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Citing information from Tech Radar, Scopis created a platform that can help spine surgery with HoloLens. Theoretically, the platform is claimed to improve the accuracy and speed of the operation process.
This is possible because doctors, through HoloLens, can know the exact position and angle of the tool used through the display in the headset. So doctors can synchronize their movements directly with patients without having to look at a monitoring monitor, like most current operating processes.
In addition to reducing the operating process and other risks, this way the patient's potential exposure to radiation produced by the fluroscopic machine is decreasing. This machine is usually used to detect the location of the screw placement that is planted during operation.
Although it has been announced, it is uncertain when this platform will actually be used to support real operations. But some call this idea is very promising, considering HoloLens is a more compact device than other headsets.
For information, the use of AR headset by Scopis in the field of health is not really a breakthrough that is really new. Earlier British physician Shafi Ahmed made his first surgery using similar technology in April 2016. He said the use of VR headsets helped him to run the surgical process with more focus and order.


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No passports to babies of surrogate Indian mothers, apex court toldNovember 30th, 2009 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The central government Monday told the Supreme Court that babies born to surrogate Indian mothers but alien biological fathers are not entitled to Indian passports which can only be issued to citizens of the country.
The government's submission came in a lawsuit challenging a Gujarat High Court ruling asking the central government to issue passports to twins, born to an Indian surrogate mother but German biological parents.
The government has opposed the high court ruling, contending that giving a passport would declare the children as Indian citizens.
Admitting the government's appeal against the high court ruling, a bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi said the petition had raised several important legal issues and should be immediately disposed.
Appearing for the central government, counsel Wasim A. Qadri said the passport office was willing to issue travel documents to the children.
"But they (the German couple) are not accepting it," Qadri told the bench, which has fixed Dec 4 for a final hearing of the matter.
In its lawsuit, the government has contended that the high court judgment has overlooked a recent Law Commission recommendation that birth certificate of a surrogate child should only contain names of the "commissioning parents".
The government further stated that countries recognizing surrogate parenthood does not grant any rights to a surrogate mother.
"A surrogate mother cannot be one of the parents by excluding commissioning parents under the Citizenship Act of 1955," the government told the bench.
The government wanted the court to clarify if a surrogate mother would have any parental right to a child born, even if there is a valid enforceable agreement of surrogacy between a surrogate mother and the commissioning parents.
Jan Balaaz and his wife had moved the Gujarat High Court in February 2008 to seek passports for their twins who were born in January 2008 to a surrogate mother in the state. He had initially requested it to ask the municipal authority to issue a birth certificate identifying the surrogate mother as his children's biological mother.
Later, during the proceedings, he disclosed that he required the document for getting a passport for his children as the civil code in Germany did not recognize a commissioning mother.
He, therefore, required a passport to facilitate the entry of his children to Germany and had no intention to continue with the citizenship.
The couple, which had came to India in December 2006 in search of a surrogate mother, had entered into an agreement with Marthabehn, according to which she lost her right over the child after delivery.
It was further stipulated that the biological parents will have legal obligation to accept the child, who would be governed by laws applicable to biological parents.
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Visiting the Blaak market for our weekly groceries has become a Saturday routine now. Back home, in Goa, marketing used to be quite the drudgery with me running behind mom when she bargained with super ease in-spite of not knowing Konkani, the local language, and expertly selected ripe-at-touch-tomatoes and patiently ploughed through little mountains of potatoes and onions.
But the worst experience for me used to be the fish market. The 'nustekaar' (fisher-women) would sit on little stools and reinforced every stereotype you would have had in mind about fish mongers. The floor of the fish market was eternally covered with slime and fish scales, and in my mind, was evocative of the dregs of any place on earth, the lowest of the lows.
So why then, do I see myself in Blaak market, camera in hand, gushing about "those fresh shrimp" or "that fleshy crab" or squealing in delight when I see lobsters thrashing around in a bucket? Maybe its the clash of myriad colors, or the smell of the fish-market from my childhood, and the noise and the jostling around that reminds me of days back home.
The streets maybe many times cleaner and the fish mongers, clad in aprons, but smells the colors and the noise remain the same.
Hmm…many be with two exceptions, the flowers and the cheese, or kaas as its called here.
