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Depression can be inherited. The genetic risk of developing clinical depression is about 40%, with the remaining 60% due to stressful events ina person's life.
There are several forms of depressive disorders. The most common are major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder.
Major depressive disorder, also called major depression, is characterized by a combination of symptoms that interfere with a person's ability to work, sleep, study, eat, and enjoy once–pleasurable activities. Major depression is disabling and prevents a person from functioning normally. An episode of major depression may occur only once in a person's lifetime, but more often, it recurs throughout a person's life.
Dysthymic disorder, also called dysthymia, is characterized by long–term (two years or longer) but less severe symptoms that may not disable a person but can prevent one from functioning normally or feeling well. People with dysthymia may also experience one or more episodes of major depression during their lifetimes.
Some forms of depressive disorder exhibit slightly different characteristics than those described above, or they may develop under unique circumstances. However, not all scientists agree on how to characterize and define these forms of depression. They include:
Psychotic depression, which occurs when a severe depressive illness is accompanied by some form of psychosis, such as a break with reality, hallucinations, and delusions.
Postnatal depression, which is diagnosed if a new mother develops a major depressive episode within one month after delivery. It is estimated that just under 16% of Australian women experience postnatal depression after giving birth.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which is characterized by the onset of a depressive illness during the winter months, when there is less natural sunlight. The depression generally lifts during spring and summer. SAD may be effectively treated with light therapy, but nearly half of those with SAD do not respond to light therapy alone. Antidepressant medication and psychotherapy can reduce SAD symptoms, either alone or in combination with light therapy.2
Bipolar disorder, also called manic-depressive illness, is not as common as major depression or dysthymia. Bipolar disorder is characterized by cycling mood changes-from extreme highs (e.g., mania) to extreme lows (e.g., depression).
People with depressive illnesses do not all experience the same symptoms. The severity, frequency and duration of symptoms will vary depending on the individual and his or her particular illness.
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• Irritability, restlessness
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Don't you love starting your day off on a right note?
Every morning I take a moment to contemplate, observe how I feel and centre my mind with prayer, affirmations or a meditation. During this eyes open, yet not quite awake zone :-) I receive divine guidance, solutions to problems, brilliant ideas and insights to create a better day. I highly recommend this to you, if you do not have an existing morning mindfulness ritual. That alone can heal and transform life...Ok back to my morning- When I awoke, I immediately began recording my stream of thoughts...all great ideas and insights but, honestly? When I listened to myself, I could not believe how much I yawned through the 5 minute blurb! Well these sounds, I'll keep to myself! Instead, I write this short note to inform you that the name of my first series of videos showed up: Life Healing Sound.
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Children of The Blazing Fist is a review blog with young men who have fire in their hearts for media. Growing up, Franklin Raines and Alex Hajdar would always carry with them books and manga to pass the hours, but equally spent time playing video games. They grew up with a vast interest in all sorts of films, and never said no to movies with space ships. Meeting during a math class conversation arose with, "Hey, do you draw manga Alex?", Franklin and Alex have been best friends ever since.
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Assistant Professor in Law, Faculty of Social Sciences
Dr Aris Georgopoulos is Assistant Professor in European and Public Law at the School of Law of the University of Nottingham and Head of the Research Unit for Strategic and Defence Procurement of the Public Procurement Research Group (PPRG). He has been Global Governance Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. He has been also a Grotius Fellow at the Law School of the University of Michigan. He has acted as expert advisor to national authorities, to international organisations and institutions (such as the OECD, the World Bank, the European Central Bank, The European Court of Auditors, USAID and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development ) in the area of public procurement regulatory reform. His research interests lie in the area of EU Law, public procurement law and policy, public law and trade law. He has taught at Universities in the United States, China, Colombia, Italy, Malaysia and Turkey. He is a member of the editorial board of the Public Procurement Law Review and member of the scientific committee of the Revista Digital de Derecho Administrativo. He is also member of the Steering Committee of the International Learning Lab of Public Procurement and Human Rights.
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I confess, I am a bit of a beginner in the world of herbal medicine. I have only recently tried my hand at making lip balm or a healing comfrey salve (both turned out great, I might add.) Where I do have loads of experience, however, is in the kitchen. My partner and I still feed a houseful of family and friends a hearty dinner once a week for what we all hungrily call "drop-in," and we are avid home cooks and bakers. With an overwhelming garden, which includes big, happy, herb plants like sage, a dozen different kinds of mint, and rosemary, we also have a very intimidating bronze fennel that tends to grow 15 feet tall and has begat many babies throughout our garden, we are often reaching for herbs to make our dishes sing.
One of the questions that pops up again and again with those who are learning how to "eat their herbs" is how to make substitutions between dried and fresh herbs. What if you only have fresh? What if it is the dead of winter and you have dried basil, but no fresh? This doesn't have to be complicated, but it helps to understand a few important points.
Dried herbs are generally more concentrated in their flavor, while fresh herbs taste, well, fresh, thanks to water content. I have made my salsa recipe with dried cilantro and while it still tastes delicious, it is not exactly the same as salsa made with freshly picked and snipped cilantro. Some dishes, like soups and stews, are perfect for substitutions and you may not really notice any flavor difference at all. You will want to use dried herbs up fairly quickly, however. Those jars of dried herbs that have been tucked back in a corner of your cupboard for a decade are not going to give you a good, brilliant flavor. This is one of the reasons we encourage folks to only purchase amounts that can be used in a few months to a year—freshly dried is better than old and stale!
The general substitution ratio is 1:3 or 1/3 dried to fresh. This means that if your recipe calls for 3 Tablespoons of fresh basil, you can substitute 1 Tablespoon dried. It's easy when your amounts are so simple, but what happens when your recipe calls for ½ cup of fresh herbs? If you know that there are 8 Tablespoons in a ½ cup, then you can take a third of that and use a little less than 3 Tablespoons of dried herb as replacement.
It works in reverse too—if your recipe calls for 2 teaspoons of dried herb, and you'd really like to use some of your happy, fresh oregano, you'll want 6 teaspoons or 2 Tablespoons (3 teaspoons to a Tablespoon.) If you just remember the ration of 1:3—dried to fresh, you will soon be making herbal substitutions like a pro!
All Purpose Garden Herb Mix
Here's a go-to herb mix to practice with and one that has many herbs grown in the average garden—this adds great flavor whether used dried or fresh and is perfect for soups, stews, roasted vegetables, or as a dry rub for grilling!
2 Tbsp dried organic Rosemary or 6 Tbsp fresh Rosemary
2 Tbsp dried organic Basil or 6 Tbsp fresh Basil
1 ½ dried organic Sage or 4 ½ Tbsp fresh Sage
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- Installation of FIRST at the Cassegrain focus of the 3m Shane telescope. F. Marchis (SETI Institute) on the left, E. Huby (LESIA – Paris Observatory) on the right
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Every ground based instrument is subject to the deleterious effects of atmospheric turbulence: telescope images are affected, leading to a lowering of the effective resolving power of the instrument (the capacity to distinguish very close objects), and to a degradation of the image dynamics. The dynamics (also referred to as the «contrast») is a measure of the ability to distinguish a weak source of light next to a bright one; a wide dynamical range is an essential prerequisite for the detection of dim companions, such as exoplanets, close to their parent stars.
