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It's February, or maybe March. It feels like spring will NEVER get here. For those of us holed up in the frozen North, we're really starting to get itchy. Our garden plans are waiting, carefully drawn in colored pencils. Our winter sowed containers are waiting, and our vegetable gardens are still vegetable seed packages, waiting. It feels as if the whole world is waiting, and we can't wait fast enough! Although the days are getting a little longer, they're still not long enough.
I can't manage the crowds at my local flower show, which is a big pick-me-up for lots (and lots and lots and lots) of people, and anyway, for me the first big event of spring is earlier and more mundane: the first forced bulbs in my grocery store. Sorely do they tempt me. Last year the house was blooming with my new-found addiction for amaryllis (or hippeastrum) in every room, and outside dozed 75+ winter sowed containers. Last year when those chirpy little golden creatures sang to me from the Florist Department, which I usually speed to avoid, I sang back "thanks anyway, guys, my house is alive with flowers."
This year, however, things are a lot less focused. I'm Supermom, not Putter-around-the-house-with-bulbs-mom. I'm buried in paperwork, not seeds . . . and when I heard the familiar call from the florist aisle, "we're ba-a-ack!" I'm afraid to say it, but I succumbed. I bought one pot of tête-à-têtes for my father, who lives at an assisted living center where they seem to have only artificial plants, and one for myself. It was supposed to be for the whole family, but none of us noticed whether it was getting watered or not, and eventually ... it wasn't! But that's okay, because tête-à-tête daffodils will naturalize in nearly any part of the country. So if this happens to you, oh ye of forgetful watering can, take heed!
Let the foliage on your tête-à-têtes ripen until the stems turn brown; they need to store all the energy they can, in the form of carbohydrates, if they are going to flower again another year. Then carefully dig out the bulbs and plant them in any sunny, well-drained spot where you want a touch of low-growing early spring color. Reports vary on whether forced tête-à-tête bulbs will flower the very next spring or skip a year. (Flowering out-of-sync with a bulb's natural rhythms taxes it heavily, and it may take a year to recover.) You can learn more at the Bulb Forum, and of course you can plant tête-à-têtes in the autumn like the rest of the world. But whatever you do, if you buy the potted type, don't throw them out!
I think these days at the big box stores, they actually get to send back miniature roses that didn't open and daffodils that dried out. But if you have an opportunity to pick up a lot of these once-flowered beauties on the cheap, do it! I'm planning to stalk the halls of my father's assisted living center and see if any other dutiful daughters said it with daffodils this winter.


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When Alex Webb was photographing at the Seabreeze Amusement Park in Rochester, N.Y., a man turned to the Magnum photographer, looked at his digital Leica and said: "You know, I designed the sensor for that camera."
For many people in Rochester, Kodak has always been more than just a photography company. "[Everyone] has either worked for Kodak, or had a family member or friend who worked for the company," notes Rebecca Norris Webb, who, with her husband, has just released Memory City (Radius Books, 2014), a photography book about the impact Kodak has had on the upstate New York city of 200,ooo.
"I guess you could say that Memory City is a eulogy to a certain kind of company town," Norris Webb adds, "one that left a rich cultural legacy behind for its workers, their families and other Rochester residents."
Today's Kodak bears little resemblance to the cultural and technological icon it once was. At its peak, Kodak controlled 90 percent of the film photography market, with sales reaching $10 billion. By 2012, when that number had shrunk to $3.5 billion, Kodak entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, sold off its digital sensor division and exited the one business on which it built its brand: film photography.
For both Alex and Rebecca Webb, Kodak played an important role in shaping their vision as photographers, so when it entered bankruptcy protection two years ago, "it seemed only natural that we explore a project that reflected our mutual sense of loss," Alex told TIME, "while paying homage to the company whose film was so essential to our creative processes as photographers."
Their stated goal was to create a multi-layered portrait of a complex place, with Alex Webb exploring the city of Rochester with two cameras – one digital and another loaded with his last rolls of Kodachrome film – while his wife, a poet, favored a more metaphorical take on the city.
"After Kodak entered Chapter 11," Rebecca says, "I began to wonder what I'll miss when I eventually have to switch from film to digital. The image that came to mind for that slip of celluloid that's accompanied me to every event I've ever photographed was the delicate yet indelible special occasion dress, worn only once, such as a wedding dress or christening gown."
As she worked deeper into the project, the metaphor of the dress expanded to suggest the long history of women's rights in the region, "including those ordinary women that history has long ignored. And my dreamy portraits of young women hint at something about Rochester's uncertain future."
The result is a book that carefully intertwines Rebecca Norris Webb's quiet still lifes and portraits of Rochester women, past and present, with Alex Webb's color and black-and-white images of the city. Since Kodak stopped the production of Kodachrome films, the Magnum photographer was forced to process his images in black-and-white, "giving them a slightly distressed quality, as if weathered over time, which seems appropriate somehow for this elegiac look at the longtime home of Kodak."
Their images are linked by quotes from "three of the most important Rochester residents of the 19th Century, a time when the city had managed to transform itself quite successfully four times — from one of the country's first 'Boomtowns' thanks to the Erie Canal, to 'Flour City,' the largest flour-producing city in the world, to 'Flower City,' home of the world's largest flower nursery, and by the end of the century, tothe budding 'World's Image Center,' home to Kodak, Bausch and Lomb, and eventually Xerox," says Rebecca Norris Webb.
These three residents were Kodak founder George Eastman, abolitionist Frederick Douglass and women's rights activist, Susan B. Anthony, each of whom allowed the Webbs find different ways of looking at memory, "each a facet of this crystalline city's complex history," in Rebecca Norris Webb's words.
Memory City will be presented in Rochester at the 2104 Photo-Bookworks Symposium, during the city's celebrated Visual Studies Workshop.
Memory City is published by Radius Books.
Alex Webb is a photographer represented by Magnum Photos.
Rebecca Norris Webb is a poet and photographer.
Olivier Laurent is the editor of TIME LightBox. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @olivierclaurent.


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Making A Claim
- Our claims process
- Finalising your claim
- Reporting your claim
- What happens next?
- Churchill Legal Assistance Service
- Windscreen claims
Our claims process
Being involved in an accident can be a very traumatic experience. You can count on Churchill to get you back on the road quickly and with the minimum of fuss.
When you claim, you'll have access to the Recommended Repair Network which offers nationwide coverage and a 5 year guarantee on all repairs. We'll even collect and return your car to you – and clean it inside and out too!
You can rest assured that you'll have the financial security and expertise of one of the UK's biggest car insurers behind you.
Reporting an accident
By calling us as soon as possible after an accident, we'll give you all the support you need and get started on your claim straight away.
Please note: If you first bought your Churchill Van Insurance policy on or after 18 March 2014, or your policy number doesn't start with a number, please click here for information on claims.
We're helping to keep prices down with anti-fraud technology
We take insurance fraud very seriously because it drives up the cost of everyone's premiums.
We don't think its fair that the actions of a few should affect so many so we're using special detection processes to identify false and exaggerated claims and help keep the cost of your policy down.
You can count on Churchill to look after you and settle all genuine claims as quickly and as fairly as we can.Back to top
Finalising your claim
When repairs are complete
When work on your car is complete, the garage will call you to arrange for it to be returned. If you were informed that an excess would apply on your car insurance, you'll need to pay that to the repairer.
If one of our approved repairers was used, your car will be returned cleaned inside and out and parts and repairs will be guaranteed for 5 years.
What to do if you're unsatisfied with your repair
We have a team of engineers who regularly visit repairers to ensure they meet our high standards. In the unlikely event that you are unhappy with your repairs you should raise this with the repairer. If after speaking to them you're still dissatisfied, you can call our claims team on 0800 051 0122 and 0123 963 6071.
