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The Premier Guide to Charities in the UK
Education & Learning charities
Below, we've listed UK-based charities dealing with education & learning for disabled people. To find out about the groups concerned, or to learn how you can donate - money, time or goods - or raise funds, simply click on an individual charity. Whether you've a general interest in education charities for those with disabilities, or are concerned with a particular area like special educational needs (SEN) or disabled training, our listings contain all you need to know.
Hearts of Oak - The Oak Lodge School Foundation Trust
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Through the Roof
Epsom, Surrey
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Livability (the new name of John Grooms and the Shaftesbury Society)
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
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RGB (RGV actually) laser projector v2.5 – graphics and animations – [via]
This is my RGB laser projector v2.5
video part 2 – graphics and animations
Lasers used:
Red: 300mW 650nm (2x LPC-815 laser diode @350mA, combined with PCBS)
Green: Chinese 100mW 532nm DPSS laser module
Blue (violet): 280mW 405nm (1x SF-AW210 laser diode @270mA)
Total output power (after dichros and galvos): approx. 500mW
Galvos: cheap 20kpps set
DAC used: Popelscan LPT DAC
Software: mostly NLS v1.6.7
RGB (RGV) laser projector - [Link]
A new bike tail light developed by Apex Bright LED was designed not just as a techno-gizmo but also to improve the security of bicycle riders riding in the dark or in poorly lit conditions. An IPX2 rated laser writes two bright red lines on the road surface, warning traffic coming from the rear to keep a safe distance.
The waterproof unit also has three very bright red LEDs that can operate in various flash modes. It works from two AAA batteries and can be secured to seat posts with a diameter between 20 and 36 mm. The battery capacity enables the laser work to work for approximately 9 hours, while the LED on its own can flash for up to 36 hours. [via]
LED & Laser tail light creates safer perimeter for bikes - [Link]
Wickedlasers claim their Spyder 3 Krypton is the world's brightest handheld laser so powerful its beam breaks through the atmosphere into outer space. With a theoretical range of 85 miles, the S3 Krypton is the first and only handheld laser visible from outer space. Directly viewing the dot of a the Krypton 1-watt laser (86 million lux) will appear over 8,000 times brighter than looking directly at the sun. Safety goggles are a must.
A green laser was chosen because the human eye perceives pure green light brighter than red, blue or purple light.
The Krypton is the first laser to contain an internal thermopile detector. When excess heat is detected, the internal microprocessor gradually lowers operating current to ensure temperature stabilization. A Tactical Smartswitch 2.0 feature on the device offers 9 operation modes including 5 new tactical modes like SOS (Hi / Low) , Beacon (Hi / Low), and Tactical Hibernation. SmartSwitch technology locks out unauthorized access to your S3 Krypton making this super-powered laser inoperable when unattended. [via]
World's brightest commercial laser has 85 miles range - [Link]
Laser-cut project box tutorial @ Ponoko Community Hub. Rich writes – [via]
Lately I've been learning about laser-cutting my own project boxes for the electronic gear I build. The process took me a little while to get my head around, but now that I know what I'm doing, I'm hooked. The finished product looks great and works great. For about the same price as I would pay for a generic plastic box from an electronics retailer, I can get my own enclosure made with every hole cut out perfectly and all the labelling included.
Laser-cut project box tutorial - [Link]
Ruijc writes:
This was a project made as a request.
The idea was to build a circuit that was capable of simulating a tripwire trap. This type of of trap uses a wire placed 20 centimeters above the floor strapped to some bars or trees. When the intruder enters the protected area he trips on the wire and activates the alarm.
Laser tripwire with Alarm - [Link]
ermicro.com writes:
The 8 pins PIC12F683 microcontroller is one of the smallest members of the Microchip 8-bit microcontroller families but equipped with powerful peripherals such as ADC and PWM capabilities. This make this tiny microcontroller is suitable for controlling the DC motor speed. In order to demonstrate the PIC12F683 capabilities and to make this tutorial more attractive, I decided to use the PIC12F683 microcontroller to generate simple and yet fascinating laser light show from a cheap keychain laser pointer.
Building your own Simple Laser Projector using the Microchip PIC12F683 - [Link]
dangerousprototypes.com writes:
Joe Grand has finished work on his Laser Range Finder (LRF) project. This project, which has been in development in cooperation with Parallax Inc., is now in final beta testing. Check out Joe's development diary for all the exhaustive details and links to development videos.
Joe reports that after final tweaking is completed, he expects the module should be going into production sometime in July and would be ready for sale through Parallax a few months after that.
Joe Grand's laser range finder – [Link]
www.microsyl.com writes:
This project is my second one with laser, I had learn many thing from my first green laser projector. Now I had decide to make a professional laser projector with 3 laser of 3 different color, Red, Green and Blue. And with galvos who have better spec. I had buy a 30kpps galvo, a 300mw red, 80mw green and 250mw blue.
RGB Laser Projector - [Link]
ashishrd.blogspot.com writes:
A 5-wire unipolar stepper motor (these could also be salvaged from old 5¼" floppy disk drives), ULN2003 IC (stepper motor driver), wire, stripboard (or a solderless breadboard ), solder and DB-25 Male connector (buy these two if you can solder. Soldering is not necessary for doing this project, but it will ensure that your connections are secure), DB25 (female/male) parallel port cable, a multimeter, a power adapter (with voltage rating depending on your motor's requirements)
dangerousprototypes.com writes:
Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio has released the code and complete design files for his open source Laser Position Sensor (LPS) project. The project is based on the Freescale MC9S08JM8CLC and several Linear Technology LT1491ACS op amps.
Joe states:
The Laser Position Sensor (LPS) module is an optical sensor that measures and provides the two-dimensional coordinates of visible red laser light (630-694nm) shined onto its surface. The LPS has a resolution of 0.0001″, an accuracy of 0.001″, and a measurement range of +/-0.2″ (+/-5mm). Applications include positioning and alignment, long-range beam-break/security trip wires, remote device control, data communications, and high-speed photography.
Laser Position Sensor – [Link]


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1984 BMW 733i
Classic collector luxury BMW 733i was originally owned by a Wall st broker purchased for $37500 in 1984. Everything on this car is preserved original and stock right down to
... Bennington, Vermont $10,000
1968 Chevrolet Camaro
1968 Camero 327 convertable.Clean bodyRuns great
... Bridgewater, Vermont $24,000
1970 Volkswagen Beetle
1970 VW Beetle 1600cc 4 speed. color Maroon. Restored 6 years ago. 62000 miles. Looks like just came off dealers lot.Sounds and runs like a VW. Many new and used parts go
... Berlin, Vermont $7,200
1951 Ford F1
Immaculate restoration, fully documented! Anyone looking at this Truck will not be dissapointed!!!!!
... Newport, Vermont $45,000
1995 Audi S6
1995.5 S6 Audi Quattro. Turbo charged 5 cylinder 5 speed manual. Rare car in very good condition. Original 218,000 miles. Air not working needs condenser. The only rust is on
... Waitsfield, Vermont $5,800
1984 Mercedes 300SD
1984 mercedes 200sd 4 door 5 cylinder turbo diesel, automatic, all original, very little rust. never driven in the winter, always put into the garage for the winter months.
