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This is a very substantial and unusual movement with four oblong section iron pillars all pinned to front plate. The pillars extend through the movement by another 18 mm, so no dial was ever attached to this movement it seems The clock originally with gut lines and pulleys, both missing attached to the two charming wooden barrels, both complete with click work, but watch our other auctions for suitable parts. The striking train is complete, with fly, right to the top of the train, in the arch of the plate. The brass wheels all in good condition, arbors and pinions in good condition, ready to be used again. The striking work arbors and levers are all present and seemingly in good order. The bell hammer has been removed from the shaft, but easily replaced. The hammer spring and stop are clearly later, crude replacements. The strking work via very early, outside rack attached to the front plate, with nicely hand-cut teeth to the rack. The rack and associated levers is all present, some with solder on, which will need to be removed. There is a pull repeat lever and arbor and scrolled finial to the end on rhs of the movement, which could have had a string or cord attached to it. This allows for remote access to the clock, and activating the strike, which will record the last hour struck. So possibly used in a well off domestic setting, such as a large well to do home, in the early 18th century. The going train with great wheel, 3rd wheel, and later escape wheel and pallets. Appears to be an 18th century conversion from verge to anchor. The witness hole for the verge potence clealry visible on the back plate and possible pivot holes for the front of the verge arbor, to movement front plate. The winding arbors are long, but only reach same point as the end of the hour wheel on the motion work, so the movement could have sat behind a fixed wall dial on a high posiiton on a wall to give adequate drop for the weights. The front plate with a simple bridge to carry the motion work The plates measure 137 mm high by 128 mm wide, and with four pillars between the plates. These extend through the front plate. the front plate. Rear plate location of three of the four pillars showing poor repairs which will need to be removed and correct repair-work carried out. The clock movement weighs 2.2 kilos, hence the shipment costs. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Please note, the magnified electronic images show detail much greater than would be visible with the naked eye. Any dark areas or marks on highly polished surfaces are almost certainly reflections from the camera or lighting equipment. If there are any marks or dents of any note, these will be mentioned in the description. All We are here to help and ensure that our good eBay reputation is enhanced and this eBay shop becomes one of your favourite places to purchase watches. 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Plan ahead...needs to chill. Guests will have a merry time munching these mild mint cookies. The cute crunchy canes are easy to form once you color the dough--just roll into ropes and twist together.
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I've been making these for years but couldn't quite get them right - then I used this recipe and they turned out perfect! I also used a thin confectioners sugar-milk-mint glaze and dusted them with crushed candy canes :-) A really great recipe.
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- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened (no substitutes)
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1⁄2 cup milk
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- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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- red food coloring
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- In a bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugars.
- Beat in milk, egg and extracts.
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- Set aside half of the dough.
- Divide remaining dough in half; add green food coloring to one portion and red food coloring to the other.
- Wrap dough separately in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- Roll ½ teaspoonfuls of each color of dough in to 3-inch ropes.
- Place each green rope next to a white rope; press together gently and twist.
- Repeat with red ropes and remaining white ropes.
- Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
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Sentences with the absolute superlative degree of the adjective Alkaline
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Microbes can dwell in highly alkaline environments in the absence of obvious food sources.
(Nature Communications, )
New research suggests that consuming extra fruits and vegetables, which are highly alkaline, improves kidney health.
(Science Daily - News, )
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39 examples:
When investigating the pH (acidic, neutral, alkaline) of a liquid, don't soak the litmus paper completely in the liquid but just put the end of the paper in it.
Spread over 6,500 miles of sparse scrub and alkaline soil, Millard County is one of Utah's poorest.
(Nigel Duara in Los Angeles Times - National News, )
The researchers' nanosensor measures pH variations at the nanoscale -- how acidic or alkaline it is.
(Science Daily - News, )
When Kelly Ripa revealed this summer that an alkaline cleanse had changed her life, I had to know more.
(NBC News Entertainment, )
Singer swears by the Honestly Healthy Alkaline Programme as followed by fellow former-Spice Girl Victoria.
(Daily Mail - Femail, )
Researchers say the new technology could replace many lithium-ion and alkaline batteries in wide use today.
(Science Daily - News, )
Here, the authors show that these proteins can be reactivated in resin-embedded samples through the use of alkaline buffer.
(Nature Communications, )
Low-degree partial melts are alkaline carbonatites that are highly reactive with reduced ambient mantle, producing diamond.
(Nature, )
Energizer has started selling what it calls the first disposable AA and AAA alkaline batteries made with recycled batteries.
(The Associated Press in CBC News - Technology & Science, )
Alkaline eating helps the body maintain healthy pH levels which improve digestion, skin tone and mood as well as weight loss.
(Victoria Lambert in The Telegraph - Food and Drink, )
Settlement over alkaline Mono Lake calls for water flows that are intended to restore the ecosystem harmed by stream diversion.
(Louis Sahagun in Los Angeles Times - Science, )
Alkaline water electrolyzers are promising devices for hydrogen generation, although hydrogen/oxygen mixing can be problematic.
(Nature Communications, )
With a face and figure women half her age would kill for, 51-year-old Elle Macpherson is a self-confessed fan of the alkaline diet.
(Daily Mail - Health, )
Now, active and stable Co–Mo–Sx chalcogels for the efficient production of H2 in alkaline and acidic environments are reported.
