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Last month, Forbes asserted that 25 percent of the top-selling books on Amazon, the world's biggest book retailer, were from independent or self-published authors. The latest self-publishing phenom, Hugh Howey, sold just the print rights for Wool to St. Martin's Press for six figures, but retained the e-publishing rights for himself, because his book was already a million-plus seller.
This story shows that there is a possibility for a new kind of relationship between the author and publisher. But it also raises a bigger question:
In an age where authors can reach millions of readers by themselves, is there a role for a big commercial publisher?
When readers choose good books without the intermediation of a publisher, is there a market for the gigantic, multinational Big Six publishers?
Or is it the Big Five, now? Whatever, I suggest a short form: "Bix."
E-books are the driving force of publishing these days. Amazon reported that more than half of its sales are of e-books. And David Gaughran estimates that 25 percent of the e-book market is by independent authors.
When the numbers of independent authors self-publishing e-books started climbing, the commercial publishers said that the self-published just weren't good enough to get published by a commercial publisher.
The Bix claim that they provide an essential gatekeeping function. The story they tell goes like this:
- Wannabe authors submit manuscripts into a "slush pile." Most of them are terrible, but a very few might be turned into examples of great literature.
- The Bix editors read through the slush pile and select the few gems.
- They pay the author an advance on their royalties, which allows the author to live while working on turning that raw manuscript into something an audience will read.
- The Bix subject the raw manuscript to rigourous development, involving several iterations or review, critique, re-writing by the author, close work with different editors and finally line-by-line, word-by-word editing.
- During this process, the publisher and its editing staff do all the work, while (as we have seen in countless movies and TV shows), the author drags out the process, whiling away the days in substance abuse, sexual excess and drinking espresso in smoky cafés instead of working on the re-write.
- Finally, the book comes out and the publisher pays for a big launch in the most prestigious bookstore in Manhattan, then a book launch tour across the country, and interviews on TV talk shows and readings in universities.
All those manuscripts that didn't make it out of the slush pile? The publisher sent their authors polite rejection letters, saying not that the manuscript is crap, but that it "didn't meet their needs at this time."
Here's the reality of the Bix "quality gatekeeping" function which I've learned in my years in the publishing industry:
· Acquisitions editors and agents choose manuscripts to publish based on sellability, not quality. Because they cannot tell the future any better than you or me, they look at whether an author has been published before, or whether the story is like a current best-seller from another publisher, to make decisions. Getting selected from the slush pile is due either to blind luck or connections within the industry.
· The quality of editing varies widely. Most copy-editors and proofreaders are right out of university and so badly underpaid that most seek more rewarding employment.
· Authors work very hard. Most have other jobs, and I don't know any who spend endless hours drinking espresso in cafés. And thankfully, you cannot smoke in most cafés, anymore.
In reality, authors today do most of the work that publishers did 20 years ago: research, check facts, write, edit, copy-edit and proofread. Word processing programs automate most interior design or layout. Hugh Howey and any number of other authors concur that most authors published by big companies still have to do their own promotion. The days of book launch tours are long gone.
What about gatekeeping?
Some of the best-sellers today are from self-published authors. Hugh Howey, Amanda Hocking and others making their livings selling books without the intermediation of a big company. Joe Konrath and Barry Eisler famously rejected commercial publishing offers.
On the other side of this argument are the truly awful books from the commercial publishers. Dan Brown's latest novel is set to become the biggest book on the beaches this summer, and almost every critic has said it's terrible. The Daily Telegraph even published the "Dan Brown's Top 20 Worst Sentences."
Like generals who fight the previous war, the Bix publish new versions of last year's bestsellers. Rip-offs, in other words. How many sexy vampire series are there? Friendly zombies? Books about women who take long trips to eat good food, have great sex and find themselves?
Readers themselves are replacing the quality gatekeeper role of the publisher. Sites like Goodreads, the Kindle Book Review, Amazon's discussion boards (although you need a thick skin to participate on these) — and of course, BestSelling Reads.
Every time communications technology reduces the cost of producing and distributing content, it brings content creators closer to audiences. That means there is less room and less of a role for intermediaries.
Do audiences need commercial publishers? There is still room for Bix. They have deep pockets (despite their protestations otherwise and despite the skimpy amounts they pay authors and their own employees), and have the infrastructure for distributing paper books.
But readers are by-passing them. If the Bix want to stay viable over the long term, they're going to have to respond to what readers are telling the market — they're paying for the greater variety in all books that the new, independent writers are producing today.
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Scott Bury is a journalist and editor based in Ottawa, Canada. He is the author of The Bones of the Earth and One Shade of Red.


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iHome, the company specializing in various accessories for mobile devices production, which released some wonderful docks for iPhone, has finally got to iPad. (more…)...read more
Joule iPad Stand Stylish is a beautiful and very spiffy accessory for your iPad. Its Hi-Tech style is really suitable for Apple tablet computer. Besides nice form the accessory provides surety and durable usage as it's made of chrome aluminum thereby the stand is light but solid. (more…)...read more
The topic of handy and compact stands for Apple iPad somehow took backseat as everybody plunged to develop software. Though, Twelvesouth decided to fill this vacuum and presented their new Compass stand. (more…)...read more
We have great news for all who can play guitar, or think they can . IK Multimedia announced its AmpliTube iRig – a guitar adapter for Apple iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone. So, you can jack your guitar or bass directly into your iDevice and obtain access to a lot of effects. (more…)...read more
Universal remote control is a very handy and useful thing. There have appeared a lot of variations of this device recently. It is rumored that there is even a remote control for your sweetheart So far iPad doesn't have such functions but this is an unsurpassed device as a remote control consolidating all remotes into one. ThinkFlood and iGi are two companies that can help you to control all your domestic appliances. (more…)...read more
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Now you can easily hold your iPad in one hand due to an elegant accessory the Onhand X-Band by TKO Solutions. The accessory design impresses with its originality. The Onhand X-Band consists of four leather corner loops, connected to a neoprene and nylon X strap and allows users to fasten their iPads more securely. (more…)...read more
All fans of sport games connected with board on iPad, such as surfboard, skateboard, snowboard etc., will appreciate a wonderful accessory Apstik. It will take your gaming experience to the next level. (more…)...read more
iPad is utilized in many fields of human activity and its use conditions are varied, that's why Schulz Plumbing designed Hard Case for iPad to protect your tablet computer from various bad factors. It is marketed as an accessory for people using iPad at a construction site, underground 0_о and other dangerous places. (more…)...read more


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I found a pattern for Hermione's awesome hat in the Harry Potter Half-Blood Prince movie. When I saw that hat I knew it was the perfect hat for Leah. I found a pattern for it at the JL Yarnworks blog. The pattern Hermione's cable and eyelet hat is great. Easy and pretty. It would make any gal a great looking hat even if she is not a HP fan.
I'm making slow progress only because I have several other knitty gifts to get done before the end of October. In all likelyhood this hat for Leah may end up being a stocking stuffer for Christmas. My plan is to have it complete to surprise her on Christmas. I know she has been desperate to wear so it will be such a treat to see her excitement in a few months. You can see the detail work on the hat showing the cables. The eyelets are hidden with the purled sections of the hat giving it a really beautiful look. I can't wait to see how it turns out. I may make one for myself.


