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Fable, parable, and allegory
Fable, parable, and allegory, any form of imaginative literature or spoken utterance constructed in such a way that readers or listeners are encouraged to look for meanings hidden beneath the literal surface of the fiction. A story is told or perhaps enacted whose details—when interpreted—are found to correspond to the details of some other system of relations (its hidden, allegorical sense). The poet, for example, may describe the ascent of a hill in such a way that each physical step corresponds to a new stage in the soul's progress toward a higher level of existence.
Many forms of literature elicit this kind of searching interpretation, and the generic term for the cluster is allegory; under it may be grouped fables, parables, and other symbolic shapings. Allegory may involve either a creative or an interpretive process: either the act of building up the allegorical structure and giving "body" to the surface narrative or the act of breaking down this structure to see what themes or ideas run parallel to it.
Nature and objectives
Allegory and myth
The fate of allegory, in all its many variations, is tied to the development of myth and mythology. Every culture embodies its basic assumptions in stories whose mythic structures reflect the society's prevailing attitudes toward life. If the attitudes are disengaged from the structure, then the allegorical meaning implicit in the structure is revealed. The systematic discipline of interpreting the real meaning of a text (called the hermeneutic process) plays a major role in the teaching and defense of sacred wisdom, since religions have traditionally preserved and handed down the old beliefs by telling exemplary stories; these sometimes appear to conflict with a system of morality that has in the meantime developed, and so their "correct" meaning can only be something other than the literal narration of events. Every culture puts pressure on its authors to assert its central beliefs, which are often reflected in literature without the author's necessarily being aware that he is an allegorist. Equally, determined critics may sometimes find allegorical meaning in texts with less than total justification—instances might include the Hebraic-Christian mystical interpretation of the Old Testament's Song of Solomon, an erotic marriage poem, or the frequent allegorizing of classical and modern literature in the light of Freud's psychoanalytic discoveries. Some awareness of the author's intention seems necessary in order to curb unduly fanciful commentary.
The allegorical mode
The range of allegorical literature is so wide that to consider allegory as a fixed literary genre is less useful than to regard it as a dimension, or mode, of controlled indirectness and double meaning (which, in fact, all literature possesses to some degree). Critics usually reserve the term allegory itself for works of considerable length, complexity, or unique shape. Thus, the following varied works might be called allegories: the biblical parable of the sower; Everyman, the medieval morality play; The Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan; Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels; The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; William Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"; Nikolay Gogol's Dead Souls; The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde; and the plays Six Characters in Search of an Author, by Luigi Pirandello; Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett; and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee. No one genre can take in such modal range.
Fable and parable are short, simple forms of naive allegory. The fable is usually a tale about animals who are personified and behave as though they were humans (see photograph). The device of personification is also extended to trees, winds, streams, stones, and other natural objects. The earliest of these tales also included humans and gods as characters, but fable tends to concentrate on animating the inanimate. A feature that isolates fable from the ordinary folktale, which it resembles, is that a moral—a rule of behaviour—is woven into the story.
Like fable, the parable also tells a simple story. But, whereas fables tend to personify animal characters—often giving the same impression as does an animated cartoon—the typical parable uses human agents. Parables generally show less interest in the storytelling and more in the analogy they draw between a particular instance of human behaviour (the true neighbourly kindness shown by the good Samaritan in the Bible story, for example) and human behaviour at large. Parable and fable have their roots in preliterate oral cultures, and both are means of handing down traditional folk wisdom. Their styles differ, however. Fables tend toward detailed, sharply observed social realism (which eventually leads to satire), while the simpler narrative surface of parables gives them a mysterious tone and makes them especially useful for teaching spiritual values.
Derivation of the terms
The original meanings of these critical terms themselves suggest the direction of their development. Fable (from the Latin fabula, "a telling") puts the emphasis on narrative (and in the medieval and Renaissance periods was often used when speaking of "the plot" of a narrative). Parable (from Greek parabolē, a "setting beside") suggests a juxtaposition that compares and contrasts this story with that idea. Allegory (from Greek allos and agoreuein, an "other-speaking") suggests a more expanded use of deceptive and oblique language. (In early Greek, though, the term allegory itself was not used. Instead, the idea of a hidden, underlying meaning is indicated by the word hyponoia—literally, "underthought"—and this term is used of the allegorical interpretation of the Greek poet Homer.)
Diverse objectives
Fables teach a general principle of conduct by presenting a specific example of behaviour. Thus, to define the moral that "People who rush into things without using judgment run into strange and unexpected dangers," Aesop—the traditional "father" of the fable form—told the following story:
There was a dog who was fond of eating eggs. Mistaking a shell-fish for an egg one day, he opened his mouth wide and swallowed it down in one gulp. The weight of it in his stomach caused him intense pain. "Serve me right," he said, "for thinking that anything round must be an egg."
By a slight change of emphasis, the fabulist could have been able to draw a moral about the dangerous effects of gluttony.
Because the moral is embodied in the plot of the fable, an explicit statement of the moral need not be given, though it usually is. Many of these moral tag lines have taken on the status of proverb because they so clearly express commonly held social attitudes.
The Aesopian fables emphasize the social interactions of human beings, and the morals they draw tend to embody advice on the best way to deal with the competitive realities of life. With some irony, fables view the world in terms of its power structures. One of the shortest Aesopian fables says: "A vixen sneered at a lioness because she never bore more than one cub. 'Only one,' she replied, 'but a lion.' " Foxes and wolves, which the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge called "Everyman's metaphor" for cunning and cruelty, appear often as characters in fables chiefly because, in the human world, such predatory cunning and cruelty are able to get around restraints of justice and authority. The mere fact that fables unmask the "beast in me," as James Thurber, the 20th-century American humorist and fabulist, put it, suggests their satiric force. Subversive topical satire in tsarist and Soviet Russia is often called "Aesopism"; all comic strips that project a message (such as the Charles Schulz creation "Peanuts" and Walt Kelly's "Pogo") have affinities with Aesop's method.
Parables do not analyze social systems so much as they remind the listener of his beliefs. The moral and spiritual stress of the form falls upon memory rather than on the critical faculty. The audience hearing the parable is assumed to share a communal truth but perhaps to have set it aside or forgotten it. The rhetorical appeal of a parable is directed primarily toward an elite, in that a final core of its truth is known only to an inner circle, however simple its narrative may appear on the surface (a number of the parables that Christ used for teaching, for example, conveyed figuratively the meaning of the elusive concept Kingdom of Heaven).
Allegory, as the basic process of arousing in the reader or listener a response to levels of meaning, provides writers with the structure of fables, parables, and other related forms. By awakening the impulse to question appearances and by bringing order to mythological interpretation, allegory imparts cultural values. A measure of allegory is present in literature whenever it emphasizes thematic content, ideas rather than events. Generally, the allegorical mode flourishes under authoritarian conditions. Thus it found sustenance during the age of medieval Christendom, when Christian dogma sought universal sway over the mind of Western man. As such, allegory was a means of freedom under conditions of strong restraint. In general, realism, mimetic playfulness, and the resistance to authority tend to counteract the allegorical process, by loosening its stratified forms. This unbinding of symbolic hierarchies has forced allegory to seek new structures in the modern period. Nevertheless, through allegorical understanding, the great myths continue to be reread and reinterpreted, as the human significance of the new interpretations is passed down from one generation to the next. The abiding impression left by the allegorical mode is one of indirect, ambiguous, even enigmatic symbolism, which inevitably calls for interpretation.
Diversity of forms
Since an allegorical purpose can inform works of literature in a wide range of genres, it is not surprising to find that the largest allegories are epic in scope. A quest forms the narrative thread of both the Greek epic Odyssey and the Latin, Aeneid, and it is an allegory of the quest for heroic perfection; thus, allegory is aligned with the epic form. Romances, both prose and verse, are inevitably allegorical, although their forms vary in detail with the prevailing cultural ideals of the age. By comparison, the forms of fable and parable are relatively stable—yet even they may play down the moral idea or the mysterious element and emphasize instead the narrative interest, which then results in an elaboration of the form. (Such an elaboration may be seen in a given tale, as told by successive fabulists, such as a fable of the town mouse and the country mouse; with each retelling, the story is absorbed into a new matrix of interpretation.)
