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Chapter V: Discoveries In The Garden.
Left by herself, Miss de Sor turned back again by way of the trees.
So far, her interview with the drawing-master had helped to pass the time. Some girls might have found it no easy task to arrive at a true view of the character of Alban Morris. Francine's essentially superficial observation set him down as "a little mad," and left him there, judged and dismissed to her own entire satisfaction.
Arriving at the lawn, she discovered Emily pacing backward and forward, with her head down and her hands behind her, deep in thought. Francine's high opinion of herself would have carried her past any of the other girls, unless they had made special advances to her. She stopped and looked at Emily.
It is the sad fate of little women in general to grow too fat and to be born with short legs. Emily's slim finely-strung figure spoke for itself as to the first of these misfortunes, and asserted its happy freedom from the second, if she only walked across a room. Nature had built her, from head to foot, on a skeleton-scaffolding in perfect proportion. Tall or short matters little to the result, in women who possess the first and foremost advantage of beginning well in their bones. When they live to old age, they often astonish thoughtless men, who walk behind them in the street. "I give you my honor, she was as easy and upright as a young girl; and when you got in front of her and looked--white hair, and seventy years of age."
Francine approached Emily, moved by a rare impulse in her nature--the impulse to be sociable. "You look out of spirits," she began. "Surely you don't regret leaving school?"
In her present mood, Emily took the opportunity (in the popular phrase) of snubbing Francine. "You have guessed wrong; I do regret," she answered. "I have found in Cecilia my dearest friend at school. And school brought with it the change in my life which has helped me to bear the loss of my father. If you must know what I was thinking of just now, I was thinking or my aunt. She has not answered my last letter--and I'm beginning to be afraid she is ill."
"I'm very sorry," said Francine.
"Why? You don't know my aunt; and you have only known me since yesterday afternoon. Why are you sorry?"
Francine remained silent. Without realizing it, she was beginning to feel the dominant influence that Emily exercised over the weaker natures that came in contact with her. To find herself irresistibly attracted by a stranger at a new school--an unfortunate little creature, whose destiny was to earn her own living--filled the narrow mind of Miss de Sor with perplexity. Having waited in vain for a reply, Emily turned away, and resumed the train of thought which her schoolfellow had interrupted.
By an association of ideas, of which she was not herself aware, she now passed from thinking of her aunt to thinking of Miss Jethro. The interview of the previous night had dwelt on her mind at intervals, in the hours of the new day.
Acting on instinct rather than on reason, she had kept that remarkable incident in her school life a secret from every one. No discoveries had been made by other persons. In speaking to her staff of teachers, Miss Ladd had alluded to the affair in the most cautious terms. "Circumstances of a private nature have obliged the lady to retire from my school. When we meet after the holidays, another teacher will be in her place." There, Miss Ladd's explanation had begun and ended. Inquiries addressed to the servants had led to no result. Miss Jethro's luggage was to be forwarded to the London terminus of the railway--and Miss Jethro herself had baffled investigation by leaving the school on foot. Emily's interest in the lost teacher was not the transitory interest of curiosity; her father's mysterious friend was a person whom she honestly desired to see again. Perplexed by the difficulty of finding a means of tracing Miss Jethro, she reached the shady limit of the trees, and turned to walk back again. Approaching the place at which she and Francine had met, an idea occurred to her. It was just possible that Miss Jethro might not be unknown to her aunt.
Still meditating on the cold reception that she had encountered, and still feeling the influence which mastered her in spite of herself, Francine interpreted Emily's return as an implied expression of regret. She advanced with a constrained smile, and spoke first.
"How are the young ladies getting on in the schoolroom?" she asked, by way of renewing the conversation.
Emily's face assumed a look of surprise which said plainly, Can't you take a hint and leave me to myself?
Francine was constitutionally impenetrable to reproof of this sort; her thick skin was not even tickled. "Why are you not helping them," she went on; "you who have the clearest head among us and take the lead in everything?"
It may be a humiliating confession to make, yet it is surely true that we are all accessible to flattery. Different tastes appreciate different methods of burning incense--but the perfume is more or less agreeable to all varieties of noses. Francine's method had its tranquilizing effect on Emily. She answered indulgently, "Miss de Sor, I have nothing to do with it."
"Nothing to do with it? No prizes to win before you leave school?"
"I won all the prizes years ago."
"But there are recitations. Surely you recite?"
Harmless words in themselves, pursuing the same smooth course of flattery as before--but with what a different result! Emily's face reddened with anger the moment they were spoken. Having already irritated Alban Morris, unlucky Francine, by a second mischievous interposition of accident, had succeeded in making Emily smart next. "Who has told you," she burst out; "I insist on knowing!"
"Nobod y has told me anything!" Francine declared piteously.
"Nobody has told you how I have been insulted?"
"No, indeed! Oh, Miss Brown, who could insult you?"
In a man, the sense of injury does sometimes submit to the discipline of silence. In a woman--never. Suddenly reminded of her past wrongs (by the pardonable error of a polite schoolfellow), Emily committed the startling inconsistency of appealing to the sympathies of Francine!
"Would you believe it? I have been forbidden to recite--I, the head girl of the school. Oh, not to-day! It happened a month ago--when we were all in consultation, making our arrangements. Miss Ladd asked me if I had decided on a piece to recite. I said,
'I have not only decided, I have learned the piece.' 'And what may it be?' 'The dagger-scene in Macbeth.' There was a howl--I can call it by no other name--a howl of indignation. A man's soliloquy, and, worse still, a murdering man's soliloquy, recited by one of Miss Ladd's young ladies, before an audience of parents and guardians! That was the tone they took with me. I was as firm as a rock. The dagger-scene or nothing. The result is--nothing! An insult to Shakespeare, and an insult to Me. I felt it--I feel it still. I was prepared for any sacrifice in the cause of the drama. If Miss Ladd had met me in a proper spirit, do you know what I would have done? I would have played Macbeth in costume. Just hear me, and judge for yourself. I begin with a dreadful vacancy in my eyes, and a hollow moaning in my voice: 'Is this a dagger that I see before me--?'"
Reciting with her face toward the trees, Emily started, dropped the character of Macbeth, and instantly became herself again: herself, with a rising color and an angry brightening of the eyes. "Excuse me, I can't trust my memory: I must get the play." With that abrupt apology, she walked away rapidly in the direction of the house.
In some surprise, Francine turned, and looked at the trees. She discovered--in full retreat, on his side--the eccentric drawing-master, Alban Morris.
Did he, too, admire the dagger-scene? And was he modestly desirous of hearing it recited, without showing himself? In that case, why should Emily (whose besetting weakness was certainly not want of confidence in her own resources) leave the garden the moment she caught sight of him? Francine consulted her instincts. She had just arrived at a conclusion which expressed itself outwardly by a malicious smile, when gentle Cecilia appeared on the lawn--a lovable object in a broad straw hat and a white dress, with a nosegay in her bosom--smiling, and fanning herself.
"It's so hot in the schoolroom," she said, "and some of the girls, poor things, are so ill-tempered at rehearsal--I have made my escape. I hope you got your breakfast, Miss de Sor. What have you been doing here, all by yourself?"
"I have been making an interesting discovery," Francine replied.
"An interesting discovery in our garden? What can it be?"
"The drawing-master, my dear, is in love with Emily. Perhaps she doesn't care about him. Or, perhaps, I have been an innocent obstacle in the way of an appointment between them."
Cecilia had breakfasted to her heart's content on her favorite dish--buttered eggs. She was in such good spirits that she was inclined to be coquettish, even when there was no man present to fascinate. "We are not allowed to talk about love in this school," she said--and hid her face behind her fan. "Besides, if it came to Miss Ladd's ears, poor Mr. Morris might lose his situation."
"But isn't it true?" asked Francine.
"It may be true, my dear; but nobody knows. Emily hasn't breathed a word about it to any of us. And Mr. Morris keeps his own secret. Now and then we catch him looking at her--and we draw our own conclusions."
"Did you meet Emily on your way here?"
"Yes, and she passed without speaking to me."
"Thinking perhaps of Mr. Morris."
Cecilia shook her head. "Thinking, Francine, of the new life before her--and regretting, I am afraid, that she ever confided her hopes and wishes to me. Did she tell you last night what her prospects are when she leaves school?"
"She told me you had been very kind in helping her. I daresay I should have heard more, if I had not fallen asleep. What is she going to do?"
"To live in a dull house, far away in the north," Cecilia answered; "with only old people in it. She will have to write and translate for a great scholar, who is studying mysterious inscriptions--hieroglyphics, I think they are called--found among the ruins of Central America. It's really no laughing matter, Francine! Emily made a joke of it, too. 'I'll take anything but a situation as a governess,' she said; 'the children who have Me to teach them would be to be pitied indeed!' She begged and prayed me to help her to get an honest living. What could I do? I could only write home to papa. He is a member of Parliament: and everybody who wants a place seems to think he is bound to find it for them. As it happened, he had heard from an old friend of his
(a certain Sir Jervis Redwood), who was in search of a secretary. Being in favor of letting the women compete for employment with the men, Sir Jervis was willing to try, what he calls, 'a female.' Isn't that a horrid way of speaking of us? and Miss Ladd says it's ungrammatical, besides. Papa had written back to say he knew of no lady whom he could recommend. When he got my letter speaking of Emily, he kindly wrote again. In the interval, Sir Jervis had received two applications for the vacant place. They were both from old ladies--and he declined to employ them."
"Because they were old," Francine suggested maliciously.
"You shall hear him give his own reasons, my dear. Papa sent me an extract from his letter. It made me rather angry; and (perhaps for that reason) I think I can repeat it word for word:--'We are four old people in this house, and we don't want a fifth. Let us have a young one to cheer us. If your daughter's friend likes the terms, and is not encumbered with a sweetheart, I will send for her when the school breaks up at midsummer.' Coarse and selfish--isn't it? However, Emily didn't agree with me, when I showed her the extract. She accepted the place, very much to her aunt's surprise and regret, when that excellent person heard of it. Now that the time has come (though Emily won't acknowledge it), I believe she secretly shrinks, poor dear, from the prospect."
"Very likely," Francine agreed--without even a pretense of sympathy. "But tell me, who are the four old people?"
"First, Sir Jervis himself--seventy, last birthday. Next, his unmarried sister--nearly eighty. Next, his man-servant, Mr. Rook--well past sixty. And last, his man-servant's wife, who considers herself young, being only a little over forty. That is the household. Mrs. Rook is coming to-day to attend Emily on the journey to the North; and I am not at all sure that Emily will like her."
"A disagreeable woman, I suppose?"
"No--not exactly that. Rather odd and flighty. The fact is, Mrs. Rook has had her troubles; and perhaps they have a little unsettled her. She and her husband used to keep the village inn, close to our park: we know all about them at home. I am sure I pity these poor people. What are you looking at, Francine?"
Feeling no sort of interest in Mr. and Mrs. Rook, Francine was studying her schoolfellow's lovely face in search of defects. She had already discovered that Cecilia's eyes were placed too widely apart, and that her chin wanted size and character.
"I was admiring your complexion, dear," she answered coolly. "Well, and why do you pity the Rooks?"
Simple Cecilia smiled, and went on with her story.
"They are obliged to go out to service in their old age, through a misfortune for which they are in no way to blame. Their customers deserted the inn, and Mr. Rook became bankrupt. The inn got what they call a bad name--in a very dreadful way. There was a murder committed in the house."
"A murder?" cried Francine. "Oh, this is exciting! You provoking girl, why didn't you tell me about it before?"
"I didn't think of it," said Cecilia placidly.
"Do go on! Were you at home when it happened?"
"I w as here, at school."
"You saw the newspapers, I suppose?"
"Miss Ladd doesn't allow us to read newspapers. I did hear of it, however, in letters from home. Not that there was much in the letters. They said it was too horrible to be described. The poor murdered gentleman--"
Francine was unaffectedly shocked. "A gentleman!" she exclaimed. "How dreadful!"
"The poor man was a stranger in our part of the country," Cecilia resumed; "and the police were puzzled about the motive for a murder. His pocketbook was missing; but his watch and his rings were found on the body. I remember the initials on his linen because they were the same as my mother's initial before she was married--'J. B.' Really, Francine, that's all I know about it."
"Surely you know whether the murderer was discovered?"
"Oh, yes--of course I know that! The government offered a reward; and clever people were sent from London to help the county police. Nothing came of it. The murderer has never been discovered, from that time to this."
"When did it happen?"
"It happened in the autumn."
"The autumn of last year?"
"No! no! Nearly four years since."Next


