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RKS Sessions Presents The Transformation of an Idea into Mass Success
RKS Design
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT)
Craig Hickman created Kid Pix; an easy-to-use paint program to encourage children to use the computer. Originally intending to give the program away, Hickman was able to design it exactly how he wanted. Join us on August 5th, 2014 for the third installment of RKS Sessions and learn how Hickman incubated his idea into a mass commercial success. Hickman will take the audience through his guiding design principles, showing how he was able to turn an innovative concept into an iconic program.
The third event in the series, RKS Sessions brings together luminaries and ideas focused on cutting edge user-experience, brand, service and product design. A monthly design-centric event series, it is jointly produced by RKS and Cross Campus. RKS Sessions is also a forum for the design community to share their ideas.
Event Program
7:00pm – 7:15 pm | RKS Sessions Welcome Reception
7:15 pm – 8:00pm | Introductions & Presentation by Craig Hickman
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Q&A
8:30 pm - 9:00pm | Networking
About Craig Hickman
Craig Hickman is the creator of Kid Pix, a pioneering computer paint program first published by Broderbund Software in 1991 and still popular today. It was inspired by his three year-old son Ben. Kid Pix introduced many innovations including ubiquitous audio-visual effects, humor and the element of surprise. When first released, it won the Software Publishers Association award for having the best user interface of any program published that year. Today, Kid Pix is an essential component of primary school curriculum in many school districts.
In 2014, as part of Apple's 30 year birthday celebration of the Macintosh, Craig Hickman was acknowledged on their yearly timeline as having made a significant contribution to the field with his creation of Kid Pix.
Craig Hickman is also a Professor of Art at the University of Oregon where he has taught digital arts and photography courses for the past 25 years. He continues to be an active photographer and also works in the area of physical computing and device art.
About RKS
RKS is an innovation and design consulting firm delivering human focused solutions with global impact. Founded in 1980, RKS utilizes design as a strategic tool in advancing clients' ability to focus on people's needs and aspirations.
About Cross Campus
Cross Campus is the leading collaborative, on-demand work space and business event venue in Los Angeles. With a focus on design & user experience, best-in-class event programming, and a diverse community of innovative companies, Cross Campus has become known as "the nerve center of Silicon Beach."
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Don't you hate it when you forget what you were about to say? It was on the tip of your tongue, and then, as if by some magical spell, the thought is whisked away forever, it seems. Then we engage in that systematic attempt to reconstruct the events, conversation or story we were involved with in order to remember.
Zachor eit asher asah l'kha Amelek begins the Maftir section of the Torah portion this week. We're explicitly told to zachor, remember the crimes of Amelek. In their attack, the Amelekites hit from the rear and sought to kill those least able to defend themselves. Some wonder why these actions earned the Amelekites not just a place in the "enemies" category, but led God to make them a people to be slaughtered without mercy.
One idea is that Amelek acted with hubris. Not only did the Amelekites take on the Israelites, but they attacked God by assaulting those who were least secure. "You shall not imperil the rights of the stranger or the orphan" (Deuteronomy 24:17). To attack those God is most concerned with is, in itself, an attack on God; thus were the Amelekites to be sworn enemies of both God and Israel.
Zachor, we must remember; but can forgetting be sacred, too? "When you reap the field's harvest and forget a sheaf in the field, do not return to get it; it shall go to the stranger, the fatherless and the widow" (Deuteronomy 24:19). Even if we recall the fallen sheaf, we're commanded to leave it. We are instructed to be on God's side by overlooking it, "lo tashov le' khak'to." The Torah tells us that by remembering and forgetting, we bring a blessing.
How do we reconcile remembering and forgetting for the sake of being blessed by God? After looking at these two examples, a common theme emerges. The thread that runs through these contradictory actions is keeping an eye on God's concerns and blessings. God's focus is the weakest members of society. Those who earn God's blessing are the ones who make God's concern their concern. It is easy to nod one's head in agreement; however, living this way is far different.
I often wonder if we're living in a society that would appeal to an Amelekite. Too often the fallen sheaves, or unearned pennies of a business, take priority over other values. In addition, when the poor, widow, homeless and strangers are attacked, whether physically or by economic realities, our society's response is less than godly.
This also plays out in our personal lives. Throughout my rabbinate, I've heard stories of families fighting over money to the point where they no longer speak to one another. They are only brought together, grudgingly, when someone passes away, as if this constitutes a truce, and once the mourning has ended, everyone returns to the "real" conflict.
What is worth remembering, and forgetting? The Torah would tell us that remembering those who need comfort and care is God's primary concern. When we act in accordance with these interests, we act in God's name and don't allow Amelek to win by seeing the weak suffer.
Torah teaches that when we forget about the petty and the insignificant — not having every single dime by purposefully forgetting the fallen sheaves — we make God's intention our own.
As we arrive at the most sacred time of the year, I hope that you can use this parshah as your litmus test for teshuvah, tefillah and tzedakah. Forget the minor things that keep you from goodness, and remember to aspire to live as a blessing.
Rabbi Jim Egolf is the religious leader of Beth David Reform Congregation in Gladwyne.

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Were losing Pasco sheriff hopefuls 'crash dummies'?
Months before anyone voted, the frequent Internet chatter was that two of the candidates, Republican Robert Sullivan and Democrat Jeff Deremer, got into the race to be "crash dummies" who were running only to drain energy and cash from the stronger contenders. Sullivan would help clear the way in the general election for Democrat Kim Bogart. Deremer would weaken Bogart for Republican Sheriff Bob White.
The rhetoric was largely ignored throughout the campaign, never prompting public denials. But days after last week's primary was over, the two losing candidates poured more gasoline on the fiery rumor. Crossing party lines, Deremer endorsed White, and Sullivan backed Bogart.
Read Molly Moorhead's story here.
