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Sunday 1 November 1953
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In UK Look At That Girl by Guy Mitchell was in the top 5 hits.
Kiss Me Kate, directed by George Sidney, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1953
while Love Is A Bridge by Charles Bracelen Flood was one of the best selling books.
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Emacs Programmed Completion
Subtitle - how (completing-read) stole my afternoon.
I thought I'd post my experiences since completing-read is so poorly understood based on the forum and blog posts out there. When you write an interactive Elisp command, many will know that you can easily read a value from the user. Eg: this will ask you how you feel and log it:
(defun mood(mood)
"Logs your mood"
(interactive "sHow are you feeling? ")
(message mood))
But the string form of argument to interactive is just a shortcut. You can easily supply some code instead, with a static completion list:
(defun mood(mood)
"Logs your mood"
(interactive (list (completing-read "How are you feeling? " '("happy""sad")))
(insert arg))
(message mood))
If you want something more complex though, instead of supplying a completion list, you can supply a function and that function receives as one of it's arguments the string to be completed. But it's not as simple as that function just returning a list unfortunately, and that's where people come unstuck. Your function is now embedded in the guts of the Emacs completion mechanism and as such it has to answer a whole range of questions about completions. It is reasonably well documented (if a bit terse) in the Programmed Completion section of the Emacs manual. There is a second argument which contains an optional predicate function (I'm ignoring that), but the important bit is the third argument which effectively sets the mode in which your function is being called.
In fact, your function will usually be called multiple times for each completion tab press. Essentially, your function may be asked to provide the best completion string possible, if there string is an exact match, if there are no matches, or to provide a list of possible matches. There is one final thing that will be asked, and that is the substring your completion is for. So in the example you're about to see I am completing directories, so the completion being offered at any given time only applies to the part after the last forward slash.
An example is as good as a thousand or so words, so here's my interactive function cdsrc. Basically it's a convenience function to quickly change directory into one of my client projects, which may be one or two levels deep in my main company source directory. The hard work is done by cdsrc-completions and you can see in the (cond) at the end where it responds to the different modes discussed briefly above and in detail in Programmed Completion.
(setq cdsrc-completions-prefix "~/src/_Pumptheory/")
(defun safe-fill-common-string-prefix (s1 s2)
(if (and s1 s2)
(fill-common-string-prefix s1 s2) nil))
(defun cdsrc-completions (str pred mode)
(let ((dirname (replace-regexp-in-string "[^/]+$""" str))
(filename (replace-regexp-in-string "^.*/""" str))
(slashpos (or (string-match "/.*$" str) 0)))
(let ((completions (all-completions filename (delq nil
(mapcar (lambda (x)
(and (file-directory-p (concat cdsrc-completions-prefix dirname x))
(not (string-match "^\\." x))
(concat x "/")))
(directory-files (concat cdsrc-completions-prefix dirname)))))))
;; return differently based on what mode we were called in ;; see http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Programmed-Completion.html
((not mode) (cond
((and (eq 0 (length completions)) (eq 0 (length filename))) 't);; in our case, only report exact match when no nested dirs left
((> (length completions) 1)
(concat dirname (or (reduce 'safe-fill-common-string-prefix completions) filename)))
((eq (length completions) 1)
(concat dirname (car completions)))
('t nil)))
((eq mode 't) completions)
((eq mode 'lambda) (member (concat filename "/") completions))
('t (cons (list 'boundaries slashpos) (length filename))));; let completion know our completions only apply after the last / )))
(defun cdsrc (path)
"Changes to a subdir of cdsrc-completions-prefix in the current active interactive shell buffer"
(interactive (list
(let ((completion-ignore-case 't))
(concat "Enter subdir of " cdsrc-completions-prefix ": ")
(let ((path2 (concat cdsrc-completions-prefix path)))
(cd path2)
(if (string-match mode-name "Shell")
(progn (end-of-buffer)
(comint-send-string (current-buffer) (concat "cd " path2))
This is out of my emacs.d, specifically aufflick-shell-hooks.el.
05:36 AM, 21 Feb 2012 by Mark Aufflick Permalink | Comments (0)
Piping to an emacs buffer with emacsclient
My ultimate aim is for a PAGER script to use instead of less in my emacs shell. While this isn't quite perfect for that use, it's still pretty useful.
NB: The code below is probably out of date by the time you read this - see this gist for the latest version that you can clone, fork etc.
#!/usr/bin/perl usestrict; usewarnings; useIO::Select; my$emacsclient = "/usr/local/bin/emacsclient"; # This script uses emacsclient, be sure to have a running server session. # A server-session can be started by "M-x server-start". exit 1 if 0 != system("$emacsclient -n --eval '(progn (pop-to-buffer (get-buffer-create \"*piped*\")))'"); my$s = IO::Select->new; $s->add(\*STDIN); while (1) { # block until data available my$data = <STDIN>; # exit if STDIN closed exit(0) if!$data; # keep reading while data is available, or we have a bunch of lines my$lines = 0; $data .= <STDIN> while$lines++ < 100 && $s->can_read(.5); $data =~ s/"/\\"/g; $data =~ s/'/'\\''/g; $data =~ s/\\/\\\\/g; system(qq{$emacsclient -n --eval '(with-current-buffer "*piped*" (goto-char (point-max)) (insert "} . $data . qq{"))'}); }
06:23 PM, 02 Mar 2011 by Mark Aufflick Permalink | Comments (3)
Aquamacs copying styled text
Some time ago I switched from X11 GNU emacs to Aquamacs - the Aqua Mac native port of GNU emacs. The latest version of Aquamacs has a neat Edit menu item "Copy as HTML" which basically makes a convenient way to use the htmlize.el package to put a colourised version, in HTML format, of the current selection on the Mac clipboard.
That's great for posting into, for example, a blog post—but what about into other Cocoa apps? For that you still only need html, but it has to have the correct UTI on the clipboard to be recognised. The Aquamacs/GNU Emacs copy internals for the Mac nearly work flawlessly, and the following slightly hacky function will put a "Copy as Styled Text" into your edit menu:
(defuncopy-as-styled-text(beg end)"Copies the region as HTML styled text into the clipboard."(interactive "r")(when(or (not transient-mark-mode) mark-active)(let((x-select-enable-clipboard t)(buf (aquamacs-convert-to-html-buffer beg end)));; the copy as html is more reliable if we've copied plain text first ;; (which seems to clear the clipboard of all types) (with-current-buffer buf (copy-region-as-kill (point-min)(point-max)))(with-current-buffer buf (ns-store-cut-buffer-internal 'PRIMARY (buffer-string) 'html))(kill-buffer buf))))(define-key-after menu-bar-edit-menu [copy-styled] '("Copy as Styled Text" . copy-as-styled-text) 'copy-html)
05:33 AM, 24 Sep 2010 by Mark Aufflick Permalink | Comments (0)
Ruby, HTML, s-expressions, lambdas? Oh my!
I've been noodling around with various lisps lately, and one of the sources of lisp's elegance is the lack of separation between data and code. A practical example of that is the cl-who library which creates html from an s-expression representation, ensuring all tags are correctly closed. For example:
(with-html-output (*http-stream*) (loop for (link . title) in '(("http://zappa.com/" . "Frank Zappa") ("http://marcusmiller.com/" . "Marcus Miller") ("http://www.milesdavis.com/" . "Miles Davis")) do (htm (:a:href link (:b (str title))) :br)))
There are a number of ways to replicate this style in other languages. You can do it by building up a big string, but I want to print to a stream like the example above. Using lambdas we can make a pretty good approximation in Ruby. Here's some Ruby code using a simple module I whipped up (see below) to achieve the same output as the cl-who lisp code above:
engines = [["http://google.com/", "Google"], ["http://yahoo.com/", "Yahoo!"], ["http://webcrawler.com/", "Showing my age"]] Htm.htm(engines.map { |e| Htm.htm(:a, :href, e[0], [:b, Htm.str(e[1])], :br, nil)}).call
Lets say we realise that the br tags are nasty and want to put the list of links into a list:
Htm.htm(:ul, engines.map \ { |e| Htm.htm(:li, [:a, :href, e[0], [:b, Htm.str(e[1])]])}).call
It's not quite as elegant as the lisp equivalent because we are mixing lambdas and arrays - both as nesting constructs. Here is the final output (indented for clarity - the Htm module below does no indenting):

<ahref="http://google.com/">Google

<ahref="http://yahoo.com/">Yahoo!

