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I'm so happy you found your way here to my Holistic Life Therapy services!
I want you to get to know me so below are some cliff notes for you.
Dive in & Enjoy.
Hello, I'm Amy Fiedler (pronounced Feed-ler)
I am a Certified Holistic Life Coach and Reiki Master Practitioner. I provide Holistic Life Therapy services for emotional and behavioral guidance and support. Through my personal struggles and transformation, over a decade of spiritual mentorship and formal educational training and certification, it is with intention I provide you emotional clarity. To support you in healing pain, trauma(s), unhealthy behavior patterns and finding balance in your life.
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I am a dog mom to Dewey, my Pomeranian.
I worked as a fashion wardrobe styling assistant in NYC after college.
I was a nanny for 7 boys.
I struggled with severe anxiety, depression and OCD in my teenage years.
I competitively danced for 15 years and was a dance team co-captain in college.
I was born and raised in New Jersey.
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- Restaurant: 21212
- Chef: Paul Kitching
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Cost: £68/person + wine + service
- Jelly Good Food Rating: 9/10
Shortly before a trip to Edinburgh, I saw on twitter that 21212 had just received its fourth Rosette. I phoned them up to see if they had any spare tables. The very polite lady on the end of the phone informed me that they'd just had a cancellation, and that they would be able to accommodate me at 9:30pm, if that was suiting. I jumped at at the table, and had a thoroughly enjoyable meal, accompanied by some great service.
21212 is a restaurant with an interesting concept. 5 courses, a choice of 2 to being with, then 1 fixed, then a choice of 2 – and so on. 5 courses costs £68 per person. The wine list is pretty big and varied, however the wines are slightly more expensive than I would normally expect to pay. We had a bottle of 2006 Australian d'arenberg Shiraz.
I knew beforehand, that this Michelin Star chef, Paul Kitching, was known for having a lot of components to his dishes – sometimes as many as 13. This can lead to some very interesting flavours in dishes – with every mouthful tasting different.
I've read a couple of mixed reviews of 21212, with people saying that the dished are too complicated, but I found the dishes really well executed and totally charming. The fact that every mouthful was slightly different, with too many ingredients to last the whole dish was nice. Really well executed, and cooked to perfection.
One thing I would say stood out as particularly nice with 21212 was the exceptional service. Almost informal, yet very well informed staff & very efficient at all times. Also it always nice to see enthusiasm in the staff about the food they're serving.
I would definitely eat here again, and would recommend it to others – it's not even that expensive!

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So check this…I make all of this art, and then months later it finally gets finished, scanned and put on the blog. And I rarely post it in the order I originally made it. Because a lot of times God designs it that way. For example this week's pieces. I saw that theme of BE so I decided what order they should be in, started writing, and connecting each one to what is going on right now. And then I came to this one.
Do you see those sun shapes? Do you see the white glowing in the letters? All that LIGHT? My call that all I want is to BE in that LIGHT with God??? Maybe I am just getting emotional writing today (because I am crying as I type this)…but I don't think so.
To me, this is the BEST part about the Bible and faith–it is GOD, living and breathing, speaking to us each day through His words and works. And I just want to be a part of that so badly!
And then when I see evidence of Him working it just makes my heart burst with warmth and light and it spills out my eyes. It can be hard to be His light and beacon–we might still feel like that hot mess. But He truly does hear and see us. He truly does reward those who call on Him.
I hope that you believe this too. I hope that you are looking for Him. Being with Him. Letting Him fill you with His light and then shining it bright to others.
Christ's peace be with you all.


