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University can be difficult for someone with social anxiety. Some of these are based off the experiences of people I asked on the social anxiety support forum.
1) There's that struggle when you walk from class to class.
2) And the constant fear of failing or being dumber than everyone else.
3) Being put into groups is stressful.
4) It's unfair being made to do presentations when you have social anxiety.
5) And yet with all these forced social situations, you feel…disconnected.
I hope you guys enjoyed my comic and my very advanced artistic skills (kidding). Huge kudos to socialanxietycomics and Claire Jarvis's infinitenap comics for my inspiration.
This post will (hopefully) mark the first post I will make as part of the blog for mental health project:
I pledge my commitment to the Blog for Mental Health 2014 Project. I will blog about mental health topics not only for myself, but for others. By displaying this badge, I show my pride, dedication, and acceptance for mental health. I use this to promote mental health education in the struggle to erase stigma.
If you'd like to see what's it about, check it out this post on A Canvas of the Minds.
What other troubling situations do you get at university? Any stories you'd like to share? Feel free to comment or send an email at email@example.com.
Until next time,
Posted by polarisabstract in Comics Tags: "social anxiety", comics, social anxiety at university, socialanxietycomics
Imagine that you're someone who has spent weeks, months, years, trying to cope with social anxiety disorder. You take little baby steps, by challenging yourself to say "hi" to a stranger, or by going out to a bar for the first time.
But then you open the Pandora's Box that is Facebook, and you see people far ahead of you. There's the girl who keeps clubbing every week. Sam, who posts statuses that always get over 100 likes – how? Oh, and Susie, that girl you had to add for a group assignment that seems to magically be friends with everyone in the course.
Then comes the bitterness, envy, and low self esteem. It's easy to break down when you feel like social anxiety has made you enter late into the game. I get FOMO every week. I even checked it this morning, and got a huge pang of depression. But I'm fighting it.
Social media is extremely unrealistic. Where's the platform dedicated to nights in? Bad days? When you feel insecure? During FOMO moments?
Social media stops you from looking at the bigger picture. It takes you away from your own journey, into the journey of negative comparisons.
Focus on each goal that you want to tackle with social anxiety, and screw everything else people are doing online. Take a breath. Step back. Be present. Limit how many times you check. And remind yourself that that these things are just numbers. They aren't experiences. That time you spoke up for the first time in class? That's an experience.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what they are doing. You matter. You can do this. If you feel like you're making progress with social anxiety, ask yourself: "If I didn't check Facebook, would I be happy with what I've done today?" The answer would probably be yes.
I'm probably missing some things here. What are your FOMO moments? What are things you do to combat FOMO?
(Ok, so I hear you asking: why do have a Graduate from Social Anxiety FB and Twitter? I still wanted to share coping strategies and stories for students with SA on those platforms too, FOMO free!)
Posted by polarisabstract in Inspiration, Rational thinking Tags: "social anxiety", comparing, Fear of Missing Out, FOMO, Social Media
Trying to get an internship, as a socially anxious student, is like a turtle desperately trying to rip off its shell. Just so it can pretend to be the gregarious lions job industries demand.
But there are ways that people can gently peel off the shell and tuck it away safely for a couple of hours. And they don't have to grow manes either.
The dreaded cold call. The neglected email. The broken promise that "they'll be in touch". The awkward phone call. The checklist – "team worker, social, outgoing" – should I pretend that I'm outgoing?
These are a list of fears (and some realities) that come with the drudgery of finding internships and jobs while socially anxious, shy or introverted. Although shyness, social anxiety and introversion aren't interchangeable terms, people with these traits experience similar problems when embarking on the job and internship hunt.
Susan Cain, author of 'Quiet: The Power of Introverts', gives a couple of tips on how to network as an introverted person. I find that this helps, too, in keeping my social anxiety in check during professional settings. Take a look (tips begin around 10:20):
A noteworthy tip to take from this is "The Power Of One And Rule Of Thumb For Networking" – instead of feeling pressured to work the room, find people you think you'll connect with. Even if it's only one. Susan calls these "kindred spirits". Change your perspective into making networking right for you.
In the next post, I'll be writing other strategies on this topic.
See you next time,
Posted by polarisabstract in Finding internships and jobs Tags: "social anxiety", anxiety, employment, internships, introverts, student internships
It was 3am and I was stuck in a place I couldn't get back home from, desperately trying to fall asleep. I tried to bury myself into an unfamiliar couch, away from my persistent anxiety. It didn't help that alcohol was slushing around in my system, this alcohol I had taken to feel socially normal, this alcohol that was now making me feel nauseous. As soon as it would turn into daytime, I'd bail.
I was beginning to become disenfranchised with the drinking, partying university culture. I do enjoy going out for drinks every now and then. But, there was just a limit I could take before my social anxiety would be unbearable. And I realised – you know what? So what? This is who I am. I don't have to push myself to get wasted every Friday night to try to fit in. And there are heaps of people who don't. You just hear about the people who do.
You might also be finding it hard to fit in, especially with social anxiety.
Not liking drinking/clubbing is one of them, but there are other reasons, for example:
– Not having the same interests
– People being in cliques
– Finding college difficult
There are different ways to solve being alone at university.
Don't let labels define you
I remember one time I was at a party, and a random stranger asked if they could kiss me. I said no because I wasn't feeling like it, I had just been introduced to this person, and I really just wanted to talk to my friends. I remember the sting I felt when someone called me a "prude". People often throw these labels around, but don't let them control the way you behave. Because at the end of the day, we're complex people. Not boxes full of derogatory stereotypes.
University is a huge place with a variety of people
I know this is cliché to say, but there are heaps of societies, sports and volunteer groups you could probably join at your university.
You can still be friends with people who like drinking or partying
Parties or clubs aren't the only contexts you can enjoy their company with. Don't be completely closed off to them.
You don't have to make friends at university
There are still other places, especially when you get social anxiety in college. Things in your local area, classes, your old friends, you name it. Many people don't have friends at university, and instead search for connections outside of it.
Give it some time and have realistic expectations!
Making friends can sometimes take many months. Temper your expectations so that you don't over-pressure yourself into having good conversations just after a few times of meeting people. It often takes awhile to also find a group of people that you can get along with.
You can read more here, here and here
Remember to stay true to yourself (yes, cheesy, but true).
What are the things you've struggled with when settling into university? Were there any things that worked? Comment and let me know.
– Polaris
Posted by polarisabstract in Socialising Tags: fitting in, friends, making friends, social anxiety in college, social anxiety in university, socialising
I've worked my butt off and animated a little intro video that gives a glimpse into what social anxiety is, and to give some inspiration to my fellow social anxiety/phobia sufferers. Check it out!
Comment below and let me know what you think.
Signing off,
Posted by polarisabstract in Animations, Inspiration Tags: "social anxiety", animation, anxiety, cartoon, coping, mental health awareness, social phobia
"My hands were shaking. I was sweating so profusely, I could not move. I made it to my car and remember getting the keys in the ignition, cranking the car up, taking the back roads to my home and parking. I didn't leave the house for six months."
These are the words of Kim Basinger, an oscar award winning actress with social anxiety, agoraphobia and panic disorder. Surprising, huh?
Anxiety stops you from chasing your dreams. But she didn't let that stop her. I want to share my experiences of social anxiety, the way it has interfered with my acting, and how I've tried to push past it. Ok, I'm no Kim Basinger, I know! But maybe it'll inspire you to persevere through the fear and panic, the low self esteem, the anxiety, so you can do the same.
To read about it, check out my guest blog at Anxiety United, a social media network based on dealing with anxiety.
And happy world mental health day guys!
Till next time,
Posted by polarisabstract in Inspiration Tags: "social anxiety", anxiety, celebrities with social anxiety, coping, dreams, inspiration, kim basinger, low self esteem, resilience, world mental health day
The above image is what your mind imagines when you brace yourself for a social situation. Your brain likes to make your fears high risk. You tell yourself, "there's a pretty high chance that after I do that presentation, people are going to remember me as that incompetent loser who can't speak up". Let's say that your anxiety warps it into a 1 in 2 chance.
But we are going to defeat that possibility with a bit of multiplication.
Step one: Break it down into factors.
1) That a lack of preparation could sabotage you. Let's say you did more than enough, though.
2) How much people will really remember – everyone is invested into their own lives: that uni party they're missing, their families, the busy traffic, that train they will have to run for, and whatever else.
3) What are the chances that people will think less of you over a bad presentation? Outside of social anxiety, presentations can be stressful for many people. Most people would be understanding.
Step two: Estimate the probability of each factor
1) Well you did prepare, so the likelihood of sabotage is 1 in 100.
2) Everyone is selfish. Let's face it. So they will probably forget. 1 in 100.
3) Chances that people will think less of you? Let's place that at 1 in 50.
Step three: Multiply!
100 x 100 x 50 = 1 in 500 000 chance
Doesn't seem so daunting now, right?
So when your social anxiety tries to find evidence of your screw ups, break it down with this more concrete, rational method. It really helps to separate yourself from your fear and panic.
Let me know – does this work for you in situations of anxiety and stress? Why/why not?
– Polaris
Posted by polarisabstract in Rational thinking Tags: "social anxiety", fear, low self esteem, panic, presentations, probability, rational thinking, rationality, risk calculator