<ahref="http://webcrawler.com/">Showing my age

Now even though we are controlling the order of execution such that the various parts will be printed to the stream in the right order, we still can't print until we have closed our outermost tag (usually html). To be able to stream output while also auto-closing the tags we're going to need to use continuations - I'll cook up an example of that for a later blog. There's also other neat ways we can have self-closing tags that will allow streaming - I'll post about that later also.
Here is the Htm module in full:
require 'cgi'moduleHtmdefHtm.str(content) lambda { print CGI.escapeHTML(content.to_s) } enddefHtm._build_tag(tag, args) # open the tag print '<' + tag.to_s tok = args.shift # find any tag attribute key/value pairs while tok.kind_of? Symbol print ' ' + tok.to_s + '="' + CGI.escapeHTML(args.shift.to_s) + '"' tok = args.shift endif tok.nil? # self-close tag if no content print ' />'else# finish open tag print '>'# output tag content Htm._eval_content( tok.kind_of?(Symbol) ? Htm.htm(tok, args) : tok ) # close tag print '</' + tag.to_s + '>'endenddefHtm._eval_content(content) while content.kind_of? Proc content = content.call endif content.kind_of? ArrayHtm._eval_content(Htm.htm( *content )) elsif ! content.nil? print content endenddefHtm.htm( *args ) lambda do tok = args.shift while ! tok.nil? if tok.kind_of? SymbolHtm._build_tag(tok, args) elseHtm._eval_content(tok) end tok = args.shift endendendend
07:13 AM, 06 May 2009 by Mark Aufflick Permalink | Comments (0)
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Ben's 3rd coloring
Santa, penciled by jpm1023
Santa, penciled by jpm1023
If the santa legend was this epic that would be awesome!!
"Grinch, you fucked with the kids for too long. You're done!"
you have weird imagination
and I like it!
and I like it!
your on his naughty list
Is this the Santa of Narnia?
Thank goodness I was nice.But I fell bad for who's been naughty.
A whole new meaning to "You better watch out..."
He gives gifts to good little children, but the bad ones...
The Grinch is soooooo F*cked right now)
great work with the colors
great work with the colors
XD when i first saw this when it was really small on the search thing i thought Santa was holding a candy cane X3
wow Great!
good santa good what a tough old man rotflol.
So is this how Santa punishes the naugthy then?
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Back in April, my colleagues and I launched the Rock Paper Azure Challenge. The RPA Challenge is a fun way for developers to gain some familiarity with Windows Azure and possibly win a few prizes along the way. In short, you get to code a "bot" that will play the childhood game of Rock, Paper, Scissors against other contestants' bots.
Previously, we ran a series of tournaments over 6 weeks in April & May where we gave away an XBox Kinect as the top prize each week. I'm excited to announce that we are upping the ante and hosting a Grand Tournament on July 13, 2011 where there will be over $8500 in prizes at stake, with the top winner taking home $5000 (USD)! Now is the time to get in the game and code your best bot!
It's easy and FREE to play – check out the website http://rockpaperazure.com for all the details, but be sure to get in before the deadline of July 13th!
If you played in any of our previous tournaments, we have made some changes. First off, we were able to clear some legal red tape and expand the tournament beyond just US Residents! If you are a resident of Canada, the UK, Sweden, New Zealand, Germany, and China, you can now enter the contest.
Next, we've changed some of the rules.
Blind Bots
Previously, your bot had access to your current opponent's name. This enabled contestants to write "attack code" against specific bots. In the Grand Tournament, players are now "blind". What does that mean? It means that your bot will not know the name of the current opponent. While playing, the name of the opponent is a "?" and this is also reflected in the game history and log file.
Why did we do this? We felt it made the game a little more interesting as it focuses on algorithms as opposed to brute force. We've created a GT Practice Round that is not blind, so if you wish, you can tinker in this round to get some exposure and fine tune your logic. Of course, playing in the practice round is optional.
Players will break down into heats during the GT. After the round closes, we'll segment players into a number of heats. The idea is that this creates a ladder approach to get to the top and adds a bit of excitement to see how far up the ladder your bot can go. It also scales nicer, since we're assuming a higher involvement in the competition.
Prize Structure
As I mentioned above, we decided to up the prize ante with more than an XBox. This time, we're got $5,000 riding on first place! Additionally, what we've decided to do is spread out the winnings a bit more so second place receives $1,000, and the next ten players (3rd-12th place) all receive $250.
So, why the prize structure? Well, during an in-person event during our original 6 week competition, we received feedback that it would be too difficult to place in the top 3 to get a prize, much less win the Xbox. We can understand that because, indeed, some of the bots we saw were really phenomenal. What we wanted to do was make it so there were enough prizes to reward "pretty good play" for those are interested in playing a little, but not spending a hundred hours coding a bot.
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My husband, 43 years old, had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on june 10 this year. He has undergone whipple surgery on june 13, 2012. He had been very sick with pancreatitis attacks since october 2011, but previous diagnose was autoimmune disease. He was given high dose of prednisolone with stenting inside his bile duct from december 2011 to march 2012. He had a bypass surgery for his intrapancreatic bile duct in march 2112. However, he kept getting pancreatitis attacks until june 10 when the doctors informed us he has adenocarcinoma on the head of his pancreas. He also had ampulla cancer.
I would like to contact anyone who has pncreatic cancer and has undergone whipple surgery and chemo plus radio therapy. Grateful if they can share their experience using these treatments.
My husband's condition right now is fine. He is very thin, but he can lead a relatively normal life.


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ST. LOUIS, June 28 (UPI) -- Anheuser-Busch Cos. plans to hike the cost of its beers as part of an attempt to bolster the company, a source close to the St. Louis brewery says.
The unidentified source said following a take-over attempt by European rival InBev NV, Anheuser officials created a plan aimed at increasing the company's share price to $62 through cost savings and job cuts, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
"There's nothing they are offering that we can't do ourselves," the source said. "They're trying to push people into a corner."
While the brewer is aiming to institute $500 million in savings and cut nearly 1,000 jobs, its actions may not deter InBev's $46.35 billion take-over bid.
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This is a museum that most certainly needs the support of designers and printers. There are still 10 slots to fill for Jim Sherraden's May 22, 23, 24 workshop at Hamilton Wood Type in Two Rivers Wisconsin. The cost is $400 with all proceeds being donated to the museum.
Fourteen lucky printers will have the chance to print from Hamilton's collection under the watchful eye and wise cracking mouth of Hatch Show Print's printing maestro. The fun will start Friday night starting at around 7, go all day (and into the night) Saturday and a half day Sunday. You can reserve a double occupancy room at the Light House Inn for a special workshop rate of $70.00 night. Call Greg Corrigan or Jim Moran at Hamilton Wood Type at 920-794-6272 to register and for more details.
And because we love this place, Studio On Fire taking part in a poster edition to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Hamilton Museum. It will open Saturday, May 30th and run through Labor Day 2009 at the museum. Proceeds benefit the museum. Crap, it's due this week and it ain't finished!
And because it's funny, here is a print for sale at Hamilton by Allyson Vanstone.


