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1-AUG-2019 SolveSys - Equation Library and Nonlinear Systems Solver
02-05-2017, 10:51 PM (This post was last modified: 08-01-2019 03:32 PM by Han.)
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1-AUG-2019 SolveSys - Equation Library and Nonlinear Systems Solver
1-AUG-2019 (Ver. 1.10Beta)
To update, first save your library files if you have modified any systems of equations. See the eqlib.pdf manual file for a program that exports library files into notes that can be edited on a computer. (The connectivity kit can also be used to view/edit notes.) It is always good practice to back up your libraries regularly.
Download links at bottom of post.
This app is intended to replicate and combine programs from the HP48 series of calculators for organizing equations and launching an equation solver. While there are a few user-created programs/apps that help manage equations, most of them have the formulas built-in (hard-coded into the source code of the program/app). This app attempts to allow users to build their own equations library. The user can then also launch a numerical solver. Using the built-in Solve app may be adequate for some users, but it lacks the ability to handle more general systems.
The current Solve app is quite deficient in that in requires the number of equations in a system be the same as the number of variables. Therefore, over-determined or under-determined systems cannot be solved numerically. Usually under-determine systems have an infinite number of results, and a numerical solver should ideally try to return a solution that is as close to the initial guess as possible. For over-determined systems, a solution usually does not exist. Most numerical solvers would return a "least-squares" solution.
This app implements the Newton-Raphson algorithm for solving a system of equations. In order to handle ill-conditioned, over-determined, under-determined, rank-deficient (etc.) Jacobian matrices, the SVD is used to determine the pseudo-inverse of the Jacobian (the pseudo-inverse coincides with the regular inverse of a matrix for non-singular matrices). Users have reported that the app can handle complex values just fine. Minimal testing seems to confirm this.
(Please refer to the reference manual included in the zip file)
The reference manual will likely see another update in which all the images are updated to nicer, crisp images created by \( \LaTeX\ \) and ps-tricks. For now, though, I will leave them there so that there is at least some frame of reference, and for old time's sake. The equations will also likely get a face lift as the variables are updated to follow typical mathematical conventions (e.g. subscripts). While the HP Prime currently does not support subscripted variables, the correspondence between the calculator's variables and those in the reference manual should be obvious (e.g. \( v_0 \) vs. \( \tt{v0} \) ).
If you notice any typos, please let me know.
There are two versions: a merged version (SVD merged into the source code for Equation Library) and the separated version. Does it make a difference which version I use? Yes, if you plan to work with under/over determined systems or systems whose Jacobian is either singular or near singular, it can make a major difference. The separated version (i.e. not merged) is slightly more accurate. As of the 2018 10 16 firmware release (press [Help] (Tree) (About) to see your firmware version), it appears that an issue with CAS corruption has been fixed. What this will likely mean is that the app will move toward a single release.
25-MARCH-2017 (Ver. 1.000)
08-MAR-2017 (Ver. 0.900)
Version 1.10 Beta: Attached in this recent post
Version 1.000 (same file name, just re-download to get the update)
Equation Library Prime.zip (Size: 540.99 KB / Downloads: 1851)
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
Hello, downloaded beta version. Thank you for your efforts on try to have a solvesys like HP50, one of the most important programs, I think.
First, a strange issue has happend sometimes: after inserting the equations, I push [Num] then OK, and it does not start to solve but it returns to the equation menu. ¿? I did a warmstart and it didn´t happen again, at the moment.
The system of this thread gives different results from the Wolfram, I get A=1,27E-10 and B=1,088E21. Wolfram: A: -3,675E-10, B: 9,438€-11 Perhaps too low values for iteration accuracy?
Ok on this http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-614...t=solvesys
Ok on this http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-604...t=solvesys
Ok on this http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-238...t=solvesys
I´ll make more tests.
02-09-2017, 09:35 PM (This post was last modified: 02-09-2017 09:49 PM by Han.)
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
(02-09-2017 08:42 PM)akmon Wrote: Hello, downloaded beta version. Thank you for your efforts on try to have a solvesys like HP50, one of the most important programs, I think.
If I recall correctly, that pair of values results in a nearly-singular Jacobian (likely singular due to floating point issues). But getting there was likely due to a few other issues. The SVD program had a few bugs in it (update again, even if you already did so recently). The other issue is due to CAS corruption, for which the current workaround is to use the restart command in the CAS view and rebuild the SVD program by opening and closing its source file.
I can still get both solutions to this system (in the 0.500 version) by setting |x| to 1e-20 and |F| to 1e-10. The |F| value I think should be self-explanatory but the |x| labeling for the other tolerance may be a bit misleading. It is really a measure of the change in the x_i's relative to the norm of the previous solution. So if u want 4 digits of accuracy and your solution is in the order of 1e-10, then you should try setting |x| to 1e-16. May I can change this later on to "number of digits" rather than a "tolerance" value to reflect the true behavior of that value. Also, |F| should be set to be a 1e-10 (or smaller) since 1.27e-10 would be pretty close to the error itself (similar reasoning). When using (1,1) and (1,2) for initial values, I get the two separate solutions.
Lastly, keep in mind that the (now prior) version was just Newton's method and is highly likely to wander off into "la-la" land. In your case, you probably landed in a spot where the Jacobian is nearly singular (or in fact singular but not shown to be so due to typical floating point issues). You can check this by using svd2(ssJ) -- make sure to do this in the CAS view. The "middle" vector lists the singular values. If any of them are close to zero, then the Jacobian is (likely) rank-deficient.
The newer version has backtracking line search.
I still need to tweak the exit conclusions (i.e. how to classify supposed solutions).
I just updated the program; I appreciate your continued efforts to test the solver.
EDIT: I should mention that I am able to get it to run on the real calculator after having tweaked a few spots where iferr blocks were used. It would seem that iferr and return calls are currently misbehaving so that repeated instances would lead to a warmstart. I worked around that issue by modifying the code to not rely on iferr.
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
Thank you for the new release, I have also updated SVD. I have edited the solver settings with your advice, edited the solver settings, previous values [1,1], and after a few seconds I get A=3,36E-5 ; B= 1,776€-5, (100 iterations). After the results I started to solve again with these new initial values, and after a few seconds the result was correct. BUT, I don´t know why I cannot exit from the matrix environment. I can go to the solver menu, but no more, no Home, no CAS, strange, only happened once, tried to do the same again and no problem this time.
Edited solver parameters to 200 iterations and the result was correct.
and if I assign [1,2] it shows "linesearch failed f> fold): yes lam 0,371136323793
If I use [-1,1] or [0,0] or [1,0] and press OK, it returms to equation menu. ¿?
By the way, the clocksand didn´t appear while solving with [1,1], I thought it hanged, but finished the calculus.
And it seems that sometimes SVD does not exist. I edit the program or debug, and it works again.
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
(02-10-2017 12:18 AM)akmon Wrote: Thank you for the new release, I have also updated SVD. I have edited the solver settings with your advice, edited the solver settings, previous values [1,1], and after a few seconds I get A=3,36E-5 ; B= 1,776€-5, (100 iterations). After the results I started to solve again with these new initial values, and after a few seconds the result was correct. BUT, I don´t know why I cannot exit from the matrix environment. I can go to the solver menu, but no more, no Home, no CAS, strange, only happened once, tried to do the same again and no problem this time.
It looks like you have memory corruption (referring to the bold text).
The solving process is a bit slower in this version due to the backtracking. Before, every iteration step was a full Newton step in the opposite direction of the gradient. This could mean fewer iterations, and in other cases it could mean the Newton steps wander around in an unwanted direction. The backtracking line search technique takes smaller steps, but ensures that each step is a descent step toward either a 0 or a minimum. This is the tradeoff; perhaps I can make it optional to use line searches. As for the lockup issues:
Try the following:
1) type restart into the CAS view
2) go into the memory browser, and look in the CAS Vars submenu; delete anything that is still left over in this submenu -- make sure this is completely clean
3) turn the calculator off, and then back on (this presumably forces the memory to save its state into flash)
4) warmstart using [On][Symb]
When the calculator warmstarts, it should rebuild all stored programs. If you see a message about installing SVD then open and immediately close the source file for SVD.
