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Educational series by Friends of Red Rock Canyon starts May 21An educational talk-and-walk is scheduled at the Red Rock Canyon Open Space Pavilion Wednesday, May 21, starting at 5:30 p.m.
Don Ellis, who has co-authored a book about Red Rock Canyon, will give a brief presentation on the city park's history, then lead a hike to look at features.
The event is sponsored by the Friends of Red Rock Canyon. Signups are being taken at email@example.com or 685-4792. Other talk-and-walks, addressing different aspects of the open space, will be scheduled during the summer, according to David Valier of the Friends group.
A press release includes the following background on Ellis' topic:
"From Ute fortifications to mines and quarries, to railroads and gold mills, to pony rides, to grandiose plans, to public open space, the Red Rock Canyon area has a varied and colorful history.
"When settlers from the east came to Colorado City, the Red Rock Canyon area was explored and exploited for its geologic resources. Tawny sandstone from the Dakota hogback was quarried for Colorado City's earliest stone buildings and for other local buildings. After the Midland Railroad built a spur into Red Rock Canyon, red Lyons sandstone quarried in Red Rock Canyon was shipped as far away as Texas and California. Several mills for milling Cripple Creek ore were built in Colorado City. The first and the last of these were built on the edge of what is now Red Rock Canyon Open Space."
From a press release
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Christopher Kane Gets At '40s With DIY Touches for Spring/Summer 2017
There is a certain abstract artistic beauty about the Christopher Kane spring/summer 2017 ready-to-wear collection as we realize that the designer has gone for everything 1940s British, from the venue that still has the pock marks of the bombings from World War II to the title of the collection that reads Made Do and Mend, referring to the rationing of the war years where women had to make do with what they already had, reworking the materials themselves to freshen up the styles and keep up with their appearances.
The collection itself had very little to do with the 1940s though, instead being a recycling of Kane's own early designs and past life experiences, celebrating his 10-year anniversary by also celebrating his Scottish roots. It is a patchwork of memories that we see, one particular coat printed with souvenir Polaroids, inciting a sense of nostalgia.
The overall looks were pretty intriguing though, with the girls appearing on stage with greasy hair and crocs on their feet; Kane called his girls "radical, sexy, a real predator.' We have no idea if we would agree, but he sure did a number on the runway with his designs!
There were 38 looks overall that appeared on the runway that were captured on photo and video and instantly sent out over social media as we see throughout the show. It surprised us to hear that paganism was also an inspiration, along with rings, lace and little extras remade into a collection that celebrates Kane's 10-year anniversary in the world of fashion.
The London Fashion Week has been rife with interesting designs, and while Christopher Kane does not stand out as the best or worst in anything " possibly those crocs coming in a close bet for worst footwear though, there was much to be seen and admired throughout the show. The collection features a woman who has been scarred and patched up.
For Kane, every woman has been scarred slightly at some point and showing that off, especially for a woman who has had to stand up after every fall, is great. The artistic designs give one pause and have one evaluate once again her view on Kane's workmanship and creativity. We see a few common features that will definitely make it onto the trends reports, including the sheer fabrics that show off chest and legs underneath, the thigh-high slits and the midi cuts to the skirts.
We notice lots of color, and quite a bit of imagination that has been transcribed into wearable art. We love the patterns and the florals, the contrasts on each piece and the overall illusory effects, but we have to wonder at the large amount of short sleeves.
As for the ladies mending their clothing ideal, there is a lot of half-done designs that seem to show off skin and beg the tailor to come back to finish what he or she began. It is certainly not meant for the obsessive perfectionist who likes everything in symmetry.
Photos courtesy of Vogue

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Welcome to our website
This website may be of interest to you if you were a member of the RCAF women's division, or an airwoman CAF member. Retired or not, members of the Canadian Armed Forces may find it interesting getting to know the ladies who lived history.
We provide information about our reunions in the newsletters. The 14th Reunion will be in June of 2019, it is where you can meet old friends and make new ones. We pass on news about local meetings, call outs to those with whom we have lost touch, and pass on the names of those we have lost in our Last Post. This is a non-profit organization, whose executive committee are all volunteers.
We are not a military organization, we do not have military records.
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Red - Refer to the Commandments of God, the 10 commandments.
In Section 2.2 we see that it is extremely important to be ready when Jesus comes, to be accounted worthy to escape the bad things described as happening to the wicked at the end of time. Rather we want Jesus to remember us when He comes!
In Section 2.3 we see how we can get ready so that Jesus will know us and that we will also have the oil that is needed to follow God.
In this section, we will see some of the attributes that God's people have. Look at the Bible texts to see what God's people are like.
When Jesus was on our world the first time, He had to educated what the 10 commandments were all about. The first four commandments speak of our Love for God, and the remaining 6 commandments spell out our love for man.
John connects loving God with keeping God's commandments. Loving God means to do what He says.
David wrote in the 103rd Psalm that it is those who fear God who will be blessed of God. We must note that the word "fear" really means to respect and honor. So it is those who respect and honor God who will have his transgressions removed. The mercy of God is on those who respect and honor God so much that they keep His covenant and remember and keep His commandments.
In Revelation 12, 14, and 22, we see that the remnant, God's People, are those who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
This agrees with everything we have seen in the other parts of the Bible. When Satan go on the rampage, he especially attacks God's people who have the faith of Jesus and keep God's Commandments.
There is a very real reason why Satan is furious with those who honor God by obeying all that God commands. To understand why obedience based on faith is so important, click on this link.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:17.
In Revelation 14, we see that the wicked are those who worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark. Obviously they are not those who are keeping the commandments of God because they say to worship God only. Only those who keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus will be saved.
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12.
Lastly, in Revelation 22, only those who do his commandments will have the right to the tree of life.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Revelation 22:14


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Ep007: Volunteer Opportunities Come in All Shapes and Sizes
By Donna Doyon | Maximizing Mindset , Podcast
In this week's episode, I talk about exploring volunteer opportunities that add magic to your life.
Have you ever been happy with the way something was, but then you learned there was a new and improved version? Initially, you scoffed at the idea that it could get any better.
You shook your head and rolled your eyes (or maybe even rolled your head and shook your eyes!) at why anyone would think they could improve upon perfection!
You gave the new "whatever" a try and found yourself impressed–even amazed! Yes, this was EVEN BETTER than the original!
That's what volunteering can do. It can add even more to your already great life. And if you feel like your life is lacking in some way, volunteering might be the piece that is missing.
See pictures of our wood stacks at www.snailsontrails.com.
Organizations mentioned in this episode:
Maine Huts & Trails – Maine Huts & Trails is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create and operate a world-class system of backcountry trails and eco-lodges for people-powered recreation to enhance the economy, communities and environment of Maine's Western Mountain region, for the benefit of current and future generations.
ProLiteracy – In 2002, Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers of America, merged to create ProLiteracy
Tri for a Cure – an annual triathlon to support the Maine Cancer Foundation
Animal Shelters
Medical causes
Veteran's Organizations
Did you know that organizations can qualify for grant monies based on the number of volunteer hours served in their organization?


