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|Contexts and Comparisons
|Chapter 4 - Medieval Narrative
A Thousand and One Nights, generally known to the English speaking world as the Arabian Nights, is a compendium of Arabic tales compiled between the twelfth and the fourteenth centuries. The collection starts with the story of King Shahryar. Betrayed by his adulterous wife, he swears never to trust a woman again, deciding instead to marry a different virgin every night and have her executed the next day. He carries out his plan for three years, until his Vizier can no longer find a virgin to offer the king. The Vizier's courageous daughter, Shahrazad, then attempts to change the king's mind and save the remaining maidens of the kingdom. Shahrazad offers herself as a bride and obtains permission to tell the king a story. Just as the sun is about to rise, she reaches the point of critical suspense, and the king, his curiosity piqued, spares her for the next night to complete her narrative. But the following night only brings another unfinished story. Thus the king spares the bride for a thousand and one nights during which time she narrates an astonishing variety of tales. Finally, fascinated with his bride of "one night," Shahryar rescinds the decree and crowns her as the queen.
Running the gamut from the fanciful to the realistic, the stories connect through skillful interweaving rather than thematic links. Depicting all types of people from the wicked to the virtuous, from the proud to the humble, from the gruesome to the gleeful, the tales thread the whole scope of human experience into one long narrative. Some stories are stretched out and form a sort of mini-series. "The Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor," for example, are told in seven installments. Others are short anecdotes, barely one page long.
Products of an extraodinarily intricate process of literary evolution, the stories originated in a wide geographical area. Although most relate to medieval Arabic culture and civilization, many stories are rooted in ancient oral traditions of the Near East, Persia, India, Iraq of the first millennium B.C., Greece, Israel, and pre-Muslim Arabia. First written in different vernaculars, the tales also were embellished, revised, and spiced with Muslim flavor when translated into Arabic.
The technique of connecting incomplete stories under the umbrella of a frame story is not original. The archetype of this literary genre already was established during the third century B.C. by Indian stories about the birth of Buddha intended to inculcate moral axioms ascribed to Buddha. While the frame story provided a rationale for a successive line of tales, in itself it was only a frame and as such, subservient to the separate stories. Likewise, the Arabic tales, under a similar frame, were not necessarily related, even though the wise counsel at the end of each story provided a unifying factor.
A Thousand and One Nights illustrated that secular pieces, even when humorous, could be told for moral purposes, and that didactic teaching could be achieved outside a house of worship. These apparently frivolous stories could bolster and supplement the moral exhortations of the clergy when transmitted orally, but they had an even broader dissemination and greater impact when put into written form.
The tales of A Thousand and One Nights may possess an allegorical dimension, in which their conspicuous emphasis on material wealth functions as a metaphor for the lasting richness of spiritual life, while their general preoccupation with the lower echelons of society provides a ray of hope to the low-born, conveying the promise that Allah equips the paupers and have-nots with a secret key that puts them beyond the rich and strong. Everybody has a story to tell, which suggests an underlying equality. At the same time, the organizing story-teller, who is, it should be emphasized, a woman, enacts through her narrative the everlasting human desire for earthly life, which suggests that literature--storytelling--preserves life.
Even the frame story itself is revealing. The king, the oppressor, can destroy cities and kill their inhabitants, but he cannot guess the outcome of imaginary tales or compete with the common sense of an inexperienced young woman, to whom he, the omnipotent, ultimately surrenders. Regardless of his stature, he has to wait in order to satisfy his curiosity. Never in any European literary setting has such a glorious tribute been paid to the powerful influence of literature.
It is interesting that Arabic society undervalued the tales because they were of popular origin and denigrated them as unsophisticated, unpolished folklore in a colloquial tongue. Consequently, the tales probably have had less influence on Islamic than on European literatures, which have been indebted to A Thousand and One Nights for almost a thousand years, even though the tales were not translated into a European language until Antoine Galland produced a French version in the early eighteenth century. Medieval writers, who generally did not invent their own tales but reworked existing ones, tailoring and transforming them to suit their own purposes and design, made free use of narrative resources passed on orally without the mediation of writing. Thus Geoffrey Chaucer, for example, borrowed materials from the international pool of oral tradition. While his precise sources, when oral, remain obscure, readers can at least identify his general indebtedness to traditional materials by recognizing their analogues in other collections of narratives.