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Growth is slowing, but housing is becoming a bright spot - BlackRock's Koesterich
Russ Koesterich, BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Strategist comments on the prospect for global growth across 2014.
Russ Koesterich, BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Strategist comments on the prospect for global growth across 2014.
Last week brought continued evidence that economic activity is decelerating. Fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth was revised sharply downward, from an originally reported 3.2% to 2.4%. Even more troubling was the fact that personal consumption, a significant driver of overall growth, was also revised to a lower-than-expected 2.6% rate.
Data pointing to more recent economic activity also has been disappointing. Durable goods orders fell 1.0% in January, and while this was a bit better than economists had expected, it followed an even more significant drop in December. This now marks the first time since 2011 that we have seen a drop in durable goods for two consecutive months.
Additionally, and most importantly for future growth, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) fell to a six-month low. Historically, we have found the CFNAI to be one of the best forward indicators of the pace of growth. At its current level, that index is suggesting first-quarter growth will come in at around 2.1%, which would represent a further deceleration from last quarter.
All of that said, a few areas of the economy are holding up relatively well. Chief among them is housing, which is being helped by still-low interest rates. The yield on the 10-year Treasury has been stuck around the 2.70% level, and mortgage rates have fallen again, with the average 30-year fixed rate holding at just under 4.5%. This backdrop is lending strength to the housing market. Sales of new single-family homes rose 9.6% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 468,000, the highest level we have seen since the summer of 2008.
Are Valuations Becoming Too Rich in Some Asset Classes?
Despite the weakness in economic growth, investors have been bidding up stock prices, causing valuations for US equities to climb. US large-cap stocks are now trading at over 17x trailing earnings, close to the multi-year highs we saw late last year. Similar trends are evident in high yield bonds. The yield spread between US high yield bonds and Treasuries has been tightening in recent weeks, meaning investors are willing to accept increasingly smaller yield premiums to take on additional risk.
These market movements suggest to us that investors are making an implicit bet that the recent trend of weaker growth is a temporary one, and that an acceleration will emerge in the coming months. This is not an unreasonable expectation, but if the economic data does not begin to improve, then stocks and other higher-risk assets may become more vulnerable.

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In a move that will come as no surprise to any Philly fan, the Eagles used their franchise tag on Michael Vick today, officially retaining his rights for next season.
Franchising Vick was rumored for weeks as a solution to keep the free agent quarterback in Philadelphia, although the current NFL labor situation clouded the reliability of such a move. The players association seeks to challenge the ability for teams to tag players in 2011 without a new collective bargaining agreement.
Still, this is obviously the first step to retaining Vick long term, after his stellar comeback season in 2010. Assuming a new CBA is worked out before the season begins, the Eagles will likely use the leverage from the franchise tag to work out a contract extension with their starting quarterback. But even if those talks never occur, Vick won't suffer much — franchised quarterbacks made $16.5 million last year.
That should help ease Vick's financial burdens, while keeping him with the team and coach he wants to play for. Vick is worth a tremendous deal to the Eagles both on the field, marshaling an explosive offense, and off of it, bringing excitement and fans to Lincoln Financial Field.
The Eagles also announced today that they placed their transition tag on kicker David Akers, who also would also have been a free agent. The transition tag allows the Eagles to match any free agent offer Akers receives, although it grants no compensation to the team if Akers signs somewhere else. The Eagles must tender Akers a one-year deal for the average salary of the ten highest-paid kickers and punters in 2010, which was just shy of $3 million in 2010.
As we looked at recently, Akers still appears to have the leg strength to be above average on kickoffs, but he's no longer reliable or even league average on field goals over 50 yards. Still, his consistency, professionalism, and veteran leadership is certainly worth keeping around, especially when there are no obviously better options available.


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NEW YORK — A movie a day in theatres for $10 a month seemed too good to be true. And it was.
MoviePass, which tried to bring Netflix-like subscriptions to the movie theatre, pulled back on its deal last summer. MoviePass was a consumer success, but a financial disaster. MoviePass had to pay theatres the full price of most tickets, which quickly exceeded $10 each month.
Today, MoviePass chugs along with an offer for three movies a month starting at the same $10 fee. But it faces competition from theatre chains and a Turkish startup that brought back a movie a day, at least temporarily — this time for $20 a month.
Here's a look at the major subscription offerings for theatres in the U.S.:
You get a debit card that MoviePass loads with money when you show up at a theatre and check in on the MoviePass app. The card works at most theatres, but not necessarily with all movies. You can only get tickets for showings that day.
The $10 monthly rate limits you to a rotating list of about six movies each day, only one or two of which is a major studio release. It's good if you like independent movies, but awful if you live where independent movies aren't shown. If movie tickets tend to cost more where you live, the subscription price goes up to $13 or $15.
For $5 more each month, MoviePass will let you see the movie of your choice. Yet another $5 — a total of up to $25 — gives you one Imax or 3D screening per month.
Movie credits disappear if you don't use them before the billing month is up. If you watch all three movies, MoviePass is cheaper than regular tickets. But you can often come close by choosing matinee and other discount showtimes or by buying discount vouchers through theatre chains or retailers such as Costco.
There's no long-term commitment, though if you cancel, you're not allowed back for nine months.
Sinemia, a Turkish company now based in Los Angeles, has a service that works much like MoviePass, except you pay a one-time fee of $25 to get a debit card for same-day tickets at theatres. There are no restrictions on which movies you can watch.
Without a card, or for future dates, you can get tickets online. Sinemia passes along the ticketing fees that Fandango and other online services charge. It also adds a "processing fee" of $1.80 per movie. Those fees are waived, at least for now, when getting tickets in person at theatres, so paying for the debit card is cheaper in the long run.
Prices and plans change frequently, so if you see one you like, grab it right away. Over the past few weeks, Sinemia had a movie-a-day plan for $20 a month, excluding 3D and other premium movies. But by Friday morning, Sinemia was offering eight movies a month at that price. Other non-premium plans range from $4 for one movie to $8 for three. You can pay more for premium plans.
Though Sinemia occasionally offers pay-per-month options, all plans currently require a year-long commitment, paid up front. One unused ticket can be carried over to the next month.
The nation's largest theatre chain offers three movies a week, including an unlimited number in premium formats, starting at $20 a month. The subscription fee is higher — $22 or $24 — in states where ticket prices are higher.
You get same-day and advance tickets through an app, with no fees, and can cancel up until showtime. Getting tickets is easier, compared with Sinemia and MoviePass. But the plan is good only if you live near an AMC theatre and like the major studio releases typically shown there. Independent movies are limited.
There's a three-month commitment, though you're still billed monthly. If you cancel, you can't come back for six months. AMC does offer $5 tickets on Tuesdays, so that might be cheaper if you aren't going to watch at least four movies a month.
With Cinemark Movie Club, $9 gets you one non-premium ticket per month, which isn't necessarily cheaper, considering that the average U.S. ticket price is $9. Unused tickets can be rolled over into future months. You also get 20 per cent off concessions.
Alamo Drafthouse is testing its own subscription offering, initially in Yonkers, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Prices and terms vary during the testing period.
Sinemia, meanwhile, is helping other theatre chains create their own subscriptions distinct from the main Sinemia service. Studio Movie Grill and Showcase Cinemas offer plans this way.