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After weeks of speculation that she would be a no-show, it seems TV talk show Ana Wel Asal (Me and the Honey) managed to meet the demands of Lebanese diva Elissa as the singer took to the finale to talk music, life and the many men who have loved her.
The star made herself comfortable in the seat usually reserved for the show's host and wished the audience a happy Eid Al Fitr.
Having allegedy vetoed questions about her childhood, Elissa spoke briefly about growing up as a star in-the-making, and her relationship with fellow Lebanese songstress Majeda Al Roumi whom she sang with as a child and now competes with over record sales.
Elissa explained that despite her celebrity status, she gets irritated with fans who intrude on her private life and by the media who spread lies about her 'from time to time'. Perhaps not much of a revelation then that the star went onto say that she speaks her mind regardless of the consequences.
According to Arab news portal Elaph, Elissa also revealed that she is single at the moment.
Not to worry though - she assured Nishan that there have been a host of suitors who would have given anything to marry her but, not ready for that kind of committment, she has turned them all down.
Elissa also added that she had been far from impressed with a number of shows in this season's Ana Wel Asal.
At least she's sure to be happy with her own appearance!
What did you think of Elissa's appearance on Ana Wel Asal? Was it worth the wait?
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I think it's probably fifty-fifty.
I know those who are bordering on genius, with an IQ that's off the charts and are very happy with their lot.
On the other hand, I also know some very creative people who are just as happy.
However, when one tries to measure success, it cannot be measured purely in financial terms and anyway, there are just as many successful business people who are mega brainy as there are those who have gone about things in a more creative manner.


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In the early morning of June 12, 50 children of God at the Pulse Nightclub were murdered and 50+ others were injured. We gather to respond to this evil, to feel grief and rage… and to do it together.
Following our service of liturgy and song, we will process to the historic Stonewall Inn for the 7 PM vigil.
This gathering is being offered by The Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew and Church of the Village.
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What I learned that Manda actually mentioned was the fact that there are people, neighbors really, who don't believe in Satan. I know, I obviously don't get out much if I didn't already know that, huh?
Anyway, our church runs a private Christian school M-F & our school head master is a part of my Bible study group & told us the story of Open House... One of the teachers comes out & starts talking about the church, "We Believe in the Father, Son, & Holy Ghost, the one & true living God", "We believe He created everything", "We believe Satan is real & tries to steal, kill, & destroy"... she said that when they get to that statement about Satan, EVERYONE just has a stunned look or starts giggling & will look at each other like "did they just say THAT". IDK, her story just amazed me b/c I have always believed in God & Satan even before I gave my life over to Jesus.
I feel the same as most of you... I believe in Satan. IDK that I believe Christians use it as an excuse. I believe He is real so if someone says it is Satan I think that there is a strong possibility that it IS Satan. I do believe he attacks both... Believers & non-Believers but I also believe, like Jo, that he attacks Believers most & hardest.
One of my friends in Bible study actually said something to the effect that she believes the lost are Satan's play toys while Believers are his enemies. The lost are already on Satan's side so why mess with them too much... he just plays with them while Believers are doing God's work so he HATES us & attacks us fiercely & tries to destroy us. Kinda scary, huh? I guess it shouldn't be TOO scary since after all Jesus is with us, protecting us! Praise the Lord!
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Seriously? Quotas in essence would refer to players whose inclusion is not based on merit, but rather on the grounds of an adopted policy of adhering to a certain number of players of colour. In Saturday's starting line-up against Italy, the Boks had four players of colour in their starting line-up: Beast Mtawarira, Nizaam Carr, Rudy Paige and Bryan Habana.
For the record, Damian de Allende has been confirmed as white after a debate around his race erupted ahead of the World Cup last year. Mtawarira and Habana have represented the Boks in over 200 Test matches. Yes, having stalwarts like them around does make meeting a set target of players of colour easier, but don't insult them by calling them quotas.
They will go down in the annals alongside John Smit, Victor Matfield and Jean de Villiers as the most-capped Springboks in history and need to be respected for that every bit as much as the white names on that list.
Carr has been one of the standout loose forwards in the country for a number of seasons now and deserves to get a chance, especially in the wake of the flank crisis the Boks find themselves in. If Roelof Smit hadn't got injured at the start of the tour and wore the No 6 jersey against Italy, there would have been one position less quotas could have been blamed for. As for Paige, we aren't exactly spoiled for choice at scrumhalf at the moment.
The Springboks were forced to go with rookie Faf de Klerk for most of the season because he was the best around, but he has lost form and most of his confidence too it seems. I suppose the argument to justify Paige's inclusion as a pure quota would be that his service is too slow.
I remember another scrumhalf called Francois Hougaard whose service was similarly slow, but because he was as pale as a sheet he didn't qualify for the good ol' quota excuse. Our national team is so poor at the moment, I think All Black scrumhalf Aaron Smith would look ordinary behind their feeble pack if we could pluck him from an airport cubicle and clad him in a Bok jersey.
I think Kieran Read would struggle up front and it is obvious Julian Savea wouldn't even get the ball if we had the option of picking him at wing. I know Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula made a lot of noise about the need to step up transformation in rugby earlier this year, but I'm sorry, his political meddling is not the reason why the Boks are so poor.
Even though he does stuff up a lot, the current mess isn't something even he can take credit for. We can't shy away from the fact that the Boks are lying critically ill in ICU and that fingers are being pointed all over as to who is responsible for causing the crash.
So go ahead and blame the players for earning too much and lacking passion. Blame the coach for his clear lack of a game plan, his often contentious selections and making too many annoying excuses. Blame the rugby bosses for allowing such a nasty decline before taking drastic action.
Blame yourself for investing so much emotion into a team that hurts you so much. But quotas? Don't clutch at straws.


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Arsenal defender Gael Clichy believes it is too early to start talking about the Premier League title.
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Arsenal defender Gael Clichy believes it is too early to start talking about the Gunners' Premier League title chances.
Manager Arsene Wenger takes his young side, who impressively came from behind against Aston Villa on Saturday, to Newcastle on Wednesday night looking to maintain their unbeaten start to the domestic season.
Arsenal also top the Premier League, but Clichy is adamant that any talk of the title race must wait until later in the campaign.
"Everyone showed at Aston Villa that we have the desire to do something good this year," Clichy told Arsenal's official website.
"Like the boss (Wenger) has said we have quality and big strength in the squad, now we must carry on like this.
"All of us think we can do something at Newcastle, as for being champions it is a bit early. We still have plenty of games.
The Frenchman - who is the youngest ever player to have won the Premier League after sampling success with the Gunners in 2003/04 - admits he is enjoying life at the top of the table, but he is wary of Arsenal's forthcoming fixtures.
"This is a big week for us we know but we have Chelsea and Tottenham coming up too," Clichy added.
"I think we can do something this season but let's just look at this game at Newcastle at the moment.
"Being top of the league is a great pleasure but since the start of the season I said we had great quality in the team and the spirit was there. Now we are in December and we have shown people that we are ready.
"We know we can do it (at Newcastle) and we'll go there to make it happen. If we go with desire and spirit we know we can get three points."