Instances of such shared sources are obvious in stories about a merchant's wife and a talking bird, which appear in two different versions in the tales of A Thousand and One Nights and twice in The Canterbury Tales, in both "The Manciple's Tale" and "The Wife of Bath's Tale." The theme of a husband, a wife, and a parrot (or magpie) appears in many medieval texts as an example of woman's deception. But by immediately following a tale that presents a negative image with another describing a woman's unique fidelity, Shahrazad the storyteller, like Chaucer, offsets the impression of the first story. Not all women are unfaithful; rather the world is composed of all types.
The translations below are by Sir Richard Burton (1821-90), an Englishman who lived much of his life in the Middle East. Despite Burton's reliance on archaic words and phraseology, intended presumably to convey a "foreign" and medieval flavor but which often obscured the meaning of the text, his translation played an important role in bringing Arabic culture to the attention of Europeans.
From A Thousand And One Nights
Story Of The Confectioner, His Wife, And The Parrot
Once upon a time there dwelt in Egypt a confectioner who had a wife famed for beauty and loveliness; and a parrot which, as occasion required, did the office of watchman and guard, bell and spy, and flapped her wings did she but hear a fly buzzing about the sugar. This parrot caused abundant trouble to the wife, always telling her husband what took place in his absence. Now one evening, before going out to visit certain friends, the confectioner gave the bird strict injunctions to watch all night and bade his wife make all fast [secure], as he should not return until morning. Hardly had he left the door than the woman went for her old lover, who returned with her and they passed the night together in mirth and merriment, while the parrot observed all. Betimes [early] in the morning the lover fared forth and the husband, returning, was informed by the parrot of what had taken place; whereupon he hastened to this wife's room and beat her with a painful beating. She thought in herself, "Who could have informed against me?" and she asked a woman that was in her confidence whether it was she. The woman protested by the worlds visible and invisible that she had not betrayed her mistress; but informed her that on the morning of his return home, the husband had stood some time before the cage listening to the parrot's talk. When the wife heard this, she resolved to contrive the destruction of the bird. Some days after, the husband was again invited to the house of a friend where he was to pass the night; and, before departing, he enjoined the parrot with the same injunctions as before; wherefore his heart was free from care, for he had his spy at home. The wife and her confidante then planned how they might destroy the credit of the parrot with the master. For this purpose they resolved to counterfeit a storm; and this they did by placing over the parrot's head a hand-mill (which the lover worked by pouring water upon a piece of hide), by waving a fan and by suddenly uncovering a candle hid under a dish. Thus did they raise such a tempest of rain and lightning, that the parrot was drenched and half-drowned in a deluge. Now rolled the thunder, then flashed the lightning; that from the noise of the hand-mill, this from the reflection of the candle; when thought the parrot to herself, "in very sooth the flood hath come on, such an one as belike Noah himself never witnessed." So saying she buried her head under her wing, a prey to terror. The husband, on his return, hastened to the parrot to ask what had happened during his absence; and the bird answered that she found it impossible to describe the deluge and tempest of the last night; and that years would be required to explain the uproar of the hurricane and storm. When the shopkeeper heard the parrot talk of last night's deluge, he said: "Surely O bird, thou art gone clean daft! Where was there, even in a dream, rain or lightning last night? Thou hast utterly ruined my house and ancient family. My wife is the most virtuous woman of the age and all thine accusations of her are lies." So in his wrath he dashed the cage upon the ground, tore off the parrot's head, and threw it from the window. Presently his friend, coming to call upon him, saw the parrot in this condition with head torn off, and without wings or plumage. Being informed of the circumstances he suspected some trick on the part of the woman, and said to the husband, "When your wife leaves home to go to the Hammam-bath, compel her confidante to disclose the secret." So as soon as his wife went out, the husband entered his Harim and insisted on the woman telling him the truth. She recounted the whole story and the husband now bitterly repented having killed the parrot, of whose innocence he had proof.
This next story has existed at least since the third century B.C., when it appears in a cycle of Indian stories about the birth of Buddha. Students of Chaucer will recognize it as a cognate of Chaucer's "Pardoner's Tale," which tells of three revelers who find gold near the root of a tree.