(Nature Materials, )
Within a shorttime, the acid spreads through the alkaline maze, although the majority of it remains together with the gel at the exit.
(Science Daily - News, )
Bandmates Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker performed at the Roxy in West Hollywood, with Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba filling in for DeLonge.
(The Hollywood Reporter - Music, )
The trick works as follows: A gel mixed with acid is applied at the exit of a labyrinth – i.e. the destination – filled with alkaline liquid.
(Science Daily - News, )
Human activity has impacted the water chemistry of streams and rivers in the eastern United States, with two-thirds becoming more alkaline, researchers say.
(UPI - Science News, )
Here, the authors report an iron-based electrocatalyst devoid of iron–nitrogen coordination, and demonstrate its high activity in acid and alkaline media.
(Nature Communications, )
High temperature, high moisture and alkaline pH in many dishwashers can provide a habitat for harmful germs such as black yeast fungi, Turkish researchers say.
(UPI - Health News, )
Here, Chen et al . identify TOD1, an alkaline ceramidase, involved in sphingosine metabolism that regulates turgor during pollen tube growth and stomatal closure.
(Nature Communications, )
Researchers from University Hospital Heidelberg found the longer athletes exercised, the more alkaline their saliva became, encouraging the growth of plaque bacteria.
(Daily Mail - Health, )
You may have noticed the buzz about alkaline water recently: It's a staple of the alkaline diet, and promoted by celebs like Miranda Kerr for its supposed health perks.
(Fox News - Health, )
Here, the authors report that a conductive metal-organic framework functions as a well-defined, tunable electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline solution.
(Nature Communications, )
When an alkaline solution mixed with dyes is now added to the other end of the maze, i.e. the entrance, it automatically seeks the way to the exit – the point with the highest acidity.
(Science Daily - News, )
Here, the authors report that nickel nanoparticles supported on nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes have hydrogen oxidation activity similar to platinum-group-metals in alkaline electrolyte.
(Nature Communications, )
The alkaline diet touted by Hollywood celebrities for weight loss and to avoid diseases such as cancer and osteoporosis promotes a healthy way but the premise is junk science, some experts say.
(CBC News in CBC News - Technology & Science, )
Scientists at Washington University in St Louis found nanoparticles of calcium carbonate they were able to alter the pH of cancerous tissue, making it more alkaline and preventing it spreading.
(Daily Mail - Health, )
Responding to reports of adhering to what Yahoo Beauty described as an "alkaline diet or a gluten-free diet," Gwyneth Paltrow said some media outlets have misrepresented how she approaches nutrition.
(NBC Today, )
A new cost-effective polymer membrane can decrease the cost of alkaline batteries and fuel cells by allowing the replacement of expensive platinum catalysts without sacrificing important aspects of performance.
(Science Daily - News, )
Now a silver–cobalt surface alloy electrocatalyst has been developed for the oxygen reduction reaction that is stable in alkaline electrolytes and is more economical than traditional platinum-based materials.
(Nature Chemistry, )
Here, Chang et al. study the oxygen evolution reaction on strontium ruthenate single-crystal films in alkaline environments, and establish relationships between conductivity, stability and activity of the catalysts.
(Nature Communications, )
Biologists strode along the cracked, dry mud surrounding this evaporating north Los Angeles County lake last week, pausing periodically to pick up an emaciated turtle and wash alkaline dust off its head and carapace.
(Louis Sahagun in Los Angeles Times - Science, )
Here, the authors report a structurally ordered gold–palladium–cobalt intermetallic catalyst which exhibits comparable activity to platinum/carbon in both acid and alkaline media, and probe its structure-activity behaviour.
(Nature Communications, )
Some corals seem to be resilient to ocean acidification.As carbon dioxide emissions rise, ocean waters are absorbing more of the gas and becoming less alkaline, threatening the ability of corals and other marine organisms to make skeletons and shells.
(Nature, )
The researchers studied the effectiveness of the first three cycles of the Cleaning-in-Place process -- warm water rinse, alkaline wash and acid rinse -- using electrolyzed oxidizing, or EO, water in place of harsher chemicals typically used in the alkaline and acid washes.
(Science Daily - News, )
It appears that Tom DeLonge hasn't quit pop-punk trio Blink-182 after all, even though bandmates Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus issued a statement to that effect, saying that their decision to tap Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba for the group's headlining performance in March in...
(Randy Lewis in Los Angeles Times - Entertainment News, )
Scientists have designed a new type of nanostructured-carbon-based catalyst that could pave the way for reliable, economical next-generation batteries and alkaline fuel cells, providing for practical use of wind- and solar-powered electricity, as well as enhanced hybrid electric vehicles.
(Science Daily - News, )
Here we show that nanocrystalline Cu prepared from Cu2O ('oxide-derived Cu') produces multi-carbon oxygenates (ethanol, acetate and n-propanol) with up to 57% Faraday efficiency at modest potentials (–0.25 volts to –0.5 volts versus the reversible hydrogen electrode) in CO-saturated alkaline H2O.
(Nature, )
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An Urban Pram is generally compact, agile and functional. An Urban pram is ideal for long urban walks, inner city outings and shopping trips. They fit into most car boots and can be folded with relative ease.
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Hudson -- In some ways, the Hudson girls soccer team's win over Brecksville-Broadview Heights Oct. 12 was emblematic of the Lady Explorers' season.