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Economic Reports
Economic Growth & Income
Personal income for December was better than expected at up 0.4% on the month and 4.11% year over year. Wages and salaries were up 0.5%. Unfortunately, that rate of rise is not even up to the lower end of the range we've seen in past expansions when 5% income growth was a precursor to recession. Still, it is, sadly, about average for this expansion.
Two items in this category of greater concern are the savings rate and productivity. The savings rage has been falling steadily since late 2015, now down 25% year over year. At 2.5% the savings rate is now down to the level that prevailed just prior to the last recession. I suppose it could be that people are so confident in the economy they don't feel the need to save but that has never been the case in the past.
Productivity growth for the 4th quarter turned out to be not growth at all but rather a negative 0.1%. And productivity growth is related to investment which is a function of savings which as we just saw is not that great. And don't even get me started on the giant dissavings that is the recent budget deal. Trumponomics, like the man responsible for it, is full of contradictions.
All the sentiment based production reports of the last two weeks were positive. The ISM reports were both near 60 with new orders even higher, the manufacturing version at a 10 year high. The Chicago PMI and Dallas Fed manufacturing survey were also better than expected with the Chicago report showing a 6 year high for the employment component.
Consumption & Distribution
Consumer spending, up 0.4%, was slightly less than expected in December but November was revised higher from 0.6% to 0.8%. Still at roughly 4.5% year over year, the rate is at the low end of what we've seen in previous expansions. More disconcerting to me is that it took a huge surge in consumer credit to make it happen. November and December together saw a nearly $50 billion rise in consumer credit, a stunning number. Some of that is due to new car loans for hurricane replacement vehicles but credit cards saw a significant rise too.
Wholesale inventories rose 0.4% in December and nearly 4% year over year. Still, wholesale sales were also better than expected, up 9% year over year as the inventory/sales ratio fell again to 1.22. That is still somewhat elevated though and I'd like to see it continue to come down. With a big chunk of the inventory build in autos though I wonder if this will continue as auto sales appear to have peaked after the Houston surge. But for now, this was a good report.
Factory orders were better than expected, up 1.7% month to month and 8.4% year over year. Core capital goods orders were, however, revised lower.
In bad news for the Q4 GDP report, the trade deficit was reported to have risen in December. Imports and exports were both up, the former led by consumer goods and the latter by capital goods. Again, as I've pointed out before, a bigger trade deficit reduces GDP but it isn't actually a sign of economic slowdown. The only time we've had a near balanced trade account in recent decades is during recession when imports fall. Somehow I don't think that's what President Trump has in mind when he talks about reducing the trade deficit.
The most popular explanation for the recent stock market selloff is that the wage component of the recent employment report engendered inflation fears. I suppose that could have been a contributing factor but I don't really subscribe to that theory. I'll discuss the employment report below but the bottom line is that there were too many distortions in that report to take the threat of wage push inflation seriously. Besides, there is no evidence – despite decades of trying to prove a link by economists like Janet Yellen – that wage inflation is connected to general inflation.
And there is little evidence of even wage pressure with unit labor costs up just 1.3% year over year. The employment cost index is rising at a more rapid rate (2.6%) but that is due primarily to rising benefits cost – healthcare costs.
More general inflation is among the missing as well with the PCE deflator up just 1.7% year over year with the core up 1.5%. Official farm prices show a recovery of 4.4% but farmers are still hurting from previous deflation and inventories remain fairly high.
One area we do have inflation, and have for some time, is in housing. The Case Shiller home price index continued its steady march higher up 0.7% month to month and 6.4% year over year in November. With interest rates also up, it would be logical to see a slowdown soon.
The employment report did show an increase of 200k jobs in December and those notorious average hourly earnings were up 2.9% year over year, supposedly the trigger for stock market selling. But with fewer hours worked, weekly earnings were actually down so I don't really see much of a problem. Despite the better than expected 200k jobs the general trend for employment growth is still down although it remains positive for now. On the other hand the JOLTS report showed another drop in job openings the 3rd such drop in the last 5 months, a disturbing trend for anyone bullish on the economy. Challenger also reported a month to month rise in layoffs at 44653 but that was less than the same month last year so maybe not that concerning just yet. Jobless claims – probably more important for investors as a canary in the coalmine – continue to track at levels not seen since the 1970s. I am beginning to wonder though if that might not be partially due to what has been called the gig economy. You can't file for unemployment benefits if you aren't an employee. It may be that unemployment claims are no longer a good early indicator for the economy.
Construction spending was up 0.7% in December and 2.6% for the full year. The increase over the last year is entirely due to residential construction with non-residential down 2.5% year over year.
Both Consumer Sentiment and Consumer Confidence were better than expected and continue to print near the highs for this cycle.
Market Indicators
10 Year Treasury Note Yield
The 10 Treasury note yield was just resting when I wrote the update two weeks ago. Almost immediately after I wrote that report, the yield started to rise again and is now threatening the 3% level last seen at the beginning of 2014. Will it break out? I don't know obviously but we get a CPI report Wednesday that would seem to be fairly important. With speculators holding large short positions in the futures market I'd probably wager on lower yields in the immediate future. But you never know; the crowd can be right longer than you think.
One thing that stands out about this move is that it was driven by a rise in real interest rates, as you'll see below. That is, contrary to the narrative about wages, the selloff in bonds was driven by changes in real growth expectations, not inflation. Of the 150 basis point rise in the 10 year Treasury yield since the bottom in July 2016, the majority is now due to the change in real rates.
CBOE 10 Year US Treasury Yield Index, Apr 2013 - Feb 2018
10 Year TIPS Yield
10 Year TIPS yields rose 21 basis points in just the last two weeks. Real rates are now threatening to break out of the range that has prevailed since mid-2013. Are we on the verge of shifting to a higher range of real rates and real growth? What is interesting to me is that it is better growth expectations that are pulling down stocks. I think this falls in the category of be careful what you wish for. Real interest rates are the intersection of savings and investment. Rising real rates indicates a demand for funds to invest in the real economy. If you have lamented the fact that companies have been doing financial engineering – stock buybacks – rather than investing in their company – and that includes us – you may be about to get your wish. Of course, if companies really do start investing in the real economy the money for that is going to have to come from somewhere. If companies reduce buybacks to invest, the stock market loses a major source of demand for shares.
10 Year Treasury Inflation - Indexed Security, Jan 2013 - 2018
10/2 Yield Curve
The most interesting development of the last two weeks is the rapid steepening of the yield curve. The 10/2 curve steepened by 25 basis points since the last update. Most of the change was driven by the rise in the 10 year note yield, although the 2 year actually fell by 8 basis points as well. This movement can be interpreted as mostly about a rise in growth expectations, although some of the change was driven by what appears to be a safe haven bid on the 2 year. I do not think the slight pull back in the 2 year note yield is a change in monetary policy expectations. If anything, the events of the last two weeks would seem to point to a more aggressive Fed not one reluctant to raise rates. I suppose there is an element of uncertainty with a new Chairman but I don't think that played a large role. However, the changing yield curve warrants increased scrutiny in coming weeks. A continued fall in the 2 year note yield would be fairly ominous and point to recession. Right now, I don't see that as a a likely outcome.
Yield Curve - 2 Year Bonds, Jul 2017 - Feb 2018
Credit Spreads
One sign that may point to a more negative interpretation of the yield curve movement is credit spreads. Spreads widened 48 basis points since the last update two weeks ago, a fairly large move for such a short period of time. It isn't sufficient – yet – to trigger a move in asset allocation based on our process but it is close and if it continues will require us to reduce risk in our portfolios. For now, the year over year change is still negative (narrower spreads) but only slightly so and the month to month change is too short in duration to make a change.
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US Dollar
The dollar moved off its lows over the last two weeks but the longer term trend is still down. Considering the recent market turmoil, I am somewhat surprised that we didn't see a better bid to the dollar. But as I've said many times, the President and Treasury Secretary have made it clear that they want a cheaper dollar and they are likely to get it. That isn't just a matter of sentiment by the way. The popular belief is that currency movements are a function of interest rate differentials but that is only partially true. What really drives currency movements are changes in growth expectations. And growth expectations can be mostly easily assessed through yield curves. With the US yield curve flattening and the European curve steepening, it is not surprising to see the Euro rally (dollar fall). If the recent steepening of the US curve continues, the dollar will likely follow higher. It's a bit of a circular argument but Presidents who pursue a cheap dollar get it because their policy choices lead to weak growth.
US Dollar Index, May 2017 - Feb 2018(see more posts on U.S. Dollar Index, )
|This chart shows the dollar and yield curve together. The dark solid line is the dollar index. I have serious doubts about the rally continuing though. The most direct consequence of the President's increasing budget deficits is an increase in the trade deficit which is negative for GDP growth. That will likely be reflected in the yield curve and therefore the dollar.
Yield Curve - 2 Year Bonds, Mar 2015 - Feb 2018
With the dollar strengthening we would expect gold to fall and it did but the fall was minor. Gold outperformed stocks over the two week period, not exactly a ringing endorsement of the better growth/steepening yield curve narrative.
Gold Daily, Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
|The general commodity index fared poorly but also outperformed the S&P 500.
Bloomberg Commodity Index, Jul 2017 - Feb 2018
|The copper/gold ratio also fell over the last two weeks, pointing to weaker growth and a bond rally. The inflation report tomorrow may well be the most important inflation report in years. If it shows building inflation pressure, the 10 year note is probably headed to 3% in a hurry. With speculators largely on the short side of the bond market, a benign report would probably trigger short covering and big bond rally.
Copper:Gold Continuous Contract, Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
The markets are adjusting, changing perceptions about growth and inflation. I don't really think all that much has changed though and am quite skeptical of the emerging inflation narrative. Over the long term a weaker dollar will certainly lead to general inflation. In fact, I tend to define inflation in terms of the dollar rather than an arbitrary index like the PCE deflator or CPI. Inflation indexes are themselves just attempts at measuring the purchasing power of the dollar. I just prefer more direct methods of measuring the value of the dollar. And while the dollar has fallen over the last year, it doesn't seem so large a drop that inflation should be a problem yet.
On the growth front I am watching the yield curve and real interest rates closely to see if they are able to break out to new, higher levels. The yield curve is our best indicator of future nominal growth but real interest rates are about as good as one can get for predicting future real growth and investment. Higher real rates may be negative for stocks in the short term but higher real growth will eventually be positive, likely after a further correction. And I think more importantly from a societal standpoint, higher real interest rates will be positive for savers and therefore investment and productivity.
Right now, as I said in the last update, real growth is tracking at the high end of the range that has persisted since mid-2013. It may be that growth and inflation are about to break higher and if that is true then markets will adjust and so will our portfolios. But right now, nothing has changed sufficiently to do anything but watch. There is always an urge to do something when markets turn volatile but that doesn't make it right. That's why we have a robust investment process that makes tactical changes only when markets tell us a change is warranted. Volatility by itself just isn't a sufficient condition for a change.
Everyone seems to think they know that inflation is becoming a problem. Everyone seems to think they know that the recent tax reform will raise real growth. I don't presume to know anything about the future except that it will likely surprise a lot of people. I do these regular reviews to make sure I'm acting on real data and not based on my own internal biases. That is the constant battle that all investors must fight and I'm no different in that regard. What everyone thinks they know and what everyone thinks everyone else knows may turn out to be right. But so far markets have not validated those expectations.
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Electric cars are not going away anytime soon, and Tesla's Model 3 truly can attest to that because unlike other Tesla models, it is targeted to typical consumers.
(TNS) — Tesla, the electric car company, plans to begin production Friday of its Model 3, which is highly likely to accelerate the trend to electric vehicles.
Unlike Tesla's earlier Model S, which was aimed at affluent early-adopters, the Model 3 truly can be a transportation game-changer because it is targeted to typical consumers. The all-electric Model 3 plug-in has a range of about 250 miles on a single charge, goes from zero to 60 mph in under six seconds, and has a base price of $35,000. With a $7,500 tax credit for alternative-fuel vehicles, the drive-away price is $27,500, comparabel to conventional mid-range cars.
Tesla has not said exactly how many people have put down $1,000 deposits on the vehicles. But based on its production and delivery schedules, analysts believe that Tesla has about 500,000 orders.
Every major car company, meanwhile, has invested heavily in hybrid-electric and all-electric vehicles.
Government policy, meanwhile, continues to reflect a world contrary to the trend. Federal and state governments rely on taxes from gasoline and diesel fuel to fund highway and bridge construction and repair.
State and federal legislators must lay the groundwork to convert from per-gallon taxes to per-mile taxes to deal with the rapid transition to electric vehicles. That certainly will be unpopular because it will require vehicles to use technology that automatically reports miles driven, raising privacy concerns.
But the technology can record miles without location, which is the privacy issue. Congress and the state Legislature should devise a system that maintains highway tax revenue while protecting personal privacy. Conversion to different fuels does not preclude the need for a safe and effective highway system.
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Patrick O'Connor
Interview: Francis Wyndham
Any conversation with Francis Wyndham is a bit like embarking on a magical mystery tour. One has no idea where it might lead, the subject matter changing imperceptibly from literature and theatre to music and cinema, the politics of art and fashion, the importance of the detail, the right word, the exact date. In his introduction to Wyndham's collected fiction (The Other Garden and Collected Stories, published by Picador on 3 September), Alan Hollinghurst describes the 'peculiarly paradoxical sensibility' that leads to 'the mercurial mood-swings which reveal experience as at one moment wretched and the next irresistibly funny'. One of the most admired editors, and a journalist accustomed to wide-ranging and often unexpected assignments, Francis Wyndham has an intense love of good writing that has driven everything that he has done. He was instrumental in bringing Jean Rhys back from decades of neglect when he encouraged her to write what became Wide Sargasso Sea. In his years at The Sunday Times, he discovered the then-unknown Bruce Chatwin. In writing about these two very different personalities, Wyndham reveals himself in a delightfully telling way. Despite the often melancholy nature of her fiction, he remembers Jean Rhys as someone with whom one could enjoy 'those sacred moments of frivolity (an old tune, a new scent, a perfect cocktail, a wonderful joke) which for her nearly made life worth living'. In his introduction to Chatwin's Photographs and Notebooks, Wyndham describes 'his boundless receptivity to ideas … he would discover the things that interested you and immediately respond to them; he would not only understand but would deepen those interests'. Both these accounts of his late friends seem to me to be perfect descriptions of Francis Wyndham himself.