The Merchant And The Two Sharpers
In a city called Sindah there was once a very wealthy merchant who made ready his camel-loads and equipped himself with goods and set out with his outfit for such a city, purposing to sell it there. Now he was followed by two sharpers, who had made up into bales what merchandise they could get; and, giving out to the merchant that they also were merchants, wended [proceeded] with him by the way. So halting at the first halting-place they agreed to play him false and take all he had; but at the same time, each inwardly plotted foul play to the other, saying in his mind, "If I can cheat my comrade, times will go well with me and I shall have all these goods to myself. " So after planning this perfidy, one of them took food and putting therein poison, brought it to his fellow; the other did the same and they both ate of the poisoned mess and they both died. Now they had been sitting with the merchant; so when they left him and were long absent from him, he sought for tidings of them and found the twain lying dead; whereby he knew that they were sharpers who had plotted to play him foul, but their foul play had recoiled upon themselves. So the merchant was preserved and took what they had. Then quoth the Sultan, "O Shahrazad, verily thou hast aroused me to all whereof I was negligent! So continue to edify me with these fables."
- What kind of relationship does the confectioner have with his wife? What other works of medieval literature view marriage in a similar light?
- What kind of relationship does the confectioner have with his parrot? What do literary depictions of such communication between different species suggest about human and animal nature?
- Drawing on the second story, define the term "sharper," which exemplifies Burton's unusual vocabulary choices. Why is it a powerful word?
- Do you find any religious elements in these stories? Do you think the tales are told principally to promote moral behavior, or for other motives?
- If you have read "The Pardoner's Tale," compare it to "The Merchant and the Two Sharpers."


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A mixed bag, this one. On the one hand we found it in the park last time it was snowing, and it's been waiting in the cupboard ever since, so it's not like we had to fork out our hard-earned or anything. For general going downhill duties it put up with plenty of runs and though it wasn't the fastest sledge on the hill, it was quick enough for some laughs.
However, when we tried to use it as a cargo sled to pull some big snowballs around and make a jump, we found its limits. A small crack appeared in the base, which was enlarged by Dave trying to kick it back into shape, and the next run with Oli on board was a catastrophic fail, with the sledge basically snapping in two. neither end was usable as a mini-sled so we never got to try out our jump, though a bloke in a rubber ring gave it a go.
Overall then, above average preformance from our blue plastic friend. It only broke when we were being stupid, and it didn't cost us nuffin. We won't need a sledge again for about 17 years, so I doubt we'll miss it...
Ummm any news about how Oli is? He didn't snap in two as well, I hope?
posted by Simon_MacMichael [9513 posts]
6th January 2010 - 16:44
i had a fertilizer bag and a bit of old hardboard which seem to share similar characteristics to your sledge there..
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6th January 2010 - 16:47
Simon - It's good news I'm all fine...but sadly my Levi's have suffered a flesh wound!
My favourite 'sledges' of the day were; a canoe containing 6 teenagers, and a child's car seat.
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6th January 2010 - 16:53
The problem there is your vertical compliance / lateral rigidity ratio. Now, if it had been Campag.......
Have a happy new year. This has been a good start
posted by NickInBath [41 posts]
6th January 2010 - 17:09
I've been using a folding IKEA seat with my kids in the park, with a degree of success. I also had a piece of cardboard which wasn't much good. I'm not about to buy a sledge considering how rarely we have snow in London. I've dug out the skis my brother gave me for my eldest when he was little from our loft and my youngest can have a go with these tomorrow.
posted by OldRidgeback [2583 posts]
6th January 2010 - 18:13
If London is anything like Bath - you shouldn't need to buy a sledge a quick walk to the park should sort you out with a wide selection of abandoned ones… who knows what else you might find, the canoe Oli mentioned above seems to have slipped its moorings so to speak
posted by Tony Farrelly [4201 posts]
6th January 2010 - 18:21
Is it still under warranty? You might be able to get your £1 back.
posted by Old Cranky [278 posts]
6th January 2010 - 18:40
when you gonna test the porsche?
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retro-feeding and other electronic devices. After years of experimentation,
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recordings and micro-sounds.
The year 2000 brought a new member to Cornucopia, the multimedia
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Both members also work in diverse projects to the margin of Cornucopia.
Claudio with >Clik<POP!, project that already counts on presentations
in Europe, specifically in the cities of Vienna, Antwerp and the
Observatori festival of Valencia. In addition to >Clik<POP!,
Claudio practices the concret music in his project called Yituey,
with which also he has appeared in Belgium and Holland.
