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After a busy month in which Bognor Pirates won two home games but lost two on the road, they beat Eastbourne Lions 65-51 in the Sussex Cup.
From the opening tip-off the Pirates came out strong and excellent defence and fast-flowing attacks allowed the home team to fly into an 11-point lead with the away team not getting off the mark until the sixth minute.
This spurred on the Pirates and thanks to some strong scoring from Rich Lowe and Andy Pleskys, Bognor's lead was 24-7 at the end of the first quarter.
The second began with Eastbourne coming out playing tighter man-on-man defence and a patient offensive game. The teams traded baskets as rebounds became a key to stop either team getting second-chance points. However the Pirates led 37-17 at the halfway point.
After the break the Pirates seemed to lose momentum, with missed shots adding up and scoring proving a challenge. Some good defense helped keep the score in Bognor's favour but ball security became an issue as Bognor tried to push the tempo, which caused too many communication issues.
The start of the fourth quarter found Bognor still struggling to score; however their defensive effort seemed to balance the lack of points.
Halfway through the fourth, good scoring from Kev Wilson, with some excellent rebounding from Matt Wakeling, saw the game out for the Pirates.
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European Youth Event 2014 (EYE) to table ideas for a better Europe on 9-11 May
"Ideas for a better Europe" will be pooled by around five thousand young Europeans at a three-day European Youth Event (EYE) at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on 9-11 May. Over 200 debates and workshops will enable 16-30 year-olds to air policy issues close to their hearts. Over half of Europe's young people feel excluded from its economic and social life, says a recent Eurobarometer poll.
The EYE agenda lists five key issues for young people today: youth unemployment, the digital revolution, the future of the European Union, sustainable development, and European values. Guest speakers will include MEPs, journalists, business leaders, decision makers, and European youth organisations.
Over half of Europe's young people (57%) feel that the crisis has left them marginalised and excluded from economic and social life, says a 28 April Eurobarometer poll on these five issues, commissioned by the European Parliament ahead of the May European elections.
An overwhelming majority of respondents (70%) also agreed that their country's membership in the EU is vital in the context of globalisation.
While most young people (82%) believe that the digital sector will create many jobs in the future, they are split on whether digital social networks, as such, help democracy -- 46% believe that these networks will bring progress, but 41% think that they present risks.
Young people felt that renewable energies top the list of ways to make the EU less dependent on outside energy suppliers (71%); and that true gender equality will be achieved during the lives of their generation (57%).
Young journalists from across Europe will summarise the ideas and suggestions from the EYE events in a report to be presented to newly-elected MEPs in July.
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We may think of our kids' online, mobile, and technological activities as "digital life," but to them it's just life. In their world, being able to connect and communicate 24/7 from just about any location is normal. Phones aren't simply for phone calls anymore but for listening to music, sending texts, filming videos, snapping and sharing photos, and accessing the Internet. Our kids are using computers and tablets to socialize, stream video, and create movies and songs. And they can connect and communicate 24/7 from just about any location.
Why does digital citizenship matter?
Cape Elizabeth School Department (CESD) desires for our students to make good decisions so they can take advantage of the powerful technology that fills their lives both at school and at home. But in order to make good choices, kids must know how the digital world works. The stakes are high because our kids' technological abilities can be greater than their maturity and judgment. Having unrestricted access to information and people can result in gaining a wealth of information and experiences. But it can also mean accessing inappropriate content and exposure to risks such as:
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As trustees and associates we are not of one opinion ourselves concerning the authorship. We purposefully maintain a group of varied opinion in order to serve the space between different authorship societies and individuals, including those who believe that William Shakspere of Stratford is the author of the Shakespeare works. Our common aim is to encourage a beneficial sharing of insight while also refining and sharpening the enquiry.
is Head of the School of Arts at Brunel University, West London, UK. His research specialises in Elizabethan processions, Shakespeare's history plays and, more recently, issues concerning Shakespeare and authorship. He has published widely on both Shakespeare and early modern spectacle, culminating in a book entitled Elizabethan Triumphal Processions, published in May 2005. He is the convenor for the MA in Shakespeare Authorship Studies and has edited a collection of essays on the subject, Shakespeare and his Authors: Critical Perspectives on the Authorship Question, published in 2011. He is currently preparing to deliver his MA in Shakespeare Authorship Studies as a distance learning course.
MA (Oxon) is a member of the academic board of the Temenos Academy. She originally studied Shakespeare with Professor Hugo Dyson, the most puckish of the Inklings, the literary group based in Oxford which included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Subsequently, in her career as a teacher and teacher trainer, she taught Shakespeare in the context of training courses for foreign teachers and lecturers sponsored by the British Council. Since 1998 she has worked as an independent scholar, tracing the presence of Hermetic traditions in Renaissance and seventeenth century art and literature. Her interest in the Authorship Question was first piqued by reading John Michell's Who Wrote Shakespeare? This interest has since deepened and developed through participation in Wisdom of Shakespeare workshops at The Globe, and the Shakespearean Authorship Trust conferences and lectures. She is a member of the Francis Bacon Research Trust and the De Vere Society.
has recently been awarded his doctorate from Brunel University for his thesis Shakespearean Biografiction: how biographers rely on context, conjecture and inference to construct a life of the Bard. His interest in the Authorship Question was aroused by rumours in his home village of Titchfield in Hampshire that Shakespeare lived and wrote there under the patronage of the earl of Southampton. Subsequent investigation showed that these claims, as with much else in the biography of Shakespeare, were entirely speculative. He has held a number of posts with the De Vere Society over the last 15 years. The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship named him Oxfordian of the Year in 2011 for editing Dating Shakespeare's Plays: a Critical Review of the Evidence (Parapress 2010). He holds a BA and MA in Classics and an MA in Applied Linguistics, all from the University of Southampton. He taught English at a Sixth Form College in Hampshire for twenty years.
Actor, author, and Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe between 1996 and 2006. A professional actor since 1980, he has acted in 50 productions of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Mark is an Associate Artist of the RSC, a friend of the Francis Bacon Research Trust and Francis Bacon Society, President of the Marlowe Society and an honorary bencher of the Middle Temple Hall. His first play, I am Shakespeare, premiered in Chichester in August 2007. His second play, Nice Fish, premiered at The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis in 2013. Mark has most recently played Richard III and Olivia at Shakespeare's Globe and The Apollo Theatre. Before that he appeared as Johnny 'Rooster' Byron in Jerusalem.
is Creative Entrepreneur in Residence, University College London. He is an award winning theatre director creating productions that combines ensemble performances with innovative stagings and actor-audience relationships. Greg has directed for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Young Vic amongst others in the UK and his own company AandBC has performed Shakespeare all over world. At UCL he matches scientists with performing artists to enhance, extend and disrupt academic activities to yield deeper or more surprising research outcomes; and applies creative and collaborative practices to various enterprise activities.
graduated from the University of Minnesota with degrees in International Relations, Sports Administration and Theatre Arts. She has been documenting the Shakespeare Authorship Question for over two decades. She is also the co-founder of 1604 Productions; specializing in Shakespeare Authorship research & development and film production (1604Films). She provided script-consulting services on the motion picture Anonymous (Columbia Pictures, 2010 ) and produced & directed a 85-minute documentary film on the Shakespeare Authorship Question entitled Last Will. & Testament (First Folio Pictures, 2011).
is a lecturer in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London and a founder member of the International Marlowe Shakespeare Society. Critically acclaimed debut novel The Marlowe Papers (Sceptre 2012 UK, St Martin's Press 2013 US) was winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2013, joint winner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2013, and long listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013. Her PhD in English Literature was first in the UK on the Shakespeare Authorship Question; her academic articles on early modern literary biography and authorship attribution studies have been published in Rethinking History, the Journal of Early Modern Studies, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Critical Survey, Notes and Queries, and Christopher Marlowe the Craftsman (Ashgate 2010). Three times joint winner of the Calvin & Rose G Hoffman prize for a distinguished work on Christopher Marlowe (2011, 2014, 2018), she is also author of the growing authorship question compendium Shakespeare: The Evidence.