The flowers here are beyond pretty. The colors almost hurt your eyes. Sadly, tulip harvests are just over, and we didn't see many at the market.
Gorgeous, sunny, yellow and orange, smelly kaas. Unfortunately, we had already bought some sliced processed cheese earlier, so these would have to wait for another day.
Blaak Saturday Market
Hours: 9am-5pm
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Clean up and modernize some of the diff viewer unit tests.
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The diff viewer unit tests are some of the oldest in the codebase, and not all of it has aged well, some of it even being in the wrong locations due to bad merges or code movement over the years, or doing too much in one test. This cleans up the unit tests, moving things around, making docstrings more consistent, and splitting up a handful of test methods and classes. This will form the base of additional tests for some diff work being done.
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So the holidays are over. Work is resuming, school is resuming. Most people always want to look their best during this period. So ToniTheArtist has packaged a simple, easy and quick makeup tutorial that is work or school appropriate. If this make-up tip doesn't leave you amazed because of its simplicity, then nothing will.
Simple brows, neutral/minimal eye shadow, nude/soft/minimal lips are major characteristics of a work/school friendly makeup. We know you love to look glam and that's why we brought you this tutorial.
*Products Details
Mary Kay foundation 507
LA pro HD concealer in cool tan (highlight)
Black Opal foundation stick in beautiful bronze (contour)
House of Tara powder palette
LA Girl pressed powder in dark cocoa (contour)
Magnolia makeup eye fix
BH 120 eyeshadow palette
Maybelline falsies mascara
Maybelline colossal kajal
Jordana brow pencil in dark brown
LA Girl lip liner in dark brown
NYX soft matte lip cream in Athens
Enjoy the video below and be inspired!
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Five Malaysian Jewellery Makers You Need To KnowMON, 03 SEP 2018
With a shared dedication to detail, focus on artistry and an eye for the uncommon, these are the five Malaysian jewellery makers you ...
Shop for your Chinese New Year outfit from these local labels.
With Chinese New Year falling early this year, we're left with very little time in between festivities to look for new clothes. Symbolising a fresh start, buying new clothes is an important tradition, but shopping for Chinese New Year clothes can be daunting, making it tempting to pull the fast fashion trigger and cave to generic high street brands. While the romance of getting a qipao tailor-made is a luxury reserved for forward planners, the deep-pocketed, or rich and organised people, you needn't settle for fast fashion just yet.
Here, we've selected several local labels to shop from for Chinese New Year based on two crucial factors:
Comfort: Chinese New Year is a time for visiting and feasting. This calls for the appropriate gear. Light materials are necessary to maximise ventilation in our humid climate. Forgiving cuts and waistlines are de rigueur for unrestrained eating.
Personality: We urge you not to fold under fast-fashion labels lest you risk twinning with your cousin in the annual family photograph. The last time it was socially acceptable to be photographed in identical outfits with your relatives was when you were a child, defenceless against your mother's whim and fancy.
Now that we've established the critical factors for picking out your next Chinese New Year outfit, let's take a look at these sumptuous offerings from some of Malaysia's best.
Cassey Gan
The prints and silhouettes of perennial smile-maker Cassey Gan's dresses and separates will add a playful burst to the celebrations. Her form-defying silhouettes give a sense of freedom and a quiet confidence to the female form. Featuring plenty of curves, unique shapes and vibrant shades in her latest collection, you'll certainly be bringing the huat to the party.
Tarik Jeans
Go full local with the rich, cultural designs of Tarik Jeans. The Cuban-style Batik shirt (pictured) from their Anak Liar collection will have you teaching the uncles a thing or two on how to really rock a batik shirt. The label also features cheeky graphic t-shirts and high quality Malaysian-made denim for your annual replenishment of street cred.
d.d. collective
Lucille's Forest Blouse from d.d. collective is an absolute stunner and checks all the boxes for a winning Chinese New Year outfit. Made of silk organza, this statement blouse is light and airy to the touch. The mismatched multi-colour lace florals are reminiscent of peonies and is very forgiving when you're at course eight of your ten-course reunion dinner. Double happiness.