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Vitamin D helps maintain bone health, but could it also help prevent cancer? Researchers think it could lower the risk of colon cancer, because of its role in pathways related to cell growth and regulation.
This large international study looked at vitamin D blood levels of 5,700 people with colon cancer and 7,100 without it in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. This new research comes from scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the American Cancer Society (ACS), the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and 20 other medical centers around the world.
The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that being deficient in vitamin D (under 30nmol/L) was associated with a 31 percent higher risk of colon cancer in both men and women, after they followed them for an average of 5.5 years.
Having "adequate" levels of vitamin D was linked with a 22 percent lower risk of colon cancer in women, but no significant difference in men. At higher blood levels, beyond 100nmol/L, there was no added benefit.
Colon cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the U.S., and represents 8.1 percent of all new cancer cases. According to the ACS, the lifetime risk of colon cancer is 1 in 22 for men, and 1 in 24 for women.
It is important to be aware that too much vitamin D can be a problem. The Food and Nutrition Board at the Institute of Medicine previously suggested avoiding levels over 125-150nmol/L, due to possible links to kidney stones, mortality, pancreatic cancer, cardiovascular events, and falls and fractures.
What is the sweet spot for vitamin D levels? Future recommendations on optimal vitamin D doses may trend higher (75-100nmol/L) for colon cancer prevention. Now the dose recommended for bone health is a bit lower (less than 50nmol/L).
Though vitamin D is created when skin is exposed to sunlight, people should not spend more time in the sun to change their colon cancer risk – because their skin cancer risk would rise. Experts recommend that the best way to up vitamin D intake is from food (egg yolks, dairy, or fatty fish like salmon, tuna, mackerel). With regards to supplements, people should talk to their doctors regarding a blood test to measure their vitamin D levels, to determine if their levels are low enough to require supplements. Other studies have found vitamin supplements aren't as effective as vitamins from food.
There's more work to do. This study used just a single blood sample to estimate vitamin D levels, and it's an observational study that only lasted a few years. Since the researchers didn't take any action, they just looked at associations, they can't say that low levels of vitamin D "caused" colon cancer, just that they are linked somehow. In addition, some racial/ethnic subgroups were not well represented in this study.