Hudson played well for long stretches, but was inconsistent.
On this night, that was enough to get a 2-1 win over the Lady Bees at Hudson Memorial Stadium.
Hudson improved to 8-5-2 on the season and finished at 4-1-2 in the Suburban League National Conference. Brecksville dropped to 6-7-2 overall and 2-3-2 in the National Conference.
Lady Explorers' first-year head coach Chris Gentille was generally pleased with his team's effort.
"I thought we defended well for the most part," he said. "Our defense has been playing pretty well recently. I thought we were able to get back and shut them down. We scored a goal on a corner kick, which is a rare thing for us."
In fact, all three goals in the contest came via set pieces. While it was Senior Night for Hudson, junior Elena Vuksta was the architect of both Lady Explorer goals.
In the fourth minute, Hudson earned a corner kick on the near side. Vuksta sent a curling ball into the box, which Jordan Manley found and lofted into the corner of the net to make it 1-0.
The Lady Explorers were in control throughout the first half, but could not find the net again. Vuksta and Manley each hit the post in the first half.
The Lady Bees were able to convert their only real scoring chance in the 35th minute.
A Brecksville corner kick eluded Hudson goalie Lily Morgan and came to Lady Bees' senior Natalie Lesesky. Lesesky's shot nearly was cleared off the line, but it trickled in to make it 1-1 at halftime.
Gentille noted that defending corner kicks is an area the Lady Explorers may need to shore up, nothing the fact Hudson had to defend 12 corner kicks was a major reason for its 3-1 loss against Columbus Bishop Watterson Oct. 8.
"Our defense fell asleep on that corner kick," Gentille said. "With the playoffs coming up, you can't afford to do that."
Just after halftime, the Lady Explorers retook the lead.
In the 45th minute, Hudson earned a free kick just outside the penalty box. Vuksta stepped up and launched a perfectly placed shot into the upper left corner of the net, making it 2-1.
"That was good goal," Gentille said. "You can't hit it much better than that."
Brecksville attempted to press the issue in the second half, but Morgan was not seriously tested for the rest of the evening.
The Lady Explorers finished with a 7-3 edge in shots on goal. Morgan had two saves on the night.
Hudson honored seniors Brooke Balash, Kim Sauers, Morgan Widdoes, Claire McIsaac and Rayna McLean before the game.
The Lady Explorers were set to close out the regular season Oct. 15 at home against Austintown-Fitch, but results weren't available at press time.
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August 3rd, 2015
Episode 170 of 288 episodes
According to Ecclesiastes, the evolutionary chart in school fooled us into believing that history is a straight line going up and we are more advanced than those primitive people who came before us. The truth is that history is really a circle, a cul-de-sac to be more exact. One generation after another drives around that cul-de-sac worshiping their idol and trying to outdo their neighbor with more sex, more stuff, more power, more information, and more fame. As fools often do, we mistake movement for progress. With brutal honesty about this fact, Ecclesiastes feels more like a punch in the gut than a kiss on the lips.
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From their delicate beauty to their young-looking appearances, thereâs certainly a Skin Care trick or two to learn from the women in the Far East. Which is why weâre intrigued to hear what one of South Koreaâs top Dermatologists had to say in a recent interview â as he divulged essential Skin Care secrets practised by women all over the country.
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Ruhi comes in the Mahendi function as Ishita and Raman have convinced her. Shagun brings her frustration on little Ruhi, saying she has brought a bag sign in her Mahendi function by ruining her mahendi.
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Peanut Butter and Butterscotch Rice Krispies Squares
Recipe by Sarah_Jayne
Another recipe from the 1980 version of the Grace Evangelical Congregational Church cookbook from Muir, Pennsylvania that was given to me by my Nana when I became an adult. This recipe was submitted to the cookbook by Florence Miller who is my Nana's sister and always called 'Aunt Puss' by myself. I look the most like her than of any of the other Muir family members I have met.
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My aunt has made these my whole life, we call them "addicta-bars". Once you start you can't stop. They are delicious. I was thrilled to find a recipe that reminded me of my childhood. I love these. I actually mixed about 6oz each of the chocolate and butterscotch chips and then just spread it like frosting and allowed to chill for about 30 minutes before I cut them. YUMMY!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 236.59 ml white Karo
- 236.59 ml sugar
- 236.59 ml peanut butter
- 1419.54 ml Rice Krispies
- 236.59 ml chocolate chips
- 236.59 ml butterscotch chips
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- Cook syrup and sugar on low heat until it comes to a boil.
- Remove and add peanut butter and cereal.
- Press into a buttered 13 x 9-inch pan and let harden.