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This is soloable (with tank merc) by a druid. Chetari do not summon, and can be root totted in the eastern tunnels. The dragon skeletons can be dotted, nuked etc safely and have the added benefit of counting for the Trade skill impressions quest. The phase spiders are the difficult part since they cant be snared or rooted...tanking seemes to be required
I snared off a few of the fear drakes near the entrance to the spider tunnel, drug the drakes into the room a bit and dumped agro. This gave me enough room (and barely time) to pull and merc tank a spider.
Btw, the smaller fear drakes can be quad kited around that room, just have to avoid agroing the senior drakes, who once again cannot be snared.


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Toffee Popcorn Cake...umm, yes!12:00 PM
I love making cakes but I cannot bake. I have never made my own cake mix from scratch. Now, my mom....she throws down on homemade cakes. One of these days, I will try my hand at baking a cake from scratch. Memorial Day was just not the day to start.
What I like about making cakes is that the possibilities in decorating and taste are endless. While I may not be a master piper or be able to make fondant toppers, I like using common things to make cakes look kinda cute, funky, different.
I saw a cake on pinterest of a peanut butter cake topped with caramel popcorn. I was like, whoah. Yes.
This cake is not one that comes with a recipe, it is just an idea...something that you can easily recreate at home and believe me, although it looks less than the way I wanted it to look, it did not make it past an hour of cutting into it. Everyone LOVED it.
The filling is premade Philadelphia Cream Cheese Cheesecake Filling. The topping is a fresh ganace I made.
For the ganache, 1/2 cup of heavy cream with 1 cup chocolate chips...slowly melt on low heat until smooth in a double boiler. I did not have a double boiler so the pyrex measuring cup over a boiler worked just fine for me.
Assmeble your cake....I used a double fudge cake mix baked as directed. I spread the filling on each layer, including the top. Making a bit of a mess, I topped with the chocolate ganache, added a huge heaping of toffee popcorn with peanuts and placed it in the refrigerator until serving.
Everyone was like, "Why did you not make two!?" I guess that means I should make another this weekend.


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Shri Krishna Vrundavana Hindu temple in Edison (New Jersey) is organizing "Shri Krishna Pratishtapana and Brahma KalashOthsava" from May 28 to June 15; involving ancient rituals, philosophical symposiums and festivities around the consecration of uniquely created Saligrama Krishna statue.
It took six months to sculpt this Lord Krishna statue from the Saligrama rock brought from the banks of Gandaki River in Nepal after months of search. This sacred statue has visited over one hundred homes of devotees in New Jersey in May after its arrival from India and before installation in the specially constructed Garbha Griham in the temple to become its main deity.
History of this Hindu temple (which now stands on the location which was earlier Saint Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church) goes back to 2002, when it was established in Iselin (New Jersey). Temple renovation began on May one and included importing about 3,000 cubic feet of teakwood from Burma for the Garba Gudi, besides other materials from India.
symposiums during this period include Sapta Shudhi, Homas, Veda Paarayayanas, Japas, Balis, Samkeertanas, Saligrama Krishna Pratishtapana, various Poojas, Kalasha Pratishta, Avabhruta, Mantrakshate, discourse, music-dance performances, knowledge conference on Moksha and Karma, etc. Free lunch and dinner (Maha Prasada) is being served every day. Sri Sugunendra Teertha, the current pontiff of Shri Puthige Matha in Udupi (India), is participating.
Commending the temple leaders and area community for realizing this Hindu temple complex and organizing the ancient rituals, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, pointed out that it was important to pass on Hindu spirituality, concepts and traditions to coming generations amidst so many distractions in the consumerist society and hoped that this temple would help in this direction.
Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stressed that instead of running after materialism; we should focus on inner search and realization of Self and work towards achieving moksh (liberation), which was the goal of Hinduism.
This temple, on a 3.5 acres plot and built area of about 15,000 square feet in South Edison, opens daily at 06-30 am and conducts daily morning-evening Poojas. Besides worship services, it also celebrates many Hindu festivals and conducts various free classes on Sthotra, Geetha, Sanskrit, Sandhya Vandana, Slokas, Bhajan, etc. Its "Spiritual Sundays" programming includes "sessions focused on personal growth and development" and interactive session on "Dharma Tradition".
Dress code in temple's Pooja Hall includes covering "shoulders and knees", and dhoti is compulsory "while reciting Veda mantras". It also runs a Hindu matrimonial site called Dampathi.com, which states: "Marriage is not just living the outer life but the inner life as well." Donation for "Nithya Archane" for one year is $3,001; while suggested donation for "Chandikaa Homa" at devotee's home is $451 and for "Car Pooja" at the temple is $51.
Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about 1.1 adherents. There are about three million Hindus in USA.


