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Tour Route : Delhi - Samode - Mandawa - Gajner - Bikaner - Jaisalmer - Rohet - Udaipur - Deogarh - Jaipur - Bharatpur - Agra - Delhi
Tour Duration : 17 Nights / 18 Days
Tour Duration : 17 Nights / 18 Days
Day 01: Arrival at Delhi.
Arrival at the airport with an affectionate salutation in Indian ritual and then our spokesperson will convene and assist you. Now we'll progress to your pre-booked hotel. Take it easy as the day is free for relaxation. Hang about at the hotel overnight.
Day 02: Delhi
Post breakfast explore the adventure of road-trip to tour old Delhi including sites like red for , marvel of red sandstone, jama masjid-the biggest mosque of India, rajghat-mahatma Gandhi's memorial. All this would be incomplete without a rickshaw ride, so we shall pass through the authentic silvery street of chandani chowk to New Delhi exploring the rashtrapati bhavan and the India gate. Later in the noon see the sights of laxmi narayan temple, Humayun's tomb, lotus temple, qutub minar, jantar mantar etc. evening would be full fun along with the light and sound show at the red fort. Arriving at the hotel, relax in the sundown followed by a lip-smacking buffet
Day 03: Samode
Post breakfast, Set off for Samode. Upon arrival we'll check-in at the hotel to stay at Samode for 2 nights
Day 04: Samode
Today is the day to explore the historic palace of Samode. Set your eyes on the range of havelis, amazing culture, artifacts, handicrafts, mansions etc. and feel the pastoral taste of Rajasthan. After a history oriented day arrive back at the hotel for your dinner and have a good night sleep.
Day 05: Mandawa
Post feasting we shall progress to Mandawa. Here our spokesperson will convene and assist you and we'll progress to your pre-booked hotel. Visit the major attraction of the Shekhawati place and feel the rainbows.
Day 06: Gajner
Early sunup set out for Gajner Palace. Come fall in love with this city's greenery, lakes, Deer's, Nilgai, Migratory birds and moreover it's flora and fauna. Enjoy your 2 nights stay at Gajner.
Day 07: Bikaner-Gajner
Sunup breakfast, progress towards Bikaner. Spiritual mornings at the Karni Mata temple in Desnok. Sightseeing of Junagarh fort, lal ghar palace, the sun gate and also the largest camel breeding centre in Asia. Later on retreat to Gajner for the folk show.
Day 08: Jaisalmer
Post breakfast transfer to Jaisalmer the hot and dry city of western India. Jaisalmer also owns the tag of the golden city of India due to its specialty of the golden sand. Good night sleep at the hotel.
Day 09: Jaisalmer
Sunrise buffet and we'll progress to explore Jaisalmer city visiting attractions like Jaisalmer fort, Nathmalji ki haveli, Patwaon ki haveli, Salim Singh ki haveli etc. The dusk calls for a camel safari, sunset view and the sand crease which is the forte of the golden city.
Day 10: Jaisalmer –Jodhpur
Sunup feast and we'll progress to Jodhpur. Coming at the blue city, Jodhpur. Check in at the hotel. Stopover at the renowned mehrangarh fort, jaswanth Thada. Explore the bishnoi village in the noon. Overnight hang out at the hotel. Relax in the sundown followed by a lip-smacking buffet.
Day 11: Jodhpur - Udaipur. Via Ranakpur
Post-breakfast on board. Onset at Jodhpur, the sun city. Stopover at the renowned mehrangarh fort, jaswanth Thada. Visit at the Jain temple in ranakpur. Progress to Udaipur, Check in at the hotel; Feast in the cultural location of a sumptuous custom hotel. Ceremonial dinner to be provided on board.
Day 12: Udaipur
Post-feasting progress to Udaipur. Upon arrival at the city of lakes get a taste of the Rajput period by visiting grand mansions, havelis, gardens, palaces, temples, lakes and a beautiful sunset. Lunch at a 5-star tavern and transfer to crystal gallery. Later in the noon enjoy boat ride. Good night sleep at the hotel.
Day 13: Deogarh
Set off for Deogarh village in the morning. Upon arrival at Deogarh, check-in at the Deogarh palace which is also known as the school of miniature paintings.
Day 14: Jaipur
In the morning we'll progress to Jaipur, the pink city. Shift to your pre-booked hotel. Take it easy as the day is free for relaxation. Hang about at the hotel overnight.
Day 15: Jaipur
Following brunch we'll explore the pink city visiting the famous amber fort and also take pleasure in the elephant ride to and from the hill. Progressing in the noon to the heart of the pink city – Jaipur city palace you'll be also delighted to witness the central museum, Hawa mahal and then the flea markets. Handicrafts, gems, textiles and handicrafts would be the ideal things you could pick and choose. The evening is reserved for the marble white extravagant Birla temple.
Not obligatory visit to chowki dhani at the time of dinner. You may enjoy an authentic rajasthani cuisine along with live music, astrology, games, folk dances, puppet shows etc. Feast and a Good night sleep at the hotel.
Not obligatory visit to chowki dhani at the time of dinner. You may enjoy an authentic rajasthani cuisine along with live music, astrology, games, folk dances, puppet shows etc. Feast and a Good night sleep at the hotel.
Day 16: Bharatpur
Post breakfast set out for Bharatpur, upon arrival check in at the hotel. Start to explore Bharatpur by visiting the renowned tourist attractions such as the Keoladeo Ghana National Park. Explore flora, fauna, the natural world and the beautiful birds. Retreat to the hotel for your dinner and overnight stay.
Day 17: Agra
Post breakfast progress to Agra city. Enjoy After relaxation how can one miss the Agra fort? Built in a style of a barricaded wall of red sand stone by Akbar. It also includes lovely pearl mosque, Jahangir Mahal, Diwn-i-khas, Diwan-i-Am, Macchhi Bhavan, Nagina Masjid, Meena Bazaar, Moti Masjid, Sheesh Mahal, Musamman Burj where from Taj Mahal is perceptible in all its exquisiteness. Then we shall proceed to discover the mini replica of taj at the oswal emporium.
« Enjoy the tentative view of the epitome of love "taj mahal" at the sundown. (optional)
« Note: Taj mahal is closed every Friday.
« Enjoy the tentative view of the epitome of love "taj mahal" at the sundown. (optional)
« Note: Taj mahal is closed every Friday.
Day 18: Delhi
At sunup explore the major tourist attractions of Agra such as the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, and Itmad-ud-Daullah's Tomb etc. Later set off for Delhi during the noon. Upon arrival our representative will assist you to the IGI Airport and you make take your flight for your further homeland passage.


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So, last session the IA Legislature voted to allow dove hunting in Iowa. season. I voted yes on the dove hunting bill, primarily because I got a lot of emails/calls from Clinton County hunters urging me to vote yes on the bill, and almost none urging me to vote no, and since it wasn't a Constitutional issue, or an issue I felt strongly about one way or the other, I went with the majority. I did, however, propose an amendment to require non-lead shot when hunting doves , which was voted down, 30-51; the reason the majority gave for voting no on the amendment was that such details should be left to the Iowa National Resources Commission, as its members were better qualified to make such decisions.
So in July, Iowa's National Resources Commission proposed a 70 day dove hunting season commencing annually on 9/1; the NRC also proposed that hunters would be required to use non-toxic ammunition when hunting doves. The Legislature's Administrative Rule Review committee gave a thumbs up to the schedule proposed by the NRC, but overruled the NRC on the lead shot issue (apparently deciding that members of the Legislature are better qualified to make such decisions after all).
Thus, at some time in the near future, the House will be voting on House Joint Resolution 2001, which basically makes it OK for hunters to use lead shot when hunting doves. Between now and then, I will review the large amount of (conflicting) info I have been provided from proponents on both sides of the argument, and I would be happy to consider any additional input from my constituents on this issue. And here is a poll:


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COMMISSIONER of VAT, DELHI in the case of M/s Divine International vide order number:- 64/CDVAT/2005 dated 14 December, 2005, determined the taxability of religious/god picture printed on metallic foils.