Curator of cute, Chiyo delivers with their whimsical CHI-pao collection that features cotton linen maxi dresses and coordinating tops and midi skirts. Their Bib Qipao (not pictured) features a loose fit and even comes with pockets – ideal for holding angpaos. The collection's bright colours, bold Prada SS2013-esque floral appliques and mandarin collar scream revolution chic.
Bonus: RAD x Hayden Koh
If you're unwilling to buy a new outfit you'll likely wear only once, why not opt to rent instead? The Boundless Lady collection marks the maiden collaboration between online dress rental service Rent a Dress and Malaysian fashion designer Hayden Koh. Inspired by traditional Chinese lingerie, this bold and sensual collection features eveningwear designed with the modern, sexy, and empowered woman in mind.
By Yilynn Chan
Images courtesy of respective brands featured.
With a shared dedication to detail, focus on artistry and an eye for the uncommon, these are the five Malaysian jewellery makers you ...
We dig up the facts on the local bundle shopping scene. Charity shops. Vintage boutiques. Kampung bundle stores. These are all the...
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Moovlin is a video game/action hero created by jfig111. His first debut in a game was on November 20th 2007 in a concept demo. Gaining popularity from this debut, Moovlin was made into a variety of RPG Episode flash games for the Playstation Portable's flash player. Since the release of "Moovlin 5 and the Malady of Darkness", Moovlin has become the most popular PSP Flash iconic figure and the most popular game available for the PSP Flash Player.
Unfortunately, after the release of "Moovlin 6″, Moovlin lowered in ratings and the series came to a halt for the PSP. But from much requested fan feedback, jfig111 started a project called "Moovlin PC" that will not be for the PSP, instead for regular computers. Since March 2007, Moovlin PC has had about 6 Engine releases that recieved 3.12-3.52/5.00 ratings on Newgrounds.com, garnering an average of 82% positive review score and making money from in-game advertisements. Before the official release of the game, Moovlin PC had already made over $60.52 US from advertisement revenue.
Moovlin PC however steps away from the typical genre of the PSP counterparts. Unlike the PSP versions, Moovlin PC is solely focused on platforming and adventure gameplay instead of RPG Turn Based Battles. The game is set to release in September-October 2009 and will hopefully be one of the greatest platforming flash games ever made.
The storyline in Moovlin PC is completely different from the PSP Counterparts, it contains Jazela Galaxy as an exception, however, Koovlin, Kitrako and the Star-Riders do not make an appearance in this game. Instead you are introduced to two new main character. First is Bobby Smith, the strict, high-pitched boss of Moovlin who informs him of info and sells him powerups later in the game. He shares a good amount of appearance time in the game. Second is Safuma Poll, an alien from the Kronftuk Ring who is the newly elected Order of Light leader. Mysterious and cocky would be the best way to describe him.
Some of the statistics of Moovlin PC:
Views of all Moovlin PC content: App. 80,000 hits. Levels completed in development: 16/22. Cutscene time completed : 12:24/21:24 Gameplay Length: 4 Hours.
The full game will have:
22 Levels Cutscene Time will be 21:24 Minutes Gameplay Length will be 12+ Hours.
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A Meatless Burger You'll Absolutely Love
If you have a craving for a burger, you can fulfill that desire without the meat or cheese! These super easy, fiber-filled burgers are so flavorful that you won't be missing the classic order. You can also top it with avocado and a vegan aioli sauce to make them more decadent.
Note: These burgers need to be handled with care as they are soft when forming the ball because there is no strong binding agent. These can be eaten as a burger or eaten on a bed of salad or as a protein serve with a vegetable dish.
Nutrition Info based on 1 serving out of a 4 burger yield (does not include optional aioli sauce — see below)
Aioli Nutrion Info based on 1 Tbsp.
- 1 15 oz can (400 g) cooked chickpeas or canned (BPA free)
- 1/2 bunch of fresh cilantro (coriander), chopped (save some leaves for the burger garnish)
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp coriander ground
- 2 fresh garlic cloves, crushed
- ¼ cup of buckwheat flour, plus extra for rolling patties
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 14 oz (400 g) canned corn kernels (BPA-free) or lightly cooked
- 1 – 2 tbsp coconut or olive oil for cooking
Vegan Aioli (optional):
- 1/2 cup (75 g) blanched almonds
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 6 tbsp water
Burger Directions:
- Process chickpeas, fresh coriander, spices, garlic, flour, salt and pepper. Pulse until mixed well.
