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#VillainSleepover Anyone want to join in a new weekly/biweekly twitter chat #villainsleepover? If you do, follow the hashtag (if not, mute it!) as we will kick off in June with discussions around sex/sexuality and 'villainy'. A few of us who enjoy these kinds of chats and especially love talking about the darker side of human… Continue reading June Twitter Chat! Sex & Villainy #villainsleepover
The Eleusinian Mysteries
CW: Genitalia, probably not in the way you expect Extract from Fairwood House: A History, by Harold Bishop (1987) Sir Peter Sauvant (d. 1892) was the leader of an occult group who called themselves the Eleusinians, after the ancient rites performed each year in Ancient Greece by the devotees of Demeter and Persephone, based at… Continue reading The Eleusinian Mysteries
Folklore of Pagham-on-Sea: The Meteor (Part 1)
The following folklore is, like Pagham-on-Sea, entirely fictional. A Medieval Account of the Meteor Strike, c.1189 Chronica Maiora (Anonymous monk of Fairwood Abbey, a Benedictine foundation of 1165, dissolved 1532) trans. and ed. Harold Bishop, (Basingstoke University Press, 1973) In the days of the Romans, a hairy-tailed star fell from heaven and struck the ground… Continue reading Folklore of Pagham-on-Sea: The Meteor (Part 1)
The Doctor Will See You Now
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte Miss Charlotte sits behind her desk, the wood covered in tiny tally marks gouged into the paint. Everything is clinical, white. The only personal item is a mug featuring a cartoon devil and the legend: I'd Tell You To Go To Hell But I Work There. It is pristine, but gathering… Continue reading The Doctor Will See You Now
So You've Moved To Pagham-on-Sea: Getting Medical Help
Congrats again on your big move! The neighbours at No. 7 are, as you suspected, just like you, and you know that you'll fit in here just fine. How lovely it is to be with your own Kith and Kin again, after hiding your true nature for so long! Well, admittedly, you still have to… Continue reading So You've Moved To Pagham-on-Sea: Getting Medical Help


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Several weeks ago a client called the office about some Red Oaks that were dying, one by one. I arrived at his home in north Columbus and he quickly filled me in on the details: Two years ago one tree died, last year one other tree died (neighbor's tree nearby) and this year two more trees had died.
After inspecting the site I found the mature Red Oak were within about a 50' diameter area, and were all defoliated. One tree still had some dead leaves attached to limbs high in the canopy as well as some sprouts in the inner canopy with a few remaining green leaves. The site was a nice stand of native woods surrounding a ravine area that spans across the rear of multiple properties.
I inspected the base of the tree and found some weeping spots at the base of the trunk on two of the trees:
There were a couple of areas with vertical cracks oozing black seepage. These symptoms, coupled with the fact that the trees had died quickly, brought a couple of ideas to mind, but I wanted to sample the trees and send them to the lab for a proper diagnosis as all the things I was thinking of were very serious. The client had done some research on his own and suspected Oak Wilt. I had not heard of this in our area, although I was aware that this is a problem north of the Columbus area.
Samples were retrieved from the middle canopy, selecting two branches that had both dead and live leaves in hopes that a transitional section could be sampled. After several weeks, the C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic (The Ohio State University) was able to identify the fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum which causes Oak Wilt.
Please follow this link for the Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet on Oak Wilt, where the information summarized below is drawn from.
The implications of this are serious. All oak varieties are susceptible, and Red Oak seem to be particularly vulnerable.
The disease can be spread both by root grafts (roots from neighboring trees growing together) and by sap feeding beetles and possibly oak bark beetles. Because it spreads in two ways, two approaches are needed to stop the spread of the disease.
The beetles that are vectors for the disease area attracted to fresh wounds on Oak trees, so pruning of Oaks during the growing season when the beetles are active is not recommended. A pruning wound will attract these beetles, and if they have been feeding on infected trees, the healthy trees will be subsequently infected.
To prevent infection from tree to tree, trenching between trees is recommended to sever any root grafts. This is not always feasible depending on soil type and tree location, and trees must be accessible with proper equipment.
A fungicidal trunk injection can be applied preventively to healthy trees in order to help protect them from infection. The treatment needs to be reapplied every one to three years in order to maintain its efficacy.
In Closing: I have an Oak tree. What does this mean for me?
- For maximum safety, do not allow your tree to be pruned during the growing season when beetles are active.
- If your tree is a vital part of your landscape, consider a trunk injection to increase the odds it will not be infected.
- If your trees are infected and need to be removed, make sure the Certified Arborist doing or directing the work knows how to dispose of the material to prevent spreading the fungus.


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Only seafood menu, only high quality raw Italian fish used, a well-groomed wine list (The Antica Galleria di Sacerno is Krug Ambassade) and great attention to the guests in a small village in the Po valley a few miles from Bologna.