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Rather than paying for Kindle eBooks, did you know that you can download a huge selection of them for free? See what's free this week.
You don't need to buy a tablet to read eBooks. Read my guide on how to read them without a Kindle.
Here are a selection of free eBooks from Amazon that I found this week. Why not download them – for free – and enjoy a good read!
How To Create a Meal in a Jiffy is a concept to show you how you can prepare food for cooking quickly. The idea behind it is to use "sequencing and parallel processing". It shows you how you can create 3-4 course meals in less than 30 minutes!
This eBook gives you 30 healthy and easy freezer recipes and saves you time and money. What I love about this is the concept of "OAMC" – Once A Month Cooking – how cool does that sound?!
More recipes this week. Easy Weeknight Dinners does exactly what is says on the tin. This book gives you quick recipes especially for winter with lots of winter food inspiration.
25 Steps to Break Any Bad Habit used to be £4.99 but is now coming up as FREE! The book asks you to pick a habit you want to stop (even if you've tried it in the past) and use their steps to break your habit and overcome it.
Beginners Quick Guide to Passive Income is an eBook right up my street. This is a beginners guide for how to use the internet to make your fortune, with little effort. Rather than finding one way to make money, it gives you insight to generate multiple income streams.
Ricky Willis is the original Skint Dad. A money-making enthusiast, father, and husband to Naomi. He is always looking for unique ways to earn a little extra.


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South remembers: Your Economy is Not Our Economy, Your Politics are Not Our Politics, Your Culture is Not Our Culture, Your Land is Not Our Land, Your Lives are Not Our Lives. That Much is All We Really Know, Don't We?… by Charles Esche
Your Economy is Not Our Economy, Your Politics are Not Our Politics, Your Culture is Not Our Culture, Your Land is Not Our Land, Your Lives are Not Our Lives. That Much is All We Really Know, Don't We?…
by Charles Esche
These are oligarchical times. There is deepening division. A self-reproducing elite has liberated itself from the anchors of nationality and geography and floats away in its superyachts and private jets. Its members have taken control of the democratic imperatives of old, owning the systems that the remaining population fondly imagine still represent them. The emancipation of the new underclasses has ceased to be a goal of public democratic policy. The offer of greater spending power is contingent on personal debt. The state ceases to be for, by, with or from the people; yet it seems no one has any idea what kind of new relationship with the state might be possible—so the oligarchs fill the vacuum and use the state for their own ends.
The waves of liberation from the late-eighteenth century until the 1980s, while far from smooth, offered a sense of a historical trajectory that painted liberty, equality and solidarity as the expected destination of humanity, despite all the diversions. Now, the world has come under the spell of new myths, ones that propose the goal of humanity to be individual satisfaction, wealth, leisure, entertainment, anything but a collective striving towards a common goal. All in the name of keeping the elites in power and the masses busy.
Of course, these elites are not new. They have always been around—waiting in the wings. Just look at the former Soviet Union where the urge to oligarchy emerged the day after the end of perestroika. Or the United States, where the reborn oligarchy strives to overturn every last provision in the New Deal that built the basis of their wealth in the first place. Maybe oligarchy is in the human gene. If so, the task of civilisation, both free market and communist, Muslim and Christian, has historically been to keep the urge to oligarchic rule in check. They never made a great job of it—but each has mitigated its effects when well applied.
Now, we don't seem to even bother with the checks, or with the civilisation idea much. Instead individuals are invited to be masters of themselves, shaping their bodies and personalities to charm the disinterested gaze of that privileged class that has already left for orbit around the earth. The population hopes for recognition and assumption. Yet I can't quite imagine what we are for them—amusing curiosities, evidence of their success, a piece of shrapnel in their arse?
Fukayama's easy cliché "the end of history" served the oligarchs well. That's why it became famous. And now, through the process of detachment by which the oligarchs became free of a specific place and a surrounding people, the victims of the system of the expropriation and concentration of wealth are imagined to be no longer history's concern. In this, for the first time in a while, the South of our little European sub-continent is ahead of the North. The challenges that now overwhelm the Mediterranean countries and impoverish their states as well as their peoples will resonate upwards and onwards. The social democratic state that the North so proudly founded is crumbling. Already much has gone, yet its inhabitants cling on to the ruins that are left, seemingly unable to imagine what state they would be in without a state. National citizens have become receptacles of state services—open, empty vessels waiting to be filled. The lack of political agency or any kind of imaginative reaction in the North is shocking. Yet there is still no model of how to respond. Is the state's withering positive or negative? Is it a strong state that's needed, a paternalistic state, a democratic state, anarchy? There's a paradox here that makes oligarchy stronger because it has no real competitor. No one has yet formulated a vision of state and society or "state and revolution" that matches our current experience. It's disappointing at least, given the urgency.
And disappointing too, I have to admit, is the art that is produced today in much of Europe. To label it complacency would be too kind. Art in general has ceased to be radical in a meaningful way. It ceased to offer an alternative, imaginative reality that could be built out of the shadows of today. Instead, it retreats far too often into personal fantasy or quirky observation. When I first chose to be with art, I wanted it because it did things differently. That was my fantasy. But now it does what is expected of it. Art and artists play the game—whether it's decorating the oligarchs' waiting rooms or offering celebrity distraction to the masses. Isn't it obvious what artists are going to do even before they do it, nowadays? Cultural life needs to become more unpredictable, more disturbing, more agonistic than ever, especially given the conditions of oligarchic stagnation. It is art's burden and responsibility. That I even articulate this though has the seed of an optimistic thought behind it. I still believe art can live up to its transformative promise and radical history. I believe it because I know change will come and history (art or social) has not come to an end … it is just resting for a while, or maybe, after what we know from Wikileaks and all, I could say that someone has her finger on the pause button.