FIRST, an inovative principle
The principle of the FIRST instrument is based on the combined use of single mode optical fibres, commonly used for telecommunications,, and the aperture masking technique, in order to restore the theoretical performance of the telescope. Atmspheric turbulence tends to destroy the coherence of light rays reflected from different parts of the mirror, but the optical fibres enable one to select out just those rays which are nevertheless still coherent, and to transport them to a detector on which interference fringes can form, free of the deleterious effects of atmospheric turbulence. The information about the spatial structure of the source (e.g. the separation and the brightness ratio of two neighboring stars) is contained in the contrast and the position of these interference fringes.
Once the concept was demonstrated in the LESIA laboratories, FIRST was successfully integrated in July 2010 into the Cassegrain focus of the Lick Observatory's 3m Shane telescope by an international team including scientists not only from the LESIA, but also from Berkeley University, from the SETI Institute, from the Japanese Astronomical Observatory, from the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope and from the W.M. Keck Observatory.
This 3 m telescope has an adaptive optics system which enables the telescope to reach its diffraction limit at infra-red wavelengths. By combining this system with the FIRST instrument, the theoretical performance of the telescope can be reached in the visible domain, where adaptive optics is somewhat less efficient.
Steps towards the study of faint companions
Data acquired using FIRST at the Lick Observatory have enabled the two components of the binary system of Capella to be separated. Capella is the brightest star of the Auriga constellation; it is 43 light years from the Earth, the two stars of the binary system turning around each other, separated by a distance on the order of that between the Sun and Venus.
As well as giving accurate, diffraction limited measurements of the stellar positions, leading to a determinatin of the orbital parameters of the system, FIRST has produced a novel determination of the brightness ratio of the two stars, in the spectral range from 600 to 850 nm: this constitutes new and quite unique information which helps to characterize the two stars. The spectra can in effect be analyzed and compared to stellar models, and hence obtain the physical parameters, such as the temperature, of each star, as well as their metallicity and their surface gravity. A comparison of the data with the latest models has highlighted the latter's weakness in certain molecular bands.
A new version: FIRST-18
- Optical assembly of FIRST-18, on a 1m20 by 60 cm platform; the optical fibres are shown in blue, and the scientific camera is on the right.
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Wide dynamic imagery is a rapidly expanding and developing technique. The current version of the instrument, the subject of Elsa Huby's thesis, is called FIRST-18, since it enables light sampled from 18 parts of the main mirror, each 40 cm in diameter, to be recombined. The dynamical range of the instrument increases with the number of samples which are recombined, as well as with the measurement accuracy, which is a function of the stability of the instrument.
To date, FIRST-18 has led to the detection of a companion which is several hundred times fainter than its central star. Following up on these first results, the dynamical range of the instrument will need to be improved by a factor of between 10 to 100 in order to be able to detect planetary companions very close to their parent stars. Work is in progress to achieve this target.
FIRST-18 has recently been integrated into the adaptive optics platform of the new generation 8m Subaru telescope in Hawaii. The more stable environment and the better adaptive optics setup will increase the sensitivity and the dynamical range of the instrument. Moreover, since its mirror is 2,7 times larger, this telescope has a 2,7 times better angular resolution than the 3m Lick Observatory telescope.
FIRST-18 at Subaru received its first stellar photons in July 2013, thus clearing the way to the observation of tightly bound stellar systems, as well as to the study of the surfaces of evolved red giant and super giant stars, in order to investigate their superficial convection.
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Stephenson County Habitat for Humanity is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian principles that seeks to put God's love into action by building homes, communities and hope. We remain dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources that help families improve their shelter conditions. Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a simple, durable place to live in dignity and safety, and that decent shelter in decent communities should be a matter of conscience and action for all.


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After years of providing services to organic farms, and restaurants. It's now time to say good bye. The Organic food database has been shut down.
Farewell, it's been a blast!
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Pricing too high can be the kiss of death for home sellers in today's market. Many buyers are sitting on the fence, waiting to see what happens with the economy, and hoping that home prices will drop further.
On the other hand, the recent uptick in home-sale activity confirms that low interest rates coupled with lower home prices have many buyers convinced that they should buy now. But, they are looking for bargains.


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Agreement signed between CNSA and MOST
Chinese delegates of CNSA and ministry of science and technology of FDRE higher officials discussed on space issues and signed cooperation in the field of space activities in Addis Ababa.
Ministry of science and technology of FDRE minister H.E Dr. Engineer Getahun Mekuria said we receive huge support in human resource from china and we are enjoying some cooperation in leather, textile, and construction industries and also now we are delighted to work cooperatively in space industry.
The Chinese delegates also communicated that as they are ready to provide training and support and to launch satellites beside comprehensive cooperative agreement on space activities.
Space technology, space science and space applications are areas we want to work cooperatively with Ethiopia said Vice president of CNSA Mr. Wu Yanhua.
After active and detail discussion between delegates of china and higher officials of MOST, CNSA of people of republic of china Vice president Mr. WU Yanhua and Minister of ministry of science and technology of FDRE Dr. Engineer Getahun Mekuria signed cooperation agreement in the field of space activities.
At the end the delegate invited the minister to China –Africa space forum aero show in September and notified as the Pm of Ethiopia Dr. Abiy Ahmed also agreed to visit September forum in china Beijing.


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They used to be deadly weapons but now they're art at a new exhibit at Art Basel.
The exhibition is called 'Guns in the Hands of Artists' and Jonathan Ferrara hopes it leads to conversations rather than heated debates.
"Instead of this screaming match back and forth you're looking at this artwork and you're having a conversation, hopefully a relevant vent and moderate one about this issue of guns and gun violence but through the lens of art," Ferrara said.
Bullets in a gumball machine illustrate the easy access. The piece was made with ringlets sliced from the barrel Of a rifle. The artist's mother was killed by gunfire.
One of the more powerful pieces is six bullet casings lodged in the wall each with a tiny picture on it of the child under six years old who was shot dead in New Orleans.
Thirty artists used about 180 decommissioned guns, all taken off the streets of New Orleans, Ferrara's hometown. Art Enthusiast Ladyane Lopez appreciates the concept.
"This makes it a little bit easier to kind of get into the conversation without it being all about gun control, no gun control, you know," Lopez said.
In light of Wednesday's mass shooting Ferrara was asked if his exhibition is even more relevant now.
"Until we as a society come together to seriously address this epidemic of gun violence in America this exhibition is going to continue to be relevant on an almost daily basis," he said.


