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On Aug. 22, the New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! will say goodbye to 31 John James Audubon prints featuring species of birds that are currently declining or extinct and hello to 31 all new prints.
A brand-new iteration of Birds of the First Light and Longhouses:
The Prints of John James Audubon will evolve in the Museum's Skylight Gallery over three days. The conversation about conservation and the environment continues with prints featuring of birds that are thriving and increasing in New England and New York.
The public, art and bird lovers alike are invited to see the gallery changeover happen live in the Museum, Aug, 22 to 24 from noon to 4 p.m.
Sixty of these engravings, many of which have not been seen in more than 30 years, are being displayed during both versions of the exhibition. Beginning Aug. 25, a whole new exhibition experience will open along with all new events and art workshops.
The New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! will officially close Birds of the First Light and Longhouses: The Prints of John James Audubon on Oct. 14.
Selection of Audubon related events and workshops at the Museum:
BIRD NERDS — Special tours of NBAM/AW!'s Audubon exhibit and New Bedford Free Public Library's collection. Free, meet at Museum. Pre-registration required, max 6 people per tour.
When: Aug. 23 and Sept. 27 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
NESTING NIGHTS: GROUP KNITTING IN THE GALLERIES — Drop-in knitting and crochet group in the galleries. Bring your own projects to work on while hanging out with other knitters and special guest fiber artists who will be available to instruct, give pointers, and challenge your knitting skills! Free.
When: Aug. 16 with Robin Bergman; and Sept. 20 with Adrienne Sloane, both from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
WOMEN IN AUDUBON'S LIFE: THE INDEFATIGABLE LUCY, A Living Timeline — Join Susan Gabert as she unpacks the history of the women in Audubon's life through a female lens. This interactive lecture tracks Audubon's mother, step-mother, female workers, and of course his wife and business partner Lucy Audubon. Free.
When: Sept. 26 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
SWAN SONG: PRIVATE WINE TASTING AND TOUR — Swirl and sip your way through the Museum's
updated exhibition highlighting all new prints from John James Audubon's Birds of America elephant folio. Featuring an insightful private part two tour of the Birds of the First Light and Longhouses:
The Prints of John James Audubon with Curator Louie Doherty, Curator of Art for the Special Collections Department at New Bedford Free Public Library Janice Hodson, and NBAM/AW's own Jamie Uretsky. Ages 21+ Tickets $20 available on online.
When: Oct. 6 at. 6 p.m.
To learn more about the exhibition and programming visit: newbedfordart.org/audubon-2018
NBAM/ArtWorks! is located at 608 Pleasant St., New Bedford. Gallery hours are Wednesday through
Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. and noon to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. For more information visit www.newbedfordart.org or call 508-961-3072.


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The Lee Family. Once upon a time Noel and Rena got married and had 2 kids - Doris and Donald. Then one day, Doris got married to Jeremy and had her own 2 kids - Vince and Edda. We all live far apart, and keep moving around. It's hard to keep tabs on each other. Welcome to our blog.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Fish sticks.
Jeremy is out of town. Again. I know, I kind of promised him that I wouldn't make such a big deal about him traveling, but I'm going to make a big deal on this particular trip because he is WITHIN COMMUTING DISTANCE OF THE HOUSE. He's in Virginia on a work retreat. I think they are toasting marshmallows by a campfire and singing Pete Seeger songs together. Whaaaa?
Because he's gone, we are reduced to fish sticks. Which is fine, everyone delights in fish sticks. Especially when you make the special sauce that is 1:1 ketchup to mayo.
By Doris at April 14, 2015
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Chaos fic: At the Wheel (1/2)
feeling: calm
Title: At the Wheel
Disclaimer: I do not own Chaos.
A/N: I wrote this for lena7142. Beta give by postfallen. Set pre series. Split in two for LJ's size limitations.
Summary: Because Carson's a spy. And spies don't give up the wheel. Not to rookies. Not to anyone.
Carson's a spy. He's pretty sure he's not a great spy -- getting kicked off three teams and having three accusations of professional misconduct in his file is pretty compelling stuff -- but he is a spy. And spies, even the bad ones, don't like to give up control of the wheel.
Okay, this is especially true of the bad ones. And the wheel is sort of a metaphorical thing, but it's also pretty damn literal sometimes.
Like now.
Carson's got his fingers wrapped so tight around the wheel, he's almost losing feeling in his fingers. The speedometer is inching up and he glances in the rearview mirror.
"I know this may not be the time," Billy ventures from the passenger seat.
"No, it's not the time," Carson grits, pressing down on the pedal harder and gritting his teeth even as the cars in the mirror close in on them.
"I was just going to say that I do have extensive evasive driving experience," Billy offers.
It sounds diplomatic. It might be diplomatic. Except the kid's always trying to say something stupid. He's trying to point out that he's been undercover, that he has assets, that he can flirt his way in and out of things. And he's always got driving advice. Turn here, veer here, try second gear.
Carson knows the kid is trying, but really, he's just trying too hard. The big puppy eyes and overzealous attitude is sort of sweet, but it's not overly useful, especially not for a team like the ODS. Carson has done what he can to keep the kid out of trouble, but sometimes, Billy just needs to shut the hell up.
Like now.
"And in my experience, when you are in the far less superior vehicle, sheer speed is not your best bet," Billy continues helpfully.
Except it's not helpful at all. Because Carson's losing ground and these people are trying to kill them and Billy's trying to bolster his resume.
"Really, if you had let me drive--"
"Shut up!" Carson snaps, jerking the wheel hard as one of the vehicles pulls up next to them. "I'm a little busy here."
Busy trying not to die. He glances ahead and has to swerve to miss a huge rut that would have bottomed them out. He curses, and makes a face.
"I can see that," Billy says, sliding about in the seat. "Which is kind of my point--"
"Well, my point is getting us out of here," Carson seethes, bracing himself as the car next to him rams into them.
The car shimmies and Carson has to use both hands to steady the wheel.
Billy teeters precariously in the seat, arms in front of him on the dash. "If we had taken the time to pick out a more appropriate car--"
Carson curses again -- this time at Billy. "We didn't have a lot of options!"
"And neither does this!" Billy protests. "Rear wheel drive, no cruise control -- not even a decent radio."
"Oh, I'm sorry," Carson mutters. "You want some tunes for our desperate run for our lives from gun runners?"
"There's not even any seat belts," Billy reminds him. "This car is poorly equipped--"
They're rear ended this time, then rammed, and Carson spits curses loudly over the rushing wind outside the windows. This is not going well. This is really not going well.
Billy's still flopping over in his seat. "Really, I think my driving would impress you--"
Carson jolts the car, ramming the car next to him out of sheer frustration. "Really, huh?" he asks angrily. "That's nice. But you're not driving, kid."
"But my experience--"
"You're a rookie," Carson hisses.
"I served for five years--"
"And then got your ass kicked out," Carson says. "Hate to be the one to tell you this, but that sends you back to square one. You're a rookie, kid. And even if you weren't, you're not driving."
Because Carson's a spy. And spies don't give up the wheel. Not to rookies. Not to anyone.
Spies control their own fate.
Billy is protesting, but Carson's not listening. His eyes zero in and he sees his opportunity. Slamming the brakes, he turns the car hard, yanking with all the might to get them clear of the inevitable collision.
The tires squeal, the tires screech. The car next to him has sped ahead, and the car behind is speeding past him -- just like he planned. Both cars are flailing and out of control, and the one in front turns back just in time to collide with the one coming up behind with a splintering and screeching that lets Carson know he succeeded.
Carson grins, even as his car careens to a stop, spinning frantically in the vast desert highway in Ethiopia. He grips the wheel tight to keep them from flipping and he's almost got it --
And then he sees the other car.
They've crossed the median and traffic isn't much of an issue, but it only takes one car.
Coming right at them.
Carson doesn't loosen his grip, but this time there's nothing he can do as the car crashes into them and sends their car lurching ahead. Carson flails, head slamming forward and everything goes dark.
The first thing Carson is aware of is sound. Something is thrumming, and it takes him a second to realize it's his own pulse pounding vigorously in his head.
He groans and starts to move, but quickly regrets it. The pain sharpens acutely, moving ferociously through his skull and radiating down his neck and through his shoulder blades. He's hit his head -- and hard.
Gingerly, he opens his eyes, mindful to stay as still as possible. His vision is blurred and limited, but it's hard to tell how much of that is a concussion and how much is because he's smashed face first into something hard and black and smelling of plastic and blood.