Then try your solve.
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
Did all the steps you suggested, but the results are exactly the same as the post I worte yesterday, the same behaviour (tests on my physical calculator). If you need any parameter about my settings, please let me know.
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
It looks like our equations are slightly different. If your equation is \( \left( \frac{A+B}{A} \right) ^2 = 8.377 \) then a guess of A=1 and B=2 would lead to a solution whereas A=2 and B=1 would lead to a failed line search.
If your equation is \( \left( \frac{A+B}{B} \right) ^2 = 8.377 \) -- notice the denominator -- then a guess of A=2 and B=1 would lead to a solution; A=1 and B=2 would lead to a failed line search (symmetry in the variables compared to the first case)
For the rest of this post, let us assume you used the first form of (with A in the denominator). Assuming that our application is bug-free (doubtful at the moment), then A=2 and B=1 is a point for which a line search is going to fail. To see how this might come to be, let me explain the algorithm a bit.
In the recent versions, we are additionally solving for the minimums of another function f = 1/2 (F.F). Notice that the zeros of F are guaranteed minimums of f (since it is a non-negative function). However, not all minimums of f are zeros of F -- no worries, we simply check whether \( \| F \| \) is sufficiently small enough). We are still using Newton's method, wherein we compute \( \Delta x = -J^{-1} \cdot F \) and obtain \( x_\text{new} = x_\text{old} + \Delta x \), however we scale the step \( \Delta x \) by \( \lambda \) so that we guarantee a decrease in \( \| F \| \). (J here represents the Jacobian of F). This is the line search portion of the algorithm.
You can read about line searches here:
Basically, the line search tries to find a suitable \( \lambda \) that satisfies the strong Wolfe conditions (so that we have convergence). (In the link above, they call the scalar factor \( \alpha^* \) ). From the link:
Quote:Typically, it only takes a few iterations to find a point satisfying the conditions. However, the line search is not always able to find a point that satisfies the conditions. Usually this is because there is insufficient precision to compute the points closely enough to satisfy the conditions, but it can also be caused by functions that are not completely smooth or vary extremely slowly in the neighborhood of a minimum.
So in the end, A=2 and B=1 is just not a good guess (again, assuming A is the variable in the denominator of your equation involving 8.377).
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
Understood. I have always made the examples using B as denominator, so if I insert A=1 and B=2 then an error message appears as yours. But with A=2 and B=1 I find the solution after 180 iterations
Please use the equations with B denominator and Guess with [0,0] or [1,0], it returns to equation menu again. As I have now in Verbose mode, I can read (slightly) that before going to equation menu, the program ends in creating the F vector.
On virtual prime is even worse. It crashes with those guess values.
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
(02-10-2017 07:13 PM)akmon Wrote: On virtual prime is even worse. It crashes with those guess values.
Wow, that is a huge crash!
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02-11-2017, 02:09 AM (This post was last modified: 02-11-2017 02:13 AM by Han.)
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
I think to get around all these firmware issues, I will be
1) converting the svd code from CAS form into non-CAS form
2) then embedding it within the equation library / solver app
This will mean no more corruption of the svd2 program (although a few variables must unfortunately remain on the cas side) and not having to update two separate programs. There is a tiny downside (possibly) since the home programs use BCD representation of floating points and the cas programs use binary representation. I am not sure how many bits are used on either side, but it could mean a tiny bit of accuracy loss switching out of cas form.
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02-11-2017, 05:43 AM (This post was last modified: 02-11-2017 06:59 PM by Han.)
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
See if this version works any better. It will still misbehave in the event of something like you described above (and crash the VC), but this version no longer makes use of CAS programs to do the svd calculation. All of that is now built-in and part of the app as a whole. So you will need to delete your existing copy of svd2 as they are now part of the app .
For good measure, clean out your CAS variables to ensure none of the old stuff is still lying around, possibly causing collisions with their duplicate versions inside the app's code.
eqlibsvd_10feb2017.txt (Size: 62.59 KB / Downloads: 56)
Anyone interested in creating a nice icon for this app? Or perhaps creating the data file that would correspond to the equation library from the HP48 series?
EDIT: The non-CAS version of svd2 appears to be slightly less accurate than the CAS version (off at about the 12th digit) (I'm guessing this is due to the floating point format)
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02-12-2017, 11:19 PM (This post was last modified: 02-13-2017 12:26 AM by akmon.)
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
Now that SVD is included in the core of the app, it´s not only more conformtable for updating, but it avoids errors from "SVD not found". Well done. Buy the way, remember to update your first post.
I haved noticed that slightly less accuracy in our famous system (A= -3,4985E-10, B=8,98E-11), I have also discovered that if you are very accurate on your guess you´ll reach the exact solution, but it is too much to suppose and this system of equations are very unlikely to appear in general terms. What still concern me is what causes that fatal crash on VC just only choosing from one guess to other.
By the way, I´ve tried to solve a complex system. Always get bad guesses. How do I solve this? (2+i)*X+2*Y=1+7*i ; (1-i)*X+i*Y=0
About icons, three examples. The first, represents the graphical purpose of this app. The second, a wink to the firs Solvesys, and the last, another wink to the first EQlib from HP48.
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
(02-12-2017 11:19 PM)akmon Wrote: Now that SVD is included in the core of the app, it´s not only more conformtable for updating, but it avoids errors from "SVD not found". Well done. Buy the way, remember to update your first post.
This is exactly what I was referring to regarding the loss in accuracy. Using the CAS version, you get just a slight advantage in accuracy. (see http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-2953.html)
But you are right, such a system tends to be atypical due to the singularity at B=0 (assuming (((A+B)/B)^2\) ), or A=-B
Right now, you should only need to update the SVD program if there's a bug fix. However, you will still have to deal with the CAS corruption (esp. on the emulator). On the hardware, it should not occur unless you either 1) recompiled a program or 2) experience a warmstart. My posting the code as source code probably doesn't help with (1).
The crash is due to the firmware's inability to handle undefined values in the Home view. The app is programmed as a "non-CAS" program. However, it still makes a few calls into the CAS. I hope that they will fix this in the next firmware.
Quote:About icons, three examples. The first, represents the graphical purpose of this app. The second, a wink to the firs Solvesys, and the last, another wink to the first EQlib from HP48.
Ahh, I do like the nod to either SolveSys or EQLIB. And compsystems' idea about using the old solve card as an icon is also a nice idea.
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02-13-2017, 12:08 AM (This post was last modified: 02-14-2017 04:02 PM by Han.)
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
Equation Library data (partially completed). With the data below, you can get an idea of what the final version might look like. Please note that it is merely an example of a .lib file and is currently incomplete, or even wrong in some parts as I just recently learned.
If you would like a data file to test, enter the app and copy the list of lists below (easiest if done on emulator), and type:
AFiles("Equation Library.lib"):=<insert copied list of lists below here>
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
Utility to convert old library data to newer format:
EXPORT UpdateLibDat()
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
Here is another utility that will take your library data and convert it into a note, which you can then export into a text file. It assumes your library data has be converted up to the version used in 0.651
EXPORT LibToNote()
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
The icon
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
Downloaded equation library. I have choosen an easy example:
Suppose V and R are known variables: V=220 and R is 9 ohm.
This example was able to be solved by MSOLVR fron HP48, because you a have a "concatenated" list of equations, solve P, then solve I.
However the app can´t solve it. Tried various guesses and no way.
Solvesys is able to work as MSOLVR if necesary?
02-15-2017, 12:16 AM (This post was last modified: 02-15-2017 07:20 PM by Han.)
