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The Felice Brothers: Celebration, Florida
The Felice Brothers create cinematic songs with plots, characters and settings that could easily be made into screenplays, or seem reminiscent of something you think you have already seen.
The Felice Brothers
Celebration, FloridaLabel: Fat Possum
US Release Date: 2011-05-10
UK Release Date: 2011-05-23
The Felice Brothers must be big fans of film director Oliver Stone. Not only is their most ambitious song on their latest album named after Stone, but the upstate New Yorkers frequently employ the moviemaker's method of combining real people and situations (JFK, The Doors) with certain imaginary elements to create a deeper truth. The Felice Brothers create cinematic songs with plots, characters and settings that could easily be made into screenplays, or seem reminiscent of something you think you have already seen.
That's certainly true of the best material on Celebration, Florida, named after the manufactured wholesome suburbia run by the Disney company. Songs such as "Fire at the Pageant", "Ponzi" and "Cus's Catskill Gym" could easily serve as script concepts. In "Fire at the Pageant", a child's father comes back to town after being dead and buried. The group employs 15 elementary school students to sing back up and give the piece an authentic feel. "Ponzi" offers a fictionalized take on the Madoff family, here called the Kings, perhaps to avoid a libel suit. But this seems unnecessary as the Madoffs are public figures. Most likely, this strategy allows the Felice Brothers to invent what was going on in the Madoffs' heads as the scandal broke on the international stage.
The group takes the opposite track on "Cus's Catskill Gym" by sticking to the facts of boxer Mike Tyson's biography as they root him on. The song's imagery (e.g., "Day-time TV court dates and bankruptcy / circle you through a maze of Pay-per-view") would easily work as a film montage. In a related way, the band frequently employs sound effects in a collage type manner. For example, the last minute of "Oliver Stone" features the sound of someone going through a radio dial, hitting the different stations for a couple of seconds before moving on and finally settling on a distant broadcast and then blending in to "Ponzi", which begins with a snippet of Audrey Hepburn's dialogue from the film Charade. The parallel relationship between music and film conflates at such moments.
Longtime fans of the Felice Brothers bemoan the loss of original member Simone Felice and the band's change from a mostly acoustic band to an electric one. The criticisms make a certain amount of sense. The Felice Brothers are not what they used to be. The band has grown, and not all of the growing pains are pretty. Some of the tracks on the new album, such as the dirge "Dallas" and the plodding "River Jordan", could use some of Simone's energetic drumming.
But the Felice Brothers also have moved in new directions that expose the benefits of taking risks, such as the heist narrative "Honda Civic" and the retro "Back in the Dancehalls". These cuts offer seductive tales laced with menace that are accompanied by purposely off-kilter rhythms that evoke something going wrong even when it appears everything is going right. The synthesizers mixed with fiddles on the latter track seem more authentic to what goes on in rural towns than any purist approach would. Like it or not, we live in an age permeated by the electronic media.


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For long-term followers of the blog, you may have noticed a couple of things about the two resident writers of the blog. Amongst the heaps of negatives, you may have noticed we are massive football fans, as such we love our football games… naturally, well to a point. You see, I've played football and sports games for a long old time, I remember playing FIFA '98 and Tiger Woods PGA tour on Play Station 1. My co-writer has owned every FIFA game since like '98 or 2000 or something (if this is wrong, I'm sure he'll correct in the comments) – that is until this year. This year we both decided to take action for a trend that has been worrying to us, and perhaps all too apparent to those outside the sphere of football titles, and not buy this year's instalment of the FIFA series. That is not to say we have not picked up sports games this year, we both have Pro Evolution Soccer and of course Football Manager. But something had to be done about FIFA… Continue reading
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We didn't set out to build a product for humans, in fact we anticipated that humans were very good at this type of task, and wouldn't need such a tool. The original intent was to help our AI understand which articles were credible, and therefore could be used for learning, and which where fake, and shouldn't be used.
Five years ago for the 2012 election Unpartial launched as a means to detect lean in political news. At the time the big problem was that news wasn't fair and unbiased, but rather so much "slant" was being inserted that a reader couldn't trust that an article hadn't been so one sided as to be a lie of omission.
Today, Fake News is so prevalent that the US Government is investigating Facebook, and Twitter for their role in spreading it. The UK Government is looking at sanctions against Facebook and Twitter for their role in promoting Fake News that lead to changes in EU Referendum.
But it isn't limited to politics. Fake News creates strange and dangerous health trends, ranging from anti-vaxers to people who ditch science based cancer treatments for home remedies. Fake News also is responsible for a surge in flat-earthers.
Building the "gut instinct" for an AI to detect fake news requires a very powerful set of Natural Language Processing tools, and a technology called an epistemology. (See my other LinkedIn Articles for more on epistemology) One of the challenges is that you have a chicken and an egg. Epistemologies build relationships between words and establish traits on noun entities they contain. This is done by mining the internet. While using "trusted sources" can limit the wrong information the epistemology contains, there is a lot of information that never appears in trusted sources because it is assumed the reader knows so much about the basic world that it isn't worth mentioning. The phrase "mules have horizontal pupils" doesn't ever appear on the internet, but an AI may need to know that this is true. If the fact doesn't appear in all of the internet, consider how unlikely it is that it would appear in a trusted source like an encyclopedia. Facts also change, and so they need to be updated over time. New leaders are elected, populations change, and understanding of medicine changes. All of this new information takes a very long time to make it into trusted sources, which is why a "Truthiness" analyzer is needed for AI to be able to function.
Unpartial is a wrapper for the truthiness analyzer that Loki and Lobi, Recognant's AI, use for their fact validation and gathering. Some changes needed to be made for humans, such as explaining why the article was considered fake news. As an AI, articles are mostly binary, trusted or untrusted, so when they read an article, they don't process the whole thing if it appears to be untrustworthy. When analyzing for humans, the level of untrustworthy needs to be shared, so the entire article is processed.
One of the first things I expect readers to do after reading this article and installing the plugin, is to check this article to see if it is trustworthy. It should score poorly. I am only relaying my account, and I didn't support any of the above assertions with quantitative data. So, you shouldn't really trust me. Fortunately, there are also very few knols of information in this article, so the AI isn't really missing out.
Unpartial works by evaluating statements in an article based on a small corpus of standard facts, what one might call "common sense," but this is not the primary method used. Instead the system looks at things like how much bias is in the article, how much effort is spent on persuading a reader to an opinion, and how well the author has written the article. "Alligators ain't normally found in Antarctica" may be true, but because of the grammar issues in the statement, you probably wouldn't treat the source as credible. "Third grade teacher discovers cure for cancer" is unlikely to be true since that is not the primary goal of teachers. Neither of these approaches require a huge corpus of facts, or at least not a complete corpus of facts.
Unpartial can do fact validation, but it is expensive so it wasn't put into the public offering. Verifying that 14 million Americans did X requires the system to read all of the Internet and then co-ordinate the facts, and deal with some level of rounding, as an article that says 14 Million may be based off of data that says 14,376,047 or that says 14.3 or really even 13.7. It is not enough to simply search the internet for the exact fact. All of the internet must be indexed by the fact extractor and then the "best" version of the fact has to be identified. Unpartial does this for offline documents and fixed corpus/domain searches, but for all of the Internet it just isn't affordable with current levels of traffic.
What is Unpartial?
Unpartial is an AI powered article evaluation tool. One of the hardest challenges for an AI trying to learn about the world around it, is telling how much it should trust what it is reading. Simply having access to all of the internet for fact finding isn't enough. A system needs to be able to remedy conflicting information. Unpartial wasn't built for humans, but it works well and so the robot overlords thought we should share.
What isn't Unpartial?
Fact checking. While fake news can be well written and seem highly credible, 99% of the time it isn't. While the Recognant AI that powers Unpartial can do fact validation, it is expensive, and 99% of the time isn't needed for faking suspect news. One of the primary reasons this is true is that the goal of fake news is to convince the reader of something. To do that the fake news is authored with a strong bias towards their position. Good journalism lets facts speak for themselves. This doesn't mean that a bias article has false information, but an article that is one sided is false by omission.
