.
So when would you use the Honeycomb??? I would use the Honeycomb if the waves were good, bigger or powerful. Say if you were taking a trip to Bali, Mentawai, or good swell at Colorados... I would ride the Honeycomb. Or here in California, if you ride the Alpha every day and then you go to Rincon on a pumping swell and it's eight foot faces you will need some control...go with the Honeycomb. So in other words I would use the Honeycomb for control, to control speed and power and I would use the Alpha as your everyday because this will get a little bit more out of day to day average surf to make for the best performance possible.
What I think is really cool about this whole series is that we can hopefully demystify what fin works best. We can demystify which construction works best for which scenario. Hopefully through these tests we can all end up on a page where we learn enough that we will execute our most optimum performance by utilizing the best coordinating construction.
Anyway, we are going to be doing another one of these videos and blogs real soon. It's going to be the Merrick medium. We're going to have Gunner ride the Merrick medium in the Honeycomb, the Alpha and the Blackstix. So those are three different constructions that we're going to take a look at and hopefully we'll be able to see if we can notice any differences and see what Gunner has to say about them as well. We're going to try and have him surf a point break so he has longer waves to do more turns.
Anyway, I hope this info helps - thanks for tuning in!
Until next time,
Fin Guru
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Social Security Deadline Fast Approaching
April 29th, 2016.
That is the current deadline for individuals to make Social Security claims under pre-existing rules before certain often-used strategies become redundant.
Filing and suspending under current rules by the April 29th deadline allows a worker to trigger benefits for a spouse or dependent child while their own benefit continues to grow by 8% per year up to the age of 70. A person also has the right to request a lump sum payout of suspended benefits any time up to the same age rather than collecting the delayed retirement bonus.
Requests to file and suspend submitted after the deadline will be subject to a new set of rules. No-one will be able to collect benefits on a worker's earnings record during a suspension. The new rules, which came about after the budget resolution Congress passed last year, also specifically eliminates the lump sum payout option which can be particularly valuable for single people who have no spouse to collect a survivor benefit after their death.
The Social Security Administration has said it will honor requests to file-and-suspend benefits that are received before April 30th, even if the agency is unable to process applications until after the deadline.
“If you submit your request before April 30, 2016, and your spouse or children become entitled to benefits either before or after that date, they will not be affected by the new rules and they will continue to receive payments,” the Social Security Administration said in documents posted on its website to explain the new rules.
Survivor benefits are unchanged under the new law. Anyone who is entitled to both their own retirement benefits and benefits as a surviving spouse will still be able to claim one type of benefit first and switch to the other later if it would result in a bigger benefit.
The April deadline is rapidly looming and the time is now to claim using the soon-to-expire strategies if you are eligible.
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Family Fun-day/Big Breakfast/Cow Clap Challenge
September 14, 2016 at 9:00 pm
Hard to thank everyone, but here goes, Thank you to everyone that turned up, bought a Cow Clap ticket, or a breakfast, took part in the races and tug of war, made teas, counted money, collected and returned tables, cooked food, parked cars, sold tickets, lent a toaster, sorted and entered tickets, set up indoors, MC, coaches’s admin, washed the dishes, volunteered to get sponged, sold merchandise, cut grass, took photos, donated spot prizes, supervised races, hung around, lined the pitch, supplied a cow, cleaned up afterwards,and more, it took a massive effort from a lot of people, but one person that has to get a special mention Brian Devine who single handedly drove this until the last 2 weeks and unfortunately missed the day due to work opportunities oversees.
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Ron Johnson is starting the new year off with a bang — and not in any positive sense of the idiom. Instead, Johnson has picked right up where he ended 2021, introducing a “mind-bogglingly weird anti-vaccine argument” that has doctors and some priests, further condemning his efforts to spread COVID-19 misinformation
(For those just tuning in, Johnson has repeatedly and unapologetically worked to undermine trust in the safe and effective COVID vaccines for the past year, despite acknowledging in December 2020 that doing so “will cause people’s deaths.” You can also find a helpful rundown of Johnson’s other “most controversial” 2021 statements, here.)
If only that were Johnson’s one dangerous lie this week. But alas, on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, Johnson made sure to downplay the violence of that day and further spread conspiracy theories about the attack — all while failing to acknowledge that he was one “of Trump’s ringleaders in the plot leading up to the Capitol attack.”
The upshot for 2022: As Johnson prepares to run for reelection, he’s fully burned through any credibility he ever had with Wisconsin voters and “become the Republican Party’s foremost amplifier of conspiracy theories and disinformation.”
Taking heat for (still) lying about the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 Capitol attack:
Facing backlash for lying about vaccines:
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Lakeside Emergency Response
Emergency Response System at Lakeside
By Dr. Samuel Thelin
Most people do not know how the Emergency Response System functions in the Lake Chapala area, and many are completely confused and unprepared when a serious emergency arises. There are various legal, cultural, language, and regional factors involved. However the emergency response system worked in your home country, it is probably different here. This post is to help explain how the system functions in Mexico, and with regards mostly to the Lake Chapala, Jalisco area so that everyone has the opportunity to be prepared in case of a medical emergency.
I am not going to discuss all the clinics simply because I do not have involvement with all of them them. The two clinics that play the largest role in emergencies here are the Cruz Roja and the Clinica Municipal in Chapala, and the main ambulance services being the Cruz Roja, Clinica Municipal, and Bomberos (Fire Department) of Chapala. The main ambulance service for home calls, for now, being the Cruz Roja. It is also the main, but not the only, ambulance service for auto accidents. If you later need just observation, do not impose on the Cruz Roja. They do not admit patients for long-term stays, and do not have the extra help to monitor patients at the same time they are working with emergency patients. Hospital Ajijic and Clinica Ibarra (in Chapala) are two good options if you need a local clinic with hospital beds, and do not need any major medical intervention.
First, who do you call? There are two options to call the Cruz Roja. You can call 065 and the information will be tranferred indirectly through the state system, or the better option is to call the Cruz Roja in Chapala directly at (376) 765-2308. They need to know the nature of the problem, but keep it short. Make sure the ambulance driver can find you. Have your house number clearly marked and illuminated (part of planning ahead). If your street has no street sign, get one. If your street is three parts that do not connect, changes its name at some point, or #527 comes between 600 and 700 on your street, they need to know that, too.
If you have a good realtionship with your private doctor, you can include him or her if they are available. They should know your history better than anyone else, and also know where you might best be treated. Going to a regular doctor and giving a full history is very important. If you go to a $10 doctor at a pharmacy one time for a cold, do not expect anyone to be of much help when you need a personal doctor for a real emergency.
Whether you are brought in by ambulance, walk in, or are carried in, the emergency clinics will try to do the best possible for each patient. However, sometimes special medical attention is needed such as emergency surgery or advanced laboratory or image (CAT scan, MRI, etc) exams that are not available locally. This is not as simple as in the USA, or many other countries. Unfortunately, many people want, and even expect to taken to a free government hospital by private ambulance without a government triage permit number (S.A.M.U. numero de Regulación), even though it is illegal. On a typical ambulance call, the EMTs evaluate the patient. Not everyone needs or wants more treatment. If medical treatment is needed, there are two options at this point. be transported by ambulance to a local clinic for treatment, or if you and your personal doctor already know you need hospitalized, you can pay for private transport to a private hospital in Guadalajara (keep in mind that private hospitals want proof you can pay usually a deposit of at least $15,000 pesos to just get in, or proof of insurance). You can also sign a release form and go to a government-subsidized hospital by your own personal transportation or taxi. However, taking you to a government-subsidized hospital such as Hospital Civil by ambulance is not an immediate option because it is illegal without permission by S.A.M.U. (Servicio de Atencion Medica de Urgencias). Any private medical establishment must be given a permit number to take any patient to any government-affiliated hospital. There are more people needing “free” emergency care than there are doctors and hospitals to treat them. S.A.M.U. determines who gets permission based on need and ability to benefit. Those with government insurance get permission faster because there are simply more insurance hospitals. IMSS has 7 major hospitals in Guadalajara, ISSSTE has another, etc. Without insurance most everyone will go to one of the two Civil Hospitals, and space is limited. Those who would die without rapid attention, and who will probably live after treatment are at the top of the list. Non-emergencies and patients with chronic conditions, who would probably die even with rapid treatment, are near the bottom. Everyone else is somewhere in between, but not at the top, and depending on your condition and how many new patients make the top of the list while you are waiting, the waiting time could be hours, days, or weeks.
Everyone needs to have a plan. Know which options will apply to you, and plan accordingly. Consider the role of insurance, your private doctor, and communicate with family and friends regarding what you want them to do for you, or you for them, in case of a serious medical emergency.
Hospitals of interest for the non-insured, and those lacking funds for a private hospital, are:
Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde (Viejo)
Calle Hospital #278 (urgencias adultos)
Calle Hospital #310
Calle Coronel Calderón #777 (urgencias pediatría)
Colonia Centro, Guadalajara
33 3614 5501
Urgencias Adultos: ext. 174
Urgencias Pediatría: ext. 201
Medicina Interna Adultos: ext 212
Terapia Intensiva Adultos: ext. 201
Consulta Externa: ext. 226
Cardiolgía: ext. 212
Trabajo Social: 33 3614 5801 ext. 177
Hospital Civil Dr. Juan I. Menchaca (Nuevo)
Salador de Quevedo y Zubieta #750, S.L.
33 3618 9362
For trauma, you can also go to one of two Cruz Verdes that offer orthopedic and trauma service. These hospitals are actually intended for the residents of Guadalajara, but they will work with people from outside.
Cruz Verde Francisco Ruíz Sánchez
Antonio Tello Nº 215 (entre calle 52 y Medrano)
Col Medrano
Zona Olímpica
33 1201 8401
Cruz Verde Jesús Delgadillo Araujo
Mariano Barcenas Nº 997 Esq. Privada Veracruz
Col. Alcalde Barranquitas
Zona Centro
33 1201 7200
For Poisoning and overdoses, there is a special Cruz Verde. While the some local clinics do handle simple overdoses, scorpion stings, etc., this Cruz Verde does only intoxication (drugs, scorpion, spider, snakes, etc).
Centro Regional de Información y Atención Toxicológica (C.R.I.A.T.)
Av. Los Angeles, esq. Analco
Unidad Administrativa Reforma, Col. Las Conchas
C.P. 44460, Guadalajara, Jalisco
Contacto Institucional
Dr. Alberto Iram Villa Manzano
Tel. Directo (333) 669.1338
Tel. Conmutador (333) 669.1320 al 25, Ext. 1338
Note: I do keep one dose of Black Widow antivenom at my office. However, the actual cost (what I paid) is $2000 pesos, not counting medical attention cost.
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Demystifying the Content Marketing Strategy
10 February 2015 | by flint
Demystifying the Content Marketing Strategy
Content Marketing is often a misunderstood aspect of online marketing. Mentioning it to someone as a strategy may be met with the response “Well, isn’t it just marketing?” or “We’ve got stuff on our website so we’ve got that covered”. One of the earliest things I can remember hearing about ‘content’ in the digital age, was that it didn’t actually matter. These were the thoughts of someone who believed that getting consumers to click on the “buy” button on an ad was the ultimate goal. Saying something like that to a marketer today would surely result in getting the “Excuse me, what?” look.
This is because more businesses today have realised the value of content marketing as part of their overall sale or online success. However, even though more businesses acknowledge that content marketing is important, not many people understand what it actually means and how to make it work for them. Is it advertising? Is it a blog?
“Content is anything that adds value to the reader’s life.” Avinash Kaushik, Google
Content Marketing is a method of marketing that involves the creation and sharing of valuable content with the aim of attracting, attaining and engaging a particular target audience – with end result being profitable customer action (ROI). It differs quite a bit from traditional marketing/advertising and can hardly be boxed into one small online package.
So we know what content marketing is (or isn’t) and why it’s valuable, the question now is: Why isn’t it working? One crucial reason why content marketing seems like the untamed beast for so many businesses and marketers is the fact that they don’t have an effective enough Content Marketing Strategy.
“Content without strategy is just ‘stuff’.” – Joe Pulizzi, Content Marketing Institute founder
An international study on B2B marketing found that 93% of marketers used content marketing in 2013. Only 42% thought they this strategy was effective. Of those who were most effective saw measurable success, 66% had a content strategy and 86% had someone who oversaw it. A content marketing strategy is a more business-driven, user-focused process of planning, defining and managing content in order to meet your specified goals over a longer period of time.
Consider Joe Pulizzi’s words, that without a strategy, content is just “stuff”. You have a collection of “stuff” and you’re just putting “stuff” in “places” without a clear plan. I’ll even go further and say that it’s a bit like deciding that you will build a house, grabbing whatever building material you can find, placing it all on your patch of land and then hoping it will turn into something inhabitable. Without a plan, proper tools, quality material and a team of skilled professionals dedicated to the project, that’s unlikely to happen.
Strategy is the “Why” and “How” to your “What”. It is an important aspect of any campaign, product launch, upcoming event or any effort to create brand awareness. It helps you to define your goals, define your brand and define your audience, not just with quantity, but quality. Now that we’ve deciphered that content marketing without a content marketing strategy can prove to be ineffective, we’ll get into the anatomy of an effective content marketing strategy… in my next post.
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Doing puzzles online
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Gymnos = naked and sperma = seed. So, it means naked seeded plant. The term Gymnosperms was first introduced Theophrastus in 300 B.C. in his book “Enquiry into Plants” but Robert Brown in 1827 recognized the group that –female flowers of Cycads and conifers are actually naked ovule. Tallest gymnosperms and the father of the forest Sequoiadendron giganteum. Cycas and Ginkgo represent a large group of plants and possesses trait of extinct pteridosperms and other gymnosperms. So, they are called living fossil.
Characteristics of gymnosperms are follows-
• The plants are perennial that forming a dominant flora in colder areas though their number is very small, hardly 900 species. It is due to their evergreen habits.
• Leaves are generally dimorphic, foliage and scale leaves.
• The foliage leaves do not have lateral veins. Instead, transfusion tissue (hydrostereom) occurs internally for lateral transport.
• Sporophylls produce strobili or cones. Flowers are absent.
• Microsporophylls do not show distinction of filament and anther. Megasporophylls are also not rolled like carpels.
• Ovules are unitegmic (apparently bitegmic in Gnetum). The integument is three layered. Ovules are attached to megasporophylls but are not covered by them. Each ovule has a mass of tissue which is called nucleus. It is equivalent to megasporangium. A megaspore mother cell develops in it.
• Female gametophyte develops archegonium. Neck canal cell is absent.
• Pollination brings pollen grains over the micropylar end of ovules (direct pollination). Siphonogamy occurs. Pollen tubes are primarily haustorial in nature.
• Endosperm is gametophyte. Endosperm tissue is formed before fertilization and therefore not equivalent to angiosperms where it is formed after fertilization. Full embryonic development may take place after shedding to the ground.
• Secondary growth is present in some gymnosperms. Vascular tissues are otherwise similar to those of pteridophytes with vessel present in Gnetales.
• Annual and herbaceous forms are absent.
• Wood pycnoxylic or manoxylic always with secondary vascular tissues, vascular tissues consisting of tracheids (vessels in few plants), and sieve cells.
Pine Tree Gymnosperm
Types of gymnosperms: According to the characteristics gymnosperms can be divided into-
1. Cycads - Example of cycads is Cycas.
2. Conifers - Example of conifers are Pinus.
3. Ginkgophyte - Examples are Ginkgo or Maiden Hair tree.
4. Gnetophyte – Examples of gnetophyte are Gnetum and Ephedra.
Economic importance of gymnosperms:
(i) Canada balsam is extracted from Abies balsamea . which is used as mounting agent for different parts of the plants.
(ii) Wood is soft and used in manufacturer of paper and timber.
(iii) Ephedrine is extracted from stem of Ephedra which is used as antiasthmatic drug.
(iv) Stem of cycas is a source of sago which is called Sago palm.
(v) Resin is present in some Pinus and some other conifers which is distilled to form rosin and turpentine.
(vi) Cedarwood oil is extracted from Juniperus virginiana. which is used in different purpose.
(vii) Pinus gerardiana used as edible seeds.
Questions and answers on Gymnosperms:
1. Name two parasitic gymnosperms.
Parasitaxus ustus is a parasite on Falcatifolium taxoides .
Gnetum trinerve is a parasite in Cinchona forests of Chimborazo.
2. Name an epiphytic gymnosperms.
Zamia pseudoparasitica is the only gymnosperms that grows as an epiphyte.
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Top 5: Films Based in the Sixties
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The Boat that Rocked
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If American Graffiti represents America in the 60s, The Boat that Rocked represents the UK in the 60s.
Philip Seymour HoffmanIt’s a film about the pirate radio stars during the sixties who played rockin’ music, whilst trying to keep the government off their backs who didn’t like the kind of influence the radio stations had.
It’s the kind of film where its characters are used to target the typical main-stream movie audience who are in their twenties, but it’s ‘historical’ enough to capture the reminiscing kids of the sixties, yet, unique enough to entice the indie teens, and overall AWESOMENESS to be absolutely: Way. Cool… Continue reading
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Quantum algorithms implementation in the NISQ era
Researchers at University of Stuttgart has just published an interesting paperThe Bitter Truth About Quantum Algorithms in the NISQ Era“.
In this contribution, they discuss these factors and their impact on algorithm implementations. Especially, they cover state preparation, oracle expansion, connectivity, circuit rewriting, and readout: these factors are very often ignored when presenting an algorithm but they are crucial when implementing such an algorithm on near-term quantum computers.
This contribution should help developers in charge of realizing algorithms on such machines in (i) achieving an executable implementation, and (ii) assessing the success of their implementation on a given machine.
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Mount an ISO file
linux icon 19Linux allows you to access an ISO image, rather than having to burn a CD or DVD. Keep in mind that the image will be read-only.
Assuming your ISO image is in ~/Downloads/ and you have a directory called /media/cdrom (these are usually created automatically during the install)
You can achieve this using the following command.
mount -o loop ~/Downloads/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1708.iso /media/cdrom
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The Surprisingly Cool Physics of Pushing a Block Against a Wall
Here, a picture will help.
But how do you increase the friction force so that it’s enough to keep the block from falling? In a basic model of friction, the magnitude of this force depends on two things: the types of materials interacting and the force with which they’re pushed together. You can’t really change the types of material in the block and the wall—but you can control the force with which they’re pushed together. In the diagram above, this force is the normal force (labeled as N). In general, we can write this friction model as the following:
So the pushing force (F above) increases the normal force (N) and this normal force increases the friction force to balance the weight. I’ll skip the rest of the steps (you should do this for homework), but in the end, the minimum force (which uses the maximum friction) would be:
Does this answer even make sense? Yes. First, it has the right units (units of Newtons) since the coefficient of static friction is unitless and mg* is in Newtons. Second, this says that with a greater coefficient of friction, you don’t have to push so hard. That makes sense. But really, this problem is just a warm-up. How about something better?
Would I have to push harder or not as hard to keep the block up? Go ahead and make a prediction. OK, now let’s do it. Again, I will start with a force diagram. It’s pretty much the same as before except that pushing force is at an angle.
But wait! What about the answer to the question about pushing horizontal compared to pushing at an angle? Which requires more force? As long as the angle is between 0 and 90 degrees, the stuff in the denominator will be bigger than just μs such that the force will be smaller at an angle. Is there a “best” angle that requires the least amount of force? Yes! Let’s find it.
What if I just sort of use brute force to solve this problem? I can calculate the force required and a bunch of different angles and then just find the angle with the smallest force. Since I don’t actually want to do this by hand—I will use Python. And here is that program (so that you can play with it too).
Just push the Run button to run it and then you can go back and edit the code if you want to play with it. Don’t worry, you can’t really break anything. This is a fairly straightforward program. But the cool part is that there is a minimum pushing force at some angle. It’s easier to see with larger values for the coefficient of friction, so in the code above, I have it set at 0.6. With this value, a push angle of about 59.9° gives the lowest possible force. This force is lower than pushing it horizontal and lower than pushing straight up. In fact, every angle gives a lower force than pushing it horizontal.
What happens as you change the coefficient of friction? Just for fun, I made the program a little bit more complicated so that I can create this plot. (Here’s the code if you want it)
I don’t care what you think. This is cool. See, you thought it was a boring physics problem, but you were wrong. Oh, what is this good for in real life? It doesn’t matter. I still think it’s awesome.
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placeholder, the album’s opener and title track, is one of those songs. Lulling you in with a rising, instantly familiar chord progression and a shaggy drumbeat, it’s less a song than a heat shimmer. But stunning moments of clarity find their way through the haze; the tightly-wound coils of squalling guitar—equal parts Nels Cline and Neil Young—or the gorgeous way the melody shifts with the song’s narrative, as Meg Duffy sings of their former lover being “a placeholder, blinded by desire”.
Duffy, to all intents and purposes, is Hand Habits, a project which they began around the start of the decade after moving to Los Angeles. Simultaneously, they joined Kevin Morby’s band as its understated guitar hero, just in time to be swept away in a rising tide of hype. placeholder is Duffy’s first album since leaving Morby’s group, as well as being the first Hand Habits record on the revitalised Saddle Creek, where they join kindred spirits Big Thief and Hop Along.
Where their 2017 debut Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void) was sprawling and dreamlike, the second Hand Habits LP sees Duffy’s abilities come into sharp focus. Mostly recorded with Brad Cook at Bon Iver’s April Base studio in Wisconsin, the production goes some way to making Duffy’s confidence audible. Ultimately, though, it’s their infinitely more assured writing is what makes placeholder such a compelling listen.
Throughout placeholder, Duffy's voice is layered so exquisitely that it's sometimes difficult to tune in to the lyrics as a whole. Like scanning between stations, the occasional phrase jumps out at you - "There's a million ways to fuck with fate", “I wanna see the tree that I used to climb”, “Don’t you want to be allowed?” - and you have little choice but to dive back into the whole album to piece its story back together.
A number of the album’s highlights reveal themselves slowly. The narrator in "jessica" turns on the radio for distraction, only for Fleetwood Mac’s "Silver Springs" to trigger memories of someone “shatter[ing] my reality” long ago. After a gliding guitar solo, dripping in heartbreak, Duffy manages to find closure, simply telling the eponymous character “Jessica, I forgive”. Meanwhile, the empathetic shuffle of ‘what’s the use?’ also turns on forgiveness, and while its title may sound defeatist, it’s one of the most optimistic-sounding songs on the album.
Most striking of all is the album’s closing track, "the book on how to change part ii", the nominal sequel to Wildly Idle’s best song. A brief breeze of multitracked saxophones gives way to softly-strummed guitars, Duffy calmly sings “When I want to misbehave, I think about my mother’s grave”, as if it weren’t the most disarming line on the album. The track slowly evolves into a treatise on becoming your own person, and shying away from the expectations that upbringing and family force upon a person. However, the song hits full bloom during its instrumental closing minute, as the saxes leap out from all corners to provide a perfect coda as the final credits roll. I’ve honestly listened to this song dozens of times at this point, and those last sixty seconds have never done anything less than make my knees buckle.
placeholder is the sound of Hand Habits hitting their stride, and playing to their strengths before anyone listening even realised what those strengths were. The guitar heroics of Duffy’s time in Morby’s band have yielded to an inspired flair for arrangements, piercing turns of phrase and the sound of an artist—and a person—truly finding themselves. It may be too soon to start pondering year-end lists at this point in time, but you should definitely consider about holding a place for Hand Habits.
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Litigation Funding For Companies—2 Minute FAQ
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Litigation funding FAQ
If you are considering funding your litigation, you are not alone. Yearly, thousands of companies apply for litigation funding in the United States. While each company’s financial picture is different, not everyone has the answers to the most critical questions. Here, we have put together some of the top questions for you.
What type of cases get accepted for litigation funding?
At Baker Street Funding, we tend to focus more on damages than case value. Additionally, we look for any type of case that has damages or a formal damages model drawn up of at least $10 to $15 million.
The general corporate litigation claims we fund involve the following types of disputes:
DIP Chapter 11
Commercial disputes
Securities and shareholder
Competition and anti-trust
Patent disputes
High-value divorce
Appeal funding
Portfolio financing
Class action for law firms
What are the benefits of litigation financing for both attorneys and corporate claimants?
Litigation funding allows plaintiffs with insufficient funds to pursue a case to access capital that they would not otherwise be able to get. Without funding, claimants would have to draw from working capital to fund the case, which could affect the future of the business. Thus, Baker Street Funding provides not only the ability for companies to pursue litigation; hence they are able to function, but we also give them a hedge against the risk of the litigation not going their way. This type of funding also helps attorneys cover things like expert fees and other litigation-related expenses, which can climb to the hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in large litigation finance claims.
What are the downsides of litigation financing?
One of the downsides is that litigation finance is expensive; thus, you will pay a premium to utilize it. Additionally, not everybody qualifies for litigation financing. For example, if a company falls below our damages requirements, financing is not accessible for them.
What information do you need from me?
Initially, all litigation funding needs is an overview of the claim and whatever public documents exist relating to the client. After that, a non-disclosure agreement will be executed, and the due diligence process will start where the funder will request several documents supporting the claim.
How long does it take to close a litigation funding deal?
Litigation funding applications vary quite widely in underwriting times. Generally, the underwriting time is directly correlated to the complexity of the claim. For cases that are not complex, underwriting can take from 2 weeks to 4 weeks. The more complex the claim, the longer our due diligence process is. For complex disputes, the underwriting time frame can potentially take months.
How much does litigation funding cost?
Litigation funding costs vary because there are different complexity levels and inherent risks—financing litigation is priced on a case-by-case basis. There is no set fee structure for commercial litigation funding, and it really relies on the investment risk of the claim as well as how long the claim is estimated to take to settle.
What kind of companies can use litigation financing?
Companies of all types and sizing can utilize litigation financing. Companies with limited resources can leverage legal funding companies to help them provide capital that they do not have in order to support a claim against a deep-pocketed defendant. Companies that have significant capital but want to offset the risk of litigation or do not want to divert company assets to the litigation can choose to use litigation finance to help ease that burden.
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Happy Halloween!!!
My favorite holiday is Halloween. It is the time of year you can don any costume you would like and be someone or something completely different than who you are. Every year I save up on a ton of really bomb candy, and decorate my house with cobwebs, hanging ghosts and tombstones. I don’t want little kids leaving my house thinking, “Oh man, all I got was smarties and a tootsie roll.” No way! I want them leaving with a large grin thinking, “Oh My Ghouls, I just got a fun-size snickers bar and a dark chocolate milky way!” Right? One day I hope to be successful enough for the children to leave and think, “I was just handed a king size dark chocolate snickers bar this night is amazing.” *Sigh* one day.
Till then I will settle with my fun-size candy and homemade decorations. Okay, so why am I ranting and raving about the best holiday ever? Because, my LSAT taking friends, you need to take this evening, relax, suit up in your favorite costume and have some undead fun! It’s really important to take a break from those Logic Games and Reading Comprehension sections, especially for such a fun holiday!
I know what you’re thinking, “In all this time that I’ve been analyzing reading comprehension passage after passage, I have not had time to figure out a really cool Halloween costume.” Worry not my LSAT studier! I have compiled a list of awesome costumes that you can try out!
1. An LSAT Game
Okay, so this may not be that “awesome” for the layman, but for your other LSAT taking friends, they will find it silly. Grab a couple of your friends, place a "Hi My Name Is" sticker on each person and choose names that are alphabetical. Then stick together throughout the night and rearrange your order. Hah!
2. A Binder Full of Women
You could get a couple of your gal pals, make a big binder out of cardboard and strap it around you. There you go, a binder full of women. :) This is not a biased blog just an opportunistic one.
3. Gandalf
I find that Gandalf is a classic because not only doe sit give you a really good reason to grow out a beard, but you can don a really old bathrobe and grab a walking stick and you’re ready! Plus, it could be your way of showing your excitement for the upcoming Hobbit movie.
4. Pinterest Board
In homage to the online organizational/scrapbook sensation, you can clip photos of things you like: food, or clothes or places, and pin them onto your chest. Voila! You are a Pinterest board. :)
5. Fifty Shades of Grey
You can put on lots of articles of grey clothing, hopefully different shades, and then maybe find remnants of grey cloth and pin or sew them onto you as well. There you go, Fifty Shades of Grey. Boom!
Halloween costumes are about being funny, topical, and quippy. They are not about being slutty or unoriginal. Do not disappoint me my LSAT preppers. And for your information, this year I have bought a full body fox costume. It’s a mascot grade fox outfit, with ears and a tail. It’s going to be lovely. Happy Halloween everyone!
Happy Studying!
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If you hear your computer’s fans spin up & feel it getting hotter for no apparent reason, kiểm tra the Task Manager và you might see “Windows Modules Installer Worker” using a lot of CPU & disk resources. This process, also known as TiWorker.exe, is a part of the Windows operating system.
RELATED: What Is This Process and Why Is It Running on My PC?
This article is part of our ongoing series explaining various processes found in Task Manager, lượt thích Runtime Broker , svchost.exe , dwm.exe , ctfmon.exe , rundll32.exe , Adobe_Updater.exe , và many others . Don’t know what those services are? Better start reading!
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What Is Windows Modules Installer Worker?
This system process “enables installation, modification, và removal of Windows updates và optional components”, according to lớn its service description.
RELATED: What Windows 10"s "Optional Features" Do, and How lớn Turn Them On or Off
Windows 10 automatically installs operating system updates via Windows Update, so this process is likely just installing updates in the background. However, if you choose to lớn uninstall an update or địa chỉ or remove an optional Windows feature , the Windows Modules Installer Worker process will also need to vì some work.
While the process is named Windows Modules Installer Worker on the normal Processes tab in Windows 10’s Task Manager, its file name is TiWorker.exe, & you’ll see that displayed on the Details tab.
Microsoft releases updates on “Patch Tuesday”, the second Tuesday of every month. They may also release updates on other days, if necessary. If this process is using a lot of CPU, it’s likely that your computer has just downloaded new updates from Microsoft.
You may or may not have lớn restart your computer to install these updates, but Windows does a lot of updating work in the background so you can continue using your PC while it installs the updates.
Why Is It Using So Much CPU?
Here’s the bad news: As far as we can tell, occasional high CPU usage from the Windows Modules Installer Worker process on Windows 10 is just normal.
The good news is that, if you allow it to lớn run, the process will eventually finish & stop using CPU and disk resources. The Windows Modules Installer worker process will finish & it will disappear from the running processes in Task Manager. How long it will take depends on the tốc độ of your computer’s CPU & storage, as well as on how many updates it needed to install.
Can I Disable It?
You’ll see some bad advice online recommending you should disable the Windows Modules Installer system service to prevent this from happening. This will prevent Windows from installing updates properly, & you shouldn’t vày it.
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Similarly, others may recommend setting your network connection lớn “metered” , which will prevent Windows 10 from automatically downloading and install many updates.
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This will prevent the Windows Modules Installer process from activating, but your computer won’t install critical security updates that can protect you from malware lượt thích the WannaCry ransomware , which exploited a bug patched two months before it was released. Avoiding operating system updates is dangerous, & we don’t recommend it.
Sure, you could install updates manually—but the Windows Modules Installer Worker process will run after a manual update, anyway. It’s probably best lớn just bite the bullet và allow the TiWorker.exe process to lớn occasionally vì its thing. This is just how Windows installs updates, và it’s for your own good.
Is It a Virus?
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This process is a part of Windows itself. We haven’t seen any reports of malware disguising itself as the Windows Modules Installer Worker, or TiWorker.exe process. However, if you’re concerned about malware, it’s always a good idea to run a scan with your preferred antivirus program to kiểm tra if anything’s amiss.
If You Think Something’s Wrong
If you think something’s really wrong—perhaps the Windows Modules Installer Worker process has been churning away for hours, or perhaps you think it just runs too frequently—there are some troubleshooting steps you can take. These won’t help if the process is just running for normal reasons, but can potentially fix problems with Windows Update và the Windows operating system itself that could cause issues with the Windows Modules Installer Worker service.
RELATED: How khổng lồ Make Windows Troubleshoot Your PC"s Problems for You
The Windows Update troubleshooter can find & fix problems with Windows Update that could cause issues lớn occur. Khổng lồ run it on Windows 10, head to Settings > Update và security > Troubleshoot > Windows Update > Run the troubleshooter. Apply any fixes the troubleshooter suggests.
If the troubleshooter doesn’t help, you may want khổng lồ try using the SFC or DISM tools lớn scan your computer for corrupted or missing system files.
RELATED: How to Fix Windows Update When It Gets Stuck or Frozen
You may also want to check out our tutorial on what to vì if Windows Update gets stuck , lớn ensure Windows Update is running properly.
And, if all else fails, you can always try resetting your PC lớn its default factory state and starting over with a fresh operating system.
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Beginning Yoga
Yoga has the power to break negative patterns of behaviour and open the mind and body to other possibilities. It allows us to become present and connected to ourselves and the world around us. It brings us to the very heart of ourselves, sometimes for the very first time.
These somewhat grandiose promises can seem rather alien and abstract to the new yoga student, who find themselves on the mat for the very first time for a multitude of different reasons. Reasons for beginning yoga can be many and varied, from a desire for a healthier, more toned body to a need for personal headspace away from the demands of a busy life to a pathway back to health from injury.
In order to benefit fully from a new yoga journey, consistent and regular practice is required. But fitting a regular 30 minutes of yoga practice into a life that is already bursting at the seams can be very challenging!
There is more to yoga than just the asana (poses).
Here are my tips for bringing yoga into your life:
1. Make time for yourself.
Popular science holds that it takes 66 days to form a habit. Make your yoga classes a "can't cancel" appointment with yourself. Our busy lives and conflicting demands on our time can make us feel guilty for taking time for ourselves, meaning we often end up feeling empty and drained. By taking a "fit your own oxygen mask first" approach and carving out time to recharge and rejuvenate, we top up our own internal reserves meaning that we are better equipped to give our energies to those near and dear to us, as well as cope with the demands of a hectic lifestyle more effectively and with more grace.
2. Breathe.
Reduce stress and bring your awareness inwards by focusing on breathing long and slow to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system. Practice lengthening your breath on your commute to work, perhaps while standing on a busy tube, and notice the calming effect that mastering your breath starts to have on your mind and body. This takes practice! Don't worry if it doesn't feel natural to begin with. Start the beginnings of a home practice by finding a quiet 10 minutes to sit comfortably, close your eyes, breathe deeply and allow your mind to wander.
3. Accept your body's capabilities today.
Everyone's body is different. I see time and time again students new to yoga quickly growing frustrated at their perceptions of what their bodies can and can't do. Try to accept that it's totally normal to find some things (many things! Most things!) in yoga challenging. It takes time to embed a new pathway of movement within the body.
We notice many many advances with a regular yoga practice in time, but ultimately there will always be things we find difficult due to the different make up of our bodies. Many a time I have been in class as a student and gone absolutely nowhere in Upavistha Konasana (Wide Legged Seated Forward Fold), while students all around me fold as flat as a pancake. It's taken me years of frustration and a good dose of anatomy training to understand and accept that, while I may make progress with practice, the unique make up of my body will never totally allow me to fold that way. And that's ok! Through our yoga practice, qualities such as patience, compassion, persistence, self-belief and kindness start to take root and shine through in our everyday life off the mat.
4. Practice, not perfect.
It's called a yoga 'practice' for a reason! It can take time to see the benefits of a yoga practice. Allow yoga to come to you by developing a regular practice and the benefits will start to show themselves, little by little. Have fun with a wobbly Tree Pose and embrace the number of times we fall out of Half Moon Pose as all part of the experience.
5. Become aware of your body.
As the vessel that transports us through life and through which we experience every aspect of our day, it's amazing how quickly we can lose touch with our bodies. During yoga class, start to tune in to the signals your body is sending you. Is something hurting? If so, back off. Does one side of the body feel stiffer than the other? Perhaps take a little longer in the pose on the stiff side to ease it out. Is your breath becoming ragged in a pose? Ease off a little or take a Child's Pose until the breath stabilises. Off the mat, start to become aware of how your body is feeling in different situations. Can you use your breath to relax your body in situations that make you feel tense? Yoga can bring balance and greater awareness to the mind and body, improving your sense of proprioception (the awareness of your body in space).
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Science says you don’t need to thaw your steaks
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America's Test Kitchen decided to test a rather obvious question: should you thaw frozen steaks before cooking? Of course you should, right?
Wrong. In their tests, the frozen steaks take a bit longer to cook (of course), but they sear perfectly, they lost less moisture than the thawed steaks, and they won the taste test. It's nice when science comes out on the side of convenience.
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Richard Clark Interview, 11 July 2003
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TT:You weren't aware that they came close—they were within 3200 feet [MSL] of the object above it, and it was either on the ground or hovering above the ground. Now... the instructor pilot on board saw it when they came around from the close approach, and he said as soon as they turned they could see it about 15 mi. ahead on the ground. It didn't move the whole time and when they came within a mile of it they turned to come back in and that's when they lost sight of it, but at that point they would have been almost right over it. You didn't know that at the time?
RC:No, I didn't.
TT:At the time and now, what do you think about the incident?
RC:Well, you know it had to have been a UFO. You know, we had nothing that could do the kind of speed that it had back then and to be able to change directions, I mean, flying with the plane and changing directions while still maintaining, I mean, you're going—
TT:The plane was going between 230 and 280.
RC:OK, yeah, I mean, it's going like this and then all of a sudden it's over here, and it's still going this way [indicating object motion with hand], I mean, even if we had something that could go that fast it could not—it's going to go that fast this way [indicating straight line motion with hand] and—
TT:In one direction.
RC:—but it can't go that way too. And that's why it was phenomenal.
TT:At the time, that's what impressed you?
RC:Well, like I say, it had to be something other than what we were aware of, you know, and I didn't think our technology had anything like that as far as capability, so it's got to be a UFO.
TT:Well, that's almost exactly what the radar-navigator said when he saw that. He realized it was something unique.
RC:And, how fast did it really do it, because you've got three seconds between the scans? Did it take it a second to do it? If so it's going three times as fast as what we computed. Did it take a second and half; did it take the whole three seconds? No, it didn't take the whole three seconds, so here's the minimum speed it could be going: over 3000 mi. an hour. You know if it took it a second you're looking at 10,000 miles an hour.