The main question was whether religious/god pictures printed on metallic foils are covered under Entry No. 45 of the First Schedule of DVAT Act i.e. under religious pictures not used as calendars and is an exempted item.
The commissioner of VAT, Delhi finally said that "Religious pictures not for use as calendar" and thus not covered under Entry No. 45, such pictures are general unscheduled item attracts tax @ 12.5% u/s4(1)(e) of the Delhi Value Added Tax Act of 2004. Determined accordingly.
No. 64/CDVAT/2005
Date of Order : 14.12.05
M/s Divine International
201, Vardhman North Ex Plaza,
Netaji Subhash Place,
Pitampura, Delhi-110 088.
Present for the Applicant : Sh. R.N. Sharma, CA
Present for the Department : Sh. V.K. Kandpal, DR
The above named applicant has filed this application on 28/09/05 u/s 84 of the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004. The question posed for determination under the aforesaid provision of law is as under :
Whether religious/god pictures printed on metallic foils are covered under Entry No. 45 of the First Schedule of DVAT Act i.e. under religious pictures not used as calendars and is an exempted item?
The application has been made in the prescribed format DVAT 42 and a fee of Rs. 500/- has been paid by Pay Order No. 482712. The applicant who is registered vide TIN No. 07110279335 with the Department is stated to be engaged in trading of religious pictures printed on metal foils, not used as calendars. The case of the applicant is that the item in question is nothing but a religious picture not for use as calendar and is covered by Entry No. 45 of the First Schedule and thus exempt from tax. The submission made by the applicant is as under:
(i) That in various dictionaries the meaning of a 'picture' has been given as to be a painting, drawing or photograph, drawing of lines and shapes, painting of printing on a surface and show a person, a thing or a scene and representation or image on surface e.g. a painting, drawing as a work of art, a mental image or idea and the word 'religious' denoted a concern with the religion or a connection with the religion in general or in particular. The word is also used to describe an object, belief or event which is connected with religion.
(ii) That a Calendar on the other side, consists of pages printed to show the dates, days, weeks and months of a particular year. The Calendars may and may not have the pictures of the gods or goddesses. The primary purpose of a Calendar is to exhibit the dates, days, weeks and months etc. in a particular year and not to depict the religious picture.
(iii) That the products of the applicant do not contain any information as that of a Calendar and hence, are not usable for any purpose other than for religious prayers and offerings.
Therefore, while placing copies of some of such pictures and sample thereof on record the applicant requested that the item be held to be falling within the ambit of Entry No. 45 of the First Schedule.
The DR opposed the request of the applicant and submitted that Entry No. 45 of the First Schedule does not cover the case of the applicant because the Entry clearly reflects that only such religious pictures as could be used as calendars but have not been so used come within a fold of this Entry. The entries refers to such religious and simply printed (normally on papers) pictures as could also be used as calendars.
I have heard the arguments put up from both sides as well as gone through the application filed and the material placed on behalf of the applicant. The relevant Entry No. 45 of the First Schedule appended to the DVAT Act 2004 which reads as "Religious pictures not for use as calendar" has also been minutely seen. The meaning of the word "religious pictures" given in various dictionaries as referred to by the Counsel for the applicant have also been taken into account. On giving ample consideration to the arguments made before this Court, the material place on record and the provisions of law as it existed on date, this Court is of the opinion that religious pictures printed on metallic foils do not fall within the ambit of this entry. Such pictures are the general unscheduled goods and are liable to be taxed at the rate of 12.5% u/s 4(1)(e) of the Delhi Value Added Tax Act of 2004. Determined accordingly.
(R.K. Verma)
Commissioner, VAT, Delhi
No. 40 Dated: 20/12/05
Copy to:
1. Applicant
2. STO (Policy)
3. Bar Association
4. Guard File
(R.K. Verma)
Commissioner, VAT, Delhi
Copy of Order No.:- 64/CDVAT/2005
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The Boston Celtics advanced to the second round of the Las Vegas Summer League playoffs on Thursday afternoon with an 82-75 victory over the New York Knicks at the Thomas and Mack Center.
The Celtics will play the Miami Heat, who beat the New Orleans Pelicans, 110-106, on Saturday.
Boston built a 13-point halftime lead and led by as many as 21 before the Knicks cut the deficit to four late in the fourth quarter.
The Celtics' Semi Ojeleye led all scorers with 21 points on 8 of 16 shooting. He also grabbed six rebounds. Jabari Bird contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds while Guerschon Yabusele collected 12 points and five rebounds.
Former URI standout Hassan Martin came off the Celtics bench and played 18 minutes. He was 3 of 7 from the field for eight points and also had six rebounds.
The Knicks were led by Mitchell Robinson's 17 points and 12 rebounds, Alonzo Trier's 17 points and 15 points from Kevin Knox.


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Sometimes, when I put my feet up after a hard day's man-hating, I reflect that there's plenty to admire about them too, not least their enduring talent for dodging housework. Men are geniuses at this – skiving naturals. They even managed to get an entire generation of women not only working and doing housework, but also thinking it was our own great idea. ("I'm having it all! Or is that doing it all?") So forgive me for feeling just a tiny bit sceptical about aspects of the proposed shared parental leave.
The positives are obvious. Fathers would be able to claim benefits for most of the first year of the baby's life, which would release women (often the main breadwinners) back into work. It would recognise that fathers can ably care for children, too. It would allow families a degree of flexibility. It might even stop – please, just make it stop! – the likes of Alan Sugar mumbling into his beard about the ins and outs of employing fertile women.
However, first it has to happen; the proposals have already fallen foul of business heads. One also wonders how many high-flying men would seriously consider lengthy career breaks. If not, their partners would be in the same position as before and "dad leave" would be in danger of becoming a stigmatised low-status option.
Getting back to the male/housework "disconnect", if the laws are passed, are these men willing to embrace the fact that there's rather a lot more to staying at home than just looking after the baby? As in, boring, repetitive, soul-destroying housework. Would the British male finally be willing to embrace his inner domestic god?
A little while ago, there was a Norwegian study that stated that, when the woman does all the chores, the marriage lasts longer, while modern couples sharing housework have a much higher divorce rate. And this is Scandinavia, supposedly more enlightened than Britain.
The shocking thing about the study is the lack of shock. Men tend to prefer it when women do all the housework. Duh! How many more times – dislike of housework isn't gender-specific. Most women don't like housework either – we don't have a special "love cleaning the loo" gene. Most of us would be thrilled if men took over the whole housework shebang. Curiously, no one ever suggests it.
Even if it's raised, such as with the Norwegian study, it automatically becomes about women either doing the housework on their own or being "helped" by men, the operative word being "helped". After all this time (after all this feminism), where are the studies asking: "How much happier would women be if men did all the household chores?"
I've always wondered why does it always have to stop at equality, when arguably women have more than earned a little "positive discrimination" in this vexed area? Nothing too dramatic – just men doing the housework all by themselves for say a couple of decades. A little playful social experimentation wouldn't hurt. If the domestic gods started feeling depressed and downtrodden, their women could always, you know, "help" them.
Just joking. However, there are serious points to be made before everyone starts whooping it up about shared parental leave. In the vast majority of cases, there would be little choice about who takes the leave and, of course, most men would make superb stay-at-home dads. However, don't men also have to improve on their less-than-stellar record regarding housework? This is not about ability or suitability, rather the willingness fully to embrace the more tedious responsibilities. Otherwise, what is parental leave going to achieve except to plunge working women back into another overstretched nightmare – coming home to daddy and baby … and a slum to clean up and a supper to cook? Having it all/doing it all? Women aren't going to fall for it twice.
So now can we talk about Polanski?
A public figure guilty of child sex abuse gets away with it because of the power of his fame. Sound familiar? However, I'm not talking about Jimmy Savile. I'm talking about film director Roman Polanski who, in 1977, aged 43, had sex with a 13-year-old girl allegedly after drugging her.
