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Lots of lessons learned this week. Most good, some bad. Lots of posts forthcoming. But for now, enjoy the scenery. I'm the one in the MLB/Masters hats, not the one with the fishing hat/mustache (that would be Jen's dad). Just to clarify.
Lots of lessons learned this week. Most good, some bad. Lots of posts forthcoming. But for now, enjoy the scenery. I'm the one in the MLB/Masters hats, not the one with the fishing hat/mustache (that would be Jen's dad). Just to clarify.
We're out of here for nearly a fortnight. Today, we're headed up to Stillwater for a Thursday night affair with Texas A&M and then tomorrow it's on to Colorado for some fly fishing, book reading, and general relaxing (Jen's exhausted from 4 days at her new job).
Don't worry though, the posts will go on! 365 days is 365 days. Or it's 525,600 minutes, but you get the point. We interviewed each other, taped another SportsMentor (to go along with #1, #2, and #3), left some links, and there'll even be a surprise guest post mixed in at some point. Stay tuned. Until then, though, this is what's exciting us about our first vacation as a married couple (and with the in-laws :)):
Fly-fishing with the father-in-law. If this ends badly a simple RIP on my Facebook wall will suffice.
Reading this, this, this, and this (even though we'll probably only get 10 pages in on the last one before keeling over for lack of theological insight).
Helping sister-in-law set up her Scentsy booth at a fun festival in La Veta.
Running for fun in the mountains rather than out of necessity for my workout.
Working on some super-secret new content for this blog. Pins and needles baby.
Peace out until next Sunday, enjoy the posts every day…and feel free to talk amongst yourselves via the comments section while we're gone.
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Big Tex was ours last night. Some faves:
Quote: "I feel like fairs used to be more like The Masters, classy, with a lot of rich people…I guess not anymore" – Jen
Moment: I think the parents taking video/pictures of their screaming 2-year old on the motorcycle carousel is going to be tough to top.
Animal: The 1200 lb. pig (see below)
Food: (Tie) Fried Peaches & Cream and Fried Ice Cream. We were too weak (or intelligent) to try the fried butter.
Show: The piglet races. OK, we didn't actually see them, but they happened…and in our minds they were hilarious.
I really planned to wait until the end of the week to blog about this, but I can't stop thinking about it. So here's what you get: First Mondays Canton, Texas. A once-a-month giant flea market that we'll be visiting this Saturday. I'd tell you that I'm dragging Kyle along for the sake of his pride, but it honestly didn't take much coercing.
About 40 miles east of where we now live, there's a quasi-magical land of old things. 28 miles of walkways wind through buildings and tents filled with possibility. There are new things of course, but I pass them by and brush the dirt off the old things, dreaming of ways to give them a new identity. And my apartment, one piece at a time, will become a home. I took a girls trip to Canton right before we got married, and my gorgeous friend Shari (also our wedding photographer) captured these great shots. As they say, one man's trash is something Jen will take home with her. Something like that.
There's something I've always loved about the notion of being a tourist in your own hometown. Right now we don't have an option: we are tourists. It won't feel like home for quite some time, so for now, we explore. But it's easy to become familiar with your surroundings when you immerse yourself in the same environment every day. So today, we challenge you to this: Visit one "new to you" thing every few weeks. Pick one new shop, one new park, one new historic building and check it out. Your town is much cooler than you think it is. Promise.
This weekend, we chose the Bishop Arts District. Here are a few things we found:
The guy who ran this place was one of the most intriguing people we've met in our time here in Dallas. Part salesman, part entrepreneur, part soda lover, he explained to us how he started his business over 4 years ago. He and his partner now sell vintage(y) sodas for $2.50 a pop. Pun intended. He also explained that they sell online and host various parties and events. The wheels in Kyle's head were spinning faster than he could ask the guy questions. I thought he was going to offer to serve sodas and M&Ms for minimum wage at one point. We promised said business owner that we'd link to his website. Here it is.
The best part about going to fun places like this can't be found in the eccentric stuff you can buy or look at it. No, the best parts are the ideas and creativity gleaned from being immersed in such goodness if only but for a short amount of time. We were completely silent on the way home (save an NPR story or two) as both of us got lost in thoughts of business, entrepreneurship, making, creating, giving, selling, and living. Sometimes production comes of those thought sessions, sometimes not, but we always love getting there, to that state of dual solitude. It makes marriage seem mysterious and magnificent even when it sometimes isn't.


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MACK ANTHEM 2018 v1.2.1 Lite
Light version for the average system.
Improve volume.
Optimize texture.
Fix a frame loss for normal pc.
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2019-07-07 14:25:47
O.M.G thankyou so much for making this mod, i have tried so many other mack truck mods only for them to crash my game or restart my pc,but this one is heavenly to use, not one bit of trouble with it, any chance you can now make a mod to add extra's to the interior/exterior which i would be extremely grateful, thanks in advance
2019-07-07 21:39:12
You guys can optimize your own mods. Most of em gain a huge boost on fps just reducing the size of the textures, for example or fixing errors on the console. You just need to have the will to do it. I have plenty of "lite" versions of many mods lol, you could say lol. But of course always for personal use. I assume the guy who did this modification to this Anthem had the permission of the author to edit and upload it somewhere else....
2019-07-08 08:51:19 slayer72
No one needs permission to do anything of the kind, no one owns any of this shit, so yeah
2019-07-09 05:13:28
@slayer72 you are joking, right? one thing is to use SCS original models and assets then i would agree. This is not the case, if the author didnt use SCS assets, he can do whatever he wants in this matter. Thats how mods work. Youre welcome.
2019-07-10 06:32:41
I guess you didnt fix the lightning problem at night and dark shadows in this version, right?
2019-07-12 10:48:28
great mod !!!!!!
2019-07-12 17:56:00
how do I download
2019-07-12 20:07:41
Zarnevis unless you selling this don't whine about it. 2stepp, download links and you'll see two buttons to click click either on and follow steps
2019-07-12 20:22:10
MACK Trucks SUCK !!!! and so does this Mod
2019-07-14 16:59:12
this is download link by Franck_peru https://modsbase.com/vuh2btbr8ago/Unzip_mack_anthem_v18.104.22.168z.html
2019-07-15 10:29:35
i thought you said this fixed errors and optimized it but its affecting my load times and the dash computer still does not work
2019-07-16 22:06:36
@neededlotus5 it's working well for me. check maybe it's a conflict problem with your other mods. and always just using single truck mod, just 1
2019-08-13 22:59:19 Curt
works great,
2019-09-02 06:05:28
Thank you for looking out for the average gamer who cant afford to dump a tonne of money into his PC but still wants to enjoy the extras the game has to offer.
2019-09-26 05:02:52
que buen trabajo
2020-01-07 16:33:31 AYoung130876
Great mod and works fine. my ONLY complaint is that it is sold under Kenworth and Volvo in both main truck dealers and the Mod Truck Dealer. There are now Mack dealerships troughout the game. Please can the next update include changing where the truck is sold so that it appears at the correct dealership.