Shifts from naive to sophisticated intent are accompanied by shifts in form. The early authors of fable, following Aesop, wrote in verse; but in the 10th century there appeared collected fables, entitled Romulus, written in prose (and books such as this brought down into the medieval and modern era a rich tradition of prose fables). This collection in turn was converted back into elegiac verse. Later masters of fable wrote in verse, but modern favourites—such as Joel Chandler Harris, author of "Uncle Remus" stories, Beatrix Potter, creator of Peter Rabbit, or James Thurber in Fables for Our Time—employ their own distinctive prose. Again, while for parables prose narrative may be the norm, they have also been told in verse (as in the emblematic poetry of the 17th-century English Metaphysical poets such as George Herbert, Francis Quarles, and Henry Vaughan).
Loosening the allegorical forms further, some authors have combined prose with verse. Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy (c. ad 524) and Dante's The New Life (c. 1293) interrupt the prose discourse with short poems. Verse and prose then interact to give a new thematic perspective. A related mixing of elements appears in Menippean satire (those writings deriving from the 3rd-century-bc Cynic philosopher Menippus of Gadara), as exemplified in Swift's Tale of a Tub. There a relatively simple allegory of Reformation history (the Tale proper) is interrupted by a series of digressions that comment allegorically on the story into which they break.
Even the lyric poem can be adapted to yield allegorical themes and was made to do so, for example, in the visionary and rhapsodic odes written during the high Romantic period after the late 18th century throughout Europe.
The lesson seems to be that every literary genre is adaptable to the allegorical search for multiplicity of meaning.
Diversity of media
In the broadest sense, allegorical procedures are linguistic. Allegory is a manipulation of the language of symbols. Verbally, this mode underwent a major shift in medium along with the shift from oral to written literature: allegories that had initially been delivered in oral form (Christ's parables, for example) were written down by scribes and then transcribed by subsequent generations. Much more remarkable transformations, however, take place when the verbal medium is replaced by nonverbal or partially verbal media.
The drama is the chief of such replacements. The enactment of myth in the beginning had close ties with religious ritual, and in the drama of Classical Greece both comedy and tragedy, by preserving ritual forms, lean toward allegory. Old Comedy, as represented by the majority of plays by Aristophanes, contains a curious blending of elements—allusions to men of the day, stories suggesting ideas other than the obvious literal sense, religious ceremony, parodies of the graver mysteries, personified abstractions, and stock types of character. Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound uses allegory for tragic ends, while Euripides' tragedies make a continuous interpretive commentary on the hidden meaning of the basic myths. Allegory is simplified in Roman drama, submitting heroic deeds to the control of the fickle, often malignant goddess Fortuna. Christian symbolism is responsible for the structure of the medieval morality plays, in which human dilemmas are presented through the conflicts of personified abstractions such as the "Virtues" and their "Vice" opponents. The allegory in Renaissance drama is often more atmospheric than structural—though even Shakespeare writes allegorical romances, such as Cymbeline, Pericles, and The Winter's Tale (and allowed his tragedy of Coriolanus to grow out of the "fable of the belly," which embodies a commonplace of Renaissance political wisdom and is recounted by one of the characters in the play). In 1598 Ben Jonson introduced the comedy of humours, which was dependent on the biological theory that the humours of the body (blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile) affect personality: in Jonson's play Epicoene; or, The Silent Woman (1609), the character Morose is possessed by the demon of ill humour. Comic allegory of this kind evolved into the Restoration comedy of manners and through that channel entered modern drama with Wilde, Shaw, and Pirandello. Ibsen, the master of realistic drama, himself used a free-style allegory in Peer Gynt, while the surrealism of modern dramatists—such as Ionesco, Genet, and Beckett in the Theatre of the Absurd—serves to reinforce the real meaning of their plays.
The degree to which the cinema has been allegorical in its methods has never been surveyed in detail. Any such survey would certainly reveal that a number of basic techniques in film montage builds up multiple layers of meaning. (Animated cartoons, too, continue the tradition of Aesopian fable.)
From time immemorial men have carved religious monuments and have drawn and painted sacred icons. Triumphal arches and chariots have symbolized glory and victory. Religious art makes wide use of allegory, both in its subject matter and in its imagery (such as the cross, the fish, the lamb). Even in poetry there can be an interaction of visual and verbal levels, sometimes achieved by patterning the stanza form. George Herbert's "Easter Wings," for instance, has two stanzas set out by the typographer to resemble the shape of a dove's wings. Such devices belong to the Renaissance tradition of the "emblem," which combines a motto with a simple symbolic picture (often a woodcut or engraving) and a concise explanation of the picture motto.
While allegory thrives on the visual, it has also been well able to embrace the empty form of pure mathematics. Number symbolism is very old: early Christian systems of cosmology were often based on the number three, referring to the doctrine of the Trinity (and in fact recalling earlier Hebraic and even Hellenic numerology). Musical symbolism has been discovered in the compositions of the 18th-century Baroque composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach. The most evanescent form of allegory, musical imagery and patterns, is also the closest to pure religious vision, since it merges the physical aspects of harmony (based on number) with the sublime and metaphysical effect on its hearers. The final extension of media occurs in the combination of spectacle, drama, dance, and music that is achieved by grand opera, which is at its most allegorical in the total artwork of Richard Wagner in the second half of the 19th century. His Ring cycle of operas is a complete mythography and allegory, with words and music making two levels of meaning and the whole unified by a type of musical emblem, which Wagner called the leitmotif.
Allegory and cosmology
The allegorical mode has been of major importance in representing the cosmos: the earliest Greek philosophers, for example, speculated on the nature of the universe in allegorical terms; in the Old Testament's oblique interpretation of the universe, too, the world is seen as a symbolic system. The symbolic stories that explain the cosmos are ritualized to ensure that they encode a message. Held together by a system of magical causality, events in allegories are often surrounded by an occult atmosphere of charms, spells, talismans, genies, and magic rites. Science becomes science fiction or a fantastic setting blurs reality so that objects and events become metamorphically unstable. Allegorical fictions are often psychological dramas whose scene is the mind; then their protagonists are personified mental drives. Symbolic climate is most prominent in romance, whose heroic quests project an aura of erotic mysticism, perfect courtesy, and moral fervour that creates a sublime heightening of tone and a picturesque sense of good order.
The cosmic and demonic character of allegorical thinking is most fully reflected in the period of its greatest vogue, the High Middle Ages. During this period poets and priests alike were able to read with increasingly elaborate allegorical technique until their methods perhaps overgrew themselves. A belief had been inherited in the Great Chain of Being, the Platonic principle of cosmic unity and fullness, according to which the lowest forms of being were linked with the highest in an ascending order. On the basis of this ladderlike conception were built systems of rising transcendency, starting from a material basis and rising to a spiritual pinnacle. The early Church Fathers sometimes used a threefold method of interpreting texts, encompassing literal, moral, and spiritual meanings. This was refined and commonly believed to have achieved its final form in the medieval allegorist's "fourfold theory of interpretation." This method also began every reading with a search for the literal sense of the passage. It moved up to a level of ideal interpretation in general, which was the allegorical level proper. (This was an affirmation that the true Christian believer was right to go beyond literal truth.) Still higher above the literal and the allegorical levels, the reader came to the tropological level, which told him where his moral duty lay. Finally, since Christian thought was apocalyptic and visionary, the fourfold method reached its apogee at the anagogic level, at which the reader was led to meditate on the final cosmic destiny of all Christians and of himself as a Christian hoping for eternal salvation.
While modern scholars have shown that such thinking played its part in the poetry of the Middle Ages and while the Italian poet Dante himself discussed the theological relations between his poems and such a method of exegesis, the main arena for the extreme elaboration of this allegory was in the discussion and the teaching of sacred Scriptures. As such, the fourfold method is of highest import, and it should be observed that it did not need to be applied in a rigid four-stage way. It could be reduced, and commonly was reduced, to a two-stage method of interpretation. Then the reader sought simply a literal and a spiritual meaning. But it could also be expanded. The passion for numerology, combined with the inner drive of allegory toward infinite extension, led to a proliferation of levels. If four levels were good, then five or eight or nine might be better.