Afterwards, fearing imprisonment, Polanski fled the US to Europe, where he's (chiefly) managed to evade punishment ever since. His victim Samantha Geimer, nee Gailey, now 47, is set to write her memoirs The Girl: Emerging From the Shadow of Roman Polanski. But don't expect everyone to sympathise.
One of the recurring laments of the Savile saga is: "Why did people keep quiet"?
In Polanski's case, certain people have kept anything but quiet, crying: "Leave Polanski alone, it was a long time ago, and he's a fabulous director!" A few years ago, there was even a sprawling pro-Polanski petition, signed by Woody Allen (ahem), but also the likes of Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Wim Wenders and Pedro Almodóvar.
Hearing about Geimer's book, in the middle of the Savile revelations, is disorientating. In both cases, the abuse occurred a long time ago but, by some people's calculations, this makes Savile a paedophile who got away with it, while Polanski is some kind of martyr.
Is this because one is a renowned film director with an artistic community on his side and the other was a creepy old geezer in a nylon tracksuit? If so, how disturbing. Bearing in mind the seriousness of the crimes, does it matter that one man made Repulsion and the other did Jim'll Fix It?
I'm only asking because it seems that, for certain types, it definitely does matter. Sometimes, cultural hypocrisy runs so deep people aren't even aware they're guilty of it.
On your bike, Victoria, Jerry's a Strictly winner
And so to Strictly Come Resurrecting My Career Dancing, or whatever it's called. The big story this year is supposed to be Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton dancing like a broken Hoover – encapsulating the exquisite viewer-sadism of watching someone who's really good at one thing suddenly exposed as being really bad at something else.
But never mind poor Pendleton whirling around like a corpse on roller skates. My vote goes to model, and former Mrs Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, for being so brazenly lazy. She admits that her children were shocked she signed up because she's so indolent, she does the least training of all the contestants ("the contractual minimum") and she dislikes being criticised after a lifetime being fawned over on the catwalk.
Being bone idle with a wicked diva attitude, is it any wonder that Hall's first dance wasn't so much faxed in as tweeted (with 140 dance steps or fewer)? It's hilarious and so refreshing, what with everyone else grovelling for praise and promising to dance their little tootsies to shreds and all that baloney. Vote for Jerry – she's the anti-contestant Strictly needs to stop itself sliding into dreary worthiness.


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March 26th 2017 was the Arangetram by Samaya Patel.
Arpana Sundaram and Swapanthi Dance Academy is a talented Bharatnatyam teacher in San Diego, CA. A little about Arpana
"After initial grooming under smt. Sowbhagya (India), Aparna specialized in Abhinaya under Smt. Dr. Vasundara Doraiswamy (India). After moving to USA, Aparna continued with her passion for dance with training under Smt. Indumathy Ganesh of Fremont, California. After many years of intense practice and mastering the dance, Aparna did her solo Arangetram under the guidance of Guru Smt. Indumathy Ganesh in 2003."
#arpanasundaram #bharatnatyam #arangetram


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Rarely since the death of Josef Stalin has an intellectual fawned over a tyrant with the unctuousness Alia Brahimi displayed when she welcomed Muammar Gaddafi via video link to the LSE. Flicking her hair coquettishly, she addressed him as "brother leader" – choosing as a free woman in a free country to honour the title Gaddafi compels his subject people to use on pain of punishment. She did not mock the quasi-Maoist and wholly deranged ramblings of his Green Book – "according to gynaecologists, women, unlike men, menstruate each month", is a typical example of Gaddafian prose. She quoted Gaddafi's words respectfully, instead, as if she agreed with the slogans he had forced generations of Libyans to parrot.
Watching in the audience was Anthony Giddens, whose "third way" philosophy baffled many until he met Gaddafi and explained that "the brother leader" may be putting theory into practice by making Libya "the Norway of north Africa: prosperous, egalitarian and forward-looking". More depressing than the compromised academics were the LSE's dumb and conformist students. Not one had the independence of spirit to defy their lecturers and heckle a dictator who had crushed the hopes and deformed the lives of his people for 42 years.
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What beverage, if drank daily, could lead to a 30 lb weight gain in a year? Watch my today's 9NEWS (KUSA) segment to find out!
How Much Sugar is in Your Drink?
The 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that the daily intake of calories from added sugars not exceed 10% of total calories. Easy, right? Wrong! Sugar-sweetened beverages are a significant sources of added sugars in the diet of U.S. adults and account for approximately one third of added sugar consumption. To top it off, research shows that consumption of sugar sweetened beverages may be the single largest driver of obesity. So how much sugar are we really getting from beverages?
Starbucks Chai Tea Latte (16 oz) = 42 gm or 10.5 tsp
Gatorade (20 oz) = 34 gm or 8.5 tsp
Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice (16 oz) = 53 gm or 13.5 tsp
Mountain Dew (20 oz) = 77 gm or 19.25 tsp
Vitamin Water (20 oz) = 32 gm or 8 tsp
Rock Star (16 oz) = 64 gm or 16 tsp
**1 tsp = 4 gm sugar = 1 sugar cube
So what are some better substitutions if I'm looking for a change from water?
Infused water = 0 gm or 0 tsp
La Croix = 0 gm or 0 tsp
Unsweetened Tea= 0 gm or 0 tsp
Guess it isn't so easy to keep sugars within 10% of our daily calories after all! To put it into perspective, adding one 20 oz Mountain Dew to your diet every day for a year would lead to a 30 lb wt gain! So stick with beverages like water, seltzer water, and infused water.


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|Karen Isaacs reel
I presented an animation reel from a top DreamWorks pro the other day, and just to show that I'm not a corporate elitist (but, more importantly, because this is a good reel), I am going to go the other route with this by giving an unknown animator (at least to me) a chance for exposure. I like this artist's clean style.
The reel was done, the animator says, on Autodesk Maya software. That is pretty good software that has only been out for about six months. This shows what you can do these days with off-the-shelf software. Don't kid yourself - this is professional-quality software, and quite a pricey subscription. I'll let you judge whether the reel is professional quality animation.
The artist is Karen Isaacs, and she seems to have some skillz. If you really like this, you can track her down here or here.
Will she remember the people who helped her on the way up when she's running DreamWorks? Pshaw.
|Karen Isaacs


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Where the South Santee River dumps into the Atlantic ocean. This Wildlife Management Area is home to many migratory birds, resident alligators, and a typical variety of Lowcountry Natural beauties. About 50 minutes from Downtown Charleston makes this reserve perfect for a day trip to see the sun come up and watch in awe the many species that call this place home.
the next time you look up to the stars, imagine that if not for gravity pulling you towards earth, you would fall out into the vastness of our universe
A budding selection of photography. More shots to come!
It's your special day, make sure you remember it.
In December of 2014 I visited a farm we are connected to through my families coffee roasting company. Our goal for the trip was to meet the new head of the farm. He would be overseeing the next years crop production. It was a wonderful experience.
Located in the ACE Basin (The Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto Basin is one of the largest undeveloped estuaries along the Atlantic Coast of the United States.)
Back in early 2014, a couple buddies and I ventured out into the woods of Northeast Georgia durning February. It was one of the colder backpacking trips I've experienced. I'm talking about ice forming on your sleeping back in the middle of the night...inside the tent. It was a hell of a trip. Lots of fun and the scenery was just spectacular.
A lot of great photos come from road trips. No better way to catch the best light than from on the road.
Senior Photos
Photographs, mostly architecture and street stills, from Boston summer of 2014
a collection of eye catching structures
light in motion, motion in light
The ever-intriguing city of Asheville, North Carolina USA.
Black and White Photographs from Badlands National Park in South Dakota.
