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SHAKESPEARE'S women don't always get a good deal. If they're not going mad or swooning over teenage suitors, they're dying in tragic circumstances after being psychologically abused by the same men. This is something this year's Bard in the Botanics series of open-air productions of Shakespeare attempts to redress with a season boldly titled These Headstrong Women.
Over the course of four plays, directors Gordon Barr and Jennifer Dick not only attempt to counter the perception of Shakespeare's female creations as being mere ciphers in thrall of his male heroes in The Taming of the Shrew and Measure for Measure. By initiating cross-gender casting for Timon of Athens and what is now styled as Queen Lear, they give strength to the characters alongside a new spin on some of the more complex aspects of Shakespeare's canon.
At the centre of all of this are a quartet of actresses who effectively lead each production. The title role of Timon of Athens will be played by Nicole Cooper, who last year was Coriolanus, for which she recently won the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland Best Female Performer award. Emma-Claire Brightlyn will play opposite Cooper as Apemantus. With Cooper also playing Isabella in Measure for Measure, a radical reworking of The Taming of the Shrew features Stephanie McGregor as Kate. Taking on the mighty title role in Queen Lear will be veteran actress Janette Foggo.
"Women are at the heart of all four of the plays we're doing," says Barr. "The season was born out of the choices of the plays we were interested in doing and the actors we wanted to work with. Once we realised how central to each play the female characters were, we just thought, let's go with it. We were also aware that we've never had gender parity with the company, and we feel we've got work to do in that respect. There's a really important discussion going on regarding classical theatre right now about gender, and about how there should be more opportunities for women, and in choosing to do these plays the way we're doing them, we want to reflect that discussion in terms of what's going on in the world right now."
Barr's new adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew is here styled as a more questioning Taming of the Shrew? This new version combines the original with material taken from The Tamer Tamed, a riposte to Shakespeare's unreconstructed world-view by his seventeenth century protege, John Fletcher.
"Given the name of the season, it's something of a controversial choice," Barr says of Shakespeare's original. "However you look at the play now, what happens in it is distasteful in many ways. By putting in material from The Tamer Tamed, we can see that Fletcher is saying that what Petruchio did to Kate is wrong. We've set it in the 1950s, when society was still steeped in old-fashioned attitudes towards women, but where things were beginning to change, and by doing it the way we're doing it, Kate gets her chance to fight back."
The production of Timon of Athens that opens the same night has no need for such a reinvention.
"It's so rarely done," says Barr, "but is such a prescient play for now. It explores capitalism and greed, and the selfishness that breeds, and it's really about how you have to get beyond that and start looking after your fellow human beings. As is the case with Shakespeare, there are scenes in it that could be about what's happening now, and Jennifer's setting it in the 1920s, so it has references in it to the Wall Street crash."
While Cooper plays Timon, "this is one where cross-gender casting doesn't make a massive difference. It's still a strong and powerful role, whether it's played by a man or a woman."
Queen Lear, on the other hand, was what Barr describes as a no-brainer in terms of what approach to take.
"Jen has been working towards this production for three years," says Barr, "and after all the publicity surrounding Glenda Jackson playing Lear in London, we nearly put it on hold, but I think our approach is different to that. Jen wants Janette to play it as a woman, a queen and a mother, and for audiences to be able to see the consequences of that."
Foggo comes to Lear after forty years experience as an actress, including playing opposite Cooper in last year's Bard in the Botanics season as the mother of Coriolanus.
"There's not a lot in Shakespeare about mothers and daughters," Foggo says, "which is one of the things that interested me in playing Lear. It's not a part I'd necessarily want to do, but having just spent three months with the text at my side, all the questions the play asks about power and everything else besides, it gives you every answer you require, as any great play will do.
"One of the issues for women in classical drama is that they are completely isolated in a world of men. That's the same whether it's Lady Macbeth or Ophelia or Desdemona. They are all women living in a world of men, and that has an effect on how we talk and think about women.
"The thing about Lear is that, although there are three daughters in it, it's essentially a play about masculinity. A male actor can leave drama school and he could spend an entire career playing different parts in the play. There isn't a play that has that kind of range for women. Of course, doing it this way changes things a bit. The dynamic is different, But I'm a mature, sophisticated woman who's been around a bit, and why shouldn't I play a woman in power in this way?"
The final play in the season will be Measure for Measure, in which the focus will be on Isabella.
"Isabella's not the most popular of Shakespeare's women," says Barr. "She can be seen as cold, but in the play she's asked to be raped to save someone's life, and that's not okay."
In this way, the These Headstrong Women season is as much a critique of Shakespeare as a dramatic rendering of his work. Not everyone would approve. One of the most vocal detractors of onstage equality of late was playwright Ronald Harwood, author of The Dresser. Harwood made his objections to Glenda Jackson playing Lear plain.
"He said that if Shakespeare had wanted to write the character as a woman then he would've done so," says Barr. "Well, he wouldn't, because he had fourteen year old boys playing all his women characters. We want to celebrate the plays by cross gender casting in the way we are doing, and looking at all the complex characters that can help create.
"Doing it in this way is less tokenistic now. I don't think we've ever done a season where there's not been some kind of cross-gender casting, but I think it's important to say that there are as many women on this planet as there are men. For us, it's about finding out all the different things the plays can be."
Bard in the Botanics' These Headstrong Women season begins with The Taming of the Shrew, June 21-July 8 and Timon of Athens, June 22-July 8, both at the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow.


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Richmond police are investigating an armed robbery that happened Monday morning near the Monroe Park campus at VCU.
Reported Offense: On December 26, 2016 at 5:10 AM, a robbery was reported to the Richmond Police as having occurred in the 900 block of Catherine Street. Richmond Police are investigating this incident.
Brief description of how the crime took place: The suspect approached the victim displaying a black handgun, taking the victim's personal items. The suspect fled south from the area and there were no reported injuries.
Suspect/s: Black male, 25-30 years of age, 5'10-6' tall, 150-180 lbs., slim build, wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans.
It can be assumed that conditions continue to exist that may pose a threat to members and guests of the community. Police have increased patrols in this area. Richmond Police are leading the investigation.
The VCU Police would like to remind students, in particular, to keep personal safety in mind. There are certain things you need to be aware of living in an urban environment. Crimes may occur in our community. The best defense is to be prepared and to take responsibility for your own safety and for that of your friends and fellow students.

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Today we are bringing you a look at the new Scythe Yasya tower cooler. This is a brand new design from Scythe that utilizes six, 6mm heatpipes in the popular tower configuration. This particular design is very unique and looks great. But looks aren't nearly as important as performance, so the question is: Does the Yasya have the performance to back up the looks? Read More
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A Sense Of Relief
Ed Barber
Thursday, August 16, 2018
As Lyndon Rescue pulled their ambulance out of Brighton on Wednesday the Newport Ambulance squad had already made arrangements to provide emergency services coverage to the area. At the well attended Wednesday evening meeting, town residents were assured there is ambulance service, albeit from Newport, but the parties are seeking a long term solution. That solution might include locating a substation in Morgan to cover Holland, Charleston as well as Brighton. Read more in the Newport Daily Express.


