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2 Careful Owners by Mike Tack – Reviewed by Stuart Anderson
There are some things that I adore about life in general; Helena Bonham Carter, red wine, the music of The Libertines, cricket and the films of Terry Gilliam. In the genre of Horror, there are also a number of things that I adore; H P Lovecraft, Stephen King, Adrienne Barbeau, the films of John Carpenter and the Hammer House of Horror – not to mention an arguably unhealthy obsession with The Wicker Man (1973) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974).
The sub-genre of so-called torture horror (also known by a less flattering term as 'torture porn') has never really played a large part within my personal horror landscape of adoration. There are no high browed elitist explanations for this, It's just that movies such as Saw and it's ilk haven't historically been my horror bag, man.
So when El Presidenti Andy, of UK Horror Scene put the following message up the site's Facebook page earlier this week, my interest was peeked straight away;
Anyone want to review a brand new UK horror short (15 mins) called 2 careful owners by Mike Tack . It is the follow up to last years great (wait for it) One Careful Owner. You will get a chance to see and review it before it hits the Festival Circuit . Let me know below if interested."
Now, that message to most people would read as being rather reasonable in nature. However, they would be wrong, very very wrong. Hence the reason for my piqued interest. For you see, I saw it as the veiled message, some may say threat, that it actually was. You see, Andy, I've mentioned before, runs UKHS with a fist of iron and a level of autocratic control that would make certain historical world leaders want to sit down and take copious notes on his methods of controlling his writers. For example, he regularly keeps his team of writers chained in the basement of his house and fed only through a trap door when the odd batch of raw beef from his local butcher is thrown down with the accompanying request to "write some horror reviews you scummy lot!". At least I think that it's beef.
Anyhoo, I knew for a fact that the message he wrote had an altogether different sub text and one which he knew only I would recognise. BTW, this is not a case of paranoia – the doctors have said I'm cured of that now.
The real message actually read as follows;
"Oy, Anderson matey boy.
Seeing as I let you out of the basement after that unpleasant incident after the fight over the last raw sausage with the rest of the boys, only on the proviso that you promise to write an article for me of my choosing – well the time has come for you to pay up my old mucker.
You are required to write one of your excuses for an article and try your best to review a brand new UK horror short (15 mins) called 2 Careful owners by Mike Tack . It is the follow up to last years great (you're a bit thick, I know matey boy, but try and work it out) One Careful Owner.
This Mike Tack chap seems to really know what he's doing, he only started writing and directed recently. He was at last years Frightfest and decided to stop saying he was going to make a short film and actually do it. Just two weeks later he had filmed his first short – The Domestic. I know it's all a bit annoying that he's rather good at this stuff, but just suck it up and try not to let your usual feelings of inadequacy and inferiority at your own existence cloud your opinions.
So I want to you pull your finger out and firstly watch the original which is on youtube for free – just search for miketackfilms and you will find it. I know that you think you're above this type of sub-genre with your 'classic horror this and classic horror that preaching' – and if you think I wrote that bit in the tone of your whining six year old girly voice, you were spot on.
Believe you me, One Careful Owner was one hell of a 12 minutes , and I don't want to go into too much detail as it fits a lot in the short run time. But expect some really good gore with brilliant FX and a brutal and ruthless conclusion. The acting is very good, the story interesting and after it was over it left me wanting more which is the sure sign of quality.
Now Anderson matey boy – the next bit of my 'request' is VERY important. I want you to review the follow up, 2 Careful Owners. It will be one of the first reviews before the film does the festival rounds in the next year, so I'm sending you a super secret youtube link so you can watch the movie and then give us your, ahem, thoughts on it. You must on no account pass on the super secret youtube link because by its very nature of being a super secret youtube link, it means it's pretty secret. Got that matey, boy? If for some reason you feel the urge to pass on the link to a 3rd party, then I'll have to tell you what – or rather who – is really in that meat I feed you and the rest of the writers. You must also on no account give away any spoilers. If you do you may end up like one-fingered Larry, whose writing pace has certainly suffered after the 9 spoilers from his last article.
Now on you go and try not to muck things up. Again."
And do you know what? The original was everything that Andy Boss-man said it was, an excellently paced and produced short film. Yes, certainly not for the squeamish, but certainly not a case of putting Gore ahead of acting quality and production. I liked it. In fact, I liked it a lot.
So it was with a little less degree of trepidation that I accessed the super secret youtube link and sat down to experience the next instalment of hammer time.
Having provided crooked car dealer Terry (Clive Ashenden) a rather painful lesson in not selling faulty cars to the likes of his now dead wife, Chris (Richard Nock) now continues his quest for bloody and gory revenge. Thanks to some brief but clever inserts of back story we learn that the death of Chris's wife has a far more complex undertone than first seems. This time he finds that he has a particularly vile villain that he needs to spend some quality time with.
The very understandable instructions I was given in regard to spoilers weren't really needed if truth be told, as I find it a particularly annoying habit of some reviewers who seem unable to resist revealing all and sundry of movie plot. Even reviewers who think they're being clever in saying such gems as "There are twists, but I won't reveal what they are" still annoy me beyond belief. Think about it, Einstein, by saying there are plots twists kind of tells me to expect, oh I don't know, plots twists! Fools.
As a consequence, I don't usually find it too difficult to ignore the lure of a spoiler, though the running time of 15 minutes for 2 Careful Owners does make it a little more problematic than usual. However, what I will say is that a for a brief running time of just a quarter of an hour, the film still manages to answer a whole plethora of questions.
Will we begin to discover the ugly truth about what lies behind the facade of Hammer motors and the conspiracy that it hides? Will we find out who is to blame for the death of Chris' wife and will they face retribution and be held accountable for their actions? Finally, will the viewers of this movie be able to endure more scenes of bloody, gory pain? Maybe.
Yes there are scenes of gory turn-your-face-away-from-the-screen intensity that will satisfy anyone who loves a serous quota of the stuff in their horror experience. What sets 2 Careful owners apart from others of the same ilk is the same quality of acting, pacing and editing of the story that took place in part one. It would have been too easy for Mike to have tried to pack as much shock value and inventive yet complicated scenes of violence into his 15 minutes at the expense of simply keeping it normal, something that all too many similar genre films also like to ignore.
It is good to see that he resisted the trap. Because the skill of this production essentially is to place the characters in situations that we can all identify with, and in places that most of us will have been in at some points in our life. You could say that the situations are distinctly run-of-the-mill. The effect is to make the viewer feel as if we are actually included in the scene, albeit as an unwilling observer hiding and skulking in a darkened corner of the garage and knowing if we make a sound we be the next in line for the hammer…..
Has 2 Careful owners changed my mind about torture horror? Well time will tell, especially if there are further stories of this quality of production. I will freely admit that I thoroughly enjoyed this.
So my verdict is 7.5/10
Oh and btw, watch and listen out for the rather fine closing credits when you get to see the movie, there is a distinct retro and groovy themed section of music. Nice.
You can access the company's Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/ApocalypticConservatoryStudios
Mike's Twitter account thingy can be tweeted at @MikeTackFilms