A collection of images from Francis Beidler Forest in Harleyville, SC. Here, 1,000-year-old trees and native wildlife abound in a pristine sanctuary that has been untouched for millennia. A 1.75-mile self-guided tour along the boardwalk trail allows visitors the chance to safely venture deep into the heart of the swamp... to experience the peace and serenity that have characterized the area for centuries... to hear the sounds of bird and bug and breeze that have echoed through the trees for ages... to take a relaxing and informative walk back into time... to see a swamp the way nature intended. (source)
The Holy City in the middle of the South Carolina Coast.
Weekend surfing near Jacksonville, FL
The Francis Marion is a forest literally steeped in history. Today the Francis Marion National Forest remains a lush landscape of pine stands and wildlife-filledswamps and marshes shaded by towering bald cypress trees.
Photographs from my experience at Bonnaroo 2014
Caught some hackysack in boston
classic sculptures accompanied by many types of flora.
prime wine country in germany. shale lines the canyon-like river sides, making great vineyard conditions. beautiful old architecture in these homes. makes for a great vacation.


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What do you picture when you hear "Natural Parenting"?
When I hear the term "Natural Parenting," I think of a parent invited over to share a meal saying, "Oh, we don't eat any of those processed chemicals. Do you know know if this veg is a Monsanto crop? We'll just eat our sea weed and GMO free almond butter."
Now, I'm actually all for natural fuel for our bodies (I can make fun of myself too), but Natural Parenting is a whole different thing for me.
I'm just going to start at the outer most level because that's where most people are repelled by the term. My Natural Parenting does not carry the air of judgement and condescension that is often associated with it. You do you. I'll buy organic and eat In N' Out. But we are hippies, which means I choose to hold peace and love at the core of my being. This looks like lots of smiles and hugs.
Okay, there is a layer to this whole Natural Parenting thing that involves food. I'll admit, this is probably the area where I am least natural in my parenting due to a lack of good cooking skills. But I do my best and I'm always trying to learn more. Hey, I can't excel at everything. 😉 In a perfect world, we would eat nothing but organic vegetables from our backyard garden that we tend with nothing but our hands, rain water, and nymph magic, sure. But that is just not the heart of Natural Parenting to me.
This is the other most commonly recognized aspect of Natural Parenting – we're tree huggers. This is true. We are passionate about living harmoniously with our planet. I vote with these ideals in mind and try to make choices, big and small, with an ecological perspective of conservation and balance. Just as important as our choices today, we raise our children with a strong connection to the natural world that fosters gratitude and awareness of our impact. That said, I don't live off the grid in a yurt (though yurts are super cool – mad love if you do).
We trust our bodies to do what millions of years of evolution have designed us to successful do. We listen to our bodies and we honor their needs and grant our children the same. Think natural birth, full term breastfeeding on cue and in public, kangaroo care/babywearing, eating nutrition rich foods, sleeping when tired until rested in connection, fitness, and relying on our immune systems.
Speaking of immune systems, I take medicine when I need to, but I don't pop a pill at the slightest twinge of discomfort. Good nutrition, exercise, and rest go a long way in the health department. But the day my son broke his leg, I gave him a pain med and had it casted. When my son's asthma is flaring, we use the nebulizer. Natural Parenting is not a reliance on back woods faith healing. Citrus essential oil does help calm nausea, but it's not going to cure cancer. I have tremendous gratitude for modern medicine when we need it. But we don't over use and abuse pharmacology like so many.
Natural Parenting is not anti technology. I am a parenting coach to hundreds of families around the world through my laptop. My children have the whole world's knowledge at their fingertips through their iPads. That is a huge piece in their educational journey. But we don't sleep with our devices charging next to our heads and we are cognizant of how screens can become a black hole for some. I think there are two concerns around technology from a natural parenting perspective: the hazard to the planet and our bodies and the potential for a lack of presence in our lives and with our children. It might be true that some Natural Parenting families prefer no technology – to each their own (yet they are taking photos and posting them on their blogs to document said lifestyle), but that is not what Natural Parenting is about for me. And I'm taking it back, remember?
I think the related issue here is a reputation for anti-intellectualism. I consider myself pretty fiercely intellectual. What I mean by that is not that I am necessarily intelligent but that I am a devourer of new knowledge. I look in the face of all research and new communal understandings or developments fearlessly and if something doesn't confirm a previously held belief, I examine all the angles ferociously. Natural Parenting is not ignorant parenting. Interestingly, after nearly two decades of this pursuit, this is the path on which I have philosophically landed.
Now we're getting to the good stuff. This is what Natural Parenting is all about for me.
Sleep is a huge piece to parenting in those first few years and Natural Parenting means gaining the wisdom around normal and healthy childhood sleep, trusting your intuition/innate wisdom, respecting your little one's needs, honoring their bodies, and prioritizing long term connection and well being. It looks like co-sleeping and night nursing. It is to embrace the wisdom of our planet's people, our species' evolution, research, and of course ourselves and our babies by enfolding our little ones into our lives. That is how they learn and grow and thrive. Imagine you and your child were alone on a deserted island. How would you sleep? That is the essence of Natural Nighttime Parenting. And it is oh so fruitful and harmonious.
If you were able to release all of your baggage from your own childhood and societal messages, what would be left is your bond with your child. That is what natural parenting is all about – the goal of every interaction is to enhance connection. It looks like treating children like actual human beings (sadly a huge departure from mainstream parenting). It is a lifestyle of family integration, collaboration, mutual respect, and freedom. Natural Parenting is devoid of all the devices, both literal and figurative, of disconnection. Live your lives, together, and through that your children learn everything they need to know. Treat them with compassion – they learn compassion. Chop some fruit – they learn to feed themselves. Grant them the freedom to climb a tree – they learn balance, strength, and perseverance.
We know children do not learn the way they are commonly educated. We know this. We have completely lost our way. How did your child learn to talk or walk? Did you force them to sit down, be quiet, and read about it in a book? Of course not. They had to do it, when they were ready, through connection with you and experience/experimentation. They felt a desire to communicate verbally, they observed you doing it, they tried and failed and tried and tried, they played with it, and they mastered it. How did you learn to use a smart phone/tablet/laptop? Most of us didn't receive forced instruction. We had a need, sought the information, support, inspiration we wanted, and we tried, failed (cussed a couple times), and played with it until it became second nature. This is natural learning (more on this here). It looks like living your life as a family and allowing your child's curiosities (oh the curiosity of childhood!), passions, and needs to drive their learning. Natural Parenting respects what we are rediscovering – children do learn naturally – no coercive, didactic, abstract, text-base, standardized instruction required. These things get in the way of our greatest asset: natural learning, which blossoms from Natural Parenting. You might think of natural learning like Natural Parenting simply extended beyond the age of 4 (I refuse to say into the "school age" years). The nature of human learning doesn't suddenly stop and change at 5.
I'm taking Natural Parenting back. I'm taking it back because it's not a juicing yogi (though I do like juice and yoga). It's so much deeper and more profound than a PETA membership (though I am wearing a Sea Shepherd sweatshirt). When I bring my kid outdoors with friends and he climbs a tree, it's less about stopping loggers or getting dirty and more about being authentic and me supporting him as he plays through his natural spark to the wisdom he taps into on the other side. There lies the joy and the harmony and the thriving. It's a way of being, a lifestyle, a relationship, a respect, and an honoring of the nature within us that we have forgotten. Well I am rewilding and I want you to join me.


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What's a good folding knife to buy that fit's easily into a pocket but still does the job for self defense?
What's a good folding knife to buy that fit's easily into a pocket but still does the job for self defense?
depends on price...but i have always loved the ontario rat 1 folder and all the spyderco knives but the best on a budget is the spyderco tenacious great quality knives at a really fair price
What about the cold steel trilite 4 inch folding blade? Small enough for everyday pocket carry but big enough to defend yourself looks like a stiletto and its like 40 bucks
Spyderco delica with VG-10 is pretty good. The plastic handle ones are super light too.