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All right, we are going head out to the end of the world. This paper doll was created as the partner paper doll to World's End.
This is an old set. I say that, but I hadn't realized how old until I remembered that I drew it, because I watched Mad Max: Fury Road. That movie came out May 2015 which means I drew this set over a year ago.
Not that it is that uncommon for me to wait that long, but I was a little surprised when I did the math.
This was a set with a LOT of accessories. So many that I have both enough for an Accessory Thursday post and enough to scatter around the sets each day.
I am a little worried about today's paper doll, because she doesn't have any weapons for protection. She might need some, but I bet my unnamed Asian paper doll from World's End would share.
I wonder if I should start naming the Bodacious and Buxom paper dolls… What do you all think? It would make it easier to refer to them.
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Love this jacket! This reinterpretation of the classic tweed jacket is a great addition to any work closet and a great way for Rock Chicks to inject a bit of colour in their wardrobe.
Yellow Tweed Biker Jacket by Karen Millen £190
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Love this jacket! This reinterpretation of the classic tweed jacket is a great addition to any work closet and a great way for Rock Chicks to inject a bit of colour in their wardrobe.
Yellow Tweed Biker Jacket by Karen Millen £190
Beige fringed knee-high boots by Karen Millen £295
A selection of pieces from the Karen Millen sale that you can easily mix and match and wear to work. From £20.
Karen Millen's long-anticipated colourblock stripe collection is finally available. It's been featured in just about every fashion magazine in the last few months – and rightfully so! All the striped pieces are just gorgeous!
Continue reading 'Karen Millen Summer Colourblock Collection'
Two pretty silk shift dress in stand out 90's patterns. Sophisticated, feminine…and just the right amount of coral.
90's Minimal Print Dress by Oasis £40.00 Now £20.00
Print Shift Dress with Mixed Silk Appliqué by Karen Millen £199 Now £49.95
My laptop passed away yesterday, so sadly I wasn't able to post anything yesterday, and lost all the data I'd collected to create the outfits for the challenge of the month.
So while I try to go dig up what I need again, I'll leave you in company of this lovely graphic check skirt by Karen Millen – the pleat detailing is fantastic, and it can easily be dressed up or down.
Graphic Check Skirt by Karen Millen £89.95 Now £44.95
I went to a very pleasant Karen Millen event last night. It was the perfect occasion to check out the new collection while nibbling on canapés and drinking champagne. There were many lovely pieces but what really stood out to me were the bags and shoes. I'm a big fan of leopard print (as long as it's done right!) and I really like this fresh and elegant version. I think the gladiators are gorgeous, but I don't think I'd be able to walk in them! The monochrome bag and shoes are perfect for understated chic and will you please have a look at this gorgeous bow detail:
I think I'm in love!
Leopard Print Strappy Gladiator Sandals £135
Leopard Print Purse £59.95
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Military Challenge Coins Today: Honoring Men and Women of Respect and Bravery
You may have heard this for the first time but these military challenge coins cost $7.50 a piece in some countries in the Far East. These military challenge coins has greater value in the sacrifices of all the uniformed men and women of our country than what it really cost. These military coins are the symbol of honor and bravery. You will not forget all the efforts they have showered us through their sacrifices. It is the sign of sweetest victory. Only through these military challenge coins you will learn and realize how these brave people gave up everything for us.
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These wanted challenge coins are what makes them relentless, to go forward, make way for victory. You can't compare all that they did for us if it means securing our peace and safety. The makers have toiled, gave their best, to manufacture these valued challenge coins. It was their want, these makers, to produce coins that show all what they have given up just to set us free. Tomorrow will never be today if they did not give up their lives. It is only right to honor them with these military challenge coins.
A challenge coin is made using zinc and quality metals. You can see these challenge coins reproduced by different companies and various organizations. These custom challenge coins are made to instill pure inspiration and camaraderie. They adapted it to provide a way to give thanks to all the respect, success, and loyalty the deserving worker showed to the company. It approves of their victorious stories in life. Using high quality software and digital applications, anyone can create their own version of these prized coins.
You can expect the highest quality as this is made for success. If you are looking for the best quality challenge coins, order it online.
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President: The President shall preside at all meetings, appoint committees, and have the power to decide all questions of equal division of the Executive Board, having all power and duties vested in the president. The president may name, among active members, a chairman and members of special committees to serve temporarily for a specific purpose.
Vice President: The Vice President shall assist the president whenever and however possible, act as parliamentarian, and shall serve in the absence of the President.
Recording Secretary: The Recording Secretary shall record all of the minutes of all chapter meetings and executive board meetings. The Recording Secretary shall perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by the Executive Board and those that normally pertain to the office to include written correspondence.
Membership Secretary: The Membership Secretary shall execute dues notices and collections, receive memberships, process application, maintain rosters, and submit information to update website rosters.
Treasurer: The Treasurer shall collect and disperse the funds of the chapter as may be directed by the Executive Board. The Treasurer shall render a financial report of the chapter at the end of each year and at such other times as the president or Executive Board may require the same. The Treasurer shall also render reports necessary to maintain incorporation status.
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This Commode Chair is height adjustable and stackable; a neat and practical commode chair manufactured to exacting standards and suitable for use as a bedroom commode or bathroom commode. This Commode Chair has a 5 litre bucket with lid and a padded overseat is also supplied for discretion not in use. The upholstery of the commode is well padded and is vinyl welded to reduce the possibility of bacteria build up.
Note this product is flat packed. It is very easy to assemble & no tools are needed.
- Vinyl welded fixed padded back and detachable padded overseat for improved hygiene
- 5 litre pail with lid as standard
- Coated tubular steel easy to stack frame
- Height adjustable
- Hinged thermoset plastic toilet seat
- Aperture Depth (mm): 230
- Aperture Width (mm): 240
- Height from Floor to Top of Seat (mm): 480-570
- Height of Arms from Seat (mm): 225
- Overall Height (mm): 800-900
- Seat Depth (mm): 350
- Seat Width (mm): 350
- Toilet Seat Depth (mm): 350
- Toilet Seat Width (mm): 360
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Shiran City glows a soft gold, humming contentedly where it sits nestled between the several hundred feet high sand dunes of the Shiraniqi Desert within the Fènwa World, its retaining wall lined with circular lanterns that pulse through varying shades of blue, green, violet, orange-gold, and red. It's the Festival of Flesh and the entire City is alive with music and excitement for the evening's festivities, for the Taking Ritual between a Qishir and a maequïn/lae.
But what the citizens of Shiran City do not know is that approaching the City's walls is a great army ordered to run every Greywalker into exile or death from the very Cities they built by hand, sealed with magick, and anointed with their own blood, sweat, and tears. An army that has been ordered to show mercy to no one who resists. But they will not attack tonight, no they will enjoy the Festival of Flesh and the Taking Ritual, welcomed through the gates of the retaining wall and ushered across the Sparkling River that bisects the City and into the Temple Palace that sits at the apex of the City, its golden dome a homing beacon that sends out wave after wave of welcoming, calming energy that soothes those that make manners of thanks to its creators, that live safely within the walls of the City it guards.
Maestrx Azhuriel, neodrach of Amèlanis, blooded Apprentice of Maestrer Thilael, stands on top of the tallest obelisk in the City, the nexus of the City itself, the pulse point from where all its magick streams and all excess is grounded back through, orange-amber eyes surveying the approaching army with scrutiny that belies the only eighty namedays ey has under eir belt, young by the standards of the Greywalker race. Rich black hair laden with exactly twenty-three blessed silver bells that mark eir status within the race whips around eir pale, sharp face, the shoulder length locks dancing and singing in the wind as it picks up before abruptly settling. The fingers of Azhuriel's left hand curl around the short sword strapped to eir right hip, every instinct screaming to muster the Guardians and to take on the approaching army even if it will mean the death of thousands of eir race, at least they will not go down without a fight.
But that is not how things are meant to be. Shiran City must fall so that it may be taken over and the one who will see a reformation of the Worlds may rise from the ashes of what is left behind once the army approaching the gates does what it intends and vacates. It rankles even further than Azhuriel knows ey must flee with two handfuls and three of the strongest warriors and high clergy with strict instructions to mask their heritage and blend in with certain races powerful enough to handle the intermingling of bloodlines so that even if seemingly every Greywalker is killed the bloodlines of the race will live on despite the genocide, and eventually will be strong enough to rise again, to reclaim their Sanctuaries, to reclaim their homelands and their Cities and their culture and rituals.
But today is not that day, today that fight is better fought elsewhere.
So as the main gates swing inward and the High Guardian and Maestrelan, the head of the race within this particular City, meet the flag-bearer of the army and its General, Azhuriel mentally runs through the list of things ey needs to do before night sweeps over the land within the hour. Azhuriel watches with gritted teeth as, with a few exaggerated gestures, the High Guardian and Maestrelan step aside to either side of the open gate and wave their hands to indicate the City beyond as a way of welcoming the army inside and Azhuriel blinks down off the obelisk and lands gracefully at its base, starling a group of children playing tag around it. The children squeak and drop to their knees and bow forward until their foreheads are pressed to the stones of the road, gemstone-like eyes bright with a mixture of awe and fear as its not often one of the warrior clergy is seen outside of the Temple Palace dressed head to toe in war armor, tattoos done in ink that perfectly matches their eyes freely showing along arms corded with strong muscles and sweeping across cheekbones and dancing along collarbones.
"Rise, lil'it uhnis," Azhuriel says, voice a sweet, lilting alto that sweeps over them like cool water on a hot summer day. "Today is a day of laughter and dancing and playing and thanks, do not bow to one who is as equal as you on this holiest of days."
"Yes, Maestrx!" The children chime together, rising swiftly and pressing their hands from heart to lips to forehead in a sign of mutual respect before scampering off to resume their game.
Seems such a shame that they shall not survive the night, Azhuriel thinks mournfully before taking off down the streets of the City ey had come to call home over the last two decades since finishing eir training under Maestrer Thilael.
Azhuriel has just finished packing and is striding across one of the City's many "town squares" to meet up with the others ey will travel with out of the City when the first bells toll from the Temple Palace signalling the start of the Festival of Flesh and ey stops, orange-amber eyes dropping closed as a million Greywalkers throw back their heads and send chants and cries and shouts of jubilation to the heavens above. This would be the last time ey heard the songs of eir people spring thick and sweet around em and gods but that stung. It was unfair that of all the races, it was the Greywalkers who must suffer this atrocity dealt upon them for simply being capable of great acts of horror but yet being only truly able to perform them in times of peril against the race itself.
Because Azhuriel knows it would only take one of the clergy to sink the City, taking all with it but the Greywalkers who have true rights to walk its streets, make love beneath the roofs of its buildings, bleed and cry in its temples, and see new life and fresh death at its tending places. But the Patrons did not decree that such was allowed, not this time. Shiran City would fall in such a manner but now was not that moment.
"Shall we be gone then?" Thilael says from eir left, his violet eyes twinkling with a mirth that Azhuriel never quite got the grasp of, having walked up with the rest of their travelling party while the last of the chants faded away on the wind.
"Yes," Xhandir, a Greywalker-Ancient mixed blood Soulless Warrior says from eir right, sapphire eyes flashing with a sadistic need to see blood flowing but hands resolutely kept away from the twin blades strapped crisscross-wise to her back.
And without further comment, the thirteen of them slip away, mixing first into the crowds heading towards the Temple Palace where the Taking Ritual will soon begin, branching off several blocks from the open square courtyard at the base of the stairs that lead up to the great building heading at a brisk pace for a door in the side of the retaining wall where thirteen of the best bred hörphé wait for them, the animals' six legs strong, wide backs able and already saddled and bagged for a long journey across the Shiraniqi Desert to the other Worlds, heads tossing back and forth on thick necks, intelligent eyes regarding each rider keenly and questioningly before bowing to signal the animal has accepted its rider willingly.
Mounting up, the Guardian who had gathered the hörphé pulles open the doors and Azhuriel, Thilael, Xhandir, and the rest ride out single file, the thick stone door closing with a resounding thud behind them. None of them slows the gallop of the animals beneath them, none of them look back. Shiran City as they each know it is dead to them and across the Seven Worlds, each of Shiran's twenty-two siblings are facing similar situations on the most holiest of nights.
And from each of the sacred Sanctuary Cities built by the Greywalker race, thirteen riders slip out while the armies sent to murder or exile every single man, woman, neodrach, and child partake in the Festival of Flesh and the watch the Taking Ritual.
One day in the future, the Greywalkers would walk the streets of their Sanctuaries again, and that knowledge was enough to sustain the hearts and Selves of each rider that left their home and their people behind to face ruin and death alone.