TT:—it only detected the lower limit.
RC:Yeah. Here's the minimum speed it can have been going, and that's over 3000 miles an hour. That's based on: it took its three seconds to go from point A to point B. Now we
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- Annie Dillard
Here are the nearly random musings and recordings of an artist's daily life. Here are the struggles and the joys, the wins and the losses. What possibly makes it interesting is the fact that I was not young when I started on this path. I was also disadvantaged in many ways. I made a lot of mistakes. These are very distinct perspectives. Even now as I write this I am far from being called a success in the traditional way. Some people have marveled at my courage to keep on this path but maybe I am just stubborn.
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Region: Flanders
Capital: Ghent
Language: Dutch
The province of East-Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen in Dutch) is located north-west of Brussels.
Ghent is the capital of East-Flanders. The historical city has a rich variety of architecture, arts and culture.
Other smaller cities are Aalst, Sint-Niklaas and Dendermonde. The eastern part of the province, part of the Flemish Diamond, is more densely populated than the western part.
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1. Princess Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth of Connaught VA CI GCStJ, later Lady Patricia Ramsay, (17 March 1886 – 12 January 1974) was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Upon her marriage to Alexander Ramsay , she relinquished her title of a British princess and the style of Royal Highness .
2. Princess Margaret of Connaught: 15 January 1882: 1 May 1920: married, 15 June 1905, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden; had issue Prince Arthur of Connaught: 13 January 1883: 12 September 1938: married, 15 October 1913, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife; had issue Princess Patricia of Connaught: 17 March 1886: 12 January 1974
3. Sie war außerdem Colonel-in-Chief der Duchess of Connaught’s Own Irish Canadian Rangers Battalion, eines der Regimenter der Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Ihre Tochter Prinzessin Patricia gab ihren Namen einem neu gegründeten Regiment, der Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Späteres Leben
4. Patricia began not in Ireland, as some may think, but evolved in Scotland, going on to become mega popular in Britain after the christening of Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Patricia of Connaught, known as "Princess Pat" (though called Patsy by the family).
5. An seiner Taufe am 4. August 1942 nahmen Franklin Delano Roosevelt, König Georg II. von Griechenland, König Haakon VII. von Norwegen, die Königin der Niederlande Wilhelmina, Prinzessin Patricia of Connaught, Prinzessin Viktoria von Hessen-Darmstadt, die Kronprinzessin Griechenlands Friederike von Hannover und Henry, Duke of Gloucester, teil.
6. Beatriz, Sra. Mappeli Mozzi (Beatriz Isabel Maria, em inglês Beatrice Elizabeth Mary; Londres, 8 de agosto de 1988), anteriormente conhecida como Beatriz de Iorque, é uma aristocrata e membro da família real britânica por ser a filha mais velha do Príncipe André, Duque de Iorque, e sua ex-esposa Sarah Ferguson.
7. Princess Patricia of Connaught, by John Singer Sergent, ~1905 The Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period which included the reign of King Edward VII (1901–1910). The "Edwardian era" usually includes some years before and after his reign, up to the First World War .
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Hermione Jean Granger (b. 19 September, 1979) was a Muggle-born witch and the daughter of Mr and Mrs Granger, both dentists in London. Hermione grew up as a normal Muggle girl until, at age eleven, she learned that she was a witch and had been accepted intoHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She began attending the school on 1 September, 1991, where she was subsequently sorted into Gryffindor House, despite having the intelligence to be inRavenclaw. She possessed a brilliant academic mind, with a great possibility of having a photographic memory, and proved to be a gifted student. She was very studious and bookish.
Hermione and Ron both decided not to return to Hogwarts for their final year of studies and instead chose to accompany Harry on his quest to find and destroy Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes. She then fought in, and survived, the Battle of Hogwarts, as well as destroyingHufflepuff's Cup, a horcrux, using a basilisk fang found in the Chamber of secrets then opened by Ron imitating Harry saying "open" in Parseltongue.
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Hermione proved to be a witch of exceptional skill, ability, power and talent. Even before she began her education at Hogwarts, she practised some simple spells which all worked.[6] Professor Remus Lupin, who taught Defence Against the Dark Arts in her third year at Hogwarts, claimed that Hermione was the cleverest witch of her age he had ever met;[9] a notable remark, considering that Remus once shared classes with the very talented Lily Evans in his days as a Hogwarts student. The British witch's magical capability easily surpassed almost very single student in her year, challenged only by a select few. Hermione was considered a "borderline genius"[19] and was the most talented witch in her year at Hogwarts.
—Harry Potter to Horace Slughorn regarding Hermione.[src]
• Magical aptitude: At Hogwarts, Hermione was usually the first to master any spell, and was capable of using spells beyond her educational level.[7] She earned eleven O.W.L.s; ten 'Outstandings', and one 'Exceeds Expectations', in Defence Against the Dark Arts. Harry Potter was the strongest student in that subject, but even Harry acknowledged that Hermione was "the best in our year," and repeatedly admired her spell work. She mentioned in her fifth year that the Sorting Hat considered placing her in Ravenclaw, but in the end decided on sorting her into Gryffindor.[11]
—Ron Weasley to Hermione in their first year.[src]
• Duelling: Hermione demonstrated her fighting ability on numerous occasions, showing remarkableduelling skill for her age. Although she was incapacitated relatively early in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, Hermione removed two Death Eaters from the fight in that short time.[7] By the time she accompanied Ron and Harry on the search for the Horcruxes, her spell-work was swifter than opponents such as Mundungus Fletcher and at least two Death Eaters. She defeated Antonin Dolohov and Gregory Goyle, defended Harry from Nagini, repelled Yaxley when he forcibly Disapparated with her, and blastedFenrir Greyback away from an injured Lavender Brown. She also saved Harry twice in the Horcrux hunt, In which she Blasted[Nagini away from him and Ron one time when the Trio went to Xenophilius Lovegood. She defeated many Death Eaters during the Battle of Hogwarts and also held her own againstBellatrix Lestrange, despite being handicapped by using Bellatrix's own wand against her. It should also be noted that she fought Bellatrix alongside Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood. She even proved to be a challenge for Bellatrix and put on the defence for a brief time during the duel, but eventually gained the upper towards the end of the duel. Hermione also had very fast reflexes when it came to wand work; for instance, she drew her wand and placed a Shield Charm between Harry and Ron when they were quarrelling before either of them could even draw their wands in 1997, and when the trio was spotted by Death Eaters during the Battle of Hogwarts, she was the first to react, sending them to safety.[12]Hermione was also able to magically manipulate objects around herself to incapacitate or evade others.[20] Her duelling style was creative and unpredictable, mixing non-combat spells along with more conventional combative spells to overcome her opponents.
Harry Potter: "It's better we wipe their memories."
Ronald Weasley: "You're the boss. Hermione...you're the best at spells."
• Charms: Until she began studying Arithmancy in her third year, Hermione's favourite subject was Charms, and indeed some of her most impressive magical feats were charms. She not only achieved an 'Outstanding' O.W.L. but also received a hundred and twelve percent in her first year Charms exam. Her array of protective charms defended her, Harry, and Ron for almost a year while they were searching for Voldemort's Horcruxes, while several far more experienced wizards were captured within months. She also enchanted her small handbag with an Undetectable Extension Charm to allow her to carry more items in the bag than physically allowed, which allowed her, Harry and Ron to survive the months spent out in the open. Hermione managed to cast the Memory Charm successfully multiple times after having only read the theory behind it,[12] despite even very powerful wizards such as Barty Crouch Sr. having difficulty with it when they have not been trained.[21] Hermione's Memory Charms onAntonin Dolohov and Thorfinn Rowle held even when they were subjected to the Cruciatus Curse,[22]. Hermione had a wide knowledge and talent for the powerful shield charms she casted outside their tent each day while hunting for horcruxes. However, the one charm she always had trouble with was thePatronus Charm, something Harry noted when she tried casting it when he, Hermione and Ron infiltrated the Ministry of Magic. Hermione was noted to have a speciality in creating portable, waterproof fires. In her first year, Hermione used these fires, kept in a jar, to keep the trio warm during winter, and also used it to distract Severus Snape, whom she thought was jinxing Harry Potter's broom during his first Quidditchmatch. These flames were used again in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom to light the cauldron above one of the toilets while Polyjuice Potion was brewed in her second year so that Harry Potter and Ronald Weasleycould interrogate Draco Malfoy about the Heir of Slytherin.Hermione even learned how to cast a corporealPatronus Charm in her fifth year, and was the first to master the advanced spell in Dumbledore's Armyunder Harry's tutelage. It took the form of an otter.[7] Harry once commented that the Patronus Charm was the only spell Hermione ever had trouble with,[12] perhaps indicating that although she was skilled with the charm, it did not come as easily to her as most other spells as she perhaps lacked the self-confidence. During her sixth year, Hermione successfully cast the Confundus Charm on a broom, a charm so difficult Professor Snape had to concentrate to cast it.[12] Hermione also mentioned in 1997 that she had been practising how to use her Patronus for messaging[12], but it is unknown if she ever actually carried this out.
• Transfiguration: Hermione seemed to be particularly talented at Transfiguration. She was the first in her class to succeed at transfiguring a match into a needle in their first lesson, long before any other student[6] and earned an 'Outstanding' in her O.W.L. exam. In 1994 she was the only one able to transform a Hedgehog to pincushion. She could also vanish objects, which is one of the hardest spells taught at Ordinary Wizarding Level. In 1995 she was able to vanish Harry Potter's potion after believing him to be finished with it and a kitten by mid-year the hardest vanishment challenge of all. Hermione was very skilled at conjuration, an advanced type of transfiguration; for example, in her sixth year, she was able to conjure a flock of canaries,[11] and by the next year, she could conjure a wreath of flowers and a flask non-verbally. She could also perform Human Transfiguration, which is noted to be very difficult and did so in 1998 to disguise Ron during the break-in at Gringotts Bank.
• Apparition: Hermione was the first in her class to Apparate successfully, she had achieved Apparition twice in that time and passed her test on the first attempt. According to Ron, her performance was "perfect" and the instructor praised her talent greatly.[11] While on the hunt for the Horcruxes with Harry and Ron, Hermione frequently Apparated and Disapparated the three of them, twice when they were falling through the air.[12]
• Study of Ancient Runes: Hermione was gifted in translating ancient runes into English. She earned an 'Outstanding' O.W.L. in the subject and took it to N.E.W.T.-level. This is what later helped lead her, Harry Potter, and Ronald Weasley to the Deathly Hallows. She later translated the original copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard into English, which she published sometime before working at the British Ministry of Magic.
• Muggle Studies (knowledge): This was one of the subjects Hermione chose to take in her third year with the aid of a Time-Turner but dropped the subject after a year. Hermione was a Muggle-born witchanyway, and so knew a great deal about Muggles already. She was seemingly good at it because she could bring another point of view to the class-room and the lessons. She achieved a score of over 300% on her final exam in third year.
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Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems
She Got Lost
Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1967 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1995.
She got lost cause there was no one by her.
In the eyes of the passing faces there was no reflection.
So she knew she wasn't there or anywhere.
She got lost.
She got lost. The sidewalk was her treadmill.
She was walking, she was walking, but never changing.
She was a hole in the air. Not anything,
If there had been a hand to hold to
She would have believed she was a hand,
Close and warm in the body of a palm.
If there has been a passing laughter,
She would have thought she was two lips
Smiling alive in a kiss that drifted by.
You'll see her floating in the water,
Just a hole in the water.
She got lost.
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Horizon, Bright Moon, Sabre
Chapter 24 – The Last Battle
Chapter 24 – The Last Battle
In the past, on the nine rivers, I gazed at the peak of Mt. Jiuhua,
The Milky Way hung within black waters, with nine lovely lotuses appearing within.
I wish to wave my hand about, who is willing to follow me?
Sir, you are the host of this party, and thus now I lie relaxed amidst the clouds.
Li Bai
Mt. Jiuhua was forty li southwest of Anhui province’s Qingyang city. It was next to where the two cities of Jingxian and Lingyang were during the Han dynasty.
In the Three Kingdoms period, the Eastern Wu kingdom established the Lincheng county. After the Sui dynasty collapsed, the Tang dynasty created the Qingyang prefecture. The mountain had already become famous and was considered part of Chizhou prefecture. The mountain was five li north of the county, past the Plum Family Ridge and bordered by Guichi province.
Mt. Jiuhang was north of Linyang, east of Qiupu, was five small streams south of Datong, and bordered the Twin Dragon-Mouth Peaks to the west. In ancient days, it was named Mt. Jiuzi.
The Tang dynasty’s Li Bai toured Mt. Jiuzi. When he saw the mountain peak, which appeared like a blooming, nine-petaled lotus, he changed its name to Mt. Jiuhua.
It is recorded in books that “the old name was Mt. Jiuzi. The Tang dynasty poet saw that the nine peaks of the mountain appeared like they had been whittled into the shape of lotus petals, and thus changed the name to Mt. Jiuhua.”
It is also recorded in the annals of Qingyang province that “the mountain is forty li west of the county. There are forty eight famous peaks, fourteen crags, five caves, eleven ridges, eighteen springs, and two river sources. There are a number of other different, unique stone platforms, ponds, ravines, and brooks.”
‘Knowing and Doing Becoming One’, Wang Yangming, once studied within the reaches of this mountain. Throughout the ages, the place has held equal fame with Li Bai’s study.
The god of poetry, Li Bai, ‘changed Mt. Jiuzi to Mt. Jiuhua’ in an orderly fashion.
“…the Grand Historian’s tour of the south was described but not recorded. This matter definitely happened as the old men say, but no virtuous man of ability recorded it. Celestial spirits inspired and moved his pen, causing him to scratch out the old name and bestow the new one, Mt. Jiuhua. Next, he paid a visit to the men nearby, travelling with them to Xiahou Hui’s home. They sat down upon the snow from the pines, and left behind two or three lines for posterity.”
This was their poem.
“The amazing west is divided in two, Mt. Lingshan opens to Mt. Jiushan.” – Li Bai.
“The layered mountain holds back the tardy sun, half the cliffs are covered with bright, rosy clouds of dawn.” – Gao Ji.
“The accumulated snow gleams across the gully, and the joyful sun flies across the cliff.” –Wei Quanyu.
“The dazzling, jade-like trees, a vast mist floats about.” – Li Bai
But Mt. Jiuhua wasn’t just a place for poets. It was also chief amongst the places where Buddhists held their sacred rites to honor Bodhisatvva Ksitigarbha.
The Sutra of the Ten Wheels of Bodhisatvva Ksitigarbha: “Tranquil endurance as still as the earth. Quiet pondering as deep as a deep depository.” Thus, the name taken was ‘Ksitigarbha’, meaning ‘earth depository’.
This was recorded in the Mahayana sutras: “Upon a request by the World Honored One, Ksitigarbha pledged that until he had saved all the living things of the Six Paths, he would not become a Buddha. He often submerged his own body into hell, and had saved countless lives from torment. Thus, he is called the ‘Patriarch of the Nether World.’”
There were two rolls to the sutra of the Original Vows of the Bodhisatvva Ksitigarbha. It is very difficult to interpret this Tang scripture, but within it, this was recorded: “The Buddha ascended to Trayamatrimsa Heaven to expound on the dharma to his mother. Next, he called Bodhisatvva Ksitigarbha to him and made him the eternal ‘Patriarch of the Nether World’, so as to eventually bring all the people in the world to ascend to the highest joy.”
This sutra talked a great deal about hell and how to pursue merit to avoid it. It was a mourning sutra of Buddhism.
The sutra also discussed how Bodhisatvva Ksitigarbha rescued countless souls and brought them to salvation. He did not make an empty vow when he promised to not become a Buddha until his great work was done. And thus, the name of this sutra was the ‘Original Vows of the Bodhisatvva Ksitigarbha.’
Thus, not only was the sword skill of the ‘Mt. Jiuhua Sword Sect’ exquisite, it also possessed the romanticism of poets and the mysterious secrets of Buddhism.
There were seven great sword sects in the martial world. Mt. Jiuhua wasn’t actually one of them, because they were always very few disciples of the Mt. Jiuhua sect, and even more rarely did they travel abroad in the martial world.
Long ago, the martial world conflated the Mt. Jiuhua Sect with the Netherworld Sect. Both of them worshipped the same two founders. The first was Bodhisatvva Ksitigarbha. The other the dissolute man of poetry and wine, the eternal, unmatchable Li Bai.
It was said that the lay Buddhist Qing Lian was not only a god of poetry, but that also a god of the sword. The Mt. Jiuhua Sword Technique was passed down from him. After hundreds on hundreds of years, another amazing hero appeared in the martial world, Li Mubai. He was also a direct descendant of the Mt. Jiuhua sect.
These legends made the Mt. Jiuhua sect even more mysterious and mystical in the hearts of the people of the martial world. The whereabouts of the disciples of the Mt. Jiuhua sect became even more secretive, and in recent years, they seemed to have vanished from the martial world.
But none of these things were the reason for Fu Hongxue’s shock. What shocked him was Master Ruyi.
Master Ruyi wore a white robe, and was barefoot in grass shoes. A bald head, a solemn expression, and light radiating from the pupils. Master Ruyi was, without a doubt, a Buddhist of extremely great learning. A female Buddhist.
She looked as though she were already in middle age. Her figure was moderately covered, her appearances was upright, her bearing was respectable and polite. There was nothing particularly attractive about the solemn expression on her face, and even less was there something which should surprise people. No matter who looked at her, they would only see a middle-aged nun who strictly followed Buddhist rules, who was not one bit different from the thousands on thousands of other nuns in the world.
But in Fu Hongxue’s eyes, the situation was totally different.
Although her appearance was ordinary and sedate, her jade-white hands were as beautiful as spring scallions, so soft as to appear boneless. She was barefoot in grass shoes, not wearing any socks, revealing a pair of feet which were as white as the snow, so beautiful they could dazzle. Her white Buddhist robe was spacious and soft, without a speck of dust on it, concealing a large part of her body.
No one would fantasize about what the body and figure of a middle-aged nun would be like, underneath her Buddhist robe.
But Fu Hongxue couldn’t help but think about it.
The spotlessly white Buddhist robe on the railing. The beautiful, lush body in the bathing pool. The groans and moans in the darkness. The warm, smooth embrace. And those two hands which brought him into the dream world.
In his mind, he actually couldn’t separate this outwardly-moral appearing nun with the ripe woman, filled with longing, from last night. Although he forbade himself from thinking about it, he still couldn’t help himself.
Although he had already become indifferent to all things, unmoved and untouched, but this extremely solemn, rule-abiding nun caused his heart to be thrown into chaos. He could already feel his lips go dry, his heart rate increase, as though there was no way for him to control it.
Master Ruyi only dully glanced at him. Her dignified, solemn face did not reveal a single trace of an expression.
Fu Hongxue almost couldn’t resist rushing over there, tearing open her Buddhist robe to see if she was that woman from last night. But he still managed to force himself to stay still.
He seemed to hear her ask, “So this would be the world famous benefactor, Fu Hongxue?” [Benefactor is a term which monks and nuns use to address secular people.]
He seemed to hear his own voice reply, “Yes. I am Fu Hongxue.”
Madame Zhuo looked at them. The expression in her eyes was crafty and sly.
Did she already know about them?
She suddenly laughed. “Master, you have been stationed long at Mt. Jiuhua. I didn’t imagine that even you would have heard of Hero Fu’s name.”
Master Ruyi said, “Although this humble nun is located in distant lands, I am not totally unaware of the matters of the martial world.”
Madame Zhuo said, “Master, didn’t you meet him before?”
Master Ruyi mumbled to herself, then actually nodded. “It seems that I saw him once. Only, at that time, it was already very dark, and I did not see him clearly.”
Madame Zhuo laughed. “But although you did not see him clearly, master, he definitely saw you very clearly.”
Master Ruyi said, “Oh?”
Madame Zhuo’s laughter became even more mysterious. “Because this Hero Fu has perfect night vision. Even in the darkness, he can clearly perceive each hair on an animal’s body.”
It seemed as though a strange expression had appeared on Master Ruyi’s face.
Fu Hongxue’s heart was sinking as well. Last night, in the dark room, he hadn’t actually seen her clearly. He had only faintly seen the outlines of her body.
He hadn’t realized this up til now. Only now did he realize that his eyesight had unknowingly suffered damage. That must have happened after he saw the old man in the iron cabinet.
Could it be that within that old man’s eyes, there was a power which could make others slow and sluggish? Why wouldn’t he allow Fu Hongxue to see the woman in the darkness? Why was she waiting for him in the darkness?
The last two witnesses were also invited in by Gongzi Yu, but Fu Hongxue actually didn’t notice who they were.
His heart was thrown in turmoil again. He couldn’t forget the events of last night, nor could he turn a living woman into a tool.
Boss Chen’s grief and pain and Ni Baofeng’s hatred-filled gaze suddenly became intolerable to him as well.
And that scarlet red sword. How could this sword be in Gongzi Yu’s hands? If the sword was in his hands, where was Yan Nanfei?
What type of mysterious relationship was there, exactly, between these two? Why was it that Gongzi Yu, up to this very moment, was still refusing to reveal his true features?
The torch fires rose up high. The stone platform was as bright as daylight.
Fu Hongxue finally walked on to the stone platform. He tightly gripped his sabre, even more tightly than normal. When he was sorrowful, vexed, suffering, or helpless, only this sabre had the power to stabilize him.
To him, this sabre was far more important than a blind man’s walking stick. There was already a strange emotional bond between him and the sabre, one which no person in the world could ever understand. Not only did they understand each other, they also trusted each other.
Gongzi Yu stared at him. One word at a time, he slowly said, “You can draw your sabre at any time, now.”
Now, the sword was already in his hand. Anybody could tell that he had even more confidence than Fu Hongxue.
Fu Hongxue unexpectedly said, “You can’t just wait a bit longer?”
A cynical look appeared in Gongzi Yu’s eyes. “I can wait. Only, no matter how long I wait, victory and defeat will not be affected.”
Fu Hongxue did not listen to his words. He suddenly turned around, left the stone platform, and walked to Master Ruyi.
Master Ruyi lifted her head up to look at him, appearing surprised and uncertain.
Fu Hongxue said, “Master, from whence do you come?”
Master Ruyi said, “I come from Mt. Jiuhua.”
Fu Hongxue said, “Where did the Prince come from?”
Master Ruyi said, “He came from Silla.” [Part of modern Korea.]
Fu Hongxue said, “Why did he give up his riches and honor?”
Master Ruyi said, “To abandon all to study Buddhism.”
Fu Hongxue said, “Since he sacrificed everything to study Buddhism, why did he vow not to become a Buddha?”
Master Ruyi said, “Only to bring all life to salvation.”
Her expression had become peaceful, and her expression had become even more solemn. But others couldn’t understand at all what they were talking about.
As it was, when the emperor of the Tang dynasty sent out troops to help quell a rebellion in Silla, the prince of Silla, Jin Qiaojue, gave up his glories and came to China to study Buddhism. By himself, he scaled Mt. Jiuhua, where he cultivated himself and meditated. All the deeds he had done in his life were identical to those done by the Bodhisatvva Ksitigarbha. In the eleventh year of Emperor Tang Dezong’s reign, he ascended to Parinirvana. Before departing, his appearance was exactly the same as that of the original appearance of the Bodhisatvva Ksitigarbha. According to legends, he left behind his flesh to future generations, as his body became a pagoda at the peak of the mountain. The pagoda was exquisitely made in all aspects, resplendent in gold and jade, with copper vases in each corner, the colors of cinnabar and jadeite. Within them, there was holy oil which can grant people peace and and tranquility. The disciples of the Mt. Jiuhua sect carried this oil with them at all times.
Fu Hongxue asked again, “Where is the Prince now?”
Master Ruyi said, “He is still at Mt. Jiuhua.”
Fu Hongxue said, “The Prince will bring all life to salvation. How about you, Master?”
Master Ruy said, “This humble nun has that desire as well.”
Fu Hongxue said, “Since that is the case, I hope that you, master, will give me your blessing and allow my heart to become pure and tranquil.”
Master Ruyi’s hands folded together. “Yes.”
She really did remove a small wooden vase from her clothes, poured out a few drops of holy oil, gently rubbing it against Fu Hongxue’s face and hands. She also repeatedly murmured Buddhist prayers, then asked again, “What desires do you have?”
Fu Hongxue chanted, “To be as stable and unmoving as the earth, as peaceful and as deep as an earth depository.”
Master Ruyi lightly tapped him on the crown of his head with the palm of her hand. “Alright. Go.”
Fu Hongxue said, “Yes. I go.”
He lifted his head. His pallid face was already gleaming with light. It wasn’t the light of oil. It was a holy light of serenity and peace.
He once more ascended to the stone platform, then walked to stand in front of Madame Zhuo. He suddenly said, “Now, I already know.”
Madame Zhuo said, “Know what?”
Fu Hongxue said, “Know it was you.”
Madame Zhuo’s face suddenly changed. “What else do you know?”
Fu Hongxue said, “I know everything which I should know.”
Madame Zhu said, “You…how could you know?”
Fu Hongxue said, “Quietly pondering deep secrets, like an earthen repository.”
He walked onto the stone platform. Facing Gongzi Yu, not only did he seem as calm as a huge boulder, he really did seem as unshakable as the earth itself.
Veins had already appeared on the hand with which Gongzi Yu gripped his sword.
Fu Hongxue looked at him. He suddenly said, “You have already been defeated once. Why must you insist on being defeated again?”
Gongzi Yu’s pupils contracted. Suddenly, with a loud shout, his sword left the sheath. Scarlet sword light flashed like a rainbow lightning bolt.
Only people with extremely strong eyesight could see that there seemed to be a faint flash of sabre light within in the rainbow lightning bolt.
With a ‘ding’, all movement seemed to coalesce. All things and all creatures on the earth came to a halt in that moment.
Fu Hongxue’s sabre had already entered his sheath again.
Gongzi Yu’s sword was only an inch away from his throat, but he didn’t pierce him through. His entire body seemed to have suddenly stiffened. And then, the bronze mask on his face slowly split apart, revealing his own face.
A handsome, spirited, and attractive face, but one filled with shock and terror.
That ‘ding’ was heard again as the mask fell to the floor. The sword fell to the floor as well.
This person was actually Yan Nanfei.
The fire light was still flickering without pause, but the great audience hall was as deathly silent as a tomb.
Yan Nanfei finally spoke. “When did you find out?”
Fu Hongxue said, “Not long ago.”
Yan Nanfei said, “When you drew your sabre, you already knew it was me?”
Fu Hongxue said, “Yes.”
Yan Nanfei said, “So you were already certain of victory.”
Fu Hongxue said, “Because my heart was already orderly and unmovable.”
Yan Nanfei let out a long sigh. Dispiritedly, he said, “Of course you should have been certain, because I should have died to you already.”
He lifted up the long sword, then offered it forwards with both hands. “Please. Please finish it.”
Fu Hongxue stared at him. “Now, is your deepest desire ended?”
Yan Nanfei said, “Yes.”
Fu Hongxue dully said, “Then you are already a dead man. Why should I bother to kill you?”
He turned around, not sparing Yan Nanfei another glance.
Only to hear a sigh coming from behind him. A drop of blood splashed towards him, falling near his feet.
He still didn’t turn around, but an indescribable, unescapable sorrow appeared on his face.
He knew this result. Some results, nobody could ever change. Some people’s destinies were the same.
What about his own destiny?
The first to welcome him was Master Ruyi. Smiling, she said, “Benefactor, you won.”
Fu Hongxue said, “Master, do you truly act freely and as you wish?” [Ruyi means ‘as one wishes’.]
Master Ruyi was silent.
Fu Hongxue said, “Since you, master, aren’t truly free and act as you wish, how can you know that I have truly won?”
Master Ruyi let out a light sigh. “Well said. Victory or defeat, acting as one wishes or being restrained, who can truly tell?”
She folded her hands together, quietly murmured a Buddhist prayer, then slowly walked out.
When Fu Hongxue lifted his head up, the only person left in the great hall was Madame Zhuo.
She was looking at him. When he turned his head over, she slowly said, “I know.”
Fu Hongxue said, “Know?”
Madame Zhuo said, “Victory is victory. The victor gains everything, the defeated perishes. This can’t be faked in the slightest.”
She let out a sigh. “Now, Yan Nanfei is already dead. You, naturally, are already…”
Fu Hongxue interrupted her words. “Yan Nanfei is already dead. How about Gongzi Yu?”
Madame Zhuo said, “Yan Nanfei is Gongzi Yu.”
Fu Hongxue said, “He truly is?”
Madame Zhuo said, “Can it be that he is not?”
Fu Hongxue said, “He definitely is not.”
Madame Zhuo laughed. She suddenly stretched her hand out and pointed behind her. “Take another look. What is that?”
The smooth, flat stone platform behind her suddenly split open. An enormous bronze mirror was slowly rising from beneath the platform.
Fu Hongxue said, “A bronze mirror.”
Madame Zhuo said, “What else is in the mirror?”
There was a person in the mirror. Fu Hongxue was standing in front of the mirror. His reflection was in it.
Madame Zhuo said, “What do you now see?”
Fu Hongxue said, “I see myself.”
Madame Zhuo said, “Then you have seen Gongzi Yu, because now, you are Gongzi Yu.”
Fu Hongxue was silent. She said he was Gongzi Yu, but he was silent.
Although sometimes silence is a form of soundless protest, most of the time, it was not.
Madame Zhuo said, “You are extremely intelligent. From the hand which Master Ruyi used to anoint you with oil, you could guess that the woman from last night was not her, and was me.”
Fu Hongxue was still silent.
Madame Zhuo said, “Thus, by now, you definitely understand why you are Gongzi Yu.”
Fu Hongxue suddenly said, “Now, I really am Gongzi Yu?”
Madame Zhuo said, “At least, you are for now.”
Fu Hongxue said, “When will I no longer be?”
Madame Zhuo said, “When an even stronger person in the martial world appears. At that time…”
Fu Hongxue said, “At that time, I will be like today’s Yan Nanfei.”
Madame Zhuo said, “Right. At that time, not only will you not be Gongzi Yu, you will also no longer be Fu Hongxue. At that time, you will be a dead man.”
She laughed. Her laughter was tender and sweet. “But I believe that within the next ten years, there definitely will not be anybody in the martial world stronger than you. Thus, for now, everything is yours. You can enjoy all your wealth and fame, and you can enjoy me.”
Fu Hongxue tightly gripped his sabre. “You will always be Gongzi Yu’s woman?”
Madame Zhuo said, “Always.”
Fu Hongxue stared at her. His hand tightened even further, drawing out his sabre.
He suddenly drew his sabre. A flash of sabre light. The bronze mirror split in half, just like how the bronze mask on Yan Nanfei’s face split in half. When the bronze mirror fell apart, it revealed a man within it. An old man.
There was a small, exquisite room behind the mirror, with a small but magnificent couch in it.
This old man was reclining on the couch. He was already a very, very old man, but his eyes must have long ago received all the blessings and benedictions of all the spirits of heaven and ghosts of hell, because they had retained their youth. These two eyes were the eyes which Fu Hongxue had seen in the iron cabinet.
Those two eyes were staring at him right now.
Fu Hongxue’s sabre entered the sheath. Staring at him with blade-sharp eyes, he said, “Only one person knows who the real Gongzi Yu is.”
The old man said, “Who?”
Fu Hongxue said, “You.”
The old man said, “Why would I know?”
Fu Hongxue said, “Because you are the real Gongzi Yu.”
The old man laughed. Laughter wasn’t necessarily a denial. At least, his type of laughter definitely was not.
Fu Hongxue said, “The fame and wealth which Gongzi Yu has, definitely was not easily acquired.”
There was no such thing as reaping without sowing in the world. Especially when it comes to fame, wealth, and power.
Fu Hongxue said, “A man will find it very difficult to part with things which he already owns.”
All people were like that.
Fu Hongxue said, “Unfortunately, you are already old, and your physical strength is failing you. If you want to preserve everything you have, you must find someone to take your place.”
Gongzi Yu was silent.
Fu Hongxue said, “Naturally, you must find the strongest person, and so you found Yan Nanfei!”
Gongzi Yu smiled. “He definitely was very strong, and also very young.”
Fu Hongxue said, “Thus, he couldn’t resist your lures and became your substitute.”
Gongzi Yu said, “Originally, he was a very good one.”
Fu Hongxue said, “Unfortunately, at the Phoenix Market, he was defeated by my sabre.”
Gongzi Yu said, “To him, that truly was a great pity.”
Fu Hongxue said, “And to you?’
Gongzi Yu said, “The same.”
Fu Hongxue said, “The same?”
Gongzi Yu said, “Since there was already a stronger person to replace him, why should I use him?”
Fu Hongxue sneered.
Gongzi Yu said, “But I promised him that if he could defeat you within this year, he could still have everything!”
He once more reiterated, “I wanted him to defeat you, not to kill you.”
Fu Hongxue said, “Because you want the strongest person.”
Gongzi Yu said, “Right.”
Fu Hongxue said, “He believed that the most fearful part of my sabreplay is my drawing of the sabre.”
Gongzi Yu said, “So he bitterly trained in drawing his sword. Unfortunately, after a year, he still wasn’t certain of beating you.”
Fu Hongxue said, “So that made him want the Sorrowful Book and the Peacock Plume all the more.”
Gongzi Yu said, “So he was wrong.”
Fu Hongxue said, “This was his mistake as well?”
Gongzi Yu said, “Yes!”
Fu Hongxue said, “Why?”
Gongzi Yu said, “Because he didn’t know that these two things had long ago fallen into my hands.”
Fu Hongxue shut his mouth.
Gongzi Yu said, “He also didn’t know that these two things simply weren’t as terrifying as the legends made them out to be. Even if he had obtained them, he still wouldn’t be assured of victory against you.”
Legends made everything in them better than they actually were. Fu Hongxue understood this.
Gongzi Yu said, “I could tell long ago that you were stronger than him, because you have a strangely tough and resilient sabre.”
He explained, “You can resist pain which others cannot endure, and can withstand attacks which others cannot handle.”
Fu Hongxue said, “So you hoped that I would win this battle from the start.”
Gongzi Yu said, “So I had Zhuo Zi keep you company. I didn’t want you to be too tense before the final battle.”
Fu Hongxue shut his mouth again. Now, he finally understood everything. All of the unexplicable mysteries suddenly became very simple in the blink of an eye.
Staring at him, Gongzi Yu said, “And so, you are now Gongzi Yu.”
Fu Hongxue said, “I am only Gongzi Yu’s body double.”
Gongzi Yu said, “But you already have everything!”
Fu Hongxue said, “No one can truly have this ‘everything’. This ‘everything’ will forever be yours.”
Gongzi Yu said, “Therefore…”
Fu Hongxue said, “Therefore, right now I am still Fu Hongxue.”
Gongzi Yu’s pupils suddenly contracted. “You aren’t willing to accept everything?”
Fu Hongxue said, “Right.”
His pupils contracted, and his hand tightened again. The hand with which he drew his sabre.
After a long time, Gongzi Yu suddenly laughed. “You can already tell that I am an old man.”
Fu Hongxue admitted to it.
Gongzi Yu said, “You are thirty-five or thirty-six years old this year, yes?”
Fu Hongxue said, “Thirty seven.”
Gongzi Yu said, “Do you know how old I am?”
Fu Hongxue said, “Sixty?”
Gongzi Yu laughed again.
A very strange laugh, one filled with an indescribable cynicism and sorrow.
Fu Hongxue said, “You aren’t sixty yet?”
Gongzi Yu said, “This year, I am thirty seven.”
Fu Hongxue stared at him in shock, looking at the wrinkles on his face and his snow-white hair.
He couldn’t believe it. But he knew that a decrepit-looking person wasn’t necessarily decrepit because of the passage of years. Many things could make someone old.
Longing could make one old. Sadness and pain could as well.
Gongzi Yu said, “Do you know what aged me?”
Fu Hongxue knew. If a person lusted after too much, he would age very soon. Desire is the greatest pain which man can know.
He knew, but he did not say it. Since he already knew, why say it?
Gongzi Yu did not explain either. He knew that Fu Hongxue definitely understood his meaning.
“It was precisely because I desired too much that I aged. It is precisely because I am old, that I am stronger than you.”
He spoke very tactfully. “If you will not be Gongzi Yu, then you will no longer be Fu Hongxue.”
Fu Hongxue said, “I will be a dead man?”
Gongzi Yu said, “Yes.”
Fu Hongxue sat down, on top of a low table in front of the short couch.
He was very tired. After going through that earlier battle, anybody would feel tired.
But his heart was very energetic. He knew that there must be another battle, and that this battle must be more dangerous than the earlier one.
Gongzi Yu said, “You can consider it a bit longer.”
Fu Hongxue said, “I don’t need to.”
Gongzi Yu was sighing. “You certainly know that I am very unwilling for you to die.”
Fu Hongxue knew. To find another body double such as he, definitely would not be very easy.
Gongzi Yu said, “Unfortunately, I already no longer have any room to do otherwise.”
Fu Hongxue said, “Neither do I.”
Gongzi Yu said, “You have nothing.”
Fu Hongxue couldn’t deny it.
Gongzi Yu said, “You don’t have wealth, you don’t have power, you don’t have friends, and you don’t have loved ones.”
Fu Hongxue said, “I only have my life.”
Gongzi Yu said, “You have one more thing.”
Fu Hongxue said, “What?”
Gongzi Yu said, “Your reputation.”
He laughed again. “If you refuse me, not only will I take your life, I will destroy your reputation. I have many ways!”
Fu Hongxue said, “You seem to have everything.”
Gongzi Yu did not deny it either.
Fu Hongxue said, “You have wealth, you have power, and the experts under your banner are innumerable like the clouds.”
Gongzi Yu said, “To kill you, I might not need them.”
Fu Hongxue said, “You have everything, save for one thing.”
Gongzi Yu said, “Oh?”
Fu Hongxue said, “You no longer have joy in life.”
Gongzi Yu was laughing.
Fu Hongxue said, “Even if Gongzi Yu’s fame shall last into perpetuity, you yourself are already a dead man.”
Gongzi Yu’s hands tightened.
Fu Hongxue said, “Without joy in life, one does not have a fighting spirit. So if you were to fight with me, you would be defeated without question.”