How does it work?
Unpartial uses part of Recognant's AI to evaluate articles. The evaluation looks at a lot of factors in how the article was written. This includes things like how grammatically correct the article is, how biased it is towards a position, how factually dense it is, and if the article contains subjective statements. There are other factors, but these are some of the primary ones.
What do the results mean?
The system will return several possible results based on what it has determined about an article:
- Suspect Source: While this article may or may not be true, this author or site has a very, very, high number of fake articles.
- Likely Satire, Parody, or Sarcastic: The tone of this article seems to imply sarcasm or parody. As such even if some of the sentiment is true, some of the statements may be false or exaggerated to be funny, or satirical.
- Click Bait: The article uses a headline that is designed to be bombastic or draw viewers. This often means it is misleading. The contents of the article may or may not be true, but it should be viewed with skepticism.
- Opinionated/Biased: The author shows substantial bias towards swaying the reader to a particular view. While statements may be true individually, the result is often false by omission.
- Author fails to be definitive: The author hedges statements such that they aren't definitive. This could be because the facts are unknown, or there is speculation. It can also be the result of the story being about future events that may not happen.
- Limited supporting facts: There aren't enough facts to support the position of the article, or the article is not a factual report. (It may be an editorial, or a press release)
Based on these and other factors the system assigns a trustworthiness as:
- Seems Legit: You can likely cite this as a source
- Consider a more reputable source: While there is no strong indication that this is not trustworthy, it doesn't appear to be a source you would want to cite. Likely there is a better source for any information contained in this article.
- Seems Sketchy: Several red flags make this article unstrustworthy.
- Super Shady: There are quite a few red flags that make this article untrustworthy.
- Fake News: This article contains so many red flags the system believes there is no chance the article is true.
Is this a Neural Network?
No. To make this work with a Neural Network the network would need to learn English, learn to tell subjective from objective statements, and all of the rules of grammar. That's far beyond what Neural Networks can do, and even if they could the cost to operate a network of that complexity would be astronomical.
Is it ever wrong?
Yes. Just as humans are fooled by all sorts of things, the AI can be fooled as well. Taking a well written article about the earnings report for a stock and doubling all of the numbers would fool the AI. Just as a human has no way to know the numbers in advance, the AI doesn't either. The full system can verify that a fact has been reported more than once and from how reputable a source, but the version made available here doesn't because of the cost associated with doing so.
Why is this better than crowdsourcing?
Crowdsourcing is a democracy, and democracies can be bought. Our AI won't change its vote for cash. It also can make a decision in a matter of seconds, whereas with crowdsourcing if none of the crowd have visited an article it won't have a score. (A human can't read an article as fast as our AI either)
Do you use the domain for determining if an article is fake?
No. While we feel this might increase the accuracy, we also feel this is cheating. Many questionable sites have real news from AP and other syndicators. Those stories are often true. While we don't want to push traffic to these sites or lend credibility to them, we decided that a per article score was the best option.
Do you keep track of who is the most trustworthy sites?
We will. There are some challenges that to do this we'd need to either analyze all of their articles, or pick a day and analyze all of their articles going forward. Also because some fake news sites get no traffic to their legitimate stories, and lots to their fake stories a simple percentage of stories doesn't paint an accurate picture. As we start to get data from users we can use popularity to better assess how trustworthy a site is.
Can I license the AI as an API?
Most of the technology for this product is built into the Recognant API available through Mashape/Rapid API. If you want the full API we can make that available. If you want the version with fact checking that is available as well.


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Posted on: February 17, 2014
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Where It All Began
Way back in 2003, Michael and Alison Brain were left disappointed and frustrated after being on the receiving end of a poor estate agency service.
After speaking with family and friends, they were surprised to discover that their negative selling experience seemed to be not just commonplace, but accepted as the "norm".
It was at that moment they realised they had the opportunity to change the way property is bought and sold in Derby, for good…
In October of that year Hannells was launched in a tiny two-storey office on the High Street in Hilton. With no prior estate agency experience, their vision of an honest, results driven service that treated customers as people and not just another number resonated with buyers and sellers across the village.
Operating in a competitive sector which was largely dominated by the large corporate chains of estate agents, Michael and Alison quickly carved out an impressive share of the local market and it was clear that their brand of personal service and great marketing was something that homeowners across Derby really valued.
Fast-forward to today and our locally born and bred, family run estate agency has grown to become a well-recognised brand within the community. Thanks to a relentless focus on the original core values of Michael and Alison, who still play a very active role in the business to this day, we are committed to continuously improving the service we provide to buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants across Derby.
The results of our focus on excellent service are clear with Hannells now having been the top selling agent in Derby for over fifteen years and having been proud recipents of many impressive accolades and awards over the years, both locally and nationally, for customer service, sales and marketing.
Michael and Alison are still passionate about Derby and are conscious of making a contribution to the community that has served them so well. With staff taking part in numerous charity events, the sponsoring of the "Hannells Stand" at Derby County in 2016/17 and playing a huge role in helping to bring back the massively successful "Hannells Darley Park Concert", it's safe to say that Derby might just not be the same without us!
We're committed to providing our customers with the same moving experience that could be found in that small, Hilton shop all those years ago and as the world seems to be focusing all its attention on technology and automation, we know that estate agency is and always will be a "people" business.
That's why we'll continue to deliver our unique customer focused approach and that's why we're able to help you get the best possible result in what is usually one of the most expensive buying and selling decisions you will ever make.
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What is a Termite Swarmer?
Termites, also known as the "silent destroyers", can go undetected for quite some time and can do a great deal of destruction before they are discovered. In fact, termites cause about five billion dollars of damage to American homes every year. Finding evidence of termite swarmers in your home is a sure indicator that you may have a termite infestation. Termite swarmers will typically appear between late March and mid-April, depending on the weather. But, what exactly is a termite swarmer?
Termite Swarmers
Termite swarmers are adult male and female termites that have wings and can reproduce. As the weather turns from cold to warm, the swarmers will be released from their current colony to venture out and create a new one. An existing colony may release hundreds, or even thousands, of swarmers. Swarmers that find an ideal location for reproducing will become the kings and queens of their new colonies.
Identifying a Termite Swarmer
A termite swarmer is often confused with an ant swarmer. However, there are several differences that help to identify between the two. First, Termite swarmers do not have a segmented body while ant swarmers have a distinct head, thorax, and abdomen. Second, the antennae of a termite swarmer are straight and the antennae of an ant swarmer have a ninety-degree bend. Finally, termite swarmers have four wings that are the same size and ant swarmers have two pair of wings that are different sizes.
What about those Wings?
Once termite swarmers have landed in a location that is suitable for colonizing, they no longer need their wings. The wings will be discarded and sometimes even eaten by the termites themselves.
Signs of Termite Swarmers
When termites swarm, they head towards a light source. Finding a pile of wings near a light source in your home, like in a window sill, is a sure sign that you have an infestation. If you suspect that this is the case, search the outside of your home for mud tubes. A mud tube is a tunnel created by termites that allows them to move from the soil and into a structure where their food source would be.
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USC stormwater research wins major award
12 Oct 2016
Cutting-edge University of the Sunshine Coast research into stormwater management has been recognised with a major industry association award.
USC's Stormwater Research Centre was named a joint recipient of Stormwater Queensland's Excellence in Research and Innovation Award, alongside partners from Drapper Environmental Consultants, SPEL Environmental, Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University.
The award was for the group's extensive research and field testing of proprietary devices – technology that filters pollution out of stormwater – across nine sites from Nambour to Nerang.
Stormwater Queensland said the group had set a new benchmark for field-testing the devices.
Associate Professor in Hydraulic Engineering Terry Lucke, who leads USC's Stormwater Research Centre, said it was gratifying for USC's contribution to be recognised at such a high level.
"We've been working to collaborate with the engineering industry on some innovative research, and this award shows that we're heading in the right direction," Dr Lucke said.
"We're seeing more and more urban development across Queensland, and with that growth comes a greater volume of stormwater running off hard surfaces, and that water is often polluted.