His blood, no doubt.
Shifting, he realizes that his fingers are clenched so tight that his hands are locked in place, firmly around something.
The steering wheel.
He could be dead and he'd still be holding fast. That's Carson, ever the spy.
Ever the control freak. He's been trying to keep a handle on this mess of a mission from the start. It's never a fun thing, messing around with gun smugglers. But with signs of a major sale to people with strong anti-US interests, it had been clear something needed to be done. Carson had never been convinced that going undercover was the right answer, but then, that wasn't his call.
Or a lack thereof.
And this is where it got him. A blown cover, a failed mission, and a freaking car accident.
Wincing, he opens his eyes wider and tries to sit up. He's tentative about this. Because if there's something Carson hates more than being out of control, it's being in pain. He's one for creature comforts, if he's honest, and being in Africa in the first place has got him all riled up. Too many insects; too much sweat. Terrorists running rampant.
And car accidents.
It takes some work -- hell, he almost passes out more than once -- but he manages to sit up. It leaves him panting, though, wheezing through his tight chest and blinking blood out of one of his eyes. For a moment, the pain is pretty powerful stuff and Carson considers the idea that he may be in serious trouble. He thinks about internal injuries and hematomas and his breathing quickens.
And settles down again.
Because yes, he's hurt. Yes, he probably has a concussion. And okay, there could be internal injuries. But he's awake and he's coherent and his vision is gauzy from the blood but things beyond that are actually pretty clear, even if the sunlight outside makes him squint.
He can do this, he tells himself. He's in control, hands on the metaphorical steering wheel. This outcome isn't favorable, but beggars can't be choosers, and Michael and Casey will bitch and moan and still come to his rescue. Besides, this isn't all his fault. Billy--
Carson's stomach drops and his breathing hitches. He'd forgotten about the kid -- his heart rate quickens -- and how the hell do you forget about a teammate?
Probably because Billy's still the new guy. He's only been on the team for a few months, and Carson hasn't adjusted his mindset to think in terms of four instead of three. Plus, he's sort of waiting to see if Billy will wash out. He is an MI6 reject, after all. Carson doesn't put a ton of stock in second chances, even if the ODS has been his last chance for the last few years now. And probably because Carson drinks a little too much and sleeps a little too heavy and he's too busy trying to keep himself alive to worry about everyone else.
Really, that's what it comes down to. Michael's a paranoid bastard; Malick's a scary son of a bitch. Carson? He's a selfish jackass, and he's never made any qualms about that. Billy's the overeager puppy, and Carson puts up with him because someone has to, and it sure as hell isn't going to be Michael or Casey. So Carson's taken it upon himself to show the kid some tips, offer a few pointers.
Not that it did much good. All Billy did in return was yap about his glory days, trying to remind Carson how he's somehow experienced in just about everything. From flirting to driving, Carson's about ready to be done with the kid.
Though, not literally. Because Billy's still his responsibility in this mission, and Carson crashed the damn car and now there's no sign of Billy.
"Collins?" Carson calls, his voice scratchy as he cranes his head to look around. The seat next to him is empty. The back seat is so small that he doubts Collins could fold himself up back there, not that this is any time for a damn nap. Still he swivels, having to rotate his body to look. "Billy?"
There's nothing. Just the sound of the engine dying and the wind on the lonely highway.
Carson frowns, looking at the seat again. There's nothing there, and Carson briefly wonders if the kid is outside trying to talk his way into annoying someone else, but the door's shut. More than that, that side of the car is bent in on itself. There's no way Billy could have pushed it open.
Heart pounding, Carson turns his gaze out, watching for signs of movement on the highway.
He looks through the open space where the windshield used to be.
His heart stutters, as the realization dawns with such clarity that he can't fight it. Billy's not here. At the rate they'd been moving and without seat belts, the force of the impact jarred them both pretty good. Carson's throbbing head is testament to that.
But without the steering column to stop him, Billy's forward momentum hadn't stopped.
No, Carson closes his eyes. Instead, it took the kid right through the windshield.
So much for control.
The car is crumpled in on the passenger's side, so when Carson pushes open his door, it resists just for a moment before swinging open wildly. It's not easy to get to his feet, and he has to support himself on the doorframe as he puts one foot and then the other on the ground.
For a moment, he's overtaken by a wave of dizziness that turns his stomach and forces him to squeeze his eyes shut. He breathes fast and heavy out his nose, clenching his jaw tight to hold back the bile that has risen in the back of his throat. It takes longer than he thinks it should, but when he opens his eyes, he's at least not about to topple over.
Not right away, anyway.
Walking, though, is still a tenuous thing and his first step is stumbling, his knees threatening to give out as he makes his way from the car. He's on the sandy median now. Squinting, he looks back and gauges the position of his hastily chosen getaway car. The impact must have spun them and sent them skidding, somehow forcing them back the way they came. There are vivid burn marks on the pavement and the earth is torn up.
The car is worse off. It's mangled, dented and torn open in various spots. It's hard to place where the initial impact was -- clearly, with the spinning, they endured multiple collisions. At any rate, the car's totaled. Fortunately, it's not Carson's car. It wasn't even a very nice car when he stole it.
Somehow, that's not much consolation.
Turning away, he looks down the road for any sign of life. He still wants to believe it's possible Billy's going to get help -- the Scot is stupid and frustrating, after all. It'd be like him to try climbing out and flagging down unsuspecting motorists for help.
Except he's not there. Up the road, he can see the mangled wreck of the cars that had been pursuing them, but no other obvious signs of life. Behind him, there's still no sign of Billy, but Carson does see the other car.
It's a nicer car than the one Carson was driving, and it's still smoking, crunched and unmoving a dozen yards or so behind him.
Carson glances down the open stretch of road, and looks back. Billy's his priority, but whoever this driver is, their fate is sort of Carson's fault.
Swallowing, he limps back.
"Hey," he calls out, wincing as his throat twinges. He has to wipe away the blood dripping down his face as he approaches. "You okay in there?"
There's no answer, so Carson rounds the car, moving toward the driver's seat. "Hey, buddy, you--"
The words don't come. They don't need to come. There's no sense in asking if the driver is okay, because he's clearly dead. His body is slumped forward, and the driver's door is crushed inward, mangling the body. The man's eyes are vacant and staring.
Carson's stomach churns again. He swears, and this time he has to drop his head between his knees to breathe frantically, staving off the darkness on the edge of his vision. Collateral damage happens -- and this isn't actually his fault. They were being chased by gun runners. He had no choice...
But now some innocent person Carson's never met is dead and he's stranded in the middle of nowhere and Billy's still missing.
Lifting his head, he's still heaving for air, eyes stinging as he tries in vain to clear the blood from his vision again. Control, he thinks. He just wanted control.
And now everything's a mess. People are dead; covers are blown. Teammates are missing.
Carson's not the most hardworking operative in the world. He credits his survival in part to his laziness. Oftentimes, he's too inclined to avoid work and conflict, which means he's usually not going to subject himself to needless peril. But he can be a determined bastard when he wants to be.
When he needs to be.
He needs to be now.
Control. Carson can still grab the wheel, and that's just what he intends to do.
Teeth gritted together, he starts walking again, moving back toward his own mutilated vehicle. His own injuries are catching up with him a bit, and there's a nagging pain in his chest and a sharp pang that runs up and down his right leg. Walking isn't so easy, and every now and then his vision seems to fade out even as he moves forward doggedly.
When he gets to the car, his stomach lurches again, and this time he knows he can't fight it. He turns away from the vehicle and has the common sense to move all the way across the road. If he's going to throw up, he's not going to get nailed by a car doing it. He barely makes it to the shrubbery on the side of the road before he hits his knees and heaves.
The bile burns up his esophagus, and he retches again. The third time, his chest feels like it's going to explode and his vision goes entirely dark for a long, horrible moment.
When it clears again he's still on his knees, fingers in the sandy earth. He's crying, vomit still dripping from his lips as he strains for air.
Lifting his head takes too much work, and Carson's wondering if this whole control thing is overrated. Instead, he flops onto his back. When the sun blinds him, he lolls his head to the side and looks out across the land. There's not much to see -- some shrubs and trash--
And a body.
Twisted and bloodied, sprawled brokenly on its back. The face is covered with blood and there's red pooling on the ground even as the lifeless features are turned toward Carson in unconsciousness.