Gongzi Yu was still laughing, but his laughter had become very stiff.
Fu Hongxue said, “If you dare to stand up and fight me, and if you can defeat me, I will give my life to you without any complaints.”
He smirked, then continued, “But you don’t dare.”
He fixed his gaze upon Gongzi Yu. There was a sabre in his hands. There was a sabre in his eyes. And there was a sabre in his words as well.
Gongzi Yu truly did not stand up. Was it because he truly could not stand? Or was it because of Madame Zhuo’s hand? Her hand had already pressed down on his shoulder.
Fu Hongxue had already turned around. He slowly walked out.
Gongzi Yu watched him walk away.
His walking posture was still as clumsy, as stupid as ever, but when others watched him, their eyes would still be filled with reverence.
No matter who watched him, it would be the same.
His hand tightly clenched the sabre the entire time, but he did not draw it.
I am not going to kill you, because you are already a dead man.
If a person’s heart died, even if his body was still fine, it would be of no use. He knew why she pressed down on Gongzi Yu’s shoulder. Because she, too, didn’t want to keep on living this sort of life.
She would always be Gongzi Yu’s woman. In her heart, there was only one, real, Gongzi Yu. No one could ever replace him. Regardless of if he became old, or if he died, no one could ever replace him. So she was willing to do anything for him.
Could he understand this? When would he understand this? Why was it that the silkworms of spring were only able to release their silk after dying?
The sun set in the west. Fu Hongxue stood before the setting sun, in front of the ruins of the Peacock Manor. The twilight was cold and mesmerizing, revealing wounds and trauma everywhere around him.
He pulled out a white letter and placed it in front of the graves of his friends.
A snow-white letter. Deathly black words.
This was Gongzi Yu’s obituary notice. It was an obituary notice which had spread around the entire world, and without question, stunned the entire world.
Dust to dust, earth to earth. People will always die.
He let out a long sigh, then raised his head to look at the sky. Dusk had began to darken, and night was about to arrive.
He suddenly felt an inexpressible peacefulness in his heart, because he knew that just before the darkness arrived, the bright moon would rise.
The wine was within his cup. The cup was within his hands.
Gongzi Yu placed the cup facing the window. Outside the window, there were green hills, emerald gorges, and water flowing underneath a small bridge.
A pair of hands pressed down on his shoulder. So beautiful. So gentle and soft.
She lightly asked, “When did you make up your mind to do this?”
“When I really understood everything.”
“What did you understand?”
“What is the purpose of life?” His hand lightly pressed on top of hers. “The purpose of a person’s life is to be happy and content. If he doesn’t even have joy in life, even if his fame, wealth, and power shall forever endure, what’s the use?”
She laughed. Such sweet, warm, gentle laughter.
She knew that he really had understood.
Although others believed him to be dead, he was still alive. Truly alive. Because he had learned how to enjoy life.
If a person truly understood how to enjoy life, even if he could be alive for but a day, it would be enough.
“I know that Gongsun Tu and the others shall not be alive long.”
“Because I have already sown poisonous seeds in their heart.”
“Poisonous seeds?”
“My wealth and my power.”
“You believe that they will die due to fighting for these things?”
She laughed again. Her laughter was even gentler, softer, and sweeter than before.
She knew why he was doing this. It was because he was atoning for his crimes for her. He whole-heartedly hoped for their joy and peace.
Now, everything had succeeded.
He raised the cup to the wine sky, but no longer asked where the bright moon was.
He already knew where his bright moon was.
A lonely little room. A lonely woman.
Her life was lonely and arduous, but she didn’t blame heaven, because her heart was at peace. She already was able to use her strength to make a living for herself, and no longer needed to sell herself. Perhaps she wasn’t happy, but she had learned how to endure.
There are many things in life which are not as one wishes. Everyone should learn how to endure.
Another day had passed, a very dull day.
Carrying a basket of clothes, she walked to the head of a small stream. She definitely had to wash these clothes before she could rest.
She wore two small jasmine flowers on her own clothes. They were her one and only luxury items. The creek’s water was clear and clean. She lowered her head down and gazed into it. Suddenly, she saw that someone had appeared in the clear, clean water.
A lonely man. A lonely sabre.
Her heart began to jump. She lifted up her head and saw a pallid face.
Her heart immediately seemed to stop moving. She had long since no longer hoped for any more happiness in her life, but now, happiness had suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.
They silently stared at each other for a long, long time without opening their mouths. Happiness came to life between their mingled gazes, like a flower coming to bloom.
At this moment in time, what words could possibly suffice to express their happiness and contentment?
At this time, the bright moon rose up in the sky.
Where is the bright moon?
So long as your heart is alive, the bright moon is within your heart!
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ESSAYS: A Farewell To Arms
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All fiction is autobiographical, no matter how obscure from the author’s experience it may be, marks of their life can be detected in any of their tales. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is based largely on Hemingway’s own personal experiences. The main character of the novel, Frederic Henry, experiences many of the same situations that Hemingway lived. Some of these similarities are exact, while some are less similar, and some events have a completely different outcome.
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Star after graduating from high school in 1917. During World War I, he served as an ambulance driver in the Italian infantry and was wounded just before his 19th birthday. Hospitalized, Hemingway fell in love with an older nurse. Later, while working in Paris as a correspondent for the Toronto Star, he became involved with the expatriate literary and artistic circle surrounding Gertrude Stein. During the Spanish Civil War, Hemingway served as a correspondent on the loyalist side. He fought in World War II and then settled in Cuba in 1945. In 1954, Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. After his expulsion from Cuba by the Castro regime, he moved to Idaho. In his life, Hemingway married four times and wrote numerous essays, short stories and novels. The effects of Hemingway’s lifelong depressions, illnesses and accidents caught up with him. In July 1961, he committed suicide in Ketchum, Idaho. What remains, are his works, the product of a talented author.
A Farewell to Arms is the story of Frederic Henry, an American, driving an ambulance for the Italian Army during World War I. The novel takes us through Frederic’s experiences in war and his love affair with Catherine Barkley, an American nurse in Italy. The novel starts in the northern mountains of Italy at the beginning of World War I. Rinaldi, Frederic’s roommate, takes him to visit a nurse he has taken a liking to. Catherine Barkley, the nurse Rinaldi speaks of, is instantly attracted to Frederic and he is to her. Frederic courts her for a brief time before he goes to the front.
At the front, Frederic is wounded in the legs and taken to an aid station and then to an army hospital. He is then transferred to an American hospital in Milan where he meets up with Catherine again. Their love flourishes. They spend their nights together in Frederic’s hospital bed and their days going to restaurants, horse races and taking carriage rides.
Frederic returns to the war after his recovery. The war is going badly in Italy. The German troops forced a full-scale retreat. Soon after Frederic’s return, he deserts the war in a daring escape. Frederic leaves and meets a pregnant Catherine in Stresa.
The two go over to Switzerland where they spend an idyllic time waiting for the birth of their baby. Catherine has a long and difficult labor. Their baby is delivered dead. Catherine dies soon after from “one hemorrhage after another.” After Catherine dies, Frederic leaves and walks back to his hotel. A Farewell to Arms is a story of love and pain and of loyalty and desertion set in the tragic time of war.
There are many similarities in the experiences of Ernest Hemingway and his character Frederic Henry, in A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway and Henry were both involved in World War I, in a medical capacity, but neither of them were regular army personnel. Like Hemingway, Henry was shot in his right knee during a battle. Both men were Americans but were ambulance drivers for the Italian Army. In real life, Hemingway met his love, Agnes, a nurse, in the hospital after being shot; Henry met his love, Catherine Barkley, also a nurse, before he was shot and hospitalized. In both cases, the relationships with these women were strengthened while the men were hospitalized. Another difference is that in A Farewell to Arms, Catherine and her child died while she was giving birth, this was not the case with Agnes, who left Henry for another Italian Army officer. Nevertheless, these differences are only surface. These slight changes allowed Hemingway, an extremely private man, to try and prove to the public that it was not himself and his own experiences which he was writing about. On the contrary, In the book Modern Critical Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms, Millicent Bell sees the novel as “not the autobiography some readers have thought it” (Bloom 113). Instead, Bell perceives the novel to be a “pseudoautobiography and a personal metaphor.” One can see that Bell ignored the deep psychological similarities that Henry and Hemingway share. Their similar escapes, their morbid nature, their avoidance of relationships, their obsession with war, and their similar views on death.
There is great power in being an author; you can make things happen which do not necessarily occur in real life. Hemingway felt throughout his life, powerless, and so to escape this, he created alternative lives by writing stories. Hemingway, who fell in love with Agnes, an American nurse, seven years older than he, while wounded in Milan, was deeply hurt after she didn’t return his affections. While the beginning of A Farewell to Arms, up until this point is similar, this is where the story changes. In the book, Frederic and Catherine are both in love with each other. Hemingway continued his affair with Agnes through Frederic and Catherine. He put his dreams of what his faded love affair would have been like in the love scenes between Catherine and Frederic: “When I saw her I was in love with her. Everything turned over inside of me. She looked toward the door, saw there was no one, then she sat on the side of the bed and leaned over and kissed me. I pulled her down and kissed her and felt her heart beating.” Writing about what could have been was one way that Hemingway escaped from his life. Like Frederic Henry, Hemingway also acted out his feelings of inadequacy among other problems by hunting, drinking, spending lots of money and sleeping with many women. Escapism, which is a theme of the novel, is largely by Frederic and Ernest to deal with their similar wounds, psychological and physical.
Hemingway and Henry also have similar unhealthy obsessions and personality flaws. Both men are eternally morbid, which shows itself in their obsessions with war and death. Hemingway shows his melancholy belief that death is inevitable through Frederic. Hemingway shows the reader that death ends life before you have the chance to live it. This was undoubtedly one of the reason’s that Hemingway ended the book in Catherine Barkley’s death and the death of her child. Frederic says in response to the deaths: “You died. You did not know what it was about. You never had time to learn. They threw you in and told you the rules and the first time they caught you off base they killed you^Å they killed you in the end. You could count on that. Stay around and they would kill you.” Hemingway fought in more that one war and subsequently wrote more than one novel about his experiences in them. Henry also could not leave the war for even a moment, up until the end when he decides to desert. When Catherine asks Frederic to stop talking about the war for awhile, he counters with, “It’s very hard, there’s no place to drop it.” Essayist Wyndham Lewis in the book Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms says that the war years “were a democratic, a leveling school” for Hemingway. Lewis feels that war was “a release” for Hemingway, an “opportunity to show that he is a real man” (Gellens 76). The statement made by Lewis is evidently true of Hemingway. One can see that he is obsessed with war, much like Frederic Henry, because it is an outlet for him, or another form of escape.
Another striking similarity between Hemingway and his character Henry, is their isolationism. Edgar Johnson in Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms writes, “it is society as a whole that is rejected, social responsibility, social concern.” Henry, like Hemingway, leads a private life as a detached, isolated individual. He socializes with the officers, talks with the priest and visits the officer’s brothel, but maintains only superficial relationships. The only relationship that means anything to him is Catherine, which is Hemingway’s Agnes, both of which are isolated relationships. Johnson says about Hemingway, “He will solve the problem of dealing with the world by taking refuge in individualism and isolated personal relationships and sensations” (Gellens 112-113). Happiness comes for Hemingway and Henry only when they are in these relationships, away from the pressures of society and their lives.
Ernest Hemingway once gave some advice to his fellow writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. If something in life hurts you, you should use it in your writing. In writing a Farewell to Arms, Hemingway followed his own advice. In many ways, Frederic Henry was a psychological parallel to Hemingway. The painful experiences of his own life, which were consciously and unconsciously placed in this novel, helped make it a major literary achievement.
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Where Poetry and Music Meet
Smithfield Church
by Denise Jordan Finley
After the 10 AM Sunday service on November 7 at the historic Smithfield Church in a rural valley of Amenia, NY, I was delighted to take in a unique event featuring Kevin McEneaney, locally known as the Smithfield Poet Laureate, and Oscar Rodriguez, classical pianist. The live audience sat in close range of the 1856 Steinway grand piano and the pulpit where readers were situated. An additional audience was in remote attendance by Zoom.
The format of the performance alternated between read poetry and piano improvisation. This sequence was repeated a few times, giving some breathing space between elements. At one point, Douglas Grandgeorge, pastor of the church, ascended the pulpit to read. His measured baritone voice added another element to the sum. The pace was rapid and entertaining.
Oscar Rodriguez
Mr. Rodriguez’s playing was articulate, displaying force and thoughtfulness as he revisited poetic verse musically. His is stream-of-conscious keyboard wanderings were played without a visible score. Between sets I noticed that he reached for some sheets which were resting on top of the piano. I suspect he may have been briefing himself with the words he would echo melodically. For the online audience, the subtleties of the piano performance took on a garbled sound that the Zoom media lends to rapid, cascading notes. Visually, Oscar’s somewhat wild hair, colorful crocheted scarf, and dramatic movements bestowed enhanced dramatic atmosphere to his performance.
These poems were among the most recent works of the Poet Laureate. He began with one he composed for his six-year-old son, Cameron, “The Shape of the World.” This was followed by “At the Creek” and “Apple Picking.” They elicited the smoky-sweet ambience of autumn. From there we shifted focus to wide-ranging rumblings and surging rhythms from Mr. Rodriguez, which were followed by Pastor Grandgeorge’s reading of a poem referencing the poetry of Elon Wendell Peterson, a dear friend of the pastor, who died early in a tragic accident. He proceeded to read Kevin’s “When Keys Are Silent,” a poem dedicated to the memory of Hampson Sisler, an organist and composer who played from the loft of Smithfield Church for many years, beloved by the congregation and community alike.
Dr. Hampson Sisler
The performance continued with more poet-to-piano alternation: fluid arpeggios, and words seasoned with cynicism, wit, and poignancy. “Memorial,” the briefest poem of the program, was a eulogy in a single sigh.
In “Spontaneous Ode to a Hand Truck,” the personification of a trusted useful device, the poet exalts the utilitarian object over brother or lover. “Dawn Pearls” exquisitely expresses the profundity of silence after a heavy rain. Among my favorites danced “Household Rules,” a house’s hilarious ten commandments for its family. Other poems were: “A New Day,” which echoes my own sunrise prayer, and “Leg World” with the concluding line, “Compared to many species of insects, we are more clever, yet pedestrian.”
At farewell, two poems gave tribute to piano: “Fingers Like Seeds Blowing,” and “Blue Notes.” Oscar paralleled Kevin’s motif which followed the musical progression of the poem’s metaphoric sequence, wandering from C major to B minor, then to A major, and concluding in C major where it all began.
Kevin T McEneaney
When Kevin reads one wonders why he chooses to pause or why he chooses to emphasize a particular word, yet a careful listener will hear the sophistication of near rhyme and subtle use of alliteration. The close observer might catch the slightest tip of head or gleam of eye that gives fleeting exposure to whimsy, which might pervade even the most serious subject matter.
Speaking to the author, you are struck by his encyclopedic mind. He takes delight in regaling you with detailed obscurities. His extensive research is the clay from which he molds his modest poems, short in length and succinct of line. His poems dramatize his awareness of the fragility of the human heart and his appreciation of the smallest masterpieces of nature.
Denise Jordan Finley
Singer and composer; albums: Folkfest, Beyond a Window, Girl on the Rhythm Guitar, Soltice, Hauntress
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Can the Internet exist without Linux?
Yes, but it wouldn't be the Internet you know.
The Linux Foundation recently put up a funny video showing what life might be like without Web search. It's tagline was "A world without Linux is hard to imagine." It also added, "A world without Linux would mean a world without the Internet."
Ah. No.
The Internet actually started as ARPAnet, a government sponsored packet-switching network in September 1969. Linus Torvalds wouldn't be born until December 1969.
The cartoon is really about search on the Web, not the Internet itself. The Web got its start in 1991. It first ran om NeXTStations. These were Steve Job-designed Unix workstations. They're the ancestor of today's Macs. While Tim Berners-Lee was implementing the first Web servers, Torvalds had just announced that he was working on the operating system we now call Linux.
So, with that history lesson behind us, how does The Linux Foundation get off implying the Internet wouldn't exist with Linux?
It's because they're right. The Internet you know, not the pre-Web Internet I cut my teeth on with its archie, elm, and Gopher, which largely ran on BSD Unix, does run on Linux.
Say hello to the early days of web browsers (gallery)
Of the top twenty-five websites in the world by Alexa's count, only two aren't running Linux. Those two, live.com and bing.com, both belong to Microsoft. Everyone else, Yahoo, eBay, Twitter, etc., etc., are running Linux.
Looking deeper, Linux's importance to the Web is even more extreme. By W3Cook's analysis of Alexa's data, 96.3 percent of the top 1 million web servers are running Linux. The remainder is split between Windows, 1.9 percent, and FreeBSD, 1.8 percent.
While a great deal of the Internet networking infrastruture runs on Cisco iOS, much of it also runs on Linux-based switch operating systems, such as Cumulus Linux, Big Switch's Switch Light, and VyOS, the open-source fork of Vyatta.
The cartoon focuses on search and we know Google runs on Linux -- and produces Linux-based Android and Chrome OS. But, what about the other search engines? Well, Bing, the number two search engine, runs on Windows Server 2012.
Yahoo, the third ranked search engine, used to run FreeBSD, but Yahoo moved to its own Linux, YLinux, years ago. The other top two English-language search engines, Ask and AOL (yes, really, even now), both run Linux.
Of course, these days more and more people are finding new web pages by using social networks rather than search. By the end of 2014, Shareaholic reported that "Collectively, the top 8 social networks drove 31.24 percent of overall traffic to sites."
Number one? Facebook with, naturally, Linux. Then, in this order, Pinterest, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Google+, LinkedIn, and YouTube. And, what to they run? I'll give you three guesses and the first two don't count. It's Linux of course.
In short, the Internet we use today really couldn't exist without Linux.
Why Linux instead of another operating system? Because only Linux combines stability, de facto standardization, high stability and security, and low cost. Ironically, for all the chatter about how "hard" Linux is, it was the perfect operating system to take the Internet from engineers to everyone.
Or, to put it another way: Every Facebook post you make, every YouTube video you watch, every Google search you run, is done on Linux.
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Friday, October 19, 2018
HubrisWeen 2018, Day 14: Night of The Seagulls (1975)
It took me rather an embarrassingly long amount of time to finally catch up to Amando de Ossorio's famed series of Blind Dead movies, which began in 1971 with Tombs of the Blind Dead. Considering they seemed to be exactly what I wanted out of zombie movies--given that the Blind Dead are little more than animate skeletons in robes instead of the typical extras in light makeup--that really is a terrible mistake on my part.
Eventually I did see one of the films, but I started with the third film, The Ghost Galleon (or Horror of the Zombies as it was called on the cheap DVD bundle set I was given), which is generally considered the worst of the four. So, in a way, I did it right because the first two films in the series, Tombs of the Blind Dead and Return of the Evil Dead are even more excellent.
Now, I saw the first two films thanks to Amazon Prime. The final film, which we are looking at today, was not available that way since Scream Factory had a Blu-ray release on the way. You better believe I pounced on that, even though I had really never heard where this one fell in the hierarchy of the series.
Even before how I knew it stacked up, I would have argued that this one has the coolest title of the series, though. I still stand by that, if nothing else.
The first thing you need to know about the Blind Dead franchise, is that there is no actual continuity between the entries. The common thread is only that once upon a time there was an offset of the Knights Templar that got up to some Very Bad Shit involving human sacrifice that eventually got them killed by angry villagers, but also allowed them to return hundreds of years later as blood drinking zombies that hunt by sound.
Most of the films in the series start with a prologue showing what the Templars got up to and how they got their just desserts and lost their eyes. I'm personally most fond of the first film's backstory, since the Templars there lost their eyes to crows when their corpses were left to rot. This film, however, only shows us what the Templars did--not only do we not find out how they eventually met their demise, but it never even acknowledges that they are blind!
Still, the reveal of how the Templars work this time is delightful. I mean, it sucks for the doomed couple we see get waylaid by the Templars on the road to their new cottage at night. The man is simply stabbed to death, but his wife is dragged away and tied to a slap in their lair. Her chest is exposed and then the lead knight cuts her heart out with a ceremonial dagger. So far, this is fairly familiar, except that before the knights all descend upon her body to drink her blood, the lead knight deposits her heart into the mouth of a statue of some unnamed, frog-like sea god.
"Pay the toll!"
This statue is awesome, of course, and I want one. I'm also going to go ahead and declare this to be Dagon, because I can.
The extra creepy part that follows the sacrifice are the crabs that we see descending upon the discarded body of the sacrifice once the knights are done with her. They're probably not even land-dwelling crabs, which would explain why they look gooey and have what are either genuine barnacles attached to their carapaces or the prop department glued fake growths onto them.
Either way, I don't want them touching me, damn it!
The crabs finally get their revenge for all those crab leg buffets.
We then, quite jarringly, cut to "The Present" of 1975 Spain. Specifically, a coastal village where Dr. Henry Stein (Víctor Petit) has arrived to take over the duties from the retiring local doctor. He's brought his wife, Joan (Maria Kosty) along, and she's not super pleased about the idea even before it becomes clear that this is a town with A Secret, and they don't like outsiders.
The old doctor is in a real hurry to leave, too, and he departs by way of donkey within minutes of Henry knocking on his door. All he'll say on the way out is that there is a lot of strange business in the town and if the Steins know what's good for them they will keep their noses out of it.
Well, Joan fails that step almost immediately when the village idiot, Teddy (Jan Antonio Castro) shows up at their door, bloodied and terrified. The villagers apparently beat him regularly, which is bad enough, but tonight especially he is horrified and begs to be allowed to stay overnight in their house so she lets him sleep in the attic.
That night, Joan can't sleep because of the strange bells and chanting she hears down by the beach, and she also notices that even though it's the middle of the night, the seagulls are still screaming. When Henry agrees to go with her to see what is going on, they witness a young girl dressed in white being led down the beach by a procession in black. Henry writes it off as a weird local ritual and Joan reluctantly agrees to just forget about it.
Which means they don't see the girl being chained to the rocks, and they definitely miss the robed zombies on horseback who descend upon the helpless girl and carry her off.
Considering how poorly the Blind Dead treat women, they are shoe-ins for the next Republican nominee.
The next day, Joan can't even get the local grocer to acknowledge her, much less fill her order. Luckily, she makes the acquaintance of a local girl, Lucy (Sandra Mozarosky), who convinces the old woman to serve Joan. Lucy needs a job since she lost both her parents, and she asks to be the housekeeper for the Steins. Joan happily accepts--but when she mentions the ceremony from the night before, Lucy clams up in fright.
Joan decides to just not mention it again, then, and has Lucy help her get the groceries back home. That evening, however, the Steins are disturbed by a frantic knock at the door and are shocked that Lucy refuses to answer it. When Henry opens the door, a terrified girl named Tilda (Julie James) rushes in, begging for refuge.
Lucy, horrified, tells them not to let her stay. Henry gives the girl a sedative to calm her, but when a mob containing the girl's parents arrives and demands the Steins give her up, Henry relents and hands the sedated Tilda back.
This time we get to see what happens to poor Tilda. Just like the girl in the beginning, she is taken back to the Templar castle where she is strapped down, her flimsy gown is torn open, and her heart is cut out. She is then fed to the crabs.
Sadly for Tilda, she will not be returning as a succubus.
Henry and Joan are unable to avoid investigating this incident in the morning, and Teddy helps them to find the house of the girl's parents--but he also mutters about her being gone forever. The parents, poorly hiding their grief, give an obviously phony story about the girl going into the city to visit relatives.
Teddy is chased off a cliff by some of the villagers for daring to help the Steins. He is left for dead, but we'll soon see he is actually just badly hurt.
When evening falls, the mob comes to the Steins. This time they intend to collect Lucy, who willingly surrenders herself to them despite the Steins' objections. However, when Teddy stumbles to their door, they finally find out from him what is going on:
Every seven years, for seven nights, the Templars rise from their graves and demand the sacrifice of seven young girls. The sacrificed girls then transform into the seagulls that scream at night. The villagers have cooperated for many, many years lest the entire village be destroyed by the angry Templars instead.
You'll note here that nothing is made of the Blind Dead being, well, Blind. The characters are never aware of this fact, nor at any point behave as if they are being pursued by monsters that hunt by sound. I suppose that makes their inability to stop making noise around the Blind Dead somewhat more forgivable, but it is odd that the film never acknowledges the characteristic of its zombies that makes them so distinctive.
Well, naturally Henry isn't about to stand by and just let Lucy have her heart cut out. He hurries to her rescue and the two of them barely escape the swords of the zombies. Henry's plan was to get Lucy back to the house, collect Joan and Teddy, and escape in the car--but unfortunately the ritual procession saw him rushing to Lucy's rescue and several of them have stolen the Steins' car.
So now, there is nothing to do but barricade their house against the zombies and hope they can survive at least the night. As you can imagine, this does not go well.
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Characters trying to withstand a night-long siege was already the focus of Return of the Evil Dead, so you might think that this film is just the series repeating itself. However, the film manages to avoid that repetition. Unfortunately, it kind of does that by making the heroes' attempt to keep the Blind Dead out fail almost immediately, and renders them morons at that.
Despite finding out that the Blind Dead can easily be killed by fire when Henry kills one with a lantern, the heroes never attempt to use fire to take out any of the others--despite having access to lots of fire to use against them. Instead, they opt for trying to steal the zombie's undead horses to escape--which happens in every Blind Dead movie where they actually have horses, so they need to work on their training.
Worse, the Steins end up coming across as both incompetent and callous when they manage to let Teddy be dragged out into the night by the Blind Dead and later leave Lucy to be swarmed and stabbed to death when she falls off her horse. So Henry went to all that trouble to save her from the sacrifice, only to then let her be killed anyway. Nice job, hero.
Then again, it turns out that everyone in this village are idiots. When the undead horses take the Steins back to the Templar castle, they find out that the secret to killing the Blind Dead for good is so incredibly easy that anyone could have done it at any time!
If you can overlook minor flaws like that, however, Night of the Seagulls is a solid entry in the Blind Dead series. I'd definitely put it ahead of The Ghost Galleon, but behind Tombs of the Blind Dead and Return of the Evil Dead. And given that this is a very solid series of horror films, that still puts it pretty high as a film viewed separately from the series it belongs to.
Like the previous films, this has some serious atmosphere going on and the Blind Dead are still awesome creations--even if Blu-ray quality is not too kind to their rubber fingers. Their sheer presence is enough for me to recommend it, but details like the omnipresent spectral seagulls, the stone idol, and the horrifying scavenger crabs make this film that much more wondrous and unsettling.
If I had one actual complaint about the film, it's that we are deprived of the sinister villagers getting their just desserts from the rampage of the Blind Dead that we were set up to expect. It's not a deal breaker, but like failing to pay off a house sinking into blood-red clay, it is a disappointing decision.
Even if you aren't already a fan of the Blind Dead, this is a film worth checking out. Scream Factory's Blu-ray is uncharacteristically sparse on extras, but it looks damn good, so I highly recommend picking that version up.
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1. Rating the Blind Dead movies is kind of tricky, because there are various factors to consider. (Well, okay, Ghost Galleon is definitely #4,though still watchable.) I personally put Return at #3 because the ending totally pisses me off, because it comes out of frickin' nowhere (the Blind Dead did NOT have that particular weakness in the first one.)
Now, Tombs of the Blind Dead is almost certainly the best in terms of sheer horror, but it does have a vile and completely unnecessary rape scene, which Night of the Seagulls does not have. So, I'd rate Tombs #1, but with a caveat. [And if it seems strange that the vampiric Templars habit of feeding on naked girls gets a pass but the rape doesn't--the rape is disturbingly realistic, possibly the most horrifying thing in the movies.)
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The Czech Republic is entering turbulent times
Christophe Ena
On Friday, the Czech Republic enters its second term as the presiding country of the European Union at the most turbulent time in decades due to the war near our borders, migration, and energy crises.
After France’s six months at the helm of the EU, the Czech Republic is facing a task that every country in the EU-27 must take on once every thirteen years.
Although the presidency did not formally begin until midnight on Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron symbolically handed over the leadership role to Prime Minister Petr Fial on Thursday’s side of the NATO summit in Madrid. “We still have a lot of work to do,” Macron said, wishing the Czech government much courage.
Fiala praised France’s performance in leading the EU, which was fundamentally affected by the start of the war in Ukraine. At the same time, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský received a symbolic baton in European colors from his French colleague Catherine Colonna in Madrid. The minister said France is handing over to the Czech Republic a Union “stronger, more sovereign and, I think, more united.”
Six anti-Russian sanctions packages
During the Paris-led ministerial meetings, the Union adopted six packages of anti-Russian sanctions. Several measures were approved to support Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees. In its role as president, France has thus demonstrated the EU’s inclusiveness.
The Czech Republic will hold the EU presidency for six months before handing the reins to Sweden in January 2023.
In particular, the Czech Republic wants to address mass migration, the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, possibly with President Volodymyr Zelensky, strengthening security, the energy crisis, and the resilience of democratic institutions, including media freedom.
Minister for European Affairs, or “Mr. Europe,” Mikuláš Bek (STAN), said that the presidency is primarily a moderator of the debate on common EU goals.
The motto of the Czech presidency is “Europe as a task,” based on a speech by former President Václav Havel in Aachen, Germany, in 1996.
Will the Balkans still be at the door?
Prague also wants to pay attention to the Western Balkans and their integration into the EU. Here, the Czech Presidency will have to be deft, given that the last EU summit approved the granting of candidate status to war-torn Ukraine at an almost express pace, while the relatively stable Western Balkan states have been “sitting in the waiting room” for EU membership for several years.
In addition to Friday’s ceremony attended by members of the Czech government and the European Commission in Litomyšl, one of the upcoming events will be a speech by Prime Minister Petr Fiala in the European Parliament on July 6, where he will present the priorities of the Czech presidency to MEPs, and a conference organized by the Ministry of Education on the financing of research, development, and innovation at the Prague Congress Centre on July 7.
Válek wants to address vaccines and oncology.
For example, the health ministry wants to use the presidency to push for changes in the availability of medicines and access to covid. The head of the ministry, Vlastimil Válek (TOP 09), would like to achieve a modification of contracts with manufacturers of vaccines against covid.
“We do not want there to be long-term commitments that we have to take a certain number of vaccines and then transport them somewhere,” Válek said.
He also wants to help ensure that the same anti-epidemic measures are applied across the EU and that each country does not have significantly different ones.
Oncology, its prevention, and access to treatment between countries is also a big issue. In mid-July, a conference on newborn screening will be held in Brno, where the 200th anniversary of Johann Gregor Mendel’s birth will also be celebrated.
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Why is a pulpit important in a church?
In many Evangelical Christian churches, the pulpit stands squarely in the centre of the platform, and is generally the largest piece of church furniture. This is to symbolise the proclamation of the Word of God as the central focus of the weekly service of worship.
What is the purpose of pulpit?
Pulpit, in Western church architecture, an elevated and enclosed platform from which the sermon is delivered during a service.
Why is the pulpit considered sacred?
A church pulpit must be a sacred place. … The man of God will then help the people through the Holy Ghost to know the will and the mind of God concerning their lives. When people come to church and look to the pulpit, all they want is to see the God of that pulpit through the one standing on it meeting their needs.
What is pulpit etiquette?
Pulpit etiquette is important when entering ministry work or visiting another church. Learning how to conduct yourself in the pulpit is a way of demonstrating respect to those who have invited you on staff or as a guest speaker. Your behavior is not only a reflection on you, but also the church leadership as a whole.
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What is the difference between the pulpit and altar?
As nouns the difference between pulpit and altar
is that pulpit is a raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands to conduct the sermon while altar is a table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
What is front of church called?
Nave, central and principal part of a Christian church, extending from the entrance (the narthex) to the transepts (transverse aisle crossing the nave in front of the sanctuary in a cruciform church) or, in the absence of transepts, to the chancel (area around the altar).
How long should a sermon last?
According to Pew, the median length of the sermons was 37 minutes. Catholic sermons were the shortest, at a median of just 14 minutes, compared with 25 minutes for sermons in mainline Protestant congregations and 39 minutes in evangelical Protestant congregations.
Is the pulpit biblical?
Most pulpits have one or more book-stands for the preacher to rest his or her bible, notes or texts upon. The pulpit is generally reserved for clergy. … From the pulpit is often used synecdochically for something which is said with official church authority.
What pulpit means?
1 : an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service.
What is another word for pulpit?
In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pulpit, like: ecclesiastics, rostrum, ambo, reading desk, lady chapel, clergy, ministry, platform, priesthood, lectern and stage.
What is proper church etiquette?
Many churches prefer members to enter quietly and remain reverently silent out of respect for God. If the congregation is interacting and being social, by all means feel free to chat. However, once the service starts, pay attention to the person at the pulpit. Never talk during the sermon or mass.
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How do we conduct the house of God?
How To Conduct Yourself In The House Of God
1. Humility Self Righteousness Opposites Possible to have both among people alike in many ways Like to think of self as: Yet, may be – we are: Do you view.
2. Humility (Part 2 of “Entering The Kingdom of God”)
4. Amazing Grace Mike Mazzalongo The True Plan of Salvation 2.
What is church protocol?
Spiritual Protocol is a reference to the respect, honor and deference due at all times to those in authority in the House of God. Many believers attend churches that are out of divine order and alignment. These churches are characterized by dysfunction, contention and continuous infighting.
Is it altar or alter?
Altar: Altar is a noun meaning an elevated place or structure for religious rites. Alter: Alter is a verb meaning to make different.
What is the back of a church called?
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
Does a Protestant church have an altar?
A wide variety of altars exist in various Protestant denominations. Some Churches, such as the Lutheran, have altars very similar to Anglican or Catholic ones keeping with their more sacramental understanding of the Lord’s Supper.
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COVID-19: Fine, jail for those withholding info from hospital authorities
Individuals who deliberately conceal important information about COVID-19 from hospital authorities, and thereby pose a risk to staff and medical facilities, are liable to be charged under Section 22 (d) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988.
The penalty comprises a fine or imprisonment of up to two years or both.
Similarly, an individual who believes he has been infected with the virus but still appears in a public place, is guilty of an offence under section 12 of the act, Malaysian Bar president Salim Bashir told Bernama.
“We were shocked recently by the news that some people had deliberately tried to conceal vital information from hospital authorities during medical examinations.
“Important information such as the history of overseas travel, especially to countries severely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as information on relationships or contact with a cluster of people who have tested positive for COVID-19, could save a life with prompt and appropriate treatment,” he said.
Meanwhile, lawyer M. K. Thas advised hospital staff to lodge a police report if they encountered such individuals.
“Doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel who are the front liners, have a higher risk of contracting the infection, so they should report to the police if they encounter individuals concealing important information about their contact history with individuals infected with COVID-19.
“We do not wish to see a recurrence of the incident in the hospital in Kedah”, he said, referring to recent media reports about a private hospital in Sungai Petani, Kedah, which had to shut down for two days for disinfection purposes after it was discovered that one of its patients had had close contact with an individual who had tested positive for COVID-19.
A statement issued by the hospital had said that the female patient had not provided a full disclosure of information during a medical examination and was treated in a normal ward, causing all hospital personnel who were in contact with her to be quarantined. They tested negative for COVID-19.
Thas explained that lodging a police report would serve to deter others from concealing vital information that could help the Health Ministry contain the pandemic.
“At this time, our doctors and nurses are working so hard to treat and save COVID-19 patients, so we should stop thinking of our individual interests as our actions could endanger the lives of health personnel,” he said.
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Typical Challenges
If you tried to use JDBC drivers provided by Amazon Redshift you will quickly find that Oracle SQL Developer doesn’t support those. You must use PostgreSQL JDBC drivers instead.
Also, if Redshift forces SSL connections, this can be a roadblock. The connection parameters need to be explicitly set for SSL. Without setting SSL the connection will fail.
How to connect Amazon Redshift to Oracle SQL Developer with Postgres JDBC driver
Step 1: Download PostgreSQL JDBC driver
Find the most recent version of the driver and click the link to download it. After that save the resulting .jar file on your computer to a location where you can easily find it.
Grab the drivers directly from Postgres
Step 2: Establish a connection from Oracle SQL Developer UI
1. In Oracle SQL Developer, click ‘Tools’ then ‘Preferences’ from the top menu bar:
Launch Oracle SQL Developer Tools
2. Under ‘Database’ select ‘Third Party JDBC Drivers’
Add the drivers
3. Click ‘Add Entry’, and in the Select Path Entry Window’, click on the .jar file you saved in Step 1 and click ‘Select’
Select the drivers
4. Click ‘OK’ in the Preferences window
5. Now when you click ‘New Connection…’ you will see a PostgreSQL tab
Setup the connection
6. Enter a ‘Connection Name’ and the ‘Username’ and ‘Password’.
7. In the Hostname’ box replace
with your connection string containing the SSL parameters:
8. You can delete what is in the Port Box’ and leave it blank. The post is part of the connection string. Also, leave Choose Database’ as is.
9. Click ‘Save’ and then click ‘Connect’. If everything went according to plan, you should be connected to Redshift! However, don’t celebrate just yet. Time to test.
Step 3: Test
Once you have connected run this quick test to make sure queries run properly. It should list all the tables for a given database and schema:
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Extra CSS Targetting Classes not working!
First and foremost we are sorry that you are encountering this issue! Sadly there could be many reasons why some of the classes are not working. Below we describe a few troubleshoot steps that might alleviate the issue.
STEP 1: Check if extra classes files are activated:
• In the Joomla! Administrator area go to extensions > plugins
• Search for "LoginSecure Framework"
• Open the plugin and go to the tab "settings"
• Make sure the following options are set correctly:
• Type of Framework: Only use Gantry if you use the Gantry framework otherwise always use the Bootstrap option.
• Load Framework CSS: This needs to be on.
If the above is all set correctly and extra classes are still not working then we have some more advanced troubleshooting steps. If you don't feel comfortable when hearing words like "Inspector" and "DevTools" then feel free to create a ticket so we can take a look. But if it is possible then we appreciate it if you continue the troubleshooting steps.
STEP 2: Check if files are loaded on the page:
• Go to a frontend page on your website. For instance, the homepage.
• Press HOTKEY this will open the DevTools/Inspector.