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Hi! I'm Hazel, and this is a quick overview of the bosses in the Court of Stars as they appear on the Legion Alpha. Court of Stars is a three-boss dungeon coming in Legion, where you'll fight the Nightborne elves in the Noble District of Suramar. Because of one dungeon mechanic in particular, this instance is going to be absolutely hilarious for challenge mode speedruns unless you're actually trying to do it in which case it's kind of awful. We'll get to that in a bit. The first boss you'll meet in the Court of Stars is good old Patrol Captain Gerdo. Periodically he'll cast Arcane Lockdown, which applies a debuff to everyone. The debuff will slow your movement by 30% and inflict damage over time, and you can remove stacks of it by jumping. There's a big fat raid warning telling you to jump, so that's a hard one to forget. Flask of the Solemn Night increases his haste and damage by 30%, so healers and tanks should save their cooldowns for when he has that up.
Resonant Slash and Streetsweeper are two ground-targeted abilties to dodge that will emanate out from the boss- move your feet and you should be clear of both of those. Last, Signal Beacon will summon aid from active watchposts and bring adds. Kill adds, dodge the cone attacks and jump like a bunny and he should go down pretty easily. The next boss you'll run into is Talixae Flamewreath with her pack of demons. The demons buff each other by a lot, so engaging the whole pack of them at once is a terrible idea.
Wait for them to split off and kill them one at a time as you clear trash. Once you've done that, her fight is fairly simple. She'll stack up Burning Intensity over the fight, which will deal damage and ramp up her Fire Damage done. Save healing cooldowns for later in the fight to deal with that. Withering Soul is a stacking debuff that affects the whole party, reducing their maximum health and movement speed. As a healer, dispel your tank first to keep their stacks low and then take it off your DPS if their stacks start getting overwhelming. Infernal Eruption will blast players into the air and leave fire on the ground after, so players will need to keep enough movement speed to avoid that damage. As a DPS, just dodge the fire and kill her before it gets too ugly. This next encounter isn't exactly a boss fight but will be a big sticking point for speedruns.
I like to call this the Spy Movie Interlude. You'll enter the Jeweled Estate and talk to some Nightborne to collect clues. Your mission is to use those clues to locate the spy to move onto the rest of the dungeon. Accuse an innocent partygoer and you'll be ported out of the hall and stunned for twenty seconds before you can go back and try again. The clues will rule out people based on their clothes- for example in my run the spy would be wearing gloves, no cape, no long sleeves, they'd have potions on their belt and a light colored vest.
The location of the spy and presumably the clues will change with each run, so good luck with this. It's pretty fun when you aren't in a hurry, but I can see this getting old very quickly. Once you've nailed the Suspicious Noble, follow them outside and you'll kill them as a mini boss. After that, it's time for the final boss. Advisor Melandrus has just a couple of very straightforward abilties, but will summon images of himself that also have those same abilities so it can get kind of Tectus-y as time goes on. Piercing Gale does damage in a straight line in front of the boss or image, so keep an eye on the direction that they're facing.
Slicing Maelstrom is an unavoidable AOE that your healer will need to cope with, and will also be cast by the images. Blade Surge dahses the boss to a player, and deals damage within 5 yards of them so spread out a little for that. Players struck will have a strong bleed on them and Blade Surge leaves behind a new image of the boss. Kill him quickly before he makes too many of these or the fight gets out of control. So that's Court of Stars! Overall this dungeon took us roughly 40 minutes, which included a couple of wipes and a fair bit of time spent on the whole spy finding thing. Thanks for watching, let me know what you think and have a wonderful, wonderfuld day. Bye!.
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The skill of how to grow potatoes in containers is a surprisingly simple one to learn! Great news for people restricted by the amount of growing space they have.
The science of how to grow potatoes in containers is a surprisingly simple one, and thanks to this method, potatoes can be grown in very restricted spaces using containers, bags, pots, sandbags, or specially designed potato planters & barrels.This is great news for people like me, who are restricted by the amount of growing space they have available to them. I have a tiny patio on which I am trying to grow as much food as possible, and thanks to this simple method, it means I can enjoy growing potatoes too!
It's easy to get good results with just a little understanding of how the basic arrangement works.
Potato BasicsPotatoes are grown from 'seed potatoes' or 'tubers' which are grown specifically for replanting, and are not intended for Human consumption (edible potatoes are known as tablestock). Seed potatoes are grown under strict conditions so that they can be certified as disease free. However, after saying that, if you have a bunch of regular potatoes sat in the bottom of the cupboard that have started to sprout, you should be able to plant those too, although they may not grow as successfully or as aggressively as dedicated seed potatoes.
There are many varieties of potato that all fall within the following categories:
* First early * Second early * Early main crop * Main crop * Late main crop.
How to Grow Potatoes in Containers
The first earlies are planted early in the year, and provide the first crop. Some first earlies can be planted as early as February and produce a crop within about 100 days in May. Second earlies will take three to four months to mature and are planted a few weeks after the first earlies, giving you another crop in June-July. The early main crop potatoes are planted a few weeks after the second earlies and will take four to five months to mature, and so on, eventually bringing us to the late main crop varieties which can be harvested as late-on in the year as November, or even Christmas with some new varieties being introduced. So get your timings right, and you can have potatoes almost all year round.
Crop Rotation It's also important to understand that potatoes favour crop rotation and will not grow well in the same soil for at least three years. However, other plants will do well in the same soil after potatoes have grown there, such as brassicas and root vegetables. Obviously if you are growing in bags or pots, you can change the soil each year, but be sure to clean the pots thoroughly with something like a 3% Hydrogen Peroxide solution.
Chitting Chitting is another important element when learning how to grow potatoes, and is where you encourage your seed potatoes to start sprouting and growing shoots. Chitting is not essential, and the un-sprouted tubers can be planted as they are, but chitting will aid greatly in getting an earlier crop.
To chit them, simply leave your seed potatoes in a cool dark place. There does seem to be some confusion as to whether they should be left in the light or in the dark, so I put it to the test. With my first early seed potatoes this year, I put some of them on the windowsill in the light, and some of them in the dark cupboard under the stairs. The ones under the stairs sprouted nicely, but the ones in the light did not sprout (I've now moved them all under the stairs.) So hopefully that simple test has cleared up any doubts or confusion.
The key here is to allow a small number of eyes to sprout on each potato, not more than about two or three. Any more than that and the crop will become weak, yielding only small potatoes, so once you have three good sprouts, remove the rest by rubbing them off with your thumb. This will give a slightly smaller yield but the potatoes will be much larger.
You can also cut the seed potatoes into two, or even three separate plants. Just ensure that there is at least one, but preferably several eyes on each segment. It is also suggested that the smaller you divide the seed potato, the smaller your resulting potatoes will be, so do not cut them up too much. Some gardeners say no more than halves, others will not cut them at all.Once cut, the potatoes will need to heal and callous over by allowing them to dry for a few days.
How to Grow Potatoes in Containers As I said earlier, learning how to grow potatoes is a very simple and straight forward process. All you need is a nice sunny spot, and a container. You can use any kind of container from a dark polythene bag to a dustbin, and pretty much anything sized between. Some gardeners use discarded compost bags as they are an ideal size. You could also make a large circular loop of chicken-wire and line the inside of it with cardboard, then add soil as per the instructions below. At the end of the growing season, just cut away the chicken-wire and you'll be left with a big pile of earth full of potatoes!
Regardless of what container you choose, the most important thing is to ensure it has plenty of drainage i.e. lots of holes cut or drilled into the bottom to allow water to run out. Also, if the container is translucent or will let in light, you will need to cover it with something such as cardboard or newspaper to prevent the light hitting the growing spuds.
Once you've chosen your container, follow these simple steps:
1. Fill your container / bag with four to six inches of good quality compost.
2. Place your tubers onto the top of the compost, so the sprouts (if chitted), or eyes are pointing upwards. Space them sparingly - for a twelve inch diameter container, only use a maximum of three tubers. For a fourteen inch diameter container use about four tubers, and so on.
3. Cover the tubers with another four to five inches of compost, and water sparingly. From here on, keep the soil continuously moist but never wet.
4. If you are using a flexible bag as a container, it would be a good idea to roll down the sides, to help the sunlight reach the plant foliage as they grow.
5. As the plants appear and grow taller, continue "earthing up" by adding more soil so that only the top inch or so of the plant is peeking through the soil. The new potatoes will form in an upwards and outward direction from the original planted seed potato, so continue "earthing up" until you reach about 1.5ft(18in) to 2ft(24in) of soil depth.
Harvesting The potatoes will be ready for harvesting when the plants start to turn yellow, but they will start providing an edible a crop before then. Get your hands into the soil and have a rummage around. If any potatoes feel ready to be harvested, then by-all-means pick them. Green potatoes are poisonous – avoid. An important thing to remember when learning how to grow potatoes, is that the potato plant is a member of the nightshade family!