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
(02-14-2017 11:21 PM)akmon Wrote: Downloaded equation library. I have choosen an easy example:
I am not quite sure what you mean by not being able to solve it. If you want it to solve for P and I while fixing the values of V and R, then you will need to tell the solver that the values of V and R are constant. To the far right of the variables are check boxes to set them to be constants (when checked) or variables (when unchecked). If you leave them as variables, then you are actually solving an under-determined system (4 variables with only 2 equations -- there are an infinite number of solutions). On the other hand, setting V and R to be constants gives me the solution P=5377.7778 and I=24.4444 (2 variables, 2 equations -- if a solution exists, it will be unique). I used a guess of 100, 100.
I changed my tolerances because the values supplied (220 and 9) suggest we only need to be within 5 or so decimal places for a reasonable answer (unlike the other problem where the solution itself was in the order of 10^-10 or 10^-11).
Please keep in mind that the conclusion from the app is all based on your tolerances. It stops the iterations if the x_i's are within the tolerance you specify (it's actually not a tolerance, but a check on whether the digits up to a certain order have stopped changing). Then it checks to see if the output values are also within (another) tolerance, concluding a zero if yes. And if not it checks to see if perhaps a minimum (or extremum in general) may have been found. These last two are the only possible, valid conclusions since a "tiny" (or no) change in the x_i's suggests that the gradient is nearly 0 (which occurs at extrema). Here, "tiny" is relative to the tolerance you set. But again, these conclusions are based on your tolerances. So if you set them too large, then it may conclude incorrectly. Set them too small, and you may never see convergence in some situations (not enough precisions to meet the desired tolerance) despite the values actually converging.
That said, I have been considering implementing a hybrid solver just as described by the HP patent. Since the Prime has access to a CAS, it should not be too hard to implement a secondary solver (or maybe this could be the primary solver) in which a formula having only one parameter that is unknown is used to determine the remaining parameter, repeating as much as necessary while cycling through the remaining formulas.
EDIT: Ahh, ok. I downloaded the version listed in the first post, and am seeing the misbehavior. There's a single line in the function ssEvalF that was modified and somehow did not make it into this revision (this is what I get for not using a CVS and developing on multiple copies over multiple machines).
In the meantime, change the line ssCAS(ssCurSys(4,j) + ":=" + vec(j)); to become ssCAS(ssCurSys(4,ssSolveVars(j)) + ":=" + vec(j)); within the function ssEvalF(vec)
I found a few more bugs that I need to iron out in the pinv() routine (for degenerate cases like m x 1 or 1 x n matrices) but I should have an update up soon.
EDIT 2: 0.652 should take care of this, now. SVD was also updated.
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RE: SolveSys - Equation Library and Multiple Equations Solver
Ok, this is another thing. It solves correctly. It´s curious that if I insert R=8, the program founds a zero, but if I input R=9 it says "Bad guess", however the result is correct. The clue is F value. If it is very low you can assume that the solution is quite correct. I´ll make more tests.
By the way, this equation was pending of answer. I´ve read that the app allows to insert complex equations, I tried this: (2+i)*X+2*Y=1+7*i ; (1-i)*X+i*Y=0 but I get a syntax error, don´t know to input the i value.
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Today i saw a woman's german article on how she wouldn't want reports about her sex life spread through wikileaks. I wouldn't like that either. But i see it as a misconception and confusion about two very different issues, namely personal privacy and state/government secrecy. This confusion is used and increased by many politicians for their own purposes.
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Transparency is relation to your private life is one thing and yes the government should be transparent or as much as possible be transparent in that area. Transparency between governments will never happen. The world doesn't work that way and cannot work that way for obvious reasons.
Referring to the other comment… "The world doesn't work that way" is a popular excuse of those unable to imagine it working in other ways. Much like "There is no alternative" is a popular way to make others shut up when running out of arguments. Killer phrases aren't very useful when trying to communicate.
I'm afraid the "obvious reasons" why inter-governmental transparency is impossible don't seem that obvious, Robert. It seems to me that saying something is obvious is an excellent way to deflect argument when one would have trouble making his case based on, say, facts or logic.
To my way of thinking, if two people can work together transparently, then so can two groups of people, and scaling upwards one should be able to imagine conditions under which two countries (and their governments) should be able to do the same. It might be difficult, but not "obviously" impossible.
It is definitely not the same but still it gives the politicians a taste of their own medicine. Maybe after this whole catastrophe they will see consumer privacy with different eyes.
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When Charlotte's husband James tragically dies, he leaves her an unexpected gift – her grandmother's beautiful villa, Marisal, on the Spanish island of Formentera. As she begins to explore her new home and heal her broken heart in the warm golden sunshine, Charlotte discovers that her grandmother Alba has been keeping secrets about her life on the island. Intrigued by her family's hidden history, Charlotte uncovers a devastating love affair that put many lives at risk and two sisters torn apart by loss. Can the heartbreaking truth of the island's dark history finally be laid to rest? Or will the secrets of the past shake the new life and love that Charlotte is close to finding?
The book starts with Charlotte grieving her husband's death and finding out that she has inherited a villa in the beautiful Spanish island of Formentera. The first part of the book started out slow and I thought the story was going to revolve around her grieving until she finds out that her grandmother Alba had some secrets Charlotte was about to discover. What attracted me to this book was the cover and the idea of reading a "feel-good summer read" and although the book was quite enjoyable, at times the narrative felt repetitive and stereotypical of what one thinks a Mediterranean island should look and smell like. Having lived in the Balearic Islands I thought a book about Formentera was going to transport me back to that time in my life, but it really didn't. The historical part was very interesting, but overall I felt that the characters landed a bit flat on the pages and the middle of the story dragged a bit.
I would like to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.


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Welcome to the 21st century, all. Electronic books, whether you love them or hate them, are here to stay, and as with any change in medium this drastic, we have to figure out which one is better. In the immortal words of… an immortal, "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!"Well, no, not really. But readers still have to figure out what our relationship is with these newfangled electronic things. What are their benefits? What are their drawbacks? How can I relate to them? What do they tell the world about me, and what do they tell me about myself? There's a lot more involved in this discussion than simple cost-benefit analysis. There are feelings and memories and senses, which can cause us to make decisions about the medium that aren't necessarily rational.
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Although he wasn't named in the original piece by Hartman de Souza in the Hindustan Times, Tarun J. Tejpal, the editor of Tehelka, offers a spirited defence in today's paper on the alleged irregularities in his under-construction house in Goa:
"When I tell him [Hartman de Souza] the reporter he has cited was asked to leave the magazine on account of poor performance, he rages that the world will soon run out of water and power and food (and love).
"When I tell him we don't do mining, our investors don't do mining, I have no friends who are mining barons, and that we actively refused sponsorship from all the Goan mining companies for our Think conclave, he rages that all mining is bad, everywhere….
"I don't tell him that our journalists have in the last few years done more work than anyone else against land and mining violations in Orissa, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Haryana and other states. I suspect for him if it isn't in Goa it doesn't count.
"I don't tell him that Tehelka's public interest journalism ends up in crucial PILs, Supreme Court mandated special institutional tribunals (SITs), and impacts policy on a myriad human rights issues on a regular basis. I suspect, for him if it isn't in Goa it doesn't count.
"I don't tell him I go to the courts several times every month to defend ourselves against those whose wrongdoings we've exposed. I suspect, for him if it isn't Goa it doesn't count.
"I don't tell him that if the top 100 media editors and owners declare their assets I would be delighted, if included, to declare mine. Such revelations might explode his rage to potentially fatal levels."
Read the full article: Albert Pinto ko gussa kyon aata hai?
Also read: A magazine, a scam, an owner and his Goan house
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Warsaw travel highlights
In Warsaw, there's no shortage of distractions, from the opulent Royal Palace and Chopin's masterpieces, to Lazienki Park's vast green space and the city's exotic dining scene.
Tourist attractions
The Old Town area is where you'll find Warsaw's main attractions, starting with the Royal Castle. Formerly the official residence of the Polish monarchy, the castle was the subject of extensive reconstruction efforts, after it sustained heavy damage during the war. Today, it is one of the symbols of Poland's resilience. Several of the paintings in the castle's collection, which are open for public viewing, were used by engineers and architects as reference in reconstructing Warsaw.