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The disappointments, realistic criticism and hysterical over reactions to the transfer window situation all have to be put on hold as this is the squad we have and thats that.
The key thing, until January at least and probably after, will be injuries and specifically injuries to Giroud, Walcott and Coquelin. Until an effective crystal ball is invented we just have to keep our fingers crossed. Of course some would say that an educated guess would have helped a couple of weeks ago but as I've said, whats done (or not done) is done.
The first real test will be at Stamford Bridge: that hive of scum and villainy, next week and to an extent there will probably not be a better time to play them if we go into the game off the back of a victory. As much as we are not clicking, neither are they and more so than us they seem to have deeper issues at present.
Those voices that say "get behind the team that we have" are stating the obvious and often confuse criticism of the manager with criticism of the players. No one I know boos our players or slags the off from their Emirates seats and those that do need a reality check.
We have the squad that appeared in the recent Squad photo and for better or worse they now need to get on with it with our full support. What is also true is that the manager we have, we have for better or worse and supporting him may be a tough call for many: that's where we are at the moment, let's see what happens.


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Laptop speakers are not working
I have had my Asus laptop for about a year, and within the past day or two I have noticed the speakers are not working. I have checked the volume settings and I am definitely not on mute and the volume is turned up high. Is there anything I can check or run to see if it is indeed the speakers, and what can I do to resolve this issue? Thank you.