Through our circle of Associates we endeavour to develop and
sustain good relations with all those researching the authorship of the
Shakespeare Canon.
Charles De Vere Beauclerk: Author of Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth (2010)
Dr Tarnya Cooper: Sixteenth-century Curator of The National Portrait Gallery
Peter Dawkins, M.A., Dip.Arch. : Founder-principal of the Francis Bacon Research Trust. He received an award for distinguished scholarship in Shakespeare Authorship Studies from Concordia University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Michael Frohnsdorff, MA. : Past chairman, and currently vice-president and research officer, of the Marlowe Society. Has published works on Marlowe and the Elizabethan period, and Marlowe's local history connections in Kent.
Stephanie Hopkins Hughes: Editor of The Oxfordian
Sir Derek Jacobi: Actor
Carole Sue Lipman: Chair of The Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable
Professor William Rubinstein: Historian, Co-author of The Truth Will Out: Unmasking the Real Shakespeare
Randall Sherman: Past President of the Shakespeare Oxford Society
Earl Showerman MD: Former trustee of the Shakespeare Authorship Coalition and the Shakespeare Fellowship
Professor John Spiers Former Vice-Chairman and Librarian of the Francis Bacon Society. Senior Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies, University of London
Hank Whittemore is an author and actor whose 900-page book The Monument (2005) presents a new 'macro' theory of the Sonnets from an Oxfordian perspective.
Robin Williams: Founder of The Wilton Circle; Author of Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman Write Shakespeare?
Professor Michael Wood: Historian; Presenter of In Search of Shakespeare
Professor Daniel Wright: Director of the Shakespeare Authorship Research Centre, Concordia University


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- The Zennist makes a distinction between Inner and Outer Meditation--inner meditation that reflects, if not matches, the awakened Mind of the sages and Buddhas, and outer meditation, which rests on the Five Aggregates of physical shape, feeling, perception, habitual tendencies and consciousness and is limited by this focus.
- Buddhist Art News has a piece on a new exhibit, "It's Personal," in which Ekkarat Punyatara's photos offer insights into the lives of Thai monks in New York.
- Dangerous Harvests reflects on being (or not being) "The Good Zen Student."
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Workaround for Unpatched IE Flaw
A few news outlets have called attention to an unpatched, critical flaw tied to Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser that could let bad guys take over vulnerable Windows machines if they browse a site controlled by potential attackers.
The stories note that Microsoft is investigating the reported vulnerability. Meanwhile, computer code showing exactly how to take advantage of the flaw was published online today. The problem resides in a file installed by Microsoft's Visual Studio .Net, but the vulnerable component is also installed by other applications, such as Microsoft Office 2000, and certain software drivers for the latest ATI computer graphics cards.
The easiest way to avoid falling victim to this flaw is simply to use another browser, like Firefox, Netscape or Opera. If you absolutely must use IE, the folks over at the SANS Internet Storm Center have a (non-Microsoft approved) "patch" that will effectively disable the vulnerable portion of the code.
UPDATE, 4 p.m. ET: The SANS Internet Storm Center has moved to "code yellow" over this latest flaw, explaining their rationale this way: "We moved to Yellow as we feel widespread malicious use of this vulnerability is imminent, and the workarounds shown here provide sufficient countermeasures to be applied quickly." It's worth noting that it's a fairly big deal when these guys move to yellow; their chief tech guy Johannes Ullrich says the Storm Center does in fact have a "code red" icon but has never used it. Ullrich says it's mainly just for giggles really, because their definition of "code red" is a condition in which the Internet would be in such a sorry state that you probably wouldn't be able to get to their site to check it anyway (think widespread exploitation of a certain Cisco vulnerability, for example.)
UPDATE, 4:50 p.m. ET: Microsoft has put out an advisory on this problem, with its own, somewhat more technical suggestions on how affected users could fix IE until an official patch is available. Microsoft said it is working on a fix for the problem, which it said it may issue outside of its regular, second-Tuesday-of-the-month patch release cycle, as it did last month to fix another IE problem.
The company also used the advisory to scold the security researchers who today posted instructions showing everyone how to exploit the flaw:
"Microsoft is concerned that this new report of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer was not disclosed responsibly, potentially putting computer users at risk. We continue to encourage responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities. We believe the commonly accepted practice of reporting vulnerabilities directly to a vendor serves everyone's best interests."
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August 18, 2005; 12:48 PM ET
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Ok, Matt. I know you're lurking around here somewhere. Why should we use IE and not immediately flee to another browser?
Posted by: Julio | August 18, 2005 5:31 PM | Report abuse
Note that the ISC has scolded microsoft for
their repeated attempts at a fix that have proven entirely ineffective.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 18, 2005 5:40 PM | Report abuse
If you want to use another browser, I have no problems with that. Just don't let your guard down on the web because you are not running IE.
The interesting thing to note about this exploit is that it (so far) does not appear to have an elevation of privilege component. So if you are running Windows with limited rights (not as admin), the effect of this exploit if you were to be targeted would be about zip.
I realize not everyone is savvy enough to run LUA on XP, but it is notable.
Posted by: Matt | August 18, 2005 7:39 PM | Report abuse
There are lots of browsers out there. I keep a few installed and only use basic IE for MSN. If I can't get proper results, tsk. Better that than malware.
Posted by: opit | August 18, 2005 7:42 PM | Report abuse
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
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great verse! it always reminds me of my dad..it is one of his favorites!ReplyDelete
I needed to hear this verse! What an awesome one :) I'm going through kinda a "rut" right now. Soo much to be thankful for, but yet I find myself caught up on this world's trials that I forget what I have to be thankful for. So, THANK YOU for this post :)ReplyDelete
what a great verse. I have alot weighing on me right now and in hunting for the right decision I get overwhelemed. Hopefully I can use this in helping guide my prayers tonightReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 19, 2012 at 10:07 PM
Thank you for this! I feel I've lately been experiencing the same kind of weariness so its so encouraging to now that besides Jesus pulling us, through other people are going through similar troubles. God bless! I'll be praying that God will revive your bubble! :)ReplyDelete
Praying for you sweetie! Love you!ReplyDelete
Love this. I needed it! Thank you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 19, 2012 at 11:35 PM
Your post makes me think of this song. Enjoy! :)ReplyDelete
Love this verse. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
On a not related note, I LOVE your chalkboard!
Thanks for the reminder that feeling weary or alone isn't always a bad thing but a push towards God and His strength!!ReplyDelete
I'm volunteering at a girl's retreat this weekend near High Point, NC! I pray for God to give you grace and energy for your youth retreat!!
I've been in a little down "funk" this week too. Thanks for this post. :)ReplyDelete
praise God girl. This was a relate able post. Right to the core of what is happening in my lil life as well. but GOD is so good despite it all. And yes, this is not our home sis :)ReplyDelete
I just stumbled across your blog, and I'm so glad I found this! Such a good truth we need to remember. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Thank you for this post...I've read and heard this verse over and over again but it never gets old!ReplyDelete
...love that chalkboard too!
Ashley, I am astounded. This has been "my verse" for the last few weeks as well. I kind of did a blogger double take when I came to your page and the more I read the more I realized holy cow! This girl and I have SO much in common. Thank you for being such a bright light for Christ! I too am a newly wed 23 year old just making my way through the first year of marriage and it was such an encouragement to read about another christian, newlywed, blogger out there going through some of the same things I am. Just Thank you!ReplyDelete
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The show started 15 minutes late and ended 15 minutes early, but no one in the audience left without being moved.