- Add corn kernels and pulse until well combined but it still maintains good texture.
- Form 4-6 balls and roll in extra buckwheat flour and form burger patties.
- Place in fridge for 30 minutes to help them hold their shape.
- Using a non-toxic non-stick pan, heat on moderate heat the oil then lightly fry the burgers for 5 minutes on each side.
Aioli Directions:
- Soak almonds in water for 2-4 hours then rinse well.
- Add all ingredients except for the water to a blender or food processor and process until smooth.
- Gradually add the water until the desired consistency is achieved.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate until needed.
You can enjoy this burger and aioli (or Greek yogurt or savoury cashew cream) on healthy bread, or on a bed of baby spinach leaves with homemade tomato sauce, fresh tomato, gherkins, beets, cucumber, spinach, onions or anything else you enjoy.
- Chickpeas – butter beans, cannellini beans
- Buckwheat flour – any other preferred flour
- Almonds – cashews, macadamias
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Total time: 40 minutes
Servings: 2 - 4
- Nutrition per serving:
- Calories290
- Fat13g
- Saturated Fat1.5g
- Cholesterol0mg
- Sodium520mg
- Carbohydrates33g
- Fiber7g
- Sugars6g
- Protein 9g
Yields and nutritional information are estimated and will vary depending on produce size and equipment used.


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Music café Scooter'SRuiterskwartier 61 | 8911 BR Leeuwarden | firstname.lastname@example.com Music café Scooter'S has grown in to the music cafe of Leeuwarden over the last 13 years. A cosy pub with lots of candlelight, decorated walls and good music. The music selection ranges from pop & rock music, to the golden oldies and the 'better' contemporary music. Every Tuesday there is a jam session during the Tuesday Night Music Club. The Wednesday has been pub quiz night for the last 12 years, every Thursday karaoke, and every last Friday of the month The Blues Party, an open mic blues session. Every Friday and Saturday live music: Friday bands with their own work, theme bands or singer/songwriters and on the Saturday the best cover bands are on stage.
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Bed & Breakfast *** (ONLY ON BOOKING)Suite double ōPinkö - private bathroom Double room ōBlueö - private bathroomDouble room ōGreenö - private bathroom
The structure is located in Pranzalito of S.Martino, at seven kilometres from Ivrea, fifteen from S. Giorgio.Calm atmosphere in a familiar conduction.Private garden.
The position allow excurtions in the AMPHITHEATRE MORENICO of IVREA between lakes, forests and castles of the area. Caracterist restaurants in the immediate surrounds. The famous IvreaÆs carnival with the battle of oranges. Golf course in S. Giovanni (to 5 Km.)
we wait for you: Paola, Franco and Brenda (always here) for a welcome drink
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Posts Tagged ' fishing shirts '
* "Hammer Time" T-Shirts Available for Christmas
Posted on November 13th, 2012 by . Filed under Uncategorized .
Christmas is just around the corner and what could the fisherman in your family want more than one of our "Hammer Time" fishing t-shirts. We've got plenty of them in stock and can get them shipped out to you pronto. Our "Hammer Time" t's are $20 apiece plus $5 for shipping and free shipping when you order 3 or more shirts.
Call Rob at 1-888-943-4746 for credit card payment or send a check and a note telling what size(s) you want to:
Rob Endsley
Beat the Christmas rush…order a shirt for your honey now : )
Ben Rogers from Defiance Marine in Bremerton, Washington sporting his "Hammer Time" t-shirt!
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* -"Lunch Break" Shirt Design
Posted on July 17th, 2008 by . Filed under Uncategorized .
I've been working with a great company on the east coast to design a new shirt for our Alaska operation and here's the final product. Hope to have them here in Alaska within a couple of weeks.
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Points To Consider When Choosing A Car Garage.