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Singleforest Beta Soon (for real)
So close, I can taste it. Singleforest is nearly ready for beta. I've hammered the most the major bugs I'm aware of.
What's left before launch?
- Some of the custom logging code is storing passwords. That needs to get fixed before the site can go live.
- Moving the server from Rackspace to WebbyNode. Waiting on WebbyNode to get debian 6 out. Will go with Ubuntu in a pinch.
- Need to write up Terms of Service and Rules documents.
Some of the issues getting the site ready:
- Getting SSL/nonSSL redirection working properly was not happening.
- Moved the entire site to ssl instead. Easier and more secure anyway.
- Getting tests written for some of the code. RSpec fought me every step of the install process.
- Releasing the beta with only minimal test coverage, will add tests as bugs pop up.
- Writing my own css was taking way too much time.
- Purchased a theme for $20
- Will fix some of the icky coloration later. (background too bright, link color too light)
- Event system was pretty complicated and was breaking a lot of code
- Stripped events and notifications to the minimum that was required and stopped trying to ensure they get saved.
- Spending too much time making the ajax stuff nicer
- Stopped working on writing my own widget library and settled on a just works solution for now.
I can't wait to for this thing to be live. It's been way too long.

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text: Tonight's concert features many of the classic holiday favorites we remember from our very first Christmas celebrations. Our ever-popular Christmas concert features the very best of music for the holidays. This year's soloists include Don Bailey, Fort Smith Symphony Principal Cellist, Rob Bradshaw, and Belva Ross as well as members of the Western Arkansas Ballet and the Fort Smith Chorale. Be sure to purchase your tickets early, as this concert will sell out months in advance.


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June 09, 2016 (LBO) – Asian cruise passenger volume nearly doubled to almost 1.4 million in 2014, from 775,000 in 2012, according to a report by the Cruise Lines International Association.
The association says demand for cruising has increased 68 percent over the last 10 years, and Asia had a passenger capacity of 2.2 million in 2015.
"There is no doubt that the Asia Pacific region from Beijing through Sydney, through Auckland, through Singapore, is the fastest growing cruise segment," said Gavin Smith, Senior Vice President of Royal Caribbean's International division, according to a Bloomberg report.
Singapore, which has ambitions of becoming a cruise hub in Southeast Asia, saw passenger traffic rise 14 percent in 2015, according to the Singapore Tourism Board.
"Over the next three to four years, we are quite optimistic that we could see a five to eight percent compounded annual growth rate for the cruising industry in Singapore," said Annie Chang, Director of Cruise Development for the city state's tourism agency.
In ten years, Australia's cruise passengers have grown more than six-fold to one million passengers in 2014, from 158,000 in 2004.
Sri Lanka is hoping to attract cruise ships calling at its Colombo, Hambantota and Trincomalee Ports, Dhammika Ranatunga, Sri Lanka Ports Authority chairman said.
The Colombo Fashion Week swimwear show will be hosted at the ECT Terminal of the Colombo Port this month to create awareness about the Colombo Port, he added.
In February, the Hambantota Port received MS Rotterdam, a luxury cruise ship from the Netherlands. Measuring 238 metres with 600 staff, it is one of the largest cruise ships to visit the island.
Sri Lanka will have to compete with the latest addition to the Asian routes, the 1 billion dollar Ovation of the Seas. Royal Caribbean took delivery of the ship in April, and it is on a 52-day voyage to its home port in the Chinese city of Tianjin.
The German-built ship stretches 1,141 feet, more than triple the length of a soccer pitch.
The ship would offer "bionic mixologists," robotic arms that make and serve two cocktails a minute for more than 4,900 passengers the ship is built to carry. They can also try the world's first simulated skydiving experience offered at sea, or while away the hours in the largest indoor sports and entertainment space among Royal Caribbean's fleet.
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The Cruise Lines International Association report can be viewed here


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Private John Cornett
Co B, 13th Cavalry, CSA
John appeared on the musters for September 9, 1862 - April 30, 1863. He was at the Battle
of Leatherwood (Perry County) in October of 1862. He also participated in the Battle of Mill Cliff, Battle of Poor Fork and Battle of Whitesburg in the Fall of 1862.
In 1863 John Cornett became ill with pleurisy was discharged by Colonel Ben Caudill at Gladeville, Virginia (now known as Wise, Virginia) on June 5, 1863. This turned out to be fortunate in the long run for John Cornett. Just over a month later, while stationed at Gladeville, Virginia, Caudill's 13th KY. was attacked by a large Union force and a good number of the men were taken prisoner. This included Colonel Caudill, Sergeant Sparkman, and a large number of officers in Caudill's command.
Instead, John Amburgey recovered from his illness, survived the war, and in 1870 he and his wife - Nancy Combs - moved to Dutton, Arkansas (Madison County) where he raised a family of ten children. John Cornett died in 1904 and was buried at the Dutton Cemetery, off Highway 16 across the White River (Mile Marker 111) Dutton, Arkansas with a nice Confederate tombstone.
Mark's Great Granduncle


text: I recently had a chance to fish for a day and a half in one of those small New England streams that holds surprisingly big trout. I was staying with my brother for a couple nights in the newly opened Medawisla Lodge, in a 75,000-acre conservation area run by the Appalachian Mountain Club. It sits in a land of many waters in the space between Moosehead Lake and Baxter State Park where the Appalachian Trail ends (or begins) at Mount Katahdin in Maine.