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There's a way that I find useful to shop during SALES weeks and I thought to share it with you. And to bring some news regarding some of the best offers in Bucharest for clothes.
I never believed in buying things during SALES, things that I wished throughout the year. There are two rules that I created for myself when I get discounted clothes:
1. Next trends. I always look at the next trends – for Spring Summer and especially for next Fall-Winter – because you usually get winter clothes discounted during SALES – and try to buy stuff that will be very in trend next season or a year from now.
2. Timeless. With a few exceptions, I think that the smartest way to shop is by thinking "am I going to wear this in a few months or a few years?". Yes, we do live in consumerism but unless you're a billionaire, you have to think about how much you're going to invest in clothes and if you'll be able to wear them like an evergreen, timeless pieces. Those are usually black, white, grey or simple colors and shapes that would have been in fashion a few years ago and could be cool a few years from now.
These days, I got a challenge from AFI Palace Cotroceni to join their campaign for HUGE SALES – up to 70% and more – most of them are 70% at least so it's a really good bargain.
AFI challenged me to dress three mannequins that they're showing in the mall these days (26-28th of January). I dressed one in full grey and smart – my favourite style. I dressed one a bit more sporty – casual pants, sport jacket and a rose quartz (ok, ok, it's pink but it looks a lot like the Pantone Color of The Year) shirt. And the third one, I went for blue jeans, an orange plaid shirt – that's going to be in trend next Winter – and a very smart casual jacket with a Serenity Blue scarf.
Then, it was my turn to challenge the people that follow me on Facebook – men only – to show me their dream outfit – sport or casual or smart. I had over 20 people who showed me their favourite outfits – most of them with photos from other bloggers. I chose a winner and took him shopping with a voucher paid by AFI Palace Cotroceni, of course.
So I was the personal shopper for Filip, 14 years old very cool guy – I was quite surprised at the clothes he was looking at and picking up, his style was simple but smart and good looking. We had a few hours to enjoy in AFI and we created his favourite look – which was an all black jeans, sweater, boots and jacket – as I said: timeless.
We chose a full outfit from Time Out with boots from Bata. We enjoyed this experience, I am grateful to AFI Palace Cotroceni for including me in this and allowing me to get inspired by people who entered the contest. And also, I am very very grateful for having my styled work showed in the middle of one of the biggest malls in Romania. And there's also a placard there that includes my logo.
So it's your turn to go shopping and take advantage of this amazing opportunity to buy your favourite clothes with 70% on sale. Enjoy and let me know if you have any tips & tricks for shopping!


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In common with my colleague Bill Palmer (our Fuji guru) and many other photographers I know, bags and cases loom large in my consciousness. I am not alone in having a thing about bags. I love my Billingham Hadley Pro, for heavy lifting duties, and the little Hadley Small. I even slot a Hadley Small "bucket" insert into a backpack when travelling.
Sometimes, though, a bit of lateral thinking doesn't go amiss. A couple of weeks ago I dusted off an old Tom Bihn Ristretto vertical laptop bag. This used to be my constant companion around town or on vacation. It takes an 11in MacBook Air or 12in MacBook plus a load of other stuff you might need on a day out. But I never thought of it as a camera bag and that's why it had been languishing in a cupboard for several years. I've been concentrating on cameras and seldom leave home without one. So camera bags were the vogue.
Towards the end of the last year I found that my usual bags, the Hadley and, even more so, the Hadley Pro, were uncomfortable when laden. I found my left shoulder sagging and began to suffer upper back pain when walking. What to do?
It was the Tom Bihn "Absolute Shoulder Strap" that got me thinking. This accessory for use with most Tom Bihn bags, has extra thick padding and features a "patented, internal control-stretch system that's a lifesaver when carrying a heavy bag." I know, we've heard it all before. But in this instance it really does work. I've used it with my Tom Bihn Empire Builder bag and that's capable of packing a really heavy load.
Mistake rectified
As I remember from past experience, this magical shoulder strap works so well on the much smaller Ristretto laptop bag and I decided to see if it would help my upper-back problems. Unfortunately the Absolute strap isn't an option for the Billingham bags — they have permanent stiched-in straps. So I began to wonder if the little Ristretto could double as a camera bag. For some reason I'd not thought of this before. Mistake, as it turns out.
So down came the Ristretto, on went the Absolute Shoulder Strap and in went my Leica Monochrom and current lens of the week, the 28-35-50mm Tri-Elmar-M (which I will be writing about soon). Easy peasy.
The Ristretto swallows an M camera with absolutely no problem and there was even space to add a lens or two. I put the camera in the padded laptop compartment at the back of the Ristretto (this pocket seems to expand without limit), leaving the large centre compartment and the front organiser pocket free for other things.
I then wondered just what this Ristretto could handle. What about the Leica SL with the 24-90mm zoom? Never, I thought, but I was wrong. Slip in the SL lens first and the it sits there, fully protected and ready for action. With this combination in the back pocket plus my usual stuff (pens, notebooks, spare SD cards, batteries, a prop stand for my iPhone 7 Plus, a backup battery for the phone and a Logitech Keys-to-Go keyboard) and I was ready for action. This little lot, including the bag, tips the scales at 3.8kg. It's a pretty hefty load, yet it doesn't feel too unwieldy or bulky. The size of the SL and lens isn't apparent when you sling the bag over your shoulder with the Absolute Shoulder Strap.
The Ristretto is a slim little number but turns into a veritable Tardis when ready for the road.
That strap really does perform with such a weight. It has a springiness that helps cope with the laden bag and the large foam shoulder pad sits firmly in place, even on a slippery jacket. It feels like part of your body and, much to my surprise, I can skip down the road, SL at the ready, without any feeling of strain.
This is a bit of a mystery. How can a simple shoulder strap perform such a miracle? I'm not sure, but I do know that it works. For over two weeks I have been using the Ristretto with a variety of cameras and none (not even the SL) has been too big for comfort. Of course, this isn't a camera bag as such. It has its limitations in the lack of separate containers for lenses or a second camera. But as a day bag it works really well. With it slung over your shoulder you can forget it as you cannot forget a normal camera bag. The vertical construction has something to do with it, I suspect, but it really works. The Ristretto can also accept a wide range of Tom Bihn pouches and accessories which I will cover later.
For over ten years I've been a Tom Bihn fan, although I lapsed during the last three or four of those years. While the Ristretto has been sidelined, however, my Tom Bihn Synapse 19 backpack has been in constant use for travelling. It's a well-thought-out backpack with lots of compartments and swallows all the things you need for travelling, including cables, computer, cash, passport and documents. It even has two side pockets which double as organiser pouches or containers for a small water bottle.
Camera insert
For me, though, the beauty of the Synapse 19 (there is a larger Synapse 25) is that it accepts the padded insert from a Billingham Hadley Small camera bag. This holds most of the camera stuff I generally travel with, leaving room on top for other gear. On days out I often pack a waterproof or extra jumper at the bottom of the bag, allowing the Hadley insert to sit on top so that the camera is easy to get to. It just works.
Tom Bihn, for it is he, operates out of Seattle, WA, and produces an astounding range of thoughtfully designed travel gear. Enter his web site at your peril. I'm telling you, you will be hard pressed to leave with your credit card unstretched.
It isn't only the bags that get the juices flowing, it's the bewildering array of organiser pouches, straps and accessories. In the past I've maxed out on Tom's organiser punches in a wide variety of sizes and designs — some with clear plastic fronts, some with mesh, others including dividers for cash and credit cards. I use these little organisers every day and in profusion when travelling.
Accessory pouches
All Tom's bags feature a number of internal rings which serve as attachment points for all the accessories. Add a key strap or two (in various lengths) and all your pouches can dangle safely, easy to find and impossible to loses. As an inveterate looser of things, I even employ a clear organiser pouch as my main wallet. It holds cash and credit cards and sits in the left-hand trouser pocket, safe from pickpockets. I use an accessory key strap to attach it to a belt loop for added security.
On at least two occasions in the past five years I've found my wallet dangling from the belt look and realise that without the security of the strap I could have lost it. On one occasion I was even on the point of calling to cancel my credit cards when I found I was sitting on the wallet (having traced the length of the little strap).
Tom Bihn is system right enough. And I'm delighted I have renewed my previously happy coexistence with the Ristretto bag. With the comfort of the Absolute Shoulder Strap, the Ristretto is rapidly becoming my favourite photographic and computer day bag.
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Incident coronary atherosclerosis, unstable angina, non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction or ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in type 2 diabetes : is mean glycated hemoglobin a good predictor?
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Background: Glycated hemoglobin is the indicator of long-term diabetes control and a value below 7 percent is recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to reduce cardiovascular complications. Diabetic patients have a two- to four-fold risk of cardiovascular disease and approximately two-thirds of diabetic patients die as a result of cardiovascular complications. Three large prospective randomized controlled long-term trials within the last decade reported no significant reduction in cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetic patients by intensive glycemic control. To the author's knowledge, no known retrospective studies have examined the association between mean serial glycated hemoglobin and coronary atherosclerosis (CA) or acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Objective: This study was designed to determine the association between mean serial glycated hemoglobin with incident CA or ACS in type 2 diabetic patients after controlling for age, gender, hypertension, low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), microalbuminuria, aspirin use, statin use, insulin use, tobacco use, and body mass index (BMI). Methods: The study was a retrospective cohort database analysis using the Austin Travis County CommUnityCare[trademark] clinics' electronic medical record for the time period between October 1, 2004 and September 30, 2009. The primary outcome of the study was the incidence of CA or ACS and the primary independent variable was glycated hemoglobin (<7% vs. [greater than or equal to]7%). The study subjects included type 2 diabetic patients aged 30 to 80 years with at least one glycated hemoglobin value per year for a minimum of two consecutive years. Study subjects were excluded if CA or ACS occurred within six months of the index date (i.e., first glycated hemoglobin). Logistic regression analysis was used to address the study objective. Results: Overall, 3069 subjects met the study inclusion criteria with a mean follow-up period of approximately two years. Two percent (N=62) of the subjects had incident CA or ACS. After controlling for age, gender, hypertension diagnosis, LDL-C, microalbuminuria, aspirin use, statin use, insulin use, tobacco use and BMI, there was no significant association (OR=1.026, 95% CI=0.589-1.785, p=0.9289) between mean serial glycated hemoglobin and the incident diagnosis of CA or ACS. Increasing age (OR=1.051, 95% CI=1.025-1.077, p<0.0001), male gender (OR=1.855, 95% CI=1.105-3.115, p=0.0195) and normal weight (normal or underweight compared to obese: OR=0.122, 95% CI=0.017-0.895, p=0.0438) were significantly associated with incident CA or ACS. Conclusions: Mean serial glycated hemoglobin (comparing [greater than or equal to]7% to <7%) was not significantly associated with CA or ACS over a mean follow-up period of approximately two years. Until more evidence becomes available, clinicians and diabetic patients should target glycated hemoglobin level below or close to 7 percent as recommended by the ADA soon after diagnosis while concomitantly controlling nonglycemic risk factors of cardiovascular disease (statin use, aspirin use, blood pressure control, smoking cessation and life style modification), to reduce their long-term risk of incident CA or ACS.