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It's time for announcing the winners of the competition!
According to the drawing results the main prize, the silver coin "Ukrainian embroidery", has been received by Lesya Dolbnya-Soroka. Julia Ryabko has won the second place, who receives a commemorative silver "Zodiac Sign" coin.
And Maryana Yakobenchuk-Dol'na is the third, who receives the commemorative coin "1120 years Uzhhorod".
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MIDDLESBROUGH hope Lukas Jutkiewicz's imminent departure will help them to persuade Huddersfield Town to sell midfielder Adam Clayton this week.
Boro head for a week's training in Marbella this morning without Jutkiewicz, who was finalising a move worth in excess of £1.5m to Premier League newcomers Burnley over the weekend.
The former Coventry and Southampton striker has been sought after all summer by a number of Championship clubs, but none were willing to match Middlesbrough's valuation. Burnley, however, moved in and reached an agreement.
Jutkiewicz, replaced in Aitor Karanka's squad by Murcia's 3.5m Euros front-man Kike when he officially becomes a Boro man this week, has been keen to leave since enjoying a successful loan stint at Bolton last season.
The 25-year-old has never convinced Karanka that he should be the figurehead of the lone striker system he prefers, which has led to Kike being landed. The Spanish boss is also working on a second new striker, with Danny Graham and Jelle Vossen the most likely candidates.
But the funds raised by Juitkiewicz's sale, confirmed in the next 48 hours, could help in the pursuit of Clayton, identified as the centre-midfielder Karanka wants to start the new season.
Boro have already had a £1m offer rejected by the Terriers, whose interest in Kei Kamara could prove a useful bargaining tool in negotiations. Huddersfield want around £1.5m for Clayton and Brighton also remain interested.
Two new strikers (including Kike), Clayton and a right-back are on the Karanka wish-list. The latter position has proved difficult so far after being knocked back by Real Betis' Juanfran, since rejecting the chance to buy Jozsef Varga for £600,000.
It has emerged that Cyrus Christie, the Coventry full-back, was also on the radar before he joined Derby last week. Wolves' Richard Stearman had previously been considered.
Boro do not have any new signings with them on the flight to Spain today, with the exception of goalkeeper Tomas Mejias, who turned his loan into a permanent arrangement from Real Madrid. Mejias was given half an hour's run-out during Saturday's behind-closed-doors friendly win over Romanian side Tirgu Mures when all three of Boro goalkeepers were given time on the pitch.
Two goals from Luke Williams and one each for Christian Burgess and Bradley Fewster scored the goals for Middlesbrough in a 4-1 success at West Riding FA. Tirgu's only goal was scored in the second half when Amauri tucked in a rebound after Steele had failed to hold a powerful drive from Voiculet.
BORO (first half): Konstantopoulos (Mejias 31); Atkinson, Woodgate, Hines, Gibson, Halliday, Whitehead, Smallwood, L Williams, Kamara, Brobbel.
(second half): Mejias (Steele 60); Morris, Ayala, Burgess, Friend, Reach, Butterfield, Smallwood (Leadbitter 60), Tomlin, Main, Fewster.


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Wikipedia-Wikidata sentence-level relation annotations
Daniil Sorokin and Iryna Gurevych (2017)
Context-Aware Representations for Knowledge Base Relation Extraction, In: Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP), p. (to appear), September 2017
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Data Description
We provide a subcorpus of Wikipedia that was annotated with Wikidata relations using a distant supervision procedure. The corpus contains two types of annotations: entities and relations. Entity annotations were extracted from the Wikipedia linkes in the article text. Each link was converted to a Wikidata identifier using the mappings from the Wikidata itself. Additional entities were recognised using a named entity recognizer and were later linked to Wikidata. For each pair of entities in each sentence we searched for Wikidata relations that connect this pair of entities and stored all unambigious instances (only one relation is possible).
The zipped file (download (115MB) here, v1.0, 2017-08-25) contains the following files in Json format:
- The training set of sentences that was used for model training.
- The development set of sentences for parameter tuning.
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If years of planning and work pay off, NASA's Dawn space craft was just now gravitationally captured, as of 10pm PST, by an asteroid that lives in the wide region of our solar system between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid is named Vesta.
It's thought that Vesta, which is only 326 miles in diameter, once had lava flows. If Vesta did once have lava flows, it makes no sense with our current understanding, since Vesta is too small to contain a molten interior. The Dawn spacecraft will spend a year orbiting Vesta investigating its composition in an attempt to shed some light on this puzzling situation.
Some people believe Vesta may have a high concentration of radioactive elements, such as Aluminum-26, that fell together from a nearby supernova explosion, and worked its way to the core of the asteroid, resulting in geologies similar to what we find on Earth and Mars. Hopefully, we'll know soon enough.
After a year, Dawn will depart from Vesta heading toward the nearby dwarf planet Ceres. This will mark the first time any spacecraft has managed to orbit one celestial body, then move away to orbit another.
NASA accomplishes this feat through the use of ion propulsion drives rather than chemical rocket drives. The Deep Space 1 mission years ago proved the viability of using ion propulsion drives for space exploration. Ion drives allow spacecraft to travel considerably faster than chemically-propelled rockets. Although chemical rockets produce a lot more up-front force, ion drives produce a small force over thousands of days, which gives you much faster speeds, and incredible "gas mileage". In fact, at full throttle, the ion propulsion drives will produce little more force than a piece of paper does when held in your hand.
Tomorrow night around this time we'll know for certain if Dawn was captured by the gravitational field of asteroid Vesta, and the science will begin. It could well be we will learn some important facts about how our solar system coalesced into this big ball of dust we've come wandering out from. Here's hoping!


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Dark branches released cherry blossoms, awash with pale pink and deep magenta, and sent them floating upon the subtle mountain breeze.
The dragon's tail flicked, dusting the landscape with a glitter of red as it gazed through an orb laden with four yellow stars, tendrils of smoke drifted skyward from its mouth.
An orange form darted past, the dragon's eyes followed its flash of colour for a moment before a cascade of turquoise enveloped the koi and carried it down the mountain stream.
A man sat tall upon the peak, eyes trained as he painted his dreams of colour.
I feel I must explain this piece.
First of all, it's inspired by Charli Mills' prompt "Turquoise" over at CarrotRanch.com. A prompt for which I struggled to find inspiration. I wanted to write something different, something close to my heart and thus I discovered this piece.
I had a not-often-enough opportunity to spend some time out with the other half this weekend, thanks to his mother's offer to babysit the little ones; and we had an amazing time bonding and having fun together.
The other half loves to wear his heart on his sleeve, and thus is in the long process of having a sleeve tattoo beautifully etched onto his skin by the incredible Matty at Dizzmattix Tattoos. It is inspired by his passions in life, and so I was inspired by him this week;
The dragon symbolises strength and honour with the orb of 4 stars, one for he, myself and our two little ones (a fifth to be added soon), in the dragon's care.
The koi – with the Chinese symbols for Courage, Discipline, Strength and Dream – utilises these to swim down a stream of water, and symbolise his strength and perseverance through challenges in life.
Finally, the koi is thus surrounded by cherry blossoms, symbolising his inspiration and love for his daughters.
When I think of colours, I think of happiness and life, and though this piece may not be a 'story,' I wanted portray the inspiration I find in colour.
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Our staff has received many well-deserved recognitions and awards over the course of the past year. Now, an unprecedented number of educators from RSU 18 have been nominated for the Kennebec County Teacher of the year.
These nine educators were nominated by students, fellow teachers, or administrators:
MHS English teacher Lisette Bordes, MMS Social Studies/ELA teacher Jamie Routhier,
MMS Physical Education teacher Paul Begley, WES Art teacher Ellen Gronlie, WES fifth grade teacher Valerie Glueck, JHB second grade teacher Nancy Burton, CPS second grade teacher Sonja Boudreau, BCS first grade teacher Laura Dunbar, and Atwood pre-k teacher Krystal Blaisdell.
Each teacher can decide whether to continue with the process or opt out.
The Maine Teacher of the Year program results in the selection of 16 County Teachers of the Year. One of the 16 is then chosen as Maine State Teacher of the Year and goes on to represent Maine in the National Teacher of the Year Program. Past winners in the district include 2016 Kennebec Valley Teacher of the Year Andy Forster and 2011 Maine State Teacher of the Year Shelly Moody.