It takes him a minute -- Carson's concussed and exhausted, so it may take him more than a minute -- but finally he recognizes the body.
At first, Carson wants to heave again. He wants to throw up everything in his stomach and turn his insides out. He wants to fist his hands into the dirt and pound the ground until his hands are bloody. He wants to wail until his voice gives out and cry until there's no tears left.
That's what he wants to do.
But if Carson did what he wanted to do, he'd have cut and run out on the spy game long ago and he'd be sitting on a beach in the Caribbean, sipping drinks with his toes buried in the sand.
See, Carson's a spy. He wants a lot of things, but too many of those things require him to give up control. On a beach, he'd be pretty damn comfortable, but he'd also be totally out of the loop. It sucks, but it's true, and Carson's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
So he doesn't hurl and he doesn't cry or any of that crap. Instead, he staggers back to his feet and makes his way to Billy.
The kid looks worse the closer he gets, which seems sort of impressive since Carson had thought he looked dead from first glance. He's on his back, but his legs are bent at odd angles, one clearly broken. His arms are equally flailed about, and it looks sort of like his wrist is bending at the opposite angle that it should.
And that's not even the bad part.
The bad part is the tear in Billy's scalp, leaving a flap of hair pulled away. His nose is clearly broken and there's a slice that runs along his hairline, almost severing his ear. There's blood everywhere -- nose, mouth, chin, ears, eyes -- and it's so copious that Carson can't tell what's actually bleeding and what's just being soaked by the rest.
Of course, his torso isn't much better. The worst is the bloody gouge, running jaggedly along his side. But his shirt is shredded in places, his pants frayed from what looks like impact. His shoulder looks a little like ground beef and there's a slice up his calf that is weeping continuously.
That's just what Carson can see. Of course, maybe Billy's lucky and escaped internal injuries, but when Carson looks at the kid, lucky isn't the word that comes to mind.
Dead, however--
His throat constricts and Carson does his best not to think it. He's still in control. Unless he can confirm otherwise, he can salvage this. Billy's been thrown through the windshield, Carson's wrecked the car and the mission and maybe his team, but maybe he can fix this.
As long as Billy's alive.
Fingers shaking, Carson holds his breath but it does nothing to still the frantic pounding of his heart. It threatens to deafen him, and he's not Casey Malick. He can't control his body, but he's still too damned determined to give up so he ignores the blood, ignores all the gore, and presses two fingers into Billy's throat.
At first, all he can feel is the slick blood as it coats his fingertips. His breathing falters and his chest constricts. He locks his jaw, and steels himself, and waits.
For a sign of hope.
For a chance that he hasn't failed.
A heartbeat.
It's there, pulsating against his fingers in uneven, stuttered beats.
Billy's alive.
He's hurt and he may be dying, but he's alive.
Carson can work with that.
Looking down at Billy's broken body, he has to work with that.
Carson's an acceptably proficient spy, but he's really not a great medic. Michael's the one with the brains for medicine (Mr. Pre-Med, himself) and Casey's the one with the grit to actually tackle trauma with his bare hands and intuition.
Carson, meanwhile, tends to assume the worst and just thinks everyone is dying.
That's counterproductive, of course, and right now, it hurts too much to think about. Because this is Billy, and the damn Scotsman is too impossible to die -- or at least, he should be. The kid's mortality is suddenly blindingly obvious, and Carson can't help but think how vulnerable Billy really is under all his flashy smiles and buoyant rhetoric.
As it is, though, Billy may die, and Carson barely knows that the head bone's connected to the neck bone, so anything resembling first aid is not his natural defense.
Instead, he pulls out his phone.
Michael's number is the first one on the list. He presses call and puts the phone to his ear, keeping a wary eye on Billy's unmoving form.
Michael answers on the first ring. "Where the hell are you guys?"
"Nice to hear from you, too, sunshine," Carson snaps.
"All our radars are going nuts, like we've been cut off--"
"Because we have," Carson says tersely. "Sons of bitches made us."
Michael swears. "You out, then?"
"Stole a car but we had some trouble shaking the pursuers," Carson explains, glancing over his shoulder toward the still-smoking wreck up the way.
"Give me your location and Malick and I--"
Carson shakes his head, eyes back on Billy. "We need an ambulance," he interrupts numbly.
"You hurt?" Michael asks, voice turning tense.
"Made a mess of the car," Carson confirms. "I've got a concussion, but Billy..."
There's a slight pause. "Bad?"
Carson looks at the flap of skin on Billy's scalp, the blood that's everywhere... "I don't even know where to begin," he says. "One second the kid's criticizing my driving, the next, he's through the windshield--"
Michael's breath catches just slightly over the line. "But he's alive?"
"We need help, Michael," Carson say plainly. Because sometimes control meant knowing when to delegate. And with Billy bleeding and unconscious, Carson would delegate this as much as he could. "Main highway outside of town, about three miles out. No signs of life from the smugglers; another car seems to have a civilian casualty."
There's movement in the background, and Michael is distracted. "Okay," he says. "Okay. We're on it. Help will be there soon."
It's a relief, Carson tells himself. It's supposed to be a relief.
But on the ground, Billy still bleeds.
"Just...keep him alive, okay?" Michael asks.
Carson's eyes burn -- the blood, he tells himself, it's just the blood -- and his head throbs -- concussion, he knows -- and he can't look away from Billy. "Yeah," he agrees. "I'm working on it."
When the call cuts off, Carson's on his own again. He takes a breath, tries to calm himself.
It doesn't work.
Carson's still concussed, and Billy's still not moving, but Carson's in control again. He's the one giving the orders, and this time there's no one to even question him.
It seems pretty cruel, actually. The universe's idea of a horrible cosmic joke, giving Carson exactly what he asked for.
And with Billy dying right in front of him -- nothing that he needed.
It's funny. No, it's ironic. That's what it is, as best Carson can remember. He's not big into the literary terms, but Billy would call it ironic, bookish bastard that he is.
Because here Carson is, hands on the wheel, and nowhere to go. He's already driven them right into disaster and now that he's ready to hand this crap off to someone else, he's stuck with it.
He's just stuck.
On the side of the road with a concussion and a dying teammate.
Michael and Casey are the kind of dogged bastards that don't know when to quit. Carson knows when to quit. In fact, Carson has nothing against quitting if things are stacked just right. He'll risk his life when he has to, but if there's a better alternative, he'll always take it, hands down. That's the thing about control. He likes to be able to stop driving when he chooses.
But now he's stuck here, and control is his because Michael and Casey are still miles out, ambulances could be just as far, and Billy...
Well, Billy's a mess.
Carson does what he can, which isn't much. He's passed Agency first aid courses by the skin of his teeth, so he knows to treat the bleeding and keep the victim still.
The second part is pretty easy since Billy shows no sign of waking. The first is a bit harder, and the lack of bandages is only half the story. He sacrifices his overshirt to the cause, but it's stained with his own blood already. Still, he has no infectious diseases that he knows of and it's not like he's gotten lucky recently.
And there's a lot of blood.
It takes some work to rip his shirt in two -- the jerking motion makes his head swim so that he almost passes out -- and when he's done, he realizes he's done such a pisspoor job that one half is gigantic and the other is almost nothing more than a scrap.
It's better than nothing, he figures, but when he looks at Billy's broken form, he's not so sure about that. Two bandages; countless wounds. It seems stupid, but he almost passed out getting this far, and if the kid dies he wants to at least look like he made an effort.
He stiffens. The kid's not dying, though. The kid can't die.
It's a shaky resolve but he takes the bigger piece and picks the gash on Billy's side. It's hard to determine which wound is most serious, but that one certainly looks gruesome, so covering it at the very least will minimize how much Carson has to look at the gore. He lays the soiled cloth on top and hesitates awkwardly. Making a face, he spreads his fingers and presses down.
He can feel the blood welling up immediately, but Billy makes no sign of protest. All the times he's wanted the kid to shut the hell up and now he'd give anything just to hear him make some inane quip.
This is progress, though, Carson tells himself, looking briefly at Billy's bloodied face. It's starting to swell, and his nose looks downright grotesque even as Billy's breathing starts to become audible.
Carson looks away. He knows it's bad. He doesn't need to keep looking to remind himself.
He looks instead at the other scrap of cloth and realizes that with both hands pressed along the jagged wound in Billy's side, he has no way of applying the second bandage. For a second, he's not sure what to do. He can feel Billy's blood against his hands -- so holding here is important. But there's so many other wounds -- the head lac, scraps on the arms and legs -- what if he's neglecting something important?