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I really haven't written much on this blog in the past few weeks for various reasons. I haven't had the appetite to write for one thing. However, this project made me really want to write and make you all want to go a view it. It's by a wonderful artist from England called Clem Leek and it's in association with We Sink Ships. The artist himself has posted this about the project on the We Sink Ships site:
"Home Outside is a piece conceived from these 20 pictures and the emotion for my natural surroundings. The piece is an exploration of sound and textures. I have tried to imply themes and ideas musically, but under a haze of a soundscape. Using only acoustic instruments including violin, guitar and also some field recordings I have endeavored to build up a murky, textually dense musical environment in which motifs and passages appear and disappear within the world of sound. With beautiful lines of flute from Isnaj Dui I have tried to weave a rich tapestry of sound. The piece is very much for a listener to interoperate and musically pick out lines and phrases to explore and creatively elaborate on. Most of all I hope you enjoy it and the concept behind it."
I highly recommend that you pop along to We Sink Ships website and find the project, which is entitled 'Home Outside.' It will be running until 30th June so you don't have too long left. Make sure you get a look now while you can. Enjoy.


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Openwave Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:OPWV) has posted its quarterly earnings. On a non-GAAP basis the company posted -$0.13 EPS and GAAP EPS was listed as -$1.11. Revenues are listed as $68.1 million, but the revenue numbers from discontinued operations are $75.6 million on a post-MusicWave basis since that is for sale. This will make comparisons harder to break-out considering that analysts are not following this one like a hawk as much anymore. Estimates from First Call today were -$0.14 EPS & $71.21 million in revenues.
Unfortunately there is no guidance in the release, although they simultaneously made some other disclosures. The company's book-to-bill ratio of 1.0. Its year-end was this quarter and it ended with almost $246.5 million in cash and equivalents, but its total current assets are now under its total stated liabilities. The company has also named Jean-Yves Dexmier as CFO to replace Hal Covert, who is leaving for personal reasons. Openwave also added former NorTel and Nokia executives to its product and sales ranks. Lastly, Openwave annouhnced that SoftBank Telecom selected its Rich Mail solution for contract renewal in Japan.
Shares were up modestly after the report, but are now down a tad in after-hours. We'll have to wait for guidance before declaring this last quarter a real victory or real defeat for the company.
Here was the full preview for reference and for forward guidance and conjecture.
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A third student at Perth's Waldorf School has been infected with measles the day after the health department held a free clinic offering the vaccine to students.
The school became the centre of a possible measles outbreak two weeks ago when an unvaccinated year 10 student returned from Italy with the disease, prompting the health department to warn possibly half of the students at the Steiner school had not been vaccinated.
Free on-site measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations were given to students on Thursday, following the resignation of the schools principal Jean Michael David after it was revealed he stood as a candidate for the Victorian 2014 election on an anti-vaccination platform.


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Jaya Guru Deva Sainatha
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(Sai Baba was a great modern day saint who lived in Shirdi, Maharashtra. He was considered as incarnation of God Dathathreya by some and of Saint Kabir by some. He lived a very simple life and is believed to have performed several miracles. Sai Baba taught a moral code of love, forgiveness, helping others, charity, contentment, inner peace, devotion to God and guru He has millions of followers who consider him as their God, their teacher , Their friend and their guide. Thursday is supposed the most holy day to pray him.)
Jaya guru deva sai natha
Sadu shironmani sai natha
Victory to the great teacher Sainatha,
The gem among Sadhus , Sainatha
Anthaka mardhana sai natha
Anthya shaya sai natha
Apremeya sai natha
Amitha parakrama sai natha ………………………(Jaya Guru…)
Dispeller of Darkness, Sainatha,
Limit of philosophy, Sainatha,
Incomparable, Sainatha,
The greatly valorous ,Sainatha …………………………. (Victory to the great teacher…)
Aapth baandhava sai natha
Aarthathraana sai natha
Kancha vilochana sai natha
Kamaneeyanana sai natha………………………(Jaya Guru…)
Friend in dangers, Sainatha,
Helper of the oppressed, Sainatha,
The Golden eyed one, Sainatha,
One with an attractive walk, Sainatha………………. (Victory to the great teacher…)
Kaama rahitha sai natha
Kaamitha phaladha sai natha
Chintha naashaka sai natha
Chinthitha bandhana sai natha………………………(Jaya Guru…)
Desireless one, Sainatha
One who fulfills our desires, Sainatha,
One who destroys worry, Sainatha,
One who ties with meditation, Sainatha……………. (Victory to the great teacher…)
Shiridi vaasa sai natha
Shrihari roopa sai natha
Dwantha vinaashaka sai natha
Dwaraka vaasa sai natha………………………(Jaya Guru…)
One who lives in Shirdi, Sainatha,
One who has form of Hari, Sainatha,
One who desrtoys separate identity, Sainatha,
One who lives in Dwaraka, Sainatha………………. (Victory to the great teacher…)
Thathwa bodhaka sainaatha
Dakshina moorthe sai natha
Dharma supaalana sai natha
Dareedra naashaka sai natha………………………(Jaya Guru…)
The teacher of philosophy, Sainatha,
The Lord of the South, Sainatha,
One who looks after faith, Sainatha,
Destroyer of poverty, Sainatha…………………………. (Victory to the great teacher…)
Divya gunalaya sai natha
Theertha paadha sai natha
Nithyananda sai natha
Nirmala roopa sai natha………………………(Jaya Guru…)
Temple of good qualities, Sainatha,
One whose feet is sacred, Sainatha,
Ever blissful, Sainatha,
One with clear form, Sainatha…………………………. (Victory to the great teacher…)
Nirjitha kaama sai natha
Nitya mahotsava sai natha
Bhaktha vatsala sai natha
Papa vimochana sai natha………………………(Jaya Guru…)
One who is victorious in action, Sainatha,
One who is a perennial festival, Sainatha,
Lover of devotees, Sainatha,
Redemption of sinners, Sainatha…………………. (Victory to the great teacher…)
Pathitha paavana sai natha
Bhagavadha priya sai natha
Purana purusha sai natha
Punya shloka sai natha………………………(Jaya Guru…)
Lord of the oppressed , Sainatha,
Lover of learned, Sainatha,
Great one of epics, Sainatha,
One who is a Holy chant, Sainatha. …………………. (Victory to the great teacher…)
Pankaja nayana sai natha
Mangala roopa sai natha
Vengucha ramana sai natha
Sankata harana sai natha………………………(Jaya Guru…)
Lotus eyed one, Sainatha,
One with holy form, Sainatha,
One who is Balaji, Sainatha,
Dispeeler of sorrow, Sainatha, …………………………. (Victory to the great teacher…)
Sarva janaashraya sai natha
Sarva bheeshtadha sai natha
Satchithaananda sai natha
Samartha sadguru sai natha. ………………………(Jaya Guru…)
Giver of protection to all, Sainatha,
Sum of all desires, Sainatha.
The divine and eternal joy, Sainatha.
The clever great teacher, Sainatha, …………………. (Victory to the great teacher…)


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Ok. We have an hour and a half for lunch during a conference at a nearby hotel that Terry aptly dubbed The Low Quality Inn. Misty, Terry and I head to downtown Harper's Ferry in search of nourishment.
There are all kinds of school kids snaking through the streets and stairways of this historic town. A local-ish conference attendee had recommended a barbeque place that we quickly discovered was closed. As was the next two places we walked past. Apparantly this is a seasonal destination.
