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Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth – $425
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Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth Published in celebration of Holiday's centenary, the first biography to focus on the singer's extraordinary musical talent When Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia's studios in November 1933, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and influential career in the twentieth-century popular music. Her voice weathered countless shifts in public taste, and new reincarnations of her continue to arrive, most recently in the form of singers like Amy Winehouse and Adele. […]
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"Castle" channels something between "Quantum Leap" and "Fringe" on the upcoming episode "Time Will Tell," with a guy who seems to be traveling through time to warn the others. Warn them of what? Horrible events that will alter the path of human history, of course.
[Related: 'Castle's' Nathan Fillion Enrolls in 'Community']
In this exclusive sneak peek at Monday's installment, it's clear that this John Doe means business. "You do not understand. We are running out of time! I need to get out of here. You have to let me go!" he yelled during a taped interrogation, which Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) are watching.
The interrogator tried to ask some questions, but this murder suspect was really in a rush. "She is in danger! Shauna Taylor. All I know is 1258. That is all they told me, OK? If I am not there to stop it, we are all dead," the mystery man said, adding that he needs to save her stat.
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But Castle and Beckett are not convinced. "Do you think by 'save,' he meant 'kill'?" asks Castle.
"He's mentally ill. He may not know the difference," Beckett says.
To find out if the man in question is traveling through time or a delusional killer (and what "1258" means), tune in to "Castle" on Monday, Oct. 21 at 10 p.m. on ABC.

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Facebook isn't just for wasting time in the office, it can now help you find a new job entirely.
The social network has unveiled its new "Jobs" page, which allows businesses to list all kinds of work for you to find. You can even apply for the job and make contact with recruiters directly through Facebook.
This could be seen as a challenge to competing services such as LinkedIn, the recruiting network which was acquired by Microsoft last December. But while LinkedIn is entirely focused on business, Facebook's social aspects could make it easier for potential employers to trawl your profile for details of your personal life.
"Jobs may appear in the Fews Feed, in the new bookmark for jobs, and alongside other posts on business pages," Facebook's blog post reads. "When [an applicant] clicks on the Apply Now button, a form will open that's pre-populated with information from their profile."
The jobs service will only be available in the US and Canada at launch, but I've contacted Facebook to see if there are plans for a global rollout.
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problem with blog width, and dividers
I am extremely new to WordPress, and PHP is totally foreign to me. I got pretty far by myself, but now it's time to ask for some help.
I'm having two minor issues that I just don't know how to fix.
The first, is that my blog entries are showing up much narrower than the table that I have allotted them, taking up barely 2/3rds of the space they should before wrapping the text. I can't seem to figure out how to get it to take up the entire width of the table cell before wrapping. I have no idea if this is in the CSS or the index.php itself.
The second, which is purely aesthetic, is that I would really like to add a divider between blog entries. It just makes it much easier to differentiate between entries. If you visit my blog page, you will see a Twitter widget that I put together. It uses a tiled 1×2 pixel image as a divider, which is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for with my blog entries.
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GraphicRiver Responsive Web Design Concepts 6760873
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Set of 4 conceptual illustrations of responsive web design with computer, laptop, tablet and smart phone connected with hands.
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Jason Collins officially became the NBA's first active openly gay player Sunday when he played for the Brooklyn Nets against the Los Angeles Lakers. The crowd gave him a standing ovation when he checked into the game. Other players hope Collins' bravery will help others in the future. Gadi Schwartz reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Today is the 49th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
I was ten years old in the fifth grade sitting at my desk wishing I had studied a little harder the night before to learn all of our fifty states and their capitals. My best friend just sat down after acing the assignment. My teacher said, "David it's now your turn." Petrified, I slowly got out of my chair and walked to the big blank map in the front of our classroom.
Before I could start, the principal of our school announced that President Kennedy had just been shot in Dallas. School would be dismissed early that day.
Some 28 years later I was standing on the roof of a government building across the street from the old Texas School Book Depository building at Dealey Plaza. I was patiently waiting for Oliver Stone to shoot one of the most famous scenes in his movie "JFK." The production company closed the area off from the press but could not control people on rooftops, which is where I shot from.
I knew they would have to recreate the motorcade scene, down to the smallest detail. Stone referred to photographs and the infamous Zapruder film to duplicate where people were standing, walking and even matched the color of clothes they were wearing.
We ran the photograph on the front page the following day. When I show people the image even today, most of them think it was the real thing.
Back to November 1963, I returned to school the Monday following JFK's assassination. And I was able to name all fifty states and their capitals.


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Release Date: October 30th, 2013
DVD Release Date: April 15th, 2014
Not Yet Rated|1 hr 42 min
Plot Summary
Adam, a Roman Catholic priest in rural Poland, knows that he desires men and his embrace of the priesthood has been a flight from his sexuality. When he meets a particular young man, self-imposed abstinence becomes a heavy burden.
Cast: Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Lukasz Simlat, Maja Ostaszewska, Maria Maj, Tomasz Schuchardt, Kamil Adamowicz, Mateusz Gajko
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Rooms, services Travelling to Germany and looking for accommodation? Take a look at what Burg Abenberg has to offer! The hotel is offering 22 tastefully furnished rooms to those seeking accommodation in Altenberg. The hotel is offering you freshly prepared fine local meals in its restaurant every day. Parking possibility is available nearby for guests arriving by car. You may also rent a car to discover all must-sees of the area. Nearby bowling, billiard, minigolf, volleyball, diving, sailing, surfing and boat rental opportunities will provide an excellent chance to spend your leisure time actively. Airport transfer is provided upon preliminary notice. For meetings and nice evening chats the local café or the bar will provide an ideal location. You may secure your valuables in the safe. At the hotel you may go online via wireless Internet connection (WiFi). To learn more about the exact range of services of Burg Abenberg (including services for an extra fee) and the exact equipment of the rooms, please check the information sheet below.
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Kandyland Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987 83 mins
Joni gets persuaded to enter a bikini contest by her friends and likes the attention. She talks to another contestant, Harlow, who suggests she try exotic dancing at Kandyland, where she works. Joni gets fed up with her job at the dry cleaner's, and boyfriend Frank won't commit, so she gets a job at Kandyland. She finds others doing drugs and getting abused, and tries to make her new job, her lingering attraction to Frank, and her strong friendship with Harlow coexist.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Directed by Brian Naydol, Sean Taylor heads the cast of this feature film originally of USA, with original script in English, whose premiere was scheduled for 2015. You can watch The Barlow House online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2015.