... Rockingham, Vermont $4,800
1992 Ford Crown Victoria
MINT CONDITION 1992 CROWN VICTORIA ORIGINAL EVERYTHING! LUXURIOUS SAFE AFFORDABLE. GARAGED & NEVER driven in the winter!! Very well maintained. 1 owner, literally
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Nancy Lee Muse Bass and her husband, Perry, gave millions of dollars to charities and institutions across Fort Worth and beyond.But it could be argued that her most enduring contributions to the community where she grew up go by the names of Sid, Ed, Bob and Lee.In a 1991 Star-Telegram profile, Perry Bass credited his wife with taking care of the home front while he and his uncle, Sid Richardson, were out in West Texas drilling for the oil that helped fuel what became a family fortune that grew to billions."Nancy Lee is the one who really had the burden of raising those boys," Perry Bass was quoted as saying.Those Bass "boys" became as integral to the fabric of Fort Worth as their parents.On Friday, upon news that Nancy Bass had died at home Thursday night at age 95, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price said, "She left an indelible mark in our community as a compassionate leader and as a mother of four boys who would become instrumental in defining Fort Worth's reputation as one of the greatest cities in the world."An enduring story about Nancy and Perry Bass is the way they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1991: by giving $50 million to an array of institutions, from Yale University to Lena Pope Home to First United Methodist Church in Fort Worth, where they had married.Ed Bass followed their example when he turned 50 in 1995, making $6 million in donations toward the arts, culture and medicine. He was also the driving force behind the Bass Performance Hall, the $65 million arts center named for his parents. Its giant limestone angels, whose horns overlook East Fourth Street, have become a landmark for a downtown that the Bass brothers were instrumental in revitalizing.The renaissance that became Sundance Square is attributed to Sid Bass, who got things started with the Worthington Hotel and the office skyscrapers known as the Bass towers.Bob Bass helped merge Fort Worth Children's Hospital with Cook Children's and led the public effort to relocate a planned expansion of Interstate 30 farther south of downtown so Lancaster Avenue could be redeveloped.Lee Bass and his wife, Ramona, have championed expansion of the Fort Worth Zoo and conservation efforts.Not all Bass projects have been popular or successful. But their influence has been unmistakable -- and overwhelmingly beneficial for this city. Nancy Lee Bass shaped the family that shaped Fort Worth.
Nancy Lee Bass, 95, eulogized as philanthropic 'queen' of Fort Worth
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The Golden Girls (lol...I love Betty White)
The Big Band theory...
The Shield
Supernatural, Two and a half men (with Charlie), King Of Queens, One Tree Hill, Scrubs, Naruto, Dragonball, One Piece
Friends, that show was on repeat every night for years I have seen every episode like 3 times at least lol, also sponge bob
squarepants a classic
The Walking Dead. enough said.
Supernatural (I've seen the first series twice and series 5 like four times) and the first two seasons of Misfits, because it's comedy gold.
House MD .
Game of Thrones
Big Bang Theory
Doctor Who
Everybody Loves Raymond
only one.... and i'm sorry, that's an anime .... NARUTOOOOOOOOOO.....
can't think of any other.... yeah, in fact i don't watch any other...
Married with children and Friends.
King of the Hill, King of Queens, and Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
Lost, Game of Thrones, House M.D.
The Big Bang Theory
House MD
The Simpsons
Friends, Two and Half Men, HIMYM..
Hana Yori Dango (Japan)
breaking bad
Everybody Loves Raymond.
Mini series Coma
Sex and the city.
Dirty Sexy Money
True blood, Californication, Entourage.
Law & Order SVU, Modern Family, Big Bang Theory, are shows I can have on and not good sick of. I may not be watching them, but great background TV and if I do watch it, I'm entertained.
Whenever I see an episode of Lost it always reminds me of why I was so into it and why it's my all time favorite.
American Dad
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Enter the Title and the time of the event (or All day), and then select the Calendar you want to have the event added to (local or online calendar).
You can set the event to Repeat and add Reminders to the event. You can also add a Location to the event and note any additional information about the event in the Description field. Add any Participants you want to invite to the event (not available if My Calendar is selected).
If you share this calendar with others, you can select the Show me as option to display event times as Busy or Available. Set the Privacy option to set the event to Private or Public.
You can also add a Sticker (graphic icon) to the calendar event.
When you are satisfied with the information, touch Save.
To quickly add an event to a date with no scheduled events, touch the date for your event twice, and enter the title. Touch OK.
Note: Using the S Pen™, hover over the event to quickly view the event details.
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North Naples Villa Rental Photos and Description
3 BEDROOM, 3 FULL BATHS.. VERY SPACIOUS VILLA, PRIVATE POOL-short walk to beach
Light and bright, upscale, spacious 3 bedroom / 3 bathroom villa with cathedral ceilings and den located on quiet, quaint street in the exclusive and most desirable Park Shore area of Naples, FL.
Our vacation villa is located in the very best area of Naples, FL, located WEST of Route 41. Our vacation villa is close to everything with its super short walk to the beach, restaurants, shops including the upscale waterside shops and Naples Philharmonic.
Spacious, Luxury Villa has lots of modern style with a WOW feeling as soon as you enter through the private tropical garden courtyard and into the front door with its 20 foot high cathedral ceilings. Lots of sunshine / natural light (Southern exposure) throughout this entire villa home.
The villa has an open floor plan with large tile throughout the first floor of home. Brand new hardwood floors (hickory) installed in the upstairs 2 bedrooms. The large master suite is located on the first floor allowing privacy to spread out for your entire family. The villa home has a fully equipped kitchen with newer cabinets and granite counter top, as well as drinking water filtration system which will save you the expense and burden of needing to spend money on bottled water during your stay.
King sized bed in master bedroom, extra large EN SUITE with large soaking tub and a separate shower area. as well as separate toilet room. 3 closets including a large walk in closet complete this master suite. The bed is a super comfortable newer memory / tempur-pedic style mattress.
King bed in guest bedroom #1 with large closet - beautiful new hand scraped hickory hardwood floors installed May 2014. We feel that carpet irritates allergies, therefore we have eliminated all of the carpet from our villa replacing it with beautiful hickory hardwood floors. The bed is a newer super comfortable tempur-pedic style bed.
Queen (also newer tempur-pedic style) bed in guest bedroom #2 with large walk in closet - gorgeous hand scraped hardwood (hickory) floors installed May 2014.
Televisions are included in each bedroom with large 42 inch flat screen lcd television and VCR/DVD player also in sitting room / den. All bed linens are high quality / 500 and higher thread count and towels are included in your stay including beach and pool and beach towels.
Villa has own private swimming pool (weekly swimming pool care service included) inside the large southern exposure covered lanai area. Please make certain that if you are traveling with children to make sure that they are supervised at all times at the swimming pool.
The villa pool area includes 4 chaise lounge chairs, new (May 2014) broyhill patio dining table and seating for 6.
High speed - FREE Wireless Internet Included. Free calls within the USA.
WEST of 41 means very easy and short walk to the beach. Please check a Naples map prior to booking any vacation rental so that you are certain that you are in an area that is in your desired location. Naples, FL is actually quite large in square miles and extends as far as 20 miles or more away (EAST) from the beach. We are located less then a 1 mile easy walk from the beach in the very highly desirable Park Shore community.
We provide a complimentary beach pass for the exclusive private community beach for you to use during your entire stay.
The villa comes with it's own private pool (heater usage is optional ). This home is not your typical warn out vacation rental, true luxury, immaculate clean and has the open space your entire family will enjoy during your vacation!.
I am not a 'long distance vacation home owner' and live only a few miles away from the villa, therefore if there are any questions or concerns during your stay, or you should need me for any reason, I am easy to get in touch with and will be happy to help. Please take a few moments to look at my properties reviews as you will learn a bit about me and will understand that I will make sure that you have a great stay.
Baby play pen and baby chair are available at no charge.
Please also visit our personal web site for additional photos and information of both this villa as well as our condo located on Fort Myers Beach. Our web site for both locations is www.pmdrealtyllc.com
Well trained dogs who are able to stay off the furniture are considered with additional $500.00 security deposit and additional cleaning fee to allow for deep cleaning between guests. We must have at least 24 hours between guests to accommodate any canine guests to allow for the extra time needed for full professional deep cleaning.