-- David DeCamp, Times staff writer


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Super easy eggs with nopales are a healthy Latin breakfast (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)
Eggs with nopales is most definitely one of my family's favorite Latin dishes. Ready in minutes to get them off to a good start in the morning, it's a breakfast food that brings memories of childhood and the Mexican flavors I love so much. Plus, nothing better than an easy breakfast recipe that will get you through the morning routine even quicker! Hope you enjoy making it for yours too!
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We love nopales with eggs and ropa vieja also in the dry shrimp patties or with tuna salad. (+_+)
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Oxford Garden?s backless benches offer an updated and comfortable approach to the traditional picnic bench. Commercial grade shorea wood and mortise and tenon construction provide the durability necessary for commercial environments. Use the outdoor backless bench as a stand alone accent or combine with Oxford Garden Hampton dining tables to create an outdoor dining area that is timeless, yet unique.


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There are few topics that will divide a roomful of surfers more than access to The Ranch.
What everyone calls The Ranch is actually two ranches. The Hollister Ranch is a 14,500-acre operating cattle ranch subdivided into 100-acre plots and overseen by a very strict set of CC&Rs. The Hollister Ranch runs from Gaviota State Park and for 8.5 miles of pristine coast up to the border of the Bixby Ranch, which is a private cattle ranch that covers the rest of the south-facing west tip of Point Conception. That 13 miles is a miracle of beautiful points and reefs, facing south and perfectly situated to convert any energy in the Pacific into rideable waves, and to turn the persistent northwest winds into offshores.
There are surfers who see The Ranch from the wrong side of the fence, as a bourgeois preserve where the privileged and the wealthy have private access to some of California's best surf-spots—to the exclusion of the majority of the public.
California is a "wetsand" state, which means that everything below the mean high tide line is public property. Public access to the high tide line is mandatory all along the California coast, at everything that is not a military base—except for the Hollister Ranch. The road in is private, and so outsiders must walk perilous miles at low tide from either the Gaviota or the Jalama ends, or boat in.
Surfers who are not owners or friends of owners can get access to the points and reefs along the westernmost tip of Point Conception, either legally by boating in or illegally by walking in. The Ranch owners do not encourage visits by outsiders, and preventive measures have ranged from vandalizing the boat hoist at Gaviota, to intimidation in the water. There are stories of Ranch guards shooting lost boards, and burying illegal cars.
Some surfers who don't own property believe that The Ranch should remain as it is—that public access would destroy a well-preserved stretch of California coast. But other surfers believe The Ranch should be open to one and all.
On May 30, 2005, Topanga resident Steve Hoye picked up a set of keys from billionaire record executive David Geffen which symbolized the end of a three-year battle for access to Carbon Beach in Malibu. For 22 years, Geffen had promised to honor an easement across his property in exchange for building an elaborate, Cape Cod-style house. But Geffen was stubborn as an abalone in actually opening that passageway, and Hoye founded "Access for All" to fight that and other battles for public access in California. Hoye won access to Carbon Beach and Geffen had to pay $300,000 in court costs in a real victory for public vs. private.
There are more access battles to be fought, and the most explosive is public access to the historically off-limits Hollister Ranch in Santa Barbara County.
SURFERMAG.COM: The Hollister Ranch is 8.5 miles and it's 8.5 miles from the Malibu Pier to Point Dume. I see a lot of parallels between the Rindges' battles in Malibu and the Hollisters, but the Rindges lost their battles.
STEVE HOYE: Well The Hollisters lost, too. There is a balance that I don't think they have achieved. One of the things that distressed me about Hollister, is that a lot of the folks up there worked against the designation of the Gaviota Coast as a National Seashore. I believe the Hollister Ranch Owners' Association had a war chest of about $300,000 to work against that designation and to defend their property values.
SURFERMAG.COM: The Gaviota Coast is beautiful. It's amazing how untouched it is, like the coast between Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay.
STEVE HOYE: The Gaviota Coast is going to be subject to some of the worst development pressure in the state of California, which is the worst in the nation at this moment. What also bothers me about the Hollister Ranch is they claim the environmental high ground, but they still drive down the beach.
SURFERMAG.COM: They drive on the beach there, that is true.
STEVE HOYE: Well that's wrong. There's nothing worse than having a dog or a car on the beach. You'll never find a seal hauling out on a beach where there's a dog. People claiming the environmental high ground shouldn't drive on the beach.
SURFERMAG.COM: You won a three-year battle against a very wealthy man to open up access to Carbon Beach. What do you have proposed for the Hollister Ranch?
STEVE HOYE: We're talking about what I call "limited public access." I went to the Surfrider Santa Barbara Chapter about three years ago and pitched them a plan that would allow 50 people a day into the Hollister Ranch. There would be busses with surfboards on the top. People would pay a fee of maybe about five bucks to the State Parks Service or to Access for All, and there would be Rangers educating the people in how to respect the tidepools, protect endangered species and take care of The Ranch. This is not an expensive program and there's a million dollars in the County of Santa Barbara specifically allocated from oil leases to fund a coastal access to Hollister Ranch.
SURFERMAG.COM: How would the 50 qualify?
STEVE HOYE: First come, first served.
SURFERMAG.COM: How did that go over?
STEVE HOYE: Surfrider Santa Barbara was reluctant to even think about the idea because they didn't want the place trashed, but they certainly wanted to get in there. But by the end of the evening they supported me, in a guarded fashion, and wrote me a letter to that effect. Now we haven't moved forward because the Hollister Ranch is a legal minefield. There is one offer to dedicate—the YMCA easement—which is smack dab in the middle and right off the main public road.
SURFERMAG.COM: Excuse me while I Google "easement": "An easement is the right of use over the real property of another."
STEVE HOYE: The easement on the Hollister Ranch was created by the YMCA who wanted to build a summer camp there. This is before the Hollister Ranch Owners' Association got the whole enchilada. And in those days they actually got a coastal development permit to do this and they did offer to dedicate an access easement to the YMCA.
SURFERMAG.COM: How long ago was this?