A couple deli/diners had items on the menu boards I thought would be a safe bet and then when we turned up High Street,Terry spotted the Cannonball and suggested it get the nod. I think he picked it because it has a manly, civil war-inspired name and we got to enter by walking down a flight of stairs into the cool, dank lower level of the building.
The Cannonball Deli offers sandwiches, salads, pizzas, gyros, and ice cream. There were a few homemade desserts on the counter and my senses perked up at the sight of the baklava.
Sporting a thick European accent, the young man that took our orders politely answered our questions. By the number of Greek items on the menu, I am going to guess he, along with the older man who delivered our plates, is Greek.
Speaking of the plates, they were real, honest-to-goodness plates, but were degraded by plastic utensils. Oh well.
The Cannonball's interior is small and quaint with about a half dozen tables and a case displaying several flavors of ice cream which apparantly bewitched Misty. She kept staring in that general direction…
I ordered an individual veggie pizza for $8.99. This masterpiece was adorned with so many toppings, it was almost too many. Note I said "almost"! The crust was just the right thickness and crispy. Misty & I would have been happy splitting a pizza and thus leaving room for a dessert. That good 'ol hindsight!
Sodas were priced at the seemingly going rate these days of $1.75. Needing additional stimulation to stay awake during the afternoon conference sessions, I thought it wise to go ahead and order up the caffeine-laced elixer known as Diet Coke.
I was so stuffed I couldn't finish all of my pizza but that baklava, for $2.75, looked so delicious I decided to take it with me and enjoy it as an afternoon snack while all the other attendees had only the complementary miniature bottles of water to consume. There must have been a hundred thin layers of phyllo and so much butter that it sort of seeped out when I squeezed the triangle between my fingers. The sweetness of the honey and the thin layer of nuts completed the flavor profile. I enjoyed every last bite and licked the buttery, sticky honey off my fingers.
Terry sure picked a winner with this restaurant. We all enjoyed our freshly prepared lunches at a reasonable price. I definitely recommend the Cannonball. THREE FORKS.
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Chopin, Schumann: Sarah Beth Briggs (piano). Fairfield Halls, London 19.10.2010 (CM)
Frederic Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp minor Op 60
Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen Op 15
Frederic Chopin: Ballade in A flat major Op 47
Robert Schumann: Arabesque in C Op 18
Frederic Chopin: Ballade in F minor Op 52
Although battle rages between Croydon Council and its architects over the cost of the long-overdue renovation of the Fairfield Halls, they have at least been able to afford a new Model D, and Sarah Beth Briggs' Chopin and Schumann programme may well have been the instrument's inaugural solo recital. Heard from a box high above the concert platform, the piano's sound was clear, mellow yet firm, and it will improve further as it is played in. The pianist matched the Steinway's quality with the sort of assured, finely judged performance that we have come to expect from this established artist.
Chopin and Schumann programmes are ten a penny this year and by October few piano pieces by either composer would have been unfamiliar to regular concert-goers, who have had the cruel luxury of being able to compare several live interpretations of the same works in short order. On the other hand, performers have had the best part of a year to hone their bicentenary repertoire and the audience was expecting polish and distinctiveness. Miss Beth Briggs is not an idiosyncratic pianist. She gets on and does the job, but she does it without exaggerated speeds, overstretched phrasing or empty virtuosity. What she brings is a rock solid technique, refinement, and interpretative coherence that makes one listen to the music rather than its executor.
She selected a group of pieces for their chronological relationship – all five were written within six years of each other. Opening with a Barcarolle (1846) that showed fine lyrical cantabile, with the transition into and from the modulation sensitively handled and a gentler, less explosive ending than many have offered us, she turned to Kinderszenen (1838), the reflective numbers delivered exquisitely from the heart – one of the few occasions, recorded or live, when I have heard the Prophet speaking portentously rather than gently stroking his cat in front of the fire - and the brisker pieces with strength, although perhaps with mild rhythmic waywardness in Gluckes Genug.
The third (1841) and fourth (1842) Ballades sandwiched Schumann's Arabesque (1839), the first of them touched with delicate and haunting lyricism, summoning the swirl of a mid-19th century ball. The Arabesque, which Schumann dismissed as a salon piece to please Viennese ladies, was interpreted tenderly and with simplicity. And the closing F minor Ballade was imbued by Miss Beth Briggs with an air of sadness and mystery, heightening and delaying the tension before she threw a furious but note-perfect and – all too often lost in the torrent of notes - coherent coda at the audience. No encore was offered and none expected. The concertgoers knew they had had value.
"All that stuff's a bit heavy for me", I heard one elderly lady remark as she shuffled out. But that's Croydon for you.
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Reign (Skulls Renegade MC #1)
Being a woman scorned is something I know well – too well if you ask me. I was nothing but a doormat for my fiancé, and after catching another woman in his arms I've had enough. I made sacrifice after sacrifice for him and now it's time to take my life back.
I gave up so much for him, but the one thing I loved more than anything was field work. The FBI gave me purpose when I had none, and getting a fresh assignment was exactly what I needed.
It was my job to bring down these slimy Skulls and their biker gang, but what was in the folder didn't reflect the men and women who are in the club. They aren't what the government believes, and I'm dead set on proving that but in the process I find myself doing the one thing I shouldn't – falling for a mark.
Reed Michaels captivated me in more ways then I could count, but what will happen when my past shows up on his doorstep?
Will I have to protect myself from the monster who ruined my life, or will Reed jump at the opportunity?
The Skulls Renegade are the only thing that I've ever known, born and bred into this life, and stumbling into becoming Prez. I didn't know shit about what I wanted for the future, not after the past had ripped everything from me.
When a Siren walked into my bar, so much changed in that instant. I saw my past filled with pain, and I saw the potential of the future I could have with her. Her presence made moving on worth the gamble.
I have so much planned for Elena and I, but the present has plans of its own as well. Multiple threats come at us from many directions, some we know and some we don't.
When shit goes down, I can't help but wonder if Elena is even on my side at all.
My sole objective is to protect my club. I just don't know if I can protect her.
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Redemption (Skulls Renegade MC #2)
The Skulls are my family, or as close to family as I can get being hundreds of miles away. I never quite fit in, but here I sure as hell always have. The one thing that has never really gone my way is the same thing that many women struggle with – love.
I fell for Kyle, Reed's brother, the previous Prez of the Skulls Renegade MC, and ended up paying for all of his mistakes. I felt loss like no other, and slowly built myself back up into the woman I once was. Hell, I even took a second chance on love and his name sure as hell isn't Kyle.
If Kyle thinks he can hurt her again, he's got another thing coming. I'll kill him before I let Daisy go through it all again.
I thought everything between her and I was solid, until Kyle decided to show up out of the blue. No one knows about Dais' and I, and we've kept it that way on purpose…but now I want it known more than anything. I want this asshole to know he can't have what belongs to me. But does she belong to me? I thought I knew the answer, but now I can't help but question everything we have.
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Revenge (Skulls Renegade MC #3)
Ask any member of the Skulls Renegade motorcycle club and they'd tell you that I'm Jenna Lawrence, club whore. And they'd tell you that because I've done a damn good job at convincing them of that fact.