Web site: www.pmdrealtyllc.com
Please visit and like us on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pmdrealtyllc
- Suitability:
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- Minimum Age Limit for Renters
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets considered
- suitable for elderly or infirm
- wheelchair accessible
About Michele
Happily married, mother of 3 grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and felt starved of the Ocean / Gulf the majority of my life. As a result of my strong desire to be near the water and out of the cold, our family purchased this wonderful spacious vacation home in 2003.. In addition to owning and personally managing this outstanding vacation villa property, I am also a licensed Florida realtor. Please let me know should you be in the market to purchase your own vacation home, secondary home or investment property. I would be happy to personally show you all of the great things to see and do in our area as well as show you a variety of listings that meet your personal criteria for your own future South West Florida home!
Michele purchased this villa in 2003
Why Michele chose North Naples
We purchased this home as it is within a short walking distance from the beach and literally EVERYTHING wonderful! Short walk or bike ride (we supply the bikes for you to use) to the beach, waterside shops, tons of great restaurants, grocery store, and just about everything else our vacation renter guests could hope for.
What makes this villa unique
We live full time (I am an easy to reach local owner) within a few miles of this vacation villa location therefore we are local (not long distance) owners and always available, friendly and willing to help guests. We are very particular about keeping the villa well maintained, updated and modern as well as clean and clutter free!. Our vacation home is a wonderful option for people of all ages who want to feel as though they are at a 5 star hotel, yet at only a fraction of the cost with lots of great living space and privacy for all.
Guestbook comments from the owner
My friends and I had a wonderful stay at your villa in Naples. The accommodations were excellent. The location was fabulous. We had a local guy in a friend of ours who lives in Naples so we saw a great deal. As many times as I've been in Florida I have never been to Naples so it was a wonderful treat. We took great care of your Villa so I assume it was found to be in good shape. . It was a pleasure doing business with you and it is possible that we will return next year and we will definitely stay at your Villa again. Also could you send me some information on your Fort Myers Beach condo as well? Thank you


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What's Your Social Capital?
Posted on January 26, 2012 by Allison
From Facebook statuses to hash tags to Pinterest boards, we have become consumed with posting every event that happens in our lives onto social media outlets. But could there be consequences for sharing too much information? It may happen sooner … Continue reading →
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"All the starts in the sky are actually dead but the light takes so long to get here we don't know it yet"
How are women this stupid?
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November 28, 2014
Posted Wednesday, November 20, 2013 --- 2:48 p.m.
Smoke from a malfunctioning elevator motor forced the partial evacuation of the Dane Co. Jail Wednesday morning.
It happened around 8:00 a.m., when smoke began filling a hallway of the City-County Building (CCB) portion of the jail.
A deputy working on the seventh floor of the jail first felt the floor beneath her shake, then smelled smoke and went to investigate.
The fire alarm was sounded and heavy smoke began coming through the vents on the east side of the jail.
The smoke was contained to an office area on the seventh floor and a kitchen on the sixth floor. Authorities soon discovered that the elevator motor on the top floor of the CCB was the source.
One City of Madison employee was trapped in a public elevator for slightly over an hour.
Two mental health workers had to be evacuated from their offices.
No inmates were evacuated and no one was injured.
"Todays incident in the City-County Building highlights the many hazards that exist and pose risks to Dane County Jail staff and those individuals incarcerated in the jail," Sheriff David Mahoney is quoted in a release. "Furthermore, today's incident raises life and safety concerns that have been discussed as part of the county jail space needs study and plan for action in the county's 2014 budget. I am planning a full debriefing of this mornings events and a detailed after action report that can serve to make all involved better prepared for major incidents such as a fire in or outside the jail that threaten life and safety."
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Impossibility of living without loveMan cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it.
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Redeemer of Man
May. 29, 2012, at 10:43am
In regard to Katie's question, "To speak or not to speak" about same sex marriage, it does seem to me that we have to speak up despite the delicacies—and crudities—involved. Otherwise, we abandon the field to the propagandists who are already veritably overrunning us. As was mentioned in the article, we can hardly shield our children (at least not for very long) from these realities in our culture—and even home-schoolers are part of mass society. Eventually, by the teen-age years at the least if not before, they will be exposed to all that goes on in America despite restrictions on TV, movies, etc.
It takes real heroism to speak up against the homosexual lobby. People who do so and …continue reading
May. 23, 2012, at 11:19pm
What word is more overused than "love"? Well, maybe none, but I'll wager "self-esteem" runs a respectable second, especially in America.
We've got the students whose math scores are somewhere deep in the cellar of the international standings—but whose feelings about their math abilities are Number One.
Or there was that class my daughter once took in which she was asked to describe herself in a poem. One classmate's effort began:
"I love me. / I'm cool as can be."
It went on in that vein, and it didn't get better, either. It became a sort of anti-legend in our house, an archetype of How You Kids Must Not Turn Out.
And yet, there's clearly such a thing as healthy self-esteem, or …continue reading
May. 23, 2012, at 10:00am
NRO has an article by Kevin Williamson today that exhibits some basic confusions in the SSM debate.
He begins with a bit of Eisenhower lore.
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One of my favorite political fables concerns Dwight D. Eisenhower and his tenure as president of Columbia University. The campus was undergoing an expansion, and Ike was presented with two very different plans for laying out new sidewalks. The architects were irreconcilable, each insisting that his plan was the only way to go and that the other guy had it all wrong. Ike, sensible fellow that he was, had grass planted instead, telling the architects to wait a year and see where the students trod paths in the turf, and then to put the sidewalks there. …
May. 21, 2012, at 4:12pm
President Obama's announced support of "same-sex marriage" (SSM) has put the issue in the center of public attention. Articles and blogs on the subject are proliferating all over the internet. It's become the stuff of casual conversation even among home-schooled teenagers. It is practially impossible to keep young children from hearing about homosexuality and asking questions.
This raises a serious dilemma for me, and all of us. On the one hand, the SSM lobby relies on and takes advantage of a natural reluctance on the part of most to think and talk about what homosexuality is. They prefer to keep the discussion focussed on subjective feelings and individual rights: "I love my …continue reading
May. 21, 2012, at 10:21am
A fourth option for dealing with the miseries and pains of life is that of genuine hope. How does this differ from mere optimism? How does is compare to pessimism? Well, it is an attempt to face the evils of life realistically while not succumbing to them as the last word (vs. pessimism); but, in order to do so, hope must break the bounds of just this world of space and time (vs. mere optimism) where "death comes as the end." Hope must find a genuine foundation on which to acknowledge misery without despair, but rather with a realistic possibility of breaking through to genuine happiness.
That true foundation is ultimately the power and goodness of God; therefore, hope is based on …continue reading
May. 18, 2012, at 12:28pm
This is not a book review. I haven't yet read the new book by one Arlie Russell Hochschild. But I want to address the same subject: the striking trend toward paying strangers to do things once thought too personal to entrust to another: what she calls "outsourcing the self."
Just how personal are these things? That depends. On the more prosaic side, there's the unremarkable delegation of tasks that are too onerous or time-consuming to attend to oneself: you could call it "outsourcing" when an assemblage of villagers would arrange a division of labor to avoid duplication of everyone's efforts. Nothing revolutionary here.
At the other extreme is the futile attempt to pay someone to do …continue reading
May. 15, 2012, at 10:21am
An online friend pointed me to a sobering article in Business Insider on Cardinal George's warnings about the HHS mandate.
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George wrote in his column that the "The State was making itself into a Church" and said he longed for "the separation of Church and State" that Americans enjoyed recently, "when the government couldn't tell us which of our ministries are Catholic and which not."
George compared the Obama's vision of "religious liberty" of the United States to that of the Soviet Union in a passage worth quoting at length:
Liberty of religion is more than freedom of worship. Freedom of worship was guaranteed in the Constitution of the former Soviet Union. You could go to church, if …
May. 14, 2012, at 2:43pm
One of the lines that stays with me from the high-flying years of the charismatic renewal in the '80s came from a homily or a talk by (I think) Fr. Michael Scanlon at FUS. He recounted the day when a fellow-traveler in the renewal asked him, "How are you doing, Father?" He replied, "Pretty well, under the circumstances." Then came the robust retort: "What are you doing under the circumstances?"