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- Continuity editing
Main article: Film editing
Continuity editing is the predominant style of film editing and video editing in the post-production process of filmmaking of narrative films and television programs. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.
In most films, logical coherence is achieved by cutting to continuity, which emphasizes smooth transition of time and space. However, some films incorporate cutting to continuity into a more complex classical cutting technique, one which also tries to show psychological continuity of shots. The montage technique relies on symbolic association of ideas between shots rather than association of simple physical action for its continuity.
Common techniques of continuity editing
Continuity editing can be divided into two categories: temporal continuity and spatial continuity. Within each category, specific techniques will work against a sense of continuity. In other words, techniques can cause a passage to be continuous, giving the viewer a concrete physical narration to follow, or discontinuous, causing viewer disorientation, pondering, or even subliminal interpretation or reaction, as in the montage style.
The important ways to preserve temporal continuity are avoiding the ellipsis, using continuous diegetic sound, and utilizing the match on action technique. An ellipsis is an apparent break in natural time continuity as it is implied in the film's story. The simplest way to maintain temporal continuity is to shoot and use all action involved in the story's supposed duration whether it be pertinent or not. It would also be necessary to shoot the whole film in one take in order to keep from having to edit together different shots, causing the viewer's temporal disorientation. However in a story which is to occupy many hours, days, or years, a viewer would have to spend too long watching the film. So although in many cases the ellipsis would prove necessary, elimination of it altogether would best preserve any film's temporal continuity.
Diegetic sound is that which is to have actually occurred within the story during the action being viewed. It is sound that comes from within the narrative world of a film (including off-screen sound). Continuous diegetic sound helps to smooth temporally questionable cuts by overlapping the shots. Here the logic is that if a sonic occurrence within the action of the scene has no breaks in time, then it would be impossible for the scene and its corresponding visuals to be anything but temporally continuous.
Match on action technique can preserve temporal continuity where there is a uniform, unrepeated physical motion or change within a passage. A match on action is when some action occurring before the temporally questionable cut is picked up where the cut left it by the shot immediately following. For example, a shot of someone tossing a ball can be edited to show two different views, while maintaining temporal continuity by being sure that the second shot shows the arm of the subject in the same stage of its motion as it was left when cutting from the first shot.
Temporal discontinuity can be expressed by the deliberate use of ellipses. Cutting techniques useful in showing the nature of the specific ellipses are the dissolve and the fade. Other editing styles can show a reversal of time or even an abandonment of it altogether. These are the flashback and the montage techniques, respectively.
A fade-out is a gradual transformation of an image to black; whereas a fade-in is the opposite. A dissolve is a simultaneous overlapping transition from one shot to another that does not involve an instantaneous cut or change in brightness. Both forms of transition (fade and dissolve) create an ambiguous measure of ellipsis that may constitute diagetic (narrative) days, months, years or even centuries. Through the use of the dissolve or the fade, one may allude to the relative duration of ellipses where the dissolve sustains a visual link but the fade to black does not. It cannot be argued that one constitutes short ellipsis and the other long however, as this negates the very functional ambiguity created by such transitions. Ambiguity is removed through the use of captions and intertitles such as "three weeks later" if desired.
The flashback is a relocation of time within a story, or more accurately, a window through which the viewer can see what happened at a time prior to that considered (or assumed) to be the story present. A flashback makes its time-frame evident through the scene's action or through the use of common archetypes such as sepia toning, the use of home-movie style footage, period costume or even through obvious devices such as clocks and calendars or direct character linkage. For example, if after viewing a grown man in the story present, a cut to a young boy being addressed by the man's name occurs, the viewer can assume that the young boy scene depicts a time previous to the story present. The young boy scene would be a flashback.
The montage technique is one that implies no real temporal continuity whatsoever. Montage is achieved with a collection of symbolically related images, cut together in a way that suggests psychological relationships rather a temporal continuum.
Just as important as temporal continuity to overall continuity of a film is spatial continuity. And like temporal continuity, it can be achieved a number of ways: the establishing shot, the 180 degree rule, the eyeline match, and match on action.
The establishing shot is one that provides a view of all the space in which the action is occurring. Its theory is that it is difficult for a viewer to become disoriented when all the story space is presented before him. The establishing shot can be used at any time as a reestablishing shot. This might be necessary when a complex sequence of cuts may have served to disorient the viewer.
One way of preventing viewer disorientation in editing is to adhere to the 180 degree rule. The rule prevents the camera from crossing the imaginary line connecting the subjects of the shot. Another method is the eyeline match. When shooting a human subject, he or she can look towards the next subject to be cut to, thereby using the former's self as a reference for the viewer to use while locating the new subject within the set.
With the establishing shot, 180 degree rule, eyeline match, and the previously discussed match on action, spatial continuity is attainable; however, if wishing to convey a disjointed space, or spatial discontinuity, aside from purposefully contradicting the continuity tools, one can take advantage of crosscutting and the jump cut.
Cross-cutting is a technique which conveys an undeniable spatial discontinuity. It can be achieved by cutting back and forth between shots of spatially unrelated places. In these cases, the viewer will understand clearly that the places are supposed to be separate and parallel. So in that sense, the viewer may not become particularly disoriented, but under the principle of spatial continuity editing, crosscutting is considered a technique of spatial discontinuity.
The jump cut is undoubtedly a device of disorientation. The jump cut is a cut between two shots that are so similar that a noticeable jump in the image occurs. The 30 degree rule was formulated for the purpose of eliminating jump cuts. The 30 degree rule requires that no edit should join two shots whose camera viewpoints are less than 30 degrees from one another.
Discontinuous editing
Discontinuous editing describes the deliberate or accidental violation of rules of continuity when editing films. As a deliberate technique, it may be used to connote authenticity or to create alienation. The viewer's expectation of continuity can be violated by such methods as changing image size or tone between shots, changing direction or changing shots before the viewer has time to recognize what is happening.[1] It is also known as montage editing, and employs a series of often rapid and non-matching cuts which creates a style the audience is conspicuously aware of,[2] or alternatively that create uneven and unpredictable rhythms and emphasize the rapidity of movement between images.[3]
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Further reading
- Bordwell, David; Thompson, Kristin (2006). Film Art: An Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-331027-1.
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Windmill stands in solidarity with the #MeToo movement. For information on how you can donate to the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund, please visit timesupnow.com.
Although I'm currently working as the managing editor for Windmill and I'm studying English, I have another job as an intern at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and I'm studying television writing and producing. I wouldn't call the dual nature of my pursue of these two degrees exclusively different as I often use what I learn about storytelling in my English classes as a way to create better narratives in my scripts, channel more energy into my acting, and promote stronger ideas through my creative visions. Those are beside the point of why I wanted to bring up television.
The landscape of TV, and the entertainment industry in general, has been going through a much needed cleansing over the past year. Sexual harassers are being called out, and due to public backlash, their careers are being ended. Note how I phrased that. I had to say "due to public backlash," because the only big cases I can remember over the last year that was settled before the public got word of it was Matt Lauer. Harvey Weinstein did not step down until after many actresses stepped up and called him out, Jeffrey Tambor was removed from the cast of Transparent months after claims were made against him, and a resolution as to whether or not Ryan Seacrest gets the boot out of E! still remains unsolved at the time of this writing.
Let's focus on some positives to lighten up the mood. TV has never been more diverse, and even though the proportions of white TV producers to PoC TV producers (3:1) is still REALLY bad, it's an improvement from ten years ago. Shows that put diverse casts at the forefront (Black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat, Insecure, Atlanta) are the ones that are getting picked up not only because it's what popular culture wants and has so desperately needed, but because they are big money-makers.
That statement stands true for film. Get Out had the largest opening weekend for a black director until Black Panther came out and had the largest opening weekend for any Marvel movie ever. With A Wrinkle in Time coming out this weekend, a movie that had the highest budget with a black female director (my queen, Ava DuVernay), God only knows the impact that movie will have on pop culture.
Let's not leave the LGBT+ community out of this either. Queer Eye is back on Netflix, Call Me by Your Name won Best Written Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars this past Sunday, and, according to a GLAAD study from last year, LGBT+ characters made up for 6.4% of all fictional TV characters, an increase from the year before.
I'll admit, as a gay Indian man, seeing myself on TV has always been a struggle. I've mostly been portrayed as a stereotype as the socially-awkward Indian creep with an incredibly thick Indian accent. Sure, there have been some mild developments over the last few years, but nothing that stuck out to me.
But that's why I want to be an entertainer. I want to be a part of the change that's currently sweeping Hollywood. When Mindy Kaling pitched The Mindy Project, she was adamant that the show get picked up because no white male producer is going to ever pitch a show with an Indian female lead. We have to make the change that we want to see. I've stood by that claim since I came into Hofstra as a TV major, and I'll stand by it until I accept my first Emmy and my last Oscar.
For creative nonfiction selections, we have two pieces discussing dual natures of race from two Windmill alum: Luisa Kay Reyes and Annie Dawid. In "Secrets," Luisa looks backs on her time in high school, contemplating the societal concept of passing. Annie Dawid discusses and wonders about a public's assumptions of her mixed-raced son in "What They Call Him." Our final creative nonfiction essay, "The Divide" by Sara Alaica, illustrates and juxtaposes her childhood in Canada against her cousin's childhood in pre-breakup Yugoslavia.
For fiction selections, we have "The Visitor" by David Lloyd. This piece is part of a sequence of short stories about Welsh-American identity in the 1960s Utica, New York, focusing on Welsh immigration to America. "The Visitor" is a delightfully haunting piece about a elderly woman reminiscing about a missed chance for love back at her home in Wales. Our final piece, "Unsolved" by Brandon French, details the musings of a 71-year old retired FBI profiler as he thinks back on his life and his love of stealing.
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"What They Call Him" by Annie Dawid
"Secrets" by Luisa Kay Reyes
"Unsolved" by Brandon French
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When someone has heart palpitations, then he or she has feelings of having pounding, fluttering or rapid heart. Heart palpitations can be triggered by a medication, exercise or stress or in rare cases it can be triggered by a medical condition. This condition can be worrisome but the heart palpitations are usually harmless. There are rare cases when heart palpitations can be a symptom of a more serious heart condition such as arrhythmia (an irregular heartbeat) and this may require treatment.
Heart palpitations symptoms
Heart palpitations can feel like your heart is:
- Pumping harder than usual
- Beating too fast
- Fluttering
- Skipping beats
Also you can feel heart palpitations in your neck or throat, as well as in your chest. They can happen whether you are at rest or active and whether you are lying down, standing or you are seated.
Causes: There are many cases when the cause of heart palpitation cannot be found. Here are the most common causes of heart palpitations:
- Taking some asthma inhaler medications that contain stimulants
- Taking cold and cough medications that contain pseudoephedrine, a stimulant
- Hormone changes associated with menstruation, pregnancy or menopause
- Fever
- Nicotine
- Caffeine
- Strenuous exercise
- Strong emotional responses, such as stress or anxiety
Heart palpitations causes
There are rare cases when heart palpitations can be a sign of a serious problem, such as arrhythmia (an abnormal heart rhythm) or thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism). Arrhythmias can include an irregular heart rhythm, unusually slow heart rates (bradycardia) or very fast heart rates (tachycardia). Those heart palpitations which are infrequent and which last a few seconds, usually do not need evaluation. If you have palpitations that worsen, have frequent palpitations or you have a history of heart disease, then you should talk with your doctor as soon as possible. If your heart palpitations are accompanied by severe dizziness, severe shortness of breath, fainting and chest discomfort or pain, then you should seek emergency medical attention.
Risk factors: There are some factors which can increase your risk of heart palpitations such as
- Have other heart problems, such as arrhythmia, heart defect or previous heart attack
- Have an overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism)
- Take medicines that contain stimulants, such as some cold or asthma medications
- Are pregnant
- Have an anxiety disorder or regularly experience panic attacks
- Are highly stressed
Lifestyle triggers: There are some lifestyle habits which can increase your risk of heart palpitations such as
- Being overweight
- Drinking too much alcohol
- Using illegal or recreational drugs
- Drinking large amounts of caffeine
- Smoking
- Feeling nervous, anxious or excited
- Panic attacks
Complications: If the heart condition is a reason for your heart palpitations, then there can be complications while if you have other cause for your heart palpitations, then there is a little risk of complications. When heart palpitations are causes by a heart condition, then here are some possible complications:
- Heart failure: This condition can happen if your heart is pumping ineffectively for a prolonged period that is caused by an arrhythmia, such as atrial fibrillation. There are some cases when controlling the rate of an arrhythmia which is cause for your heart failure can improve the function of your heart.
- Stroke: When your heart palpitations that are caused by atrial fibrillation (this is a condition in which the upper chambers of the heart quiver instead of beating properly) and with this condition the blood can pool and it can cause clots to form. If the clot breaks loose, then it can block a brain artery which is causing a stroke.
- Cardiac arrest: There are rare cases when this condition can be caused by life – threatening arrhythmias and they can cause your heart to stop beating effectively.
- Fainting: If you have noticed that your heart beats rapidly, then your blood pressure can drop which is causing you to faint. This is more likely to happen if you have a heart problem, such as certain valve problems or congenital heart disease.