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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Larry Buttrose with Robert Graves, Deya, Mallorca, July 1976
by Larry Buttrose
I stepped out onto the steep cobbled street outside the Villa Verde. I had arrived at the hostal's door in the wilting afternoon heat of the day before, after having taken the overnight ferry from Barcelona, and the bus up from Palma, along with the locals in breeches and headscarves carrying bound clucking chickens on their laps.
I strolled down towards the centre of the village and the Cafe Del Monde. The hostal keeper had told me everyone in Deya spends at least an hour or so there every day, and thought it would be as good a place as any to begin my quest. After all the hitches and delays of my time back in Barcelona waiting for the letter from Graves's secretary that hadn't come, I sensed now the final obstacle might just be overcome.
I had only walked some twenty metres down from the Villa Verde when I saw a pale, pink-faced man staring absent-mindedly out his front window onto the laneway, drying teacups with a white tea-towel. I greeted him and he responded with a smile. He turned out to be English, quite. I explained that I was visiting Deya hoping to meet the poet Robert Graves. He replied that Robert would be calling for tea in less than half an hour, and would I be so kind as to join them.
Martin embodied Robert Morley in the role of Oscar Wilde. Affable and arch in strictly equal amounts, his vocation was writing musical comedies for children, the scores of which were scattered throughout his stone cottage. The front room was dominated by an enormous oak table, which I saw was set for tea: bread, butter, tea cups, saucers and plates, and jam, Martin confided, made by Robert's wife Beryl.
He prepared a pot of tea, taking his in staccato sips. This was, he informed me, probably the finest tea in the entire world, a vestige of contacts between his family and Asian traders going back quite some time. As he spoke, over his shoulder I saw a huge bank of cloud, entirely black, swirl in across the escarpment that soared behind the village and blot out the sky in a moment.
Regulars at his long-running daily tea party, Martin continued on, included Colin Wilson, Robert of course, and a miscellany of Huxleys. He stopped speaking just then and turned to the glass-panelled front door, where an old man stood outside, smiling. He was rigged out in the style almost of an actor, in white suit, black Spanish felt hat, and a blue-striped vest with silver buttons. The facial features were as he once himself related: nose bent, lips full but ascetic, eyes blue, wide and clear.
'I think it will rain. Do you think it will rain?' His words came in a lilting rush, trilled like a child's, with a similar earnestness.
'I don't know Robert,' Martin sighed, 'but do come in.'
Over tea Graves spoke at length of the weather, of what it had been like the day before, what might eventuate today, and predictions for tomorrow. There seemed a fitting sense of propriety to it though: a poet, a great poet, at the end of his life, quietly obsessing about the weather over tea.
After taking our leave from Martin we walked through the village out to his house, about a kilometre away. The storm clouds vanished from the peak as suddenly as they had come, and the afternoon sun was hot. We toiled up a long slow rise past olive groves, until he bounded on ahead of me, instantly playful.He regarded it as a wonderful joke that he could easily outdistance this visitor more than half a century his junior. He was a very fit man, particularly for one reported dead from war wounds sixty years previously.
The house was in the local style, double-storey sandstone with green shutters. Gardens flourished about it and a cool neatness within. I met his wife Beryl, a charming no-nonsense woman, who politely requested I not to tire him with too much talk. He had only returned from London that day, where he had been attending the shooting of the BBC's television adaptation of I Claudius.
I enquired about his secretary, with whom I had made the initial arrangements for my visit. I had first written, entirely out of the blue, from Adelaide, with my request, enclosing half a dozen of my poems, and had been astonished when a reply had soon come that Mr Graves would see me. But after arriving in Spain I had received no further word, and crucially nothing awaited me at Poste-Restante in Barcelona, as had been agreed, regarding the timing of my visit. I had come somewhat to enjoy the waiting though, it had to be admitted, immersing myself in the piquantly perilous demi-monde of Barcelona.
Beryl answered that the secretary had left them some weeks previously. I realised that my letters, addressed to her by name, would have followed her all the way to her new post, somewhere in Switzerland.
I went into the living room where Graves was seated in an armchair. He pointed out a book on a shelf, and I brought it to him. It was his Five Pens In Hand, a collection of criticism and essays I had read. He pointed with a craggy forefinger to a page and I read selections out loud as he requested: On Pope: 'A sedulous ape'. On Shelley: 'Voice is too shrill'. On Wordsworth: 'He disowned and betrayed his Muse.' On Pound: 'Cloacal ranting, snoot-cocking, pseudo-professorial jargon.' On Dylan Thomas: 'He gave his radio audiences what they wanted.' On Eliot: 'His poetic heart has died and has been given a separate funeral, but he continues to visit the grave wistfully and lay flowers on it.' And on Auden: 'The prescribed style of the 50s - compounded of all the personal styles available.'
I looked up at him, and saw he was watching me closely. The smile of a cheeky child was upon his lips. His eyes were cloudless skies. The rough old skin around his mouth bunched as he let out a laugh. The forefinger left the book, and pointed to his own forehead with its wisps of white hair on end. 'Poets these days,' he said, 'not much knowledge.'
I wished to defend Shelley and his voice, debate Eliot's mournful wreaths and Pound's ranting and Auden's style, but he had passed on. His eyes were on the window now, fixed on the distant escarpment, where again storm clouds jostled. The range was dark as the slopes of Harlech he had once climbed: I imagined him back there now, a young man alone up where the vapours swirled.
Beryl came in with tea on a tray and sat with us, but Robert's attention remained fixed on the window. Then apparently tuning back in to the room, he turned and asked where I was travelling next. I said I intended going to Ireland, that I had ancestors from there. He looked at me, entirely lucid now, with real concern on his features: 'You're not Catholic are you?'
'Certainly not,' I replied, feigning shock. He laughed at this, as did Beryl. Nonetheless they seemed genuinely relieved, for my sake. 'Anything but,' I added. He gave me a slight nod, and another childlike smile.
'I came here to request your Poet's Blessing,' I said. The words sounded too loud to me as I spoke them, and hung in the air.
Graves looked at me once more. This time it was a stare, of scrutiny, one which assessed me utterly - my youth, my doubts and faults, my all-too obvious naiveté. Yet, he nodded.
'You have it,' he said.
Not long after, I walked back out through the gardens and out gate, and started the walk back to the village. It was hot again. For the second time in the afternoon the clouds had vanished from the mountain and the sun was strong. Perhaps there was something to the weather worth his attention after all.
Twenty one years later I went back to Deya to research a novel based on my experiences and discovered that now it was called Deia. The Villa Verde hadn't changed though, and even the old hostal keeper was still there. She even said she recognised me; I doubted it, but felt flattered nonetheless.
At breakfast on the hostal terrace I met two middle-aged women from Berlin. Heidi was a strong blonde fifty-year-old, fit and travelled, ringed and jewelled, with a husband back in Germany. Greta was a few years younger, dark and demure: getting over a divorce, Heidi mentioned.
In the early evening I encountered Greta on the main street. She was looking for Heidi because they had planned to go to an art gallery opening at La Residencia, the village's swish hotel. 'Owned by Richard Branson,' Greta said. 'Lady Di stays there.' She thought Heidi might have gone shopping in Palma, and asked me if I would accompany her to the exhibition. As I had no other plans beyond a drink in the town's only remaining cheap bar, I happily agreed.
The gate of La Residencia opened into an enclave of serene courtyards and shady nooks, of massive flagstones and tumbled blossom. The buildings were solid, beautifully dressed stone, and fronted by a line of dining tables that overlooked a lush garden and croquet lawn. One could not help but wonder how much of the village water supply went into keeping it that green.
The exhibition was in a side-room off a courtyard, and by the time we arrived a small crowd was milling about. They were nearly all arty Deia locals, many of them in their sixties and seventies, with short-cropped steel grey or white hair, dressed in linen. Most had deep suntans, especially the women, their skin purple-brown from years of baking in the sun.
Greta and I went inside to look at the work, which appeared mainly to be paintings of iridescent-coloured goldfish in iridescent-coloured water. The tones reminded me of the "Young Artists" of Bali, and I wondered if the artist had spent time there.When I asked Greta what she thought of the work, she seemed nervous about responding.
'I don't really know,' she stuttered.
'What, you don't know if you like it?'
'No. I would need to discuss it with Heidi I think. What do you think of it?'
'Well, it's not really to my taste.'
'You mean you don't like?'
'It's a bit too decorative for me.'
'Oh,' she said, then looked at me. 'What does that mean, too decorative?'
I opened my mouth to reply, but realising the scale of what would need to be said, shrugged instead. 'Perhaps we'd better have a drink,' I said, moving towards the trestle table bar with its brimming vat of sangria.
'Do you think they will let us drink?'
'Why wouldn't they? It's a gallery opening.'
'I don't know. Perhaps they won't.'
I asked the barman for two sangrias, but then Greta was afraid to take it. 'It might get me drunk.'
'I don't think one sangria will get you drunk. It's not strong. It's mainly fruit pieces. Look.'
'Yes, I know,' she said, 'and that is where all the alcohol hides.'
'Have a soft drink then.'
'I'll take a Pepsi please,' she told the barman, and he poured it for her and placed it on the white tablecloth next to the sangria already there for her.
'You mean, you'd rather have a Pepsi than a sangria?'
'Yes. Why not?'
'But, it's horrible, Pepsi.'
'Well, you know I do prefer Coke, yes, but they do not appear to have it.'
She went to take the Pepsi, but her hand stopped. 'You say the sangria is not strong.'
'No, it is not strong.'
'Perhaps then I have the sangria.'
'I think that's a good decision.'
'But perhaps not.'
The barman and I both watched quietly fascinated as for the next few moments her hand went from glass to glass, touching, almost taking each. The tiny drama was punctured by the sudden arrival of Heidi. Greta was so glad to see her that she threw her arms around her, and it seemed for a moment she would cry.
'Where have you been!!'
'Palma. Only to Palma. Have you got a drink?'
'Yes, yes,' Greta said, snatching up the sangria and sipping. 'It's very nice.'
'Yes it's a good drink sangria.'
Heidi and I kissed cheeks, and the pair of them drifted off, and I asked the barman for a refill.
The crowd was building up, and the vat of sangria was already visibly drained. The locals caught up, hugged, gossiped. One woman told me she had come from England twenty years ago for a holiday and never gone back.
'Never, not even to visit family, friends?'
'No!' she declared. 'And do you know, when I came I was going to paint, I was going to write, I was going to do so much! And do you know what I've done here these last twenty years? Nothing! Absolutely nothing! And it's wonderful!'
Later I found myself speaking with a woman originally from Segovia. She had lived many years on Mallorca, and introduced me to her daughter, a wispy blond angel.
'Ah, and here is my husband too,' she said, 'Tomas.'
We shook hands. Tomas was a tall man in a bone-grey linen suit. He had a long face and a thick, straight grey hair, full lips and blue eyes. I would have recognised him anywhere.
'Is your surname Graves, by any chance?'
'You're Robert's son.'
'One of them, yes. The youngest.'
He had a trilling, amused voice and a charming yet almost shy manner. I told him how I had come to the village two decades before to meet his father, and asked him if he wrote too.
'Well, yes,' he said, 'I have just written a book, although it's not literature.' He went on to describe the book, which advised people on how to maintain houses on Mallorca when they buy them as absentee landlords. 'It's a problem here. You see, so many people, from Germany, England, mainland Spain, buy old houses. But they don't know how to maintain them, and they go to ruin.'
I asked him if he had read his father's work very much.
'Yes, the novels. And the poetry.'
'What about The White Goddess?'
'A rather difficult book really,' he said. 'I think a lot of people have trouble with it. Do you know it's only recently been discovered that when the second edition came out in the early 1950s, a whole paragraph got transposed. It's been in the wrong place ever since, but the mistake has only just come to light.'
'You mean a whole generation of readers didn't realise there was anything wrong?'
'That's right!'
'Well I've read it a couple of times, and I didn't realise it.'
He laughed. 'Well there you are then. Did you enjoy it?'
'Yes. A remarkable book.'
He nodded politely.
'I've visited your father's grave up at the churchyard,' I said. 'I was surprised it wasn't crowded with literary pilgrims.'
'Sometimes there are quite a few people up there. People like to leave him things too. We find poems they've left. The other week someone left a kilo of peaches.'
The crowd divided in front of us, and I saw a man in a long black raincoat with orange face-paint and a fish mask on the top of his head come towards us sucking water from a plastic bottle and squirting it up in the air through a plastic straw.
'Oh, I think the performance is starting,' Tomas said.
The artist made his way to a small podium where he stood up with a handwritten sheet held with arm outstretched, and declaimed a poem about water. Before each mention of"water" he would take a mouthful from the bottle and then gargle the word. It went on for about five minutes. As it ended, a big man with a steel grey crewcut elbowed me and muttered "Christ". I wondered what Robert would have said.