This is the challenge of Dario Picchiotti - chef- and Giada Berri - sommelier-, young owners of this historic restaurant in Bologna.
A cozy and casual atmosphere and a particular care for every details are the main characteristics of this place located in the quiet of a suburb, close to the center, but surrounded by nature.
Perfect for guests who want to enjoy an escape from the stressful rhythms of the city and immerse themselves in the pleasures offered by fine cuisine with a touch of sophistication and creativity.
During spring and summer guest will be accommodated in our private garden.
Starters of raw crustaceans and fishes tartare: every day the best of our seas served uncooked in order to maximize the taste of seafood in his pureness, from red prawns to sea bass, from red tuna to Amberjack.
Non c'è scampo! (word game: it means "no scampi" but also "no escape"): raw scampi with seasonal vegetables and national products.
Chitarrucce with clams and courgettes in two versions: chitarrucce (egg pasta) sautéed with a cream of courgette and fried courgettes.
Crustaceans Catalan style and baked fishes: all fishes are top quality wild Italian seafood, all fresh. The kind of crustaceans or fishes changes depending of availability of the day.
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How to Deep-Fry a Delicious Turkey and Other Fun Foods
Deep-Fried Turkey Recipe
Have you ever eaten a deep-fried turkey, if not, you must try it? The first time I tasted one it was so moist and flavorful, I kept wanting just one more bite!
Because the meat cooks so quickly, the oil does not absorb into the meat. The result is tender, succulent meat with a crispy skin.
There are many flavorings and seasonings you can use on your turkey. I know you will love it, give a try for your next party, family gathering or for the holidays.
While you have a pot of hot oil, do not let it go to waste! Have a little fun by checking out other suggested foods to deep-fry!
Items Needed To Deep Fry a Turkey
- whole turkey, less than 14 pounds, completely thawed
- turkey fryer
- peanut oil, enough to cover turkey, see tips
- turkey seasonings
- injector
Preparing the Turkey To Fry
- Wash and dry the turkey well, water will cause it to splatter.
- Do not stuff the turkey.
- Inject the turkey with seasonings
- You may marinate the turkey, make sure it's completely dried before putting into the hot oil.
Instructions for Deep-Frying a Turkey
- Follow instructions that came with your deep-fryer for safety precautions.
- Fill the fryer with peanut oil, enough to cover turkey.
- Place the deep-fry thermometer into the oil and allow it to heat to the recommended temperature, usually 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Leave in the fryer to check the temperature.
- Carefully lower the turkey into hot oil.
- Do not leave deep-fryer unattended while deep frying turkey.
- Cook for 3-4 minutes a pound, until the breast, reaches a temperature of 170 degrees or thigh 180 degrees.
- After turkey floats to the top of the fryer, cook an extra 15 minutes. Check temperature to make sure it is done.
- If the oil starts to smoke, lower the heat by adjusting the burner.
- Very carefully remove the turkey from hot oil.
- Turn off the deep-fryer.
- Wrap the cooked turkey in foil and allow to rest for about 20 minutes before carving.
Tips From Margie Lynn
- To check the amount of oil needed, put the turkey in the fryer pot, add water to cover it completely. Take the turkey from the fryer and measure the water.That is how much oil you will need.
- Make sure the stem of your deep-fry thermometer is at least 1-inch in the oil.
- You can buy prepared seasoned marinades in a jar at the supermarket, some come with an injector.
Warnings for Cooking the Turkey
- Do not allow children in the area where you have the turkey cooking.
- Use caution when removing the turkey from hot oil.
- Only cook the turkey outdoor.
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Foods to Fry in Leftover Turkey Hot Oil
- pickles
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- okra
- zucchini
- onion rings
- hush puppies
- corn on the cob
- candy bars
- funnel cakes
- fries, regular or sweet potato
- sopapillas
State Fair Street Foods
The State Fair has vendors that serve Deep-Fried Butter. My husband is a butter lover, he heard on the news about Deep-Fried Butter at the State Fair. I did a little research checking it out.
Reading this recipe may clog your arteries, but I had to share these unique and interesting recipes.
The State Fairs are always coming up with new street food to serve to the crowd of people. As many foodies know Paula Deen loves butter, she also has her own recipe for Deep-Fried Butter.
Deep Fried Butter Center Ingredients
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons cream cheese
- 3 tablespoons jam, flavor of choice
Deep Fried Butter Center Instructions
- Cream butter, sugar, cream cheese and jam together with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Using a melon baller or a small scoop to form 1-inch balls of butter mixture, then arrange them on a parchment-lined sheet pan.
- Freeze until solid, at least two hours.
