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Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill is eyeing a loan deal for Lazio's Argentinian forward Mauro Zarate, writes the Sunday People.
The Black Cats chief is keen to bolster his attacking options and is interested in the 25-year-old Zarate, who had a spell in the Premier League with Birmingham as a kid.
Zarate, who can play as a second striker or winger, is available on loan for the rest of the season after falling out with Lazio's coach Vladimir Petkovic.
West Ham had a bid rejected for Zarate before they signed Joe Cole – and QPR boss Harry Redknapp has also shown interest in the player.
Redknapp could yet make a bid for Zarate but Sunderland appear to be in the box seat.
O'Neill is releasing Louis Saha in the transfer window and will loan out striker Fraizer Campbell to Cardiff, leaving gaps in his first-team squad. Dynamo Kiev and Turkish club Besiktas are both willing to take Zarate on loan but the player would prefer a move to the Premier League.
Zarate and Lazio hope to strike a loan deal with an option to make it a £5million permanent move for a player who spent last season out with Inter Milan.
Meanwhile, Sunderland and Fulham are squaring up for a fight over Barnsley right back John Stones, with Wigan also waiting in the wings.
O'Neill made a surprise £2m move for the England youth cap and wants him to fill a gap in his squad in the next few days.
The Black Cats' bid has topped Fulham's latest offer of £1.7m, with Martin Jol keen to land the top prospect before the window shuts.
Wigan are waiting until a fee is fixed, with boss Roberto Martinez not willing to pay the £3m valuation but interested if the price drops.
Stones, 18, is willing to wait for one of the top clubs to come for him, but Barnsley look increasingly likely to cash in this month.
Sunderland kid James Armstrong is joining Steve Bruce's Hull City on a free transfer after moving for a shot at first-team football.
Midfielder Armstrong, son of former Wearside legend Gordon, has left the academy to turn pro with the Tigers instead.


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It looked like Ronnie Mabra might be excluded from the ballot in the three-way race for the new Dist. 63 seat in the Ga. House of Representatives. But Ga. Secretary of State Brian Kemp on Wednesday afternoon reversed a recommendation from the Office of State Administrative Hearings, ruling that Mabra is a qualified candidate for the race.
Administrative Law Judge Stephanie M. Howells with the Office of State Administrative Hearings last week ordered that Mabra's name be removed from the July 31 ballot because he could not prove he lives in the new district that includes portions of Fayette, Clayton and south Fulton counties. The residency charge was brought by Linda Pritchett, one of the candidates vying for the Dist. 63 seat.
Mabra took issue with Howells' decision, calling the charges over his residency baseless and maintaining that he would rely on the Secretary of State to resolve the matter.
That resolution came Wednesday afternoon, when Kemp issued a decision in Pritchett vs. Mabra.
"In accordance with the foregoing findings and facts of law, it is hereby decided that Ronald E. "Ronnie" Mabra, is qualified to be a candidate for the Georgia House of Representatives in District 63," Kemp said.
Mabra was quick to comment on Kemp's decision.
"I've always maintained that these charges were baseless and politically motivated efforts by my opponents to distract the voters. I'm just glad that the Secretary of State and the good people of District 63 saw through their plan and awarded Team Mabra this victory," Mabra said. While my opponents were on a wild goose chase, I spent every day meeting with residents, raising campaign funds, and offering a positive vision for my community that includes better schools, safer streets and more jobs. After wasting weeks on this distraction, I hope my opponents can finally turn their attention to offering a positive vision for the people of District 63."
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Phyllis has devoted her time, energy, and expertise to countless civic activities with a focus on education and human services issues. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Seattle University. She has also chaired the boards of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Washington Business. She currently serves on the boards of Alaska Air Group, Nordstrom and Initiative for Global Development. She also serves on the Diversity Advisory Board for Toyota, North America. Phyllis has received many prestigious awards for her community service work, including the Woman Who Makes a Difference Award from the International Women's Forum. In 2010, she received the Top Women in Finance Award from Women of Color Magazine. In 2006, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from City Year. She also received the Corporate Director of the Year Award from the Northwest Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Phyllis was also awarded the 36th Regents' Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2006 from Washington State University.Read More


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Local attorney and civic leader John Spatafore has announced he will run for the San Luis Obispo City Council seat vacated by Andrew Carter, according to a news release from his campaign.
"Our city is at an important crossroads on a variety of issues crucial to its character," Spatafore said in announcing his candidacy. "Our path forward — for a vibrant and safe downtown, for prudent management of the budget, for growth and protection of our environment — requires measured, balanced leadership. I know I can provide that leadership, and I want to be of service to this city that I love.''
patafore was elected to the San Luis Coastal Unified School District board in 2006, co-chaired the No on Measure H Committee in 2010, and has served in leadership positions at the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce.
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Okay, not really, because I plan to be back each Friday with a new review! I've mostly got a stack of fun crafty-type-books lined up – but I'm betting I'll end up reviewing a lot more than books – I can think of hundreds of things I could show you and talk about.
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Please McHale, get A.I.
|By Aaron Schultz
(Insert player's name here) passes to Garnett in the post, who gets doubled teamed and immediately passes it out to Iverson, who sinks a wide open 3-pointer as time runs out, giving the Timberwolves a 102-101 win and an NBA championship.
Yeah, a little far-fetched, I know, but wouldn't that be sweet?
So, please, Kevin McHale (T-Wolves President) get A.I. (Allen Iverson).
If you have been paying attention at all, you already know that the Philadelphia 76ers have decided to trade former league MVP, and perennial All-Star, Allen Iverson.
Iverson hasn't played since they reached that decision, and hasn't even been with the team.
Immediately, when I heard the news last weekend, I was pumped, knowing that there would be talk of the Wolves getting in the mix to get him.
Since then, over the past week, the rumor mill has been going strong, with talk of Iverson ending up anywhere from Boston to Minnesota to Golden State, to a number of other places in between.
Then, in the past few days, the teams that seem to be in the most interested are the Wolves, the Clippers, and Boston.
There are nearly two months before the NBA trade deadline, but all indications are that the 76ers want to make a move sooner rather than later.
With all of that said, the chances of the Wolves landing him are doubtful, for a number of reasons.