"The focus of our research is to mitigate those problems that can arise from development. Every time we can improve stormwater, that's saving marine environments."
Dr Lucke said USC researchers were in the midst of a range of projects that aimed to improve the health of the environment using stormwater management strategies.
"At the moment, we've got a researcher looking into how floating wetland systems can be used to improve water quality at Parklakes 2, which is a residential development in Bli Bli, and we'll soon be starting a similar project at Pelican Waters in Caloundra," he said.
"We're also looking at ways to design better roof drainage systems, and another researcher is looking at how we can improve culverts to prevent flooding.
"These projects we're undertaking have real life outcomes that affect our community."
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Tevye's stories are a chronological but disconnected sequence about his life, so this isn't so much a "plot summary" as a "plots summary." Here we go:
"The Great Windfall" begins when Tevye is still a poor wood cutter. One day, he has the good luck to run into a couple of society ladies lost in the woods and to give them a ride to their friend's house in the rich resort town of Boiberik. When he gets them to the right place, everybody there is super-psyched that they're safe and sound. Tevye's reward is a bunch of money and—even better—a cow. He and his wife Golde realize they can get out of the wood cutting business, buy a second cow, and start up a dairy delivery.
In the next story, "The Roof Falls In," the dairy business is going so well that Tevye even has some extra savings. Naturally, he hands over the money to his cousin, Menachem-Mendl, who's got this really great investment opportunity. (Free advice, Shmoopers: never trust anyone selling you on an investment opportunity.) Several weeks later, Tevye still hasn't heard back from Menachem-Mendl. He's probably just so rich and fancy now that he's forgotten all about Tevye, right? Not so much. More like hiding out because he lost all the money and then some.
"Today's Children" starts a cycle that continues through the rest of the narrative—the various marriages of Tevye's daughters. We start with Tzeitl. One day, the butcher Lazer-Wolf asks for Tzeitl's hand in marriage. Tevye weighs the pros and the cons. On the one hand, Lazer-Wolf is old, uneducated, and generally kind of gross. On the other hand, he's rich, his skills are in high demand, and he's got lots of meat to give Tzeitl. (Seriously.) Good enough for Tevye.
Not so for Tzeitl, who apparently has been engaged to Motl, the young village tailor. Tevye is floored that these crazy kids went ahead and made their own marriage plans, but he agrees. After an elaborate and impressive lie to convince Golde, Tzeitl and Motl get married and live poorly but happily ever after.
Time for Daughter #2, Hodl. Sholem Aleichem was clearly running out of clever titles at this point, because the story is called "Hodl."
Tevye takes in Perchik, a young man who is studying… uh, something… in the nearby town of Yehupetz. In exchange, this guy tutors Tevye's daughters. He's a smart guy, even if he does have questionable politics, and Tevye loves him because they can argue about things until the cows come home. Literally. The guy runs a dairy, after all.
This is all great, until Tevye drives out to go meet the guy he's arranged to marry Hodl to. On his way, he bumps into Hodl and Perchik walking around the forest together, and they tell him… duh, that they are engaged, obviously. Immediately after they marry, Perchik goes away to do something political and illegal. He's promptly caught, jailed, and then exiled. Hodl packs up to join him, there's a tearful goodbye, and it's super-sad.
The next story is called "Chava" because it's about a daughter named Chava. It opens with Golde getting on Tevye's case about why aren't there any decent dudes around, because who is going to marry their other daughters? She's got cause to worry, because Chava is secretly getting close to a non-Jewish guy. This secret engagement doesn't end as well as the others. When he finds out, Tevye tells his family that from now on there is no Chava. They mourn for her as though she were dead and no one is allowed to mention or remember her ever again.
Yeah. That's a sad one.
But not as sad as the next story, "Shprintze"! Tevye befriends a wealthy widow and promises to talk some sense into her slacker son, Ahronchik. Ahronchik, naturally, hooks up with Shprintze, the next daughter. Tevye's psyched about this secret engagement: she's into it, he's into it, plus it comes with a million-ruble inheritance. Not so into it? Ahronchik's family, who offers Tevye hush money to make the whole thing go away. Tevye gets over it, but Shprintze doesn't. Like, really doesn't. In fact, she drowns herself a few weeks later.
Phew. Okay, deep sigh. Dab your eyes with a tissue. Moving on.
The title muse has apparently come back to inspire Sholem Aleichem, because the next story is called "Tevye is Going to Eretz Yisroel" even though it's about the last of Tevye's daughters, Beilke. Beilke really scores with her guy, Podhotsur: he's matchmaker-approved, rich, connected, and not even too old. Just one little problem. Podhotsur thinks it's embarrassing to have a dairyman for a father-in-law, so could Tevye just skip town, and here's a bunch of money to do it with?
Time for the next story, "Get Thee Gone." Tevye has just started to get excited about his impending trip to Israel, when he finds out that his son-in-law Motl the tailor has died. Tzeitl and their kids come to live with Tevye. The village mayor brings a mob of non-Jews to Tevye's house and tells him that they have to beat him up and destroy his house. It's nothing personal, though. They just have to make an example of someone, because the government is really into harassing the Jews these days.
Almost immediately after that, a constable rides up to announce that the Jews are being kicked out of the village, and they've got three days to leave. They're packing up, when Tzeitl announces that they can't leave Chava behind. Before Tevye's head explodes with rage, she reveals that Chava has left her husband behind and wants to go into exile with her family. Tevye forgives her, so there's a happy ending after all—if by happy you mean that your house has been destroyed and your people sent into exile. So, sure, happy ending.


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Villwock tries to keep qualifying streak alive at Seafair
8:30 a.m.: Gates open
8:30: Unlimited hydroplane testing session
10: F1 Prop Tour testing session
11:10: Vintage hydroplanes
1:40 p.m.: Navy Blue Angels demonstration
2:40: Vintage hydroplane
2:50: Unlimited hydroplane qualifying session
5: F1 Prop Tour qualifying sessions
6: Gates close
8:30 a.m.: Gates open
8:30: F1 Prop Tour testing
8:50: Unlimited Hydroplane testing session
10:05: F1 Prop Tour Heat 1
10:20: Vintage hydroplanes
10:30: F1 Prop Tour Heat 2
12:45 p.m.: F1 Prop Tour Heat 3
1:40: Navy Blue Angels demonstration
2:30: F1 Prop Tour Heat 4
2:55: Vintage hydroplanes
3:10: Unlimited hydroplanes Heat 1A
3:30: Unlimited hydroplanes Heat 2B
3:45: F1 Prop Tour Heat 5
4:05: Unlimited hydroplanes Heat 1C
4:20: Vintage hydroplanes
5:40: Unlimited hydroplanes testing session
6: Gates close
7:30 a.m.: Gates open
8:30: F1 Prop Tour testing
8:50: H1 Unlimited hydroplane testing
10:25: Unlimited hydroplanes Heat 2A
10:40: Unlimited hydroplanes Heat 2B
10:55: Unlimited hydroplanes Heat 2C
12:10 p.m.: Unlimited hydroplanes Heat 3A
12:30: Unlimited hydroplanes Heat 3B
12:45: F1 Prop Tour Heat 6
1:40: Navy Blue Angels demonstration
2:30: F1 Prop Tour Heat 7
2:55: Unlimited hydroplane provisional heat
4:10: Vintage hydroplanes
4:20: F1 Prop tour finals
4:45: Albert Lee Cup unlimited final
5:15: Awards ceremony
6: Gates close
Note: Sunday's race televised on CBS
As qualifying begins Friday at the Albert Lee Cup at Seafair on Lake Washington, one name seems sure to stand atop the ladder when the day is done.
Dave Villwock in the U-1 Spirit of Qatar 96 will likely post the top speed.
He does it nearly every race.
Villwock has recorded the top qualifying speed at the last 16 H1 Unlimited races. Steve David in the Oh Boy! Oberto was the last driver to post a higher speed toward the end of the 2009 season. Villwock has missed posting the top speed in only three of the last 25 races. The three times he missed, it was David who got it.