STEVE HOYE: This was the '70s, and it was on the eastern side of Hollister. But the big problem is not the opening of the easement but the private road issues. In the state of California it's not at all clear whether you are entitled to have access to an easement from a private road. The courts really haven't ruled on the easement issue and it's something that will be in our interest to pursue.
SURFERMAG.COM: It's easy to argue that it's best to leave well enough alone at the Hollister Ranch.
STEVE HOYE: We're all Sierra Club activists. We're all environmentalists and we basically do not believe in opening floodgates and letting people in to trash places. I just don't believe the public is the problem in these situations, with one exception, and that exception is tide pools. Surfrider Foundation is working on a great new campaign about public education for tide pools because the public has a tendency to get in there and disturb everything, dig them all up, kill the life. By allowing them to go to what is essentially their property—the state tidelands, their land—we can build a sense of ownership in these places, which is a real key to saving the environment.
SURFERMAG.COM: Taking down a billionaire music mogul is an accomplishment, but now you're going up against the HROA. The place is crawling with lawyers. With guns!
STEVE HOYE: Well we're not moving on the Hollister Ranch yet. We're looking at the documents and we're trying to size up exactly what the problem is going to be and it's probably going to be formidable. I'd sure like to talk to the Hollister Ranch Owners' Association about what they would like to consider allowing because I mean, it is going to happen eventually.
SURFERMAG.COM: You think public access to the Hollister Ranch is inevitable?
STEVE HOYE: What's going to happen is going to happen. It's not in my hands or your hands. It's just a question of getting a handle on it and making sure it is done to the best possible level that it can be. No one wants to throw open the gates to the Hollister Ranch. If we have an environmentally sound program allowing 50 people to go onto The Ranch a day with no incidents—Ranger-led, from the parking lot at Gaviota State Park—nobody is going to complain about Hollister Ranch ever again if we can get that sort of access.


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The city's two police radar vans are scheduled to snap photographs of speeders at these locations today:
5 to 8:30 a.m. on Kolb Road near Kingston Drive; and near Hollinger Elementary School, in the 100 block of West Ajo Way.
9 a.m. to noon on Escalante Road between Kolb and Pantano roads; and on Main Avenue between Speedway and Fourth Street.
1:30 to 4 p.m. near Anna Henry Elementary School on Harrison Road near Fifth Street; and on La Cholla Boulevard between Starr Pass Boulevard and San Juan Trail.
4:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Pima Street between Camino Seco and Pantano Road; and on 36th Street between Kino Parkway and Park Avenue.


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On Jan 25, 2008 6:34 PM, Bill Wood <william.wood3 at comcast.net> wrote: > I rather like having a tuple type (fixed-length heterogeneous sequence > ala SML or Python) distinct from proper lists. When programming in lisp > or Scheme I sometimes use improper lists for tuples -- the difference in > structure acts as a reminder that the type is conceptually different. I tend to use vectors in this case. Now pattern-matching is more easily available (it's in 3.99's scheme language) vectors are less onerous to use. N.
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Yesterday brought us the first clip from the Left Behind reboot and the news that the Academy had rescinded the Oscar nomination for Alone Yet Not Alone. Today brings news of a not-so-conservative Christian-themed movie.
Deadline reports that Forest Whitaker, most recently seen in Black Nativity, is in talks to direct and star in a film adaptation of The Shack, the William P. Young book about a man who loses his daughter to a serial killer and then spends a weekend discussing the problem of evil with God himself (or rather, perhaps, with God themselves, since God appears as a man and two women).
The film is being produced by Gil Netter, whose credits include Flicka (2006), The Blind Side (2009) and Life of Pi (2012); and it is written by John Fusco, whose credits include Youngs Guns (1988-1990), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and Hidalgo (2004). (So… will there be horses in this movie?)


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By Corey Clark, (Tallahassee) Democrat
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. It started on Thursday night.
What will be a month full of lasts for the legendary head coach began at 7 p.m. with the very last Bobby Bowden Show.
Sitting alongside play-by-play announcer Gene Deckerhoff for the final time, Bowden made his first public comments since announcing his retirement on Tuesday afternoon.
"I was kind of hoping to get another year," Bowden said to begin the show. "It was going to be either this year or next year. That was as far as I was going to go."
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He didn't get that next year, so the Seminoles' bowl game will be his last as the Florida State head coach. And Thursday night was the last time Bowden would host his own show.
"Thursday nights just won't be the same," said a choked-up Deckerhoff as he signed off after the hour-long broadcast.
Every caller into his last show, and there were 28 in total, expressed their sincere gratitude for what Bowden accomplished during his 34 seasons in Tallahassee.
Glen, from Tallahassee, began to cry as he told Bowden how much he meant to him.
John, from Tallahassee, hoped that the head coach wouldn't move out of town after his final game.
"Well, I probably will," Bowden said. "And I have a reason for that. I don't think it's wise for me to sit around in Tallahassee with a new coach taking the job. I told Jimbo (Fisher), I said, 'Look, any way I can help you I'll be glad to do it.' But I don't think it's wise for me to stay here and have people ask me, 'what did you think about this or what did you think about that?'
"That's not wise. I mean I ain't gonna move way out of town, but I won't be in Tallahassee."
When Nicole from Fort Myers expressed her extreme disappointment that Bowden wouldn't be returning for his 35th season, the second all-time winningest coach in NCAA history tried to offer some perspective.
"Oh, it's about time for me to get out," he said. "Gee whiz, I've been coaching for 56 years. It's about time to get out. And go see the world."
Florida State president T.K. Wetherell, during the early-week meetings with Bowden that eventually led to Tuesday's announcement, offered the head coach an unspecified job within the university.
When Bowden was asked by a caller if he would be affiliated with the school in any way, he answered: "not right now."
"I'll probably try to get away for about a year," Bowden said. "Let this coach make that transition. I don't know I'll have any connection for a while."
That won't mean Bowden won't be rooting for his former team. After all, this is the program he built into a national power. He might be upset that he won't be back in 2010, but he'll still be a Seminole. Always.