Warsaw also has its fair share of museums. The National Museum has more than 800,000 exhibits, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, illustrations and photographs. The Chopin Museum, dedicated to the life and works of world-renowned Polish composer and pianist Frédéric François Chopin, is spread over four floors. The highlight of any visit to this museum are the listening booths in the basement. Here you can work your way through a catalogue of pieces by the famous composer, completely undisturbed.
A stroll around Old Town's maze of streets is best carried out with a guide to ensure you don't miss out on local history.
Leisure activities
Whether you're interested in history or cultural activities, you'll find plenty to keep you amused when you travel to Warsaw.
Built in the 17th century, Lazienki Park is Poland's most treasured green space – a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of city life. Spread over 74 hectares, the park has a landscaped garden, an artificial lake and a palace-turned-museum built on an artificial island. It is often filled with families throughout the week, and is a great picnic spot. On Sundays during the summer months, you may be lucky enough to catch an al fresco Chopin concert.
The live music scene in Warsaw is buzzing – Warsaw Philharmonic and the Polish National opera are based here. Festivals such as Warsaw Summer Jazz Days are a great way to mingle with the locals.
The 231-metre Palace of Culture and Science, Poland's tallest building, often draws divided opinions. Some love it, some hate it; but the best views of the city can be experienced from its 30th-floor terrace.
Think of Polish food and hearty fare comes to mind, yet there are lighter options on offer in Warsaw. You'll find the usual fast-food outlets, but it's also easy to find a unique, independent restaurant. For an authentic Polish experience, visit one of Warsaw's milk bars. Opened in the 1960s to serve affordable, milk-based products, the food is distinctly Polish and it's a great way to experience life as a local.
Regional specialities include pierogi (dumplings with savoury filling, usually topped with sour cream), golabki (stuffed cabbage leaves) and bigos (a hearty meat-and-sauerkraut stew). Make sure you try krowki, a soft Polish fudge, for a sweet way to end your meal.
One of Warsaw's charms is a distinct lack of international chain restaurants. But in recent years, the city's progressive culinary scene has made it easier to find local restaurants serving food from across the globe.
It is easy to find bargains on offer on every corner when you travel to Warsaw, with city markets and craft shops being the best places to find unusual souvenirs.
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For conventional shopping, Warsaw has malls, many of which stay open until 10pm. Sadyba Best Mall offers everything from fashion and perfumes to books and international brands. The more eclectic Cepelia is the outlet for artisanal goods, as well as Polish arts and crafts.
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Smithfield Foods announced it has sold its hog production operations in Texhoma, OK, to Prestage Farms Inc., based in the southeastern United States.
Included in the Texhoma operations are 20,000 sows and 71,000 nursery and 172,000 finishing spaces.
"Although vertical integration continues to be a key point of difference for Smithfield, these farms do not supply any of the company's pork processing plants," explains CEO C. Larry Pope in a news release about the sale. "The sale of these operations demonstrates our continuing commitment to shed non-core businesses with a greater focus on return on invested capital."
Prestage Farms has more than 1,000 employees and contracts with more than 700 farm families who raise hogs and turkeys.
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Site Review by Greg Johnson
BringTim.com is a collaborative success made possible by the design geniuses at Small Dot Studios who teamed up with photography alchemist and web creation guru Bill Adams of Inertia Unlimited.
The site (shown below) is an excellent example of the synergy, creativity, and efficiency that can happen when design and development teams work together.
Below is a review of the site that explores the exceptional design characteristics as well as some areas that could be improved.
It's well known that budget constraints and the desires of a client can influence the ultimate outcome of site design. So, suggestions for improvement are not a reflection of the designers, but simply a commentary about website design in general.
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Graphics & Images. What strikes me immediately as I visit the site are the clean bold graphics. The main landing page is a critical part of any website. It's like a resume. You really need to make a good first impression and convey the basic information people need to know. BringTim.com accomplishes this with elegant and professional graphics.
Navigation. Sites that overwhelm people with links, banners, and too many navigation options are likely to repel visitors rather than draw them in. An excellent design aspect of BringTim.com is that the top navigation bar is clean and simplistic — providing all that's needed and nothing that isn't.
Video. The video set to auto play is an effective way to engage site visitors immediately upon arrival, and it's well done — which is essential. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million. Yet, some photos and videos just mumble and don't communicate effectively.
Media. The list of media coverage for the product is amazing.
Possible Improvements. These are a few areas I noticed that could use improvement:
- Layout. In an otherwise perfect site, I noticed that the text layout there's an odd problem with the font layout for the heading "World's First Meeting Cost Calculator & Clock" above the product to the left of the video. The text isn't centered in the area above the product and it almost runs into the gray area above the video. On the Boss Gift page, this isn't a problem. This really isn't a usability issue, and most people would not even notice it as a design problem, but it caught my eye.
- Purchase. It would be nice to have a simple embedded shopping cart option on the website. Instead, the "Buy it Now" link abruptly leaves the site and opens a product page at http://victorystore80.stores.yahoo and unfortunately that Yahoo store doesn't have the same design elegance as the BringTim.com site. It would help if the store were designed a little better to match the site. Or, if the site visitor were clicking on a link that said, "Purchase from our merchant partner" or something like that.
- Recommendation. I'd recommend selling the product through multiple online stores such as eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo's main shopping portal. This will give the product more exposure and allow site visitors to purchase through their preferred store. For example, Amazon Prime members will likely want to purchase it from Amazon. Considering that the product has had some major national media exposure, it would really be worth it to style-up the selling process.
- Contact. The Contact link brings up a cool window and shades the site. However, there's a lot of information put in that small window, so scrolling is required. It seems a small pop-up window would be better reserved for times when you want to display a small amount of information. Also, missing is a feedback form. This could include a captcha verification process to help reduce spam.
- Recommendation. I'd recommend simply using a web page as the contact page. Include the contact information as well as a feedback form. Many sites include essential contact information (like the phone number for ordering) prominently located in the header of the site or right column area.


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These fingerless mitts were inspired when a friend's search for a matching pattern to go with her newly knit Ishbel Beret was unsuccessful. After helping to turn over the last stone on the Internet, I decided there was nothing left to do but write up a pattern for her.
The mitts come in two forms – Ishbel and Elena – the Scottish and Slovakian forms of my two new cousins' names and a nod to our shared heritage. Just like the sisters they are named after, both designs feature the same traditional vine lace pattern, but with a slight visual difference – one stands up straight while the other meanders along the wrist. Each flows into the parallel lines of a razorshell lace panel over the back of the hand. A decorative lace border across the knuckles creates a delicate cast-off edge.
Three sizes are available for these mitts: petite/small (6/6.5 inches), medium/large (7/7.5 inches) and extra-large (8/8.5 inches). Measure around the widest point of your hand at your knuckle to find your size. This mitt has negative ease, which means it should have a fitted appearance, stretching around your hand with the cuff snug against your wrist.
While this pattern is designed to be knit with fingering weight (4-ply) yarn, you can easily substitute a light fingering (3-ply) weight. I would recommend going down to a size 1.5 US needle if you do. Please be aware that this will also shrink the size of your mitt – if you are on the larger end of the scale in your size bracket you might need to go up a size.
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The controversy surrounding Dan Henderson's heavily debated final knockout shot of Michael Bisping at this past weekend's UFC 100 event was just a simple case of a joke gone wrong.
That's according to Henderson, who discussed the fight on Tuesday's edition of MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio).
Henderson said that not only were his post-fight comments about knowingly hitting an unconscious opponent a joke but that he feels he showed "good sportsmanship" by stopping the assault when he did.
Henderson and Bipsing fought in one of the three featured bouts at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on July 11. The rival coaches from the recent ninth season of "The Ultimate Fighter" built a very public rivalry prior to the bout, and fans, too, were caught up in the emotions.
Most fans, especially those in the U.S., were clearly and vocally on Henderson's side in the grudge match.