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in the last century. In 1900, we lived to 47.
Now, we live to 80 or older. But those aren't
30 decrepit years at the end. We've added at
least a couple of new, vibrant decades to the
middle. And yet people still think of midlife
as a no-man's-land. I was talking to my son,
Matt, the other day, and he's an innovative,
start-up kind of guy, and he said, "Mom, what
you need to do is rebrand midlife." So I'm
rebranding it as "middlescence." I know that
by naming it we'll help people see all of the
potential that actually exists.
Can you define middlescence? Sure.
Middlescence is a transitional period, usually
between the ages of 45 and 65, when people
want to find or create greater meaning in
their life. It's often accompanied by physical, social and economic changes, and it's a
turning point, from which adults continue to
develop and grow.
What does that mean in practical terms? For
middlescents, it means that there's an inner
sense of "I'm not young but I'm not old."
People are looking around and asking, "Where
am I in the scheme of things?" The rules used
to be that you continued doing what you were
already doing — working in a long-term job or
field, raising a family — it was as though your
story had already been written and all your
choices made. But the rules have changed,
even if people don't know it yet. There's inspiration all around us. There are people in their
50s starting companies; about half of all new
businesses in the U. S. were started by people
45 or older. My vision of middlescence is that
it's actually the pinnacle of life. We still have
vitality and energy, and we have the benefit of
wisdom gleaned from our own life stories.
How does that differ from how we experienced middle age in the past? Whether we
were aware of it or not, we grew up thinking
that life had three chapters. The first was
learning and going to school. The second was
working and meeting the perfect person and
having the perfect family. The third chapter
was leisure and retirement. The truth is that
we cycle in and out of periods of learning, we
cycle in and out of relationships and the roles
we play. Life takes a lot of twists and turns


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Sit back, find a comfy chair, grab a cup of tea.......then feel free to enjoy the poetry on this 'front porch'.This poetry is written first and foremost TO BRING GOD GLORY!!It reflects thoughts on life, love and God.May you be refreshed, encouraged, challenged and comforted....and leave with a new appreciation and joy in the mighty God we serve! God bless you and to Him be the glory, Janet Martin......
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Around my heart assurance flows
A soft and sacred gown
Oh, we must surely bear His cross
If we would wear a crown
Why do we seek life's pleasant hills?
Or long for pleasures sweet?
We will not find true joy until
We linger at His feet
There is a road laid out for man
Appealing to the eye
But oh, the sorrow it will span
As we lay down to die
In death its foolish lusts will pass
As we have naught to show
But ashes in the waving grass
And torture far below
The road which leads to love and life
Is fraught with grief and hate
But we will glory in the strife
That leads to Heaven's gate
All men will hate you because of me. Luke 21:17
1 But now, this is what the LORD says—
he who created you, Jacob,
he who formed you, Israel:
"Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
3 For I am the LORD your God,
The Holy one of Israel, your Savior;
Isa. 43: 1-3
4 comments:
- Mike Bullock said...
Hi Janet,glad I found your site as this poem flows with power and is so easy to read.If you want some links to other Christian poetry sites, where you will surely be welcomed,then let me know. God Bless, Mike.
- Thursday, April 14, 2011
- Hope said...
you do write with power and i think I know where that comes from! :)
beautiful, Janet!
- Thursday, April 14, 2011
- Mike Bullock said...
Hi Janet, here's another worthy poetry site to look at http://idyllsfortheking.wordpress.com/
- Saturday, April 16, 2011
- Janet said...
Hope, the power comes from the only true Source:)
Thank-you Mike
- Saturday, April 16, 2011


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New ECSS-E-10 Standards for the Space Environment and Effects
2008-11-15 00:00 by Hugh Evans
Batch 2 of the ECSS Standards have been published. This batch includes the updated ECSS-E-ST-10-04C Standard on the Space Environment and the ECSS-E-ST-10-12C Standard on methods for the calculation of radiation received and its effects and a policy for design margins.
See www.ecss.nl for further details.
See www.ecss.nl for further details.


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Xbox 360 Update - What's New?/
The newest Xbox 360 update finished rolling out to Xbox LIVE users today, adding loads of great new features to the console. But this time, the new features stretch past the Xbox 360 console, bringing Xbox entertainment to new Windows 8 PCs and tablets, to Windows Phone, and soon, even to iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. With this update, your Xbox music, video, and games can follow you across a variety of devices. Here's what's new:
- Refreshed Xbox 360 Dashboard - The updated user interface features a new layout, a combined TV & Movies channel and, here in the US, a Sports destination.
- Pinning - Pinning lets you personalize the dashboard by saving your favorite movies, TV shows, games, music, videos and websites right to the home screen. It's as easy as opening an app or a favorite movie and clicking "pin."
- Recommendations and Ratings - Recommendations will allow you to discover new movies, TV shows and games, generated based on a number of variables including the content you previously viewed, what your friends are consuming, and what is most relevant and popular with our Xbox community. You can now rate content yourself, and also see Rotten Tomatoes ratings.
- Internet Explorer for Xbox - With Internet Explorer on Xbox, you can easily find and view internet content on the biggest screen in the house, including HTML5 videos. Pin your favorite pages directly to the web hub or the dashboard.
- Xbox Video - Formerly called Zune Video Marketplace, Xbox Video offers hundreds of thousands of TV shows and movies for buying or renting in instant HD streaming.
- Xbox Music - Replacing the prior Zune music service, Xbox Music lets subscribers stream, download, and discover music, or create Smart DJ playlists based on any artist, album, or song. You can stream tunes on your Xbox 360, and stream and purchase songs on your Windows 8 PC or Windows Phone 8 smartphone.
- Recent - Previously called Quick Play, the recent view gives you a list of movies, games, apps or other types of content that you most recently accessed on the console.
- Enhanced Search -The last Xbox LIVE update brought Bing voice search to Xbox so you could use voice to search for movies, TV shows, actors, directors and artists. This year we added genre search to the list, so now you can search for action, comedy, romance, drama or sci-fi. Bing voice search now includes results for video across the Web and YouTube.
- International Expansion of Voice Search - We've expanded our Kinect voice search capabilities to 9 new countries – Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Ireland.
Many of these updates tie in with Xbox SmartGlass as well. For example, using a Windows 8 PC with SmartGlass, I was able to search for a new album by typing the name on my PC's keyboard, and then tell my updated Xbox 360 to play that album in the Xbox Music app. SmartGlass will tie in with other applications and games as well, allowing you to discover more about the actors onscreen in Xbox Video, create Party Time playlists for Dance Central 3, or control the awesome new Xbox 360 Internet Explorer browser using your tablet to scroll, select hotlinks, and more.
If you don't have the update yet, you should receive it next time you connect to Xbox LIVE. Check out the great new features, and watch this blog for tips and tricks on how to get the most out of the new features in the update.