It was a great laugh line for spiritual pep talk. And it captures an important personalist truth. We're meant to take charge of ourselves; to master our circumstances, not to be mastered by them. We are self-determining moral agents, not just undergoers-of-experience.
On the other hand, too …continue reading
May. 13, 2012, at 6:58pm
Pessimism is an attempt at an "honest" solution to the problem of the miseries of life. It tries to face squarely the reality of evil, pain, death, change, catastrophe, etc., and then offers a way to shield oneself from these inevitable facts of life by steeling oneself against them, not letting oneself be touched by them, by showing an enduring toughness and self-sufficiency in accepting them. It espouses only a negative definition of happiness, relief from misery, without any positive components. The problem with all this "realism" and "honesty" is the underlying assumption that evil, pain, and misery ultimately win out in life and in being. But is this true? Is it honest? Is it …continue reading
May. 10, 2012, at 9:07pm
A couple of weeks ago, in a post on our member forum, Rhett Segal criticized Søren Kierkegaard for "his categorical rejection of any mixed motives relative to the pursuit of the good. To call for the elimination of any desire for reward or the elimination of any fear of punishment is to deny human nature."
I just found a great passage in Romano Guardini's The Lord that confirms and amplifies Rhett's point.
Guardini notices that whereas Christ often emphasizes the rewards we gain and punishments we avoid by being good, modern ethicists commonly disapprove of such ulterior and mercenary motives. Genuine morality, they insist, does not need to be threatened or beguiled into goodness; it …continue reading
May. 9, 2012, at 10:19pm
Judge not, that you be not judged.... Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
--Matt. 7:1,3
Don't compare your inside to someone else's outside.
--All over the internet
The first quote needs no introduction. This passage, or at least the "Judge not" part, has got to be every bit as popular with non-Christians as John 3:16 is with Tim Tebow.
The second quote is a piece of pop wisdom I ran into thanks to the always-entertaining Susie Lloyd and liked. (I've gotten far less snobbish in my old age and no longer turn up my nose at wisdom that comes in pop clothing: it's all part of "Diligere veritatem omnem et in omnibus"- …continue reading
May. 9, 2012, at 2:36pm
The other day a friend sent me a message asking if I'd be interested in reviewing a book she's just published. I told her I was scared I would hate it, which would put me in a dilemma. I'm a critic by nature and vocation. I can't dissemble. And I'm afraid my honest impressions would discourage her in her work.
She laughed and assured me that she finds private criticism helpful. Then she sent me the book. It came in the mail just now.
As I held it, disliking the cover art, it occurred to me: Wait a sec. "Private criticism"? Did she mean (perhaps unconsciously) to bind me not to say anything in public?
Maybe she didn't mean to do that at all, but it's a notion I come across …continue reading
May. 8, 2012, at 10:02pm
This Israeli movie has charmed my personalist socks off. It now holds a coveted place on my list of top ten fabulous foreign films. Jules and I heard about it from friend Scott Johnston and watched it together the other night.
Points I loved:
- How universal human themes come through in the very peculiarity and strangeness (to us) of orthodox Jewish culture. This is more proof (because we keep needing it) that hings don't become more "universal" when they're render more generic and unexceptional. On the contrary.
- How raw and real the characters are in their expression of their emotions and in their relationships with each other, and with God. Nothing theoretical or artificial …continue reading
May. 7, 2012, at 11:18am
Another way of trying to deal with the miseries of life involves an attitude that may be termed "earthly optimism." It some ways it is a more formalized type of escapism, but now developed into theory of life, either on a popular or on a more sophisticated intellectual level.
On the popular level, we might term this a "Pollyanna" attitude, though I don't mean thereby to make a judgment about Disney's 1960 movie of the same name. (Like every other red-blooded American 10-to-15-year-old male of my generation, I fell deeply in love with Hayley Mills after seeing that movie, rivaling even my devotion to Annette Funicello. So I do not mean to tread on anyone's sacred memories here!) …continue reading
May. 7, 2012, at 8:59am
Last summer I became engrossed in the TV show Hoarders. I'd watch it with a mixture of horrified fascination and immense pity. What an unbelievable condition! How sad and bizarre!
This morning it occurred to me to think that hoarders have a gift to offer. They give outward display of an inward condition of the soul afflicting maybe most of us.
Hoarders' lives are gradually overwhelmed by their things. When a room becomes uninhabitable because it's filled with trash, they stop using it. Eventually their living space is reduced to narrow pathways between piles of junk.
Isn't this just the state so many of our souls are in? Don't we let junk pile up? — sins, bad memories, wounds, lies, …continue reading
May. 3, 2012, at 1:59am
Today, I'd like to open a can of worms. I hope we'll all still be on speaking terms by the time we're done. But they're important worms.
Last week, I tried to articulate a more personalist take on pronatalism--not, of course, that everyone must have as many children as biologically possible (cf. Catholic Teaching 101), but rather that we shouldn't go around blithely judging that this one or that one should never have been born.
I stand by everything I said about the value of those who happen to be their parents' umpteenth-born, or poor, or don't seem likely to offer the world a lot of entertainment value or marketable skills. Happy pictures of my own very jolly eighth child, and the …continue reading
May. 2, 2012, at 5:52pm
One of the students in my coursthip class (though I feel funny referring to him that way, since he's older and wiser than I am) made a great personalist observation yesterday. After class, the discussion ranged over the subject of the cultural epidemic of undermotivated men. Frank noted that it used to be the case that sons were expected to take up their father's profession, regardless of their interests and aptitudes. Realizing that that wasn't quite adequate to the mystery of individuality, more recent generations of fathers have instead taught their children, "You can be anything you want to be." But this has led to a widespread problem of aimlessness. Kierkegaard called it the …continue reading
Apr. 29, 2012, at 4:18pm
One technique for handling life's pains and miseries is simply to run from them, to try to distract oneself from the dark side of life and thus not really face the problem. This is, admittedly, not really even an attempt at a "solution" or an answer, but it can allow the individual to go on functioning day-to-day in practical terms.
This can be done with drugs or alcohol, trying to blot out the pain or threat and blissfully overcome it with the aid of artificial stimulants. Another version of this would be trying to "drown one's sorrows" in the face a particular source of unhappiness or a general weariness or disgust with life. This is often the theme of country songs, e.g. Hank William's …continue reading
Apr. 26, 2012, at 9:25am
Why eight children?
Because we're personalists.
Let me explain.
After all, with Earth Day just past, our family might strike even sympathetic people as too much of a good thing (and less sympathetic ones as sheer insanity).
But to us, as personalists, the main thing about our eighth child, Gabe,
is not: "Oh, no! Eight! Too high a number!"
Likewise, we utterly miss the point about little Danica Camacho (whose name means "morning star")
if we say "Oh, no! Seven billion! WAY too high a number!"
(Danica's mother clearly knows better: you can see it in her eyes.)
Since persons are not things, you can count them, but you can't quantify them. Since they are not products, you are deeply …continue reading
Apr. 25, 2012, at 3:55pm
Continuing our thoughts on how to experientially grasp or get a hold of this distinction between the transcendent and the practical in life, we will look at Josef Pieper's next three examples of a transcendent perspective: love, death, and beauty. As mentioned, this is from his book Leisure, the Basis of Culture.
(4) Love is certainly an experience that breaks through and revises our carefully laid out plans for ourselves. It gives us new priorities and opens up new levels of our own life and being. To quote a beautiful section from Von Hildebrand's The Nature of Love:
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If you want a real challenge during your Moab vacation, there are plenty of great races and cycling events this spring to try out. Sign-up for one of these awesome events!