First, and by far the most important reason the Wolves won't get Iverson is that I want it to happen, way too bad.
I haven't watched an entire T-puppy game since the second year of the Sprewell and Cassell show, and that hasn't changed, so far, this year.
Opening night I did catch nearly the entire first quarter, and parts of the second half, but not a minute more since then.
Should the Wolves trade for Iverson, I would immediately become very interested in them again.
I have been considering going to a game this year, and should they land Iverson, I would definitely be going to one.
The second reason the Wolves won't land Iverson is that they just don't have anything the 76ers really want.
Yes, I know that rookie Randy Foye really interests them, but after that, what is there.
Sure Mike James and Ricky Davis are nice players, but I just don't see the 76ers giving up a future hall of famers for pretty much nothing more than a rookie that looks like he'll be pretty good, and a group of so-so ballplayers.
The third reason the Wolves won't get Iverson is because McHale, in all his wisdom, traded away two first round picks over the past two years, which means they don't have them to ship to Philly for A.I.
Of course, the longer the 76ers go without trading him, the better the chances the Wolves have of landing him; first round picks, or not.
Getting Iverson would immediately crank things up at the Target Center, where there attendance had been ranking near the bottom of the league this season.
Sure, I would be blind not to see Iverson's baggage such as not wanting to practice, but on the court, he gives it his all, and is very good.
Currently, Iverson leads the NBA in scoring, and throw him on a team with the most unselfish player in the league in Kevin Garnett, and you just might have something.
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"Samantha, this is my new assistant, Sophia. Say hello to her."
Samantha averted her eyes. She was nervous of meeting new people and said nothing to Sophia. Her father was unhappy at her non-reaction.
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Dr. Ludvig Maxis,
Test results from the Ray Gun prototype have been very pleasing to us. The weapon shows great promise and would do so much to improve our soldiers' capabilities. Expect mass production of the weapon and expect future funding from our cause. We are in your debt for you and your scientists' work.
At the moment we are looking for other forms of biological technology to enhance our soldiers. Your colleagues at the Rising Sun facility have begun research on a sort of augmentation using Element 115 to give people new abilities once the filtered element is consumed. At the moment, this is all hypothetical as there are no willing human test subjects to utilize for great science. This is why it is our pleasure to allow Group 935 and Division 9 to collaborate at Wittenau Sanatorium, an asylum in Berlin, with plenty of living subjects to perform testing. Your two organizations are of course responsible for renaming the facility and managing maintenance as well. You have our trust on the matter.
Also, we have reviewed your tests of the element on dead cells, and are intrigued at the potential. While the Wehrmacht is the strongest force on earth that cannot be replaced, an army of the dead would be a massive tactical advantage for us. However, as you have stated, tests have not been successful so far. We have faith your men can discover the key to controlling them, and we would be ecstatic in accepting any new discoveries on the matter. With our funding and now access to the asylum, you should not have a problem performing any tests that may find a breakthrough.
One last issue to discuss: We are looking for something to innovate the Reich's efficient military. At this time our military is mounting an offensive against the Soviets. We lack the proper transportation infrastructure in the east to mount such an offensive with all the supplies and troops we need in the field. If any research has come up or does come up that could assist us at this time, please contact the Reichstag High Command.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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Brian Hayes MEP called on the European Commission to intervene in an effort to resolve difficulties encountered by Irish construction firms, Sisk, SIAC and Roadbridge, under the Polish Roads Programme, in a speech to the European Parliament yesterday evening (Monday).
Speaking in Strasbourg, the Dublin MEP said: "Irish construction companies Sisk, SIAC and Roadbridge have been involved in a long-running dispute with the Polish Roads Authority regarding a number of contracts. This dispute goes back to 2012 and in excess of €250 million has been lost and many hundreds of jobs have been lost in Ireland.
"Firstly, I would like the Polish Roads Authority to engage with the complainants in a fair and honest way. Secondly, I am asking the Polish Roads Authority to enter into independent mediation to resolve this dispute."
The Fine Gael MEP explained that construction companies from five other Member States (Austria, France, The Netherlands, Germany and Portugal) encountered similar experiences working on the Polish Roads Programme. Exceptionally, the Ambassadors of all six countries, including Ireland, sent a joint letter to the Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Economy in June 2013 expressing concern over how the Polish Roads Authority handled these contracts.
"These companies have requested the European Commission's direct intervention in the dispute," MEP Hayes said.
"This is a fair request. Given, that the EU is the main source of financial support for the Polish Roads Programme, it is therefore obliged to ensure that EU funds are managed effectively, which unfortunately seems questionable or certainly warrants investigation in this case.
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Roughrider Nation Days
Yavapai College is celebrating staff, students and family during Roughrider Nation Days -- YC Family Weekend Oct. 13-14. All are invited to join in the following activities on the YC Prescott campus:
- Friday, Oct. 13, 5 p.m., concert, and barbecue in the Roughrider Circle near Building 19. The barbecue will be followed at 7 p.m. by a Roughrider Volleyball match vs. South Mountain in the YC gym.
- Saturday, Oct. 14, 9 to 10:30 a.m., pancake brunch in the Rider Diner in Building 3. The YC bookstore is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and visitors are welcome to enjoy the fall beauty on self-guided campus tours. At 6 p.m., attention turns to the YC Soccer team's match versus Mesa at Ken Lindley Field. More information: www.yc.edu
Family Enrichment Center Open House/10th Anniversary Celebration
The Del E. Webb Family Enrichment Center on the Yavapai College Prescott campus is celebrating 10 years of offering safe, nurturing, child-centered care to Yavapai County families. A celebratory open house is set for 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11. All are welcome. More information is available here.
I AM YC Club Opens Emergency Food Pantry – Ribbon cutting at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10
Food insecurity is a quiet destroyer of dreams. A student organization at Yavapai College is doing something to change that. After months of collecting non-perishable food items, the I AM YC Club is opening an emergency food pantry in Building 1 at the Prescott campus. All are welcome to help keep the pantry's shelves full all year by dropping off food items in receptacles located at all YC campuses and centers. Find out what food items the pantry stocks or how to make a monetary donation by visiting the club's page here: I AM YC Yavapai College.
New fall community education classes for Foodies!