Rating: 5 by 10 users./
Runtime: 100 minutes
Sean Taylor, Tess Cinpinski, Luke Balek, Aaron Starnes, Paige Jordan, Renee Sebby, Chelsea Nelson, Randall Cropp, Audi Bergman, Gianna Piccone and Ina Roquet.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Brian Naydol.
The original audio of The Barlow House has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2015.
Screenplay written by Brian Naydol.
Sean Taylor and Brian Naydol.
Brian Naydol.
This film was produced and / or financed by Pulp Productions.
Composed by Janson Long.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie The Barlow House has a duration of 100 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
BSOD every time I try to play Dota 2
Hi new here so yah.
Lately i've been getting non stop BSOD whenever playing Dota 2 and even sometimes while not playing Dota 2. Majority of it happens every time I get into a game though. Dota 2 is the only game that does this. I can run Diablo 3 for hours with no BSOD or crashes and it requires a heavier load on the video card i believe. Before, it wouldn't BSOD on me but i have no idea what had happened to cause this problem. I have no idea what's wrong with my computer as i've formatted it to factory settings 4 times now with no prevail on this issue. I also have the current drivers for my video card (Radeon HD 6670).
The error message usually in the BSOD is "IRQL LESS THAN OR EQUAL"
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. (Got service pack 1)
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
DirectX Version 11
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Windows 10, Home Clean Install
You have given us two dmps (for two BSODs) they are not consistent. One indicates a driver the other memory. Since memory can cause every sort of problem, lets start with memory.
Run for 6 passes.
Then take each stick and run for 6 passes.
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Walk - Polperro and East Coombe
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Telling a rumbustious tale of shipwrecks and smugglers and the booty from both, this is a hard walk but one which is well worth the effort. The coastal views are magnificent and in spring and summer the path is alight with flowers and butterflies, as are the meadows on the path up to Raphael Road. Take a picnic and make a day of it!


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Con: My friend with the Tibet photos says, "Why are you calling me at this hour? For someone on what website? What the fuck? Call me when I'm awake and sober."
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Koss UR40 Collapsible Over-Ear Headphones
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"Warm mids and decent soundstage"
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Pros - Soundstage, punchy bass, mids, comfortable, lightweight
Cons - separation and detail could be better, grainy highs, short lead
These are underrated on headfi, I find them to have an airy wide soundstage with a warm bassy sound signature. They have a warm midrange, 70's jazz with electric piano sounds wonderful. Treble is not that smooth but is just right in the mix, extension is good. You cannot pin-point instruments with accuracy though due to the sound not being very detailed and focused although it is very adequate for the price paid. I will be selling my Philips shp8500 because the Koss have a warmer midrange and airier soundstage. I think they have a unique sound of their own due to the midrange tone. The bass is quite punchy and was a pleasant surprise when I first heard them, although sub bass is nothing to shout about.
"Good value headphones that exceeded my expectations"
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Pros - Good sound, Good bass, Good value
Cons - Cable, Build quality and design
Audio quality & valuePerforms very well for its price. The bass is good and extends fairly low. Some rattling might occur if you crank it up quite a bit, though. For the price the audio quality is definitely not bad.
If you hook them up to a good source and watch a movie they can achieve quite the soundstage as well.
Comfort & designThey are reasonably comfortable and very light-weight, though after a few to several hours the ears may start to get a bit sore due to not enough space between the ear and speaker. For an over-ear design they are a bit small and people with big ears can expect more of a supra-aural design as they are likely to not fully encompass your ears.The fake leather padding will make your ears sweaty on hot days and it will crack and fall off after a few years of usage. The headband is made up of some sort of mesh, which is quite nice and comfortable. Overall in terms of build quality they feel cheap, but I have had them for ~8 years and they still work. Due to their open design they will also act as a pair of bassless speakers if you like and they are therefore pretty useless out in public which sort of makes their portable style not very useful.
The cable is short (1 m) which might be good when using portable devices but not for home/PC use. It also began to be quite a hassle after a few months as it began to curl and twist around. As can be seen in pictures, the cable splits into two as it enters both cans at the bottom (dual entry design); creating a loop where its very easy to get stuck with your hand in and accidentally pull the cable and the headphones down and possibly damaging them.
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Atolladero Trailer (1997)
01 January 1997 95 mins
In the near future, the areas between major cities are lawless wastelands. Atolladero is a town run with an iron fist by a corrupt tyrant named The Judge and his murderous enforcer, Madden. One decent cop decides to leave town, but the powers that be don't want that and go after him.
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Indiana unions added about 3,000 members in 2013, and the same number of nonmembers working in union shops.
A Lake County judge is the second judge to deem Indiana's ban on requiring union fees unconstitutional.
The Indiana Supreme Court plans to hear arguments Sept. 4 regarding the state's right to work law.
The controversial Right To Work law that passed two years ago brought thousands of jobs to the state, according to the Pence Administration.
Two Indiana University lawyers say the state Supreme Court is unlikely to agree with a lower court ruling that Indiana's right to work law is unconstitutional.
A Lake County superior court judge writes that the law requires unions to represent workers without just compensation.
Indiana union membership dropped 20 percent from 2011 to 2012, but union leaders say right to work is not the cause.
A federal court says the challenge against the law was not an issue of constitutionality.
Republicans charged Democrats thousands of dollars each in fines for walking out of the House of Representatives in 2011.
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NFL 2012 Season — Week Nine Preview
Several key intra-conference matchups highlight the schedule for Week 9 of the 2012 NFL season. Here's a preview of this week's games:
Several key intra-conference matchups highlight the schedule for Week 9 of the 2012 NFL season. Here's a preview of this week's games:
The NBA's 2012-13 season begins on Tuesday night with three games, including the world champion Miami Heat hosting the Boston Celtics. Several major stars changed teams this past off-season, but the majority of the franchises that were dominant in last season's lockout-shortened campaign are still among the league's best...
It's always a sad moment when you realize that college football's regular season is more than halfway done, but it should still be a fun week with lots of exciting games on tap. Six of the top 10 teams in the country play ranked opponents, and 13 top 25 teams face challenges on the road.
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With the NFL approaching the halfway point of the 2012 season, division races are beginning to take shape, as teams anticipate the second half of their schedule. Here's a preview of this week's action:
Week 7 of the 2012 NFL season features a meeting between the teams with the two best records in the AFC (the only two above-.500 teams, in fact), plus numerous divisional battles. Here's a preview this week's action:
For most teams, we've reached the halfway point of the regular season and the conference title races are starting to take shape. Last week gave us exciting finishes and monster upsets, and we've got another good slate of games this week with three big games between ranked teams and 11 ranked teams playing on the road.