Through a contact I made in the village I got a telephone number for Beryl and dialled it in the booth on the main street. She answered, and I explained that I had met her briefly twenty years before when I had come and met Robert. I wondered if it would be possible to drop by briefly. She was very welcoming, and suggested I come by at four o'clock that afternoon.
Robert and Beryl married during World War II, after he and the American poet Laura Riding ended their more than decade long relationship. He had met Laura in 1926, and soon afterwards his first marriage broke down. He and Laura moved to Spain, to Deya - which Gertrude Stein had told them was "paradise, if you can stand it" - and they had lived there until 1939, when Laura returned to the US. Robert and Beryl moved back to Deya soon after the end of World War II.
I bought a fruit flan at the village bakery and set out in warm afternoon sun for the walk to Canellun. After a few minutes I saw it up ahead, double storeyed with its green shutters.
I opened the iron gate and stepped inside the walled garden, passed a grove of orange trees and a shed, and walked up to the back door, which I remembered from my time here before gave entry to the kitchen. I knocked once, and two small dogs rushed up barking. Behind them was Beryl, kindly-looking, smiling warmly, grey hair still as thick as that of her son Tomas.
We shook hands and she showed me into the kitchen. I gave her the fruit flans I had bought.
'Ah, from the bakery. They look very nice. I think we'll need spoons to eat these.'
We sat on the sofa with tea and talked. She had now lived for fifty years in Canellun. When she and Robert first came here together, just after World War II, they had to fetch wood to chop for heating. They had no car, she said, and the bus only went into Palma once a day, at 7.30 in the morning. Electricity came on in the mornings and went off late at night, after the mayor and owner of the little hydro turbine closed up the sluice gate.
'You were always working, just trying to keep up with the necessities in those days,' she said. 'These days it's easier, but now there are so many cars on the road. Back then you could walk down the road and not see a single one.'
She mentioned she had been working with a collaborator, putting together Robert's complete poems, and showed me the first volume of it, a very handsome edition.
'There will two more. I have galleys for the second, and the third will have some poems previously uncollected.'
I mentioned the anecdote Tomas had told me - that an entire paragraph had been misplaced in one of the early editions of The White Goddess, and somehow no-one had noticed ever since. She elaborated on it, saying a poet working for the publisher had found the mistake in painstakingly picking through the text. He had been working on it because a new edition was being published soon to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its publication.
She showed me the typescript introduction written for the anniversary edition and indicated the passage that had long been misplaced, now put right.I marvelled that I had not realised it when I read it, nor had anyone else for that matter: but then, I supposed, it was that kind of book.
'T.S. Eliot at Faber accepted the original manuscript you know, after it had been rejected by other publishers. Even The Greek Myths was rejected at first. It was hard for us when it happened, because we had no money at the time. But then Penguin picked it up, and it's been in print ever since.'
As she topped up our cups, I looked around me. There was a screen print of Graves in his familiar Spanish hat on the wall, and a magazine of the Robert Graves Society on the coffee table, and a few other pieces of memorabilia, but I sensed little of him lingering here. It felt as if it had slipped the knot of life cleanly, and gone wherever spirits go.
I mentioned to Beryl that when I had first visited, I had come in with Robert and she had been standing in the kitchen, and asked me not to tire him out with too much talk. We had gone in and had our talk, and I had asked him to give me his poet's blessing, and he done so. 'As he had been blessed,bySwinburne,' I said.
'Yes, pity it was Swinburne,' Beryl replied. 'I suppose he was all there was about. And you know he was blessed by someone, Tennyson...? and someone blessed him... Wordsworth was it...? anyway it goes back quite a way.'
I said I suspected Robert might not be very proud of me, because even with his blessing I hadn't done much as a poet, my works barely known in my own country, much less beyond it. I didn't even write poetry as much as I would like, and dwelt more in the realm of prose writers nowadays.
She regarded me closely. 'Oh, don't worry, you'll get back to it. You've got plenty of time.'
'I would like to place some flowers on Robert's grave,' I said, 'and was wondering if you could suggest what kind of flower he would like the most.'
'Oh, any will do,' Beryl smiled. 'Robert didn't care about things like that very much. You know, before he died, people asked where he wanted to buried - the Deia churchyard or Westminster Abbey. And he said, I don't care, once I'm dead what does it matter? He was always like that. He is buried in the churchyard of course, but funnily enough he is also in Westminster, in Poets' Corner with the War Poets, because when they did the War Poets he was still living, but they wanted him to be part of it, so he is there too.'
That is a kind of fate only a poet might know, I couldn't help but think, to be buried in more than one place.
After our tea Beryl took me up to Robert's writing room, at the far end of the house: 'he went up there every morning after breakfast and shut the door - and no-one could enter until he came out.' There she also showed me annotated first editions of their own poems that he and Laura Riding had printed on their Seizin Press.
I asked her about Laura Riding.
'She was a nice person, very lively,' Beryl said. 'But she often caused breaks between Robert and other people. But I liked her. There is a biography being written now, you know. Several all of a sudden, I think. You know how it is with publishing.'
Something more came then that I wanted to ask her, about how she had felt about his muses - the various other women he had found as sources of poetic inspiration - whether she and Robert had worked it out between them, and how honest he had been about his feelings.
But I didn't ask. Instead I said: 'With biographies it's of course usually the things left out that are the most interesting,'and she nodded agreement.
Beryl walked me back down the path, and farewelled me at the gate with a handshake and a smile.
As I walked away, back towards the village, in sunshine as hot as it had been those 21 years before, I realised that she was right, that it didn't matter what flowers you took to Robert's grave. He was never sentimental, but was as tough-minded yet alive to every breeze and bud as every poet should be.
Posted by Larry Buttrose at 5:43 PM
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What a beautuful journey you just took me on. I was truly sorry when it ended. Thank you so much.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Yes, most evocative, thank you. The link for Sirocco at Deia is a good idea, since so many of us have only focused on Graves as a prose writer.ReplyDelete
Thanks very much Michelle and Blazenka... delighted you both enjoyed the journey.ReplyDelete
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Don't Make a Habit of Cold-Calling
No Limit: Don't Make a Habit of Cold-Calling
The purpose of what follows is to serve as a warning against the folly of cold-calling but, as is so often the case, it should be pointed out that there are, of course, times when calling a raise is a feasible play.
We're dealing primarily with short-handed games here because it's easy to keep drifting into passivity and losing out in the marginal, difficult situations that are best avoided, but cold-calling tends not to be a good idea in full table games, either (at least the 'upside' with more players involved is that we should be able to get better odds).
Once again the general 'rule' that, out of the three options available to us when facing a raise,
either re-raising or folding tend to be more appropriate responses than merely (cold-) calling. Folding is easy(!), while re-raising has the advantage of winning the occasional pot right there as well as putting us in the driving seat – and putting the opponent under pressure instead of ourselves.
Depending on what strength of hand we're calling with, the problem with this rather passive strategy can be two-fold in that not only are we obligingly surrendering the initiative to the opposition, but there is a danger of doing so while dominated. And to compound the problem, too many players make this mistake pre-flop which, from a psychological viewpoint, can subsequently lead to feeling they should commit further to the cause if they connect with the flop, in turn leading to potentially serious trouble. It's bad enough wasting money through careless, thoughtless cold calling and then having to surrender the pot having missed the flop, but could be disastrous with typically problematic hands like KTo and QJo, 'hitting' and being dominated through to the river.
Clearly, these bad scenarios are going to far outnumber those times when we hit and win. Keep this in mind when you next find yourself on the verge of automatically cold-calling!
Good luck at the tables!
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As the years go by, we sometimes forget our high school days. The journalism department along with our technology department has decided to help you to remember some of those memories that were tucked away. By scanning "old" yearbooks, we are able to bring you back to your high school days. We will continue to add "old" yearbooks, but we need your help!
The link below will take you to the yearbooks that we have received and digitized. Just click the year you would like to see. Be advised the PDF files contained within these folders are large files as the images contained within them are full print quality for your enjoyment and use. Due to the file size, online viewing is not enabled. You must download the yearbook(s) of your choice and open them locally on your computer. To open PDF files on your computer, you will need to have a PDF viewer installed such as Adobe Reader.
If you would like to help contribute to our collection, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com, or you can drop off your yearbook at the front office. We are missing many, many years, so if you have one or more of those years and would be willing to share it with us for approximately one week, we would be much appreciative. Remember, IT TAKES A VILLAGE, and I can't think of a better village than the east end of Perry County.
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MTG 054: #2 Ranked GLORY Middleweight Contender Wayne Barrett Talks GLORY 18
Muay Thai Guy Podcast – Episode #54
GLORY #2 ranked Middleweight, Wayne Barrett, has come a long way in his relatively short professional career. From breaking in with a bang at GLORY 9 and now being one of the top prospects aiming for a title shot, Wayne is looking forward to his upcoming fight against Jason Wilnis at GLORY 18 on November 7th in Oklahoma, US! Besides that we also discuss:
- His quick rise in the professional rankings of GLORY
- What it was like facing Joe Schilling at GLORY 10 in NY and how the trash talk was a new aspect of the game he had to learn.
- How he was able to use the back-and-forth banter as a positive thing and what he learned from the whole experience.
- What is was like training for the GLORY Last Man Standing 8-man tournament and how it differed from his normal training regimen.
- How he mentally prepared for the tournament and what ran through his mind during his two fights.
- If his game plan changed at all during his fight with Schilling knowing that he could potentially fight Artem Levin in the finals.
- What is was like losing that fight and how he was able to eventually overcome the setback.
- His upcoming fight against Dutch stylist, Jason Wilnis and what he expects from his opponent.
- Why he gets in trouble for speaking his mind during interviews and why he doesn't plan on keeping a filter anytime soon.
- What he really thinks about the Dutch style of kickboxing and what he plans on doing at Glory 18.
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Brookfield Township (Ohio) Zoning
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* This website is presented to provide accurate and timely information regarding the 2017 Brookfield Township (Ohio) Zoning project. The information on this site, provides township residents the means to read the 2017 Brookfield Township Zoning Resolution document that supports the resolution that will appear on the November 7th, 2017, Trumbull County General Election Ballot and to view related questions and answers that members of the community have presented. The key element of Zoning, is that it puts land (i.e., property) to uses for which is best suited. * The 2017 Brookfield Township Zoning Resolution was compiled by a commission of township residents selected by the Brookfield Township Board of Trustees. They are an all-volunteer team from all walks of life, and representing the township community. The seven member commission is comprised of a Chairperson, a Vice-Chair, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Member-At-Large, and two Alternate Members. A volunteer (gratis), independent consultant was used in the creation of the 2017 Zoning Resolution Product to insure all information provided, was accurate, timely, and in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code for Township Zoning and to coordinate the standards and requirements of the Trumbull County (Ohio) Planning Commission. Disclaimer: Please know that the Brookfield Township Zoning resolution and the Brookfield Township Property Code Enforcement program are NOT the same thing. The Property Code Enforcement resolution was passed by public vote in 2008. Zoning and Code Enforcement are mutually exclusive, but can and should support each other for the overall betterment of the township. Questions not identified in the Question and Answer segment here, can be emailed to the Zoning Commission Secretary, Mr. Gary Yonchak, at email@example.com or to Mr. Todd Fencyk, the Zoning Commission Chair, at firstname.lastname@example.com Responses to questions will be provided relevant only to the 2017 Zoning Resolution. Inquiries regarding the Brookfield Township Property Code Enforcement program are asked to be forwarded to the Brookfield Township Board of Trustees and the Brookfield Township Property Code Enforcement Officer, telephone (330) 448-6960.