The Strokes were one of the most anticipated headliners at this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival — and they fulfilled expectations and then some.
The Strokes played an energetic hour-long set that wowed the festival crowd.
The Strokes had not played a U.S. show in more than four years until recently.
The Austin City Limits show was one of several festivals the Strokes are currently playing across the U.S.
Julian Casablancas, the band's lead singer, took the stage in dark sunglasses and a leather jacket looking like a 70s era Joey Ramone.
The band played a set heavy with old hits like "Last Night" and "Reptilia" while playing several unnamed new songs for the first time.
As The Strokes were winding to a close, Casablancas said to the crowd, "We're going to play our encore now. We won't fake walk off the stage and then come back."
They then played a two-song encore that was subdued and moving with interesting guitar hooks and Casablancas' signature Lou Reed-style croon.
The Strokes' performance was magnificent with the songs flowing freely from the performers with no feeling of them being forced or hurried.
The Strokes have regained the title of avant-garde cool. All the other poseur imitators should fold up their skinny jeans and go home.
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The Lakbay Norte bus was waiting at the Victory Liner Kamias as I boarded down from a 30-minute cab ride from home. It was three in the morning and with still no sleep, I lugged my bags aboard and met the crew. I chitchatted with the Lakbay Norte guys a bit and then had a cup of hot taho where I met Mang Poka, a washer at the station for 12 years. We rolled half an hour later, here we go North Luzon!
Norzagaray was two hours away and everyone had their much needed shuteye. It was much too soon when I felt our bus bumping away uphill towards our first stop, the Pinagrealan cave.
I actually dreaded this stop since it was gonna be my first time to do real spelunking. Not that I'm afraid of getting bumped up but really because I cramp easily and I don't want to ruin the trip by being hosted back out of the cave on a stretcher haha. After a feast on local sweets and some words from the Mayor, we were off to the dark depths of Pinagrealan cave.
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This is an auction you don't want to miss. We always say this about every St. Vincent de Paul Specialty Auction, but this time we mean it. We're especially excited about this current auction because: 1) A classic '66 Volkswagen bug will be won by the highest bidder regardless of price, and 2) A John… Read more »


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Accelerator Update for January 17, 2005 - January 19, 2005
Monday January 17
The day shift began with the Tevatron (TeV) in shot setup, with MiniBooNE taking beam, but with the Meson experiment MCenter off due to shot setup.
Operations established store 3925 at 11:23 AM with an initial luminosity of 104.96E30. This store set a NEW RECORD LUMINOSITY. The Antiproton Source (Pbar) resumed stacking and MCenter resumed taking beam.
Operations put the Recycler into shot setup for antiproton transfers at 4:49 PM. By 6:10 PM, the Recycler had stashed six shots from Pbar; one transfer failed. Pbar resumed stacking.
Operations reported that around 7 PM Pbar set a NEW STACKING RECORD with a rate of 14.94mA per hour.
At 7:48 PM, a Main Injector (MI) RF station (MIRF05) tripped off. Operators bypassed the station since they couldn't reset it.
At 8:04 PM, a Pbar power supply (PMAG) tripped off. After experts were consulted, Pbar resumed stacking about twenty minutes later.
Operations began setting up beam for MCenter at 8:06 PM.
Operations put the Recycler into shot setup at 10:15 PM. By 11:02 PM, they had stashed five transfers of antiprotons. Pbar resumed stacking.
Operations reestablished beam to MCenter and established beam to MTest at 11:33 PM.
Tuesday January 18
The midnight shift began with Operations monitoring store 3925 and the Recycler stash, with Pbar stacking, and with MiniBooNE, MCenter, and MTest taking beam.
At 3:38 AM, MIRF18 tripped off for the first of four times over three and a half hours. It reset okay each time.
At 9:23 AM, Operations heard that a water main had broken by the TeV sector E3 Pond. Operators turned off the E3 pond pump and notified experts. As you can see from the pictures below, the water bubbled up from under the road and froze. Roads and Grounds workers salted the road.
At 11:31 AM, Operations received a report of a problem with the Neutron Therapy Facility's (NTF) 32-degree bend magnet power supply. A power supply technician investigated and found a bad cable termination. The work took about three and half hours to complete.
Operations turned off the Linac beam for an access at 4:14 PM. This access was to further investigate the NTF cable problem. This also shut off all downstream beam.
The experts came out of the Linac access at 5:12 PM and reported that cables in the tunnel also had to be reterminated. The Run Coordinator scheduled this work for Thursday morning.
Linac beam resumed at 5:15 PM, which meant that Pbar resumed stacking and MiniBooNE, MTest, and MCenter resumed taking beam.
Operations terminated store 3925 at 7:02 PM and put the TeV into shot setup at 7:56 PM.
NuMI completed testing its horn at 9:08 PM.
At 9:26 PM, Pbar had three BPMs stop working at Debuncher house 31. Operators notified the experts.
At 9:44 PM, Operations reported that the TeV aborted on the seventh transfer of protons. Operations reloaded the protons.
At 10:44 PM, a Booster quadrupole power supply (B:QDB3) tripped off for the first of four times within seven minutes. It would not ramp after the last trip.
Operations established store 3926 at 10:59 PM with an initial luminosity of 104.25E30. Pbar resumed stacking.
Operators had B:QDB3 back on by 11:18 PM.
Wednesday January 19
The midnight shift began with Operations monitoring store 3926, with Pbar stacking, and with MiniBooNE taking beam.
At 12:08 AM, a Linac RF station (LRF1) went to zero with no trip status. Operators managed to bring the station up locally.
Earlier, the MCenter interlocks had dropped. At 1:22 AM, operators search and secured the enclosure and then began preparing the experiment for beam.
At 1:25 AM, MIRF11 tripped off and wouldn't reset. Operators bypassed the station.
At 1:54 AM, Operations reported that they were still having problems with B:QDB3.
At 2:14 AM, problems with the I- Source were causing problems with MiniBooNE. Operators tried to fix the problem with no success. They called in an expert.
Operations put the Recycler into shot setup at 4:32 AM.
The Linac expert reported at 6:21 AM that the I- Source problem was due to high conductivity. He made a small temporary adjustment.
The Recycler stash was completed and stacking resumed at 7:17 AM.
MCenter resumed taking beam at 7:55 AM.
The Plan for Wednesday
The plan for today is to keep the store in the machine throughout the night and during the access on Thursday. This will be a six-hour access into Linac and Booster beginning at 7 AM.
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View counter query
Hi there, what's the point of the view counter on each thread and can it be removed. Seeing posts with tons of views and very few replies especially on sensitive topics is disheartening and quite upsetting. I can't fathom what benefit there ishaving it on there ?
Hi Purple Star. Thanks for your question.
The view counter is actually quite a common feature of online discussion forums – you'll see it on most other forums. So MFM is not unusual in having view counts for threads.
As far as I'm aware, view counts have been on MFM threads (and Babyexpert threads) ever since MFM (and BX) were originally created.
And I think, in most cases, looking but not posting is not necessarily a sign that people don't care.
We know, for example, that lots of folk 'lurk' on a forum for quite a while before they first post – they like to read the threads, see what's happening, get a feel for the place, before they venture in. That was certainly true for me, when I first came across forums many years ago – I reckon it was about a year before I moved from 'lurker' to poster. But that didn't mean I didn't feel really closely involved with the people whose posts I was reading.