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9th September 2017, 21:08 #801
Mikkelsen said already during Germany that he wishes to do the three last rallies in the same team he drives for in 2018.
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9th September 2017, 21:17 #802
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The sort of same happened when Kankkunen got frustrated at the unreliable Celica in 1989. After retiring from the lead once again in 1000 Lakes, he decided to make a deal with Lancia for the next season. Turns out he won the next rally in Australia in the Toyota while Sainz went on to be world champion next year in the same car.
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So the big cover story in Motorsport News today is about Citroen trying to create a WRC superteam of Ogier, Meeke and Loeb.
Matton again talks openly about trying to sign Ogier and also about Loeb coming in for a limited programme. He basically says if Loeb likes the car enough in the upcoming gravel test that they will accommodate him in the team for select rounds. Not a full season.
He also specifies that Meeke's contract next year is for all the rallies, while Breen and Lefebvre have contracts, but with no specified number of WRC rounds. So that's a good detail confirmed.
Matton also crucially says that the three-car manufacturer points scoring rule is "impossible for next year." He says more likely 2019, and also seems to have heard a different interpretation, with four drivers all able to score but you have to enter two teams?
That's confused me and I think it's again another instance where Mahonen tells David Evans a plan that isn't confirmed or fully formed. Let's see what happens there...
Finally Citroen say the recent decision to block paddleshift on the R5s means they can't homologate the new car in time for the Monte. The car was designed around that system to it will apparently take an additional two months of designs/testing to rectify it. Needless to say they are pissed at the WRC Commission.My rally photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/94998505@N03/albums
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^^^^ And you missed the major point, Ogier and Meeke having breakfast:
"I dont know how they get on, said Matton. And, in one way, it doesnt matter; when they are on the starting line, one does not care about the other one. Its when they are having breakfast and things like this that these things matter.
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13th September 2017, 11:32 #807
Looks more likely now that Ogier will leave M-Sport, shame, if only Ford would come back...if only.If in doubt, flat out!
13th September 2017, 11:39 #808
Same news, same interviews, repetead ad nauseam
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Quite the opposite imo. He would have left, if there wasn`t a 50-50(?) chance of staying in Fiesta. Also remember the interview, where Wilson said that there will be a big meeting between them and Ford in late September.
There have allways been those talks, repeated for months (Wilson`s interest in Neuville for example).
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Happy Spring! The beginning of a brand new season calls for the beginning of something new and fun here on Enchanted Conversation. I am starting a journey around the world! We will take a peek into the fairy tales and folklore from our planet's wide variety of countries and cultures. No need for a hot air balloon: just join Enchanted Conversation and let the adventuring begin.
I'm an American, so I figured, what better place to begin our Fairy Tale Grand Tour than in my own backyard? With the United States' fairly young history, we don't typically think of it as a place where fairy tales come from (leaving aside contemporary fiction). We don't have tales like Perrault's "Donkeyskin" with roots going back all the way to the Middle Ages. (See my previous post "The Constancy of Fairy Tales." )
But this doesn't mean that we lack for stories. They're just a little different. Hero stories. Legends. Tall tales.
The Americas are also rife with extraordinary tales from their many native cultures--these stories are so varied and wonderful that they deserve an entire post (or two, or three) of their own, so I will not discuss them now (definitely later!).
I grew up on the so-called "tall tales." For example: Johnny Appleseed, who planted apple trees wherever he went as he traveled across the U.S. making friends with every person and animal he met. He wore a coffee sack as a shirt and a cooking pot as a hat. We learned the Johnny Appleseed song in pre-school, and I can still sing it off the top of my head. What I only just discovered while writing this post is that the original song comes from a Disney animated short, first aired in 1948 on Melody Time.
Johnny Appleseed is based on an actual man, Jonathan Chapman, born in 1775, who trekked across the Midwest planting apple trees in areas he deemed appropriate. He planted one nursery of trees in Fort Wayne, Indiana, using it as a home base for his journeys. The city has a festival in his honor every year.
A second tall tale hero, John Henry, is also supposedly based on an actual historical figure. An African-American steel driver, John Henry is the strongest and best driller for the railroad and is pitted against a new drilling machine. In a timed contest, he out-drills the machine, but his victory comes at the expense of his life. In the late 1920s and early 30s, a man named Guy B. Johnson researched the story's origin and tracked down potential witnesses to the great contest. He found a man, Neal Miller, who claimed to have seen John Henry beat the drill at Big Bend Tunnel in West Virginia. According to Miller, the contest had lasted for more than a day, and Henry had not rested enough. Henry became ill and later died from his exertions. Whether this account is true or not, Johnson still received letters from across the United States from people who knew different versions of stories or songs about Henry and who claimed to have known him or to know someone who had known him.
Here's a song:
Here's a statue of John Henry on an overlook above the Big Bend Tunnel, WV, below:
Our final tall tale hero of this post is Paul Bunyan. Of all the tall tales, his are the closest to being "fairy" stories with his supernatural size and impossibly blue ox companion. An incredible number of tales about Bunyan abound, most to do with extraordinary feats of strength and/or cleverness within the logging profession. The tales likely existed orally for decades among North American lumberjacks before they were recorded in print in the early 1900s. In 1914, an advertizing agency latched onto Paul Bunyan for commercial purposes, increasing his height from over-large to truly gargantuan and naming his blue ox Babe. You can read stories about Bunyan in this collection from the University of Wisconsin.
Statue of Paul Bunyan and his ox in Bemidji, MN, below.
Advertisement featuring William Laughead's mustachioed Paul Bunyan, 1931, below:
Let me know in the comments what regions' and cultures' fairy tales and folklore you want to learn about in our travels!
Christina Ruth Johnson has her M.A. in Art History with a research focus on the ancient Mediterranean. She is currently working as a teacher and freelance writer. Her other great love is fantasy literature and folklore from ancient times to present day.
References & Further Reading:
Guy B. Johnson, "First Hero of Negro Folk Lore," Modesto Bee and News-Herald (22 February 1930). http://www.newspapers.com/
clip/965679/guy_b_johnson_ first_hero_of_negro/.
J.E. Rockwell, "Some Lumberjack Myths," The Outer's Book (February 1910): 157-160. http://www.paulbunyanfineart.
com/1910/some_lumberjack_ myths.html.
"Johnny Appleseed," America's Library. http://www.americaslibrary.
gov/jb/revolut/jb_revolut_ apple_1.html.
"Paul Bunyan: America's Best Known Folk Hero," Wisconsin Historical Society.