Henderson delighted the the majority of the soldout crowd and the night's pay-per-view audience when he knocked Bisping out cold with a big overhand right three minutes into the second round. A diving blow from the standing position followed to Henderson's unsconcious opponent.
In a post-fight interview with broadcaster Joe Rogan, however, Henderson said he knew Bisping was out when he delivered the shot and that he normally wouldn't have thrown it.
"I believe I [shut him up] for a little while," Henderson said. "I don't know if I can ever shut his mouth completely, though. Normally, I'm not that way in fights. I know if a guy is out, and I tend to stop. I knew I [knocked] him out. I think that last one was just to shut him up a little bit."
The comments lost him some fans and drew scorn from many of the record 240 credentialed media members who attended the event. The blow was perfectly legal – despite a valiant effort, veteran referee Mario Yamasaki couldn't stop Henderson before the second shot was administered – but the thought of a fighter knowingly hitting an sleeping opponent with such a power punch didn't sit well with many.
A joke gone bad
"It wasn't the right thing to say, obviously," Henderson said on Tuesday. "It wasn't what I wanted to say. It was more of a joke that I was trying to intend. I do have a good sense of humor, and that probably didn't come out quite as funny as it should have."
Henderson said he didn't, in fact, know Bisping was knocked out cold. (In a post-event press conference, UFC president Dana White said that Henderson told him the same thing and had apologized for his comments.)
"It wasn't intentional," Henderson said. "I didn't know he was completely knocked out or done until after that second punch, and that's exactly when I stopped. And I've hit guys just as hard almost right on the button like that (first shot), and they fall down, and the fight continues because maybe I didn't land the second shot right or the ref feels like that [my opponent] is still able to defend himself and he squeaks past and holds on. But I didn't want that to happen. That's why I was on him so quick with the second punch."
During a 12-year career spent mostly with the UFC and PRIDE, Henderson said he's learned to finish opponents once they're in a vulnerable state. Besides, he said, in that split second between the time the first punch landed and he reared up for the second, he didn't have to assess Bisping's state.
"It's instinct," he said. "Obviously, I knew I had him hurt bad, but you never know if the fight is going to be finished right then and there until the ref steps in. … I wanted to shut him up completely and good and wanted to make sure the ref stopped the fight.
"If I'm standing up not making him vulnerable for shots and not striking, he doesn't have to defend himself. The ref might not stop it. With me adding one more punch to it, he has to step in and stop the fight no matter what. So I didn't know he was completely out until the second punch landed. There wasn't time to really think about the pros and cons of whether I should hit him again or not. It's too close. I did what I was supposed to do in that fight and at the end as well to finish it. That's what every fighter is trained to do, is finish the fight. I felt like I showed good sportsmanship by stopping right then and there. I didn't try to continue after the ref stopped it like a lot of fighters have done. That's just what I tried to joke about afterward and that's what people have a problem with."
Not the first time
Henderson's beef with Bisping was well-documented. And Henderson knows some people might think it prompted the second blow.
However, he said an almost exact same situation happened in February 2007 with a victory over fan favorite Wanderlei Silva at PRIDE 33.
No criticism came from the fight, and Henderson knows it's because he didn't make a joke that failed so miserably.
"It could have been anybody," he said. "It just happened to be Bisping. Maybe I enjoyed it more. I had the exact same finish against Wanderlei Silva. I knocked him out and landed one more punch on the ground. It happened almost the same type of way. … And I like and respect Wanderlei a lot more than I like Bisping, and it didn't make a difference. It could have been anyone out there, and I was still going to do my job and finish the fight.
"I don't think anyone would have had a problem or said a word about it if I wouldn't have made that comment. Obviously I regret saying that, and it might have been in bad taste, but I was a little bit maybe emotional at the time, and it felt good to knock out Bisping like that."
Despite the pleasure of knocking out his rival, Henderson said he swapped text messages with White later that night to assure Bisping was OK.
Henderson vs. Silva II
Prior to UFC 100, White hinted that the Henderson vs. Bisping fight could have title implications. As the fight grew closer, White all but guaranteed that Bisping would earn a title shot with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva should he claim a victory at UFC 100.
However, even with the win, Henderson hasn't been promised anything. Not yet, anyway.
Henderson first fought Silva in March 2008 at UFC 82. The bout was slightly notable in the fact that Henderson appeared to become the first UFC fighter to win a round over Silva. However, "The Spider" shut down Henderson and choked him out in the final seconds of the following round.
Although he's bounced between the light-heavyweight and middleweight divisions, Henderson wants another shot at the belt – and he thinks he deserves it.
"I think I've earned it more than anyone," said Henderson, who owns a three-fight win streak with additional wins over Rousimar Palhares and most recently Rich Franklin. "Dana knows that's what should happen and that's what I want, so we'll see what happens."
"I told Dana in the (post-fight) press conference that it better be me. If not, I'm going to kick his ass."
To hear the entire interview with Henderson, download Tuesday's edition of MMAjunkie.com Radio.
And for complete post-event coverage of UFC 100, check out the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com.
MMAjunkie.com Radio broadcasts Monday-Friday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) live from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino's Race & Sports Book. The show is hosted by "Gorgeous" George Garcia, MMAjunkie.com lead staff reported John Morgan and producer "Goze." For more information or to download past episodes, go to www.mmajunkie.com/radio.


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Amy Key was born in Dover and grew up in Kent and the North East. She now lives and works in London. She co-edits the online journal Poems in Which. Her pamphlet Instead of Stars was published by Tall Lighthouse in 2009, and her first collection, Luxe, was recently published by Salt. Amy is currently editing a new anthology of poems on female friendship Best Friends Forever, due from the Emma Press in November.
"Luxe (Salt Publishing, 2013) is a magnificent spree in a bric-a-brac shop. A haul of pre-loved and glittering objets – pralines in a crystal bowl, a handful of tame ladybirds, a portrait in vinyl and cola-cubes – are artfully displayed on the poems' shelves to represent the conflicts and connections of a fabulous circle of friends and lovers, those real, remembered and imagined."
""Layer your pulse/ onto my pulse," she writes in 'Brand New Lover'. "Dress me." Only the reader knows if this is an order, an instruction or the sweetest sort of invitation. Read a copy of Luxe, keep it next to your fainting couch."
– Julia Bird
"This delicious selection is a chocolate-box assortment of the work of one of my favourite poets writing today. Her delicate, dextrous writing belies the raw truths she tells. There are many centres to her confections that only reveal themselves when you take a bite. In her words "Poem with peep toes … Poem to conceal some feelings in … Poem to avalanche in your heart". I love Amy Key."
– Lauren Laverne
"If we are living in the material world, I want Amy Key to be my material girl. She makes her pleats and flounces move; she crowds the surface with colour and texture right where it needs to be to draw the reader in like a bee to the velvet bell of the foxglove; or like the silverscreen beauty who eats bonbons from a satin box, she wills our gaze to take it all in and to crave more. These poems are worn on the body, and like all great ensembles, they show just enough; they are hot and memorable."
– D.A. Powell
You Ought To Be In Pictures
In my depression the energy goes everywhere. It's diffused. And where it's intense it's in very short bursts. Enough to scrub the bathroom or change the sheets. Enough to write a poem. My book is as though I pressed play and record each time I had a burst.
Last night I posted lines from my iPhone notes disguised as Twitter and Facebook status updates to see if any of them stuck.
I read someone else's poetry for the first time and worry that my book will be perceived as being derivative of their book.
Someone asks "What is your poetry about?" I am embarrassed and say "me" but I mean "being a woman", I think. But then I really mean "my experience of being a woman". Later I wonder if what I really mean is "what I want my experience of being a woman to be, distress included". I'd asked the poet Kate Kilalea to read my book and respond to it. She said:
"Aside from all their purely poetic elements, what strikes me most about Amy's poems is the kind of idea of woman-ness which they work with. It feels like what is happening is a kind of valorisation – as oppose to eroticisation – of feminine vulnerability, which is different from what I've seen before."