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And I thought last month was boring …
This month saw practically every significant agenda item carried over to the April meeting cycle, including:
- Approving the Regional Connector environmental impact report (which had, you may recall, already been carried over from February's meeting after a lot of wasted public comment);
- Approving a contract for 135 light rail vehicles, to be used on the Expo and Crenshaw Lines, and replacements for the oldest Blue Line cars (which will be 25 years old by the time the replacements arrive);
- A proposal to allow CEO Art Leahy to execute contract modifications at higher levels than present without Board approval (despite the fact that the present levels have been requiring more and more of the Board's time to approve, Zev Yaroslavsky wanted more oversight, and Antonio Villaraigosa held the matter in committee until staff can determine what other large transportation agencies' policies are); and
- Updates to the Transit Service Policy, withdrawn by Leahy right before the Operations Committee meeting.
There was, however, the usual amount of public comment related nonsense, with much of it centering on the "usual suspects", the Bus Riders Union as they continue their campaign to convince the Board that their vision of Title VI civil rights compliance is the correct one, despite the Federal Transit Administration saying otherwise. This month they claimed they had met with both the FTA and the Department of Justice; although no proof was offered of said meeting, Barbara Lott-Holland claimed DOJ called Metro "a poster child for discriminatory transit systems". They also accused Metro's planners of deliberately creating discrimination by circumventing the process, with organizer Sun Youngyang claiming all budgetary alternatives have to be considered (wrong, according to the FTA, said Metro's Dan Levy). And organizer Esperanza Martinez claimed that the FTA "is still determining if Metro is in violation for past service cuts" … again, without offering any proof of said statement. Given the BRU's penchant for rhetoric, it was no surprise that none of their arguments had any effect, although it did get Gloria Molina's attention for about a half-second (see the Quote Of The Month).
I did get a chuckle when the BRU withdrew their request to speak at the Operations Committee after it was announced by Metro's Conan Cheung that the Title VI review of the upcoming June service changes were already approved and reviewed by the FTA. We can all guess what they had planned to say, can't we …
But that was nothing compared to the hour spent at the beginning of the Board meeting hearing public comment from members of the Crenshaw community and their supporters, continuing to insist on the forthcoming light rail line being underground. What I found sad is that they had no new arguments to present, and several substituted shouting at the Board for the lack of content. Hint to our fine African-American citizens: A loud, strident attitude not only doesn't get you what you want, it practically guarantees that the Board won't reconsider the matter. Even Mark Ridley-Thomas looked uncomfortable listening to what at times sounded like a good old revival meeting …
And, despite Art Leahy's admonition that local employment concerns cannot be considered by the Board when awarding contracts that have federal funds (lest the FTA withdraw approval for said funds), several business owners commenting on the light rail vehicle procurement contract at the Operations Committee (before it was held over again) proceeded to focus their comments almost entirely on the creation of "local jobs". The biggest offender was once again the County Federation of Labor, whose representative was completely focused on that potential employment for their members, although a close second place would have to go to the Siemens Corporation, who as one of the competing bidders should already know about the FTA regulations. I suppose what it's going to take to stop this nonsense is Metro losing federal funding over such public comment being allowed … at which point I reserve the right to point fingers.
Quote Of The Month: Gloria Molina, after berating Dan Levy for not being more comprehensive in his monthly presentation on civil rights compliance: "I know all the information is in the full staff report, and I know I have the responsibility to read the whole report … but who has time?"
Next Metro Board Committee Meetings: Wednesday and Thursday, April 18 & 19
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I only had to heat up my coffee once today.
That is a good day. A great day actually.
The children are playing band or drums or something along those lines so I am going to do a little updating on the past month and a half.
Nicholas had his pirate party at the end of January and it was wonderful! Our house was full of family and friends. Nicky loved his birthday cupcake and all his gifts. It was simple, easy, and fun. All I could ask for to celebrate my baby turning one.
Marlee had a blast too playing with the other children at the party. And I am pretty sure all the gifts were really hers. So in reality, it was Marlee's party but Nick was allowed to attend. Sassy toddler always wins.
I did not get a lot of pictures because I was busy running around like a mad woman but the kids had a blast which makes everything 120% worth it.
Thanks to all that attended! The kids absolutely adore everyone and we feel so special to have so many people that love and spoil our babies.
Second on the list of February mania is that we are moving. Ok so we are not moving today or even tomorrow but after all of our hard work since last June to get ourselves ready to start house shopping - we were finally pre-approved for a house! We were completed over the moon with excitement! It has been a long hard journey to save, pay off debts, and get our budget in order. Finally, we did it!
And then we found a house!
Two houses to be exact!
And we were denied both times.
Cue the sad music and tears and disappointment.
We take all this time to save money and no one wants it.
We thought that the saving and paying off credit cards was going to be the hard part but we were wrong. Actually finding a house is the hard part. We have seen maybe a dozen houses at this point and searched online for a million more without any luck. We are staying optimistic though. Spring is right around the corner which is going to bring a better market of houses.
Our dream house is out there! Somewhere.
My goal is to be completely moved in to our new house by Marlee's birthday in July.
Marlee gets a new house for her birthday.
She is a princess after all.
Since Nick has turned one, our routines and schedules have really been on point. He has been napping (for the most part) everyday and I have been able to plan breakfast and lunch around his and Marlee's nap time. I know this sounds simple but its not. Which is why it has taken me a year to figure it out! We have also implemented the cage for early morning containment which looks like a torture device but in reality, it is a sanity keeper. We have to get ready in the morning somehow and the cage is the winner.
And if we don't cage, this happens.
This boy is fearless. And all boy.
He still loves his food. All the foods.
And Marlee is turning into a teenager before my eyes. I was talking too loud so she got her headphones. Sorry to bother you, my dear princess.
These two love each other. Marlee says Nicky is her best friend and Nick thinks Marlee has beautiful hair (he pulls it frequently). They are going to grow even closer as they get older. I love it. It makes my heart so full.
Never a dull moment with these two.
Actually, they now found me and my coffee is empty so it is back to work.
Or play.
Depends on how you look at it.
Have a good February everyone!


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She asked everyone on campus to not ask her about porn … after she wrote a long article for the school paper exposing herself. Used the excuse of needing money for college tuition to whore herself out on camera.
Bella Knox General Public Disgusted By Her
Beylerbey 02/26/2014 18:06 He he, I guess this stupid bitch forgot about Stacie Halas and all the other porn chicks who thought they could go legit after fucking on film. I guess she forgot about Karen Owens, who screwed the entire lacrosse team (again at Duke, which must have a serious whore issue) and is now nowhere to be found, much less an empowered woman making important decisions.
The fact that this little girl and her ilk think they'll use porn to advance, when in fact that first scene guarantees she'll never leave the biz until she gets spit out, is an aspect of life that fills my black heart with joy.
miche the killer 02/26/2014 20:46 I hate shit like this -- if you're down to get choked out & double-donged, and it helps you sleep at night to call it "sex positive," by all means. But don't engage some douchey know-it-all smug prick, when your lawyer training about unequal pay concludes by twirling your hair, looking at him like he's maybe wrong & saying "Okaaaay" like you're giving him the benefit of the doubt b/c you didn't learn to recite past the first sentence in your Women's Studies 101 class. You just make the rest of us with brains look bad.
echo_whiskey 02/26/2014 20:53 After listening to her, I don't think she's all that smart. She just spouts buzzwords and bullshit facts.
Uh-Oh Sharted 02/26/2014 21:15 Thanks to the magic of bittorrent, we can all see for free how she's a mass of stretch marks and "I cut myself where no one can see" scars on her legs… So Women's Studies and porn are just markers she uses to say "Nope, not quite rock bottom yet."
Digital Wonderbread 02/26/2014 22:08 She can be an empowered bottom.
scallywag 02/26/2014 23:46 What is intriguing about 'Belle Knox' is why she chose to do porn when she openly admits to not having pursued it had the cost at Duke not been prohibitive, notwithstanding the fact that she was also offered other schools with scholarships as well, which would have preempted her from having to pursue porn. Which is to suggest, perhaps Belle Knox used the guise of hefty student loans as a recourse to pursue porn, not necessarily because she had no choice? If there is no shame to this then why all the secrecy ... until now?
BillyMitchellisaGoldenGod 02/27/2014 08:28 Norma Rae of ass-to-mouth – gold.
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Niggaplease ... there's the "b" word again, and I don't mean "bitch." Slut Miriam Weeks goes into porn and claims she is being bullied at school when she's outed.
Cry me a fucking river, slut. Now get down on your knees and suck my cock, Miriam Weeks. Proof that you don't need to be smart to get into Duke, I guess.
Miriam Weeks (Develle Duke University) gets exposed as a whore, then complains about being called a whore. You have sex with strangers for money, Miriam Weeks: that's the dictionary definition of what a whore is. It's not bullying when people accuse you, Miriam Weeks, of doing something you actually do.
Remember back in the days when people had foresight and understood the consequences of their actions enough that they avoided selling their pussy because they might be humiliated if people they knew found out?
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milesobrian 2014-02-27 You little Blue Devil! Love the 3-some with Sara Luvv!
enlightened 2014-02-27 Hopefully this lil hottie won't go ruin herself like amia and lupe. And plz, fuck all you like, but don't short us on the solo photo shoots. I want to see JUST that hot lil face, body, pussy and asshole as often as possible WITHOUT cock in every shot.
Limb-Sozzled 2014-02-27 Might just be me, but she has a white female Colin Kaepernick look about her.
stinkypinky 2014-02-19 Go Blue Devils!
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Keeping your compound and backyard neat is one of the most essential parts of your tidiness at home. One of the regions that need constant attention however is the lawn. A lawn should always be kept neat and nothing does this well than a lawn mower. While a lawn mower has been an essential tool in most homes, its users do not seem to understand how to maintain it. It is therefore important to ensure that you keep the lawn mower in it optimum working condition to ensure that it provides you with the services for much longer. The following as some of the tips that will help you keep your lawn mower in perfect working condition.
Read the manufacturers manual
Lawn Mower Lane notes that before using a lawn mower for the first time, the most important factor, just like any other machine is to read its manual. It is not enough to assume that you know how to use a lawn mower since each model comes with its own guides. This will ensure that you are in a better position to note any defect or malfunction when it happens. For instance, a lawn mower manual would specify what to do when the machine won't start. In most cases, this is caused by old gasoline. It is advisable to drain old gasoline at the end of each mowing season.
Clean out the undercarriage
As you work with your mower, grass tends to get clogged in the undercarriage, something that may tamper with the discharge chute of the mower. The best thing to do is to use a wire brush to scrape out the grass clippings then use a hose to spray the remaining debris. Before you work on the undercarriage however, it is important to practice safety by disconnecting the spark plug. It is also advisable to chance the spark plug from time to time since it plays an essential role in the functioning of a mower. On average, you can change it once every year to ensure that the mower has an easy start. When installing a new mower, be careful that you do not tighten it too much since this may prevent the mower from starting.
Get a professional tune up
As much as you may have experience in using a lawn mower, there are tune-up services that will call for the services of a professional. This may include draining the old gas, replacing the air filter and performing other basic diagnostic tests. This may also include sharpening of the blade. You would have to appreciate the fact that a mower's blade goes through a great deal of stress thank to large branches, rocks and other hidden object that come to contact with it. This leads to a dull blade that would tear and rip grass instead of offering a clean and neat cut.
With these maintenance services therefore, you can rest assured that your lawn mower will serve you even longer. Ensure that your mower is in optimum working condition before the start of the mowing season.