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The thermometer reads -20 when you wake up, -28 for those metric obsessed. At least it's sunny out there, but by the bend in the trees you can tell the wind will be a factor. It has been 3 days since the upper mountain lifts have run. But you have to get up, exit the warm bed and get after the day. It is mid January in Maine. Hopefully the car runs.
Maine mountains are cold and windy, all the time. The mountains in the north are relatively empty this time of the year. No one wants to pay for a lift ticket to spend a day outside in this bullshit. As I put on the park crew coat once more, I certainly wonder why I am doing this. I don't want to go ski today, no one does, I know the majority of people on hill will be employees. Rewind to the beginning of November.
Getting the job on the Saddleback park crew was a dream come true. I wanted nothing more than to build parks, ski all the time, and hangout with my friends.
December ski season starts, it's already cold. Opening day is pow, we close the park down and go shred, the park needs some cat time anyways. Cold, deep, epic, opening weekend is the best. I realize I made the right decision to do this. I watch the sunset with friends and realize this is the ski bum dream.
The snow stops though, the cold doesn't. It does for one day, rains, and boom, back to classic east coast. Bulletproof ice, extreme cold, angry people. Weeks and weeks follow of this. I grow angry, why did I do this? I start to think more about my after ski activities more than my ski activities. Where and with who am I drinking becomes more important than the skiing.
Alcohol and the ski bum go hand in hand yes, especially when the snow isn't good. When the snow is bad, it gets downright insane. I'd say we partied every night but thats not true. We got really really drunk everynight and sometimes we would party. If we aren't having a good time on hill, lets have a good time off hill at the very least, well rather lets forget we didn't have a good time on hill.
In a bad winter on the east coast, I can see most of the year being forgotten between 30 racks and cheap whiskey.
Luckily unlike every other Maine winter, the snow comes back. It falls often, light dry pow days. The skiing is good, but god dammit it's cold. You get less and less excited about each day, even though the skiing is good. Frostbite dots the face and your toes, some days the mountain is closed because of wind chills exceeding 70 below. It is brutal, but you keep going. Skiing deep pow all day, and drinking all night. We all slowly start to look the same, disheveled, tired, broken.
If I were to sum up the season from here,
January: snow begins again, weeks of not seeing 0 degrees. The drinking is heavy, when it snows 8 inches overnight and it is negative 10 come morning, you aren't that excited. People are putting hand warmers between layers of their facemasks. The wind smacking against your face hurts, the chairlifts are slow. Ski all day, have some epic moments, and some moments where death seems a bit more near than it should. Drink all night to forget the pain and reminisce about the best turns so far.
February: It isn't getting warmer, there are days of sunshine, but the sun doesn't feel all that warm with a 20 mile per hour wind blasting you in the face when it already is only 5 degrees out. The snow is good though, and it keeps coming, the parks are fun, building them is fun. Dressed as a marshmallow we all get the best turns of the season and take park lap after park lap.
March: It should be warmer by now, but it's not. The snow keeps coming, we are all talking about how it is the best ski season the east has had in years. We all believe it, and on paper sure, the snow is deep, and keeps coming. What people don't talk about is the actual mountain conditions. On hill employees are riddled with frostbite burns, and people are sour at times. We just want some warm weather and we haven't really had it. There are a few days of promise, temps in the 20s, and we all go full beach weather. It is promise and it is beautiful. Spring will be good, if it shows up in reality.
April: I turn 21.
Spring hits and Maine becomes worthwhile for once, warm days with scattered snow events, a soft park, it makes Maine good. Reggae fest, pond skimming, parties on parties. Life is good and looking down at the sunny corn runs in front of us, I realize that I wouldn't have traded this for anything. The frostbite on my face and toes, fuck it, the weathering of my skin, fuck it. This shit has been good, and despite copious amounts of liver damage, I wouldn't have traded it for anything.
If you're able to deal with the lifestyle, feeling like death every morning, and going out into the coldest environment around to work and recreate, followed by alcoholic binge drinking, I would recommend Maine to you. You belong here if you like to party and live in the mountains. Maine is calling and it might just be your home.
I am leaving for Colorado come fall, I will be back, perhaps raise my kids in these mountains, make sure they get a little hair on their chest.
If you can be a skier here, you can be a skier anywhere.


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Long before she become a mother of 14, Nadya Suleman tried to make ends meet as an exotic dancer. According to a report in the National Enquirer, Suleman recently confessed to a brief stint as a stripper.
"I was 18 and at a very investigative stage of my life," Suleman allegedly told a close friend. "I had not even kissed a boy. But I entered a dance/lingerie contest in a club near my home. I danced and paraded in lingerie. Then, when I was 19, I went to a gentleman's club and performed as a topless dancer."
But she soon realized dancing was only part of the act.
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"I only did it one night," Suleman was heard to say. "I quit when I found out I was expected to perform lap dances on the customers."
'Twilight's' lead vamp even smells like the undead
Fans hoping for a close encounter with "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson might have a change of heart after they hear about the hunk's poor hygiene habits. According to on-set sources, he looks dreamy, but smells like a nightmare.
"He stinks," one insider told E! Online. "I mean, it's awful. He never showers, and it drives people on the set crazy."
The odiferous account was backed up by a crewmember ("He completely reeks"), and comes as no surprise, given Pattinson's past comments.
"I have so much residue crap in my hair from years and years and years of not washing it and not having any sense of personal hygiene whatsoever," he said. "Even today, I go into these things where I'm supposed to be this sexy guy or whatever, and I'm literally asking (the studio rep) 'if I get plumes of dandruff on me, can you just brush it off?'"
Papa Lohan won't stop until Samantha leaves Lindsay
Lindsay Lohan's publicity-loving pop just can't stop turning his daughter's private life into his chance for a moment in the spotlight, but Michael Lohan insists it's all about helping his little girl.
In an interview with Australia's 2day FM, the elder Lohan promised he won't give up gabbing about LiLo until her ever-present gal pal, Samantha Ronson, is out of the picture.
"Lindsay's my daughter… I'm not there to be a friend; I'm there to be a parent," he told hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O. "And if Lindsay gets angry with me or she's upset with what I say or how I do it, frankly, I don't care if it's going to save her life. 'Cause at the end of the day, when times goes by, she will thank me."
Until then, Papa Lohan's content to keep talking.
"I'm not going to stop until Samantha's out of her life," he said.
Dish on the fly
Though he loved giving a voice to the blue blob named B.O.B. in "Monsters vs. Aliens," Seth Rogen learned kids are tough critics. "Every time I drove to record his voice, I was excited about coming up with this funny stuff to say," Rogen told USA Today. "I felt like I accomplished something, making a movie kids like that is as hilarious as anything that is out there." Well, at least that's how he felt until he met his audience face-to-face. "I did a meet-and-greet with kids after the premiere in Australia. I realized kids just don't like Seth Rogen. I scare the (bleep) out of them. Maybe it's my laugh or that I'm a big, hairy guy. They just don't like me." … Ready for a team of tiny celebutantes? Well, ready or not, that's what Paris Hilton's main man, Doug Reinhardt, wants. "Paris would make a great mom — she's my Angel Princess," Reinhardt baby-talked to In Touch Weekly. "I'd love to have some mini Parises one day."
Tabloid Tidbits is compiled by Ree Hines.


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EDAC is organizing an event at the Computer History Museum (just by 101 and Shoreline) Back to the Future to celebrate the EDA industry.
There are not yet many details other than the time-slot: Wednesday October 16th, 5.30 to 9pm. From 5.30pm until 7pm is a reception and then from 7-9pm is the event. That's all the details I know.
You can't register yet but I'll post again nearer the time when more is known and the instructions for attending become clear.