"The Ellstrom team, we want to be the fastest guys out there if we can be," said Villwock, a South Kitsap product who lives in Monroe.
David said it's not a coincidence, and it's not just because the Spirit of Qatar is the fastest boat on the circuit.
It's all in the propeller.
David said the Ballard-based Ellstrom family, which owns the Spirit of Qatar, uses a special propeller for qualifying. It's thinner, which allows it to slice through the water faster.
So why not use it during a race?
A typical propeller costs more than $12,000 and lasts for about 150-180 minutes of racing.
A thinner propeller is good for a couple laps. It's great for putting on a show and posting a fast qualifying number.
The Ellstrom family makes propellers and sells to whoever wants to buy them. If you want to drop the cash and post a top score, you're welcome, but most crews don't, or can't, said David.
David has been close to Villwock in qualifying during the last few seasons, usually just 1-2 mph behind.
"To get that extra mile an hour, you have to risk that money," David said.
When David out-qualified Villwock in 2009 in Evansville, Ind., his crew used a prop they were just about ready to retire. They ground it down thinner and flew around the course for a few laps.
"You have to have a sacrificial propeller, if you will," David said.
Using thinner propellers to gain a speed advantage makes for an interesting story, but it's not true, Villwock said.
"It's a common misnomer," he said. "Everybody thinks we (qualifier faster) because we make propellers."
Villwock said his team tried a thin propeller once and the boat actually went slower. He's happy that the other drivers think that's what the Ellstrom team uses because he's happy to sell them thinner propellers.
The truth of the top qualifying speeds, Villwock said, sits in the setup of the boat and "a driver taking advantage of those things."
Villwock, 58, is the career leader in wins (67) and national titles (10). He also is the career wins leader in Seattle with 10.
The obvious question is how long will he continue to race?
"It's like when (Dale) Earnhardt was racing, you just keep racing," he said. "You're a hard race, you don't know any better."
He's still having plenty of success. Villwock won the first two races of the season and has the lead in the national points race. Mechanical problems plagued him last week in the Tri-Cities as he settled for third.
"I seem to be able to fly the boat higher and farther and longer than anybody else can right now," Villwock said.
But the competition has caught up in the last few seasons as other crews are starting to creep up on the Spirit of Qatar in speed.
"He and I can't take anything for granted now," said David, who is Villwock's main foil on the circuit.
"The boats are close enough, within a couple miles an hour," Villwock said. "Driving becomes a big part of it.
"As long as I'm physically able and still seem to be fast, I'll probably keep doing it."
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As some of you know, this year I've been trying one bed using the "Back to Eden", no-dig, wood chip method, and one using a blend of organic gathered material from around the property, mixed with conventional compost. I added the standard amounts of organic fertilizer and Epsom Salts to both beds to give the seeds a kickstart.
To be honest, although I had read about "Back to Eden" and seen many photos, a part of me believed that the leaf mould and gathered material would win…Continue
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I received a message by way of my father, via the local grocery store, from the resident bee-keeper and honey man. The message was that news had reached him, via a neighbour, that there was a nest of wild honey bees in an old tree on my property - which of course I already knew. The bees have never bothered me and I have never bothered the bees, though I often wondered what the honey might taste like after they have fed abundantly on the flowering basil, rosemary and thyme that grow in my…Continue
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Finally, a break in the huge system that has hung over our tiny island home these last two weeks (though I believe it is only a temporary respite).
A combination of dry weather, and the appearance of Handy Andy - something akin to the alignment of the planets, we finally managed to make some progress on what had become a fenced off quagmire, and new home for the local frog population, safe from dog-kind.
With the wood for the two raised beds duly installed,…Continue
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I apologise in advance to all those experienced homesteaders and country folk out there for whom ticks are just an annoying inconvenience that happens every summer and who will think me an ex-city-dwelling, drama queen. For me, first-time dog owner and new tropical gardener, they were something of an unseen, and unknown, Nemesis lurking in the long grass.
Having finally gotten around to clearing a new patch of grass that had stood as tall as me (possibly taller), for many months, I…Continue
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Contrary to expectation, and something of an anomoly, as we head into the rainy season, water shortages and water storage have been on my mind.
My experience thus far has been that when the island has high or sudden rainfall, the reservoir gets filled with silt and debris as water thunders down the…Continue
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What a neat little gadget from a fellow Facebooker. He husband built this mobile soil sifting cart for her with a hinged top so she could tip the remaining stones straight into a wheelbarrow - I have some old timber about the place and some spare barrow wheels....I see another project coming Handy Andy's way!
and here it is open for dumping the unwanted debris left…Continue
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Stage I is completed. All the retaining walls are up with drainage included to allow water to continue on its natural pathway down the sloping landscape. The lattice fencing to keep dogs "out" and cucumbers, beans and more "up", is all in place and looking exactly as I had planned.
Stage II - the addition of the potting-shed-cum-gazebo was due to begin after the Easter break, but rumour has it that our reservoir is reaching critical levels and with the recent hot weather and…Continue
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At the risk of repeating myself, it looks as through it will be a bumper mango crop this year. Was it the chillier than normal winter that had folk shivering and complaining, and pensioners island-wide wondering if this is what hypothermeria was like, with night-time temps reaching as low as 23c?? (they have no concept of what it's like to live in a cold climate where you wake in the morning with thick ice on the INSIDE of the bedroom window, or to have your toilet cistern frozen solid for…Continue
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The project is coming along nicely and right on track (a rare achievement here!). Let's hope I haven't spoken too soon.
That said, there is one problem.....ME! The spot is looking so good that my imagination is running away with me and I'm considering adding a covered seating area, a work/potting bench and a rain water gathering system (something relatively small scale but enough to water the plants occasionally)....and so the thoughts grow and my head is filled with possibilities.…Continue
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Finally, the task has begun in earnest! What a busy day. The simplest of tasks can be complex here in my island home. No convenient middle man to call on the phone or place an on-line order to deliver sand, cement, aggregate and cinder blocks - that would be too easy.
So, a visit to the hot dusty quarry, where I stood a lone woman amongst the big burly truck drivers trying to place my meagre (compared to the truckers) order of aggregate, in the blazing sun with not a bit of shade to…Continue
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A few people have very kindly offered other, cheaper solutions to my rather extravagant raised bed project. I truly welcome and am grateful for all suggestions.
Unfortuantely, living in an area prone to hurricanes and resultant flash floods, combined with the fact that I am on a very steep slope with a good deal of land above me, this feels like a "needs must" project.
Although costly, the thought of all the hard work of growing organic vegetables, only to have them washed…Continue
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Today I read a quote that said "You don't have to go FAST, you just have to GO" which proved to be a very timely reminder (though for me, would be even better if the word "GO" was subbed with "START").
Everyone has their own motivation and ways of tackling issues; for me some things need to happen quickly otherwise I lose interest and momentum, while other projects can be maintained on a slow burn, providing I do at least one small thing a day towards the goal in…
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A tip from Sharon over at Two Women and a Hoe http://ning.it/wQ0lyc:
Black spot, powdery mildew & rust are a terrible trio of fungi, which can attack and destroy your plants. Scientists have found that two uncoated aspirin tablets (325 milligrams each) dissolved in 1 quart of water & used as a foliar spray can thwart these diseases. ~Sharon Lovejoy
WHO KNEW! Will be trying this later on the sooty mould on my Key Lime
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Latest update on my poor drought ridden cocoa sapling and avocado tree.
Wonders of wonders, they have both burst into life after a couple of cooler weeks and some good showers of rain, so the decision to leave them alone was the right one.
Added by Yvonne on March 7, 2012 at 8:30pm — 9 Comments
Another interesting post, this time from http://wakeup-world.com/2011/12/06/extensive-list-of-organic-pest-control-remedies/.