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Paul McCartney treated fans to one surprise performance after another during his concert in Belo Horizonte, Brazil last night, which marked the first date of his all new "Out There!" world tour. Macca performed five Beatles songs live for the first time ever (!), specifically: "Eight Days A Week", "Your Mother Should Know", "All Together Now", "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!", and "Lovely Rita". Watch fan footage of these performances below.
"Eight Days A Week":
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"All Together Now":
"Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!":
"Lovely Rita":
McCartney gave the debut live performance of the Wings song "Hi Hi Hi", and dusted of "Listen To What The Man Said" and "Another Day" for the first time in three decades. Here's the full setlist (via Setlist.fm).
Eight Days a Week (The Beatles song) (live debut)
Junior's Farm (Wings song)
All My Loving (The Beatles song)
Listen to What the Man Said (Wings song) (solo band live debut)
Let Me Roll It (Wings song)
Paperback Writer (The Beatles song)
My Valentine
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Wings song)
The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles song)
Maybe I'm Amazed
Hope of Deliverance
We Can Work It Out (The Beatles song)
Another Day
And I Love Her (The Beatles song)
Blackbird (The Beatles song)
Here Today
Your Mother Should Know (The Beatles song) (live debut)
Lady Madonna (The Beatles song)
All Together Now (The Beatles song) (live debut)
Mrs. Vandebilt (Wings song)
Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles song)
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (The Beatles song) (live debut)
Something (The Beatles song)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (The Beatles song)
Band on the Run (Wings song)
Hi, Hi, Hi (Wings song) (solo band live debut)
Back in the U.S.S.R. (The Beatles song)
Let It Be (The Beatles song)
Live and Let Die (Wings song)
Hey Jude (The Beatles song)
Day Tripper (The Beatles song)
Lovely Rita (The Beatles song) (live debut)
Get Back (The Beatles song)
Encore 2:
Yesterday (The Beatles song)
Helter Skelter (The Beatles song)
Golden Slumbers (The Beatles song)
Carry That Weight (The Beatles song)
The End (The Beatles song)
And here's his upcoming tour schedule.
Paul McCartney 2013 Tour Dates:
05/06 Goiania, BR @ Serra Dourada
05/09 Fortaleza, BR @ Castelao Stadium
05/18 Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
05/19 Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
05/22 Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Arena
05/23 Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Arena
05/26 Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum
05/29 Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
05/30 Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
06/08 Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
06/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
06/14 Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
06/22 Warsaw, PL @ National Stadium
06/25 Verona, IT @ Roman Ampitheatre
06/27 Vienna, AT @ Happel Stadium
07/07 – Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place
07/09 Boston, MA @ Fenway Park
07/12 Washington, DC @ Nationals Park
07/14 Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
07/16 Milwaukee, WI @ Miller Park
07/19 Seattle, WA @ Safeco Field
07/23 – Quebec City, QC @ Plains of Abraham
08/09-11 San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Festival
08/12 – Winnipeg, MB @ Investors Group Field
08/14 – Regina, SK @ Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field

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With the increase in the TV on demand market, these on demand websites or applications have become essential for major television broadcasters. Every night the use of on demand television, reach the zeniths at around 10 pm. Most of the service providers offer several different formats and quality controls, so that the service can be viewed on many different devices. During the peak times, the BBC iPlayer transmits 12 GB (gigabytes) of information per second.
Over the course of a month, the iPlayer sends 7 PB (petabytes) of information.
Most catch up services used peer-to-peer networking, in which users downloaded an application and data would be shared between the users rather than the service provider giving now commonly used streaming method. Now most services providers have moved away from the P2P systems and are using the streaming media. Now, you can watch any TV station in the world by tuning to Internet TV broadcasting. You can access the internet and watch your favourite TV shows live. The TV lovers can easily catch up with their favourite TV shows at any time on the internet, as per their convenience. You can broadcast the video recording of your own shows 24 hours a day. With the assistance of experts, you can broadcast your own discussion and live interview on your own TV, thus in a way you can advertise your own services to the world.
One of the leading providers of satellite services is the Belgium Satellite Services (BSS) that includes multi-media over satellite, DVB-RCS solutions, Radio and internet TV broadcasting and broadcast solutions, C band uplink , TDM/TDMA solutions.
The teleport services or telecommunication port is the centralized location that provides the right to use advance bandwidth services. BSS provides teleport services leasing to their customers and relies on the two state of the art teleport services; one is at Lessive and another at Liedekerke. The antenna size of these stations is ranging from 8.1 meters to 32 meters working in Ku band satellite system, EKU, DBS and C band.


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EFSW AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS: EPEE (BYC qualifiers)
February 3£16.00
South West Fencing Age Groups Championships (U12,14,16,18) and BYC qualifiers for SW team. Held at Millfield School, Street.
- Eligibility:
Age as 1st Jan 2019 U18 born 01/02, U16 born 03/04, U14 born 05/06, U12 born 07/08. Those born in 2009 may enter U12 but will not be selected to BYC team.
You must have South West as your region on your British Fencing Membership and be a UK resident.
2. Those with BYE's (L8 at BYC 2018) must enter this competition, They do not need to fence but it is recommended that they do. Their placing here will not affect their entry to the BYC's.
3. BYC Qualifiers: 15 fencers = 5 qualifiers (including medalists), then 1 in 3 qualify for the BYC's. If you wish to accept the place at the BYC, the £35.00 BYC entry fee must be paid to EFSW. Preferably on the Day of the competition.
4. BYC entry: The South West BYC Officer (Jane Hutchison) will enter the fencer into the BYC by the closing date of 31 March 2019. Entries can be checked in mid- April on https://www.britishfencing.com/results-rankings/find-event-3/british-youth-championships-2
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Lam's Golf Links, a local Oak Harbor golf course, is iconic to native Oak Harbor residents. Opening in 1972, Lam's is a par three, nine-hole golf course conveniently located on Whidbey Island near Deception Pass Park, the gateway between Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Bugs in MegaUploader
Error uploading files
If you get an error saying "MEGA could not generate a File ID, it is necessary to restart the upload", then you have to "Restart the upload" and then click on "Restart". This is a bug in MEGA that is ocurring too often in the last days (MEGA, please fix it!!!). There is nothing we can do, except retrying to upload the file :(
All files go to the root
If you upload a folder, all files will go to the root, instead of maintain the folder structure. This is not implemented yet, but will be in the future.
If you upload a file with "strange" characters (diacritics, etc) you may see this inside MEGA.
You can rename the file again, but it's very annoying.
I am developing a new version that fixes it, if you want to try, download it here: MegaUploader DEV VERSION 0.8
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It is very usual that the task of rising freezing in "ending". Like this:ReplyDelete
thank you very much for your work :)
sorry, too small:ReplyDelete
Please try version 0.8 BETA - the link is in the main thread :)Delete
Thank you andres!! No wonder i been uploading and receiving MALFORMED_ATTRIBUTES! ^^ReplyDeleteReplies
Sorry, I have tried the 0.8 DEV but the MALFORMED_ATTRIBUTES still exist.Delete
It seems there is still a problem with other languages (like chinese), can you post the name of the file you are uploading?Delete
Yes. The characters in chinese is what i had error with uploading. ^^ Is it possible to solve this? As its hard to keep renaming.Delete
la 0.7 y la 0.8dev cuando termina de subir tira un error y no me sube los archivos :-(ReplyDeleteReplies
Prueba a subir por la web, si tampoco va es que es fallo de MEGA, desde hace unas semanas da muchos problemas :(Delete
Thank you andres!!ReplyDelete
Too bad it doesn't work on ubuntu/wine (even with all those little tricks)... Good job, though, as it's running wonderfully on windows. (:ReplyDelete
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Did file Russification of your software MegaUploader.
If possible, add it to the program
In Russia, many users of the service Mega
Link: http://rghost.ru/48645068
when i up load 1-3 file at the same time, my speed is about 200-300kbsReplyDelete
after increase number of file up to 10 or more the speed increase instantly as well, about 1-1,3mb/s , how can I increase my upload speed if I have only on file @@! help me, I love this App!
Is there a way to upload to a specific folder?ReplyDelete
MegaUploader DEV VERSION 0.8, Kaspersky 2014 me lo bloquea automaticamente, lo toma como VIRUS no hay forma de que lo apruebe... sabes porque sera ?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 21, 2013 at 1:15 PM
virus!! NO DESCARGAR!!!!ReplyDelete
Pues es sencillo, kaspersky igual que avast! son una mierda. Esta libre de virus!! Provad AVG y vereis la diferencia. Repito, esta libre de virus!! No contiene ningún virus!!!!ReplyDelete
Ya no sube ningún archivo, no sé que pasa. Me dice 0'12 kbps, pero no sube, se queda atascado.ReplyDelete
still MALFORMED_ATTRIBUTESReplyDelete
YOUR LINK IS DEAD, PLEASE BACK UP A NEW LINK THANK YOUReplyDelete
Tu Enlace de"MegaUploader DEV VERSION 0.8" esta muerto te agradeceria subieras uno nuevo graciasReplyDelete
please fix the Link : (ReplyDelete
I always see "ERROR" when uploading with the old version Manager .
Uploading in my Browser is not working better ,so I have to use the Manager to at least get some files uploaded without ERROR ..
Hola!, muy buena aplicacion, el unico problema (y bastante grave en mi caso) es que no puedo reaundar las subidas, especialmente cuando hay un corte inesperado de conexion. Esto no me estaria pasando con el Cloud Sync de Mega que anda bien en ese sentido. Se puede solucionar? Estoy usando v0.7ReplyDelete
link here : http://curl.mega-search.ws/FcnReplyDelete
dear andresReplyDelete
link is dead and it is possible to add possibilty to choose the folder where up file on the account via Megauploader
- AnonymousDecember 8, 2014 at 2:48 PM
link is dead. since a few days Megauploader is not working.ReplyDelete
however megasync works so it is not their servers. it would be great if the developer could look into this...
Yeah, no longer working. Is there any similar software? I'm not a big fan of the MEGAsync client.ReplyDelete