Culinary aficionados and those that aspire to be are invited to hone their skills in new cheese-making, global tapas and Thanksgiving boot camp classes this fall. Get the details about all three classes here: http://www.
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Late-state classes enrolling for Monday, Oct. 16 start
A wide variety of for-credit, late-start Yavapai College Classes are enrolling for a Monday, Oct. 16 start. Browse the class schedule for available late-start classes. Visit www.yc.edu/register.


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2014 was a big year for us here at Fair Oaks Farms. We opened our new farm-to-table restaurant, The Farmhouse in early July, our new Market & Bakery in October and added two new events to our calendar: Dog-A-Palooza and The Holiday Farm Frenzy which proved to be a success in their initial year.
With 2014 behind us, what will be in store for 2015?
We are about to go hog wild!
The Pork Education Center will be opening its doors this spring. This new addition to our Pig Adventure will feature a custom indoor tree house, and a highflying rope maze that will test your knowledge on pork production. This new building will also be the new bus depot to take you out to The Pig Adventure.
The Crop Adventure is also scheduled to open its doors in late 2015. This Adventure will teach you all there is to know about modern farming practices. You will learn about intricate root systems, how weather affects our crops and indulge in amazing and interesting facts about Indiana plants.
Fair in the Air is scheduled to happen in early May. This new event will take you back to your childhood. The event is all about kites. Yes, you heard that right. Kites of all shapes and sizes will be featured along with synchronized kites, kite making and kites the size of school buses!
HogustFest will take place during the birthday month of our Pig Adventure, August! While this event is still in its early stages of planning, you can bet by the title, that it'll be an event not to be missed!
To keep up with everything that is happening, be sure to like our Facebook page or visit our website, fofarms.com.


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Saratoga Springs, NY Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin and Travis Langer of CBRE's National Retail Partners represented Retail Properties of America, Inc. in the sale of Wilton Square in Saratoga Springs, New York for $49.3 million. The team was also responsible for procuring the buyer, Nigro Companies.
Wilton Sq. is a 438,097 s/f grocery-anchored center situated along Rte. 50 with 31,950 cars per day. The center is 100% leased and anchored by national and credit tenants, including Market 32 (Price Chopper), Home Depot, Target, AC Moore, Staples, Barnes & Noble, PetSmart and Rite Aid.
In addition, the center benefits from the strong nearby demographics highlighted by average household incomes of $95,000 within 3 miles combined with a 20% increase in the number of households since 2000.
Dunne said, "Wilton Square is the dominant grocery-anchored center in the market. Its strong in-place income and occupancy history will provide Nigro with stable cash flow for years to come. These qualities, combined with Nigro's experience in the market, made Wilton Square an ideal property to add to their real estate portfolio in the Northeast."


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Participate in the on going Top Five Photography Contest, the contest. The weekly photo challenge is open to all and free to enter. The Contest results published every week and the top five images entred in the contest featured forever in our website.
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Battery Registration in Yorba Linda, CA
Battery registration is a service that is unique to BMW models, and is something that is rarely talked about but is vital to the performance of your battery and your BMW. Thanks to the sophisticated electrical systems of the BMW vehicles, including the Intelligent Battery Sensors (IBS) that tailor the charging process of the vehicle depending on the type and age of battery, you need to register the changing of a battery. This process recalibrates electrical systems components and some sensors, while erasing error codes associated with the previous battery.
Failing to register a battery can lead to rapid battery failure, as well as the damaging of other electrical components. BMW models that need battery registration include, but are not limited to:
- 7-Series on the E65/E66 platform, from 2002 or later
- 6-Series on the E54/E63 platform, from 2003 or later
- 5-Series on the E60/E61 platform, from 2004 or later
- X5 models on the E53 platform with the N62 engine, from 2005 or later
- 3-Series on the E90/E91/E92/E93 platform, from 2006 or later
- X5 models on the E70 platform, from 2007 or later
- X6 models on the E71 platform, from 2008 or later
As German vehicle specialists and enthusiasts, the technicians at Integrity Motorcar know about your BMW's special needs, and won't perform a battery replacement without the necessary battery registration. This is a level of knowledge and service that you won't find at just any shop, or even at a dealership that does not specialize in BMW repair.
Our highly-qualified BMW specialists can perform your battery scanning and registration at our clean, modern shop in Yorba Linda, even if you have gotten the battery replaced elsewhere. This can save you time and expense later on plus it will help you finally find a shop that knows what they are doing with your BMW, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, or other German automobile. At Integrity, we offer a combination of experience and accolades that you will find at no other shop in the Yorba Linda area, or throughout the rest of southern California.
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Job Description
Dugout is an innovative new digital football platform which takes fans off pitch and behind the scenes of the beautiful game. In a world first, Dugout gives football fans one single place to connect with their favourite clubs and players and away from the noise of multiple social media and news sites.
Dugout has already received unprecedented support from the global football community and shareholder clubs include: Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, Manchester City FC, Liverpool FC, Paris Saint-Germain FC, FC Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona, AC Milan and Juventus FC plus many more across Continental Europe and the rest of world. Dugout hosts exclusive content created by the clubs and players for at least 24 hours before it is seen anywhere else, making it the primary source for fans to get to exclusive news on the clubs and players that they love.
Dugout sells targeted advertising on its platform, similar to most media companies. The website and mobile app is accessible on desktop, tablet and mobile and, at the current time, is available in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Bahasa Indonesian.
Digital Media Editor (DME)
Role outline
The Digital Media Editor (DME) plays a critical role within Dugout's Content team, assisting the digital media department club-side with the production and curation of new and interesting features for the Dugout platform, including story development, sourcing of imagery and video and publishing of content.
The DME's role is to lead the evangelism of Dugout within the club – raising its profile amongst key departments and stakeholders, liaising across various levels so as to drive the monetisation of content for the club and Dugout.
The DME will be woven into the club's broader media plan/schedule which will see them involved in planning ahead for which content items will be published on Dugout.
The DME will need to be open to regular un-social hours when it comes to business travel and of course some weekday evening and weekend working when games are taking place. It is the nature of the sector. Complete flexibility is essential in this matter.
Day to day tasks
- Working alongside the club's media, editorial and production teams to generate interesting and innovative content, including the creation of image and graphic-based features.