Red Rock Relay on May 11th– This fun event was ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the best relay events to travel for! This fun relay race consists of teams of six people running relay style through 70 miles of beautiful terrain. The race starts at sunrise in the canyon lands before heading into the La Salle mountain range.
Moonshadows in Moab on May 18th- If you always wanted to cycle through the mountains guided by moonlight, then this race is for you. This fun cycling event starts at Dead Horse State park with a nice dinner before a cycling ride from 6-10 pm in the beautiful moonlight.
Moab Half Marathon holds four races each year, one of which is based at Sorrel River Ranch Resort and Spa.
The Canyonlands Half Marathon is each March with the next one being March 21, 2015. It is based at Swanny City Park in Moab and starts at Mile 11, Highway 128, not far from Sorrel River Ranch.
The Thelma & Louise Half Marathon and Relay is run in June and the next race is June 6, 2015. It is based at Gold Bar Beach on Highway 279, about 13 miles southwest of Moab.
The Other Half is each October with the next one being October 19, 2014. It is based at Sorrel River Ranch Resort and Spa.
The Winter Sun 10K is run each December with the next one being December 6, 2014. It is based at the Moab Golf Course about four miles south of downtown Moab.
These great events are the perfect excuse for a luxury Moab Utah vacation. Book your stay at Sorrel River Ranch for all these great events!
Sorrel River Ranch is proud to host the start/finish line for the 11th annual running of
The Other Half
Sunday, October 19, 2014.
This annual foot race is sponsored by Moab Half Marathon (http://www.moabhalfmarathon.com). To register, visit https://secure.marathonguide.com/register/moabhalfmarathon/theotherhalf/index.cfm
And when you're done, don't forget to book rooms for your stay
Make sure when you are staying in Moab, at the gorgeous Sorrel River Ranch, that you take one of their great photo tours. Sorrel features a huge list of fun Moab activities and hosted adventures that you can take when you are staying at their picturesque upscale resort. They offer two great photo tours for you to take for some amazing pictures.
Arches Scenic Hike Tour- Explore one of Utah's beautiful natural parks with this tour. A guide will take you on a 4.5 hour walking tour in Arches National Park with an easy hike. This will allow you some optimal spots to take pictures of the beautiful canyon lands. This tour is $106 per person and there is a three-person minimum.
Arches Sunset Photo Tour- If you want to take some exquisite pictures in Moab, then you have to go on the Arches Sunset tour. This tour stops at Balanced Rock, Park Avenue, and other beautiful spots for the most amazing pictures of the sun setting on these beautiful canyons. Snacks are provided on this tour and the tour has a three-person minimum.
If you want to take gorgeous pictures on your vacation, the Sorrel River Ranch's guided photo tours are perfect for you. Their experienced team is here to make your trip to Moab the most memorable experience. Their Moab resort is the perfect place for a Southwestern getaway!]]>
Vacation to Sorrel River Ranch around the end of May and catch the Canyonlands PRCA Rodeo. This fun event is perfect for families of all ages to watch some amazing events. This three day rodeo is taking place from May 30th-June 1st 2013 and doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets to the rodeo range between $8-16 with family packages available as well. There will be all sorts of fun things to watch including steer wrestling, barrel races, bull riding and calf roping. There will be live music Saturday night after the rodeo. Spend three days watching some amazing competitions in beautiful Moab with the rodeo and Sorrel River Ranch.
If you are hungry, there is some great Moab dining like the River Grill restaurant located at Sorrel. The River Grill serves delicious farm-to-table fare and classic American dishes like Alaskan Halibut, Buffalo Short Rib and Wild Salmon and Big-Eye Tuna. Make sure you stop in for breakfast, lunch or dinner and try out their great cuisine. Sorrel River Ranch is the perfect luxury resort for your Moab vacation. Their resort has everything you could ever need without having to leave the ranch. Contact their friendly staff today with any questions or to book your vacation!]]>
If you're not an avid outdoorsmen, there are still great things to do in Moab. There are beautiful wineries and breweries to visit, tons of great shopping and fun activities to try. If you've always wanted to go horseback riding in the west, then Sorrel is perfect for you. They offer both group and private rides for beginner, intermediate and expert riders at their on-site equestrian center. Their experience horse wranglers and team will make you feel comfortable in the saddle, no matter how much of a novice you are. If you feel up to the challenge, Sorrel also offers rides along the beautiful trails in the Moab area. For you city slickers, make sure to check out the once-in-a-lifetime experience of being in the saddle on top of a beautiful majestic horse.
Stay at Sorrel River Ranch for all your Moab vacation needs. Sorrel River Ranch's upscale resort and spa is the perfect place for a fun and relaxing vacation away from your life. Spend a day exploring everything the area has to offer and the experience Moab dining at its finest with the River Grill Restaurant. The River Grill offers luxurious dining with dishes that are prepared by their amazing chef and using local ingredients that were grown at local farms. Contact the friendly staff at Sorrel with any questions or to book your amazing vacation to Moab!]]>
If you need an excuse to take a vacation to scenic Moab, check out these great events that are going on in April.
Zombie 5k on April 13th- If you have ever wanted to test your zombie evasion skills then this is the perfect event for you. This fun obstacle course and 5k features runners wearing three little football style flags that the zombie will try to take as you go through this fun course.
Adventure Xstream Series on April 13th- This 13th annual race features experienced athletes kayaking, mountain biking, run, rappel and more in this fierce 50+ mile course through spectacular canyons in Moab.
Moab April Action Car Show on April 25-28th- Hundreds of classic cars descend on the Moab area for this annual event. Cars will compete in classes for prizes and there will be vendors and music. There will also be a Rod Run to Needles Overlook at Canyonlands National Park. If you love classic cars- you don't want to miss this event.
Cruiser Moab 2013- If you own a 4×4 or a great land cruiser sign up for this amazing event that take you around some of the most popular trails around Moab. Vehicles will be inspected before they are allowed to participate.
Make sure to stay at Sorrel River Ranch Resort and Spa for all your Moab needs. Their Moab resorts are the perfect place for a western getaway.
If you want a real challenge during your Moab vacation, try the 12th Annual Adventure Xstream Adventure Race in Moab. This exhilarating race features a 35-45 mile mountain bike trek through the magnificent canyons, followed by a 6-8 mile run, 8-10 mile Kayak through class II whitewater rapids and finishing with a 250 feet rappel. This extreme race is for experienced athletes who want to challenge themselves with a fun and tough course. This race is taking place on Saturday, April 13th and will start at 8 a.m. There are four divisions to sign up in: Solo Male, Solo Female, Two Person Coed, and Two Person Open. You must be over 18 years of age to race and there is a registration fee for this event. This great race is already 60% full, so if you want a chance to really push your skills in this event, you are going to want to sign up soon.
Make sure to book your stay at Sorrel River Ranch for this amazing event. They are the perfect moab resort to get a peaceful nights rest before the big race. Plus Sorrel River Ranch's full-service Moab spa, the Colorado River Spa, is ready to give you a deep-tissue massage for those aching muscles after the race.]]>
There are plenty of great spring activities to try out during your vacation to Moab. Spend a day at Arches National Park checking out the beautiful red rock canyons and arches inside the park. Grab a boxed lunch from Sorrel and have an amazing picnic in the park surrounded by the scenery. Take some beautiful pictures during sunset or spend a day scouting out the animals that live in the park. Kids will get a kick out of seeing the herds of bighorn sheep running around or waiting for the mule deer, coyotes and black-tailed jack rabbits to come out around dusk. There are great hiking trails, biking and rock climbing to be had at Arches National Park.