"We haven't done good enough lately and that's why we're getting a new football coach," Bowden said. "But I'll be pulling for Florida State for the rest of my life – however long that lasts."
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The feud between Harvick and Dillon/Childress maybe closed after a busy weekend in Martinsville.
Kevin Harvick spoke very bluntly about Ty Dillon after a wreck in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event this past weekend, calling Dillon a "punk ass kid," and spouting about the opportunities granted to him by Grandfather Richard Childress.
"It's the reason I am leaving RCR," he said.
During the Sunday morning pre-race, Harvick was quoted as saying there was a lot of emotion in that incident.
"I think there was just a lot of emotion involved. I hate it for everybody at RCR. You go back and look at the things that happened, and sometimes you regret the things that you say for sure. Yesterday was definitely one of them. I hate it for my guys, and everybody working on the cars. Obviously, when those emotional situations come about; you say things that you really don't want to say. I just want to apologize to all of those guys, work hard today and try and do everything we can to win the race," he said.
"I think yesterday was just some frustration on how the race ended. You never want to be in a situation like were in, and obviously, the short-track racing and everything that happened, you try to do the right things, and yesterday I didn't do the right thing. We just have to do what we have to do today to put ourselves in a position to be as successful as we can."
Childress spoke to the Sporting News about the incident, saying he does not think there is anything wrong with giving his Grandsons the opportunity to race.
"What happened on the track was one thing," Childress said.
"But the comments afterwards is where I'm really upset. I'll never apologize for giving my grandsons an opportunity, just like the France family, the Earnhardt family, the Wood brothers. You go down the list of the people that have been given opportunities. All of them didn't make it. You've got to go out and earn what you've got, the opportunity in life to succeed. And these boys earned it."


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As opposed to previous theories, tiredness decreased as respondents got older.
His tongue looked all right, so I decided it was just tiredness and stomach.
I'd be all right if I only could get over this—this tiredness.
But Roger could not at once stop his tears, for they were as much the result of tiredness and excitement as of Gladys's words.
As a remedy for tiredness they were to be left without water and food all night.
It gave her a welling tenderness and gratitude to have Sophie concerned for her tiredness, and fuss about her like this.
Nature has provided a danger signal—fatigue, or "tiredness."
The face Mona turned to her was pale, but it was with feeling, not tiredness.
She could almost have cried from tiredness and loneliness and the ache in her heart.
He shows his tiredness in a gentlemanly manner, but not very mistakably.


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The Memphis Jug Band was an American musical group active from the mid-1920s through the late 1950s.[1] The band featured harmonica, kazoo, fiddle and mandolin or banjolin, backed by guitar, piano, washboard, washtub bass and jug. They played slow blues, pop songs, humorous songs and upbeat dance numbers with jazz and string band flavors. The band made the first commercial music recordings in Memphis, and recorded more sides than any other pre-war jug band.[2]Memphis Jug Band
Beginning in 1926, various African-American musicians in the Memphis, Tennessee, area grouped around singer, songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player Will Shade (also known as Son Brimmer or Sun Brimmer). The personnel of this jug band varied from day to day, with Shade booking gigs and arranging recording sessions. The band functioned as a training ground for musicians who would go on to success with careers of their own.[3]
Among the recorded members of the Memphis Jug Band were (at various times) Will Shade (harmonica, guitar, vocals), Charlie Burse (pronounced Bursey) (guitar, tenor guitar, vocals), Charlie Nickerson (vocals, piano), Charlie Pierce (fiddle), Charlie Polk (jug), Tewee Blackman (guitar, vocals), "Hambone" Lewis (jug), Jab Jones (piano, jug, vocals), Johnny Hodges/Hardge (piano), Ben Ramey (kazoo, vocals), Casey Bill Weldon (guitar, vocals), Memphis Minnie (guitar, vocals), Vol Stevens (vocals, fiddle, mandolin), Milton Robie (fiddle), Otto Gilmore/Gilmer (drums and woodblocks), and Robert Burse (washboard, drums). Vocals were also provided byHattie Hart, Memphis Minnie, Jennie Mae Clayton (Shade's wife), and Minnie Wallace. In the case of Memphis Minnie, the Memphis Jug Band accompanied her on two sides for Victor Records, recorded in 1930 during one of her first recording sessions.[4] Some members also contributed to gospel recordings, either uncredited or as part of the Memphis Sanctified Singers. Their large membership pool allowed the Memphis Jug Band the flexibility to play a mixture of ballads, dance tunes, knock-about novelty numbers, and blues.
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The group recorded under several names on various recording labels, but today are most often referred to as the Memphis Jug Band. Alternate band names used in releases include the Picaninny Jug Band, Memphis Sanctified Singers, the Carolina Peanut Boys, the Dallas Jug Band, the Memphis Sheiks and the Jolly Jug Band. Other releases were credited to the individual performers Hattie Hart, Minnie Wallace, Casey Bill Weldon, Charlie Nickerson, Vol Stevens, Charlie Burse, "Poor Jab" Jones, and Will Shade, but performed with accompaniment by other Memphis Jug Band members.[5]
Part of the Memphis Jug Band's remarkable sound was due to the unusual instruments. The first recorded jug bands, based in Louisville, Kentucky, were jazz-oriented groups with ajug taking the place of a tuba or trombone. The Memphis Jug Band borrowed from this model but added kazoo as a prominent lead instrument, similar in sound to a trumpet in a jazz band. Another variation from the Louisville sound was a focus on country blues songs like those favored by Jim Jackson and other Memphis-area solo artists. (The Memphis Jug Band recorded Jackson's hit song "Kansas City Blues" twice during its commercial recording period and chose it for its 1958 "Blues Street" television performance.) This is the basic jug band sound that was adopted by other Memphis-area groups like Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, Jed Davenport's Beale Street Jug Band and Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band.