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After a Saturday full of big games and big upsets last weekend, things look to be a little calmer this week with a handful of ranked teams on byes and only two games between ranked teams. However, for most schools, this week marks the first games of conference play so there is still a lot on the line.
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Rough around the edges, Josiah Jackson is a young man who loves his family and lives by his gut. When a past decision comes back to haunt him, Josiah looks for peace wherever he can find it. Mary Bailey has been alone for years, and never expects the way her life will change when new neighbors move in next door, bringing purpose and a bit of youth back to her life. After her mother's death, Lexi Jones finds herself back in Little River to care for her young nieces. She knew the move would change her life, but she never imagined how much. When the girl Brady Bowers has been chasing for most of his life moves back to town, he thinks his run of bad luck is over. He has no idea this girl will bring answers to a question he had long ago stopped asking. Fans of "Little River" will be thrilled to read the included Bonus Story, "Going Home."
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STRIPPED is a vocal band that continues to stretch ideas about what a cappella music can be. Their concerts are highly focused on improvisation, audience participation, and making music that moves the spirit. The voices gathered here have blend and unity, but frequently remind the listener that individual expression can flourish within the context of a group sound, like a single flower enhances the garden with it's own particular bouquet and color. Stripped has performed their original progressive jazz vocal music throughout Chicago at the Green Mill, HotHouse, Fitzgerald's, Lyon's Den, Uncommon Ground, Beat Kitchen, and 4th Presbyterian Church. Stripped received awards at the Chicago Cultural Center Cx2 competition and the 2006 Harmony Sweepstakes Regional competition. Stripped opened for jazz and R&B legend Patti Austin in summer 2004. Keep your eyes open for performances coming your way, then open your ears and prepare to be Stripped!


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Good music, food and fun. This place has it all from the live band to the "HOT HOT" wings and the tader babys are just out of this world
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Issue Date: April 23, 2007
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Made in Clerkenwell 2015
This year Craft Central has partnered up with the Goldsmiths' Centre to present over 150 designers and invite visitors to meet some of the best UK craftspeople and take a look behind the scenes in the studios where they work. Free admission! Pre-register here http://ow.ly/TnsON
Alex Tosto
Honeycomb Dream cufflinks and Metamorphosis Cuff by Alex Tosto
Alex Tosto is an award-winning designer and studio resident at the Goldsmiths' Centre. Her interest in Quantum Theory serves as a source of inspiration for her designs while being fascinated by the richness of colours and forms in nature, she incorporates natural patterns and elements in her work. Experimentation with different materials is part of her creative process and her pieces are characterised by visual geometric rhythm or physical movement, inviting the wearer to interact with the piece.
We asked Alex: What do you enjoy most about taking part in Made in Clerkenwell?
"The thing I love the most about 'Made in Clerkenwell' is the buzzing atmosphere, friendly both between exhibitors and public. The standard is very high and there are many disciplines from ceramic, to handmade, beautifully crafted, leather bags, paintings, accessories for the home and, of course, Jewellery. It's worth a visit!"
If you want to find out more about Alex and her work visit www.alexandratostodesign.co.uk
Victoria von Stein
Alappuzha Drop Earrings and Lily Wrap Ring by Victoria von Stein
One of the current members of our Setting Out course, Victoria von Stein is the designer and maker behind Riverlight, a brand that offers contemporary, fine fashion jewellery with organic elegance. Victoria finds inspiration in nature, decorative objects and different cultures and her designs are influenced by her European upbringing. Valuing originality and high quality, Victoria creates traditionally handcrafted collections for the modern woman who is looking for unique fine jewellery.
We asked Victoria: As a first time exhibitor, can you tell us what you are looking forward to?
"First of all, I'm very happy to have been selected to exhibit at Made in Clerkenwell and to showcase my work in this beautiful well curated gallery space, here at the Centre! I look forward to officially launching my new jewellery collection inspired by luscious green Kerala and sharing my story with a wider audience. It'll be a pleasure to meet new customers that also value craftsmanship, quality, uniqueness and all things Jewellery & Travel! Besides, it's also a great opportunity to meet other talented designer makers and talk about our inspirations and beautiful creations."
If you want to find out more about Victoria and her collection visit riverlightjewellery.com
Myia Bonner
Brilliant collection by Myia Bonner
Myia Bonner is a London based designer-maker with a studio at Craft Central who combines cutting edge technologies with traditional techniques to create fine jewellery of uncompromising quality and innovative design. Shortlisted for New Designer of the Year at the UK Jewellery Awards, Myia designs striking contemporary jewellery with emphasis on high quality. Myia's collections are defined by graphic precision and a distinctive geometric style while reinterpreting the traditions within her craft for a modern audience.
We asked Myia: Why do you think events like Made in Clerkenwell are important for designer-makers?
"Made in Clerkenwell is a great way to showcase the talent housed within the buildings of Craft Central and The Goldsmith's Centre, and helps to highlight the importance of craft within Clerkenwell. The rarity of seeing what goes on behind closed doors intrigues visitors from near and far."
Find out more about Myia and her work by visiting her website www.myiabonner.co.uk
Susan Lewis
Rubellite rings by Susan Lewis - Images by Juliet Sheath
Susan Lewis is a jewellery designer and maker based at Craft Central. She is inspired by the properties, behaviours and colours of the materials available to the jeweller and she works in both silver and high carat golds, often combining the two, with the addition of discreet diamonds and colourful precious and semi-precious gemstones. Her attention to detail and uniqueness of her pieces due to limited availability of the stones used, make her pieces original and distinctive to be worn often and enjoyed.
We asked Susan: What do you think makes the ideal Christmas present?
"The ideal Christmas present should invoke surprise and joy when opened.........then continue to give immense pleasure."
For more information about Susan and her collections visit www.suelewisdesign.co.uk
David McLoughlin
Wedding bands and engagement rings by David McLoughlin
David McLoughlin has over 30 years of experience in jewellery design and making as well as restoring and he works from his studio based at Craft Central. Combining his extensive experience with advanced goldsmithing skills, David creates a wide range of pieces including collections using precious metals and gemstones reclamation techniques. In 2011 David wrote a book about the art of jewellery design and making titled 'Jewellery Solutions' that was published both in Europe and America and was also translated into French.
We asked David: What do you think makes the ideal Christmas present?