2020-03-01 22:43:32 Balto
Can some-one help me? The links aren't working for me
2020-03-02 02:13:37 mods82
@Balto I checked that both links are working, the mod is downloading.
2020-04-08 04:43:46 Balto
Ok, Thanks
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Arrests at UK Nuclear site: Sellafield, Cumbria
5 men have been arrested close to the Sellafield Nuclear Processing Plant in Cumbria, UK after a "Stop and Check" by the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. The 5 men, believed to be in their 20's and from London, have subsequently been taken to Manchester and are being held under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The men are believed to be of Bangladeshi origin.
Subsequently, 4 properties have been searched in the London area as part of the investigation and whilst it is too early to speculate, as the investigation has only just begun, no connection has so far been made to the recent death of the terrorist leader Osama Bin-Laden, nor Al-Qaeda, however the arrests do come just hours after the reported incident.
Sellafield undertakes re-processing of nuclear waste and manufacturing of nuclear fuel and was the home of Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power plant which operated from 1956 – 2003. No power is now generated at Sellafield, however it does contain bunkers which store a vast amount of nuclear material – enough to make "thousands" of nuclear bombs.
Whilst the manufacture of a nuclear bomb is both very difficult and highly specialised, terrorists could use such material to create a Radiological Dispersion Device (RDD) or "Dirty Bomb". No intrusion into the site has been reported.


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Lil Birthday Kellita........
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Wow! The coloring of this adorable image is fantastic! I just love your dp but all of your added accents (the stitching, glitter, distressing, flowers...) are absolutely devine!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us this week at Digi Doodle Shop's Best!
Wow what a fabulous card - I love those flowers.ReplyDelete
LOVE this! Fantastic coloring job and the design of the card is just wonderful. Great flowers! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Digi Doodle Shop's Best!ReplyDelete
WOW again ;)ReplyDelete
Love all about it! Very beautiful colouring! Love the flowers!
Thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle`s Shop Best!!
OMGOSH EMMA!! WOW I really love your cards, and this one is no different!! I love the tassel and the ticket and your colouring WOW!! Thanks so much for playing along with us again this week at LLB!! We love seeing your fantastic cards!!ReplyDelete
Oh Emma what a delicious and gorgeous card ! I always admire your embellishments, they are always stunning and I am looking forward to seeing a tutorial about your amazing flowers ! Though I am not sure I will be able to make them !!! Hugs and love from CatherineReplyDelete
This is fantastic. Thank you so much for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2 November 2010 at 13:39
Such a beauty of a card Sis, really lovely textures going on here. Love the stitching. You've coloured Kellita wonderfully.ReplyDelete
Great job, can't wait for the tutorial!!!
Oh wow! Another fab card. What pretty red hair too. Thanks for joining in at Digi Doodle Shop's BestReplyDelete
Emma, this is wonderful! Love the image, awesome coloring!!ReplyDelete
WOW girl I am just absolutely blown away and having seen one of your cards in real life even known the photo of this looks absolutely amazing I just know in real life it would be that little bit more! I absolutely *said that a lot hehe* love everything there is to love about it! Knocked me off my chair! Thank you for joining LLB this week!ReplyDelete
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oh wow Em! I loooove your card. Full of gorgeous detail everywhere I look. Your fabric roses are gorgeous too - can't wait for the tute!!!ReplyDelete
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ok, jaw dropping gorgeous!!! i adore your fabric roses - going to give those a try for sure!!! i also adore your coloring of kellita. thanks for joining us this week at LLB. :)ReplyDelete
OMGoodness this is gorgeous! So love your flowers....and all your layering..wonderful! thanks for joining in with us at LLB this week!ReplyDelete
Hugs Leonie
WOW once again a gorgeous card. Love the colours and the flowers. Thanks for joining us at LLB this week hugs from BronReplyDelete
Love the flowers and the gold touches. Beautiful card yet again from you!! Thanks for joining us this week at LLB.ReplyDelete
Super cute! Thanks for joining us at Stamp Something for our stamp something with some pink challenge!ReplyDelete
I love the card and very good job on it!! TFS!!!!ReplyDelete
Stunning card Emma..really loving these material flowers :DReplyDelete
Hugs Lexi xxx
WOW! This is stunning! amazing colouring and details! I look forward to your rose tutorial as they're gorgeous and I love making my own flowers! thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp! hugs, Jane xxxReplyDelete
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PETRA:THE ROSE RED CITY HALF AS OLD AS TIME.Posted in backpacking, British Museum, film locations, Film set, jordan, petra, photo, photoblog, Photography, travel, walking, walks, writing on August 13th, 2014 by wabisabipix
It was 1991 and the world had just seen the end of the first Gulf War and the political maps of the globe was being rewritten,the 1980's were now a distant memory and the future and the unknown beckoned.I was 20 years of age and had been fully enjoying one of the best periods that teenagers have,that wonderful time between working in any meaningful career and being tied down by any commitments and with just enough cash in your pocket to set off on shoestring expeditions to wherever caught your eye on the world map.I had a few years previously set off on a backpacking trip to Morocco that had taken me traveling by train and rickety bus across Europe and into the African continent by ferry and on a circular route that took me to cities with fabled and exotic names, Fez,Ouarzazate,Tangiers,Marrakech.
The trip took me into the Sahara on the back of a camel and gave me many great experiences of world travel along the way.
I was bitten by wanderlust and there was no way of stopping me.It was simply a matter of putting together a small amount of money and finding another destination worthy of heading off to,the more exotic the better and if it was harder to get to then even more so.
On this occasion I had set my target on Petra the legendary rose red city half as old as time.Such a fantastic place certainly fired up the imagination. I had spent the last few weeks traveling down the Nile from Cairo by train and had taken in many of the well trodden sights along the way.The Pyramids,Luxor and Abu Simbel among a few.
I had crossed the Sinai on a local bus and found myself at the coast port of Nuweiba.I had bought a ticket for passage to the Jordanian port of Aqaba on board a ferry full of migrational workers and was now heading towards my destination.On board I had been chatting with a few fellow Europeans,a German backpacker and a travelling artist who had more than a passing resemblance to the great Dutch artist Rembrandt.
The two were enthusiastically discussing their journey and Rembrandt was showing his remarkable sketches,collected over several weeks while traveling leisurely down the Nile.Rembrandt(as I will refer to him from now on) had been sketching both the locals and the remarkable Egyptian monuments along the way and had gathered a stunning portfolio of work.We were all and very much traveling on a shoestring and after several hours the ships horn announced our arrival at the port of Aqaba and we all joined the immigration line for entry to Jordan.After getting our visa stamped (and unbeknown to me our Egyptian Visa Cancelled) our German colleague made it clear he was going to spend the week in Aqaba and Rembrandt was heading to Petra like myself so we set off to find a guest house and split the costs.