Returning a hire or courtesy car
If you were entitled to a hire or courtesy car, the provider of the vehicle will have agreed with you what to do when your own vehicle is returned to you.
Anything further?
Oh no! You and your car should now be ready to get back out on the road! But we'll still be here if you have any further questions about your claim. If you need to speak to us, you can call us on 0800 051 0122 and 0123 963 6071.Back to top
Reporting your claim
You can count on us to get your claim moving straight away. Our advisors will take all the relevant details and talk you through what will happen next. Even if you have an accident when most garages are closed, our 24 hour accident recovery helpline can arrange assistance to recover your car and help arrange onward transportation.
Reporting an accident
By calling us as soon as possible after an accident, we'll give you all the support you need and get started on your claim straight away.
Not sure whether you should call us
By calling us you can be sure that we are aware of the incident and are in a position to represent your best interests, as well as being able to advise you what your policy covers you for.
What will I be asked for?
- Your personal details
- What happened and what the damage is to the vehicle
- Whether the vehicle is driveable
- Where you are
- Details of any third party or witnesses who were involved in the incident
- Details of any passengers in your or the third party's car
- Whether the police were involved and any crime reference number, if relevant
Ready to call?
0345 603 3590
Lines open: 8am-9pm Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm Saturdays and Bank Holidays, and 10am-5pm Sunday
Outside these hours you can call our 24 hour accident recovery helpline on 0800 269 015.
What happens next?
Some car insurance insurance claims are more complex than others but our aim is always to help you through the experience as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Reviewing your cover
When you call to report an incident, we'll look at your policy and answer any questions about what is covered and what excess you'll have to pay, if any.
Repairing your car
Once we know that everyone is safe and well, the most important thing is to get your car repaired as quickly as possible.
Churchill uses a nationwide network of recommended repairers that gets 480,000 customers back on the road each year and achieve consistently high customer satisfaction ratings.
If you use our recommended repair network, you won't need to get an estimate for the repairs and we'll allocate you a repairer straight away. The repairer will call you within 3 working hours and will be able to arrange collection of your vehicle if you'd like.
Each repair is carried out in accordance with recognised industry standards and all work is guaranteed for 5 years.
At the repairer the damage to the vehicle will be fully assessed. They will then contact us with an estimate of the cost of the repairs and once authorised, repair work will begin.
In the last six months our recommended repair network has completed repairs in an average of less than 8 working days, but if at any stage you need an update on the progress of your repair, you'll be able to contact the garage directly.
What happens if your car is stolen?
If your car is stolen then you will need to obtain a crime reference number from the police. When you report your claim to us we'll take some basic details and arrange a convenient time to discuss the theft in more detail. The outcome of your claim will depend on whether your car is recovered or not.
Keeping mobile
You may be entitled to a courtesy or hire car whilst your vehicle is being repaired. We'll explain the options when you call to report your claim.
Our Guaranteed Hire Car or Guaranteed Hire Car Plus options guarantee your entitlement to a hire car. If you selected one of these cover options, your claims advisor will be able to contact the hire car company for you.
Whose fault was the accident?
In some cases the fault is clear but it often isn't. There are occasionally a number of different opinions on what happened. We'll listen to your description of the accident and then look objectively at all other information available. We have specialist teams to deal with complex claims and we'll liaise with third parties and other insurers on your behalf.
Impact on no claims discount
The nature of your claim and whether or not your no claims discount is protected will dictate any impact on your discount. Your claims handler will try to give you an estimate of the impact when you report your claim, although this isn't always possible.
Injury claims
If somebody has been hurt in an accident, the first priority is to ensure that they're OK. Claims involving injury can be quite complex so one of our specialist teams may be involved to support you through the process. We handle thousands of injury claims each year and strive to deal with them all fairly and promptly.
Recovery of expenses
If you took out Churchill Legal Assistance Service with your car insurance policy and you have an accident involving your car that is not your fault, we will pay up to £100,000 in legal costs to help you recover your uninsured losses from the party at fault as long as it is more likely than not that your claim will succeed.
What happens if your car is written off?
In the event of an accident or loss, your vehicle may be considered uneconomical to repair and will therefore be deemed a Total Loss. In these cases it is necessary for us to place a settlement value on your vehicle.
If your car is less than one year old and you are the first and only registered owner in order to get you back on the road as quickly as possible with the minimum amount of hassle, we will attempt to offer you a permanent replacement vehicle of the same make and model. In cases where this is not possible, your claim will be settled based on the market value of your vehicle at the date of loss.
If your car is more than one year old and is written off, instead of just being offered a cheque for the settlement value of your car, less any excess that may apply, we can find you a replacement car if you would like using our trusted nationwide network. You can upgrade the new car by adding your own money. Or you can downgrade, and take the extra value as cash. It's your choice.
Cars come with a 12 month warranty, 6 months vehicle tax and free delivery in most cases.
This service excludes theft claims and the minimum price of the replacement car is £3500. It is also subject to availability ‐ we may not be able to find an exact match for your car. There are some postcodes in Scotland and Islands where we are unable provide free delivery. In these cases the car will be provided with a free tank of fuel.
Who determines the value of your vehicle?
We employ a specialist team of highly skilled motor engineers to ensure we place an accurate value on your vehicle. The engineers follow a consistent process to ensure that every vehicle is valued using the same methodology, whilst also considering the local market conditions. We aim to ensure that a fair market value on your vehicle is delivered first time every time.
How do we ascertain the market value for your vehicle?
In order to determine the market value of your vehicle we use a starting point from the UK's leading valuation publication, Glass's guide. The retail figure from Glass's is used, which would be the amount you would expect to pay if you bought a vehicle from a used car dealership.
What other factors have a bearing on the value of your vehicle?
- Overall mileage and condition: if the vehicle has low mileage this will increase the value; if it has high mileage this will decrease the value.
- Full service history: the quality of the service history will have a bearing on the valuation.
- Optional extras and modifications above the vehicles stated specification:
this is taken into account in accordance with Glass's guide recommendations.
- The pre-accident condition of the vehicle: as our starting point is Glass's Guide "retail " we consider areas of damage that would need to be rectified in order to achieve that retail value. We calculate these deductions using standard repair methods, using our discounted Group rates.
- The local market place: we look at the local market to ensure the value we have placed on your vehicle would allow you to purchase a similar vehicle in the local area.
When will you receive your settlement cheque?
When you've agreed a valuation with the engineer, they'll notify us and we'll arrange for a payment to be made. Payments are usually made by cheque and once requested, take around 5 working days to be processed.
Any agreed settlement will be subject to your agreed policy excess, and/or premium adjustment where applicable.Back to top
How to claim on Churchill Legal Assistance Service..
Reporting your Churchill Legal Assistance Service claim
You'll need to tell us of your Legal Assistance Service claim when you report your accident to our motor claims department. Your details will then be passed to our specialist Motor Legal claims department who will get your claim moving as quickly as possible.
What happens next?
Our Motor Legal claims department will review the details of your accident and check you have a valid claim under Churchill's Legal Assistance Service cover. If you have a valid claim, we will confirm that your policy will cover legal costs charged by a solicitor, as long as you follow the solicitor's advice and there is more than a 50% chance your claim will succeed. A solicitor will then be instructed to act on your behalf to pursue recovery of your losses from the driver responsible. We will cover all the legal costs of this claim in accordance with the policy terms and conditions.