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OSI Food Solutions is a premier worldwide food provider and partners with various organizations that they believe they share the same interest across the world. The privately held food solution company thrives on producing, processing and distributing custom made food to all their clients.
The company has seen significant growth since it was established. Currently, the company has it services in close to 17 countries with over 20,000 employees. OSI food group has 65 food facilities in the 17 states. The leadership and management of the company still have plans underway to extend their services to more potential countries.
The company has thrived and continued to excel through global council which focuses on communicating the best ideas and practices including providing a platform which helps grow the market.
Recently, the company has managed to double their food production in Spain thus experiencing major growth. The expansion has seen the company produce over 45,000 tons of chicken, pork and beef. OSI food group invested € 17 million, and the project was completed early 2017. As a result, the company increased the production of chicken from 12,000 tons to 24,000 tons annually. This was a significant investment and a success.
The expansion is as a result of increased demand of chicken in the country, and the company says it's ready to meet more demand for chicken products. The facility has shipping and receiving areas, refrigerated rooms for storage and waste area among other parts. The project allows the company to add new products to their portfolio, add capacity and create new jobs.
Previously, OSI food group had acquired Baho Food, and the president of OSI group said that adding Baho to OSI food solutions expands and gives OSI a wider presence in Europe. Baho brings in five subsidiaries in Germany and Netherlands which have processing plants and served customers in 18 countries. OSI has opted to maintain all the former employees of Baho Food stating that they will bring in their vast experience since they have served the company and hence understands the needs of the customers.
The former managing director of Baho Food says he is excited about becoming part of OSI food group and that they expect to accelerate the growth strategy by realizing their goals in the food industry. Osi food solutions has experienced a rapid growth due to its outstanding relationship with suppliers and customers as well. OSI understands the needs of their clients and hence meet their demands.
Learn More: www.mapquest.com/us/illinois/osi-industries-llc-7716434


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Banner Payson Medical Center
Welcome to Banner Payson Medical Center, where we are committed to providing quality health care to you and your family – right here in Payson. We are deeply committed to providing the highest quality clinical care, along with an excellent patient care experience. We offer a patient-centered approach, featuring the highest quality of health care available, delivered in a setting that includes the comforts of a hotel.
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George Foreman Grill £19.99 at LIDL from 29th June
Lidl are always surprising us with amazing in-store offers and from the 29th June you will be able to get your hands on a George Foreman Grill for only £19.99 (RRP £74.99).
This is a HUGE saving for a George Foreman Grill (Size (cm): 32 x 32 x 11). The plates are non-stick and easy-to-clean, which in a nutshell also reduces fat when cooking.
You can prepare up to 5 portions at once as well as featuring an flush fitting drip tray and adjustable rear foot that helps drain away the leftover fat. All you need to do is head into your local Lidl store on the date provided above to get your bargain, more information here.


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One of the new designs up in my redbubble shop. Curious, go to http://raineofiris.redbubble.com to see more.
There's also a new parapopulous redbubble shop. And a new blog post too!
Still not done unpacking or renovating but I'm muddling through. Thanks beyond words for sticking with me through all this.
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If you are at all a fan of military history, then War History Online is a site you ought to check out. I follow their Facebook feed, and they put out a tremendous variety of really interesting content from all eras of history. When I saw this story of a bad-ass British infantryman from World War Two's medal-winning act of valor with a blade angle, it seemed like a good opportunity to share the site.
From War History Online: Victoria Cross for fighting a battle after his arm had been hacked off by a sword – He picked up the sword & killed the Japanese officer with it.:
"George Albert Cairns VC (12 December 1913 – 19 March 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces…
You can read more about the battle at WHO, Lieutenant Cairns succumbed to his wounds the following day. His award citation reads as follows:
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the posthumous award of the VICTORIA CROSS to:— Lieutenant George Albert CAIRNS (198186), The Somerset Light Infantry, attd. South Staffordshire Regiment. On 5 March 1944, 77 Independent Infantry Brigade, of which the 1st South Staffordshire Regiment formed a part, landed by glider at Broadway (Burma). On 12 March 1944, columns from the South Staffordshire Regiment and 3/6 Gurkha Rifles established a road and rail block across the Japanese lines of communication at Henu Block. The Japanese counter-attacked this position heavily in the early morning of 13 March 1944, and the South Staffordshire Regiment was ordered to attack a hill-top which formed the basis of the Japanese attack. During this action, in which Lieutenant CAIRNS took a foremost part, he was attacked by a Japanese officer, who, with his sword, hacked off Lieutenant CAIRNS [sic] left arm. Lieutenant CAIRNS killed this Officer; picked up the sword and continued to lead his men in the attack and slashing left and right with the captured sword killed and wounded several Japanese before he himself fell to the ground. Lieutenant CAIRNS subsequently died from his wounds. His action so inspired all his comrades that, later the Japanese were completely routed, a very rare occurrence at that time.


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Monday, 4 January 2016
Singer Mocheddah shows massive cleavage in white fringe outfit
20 comments:
All this cleavage flaunting though.... Laura your write up contains strikes all through.....ReplyDeleteReplies
Hmmmm..... So now she wanna look like Kylie?ReplyDelete
Hmmmm..... So now she wanna look like Kylie?ReplyDelete
Lovely..but I know see any cleavage*sideeyes*ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 00:46
her makeup game is everythingReplyDelete
Me I Dnt like this fringe oh. Buh it's nice on herReplyDelete
must you expose youself too look beautiful.....cover up....u r a daughter of a kingReplyDelete
White color is just baeReplyDelete
Gorg...if u have it,u flaunt it!!!ReplyDelete
Gorg...if u have it,u flaunt it!!!ReplyDelete
Ha Laura this is not massive nah.ReplyDelete
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honestly I don't see any cleavage...just bare chestReplyDelete
Lau lau, i hail u o! See as u make me carry torchlight dey search for d massive cleavage ehn! Uptill nw i neva see am. Tk ur tym oReplyDelete
I was like wen mocheda start to dey get massive cleavageReplyDelete
Laura do u knw d meaning of cleavage? Its different from chest line o.ReplyDelete
Massive indeed?ReplyDelete


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So often we get caught up in the romantic idea of love. It's what we see in movies and hear in songs. No one sings songs about loving your family or makes movies about loving your friends. It's just not very exciting.
But it's what daily life is made up of. People who are there for us, day in and day out, who we don't often appreciate. Because they're there all the time we take them for granted, assuming they know that we love them.
Even if they know, tell them.
Love isn't always about the grand gestures, the flowers, the moonlit walks on the beach, the songs sung in the rain. It's about the little things, like your best friend calling you near midnight to ask if you're okay after a horrible experience, it's your brother leaving the key under the mat when no one's home so you don't get locked out, it's your father making you breakfast every single day, it's the coworker who knows after one word how you're feeling, and it's your grandpa who asks you who your day was.
All of these little things in our lives are filled with love. All we have to do is take a moment to realise it and appreciate it.
So take a minute and tell the people in your life that you love them. It doesn't have to be cheesy or a grand gesture. Just a simple I love you will suffice to tell the people who care about you that you care too.
Our time in this world is short and we don't know what Allah has planned for us. Don't keep your feelings inside. Tell your friends and family that you love them.
Daily Dose of Deen is a daily feature that aims to uplift your spirits and put a smile on your face.