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On Sunday, August 14, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Washington, D.C. celebrated it's 100th year with a Centennial Mass and luncheon. Bishop Wuerl was in attendance and parishioners from throughout the years came to honor the history and faithfulness of this parish home. Enjoy these images from the event.


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Commercial Solar Fields and Farms
As well as being an attractive proposition for homes and business owners who want to save on energy bills and produce clean energy, solar PV technology is increasingly becoming a popular way of profiting from larger pieces of land.
More and more landowners across the UK, especially those in southern England where solar irradiation is at its highest, are installing PV panels on their land in the form of large scale (often up to several megawatts) solar fields (sometimes also called solar parks) in order to benefit from the government Feed-in Tariff (6.85p/kWh for standalone installations of up to 5MW). This can either be done through so-called 'solar developers', who install and maintain panels on a piece of land and then pay an annual rental fee to the owner out of the FiT income, or landowners can choose to have a PV installation company install the array and then arrange to sell the energy produced to electricity suppliers.
Such schemes are especially popular with farmers, many of whom are looking to diversify their businesses as certain farming sectors become increasingly unprofitable. In many cases solar fields offer a more reliable source of income than that offered by traditional farming, as the Feed-in Tariff export and generation payments are guaranteed for a period of 25 years. As with smaller systems, solar farms can, of course, also provide low-cost and low-carbon electricity for dwellings and other buildings.
Another increasingly popular way of establishing a solar field is to do so as part of a community or cooperative project. The first example of a community solar project in the UK is the 5MW, 30 acre Westmill solar co-op farm on the Wiltshire/Oxfordshire border, which has sold shares to members of the local community. More information on the Westmill solar co-op is available on the project's website:
Though the exact amount of money to be earned from solar fields/parks depends largely on the amount of available land and other site-specific factors, the figures are often very attractive indeed. A common figure quoted is that developers will pay rent of around £1,000 per annum per acre of land used for a solar field installation which in many cases will be higher than the normal rent value of the land. For those landowners who chose to install the PV array themselves the income is sure to be even higher, though obviously this option presents a slightly higher financial risk.
The Feed-in Tariff rates available to large scale solar PV arrays are available in the table above. It should be remembered that though FiT income is often tax-free for individuals, it counts as taxable income for businesses. Farmers should bear in mind that income from a standalone PV array may impact upon the tax relief offered by the Single Farm Payment, so it is a good idea to check with an accountant before proceeding with the PV installation.
Suitability for Commercial Solar Panels
Given the high upfront cost involved, the feasibility, development and planning processes required for large scale solar projects are usually lengthy and highly detailed. Substantial building or landscaping work may also be required. As with any other solar PV installation, in order for a site to be suitable it must usually meet certain conditions, such as:
- few obstacles (trees, hills, buildings, etc) which could cause shading issues and reduce the output of the array
- some PV developers may set a minimum area of land for it to be financially viable
- the proposed site must not be susceptible to floods
- flat or south sloping ground is optimal
- there must be access for initial construction and regular maintenance
- planning permission is unlikely to be granted for proposed sites located in protected areas
- there must be a local connection to the electricity grid
The solar field installation itself will comprise the PV panels, frames, inverters and cables, as well as security measures such as fencing and even cameras for some larger installations. There will also be a central control and monitoring hut.
Though regular checks of the array are required, PV panels have no moving parts, which make them reliable and durable. More information on the maintenance requirements of PV panels.