Car should be repaired anytime it is involved in any accident that causes damage to it. Auto repair should be done by oneself if you are resolved to keep your vehicle in a decent condition. In case the tire of your car happen to become flat, you should be in a position to switch the tires with the one that is in perfect condition. Every automobile should have spare parts in them especially spare tire for any time an accident can happen. An auto repair shop is essential to those people who happen to own vehicles. An the advice given to all those individuals who have their vehicles is that the garage they choose should be close to the places where they live. It is beneficial for you to choose an auto repair shop before you have an issue with your auto. This will help you to settle on an educated choice before you even consider buying the vehicle parts. For you to get the best auto repair shop, you have to consider lots of things. Learn more about
Mercedes repair Orlando
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The principal tip to check is the area of the auto repair shop. The garage should be in a close vicinity to the place where you live. You may wind up in a crisis, and this can happen near the place you live, and you don't need to drive for long places to get your car repaired. This will cost you a lot of money by hiring a towing vehicle. To maintain a strategic distance from each one of those issues and costs, it is prudent to check an auto repair shop which is close to your living apartment. You can also decide to ask for an auto repair company satellite that is near your house. You can also decide to be taking your vehicle for inspection service to the place where you bought the vehicle. The auto repair shop staffs should be reliable, and they should respond to your calls when you have an emergency situation. This will give you an assurance that these workers will do a nice job to your vehicle and they will also show a high level of experience in servicing of vehicles. For more useful reference regarding
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Additionally, it is not final that you have gotten an auto repair shop that is near your area. You should also do some thorough inspection of the shop to ensure that they have the right and high-quality machinery to and modern equipment for a car repair. The auto repair shop that you select should have workers who are friendly and they should deliver quality services. You should consider lots of things before you come to a conclusion of choosing an auto repair shop. The auto repair shop should also meet your standards and expectations and show a high level of professionalism in the services that they deliver. Please view this site
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Lazy Monday Afternoon
Today, with a few hours to spare in the afternoon, I decided to take a leisurely drive to some of my favourite Eastern Lake Ontario tributaries. To my surprise, they were in stellar shape. With limited time, I went straight to a few spots that have always treated me well in the past, and today, they did not disappoint.
Addendum - Nov 2, 2006: Due to a relatively busy schedule this week, I never really had the opportunity to complete this entry until now. Allow me to continue, if you please. . .
Let me start with a little background of the Eastern Lake Ontario tributaries. The "East" is unique in that there are a series of well known streams within throwing distance of one another. These streams comprise Duffins Creek, Oshawa Creek, Bowmanville Creek, Wilmot Creek, and the Ganaraska River (of course there are others, but I will leave some of it to your own exploration). All are relatively small flows, averaging 3-6 metres across, but don't let their small size fool you. These streams breed some of the largest wild Salmonids in the Great Lakes.
The beauty of fishing this area is that each river reacts in its own unique way to what the weather has to throw at them. If one river isn't fishing well, all you have to do is hop in the car and drive a couple kilometres to the next. I liken it to a strip-mall for fishing. As with any shopping centre, one must pay the price of convenience. If what you're looking for is solitude where your only company is the sights, sounds and the beauty of nature, you should look elsewhere, as most of the Eastern tributaries meander through townships, and under major highways, roads and railways.
During my afternoon at the "mall", I stopped at 3 rivers, and found fish in all of them, but was only able to entice fish in 2. All were incredibly charged, leaping at every opportunity, and with each leap I crossed my fingers in hopes that I would still be connected upon each landing. Their chrome silver sides were magnificent; the opportunity to hold such wild beauty for a moment left me smiling ear to ear.
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DES HOLZES German Shepherds Adrian, Michigan (517)605-3893
Britta is a gorgeous red and black female with great structure. She has a very good temperament and is fantistic with both children and other dogs. Britta is a very promising female and an excellent additition to our breeding program. Her bloodline is outstanding that is made up of many champions such as VA 2 (BALKAN 2010) Puma d`Ulmental SCHH 2, ED NORMAL, 2X VA1 Vegas du Haut Mansard SCHH3 and many more!
Click on the link below and you can see Britta's pedigree.
Once the page comes up, be sure to scroll down to see the photos!
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By Toby Marshall
ACBC boosted our week with yet another brilliant Round table presentation, this time from speaker Arie Schreier. And nice to see our old friend David Thomas back in the facilitation role - he does it so smoothly and his China knowledge is vast.