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Good to see the kites enjoying the balcony too. Magnificent beasts.
What an intriguing effort to bring photos to life. Always a delight to revisit the moon missions.
Neuralink – Elon's new thing
(Note The Wait but Why article is a super-long read, so store it up for a travel day.) Summary: Elon Musk works to a simple if audacious formula. Nudge the whole world to be better placed to survive the future by finding a sector with a business model to drive innovation now that will help us migrate to the best …
The horse has always bolted
Two articles covering different aspects of the fact that policy always has to follow developments in the world and is always rushing to keep up. This often leads to terrible law-making. On privacy,  a postulated axiom: the defense of privacy follows, and never precedes, the emergence of new technologies for the exposure of secrets Lots of interest in the article: the discussion …
Algorithm fail
I'm not sure that's quite the right recipe to be pushing given the article I'd just read…
Lost in translation v94
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Ash vs Evil Dead
Yes, yes, yes! This looks fantastic.
Unexpectedly excellent date night scran
Radishes dipped in ersatz Boursin followed by mains and then Camembert and St Marcellin. Nice work Olivier.


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Curb those Sugar Cravings
I love to eat sugary treats, especially in the form of chocolate. For this reason, I would never tell you to give up the joy of indulging every now and then, but there are a few things you can do to curb your cravings for sweet foods when you're trying to eat healthy. The key to sticking to a nutritious diet is to avoid feelings of deprivation by treating yourself occasionally and working toward reducing sugar and chocolate cravings to ensure that you are able to indulge in moderation.
Eliminate highly processed treats.
Whenever you decide to treat yourself, try to avoid highly processed foods like conventional candy bars, cookies, cakes, and ice cream. Generally, any treat that comes in a box or package with a long list of ingredients is considered highly processed. Not only are these loaded with processed sugars, but they are also packed with added chemicals that make them highly addictive. No wonder you can't just stop at one!
Make your own healthy treats.
This is one of my favourite things to do! Try making homemade desserts with natural sweeteners such as local honey, pure maple syrup, stevia, or coconut sugar. Natural sweeteners are still sugar (so don't get carried away!) but they're minimally processed and have added healthy nutrients that are not found in processed sugars. Additionally, they aren't as addictive as the processed treats, so you'll feel satisfied after just a few bites.
Don't rely only on willpower!
Ever notice that, on a stressful day, you tend to run out of willpower and cravings seem even harder to control? Willpower is never enough to change your habits in the long run. Instead, focus on finding healthy replacements that can give you the same good feelings as your favourite sweets. If you tend to eat sugary foods under stress, find other activities that can give you a similar high without all the guilt or extra calories, such as calling your best friend, going for a walk, or getting up and dancing to your favourite song! Additionally, having an accountability partner or coach can give you an extra boost of inspiration.
Eat more healthy fats.
I know it may seem strange to eat more fat to cut sugar cravings, but healthy fats can actually boost your mood, reduce cravings, and keep you feeling fuller for longer. Healthy fats include foods like fish, avocados, coconut oil, olive oil, full-fat coconut milk, chia seeds, grass-fed beef, grass-fed butter, nuts and nut butters, and seeds. Try having at least one serving of healthy fats at each meal.
Be okay with saying no.
Initially, it can be hard to turn down treats or say no to a friend that says, "Oh just have one!" When you're faced with situations like this, or the temptation to eat something unhealthy arises, take the time to ask yourself a few questions:
- Do I really want this food right now or am I eating out of boredom, emotion, or peer pressure?
- Will this food help me reach my goals?
- Will this food fuel my body and keep me feeling energized?
Mindfulness is the first step to changing your habits. Consciously addressing these questions before indulging in treats can be a great way to mindfully make the decision of if you actually want to eat a certain food rather than just giving into pressure or habit. Sometimes when you stop to assess the temptation, you'll realize that you don't even really want the food in the first place.
These are just a few of my top tips to curb sugar cravings. Start by implementing just one or two of these habits and, as they become second nature, start implementing the other tips. As these strategies become habits, you'll notice it may be easier to say no to tempting foods because your body will no longer crave sugar as strongly. Learn to curb those sugar cravings and you'll be well on your way to a healthier, happier you!
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CHICHEN ITZA, Mexico (Reuters) - As pockets of anxiety crop up ahead of the day billed as the Maya apocalypse, a motley crew of New Age thrill-seekers, mystics and tourists have gathered at ancient holy sites in Mexico hoping to witness the birth of a new era.
In the Maya Long Calendar, December 21 marks the end of the 13th bak'tun, an epoch lasting roughly 400 years.
In the 1960s, one respected U.S. academic said the event might signify a possible "Armageddon" to the Mesoamerican culture, and the belief that Friday could be the world's last day has spread since.
But to many of the artists, hippies, lawyers and businessmen congregating in the nerve center of 12/21/2012 - the Maya ruins of Chichen Itza in southern Mexico - the day will be the culmination of a spiritual journey, the dawn of a new consciousness, or the wellspring of untapped energies.
Or even all the above.
"There is an explosion of consciousness through this," said Shambala Songstar, a gray-haired Californian musician who gave his age as "eternal."
"We are becoming billionaires of energy. Opening to receive more light and more joy," he said.
In other parts of the world, fears that December 21 may bring doom, or unleash lesser disasters, has sparked scares.
On Thursday, Chinese state media said about 1,000 people had been detained for spreading rumors about Friday, such as the prospect of a three-day-long blackout.
The crackdown, which targeted members of the "Almighty God" cult, has not been enough to stem shortages of candles, instant noodles and matches, according to complaints logged on Weibo, China's popular Twitter-like microblogging site.
In France, the media has buzzed about the Pic de Bugarach, a mountain said by believers in an impending catastrophe to be the only place that will survive 2012.
Social media spread fears that a mass suicide was being planned on a mountain popular among UFO spotters in Argentina. Local authorities decided to limit access to the Cerro Uritorco peak, though they said it was to prevent overcrowding.
A cornerstone of the 2012 phenomenon has been U.S. scholar Michael Coe's 1966 observation that the end of the 13th bak'tun could herald an "Armageddon" for the Maya. Coe could not be reached for comment, but friends and colleagues say he never meant to forecast an apocalypse.
NASA, other scientists and other experts on Maya culture have also dismissed the idea of disaster striking, but media rumors and Internet fascination with the subject have put the spotlight on the sweltering heartland of the ancient civilization.
Thousands of people are expected in Chichen Itza, where pilgrims will converge on the Temple of the serpent god Kukulkan, an imposing 100 foot (30 meter) pyramid.
Visitors have come from as far afield as Asia, Europe and South America to share in the experience, and there is little apprehension among them that the world faces a day of reckoning in the annals of the Maya's 5,125 year-old calendar.
"At least we can die saying we saw the end of the world," said 27-year-old Minu Nair from Kerala, India, laughing and bathed in sweat after a steep climb to the top of the Maya pyramid at Coba, about an hour's drive from Chichen Itza.
Most visitors here describe Friday as a moment of positive change, a time for reflection over the planet's direction.
"A new age will dawn, and everybody who is involved in this knows that the world is in a very sad state," said Jill Baker, an artist from Kentucky, who, together with her partner Lee Pennington, spent $14,000 to visit Mexico for the big day.
"We want to learn how we go about bringing the peace all the elders of the ancient civilizations have told (of)," she added.
Many modern Maya, whose ancestors rose to prominence as a conquering civilization in much of southern Mexico and Central America during the first millennium, practicing human sacrifice along the way, have been baffled by the hype.
Scholars say the date has been exploited by purveyors of spiritual hokum and tall tales in exotic locations.
"This whole Maya prophecy is actually a hoax, which cynical pseudo-scholars have developed to sell their books," said Susan Milbrath at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Whatever the truth of the matter, Sandra Stocco, 39, a tax lawyer from Brazil, said she was honored to be in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and pointed to a group of meditating people dressed in white and quietly humming to explain why she had come.
"For this. This sound, this is the sound of the vibration of their heart, and Chichen Itza is the heart chakra," she said.
Others see the gathering of minds as a chance for humanity to correct its ways by calling on extra-terrestrial assistance.
"We're hoping for some sort of contact event and to meet some beings of other species," said Otto Martin, a production manager wearing shorts who had traveled from Los Angeles. "We're basically just hoping to ask them for help."
Lisa Harris, a 23-year-old jembe drummer from Oakland, California, with a nose ring and dreadlocks, said friends had paid for her to come to Mexico. She hoped she would see UFOs.
"I definitely believe in UFOs and alien ancestry, so that would be pretty cool if that does happen," she said.
Jeremy Berg, a 28-year-old from Oregon and fan of full-moon celebrations, solstices, solar eclipses, and meteor showers, said great energies were coming into alignment.
"All over the planet there are key lay-line positions that meet up into little vortex spots," said Berg, whose day job is running an electronics firm. "This is a momentous time in history. I look at it as a new beginning."
But in case Friday is the end, Deutsche Bank analyst Jim Reid thanked his readers for their time over the years.
"It's been a blast," Reid wrote on Thursday. "So have an extra few roast potatoes today at lunch as it really won't matter if their prophesy turns out to be correct."
Additional reporting by Gabriel Stargardter in Mexico City, Bernd Debusmann Jr. in Chichen Itza, Ben Blanchard in Beijing, Vicky Buffery in Paris and Alejandro Lifschitz in Buenos Aires; Editing by Dave Graham, Kieran Murray and David Brunnstrom