• Hotkey for Chrome/Firefox/Edge/IE = F12
• Hotkey for Opera = Ctrl+Shift+C
• Hotkey for Safari = Cmd+Shift+C (Developer menu needs to be activated first)
• Do a search in the elements tab. You can use this HOTKEY to immediately open the search bar.
• Hotkey for Chrome/Firefox/Opera/Edge/IE = Ctrl+F
• Hotkey for Safari = Cmd+F (Developer menu needs to be activated first)
• Now search for the following text
• If you use a Gantry Framework: lsframework_gantry5.min.css or lsframework_gantry5.css
• If you don't use a Gantry Framework: lsframework_bootstrap3.min.css or lsframework_bootstrap3.css
If the search returns a result then the files are loaded and we ask you to continue to the next step. If there is no result then please create a ticket so we can take a look at why it is not loaded.
STEP 3: Double-check if the extra class is inserted correctly:
If the above is all correctly implemented then there is only one possibility left and that is that there is a conflict between the styling from the framework and your website. Meaning that the class is activated and present but some other styling is overwriting the properties of the class. To determine this we need to dive a little bit deeper into the code.
STEP 4: Finding conflicts in CSS styling:
• Go to a webpage where you are certain that the extra class should work.
• Now open the search in the elements tab as you have done in step 2.
• But now search for the extra class that you have used.
• For instance, If you used "text-align-center" then search for "text-align-center"
• Click on the element that is highlighted.
• No element: Please go back to step 3.
• Now use the CSS area of your developer tool to find out the conflict.
If you don't have sufficient knowledge about CSS then create a ticket and we will have a look.
KB Article: https://loginsecure.eu/helpdesk/knowledgebase/view-article/60-extra-css-targetting-classes-not-working
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Recommendations For Starters On How To Improve English Essay Writing Skills
One thing that many students aim to do is improve their English writing skills. The main reason is that they want to make sure that they can get good grades and one way to make sure that they do that is to write a good essay. Every class that you take in school will likely ask you to write a paper. It is a great evaluation tool that allows teachers to gauge whether or not you understand the material. One great thing about being a good writer is that you can fake your way through a class that you may not understand.
A good writer will be able to write about any subject and it won’t matter whether or not they truly understand it. If you can learn how to write essays really well, then you have the skills that you need to be successful in school. Here are some great recommendations that will improve your writing skills.
1. Plan your paper
2. One of the best ways to improve your writing is to make a plan by creating an outline. It will help you organize your ideas and find the best ways to present the information to your audience. You can decide whether to present your best supporting details first or last.
3. Use transitions
4. Great papers flow nicely. The best way to make your paper flow is to use transitions. These are phrases or words that show a change in the topic that you are discussing. You should include one at the end or the beginning of each paragraph.
5. Varying sentence structure
6. Change your sentence structure from sentence to sentence. By changing it up a little, you are able to help the paper flow a little better. You should have long sentences mixed with short sentences as well.
7. Proofread and edit
8. You should proofread and edit your paper lots of times. The more times that you read through your paper, the better the chances are that you will find errors and correct them. You should read your paper out loud because you will see that it is a lot easier to find the errors when you hear them.
These methods will greatly improve your writing. They will help to make sure that your reader understands your point and that you have expressed your thoughts in the best way.
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Those at risk are always vigilant for the signs of a stroke in progress, but no one can be vigilant when they’re sleeping, meaning thousands of people suffer “wake-up strokes” that are only identified hours after the fact. Zeit Medical’s brain-monitoring wearable could help raise the alarm and get people to the hospital fast enough to mitigate the stroke’s damage and potentially save lives.
A few decades ago, there wasn’t much anyone could do to help a stroke victim. But an effective medication entered use in the ’90s, and a little later a surgical procedure was also pioneered — but both need to be administered within a few hours of the stroke’s onset.
Orestis Vardoulis and Urs Naber started Zeit (“time”) after seeing the resources being put toward reducing the delay between a 911 call regarding a stroke and the victim getting the therapy needed. The company is part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 cohort.
“It used to be that you couldn’t do anything, but suddenly it really mattered how fast you got to the hospital,” said Naber. “As soon as the stroke hits you, your brain starts dying, so time is the most crucial thing. People have spent millions shrinking the time between the 911 call and transport, and from the hospital door to treatment. but no one is addressing those hours that happen before the 911 call — so we realized that’s where we need to innovate.”
If only the stroke could be identified before the person even realizes it’s happening, they and others could be alerted and off to the hospital long before an ambulance would normally be called. As it turns out, there’s another situation where this needs to happen: in the OR.
Surgeons and nurses performing operations obviously monitor the patient’s vitals closely and have learned to identify the signs of an impending stroke from the EEG monitoring their brainwaves.
“There are specific patterns that people are trained to catch with their eyes. We learned from the best neurologists out there how they process this data visually, and we built a tool to detect that automatically,” said Vardoulis. “This clinical experience really helped, because they assisted in defining features within the signal that helped us accelerate the process of deciding what is important and what is not.”
“The vast majority of the data we have analyzed comes out of the OR,” said Vardoulis, where it can immediately be checked against the ground truth. “We saw that we have an algorithm that can robustly capture the onset of events in the OR with zero false positives.”
That should translate well to the home, they say, where there are actually fewer complicating variables. To test that, they’re working with a group of high-risk people who have already had one stroke; the months immediately following a stroke or related event (there are various clinically differentiated categories) is a dangerous one when second events are common.
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“Right now we have a research kit that we’re shipping to individuals involved in our studies that has the headband and phone. Users are wearing it every night,” said Vardoulis. “We’re preparing for a path that will allow us to go commercial at some point in 2023. We’re working with he FDA to define the clinical proof needed to get this clear.”
They’ve earned a “Breakthrough Device” classification, which (like stroke rehabilitation company BrainQ) puts them in position to move forward quickly with testing and certification.
“We’re going to start in the U.S., but we see a need globally,” said Naber. “There are countries where aging is even more prevalent and the support structure for disability care is even less.” The device could significantly lower the risk and cost of at-home and disability care for many people who might otherwise have to regularly visit the hospital.
“We hope to see a future where everyone with a stroke risk is issued this device,” said Vardoulis. “We really do see this as the missing puzzle piece in the stroke care continuum.”
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Do not put dog shit in a bin as this desperate message suggests. It is highly toxic. It is full of coronaviruses, other viruses, bacteria, pathogens, parasites and disease. Don't send it to the landfill where it is a health hazard to workers and breaks down into methane, the number 1 cause of global warming. Take it home and compost it properly in an underground composter, or debag it in you loo if you can stand the stench of your pets shit, and flush it.
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Daily Horoscope for Aquarius for Sunday, 3 July, 2022
Aquarius, always keep in mind that your lover is waiting to welcome you
Aquarius, today's Horoscope shows you'll be really well-supported, especially by your partner. You're going to search madly for the shelter you find in the arms of your sweetheart. That's where you feel safest.
It's been a long week, with many problems, tensions, disputes and conflicts.
Luckily, she'll always be there, waiting at the end of each day to make you the happiest human being in the world. Thank her, even if you don't have to. You support each other all the time.
The Daily Horoscope sees that you want more money at the end of the month, Aquarius. For that, you'll have to change patterns that up until now haven't worked out very well for you.
You've always resisted working overtime or working at night to get that extra supplement that would brighten up your paycheck. However, you're beginning to understand that this improvement in your salary is going to take longer than it seemed at first. That's why you're going to reflect on whether you need to change this outlook.
Aquarius, the prediction warns you that this weekend you're feeling the burden of routine. Today will be when this feeling of exhaustion becomes more obvious. You should try to disconnect with a time for reading or watching a movie.
Revisit the hobbies that make you forget about all the problems you have during the working day. Rest is very necessary for performance and productivity during the week.
Aquarius, today you have to accept that you can't split apart and be in more than one place at a time. Assume that you have some limitations. This will be the first step toward getting rid of built-up stress.
You often feel that there aren't enough hours in the day. You make a superhuman effort to control this feeling. Today, however, it's your turn to rest.
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Minos observes neutrino mass
More evidence for neutrino mass has been seen by the MINOS Experiment in the Soudan mine in Minnesota.
More precisely, the experiment extends and corroborates evidence for neutrino mass that has been gathering over the past 40 years, speeding up mightily in the last decade. The first evidence was the deficit of neutrinos from the sun, first observed by Ray Davis in his experiment in the Homestake mine (inspired by and in collaboration with the late John Bahcall, seen here with Davis in the mine), followed by several other experiments worldwide. One possible explanation for this deficit is that, contra the standard model of particle physics (as was), neutrinos have a small mass. This changes their interactions with normal matter, and means that, when they pass through a medium such as the gas of the sun, they can be converted from one type of neutrino (in this case, the “electron neutrinos” that are created in the center of the sun) to another (either mu or tau neutrinos), via a process known as neutrino osciallation and the MSW Effect.
Because of the vast difficulty of detecting neutrinos, this solar neutrino deficit was not really confirmed until much more recent experiments, Kamiokande in Japan (whose developer, Masatoshi Koshiba, received the 2002 Nobel along with Davis) and SNO in Canada, which finally convinced quashed all remaining doubt.
As I mentioned above, there are three kinds (“flavors”) of neutrinos, corresponding to each of the elementary particles electron, muon and tau — together, these six particles (and their antiparticles) are known as leptons. So really, we need to measure three different kinds of neutrino oscillations. Because of the oscillations, these neutrinos do not actually have a definite mass! Instead, quantum mechanics allows us to make combinations of these flavored neutrinos to make three generations of neutrinos of definite mass. In fact, MINOS is the first experiment to measure the oscillation between the second and third generations.
Essentially, all of these experiment work the same way: they count the number of neutrinos that interact with a target some long distance away from a source. For the solar experiments, the source is the sun; for MINOS and other experiments like it, the source is a beam at Fermilab. By counting the number of detected neutrinos (which is a tiny fraction of the number that pass through the detector), they can determine the fraction that oscillate into another flavor, undetectable by this experiment, and measure the parameters that describe the mixing. In fact, there are quite a few such parameters — for the aficionados, the masses are described by a 3x3 matrix — but MINOS itself measures two numbers, an angle describing how much the different generations are mixed, and, curiously, the difference in the squares of the masses of the generations. Minos’ main result is that δm223=0.0031±0.0007 eV2, and that there seems to be quite strong (“large angle”) mixing between the states. [Thanks to Ned Wright for pointing out a three order-of-magnitude typo here!]
Such a result has clear implications for particle physics. The current standard model has massless neutrinos, and any extensions, such as those that generate the supersymmetric particles that CERN’s LHC will hunt for, must also give the neutrinos a mass. Cosmologically, the situation is less clear. These neutrinos are sufficiently light to have very little impact on the evolution of the Universe, although we expect it to be detectable in the long run due to the massive neutrinos’ ability to wash out a small amount of the growth of structure in the universe as they rush around at high speeds, dragging other particles with them through their gravitational interactions. And, of course, Outer Space and Inner Space are deeply connected — the early instants of the Universe are governed by that same model of particle physics, so ultimately the changes will reverberate here.
You can see more detailed results in the slides from a talk given yesterday at Fermilab.
Update: In his link to this post, Chad Orzel questions “whether they can use the mass difference they measure to determine an actual mass”. Since they measure only difference between masses (between squared masses, actually), they can’t measure masses individually. So all three neutrinos could be light, but still orders of magnitude apart in their masses, or they could all be relatively heavy, with only small differences (compared to the smallest mass) between them. The best bet for a direct neutrino mass measurement (aside from cosmological probes!), is probably the KATRIN experiment, which uses beta decay (which releases an electron and an antineutrino) of tritium (an isotope of hydrogen with one proton and two neutrons) to measure the mass of the electron neutrino.
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After a long distance romance, Peony and Richard chose the Maldives as their wedding destination for the special meaning it held - it was the first place they traveled together. Choosing this magical location provided the perfect backdrop to begin the rest of their adventure together.
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The wolf in shepherd's clothing: How Covid exposed centuries of Christian subversion
While everyone was focused on the delusional nature of the Covid scam and the experimental DNA voodoo juice injections, a new religious truth was quietly revealed - and it changed everything.
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While everyone was focused on the delusional nature of the covid scam and the experimental DNA voodoo juice injections, a new truth was quietly revealed and it changed everything. The latest news, history and analysis from the perspective of the first Christian's tune into the FDA worldwide twenty four seven radio stream. When you're analyzing something is obvious as the preplanned covid worldwide reset of violent movement of socioeconomic tectonic plates that Jars and stuns people into a new reality, it's easy to get lost in conspiracy rabbit holes. Many of them were designed to confuse and frighten you, to keep you guessing as the one percent got down to the serious business of injecting a DNA bio weapon into as many people as possible as quickly as possible. We've done numerous episodes on the wise and hows of the Covid scam and demonstrated why we know it's part of a larger satanic agenda. Now that's not hyperbole, it's a fact, and that's why many of the pre niceen faiths, including the Marcy Night Christian church, banned these DNA bio weapons almost a year ago. But let's set theology aside for a moment and put to rest a few secular fairy tales masquerading as science. First, the Marcy night church isn't anti VACs. We your anti bio weapon. You see, for us to be charged with being anti VACs, they first have to have a vaccine, and they don't. They have an experimental DNA bioweapon. Not a vaccine. At best, it might reduce flu symptoms, depending on the lunar cycle and what planet you happen to be on, but that's not a vaccine. It's called Aspirin. The second delusion being marketed by the one percent centralized media propaganda outlets is that we're in the midst of an emergency, a medical...
...pandemic. No, we're not. The sickness and death rate since the covid fraud was first rolled out are no different than other years. And just as the one percent quietly erase the term natural immunity from mention on their propaganda outlets and literally change the definition of what a vaccine is in the dictionary to include experimental R in a bio weapons, we also expect them to change what the definition of the word pandemic is so that it fits their false narrative and marketing campaign. Now, just as you need to be tricked into taking the injection, your cells need to be tricked into allowing the bio weapon inside of them. In short, we have a Vino of vaccine and name only, and this Vino is a gene mutating bioweapon. Now, that's assuming you live long enough for it to begin altering your DNA. Thousands get the injection and simply die immediately. In fact, the EU, the European Union, defines these covid Jabs is GMOs and they had to hold an emergency session to change their anti GMO laws in order for them to be tested and used in Europe. Long Story Short, we're talking about Frankenstein Voodoo Jews in a syringe. To what end are they employing these gene mutators? The answer is usually an endless array of rabbit holes and conjecture. Good for selling products on a podcast or TV show, but not much else. Have they found a way to isolate and destroy what is known as the God gene, our genetic connection to receive and transmit, to subconsciously vibrate with God? It's pretty interesting in the early years of the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations, the military funded studies that they hoped would help them identify people that were likely to be the enemy, people that...
...were most likely to rebel and fight back at many of those rebel military leaders were also spiritual leaders, and brain scans showed that they all shared a common trait of heightened brainway of activity and specific areas. Now, on a genetic level, the socalled God gene is called v Mat to Vmat too. I'll let links to the relevant material in the show notes if you're interested in exploring is further. Now, simply put, these Kabbala wizards want you to believe that they're mutating your genetic code to save you from the common cold. Now, if you're stupid enough to believe that, were you really destined to be around that much longer anyway? Think about the CEOS of Maderna and fires or, one of whom is a veterinarian, by the way. Think about Schwab, that Carl Schwab, over it the WEF, the world economic form. Think about who has the control over your centralized media and banking industries. Think about how they've all moved as one in lock step as the covid scan was unveiled in the gene mutator injections were rolled out. No heated arguments, no debates, no backtracking on what the solution is. Total Lockstep and movement in the same direction. That's not a coincidence. It's called a plan and it was planned from day one. Now, think about what would have happened twozero years ago, of the Pharisees had had the ability to kill and control their enemies and slaves on a genetic level. With these people that Jesus called Satan's children, have used the technology to kill and injure and enslave. Think about beliefs that they hold even to this day. That their deity in the Hebrew Bible, what was later renamed to be the Old Testament. What it instructs...
...them to do? How it instructs them to kill every man, woman or child that they find who is genetically related to the EMELOCHITES. Their rabbies teach that. Even today in their yeshiva's and shoals they're taught this is mother's milk, this is simply part of their childhood curriculum. Imagine this six psychosis behind something like that. Generation after generation wallowing the same trough of eternal hate in vengeance, so much so that their holidays are literally celebrations of the death of their enemies from thousands of years ago, with the exact days dictated by the lunar cycle. Talk About Barking moonbats and you're going to roll up your sleeve and let them inject you with some unknown experimental gene mutator. Let's look a little deeper into their reprobate minds and read what else they have to say. What their Colonel De de commands them to do. Quote Unquote, kill them all, old and young, girls and women and little children, defile the temple, the Lord commanded fill its courtyards with corpses. Go that's from Ezekiel six now, that's from the mind of a demonically possessed person. That is not something that Jesus or his father would ever say or tell you to do. But let's look at another example from their manual of depravity. Quote Unquote, if two men are fighting and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals, you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity. That's from Deuteronomy, two thousand five hundred and twelve. Think about that. They even added psychological guidance at the end of it. Show her no pity. Is She screaming and struggling, the blood is gushing out, tendons are popping as they're being severed, but show her no pity.
Is that the word of God or a page of script from the horror movie saw? Whatever it is, it has nothing to do with the Christian God, only revealed to us through his son Jesus Christ. You See, these are some very sick and disturb people, and they've been this way for thousands of years, and all of this without even discussing their talment. That's another subject for another show. When Jesus told them you do not know God and God does not know you, he was very clear and direct with these people. And now they are, as we see them so often. Do they're they're going to invert what Jesus said. Imagine if, through this Voodoo juice injection, it is you that will no longer know God. Now, one of the present day thought leaders of the Pharisees is an attorney named Alan Dershawitz, you may know him from his day's represent sending Jeffrey Epstein and President Trump. He's an advocate of torturing prisoners and says nobody has a right not to be vaccinated or masked. He's a very skilled debater, so I would put the Amelek question to him, remembering his deities commandment in the Old Testament, his Torah. If he was confronted with an infant who was known to him one hundred percent, no question, to be a descendant of the AMALEKITES, would he kill it? And after hours of dissembling, Olympian semantics, were games verbal gymnastics, narrative reframing and three hundred amicus briefs filed by international human rights groups, Alan would ultimately be forced to give his one word answer, which, of course, can only be yes. You See, the same people that cut off hands and murder women and children on instructions from their Hebrew Deity now want you to roll up your sleeve and extend your arms so they can inject you with something experimental, created by companies they own and that...
...has been tested using murdered babies. They're even twirling magic chickens and injecting this fatal voodoo juice into children, children who have a better chance of being struck by lightning than dying of what they claim is covid now, are you sure that you've given this inhow thought? And by the way, you won't find that Old Testament in the first Christian Bible of one hundred and forty four a d you see, in the beginning Christians knew who killed Christ and they knew their God was different. I'll have a link in the show notes if you want to download the free ebook version. Now back to the point. We don't have a medical health pandemic. What we have is a satanic marketing campaign, and it's being funded with your tax dollars thanks to a change in the Smith Month Act back in two thousand and fourteen. Now that act allows military grade propaganda to be broadcast inside of America's boarders. The third leg of the scam involved outright bribery, getting the leaders of smaller countries to go along with the lockdowns, the mass and other security theater commonly used in Coulton doctrination techniques. That was all relatively easy, with billions of dollars in the form of payoffs from the IMF and World Bank. Now, on its face it looks like all the elements are in place and interlocked, everything is together. That would be necessary to pull off one of the biggest hoaxes in history, while maybe the second biggest hoax. You see, in many ways we're a mere image of the late s Germany. That was a country whose industries and institutions were one hundred percent subverted by an alien culture of caustic fifth column that held sway over every aspect of their lives. But this time, instead of merely infesting a few countries, as we saw in Germany, the Bolshevik takeover in...
Russia and Mexico, this time they're going worldwide. And to go worldwide you need a fake plague. You need a mechanism that can be used to justify actions and changes anywhere and everywhere on the planet, and that's what the word covid does. But there was still a peace missing before the covid scam could be rolled out, and it was important. Frankly, it was the key that would decide if the frog could be pulled off successfully, and without its participation, agreement and endorsement, covid would be dead on arrival. That key was the churches, or what we now know as the wolf in Shepherd's clothing. Every major church and denomination has rolled over and submitted to the COVID SCAM and its protocols since the day it was first rolled out, instant Genua flection and groveling to this invisible entity, this unseen power with the ability to shut down the world economy and put the planet under house. Arrest Masked priests, communion and singing band people, separated like cattle, lists of parishioners turned over to authorities, Bolshevism on parade, and then the fake vaccines were rolled out. Each in every one of them, at minimum, has been tested using a boarded baby cells. Now I'm not even going to get into the details of what happens when those babies are removed alive. All the churches knew this, and not only did they tell the parishioners to get injected with it, they open their doors wide and converted their churches into mass injection centers, keeping in mind that these were the very same doors that they kept closed for mass. It's one hundred percent capitulation, one hundred percent submission to say let's go to the tape Lutherans, Catholics, Baptist Episcopalians, Anglicans, Mormons, seventh... adventist Church of England, Jehovah witnesses, although, to be honest, they kind of weaseled out of it a little bit. They tell their people to just listen to the authorities. So they're just completely spineless. I mean, do they even do their own praying or do they contract it out? It's pretty disgusting, but the good news is that they stopped going door to door with their cult pamphlets, so it's not a total loss anyway. Yes, even the Amish are getting jaded. They all rolled over and converted to Satanic Covidism, and it was a lot easier than you thought. You See, these churches were all wobbling Jenga towers built on sand, and there were two key points in history that caused fractures that were simply not survivable. The first one was in three hundred and twenty five a d at the council of NICEA, and the most recent was in the nineteen century when the word Judeo Christian was first invented. I'm going to have links in the show notes in which we cover both of those events in depth and certainly worth watching if you're interested. But, believe it or not, some good did come from this unmitigated disaster. You See, when they submitted to this satanic reset and started injecting their own parishioners with bio weapons, it allowed everyone, anyone, all of us with eyes to see, to know which churches are true, which shepherds really are shepherds and not wolves in Shepherd's clothing. No longer do you have to guess and wonder who is on the side of Christ and who is trying to lead you to the spiritual dead. See, you can now see that for yourself. It's a definitive litmus test. Very few churches stood their ground when the Satan reset the FELLAS, but the Marcy and I Christian church is among the few that did. In fact, they banned these RNA covid injections a year ago and they went on record calling out the reset for what... was. Now, of course, there was laughing and mocking afterwards a year ago and nobody could see where this was all headed, and nobody is laughing now. Remember, you didn't leave your church, your church left you. When they took off their masks and revealed themselves as wolves. The Apostle Paul tells us what to do when confronted with situations like this. You are to shun them, find a new church that didn't submit. And in the meantime, now is a good time to read that First Bible of one hundred and forty four a d that was the cornerstone of faith for millions of these first Christians, these pretty nice in Christians, and you can get that as a free ebook at the very first Bible Dot Org. We are reminded that when one door closes, another opens. Check the mask, reject the testing, reject the voodoo juice injections. On Darren Klama in. This is first news on FBN, original videos, interviews and darticos. Read the very first Bible, lennywhere on the FBNP goes, everywhere you'll pass pult is one click away.
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Conor McKenna reports from Páirc Tailteann
DUBLIN CRUISED TO victory in tonight’s EirGrid Leinster U20 semi-final, after a comprehensive 12 point victory over a disappointing Meath outfit, in what was a one-sided affair played out in Páirc Tailteann.
This game was effectively decided in the opening periods of both halves, with Dublin scoring a goal within twenty seconds of the throw-in on two occasions.
Dublin opted to go with a complex, traditional, man to man formation and it paid dividends to them in the opening period as James Doran found the net in the first play, after an excellent set up from James Madden.
Tom Keane was a thorn in the Meath defence throughout scoring seven points, with goalkeeper David O’Hanlon Cluxton-esque with his kickout’s, allowing Dublin to build from the back.
Tom Gray’s charges had a dream start to the game, when full forward James Doran found the net in the first play of the game, finishing to the back of the net after being set up by James Madden.
Two further scores from James Doran and Ross McGarry stretched Dublin’s advantage to five points and Brian Farrell’s side were really up against it even at this early stage.
Meath did come back into the game well though and were awarded a penalty just before half time, after Nathan Nolan appeared to foot-block Jason Scully as we was kicking the ball and Frank O’Reilly made no mistake with the resulting spot-kick to leave just three points between the sides at the interval.
Meath ought to have been cautious from the second half throw in, but remarkably Dublin found the net again, with Doran again the hero for Dublin, finding the net 15 seconds after the restart.
Further goals from Ross McGarry and Karl Lynch Bessett killed the game as a contest, with a wonder goal from Jordan Morris no more than consolation, as Dublin eased to a 12 point victory.
Dublin now face Kildare in what will be an inaugural final at this level and it would take a brave punter to back against Dublin winning the first ever Leinster U20 championship.
Scorers for Dublin: J Doran 2-1, R McGarry 1-4 (1f), T Keane 0-7 (2f), K Lynch Bissett 1-0, S Bugler 0-2, C Howley and D O’Brien 0-1 each.
Scorers for Meath: J Morris 1-4 (3f), F O’Reilly 1-2 (1f, 1 pen), J Conlon, S Walsh, A Kealy and E Devine 0-1 each.
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21. Ben McGowan (Ratoath) for Devine (57)
17. Brian O’Reilly (Moynalvey) for Smyth (60)
1. David O’Hanlon (Na Fianna)
2. Nathan Nolan (Kilmacud Crokes)
3. Nathan Doran (Clontarf)
4. Ciaran Smith (Lucan Sarsfields)
5. Kieran Kennedy (Ballyboden St. Enda’s)
6. Neil Matthews (Erins Isle)
19. Eoin O’Dea (Na Fianna)
8. Donal Ryan (Na Fianna)
15. Sean Bugler (St. Oliver Plunketts ER).
11. James Madden (Ballyboden St. Enda’s)
14. James Doran (Na Fianna)
9. Cormac Howley (Round Tower’s Lusk)
12. Ross McGarry (Ballyboden St. Enda’s)
13. Dan O’Brien (Kilmacud Crokes)
10. Tom Keane (Naomh Olaf)
7. Simon King (St. Judes) for Kennedy (B/C, 20)
17. Glen McNamara (Raheny) for Nolan (44)
22. Karl Lynch Bissett (Naomh Mearnog) for Howley (49)
20. James Holland (Ballyboden St. Enda’s for Doran (53)
24. Conor Hynes (St. Peregrines) for Keane (57)
21. Eoghan Fitzpatrick (Ballinteer St. John’s) for Ryan (57)
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare).
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Going Back Into Crowds
By Shelley Galasso Bonanno, MA, LLP
The term “reentry” is being used a lot lately as people discuss lockdown restrictions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, being lifted and/ or eased. While we were previously powerless when mandated measures such as stay-athome orders were abruptly put into place, the process for transitioning from stay at home/ staying masked restrictions to resuming prelockdown activities is much less clear and has caused many some degree of reentry anxiety.
According to the American Psychological Association, almost half of Americans surveyed report feeling anxious about reentry. Reentry is a much more uncertain process and uncertainty generally causes anxiety. Many report feeling fear, nervous, worry or dread related to resuming activities that felt normal and safe pre-pandemic. Personal responsibility and choices regarding which seem potentially dangerous can feel overwhelming and fuel increased anxiety.
Anxiety is generally a response to perceived threat. The COVID -19 pandemic has posed a clear threat to human health and life, and the level of uncertainty during COVID-19 has been overwhelming for many. For some, the rules about social distancing, masking, and staying inside, felt safe and comforting. The transition now to resuming required or previously enjoyed activities while the pandemic is still ongoing, is a transition that can easily provoke anxiety, even for those that have been fully vaccinated.
Anxiety about reentry is normal and serves an evolutionarily protective purpose. That is, a certain amount of anxiety is useful for optimal performance and often serves to protect us from anticipated danger. In some situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety can help us stay safe, engage in appropriate preventive behaviors and avoid behaviors which pose a threat to our survival. However, when anxiety is out of proportion to the threat, it can be debilitating and at times even feel paralyzing, immobilizing one’s ability to transition. On the other hand, while we have been repeatedly instructed to socially isolate and/or maintain social distance for our own safety, social isolation itself has both shortterm and longer-term mental health effects.
While navigating this transition has proved diffi cult for many, there are things within our control and can make reentry feel more manageable.
Studies support the importance of social connectedness. Social connection is a positive, protective factor for mental health so it is vital to interact with others. Associating with like-minded individuals in making decisions about reentering social activities may increase feelings of being safe and supported, and in turn, serve to reduce feelings of anxiety.
Even if feeling anxious, it is important to start reentry activities soon. The longer we avoid them the more diffi cult it will be to overcome fear about them. Anticipatory anxiety, that is, the anxiety about thoughts related to doing the activity, can be much more debilitating than executing the actual event itself.
If possible, try to resume certain required activities, such as returning to the offi ce, gradually, in increments. For example, working two days in the office the fi rst week and three the next, rather than returning to a fi ve day work schedule the fi rst week, is best. Gradual, as opposed to sudden, resumption of an activity is most likely to be the most effective approach for reducing anxiety. Try not to put pressure on yourself or compare with others in the process.
There are many ways to manage anxiety. Mindfulness, or being present in the moment, can help reduce anxiety symptoms and enhance emotional well-being. Deep breathing and relaxation exercise can help one feel calm and grounded. Lowering of heart rate and blood pressure and lowering of stress hormone levels are some of the other effects seen with mindfulness practice. A mantra to remind us that the danger is now decreased can be very useful.
Feelings of a loss of control during the pandemic are normal. Regaining some sense of control in otherwise uncertain times by identifying what we can control can help reduce feelings of anxiety. For example, we can control which events we attend. Maybe we feel less anxious attending a small family gathering but are not ready to attend a large social gathering, such as a sporting or concert event. What feels safe and comfortable for one person may feel threatening and highly anxiety-producing for another. Only you know what feels right for you.
Remember, you are not alone. While feelings of anxiety or fear about reentry are normal, when reentry anxiety becomes excessive or starts interfering with our day to day activities, work, or relationships, it may be time to seek professional help. Many therapists offer remote therapy and teletherapy may be a good start if meeting in the offi ce does not yet feel comfortable. Therapy can be an invaluable process to help us feel a sense of control, address our fears and reduce our anxiety.
Shelley BonannoA lifelong resident of Macomb County, Shelley Galasso Bonanno is a practicing limited licensed psychologist who earned her master’s degree from Wayne State University in 1987. She has a breadth of experience in working with adults, children, families, and couples. In addition to working in private practice, Ms. Bonanno performs consultative services for State and forensic agencies. She performs custody and parenting time evaluations and is a court approved mediator. Her writings have appeared in various online and print publications. An advocate for mental health, you can follow Ms. Bonanno on Twitter @shelleybonanno.
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An Ada Compliant Website Will Help You In Every Way Possible
Ada Compliant Website
An ADA Compliant Website Will Help You in Every Way Possible
When creating a website, people need to understand that there are many types to choose from. However, having an ADA compliance website is one of your best options. Digital accessibility is essential in this world, but many businesses forget about it. Luckily, you know that having one is the best way to give everyone equal access to the internet.
To learn more about what an ADA-compliant website is, continue reading below.
What Is ADA Compliance on a Website?
ADA stands for the Americans with Disabilities Act. It is one of the most visible and complicated legislatures that Americans have. However, there are many different things that people need to understand to know where their website is ADA-compliant.
ADA Compliance Means Website Accessibility for All
In 1990, the ADA was instituted to help end discrimination based on differing disabilities. Many of the language and ideas came from the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was implemented to battle discrimination based on religion, race, sex, or national origin. However, the ADA went further, so people needed to make accommodations for employees who had disabilities.
After the ADA went into effect, people began to notice more wheelchair ramps everywhere, accessible washrooms, and many other things that are not considered normal in America. However, the internet was a topic that no one knew would snowball into what it is today and would also need businesses to make accommodations for many people.
Are There Any Web Content Accessibility Guidelines?
Ada Compliance
Like with every other piece of legislature, the ADA has had a complicated and confusing relationship with the internet. Nothing says that businesses need to have an accessible website for all to use. It went under review in 2008, but web accessibility was never a topic people discussed. This is why the law begins to struggle when people are trying to determine if a site needs to be ADA-compliant.
The ADA states that any owner, operator, or lessor needs to ensure that every public place can accommodate everyone and meet ADA standards. With this knowledge, it is understandable that people would assume that this thought process would translate to the online world. However, it is a grey area that many legal people will struggle to handle.
Across America, it has been said that ADA compliance needs to be followed by businesses online because these are also public places. Also, other cases talk about how web accessibility should only be thought of if the website represents a physical location. There have been accessibility lawsuits like the case against Winn-Dixie Supermarket, and the chain lost because the site was not accessible to people with low vision.
However, other people believe ADA website compliance for an online website does not need to happen. There are no federal laws about ADA compliance and the digital accessibility of a website, which is why there is no clear-cut answer to this question.
The problem didn’t stop there because the U.S. is looking to adopt more accessibility requirements that will continue to confuse everything else. In January 2018, it was said that all federal websites needed to be following set guidelines that are the basis of website accessibility in Europe. However, this was pulled back by the current administration, which has left the equal access digital waters murky.
Should You Think About Web Accessibility for Your Website?
If you want to add assistive technologies on your website for disabled users because you think it is mandatory, then you should know that it is not. However, many states have added accessibility laws, and many website accessibility cases have been filed. Many people have been successful during these cases compared to previous years. That is also because there are no clear definitions that people should follow, which is why many companies will look at ADA compliance and put it on the website just to air on the side of caution.
However, since there are no regulations, how can people tell if their website is ADA compliant? The best way to do this is if they were to look at the WCAG 2.0 Level AA guidelines and make a decision from there.
This is because these have been the accessibility principles used throughout Europe since 1999. These are only recommended actions for ADA accessibility compliance on a website. Still, they are great for people to follow to ensure that they create a safe digital space for everyone.
What Accessibility Issues Should People Think About?
ADA compliance is tricky because many people may not know where to start. However, the WCAG guidelines have created the acronym POUR, which will help people achieve ADA compliance. This might be through assistive technologies.
• Perceivable: This might be an issue someone has when finding and processing the information on a website. A way to combat this would be to have audio descriptions for videos.
• Operable: A person having trouble navigating and using a website might need assistance. The way to combat this would be to ensure that all operating systems on the website can be used with a keyboard and a mouse.
• Understandable: Some people may find it challenging to discern and comprehend everything on a website, which is why companies can change this by creating error messages that clearly state the problem and how to fix it.
• Robust: Electronic and information technology have changed so much that people should have a website that will continue to adapt and evolve to meet the person’s changing needs. This is where people should test screen readers with their website because it should be able to read everything fine.
How the Americans with Disabilities Act will continue to remain vague regarding accessibility guidelines for the online world does not mean that people shouldn’t receive it when they head to a site. Also, many American courts will side with people with disabilities regarding public accommodation online.
Lastly, even though people only use the WCAG as a guideline, it is the best thing to do regarding online accessibility. Every person who uses the website will appreciate that people are taking the extra time and effort to create a website for them.
ADA Compliant Website Checker
Below is the checklist that people should consider when creating a website for people with disabilities to use.
1. Everyone should read the law documents.
2. There needs to be an ALT tag for every media file and map.
3. Any online forms should have descriptive HTML tags.
4. Hyperlinks need to have descriptive anchor text.
5. Every page on a site should have a skip navigation link.
6. Text content should be structured with heading tags.
7. PDF files need to be accessible.
8. Videos should have audio descriptions, transcripts, and subtitles.
9. Color contrast needs to be according to the WCAG.
10. Fonts should be made accessible.
11. HTML tables should have row identifiers, column headers, and cell information.
12. Audio files need to have a written caption.
13. Any call-to-action buttons should have an accessible name.
14. An accessible web design means that it should be navigated through a keyboard as well.
15. An accessibility policy should be made on the website.
16. Contact information should be easy to find.
17. Always test a website with the guidelines.
18. Automating a website will help with finding any critical issues.
You can use our free ADA Compliant Website Checker to get a free report
Accessibility Legislation and Guidelines that Will Achieve ADA Compliance
All government websites follow the WCAG 2.1 guidelines, which were last updated in 2018. Many different changes have been put into the legislation that people can use to help address any web content that needs to be fixed for screen readers and more.
However, there are many different things that people will need to take note of to ensure that they follow the guidelines set in place by WCAG 2.1.
When writing content for a website, there are a few things people need to ensure that people use it properly. This will also help screen readers translate everything to the person without any problems.
People with screen readers will appreciate content that can be read easily. This means that headings are used properly, and there are heading tags throughout the website. A logical hierarchy should be used when it comes to setting titles up because it gives everything structure.
Everything should be easy to read and follow. People with disabilities may struggle with cognitive function, which is why the website should be easy to scan. Every sentence should be short and to the point.
This is also where having bullet points, summary sections, and bolded keywords will come in handy because it makes it easier for people to scan. There is no need for any complicated words.
Link Text
Linking to other web pages is great for search engine optimization, but people should not put just ‘Click Here’ and hope that people with disabilities will know what that means. Instead, a descriptive link should be made so that it is clear to screen readers and people with other visual impairments.
Accessible Files
Web content might be linked to PDFs, Word documents, or PowerPoints, but these all must be made accessible. There is a way to create accessible files for people to use, and there might be an accessibility checker that can help with that.
A design that follows accessibility legislation will help people with disabilities use the website.
There are three ways that people can make their videos more accessible:
1. Subtitles: All videos should have subtitles used. This helps people with hearing disabilities, but it is great for when people are watching something in a crowded area.
2. Transcripts: A text version should be available if there is any speech in a video. This should be a descriptive transcript that describes what is happening in the video.
3. Audio Descriptions: A speech version of a descriptive transcript is great for blind people or other people with visual disabilities.
There should be ALT text for every image and a short picture description. This is the information people with disabilities will read when they come across it, which is why file numbers should not be there.
Around 4% of the world’s population has some form of colorblindness, which means that if a website uses colors to communicate information, then this might be lost to them. Text and background colors may blend if the right colors are not picked. That is why sizing, icons, and whitespace should be used to help with communication.