It really depends on how much your looking to spend. I have bin carrying the Benchmade Rift for about 4 months now and it carry's well. Its thin and i love the pillar construction.
The folding blades are quite useful for number of reasons. Very important among them is security of person holding it. The sharpen edge is folded is the cover and saves the number of injuries. It is also easy to handle and keep.
Please get rid of this person's unintelligible ramblings.
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If you want to know what really goes on in the ladies' dressing room, ask a gay man. Since age 3, I've been helping women zip up the back, straighten their seams and once or twice had to tell them "not without the right foundation garment." It's a special position I take very seriously. As the gay best friend in the ladies' dressing room (none of the better stores have ever batted an eye when a female friend pulls me in with her) women have felt comfortable saying things to me they probably would wait a year to confide in a therapist. Here's the full list that expands on what ran in Sunday's "Top Shops" issue.
- "Is it Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, or Real Housewives of O.C.?"
- "Is PETA also against animal prints?"
- "The more complicated the dress, the more simple the hair."
- "Silk moire makes me feel like my grandmother, in a good way."
- "A misogynist designed that shoe."
- "I want the dress just to be a stage for the jewelry."
- "If I wear this in red he'll think I'm going to charge him."
As far as my time in the men's dressing room goes (gay best friends can't spend all their time shopping with the ladies), I've had more than one guy, sensing either my gay best friend-ness or subtle air of fashion authority, ask me questions and confide their own dressing room dilemmas.
- "I hate my 9-year-old boy calves."
- "Boxers give me visible pantyline."
- "Why can't I wear cowboy boots with a suit?"
- "Are leather pants supposed to hurt this much?"
- Him: "I'm not gay, but would you hit on me in this?"
- Me: "The way it fits you is a pretty good indication you're not gay."
We want to hear from you! What are some of your more memorable dressing room overheards? And if you happen to see me out of the corner of your eye in the three-way mirror (I'll be the guy zipping up and straightening out his lady friend's seams) be sure to say hi. Don't let my presence censor what you say: Who knows, you could be in the next series of Dressing Room Overheards.


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One of the most popular jewellery brides seem to wear is pearl jewellery, I recently completed a product / lifestyle fashion shoot for www.pearlsbyfleur.co.uk for their new website that should be going live next month. Louise was the willing model for the photography session and make-up artist for the day was Abbie May Hopkins. Over the course of several hours, I photographed a range of pearl jewellery from classic and contemporary styles to designer pearl jewellery.
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Lagos (Yoruba: Èkó) is the largest city in Nigeria, the second fastest growing city on the African continent, after Abuja, and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. Lagos is a major financial center on the African continent; the city has the highest GDP, and also houses one of the largest and busiest ports on the continent.
Lagos is a port city which originated on a collection of islands separated by creeks, fringing the southwest mouth of Lagos Lagoon while protected from the Atlantic Ocean by barrier islands and long sand spits such as Bar Beach, which stretch up to 100 kilometers (60 miles) east and west of the mouth. Due to rapid urbanisation, the city expanded to the west of the lagoon to include areas such as: Lagos Mainland, Oshodi, Shomolu, Surulere and Alimosho, which reaches more than 40 km (25 mi) north-west of the Islands. Lagos is now loosely classified into two main areas - the Island, which was the initial city of Lagos, before it eventually expanded into the area which is now called the Mainland. The exact population of Lagos is disputed; however, the National Bureau of Statistics in 2015 estimates the population of the city at approximately 16 million, with the Metropolitan Lagos, which includes: Mushin, Agege, Ifako-Ijaiye and Ikeja approximated at 21 million. As of 2014, the Lagos Metropolitan area which consists of a total of 16 out of Lagos State's 20 Local Government Areas,[9] is the largest in Africa and one of the largest in the world.
Lagos was the capital of Nigeria since its amalgamation in 1914, it went on to be the capital of Lagos State, after its creation on 27 May 1967. Later on, the state capital was moved to Ikeja in 1976.


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In Reply to: Phrase meaning posted by James Briggs on January 13, 2005
: : : Shoot the bucket out of the bean hook
: : : cumes from Joliet IL in the 1930s or 1940s
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: : I've never heard it. But it is very intriguing. Could bean hook refer to something to hold a bean pot over a fire?
: Could it be 'beam hook', ie a hook from a beam from which a bucket is suspended?
Slang terms here! The head is sometimes called the 'bean,' and the nose is called the 'hook.' As with hitting a spittoon with a gob from the mouth, to blow through the nose (hook) and hit the bucket (spittoon). It is a stretch, I know, but could it be?


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Should you lower your expectations of people?
Lower your expectations? Huh?
Have you ever noticed that high expectations that aren't met tend to cause you misery and disappointment?
Last week we talked about how humanity has always had a propensity to define and label everything and how this labeling creates strong beliefs about how people should be, do, and act.
However, these strong beliefs, particularly regarding people's behavior, cause alot of friction between people because everyone has different ideas about what's best.
It's important to understand that what we're talking about here is not whether having expectations is good, bad, right or wrong. It's about examining your thought processes, determining where your expectations actually come from, then deciding if those expectations are actually benefiting you or just making you miserable.
Most people believe their expectations are reasonable and some might say that if you lower your expectations you're just enabling people to be less than what they're capable of.
But, hanging on to frequently unmet expectations will always cause you disappointment, frustration, and strain on your relationships. Even if your expectation seems perfectly reasonable to you, it may not seem so to the other person. If you keep expecting something and it never happens, you are the one always setting yourself up for unhappiness it that relationship.
But what if… You come to realize that your expectations are the main thing that cause you the most disappointment in life and you could avoid all that pain if you just focus on your own business and stop worrying so much about what other people do or don't do?
The second half of Verse 2 of the Tao Te Ching talks about 'Nurturing things without possessing them'
Having expectations of someone is a kind of possessiveness. You possess an idea of how YOU think people should be or how YOU believe people should behave or act. When they don't measure up, YOU are the one that becomes upset because of the idea you're clinging to.
In reality, your misery isn't caused by that other person. It is wholly caused by the idea you possess in your own mind.
What if, you lower your expectations, release your possessive attitudes about people, and instead simply "nurture" the relationships you have with them?
How would your life change? How would the dynamic of your relationships change? Do you think you might be happier?
How to Lower your expectations at work and be happier now
Read the last half of verse 2 again.
It says "he works, but not for rewards; he competes, but not for results. When the work is done, it is forgotten. That is why it lasts forever."
What if you apply this principle to your work? You could lower your expectations by not focusing so much on what you hope to gain, recognition you expect to receive, or goals you want to reach.
Maybe this part of the verse is telling you to focus on enjoying the work you are doing right now in the moment.
If we are always focused on the end result aka the future, can we ever truly be happy right now in the present?
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Tao Te Ching – Verse 2
Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty,
only because there is ugliness.
All can know good as good only because there is evil.
Being and nonbeing produce each other.
The difficult is born in the easy.
Long is defined by short, the high by the low.
Before and after go along with each other.
So the sage lives openly with apparent duality
and paradoxical unity.
The sage can act without effort and teach without words.
Nurturing things without possessing them,
he works, but not for rewards;
he competes, but not for results.
When the work is done, it is forgotten.
That is why it lasts forever.
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"The Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year was a huge success in Rajasthan, which became the first state in north India and number three in the country to have distributed more than 1 crore bulbs. We want to replicate the same success in the energy efficient fan programme also," said Ritu Singh, project manager, Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), Rajasthan.
Under NEEFP Scheme, EESL aims to provide high quality 5-star rated fans to domestic consumers at a concessional rate. These fans are going to be distributed at a price of Rs 1200-1300 per unit, whereas the same is available in the market at a higher price of Rs 1600-1900.
As per EESL's calculation, these 5-star rated fans are expected to help save Rs 720 annually from the electricity bill and if a consumer invests Rs 1200-1300, he will be able to recover the complete cost in around two years.