Stay at great Moab Utah resorts, like Sorrel River Ranch, for a luxury vacation mixed with plenty of great opportunities and adventures to be had. Sorrel River Ranch is a triple A four Diamond Resort just outside of downtown Moab. Sorrel River Ranch features plus accommodations with scenic views, panoramic windows and southwestern décor. Their amazing amenities include the full-service Colorado River Spa in Moab, gorgeous pool, business center with Apple computers, fitness center, valet parking and so much more. They even have an on-site restaurant that uses fresh vegetables grown in their own garden, so you don't even have to leave the resort to have an amazing dinner. Contact their friendly staff today to start planning your amazing spring vacation to beautiful Moab.]]>
If you are looking to take your significant other on the trip-of-a-lifetime to pop the question, then there is no better place than Moab. Let your sweetie get pampered at their beautiful Moab Spa, the Colorado River Spa, with a relaxing massage or full body scrub. Then take her on a beautiful horseback riding through the canyon lands for a picnic where you can pop the question. If that's too sentimental for you, you can propose while soaring over Moab in a hot air balloon, or taking an off-road hummer tour of the area. There are endless possibilities for a fun, interesting and romantic way to propose to your significant other. Let the staff at Sorrel River Ranch help you plan the perfect proposal with your significant other in mind.
Take your sweetie on the trip of a lifetime to beautiful Moab, Utah for an amazing proposal they will never forget. Don't forget to spend some time checking out the beautiful scenery and having amazing Moab adventures during your vacation. Contact the friendly staff at Sorrel River Ranch to plan your perfect trip to Moab and to get some great ideas on how to propose to your significant other.]]>
Sorrel will even take care of your dining needs with their full-service restaurant, the River Grill. The River Grill is a traditional American restaurant with amazing dishes like Utah Ruby Trout, Free Range Chicken Breast, and Organic Vegetable Napoleon. Many of the ingredients used at the River Grill come from Sorrel's own local all-natural garden. Depending on the time of year vegetables like cauliflower, tomatoes, beets, melon and more go straight from the garden to the kitchen to the plate. If you need a quick breakfast or lunch on the go, Sorrel even provides boxed breakfasts and lunches, so that you don't miss out on an amazing adventure because you are hungry. Sorrel's Moab dining options are perfect for vacationers who don't want to leave the ranch to go eat. Sorrel makes your Utah vacation simple and easy by having everything you need at the resort.
Check out Sorrel River Ranch's beautiful Moab accommodations and dining when you stay there for your great Moab vacation. Contact their friendly staff today to book your vacation!]]>
Your employees will love Sorrel's beautiful Moab accommodations. Sorrel has fifty-five beautiful luxury suites that are perfect for your company. Their guest rooms have plush beds with luxurious linens, gorgeous bathrooms with upscale bath products and beautiful views of the canyon lands or the Colorado River. During their downtime from work, employees can enjoy all the great amenities that Sorrel River Ranch has to offer. Spend time hiking on the trails around the resort or horseback riding. The team can go on a beautiful photography tour around the area so that they will have pictures from their incredible retreat. Spend time getting a relaxing massage or aromatherapy from Sorrel's Moab Spa, the Colorado River Spa.
If you really want peace and tranquility for your corporate retreat, then Sorrel offers the option to buy out the ranch. Rates start at $50,000 and are based on each companies individual needs and the level of organization required. Sorrel's luxury Meets adventure atmosphere is perfect for your company's next retreat! Contact their friendly staff for more information about having a Moab adventure for your company.]]>


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OK so we've been given the go ahead to get a server and get some sort of filtering for the PDAs which will be on an entirely seperate network.
i've installed latest LTS Ubuntu server, as suggested by Geoff, got all the packages installed. I was following a simple howto guide on setting it all up, but I've done that and everytime I set my machines proxy as the ubuntu box it does nothing.
Does anyone have an in depth article/guide on setting up DG and squid to work properly?
Any help is appreciated as in a month or two we will probably have to get this all set up ready to use with the PDAs


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There are only a few launchers that have stood out from the pack since Ice Cream Sandwich came along, and one of them is TeslaCoil's Nova Launcher. Just in time for the brand new Nexus devices and Android 4.2 update, the developers have freshened up Nova with a compatibility update. The latest version has been updated to play nice with 4.2 (Jelly Bean+) as well as add a couple of features for those of you lucky enough to be running the latest version of Android.
When Motorola announced a few months back that it was not going to update most of its 2011 Android devices to Jelly Bean, owners were understandably upset. Moto attempted to calm the masses by offering a $100 trade-in credit. Now the details have been finalized and the program is looking much less appealing than everyone had hoped.
Eligible devices are the Droid 3, Droid X2, Admiral, Atrix 2, Atrix 4G, Cliq2, Electrify, Photon 4G, XPRT, Titanium, and Triumph.
One of the coolest features included in Android 4.1 was the enhanced notifications. If an app supports the feature, you can swipe down and expand the data being shown. Many of the stock apps do this, but third-party developers have been taking advantage as well. Notification Weather offers its own twist on notifications by adding rich weather forecasts to your Jelly Bean device's notification shade.
This app's notification comes in two forms.
Today, with the official release of the Nexus 4, Nexus 10, and Nexus 7 HSPA+, Google has released the Android 4.2 SDK, "a new and improved Jelly Bean."
Along with the SDK release, Google has made available SDK Tools r21, the Android NDK, and of course some helpful API documents. Highlighting some of the benefits of the new SDK (and, by extension, Android 4.2), Google touts "Renderscript computation directly in the GPU" for the Nexus 10, "a first for any mobile computation platform," lock screen widgets, Daydream, incredibly enhanced support for external displays, and optimizations for international users.
Nexus 7 owners, it's your turn. Earlier this evening, before many countries even had access to Nexus 4 or 10 orders, Google began pushing the 4.2 (JOP40C) update to the Takju Galaxy Nexus. After some patient waiting, it appears the Nexus 7 is now ready for an update as well. In case you don't feel like waiting on the OTA though, we've got the download link and some super-easy instructions for manually updating your favorite 7-inch slate.
Just after users began reporting that their Galaxy Nexus devices were receiving an update to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean (build JOP40C, to be precise), it looks like the manual update package is available for download. As could be expected, this coincides almost perfectly with the launch of Google's newest additions to the Nexus family – the Nexus 4 and 10.
Of course, it's worth reiterating that this is an update specifically for the Galaxy Nexus' Takju variant – that means only Galaxy Nexus handsets bought from the Play Store need apply (we're still waiting to hear about the Yakju variant).
Motorola promised that the Razr M would get its taste of Jelly Bean before year's end. Of course, when we hear "before year's end," it's just assumed that means December 29th or 30th. In this case, we have been pleasantly surprised, as the M's JB update is on its way out now.
Announced just moments ago by Verizon Wireless, the OTA brings all sorts of goodies to the smallest of the RAZR family, including Google Now, Project Butter (for smoothness), better voice recognition, enhanced notifications, a better keyboard, and more.
If you bought a Galaxy Note 10.1 early-on, there's a good chance you've been patiently waiting for Jelly Bean to hit your device. If you happen to live in Germany (and have the German 3G version of the tablet, of course), then today's your lucky day.
Samsung started pushing the 300MB OTA last night, which brings Android 4.1.1, along with all the goodies and enhancements that come with it, to the GT-N8000 Note 10.1.
We knew that Android 4.2 would see the introduction of new security features both on your device and in the Play Store, but Computerworld got a chance to speak with Android's VP of Engineering, Hiroshi Lockheimer, about the platform's beefed up security measures, specifically Android's new real-time app scanning utility.
The scanner builds on the functionality of the Play Store's existing security features by bringing app-scanning security to the frontend, scanning incoming apps from third party sources (including apps like Amazon's App Store).
Once again and right on time, Google has released Platform Distribution numbers for Android, this time for the month of October. The numbers still show Gingerbread holding on at just over 54%, but Jelly Bean is gaining a little more ground at 2.7%, up 0.9% over the previous month.
Again, the Gingerbread/Jelly Bean numbers are a bit disappointing considering the extremely small change from the previous cycle (a change of less than 1% for each), but it's worth noting that these numbers will (hopefully) be helped along by updates rumored to be coming soon (or those that just arrived).