Deep Fried Butter Batter Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 cup chilled club soda, add up to 1/4 cup extra if the batter is too thick.
Deep Fried Batter Instructions
- Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- Fold chilled club soda into dry mixture. Do not over mix; batter will be slightly lumpy and thick.
- Heat 3 1/2 cups peanut oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat, to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Skewer froze balls one at a time and dip in batter.
- Place butter ball in hot oil and carefully remove skewer, using another skewer.
- Fry for 30 to 45 seconds and turn.
- Fry for an extra 30 to 45 seconds or until lightly browned.
- Remove from oil with slotted spoon, place on a rack to cool.
- Contents of fried butter will stay hot, use caution when eating.
Tips From Margie Lynn
Garlic Fried Butter
- Omit jam and sugar out of butter center and omit sugar from the batter. Add 1 tablespoon garlic powder.
Plain Fried Butter
- Omit the jam from butter center.
Deep-Fried Candy Bars Recipes For Dessert
You can deep-fry just about anything you can wrap your mind around. Just use this basic technique and you can have a deep-fried whatever!
Some of the best candy bars to deep fry are Snickers, Mars Bars, Three Musketeer, and Milky Way. Other candies that work are Almond Joy, Twix and Kit Kat. Some other good items to deep-fry are Twinkies and Oreo cookies don't limit your imagination.
I am not saying these are good for you loaded with fat, sugar, and calories, but they are simply delicious. You now can have State Fair food from your own kitchen in a short time, let the kids help, they will love them.
Ingredients for Deep Fried Candy Bars
- 4 large candy bars
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 1 egg
- 4 wooden skewers
- Powdered sugar, for sprinkling
- Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
Instructions for Making Deep Fried Candy Bars
- Use a skewer or wooden craft stick and push into the candy bar.
- Freeze bar for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, egg, and milk, making a batter like pancakes.
- Heat oil to 350 degrees Fahrenheit in a deep pot about 4 to 6 inches of vegetable oil.
- Dip the candy bar into the batter by holding by the skewer, turning to coat it all over.
- Using caution placing the candy bar with a skewer in the hot oil, turn until browned and crisp, about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.
- Remove each bar by the skewer using tongs.
- Drain on paper towels or a rack and serve warm.
- Good sprinkled with powdered sugar, and served with ice cream or French fries!
Serves 4.
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Questions & Answers
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Please leave your comments on Deep-Fried Turkey and other foods!!
Hi Kendra, I love that is crispy on outside and moist on inside! That is the only time I will eat turkey breast!
Every Thanksgiving, my brother deep fries the turkey. It cooks so fast. That is the only time I have fried meat. It is delicious.
Although deep-fried foods have this delicious aftertaste, I prefer them grilled for obvious reasons. Either way, this was a great piece, Margie!! Well done!


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So I went to Helsinki International Film Festival, or Rakkautta & Anarkiaa (Love and Anarchy in English). No news there. This was my 13th time.
I've usually seen 2-3 films each day, but this time I spent only four days at the festival. I saw 14 films during the time, which is nice considering my usual quota of 20-25 films. It meant that I crammed more films per day than usual on several days, but even that worked out nicely, since there were break days in between. I survived without festival exhaustion except on the final day.
A few of the still independent cinemas are currently closed for renovations, so the venues changed a bit. This was bad. Kino Savoy was given the role of the new main venue replacing Bio Rex, but it just didn't work. It's an old theater hall that hasn't been in regular use in ages, which means that audio is awful, chairs are torture and bottom of screen is hidden behind people in front of you. I also visited the two separate cinemas in Korjaamo – Kino and Kulmasali. Kino was nice. It's purpose built for screening films, so it has nice chairs, nice audio and stuff. Surprisingly good considering that it is a plywood cube sitting in the center of the bigger halls in Korjaamo. Kulmasali is regularly used for small scale theater and related performances, which means that it was another disappointment. Missed a few of the new venues mostly due to them being so far away and not being able to make the transition between films in my tight schedule.
I'm currently writing this three months after the festival and I still haven't seen the festival trailer. I was kind of bummed for not seeing it during the festival despite attending a few single screening films in the bigger venues. I guess the new venues meant that they were constantly behind schedule and had to cut something away. Need to watch the trailer at some point though… there. Watched it. Not my favorite, but not the worst either (2014 will hold that place for a long time to come). Not in the correct mood for further analyzing the piece at this point. Just the first impression – I didn't find a connection to the festival, films, love or anarchy.
This year the festival felt less… alive. There were several things having an effect on this. The main venues were closed, the replacements were at least partially bad, I didn't see the trailer, I wasn't there every day, I wasn't in the physical ticket queue… But there were also less people, less random talk about films with strangers, less speeches. Hopefully the festival doesn't start to simmer out. It's the one event I look forward to each year more than anything.