Hell, what if all this pressure is making things worse? What if he's exacerbating some internal trauma and he doesn't know it? What if he's made the wrong choice?
What if he kills Billy while trying to save him?
What if Billy actually dies, on the side of the road, going through the windshield because Carson can't drive worth crap and picked a car without seat belts? What if Carson's control screwed this all up?
It's slipping away from him, and Carson's chest feels tight. His vision is dimming, and he's vaguely aware that he may in fact be hyperventilating.
Perfect. He's losing control.
He's losing control right when he needs to keep it; not that his control is doing any good, so maybe this is for the best...
The logic is getting him nowhere, and he squeezes his eyes shut, breathing through his nose for a moment. He doesn't know how to do this. He doesn't even want to do this anymore. He should have just given Billy the damn wheel and then this wouldn't be his responsibility.
This wouldn't be his fault.
He opens his eyes, looking at Billy again. The kid is breathing noisily now, his chest visibly rising and falling with effort. He's trembling beneath Carson's touch, face going gray under the blood.
It's getting away from him, all of it. But Carson doesn't move; Carson doesn't let go. He'll hold on to the end.
No matter what.
Carson's not sure how long he sits there. His feet have gone numb and his arms are aching. Sweat is smearing with the blood down the side of his face so that he pretty much can't see at all.
That's okay, though. There's nothing much to look at. He knows Billy's still breathing by the sound of his grating breaths and he knows Billy's still dying with the blood coating his hands.
That's okay, he tells himself, even if it's a lie. Nothing's okay. Absolutely nothing is okay.
There's nothing he can do about it, though.
There's nothing he can do at all.
Just hold on.
Hold on.
He doesn't hear the sirens and he doesn't see the flashing lights, but someone touches him on the shoulder and he almost flails. He doesn't have the energy, though, and when he blinks up to see the medic, all the fight leaves him.
Someone pulls him away, and Carson doesn't fight. He's not in control anymore, not as the medic lies him out on the side of the road. Carson's not in control as the man shines a light in his eyes and starts talking to him. He can hear the words but none of it makes any sense, and he rolls his head to the side to look at Billy--
There's only blood, though.
The medic probes his head, and Carson hisses in pain. He tries to see Billy one more time, but it doesn't work.
Nothing works.
He's not in control anymore.
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The was shot on top of a parking garage on the East Side of Milwaukee. I wanted to do something to emphasize the word "Elevator" in the shot, and thought, what better way than to make it very tall. Processed originally as a horizontal 32-bit HDR pano, I felt vertical was the way to go so I cropped it and added much of the sky in Photoshop.
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2Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is characterised by the presence of immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection without clinical evidence of active Tuberculosis (TB). The challenge of identifying LTBI-infected individuals lies in the lack of a diagnostic gold standard for LTBI. Tuberculin skin test (TST) has been used for the diagnosis of tuberculosis for more than a century. Therefore TST has many limitations, so it is extremely urgent to develop a diagnose method to detect LTBI accurately. In this study we used, Culture Fitrate Protein 21 (CFP 21) encoded by the Rv1984c gene is an immunodominant protein and induces IFN-γ from TB patients. The purpose of this study was to ligate, transform and characterize the Rv1984 from M.tuberculosis isolates Indonesia to Escherichia coli JM109. The study was carried out by amplifying the Rv 1984c gene with PCR, ligation to pGEM-T vector and transformation to host cell Eschericia coli JM 109 on LB media induced by X-gal and IPTG. Characterization of pGEM-T-Rv 1984c recombinant clones was performed with PCR and sequencing. The results obtained that the DNA inserts that are ligated to the cloning vector is true Rv 1984 c
How to cite this article:Rosana Agus, Muhammad Nasrum Massi and Zaraswati Dwyana. 2017. Ligation, Transformation and Characterization of Rv 1984c Mycobacterium tuberculosis Indonesian Isolate as an Antigen for Latent TB Immunodiagnostic.Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev. 5(9): 39-43
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The Patriot Painting
Posted by atulsharma on August 15th, 2007
Drawing Art
The Patriot
15th August, 2007 It's our Independence Day. The independence which is for everyone irrespective of their Cast, Color and Creed. We have always lived by setting examples, just turn few pages of our history and you will find the July 26, 1999 a day when the determined Indian forces in Kargil achieved a glorious victory over the retreading Pakistan army and we are the same nation which showed the world that Independence can be achieved by following footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi, – " Satyagrah and Ahinsa ".
We are living in the 60th year of our glorious independence. Although we may be counted as young country in terms of years of independence however we have grown a lot as a nation. We planned Economic development – Eight Five Year Plans implemented, 9th under implementation. 10th most industrialized country in the world. 6th nation to achieve Nuclear Power. Kaleidoscope of cultural heritage. Over 1700 languages and dialects – common historical experience – Unity in Diversity.
So on this auspicious day lets Salute to all those who fought for our freedom and lets roar as one Nation.
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Title : The Patriot
Date : April, 2000
Artist : Atul Sharma
Material Used : Gel Pen, Sketch Pen, Ball-Point Pen, Ink Pen, Water Colors, HB Pencil, Drawing Paper.


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Negotiation is a critical tool for solving problems, resolving conflicts, and acquiring resources. This talk will help you learn to identify the negotiation issue, your position and the position of the other party, and your underlying interests. Understanding and using these powerful concepts can help you negotiate more effectively and improve your negotiated outcomes.
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Hello beautiful gray - Not a colour most people would choose as the colour pallet for their home, let alone their children's rooms. But once you take a peek around this magical swedish house you just might change your mind.
I came across this tranquil abode on a new blog I recently discovered - Emsloo, and I have to admit it's made me look at gray interiors in a whole new way. Chosen in the right shade gray is flattering to pale woods and earthy tones alike, and makes everything look very calm, not at all cold as you might expect.
The tranquil images of daily life and her children at play are captured by a talented mum who has a keen eye for interiors. I'm loving the 'Ikea Hack' shelving in her son Blake's room - 3 Ikea Billy bookcases screwed together, just rearrange the shelving to the positions you want and cover up the old holes before painting.
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- June, 2018
Bingo Crazy @ The AbbyWell you just never know what is going to happen at Bingo! We had a large group of participants this week and there always seems to be some surprise in store......like a triple first win in round two! Here are our winners for this week:
Round 1: Cassia, Jaye, and Sleepy
Round 2: Jaye, Qwibble and Linn (all at one time )
Round 3: Annaa, Jan and Luri
Congratulations to our winners. We'll be spinning numbers and tunes again next Thursday, July 5th at 2 PM.
DJ Benny Rocks the Sim!DJ Benny had everyone shaking their avatar butts last night during his weekly party. You are missing a good time if you don't drop by and enjoy some terrific tunes from this DJ master.
Join DJ Benny next Tuesday, July 3rd from 4-6 PM.
Fun In The Sun At The Gazoo Pool!As part of IoW's Solstice Celebration weekend, a large crowd gathered at the Gazoo pool to pawty Friday afternoon. DJ Ing spun classic rock and pop tunes from the 60's, 70's and 80's while nearly twenty creatures of all kinds rocked the dance floor. The crowd enjoyed trivia and a beach ball game which helped spread linden love to the winners. Aminata Potez did a marvelous job decorating the pool area for this special event, and the the pool remains open to those who want to enjoy the summer sun. Stop by and check it out here. Pictured in the inner tube is snow Scarmon. Photo Credit: Aminata Potez.
Hammy's Fishing Draws a CrowdThere was a crowd at the Wyrmhaven dock Sunday afternoon! Hammy had the ham radio spinning tunes while everyone enjoyed three rounds of 7Seas fishing. Among the crowd could be seen Tea, Sealy, Ukaleq, Ing, Magnek, sleepy, Jaye, JaseWolf, Demrias, Jan, Akay, Araya, Wilsa, Zen and Imogene Seraphine. Here are the winners:
Round 1: Sealy, Ingwaz, Demrias, Jan, and Magnek
Round 2: Ukaleq, Demrias, Jan, Ing, and Sealy
Round 3: Sealy, Wilsa, Ta, Magnek and Akay
Join hammy for another three rounds of fishing next Sunday, July 1 at 2:00 PM
IoW Staff PromotionAfter the Summer Solstice ceremony on June 23, IoW Guide Ingwaz (Ing) Thor was promoted to IoW Mentor.