Even though the PAYS (pay as you save) model has been developed for faster adoption which helps the customer recover the cost limited to the annual savings while the balance is paid by the discoms, Singh said initially the fans will be available at an upfront cost in Rajasthan.
Fans are a primary source of cooling as the penetration of ACs still remains below 10%. In most of the households, EESL estimates, ceiling fans run for at least 9-10 hours a day. Currently, the existing fans consume 75-8 watt of energy while the energy efficient ones will be available at 50 watt.
For the distribution of the fans across the cities, towns and villages, EESL is looking to tap the e-mitra network that it used for LED bulbs.
"For the UJALA scheme, we used the 3800 distribution centres in 33 districts. Apart from the energy savings benefits that this scheme has brought to the consumers, it has also helped the state government to create almost 7000 additional jobs across centres in 33 districts. These jobs included awareness through various advertising platforms, distribution of LED bulbs, procurement of these bulbs etc. We expect similar roll out for the efficient fans," added Singh.
With EESL floating tenders for bulk supply of LED bulbs, offering the contract to the lowest price bidder, the prices have come down to Rs 80 per unit from the market price of around Rs 320. In the case of energy efficient fans also, such a bidding process is expected to bring down the cost of fans to Rs 1200-1300.


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Having a Competitive Edge and Being on Trend
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by Laura van Roij
Not every cultural event supported by governments and wealthy firms turns out to be a memorable occasion in one's love life: Hartford, Connecticut, was the place of such a happy conjunction; the occasion was the exhibition, "the first ever devoted exlusively to de Hooch's art" (according to the brochure), at the Wadsworth Atheneum. The time was February, 1999.I was five or six when my mother took me for the first time to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and I fell in love with de Hooch. More precisely, it happened when I looked at Woman and Child in an Interior or The Pantry. The experts claim that the child in that painting is a little boy, but I was sure, and upon finding it again at Hartford I still am, that she's a little girl. As for the woman who offers me, the little girl, a jug of beer, I knew she was my aunt Emma, even though experts say that she's a servant. The tiled floor, the ocher walls, the latticed windows, the wood of the doors polished by the years, without much effort I could locate them in our house in Amsterdam. No, the little boy is my brother Floris, the one being deloused in Moederzorg, or A Mother and Child with its Head in her Lap, while our cat Scaramouche takes in the light.It has been a long love affair with the Old Master, and in many countries. When I worked in London I used to stand in the National Gallery before A Courtyard in Delft with a Woman and a Child, and when I married an American man and came to live in the U.S., I'd spend hours at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., in front of The Bedroom. My husband used to ask, "What, exactly, do you love in de Hooch?"Good question, which I think is roughly equivalent to (but here I may be flattering myself): What makes de Hooch de Hooch? Replace "de Hooch" by the name of any painter, and you have the question of connoisseurship. I am not a connoisseuse, though, merely a lover of de Hooch, and so I told my husband, "Happiness, you see, has many layers; you are the uppermost, but de Hooch is the innermost: he is my childhood, the happiness of home.""You can do better than that," he replied. Stephen might have been a bit jealous, but he was a rigorous thinker, a physicist, and he was right. Bringing up happiness will never answer the question, What makes de Hooch de Hooch, or, for that matter, What makes anything at all what it is. Hegel's definition in the Aesthetics, that Dutch painting is "the Sunday of life," doesn't help us much further.A year later I thought I had solved the problem using the concept of space. It went more or less as follows: space, in the singular, is a relatively novel idea; for most of our history there have been multiple, separate spaces, and to move from one to another one needed rituals, initiations, disciplines. What we now call art used to be one of those disciplines. When you visit the Byzantine monuments in Ravenna, entering the mausoleum of Galla Placidia means entering the space of the dead, which here is also the threshold to eternal life; that is very different from entering the Caesarean splendor of, say, the Baptistery of the Cathedral. Mythological images allow us to enter that space so dear to the humanists, so brimming with allusions, and here the aristocratic discipline of classical learning is necessary as well. It is redundant to say that those spaces were imaginary: all spaces are, if by imagination we mean the power to picture what we are not actually seeing, and who has ever actually seen space as such?Space became one and singular with Descartes, a connected whole in need of no rituals, initiations or any discipline other than mathematical, just as Mind had appeared as one and singular to the Neoplatonists. Should I add that Descartes and Cartesianism are Dutch, more so than they are French? Already geometrized by the Greeks and then by Renaissance perspective, space now became number, and I thought I could detect the mesh of Cartesian coordinates in the lovingly rendered bricks and tiles of de Hooch, quite apart from the fact that the painter's father was a bricklayer. But here's the gist of my argument: those windows and passageways, leading from the quiet indoors to the public bustle of the street, which are often taken as the signature of de Hooch, what are they but an emblem of Cartesianism? Enough to remember that Descartes started with a dream, and followed it with quiet, solitary reflection in a poêle, a warmed room in Neuburg or in Ulm, to end up with a system which encompassed the universe: from intimacy to the cosmic; from one man's cogito, amazingly, to divine truth. What made de Hooch de Hooch, then? Briefly, he pictured and captured Cartesian space and thought at a very early moment, at that brief moment of childhood charm which, with ideas as with people, lasts only until they are turned into something to be expected and exploited.I abbreviate; my argument was more detailed in several respects, but it did not impress my husband. "What about the lovely light of de Hooch? What does it have to do with Descartes?," he said. In vain I searched the Dioptrics and the Meteors for a clue to the secret of de Hooch's light. The matter rested there for a long time, until I went to Hartford last February. I went alone, for my husband died three years ago. Before I went to see the exhibit, though, I read John Updike's piece on de Hooch in The New York Review of Books (February 18, 1999); I mention this to show that I am not alone in trying to solve the de Hoochian enigma, and because I'm proud to be in the company of a novelist I admire.For my purpose, my problem, Updike's piece was of little help. He muses, "Perhaps space is the secret topic that concerned de Hooch." This is like saying that teeth are the secret topic that concerns dentists; space is the not-so-secret discipline of all painters, and space is where we act, dream, pray, and live. Hence it makes no sense to separate a concern for space from ethics, and I could not but wince when I read, "Such canvases [by de Hooch] have been lifted above the anecdotal interest of genre scenes to a plane of pure painting – `pure' for a lack of a juster word to denote painting as disinterested exploration and meditation." I wish those words, "pure" and "disinterested," were expunged from the vocabulary of art criticism: they are a mouldy, crumbling chest we inherited from the Enlightment, where Kant and others put art because they didn't know what else to do with it. Another novelist I admire knew better. In his Histoire de la peinture en Italie, Stendhal wrote the following footnote: "Si je parlais à des géomètres, j'oserais dire ma pensée telle qu'elle se présente : la peinture n'est que de la morale construite". All paintings are moral constructions which, like geometrical ones, serve not only to illustrate but, more importantly, to demonstrate and to discover.Finally, Updike classifies de Hooch's painting as Protestant. "A metaphor for Protestantism's new version of religious experience," he writes. And this "new version" in painting consists (at least in part, I suppose) in populating Bible scenes with "people we know: a Protestant assertion that brings the sublime down to earth." I am almost embarrassed to point out that populating religious images with people we know antedates the Reformation by a few hundred years. The oblique, almost Chinese canthus of the figures in XIVth-century Siennese pictures belongs to the eyes of most people in Siena, even today, and it should be enough to send Updike to the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and direct him to van Eyck's Crucifixion, to convince him that there, already, the sublime was brought down to earth."No, it's definitely early Cartesianism, not Protestantism," I said to myself as I was driving to Hartford, mulishly, in spite of the dark, sad hole my husband had left in my theory. I entered the exhibit at the Wadsworth as a young bride going into the bridal chamber (at my age!) Modesty and decency forbid to describe my feelings at each of those stations of delight; suffice to say I wasn't disappointed. I will describe instead the conversation I overheard as I was standing before de Hooch's Merry Company from the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga in Lisbon. Three women were standing