On the other hand, Jorge explores the pure tonalities and concrete
music in the project that takes its own name. Also he has made several
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Thyroid T3 is the hormone that causes the metabolism to work properly. Without it, a patient can gain weight, be very sensitive to temperature, be very tired most of the time, be depressed, and have other effects, such as dry skin. These effects can also come from having a low level of T3, something that can go unnoticed except for the symptoms. Generally the condition is known as hypothyroidism. The usual treatment for a low T3 level is to take more T3, usually under a doctor's direction. There is both a synthetic form of T3 and a natural form that are available. Someone who has the symptoms of a low T3 level should see a physician to have medical testing done.
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Depending on the patient's condition, T3 can be obtained both over the counter and by prescription, though the natural version can only be obtained by prescription. Those who do have a low level of T3 have reported much improvement after beginning to take T3. The result is generally a better quality of life because the patient feels so much better. Weight loss can result from treatment with T3, because the metabolism is then working at a normal pace instead of being sluggish.
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So much for starting a big run. The Milwaukee Brewers lost the game and the 3-game series to the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 in Milwaukee. The Brewers now sit at 2-4 in their interleague quest.
Starter Shaun Marcum left his last game after 1 inning with a hip injury, but felt he was good to go this time around. He only lasted 3 innings as his hip became more troublesome, and the Crew had to turn to their bullpen to finish the work. Marco Estrada, who would have started had Marcum not been ready, cleaned up 3 innings but took the loss on the one run he surrendered. The Rays got 3 more on a home run off of Tim Dillard and Sergio Mitre mopped up the 9th. The team will be thankful to have 2 off days in the next 5, helping to rest an overworked bullpen.
The game felt good from the start for Brewer fans. Milwaukee sent 5 guys to bat in the first and scored 2 of them. Those was the only runs they could muster until late in the 9th inning. Of course the main story came from the bullpen, who has put in tons of extra work in the past few weeks. For every great start the Brewers get, they seem to have two or three rough ones that force the relievers into extra duty.
The Brewers have the day off tomorrow, their first in 20 days, to rest up before the former division rival Minnesota Twins come to town. Randy Wolf gets the start against a team that, 1 month ago, was dead last in all of baseball, but has gone 17-9 since then, including 9-1 in their last 10.
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Black Bean Enchiladas
Creating meatless meals that everyone likes is sometimes a challenge. These enchiladas call for a meat substitute we tried for the first time.
serves 6 to 8
- 1 tablespoon canolive oil, or other cooking oil
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 15-ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 12-ounce bag frozen soy crumbles (or use 2 cups of the crumbled or cooked meat of your choice)
- 3/4 cup bottled salsa
- 1/3 cup (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese, divided
- 12 6-inch corn tortillas
- 1 10-ounce can enchilada sauce
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13-inch pan.
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, and sauté 4 minutes or until they start to become translucent. Stir in cumin, oregano, chili powder, garlic, beans and soy crumbles. Cook to heat through, 3 to 4 minutes, stirring mixture frequently. Stir in salsa, and cook briefly until heated through. Remove mixture from heat, and add cream cheese. Stir until incorporated. Mix in half the cheddar cheese and set aside.
Warm tortillas according to package directions. Spread a small amount of enchilada sauce over the bottom of the pan, just enough to barely coat. Spoon about 1/3 cup of the black bean mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll up and arrange enchiladas, seam side down, in the dish. Pour remaining enchilada sauce evenly over the enchiladas, and sprinkle with remaining cheddar. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until thoroughly heated. Great served with a crisp green salad, or a mixed citrus fruit salad.
Food staging is a whole industry in and of itself. Those gorgeous shots of finished food items in magazines may not even be edible! To make a smoothie last long enough to complete an infomercial, it must be made of something that will maintain the look and color of the finished product. Real ingredients will get warm and begin to separate quickly under the lights. 3 cheers for KCTS and and all you do in supporting home cooks and home photography of their products, and more importantly for keeping this part of 'public' in public TV!
Really tasty. I added some leftover green chilis and used chicken also bc was leftover. I used low fat cream cheese. Was delicious. Thank you for the healthy recipe.
RE the pic comment: I thought the dish in the photo looked really appetizing! And haven't had a negative thought about any of the other recipe pictures either, so kudos to the amateur photogs.
One thing I do wish is that the photos were a bit smaller, if possible? I like to copy and paste them along with the recipe into my computerized collection, and they always come through really large.
Thanks to KCTS for satisfying a lot of foodie interest over the years!
Hello Judith,
If the photos are too large for you, any basic photo-editing software (such as MS Paint, iPhoto, or Adobe Photoshop) can be used to resize them. There are even some websites where you can edit photos online for free, including Google+.