Below is just an extract - there are more suggested remedies and solutions to fight fungal infections on their page. …Continue
Today was the day, the mood was right and I finally got round to trying my hand at gluten-free fresh pasta. Finding a suitable recipe seemed to be the hardest part; an internet search threw up endless possibilities, all with a dazzling array of ingredients (given that I always thought that pasta was so very simple and made of just three ingredients - flour, eggs and water). However, no two recipes seem to be the same, which made it rather difficult to determine which sounded best. So, I…Continue
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Fridges are a recent invention; for thousands of years, people lived without them, but had many low-tech ways of making food last. Today most fridges are filled with stuff that would last just as long and probably would taste a lot better if it was never lost in the back of the fridge. They are expensive air conditioned parking lots for what…Continue
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Returning home after a brief holiday in the UK, I was struck by how dry my island home had become in the short time that I'd been away. Due to a lack of rain, many trees are already turning brown and dropping their leaves and the grass has turned a pale straw colour. My poor cocoa sapling has no leaves at all and one of the avocado trees finally seem to have given up. It's sad to see a three year old tree give up when it has done so well thus far. Perhaps it will send some new shoots - I'll…Continue
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It is the ancient Pagan celebration of Imbolc (also known as the Christian festival of Candlemas).
If Imbolc be Fair & Bright, Winter will have another flight...
If Imbolc be Shower & Rain, Winter is gone and will not come again...…
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In new Web video series, DMV Answer Man responds to California residents' burning questions on driver information.
"How do I get a driver's license in California?" "What do I do if my car fails a smog test?"
These questions and more will be answered by "Answer Man" – the California Department of Motor Vehicle's new driver information guru. On Nov. 13, the DMV launched the first video in a series of nine on YouTube so Answer Man can respond to questions about general driver information from California residents.
Because the DMV can be a little dry, the subject matter can be a little dry, said DMV spokeswoman Jan Mendoza. "But the new age of social media and Facebook and YouTube and Twitter and all these things we're now involved in, we thought it would be really cool to have somebody that could give lessons about DMV business that people can relate to," she said. "And not just a stiff bureaucrat, but kind of a character that they can grow to love and actually find a little humorous and related to, so we came up with the idea of the DMV answer man."
In his first video, the DMV Answer Man answers a Sacramento resident's question: "How do I get a California driver's license?"
During the two-minute video, Answer Man explains how new California residents can obtain their new state driver's license, what documents to bring to the DMV and where to look on the DMV's website for the information.
Mendoza said DMV staff asked individuals living in Sacramento, California's capital city, to ask their DMV questions on camera, and from there, the questions that were asked most frequently were turned into an Answer Man video. She said so far, all nine videos in the series are in development, and one will be released every few weeks.
Other questions Answer Man will tackle in the video series include: "What do I do if my car fails the smog test?" "What kind of insurance does my car need?" and "How do I sell or transfer a car in California?"
Mendoza said the Answer Man is a paid actor, but costs to develop the entire series only amounted to $850. All production involved with the video series was done in-house at the California DMV, and Mendoza recorded herself singing the opening jingle in the video.
Earlier this year, Colorado's Division of Motor Vehicles took a similar approach when encouraging its residents to renew their licenses online. Through one of its more recent ad campaigns, the state featured a man in a cut-off flannel shirt similar to the one worn by comedian Larry the Cable Guy. The mustache and mullet-wearing character by the name "Guy Vroom" character appeared in public service announcements to advise residents about avoiding the DMV by renewing their license online instead.
But in California, what's next for the Answer Man is to wait and see how the videos fare with citizens, Mendoza said. If they do well, the DMV will move forward with more Answer Man Web video installments.
"We might hire a DMV Answer Lady," she said. "We might switch it up a little bit, and we might have them interact with each other."
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How Kevin Durant's injury changes everything, everywhere in NBA
Kevin Durant fell to the ground, clutching his lower right leg. The consequences were so grave, Warriors teammates Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala left the court to ease his path to the locker room. And an entire league went into shock.
There have been a number of catastrophic injuries over the years, drastically changing a team's fortunes. Such names as Bill Walton, Greg Oden, Brandon Roy, Penny Hardaway, Bernard King, Yao Ming and Derrick Rose come to mind. But there hasn't been anything like this. Today's NBA is all about the summertime free-agent market, and everywhere you look, some carefully orchestrated plans just went up in smoke.
Only a few teams actually had a shot at signing Durant, in the event he chose to leave the Warriors, but the trickle-down effect will be formidable, affecting all but a few franchises. And for purposes of this piece, let's assume he decides to start a new basketball life in some other locale.
Start with Toronto's Kawhi Leonard, the hottest free-agent story at the moment. He has no time to think about any of this — not with Game 6 of the Finals coming up Thursday night at Oracle Arena— but Durant's departure greatly weakens the Warriors, the entire Western Conference, if he decides to head East.
Leonard has long fancied the idea of returning home to his native Southern California to play for the Clippers, who have an interesting young roster and a smart, aggressive front office. All they need is a superstar, and Leonard would perfectly fit the bill. He could easily conjure up some championship dreams about an aging, fatigue-prone Warriors team finally giving up the throne.
If the Raptors win this series, bringing a first title to the franchise, Leonard would have plenty of sensible reasons to stay. Blowing a 3-1 lead to the Warriors would crush Toronto's festive mood, perhaps leaving Leonard believing he's done all he can.
The Knicks have been the subject of Durant rumors for months, some sources claiming they've essentially wrapped up deals for Durant and Celtics free agent Kyrie Irving. The entire rumor mill is really just a pile of junk, with only a few odd kernels to be trusted, but now that Durant faces the prospect of missing an entire season, the Knicks need to look elsewhere on the market.
(Always good for a tasteless back-page headline, the New York Daily News went with this on Tuesday: "Durant Goes Down with Achilles Injury, Ruining Everything (that word in bold red letters), as Warriors Avoid Elimination.")
Here's our final @nydnsports back page. @warriors @raptors @nba #NBAFinals2019 #KevinDurant @nyknicks @APSE_sportmedia https://t.co/wLGDVb8L9g pic.twitter.com/qY6g6o3n1v— Back Page Guy NYDN (@BackPageGuyNYDN) June 11, 2019
Worse yet for the Knicks, the crosstown Brooklyn Nets have privately expressed confidence about acquiring Irving. There's also the looming presence of New Orleans' Anthony Davis, who has made it clear that he wants to be traded. With Durant bound for the shadows, Davis can be a franchise-changer for several teams, with the Lakers and Celtics most likely to present the best offers.
Meanwhile, the free-agent hierarchy has undergone a major shakeup. Once Leonard makes his call, such names as Jimmy Butler, Kemba Walker, Tobias Harris, D'Angelo Russell and Khris Middleton will be more coveted than ever, with DeMarcus Cousins also in that mix and Washington's Bradley Beal potentially available in trade.
What will the Rockets have in mind? They've got their answer on Durant as far as next season, and that reported shakeup — perhaps involving the aging and expensive Chris Paul — might be put on hold. The idea of "running it back" already had gained credence with the recent reports that coach Mike D'Antoni, believed to be heading into a lame-duck season with his contract expiring, is now back in negotations for an extension.
Here's the extent of Durant's value and reputation: Even with his career in doubt, and the 2019-20 season probably lost, ESPN reported that three teams (unnamed) would still be willing to offer the maximum deal — four years, $141 million — to which he's entitled if he leaves Golden State.
As for the Lakers, it seemed extremely unlikely that Durant had any interest. With the front office in chaos (too many voices, rampant distrust) and James approaching the end of his career, why would any of the other top free agents consider that team, especially with the Clippers on the rise? The Lakers have to push hard for a Davis deal — a package of Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma, Lonzo Ball and the No. 4 overall draft pick would be hard to reject — or face another season of troubling irrelevance.
What was lost Monday night in Toronto? More than anyone can accurately forecast. The Warriors were sent reeling into a state of depression, with tears all around. Durant's career is in doubt, considering how many players couldn't fully recover from an Achilles tear. Such is the extent of the man's greatness that he might still receive a max-contract deal from several teams.
In truth, though, nobody really knows anything. It's stunning to realize that the clouds of uncertainty are about to blanket an entire league.
Bruce Jenkins is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @Bruce_Jenkins1


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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
My Journey has just begun!