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A report into police corruption claims that criminal gangs were able to access Metropolitan Police files pretty much at will, bribing their way into confidential murder investigation reports and learning about surveillance operations so some could evade prosecution.
According to quotes obtained by the Independent, the police force's Operation Tiberius campaign has uncovered numerous cases of corruption, including the case of two defendants in a drug trafficking case who "paid £15,000 into a fund" to give to police officers in return for destroying an incriminating surveillance log.
Other cases include a corrupt officer trying to convince a colleague that a defendant in a drug trafficking case was a "nice fella" and that a sizeable "security contract" might come his way in return for conspiring to get the criminal off the hook. [Independent]


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Working with PHP, PEAR and MAMP
So I am starting to play around with [PEAR](http://pear.php.net "The PHP Extension and Application Repository") in my PHP development and since I use [MAMP](http://www.mamp.info/ "living-e AG: MAMP – Mac – Apache – MySQL – PHP") I thought I better brush up on getting these extensions to load via the command line like they show for each extension. Knowing that MAMP works things a little differently than what's already on my Mac I knew that there would be some trick to getting this to work. A quick Google search brought me to [this article](http://www.gringod.com/2007/02/27/using-mamp-on-a-mac/ "GrinGod [dot] Com » Using MAMP on a Mac") which taught me just what I needed. Sweet!