Aqaba was a lively town,the evening was spent telling tales of our journeys and chatting with the friendly locals in french style cafe's usually with the odd picture of Saddam Hussein on the wall.One shop owner had a well practiced tale to tell of his time working with Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif when they had filmed Lawrence of Arabia at the nearby Wadi Rum.I spent that night keeping a sharp eye on a mosquito on the roof and listening to the cockroaches clicking under the bed,comforted in the knowledge that the previous night in Nuweiba it had been 20 cockroaches living in my shower pan clicking a concerto all night and now it was only the one,luck me!
The next day we ate a french style breakfast of bread and cheese and tracked down a minibus driver who agreed to take us the Petra.At this time the were very few tourists in Aqaba as it was just after the Gulf War and there was still the climate of fear affecting the tourist industry.The locals were very glad for any trade they could drum up and we had the rickety old minibus to ourselves for a half decent barter. Rumbling into Petra late that evening after nightfall we found a small guest house with room and settled in for the evening.There was time for exploring in the morning.And even better no Cockroaches. With the abrupt awakening of soaring desert temperatures and a cockerel crowing next door I ate breakfast quickly and wandered outside.The excitement to view this fabled destination was at a peak.Men in colourful traditional garb were herding horses up and down in the small village road outside and it was very clear that this wasn't going to be another tourist trap experience like Egypt where you have to fight off an army hustlers the moment you stagger out of your hotel.Here everyone was very laid back and seemed unbothered that you were a westerner.If they had something to sell you the Bedouin would ask you several times and let you be.It was going to be a great few days after several weeks in the land of the Pharaoh and not a papyrus scroll in sight!
It is no surprise that nobody had known the way to this legendary Nabatean city until it was found by a 27-year-old Swiss explorer called Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. Burckhardt's great ambition was to discover the source of the River Niger. In England in 1809 he secured the backing of the Royal Society for a journey across the Sahara from Cairo. Burckhardt went to Cambridge to start learning Arabic so that he could pass himself off as a Muslim. On his way east, in Malta, he heard of a Dr Seetzen, who had set out from Egypt into Arabia in search of the lost city of Petra, but had been murdered and took up the challenge himself, only this time disguised as a local.While on his way south from Nazareth to Cairo,along with a group of traders and some sheep and goats.Local people were chatting about ruins in a narrow mountain valley a short distance off the road that passed through the desert.It was near the supposed tomb of Aaron the brother of Moses.Burckhardt disguised as an Arab explained that he wanted to make a sacrifice of a goat to Aaron and persuaded a local guide to take him to the ruins.On arrival he was awestruck at what he saw,but left in a hurry heading for Cairo fearing that his true identity may be discovered and that he would meet the same fate as Dr Seetzen. Every now and then as we headed down the desert track a tribal horseman would ride past us bidding us "Salaam!" as they rode past.We marvelled at the bizarre rock formations and the Obelisk Tomb as we passed it on our left.It was sensory overload and we most certainly were out of our comfort zone toto!
Looking around, and scanning the horizon the landscape was unlike any I had seen before,it was almost like the setting from a fantasy of science fiction epic.Vast rolling hills of epic proportions in the distance with a stunning spread of colours.I wouldn't have been surprised if characters from Star Wars had pottered around in front of me,such was the alienation of the spectacle in front of me.Indeed Petra was chosen as the main film set in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and one can see why. Wandering down a dusty path we made our way down into the area that was originally the Grand Caravan trail into the city known as the Siq, a narrow canyon approximately 3/4 of a mile long that leads the traveller into the heart of the city of Petra.As we approached the Siq entrance, we notice an ancient dam on the left that had protected the ancient city from flash floods and enabled it to prosper.The Nabateans were masters of water control and this is what made the city work.The rock walls that lead this canyon into the city are literally scored with small water channels and cisterns that would have provided free flowing water here in the desert. Walking down this cobble stoned road over 2000 years old is one of those moments in life to relish.The excitement builds as the canyon winds and twists and slowly narrows and you notice carved offering alcoves to ancient Gods along the trail.
And then you see it…..!
Slowly but surely the light in the distance changes and the stunning facades of one of the most remarkable buildings in the ancient world opens up in front of you! The sight of the rose red Treasury building in Petra is simply priceless. There was not a sound at this time,no tourist buses and ipad waving tour groups that are the curse of modern day travel ,world events had made this destination very much off the beaten track and therefore not an option for the average package tourist at this time. We had it to ourselves.
Just two people standing there and connecting with an age old scene reaching across time and…… silence!
A short walk to the right of the treasury we wandered our way past the street of facades lined with tombs galore.The Treasury is but one of the amazing sights in the lost city and it would take days to fully explore the region.All along the surrounding mountains are thousands of tombs ranging from the common people to huge megalithic Royal Tomb structures giving a taste of how amazing this marvel of ancient civilisation must have been in its glory days. Established as long ago as the 300BC this town has seen a lot of history. The home of the Nabateans,an ancient Aramaic people that controlled much of the spice trade routes through the area and worshipped gods such as Dushara and al Uzza,faceless block gods that later became more human like as the Romans eventually dominated the region. Facing us was the splendour of an ancient amphitheatre carved out of the rock,surprisingly Roman in appearance but very much Nabatean.My companion,Rembrandt ,couldn't help but fulfil one of his wishes and recite the poem by John Burgon,an ode to the ancient city.
It seems no work of Man's creative hand,
by labour wrought as wavering fancy planned;
But from the rock as if by magic grown,
eternal, silent, beautiful, alone!
Not virgin-white like that old Doric shrine,
where erst Athena held her rites divine;
Not saintly-grey,
like many a minster fane,
that crowns the hill and consecrates the plain;
But rose-red as if the blush of dawn,
that first beheld them were not yet withdrawn;
The hues of youth upon a brow of woe,
which Man deemed old two thousand years ago,
match me such marvel save in Eastern clime,
a rose-red city half as old as time.
John Burgon, 1845
Overwhelmed by the sights of that day we retired back to our hotel for food and drink and an evening of Chess a game much liked by the locals. The following day ,refreshed,I wandered alone along the ancient colonnade street ,a once grand spectacle now in ruins because of flash floods over the centuries this old high street even shows the old chariot tracks in its ancient cobbled road and reminds me of the ancient and tragic city of Pompeii. Rembrandt at this time was endeavouring to sketch the ancient ruins and I went canon EOS600 film camera in hand wandering alone in this ancient valley. Along the way a young girl and her little brother came out of what appeared to be a cave and showed me her herd of goats.We communicated as best we could and wandered on our way with a salute of "Salaam!"
Photographically the region holds a picture on every corner and I cannot over estimate how overwhelming it is with words alone,it truly has to be seen to be believed. Later that afternoon we clambered up the carved steps that led into the mountains and passed an old lady serving mint tea.heaven knows how she got there but after quite a climb her mint tea was very welcome.At the top of these rather precarious steps is another ancient wonder very much like the Petra treasury known as the Deir or Hermits Cell.From here you can also get splendid views into the nearby valley Wadi Araba. As we viewed the splendid structure a thunder storm rolled in out of nowhere and we took cover in the Hermits lair.