"Making someone happy "
If you want to find out more about David and his work visit www.davidmcloughlinjewellery.com
Mireia Rossell
Sphere Ring - LISSOM collection by Mireia Rossell
Mireia Rossell is a jewellery designer and maker with a focus on simplicity and originality. The flexible nature of her work in combination with the use of two-dimensional materials allow the wearer to interact with the pieces and give them form. Mireia is inspired by the dynamic properties of materials to create a collection of rings and bracelets in silver and gold that can be worn in different positions based on the user's imagination.
We asked Mireia: What do you think makes the ideal Christmas present?
"I think the ideal Christmas present gives the recipient the feeling of being amazed and surprised. It should give them the same feeling they had when they opened the present on Christmas Day, every time time they use it. "
For more information about Mireia and her collections visit www.mireiarossell.com
Charlotte Dew - Curator at the Goldsmiths' Centre
"Made in Clerkewell provides an exciting opportunity for designer-makers to meet new buyers for their work, and to invite existing clients to see their latest products and ideas. For visitors, it supports a growing public interest in understanding where the things we buy come from as well as creating an opportunity to gain an insight into the making process and its motivations."
Louisa Pacifico - Chief Executive at Craft Central
"Made in Clerkenwell offers visitors the chance to buy handmade unique items directly from skilled designer-makers. By visiting and purchasing, the consumer will help keep the tradition of craftsmanship alive in Clerkenwell - an area which has historically welcomed these trades."
Paula Mendes - Catering General Manager at the Bench Café
"Whatever the time of day, the need for food creates the chance to connect. It's not simply about providing lunch; it's about making the most of an opportunity to bring people together to make them happier, healthier, more productive and to encourage them to collaborate.
Our ethos is founded on the principle of gathering great food and ideas for people to gather together and enjoy. The foundation for this is our menus that use good quality, fresh, simple, seasonal and hand crafted food and speciality coffee.
During the Made in Clerkenwell exhibition we'll be doing a special offer for all ticket holders: Visit our café Bench with your ticket and enjoy a hot drink or meal with a 10% discount. Special Christmas offers include Mulled Wine and a Mince Pie for £4.50 as well as Hot Cider for a special price."


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The best NYC travel tips come from a puppet
Leave it to a puppet to give some great New York City travel tips.
Here's the short version: You're a jerk, and that's OK, but he still wants you to visit. Just not between 4-6 p.m., because that's when everyone is trying to get home. Also, don't eat at Applebees.
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Steps: (BE CAREFUL, THE PROCESS IS RISKY, DONT TRY IF YOU DONT WANT WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!)
Important: Before flashing it is advised to take the backup of data and make sure that your phone battery is charged enough.(at least %60)
1. Download and install Install the MiFlash Here.
4. Power off your xiaomi Mi 4S,then go to fastboot mode by Volume Down and Power button.
5. Click the Mi4S EDL.cmd, andyour phone will enter in EDL download mode with Red Led.
6. Make sure you have install the QualcommHS-USB QDLoader 9008 Driver
you can find the driver in MiFlash directory:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Xiaomi\MiPhone\Qualcomm\Driver\
7. Open MiFlash, Browser and loadthe Mi4S Multi Language ROM, Refresh, you will see COMXX in the Device, Then press"Flash"
8. Once flashing process completes, Remove the cable and keep Power Button pressed until it Vibrates. The Device will start, wait patiently, it can take up to 5 Minutes.
Now you have an unlocked Mi 4S with Multilanguage.
9. To install the TWRP recovery , just follow the step 4 to go to fastboot mode again, and run the Mi4S TWRP.cmd .
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This week one of our academic visitors Hitoshi Takano shares the trials and tribulations of fieldwork, in one of the most hostile and unforgiving places in the world, Africa. But aside from the hardships of fieldwork it is also a beautiful and rewarding place with nature at its rawest and wildest. And, there are thousands of beetles!
However, there appears to be a distinct lack of any evidence of beetle collecting, but here's a black and white Colobus monkey. Magombera Forest, Tanzania, just to make up for it – and no, HT didn't bring it back to the Museum for closer study.
In HT's own words: "Did I really spend all that time just standing in the sun wielding a butterfly net or slumped next to a light trap with a bottle of whisky? I also have a total of zero beetle pictures - it seems I stick them into a tube of alcohol before I even get the chance to take a photo. Note to self for the future - more science and beetle photos!" Yes, more beetles please!
Taking part in fieldwork can often highlight the degradation of habitats, or even countries. When HT went on fieldwork to Sierra Leone this was immediately apparent. Sierra Leone is the world's worst off nation, after nine years of civil war ending in 2000, it is not jus the economy and the peoples that are affected, it is also the natural environment. After a failed attempt to track the pygmy hippo (one of Africa's many endangered species whose populations are under threat from deforestation and poaching), he tells this story:
"…with an outdated guide to the local mammal fauna, we headed for a locality in 'impenetrable' Sierra Leone. We soon understood that this habitat could no longer support a viable population of hippos. After years of civil war, mass deforestation, and farming, the landscape was barren; we couldn't even pitch our hammocks. Forget hippos, there weren't even trees, which meant the breaking of the cardinal Ray Mears rule of never sleeping on the ground in the tropics…. But on a positive note, unlike some virgin tropical Africa explorers we didn't emerge from the jungle with our stomachs in a bag and an unknown virus rioting through our veins! Another of our research sites was more positive, the Outamba-Kilimi National Park had good populations of chimpanzees and elephants, and despite unseasonably long periods of torrential rainfall, there was an abundance of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera."
So, to get back to beetles, here are some photos of fieldwork, this time in Tanzania.
Setting up the light trap at dusk, Mwanihana peak, Udzungwa Mountains
Dung baited pitfall trap (collecting Scarabs which are very good indicators of ecosystem fitness), Nguru Mountains (and yes, entomologists do get a bit obsessed with poo, though we are most definitely not 'anally retentive'!)
Here is HT (on the left) employing the sophisticated fieldwork method of grubbing about in elephant dung with some sticks, looking for beetles...
All good stories, and hard days' fieldwork, end on a sunset, and perhaps a bottle of whisky!
Nguru Mountains, Tanzania
Next time, let's talk about love...
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What are the principles for MRT route alignment? (Planning)
1. The Taipei MRT primarily aims to serve the people of the Taipei metropolitan area. However, the service network will be extended to satellite cities to meet local needs.