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I have a mac mini as a media player connected via HDMI to my tv. I recently added a cool auto-detecting HDMI switch to the works and everything seemed great, except I'd get no video when switching from one of the other inputs to the mac. If I slept and woke the mac, video would appear, but that was a lame option.
I searched around and found lots of forums where people had similar problems. Some were resorting to buying a $60 "DVI Detective" which sits between the mac and display and tricks the mac so it never sees the display go away.
Aside from blowing another 60 bucks I was bothered by the notion of adding yet another device to the mounting list of boxes and contraptions it seems to take just to watch some tv these days. I decided to try a software approach. The result is a tiny program I've attached (source included) that I call HDMI Reviver. It watches for when the physical display goes away at which point it asks the graphics hardware to check for a new display every 5 seconds. So when the mac is connected to the display or the switch input is set, within 5 seconds the picture returns.
UPDATE 2010/02/23 With feedback from a couple commenters to allow for use on macs with different hardware I modified the program to take the graphic hardware and display device as parameters. You'll need to know a bit about the "ioreg" command though to figure out what those values might be for your hardware. Also, use at your own risk- I can't think of any reason why there would be a problem, but there's no guarantees.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Mac Mini HDMI Detection Woes
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I wrote Q*bert for the Gameboy Color...can it really be 10 years ago!? Well, here's the link to the pages where I described that endeavor, in case someone finds it interesting.
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New 1000Klub
I haven't updated my 1000klub website with new content in just about 10 years. I've wanted to put various things up over the years it was always too much of a hassle to dust of my ancient html skills and edit the site. So now I'm going to try using the blogger interface to allow for faster and easier updating. Hopefully that will inspire me to make better use of my site.
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Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
Music blares from speakers placed at the entrance of shops and the entire place bustles with activity and the sound of strange tongues. It is a favourite haunt of Bangladeshis, Nepalese, Thais and Myanmar nationals.

Groceries, music CDs, language books – all kinds of products and services are offered to the migrant worker here on his day off. Here, too, you will find a vast shopping "district" for Nepalese students and workers. A recent check revealed that there are 24 little eateries that cater to them.

Among friends:
The Puduraya-Kota Raya area is a busy meeting place of foreign workers.
— AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

However, not many of these "restaurants" have signage, so one would have to ask
around to find them.
We stumbled on one such eatery, which was filled with men. Unlike an earlier place which was dingy and smelt of urine, this one was reasonably clean and pleasant. Eyeing us suspiciously, an exhausted-looking waiter greeted us and took our orders. Since no menu was available, he suggested momos (steamed dumplings akin to dim sum), a popular dish in Nepal.