right next to me; one was about my age, the others much younger. Now in this painting there are four men and two women; one man has just entered, hat in hand, another is pulling a bell cord to summon a servant, a third is playing the violin, and the other man is fondling the breasts of the lady at his left; they are drinking and smoking, apparently having a grand time. Above the mantle there's a painting within the painting, representing the rape of baby Ganymede by Zeus in the shape of an eagle. For particulars about the probable source and meanings of this image I refer the reader to Peter C. Sutton's learned and beautiful Exhibition catalogue, pp. 150-152.Returning to the three women standing next to me, the older one asked what could have been the painter's intention in putting the baby and the eagle above the mantlepiece, and another replied, "Why, it means that when people behave like that, something horrible will happen to them, like being carried away by an eagle." "The Dutch, you know, were notorious for their lack of morals," said the first woman, "and that's why when the Puritans sailed from England in the Mayflower they refused to stop in Holland." Then the youngest one, who couldn't have been over twenty-five, said, "All you see in these paintings is women serving men." Her tone and gesture were not of approval.This dialogue, which may seem made up, I have reported faithfully, almost verbatim. For a while I was distracted from the paintings. My thoughts went back to Updike and his Protestantism, then to my decades in this country. O America, my beloved adoptive land, America of dour feminists and special prosecutors, America which I don't think I'll ever understand; your enigma, to me, is much harder to make out than the light of de Hooch. For the latter I was able to crack. It happened as I was leaving the museum, going down the stairs while rummaging in my purse for the car keys, and it happened suddenly, decisively, so much so that I ran or rather trotted down the stairs and along Main Street shouting "Heureka!" My illustrious compatriot Christiaan Huygens had illumined my mind, and now it is only a question of ellucidating the sense of that illumination.Christiaan's father, Constatijn, was a most accomplished gentleman and poet, perhaps the greatest master of the Dutch tongue, and a friend and correspondent of Descartes. Christiaan was born the same year as de Hooch, 1629; very early on Descartes predicted his future greatness, after perusing some theorems he had proved. Christiaan Huygens' inventions and discoveries are indeed many and important, but here I am exclusively concerned with what's called Huygens Principle, because it is of light we speak. Light, for Descartes, was the motion of tiny corpuscules behaving like tennis balls; with this model he could explain the phenomena of reflection and refraction. But other optical phenomena– interference (under certain circumstances, two beams of light will not add up but rather cancel, resulting in darkness) and diffraction (an opaque sheet of paper on which shines a point source of light will not cast a sharp shadow: there will be alternatingly dark and bright lines near, and parallel to, the edges)–require a different model, ondulatory, and Huygens can be justly called, more so than the great Dutch admirals, Master of the Waves.Regular waves, however—e.g. in one dimension, the displacement at each point of a taut string that's plucked; in two, the height of the water of a pond after we drop a pebble; in three, the periodic alternations of high and low pressure in the air that we detect with our ears as sound—explain the interference of light, but are not enough to give an account of diffraction phenomena. To do this, Huygens came up with the following idea: each point on a light wave-front (the surface of a sphere, let's say) is not the passive locus through which the wave passes, but the active source of another light wave. I must omit the mathematical details; this astounding Principle of Huygens raised paradoxes which were cleared up by much later refinements (today, of course, we have quantum mechanics;) the two important things to keep in mind are: for Huygens each and every lighted point is itself a source of light, and this maze of wave-producing waves must take place in (would not make sense without) Cartesian space. This, I submit, is what happens in the paintings I love, in de Hooch as well as in Vermeer.
Look at van Eyck's Annunciation at the National Gallery in Washington: light descends on Mary, light as an emblem of the Holy Spirit, coming from heaven as grace, making her gratiae plena. She receives it, and only nine months later she will render it back as our Savior. In de Hooch every thing touched by light—a brick, a tile, a nail, a bed warmer hanging from the nail— no object too trivial or too small—becomes a source of grace rendered immediately. What this does to theology I am unable to tell, but here the air itself trembles with grace, for light, as in the verse of Guido Cavalcanti, " fa tremar di chiaritate l'a're." And if you can put your senses to good use (I'd like to tell this to the three ladies of Hartford, but will they listen?), in the midst of innocent delights—music, a little drink, a bit of smoke, good company, the flesh—who knows, the eagle may descend and, wings aflutter, enrapture your soul, like Ganymede.
I am not saying that de Hooch was influenced by Huygens; how could that be: the latter's Traité de la lumière was composed in 1678, when most of those paintings I love were already painted. Perhaps it was the other way around, and the great physicist was inspired by the paintings of his compatriots. In any case, I am happy to have found an emblem, a Dutch one, for the light and the space in Dutch painting. One which I'm sure my husband would have liked.
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Hello, my name is Jonathan Nettleton.
I am a strict vegetarian (would be vegan if I didn't eat free range eggs from my own chickens). I work as an ambulance driver for the NHS.
Favourite quote "Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." "Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last river has dried up and the last fish has been caught, will man realize he cannot eat money!"
Where in the world are you?
Shropshire, England
How many chickens do you have?
Chicken names?
Henry, beaky, cinnamon, nutmeg, basil, parsley, rosemary, thyme.
How do you spend quality time with your chickens?
Sitting in a deckchair hand feeding tidbits
What has surprised you most about your chickens?
Their inquisitive nature and friendliness
What do you want to tell people out there (who don't know chickens as a species) about chickens?
They are the most amazing pets with funny quirky habits that will make you laugh out loud.
How do you know that your chickens recognize you over and above other people in their lives?
The way they come running every time I step into the garden
In your experience of keeping chickens as pets, what 10 non-negotiable factors do you believe need to be in place to give chickens a life that is physically, emotionally and mentally healthy?
1: all chickens should be free range,
2: no chicken should be killed for meat,
3: all chickens should be allowed to live a natural life.
4: free range should mean free range not just a few hours on a small grass paddock.
5: ban KFC.
Sorry can't think of ten.
If you could say one thing, on behalf of chickens in the world, to the decision makers in your country, what would that one thing be?
Please ban all intensive forms of chicken farming including so called free range which are hardly better than battery farms.


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Hello everyone, my name is Sarah Porter and I am currently serving as the President of the Arabian Horse Association. I am so honored to be standing here in front of each of you, and I am grateful to be surrounded by such wonderful, uplifting people. Having the opportunity to show horses has been the biggest blessing of my life, and I am so fortunate now to be able to represent all the youth riders that share my love for this sport.
Like most little girls, a spark lit up in my eye every time horses were even mentioned. Some little girls grow out of that "horse phase" but fortunately, like the rest of you, I never passed that phase. I started showing horses when I was 9 years old, and was first introduced to the industry by my aunt, Robin Porter. She has been one of the biggest influences in my life and I don't know where I would be without her. After showing my first year at Youth Nationals, I knew this was what I wanted to invest every ounce of my time into, from then on.
This upcoming year, I am looking forward to encouraging the youth riders to participate in more activities and get involved with the Board of Directors. I want everyone to voice their opinions, so that we can have a new generation of riders passionate about this sport. I want to have every youth member pushing for change that they individually see fit for the benefit of future shows. This past year, we have worked to coordinate our "Chill Box" at Youth Nationals, with ample daily activities, and organized a "Color War" at Youth Nationals for the youth riders. We also held a judging and hippology contest. We had 8 teams for our first year of our hipppology contest and 25 teams for our judging contest, with over 125 contestants. Furthermore, we sold tickets for a trailer raffle contest, selling almost 400 tickets.
I would like to thank the AHA Committee, the Board of Directors, and all the delegates that make our dreams of showing Arabian horses a reality. I would also like to thank Brenna Whitlock, our Youth Coordinator, Debbie Himmel, our Youth Committee Chair, Cindy Howey, our Youth Committee Vice Chair, and Yvette Howey for always encouraging us and supporting us, not only within this industry, but far into all aspects of life.