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Holograms will ruin the world.
The leaked video below appears to be footage from the finale of The Voice and shows Christina Aguilera singing Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing," before welcoming out a hologram that's supposed to look like Whitney Houston but doesn't because holograms are sick. "Ladies and gentlemen, Whitney Houston," says Aguilera. Actually? NOT Whitney Houston? According to TMZ:
It was supposed to be a surprise for Monday's season finale of the The Voice — though there's been a ton of buzz about it, so the surprise was already kinda blown. It's unclear who got the footage or how it ended up on a Facebook page ... but it's already been taken down.
In a video taken from a Facebook page that still had the footage up in the middle of me writing this post, the troubling Whitney hologram helps finish the duet of "I Have Nothing" and then "I'm Every Woman" and you don't really want to see it but you will when The Voice airs.
Hm. Uh....Zoinks.
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If you haven't begun to spruce up your outdoor dining space, now is the timetime, the season of alfresco entertaining is upon us, so. Regardless of whether there is a tiny metropolis deck or perhaps a sprawling poolside patio, there is lots you could do to infuse type and usefulness to your outside area. Read on to take a look at probably the most jealousy-inducing outdoor dining areas we've seen and pick up a couple of inspiring decorating ideas to rob whilst you are at it.
Squirt With a New Coat of Fresh paint
Exposed to the weather, your patio furniture will definitely experience a little bit wear. Bring back your weathered chairs having a clean cover of color-benefit points for picking quite a shade, like pale pink, that is not even close to basic.
Infuse Coloration with Turkish Bathroom towels
A straightforward method to to infuse coloration into the outdoor space is usually to chuck a Turkish bath towel more than your eating seats. They'll perk in the scenario during the day and keep you cozy every time a amazing wind hits.
Soften Points Track of Sheepskin
If you plan to linger at your alfresco meals, that hard surface may get the best of youyou, Aesthetically you can't go wrong with a classic wood picnic bench-it's the ultimate in versatility-but. Soften issues track of a sheepskin hide or two. They'll addpersonality and warmth, and luxury.
Light with Hurricane Lanterns
A hurricane lantern is necessary-have for every outdoor dining room. The window candlestick circumstances are super easy to shift and definately will maintain your tabletop lit up regardless how windy it is actually. Professional tip: Present two or three in varying altitudes and stagger them to make graphic interest.
Roll Your Club Cart
Alfresco beverages are crucial to every single profitable springtime or summer season bash, so roll your club cart beside your dining room table to ensure they are handy. Fashion the cart with a punchy ice-cubes bucket and a few photogenic fresh fruit-pineapples, any individual? -to amp within the hot-weather conditions atmosphere.
Put Classic Good taste with Cabana Lines
It's the cabana stripestripe if there's one pattern that will never go out of style outdoors. Vision-capturing, vibrant, and timeless, it is the perfect example of easy fashionable. Provide a bit of its timeless flair to the outside via furniture, a outdoor patio umbrella, or an simple chuck pillow.
Make an Time tested Focal point with Succulents
It's also ephemeral, although a bouquet of flowers on your outdoor dining table is beautiful when you're entertaining. For a longer-enduring focal point you could forget and set, location a trio of potted succulents on your own outdoor dining table. The low-routine maintenance vegetation will prove to add a burst of desert and color design for your kitchen table.
Create Elevation and Delineate with Herb Appears
Look at framework your dining table with a collection of herb stands or podiums. We love the architectural look these decorative accents put, and topped having a prospering natural plant or possibly a radiant potted blossom, they are able to also provide a little bit of liveliness and spectacular flair.
Come up with a Assertion with Sculptural Objects
Sculptural physical objects certainly are a wise selection for your outdoor dining room, since they include aesthetic attention without having maintenance, as long as they can stand up to the elements. Try a rusty weather vane for farmhouse pizzazz or even a copper urn having a verdigris patina for land cool.
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It can also have mega impact, although one may be the loneliest number. This solitary-hued outside patio demonstrates that-white colored is actually all appropriate. Decide on your chosen color and drench your outdoor dining region in it, from flooring to proverbial roof. You're certain to make a picture-best arena.
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Don't fuss over your outdoor dining space if all else fails. Keep it simple with a potted succulent set up, and provide the fun when you're helping food such as bowls of fresh fruit, designed linens, a trendy champagne pail, and delightful eats. Spending some time exterior is about consuming it easy, isn't it?


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If your kid is around 7 years of age, then now is a great time for his or her first orthodontic visit.
Why is orthodontic treatment so important?
A few things are essential for your child to have a healthy smile:
All of these factors may be affected by having crooked teeth. Braces could be the key to your child having excellent dental health for life.
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For one thing, it's easiest to treat issues before they become real problems. An orthodontist can take a look at your child's mouth and determine whether or not help will be needed, and if so, how much.
While kids are small, the bone in the mouth and jaw is still developing. A lot of orthodontic issues can be corrected easily by guiding bone growth in the right direction. The time to take advantage of this process is while kids are still young.
Why Age 7?
The age of 7 is a time when both boys and girls can expect to have a mix of adult and baby teeth in their mouth. A sever-year-old's mouth provides a nice map for the orthodontist to base predictions of oncoming problems that can be avoided.
Schedule your son or daughter's consultation with an orthodontist as soon as possible. The office will let you know what to expect at the first visit. Starting orthodontic treatment at a young age is an important way you can help your child avoid serious dental issues later on. Braces could be your kid's key to a bright and healthy future!
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Margot Krikhaar was born in Australia, but when she was only three years old the family moved to Holland, the birthplace of her parents. She grew up in a small village in the province of Limburg and later lived in various places in Holland. After studying Dutch, she had several professions (including editor with a publisher of children's books, editor of travel guides, and assistant to a works council) and was a counselor and trainer in her own practice. She always experienced her life as a learning process and a path of development. Her search led her to start painting, which put her in touch with deeper emotional layers of herself. That in turn led her to undergo several courses of therapy, both as an individual and in groups. On the basis of her own experiences, she decided to start guiding others in their transformation process. The path of development that she took was not only a search for herself, but also for God. The need to turn inward and for spirituality grew steadily. She became acquainted with various forms and approaches and got inspiration from them all. When finally A Course in Miracles showed up in her life, she knew intuitively that this was her spiritual path and that Jesus was her teacher. The Course has since become her most important guide and inspiration. Margot Krikhaar was active until 2011 as a teacher of A Course in Miracles. Because of illness, she has stopped her teaching activities. Her first book, this one, was published (in Dutch) in 2010. She has coached year-long groups, has given lectures, and has held workshops and retreats. Information about her work can be found at the websitewww.margotkrikhaar.nl . There are also numerous other supporting study materials and various articles by Margot about Course-related topics. Articles written by Margot are now also available in English on her website. http://www.margotkrikhaar.nl/english.html
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I have a crazy sweet tooth and I'm not afraid to admit it.
I won't sit with my feet up and eat a box of bon bons, but a little treat in the afternoon when our daughter's at school and the little dude is down for his nap, gives Mommy that wee bit of energy to get me through until dinner.
I've been finding recipes that have little or no sugar added and even ones that don't have the standard ingredients like butter and flour.
I found this super amazing one that you'd probably agree is pretty AMAZEBALLZ!
Best Ever Chocolate Oatmeal No-Bake Bars {Clean Eating}
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1 cup natural peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup coconut oil (you could also substitute butter)
2 cups old fashioned oats
1 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup chopped nuts, raisins, or dried cranberries
1-1/4 cups dark chocolate chips (or regular semi-sweet chocolate chips, if you prefer)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Melt the peanut butter, honey, and coconut oil over medium-low heat in a saucepan on the stove. {Watch this closely. You don't want it to burn!}
Remove from heat once it's melted together and add in the oats, shredded coconut, chocolate chips, nuts/raisins, and vanilla. Stir together until the chocolate is completely melted.
Pour into a greased 9×13 pan and cool in the fridge. If you'd like thicker bars, you can pour the mixture into a smaller pan.
When the mixture is hardened, cut into bars and eat. Store in the refrigerator or freezer.
I've made these now a few times and even the kiddies love them. Let me know what you think 😃