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Believe it or not, an AP-NORC Center poll finds our nation fragmented. Yes, in 2017. Odd…
Add one more to the list of things dividing left and right in this country: We can't even agree what it means to be an American.
A new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds Republicans are far more likely to cite a culture grounded in Christian beliefs and the traditions of early European immigrants as essential to U.S. identity.
Democrats are more apt to point to the country's history of mixing of people from around the globe and a tradition of offering refuge to the persecuted.
While there's disagreement on what makes up the American identity, 7 in 10 people – regardless of party – say the country is losing that identity.
Here's the most telling part of the story/poll:
About 65 percent of Democrats said a mix of global cultures was extremely or very important to American identity, compared with 35 percent of Republicans. Twenty-nine percent of Democrats saw Christianity as that important, compared with 57 percent of Republicans.
Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say that the ability of people to come to escape violence and persecution is very important, 74 percent to 55 percent. Also, 25 percent of Democrats said the culture of the country's early European immigrants very important, versus 46 percent of Republicans.
The same nuts who are concerned about people escaping violence are the ones actively bringing in as many unassimilable, violence-prone groups as possible. They represent one America: Insane America.
Sane America versus Insane America is but one way to look at the issue (and this goes beyond partisanship). There's more than just Right vs. Left. There's: working America versus welfare America. Pre-1965 America versus Babel America. Christian, European America versus polyglot boarding house America. Mind-your-own affairs America versus Sharia America. Real America versus hellish dystopian America. Old America versus global communist Amerika. Or just America versus the Destroyers.
Nowhere is this rift more apparent than in the streets. The Destroyers are out in force. In addition to the usual ranks of ordinary criminals, street thugs, and terrorists, add: BLMers; SJWs; anti-Trump, Soros-funded Rent-A-Mobs; Milo haters; free speech haters; firearms haters; libertarian haters, freedom haters, peace haters, quiet haters, order haters, civility haters, Christian haters; White haters; straight hating LGBBQTXYZ (more letters???) violence queens; amped-up leftover hippies; progress deniers, hate crime hoaxers; rabid feminists; Falcons fans; "anarchists"; socialists; communists; more communists; wiccans; pro-invasion apologists; the #Antifa, and; more kinds of sucker-punching, hair-burning, mace-spraying, Starbucks-looting; rock-throwing, car-rocking, street-blocking, fire-setting, dope-smoking, marching, chanting, always unwashed, deodorant-missing, black mask-wearing, behoodied hooligan heathens you can shake a stick at.
The Atlantic.
And it's time to shake some sticks.
The old, Christian, European, pre-1965, business-minding, tax-paying, property-owning, decent, respectful Americans are fed up. It seems they have been attacked once too often and may soon contemplate retaliation. Note: this group, our group, owns 99% of the guns and we're pretty damned good with them – just a note and a reminder.
I hear it nearly everyday:
"We've had it with these _____s!"
"When are WE going to do something?!"
"Why don't WE act up for a change?"
"Isn't it OUR turn for a riot?"
"They don't want to see US in the streets!"
And so on…
These exclamations and angry inquiries are usually dampened by some (honest) explanations that our side has work to do, shops to tend, families to raise, money to make, etc. We're too busy; they are not.
Partly out of snark, partly from a position of truth, I sometimes answer the "When are We going to do something?" with, "Probably when the beer runs out or the television goes off." Honestly, it takes A LOT to get real Americans fired up about rather important issues. But they are firing even as I type this.
If these problems are not corrected soon, if the two Americas cannot at least live with a tenuous truce, then we're heading towards something to make the late unpleasantness of 1861-1865 look tame by comparison. I would say no one wants a war but some do.
To keep it from coming to that and to take action to quiet those aforementioned street savages, there is something one can do right now. A movement is forming for OUR side.
CLICK HERE for more information.
I'll have more of the "i" stuff when it's available.