- Be responsible for the overall running of the club channel on the Dugout platform working with both the Content HQ for Dugout (based in London) and under the direction of the club's media team and within the club's own policies and procedures.
- Supporting the London HQ with the writing of briefs for content, acting as point-person for shoots that are taking place with the club which can include: documentary/fly-on-the-wall, piece to camera, sit-down interview, general training content, challenge based social content. From time to time this may involve some capturing of footage (on a phone or SLR).
- Publishing/uploading on the Dugout platform - packages and tagging content.
- Providing project assistance to members of the Dugout Video Editorial and Production teams as required.
- Assisting with match day coverage, which will involve working outside of normal office hours from time to time.
- Supporting the analysis of Dugout data and reporting back to club. Dugout's user, content and commercial data will shape and guide the broader Dugout commercial strategy.
The individual – this is what we are looking for and what great performance is going to look like when it comes to the role
- Fluent German and fluent English, both written and oral (this will be assessed in the recruitment process).
- Degree standard of education, preferably journalism or media related.
- Experience in editorial football/sports journalism.
- Strong experience with social media and highly digital savvy.
- Self-starter – able to improve and problem solve on-the-spot; able to prioritise own workload against business needs and comfortable with tight goals and deadlines.
- A completely open mind when it comes to commitment and hours – this role will involve working regularly in the evenings and at weekends when matches are taking place.
- Strong organisational skills – able to maintain very high levels of accuracy and detail whilst keeping the tempo up.
- Self-starter when it comes to prioritising workloads against business needs, goals and deadlines.
- Ability to seek out information independently from a variety of sources including senior members of the team in London or on the club side.
- Ability to carry themselves professionally club-side – the DME will come into contact with a broad spectrum of club-side contacts – management, players, etc. The DME must implicitly understand the need to behave appropriately.
Ideally we would like to see the DME hold detailed knowledge of clubs, their history and current squads. Further, working knowledge of video and graphics editing is essential.
Dugout would be willing to hear from candidates who are not based in Munich and would bear the reasonable costs of relocation if a candidate were willing to move city to city within the European region. Candidates must have the right to work in Germany without restriction.
Candidates will be assessed for the technical skills and linguistic skills during the recruitment process.
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Click on their name to learn more about each of these St. Patrick's Day inspired charities.
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BondRewards for Education is the easy way to fundraise:
- Supporters sign-up with our school's Rewards program.
- You make normal purchases at participating online retailers.
- Amador earns up to 3% of every purchase you make.
- Supporters earn up to 6% in BondDollars or up to 3% in cash.
With over 600 retailers, including travel, home improvement, department stores, restaurants and many more, there are countless opportunities for our school to earn money. Your friends and family can also make the purchases they want at the stores they know and love. Some of the stores in the BondRewards program include Target, Macy's, Sears, Expedia, Barnes & Nobles, Kohl's, Home Depot, and many more.
- It's easy!
- It's the only national rewards program that benefits both the school and your family.
- No selling things no one wants or needs.
- Over 600 retailers nationwide participate, so now you have another reason to shop at your favorite stores.
- Year-round fundraising with less effort.
- No inventory, delivery, or collection of products.
- Expand your network – invite grandparents, neighbors, and others to participate.
- Families can also donate the rewards they earn.
- Teachers and administrators can keep their focus on teaching, not fundraising.
- Turnkey marketing keeps families engaged and shopping.
For those who have already signed up, thank you. If you have not, please do so as soon as possible by logging onto AmadorValleyHSRewards.com. Thank you in advance for your support and let the shopping and fundraising begin!


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I greet bisque firing days with a mixture of relief, trepidation, anticipation and excitement. There is so much that can go wrong, potentially wrecking weeks of work so I never, ever take anything for granted.
Today's full bisque firing is only the fourth since I installed a new set of kiln elements, so I'm still fine tuning the firing schedule, adjusting the top temperature and the soak time to hopefully achieve a perfect fire.
One of the joys of having a computer controlled kiln is that I can programme a time delay so that the firing can begin in the middle of the night. This is especially helpful with a bisque firing which can take up to 10 hours, as I like to be around for the final, critical stages.
Today's firing took just 6.5 hours, due mainly to the relatively new elements. As they age, firing times will gradually lengthen until eventually it becomes difficult to reach the top temperature of 1215 degrees Celcius.
Which is very, VERY hot!
The normal domestic electric oven reaches a top temperature of around 250 degrees Celcius, and if you've ever burnt yourself on an oven shelf you'll have some idea of just how hot that is......
This is a view of the kiln lid, showing a glowing line of white heat from the interior.
It is always a massive relief when the soak time is achieved, (that is the duration of time for which the kiln is held at the top temperature to allow the porcelain to properly mature)
the kiln switches itself off, and the display shows.......
However, I will have to wait at least 12 hours before the kiln will be cool enough to open, so tomorrow morning I will discover what has happened inside.
Hopefully, when I lift the lid I will find perfectly fired porcelain bisque...... *fingers firmly crossed*


text: After the rush of the holidays, food donations tend to slow down in the spring. This combined with the tough decision many are forced to make during these chilly months to heat or eat, makes this the perfect time to get involved. You can help make sure that families your community won't face this challenge by participating in our second annual Downriver-Monroe Food Fight.


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Today's Deal over at Amazon is a great one if you are needing to pick up an external power pack for your devices. Today you can pick up the Anker PowerCore 10400 for $19.99, a savings of 60% off the regular $49 price tag. As the name suggests, this power pack has a 10,400 mAh battery in it so you can easily charge most devices three times before having to recharge it. It has two USB-A connectors so you can use it with really anything out there: MicroUSB, USB-C (A to C cable) and an Apple Lightening cable. It is designed to work with any device and get you powered up and going again. It also is in a small package. This pack is slightly larger than a deck of playing cards so you won't have a big, bulky battery to carry around with you.
While the PowerCore 10400 doesn't support Quick Charge, it does have Anker's own PowerIQ and VoltageBoost technologies in it to provide a steady and fast charge to devices. Basically how
it works is the pack will adjust the output and voltage based on the device connected to it to provide the quickest and safest charge to it.