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The Batchkret 20 is a compact shotcrete batching plant, specially designed for underground mines.
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I know very late to the party but im still seeing people making these incorrect.
Why are so many incorrect? on the left side of the car its always correct but sticker makers just use the same file and print two of the same and the right side of the car has it rear dohc VTEC and it supposed to read VTEC dohc.
For dark coloured cars it is light grey and light coloured cars its dark grey (according to part numbers), I used my authentic stickers to create realistic looking copies.
Price is R40 for a set, if you can get it cheaper you know the deal let me know and i will beat the price.
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Yes I agree with you that I need to get the image processing basics right. But I am still looking for various hardware ideas to be implemented in my project. I found out that we are allowed to have a remote PC for image processing, so would you please suggest some ideas regarding different types of wireless camera i can use and transmit signals to the PC fo processing.


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I've been raving about UnREAL for a while now, making it my most anticipated summer TV show of 2015. You can't believe how happy I am that it also delivered when I finally got a chance to watch it. I'm already addicted and I've only seen one episode so far! I don't think there are any major Spoilers in this review, especially not if you've seen the promo, but decide for yourself with how much information you want to go into this.
UnREAL chronicles the shooting of a reality show called "Everlasting", which is very much like the fictional re-imagining of "The Bachelor". It is a behind-the-scenes-look from the producers point of view, especially freelancer Rachel, who has returned to the show after a mental breakdown (that was, like everything else, caught on camera). There are so many "unscrpited" TV shows on these days and I just don't believe them – I love that UnREAL takes a bit of a hit at them, trying to expose the process behind "great TV". In fact, the show is so on-point that it could just as well be a docu-series. (Although I seriously hope that real producers aren't that ruthless!)
Here are some more specific thoughts:
- Shiri Appleby as the lead, Rachel Goldberg, is perfect!!! She looks so honest, nice and sympathetic that you wouldn't guess how manipulating she can be. I'm so very much looking forward to seeing her journey and if she'll get out of this sane. I mean being hated by so many people, having to destroy people's lives and working with your ex … that's gotta take its toll.
- Quinn (Constance Zimmer), the head producer who has an affair with show-creator Chet, is candid and offensive at the same time. Often you can't believe what she's saying but there's always truth to her words. She knows how to do her job and she knows that she can't make friends while doing it. I'm not quite sure how it'll pan out that she sent the PA to do Rachel's service hours. I hope it doesn't backfire!
- I haven't quite figured out Freddie Stroma's character Adam yet. Is participating in a dating show really the best way to do damage control for your reputation? I don't think that I'd invest with someone who tried to find love on a TV show, but maybe that's just my opinion. Nonetheless, he intrigues me and I can see the sparks between him and Rachel.
- The way all the contestants got cast for their part on the show and how the producers dug into their past is messed up. You'd like to think that that was one of the "unreal" parts of the show, but it's at least partly how these dating formats are run. Maybe it's not as extreme as it's portrayed here , but it's still freaky to think how much of it all is staged.
- I love Arielle Kebbel and I hope she'll make another appearance on the show!
- The whole setting, the house, the location, the crew – it all looks so "real". I have to hand it to the creators for that one. I'm sure someone spent a lot of time watching dating-shows for "research" purposes!
- Just fyi: the show is inspired by Shapiro's short Sequin Raze. Haven't seen it, but I now very much would like to!
UnREAL is the real deal for me and required summer-viewing! I can already see myself sitting on the edge of my seat every week, anticipating what they'll come up with next. What do you say?