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Let's look at some values that are not very impressive: Average hourly earnings -0.4%, predicted 0.2%; Participation rate - 62.8% (equal to that predicted); Average weekly hours – 34.6 (same as predicted). Anyway, what produced such great growth? Let's look at sectors: private: +314K; government: +7K; production: +28K. At the same time, unemployment level stayed the same; the very fact of dramatic growth of the private sector makes us think of the combination: "Christmas - New Year - retail - part-time employment"; moreover, the present results of the "black Friday" showed an unprecedented decrease of buyers' interest. The adjustment of labor market information in January is obligatory, and only then we can assess the reality of success, although employment growth potential is far from being exhausted.
Besides, unemployment level among specialists (not lower than Bachelor) was only 3.2%, while competition for low-paid jobs was growing because of much publicized increase of authorities' loyalty to immigrants. That also eliminated one more negative factor for employment. Present-day prices for stock market assets grow much faster than consumer spendings. The oil-dollar combination does not blend into the positive picture quite well; that will become clear after the publication of corporate reports regarding profits and CAPEX data. It was assumed that ultra low-cost energy resources stimulate consumption to high spendings; however, in reality, people began to spend less, since decrease of prices for resources reflected the general tendency of the average consumer's standard of living decrease. Moreover, inexpensive oil does not contribute to tax deduction and does not add optimism to business. For the USA, decrease of oil prices causes critical contradiction with the problems in shale industry, which has actively developed during last several years, providing quality GDP growth and creating new jobs.
The existing Eurozone problems: absence of economic growth, slowing down of inflation, threat of Great Britain's pull out of the EU, disagreement with budgetary control lead to the fall of capital inflow to the UE peripheral countries and weakening of regional economies. Euro is rapidly losing its status of the reserve currency - "anti-dollar". The fall below the initial level 1.18 (only 5 figures left!) can cause its final destruction. Last week, a simple mentioning by Stanley Fischer of the coming adjustment with the wording "considerable time" caused the fall of the pair almost by the figure. The market still puts only the first FRS rate increase into prices, although the adjustment of industry rates and private indicators such as profitability of 2-year bonds must be carried out at least 3-4 months before that. If the labor market progress is retained, then judging by the FRS promises and according to the present futures for euro/USD, the first increase will be expected within the period from June to September of the coming year; that means that profitability increase will begin in March-April, which will cause a new surge of dollar growth. That will happen, of course, if the first quarter statistics does not deteriorate.
Rate increase will generate sharp contrast with the current German and Japanese monetary measures, since they go towards easing of money-and-credit regime, and the possible difference in the interest rate will make American assets more attractive, which will become another factor of strengthening the main currency. In the light of expecting the actions taken by the American regulator, the following levels can be considered as target levels: EUR/USD 1.2100-1.2020, GBP/USD 1.5500-1.5350 (but only after publication of the final British statistics), USDJPY, can reasonably aim at 123.50-125.00.


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La Farnesina Museum. Trastevere. Ponte Sisto Via Giulia, Piazza Farnese, Campo de' Fiori
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Visitors of San Pietro in Vincoli Church in Rome will be able to see one of the world's most celebrated statues the , Michelangelo's Moses, under the same natural light of the great artist's times.
The statue was in need of being cleaned: a dark patina created by humidity, dust and other polluting agents was to be removed. But this quite simple intervention triggered further research.
The restorer, Antonio Forcellin, that had already worked on the Julius II Pope tomb ( in which the Moses is inserted) approximately until 15 years ago found out that different surfaces of the stone were treated in different wyas, using different polishing techniquea and gestures to obtain particular chiaroscuro effects.
If the great Florentine genius wanted the light to be absorbed by the material he would simply use the 'gradina' a kind of dog's teeth chisel.
To obtain a polished effect he would use pumice instead.
To obtain a glossy, precious effect he would employ lead, as he did for the arm and the forehead, for instance, where he knew the sunbeams would beat,
At a distance, under the natural light, these are the surfaces of the monument that shinewith more intensity, Forcellin states.
Unfortunately these splendid effects, that proved Michelangelo's ability to sculpt with the light, obtaining sophisticated chiaroscuro effects on marble, had been darkened by the walling, 150 years ago, of a window on the monument wall.
The thousand of visitors that entered the church since 1867 saw the monument in darkness, and the light effects on marble were totally lost!
As there was no way of reopening that window, it was decided instead to recreate the natural light by using modern technology.
The expert, Mario Nanni, studied the light that beat on the basilica the day of 1546 in which Michelangelo, after long and terrible vicissitudes, decided to put in place the statue of Moses .
Following the movements of the sun for an entire day,
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he recreated artificially an illumination respectful of the genious of the only artist of the world able to sculpt with the sunbeams.
A word must be said about the symbology of the sunrays on Moses face and head.
According to a passage of Exodus, when Moses descended from Mount Sinai with the tables of the Law his face was radiant from having been in direct touch with God.
The passage in Hebrew reads 'his face shone', but the Hebrew word 'karan'= 'to radiate' was improperly translated by St Jerome in the Vulgata 'his face had horns', (as 'keren' is 'horn' in Hebrew). This is one of the most accredited versions to explain why Moses is represented here with horns.
However we might also Envision those horns as a sort of solidified sunbeams, Horns of light, witnesses of the suoerhuman energy transmitted by God to His Prophet. The powerful, dynamic figure of Moses can be also considered a symbolical portrait of the great 'warrior' Pope Julius II and, in its severity and 'terribility' a self portrait of the artist himself.
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IPR Gujarat Recruitment 2017 for 32 Apprentices Job Vacancies with respect to ADVT. NO. 05/2017. Apply Online at www.ipr.res.in. Institute of Plasma Research – IPR published an Job Advertisement for Recruitment of Apprentices for 32 posts. Eligible candidates can apply for this recruitment. You can also view official notification and other important facts about this recruitment e.g. Important links and Important dates.
ITR Recruitment 2017 details
- No. of posts: 32
- Name of posts:
- Graduate Apprentice: 10 Posts (Computer / Electrical / Civil / Electronics & Telecommunication / Mechanical / Instrumentation & Control)
- Diploma Apprentice: 08 Posts (Computer / Electrical / Civil / Electronics & Telecommunication / Mechanical / Instrumentation & Control)
- ITI Apprentice: 14 Posts (Draughtsman – Mechanical / Electronic Mechanic / Programming and Systems Administration Assistant (PASAA))
Eligibility Criteria
- Educational qualification: Candidates having respective First Class Degree/Diploma/ ITI Certificate, who have passed their qualifying examination in the year 2016 and onwards and have not undergone apprenticeship training earlier. Selection will be based on merit basis.
- Age limit: 26 years
- Stipend:
- Consolidated Rs.9000/- p.m. for Graduate Apprentice (Degree holder) and Rs.8000/- p.m. for Technician Apprentice (Diploma holder).
- Consolidated Rs.7000/- p.m. for ITI Apprentice (Draughtsman, Electronic and PASAA)
Selection Process
- Final selection will be based on Interview
How to apply:
- Interested and eligible candidates can send their applications superscribing "ADVT. NO. 05/2017, APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF ____________________ POST NO. ____________ in prescribed format alongwith ATTESTED TRUE COPIES of certificates, mark-sheets and a copy of recent passport size photograph (affixed on the right corner of the application) giving all the details should reach The Acting Chief Administrative Officer, Institute for Plasma Research at the above address on or before 31/7/2017. Applications without supporting documents etc. are liable to be rejected.
Address: Institute of Plasma Research (ITR), Near Indira Bridge, Bhat Village, Dist. Gandhinagar – 382 428
Important dates:
- Last date for receipt of application: 31/07/2017
Apply Online at http://www.ipr.res.in/documents/jobs_career.html