Finalising your claim
Most cases are resolved through negotiation, but a minority go to Court. How quickly the claim is settled will depend on the circumstances of the accident, whether the other driver accepts responsibility for the accident and the extent of the injuries or losses being claimed for.Back to top
Windscreen claims
Our dedicated Glass Hotline is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to arrange to repair or replace your windscreen as quickly as possible.
If you have comprehensive cover, all you have to pay is the excess shown in your policy schedule. Your No Claims Discount won't be affected when you make a windscreen claim.
You can arrange to repair or replace your windscreen directly with our windscreen partner Autoglass.Make a claim
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A "PocketPC" is commonly referred to as a small-scale (hand-held) computer that runs Microsoft's PocketPC/Windows Mobile software. As an operating system, Microsoft PocketPC, sometimes referred to as P/PC or PPC, is based upon the Windows CE framework. There are a few variants of this OS, namely "PocketPC 2000," "PocketPC 2002," "Windows Mobile 2003 (and Windows Mobile 2003 SE)," and the latest, "Windows Mobile 5.0." Additional variants exist for SmartPhones, such as Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone edition. The PDA version of the operating system can often be found in such devices as the Compaq iPaq, HP Jornada, and Dell Axim. Some popular features of PocketPC devices are their inclusion of "mobile" versions of such office software as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Additionally, using Microsoft's ActiveSync program as a companion, a PocketPC-based device can "synch" with a parent computer. In this way, the PocketPC device can easily hold such data items as Microsoft Outlook contacts and appointments, as well as mobile versions of Word and Excel documents.
In 2001, PDAs with Palm OS installed enjoyed a market share of about 72 percent, while PocketPC held a meager 15 percent. However, by the fourth quarter of 2004, Microsoft PocketPC and Palm OS were practically tied. With sales of Palm OS devices down, PocketPC-based devices had a market share of 40.2 percent to Palm's 40.7 percent. This is evidence of the growing popularity of PocketPC-based devices, and thus the increased likeliness one will encounter such a device "in the field."
The PocketPC operating system began as Windows CE in November of 1996. The NEC MobilePro 200 and the Casio A-10 were the first two PDA-type devices available with this early version of the operating system. From here, Windows CE continued in development through versions 2 (with such devices as the MD Elan SC400, DEC SA1100, Hitachi SuperH 3, NEC VR4101, Philips DR 31500, and the Toshiba TX3912).
PocketPC Variants
As previously noted, there exist many variants of the PocketPC operating system. Below are a summary of each.
PocketPC 2000
PocketPC 2002
Pocket PC 2002, Microsoft's PDA operating system, is more stable than the previous version and offers a barrel of bundled software, including MSN Messenger and a remote access client. However in order to run this operating system, serious hardware requirements must be available. Flash ROM is one of the requirements which only comes standard on the Compaq Ipaq.
Windows Mobile 2003/SE
Based on the Windows CE.Net operating system, Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC includes a Windows-like graphical user interface (GUI), tools and helper apps, and several companion applications, including Pocket Word and Pocket Excel. It's the third major release of the platform, which debuted in April 2000 and was last updated in October 2001
Here's a list of Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC's new features:
-- Enhanced Connection Manager user interface -- Zero Configuration connections -- Improved animated connectivity status icons -- Improved connectivity bubbles -- Always-on Bluetooth discoverability -- Use of Bluetooth modems -- Bluetooth beaming -- Auto-correct spelling -- Auto-suggest in Inbox -- One-touch turn all radios off -- 802.1x support -- Certificate Management UI -- IPSec/L2TP -- Support for Multiple VPNs -- IPv6 support -- New Today screen -- Smart Lookup in Contacts -- Windows CE 4.2 operating systems -- .NET Compact Framework -- Enhanced developer support -- 128-bit encryption strength for Crypto API -- Improved power management -- Windows Media Player 9 Series for Pocket PC 2003 -- Plus! Sync & Go -- Support for Plus! Photo Story -- Windows Movie Maker 2 -- Pictures -- New version of Pocket Internet Explorer -- "Jawbreaker" game -- vCard and vCal support -- Inbox signature support -- New user notifications
Windows Mobile 5.0
Windows Mobile 5.0, based off of Windows CE 5.0, was released on May 10, 2005. Windows Mobile 5.0 brought many changes to the PocketPC landscape. For one, with this release, the phone and PDA versions of the OS have merged into one encompassing OS, instead of two separate versions of the same one. Additionally, while past versions of PocketPC software utilized the RAM of a PDA for program and data storage, Windows Mobile 5.0 uses a PDA's hardware more like a traditional computer. The operating system and user data is stored in the more persistent ROM of the device, and RAM is used in a way more similar to that of a desktop PC. This has implications for forensics, as data stored on these devices is now less volatile.
Pocket PC Devices
The History of Microsoft Windows CE
Palm vs. Pocket PC-The Great Debate


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Some of the largest companies in Silicon Valley, such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and Apple, released diversity statistics recently, revealing that only about 30% of their workforce are female.
Gender inequality is a problem that's been discussed for years in the tech space. Although it's improving, many believe females are still underrepresented in this field.
Paula Long, who sold her first startup EqualLogic to Dell for $US1.4 billion in 2008, is one of the more successful female entrepreneurs in the tech industry. She believes the best way to fix this problem is rather simple: better supply.
"What we need is lots of young women getting into tech, and then you'll see the number move up," Long told Business Insider. "If you don't have a good supply, then you won't see people elevating to the next levels."
Long also had some sound advice for entrepreneurs looking to break into the tech industry, saying that it's important to remember that you're the one in control.
"Don't think there's something you can't do just because somebody else says you can't," she said. "It's your choice whether you do it or not. And remember, you don't have to do it if you don't like it. Just because you're good at something doesn't mean you have to do it."
Long has moved on to her next startup called DataGravity, which provides data-aware storage systems. It basically offers data centres with software that has the ability to automatically analyse data in your storage.
The company has raised $US42 million so far, with funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River, and General Catalyst.
But most importantly, Long emphasised how crucial it is to prepare for failure as an entrepreneur.
"Most startups don't succeed and technology is rough and tumble," she said. "It either works or doesn't, there's no softness about it. So if you want to start a company and succeed, you have to be willing to fail."
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Red Carpet Manicure LED Gel Polish is the world's first at-home gel manicure, leaving nails with a professional finish for up to three weeks. The high quality technology formulation and array of colours have transformed the popular professional gel manicure into an easy, affordable at-home system. Red Carpet Manicure have created a high-performance gel polish which will ensure your nails are left with a timeless splash of colour and high shine while staying chip and peel resistant for weeks. This range is everything you need to create your beautiful, long lasting Red Carpet Manicure, achieved in your home with a complete starter kit brought to you by us!
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Ascension Course Content
Teacher Training Module Content (20 teaching hours)
- Give you the expertise and skills to facilitate a group or workshop in a professional manner
- Empower you with the confidence to organise and run workshops
- Enable you to help and support both groups and individual clients
- Give you a comprehensive framework for delivering Ascension workshops
Personal development and preparation
- On being yourself
- Personal preparation to become a teacher with the DCF
- Voice and communication skills
Learning and teaching skills
- Preparation to teach and manage workshops
- Presentation skills
- Training aids
- Learning skills
- Memory
- Group energy and listening
- Managing disruptive behaviour
Creating a safe environment
- The teacher and the teaching space
- Confidentiality and safe sharing
- Grounding
- Protection
- Processing
Preparing meditations and visualisations
- What are meditations and visualisations?
- Leading a group visualisation
- Opening and closing group sessions
Setting up activities
- Drawing symbols/pictures
- Ritual and ceremony
The twelve chakra system
- Where are the twelve chakras?