The following day I bid farewell to Rembrandt as he continued on his epic journey back to Europe through Damascus and Turkey sketching as he went.I was heading back to Cairo and back on the migrant boat.He sent me a postcard when he completed his journey.
I have travelled a lot working as a photojournalist over the years since then,however one thing that will always be fixed in my memory is that first sight of Petra that rose red city half as old as time.
Twenty years later while wandering around the Egyptian section of the British Museum I bumped into Rembrandt again by coincidence,still sketching Egyptian monuments in the main Egyptian hall.
Small World!
JOURNEY INTO THE HELLFIRE CAVESPosted in britain, Buckinghamshire, Celtic, England, film location, leylines, london, moods, mysterious, myths, pagan, photo, photoblog, Photography, quaint, secret societies, strange, supernatural, thriller, tourism, travel, unusual, village, walking, walks, writing on August 10th, 2014 by wabisabipix
Back in the 1970's when I was a youngster I remember rushing excitedly to the local corner sweetshop to spend my pocket money on Hammer Horror movie bubblegum cards which at the time was all the rage.(http://wp.me/p1ZPuc-2Jx)
It gave a glimpse of risque movies that we were far to young to view and before the days of video and DVD, were not able to see anyhow except on the occasional late night black and white TV showings like "Dracula" and "Curse of the Werewolf"and "Quatermass and the pit",which sent us running to the bedroom terrified.
Later as we grew up I watched with fascination as a TV series from the same film makers produced called the Hammer House of Horrors (http://www.hammerhouseofhorrortvseries.co.uk/) and looked forward to such horror instalments as "The House That Bled to Death" and"Guardian From The Abyss".
Later in life I was lucky to meet Christopher Lee in the course of my work in Los Angeles and listened with fascination as this giant in the acting profession recalled prose from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, prior to his role in the film, during an interview in a Los Angeles hotel.
As the years passed I moved to London and rekindled my interest in filming that had taken place over the years.I became aware that many of the film locations from the classic films I had been a fan of were filmed in locations in the areas of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and the High Wycombe area and I spent some time tracking down a few of these locations. The bulk of these films were made at Bray Studios in Bray,Berkshire, a giant in the film industry that diabolically has now fallen into decline despite the surge in British film making at nearby Shepperton and Pine Wood.Films Such as The Mummy(1959), Alien and The Rocky Horror Picture Show where also made here and it is facing its own horror story of being turned into a care home by developers.(https://www.facebook.com/savebraystudios) Incidentally the location of the Gothic Style hotel in the Rocky Horror Picture Show portrayed as Frankenfurters mansion was indeed the Oakley Court Hotel right across the road from the Bray Studios.(http://www.oakleycourtwindsor.com/) Indeed whole area around these studios supplied the film industry with hundreds of film locations for years and it is quite fascinating to find that a sleepy village where you are quietly munching your cream tea was indeed a film set for a Satanic horror movie chase or the stamping ground of one of the Mummy horrors that unwound on the silver screen. One such location was the Hellfire caverns in the village of West Wycombe,located just off the A40 road.As you approach the village you see a sinister looking Mausoleum perched on the hill overlooking the quaint English village below.The Mausoleum was in fact used as the setting for the 1976 Hammer film "To the Devil a Daughter" starring starring Christopher Lee, Nastaasja Kinski, and Richard Widmark.The nearby Hellfire cavern was probably the influence for the film"Taste the Blood Of Dracula". West Wycombe and the Hellfire Caverns indeed are one of those places where reality indeed is stranger than fiction. West Wycombe Park, Caves,Mausoleum and St Lawrence's Church with its mysterious golden globe on the spire were all constructed in the mid-18th century by Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the Dilettanti Society and co-founder of the notorious Hellfire Club which met at the George and Vulture Inn in London. The Hellfire Club with its club motto, Fais ce que tu voudras ,(do what thou wilt), would certainly have raised eyebrows and the attention of the tabloids,had they existed at the time.It was a secret society in the 18th Century that allegedly included Benjamin Franklin among its many high profile visitors. Dashwood and other high-powered politicians and society members,originally formed a club then known as The Knights of St Francis of Wycombe. They first used Medmenham Abbey, eight miles away from West Wycombe. Later on,the rather more discrete caves were allegedly used for nefarious orgies and black magic that included the presence of female"guests"referred to as nuns. Entering the creepy church like entrance of the caves you wander into the darkness occasionally stumbling across strange carved rock skulls and phallic symbols ,the whole place has a creepy atmosphere that is enhanced by the knowledge that a lot of strange things are alleged to have happened here over the centuries.As you pass through the caverns you enter the Banqueting Hall,the Miner's Cave and finally, across a subterranean river aptly named the Styx you enter the final cave, the Inner Temple, where the meetings of the Hellfire Club said to have been held.This final cave is said to lie 300 feet directly beneath the church on top of West Wycombe hill. According to Greek mythology, the River Styx separated the mortal world from Hades, and the Inner Temple directly beneath St Lawrence's Church signifies Heaven and Hell.Indeed it seems that all the landmarks here are linked in a symbolic manner known only to the secret society and one cannot help but suspect that the caves open to the public are only the tip of the iceberg and that there are many more hidden away in this enormous hillside.There are even rumours that members would pass unscrutinised into the caves as the moon rose and night fell via connecting tunnels from the village inn the George and Dragon and that the caves and the Inn are haunted by a servant girl called Suki that walks the corridors and caverns. In all a truly spooky place and a great day out.