As with all Anker products, this one comes with an 18 month warranty and ships with a MicroUSB cable to charge the pack when it needs to be recharged. I've used countless products from Anker over the years and have no hesitation in recommending their power packs or cables. They last and are a great value for the money.


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Art in The Yard was born from a number of serendipitous moments and meetings of artists and space.
The aim of the gallery is to give focus to artists with fresh ideas whilst still holding true to skilled craftsmanship. Art is selected from upcoming, local and international artists. We have a number of solo and group shows through out the year.


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The first "official" record by the entire crew. By "official" we mean that this is what we meanand have meant all along. After years of burying songs in the back yard or putting out False Hopeses that we could brush off as experiments, this is pretty much exactly what we've been trying to do. And we're owning up to it, son. Hate on it. Love on it. We certainly do both, and couldn't be more excited for you to feel feelings with and all over us. Yikes. - Doomtree
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Xia Gui, Wade-Giles romanization Hsia Kuei, (flourished 1195–1224, Qiantang [now Hangzhou], Zhejiang province, China), one of China's greatest masters of landscape painting, cofounder with Ma Yuan of the Ma-Xia school. The album leaf and the hand scroll with a continuous panorama were his predominant forms. His works are typically in ink monochrome, occasionally with a few touches of colour. His style is characterized by short, sharp, angular strokes suggesting rapid execution.
Xia's birth and death dates are unknown. According to most Chinese sources, however, he served in the Imperial Academy (Yuhuayuan) under the emperor Ning Zong (reigned 1194/95–1224/25), eventually attaining the rank of daizhao, or "painter in attendance," and being awarded the highest honour a court painter could receive, the Golden Belt. The earliest source of information on him, however, a collection of painters' biographies compiled in 1298 by Zhuang Su and titled Huaji Buyi, states that he was active in the academy under the reign of the emperor Lizong (reigned 1224/25–1264/65). Perhaps his service in the academy overlapped these two reigns and can provisionally be dated about 1200 to 1240.
He was born in or near the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, then the capital of China, to which the imperial court had been moved in the early 12th century when the north of China was invaded by the Jin (Nüzhen) Tatars. Because of this move, the latter half of the Song dynasty is known as the Southern Song period (1127–1279). During this period, the centre of painting and the concentration of major artists was in the Imperial Painting Academy. Accordingly, the leading masters of the 12th and the first half of the 13th centuries, with a few exceptions, were the court painters of Hangzhou. Most famous among them are Xia and his contemporary Ma, whose school of painting came to be known as the Ma-Xia school.
No information exists on Xia's early artistic training or the identity of his teacher, but most sources agree that he followed the stylistic tradition of an earlier landscapist in the academy, Li Tang. Li's career extended from the late 11th century until sometime after 1138, when the court resettled in Hangzhou. He transformed the monumental, imposing landscape type of the 11th century into a new, more intimate image of nature. Where early Song landscape paintings had been carefully constructed microcosms, complex in design and full of detail, with small figures, buildings, and so forth, scattered throughout the scene, Li simplified his compositions and limited his materials, achieving a more sharply focused and immediate effect. He thus, with his followers, created the new mode of landscape sometimes called the lyric style. His ideas were developed and exploited by academy landscapists later in the 12th century, practically all of whom were to some degree his followers.
Xia was no exception. The painting that is stylistically earliest among his signed, reliable works—a fan-shaped album leaf in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, representing two men in a house in a valley gazing out at a waterfall—follows fairly closely the models of earlier 12th-century academy masters who imitated Li, but it brings the scene even closer than they had, further limiting the range of view and focusing interest on the two figures. The drawing is more conventional than in Xia's later works.
The favourite form of the Southern Song academy painters was the album leaf, which sometimes took the round or oblate shape that indicates it was originally mounted on a flat fan but more often was square, or nearly square. Most of Xia's surviving works are album leaves. Two preserved in Japan—a signed landscape in the famous collective album called Hikkōen ("Garden Plowed by the Brush") and another, unsigned, in the Tokyo National Museum—along with a signed, fan-shaped leaf in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts representing a sailing boat on a river during a storm, with houses and windswept trees on the shore—are widely accepted as genuine productions of his hand. All are painted on silk, the two in Japan in ink monochrome, the Boston leaf with a few touches of light colour. All follow the same simple but effective scheme: the composition is diagonally divided, upper left to lower right, with the landmass in the lower segment and the upper segment occupied only by distant hills (in the Hikkōen picture, even these are missing). In each, a central group of leafy trees projects into the empty area, and a house is seen below, partly hidden. In both leaves in Japan, a figure of a farmer returning homeward enters across a bridge in one lower corner; in the Boston leaf, a sailing boat at left serves the same function as a secondary focal point. All are exquisitely calculated, perfectly balanced, conveying with great precision a scene glimpsed through haze, sharply focused at a few points but obscured at others. In all, the void plays as positive a role as the solid masses.
Xia was also a master at composing the hand scroll, or horizontal scroll, which one views by unrolling from one end to the other, rerolling the portion already viewed as one moves. The effect was that of gazing at a continuous panorama, as in an imaginary journey through the scenery of nature. The finest example of that form is his great Pure and Remote View of Streams and Mountains in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Originally signed, it is now missing a final section that bore the signature. A colophon by a later writer, dated 1378, ascribes it to Xia. The remaining portion is about 27 feet (8.2 metres) long. Executed on paper, in rich ink tones ranging from the deepest blacks to subtle, seemingly evanescent, washes of pale gray, it is probably the most brilliant performance in the ink-monochrome technique in the whole of Chinese painting. Strong tonal contrasts are used to give powerful bulk to the rocks by distinguishing their sunlit and shadowed faces. Broad, broken strokes of ink render their rough-textured surfaces. This technique is derived from Li's "small ax-cut" texture strokes, so called because they suggest a surface hewn with an ax; the broader form, seen in works by Ma and Xia, are called large ax-cut strokes.
These and other features of the drawing agree closely with descriptions of Xia's style by Chinese writers. They speak of his use of a "split brush" (i.e., the brush tip divided so as to make two or more strokes at once) in painting tree foliage and of his freehand drawing of architecture, bridges, and so forth, "without employing a ruler." They say that he liked to use a brush with a worn tip, the purpose of this presumably being to avoid the over-refined, "slick" drawing of other Southern Song academy artists. They speak also of his working with great facility and spontaneity, so that the painting was "finished suddenly, in a strange and mysterious way."