- Cleansing and strengthening the twelve chakras
- Exercises to activate and integrate the twelve chakras
Preparing and running workshops
- Insurance
- Administration for a workshop
- Peer support
Preparing a workshop programme
Individual Study:
prepare short exercises and talks to give to small groups or to the whole group. You will be presented with full notes, so that the sessions will be predominately used to practise the techniques and thereby gain confidence and empowerment. The chakra exercises are an integral part of our work. Students are expected to become proficient in them and lead part of the exercises throughout the training programme


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Here you will find information and resources about NY13. NY13 is short for New York 2013. It's rooted in our mission as a church to win others for Christ. With more people living in urban communities than in suburban areas, the General Conference chose New York City as its launching pad for large-city evangelism in 2013.
Why Metro New York?
New York City has been chosen as the first of about 650 cities where the Seventh-day Adventist Church plans to hold evangelistic meetings over the next several years. It is an urban center whose population reflects a microcosm of the world. Church leaders are also following the counsel of Ellen White in the Spirit of Prophecy that the work done in New York City should be a "symbol of the work the Lord desires to see done in the world." Representatives from all of the 13 divisions of the world church will be involved in this effort and the knowledge gained from their participation will allow them to be able do a similar work in their fields.


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"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right." ~ Henry Ford
Previous page in reference to Victor here.Poet1960 wrote:Okay, I plead ignorance. Is fresh v some kind of rapper or what?
Yeah I already saw that. I just didn't know if fresh v was a made up name or the name of a real person.DWMagus wrote:Previous page in reference to Victor here.
We're not quite sure. He might be an It boy. A celebrity where no one has the faintest clue as for why they are famous.Poet1960 wrote:Okay, I plead ignorance. Is fresh v some kind of rapper or what?
This world is a bright and colourful place if you let it. Your neighbor could be the secret identity of Hoe Man, a superhero with the power to move small amounts of soil.Victor Tombs wrote:Gazz has one seriously out of control imagination about me.
Do you really believe I'm unaware that this world is a bright and colourful place Gazz? I believe such words would be better targeted at certain other souls in the Community who are in want of such reminders. My "inner world" is colourful enough without having to resort to the kind of low level imagination you suggest. I wouldn't feel at ease practicing such trivial pursuits on real souls. I guess it's a case of whatever floats your boat.Gazz wrote:This world is a bright and colourful place if you let it. Your neighbor could be the secret identity of Hoe Man, a superhero with the power to move small amounts of soil.
I do believe that in the same video Josh also said, "The reason these bosses aren't doing anything is because I haven't written the code for NPC's to self-manage yet." (paraphrased)Flatfingers wrote:
Listening to the video, I found myself wondering: who really gets to choose what NPCs are doing?
Early in the video, we heard about NPCs that "they're all doing their own thing" (1:15) and "NPCs are allowed to choose what they want to do" (8:40). But later, we heard "these people who are actually working right now ... they are not the ones making the decisions" (13:09) and "every person that you see trading, and every person that you see mining, has actually been ordered to do that by a superior officer" (14:41).
Is there a conflict here? On the one hand, NPCs are said to be free to choose; on the other hand, they're being told what to do by The Man. So which is it? Or is it both? (I can imagine how it might be both, but I'd rather not assume things.) (/snip)
mcsven wrote:Slightly concerned by Josh's casual "the NPCs aren't as smart as humans... yet".
well frak........ we're doomed.Aliotroph wrote:[...]I'm eager to see what happens when all those NPCs learn what guns do.
Shameless self-promotion, but:mos7wan7ed wrote: A WISH
It would be cool if you could procedurally generate some basic message based conversation system. One between NPC & player and maybe NPC & NPC that players could overhear. You could use the NPC's needs, goals, standing towards the player, and the reason for the conversation to generate the conversation's topic and tone. Nothing in great detail of course, but still something helpful to further immerse the player. Maybe help the player figure out what the NPCs might be thinking\planning, or what the NPCs goals\standings towards the player might be. It would be a system that could allow the player to interact semi-interactively and not just through cold hard interactions with contracts or guns.
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Water Cannons Turned On Peaceful TTIP Protestors In Brussels As Public Barred From Negotiations
from the first-signs-of-panic dept
The TAFTA/TTIP negotiations remain almost totally lacking in real transparency, with little information about what exactly is happening behind closed doors being released to the public -- and most of that coming from the EU side. This has naturally forced those excluded from the inner circle to speculate about what might be going on -- and, inevitably, to fear the worst. According to the US Ambassador to the EU, Anthony Gardner, and the EU Commissioner responsible for TTIP, Karel De Gucht, that's unacceptable:
The ambassador and commissioner agreed that NGOs and civil society organisations were spreading disinformation about TTIP through social media, such as Twitter and Facebook. De Gucht said that a number of campaigners were "spreading rumours on false grounds."
That's interesting not just for the refusal to admit that it's lack of transparency that is creating this void, but also for the barely-concealed fear of social media, probably because it can't be controlled in the way that traditional media can. Gardner and De Gucht made their comments in Brussels, where they were both speaking at the European Business Summit, which describes itself as:
Gardner added: "There's a void [in information]. The void is being filled more and more by social media."
Europe's key meeting place for business leaders and decision makers, where Business and Politics Shape the Future.
Business, politics -- but not civil society, which, as usual, was not invited to shape the future. So, instead, it was forced to stay outside the meeting, on the streets. Here's what happened while business and politics were busy inside:
This Thursday morning over a thousand people were in the streets of Brussels, attempting to peacefully protest against austerity and the proposed great transatlantic market (TTIP) which were being discussed in the absence of citizens at the European Business Summit.
As one of those involved noted:
In an unprovoked move 281 people were violently arrested, including Belgian and European parliamentarians and candidates, senior trade union officials, farmers and many elderly citizens.
"We came into the streets because our political leaders are not listening. It seems they've only got ears for big business and their representatives who co-organised the European Business Summit. And to be treated so brutally, as if we were violent criminals -- when our actions were entirely peaceful."
Although that press release may not come from a totally objective source -- the D19-20 Alliance is an anti-austerity group -- reports and images on other sites confirm that the Belgian police were extremely heavy-handed, deploying water cannons and tying demonstrators' wrists together behind their backs for what seems to have been a polite and low-key peaceful protest. This extraordinarily disproportionate reaction would indicate an increasing nervousness on the part of the authorities that Europe is about to see a wave of mass demonstrations against TTIP just as happened with ACTA, leading to this brutal and ham-fisted attempt to nip it in the bud.
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Yay! New update!
I can't decide which one is better – the Flytrap Fairy's behavior, or the face of the Lilitu in the last panel. 🙂
I like this new coloring style.
Are updates going to be regular again? Last I heard from you updates were Dresdon Codac.
I'm still going with a 'when I'm able' schedule, but getting one up on Fridays seems to be working out so far. It might be shaky as I get settled in to a new semester, but we'll see.
You sir, made a very excellent comparison.
I must add that I'm thrilled that the comic is back. 😀 😀 😀 I had given up on it entirely just a week before…
omg its still updating blees the godsXD
I agree with the "Oh Snap" stated above.
… *snap*
That said more than anything else.
I am so incredibly happy right now. You wouldn't believe.
I am really glad I kept checking back for updates 🙂
So, is it my idea or Lilith tried to set up a date for Laz and Fairy girl?
That does seem to be the case… she probably knew how to find the girl, and having her rope in Laz made him findable by extension (because findable is totally a word).
Not sure if it was intentional, but before your long long break, you switched to Chapter Nine, Undreaming I think, but this is listed back as Chapter 8, and has been since you came back
Again, not sure if intentional, but just letting you know, just in case 😀
Lil' Laz is back!!!! You have no idea how happy this makes me. Time to go re-read the whole comic!