We struck up a conversation.

Shresta (not his real name), 25, used to help his parents in their farm but returns were meagre and the future looked bleak. His parents mortgaged their house, took a loan and sent two of their boys to Malaysia for greener pastures. Shresta arrived here four months ago.

"The salary is still small and I have to work for at least a year to pay the loans my parents took. Only then can I start saving," he says.

One Nepalese who works in a fast food chain says, "My contract says I have to work six days a week, and after deductions, I get a monthly pay of RM480. It's a small amount, so on my day off, I work as a waiter at one of the Nepalese restaurants. This way, I get to interact with other Nepalese, eat food from my country and earn some pocket money."

Tons of migrant workers find themselves in the same predicament.

The hot piping momos arrived and it was pretty authentic. More workers started trickling in and passed comments while observing us – we clearly didn't belong here.

We also saw many Gurkha guards chatting happily with fellow Nepalese.

L. Harichandra, 38, a security guard at a condominium in the city, says if given a choice, he would rather be working in Nepal.

"I don't like being away from my family but what choice do I have? After I left the RNA, I was a shepherd for two years but money was hard to come by. I saw an advertisement in the papers and, after consulting my family, decided to try my luck," he divulges.

He was offered the security guard job, then hopped on a plane for the first time in August last year, and got terribly airsick. Harichandra had a miserable time adjusting to the turbulence and was elated when the plane landed in Kuala Lumpur.

Since he comes from a mountainous region east of Kathmandu, Harichandra had a bit of trouble acclimatising. In fact, he still finds it too hot.

Like most Gurkhas, Harichandra works 12-hour shifts and takes one day off every fortnight.

Padam Bahadur Yonjanwith security
dog Basko.

"Every extra bit counts. You probably don't know how it feels to be poor," he
looks at me accusingly, "but we are used to not having comforts, so working long
hours is nothing new."
Harichandra has a five-year-old daughter and wants to give her a good education.

Whenever he has free time, he works on improving his language skills by reading the Nepali-Bahasa Malaysia/English book he bought from a store near Puduraya.

To save money, he writes letters to his family instead of making phone calls.

Among the guards at Desa ParkCity is Padam Bahadur Yonjan who has a colourful past. He was a palace guard in the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) when King Birendra was shot dead, allegedly by his son, Crown Prince Dipendra, in 2001.

"I was stationed outside the Royal Palace and didn't know what was going on until a fellow soldier informed me. I was in total shock as Dipendra used to play football with us and I didn't think he was capable of murder," recollects the 38-year-old.

After 13 years in RNA, he resigned as lance corporal as his salary was a paltry RM200-RM300 a month. Yonjan did various jobs after that, including that of a bouncer in a casino in Macau. Unfortunately, an employment agent cheated him out of RM5,000.

"That was a lot of money for me. Later, I thought of getting a job in Dubai but once again, another agent cheated me. You just don't know who to trust."

In 2004, Yonjan was one of five Nepalese selected by the British Gurkha Army to fight in the Iraq war.

"I was the one inside the tank, with a gun in my hand and head sticking out. There were gunshots all around but we were in a large convoy so no one was attacked," he smiles. Six months later, Yonjan returned home at the insistence of his parents and wife, who said the job was too dangerous.

Working in Malaysia is a stark contrast to his days in Baghdad where he earned RM6,000 month, but Yonjan is not complaining.

"I came here because there were other Nepalese from my district who had worked here and said nice things about Malaysia. I decided to give it a try. It's OK. I want to work until 2010, then I hope to go back to Macau," he says.

Yonjan misses the missus and keeps in touch via phone. He tries not to take off-days, preferring to work seven days a week, but when he does take a holiday, you are bound to find him mingling with friends and catching up on home news in Kota Raya.

A migrant worker's life is hard anywhere, but most persevere as they cling on to a dream of a brighter tomorrow.
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How to Soak & Sprout Nuts, Seeds, Grains, & Beans
Nuts, seeds, grains, and beans are nutritional powerhouses. However, the natural agents that protect them from early germination can wreak havoc in our digestive system. Soaking and sprouting replicates germination, which activates and multiplies nutrients (particularly Vitamins A, B, and C), neutralizes enzyme inhibitors, and promotes the growth of vital digestive enzymes.
Soaking and sprouting is very easy. The method is exactly the same for nuts, seeds, grains, and beans—only the time required for full germination changes. (See the table below.)
Please note: Many "raw" nuts and seeds have been pasteurized and irradiated. Truly raw almonds and peanuts will sprout, but those that have been pasteurized and irradiated will "activate" with soaking, but will not physically "sprout." However, soaking still removes anti-nutrients (compounds that can interfere with the absorption of nutrients), increases nutrient density, and makes the nuts more digestible.
PLACE in a large glass bowl or mason jar, and cover with warm, filtered water (about a 2:1 ratio) and about ½ tsp. Celtic sea salt. Cover with a light cloth for desired time.
RINSE food thoroughly and drain.
USE these activated "non sprouts" immediately to make plant-based "milks." (Read my recent post on How to Make Plant-Based "Milks.") You can also cook soaked and rinsed grains immediately, using them just as would un-sprouted grains in any of your favorite recipes or as a bed for vegetable dishes. Do note that most soaked grains only need a 1:1 water/broth ratio to be cooked through because they are already plumped with water.
DEHYDRATE in a food dehydrator at no higher than 115º F for 12 to 24 hours, and store in sealed glass containers in the fridge. Beware: If nuts are not completely dry, they will develop mold.
GET a quart-sized (or larger) mason jar. Remove the solid middle insert of the lid, and cut a piece of cheesecloth or breathable mesh to fit inside.
FILL one-third of the jar with nuts, seeds, grains, or beans, and fill the rest of the jar with warm, filtered water and about ½ tsp Celtic sea salt. Screw the lid on with cheesecloth or breathable mesh screen in place.
SOAK For soaking times, see table below.
DRAIN/RINSE Remove the mesh insert of the lid, and replace with metal insert. Pour the soaking water out of the jar, fill with fresh water, replace lid, and rinse well by shaking jar. Replace the metal insert with the mesh lid again, and drain.
INVERT the jar and lay at an angle so that air can circulate, and the water can drain off. Allow to sit in the light.
REPEAT this process, rinsing every few hours, or at least twice daily.
WAIT In 1 to 4 days, the sprouts will be ready. Sprouts vary from 1/8-inch to 2-inches long. When ready, rinse sprouts well, drain, and store in a jar (with the solid part of the lid replaced) in the fridge.
ENJOY within 2 to 3 days. Sprouts are a fabulous nutrient-rich addition to raw salads, sandwiches, and wraps, and are also tasty in smoothies, soups, and stews.
FOOD SOAKING TIME (hours) SPROUTING TIME (days) Almonds 8-12 No Sprouting (if pasteurized) 3 Days (if truly raw) Adzuki Beans 8-12 4 Amaranth 8 1-3 Barley 6 2 Black Beans 8-12 3 Brazil Nuts 3 No Sprouting Buckwheat 6 2-3 Cashews 2-4 No Sprouting Chickpeas/Garbanzo 8 2-3 Flaxseeds ½ No Sprouting Hazelnuts 8-12 No Sprouting Kamut 7 2-3 Lentils 7 2-3 Macadamias 2 No Sprouting Millet 5 12 hours Mung Beans 8-12 4 Oat Groats 6 2-3 Pecans 6 No Sprouting Pistachios 8 No Sprouting Pumpkin Seeds 8 3 Radish Seeds 8-12 3-4 Sesame Seeds 8 2-3 Sunflower Seeds 8 12-24 hours Quinoa 4 2-3 Walnuts 4 No Sprouting Wheat Berries 7 3-4 Wild Rice 9 3-5
PLEASE NOTE: Sprouts can be subject to contamination which can result in bacterial growth such as E. coli, leading to food-borne illnesses. Always purchase organic fresh products from a reputable source, wash your hands thoroughly before handling foods, and keep sprouting equipment and all kitchen surfaces clean to avoid cross contamination. Always consume sprouts within a few days, fresh and straight out of the fridge. Some health organizations also recommend consuming them cooked to reduce the risk of infection. I certainly consume raw homemade sprouts, and have never had an issue. Decide what is a responsible choice for you and your family.
Tess Masters is an Australian actor, presenter, voice-over artist, cook, and writer living in Los Angeles. Her alter-ego,"The Blender Girl"writes the quirky vegetarian recipe blog Healthy Blender Recipes, where she shares super quick and easy gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, and raw recipes. Join Tess on Facebook, Twitter,Pinterest, You Tube, and Google +.