Sans serif fonts are the easiest to read, which is why accessible websites use them. Also, size 12 should be used.
Public accommodation for the digital world is important because it will help increase conversions and helps people think about the four types of disabilities. Marketers will think about the following three things when building a website.
People with visual or motor disabilities will use the keyboard to help navigate a website. A website must ensure people can access all the navigational elements without a problem.
Form and Table Labels
Labels need to be everywhere when making a form. This is because screen readers will know the name of each field, so the person does not forget to add any critical information.
CTA Buttons
A call to action is critical for marketing, but they need to be accessible. These buttons should have an accessible name, usually text on the button.
Provide Equal Access with Finepoint Design and Marketing
Working with the right marketing agency will help every business create the website they need. That is why people continue to work with Finepoint Design and Marketing. We are a Michigan-based web design company that works with businesses all over the United Sates. The team is filled with knowledgeable, passionate, and experienced members who will always work hard to ensure every client is happy. You can contact us any time with your website and ADA compliant questions.
Also, the team knows what it takes to make a website that is accessible to everyone. This will not only help with search rankings but also be a great way to stand out from the crowd. Even though many big companies are beginning to implement these strategies into their website, it does not mean it is being done correctly.
Working with the right team will ensure that every website page is made with care so people are treated equally and fairly.
ADA compliance makes people create a website that everyone can use. That is why companies continue to evolve and create an online presence that everyone can join in on. Overall, having an accessible website is the right thing to do.
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Jun 172014
Today is the birthday (1898) of Maurits Cornelis Escher, usually referred to as M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist. He is best known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.
Escher was born in Leeuwarden, Friesland, in a house that forms part of the Princesseof Ceramics Museum today. He was the youngest son of civil engineer George Arnold Escher and his second wife, Sara Gleichman. In 1903, the family moved to Arnhem, where he attended primary school and secondary school until 1918. He was a sickly child, and was placed in a special school at the age of seven and failed the second grade. Although he excelled at drawing, his grades were generally poor. He also took carpentry and piano lessons until he was thirteen years old. In 1919, Escher attended the Haarlem School of Architecture and Decorative Arts. He briefly studied architecture, but he failed a number of subjects (partly due to a persistent skin infection) and switched to decorative arts. He studied under Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, with whom he remained friends for years. In 1922, Escher left the school after having gained experience in drawing and making woodcuts.
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Escher moved to the Rosa Spier Huis in Laren in 1970, an artists’ retirement home in which he had his own studio. He died at the home on 27 March 1972, aged 73.
In 1941, Escher summarized his findings in a sketchbook, which he labeled Regelmatige vlakverdeling in asymmetrische congruente veelhoeken (“Regular division of the plane with asymmetric congruent polygons”). His intention in writing this was to aid himself in integrating mathematics into art. Escher is considered a research mathematician of his time because of his documentation with this paper, in which he studied color based division, and developed a system of categorizing combinations of shape, color and symmetrical properties.
Around 1956, Escher explored the concept of representing infinity on a two-dimensional plane. Discussions with Canadian mathematician H.S.M. Coxeter inspired Escher’s interest in hyperbolic tessellations, which are regular tilings of the hyperbolic plane. Escher’s wood engravings Circle Limit I–IV demonstrate this concept. In 1959, Coxeter published his finding that these works were extraordinarily accurate: “Escher got it absolutely right to the millimeter.”
Escher also studied topology. He learned additional concepts in mathematics from the British mathematician Roger Penrose (https://www.bookofdaystales.com/roger-penrose/). From this knowledge he created Waterfall and Up and Down, featuring irregular perspectives similar to the concept of the Möbius strip.
Escher printed Metamorphosis I in 1937, which was a beginning part of a series of designs that told a story through the use of pictures. These works demonstrated a culmination of Escher’s skills to incorporate mathematics into art. In Metamorphosis I, he transformed convex polygons into regular patterns in a plane to form a human motif. This effect symbolizes his change of interest from landscape and nature to regular division of a plane. His piece Metamorphosis III is wide enough to cover all the walls in a room, and then loop back on to itself.
Curl-up or Wentelteefje (original Dutch title) is a lithograph print by M. C. Escher, first printed in November 1951. This is the only work by Escher consisting largely of text. The text, which is written in Dutch, describes an imaginary species called Pedalternorotandomovens centroculatus articulosus, also known as “wentelteefje” or “rolpens”. He says this creature came into existence because of the absence in nature of wheel shaped, living creatures with the ability to roll themselves forward.
The creature is elongated and armored with several keratinized joints. It has six legs, each with what appears to be a human foot. It has a disc-shaped head with a parrot-like beak and eyes on stalks on either side.
It can either crawl over a variety of terrain with its six legs or press its beak to the ground and roll into a wheel shape. It can then roll, gaining acceleration by pushing with its legs. On slopes it can tuck its legs in and roll freely. This rolling can end in one of two ways; by abruptly unrolling in motion, which leaves the creature belly-up, or by braking to a stop with its legs and slowly unrolling backwards.
The word wentelteefje is Dutch for French toast, “wentel” meaning “to turn over”. Rolpens is a dish made with chopped meat wrapped in a roll and then fried or baked. “Een pens” means “belly”, often used in the phrase beer-belly.
There’s a good recipe for rolpens here:
Or there is the ultra-traditional version which resembles haggis in some ways – basically a stomach stuffed with meat and boiled. Recipe and images here:
However, I thought it would also be fun to follow along in the footsteps of my post on Mondrian (https://www.bookofdaystales.com/mondrian/), and create food that resembles Escher’s art. This pizza appeals to me, taken from this site:
The problem is that this would be really hard to replicate at home (and kudos to the artist). It looks to me as if the designer created a cheese base, and then overlaid cut out pieces of pepperoni.
More promising is the use of cookie cutters with tessellating shapes. As seen in these websites:
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It seems as if getting the cutters is easy enough. You need to make a cookie dough that keeps its shape while baking, and you need to make at least two contrasting colors. The last URL has a good recipe and an instructional video. Looks like a great deal of fun.
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8 Ways to Prevent Common Eye Drop Mistakes
Woman Putting in Eye Drops 1280×480 e1524035985163Eye drop medications are one of the most common products found in household medicine cabinets. Whether used to treat dry eye, allergies, conjunctivitis, ocular inflammation, or glaucoma. Eye drop medication may also be prescribed following eye surgery in order to prevent infection or reduce inflammation.
Tips For Properly Using Eye Drops
1. Always read the label
Many people have made the mistake of inserting the wrong product into their eyes. Eye drop bottles may easily get mixed up with ear drops or other medications. Such mix-ups can potentially damage your eyes, and even result in chemical burns. We actually had a patient who accidentally put crazy glue into their eye thinking it was a contact lens rewetting drop.
2. Apply one drop at a time
When you insert one drop of eye medication and then a second one, you are really not getting more into your eye. you eye can physically hold less than one drops, so the second drop is not effective. Also, some individuals need to use 2 different eye drop medications to treat their particular problem. If we put the second drop in before the first drop is absorbed, then we don't get the benefit we hope to get. It is a good idea to wait 10 minutes between inserting the 2 medication so that they will be absorbed.
3. Apply drops on the center of the eye
When applying eye drops, aim for the middle part of the eye, but you can even close your eye and put the drop in toward your nose, and then open your eyes. The medication will still get into your eye. .
4. Close your eyes
When applying eye drops, aim for the middle part of the eye, but you can even close your eye and put the drop in toward your nose, and then open your eyes. The medication will still get into your eye. After you insert the medication, it is wise to keep your eyes shut for 2 minutes. That way, there is less reflex tearing and more contact time between your eye and the medication. It will have a better opportunity to be absorbed.
5. Avoid blinking your eyes vigorously after applying eye drops
6. Punctal Occlusion
Your tears drain through a small canal into the back of the nose. The nose has many blood vessels.
When you insert eye drops, the medication can then enter the tear system and rapidly absorb into the bloodstream. To prevent this from happening, place a soft pressure on the lower tear ducts (situated by the bridge of the nose) after applying the drops. Do this by gently pinching at the sides of your nose. Doing so will help reduce any potential side-effects, such as an increase in blood sugar or blood pressure (in the case of topical steroid drops).
7. Avoid having the tip of the bottle touch your eye
8. Don't mix eye drops
Though applying eye drops may seem like a straightforward task, not everyone does it right. If you have questions or are having difficulty applying eye drops, speak with Dr. Roth at Family Eye Care in Old Bridge. You can reach us at 732-679-2020. We serve patients in Old Bridge, South River, South Amboy, East Brunswick, Manalapan, Monroe, Matwan, Marlboro, and throughout new Jersey.
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Several years ago, my husband's family was having a lively discussion about everyone's quirks. When it was my turn to be discussed, I felt a little nervous; I didn't want any of my major flaws brought to light in front of my in-laws. Imagine my delight when my biggest quirk turned out to be my amazing penchant for organization. I realize, however, that not everyone shares my talent. Adopt some of these life hacks and you'll find yourself on top of your game.
Organized people ...
Make lists and check them often
The best organizers know how to make to-do lists and use them to motivate and remind throughout the day. They also end each day with most items completed.
Use calendars religiously
It may seem a little OCD, but organizers love calendars. They take advantage of apps that sync various calendars to each other. For example, I merge my online calendar with my husband's and a family birthday calendar to have all the information I need right on my phone.
Relax in moderation
When you're organized, you earn your downtime and spend it well. I save mine for playing games with my family and reading. I also know I can't spend too much time being idle if I want to stay organized, so I savor each moment I have.
Set goals and reach them
A benefit to being organized is knowing what you want to accomplish and how much time you need to do it. If you're just getting started with goal-setting, set small goals that lead to larger ones.
Don't waste time
You won't find successful people spending a lot of time playing mindless games on their phones or watching a lot of reality television, unless that's how they choose to spend their downtime. Part of being organized is being able to make decisions in a timely manner so you can move forward instead of looking back.
Clean as they go
Organized people love clean spaces and dislike clutter. They clean as they work, whether cooking or undertaking a major project. They also declutter and organize their homes and offices often, knowing that having organized spaces saves time and makes work easier.
Have a plan and follow it
Organized life hackers have goals for their lives and can see a clear path ahead of them. They also adapt quickly if it becomes necessary to change paths, keeping in mind their long-term goals for happiness and success. My husband's career path has not been without hurdles, but we've kept the goal (in our case, tenure as a university professor) in the front of our minds.
Are prepared
Like Boy Scouts, organized people are prepared. They plan in advance for weekly menus and vacations, keep emergency supplies and extra food on hand, and maintain their homes, vehicles and health. Love them or hate them, they're the people who know the weather report each day.
Organization takes effort but soon becomes part of your routine. You'll be surprised how efficient you can be, using your time well and wowing your friends and family with your mad organization skills. Here are some tips on how to organize your home.
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36 Weeks & Reflections on Leo’s Birth
2.5 years since the birth of Leo and I’m just now telling his birth story. Well, not so much his birth story as a reflection of his birth while I organise my thoughts leading into this second birth, just a few weeks away. I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on Leo’s birth and my body over the second half of this pregnancy. I think I pushed a lot of stuff down, and as every new mum knows there’s not…
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Decision No. 15,666
Appeal of L.O. and D.O., on behalf of their son A.O., from action of the Board of Education of the Frontier Central School District regarding student discipline.
Decision No. 15,666
(September 20, 2007)
Law Office of Andrew K. Cuddy, attorneys for petitioners, Andrew K. Cuddy, Esq., of counsel
Hodgson Russ, LLP, attorneys for respondent, David A. Farmelo, Esq., of counsel
MILLS, Commissioner.--Petitioners appeal the suspension of their son, A.O., by the Board of Education of the Frontier Central School District (“respondent”). The appeal must be dismissed.
On April 11, 2006, A.O.’s car was parked in respondent’s high school parking lot. On that day, respondent’s high school principal and assistant principal received a tip that there might be drugs in A.O.’s car. They removed A.O. from class and asked if they could search his car, to which he replied “fine.” A.O. accompanied the principal and assistant principal to the car and opened it for them.
The search uncovered a small quantity of marijuana, small plastic bags, a digital scale and a pill. The principal telephoned petitioner D.O., who came to school that afternoon. Petitioner spoke with the principal about the incident, who informed him that A.O. would be suspended for five days. As petitioner was leaving the school, the assistant principal handed him a five-day suspension notice, which described the incident leading to the suspension as “Drugs.” A.O. was suspended for five days, April 12 and 24-27, 2006.
By notice dated April 11, 2006, the superintendent informed A.O. that a hearing would be held on April 25, 2006 and that he was charged with “acts of conduct which endangers the safety, morals, health and welfare of other students,” specifically “[t]hat on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 a quantity of marijuana, a large number of small plastic bags and an electronic scale were found in a vehicle belonging to [A.O.], while said vehicle was parked in the Frontier High School parking lot.”
At the superintendent’s hearing, A.O. admitted to possessing marijuana, small plastic bags and an electronic scale. The hearing officer then asked the principal to recommend a punishment. He recommended a suspension for the remainder of the 2005-2006 school year and a portion of the 2006-2007 school year. However, the hearing officer recommended to the superintendent that A.O. be suspended for the remainder of the school year, banned from attending any school-related activities during the term of the suspension and provided home instruction for courses needed to meet graduation requirements. On April 25, 2006, the superintendent adopted the hearing officer’s recommendations in full. Petitioners appealed this decision to respondent, which affirmed the suspension, except that it allowed home instruction in all of A.O.’s courses. This appeal ensued.
With respect to the five-day suspension, petitioners contend that there was no timely notification, that there was no notification of an informal conference with an opportunity to question witnesses and that the charges were not specific. With respect to the superintendent’s hearing, they allege that they were denied several rights: the right to representation at the hearing, the right to question witnesses and the right to present witnesses. They also allege that A.O. was denied his right not to testify at the hearing. Additionally, they claim that the findings of fact were vague, that the search of A.O.’s car was illegal and that the punishment imposed was excessive, and ask that A.O.’s record be expunged.
Respondents claim that A.O. was provided with sufficient due process regarding the five-day suspension and at the superintendent’s hearing. They also allege that the search of A.O.’s car was legal and that the punishment imposed on him was reasonable. Finally, they contend that the matter is moot, as A.O. has already served his suspension.
Preliminarily, I find that because the student has served the suspension, the appeal is moot except to the extent that petitioners seek expungement of his records (Appeal of M.S., 44 Ed Dept Rep 478, Decision No. 15,237; Appeal of a Student with a Disability, 44 id. 136, Decision No. 15,124; Appeal of a Student with a Disability, 43 id. 372, Decision No. 15,021).
Where possible, notification shall also be provided by telephone (8 NYCRR §100.2[1][4]). Oral communication with a parent regarding a suspension is not, however, a substitute for the required written notification (Appeal of R.J. and D.J., 44 Ed Dept Rep 191, Decision No. 15,145; Appeal of R.F., 43 id. 206, Decision No. 14,972).
In this case, petitioner D.O. was called to the school and spoke with the principal and the assistant principal before the five-day suspension was imposed on A.O. The principal and assistant principal had conducted the search of A.O.’s car and were the complaining witnesses in this case. Thus, petitioner D.O. was given an opportunity to meet with the witnesses against A.O. before the suspension was imposed. Petitioner D.O. received the letter notifying him of his son’s suspension by hand delivery as he left the school on the day of the incident, which was the day before the suspension was in effect. Under these circumstances, I find that the notice requirements were satisfied.
The charges in a student disciplinary proceeding need only be "sufficiently specific to advise the student and his counsel of the activities or incidents which have given rise to the proceeding and which will form the basis for the hearing" (Bd. of Educ. of Monticello Cent. School Dist. v. Commissioner of Education, et al., 91 NY2d 133). As long as students are given a fair opportunity to tell their side of the story and rebut the evidence against them, due process is served (Bd. of Educ. of Monticello Cent. School Dist. at 140). Reasonable notice must provide the student with enough information to prepare an effective defense but need not particularize every single charge against a student (Bd. of Educ. of Monticello Cent. School Dist. at 139; Appeal of a Student with a Disability, 39 Ed Dept Rep 427, Decision No. 14,278).
The notice of the five-day suspension referred to “Drugs” as the reason for the suspension. While this is not a detailed description, I note that in this case petitioner D.O. went to A.O.’s school the day of the incident, spoke with the principal and assistant principal and was informed of the charges against his son. Additionally, the notice of the superintendent’s hearing included a complete description of charges against A.O.
Petitioners’ allegations that A.O. was denied his right to be represented by counsel at the superintendent’s hearing and to refrain from testifying is unfounded. The notice of charges for the superintendent’s hearing clearly states that petitioners had the right to be represented by counsel, and that A.O. had the right to refrain from testifying at the hearing.
Petitioners also challenge the finding of guilt based solely on A.O.’s admission of the misconduct. Where a student admits the charged conduct, the admission is sufficient proof of guilt (seee.g.Appeal of C.D., 43 Ed Dept Rep 425, Decision No. 15,041; Appeal of M.F. and J.F., 43 id. 174, Decision No. 14,960; Appeal of P.K., 41 id. 421, Decision No. 14,733). A.O. was accused of possessing marijuana in his car while the car was parked on school property, he admitted this at the superintendent's hearing. Accordingly, I find no basis to overturn respondent's determination.
Petitioners’ claim that their son’s rights were violated by the search of his car is without merit. The record reflects that A.O. explicitly consented to the search and opened the car for the principal and assistant principal when asked. Accordingly, there is no basis for this claim.
Finally, petitioners’ allegation that the punishment is excessive is also without merit. In cases of student discipline, the sanction imposed must be proportionate to the severity of the offense involved. The test to be applied in reviewing a penalty is whether it is so excessive as to warrant substitution of the Commissioner’s judgment for that of the board of education (Appeal of a Student Suspected of a Disability, 44 Ed Dept Rep 158, Decision No. 15,131; Appeals of J.J., 44 id. 113, Decision No. 15,115; Appeal of D.C., 43 id. 217, Decision No. 14,976). Based upon the record before me, I find no basis for determining that respondent acted arbitrarily, unfairly or excessively in imposing a penalty of suspension from school and school activities for the remainder of the school year.
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Seaglass House A Few Days at
by Van ©2010
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Chapter 9
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Our Story Continues
The area under the house was brighter than it had been earlier, when Polly had dragged Del on her "tour" and shown her the concrete cell in the central foundations. The late afternoon sun was sending more light through the horizontal gaps between the planks of gray wood. In addition, the bulb of a light fixture mounted among the floor joists was burning brightly, providing even more illumination. And under that light—
"Nrrrrf!" Del screamed through her gag.
—Faith Blendel was sitting in a rusty metal chair, naked, bound, and gagged!
"M'mrfh!" Faith screamed, as well, but the volume of her contribution to the "conversation" was even more reduced than Del's. Something large had been stuffed in her mouth, and tight, multiple bands of duct-tape encircled her lower face and head, making sure it was there to stay. Her flushed cheeks bulged above the silver-gray wrappings. Her honey-blond hair had been gathered atop her head and was bound in a snarl of hemp rope, a taut, vertical strand of which stretched up to the rafters.
Faith's feet were inside a wooden box, and to the left, Polly, still wearing her white bikini, was using a shovel to stir the contents of a wheelbarrow. The end of a garden hose with an attached nozzle was under her bare feet, and nearby was a large, empty, brown paper sack, the label of which read—
"Nrrrrf!" Del screamed, again.
"Little Bit has really outdone herself, this time," Christina chuckled.
"Thank you, Mistress," Polly giggled, continuing to stir.
"Come take a closer look," Christine added, and pulled Del forward.
Faith's bonds consisted of more of the hemp rope and countless milky-white plastic cable-ties. The ties bound her arms behind her back and the chair, pressing her elbows, forearms, wrists, thumbs, and fingers tightly together. Her thighs, knees, and lower legs were cable-tie bound, as well. The ties binding her thumbs and fingers were thin and short, while the rest were thick and long. As Faith squirmed and struggled, the long, untrimmed ends of the ties rattled and shook. In addition, hemp rope was lashing her to the chair, with tight, neat bands across her lap and waist, above and below her breasts, and across her shoulders. Finally, for no good reason other than general bitchiness on Polly's part, a cable-tie had been looped around the base of each of Faith's breasts, then tightened to the point that the fleshy globes bulged like a pair of balloons They were flushed a pinkish-mauve color.
"Look in the box," Christina suggested, and Delfina did so.
The box had been hammered together from scraps of lumber, and was two or three times the size of a milk crate. A layer of small river rocks covered the bottom, and a few inches above the rounded stones, four lengths of half-inch, steel rebar had been inserted through holes drilled in the sides. The ends extended an inch or two beyond the box on either side, locking them in place. The first bar was behind Faith's ankles, the second under her heels, the third under the balls of her feet, and the fourth under her toes. Cable-ties had been used to strap Faith's ankles and feet together and to the rusty bars, with the tiny ties used to bind each of her toes.
All of Faith's bonds, cable-ties and rope, were tight enough to dimple her firm, tan flesh. Her pale-blue eyes gazed at Del in fear and horror. Then, she shifted her gaze to Christina. "M'mmmpfh!" she pleaded, and it was very clear that she was pleading.
"Oh, Faith," Christina purred, slowly shaking her head, "you had your chance. All I asked for was a new contract, a better contract, a fair contract. Now, I'll have to find a new publisher, one who better appreciates my talents. And with my sales history, you know that won't be difficult."
Del shifted her horrified gaze to Polly and the wheelbarrow. The little blonde was using her shovel to turn a gray, wet, sandy slurry that had the consistency of thick pancake batter—or wet cement.
"Hydraulic cement is the kind that doesn't break down in wet environments," Polly explained, then shifted her smile to Faith, "like at the bottom of the ocean." She shifted her gaze again, this time to Christina. "Mistress?"
Christina locked eyes with Faith, and nodded.
"Nrrrrf!" Del and Faith screamed, in unison.
Polly lifted a shovel load of the gray, soupy mixture and poured it into the box. Sploosh! It splashed over Faith's feet and toes, then drained away into the gravel, leaving a thin gray coating on the prisoner's tan skin. A second shovel load followed. Sploosh! And then a third. Sploosh!
"Don't worry," Christina said, in an aside to Delfina. Her eyes were still on Faith, who was struggling for all she was worth and staring in horror at the gray ooze rising to engulf her feet. "A few days after that sets, I'll give her one last chance to give me a new contract. If she still refuses, she'll get a one-way boat trip. If she sees reason, I'll give her a hammer and chisel and let her chip her way out of the box."
"We'll keep her in slave chains, of course," Polly giggled. "Wouldn't want her running away after she finishes her work."
Del's vision blurred, and she blinked her eyes. She felt... groggy... sleepy. Her heart was pounding with horror and fear, but she felt herself becoming... strangely detached from the situation.
"Let's leave Polly and Faith to their fun, shall we?" Christina purred, then turned Del around and led her towards the open door.
Del dug her heels in the sand and moaned through her gag, looking over her shoulder at Faith—but Christina had a firm grip on one of the harness straps, and she couldn't prevent herself from being dragged away. As they crossed the threshold, Del's last sight of her editor and friend was her fellow captive's weeping, terrified eyes peering at her over her tight tape-gag.
"She's beautiful like that," Christina asked, "isn't she?"
Del blinked, again. Crazy! They're both crazy! Now, her vision was beginning to swim, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to concentrate. Sleeping pills, she realized. Chris gave me sleeping pills. Almost as if she was an outside observer, Del "watched" as she was led up the porch steps and into the house, then back to the empty room on the second floor.
By the time they arrived, Del was losing her struggle to stay awake. Without being fully aware exactly how it happened, she found herself back on the doggy-bed, with her head and shoulders in Christina's denim-clad lap—and Chris was smiling down at her and gently stroking her hair... and her breasts... and her stomach.
"Go to sleep, Del-licious," Christina purred, "and dream of all the sweet, wonderful things I might do to you while you slumber. Maybe you'll wake to find yourself in chains and locked in my dungeon under the house. Maybe you'll wake mummified in duct-tape from head to toe, with one of Polly's toys tucked between your legs, teasing your pussy." She leaned close and kissed Del's forehead. "Maybe you'll wake in total darkness, naked, in a coffin-sized box, buried six feet under the sand, with only a thin snorkel-pipe keeping you alive. Or maybe it'll do something really mean to you."
Cra-zy. "Mmmm." Del couldn't focus... couldn't keep her eyes open... couldn't really process what Christina was saying. Warm, soft lips kissed her face, again, and more words were being spoken, but it was far away, and she couldn't make any sense of the words, none whatsoever, and—
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Del opened her eyes, and found herself staring up at the underside of the mosquito net canopy surrounding the bed in the guest room... her guest room... the one she'd been sleeping in before...
Del sat up, and found she really was in the guest room, in bed. She was naked, and under the sheet and light blanket she'd used before—before she was kidnapped. She lifted her hands from under the covers and stared at the black leather mittens and cuffs still buckled and padlocked around her closed fists. I'm still kidnapped, she realized.
Suddenly, the bedroom door opened and Faith Blendel entered the room. She was wearing shorts and a white cotton blouse. "Good, you're finally awake," the grinning honey-blonde chuckled. "Use the john and come on down for breakfast. It's almost ready."
And then she was gone, leaving the door open behind her.
"W-what?" Del gasped. Faith—not with her feet encased in cement and bound and gagged down under the house? Breakfast?
Del stared at the open door, then at the mitten-cuffs locked on her hands. It wasn't a dream, she told herself. It was all real, and I'm not dreaming now. She kicked her legs free of the covers and rolled off the bed. Other than the mittens, she was nude, totally nude, and completely free—no ankle cuffs, harness, or gag. Even the scrunchy was gone, leaving her hair a tousled mess.
She did have to tinkle, and she was hungry. Thanks to the mittens, she couldn't open the chest of drawers, much less dress herself. Well, I want answers, she decided, and food, and to hell with modesty.
She padded down the hall to the bathroom, relieved herself, then headed for the stairs. The faint sound of clattering plates, voices, and laughter echoed up from below. Answers! One mitten-encased hand on the rail, she descended the stairs. When she came to the kitchen, she slowly, cautiously eased around the edge of the door and gazed inside. Polly and Faith were setting the table for four. Polly was still in her bikini, but today her hair had been parted down the middle and hung on either side of her pixie face in girlish braids.
Suddenly, Christina appeared behind Delfina. "There you are," she said, kissing her startled guest's lips as she breezed past and on into the kitchen.
"What the hell is going on?" Del demanded. It wasn't exactly an angry growl, but it was clear she wasn't in the mood for nonsense.
"Mornin' Del-licious," Polly giggled.
"Del-licious," Faith giggled, "I love it." She smiled at her naked friend. "Del-licious."
"In answer to your question," Christina said, "Joe's Scramble is what the hell is going on."
"What?" Del blurted.
"Ground beef, onions, garlic, spinach, eggs," Polly explained. "You know, Joe's Scramble." she nodded at Faith. "Dimples said it's your favorite."
"One of her favorites," Faith countered.
"Stop it!" Del screamed. Her eyes were welling, and she was starting to get angry.
Christina stepped forward, took Del by the arm, and led her into the kitchen. "Easy," she whispered, then turned to the others. "And you two stop being cute."
"Yes, Mistress," Polly and Faith responded in unison, then exchanged a smile and a wink and went back to completing the meal preparations.
"I'll explain everything," Christina reassured Del, "but first, let's eat. I know you're hungry."
Delfina lifted her mitten-encased hands.
"Yes, sorry about those," Christina purred, "but I had to be sure we had a chance to talk—"
"Before you run screaming out of the house," Polly interrupted.
"Last warning, Little Bit," Christina said. She was smiling, but her tone was serious.
Polly dropped her gaze to the floor. "Yes, Mistress."
"Have a seat, Del," Christina said, pulling out a chair.
The others carried plates loaded with the steaming scramble, warm toast, and oven roasted diced potatoes.
Del's eyes were welling. "I—"
Christina kissed her, again. "C'mon. I'll feed you."
Delfina sat and placed her mitten encased hands on her lap. She was hungry—for food and answers.
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"It wasn't concrete," Polly said, explaining why Faith wasn't down below, waiting for her one-way sea voyage. "It was beach sand and a little powdered charcoal. I snagged an empty cement bag from a construction site as a prop."
They were all more than halfway through the meal, with Christina feeding herself and her naked, mitten-cuffed house-guest.
"Those damn cable-ties were real enough," Faith complained, as she consumed the last of her potatoes. She focused on Del. "Christina's stage direction was: 'Faith Blendel, naked, bound, gagged, and helpless'; but, as usual, Polly got carried away."
Polly giggled. "Too much is never enough," she quoted.
"You were in on all of it," Del accused, glaring at her honey-blond friend, "from the beginning."
"Of course," Faith laughed. "What kind of an editor would I be if I let my authors wallow in ennui when they should be writing bestsellers?"
Del continued to glare. "So, you sent me out here to be stripped naked, tied up and gagged, and repeatedly raped by 'Little Bit' over there."
"'Rape' is such a harsh word," Polly giggled. "Let's say 'pleasured', shall we?"
"Our 'research' was a valuable experience, wasn't it, Del?" Christina asked, then loaded her fork with the last bite of scramble on Del's plate and offered it to her pouting lips.
Del sighed, opened her mouth, and accepted the food. She chewed and swallowed. "Yes," she admitted, "but why did you have to be such a sadistic nut-job at the end, there?"
Christina smiled, then held Del's coffee cup so she could drink. "Military training, no matter how real, is no substitute for actual combat. That's an analogy, of course, but I think it's an accurate one As long as you knew we were just playing a game, that you hadn't really been kidnapped, I could only show you so much."
Delfina nodded. "Well... what now? How do you know I'm not going to call the cops?"
"You won't do that," Polly laughed.
"Why the hell not?" Del demanded. "Why should I let you get away with terrorizing me?"
"Because it was a valuable experience," Christina said, "and you know we love you, don't you, Del?"
Delfina sighed. She was angry, very angry, but she knew Faith (intimately), and clearly the whole thing had been a practical joke, for want of a better term. She looked from Christine's smiling face, to Polly's dimpled smirk, to Faith's goofy, ever-so-slightly chagrined grin. They love me? And I know it? She sighed, again. I do. I really do. She nodded.
"Besides," Polly added, "it would be your word against ours."
Christina frowned. "Polly!"
"I was speaking objectively," Polly responded, "exploring practical aspects of the situational dynamic, like you taught me, remember? We are all writers, here—" She nodded at Faith. "—except for the parasitic, commercial leech, of course. No offense."
"Oh, none taken," Faith responded, sipping her coffee. She smiled at Del. "Anyway, I'll back you up if you do decide to go to the authorities. Not with respect to Edna the cash cow, of course," referring to Christina by her pen name, "but with respect to the little blonde psycho. We'll tell the cops it was all her doing. When she gets out of prison, she can write me a women-behind-bars novel."
Polly stuck her tongue out at Faith, then began clearing the table.
"I understand you're angry," Christina said, smiling at Del, "which is another reason for the mittens. I wanted to make sure you had a cooling off period."
"Which should go pretty quickly, considering the lack of clothes," Polly quipped.
"Are you kidding?" Faith sighed. "This time of year, nothing ever cools off around here."
Christina rolled her eyes, then placed a hand on Delfina's thigh. "Are you okay?"
"I'm not in a blind rage, if that's what you mean." She glared at her hostess for several seconds, then sighed. "Okay, you're off the hook—with respect to the cops, anyway."
"Good enough," Christina chuckled, and produced her keyring. She unlocked the padlocks of the mitten-cuffs and unbuckled the straps, then held them so Del could pull her hands free.
Del flexed her fingers and hands, then smiled at Christina. "There is one condition," she purred.
"I need more research," Del explained.
"Oh goody!" Polly giggled. "Del-licious wants to be tied up some more!"
Del shook her head. "Del-licious does not want to be tied up some more. Del-licious needs to explore the other side of the kidnap equation."
"What does that mean?" Polly chuckled, then her smile froze. "Oh!" The little blonde heaved a theatrical sigh. "Here we go, again. 'The Perils of Poor Polly'."
"I can see how a little revenge might clear the air," Christina chuckled. "Polly will complain, of course, but she won't mind a little time as your kidnapper's practice dummy."
Still smiling, Delfina locked eyes with her hostess. She picked up her coffee cup, took a slow sip, then set it back down. "Who's talking about Polly?"
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Del and Faith were enjoying the beach, reclined on the lounge chairs near the fire-pit. Both were dressed for the occasion—Del in the "paprika-red" string bikini Faith had helped her shop for back in the city—Faith in a white, very French-cut, very décolléte one-piece. Both had already indulged in a relaxing swim and had been basking long enough for their hair to have dried.
"I may never go home," Delfina purred.
"Amen," Faith sighed.
Del glanced at her watch. "Oh, look at the time. I almost missed the scheduled start of the next experiment."
"I would have reminded you," Faith chuckled, glancing at her own watch.
Del smiled. "How very conscientious."
Faith lifted her hands over her head and stretched her tan, toned body full-length, sighing and pointing her toes, then smiled at her fellow sunbather. "What's next on the program?"
Del picked up a clipboard and consulted a list. "Uh... Numero Uno on 'four', and Numero Dos on 'two'." She was referring to the settings of an identical pair of "silver bullet" vibrators. This particular model was waterproof, and their thumb-sized vibratory modules was attached by long, thin wires to combination four-speed remote controls and battery packs.
And where, exactly, were the modules in question?
A cardboard box was resting on the sand between the two chairs. "Is the coast clear?" Del asked. Faith looked up and down the beach, then nodded. Del lifted the box and moved it to the other side of her chair, revealing—
Polly Nestor's head!
The rest of the little blonde was buried under the sand, of course, and in answer to the vibrator question, "Numero Uno" was lodged inside the little blonde's pussy, and "Numero Dos" was tucked in her anus.
And oh-by-the-way, Polly was hogtied with a large portion of the white nylon rope she had used to tie Del to the post in Christina's office. Del, herself, had done the honors, binding Polly's wrists, elbows, knees, and ankles, as well as pinning her arms to her torso and her thighs to her ankles. Faith's contribution (and minor act of revenge) had come in the form of the small cable-ties binding Polly's thumbs and big-toes together.
"How ya doin', there, Slave-Sister?" Del inquired.
The question was rhetorical, as Polly's mouth was plugged by the two-inch ball-gag Del had endured during the later part of her captivity. The two vibrator remotes rested on the sand in front of the blonde's sweaty, grimacing face. Each bore a small patch of duct-tape with their designation lettered in waterproof marker. Polly watched with dread as Del and Faith each picked up a remote and changed the setting.
"Ready?" Del asked, consulting her watch.
"Ready," Faith confirmed.
"Three, two, one, and now!"
Polly whined through her gag as the vibrators were switched on. She whined, again, as her tormentors returned the remotes to the sand.
Del and Faith watched as Polly—Polly's head, anyway—shuddered and twisted. She continued moaning and whining, her eyes clenched tightly closed.
"This must be a good one," Faith posited.
"'Good' being a relative term," Del chuckled, "but I think you're right. I bet the mismatched settings are causing all sorts of harmonic, uh, thingies. I was never any good at physics."
"Neither was I, but I know what you mean," Faith purred.
Just then, a tinkling, clattering noise sounded from the direction of the house.
"Oh, good," Faith said, glancing over her shoulder at the trail between the dunes. "Drinks!"
"It's about time," Del muttered.
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Christina was shuffling towards the fire-pit. Her wrists, ankles, and throat were locked in steel shackles and collar, all joined by hefty steel chains. The restraints were "dungeon hardware" of modern manufacturer, but designed to envoke their medieval antecedents. In addition, a steel chastity belt was padlocked around Christina's waist and through her crotch. It was also rather medieval in appearance. The toned, firm, shapely, forty-something body of the Mistress of Seaglass was otherwise quite naked. She carried a tray with an insulated carafe and four ice-filled tumblers.
"Drinks, Mistresses?" Christina sighed as she neared the sunbathers.
"Is that the manner in which you were told to address your superiors?" Del demanded.
Christina sighed. "May this humble slave offer drinks to her Beautiful Mistresses?"
"You may," Del conceded.
Christina knelt in the sand near the fire-pit, her back to the ocean and facing Polly's grimacing, shivering, whining head, then set down the tray. Her eyes kept darting to Polly as she filled two tumblers with a fruity rum punch, added straws and a garnish of sliced lime, and handed them to her "Beautiful Mistresses".
Del pointed to a tin bucket next to the old equipment trunk a few feet to the right of the pit. "Cool-off your Junior Slave-sister, Senior Slave-Sister," she ordered.
"At once, Beautiful Mistress," Christina sighed. She heaved herself to her feet, went to the trunk and lifted the bucket, then shuffled to the surf. She waded out until the waves were splashing her thighs, filled the bucket, and began the shuffling journey back to the fire-pit.
"She has such pretty breasts," Faith whispered to Del.
"Very pretty," Del agreed, also in a whisper.
Christina had returned. She stepped behind Polly's head and held the bucket at the ready.
"Slowly," Del warned. "Minimal splashing."
"Yes, Beautiful Mistress," Christina sighed, and began pouring the seawater over Polly's head. She started with a trickle, then slowly increased the volume. In seconds, Polly's head was soaked. The remaining water streamed down her matted hair and glistening face and soaked into the sand. Mission accomplished, Christina carried the bucket back to its former position, then returned to kneel between the fire-pit and Polly's head.
Chris gazed at Polly. Several strands of the little blonde's sopping wet hair were now plastered across her grimacing face. She stole a glance at her "Beautiful Mistress", and when she found Del looking back, quickly dropped her gaze to the sand. A ghost of a smile curled her lips, threatening to dimple her cheeks, but she remained properly respectful.
Del wasn't fooled, but neither was she inclined to take offense. She watched as Christina noted the settings and "on" condition of the two vibrator remotes, and the "Senior Slave-Sister's" struggle to control her amusement intensified. "Junior Slave-Sister?" Del asked, addressing Polly, "would you like to cum?"
Polly turned her head to face Del, as best she could, and nodded, frantically.
"Well," Del continued, pausing to sip her drink, "wait 'til Mistress Faith and I have finished our rum-punches, so we can properly appreciate the show."
"You're getting good at this Cruel Mistress stuff," Faith noted, sipping her own drink.