We also know that some more prolific posters will repeatedly check out threads before posting – so clocking up many views for every post they actually make. You post a lot, so I'm sure you know what I mean: it's natural to check on a thread you posted on to see if anyone else has posted since. And again, that's not a sign of not caring: in face, it's a sign of caring a lot!
And then, of course, there's always the 'not sure I can help' thing: you might click on a thread, hoping to be able to help someone and they're actually asking something really specific, about which you have no knowledge or experience at all – 'Can anyone else with six children, two cats and a Miele dishwasher help me with my kitchen dilemma?', for (ridiculous) example.
That said, we do see your point that, if you had started a thread about something distressing or sensitive and had few replies but lots of views, you might feel more disheartened than if you had just the few replies but didn't know about the greater number of views.
If others feel the same way you do – please do post here and let us know if you do – then, as ever, we will always take that on board and have a good think about whether we should remove the view counter displays.
Thanks so much for raising this!0
Totally agree with PS - The counters are in my opinion pointless and disheartening when you post something and your getting views but no comments.
I have never come across another forum that uses them.0
Thanks for your post, Chocolate Cupcake. Hope you've had a moment to read our response to PurpleStar, above.
And views really are quite commonly used on forums, we promise. They're used on Netmums, MoneySavingExpert and TheStudentRoom, to name just three.
But, as we said above, if loads of MFM posters think they're a bad idea, we're very open to taking a look at how we could change.0
I don't like them either and see them as as a bit pointless.0
I don't mind them. It is a bit disheartening when you see a lot of views and no reply to your question, but I also feel that it reminds you that people are seeing your thread and someone that could help might get across your question.0
Thanks Mirela – that's good to know.
We are still keen to collect as many views (ha ha!) as possible on this one, so if you have any strong (or even tepid!) opinions about the View Counter on threads, please do come and post here and tell us.
As always, it's your opinions on how this forum should work and look that matter the most.0


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Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D. was in private practice for more than thirty years. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the states ...Read More
The posting just previous to the present one discussed the Mayo Clinic finding that relaxation is enormously important in preventing health problems caused by job stress and other worries. The study also pointed to several strategies all people should use to preserve and enhance their physical and mental health. The present posting looks at the risk of obesity resulting from job stress.
According to Charles P. Vega, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine, job stress is a major factor causing obesity. A study was done that confirmed the connection between job stress, obesity and other types of health problems. One of the major facts that was pointed out in the study was that obesity has become a serious health problem not only in the United States but in industrial nations around the world. While the study found a strong connection between job stress and obesity it was also stated that environmental and cultural factors contribute to the problem. Among these are the fact that many more families choose to eat their meals outside of the home. Because many families are concerned about their finances they eat at fast food restaurants. Other studies have shown that those who eat at fast food restaurants more twice a week or more are more likely to gain weight and become obese. In addition to eating at fast food restaurants, eating at buffet style restaurants greatly increased the risk of serious weight gain.
The present study looked at 10,308 civil servants between the ages of 35 and 55. Among the findings were that men were more likely than women to suffer the negative effects of job stress in terms of obesity. In addition, the lack of social support at work was an important factor in increasing the risk of obesity.
It should go without saying that obesity brings with it the dangers of high blood pressure, cardio vascular disease, stroke, diabetes and early death.
Dr. Vega warns that the effects of stress at work are a major health issue.
It is important for our readers to know that there are things they can do to avoid suffering health problems caused by work related stress. There is no use in waiting for companies and the health care industry to do something about this when each of us, regardless of the work we do, can take the situation into our own hands and improve our health.
To reverse the negative effects of an aggravating work environment (and home environment) each of us can and should engage in a program of exercise, especially the cardio vascular type, healthy nutrition rather than fast food or buffet foods, and the good company of friends and relatives.
Consult your medical doctor for advice about improving your health and stress level and look at the many other articles on Mental Help Net on health and mental health.


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How to be a Plotter & a Pantser at the same time
I've been working on The Blood Within, part of my House of Reinhardt series, for the past few weeks. While I'm having a blast writing it, it's still being a pain in my bum. See, I'm usually a hardcore plotter. I'm talking outlines, timelines, diagrams, post-its & bulletin boards. And normally, those things work for me. But when I started TBW, I wanted to take things a little differently. I wanted to let the creative process find it's own way. I have the basic points mapped out in my head, sure, but how am I going to get there? I don't know! It's been…interesting. Sometimes, I surprise myself with my spur-of-the-moment-quick-thinking. Other times, I want to bang my head against a very sharp, metal instrument.
The first few chapters were super awesome! I wrote them quickly and with no problems, and they don't need much editing. But the further in I get, the worse off I am. Some of the chapters took me DAYS to write and they still need a serious round of red-penning.
I thought things couldn't get much worse. A few days writing a single chapter–no biggie. I can deal.
Boy, was I wrong.
Nothing has been as trying as Chapter 8.
I've had some serious bonding issues with Chapter 8 for about 3 days. THREE. He just wouldn't play nice, and by 'wouldn't play nice' I mean I'd spit out 200 words and Chap 8 would throw them back in my face, laughing! I'm talking I'd write 1000 words only to delete 1500. Yes, he'd actually make me delete words that had NOTHING to do with him! Can you believe that? Chap 8 has a mind of his own! I mean, come on; get with the program!
Despite our domestic problems –after much fighting and hair pulling– Chapter 8 is done (for now) and I've moved on to the next part (which I'm calling Chapter 8B since it's still in 8 but is a different scene).
Now I'm trying really hard to get 8B to play nice but I don't want to piss him off, so I decided to do a little exercise to get the creative juices flowing. It's not exactly "pantsing", but it's not quite "plotting" either.
Mind Mapping is a great way to get the juices flowing & get a little direction in your writing. The key is to keep both halves of your brain working together. The left side is your analytical side, and the right side is your creative side. Personally, I tend to let my left side take over. I start putting things in organized columns and rows, complete with bullet points. But that ends up stifling your creativity! If you can Mind Map correctly, you'll be a much happier writer and your story will thank you. You'll use both logic and creativity. When you Mind Map, don't let yourself focus on order or neatness. Let the ideas fill up the page. Use bright colors in random places. Make squiggly lines, little doodles, lots of notes jotted here and there. Use lines and bubbles to keep your ideas in order (you're right brain needs a little action, after all..) but don't let order override your creativity. Maybe your Mind Map will be a little prettier, but this is what I came up with.
Here's my Map, just starting off. There are a few key pieces that I already knew were going to happen. ((Sorry about the lighting…))
And here's my Map finished. See all the craziness?!
**Does Mind Mapping seem like something that could work of you? What methods do you use to piece your books together?
Broken Hearts Blogfest Entry
As usual I'm *fashionably* late 😉 My apologies boys and girls. I got a little side tracked–trust me, it wasn't my fault, it's just that there were all these Buffy reruns on and, well, you can't pass up good Buffy…
So I wrote this scene as part of a character-sketch for one of my House of Reinhardt characters, Alessandra. Alessandra is a secondary character who has a major crush on her ex (my protagonist), Erik.
**This scene is a rough draft and will never actually be written into the book. It exists to help me see who Alessandra is and where she is 'now'.
Alessandra doubled over, unsure whether she was going to vomit or scream. Her stomach turned over and over, twisting like a wrung towel. Twin lumps rose up in her chest just above her lungs until she could barely suck in the air her lungs needed. A slow burn crept its way through her throat and she realized her mouth was open, trying to take in great lungfuls of air, but it wasn't working. Slowly, Alessandra realized she wasn't inhaling. Placing a hand over her throat, she focused and took one shaky breath.
Oh God, what had she been thinking? She'd had such a great thing going with Erik; why did she have to screw that up by getting together with Collin. She didn't even like Collin. Sure he was good looking. And yes, he came from a great family. And okay, sure, he was going to be an important leader one day. But Erik trumped him in all three areas.