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So, like me, you're a middle-aged, regular American guy (MARAG), married about a quarter century or recently divorced with a new spesh met in the 11th hour just before the Match.com subscription lapsed. The kids are out of the house yet somehow you still have a few bucks left over after dropping $500 large on the college country clubs.
You watch American professional and college team sports, manage to jog through the medial knee pain two or three times a week, are lucky to break the century mark with a breakfast ball and 5 foot gimmees on the weekends and vote the straight Republican ticket when bothering to register. You eat mostly steak (medium well) and potatoes, drink diet soda or when out on the town, bottled American light beer. You're always stumped by the literature, music, art or popular culture questions on Jeopardy. Your idea of a good Italian restaurant is the local house of pizza (actually a Greek place). You don't cycle (spandex is a bad look), ski, smoke, drink coffee or wine, eat pasta or fish, wear flip flops, sandals, skinny designer jeans, tight linen shirts with the tails out, speedos, necklaces, bracelets or any jewelry save a wedding band and the 30 year old Timex Ironman with the malfunctioning indiglo light. Your wardrobe, faithfully picked out by the wife/spesh early December annually, is two parts Kohl's (30% off plus $10 Kohl's cash), one part LL Bean mail-order. Your summer casual footwear is either boat shoes-bear foot nouveau chic or New Balance cross-trainers with white ankle socks.
Most especially, you don't watch any sport where the players routinely fake injuries and 90% of the games end 0-0 or 1-0.
In other words, you're the polar opposite of the middle-aged regular southern European guy (MARSEG) and the professionally informed beautiful people (PIBP) from the American northeast, California and other major cities in the US and throughout the world that dominate the Amalfi summer scene and love all things Mediterranean (of course they don't actually want to live and work there cuz they'd have to give up 80% of their income in taxes).
You never heard of the Amalfi Coast until this past winter when your wife/spesh, taking advantage of the precious clicker time she covets every Sunday morning before you roll out of bed, happen to pause on the local PBS channel just long enough to have her breath taken away by one of Rick Steves' "Best of Italy" segments presented in full HD 1080p on the state-of-the-art 70 inch Samsung. Newly convinced that Costiera Amalfitana is the best place on earth for an empty nest, romantic, summer va-cay and having already googled everything there is to know about visiting the region, she asks permission to proceed with booking (ex post facto of course). You offer the standard MARAG conditioned response, "I'll go but you gotta plan it."
Now you've stepped in it, stepped in it good. No problem. I've got you covered with:
MARAG's Guide To Surviving Your Amalfi Coast Vacation.
Best time of year to go: May and September are the 2 months that offer the best most comfortable temperature to least amount of people ratio.
Duration of Stay: The optimum time period is 10-14 days, any less makes the travel time not worth it, any more and you and your wife/spesh will hate each other more than you already do.
General Destination: One week on the Amalfi Coast with the remainder in either Rome or Tuscany/Florence, whichever she chooses (one or the other, not both……keeping buses, trains, taxis and transfers to a minimum will dramatically increase the survivability quotient).
What to pack: Let her pack your stuff per usual……no need for formal wear. RAMAG casual as described above is fine. Temps in the summer are mid-sixties at night to low nineties for highs.…….pack a light jacket/pullover and a couple of long sleeve shirts for the occasional cooler evenings.
Cash and Debit/Credit Cards: Use a credit card/debit card where possible (inform the card holder company that you have an upcoming trip to Italy). You will need cash for purchases at the smaller shops/restaurants. In-country ATM's are the most convenient and cost effective way to get cash (usually a $2-$3 transaction fee with no added points) as your bank at home will charge 80 to 100 basis points in money changing fees.
Flights: Fly non-stop to Rome from eastern US cities or Chicago. Do not book connecting flights in Europe. If you think domestic connections in the US are bad, try making the 2nd leg of your flight on quasi state-run airlines in Europe. At De Gaulle for instance, the Air France international gates are literally a mile from the domestic terminal (had to pull an OJ Simpson airport run last trip).
Ground Transportation:
A) Arrival and departure. Hail a cab to/from the airport/train station (negotiate a 15-25 euro fare). Take the high speed train to/from Rome/Naples (1 hour 10 minutes)…..book on-line at trenitalia.com (English version) to save money……to/from Naples/Almalfi Coast towns hire a private driver (80-120 euros depending on where you are going – see Tripadvisor for reviews). There is a local train to/from Naples/Sorrento (Circumvesuviana line) but it's often crowded and takes over an hour to go about 18 miles as it stops 30 times. The Sita bus to/from Sorrento/Almalfi towns doesn't stop as much as the local train but the hair-raising cliff-side turns are not for the feint of heart, those of us afraid of heights or people prone to motion sickness.
B) In-Town Transportation: Since you'll be eating and drinking yourself into a package, suggest walking from your lodging to where ever you are going in town. If too tired, injured or out-of-shape to do that then the internal in-town bus is crowded at times in the summer but works.
Local Town Base: Stay in either Sorrento or Positano (Praiano is too small, Ravello too isolated, Amalfi too crowded, the farthest from the day trip stops and not as scenic as Positano). Sorrento, the most populous Amalfi Coast town (17,000 vs 4,000 in Positano), is closer to the day trip destinations of Pompeii, Vesuvius and the Isle of Capri, has a greater variety of restaurants and shops and a few pubs but no beach. Positano, built into a cliff above the Mediterranean, is more scenic and has plenty of shops and restaurants but not as many as Sorrento. There is a small town beach but no pubs (at least places RAMAG's would classify as bars with people in them at night). The other factor to consider in choosing a base town is ease of getting around. Sorrento is flat so more easily walked. Positano is a vertical village requiring the constant negotiation of steps and/or incline walk-ways. There is an internal bus that will get you close to your lodging or destination but it can get crowded in the summer. If you are in decent shape and actually prefer walking albeit up and down steps and/or incline walkways, Positano would be the preference of most RAMAG's wives/speshes (remember, they always get to pick) because it offers the best combination of location, scenery and things to do. If you really want to stay there but aren't in the best of physical condition, find accommodations closer to sea level. For those with ambulatory issues or people who just let it get away from them in terms of physical conditioning, Sorrento would be a better choice.
Accommodations: Let her pick. "You get what you pay for" should be her guide. If you are looking for value then B & B's and apartments booked on VRBO are the best bet. We stayed in a great villa half way up the cliff in Positano called Sasa with the panoramic Mediterranean views (took me 20 minutes longer than normal to get rolling in the morning due to my daily poetry writing) for $120 euros a night.
Language Barrier: Don't embarrass yourself with feeble, Lt. Aldo Raine-like attempts at uttering Italian words/phrases including salutations. Most of the locals, especially those in the service industry, can get by just fine in English. Moreover, as an American you're expected to display a certain level of arrogance that includes not speaking the language. Oblige your hosts.
Food: If you ask the professionally informed beautiful people (PIBP), Italian cuisine, especially the dishes featured by Amalfi Coast' finest master chefs masquerading as regular local guys, is the best in the world……maybe so for the palates of the truly refined but to the dulled-by-ordinary-American-food taste buds of the MARAG, with the exception of the gelato, fruits, cakes and pastries, the food is nothing to write home about. Culinary relativity aside, it's not just different, it's simply not as good as your go to menu item at the local Olive Garden, much less your favorite $$$$ special occasion place back home. FYI, the standard local meal times are: 10A, 2P and 8P. Plan accordingly.
A) Review Sites: I know everyone utilizes on-line review sites these days, even RAMAG's. They are especially useful in evaluating accommodations, transportation and things to do but a word of caution about their use in choosing Almalfi Coast restaurants.
Except for me, MARAG's don't write reviews on travel/restaurants web sites. The vast majority of comments you're perusing are written by PIBP who love all things Mediterranean, especially the wine and food. You know the type. On the coast of Maine where I live they are the same people (none of whom are indigenous Mainahs) who frequent microbrew establishments and rave about the robust flavor of the Belgian dark, summer stock, wheat, blueberry-pumpkin, special addition imperial stout that taste like the stuff you stepped in on your way to the ultimate Amalfi Coast vacation. For PIBP small portions of organic, locally harvested food, creatively plated and complimented with the house red/white rate a Zagat pièce de résistance. Al fresco with Mediterranean views are a must……Lemoncello and/or cappuccino are required after dinner drinks. If your wife/spesh picks a restaurant featuring the above then by all means go, otherwise, RAMAG's should avoid the 5 star, up-market places like the plague unless you want to eat your 2nd and 3rd courses at a nearby cafe. As a general rule, stick with the less expensive, out of the way local restaurants (usually farther up the cliff). The food may be ordinary but at least you want walk away hungry.
B) Pizza: You may have heard that Pizza was first made in Naples, Italy. There seems to be some dispute about that but one thing that is not in question is that Pizza served up on the Amalfi Coast isn't good. The middle is watery, crust soggy as a result, toppings sparse and has to be eaten with a knife and fork as the ingredients slide off if you attempt wolf it down by hand. …..suggest ordering pizza only if it's the only non-fish item on the menu.
C) Steak: You know steak is not the hallmark menu offering when the waiter doesn't bother asking how you want it cooked. I ordered it twice……tasted about the same as you'd get at Bonanza in the states, just less of it.
D) Seafood: Most MARAG's don't eat seafood and neither do I so I can't comment. Located on the Mediterranean, all Amalfi restaurants offer a plethora of seafood dishes. Spesh had it a lot, remarking that the seafood tasted fishier than what you get in the states.
E) Pasta: The staple of all Amalfi restaurants and pretty much what MARAG's are forced to order due to the lack of quality beef, dislike of seafood and mediocre at best pizza. Pasta Bolognese is generally the safest bet but any pasta dish will do (spaghetti and meatballs would be preferred but never saw it on a menu). For the uninitiated MARAG, differentiating pasta is like comparing Chinese rice to Vietnamese rice. What's the dif.? The local pasta tasted like the standard state side restaurant version to me and is hardly the basis for the best-food-in the-world title bestowed on the region by the PIBP.
F) Gelato/Deserts/Fruits: By far the best part of your Amalfi meal is dessert. The gelato is generally very good but no better than you can get in US PIBP cities…….ditto the desserts and indigenous fruits.
Alcoholic Beverages: Since MARAG's don't drink wine (the last vino that touched these lips was Boone's Farm apple on the 8th grade graduation trip) I don't know anything about the quality or lack thereof in respect to local wines……spesh said the wine was excellent……ditto Lemoncello. American beers are pretty much non-existent in Amalfi and many restaurants don't offer beer on the menu. The Italian domestic, Peroni, is ok but has an aftertaste. If you are an American light beer drinker the best you can do generally is a light colored draft or Corona.
Best Bar in Positano: As mentioned previously, Positano doesn't have pubs per se and except for one nightclub down on the beach filled with teenagers and twenty somethings, there is no nightlife other than restaurants. Best bet for an after/before dinner beer/drink (or morning pastry/coffee) is Bar Internazionale at the top of town where the main route to Sorrento intersects with the local interior road……small local watering hole….not as touristy as the places below……owner was wearing an U. of Arizona basketball t-shirt the night I was there..….as close to your neighborhood bar as you're gonna find in Amalfi.
Tipping: Tipping is not expected for any services, that includes waiters, waitresses, porters and cab drivers. While MARAG's may welcome the savings, there is a downside – poor service at restaurants. Because there is no financial incentive to be attentive to patrons, waiters/waitresses generally aren't. Plus, since management has to pay higher wages to offset the no tipping culture, my impression is that there are fewer wait staff per table as compared to the states (at every Amalfi restaurant we had to ask for things including the check and generally waited 30-45 minutes after finishing our meal to exit).
Day Trips: Ok, so now you're on the Amalfi Coast with your wife/spesh. There are no golf courses, pro sporting venues, beaches or horse tracks. What are you gonna do all day?
A) Beaches: There are small public beaches in both Positano and Amalfi (Sorrento doesn't have a beach) but they are not like the US or the Caribbean versions – no waves, no sand, rocky and overcrowded…….not an option for MARAG's.
B) Isle of Capri: Mandatory Amalfi Coast day trip. Book the first ferry of the day (least crowded) and avoid Sundays (most crowded). Once there take the trolley (across the street from the docks) up the hill (if there's a line for the trolley hail a cab)…….take the bus or if too crowded grab a cab to Mt. Solaro where you'll ride the chairlift to the top……spectacular Mediterranean views both on the way up/down and at the summit where there's also a casual restaurant that serves snacks, drinks and gelato. From there do lunch in Anacapri (separate town from Capri where Mt. Solaro is located). After a bite to eat take the local bus to the nearby Blue Grotto, a tourist trap but a necessary part of this excursion. Rowboat captains beg for tips (the only service on Amalfi where a tip is expected) to take you for a 5 minute tour of this natural cavern where light refraction makes the water appear florescent blue. The rowers earn tips by singing volare……could be as much as an hour wait to get in. From the Blue Gratto catch the local bus back to Capri where the ferry docks are located……waiting for the boat, hang in one of the local cafés while the wife/spesh shops.
C) Pompeii/Mt Vesuvius:…..gonna have to tour one ruin so might as well make it the most visited one outside of Rome or Cairo (I hear Herculaneum, although much smaller, is better preserved and certainly less touristy), plus your friends will be impressed by your picture of the 1st century petrified dog. Take the train from Sorrento to the Pompeii stop. Spend the 12 Euros each for the guided tour (will be several vendors right outside the train stop). It's informative and allows you to skip the line, just make sure you get in the group with other MARAG's for the English language guide or you might be fumbling with your phone translation app. that you bought for the trip but have no idea how to use. After the morning tour have lunch at one of the local places near the park entrance and then sign up for the Mt. Vesuvius bus and tour (again there will be vendors for this trip near the train stop)…..it's about a 20 minute trip to get there. At the base of the mountain you'll take a hair-raising ride on a strange looking Mercedes ATV that seats 25 or so operated by unofficial looking (no uniform) Italian national park drivers who text and talk on the phone while negotiating hairpin turns on what can best be described as a road in complete disrepair..…about a 20 minute walk up the pathway from the drop off/pick-up point will get you to the summit (a walk not a hike but don't lean on the rails that line the outer edge of the path as about every 7th post is dislodge).....spectacular views of the volcano, Mediterranean, Sorrento and Capri from the top.
D) Ravello: This quaint Amalfi Coast village is a popular PIBP destination wedding spot with its renaissance churches, beautiful views/scenery, upscale hotels, gardens, shops, restaurants, music venue and town square. A 17th century Newport, RI, it's on the itinerary of every RAMAG's wife/spesh. Take the ferry to the town of Amalfi from Positano/Sorrento (great views of the cliff villages from the Mediterranean without the nausea of the local bus). From Amalfi grab the local bus to Ravello. When back in the town of Amalfi (bottom of the cliff below Ravello) there are many shops and restaurants where you can eat/drink/sit around killing time while the wife/spesh extends the spending.
E) Walk of the Gods: A hiking trail above the Amalfi towns with spectacular views of the Mediterranean…..can be done in New Balance cross trainers but you'll need to be in decent shape (probably gotta be able to walk 18 or jog a couple miles)…..not a difficult hike but there are some rocky parts and a mile of rough steps down to Praiano. Take the local bus from Positano to Nocelle (small village above Positano) and hike south along the trail 3 or 4 miles to Praiano. Ride the Sita bus from Praiano back to Positano. The hike/bus trip will take about 4 hours.
Conclusion: The best part of your Amalfi vacation is interacting with the local people (despite what you've heard, Italians, at least the ones we met, don't hate Americans), the views, scenery, history and hopefully the person who begged you to go in the first place. More importantly, the fact that you agreed to make the trip now gives you capital (literal and figurative) to spend at Saratoga in August, Scottsdale Florida or the Caribbean in March or the living room on Saturdays and Sundays this fall.
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I enjoyed your report when you posted it a year ago. Did you go back or ?
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Your only two posts ever - a year apart and duplicates??
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I love it---grazie for some good laughs.
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Never read your first report, glad you re-posted it....reading it at work and am trying really hard to not LOL.
You are one funny MARAG.
Going back to read the rest, just wanted to tell you how much I'm enjoying this read. Funny as hell.
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Enjoying this thoroughly. Thanks--whether it's old or new, it's good.
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I enjoyed the entertaining read too.
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Voodoo, apparitions, nightmares and other stories.
Roxas City Travel Blog› entry 1 of 1 › view all entries
I was asked to be an adviser, together with a colleague for an outreach project in Roxas City. I had the privilege of working with 6 talented student volunteers who were devoting 2 weeks to teaching Visual Arts and Theater production to students of our sister school, La Salle Roxas.
As an adviser, you had to deal with managing the funds, checking on the safety of the students and coordinating with the school staff and management on the activities that we would be doing.
A 14 day trip that started with an 18 hour boat ride. That was tough, I felt the lull of the waves long after we got off the boat.
The school was new, about 4 years in existence. It was made of concrete, with several parts of the building remaining unblessed by the priest (which is a Filipino tradition after the construction of a building), rough roads that were barely lighted led to the school grounds.
The advisees day's were occupied with running workshops to groups of 12-20 High school and College students who wanted to do something better with their summer than spending it at home. Me and my fellow adviser on the other hand was busy with observing their classes and rubbing elbows with the school administration to get support.
Our last 2 days were spent on applying what the students learned from us. The visual arts class had an exhibit and my team which was the Theater production class had 2 runs of a highly entertaining comedy play. All were done on a makeshift stage and exhibit area in the basketball court. This finale entailed a lot of hard work, late night practices, sweat and tears, and cajoling for props from the school.
Parting was terribly difficult, we didn't realize that the 14 days would have such a huge impact on not only the school but also on us. We and the students cried all the way till we boarded the boat back home.
Our nights were filled with going out for dinner, hanging out at the beach and drinking with the students. This was not easy though as we had to tread the dark rough road in a city known for a lot of superstitious stories. Below though are a list of my odd but creepy experiences which you are free to take whichever way you want:
At breakfast the day after, we brought up our dreams and discovered that they were one and the same!!! After that night, we slept with at least the toilet light on and made sure to have music playing to kill the deafness.
2. On our 4th day of class, one of the other advisees ran to me panic stricken for advise. Allegedly, one of their students got depressed with the feedback given in class. While the advisee and another student used the toilet they saw a voodoo looking doll in the sink. They wanted me to check it but was gone when I arrived. That afternoon, the picture drawn by the student they gave feedback to was the exact doll that they saw.
3. Remember I've mentioned that some parts of the building were not blessed by a priest and that included the 2nd floor toilet. On our second week while doing my rounds I had to use it by myself. The door was oddly shut but I went ahead and used it. Their toilet looked more like a storage room, with 3 cubicles, with the last together with the space in front of it being used to store several oddities. At the time I used it there was a very interesting addition, a close to life sized figure of the Virgin Mary facing the door!!! With goosebumps from the scene, I inched my way to the first cubicle, making sure to leave the main door open. As soon as I had locked the cubicle door, the main door slammed shut. I did my deed as fast as I could and dashed out. Mind you the air was strongly humid so there was no chance of having wind blowing doors and the corridor was deserted. As soon as I got out the door slammed shut again. After that I bumped into my students who had been looking for me all over the school, afraid that something had happened to me (damn right!) since they all had their fair share of ghost stories. I never used that toilet by myself again.
4. We accepted a student's invite to enjoy their 'fiesta' in a barrio close to the city and enjoyed the food and camaraderie of his relatives. We curiously asked if the stories of the 'manananggals' or vampire like creatures that would split by the waist at midnight and eat up people's organs was true. They scared us by inviting us to stay for the night to discover ourselves, which we politely declined.
5. The last but the creepiest was when we got back from our short weekend trip to Boracay. At the time we were enjoying the trip our students used their weekend to rehearse for ther final play well into the evenings. We were welcomed with stories of 2 motor accidents that involved the participants who were just slightly injured and a ghost story. 2 hours before we came back, while 4 students were busy rehearsing in the classroom, a figure of a man crossed the room and walked right through the bathroom and completely disappeared in complete view of all of them. They were of course all shaking from the experiences and my colleague initiated to have us all seated in a circle and pray to give everyone comfort. After dinner, with the 8 of us remaining, we came back to 6 worried advisees who were listening to our only neighbors fight madly. This never having happened during our entire stay, they got suspicious that the spirits we drove out most likely moved to the neighboring house. We all sat again in a circle then and prayed. As soon as we were done, the fighting immediately stopped. All the advisees had their testimonies on what they saw in their peripheral and subconscious that night and we all became believers in the power of prayer after that.
My brief weekend in Boracay was disappointing being my first and last time to go there. The waves brought in a lot of cute purple jellyfishes which I almost touched not knowing what it was and a lot of floating mosses in the salty water. We did enjoy swimming in one of the resort pools and drinking.
This was an incredibly amazing experience. The spirits tried vainly but did not succeed in trying to thwart our excitement and drive to produce a greatly applauded performance. Our mementos other than the experience were tokens from the students and shell plaques in the form of fishes.