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PAGANINI / LISZT - Caprice 24
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GRIEG - Chanson de solveig
MONTI - Czardas
BRAHMS - Danse hongroise 5
SMETATA - Die moldau
BEETHOVEN - Die wut über den verlorenen groschen
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LULLY - Gavotte
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BIZET - Habanera de carmen
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This volume contains a wide selection of famous musical themes from Bach to Carl Orff. Some of them were originally written for the piano; most have had their scores carefully arranged to make them easy to play on the piano. Each piece is followed with a jazz interpretation, which can either be played alone or alongside the 'original' version. Perhaps this will show that the 'classics' are not all that far removed from jazz, and that music of earlier periods contains many of the essential characteristics of jazz. Doesn't Lully's 'Gavotte', for instance, contain one of the most famous jazz themes ever? The 'Blue Gavotte' may make this clearer. The theme from Mozart's Sonata in A major (K 331) doesn't require many rhythmic changes to give it a blues flavour ('Mozart Goes Blues'). The driving rhythm of the ostinato bass in Carl Orff's 'O Fortuna' would suit modern jazz-rock performers well, with a few small changes ('A Fortune for a Tune'). What do Bizet's 'Habanera', Brahms' 'Hungarian Dance No. 5' and Paganini's 'Caprice No. 24' have in common? Why have they been turned into salsa music ('Habanera con Cigarro', 'Hungarian Salsa No. 5', 'Capriccio Latino')? Much of this is up to the individual: if you want to discover similarities, they are easy to find. It is difficult to convey a jazz interpretation through musical notation alone, so a CD has been included - not to demonstrate the only possible interpretation, but to offer ideas and suggestions.


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My mom made this all the time when I was little. It is one of those comfort desserts that you always feel good about eating.
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- 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄4 cup heavy cream
- 1⁄4 cup milk
- 3 -4 pints of sliced strawberries
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- chocolate chips (optional)
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Blend flour, 3 tbsp of the sugar, salt, baking powder, and, butter until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.
- Add the cream and milk, and mix to form a soft dough.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll to a 1/2 inch thickness.
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- Remove shortcake and place on wire rack to cool.
- Place the strawberries in a large bowl with the rest of the sugar and let sit for up to 2 hours until a juicy syrup forms in the bowl.
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- Spread a generous portion of whipped cream on the bottom half, and then spoon some strawberries and juice on top of that.
- Place the other half on top of the strawberries and spread more whipped cream and strawberries on top.
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Helmets 'deter female cyclists'
The wearing of helmets is deterring Nelson schoolgirls from getting on bicycles, say cycle advocates.
As part of Bike Wise Month, Bicycle Nelson Bays ran a film night at The Boathouse on Tuesday night together with guest speaker, Green MP and former transport planner Julie Anne Genter.
The film, Beauty and the Bike, followed two groups of young women, one from Darlington, England where teenage cycling was scarce, and one from Bremen, Germany, where cycling was rife.
The film concluded there was a lack of political will in England to build safe cycling infrastructure.
Bicycle Nelson Bays co-coordinator John-Paul Pochin said a film of this nature was important as although Nelson had a high rate of cyclists, young females were under-represented.
Perceptions of safety deterred young people from cycling, he said.
Perhaps it was having to wear helmets that prevented girls getting on their bikes, he said.
"It is a sticking point. We know the wearing of helmets deters the number of people getting on bikes."
It was a catch-22 as either children felt unsafe to go on the roads and felt they needed to wear helmets, or the wearing of helmets acted as another barrier to getting on the road.
The irony was that with more cyclists on the roads, the safer it would be to cycle.
Green Party transport spokeswoman Julie Anne Genter said while the use of helmets was a compelling argument, some states in the United States had similar low rates of female cyclists despite not having mandatory helmet laws, she said.
"I think you have to make cycling more safe before you consider whether to change the helmet law."
New Zealand had a low rate of women cycling because of a perceived danger, difficult routes and unpleasant rides, she said.
"If you put in place infrastructure that makes people feel safe you will undoubtedly see more people cycling."
And the benefits of cycling were massive, she said. These included reduced wear and tear on the roads, less demand for car parks, massive health benefits, congestion reduction, and money saved on petrol and cars.
"Beauty and the Bike shows that people of all ages will cycle when the infrastructure is designed for people. We can do that here in New Zealand."
Ministry of Transport land transport safety manager Leo Mortimer said helmet wearing had been mandatory since 1994.
Improving road safety for all road users was a key long term goal for the government, he said.
The investment being made in walking and cycling through the National Land Transport Programme was significant, with about $80 million for 2012-15 in for walking and cycling.
Data gathered from the Ministry of Transport's household travel survey showed that males spent more time cycling than females for all age groups.
The ministry has not undertaken any specific research looking into reasons why there might be a lower uptake in cycling by women.
New Zealand Transport Agency acting regional director Kate Styles said good infrastructure helped to protect cyclists, but it did not work in isolation.
"We urge motorists to be courteous, share the road and to recognise that they are more vulnerable.
"While it is commendable that the media highlights legitimate safety issues around cycling, it's important to also emphasise the enormous benefits cycling offers and to not overstate the risks involved."
Funding for new and improved walking and cycling facilities in Nelson was at its highest ever, with numerous projects either underway or due to begin shortly.
"This multimillion-dollar package will further cement Nelson's status as one of the most cycle-friendly centres in New Zealand," she said.
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"Tenzin, will you come inside? I need to talk to you," Aang, my father, called out, as he pulled open the sliding main door and stepped onto the flat at the top of the stairs. I quickly glanced at him, as he sat stolid in his normal manner. Every single possible bad thing I had ever done raced through my mind, as my face developed a gaping look.
"Ooh Tenzin, you're in trouble!" Bumi and Kya jeeringly exclaimed, almost simultaneously. Kya jokingly chuckled as Bumi jousted at me with his makeshift stick-spear. I stood up off the ground, and trotted towards the stairs.