2. The MRT network should link all major transportation corridors in the downtown area and suburbs.
3. To balance inbound and outbound transportation needs, MRT routes are aligned to run through the downtown area and to serve the periphery of Taipei City, so as to promote transportation efficiency.
4. Analysis of transportation volume and topographical conditions determine the system mode of each MRT line; meanwhile, the planning of overlapping routes that could cause competition between lines and lower transportation volumes is avoided in the planning stage.
5. To facilitate car shunting, the terminal stations of each MRT line should not be located in downtown areas.
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9. The appropriate distance between MRT stations in the downtown area is between 800 and 1,000 meters; in the suburbs, the distance is between 1,000 and 2,000 meters.
10. While giving priority to transportation function, MRT line alignments should make use of land already used for public facilities and refrain from the demolition of any existing properties.


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Love Exchange Trailer (2001)
"Come play the game..." 01 January 2001 Drama 90 mins
Jackie (Holly Sampson) and Ben (Eddie Jay) move into a luxurious new home in the affluent neighborhood of Verdana Hills. They are immediately welcomed and befriended by their sexy new neighbor Lizellee (Monique DeMoan) and invited to a pool party to meet the rest of the neighbors in the complex. After meeting Lizette's husband Lorenzo (Ben Brown) at the pool gathering, Ben is invited and told about a "sexual card game" that allows everyone in the complex to discard their marital inhibitions. Soon both Jackie and Ben are pulled into a world of swingers and lurid sex that threatens the very fibers of their relationship.
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On Mondays we go to the local market to stock up on organic veg. The organic veg man sets himself up on the square in front of the school. To his right is the bearded goat man (Is he the son of the bearded goat lady, I wonder, who was banned from the markets because of new EU rules saying she didn't have the right fridge) selling squishy white cheese rounds like fresh patties from his herd, and to his left is the fish stall where I always think twice about buying fish on a Monday.
"What is your best apple?" I ask, and the organic veg man points at a box of small pink blushing apples labeled, in a rough slanted green hand, 'PIK KISS'
"They are expensive"
I'll say, I think
"....but they are good"
"Do you know that you have spelled your label wrong? It should be 'pink kiss' and it means 'bisou rose'.
I had never seen the organic veg man smile until then but, underneath his unruly beard, he blushed as pink as his fruit. The next week his sign, in a more upright hand, read
'PINK KISS' and underneath, the proud translation 'BISOU ROSE'
It is hard to find a good apple in France. Mostly, when I try to explain to a French person the joys of old variety English apples picked in scented orchards - Cox's Orange Pippins, Golden Russets,and Worcester Pearmains - subtle and perfumed like the moist English air, I get some variation on the following:
'Oh I went to England. My parents took me when I was a child. The food is terrible. The English don't know anything about food so how could they grow a good apple?'
I counteract this ludicrous statement when I can be bothered with something about London now being one of the culinary centres of the world and about looking forward to going to England because the food is so good now and there's nothing like a good gastro pub lunch and how wonderful it is that we have, in our food, absorbed all the cultures that reside in our country and maybe initially it was because we were insecure about our own cuisine because it was, particularly just after the war, pretty crap, but that now we are proud of it....
Then I wonder if I am more homesick that I know.
In the Marché de Provence the other day, the lady actually listened to my rant. then she said, pointing to a box of clumsy yellowish members of the rosaceae family:
"Try the chantecler variety. I think you will like them."
I looked again, pressed slightly on the flesh and imagined the fruit to be mealy.
"No thanks. Perhaps next time" I said.
"No, I will give you one for free. Just try it." she replied, placing one in our basket.
Once safely in the car I took a bite. Magic. It was crisp. It tasted as sweet as an orchard smells. It tasted of innocence, tree-houses in flowery bowers and fresh linen. It tasted like...well it tasted like an apple!
If 'cler' is, as I fantasize that it might be, an old spelling of 'clair', then it sung out its apple song clearly in my mouth and lived up to its name.


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Our History
RevelHMI™ is a trade name of RSI, a technology development company founded in Seattle, Washington in 2010. RSI was founded to develop and take to market a series of technical advances in vibration motor technology.
Our Story
RSI began with the observation that many Sonicare® consumers were using their device for more than just brushing their teeth - they were using them as sexual vibrators. Digging into the "why" behind the "buy," RSI founder Robin Elenga learned that what attracted these consumers was the higher frequency output that the toothbrush offered over conventional vibrators. Research also revealed virtually all battery-powered vibrators on the market (there are thousands) use the same class of rotary-vibration motors, a technology for which the biggest innovation in the last hundred years was making them battery-powered. Coincidentally, this is the same class of motors that is the primary actuator in every electronic device that uses vibration.
Scientific Design Principles
After researching many of the sexual vibrators on the market, we discovered that they all tended to have very similar vibration performance. Sexual vibrators tend to operate between 100-130Hz while the Sonicare operated around 241Hz, which implied that the best frequencies for sexual stimulation might not be where the current products operate. There was also a strong correlation between vibration power and consumer satisfaction; stronger vibrator tended to be preferred over weaker ones.
After many hours of focus groups, we also determined that many of the consumer issues with sexual vibrators were directly related to the vibrator motor, including noise (people don't want the kids to hear), poor battery-life (who wants to run to the store at the wrong time?) and poor reliability ("I have a box of broken vibrators under my bed").
Innovation Opportunity
Based on the above observations, we started looking into every known way of making vibration to see if we could develop a solution that improved vibration performance and removed the issues caused by the existing technology. We wanted to see if we could develop a more efficient solution that could generate more power yet be reliable and inexpensive to implement.
Resonating Motor Technology
The most promising technology we could find was the same resonating motor technology that is found in the Sonicare® toothbrush; deceptively simple in construction, these motors are extremely efficient and reliable. But their primary characteristic, a single prominent resonant peak, made them difficult to implement, expensive to manufacture and limited their use to certain single speed applications.
Innovation Goal
Our goal was to develop a resonating motor that was adjustable for frequency so we could benefit from the efficiency and power potential of resonating motors while increasing the number of applications it could operate and making it simpler and less expensive to design and build.
After many hours of development we developed ways to both adjust the frequency of a resonating motor as well as ways to allow the drive electronics to determine and drive at the correct frequency; and the first adjustable resonating motor was born.
Revel Body
Given the success in the lab, as well as some very successful field trials of our new sonic sexual vibrator, we decided to launch Revel Body, a sexual wellness brand, as a way to test our technology in the market.