Each and every person in this room has somehow been touched by the nature of an Arabian horse. That is why we are all here, not only to make rules and write reports, but also to celebrate the mutual love of our sport. And to celebrate our love of the Arabian Horse.
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Intravenous therapy is an effective way of replenishing vitamins, minerals, amino acids and fluids directly into the bloodstream resulting in 100% absorption for quick and lasting results. All our intravenous therapy blends are tailored specifically to each patient's needs so you get exactly what you need, every visit.
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Our IV's contain specific blends of nutrients based on your health concerns and goals. Commonly used nutrients include:
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Author of Poetry and Prose
I wonder if William Shakespeare ever truly understood the impact his work would have on subsequent generations of writers, artists and thinkers. Heavy pearls of wisdom and an in-depth knowledge of human nature are found on every page and in every line.
One of my favorite pearls comes from the character of Polonius in Hamlet. He carefully advises his son: "This above all – to thine own self be true/ And it must follow as the night the day/ Thou canst not then be false to any man". It resonates in my mind when I consider that insincerity and self-deception were as rampant a problem in his times as they are now.
As I observe the behavior of my fellow human beings it amazes me that a large portion of the population needs to be told what to think or feel, and when to think or feel it. It's as if they don't know their own minds well enough to be able to decide such matters by themselves; and to some extent this scares me. Like sheep they are easily led to a manufactured sentience. Even more worrisome is the question of who is leading them and why.
That being said, I have also found that many people are happy with this sad state of affairs and enjoy living in emotional and philosophical ignorance. Somehow the effort and the risk of thinking for themselves and feeling on their own are not worth it. Complacency and obedience have become the order of the day, they are socially more profitable.
Like actors reciting carefully chosen lines, people from all walks of life are constantly regurgitating what they are supposed to say without being sure of the thoughts or feelings within the words. For example, I know individuals who will quote the Bible for every situation and occasion in place of demonstrating honest empathy or offering constructive advice. When asked to explain the ideas or sentiments behind the quotes, they stumble in their lack of actual knowledge or understanding.
The same could be said for extreme political correctness. There is some insincerity and falsehood behind our treatment of delicate issues like race or gender. If we engage with our peers sincerely, openly and honestly then we will sprint beyond the social issues that hold us back. Instead, many among us choose to play carefully costumed roles and perform in character rather than actually being human.
Of all the intellectual and emotional crimes that a person may be guilty of, I find insincerity to be the worst. Feel what you feel, think what you think, and be clear about it. I can relate more to a person who knows and speaks their own mind than I can relate to an animated marionette.
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cFos Notifier periodically checks new sources and notifies you as soon as something new arrives. It then displays a notification in the Windows taskbar.
Currently cFos Notifier supports the following sources:
Thanks to cFos Notifier you don't need to clutter your desktop with open browser windows or email clients to keep in touch with the world. Likewise: if you need uninterrupted time, you can temporarily "pause" cFos Notifier to have the silence you need.
cFos Notifier supports POP3 and IMAP. Enter your mail server, user name and password for the account setup. cFos Notifier tries to detect your mail server account settings automatically.
Use server:port if you use a non-standard port. cFos Notifier prefers encrypted connections over unencrypted connections and IMAP over POP3 because of IMAP's faster mail check.
You can enforce encrypted connections and also allow self-signed certificates. However keep in mind, that a self-signed certificate can easily be forged by an attacker who then can listen in to your traffic.
cFos Notifier gebruikt OAuth. Bij de eerste opstart zult u cFod Twitter Notifier toegang moeten geven tot uw twitter account. U hoeft cFos Notifier niet uw gebruikersnaam of paswoord te geven. Bij de eerste opstart zal Twitter toestemming vragen om cFos Notifier toegang te geven voor uw account en dan krijgt u een PIN. Deze PIN moet u invoeren bij de input box van cFos Notifier. cFos Notifier krijgt dan een toegangsteken, die u op elk moment kunt herroepen.
cFos Notifier supports Lists. On Twitter you can set up lists of people you want to follow. If you have configured such lists, cFos Notifier can display them in its context menu. You can select which lists cFos Notifier should check. This allows you to use cFos Notifier only for a subset of your incoming Tweets.
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For each source you can configure the notification sound, if a balloon tip is displayed and an optional taskbar icon overlay. If you use many sources we recommend to turn off the sound and the balloon tip for the sources except for the most important sources.
When you open the context menu to get an overview of the news, cFos Notifier will mark new sources in bold. As soon as you open the corresponding sub-menu, all entries in it will be marked as read. To keep them as unread you can open the sub-menu while keeping the CTRL key pressed.
When you click on an RSS feed entry, you open the web page for that RSS entry. When you click on a Tweet, you open the Tweet details page where you can interact with that tweet, e.g. retweet it, add to favorites, etc. Clicking on the title of the sub-menu either starts Twitter, your email client or the RSS feed overview page.
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IC portlets mainly use OneUI styles, however there are instances where custom styles are also being used and this is mainly to align the Portlets user interface with the Connections User interface.
• Install a web inspector (e.g. Firebug on Mozilla Firefox, Webkit Inspector on Chrome or Safari, IE Developer Tools for Internet Explorer) to inspect the markup.
Recommended Workflow
1. Inspect the source of the Portlet area you desire to customize
2. Use the web inspector to inspect markup
3. Identify property files and CSS files that contain string keys, or CSS rules you wish to override
4. Make the changes
5. Use OneUI public documentation as a reference
6. Reload the user interface to ensure the result is satisfactory
Custom CSS files are available under lcaccelerator\css folder of the deployed Connections portlets application. After updating the styles in the CSS file, clear the browser cache and then refresh the page to load the updated CSS files.
Styles are also used to show/hide certain user actions in portlets, as mentioned here.
Follow the procedure below to change the labels in the portlets, e.g. the confirmation messages, error messages, view names etc.
• Identify a label in the user interface that you want to customize e.g. Public Bookmarks (the name of the Public Bookmarks view in Bookmarks portlet)
• Locate the property file used by the component to declare the string resource.
• All portlets use the property file at \WEB-INF\work\classes\com\ibm\lconn\lcaccelerator\resources_en.properties for the labels.
• However in addition, Forums portlet also uses the property file \WEB-INF\work\classes\com\ibm\lconn\lcaccelerator\resources\forumResources\resources_en.properties and
• Wikis portlet also uses the property file \WEB-INF\work\classes\com\ibm\lconn\lcaccelerator\wikiResources_en.properties for defining the respective labels.
• Locate the string key you want to override e.g. bookmarks_all=Public Bookmarks
• Override the string
• bookmarks_all=All Bookmarks
• Reload the page.
Extending/Integrating with IC portlets
Property broker events supported by the IC portlets
The first property broker event is SelectedTag event wherein the portlets receive the tag from the Tags portlet when wired and filter the content according to the tag selected. The definition of this event looks like this:
<description />
<qname xmlns:pbns="http://www.accelerator.lconn.ibm.com">pbns:selected_tag</qname>
The next property broker event is the 'TagsPayload' wherein the tags portlet shows the tags as per the url specified in the event payload. Here is the definition of this event:
<qname xmlns:pbns="http://www.accelerator.lconn.ibm.com">pbns:TagsPayload</qname>
Sample payload format for firing this event is as below:
in the above format tagsURL is the tags feed url and portletName is one of
Blogs, Forums, Wikis, Bookmarks, Profiles and Activities. This event is processed by the Tags portlet and Blogs, Forums, Wikis, Bookmarks, Profiles and Activities portlets publish this event.
Public Render parameters (PRP) processed by the IC portlets
IC portlets process two public render parameters as below. First one is defined as below:
<qname xmlns:qns="http://ibm.connections.com/portlet">qns:connectionsPOC</qname>
The next PRP processed by IC Portlets is connectionsCOMMROLE which is defined as below:
<qname xmlns:qns="http://ibm.connections.com/portlet">qns:connectionsCOMMROLE</qname>
• NON_MEMBER@communityID
• member@communityID
• owner@communityID
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