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Capital Cites Live In Manila: Ayala Malls Tour Press Con
Ayala Malls have been providing us with top shopping experience by presenting, not just great brands to shop at, but also with amazing performances and events by local and international acts. This January, brace yourselves as American Indie Pop Duo invade the center stage of your favorite Ayala Malls!
Hailing from Los Angeles composers/songwriters Ryan Merchant and Sebu Semonian were writing commercial jingles before they decided to form Capital Cities as a band. I'm pretty sure you (the Capital Cities fan reading this) already know the history and whole 411 about this band so I'll go straight to what happened at the press conference that was held yesterday!
Honestly, it was the fanciest press con I've ever attended which was awesome! After everyone got some snacks from the buffet table and settled in, the program started with a short introduction from Ayala Malls and a trivia game with great prizes! So Capital Cities finally stepped on stage and were asked questions ranging from the music they create, to their fashion, to Sebu's beard!
But besides his beard, his sense of style was so subtle but expressive at the same time. What caught my eye was the stuff people don't give much attention to; the socks! Keep rocking those colorful pair of knits, Sebu!
Since this was kind of like a formal press conference, the questions were thoroughly picked out and the band answered them really well. As if they already knew the questions before they were even asked! Better not get into so much details now because you all have to visit one of the Ayala Malls right this moment to see Capital Cities live!!
Congratulations for another successful well-thought out event from Ayala Malls! Now on to the show days - Capital Cities will be performing their infectious pop tunes at four stops:
January 11
4:00PM - Alabang Town Center, Activity Center
7:00PM - Glorietta Activity Center
January 12
3:00PM - Marquee Mall Activity Center, Pampanga City
7:00PM - Trinoma Activity Center
And thank you to Ayala Malls once again for a signed copy of In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery!
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Urban Folk Kaleidoscope
Review by Kent Manthie
Here is a good example of DIY in action: two people, originally from New York, who decided to pack up and move out west to the very UN-New York-ish Salinas, CA. The band known as The Subjective Perspective is comprised of Nick and Lisa. They are also sometimes joined by another member, who's been jamming with them since they've landed on the West Coast is a guitarist who calls himself Cabby. Nick and Lisa both veteran songwriters and musicians, write songs that are introspective, yearning, serene and contemplative even. Even though they've left the big city behind them, they still are thinking of the urbanity of it all, evident on songs such as "Dead Peasant Uprising" and "Ragtown Boys", for example.
Their goal is to use their songwriting as a vehicle for conveying the emotions and memories they carry over from growing up on the mean streets of New York. The result is a mélange of sounds that range from the folksy to the classic-rock-esque, some blues thrown in a "jam" sensibility, that I imagine really comes to life when they're playing onstage, the way it does for a lot of bands. Where the studio routine can sometimes be stultifying to a band that is more comfortable playing together, live, as opposed to other duos, say, Steely Dan, for instance, who were such studio perfectionists that they gave up touring after 1974 and concentrated on making each album the best it could be, often wearing out the various session musicians that would play with them, getting them to do about 40 or more takes of a particular song –or even just a solo or other part of a song, so as to have a lot of pieces from which to choose to make each song just perfect; and that worked for them, as it has for other studio hounds such as Brian Eno, Bowie, Stereolab and others, but there are certain bands who are never quite comfortable piecing together their music, what with the overdubbing, the inevitable multiple takes and the drive to make as great a recording as possible. This was certainly true of the Grateful Dead, who had some successful studio recordings (Anthem of the Sun being one of their best studio efforts, probably because the lion's share of it was recorded live, but also, a couple of their mid-70s efforts, including From the Mars Hotel, Wake of the Flood and Blues for Allah all had shining moments – my favorite studio moment from the Dead is the hauntingly beautiful "Unbroken Chain" that appeared on 1974's From the Mars Hotel, a song that was hardly ever played live – maybe only a handful of times, so if you have a "bootleg" with that song on it, consider yourself extremely lucky! But I digress…
Nick has been honing his craft since he was a teenager, back in the mid-90s. He began his songwriting around 1997 and started getting more and more comfortable as a performer by "rhyming" at parties throughout his teenage years. These happily memorable teen experiences eventually gave him a yearning to do much more, to take things to a higher level, which is what he did. He went beyond just entertaining the party crowds where he went and his thirst for songwriting became a stepping stone to where he wanted to go. For the last 10-15 years now, Nick has been traipsing around the New York area, performing and singing for crowds big and small. Eventually he serendipitously met Lisa, the two hit it off and the next thing you know The Subjective Perspective was born.
Lisa, herself, has been singing all her life. She too grew up in and around the NYC area and it just so happened that she lived close by Nick's house, the proximity of the two is no doubt one way to explain the way they came together. The fact that both members are equal part "lead" singers is not only sufficient but necessary. The Subjective Perspective wouldn't be who they've evolved into without the synergy that magically forms, like some unique chemical interaction.
A few songs I had the pleasure of hearing gave me insight into their minds. "Real Romance" is a happy little ditty that features some psychedelic guitar playing which doesn't dominate the song, but seems to come from the "back burner" as it were, no doubt from the helping hands (and fingers) of the man called Cabby. It's a real charmer of a song: catchy, upbeat, with a sunny disposition and a sound that could be thought of as a blues-themed cut, but with major chords instead of the typical sad or melancholy/morose vibes that are the raison d'etre of The Blues (with a capital "B"). But, hey, dummy, you might say, that is what "folk music" is supposed to be. But I still wouldn't go so far as to label it "folk", it has too much of a groove-thang going to end up being stuck in a "folk" box. It certainly transcends what you might think of when you get the quick & easy bio of the band and their "sound". It's blues roots, tweaked a bit to suit their pleasure (which becomes the listener's pleasure as well, when exposed to it) mostly comes through in Cabby's psychedelicized/funk guitar riffing, a hazy distortion with a twinge of a ring through it. If you're sad or upset about last night's tiff or are otherwise in a pique of angst, "Real Romance" is one song that can lift your spirits and give you a shot of hope.
Even a song that seems to be about getting the poor, downtrodden sad-faced people, not just the many who people the streets of New York, but are a fixture of every major city in America, "Dead Peasant Uprising", has a definite folksy undertone to it, more of their major chord progressions here, not the minor, angry ranting, inciting the disenfranchised masses to rise up and demand for their needs. But the thing here that really shines is the juxtaposition of the "happy-go-lucky", sunny outlook of the music while the lyrics scold the cold, unfeeling "army of the rich" cops for their harsh treatment of homeless, poor citizens – a scolding that could apply in any city, USA. For example: "Hey blue man with that club in your hand/Let's have a talk, man-to-man/Don't go attacking innocent civs/Look what they did to Scott on [unintelligible]/Put that pepper spray away/Follow these laws that make us say:/It's a Dead Peasant Uprising/It's a Dead Peasant Uprising/From New York City to the Frisco Bay/Can't keep them peasants away/Ain't know how, no way today/You're going to keep the peasants down today…" is a perfect slice of what these two are all about: empathic, sympathetic, knowledgeable and one of the very few in this day and age (as opposed to the sixties, as glorious, but dangerous and chaotic as it may have been-at least the protesters were organized and not just a bunch of loosely knit "friends" who have no contact except on the pages of Facebook. People need to organize themselves – because for one thing, it's obvious, poll after poll, that the mainstream of America detest the right-wing, authoritarian, bigoted, pro-rich, anti-poor stance that defines today's Republican Party. Once upon a time there was such a thing as moderation and not all Republicans were right-wing "John Bircher" types who stockpiled guns at home and were blatant bigots – Republicans abhor gays – they're not "saving marriage" – that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard – half of all marriages end in divorce and that includes Republicans, like the philandering jerk, Newt Gingrich, who left his wife, when she was suffering painfully in the hospital from cancer – he went to the hospital to get a divorce so he could go off and marry this bimbo that was on some campaign staff of his. What hypocrites these people are. Richard Nixon is, I'm sure, still a name that evokes heated passion and hatred in many, but if you look past his own shortcomings and focus on the positive aspects of his policies in the late 60s, early 70s: he started the EPA, the DEA, signed bills including the Clean Air Act and many more things that, today, would get him branded by the current GOP as "too liberal for us". That is how bad things are and will get worse until those that don't want to live under such people organize, protest hard and, above all VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!
Anyway, The Subjective Perspective is a band whose heart and soul is with the "common man" of America – the working class heroes of this country and not the tyrannical hypocrites who have HATE written all over their faces. Good for Nick and Lisa. Let's hope their music spreads and is hailed – if things go right, "The Dead Peasant Uprising" should be an anthem for the death of the right as we know it. They seem to be a positive beacon for hope and what's more, in the face of all the negative, abhorrent things that the press keeps abreast of while ignoring the good that liberal, non-rich citizens are doing, keep a pleasantly positive outlook and are not full of rage, anger or fear.
For more information about The Subjective Perspective as well as a place to listen to as well as purchase their music, you can check them out at www.reverbnation.com or at CD Baby, which you can get to by going to cdbaby.com/cd/thesubjectiveperspective. I hope you'll enjoy what they have to say as well as their pleasant music. –KM.


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Steam recently rolled out a platform where gamers could chat, which was seen an attempt to compete with Discord, a massively popular gaming-focused messaging app.
Now, Discord is clapping back at Steam with its own store. The company has just announced that it will be rolling out a store beta to 50,000 users in Canada, selected at random from the platform's Nitro subscribers.
Discord Nitro Games Lineup
The store's launch lineup includes Saints Row: The Third, Metro: Last Light Redux, Super Meat Boy, Hollow Knight, and Starbound. The game offerings will be curated by employees, and their goal is to create a "local bookstore" of hand-picked selections. These will be available for Nito subscribers at no additional charge on top of their monthly or yearly fee. Discord Nitro costs $4.99 per month or $49.99 a year.
First On Discord Games
Discord says it also plans to introduce "First on Discord" titles, which are independent games that will be Discord exclusives for the first 90 days of their release. There will also be a universal library feature, which will allow players to pull games from their computers and launch them directly from Discord.
The company says it doesn't plan on creating a store that has every game in it, but rather one that has a very specific slate of recommendations. As it expands, Discord says it will "rely on our community and our team to make the store feel super personal and focused on games that we genuinely think you'll enjoy!"
Discord Store
With the addition of its own Store, it seems clear that Discord wants to take on PC gaming's biggest platform, Steam, albeit with its own special approach. Coming up with a very selective lineup makes sense, since Discord can't topple Steam right off the bat, and it has to start by infusing the service with things that'll help it stand out.
As such, Discord's store will be driven "more by friendships and playing together than what is currently available in the ecosystem," Eros Resmini, Discord's CMO, told The Verge. Players will be able to play along with others who own the same games, regardless of where they bought it.
"Our goal with Discord is to bring players together — never to fragment or add friction to gaming with friends."
"With 150 million registered users that's a lot of building friendships while talking about and playing games together," said Resmini.