With Arie's extensive experience consulting to and managing organizations globally, his stories held valuable insights for those planning to capitalize on the business opportunities in China.
And loved that he didn't just share the 'look at the success we delivered' stories - he shared some stuff ups as well. So much more real and valuable than the perfect world that many firms pretend to have. What were some of his take home messages?
Company name creation is the first thing you need to do when applying for setting up your legal entities in China, and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (AIC) is the ministry that evaluates and approves your application. August 11th 2017, AIC interpreted the newly introduced "Restriction Rules for company names", which clearly stated the creation of company names must comply with the 26 rules.
Among the 26 prohibitions, 11 of them strictly ban those company names containing contents and words that may harm the interests of the state or society or containing any contents that may cause fraud or misunderstanding to the public; company names containing foreign country (area) names or international organization names and company names that consists of foreign characters or Arabic numerals, etc.
China's Value Added Tax (VAT) reform was introduced in 2012 and implemented national wide in May 2016. From May 2016 to June 2017, 85.12 billion RMB has been cut from companies' burden, according to the Ministry of Finance.
Premier Li Keqiang confirmed that China will continue to refine VAT reform, following an August 18th meeting of the State Council Executive Meeting.
The VAT reform programs announced this year continue to streamline and simplify China's tax structure.
There are four major changes as followed:
1.Tax tiers have been reduced from four to three tiers (now 6 percent, 11 percent, and 17 percent, with the 13 percent tier removed) and reduce tax rates for farm products, tap water, and publications from 13 percent to 11 percent.
Plataine is an award-winning provider of Cloud-based IoT manufacturing optimization software. Plataine's patent-protected solutions provide material & asset tracking and
traceability capabilites, creating the Digital Thread from raw material to end product. Plataine's AI-based Digital Assistants empower advanced manufacturers to make optimized decisions on time, every time. Plataine's solutions are used by top-tier manufactures including Airbus, GE, IAI, and Steelcase. With its HQ and R&D center in Israel, Plataine extended its sales to China in 2009 through one sales representative, however, the sales took off dramatically since Mr. Jason Xu and a new team joined in 2014. Today, Plataine's China sales activities is 10-fold the sales it was in 2014.


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The men that work there is too busy trying get phone numbers and hook up with women's who come to the shop to buy hair
Wigs & Hair Pieces
Open seven days a week. Professional beauty care products for sale. We give a cosmotology license discount, CKLS available, free delivery to salons, takeout orders and we ship out of state.
From family friendly trips with kid friendly activities to local plumbers lawyers, spas, and contractors. Judy's Book has millions of listings and reviews for the best and not so great. Whether you're looking for a specific business or just trying to discover great places we make it easy. We're a family oriented site focusing on bringing trusted reviews and recommendations to moms and others. Green and Sustainable places are becoming more relevant to Judy's Book users, have a favorite place? Write a review and tell users why it's Green!


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Saint Barnabas Catholic Church was founded in 1965 by Father John Sciarra. His vision of a stewardship parish still guides us today.
All Christians are called to be good stewards tithing 5% of their first fruits to their church and volunteering their time through service. Our stewardship here at Saint Barnabas is a way of life for our parishioners. The four pillars of this life in Christ are Hospitality, Prayer, Formation and Service. As Catholics we realize we must to live our lives as Christ asks us to do welcoming all that we meet (HOSPITALITY); making sure we focus on prayer in our daily lives and attend mass (PRAYER); participating in the sacraments (FORMATION); and serving others through our many ministries or community outreach (SERVICE).
Our stewardship heritage has become the mission of our church which stands on these four pillars:
Hospitality – All are Welcome
Prayer – Centered on the Eucharist
Formation – Cradle to Grave
Service – Outreach to Others


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On Saturday 18th January, Santa Pod held one of their most successful and fastest selling shows to date, all in memory of Paul Walker who played Brian O'Connor in the Fast & Furious franchise. With a lot of track action and the tarmac completely consumed, cars from every scene were packed into all inches of available space. The atmosphere was phenomenal!