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Monday - Thursday
Another Other
Presented by Chamber Made Opera in collaboration with Punctum and the New Music Network.
5 December 2014, 2:30PM & 7PM
7 December 2014, 3PM
Venue: Punctum's ICU, 1 Halford Street, Castlemaine, Victoria
Tickets: $10 (full) & $5 (concession)
Created and performed by
Erkki Veltheim
Sabina Maselli
Natasha Anderson
Anthony Pateras
, with dramaturgical assistance by
Jude Anderson
Production manager/audio: Byron Scullin
Commissioned by Chamber Made Opera with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria, Sue Kirkham and Charles Davidson.
In his 1965 essay
, Swedish director Ingmar Bergman compared art to a snakeskin full of ants; long dead, devoid of poison, yet feverishly animated by scavengers. Out of this pessimistic view was born his 1966 film
, which addresses the vampyric relationship between art and reality, and questions the idea of an authentic self by suggesting that our identities are interchangable and contingent, like masks to be worn and discarded. 50 years on, doubts about art's relevance haven't diminished, and in the digital age of online avatars and multiple screen selves, the issue of a fragmented identity is all the more present.
Another Other
transplants a radical, layered re-reading of these themes over the structure of Persona, in an audiovisual performance that fuses elements of experimental opera, electroacoustic sound installation and expanded cinema. It eschews narrative for formal interplay of sound and vision, imagining each as a 'character', and inserts the spectator within the work to create an environment of imposed, disorientating intimacy. In cannibalising the temporal framework of the original film whilst shedding its dramatic content,
Another Other
highlights the operations of the various masks, screens and skins that serve as ambiguous markers of our identity. Through moments of darkness, silence and sensory overload, it fluctuates between speculative self-reflection and the ecstatic saturation of sound and image that characterises contemporary media society. Somewhere between utopia, dystopia, tribute and critique,
Another Other
presents a shaking of the illusion of the self as by turns an unsettling and darkly comical, but above all a physical, experience.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria.
Chamber Made Opera
is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and the City of Melbourne.
is supported by the Victorian government through Arts Victoria, the Mount Alexander Shire Council, the City of Greater Bendigo, Workspace Australia and the Australian Council for the Arts.
Photo credit: Sabina Maselli
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November 28, 2014
March 5, 2014
A Louisa County mother has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for fatally poisoning her 6-month-old son.
After a lengthy investigation, Louisa Co. investigators charged Tristan Goodwin in the death of her infant son, Tyler Firth.
Commonwealth's Attorney Rusty McGuire says emergency crews originally thought the boy's death was due to sudden infant death syndrome. An autopsy showed 4.8 milligrams per liter of Benadryl in the baby's system.
Goodwin will be sentenced at a later date in May.
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HTC announces Sensation 4G with HTC Watch video store service
Summary: HTC announced the Sensation 4G for T-Mobile USA with their new HTC Watch video rental and purchase service. The Sensation 4G will launch this summer.
HTC is rolling out the latest and greatest 4G smartphones and the latest one to join the HTC Inspire 4G and HTC ThunderBolt is the HTC Sensation 4G for T-Mobile USA. While this device has the now standard super smartphone 4.3 inch display, it is a qHD one (960x540 pixel resolution) that focuses on multimedia.
The HTC Sensation 4G will be available in the summer for an undisclosed price. It includes the following specifications:
- Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread
- 1.2 GHz dual-core processor
- 768 MB of RAM
- 1GB of ROM
- microSD card slot
- 4.3 inch qHD display
- 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash
- VGA front facing camera
- 802.11 b/g/n WiFi
- Bluetooth 3.0
- GPS/aGPS receiver
- 1530 mAh battery
- Dimensions: 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm and 148 grams
It has a unibody aluminum casing and really looks fantastic. This may just be my next T-Mobile device, if I can let go of my WP7 ones.
The HTC Sensation 4G also has the new HTC Watch service that gives you access to movie and TV show rentals and purchases. You can watch content on up to five HTC devices. Too bad there is no kickstand to make watching content easier.
You may have also seen this rumored as the HTC Pyramid before this announcement and that global device should be launching in May or June too.
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IONIA - A search is on for an Ionia County jail inmate who walked off the job at a work release program. Sheriff's deputies, state police troopers and a helicopter are search the city of Ionia for Michael Bridinger.
The inmate walked away from the Ionia County Road Commission building on Riverside Drive at approximately 12:30PM Thursday.
Bridinger, 49, is a Hubbardston resident serving who just began serving a 9-month sentence for possession of marijuana. The Sheriff says Bridinger qualified for their work release program, as a non-violent offender who is not considered a danger.
Bridinger is a 5'9", white male, with short clipped red hair, and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing forest green pants, a tan Carhart jacket over a blue hooded sweatshirt and blue work gloves.
Please contact Ionia County Central Dispatch if you have any information at 616-527-0400.
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Defenseman Duncan Keith, battling for the puck with the Blues' Vladimir Tarasenko, led the Hawks with 40:59 of ice time in Game 1. | Getty Images
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ST. LOUIS — The first real test of the Blackhawks' renowned postseason fortitude already is here.
Less than 40 hours after playing more than 100 minutes of hockey in Game 1 and getting outhit 42-27 in a 4-3 triple-overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night on the road, the Hawks will face the Blues in a Game 2 matinee Saturday (2 p.m., Ch. 5) at the Scottrade Center.
"You try to get as much sleep as you can, but I think everyone feels really good right now,'' goaltender Corey Crawford said. "We're in good shape, and we're ready to go. We have that hunger — a little bitter taste. We had opportunities to win [Game 1] . . . a bunch of opportunities in overtime. We're ready to go for Game 2.''
Defensemen Duncan Keith (40:59), Niklas Hjalmarsson (40:04), Brent Seabrook (37:37) and Johnny Oduya (36:33) had the most ice time, while Jonathan Toews (32:37), Marian Hossa (29:33) and Patrick Sharp (29:31) led the forwards.
But heavy workloads are nothing new to the Hawks. They were 12-3-3 in the second game of back-to-backs, including a loss in the season finale when they were not at full strength.
And they had one of their best performances of the playoffs last season in the second game of a rare postseason back-to-back in the Western Conference finals against the Kings. After a physical Game 1 in which they were outhit 44-38, the Hawks scored four goals in the first 30 minutes to send Kings goalie Jonathan Quick to the bench in a 4-2 victory in Game 2 at the United Center.
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In Game 1, the chippiness nearly boiled over on a couple of occasions. Brandon Bollig and Bryan Bickell led the Hawks with six hits apiece, but Hjalmarsson got the best shot in with a big hit on David Backes in the third period.
The Hawks, who were outhit in 20 of 23 playoff games last year, were unfazed by the Blues' physical play — though it remains to be seen if the physical toll makes an impact later in the series. But they are not backing down.
"It's what we expected,'' Toews said. "I think we can work on returning the favor a little bit. But for the most part, we did a good job of staying away from the stuff after the whistle and finding a way to draw penalties.''
Oshie out — for now
Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said he expects injured forwards T.J. Oshie and Patrik Berglund to play in this series, but he played it coy when asked about their availability for Game 2.
"I didn't see them,'' he said Friday afternoon. "Until somebody taps me on the shoulder and says he's a game player, he's out. Our lineup's going to be fluid every day.
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After the jump, Chris Bosh's video adios to his hometown as he leaves for Las Vegas on his way to Beijing, where the Toronto Raptor forward will play for Team USA along with the likes of Jason Kidd, Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade. The video, shot outside durin ... More >>
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Canadian Treatment as Prevention advocate lauded by his peersPositiveLite.com interviewee Dr. Julio Montaner has been nominated to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, a prestigious honour that recognizes the significant contributions and achievements by Dr. Montaner in the field of HIV/AIDS. Bob Leahy reports.