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11. The "discussing my personal life with my mom is such a drag" frown.
Opening up about the details of your personal life had Christy feeling super vulnerable.
"Turkey Meatballs and a Getaway Car" (Episode 15, Season 2 of Mom)
Watch the Season 5 premiere of Mom on Thursday, Nov. 2 at 9/8c on CBS and CBS All Access.


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Barack and Michelle Obama shared a sweet moment on stage at the 2013 Commander-in-Chief's Inaugural Ball when they danced to Al Green's "Let's Stay Together."
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson performed her rendition of the classic song while the couple danced and tweeted her excitement right before taking the stage.
"Right now the President and First Lady will dance to Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," to be performed by… ME!!!" Hudson wrote. "Yes! Amazing night!"


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Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil
Is it jet lag that causes executives' lips to loosen overseas? Surely Google VP Marissa Mayer must understand that words uttered in Australia will reach California much faster than a Qantas flight. Her indiscretion down under: Backing away from Google's informal motto, "don't be evil," in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald. "It really wasn't like an elected, ordained motto," Mayer told the newspaper. "I think that 'Don't Be Evil' is a very easy thing to point at when you see Google doing something that you personally don't like." Mayer then gave this dodge when asked if Google should be held to a higher standard than its competitors:
I don't think that we should be held to a lower standard. I think that what we're doing is very meaningful, it's very important, it's serious, it has large-scale ramifications for people in their lives and as a result we need to take it very seriously and we should be held to a very high standard regardless of whether it's self imposed or imposed through public scrutiny.
Translated, the doctrine of Don't Be Evil, according to Google's cupcake princess: You're allowed to hold Google to some undefined standard of behavior, certainly no worse than its rivals'. But if you dislike what Google is doing? Kindly shut up. Google already takes this stuff seriously, and they don't need to hear it from you.


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2016 Screenplay Finalists
Title: A SMILE BENEATH
Writers: Chip Lane and Angelique Chase
Synopsis: Parents devastated by the strains of raising an autistic child, discover her connection to the world and the purpose of family, through a caddy grieving the loss of his.
Title: GOING HOME TO DIXIE
Writer: Alicia Lane Dutton
Synopsis: The small town of Gemini, Georgia is all abuzz about the upcoming engagement party of Creighton Wellington to a pretentious, high society girl named Pamela. Evelyn, Creighton's mother and president of the Magnolia Garden Club, will make this event one to remember. The entire town becomes ensnared in the twists and tangles of old flames, late-night happenings at Fran's Booze and Bands, and salon gossip, so what is to be a simple wedding becomes a site of shocking confessions and surprises.
Title: HUMANITY: DEVOLVED
Writer: Greyson Ferguson
Synopsis: It is a time where all disease is curable yet all cures are illegal. Those found to be sick are removed from society without question. Because of this, Kyla Thomas goes to great lengths to hide her son's illness from the authorities. So, when her secret is discovered, Kyla stops at nothing to protect her child.
Title: KINDERGARTEN DETECTIVE
Writer: John Bradley
Synopsis: Rocky Stone, a 5-year-old gumshoe, investigates the biggest case of his life when a valuable diamond goes missing in his class. Rocky must navigate the tangled web of Kindergarten politics to crack the case.
Title: MEGALODON MOTEL
Writer: Shelley Reid
Synopsis: A washed up English stage actor falls for a hot-tempered young woman who is determined to save her grandfather's dilapidated motel from eminent domain.
Title: RICK VAN WINKLE
Writer: Tom Basham
Synopsis: Rick Morgan spins records on the graveyard shift. A Monk hears Rick wants to skip over his struggles and the next morning it's a year later. Rick must learn to live in the present before he wakes up one morning and does not know what he did with his life.
Title: STARS IN MY CROWN
Writer: Len Jenkin
Synopsis: A roadside fortune-teller with a dark past and a young woman in an abusive relationship join together, trying to make their lives free and whole again.
Their plans lead to a violent and unforeseen endgame.
Title: THE LORD'S SOLDIER
Writers: Story by Tom McManus, Devlin Mann, & Lorraine Portman
Screenplay: Lorraine Portman
Synopsis: The Lord's Soldier is a contemporary, supernatural thriller about a married former pro athlete who is abruptly thrust into a mystical, ancient battle between good and evil. To succeed he must find the depth of his faith, discover the strength he has been granted by his higher power, and sacrifice everything he has ever known.
Title: VOYAGE TO FREEDOM
Writer: Larry M. Hedaa
Synopsis: The real life story of Robert Smalls, a slave who obtained freedom for him, his family, and his crew of slaves by boldly pirating a Confederate gun boat and sailing it to the Union fleet blockading Charleston harbor.
Title: YESTERDAY
Writers: John Bradley & Jason Lewis
Synopsis: Randy had it all--a loving family, a dream job. But after a long, hard fall from grace leads to deadly consequences, he's forced to relive his life backwards. Yesterday by yesterday, Randy tries to understand where it all went wrong, and how he can possibly put things right in a world where tomorrow never comes.


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The Project Muse database now provides a new search feature to connect researchers to more articles by a specific author. When a search brings up a citation, the "More By" feature appears for authors listed as contributing to that article. Researchers can simply click on the linked author name to find additional articles in Project Muse by that author. The "More By" feature also provides links to works by the author is the Google Scholar search engine and OCLC WorldCat search engine, both of which are available on the World Wide Web.
The Project Muse database offers journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers and covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. Note: Auburn subscribes to the Standard package.