This is…… absolutely wonderful. Little girl flytrap fairy is adorable. So is lemonfacing Lilitu.
Lilitu: =_=
I am very pleased the fantastical tale of Laz continues.
Oh by the gods I am so happy this comic is back! Praise Odin!
I had pretty much given up on this one, after finding the "Getting Some Air' page for several months. I'm glad it's back! And now Laz gets a chance to demand some explanations from mommy…
Glad to see you're back, I was just about to stop checking in here.
You know, your readers and fans would APPRECIATE IT if you would tell us WHAT WAS GOING ON.
Really, how hard is it to post a message saying 'oh, I'm going to be gone again for another month, dropping out of sight for 6 of them without telling us why was rude enough. Don't you want to have readers? If so, please stop treating us like shit.
Dude, you really need to learn tact. The proper way would be something like this.
Hey, David. Haven't heard from you in a while. Hope you are okay. I was just wondering when the next page would come out.
Dude, sun works better than wind.
Banner, your a real prick. David, next time unless you really feel the need to reply to assholes like Banner, you don't even need to worry about it, your real fans that actually understand will whop ass and ream 'em out for you.
Yeash, David a full plate, cut the man some slack. I love the comic do not get me wrong, But I understand it is a gift from him out of the kindness of his heart and the wellspring of his creativity.
But good luck with the homework!
Check on this site the other day, and I had been gone since October loosing hope that this would update, but to
my joy! There was this! Hope you kick that college work's @$$! I'm so glad to see that Laz is back, this year is going to be great!
*misc angry comment about David not filling out his non-existent obligations*
followed by
*misc derogatory comment about David's family member's and/or lack of sexual prowess in bed with said members of family*
and finished with
*rude and tact-less demand to hurry up with the updates and misc comment about how rude David is for not waiting on me hand and foot*
Haha, now that I'm done making fun of the trolls, I just want to say that homework has always been and always will be a bitch. Hang in there, we can wait for updates till you get RL back on track.
Don't mind us at all, and pay no attention to the attention starved, whiny little kids who seem to thing you owe them something.
I think I speak for a good amount of people when I say we would like an update. Not a comic, just an "I'm alive and swamped" update so we don't worry so hard, and it keeps the haters off your back.


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I have researched most of my branches back to the early 1700s - but it must be noted, that I only have verified info for them all up till 1800, as I haven't as yet been able to purchase certificates for them to be 100% confident. In some cases, these certificates just don't seem to exist (Newfoundland and Ireland having similar histories in that their records offices went up in smoke and destroyed quite alot of valuable info). But mostly, its a question of economics. I'll get round to it.
In the meantime, I am trying to flesh out the histories around the people that I have verified.
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- HARVEY – Carbonear, Newfoundland and Kent England;
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- John William HARVEY (b abt 1836 Clowns Cove Newfoundland), m Elizabeth SNOW; & father William HARVEY (b abt 1803 ?Ireland?) m Jane NOEL/NEWELL
- Seek descendants of Margaret (Cissie) McKENZIE (b abt 1897 Aberdeen, Scotland) & James TURNER, children Alex, Margaret, Doreen, Eric, James
- Seeking info Daniel SULLIVAN (b 1831 Cork?) m Julia UNKNOWN (b abt 1834 Cork?), children Ellen, Johanna, Michael, Margaret
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Eco-novice reflects on the cost of buying local.
About a week ago, a friend of mine was driving up to Sonoma County for a camping trip with his kids. As part of the drive, my friend planned to stop at his favorite honey operation to stock up on honey at wholesale prices. I had recently tried and enjoyed this local honey through my CSA and asked him to pick some jars of honey up for me too.
Now even though I was getting this raw locally-produced honey at a great price (far below retail value), it was still significantly pricier than the jugs of pasteurized honey I buy at Costco, and I deliberated quite a while about just how much of this premium honey I wanted to buy. I use honey for my whole wheat bread, whole grain healthy "cookies," whole grain pancakes, granola, and drizzled over yogurt (among other things), so we go through a fair amount of honey at my house. Although I haven't researched the subject too much, I do believe there are benefits (in addition to flavor -- raw honey is delicious!) to consuming raw honey that are lost during the pasteurization process, so I decided to order enough raw local honey to use for all of our non-baking needs for about a year. I chatted with an employee at the local honey business for a while, and she agreed that many of the benefits would probably be lost for longer periods of baking in an oven.
I wrote my check and collected my honey. And I was feeling pretty good about my decision. I had supported a local business by buying a locally produced food, in glass jars no less. But I was still planning on using some big brand honey since I just couldn't quite justify the higher sticker price for unpasteurized honey that would be baked for 20-45 minutes anyway.
Then I read this article about "honey laundering" in Food News (brought to my attention by a post on The Green Phone Booth facebook page):
Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves: FDA has the laws needed to keep adulterated honey off store shelves but does little, honey industry says.
- If you buy processed foods, you don't really know where the ingredients of your food are coming from.
- There is a lot going on in the food industry that we are not aware of.
- Because of global food markets, the industrialization of food production, and inadequate food regulation, the relationship between food producer and food consumer is largely a matter of trust.
- Therefore, buy local from small businesses whenever possible.


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PPG Industries Inc. is planning to move the majority of the 300 jobs at its Sprague Road locations in Strongsville to Pennsylvania by mid-2015. Pittsburgh-based PPG in mid-September announced plans to create the headquarters for its North American architectural coatings business in Cranberry Township, Pa., near Pittsburgh. PPG, a maker of coatings and specialty products, acquired Amsterdam-based AkzoNobel's North American architectural coatings business in April. Mark Silvey, corporate communications manager for PPG, said in an email that the Strongsville locations at 15885 and 16651 Sprague Road include a mix of office and research and development positions, Mr. Silvey said. PPG does not own the buildings on Sprague Road and has been subleasing that space from AkzoNobel. The headquarters in Cranberry Township would consolidate the company's operations in Strongsville, Louisville, Ky. and Dover, Del., according to a PPG news release. The purpose of the move is to "consolidate AkzoNobel North American headquarters and U.S. lab facilities with PPG's architectural coatings business in order to improve collaboration between employees and save travel time and expenses," according to the release. Mr. Silvey said there are about 300 employees at the PPG locations on Sprague Road, and the company expects that the "majority" of those positions will transfer to either the new headquarters or to a research center in Harmar, Pa., that is expanding. The company is trying to retain the employees and is working with them on relocation options and benefits, he said. The transitions to the new headquarters will take place during the next 18 months, Mr. Silvey said, and any moves to the Harmar research center likely will take place in the fourth quarter of 2014 or the first quarter of 2015. Brent Painter, director of economic development in Strongsville, said the announcement is "disappointing," but that the city is eager to backfill the 80,000 square feet of office space PPG currently occupies. Mr. Painter said the city has been monitoring the situation closely since PPG bought that part of AkzoNobel, but that PPG will still be a significant employer in Strongsville. The company has a coatings plant on Progress Drive that employs about 155 people, he said.
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ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Judge E. Richard Webber of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has granted final approval for distribution of a $4,500,000 monetary award to 90 claimants identified during the litigation as part of an EEOC litigation settlement with Allstate Insurance Company under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
In its lawsuit against the Illinois-based insurance giant, filed in October 2004, the EEOC alleged that a class of older workers at Allstate was adversely impacted based on age during a companywide reorganization. Specifically, the EEOC charged that in the year 2000 Allstate adopted a hiring moratorium for a period of one year, or while severance benefits were being received, that applied to all its employee-sales agents who were part of its Preparing For The Future Reorganization Program. The program was part of Allstate's reorganization from employee agents to what the company considered independent contractors.