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Pinakbet or Pakbet is a famous dish from the Ilocano's that lived in the Northern Region of the Philippines. However, it is now one of the favorites from all over the archipelago. The word "Pakbet" came from the "pinakebbet", which was shortened Ilocano word. The original version of the Pinakbet of Ilocano's was made up of "bagoong" and fermented monamon or other fishes; while in the further part of South, they used bagoong alamang. There are many local vegetables in this dish such as native bitter melon, tomato, eggplant, okra, ginger, lima beans, string beans, parda, chili peppers and winged beans.
There is also a Tagalong version for Pinakbet wherein they added kalabasa. Ilocano has used vegetables that are easily available and can be grown outside their backyard. As its name implies, it is cooked until it dries up and all the flavors of the vegetables be emphasized and the taste of bagoong be accentuated. Some people like to eat Pinakbet with chicharon, lechon or other meat parts to add more texture and taste. It is one of the healthiest dishes of Ilocano's and it is so convenient for them to cook for they can use any vegetables they have in their yard.
According to Gilda Cordero-Fernando, Pinakbet is known all around the Philippines; however, no one still compares to how Ilocano's cook it. The locals from Ilocos swear that they know if the Pinakbet was cooked by their locals or not. They can differentiate it by the way the bitter gourd was cut off. They say Pampangos and Tagalogs slice the ampalaya into quarters and releases more water and salt into the Pinakbet. This will cause the vegetables to shrink and toughen. Ilocano's version of cutting ampalaya looks like a hotdog bun wherein they do not slice it all the way through so it is like a hinge. Moreover, Ilocano's include a small portion of the stem of eggplant, which is sliced into four halfway so that it will look like a flower.
• 300 g bagnet or pork crackling; sliced
• 2 t oil
• 2 t ginger; chopped
• ½ T garlic; crushed
• 150 g shallots
• 500 g tomatoes; ripe
• 75 ml bagoong isda or anchovy sauce; strained
• 150 g okra
• 150 g ampalaya; quartered
• 300 g eggplants; sliced
How to Make Bagnet:
• 1 kl pork belly; whole
• 50 g garlic; crushed
• 2 pc bay leaves
• 1 T sea salt
- Heat the casserole with oil
- Sauté garlic, ginger, shallots, tomatoes and pork cracklings until it dries up
- Add the anchovy sauce and make sure not to stir
- Simmer until sauce thickens
- Add ampalaya, okra and eggplant
- Let it cook with cover for another 5 minutes
- Top it with sliced Bagnet or chicharon
- Combine pork belly, bay leaves, garlic and salt in a large pot
- Add enough water to cover the belly and let it cook for an hour
- Remove the pork and let it dry in an oven for another 20 minutes
- Deep fry the pork and allow it to cook for an hour
- Turn it around occasionally every 15 minutes
- Remove from oil and allow to drip the oil from the pork completely
- To make it extra crispy, re-heat the oil and let the pork deep-fried until golden brown
Pinakbet Recipe by: http://www.zimbio.com/Recipes/articles/GjSgWklBSgh/Exotic+Ilocano+Recipe+Pinakbet