Hope this helps!
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We made this a double recipe tonight with green chile enchilada sauce and substituted the cream cheese with plain Greek yogurt. We also subsituted the tofu with ground turkey and left out the salsa. This is going to go into our goto recipe box for potluck functions. Thank you KCTS!
p.s. the next time we make this I think I will whip up some homemade pico de gallo in place of the salsa.
Your substitutions sound great! Thanks for trying the recipe!
F.Y.I......Typo on ingredients list...
1 tablespoon canolive oil, or other cooking oil
Canolive oil is a blend of canola and olive oil. Several brands are available ready to go, you can make your own (about half and half of each), or just use any light cooking oil.
I think the enchiladas look delicious and can hardly wait for Sunday to try them!
that picture of the black bean enchilada looks so unappetizing.....you need to get a better picture of the food in the recipes....all the photos are so unprofessional. I would never attempt any of them just because of the way they look!
Hello Guest,
We do not have the budget for a professional photographer, so all our food photos are either viewer-submitted or taken by anyone in the station who knows how to use a camera. If you think we deserve more funding, by all means, donate and help us out! ;)
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I am already and donor and your comment and your comment was rude....I may reconsider further contributions to kcts
Hello Guest,
I apologize if you didn't like my joke. I was merely trying to explain why the photos look unprofessional -- because we don't have a professional photographer. Frankly, I was a bit offended at the insult to our photo quality. We're doing the best we can.
All the best,
KCTS 9 Staff
I would rather have something real rather than photo shopped. The photo is not that bad. I think the sides could be arranged better to show off the dish.
...so, does that mean fast food establishments like McD's, BK &/or Taco B with their multi million dollar advertising/photo shopping budgets really reaches out and hooks you before the unintelligible ingredients list ever crosses an ever discerning screening.
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To provide enriching health, leisure, and educational experiences for members of the community, maintain quality parks and facilities that improve quality of life for residents, and to enhance the value of the community for people who live, work, visit, and do business in Richfield.
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Updated over a two-year period in 2010-2011 with input from residents, Community Services Commission members, and staff, the Parks Master Plan provides a roadmap for future projects and improvements.
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Recreation Services Department staff members serve as staff liaisons to two Council advisory Commissions: the Community Services Commission and the Arts Commission. Recreation Staff also works with a number of subcommittees of the CSC, project task forces, neighborhood groups and fundraising boards (such as the Friends of Wood Lake, Honoring All Veterans Memorial, Inc. and the Senior Advisory Board).
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Environmental Assessment
Physiological Parameters Database for Older Adults (Beta 1.1)
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Archived files are provided for reference purposes only. The file was current when produced, but is no longer maintained and may now be outdated. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing archived files may contact the NCEA Webmaster for assistance. Please visit http://epa.gov/ncea to access current information.
Report Information
Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models have increasingly been employed in chemical health risk assessments carried out by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), and it is anticipated that their use will continue to increase. Physiological parameter values (e.g. alveolar ventilation, blood flow to specific organs and tissues, organ and tissue volumes, glomerular filtration rate) are critical components of these models; unfortunately, such data is scattered among various sources in the scientific literature.
EPA is currently involved in several efforts to compile these data into electronic formats, such as relational databases, in order to provide a resource for facilitating and improving PBPK model development. One such database is already publically available with parameters specific to neonatal rodents (Database of Physiological Parameters for Early Life Rats and Mice).
|EPA released a Request for Proposals (RFQ PR-DC-05-01981) to develop a database of physiological parameters in the aged/elderly population.
|An ACCESS database was delivered under an independant contract and subsequently modified by EPA prior to its current release.
|Feb 2008
|EPA released the Physiological Parameters Database for Older Adults (Beta 1.0) to the public.
|Dec 2008
|EPA released a revised Physiological Parameters Database for Older Adults (Beta 1.1) to the public.
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Steps to saving the database
The database is available for download as a compressed Microsoft ACCESS file. To open the compressed file, first save the file on your hard drive, and unzip the contents into a folder of your choosing.
Contact InformationChad M. Thompson
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If you keep posting such awesome looks from the palette Im going to have to go out and buy it.
FOTD: Ursula, the HBIC!
Today's face was inspired by the HBIC- Ursula! I wanted to use my Ariel Storylook palette but the ursula themed shades. Hope you like!