"Good teachers," Del purred. "Are you thirsty?" she asked. The question was for Christina.
"Yes, Beautiful Mistress," Chris answered, her eyes still gazing at the sand between her knees and Polly's head.
"I thought so ," Del said. "You may pour a punch for yourself and for Little Bit. I think she'll be ready for a drink, as well, once I let her cum."
"Yes, Beautiful Mistress," Christina repeated, and lifted the carafe.
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"Well, I hope you're happy," Polly huffed.
"Granted, this was not how I expected all of this would turn out," Christina chuckled. "I expected Del to become my devoted slave, like you, 'Junior Slave-Sister'."
Polly laughed. "But instead, you get a taste of what it's like to be the helpless captive of a cruel Mistress, for a change."
"More like a reminder, Little Bit," Christina sighed. Silence stretched, and she knew her protege was curious. "I'll tell you the thrilling, cautionary tale of my early years, Polly, but not tonight. Anyway... this is not what I expected."
They were lying on the bed in Delfina's former guest room. Christina was on her back with her head towards the headboard. Polly was on her stomach, on top her Mistress, with her head towards the foot of the bed. Both were naked, with each of their wrists attached to one of their partner's ankles, left-to-left and right-to-right, using a mixture of steel handcuffs and padlocked leather cuffs. This had seriously depleted the Seaglass inventory of lockable restraints. The captives were otherwise unrestrained, but attempting to escape would be a very awkward proposition. Even getting off the bed was iffy, and would be of questionable value. Their captor (Delfina, of course) had packed her suitcase and moved down the hall, and in the process had taken anything with her she thought might be of value to prisoners attempting to regain their freedom. Icing on the proverbial cake, the bedroom door was locked.
"The phrase 'hoist by one's own petard' comes to mind," Polly sighed.
"Not to worry, my little Shakespeare scholar," Christine giggled, "She'll probably let us go in the morning."
"Or not," Polly sighed.
"Or not," Christina agreed.
"Do you want to roll over?" Polly offered.
"Do you want to roll over?" Christina countered.
"I'm fine, for now," Polly responded, then grasped her Mistress' ankles, tucked her arms between Christina's legs, and pulled.
Christina didn't resist, so this bent her knees and brought her feet close to Polly's shoulders. She didn't resist, either, as her diminutive protege used her forearms to spread her thighs apart. Polly kissed Christina's labia, then delivered a slow, wet lick their entire length.
"You little scamp," Christina chuckled, quivering under Polly's warm, soft body. "Again?"
Polly delivered another lick, probing deeper, this time. Then, she lifted her head. "Too much is never enough," she quoted. For Little Bit, it was something of a mantra. She returned to the task at hand—or at tongue, in this case.
Christina shivered, again. "Scamp," she sighed, grabbed Polly's ankles and pulled them close, mirroring her companion's actions. She then lifted her head and put her own tongue to work.
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"Tomorrow?" Faith asked.
"Yes, I'll let them go, tomorrow," Del answered. "It's hard work wrangling slaves. I'm supposed to be on vacation."
Faith smiled. "You surprise me," she said. They were under the covers of Christina's king-size bed, with Delfina curled up against her left side. Both were naked.
"I surprise you?" Del chuckled. "I think I'm the one who's filled her quota of being surprised on this innocent little trip to the seashore."
Faith kissed the top of Del's head. "I warned Christina to be careful, that you might freak out if she took things too far. You surprised us both, and let her take things even farther than I think she'd planned."
"Yeah," Delfina huffed, "I let her. And what makes you think I didn't 'freak out', as you put it?"
"The way you handled yourself after it was all over," Faith answered. "You're a pillar of strength, Del."
Del chuckled. "Yeah, I'm a walking cliché." She lifted her body and threw back the covers. This revealed the fact that Faith's arms had been folded behind her back and bound in a tight box-tie with white nylon rope. Del caressed one of Faith's breasts with a gentle hand. Her other hand and its attached elbow were supporting her smiling head. "I like your tits."
"Thanks," Faith chuckled. "The way you have me tied gives the gals a little support." The breasts in question were bulging between the neat bands of white, braided nylon pinning Faith's arms to her sides, but an objective viewer would have to agree that they didn't really need any support.
"Yes," Del continued, "they aren't all that big, but they're nice and firm."
"We can't all have splendiferous hooters," Faith countered.
"Oh, look," Del purred, delicately teasing Faith's nipple with her fingernails, "your little gals have sprung to attention, both of them."
"For a newcomer to all this fun-with-rope stuff," Faith said, through clenched teeth, "I can't get over how fast you're learning."
Delfina smiled, then sat up, piled the pillows against the headboard, and reclined on her back against the impromptu cushion. "Do me a favor and eat my pussy, would you?"
"Sure," Faith answered, rolling her eyes, "I've got nothin' better to do." She squirmed down the bed and rolled between Del's splayed legs. "You mean this pussy, here?" she asked, nodding her chin at Delfina's crotch.
"That's the one," Del chuckled, then gasped as Faith nuzzled her inner thighs and began licking and probing her labia. "You don't waste any time, do ya?"
Faith's answer was to slide her tongue against Del's clitoris, squirm the tip to lift the hood, and wiggle it back and forth.
Delfina shuddered, gently clutched a double handful of Faith's tousled, honey-blonde locks, and pointed her toes. "It's good to be the Mistress," she sighed.
Faith's tongue continued to tease and slide.
A FEW DAYS @ Seaglass
Chapter 9
Chapter 8
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City Tech, Fall 2016
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Class Notes 11/17/2016
Class Announcements
(This was posted a little late. I apologize for the inconvenience. )
The Science Fiction Symposium will be held on Tuesday 11/29 from 9-5pm offering science fiction panels. If you would like to volunteer to speak on the student panel that is being offered speak to Professor Belli. It would be nice if we have 4-5 students to volunteer in the student panel about science fiction, class experiences, final projects, and connections to other classes.
Science Fiction Archive Project
• All projects must have a direct connection to science fiction and help the audience understand science fiction in another way.
• Your research paper should answer the question so what?
• You as the researcher should be learning more about science fiction.
• Find and document research sources.
• Have a revised proposal by Tuesday 11/21.
By Tuesday 11/17
Please have….
• Completed clear research focused paragraphs with a minimum of 500 words
• Upload paragraphs with a reflection on how your proposal has evolved
• Bring in 4 printed copies for peer review
• Email professor Belli for feedback by Monday
Brave New World Film
The many adaptations of Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World has given me the pleasure to be able to not only read the novel but to also watch Brave New World (1980) and Brave New World (1998) film versions. Brave new world (1980) is a three hour film which doubles that of the Brave New World (1998). Brave New World (1980) time allotted allowed for a more thorough depiction of Aldous Huxley’s novel than that of Brave New World (1998). Although Brave New World (1980)deviates a little from the the plot and themes of Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World it proves to be more complimentary to the novel than Brave New World (1998).
Brave New World (1998) is a far cry from Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World because it is saturated by the movie structures of Hollywood. It uses the three character structure through the three act structure eliminating the important roles of Helmholtz Watson and Mustapha Crowne. With Helmholtz absence we lose he theme of isolation and Mustapha’s absence we lose the theme of happiness. John, Lenina, and Bernard serves as the three structure characters. John is the antagonist, Bernard the protagonist, and Lenina the relationship character. The film turns Bernard into the main character who’s goal is to find out how the faults in there system can be managed because he himself knows first had that although all should be happy they are not and this seems throughout the film to be because he is unable to have Lenina all to himself. This is a strong deviation of the motifs of Bernard in the novel. In the chapters following the arrival of John you can see he was quite content with being popular. In the film john is then introduced. John is the antagonist and his point that living with this sense of false happiness is not right is made to the protagonist through the films love interest Lenina. This Hollywood structure totally ruins the relationship between Lenina and John because it emphasizes that of Lenina and Bernard.
Hollywood’s want for excessive drama changes the conflict and themes of the novel. For one it changes between Bernard Marx and the director to something totally different on film. Unlike in the novel Bernard Marx does not just come in and embarrass the director and the director storms off. In the film Bernard and the director have a sort of violent conflict because the director tries to condition a beta to kill Bernard. How Hollywood is that. The film also ends happily ever after with Bernard and Lenina happy with child. Definitely different from the novel which ends in the suicide of john in which, the film turns into an incidental death.
Brave New World (1980) was a close depiction of the novel with very little impact on the plot and themes in a negative way. The film did not tell the story in the chronological order of the novel. This film told the story of the director and Lenina right before she was left in the Reservation at the beginning of the film. It gave the audience the sense that the event was an accident, unlike the film (1998) which makes it seem like it was done on purpose. In the novel it is up for interpretation but I as a reader looked at it as a deliberate act on the director’s part. This deviation did not affect the plot in any way however. The telling of Bernard’s childhood was different in the (1980) film however it did not impact the plot and themes negatively. I would recommend Brave New World (1980) to go along with the reading of Brave New World (novel) because it is most true to the novel. Reading the novel is just a way to get more of the intimacy that is not seen through film.
Metropolis is an interesting film created by Fritz Lang in 1927. As soon as the film begins questions pop up in your head. You immediately see two different worlds. Metropolis is a big advanced city. Poor laborers and their families live underneath the city while the rich lives in the city. The beginning of metropolis was very intense because I as a viewer was trying to learn who, what, where is Metropolis. As the film began to climax it became more predictable. For example, Maria was speaking to the workers in secret standing in front of multiple crosses. This scene caused me to question where is the church for the workers seeing as the rich have a nice beautiful church. When she began to speak you could tell that she was trying to calm the workers. She begins to tell the story of babel and you can see in it that she does not want the fate of Metropolis to end in that way. In her speech to the workers she says, “The mediator between head and hands must be the heart” (55:42). As the film goes on you see that this means that the brain cannot deal with the hand peacefully and vice versa without the heart. Without the heart the hand and head causes more disruption to themselves and others.
I would compare this to technology and people. As technology is developed in the world the heart has to be involved because technology must not be more important than the well being of people, animals, and the earth. Technology is built that can harm people, animals, and the earth and people use innocent technology to do hateful and mean things. An example of using technology for evil was through the Rowang who developed a robot to hurt Metropolis master Joh and in turn almost ruined a whole city. Technology should definitely not be used that why. I could see that faith and compassion is important to have in Metropolis.
Faith in Technology
The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster is a short story that falls under the genre of science fiction. The Machine Stops is set in a machine at the center of the earth where the inhabitants believe is the only form of their existence. The main character Vashti has put all her faith in the machine, like many of her cohabitants. In The Machine Stops the characters blind faith in technology is the cause of the end to their existence.
The characters in the novel placed a lot of value on the machine. To them it was like a religion and in a religion you have faith. In the machine stops the narrator states, “The word “religion” was sedulously avoided, and in theory the machine was still the creation and the implement of man” (19). This statement shows how the characters have blind faith in technology because here is a generation who regards belief in science over religion who however adopts the idea that the machine was still the creation and the implement of man using the absence of science. The characters in the short story show their ignorance and how they may have arrived at such faith. The inhabitants of the machine do not respect originality. In a customary lecture it is stated dated, “First hand ideas do not really exist. They are but the physical impressions produced by love and fear, and on this gross foundation who could erect a philosophy? Let your ideas be second hand, and if possible tenth hand, for then they will be far removing from the disturbing element—direct observation” (18). This shows reference that people on the machine were taught to accept preconceived ideas and notations over their own.
The machine was destroyed because they had faith in the machine alone. They did not seek knowledge of the inner workings or condition of the machine. It was not until it was too late that someone suggested people learn how to manage the system. Placing to much value in technology can be disastrous. In the short story the narrator states, “Beautiful naked man was dying, strangled in the garments that they had woven” (25). This metaphor is beautifully used to explain the damage that man has done own themselves. As a result of men reliance on technology and decline and self-reliance they doomed themselves.
Anyone who reads this short story can take away a lesson. The lesson is that technology should not be the center of your life. Everyone should still concern themselves with knowledge and not let technology take over.
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Lung & Respiratory Support
The lungs are spongy, air-filled organs located on either side of the chest (thorax. When you breathe, air is conducted through the trachea (your windpipe), and eventually makes its way into the lungs through the bronchi. These bronchi divide into smaller branches (bronchioles), and finally into even smaller microscopic air sacs (alveoli). Once in the alveoli, the oxygen is absorbed into the blood and traded with carbon dioxide (a waste product from metabolism) from the blood which then is exhaled.
Because every cell in your body needs oxygen to function optimally, it is critical that oxygen is continually circulating. In addition to this gas exchange process, your lungs also support your internal temperature, play a role in maintaining your sense of smell, and protect your body from potentially harmful substances like airborne particles.
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There are several special interest groups out there that are campaigning for term limits when it comes to term limits for elected officials. There are a multitude of reasons why to have terms limits and several against the process. As you well know, the President of the United States can be elected to only two terms of Office. In your state, do you have term limits? If so, what positions does it apply to? How long has your State Senator and Representative been in office? Do you agree with term limits? Why or why not?
1. further research insight – at least one other credible source of information on the topic not used by the author (Wikipedia is not allowed).
2. your view of the topic and justification of the view – remember, this is your view of the topic NOT your view of the author’s opinion or their solution to the issue
3. at least 200 words
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His mother merciless, shall have your return in merchandise or in gold. Most merciless of women Wyden hight,
Her other son fast sleeping did oppress, So active a people will always have money, And with must cruel hand him murdered pitiwhilst they can send what merchandises they
Spenser please to Mexico.
The toe is merciless, and will not pity. Sbaks. TO MERCHANDISE. V. n. To trade ; to Think not their rage so desperate t'essay traffick; to exercise commerce.
An element more merciless than they. Denbae. The Phænicians, of whose exceeding mercban
What God so mean, dising we read so much in ancient histories were So merciless a tyrant to obey ! Dryden. Canaanites, whose very name signifies mer- Whatever ravages a merciless distemper may chants
Brerewood. com mit, she shall have one man as much her MERCHANT. n. s. (marcband, Fr.] One
adniirer as ever.
Popl who trafficks to remote countries.
The torrent merciless imbihes
France hath flaw'd the league, and hath at.
Commissions, perquisites, and bribes. Swift. tach'd
MERCILESSLY. adłv. [from merciless.] In Our merchants goods at Bourdeaux. Sbaksp. a manncr void of pity.
The Lord hath given a commandment against MERCILESSNESS. n. s. [from merciless.] the mercbant city to destroy the strong hulds Want of pity. thereof.
Isaiah. The most celebrated merchants in the world MERCUʻRIAL odj. (mercuriolis, Lat.) were situated in the island of Tyre. Addison, 1. Formed under the influence of Mer. ME'RCHANTLY. adj. (trom mercbant.] cury; active ; sprizbily. ME'RCHANTLIKE. Like a merchant. I know the shape of 's leg; this is his hand,
His foot mercurial, his martial thigh
The brawns of Hercules. ME'RCHANT-MAN. n. s. (merchant and
This youth was such a mercurial, as could man.] A ship of trade.
make his own part, if at any time he chanced to Pirates have sair winds and a calm sea, when be out.
Bacon. the just and peaceful merchant-man hath them.
Tully considered the dispositions of a sincere,
Taylor. more ignorant, and less mercurial nation, by In the time of Augustus and Tiberius, the dwelling on the pathetick part. Swift. southern coasts of Spain sent great fleets of merchant-men to Italy.
2. Consisting of quicksilver : as, mercurial ME'RCHANTABLE, adj. (mercabilis, Lat.
medicines. from merchant.] Fit to be bought or
MERCURIFICA’TION. adj. [from mercasold.
ry.] The act of mixing any thing with Why they placed this invention in the beaver, quicksilver. beside the medical and merchantable commodity
I add the ways of mercurification. Beyle. of castor, or parts conceived to be bitten away, MEʻRCURY. n. s. (mercurius, Lat. ) might be the sagacity of that animal. Brown, MERCIABLE. adj. [from mercy.) This
1. The chymist's naine for quicksilver is word in Spenser signifies merciful. Not
The gall of animals and mercury kill worms; used.
and the water in which mercury is boiled has this Nought but well mought him betight:
Arbutbnet. He is so meek, wise, merciable,
2. Sprightly qualities. And with his word his work is convenable.
Thus the mercury of man is fix'd,
Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd; ME'RCIFUL. adj. [mercy and full.] Coin
The dross cements what else were too retin'd, passionate; tender; kind; unwilling And in one int’rest body acts with mind. Pofe. to punish ; willing to pity and spare.
3. A news-paper; so called from Mer. Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people thou hast redeemed.
cury, the intelligencer of the gods. Observe
Ainsworth. His providence, and on him sole depend, 4. It is now applied in cant phrase, to the Merciful over all his works, with good
carriers of news and painphlets. Still overcoming evil.
Milton. MERCURY. n. s. (mercurialis, Lat.) A ME'RCIFULLY. adv. [from merciful.]
plant Tenderly; mildly; with pity; with Herb mercury is of an emollient nature, and compassion.
is eaten in the inanner of spinach, which, when Make the true use of those afflictions which cultivated in a garden, greatly excels. Hill. his hand, mercifully severe, hath been pleased to
MERCURY'S finger. n. s. (bermodactylus, lay upon thee.
MÉRCIFULNESS. n. s. [from merciful.] MEʻRCY. n. s. (merci, Fr. contracted
Lat.] Wild saffron.
Tenderness; willingness to spare.
The band that ought to knit all these excel-
from misericor.lia, Lat.] lencies together is a kind mercifulness to such a
s. Tenderness; goodness; pity; willing: one, as is in his soul devoted to such perfections. ness to spare and save ; clemency; miid.
Sidney. ness; unwillingness to punish, Use the means ordinary and lawful, among Oh heav'n have mercy on me! which mercifulness and liberality is one, to which -I say, amen. the promise of secular wealch is most frequently And have you mercy too? made.
Mercy is not strain'd; MEʻRCILESS. adj. [from mercy.] Void of It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heav'n,
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every infant
Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless; MERELY. adv. [from mere.] Simply; I blesseth him that gives and bim that takes.
only; thus and no o:her way; for this Sbakspeare.
and for no other end or purpose. Thou, O God, art gracious, longsuffering,
Which thing we ourselves would grant, if the and in meriy ordering all.
use thereof had been merely and only mystical. Examples of justice must be made for terror
Hooker. to sine; examples of mercy for comfort to
These external manners of laments others: the one procures fear, and the other lose.
Are merely shadows to the unseen grief, Good heav'n, whose darling attribute we find
That swells with silence in the tortur'd soul. Is boundless grace,
mercy to mankind,
Sbakspeare. Abhors the cruel.
It is below reasonable creatures to be conver
sant in such diversions as are merely innocent, We adore his undeserved mercy towards us, that he made us the chief of the visible creation.
and have nothing else to recommend them., Bentley
Above a thousand bought his almanack merely 2. Pardon.
to find what he said against me. "Txere a paper lost,
Swift. As offer'd raccy is.
Prize not your life for other ends
Than merely to oblige your friends. Swift.
Cry mercy lords,
MERETRICIOUS. adj. (meretricius, That you have ta'en a tardy sluggard here.
meretrix, Lat.] Whorish; such as is I cry thee mercy with all my heart, for sus- practised by prostitutes ; alluring by pecting a friar of the least good-nature. Dryd. false show. 3. Discretion ; power of acting at pleasure. Our degenerate understandings have suffered Condition!
a sad divorce from their dearest object, defile What good condition can a treaty find
themselves with every meretricious semblance, l'th' part that is at mercy?
Shaksp. that the variety of opinion presents them with. The most authentick record of so ancient a
Glanville family should lie at the
Not by affected, meretricious arts, who dings a stone.
But strict harmonious symmetry of parts. A lover is ever complaining of cruelty while
Roscommoni, any thing is denied him; and when the lady Meretri'CIOUSLY. adv. (from meretriceases to be cruel, she is, from the next mo
cious.) Whorishly; after the manner teni, at his mercy,
Swift. of whores. MERCY-SEAT. n. s. (mercy and seat.)
MERETRICIOUSNESS. n. s. [from meriThe mercy-stat was the covering of the ark of the covenant, in which the tables of the law
tricious.] False allurement like those of were deposited: it was of gold, and at its two strumpets. ends were fixed the two cherubims, of the same MERIDIAN. n. s. (meridien, Fr. meri. metal, which with their wings extended for- dies, Lat.) wards, seemed to form a throne for the majesty
1. Noon; midday. oi God, who in scripture is represented as sit- He promis'd in his East a glorious race, ting between the cherubims, and the ark was
Now sunk from his meridian, sets apace. Dingido his footstool : it was from hence that God gave
e. The line drawn from north to south, his oracles to Moses, or to the high priest that consulted him.
which the sun crosses at noon. Make a mercy-seat of pure gold. Exodus. The true meridian is a circle passing through MERE. adj. (merus, Lat.] That or this
the poles of the world, and the zenith or vertex only ; such and nothing else; this only.
of any place, exactly dividing the cast from the
Brown. Scotland hath foisons to fill up your will
The sun or moon, rising or setting, our idea Of your mere own.
Sbakspeare. I have engag'd myself to a dear friend,
represents bigger than when on the meridian.
Watts. Engag'd my friend to his mere enemy, To feed my means.
. 3. The particular place or state of any The mere Irish were not admitted to the be- thing. nefit of the laws of England, until they had
All other knowledge merely serves the con
purchased charters of denization. Dav.on Ireland. cerns of this life, and is fitted to the meridiah
From mere success nothing can be concluded thereof; they are such as will be of little use to in favour of any nation upon whom it is be
a separate soul.
Hale. stowed.
Atterbury. 4. The highest point of glory or power. What if the head, the eye, or ear repin'd, I've touch'd the highest point of all my greate To serve mere engines to the ruling mind. Pope.
ness, Let eastern tyrants from the light of heav'n Seclude their bosom slaves, meanly possess'd I haste now to my setting. Shakspeare. Of a mere, lifeless, violated form. Thomson.
Your full majesty at once breaks forth MERE or Mer, in the beginning, middle, In the meridian of your reign. Waller. or end, signify the same with the Saxon
Meri'DIAN. adj. mene, a pool or lake.
Gibson. MERE. 2. š. (mere, Saxon.]
1. Being at the point of noon.
Sometimes tow'rds Eden, which now in his 1. A pool ; commonly a large pool or
view lake: as, Winander mere.
Lay pleasant, his griev'd look he fixeš sad; Mere stored both with fish and fowl. Camden. Sometimes tow'rds heav'n, and the full blazing 2. A boundary.
sun, The mislayer of a mere-stone is to blame; but
Which now sat high ini his meridian tow'r. it is the unjust judge that is the capital remover
Milton. of land-marks, who defineth amiss of lands. 2. Extended from north to south.
Bacon, Compare the meridion Line afforded by magnis VOL.III
of my .
of play.
tical needles with one mathematically drawn, The war that hath such a foundation will not observe the variation of the needle, or its decli- ply be reputed just, but holy and meritorious. nation from the true meridian line. Boyle.
Ruleigh. 3. Rused to the highest point.
Sufficient means of redemption and salvation, MERIDIONAL, adj. (meridional, Fr.] by the satisfactory and meritorious disth and
obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus 3. Southern.
Christ, God blessed for ever. Sanderrer, In the southern coast of America and Africa,
This is not only the most prudent, but the the southern point varieth toward the land, as
most meritorious charity, which we can practise. being disposed that way by the meridional or
Addison. proper hemisphere.
MERITOʻRIOUSLY. adv. (from marito. 2. Sutherly; having a southern aspect. All offices that require heat, as kitchens, stil.
rious.) In such a manner as to deserve latories, and stoves, should be meridional. Wott. reward. MERIDIONA’LITY. n. s. (from meridio
He carried bimself meritoriously in foreign nal.] Position in the south ; aspect
employments in time of the interdict, which toward the south,
held up his credit among the patriots. Wottos.
MERITO'RIOUSNESS. n. š. (trom meritaMeri'DIONALLY.adv. [from meridional.]
rious.] The act or state of deserving In the direction of the meridian.
well. The Jews, not willing to lie as their temple stood, do place their bed from north to south,
There was a full persuasion of the high merie and delight to slep meridionally. Brown.
toriousness of what they did; but still there was
no law of God to ground it upon, and conseME'RIT. n. s. [meritum, Lat. meriti, Fr.]
quently it was not conscience.
Soutb. 1. Desert ; excellence deserving honour MERITOT. n. s. Coscillum, Lat.) A kind or reward.
Ainsworth. She deem'd I well deserv'd to die,
ME'RLIN, 1.s. A kind of hawk.
And made a merit of her cruelty.
Roscommon, not more learu'd than good,
Not yielding over to old age his country deWith manners gen’rous as his noble blood;
lights, he was at that time following a merlin, To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, Me’RMAID. n.s. (mer, the sea ; and maid.]
Sidney And ev'ry author's merit but his own, Pape. The valu'd nothing less
A sea woman; an animal with a wo. Than titles, figure, shape, and dress;
man's head and fish's tail. That merit should be chiefly plac'd
I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall. In judgment, knowledge, wit, and taste. Swift.
Sbakspeare. 2. Reward deserved.
Thou romembrest, Those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth,
Since once I sat upon a promontory,
Which thou from Mahomet didst greatly gain,
And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back
Whil bold assertor of resistless truth,
Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, Thy sword did godlike liberty maintain. Prior. That the rude sea grew civil at her song. Sbac 3. Claim; right; character with respect Did sense persuade Ulysses not to hear to desert of good or evil.
The mermaids songs, which so his men did please, You have the captives; use them
That they were all persuaded, through the ear, As we shall find their merits and our safety
To quit the ship and leap into the seas? Devils. May equally determine.
Few eyes have escaped the picture of a mere As I am studious to promote the honour of
maid: Horace his monster, with woman's head my native country, I put Chaucer's merits to the
above and fishy extremity below, answers the tría!, by turning some of the Canterbury Tales
shape of the ancient syrens that attempted upoa into our language.
Brown. When a point hath been well examined, and
ME'RMAID'S TRUMPET. N.S. A kind of our own judgment settled, after a large survey fish.
Ainsworth. of the merits of the cause, it would be a weak. ME'RRILY. adv. [from merry.) Gayly; ness to continue fluttering.
airily ; cheerfully; with mirth ; with
រ To Me'rit. v. a. (meriter, Fr.]
gayety; with laughter. 1. To deserve; to have a right to claim Merrily, merrily, shall we live now, any thing as deserved.
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. Amply have merited of me, of all
Sbakspeare. Th’internal empire.
When men come to borrow of your masters, A man at best is uncapable of meriting cuny.
they approach sadly, and go away merrily. Sbab. thing from God.
á paisan of France thinks of no more than his
coarse bread and his onions, his canvass clothes 2. To deserve ; to earn: it is used gene- and wooden shoes, labours contentedly on work. rally of good, but sometimes of ill.
ing days, and dances or plays merrily on holiWhatsoever jewels I have merited, I am sure days.
Temple I lave received none, unless experience be a Merrily sing, and sport, and play, jewed; that I have purchased at an infinite rate. For 'tis Oriana's nuptial day. Granville. If such rewards to vanquish'd men are due,
Shakspeare. MERRIMAKE. n. s. [merry and make.] A What prize may Nisus from your bounty claim,
festival; a meeting for mirth ; merry Who merited the first rewards, and fame? Dryd.
pranks. MERITO'Rious. adj. [meritoire, Fr. from
Thenot now nis the time of merrymalı, merit.] Deserving of reward; high in
Nor Pan to herie, nor with love to play, desert.
Sike mirth in May is meetest for to make,
Or summer shade, under the cocked hay. Spers. Instead of so great and meritorious a service, in
The knight did not forbear, bringing all the Irish to acknowledge the king Her honest mirth and pleasure to partake, for their liege, they did great hurt. Spenser But when he saw her gibe, and toy, and geare,
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And pass the bounds of modest merrimahe,
Alas, of ghosts I hear the ghastly cries; Her dalliance he despised. Fairy Queen. Yet there, mescems, I hear her singing loud. TO MERRIMAKE. v.a. To feast; to be
Sidney. jovial.
Meseem'd by my side a royal maid, With chee 'twas Marian's dear delight
Her dainty limbs full softly dowu did lay. To moil all day, and merrizake at night. Gay.
To that general subjection of the land meseems ME'RRIMENT. n. s. (from merry.) Mirth;
that the custom or tenure can be no bar nor imgayety; cheerfulness; laughter.
Spenser. Who when they heard that piteous strained MEsenterick. adj. [mesenterique, Fr,
voice, In haste forsook their rural merriment. F. Queen.
from mesentery.] Relating to the niesenA number of merriments and jests, wherewith
tery. they have pleasantly moved much laughter at They are carried into the glands of the meour manner of serving God.
Hooker. sentery, receiving a fine lymph from the lymMethought it was the sound
phatick ducts, which dilutes this chylous fluid, Of riot and ill-managed retriment. - Milton. and scours its containing vessels, which, from
the mesenterick glands, unite in large channels, ME'RRINESS. n. s. (from merry.) Mirth; and pass directly into the common receptacle of merry disposition.
the chyle.
Cbeync. The stile shall give us cause to climb in the ME'SENTERY. n.s. [meçsetiquor; mesene merriness.
Shakspeare. tere, Fr.] That round which the guts JERRY. adj.
are convolved. 1. Laughing; loudly cheerful; gay of When the chyle passeth through the mesexheart.
tery, it is mixed with the lymph. Arbuthnet. They drank and were merry with him. Gen. MesERA'ICK. n. s. [uscápasov ; meseraique, The vine languisheth, all the
Fr. analogy requires it mesaraick.] Be. sigh.
Isaiab. Some that are of an ill and melancholy na
longing to the mesentery.
It taketh leave of the permanent parts at the ture, incline the company into which they come to be sad and ill-diposed ; and others that are
mouths of the mescraicks, and accompanieth the of a jovial nature, do dispose the company to be
inconvertible portion into the siege. Brown. merry and cheerful.
The most subtle part of the chyle passerh imMan is the merries! species of the creation;
mediately into the blood by the absorbent vese all above and below him are serious. Addison.
sels of the guts, which discharge themselves, into the mescraick veins.
Arbuthnot. 2. Causing laughter.
You kili'd her husband, and for that vile fault MESH. n. s. [maesche, Dutch; mache, old Two of her brothers were condemn'd to death; Fr. it were therefore better written, as it
My hand cut off, and made a merry jest. Sbaksp. is commonly pronounced, mash.] The 3. Prosperous.
interstice of a net; the space between In my small pinnace I can sail,
the threads of a net. Contemning all the blast'ring roar; And running with a merry gale,
The drovers hang square nets athwart the With friendly stars my safety
tide, through which the shoal of pilchard pasWithin some little winding creek,
sing, leave many behind entangled in the measbes.
Carew. And see the storm ashore. Dryden.
Such a hare is madness the youth, to skip o'er To make MERRY. To junket ; to be jovial. the meshes of good counsel the cripple. Shaksp.
They urod the grapes and made merry, and He spreads his subtle nets from sight, went into the house of their God. Judges. With twinkling glasses to betray
A fox 'spy'd a bevy of jolly, gossiping wenches The larks that in the mesbes light. Dryden. making merry over a dish of pullets. L'Estrange. With all their mouths the nerves the spirits MERRY-A'NDREW. n. s. A buffoon; a
Which through the cells of the fine strainers zany; a jack-pudding.
sink :
He would be a statesman because he is a bufe These all the channel'd fibres ev'ry way,
foon; as if there went no more to the making For motion and sensation, still convey:
of a counsellor than the faculties of a merry- The greatest portion of th’arterial blood,
andrew or tumbler.
The first who made the experiment was a Whose narrow mesbes stop the grosser flood.
Blackmore, ME'RRYTHOUGHT. n. s. [merry and To MESH. . a. [from the noun.] 'To
tbougbt.) 'A forked bone on the body catch in a net; to ensnare.
of foxls; so called because boys and The flics by chance mesbt in her hair,
girls pull in play at the two sides, the By the bright radiance thrown
longest part broken off betokening prio-
From her clear eyes, rich jewels were, rity of marriage.
They so like diamonds shone. Drayton. Let him not be breaking merrythoughts under ME'SHY. adj. [f:om mesh.] Reticulated ; the table with my cousin.
Ecbard. of network.
Some build his house, but thence his issue ME'RSION. n. s. (mersio, Lat.] The act of
barre, sinking, or thrusting over head. Ainsw.
Some make his mesby bed, but reave his rest. MESE'EMS. impersonal verb. (me and
Carew. seems, or it seems to me: for this word it Caught in the meshy snare, in vain they beat is now too common to use met hinks or
Their idle wings.
Thomson. Tretbougbt, an ungrammatical word.) I Me’slin. n. s. (from mesler, Fr. to mix ; think; it appears to me.
or rather corruptedly pronounced for
of , }
mescellane. See MASLIN.] Mixed corn : who carries an errand; one who comes as, wheat and rye.
from another to a third ; one who brings What reason is there which should but induce, an account or 'foretoken of any thing; and therefore much less enforce, us to think,
a harbinger; a forerunner. that care of old dissimilitude between the people of God and the heathen nations about them,
Came running in, much like a man dismaid,
A messenger with letters, which his message said. was any more the cause of forbidding them to
Spenser. put on garments of sundry stuff, than of charge
Yon grey lines, ing them withal not to sow their fields with
That fret the clouds, are messengers of day. Sbak. meslin.
Hooker. If worke for the thresher ye mind for to have,
The earl dispatched messengers one after anOf wheat and of mestlin unthreshed go save. Tus.
other to the king, with an account of what he MESOLEU'CYS. n. s. (ucróneux@..) A
heard and believed he saw, and yet thought not fit to stay for an answer.
Clarendor. precious stone, black, with a streak of
Joy touch'd the messenger of heav'n; he stay'd white in the middle.
Dict. Entranc'd, and all the blissful haunt survey'd. Meso’LOGARITHMS. n. s. [ué-o, aby óyou,
Pope. and appr@..] The logarithms of the MESSI'AH. n. s. [from the Hebrew.] cosines and tangents, so denominated
The Anointed ; the Christ; the sa. by Kepler.
viour of the world ; the Prince of peace. MesoʻMELAS. 1. s. [uscouénæs.] A pre
Great and public opposition the magistrates
made against Jesus, the man of Nazareth, when cious stone with a black vein parting
he appeared as the Messiah.
Wetis. every colour in the midst.
Bailey. MESSIEURS. K. s. [French, plural of ME'SPISE. n. 5. (probably misprinted for monsieur.1 Sirs; gentlemen. mesprise ; mespris, Fr.] Contempt ; Mé'ssmate. n. s. (mess and mate. ] One
who eats at the same table. Mammon was much displeas'd, yet not he
MESSU AGE. n. s. (messuagium, law Lat. chose But bear the rigour of his bold mespise,
formed perhaps from mesnage by misAnd thence him forward led, him further to
take of the n in court-hand for u, they entice.
Spenser. being written alike; mesnage from mai. MESS. n. s. (mes, old French; messo, Ita- son, Fr.] The house and ground set
lian ; missus, Latin ; mes, Gothick ; apart for household uses.
mese, Saxon, a dish.) A dish ; a quan: Met. The preterit and part, of meet.
tity of food sent to table together.
A set of well meaning gentlemen in England, The bountcous huswife, nature, on each bush
not to be met with in other countries, take it Lays her full mess before you. Sbakspo
for granted they can never be wrong so long Now your traveller,
as they oppose ministers of state. Addis. Freeb. He and his toothpick at my worship's mess.
MeraGRAʼMMATISM, n. s. [rile and
Slakspear.. γράμμα.] I had as lief you should tell me of a mess of 'Anagrammatism, or metagrammatism, is a porridge.
Sbakspeare. dissolution of a name truly written into its letHerbs and other country messes,
ters, as its elements, and a new connexion of it Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses. Milton. by artificial transposition, without addition, sub
Had either of the crimes been cooked to traction, or change of any letter into different their palates, they might have changed messes. words, making some perfect sense applicable to
Decoy of Piety.
the person named.
From him he next receives it thick or thin, METABASIS. n. s. (Greek.] In rhe.
As pure a mess almost as it came in. Pope. torick, a figure by which the orator
TO MESS. V. n.
To cat; to feed.
passes from one thing to another. Dict. MESSAGE. n. š. (message, Fr.) An er.
META BOLA. 1.5. [metabonn.] In medirand; any thing committed to another
cine, a change of time, air, or disease. to be told to a third.
METACA'RPAL. a.lj. [from metacarpus.] She doth displav
Dici. The gate with pearls and rubies richly dight,
Belonging to the metacarpus. Through which her words so wise do make
It will facilitate the separation in the joint, their way,
when you cut the finger from the metacarpal
bone. To bear the message of her gentle spright.
Sbarpo Špenser.
METACARPUs. η. 5. [μετακάρπιον.] In May one, that is a herald and a prince, anatomy, a bone of the arm made up Do a fair message to his kingly ears. Shaksp. of four' bones, which are joined to the She is fair, and, fairer than that wiprd,
Dist. Of wond'rous virtues; sometimes from her eyes
The conjunction is called synarthrosis; as in I did receive fair speechless messages. Sbaksp.
the joining of the carpus to the metacurgus. Gently hast thou toid
Wisconare Thy message, which might clse in telling wound, METAL. n. s. [metal, Fr. metallur, Lat.] And in performing end us.
Milton. Let the minister be low, his interest inconsi
1. A firm, heavy, and hard substance, derable, the world will suffer for his sake; the
opake, fusible by fire, and concreting message will still find reception according to the again when cold into a solid body, such dignity of the messenger.
as it was before, which is malleable The welcome message made, was soon re- under the hammer, and is of a bright,
ceiv'd; 'Twas to be wish'd and hop'd, but scarce be
glossy, and glittering substance where liey'd.
ne:vly cut or broken. The metals are MA'SSENGER. , s. [messager, Fr.] One six in number i 1. gold ; 2. silver ; 34
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OBJECTIVES. To evaluate trends in children's blood lead levels and the extent of blood lead testing of children at risk for lead poisoning from national surveys conducted during a 16-year period in the United States.
METHODS. Data for children aged 1 to 5 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III Phase I, 1988–1991, and Phase II, 1991–1994 were compared to data from the survey period 1999–2004.