So why had she been cheating on him for over a month, having Collin up to her room as soon as Erik went out on patrol? Why hadn't she been more careful? Dammit. The look on his face when he'd walked in on her and Collin had been terrifying. He'd gone through shock, hurt, anger, and hatred in five seconds flat.
Just remembering that look brought tears stinging to her eyes. There was an actual pain in the center of her chest. If felt like someone had frozen her heart, then smashed it to bits with a sledge hammer.
He would never actually hurt her; she knew that better than he probably did. But he'd wanted to, God he'd wanted to. She could see it in his eyes. Of course, the way he clenched and unclenched his fists were a dead giveaway too. Collin hadn't been so lucky. Erik had exploded into motion before Collin could pull himself off the bed. A few minutes later he'd turned on her, and, after a few choice words, Erik had said it was over. He'd told her they were done.
Now Collin was cradling his broken nose, screaming at her to call a doctor. But Alessandra stood frozen, holding a sheet to her chest, standing at the doorway, and watching Erik walk away. The pressure in her chest grew heavier and she gasped for breath as hot tears streamed down her cheeks.
How could this be happening? Erik loved her. He was just angry right now, but he couldn't stay mad at her forever. He'd forgive her. He'd take her back. He had to. It couldn't be over. They were meant to be together. She just had to show him.
Drama on Steroids
I'm supposed to be writing in my WIP but, as you can see, I'm not. Instead, I've been procrastinating by blog hopping. Originally, I was looking for a good writing exercise–notably a topic from a blogfest. But I just couldn't find anything that struck up a quick idea. All the ones I found required too much thinking on my part, and I'm more in the mood for "new-character, please invade my brain" kind of ideas. Not to worry, I'll keep looking for more exercises. What I did come up with was a pretty nifty new blogfest to sign up for.
Dawn Embers over at It's in the Book is hosting The Broken Hearts Blogfest from March 13th-15th! Now, is it just me or does this fest look like something you could sink your teeth into?? I don't have any new characters coming out of the woodwork just yet, but I do have a few sparks of oh my God, this is going to be soooo good! so I'm pretty excited to participate in this one. Truth be told, it's been a while since I last took part in a fest, but I'm assuming–praying–it's like riding a bike.
|This uber awesome pic was created for this fest by Mia Hayson. Pretty fab, don't you think??
So be a sport and run on over to Dawn's blog and sign up! With all the drama that will be flying around, it's going to be like a soap opera on steroids. Oh, yes. There will be blood, sweat, tears, screams, sarcasm, and maybe–hopefully–even a bit of revenge! All I'm saying is you'd better take advantage of the turmoil and be there on March 13th, 14th, or 15th, or you can no longer call yourself a writer. There, I said it. You miss this fest and you are no longer a writer! *adds alarm to iPhone calendar so I don't forget and end up relinquishing my sparkly writer's tiara.*
Unofficial Post a Photo of your Work Space Day!
Hey guys! I'm dropping in at the tale end of February 1st Unofficial "Post a Photo of your Work Space Day"! I absolutely LOVE looking at pictures of people's writing space so when I dropped by Kristen Yard's blog today and saw that HOLY COW! it's Post a Photo of your Work Space Day I was ecstatic!
But come on, who doesn't like to see where the magic happens?? So I decided to post a few pics myself… are you ready??
And yes– because you asked, the walls are pink. It was a 4 year old's princess room before I took it over, and I'm far to lazy to paint… Trust me. Pink suits my muse 😉
|This is where some writing happens. And Netflix makes an appearance…
|And this is where some serious plotting takes place =)
|I'm an old fashioned kind of girl– I sit on the floor and use my WIP notebooks to file away the details.
|Still…sometimes the best stuff comes when curled up in bed and on the lappy 😎
Anyone else post any pics of their work space??
I'm baaaaaaack ;-)
Hello all!
I know it's been a while, but I promise I didn't forget about any of you. I've been swamped with work and such and haven't had time to drop in since….oh, wow…September. Okay, that's a bit embarrassing, but completely unavoidable. I promise!
But now that I'm back, I'm working on getting out of my little funk (and by little funk, I mean start writing again). It's been a while. Too flipping long and while yes, I do miss it, I almost feel as though I don't know where to begin. No, that's a lie. I don't almost feel as though I don't know where to begin—I totally feel as though I don't know where to begin. Add to that the brand spanking new character that popped into my head and is demanding her own book be plotted out n-o-w just to shut her up. I'm trying to ignore her, I really am. The last thing I need is a new story on my plate. I already have so many on the backburner, but this new kid—Claire, she says her name is—refuses to leave me alone. It's distracting and if only she could wait her damn turn, I may be good to figure out my new Plan of Action for the rest of 2010 and into 2011. I have to get a move on. My poor Nightlings series is about ready to give up on me. I'm so ashamed! Still, I'm determined to have Kate and Caleb's book finished in 2011, the sooner the better.
But it's been a while since I was last in the writersphere, and I suppose there was a change of venue for the awesome #amwritingparty's that I was so fond of—you know, back in the day. Then again, it is Thanksgiving week and I know as well as anyone that this is a week of craziness. But that's probably why I'm so ready to get back into the swing of things. IT'S NOVEMBER! Where did the year go?! Oh my God! I'm so behind on my WIPgoals that it isn't even funny! Actually it is, in a neurotic, straight-jacked-meets-padded-room kind of way.
So today I'll be figuring out who's still around on #amwritingparty, blogs, and wherever else we writers used to lurk when hiding from our word processors. If you do Twitter, I'm @courtneyreese86. If not, drop me a line on the comments section of this post!
See ya around,
PS> Oh yeah, I'm changing my blog layout for a while since my old but awesome grey butterfly template was slowly falling apart. This one is a temp while I work on tweaking the code for a new one I want. Hope you like 😉
the Nature of Pen Names
The pen name: A writer's best friend (and source of anxiety).
This has been a big one for me for several months. I'm trying to come up with a pen name that a) suits my personality, and b) suits my genre. Oh—and then there is always c) doesn't sound made up.
It isn't easy.
It isn't fun.
I do not enjoy it.
Ask me to come up with a character name. Ask me to come up with a baby name. Ask me to name your new retriever. Do not ask me to rename myself. How should I know what "fits" me? It isn't like I really know myself, right? I mean, give me a character bio and I can tell you the perfect name to go with 'em.
The name helps to shape the character, right? You don't ever see Tom as a murder mystery, serial killer? Not exactly. Ted, sure; Tom, not so much. In fiction, the bad guy always has a somewhat-bad-guy-name. Cyrus the Virus from Con-Air, Sylar from Heroes, Lucius Malfoy from Harry Potter, Hannibal freaking Lecter from *duh* Hannibal!
And the good guys have good-guy-names (or normal names, depending on the genre). Harry Potter, Clark Kent, Jack Bauer, James Bond, Alex Cross, Sarah Connor, Selene (Underworld), Alice (Resident Evil)… Basically, nothing decidedly evil.
So does the same thing apply to people? Could I be, let's say, Emily? Tess? Diane? Samantha? Nikki? Madison? Tracy? Faith? Elaine? Rachel?
No, no I can't. Why? Because I'm not those people.
So basically, finding a good pen name to transfer on over to has been… a challenge. Unfortunately it's one I have to face (and, hopefully, overcome). See, I work at an elementary school and it would be just plain awkward if one of my students, or even their parents, ran a little google search on me and got a direct link to a steamy blogfest entry. Yeah… creeptastic, I know. So it's mucho important for me to get my pen name up and running. The problem—it's not working.