After this initial focus on country blues, the band's repertoire expanded as new members contributed their own styles. Songs led by Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson, like "Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green" and "Cave Man Blues," were boisterous and funny; songs led by Charlie Burse, like "Little Green Slippers" and "Insane Crazy Blues," were more musically complex and jazz-oriented; while songs led by Charlie Pierce sounded like Appalachian fiddle tunes, albeit backed by impressive jug playing and various shouted challenges from his bandmates. While Will Shade continued playing straightforward country blues songs for the rest of his life, he also introduced some jazz elements, including blending lyrics from Cab Calloway's "Jumpin' Jive" into his 1962 field recording of "Jump and Jive."
Blues scholar Paul Oliver noted that the "raspy, buzzing sound" of some of the jug band instruments was close to the musical aesthetic of Africa, and he said the jug and kazoo represented the voices of animals or ancestral spirits.[3] But many of the Memphis Jug Band's influences are more readily apparent in the various popular musical styles of their time.
The Memphis Jug Band played wherever they could find engagements, and busked in local parks and markets. They were popular among white as well as black audiences, playing at country clubs and parties at the Peabody Hotel.[6] The band was a favorite of former mayor Edward Hull "Boss" Crump,[7] and was shown performing at one of Crump's parties in a LIFEmagazine photo feature in 1941.
Commercial recordingsEdit
Between 1927 and 1934, the Memphis Jug Band made more than eighty commercial recordings, first for Victor Records, then—as the Picaninny Jug Band—for the Champion-Gennettlabel, and finally for OKeh Records. The Victor recordings were made in Memphis and Atlanta, Georgia between 1927 and 1930, the Champion-Gennetts in Richmond, Indiana, in August 1932, while the final sessions on Okeh were held in Chicago in November 1934.[8] By that time, their style of music was no longer in demand by record companies, as commercial styles were moving toward a more urban sound.
However, two of their 1920's recordings were included on the influential 1952 Anthology of American Folk Music (with a third on the unreleased fourth volume) and their 1928 recording of "Stealin', Stealin'" was included on the compilation album The Country Blues issued on Folkways Records in 1959. "Stealin' Stealin'" became one of the group's best known songs, especially after the Grateful Dead recorded it as its first single in 1966.
The other jug band song on "The Country Blues" was Gus Cannon's "Walk Right In," which became a hit for The Rooftop Singers in 1962. Capitalizing on the success of that recording, Memphis label Stax Records invited then-79-year-old Gus Cannon to record a full-length album the following year. Memphis Jug Band leader Will Shade backed Cannon on jug, with former member Milton Roby on washboard.
Field recordingsEdit
During the 1950s folk revival, Will Shade became the subject of several field recordings, while his ongoing performing activity and accessible location in Memphis made him a popular starting point for scholars seeking other musicians in the area. Shade would often gather other musicians to his apartment at Fourth and Beale for informal recording sessions featuring former musical rivals (including his former romantic rival Furry Lewis[9]) playing together in different combinations. Shade continued using the name Memphis Jug Band, even for recordings consisting only of him and one or two other members. Shade's wife Jennie Mae Clayton, who sang on some of the earliest Memphis Jug Band recordings, bookended the band's career by singing on some of these final field recordings.
The following is a list of commercially available field recordings from this period:
- American Skiffle Bands, recorded 1957, reissued 2012, 3 songs and 1 interview
- Alan Lomax Blues Songbook, recorded 1959, reissued 2003, 1 song
- Conversation with the Blues, recorded 1960, reissued 1997, 1 interview
- Tennessee Recordings (from the George Mitchell collection), recorded 1962, reissued 2006, 7 songs
- I Blueskvarter: 1964, Volume Three, recorded 1964, reissued 2004, 2 songs
The Memphis Jug Band was key in developing the jug band format, which evolved into the blues combo that is the basis of much of the popular music of today. However, their legacy, like that of other acoustic blues musicians of their era, has been largely overshadowed by the electric blues musicians of the 1950s. Modern jug bands still play many Memphis Jug Band songs, but generally the only songs recognizable to a wider audience are those that were covered by rock groups in the 1960s.
The Memphis Jug Band was awarded a Brass Note on the Beale Street "Walk of Fame" in 2009, and was among the first set of inductees into the Jug Band Hall of Fame, an informal website run by jug band musicians, in 2010.
Selected discographyEdit
|The Best of the Memphis Jug Band
|Ballad, Blues
|Memphis Jug Band with Cannon's Jug Stompers
|Ballad, Blues
|JSP Records
|Memphis Shakedown: More Jug Band Classics
|Ballad, Blues
|JSP Records
|Tennessee Recordings
|Ballad, Blues
|Big Legal Mess Records


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January 5, 2005
Birmingham-Southern students spending January in non-traditional learning, travel
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Although Birmingham-Southern College is known for its traditional liberal arts curriculum, it sets aside one month each year for its faculty and students to engage in non-traditional learning together.
More than 200 Birmingham-Southern students are spending January involved in service-learning and study projects locally, nationally, and internationally as part of the college's Interim Term.
Interim projects this year range from travel to the Caribbean to learn about its naval history to constructing a school in Mozambique to studying the economy and social policies in Southeast Asia. Students in Southeast Asia have modified their itinerary to also study how the region and nations are reacting to the Tsunami disaster. Locally, a group of BSC students is working to improve the communities of East and West Birmingham.
Over 100 other students are spending Interim Term in individually contracted study experiences across the state and nation, while others are participating in creative course offerings on the BSC campus.
BSC's Interim is a four-week period each January in which students develop their potential for creative activity and independent study by exploring one topic or interest. This intensive program of experiential learning offers students unique opportunities to be further enriched through on- and off-campus projects, independent study or research, foreign study experiences, and challenging and unusual internships. Students gain academic credit for their experiences.


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ArchiCAD 16 is the last release of ArchiCAD to support Windows XP and any 32-bit operating system. The next major release of ArchiCAD will be 64-bit only, and will support only 64-bit Operating Systems, including Windows 7 and Windows 8.
What does the change mean?
Customers with Windows XP; Windows Vista 32-bit; Windows 7 and Windows 8-32bit need to upgrade to 64-bit Windows 7 or Windows 8 before the launch of ArchiCAD 17.
Why is the change?
ArchiCAD works better on 64-bit systems. 64-bit means better performance and more optimal use of current hardware capabilities. 64-bit personal computers are available since 2003 and became mainstream since about 2007. ArchiCAD for 64-bit Windows is available since version 13, and current versions of ArchiCAD are optimized for 64-bit systems.
On the Mac platform ArchiCAD is already 64-bit only since version 15.
What Windows Operating Systems are supported?
|ArchiCAD 15
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Certain versions of Start Edition are 32-bit applications. These can be run without problems on 64-bit systems.
How can I find out if my current Windows 7 or 8 is 64-bit?
Both Windows 7 and 8 have both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Make sure you have the 64-bit version:
In Control Panel » System and Security » System under "System type" it will either state "32-bit Operating System" or "64-bit Operating System"
If your system is 32-bit, you will need to find out if your hardware is ready for 64-bit or not. It is possible that your 32-bit operating System was installed on a 64-bit ready computer. It is never the case vice versa: You can not install a 64-bit OS on a 32-bit computer.
How can I find out if my computer hardware is ready for 64-bit?
Start the Run… command line and type msinfo32.exe. After clicking OK, the System Information page appears and you will find the 64-bit capable computer listed as x64-based PC under System Type.
More: Description of Microsoft System Information (Msinfo32.exe) Tool on Microsoft Support site
If I need to buy a new computer, what do you recommend?
Find GRAPHISOFT's recommendation for hardware components here: RecommendedHardware
If I upgrade to a 64-bit system, will I still be able to run my old applications?
64-bit systems are capable of running 32-bit software applications, so you will be able to run most of your existing applications on a new operating system. There might be glitches however resulting from the feature differences of the operating system versions. For ArchiCAD GRAPHISOFT has documented known issues for Windows 7 and Windows 8
Drivers for your printers, scanners and other peripherals will need to be upgraded. Check with the manufacturer if a compatible driver is available.
How will I benefit from 64-bit?
The main benefit of 64-bit is that you can work with larger projects. On 32-bit systems if ArchiCAD's memory usage is close to the memory address space limit, then ArchiCAD might abort operations with "not enough memory to finish operation" error message, or can even crash. On 64-bit system this barrier is completely eliminated, and the only limit is the size of the physical RAM in your computer. (Note that 64-bit systems need more physical RAM than 32-bit systems to work optimally.) Some operations are also faster on 64-bit because of its superior memory management.
See also: Questions and Answers about 64-bit
Will there be any changes in ArchiCAD functionality ?
Some features of the Google Earth Connections Add-On are 32-bit only, therefore these functionalities are not available in the 64-bit version of ArchiCAD. These are:
- Import snapshot from Google Earth to ArchiCAD
- Direct upload from ArchiCAD to Google Warehouse
- Direct download from Google Warehouse to ArchiCAD
All other functions of the Google Earth Connections Add-on are available on 64-bit, and will be integrated in the next version of ArchiCAD:
- Import and export in SKP format
- Import and export of KMZ format
- Direct upload of model from ArchiCAD to Google Earth
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Windows Upgrade Advisor is a tool from Microsoft that helps you determine if your hardware is ready for Windows 7/8:
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- Return all borrowed licenses before upgrading the OS
- Allow yourself enough time for the upgrade, do not upgrade the OS close to a deadline
- Install Windows. Follow Microsoft's recommendation for installing a 64-bit version of Windows 7 on a computer running a 32-bit version of Windows
- Install the 64-bit version of ArchiCAD.
- Install all updates for the new operating system
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People over 50 often date for different reasons than younger people do, and this makes the over-50 dating scene quite unique. In a 2003 AARP study of singles age 40-69, just eight percent said they were looking for someone to marry. Nearly half of all those who were dating said they simply wanted someone to talk to and do things with. A crucial first step to dating success is to fully understand why you are looking for a relationship and what you desire from that "special someone."
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The Buffalo Bills kicker lined up a 58-yarder and split the uprights with four seconds left, giving his team a 17-14 win over the Detroit Lions at Ford Field, where the visitors carried defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz off the field on their shoulders. Schwartz was fired as head coach of the Lions in January.
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Description: On January 31, 2012, the Board of Registered Nursing Withdrew and Dismissed the Accusation previously filed against Kristin H. and now there is No Public Record and No Disciplinary Action. The underlying facts are: BRN charged nurse with incompetence and unprofessional conduct as a result of a 58 year old patient admitted to the Hospital with polycystic kidney and end stage liver disease, had an adverse reaction to the medication, his condition continued to deteriorate and later died. Kristin was the preceptor for another nurse who administered a medication written by a physician without verifying the medication order and dosage with the hospital pharmacy. The alleged incompetence was Kristin's failure to perform an intensive review of medications for this patient before any medications were given to him; her alleged failure to provide adequate supervision to the other nurse assigned as her orientee; and, her failure to review and note the correct dosage of the medication on the Medication Administrative Record for the patient. With testimony and evidence from multidisciplinary forensic experts and compelling legal and factual arguments made by my law firm, the Accusation was dismissed and case closed by the Board of Registered Nursing. This is represents an unprecedented winning result since the AG only files cases they know they can win, having served in the capacity as a Deputy Attorney General many years ago. By virtue of the large number of cases we handle statewide, I personally know the rigid standards by which the Office of Attorney General continues to this day to maintain. They have several levels of review and take their work very seriously. Nonetheless, we are zealous advocates and losing is not an option.


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The clearest indication that House Speaker John Boehner's final fiscal cliff ploy backfired came late Wednesday when he began modifying his so-called Plan B.
Plan B, recall, is legislation to lock in the Bush tax cuts for all incomes up to $1 million — a fallback plan he hopes will strengthen his negotiating hand with President Obama.