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Joseph Mazzello III (born September 21, 1983) is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, and Dustin Moskovitz in The Social Network. Mazzello was born in Rhinebeck, New York, and raised in Hyde Park, New York, the son of Ginnie and Joseph Mazzello, Jr., who owned a performing arts school. He has one older sister, Mary Mazzello, and a younger brother, John Mazzello, who have both appeared in films. Mazzello is an alumnus of Our Lady of Lourdes High School and the University of Southern California. Mazzello's most notable roles were as Douglas Gresham in Shadowlands and Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, both in 1993, Dexter in the 1995 film The Cure, and "Sledgehammer" Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific. In 2010, Mazzello played the part of Dustin Moskovitz, one of the co-founders of Facebook in the David Fincher-directed movie, The Social Network. Mazzello's directorial debut was made with the film Matters of Life and Death in which he also stars; the cast includes David Strathairn (with whom he has worked in The Sensation of Sight, The River Wild, and Simon Birch), Daniel Gillies and Rachael Leigh Cook.
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Each year Deaf Can:Do provides scholarships to young and emerging leaders in the South Australian Deaf community to further their development.
One of our scholarship recipients this year is 15 year old Deaf student Sacha, who is travelling to the United States for an exchange program.
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January 2014: Temple Sinai of Boston Weekend Shabbaton
"Judaism and Cosmology in the 21st Century: Why Science Matters for a Spiritual Life"
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May 2013: The Sivananda Ashram Yoga Center, Bahamas
"How did the universe begin? God, Creation and the Big Bang."
January 2012: Congregation Beth-El Sudbury Weekend Shabbaton
"Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah"
Sunday AM: "Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah, A New Conversation Between Science and Religion"
Friday Evening: "God in the World…or a Perfect Multiverse?"
Shabbat morning: "The Meaning of Shabbat in a Big Bang Universe."
Saturday night: "Alone in the Universe – A Jewish Perspective on the Discovery of Planets around Other Stars … and our Probable Solitude."
December 2011: Washington DC Area Weekend Scholar-in-Residence
"Cosmology and Judaism in the 21st Century: A Revolution in Relevance"
– Saturday 9:30AM: "Joseph and the Coat of Many-Universes – Thoughts on the Parasha from Modern Cosmology. Why Science Mattersfor a Spiritual Life"
The story of Joseph spotlights one of the most problematic issues for both religion and science: fate, causality, and (if you believe in God) God's role in the world. This brief talk will introduce the theme of our weekend: the compelling case that science and religion share core values and ponder similar deep questions, so that familiarity with their ideas and languages can lead to a richer spiritual and intellectual life. The common notion of a "war of worldviews" is simplistic – and mistaken.
– Saturday lunch 12:30PM: "The Meaning of Shabbat in a Big Bang Universe"
It is impossible to talk about the Creation without reference to its spiritual dimension, as exemplified by Shabbat. After a review of the most current (that is, the past 10 years) understanding of the universe and its creation, we will study texts from the Kabbalah and other Jewish mystical sources that develop similar creation scenarios and that broaden the conventional concept of Shabbat to include cosmic principles.
– Saturday evening 7:30PM: "Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah: A New Conversation Between Science and Religion."
This popular introductory talk, illustrated with slides and videos, will summarize the Creation of the world 13.7 billion years ago in the Big Bang, and introduce the Kabbalah, whose remarkable (even prescient) ideas about a big bang creation offer some surprising insights. Taken together, these perspectives from science and religion add depth to historical notions of humanity and its purpose. Following a Q&A session, the author will sign books.
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If you wish to wake up students a bit and get them participating in class, try using songs. Songs are a great way to teach a large number of Common Core skills. Right away, you're probably thinking that you can teach figurative language and other poetic elements; however, you can do much more. Teaching the skill "Compare and Contrast with Songs" can be a fun and a memorial experience for your students.
Compare and Contrast
Let it Go vs. Towards the Sun
Let it Go appears on the soundtrack for Disney's animated film Frozen. Elsa sings the song when she leaves the kingdom of Arendelle and creates her own ice palace.
Rihanna recorded Towards the Sun for the animated movie Home. The song speaks of not letting fear get in the way.
Compare and Contrast
When You Wish Upon a Star vs. Somewhere Out There
When You Wish Upon a Star comes from Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. Jiminy Cricket sings the song at the beginning and the end of the movie. The song talks about how dreams come true. Pinocchio, a wooden doll, wishes to be a real boy.
Somewhere Out There was featured in the 1986 film An American Tail. In this movie, a brother and sister, Fievel and Tanya Mousekewitz, sing about the love they share.
Both songs speak of wishing on stars.
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Hakuna Matata vs. Don't Worry Be Happy
Hakuna Matata, written by Elton John and Tim Rice, was featured in the 1994 Walt Disney animated movie The Lion King. The phrase Hakuna matata is Swahili meaning "no worries." In the movie, Timon and Pumbaa wants to teach Simba to forget his troubled past and live in the present.
Don't Worry, Be Happy became a hit song in 1988 by Bobby McFerrin. The phrase comes from the Indian guru Meher Baba. The song appeared in the movies Cocktail (1988) and Casper – A Spirited Beginning (1997). George H.W. Bush used the song in his 1988 U.S. Presidential Election. Mattress Firm even made a commercial featuring this song.
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Rise Up vs. Shake It Off
Rise Up was sung by Beyoncé in the animated movie Epic. The song speaks of standing up for yourself. Beyoncé voices the character Queen Tara in the movie who is trying to save her world from the evil Boggan leader.
Taylor Swift says the song Shake it Off was her way of dealing with some of her critics. She wanted to overcome her fear of bad press. In the video, Swift dances with professional dancers. She awkwardly tries to keep up. Swift says she wanted the video to spread the message that it is okay to be different.
Roar vs. Eye of the Tiger
Katy Perry's song Roar encourages people to be strong and stand up. The word roar is used 16 times during the song to emphasize the power.
Eye of the Tiger was the theme song to Rocky III. In the movie, the song contrasted scenes between the two fighters. Mr. T trains hard to become the boxing champion of the world. In contrast, Rocky Balboa shoots commercials. He slacks off in his training program. The song shows that Rocky needs to get back his hunger to be the champ.
Both songs emphasize using empowerment.
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The Coca-Cola Company has signed letters of intent with three U.S. bottlers as part of the business' ongoing refranchising efforts, granting new distribution territories across seven states. The company announced the news Wednesday in a press release, where Coca-Cola North America president Sandy Douglas said "We are confident that we are building a model that is modern, agile and consumer and customer focused. The progress announced today continues our efforts to balance national scale and local capability, and will help us increase our leadership and competitive advantage in the U.S. business."
The new bottlers include Tampa-based Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, Chicago-based Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution (a subsidiary of beer distribution giant Reyes Holdings), and Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company, out of Atlantic, Iowa.
Accordingly, Coca-Cola Beverages Florida will now take on territories in north Florida, including Brevard, Daytona, Jacksonville, Gainesville and Orlando. Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution will handle Coke's distribution for all of Michigan, the bulk of Wisconsin, and select portions of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company has been granted southeastern Iowa, western Illinois and northeastern Missouri.
According to the press release, Coca-Cola-owned bottler Coca-Cola Refreshments (CCE) has now sold off more than 30 percent of its sales and distribution rights to independent bottlers like the aforementioned ones, a number the company is aiming to bring to the 50 percent mark by 2017. In May, Coca-Cola handed over distribution rights in ten states to Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated.
The company also posted its third quarter earnings Wednesday, reporting global sales volume increase of three percent, powered by a six percent in sales from still beverages and a two percent increase in carbonated soft drinks. However the strength of the U.S. dollar resulted in revenue declines in all of its global market except for North America, which saw a one percent bump. Domestically soda volumes continued to decline with a drastic 9.5 percent decline in Diet Coke and 3 percent drop in regular Coke, but those losses were offset by a 7 percent increase in volume from Coke's non-CSD portfolio.


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We also have a great range of free standing, temporary fencing. All of our temporary fencing has been designed by us, from the ground up. You can see picture of those near the bottom of the page.
We try and meet our customers every demand, this is way we often make bespoke, custom fencing to our customers specifications. With over 10 years in the industry we have customised every style of plastic fencing in every imaginable way. A few examples of this are at the bottom of the page.
Picket Fencing
We have 2 basic styles of picket fencing: Straight and Scalloped, both styles come as standard in 3 and 4 foot high.
Privacy Fencing
Our privacy fencing comes in 2 styles: with lattice on top and without. As standard, this fence only comes in 6 foot high and 8 foot wide. However, this is a fence that is very easy to customise and adjust to suit most heights and widths.
Post and Rail Fencing
The post and rail fence comes in 3 different sizes in accordance to the amount of rails that the fence has. As standard we have 2 rail, 3 rail and 4 rail. This is another fence that is very easy to customise and adjust in order to shorten or add rails for a more closed board fencing feel.
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The pool fence is perhaps the most versatile fence we offer often used for its intended purpose of fencing off a pool it is also often used as a front garden fence or even as a balustrade on stairs and balconies.
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Our ground breaking new range of temporary fencing comes in 3 distinct styles: the classic picket fence, 2 rail and 3 rail fence. All sizes are 6 foot wide and each section comes with joiners, allowing you to connect the section together either in-line or at an angle.
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HARARE - The 2016 local bodybuilding season commences with the Mr and Ms Novice contest scheduled for Longchen Plaza in Harare this Saturday.
The contest solely reserved for beginners is set to feature five bodybuilding and fitness divisions, six power-lifting divisions and two strength and fitness challenge competitions.
A total of eight provinces have confirmed their participation in the contest namely; Mashonaland West, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central, Manicaland, Masvingo, Midlands, Bulawayo and Harare.
National Federation of Zimbabwe Bodybuilding and Fitness (NFZBBF) spokesperson Quiet Shangai said the contest will cater for both male and female athletes.
"We will begin the day with the registration in the morning then get straight into the main business of the day with the power-lifting and strength and fitness challenges," Shangai said.
"In the bodybuilding and fitness, we have senior men and junior men, men's fitness and women figure fitness as well as the wheelchair category.
"The power-lifting has bench press, squats and deadlifts for both men and women while strength and fitness challenges will also be for both sexes."
Renowned bodybuilder Irvine Dekeya is set to guest pose at the event together with Masimba Nyamajiwa from Masvingo.
At last year's contest, the senior men bodybuilding trophy went to Brian Saundombe while Raymond Mutandiri walked away with gold in the juniors.
Shammah Mugava was crowned men's fitness champion while Marlyn Mangoto and Shantel Batch won their respective women bodybuilding and women bikini fitness categories.
NFZBBF has partnered various sponsors for the contest.
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
How do You Trim Your Tree?
This month in my Fall Bee, I was sent the paper and the fabric to make six of these cute little trees.
They were a breeze to make (hee hee).
Now, I have to trim the trees. Trim, as in decorate. She's going to be making a Christmas quilt.
So I want to pick your brains.
I have ideas of how I will trim them, but what would you do?
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I would string little beads on threads to make garland, use buttons to for decorations or other little cute charms.ReplyDelete
You could always embroider little things on them too.ReplyDelete
I was going to say embroidery too!ReplyDelete
Maybe even braid some thin ribbon and attach for garland.
How about little circles for Christmas balls from your stash and then use fabric glue on top with sprinkles??? JulieroseReplyDelete
They are so cute I might just leave them alone!ReplyDelete
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In keeping with the previous week's topic of long-grain sticky rice, this time we are journeying further down the coast of China to its smallest province, the island of Hainan, where something amazingly delicious is done with this very same grain.
It is another one of those dishes with terribly prosaic names for something that is terribly sophisticated and delicious.
Called "taro rice" in Chinese, it is much much more than simply rice and taro. Rather, this glorious concoction from China's southernmost province is a reason all in itself to sit down to dinner. Literally.
This is so full of flavor and texture and nutrition that my mommy brain probably would call for some greens to be served too, but if I could get that voice to be quiet, I would happily subsist for quite a while on this.
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All I need is a nice beach to complete the picture.
Taro rice
Hǎinán yùfàn 海南芋飯
Serves 4 to 6
12 ounces peeled mature, large taro (see Tips)
1 cup unsweetened coconut (strips preferred, but shredded is fine)
3 to 4 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon sea salt
3 green onions, trimmed and finely chopped
½ cup Fried Peanuts
1. Rinse the rice and soak it for about 2 hours, or until it passes the fingernail test (i.e., you can crush it easily with your fingernail). Steam it for about 30 minutes, or until it is cooked but still chewy.
2. While the rice is steaming, cut the taro into large (1-inch) dice. Steam the taro until it is cooked all the way through. Turn the taro out onto a cutting board and coarsely chop it.
3. While the rice and taro are steaming, toast the coconut in a toaster oven at 300°F on a small tray until the coconut just begins to turn golden and smell wonderful. Empty the coconut into a large work bowl to stop the cooking.
|A complete tropical meal
4. Finely chop the garlic and add it to the coconut along with the salt and green onions, and then work them together, preferably with your fingers, to release their fragrances. Add the cooked rice and taro, and toss these together well.
5. Scoop the rice out into a serving dish, sprinkle the peanuts on top, toss lightly, and serve immediately while still hot.
If you have sensitive skin, use latex or plastic gloves while working with the raw taro, as it can cause severe rashes in some people, especially between the fingers. When in doubt, use the gloves.
This rice can be made ahead of time up through Step 4 and then reheated just before serving, at which time you should add your crunchy peanuts, of course
If you are averse to eating raw-ish garlic or have romantic plans for the evening, feel free to cook the garlic in a bit of oil before adding it to the rice.