We launched Revel Body in August of 2013 with the premise that vibrators should compete on vibration. We launched using a modern, covertly sexual design, wellness-oriented branding and a vibration motor with a much different vibration profile than existing products. The original Revel Body had a broader range of vibration than any other product on the market and had more power, especially at lower frequencies, than most products on the market.
After a very successful launch on Indiegogo, we rapidly moved into global distribution. We launched three versions and quickly sold out of each. We received increasingly positive reviews as we increase power between versions and more than our share of industry award nominations and awards.
Pivot to Licensing
Within months of launching Revel Body, we started to receive requests from other sexual wellness firms to license our technology. We also received many requests from product engineers and designers from a wide range of industries who were looking for better vibration solutions.
We continued development technology with a goal of improving performance and making it easier and cheaper to implement our solution for a variety of applications. We targeted the 120 million mobile phones that are shipped monthly, each containing buzzer feedback, as a market to dominate. We set an internal goal to beat two reference actuators in performance and efficiency. We knew that if we could match size, increase performance and lower costs for this application that we could win in any other application. It was also clear that as mobile phones move from buzzer to haptic feedback, there would be a big demand for higher performance vibration
Vibration Performance Breakthrough
In May of 2015 we tested a very low cost prototype that did beat the two reference motors. Not only did it beat the reference motors, the primitive prototype had many obvious opportunities for dramatic improvement in every performance measure, size and cost. The graph below shows the performance of the reference motors as well as the rapid rate of improvement we made in the few short months since May.
Vibration Solution Platform
As we developed our technology we set out the following list of goals for the licensing solutions, which we are well on our way to completing. Our goal is to develop a platform of components that we can use to assemble solutions for products containing vibration, including enabling:
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rapid implementation of a complete solution
optimized solutions for each device
the smallest devices
unbeatable vibration performance: power, frequency range, efficiency and reliability
licensing solution: allow customers to build in our solution in-line as opposed to selling components
lower cost solution: for development, manufacture and customer service
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We work with the best product developers and manufacturers to enable breakaway products that feature vibration. We want to help remove time and risk from product development, enable high performance products that disrupt the market and lower costs for our customers.
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Boeing and Airbus can now sell more than 200 planes to Iran which desperately needs replacement of its aging fleet responsible for thousands of deaths.
The United States has finally allowed Iran to buy passenger aircraft from western manufacturers, a move being seen as a major leap in implementation of last year's nuclear sanctions deal.
Europe's Airbus said on Wednesday it had received US Treasury approval to begin exporting jets to Iran.
Hours later, its US rival Boeing said it had received a sales licence and remained in talks with Iran Air.
The two manufacturers plan to sell over 200 jets to Iran, which for years has been using aging planes because of sanctions. It has seen fatal accidents in which nearly two thousand people have lost their lives.
The multibillion dollar deals to buy the aircraft is the biggest commercial outcome of last year's agreement between Tehran and foreign powers to open up trade in exchange for curbs on the country's nuclear activities.
But questions remain over how Iran is going to come up with all the money. The Boeing deal alone is worth $25 billion.
"This sends a strong signal but it resolves only half the problem. The challenge to raise financing remains," Bertrand Grabowski, a managing director at German's DVB Bank, said.
Foreign banks are reluctant to finance, fearing they could fall foul of remaining US sanctions that still prohibit the use of its financial system for Iranian business, something difficult to avoid in a complex global supply chain.
Also, US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is strongly critical of the rapprochement, making some banks fear they could be left with no insurance if Iran sanctions "snap back," according to Reuters.
What makes the situation complex is the skepticism of some Republican lawmakers who say Iran uses its commercial aviation to transport weapons and soldiers to terrorist organisations.
Two Republican lawmakers even wrote a letter to Boeing in June to raise their concern on subjects like how the plane maker would ensure that its jets are not used to help Bashar al Assad's regime in Syria.
Iran Air's desire to buy so many aircraft at the same time has also given its detractors a point to ponder upon.
As The Washington Institute, a policy think-tank, noted: "To put the sale in perspective, Air France has fewer planes than what Iran Air proposes to purchase, so it is not at all clear why the company thinks it can find enough passengers for them."
Others like Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute believe the deals would allow Revolutionary Guard Corps to get its hands on hundreds of millions of dollars and "it will not help civilians an iota."
But then there is another side to the story.
Since 1979 Islamic revolution which pitted Iran against the west, the country has found it difficult to buy aircraft and spares.
According to Aviation Safety Network more than 1600 people have been killed in dozens of accidents in last three decades, most of them in the 1990s.
That was the time when Iran was dependent on Russian-made aircraft like Ilyushin and Tupolev.
Airbus said it had been granted an initial licence to supply 17 A320 or A330 jets that are slated for early delivery, and that it expected a second licence for remaining jets in weeks.
Iran has also ordered up to 40 Franco-Italian ATR turboprop planes needing US approval.


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From the November Print Issue
On the day that Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Congress's only openly lesbian member, announced her much-anticipated run for the Senate seat to be vacated by retiring Wisconsin senator Herb Kohl, one opponent sought to jump on the news with a snippy statement about his would-be adversary in next year's election. "She's voted for virtually the entire Obama agenda, except for when it wasn't liberal enough," former Wisconsin congressman Mark Neumann said in September. "I'm a conservative, she's a liberal — it's that simple."
Par for the political course, Neumann criticized Baldwin's record, even if the language was tiresome and threadbare (think catchwords like "job-killing" and "ObamaCare.") What Neumann did not do — even though he's said in the past that he would never hire a gay person and would eradicate homosexuality if he ever got to play God — is overtly go after Baldwin for her sexual orientation. That's because he likely doesn't have to. Attacking a candidate with base homophobia as a weapon is tricky these days ("If you want to go down that road, you better be careful, because it can backfire," says Cook Political Report senior editor Jennifer Duffy), but gay political observers have seen surrogates or third-party groups mount backdoor campaigns. In 2009, as Annise Parker ran for mayor of Houston, she was attacked in antigay campaign literature that was bankrolled in part by members of her opponent's finance committee. After the Houston Chronicle uncovered the links, the candidate, Gene Locke, publicly denounced the actions of his supporters, and Parker ultimately won the election handily.
Subtext in campaign ads can also be a backhanded way to undermine an LGBT candidate, says Denis Dison of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. "For instance, a candidate may rely unusually heavily on family themes to contrast with an openly LGBT opponent," he says.