I enjoy reading and using quotes whenever I get the chance - "Today is the first day of the rest of my life". Well not today, that day would have been January 19th 2013, but you get the picture. I thought the day I was transplanted would have been the end of my journey but as I reflect - it really was the beginning. When I think about it so much has happened over the past 3 years that the old me would have thought it was the end. There were a lot of sacrifices made over that time, not only by me but by those around me, especially my wife and children. I had seizures that probably would not have happened if I was not on dialysis. I turned inward as a defense mechanism to deal with things the way I knew I could handle them, possibly changing relationships forever. Like I said, the old me probably would have thought that journey had ended. I have grown too much in that time to think that way any more, instead I believe it is just the beginning!! I was never on dialysis for my first transplant I never knew what that was like, maybe I took things for granted. I'm sure about this though, I am so very thankful for both of my heroes and their decision to give the gift of life!! I want to end this as I began it, with a quote, "the longest journey begins with a single step".
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HIRAX Release Cover Art and Tracklisting for Immortal Legacy, Tour with Flotsam & Jetsam confirmed!
Legendary Thrash Metal band HIRAX are about to release their new studio album called "Immortal Legacy"
Singer and mastermind Katon W. De Pena says: "We recorded the new album with legendary producer Bill Metoyer (Slayer, W.A.S.P., Armored Saint, Cirith Ungol and many others). This is our most epic sounding record to date, sonically powerful and over-the-top. 14 new raging thrash metal songs that will make you bang your head!!!"
Philip Lawvere, the artist behind such classic album covers as KREATOR's Pleasure to Kill and CELTIC FROST's Emperor's Return has designed the new HIRAX Immortal Legacy album 2013 release. Lawvere had done stunning illustrations for numerous albums and is best known for a slew of thrash metal offerings released on Noise Records. HIRAX front man commented: "We couldn't be happier to have Philip Lawvere illustrating the cover of our new album; after getting Bill Metoyer to produce it, this is truly the icing on the thrash metal cake!"
The album will be released in Germany on October 25th, in Europe on October 28th and in the US/Canada on October 22nd worldwide through SPV/Steamhammer as CD, gatefold coloured LP and download.
1.Hellion Rising
– The Conquests
– Thunder Roar
2. La Boca De La Bestia – Mouth of the Beast
3. Mass Hysteria
4. Tied to the Gallows Pole
5. Atlantis – Journey to Atlantis (instrumental)
6. Victims of the Dead
7. Black Smoke
8. Sign of the Wolf
9. Immortal Legacy
10. Violence of Action
11. Deceiver
12. Mephistopheles
13. Earthshaker (instrumental)
14. The World Will Burn (Suffer the World)
Don`t miss Hirax on the "Metal Apocalypse"- European Tour 2013 with Flotsam & Jetsam:
Flotsam & Jetsam + Hirax + supports
13.10 – Brno (CZ) "Melodka Klub"
14.10 – Warsaw (PL) "Progresja"
15.10 – Katowice (PL) "Mega Club"
16.10 – Ljubljana (SLO) "Gala Hala"
18.10 – Brescia (I) "Colony Club"
19.10 – Rome (I) "INIT club"
20.10 – Bologna (I) "ZR Club"
22.10 – Madrid (E) "Sala Arena"
23.10 – Barcelona (E) "Apollo 2"
24.10 – Montpellier (F) "Secret Place"
25.10 – Rennes (F) "Festival"
27.10 – Dendermonde (B) "JH Zenith"
28.10 – Rushden (GB) "Athletic Club"
29.10 – Wolverhampton (GB) "Wulfrun Hall"
30.10 – London (GB) "The Garage"
31.10 – Eindhoven (NL) "Effennar"
02.11 – Bochum (D) "Matrix"
=> more dates will be added soon


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How Having a Stroke Changed My Outlook on Life
On the evening of Friday October 29, 2015, I returned from a meeting and set about typing up my notes. While doing this, I noticed a tingling sensation in my thumb, which disappeared. Then, as I got up to walk to the kitchen, I seemed to lose my balance, but put it down to tripping on the edge of a rug. Yet, deep in my mind an alarm started to ring. My husband, James, and I discussed whether to call the National Health helpline for advice. We decided not to because we had a family wedding to go to. Plus, I thought I was over-thinking things. Nonetheless, I went to bed slightly unsettled.
I woke several times in the night, and the third time, about 3 a.m., I found that my left arm and leg were not moving as they should. We dashed to the hospital, but it wasn't until about 5 p.m. that an MRI confirmed I had had a right-brain stroke, which had affected my left side. About 10 p.m. that evening, as I lay strapped to monitoring machines, I looked at the pained expression on my husband's face as he left me in the hospital. It was a look of fear that I never want to be responsible for creating again.
Two days later we left the hospital without permission. I wanted to get out of that environment and re-enter the world for a while, so I persuaded him we should go to Pizza Express. As the cold October air hit me, it's hard to describe how the elements suddenly had a different sensation against my skin. I shivered as they took hold of my being like never before, and I knew then that something was wrong. I could sense my mind struggling to assess the sounds of traffic and people walking and talking. I also realized that my ability to walk had been drastically affected such that I was hobbling. I was now scared that I would be stuck in the middle of the road and the traffic lights would have turned green.
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Once at our destination, I found that the left side of my body was riddled with pain, and it was excruciatingly uncomfortable to sit down on the chair. When our pizza arrived, I picked up my knife and fork, but I couldn't feel my fork to hold it! I hadn't realized that I had no sensation in my left hand. In the hospital it was easy, but now words couldn't explain the true colors of panic that raced through my mind. Holding back the tears, I looked at my husband who looked worse than I had ever seen, and through a broken voice I asked, "Can you cut my food?" Two days before, cutting my food was a normal, everyday occurrence, but now I felt frightened and out of my depth. Inside I bit the bullet and soldiered on, isolated in a bubble of unspoken fear.
Later I would remember my premonition, set out in a note some six months earlier, in which I wrote that if my blood pressure continued to remain unregulated as it was for 18 months, the result could be a stroke or a heart attack.
Happy to be discharged on Tuesday, November 2, I left with information on the possibilities of having another stroke within the first three months of a supposed recovery period. My anxiety was increased because literature also showed that being of Afro-Caribbean descent, I was already twice as likely to have a stroke as someone who is white. Everyone rallied 'round to stress with great urgency that I needed to abandon my old ways, and slow down and take it easy.
Once home, the effects of the stroke took another turn. It reared its head and woke me from my sleep most nights in intense pain, my left hand cramped like a claw. My leg was also painful — it felt as if the blood supply had been cut off. It made walking painful so that I leaned forward unable to fully straighten my back at times. The constant feeling of pins and needles in my hand left me unable to feel the keys on the piano and my own hair. A weakness to the side of my mouth and eye made them both dribble. It also affected my memory, and I was unable to remember the words or keyboard compositions of my songs. I felt annoyed as well as heartbroken when advised by the hospital that these were normal after-effects of a stroke. Horrified sums it up!
I knew then I had a lot to learn about living with a stroke. I also knew the stroke had to work for me and not the other way around. So, when it was time to return to work and as I sat at my desk, the first tear appeared. I knew deeper issues lay within, but for now I wanted my faith to guide me through this. I found a prayer that gave me strength, and in the following months I said the prayer, sometimes through a river of tears others were not aware of: "If you give me back all I need to be able to do my creativity, then I will take it wherever you lead me."
This is an agreement that I will honor. I found myself reassessing just how fragile life really is, how quickly things can change and how we are not as in control as we think we are and should not take tomorrow as a given. Each moment is precious, and it is never too often to let those close to us know how much we love them. We should seek to mend rifts no matter whose fault it is — as the cliché says, "Life is too short." Forgive quickly and move on. Work and love hard in your faith, if you have one. Be true to your goals by working hard to make them happen.
If holding hands and sitting opposite death was what it took to become aware of these things, then I'm thankful for that extra push. This is not the time for me to worry about what others think, or about those who are doubters or haters. They have their own insecurities that are not mine or yours.
It is our time to live in abundance like never before. I started my recovery by completing my creative projects — the book, It's Your Time and album, "How Could You?" They had both been patiently waiting for their completion date and now they're off and running.