According to IoW references, "Mentors are the chosen few that stand out from the Guide pool in regards to their dedication, knowledge, personality and aptitude. Mentors help the big Isle of Wyrms events or projects. Mentors are highly trusted members of the Isle of Wyrms staff. Mentors may post notices to the IoW Citizens group."
Tinywood Squares HilarityThe crowd was on on its game both with answers and witty chat today! We had a great group there both as players and participants. It drew a large audience and with much hilarity, three games were played.
Snow's questions about toys were engaging and much discussed. Rejara and Ryu were contestants for rounds 1 and 2, with RayRay stepping in when Ryu had to leave.
Participants this week included Pieni, Rhiabella, RayRay, Seth, Brother Frog (in the middle), Ing, Eilidh, Kath, Leslie and Benny.
The audience in attendance were Petunia, Cheetah, Akay, Tea, Demrias, J.J. Drinkwater, Alexia, Sai51, Mea, tommy and Linn
Ryu won one round and Rejara won two rounds, making her the overall winner.
Join us next Sunday, July 1 at 10:30 A.M. for the next Tinywood Squares.
IoW Celebrates SolsticeA brief Summer Solstice ceremony was held at the cathedral yesterday. A dragon-led honor guard lined the hall and everyone else joined the ceremony. Afterwards, DJ Shadow filled the great hall with a variety of summer-themed tunes.
June 22 Bingo ResultsNo surprising double or triple wins in Bingo this week but nonetheless, the crowd had a nail biting time. The game included a bonus round, for four total rounds of bingo. Our winners were:
Round 1: Qwibble, sleepy and hammy
Round 2: Rejara, annaa and Qwibble
Round 3: Magnek, annaa and Jan
Round 4: Qwibble, Jaye and hammy
Obviously, Qwibble wore a lucky shirt to bingo!
Join us next Thursday, June 28 at 2 PM for more BINGO!!!!
Gertie Gazoo RetiresWe were sad recently to receive this notice from much loved Gertie Gazoo. We wish her much happiness in retirement and expect to still see her around IoW:
"I gertie gazoo step away and retire as elder of iow
In my place iow shall be run by the elders of iow and the more the competent staff members
I look to you all to communicate with each other on all channels given.
Conference hall, discord and the new calander
ANYONE is allowed to create and run events
As iow is not one person it is us as a whole
If you as our next generation of staff goes forward with heads held high and with all ideas considered. Iow will continue to be a strong loving community.
Every single person is important. No one person can make this happen alone.
Keep IOW heart beating by coming together.
I love you all so much and know this does not mean I am quiting - am simply passing the cookie to you the next generation
Hatchie dragon hugs to all"
Tinywood Squares Brings a CrowdWhat a terrific time at Tinywood Squares today! All the chairs and contestants filled up early and show host snow had some great questions about TV shows. Among the crowd were Rhiabella, Ing, Benny, hammy, Vic, RayRay, Gracie, Brother Frog (in the middle), Jan, Izo, and Vic. Others made themselves comfy and watched as Liam and Rejara tried their best to fill in their X's and O's. In the end, Liam went home the winner.
Join us next Sunday, June 24th at 10:30 for the next Tinywood Squares.
Bingo Winners!Thursday bingo was a popcorn eating, bingo ball rolling, linden flying time! Our winners this week were:
Round 1: Jan, Sleepy, and Tea
Round 2: hammy, Jan and Qwibble
Round 3: Issah, Jaye and a double third win of Mausi and Tea
Join us next Thursday, Jun 21st at 2 PM for the next Bingo.
Fishing Results for June 17thFather's day fishing with hammy spinning tunes - does a Father's day get any better than that? We started out with quite a crowd at the Gazoo fishing location. Some of the folks who turned out included (in no particular order), Tea, Liam, Chance, Magnek, Demrias, Sealy, Akay, Jambr and yours truly (sorry if I missed anyone). Winners for the three rounds were:
Round 1: Ing, Chance, Magnek, Jambr and Demrias
Round 2: Magnek, Jambr, Sealy, Liam and Ing
Round 3: Sealy, Akay, Magnek, Jamr and Liam
Join us next Sunday, June 24th at 2 PM for another fun fishing event.
Snow's Sekrit Birthday Party a Success!Animinata Potez skillfully pulled together a sekrit birthday party for our own snow Scarmon yesterday. Kelpfish spun terrific tunes while over twenty people danced their avatar butts off near the Gazoo pool. A good time was had by all!
Friendship Poem ContestPoems about friendship
Write a small poem about what friendship means to you. It must be original work. It cannot be copied from a book or a website . This means, It has to be your own words and ideas.
Your poem can be any size you wish it be, but try to stay reasonable,
You will have up to 3 weeks to find your idea and write your poem at the end of these 3 weeks your text should be exposed at the contest area , if not you would lost your chance to participate.
There will be three winners, and their work will be shown somewhere in Isle of Wyrms and they will also receive a linden prize .
Good luck to everyone
total in prize 600 L$
#1 place winner - 300 L$
#2 place winner - 200 L$
#3 place winner - 100 L$
Poems must be submitted by July 1st.
Voting will done on the following week and winners are to be named the 8th July.
Contact Demrias Amarath for more information.
Large Turnout at Bingo!We had a crowd of seventeen at bingo this week! The group consisted of Akay, Danelle, Kelani, Jaye, Bun, Qwibble, Moksi, Tea, Jan, Cafe, Fienchen, Rejara, Kelpfish, Stephanie, hammy, magnek and Ami. It was a lively time with much discussion about - what else? Food! We played three rounds of bingo and our winners were:
Round 1: Rejara, Sleepy, Moksi
Round 2: hammy, Kelpfish, Stephanie
Round 3: Qwibble, Kelaini, Kelpfish
Join us next Thursday, June 14th at 2 PM for our next Bingo.
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We came to Saigon having heard many warnings that this bustling city would be overwhelming, with 6 million motorbikes zooming around the streets, and a pulse that far out-paces the rest of Vietnam. We had these warnings, and when we arrived, we loved it.
Coming from NYC, this city felt like home. ATMs at every corner (instead of 2 or 3 per city), coffee shops, tall buildings, businessmen in suits, malls with the latest gadgets, and fashion galore. In a nutshell, a consumerist's utopia. Somehow, all the books and friends we met along the way, forgot to mention that a Westerner would feel at home in this city, with plenty of places to exchange your money for goods and services.
Saigon and Ho Chi Minh City are one in the same. We found that folks in the South still refer to the city as Saigon, it's name before the North changed it in 1976.
It appears that Saigon is gearing up to be fully modernized by 2012 (ish) with a subway, huge renovations in the districts, and many roads being upgraded to western standards. My jaw dropped when I fully realized the destination of Ho Chi Minh City: it is becoming the capitalist, free-market city it has always wanted to be.
Of course, Hanoi is still the capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, but it appears to have quietly turned its head, allowing Saigon to become the country's business capital, securing one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Saigon continues to grow at a staggering speed, with Northerners traveling south to take advantage of the opportunities.


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Top militant leader gunned down in Kashmir (Lead)April 30th, 2008 - 12:42 am ICT by admin
Srinagar, April 29 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir police Tuesday evening gunned down the chief commander of the Harkatul-Mujaheedin (HuM), one of the most wanted militant leaders, in the state's Baramulla district. HuM chief commander Sajad Afghani was gunned down by the special operations group (SOG) of the police in the north Kashmir town of Sopore town, 54 km from here.
A senior police officer said, members of the SOG surrounded a government house near the sub-district hospital of Sopore late Tuesday on specific information about the presence of the HuM guerrilla inside.
"The HuM chief was challenged to surrender, but he instead opened fire at the police, which was returned. In the firing exchanges, Afghani was killed," a senior police official said.
He said arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain commander.
Afghani's killing is described by police as a major success in the ongoing anti-militancy operations in Kashmir.
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Hey guys!
This month has just been a month hasn't it haha. It has gotten unbearably cold here in Adelaide, we had AVCon, Pokemon Go took over the world and I started my 100 Days of Makeup challenge! I had a pretty good but stressful month but I also feel like you'll be hearing me say that until November thanks to this thesis. Speaking of my thesis, I've finished more than half of it now and I still really love my topic. Before I get more sidetracked, let's get on to the favourites!