But here's the thing, Jenna Lawrence doesn't exist. My real name is Tegan Hill. And my father was killed, murdered, by the Skulls Renegade MC.
Or, more specifically, by Will Michaels, father of Reed and Kyle Michaels, of the Skulls Renegade's Gainesville Chapter.
I've sacrificed so much and worked so hard to infiltrate their world for the sake of getting revenge. I've devoted almost nine years—3,168 days; 76,032 hours—to my cause, and I refuse to let it all have been for nothing! He's bound to show up sometime, and I'll finally get justice for me and my father when he does. It's what I've devoted my life to, and I'd expect nothing less!
What I didn't expect, though, was that I would fall in love with a member of the Skulls Renegade. Now I've got a choice: conquer my immense hate…
Or my growing love.
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Relentless (Skulls Renegade MC #4)
I'd been hoping for a wonderful life, and the inheritance I'd be getting at 25 was going to be at the root of it. The dream was simple and elegant: invest in a music career, rise to fame, and become history. Literally.
Life, it turned out, didn't want to be simple.
Come to find out that my father, nothing short of the devil incarnate, was a lot worse (and a lot more busy) than I'd ever thought. As it turned out, I had a half-sister and, also courtesy of my old man, tie-ins to a criminal organization in the form of a motorcycle club operating out of Texas. So, instead of the simple and wonderful life, I found myself thrown full-force into this newfound MC life the moment I stepped into Bubba's.
Then it was "goodbye" Bellamy Mason—daughter, friend, and singer—and "hello" to the sister-in-law of the Skulls Renegade MC president. And a very big "HELLO" to a target painted squarely on my back!
Though there is a bit of an upside.
An upside by the name of Abe "Butch" Warren.
The resemblance was uncanny. Long, flowing red hair and an apple-like ass that you just want to take a bite out of. Gotta love sisters.
That was the first impression, at least; my first impression of Bellamy Mason.
The next impression, right after my eyes locked onto hers, was that she was mine. And therein lay a pretty big fuckin' problem—she had purity and innocence. She wasn't cut out for this lifestyle.
Wrong sides of the tracks and all that jazz. Here we got ol' Butch rolling with the Skulls Renegades, and way, way over there was Bellamy. I wanted her—I needed her—but she wasn't the sort of girl you just get your rocks off with and then turn away from; not your average fuck-and-duck. She's the real deal—the "take home to Momma"-sort—and the once-in-a-lifetime girl you lock down as soon as you got the chance.
And this life—my life—could threaten more than just that innocence.
So what will I sacrifice first: who she was…
Or what I am?
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Reckoning (Skulls Renegade MC #5)
People can be cruel. Everyone who knows me would call me a monster, but they would never acknowledge that I am what my life made me into. Granted, it wasn't my first choice… or even my last. Admittedly, I was turned into my own worst nightmare.
So, yeah, I'm a monster, but nobody cares to know why. Nobody knows what I had to go through. Because the thing about monsters is this: they're made by other monsters.
Whether the credit belongs to my mother or my husband, I can't be sure, but they were what they were…
And I am what I am.
Hated, betrayed, and thrown to the gutter like a piece of garbage, I'm working to mend the tattered remains of my life while trying to protect my family from an encroaching war. My efforts, my travels, bring me to Gainesville, Tennessee, where I hoped to patch up some old relationships…
Only to wind up starting a new one with someone else. Someone like me.
My own personal monster. He's showing me a world that I never thought possible, a world where a person like me might be happy.
But with a war coming and my life in shambles, happiness is going to take a lot of work.
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Promised (The Clans #1)
Eight years ago, my life was changed forever. My family was slaughtered before my eyes, and then their killer took me as his own personal trophy.
I'd hoped, prayed, for rescue—believing that finding the last remaining Vasile would be a priority—but nobody came. They forgot about me, practically abandoned me to my fate.
And, ever since, that's been my life.
Years later, I've come to accept this as my life; come to accept this hell as all I'd ever know.
And then things got worse…
In one single, shitty day, my daughter was ripped from my arms and I was shot. If it wasn't for Ion Petran, the man I was promised to all those years ago, I might not have survived.
But saving me wasn't enough—not after everything that's happened to me—and Ion's going to have to work to win me over and be king of the clans.
Mariana was promised to me when I was a child. Since then, she's been the key to all of my success.
And then, just like that, she vanished.
Years after her disappearance, I've finally found her, and I finally have a chance at everything I've ever wanted. Eight years—eight long, uncertain years—and I finally found her; finally found the woman who would change my life.
But after everything I'd been hoping for, I wasn't prepared to wind up with more than I bargained for…
Now that she's back in my life, I owe her captor a very overdo visit. After all, the day he stole her away from the world he also stole her away from me…
And nobody steals from Ion Petran!
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The Trade (The Clans #2)
It'd be an understatement to say that I jumped at the chance to find out who orchestrated the hit on Mariana Petran. To threaten the queen of the clans is an attack against all of us and being tasked with tracking down the son-of-a-bitch is nothing short of an honor.
But when I found him I also found something unexpected, a sweet, sweet cherry on top of the sundae.
But there's an unexpected tie between the two…
I mean, there I was, delivering a bloody and violent end to the scum that betrayed us, when in walks a feisty redhead by the name of Natasha.
I never expected to find my uncle bloodied and bruised after coming home from a wild night out with the girls. Sobering as that was, the gun held to the back of his head, and the man holding it, was even moreso.
It's not everyday that you walk in on your boyfriend preparing to kill your uncle.
He never told me that he was in the Romanian Mob, but, to be fair, I never told him that I was the niece of a head clan member…
Or about my father.
Then, in a chaotic twist that would change my life forever, my uncle was killed and I was swept off by the man who I'd foolishly allowed myself to fall for. Now Anton has me; they have me.
But they don't know whose daughter they've taken.
They're clueless.
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Cherished (The Clans #3) with Iris Sweetwater
She was supposed to just be a job; a means to an end, but I can't help but be attracted to her…
Willow Kim Adame. I was assigned to protect her—"with any means necessary"—and, at first, it seemed like a simple enough job. But she tries to disobey me at ever step, seems outright intent on making not only my job but my life as difficult as possible.
And that's not even the worst part…
I was never supposed to like her, and I certainly wasn't supposed to fall for her.
But, here we are.
I never wanted anything to do with my father or his lifestyle, but he had other plans…
When I lost both my mother and my boyfriend, I saw no reason to stick around; I left England as soon as I could.
Running from that life, I put as much distance as I possibly could between myself and all of that. I built a life. It was a simple life, but—dammit!—it was my simple life!
Until the day it stopped being quite so simple…
Until the day the business space next door was rented out by a man who made my knees weak and my mind cloudy with desire.
Scarred (Demons of Hell MC #1)
I had it all.
Or, at least, that's what everyone else thought.
Between my husband being the president of the Demons of Hell and his club, I had a "family."
Except the only thing that made us a family was my husband's persistent reminders that it was.
But a family doesn't turn a blind eye to things.