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Recently, we connected with Chris (Savvy) Savill, an audio engineer based in Australia. He wrote a nice post on LinkedIn about being dyslexic. We've met a few dyslexic audio engineers over the years and of course, the many accomplished dyslexic individuals in music have this talent with sound that often wouldn't get discovered in today's classrooms.
Chris had a difficult time as a young person, especially with physical bullying, but he's absolutely inspiring what he's been able to achieve today and how he makes sense of himself at the age of 34.
"Dyslexia as a kid, is a scary concept. All of your self confidence is gone. You feel alone, and you struggle to be social with others. You can't describe what you are experiencing, or even understand that you have a learning problem. Your outlook on life is bleak. You don't see a future at all. Until that is…..you learn to embrace it…
Dyslexics are excellent problem solvers and have incredible 3D and spatial awareness. We also think outside the box (or as I like to put it, Think outside the CUBE) Yes, we are amazing creatives.
Whats my creative skill? Sound.
I have a natural gift to work with technical audio. When I hear a song…I hear everything and break it down in my head into separate tracks. I can hear the bass on its own, I can hear the drums on their own, I hear the lead guitar on its own, and then i can reconstruct the whole thing and listen to the overall melody….all in my head. I am able to record sound and be very precise about it. In Radio production, I can cut an audio promo with precision, almost like a surgeon with a scalpel. I have been doing audio for 15 years now. My first gig was as an Assastant Sound Designer for the West End show "FAME"…then I worked at the BBC. It's pretty cool to have credits against my name such as 50 Cent, Coldplay, Gwen Stefani, garbage and many others. I moved to Australia and helped set up Australia's first Indigenous Music Centre called "The Winanjjikari Music Centre. That means "Singing for Belonging" in Wilpri Language. Now I Pull sound for one of the longest running Children's show in Australia, and record special audio FX from Time to time. I like to keep busy. I also have other skills such as computers, visual media and lots more. I'm a gun with technology too!!"
Thanks Chris for sharing your story and inspiring others. Chris was nice enough to also share the example of some of his audio recordings out in the wilds of Australia. Beautiful!


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Nokia C5-03 User Manual PDF English Spanish German Italian French
In the U.S., the phone is officially a moment of "wait". It also means that the Nokia C5-03 is not yet available in the U.S., but it has actually been released in Europe in December 2010. The phone is used Touchscreen User Interface Design Candy bar form factor. It works under both GSM or CDMA networks (WCDMA 900/1900/2100 MHz or Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz depending on the carrier and region) that supports 3G data connection Networks (HSDPA up to 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA up to 2Mbps).
Use Phone 3.2 inch Diameter Diagonal Screen Display with 26 M colors and use TFT Resistive Touch Screen Display resolution at 640 x 360 pixels. To measure the dimensions of the C5-03 is used 105.8 x 51 x 13.8 mm (volume 65 cc) and 93 grams of weight with the battery attached.
Body Color Phone available in 11 colors: Graphite Black with black graphite, graphite black with lime green, petrol blue graphite black, black graphics with gray aluminum, graphite black with lilac, white with black graphite, black with black illuvial, white with lime green, petrol blue with white, white with aluminum gray and white with purple. For an overview screenshot of each color casing body you can see it here. Images that we gave above you have a White with Lime Green color.
By using only a touchscreen user interface, it is a must that the C5-03 is installed with Qwerty Keyboard Virtual Screen with Accelerometer sensor (Auto Rotate Screen) and handwritting recognition software. It is also attached to the onboard memory up to 40 MB internal user (depending on the pre-installed apps) that can be expanded using microSD memory cards up to 16GB (2GB included in-box). It also has 128 MB RAM. For the operating system, the Nokia C5-03, installed with OS Symbian S60 5th Edition.
Nokia C5-03 User Manual Guide English Spanish German Italian PDF Download
Fist steps before you use the Nokia C5-03 (after your phone assembly with parts that can be removed: the battery, sim card, memory card), you must know the key part of the body and Telephone. Image below will help you to understand that. It is available on page 15 of the User Manual PDF Free Nokia C5-03
Actually, almost all the major languages covered up by the User Manual of Nokia C5-03, but we only share five User Manual C5-03 is a language problem: User Guide English, Spanish, German, French and Italian. For other languages such as Finish, Romanian, Russian, Arabic, Greek or someone else, you can go to the official download link of Nokia C5-03 Guide here.
- Nokia C5-03 User Guide Download, Language: English, Pages: 121, PDF Size: 2.94 MB
- Nokia C5-03 User Guide Download, Language: Spanish, PDF Size: 2.99 MB, Pages: 130
- Nokia C5-03 User Guide Download, Language: Italian, Pages: 131, PDF Size: 2.99 MB
- Nokia C5-03 User Guide Download, Language: Germany, Pages: 133, PDF Size: 3.01 MB
- User Guide Manual Nokia C5-03 Download, Language: France, Pages: 131, PDF Size: 3.01 MB


text: I'm going to start out up front by saying I'm not an expert in political theory in any way shape or form. Having said that, I've travelled all over the world and seen and experienced many different cultures. I've watched and read the news from multiple sources on a daily basis and it seems to me entirely possible that what's happening in Egypt today, Tunisia just recently, and perhaps some other Arab states in the near future, is the birth of real, genuine democracy for these countries. Continue Reading


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Since I've become a mother, I have appreciated my own mother. All the good things, the bad choices, the silliness, all of it. Mom made my childhood fun! She once squirted water through the screen of the den where we were all watching TV. Dad, being the ultimate player, jumped up and chased her around the house with said hose until he threw her in the pool. She was, and still is according to her grandchildren, a skillful backpedaler when presented with any small or slimy creature from the garden such as worms, garden snakes, and dead mice from the woods. (The cat liked to join in on that last one.) She did this with aplomb, screeching all the way while instructing us to "Get that THING out of my kitchen NOW!!"
And when it comes to food, Mom is the best cook in the world. (Disclaimer: If Nana ever gets a computer and is reading this, I'm just saying Mom's the best cook because she's going to read this, but it's really you.) One of my friends once said it perfectly when she told someone my mother could look at a crowd of girls her daughter had just brought home unexpectedly, then look in the freezer and proceed to create a seven-course meal. It's true. She can. I'm serious.
The most useful skill my mother has shown my brothers and I is how to laugh through adversity or at least not fall apart. She taught us to stand strong when presented with any number of tragedies or serious hurdles in life such as medical diagnoses, deaths, and basically anything life can (and will if you're an O'Brien) throw our way. Enduring the bad with grace is the only way you can really appreciate the good in life. It would be nice if bad things never happened, but they do, so why not handle them with grace and laughter?
So, in honor of this past Mother's Day, I wanted to write about my mom. For all the ways you taught me to be a good mom, and to cook, and to laugh at everything life hands me, I thank you with all of my heart. (I think I'll get my super soaker ready for when the kids come home.)
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
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4 Ideas To Take Your Summer Date Outside
When I think of summer date nights, I visualize Rachel McAdams in The Notebook with her adorable red day dress at the carnival flirting with the gorgeous Ryan Gosling (essentially what I aspire all my summer date nights to look like). Summer is the best because everyone looks so beautifully tanned and the energy shouts playfulness. Studies show that people are happier after they spend 20 minutes outside, so let's see how that affects our dates, too! Read below for four fun dates that you can take outside.
Experience "Van Life" for the Night
If you haven't heard of van life by now, go follow @projectvanlife on Instagram and you'll get the idea. Van life is a movement representing a new style of bohemian nomads living out of their vans that simultaneously have incredible photos of themselves camping alongside a gorgeous sunrise or national park. This new trend has picked up quickly (think: Tiny Homes) over the past year. And while I would absolutely love to go live by the beach carelessly in my van for a year, I honestly enjoy the comforts of my home (I am a Cancer star sign after all!). Try to create your own "van life" style of living for a romantic date night and see what the buzz is all about. You'll just need a car, sleeping bag/blanket, tent, and some snacks!
Enjoy a Themed Picnic in the Park
This is definitely the most basic date night idea—but picnics are the best — so it continues to stay on my list. Choose a theme for your picnic to make it more unique, like French-themed picnic foods (bread, cheese, wine!). Involve your date in the picnic planning process by having them bring two food items and you'll bring the other two. You can get to know a lot about someone by seeing their favorite food choices. Did they just bring my favorite dark chocolate with strawberries? Yes? Okay, there's a keeper.
Watch an Outdoor Movie
Outdoor movies are always a good time because they are more social (perfect for me since I always annoy everyone and talk during the movie), the environment feels like a festival (without the lack of showers), and there are no limitations on bringing food into the movie (meaning you won't have to hide the m&m's in your purse as you timidly walk by the ticket office).
Play with Rocks
Climbing together can be a special bonding experience by forcing you to do something different and challenging yourself to go out of your comfort zone. You'll also get a killer workout and most likely barely be able to feel your arms the next day! Find an outdoor rock climbing wall and go there for a date. Note: you may have to make this a day-date as some rock climbing gyms aren't open late.
What are your favorite summer date ideas?
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They say every photographer has to know what it's like to be in front of the camera him- or her- self.
Normally, I make my own portraits. I never trust others to make the photo I have in mind. Now this site is in the air I had to get some serious photo's, because, well… who am I for a stranger like you?
So I talked with Frank Doorhof about the idea to shoot some photo's.
A few week later, it was the day which is now, today.
Dress up, make-up, shooting time.
Honestly, it will never become something I like, being in front of the camera. I'd rather be behind the camera. Now I know how it feels to be a model, even if it was hardly five minutes.
Really, Frank made some awesome photo's. He gave them to me, uneditted and it was my task to fix them.
And look, here they are. It's me, Maryonne.
The day that will go in history, as the day I was photographed by an other for the first time. 🙂