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On the northwest side of Wausau fire crews were called to a home on the corner of 8th Avenue and Elm. The Wausau Fire Department continues to search for a cause into the blaze, and Wausau police officials tell News Channel 7 that they're looking into what they say could be arson.
A female occupant was found inside the home as it caught fire. Officials say she was found alive and was rushed to Wausau Community Hospital. Her name has not been released.
"We found one occupant we made a rescue, she is alive and she was transported to the hospital," says Chief Gary Buchberger of the Wausau Fire Department.
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The Fire Department says it all started on the first floor of the home.
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Hudson: 'I'll Do My Own Hair If I Need To'
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Kate Hudson is such a low-maintenance kind of girl, she'll style her own hair if her hair guru David Babbaii is working with another celebrity client.
The actress has just launched a new range of eco haircare products with Babbaii, who calls her his "muse," but that doesn't always get her preferential treatment.
Hudson says, "He has got other clients. … There have been a couple of Angie's (Angelina Jolie) in there … and a couple of Gwynnie's (Gwyneth Paltrow), but, all in all, we always make it work.
"I'm an easy-going girl. If I need to, I'll do my own hair."
Hudson Finds Armstrong Rumors Hilarious
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Actress Kate Hudson laughed off reports she's dating cycling champion Lance Armstrong during a radio chat to promote a new haircare line, but she refused
to deny the rumors.
The star was plugging the new eco-friendly products she has
created with her stylist David Babbaii on DJ Ryan Seacrest's Los Angeles talk
show when the interview turned personal.
Seacrest awkwardly asked the actress if the romance rumors were true,
prompting a coy Kate to giggle hysterically while telling the DJ, "I don't
discuss my personal life."
She added, "My main priority in my life is my son and I've learned these past
couple of years … to discuss those things only causes more problems.
Everything is always misconstrued."
Hudson and Armstrong were linked romantically after the couple was spotted
kissing and cuddling at a Dolce & Gabbana party at the Cannes Film Festival in
France last month.
Hudson Dating Armstrong?
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Actress Kate Hudson has a new leading man in her life, after she reportedly fell for sports star Lance Armstrong.
After hitting it off at a recent dinner party, the actress is said to have flown from New York on a private jet to spend a romantic weekend with the cycling ace at his home in Austin, Texas.
Earlier this month, Hudson was rumored to be engaged to on-off boyfriend Owen Wilson, but sources claim that at the time of the reports, the 29-year-old had already secretly begun dating Armstrong, 36.
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An insider tells British newspaper The Mail on Sunday, "Kate and Lance have been dating for a couple of weeks. She thought it was really funny when people were writing recently that she was engaged to Owen, because the reality was that they had split again and she was secretly seeing Lance.
"She and Lance are both physical, passionate people — she's never been happier."
Hudson And Wilson Call It Quits
Hollywood couple Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson have put an end to rumors
of their engagement after ending their on-off relationship, according to
Hudson, 29, blasted rumors she was to marry to the 39-year-old actor on
Monday, after she was spotted wearing a diamond ring on her wedding
And now sources claim the couple has split for good, two months after
rekindling their 2007 romance.
The pair met on the set of 2006 movie "You, Me & Dupree," as Hudson was
splitting from her husband of six years, rocker Chris Robinson.
The actors first parted ways in June 2007.
A source says, "It was a pretty bad break-up. Owen said it was a tough one.
He definitely doesn't want to dwell on it. He wants to put it behind him."
Hudson Stalker Arrested
Security around Kate Hudson's latest movie "Bride Wars" is on high-alert after a man allegedly expressed an "unhealthy interest" in the actress, according to reports.
Neil Bergman of Whitefield, N.H., was arraigned last week on burglary charges in Boston Municipal Court, in Massachusetts, and sent away for a 30-day mental evaluation, reports the Boston Herald.
Sources claim that after the 44-year-old was apprehended, he ranted to cops about Hudson and her mother, actress Goldie Hawn, causing authorities to warn the actress' security detail about Bergman.
Elaine Driscoll, a spokesperson for the Boston Police Department, says, "This suspect made statements to the arresting officers that indicated the individual had an unhealthy interest in Kate Hudson. As a matter of caution, we alerted her security."
Police supposedly found two axes, computer equipment, outdoor flower pots, an Elvis plate, a Christmas tree and women's clothing in Bergman's 2000 Honda Civic
Hudson Tops Most Beautiful List
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Kate Hudson has topped the World's Most Beautiful People list in People magazine, landing the cover of the annual issue.
People editors chose Hudson as their cover model for her natural beauty, pointing out the actress "doesn't owe her famous sun-kissed looks to thousands of hours logged at a spa."
Hudson beat Salma Hayek, Mary J. Blige and Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's eldest daughter, Rumer Willis, who poses provocatively on a picnic table, wearing a gothic dress and ankle-length dominatrix boots for her People picture (Rumer Willis photo).
Also named on the new World's Most Beautiful People list are comedienne Sarah Silverman, Christina Applegate, new mom Isla Fisher, the cast of TV phenomenon "Gossip Girl" and celebrity couples Jessica Alba and Cash Warren and Eva Longoria and Tony Parker.
Hudson and Wilson's Romance Heats Up in Miami
Kate Hudson looks serious about her renewed romance with Owen Wilson, after she celebrates her 29th birthday on a lunch date with the actor and his parents.
The blonde beauty celebrated her big day on Saturday, when she dined out with her "You, Me and Dupree" co-star and his family at Gloria Estefan's restaurant Lario's in Miami, Fla.
And the couple appeared to be having a great time.
A source tells People.com, "The four of them sat away from the crowds and had a blast. Kate and Owen looked very happy and were talking up a storm to Owen's parents."
They then enjoyed a night out with Hudson's girl pals at the city's Shore Club, where the couple kissed and "were very sweet looking."
The source adds, "It was super lovey-dovey."
Hudson's Sex Education From Hawn
Hollywood actress Kate Hudson credits her mother, Goldie Hawn, with giving her a healthy attitude toward sex and relationships, saying her parents' honesty helped her while growing up.
Hudson was raised by Hawn and her long-term partner, Kurt Russell, and used to have candid chats with them about sex.
And the actress is convinced the fact she was able to talk openly to the pair about intimate issues gave her a more balanced outlook on all of her adult romances.
She says, "She (Hawn) never treated me like a child and I really respected her for that.
"They always said, 'Sex is the best thing in the world. When you start having it you're going to love it. But it's that much better when you love someone, so just remember that.'
"She's great, she knows when to be and not to be a mother."
Hudson's Baby Wish
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"Fool's Gold" star Kate Hudson regrets her split from former husband Chris Robinson, because she is desperate to have more kids.
The actress — who has one son, Ryder — admits she is getting broody and is looking for the right man to father her next child.
She tells People.com, "I'm a mom and that's my first priority. I can't wait to have more.
"I'm at that place when I'm ready to have another one and Chris and I are not together. I'm like, 'Oh no! Uh-oh! I'm ready.'"
Hudson Checks Out Girls With Ex-Husband
Actress Kate Hudson is so comfortable with her ex-husband Chris Robinson, they hit bars together to check out beautiful women.
The beauty split from The Black Crowes rocker in 2006 after six-years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences on divorce papers filed in August 2007.
But the pair — who have a 4-year-old son Ryder — remained firm friends throughout their turbulent relationship, with Hudson insisting Robinson will always be her "biggest love."
And the 28-year-old blonde has warned potential suitors, stating her close contact with ex-husband Robinson is here to stay.
She tells Britain's Eve magazine, "Chris and I are so cool. I'm really lucky. We share houses in New York. No matter what happens, Chris was my biggest love — we had this amazing son and we both love each other.
"It just didn't work out. Whoever ends up in my life has to know that Chris will be in my family forever. I look at women with Chris now. I can sit in a bar with him and we say, 'She's cute.'"