The composition of the Pure and Remote View offers dramatic juxtapositions of near and far, solid and void. Distant parts of the picture are painted in dimmer ink, a basic device for achieving a sense of space in Chinese landscape that is known as atmospheric perspective. The whole impression is of a spacious, mist-hung, peaceful terrain, seen toward twilight. The standard characterization of a Ma-Xia landscape as "romantic" seems well justified in this, the supreme surviving work of the school.
Several other of Xia's hand-scroll compositions survive in original or copy. The Twelve Views from a Thatched Hut exists in several versions, of which the best by far, preserving, however, only four of the views, is in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. Another fine composition is preserved in a copy in the Shanghai Museum, which originally bore an inscription and the date 1204. A famous and often-recorded work of Xia, his Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangzi River, now survives only in a copy that is probably of the 16th century, in the National Palace Museum.
Hanging-scroll compositions based on Xia's paintings are less common. The Landscape: A Fisherman's Abode After the Rain in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts is ascribed to him and is in his style. The painting A Misty Gorge in the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is in his style and of his period. It reportedly once bore his signature, which was lost in remounting. Several paintings in Japanese collections may be copies of his works; the most famous and often reproduced is the Rain Storm formerly in the Kawasaki Collection, once regarded as a major work of the master but now recognized to be a copy.
Influence and assessment
For a time after his death, Xia may have suffered the same low esteem as other Southern Song academy painters in the eyes of proponents of the new literati, or scholar-amateur, school of painting, for whom professionalism was equated with empty technique and academicism. Zhuang Su wrote in 1298 in Huaji Buyi:
He painted landscapes and figures, all very vulgar and debased. In the late Song period, when…the world had fallen into decline, and people's minds were restless and upset, Xia Gui won a name for himself by pursuing excess. But of real substance there is none.
Xia Wenyan, in Tuhui Baojian (1365), wrote of him in more positive terms:
His works have an exciting [stimulating] quality. His ink tones give the effect of colours; his brushwork is mature and controlled; the ink washes are applied rich and wet, a remarkable achievement. His snow scenes are completely based on those of [the 11th-century landscapist] Fan Kuan. Of all the Academy masters of landscape after Li Tang, none was his equal.
Dong Qichang (1555–1636), great artist-critic of the late Ming period, who was generally scornful of the entire professional-academy tradition, exempted Xia somewhat from his sweeping condemnation:
Xia Gui followed Li Tang but added the element of simplicity to his style. What he did was like what clay-workers call "reduced modeling." In his conceptions and intent, he is quite devoid of the "shortcuts" of imitativeness. With some forms hidden, some sunk [into mist], he has the "ink-plays" of the two Mi's at his brush-tip.
The last sentence, obscure as it may sound, is especially significant. "Ink-plays" was a term used by scholar-amateur artists for their unassuming, noncommercial pictures. Two who were particularly fond of so designating their paintings were Mi Fei, also known as Mi Fu (1051–1107), and his son Mi Youren (1086–1165), both highly respected by Dong and other literati critics for their spontaneity and inspired, intuitive mode of painting. To relate Xia to them was to credit him with the same qualities, in which academy artists were generally held to be deficient. While it is difficult to see much clear resemblance between paintings by or after the two Mi's and those of Xia, Dong's observation is not an empty one: in his use of subtle ink washes to render atmosphere, in his hiding of transitions in mist and reduction of fine-drawn detail, Xia does appear to have learned something from Mi Youren. Such affinities set him apart from his coworkers in the academy, including Ma, whose sleeker and more elegant style, used for carefully constructed, often mannered compositions, seems quite incompatible with the literati painters' ideals.
Ma's style proved relatively easy to imitate, and hundreds of later painters did so. The style of Xia, on the other hand, produced its brilliant effects only in the hands of a master; direct attempts at imitation by lesser painters of later times are on the whole pallid and uninteresting. Nevertheless, his influence was considerable. One painter in the Yuan period (1206–1368), Sun Junze, did creditable pictures in a mixed Ma-Xia manner, and some artists of the Zhe school under the Ming dynasty, in the 15th and 16th centuries, executed entertaining variations on the style, while robbing it of most of its depth, both pictorial and expressive. Through these Ming epigones and their flatter, more decorative landscapes, the Ma-Xia school was transplanted in Japan, where it served as the basis for most of the ink-monochrome landscapes of the Muromachi period (1338–1573). Two of the major works of the Japanese painter Sesshū (1420–1506), both hand scrolls, appear to be modeled on paintings by Xia. As late as the early 17th century in China, a few painters were still producing landscapes avowedly "in the manner of Xia Gui." But the direction that painting took in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12) did not allow such tonal subtleties or such concern with space and distance, and Xia's style was scarcely reflected in paintings of that period, nor was the artist himself mentioned in its literature. It is only in modern times that he has come to be recognized as one of the leading masters of Chinese landscape painting and one of the great interpreters of nature in world art.James F. Cahill
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Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe eating disorder characterized by a distorted body image that leads to restricted eating, over exercise and other behaviors that prevents a person from gaining weight or maintaining a healthy weight.
The cause of anorexia nervosa is not known. Anorexia nervosa usually can begin as innocent dieting or increased exercising for health or fitness, but then progresses to extreme and unhealthy weight loss. Genetic factors may play a role in increasing the risk for anorexia nervosa. Other mental health problems, such as anxiety disorders or affective disorders, are commonly found in teens with anorexia nervosa.
The majority of those affected are females (90 to 95 percent), although those statistics are changing as males are now more frequently identified. Anorexia nervosa can be found in all socioeconomic groups and ethnic and racial groups.
There are two subgroups of anorexic behavior aimed at reducing caloric intake, including the following:
Restrictor type. An individual severely limits the intake of food, especially carbohydrates and fat containing foods.
Bulimia (also called binge-eating or purging type). An individual eats in binges and then induces vomiting and/or takes large amounts of laxatives or other cathartics (medications, through their chemical effects, that serve to increase the clearing of intestinal contents).
The following are the most common symptoms of anorexia. However, each child may experience signs differently.