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Last winter I was in Canberra to celebrate the New Year with my uncle, which was very special for me. I had a lot of fun and also I learned much more about the tricks of gambling and online casinos that I can give certain tips to a newcomer who will make a start with. I was sitting all alone in my room and was watching a show which was based on the lifestyle of the Arctic Circle.
As we know about that New Zealand is famous for the number of online pokies fortune websites and huge numbers of the poker machine. And it makes me find any game that related to this, I got the article the most appropriate one to go with. I was pleased by the review that was posted in favor to try this.
The criteria of playing of this one are totally different from any other and it the first kind of line game to come into existence with a full flourish and also said to be 1,024 ways machine, this means that it gives such ways of winning.
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It turns out there's another chapter to the story of Sid's mother's passing and the ancestral legacy she bequeathed to him at that time, not to mention the catalyst she provided for so much that has unfolded in his life since then. It involves Hurricane Katrina, which occurred 17 ½ years later. In fact, the death chart for Hurricane Katrina brings Sid's story full circle, from his Mother's passing, to the Randazzos of Italy, to even more distant gypsy ancestry in Benares, India, to Katrina, to Plano, Texas (where Sid lived for nine years after Katrina), and back home to New Orleans, finally and completely in June of 2014.
Shortly after Sid's mother's death, while still in his twenties, Sid met a woman who was to become very pivotal in his life, Denise Baudier, and it was she who introduced him to the world of psychic mediumship by inviting him to a workshop on the subject. This officially started him down the road he has been on ever since (at least where this lifetime is concerned).
Fast-forward almost two decades to August of 2005. Sid was working as a nurse at a hospital in the greater New Orleans area when Hurricane Katrina came to town. For several days, both during and immediately after the mega-storm, Sid was stuck at the hospital, where he witnessed many patients die when access to adequate medical care was catastrophically interrupted. He also assisted in the evacuation of many others, out of the hospital and away from the ravaged city, to strange places they had never been before and where they knew no one, with only their names and addresses in their pockets for identification.
It was a desperate time when people were forced to call upon inner resources they didn't even know they had. Sid was no exception. The temperature inside the hospital was 120 degrees, and Sid and the other nurses became so depleted by the ordeal of caring for the sick virtually around the clock under extremely adverse conditions, that they eventually resorted to giving themselves IV infusions of essential nutrients just to stand upright and keep going. Finally, on the Thursday after Katrina, Sid was able to leave the hospital, pack his SUV and head for Plano, Texas, for the next chapter of his life that awaited him there.
In retrospect, all these years later, Sid recently shared with me his sense that Katrina was in some mysterious way the return of his mother (whose name happens to have been Katherine, a variation of Katrina) for one final, very dramatic wake up call. It propelled him out of his comfort zone in New Orleans and toward the suburb of Dallas he called home for nine long years; the number nine being especially significant because it represents an entire cosmic birth or karmic completion cycle.
What specifically drew Sid to Plano on a practical level, I do not know, but at the level of soul activation it seems he was drawn like a moth to a flame to one of the few cities on earth that happens to be smack dab at the midpoint between his Uranus and North Node Midheaven lines, symbolizing the call of his soul to fully embrace his destiny as a psychic medium.
The tri-wheel chart for the relationship between the New Orleans' birth chart, Sid's birth chart and the Hurricane Katrina death chart, indicates a profound relationship between these three events. Again, we see a Finger of Destiny, the sacred geometrical configuration that seems to be the hallmark of Astrological Mediumship readings, most likely because it is both so intensely focused and intensely karmic.
The death chart for Hurricane Katrina involves the Ascendant (moment of death) and Saturn (karma, soul responsibility), with the Sun (identity, illumination, higher Self) at the activation point, and Uranus (shocking, life-altering events, lightning flashes of intuition, the revolutionary impulse to find true freedom) at the focal point. The birth chart for New Orleans adds Pluto (descent into the watery, emotional underworld, a dark night of the soul, followed by rebirth) into the mix, conjunct the Uranus focal point. Finally, Sid's birth chart underscores the death and resurrection theme, while also introducing the Wounded Healer archetype, with his natal Pluto conjunct the Sun activation point in the Katrina Finger of Destiny, exactly opposing his Chiron (Wounded Healer), and Pluto/Uranus at the focal point.
The keynote message of the Chiron/Pluto/Uranus focal point for the Finger of Destiny, at between 6 and 8 degrees in the watery, mystical sign of Pisces (Christ consciousness, martyred savior, Wounded Healer), is this:
Being put to the ultimate test. Concentration of values amidst the chaos of life. The fullness of life as it manifests in service to the whole. The clear light of high realization.
Hurricane Katrina was indeed the "ultimate test," inspiring Sid to identify and concentrate on those things he truly valued amidst the chaos Katrina had left in her massive wake. On an emotional level, it was through going into the wound (Chiron) of that experience of profound dislocation and embracing it fully that I believe Sid was able to truly activate his psychic gifts.
Amazingly, by relocating to the midpoint between his Uranus and North Node Midheaven lines, I believe Sid was able to gain greater access to the spiritual resources and psychic abilities bequeathed to him through his maternal, Romani/gypsy line of descent, rooted in ancient India. This is because the midpoint between his Uranus and North Node Nadir (ancestral) lines, 180 degrees opposite the midpoint for his Midheaven (higher calling) lines in Texas, runs right through India. In other words, if Sid were to drill down from Plano, Texas, straight through the center of the earth, he would pop out the other side of the planet in India – Benares, to be exact: the site where the Buddha gave his first sermon ("The First Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma") after attaining enlightenment!
What is especially significant about the reference to the Wheel of the Dharma is that it is the root symbol of Buddhism, representing the basic structure of the universe. Thousands of years after that first teaching by the Buddha, this symbol shows up on the flag of the gypsy/Romani people, harkening back to their ancient roots in India, as well as on the coat of arms for Sid's Romani ancestors, the Randazzos!
Synchronistically, the keynote messages for Sid's Uranus at 24+ degrees Leo and Node Node at 27+ degrees Leo, which blend together in Benares, India, suggesting Sid may have been present at the time of the Buddha's first sermon in Deer Park, are:
A yogi with transcendent powers. From the East, light slowly increases. Transformative power of creative impulses as they bring ideas into concrete manifestation. Soul-power.
With Sid's return to New Orleans after the nine-year gestation period on the midpoint between his Uranus and North Node Midheaven lines, we come full circle. All the dots are now connected. The founding of the Metaphysical Resource Center, in the neighborhood where he was raised, demonstrates, in no uncertain terms, Sid's full-out, unconditional surrendered to his destiny. Appropriately enough, a painting of his mother, Katherine (Katrina), complete with angel wings, graces its interior space. No doubt she is pleased.
One final note: In the synastry between Sid's birth chart and his mother's death chart, Sid's Ascendant (birth moment) is exactly conjunct Katherine's Midheaven (higher calling) at 26+ Scorpio. This is perhaps the most significant karmic connection two people can have. It suggests that the catalyzing of Sid's journey down the cosmic birth canal into a complete expression of his destiny in this life was his mother's highest calling and deepest prayer at the time of her passing. The keynote message is:
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We all know that the SMAP satellite measures soil moisture. But, how does knowing our planet's soil moisture help us in understanding agriculture's reaction to it?
SMAP monitors soil moisture and provides critical information for drought early warning. In fact, a deficit in the amount of moisture in the soil defines agricultural drought. SMAP's measurements will come into play because researchers forecast a threefold increase in drought frequency in many regions of the world by the end of the 21st Century. History shows that a sustained drought can result in crop failure, deaths of livestock, and ultimately deaths of people. There is an economic impact as well. It is estimated that the 2012 drought in the Midwest led to harvest failures costing an estimated $30 billion.
SMAP soil moisture information is critical for healthy plant growth, and will help improve crop yield forecasts and irrigation planning around the world. By indirectly monitoring global food production, SMAP will improve targeting of humanitarian food assistance. Studies estimate that climate change will increase the number of undernourished people worldwide in 2080 by 5-26%.