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Day 21– June 5, 2015 – Friday
Today is the big day! The hill we've been planning for since we saw the elevation map spike quicker and sharper than a Klingon weapon. (every story needs a salute to Star Trek). I am up at 5:30 a.m. and wake Dad up at 5:55 a.m. He says "it's so easy to want to get an early start until morning comes."
We pack up and stop by the Peg House a little after 7 am. I buy Gatorade and a green shake to prepare for the huge hill ahead. We ride for about 30 minutes passing over a bridge and sometimes going downhill before we see the sign for Leggett. This isn't fun downhill because I am focusing all my energy on the unknown hill ahead and I know that I'll just have to pedal back up everything I'm cruising down now.
We turn right off Hwy 101 and onto Hwy 1. Goodbye 101, you've been our almost constant companion since Astoria, you will be missed!
Shortly after turning onto Hwy 1 around 7:33 am, we begin our incline. At 8:05 a.m. we stop and pull off our warm clothes. We definitely won't need them anymore. It takes us about 1 ½ hours to get to the top. I think we are stopping a lot to rest, but we keep passing and being passed by the same people who were in our camp ground last night. They pass us taking a break then we catch up with or pass them when they stop, so we must not be doing too badly. This really surprises me, because we seem to be keeping up with all these young kids and I thought we were slow as molasses! Another thing that surprises me is how quickly we reach the top. At 8:54 a.m. I snap a few quick shots of us as we fly down the other side! I'm concentrating on the road so I'm hoping I get a good shot or two.
As we speed downhill, the wind makes my eyes tear up and tears run back toward my ears instead of down my face. The road is curvy and I'm keeping a close eye out for potholes or anything else that could spell disaster. Dad sometimes tries to warn me of road hazards, but ultimately has to trust that I'm paying attention and that God will keep us safe.
At 9:22 a.m. I take a picture of Dad and then we burst out of the thick trees and into a sunny open place.
Riding downhill is so much fun and so scary! We have to be ever vigilant, because of road hazards, crazy cars, bicycle malfunctions, rider error among a few things, but I can't help laughing and smiling. Thank God no bugs are flying into my teeth! We take one last sharp corner that goes down then curves sharply back uphill. I take the corner a little too fast and a bit too wide when I see a car coming at me. He doesn't see me until I speed around the sharp corner. I'm in my lane, but I still scare him, he slams on his brakes dramatically slowing. I'm scared and smiling! I can't help it, I've gone all danger crazy and feel just a little bit more alive today. I don't have much time to savor it though, because I'm in a high gear and we just hit a hill, so I start shifting down and when we get to the top we stop to take a break. It's 10:25 a.m. and we are back by the Ocean! It feels like forever, since I've been this close to the sea!
I take a picture of us with part of the hill we just rode over behind us.
The other bicyclists are stopping here to take pictures too. I catch two of them in the background when I take a picture of Dad.
We ride along the ocean for a while, stopping for a break at 10:41 a.m., where Dad fiddles with his glasses and we eat. I take pictures of an Eagle flying above, my shoe and some flowers and some weeds and the ocean (the last mentioned is the featured image for this blog). We stop at 10:57 a.m. at a view-point with bathrooms. We take more pictures and enjoy the view, before riding on. We pass through Westport. At 12:08 p.m. we ride past some cool flowers. (Sorry, I'm not a horticulturist so "cool flowers" is all you get).
A little further down the road (12:20 p.m.) we stop at a view-point and chat with two guys. They say they are heading to San Francisco unassisted, but I don't believe them. They have no packs or handlebar bags and actually I don't even see tool kits on their bikes. After leaving them, I take lots of ocean and wave pictures, then we pass through another tree canopy.
We stop for construction at the end of the tree canopy, in the last of the shade.
The road becomes one lane for maybe ¼ of a mile, in direct sunlight and uphill, so I hope no one behind us is in a hurry! We get the go ahead and take off, but we don't have any strength for hurrying, especially up hill in the sun! The cars pull away from us and disappear. Now Dad and I are alone on this curvy road, so I'm hoping the traffic coming the other way is still waiting for us. Fortunately, they are and soon we ride around a corner and see the waiting traffic. At 12:49 p.m. we stop at a sign for Cleone and Fort Bragg.
We are very tired and want lunch. The good news is the sign reads only 6 miles to Fort Bragg. Cleone is only 4 miles, but with a population of 618 according to our map, there's not much hope for a Subway. We both decide we can make it 6 miles, really that's not that far. So we think!
We ride what seems like forever! Finally we see a sign, but it says "Inglenook." I'm confused because it's not on our map and seems like it's as big as some other towns that made it on the map, and that's when the hills start. A series of about 20 hills, not tall enough to catch any speed riding down, but tall enough that I have to either shift my gears on everyone or stand up and pedal.. and they just keep coming! In a moment of sheer madness, I complain to anyone who will hear "I hate this town! I'm never coming here again!"
When Cleone does, finally, come, we take a right onto Ward Street and encounter probably the worst road of the whole trip. I'm bump bumping along when I pull the map out to see our next turn. It says to "ride straight into parking lot, ride across and onto 10 mile Beach Trail." I'm hoping when we get to the "parking lot" it will be obvious because it isn't clear from this point. We ride to the end and the directions are suddenly clear. It's a parking lot for people visiting the beach. We ride across and turn left onto the Ten Mile Beach Trail at about 1:20 p.m.
The trail is not smooth, but our biggest obstacle right now is the wind. It's howling! Oh and did I mention we are riding against it! I'm pretty sure you already assumed that, but I just want to be clear. It's only been about 30 minutes since we were back at the Cleone/Fort Bragg sign, but we are worn out and hungry so now every minute seems eternal. I take pictures as I ride along the trail and complain that it's too bumpy and should be better maintained, however, there are beautiful yellow, green and pink flowers that Dad remembers from his childhood, and the view is amazing!
We stop to take a break at 1:30 p.m. and see a deer in the field on the east side of the bike trail. We ride across a little sandy bridge onto some more sand (causing me to mentally picture hours of torturous riding in the sand), but shortly we pull onto a road/trail that while better than sand still looks like it leads to nowhere, and if it could get bumpier than the trail that was bumpier than the road, well, it does. It's at this point that I rededicate my life to God because I'm pretty sure I'm going to die out here on this endless last 6 miles, when I see a man walking up ahead. This is a good sign, surely he wouldn't be walking in the middle of nowhere. We must be close to town. As I pass I say "Are we close to town?" He says "Yes, it's just up the road." "Thanks!" I respond.
We ride a few more minutes and we still seem to be in the middle of nowhere, but I have the presence of mind to take a picture of Dad, just at the right moment, when he passes this windblown tree, that from my viewpoint, it looks like the branches are reaching to take his helmet off.
We come to this walking bridge with boards so smooth I consider it my favorite part of the town. We stop at a parking lot with bathrooms. When I come out of the bathroom Dad is talking to some Grandparents and two little girls about digging for Abalone, which Dad also remembers from when he was younger. We ask them if they know where a Subway is. They don't because they are tourists. Ha! We stop at a Travelodge and the person tells Dad the Subway is all the way at the end of town in a mall past the McDonalds. We ride for so long that I am compelled to ask a lady walking down the street if there is a Subway coming up. She says "no." I catch up with Dad and tell him. I am disappointed at thinking I'll have to eat McDonalds, when we decide to check the mall anyway, but we can't find the entrance. It's surrounded by apartments. We ride around the block and ask a third person if there is a Subway and he says, "Yes, I'll take you to it." Hallelujah! At 2:23 pm, I snap a selfie smiling in front of Subway and by 3:36 pm, we are smiling for a blurry, but happy photo of us with our well worked for food!
After Subway we shop at the upscale market across the parking lot. It has a lot of food and wine, but I want fudge, which they only have in a huge pan, so I skip it. I call two RV Parks, and we decide to stay at the closest one. It also happens to be the least expensive. The Woodside RV Park & Campground. The guy working the desk is quite chatty and thinks space C2 will be too small for us, but it's the closest to the bathrooms. After a long conversation, (including a cool story about how his 1971 class of 900 went on a 3 month bicycle trip in Europe for free because they sold so many pickles and cookies through the year), we decide to go look at C2 before we pay. It's perfect for us. It even has a picnic table. It also had a tire wheel rim lying around, probably to burn stuff in, but we moved it aside and set up.
Here's Dad relaxing in his tent, chatting with Mom on the phone.
Here's what my tent looks like inside – Messy!
To finish the day, I go pay for the site, and have a little trouble getting the shower to work, it kept shooting my quarters back at me, but it all worked out. What a great day!
Bike Stats: Time: 5:30:57 Dist: 49.75 Ave: 9.5 Max: 36.7 Odo: 822
Day 22– June 6, 2015 – Saturday – Decided Rest Day
I walk up Dad at 7:15 am and at the same time call Marc, waking him up too. I am very grateful for Marc and Mom staying home and taking care of things so Dad and I can ride. Today they get to have some fun too, they are going to a library book sale in Okanogan, then stopping by Ivars to eat on the way to Marc's Parents. They are actually coming to pick us up, but stopping at his Parent's house will make the drive shorter for them tomorrow.
Dad and I decided if we can camp here again, we will, making today a rest day. We are outside a town with population 7,273, meaning more food options and obviously we like that. Like man of old we are following the food! Now I'd better go tweeze some hairs so I don't actually look like a caveman when Marc sees me again.
2:43 pm – We are staying here again tonight. I meet a lady in the bathroom. We use the time to primp but mainly we gathered around the mirrors to charge our various gadgets. Instead of plugging in curling irons and hair dryers now I'm plugging in cell phones and iPods. The lady is really nice and it's a pleasant chat.
After reading a "Mental Floss" magazine, and taking a nap, we head into town for Subway and to shop for snacks. The most exciting thing that happens is we see a classic car, but I suppose when you are riding a bicycle in traffic no excitement is a good thing.
We are riding back from Subway and the Market and turn onto a road that is signed "Coastal Highway" but it's just a street, not the coastal detour we are looking for. Then we see a sign that says "Coastal Access" and take that road, but after riding a few minutes we don't seem to be nearing any coast or views so we take a left down a street with huge eucalyptus trees around it. I can't take a picture because I didn't put my camera in my handle bar bag when I left the store, it's still in my backpack and I can't get it without stopping. It's not like we are in a hurry, but I just don't feel like stopping. Dad says he remembers seeing lots of trees like that in Southern California when he was young. We take another left on the main road and head back to the campground that we are now south of because of the detour.
Tomorrow our plan is to make it to Manchester Beach State Park, stopping to take a picture in front of the Murder She Wrote house in Mendocino. We are back on the coast again, so there is no telling what the weather will be like tomorrow morning. Our legs are tired and Dad's butt hurts. It's a good thing we are taking a rest day. I'm excited to see Marc again!
4:59 pm – Rest day continues, napping a bit, reading, listening to an audio book, wondering if this pen will run out (my original journal is on paper). Not hungry but wanting to snack because of boredom. We needed the rest day though. Tomorrow we go to… I told you already. Boredom results in tent selfies.
6:28 pm – It's trying to mist as I am walking back from my shower. I'm hoping and praying tomorrow is a nice day. I didn't know what I wanted to eat at the store, but now I want a salad, muffin and dried pineapple, which I looked for but couldn't find in the dried fruit section earlier. I have an idea for a painting, which I write in my journal, then I sit on the picnic table and get shards of wood in the butt of my pants and my finger. Not good! The cell service here is spotty, it's frustrating.
7:19 pm – After much discussion and me studying our map and atlas, we change our plans. Dad and I decide to go to Russian Gulch State Park tomorrow. It's about 8.5 miles from here. We will spend the night there and wait for Marc and Mom to pick us up on Monday. It cuts our trip short, but then we can all four get our pics taken with the Murder She Wrote house (I know Mom wants to do that too) and we are nearer to Hwy 128 that connects to Hwy 101 sooner making our drive to Disneyland easier.
On rest days we spend a lot of time just lying in our tents. I tell Dad we could buy two pairs of dice & play together in our tents, but it would be based on the honor system, so I don't know if he can play. We laughed. "Oh look, I keep getting all sixes!"
I call Marc and tell him our plan, so he will know where to pick us up, because the cell phone service is pretty bad here and I'm not sure if we will have any at the next park. Note to self: when I get home I need to find the lead in my Camelbak water bladder.
It's kind of sad there is only one day left of the trip, but that's okay. On to new adventures!
Bike Stats: Time: 27:38 Dist: 4.10 Ave: 8.9 Max: 17.7 Odo: 826