My plan is to have a "general pen name" for the blog, the facebook, the writing world stuff. This pen name would go with my paranormal romance and urban fantasy stuff. But I'd also like to have a separate one for my contemporary/romantic suspense stuff. I can hold off on the 2nd name—no biggie there—but I need that first one.
Progress to come… wish me luck.
I'm a PRO!
No, not a PROfessional. I'm a PROlific blogger. See?! I even have the award to prove it! Ain't she grand?
|I'm a PRO!
Okay, so maybe she's a bit old… maybe a wee bit dusty, but I didn't forget about her. I promise, my dear blog award–I was just biding my time, waiting for the best possible moment to unveil you to the public… I swear… *cough*
I'd like to send a gigantic THANK YOU to Kristie Cook for passing this cutie on to me =D Thanks Kristie!
By the way, if you don't already know Kristie, check her out– her new book, Promise, is available in stores now and is phenomenal! This book (the first in the Soul Savers series) has gotten rave reviews–and let me tell you, critics are tough. Seriously, the chick is enviable. I'd hate her, you know, if I didn't already love her 😉
Now I'll be passing this little diddy on to one of my favorite bloggers/people in the entire world. Who might that be? Well, none other than my CP/soul-mate, Ashley Tenille!If you don't know Ashley–shame on you! She's only the coolest Canuck ever…quite possibly the coolest person ever (though I like to think we tie for the latter).
So Ashley– do her proud! Dust off that lent and post her to your blog– then start writing!
This is how I write…this is how I write
I've been a bad blogger–and writer–lately. I admit it, I've been a real disappointment. But I"m trying to turn all that around by getting back into the groove of things.
First, I've been working on Nightlings, moving some chapters around and getting it all beautiful for my new critique group members at CritiqueThisWIP.
Secondly, I've been trying to get some good blog posts going. Okay, so I haven't been so successful at that second part, but, like I said, I'm trying. I blog over at CritiqueThisWIP once a week (which, for a while, was more than enough). But this week, I'm branching out even further and wrote guest blog post for Kayleigh's Kaleidoscope! What's it about, you ask? How I Write (do you see the irony?). What have I realized? That I really love blogging–not to mention writing–so I'm going to make it a point to get my butt back in "the zone".
It hasn't all been easy. I've been feeling down about my writing for a few months now. Nothing comes out right, my grammar skills are annoying me to no end, and my "voice" has been hiding out in a very dark, very quiet place. How are you supposed to write when the cursor just sits there, blinking that irritating I on an otherwise blank screen?! Don't tell me just do it, because I've been tryin' and it just ain't workin'. But that will all be coming to an end. No more putting it off. You may be reading a bunch of crap, but at least I'll be posting again, right?
Don't forget to swing by Kayleigh's Kaleidoscope to see just how crazy a writer I am!
Come one, come all
Ladies and gents, boys and girls! Gather 'round and listen to the most exciting news you've heard all year—
CritiqueThisWIP is looking for writers –that's right, people like you— to take part in our Author Interview Series. All writers are welcome, published and unpublished alike. So if you want to get your name out there, run on over to CTW and send us an email!
Hello everyone! I know, long time, no blog—but I'm back, and with THREE important announcements that could make you a happy, happy reader!
First off: Today on CritiqueThisWIP I have the honor (or dumb luck) of interviewing KRISTIE COOK! That's right, guys! I got to take a sit down with Kristie and learn all the nitty-gritty details. Swing by and check her out!
Second: Speaking of interviews—yours truly got to switch seats with none other that Kristen Yard for an interview of my own! Yep, you read that right—I was interviewed by Kristen Yard (you know, the chick I interviewed last week on CritiqueThisWIP). Apparently, Kristen wanted pay back because her questions were WAY worse that mine were…then again, I'm pretty biased. So swing by Kristen's blog at Take It As It Comes and read my interview. You may learn more than you ever wanted to know about me. *Don't judge*
Last, but not least: Now I've saved the best for last (not that mine and Kristie's interviews aren't little golden tickets, but this is a real gem!). My critique group, CritiqueThis has three openings available and waiting for romance writers to fill them. We're holding a contest on our group blog where you can apply for membership. All romance writers are welcome to participate! Drop by the Contest Page for more details.
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- What is the Percent Employed?
- What is the Population Count?
- What is the Population Density?
- What is the Land Area?
- What is the Percent who did not finish the 9th grade?
- What is the Student Teacher Ratio?
- What is the Median Earnings?
- What is the Mean Job Proximity Index?
- What is the Percent Without Health Insurance?
- What is the Mean Environmental Health Hazard Index?
The number of employees of Harris County, TX was 61,236 for engineering in 2017.
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I was in a meeting last week with a couple of folks who were aware of some of the challenges and stresses that have been coming my way recently. (And they didn't even know about my surgery last December.) One of their questions was, "How do you do it, Jim?"
I said, "What? Stay sane you mean?"
Ah … such a good question. How does one take care of oneself when life seems pretty overwhelming?
For me, I mentioned just a few basic things …
I go to bed early and do my best to get enough sleep. I eat three small meals a day, avoiding junk in between (and take a variety of dietary supplements). I go to the fitness center regularly and/or walk/hike outside as much as I can. I lie down on the floor and listen to my meditation tape (actually it's an iTunes playlist these days). I see my alternative-health-care practitioner once a week to deal with my aches and pains. I read. I write (as in this blog). I take photographs. I maintain my websites and my gadgets. I keep up with current events. I watch Rachel Maddow and So You Think You Can Dance. I work while I'm at work. And go home at the end of the day.
What don't I do? Drink. Smoke. Caffeine or other recreational drugs. Or even eat chocolate. (Boring, you say!?)
[What's missing from this picture? A primary relationship. Sigh …]
So, all in all, I simply (or, actually, with a great deal of concerted effort) try to maintain some balance in my life.
That's how I do it.


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Upstart Websites Aim to Consolidate Social Networking
YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- Having trouble keeping up with the explosion of niche social networks? The latest trend in the space is aggregation -- websites such as MyLifeBrand, ProfileLinker, Open ID, OtherEgo and even the salaciously named Profilactic all present variations on the theme of organizing or simplifying a consumer's social-networking experience.
Certainly the idea of social-network aggregation is enticing -- not only to busy consumers but also to marketers. Forget having to figure out which of some 200 social networks is "hot or not" this week. One-stop media buying at a popular and engaging aggregate site or being able to target one person's entire web persona seems an ideal solution.
But theory may trump practice, at least for now.
"Aggregators don't necessarily become viable marketing opportunities for big brands until they can reach a certain critical mass," said John Noe, CEO at interactive agency Rokkan. "There's certainly viability in the concept of aggregating social-networking sites ... but from what's out there currently, most sites feel watered down or underdeveloped."
Three avenues
MyLifeBrand has a three-pronged revenue approach that relies on advertising, premium services and social commerce to support itself. Its users can add as many as four networks, track and cross-pollinate friends and interests, and also create branded communities of their own. The site has about 500 communities, although Exec VP Daniel Scalisi expects that number will hit several thousand by the end of the year. Amp'd Mobile, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection, is the lone marketer that has created its own community.
Some question just how necessary such tools are, given research that social-network use tends to be fairly concentrated.
"There aren't a ton of really popular social networks. Most people we survey have one or two profiles at the most," said Jupiter Research analyst Emily Riley. "It's just not common for people to have 10 social networks they need to manage."
Mr. Noe said, "In general, aggregators appeal to the smaller audience of social-networking superusers: the dashboard-toting, widget-downloading, portal-page-personalizing, content-creating early adopter of all things new."