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The line between fashion and technology is blurring. What does this mean for future innovations?
Fashion has always been a form of communication and self-expression, a quick visual signal of one's tastes, allegiances and socioeconomic position. During the next decade, personal fashion and personal computing will begin to blur, offering us a new way to think about what today we call "devices."
Whereas today's personal devices help us communicate primarily through their connection to networks and software, the next generation of devices will allow us to communicate through their form factors as well.
The colors, textures and capacities of clothing, jewelry and shoes, enhanced with digital powers, will be new modes of communication in and of themselves. Today's wearables are mostly focused inward, on our relationship with ourselves, notes Rachel Hinman, a leading thinker on the intersection of tech and fashion.
"Fashion has always been a form of communication and self-expression."
Health trackers help us understand our bodies in new ways and improve performance. Smart clothing lights us up and keeps us safer at night as we ride our bikes or heats our torso, hands and feet on a cold day. Smart shoes deliver buzzes to point out the right path through a city.
But the real promise of smart wearables is precisely what has made mobile phones so powerful: their ability to connect us to others and to share our inner worlds. We'll need to rethink our technology user interface paradigms, devices and brands, redesigning them to enable self-expression.
There will be a lot to learn from the world of the atelier, with its exquisite attention to the rapid cycles of give-and-take between branded designs and the street.
How fashion and tech will look more alike than different
Fashion and technology production cycles have traditionally been at polar ends of the manufacturing and consumption spectrum. Fashion is about originality and change, with studios producing two distinct collections every year. New designs seen on a runway become "fast-fashion."
They can be copied, manufactured and distributed around the world in a matter of weeks. Their low cost and frequent updates drive rapid consumption cycles of "disposable" stylish products.
Our personal devices, on the other hand, take years to develop. Their "new looks" come out no more than once a year and often contain only the tiniest variations. And they remain among the most expensive personal items we own.
"The world of 2025 is likely to include smart fashion."
With changes in the way that electronics are being developed, however, the world of 2025 is likely to include smart fashion that evolves just as quickly as today's ordinary clothes and accessories.
It starts with the rise of what IFTF calls "social manufacturing," which is the ability of small groups of people to quickly bring an idea to the shelf by using crowdfunding, local maker spaces, online learning resources and services that link entrepreneurs to design and manufacturing in China.
Nowhere has this been more evident than in electronics. Apple and Samsung now dominate the phone market, but new entrants are popping up daily to create the kinds of edgy, connected accessories that will define the wearable category going forward — products like the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset didn't come out of corporate R&D labs.
While the big companies release smart watches that look more or less like mini computers on your wrist, it will be smaller start-ups, sometimes in partnership with fashion brands, that will build the new world of fashion wearables.
How China will become a platform for smart-fashion experimentation
Part of the story of the growing hardware renaissance is that more Western entrepreneurs are going directly to China. For the first time they are able to tap into super-fast Chinese design and new small-batch manufacturing capacities – perhaps even more importantly, into what inventor and hacker Bunnie Huang calls China's "network view" of IP and ownership.
In the world of hardware start-ups, he writes, "Chinese entrepreneurs [have] had relatively unfettered access to cutting-edge technology, enabling start-ups to innovate while bootstrapping. Meanwhile, Western entrepreneurs often find themselves trapped in a spiderweb of IP frameworks, spending more money on lawyers than on tooling."
"We may see many more experiments that bring together advanced garments and personal electronics."
Chinese engineers' access to technology is what allowed them to mix and match, driving the growth of low-end Chinese mobile phones that competed with Apple on the high end and ultimately destroyed Nokia and Motorola in the space of a few years. Now imagine this concept applied to the world of smart objects.
Of course China is not just the world's largest electronics manufacturer, it is also the world's largest apparel maker, making more than 40 percent of US apparel imports in 2014. Thus we may see many more experiments that bring together advanced garment manufacturing and personal electronics manufacturing.
All of this activity will be fueled by China's own need to innovate, driven by rising wages and slower economic growth. In city halls and corporate boardrooms around the world, economic growth is becoming linked with new strategies to support creativity and imagination.
China is making bold moves in this regard, though it is too early to know exactly how they will play out. Earlier this year, the Chinese State Council announced its "mass innovation" policy and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang personally visited a "maker space" in Shenzhen.
"We can already see the outlines of an unprecedented, cross-border network of Chinese and Western know-how."
A new Fashion Technology Industry Accelerator (FTIA) initiative was launched in Shenzhen in June 2015. A partnership between Shenzhen's Industrial Design Profession Association (SIDA) and the Council of Fashion Designers of Shenzhen, it aims to become the leading "fashion IoT platform in China," says FTIA co-founder David Chu.
A bridge between China and the West
We can already see the outlines of an unprecedented, cross-border network of Chinese and Western know-how, capital and creativity that could fuel innovative smart fashion, IoT and personal computing products.
Local manufacturing efforts such as New York-based Maker's Row, an online marketplace that connects American manufacturers and entrepreneurs so that they don't have to go abroad, could begin to play a bigger role in smart fashion experiments.
But for the next decade at least, China will remain a go-to source for wearable electronics due to its position as the world's largest manufacturer of both electronics and garments and because of its dynamic design, materials and entrepreneurial communities.
This article first appeared on the Institute for the Future's Future Now blog and was republished with permission.
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The Pigeon Tunnel
Author(s): John Le Carre
'Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for reality. Then back to the imagining, and to the desk where I'm sitting now.' The Pigeon Tunnel, John le Carre's memoir and his first work of non-fiction, is a thrilling journey into the worlds of his 'secret sharers' - the men and women, who inspired some of his most enthralling novels - and a testament to the author's extraordinary engagement with the last half-century. The reader is swept along not just by the chilling winds of the Cold War or by the author's frightening journeys into places of terrible violence but, most importantly, by the author's inimitable voice. In this astonishing work we see our world, both public and private, through the eyes of one of this country's greatest writers. 'No other writer has charted - pitilessly for politicians but thrillingly for readers - the public and secret histories of his times' Guardian 'John le Carre is as recognizable a writer as Dickens or Austen' Financial Times 'When I was under house arrest I was helped by the books of John le Carre ...they were a journey into the wider world . ..These were the journeys that made me feel that I was not really cut off from the rest of humankind' Aung San Suu Kyi
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Fascinating, important, pithy. Anyone interested in le Carre and his significant contribution to the literature of the 20th and 21st centuries will want to read these engaging meanderings through his life and career.He has plenty to say about Kim Philby, the movie business, fellow spooks and Russian defectors, encounters with the great and good, and his intrepid travels to research his novels -- William Boyd Guardian Vintage le Carre ... [he] remains a magician of plot and counter-plot, a master storyteller Observer John le Carre is as recognizable a writer as Dickens or Austen Financial Times When I was under house arrest I was helped by the books of John le Carre ... they were a journey into the wider world ... These were the journeys that made me feel that I was not really cut off from the rest of humankind Aung San Suu Kyi No other writer has charted - pitilessly for politicians but thrillingly for readers - the public and secret histories of his times Guardian A smashing read -- Richard Davenport-Hines Wall Street Journal Offers thrills of recognition as le Carre's archetypes spring to life... The 84-year old novelist discards extended narrative and writes in elegiac fragments with linking harmonies, like the late works of that other German Romantic, Beethoven -- John Gapper Financial Times Exceptionally well-turned and enjoyable -- David Sexton Evening Standard Grippingly written, it is revealing in ways the author never intended it to be Sunday Telegraph Cagey, clever, revealing Daily Telegraph le Carre is a master of the art... fascinatingly readable The Times Frank and fascinating Daily Express The Pigeon Tunnel is a delight... a collection of highly polishes oddments from a life, assembled to entertain and inform...fabulously funny Radio Times A snapshot of a story that is, truly, as extraordinary as any of his fiction Daily Mail For me The Pigeon Tunnel just confirms the enigma... extremely humorous... at no point do I feel that I knew one tiny bit more than he wants me to know -- Susanne Bier, director of The Night Manager He has written an uproarious, darkly poignant and precious book -- James Naughtie New Statesman A beautiful book. The great glory of it is it comes close to unlocking the central mystery of le Carre -- Tony Parsons As enthralling as his fiction Woman and Home Le Carre is such a good writer ... Though urbane and detached, there is rage simmering not far below the surface of both le Carre and his new book. But then, nothing, absolutely nothing, is what it seems Daily Mail A deeply personal and touching account of le Carre's life ... it has undeniable power Prospect Explosive Daily Mail le Carre's The Pigeon Tunnel is exquisite -- Hugh Laurie
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To me, there's just nothing like the ocean… nothing! I love everything about it… well, except for the seaweed, sand fleas, and scary critters who live there and attack innocent beach chair sitters, like me! I love the splashing sound the waves make as they crash upon the shore. I love hearing the sound of seagulls cawing overhead as they sweep across the bright blue sky; but more than any of that, I love how the ocean's water relaxes me like nothing else. Honestly, I believe I could sit in my beach chair at the water's edge with my toes in the sand all day long, drinking in the beauty of my environment. The ocean speaks peace and calm to me and there's just no denying how wonderful I feel when I'm there. I can take in full, deep breaths of the healing saltwater air. And, did I mention the delicious seafood to be enjoyed while at the beach?! That's another subject for another day….
Trumping all of that, as if there could possibly be more to enjoy, is the spiritual connotation of the beach. If, like me, you suffer from anxiety and/or depression, you may feel overwhelmed by your circumstances from time to time, as if one more stressor is going to push you straight over the towering waterfall. I can identify with those feelings and because of my affinity for the beach, I so love the words a friend has written. So, with her permission, I'm sharing it here in hopes that it may enlighten and encourage you as it has me.
When the Lord tells you to go take a walk by yourself. You go take a walk by yourself.
And when He tells you to stop and sit here because He has something He wants to show you, you stop and you sit right there.
Then He says, "watch".
So you look out over the great big (endless to your eyes) ocean thinking maybe He's going to cause 10 dolphins to all jump out of the water at the same time, maybe a huge ship will come by, a whale? (in the gulf?)… what could it be?
Then He gently keeps drawing your attention to the edge of the water.
And you notice that there seems to be an invisible border the water will not cross. No matter how much the wind kicks up the waves 10 to 20 feet out into the water, it will not push the foamy edge past this invisible line.
And you hear Him say, "here and no further".
The words are familiar, I remember them from the book of Job.
"Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness, when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt'?"
(Job 38:8-11)
And then He says to you… "I am what keeps the overwhelming from overwhelming you. Look at the sea, how vast it is, how immeasurable it is to you, yet I keep it from taking you over, from even touching you."
We may feel the strong winds against our face, and with it we may feel the sand mixed with mists of that water but He will not let it overtake us. We may feel overwhelmed because we can see how big that ocean is in front of us, but guess what… He wants us to see how overwhelming it is. So we can see how even bigger He is.
Whatever it is that surrounds us that looks insurmountable, impossible, hopeless… He has drawn an invisible line between us and it.
There is an end to it. There is a boundary that He has set and says to it… "this far and no further shall you come."