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A Fort Lauderdale institution, Hot Dog Heaven brings patrons real Chicago hot dogs without the frigid winters and Lake Michigan winds. The limited menu focuses on the hot dogs, naturally, but there are some other options, if you wish to venture outside the namesake cuisine (though, really, why would you come here if not for the dogs?). Delicious and worth every calorie, there is some bar-style seating inside and a few tables outside upon which to enjoy your feast. This place is tiny, and lines will often extend out the door during the winter months when even the tourists look for an authentic Chicago tradition.
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His Mom leaned so proudly
by his satin bassinet
crafted of mahogany
and dressed in flowery blues
her first born son was
such a joy to change
even when he sometimes graced
her eye with tinkles spritzed.
She'd often throw a ball
for him to catch,
and he'd chase it over
fields in blissful joy,
till he stepped on a
Kildeers nest of eggs,
and on that day to
death became more sensitve.
Much later.........
He bent bronze like
over the hot Iraqi sands,
a lovely brass cup had
caught his curious eyes,
he reached to touch what
he thought was an artifact
but suddenly it became
Godawful fiction full of friction,
as molten shrapnel erupted
melting his flesh and bone.
Near mahogany well bent
in rectangular curves,
she stood and wept
over what was left,
Laid out under a tightly
closed coffin on soft satin
that cradled her first
born sired child forever
as they buried him that
day in dress blues
stained by tears.
We have been caught up
for over eight years in
seemingly endless engagements
that serve only to marry young men
and women to death itself.
Errors and a rush to war by
our former Commander-In-Grief
who blundered almost 4, 500 times,
and who like most of our leaders
had their own precious children
safely ensconced in colleges
or exclusion far from the mayhem they created.
Now once again they are sending
more men to Afghanistan
more fathers to become fodder,
sons of mine and yours to become mined,
as tears blur,
sending daughters to slaughters,
moms against bombs,
and children to the cauldron
that will at first stir and then still them.
From Body Bagh-dad to
"our plan is to stand again" in Afghanistan,
war is hellish, and the demons who started it,
still pitch their forks in the roads to it cleverly,
but each new turn twists the souls
of true Americans into grievous and unforgiveable pain.
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- Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
- Area(s) of Law: Evidence
- Date Filed: 02-08-2012
- Case #: A145312
- Judge(s)/Court Below: Armstrong, J. for the Court; Haselton, P.J.; & Duncan, J.
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The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (OR-OSHA) sought judicial review of an order of an administrative law judge (ALJ) that set aside a citation charging CC & L Roofing (CC) with a violation that proposed a $25,000 penalty. The ALJ reasoned that if the evidence shows that an employer acted reasonably to ensure workers' compliance, "willful misconduct by a supervisory employee should not be imputed to the employer" without actual knowledge. In this case, there was no contention that CC had actual knowledge of the violation. Rather, OR-OSHA argues that a violation by an adequately trained CC supervisor could be imputed to CC. Furthermore, any evidence provided by CC to show that it had exercised reasonable diligence in compliance with safety standards may be offered as an "affirmative defense", thereby shifting the burden of persuasion to CC. The Court of Appeals held that evidence by CC to show that the supervisor acted in an unauthorized manner was not an affirmative defense, and therefore the burden of persuasion stayed with OR-OSHA. Affirmed.


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Hey everyone! I'm new to itch.io, but already I've found so many cool games and developers here.
I just want to quickly announce our latest free point & click game: Forever Space! I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts, read your reviews, see your let's plays, etc!
Greg Winston and four other crew mates begin a volunteer work program on Space Station Capricorn. Before long, it becomes apparent that something is... off. The station's Overseers become hard to find. The crew mates grow suspicious of one another. Memories are getting lost. Is it just paranoia cause by the isolation, or is there something else going on?
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Another show? On schedule? Damn right! This month guest Kacy Kadow sat us down and schooled us on every little thing about Kaiju movies and games we could hope to know!
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If you missed the Disney's EPIC Mickey for Nintendo DS3 the other day when we posted, I've got great news for you! Right now you can snag Disney Epic Mickey 2: Power of Illusion Nintendo 3DS for just $9.96 + Free Store Pickup (pickup if available in your zip code)!
- Players will utilize the core "Disney Epic Mickey" gameplay mechanic of paint and thinner while playing as Mickey Mouse in an attempt to save classic Disney Toon characters.
- