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Thursday, December 29, 2011
2R on AMZN today
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Monday, August 29, 2011
This was a play that I call as "15Min 1st bar", played very well and sized correctly with target on HOD. Played this for over 2R. 1st bar on the 15 min should be as shown in the pic. then wait for 2 red bar pullback on 5 min and enter the position with stop below that.
This was a Tier 3 gap play that did not work in my favor in the 1st 1 hour, hence I took a hit of 1R (played twice) and killed the play.
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When she lifts, Beatriz Pirón always wears earrings and looks like a beauty queen. "We can do everything… and we can also do it well, and nice," says the weightlifter as she laughs.
It is not that the 21-year-old is preparing for the runaway, although she admits she would like to be a model, it is that she likes to give it that extra beauty touch, which sometimes goes unnoticed in this sport.
That flirtation is part of the reason behind the great progress she has made in sports. "When she is on the platform she's a warrior; she has impressive stage control, and that's what makes her such a good weightlifter," says William Ozuna, president of the Dominican Weightlifting Federation.
That fierceness in Pirón has led her not only to a place on the national team, but has also earned her the respect of everyone related to the sport. "No doubt about it, she's here for the long run," says Ozuna.
When she was just a girl, Beatriz was amazed when she saw her aunt on her mother's side, Guillermina Candelario, compete nationally and internationally in the 48kg weightlifting category. At age 12, anxious to know the world beyond her half-island, Beatriz carefully listened to her aunt, who told her that through weightlifting it was possible to travel and see the world.
"For me it was an impressive combination. On one hand, my aunt did what she liked in sports, and on the other hand she had the opportunity to get to know different parts of the world. That was something I did not want to miss out on, that was something I wanted to do and experience firsthand," recalls Pirón.
Nothing else needed to be said. She immediately began training in the 48kg category under Javier Domínguez in her native San Pedro de Macorís, working hard every day. "Suddenly, going to the gym and doing my routine was like eating and sleeping. It was part of my life," she explains.
Pirón comes from a city where sports stand out above many things. It is the home of Dominican baseball players, as many call San Pedro de Macorís. It is also a region that has produced many weightlifters which include Pirón, her retired aunt, and the woman with the most appearances in Olympic Games (3), Yudelkis Contreras.
"A city known for its baseball players is now also known for its weightlifters," Pirón says.
When she was only 17-years-old, the 4'11" young girl was part of the team of weightlifters that represented the country in the London 2012 Olympics, finishing in fifth place.
Later she conquered gold and silver in the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz 2014. In the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, Pirón won a bronze medal with a total of 175kg in her lifts. Later, she won two gold medals and one silver at the 2016 Pan American Powerlifting Cup hosted in Cartagena, where she first competed in the 53kg category. Pirón recalled, "Although I competed against stronger women, I kept the gold medal for myself, that filled me with pride!" There with a total lift of 199kg she sealed her ticket to Rio 2016.
In Rio, she got close, very close to glory. She lifted a combined 187kg in the snatch and the clean and jerk, which led her to finish fourth, just one kilo short of the bronze medal. "I return home happy, because I duly represented my country, but not completely satisfied because I wanted a medal," she explains.
It is a fact that for athletes like Pirón, who give it their all, it's not easy being so close to glory and not bringing home a medal. One can almost taste it. "The truth is that at one moment, I was disappointed with myself for what happened; for being so close to winning. But I know I can do it, and this is another reason to keep going. I will never give up, and I know that in my category I can achieve great things for my country."
Rio left Pirón with the desire for much more than an Olympic medal. She wants to be the first Dominican female athlete to win a medal in this category.
"We still don't have a Dominican female Olympic medal winner; I want to achieve that for my country. My greatest hope is precisely that, to wave my flag high, so that my fellow Dominicans feel proud of me," she stated.
To this day, Pirón is featured in the history of Dominican participation as the woman with the best results in an Olympic Game.
Today, at 21, she studies accounting at APEC University, and is part of the high-performance athlete platform subsidized by the CRESO program. And, by the way, she has been to England, Thailand, Peru, Guatemala, Colombia, the United States, Venezuela, Mexico, Canada and Brazil. Her aunt was right.

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Observational Learning: Lessons from Tiger Woods
Last year, Magma Digital embarked upon a journey of discovery and enlightenment with the BIBAs Academy. Facilitated through a partnership with the Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), it is a fantastic opportunity to leverage the experience and insight of both academic and commercial thought-leaders.
This week's masterclass was hosted by the wonderfully engaging Ricardo Zozimo, a senior research associate from the 'Institute for Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development.' Ricardo intended to deliver a day of thought provoking stimulation. Indeed, he had rather aptly given himself the title of "provocateur-in-chief" for the day.
We began the day by wondering how world class athletes, such as Tiger Woods, approach learning. The American golfer started using the tactic of observational learning as an infant. Earl Woods, his father, had made Tiger his own mini golf putter and armed with the putter, Tiger would sit in his high chair watching Earl practice on a makeshift driving range in their garage.
One day when he was around nine months old, he climbed down from his highchair with his mini putter and he hit a ball straight into the net. This led to his father stating that he knew Tiger would be a great golfer before he had even turned one year old.
Learning from his father was the driving influence for Tiger as he was growing up. In the foreword to his father's book Tiger states: "In retrospect, golf for me was an apparent attempt to emulate the person I looked up to more than anyone: my father."
From the age of four, he was under the instruction of professional coaches and of course, he soon had a whole team helping him. Ricardo explained how observational learning for Tiger came to mean observing himself in action. Going over videos of his training sessions and looking for imperfections in his swing or movements.
Tiger's current team make use of technology and Big Data to aid their learning and coaching. This is symptomatic of a wider trend in not just sport – Germany leveraged Big Data successfully at the World Cup – but in business and industry too.
Ricardo proceeded to ask us how we could reflect on our routines in the working day. Our first task involved mapping out the journeys to our desk, that we complete every morning, on to A3 paper. The purpose of this exercise was to visualise what we do without thinking every day: which colleagues we walk past; whether we smile; what we say and what the responses are.
This helped us ruminate on the impacts of the behaviour we display and how it is perceived by our colleagues. In the next exercise we wrote down a list of the people we see when we walk in; we noted observations such as what behaviours they display and how they get things done. We highlighted examples of effective behaviour and thought about the people we never/rarely observe.
This was an important point: are there employees that are introverts that we could be sub-consciously ignoring? There is a skew towards individuals with extrovert characteristics in management and executive level positions. A study led by Harvard Business School found that introverts need more recognition as "the quality of being more quiet and being more receptive to different ideas is something that should be valued."
It is pertinent to note here that extroverts shouldn't be given short shrift. Bill Campbell, mentor to Eric Schmidt (Google) and the late Steve Jobs (Apple), states that a key factor in fostering an innovative business culture involves giving a platform to those amongst the "lunatic fringe." Empowering the right people in the right meetings at the right times is the key.
I think everyone present at the masterclass left with a new perspective on the insights you can learn from observation. Ricardo had lived up to his self-proclaimed "provocateur-in-chief" title. You can read an introduction to his musings on observational learning in the entrepreneurial process in this academic overview.
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I'm not actually sure how many items are considered as a 'haul', so I'd label mine as a 'mini' one. I went to Primark without any particular to-buy list in my mind, so all of the picks are quite random but hope you still enjoy the post. So let's get started!
My first pick was this springy purplish t-shirt. When I showed it to my mom she asked to get one for her and my grandmother as well, so we can look like sisters! Guess who is planning another trip to Primark now!
I've always wanted to try any of the Primark make up, but have been suspicious of its quality, especially regarding the low price. And then I decided that highlighter is not something that I usually wear and therefore, even if I didn't like it, I wouldn't end up devastated. So, I got one in the shade Rose Prosecco and there will be a review on it later this week, so stay tuned!
Then my boyfriend approached me with this thing in his hands, asking me something of the sort: 'this was something you wanted to buy on eBay, wasn't it'. So that's basically how I ended up with a pore extractor. I indeed wanted one, but wasn't really sure how useful it would be. Anyway, this one has two different-shaped sides and I haven't figured out how to work with it properly yet, but I will eventually. Let me know if you want a review on this one as well!
And the last thing I got was a lovely brown belt, which I instantly fell in love with. I thought I could use it to 'refresh' my otherwise dull black uniform. It's nice and soft, and quite a pretty shade too, so I can wear it with other pieces of clothing! It's loose enough, so everyone can use it, no matter of their waist size. I know the photo is a bit odd, but I promise to update it and share some other combinations as well!
There were also these pretty mini bags, which I liked a lot, but then I thought that I have enough bags already, so I didn't really need them. But maybe I was wrong! I'm showing you the two that caught my eye the most (pictures taken from the Primark website). I simply loved the detail on the first one and the second one is just so chick! I haven't made my mind which one I like most, but I'd love to read your thoughts about them!
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Flod is a marketing company and the sister company of the long-running English newspaper, The Florentine. Flod provides a range of services from traditional graphics and web to social media marketing, running crowdfunding campaigns, and complex product launches. The company is composed of 4 Italian men and one Canadian woman. We specialize in international and bilingual services and campaigns for the cultural sector. No Italian knowledge is necessary but strong writing skills are required.
Infinity is a family-run leather firm that specializes in the production of handbags, belts, leather garments and jewelry. The marketing internship consists of developing strategies for consolidating and expanding the firm's English-speaking clientele in and around Florence. The intern must be outgoing, independent and self-motivated.
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Italy and Wine is a tour operator in Tuscany. The company organizes cultural tours and wine tastings in the Chianti area with visits to some of the most innovative and successful wine producers in the industry. The intern will help organize cultural events related particularly to gastronomic experiences and wine tastings.
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Smart Trip is a travel company based in Florence that offers enjoyable alternative-style trips and excursions to students who want to make the most of their European experience. The company runs excursions not only within Italy to best appreciate the country's beautiful landscapes and fascinating cities, but to many international destinations as well. The company seeks to offer the best quality at the best price. The intern will be involved in various aspects of the business such as target market research, social media marketing, organizing trip details, assisting with tour promotion and some clerical duties.
Italian is not required.
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MONTREAL — Jack Layton's death has left a "gaping hole," in the New Democratic Party, his Quebec lieutenant says.
But Thomas Mulcair, echoing NDP interim leader Nycole Turmel, said now is not the time to speculate on Layton's successor. Now is the time to mourn.
"We're all so much in a state of shock," Mulcair said in an interview Tuesday with the Montreal Gazette.
"The only thing we are thinking about is the deep grief we all feel. Jack is a friend. I just lost my good friend. For the moment that's all that I am concerned about.
"Everything else can wait for another day."
Often touted as a possible successor to Layton, Mulcair's name immediately was mentioned after Layton's death Monday at age 61.
In his first statement since Layton's death — he said he was too shaken Monday to comment on his passing — Mulcair said like many Canadians he was shocked when he saw how quickly Layton had declined at a July 25 news conference. Only a month earlier he had stood with Layton for the wrap-up of work in the House of Commons.
But he said he respected Layton's privacy, and his first hint something bad was happening came when the Blackberry-addicted Layton stopped answering emails at the very end.
Heaping praise on Layton's life work, he said like others he was concerned Layton was pushing himself too hard in the last election.
"But he was so determined," Mulcair said. "He thought that if we didn't do what we had to do to stand up to the Conservatives it would be a missed opportunity in history."
He described Layton as unique. Unlike politicians who tried to profit from confronting visions in his caucus, Layton was a natural peacemaker.
"He would walk an extra mile in bare feet to avoid a fight between two groups or two people in the caucus," Mulcair said.
The best way to honour Layton, he said, is to continue his work.
"He believed it was just not normal in a society as rich as Canada that we would leave people living in misery," Mulcair said.
But a day after Layton's death and with preparations underway for Saturday's state funeral in Toronto, speculation is rapidly turning to who will replace him and what the future has in store for Mulcair.
It was Mulcair — a former provincial Liberal cabinet minister — who kicked off the NDP miracle in Quebec when he won a 2007 byelection in the Outremont riding.
Mulcair, however, played coy on Tuesday, telling a Radio-Canada interviewer earlier in the day only that Quebec is a big player in the NDP now.
"You are right to say Quebec is excessively important," Mulcair said. "It's because of the incredible support from Quebec that we made it to the official Opposition and can hope to reach the next step — which is to govern Canada after the next campaign."
If Mulcair ran, he would have the advantage of solid support from the 59-member Quebec NDP caucus, (the NDP won 103 seats across the country in the last election) many of whom he and Layton brought into politics just before the election.
He's bilingual, a lawyer and the current NDP house leader and deputy leader. At 56, Mulcair is a political animal from a family with a political past.
His great-grandfather was Honore Mercier, the premier of Quebec from 1887 to 1891.
He is the son of an Irish-Canadian father and French-Canadian mother. He graduated from McGill University in 1977 with degrees in civil and common law.
He was first elected to Quebec's national assembly in the Liberal opposition in 1994 and quickly became a member of the "rat-pack," a handful of Liberals known for their killer attacks on the Parti Quebecois government of the day.
His well-known short fuse, however, makes him the complete opposite of Layton the peacemaker. It led him to resign in a huff from Quebec Premier Jean Charest's cabinet rather than accept a demotion.


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FBI raided the offices of the Nancy Grace show yesterday and placed Headline News Cable TV's Nancy Grace in handcuffs. Grace was arrested regarding the kidnapping Caylee Anthony.
That same evening Nancy Grace's home was also raided and her twins were taking into protective custody.
The Smoking Pistol website had the all the details of the arrest and Grace's mug shot on the site. Smoking Pistol reports that the authorities found a cheap woman's weave made of Cuban human hair with bad highlights and a phony work permit in the name of Zenida Gonzales at the residence of Nancy Grace hidden under mounds of Anne Nicole Smith paraphernalia.
The site reports that Nancy Grace was taken kicking and screaming. She was yelling to her assistant to get California bounty hunter Leonard Padilla on the line and have him bail her out as she was led out. Once Grace knew this was a great moment to get more ratings she screamed at her camera to catch all the action so she could talk about the arrest for several months to bored housewives.
Casey Anthony's lawyer, Jose Baez, suddenly called for a news conference and demanded his client be released. He said "It appears there was a Zenida Gonzales after all. We just didn't suspect that the mysterious Zenida Gonzales would be Nancy Grace herself".
The Smoking Pistol reports that Nancy Grace had kidnapped Caylee Anthony so she could create massive ratings for her own show on Cable TV.
Also found at Nancy Grace's residence were copies of fake birth certificates that were not filled out and a rolodex of famous celebrities who recently had babies, including Clay Aiken and Angelina Jolie.
Authorities did not offer any details on the whereabouts of Caylee Anthony, because Nancy Grace was still being interrogated.
The Smoking Pistol documents that authorities told them that Nancy Grace not only had kidnapped Caylee Anthony but it was also discovered that Grace was part of an elaborate baby selling, drug dealing and murder for hire business on the side besides hosting her show on Cable TV on Headline News.
It was also reported that Grace hired people to protest in front of Casey Anthony's parents home, to give the case more sense of drama, but it was reported that Grace was so cheap the protesters had to pay for their gas to get to Casey's parents home.
The FBI started to suspect Grace was behind many of the cases that she highlighted on her show when they tailed Drew Peterson, the policeman with the missing young wife, and photographed Peterson handing Grace an envelope stuffed with thousand dollar bills at a Bolingbrook Denny's.
That started the whole investigation toward Nancy Grace being the culprit in many of her most famous cases on her show. The Smoking Pistol said that the authorities had found records that showed that Nancy Grace had sold prescription drugs to Howard Stern, the lawyer for Anne Nicole Smith.
Grace was also part owner of the stripper service in Durham, North Carolina, that Crystal Gail Mangum worked for when she went to perform for the Duke Lacrosse Team. Grace had been angered that her girls had been stiffed by the young men.