"Yes, dad?" I asked as I walked to the top of the stairs, only to be met by my father opening the main door, gesturing for me to take a step inside.
"Follow me Tenzin, there's something very important I need to talk to you about." His tone reverberated in the room, seeming to bounce off of the walls as he bellowed. He had a weird hint of... something in his voice. Some form of emotion that I couldn't make out.
"Yes, Dad," I replied nonchalantly, nearly in a mocking tone. There was something different about him, as if he walked with grievance in his step. I followed him down the labyrinth of halls, and into the Air Acolyte study room. "Dad, what do you need to talk about again?" He could clearly hear the boredom in my voice.
"Tenzin, it's time for you to learn about the past... your people's past," Dad said quickly, as to keep my mind occupied.
"Dad, what do you mean?" I questioned, as he reclined into a chair next to his desk, letting out a tiring breath of air. The chair let out a subtle screech as he stroked his beard and shut his eyes.
"Tenzin, do you remember when I first talked to you about airbending?" he asked, keeping his eyes closed.
"Of course dad, I still remember," I replied, as I began gazing around the room, staring at the countless quantity of literature throughout the miniature library. There were a few standing shelves of books, and some of which were built into the walls. The entire room, though, was not all that big. And it smelt of straight papyrus and aged leather.
"Well... since you recently started your training, it's important for you to understand the past... where our culture came from... when it thrived, I guess you could say." I instantaneously looked at my feet and shuffled around, fidgeting my thumbs.
"Alright," I murmured, accidentally conveying my bemusement as annoyance.
"To start, I need to tell you about my past, my personal history," Aang said, as he closed his eyes midway, and proposed his fingers in a pyramidal fashion. "Tenzin, do you remember the stories about the Avatar your mother told you when you were younger?"
"Yeah, I do."
"Then you remember the Avatar cycle?" Dad asked, as I let out a slight sigh.
"Yes, sir," I replied, growing uninterested yet again.
"Well, the last Avatar was born into the Air Nomads, as you know," he said, taking a deep breath, playing it up to make the fact more obvious than it was.
"Tenzin, the Avatar is me."
"I knew he was acting weird,'" I thought to myself. But then a subconscious thought worked its way into my voice.
"Dad, why did you wait until now to tell me?"
"I wanted to protect you—I wanted you to grow up without worrying about your mother and me, without living your life differently," he supplemented, standing and drifting to the recently closed mahogany door, thrusting it open with a blast of air, which was barely light enough to prevent the doors to go into a flurry of bangs and creaks.
The atmosphere had returned to its normal pinkish glow that came about when the sun hit the horizon, and many of the clouds that had once covered the openness of the sky merely vanished in the orange-based rainbow that now masked the sun's outer area. The Meditation Pavilion always had the best views of the sunset, especially on nights like these. The random breeze from earlier now delightfully soothed the heat from the sun's rays.
But this view quickly left my mind, as I concentrated on other things. Those of which were altering my vision of the world around me.
"So, we're the last Airbenders..." I stared at the ground. I was confused and angry and—losing it. I wasn't expecting anything like this.
"Where has all of this come from?" I whispered in my mind, as I ran my fingers through my nonexistent hair, resting my head on my palm.
"I don't understand, Dad... Why?" I had never felt this much emotion before, it flowed through my veins, and I couldn't control it. I lost my normally stolid composure, and I looked up at my father.
"Dad, I—I just don't get it..." I whispered, with the influence of a flurry of thoughts going through my head.
"Tenzin..." Dad whispered, as he stood up and walked over near me, then sank to the ground, and put his hands on my shoulders. I picked up my head and looked in his eyes, and I could see the old grey-brown daggers peering into my mind. "I know how you feel... if it weren't for your mother, I'd be lost in grief myself. I learned to release any pent up emotion... I can teach you how I do it, if you want." My eyes veered off into the distance, as I lost myself in thought.
"Of course he can release his emotions on a whim. He's the Avatar," I thought, as all of the sporadic information converged in my mind. I felt guilty immediately after thinking such things, knowing he had no control over it. But, still.
Still dazed in puzzlement and confusion, I managed a reply. "That's easy for you to say. You're the Avatar, a spiritual genius. I'm just... a kid. I can't even bend my natural element, and you're trying to get me to release my emotions?" It felt like all of Republic City had its eyes on me, and I shrugged my dad's hands off of my shoulders. I stood up, and began to walk away.
"Tenzin!" He called after me, as I glared back at him with a light angst and vexation in my eyes.
"Do you think running away from your problems could solve them?"
I stopped looked in his eyes, and I could see them glisten in the beaming sunlight.
"No, but how could I? Aren't you the one who told me to meditate and think about patience and freedom? I just—I need some time to... process this." My voice clambered to a whisper as I muttered my last words, as I turned and walked in a random direction.
I made my way back towards the temple and quickly climbed up to my room, and grabbed my glider. "I need to get away from all of this," I whispered under my breath.
I took the rear door out of the temple, and walked along the pathway, thinking about everything that had happened. As I continued, I caught a glimpse of the mediation pavilion, and he was still there. Sitting motionless. Meditating.
"I hurt him..." I whispered, clenching my fists.
I was beginning to walk back to the pavilion, to apologize for everything, to try to understand instead of shouldering the truth. But I halted myself, and turned around. I don't know what caused it, as if my feet had a mind of their own. Subconsciously done, maybe?