The EEOC had alleged that Allstate's policy, which was implemented from 2000 to 2002, had a disproportionate impact on employees over the age of 40 because more than 90 percent of the agents subjected to the hiring moratorium were 40 years of age or older. Allstate denied that its hiring moratorium violated the ADEA. In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Smith v. City of Jackson that a facially neutral policy (such as Allstate's hiring moratorium) which disproportionately affects those age 40 and over will violate the ADEA unless the policy is based on a reasonable factor other than age. This case was one of the first to apply the holding in City of Jackson, although no decision was made whether or not Allstate's policy violated the ADEA.
"We at the EEOC are now bringing more and more lawsuits like this one to challenge company-wide policies or practices which discriminate against a large number of workers," said EEOC Acting Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru. "Make no mistake: As this settlement shows, we will insist on significant compensation and meaningful injunctive relief to resolve these cases."
As provided in the Stipulated Order resolving the EEOC litigation (Civil Action No. 4:04CV01359 ERW), Allstate will pay former older employees who sought employment -- or would have sought employment with the company in the absence of its policy -- a total of $4.5 million to be divided among the class via a settlement fund. The order also provides for discrimination prevention training, posting of notices, reporting and monitoring, and other relief designed to educate Allstate managers in order to prevent future violations of the ADEA.
EEOC Regional Attorney Barbara A. Seely of the agency's St. Louis District Office, which handled the litigation, said, "Regardless of age, these sales agents would have made good employees in other positions for Allstate had it not been for the company's no-rehire policy, which we believe had an adverse impact on older workers. City of Jackson makes clear that even though an employer may not intentionally discriminate because of an employee's age, it can still violate the ADEA if it has a policy that has a disproportionate impact on employees age 40 and over."
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings – including the always-popular pizza – will come with less sodium, more whole grains and a wider selection of fruits and vegetables on the side.
First lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the new guidelines during a visit Wednesday with elementary students. Mrs. Obama, also joined by celebrity chef Rachael Ray, said youngsters will learn better if they don't have growling stomachs.
"As parents, we try to prepare decent meals, limit how much junk food our kids eat, and ensure they have a reasonably balanced diet," Mrs. Obama said. "And when we're putting in all that effort the last thing we want is for our hard work to be undone each day in the school cafeteria."
The three went through the line with students and ate turkey tacos with brown rice, black bean and corn salad and fruit – Ray's recipes – in the Parklawn lunchroom.
Under the new rules, pizza won't disappear from lunch lines, but will be made with healthier ingredients. Entire meals will have calorie caps for the first time and most trans fats will be banned. Sodium will gradually decrease over a 10-year period. Milk will have to be low in fat and flavored milks will have to be nonfat.
The new rules aren't as aggressive as the Obama administration had hoped. Congress last year blocked the Agriculture Department from making some of the desired changes, including limiting french fries and pizzas.
A bill passed in November would require the department to continue to allow tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable. The initial draft guidelines, released a year ago, would have prevented that.
Congress also blocked the department from limiting servings of potatoes to two a week. Final rules incorporated those directions from Congress.
Among those who had sought the changes were potato growers and food companies that produce frozen pizzas for schools.
Conservatives in Congress called the guidelines an overreach and said the government shouldn't tell children what to eat. School districts also objected to some of the requirements, saying they go too far and would cost too much.
The guidelines apply to lunches subsidized by the federal government. A child-nutrition bill signed by President Barack Obama in 2010 will help school districts pay for some of the increased costs. Some of the changes will take place as soon as this September; others will be phased in over time.
Some school districts are already working to help improve nutrition.
The Long Beach Unified School District churns out about 75,000 meals each day in its nutrition headquarters at 3333 Airport Way. Because it has the benefit of a central kitchen, the district is able to prepare 50 percent of its meals on-site and make healthful tweaks such as cutting back on sodium and adding prune puree to cookies instead of sugar, said Cecelia Slater, director of nutrition services.
Many schools are improving meals, but others still serve meals high in fat, salt and calories. The guidelines are designed to combat childhood obesity and are based on 2009 recommendations by the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences.
Vilsack said food companies are tweaking recipes for many of the foods they sell to schools in anticipation of the changes.
"This is a movement that has started, it's gaining momentum," she said.
Diane Pratt-Heavner of the School Nutrition Association, which represents school lunch workers, said that many schools won't count pizza as a vegetable even though they can. Students qualifying for subsidized meals must have a prescribed number of vegetables and other nutritious foods on their lunch trays.
"Most schools are serving fruit or vegetables next to their pizza and some schools are even allowing unlimited servings of fruit or vegetables," Pratt-Heavner said.
Celebrity chef Ray said she thinks too much has been made of the availability of pizza and french fries. The new rules will make kids' lunch plates much more nutrient-dense, she said.
"The overall picture is really good," she said. "This is a big deal."
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Spying for Empire: The Great Game in Central and South Asia, 1757-1947
Greenhill Books, 2006 - History - 320 pages
'The Great Game' was the struggle between Russia and Britain for imperial influence over southern and central Asia, immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his novel Kim. For the British, the threat to India's frontiers compelled them to dispatch diplomats, or more clandestine agents, to survey, map and monitor the approaches to the Indian subcontinent. Anxieties about Russian ambitions in central Asia were magnified by the discovery of military plans and the arrival of 'shooting parties' and 'scientific explorers' on the mountains adjacent to India's northern border. The British faced major problems compounded by the unresolved status of Afghanistan, the interception of agents, and the division of opinion in British military and political circles about the real or imagined nature of the Russian threat to India. The situation was further complicated by the instability of the Indian border area, a region through which British and Indian troops would need to operate in wartime, but which was inhabited by bellicose tribesmen who fought the imposition of British rule every step of the way. Spying for Empire gives a fascinating insight into how the British intelligence network worked in the 1800s. It also examines how the intractability of Afghanistan plagued imperial defense planners, and how the threat of conflict with Russia colored Britain's dealings with the peoples of south-west Asia.
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Coffee: Drink or lifestyle? How about both?
Posted by TheShot on 10 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: Café Society, Consumer Trends, Starbucks
In case you thought last week's coffee lifestyle article was something of a joke, a headline from today's Muncie, IN The Star Press might convince you otherwise: Coffee: Drink or lifestyle? How about both? | The Star Press – www.thestarpress.com – Muncie, IN. Except here your lifestyle statement isn't so much in your choice of what you drink, but rather in where you drink it.
And when you're living in Muncie, IN, anything this side of Denny's Bunn-warmer drip coffee is emancipating. (And as a guest speaker at Ball State University, I have actually been to Muncie and sampled the local coffee.) Thus the article predictably offers a good dose of middle America's cult-like worship of Starbucks. Here there are more platitudes about the "third place" in our lives — and how Starbucks set the standard for speciality coffee. And yet Starbucks remains the standard, despite the explosive growth of better alternatives.
But when you check all the references, you quickly come to the realization that much of the cult of Starbucks and its 'Buckniks has little to do with their coffee. More often, it's about brand coziness with a clean, approachable, predictable, and convenient location and their variety of high-calorie milkshakes (with coffee added for flavoring). When you come down to it, the great irony is that a lot of people really don't like the taste of coffee. Yet Starbucks thrives under a coffee identity by making the otherwise unpallatable pallatable for millions of consumers, serving it under various disguises.
Today's The Star Press also offers a capsule on Muncie's four best coffee options: Caffeine addicts sing the praises of Muncie's growing collection of shops | The Star Press – www.thestarpress.com – Muncie, IN (pardon my gagging over the title: another cliché caffeine riff that plagues so many unimaginative writers). In case you should ever find yourself lost in northeast Indiana.