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING:A VISIT TO THE FORMER HOME OF RUDYARD KIPLING.Posted in aircraft, britain, Burwell, country houses, England, english village, enthusiasts, europe, Great War Society, Nikon, photo, photoblog, Photography, quaint, re-enactment, renactment, retro, road trip, travel, vintage, walking, walks, warhorse, Western, world war one, writing on August 3rd, 2014 by wabisabipix
A glorious sunny day in August and what better a place to visit than the former home of Rudyard Kipling the author of such classics as The Jungle Book and The Man Who Would Be King. Set in the rolling countryside of the Sussex Wield,just outside the village of Burwash,it is a wonderful 17th century Jacobean house that was his home until his death in 1936. The house is now cared for by the National Trust and is open to the public. You can wander unhindered around the splendid oak beamed interior left very much as the great man left them. His own writing desk is left pretty much as if he has just popped out for an afternoon tea,scrapped sheets of paper containing his writings piled high in the litter bin opposite his desk,even his own Rolls Royce is on display in the nearby garage for viewing. The rooms are full of artefacts that reflect Kipling's association with the East. The gardens are a spectacular affair,sunflowers ablaze and fresh vegetables and herbs in the allotment growing in abundance. Here you can pick up one of the kindly offered blankets,borrowed to visitors,and enjoy a picnic on the spectacular lawn surrounded by its rustic charm. My visit coincided with the national commemorations of World War One. Hundreds of events are taking place across Britain to remember the "Pals"-groups of friends,neighbours or colleagues who joined up to form their own battalions in World War One.In the spirit of the event, the lawns at "Batemans",which is the name of this splendid house,had a wartime biplane parked in its midst and a gathering of tents as re-enactors from the Great War Society sent us back on a trip in time to the beginning of the First World War. Mostly volunteers,they gave authentic displays and explanations of the weaponry from the period including pitched battles that stunned the crowds and sent the gunfire and explosions thundering across the landscape.Truly spectacular and a fitting salute to the man who wrote many classic about the period and who indeed played his well documented part in the Great War.More images can be viewed here:http://…/p830052178 Images Copyright:Kerry Davies/No unauthorised usage/All Rights Reserved
ALL ABOARD THE CRAB AND WINKLE LINE:A DAY OUT IN WHITSTABLE.Posted in art, beach, classic, England, english village, Kent, lumix lx7, nature, news, photo, photoblog, Photography, photojournalism, quaint, railway, relax, retro, road trip, rustic, steam locomotive, sunday lunch, tourism, train, travel, unusual, village, vintage, walking, walks, Whitstable, writing on July 6th, 2014 by wabisabipix
A short drive out of London, on the Kent coast,lies a gem of a town that still retains the flavour of an old English seaside resort of the kind that is much missed these days on this sceptred isle. Whitstable is a perfect family destination for those in the know,where time hasn't moved along in a hurry and families can still enjoy that beach experience very much relegated to the halcyon days of nostalgia. An afternoon spent wandering along the sea walls, meandering among the multicoloured beach huts, breathing deeply of the sea air and exploring the old fishing village and harbour with its fresh seafood,Oysters,Cockles and Winkles.Exploring the old alleys filled with boutique shops or simply savouring the peace and quiet and recharging ones batteries here,the traveller is left with the feeling of time well spent. Originally built in 1832 by the Canterbury and Whitstable railway company, the harbour was created to serve what was called the Crab and Winkle line ,which linked Canterbury and London by a steam ship and also helped carry coal and timber as well as providing a thriving sea food industry. By 1849 the town had turned into a bit of a boom town and played its part during the war transporting munitions and grain. Sadly the town fell into a downward spiral after the Crab and Winkle line closed in 1952. As time passed,the town became more of a traveller destination,preserving much of its original character for being quiet,reserved and far enough off the beaten path to feel like a haven away from the big smoke of London. A great plan for visiting Whitstable is to start in the harbour with its seafood markets and walk up the sea front, stopping at leisure and absorbing the atmosphere along the sea walls. Children will be in their element as there is so much to do. The Old Neptune Pub,a famous landmark that has often been seen in films made in the area,would be a great place for refreshments. Why not head into the quaint town centre and its delightful boutique shops and restaurants where you cannot help but feel that there must be a reason this town attracts a lot of artists. After lunch, perhaps a stroll back up the hill visiting Whitstable Castle and dropping back down to the beach to enjoy the beautiful light of the sunset over the Isle of Sheppey while rounding off the day cooking a fish supper over a beach barbecue.
See more images here:http://www.surreypix.co.uk/p31361888 All images copyright Kerry Davies/All rights reserved.
PAINSHILL PARK:HAVING A BLAST WITH THE NAPOLEONIC ASSOCIATION.Posted in age of elegance, britain, cannon, cavaliers, cool, drama, England, english village, enthusiasts, equine sport, europe, feature, film location, Film set, folk, forts, french, fringe, hussars, legends, london, lumix lx7, moods, muskets, myths, Napoleonic, Napoleonic association, napoleonic wars, nature, news, Nikon, painshill park, photo, photoblog, Photography, photojournalism, re-enactment, redcoats, relax, renactment, road trip, skirmish, surrey, swords, tourism, travel, unusual, vintage, Wales, walking, walks, warhorse, waterloo, writing on May 25th, 2014 by wabisabipix
The May bank holiday on sunday 25th 2014 certainly went off with a bang as the Napoleonic Association of re-enactors http://www.napoleonicassociation.org blitzed the Painshill Park near Cobham in Surrey http://www.painshill.co.uk with the thunder of hooves and the crack of muskets and cannon fire. An incredibly authentic experience of the "age of elegance",they delve deep into all aspects of the period delivering an enthralling battlefield skirmish and other camp and entertainment experiences along the way. You have to blink twice to remind yourself that we are in fact still in the 21st century and cannot help but feel that these were in fact more elegant times. This group clearly eat,sleep and live this colourful period in history and provide a great insight to onlookers who ever wondered what it would have been like to live in these times. I can still smell those camp fires! Now where did I put that musket!
Your Punch And Judy Needs You!Posted in britain, classic, covent garden, England, enthusiasts, feature, Festival, folk, fringe, london, may, mayday, moods, news, photoblog, Photography, photojournalism, punch and judy, puppet, puppeteers, quaint, relax, restoration, retro, tourism, travel, Uncategorized, vintage, walking, walks, writing on May 11th, 2014 by wabisabipix
"Your Punch And Judy Need You!" proclaimed the stick wielding angry looking Mr Punch illustration attached to the wall of the metal fence of the St Pauls Church in Covent Garden in Central London on May the 11th 2014.
Wandering into to the rear courtyard of the church otherwise known as "The actors church", I was struck by wall to wall arrangements of multicoloured very striking lines of Punch and Judy tents that screamed of historic beach nostalgia from Britains glory days of old.
"Oh no it isn't!!, Oh yes it is !!" Echoed around the courtyard and the distinct yell of "Sausages!",and the clack of wood against wood as Mr Punch received another clobbering from his ever suffering wife and the screech of a Police whistle as Mr Punch was eternally pursued for batting his baby into the stratosphere in a most politically incorrect manner.
I even spotted a pearly King and Queen and of all things a psychedelic pink Policeman and a brass band thrown into the mix for good measure!
The annual Covent Garden May Fayre and Puppet Festival is an event that celebrates the red nosed stick wielding puppet and brings together dozens of puppeteers in a gathering of great entertainment value and nostalgia.
On the wall of the Church an engraving stands prominently in honour to Mr Punch.Covent Garden is in fact the birth place of the troublesome,anarchic chap who was first sighted by Samuel Pepys on May 9th 1662 near this site and the last sunday nearest this date has essentially become his birthday.
So enjoy your sausages Mr Punch but look out for the crocodile,happy birthday!
All images and video shot with a Lumix Lx7.Puppeteer Professor Clive Chandler
Images Copyright Kerry Davies/No unauthorised reproduction/All rights reserved.
Jack in the Green Hastings 2014Posted in Battle of Hastings, beach, britain, Castles, Celtic, Christians, England, europe, feature, Festival, folk, fringe, gawain and the green knight, green man festival, hastings, Jack in the Green festival Hastings, jack-in-the-green, legends, may, mayday, medieval, myths, nature, news, Nikon, pagan, photo, photoblog, Photography, photojournalism, quaint, relax, retro, road trip, saxons, tourism, travel, Uncategorized, unusual, vintage, Wales, walking, walks, writing on May 6th, 2014 by wabisabipix
As the clock ticked over and the Sun rose over Great Britain on May 5th 2014, blowing away the cobwebs of winter, I revisited the Jack in the Green Festival on the south coast of England most famous for being the gateway for the Norman invasion in 1066.