It felt as if my body was at war within itself, and eventually, I craved peace. I heard a roaring crash as a gargantuan wave crashed against a rocky portion of the shoreline surrounding the island. "The beach" I thought to myself, as I trekked off into the woods near the bison grounds, feeling my heartbeat in my head. I jogged until I came to the sand, near the bison sleeping grounds, my glider bouncing the entire way.
"I might as well try; I can't go much further down on the failure scale," I said out loud, fairly confident in my solitude. I opened my glider, and placed it on my back. "Here goes nothing..." I whispered, as I strafed up the beach, and rocketed into the air.
And there was nothing.
No currents, no movement, not even the slightest breeze. I put out one hand as I plunged into the sand. "I'm officially the worst Airbender ever," I babbled off to myself, as I spat sand out of my mouth and brushed it off my clothes. I saw that I had a cut on my palm, but I didn't care. I felt as if there was no reason to care anymore. I rocked backwards, falling on my backside. I flailed my hands in various directions, desperate to produce even the slightest movement of air. All in vain.
I was a failure. A letdown. "Why... why do I have to carry this on my shoulders..." I sighed as I lied back against a tree. I felt drops of water hit my arm. But it wasn't raining. I was crying. I started shaking, even though it was the middle of spring, with warm temperate air circulating around me.
I had never felt alone like this before. It was terrifying. This emotional distress was like none I had ever experienced. And yet I didn't know why. Why was I put in charge of something as big as continuing the Air Nomads: an entire damn culture was counting on me now.
A rustling in the bushes quickly caught my attention, causing me to instictively jump to my feet. "Who's there?!" I exclaimed, as I grabbed my glider, even though it was completely useless, aside from hitting someone across the face with it. The rustling stopped, and I sat motionless for a few moments, eyeing the bush, listening for movement, only to hear leaves rustling and the sound of waves crashing in the background. I crept to the front of the bush, and gently pulled back a branch. A pair of yellow eyes stared back at me, adorned with a brown arrow on its forehead, and a pair of nubs where the horns should be. "A bison?
What're you doing down here little guy?" I tossed my glider over near a pile of sand. I reached in the bush, trying to pick up the little creature, but he slowly backed away. "I can help you... you have to give me a chance, though." I held my hand out, and it slowly crept up to it, and rubbed his head against my bloodied palm.
The sun set, far off on the horizon, along with Republic City's skyline, as the little bison sat in my lap. I rubbed his back, and scratched his head, as he roared in laughter, and jumped up and licked me. "Oogi, gross!" I shouted while laughing. He looked at me and tilted his head as I spoke. "Oogi?" I posed, as he tilted his head yet again. "Do you like that name?" I asked him, as he yelped in response. "Alright, you are now known as Oogi, the bison!" I laughed while saying, whilst Oogi rubbed up against my stomach. I combed his fur with my fingers, as the little bundle of fluff closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. "You got the right idea, little buddy."
I leaned back against a tree, as I propped my feet on the pile of sand I made earlier. Oogi curled up, and breathed heavily. My eyes got heavier, as I stared off at the iridescent lights radiating off of Republic City. "Goodnight, Oogi." I closed my eyes, and drifted into a light slumber.
I awoke at what seemed like the meditation pavilion, with a note in my clenched fist, as a horrendous storm crashed around me. I sat in awe for what seemed like hours, as a booming voice echoed in the crackling clouds.
"Airbend Tenzin, I know you can," my father's voice whispered in the midst of all the chaos.
But just like that, it all ended.
I came back to the beach, shielding my vision from the sunrise, trying to comprehend what just happened. "What the... just a... dream..." I gasped, as I tried to calm my rapid breathing, wiping the sweat from my brow.
I sat up further, and received an annoyed groan from Oogi. "Sorry Oogi, forgot you were there," I said, as I rubbed my eyes, and brushed the excess sand off of my pants. I rubbed Oogi's head as he fully awoke, and then he looked at me and yawned. "I guess you're hungry, aren't you Oogi," I murmured to myself as I stood up, carrying Oogi in my arms and my glider on my back, draping the strap across my shoulder.
I limped up the beach, in search of some form of nutrition. After walking for what seemed like halfway around the island, I found a minute orchard of fruit-bearing trees. "You like apples, right Oogi?" I asked, as he squeakily roared in response. I reached up and picked the fruit off the branch, and handed it to him, as he grabbed it with his paws. I grabbed one for myself as well, and I relaxed against the trunk of the tree.
"The city, it's beautiful isn't it, Tenzin." My eyes widened and froze, as the shock caused me to become momentarily paralyzed.
I hadn't heard this voice in a long while.
"Uncle Sokka!" I jumped up and gave him a huge hug, while he gave my bald head a fake shine down. "Why are you here?" I said as he motioned for me to sit down on a nearby fallen tree trunk.
"Shouldn't I be asking you the same question, kiddo? Why are you out here?" Sokka asked, propping his head up with his arm.
"Honestly... I don't know," I replied. Sokka changed the topic a little bit.
"Who's this little guy?" He asked as he reached over and rubbed the now asleep bison in my lap.
"This is Oogi. I found him lost in the woods when I came down here," I said, while I looked down at him. I rubbed his stomach, and he opened his eyes slightly, and stuck his tongue out at me.