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Dream Bigger, Create Legacy
YOU 177 is a journey from dreams to legacy, from aspirations to action. It's about moving toward a bigger way of thinking and acting, a 7-Generation World.
Albert Einstein famously once said that "we cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them." The big challenges in our world demand even bigger thinking.
What's Your Dream?
When you're trying to transform your life, your community, our world, you start by Dreaming Bigger.
What's your dream for yourself and your community? That's a big question. It deserves careful consideration. You need to discover – or perhaps rediscover – what really matters to you.
When you're building physical infrastructure, like homes and roads, you need tools like backhoes and bulldozers. When you're building psychosocial infrastructure, like greater connection and meaning between all generations that will help us thrive and innovate, you also need tools. But few exist. So we needed to invent one. It's called Dream.
Dream is a story for all ages to share about hopes and dreams across a lifetime, through history, and into the future. It may look like a simple little book, but it's a transformational tool developed over five years by an international team that included educators, librarians, and social researchers. It's a small package with a big message.
Stories inspire us, getting to the head through the heart. They enable us to discover and share what really matters. Too often we get stuck in little stories that fail to sustain us or effect real change. YOU 177 is about discovering a bigger story, so we think it makes sense to start with a story.
Join in the community read program Generations Dream using Dream to connect us across communities, cultures, and generations. Self-discovery and real community begin in conversation. By participating in Generations Dream, you can start a big-picture dialogue that inspires us all to dream bigger. Each of our dreams may be different, but they can grow from a common experience and our connected humanity.
Dream is illustrated by 15 top artists from around the world. Art can inspire us and take us to new places. This illustration from Dream is by Academy Award-winner Shaun Tan. It's you in a "bigger" place, a 7-Generation World. You're climbing the mountain of life. Behind the mountain is the sweep of history – from the Lighthouse of Alexandria on the left, built in 250 BC, to a modern time icon on the right, Big Ben in London, England. At the top of the mountain is a multidirectional signpost, symbolizing an unknown future with many possibilities. You, in a 7-Generation World that connects past, present, and future in a powerful way.
7-Generation Thinking
Springboarding from the Dream shared reading and intergenerational dialogue experience, 7-Generation resources and ideas help you reframe and expand your life, school, organization, or community story. Bigger, better, longer-term thinking is rare and difficult in today's fast-paced world.
7-Generation Thinking is a way to make bigger thinking more commonplace and accessible.
Generations are a way to get beyond yourself at this single moment in time. They are a way to touch Big Time. With increases in longevity, more of us than ever before in history will personally know 7 generations – our own generation; three generations before us (parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents); and three generations after us (our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren). Generations are a living big-picture time perspective.
7-Generation Thinking combines intellect and creativity, using the left and right brain; builds empathy and perspective-taking skills; looks for bigger patterns and new connections; allows for reflection to translate knowledge into wisdom; travels time, learning from the past and making informed predictions about the future; and reaches for a higher level, a metaperspective.
People often talk about needing a new paradigm to solve complex, interconnected problems. A paradigm is essentially a mental model – for example, shifting from a flat-Earth to round-Earth understanding of this planet. But what we really need for transformation is a metaperspective – seeing the Earth not from itself but from the universe, from the stars. A metaperspective is a bigger way to understand and ultimately act.
The LegacyCubed concept offers a foundation for bigger thinking. It reflects the three levels of a bigger picture: the level of the individual lifetime, physical as well as psychosocial; the level of interactions between people, lifetimes across generations; and the collective systems that make up communities from generation to generation across time.
As you Dream Bigger using 7-Generation resources,
the YOU 177 journey then moves to Creating Legacy.


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Thousands of academics have gathered in Toronto this week for the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, presenting papers on everything from whether poutine is a form of cultural appropriation to the ampersand as a symbol of gentrification. In this week-long Oh, The Humanities! series, the National Post showcases some of the most interesting research.Canada's embrace of poutine as a national dish amounts to cultural appropriation — contributing to a creeping "Canadization" that threatens to absorb Québécois culture, a Quebec academic argues in a new study.Nicolas Fabien-Ouellet, a Montreal-born graduate student at the University of Vermont, will present his paper, "Poutine Dynamics," at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Ryerson University this week. The paper, he says, exposes "how the Canadian culinary identity is constructed and construed by means of cultural appropriation processes."In an interview ahead of the presentation, he stressed he isn't claiming that eating, cooking or adapting the dish is cultural appropriation. (In fact, a particularly inspired section of his paper calls for a change in thinking about poutine — to look at it more as a food category, like soup, rather than a singular dish — to encourage further twists on the classic recipe.)The problem for Fabien-Ouellet is poutine's status as "Canadian." He points to poutine festivals across the country and polls that rank it as among the best of Canadian dishes. But poutine is a Québécois creation, not a Canadian one, he insists — and suggesting otherwise ignores that poutine "has been used as a form of stigma against a minority group that is still at risk of cultural absorption."
Source: The dark side of poutine: Canada taking credit for Quebec dish amounts to cultural appropriation, academic says