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Osama Bin Laden's stepmum and sister 'killed in horror private jet crash'
OSAMA Bin Laden's step mum, sister and brother-in-law are thought to be among among four killed in yesterday's horrifying plane crash in Hampshire.
Rajaa Hashim, the terror chief's step mum, her daughter Sana bin Laden and Sana's husband Zuhair Hashim were killed after jet burst in flames.
It plunged into 15 parked cars at Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire on Friday afternoon, according to Arabic media reports.
The plane's Jordanian pilot Mazen Algasim was also killed.
The private jet, worth a staggering £7million, was owned by Salem Aviation in Saudi Arabia – a group controlled by the dead terrorist's family.
Lisa McKenna and Martin King – both 27 from Sheperton, Surrey – were in a Vauxhall Corse they had just bought when they fled for their lives.
Lisa said: "It was a miracle we got out in time," reflected Lisa. All the cars two rows along from us were being shunted out the wayas the plane crashed into them.
"We had a few seconds to look at it and then Martin screamed 'We've got to get out'. I couldn't open my door so he dragged me out.
"We ran feeling the heat from the flames on us. Them we turned back and we could just see the plane exploding. We realised there were people in it."
The tail number of the plane, HB-IBN, was originally used by his dad Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden before he died in a crash in 1967.
But the Bin Laden family kept the tail number after his death.
He is believed to have had around two dozen wives and a total of 54 children.
Under Saudi law men are allowed four wives at any one time.
Rajaa Hashim was one of them maing her Osama's stepmum.
He wed Hamida Alia Ghanoum around the 1950s who gave birth to her only child Osama in 1957.
The plane was flying into Hampshire from Milan in Italy when it overran the airport runway before plunging into the parked cars at a car auction.
The Saudi Ambassador to Britain, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud, offered condolences on the embassy's official Twitter account to the Bin Laden family.
The Saudi embassy said it was working with British authorities to investigate the incident and to hand over the bodies for funerals and burials.
Bin Laden was the founder of sick terror group al-Qaeda, which was behind the horrific 9/11 attacks – killing almost 3,000 people.
He became the world's most wanted man in 2001 following the attacks and went into hiding.
The terror war lord was believed to have been living in the tribal mountainous region of Pakistan before he was discovered living in an Abbottabad compound.
He was shot and killed by US Navy Seals in May 2011 during a raid.
A spokesman for Blackbushe Airport said; "A Phenom 300 Jet with four persons on board crashed near the end of the runway around 3.09 PM while attempting to make a landing."
"The scene was attended by Blackbushe Fire & Rescue within minutes, followed by Hampshire Fire, Police and Ambulance units.
"Emergency services are currently controlling the scene."
Acting chief inspector Olga Venner, of Hampshire Police, added: "We can confirm that there were four people on board, including the pilot.
"Sadly, there were no survivors. No-one on the ground has been injured and we would urge anyone with any information, including pictures or videos, to contact 101."