This was an important moment for me. An embracing of the woman-ness. After all I had the comment "I can see why girls like your poems" ringing in my ears.
My poetry is endless recalibration of experience.
My poetry is a way of mind-mapping my insecurities.
It's all mood board.
I'm struck by what Steve Roggenbuck says in his essay 'toward a more flowing culture':
"i want to be your poet … i want to inspire you and talk to you. in many cases, I really want to be your friend."
This idea of friendship compels me.
In my poems am I trying to communicate more effectively with people in my life or who might be in it. To say "Look! I know I come across 'this' way, but here is something else I want to share". This being able to talk without my physical persona intruding is something I need. There are so many ways into the truth of a person.
In the documentary Grey Gardens there is a scene where Little Edie performs to camera. She sings and dances to 'You Ought To Be In Pictures'. I find this scene very touching. Little Edie is a star, but she's no longer the ingénue, about to be discovered. In singing it she's saying to the crew "Look at me. I could have been someone" but also "Tell me I still could be someone". It's the "Tell me I could still be someone" that affects me. In my poem 'On Typing Paper Stolen From Her Employers She Proceeds To Evolve A Campaign' I get at this idea:
Hopes should recede with age but this isn't
a right seeming present!
My imagined future is a collapsed soufflé.
Never far away from dancing to 'True Blue' in the kitchen a grown-up's face on. Never far from singing into the cassette. Singing into the dark. Hopeful someone will say what a nice voice you have. Never far away from maybe making it.
Just as Alabama, the main character in Zelda Fitzgerald's Save Me The Waltz, in her hopeless pursuit of 'making it' as a ballet dancer feels that:
"[in] reaching her goal…in proving herself, she would achieve that peace which she imagined went only in surety of one's self – that she would be able, through the medium of the dance, to command her emotions, to summon love or pity or happiness at will, having provided a channel through which they might flow"
I am my own delusional heroine. But I have to hope.
I am also forcing people to look at me. In my poem 'Emotional State Seen Through A Pale-Haired Fringe' I am, chronologically speaking, at the beginning of a deep depression. Unable to speak about it to anyone, just quietly falling apart, I write the poem where even:
[…] the at-boil kettle maddens the bully
of your memory, and no one there to see it blow.
Is it that I'm terrified of no one seeing me live? Is that the role poetry is playing?
I've often wondered if I write poetry because I'm scared of dying. I fear I've been negligent of my own fortune.
Inside I fritter soft as cinders.
One of the recurring images in my poetry is of the lost child. The much loved children's book Where The Wild Things Are was made into a film a few years ago and I became obsessed with it. And heartbroken by it, by the isolation of the boy and his imagination. I began to write a series of poems, inspired by the film and by the soundtrack to the film, written and performed by Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The poems turned out as childhood memoir and in implicating my siblings I found I couldn't finish them. One has made the book – Igloo – and in it I try to express the self-imposed, necessary isolation of the child:
[…] Instead of talk,
we will have stronger thoughts.
This is both a resistance to talking – there are some things I cannot speak to the adults about but it is also a power I can have. The idea of having secrets that I can snap into being, like activating a glow stick appeals to me. The secret as super power and malevolent force.
I should really talk about love.
When I was in John Stammers' group he asked me 'what I wanted to be'. I told him I wanted to be 'a great love poet'.
What I really meant was 'I want to be loved'.
This was some years ago now. Truth is my experiences in and out of love haven't been at all happy, but it seems to be all I can write about. Perhaps that's the recalibration I mentioned earlier. A need to 'right' my love experience in poetry. In my poem 'Your Year in Review' I address myself:
[…] Your heart went rouge. Desire
kept in a gold compact, fell loose of its casing. Powder
went everywhere.
The sense that I make a mess of stuff can't be escaped. But I lavish my attention on love less experienced, more felt. In absence of the grand, all-consuming Love Affair (in the presence of the paltry, ill-conceived ones) I act them out in poems. My nights pour into the absence of my One True Love. But I know:
Even this crochet blanket won't
address the lack of requited laundry.
Really my 'it would be better to be hurt than not have any love at all' from my teenage diary is simply reworn as:
[…] rather a cupboard of cut-off ponytails than this! I want a life
that warrants excessive exclamation!
I suspect all the poems are just an attempt to neutralise my self-image.
Brand New Lover
I've abandoned vanity, since I became a body
of pixels, never quite set, since you rippled
the apparent skin of me.
I'm all texture. Silk rosette, billowing coral,
tentative as a just baked cake. Sensations
slide over my knitted blood.
My mouth is a glass paperweight
to keep our tastes in, like maraschino
cherries and water from a zinc cup.
This is not about a future
with a decorative child. Layer your pulse
onto my pulse. Dress me.
To A Clothes Rail
Dress folded as an envelope and posted to me
Hand-me-down dress taken up, then taken down again
The one worn once, to a party
Age-appropriate dress
Dress the colour of your skin long underwater
Margot dress, Marianne dress, Marie-Antionette dress
Paper dress, never worn, purely decorative
Dress employed as stand-in
Silk dress with scenes from Labyrinth
Pattern for a dress, unmade
Dress embroidered with every song I've ever loved
Pinafore that comes with caveats
Two sizes too small dress, bought for its primrose
One last seen doing the hula down the precinct
Shift once worn in a dream
Dress as though assembled from vegetable peelings
Woodland dress in the style of a fawn
Poppy-print shirtwaist, won in a tombola
Dress for slow-dancing to 'Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)'
Fancy dress in want of a petticoat
Cocktail-drinking dress, un-sittable-down in
Dress best worn with brutalist pendant
Smock to bring to mind a meadow
Old-fashioned dress in crepe with self-covered belt
Little black dresses (numerous)
Acid light projections dress for crazing the eyes
Formal wear gown for selling on eBay
Dress bought for funeral, frequently worn to detach from death
Dress last worn when someone cried for you
Fretful dress, to be cut up for rags
Palladium dress for looking into mirrors in
A cake of a dress – whipped to frou-frou
Scented dress of mustard seed, orange peel and almond milk
Glitter-bellied hummingbird dress
Ex-favourite dress, now not quite right
Perfectly acceptable dress, given the circumstances
Emotional State Seen Through A Pale-Haired Fringe
Dawn is coloured sweet pea and warbles with birds.
From bed, you notice how dust garlands
your fake yellow roses, but what now could
be gained by licking them clean? You could
plan menus, polish the mirrors, call your mother
and sweep the yard. Cleanliness, if not calm
in your reach. But, storm sultry, you lack
resources for comfort: the last velvet sleep;
legitimate wretchedness.
Others tell you, I too have felt alone.
Imagine them, teary on the sofa or wrenched
in the bathtub, all their wishes declined.
And then your own confines of lonesomeness,
where the at-boil kettle maddens the bully
of your memory, and no one there to see it blow.
We Should Be Very Sorry If There Was No Rain
For Sarah Crewe
I mention lately I've lacked a honeyed mood,
delicates have evaded me. Again I've spent too much
trying to ornamentally tile my life. The sofa's worn
down where I always sit and though my diary's
clogging up I don't know how to project.
I am ashamed to want a someone. Social
engagements are propelled by wine,
as unease goes up, eyeliner goes on. Sometimes
I imagine you in your kitchen, stirring soup.
Sometimes I make broth and pretend it will work.
Darling, it seems there's no awning
to shelter under. Or perhaps I'm under the awning
unable to step out. Someone might cake crumb
a path for me but it doesn't do to rely on others
to ice your day. I can see the dead roses
are as pretty as the live, appliqué
sleep to my brittle concerns. I have an aspiration
you will recognise my handwriting, in time.
Igloo (Where the Wild Things Are)
When it is cold enough to slice the snow
we'll build an igloo and we will live in it.
The igloo will be like a poached egg,
the snow dome hiding a hot yolk. We will grow
sharper teeth and bedtimes will be later.
I will be cook and you will make fire.