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Honda Recalls Snowblowers After Fuel Leaks Create Fire Risk
American Honda Motor Co. Inc. has taken 90 reports of fuel seeping or dripping from the tanks. No fires have been reported.The red and black Honda snowblowers were made in Japan and sold at Honda Power Equipment dealers nationwide from April 2005 through November 2010 for between $2,000 and $3,400.
The following models and serial numbers are included in the recall:
- Model HS724 with frame serial numbers SZBE-1037913 through 1046577.
- Model HS928 with frame serial numbers SZAS-1151080 through 1169012.
- Model HS1132 with frame serial numbers SZBF-1018734 through 1025998.
Consumers should stop using the snowblowers and drain the gas tanks until they can get a free fuel tank joint repair and o-ring replacement from any Honda Power Equipment dealer. Call Honda at (888) 888-3139 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday.
A fuel leak also prompted the July recall of almost 40,000 Toro Snow Blowers with the company getting 2,200 reports from consumers.


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The world of Game of Thrones is a dangerous one. Alliances are made and broken (with death), weddings are attended and never end well (because they end in death), relationships start and finish (with death, if we're lucky). If that has you feeling depressed already about what Season 7 of GoT has in store, take comfort in this: The cast of Game of Thrones are friends in real life. Some are even *gasp* dating!
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Did you miss our Octopus Storytime? Don't worry, here's what you missed, plus a few more suggestions to inspire an under-the-sea storytime you can do at home.
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An inclusive line of adaptive clothing designed for easy dressing with new innovative features. *This is provided for informational purposes only. WWVDN does not endorse or support this content.*
These Assistive Technology tools can be used by anyone, anywhere! All programs, apps, and software on this list are free or cost less than $25.
Smart devices can help the elderly and those with disabilities live independently without having to pay a premium for products specific to their needs.
Engaging toys adapted for children with special needs by students at Walla Walla University available to check out for free. Take a look in their catalog of toys. Have a special need not addressed in the catalog? Contact them with details and they may be able to help. Made possible by the Center for Educational Equity and Diversity.
Walla Walla County Department of Community Health (DCH) seeks to support families with children with special health care needs. In addition to nurse care coordination, DCH has made available funding of up to $9000 per calendar year to offer financial assistance to families for services related to their child's health care needs.
Specs 4 Us (suppliers in Walla Walla and Milton-Freewater) offers specially designed eyeglasses in many styles and colors to fit children and adults with low nose bridges.
Assistive Listening Systems (ALS) create a direct, wireless connection between a source of sound and one or more listeners. Using an ALS, you should be able to hear as clearly as if you were standing right next to the source of the sound, even if you are actually sitting in the back of a large and noisy room. Many ALSs transmit sound directly to the listener's hearing aid or cochlear implant sound processor. However, some types of ALS can be used even if the listener does not have a compatible hearing aid or cochlear implant. ODHH has ALS equipment available for loan from their Regional Center in Pasco, WA.
Whether it's communication, recreation, employment, education, transportation or just plain daily living, technology levels the playing field for children and adults with disabilities. Here are a few tips and resources to get you started:
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We provide funding to people with disabilities in Washington & Oregon to purchase assistive technology and achieve greater independence.
Four main categories: apps for dyslexic learners, apps for autistic learners, apps for the visually impaired and apps for learners with writing difficulties.
WATAP can help you: borrow a device, demonstrate a device, get equipment, answer questions.
Imagine sliding into your shoes as if your laces weren't even there. Imagine laces that tied themselves. Imagine stepping out of your shoes hands-free.
Assistive technology (AT) includes any device, piece of equipment or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities. Assistive technology also includes services that directly assist an individual with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.
The IMESD provides equipment, software, and technology on a trial basis to assist students with cognitive and physical disabilities. IMESD partners with school districts to find the right tool to help the student be more self-confident, productive, and better integrated into a mainstream lifestyle.
The Assistive Technology (AT) program serves children 0-21 years of age with a disability in the selection, acquisition, and/or use of assistive devices.
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Cam Machine: A variable-resistance machine with an elliptical wheel referred to as a cam, which is basically a pulley-wheel with an off-center axis.
The cam allows the cam machine to produce variable resistance by the use of a chain, cable, or belt that tracks over the high and low spots on the kidney shaped cam so that the distance between the cam's axle, which is the point of rotation, and the weight stack varies.
The supposed purpose is to allow the muscle to be equally worked through all ranges of motion.
Each cam for individual machines are designed for the specific exercise for which the machine is meant to be used.
Nautilus equipment, designed by Arthur Jones, are examples of cam machines that provide variable resistance.
The brand's name comes from the shape of the cam, which is shaped like a nautilus shell. Jones designed the equipment to eliminate the biomechanical disadvantages found in free-weight training.
Essentially, the idea is that when a muscle is at it's weakest range of motion, the cam delivers less load and when the muscle is at it's strongest on the 'strength cure' the cam provides more resistance. This type of changing resistance, based on the strength curve of the muscles, is also called "accommodating resistance."
Although Nautilus has become a generic term to describe all such machines, some other major brands are Hammer Strength (also started by Jones in his second go-round), Cybex, Body Masters, Icarian, and Galileo.
Variable resistance cam machine have some use in bodybuilding, but are of practically no utility in training for maximum strength.
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