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2015 Porsche Macan First Drive: A Hatchback SUV Worthy of the Porsche Crest
The 2015 Porsche Macan SUV is so much Porsche, but not so much SUV. Porsche Style VP Michael Mauer told us not to think of the Macan as so much a baby brother to the Cayenne SUV, but as a "big brother to the 911." Immutable truth, that.
Spirited by Porsche off of the Audi Q5 SUV, which it in no way resembles, the Macan comes off more as a luxury 5-door super-hatchback with all-wheel drive. It arrives in the U.S. this May, in two forms: the $50,895 Macan S and the $73,295 Macan Turbo. Those names can be a bit misleading because both Macan variations are powered by twin-turbocharged V6 engines.
Twin-turbo Engines, Double-clutch Gearboxes
We'll lead with those two engines because if you're talking Porsche, you're a knucklehead if you don't start with the engines. Macan S models employ a 3.0-liter V6 rolling out 340 horsepower and Kansas-flat line of 339 lb-ft of torque from 1,450 rpm all the way up to 5,000. The real performance, however, comes from the Macan Turbo's 400-horsepower 3.6-liter. That twin-turbo V6 has an answer for everything. From 406 lb-ft of low-end thrust that starts at 1,350 rpm and pretty much keeps the heat on right up to its 6,700-rpm redline.
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Standard on both Macan models, Porsche's 7-speed PDK double-clutch automatic transmission turns in a hall-of-fame performance of near-instant, seamless up and down shifting. The transmission has to work a little harder to keep the 3.0-liter Macan S in full fly mode, while closer to an ideal setup with the PDK, the 3.6-liter needs no help and wastes no time in getting the Macan Turbo from zero to 60 mph in well under five seconds. The PDK also includes a "Sport" button on the center console that ups both the redline and the shift points, adds more snap to the shifts, and even puts more growl into the Macan's exhaust note. U.S. fuel-economy numbers are yet to be determined.
A Track Natural
Fitted with electronically controlled all-wheel drive and 19-inch wheels, the Macan takes to the track like a natural, although a natural heavyweight: well over 4,000 pounds. The all-wheel-drive starts out heavily rear-biased, but can send torque instantly and as needed to the front or rear wheels to help ensure control and grip. Despite the Macan's tendency to drift a bit, there are very few cars -- are far fewer SUVs -- that can waltz so cleanly into high-speed corners without even a hint of unpredictability.
On the open road, the Macan keeps luxury-car quiet. The standard suspension setup is sporty without getting in the way, while the Porsche Active Suspension Management system (PASM) -- standard on the Macan Turbo, optional on the S -- lets you further tighten up both the suspension and the already-responsive electric steering for even sharper handling. Optional on both Macan models is an air suspension that ups the comfort and sport levels even further, and can push the SUV's 7.8-inch ground clearance to over nine inches.
No Macadam Needed for Macan
Pressing the "Off-Road" button -- also on the center console, also standard on every Macan -- sets the vehicle up for work beyond the pavement. In Off-Road mode, the Macan's drive-system elements like the transmission shift points, the all-wheel-drive torque distribution, and the throttle response are all geared to find and maintain optimal traction. While it doesn't wade as deep or scramble as high as the Cayenne, the Macan is still capable of venturing beyond the city lights.
Also: 10 Best Luxury Cars Under $40,000
Every Porsche Macan interior, from the Turbo's leather-and-brushed-aluminum down to the base S's piano black trim and suede-ish Alcantara seat inserts, pays attention to you. The front seats greedily engulf you. Big Porsche gauges let you know the scores. And the multifunction sport steering wheel -- a nod to Porsche's new 918 Spyder supercar -- feels sports-car ready. Technically a 4-seater, I'd hate to be occupants #3 and #4 -- headroom is endless, but the Macan's second row is legroom stingy.
The Great Indoors
From the front seats, the view out the windshield is IMAX 3D wide, and it's very easy to see what's happening in traffic beside and behind you. The space under the rear hatch is good, but what's really impressive is the gaping mouth of the rear hatch opening. Beneath that hatch, the flat, 17.7-cubic-foot cargo floor can be expanded to 53 cubic feet by dropping the 40/20/40 split/folding 2nd-row seat. That cargo space, by the way, is not impressive compared to Porsche's stated SUV competitors like the BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLK.
If you need a Porsche SUV, the Cayenne is still you best bet. But if you crave a sportier Porsche personality, but sometimes need to haul volumes on surfaces not suited to a 911 or a Cayman, put your money on a 2015 Porsche Macan.
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Shakti Sikkim Village Walk | Northeast India
Located in the North East of India, the Buddhist Kingdom of Sikkim shares borders with Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal and is nestled in the heart of India's Eastern Himalayan range. Sikkim has a uniquely diverse landscapes and a cultural mosaic under the looming presence of the world's third highest mountain, Kanchenjunga (8,598m).
The Shakti Sikkim Village Walk is quite simply the most authentic way to unravel the wonders of this unspoilt, rural and naturally breathtaking corner of India's Himalayan region.
Note Shakti Sikkim is operational from Oct 01 - Apr 20*
*The closing date can change from year to year depending on weather.
Please note that Shakti Sikkim will remain closed from Dec 20 to Jan 15, depending on weather conditions. If you do have an enquiry, however, please get in touch with us and we will revert back accordingly.
Shakti Sikkim Village Walk
From either Delhi or Calcutta, morning flight to Bagdogra
Meet/greet by guide/driver and driven to the Rinchenpong area where the Shakti Village walks are located.
At an altitude of 6400ft, Rinchenpong is a pretty un-spoilt Himalayan town. Our Sangdyang Lee House, offers fantastic views of the Kanchenjunga massif and is a modern structure belonging to a local politician. We chose this particular house because there are only a few old structures around (in a region that bears the full brunt of the monsoon between June and September), but also because it has a stunning location and is very comfortable (with three en-suite bedrooms) and first and foremost has a wonderfully welcoming and interactive family.
In the early evening, you will be given an introductory briefing of your tour by your Shakti guide. This will be followed by drinks and snacks around the fire, under the stars and then a delicious dinner.
Overnight: Shakti Village House at Sandyang Lee - Fully Inclusive
Distance: 127km
Altitude: 1950m
After breakfast, your guide will present you with an option of walking down to the Sandyang Lee village nearby. This gradual walk of around 4-5 hours will give you a glimpse of the local lifestyle practiced here and an interesting rendezvous at the typical mountain village market in Rinchenpong. Later, visit a local school (carol academy) in the area (please note that this may change depending on school holidays and Sundays). The walk can be shortened depending on how you are feeling.
You then enter the village of Hatti Dunga, where you will be served a delicious picnic lunch. After lunch cross an old traditional Lepcha house which is 150 years old. You will then return to the house for a leisurely evening and an in-house dinner prepared by the Shakti chef.
Overnight: Sangdyang Lee Village House - Fully Inclusive
Distance: 11.6km
Distance 11.6 km
For those who wish to, rise up early this morning and walk to the Rinchenpong Monastery where you can participate in the early morning prayers. After the prayers you will walk back to Sandyang Lee for breakfast.
After breakfast, walk uphill (268 stairs) and come across a family monastery which is around 200 years old. You can enjoy the 360˚ view of the stunning mountains on a clear day. You will then follow the trail down via the Rinchenpong monastery again with stunning mountain views continuing through the charming village of Bhasmay.
Continue walking to arrive at Kaluk village which is a small Himalayan town where you begin to climb uphill for approximately half an hour. You will reach the highest hillock in the area, where you will be walking along the ridge with the mountains running parallel to you. You will then enter the village of Jowbari, where you will be served a delicious picnic lunch.
As you continue you will reach Bermiok monastery, and then Dunga Dara, and continue to the charming village of Hee – your next village house.
Overnight: Shakti Village House at Hee - Fully Inclusive
Distance: 15 km
Altitude: 2100m
This morning if the weather is clear, your guide will wake you at dawn to view the Pemayangste Hill and the great Himalayan range. The sight of the sun rising with Kanchenjunga in the background is truly unforgettable. Enjoy the stunning view with a hot cup of tea.
After breakfast, you will start your walk with a gentle climb uphill walking through the Red Panda wildlife sanctuary till your trail reaches a stream. Following the stream you will reach a path which is one of the oldest trade routes ever established in this part of the mountains. After walking along this path for two hours you will reach your village house Radhu Khandu.
The house at Radhu Kandu is a charming traditional Sikkimese house with two bedrooms and outside toilets and showers (built by Shakti), the family are fantastic (the owner being a particular character), the location is sublime and there is nothing better than having tea in the sit out room which has 270° views of the area.
Overnight: Shakti Village House at Radhu Khandu - Fully Inclusive
Distance: 10km
Altitude: 1960m
This day's walk begins after breakfast and if possible the owner of the house will accompany you through the laid back village of Khandu. Carrying on further through the cardamom fields, you will then take a tea break at one of the local houses owned by a retired school teacher whose life long experiences become a point of great conversation. Later you will follow a path which leads to the beautiful 150 years old monastery and follow a path to the rhododendron ridge for a delicious picnic lunch.
Later walk back to your village house and have a special last evening with your Shakti team!
Overnight: Shakti Village House at Radhu Khandu - Fully Inclusive
Distance: 12km
Day 06 / Radhu Khandu – Bagdogra - Kolkata
After breakfast, you will walk back down to the road head (around 20 minutes).
From here you will be driven for about 5 hours to the Bagdogra Airport for your departure flight.
Land Cost
Price per person in SGD dollars
- SGD 5,365 ~ Adult Twin
- There is no single supplement on the village walks
- We reserve the right to change the order in which you walk the houses
- Oct 01, 2016 – Apr 20, 2017
- All airport and land transfers as indicated in itinerary
- 02 nights pre/post tour accommodation in Twin-share Premier Room at the Oberoi Grand Calcutta Houses with breakfast
- 05 nights accommodation in Village Houses on a fully inclusive (twin/double share) basis, including all meals, all drinks
- The Village Houses will always be private, i.e. just for your party
- All meals as indicated in itinerary
- An accompanying English-speaking guide, cook, support guide and porters
- All trekking arrangements including permits and fees, guide, porters and cook
- Air passage to/from Bagdogra (IXB) airport; we will advise airfare and terms/conditions of carriage
- India Visa, and visa application fee
- Travel insurance
- Tips & gratuities to guide and driver
- Expenses of a personal nature, e.g. phone calls, Internet access, laundry, soft/hard beverages, etc.
- Any other items not specified above in Inclusions
- There is no single supplement on the village walks
- We reserve the right to change the order in which you walk the houses
About Shakti Sikkim
The Shakti Sikkim Village Experience is quite simply the most authentic way to unravel the wonders of this unspoilt, rural and naturally breathtaking corner of India's Himalayan region.
Located in the heart of rural Sikkim, these village houses offer the best chance to get off the beaten track in this wonderful part of India and interact with the thoroughly welcoming local communities who live in this region.
The concept of the Village Walks is to facilitate an authentic 'underfoot' experience and provide a 'snapshot' of rural life in the Himalayan Mountains of Sikkim. The walks traverse the terraced foothills with overnight 'home stays' in various villages. As an honoured guest, the locals are keen to share their way of life with you so you can encounter life as it is. Accommodation is basic, although clean and comfortable, but does not detract from the authenticity of the experience. Any shortcomings are more than compensated for by the genuine warmth of your hosts.
There are 3 houses in total, all of which can accommodate 4-6 people at any one time. They all have ensuite western bathrooms and are carefully furnished by the Shakti team who have delicately blended the charm of a local village house experience with the needs and desires of a western guest. The villages are within a day's walk from each other (although there is a short drive involved from Sangdyang Lee to Hee).
The houses are simple, but this is more than made up for by the warmth of the local community and the chance to mingle in villages that few tourists ever come to visit. As with all Shakti walks, you are fully escorted by a team who are always there to make sure your experience more than matches your expectations, including a guide, sherpas and a chef. The walks are on a fully inclusive basis meaning all your meals and alcohol are included. It is highly recommended that you try the locally brewed wine, known as Shin-Lee, Ghaar/Raksi and Thongba.
The village houses are located in Yangsum, Sangdyang and Hee – all of which are away from the main roads in quiet and peaceful locations. The Shakti Sikkim Village Walks will expose you to more dramatic snow capped mountains than the walks in Uttaranchal, and also let you witness the prevalent Tibetan Buddhism which thrives in this area – morning prayers at Rinchenpong Monastery are a real highlight. Along the way you will no doubt catch sight of Khachenjunga, the third highest mountain in world, and other amazing mountain vistas (weather permitting). But above all, it is the simple interaction with the local communities that will really make this trip so memorable, and by getting into the heart of this superb part of India you will find out how truly mesmerising Sikkim actually is, that for too.
Located in the North East of India, the Buddhist Kingdom of Sikkim shares borders with Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal and is nestled in the heart of India's Eastern Himalayan range. Sikkim has a uniquely diverse landscapes and a cultural mosaic under the looming presence of the world's third highest mountain, Kanchenjunga (8,598m).