I have stolen sausages from mum
and this will do us for tea. There is a story
I can tell at night of a runaway child
and you will ask if it's you. We have
two brothers, but they never let us take charge.
No one will know we are in the igloo,
but we'll find a way of telling we're safe.
Your best friend will be a bird and mine
will be a deer. The bird will bring us berries
and the deer will guard the door. Instead of talk,
we will have stronger thoughts. Our skin
will morph into something more warm. In summer,
we'll make bricks of mud to dry in the sun.
High Voltage
Just as I woke, you stomped into my head
and I thought of everything that makes me admire you:
not just your sass and nerve (although
it does deserve an explicit mention ), but how
Neverland it is to spend time with you, like a pop-up theme park –
each day abundant with vivid wants,
like how you're era-less, confident as a portrait,
inconsolably hungry, you talk easy as an adult –
seems even your glamour isn't at the top of my list,
admiration being such an intimate reckoning of a
friend. If I can't say it now, when?
Oh, there's nothing ordinary about decadent warmth
real as foxgloves and glow sticks and winter birds,
did I tell you how much I want you to dance with me?
From Luxe (Salt Publishing, 2013).
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This week we speak of granite. Most of the soils attracting the German farmers to New Hanover were weathered from soft Brunswick Shales and mudstone. However on the far eastern section below Faglesville the underlying rock is granite or diabase, a hard, gray igneous rock. In fact drillers for a pipe line recently laid along the Swamp Pike near Fagleysville Hill called it some of the hardest rock they encountered anywhere.
Going south from New Hanover, this narrow band of igneous diabase is seldom more than a few miles wide and forms Prospect Hill, Ringing Hill, the famous 'ringing rocks,' underlies a strip of Chester County, and terminates in the Devil's Den of the Gettysburg Battlefield. Going north it passes through the region of the Montgomery County Parks, Green Lane and Sumneytown and terminates near Easton.
The Geology of our area is complex. Plate tectonics forced the Appalachians originally higher than the Rockies. Later, during the break-up of the supercontinent, 'Pangea,' about 200 million years ago, magma intruded into the New Hanover shales which at that time were deep underground. The magma was not near the surface and so cooled slowly over thousands of years. This slow cooling allowed the crystalline structure of diabase to form. Had the magma reached the surface in an eruption it would have been lava or pumice or just blown away as dust.
The heat also melted the surrounding mudstone and allowed it to slowly cool and form igneous 'hornfels.' Harder than shale, but not as hard as granite, deposits of this rock are sought by the quarry industry.
The skin of the earth was buckled and convoluted over the eons. Now on the surface and resistant to weathering, these granite stones and boulders were the bane of farmers who carried the smaller ones to the field edges to form stone walls characteristic of the northern part of the township. However, the largest ones, often heaped one atop the other, were at one time a valuable resource just a 'stone's throw' from the New Hanover border in the neighboring village of Green Lane
A hundred years ago or more, a stone monger would buy a tract, often after it was timbered, and make the area available to stone cutters who cut Belgian blocks and building stone from the dense rock on a piece-work basis. These blocks, cut by the tens of thousands, paved much of Germantown and Philadelphia around the turn of the century. They're still there, today covered with asphalt.
Across Rt. 29 from the now closed iron bridge that previously led to Green Lane Park are the remains of a rail road siding where the blocks were loaded onto flat cars for the trip to the city.
Anyone who has ever tried to break or split granite with a sledge hammer may well marvel and wonder how these craftsmen were able to it. With a hammer in one hand and a star drill in the other, the stone cutter would laboriously hammer-drill a straight row of holes about eight inches apart and six inches deep across the boulder. Then he would pound iron wedges into the holes until an even slab split off that was about eight inches thick. Next the slab would be marked into rectangles of the size wanted and lines chiseled in. Finally using what was called a stone sledge or paver's bursting hammer, the stone cutter would repeatedly strike with the narrow, sharp end of the sledge the marked line where he wanted the stone to break. This striking caused fractures and weakness along these grid lines. The next step was to take the blunt end of the sledge and knock or break off the paving blocks. Like most things, it is easier said than done.
Scott Hetrick of Hetrick Gardens has also pointed out boulders near Fagleysville with a characteristic row of drilled holes, so some quarrying was done in New Hanover, too.
Local Lives by Milland Brand has block cutter Harvey Long telling his story. 'You had to break them–the boulders– to tell if they were good. There was a grain to them and the cutters worked along the grain. They used a wedge and half rounds, or, if they had to, they blasted with black powder made nearby, on Unami Creek. From a single boulder they'd cut twenty-five thousand blocks, sometimes thirty thousand, sometimes more. Since almost all the cost was labor, money came to Sumneytown with the cutters. They had to get many from outside. Among others, Negroes. They came up from the South. In the south they could only drill; here they were allowed to cut blocks, and that they wanted to do. The driller got a cent a block the cutter got two cents. [Toward the end they got a nickel a block]. A real good cutter could cut thirty blocks an hour. He worked ten hours and cut three hundred a day. Sometimes he worked only three or four days, then he had made enough for a week. Yes, a cutter's job was good, but there was the bad weather too and the winter when he couldn't work.'
'If we opened a stone that was hard we had a drilling party for it. Then after it was opened it went easier. We had a peener, so we called the chisel we used to make a line across the stone.'
'Henry Fisher was known as a stone monger. He used his tract of land for cutting stone which was abundant in large masses above the surface of the ground…. Many of the blocks were used in building bridges, many as far away as Allentown. Smaller blocks were sent to Philadelphia for use as Belgian blocks for street paving. From one enormous boulder then known by its shape as the 'Camel Back' enough stone blocks were obtained to build an entire bridge near Allentown. The remains of the Camel Back are still there. Mr. Fisher erected a small blacksmith shop on his property for making and sharpening the hand tools used by the workmen in cutting the stone blocks. The shop with its forge and brick fireplace were still standing in 1920′ ( H. Hammond Armstrong, Unpublished Manuscript, 1961).
The high point of block cutting was the first decade of the twentieth century.
Around 1850 in Portland, England, modern cement was developed and with it modern concrete. Slowly concrete supplanted cut stone as the material of choice for paving and heavy construction. Of course, with that the block cutting tapered off. Some of the last blocks that were cut in the 1930's went into the paving surrounding the pavilion of Green Lane Park where they can still be seen.


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Most Super Bowl betting experts predict this year's Super Bowl to be the biggest in terms of overall traffic and amount of bets placed at the online sportsbooks and in Las Vegas.
A Las Vegas bookmaker makes the Indianapolis Colts an early four-point favorite to beat the New Orleans Saints in the 2010 Super Bowl and the bookies (both in Las Vegas and online) pushed the line up to -5 ½. Sportsbetting.com and a few others have moved the line up to Colts -6.
Sean Van Patten of Las Vegas Sports Consultants recently told the AP that the Colts' experience on the NFL's biggest stage (they won Super Bowl XLI three years ago) helped them take the decided edge.
The total in this Super Bowl, with a number that has remained steady for the most part, is 56 ½, being the highest total ever posted.
"In the Super Bowl, most people don't mind if the defense doesn't show up as much," Jay Rood, director of the MGM Mirage's Race and Sports Book in Las Vegas, said in a telephone interview last week with Bloomberg News Friday. "For the most part they like to see a track meet back and forth. This one could deliver."
John Avello, the race and sports book director at the Wynn Las Vegas, said he can envision several scenarios that would keep this year's game from being a high-scoring contest.
"For the most part I'd believe that the weather will cooperate, but there's always the chance it won't," said Avello, noting that both clubs played their first two playoff games in domed stadiums. "Second, the Colts' defense is a lot better than people anticipate and the Saints' defense showed they can get to the quarterback. This game may not be quite the shootout that's anticipated."
"This is clearly the highest total for a Super Bowl we've ever had," said Jay Kornegay, executive director of the Hilton Race and Sports Book. "People like to bet on offense and it's shaping up to be an offensive game."
Despite the high number, nearly 75 percent of those betting the total were still backing the OVER heading going into the contest.