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6. Crackdown
Who would have ever thought that 500 green glowing orbs would become the focal point of our lives for a short period in 2007? Two years after its release, it's hard not to look back on Crackdown fondly. Especially when you dig up the remnants of its modest reign around the Internet. Realtime Worlds' debut title was a sleeper in every sense of the word. From the swan dive atop the Agency headquarters to the complete destruction of all of Pacific City's organized crime, Crackdown is a memorable foray into superheroism. Or is it?
Sterling: Crackdown was my bachelor party. The night before my nuptuals was spent organizing the next day's events and smiting Volk gangsters. Some people get dragged to strip clubs the night before they get married. I got dragged into collecting agility orbs. I can't think of a better way to have spent my last night as a bachelor.
Gabe: Honestly, by the end of Crackdown, the thing that I couldn't get over was what a surprisingly awesome plot the game offered. I mean, the obvious allusions to "RoboCop" were stupendous, but taking it further into a Nietzsche-ish allegory for the Superman? Who watches the Watchmen indeed!
Sterling: It's funny because the ending, for all of its twists, leads you to this awful conclusion about what you've been doing, and what's your reaction to it? Go collect some more of those orbs so that you can keep running rampant. Say what you will about the character who you're controlling being an indestructible hero; the game knows that your flesh is weak, but your mind is... actually, it's pretty weak, too. There's a reason the word "crack" is in the title.
Gabe: And see, that was one of the best parts of Crackdown: It never ended. Long after I'd beaten the main story, I was still returning to Pacific City to harvest those last few achievements or test out the downloadable content.
Sterling: Funny you mention achievements. I noticed that around the first anniversary of the Xbox 360 achievement whoring became a more pervasive and widespread activity. Realtime Worlds sagely predicted this, and hinged nearly everything in the game on achievements. Say what you will, I find it ironic that I had way more fun playing Crackdown, the game that legions of gamers bought for the Halo 3 beta, than Halo 3 itself.


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Well hi there!
This week I have gone back to my native tongue to choose the word of the week! So, here it is:
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: əˈdapt
Definition (2nd of 3): become adjusted to new conditions.
Now, this word has come to describe much of my time this last week in Cambodia. As I learn more about my community, the culture, and the language, it is more and more important that I can adjust to the new, and take it for the journey that it is. Adapting is what makes life interesting, and I write this from my phone as I am in Siem Reap this week for a workshop rather than in Phnom Penh. Sometimes we plan adaptation, sometimes it happens naturally. Either way, I think it is always important to reflect on the adapting and what it means for you!
Keep Shining,


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The Arts
On stage or at an easel, with a bow or with a brush, the visual and performing arts are an intrinsic part of a Gulliver's education. Students are exposed to the arts at all ages as an avenue to expand their understanding, encourage their creativity, and provide the tools for self-expression. Our goal is to develop all students' appreciation and talents, bringing the arts into their lives and providing courses that can take them from beginner to conservatory levels.
Whether a student's interests focus on paint or en pointe, the following pages will display the depth and breadth of the visual and performing art experience at Gulliver.


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(Thanks to Brian @ SnappedShot.com)
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
FoxNews Avoids The "M" Word Or The "I" Word
Just as CNN did a couple of weeks ago in its report on "Honor" Killings, FoxNews has also taken the PC road to avoid using the terms "muslim" or "Islam" in its report about acid attacks on women in Pakistan.
Saira Liaqat, 26, poses for the camera as she holds a portrait of herself before being burnt, at her home in Lahore. Saira was married to her relative who would later attack her after insistently demanding her to live with him, although the families had agreed she wouldn't join him until she finished school. Saira has undergone plastic surgery 9 times to try to recover from her scars.
This is very sad, because such evil cannot be defeated until we are ready to confront it. By refusing to acknowledge it, we embolden it.
~Henry Thoreau
Posted by DMartyr at 8/18/2008 11:02:00 AM 4 comments
Labels: Fox, honor killing, human rights, Islam, media
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Question: If Someone Pokes An Angry Bear With A Stick, Do They Deserve To Be Mauled?
(Hat Tip: Naomi)
The Russia - Georgia conflict clarified, from the Washington Post:
The Georgian leadership took steps, sometimes against the advice of its allies, sometimes without telling them, that accelerated the advance to a war in which Georgia could never prevail, according to a U.S. account. But the key question -- who finally triggered full conflict? -- remains in dispute. The Georgians said they staged their offensive only after Russian troops began streaming into South Ossetia and the Russians saying they advanced only after the Georgians began attacking South Ossetia's capital, Tskhinvali.
The Kremlin, long angry over Georgia's close ties with the United States and Western Europe, may have been itching for a fight, as Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has long insisted. If so, Saakashvili facilitated the lopsided matchup. Some Western officials say that although he faced clear provocations, he was reckless. "If it was a trap, and there's good reason to think it was, he walked right into it," one Western diplomat said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
In Georgia, popular anger against Russia remains high, and Saakashvili has yet to be called to account for the decision to assault Tskhinvali, a small city in which thousands of civilians were forced into their cellars by shelling.
Russian officials say 2,000 people died in Tskhinvali. That figure has been described as inflated by human rights groups. But there unquestionably was a large toll of civilian deaths and injuries, which has outraged Russia and shocked Georgia's Western allies.
(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)
Posted by DMartyr at 8/17/2008 04:15:00 PM 0 comments
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Could We Be Wrong Again?
Just as America unwittingly backed Islamic militants in their jihad against Serbia, it appears the United States, and most of the Western world, is siding with another savage militant minority.
Unconfirmed, from Russia Today:
The Regnum news agency is reporting that Georgian troops burned down a 10th century Orthodox church while terrified civilians perished inside. The agency quotes eyewitness accounts of the atrocity after all-out fighting in Khetagurovo, a small village near the republic's capital Tskhinvali.
Almost all of those fighting to defend the village were killed, but the report says the fate of others, mostly women and the elderly, turned out to be even more horrible.
Eyewitnesses report that Georgian tanks literally ran people down and that soldiers took almost all the women to another location. Their fate is still unknown.
Other gruesome details have emerged, via Daily Mail Online:
In another atrocity, innocent villagers were crushed under the tracks of oncoming tanks, claimed Regnum.
Another allegation - again without detail or confirmation - is that locals were cowering in cellars for safety when Georgian forces flooded their hideouts.
Putin was reported to have been told how several girls were locked in a village house before it was set on fire, burning them alive.
'We saw how a tank hit and then drove over the body of an elderly woman who was trying to flee,' one eye-witness was quoted as saying.
'We a saw a body of an 18-month-old baby that had been stabbed to death by Georgians.'
Could America be wrong about this conflict in Georgia? It wouldn't be a surprise. After all, we have been wrong before.
Posted by DMartyr at 8/12/2008 03:59:00 PM 2 comments
Saturday, August 9, 2008
To Kill An American
(Hat Tip: Jawa Report)
(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)
Posted by DMartyr at 8/09/2008 07:27:00 AM 0 comments
Friday, August 8, 2008
Wafa Sultan Speaks Out About Sharia Law
(Hat Tip: Jihad Watch)
This is the "peace" Islam wants to force on you. For your own future, for the future of your children, watch, learn the truth, and spread this video.
(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)
Posted by DMartyr at 8/08/2008 06:19:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: human rights, injustice, IslamoFascism, Sharia
Friday, August 1, 2008
Quran & Ahadith Gems
Posted by DMartyr at 8/01/2008 09:20:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: muhammadsquran, Qur'an, video
Quotes To Ponder
It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
~Leonardo da Vinci
Posted by DMartyr at 8/01/2008 07:51:00 AM 0 comments
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I decided to go with CakeKnife Photography because I have known the photographer and her work for sometime. I am a massive fan of her work, and she has a wonderful eye, she also happens to be an extremely amazing human being. She is so much fun to have around, and sort of has the gravitational pull about her. She can really command chaos. Looking back I wish I could have recommended CakeKnife for more weddings, she really is a master of the craft, and if you have the chance to book her for your wedding do it, you definitely won't regret it. I still have people texting me about how lovely and talented she is from my wedding guests.Â
                                        – Micheline Norman
Micheline and Chip's wedding was held deep within the magical forest of Lake Kissimmee state park at the historic Cow Camp built in 1876. I had been following Micheline and Chip's relationship bloom on Facebook and was hoping that if they ever got married I'd be the one to photograph it. I just knew that whatever they were planning it was going to be unique and that wish came true!
Micheline is a LA fashion designer and we had worked together on photoshoots a few times during my days in LA. She was also one of the most beautiful women I had ever met. It was great reuniting with her under such beautiful circumstances in such a surreal setting. Was cool to see so many guests fly in from the swanky cities of LA and New York, many of them in the entertainment industry, dressed all in black and mingling in the middle of the woods. A funny juxtaposition and so perfect for this creative couple.
The Lake Kissimmee region is in Southern Florida and is filled with the nicest locals sporting thick accents, a love for Jesus and a knack for cooking killer Catfish. Chip was from there and Micheline wanted the visual beauty of Florida's forest vegetation, as she put it "I have a total tree fetish!" I do too which is one of the reasons why I love booking Southern weddings (this was my 3rd). The trees are massive with gray wisps of Spanish moss swaying from the twisted limbs. Mix that in with the heat plus the soft Florida sunlight the photography produces a very different look then in Colorado.
The portraits were incredibly important to Micheline and Chip who gave me a full two hours for them after the ceremony, a rarity in my wedding world. They also brought smoke bombs for the occasion which was a first for me. We set out to shoot throughout the park, but there were some challenges using the smoke bombs and at one point Micheline's friend burned a hole through her dress when she pulled the trigger on the bomb. Like a total champ she waived it off and we continued on. The things we do for amazing photos!
I always love seeing the little DIY touches my couples do for their weddings. In the hustle and bustle of packing for her wedding Micheline left her 1930's cake topper behind, so she spent an entire frantic day going to about 6 antique malls and vintage stores until she found sort of what she needed. She took two old vintage cake toppers apart with a little hack saw, some hot glue and paint and made the topper you see on her cake. She also made her dress which is no surprise being a fashion designer. Her maid of honor, officiant, along with her close friend, hairstylist with mother in tow sewed the trim on the night before. Her dress felt even more special because of all the amazing women who touched it and put a little of themselves in it. Â
I asked Micheline if she had any advice to future brides …
"It always goes over budget. Don't spend more than you can, otherwise you will regret it. The day goes by in a literal blur so when you see the photos it helps make it all worth it. The photos are definitely top of priority for me when I look back! Oh and things to avoid, catching your wedding guests on fire. Use smoke bombs at your own risk."
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Ceremony Venue – Camp Mack
Wedding Planner – Alyssa Andrews with A-List Views
Makeup – Carbonloxe.art
Hair – Melissa Firestone
Florist – Wild Hare Flowers
Catering – 4 Rivers Catering
Cake – Cut the Cake
Reception Venue – Derry Down
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Personal History
Personal History of Keith Giffen is unknown.
Professional History
Keith Giffen is an American comic book creator. He began his career in 1976 working for Marvel Comics in the Marvel Preview magazine. His first published work for DC Comics was also in 1976, in the title All-Stars Comics (volume 1). His versatile ability to draw allowed him to be part in almost all the major comic books of DC Comics, being one of the few artists that have drawn all of the iconic titles and characters from the company.
Most recently, he has been one of the leading creators in the title The New 52: Futures End.
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See Also
- Keith Giffen's Images as a Penciler
- Keith Giffen's Images as an Inker
- Keith Giffen's Images as a Cover Artist
Work History
Official Website
- None.
Links and References
- Giffen at The Official DC Comics Website
- Giffen at The Comic Book Database
- Keith Giffen at Wikipedia.org
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- Tracts for the Times
- Tract 8: The Gospel a Law of Liberty, 31 Oct., 1833
- Tract 9: On Shortening the Church Service, 31 Oct., 1833
- Tract 59: The position of the Church of Christ in England, relatively to the State and the Nation., 25 April, 1835
- Tract 63: The Antiquity of the existing Liturgies., 1 May, 1835
- Tract 75: On the Roman Breviary as embodying the substance of the Devotional Services of the Church Catholic., 24 June, 1836 (drafted by Froude and completed by Newman)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1924 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.