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Ariel Storylook Palette:
- Ursula on Lid
- Unfortunate Souls in crease
- Sea Witch in outer crease
- Flotsam in outer crease
- Treasures Untold on brow bone
- Sick of Swimmin' on tear duct and inner crease
- Atlantica under eyes
- Fins under eyes
Stila Turquoise Smudge Stick under Eyes
Urban Decay 24/7 Perversion Liner
L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes DIamond
Tarte Dollface Amazonian Clay Blush
Benefit Hoola Bronzer
a shitload of MAC Lip Conditioner (chapped lips for the lose!)
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Gorgeous! I love how the outer crease turned out.
SO AWESOME!! I'm waiting eagerly for the palette to come back =3
That is a gorgeous look!!
I love this look, it's so beautiful! I've been watching your YouTube videos for years and have always been inspired by you and all of your makeup looks. With you and all the other beauty gurus on YouTube I've been inspired to write my own beauty blog because well, if I got on camera I'd probably freeze up and writing a blog is so much fun and makes me so happy! I'd love it if you would check it out, I'm in no way promoting it but it'd be amazing to have one of my youtube idols read something I wrote just because I was inspired by them! :) http://beautyfrenzies.blogspot.com


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Initial wall on P1 was pretty thin due to thin ice and powder snow. P2 was good fun, steady up to the crux overhand with a hard move to get on the left shelf under the overhang. Good hooks all the way up to the end of the overhang where i found an awkward move to get established on the arete. Defo **geoff.comley - Lead O/S - 03/Dec/11 with Chris Sutcliffe
Aimed to climb "The Seam" but there was a party on it already so we did this instead. Good climbing all the way up but the turf wasn't fully frozen in places. Didn't have a good time on the roof but a tight rope saw me through the move. First day of winter climbing this season and looking forward to many more.Sutty22 - 2nd - 03/Dec/11 with Dave Gleave, Geoff Comley
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Andy did the crux pitch, topped out up the Seam to avoid the bare bit at the top of Seamstress.Brendan - AltLd dnf - 21/Mar/10 with Andy
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That bag looks nice but it is a long and I am 5'3". Thanks for the info though!
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The Deuter ACT Zero 55+10 SL has the vari-quick system which goes up to 20". It weighs 3lbs 3oz. It's the pack I am wearing in my avatar.
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A smoker takes a break outside the Transportation Building at the State Capitol complex Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 in St. Paul, Minn., where the Minnesota House is hearing a proposal to double the state tax on cigarettes while Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed a 94-cent-a-pack hike. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An influential Minnesota House Democrat touted her bill Thursday that would more than double the state's cigarette tax, saying she's motivated by public health concerns and not additional tax money.
The proposal from Rep. Ann Lenczewski of Bloomington would increase the state's tax on a 20-pack of cigarettes by $1.60, from $1.23 to $2.83. That's projected to raise an additional $440 million for the state treasury over two years. But Lenczewski said the main argument for the tax hike centers on studies showing higher-priced cigarettes encourages habitual smokers to quit and discourages others from starting.
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To get you warmed up for debate night, an overlong spectacle featuring a bunch of men attacking each other for the amusement of their audience. Think of the guy getting run over by a car and a motorcycle simultaneously as the talent-show equivalent of Perry after his "heartless" gaffe. Three ways you can tell that this clip comes from an insane Indian game show and not an insane Japanese one: (1) The costumes are regional; (2) the entertainment value depends upon something other than abject humiliation; (3) none of the participants ends up being emotionally scarred for life. Advantage: Japanese game shows.
Why can't we have people getting run over on game shows here? Another sign of American decline, my friends.
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2) As Thoros said, all men are monsters. 3 years of atrocious war for the Riverlands, it's not about following the king's orders, or protecting the smallfolk. It's about killing as much ennemy as you can, because you feel like it. unCat is a two legged symbolism.
3) Obviously, to put R'hllor soldiers on the field but not with Stannis. The BWB will probably clash with the newly armed Faith in near future. After all, the High Septon outlawed Stannis for following a red demon.
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This character is... cool. But I find her existence itself it's very depressing.
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But it was also a failure of his in evaluating the moral compass of his companions, as well as the trauma on Catelyn.
From a meta perspective, it is also a further opportunity to illustrate moral corruption and the nature of evil.
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Remembering that Beric and Thoros themselves did not really know how this magic/power worked, but that it simply worked through them makes it that much cooler.