1. LUSH Brazened Honey Mask
I picked this up as my free mask for giving back some old LUSH pots and my buddy and lushie Alice helped me pick this one out. I'd never tried it before and my skin has been changing so much and finding new things to become sensitive to that I just wanted something that would give me soft skin and maybe help heal my skin. This mask makes my skin feel softer than a baby's butt. This mask may even bump off my Mask of Magnaminty as top favourite mask of all time. It smells nice and sweet, but more of a natural sweetness. This one isn't vegan friendly, as the name suggests, but if you aren't vegan, definitely give this a go!
2. Selfie Light
I bought this off of eBay after knowing I really needed some sort of new lighting situation that might make it possible to take photos at night and not look grainy and crap. This little light has actually been such a life saver for 100 Days of Makeup because I can now create at night and still have good lighting, if I, for some reason, am unable to create something and take photos of it during the day. Here's the link if you're wanting to pick one up for a reasonable price!
3. Swisse Echinacea Clear Skin Moisturiser
I believe I had this in my July Wishlist and well… I bought it. The texture reminds me of something I definitely wouldn't want to smear all over my face but it does absorb quickly so it's perfect to apply before makeup. I am really loving the matte finish but I haven't noticed it having skin clearing effect on my skin. Stay tuned, I suppose!
4. NYX Glam Liner Aqua Luxe in Glam Nude
I got this and the next product on the same day and I've used both so many times that I'm worried I'll end up needing back ups. I have lusted after this liquid liner for so long but because Target's NYX stands are always horrendous, I can never find one that I know for certain isn't unopened but I did one day manage to find one completely sealed!! I'm so glad to have it and you'll definitely be seeing this in a few more 100 Days of Makeup looks!
5. Sleek Ultra Mattes V1
I always swatch this palette when I go to Target because I really wanted a palette with a yellow eyeshadow. I really wanted more playful colours for 100 Days of Makeup otherwise it probably would have been more like 100 Days of Beige. The colours are very pigmented and easy to work with and the yellow is especially excellent. I saw Sugarpill is releasing a pro palette with similar shades that'll be fully interchangeable and if I hit pan on this palette, I'll be picking that one up but so far, I'm adoring this palette. My only criticism is that there are two hot pinks that look the exact same on the eye and look barely different in the pans haha.
6. Making a Murderer
I'm late to the party on this, like usual, but my boyfriend and I only got Netflix recently and while this was at the top of my 'to watch' list, we had so many other great shows to watch, like OUTLANDER OMG message me if you watched the finale. Anyway, so Making a Murderer is an episodic documentary about Steven Avery, who went to jail for a crime that he didn't commit and since his release, is now being framed for a murder that he may not have committed. This show is everything. It was so hyped and for good reason. Frankie read an article saying that the show left some bits out that made it look like he really did do it but watching the show and knowing that extra stuff, at this point, still makes me think he didn't do it. But I pretty much change my mind every episode and it's SO CRAZY. I think we've finished 7 episodes and there are 10 episodes in the series. There's also a second season coming out soon so I'm really excited for it. It's so messed up and Manitowoc seems like a really corrupt lil town haha. If you haven't seen it, watch it. You won't regret it.
I don't have a favourite song this month because I pretty much exclusively listen to the Todrick Hall Straight Outta Oz album now, of which I am still not tired. He has now released almost every song individually on his YouTube so you can listen to it free there if you don't want to buy it!
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Estimation of weight status and weight-loss efforts in Korean adults with non-obesity considering metabolic syndrome
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To examine whether metabolic syndrome (MetS) is related to estimation of weight status and weight-loss efforts in Korean adults with non-obesity.
In 4345 men and 6387 women in non-obese Koreans (age 49.2 ± 16.7 years, BMI < 25 kg/m2) participating in the 2011–2013 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the presence/absence of MetS using the harmonized criteria, and weight perception and weight-loss efforts using questionnaires were assessed. Estimation of weight status was determined as underestimation, correct estimation, and overestimation based on differences between perceived weight categories and BMI-based categories.
15.7% in men and 12.6% in women with BMI < 25 kg/m2 had the MetS. After adjusting for sociodemographic factors, health-related behaviors, treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cardiovascular risk factors, and BMI-based categories, correct estimation and overestimation of weight status in men [odds ratio (95% CI), 1.58 (1.29–1.92); 2.82 (1.48–5.38)], and women [1.53 (1.26–1.86); 1.59 (1.09–2.31)] were positively associated with the presence of MetS compared to those with underestimation of weight status. After adjusting for weight estimation, sociodemographic factors, health-related behaviors, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cardiovascular risk factors, weight-loss efforts were positively associated with the presence of MetS [1.66 (1.33–2.08) in men, 1.31 (1.07–1.61) in women] in all subjects, and number of MetS components [1.28 (1.02–1.62) per 1 more component] in those with MetS.
In non-obese individuals, correct estimation and overestimation of weight status may be more likely to identify individuals with MetS and concurrent MetS may increase weight-loss efforts regardless of weight estimation.
Level of evidence
Level III, evidence obtained from a case–control observational study.
KeywordsWeight estimation Weight loss Metabolic syndrome Metabolically obese non-obese weight (MONW) Non-obesity
This work was supported by the National Resarch Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (NRF-2017S1A5B8066096).
Compliance with ethical standards
Conflict of interest
This work was supported by the National Rsearch Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (NRF-2017S1A5B8066096).
Ethical approval
All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
Informed consent
Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
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Set includes four Soo Line GP-7s as they would have appeared around 1980, numbers 375, 376, 377, and 378, with 3D cabs, crewed and non-crewed versions of each, alternate models without specular highlights, and 44KHz audio.
Graciously hosted by Tiger Trains, the set is available here.
Side note: I have placed the audio in the public domain, and am presently uploading it to the library as we speak. The files will be:
NAVSCF10.zip (core locomotive sounds)
NAVS567R.zip (EMD 16-567 - requires core locomotive sounds)


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When you're sorting through your stuff and trying desperately to justify keeping something you haven't used inyeaaaaars…'what this? no this should definitely stay, I wear this like, literally, all of the time, like right now!'
With a title like this you'd be forgiven for thinking that the effects of tidying might have been over-stated somewhat by the publishers in an attempt to grab the reader's attention. Well, it turns out that it does exactly what it says on the tin. Marie-Kondo's book shows just how tidying can be both magic and life-changing.
The first stage in tidying is deciding what makes the cut, what items do we actually want to keep in our homes. To consciously shape our homes into our very own personal sanctuaries we need to ensure that they only contain items that bring us real joy or serve us in some practical way. Sounds sensible right, but if we take a look around, how much stuff do we have that neither gets used nor brings us joy?
To assess whether something gets to stay in our newly-fashioned sanctuary Marie Kondo (the author and professional tidy-uper) suggests taking the item in our hands and asking ourselves 'does this spark joy?', and feeling into our physical body, listening intuitively, for the answer.
This is by far the quickest method I've come across for getting clutter-free and down to the minimum amount we need for maximum happiness. Get out of your rational head where you will find a million reasons to justify keeping something you never use (see above picture) and just feel whether it makes you happy or not. The process gets easier and quicker as you move through all your possessions and you rapidly hone your joy-ometer. She recommends working through items in the following order: clothes, books, papers, miscellany, and finally sentimental items – from easiest to hardest, so you'll be a pro by the time you get to those challenging sentimental items.
Marie Kondo explains that the reason we hold onto things that don't spark joy is either attachment to the past or fear of the future. That's right, tidying is deep work! When we face our possessions and work in this way we have to work through our attachments and fears. Wouldn't it be AMAZING to have no attachment to the past or fear of the future but be totally and utterly present to the constantly unfolding joy of the present moment?! Well, tidying will get you there without spending a fortune on therapy!
One of the things that struck me as I went through this process is finding items that I had been holding onto that didn't spark joy and that I didn't use but that I had been holding onto because of a feeling of guilt that I 'should' be using them. Either because they were a gift from someone or because of my own 'wouldn't it be good for me if I read that magazine/book and got that knowledge into my brain? I should do that one-day' type-thoughts.
I realised that if I actually wanted to use those things I would have done so already. I haven't used them because I don't really want to, they don't resonate with who I am right now and what I'm interested in. Letting those things go is liberating, I accept exactly who I am right now and what I am and I'm not interested in. By sending these items back out into the world I give myself permission to be the person I am today and create space for the person I am becoming. Marie Kondo's advice is 'Cherish who you are now'. Hell yes!