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consists of confidential print documents issued by the United Kingdom Foreign and Colonial Office since c1820. This collection covers the Egyptian reforms of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the nineteenth century, the Middle East Conference of 1921, the Mandates for Palestine and Mesopotamia and the Suez Crisis in 1956, to the partition of Palestine, post-Suez Western foreign policy and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Confidential Print: Middle East is a fundamental resource for academics, students and researchers studying the modern Middle East. These historical documents inform the volatile situation in the region today.
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Since Lessons Learned has hit the shelves (and the internet @ amazon) I've entered a whole new side of the writing business - marketing. I've had a very successful launch. I've participated in author events, spoken to groups about my journey to publishing and developed a website.
December 1, this coming Saturday, I will be entering yet another venture. A Read. A ten o'clock in the morning Read. A Coffeehouse, ten o'clock in the morning Read.
The place is Java Journey and its existence is a story in itself, so check it out, and then plan to come Saturday morning. 2149 N. Center St., Hickory, NC 28601
I've read to groups from my book before, but I knew the specifics of the group and they knew a little about my book. This is different. I'll be with other authors who will also be reading from their works. They know about my book because we're in a marketing group together and have shared with each other for months. It's the visitors I'm wondering about, the ones who have never heard of me or Pilot Mountain School. Should I select favorite vignettes, stories within the story, or should I go for the history that is so fascinating and rich? For sure, I will read the preface, part of which is to the right of this blog post in the "About" section. I will read the first page of chapter one where I compare an empty school to a mausoleum, and the final page of chapter thirteen where I declare it to no longer be a mausoleum, instead remodeled and reborn. It's the inbetween part I'm not sure about. What to empahsize - the school during World War II - the school during integration - the way the community moved from poverty to prosperity - in my time limit, what snippet can I pass along that will make them realize why I wrote this book and why they should read it. I'll figure something out, appear at Java Journey eager to read and sell and sign. Next week, I'll let you know how things turned out. Catch of the day, Gretchen


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osOpinion: Linux Printing - Time for changeDec 01, 1999, 06:25 (5 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Roger Irwin)
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"With Linux being ever more present in the Desktop arena, and being administered by non technical people on their home computers, a continuous lament is lack of printer support."
"The perceived deficiency is that Linux has no printer subsystem, that quality printing requires each application to have specific drivers for each printer, and that the postscript/ghostscript combination falls far short of the quality of printing in windows."
"Many of the comments that are seen flying around on the net indicate that the authors are unfamiliar with Postscript."
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Switzerland are in a very tough race to make the knockout stage of the continental tournament in France, especially as they are in a tough group.
Liverpool football club players and crew arrived the country ahead of the Europa League final slated for Wednesday against Spanish side, Sevilla in Basle.
The team arrived Switzerland on Monday ahead of the hugely anticipated Wednesday game. A European trophy and a place in next season's Champions League are up for grabs for the Reds, as they did not make top four in the Premier League.
Valon Behrami struggled to hold down a regular spot in Quique Sanchez Flores' starting line-up this season but the Switzerland international has done just about enough to earn a place in their Euro 2016 squad. Behrami has made over 60 appearances for his country and has featured at four major tournaments since bursting onto the international stage in 2005.
Needs game time
However, his lack of form at club level and uncertain future will be of some concern to Swiss fans ahead of the tournament. Flores, who left Watford by mutual agreement at the end of the campaign, has dismissed Behrami in recent weeks and the 31-year-old's last Premier League appearance came in the 3-1 defeat to West Ham back on April 20th.
Unfortunately for Switzerland, they have been paired up with host nation France in Group A of this summer's European Championship.
However, they will also face Romania and Albania – and both fixtures are certainly winnable. Whilst top spot may be out of reach, there's no reason why Switzerland cannot qualify for the knockout stages as runners up.
Gokhen Inler was signed by Leicester City for a fee of £3 million back on August of 2015, unfortunately for the 31 year old player; he has never truly managed to secure a starting role spot in the Premier League club.
Ever since Inler joined the Premier League outfit, he has had to spend the majority of the season as an unused substitute. The Swiss player does not play any influential role in the club and this might become a problem for Gokhen Inler if he wants to perform for his national team.
One of the advantages of Switzerland hosting friendly matches is that the coach gets presents from the visitor teams.
That's what happened on 29th March 2016. Though the friendly match played between Switzerland and Bosnia did not end in favor of the host, the beginning was definitely sweet.
Former Lazio manager Vladimir Petkovic did a great job by getting Switzerland into the Euro 2016. He has been rewarded for this fine job with a new contract from the Swiss FA.
The extension signed by the manager will see him stay as national team coach until 2017. This will cover most of the qualifying matches for the World Cup 2018. The manager, however, will receive a straightforward extension if he manages to get the national team into the World Cup 2018 as well.
Ever since Pep Guardiola arrived to Bayern Munich on June of 2013, the Spanish manager has had a fairly impressive time with a number of titles having been secured. Bayern Munich are the undisputed champions of England as the club has successively been winning the Bundesliga and they appear to do it with relative ease in each season.
The FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup and the DFB Pokal Cup are all of the titles that Guardiola since being named as the head coach of German club but there is one piece of silverware that he is missing and it's the Champions League.
Even though the festive period of fixtures recently came to an end, Mark Hughes is not ready to give up on his cautious approach when it comes to getting players back from injury.
The Stoke City manager has a number of top players on the sidelines. The addition of Ryan Shawcross to the injury list only added to the pressure that Hughes is feeling. The FA Cup returns with fourth-round action, but reaching the semi-final of the League Cup has already put a lot of pressure on the squad. Stoke have been involved in midweek games consistently over the last few months.
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RNAi screening reveals Wnt inhibitors can suppress signaling, halt proliferation in cancer cells
NEW YORKThrough the use of an integrated screening platform combining RNA interference (RNAi) technology and high-throughput chemical genetic screening, three novel small molecules with cancer applications have been identified by researchers from the Cancer Institute at NYU Lagone Medical Center. These molecules have been identified as inhibitors of the Wnt signaling pathway, a cellular communication pathway responsible for regulating several aspects of cell development and cancer, and have applicability in discovering therapies for diseases associated with abnormalities in the Wnt pathway.
"These molecules hold a lot of promise towards future Wnt-based drug development for cancer treatments," says Dr. Ramanuj DasGupta, assistant professor of pharmacology at NYU School of Medicine and the NYU Cancer Institute, the scientific director of the NYU RNAi Core Screening Facility and an author of the study about the molecules published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "They may allow the compounds to be used for specific therapeutic purposes in humans to induce the death of Wnt-dependent or Wnt-addicted cancer cells and tumor tissues without affecting the growth and proliferation of normal healthy cells."
The molecules that the researchers discovered are capable of suppressing the activity of the Wnt signaling pathway in human colon cancers from biopsies, in colon cancer cells lines and in a mouse tumor-xenograft model. In each case, the inhibitors halted cancer cell proliferation in either the laboratory dish or the mouse.
The Wnt pathway controls several biological processes by promoting cell-to-cell communication. Previous studies have indicated that cancers in the skin, breast, liver and colon are associated with abnormal signaling activity within the Wnt pathway. Wnt genes bind to receptors found on the surface of cells, which provokes a reaction within the cells that allows various "downstream effector proteins" to become activated. One such protein is ß- catenin, which moves into the nucleus of a cell and is responsible for the activation of genes associated with cell proliferation.
"While more exploratory research of these promising compounds is needed, these small molecules identified in the RNAi screens can serve as prototypes for the development of future antitumor drugs targeting the Wnt signaling pathway in different Wnt-associated cancers," says DasGupta.
The researchers used their integrated screening platform to determine the potency of 14,977 compounds in terms of the effects they have on the activity of the Wnt pathway. The targeted screening method helped the researchers to identify the three novel inhibitors, all of which demonstrated the ability to block Wnt target genes in various mammalian cancer cells lines such as human colon and breast cancer cells. Dr. Foster Gonsalves, the first author of the study and a postdoctoral fellow in DasGupta's lab, helped to develop this screening technique.
"Similar RNAi-based integrated screening technology should be widely applicable to a variety of other signaling pathways implicated in human disease," says DasGupta.
The study's abstract notes that "misregulated ß- catenin responsive transcription (CRT) has been implicated in the genesis of various malignancies, including colorectal carcinomas, and it is a key therapeutic target in combating various cancers." It goes on to explain that despite the potential that CRT inhibitory therapeutics represent, clinical implementation of these therapeutics is difficult due to the issue of identifying compounds that can affect "the nuclear transcriptional activity of ß- catenin" without affecting its other functions.
Additionally, the abstract adds that the researchers' data "provide support for the specificity of these inhibitory compounds in antagonizing the transcriptional function of nuclear ß- catenin." The inhibitors "efficiently block Wnt/ß- catenin-induced target genes and phenotypes" and are "specifically cytotoxic to human colon tumor biopsy cultures as well as colon cancer cell lines that exhibit deregulated Wnt signaling."
Though abnormal signaling in the Wnt pathway is most commonly associated with colon cancer in particular, ß- catenin seems to play a part in various other issues as well. According to the abstract of a paper published in 2004 by the University of Chicago Medical Center, "although oncogenic mutations of ß- catenin have only been discovered in a small fraction of non-colon cancers, elevated levels of ß- catenin protein, a hallmark of activated canonical Wnt pathway, have been observed in most common forms of human malignancies." The paper, "Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway as a novel cancer drug target," also affirms in its abstract that "the pathway itself offers ample targeting nodal points for cancer drug development." (The paper can be found online through the online archive at PubMed.)
"To date, no therapies for the control of Wnt-driven tumors have been available for colon cancer, lung cancer, leukemia and other forms of the disease caused by mutations in the Wnt pathway," says Dr. Robert Nagourney of Rational Therapeutics in Long Beach, Calif., another author of the study. "The findings in our human tissue model give us real hope that these compounds will have important implications in future clinical therapy and the development of an effective Wnt inhibitor."
The study, titled "An RNAi-based chemical genetic screen identifies three small-molecule inhibitors of the Wnt/wingless signaling pathway," was published in the April 12, 2011 issue of the PNAS, and was also featured on the cover. The other authors of the paper include Keren Klein, Shauna Katz, Laura A. Ekas and Timothy Cardozo from NYU School of Medicine; Steven Evans from Rational Therapeutics; and Anthony M.C. Brown and Brittany B. Carson from Weill Cornell Medical College.
Funding for the study came from grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology at NYU School of Medicine.
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text: Concussion: Sundance Review 9:33 AM PST 1/25/2013 by THR Staff FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Stacie Passon) After a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor. Cast: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Julie Fain Lawrence, Emily Kinney, Laila Robins. Solid relationship drama centers on an unsympathetic lead. TWITTER Director Stacie Passon's drama follows a midlife crisis that threatens a lesbian couple's upper-middle-class ease. PARK CITY -- Lightly connecting a knock on the head to a long spell of bad behavior (or soul-searching adventures, depending on your point of view), Stacie Passon's Concussion stars Robin Weigert as a married woman who finds relief from a sexless marriage by becoming a prostitute. Its treatment of lesbian relationships, vulnerable to the same perils we've watched straight couples suffer onscreen for decades, will be appreciated by many viewers, though many will be put off by an unsympathetic protagonist. Weigert's Abby shows us her ugliest side in the opening sequence, snapping "shut up, you shit!" at her own son after he accidentally beans her with a baseball. As she recovers from the wound, Abby seems to be newly sensitive to the superficiality of life as a stay-at-home mom in an unnamed well-to-do community near New York City. (Wife Kate, played by Julie Fain Lawrence, is a successful divorce lawyer.) She decides to buy a loft in the city and flip it, with renovations offering plenty of excuses to be away from home. Particularly bothered by the lack of physical affection she gets from businesslike Kate, Abby goes to a prostitute, then another. In an eyebrow-raising coincidence -- not the last, or the least credible, in this film -- Abby's contractor Justin (Johnathan Tchaikovsky) has just started dating a college student who runs call girls on the side; he offers Abby a chance to make money exploring her sexual wanderlust. What follows is sometimes poignant (the overweight virgin prompted by a women's studies course to rent a date), sometimes psychologically intriguing (an older woman who nearly talks herself out of doing what she has paid for) and sometimes exciting. But a tough-to-buy encounter with a sexy housewife (Maggie Siff) who's part of Abby's social circle introduces dangers that aren't satisfactorily explored, and the inevitable confrontation with Kate is similarly unsatisfying. Although Weigert is convincing as Abby, Passon's attitude toward the character is hazy. Are these illicit experiences meant to redeem the problematic character in some way? Are they anything more than a reminder of her wild days as a punk-loving aesthete? By the film's end, the character -- whose married life boils down to making choices between khaki, parchment and beige -- seems unchanged, and Concussion can't decide if that's a good thing or bad. Production companies: Concussion LLC, Razorwire Films, Cliff Chenfeld Productions, The Group Films Cast: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Julie Fain Lawrence, Emily Kinney, Laila Robins Director-Screenwriter: Stacie Passon Producer: Rose Troche Executive producers: Cliff Chenfeld, Anthony Cupo Director of photography: David Kruta Production designer: Lisa Myers Costume designer: Jennifer K. Bentley Editor: Anthony Cupo No rating, 95 minutes FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME THR Staff firstname.lastname@example.com THR


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Terminal with High Definition lnfrared Camera
S502 multi-biometric identification time attendance product adopts our latest ZEM600 platform with ZK Face 5.0 algorithm and large capacity menory. IFace series integrated 630MHz high speed ZK Multi-Bio processor and high definition infrared camera thich enables user identification in the dark environment. The appearances of iFace series are designed by Germany professional design company according to the view of human engineering. All operations of iFace device are designed to be finished on the 4:3 inches TFT touch screen. Multi-model communications includes RS232/485, TCP/IP, Optional WiFi or GPRS Optional built-in 2000 mAh battery eliminates the trouble of power-cut.
• Integration of Fingerprint, Facial, RFID, and Password identification methods.
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• 4.3' 0TFT touch screen, easy operation, fashionable and simple interface.
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• Simple access control function reduces extra door control equipments cost for users.
• Extendable scheduled-bell.
• Infrared optical system enables user identification in dark environment.
• Optional built-in backup battery support extra 4 hours continuous operation if power cut.
• Optional built-in wireless WiFi or GPRS communication makes easier device installation without wiring.