Catelyn's worst crime was hating Jon unnecessarily and perhaps that is something she needs to rectify through this new existence, as well as her vengeance. I just wish she knew some of her children were alive!!! (I am halfway thru FOCs - don't tell me anything! )
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Why Catelyn ? Maybe Arya convinced him to do so or maybe was it something he swore to do to Ned, in case she dies, or most likely, he just wanted to give life to someone who deserves a second chance, especially the Starks.
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When visiting top London attractions next month spare an hour or two to look at a display of Michael Jackson's belongings.
Michael Jackson: The Official Exhibition will include items that have never been seen up-close by the public including his Rolls-Royce, an original Jackson Five contract and a signature white glove.
The exhibition starts on October 28th and runs for three months in the O2 Bubble, next to the O2 arena in London, where the singer was set to perform his This Is It concerts this year.
Jackson's family recently gave permission for the star's belongings to be shipped over from America so they can be seen by the public in Britain.
The O2 Bubble will be divided into galleries that reflect specific milestones in Michael's life, including Motown, his solo career, dancing, costumes, his humanitarian efforts and a celebration of his life.
Located just across the river Thames, the O2 Bubble is close to the Museum in Docklands and minutes away from a handful of London attractions such as the Fan Museum.
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More than 50 pc high-risk alcohol users cut cravings after weight loss surgery
Researchers have suggested that more than half of high-risk drinkers are actually less likely to report high-risk drinking behavior after weight loss surgery.
Lead author and principal investigator Christina Wee, MD, Director of Obesity Research in the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, and colleagues interviewed patients who participated in the Assessment of Bariatric Surgery or ABS Study, which aims to understand patient preferences and decision making processes about weight loss and weight loss surgery.
They followed 541 clinically obese patients who underwent weight loss surgery, interviewing them at baseline and then twice again at the end of one and two years.
Study participants were asked questions assessing frequency of drinking over the past year, quantity of alcohol consumed on an average daily, and binge drinking over the past month. Results were used to determine which individuals were high-risk drinkers.
About one in six patients reported high-risk drinking before weight loss surgery. At one year after surgery two thirds of gastric bypass patients and nearly half of gastric banding patients reported ceasing high-risk drinking. And at year two "half of gastric bypass and more than half of gastric banding patients reported this improvement," write the authors.
The results have been published in the journal, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.
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A while back I downloaded the Microsoft Photosynth application and tried it out on some pictures that we took from the Gateway Arch in St. Louis this last summer. I was amazed at the ability of the program to accurately stitch the photos together and also to allow you a depth of view to the overall photo.
What I did not realize at the time, is that this program comes from a relatively unknown, to the general public, division of Microsoft that works on cutting edge technologies. The Microsoft Research group touts on their About Us page the following:
"Microsoft Research is dedicated to conducting both basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering. Its goals are to enhance the user experience on computing devices, reduce the cost of writing and maintaining software, and invent novel computing technologies. Microsoft Research also collaborates openly with colleges and universities worldwide to advance the field of computer science."
So, while you hear about Apple, IBM, Google and other companies doing more research-oriented work, Microsoft also is doing the same.
Looking through the website, here are some of the more interesting projects that I found.
Songsmith – This looks interesting as it will create backing music for your song. According to the website, you just record your song by singing into your microphone and Songsmith will create the backing music for your song.
Image Composite Editor – This is touted as an advanced panoramic image stitcher. It will take multiple images and stitch them together to give a panoramic view of the environment.
World Wide Telescope – This application takes imagery from multiple sources and puts it together into a cohesive view of the stars that you can peruse. Along with the pictures of the stars, there are also narrated tours from astronomers and educators on the more popular places in the sky.
So, take a look at the site. Microsoft is doing a lot of interesting work that is outside of what is considered their core business of Operating Systems, Development Tools and user applications.


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A first-century treatise, written before A.D. 100. It was rediscovered in 1833 by Bryennios, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Nicomedia, in the codex from which in 1875 he had published the full text of the Epistles of St. Clement I. The Didache is divided into three parts: 1. the Two Ways, the Way of Life, and the Way of Death; 2. a liturgical manual treating of baptism, fasting, confession, and Holy Communion; 3. a treatise on the ministry. Doctrinal teaching is presupposed. The Way of Life is the love of God and of neighbor; the Way of Death is a list of vices to be avoided. There is a brief instruction on baptism, references to apostles, bishops, and deacons, and an exhortation to watch and be prepared for the coming of Christ.