What do you say, dear readers, to collectively feeling the fear and doing it anyway because it's usually never as bad as we play it out in our minds.
Also, why not have a high five for my and your legacy?
The Story of Sandra
Like most of us, Sandra Donald of Notting Hill Gate, United Kingdom, didn't have time to have a stroke. At age 55, her life was a hectic dance among competing responsibilities: She managed several rental properties, traveled multiple times a year with husband James and, in her spare time, was writing poetry and teaching herself piano and drums.
In the months before the stroke, she was managing a major upgrade and refurbishment of one of the properties. "It was very stressful," she said. "I wasn't sleeping and was constantly worrying about getting the workmen to deliver. Most importantly, I was working with my doctor to get my blood pressure under control, but after 18 months, it was still very high. The night before my stroke, we were preparing for a trip to attend a niece's wedding in Manchester."
Judging from Sandra's escape from the hospital for pizza just two days post-stroke, patience was not her strong suit pre-stroke. Her close call with the stroke had the effect of reorienting her to her creative talents, in particular poetry and songwriting. She had two projects that she could never quite complete, but now, via the stroke, she was reminded that her time was not infinite. In spite of the seeming obstacles of stroke deficits — pain, drooling, dysfunction and numbness on her left side, as well as memory problems — she decided in a measured way, to complete these projects.
In Paris a month after her stroke, she sat down at a piano and realized what a lack of sensation in her left hand actually meant in terms of playing her compositions. "I was shocked at how my memory had been affected," she said. At her first vocal session in January 2016, three months post-stroke, she was distressed: "I heard a cracked, disjointed voice unknown to me, which was painful," she said. "I soon discovered I couldn't remember the words or the chords of my own compositions. 'Mortified' is the only word to explain the inner feeling sitting alongside fear."
Sandra fell through the cracks of the National Health System and didn't receive any rehab for the first six months because the support team needed to make the required referrals was not available at weekends. Undeterred, she set about retraining her brain using the Einstein app she downloaded from the Apple Store. "I have learnt heaps about the importance of being persistent in trying times," she said.
She finished both her book of poetry and her album. A defining moment was her first performance at an open-mic night, where she sang a new song. "As I sat at the piano, with numb fingers unsure whether my memory would work or freeze, I heard shouts of 'You can do it, Sandra.' With that support I dug deep and played the first chords then I started to sing," she said.
Since then, Sandra is off and running, raising money and awareness for stroke programs in the U.K. In May 2017, as part of Stroke Awareness Month, she decided to do a sponsored charity walk to help raise funds and awareness of the work of Different Strokes, a U.K.-based charity that supports the recovery of young stroke survivors. She raised £558.24 (about $782.) by walking twice around the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park, London. Then in close succession she held the launch of her book It's Your Time and her album 'How Could You?' On October 29, 2017, two years after her stroke, she hosted a stroke awareness event that featured musician friends and a raffle that raised £583.00 (about $816.00).
As a stroke advocate, she tells her story at stroke awareness events in throughout the U.K., including a 10-minute video about her experience as a stroke survivor.
Sandra has two messages she wants to convey — "Faith has taught me to accept that good things can come from painful experiences. And make sure you go for it and don't live with regrets."
This information is provided as a resource to our readers. The tips, products or resources listed or linked to have not been reviewed or endorsed by the American Stroke Association.


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Top 5 / Aftrican Influences / Auntie Flo
1. Professor feat Character - Imoto Etshontsh Imali (DJ Clock Mix)
The sickest groove on any South African House track, i'm always trying to get the same groove in my tracks and just can't get it to feel like this.
2. The Otherside ft Musa K - Headless Corpse
Dark and deadly side of Africa. There is a general notion that African music is super happy and joyful, this is the horror.
3. Amadou & Mariam - Bara (Joaquim Sacred Dance Remix)
I basically love any song that feels like it could go on forever. I've ended my sets with the full 15 minutes of this many times.
4. Bola Johnson - Lagos Sisi
First heard this via the Cottam remix which is a classic at our Highlife parties. This is original afro-funk of the highest order.
5. Manu Dibango - Abela Dance
Love Many Dibango. Love the 80's electro beat, shows that African music is not just about polyrhythmic percussion.
You can catch Aunite Flo at Flyover in Portobello this weekend for Turf's carnival after party. More info and full lineup here.
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The Danes love Christmas
In Denmark the month of December is filled with special food, gifts and lots of parties. Copenhagen is extra sparkly with Christmas decorations and the Danes are getting their 'hygge' on, their special brand of warm and fuzzy so well suited to their cold climate.
Official start of Christmas in Denmark 'J-Day'
Christmas comes early in Denmark. The first official date on the Christmas calendar is J-Day, which falls on the first Friday of November. It is the day that Tuborg officially releases its Christmas beer or Julebryg. Four hundred trucks travel out from the Carlsberg brewery, and, at 8.59pm precisely, start delivering the special Christmas beer to pubs all over Denmark. Everyone gets very excited when the trucks arrive, as special party hats are also handed out, super excited as I snagged one this year. The nation's bars, pubs and discos are packed with drunken partiers decked out in Santa hats and elf costumes and the early Christmas party lasts well into the small hours.
A little light each day: The calendar candle
Another Danish tradition in the lead up to Christmas is the calendar candle. The daily lighting of the candle tends to be a special time shared by the family at the start of the day. Each day the candle is allowed to burn down a little then blown out when it reaches the correct date. Many Danish families also light advent candles on each of the four Sundays in Advent. I love the advent candle my sister bought me when she came to visit.
A month of presents: Danish calendars
Advent calendars are called Christmas calendars in Denmark. Danish Christmas calendars come in many different forms not just the Cadbury's chocolate treats I grew up with, although we have one of those too. Alan also brought back an Nespresso coffee advent calendar, but next year I have my eye on the Magasin Shop one. Many families also wrap 24 small gifts for each child, which they open each day in the lead up to Christmas Eve.
Christmas Markets
By the middle of November there are Christmas markets everywhere in Denmark. It is fun to wander through them, stopping off for a sausage and a cup of hot chocolate or some gløgg, Danish mulled wine. I have always said you can never be too sparkly, after sixteen months in Copenhagen, may I venture that you can also never be too fluffy!
Take part in a special celebration on Lucia night
St Lucia is the Catholic Saint of Light and her festival is celebrated on the 13th December. In schools and kindergartens all over Denmark, young girls dress in white and sing in procession. One of the girls is chosen to represent Santa Lucia and she leads the procession wearing a candle headdress and a red sash. It is said that Saint Lucia wore the candles on her head in order to keep her hands free, so she could feed the poor hiding in the catacombs of ancient Rome. The red sash symbolizes the fire that would not touch her when she was burnt at the stake for her Christian beliefs in the 3rd century. Whilst out last year I saw this slightly different take on The Santa Lucia tradition.
Jule frokost
I have been to two Christmas lunches or Julefrokoster this December so far, although one was at night. An average Dane will attend three to four julefrokoster and one or two familiejulefrokoster during Jul.
A typical Julefrokost involves lots of beer, wine and snaps. It lasts a long time, with many courses and many toasts. The first course is a variety of seafood, open face sandwiches with pickled, cured and, bizarrely, curried herring and shrimps served exclusively on rugbrød, a special Danish rye bread, based on sourdough and whole grains. Next up is deep fried plaice filet with Danish remoulade. Sometimes there is also gravlax or smoked salmon, smoked eel and liver pâté. We then move onto the main course which is a selection of pork, roasted and fried, ham and roast duck. This is served with red or green braised cabbage dishes. Oh and don't forget the frikadeller, the special Danish meatballs. Desserts are usually cheeses, fruit and risalamande, a special rice dessert associated with Christmas. Every so often, someone calls out "Skål" which is Danish for cheers, and everyone stops eating to take a drink. Thankfully Denmark has an excellent public transportation system and no-one needs to drive home.