Consolidated spending
Ad dollars are concentrated as well: While marketers spent only $350 million in ad dollars on social-networking sites in 2006, that number is expected to rise quickly to $900 million in 2007. On MySpace alone, marketers will spend $525 million this year compared with $190 million in 2006, according to eMarketer.
Another, perhaps more useful, concept, Open ID, aims to simplify the way people do business on the web by creating one single identifier -- a URL -- rather than various user names and passwords for signing in to different services. Developed in the past year-and-a-half by the folks behind Six Apart, a social-networking company whose assets include LiveJournal and Vox, Open ID has been adopted by such companies as Digg, Technorati and AOL.
Still, it faces hurdles, both from critics who suggest there are security issues with the idea and from the companies it hopes to bring on board. As Anil Dash, VP at Six Apart, points out, it's difficult to integrate services even within a single company -- he pointed to Yahoo's nonintegration of Flickr as an example -- much less open up systems to the outside.
"Everybody wants to think they're the center of people's web experience," he said. "But the reality is we all use a bunch of different sites and services."
And although aggregator users might be, as Mr. Noe said, superusers, there is a positive side to that: "The superuser [also] is probably most likely the evangelist that spreads the word to his or her friends, family and anyone who will read the latest post."


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20,000 people used to live here, now it
's a ghost town. Welcome to Namie, Japan,
now inside the nuclear Exclusion Zone created by the disaster. Photo from www.Reddit.com. Fukushima
Katherine Fuchs of Friends of the Earth writes: "Today is the third anniversary of the tragic earthquake and tsunami in
Low levels of radiation will reach ocean waters along the
States' West Coast next month, scientists said, as
fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster
drifts across the Pacific Ocean.
As reported by Andrew Freedman at http://mashable.com/2014/03/11/three-years-after-fukushima/
"The disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in
on March 11, 2011, destroyed
tens of thousands of lives and had ripple effects around the world as nations
reliant upon or considering nuclear power rethought their plans. Japan
The meltdown of three of the six nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, about 130 miles north of
Tokyo, was the worst nuclear
disaster since the Chernobyl accident in in
1986. The result of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and associated tsunami waves
that reached heights exceeding 100 feet, the disaster demonstrated that nuclear
power plant operators may not have anticipated the full range of worst-case
scenarios that could beset their facilities. Ukraine
The tsunami
's swift and massive waves crippled the power plant
by taking out its power supply and cooling system, with workers resorting to
desperate measures to cool the reactors to prevent an even more significant
The damage at the plant was so severe that more than 100,000 residents of the nearby
had to be relocated, and
complex cleanup operations at the plant continue. Fukushima Prefecture
While the damage was confined to
the waves were detected across the Pacific Ocean,
moving at speeds of up to 500 mph.
In the
U.S., the disaster spurred the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, which is responsible for overseeing the 100 nuclear
power plants operating in the country, to re-assess safety planning and issue
some new requirements for plants that are of similar design as . Exelon, which is the country's
largest nuclear-reactor operator, runs 17 of the commercial reactors. According
to a New York Times report, the company expects to spend up to $500 million
upgrading its plants based on lessons learned from Fukushima . Fukushima
Fukushima woke up the world nuclear industry, not just the
the chairwoman of the NRC, Allison M. Macfarlane, told the Times. "It woke
everybody up and said: 'Hey, you didn't even think about these different issues
happening. You never thought about an earthquake that could create a tsunami
that would swamp your emergency diesel generators and leave you without power
for an extended period. You never planned for more than one reactor going down
at a site, you have to think about that now.' " U.S.
Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey have updated earthquake data for the central and eastern
providing nuclear operators with new information about the earthquake risks
their plants face, and the safety standards they should meet. Coastal plants
face other risks, such as storm surge flooding from coastal storms such as
hurricanes, and the long-term challenge of sea level rise due to global warming." U.S.


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You can't atone for your sins with nightmares.
Santa Sangre is one of the greatest horror films of all time for its various conspicuous essential features. It's original, poetic, and completely underrated. The imagery and imagination should be celebrated and given the attention it is so rightly entitled to for coming together so magnificently. This film is basically the reputable of all films parallel to Psycho. There's the obsession with the boy's mother and her living through his hands and there's the excellent point of view shots from a brutal stabbing. While I feel Psycho was a major influence for this film, Tod Browning's "Freaks" also seems to be highly influential along with James Whale's "The Invisible Man." The storyline was initially approached through a real-life serial killer in Mexico, Gregorio Cárdenas, who murdered teenage prostitutes in the early 1940s and was later pardoned for being 'rehabilitated' and celebrated as a hero. That's the fucked up Mexican judicial system for you. I'd like to see that happen in America. Oh wait…..
Alejandro Jodorowsky explores the outer limits of bad taste like no other. It's an act of courage. This brilliant man is possibly one of the most innovative directors of all time. He has spent his entire life embodied in the arts. He had been a clown, comic writer, spiritual guru, and ventriloquist. His bizarre extracurricular activities shine through his films. However, if you are going to become a fan of his work, I suggest you view his masterpiece "El Topo" first.
Santa Sangre opens with a nude mental patient named Fenix who eats raw fish and sleeps in a doggy bed. We soon learn that this man has a whole bag of issues that put him into this institution. For starters, his mother was absolutely bat shit crazy. Mommy dearest, Concha, is the leader of a cult. Concha is actually Mexican slang for vagina and their church features a lovely pool of 'blood' that I think it suppose to represent the menstrual cycle. Gross. Concha calls it holy blood but a priest that demands this sacrilegious temple be torn down immediately is all, "Uhm no, it's paint." He didn't actually say those words but you get the gist. In this church, the followers sport red robes and worship a dead girl with no arms that was tragically raped and murdered. Fenix's mother and father run a circus show where Concha is a trapeze artist. His American father, Mr. Orgo, is the master of ceremonies and knife thrower and is quite possibly one of the most repulsive men I have ever seen. The question that haunted me throughout the film involved the degree of Orgo's sexiness. Why are two women fighting over this sweaty bulge and wild chest hair? He's an alcoholic and soon begins an affair with a tattooed woman, who is part of their side show. The tattooed woman forces her deaf mute daughter, Alma, to perform in the circus as well and it's love at first sight for our lead man. As we see the parent's relationship unfold on screen, Fenix also watches his parents having sex which is enough to fuck anyone up. He was born into a world of chaos and cruelty. The poor chap didn't stand a chance against the world and it's violent perversion.
Fenix has his own magic show in the circus while they tour around Mexico. All hell breaks loose when Concha spots Orgo and the tattooed woman kissing and catches them while they're inches away from coitus. In a fit of rage, Concha throws acid, that just so happens to be in the room, on her man's naughty bits and I am not sure if he was just wearing a wig this whole time or if she also threw acid on his hair but his head begins to bleed and we see the disturbing image of a balding, bleeding, fat naked man stumbled towards Concha and in similar fashion to her false 'God' he cuts off both of her arms. Fenix was lucky enough not to catch this part but he does get to watch the entertainment of his naked and mutilated father slitting his throat before the circus tent.
This crucial first act circles back to Fenix being grown in the asylum. The irresponsible nurses and doctors send Fenix and several down syndrome patients to the movies. Their evening ends with the group snorting cocaine and making the sexy with a fat prostitute, only Fenix goes astray and comes across an older, nastier tattooed woman that destroyed his family. Cut to a happy Fenix in his room at the institution, doing acrobats to express his night to please the questioning doctor. His armless mother appears before him outside and he climbs out the window then moves in with her and becomes her 'arms.' Fenix begins killing women due to his mother's uncontrollable jealousy and the two have their own act in numerous theaters across Mexico.
The third act makes as much sense as the previous two and I do not want to spoil the twist ending so I might as well just leave it at that.