"You know, your mother's worried about you, Tenzin... And so is your dad." Sokka said, almost in sync with the waves on the beach.
"Figures..." I murmured, staring out at the horizon.
"You know your father loves you more than anything, Tenzin." Sokka said, putting his hand on my shoulder.
"I know... it's just... my father is this all powerful spiritual god-like being, and he expects me to be some amazingly skilled bender. I can't even produce a puff of air." There was a prolonged silence before Sokka spoke up.
"Tenzin, did I ever tell you about the time your mother and I traveled to the Southern Air Temple with Aang?"
"Not that I know of..."
"Your mother tried to hide the truth from him, to protect him, she had no idea how he would handle it," Sokka said, as he sat up straighter. "She thought it would save him from all the grief, but in the end, he found out himself."
"What happened then?"
"He... lost it. It spiked so much rage that he couldn't control it, and he went into the Avatar state. He nearly destroyed the place, except Katara was able to calm him down," He stated, and then continued. "He told me that you disappeared after he spoke to you about the Airbenders, and that he had been looking for you all night."
"I just couldn't—" Sokka cut me off mid-sentence.
"Tenzin, a good friend of mine once told me, that I was going to fail over and over again, before something turned out right. But I couldn't give up in fear of failure. If you give up now Tenzin, you'll never reach your true potential, and you'll never forgive yourself. No matter what life throws at you, regardless of the pain and the struggle, don't lose hope when you fall. Stand up and push back."
I looked at him, with a smile on my face, even as tears crept out of my eyes.
"Thanks, Sokka... I needed that..." I choked out while wiping away tears, as he offered his hand.
"Come on, I know someone is waiting to see you," Sokka said, as he helped me off the ground. I still cradled Oogi in my arms as we walked on the beach towards the air temple.
"Uncle Sokka, can I tell you something?" I asked as we continued down the shore.
"Sure, what's up?" Sokka questioned, as I looked down at the ground. I took a deep breath and looked out at the ocean.
"My dad said that he and I are the last Airbenders... which is why he told me all that historical stuff. I couldn't take it all in then and there... and I still don't get it. I dunno..."
"Look," Sokka said as took a knee in the sand, "Life is not fair. And it does not last forever. Aang didn't want you to think like that... he didn't want it to affect you like this. He told you that because he cares about you. Believe me when I say, Aang would give his life to protect you, and not even hesitate, regardless of him being the Avatar. He loves you and your mother and siblings more than you'll ever know. I promise you that." Sokka said with deep admiration.
I grinned, holding back tears, and gave Sokka a lighthearted hug.
"Thanks, Uncle Sokka," I voiced through my dry throat. We stood up and walked in silence for a few minutes, until a faint glimpse of the temple came into view.
"Race you home!" Sokka grinned, as he started sprinting towards the temple. I replied with a nodding grin, as I placed Oogi on the ground and chased after Uncle Sokka.
He beat me by a landslide, bent over with his hands on his knees as I arrived. Oogi followed me right up to my heels.
"Uncle Sokka, would you mind carrying Oogi down to the bison grounds for me?" I asked, "I really need to talk to my father."
"Sure thing, kiddo," Sokka replied, as he picked up Oogi and held him. He looked up, with a foolish smile on his face, and walked off, as I assured my glider was still on my back.
Suddenly, a shadow crept over me. I didn't even need to think, I already knew who it was. I read the presence like a book.
"Dad, I'm-" I began while turning and looking, but I was unable to finish. He knelt down in front of me.
"Tenzin, there's no need to apologize, it isn't your fault, I should have explained better an-" I threw my arms around his neck, cutting him off and catching him by surprise.
"I'm sorry Dad," I started, and paused. "It wasn't your fault. I was... lost."
"And I'm so proud of you... you found your way; and you did it alone."
For the first time in my life, I realized just how lucky I was.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Celebrity Apprentice is on the fall schedule
They put his show on the fall schedule. I suspect we'll all be laughing at the absurdity of his brief attempt at conning the nation when we look back at these past few months.
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HUDSON -- Councilman Alex Kelemen will host the first Ward 3 Forum of 2017 on Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Barlow Community Center. The Ward 3 Forum is an informal "townhall-style" meeting where anyone can drop in, make comments or suggestions, and unlike Council meetings or workshops, there is an opportunity for dialogue and discussion. City Manager Jane Howington is also scheduled to attend. While there will be discussion on developments in Ward 3, all residents from throughout the city are welcome to attend and question or comment on any issue relating to Hudson.
Kelemen will provide a brief update on some general interest topics, including Council's current consideration of whether or not to allow medical marijuana facilities in Hudson. The majority of the meeting is driven by questions and concerns from the audience. While the program runs from 7:30 until 9 p.m., residents are welcome to drop in or leave as their schedules allow.
There are many possible topics. Under consideration by City Council is Downtown Phase II development and traffic, relocation of the municipal service center and service garage, how emergency dispatch will function, expanding broadband service, trail and sidewalk plans and how to pay for them, the ongoing dispute with Akron over water service, and code enforcement issues.
"The residents decide the discussion topics. We get an interesting group with many good questions and comments," Kelemen said. "Some residents like to attend just to hear what their neighbors are saying."
More info is available under the "events" tab at www.hudsonward3.com
Barlow Community Center is at 41 Oviatt St., across from the fire station.