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[…] But the coffee purveyors like it this way. It means that their brands have come to stand more than just their coffee; their brands have come to identify with personal lifestyles — something much more intimate and personally defining. The real truth is, of course, in Starbucks' statement in response to Consumer Reports' study: "Choosing a brand of coffee is a personal decision, as taste is subjective." So much for Jim Donald's recent comments about customers "graduating" from McDonald's to the unquestionable superiority of Starbucks' "super-premium" coffee. […]
[…] And the superautomatic machines? So what! — just keep the drinks coming fast and "clown-free". Keep on cranking out the double-tall, four-pump vanilla caramel macchiatos and your broad array of coffee-flavored beverages. Note that I did not say "coffee" — as your profits are in the coffee-flavored milkshakes, not in single shots of espresso. As I mentioned before, most people really don't like coffee anyway. A key ingredient to your success has been convincing your customers that they do like coffee — just your version of it. […]
[…] It's one thing for the likes of Starbucks to purvey their popular coffee-flavored milkshakes (double-tall, four-pump vanilla caramel macchiato, anyone?) — suitably designed for people who don't like coffee, but want to play along anyway. But it's another thing entirely when some coffee purveyors treat the beverage purely as a narcotic with no other redeeming qualities whatsoever. […]
[…] sentence to some people. But who in their right mind needs over 100 coffee drinks? That smacks of Starbucks' coffee-flavored milkshake approach, primarily aimed at people who really don't like coffee but still want to play along as if […]
[…] Sure, like the Third Wavers, I still believe taste is big part of it. CoffeeRatings.com owes its existence to my first revelation espresso. But on the whole, there's clearly a lot more to it than just that: coffee is a booming, not a dying, business today. Even if you don't think coffee has become a mildly addictive fashion accessory, how do you explain all the new coffee drinkers — many of whom don't even like coffee? […]


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This is a collaborative thinking exercise addressing essentially a single question. But one of many parts. What is the "modern motor car" going to look like in the decade immediately ahead? Will it be more of the same? Or will it mutate into a very different form of mobility? Who is going to own it? And how is it going to be used? Where will it be driven (and eventually parked)? Will it be piloted by a warm sapient human being, or will it be driverless? Will it still have wheels, doors and tires? What will be its impact on the environment? And what will be the impact of the "environment" on it? On public safety? On quality of life for all. Will it be efficient, economic and equitable? Who will make them and where? Is it going to create or destroy jobs? And how fast is all of this going to occur? . . .
Late last year a short article appeared here, entitled "CAR21″: A Thinking Exercise (or New Ways of Owning and Using Cars in the 21st Century). It was intended to serve as the first shot in a new series of brainstorming investigations, dialogues, articles and events, the goal of which is to see if we can together develop a better vision of what is going to be the role of the car in our cities in the coming years.
To do this, we are going to have a good look at what we call the xCar Landscape - the xCar being the cars that will better serve our cities, which , we are guessing, is going to be in large part shaped (again in cities) by new ways of owning and using cars.
We are on the cusp of a major paradigm change, perhaps even a revolution, and since this is the reality, might as well get to it and start to figure out how all these bits and pieces can be fitted into a coherent picture, as the base for better policy decisions at all levels of government and industry.
What is an (x)Car?
To be quite clear on this: An xCar is a motorized vehicle, most often with four wheels, capable of carrying people and goods, and most probably for the decade ahead (the only one we really care about in this exercise) with a human being at some kind of wheel to guide it. Why the admittedly somewhat funky looking"x" - simply because it is at this point a largely unknown quantity. Our job will be to give it dimensions.
Editor's stated position:
Here at the outset, as editor of World Streets I need to make the point that we are neither pro-car nor anti-car. We don't much appreciate hype, greenwash, semi-undeclared lobbies and various flavors of manipulation, but in fact we do not really care about the ton or more of metals, rubber and composites one way or another.
That said, we are concerned with finding the best ways for people to get around in their day to day lives, mobility and access arrangements that are efficient, economical, clean and equitable. As to the bits of technologies that get those particular jobs done, or even who makes them and where, we are basically indifferent. The bottom line is not the vehicle or the technology but its performance and contribution to well being and society in the broadest sense.
But here as author and editor it is only fair that I sign in with my personal position on cars. I have owned a whole gamut of them over the years, more or less basic and at times more or less extravagant, and I have to tell you that at the time, and even in retrospect, the truth is that I really liked just about all of them, the few clunkers and lemons aside. The point I wish to make here is that I have no a priori negative feelings about cars per se. But I do have strong feelings about what can happen when they are allowed to go out of control in terms of the interests of the community.
I will not elaborate any further on this personal position, because if you click here to our link on the 161 articles which have over the last five years appeared in the pages World Streets and the Journal of World Transport Policy and Practice which relate to what we are calling the xCar Landscape, you will immediately informed of the more critical position this journal takes.
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If I had to come up today with a poster in support of a conference or event intended to explore and possibly elucidate a bit what we mean by the "xCar Landscape "at this early point it might look like this.
As you might expect this is going to evolve in the weeks and months ahead as we move ahead on our brainstorming efforts, but at the very least this marks our point of departure.
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Balsamic Dijon Dressing:
- 1-2 TB Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 tsp Dijon Mustard
- 3T Olive Oil
- A bit of lemon zest
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
– I just put it all in a jar and shook it up
- Big ol' bunch of fresh spinach, washed & dried (other greens could work too)
- 1 carrot grated
- 1/4 red onion, sliced very thin
- 1-2 oz feta cheese
- Grilled beets (we had 3 small/med in the CSA box):
Peel & slice beets a little less than 1/2 inch thick, coat with olive oil ,sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Fire up the grill & cook on high about 3 minutes per side (I close the lid cuz our grill is a weakling)
Continue cooking until fairly soft then remove to a covered bowl and let steam on for another 10 minutes to get soft.
Combine all those things into one (if I may say so myself) kick ass salad – which I did share with my husband.


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MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Well there's no place like home for the holidays, but traveling during these times can be expensive.
We compared the travel costs for three popular holiday travel destinations.
Below, you can see the difference of traveling by car in a 2006 Honda Civic, or by plane with a ticket purchased on Kayak.com on Monday, December 10th.
Here are the expenses you can expect:
To find the lowest gas prices in your neighborhood you can visit the gas helper on WMBFNews.com.
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Oakshott quilt progress
I started this back in mid-March. At first I had a good amount of the blocks very carefully arranged on my sewing room wall. Then over the last few weeks they started to fall. For awhile I tried to put them back where they belonged, but that process was never-ending. I gave up and proceeded to roll over the fallen blocks with my sewing chair until I could will myself to at least stack them up in a safe place. So when I finally started sewing them together, I ended up doing it fairly randomly, just trying to balance out the colors as best I could.
It measures 52" x 56". My original plan was a 14 x 14 square configuration of 196 blocks. But when I realized the design would be assymetrical, I cut out a column and used only 182 of them. Confession of a lazy quilter-- although I should have trimmed those 182 blocks to perfect 4.5" squares, I left them alone! I didn't even trim the little dog ears that come off the triangle points! Yet just about every corner lines up, the quilt top is fairly square as far as I can tell, and the seams aren't bulky. Oh, and I kept my sanity. Laziness wins!
As I've mentioned before, the Oakshotts were a dream to use. The colors are so rich and beautiful, and the fabric is pretty stable (important when sewing triangles). While I loved these fabrics from the Autumn bundle, I'm itching to play around with some of the other colors soon. I may end up ordering the Sunrise bundle or some individual blues, greens, reds, purples, and pinks. I also really want to try their neutrals. Hmmm. Maybe I should just save for the ColourBox?