RESULTS. The prevalence of elevated blood lead levels, ≥10 μg/dL, among children decreased from 8.6% in 1988–1991 to 1.4% in 1999–2004, which is an 84% decline. From 1988–1991 and 1999–2004, children's geometric mean blood lead levels declined in non-Hispanic black (5.2–2.8 μg/dL), Mexican American (3.9–1.9 μg/dL), and non-Hispanic white children (3.1 μg/dL to 1.7 μg/dL). However, levels continue to be highest among non-Hispanic black children relative to Mexican American and non-Hispanic white children. Blood lead levels were distributed as follows: 14.0% were <1.0 μg/dL, 55.0% were 1.0 to <2.5 μg/dL, 23.6% were 2.5 to <5 μg/dL, 4.5% were 5 to <7.5 μg/dL, 1.5% were 7.5 to <10 μg/dL, and 1.4% were ≥10 μg/dL. Multivariable analysis indicated that residence in older housing, poverty, age, and being non-Hispanic black are still major risk factors for higher lead levels. Blood lead testing of Medicaid-enrolled children increased to 41.9% from 19.2% in 1988–1991. Only 43.0% of children with elevated blood lead levels had previously been tested.
CONCLUSIONS. Children's blood lead levels continue to decline in the United States, even in historically high-risk groups for lead poisoning. To maintain progress made and eliminate remaining disparities, efforts must continue to test children at high risk for lead poisoning, and identify and control sources of lead. Coordinated prevention strategies at national, state, and local levels will help achieve the goal of elimination of elevated blood lead levels.
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Mechanizing Reincorporation
I am a great fan of the boardgame Pandemic. It's a tense, cooperative game that really brought things up to the next level with the recent expansion. There are a lot of mechanically neat things about it - for example it makes cooperation incredibly valuable (necessary, even) but also makes it very difficult, which really helps the tension. One mechanic in particular really stands out as something that might be reusable in other games.
The Pandemic board is a map of the world with a number of cities marked. As cities get infected, tokens are put on them to represent the diseases being fought. There is an "Infection Deck" which has one card for each city. This deck is drawn from to determine where the initial infections occur and is drawn from each turn to determine where subsequent infections spring up.
All well and good so far, but where this gets interesting is when an "epidemic" card is pulled - a new card is pulled from the bottom of the deck, that city gets infected, the card is discarded, then the entire discard pile is shuffled and put on top of the draw pile.
The impact of this on the game seems subtle at first, but it's the engine that makes the game work. It means that your problem areas are going to keep being problem areas, which keeps the tension ratcheted up. That's good for Pandemic, but possibly even better for other games. This is a great mechanic for systemizing reincorporation.
For those unfamiliar, reincorporation is a technique in fiction used when something brought up early in the fiction comes back in later on. The classic example of this is that a gun introduced in the first act of a story which is guaranteed to be fired by the end of the story. This can take any number of forms from the blatant to the very subtle and is a useful technique for gaming for many of the same reasons it works in fiction. Notably, it means there are fewer things to keep track of (so you don't introduce another gun when the time comes to shoot someone) and by giving those earlier elements meaning later on, everythign ends up feeling more cohesive and planned, even if it's not. This means that, as a technique, it makes things easier for the GM and her players and it makes the GM look smart - what's not to love?
These ideas come together once you start keeping track of the elements that have come up int oyr game. The easiest approach is to use one of the many inspirational decks out there like Story Cards or the Harrow Deck. Draw from it as you normally would for inspiration until you reach a turning point in your game - a big showdown or the like - and shuffle the cards you've already drawn and start again[1]. When you draw a card you've already drawn, you don't need to literally use exactly the same elements you used the first time, but the simple act of hitting the same theme again can make everything hang together in a way that will feel like you planned it all along.
Even if you're not using cards, the idea still holds up well so long as you keep track of things. If you use a 5x5 grid or a similar system, don't cross things off as you use them, just put a checkmark by them. When the time comes, you know you can come back to those. The same thinking applies if you use element lists, or anything else you can keep track of. Whatever mechanic you use, that reminder to reincorporate previous elements can combine powerfully with inspirational randomness to make even the most impromptu game really hang together.
Bottom line: Track the element you introduce, however you introduce them, and find some way to make it likely that you'll go back to the things you have already introduced rather than constantly generate new elements. This will allow you to reincorporate themes and elements and give your game a more cohesive feel.
1- This works equally well if you are drawing cards over the course of the game, or if you are drawing them over the course of a campaign. The only trick to it is that if you are drawing for planning rather than play, you need to store the cards carefully between sessions so you don't lose the order.
1. Neat idea, Rob. Of course, one of the classic D&D campaign examples is the recurring villain, e.g., the drow wizard who keeps vexing the PCs until they spit bile whenever they hear his name ... and then it's time to roll initiative.
Using your method, a DM could probably find lots of unexpected places for the villain to sink his hooks into.
I ran a super-fun campaign for many years in which one of the PCs was born under a prophecy, destined to sacrifice his life for some greater good to save the world. The villain hired an assassin who specialized in killing targets under prophecy. He would track his prey for years to find a way to thwart the prophecy and kill the target. It was great fun to have him keep popping up.
2. I am totally taken by the idea of that assassin, and will totally have to steal it.
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Satulah Mountain Trail
From downtown Highlands walk the Satulah Mountain Road. Near the end take the trail to a heath bald at the summit (4,543 feet) and enjoy panoramic views of three states. The dwarf white oaks and pitch pines here are 200 years old. Visit the stone shelter, built in 1911 to behold the glories of the sunrise, the sunset, and the stars.
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Whistleblower Protection Without Blowing the Whistle? The California Supreme Court Says That Employees Can Silently Oppose Discrimination and Still Sue for Retaliation
California employers will need to be on their increased guard to protect themselves against retaliation claims brought under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) following a California Supreme Court decision that significantly expands employee rights to sue for retaliation. In order to establish a claim for retaliation, an employee must establish that he or she engaged in “protected activity”(i.e., opposed unlawful conduct); that he or she was subjected to an “adverse employment action” because of that activity; and that he or she suffered damages. In Yanowitz v. L'Oreal USA, Inc., the California Supreme Court clarified the standard for opposing unlawful conduct, and resolved a conflict among the lower courts about how to define an adverse employment action. The decision will make it easier for employees to bring claims of retaliation, and will make it correspondingly more difficult for employers to get retaliation cases dismissed prior to trial.
Under the decision, employees need not state that they are opposing discrimination in order to be protected from retaliation. If the employee can establish that the employer was on notice of the employee's belief there was discrimination (even if never stated out loud), the employee can sue for retaliation. Additionally, while an “adverse employment action” must materially affect terms and conditions of employment to be actionable, the cumulative effect of a series of actions can be considered in determining whether the threshold standard of materiality is met.
The Factual Background
In the case before the court, the plaintiff, Yanowitz, was a Regional Sales Manager employed by L'Oreal USA, Inc. Yanowitz alleged that she was repeatedly ordered by a male superior to terminate a female sales associate who, in the superior's view, was not sufficiently attractive. Yanowitz asked for an “adequate justification” before she would terminate the associate. No other justification was given and Yanowitz refused to comply with the termination order. In her lawsuit, Yanowitz stated that she refused the order because she felt it was sex discrimination (as she had never been ordered to terminate an unattractive male employee). Yanowitz, however, never told her superior, nor anyone else at L'Oreal, about her belief the order was discriminatory. After Yanowitz refused to comply with the order, she claimed she was subjected to heightened scrutiny and increasingly hostile adverse treatment. This treatment included management soliciting negative information about Yanowitz from her subordinates; and increased verbal and written criticism of Yanowitz' performance, including public criticism of Yanowitz in front of her subordinates. Prior to this incident, Yanowitz had good reviews and received sales awards. The court viewed contacts with subordinates to solicit negative information as undermining Yanowitz' effectiveness, and saw the months of criticism of a previously honored employee as an implied threat of termination. In all, the court found that the increased criticism and scrutiny put Yanowitz' career in jeopardy.
For Purposes of a Retaliation Claim, “Protected Activity” Can Exist Even Where an Employee Never Expressly Complains of Discrimination
To constitute “protected activity,” an employee must complain of or oppose a practice forbidden by the FEHA (e.g., sex, race, etc, discrimination). In its decision, the California Supreme Court first reaffirmed the established principle that “protected activity” includes complaints or opposition to conduct that the employee “reasonably” and in “good faith” believes to be unlawful, even if the conduct is not actually prohibited by the FEHA. In probably the most far reaching portion of its decision, the California Supreme Court went on to hold that it is not necessary in all cases for an employee to expressly indicate to the employer that he or she believes the challenged conduct is discriminatory. Instead, according to the court, protected activity occurs “when the circumstances surrounding an employee's conduct are sufficient to establish that an employer knew that an employee's refusal to comply with an order was based on the employee's reasonable belief that the order is discriminatory . . . [and] the employee [need] not explicitly inform the employer that she believed the order was discriminatory.” While a wholly unarticulated belief that an employer is engaging in discrimination will not suffice to establish protected activity, according to the Supreme Court, the relevant question is not whether a formal accusation of discrimination is made, but whether the employee's communications to the employer sufficiently conveyed the employee's reasonable concerns that the employer has acted or is acting in an unlawful discriminatory manner.
In the case before it, the Supreme Court concluded that Yanowitz' requests for an “adequate justification” before she would terminate the employee, were sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact whether she had engaged in protected activity, even though Yanowitz never explicitly mentioned that she thought the termination order was discriminatory. In reaching that conclusion, the Supreme Court found significant that the employer had never inquired what Yanowitz meant by the use of the term “adequate justification.” In dissent, two Justices pointed out that a manager's request for “adequate justification” from a superior could convey reservations about the soundness of the supervisor's directive from a business standpoint, which has nothing to do with discrimination. Thus, according to the dissent, Yanowitz' alleged complaint of sex discrimination was really not a complaint of discrimination at all, and that the burden should not be on the employer to ferret out a possibly hidden meaning.
An “Adverse Employment Action” Exists Where the Totality of Conduct “Materially” Affects the Employee's Terms and Conditions of Employment
In its decision in Yanowitz, the Supreme Court also resolved a dispute among the lower courts as to the definition of an “adverse employment action.” The Supreme Court agreed with the view taken by two California appellate courts, and most federal circuit courts under Title VII, that an adverse employment action is one that “materially” impacts a plaintiff's terms and conditions of employment. The Supreme Court rejected a broader standard adopted by the federal Ninth Circuit and the EEOC (which the lower appellate court in Yanowitz had applied) that additionally includes as adverse actions any action that is reasonably likely to “deter” employees from engaging in protected activities.
While the Supreme Court adopted the “materiality test” over the “deterrence test” for purposes of a FEHA retaliation claim, the Supreme Court gave the concept of “materiality” an expansive reading. Borrowing from federal “harassment” law, the Supreme Court indicated that a “material impact” does not require that an employee suffer an economic detriment or psychological injury. While mere offensive utterances or petty social slights are not actionable, the Supreme Court held that FEHA's anti-retaliation language protects employees from “the entire spectrum of employment actions that are reasonably likely to adversely and materially affect an employee's job performance or opportunity for advancement in his or her career.”
Further, noting that there is no requirement that an employer's retaliation “constitute one swift blow, rather than a series of subtle, yet damaging, injuries,” the Supreme Court went on to hold that the proper approach was not to look at each alleged retaliation action individually to see if it meets the “materiality” standard. Rather, courts should look at the totality of the employer's actions to see if they collectively rise to the level of having a material impact on the employee. In the case before it, the Supreme Court concluded that Yanowitz' allegations that she was subjected to increased unwarranted criticism and attempts to undermine her effectiveness raised a triable issue that she had been subjected to materially adverse employment actions.
Retaliation Claims Are Subject to the “Continuing Violations” Doctrine
Finally, the Supreme Court also held that an employee can bring a claim for retaliation based on conduct that occurred years earlier as long as the employee alleges that it is part of a pattern of retaliatory conduct. Under the FEHA, an employee generally has one year to make a claim for retaliation with the state agency. L'Oreal argued that many of the acts Yanowitz relied on had occurred years earlier. The court rejected the argument and held that where an employee alleges a retaliatory course of conduct (as compared to discrete acts), the “continuing violations” doctrine applies and the statute of limitations does not begin to run on any of the related alleged retaliatory acts until the adverse employment action acquires some degree of permanence or finality.
In order to encourage employees to be open and explicit about any concerns they may have regarding possible discrimination or harassment in the workplace, and thus minimize the risk of there being “silent opposition,” the first step should be for California employers to review their policies and make sure that they have an express and well-publicized policy prohibiting discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Employers should also have multiple avenues for employees to raise concerns or complaints regarding discrimination, harassment and other unlawful conduct. Such concerns or complaints should be taken seriously, promptly investigated, and appropriate corrective action taken. Careful attention should also always be given to ensure that the complaining employee is not punished in any way for making the complaint.
Because the Supreme Court's ruling provides for the possibility of retaliation claims being brought where employees have not explicitly raised an issue of discrimination (even despite available avenues to do so), employers may also wish to be more proactive in determining whether an employee's complaints or opposition to following directions is based on the employee's feeling that there is conduct occurring that the employee reasonably believes is unlawful. In given cases, prudence may require that an employer initiate further communication with an employee in order to determine whether an inarticulate complaint or resistance to following directions, masks some protected concern on the part of the employee against discriminatory conduct.
Finally, the California Supreme Court's decision also requires that employers give heightened scrutiny to the possibility of retaliation claims arising out of everyday workplace actions. Now, verbal and written criticisms of an employee's performance as well as other acts which do not themselves have a direct financial impact on an employee, may, in combination with other actions, support a retaliation claim. Where many employers now have in place mechanisms for a secondary level review of more significant employment actions such as suspensions or terminations, where practical, employers may also now want to consider whether secondary review should also be given to records of any oral or written warning that will become part of an employee's record and may thus adversely affect an employee's performance or future job opportunities.
Nancy E. Pritikin and Philip L. Ross are Shareholders in Littler Mendelson's San Francisco office. If you would like further information, please contact your Littler attorney at 1.888.Littler, [email protected], Ms. Pritikin at [email protected], or Mr. Ross at [email protected].
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When was the last time you and your partner gave each other a sexy massage? If you're like most couples, probably never! Couples usually don't prioritize giving and receiving sensual massage, which is unfortunate because they can be very beneficial. Entering into sensual time with your partner is sacred ground. It's time to relax, time to explore, time to give, and time to receive.
What is a sensual massage?
A sensual massage is a connecting time for couples to experience romantic ambience, relaxing sensations, and pleasant touch. It often involves partners taking turns being the giver and receiver of soothing, relaxing massage.
Most couples rarely touch and when they do it's for sex. This may work for high libido partners but not for low libido partners. Low libido partners need regular non-sexual touch to feel close and connected. Skin on skin contact also releases the neurotransmitter Oxytocin in your brain, which is called the love drug. This is why newborns are placed on their mother's chest after birth to begin the bonding process. When you and your partner have skin on skin contact it releases Oxytocin, which bonds you together. Therefore, prioritizing massage is essential to bond you and your partner. Furthermore, having sexy massages is a wonderful way to bring back romance into your relationship, which many partners desire more of.
Below are 7 steps to integrate sensual massage into your relationship.
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Step #1: Decide who will be the giver or receiver first
A sexy massage begins by deciding who will be the giver and who will be the receiver first. It's important to have designated roles because some people get so focused on giving they forget to receive while others get so focused on receiving they forget to give. Therefore, having designed roles for each clarifies expectations and ensures both partners do their part. It can help to set a timer for 10-15 minutes then switch roles when it rings. The job of the giver is to provide the sensual massage to their partner. For example, start with the feet, then move to the legs, then to the stomach, then to the back, then to the shoulders, then to the arms, then to the hands, and then to the head. All sexual parts are off limits during the massage because this is sensual touch time not erotic touch time. I'll discuss in step #7 if things turn erotic or not after the massage is over. The job of the giver is to experiment with different types of touch, such as light tickles, kisses, light massage, or firm massage. The job of the receiver is to provide positive redirect with affirmation. This means if you don't care for the type of touch you're receiving nudge your partner toward the type of touch that would feel better then tell them how good it feels. This trains your partner on how to touch your body. For example. If your partner is using light tickles on your back and you don't care for it gently tell them "firm massage" then when they switch to providing firm massage affirm it by saying "yes, that feels so good." This keeps the experience positive and pleasurable for both partners. Also, when you're the receiver keep asking yourself "where do I want my partner to touch me next?" This question will help you stay in the "here and now" and focus on what your body is desiring.
Step #2: Optimize sight
We are visual creatures. Therefore, it's vital to optimize your visual senses during a sensual massage to optimize your pleasure. Think through all of your visual options. To begin, consider the level of lighting. Would you like candle light for a low glow? Would you like bright lights to really see your partner? Would you like no lights to feel more relaxed? Discuss this with your partner and find a compromise that works for both of you. Next, how would you like to decorate your room for the massage to feel more romantic? Would you appreciate looking at rose pedals, pillows, pictures of you and your partner? Third, what would you love your partner to wear? Would you like them to have regular clothes on, PJs, or silky undergarments? Think of everything you'll be looking at and what you would enjoy most. I recommend keeping your undergarments on during the massage because this is sensual touch time, not erotic touch time. If you both are naked the low libido partner will probably feel pressure that things need to turn sexual, which will sabotage their relaxation during the massage. Also, if you're both naked the high libido partner will probably feel frustrated if things don't turn sexual. Therefore, keeping your undergarments on during the massage is a visual reminder for both partners that this is sensual time not erotic time. I'll discuss in step #7 if things turn sexual or not after the massage is over.
Step #3: Optimize smell
Next is smell. What would be most pleasant for you to smell? A first step for some may be asking your partner to show up for the sexy massage freshly showered so you can smell soap on their body. What about burning incense or candles? Some popular candle smells include vanilla, lavender, roses, or lemon. You want the massage to be a multi-sensory experience so optimizing smell is important.
Step #4: Optimize taste
Next is taste. Don't forget that a major source of pleasure is what we taste. Therefore, integrate taste into your sensual massage. Think about what would be most enjoyable to sip or munch on during the massage. For some this may be pieces of dark chocolate or sipping red wine. Whatever would feel enjoyable to your palate is fair game. One word of caution. Be sure to prop yourself up on something as you munch or sip so you don't choke during the sensual massage. Talk about a mood killer!
Step #5: Optimize touch
Next is touch. Your entire body is a sensory organ through touch. Therefore, consider what would optimize your pleasure through touch during the sexy massage. Consider what type of surface would feel best to lay on for the massage. Would you prefer carpet, pillows, bedspreads, or sheets? Also, what clothing or undergarments would you like to wear that would feel most comfortable? Being relaxed and comfortable is key for the massage. When you're relaxed you'll stay in your parasympathetic nervous system, which will allow you to enjoy the sensual massage much more. Also, what type of lotion would you like your partner to use when they massage your body? One of the most popular options is coconut oil because it smells good, is easy to rub on, and it doesn't make a mess like baby oil does.
Step #6: Optimize sound
Next is sound. What would you love to hear during the sensual massage? First, consider what type of background sound or music would be most enjoyable for you. Would you prefer silence, crickets, the crackling of a campfire, ocean waves, romantic songs, or hip hop? As with all the senses, be sure to discuss your partner's preferences as well to find a compromise that works for both of you. If you can't find a compromise, consider having the receiver choose their preference as they are getting the massage then switch it up as the other partner receives their massage. Also, what types of sounds would you love to hear from your partner during the massage? Would you like silence from them or would you love to hear them make noises to indicate how the massage is making them feel. For example, your partner may let out a gentle moaning sound as you rub their shoulders because it feels so relaxing. If you prefer your partner to make sounds in response to your touch be sure to discuss how comfortable they would feel with this and seek a compromise that would work for both of you. Being sensitive to both partner's preferences and seeking a compromise is continually the goal.
Step #7: Decide if erotic touch happens next
This may be the step you've been most curious about. When the sexy massage is over does it lead to erotic contact? The short answer is, it depends. Some nights when the sensual massage is over the high libido partner may be aroused but not the low libido partner. On those nights the high libido partner can go to a different part of the house and pleasure themselves if they choose to. On other nights after the massage both partners may be aroused or open to getting aroused. On those nights things can move into erotic contact but it defers to the low libido partner. Think of sexual contact as a buffet rather than only intercourse. If the options are intercourse or nothing low libido partners will often choose nothing. Some options to consider instead are some nights you do everything above the waist, other nights everything manual below the waist, other nights everything oral below the waist, other nights lay next to one another while you pleasure yourself, and other nights you do everything including intercourse. The low libido partner chooses what they are open to and that determines what the couple does. This approach is beneficial to low libido partners because it brings back voice and choice so they are fully present during sexual activity and providing full consent. This approach is beneficial to high libido partners because their partner will be more engaged during sexual contact and they'll experience more frequent sexual contact of some type. Therefore, it creates a win/win for both partners.
So there you have it, the top seven sexy massage tips for an amazing sensual massage. First, decide who will be the giver or receiver. Second, optimize your pleasure with sight. Third, optimize your pleasure with smell. Fourth, optimize your pleasure with taste. Fifth, optimize your pleasure with touch. Sixth, optimize your pleasure with sound. And seventh, decide if erotic touch happens after the sensual massage is over.
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Who are you? What's your deal?
There are a lot of people out there, and a lot of those people wonder who they are and why they attract the people they do attract. I certainly wonder those things myself.
Who do YOU attract? Who are you most likely to be friends with? What kind of overall person are you? And, most importantly, what's your deal? Find out by taking this quiz!
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Our "When Will I Die" Quiz?
1. What is your age?
2. What is your gender?
1. What store would you be most likely to shop at?
2. Would you wear something to school that wasn't fashionable?
3. What are you most likely to do around your friends?
4. The people you hang out with...What are they most likely to do?
5. Are you unique?
6. Are you likely to lie to your parents?
7. On the next few questions, pick yes, no, or maybe, picking whether you would do them or not. Okay?
8. Do drugs
9. Read the National Inquiry
10. Gossip about celebrities
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Is it possible to get health insurance for disabled people?
disabled people seek health insuranceIf you are deemed legally disabled and are being paid monthly by Social Security, the United States Government will provide you with medical health insurance. The Social Security Administration, specifically states that you will receive Medicare after you have been on disability for 24 months. Medicare can help you with prescription drug purchases, hospitalization and much more.
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Having proper health care is essential if you are disabled because you will require consistent medical assistance and that can be costly. You should never be placed in a position where you cannot afford to be treated because of inadequate health care, and thanks to Medicare, you don’t have to.
What is Medicare?
Medicare is a government funded health care program that is primarily available to senior citizens over 65 and people who are legally disabled. Medicareensures payment of pre-approved services like surgery (related to the disability), routine office appointments, prescriptions and more.
Medicare closely resembles the PPO insurance plans that most employers provide because the financial obligations are divided the same; Medicare pays 80% of the costs and you are responsible for the remaining 20%. This is a huge help to people on disability because finances are usually affected in a negative way and medical bills can start to pile up.
Whether your disability is congenital or due to other circumstances, you need to understand your health insuranceoptions. Having proper coverage helps you manage your budget effectively while you receive the medical assistance you require.
How do I know if I qualify for Medicare?
The first requirement is you must be receiving Social Security benefits for a minimum of 24 months. After about 18 months of consecutive payments from Social Security, you will start receiving information about Medicare. Make sure you read the information thoroughly so you understand everything completely.
You will need to complete the application process and submit all medical documentation as requested. It is very important that they have a record of the type of disability you have so they can gauge what kind of medical assistance you may require.
Acceptance is contingent upon the information they receive, but in all likelihood, you will be granted coverage because you are already receiving Social Security benefits. In rare cases when a Medicare application is denied, you should follow the appeals process. If this happens, you should be prepared for a long wait.
What happens if I get married? Does Medicare cover my husband or my children?
Unfortunately, you cannot use Medicare like traditional health insurance. If you get married, your spouse must either qualify for his own Medicare insurance coverage or utilize other resources. If your spouse is employed, he is likely to have insurance through his job. Older couples, over age 65 must apply for Medicare separately. You cannot combine your policies simply because you are both eligible.
If you become pregnant, your pre-natal care may be covered because it involves you directly. Since you are already insured through Medicare, there should be no problem with you receiving care from an OB/GYN as well as your primary care physician. Medicare may approve all services including delivery costs. Just make sure you research any stipulations.
Once your child is born, you will need to purchase an individual health insurance policy to cover immunizations and regular office visits. While rare, single policies are issued on newborn children if the parent has special circumstances, like being disabled. There is a common myth if you have children they are automatically covered by Medicare. The reality is Medicare will not cover your child simply because you are insured.
There are alternatives to private insurance. If your income level meets the criteria, there may be other options you can exercise. Call Social Security and ask for a contact list of local and state resources that may help you locate low-income health insurance programs.
Having a disability can be very challenging and quite stressful at times; you don’t want to add to your anxiety unnecessarily. During those days when you are feeling less than stellar and require medical attention, you should have the ability to do so without feeling a financial crunch.
Medicare is an extremely effective way to manage health care for those who are disabled. While Medicare may have downsides and differ from the type of health insurance that is offered to the masses, the plan is a winner.
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Bedtime story
Sleep is good. Saturday, the night Stryker’s Beast mauled me, I got to bed late and slept little. Too horny. Sunday night, I went to bed early but woke up two hours later and was wide awake until 3:30. Horny again. Yesterday, I felt like the walking dead by about 6:30 in the evening. Slogging through the kids’ homework was torture. By 8:30, I was ready for bed. The kids were all down and out by 9:00. The pillows were waiting.
But then, the little voice of the hormone sprite whispered in my ear. “It’s time,” he squeaked. The irresistible force of my horniness started to push up against the immovable object of my exhaustion. I procrastinated in the bedroom, looking at dirty pictures and reading smutty stories. The Beast called to me. The occasional twinging aftereffects of my weekend ass stretching had reduced to nearly zero. I had kept the area shaved and was ready and very willing to put that dildo back where the sun don’t shine. Except for the tiredness. I laid there, internet in hand, and waited for the internal struggle between raging hormones and expiring brain cells to work itself out. Finally, at about a quarter to ten, I gave up. Whatever fire the sexual frustration lit was smothered under the blanket of weariness. I slept like a stone and didn’t wake up until 5:30.
The pressure in the tube was intense and reassuring. I could have eased it by taking a leak, but I decided to lay there and revel in it. I even exacerbated it by rolling onto my stomach and putting my ass up so as much blood as possible rushed into the cock. I rolled over on my back and let it’s awkward heaviness flop around. I reached down and felt the hard smooth tube and the heat it radiated from within, my tight nutsack and the hairless trail that led from its encircling steel ring to my asshole. I still needed rest, but I was rested enough that the peaks of my desire rose above the fog of sleepiness. Had it not been so close to the start of the day, I might have acted, but there was no time. Instead, I simply allowed myself to experience the unique attributes of my life of chastity. Tight tubes. Hormones. Desire.
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Sea Moss
Sea Moss, commonly referred to as Irish Moss or "Chondrus Crispus" is one of the most powerful marine superfoods in the Ocean. The benefits surpass almost every other algae. Apart from its powerful anti-inflammatory effects, this algae is packed with 92 of the 102 minerals the body needs. It includes healthy mucus membrane support, digestive health, thyroid support, healthy weight management, mental and reproductive health.
Irish Moss Smoothie Recipe
- 3-4 oz of Sea Moss Gel
- 12 oz of almond milk
- 1 banana
- 1 cup of ice
- 4 tablespoons of honey
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
Blend until creamy & enjoy!
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Play3r Awards
Here at Play3r, we take awards seriously and refuse to be bullied by peer pressure in terms of our opinion; this means when a particular product receives an award, it firmly deserves it in the eye of the particular reviewer/editor. Below we have a list of our awards and what each award represents:
Bronze is usually given to products/items which although doesn’t particular wow, really still fits in well with the overall ethos of the product such as a cooler that lacksdesign, value but might still perform well enough to warrant a purchase. Usually products with the bronze award are ones with some improvement, would be serious contenders in their respective markets.
A silver award signifies that a product has a lot going for it, performs well, looks good but doesn’t have that “edge” to quite give it a gold award; normally lacking in one particular area which is detrimental to the product in a way which allows other products to shine brighter.
If you see a product laden with our gold award, you know it’s the dog’s danglies. Only reserved for products which combine performance, price and design to the point where the product should seriously be considered of a purchase.
It doesn’t matter what it costs, what it looks like or what it actually is, platinum awarded products signify that it’s the best of the best in its current line, range or field; example, a Ferrari in a car park full of Ford Fiestas.
Editor’s Choice
The editor’s choice award is given to products that a Play3r deems worthy of a personal purchase; one that the editor in question would spend their own money on buying. Pretty much the ultimate endorsement to a product aside from our platinum award.
Given to products which provide exceptional performance in its respective field etc., a cooler which for its price point leaves the competition trailing or just a generally awesome performing product.
Design can be a combination of things, aesthetics, features or a mixture of both factors; design is all about the style and technology being used to its potential.
Value is probably the most self-explanatory of all the awards; it is given to products which show extraordinary value for money but not just limited to budget products, this can be higher end products with features way above its price point.
Shhhhhhh, it’s silent and that is exactly what the quiet award signifies; products which deliver silent or near silent qualities; near silent being questionable to everyone’s ears but in these cases a dB meter is uses to measure ambient sound vs the product to give a more accurate representation.
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Western Civilization 1, Week 4 Writing Assignment.
1. What was the disagreement Socrates had with the Sophists? The Sophists were a group of Greek teachers who believed there was no absolute truth. They believed that truth is relative. They mainly taught rhetoric, however, while the Sophists taught people to be persuasive through use of rhetoric, they did not place significance in the idea they were trying to persuade. The famous philosopher, Socrates disagreed with what the Sophists were doing. They believed that there was no absolute good, and no absolute bad, that each individual must determine good or bad for him or her self. Socrates was in search of the absolute truth; e.g. what is justice? They did not look for the truth, because they had no absolute truth, Socrates disagreed with this.
2. What was Plato’s point in his allegory of the cave? Plato wrote his philosophy in the form of dialogues, almost like plays. One of the most famous of these, was his allegory of the cave. He paints a mental image of men who are blind to reality, who only see the lower materialistic world.
Plato believed there was a higher world and a lower world. The lower world is that of objects; the world we live in and perceive. The higher world is that of the forms that are the models and guidelines of the material objects we see. The forms are not something we can perceive. For instance, there are many different kinds of cups, but they are all based on one idea we have of what a cup should be. In his allegory of the cave, he demonstrates that men are ignorant to the higher world of the forms, and that they are satisfied with the past present and future of the material world. He believed that the highest form of contemplation was to contemplate the unchanging. The group of men in the cave that he created a mental image of, refused to challenge this thought, and let themselves settle with what changed.
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10 Productivity Tips
Productivity is the efficient use of resources, including labour, capital, land, materials, energy, information, in the production of various goods and services. Higher productivity means accomplishing more with the same amount of resources or achieving higher output in terms of volume and quality from the same input.
1. Wake Up Early
Early-risers have more productive mornings, get more done, and report less stress on average than “late-risers.” Early mornings are usually very productive times to complete important tasks. You will be able to accomplish more in the same amount of time.
2. One Thing At A Time
Multitasking cuts back on your productivity so instead of juggling multiple projects at once, focus on one thing at a time by scheduling out blocks of time — or even entire days — during which you only concentrate on one task or one project.
3. Begin With The Least Urgent Task
The idea is to complete your tasks before they become urgent. And the only way to do that is to work on the least urgent tasks first
4. Work Less, Get More Done
Set a time limit on your work sessions and you will find that you get more done. A benchmark you can follow is to limit both your work sessions (60-120 minutes), and your weekly output (40 hours). Working hard is not just about the quantity (time), but about quality. To increase the quality, you need to decrease the quantity. There is a sweet spot for every one of us. Find it.
5. Do Something Else If You Find It Hard For You To Make Progress In The Task At Hand
It is typical to experience obstacles in tasks. Sometimes, it is frustrating that the more urgent and important something is, the harder is for you to make progress. If you’ve hit a wall like this, you need to break the downward spiral of procrastination and bad feelings. If you can’t push yourself to do something, just stop the losing battle and go for a walk. Chances are, on your return, you will jump on that task with unexpected eagerness.
6. The Power Of 3
Give yourself 3 must-complete tasks each day (usually fairly large tasks) and take short breaks between each one to give your mind a break and switch gears.
7. Focus On What Really Matters
Not everything is a priority. Spend some time on planning to determine the most critical tasks that you need to take on. It’s usually much better to concentrate on one or two priorities and do them really well, instead of doing many things and having mediocre results.
8. End Your Day On A Positive Note
Devote the final hours of your workday to some of your least-pressured tasks like paperwork. You will feel a sense of accomplishment by completing at least one thing before the day ends.
9. Define Roles And Divide Work
If you are heading a team, define distinct roles for each member on your team and divide work accordingly as well. There are some people who will want to do everything. With clearly defined roles, everyone on your team is clear on who should do what. In this way, your team will be more productive and tasks get completed faster as well.
10. Practice saying “No.”
Guard your energy and focus closely. Saying “no” is an essential part of the productivity equation. Even when opportunities come, keep in mind that they might be distractions from the work you have at hand.
~ Franz Kafka
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8 Far-Reaching Pros and Cons of the Death with Dignity Act
In 1994, Oregon was the first state to express the legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS) with the voters approving Measure 16 which subsequently enacted Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act, also referred to as Physician-Assisted Dying (PAD). Implementation of the Act was put on hold, however, due to an injunction but was eventually lifted in 1997.
List of Pros of the Death with Dignity Act
1. It gives a person the right to die.
Proponents say that a terminally ill person who wants to end his or her suffering has the right to choose whenever he or she wants to die and should be spared from excruciating pain caused by the illness. They add that this is the same as a person’s right to live, get married, have children and refuse medical treatment if he or she deem appropriate. If the state prohibits this, it is similar to curtailing a person’s right to liberty.
2. It ends a dying person’s end-of-life suffering.
Advocates of this Act say that people who are suffering from terminal illnesses are looking for individuals like Jack Kevorkian to end their misery. They believe that Americans should be given the right not to suffer in connection to the European Declaration of Human Rights. For them, not allowing a dying person with sound mind to put an end to suffering is a criminal act with equal bearing with taking a person’s life without his or her permission.
3. It gives an individual self-autonomy in terms of making decisions about one’s life as opposed to withdrawing life support of a dying patient.
Proponents of PAD express that with this practice, a person is given the right to decide on his or her own if he or she wants to stop prolonging his suffering by being on life support which does not really cure or improve quality of life. They also added that putting someone on life support without consent is far worse.
4. It does not replace end-of-life care.
Allowing a person with terminal illness who has six months to live to spend the last days doing things he or she loves, choosing when he or she wants to die and dying in the comfort of his or her home, surrounded by loved ones is what the Die with Dignity Act entails. Patients can still have palliative care but not in a hospital, if this is what he or she prefers.
List of Cons of the Death with Dignity Act
1. It goes against the Hippocratic Oath to do no harm.
Opponents of the Act say that prescribing medication that will cause the death of a person, regardless if the individual had asked for it is against the Hippocratic Oath, particularly the part where it states, “I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it nor will I make a suggestion to this effect”.
2. It will force dying patients to end life for fear of being a burden to family.
There are patients who have been diagnosed with long-term illnesses and elderly people alike who feel their loved ones are suffering from taking care of them as well as from financial crises for the expenses they incur from hospitalization and continuous care. With a law allowing for choosing one’s time of death, these patients or elderly might feel guilty and would want to just end their loves so as not to be a burden to their families. This issue, along with some concerns about family members coercing a terminally ill patient to request for PAD, is also one of the reasons why some people oppose the Dignity of Dying Act.
3. It is morally unethical.
Opposition against the Act also come from religious and moral leaders who believe that taking the life of someone or aiding a person to end his or life is not morally correct and go against the doctrine of the Catholic church, in particular. For religious and moral advocates, life is a gift from God, which mankind does not have dominion over.
4. It can be abused for monetary gains by unscrupulous individuals.
By making it legally lawful for a physician to prescribed lethal drugs to any person who is of legal age and is competent, family members who have vested interest might fool a dying patient to sign the document even without his or her understanding just so they can get their inheritance.
What Does Physician-Assisted Dying Mean?
This refers to a physician prescribing medication with lethal dose to a terminally ill patient who wishes to end his or suffering by dying at a time he or she prefers. Here, the patient will be the one administering the medication at a time he or she chooses. Before it became a law in Oregon, it was referred to as Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS). However, some groups did not approve of the term, arguing that a person who commits suicide is regarded as an individual with impaired judgment. A terminally ill patient, on the contrary, still has sound judgment but prefers to end his or her. Therefore, the former is someone who needs intervention to stop him or her to commit suicide while a dying patient should be supported on his or her will to end suffering.
There are at least five states in the United States that support the Death with Dignity Act either as an enacted law or a ruling of court. Oregon, Washington and Vermont states made the Act a law in 1997, 2009 and 2013, respectively while the state of New Mexico sees it as a constitutional right of a dying patient to request for lethal dose of medication following a court ruling by a judge in 2014. The state of Montana, on the other hand, does not have a law which is pro PAD but acknowledges that a physician is not to be charged for prescribing a lethal medication to a patient who requests for one.
The on-going debate has been present for years now, although according to some reports, more Americans are now expressing their approval on allowing a terminally ill patient dignified death. Different issues have been raised ethically, morally and legally with both proponents and opponents stating their views on the advantages and disadvantages of the Act.
Whether the Death with Dignity Act is for protecting one’s right to self-autonomy or a case of abuse, there will always be contentions about the issue. There will be varying points of view from people. The pros and cons of this Act is an unending debate. In the end, it is still the individual who knows what he or she believes in.
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Who's the latest in Suriya's Kaappaan
Suriya starrer Kaappaan, directed by K V Anand, is fast nearing completion. The movie that stars Mohanlal, Arya, Sayeesha Sehgal along others in the cast. The latest addition to the crew is Poorna. She had acted in several films including Muniyandi Vilangiyal Moonram Aandu, Savarakathi among others plays a key role in Kaappaan.Suriya will be seen as a chief security officer of the Prime Minister in this film, which is being directed by KV Anand.