The film's most exciting moments are in the details of the circus and the perfectly performed ventriloquism. The elephant funeral was illogical but possibly my favorite scene in the film and an important element to the plot – Fenix becoming a man after Orgo coarsely tells him to "stop crying like a little girl." Then Orgo proceeds to tattoo his chest. The poor elephant is dying and hemorrhaging from its trunk, in brutal fashion, and a funeral takes place across town where they lead the elephant in his coffin, all dressed in black, and dump it into some ravine where all of these powdered dwellers come running to rip the elephant to pieces. Like I said, it's illogical but still an important part of the film. Then there's the brutal stabbing sequence with the loud bongos pounding in the background. I had to keep tinkering with the volume because the music was so loud. The death scenes were visually enchanting along with the white zombies.
The film contains the worlds most interesting characters in a film; The Tattooed harlot, Fenix's best friend Aladdin who is a dwarf, the deaf mute mime, the manly lady, the dancing pimp, the fat prostitute, the boy's parents, and the white zombies. The passion from this batch of actors is surreal. Jodorowsky used both sons – Axel and Adan, to play the old and young Fenix. Supporting cast members; Bianca Guerra as Concha was terrifying. I just did not care for her character AT ALL, even before she gets her arms chopped off, which means Guerra performed Concha brilliantly enough to make me hate her. Guy Stockwell as Orgo isn't as well known as brother Dean Stockwell but apparently he was devastatingly handsome before he became a fat bald guy. Even his parents were more successful. He's the dimmer bulb of his family. There's the beautiful Sabrina Dennison as the deaf mute Alma, trapped in sexual slavery by her cunt of a mother, the Tattooed Woman played by Thelma Tixou. Thelma had a bodacious butt and she was artistically covered in tattoos but she was a bad person… Pimping her deaf mute daughter out to retarded soldiers and all. This was a solid cast.
Santa Sangre is not for everyone. If you want a typical slasher where a group of unsuspecting individuals start off the film at the wrong gas station or the usual set up for a typical horror film then be my guest. But don't come arguing to me about how terrible this movie is and how awesome The Hills Have Eyes remake is. Santa Sangre is powerful and effective. As for what else it may be, individual audience members will have to decide.


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Ordinance would bar union-only city projects
Background: The Associated Builders and Contractors has circulated three rounds of ballot petitions for a vote on whether the city should ban union agreements on city-subsidized projects. Two were rejected on technical errors.
What's changing: The group's third campaign was accepted by the City Clerk as valid, and the City Council this week voted to place the group's measure on the June ballot.
The future: Voters will make a decision in June.
Chula Vista voters will decide whether union agreements should be banned for city-subsidized projects after the City Council on Tuesday voted to place the "Fair and Open Competition in Contracting" measure on the June ballot.
The council voted 4-0 to place the measure on the ballot, but not without arguing the merits of the initiative and whether it would keep the city from receiving federal government funding for developments in which project labor agreements are required.
"Let the public debate the merits of the ordinance," said George Hawkins, who is with Associated Builders and Contractors.
The contractors' group has collected more than 50,000 signatures in three separate attempts to get its measure before Chula Vista voters. The first two petitions were rejected on technical errors.
Last month, the Chula Vista City Clerk informed the group that it obtained the required 10,399 signatures.
The group wants the city to create a law that would bar unions from negotiating deals in which only union workers could be hired for city-subsidized projects, such as the
Nonunion workers want to ensure they have a shot at construction jobs that future city development will create. Unionized contractors would still be able to bid on subsidized projects, as would nonunion contractors, under the builders group's initiative.
Union groups said the measure is discriminatory because it targets workers based on their union status.
"This is about anti-union zealots making sure that there's cheap labor and jobs," said Jennifer Badgley of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 569. "It has nothing to do with honesty or fairness or competition in the construction marketplace."
Councilwoman Pamela Bensoussan said she wants to write the ballot argument against the ordinance.


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Damon Albarn was joined onstage by his Blur bandmate Graham Coxon during his Latitude headline set on Saturday (July 19) in Suffolk, bringing out the guitarist for an encore of 'Tender'.
Speaking from the stage during the encore Albarn said: "There are some Blur songs I can sing on the piano, but there are some that are impossible to do without the man I wrote them with: Mr Graham Coxon."
Latitude Festival 2014 – Day 2
Coxon then took to the stage to rapturous applause as the pair began 'Tender' and heavy rain started to pour over the cheering crowd. At the end of the track, Coxon left without saying anything. The pair have not performed together since Blur's last gig in January in Tokyo.
It was one of the highlights of a triumphant set from Albarn. He was also joined on stage by rapper Kano to perform Gorillaz hit 'Clint Eastwood' during the encore.
Earlier on in his set, Damon and his backing band The Heavy Seas, were introduced by Steve Lamacq who stated, "I've been told I've got four words to describe this man: a really clever fella" before Damon began an opening collection of songs from 'Everyday Robots' tracks including the title song and 'Lonely Press Play'.
Latitude Festival 2014 – Day 2
He then carried on with a set taking in the likes of 'Hollow Ponds', 'Hostiles' and 'Photographs (You Are Taking Now)' from this year's solo LP.
Latitude Festival 2014 – Day 2
Heavy rain soaked the Latitude crowd during the encore. A visibly delighted Damon joked with the audience, "well, I don't know about you but I've had a shit time," he concluded before playing 'Heavy Seas of Love' and taking a final bow.


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Today we opened registration to third in a row BSD event, KyivBSD!
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A Conversation with
Lt. Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr.
Progress and Challenges in Iraq
Conducted by Lawrence Pintak, professor,
The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
Just returned from a year-long deployment as commander of the multinational force in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., commanding general of I Corps, met with Lawrence Pintak, an international journalist and educator with expertise in Middle East media and communication issues, to discuss Iraq's government-formation process, the security situation there, and the American military's approach to formidable challenges that lay ahead.
Listen now to their April 28, 2010, conversation at Town Hall in Seattle.
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A Man Called Sloane, "Architect of Evil." (Original air date: December 15th, 1979.)
Worthington Pendergast (Michael Pataki)
is the titular architect, who has conceived a "perfect city" for KARTEL
to build and rule in an undisclosed location. Who will construct – and
ultimately, live in – this city? Well, Pendergast has a typically
complicated and insane plan to solve that problem: using a ray projector
that can increase the mass of objects, he intends to sink a ship
carrying nuclear waste which will then contaminate a large portion of
the West Coast of America. This will dispossess millions of people, who
KARTEL (will somehow) then draft as slave labor to build their city.
for Pendergast, the unique "blue crystal" that makes the ray weapon
work, has been stolen from his home safe along with his other valuables,
by a cat burglar named Harry Helms (John Aprea),
who has no idea what it is and thinks it's worthless. Fortunately, UNIT
had Pendergast under observation and caught the thief on film, so
Sloane is able to track him down, and ultimately impersonate him (an
impersonation which, as usual, isn't very effective) in order to
infiltrate Pendergast's operation...
The story is
nonsensical, but for some reason, it plays out pretty well. Pataki's
villain is suitably over-the-top, executing his own henchmen with sonic
deathtraps and playing Bach's tocatta and fugue in D minor
on the organ to relieve stress. There's a sequence set in a health
club where burglar Helms attempts to kill Sloane in a manner highly
reminiscent of the Shrublands scene in Thunderball, and an interesting – and unusual - climax featuring Sloane, Torque, a helicopter, and a lot of soapsuds.
Well directed by veteran TV and B-movie (Cujo, Alligator) director Lewis Teague,
"Architect of Evil" is a satisfyingly silly but entertaining hour of
spy-fi adventure, and is probably one of the best in the series.
Only one more episode to go!