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Kate Spade is set to launch a new clothing line that will feature bright colors, feminine prints and flirty pieces. Just this past January, Kate Spade shut down its affordable fashion line 'Kate Spade Saturday.' For fans who are looking to fill the void left by the shuttering of Kate Spade Saturday, the brand has announced plans to release a new line of casual wear.
The new line will be titled 'Broome Street,' which references the location of the company's first SoHo store. The new line will offer a range of items, including cotton tees, chunky sweaters and delicate dresses. The items in the new collection will maintain the same ultra-feminine look and low price point that characterized the brand's previous line. However, Broome Street will also offer more items that fall in line with its upscale Madison Avenue collection.
The feminine fashions and flirty pieces are set for release in February of 2016.
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Negotiator - Fareham
Looking for a challenging and satisfying role in the property industry, where no two days will be the same? Do you thrive in a fast paced, sales environment? Then now is the time to make the move to our Fareham branch.
Our Lettings and Sales Negotiators are at the front of our business and will be talking about property all day! – From identifying suitable properties for people to see, right through to tying up the deal with our landlords and vendors. Or, you may be selling our services to a prospective client, ready to take prospective applicants round.
Experience in the property market is clearly desirable, although candidates with transferrable sales / customer service experience are also welcome to apply, as full training will be given.
Essential demonstrable skills are:
• Proven track record in a similar target driven environment.
• Great communication skills, being able to talk to people at all levels.
• Self-confidence and the ability to work on their own initiative, as well as part of a team
• A full driving licence
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If My Contact Is On Your Phone, Please Protect ItTuesday, May 15th, 2012
A recent article in the Columbia Journalism Review by Matthieu Aikins underscored the need to protect the contents of your smartphone. If the potential to have your own information stollen or generally snooped through your stuff, please consider this story.
The British journalist and filmmaker Sean McAllister was in Syriashooting a documentary for Britain's Channel 4 about the underground there. A few he had worked with were concerned about his general lack of care about his communications and protection of the identities of those in the underground he was working with.
In October, McAllister was detained by Syrian security agents. Well detained he could hear the cries of prisoners being tortured in nearby rooms. He was interrogated and had all of his electronics seized and searched.
Upon hearing that security forces had McCallister a few individuals who had been in touch with, including the main source of the article, immediately fled fearing the brutal Syrian regime now had information that put their lives at risk. Others in McAllister's electronic records, like one Omar al-Baroudi, were never heard from again.
The article uses the example to point to the need for journalist and the organizations that employ them to become more aware of how to protect their digital information. I hope this stark example will encourage everyone with a smartphone to consider protecting the information on it and information available to it.
If not, please consider the potential embracement of a malevolent or mischievous individual finding your smartphone and posting to Facebook or Twitter on your behalf (though I would understand that it would be nice if someone update your Google Plus account).


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Pharrell hosts "Places & Spaces I've Been" Book Launch
Wednesday night, die-hard Pharrell enthusiasts braved the season's first snow storm to taking shelter in the warm confines of the Billionaire Boys Clubs' flagship store in SoHo. Bundled up in hoodies and snap backs, they all waited patiently in line for the chance to spend a few minutes with their hero, Pharrell Williams.
The event celebrated Pharrell's most recent project, a coffee table book entitled "Places and Spaces I've Been" (Rissolli, $55 - Limited Edition White w/TShirt, $250).
"Im not an author" Pharrell remarked last night at the event. "I had this super sick comprehensive team to help me put the book together." The list of collaborators and interviewees that comprises the book is as diverse and interesting as all of Mr. Williams past endeavors put together which include Jay-Z to Vogue EIC Anna Wintour to astronaut Buzz Aldrin and artist Takashi Murakami.
Pharrell mentioned "This book is not about me", although looking through the pages, it resembles what his pictorial autobiography would possibly look like. If you are a fan of Pharrell or modern art and design with a twist, definitely pick this book up and add it to your collection.
Pharrell signed a copy to our Editor-in-Chief, Jermaine Hall, that reads: "Thank you for supporting my dreams". Touche Pharrell!
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The collection telegraphed a minimalist, street-athletic vibe , especially the capsule of elongated white shirts sporting a painterly Y-3 logo at the back.
Celebrating 15 years of collaboration with Adidas on Y-3, Yohji Yamamoto went back to basics. "We cut out all forms of complicated expression. It's very straight, easily understandable, simple," the designer said before the show. At his side was Nic Galway, senior vice president of global design at Adidas Originals, who echoed that they "really wanted to remember why we started, to go back.
"Yohji is very inspired by uniforms, and three stripes is a uniform. That's what we remember today, but obviously has a lot has changed," Galway mused. "The sneakers you will see today are the best innovations in the world, and we have the partnership with Yohji to bring a new voice. If we design sneakers together, it has to ask questions. It's a chance to challenge the status quo and push boundaries."


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I visited Phyto Hair Spa today at Wheelock Place, #05-08. The place is incredibly high end, or perhaps that's due to my limited exposure to such places. The last time I went to Wheelock Place, I barely made it past the Apple Epicentre on the second floor. This time I went up to the third, fourth, and fifth floor (using the escalator, not lift) and suddenly the stores disappeared, replaced by just one or two outlets per floor from where I could see from the escalators. There was a little pathway between the outlets, and it turns out that led to more outlets, but again, very sparsely littered throughout the floors. There were an eye clinic, a LASIK centre, a manicure saloon, some health or beauty clinics, and others that I didn't notice.
According to the awards on the wall of Phyto, they're quite the wizards at hair treatment and care. They also use plant based products for "wholesome formulas to restore scalp and hair back to its most beautiful and healthiest condition". The membership fee (one-time only) is $700! But when you consider the prices of their therapies and treatments and other services, the location and overall feel of the place, $700 is not too far off the mark.
After a scalp scan, they put me in a room with about 4 other people, comfortably spaced out on puffy armchairs, facing away from one another. Each of us had a TV connected to a DVD player. There was also a complimentary drink. Someone started rubbing some healing ointment onto my scalp. Then my hair was wrapped up and put in a bag that was connected to a tube and a machine, which blew smoky, scented, cold air into the bag. After about 30 minutes, I was given a thorough massage of the head, neck, shoulder, and back. I was then led outside for a hair wash and finally a haircut.
The hair treatment was a "Detoxifying Hair Therapy with Wash and Blow and Styling" package worth $128, and the haircut was $55. I bought the therapy package via Groupon though, so I only paid $38 for that. I also got suckered into buying one of their shampoos at $28, and the parking fee was $8.57 for 2 and a half hours, so for a day of supposed money saving (I saved $90 from the Groupon deal), I ended up paying more than I saved.
Unfortunately, I was late for class at school, and in the end due to lack of seats, I skipped the lecture. Thank goodness today's class isn't the tough one I have on Mondays and Thursdays. I also received a piece of good news when I woke up this morning. All in all, I think this day has been great :D.