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Garmin updated its Communicator Plugin on April 3, 2014 to the 4.2.0 version, an upgrade from version 4.1.0. The Garmin Communicator Plugin is a free internet browser plugin that sends and retrieves data from Garmin GPS devices as well as Apple iPhones. The Garmin Communicator can send and retrieve data from any supported website.
- Garmin Communicator supports Windows XP and later
- Supports Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 3.6+, Safari 5+, or Chrome 8+
- This download only supports Windows computers. For the Mac download of Garmin Communicator Plugin click here
- This software requires Windows Media Player 11 or greater (a free download from Microsoft).
Changes made from version 4.1.0 to 4.2.0
- Added support for new aviation database format
Garmin's Communicator Plugin page is located at http://www8.garmin.com/products/communicator/


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I witnessed mile after strip mall infested mile to the hotel, to town, to the airport, and in between, I witnessed these:
- FLAT. F. L. A. T. - A speed bump might be considered a mountain in Houston.
- Christmas pics with pets… I'm not kidding. Dogs and cats are food in parts of the country where I live…
- Beautiful green precision cut lawns. New, just poured? sidewalks everywhere, and not a pedestrian in sight.
- In fact, on my solemn walk, I found out the hard way that not only are pedestrians NOT given the right of way, they are not given ANY way! There were NO pedestrian crossings at the traffic lights!
- I was confused with a Mexican (no doubt) as I WALKED (OMG, unheard of) – as young Mexicanos in pimped up cars slowed down, base thumping, to chat me up in Spanish… are you serious?
- Jack in the box
- Did I mention strip malls?
- Chili's
- Nail salons (in strip malls)
- McDonald's – no seriously. Every 2 blocks. In between the Jack in the Boxes…
- Drive-thru Pharmacies.
- Baby back ribs – like the kind on the Flintstones - massive. YUM!
- Bumpits – for big Texas hair – as seen on TV. This is SOOO Texas stereotype! C'mon people, we need to work at breaking these down, not fulfilling them to the letter… sigh.
- Muslim American military doctor goes postal… kills 13? He'd just been promoted and was headed to Afganistan to help Muslim Americans with their conflicting feelings… This was big news during my 3 day stay. Only in America.
- Restaurant motto on massive sign board – "Walk in – Roll out"
- Sheriff/police eat free policy at all conferences, including ours – Offshore Communications… and they did! Just waddled in, sat down at sponsored event lunches, (at reserved tables), and then waddled out. Wow. Wonder if this is listed in the perks of the job?
- Street names: Beauregard, Rip Van Winkle, Mossycup, Overcup, Broken Bough, Broken Arrow…
You gotta love Houston… or not. In my case, I think there will be no love lost from either side if I don't make it back…
What I gained from the experience? 3 pounds.


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B-boys and their crews are bringing the heat at the World UK B-Boy Championships World Finals as they get their routines ready for a final showdown this weekend.
This year is also the 20th anniversary of the much-anticipated event hosted by hip hop legends Crazy Legs (Rock Steady Crew) and Afrika Islam (Universal Zulu Nation).
There is an array of international judges: Storm (Germany), Mouse (UK), Renegade (UK), Takeo (Japan), Buddha Stretch (USA), Lloyd (Netherlands), Clara (UK), Gemini (France) and Kapela (France).
Plus, two of London's hottest grime artists, Ghetts and Rude Kid Music will be performing their array of solo and collaborative underground hits to the expected sell-out crowd. Both artists produced one of this year's sickest EP's, the 'Six, Five, Three'.
Reeps One will also be showcasing his ridiculous skills live on stage!
There will be a pre-qualifiers for dancers across London on Saturday and the finals will be held at O2 Forum Kentish Town. This year sees the first fully open crew qualifier on day one's prelims on April 9.
The new move enables crews from all over the world a fair chance of competing.


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Purple plad skirt: Present from my mom! (Panama)
White t-shirt: Target
Light blue cardi: Belonged to somebody in my family... I dunno who?
Black tights: Target
Black Nine West belt: TJ max
Black Booties: Payless Shoe Source
Purple purse: Panama
Purple hat: Marshalls
Dolphin craft: Michaels
Where: To the mall and out to dinner at a rotating sushie bar!
Today was an absolute wonderful day! I did my favorite thing in the entire world: shoooopppiiinnnggg!!! weeeee!! After doing some wonderful shopping, me and my boyfriend decided to eat dinner at a rotating sushie bar. It was so cool to see all the sushie plates rotating around the bar, and all we had to do was pick them up! Oh, and I also finished one of my crafts today: a dolphin craft!! It was very easy actually, just had to scratch the black part off in the indicated areas and voila: shiny dolphins!! what do you think, did it turn out good?
In terms of the outfit, I am wearing the third and last plaid skirt my mom gave me for my bday! They each have a different color and different shape, I love all three of them! I'm really liking the blue and purple combo these days, I seem to end up wearing it all the time! I felt even more chic today because of the pretty purple hat I got at Marshalls. I looove the shape of this hat, its sorda retro and feminine.


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Texas isn't the first state to shut down abortion clinics, and it won't be the last.
A stringent new law in the Lone Star State requires abortion doctors to have admitting privileges with a local hospital, a medically unnecessary requirement that's often impossible for doctors to comply with. Since hospitals are often wary to make partnerships with abortion providers, these state laws are effective tools to drive clinics out of business. Texas' law has forced dozens of clinics to close, particularly in rural and underserved areas. After the most recent round of closures, the second-largest state in the country now has a 400-mile swath without a single reproductive health facility that performs abortion services.
This past summer, the fight over Texas' law captured national headlines — and inspired anti-choice lawmakers in other states to adopt the same strategy. Here are the other places that are currently advancing Texas-style restrictions to shutter abortion clinics:
1. Louisiana
Louisiana made headlines earlier this week for a piece of legislation that may require the state to maintain a database of the women who have had an abortion, either surgically or medicinally. The practice of keeping these type of sensitive medical records is not entirely uncommon. Reproductive rights advocates on the ground point out that the package of proposed abortion restrictions also includes other problematic restrictions, like requiring abortion doctors to have admitting privileges with a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic. Another proposed measure threatens to dissuade doctors from performing abortions by requiring them to publicly register as an abortion provider with the state, something that could leave them vulnerable to harassment.
The state's Department of Health and Hospitals has already attempted to regulate abortion clinics out of existence by imposing complicated and burdensome new rules on abortion providers with little public notice. After massive public outcry, those rules were rescinded early last month. But now, through the state legislature, Louisiana could still accomplish the same ends with a different means.
This attack on reproductive rights isn't a surprise to the abortion providers in Louisiana, who expected that Texas would serve as somewhat of a model for their own anti-choice lawmakers. Last month, before the current legislative session again, activists in the state were already expecting to have to combat an admitting privileges bill. "We anticipate the same laws that were proposed and passed in Texas," Amy Irvin, a founding board member of the New Orleans Abortion Fund, told ThinkProgress last month, "and women are already under siege."
2. Oklahoma
Oklahoma lawmakers are currently advancing a measure to require abortion providers to have admitting privileges with a hospital within a 30-mile radius. The bill easily cleared the state Senate on Wednesday, and now heads to the GOP-controlled House. An identical House version passed that chamber back in February.
There's already an admitting privilege requirement on the books in Oklahoma — it just doesn't specify that hospitals must be within 30 miles of the abortion clinics that are seeking privileges. But Rep. Mike Ritze (R), who introduced the House version of the new bill, believes it's necessary to clarify the distance requirement and has boasted that his bill is modeled after Texas'. Last month, during a floor debate over the legislation, Ritze claimed his legislation "adds another protection not only for unborn but for women."
"If this bill passes it could potentially shut down two of the three providers in the state, reducing access to safe, constitutionally-protected abortion to women across Oklahoma," Jill June, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, warned in a statement released immediately after the Senate vote.
3. South Carolina
South Carolina lawmakers are taking up several anti-abortion bills on Thursday, including a proposed bill to require doctors to have admitting privileges. That exact same measure failed last year because reproductive rights supporters pointed out it would force the state's abortion clinics to close, effectively amounting to a back-door ban on the procedure. But that hasn't dissuaded state Sen. Lee Bright (R), who says he's been inspired by Texas to try and replicate "what has worked to prevent abortion."
The state's legislative process allows bills to be easily blocked in the Senate, and pro-choice lawmakers in the state have already promised to fight to prevent the new abortion restrictions from passing.
Just like Louisiana and Oklahoma, South Carolina already has several other regulations on the books that are specifically intended to make it difficult for clinics to stay open — a strategy known as the Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers, or TRAP. The state requires abortion clinics to meet the same standards as outpatient surgical centers, which requires them to make unnecessary renovations like ensuring that clinics' hallways are wide enough to accommodate a stretcher.