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Falsely accused, judgment passed on him without proof, Sergeant Daniel Sandoval had been sentenced to K9 death–a career without a dog. But Sandoval is determined to come back to redeem his good name and set the record straight.
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"You failed certification on purpose, Sergeant. You don't want to deploy, do you?"
Sergeant Daniel Sandoval's skin began to tingle and his head to spin, but he couldn't find the words to respond.
Avoid a deployment? Why would he do that? He had heard of handlers doing this, but that wasn't in his nature. He knew that his fellow handlers were beginning to get fatigued with constant deployments. He had already deployed to Kosovo and Cuba, but Daniel was ready to head to combat. The problem was his Military Working Dog Marco.
The nine-year-old Belgian Malinois wouldn't release his bite when he attacked. He also needed work on his fringe sitting. The damn dog would sit as soon as he entered the odor cone. He would be close but not directly on the scent. Daniel wanted to head back to Fort Campbell and fix Marco. Now he was being berated and dressed down when he should have been out working with Marco.
Daniel was finally able to muster, "S-s-sergeant. No. We, we just had a bad week. Marco has a frin….."
"Bullshit, Sandoval. I know what I heard and I am tired of this crap from cowards like you. I'm getting my ass handed to me because we can't get our teams certified. I'm tired of guys like you."
This was the first time Daniel had failed certification in the year he had been a dog handler. His family was already moved home to Pennsylvania in anticipation of this deployment. He was ready to go. He had no idea why he was being accused of purposely failing now.
"I am recommending to the Commander that you be removed from the kennels, Sandoval. I don't need cancers like you round."
Daniel had just received the kiss of death in the K9 world. It didn't matter that he had taken a straight explosive detector dog and made him into a patrol explosive detector dog. It didn't matter that he had never failed certification before. His side of the story didn't matter to anyone. His name was now mud in the close-knit K9 world.
In 2007 Daniel was ostracized, sent away from the kennels, and then cast away to the recruiting world. For those years, a bitter Daniel wanted only one thing—redemption.
In 2011, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, he finally had the chance he so desperately sought. But would the chain of command at Fort Bragg allow him the opportunity?
The Fort Bragg Kennel Master ran his eyes from Daniel's head down to his feet—carefully surveying his new handler. Daniel trembled slightly and held his breath as he stood rigidly.
"Sergeant Sandoval. Yeah, I've heard about you."
Crap, thought Daniel. This guy has already passed judgment on me.
"Sergeant, let me explain. I didn't…….."
The Sergeant First Class kennel master raised his hand towards Daniel and said, "Shut up Sandoval. You just do your damn job. I'll take care of the politics and chatter around here. Is that understood?"
Daniel blinked slowly several times, processed what had just been said, and finally released the air captured in his lungs. He was going to get his chance at redemption.
But would he really get a fair shake in this kennel? His kennel master was only one guy. What would the other handlers think of him? Nothing mattered right now though. His kennel master was offering him his only chance. He wasn't about to blow it.
"Roger, Sergeant First Class. I won't let you down," Daniel said firmly.
"OK, good. I am assigning you to Military Working Dog Bony, the grey wolf. He is an experienced dog who likes to do things his way. You get like that when you are the grey beard of the kennel. Let's go see him."
Likes to do his own thing? Wolf? What the hell? Was the kennel master trying to sabotage him and give him a crappy dog? He kept his mouth shut.
"Bony just had Pexi surgery to prevent his stomach from turning and causing bloat," the kennel master informed him.
They stopped and Daniel peered into the kennel curiously.
He surveyed the massive German Shepherd who stared back at him with mild curiosity. His once black ears, now mixed with grey, perked and stood straight up. The Shepherd's once black muzzle was now intermixed with grey. It wasn't just his face, though. Bony had grey all over him. His body was long and thick. How old is this dog, thought Daniel?
It was like his kennel master could read his mind. "Bony is nine. He's been a MWD for seven years. He already has two deployments. He thinks he runs this place. Your first mission will be to show him he doesn't."
Bony stood up and calmly strolled to the kennel door and sniffed Daniel's outstretched hand. He didn't linger, choosing instead to return to his bed.
"Looks like you have some work to do, Sandoval," his kennel master said as he marched back up the kennel toward his office.
Daniel watched the man go and then turned to the Wolf Dog who had his eyes shut and was now sleeping. Daniel knew his kennel master was right. It was time for Sergeant Daniel Sandoval to reclaim his good name.
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