Symptoms may include:
Significantly low body weight due to restriction of food intake relative to requirements
Intense fear of gaining weight or persistent behaviors like severe dieting and exercise that prevent weight gain when underweight
Inability to accurately assess weight, size, or shape and seeing oneself as fat, even though underweight
The following are the most common physical symptoms associated with anorexia nervosa--often that result from starvation and malnutrition. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Dry skin that when pinched and released, stays pinched
Abdominal pain
Intolerance to cold temperatures
Development of lanugo (fine, downy body hair)
Yellowing of the skin
Loss of menstrual periods in girls
People with anorexia may also be socially withdrawn, irritable, moody, and/or depressed. The symptoms of anorexia nervosa may resemble other medical problems or psychiatric conditions. Always consult your child's doctor for a diagnosis.
Parents, teachers, coaches, or instructors may be able to identify the child or adolescent who may be developing anorexia nervosa, although many people with the disorder initially keep their illness very private and hidden. However, a pediatrician, child psychiatrist or a qualified mental health professional with expertise in eating disorders is needed to diagnose anorexia nervosa in children and adolescents. A detailed history of the child's behavior from parents and teachers, clinical observations of the child's behavior, and, sometimes, psychological testing contribute to the diagnosis. Parents who note symptoms of anorexia nervosa in their child or teen can help by seeking an evaluation and treatment early. Early treatment can often prevent future problems.
Anorexia nervosa, and the malnutrition that results, can adversely affect nearly every organ system in the body, increasing the importance of early diagnosis and treatment. Anorexia can be fatal. Consult your child's doctor for more information.
Specific treatment for anorexia nervosa will be determined by your child's doctor based on:
Your child's age, overall health, and medical history
Extent of your child's symptoms
Your child's tolerance for specific medications or therapies
Expectations for the course of the condition
For adolescents, family based treatment is the best evidenced-based approach for anorexia nervosa. This treatment facilitate parental management of the restrictive dieting and over exercise in their child until the child is recovered enough to manage more age appropriate eating. Individual therapy is also an effective treatment, but it not as effective as family based treatment and appears to take longer for patients to restore weight. Other forms of family therapy also appear to be useful, though there are fewer studies available that demonstrate effectiveness. Treatment should always be based on a comprehensive evaluation of the adolescent and family. There are no medications known to be helpful for anorexia nervosa, but medication (usually antidepressants) may be helpful if the adolescent with anorexia is also depressed or anxious. The frequent occurrence of medical complications and the possibility of death during the course of acute and rehabilitative treatment requires your child's doctor to be an active member of the management team. Parents play a vital supportive role in any treatment process. Hospitalization may be required for medical complications related to weight loss and malnutrition.
Medical complications that may result from anorexia include, but are not limited to, the following:
Cardiovascular (heart). While it is difficult to predict which patients with anorexia nervosa might have life-threatening heart problems that result from their illness, the majority of hospitalized patients with anorexia nervosa have been found to have low heart rates. Heart muscle damage that can occur as a result of malnutrition or repeated vomiting may be life threatening. Common cardiac complications that may occur include the following:
Arrhythmias (a fast, slow, or irregular heartbeat)
Hypotension (low blood pressure)
Electrolytes (salts and minerals in the blood). Electrolyte abnormalities are common, especially in those who purge, abuse laxatives or diuretics, or drink excessive amounts of fluid. Electrolyte abnormalities may also develop during refeeding. Electrolyte abnormalities can cause abnormal heart rhythms, brain swelling, or other complications that can be life threatening.
Hematological (blood). An estimated one-third of anorexic patients have mild anemia (low red blood cell count). Leukopenia (low white blood cell count) occurs in up to 50 percent of anorexic patients.
Gastrointestinal (stomach and intestines). Normal movement in intestinal tract often slows down with very restricted eating and severe weight loss. Improved eating and associated weight gain often help to restore normal intestinal motility or movement.
Renal (kidney). Some people with anorexia may restrict fluid intake or drink excessive amounts of fluid. Limited fluid intake can cause dehydration and highly concentrated urine. Excessive fluid intake can cause dilute urine, and also may lead to electrolyte abnormalities (see above). Polyuria (increased production of urine) may also develop in patients with anorexia when the kidneys' ability to concentrate urine decreases. Renal changes usually return to normal with the restoration of normal weight.
Endocrine (hormones). In females, amenorrhea (cessation of the menstrual cycle for at least three consecutive months when otherwise expected) is one of the hallmark symptoms of anorexia. Amenorrhea may precede severe weight loss and continue after normal weight is restored. Reduced levels of growth hormones are sometimes found on anorexic patients and may explain growth retardation sometimes seen in anorexic patients. Normal nutrition usually restores normal growth and menstrual cycles.
Skeletal (bones). People with anorexia nervosa are at an increased risk for skeletal fractures (broken bones). When the onset of anorexic symptoms occurs before peak bone formation has been attained (usually mid to late teens), a greater likelihood of decreased bone mineral density and increased fracture risk exists.
Preventive measures to reduce the incidence of anorexia nervosa are not known at this time. However, early detection and intervention can reduce the severity of symptoms, enhance the child's normal growth and development, and improve the quality of life experienced by children or adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Encouraging healthy eating habits and realistic attitudes toward weight and diet may also be helpful.


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I talk mostly about home life here, but I thought it was worth just mentioning a little of the super exciting changes that are happening around work too. For the last 7 years I have been the one and only genetic counselor at the Institute. And I am so happy for that to no longer be a true statement. 2015 will see the addition of two new genetic counselors joining the HudsonAlpha team. Whitley started about a month ago and Meagan is coming on board later this fall. 2015 is also seeing a major expansion institute wide with the recruitment of multiple new scientists and a medical geneticist, and the standing up of a medical genomics clinic where patients will actually be seen on campus. One of many reasons we need more GC support.
The news officially broke last week about the expansion of the genetic counseling team. It was cool to see it shared on the web and facebook (so it really is official). lol.
The empty space in the picture below is in the process of being converted from building shell to high-tech genomics clinic. I cannot wait to see the plans and designs we have been working on become reality and take an "after picture"with the clinical team in the same place...what will eventually be the patient waiting room. Stay tuned. It's going to be amazing.