Another thing I found eye-opening was going through all my old yoga teacher-training notes and papers. Now Marie Kondo is very clear here. Unless it's your passport or some other absolutely vital document (so basically just your passport) get rid of all papers. That's right, all of them! She's especially strict on seminar/course notes which she devotes a whole section to.
If you haven't taken what you've learned in a course and applied it in your life and thus activated and embedded that knowledge, well it's basically pointless. It's not doing anything sitting on your shelf or crammed in some boxes, it's just taking up bandwidth and blocking the flow of energy around you. You're not going to look over those notes again and you're blocking new information from entering.
And it's true, I rarely look at these old notes except at times like these when I'm looking at everything I own. I've been holding on to all these notes for the second reason, fear of the future. I might need these. I might forget how to teach, I might need inspiration etc… Putting these all into the recycling bin I release that fear. I trust that I have everything I need and anything I need in the future will be provided. I'm creating space for new ideas and new inspiration to flow into my life.
Sentimental items. This is the hard part and I'll confess I'm yet to tackle this. I have an ottoman stuffed with old diaries and photos. On previous attempts to par this down I found such joy going through old letters, photos and diaries that I decided it would be foolish to get rid of this stuff. The diaries especially are a nice reminder of my life-journey and diving into them is basically time-travelling, which is cool. So for now, I'm sorry Marie, they're staying.
On this area Marie Kondo says that 'It's not our memories but the person we have become because of those past experiences that we should treasure… this is the lesson these keepsakes give us when we sort them. The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.' Totally get it, but going to disagree somewhat on this point, for now at least.
The beauty of this method is that the results extend WAAAAAAY beyond a tidy home. Through the process you become very clear and attuned to what gives you real joy, to what you value, to what makes you sparkle. This seeps out into other areas of your life. You may suddenly realise that a relationship you've been in hasn't actually been working for you and isn't bringing you the joy you now expect as, err, STANDARD from, err, EVERYTHING in your life, and you'll have the courage and confidence to change it. Your tolerance for anything that isn't working hard to uplift and support you takes a nose-dive off a cliff into oblivion and you feel empowered by the knowledge that you decide what makes the cut in your life, you decide who and what gets to appear in your story, the work of art that is your life that you are consciously creating, day by day, micro-choice by micro-choice.
If you're interested in bringing some magic into your life I wholeheartedly recommend reading this short book. Here's a summary of Marie Kondo's method:
- Group and sort your belongings by category (not by room – this is a common mistake)
- Tackle the groups of items altogether in turn, in this precise order: clothes, books, papers, miscellaneous, sentimental items. (In descending order of difficulty)
- With each group, take each item in each group in your hands one by one and feel in your physical body the response to the following questions 'does this spark joy?' If the answer is no, thank it for whatever purpose it's served (even if it's just to teach you in this moment how much unnecessary crap you've bought and how poor your purchasing decisions have been in the past) and then let it go on its merry way, releasing it from the 'unloved stuff' prison you've been holding it in
- You are then left with items that only spark joy or are of actual necessity
- Voila, your house is a sanctuary, filled with items that spark joy, with lots of space for you to enjoy living in the present.
I'm running a book club meetup to get together and have a lively discussion about this book and the general question of 'how much stuff do we actually need to be happy?' RSVP to join the get-together here –http://www.meetup.com/Reading-Yoga-Meditation-and-Conscious-Living/events/230607943/
Here's a link to the book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-effective-clutter/dp/0091955106/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461926977&sr=8-1&keywords=the+life+changing+magic+of+tidying


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After being swept by the Cavs in consecutive seasons, the Raptors are reportedly "strongly leaning" toward firing head coach Dwane Casey.
According to TSN's Josh Lewenberg, there's a sense within the organization that Toronto needs "a new direction and a different voice."
Sources: Raptors are leaning towards making a coaching change https://t.co/LK5KijLljM pic.twitter.com/BEHKn2nsNX
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) May 8, 2018
The evaluation period is ongoing but, according to sources, the Raptors are strongly leaning towards making a coaching change.
If he's let go or, more likely, he and the team mutually agree to part ways, it won't be an indictment of Casey or what he's accomplished in his seven seasons at the helm of a franchise he's helped turn around.
After being swept out of the playoffs for the third time in four years – twice as the higher seed – the sense is it's time for a new direction and a different voice.
Report: NBA Executives Anticipating Dwane Casey Firing


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About half of women in Australia still lose their jobs or get heavily 'restructured' after falling pregnant or giving birth. Many get small payouts in return for never talking about it. This is unbelievable.
Is this what we want for women in the 21st century in Australia? If you have a daughter or sister would you want them to suffer the same fate? Can you imagine men enduring this?
This is almost what happened to me. Some of you know my story and many haven't heard it yet (but I'm most definitely going to keep talking about it for decades to come!). In the end I gained my job back within a few weeks by working with my union and the HR department of my employer.
I still don't know what will happen when I return from maternity leave. I suspect I'll be treated with a mixture of contempt and ostracism. So I guess that other 50% doesn't really fare well either: well paying and satisfying part-time jobs are difficult to find or maintain (don't I know this too!) and the rest of us simply have to put up with being treated as less important creatures, as workers who aren't really serious about their job (I got this accusation already), or we simply have to make do with whatever restructured position we can sustain.
Just be happy you still have a job, get paid and don't have to accept conditions that are completely out of balance with your experience and expertise. Right. Better suck it up, right?
"There are two times in which these redundancies are most likely to happen," said Kamal Farouque, principal of employment & industrial law at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers. "When the woman is on a period of maternity leave or soon after she has returned to work.
"The employer thinks that it's a lot easier if they restructure, make the person redundant and get rid of the perceived "problem"'.
You don't have to spend much time around new mothers to hear stories of "restructures" that just happened to coincide with them getting pregnant and taking parental leave.
Fifty per cent of the women in my mothers' group were made redundant soon after they announced their pregnancy or while they were on maternity leave.
'Women's role in child-bearing supports all of us. I urge people to look at it in the broader context. Children represent all of our futures and it's incumbent on all of us to support mothers.'
Broderick says that both male and female employers need to ask what they would want for their own daughters.
"Do you want them to be an engaged mother and be in paid work? If that's what you want then we need to all support that in the work environment," says Broderick. "If we can't accommodate mothers then we'll lose them and Australia cannot afford to lose their skills and experience from the labour market.'
Unlawful dismissal isn't just another aspect of motherhood to be endured in silence. It's an assault on women's collective power and wellbeing and damaging to the nation as a whole."


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Hey guys! This is not the most beautiful meal in the world in fact it looks a little bit gross. It is a recipe I was influenced by and have swapped somethings round to make a delicious and incredibly healthy green soup, packed full of veggies and goodness! So don't be fooled by its boggy appearance, this will make you feel a 100 times better after a weekend of fast food eating and vodka shots and detox your body, plus it is so easy and quick to make.
For 4 you will need:
200g of kale
6 florets of broccoli
2 courgettes
1L of vegetable stock
thumb seized piece of ginger chopped
two cloves of garlic chopped
a tablespoon of rapeseed oil
First heat oil in a large pan and add garlic and ginger and stir fry at high heat.
Chop up corugettes and add them to the pan along with the stock and allow to simmer for three minuets.
Chop up kale and add this to the pan along with the broccoli florets
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A few years ago Versa Networks got funding from Verizon Ventures, but it wasn't clear whether Verizon was also using Versa's software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) technology. Today, Versa announced that the service provider is using Versa for its new software-defined secure branch (SD-Branch) managed service.
"This is very big for us," said Kelly Ahuja, CEO of Versa Networks. "We've announced CenturyLink, Comcast, and now Verizon, three out of the top four large service providers in the U.S. We've got multiple service providers we still haven't announced globally."
The Verizon managed service offering includes software-defined networking (SDN), cloud-based management, and virtualized security for branch networks. It's part of Verizon's Virtual Network Services (VNS) offering.
Ahuja said Verizon works with a number of vendors' virtual network functions (VNFs). In fact, Verizon announced in February 2016 that it was using Viptela's SD-WAN technology for a new managed services offering. At that time, Verizon was using Viptela's SD-WAN in combination with Cisco's iWAN technology. Since then, of course, Cisco has purchased Viptela.