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In this week's show I review the Ai Wei Wei documentary feature 'Ai Wei Wei Never Sorry' (out on DVD Oct 8th). The dim sum lunch box returns with a review of Haozhan in Chinatown, iced matcha shakes and Burmese chilli sprinkles.
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The Science Behind PooPrintsPowered by BioPet Laboratories
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BioPet Laboratories is commitment to uphold industry standards, customer standards, and protect the environment with minimal chemical waste. We contract an industry leading software firm to customize the most precise data analysis coupled with allelic frequencies statistic in customized algorithms. Our laboratory demonstrates technical competency to perform molecular testing for genetic profiling of biological samples as outlined by the specification in ISO 17025:2005 international standards. BioPet exhibits compliance across sampling, sample handling and protection, testing, test reporting, record maintenance, validation of analytical methods, controlled environment, traceability, equipment calibration testing and maintenance, and qualification of personnel as outlined in BioPet Laboratories Quality and Procedures Manual.
All instruments including electronic pipettes, analytical balances, reagent cold storage, etc. must pass maintenance, yearly calibration, and certification from an ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited outside provider. Considered the industry gold standard in medium to high throughput in genetic analysis, our Applied Biosystems 3730 DNA Analyzer uses capillary electrophoresis and is also certified yearly by an AB service engineer. Our laboratory analyst must complete training and evaluation in each category before moving on to analyze our customer samples. These standards allow BioPet Laboratories to offer precise and reproducible DNA fragment analysis.
Sample Analysis
To begin PooPrints analysis, we extract genomic DNA from buccal swabs to establish each community's reference database. Microsatellite (STR) fragment analysis is used to establish genotypes of 15 loci (each with 2 possible alleles) plus a gender marker to give us increased specificity with many data points. In reference, the FBI core panel for its CODIS database consisted of 13 loci plus a gender marker from October 1998 until December 31, 2016 (7). Our 15 loci, each with hundreds of allele combinations, give us the high probability of producing a unique genetic 'fingerprint' from many sample types – buccal swab, feces, tissue, semen, etc. Extraction methods vary according to the sample type in order to overcome specific inhibitors (i.e. bacteria and enzymes in feces). Fecal samples require mechanical and chemical cell lysis as well as many wash steps to retrieve the DNA located in the nucleated cells collected in the sample. Once genomic DNA is extracted, all samples are plated for PCR and analyzed using capillary electrophoresis.
Data Comparison
Waste Samples (TD numbers) and DN profiles are generated independently and without bias. DNA isolation, PCR, and capillary fragment analysis are conducted as per internally validated methods. A genotype yielded from a waste sample is simply compared to all buccal swab genotypes from that property. For a Match to be resulted, the genotypes MUST completely match on every available allele with no discrepancy. For this reason, a false positive match is extremely unlikely.
For every Match, there is a probability based on the profile frequency within the population. This will determine the likelihood that another matching genotype exists in addition to the reported match. The Random Match Probability can be thought of as the probability that another dog in addition to the match identified may display the same genetic profile. This should not be confused with the idea that another dog matches instead of the reported match. Profile statistics are calculated from a population of over 10,000 dogs with unique genetic profiles. This allows us to accurately predict the allele frequency, genotype frequency, and thus profile frequency.
DNA matches must be indistinguishable and contain enough comparative loci to show distinction in a population. This distinction is built into our matching software in terms of our minimum data cutoff. Based on our database and the frequency of the alleles present in a given DNA profile, the probability of another genotype matching in addition to the reported dog having the same combination of alleles, range from 1 in 1 million to greater than 1 in 60 sextillion. This means we can be confident that the generated profile is truly a unique identifier.
All of our tests are carried out in our lab.See the lab
Cells in the body contain the same nuclear DNA. The exceptions to this being the male and female gametes as well as mature red blood cells. When we extract DNA from feces, we are extracting DNA from cells. These cells are readily shed during excretion as the feces moves through the intestines. Therefore, in the most basic of comparisons, DNA from cells from the intestines should be identical to DNA extracted buccal cells, skin cells, tissue, and hair follicle cells.
Cross contamination of a fecal sample is possible in highly used green spaces. In these rare cases, we will detect at least 2 genotypes within one sample. Alleles amplify in different ways; some have lower intensity than others. Therefore, we make no attempt to decipher what DNA profile is at a higher concentration and the major contributor. We will not discern what allele belongs to what dog, and will therefore fail the sample as contaminated. We receive thousands of waste samples each year and this occurrence is extremely rare.
For our purpose, urine is not a reliable source for nuclear DNA. Urine from healthy animals should not contain enough cells to produce a strong genetic profile using our standard fecal and buccal extraction protocols. Certain sample sources, like urine and saliva, require more concentration of the eluate to produce quality template DNA for amplification.Chesleigh Winfree, Senior Scientist
Animal Waste has been used as a means of DNA collections for many years. It is one of the best methods to study animal populations in field studies as it allows for a low stress, non-invasive means of DNA collections. We have listed a few references below that use DNA retrieved from waste as key components for wildlife studies:
1. Wasser S., Houston C., Koehler G., Cadd G., Fain S. (1997) Techniques for application of fecal DNA methods to field studies of ursids. Molecular Ecology 6: 1091-1097.
2. Kohn M.H. and Wayne R.K. (1997) Facts from feces revisited. Tree 12: 223-227.
3. Taberlet P., Waits L.P. and Lutkart G. (1999) Noninvasive genetic sampling: look before you leap. Tree 14: 323-327.
4. Frantzen M.A., Silk J.B., Ferguson J.W., Wayne R.K., Kohn M.H. (1998) Empirical evaluation of preservation methods for fecal DNA. Molecular Ecology 7 (10): 1423-8. Abstract.
5. Zhang, X. et al. Extraction of DNA and PCR analysis of DNA from free-ranging howling monkey (Alouatta palliata) feces. University of Pittsburgh. Abstract.
6. Mowat, G. et al. (1999) Using genetic tagging to estimate animal population parameters.
7. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the CODIS Program and the National DNA Index System.
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"Heard one of 'em outside." The second man took the handgun with a nod of routine acknowledgement. Rifle in-hand, the first trudged from the room to the heavy cabin door. With habitual caution, he stepped out into the crisp night air. A morning breeze swayed the trees that extended as far as the eye could see beneath a sky bright with star


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In 1924, when East York officially became a Township, it was full of gardens, brick making yards and a horseracing track. The people who lived in the area were mainly people who worked at the yards and the track, and World War I veterans. However, starting in 1946, housing in the area began to grow rapidly. Until 1998, East York considered itself an outskirt of Toronto, proud of its small-town and friendly feel. That year, it officially became a part of the City of Toronto.
East York has a number of different style of houses because homes were built over such a long period of time in the neighbourhood. There are detached and semi-detached homes, bungalows, and even high-rise buildings in the area.
There are a number of places for shoppers to go in this area, for most every need. Woodbine, Greenwood, Coxwell, Pape and Donlands Avenues all have plenty of shops, restaurants, and stores to satisfy most needs. One can also go to Danforth Avenue to hit Greektown for a wider range of shopping options.
Although East York is not considered a suburb of Toronto anymore, it still has that close-knit neighbourhood feel. There is the East York Tennis Club, Dentonia Park Tennis Club & Golf Course, the local highschool, East York Collegiate, has tennis courts as well. In the area, one can also find numerous baseball diamonds, swimming pools, picnic areas, and playgrounds. Not only that, but there is a paved trail that is used for joggers, cyclists and walkers alike. The East York Community Centre is home to many sports facilities as well and hosts different teams and clubs.
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text: 530 skaters from 18 countries are expected to take part in the 5th edition of the Arena Geisingen International next weekend. A warm-up before the European Championships taking place at the end of July 2014. Germans, Swiss and French will be there, but competitors also come from Chile, Mexico, China, New-Zealand and the USA. Despite the organization of another stage of the European Cup of Speed Skating in Bologna, Italy, the Arena Geisigen is going to be crowded out: Thrice more skaters opted for the German race. It should be said that in terms of equipment, both events are not in the same league! The competition will start on Saturday, April 12 at 9AM. Free public access.


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Relations of Pre-Islamic Berber fertility conceptions with Indo-European mythology
The appearance of a rainbow in the sky has fired mans imagination to many mythical beliefs. For example, the medieval Scandinavians believed the gods walked across the mythical rainbow bifrǫst (PGmc. < *biƀarastō "trembling road"), which they conceived of as a road to heaven guarded from the giants by the god Heimdall.[1] Folk beliefs surrounding rainbows have proven remarkably resilient to the monoculturizing aspirations of christianity and islam. In premodern Europe, many sub-christian conceptions about the nature of rainbows survived the prescriptivism of the church. The conception concerning a pot of gold falling to the individual who makes it to the end of the rainbow is still widely known, even nowadays in 21st century Europe. Other conceptions have withered; Grimm reported that in 18th c. Serbia people attributed gender changing powers to rainbows, every boy was turned into a girl when he passed under a rainbow (Grimm 1875: 610).[2]
Also in Maghrib Africa some non-Islamic conceptions have survived the cultural steamroller of an institutionalized monotheistic religion, in this case Islam. In Morocco the rainbow is an omen signalling happiness and the much desired rains (Becker 2003: 111). In Middle Atlas Berber the word for rainbow is Tisəlit n-unẓar [3], which means "the bride of the rain" (mariée de la pluie), In Maghrebi Arabic we find ʿārūs s-sḥāb, ʿāṛūst əs-sta (Rabat), l-əʿṛōsa d-əš-šta (Northern Ibala area), laʿṛūsa dyāl əš-šta and ʿāṛūst əs-sma (Cherchell Algeria)"bride of the heaven," which are all calques from Berber (Behnstedt 2010: 416).[4] The rainbow simultaneously symbolizes the fertility of women and the fertility of the land, with the interrelationship reinforced by female rainmaking rituals. The name "bride of the rain" may originally have been connected to the colourfulness of Berber bridal gowns and the other way around living Berber tradition connects the colourfulness of the wedding dresses with the colours of the rainbow.
However, another connection might be proposed. In ancient Greece the rainbow was called ἶρις, (gen. ἶριδος), a word that could also mean the halo of the moon.[5] The Greeks also believed that rainbows signified coming rain. The deification of the rainbow as the goddess Ἶρις, the divine offspring of Thaumas and Elektra, is therefore interesting since our rainbow goddess is married to Ζέφυρος, the god of the favourable west wind and the foreboder of spring and good weather[6]. Even when Ζέφυρος is called stormy (Gk. δυσαής) and noisy (Gk. κελαδεινός), he fulfills the favourable role of kindling Patroklos' pyre (Illias II, 200-220). That the word Ζέφυρος may have been connected to primitive Greek conceptions of fertility is suggested by its etymology. The most accepted etymology connects the word to the PIE root *h3i̯ebh– "futuere" (cf. Skt. yábhati "copulate"), which is plausible provided we accept the soundlaw PIE *Hi̯- > Gk. *ζ-, i.e. PIE *h3i̯ebh-u-ros > Gk. ζέφυρος (Beekes 2009: 499). We may therefore interpret the theonym as originally alluding to the virility of the West Wind.
In ancient Rome the rainbow was also associated with coming rains, although the rainbow itself was not deified and was simply called arcus caelestis. A bawdy scene in Plautus' Curculio relates the Roman belief that rainbows sucked up terrestrial waters that later came down in the form of rain, which is confirmed by later Roman authors like Plinius (Arnott 1995: 191). The Romans also believed that rainbows signified the blessing of Juno, a goddess associated with fertility rites (e.g. the lupercalia), indicating a similar connection between rainbows and fertility as in North Africa.
What I am hinting at is the possibility that the mythological "marriage" of rainbows as omens of rain and fertility with a personification of "virile, masculine weather" may have been a shared conception on either side of the Mediterranean. We may note that Ἶρις as the rainbow goddess was clad in an extremely colourful dress for the colours of her dress matched the colours of the rainbow (Parisinou 2005: 34). The same analogy is made of the rainbow and wedding dresses in Berber culture[7]. That the conception of the rainbow as such might be more wide-spread is also suggested by the 18th c. Bavarian folk belief that a deity identified by the farmers as the virgin Mary brings fertile rains (Quitzman 1860: 132). Interestingly this female deity, who might be identified as the Germanic goddess *siƀō (OIc. sif) does so, clad in a colourfull dress who's seam is perceived by the mortals as a rainbow.
In Scandinavian mythology the goddess Sif, goddess of fertile rains, is married to the thunder god Þor. Here we find the same pairing of "raingoddess" with "virile weather" or even "virile sky god". In this regard we should also note that the ancient Aryans attributed the rainbow to the god Indra, the dyaus pitar (father of the sky). Although this evidence might suggest an Indo-European basis for the "marriage" between "rainbows" and "sky gods" we might also be dealing with a mythological motive that is not exclusive to any part of the world. A good illustration of the "universality" of the motive can be found accross the Atlantic where the Iroquois guardian of heaven, Hino "the thunderer", is said to be married to the rainbow. Nevertheless, the Berber image of the rainbow as "the bride of the rain(god)" might very well have originated in the Indo-European cultural sphere, having crossed the Mediterranean as so many cultural items have.
Arnott, Geoffrey W., "The opening of Plautus' Curculio: Comic business and mime", in: Plautus und die Tradition des Stegreifspiels, Lore Benz e.a. eds. (Tübingen 1995) 185-192.
Becker, Cynthia, "Gender, Identity and Morroccan weddings", in: Wedding dress across cultures, Helen Bradly Foster et Donald Clay Johnson eds. (Oxford 2003)
Beekes, Robert S.P., Etymological dictionary of Greek, 2 vols, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 10/1-2 (Leiden 2009).
Behnstedt, Peter et Manfred Woidich, Wortatlas der Arabische Dialekte; band I: Mensch, Natur, Flora und Fauna (Leiden 2010).
Grimm, Jacob, Deutsche Mythologie (Berlin 1875-77).
Lee, Raymond L. et Alistair B. Fraser, The Rainbow Bridge; rainbows in art, myth and science (Pennsylvania 2001).
Parisinou, Eva, "Brightness Personified; light and divine image in ancient Greece" in: Personification in the Greek world; from antiquity to Byzantium, Emma Stafford et Judith Herrin eds. (London 2005) 29-44.
Quitzman, Anton, Die heidnische Religion der Baiuwaren; erster faktischer Beweis für die Abstammung dieses Volkes (Heidelberg 1860).
[1] On the other side of the globe, the aborigines of Australia believe the rainbow is a manifestation of a bisexual (or female) rainbow serpent.
[2] Apparently this belief was widespread in European cultures, not only found in Serbia but also in the folklores of Early Modern France, Germany, Albania (Lee et Frasier 2001). In the north of Olténie people apparently believed that anyone who hopped under a rainbow was granted a sex change. (see Handbuch des Deutschen Aberglaubens II 753).
[3] The rainbow is also called taməġra n-wuššən in Tamazight which means "the wedding of the jackal".
[4] See Behnstedt 2004.
[5] Gk. ἶρις (< PGk. *ϝιρις) is often etymologically connected to the PIE root *u̯eh1i- "to bend" and can formally be compared with OIc. vírr "twisted ornament".
[6] In Roman mythology the attribution of favourable weather to the god of the west wind is also clear from its name, i.e. favonius.
[7] However, the image of the rainbow as a woman clad in colourful cloths is not restricted to the mediterranean. The Arab poet Ibn al-Rūmi (869 CE) who lived and worked in Bagdad also likenes the rainbow as a maiden clothed in a gaily-coloured dress.


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Applications and production of carbon nanotubes
Hafner, Jason Howard
Smalley, Richard E.
Doctor of Philosophy
Carbon nanotubes, a recently discovered form of carbon fiber with structural perfection similar to that of a fullerene molecule, have interesting electronic, chemical and mechanical properties due to their size and structure. Nanotubes have great potential as a bulk material for strong, lightweight composite materials, and as individual nano-scale tools or devices. Initial work on applications with individual multiwalled nanotubes as field emission sources and scanning force microscopy tips is described. The nanotubes display intriguing field emission behavior interpreted as the nanotube unraveling under the influence of the electric field. The unraveling process is believed to result in facile field emission from linear atomic carbon chains at the end of the nanotube. Such atomic wires represent an excellent field emitter. The work on multiwalled nanotube SFM tips was equally encouraging. The high aspect ratio of the nanotube allows it to image deep trenches inaccessible to commercially available Si pyramidal tips, and it reduces the interaction with the ambient water layer on the sample which perturbs image quality. The most remarkable advantage of nanotube SFM tips is a result of their mechanical properties. It was found that the nanotubes will remain rigid during normal imaging, but conveniently buckle to the side if circumstances arise which create large forces known to damage the tip and sample. This feature makes the tip more durable than Si tips, and is especially important for soft biological samples. In these two applications, as well as others, and in the measurements of novel nanotube properties, high quality, small diameter (0.5 to 2 nm) diameter single-walled nanotubes are most interesting. Such material can be produced slowly and in small amounts by catalytic arc vaporization and catalytic laser vaporization of graphite. It is well known that nanotubes can be mass produced by catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD), but the product consists only of large, defective multiwalled nanotubes. It has been found that the standard CCVD technique can be made to exclusively produce small single-walled nanotubes by lowering the concentration of reactants. It is shown that this change in product morphology is a result of a change in the rate limiting step of the CCVD reaction. Nanotube nucleation and growth termination are also studied for this CCVD system. Prospects for mass production of single-walled nanotubes by this modified CCVD technique are considered.
Organic chemistry; Mechanical engineering; Condensed matter physics


text: In Vain is a marble table designed by Ben Storms. Dimensions – 120L x 100W x 73H. Materials – marble, mirror polished stainless steel, leather and black steel. Oh lordy! The extreme levels of awesome are making me hot under the collar. Someone bring me a glass of water. Please. No, but seriously – could this be the hottest trestle table you've ever seen? Quite possibly, and you know it.The man behind this super beautiful product is a young Belgian designer Ben Storms. Stroms is obsessed with bending the rules between forms, techniques and materials. I like him already. Titled 'In Vein', this marble trestle table looks just as affective as a mirror when leaned up against the wall. Too clever. The table represents simplicity, mobility and efficiency, while adding a layer of delicate luxury and vanity. Crazy beautiful. The question is, would you use it as a table or a mirror? I'm thinking I need two so I can do both. As long as the mirror makes me looks skinny, of course. [Images courtesy of Ben Storms.] 2 Responses Product Design 2014 Archive | Yellowtrace January 6, 2015 […] Accessories. 06 | Floating Light Suspended Inside A Painted Metal Basket By Martin Azua. 07 | 'In Vain' Marble Trestle Table By Ben Storms. 08 | Exquisite Lighting by Apparatus Studio // New York. 09 | Video // Oscillation Plates By […] Reply Rocken met stenen design pronkstukken in huis - INTERIOR JUNKIE December 10, 2015 […] Images 6. Mad About The House 7. Anthropologie 8. Archiproducts 9. Dezeen 10. Living At Home 11.Yellow Trace 12. Design Milk 13. Art Nau 14. Not A Paper House 15. Style Estate 16. White Raspberry 17. Roomed […] ReplyLeave a Reply Cancel reply


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The most dangerous woman in Britain?
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon not only steals the show in the UK election but threatens to upset the Westminster apple cart with her fiery brand of politics. David Pollard reports.
Princess Leia of Star Wars ... well, perhaps she's not. But the force certainly does seem to be with Nicola Sturgeon. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY (SNP) LEADER, NICOLA STURGEON, SAYING: "A vote for this SNP manifesto on May 7 will make Scotland's voice heard at Westminster more strongly than it has ever been before.'' It's an electrifying prospect for some, terrifying for others. Sturgeon's Scottish National Party attack riding into the heartland of British - and English politics. Pushed along on a surge of support that could see them seize all 59 Scottish seats in parliament. That would obliterate the opposition Labour Party in one of its traditional strongholds. Leaving its leader Ed Miliband at risk of no majority. (SOUNDBITE) (English) OPPOSITION LABOUR LEADER, ED MILIBAND, SAYING: "Let me be plain. We are not going to do a deal with the Scottish National Party." But it's not an easy choice. Govern with the SNP - or not govern at all. Some polls have awarded Sturgeon the highest approval of any party leader across the UK. A shrewd operator who could hold the balance of British power in her hands. She's been been keen to exploit her position as kingmaker. Threatening to block a Labour budget if Miliband rejects her advances. Though as Reuters' Mike Peacock explains, if the SNP doesn't come to the table, it too risks being left out in the cold. SOUNDBITE (English) MIKE PEACOCK, Reuters' European Economics Editor, SAYING: "It can vote down a Labour government and bring back in the Conservatives. Which will be politically poisonous for them in Scotland, where the Tories are enormously unpopular. So in essence, Sturgeon, Alex Salmond and the SNP may have to support a Labour government for some time for their own political reasons north of the border." So is she, as one UK tabloid called her, the 'most dangerous woman in Britain'? Justin Urquhart Stewart of Seven Investment Management says: blame the others. SOUNDBITE (English) JUSTIN URQUHART STEWART, SEVEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, SAYING: 'It only just serves to underline just how vapid and weak most of the other politicians are, because not only can people barely name them, but they're barely known for very much at all. Whether you agree or disagree with Ms Sturgeon, she has created an amazing change in politics, not just in Scotland, but throughout the entire United Kingdom.'' 'Sturgeonmania', another newspaper called it. Who knows whether this UK election will just be the start of it?


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Chapman College, the nation's No. 1 Division II men's tennis team, defeated Richmond Wednesday, 6-0, at Orange. The Panthers (11-4) were led by No. 1 singles player Troy Turnbull, who defeated Mike Geiger 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Olivier Amerlinck, Chapman's No. 4 player, won his ninth straight singles match by defeating Brandon Carrey 6-1, 6-1. Amerlinck, a freshman from Belgium, is 12-2.


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Playing games on the Internet is really fun, it is a delightful activity among family members and friends. The tastes of players vary a lot. Some people prefer not too scary games but some others like to be scared, they like really scary video games which produce goose bumps on them.
To strengthen the scary atmosphere these video games are accompanied by a loud sound, scary images and other special effects. Scary maze games are considered to be one of the best games on the Internet, with millions of online game fans.
The scary maze game is a part of a scare pranks called screamers or jump scares. the original "Scary Maze Game" was created by developer Jeremy Winterrowd in 2003. Scary maze game can refer to the particular game itself as well as the popular prank, reaction videos, memes, sometimes called the scary maze prank. It can be used to scare members of the family or friends.
The funny scary Maze game is also known all over the world as the' Exorcist Maze' due to the face seen in the game. That disturbing face belongs to Linda Blair from the movie 'Exorcist'. The Maze game is a puzzle where players have to guide a little blue ball through the multi-level maze without touching any of its walls.
If you make a mistake and touch the wall, you will have to play the game from the very beginning. You must clear the first four levels all together one after another without stopping. When level one is cleared the game gets harder and the maze corridors get narrower. The aim of these strict rules is to make the player focus on the dot.
This game demands intensive concentration. After the player completes one level, a scary picture suddenly pops on the screen, accompanied by a loud scream. It is important to remember that the Scary Maze is not for everyone. It is very scary and should not played by small children or anyone with a heart condition or any other health problem that may be sensitive to sudden loud noises or scary situation.
Exorcist Scary Maze games have a lot of good effects on people's daily life. They improve the eye-hand co-ordination and allow a person to gain certain essential abilities in life, the surprises and difficulties of the game help to improve the thinking ability and develop fast reaction in any situation.
The puzzle solving mode of the game increases the ability of creative thinking which means that the player improves his brain activity and it will be more mentally active. The games can also be helpful to overcome depression as well by getting involved into the game and lose connection with the real world.
Many medical departments use these games as a form of physiotherapy. The games distract the patient's mind so it is very helpful for a person who is sick or has injuries to avoid the pain and illness.
Despite all these obvious advantages Exorcist Scary Maze games have some drawbacks as well. Many people firmly believe that the harm of these games is huge. These games are also an open source of a powerful electromagnetic field.


text: Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art became the first art museum ever to receive a TEDx license. Icons (broadly interpreted) was chosen as the theme, and a stunning line-up of participants came on board. The result is a day that will challenge, entertain, and surprise—the launch of a whole new way of thinking about the Met and its collections. From Tom Cambell, Director and CEO of the Met to curators, writers, scholars, tomorrow all day at:


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