But late Wednesday, faced with a daunting whip count, Republican leaders did two things. First, they began entertaining the notion of tacking spending cuts on to the bill — to entice skeptical House conservatives to provide badly needed votes. (Their skepticism is understandable: Why should they vote for legislation designed to strengthen Boehner's hand in deficit reduction negotiations they don't support in the first place?)
Second, and crucially, they scotched a tandem plan to vote down legislation, supported by most Democrats, extending the Bush tax cuts for income up to $250,000.
That was the biggest tell of the day: Boehner can't deep-six that bill, because he may need to pass it —with help from Democrats — if fiscal cliff negotiations with Obama fall apart completely.
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Fire up the grill and crack open a cold one because it's time to cut loose and celebrate the land of the free on the Fourth of July!
And in honor of the Independence Day holiday, we've collected 20 beautiful bikini beauties who take full advantage of the freedom to be sexy.
At 22 years old, supermodel hottie Kate Upton is in the prime of life so naturally the media can't seem to get enough of her.
The "Other Woman" star told British Vogue she's managed to avoid getting all riled up about the various erroneous stories written about her supposed weekly romances by just ignoring all of it.
Reminding everyone just how gorgeous she is, Kate Upton shared a snapshot of herself via Instagram on Monday night (June 30).
In the photograph, the "Other Woman" actress is positioned in bed, with no top, underneath a single white sheet.
Proving her beauty is diverse, Kate Upton posed in a brand new ad campaign for Bobbi Brown cosmetics rocking very different looks.
The Sports Illustrated stunner dons a striking red lip in the first ad, adding a simple lined eye. In the second look, Kate keeps it natural with a bronzed glow and neutral eyes and lips.
She always seems to be working on something beautiful and Kate Upton showed up at Milk Studios in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon (June 24).
The "Other Woman" actress was all smiles as she made her exit wearing a white and beige getup with black sunglasses and a big blue handbag.
Taking their latest music video in a new direction, Lady Antebellum enlisted a brilliant character actor and a swimsuit cover girl to bring "Bartender" to life.
"Arrested Development" star Tony Hale and Sports Illustrated bikini babe Kate Upton are both magnificent in the just-released clip directed by Shane C. Drake.
There's certainly no shortage of work for Kate Upton these days, and the 22-year-old stunner is the new face of Express' denim and fall ad campaigns.
In a new behind-the-scenes spread, Ms. Upton proves her appeal goes well beyond the bikini beach realm.
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N. Maine airport lands $2.5 million in stimulus
Posted May 19, 2009, at 3:44 p.m.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Northern Maine Regional Airport in Presque Isle is getting $2.5 million in federal stimulus money to extend its parallel taxiway.
The announcement Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud said the project will provide the airport with a full parallel taxiway, improving operational safety and efficiency.
The Maine Democrat said the grant, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will create jobs and improve infrastructure, providing a long-term economic development benefit for the area.


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Beautiful weather and a gorgeous sea :)
I had a relaxing few days in Bern There isn't much to do in Bern in the winter, so I just relaxed and walked around the city a bit. Unfortunately though, I still managed to get sick again... oh well!
I took a long 9 hour train ride from Switzerland to the South of France. I arrived in Nice around 10:30pm, and the first thing I noticed is that I didn't have to wear my gloves, I was unzipping my jacket and I was comfortably warm!!! It was such a nice change!!
The next morning I went down for breakfast and I met Alex from Australia and Elke from Germany. They told me that they were going to Monte Carlo and invited me along, so I went with them. It was a beautiful train ride along the sea! Monte Carlo is an amazing city! We went to the exotic garden, which had the most amazing views of the beautifully light blue Mediterranean sea Out of habit, I brought two jackets with me, which I had needed in the rest of Europe, but I definitely did not need both of them, I barely even needed one! It was 19 degrees and beautifully sunny!! In the exotic garden, we took a tour of a cave, which was really cool! We spent the afternoon walking around and looking for an affordable restaurant. By the time we gave in and went to a more expensive restaurant, their kitchen was no longer open...so instead we decided to head back to Nice to eat dinner. Our hostel had a good kitchen, so we stopped off at a supermarket and made ourselves some pasta for dinner. It was very delicious and cheap!! We also had enough leftovers for lunch the next day
The next morning we decided to take the train to Cannes. Again, another beautiful city. And again, it was around 19 degrees and sunny :D We spent most of our time walking along the beach taking in the sun. At one point we took off our shoes and walked in the water.
That afternoon Alex and I went back to Nice and walked around the city. I figured that seeing as how I was staying in Nice, I should probably actually see Nice! We walked along the rock beach and along the boardwalk. We then went back to have a snack and went back to the beach and listened to the waves and watched the sunset.
The next morning I left to catch a plane to Venice. I decided to fly instead of take a 10 hour train ride, and I am very happy with my choice
I'll talk about Venice in my next post!
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At 2009 BRITs, Duffy grabbed Best Female Solo Artist, MasterCard British Album and British Breakthrough Act, while Kings of Leon got two nods; International Group and International Album.
Winners for this year's BRIT Awards have been announced at a ceremony taking place on February 18 at London's Earls Court. Duffy was revealed as the one who led the pack, walking away with three trophies out of four categories she was nominated at the awards.
Bagging an honor as Best Female Solo Artist, Duffy won over Adele, Beth Rowley, Estelle and M.I.A.. She added another prize to her collection in MasterCard British Album for her debut effort "Rockferry" after a stiff competition against Coldplay's "Viva La Vida", Elbow's "The Seldom Seen Kid", Radiohead's "In Rainbows" and The Ting Tings' "We Started Nothing".
Duffy got her third award in British Breakthrough Act, once again pushing aside Adele and The Ting Tings in addition to beating down The Last Shadow Puppets and Scouting for Girls. "Oh my gosh, I don't mean to be greedy," so she said after she was presented with the award by Blur's bassist Alex James.