Harvesting The potatoes will be ready for harvesting when the plants start to turn yellow, but they will start providing an edible a crop before then. Get your hands into the soil and have a rummage around. If any potatoes feel ready to be harvested, then by-all-means pick them. Green potatoes are poisonous – avoid. An important thing to remember when learning how to grow potatoes, is that the potato plant is a member of the nightshade family!
Freshly harvested potatoes are fabulous if eaten straight away! If you intend to store them, allow then to dry a little in the sun for an hour or two, then place in paper or cloth bags and store in a cool dark place.
A good companion for your potato plants would be beans, marigolds and cabbages.
There are varieties out there on the market nowadays that are much more resistant to these issues. Another way to help protect your crop is to feed it with organic composts rather than with artificial fertilisers which can attract more pests.Also, growing potatoes in containers will help to minimise the risks, especially if you are using new compost / soil each time.
Buying fresh tubers each year from reputable dealers will usually ensure a trouble-free disease-free growing season.
Seed potatoes are grown in certified disease-free areas, often at high altitude to ensure the crop remains disease free. This is necessary because of the generational deterioration issues.
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On the second day at our food photography retreat in the wonderful villa of La Quercia Estate outside of Florence, Italy, we woke up to clouds heavy with rain. In other words, perfect light for moody food photography! Veronica had prepared a day full of cooking classes in her studio kitchen, and she also invited us into her private home to browse through old treasures while sipping espresso and keeping her company as she baked a savory zucchini cake.
In early January, Tania & Maria from EaTravel reached out to me and asked if I wanted to come hang out with them + a bunch of talented food bloggers at a gorgeous villa in Tuscany. We stayed at La Quercia Estate, which an old, completely restored, villa near the village Impruneta, about 30 min by car from Florence. Veronica & Margherita, mother and daughter, runs the place. They kindly let us all stay there completely for free, while totally spoiling us with good food.
Missed my previous posts about this retreat?
Here you can read about day 1
And here you'll find the step-by-step chocolate cake recipe that Veronica made for us
A high and narrow window let in plenty of side light into Veronica's dining room. In the drawers and cupboards, we found everything from gold-plated crystal glasses to silver cutlery and lace napkins. The large mahogany dining table functioning as a creative playground for arranging still lives or simply shooting the treasures as is. Sometimes the random and messy makes the dreamiest of photographs.
We had no plan for this "prop session". Other than passing the time and exploring this private part of the estate while the rain poured down and while Veronica was baking.
Carolina captured me while shooting props. Unwashed hair in a messy bun with a bit of lipstick is how I move through the world most days ;-)
Clearly there were interesting motives to capture from all angles ;-) Ingrid snapped this pic of me & Carolina.
Valentina came up with the brilliant idea to shoot the inside of the drawers, exposing what hidden treasures could be found there.
And there were napkins and table cloths to host an entire wedding party (or a food styling workshop ;-).
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Veronica's backyard. Looking out over the terraced vineyards.
This was probably my favorite corner of the house. Gorgeous old art books and little gems from who knows when.
Savory zucchini cake with cheese, pine nuts, poppy & sesame seeds.
Can't let a precious photo moment like this one pass! I think Carolina was very eager to drink that espresso, but when your nails match the cups so perfectly you gotta wait for everyone to capture it first ;-)
Around midday we were ready for the cooking class of the day. On the menu were homemade sun-dried tomato gnocchi with artichokes, spinach salad with blueberries, cheese and vinaigrette and classic chocolate cake with raspberries. And the savory zucchini cake of course, which we ate while cooking so that we wouldn't starve to death (shooting while cooking takes time folks! Hours upon hours. Totally worth it tho).
First, trimming. We only used the hearts for this recipe.
Drop them into a bowl of lemon water, to keep them fresh.
I really fell in love with this scene above, as it represents our visit at La Quercia Estate so well. This amazingly warm and sparkly woman dedicating her whole weekend to cooking the one delicious Italian dish after the other for us, on this old family working bench that carries so many years of kitchen stories. Only the best produce from the market, and a specialized tool for every task. I was so impressed by this respectful way of cooking, letting each ingredient shine and not over-complicating things.
Going on a food photography retreat like this one is truly a dream come true for me. I hope that I can go on retreats or workshops at least once or twice a year from now on, as it's such an incredible boost of inspiration. You meet the most wonderful people and share ideas, skills and strategies with each other, while experiencing new places, eating amazing food and practicing photography like crazy. Like a conference, except way more jet set-y ;-)
The gnocchi making process was pure pleasure to shoot. Just look at that steam! Into the dough went pressed potato, flour, egg, sun-dried tomatoes & parmesan cheese. Probably some salt as well.
Tania & Maria (who organized this food photography retreat) sneaked out during the class to snap a rainy selfie together.
Look at these cuties! I'm so glad they invited me to join this retreat <3
Just before dinner was ready, the rain stopped and revealed the magical sunlight, right on time for the golden hour. Here's Tania!
And Carolina.
But before sitting down at the table, we still had a salad to prep. Spinach, blueberries, plain cheese & a balsamic vinaigrette. So simple yet one of the most delicious salads I've ever had!
Tania & Maria had created this beautiful table setting in calm green & mint tones.
After dinner Zaïra, Valentina, Carolina & I went out for a walk. After spending a whole day inside a steamy kitchen, it was such a relief to feel the damp post-rain air and capture the last rays of purple sunset. Above is Zaïra, who's calm & kind energy made a serious impression on me.
The rest of the evening we just spend on the couch, editing photos and instagramming. Too exhausted to even talk to each other haha. Next time I'll show you the photos from our day trip to Florence!
Until next time,
xx Agnes
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After I made it back from Inia I had a few more things to organise in town and to finally say good bye. Sarah insisted of driving me to the airport. I have to say that I was in a similar state of mind as I had been when I arrived at Cape Reinga. I really didn't want to go. I am very much attached to this country.
A big "Thank You" to my Kiwi Mom, Sarah. Thank you for being my post office, host and flatmate for weeks, partner in crime, consultant but more than that a just a great friend. Cheerio, Mrs. Sophie!
And I have to say it is good that I leave now – if I would not do it now I would probably not leave at all anymore. New Zealand, you are amazing. Thank you for everything.
I will be back. That is not only a promise.
A last glimpse on the city from above and a last and quiet "Auf Wiedersehen" before I start to the next part of this journey.
Vancouver. Why Vancouver? Very simple answer. It is on the northern hemisphere and that means summer! With my broken toe I had to postpone some of the technical mountaineering ideas like Denali, Elbrus and Iceland to next year. Which is not bad at all – something to look forward to next year!
But what am I going to do in Vancouver instead? I have decided to go for my private pilot license, the so called PPL. So I will go back to school for the next three month studying, learning and hopefully flying a lot to receive my license. I am very much looking forward to the learning part, the fun and a completely different environment and challenge compared to the last six month.
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It's no wonder that love is one of the key values of 4Service. After all, only a company that is in love with service, in love with the job, and in love with clients can cheer on better service quality. That is why we decided to demonstrate our love once again and make our clients happy while spreading our all-encompassing love to them and inspiring them to do good deeds in the name of customer service.
It is well known that people mostly love for no particular reason. "Just because!" is the first rule of best service according to 4Service. Last year in April we held an event carrying out this slogan when we delivered flowers and best wishes to our clients in Russia. The explanation was as follows: service must be sincere and free; clients should be pleased for no particular reason.
The second rule of best service according to 4Service is to "Exceed client expectations!" We held an event under the same name in Autumn 2013. We then astonished our clients: each of them received a watermelon delivered to their office. The feedback of our customers then exceeded our expectations too: we received an ocean of joy in response.
This time, following the first and second rules of best service, we give presents to our customers with all our hearts, trying to surpass customer expectations. And, as the first responses from gift recipients show, we're succeeding at it. Why? Because we love, and love is the third rule of best service.
"Service is love" is the name of our new summer event for our clients. This very moment, during these warm August days, we are presenting our customers throughout Russia with «Love is…» chewing gum and greeting cards, which remind them all about the third rule of best service.
We chose «Love is…» chewing gums for a reason. This childhood taste can evoke warm recollections about times when we were madly loved and cared for by our parents. The cheerful wrapping paper with words of love will remind everyone about true love, which brings real happiness to adults. Is there anything else more capable in instilling confidence and sense of security than love and care?
We are sure that love towards clients also makes them confident both that they are valuable and that they receive the best service in the whole world. And may all the clients across the whole world receive service for no particular reason, with sincere love from those who provide it!


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It's that time again, Autumn is fast upon us and as often happens I find myself turning inwards to discover what I need to do to move forward. For the past five years or so I haven't been completely honest with myself, it has been easier to avoid the truth and fill the holes with other things but this year is different. There is a lot of healing that needs to take place and a lot of things that I have been pushing to one side, stifling my journey and actually pushing myself off the path laid out before me. I spent a lot of time blaming other people for the pain I was feeling rather than accept that I need to find the sources of my pain deep within myself. I feel like I am making positive steps now and that this Autumn is the time to shed those pains and allow love and light to finally come in and fill the holes.
Looking inward is never easy. You see things that you don't want to see and have to accept the parts of you that you wish weren't there. But they are there and they are a necessary part of you. A very defining thing happened to me when I started to hide from myself and I have been trying to heal from it the wrong ways. I've known what I needed to do in my heart but it was always so hard to face. I can't keep running from it though, one way or another none of us can, those things we wish weren't there or like to deny are our issues always come back to us one way or another.
This Autumn I will face them and allow myself to be bathed in self love because, no matter what anyone else tells me and no matter what my dark aspects have been telling me, I am worth it. I deserve to live in light, love and happiness. I deserve to know peace and follow my calling. I have to accept my shadow aspects and love them as much as my light in order to heal and grow.


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The task was to create a sport quiz in Slovak, Hungarian and English languages as well as an application that can administer on-line competitions. The core is a questionnaire that can be created, administered and scored on-line.
The frontend was designed with the theme of the competition in mind and the purpose was to simplify the process of the competition and to reach a wider audience.
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> Magyar Diáksport Szövetség és Magyar Olimpiai Akadémia (Hungarian Student Sport Association and Hungarian Olympic Academy)
> Concept, Web design, UI design, Web development


text: Michigan Online Second Grade Curriculum Online second grade classes at Michigan Connections Academy focus on boosting student comprehension and critical thinking across all subject areas. Students will have learned how to take measurements, use maps, identify the different states of matter, and use technology to solve problems by the time they complete their virtual second grade classes. Click on an option below to see the available online second grade classes in Michigan and their course descriptions. Learn why Michigan Connections Academy's free elementary curriculum is a great alternative to second grade homeschool and traditional public school by checking out our sample lessons. Some textbooks are available in online format only.


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General view of the large Sasbahu Temple, Nagda
Photographer: Baudesson, O.S.
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1882
Photograph of the large Sasbahu temples, Nagda taken by O.S. Baudesson in 1882. The two Sasbahu Temples at Nagda, near Udaipur in Rajasthan, date from the late 10th Century. They are dedicated to Vishnu and are raised on a high terrace facing a tank to the east. The main temple, which can be seen in this photograph, has a sanctuary with a curvilinear tower, a mandapa with projections and a pillared pavilion covered by a pyramidal roof. The walls have sculptures of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu, surmounted by Rama, Balarama and Parashurama on the principal projections. The mandapa and porches are decorated with relief images of various divinities, amorous couples and friezes. The columns are richly carved as well as the ceiling. This view shows the open-sided mandapa at the right.


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UCP of Tampa Bay relies on the kindness and generosity of others to fulfill our mission.
United Way of Tampa Bay's Annual Day of Caring connects caring employees to meaningful, day-long service projects at community agencies across Tampa Bay. In addition to sharing your time and talents with a team of employees, you'll see first-hand the lasting impact your investments create.
This year's Day of Caring took place on October 13, 2011. UCP of Tampa Bay kicked off this wonderful event with over 20 volunteers from two Bay area Publix Super Markets. We are forever thankful for everyone's tireless effort displayed in helping us accomplish our courtyard landscaping makeover (power tools and all!) the repainting of one of our therapy rooms, and the strenuous task of cleaning and reorganizing our storage areas.
Thank you to United Way of Tampa Bay and Publix Super Markets for another wonderful year of support and generosity!


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Zane's Red Lady
Lady is the super mom of every year. She not only takes care of her foals, but watches after and nurses the other foals as well. She is gaited, good-natured, and can travel all day in long, smooth strides. Her foals seem to be as laid-back and gentle as she is. Her pedigree includes Zane Grey, Rainbow Z's Comet, Ozark Ginger and Mighty Mary.


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Our purpose is to eliminate the barriers between dreaming + doing and what would be more fitting at a time such as this to come together and empower one another.
While our events are and always will be for women, on January 23rd, we changed things up a bit. This is Supper: At Our Table -- all of us, coming together as a community to celebrate women. In that spirit of unity, we invited men to join us in encouraging and supporting the women in our city.
We welcomed men and women to sit at our table for this Supper and enjoy a special meal prepared by local East Nashville restaurant Holland House Bar & Refuge, in their gorgeous private event space called The James Room.
We are so thankful for Ruthie Lindsey, who vulnerably shared her story of finding beauty in brokenness. Her words gave hope that there is beauty if we want it - we just have to pursue it. Zack + Dani from Birdtalker played an unforgettable set that touched everyone in the room; bringing some to tears - the happy kind. It was an absolute honor to have them with us. We also had the treat of having Laura from Kendra Scott share more about Kendra's journey as a wife + mother to a designer, CEO and philanthropist. Kendra Scott generously gifted our guests with a piece of jewelry that they can design themselves! It was also the first Supper with our new Events Director, Kat Wolle, who did an amazing job organizing this beautiful gathering! Mikaela Hamilton captured the evening and presented us with these stunning photographs that we will treasure always. This Supper was one for the books and we couldn't imagine stepping into 2017 any other way. Thank you to everyone who attended - you made our hearts swell. Special thank you to our sponsors and volunteers - Graham with Holland House, Ruthie Lindsey, Zack + Dani, Laura from Kendra Scott, Mikaela Hamilton, WithCo, Native + Nomad and Tricia Ivarson.
We look forward to sharing all of the new + exciting things ahead for At Her Table and for Supper: At Her Table with you this year. See you soon!
Elliott + Ashtin


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About the Music
We hand-craft each station with a blend of top remixes and new tracks. Each station is generated by relevance, beats per minute (BPM), popularity, and date. Stations are updated in real-time and will always provide you with new tracks to discover. If you would like to help curate a station, please submit your music.
How it Started
Originally launched in 2012, Vibin.fm was created for electronic music lovers, by electronic music lovers. Our goal is to provide the easiest way to consistently discover the best of the electronic music culture around the world.
Meet the Team
The electronic/dance culture is revolutionizing the industry. We're working to become a part of the shift.
Horace Mingo
Owner + Invester + Developer
Horace is a software engineer, who focuses on the power behind Vibin.fm. He loves experimenting with new frameworks and turning ideas into finished products. He dabbles in and out of EDM genres, but his true music love is centered around underground genres.
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Brian works as a web & mobile developer for a media agency in Florida. He is passionate about startups, web development, and Breaking Bad. His daily fuel is an Above & Beyond: Group Therapy podcast.
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Darius pushes past the limits of design with a daily dose of inspiration. He runs the creative shop, Live Life Creative by day and channels his inner Kobe Bryant by night.
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If you love music and have ideas for improving the culture, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us to learn about opportunities.


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Boy Crisis: check that weird man-ponytail
Oh, Great Depression, if there's a silver lining to you murdering all our livelihoods, putting our friends out of work, instilling unspeakable fear in those of us who didn't follow Jesus into carpentry, it's the hope you will stop songs like Boy Crisis's "L'homme" from coming into this world. This track is everything that's wrong about the Lower East Side–it is I CAN HAS DOWNTOWN compressed into MP3, the Rivington smokers' battalion depicted in a click–pieced together by New York types who mistake weird man-ponytails for creativity. The lyrics are Babelfish doggerel masquerading as witticism: "I feel like a monster truck at the Botanical Garden." Funny, listening to this song, I feel like a Corvette at the dump.
Why should you, or I, care? Too often in this town, douchebags like this get a pass with their excruciating self-importance, privilege mistaken for character, lethargy feigned as existentialism. Beautiful 26-year-olds slum into bed with them because THAT BOY (CRISIS) IS IN A BAND! AND HE SINGS PARTLY IN FRENCH! Invite him over if you must, but make no mistake that drug-speak nonsense like, "There's a party in my brain and there's no discernible dress code" isn't clever. It's a line that likely made everyone laugh after too much cocaine, and someone decided to salvage it on the back of a taxi receipt and put it in a song, but it's terrible sober. Which probably doesn't happen often with these guys, if you believe the lame come-on of a chorus: "I'm on some drugs/You're on some drugs/Do you wanna talk to me?" Top that with the laziest, let's-maybe-fuck follow-through ever: "And if you don't, that's cool as well/I'm in the other room, if you need me." Don't say you weren't warned–a text this indifferent means there'll be no brunch.


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How do I become a member of the Cornerstone Quilters Guild?
CQG meets on the third Sunday of each month from September through May. There is no meeting in December and the June meeting is on the second Sunday. Meetings are held from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. at the Charlton Baptist Church in Charlton, MA. You are welcome to attend your first meeting as a guest for free. Membership applications can be picked up at the Hospitality Table or at the Membership Table or Membership Chairperson Gaye Kenyon (email@example.com) will email an application to you.
Dues are $30.00 per year. Our year runs from May 1 – April 30 with most activities beginning in September.
What are the Benefits of Joining the CQG?
Besides the fellowship of like-minded quilters, you will receive a monthly newsletter detailing all of the activities, meeting topics and speakers, workshops, and events available to members. We have many members with wide and varied skills who are willing to share their knowledge and experience with fellow quilters. In addition, by showing your membership card, you will receive discounts at local quilt shops:
How do I get instructions for making the Cornerstone Quilters name badge?
Click here for the instructions for the name badge.
What are the Bylaws of the Cornerstone Quilters Guild?
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Every time Joe walks into our shop, a smile spreads across my face. He is a wealth of fascinating stories. Spending five minutes with him makes me wish I could have walked a day in his shoes during some point of his lifetime. He is an incredible man and approaches weaving from a unique standpoint. Every piece he brings us is hand-dyed or hand-spun and intricately woven. At first glance his designs seem simple, but upon further investigation one will realize the technical lengths he has gone through to create his stunning designs.
I would like to introduce you to one of our incredible artists, Joe Bacon…
Joe Bacon
I started weaving 10 years ago when I retired from a business career and moved to the northern California coast. I started on a Navajo loom but switched over to a Rio Grande walking loom when I moved to Taos a few years later. My design inspiration has always come from the ancients: the Mayans in Mexico, the Incans in Peru, the Navajo in the American southwest, and the Hispanic Weavers of northern New Mexico. The design elements these gifted artisans created are more than decorative, they have political, cultural and religious meaning and reflect the rich traditions of these noble people. I use wools from the Churro sheep which were introduced to northern New Mexico by the early Spanish settlers. Most of my colors come from using natural dyes obtained mostly from plants native to this area.
PS What inspires your weavings? Do you love natural dyes and hand-spun yarn? Have you had the honer of meeting the wonderful Joe Bacon? We would love to hear your story! Leave a comment…


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Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III, with the permission of Richard II, ostensibly to defend the area against French invasion during the Hundred Years' War.
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Leonard Nimoy, best known for portraying the alien Mr. Spock on the television series "Star Trek," will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Nimoy, who recently starred in Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises," will be present at the award ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at 6651 Hollywood Blvd. Nimoy's star will go next to the one dedicated to entertainer Phil Harris.


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Feb 09, 2017
A square peg - or sometimes rectangular - in a round hole, the first Cartier Tank wristwatch took shape in 1917, in accordance with the design philosophy of Louis Cartier. Back then, wristwatches were a novelty. The Cartier Tank would start the transition in popular preference from pocket watches.
Until 1930, sales of wristwatches failed to match the number of pocket watches sold. The shift was aided by watchmaker Edmond Jaeger, a frequent collaborator with Cartier, who supplied the movement along with Breguet's blue hands.
The first Tank was a prototype given to United States General John Pershing after the First World War. Cartier insists that the designer likened the watch to a Renault FT-17 light tank, another of the novelties of 1917, but historians believe this is a myth.
Whatever the provenance of the name, in the 1926 film The Son of the Sheik, heart-throb Rudolph Valentino emerged from his tent wearing a Tank. It was the first product placement in the history of cinema.
The high-profile associations persisted and the Tank and its iterations (see Tank Chinoise, 1922, above) has been the timepiece of choice for some of the world's most influential since: Greta Garbo, Cary Grant, Jackie Onassis, Truman Capote, Yves Saint Laurent, Diana, Princess of Wales and, most recently, Michelle Obama, who wore a stainless-steel Tank Française for her White House portrait.
The Tank, like time, is unstoppable.