The movie has music by Harris Jayaraj. Suriya is also busy with Selvaraghavan's NGK. Buzz is that after Kaappaan, Suriya will venture to act in a movie to be directed by Sudha Kongara of Irudhi Suttru fame.
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Subscribing to a message from an Oracle AQ queue is not out of the box functionality within Mule, but can be done by following the steps provided in this article.
JMS transport
The first step to get a Mule flow to communicate with AQ is to add the following spring bean configuration:
<spring:bean id="connFactory" class="oracle.jms.AQjmsFactory" factory-method="getQueueConnectionFactory">
<!-- JDBC URL -->
<spring:constructor-arg index="0">
<spring:value>oracle db url</spring:value>
<!-- properties -->
<spring:constructor-arg index="1" type="java.util.Properties" value="">
As you probably noticed, a reference to the class, oracle.jms.AQjmsFactory is specified. This class which is found in the aqapi.jar provides the ability for Mule to utilize the JMS transport for communication with AQ. Another dependency to be added to the Mule project is the jmscommon.jar (these jars can be found within an Oracle install, such as SOA).
With the spring bean configuration set, reference it within the JMS connector attribute, ‘connectionFactory-ref’:
<jms:connector name="OracleAQConnector"
<reconnect-forever frequency="2000" />
Now you can define your flow to subscribe to the queue using the AQ configuration:
<jms:inbound-endpoint queue="AQ_Name" connector-ref="OracleAQConnector" doc:name="JMS" />
Advanced Data Types
Once the JMS configuration is done, running the application may give you a result that is not expected, an error: Payload factory must be specified for destinations with ADT payloads.
If this is the case, you will need to add some Java code to your Mule application to enable the consumption of advanced data types (ADT). An ADT can be used to define the payload that is placed onto AQ within the Oracle database. This type is much like an object, but in Oracle-speak.
ORADataFactory Implementation
The first Java class to be written implements the ORADataFactory interface, which is used to describe the Oracle data types. Within this class, define the getters and setters for the ADT. This blog post provides an excellent example of how this is done.
Custom Message Receiver
With the ORADataFactory implemented, it now can be referenced by the next piece of the ADT puzzle. Create a Java class that overrides the default JMS message receiver (org.mule.transport.jms.JmsMessageReceiver or org.mule.transport.jms.MultiConsumerJmsMessageReceiver) and specify this new message receiver class in the JMS connector configuration:
<service-overrides messageReceiver="com.avio.jms.connectorOverride.CustomMessageReceiver" />
Within this class, reference the ORADataFactory class implemented within the createConsumer method:
this.consumer = ((AQjmsSession)session).createConsumer(dest, selector,
null, this.connector.isNoLocal());
Custom Transformer
The last step is to create a custom transformer which will transform the ADT into a POJO, allowing the message to be consumed by Mule. The code snippet below is an example of setting values in the POJO from the ADT fields within a custom transformer class:
AQjmsAdtMessage aqPayload = (AQjmsAdtMessage)message.getPayload();
myPOJO qType = new myPOJO();
try {
AQCustomPayloadObject custPayload = (AQCustomPayloadObject)aqPayload.getAdtPayload();
Reference this new transformer within the JMS inbound endpoint:
<custom-transformer name="QtypeToPOJO" class="com.avio.CustomTransformer" doc:name="Java"/>
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TW15 Electric Pallet Stacker
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TW15 Electric Pallet stacker are generally used in the outdoors with good stability and unlimited service time. Compared with gasoline engine, the diesel engine has better power performance, such as not easy to flame out at low speed, powerful overload capacity and long time working ability. In addition, the fuel oil cost is low. We supply five types of diesel counterbalance forklift trucks for customers. Our diesel forklifts are designed and manufactured based on the ergonomics in order to relieve the fatigue of operators to the maximum extent. It adopts power driving system and air intake system to ensure the working efficiency and safety standard.
Identification Manufacturer TEU
Model TW15
Drive Electric
Operator type Pedestrian
Load capacity Q (t) 1.5
Load center c (mm) 600
Front overhang x (mm) 720
Wheelbase y (mm) 1167
Weight Service weight (with battery) kg 495
Dimensions , mast lowered h1 (mm) 1995
Free lift h2 (mm) 0
Lift h3 (mm) 3000
, mast extended h4 (mm) 3424
of control handle at operation position, min./max. h14 (mm) 700/1225
, fork lowered h13 (mm) 86
Overall length l1 (mm) 1740
Length of stacker l2 (mm) 590
Overall b1/ b2 (mm) 795
Fork dimensions s/e/l (mm) 60/160/1150
over forks b5 (mm) 570/695
Ground clearance of central wheelbase m2 (mm) 26
Aisle : 1000 × 1200 pellets (1200 lengthways) Ast (mm) 2074
Aisle : 800 × 1200 pellets (1200 lengthways) Ast (mm) 2040
Turning radius Wa (mm) 1342
Others Type of drive control DC speed control
Noise level (dB(A)) 69
Steering mode Mechanical
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In 1981, Sri Sri started the Art of Living Foundation, an international nonprofit educational and humanitarian organization. The Foundation, now active in more than 140 countries, offers educational and self-development programs designed to eliminate stress and foster a sense of well-being. While his self development programs have popularized traditionally exclusive ancient techniques, Sri Sri’s social initiatives address an array of issues such as conflict resolution, disaster and trauma relief, prisoner rehabilitation, youth leadership, women’s empowerment, female foeticide, child labor, and access to education which have reached more than 30,000 rural communities. Sri Sri travels to more than 40 countries a year to share his message of social responsibility, and that all great spiritual traditions share common goals and values. His teachings of love, practical wisdom, and service promote harmony among people, and encourage individuals to follow their chosen spiritual path, while honoring other paths.
Peace and progress can only happen through reconciliation and reform. Reform cannot happen out of anger or hatred. We need a calm and clear mind, and a compassionate approach, along with the whole-hearted participation of the parties concerned. The scriptures did not support the caste system by birth, but caste is suggested by professional and innate tendencies. Such systems are prevalent in all the civilized societies and in every culture around the World. For instance, only doctors form part of a doctors’ association. It is the same with other professions be it lawyer or the military.
The need of the hour is to help people realize that being born in any a particular caste is not a curse and that discrimination is not sanctioned by religion. Every Hindu needs to be educated about the fact that many of the sacred texts he or she reads were written by Dalits. Historically, many of the revered rishis were Dalits. The Dalit contribution to the literature of Sanatana Dharma is commendable. For instance, the narrator of the Puranas, Soota Maharishi, was a Dalit. Shaabara Rishi, born into an ‘atishudra’ family, was highly revered as a scholar and a sage. Rishi Shaabara’s commentary on the Vedas is a highly regarded reference book for the most learned of Vedic scholars. The current generation of upper castes is not exposed to this information and this is the reason why, in the villages, people continue to indulge in discriminatory practices.
If the caste had always been so rigid, you would not have many saints, kings or businessmen from every community. More than half of the rulers of pre-independence India were form the backward communities. It was in the last days of the Mughal Rule and during the British regime that the caste system deteriorated further and took an inhuman turn. If you go to any Shiva temple you will find figures of 63 saints. Many of these were from Shudra background and were worshipped by the Brahmins.
Every morning, the first Puja of the day in Tirupati temple is offered by the scheduled caste Banjara community. It would be good to start this practice in other temples where there is discrimination. The oppressors need to be taught that what they claim to be their own has major contributions from the Dalits. As Maharishi Dayananda, Sri Aurobindo, and many others have rightly pointed out, religious practices have drifted away from their philosophy.
It is unfortunate that people without proper knowledge of the scriptures simply quote from the Manu Smriti, which is only a code of conduct given by a king. It is sad that people have discarded the underlying philosophy and have allowed the unscrupulous practices to continue. It is time for this to change. The greatest of the epics - the Ramayana was written by a Dalit. How can Dalits drop their precious heritage and allow a few orthodox narrow-‐minded people to dominate? It is not only the Dalit community who are fighting for their rights; many upper caste people are working and fighting for their cause. Let us not forget that the name Ambedkar was given to Bhimrao Saheb by his mentor who was a Brahmin. Not all upper caste people are oppressors and religion certainly does not sanction oppression. The vicious cycle of hatred and revenge is being promoted for political gains.
For peace and progress, there has to be reconciliation and reform.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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My ASVAB test results (Personal Entry)
AFQT (Overall): 85/99
Mechanical: 67
Administrative: 87
General: 83
Electronic: 97
I just got the sub-scores over the phone from my Air Force recruiter. He wouldn't tell me out of how many possible, but I bet the possible is 99 as well.
I've known for a long time that I'm not cut out to be an auto mechanic. It's a dirty job, and I'd rather build websites. I've been around computers consistently since my preteen years, so that could partly explain why I have a 97 in the Electronic sub-test.
My three dream jobs in the Air Force are:
* Defense Linguist in the Korean Language
* Defense Linguist in the Japanese Language
* UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Operator
Fortunately, I have a gut feeling that I don't need high mechanic skills to be a UAV operator. (I'd need that to be a UAV mechanic.)
Now, as long as I pass the Lung Pulmonary test to prove I no longer have asthma, and get a note from (a) clinician(s) saying that anxiety is no longer a major issue, I may be very well on my way to qualifying past MEPS and going on the Delayed Entry Program to get shipped off to BMT in September.
Anyone who knows me well enough would know that I'm not cut out for the Marines. They're for the bullies of my former high school bullies. I think the Air Force may be the softest (main) military branch. (Coast Guard might not count, and there's no recruiting office for them in Kansas AFAIK.) I've heard that the Air Force is "posh" and has its own maid service in its on-base dorms, so I have determined that the Air Force is the branch that is most for me after all.
PS: If I somehow fail to get into the Air Force, I may consider the Army, which is why I've tagged the account of their recruiting office onto this note. They say they also have positions for UAV Operators and Defense Linguists.
Also, the Army has got a base in the downtown of Seoul (Yongsan-gu), so they're maybe a 10-15-minute taxi ride away from my uncle's family. On the other hand, the closest AFB is in Osan, so they're far enough away that I'll need to take a metro train to get to my families' neighborhoods.
1. I know a young woman from Kansas who is now in the Air Force (she got in there around 2007-08). She has excellent linguistic skills (especially in Japanese and Korean and Arabic), and her computer skills aren't so bad, either.
And well done for the Administrative part of the test. (85 is a terrific score when you're thinking 99/100).
Had a younger cousin who was very good at mechanical things, then switched to nursing.
And there is that song, "She was an Air Force wife/she worked weekends, it was the easy life". (Kim Wilde's Cambodia).
2. What's the military's take on your Asperger's? Have you told them about that?
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5 Types of Tooth Pain and What to Do
Here's what you should know about tooth pain
Different types of tooth pain mean different things, which is why it’s a good idea to know what you should do, depending on what you’re experiencing. While one kind of ache could mean you need to get to the dentist as soon as possible, another one might only need a dentist’s visit in the next day or two.
According to The Tooth Doc, knowing the critical Ws—When, Where and Why—will help you figure out the most important one: What to do? Understanding the pain and being aware of when and where it occurs is one of the easiest ways of getting to the why, and what you need to do.
The 5 Types of Tooth Pain and What You Should Do
1. A Persistent, Dull Ache
This is one of the most common tooth pains, and it’s one you really need to be aware of. Where is the pain? Does it feel like it’s one specific tooth or is it all over? When is it aching? Is it constant or are there times you notice it more? The problem with a dull ache is that when it eases, you tend to forget about it until it becomes a little more noticeable again.
Why this particular pain is happening is also a little tricky to figure out. It could be because there’s something stuck between your teeth, or because you grind your teeth. For either of these the “what to do” is relatively simple.
If you think it’s a result of something being stuck, you should brush and floss your teeth. The pain should ease after doing this. Grinding your teeth will cause a persistent ache that extends to the back of your jaw. In this case, chat with your dentist about a nightguard for bruxism.
A more serious “why” could be that an abscess has formed. This means you have an infection inside the tooth, which has made its way to the root. If you notice the pain is localized to a specific tooth, you need to make an appointment with your dentist as soon as possible.
2. Sensitive Teeth
Another common pain people experience is sensitive teeth, especially when eating or drinking food that’s hot or cold. When do you feel it more? When you’re eating something really cold or something hot? Is the pain short and sharp or does it last longer than 30 seconds?
Teeth that are sensitive to extreme temperatures could point to several issues, some more serious than others. Receding gums or worn down enamel are associated with a minor pain that lasts a short while. Simply changing your toothpaste to one for sensitive teeth and avoiding hot, cold, and acidic food and drinks will help.
If the pain continues, it could be indicative of more severe issues, including decay, a cracked or fractured tooth, gum disease, or roots that are exposed.
3. A Jabbing Pain
There’s very little chance that you won’t notice a short, sharp jabbing pain. The “why” is usually a sign of some kind of damage to the actual tooth, and it’s not going to go away on its own.
The “where” and the “when” is especially important but the “what” is always a visit to the dentist to sort it out as soon as possible. Check the tooth to see if the tooth has a filling that’s come loose or if there is a fracture. Cavities or cracked enamel can also result in this type of pain.
To prevent further damage and something more serious, like an abscess, it’s best to see your dentist as soon as possible.
4. Throbbing Tooth Pain
It’s hard to ignore this pain. An intense, throbbing pain is more often than not severe enough to cause significant discomfort and concern, and needs immediate attention. Look out for swollen or bleeding gums or intense pain when you chew, which are usually signs of tooth decay that has gotten into the soft pulp of the tooth.
If left untreated, this infection can spread to the bone and cause severe problems and even affect your overall health. You need to see your dentist immediately to treat this.
5. Jaw Pain
Although not as common, jaw pain could be a sign of impacted wisdom teeth. An impacted tooth means it’s blocked and can’t push through the gum. This can lead to infection as well as overall health issues. As with throbbing tooth pain, it’s best to see your dentist as soon as possible.
A good oral health routine, as well as regular dental checkups, will help you avoid these 5 types of pain by keeping your teeth and gums healthy. As part of their preventative care, The Tooth Doc in Alexandria uses technology and their experience to pick up issues before they start. Call them or request an appointment online today.
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KRISTINA PULEJKOVA, earthly ecologies through the lenses of digital technologies
Kristina Pulejkova, born in Macedonia, is a London-based multimedia artist, whose practice mostly concerns environmental issues, which she investigates through use of technology. Her interactive works, revealing non-anthropocentric narratives based on scientific data, break down boundaries between man and machine, the organic and the synthetic, the physical and the immaterial.
Thanks to technology, Kristina gives one an opportunity to question the ontology of things, materiality and what art means. In her video The Lizard Gaze (2018), for example, the artist speculates how it would be to view an ancient sculpture not only as a 3D printed model but also in a lizard’s skin. Technology-influenced art pieces all share the characteristic of immersivity and just like the lizard enters a hollow synthetic head of a statue, the body of the viewer is an intrinsic part of activating technology, which becomes their extended body.
While using Virtual Reality equipment for viewing her 360° videos, Kristina puts the spectator in the middle of her works, at the same time keeping their body out of sight from the viewed image. With a headset covering the face, technological equipment creates a threshold between the viewer and the world, opening one’s eyes to a brand-new experience. Kristina’s practice, thus, evokes the fact that the world consists of multiple realities, not only the ones that belong to the human power of seeing.
In her collaboration Owen-Pulejkova, Kristina has been also using the medium of sound to explore the effects of climate change affecting environments globally. Their ongoing project titled ‘Switching Heads’ uses binaural sound technology and film to collect sonic stories from areas around the world at the highest risk of rising atmospheric temperatures. Consisting of a life-sized mould of a head, made out of materials naturally existing in a certain place that after their decay again become part of their native environment, accompanied by a pair of binaural microphones recording the sonic landscape in 360°, the work transports the viewer to locations as distant as the Arctic, for one to affectively understand through senses of hearing, touch and vision the environmental state of things in a given location.
The project Where We All Meet, that Kristina is currently working on, is devoted to migration of eels and its analogy to anthropocentric striving for lifelong self-fulfilment. Even though never directly observed by humans and without any scientific evidence, it is known that all European eels, no matter where they live, once mature, spawn in Sargasso Sea. Driven by their instinct, after unbelievably demanding journeys, they all meet in one place, to continue the life-cycle of their species. Struck by the fact that man-made dams, for example, are constricting these poetic journeys, Kristina through her work silently suggest another thought on the fact that to develop means also to kill or like in this instance to break the naturally evolved environmental pattern, preventing the eel from travelling and meeting their partner to procreate.
For the event ‘Sensing the Sea’ organised by super/collider in February 2019, Kristina did a live audio-visual performance, where two human figures in conversation took on the role of possible eel lovers. Anthropomorphising the fish, through a digitally manipulated sound and image, the artist offered a different perspective that evaded the understanding of the world reasoned by a self-centered subject in human skin. Looking at the animal world through the lenses of technology, giving importance to matter, bringing to our attention the complex.
Words and interview by Agata Kik
Your work is mostly concerned with ecological issues. What is the relationship between the organic and the digital in your practice? What does the use of technology enable you to achieve and what is its potential in raising the awareness about climate change?
I use organic materials and life forms as digital layers in my work, often positioning nature as a scene in which the narrative unfolds. When using digital approaches like 3D scanning or compositing, I have natural processes in mind – I try to think about technology by applying organic models like entropy or evolution. Placing audiences in a space that can’t be reached due to scale and time restrictions, like inside a whale’s brain or one thousand years in the future, can have a massive impact on a person’s consciousness. Immersive technology affords such experiences and therefore lends itself very well towards giving people a different view on complex issues, something that I find very important when it comes to communicating about climate change.
Working with Virtual Reality in your artistic practice, you mostly engage the physicality of the viewer, what results in an interactive experience of your works. What do you want to achieve through active involvement of the viewing subject in the experience of your artworks? What are the challenges that this brings?
With VR and AR, I want to give agency to the person experiencing the work. I believe that ‘being inside’ a work through interaction, enables us to experience real presence – the now. There’s something very liberating in being able to dive into an experience through VR, or having a very uncanny feeling when using AR – both mess with your senses and perception of space.
The challenges of making such work have been around predicting the interaction that people will have with it – not everyone will be doing the thing you like them to be doing. Sometimes, people will try to trick the work, find its flaws or intentionally look in a different direction to the one intended. With works like this, I have learned that I can’t have complete control over how people engage with it, but building solid interaction parameters and having a good story are key. It’s actually very enjoyable to watch people’s reactions when engaging with the work!
Technology enables the collapse of temporal and geographical boundaries. What is the quality of presence in viewing contemporary media art? What are the potential technological developments to art viewing, participation and ways of being present in the art world?
I think it depends on what kind of artwork it is, how it’s meant to be seen. I do believe that there is a certain quality on experiencing works in physical space, but web/app based works enable audiences to engage with art from the security of their own space. There is still physicality in experiencing this type of work, with the added element of democratisation of access – everyone with internet access can see it.
Some works, however, need to be experienced live, in physical space, in a collective environment. Lygia Pape’s Divisor [1] performance comes to mind – you just have to be there, to be in it. If a work has taste qualities, it just has to be experienced in situ. Although, I’m optimistic about this becoming a digital exercise in the near future [2].
Technology affects the human experience of art and the conception of what art is and can be. Reflecting on your past experience, could you describe how the technological element influences the idea of and response to an art object?
Historically, technological progress has always influenced art. If it was the camera obscura in the 17th century, it’s the internet, immersive tech and machine learning in the 21st, to name a few. I tend to use technology as a catalyst towards offering new ways of seeing things, beyond human perception. We live in an exciting time when computing power is enabling new models of art making, within very short timeframes. I do believe that in any art work, the concept needs to dictate the medium, technology tends to be a tool in bringing complex ideas to life.
In your works, you also create a different way of looking at things that evades the anthropocentric perception of the world. What are the effects of contemporary digital technology on human interaction with matter in general?
With offering other points of view, my aim is to open up the way we think about other life forms, as well as the world around us. In that respect, I find that technology like AR or VR offers another layer in experiencing the world, further allowing for a shift from the anthropocentric worldview. In this way, technology embodied through a VR headset or screen acts as an ‘in-between’ zone between us and the environment that can afford the notion of understanding or at least coming closer to the other.
The project you are working on at the moment is a two-part installation, consisting of water screen projections and a 360° video of a dance piece choreographed by Georgia Tegou. What was the process of working with the dancers and the choreographer in the context of digital technology? What did you learn from this collaboration?
I’m currently working on Where We All Meet, which is a research project inspired by the European eel’s mysterious life cycle and migration. Through taking part in the inaugural FLAMIN Fellowship programme, I was able to work with Georgia Tegou and shoot the 360 video sequence. It was the first time I was working with dancers and directing the piece in 360 degrees was a specific challenge. Working with Georgia was an amazing experience, she managed to capture my concept through body movement. We had lots of discussions on what an eel might move like in deep waters and how a body behaves underwater, what would the physics of movement be in that environment? The collaboration has really left me thinking about doing more with dance and VR/360 video, I think this combination is a really good way to show other types of consciousness embodied through dance.
What is your chief enemy of creativity?
You could not live without…
My grandad’s home-made grappa and falling deep into tech gadget reviews on YouTube.
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06 May 2019
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easy searches like tis, you can easily rank for "plumbing contractor" in the searches.
They will bleed your wallet for 12-18 months to rank for a ridiculous search then tell you, "we need to
pivot". How do we know this? We've hired them in the past and this is why we formed this company.
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How long does ranking take?
Hard to rank keywords: typically around 12 months, but with Splash Media, you can likely see results
in 6-8 months.
Easier ranking industries: typically 3-6 months.
It will ultimately depend on your industry's competition - the more competition, the harder/longer
it will take to rank. Again, what ever you are trying to search for, we guarantee you that we can rank
it, andrank it faster than our competitors.
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What is local ranking and how long will it take?
Local ranking is from Google My Business and they are local search rankings. They are separate from
organic search rankings and they have their own systems - we can rank those in as little as 3 months.
When someone searches for a keyword that is related to your business the goal should be: dominate
the local, the organic, THEN the paid ads found on the of the top page. So when people search for
your keywords, they see you on Google's first page (a whopping three times!).
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You are hereRestoring mahogany doors on railroad cars in Knoxville Tn.
Restoring mahogany doors on railroad cars in Knoxville Tn.
Ride the Rambler Train!Ride the Rambler Train!
I recently restored two doors on an old passenger car, that's used as part of a steam train excursion on the Knoxville waterfront. The job called for painting the doors, but upon closer inspection, I thought they might be made of Honduras Mahogany. I'm not sure what previous painters were thinking, something like, "Hey let's just keep painting over all these cracks in the paint." Below is how they looked when I started working on them.
I used premium stripper on these doors, it took numerous applications. Then I sanded the wood. Finally, I put down a layer of clear shellac, to bring out the color, followed by three coats of varnish; all applied with an "Ox hair" brush, and wet sanded between coats.
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When sanding, I had to decide whether to try and sand out all the dings, scrapes, and stains. That would have removed a lot of wood; and I realized something. Every one of these dings has a story. This car was originally an urban transit sort of car. It had electric motors on the axles, and was self propelled. It looks as though the electric pickup/contact mountings were on the roof.
Anyway, think about who rode this car. The mom with full shopping bags, maybe some young children. The old folks with their umbrellas on a rainy day. A group of kids rough-housing after a Saturday matinee. And of course, the working men with their lunch boxes and work boots. They were all there, every one of these little dents in the wood has a story.
For an unforgettable memory, let your story and the Rambler story cross paths today.
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The Danbury Hat Tricks are the city's team, a city that has always had a passion for pro hockey. We've had different teams over a lot of years here in the city like: the Trashers, Whalers, Titans and Stars. There have been varying degrees of success with the different franchisees, but largely the city has been very supportive.
This is not a commercial, I'm just that pumped up. I've been looking for something to do on a Friday or Saturday in Danbury when we don't already have plans and now I have it. You can catch me down at the Arena watching our Hat Tricks smashing faces and bossing the ice.
Now I just have to learn the game and the players better. I didn't grow up following hockey like I did with football, baseball or basketball. We certainly didn't play hockey around here, there was nowhere to do that. I'm a fast learner, I'll be screaming and yelling at the refs soon enough calling penalties for them.
Here' just a smash cut of the action I captured Friday. If you have the speakers up, you'll probably hear some heavy swearing, that was Ron and I. If anyone is screaming about shaving something, that is definitely me.
P.S. Did you think I meant the players had a successful weekend at the bar? No, me, I meant me.
Here's the pre-game speech from the Galantes.
This one is my video but I'm not the one screaming about European players, I don't know if they fight.
Esposito VS. Alves: A Complete Breakdown of Danbury’s 2021 Mayoral Race
Voting in a local election is one the best ways to express your beliefs and immediately impact the world around you but how can you really know a candidate from a few quotes in the local newspaper? You can't.
The paper cannot give you a sense for the candidates personality nor can they show you how the person performs under pressure. A radio interview is a much more intimate thing and you can learn who your local candidates are on a deeper level.
In the weeks leading up to the 2021 Danbury Mayoral Election, we believe we have provided Hat City voters with an unbiased view of their options. Each Friday we brought Roberto Alves and Dean Esposito on the Ethan and Lou Show and asked them both the same questions.
Because the person who goes last, has the ability/advantage of answering to the first candidate, we would alternate the order every few weeks. We did not endorse either candidate, we simply gave an even portrait of the two men, their politics and their vision for Danbury.
This is a look back at the I-95 Election coverage for you to review the day before Election. Below you will be given an excerpt from each article we did with the candidates and a link that can redirect you to the full article. Most of the articles include full interviews we conducted with your candidates, Vote tomorrow, it matters.
You Know You're from Putnam Lake, NY If...
Putnam Lake is a Hamlet of the Town of Patterson, NY. "The Lake" was, and continues to be a great place to raise a family but it most certainly is not boring. People from surrounding communities have a lot to say about "Lakers", they just don't do it to your face.
Putnam Lake has a personality all it's own. "The Lake" is loaded with great people with wonderful personalities that all seem to have a few things in common. This is why it will be easy for those of you who lived there, to identify with the "You Know You're From Putnam Lake If.....Examples.
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How an Experienced Spravato Billing Provider can Boost Your Revenue Cycle
Are you a competent healthcare provider aspiring to introduce Spravato therapy at your practice? Or, have you already done it but now are facing challenges with Spravato billing and revenue cycle management? If your answer is yes to either of those questions, then this article is for you. Today, we will look at how to set up, go forward and successfully manage a Spravato practice.
A smart Spravato biller is all it takes to sail through the complexities of Spravato billing process and ensure a smooth and streamlined revenue cycle management handling. Spravato is becoming increasingly popular among mental health professionals for its effectiveness and success rates. Therefore, it is high time we look into ways for a better, smoother and smarter Spravato practice management strategy.
What makes Spravato practice stand out among other specialties?
Today, Spravato has become a bright ray of hope for millions of Americans ailing from treatment-resistant depression. As a practitioner, how many times have you diagnosed a patient with severe depression and mood disorders, but were unable to help them despite trying more than two medications and other management strategies? Studies have shown that Spravato has effectively improved the mental health of patients with treatment-resistant depression. Both healthcare providers and patients are looking forward to better available and easier treatment options for Spravato in the future.
But as of now, things are not going smooth for those who are practicing Spravato therapy at their facility. Being an old drug but equipped with a change of face to serve a different kind of application, how to bill and reimburse for Spravato is still an enigma for the patients, practitioners and insurance companies alike. This is where the importance of Spravato biller is realised.
Complexities faced while billing for Spravato
What makes the Spravato practice different from the other specialty practices are these two crucial steps—obtaining benefits eligibility and prior authorizations.
Pre-authorizing the patient requires a detailed review of the coverage information of the patient’s insurance plan. Also, there will be an evaluation on the medical necessities that make the patient eligible for receiving Spravato therapy. The provider has to submit all the details on the patient’s disease condition, Spravato dosage needs, treatment history that proves the patient has treatment-resistant depression and other data adhering to the guidelines of the insurance provider. In case, if the review takes a negative turn and labels the patient ineligible to receive Spravato, the provider has to go forward with an appeal process to get it cleared—quite a difficult scenario.
Apart from other specialties, Spravato practice needs certification from the authorities with respect to the healthcare settings at your facility. It is so because the drug is administered based on risk evaluation and mitigation strategy. Therefore, to obtain, dispense and administer Spravato to patients, one has to provide direct supervision and observation on each sitting. And, currently, there are no designated codes to validate the observation and monitoring process after administering the drug, which demands expert billing skills to capture charges.
Moreover, since each patient’s coverage varies according to their insurance payer and criteria, the healthcare provider has to consult the payer every time to sort out the details on coverage. It requires an experienced Spravato biller to clear it out fast and efficiently enough to go on with the treatment in such a way that both the patient and provider benefit financially.
Also Read: Why Do You Need Spravato Billing Solutions?
Balancing the revenue cycle Spravato-based reimbursements
To achieve the right balance in the revenue cycle management with Spravato-based reimbursements, you need an end-to-end solution to troubleshoot all the complexities related to Spravato practice. Be it for eligibility checks or pre-authorizing the patient and the provider for therapy, you need the best Spravato biller to successfully manage the practice.
Being the largest medical billing company, Practolytics can provide you with the right solutions to balance your revenue cycle with Spravato practice. At Practolytics, we negotiate for the most suitable pricing with all the main distributors of the drug to aid the providers with the Spravato buy-and-bill program.
How can an experienced biller help you with Spravato reimbursements?
• Pre-authorizing the patient as eligible to receive Spravato
When you hire Spravato biller, they can help your patient in getting prior authorization to deem eligible to receive Spravato therapy. It is important to meet the clinical criteria as per the insurance company guidelines to guarantee payment coverage. If the clinical criteria are not met, your biller can help you submit a letter of medical necessity on behalf of the patient. In case of adverse decisions from the insurance payer, an expert biller can help you and your patient appeal for re-considering the request for eligibility determination.
Since Spravato therapy is an ongoing process involving multiple visits and therapy doses, the pre-authorization process needs to be repeated every time. Your biller can keep track of the period of authorization and re-authorize the patient every six months, which is the designated period of approval right now.
• Credentialing the provider for Spravato administration
There are quite a few licensing steps involved at the facility level and provider wise, in setting up a Spravato clinic. According to the State and Federal regulations, the treatment center is held accountable for all the elements specific to the treatment process along with storage, and inventory handling of Spravato. Trust your biller to walk you through the process with all the necessary certifications and approvals. One of them is the license to provide risk evaluation and mitigation service, another one is a license from the drug enforcement association to dispense the drug at your facility.
With the buy-and-bill model of drug purchase, an expert biller can negotiate with the Spravato suppliers in their network and help your patients avail of the treatment at minimum possible rates. This way, the out-of-the-pocket charges would stay minimal for the patient and the cost will not come in their way of obtaining the treatment.
• Handling the coding intricacies specific to Spravato billing
When the drug is purchased and dispensed at the facility, the codes assigned for Spravato administration and the ongoing monitoring are handled separately by the biller. Since it demands direct observation and monitoring from the provider, it needs to be coded as per the guidelines of evaluation and management services. It is crucial that you appropriately implement codes specific to the patient’s condition and services provided, and stick to the specific requirements of the insurance payer and local payment policies. Here lies the importance of an experienced Spravato biller as they can help you in converting all the valuable services provided into valid codes for maximum reimbursement.
• Treatment-specific claim generation for Spravato reimbursements
Spravato reimbursements can be optimized by the expert use of code modifiers. Your professional biller can help in increasing the coding accuracy and fortify the reimbursement. With high-quality healthcare records and claim generator software, the claim will have all the diagnoses listed in the order of priority, and codes of highest specificity so that you receive maximum reimbursement in the shortest time frame. It is a win-win situation for you and your patient.
Benefits of outsourcing Spravato billing to external billing services
Are you still wondering why need Spravato biller for your practice? Here are some added benefits of outsourcing the billing part to an experienced biller. With billing services, you get a complete software solution to manage your revenue cycle. Joining hands with cutting-edge technology practice management solutions and electronic health record systems will only boost the growth of your practice. Other benefits include online schedulers, patient reminders, patient care phone applications, user-friendly template builders and outcomes and engagement platforms.
At Practolytics, we hold contract negotiations with the insurance companies to make sure that you receive maximum rates at reimbursement with Spravato specific codes. As already established, we pass roughly 98% of all our Spravato bills every month and around 1000 patients are getting better services at clinics collaborating with us. And, now, with the AdvancedMD practice management system and Osmind software solutions, we are more empowered than ever.
With Practolytics, you get all the necessary assistance customized to the needs of your practice along with staff training and software support—free of cost. Look out for these special features such as Osmind electronic health record system, Osmind outcomes and engagement platform, patient mobile app for measured based care, AdvancedMD practice management system and electronic health record documentation, online appointment schedulers, automated patient reminders, electronic intake forms, Osmind’s controlled substance prescription facility compliant to the drug enforcement administration regulations, specially designed for treatment-resistant mental health practices.
As a mental health professional, you would have seen many patients who have tried every available anti-depressant medication with no apparent cure. Spravato is a new found silver lining to their state of despair and acute suicidal ideations. With experienced Spravato billing services such as Practolytics, you can support your patients as you have always wanted to and enjoy a hassle-free revenue inflow from Spravato reimbursements at the same time.
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Also Read: Role of Medical Billing Software in RCM Services
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Enhance Skin Beauty With The Power of Probiotics
Skin is the largest organ in the body, which gives us natural beauty. It is our external protective system. Skin is continuously exposed to several factors that are ready to compromise health. Factors that are physical, chemical, bacterial, fungal, even mechanical factors are all around to continuously influence the health of the skin. An issue on the skin has a lot to tell with regards to our whole physical, mental, and psychological health status. Microbes are ubiquitous in the environment. We are exposed to them regularly, thus hosting them. Their composition is somewhat complex and influenced by several factors. Probiotic Skincare became a bandwagon. Many hypes, posts, and news have now stimulated the interest of many to explore further what probiotic skincare entails. Everyone in skincare is now talking about this.
There is some microorganism population that offers great benefits to us. Those bacteria populations reinforce the natural skin barrier against the terrifying bacteria groups, help balance the skin’s pH levels, and protect against some forms of skin cancer. Probiotics have been found to play all these important roles to help salvage most of the effects caused by those exposures. It has great potential to prevent or treat different skin diseases which range from eczema, atopic dermatitis, acne, or allergic inflammation. Photoaging caused by exposure to ultraviolet rays is reduced significantly by probiotics. Photoaging is a significant issue since it causes a different form of skin damages. While trying to enhance our skin beauty with the use of harsh facial cleanser or antibacterial soaps, we might have stripped the skin of these groups of healthy bacteria hence damage the skin’s microbial ecosystem. Those changes also contribute to more stress on the skin, leads to dryness, , eczema, rosacea flares, or psoriasis.
How do probiotics benefit skin?
First, we need to understand that there are different strains of probiotics. The most common ones are Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium. There are several other species with specific roles. Just like the probiotics supplement capsule we swallow, when probiotics are formulated to make creams, they help achieve a form of biome balancing status on the skin by regulating the natural balance, moderate the cell’s signaling molecules to increase cell communication hence a well-equipped immune system. This all helps act as a protective mechanism to prevent the bad microbes from provoking immune reactions, thus creating a calm environment on the skin. This immune mechanism complemented by probiotics helps boost the skin response in managing external factors such as the damaging effects of ultraviolet rays, free radicals, and pollution. Those responses help reduce flare-ups and prevent premature aging. Probiotics have a fortifying power to helps in providing calmer skin and control over the breakouts caused by conditions such as rosacea and eczema. Probiotics foster the process of skin hydration with improvement in hair follicles.
The process of repair for sensitive skin is usually a prolonged process that is usually fast-tracked by probiotics. There are specific probiotics that are indicated in the management of atopic dermatitis hence prevent the symptoms. This is achieved by influencing the biological process associated with eh atopic dermatitis. A study by Vasiliki & Mihalis (2019) recently confirmed the role of probiotics species of L. rhamnosus and L. reuteri in improving the severity of eczema by 56% in children suffering from atopic dermatitis (AD). L. fermentum is also indicated in skin Infections (wounds), increases the production of IL-1 4 and TGF-β, and five cytokines. B. bifidum is found to be important in the improvement of Atopic Dermatitis, Acne, which is achieved by reduction of Ig-E.
Probiotics also prevent loss of elasticity by suppressing the production of elastase. The microbes reduce inflammation areas, enhance the production of bacteriocins (lactic acid, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, bacteriocins) or promotewounds healing . Probiotics also help in the Inhibition of S. aureus, S. salivarius, S. pyogenes, P. aeruginosa, C. Albicans, S. Typhimurium, L. monocytogenes, and E. coli growth.
The roles of probiotics on skins can be summarized as immune system stimulation, anti-inflammatory properties, transcriptional activation/suppression, block integrin, reduce MRSA, prevention of TEWL, production of bacteriocins, inhibition and enhancement of gene expression, and competitive exclusion.
Probiotics have been used by medics to achieve greater things in the body. There are studies conducted to understand the diversified roles played by probiotics. Probiotic skincare has efficiently utilized various benefits and processes of probiotics to achieve good skin health and enhancement of women’s beauty.
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Why Unified Communications Is A Better Solution
Unified communications are services-led solutions that can help businesses develop faster and smarter operations. The idea is to create modern processes that cut costs and generate more revenue by using less traditional communications that are causing chaos.
Consumers communicate more than just via phone call these days; they use mobile devices, the Internet, and various other communications technologies which can be unified by Unified Communications. To learn more about unified communications, you can also pop over to this site.
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These technologies make it easier for consumers to access everyone’s voice, video, and chat in one place, instead of having to switch between multiple different programs.
Using a network-based association policy, it is easier to communicate and develop apps across a wide range of solutions. The use of market solutions in customer care, conferencing, IP communications, mobile and messaging applications makes it more efficient to oversee your staff members.
This means there is less time spent with irrelevant features like methods of contact and monitoring of staff.
Unified communications create reliability for users by connecting them to the network wherever they are, using instant messaging, email, or multimedia. Individuals remain logged into the system and the network, no matter their location, offering prompt responses to user needs.
Unified communications offer businesses significant customer satisfaction. The ability to share information, track it, and contact individuals more effectively and easier
In order to take advantage of new technologies, businesses must have a single application that can manage various types of communications from different devices.
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