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Tonight, at the St. Thomas Aquinas Institute affiliated with campus ministry at the University of Colorado in Boulder, I will be giving a talk on the Catholic Church and the 2012 election. For more info, click here. This means no more posts this morning and I am not sure about tomorrow morning because I need to get back to the airport out there and, given the time difference, I am not sure how that will work. But, if you are in the Boulder area, please come and say hello tonight. I intend to do better in my Colorado premiere than the President did in his debate last week!!!!
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Thomas Emson
In this, the last part of the Vampire Babylon trilogy, Jake Lawton returns to Babylon - modern-day Iraq - to face the resurrected vampire god who spawned the trinity.
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Publication: April 1, 2012 •
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Thomas was born in Bangor, Wales, in 1966, and raised on Anglesey, the island at the northern tip of Wales. He lives in Kent under another name with his wife, the author and journalist, Marnie Summerfield Smith. It was Stephen King's vampire novel Salem's Lot that fired his ambition to be a writer. He was a journalist for more than 20 years, working for local, regional, and national papers as a reporter, sub-editor, design editor, sports editor, night editor, and deputy editor. His first novel, a Welsh-language vampire story, was published in 1996. He's had three novels, two collections of stories, and two non-fiction books published in Welsh. He is also an award-winning playwright. On April 1, 2008, Snowbooks published his first English-language novel, Maneater. Skarlet, the first book in The Vampire Trinity, followed in 2009. Prey, the sequel to Maneater came out in that year, as well. He is now working on Kardinal, the last part of The Vampire Trinity. Thomas is represented by Mariam Keen at the Whispering Buffalo Literary Agency.
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After Oscar nominations were announced on January 15, worldwide downloads of pirated Academy Award-nominated films skyrocketed 385 per cent in the 30 days following.
That's according to new data from Irdeto, a Netherlands company that tracks digital piracy. The spike led to nearly $US41 million ($52m) in lost revenue for motion picture companies in the month following the nominations, according to Irdeto, which tracked downloads of films nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Actor.
That's a big hit on the bottom line, and the solution to the growing threat of piracy is far from settled.
One option is for studios to release films online and in theaters at the same time in one fell swoop. People simply want films before they're traditionally made available for home viewing, says Rory O'Connor, Irdeto's expert on online piracy and counter-measures.
"We need to move at the speed of the internet rather than the traditional course, which was based on movie reels traveling around the country and then moving abroad," O'Connor says. He calls for a "global release date that allows companies to maximize monetisation".
A simple dump across all distribution channels is not a viable option, says Jeff Gomez, chief executive of movie marketing consultant Starlight Runner Entertainment.
"The studios don't want to challenge the theater chains at that level quite yet," Gomez says. "While the online release of a first-run like The Interview did quite well, with the film being offered on different platforms for streaming and download, it still pulled in a fraction of [what] the picture would have done in a standard theatrical distribution." (The latest sales figures show that The Interview had pulled in about $US51million as of last month. It had a production and marketing budget of about $US60 million.)
Michael D. Smith, an information science and marketing professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, says the goal of the movie industry "is to try to figure out a way to get the high-price consumers to pay a high price while still selling to the low-price consumers at a low price".
This amounts to the current model-theatrical releases for a high, one-time viewing price; DVD sales for multiple viewings; then HBO, or Netflix, or a similar service for a subscription price to view many movies relatively cheaply.
"The question is, could you come up with something else that would work? The answer is undoubtedly yes," Smith says. One option could be paying a pay-per-view premium online at the time of release.
"The problem is that every time they've tried to do it, theatre owners go nuts and say, 'Hey, if you're going to do this, we're not going to show it in theaters" - which have brought in more than $US10 billion in revenue each of the past six years, according to Box Office Mojo.
"This is a classic problem," Smith says. "I've got this new market, but if I go after it, I'm going to lose a lot of money in the old market, which is currently a big part of my revenue stream. So when do you jump" It's the companies with less to lose who are going after the new distribution channel."
Irdeto places much of the blame for piracy on Hollywood screeners-the Blu-Ray and DVD discs provided by studios to Academy and members of the Directors Guild of America and the Producters Guild of America who vote on key awards. Screeners accounted for 31 per cent of the total illicit downloads the company tracked.
Jack Valenti, former longtime president of the Motion Picture Association of America, famously tried to get screeners banned as far back as 2003. That didn't work then-and it won't work now, says Gomez.
"Oscar films are released late in the year at a very busy time. There would be no way I could see them all in theatres or at screenings. If I can watch them at home, I'll see them all. And it makes a difference in my voting."
Industry insiders have already started to see a transition to online screeners, he says.
"I'm looking forward to the safety of high-definition streaming, where no DVDs or Blu Rays are distributed at all."
If the awards were decided based on illicit downloads following the nomination, the category winners on Monday Australian time will be:
- Best Picture – American Sniper (1,389,819 downloads worldwide since January 15; the top title downloaded in the US as well as over 100 other countries).
- Best Director – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman (796,697 downloads worldwide since January 15; the #1 downloaded film in both Mexico and Spain).
- Best Actress – Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl (1,252,074 downloads worldwide since January 15).
- Best Actor – Bradley Cooper, American Sniper (1,389,819 downloads worldwide since January 15).