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You know how they have those really obvious titles on art – 'blue strokes on white' – 'man cashing car' – etc.
I saw something like that recently and it was so obvious it just cracked me up.
So – in the spirit of obvious – I present to you Naked Man Smiling.
Model: Stone Heart
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The Lore of Beltane
There are four great festivals of the Pagan Celtic year and the modern Witch's calendar. The two greatest of these are Samhain and May Day. Being opposite each other on the wheel of the year, they separate the year into halves.
May Day ushers in the fifth month of the modern calendar year, the month of May. This month is named in honor of the goddess Maia, originally a Greek mountain nymph, later identified as the most beautiful of the Pleiades. By Zeus, she is also the mother of Hermes, God of Magick.
The old Celtic name for May Day is Beltane which is derived from the Irish Gaelic 'Bealtaine' or the Scottish Gaelic 'Bealtuinn', meaning 'Bel-fire', the fire of the Celtic god of light (Bel, Beli or Belinus).
Other names for May Day include: Cetsamhain ('opposite Samhain'), Walpurgisnacht (in Germany), and Roodmas (the medieval Church's name).
This last name came from Church Fathers who were hoping to shift the common people's allegiance from the Maypole (Pagan symbol of life) to the Holy Rood (the Cross).
There is no historical justification for calling May 1st 'Lady Day'. For hundreds of years, that title has been proper to the Vernal Equinox (approx. March 21st), another holiday sacred to the Great Goddess. The nontraditional use of 'Lady Day' for May 1st is quite recent, and seems to be confined to America, where it has gained widespread acceptance among certain segments of the Craft population.
By Celtic reckoning, the actual Beltane celebration begins on sundown of the preceding day, April 30, because the Celts always figured their days from sundown to sundown. And sundown was the proper time for Druids to kindle the great Bel-fires on the tops of the nearest beacon hill.
These 'need-fires' had healing properties, and sky-clad Witches would jump through the flames to ensure protection.
Frequently, cattle would be driven between two such bon-fires (oak wood was the favorite fuel for them) and, on the morrow, they would be taken to their summer pastures.
Other May Day customs include: walking the circuit of one's property ('beating the bounds'), repairing fences and boundary markers, processions of chimney-sweeps and milk maids, archery tournaments, morris dances, sword dances, feasting, music, drinking, and maidens bathing their faces in the dew of May morning to retain their youthful beauty.
In the words of Witchcraft writers Janet and Stewart Farrar, the Beltane celebration was principly a time of '...unashamed human sexuality and fertility.' Such associations include the obvious phallic symbolism of the Maypole and riding the hobby horse. Even a seemingly innocent children's nursery rhyme, 'Ride a cock horse to Banburry Cross...' retains such memories. And the next line '...to see a fine Lady on a white horse' is a reference to the annual ride of 'Lady Godiva' though Coventry.
Every year for nearly three centuries, a sky-clad village maiden (elected Queen of the May) enacted this Pagan rite, until the Puritans put an end to the custom.
The Puritans, in fact, reacted with pious horror to most of the May Day rites, even making Maypoles illegal in 1644. They especially attempted to suppress the 'greenwood marriages' of young men and women who spent the entire night in the forest, staying out to greet the May sunrise, and bringing back boughs of flowers and garlands to decorate the village the next morning.
Names such as Robin Hood, Maid Marian, and Little John played an important part in May Day folklore, often used as titles for the dramatis personae of the celebrations. And modern surnames such as Robinson, Hodson, Johnson, and Godkin may attest to some distant May Eve spent in the woods.
Some of these customs seem virtually identical to the old Roman feast of flowers, the Floriala, three days of unrestrained sexuality which began at sundown April 28th and reached a crescendo on May 1st.
There are other, even older, associations with May 1st in Celtic mythology. According to the ancient Irish 'Book of Invasions', the first settler of Ireland, Partholan, arrived on May 1st; and it was on May 1st that the plague came which destroyed his people. Years later, the Tuatha De Danann were conquered by the Milesians on May Day. In Welsh myth, the perennial battle between Gwythur and Gwyn for the love of Creudylad took place each May Day; and it was on May Eve that Teirnyon lost his colts and found Pryderi. May Eve was also the occasion of a fearful scream that was heard each year throughout Wales, one of the three curses of the Coranians lifted by the skill of Lludd and Llevelys.
Due to various calendrical changes down through the centuries, the traditional date of Beltane is not the same as its astrological date. This date, like all astronomically determined dates, may vary by a day or two depending on the year. However, it may be calculated easily enough by determining the date on which the sun is at 15 degrees Taurus (usually around May 5th). British Witches often refer to this date as Old Beltane, and folklorists call it Beltane O.S. ('Old Style'). Some Covens prefer to celebrate on the old date and, at the very least, it gives one options. If a Coven is operating on 'Pagan Standard Time' and misses May 1st altogether, it can still throw a viable Beltane bash as long as it's before May 5th. This may also be a consideration for Covens that need to organize activities around the week-end.
This date has long been considered a 'power point' of the Zodiac, and is symbolized by the Bull, one of the 'tetramorph' figures featured on the Tarot cards, the World and the Wheel of Fortune. (The other three symbols are the Lion, the Eagle, and the Spirit.) Astrologers know these four figures as the symbols of the four 'fixed' signs of the Zodiac (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius), and these naturally align with the four Great Sabbats of Witchcraft.
But for most, it is May 1st that is the great holiday of flowers, Maypoles, and greenwood frivolity.
adapted from an article by Mike Nichols
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The Elderly
Every saturday, in Bunia, citizens over 60 years you can get a medical examination by a nurse. The medical check includes checking blood pressure, health consulation and information about hygine.
In co oporation with the organization partner Centre Medical Evangelique Nyakunde (CME), which runs and administrates 7 health clinics in east congo. Elderly in need of emergency treatment are sponsored with free treatment. As of today the capasity for treating emergencies free of charge are limited to two. But GAD and CME are working to expaned the number. Because the need is there:
- Insufficient power supply
- inconsistent food supply and malnutrition
- health problems
- contaminated water
- lack of nets against mosquitos carring malaria
- lack of latrine and hygiene facilities
- little or no access to clothes
- poorly constructed houses