Baldwin doesn't appear fazed by any antigay attempts to thwart her senatorial ambitions—nor is she going to soft-pedal her identity and pro-LGBT record. "I have always been open about my sexual orientation, and voters appreciate integrity and honesty in elected and public officials," she told The Advocate as this issue went to press. "If I get to the point where I am in a debate with someone who supports discrimination and is against equality, I will stand up."


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|Chandra Shekhar Singh
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|17 April 1927 at 06:15 (= 06:15 AM )
|Ibrahimpatti, India, 26n05, 83e42
|IST h5e30 (is standard time)
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|26°01' 24°43 Asc. 08°43'
Eighth Prime Minister of India, in office 10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991.
Chandra Shekhar suffered from multiple myeloma, a form of cancer of the plasma cell. He had been hospitalised for over three months by the date of his death, aged 80, in New Delhi on 8 July 2007.
- associate relationship with Nation: India (Republic) (born 26 January 1950). Notes: 8th Prime Minister, 1990-1991
- Work : Gain social status 10 November 1990 (Took office as Prime Minister of India)
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Sy Scholfield quotes "Chandra Shekhar, the survivor" by Kotamraju Narayana Rao (Manak, 1991), p. 44: "In the first week of August 1990, Shri Digvijay Singh now a deputy finance minister, in Chandrashekhar's ministry gave me the birth time as 6.15 a.m., 17 April, 1927 and working on it I not merely accepted it but corrected it further by thirty-six minutes and gave predictions which are discussed in the chapter entitled, 'Astrology'."
- Vocation : Politics : Heads of state (Eighth Prime Minister of India, 1990-1991)


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Prime minister Theresa May warned that if the government was forced to get parliament's mandate for triggering Article - 50, Britain would end up with a worse deal.
Brussels is reconsidering how it grants EU market access to overseas financial firms, casting doubt over the use of the bloc's "equivalence" arrangements as a fallback option for the City of London after Brexit.
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Cookbook contributors Reuben Riffel, Amy Klenhans-Curd, Max du Preez, Chris Erasmus and many well-known contributors will be joining us and signing copies
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Sting, Patti LuPone, the Cast of Wicked, and More Promote Worldwide Equality at Uprising of Love
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Hosted by Glee's Jane Lynch, the benefit concert served to support the UN's Free & Equal campaign.
Lena Hall, Kathy Najimy, and More Join Uprising of Love Concert
Jane Lynch will host the benefit, which also stars Sting and Patti LuPone.
Glee Star Jane Lynch to Host Uprising of Love Benefit Concert
The Broadway casts of Wicked and Once have joined the star-studded lineup of performers.
Tony Winner Billy Porter, Olympic Gold Medalist Greg Louganis, and More to Appear at Uprising of Love Benefit Concert
Patti LuPone and Sting are on the roster of performers for the LGBTI event.
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Network Auralization for Gnutella (N.A.G.) is an interactive software art tool that turns the process of searching for and downloading MP3 files into a chaotic musical collage. It searches for MP3 files that match keywords on the Gnutella network, and downloads and remixes them in real time based on the structure of the Gnutella network itself. It was commissioned by New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. and was made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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With local elections approaching the campaign is not just being run on the streets but also in cyberspace. The screen shot from the DPP website above shows the party's candidates for mayor or county commissioner in the end of year local government elections. Beneath each candidate's photo there are icons linking to Plurk, Facebook, blogs, websites and YouTube. It shows that candidates are actively using social media as tools in their campaign.
A number of leading DPP politicians including Frank Hsieh (謝長廷), Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) and Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) are active users of Plurk. Frank Hsieh has just published a book called "Frank's Plurk Diary". He began using Plurk in April this year and now has 11,447 friends and 3,519 fans. Plurk is currently much more popular than Twitter in Taiwan because it has a Chinese-language option.
A brief survey of the KMT's websites show they are lagging behind he DPP in the social media revolution. The KMT's plurk account is updated regularly but it only has 402 friends and 383 fans compared with the DPP's Plurk account with 3,433 friends and 1,246 fans. The DPP's official Facebook page has 6,394 fans. A search for the KMT on Facebook reveals several pages or groups with a few hundred members. (It is not clear which one is the official page.)
What looks to be KMT's official YouTube channel hasn't been updated for seven months. In contrast the DPP's YouTube channel is active and the most recently uploaded video is a well produced piece of political satire that takes a shot at the KMT's poor governance in Taipei City.
President Ma has sought to engage with the public online via a weekly video. However, when the weekly video was launched in July this year it attracted criticism when it was discovered the next two week's videos had been recorded and uploaded in advance. Ma was also criticised for not using YouTube. Chen Shui-bian had a YouTube channel when he was the President. The White House also has a Youtube channel.
While US President @BarrackObama, Australian PM @KevinRuddPM and the British PM @DowningStreet are among world leaders using Twitter, as far as I know Taiwan's President doesn't have a Twitter or Plurk account.
Michael Turton, a well known Taiwan political blogger said, "The blogosphere and social media worlds here appear to be overwhelmingly green. This says good things about the young." Perhaps this also says something about the future direction of Taiwan politics.


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In this scene Gwen introduces her new boyfriend, Jaron (Jay), to her friends.
Precisely at seven, my guests began arriving at my stylish apartment in West Vancouver. They grouped together and immediately began to whisper.
"Look at how he's dressed."
"Who cuts his hair?"
"It really isn't like her to date white trash."
"Is he the writer who read at Ronald's party? No, he can't be."
The entree was served, and my friends spoke of lavish vacations. Jay didn't utter a word. As we ate New York cheesecake, my friend Alester inquired. "What type of car do you drive? Lexus, Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Porsche?" Alester owned a luxury car dealership.
"I don't own a car," Jay said. My friends looked at him blankly. "I use public transit."
They nearly gagged.
"Well, I guess you'll be able to use Gwen's Audi now," Alester said.
It was a loaded comment, but Jay simply replied. "Yes, I guess so."
Over cocktails, one of my friends commented, "So, Gwen tells us you manage a cafe."
"Oh, yes, I do, The Starving Artist. It's a collective-owned-and-operated cafe in Kitsilano."
"For emerging and established artists and artisans," he innocently informed them.
"You're an artist?" The room fell deathly quiet.
"Yes, I'm an author."
"With which publishing house?" Victoria inquired. She had recently divorced the chief editor at Fitzgerald and Fraser.
"Oh, no, self-published."
I heard gasps and saw shocked faces. The minute he left for the bathroom, they started yapping at me like Pomeranians.
"You're letting him use your car?"
"He's a gold digger. When he finds out you have no money, he'll dump you."