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Williams Hicks, who most of us call Milli, is what I call a "super-fan" of the ADAM computer. He doesn't just use it, he makes games and hardware for this rare system. On Milli's YouTube page, you can find his videos on how to repair ADAM computers, revisit old computer magazines and look at some software. He also has a Store for those necessary ADAM components. Milli is also working on an ADAM archive which he needs the community to get involved. He even has his own Coleco ADAM blog. Lets get to know Milli.
When did you get your first ADAM?
I got my first Adam in 1989. I was living in Anchorage Alaska and I got the basic system at a garage sale. I then ordered a disk drive, from a company in Michigan I believe, one of the great lake states, but even with that I couldn't do much. No local stores supported the Adam and I couldn't really find software listings in magazines; I only had the single Smart Basic DDP and a copy of Disk Manager. Eventually the data pack failed from me leaving it sitting on the system when I turned it on (true story, so here is one person it happened to) and I sold the system but I kept the disk drive. After selling it I went back to using the Atari 8 bit systems that I was really fond of and the following year I had BBS running on an Atari 800 with an 810 drive, an Indus drive that allowed you to daisy chain other drives which I plugged into the drive mechanism in the Adam Disk and used it minus controller board.
In 2015 while on a 500 mile bicycle ride through New England I saw an ad on eBay for a complete system and I told my, at the time, fiance, that I always wanted to get another one. He surprised me the following month by getting me it for my birthday. This is still the system I use today, he is 2 years gone but the Adam is still here.
Was it your first computer?
No, back in 1983 when I was in 11th grade I purchased a Timex Sinclair 1000 (the US version of the ZX81 sold in the UK) at the local K-Mart for $99 and the 16k ram pack for another $49. I also brought a cheap tape deck at the same time and had a complete working system!
This was by no means my first foray into the world of computers; I had been using a number of systems in school that included Apple ][+'s, time share terminals and Commodore Pet's. So in a way, the Timex Sinclair 1000 was a step down!
One thing I didn't get for my Timex Sinclair 1000 was a TV! So to use it I had to use the family TV or borrow a portable TV from my grand parents! Over the next year or so the Timex Sinclair 1000 got used less and less because of this and eventually I got rid of it and moved on.
I have literally had over 200 different types of computers in the last 35 years. The majority of them have been 8 bit. I will say though, I have never had an Atari ST or an Amiga, on principal.
Did you get schooling on programming?
Depends on your definition of schooling. Does ditching every class in high school for a semester so I could sit in the home economics department (with the home ec teachers blessing cause she had no clue how to use them) and program on their Apple ][+ considered schooling? If so then yes, else it comes from actually spending 2 or 3 hours a day almost every day for 20 years just programming for programming sake. I can program in dozens of Basic dialects, C++, Perl, PHP, Pascal, Z80, 6502, and *86 assembly and many other obscure languages like C–, Visual Dialog Script, Citedel Scripts (a BBS system for CP/M) and more. Am well versed in the various ROM's on the 8 bit systems, CP/M, MP/M, MS-DOS and Windows. In my Windows 3 days I used to write 80286 assembly code to work natively with Windows – that was fun writing programs that are only 2 or 3kb in size when others 100's of KB or more at the time. I wrote my first shareware game called OctoTile in assembly for MS-DOS and Windows which I uploaded to AOL in 96. One person sent me a check, $9.
Are your electronics skills self taught?
Yes, I heat up things and hope they stick. I can deduce issues, R & R (repair and replace) but I am not a very skilled solderer. I think repairing computers is not knowing how to repair electronics as much as knowing how the computer works and being able to deduce what can be wrong. A TV repairman can fix a bad solder joint but can he determine why you get garbage characters on the screen?
Does your interest in vintage computing relate to your career or job?
I have been self-employed since 1997, at first designing websites but for the past 13 years I have been heavily into writing code for psychological testing online using Perl and PHP. This gives me a lot of free time to pursue my hobbies, such as the Adam. I can honestly say I have been very lucky to have worked myself to a position where I work an hour or 2 a week and make a very good income. When I first started I worked 16, 20 hours a day but now I can relax.
You're working on a power supply to replace the ADAM's printer, when will it be ready to ship?
I will have the finished model ready by mid-September and if all goes as designed I will be able to ship by end of September. I have to stop thinking of things to add onto it, ie feature creep.
Are you working on any other hardware or software products?
Hardware I am still working on AViD (Adam Virtual Drive) that lets you plug an Adam Net cable into a PC and it will be seen on the Adam as a disk drive, though the project has evolved into CAPE (Coleco Adam Peripheral Emulator) along the lines of the Atari APE. Once I am able to get the bugs worked out of communicating at the non standard 62,500 baud that the Adam uses and the standard USB port does not support. With CAPE you would be able to plug a PC into a bare bones Adam, no printer, no data or disk drives, just a keyboard, and have a full system with printer, 2 data drives and 2 disk drives. These would be emulated by the PC. Of course you would need a power supply to do this, which I happily can provide.
Outside of the ADAM, what other computer systems fascinate you?
The Timex Sinclair 1000 for its simplicity and the way it forces you to really know what you are doing to get anything out of it. I also love CP/M systems for their power and the fact that you can know everything about them. This is something you can no longer do with computers, you can not approach them from a programming stand point as an individual programmer with the confidence that you know everything the system will do when you program it.
When you're not rescuing retro tech, how do you spend your time?
Working on my home in Western PA and bicycling. In 2010 I quit smoking after 26 years and 2 1/2 packs a day. To help me get over it I would get on my bike and ride around the block. 8 years later I have ridden over 10,000 miles on bicycle through all of New England and lost 75lbs doing it. I also enjoy reading SCI-FI and alternate history books. Harry Turtledove, John Haldeman and Larry Niven are 3 of my favorite authors.
What would you like to say to fellow ADAM computer owners?
This is easy. Take any and all of the Colecovision cartridges you have and put them away where you can't see them. Then put in a Smart Basic tape, disk or image, or if you do not have it, Smart Logo or CP/M with even the built-in ASM. Then using the manual and / or the internet, write a program. Start out with Hello World and work from there. Try to make a tic tac toe game, a number guessing game, a simple demo. Do something to feel how you have power over the computer, that when you sit in front of the keyboard you are "god". What you say matters, and if it doesn't work, there is always the reset button. And when you are done – take a picture of it and post it online. These days we have the ability to share everything with people who have the same interests. The Adam and other 8 bit computers give you the ability to understand and actually control technology, don't use them for entertainment, use them to empower yourself, to increase your knowledge of the computer world we live in.


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We usually do a little science experiment every week (sometimes more, sometimes less). We were reading about center of mass (or center of gravity) today and the suggested experiment looked quick and easy, and we had all the materials. Those are the 3 key factors for us to do experiments. We save the more complicated ones for special occasions or homeschool co-op days. I thought a good way to chronicle our experiments would be to post about them.
This one was so simple, the big boys all poo-pooed it so Tiger Boy (7) and Dragon Boy (4) were my assistants. Of course as we were really getting into it, the big boys noticed we were having fun and decided to kind of join in (i.e., watch from the sidelines and offer suggestions/criticism).
Our mission today was to find the center of mass for an unusually shaped, flat object. Technically we are finding the geographical center since this is a 2D object (not 3D). The geographical center of North America is supposed pretty close to us. I wonder if this is how they figured it out. We might have to trace a map of North America and try it out
Step 1: Talk about center of mass (center of gravity). We use Answers in Genesis, God's Design for the Physical World: Machines in Motion. If you don't have that set, no worries. There are plenty of resources online to read/watch. Just use our good friend Google. Here is a little video we found (plus it has another little experiment that's easy to do).
We also talked about why this is important and how it's applied (examples were balancing acts with multiple people, riding a bike, doing handstands, touching your toes like in the video).
Step 2: Gather materials
- cardboard or stock (nothing too flimsy, a side of a cereal box will do)
- pencil
- scissors
- hole punch
- string
- nail
Step 3: Draw an unusual shape on your cardboard. Here is Tiger Boy's creation. The first shape was a little small so I asked him to draw as big of a shape as he could fit on the page. And then we cut it out.
Step 3: Hypothesis! I asked Tiger Boy where he thought the center was and then we marked it boldly.
Step 4: Punch 2 holes not directly opposite from each other. 90 degree angle from your proposed center would be good. (Our experiment said to do 4 holes but 2 well placed holes are all that is really needed).
Step 5: Hang on the wall. We utilized a hole that was already in the wall. Take your sting and tie a loop on one end and something to weight it down on the other end. This is a great opportunity to explain what a plumb line is.
Step 6: Draw a line along the plumb line. Repeat for second hole. Where the lines meet will be the center of mass. Tiger Boy was pretty stinkin' close.
Step 7: Balance the blob where the lines intersect on your finger tip.
There you go. Super simple experiment.


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