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Why is Mexico viewed as a Third World country?
It's not anymore, at least not by anyone who knows what they're talking about. It's poorer than the US, but Mexico's Human Development Index score is 0.756, which is officially considered "high". But this photo of Mexico City perfectly illustrates the problem.
The problem in Mexico is inequality. The raw human development score for Mexico makes it look like Eastern Europe – not the highest, but decently good. Adjusted for inequality, however, Mexico finds itself amongst countries like Iraq and Vietnam.
So only a relatively small amount of people, limited mostly to Mexico City and other large cities, are able to enjoy very high levels of development.
Edit: Yes, technically "Third World" meant unaligned countries during the Cold War, and Finland and Switzerland were/are technically "Third World countries." Mexico was officially one of those unaligned countries, hence its technical designation as a Third World country. But this classification was made decades ago and I answered the question as it pertains to modern usage of the term.
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How would Mexico compare to the US in terms of inequality ? Specifically, in terms of how much of the total amount of money in the top 5% of the populace, access to affordable health care, and percentage of people in poverty?
I consider Mexico a third world country because of all the Beggars on the streets the General Public don't seem to recycle anything they just trow they're garbage anywhere they want to, there public beaches are disaster areas, the roads are full of potholes buildings are never finished and thieves are everywhere
Just like here in my home town shreveport Louisiana US we are the best first world country with 90 % third world country towns we all living in delapaladed trailers living check to check and we call ourselves first world country ha.
Statistics go up and down all the time. Mexico has a decent educational system, although not as developed as that of the U.S., this is true.


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There is nothing quite like fishing for a relaxing day, assuming, of course that it isn't marlin you're after. When I'm fishing, I like to have the right equipment on hand.
Fishing pliers are a multi-purpose tool which must be present in every tackle box. They do not serve one specific purpose like pretty much everything else you find an angler carrying, but even so, there is massive convenience, keeping one of these bad boys handy.
Since fishing pliers have uses for some really heavy duty jobs like de-hooking a catch, bending wires etc. it is very important for them to be resilient. It is likely you'll only buy cheap pliers once, as I did, before you realize there is no substitute for quality.
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The length of the nose needed depends on the fish species and the kind of work you want the pliers to do. Other than that, the jaws must be able to function well as line cutters and side cutters. Try to make sure that you don't have to snap the pliers shut, again and again, to get your cutting purposes fulfilled.
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There are many pieces of equipment which are crucial for a fishing trip, as a hobbyist or professional. Although fishing pliers are among those important pieces of equipment, they are a long way from the most important. So that means there is no reason to spend an obscene amount of money on a pliers when there are perfectly good ones available at a reasonable price, and there is more crucial equipment to consider.
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