"He's not good enough for you."
"He's not rick enough."
"He's just a dreamer."
"You can do so much better."
"I'm in love. You're my friends. I thought you would be happy." My voice was measured, controlled.
"Are you planning to tell Patrick about Jay? Or juggle them both?" Alester sneered. Patrick owned the apartment I lived in rent-free. He lived half of the year in Ireland, and the other half in Vancouver with me.
"Friends? Honestly, Gwen, how did you pick us?" I should have known Cleo would defend me. "This is none of our business. There's no ring on her finger. She's free to do what, and whoever, she wants."
"I'm planning to move out," I said bluntly, hoping to silence them.
"Really? You're jobless, penniless. Where are you going to go?"
Before I could answer Alester's question, Jay walked back into the room.
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"My voice was measured, controlled."
That brief sentence conveys oh-so-much. Once again proving that "less is more."
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Another Film Set for Zambia
BY JABBES MVULA, USA - Yezi-Arts Promotions and Productions, a Zambian independent production house is set to produce a ninety minutes film with a working title, "Nkhondo Ya Mkwezalamba, (War of Sacrifice). This is a feature film based on the documentation of human experiences dramatically presented on Zambia's contribution to the liberation struggles in Southern Africa.
Zambia's involvements in the wars of southern Africa have had serious political, social and economic implications even today. It was home to many liberation movements, who later formed new governments in the sub-region after dismantling the colonial masters in their respective nations. Self rule dawned in Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa, with the assistance of this country. In the words of Winnie Mandela: "Zambia was the midwife of the struggle in the region, and South Africa was the last child it assisted in freeing from colonialism and imperialism but this was with a great human, economic and social costs".
The story is revealed in a dramatic way in contemporary Zambia: 'Musada a former soldier, now a mental patient, was part of the defense forces during the liberation struggles. He suffered torture and witnessed the waste atrocities inflicted on the innocent villagers during the incursions by rebel soldiers. His mind is lost when he sees crater where his parent's house once stood, and he ends up on the streets as a vagabond. Picked for a psychoanalysis treatment at one of the mental hospitals, reveals a lot what Zambia had to pass through during the war, highlighting frontline reconstructions with enemy forces; reflecting the answered questions on whether the war was justified or not and ultimately post-war seeking answers on whether Zambia paid the price in vain. Kondwa, his doctor, the psychiatrist, occurs to be one of the internally displaced persons who was served by Musada at one of the villages during a rebel incursion'.
Besides the theatrical movie, Yezi Arts will also produce a documentary which will be more than factual with interesting information that has come their way in this project. There is a lot that happened during this important era in our history, which many of our people are not aware of. Even the basics around who was Maina Soko – what role did she play? And, how did we lose her innocent life? In short, it is shocking that this important era, sometimes less than the cost of the fight for independence, is not part of our political history being taught in schools. In fact, research establishes that most of our citizens below the ages of 35 least know anything about our involvement in the struggle. And, this is not only limited to Zambia, it transcends even in the same countries that have since been liberated.
According to the producers, the film is expected to be produced within a period of six months commencing this coming year. Auditions for the film are expected in early December, followed by training of the different artists who will take up respective roles in the enactment.
"All logistics in place, this film should be available to the public within an optimistic period of six months. It has a budget of close to K270million, and we can safely say we have commitments of approximately K100million. So far we have spent over K40million in the research and part of the pre-production phase. Now we have decided to go public also with the hope that interested individuals, business houses and government may find a way of partnering with us. We hope Zambians can rise to the challenge and assist us in telling this story for posterity's sake. We are a country and we have a history, and this history needs to be documented and disseminated to the current and future generations."


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Physical and Cognitive development in Early Adulthood. WEEK III. Chapter 13 Topic 15. Physical development (442-455) Motor Functioning Health, nutrition, obesity Physical disability Stress (origin & consequences)and coping PNI hardiness. I. Physical Development and Stress.
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Ben is known t be a heavy drinker, especially when he goes to parties. Tyra, Ben´s wife warns that if he comes home drunk one more time, she will leave him and take the children. Tonight Ben is out late at an office party. He comes home drunk. Does Tyra leave Ben?


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Parenting - Actions Speak Louder
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So, now it has been a couple of months. Has it worked? Is he doing just as well at spelling as when you studied an hour? I was DISMAL at spelling. Still am. I've seen engineers, making six figures a year, who can't type an email with proper English to save their souls, yet they are enormously successful. For me, I had the best luck if I pronounced words the way they are spelled. Neck-assary helped me spell necessary rather than nessassary.ReplyDelete
I feel for you in that meeting. You wrote this blog so well, I still wish you'd write a book. Your writing is SO impressive..Replies
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Hahaha, yes, it did work!! Taking the pressure off of him (and me) seems to have done it. I mean, he's definitely not an A+ student, and he still doesn't like it, but it looks like he's turned a corner and is on par with his classmates!! Yay!!!
And if I could only figure out how to put all these thoughts on a page with a beginning, middle and end, I might just write that book!!! How's yours coming along? So good to hear from you!


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Which bike should get a titanium makeover?
So this should be fun.
Which current bike (steel or aluminium) should get a titanium upgrade?
(Never mind the cost. This is more of a fantasy thread.)
Who knows, a manufacturer might actually read this and make it happen. :)
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There is Len Rubin's Ultimate Folding Bicycle .. I think one complete bike made... then stolen .. then recovered... great story .. very costly.
A Raleigh 20 might be nice in Ti... there should be a big weight savings over gas pipe... as IH points out in another thread , there wouldn't be any weight savings removing aluminum bits and going with Ti.. and not much over lightweight steel tubes .. but Ti is pretty.. my two 700c road bikes are Ti..
Although a one off was made already, I'd say a Moulton Double Pylon spaceframe would be the coolest display of titanium. It would probably be cheaper to hire a welder to make a one off for you than have Moulton actually market one.
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I don't think a monotube frame (like a typical folder) would be an idea design to reproduce in titanium since it would be flexy. The Bacchetta titanium Aero would be an example of the material not lending itself to the design.
So I would have to agree with ttakata73 that a Moulton Double Pylon or better yet a Kimori would be ideal for my dream Ti bike.http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=251610
I found a Birdy Ti on Yahoo Auctions. The used price was $2000, but only 200 were made for sale here in Japan. It looks and feels better than the aluminum Birdy, and the aluminum Birdy is damn good. So far the Birdy is the only folder I have used which comes close to riding like a full-size bike.
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