Christmas Decorations
Most Danes put up a Christmas tree which is decorated with national flags, cornets filled with fruit, candies or cookies and small toy musical instruments. On the top of the tree they put a silver or gold star, never an angel. They also hang fairy lights, but many families continue with the old tradition of putting real candles on the tree. Danes who live in the country can go and cut their own trees down. For us city dwellers, we can buy trees from one of the many Christmas markets and then strap them to our bikes to get them home. Sadly we left all our Christmas decorations in Connecticut so our tree this year is very minimalistic, with just white lights. I quite like it.
In Denmark, Santa Claus is known as Julemanden (literally "the Yule Man"). Julemanden travels on a sleigh drawn by reindeer, with presents for the children. His helpers are elves known as julenisser (or simply nisser), who are traditionally believed to live in attics, barns or similar places. Children leave out saucers of milk or rice pudding or other treats for the nisser on the afternoon on the 24th as a thank you for all their hard work.
Danish homes tend to have a selection of nisser, as they are terribly cute!
Christmas Eve
In Denmark, Christmas is celebrated on Christmas Eve, a day full of present wrapping and many hours of dinner preparations. Danish families come together to eat, drink and be merry and to exchange gifts. There is also a tradition of watching a disney show on Christmas, the same one every year apart from the clip at the end which features an upcoming disney movie!
Old Christmas beliefs
It was a custom to give the animals a special treat on Christmas Eve. It was believed that all animals could talk for this one night only, and nobody wanted the animals to speak badly of them! Today some Danish families continue the tradition. They go for a walk in the garden, in the park or forest and bring along small treats for their pets.
Danish Christmas dinner
Dinner is served around 4pm. Most Danish families eat roast duck on Christmas Eve, but roast goose or pork with crackling is also common. Sometimes they serve duck and pork. They are served with boiled and sweet caramel potatoes, red cabbage, beets and cranberry jelly. The dessert is again 'Ris à L'amande', which is a rice pudding with slivers of almonds, served with a hot cherry sauce. One of the almonds is left whole and whoever finds it in their bowl gets a special gift.
Dancing around the tree
After dinner, the candles on the tree are lit. Everyone joins hands and dances around the tree, whilst singing traditional Danish Christmas hymns and carols. Then its time to exchange gifts. Normally, one of the children is chosen to select the wrapped presents from under the tree and hand them over one at the time, so everyone can watch each present being unwrapped.
After the last present is opened it is time for coffee, fruit and sweet treats.
No special activities are planned for Christmas Day, although many of the churches offer services. Is a time for relaxing and playing with all the new toys.
Even 'The little book of Hygge' says defining hygge is hard. It is about being together with loved ones, candles are involved, coffee, cake and alcohol can all play a part. But it is more an atmosphere than tangible elements. After years in America I think about it as making lemonade with lemons. Denmark is cold and often the weather is miserable. The Danes have embraced all of this and turned it into a positive experience, with an abundance of fluffy things and a great attitude.
May I wish all of you a very happy and hygge Christmas!
Gløgg is similar to mulled wine except it is a little sweeter, slightly more alcoholic and has almonds and raisons added to it. This is my version which I have adapted from Delia's standard mulled wine recipe from her fabulous Christmas book.
For around 12 people
2 bottles of robust but not terribly expensive red wine, then using the bottles the same amount of water
very large slug of port, rum or a fruit liquor ( couple of glasses)
1 orange, stuck with cloves
2 oranges sliced
2 lemons sliced
cinnamon stick
6 tablespoons of brown sugar or honey (or white sugar)
To add to the glass before pouring in the gløgg some raisins and slivered almonds
Add all the ingredients with the exception of the raisins and almonds to a large pan. Simmer over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Simmer for a further 20 minutes, making sure the mixture does not boil or the alcohol will evaporate. Taste and adjust for sweetness and alcohol content. Serve with a little raisins and almonds in the bottom of the glass. Skål!


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The Type of Narrative in "Amma and Nummo"
A myth is a type of narrative that serves as a symbolic story for either the origin of life or some aspect of the natural world. Most myths are tied to religious or spiritual belief. "Amma and Nummo" is a myth from the Dogon people of West Africa concerning the origin of life. The myth varies, but the basic premise involves the supreme being Amma creating twins, or multiple sets of twins, called Nummo, which created people or aspects of the Earth and nature.
Egg Myth
The narrative of Amma and Nummo is known as an egg myth. In it, Amma creates an egg, which he fertilizes with the twins. In some versions, the movement of the universe creates the egg, and in others, it is a part of Amma himself. In one version, Amma creates the Earth from a lump of clay, which he then rapes and impregnates with the twins. The result ranges from one set of twins to five sets of twins, depending on the version. The twins either go forth and populate the Earth, or they form parts of the world, such as the sky and the land. In all versions of the myth, the twins represent the dual feminine and masculine essence of everything in nature. Each element of the myth is symbolic of some aspect of creation or of some philosophical idea, such as duality in man.
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USCB Reaches Enrollment of 2,000 Students
October 20, 2016
BLUFFTON, S.C. – As of fall 2016, the University of South Carolina Beaufort has reached a total enrollment of 2,000 students. This achievement is a milestone for the university and one that reflects the dedication of students and a commitment to academic excellence.
"The continued growth of the University of South Carolina Beaufort reflects a remarkable journey led by visionary regional leaders and distinguished faculty and staff dedicated to student learning and success," said Al Panu, Ph.D., Chancellor of USCB. "As a caring and responsive community of scholars, USCB is positioned to become one of the best comprehensive four-year universities in our region."
Faculty and staff received a special thank-you for their hard work earlier in the week. Students celebrated on Thursday with special banners, t-shirts, photo booths and treats.
"We have really enjoyed our time here at USCB so far, and we are happy that it is growing," said Joseph Hutchinson, twin to brother Jacob, sophomore computational science transfer student and track athlete. "We are looking forward to the rest of the year."
"I am an art major, and there were not too many students in my program when I started. As the years have gone by, it has grown a lot, and we now have a much larger population at the Beaufort Campus," said junior studio art major Andre Days.
"The university is getting bigger and I continue to expect a lot of great things happening in the future," said sophomore biology major Lanetta Braxton.
Since 2002, USCB has tripled its academic degree programs, doubled its FTE enrollment, opened its first on-campus housing (now serving more than 750), joined the NAIA Sun Conference, and fielded conference and national award-winning Sand Shark athletes in nine sports. The university's two campuses serve a diverse student body of 2,000 students. The Hilton Head Gateway campus in Bluffton, SC, offers cutting-edge Computational Science and Nursing laboratories, and a broad range of academic degree programs. It is home to Sand Shark athletics. The Historic Beaufort campus, located on Beaufort's downtown waterfront, houses an innovative baccalaureate Studio Art program in close proximity to Beaufort's many art galleries. Students enjoy opportunities on Hilton Head Island, including the USCB Center for Event Management and a Coastal Ecology research partnership with Vagabond Cruise. USCB serves 1,500 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) members, who participate in more than 1 million course hours annually, placing OLLI at USCB in the top 10 in the country. The University of South Carolina Beaufort offers students an exceptional place to learn and live in an environment focused on growth, preservation and opportunity. For more information, please contact Kerry Jarvis at email@example.com and 843-208-8030.


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Humans are Herbivores This post is to put to bed the arguments that meat eaters have where they claim we as humans are carnivores or omnivores. I always wonder why when they try and defend their contribution to animal abuse they seem to ignore the undue pain and suffering and claim that we are "meant"... Continue Reading →
My first link on here has to be to my beautiful fiancée's Instagram. (Told you she was beautiful) TheFerociousVeganBunny She is smart, knowledgeable, passionate and so full of kindness and support she is a must follow. She helped me understand veganism more and supported my transition from full blown meat eater to animal loving vegan.


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What does culturally sustaining pedagogy look like in the classroom?
Django and Travis add, "In asking this question we invite educators to share the ways their teaching seeks to perpetuate and foster--to sustain-- linguistic, literate, and cultural pluralism as an outcome of classroom learning. We are particularly interested in examples of teachers enacting practices that sustain the languages, literacies, literatures, histories, and cultures of students of color that are too often marginalized in U.S. classrooms and curriculum."
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