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PAPER maker Tullis Russell owed more than £50 million when it collapsed with the loss of hundreds of jobs earlier this year.
According to an update from administrators at KPMG, after money due to the Fife-based company by customers has been recovered and assets such as land and equipment have been sold, there will be an estimated shortfall owing to creditors of some £37.5m.
The employee-owned company collapsed in April after being hit by factors including weak global demand for printed materials, rising raw material costs and strengthening of sterling against the euro.
Those owed money include the company's 474 employees who were due a total figure of £18.4m – an average of almost £39,000 – including payments for holiday entitlement and redundancy pay. Although employees will receive a legal minimum level of redundancy pay, it is unclear yet what proportion of money owed under the enhanced redundancy terms in place at the company they will eventually receive.
Discussions over a potential rescue of the firm's defined benefit pension scheme, which had a deficit of some £15.7m, are also continuing.
Administrators Blair Nimmo and Tony Friar of KPMG said at this stage they anticipate that unsecured creditors will receive some payment for money owed.
"However, the amount and timing of such a dividend is currently uncertain," they pointed out.
There are more than 250 unsecured creditors of the firm, including six who are owed more than £1m each. As well as raw material suppliers, creditors include Fife Chamber of Commerce, Fife Council and Forth Ports. A number of small businesses were also left out of pocket, including taxi firms and newsagents. Water supplier Business Stream was owed some £74,000.
At the time of administration, the company was owed some £16.9m by more than 300 individual customers. The report said that the inability to complete certain orders due to the administration had made the collection of debts more challenging. To date, around half the money owed has been recovered.
"We will continue to pursue all remaining debts, via the legal process if necessary, and whilst it remains cost-effective to do so," said the administrators.
Tullis Russell Papermakers collapsed in April after racking up losses totalling £18.5m over the last five years. In the year to 31 March, 2014, it sold 126,000 tonnes of paper and board and recorded a turnover of £124.6m, but suffered a pre-tax loss of £3.4m.
Steps had begun last year to find a buyer for the employee-owned firm, which was founded 206 years ago, but these proved unsuccessful with more than 70 competitors rejecting opportunities to buy the firm.
When administrators were appointed, 325 employees were axed with immediate effect. The remaining workers were retained to complete a number of orders and help with the administration process. That number has fallen to around 70 currently and is continually reduced as the company is wound down.
Glasgow-based Metis Partners is marketing the firm's intellectual property assets.
"Both businesses had market-leading positions and have established globally recognised corporate and product brands," said Metis head of corporate recovery Nat Baldwin.
He said awareness of the brands extends internationally, with the company selling to more than 120 countries.
Assets for sale include goodwill in more than 70 corporate and product brands, 200 registered trademarks, customer information and 80 domain names.


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Ever since Jeremy Clarkson road-tested the Nissan GT-R in Season 11 of Top Gear*, I have wondered how many G's I might pull in my car on the average drive to and from work.
G-force is a measure of acceleration due to gravity. On Earth, an object accelerates down at 9.8 meters per second per second. Sitting at our desks, we experience this as 1G in the downward direction, but zero G's in the forward-backward and side-to-side directions.
Anyone who has accelerated quickly onto the highway knows, though, that feeling of being pushed back into your seat as the force of the car pushes against your back. It's the same thing you feel when accelerating quickly on a roller coaster ride. So how many G's do I pull doing that quick acceleration onto the highway?
To find out, I took an accelerometer home with me last night in my 2006 VW Jetta GLI. I experienced the most acceleration when I went from a near dead stop up to highway speeds on the interstate on-ramp. Even then, my peak forward-backward acceleration was only 3.0 meters per second per second -- less than a third of how strong gravity pulls down on me all the time! I was expecting more, frankly.
To see what a car with a real racing engine could do, Buzz Skyline took his car, a 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII RS, out for a spin. The difference was amazing. With almost twice the horsepower, the Mitsubishi throws the driver back into the seat much more violently than the VeeDub. Buzz got about 0.85 G's on his quickest acceleration. But his is a race car. (The 'RS' stands for Rally Sport.) What about the other extreme? What about a strict commuter?
To find out, The Mathlete took our accelerometer to work in her 2006 Honda Element EX-P. Though there are some high peaks in her data, they lasted for a split second and weren't sustained accelerations of 5-10 seconds like Buzz and I recorded. Looking only at the sustained accelerations, it looks like Mathlete's maximum acceleration was about 2.5 meters per second per second. Just by comparing graphs, though, you can see the Mathlete is a much steadier driver than Buzz and I with her near-constant acceleration.
So there you have it. If you're a tame driver, you're likely experiencing the same accelerations as The Mathlete. If you have a sportier car, then your numbers might be more like mine. If you have a tuned race car, then Buzz's numbers might be what you'd expect. In any case, I was disappointed to find that none of us pulled anything close to the Six Flags Superman ride no matter how hard we mashed down on the accelerator pedal.
Just because I was having so much fun using gadgets in the car, I decided to also see how loud my commute is. When I leave work, the weather is usually so pleasant that I drive for a while with my windows down. It's not until I've been on the highway at interstate speeds for a few miles that I finally get tired of the noise and roll up the windows.
So I wondered: Sitting in traffic with the radio turned up and noisy trucks idling and revving next to me, or speeding along with the wind whipping through the window, how many decibels (dB) of noise am I exposed to? Enough to do damage to my hearing?
A free decibel-o-meter app helped me to find out. Yesterday, with the windows down, I recorded a peak of 99 dB. The average noise, however, seemed to stay between 80 and 90 dB. According to the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, prolonged exposure to noise levels of 85 dB or more can cause noise-induced hearing loss. Oops.
My only consolation is knowing that Buzz is likely subjected to more noise in his race-enhanced Lancer. Knowing that he'll go deaf faster than me makes me feel a little less sad that he can pull three times as many G's as me. Can't win 'em all.
*Watch this video starting at 6:00 minutes to see what I'm talking about.


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Poetry collection forthcoming!
I am thrilled to announce that I sold my first poetry collection, titled Marginalia to Stone Bird, to Aqueduct Press. It includes forty-six reprinted and nine original poems, and it will appear in the Conversation Pieces series.
I'm really happy with this. I loved working with Aqueduct for my first edited anthology, The Moment of Change; and I've been enjoying the Conversation Pieces series, which recently featured work by Lisa M. Bradley, Sonya Taaffe, and Celeste Rita Baker.
Marginalia to Stone Bird will be my first single-authored collection. It will be out sometime later this year.


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HTC has unveiled the Smart, available across Europe and Asia this Spring.
The handset, which runs of Qualcomm's Brew platform, comes with the manufacturer's HTC Sense interface, which works a user's particular social networking and communications services into a customisable homescreen.
The handset has a 2.8-inch touchscreen, HSDPA, a three megapixel camera with fixed focus and flashlight, and a microSD card slot for expandable memory.
HTC chief executive officer Peter Chou said: "HTC has always focussed on listening to customers and setting the stage for new mobile categories and HTC Smart is the response to customer demand around the world for an easier-to-use affordable smartphone.
"Just adding a touch interface doesn't mean a phone is a smartphone. The integration of HTC Sense brings an unparalleled smartphone experience for people looking to do more on their phone."
Details on retail and network availability will be announced in due course.


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