A family doesn't let one of their own become a punching bag for their mistakes.
For all the pent-up anger and frustration for something that isn't even my fault.
My "family" was the reason I nearly died.
And when Rage came into my life, he was all I could see.
The only thing that suddenly mattered.
Too bad I didn't listen to the warnings before I became obsessed.
After all, with a name like Rage, what was I expecting?
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Blackjack (Reapers MC #1)
When you're married, there are the things you can live with… and the things you can't.
My abusive husband, Harry? He made those distinctions very clear to me.
Constant beatings, a forced a miscarriage, and then roping me in with my father's notorious biker gang, The Reapers.
Lucky enough, I got out of my marriage in one piece. For the time being, that is. Though it's only a matter of time before he picks up on my trail.
Thank God for Blackjack.
He swears he'll kill my no-good husband the second he steps foot in town. That's sweet and all, sure, but there's more to him; something about his stare that I can't get out of my mind. A part of me is desperate to believe I deserve to be loved, deserve someone like Blackjack in my life. Yet, the bruises from my past tell me to never trust another man again.
But Blackjack isn't like any other man, is he?
I never expected that I'd have anything or anyone to lose when I enlisted in the army. Then the blonde wild-child of the Montana's Reapers motorcycle club, Ashley Monroe, showed up and proved that I had a lot more to lose than I thought.
It shouldn't have been a surprise that by the time I came back home after all these years that she'd up-and-left town and gotten married. Life, after all, continues to move right on along even when you're not there to watch it go. All the same, I have a two-year-old son to think about now.
And then there's Ashley. She shows up, beaten and broken from her marriage, and instantly changes everything. I've never wanted to kill a man so badly my entire life. Just one look at her and I'm drowning with a desire to take her in my arms and tell her she'll always be safe with me.
But is there enough strength left in both of us for this second shot at life?
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Tough as Steele (Steele Bros #1)
First Rule: Don't sleep with the man who's invested in your company.
I broke it before I even knew who he was, but either way I know that he would have gotten under my skin.
What's not to love about Logan? He's handsome, a hundred percent alpha, and is resilient in his business. Everything about him is sexy.
I don't know what this is, or what it will become but I fear the day that my secrets catch up with me. Will we even last when he finds out everything about me?
I'm not the woman I appear to be.
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Stripping a Steele (Steele Bros #2)
There were only three things I cared about in my life: women, money, and booze. That is, until I met the Selena Jacobson, a goddess in the flesh if I've ever encountered one.
Since I first laid eyes on her, I've wanted her desperately. It's as if she's flipped a switch on something carnal inside of me and I need her to be mine. Now that I've made her mine in every way possible, life has decided to throw us a huge curveball.
With every dark desire inside me come to life, I'll be damned if anyone takes her away from me.
Christian Steele was nothing but an arrogant prick and one I tried desperately to stay the hell away from.
Tried and failed.
And—damnit to hell!—I was beginning to like a lot of things about Christian that I was terrified to admit.
After losing both my parents, I was forced to become the bread-winner of the house and take responsibility for my life. For the first time in forever, I want to be able to be irresponsible. And Christian is just the man to be it with.
Because of him, I've felt ways I'd never thought possible and it's not just between the sheets.
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My father shocked not only me, but everyone around him when he announced his retirement. He isn't just any man – he's Jorge Vernon and Miami bows down to him. In most cases, his role would pass down to his son, however he doesn't have any, and that leaves only one heir – me.
He knows how much this city means to me, it fuels my fire and the people here matter to me more than anything.
There's a catch though, he isn't just handing me keys to the city. I have to rule alongside one of two men that my father has hand chosen for me. Oh, and they're brothers.
But what happens when enemies rise from the unknown. When people that you thought you could trust turn out to be the ones you should have feared in the first place?
I thought this would be easy, but it turns out that it may end up getting me killed, and possibly the two men who I'm supposed to pick between.


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This past Tuesday, February 14, I was invited to discuss how technology can be used to help analyze data for the purposes of Market Research at Minnesota School of Business. A friend of mine, Shane Smith, is teaching this class and invited me to show how the tools I work with every day can help his students analyze data for marketing.
The Setup
The class was analyzing the results from a survey they conducted at the school as a part of a market research project. The survey had five questions with various types of answers such as Yes/No and multiple choice.
Shane wanted to show the class that using technology, they could glean more results from their survey. This process would also help them understand the effectiveness of the survey they created.
The Data Prep
For my part, I wanted to introduce them to what I do – business intelligence solution design and implementation. I also wanted to introduce them to the specific tools which they could use to analyze their results for the project. In this case, we were using Excel 2010 and PowerPivot for Excel 2010 (SQL Server 2008 R2 version). The final goal was to help them see that these tools can be used to analyze data in real world scenarios.
Shane provided me with the initial survey results in an Excel spreadsheet. I took that data and flattened some of it out and turned some of it into data that math could be performed on. For example, I took a multiple choice survey question with 5 possible values and turned it into 5 columns of data with 1 and 0 as possible values so additional calculations could be done on it. We also created the equivalent of a dimension by taking one of the multiple choice questions and creating a new sheet with possible values and labels.
The Cool Stuff
I took the sheet we updated the data on and I walked the class through the process of bringing that data into PowerPivot. This included building a relationship between the dimensional data and the primary survey results which were on two sheets in the source workbook. From there, we generated a couple of pivot table views and some charts. Next, they came up with other ideas of what data to look at and how they wanted to see it presetned. I walked them through the process of prepping the data as necessary. Then we created more visualizations and presentations of the data that helped them better analyze their results.
The Wrap Up
Kudos to the Microsoft team that put this toolset together. These students, who are not technologists, gained confidence in the use of PowerPivot for their project. They are also now set up to use it in the future for similar projects or even their jobs. Because of its ease of use, it was a great demo and training session on using tools to analyze data.
I had a lot fun sharing the technology that I work in regularly with users who would not have tried to do this on their own. Tools like PowerPivot enable users to turn their data into usable information on their own. While there will always be a need to build enterprise solutions, this fills a gap in the marketplace with a tool many are already familiar with.
I hope the students are able to continue to use the tool and find a place for it in their workplace in the future. If you have not yet given PowerPivot a test run on your own, you can find it here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bi/powerpivot.aspx. We used the 2008 version, but feel free to give either a test run. Keep in mind that you need Excel 2010 to use PowerPivot. Best of luck to all of them and any of you who give it a test run. Feel free to share what your experience with PowerPivot here in the comments.


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The Annals of Probability
- Ann. Probab.
- Volume 12, Number 2 (1984), 283-310.