My first day…
Certain Women [2016]
I've been hearing about Kelly Reichardt since her 2006 film Old Joy and all of it excellent. I think a few of her films have been in Finland in R&A, but I've missed them thus far. It seems that currently the best cinema coming out of the US is often concentrating on small communities and small people. Giving short peeks into the lives of people, who've been left behind. In the films, they are not overtly angry. Something is always simmering below the surface though. Often fiercely independent, but struggling to find the independence in the community that is dwindling and descending into social problems around them. What I've heard, places Reichardt strongly into this genre and Certain Women was there as well.
It tells the stories of Laura (Laura Dern), Gina (Michelle Williams) and the unnamed ranch hand (Lily Gladstone, role credited as The Rancher). There's not too much interleaving in telling the stories, which gives each piece time to develop its own emotional weight. There's a few interconnections between the stories, but mostly they are inconsequential. Not your garden variety Look How Smartly We Built the Film episodic film then. Which is nice at least here.
Laura is a lawyer, who ends up in a hostage situation with her client and defuses it as best she can. Gina lives in a tent with her husband and daughter. They are purchasing quarried stone off of an elderly acquaintance in order to build a more permanent home. Might seem like a nice story about building your life yourself, living the American dream, but there are problems in the marriage already. Finally, The Rancher spends her days mostly at the ranch, but once a week drives 4 hours to get to an evening class taught by Elizabeth (Kristen Stewart). There's infatuation maybe even on the part of Elizabeth and a few almost magical moments, but in the end everything falls apart.
All the stories are told with an elegant touch. There's no bravado, no angles chosen for shock effect or even highlighting, just a complete mastery of letting the story tell itself, letting the actors be the stars and letting everything remain mundane. The hostage situation is resolved through the stupidity of Laura's client, the marriage doesn't evolve into a story of building the American dream, but neither does it fall apart, and the ranch hand returns to the ranch alone despite almost finding love.
The delicacy of Reichardt's touch is just wonderful. I'll certainly be watching more of her films.
- Director: Kelly Reichardt
- Watched on: 16th Sep 2016
- Watched at: Kinopalatsi 1
- 5/5
The First, the Last [2016]
Also known as Les premiers les derniers. I haven't heard about the director, Bouli Lanners, or any of his films previously. He has been acting since the 80ies, but directing features only since 2006.
When I pick my Rakkautta & Anarkiaa films, I try to pick some must see films, and fill it out with weirdness. Despite being an excellently curated festival, there's always a bunch of films that are mediocre at best, but weird mediocre is usually better than normal mediocre.
This was one of those picks. A road movie that has two aging guns for hire running after the cell phone of their employer with Jesus popping in occasionally. Essentially a road movie, where the journey again proves more important than the destination – original is not even reached, but instead replaced by a more essential one.
I don't really have much to say about this. Pacing is slightly off, atmosphere is close to the one in Certain Women, but not quite. Some hamfisted situations, some small problems here and there. But a solid film nevertheless.
Living is more than breathing.
- Director: Bouli Lanners
- Original Title: Les premiers les derniers
- Watched on: 16th Sep 2016
- Watched at: Kinopalatsi 2
- 3/5
Sunset Song [2015]
Another film by a director (Terence Davies), whose film I've heard praised often for a while (since Of Time and the City, 2008). Finally got a chance to see one of his films. A Quiet Passion [2016] was also in the festival program, but I missed that. I've got to know Terence Davies for sweeping stories that attempt to tell the story of a larger community. Usually it takes smaller parts of those communities and uses them as representative of the larger. This obviously misses some experiences completely, but apparently he has a knack in picking the things that are at least recognizable to everyone.
This one feels like that. A sweeping story that goes through a quintessentially Scottish experience through the story of one family. It bears certain similarities to the Finnish Seitsemän veljestä, that I've never been able to finish.
When I came out of the theater, I felt like the film was great. With the intervening two months I've become to like it less and less. I believe that it accurately describes some important portion of the Scottish experience, but I feel that the story is not worth telling. It is a story of domestic violence against women and children, about men breaking down under the then much more prevalent hurtful images of what a man is, about people, who see no escape and probably didn't have it in reality back at the day.
Maybe I've internalized it well enough that this is not how you are a good person, that it isn't educational. Instead, it only feels like a gory retelling of a story that has been told a million times. Maybe this is a story for the portion of Scotsmen, who have yet to internalize that it is ok to break tradition and do things smartly. Something that makes them go "Oh, that's exactly my life! But wait, isn't that kind of stupid? Maybe I should change something…"
I don't know, how to soften the paragraphs above and still push my point through. In any case, as a film, it is pretty great. Everything is just built wonderfully into a nicely interlocking story that is revealed with all kinds of great technique (not CGI technique, but technical ability in following well established rules of storytelling, pacing, camera angles, settings, acting, scripting etc. to produce a coherent film that feels worth watching – the important kind of technique).