Following Duffy's domination were Kings of Leon with two kudos. The Grammy Award-winning rock band from Nashville received two prizes, bagging International Group and International Album, the latter they got for their fourth studio album "Only by the Night". In those two categories, they beat down AC/DC, Fleet Foxes, The Killers and MGMT.
Winners list of 2009 BRIT Awards:
- British Female Solo Artist: Duffy
- International Female Solo Artist: Katy Perry
- British Breakthrough Act: Duffy
- International Group: Kings Of Leon
- British Male Solo Artist: Paul Weller
- International Album: Kings Of Leon - "Only by the Night"
- British Live Act: Iron Maiden
- British Group: Elbow
- Critics' Choice Award: Florence and the Machine
- International Male Solo Artist: Kanye West
- British Single: Girls Aloud - "The Promise"
- MasterCard British Album: Duffy - "Rockferry"
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Marty is a 15-year-old Canadian-breed horse. Sturdy and muscular, with soft black hair, he spends most of his time in the obscurity of a petting zoo in bucolic Stouffville, Ont., entertaining children and munching on hay.
But on Thursday, Marty was the talk of Toronto: paraded along downtown streets, initially denied entry at the posh Royal York hotel, prancing gamely through a bank headquarters, visiting television studios and downing a couple of pints at a pub. Torontonians stopped to watch, or followed reports of the horse's progress online and on television, as reporters tailed the stallion through the city.
One news channel even interrupted coverage of a police news conference to go live when the hotel finally changed its mind and allowed Marty to step gingerly onto the marble floors of its ornate lobby.
The reason for all this? A group of hardcore Calgary Stampeders fans wanted to recreate a legendary moment from the 1948 Grey Cup, when the city's future mayor rode his steed into the Royal York and showed stuffy Toronto how to give 'er. So they called up that Stouffville petting zoo and hired Marty's services.
Of course, there are few Calgarians today who fit the old cowboy stereotypes – the city is, after all, an affluent business centre and capital of the nation's petroleum industry – but the horse still holds hefty symbolic significance, whether at the annual Stampede or any number of parades.
Toronto also played to its image – uptight. Citing health and safety concerns, the Royal York insisted it would not allow Marty in the hotel. The Canadian Football League, meanwhile, refused to allow another Stamps' tradition – a horse named Quick Six that gallops along the sidelines when the team scores – at the Rogers Centre, where Calgary will take on the Toronto Argonauts in Sunday's Grey Cup final.
The result in both situations was compromise, horse sense prevailing. After negotiations, the league agreed to let the "touchdown horse" in the stadium, but forbade it from charging down the field, saying it would interfere with equipment for the broadcast and halftime show. The Royal York, after seeing Marty's mediagenic trot around town, eventually allowed him to stand just inside the doorway.
Earlier in the day, Fletcher Armstrong, a sturdy 56-year-old Stampeders fan with a handlebar moustache, rode Marty up to the front doors of the hotel, where he was surrounded by hundreds of fans, a pack of cheerleaders, reporters and curious onlookers. Executive chef Collin Thornton offered the stallion some carrots and apples from a silver platter, but when Marty pressed his nose against the glass doors, the hotel wouldn't open.
"He wants to check in!" Mr. Armstrong called. Another fan joked: "There's no room at the inn!"
Paul Deegan, public affairs vice-president at the Bank of Montreal, had heard about the horse on the radio. If the hotel wouldn't allow the equine inside, he decided, the bank offices at First Canadian Place would. Mr. Deegan dispatched employees to find the horse and invite him over.
Around 11 a.m., the raucous crowd marched up Bay Street and brought the horse into the bank, where stockbrokers and tellers gathered around to snap pictures. "Would Marty like a credit card?" shouted one woman. The besuited Mr. Deegan even donned a white cowboy hat and clambered on his back, amid whoops from the crowd.
Later, in a quiet moment, Mr. Armstrong approached Mr. Deegan to thank him personally for the warm reception.
At this point, Marty's party had a momentum of its own, and everyone was determined to keep it going. So he rode west to CP24's television studio at Queen and John streets, then back east to the Dundas Square shopping district for a star turn inside Citytv.
The next stop was McVeigh's Pub on Church Street, where the bartender placed a bowl of stout on the bar for Marty to quench his thirst. "Now I've seen everything!" exclaimed one silver-haired gentleman as the horse lapped up the suds.
It was around this time that officials at the Royal York decided to let the horse in after all, so Marty made the triumphant trek back to the hotel, walking the red carpet normally reserved for the prime minister.
"Welcome back," corporate affairs director Kerry Ann Kotani said cheerily. "It is now check-in time."
Marty stepped inside, surrounded by his entourage. "Yahoo!" Mr. Armstrong cheered, raising his cowboy hat in the air.
Caricature? Maybe so, but there was a genuine feeling on the street, one of simple, unbridled fun. It was a chance for Toronto, a city that has grown blasé about football, to connect with the CFL's mythologized past.
Marty's owner, Blair Purcell, recalled going to Argonauts games as a child. "There were 40,000 people at the stadium," said the 49-year-old, resting a hand on his mount. "I would like to think this will bring lots of attention to the CFL and the Toronto team, and they can build on this. It's just been incredible."
For Calgarians, it was a chance to show off the city's flair on a national stage. Mr. Armstrong, who grew up on a grain and cattle farm in Saskatchewan before moving to Calgary in the 1970s (he now co-owns a contracting company), put it simply: "It's our history."
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Have you seen a retina specialist?
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I see that you are typing and that could mean a couple of things: 1. you are actually typing or, 2, the chat system has frozen up. I'll give it a few more minutes and if I've not seen anything from you I'll switch over to the Q&A system. That system works a lot like 'text messaging' but, unlike the chat system, it almost never freezes up. We can continue to work on your question there. :o)
Directly behind the retina. Yes. Yes. It's been over a year since my "Episode" - a kind of "explosion that left my eye covered with a "film of dust particles" and floating golden halos mostly seen in darkness.


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