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seldom am I errant in studying the current issue of The World of Interiors-but the December issue, all about fashion, was lost on me.
blame it on the season, however it did not disappoint when I opened its pages New Year's Eve. In a world inundating us all with imagery, insight, parody & parroting -this magazine still invigorates the anesthetized senses.
"The idea was to give each one creative carte blanche, allowing them to interpret the brief in as literal or abstract a manner as they wished. Compiled over the past eight months, the choices you see here are resolutely their own." World of Interiors editor,Rupert Thomas
Much as my recurring stories about how they decorated-World of Interiors December issue visited 15 fashion designers to see how they live and decorate. It is a beautiful piece-with designers Dries Van Noten, Vivienne Westwood & Christopher Bailey of Burberry- sharing their homes. These particularly, I identified with and yes-I can say the clothes they design appeal to me equally. Their design styles typify an eclectic & creative way of decorating I love. Seemingly disparate pieces come together in ways that defy logic, resulting in highly personal spaces.Van Noten takes pieces whose original function may seem archiac in today's world-and adapts them to house cd's and dried goods.
Here's a peek at Dries Van Noten's home, my favorite- and at Vogue UK here. (& World of Interiors is on facebook too.)
Dries Van Noten cites Flemish painter Leon de Smet as a favorite-
and one of de Smet's paintings hangs on the wall in Van Noten's Red Sitting Room.
DRIES love links:
Dries Van Noten
Blouin ArtInfo
It's About Time- de Smet's Women
Dries Van Noten's Spring Collection Vogue.com
Little Augury on Dries Van Noten


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Great interest in Stäubli novelties at ITMA 2015 in Milan
The international Stäubli team gladly received the many customers and other interested persons, who confirmed that Stäubli's strategy is well aligned with market needs. A number of business agreements were made at the show, and the Stäubli sales teams must now convert the significant interest shown at ITMA into concrete business during the forthcoming months. Following this successful trade fair, Stäubli is looking forward to 2016 with strong optimism.
Pic: Stäubli booth at ITMA with the Jacquard machine SX in the foreground
Spotlight on some Stäubli novelties
Outstanding performance is always based on good preparation, and this also applies to weaving. That is why Stäubli has again expanded its range of weaving preparation solutions. The SAFIR S60 automatic drawing-in machine, offering the highest levels of efficiency and productivity, has been successfully launched. Interested visitors watched it in operation and were amazed by the dependable automatic optical yarn & color detection functions.
From an elevated deck at the booth, visitors could perfectly observe the new SX, LX and LXL Jacquard machines operating in combination with Stäubli Jacquard harnesses and healds. The high-performance weaving machinery setups produced sophisticated applications like OPW (one piece woven) airbags and African damask, underlining the profound system understanding Stäubli provides to weavers by means of its Jacquard weaving machinery in combination with Stäubli Jacquard accessories.
A large part of the booth was dedicated to the newly unveiled ALPHA 500 INNOVATION carpet weaving system with an accessible weavers stand. It generated great attention, especially as it was in operation weaving the most diverse and innovative carpets. Another highlight and world premiere was demonstrated by the Stäubli product brand Schönherr carpet systems: Magic Shadow Effect (patent pending) for weaving single-colour carpets featuring astounding designs.
The Stäubli product area DEIMO knitting solutions presented a world novelty to the knitting industry, which responded with amazement: the D4S fully automatic toe-linking device. Installed directly on the knitting machine, it permits unloading socks on the fly and ensures very short downtimes.
Pic: The new Stäubli SAFIR S60 automatic drawing in machine