- Director: Terence Davies
- Watched on: 16th Sep 2016
- Watched at: Kinopalatsi 2
- 3/5
So, Certain Women was a positive surprise despite my high expectations, Sunset Song was interesting, but slightly disappointing to see (in part due to very high expectations), and The First, the Last was a slightly forgettable snack in the middle that offered something good nevertheless. Whole day spent in Kinopalatsi, which usually hasn't been my favorite thing to do in R&A, but turned out to be a good decision what with the quality of Kino Savoy. All in all, a very good festival opening day.


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- The International Association of Gay/Lesbian Country Western Dance Clubs
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- Amherst Area English Country Dancers
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- Gays For Patsy - Community Dancing in Boston
Boston: Country and western two-step, line dancing. (A few Saturdays or Sunday a month)
- Dirty Water Saloon
Country-western two-step and lin dancing for GLBT & friends. (Boston, Wednesdays)
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Ted Crane's national (mainly) contra dance database. A computerized multimedia database of dances, callers, musicians and dance halls.
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he DEFFA Newsletter is the publication of the Downeast Friends of the Folk arts. It is a schedule of folk music and dance events, predominantly in the State of Maine and coastal New Hampshire. These events include concerts, contradances, international folk dance, jam sessions, music swaps, and festivals.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Thank you so much for all the kind comments you've left over the last few days, and all the emails, and all the other messages via various diverse routes. It's not been the easiest Christmas, as you can imagine, but support from every quarter has helped the family through.
If you did leave a comment, you may have noticed that my commenting system has changed. Haloscan's days are numbered, bought out by a bunch of self-confident entrepreneurs called Echo. Their upgraded system is an over-flash, over-complicated real-time streaming box, which might be what some people want, but it's not for me. Echo offered a simple choice - pay up and join us, or get out - and set a two week rolling deadline for all former subscribers. My fortnight ends today. And I got out.
If you did leave a comment, you may not have noticed that my commenting system has changed. Grey background, row of cards across the top, small white boxes underneath for entering personal data and text. Good, innit? Only down at the bottom of the pop-up is the telltale line "Commenting by Tridentscan". It's a custom-built Haloscan clone, that's what it is, and it's been put together by a very kind reader who understands coding, scripts and databases. I am very grateful.
You've made 41229 Haloscan comments over the years, which is a heck of a lot. All of these have had to be extricated from the old system and dropped ever-so-carefully into the new so that my seven-year archive is maintained. Echo prefers log-ins and profiles to empty-box simplicity, and would have lost all your email addresses and homepages during the transfer, whereas (hurrah) this homemade system has retained the lot of them.
The big change has already happened, a week in advance of enforced Echo takeover, thanks to a lot of hard work by a certain person behind the scenes. Thanks Kirk! So now, whenever you're moved to comment on something I've written here, you'll be entering your message into a bespoke non-profit-making template. And most definitely not into an elaborate "has it loaded yet" realtime lifestream.
The new system is still very much a work in progress, so it's not yet functioning perfectly. There are no "numbers of comments" at the bottom of each post, yet. You have to enter your name afresh every time because the system doesn't remember it, yet. Comments don't appear on a few old posts, yet, and line breaks aren't working brilliantly in IE8, yet. But we'll get there. And it's most definitely a whole lot better than ostentatious bloated Echo, I hope you'll agree. Long live Tridentscan!
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Format shift will give more choice
The slogan "all the news that's fit to print" used to be what newspapers lived by. Now, that could be replaced by 'all the news that's fit to print, access online, download, podcast….' — the choice really has become endless.