The Stability of Large Random Matrices and Their Products
Joel E. Cohen and Charles M. Newman
Let $A(1), A(2), \cdots$ be a sequence of independent identically distributed (i.i.d.) random real $n \times n$ matrices and let $x(t) = A(t)x(t - 1), t = 1, 2, \cdots$. Define $\bar{\lambda}_n = \sup\{\lim_{t \uparrow \infty}\|x(t)\|^{1/t}: 0 \neq x(0) \in R^n\}$ where $\|\cdot\|$ denotes, e.g. the Euclidean norm, providing the limit exists almost surely (a.s.) and is nonrandom, and define $\underline\lambda_n$ analogously with sup replaced by inf. If all $n^2$ entries of each $A(t)$ are i.i.d. standard symmetric stable random variables of exponent $\alpha$, then $\underline\lambda_n = \overline\lambda_n = \lambda_n(\alpha)$. In the standard normal case $(\alpha = 2), \lambda_n(2) = (2 \exp\lbrack\psi(n/2)\rbrack)^{1/2}$, where $\psi$ is the digamma function, and $n^{-1/2}\lambda_n(2) \rightarrow 1$; for $0 < \alpha < 2, (n \log n)^{-1/\alpha}\lambda_n(\alpha)$ converges to $\{2 \Gamma(\alpha) \sin(\alpha\pi/2)/\lbrack\alpha\pi\rbrack\}^{1/2}$. Criteria for stability $(\overline\lambda_n < 1)$ and instability $(\underline\lambda_n > 1)$ are investigated for more general distributions of $A(t)$. We obtain, for example, the general bound, $\overline\lambda_n \leq \{r\lbrack E(A(1)^T A(1))\rbrack\}^{1/2}$, where $A^T$ is the transpose of $A$ and $r$ denotes the spectral radius. In the case of independent entries of mean zero and common variance $s^2/n$, this leads to $\lim \sup_n \overline\lambda_n \leq s$. If the entries of $A(t)$ are i.i.d. and distributed as $W/n^{1/2}$ where $W$ is independent of $n$, has mean zero, variance $s^2$ and satisfies $E(\exp\lbrack iuW\rbrack) = O(|u|^{-\delta})$ as $|u| \uparrow \infty$ for some $\delta > 0$, then $\lim \inf_n\bar\lambda_n \geq s$. These conditions for the asymptotic stability or instability of a product of random matrices are of the form originally proposed by May for differential equations governed by a single random matrix. We give counterexamples to show that May's criteria for the system of linear ordinary differential equations that he considered are not valid in the generality originally proposed, nor are they valid for the related system of difference equations considered by Hastings. The validity of May's criteria for these systems under more restrictive hypotheses remains an open question.
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Ann. Probab., Volume 12, Number 2 (1984), 283-310.
First available in Project Euclid: 19 April 2007
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Primary: 60B15: Probability measures on groups or semigroups, Fourier transforms, factorization
Secondary: 60H25: Random operators and equations [See also 47B80] 92A17
Products of random matrices stability of ecosystems normal random matrices symmetric stable random matrices strong law central limit theorem stability of random linear ordinary differential equations Liapunov exponent
Cohen, Joel E.; Newman, Charles M. The Stability of Large Random Matrices and Their Products. Ann. Probab. 12 (1984), no. 2, 283--310. doi:10.1214/aop/1176993291. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1176993291


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How dinner time can bring families together chef reveals why Sunday dinners are so important
It all starts at mealtime
Joe Fitzpatrick knows the value of family dinners, because it has become a tradition in his household every weekend. Fitzpatrick, author of the gourmet cookbook Strictly Sundays from Book Publisher's Network (www.strictlysundays.com), believes his Sunday dinners are what help keep his family close. It was part of how he was raised.
"Ever since I was a little boy I enjoyed helping my mother cook in the kitchen," he said. "She made it fun and I learned a lot. Of course that was in the 1960's when the only cook on television was Julia Child. There were no fancy spices or sauces used in our house and all the meals were pretty basic, but that didn't matter. I remember the time we spent together, and it helped shape my attitudes when I had children of my own."
Fitzpatrick's focus on mealtime evolved out of the experience most people are having today – working hard with a tight budget, and not having much time for family.
"I owned a business in the 1980's and spent little time at home," he said. "My wife and I would make it a point to go out to dinner every Saturday night to spend some time with each other. When the business went away so did the money. But I still liked good food. I subscribed to Bon Appetite magazine and started to make unique intimate dinners for the two of us on Saturday nights."
When the kids got wind of the Saturday night dinners, they felt like they were missing out on something good. They were right.
"Then our children got older, saw what we were having for our Saturday night gourmet dinner and asked why they didn't get special meals too," Fitzpatrick added. "So I started to explore and create both new and traditional dinners for them on Sunday nights. When the kids had jobs, I made a rule that Sunday was for faith & family, no exceptions. They almost never missed one of my Sunday dinners. And as they have grown and established their own lives, they still come home once a week to help in the kitchen and help me create these fabulous meals. It used to be about the food. Now, it's more about being together."
(Tony Panaccio is a staff writer for News & Experts Syndicate.)
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Remembering Brian
I sit here writing this post through my tears as I remember my dear friend and mentor Brian Bainbridge, who died yesterday morning, in his sleep, apparently of a heart attack.
Brian was a Catholic priest. We were invited to his 40th priestly celebration a few years ago. It was an odd event for us – we were proud to be there as his friends, and probably the only non-Catholics in the room. I still recall the puzzled faces as people asked my connection to Brian. "We work together," I would answer, "in Open Space."
Brian began as my Open Space teacher, advisor and mentor. We became friends and colleagues. We delivered Open Space training together, plotted the odd gathering including a World Open Space on Open Space (WOSonOS) in the now destroyed town of Marysville, travelled to WOSonOS events in Vancouver, Goa and San Francisco, and met often for lunch. He would drive down here for dinner, staying over night and quietly slipping away early in the morning as if he'd never been here.
In fact, that's how he died. Quietly. In the manner of an Open Space facilitator – invisible, no fuss. But his impact on the world is anything but invisible. He lived an open space life. He opened space for others and was unendingly generous in his support and encouragement.
He was proud of what he achieved in his Parish, using Open Space, to transform it from a traditional hierarchy to a more democratic and inclusive way of being. It was not always easy. He persevered. He quietly opened space and allowed 'whatever happens to be the only thing that could'. I'm glad he wrote it all down, in his eBook The New Parish Priest.
And it's also his work in the world that I celebrate. His contribution to every single World Open Space on Open Space – USA, Canada, Germany, Australia, 'Swenmark', India, Russia, Ukraine, Taiwan. And his opening of space in places as diverse as rural Australia, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, USA…
I remember him sitting in a circle – it could be any gathering, anywhere – quietly, listening no doubt to all the babbling around him. He would listen and he would wait, and then POW! He would say something that would have everyone reconsidering, thinking, nodding, puzzling. He would tell a story. And conclude with "I reckon". Or if he was writing, it would always include, IMHO.
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Ros Crompton on
February 6, 2010
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I'm very shocked that Brian has died. You introduced me to him, how many years ago? I just believed he would go on and on sending me the OS newsletter… of course, that's my centre talking rather than my head. He was like that, being in one's core collection of real people.
Thanks for your lovely post about him – I would have nobody to write to about him otherwise, even though I didn't know him so very well.
Take care,
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Engineering Geology Assessment of the Brunner Coal Measures Island Block Opencast Coalmine Reefton.