It was a fantastic warm spring day of Morris Dancers and mayhem and quite a sight for the senses.It was held in a field next to Hastings castle and overlooked the splendid sight of the main town in all its glory.At its centre was a stage where performances of various kinds ranging from Morris dancing to belly dancing entertained the masses that descended upon the seaside town.
It starts with a procession around the town and culminates with the symbolic slaying of the Jack of the Green which symbolically frees the spirit and welcomes the transition of the Winter into the Summer.The tradition has many roots and I have another article on the subject earlier in this blog.
Needless to say,this festival never disappoints and is one of the best Green Man festivals in the UK and well worth a visit.
Here are a few shots shot on a Nikon D700 with a 17-35mm f2.8.
More Images can be viewed from previous years at www.surreypix.co.uk.
Images Copyright Kerry davies/No unauthorised usage .
Sardines and the legend of Lefi Ganderson the Goat boyPosted in britain, Celtic, England, english village, Festival, folk, legends, london, lumix lx7, may, mayday, medieval, myths, nature, pagan, photo, photoblog, Photography, quaint, relax, Relics, surrey, tourism, travel, Uncategorized, village, vintage, walking, walks, writing on May 4th, 2014 by wabisabipix
You never know what you will discover during a stroll in the West London area of Kingston,Surbiton and Richmond on May 4th. Today was one of such day. In the quiet town of Surbiton,a popular residential area for commuters working in central London, I was drawn to a large gathering of people in a small quiet park called Claremont Gardens.It transpired that it was the manifestation of the Seething Wells Sardine festival.It's the second year for this event that celebrates the rich history of freshwater sardine fishing in Surbiton. A chance to remember when Seething was famous for its freshwater sardine fishing industry and held its annual festival to celebrate the first catch of the season.There was much merriment and dancing and live folk bands played at the event,a great gathering of the community.The smell of fresh Sardines filled the air and there were various amusements for the youngsters including face painting and magnetic fish catching,even a large number of fairy wing wearing adults.After several great musical performances the day culminated in the crowning of two members of the community who were designated as this years Seething Wells King and Queen of hats.To much applause last years King and Queen swapped hats with this years chosen nominees.Many of the local community was present and also there were banners representing the various ancient guilds in the area such as the ancient Guilds of Seething-The Cheesemakers, The Talcum Miners, The Taxonomists, The Water- Bearers, The Sardine Fishers and The Curriers and I spotted a Cyclists Guild too.Flying on flags were images of a horned rather legendary looking character who also had a prominent statue at the front of the stage. This was a character which I was not previously familiar with but research revealed to me the surprising legend of Lefi Ganderson the Goat Boy,a local half man,half goat character who had a rather cataclysmic clash with a legendary giant.A tale that probably never pops up on the radar of average Londoner but which just goes to show what interesting legends,many ancient,that lie below the surface of even the most quiet,unassuming of places along the banks of the ancient River Thames.They say that if your tired of London,your tired of life and this is an example that there is clearly always stones that remain unturned revealing interesting legends along the way.A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon in the spring sunshine. Lefi Ganderson The Goat Boy
The new King and Queen of hats. Fresh Sardines served to order. For more on the legend of Lefi Ganderson see this excellent portrayal of the tale here:
Pictures Copyright Kerry Davies
All the fun of the fairPosted in britain, camera, classic, english village, enthusiasts, europe, fairground, Festival, galloper, london, may, mayday, moods, news, photo, photoblog, Photography, photojournalism, quaint, relax, restoration, retro, steam engine, steam locomotive, surrey, Uncategorized, vintage, walking, writing on May 4th, 2014 by wabisabipix
The Mayday bank holiday 2014 rolls around and the famous English Carter steam fair rolls into town settling on the village green in leafy Hersham in Surrey.Very much a part of vintage Britain,It is quite a sight to see the superb antique steam fairground rides assembled and running with the nostalgic sounds of ride organs playing the melodic tunes of times past.It was formed in 1977 by John and Anne Carter,collectors of all things vintage and grew from strength to strength into its present form and is very much a part of treasured British heritage that is constantly being lovingly restored and cared for while delighting new generations of children and adults. images and video copyright Kerry Davies/No unauthorised use or reproduction.


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A mix of political and media scrutiny has kept zero-hours contracts firmly in the spotlight – largely due to the potentially unfair limitations they impose on workers coupled with an overall lack of transparency.
Now, following feedback from an initial consultation, the government has launched a further consultation – seeking views on stopping employers potentially sidestepping a ban on exclusivity clauses.
According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics in April this year, there were 1.4 million jobs offered on zero-hours contracts and more than half a million people employed on them. Of these, most were for roles within large companies in the tourism, catering and food sectors.
In publicising the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill on 25 June 2014, the government has effectively confirmed that zero-hours contracts do have a place in this post-recession labour market, but that changes need to be made in order to ensure that unscrupulous employers cannot abuse the flexibility such contracts provide.
One of the key provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill is that exclusivity clauses, which effectively tie a worker to one employer even when no work is available, will be rendered unenforceable. Logically this move makes sense, as it has widely been accepted a necessary modification to the way zero-hours contracts are administered. In fact, a staggering 83% of the 36,000 responses to the government's consultation, launched in December 2013, were in favour of banning exclusivity clauses.
Despite calls from a number of trade unions to ban the use of zero-hours contracts altogether, there is clearly a valid argument in favour of such contracts, as they constitute a means for catering to a more flexible, demand-based need for labour. However, by banning exclusivity, this kind of arrangement can put both parties on an equal footing – the arrangement being just as flexible for the worker as it is for the employer.
Fears have been raised that employers may, however, simply find legal ways of sidestepping the ban on exclusivity clauses, for example by offering a one-hour fixed contract. Other emerging issues are whether the government should do more to deal with potential avoidance of the exclusivity ban in contracts, how such avoidance could be dealt with, whether there should be consequences for employers that attempt to circumvent a ban on exclusivity clauses and, if so, what those consequences should be.
At this stage it is unclear what measures will be introduced to prevent employers sidestepping the ban on exclusivity clauses, and what guidance on implementation will be passed on to employers via the accompanying code of conduct. However, it would be fair to assume that any clause which restricts an individual's ability to pursue additional employment will be deemed to be unenforceable.
The anticipated code of conduct will most likely provide guidance on areas such as the rights and responsibilities of the individual and the employer, how to calculate accrued benefits such as annual leave, best practice in allocation and cancellation of work and how to promote overall clarity.
There is still much uncertainty as to how zero-hours contracts will be administered and exactly how the contents of such contracts will be agreed, enforced and indeed disputed. With the Bill and accompanying code of conduct expected to become law in early 2015, now is an ideal time for employers that use zero-hours contracts to review their current processes to ensure that they are not imposing any unreasonable exclusivity on their workers and that work is allocated on a fair and transparent basis.