|~|92commentbody.jpg|~|Rupert Murdoch warns of a "new generation" of media consumers.|~|The slogan "all the news that's fit to print" used to be what newspapers lived by. Now, that could be replaced by 'all the news that's fit to print, access online, download, podcast….' — the choice really has become endless. We've seen that phenomenon as much here in the Middle East as anywhere else, with the success of websites such as ITP.net, the online 'sister' to IT Weekly. Now we're taking that one stage further. On our front page this issue, we announce that IT Weekly is shifting to an online format in the New Year, allowing you, our readers, to have better choice over how, when and where you access and read the content that we produce. The reason for this switch is simple: it is what our readers want. A news-hungry audience wants to get the best news and features as quickly as possible and we feel the best way to deliver that is by switching to an online format, allowing us to be published in a more timely fashion, and to reach our readership much more quickly. The key benefits of the new digital format will be that IT Weekly will be available to be read just hours after the last words have been written. Whether the readers are in Cairo or Dubai, IT Weekly subscribers will be able to read the very latest Middle East ICT news from that week. While the title will still have the same look and 'feel' of the print edition, it will be available to be read via a web browser, or to be printed off and read at the reader's leisure. Digital publishing retains the look of traditional print publishing but adds the massive benefit of making the edition available to all readers in a much shorter space of time. The new digital edition of IT Weekly will also include a mixture of interactive words and images to provide a more informative mix of reporting, such as video interviews, links to web sites and interactive advertising. ITP is not alone in looking at online. We reported back in March how one of the most famous newspapermen of them all, one Rupert Murdoch, was aware of the changes in media patterns (See IT Weekly 18-24 March 2006). "A new generation of media consumers has risen demanding content delivered when they want it, how they want it, and very much as they want it," the Australian business tycoon said then, during an address in London. What he was warning his audience was that print will only survive if it finds a way to work with online. A message that ITP is embracing whole-heartedly, with IT Weekly online. Readers who want to get onboard with online can subscribe to the new digital edition of IT Weekly simply by clicking here. We'll see you there! ||**||


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17 Nov Selling Your Own Business: A Few Pointers for the Rogue Maverick
If you are completely aghast at the idea of having an advisor help you work out the trappings of the business broker deal, it may be wise to begin with the information that follows. If not, you may want to follow the link above and find out the benefits of using a merger firm. Otherwise, go it alone. Keep in mind however, that the advice is limited because the advisor is not getting paid.
Because most of the firms we deal with are entrepreneurs, there is a mentality of "I can do it myself." Which is a mentality that is usually gone by the time the entrepreneur is ready to sell out from his/her particular enterprise. There are some key steps to selling your business, I would consider before jumping in with both feet. Other considerations should be included in your plan when you finally determine that selling your own company is right for you.
Overcome time constraints
Many business owners are extremely busy. Taking time out of operations of the business itself to work on prepping the company's financials, marketing and overall business plan, operational effectiveness, prepping the proper documents and then shopping it around. Believe me, selling any company represents a full-time pursuit which can be better left to an experienced representative to make it happen in a timely fashion.
If you've built a business into a turn-key operation, however, selling your business may be what I like to call a "walk in the cake." The owner-silent businesses can more easily be sold by a business-savvy owner. With more time on their hands, these entrepreneurs are better able to walk through the sales process of prepping the company, the financials and working out the kinks for finding a strategic business buyer.
Valuation, representation and legal issues
There are legal and ethical potential problems you may run into when it comes time to sell your own business. Even the most seasoned entrepreneurs who know multiples within their own industry may be unaware of other trends which could play a role in the business valuation process, including macro-movements and other nuances of recent deals in similar industries. Some things are left to strategic analysts.
Once again, a bit of outsourcing (probably to your legal partners) will be necessary for checking legal documents, knowing valuations schema and being versed in proper negotiation techniques, but confident and understanding entrepreneurs are generally well-versed enough to make magic happen where none existed. Further still, they may have industry connections that could take them far.
Much can be said for the rogue player wishing to sell their own company. If you think you are game, it could be worth it, but an experience broker-dealer can certainly help to not only sell the business but also significantly increase the value before and during the sales process, giving you a higher overall payout, net of fees. It's a risky balance to take. I would suggest the latter.


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New Psychedelic Horror Adventure 'Amethyst' premieres on Amazon Prime
The most shocking silent horror film since Nosferatu. Amethyst, written and directed by psycho-sensationalist, Jared Masters (Slink, Ballet of Blood). Shot in 4-K resolution, in a secret garden, this highly anticipated feature film is now available to watch free with an Amazon Prime subscription, or rent or download to own (DVD coming soon). This phenomenal picture was the Semi-Finalist this year at the Los Angeles CineFest and Winner at the UHD 4K Film Festival, in South Korea, where it will be broadcasted on local television (SkyTV).
Trapped in a trip. The incredible true story of Amethyst, the girl who accidentally consumed a full vial of LSD, on her 17th birthday, and inevitably begins losing her mind. Follow along, as this profound psychedelic adventure unfolds.
She took too much.
Will she ever return to this side of reality again? Will her best friend, Ember, who gave her the gift, find her, in time?
One drop is enough.
Consumed by a kaleidoscope of wonder, Amethyst discovers a whole new existence above ours, inhabited by female vampires, piccolo-playing eunuchs, romantic noblemen, river nymphs, mystical floating orbs, and a giant stone pyramid that may be her portal home.
A fragile mind in a delicate body.
What critics are saying…
"…heavy on style and trippy nuance, AMETHYST is one LSD trip appreciators of art house horror will definitely want to check out. In this dialog-less experimental film, a pair of women take some LSD and go on a sometimes beautiful/sometimes haunting trek across a mansion grounds, a countryside, along a river, and through a cemetery. Writer/director Jared Masters gives these two damsels room to explore the locale and come in contact with some pretty trippy things along this fantastical journey. AMETHYST is a psychedelic little pill worth popping."