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Degree NameMaster of Science
The primary objective of this study was to perform a detailed engineering geological investigation of the proposed Island Block Opencast Coalmine highwall at Reefton. An investigation was undertaken to provide information on the rock material and rock mass properties of the Brunner Coal Measures that comprise the highwall, with the specific aims of identifying the distribution of rock types and the locations and orientations of mappable defects such as faults, joints, shears, and crush zones. The Brunner Coal Measures that comprise the overburden are an alternating sedimentary sequence of massive sandstones, laminated sandstones, siltstones, mudstones, and coal. These were divided into 5 geotechnical units on the basis of physical, and mechanical intact rock material parameters determined for each. The coarse-medium-grained lithologies typically have high porosities (n=8.1-10.6%), and friction angles (41.5 and 47.1°), and low dry densities (2290-2390kg/m\ slake-durability index results (LI2=65.0- 87.4% retained), UCS intact rock strength (21.2-34.3MPa), and cohesion (5.7 and 8.8MPa). The laminated fine-grained lithologies have low porosities (n=2.0-4.8%), and friction angles (34.8-43°), and high dry densities (2480-2570kg/m3 ), slake-durability index results (LI2=98.5-98.8% retained), UCS intact rock strength (36.7-60.8MPa), and cohesion ( 14.3-15.8MPa). Scanline survey traverses were conducted along the existing highwall benches to characterise the rock mass at Island Block, and the rock mass properties determined were; defect type, chainage, dip and dip direction, persistence, aperture, nature of infilling, defect roughness, amplitude and waviness, and ground water flow. Joints are typically steeply dipping, with mean joint set orientations on the eastern highwall for 11 of 70-901236°, J2 47-59/240°, and 13 where present 65-811261°. Normal faults present in the eastern highwall have orientations similar to the joint set orientations. The joint sets in the southern highwall display more variance in their orientation: 11 - 80-901210-232°, 85-90/360° or 85- 901180°, 821278°, and J2 - 80-901122°, 80-901295°, 821235° and 891099°. Faults in the southern highwalls typically display a strong E-SE dip direction, with orientations ranging between 054-137° and dips 30°_70°. Structural domains were developed for the high walls around Island Block based on the joint orientations, and the presence of faults. These were further classified on the potential mode of failure after kinematic stability analysis was performed on the joints sets, faults, and the combination of these two defects. Potential toppling failure on joints was found to be the dominant failure mode, although this mode of failure was observed in the field to lack the upper and lateral release surfaces, necessary for failure. The structural history of the Brunner Coal Measures at Island Block has been characterised by intense periods of compression-and extension-related deformation, due to structural deformation at a region level. Thrust faults and imbricate thrust duplexes have developed in response to compression from the north. Joints are both systematic and non-systematic as result of the differing styles of deformation. Normal faults recorded on the eastern highwall formed either coeval with the thrusting or after valley incision. Wedge shaped seam splits are present in the western section of the southern highwall, and are observed to pierce the 'A' and B' coal seams. The development of these splits related to syndepositional faulting. The mining implications of these structures relate to the overall stability of the highwalls, as they provide planes of weakness within the rock mass along which failure can occur.


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Geoffrey has been a long time contributor to Panzer Dragoon Legacy (and its former incarnation, Azel Online), having contributed numerous articles over the years. In May 2003 he became an administrator here on Panzer Dragoon Legacy, helping to curate the steady steam of new content. Besides writing a number of theories and other articles for the website, Geoffrey enjoys immersing himself in Western RPGs, especially World of Warcraft. Outside of gaming, Geoffrey has an interest in ideologies, politics, and the paranormal.
Matt (aka Shadow) has been a long time member of the Panzer Dragoon community and became an administrator of the forums in 2004. He enjoys anything that allows him to escape the mundaneness of every day life, so expansive universes like that of Halo and The Elder Scrolls are his mainstay. Aside from this, he also has a burning desire to see the world and experience as much as he can. Variety is his spice of life.
Miguel (aka Draikin) created the Panzer Dragoon Orta website, also called Panzer Dragoon Legacy (the name was later used for this site instead of The Will of the Ancients), and in 2010 an agreement was made to merge his site into this one, making Draikin an administrator in the process. In 2012 he also started a new project called Panzer Dragoon Revival, aimed at getting Sega to re-release the Panzer Dragoon games on newer hardware platforms, and currently runs the Segalization project. His favourite games include NiGHTS into Dreams and Gravity Rush. Aside from gaming, he's always eager to learn more about anything related to computer hardware and software.
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A Brief History of the Website
The Will of the Ancients Version 1
The idea behind this website began just after the start of the new millennium. Having been a fan of the Panzer Dragoon series since Panzer Dragoon II Zwei, Solo Wing decided to make a tribute to his favourite video game series (especially the RPG, Panzer Dragoon Saga). In 2000 he launched the Panzer Dragoon fansite, Azel Online, which was hosted on Yahoo! Geocities. Azel Online started as simple webpage consisting of links to reviews of the Panzer Dragoon games but over time it grew into one of the main English Panzer Dragoon websites. Azel Online stood apart from other fan sites at the time due to its selection of fan fiction and texts from the games. However with the announcement of Panzer Dragoon Orta it was time for a new look and some fresh content. The site was relaunched in June 2002 as The Will of the Ancients, retaining Azel Online's black and purple colour scheme but with a new look and a replacement of the simple page of links with a proper side menu for navigating the site.
The Will of the Ancients Version 2
As The Will of the Ancients grew in size, so did the need for a more stable web host. Some free web space was provided by the kind folks at Macemu.com, near the end of 2002. The site grew considerably thanks to the increase in web space and the availability of tools such as PHP. This lead to the idea of a second version of The Will of the Ancients. It took a while to move everything over to the new site, but The Will of the Ancients version 2 finally launched in April 2003. It used simple PHP scripts to make the design simpler to modify, and the navigation menu easier to update. However, although the second version of The Will of the Ancients served its purpose well enough, Solo Wing began to feel that it wasn't 'panzerish' enough for his tastes.
The Will of the Ancients Version 3
Before work began on the next site design, the site was moved to its own webspace and the domain panzerdragoon.net (later to become thewilloftheancients.com) was purchased, giving The Will of the Ancients a more defined space on the Internet at last. Shortly afterwards, the community fan site Die Welt von Panzer Dragoon closed down, so a new forum was started up on The Will of the Ancients which the Panzer Dragoon community migrated to.
In April 2004, the third version of the site went live, which featured the definitive Ancient ruins of the Panzer world and was shaped like Azel's head, based on the Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG logo. The drone's head and the grey areas of the design were created using a combination of Macromedia Flash MX and Adobe Photoshop Elements.
In 2012, almost eight years since the third version of the site, The Will of the Ancients went through the largest transformation yet. Gone are the PHP scripts hacked together; The Will of the Ancients version 4 became the first fully database driven version of the site, powered by a custom Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL backend. With version 4 came the completion of a merger with the Panzer Dragoon Orta fan site Panzer Dragoon Legacy and the launch of a dedicated Panzer Dragoon encyclopaedia.
In 2015 the site's name was changed to Panzer Dragoon Legacy.
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