Employers who had previously imposed exclusivity clauses on zero-hours workers in order to protect confidential information may want to substitute the exclusivity clause for a specific confidentiality clause in the contract in order to protect their own business interests without falling foul of any future legislation.
The consultation closes on 3 November 2014 and views are welcomed online at https://bisgovuk.citizenspace.com/lm/banning-exclusivity-clauses-avoidance
If you have any questions please contact employment partner Sarah Tahamtani on 0113 336 3314.
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Sashimi is typically ordered as the first course of a meal and simply consists of thinly sliced fresh, raw fish. It is one of the most popular Japanese dishes enjoyed in countries around the world. Despite their differences, it's not uncommon to hear people incorrectly refer to sushi and sashimi interchangeably. Whereas sashimi is often served raw with no other ingredients, sushi is prepared around a rice and vinegar combination and mixed with other ingredients that are sometimes cooked.
The most common types of sashimi found on menus are salmon and tuna. However, it is possible for it to be made with meats such as yellowtail, shrimp, octopus, scallops, sea bass, abalone, sea urchin, and horse mackerel. It is typically served with wasabi, ginger, and soy sauce for some added zest, but these aren't meant to distract the taste buds from experiencing the unique flavor of sashimi.
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Whether or not some form of life extension treatment is possible remains to be seen. Even less imminent than extending lifespan is the prospect of some form regenerative therapies (or modifications) that reduce effective lifespan and restore some form of youthfulness. 'The person on the street' tends to estimate how close these treatments might be.
Most laypeople with an opinion biogerontology assume "these treatments will be centuries in the future", actual specialists with a medical background tend to be more 'optimistic' and postulate some for of accessibility of these treatments somewhere later this century.
Let me describe the prospect of these treatments and what are the variables we can all agree on. I'll abbreviate "Life Extension" as LE and Rejuvenation as RE
Cost: LE/RE treatments may emerge in some form between 2020 and 2100. Early treatments may very well be expensive. High cost of treatments may increase the rate of Defection (see below) and decrease Demand.
Hardship: Hardship is a measure of how painful, uncomfortable or "buggy" treatments would be. If a RE treatments is comparable to the most daunting forms of radio/chemotherapy today then many people will opt not to have them. 'Hardship' can cause LE/RE treatments to remain expensive for a long time (decades?) since it takes mass production (mass demand) to reduce costs.
Triage: Triage is a measure of how much society (the state) finds RE/LE treatments acceptable. If treatments become available in certain price classes (say, 500.000 Euro) then the avilability of treatments will cause massive demand and may have very societally destabilizing effects as hundreds of millions of people try to sell their house and properties to get access to these treatments. This may cause "the state" to intervene and ration the treatments to favour certain categories of people (possibly along meritocratic or aristocratic arguments).
Destablization: Destablization would ber the measure in which RE/LE treatments would somehow end up changing society in a disruptive manner. These treatments may have side effects, some bad (treated patients are unable to 'work' for a decade, or patients suffer from regenerative amnesia) or very good (treatments increase measure IQ by 25 points, or reduce sleep requirement to 2 hours a day). I speculated on plausible side effects and I conclused this is a distinctive possibility. Note that societal backlash can be categorized as form of destabilization.
Defection: Defection is the rate in which people in certain demographics choose not to consume RE/LE. This may be because of cultural preferances (religion?) but it may also be because treatments are very painful, very uncomfortable, have many negative side effects or maybe treatments are gruesomely expensive.
Against Life
The human that has singlehandedly saved most lives world wide may very well have been Maurice Hilleman. In the late 19th to mid 20th century there was a small number of cynics who insisted that vaccinations (and other treatments intended to make people live longer lives) would contribute to Malthusian overpopulation. It is interesting to realize that many of these objections were based on class-prejudice and racism. People who objected to child vaccinations tended to not like poor people very much, and didn't want 'their' world overrun by the kind of people they took offense to. These sentiments are by no means dead. A very common objection to the mere realization of RE/LE treatments is that "the world would quickly overpopulate". When quizzed strikingly many people today insist that RE/LE might "have to be declared illegal to avoid an overpopulation disaster". These people seem to be unable to infer comparisons from earlier Life Extension treatments (clean drinking water, sanitation, healthy diets, environmental protection laws, vaccinations) from which they benefited, and regard Biogerontological Life Extension as something different altogether.
The process of development of actual "biological immortality" is likely to be a long trajectory of dead ends and catastrophes. The beta stage of life extension may come with painful episodes and failures. Early adopters may end up forking out large sums of private capital for treatments that may or may not work. If earliest stage regenerative treatments were to emerge in the 2020s it may be decades before these treatments would end up safe, affordable, comfortable and easy to use. What is worse – such treatments don't have a convenient fit in the current medical corporate sector. What does a LE or RE treatment actually do? Does it make people less dependant on other medical treatments? If that is the case many established medical conglomerates may very well vehemently object against these treatments, and declare them "snake oil" or "pseudoscience". It is thus quite likely that on the earliest years of emerging LE/RE many consumers may reject these treatments basing their choices on vicious and deceptive media campaigns.
This is nothing new. Condoms can essentially be qualified as a form of Life Extension, yet very large media conglomerates imprint their preferences upon impressionable consumers as to insist that Condom use is somehow undesirable. It can easily be argued that such media campaigns (as for instance – executed by the Catholic Church) have contributed greatly to human suffering and early deaths of millions of human beings. All while thinking these policies are fully aimed at some kind of ephemeral good.
There are powerful entities and sentiments in the world. Some are organized, others are gut-based. These entities and sentiments can make decidedly wrong choices on the best of intentions, and these institutions or people do whatever they can to make themselves inaccessible to dialogue or accountability.
For the first time in human history there is a fleeting possibility that human beings may use emerging technologies (i.e., might use arguable future technologies) to change the human condition. Apparently such possibility is met with quite a bit of denial ("these things will prove impossibe") or rejection ("these things should not be allowed").
Let's look at the possibility that Life Extension might be made illegal. I can only state that the mere possibility of LE/RE will make it emerge. The process of emergence of these treatments may take years, it may take decades and it might even take centuries. But some time in the future, barring a collapse of civilization, people will be able to live substantially longer lives. We have done this before, and it turned out for the best. In the last two centuries average lifespans have all but doubled. Everyone (with the possible exception of madpeople) takes this for granted as an achievement of progress and civilization. We have made considerable strides forward in extending life on this world, and nearly everyone concludes this to be a good thing. Some consequences of so many people living longer lives may have proven undesirable, but the joy of billions of humans living longer, healthier lives has undeniably proved to be a good thing.
This has been discussed before in many forums and books. So let me express what I am deeply concerned about.
I know for a fact that there are impulses in the human spirit that seek to actively curtail any continued progress in the extension of human lives. These impulses will at some point translate in to outright demands, and these demands may very soon translate in to legislation.