27 comments:
- Jodi said...
This is sooo very pretty! And it looks like you painted the wall to match - perfect!
- May 6, 2012 at 1:09 PM
- quilt happy said...
- May 6, 2012 at 1:17 PM
- O'Quilts said...
You did a wonderful job on this. It makes my heart sing:)
- May 6, 2012 at 1:29 PM
- mle said...
This is just stunning in its simplicity! What a cozy quilt this will be for Autumn!
- May 6, 2012 at 1:33 PM
- Jenny said...
well by your standard Krista, im a very lazy quilter, because I often let those little things slip! so glad it worked out for you!
do you like oakshots better than Kaffe? i love working with shot cottons. and i love your neutrals used in the background...i need to do another neutral quilt
- May 6, 2012 at 2:06 PM
- Dan R said...
I have a confession. I never, ever, trim dog ears.
The quilt top is gorgeous.
- May 6, 2012 at 2:07 PM
- carrie (believemagic) said...
This is so pretty. Love the variety of neutrals.
- May 6, 2012 at 2:36 PM
- Jessica said...
Super dooper incredible gorgeous. Why have I never sewn with a single ever loving shot cotton? It's blasphemous. Hey girl, when are you gonna have that baby? Getting close right?
- May 6, 2012 at 2:42 PM
- anniemac said...
Just BEAUTIFUL!!
- May 6, 2012 at 3:13 PM
- Leanne said...
Well, I love my colour box. Your quilt is looking wonderful, I love the solids with the text and other neutrals.
- May 6, 2012 at 3:44 PM
- Kadybug said...
It looks amazing! I love all the little grid and writing prints interspersed between the oakshot cotton solids.
- May 6, 2012 at 6:39 PM
- randi--i have to say said...
This is lovely!
- May 6, 2012 at 7:34 PM
- Lynne said...
Oh, how I love this! I swear, whenever I see your bright orange wall pop up on my blog reader, I know it's going to be something spectacular.
Beautiful work! Love those neutrals.
- May 6, 2012 at 7:50 PM
- Donna said...
I love this! What a great way to mix solids and prints.
- May 6, 2012 at 8:14 PM
- MariQuilts said...
Looks fabulous.
- May 6, 2012 at 8:32 PM
Beautiful! I love that you didn't drive yourself crazy making it and it came out great!
- May 6, 2012 at 9:18 PM
- elsy said...
my oh my......something to aspire to ...maybe...someday....brilliant, i love it
- May 7, 2012 at 12:04 AM
- Heidi said...
absolutely gorgeous. I love the combination of your background fabrics with the shot cottons
- May 7, 2012 at 5:06 AM
- Carolyn S. said...
Wow, I saw this one flickr and now here, I love it! Very, very nice.
- May 7, 2012 at 6:06 AM
- Heidi Staples said...
I absolutely love this! The text prints in the background are fantastic!
- May 7, 2012 at 9:13 AM
- Krista Withers said...
I see a color box in your future. Because I think you are running low on fabric right?
- May 7, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- Alisa said...
Beautiful! Love the colours and the background fabrics!
- May 7, 2012 at 12:35 PM
- Dianne said...
This quilt is luminous Krista! If you don't tell about your shortcuts I won't ;0)
And I think you should go for the colour box. If you don't use the fabrics you can hang the whole thing on the wall as Art. It is too scrumptious for words!!
- May 7, 2012 at 1:16 PM
- CitricSugar said...
Just gorgeous. I love what you've done with them. My fabric budget is already over what it should be but I will definitely try conserving some funds to get my hands on some of this stuff. I vote for Colourbox. Let me live vicariously. :-)
- May 7, 2012 at 5:06 PM
- Swedish Scrapper said...
Wow, no kidding? The oakshot is stable-- that's Good to know! I love how this quilt sings, love the solids with the text and almost texts!
- May 9, 2012 at 12:27 PM
- **nicke... said...
well, look at that! i love it krista! beautiful work!
- May 10, 2012 at 11:04 AM
- Melissa said...
I love all the text prints in the background! I'm curious about these Oakshots. They look beautiful in your quilt.
- May 12, 2012 at 10:08 PM


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What follows is the devotional reflections of a friend, Bill Guerrant, on the living example of August Landmesser, an opponent of the Nazis. Bill is an organic farmer who is a part (along with Joshua and others) of a non-traditional and intentional community of discipleship and mission in downtown Danville, Virginia: Grace and Main Fellowship. You can read Bill's other excellent writings at his blog: Practicing Resurrection. You can visit the website for his wonderful farm, White Flint Farm, where he operates a CSA (Community Supported/Sustained Agriculture) that feeds many involved with Grace and Main.
"God has ordained the two governments: the spiritual, which by the Holy Spirit under Christ makes Christians and pious people; and the secular, which restrains the unchristian and wicked so that they are obliged to keep the peace outwardly." Martin Luther, 1523.
Consider this photograph, taken at the launching of a German warship in 1936.
There are many such photographs from the Nazi era in Germany, and they are chilling.
In the first half of the 20th century Germany was the intellectual center of Western civilization. Germany was also the birthplace of Martin Luther, and therefore of Protestant Christianity. The world's leading theologians were German and many of those who weren't German by birth were educated in German universities.
Yet the German people embraced fascism, a political philosophy rooted in racism and militarism. Millions of good, honest German people would dutifully go to church on Sunday, and then become cogs in an evil machine on Monday. Their state manufactured machines of war and violence, and the people responded with cheers and salutes. Their state planned for war and oppression, and the people responded with patriotism and national pride.
We owe a great debt to Martin Luther for exposing the corruption of the church of his day, but his notion that we live in "two kingdoms"—one being God's kingdom and the other being the secular state (or one "visible" and the other "invisible")—was ultimately to be a source of great evil in the world. The notion that the state exists to keep order and that it is fundamentally distinct from the Kingdom of God led to the so-called "good German" syndrome, characterized by loyal, patriotic German Christians, like those in the photo above, cheering and saluting the launching of a Nazi warship.
But should we divide our loyalties this way? How many kings should we serve?
It is easy to be critical of the Germans of that day, but what if we took a hard look at our own culture? What do we cheer and applaud? What do we salute? How different are we from those German citizens cheering their warship?
Every Thursday evening at Grace and Main we come together for a community meal, following which many of us participate in a Bible or book study. Lately we've been reading and discussing Brian McLaren's wonderful book The Secret Message of Jesus. In the book McLaren explores Jesus' radical proclamation that "the kingdom of God is at hand." (Mark 1: 15) McLaren challenges the idea that we can separate parts of our lives and existences from the kingdom of God, convincingly showing that Jesus calls us to "see, seek, receive, and enter a new political and social and spiritual reality he calls the kingdom of God." (emphasis mine) In other words, we should not live in a "spiritual" kingdom that is distinct and inconsistent with our "political" or "social" kingdoms.
We've had some great discussions as we work through the book and consider what living out the kingdom of God should look like in our world. It is clear, to me at least, that God has ordained only one kingdom, not two. And as citizens of that kingdom, the kingdom of God, we should give our loyalty and support only to things that further that kingdom, and not to things, such as the launching of warships, that do not.
Now take a closer look at the photograph.
The man with his arms crossed, refusing to salute the ship, is August Landmesser, a shipyard worker who had been persecuted for having a relationship with a Jewish woman. Amid all those cheering and saluting the warship, August Landmesser courageously refused.
When I look at that photograph I see in that box a little piece of the Kingdom of God.
I don't know what August Landmesser was thinking as he stood there that morning, but I'd like to think he had these words in mind: "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by a renewing of your mind." (Romans 12: 2)