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It's been a while since I took photos of anything worth while. I'm glad these turned out OK. Taken with Nikon D90, Sigma 70-300mm. My fingers are very numb still, from standing outside for about an hour. Tonight I found out how fast the Moon moves. Shots that were longer than 4 second exposure were blurred.
Wow! Beautiful pictures! I enjoyed the lunar eclipse also for about an hour and took pictures with my Olympus E510 Olympus 40-150mm…yours are amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Nice work! I love how you've put them all together in a nice little sequence. In my part of the world the moon just rose then and I didn't see it or get any photos which is sad but I feel better now that I've seen yours. Thanks!
Great shots. Which aperture and shutter speed did you use?
Sadly I missed the ecplise – so I couldn't make any picutres of it :(
Awesome shots Jin!
nice shot! Jin
Beautiful shots. And great timing :)
Gorgeous!! For a minute I thought you were the Nasa photo contest winner (see link below) as I have a series that looks almost identical to this as my rotating wallpaper. I would like to learn how to take night sky time lapse photos…will need a fancy camera I suppose…
Wow, this looks incredibly beautiful!
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For an Incredible Jackson Hole Dining Experience Call 307 Catering and Chef Tim Cabradilla
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Create A Yoga Staycation To Prove Om Is Where the Heart Is
This article describes a simple retreat from a stay at a country guest house, and ideas for reminding you that om is where the heart is.
Fridays find Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan and her husband, Maxwell, packing their bags and heading for Long Island, like so many other Manhattanites. But their decision to restore an early-19th-century barn on their property has turned their weekend home into a unique respite from the trappings of urban existence. Surrounded by bluffs that overlook the Long Island Sound, the barn now houses a kitchen, a dining area, and a spacious yoga studio—a stark contrast from their tiny studio apartment in lower Manhattan and their weekday lives. During the week, Sara Kate works for a nonprofit foundation; Maxwell teaches at a private school. But on weekends, the yoga room awaits them and the many friends who join them for summertime retreats.
On Friday evenings, guests gather for a simple meal created from whatever is fresh from Sara Kate's garden. Then it's early to bed—in cloth-covered yurts that dot the property—so everyone can rise with the sun. Breakfast on Saturday is taken in silence, giving those gathered a chance to transition into a reflective weekend. Yoga is often taught by friend and yoga teacher Alison Novie, who guides the group in vinyasa classes. Time in between yoga sessions, group meditation, and meals is unstructured, allowing the freedom to read, nap, swim, walk, or meditate.
At the end of the day, everyone takes a turn in the outdoor shower and then gathers around a fireplace that Maxwell built. "Evening is a magical time out here," Sara Kate says. "We have the fire outside, dozens of candles burning inside, and so many stars that the sky seems to reflect the candles dozens of times over."
On Sunday, guests pack up to go back to the city just after midday, feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. "This is where I feel most at home," Sara Kate says. "So sometimes it's hard to leave. But I know that each weekend I'm here gives me great balance and helps me through the week to come."
See also 7 Things to Know Before You Book Your First Yoga Retreat
Design Your Perfect Staycation Retreat
You don't need a second home to host a weekend retreat. Here are some ideas for enjoying a great escape without going anywhere.
Create a yoga space that feels open and uncluttered. Sounds and smells can be deeply soothing, so have CDs and aromatherapy candles at the ready.
Consider hiring a yoga teacher to lead a session or a massage therapist for extra pampering. However you orchestrate the schedule, remember that the goal is to have plenty of time for quiet reflection.
Create an area where guests can choose from yoga and meditation books, magazines, or novels. Ask each friend to bring a favorite book to contribute to the mix.
Simplify meals by making them a community effort. Plan a simple menu and ask your friends to bring specific items to contribute, or give each guest a task to help get the food on the table.
Let other friends and family know that you'll be out of touch unless there's an emergency. Then turn off your cell phone and relish the silence until the designated end of your retreat.
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THE Thames Valley's economy has been the fastest-growing in the UK over the past five years.
And the boom looks set to continue for the next five with a predicted four per cent growth per year in the area - the highest in the European Union.
New figures show that between 1998 and 2003 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire's growth outstripped everywhere in the UK - and was the 10th highest in the EU.
Rebecca Snow, senior economist at Experian, the firm which compiled the figures, said it was the people of Reading and its surrounding area that made the region such a good future prospect.
"The key features are a positive demographic outlook - there is strong population growth and a strong growth in the population of a working age," she said.
"That means there will be an increased demand for services that those people will need. There is also a good mix of educational qualifications - employers can take in quality people."
She said the biggest areas for growth were in financial and business services, which then had a knock-on effect for other parts of the economy.
"Real estate, legal services and IT are all big growth areas in Reading itself, plus there are good transport links to London," she said. That creates more need for services - so the outlook for the region is very good."
The Thames Valley's Gross Domestic Product - the total value of goods and services produced in the area - increased by an average of 4.4 per cent in the past five years.
This places the region 10th in the EU and ahead of inner London and Kent which saw 3.8 per cent growth. In a prediction of future economic expansion over the period 2004-2009, the Thames Valley also comes out ahead, with an average of four per cent per year - the highest in the EU.
The figures also underline the growing North/South divide in the UK, with many areas, including Northumberland, Merseyside and the Highlands of Scotland actually shrinking economically.
"Although the UK economy will continue to be one of the most successful in Europe, it is also the most regionally divided between North and South," said Ms Snow.
"Looking at the next five years, we expect the divide to deepen further, with the gap between the best-performing and worst-performing UK regions more extreme than in any other Western European country."


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About Shen Qi Jing Wellness
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Master Malia Davidson has been a community organizer, educator, mediator and advocate for special needs children and Hawaiian language and cultural education for over two decades. Born and raised in Maui, Hawaiʻi, a native Hawaiian and mother of five children, she received both a bachelors and masters degrees as a non-traditional student from the University of Hawaiʻi in peace studies and political science. Her struggles as a student led her to administering a national scholarship program for Native Hawaiians nationwide. With a chance to make a difference, she worked in all levels of government and education boards to increase funding for Hawaiian scholars, advocate and bridge partnerships to bring about a leadership program that would elevate the level of Hawaiian scholars support and advocacy within their own ranks.
As a Certified Master Teacher of Tao Academy, she continues to be a passionate advocate for the health and happiness of all while staying closely tied to the environment of her island home. Her relationship to the ancient ones runs deep as the teachings seamlessly cross over to her Hawaiian roots. This unique connection helps her bring relevance and transformation to those she teaches. Aloha is key, as all life exists because our love for each other is our bond.
Charles Robinson
Charles is a Tao Hands Practitioner and a master of body work. He is a licensed massage therapist specializing in relieving acute and chronic discomfort suffering from symptoms and long term discomfort, healing, prevention, and rehabilitation. His over 20 years experience has brought him clients from all over the world as he continues to serve the kupuna (elder) to keiki (children).
Ku'ulei is a Guan Yin Lineage Holder and a Tao Hands Practitioner. A gifted hula dancer, she has performed for Master Sha and his global audience bringing them the essence of Hawaiʻi through her dance. She is a Tao dancer and the only designated Divine hula dancer and Divine hula teacher.
Heather was given the Tao Hands transmission from Master David Lusch when he traveled to Maui in 2013. This was an unexpected surprise, however, one that Heather uses. She has performed for Master Sha and his global audience on several occasions, each time receiving generous blessings from Master Sha himself. Heather is a Tao Song Practitioner and has been featured in the international day of happiness launch of "Share the Love Peace Harmony video." She has committed her life to serve others to bring happiness to their lives.
Kamana'o received his Tao Hands in 2015. He made a decision to receive this treasure on his own as everyone in the family had this ability. After performing with his conch shell for Master Sha in 2015 in Honolulu, he was designated as a Tao Conch Shell or Horn blower. He is one of the youngest practitioners in Hawaiʻi.
Nalani is the oldest daughter and was away in college when the family was receiving their training. Since then she has received her Tao Hands and continues to evolve naturally. She is a talented hula dancer and writer.


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I've come to a stalemate in my game where I'm struggling to upgrade the barn. I'm on level 76. I don't really play the Zoo side of the game, is this why I'm having problems?
I've come to a stalemate in my game where I'm struggling to upgrade the barn. I'm on level 76. I don't really play the Zoo side of the game, is this why I'm having problems?
Things really start slowing down at about this level. It takes more & more xp/coins to get anything. There are no easy answers, it's a very time consuming game. Upgrade trains so materials will arrive faster, upgrade xp/time in factories so you level up faster. XP/coin upgrade ratio 2:1. Set goals, double helicopter coins builds factories. Develop zoo will get you some xp but it's not imperative. I hope this helps happy gaming
I found levels 74-85 a real struggle, especially with barnspace. I stopped doing any barn enclosures until after community buildings completed, gaining a fair amount of both barnspace and coin from selling off excess materials.
I also put buying factories on hold, but that has side effects of not being able to help teammates as much as I'd like to, lots of undoable Heli orders and relying on Dealer for plane and train products, so while it's worked for me, not something I could recommend.
Hang on in there, it will get easier.
I agree with the sentiments here. Improve your trains, ignore the zoo, only start 1 community building at a time to help the train algorhythm know what to bring you. Concentrate on 1 thing at a time and be patient. There are lots of tips in the "good ideas for new players thread and everywhere else in this forum.
I was stalled at lvl 89 on 11/29 with 5 CBs started before I found out what a bad idea that is. I improved my trains so they run every 2 hours and made myself learn how to use the tool exchange. Today, Im more than half way thru lvl 92 and working on my last cb. Next task is to upgrade my barn bigtime. Im only at 910 and I am able to keep all the things I need without slowing my play too much, but I want to be able to not worry about it.
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Thanks for that info it was very helpful


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United Nations aid agencies say fighting in Liberia is displacing thousands of people inside the country, while many others are fleeing to neighboring Sierra Leone.
The aid agencies say tens of thousands of Liberians are fleeing their homes because of fierce fighting between government troops and rebel soldiers.
Kris Janowski of the U.N. refugee agency reports that many of those fleeing are seeking safety across the border in Sierra Leone. "More than 9,500 Liberians have arrived in Sierra Leone since February 8th," he said. "Over the past few days there have been people arriving at a rate of 300 to 500 a day because of fighting inside Liberia."
But most of those fleeing have stayed inside Liberia. The World Food Program (WFP) says it is providing food aid to over 50,000 people who have been forced to leave their homes. Many of these have sought shelter in camps set up in the capital, Monrovia, and in the nearby towns of Kakata and Sinje.
WFP spokeswoman Christiane Bertiaume says ever-increasing numbers of Liberians have been forced to leave their homes. "They are telling us that their home towns are completely deserted," she said. "Same thing also with Klay Junction where last week we had 10,000 displaced people. This town has been completely emptied. These people have been displaced once and they are displaced again. And many leave the country, many around the villages around Heindii said when they saw people running and fleeing, they got scared."
The U.N. children's organization (UNICEF) says it is sending emergency supplies of food and medicine to help the displaced people, most of whom have lost just about all of their belongings.
UNICEF spokeswoman Wivina Belmonte says the agency is paying special attention to the needs of families with young children. "Some have received aid, some have not received aid," she said. "A lot have children under five and these are families we are targeting most. There are three 3,000 families with children under five. They are malnourished, they have been traumatized and they need the aid."
Ms. Belmonte says UNICEF is also setting up areas inside the camps where children will be protected and not drawn into the conflict.
Since 1999, forces loyal to Liberian President Charles Taylor have been fighting against a rebel group called Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy. For most of that time, the fighting had been confined to the north of the country, but in recent weeks the rebels have been moving south, closer to the capital, setting off the fighting that has sent thousands fleeing.


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These tasty strawberry rhubarb muffins make a scrumptious breakfast, tasty lunch box treat or afternoon tea. Vanilla yoghurt is the trick to keeping these nice and moist.
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How to Make a Lined and Quilted Pillow Sham
Made of coordinating or contrasting fabric, quilted pillow shams offer the home decorator the unique opportunity of adding her own custom touch to the bedscape. The head of a coordinated bed is the place for one or more luxurious quilted pillow shams; they are the backdrop of the focal point that is the bed, and they support the decorator pillows. Add trim or tassels, use whimsical fabric combinations or choose classic textures and let them be a statement all their own.
Measure your pillow width and length and add twice the desired flange width plus 3 inches to each measurement plus 1 inch for seam allowances. For example, if you want a 3-inch flange on the sham, add 9 inches to the width and length and cut the sham top to this measurement.
Cut two pieces for the sham back equal in size to the pillow measurements plus twice the flange width and 1 inch for seam allowances. Sham backs are not typically quilted.
Cut one piece of lining equal to the cut measurements of the sham front and two pieces equal to the sham pieces.
Cut one piece of 4-ounce quilt batting equal in size to the front sham piece.
Layer the sham front pieces. Lay the lining on the table, wrong side visible. Lay the quilt batting on the lining and top with the sham fabric, right side visible. Pin the layers together with pins every 5 inches in each direction. The excess width and length allow for take-up in the quilting process.
Quilt the front piece with your preferred quilting method. Machine-outline or hand-stitch around the fabric design or draw parallel lines with a self-erasing fabric marker and sew along the lines for a geometric design, for example. Sew through all the layers.
Lay the quilted piece on the table, lining side visible, and cut a new rectangle from the piece equal to the pillow width and length plus twice the flange width plus 1 inch. Following the example, recut the sham front piece to the pillow width and length plus 7 inches.
Lay the two back pieces on the table, wrong sides visible, and lay the corresponding lining pieces wrong side to wrong side. Treat the two layers as one and turn one short edge over 1/2 inch twice. Press the folds and sew through all the layers.
Fold the two hemmed edges over 4 inches, wrong sides together, and press the folds.
Pin the folds in place along the raw edges.
Lay one back piece on the table, right side visible. Lay the second back piece on the table right side visible, overlapping the folded edges. Adjust the overall length of the two pieces to match the length of the pillow plus twice the flange width plus the seam allowance.
Pin the two pieces together along the overlapped sections.
Lay the front quilted piece on the back piece, right side against right side, and pin the raw edges together.
Sew around the outside edges with a 1/2-inch seam allowance.
Trim the quilted seam allowance down to 1/8 inch.
Turn the sham right side out and press.
Draw a line with a self-erasing fabric marker around the perimeter of the sham indicating the flange width.
Sew through all the layers, creating the flange.
Things Needed
- Tape measure
- Sham fabric
- 4-ounce quilt batting
- Lining fabric
- Tape measure
- Scissors
- Straight pins
- Sewing machine
- Matching thread
- Self-erasing marking pencil
- Pre-wash and dry the fabric and lining to prevent shrinkage later.
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24th January, 2018
Young songwriters from Hertfordshire performed their songs at a Songwriter Showcase at Stevenage Music centre on Friday 8th December 2017. Songwriter workshop leader Ije Amaechi introduced the performers, and also welcomed to the audience young refugees she and Victoria Port have been working with at Breaks Manor Youth Club in Hatfield.
Charlotte Nairne opened the evening with two nicely understated and reflective lyric-based songs including Collide, written at a workshop at St Albans Music School in April 2017.
Lorna Thompson gave an excellent performance of her heartfelt song Talk to Me, accompanied by HMS workshop leader and Stevenage Rockschool alumna Victoria Port. "You and me were broken before we begun" is a fantastic closing lyric. It would be great to hear this song in a studio recording.
Snow Foxes gave a confident performance of Lost in Time and Space, written after meeting for the first time at a Songwriting workshop in Watford. Finn Scourfield played some excellent guitar, with confident vocals from Harry Ransley. Drummer Rowan Scourfield then played his powerful and moving Song for Grenfell.
Leona Tindall played 2 great songs on acoustic guitar, and showed a good ear for a lyrical hook.
P4DDY performed a folk-influenced new song that ended with a jig-influenced rap. It will be good to see how he develops this style in future writing.
Miriam Nyarko sang two soul-influenced songs with her uplifting melismatic vocals, including the inspirational Rise.
Princes to Kings from St Albans closed the evening with a confident, and well-focused 3 song set.
Victoria commented on the high quality of all the performances, especially noting how vulnerable songwriters often feel performing their own songs in public. If so, these young people rose to the challenge brilliantly.
Songwriting workshops and showcases will run at music centres throughout Hertfordshire in 2018 – find dates of all forthcoming events, here.


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To place the Global Climate Action Summit, held in September 2018 in San Francisco, at the forefront of the global conversation on climate change, Havas PR needed to identify those on the climate frontline to mobilize diverse communities, spark interest in the Summit and provide essential information about the goals of the event. We were also tasked with bringing the events' key climate pillars to life, firing up the Summit's earned and owned media channels and leveraging them both to secure global coverage in multiple languages that demonstrated how much progress is being made on climate action.
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While focusing on core public relations tactics to increase the impact of the Summit's messages, including conducting daily media outreach, we also developed the Summit's website to act as a key portal for global audiences—acting as a web editor by uploading and creating Summit, partner and affiliate content such as news, blogs and event previews. The site provided opportunities for individuals to participate in Summit activations and connect with partners, climate trailblazers and supporters in their cities, communities and beyond. At the same time, we established, monitored and measured the Summit's social media presence, using unique hashtags to share stories of climate action and hosted global digital surges to bring the ambition, inspiration and creativity of the Summit to countries around the world. We monitored and managed press accreditation requests, designed style guides, directed a sizzle reel and developed digital toolkits in multiple languages for media, delegates, affiliate events, organizers, trailblazers, speakers and communications teams.


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An enumeration is used to define a type consisting of a set of named values.
enum Color {
case Red, Green, Blue
This defines a new
sealed class,
Color, with three values,
Color.Blue. The color values are members of
companion object.
Parameterized enums
Enums can be parameterized.
enum Color(val rgb: Int) {
case Red extends Color(0xFF0000)
case Green extends Color(0x00FF00)
case Blue extends Color(0x0000FF)
As the example shows, you can define the parameter value by using an explicit extends clause.
Methods defined for enums
The values of an enum correspond to unique integers. The integer
associated with an enum value is returned by its
ordinal method:
scala> val red = Color.Red
val red: Color = Red
scala> red.ordinal
val res0: Int = 0
The companion object of an enum also defines two utility methods.
valueOf method obtains an enum value
by its name. The
values method returns all enum values
defined in an enumeration in an
scala> Color.valueOf("Blue")
val res0: Color = Blue
scala> Color.values
val res1: Array[Color] = Array(Red, Green, Blue)
User-defined members of enums
It is possible to add your own definitions to an enum. Example:
enum Planet(mass: Double, radius: Double) {
private final val G = 6.67300E-11
def surfaceGravity = G * mass / (radius * radius)
def surfaceWeight(otherMass: Double) = otherMass * surfaceGravity
case Mercury extends Planet(3.303e+23, 2.4397e6)
case Venus extends Planet(4.869e+24, 6.0518e6)
case Earth extends Planet(5.976e+24, 6.37814e6)
case Mars extends Planet(6.421e+23, 3.3972e6)
case Jupiter extends Planet(1.9e+27, 7.1492e7)
case Saturn extends Planet(5.688e+26, 6.0268e7)
case Uranus extends Planet(8.686e+25, 2.5559e7)
case Neptune extends Planet(1.024e+26, 2.4746e7)
It is also possible to define an explicit companion object for an enum:
object Planet {
def main(args: Array[String]) = {
val earthWeight = args(0).toDouble
val mass = earthWeight / Earth.surfaceGravity
for (p <- values)
println(s"Your weight on $p is ${p.surfaceWeight(mass)}")
Compatibility with Java Enums
If you want to use the Scala-defined enums as Java enums, you can do so by extending
java.lang.Enum class as follows:
enum Color extends java.lang.Enum[Color] { case Red, Green, Blue }
The type parameter comes from the Java enum definition and should be the same as the type of the enum.
There is no need to provide constructor arguments (as defined in the Java API docs) to
java.lang.Enum when extending it – the compiler will generate them automatically.
After defining
Color like that, you can use it like you would a Java enum:
scala> Color.Red.compareTo(Color.Green)
val res15: Int = -1
For a more in-depth example of using Scala 3 enums from Java, see this test. In the test, the enums are defined in the
MainScala.scala file and used from a Java source,
Enums are represented as
sealed classes that extend the
scala.reflect.Enum trait.
This trait defines a single public method,
package scala.reflect
/** A base trait of all Scala enum definitions */
super trait Enum extends Any with Product with Serializable {
/** A number uniquely identifying a case of an enum */
def ordinal: Int
Enum values with
extends clauses get expanded to anonymous class instances.
For instance, the
Venus value above would be defined like this:
val Venus: Planet =
new Planet(4.869E24, 6051800.0) {
def ordinal: Int = 1
override def productPrefix: String = "Venus"
override def toString: String = "Venus"
Enum values without
extends clauses all share a single implementation
that can be instantiated using a private method that takes a tag and a name as arguments.
For instance, the first
definition of value
Color.Red above would expand to:
val Red: Color = $new(0, "Red")
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German carmaker Volkswagen finally revealed the first official photos of their new Volkswagen Golf VII GTI. Apparently the specialists plan to introduce it on the market in the spring of 2013, even though at the beginning were sure it will be the autumn of next year. The automaker plans to present it for the first time at the Paris Motor Show as a near production concept. According to them, the model that will be available for purchase will be almost exactly like the concept version.
Under the hood, the new Volkswagen Golf VII GTI features a 2.0-liter TFSI turbo engine capable of developing 220 horsepower. For the ones interested in more power, the carmaker offers a performance package as optional. This will boost the output of the engine to 230 horsepower and 258 lb. ft. of torque. Even being capable of developing more power, the fuel consumption will be 6.6 liters per 100 km. The output enables the car to accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in 6.6 seconds and to reach a top speed of 152 mph.
The models equipped with the performance kit will be capable of reaching a top speed of 155 mph and of accelerating from 0 to 62 mph in 6.5 seconds. In terms of design, the new VW Golf VII GTI concept features a honeycomb radiator grille with a red line in typical GTI style. It also has twin chrome exhaust pipes and LED taillights. The suspension lowers the new version by 15 mm and to handle the power, the engineers have offered red brake calipers and GTI wheels available in 17-inch or 18-inch. An improved version of the Brooklyn alloy wheels is also available. When it comes to the interior, the specialists have nothing new to offer, but aluminum pedals and red ambient lightning, for the romantic in you.
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|Volkswagen Golf VI - First pictures
|Volkswagen Golf VII R by MTM
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|Volkswagen Golf VII by Caractere Automobile and JMS
|Volkswagen Golf R by ABT
|Volkswagen up! and Golf VII
|Volkswagen Golf VII GTD
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|Cars & News
|2018 Buick Enclave review
|2017 Ford F-250 XLT Super Duty review
|2015 Audi A8 L Chauffeur review
|2015 McLaren P1 by MSO review
|2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Coupe review
|2020 Porsche Macan GTS comes to fill Macan S and Macan Turbo range
|Suzuki Jimny is set to get competition from Jeep
|Toyota Highlander will be available in petrol only or hybrid powertrain
|Skoda Rapid facelift was unveiled in Russia
|McLaren 620R is the limited edition street version of the 570S GT4


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"I wish I wasn't prepared" said no one ever
If criminals threaten your life to steal your bitcoin, what's your plan to defend yourself? In this episode we speak with Coinsure, a Python programmer and former police officer, who at one time guarded the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Coinsure gives us a primer on physical security in bitcoin. Our first mission here at GnB is to help you protect your life and your bitcoin. That's why we created the Scorpion Case. And why we're bringing you this episode.
- Analysis of known physical Bitcoin attacks since 2014
- Examination of situational awareness as the best proactive measure
- Why things are stolen explained by the acronym C.R.A.V.E.D.
- Practical advice for attack deterrence, with situational guidance for traveling, kidnapping, and trading
- Advice for general security and tools that apply to areas beyond Bitcoin
- Coinsure on Twitter and GitHub
- Video of Coinsure's presentation on this topic at the Transylvania Crypto Conference and his accompanying slides
- Jameson Lopp's GitHub repo of Known Physical Bitcoin Attacks
- The Coldcard Bitcoin Wallet has a "Brick me PIN" option
- What is a Bitcoin multisignature transaction and a Replace by Fee


text: We are getting romantic on today's show to start the week! Zach and Robin join us from Texas to share their unforgettable Disney Wedding last year. From planning to the big day at the Grand Floridian, we hear what it is truly like to be a Disney Princess marrying her Prince! We also share lots of great tips for traveling with extended family and friends! Thank you so much for your support of our podcast! Also, please follow the show on Twitter @BeOurGuestMike and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/beourguestpodcast. Thanks to our friends at www.TouringPlans.com and beourguestpodcast.com/amazon for sponsoring today's podcast!


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The worldwide telemedicine market is encountering gigantic development over the globe by virtue of broad utilization of medicinal services IT arrangements, enhanced media transmission foundation, and popularity for essential care benefits over the globe. Besides, rising commonness of interminable ailments and mechanical headway in the medicinal services fuel the market development. High establishment cost of telemedicine arrangements and accessibility of web benefits in provincial ranges may control the market development.
Key players profiled in the report are Koninklijke Philips N.V. (The Netherlands), Medtronic (Ireland) AMD Telemedicine Technologies (U.S.), General Electric Company (U.K.), Neusoft Corporation (China), McKesson Corporation (US) , Intel (US), and IBM (US).
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Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier said that, considering the way the season started - winning six of the first seven games - he felt "for sure" that they'd havea great year.
That's why having the Lightning miss the playoffs for the second straight season was "really disappointing" to Lecavalier, who says the team is not that far off from being back in there.
Lecavalier talked with the media Monday morning as the Lightning cleaned out its lockers, discussing what went wrong, where it goes from here, and his future in Tampa Bay.
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"Lighten up," she thinks to herself as she raises a beer to her mouth and gulps too much, too quickly, so that she'll need more time to swallow—granting herself a moment to decide how she's going to respond.
This guy is drunk; he thinks he's being funny. But as he drawls on—loud, too close to her face—the conviction in his words are sincere: "I mean, it's a fact: high heels just make a woman look more fully a woman. Like, as her best self and I'm surprised not more girls wear them here."
"Oh honey," she coos in her head, because he's only just moved here from Florida. If only he knew how biting the winters are. If only he knew how annoying heels are to wear. If only he knew how angry he was making her.
But surely, she should lighten up. He's just a man, making simple conversation at a bar.
A man holds a door for her: "See? Chivalry isn't dead!"
Yessir, chivalry is not yet dead and neither are male self-congratulating egos. She smiles weakly, supposing he means well—she's in a hurry anyway.
Lighten up.
"Are you seeing anyone special these days?"
After years of getting together with family, she knows this is always the first question asked. Before anything about how grad school is going, what her professors are like, or how stressed she is—no, no she's not dating anyone.
"Good to see you too, Grandma."
Lighten up.
Gifts are being opened at a bridal shower and the collective reaction to a cream cheese spreader sounds more like a high-pitched chorus: "Oh! Every girl needs one of those!"
Do they? She didn't know. She waits desperately for the ironic laughter that doesn't come.
Instead, a beer mug is unwrapped seconds later and dubbed as "the gift the groom cares about."
Lighten up.
"Hey white girlllll," she hears as she locks the door to her apartment.
A man lumbers down the street behind her, still mumbling his uncomfortable remark. No harm done—just another day, another unsolicited comment from a stranger.
Lighten up.
"No thank you," she hears herself repeating to the same man, his hand resting awkwardly on her shoulder. "I'm not interested and you're clearly not interested in me because you blatantly said you don't care about my job or know what I do even though I just told you about it."
"Despite that," he continues, "I'd still like to grab dinner with you sometime…"
"No." She walks away.
She sees him again. Same night, different bar. And then the shoulder touch: "So, dinner??"
Lighten up.
Ending a late night at McDonald's and a group of guys near the register begin purring at her.
"Where are you from?" It's less of a question than it is a shout.
Not the first time she's heard it but still—almond-shaped eyes and dark hair don't make her any less American.
"I'm from Minneapolis."
"With all your feminism stuff, why wear a bra at all?"
She's on the phone; she's on the bus. She's not going to explain that no, not not wearing a bra does not make her any more or less feminist. Of course, it's a joke, in no way ill-intended—"Lighten up," says her sister.
90,000 shares of a Vine making fun of Caitlyn Jenner and yet she presses play to view it too. It's a good imitation too, dammit.
Lighten up.
She echoes, again and again, that one line from that one essay: "It's hard to be told to lighten up because if you lighten up any more, you're going to float the fuck away."
But indeed, "floating" seems to be an accurate description. Little pieces blow away with each push, making her presence as a woman feel less and less powerful. She is disappearing within her own reason—reasons to be polite, to be agreeable, to be "ladylike."
But she is out of excuses.
She might be you, she is me, and shouldn't we all just lighten up?
No, please.
Gather your darkness, your storm clouds. Let the world know the weight of our pain.
Because she does not deserve to go unnoticed.


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Veteran actress Bharathi Vishnuvardhan who has acted in more than 100 movies in Kananda, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam languages has made her debut in Tulu and has acted in a new Tulu film called 'Ambar Caterers'.
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Not only Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, but Sharathi Lohitashwa and Sindhu Lokanath have also made their debut to Tulu cinema with this film. Naveen Padil, Aravind Bolar and others play prominent roles in the film. Manikanth Kadri is the music director, while Santhosh Rai Pathaje is the cameraman.


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On an artistic note, naked raku, the process I use to make these bears, is a western version of the traditional Japanese Raku method of firing ceramics in a reduction kiln. This causes cracking and flaking of the glaze which is eventually removed. This process provides unique markings for the sculptures.
The whale tails are 30cm (12") high and are made from clay with various stone bases.
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How do you solve a problem like TyLean? Perhaps it is her pre-occupation with nihilism, an ethos that I give about as much credit to as what Walter does in The Big Lebowski. I mean, seriously? She really believes in the ultimate worthlessness of everything? Why wake up, eat breakfast, or do something creative like write music if you truly believe that there is no worth or purpose to life? TyLean's obsession with despair, child abuse, and insanity is just about as fun as watching Schindler's List on repeat.
I'm not trying to imply that music needs to have some redemptive happiness in order for it to be good. For instance, I would be hard-pressed to find a single "joyful" moment in any song by Joy Division, but I don't know anyone who would argue that their music isn't completely amazing and worth listening to. However, music needs to have a hook, a carrot at the end of a stick, something that sets it apart and makes it interesting in order for it to be worth listening to—and TyLean's music is just missing something.
TyLean, for her part, seems to be taking the Fiona Apple approach of "I write for me not you," and appears to be rather proud that some of her songs verge on the unlistenable. "Rosalyn," for instance, chronicles a dream in which children at an orphanage are tortured, and (ahem!) separated from their skin. TyLean doesn't seem concerned that some may be unwilling to listen to the song, and states on her own MySpace page that "If 'Rosalyn' got to them so much that they had to turn it off, then I have successfully recreated the dream, because I couldn't take any more or [sic] it either. 'Rosalyn' is my proudest accomplishment to date." (If you are a nihilist who believes there is no purpose to anything, then why try to ascertain purpose from a dream, or even be proud of an accomplishment?)
Frankly, I'm not against music that is creepy, disturbing, sad, depressing, headache inducing, or otherwise nauseating. Peaches? Yes! Jesus Lizard? One of my favorite bands! AIDS Wolf? Bring it ON! The problem here is that TyLean just isn't interesting enough.
TyLean has the right idea with a lot of great influences. She sounds a lot like a mash-up of Tori Amos and Rasputina—but she's just not quite there. Her voice is great and she has interesting ideas with both cello and piano, but the ultimate problem is that she spoon-feeds her message to the audience too much of the time. Her video for "Corner of My Eye" is about a descent into insanity complete with images of her flapping about in a straight jacket inside a dark, dungeon-like, London tunnel while dry humping a dusty piano and being strangled by a dude who looks like a cross between Andre the Giant and Robert Plant.
TyLean's kind of what would happen if the kids from "Goth Talk" on SNL formed a band. There is simply too much contrived freak show camp, and not enough true simmering terror. She rings inauthentic because she tells us what we should be thinking and heaps it on in dollops too big to swallow. Leave just a little bit to the imagination, TyLean; you don't always need to proclaim it from the mountain.
My heart still palpitates when I see the "Bull in the Heather" video. I feel like I'm 13 all over again.
And yes, I did know that Joy Division's name was intentionally ironic and also aptly a depressing one ;)
We should all swap notes! God, I just watched the Bull in the Heather video and it brought back great memories. My best friend and I would lose our shit everytime it came on, that and Doll Parts by Hole.
I just came home after watching The Runaways movie and I'm all of a sudden feeling so nostalgic. Music used to feel so BIG, now I'm old and boring and worry about paying bills.
While I do appreciate your outstanding sense of humor in this review, I just thought I'd point out that Joy Division's name was an intentionally ironic one, and suitably depressing.
Courtesy of Wikipedia:
"[T]he band renamed themselves Joy Division in early 1978, borrowing their new name from the prostitution wing of a Nazi concentration camp mentioned in the 1955 novel The House of Dolls.'"
/end huge music nerd-dom
Whew. Ok. Sorry.
Thanks for the review! Definitely gave me a chuckle. :)
- Fellow reviewer M. Brianna Stallings
Indeed, I ran my college station :P But I wasn't cool enough to be listening to Sonic Youth (and no, I don't know why, but I wasn't; I think I was listening to Fugazi and some weird synthpop instead). That said, I'm enough of a snob to swap with the best of the college radio set, and I will swap music notes (ha) with y'all any freaking time.
Good lord, what feminist who came of age in the '90s didn't? LOL! I taped the Bull in the Heather vid off MTV (when they actually played music instead of trash reality TV) and absolutely wore that shit out! We should totally swap notes on our music collections! (And Brittany too, who was a DJ at her college radio station.)
I just found my first gray hair this week, so enjoy this blast from the past: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2v47r_sonic-youth-bull-in-the-heather_music
Mandy, you make me laugh! I had a huge thing for Kathleen Hanna and Kim Gordon.
I know, right? Are we showing our age on this though? I mean, I was in love w/ Shirley Manson when I was in middle school and that shit was soooo contrived!
I love this review, btw!
Peaches and Jesus Lizard? A girl after my own heart!


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This is the first, and quite possibly the only, year that I've been eligible to vote for the Nebula Awards. The Nebula Awards, for those who don't know, are one of the biggest awards of science fiction fandom. This is the one voted by members of Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers of America, as opposed to the fan-voted Hugo awards.
So to make the most of it, I'm reading as many of the nominees as I can find to do before the voting period ends. Here are my rankings of the Short Story category in order of preference from favorite to least (for the voting I pick only one, but to flesh it out as a full review I found this helpful). The Short Story category covers all speculative fiction stories of 7500 words or less.


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The Black Diamond CEO marks this special day in his life with a brand new single for the fans titled "Funkeh". This comes a month after the release of "Oh No No", a song we're still fitting into our playlists nicely. No wahala tho… we'll just add this one without thinking twice. The song is pure flames!
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Hello new topic of research and help.
I have flash installed of course DE-7.0 and starting from flash, I can configure all and mount sda1 automatically from configuration -> device, without problem without errors for example sda1 --> /media/ba, this creates an automatic entry in FSTAB like this:
/dev/disk/by-uuid/e1d76d49-5a9d-4499-b3cb-90a4bfd00fcb /media/ba auto auto, nofail 0 0
Why I mount there sda1? because this is where BarryAllen is installed in sda1 /media/ba
the device is mounted, has no errors and I can restart the dreambox always mount the device.
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After installing from BarryAllen new image DE-7.0 as usual in sda1 and reboot for select new image, start the dreambox from usb-> sda1 the new image DE-7.0 and configure it.
But it never lets me mount sda1 in any directory like /media/ba or any other. configuration -> device --> There is no mountpoint defined ...
I mount normally --> Manually select a mountpoint -> media/ba -> save --> ERROR-> there was an error while configuring device
I guess because sda1 which is now the device that contains the OS will be busy or whatever.
I tried to edit FSTAB myself and put:
/dev/disk/by-uuid/e1d76d49-5a9d-4499-b3cb-90a4bfd00fcb /media/ba auto auto, nofail 0 0
Reboot the Dreambox and start from USB, but the device does not appear mounted in configuration -> device --> There is no mountpoint defined ...
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Why do I want to mount the device?
Because every time I restart the Dreambox, a popup message warning comes out, the usb30 no files display on your device. ]or something similar
And frankly it bothers me a lot of popup and also not knowing why I can't mount the device as I do from FLASH
It has a solution? Can sda1 be mounted even if Dreambox boots from usb -> sda1?
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Legislative Initiatives Address Child Abuse
The national attention focused on child abuse in recent months has produced a spate of legislative initiatives designed to protect children and regulate child-care facilities.
Senator Charles Grassley, Republican of Iowa, has introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate that would require federal agencies to conduct background checks for possible criminal records among potential day-care center employees.
In introducing the legislation, Senator Grassley noted that there are an estimated 74,700 reported sexual offenses against children each year and that three to four times that many incidents are not reported. Hearings on the bill are currently before the juvenile-justice subcommittee.
The House has approved the child-abuse amendments of 1984, a bill to reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. The bill includes a provision authorizing assistance to the states for establishing preventive services and shelters for victims of family violence and their dependents, according to Ann Rosewater, deputy director of the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families.
The Senate has a corresponding reauthorization bill that is currently awaiting consideration on the floor. That bill does not incorporate the family-violence amendment, but a companion bill has been introduced to include that measure, Ms. Rosewater said.
In addition, she said, last week, Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecti-cut and co-chairman of the Senate Children's Caucus, indicated he would introduce additional legislation to respond to the child-abuse problem. His measure, Ms. Rosewater explained, would reward state efforts to develop child-abuse-prevention programs.
The select committee is considering introducing corresponding legislation in the House.
School-Age Day Care
In California, site of the child-abuse case that has attracted shocked national attention, legislators have introduced a number of bills related to child abuse and day-care centers.
Last month, the Senate Education Committee approved two bills on day care for school-age children.
The first bill would provide $100-million for financing based on a sliding scale for children's programs, preferably on school grounds. The second would set standards for their operation and would require that program operators give top priority to students at risk of abuse or neglect.
Another bill would provide $15 million to locate children who are identified as being likely to be abused and would provide day care for them.
Stiffer Penalties
Two other Senate bills would increase the penalties for convicted child abusers. The measures would raise the penalty for abuse that results in death from second-degree murder to first-degree murder and would require that convicted child molesters undergo psychiatric tests before receiving parole.
One of the bills would also make it easier for young victims to testify against suspected abusers by allowing as evidence hearsay statements from victims under the age of 7.
The California Assembly's Education Committee last month approved a bill requiring criminal-record checks of all new employees of private elementary and secondary schools.
The measure would require employees to submit fingerprints to the California Department of Justice. The department would then send to employers and new employees a copy of any criminal record for convictions of sex, violent, and felony-drug crimes, according to Amy Strassburg, a legislative aide.
In California, all public-school employees are presently required to be fingerprinted and undergo a criminal-records check, Ms. Strassburg said. The bill does not apply to preschools, which now require that employees be fingerprinted through the State Department of Social Services, she said.
The legislation was introduced the legislation at the request of the Alameda County Board of Education, which found that some former public-school teachers whose licenses were revoked because of criminal convictions were later hired by private schools.
Child-Abuse Package
The California Assembly is also considering a "1984 Legislative Child-Abuse Package" that contains 29 bills. One bill would provide $23 million for child-abuse-education programs in elementary and secondary schools, according to Chet Olsen, consultant to the Assembly Select Committee on Child Abuse.
A bill that would toughen penalties for those who fail to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect and cover any legal costs incurred by those who do is included in the package. The bill would increase the fine for failure to report from $500 to $5,000.
Another bill would subject California citizens who know of cases of abuse and fail to report them to civil liability.
Still another bill would require professionals who are mandated by law to report suspected cases of child abuse to sign a statement regarding that obligation before they begin working.
Revising Prosecutions
In Los Angeles, the Attorney General's Task Force on Family Violence plans to call for sweeping revisions in investigations and prosecutions by state and local authorities to put an end to what the agency sees as a pattern in which victims suffer more than offenders.
Assistant Attorney General Lois H. Herrington last month recommended that videotaped rather than in-person testimony from abused children be permitted in court actions and that criminal sanctions be established in family-violence cases. She spoke at the Third National Conference on Sexual Victimization of Children in Arlington, Va., a conference sponsored by the Children's Hospital National Medical Center. (See related story on page 9.)
The task force's report is scheduled to be released in September.
To deal more effectively with an estimated 50,000 child-abuse cases each year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors last month established a new Department of Children's Services. Services now handled by the Department of Public Social Services, the Probation Department, and the Department of Adoptions will come under the auspices of the new agency in September.
Other State Legislation
Last month, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo signed into law a bill that, effective Nov. 1, makes New York the 48th state to allow the conviction of a child molester solely on the victim's testimony. Only the Dis-trict of Columbia and Nebraska continue to require that corroborating evidence be presented.
Gov. Toney Anaya of New Mexico in March signed into law a bill making it a felony to manufacture, distribute, or profit from child pornography. The Sexual Exploitation of Children Act makes distributing child pornography a fourth-degree felony and profiting from or encouraging a child to participate in child pornography a third-degree or second-degree felony, according to Representative Mary Tucker, who sponsored the bill in the legislature.
Under the law, which is effective on July 1, parents who allow their children to be used for pornography will face fourth-degree felony charges, Ms. Tucker said.
In West Virginia, Gov. Jay Rockefeller 4th has signed into law the West Virginia Child Protective Services Act. The act includes 10 articles relating to abuse and neglect, describing the rights of parties during hearings, requiring abuse and neglect proceedings to be given priority on court dockets, and describing the procedure for transferring temporary custody of a child alleged to be abused or neglected, according to Sheree Lovely, a spokesman for the legislature.
The act authorizes a child-protective worker to take custody of an abused child under certain circumstances without a court order, requires a medical procedure for examining abused children, and authorizes the creation of a children's trust fund for child abuse and neglect prevention.
The act also increases the penalty for failure to report suspected cases of child abuse to a misdemeanor, punishable by 10 days in jail or a $100 fine, Ms. Lovely said. The legislation goes into effect on June 10.
And in Florida, lawmakers are weighing a bill that would require first-time applicants for teacher certification to be fingerprinted and checked against national crime records. (See related story on page 1.)
--ab Correspondent Michael Fallon contributed to this report.
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Sunday, May 7, 2006 -- Coopers Rock State Forest - Morgantown, WV
Henry Clay 30K - WVMBA #3 (iPO Event Id#: 7322)
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Third race in the WVMBA point series, the course provided a mix of tear-producing rocky uphills, short downhill sections, a scenic pond loop, and bridge crossings. The race is known for it's rolling, rocky hills, and the trails are famous for giving any level of rider a flat tire, deflated ego, and sometimes... both.
Less road and more trail was the main feature for the course start. After pedaling 2 1/2 or miles of rolling road, racers veered right down a short incline, on to some more downhills and on out for the first lap. Experts did 3 grueling 7-mile laps that presented ample challenges, with seemingly never ending, gradual, rocky climbs.
Despite my aging eyes, my sight is one thing that's still 100 percent. Nick Waite was leading the pack, wearing new duds.
Former member of USA Cycling's (USAC) U23 National Mountain Bike and Road Teams, Nick Waite has signed on with Kelly Benefit Strategies. This 23-year old native of Davis, West Virginia has been racing since 1999. Waite began 2006 as one of the top 10 Americans on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) ranking list. Riding for USAC, Nick competed in the 2005 U23 World Championships in Livigno, Italy and placed 28th. Waite adds another win to his list, finishing first overall in the Pro-Expert category in 1:56:25, finishing nearly 46 minutes ahead of his competitors.
Recently married road and mountain biker, Betsy Shogren, (formerly Schauer), has improved her performance this year. Starting off the season with two 2nd place finishes, and now a first place finish with a time of 2:43:54 in the Clay 30K, Shogren just seems to get better and better. Shogren rides for Team Custom Contracting. Mandi Riddle is no stranger to the podium either. Coming to the Pro-Expert circuit in 2004, Riddle of Team Vicious Cycles, has had her share of top finishes, most recent is her 3rd place finish in the Norba National Fitness Concepts Greenbrier Challenge and most notable, a 1st place finish at Mount Snow in the 2003 National Championship Series. Riddle claimed 2nd at Clay in 2:53:27. Melissa Showman finished 3rd in 3:03:55.
Susan Wren (2:07:30) of Team FTC - Breast Cancer Awareness took 1st for the Women's Sport Class. Age 19-34 Sport Men's top finisher Robert Preng (1:39:00) edged out Chris Flick by a minute for 1st. Steve Svoboda (1:43:36) was 1st for Men's Sport Vet out of a class of 19, and Pete Arner (1:46:25) took home top prize in the Sport Masters class. Audrey Kennedy (1:57:27), top Women's Vet rider, and Corey Chambers (1:56:58) went home as the 1st high school rider.
Single Speed pain lover, Gunnar Shogren, proved he's still got it with a 2:17:13, and Jeff Simcoe crossed as the top Clydesdale in 2:10:52.
Thanks to Wamsley Cycles of Morgantown, WV for all their support. Thanks to race director Rob Voorhees for marking the trail time and time again, even after hoodlums had tried to ruin it. The next race my Canon and I will be at is WVMBA #5, The Tour de Lake, so I'll see you there. Don't worry, there'll be a photographer at the Hancock 100 too. Look for him, he can't wait to get on his bike and shoot on the trail.