I insist to anyone reading this that any law, any implicit or explicit policy that seeks to curtail the emergence or availability of technologies that have the credible capacity to affordably extend lives – even if it just by a few months or years – must not be in any way constrained. I'll go further. I propose the Transhuman, Singularitarian, Extropian and Progressive communities to fully come to terms with this grizzly possibility of anti-Life Extension legislation or policy.
I suggest we'd do the reverse. I suggest we start to lobby right now as to legislate that any attempt to constrain longevity (implicit or intentional, hidden or public) to be made illegal in every available international law. It is time to proactively ensconse the ambition of human beings to simply live substantially longer (or indefinite) lives – (and to universally encourage these human beings to turn their ambitions in to actions) in to rock solid legal guarantees.
In the next few decades I can easily see negative, cynical, nihilistic elements in international extremist political movements, radicals in government or the corporate sector seeking means to conspire against a range of life extension therapies. I already hear voices of extreme dismissal, if not a clarion call of opposition. Let's call these voices for what they are – these are people seeking the deaths of other human beings.
There are international treaties that seek to define human rights. I propose we as a technoprogressive community seek to implement laws that declare we as humans have the natural and inalienable right to seek Life Extension, Rejuvenation and "Indefinite Lifespans", but also we should seek to implement binding laws and treaties that punish whatever entities or groups of people that are found to curtail such ambitions, or to otherwise enact policies or propaganda that advocates constraint of human lifespans. It is time to prosecute these "Death-ist" ambitions for what they are – crimes against humanity.
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It took me a while to become invested in this novel, but I'm glad I stuck with it. The story
begins in 1870 with veterans of the Crimean war seated around a table together. As they discuss their past battles, a young, sensitive boy listens to their stories and wonders if he can successfully join in the tradition of his military ancestors.
Although Harry Feversham follows in their footsteps, he has no taste for military life. When he leaves the army, he is branded as a coward and must regain his honor in the eyes of those he loves. Since it takes him six years to do that, you won't find a lot of fast-moving action in this book. But if you enjoy better-than-average writing and some good ideas to chew on, you'll appreciate this book, which has been the source of at least four movie adaptations.
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May 6, 2010
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There are different styles of taking notes:
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Electrophoretic methods – electrophoresis and immunofixation
Reproducibility of the results, even for the same commercial method, although gradually improving as the studies advance, it is still insufficient, particularly for low concentrations and clearly inferior to that of nephelometry and turbidimetry. Collaboration is required with producers to achieve a necessary better standardization of electrophoretic methods in general.
The sensitivity of commercial Electrophoresis (EPh) and Immunofixation (IFX), on the samples examined, is inferior to nephelometry and turbidimetry. Detection limit should be comparable to those of immunochemical methods (around 0.5 mg/dl)
Immunochemical methods – nephelometry and turbidimetry
Reproducibility of results, in all studies performed, is confirmed as very good, even for low concentrations with all the reagents used.
Sensitivity is very good, both with reagents for "Total" Light Chains (Bound and Free Light Chains) and those for Free Light Chains.
Expression of the "Total" Light Chain result is formally different between Behring and Beckman on a 3.33 factor. Uniformity would be convenient.
Operational recommendations
Meetings held after the experiments have allowed the two "most advanced" groups to formalize some "Operational Recommendations" drafts:
"Forlí" Commission
Their document proposes some base characteristics which the methods and protocols used for BJP qualitative and quantitative determination should comply with.
"Liguria" Commission
Their document integrates the above and complementing it with two proposals:
- mask for the report
- assessment proposal for quantitative determination
Considerations for the report
Given the focus multiplicity and different characteristics of the routine methods used, it has been considered convenient that the laboratory report should:
- clearly indicate the use of a "Screening method" and in which case, detail the need of a "confirmation test" in the event of a positive result
- include information on sample type and methods used, particularly on their sensitivity, to achieve a starting point base for comparing the results obtained from the different laboratories
A specific report example, contemplating these considerations, is that proposed by the "Liguria" commission:
Test Name: Bence Jones Protein study First level test: Sample: random urine, 24h urine, etc. Method: EPh, Nephel., etc. (sensitivity <insert sensitivity here> mg/dl) Result: [_] Negative [_] Confirmation test needed (Waiting time: <insert waiting time here>) Confirmation test: Sample: random urine, 24h urine, etc. Method: IFX (detail characteristics) (sensitivity <insert sensitivity here> mg/dl) Result: <insert result here>
Other "positive effects"
Other positive effects obtained thanks to the strategy adopted with multicentric studies are:
- Better "state-of-the-art" knowledge and comparison of the participating laboratories
- Evidencing methods have turned out to be not very reliable and subsequent abandon: Total Proteins
- Progressive improvement of the characteristics of the methods used
- Advances in the BJP study uniformity
- Availability of samples verified in the multicentric works and consequently the possibility of objective comparison of the different methods available
- Possibility of applying and expanding the same strategy and work methodology adopted to subsequent studies


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Vermin is a new vehicle featured in Twisted Metal (2012). It is a similarly modeled Ford Econoline with a yellow paintjob, complete with a mechanical mouse and rodent catcher.
Vermin's primary special is a "Rat Rocket" with strong homing capabilities (30 dmg). The secondary special "Piloted Rat Rocket" lets you manually guide the rocket which can be detonated for and area-of-effect attack (20 dmg), locked on (50 dmg) or directly guided into opponents to inflict maximum damage (100 dmg). It operates similarly to the missiles in Nuke Mode.
Vermin is unlockable during online rank matches in the Tier 1 section of the vehicles (Multiplayer) or by completing Mr. Grimm's second event (Single Player).
- While the "Piloted Rat Rocket" is being guided, an instrumental of "Three Blind Mice" is played until detonation.
- Just like the missiles in Nuke, the "Piloted Rat Rocket" can be shot down.
- Vermin shares the same name of a vehicle in the 1998 car combat game "Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012" (developed by SingleTrac). However, in TM 2012, Vermin is a 1970's Ford van, while in Rogue Trip, the vehicle is a 1940's Ford coupe.
- In additon, Vermin shares the same motif of "Intruder" (driven by an amateur superhero known as Ratman), another vehicle in "Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012".
- Vermin appears in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale in the level Time Station, a level based on Ape Escape that crosses over with Twisted Metal, Patapon, God of War, Jak and Daxter, and most notably, Resistance. Specter is trying to summon an enemy to harm the players, and one "enemy" that appears in the Vermin van. As the van stays parked on the platform, one of Specter's monkeys playfully rides on top of the "Piloted Rat Rocket" and circle the laboratory.
- This is the second exterminator vehicle to appear in the Twisted Metal series (The first being Goggle Eyes).
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|Twisted Metal (2012)
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Assistant Technical Development Manager
Our Technical Packaging Team are responsible for providing packaging technology expertise, knowledge, advice, and leadership across all flexible packaging formats. This is to ensure that the client meets its supply (availability, quality, cost and compliance) objectives.
We are now looking to strengthen the team through the recruitment of a Technical Packaging Development Manager, based at the clients Head Office. This role will include a degree of regional travel to manage all UK and European packaging aspects including-
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