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Heads are rolling in Carolina.
Panthers coach Ron Rivera announced Monday the team has fired special teams coordinator Brian Murphy.
Rivera told reporters he relieved Murphy over "philosophical differences," but refused to delve into details. Rivera replaced Murphy with Richard Rodgers, the team's assistant special teams coach who played with Rivera at the University of California.
The Panthers were a messy operation on special teams last season and have seen only minor improvements in 2012.
One gaffe from Sunday's loss to the Denver Broncos likely played a role in Murphy's departure. Denver return man Trindon Holliday torched the Panthers for a 76-yard punt return, but flipped the ball out of his hands before crossing the end zone. Rivera was tweaked about the play and asked the league for explanation, but the controversial ending didn't wipe out the memory of Carolina's breakdown in coverage.
The Panthers rank 18th in the league covering punt returns. Carolina has done a better job covering kick returns, but Carolina's special teams have lost too many weekly matchups.
Their own return men rank 31st in the league with 5.6 yards per punt return. They drafted rookie Joe Adams to play that role and he's been on the bench since September. Their 22.5 yards per kick return rank 21st. Murphy did coach the team last season to its first kick return for a touchdown since 2003.
None of it has been good enough for Rivera. He's under fire and struggling for answers. He might ultimately be blamed for this floundering team.


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Follows the life of an average hero who manages to win all battles with only one punch. This ability seems to frustrate him as he no longer feels the thrill and adrenaline of fighting a tough battle, which leads to him questioning his past desire of being strong.
Genres: Action, Supernatural, Comedy, Sci fi


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Dependencies and prerequisites
- Google Play services client library (latest version)
- Android version 2.2 (API level 8) or later
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One of the unique features of mobile applications is location awareness. Mobile users take their devices with them everywhere, and adding location awareness to your app offers users a more contextual experience. The location APIs available in Google Play services facilitate adding location awareness to your app with automated location tracking, geofencing, and activity recognition.
The Google Play services location APIs are preferred over the Android framework location APIs (android.location) as a way of adding location awareness to your app. If you are currently using the Android framework location APIs, you are strongly encouraged to switch to the Google Play services location APIs as soon as possible.
This class shows you how to use the Google Play services location APIs in your app to get the current location, get periodic location updates, and look up addresses. The class includes sample apps and code snippets that you can use as a starting point for adding location awareness to your app.
Note: Since this class is based on the Google Play services client library, make sure you install the latest version before using the sample apps or code snippets. To learn how to set up the client library with the latest version, see Setup in the Google Play services guide.
- Getting the Last Known Location
- Learn how to retrieve the last known location of an Android device, which is usually equivalent to the user's current location.
- Receiving Location Updates
- Learn how to request and receive periodic location updates.
- Displaying a Location Address
- Learn how to convert a location's latitude and longitude into an address (reverse geocoding).


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Redskins Hall of Fame Linebacker Ken Harvey to Guest on Insightful Player™ Streaming Video TV Show on MingleMediaTV.com
Tuesday, July 5th 7 PM EST
Watch LIVE here today: http://www.minglemediatv.com/insightfulplayertv.html
Washington Redskins Hall of Fame linebacker Ken Harvey, one of 32 current and former NFL players recognized as Insightful Players will be the guest of the new weekly Insightful Player online show on MingleMediaTV.com Tuesday night July 5 at 7 p.m. ET. Mingle Media TV produces and broadcasts over 40 hours of web series and event coverage each week.
Chrissy Carew, a Master Certified personal and business coach based in Nashua, NH founded Insightful Player™ in April 2010 with a vision of providing an answer to a crucial worldwide calling for messages of hope that provoke positive actions. "I'm thrilled to have an online show on MingleMediaTV.com where I'm able to interview my Insightful Players like Ken Harvey and have their stories told to the world," said Carew, who serves as the host of the show. Carew was inducted into the International Coaching Federation (ICF) New England Chapter's newly-established Hall of Fame on June 13.
The Insightful Player™ team members, like Harvey, are individuals that believed in themselves and relentlessly pursued their most far-reaching dreams, which resulted in a career in the National Football League. The Insightful Player.com website features the inspirational stories of 32 current and former NFL players, each of whom overcame great obstacles and hardships to become not just fine athletes, but through their values and their life experiences, became extraordinary individuals that serve as an inspiration to us all.
The short-version of Ken Harvey's Insightful Player story is available on InsightfulPlayer.com. The full-length version will appear in the Insightful Player book that will be published by Morgan-James Publishing this summer. Kenneth Harvey is a former NFL Pro Bowl linebacker who is now the president of The Ken Harvey Companies. He writes as a hobby but enjoys the thrill of taking a single sheet of paper and making it come alive with imagination.
Twelve years after he left the game, Harvey is enjoying a life of entrepreneurship and writing with the debut of Xavier: A Hero No More, his first novel. From a high school dropout to the NFL and more, Kenneth is a believer that anything is possible.
The four-time nominee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Harvey is also one of the Redskins' 70 Greatest Players. He believes that his new novel demonstrates some of the struggles players have after leaving the game. Harvey has established his own website: www.transition57.com as a means for educating players about becoming entrepreneurs after their playing days are over.
Ken really has a heart for other athletes in transition. He cares about their ability to transition from sports to the marketplace; from inactivity to activity fueled by good health and healthy habits; from a mindset of contentment with life on the field to a sky's the limit attitude off of the field; from irresponsibility to responsibility.
Excerpt for Ken Harvey's InsightfulPlayer.com story:
Ken Harvey believes in second chances. "Mistakes happen," says the former linebacker for the Phoenix Cardinals and the Washington Redskins and current Washington Redskins Director of Responsibility. "What matters in life is how effectively you rally after making and recognizing a misstep."
Ken's own missteps, from his perspective, date back to his decision to drop out of high school despite the urging of his coach and parents to stay in school and work hard. After leaving high school, he fell into a rut of destructive thought patterns. "Once you start thinking you're not much good for anything, you resign yourself to getting the lowest-paying job, or you go to an interview but you're not fully prepared. Then you wonder why you're not getting a better job or you're not making it. It's because you've set your standards low and everything around you has become that standard."
One day he picked up a newspaper to see what kind of job he could hope to have without a high school diploma. The prospects, he realized, were grim. He knew he would need to set the bar higher for himself. But doing so was a gradual process. "I had a plan as to how I was going to get into college. I worked out every day and lifted weights and ran. I stopped going to parties …. I started hanging around good people."
In a way, it all goes back to his decision to go back to high school after dropping out: an attitude of persistence that has stayed with him ever since. "I believe in second chances. I believe in that we can help each other out. I always try to look at the hope and the good inside of people. I think that's it. No matter what, if you look deep enough, there is good in almost everyone."
The Insightful Player™ is brought to you by Coach Chrissy Carew, Master Certified Personal and Business Coach. Chrissy has been deeply inspired by her father, the late Coach Walter Carew, Sr. Her beloved father is in several Halls of Fame as a high school football coach (as well as high school and college player). He used the game as a way to help kids build strong character and teach them valuable life skills. The Insightful Player™ was created to help make our world a much better place. To contact Chrissy Carew visit http://www.coachcarew.com or call 603-897-0610. ©2010 Coach, Chrissy Carew
Other Insightful Players include: Jerricho Cotchery (Jets), Aaron Kampman (Jaguars), Steve Grogan (Patriots), Roger Staubach (Cowboys), Devin McCourty (Patriots) and Jason McCourty (Titans) and Reggie Kelly (Bengals), among others.
Launched on February 8, 2010, online media and live web TV Network Company, Mingle Media TV produces and broadcasts over 40 hours of web series and event coverage each week. It's audience reach online is over 250,000 weekly views of their video coverage, web series and live broadcasts and are currently in the top 20,000 websites in the U.S.
For more information on Coach Chrissy Carew and Insightful Player,ä visit http://www.theinsightfulplayer.com and call 603-897-0610.