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I've just updated my blog from a Centminmod installation to a EasyEngine one on my VPS. Everything is working, but I'd like to solve little issues to enhance my web performance.
I've made some testing with pages such as Pagespeed Tools and GTmetrix.com and in both cases there's a problem with my landing page: the error shown is
"Avoid landing page redirects"
And the detailed message reads as follows:
Avoid landing page redirects for the following chain of redirected URLs.
I've checked my nginx config files and I've tried several changes, but without success.
First, my Wordpress general settings is showing my homepage as
and not
But even if I change that, the error stays there.
My /etc/nginx/conf.d/force-ssl-javipas.com-conf contains the following:
server {
listen 80;
# listen [::]:80;
server_name www.javipas.com javipas.com;
# return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
return 301 https://javipas.com$request_uri;
And my /etc/nginx/sites-available/javipas.com is this:
server {
server_name javipas.com www.javipas.com;
# return 301 https://www.javipas.com$request_uri;
access_log /var/log/nginx/javipas.com.access.log rt_cache_redis;
error_log /var/log/nginx/javipas.com.error.log;
root /var/www/javipas.com/htdocs;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
include common/redis-php7.conf;
include common/wpcommon-php7.conf;
include common/locations-php7.conf;
include /var/www/javipas.com/conf/nginx/*.conf;
As you can see, I've tried to include a permanent redirection but as far as I know this doesn't work either.
The waterfall analysis on this tests show that this redirections are adding almost 1s in my load time (2.4s total currently). It's a real pity, and I'd like to know how to avoid those redirects. Detail on the waterfall attached in case it can give more information. Thank you!
Did you verify that you WordPress-Settings are with https:// and with "www."? Try:
wp option set siteurl https://www.javipas.com
wp option set shome https://www.javipas.com
Hope that helps..Kind Regards,-Ingo
Thanks, but it even makes the problem worse. After changing it to https://javipas.com I had only two GETs instead of three. I guess there's something in my nginx config files that isn't right.
Look at your:
you disbaled this line:
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
and introduced this one:
return 301 https://javipas.com$request_uri;
I think this causes the misbehaviour.. Revert this and then check also all nginx-redirects and check also 'wordpress-redirects'. You can get to your wordpress-options by entering (manual)
into your browser..
Hopy you will get this solved..-Ingo
Thank you again Ingo!
I've changed that line and I still get two GETs but I will check it later again to avoid the cache making the tests deceiving in this first moments.
I don't know how to check eht nginx-redirects and the wordpress-redirects you talk about. I've checked the options.php like you mentioned and as far as I know everything is ok there (siteurl is "https://javipas.com" for example).
I really don't understand your problem.
If you don't want the redirect from www to the domain, just don't link anything with www and there won't be any redirects.
What am I missing?
There's nothing with www, at least not in the homepage. If you take a look at the waterfall attached on the first message, the first two GETs are to javipas.com.
That's the right thing to do, but... why two (or three, in that case in the image) and not just one? That's what I cannot explain myself.
You are wrong. There are several links pointing to www.javipas.com. Open the page source (CTRL-U, Command-U or whatever) and pay attention to all details.
Or try:
wp search-replace https://www.javipas.com https://javipas.com
But you should better understand what caused your problem first.
Right, thanks. I'll try that search-replace to fix also those http://www.javipas.com (again, they should all be https://javipas.com) to see if the problem goes away.
I don't think it will though. I'm pretty sure the problem lies in my nginx config and some particular redirect I have (or haven't) done.
You don't have to mess with any Nginx configuration with EE. The defaults are pretty fine.
Fun fact: typing https://javipas.com instead of http://javipas.com in GTmetrix test avoids the second GET, obviously. Everything great over here, that was the problem.


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These photos are from my last day in New York. Went for lunch and a photoshoot in Central Park with my friend (& blogger) Kristy. I actually had weirdly never been to Central Park before, besides driving by- it really is the eye of the storm. The calmness in the center of chaos. I'm so back and forth. I was SO happy to be back in Los Angeles- the weather is absolutely perfect. But now I miss NY again. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side.
Anyway, my favorite Helmut Lang jacket was my go to thing in New York. I kept calling myself the "Cold California Girl" who was somewhat unprepared for the weather haha. I bought this pink neon tee from Theory and I've been wearing it quite a lot- it's just plain and basic but fun.
And if you follow me on PINTEREST and INSTAGRAM (@peaceloveshea) you probably know I was obsessed with mixing neon and cheetah.
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19 December 2016 - Janet Bird
It may be bad news home grown shoppers, but the weak pound has proved a boon to tourist spending.
Indeed, spending by tourists broke all records last month, soaring 41 percent.
The rise was largely attributable to Asian visitors taking advantage of the weak pound to snap up British luxury goods.
Figures collated by Global Blue, a tourism shopping tax refund company, found that Chinese visitor spend, which accounted for a quarter of total tourist spending, was up by 63 percent in November.
Spending by Taiwanese and Hong Kong visitors was also up - by a staggering 160 and 127 percent respectively - while purchases by US shoppers showed an 88 percent increase.
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Urban Decay 24/7 Velvet Glide-On Eye Pencil - Travel Size - Value $15
dr. brandt Microdermabrasion - Deluxe Sample Size - Value $9.75
Elizabeth Mott Pop! goes the shadow (Champagne) - Full Size - Value $12.99
Mary Kay At Play Jelly Lip Gloss (Teddy Bare) - Full Size - Value $10
Sexy Hair Root Pump Volumizing Spray Mousse - Travel Size - Value $6
Total Value of this my Ipsy April 2014 bag - $53.74
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I definitely received my money's worth and then some, I just wasn't extremely thrilled about the products - it all seemed a little... basic for my taste. I like to experiment with makeup and I have so much that a neutral eyesahdow (although I love the quality, a nude lip gloss, an exfoliator, a black eye pencil and a hair mousse really isn't very thrilling. I can't say I loved the bag but I also didn't dislike it. I'm using it in my purse currently because it's the perfect size for me to store coupons.
I received this Teddy Bare shade of the Mary Kay at Play Jelly Lip Gloss. I am happy this is a full size product but extremely bummed that this nude is a color that completely washes me out. I also didn't like that this product stuck to any dry patches on my lips and really accentuated them, it was also very sticky and thick in consistency. I would not repurchase this lip gloss, especially at the high price of $10!
I was happy to receive an Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Pencil in their new Velvet line (color: Black Velvet). This is a similar size to the travel pencils that they sometimes include in their Book of Shadows (various editions) and other palettes. I have quite a collection of these and was happy to see this one smudged well, clearly being intended for a smokey eye. It's more of a charcoal black rather than a pure dark black due to its intended use. The value of this product was $15.
This was my surprise favorite item in this bag. I have received a couple of other Elizabeth Mott products in the past and also enjoyed them thoroughly (through Ipsy, Glossybox and Birchbox). I'm a fan that I'm always receiving something different from this brand, rather than just the same product sent out in all my subscriptions! Also, this eyeshadow reminds me of Stila's Kitten (which is an amazing compliment). I absolutely love this shade, it's very universal and wearable, super glowy and extremely buttery. This product is worth the $12.99 price tag, I would purchase it and I'm glad that it came in my bag.
The last 2 products are my absolute duds for this month. I have plenty of exfoliators and although I've heard great reviews of dr. Brandt's products, I just can't seem to get myself hyped about cleansers. It retails for a fortune so even this extremely small sample is valued at $9.75. I also received the BigSexyHair Root Pump Mousse (valued at $6) and this will be an okay product that I can put in my purse if it's very humid out and I really want to control my hair. These two products are the reason why I unsubscribed from Birchbox, I want a purely makeup subscription and not really cleansers and hair products. With that being said, Ipsy usually does the best job of the affordable makeup subscriptions of sending primarily makeup products.


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