– Ain't It Cool News
"I don't think I've seen a worse film...just a bore."
Randibee IMDB User Review
"I am sure there were a lot a symbolism and metaphors I didn't get, but the film wasn't worth thinking about. Grace Kilch is in nearly ever scene. It is like watching somebody else's acid trip...oh it is."
The Movie Guy Amazon Prime Review
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah...
NOW here's what I have to say about AMETHYST...
Director - Jared Masters
Starring: Grace Klich, Valerie Miller, Derrick Biedenback, Olivia Yohai, Jared Masters and Vincent Joel
Adventure - Fantasy - Horror
|Left to Right: Grace Klich "Amethyst and Valerie Miller "Ember"
A young woman named Amethyst is given a gift on her seventeenth birthday from friend, Ember. Inside the box is tiny bottle with a stopper. Amethyst glances briefly at the card but not reading it fully before she opens the bottle and drinks the entire bottle. It is only then that she sees at the bottom of her card a "PS. Just one drop".
Amethyst begins to stroll the grounds of a nice estate (movie was filmed in Virginia) complete with lush gardens and Koi fish pond. As she strolls, the contents of the bottle begin to explode in her blood stream and she exhibits one in the beginning of a psychedelic trip.
The friend who gifted the liquid soon arrives behind her at the house and sees the emptied bottle and grows concerned for her friend and traces the steps Amethyst has taken. It takes some time but the two meet up and from there the trip begins to look like an explorative of touch and sound as the drug continues to course through Amethyst's body. The women dance and frolic and at one point Amethyst is drawn away by a mysterious man described as the Eunuch Bridgekeeper (Derrick Biedenback). His presence is whimsical and odd.
Her journey leads to an interlude in the meadow where bread and wine turn deadly, to a cemetery where a day walker takes a bite and drinks her blood to an erotic moment with Ember with a chalice of blood. The trip culminates with a dip with a water nymph and leads...well maybe you should just experience for yourself!
My thoughts on the film...
Before I go any further...this is not a film for the general horror audience. If you read my review and go out and purchase, rent or watch on your Amazon Prime account and then come back and blast me, you were forewarned. However, this film is may appeal to the Art House lover. Look deeper and you may enjoy this film on the merits of the art that was created by the artist.
What is "Art House" according to Google...An art house film is typically independently-produced, outside of the major film studio system. Major studios are reluctant to pour money into projects which are unlikely to return a profit due to the limited – often niche market – appeal of the material.
What is Art House to me? I see all Indie films as the definition above implies, however there are those filmmakers that take it to the next level. They incorporate artistic measures that may seem to overwhelm the general audience or even bore them, but the filmmaker is striving to add diversity. They are attempting to transform from a script of words into images with hopes that it works well and sometimes not in hopes of being liked. They do it for the challenge and for their art.
Amethyst is such a film. It is independently made with the typical trappings of a low funded project. The actors are not of the highest caliber and usually the fodder for an attack review from reviewers who cannot see past their own greatness at other aspects of a film or this film in particular. Poor acting in films is a peeve of mine, but this film was different. You have a character on a mind-trip and her expressions changed like the wind. And if one is tripping, do they stop to worry with how they look or how they are acting? Hmmm...NO and in that respect Grace Klich nailed it for me. Remember how everyone gave kudos to Bryce Dallas Howard for wearing heels in Jurassic World? I give Grace major kudos for being "barefooted" throughout the film!
Grace has an innocent naivety that transferred nicely and looked good on film. Her character has obviously never tripped before and her body and mind went through a whole different transformation in the course of her hour long trip. My favorite expression was when she dropped the purple plum and it cracked like an egg on the rocks. She looked skeptical and then she had an impish mischievous expression that I laughed out loud. It was something I would have done. It humanized her to me and I saw her more as a person and less than just another character.
The location was beautiful and with the masterful additions of CGI it takes the viewer on a virtual journey of colors, sights and sound. The film is dubbed a silent film with no audible dialogue. The story is placed heavily on the shoulders of the actors to portray a first trip on the hallucinogenic drug while the viewer follows. The musical score used throughout the film lends to the specifics of what is transpiring and it intensified appropriately to the scenes.
I am not a fan of Jared Masters' films, but I did like this one. I am a lover of old silent films and although this not in the same caliber of old Hollywood, but it was a decent trial of the style. I was not bored and did not skip ahead and I did not wish it would end. I stand by my views that it is not for the general public and that's an honest assessment. I do not think I would find this film on the shelves of friends who love horror movies or even trippy films, but those who like artsy trippy Indies...take a look. You may not agree with me or even Jared but you may learn something in CGI or cinematography that you could use in your own artistic careers.