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When Bezoza returned to New York, he left the emergency-room job and went on a worldwide pilgrimage to learn about alternative therapies, visiting skin-treatment centers at the Dead Sea and cancer clinics in Baja. In 1981, he hung out a shingle aimed at the beautiful people in New York who were watching their attractiveness wither under the disco onslaught of cocaine, nicotine, booze, and Quaaludes. "I really had the idea that beauty was related to health. We had a diagnosis called model malnutrition -- for women who were trying to live on two Graham crackers a day. I could bring them the equivalent of two steaks and three mangoes with my infusion therapy."
Beauty is no longer the focus of his practice. He now spends most of his time interviewing patients (a session usually runs $250 to $300) and dispensing supplements and infusions. He still practices conventional medicine -- if someone needs antibiotics, he will prescribe them, for example, and he regularly sends his patients out for high-tech MRIs, CT scans, and sonograms. Often, his patients have already seen conventional practitioners and are still uncured of their asthma, allergies, inflammatory bowel syndrome, or cancer. "I'm Dr. End-of-the-Line," he says. "People who come to me get more than the HMO minute. I am acutely aware that people are spending their own money to see me."
Olympia Dukakis discovered Bezoza seven years ago, when she was seeking alternative ways to deal with osteoporosis. "There wasn't that much information out there, so I started to read everything, hoping to find people to help me," she says. "I knew there was a nutritional component, and as I read, I kept coming up against his name. I found out he was right here in New York. He did a lot of things, which I don't want to talk about, and he really turned me around."
Dr. Ron Hoffman has been operating his Hoffman Center on East 30th Street for about as long as Bezoza has had his center. But Hoffman, with his spectacles and subdued self-consciousness, has a different bedside manner. Hoffman's center has offered conventional medicine, acupuncture, vitamin drips, herbal medicine, and other nontraditional cures since 1981. He has been prolific in writing about his work. Tired All the Time: How to Regain Your Lost Energy; Intelligent Medicine: A Guide to Optimizing Health and Preventing Illness for the Baby-Boomer Generation; and 7 Weeks to a Settled Stomach are three of his self-help books.
"I intended to do this from the get-go," Hoffman says of his decision to practice what is often known as "complementary medicine," meaning that it works with, not in replacement of, more conventional treatments. "I call it intelligent medicine." Hoffman studied anthropology in college, and his approach to the various healing systems of the world "is not hierarchical."
Most of Hoffman's patients suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, digestive problems, or allergies. He also is pioneering a non-conventional treatment of autistic children involving a digestive hormone.
Where Bezoza is a booster, Hoffman is restrained about the benefits of alternative therapies. "People present real dilemmas," he says. "They have an unsavory option ahead, and this has an aura of the magical. And sometimes there is a magical, unexpected outcome. Other times, the verdict is, you've still got to have that operation."
A native Californian, Hoffman says nontraditional healing in New York dates to the forties and the physician Carlton Fredericks, who had a popular radio show on nutrition. "There is a big difference in the style of the New York practitioners" compared with the West Coast doctors, he says. "Some are doing the touchy-feely spiritual stuff, but there is a more hard-assed approach here. In California, it's more of an aesthetic thing."


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The Presidential Debates: The Question They Wont Answer!
The inhabitants of Florida, who of late have endured the unfriendly visits of hurricanes Mr. Charlie, Ms. Frances, Dr. Ivan and Sister Jeanne, are about to host the "perfect storm" of presidential politics, the first face-to-face confrontation between President George and Senator John.
Just four weeks before the nation votes on November 2, 2004, the first Presidential debate between George W. Bush and John Kerry is scheduled for next Thursday, September 30th , in Miami. The theme of this first debate is foreign policy. Public Televisions host of the nightly News Hour program, Jim Lehrer, will be asking the questions and moderating the debate.
Almost certainly, there is one question that he is not now planning to ask. Can you guess what that is? Could it be related to Puerto Rico political status?
Lets play "Jeopardy!" You know the game. The moderator gives the answer and you pose the related question.
Heres the answer!
"From the first day of my Presidency, I will work to resolve the question of Puerto Ricos ultimate status by first doubling the budget of the Presidential Task Force on Puerto Rico Status and will charge it to accelerate its work. Secondly, I will engage in an objective public education campaign on the constitutionally valid options (for Puerto Rico) -- national sovereignty, either fully independent from or in free association with the United States, or to join the Union as a state. Finally, I will authorize a referendum for the Puerto Rican people to choose (an option)."
Now you must ask the question that fits the above answer.
If your question is:
"What did George Bush say on the campaign trail?"
Youd be wrong!
"What did John Kerry say on the campaign trail?"
The correct question is "What did retired General Wesley Clark say in his Democratic presidential campaign statement, "Fulfilling Americas Promise to the People of Puerto Rico," issued before he withdrew from the race. It was the last time an unambiguous statement of intention regarding Puerto Rico status was issued by any presidential candidate in the current race.
President Bush refers questions about Puerto Rico to the bureaucratic task force that has been stalling for four years and John Kerry seems to be watching the "see-saw" game being played by his Puerto Rican advisors, some of whom want no change in the territorial status quo and others who want a statement by the candidate similar to that of Gen. Clarks.
This first debate will be held at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Subsequent debates will be moderated by ABC's Charlie Gibson in St. Louis, Missouri, and CBS's Bob Schieffer in Tempe, Arizona. Next week, a debate between the two Vice Presidential rivals, Dick Cheney and John Edwards will occur in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Florida venue is appropriate for the first battle of wits between the candidates representing the Democratic and Republican Parties, especially since the Y-2000 election in that state was so close between them, with a mere 537 votes deciding the election in favor of George W. Bush. Current polls project a statistical dead heat between the two candidates in Florida.
Also, "The Sunshine State" is a suitable site for the first debate, since it is home to a significant number of Hispanic voters and both candidates are furiously beckoning them to gather under their respective banners. The large Cuban-American community of South Florida, whose overriding issue is the Fidel Castro regime in Cuba and the U.S. policy towards the current trade embargo and limited access to the island for U.S. citizens, is expecting the debaters to expand on this point, and you can bet that they will.
Florida is destination for many immigrants, not exclusively Hispanic, and not just Cuban. Haitians and other immigrants from the Caribbean, Central and South America have settled in Florida. Federal immigration policy is of concern to Hispanics and is controversial in the general population. It is possible that questions about immigration policy in the first debate might be considered "domestic" and relegated to a future venue, but it could easily qualify since immigration does impact on U.S. relations with the immigrants countries of origin, especially Mexico.
Questions about Puerto Ricos political status might not be considered sufficiently oriented to foreign policy to qualify for a question in Florida, although it has important foreign policy implications for the image of the United States abroad, a country that is rhetorically strong in the promotion of democracy all over the world, but has yet to gather the political will to grant it to all of its citizens, specifically Puerto Ricans, a point that the Cuban Government makes every year in the United Nations.
Whether or not the question is asked, the candidate in the first debate that speaks forthrightly about Puerto Rico is likely to help himself among the large and growing Puerto Rican community settled in Florida, where much campaigning has and will continue to occur and where extensive voter registration drives have been undertaken to help build a Puerto Rican "block" of voters in this election. As American citizens, they may legally vote once they establish residency in any U.S. state.
The second presidential debate, to be held on October 8th, is the most likely to produce a question about Puerto Ricos political status. It is to be in a "town hall" format, with questions posed by members of a specially invited audience of "undecided" voters. These invitees must qualify as "soft" supporters of each candidate chosen by the Gallup Organization and the total numbers of participants in each category must be equal.
If you wish to ask the candidates, "Where do you stand on equal democratic rights for the 3.9 million Puerto Ricans living on the island, who for 87 years have been American citizens but who have been unrepresented in the U.S. Congress and are unable to vote for either of you standing at those podiums?", then you had better hope that Mr. Gallup has you listed as an "undecided voter" with a "soft" preference for one of the two contenders.
If you want to hear one of the network anchors articulate the question, "As President, will you offer the residents of Puerto Rico non-colonial and constitutionally valid choices for a permanent political status, so that after more than a century under the U.S. flag, they may end their territorial status and finally enjoy the dignity of either independence or U.S. statehood?", then you had better start writing postcards and emails to the network offices of the media icons who are hosting the debates.
What do you think will happen? Will the candidates address the question of Puerto Ricos political status in the upcoming debates?
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