The new collaboration between Versa and Verizon is broader than the arrangement between Viptela and Verizon, according to Ahuja. "I would refer to it generally as SDN," he said. "SD-WAN is part of SDN. With us, they've created a new offering, the software-define branch or secure branch."
Versa combines its SD-WAN technology with security. The software can run on an x86 server in the branch office or as a virtual network function in a data center.
"What they've been doing with multiple vendors, if a customer wants SD-WAN or security today, they'd have to get different hardware appliances and VNFs whether on-prem or in the data center," said Ahuja. "With our cloud IP platform, we've combined all capabilities into single software."
Asked for his perspective on Cisco's purchase of Viptela, Ahuja said, "We've seen increased traction from the customer base because those events make it interesting. There's one less player in the enterprise place."


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Change Your Cars Engine
Thinking along the same lines, what would you say then are the odds of damaging your engine if your engine air filter fails?
Consider this: Your engine ingests about 10,000 gallons of air for every gallon of fuel it consumes. If your gas tank holds 18 gallons of fuel, your engine will ingest 180,000 gallons of air for every tank full of gas it uses. Say you've decided to take a road trip to your vacation destination 500 miles away – a 1,000-mile round trip. If your car consumes 50 gallons of fuel at 20 miles per gallon, it means your engine will handle about 500,000 gallons of air on this trip alone. What, then, would the odds be of damaging your engine if your engine air filter fails? Much higher than you realize, one should think.
When it comes to changing your car's engine air filter, stacking the odds in your favor and minimizing the ones that are against you is definitely the safer and cheaper alternative. Change your car's engine air filter at least once a year.
According to Kevin O'Dowd, Director of Marketing & Communications at MANN+HUMMEL Purolator Filters, manufacturer and supplier of top quality filters to the North American aftermarket,"If you are planning to keep your car for a long time, as many motorists are in this tight economy, and want to ensure that it provides the best performance it is capable of, it's not enough to only change the oil and filter regularly. It's equally important to change the engine air filter at least once a year – more frequently if you live or drive in more dirty and dusty conditions. "
Explaining the logic behind his advice, O'Dowd said, "The easiest route for particulates to enter a vehicle's engine is through the air induction system and, therefore, through your engine's air filter. Abrasive dust, dirt and other pollutants that enter through the air intake ducts while you are driving can damage a car's internal engine components, increase wear and tear and ultimately compromise the engine's power, performance and life. "
This is more likely if a car's engine air filter has not been changed in a while or perhaps is torn or split due to neglect. It will let dirt enter the engine and make its way past pistons and piston rings and into the oil supply potentially destroying key internal components. More important, once the damage sets in, there is no turning back. The dirt that has entered the engine may well have damaged the valves and valve seats, the piston rings and cylinder walls, and the engine bearings. This may ultimately require replacing your entire engine at a cost of $4,000 or more, plus all the aggravation that accompanies such an experience.
"To select a good quality engine air filter," said O'Dowd, "requires knowing its 'capacity' and 'efficiency' in capturing the dirt before it enters the engine combustion chamber. These are the two most important criteria that determine the protection it will offer. Capacity is the amount of dirt the filter can hold before it begins to restrict air flow and efficiency describes how well it performs its job," he said.
Modern engines are built to be more fuel-efficient and have smaller orifices and tighter tolerances and call for engine air filters that can trap even the smallest particle of dirt that can enter the system.
Purolator's PureONE air filter's oil-wetted, high-capacity media, for instance, offers twice the capacity of conventional filters to trap contaminants smaller than the size of a grain of sand and is 99.5 percent efficient. This means it traps 99.5 percent of particles that size or larger. Likewise, Purolator Classic air filter's multi-fiber, high-density media traps 96.5 percent of contaminants.
So you can be 99.5 percent confident that a new PureONE engine air filter will keep harmful contaminants out of your engine and 100 percent confident that a torn air filter will allow damaging debris to enter your engine. The only unknowns will be how quickly and badly your engine will be damaged.
"The good news is, changing your car's air filter is almost always quick, easy and inexpensive," O'Dowd said. Modern, more advanced fuel-injected engines normally use a flat, rectangular panel-type air filter that is located in black plastic duct work in the engine compartment. "Usually, all you need is to release several clamps, separate the housing halves, lift out the old filter, and install the new one. It's that simple," O"Dowd said.
Select a name-brand filter whose quality and design features are reliable and well documented, he said. "Experience and documented innovation are key considerations with a product like an engine air filter that can have a major influence on the life of a $4,000 automobile engine. If you need surgery, you will certainly want an experienced surgeon who has performed many operations and who has a track record of successful outcomes," he said.


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Facilitators Needed - URGENT
Written byon 5 April 2018
Hi All
One of my team has a pressing family matter that menas he cannot now facilitate a two day strategic awayday for a new client in late April.
The rest of my team is also committed on those dates.
Can you recommend any really good facilitators who have experience in business strategy development?
Your help is much appreciated.
Many thanks
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jocookSubmitted on 6 April, 2018 - 10:05
Hi Jim,
Sorry to hear of your challenge. Try these people as they might be able to help:
Kirsty Lewis - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsty-schooloffacilitation/
Sharon Gaskin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharongaskin/
David Mason - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dfmason/
Do let us know how you get on!
Deputy Editor, TJ


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Big Saturday Multiple: Forest to heap more misery on Foxes in Midlands derby
Jonno Turner picks three Championship home selections to make up a treble at odds of nearly 6s.
We're off to the East Midlands for our first pick of this three team multiple - and it's a huge game for both Nottingham Forest and Leicester City at the City Ground.
These two sides are still within touching distance of the play-offs - but they must win and hope that Bolton Wanderers slip up at home to Blackpool.
Forest boss Billy Davies will be desperate for that top six place just three months after returning to the club - and the Scot has been in this position many times before, having made the final cut with different clubs five times in the last eight years.
And the hosts have all of the momentum ahead of this clash.
Eleven unbeaten from their 13 since Davies returned shows that he has instilled a determination about this Reds side - but they will need a certain cutting edge this afternoon, and three consecutive draws on their own patch won't do.
Visitors Leicester have suffered a spectacular fall from grace in recent weeks.
Following nearly a whole campaign spent at the right end of the table, the Foxes appear to have imploded - and they go into this important clash having won just one of their last 12.
Nigel Pearson will be feeling the pressure of the slump, and no wins on the road since early January shows the extent of the King Power Stadium sides woes.
Alarming to Pearson will be the fact that his side have not kept a clean sheet since February - and those defensive weaknesses could be costly against a Forest side which is full of momentum and vigour.
Bet 1: Nottingham Forest @ 2.25
Switching our attentions to the north west now - as Bolton Wanderers welcome Blackpool to the Reebok Stadium, looking to secure their place in the play-offs.
Dougie Freedman's side go into this game in pole position of all the play-off pretenders - occupying sixth place in the division - and know that their future is in their own hands.
That is a massively priveleged position to be in at this stage of the season, and you'd have to fancy the hosts to take the spoils here, having won their last eight on the bounce in front of their own fans.
Five clean sheets from their last six shows just how dominant Freedman's side have been of late, and they will be keen to use that momentum to their advantage here.
Blackpool make the short trip down the M55 with their season already over - and at worst, Paul Ince's side will avoid relegation by a point or two.
It's been a largely inconsistent campaign for the Seasiders - but having gone through three managers, they will be glad that they have their second tier status tied up before the final game.
Just one win from seven on the road suggests that it is unlikely that the visitors will put up much of a fight here - and they haven't kept a clean sheet on the road since November.
I fully expect Bolton to book their place in the play-offs.
Bet 2: Bolton @ 1.5
We're focussing on action down in the capital now, as Watford line up against Leeds United at Vicarage Road, desperate for the win in order to pile the pressure on second placed Hull - and keep their automatic promotion dreams alive.
The Hornets are in good form on their own patch, and have lost just one of their last nine in front of their own fans, which will give them confidence in this all-important clash.
Gianfranco Zola's side secured a 4-0 victory in their last home outing, and will be keen to maintain that momentum as they welcome a Leeds side with nothing to play for to Hertfordshire.
The visitors sit in 16th place in the table, and are in miserable form ahead of this one - without a win in 13 league games on the road.
Brian McDermott's side will be desperate to avoid their fourth away loss on the bounce here, but with their hosts eyeing a place in the top tier, I don't envisage them taking any points back up the M1.
Bet 3: Watford @ 1.4
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