This film is what it is a TRIP...a drugged induced mind blower and nothing about it makes sense. It doesn't have to; it wasn't meant to be understood. So do not fault someone else's trip for not making sense. Instead of looking and seeing this as a bad film, look past the prejudices of low-budget films and see the beauty of what Jared has done. He entertained this reviewer for over an hour and inspired me enough to sit down and write about it. I didn't see the need to rip it apart based on what the general horror viewer would see; I looked deeper for the positive and found it.
Amethyst is A Strange...Mystical...Stylish Mind Blower
I Enjoyed the Trip.
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Using VR to Control Robots
Using VR to Control Robots
See how researchers are bringing remote, virtual control over robots to humans with virtual reality and what challenges need to be overcome.
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As man and machine increasingly work alongside one another, there has been a greater emphasis placed on their safe collaboration. A team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) believe that the best way might be to place the humans out of harms way entirely.
In a recently published paper, they propose using virtual reality to operate the robot remotely. The worker is placed inside a VR control room with an array of sensor displays transporting them inside the robot's head, from which they can control its actions.
"A system like this could eventually help humans supervise robots from a distance," the researchers say. "By teleoperating robots from home, blue-collar workers would be able to tele-commute and benefit from the IT revolution just as white-collar workers do now."
Virtual Control
The team put their method through its paces using a Baxter humanoid robot, but they are confident it can work just as well with various other robot platforms on the market (just as similarly you don't need an Oculus headset to use it either).
There have historically been two approaches used when deploying VR for teleoperation of robots. The first of these is a direct approach whereby the user's vision is linked to the robot's state. Whilst these systems can be effective, any delay in the signal could rapidly lead to nausea or headaches in the operator.
The second main approach is the cyber-physical one. In this, the user is separated from the robot and interacts with a virtual copy of it. It's an approach that requires an awful lot of data, and dedicated space to operate.
The MIT team utilize a system that sits somewhere between the two. It overcomes the delay issue by providing the user with constant visual feedback, whilst the issue of being distinct from the robot is overcome by making the operator feel as though they are inside the head of the robot.
It uses the homunculus model of mind, which is the notion that there's a tiny human inside our brains controlling what we do. It's a pretty wacky concept for humans, but it does kind of make sense when thinking about robots, as the human in the control room is capable of seeing through the eyes of the robot, and then controlling its actions accordingly.
The operator is able to interact with any controls that appear in the virtual space, and therefore fully operate the robotic hand grippers to move items about in the physical domain.
The process for doing this is relatively straightforward, with the operator's space mapped into the virtual domain, which is then also mapped into the robot's physical space. This provides a sense of co-location.
The team believes that their system affords significantly more flexibility than existing systems, many of which require substantially more resources to do the same work. For instance, they might use 2D information from a range of cameras to build their 3D model of the environment, which is then processed and displayed.
The MIT approach skips that whole process by taking the 2D images that are shown to each eye, with the brain of the operator then inferring the correct 3D information automatically.
The system was put through its paces in a series of tests that saw the robot picking up simple items such as screws, and stapling wires.
When compared with current, state-of-the-art systems, the MIT team were better at grasping objects 95% of the time, and roughly 57% faster at completing the tasks. Interestingly, operators tended to perform much better when they came from a gaming background. The research also highlighted how the robots could be piloted from hundreds of miles away.
It's a major leap in what can be achieved with robots, and the team hopes to make their system significantly more scalable so that multiple users with different types of robots can work effectively together, and especially alongside existing automated technology.
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Climate change: Conflict of observational science, theory, and politics
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin
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Debate over whether human activity causes Earth climate change obscures the immensity of the dynamic systems that create and maintain climate on the planet. Anthropocentric debate leads people to believe that they can alter these planetary dynamic systems to prevent that they perceive as negative climate impacts on human civilization. Although politicians offer simplistic remedies, such as the Kyoto Protocol, global climate continues to change naturally. Better planning for the inevitable dislocations that have followed natural global climate changes throughout human history requires us to accept the fact that climate will change, and that human society must adapt to the changes. Over the last decade, the scientific literature reported a shift in emphasis from attempting to build theoretical models of putative human impacts on climate to understanding the planetwide dynamic processes that are the natural climate drivers. The current scientific literature is beginning to report the history of past climate change, the extent of natural climate variability, natural system drivers, and the episodicity of many climate changes. The scientific arguments have broadened from focus upon human effects on climate to include the array of natural phenomena that have driven global climate change for eons. However, significant political issues with long-term social consequences continue their advance. This paper summarizes recent scientific progress in climate science and arguments about human influence on climate. ?? 2004. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. All rights reserved.
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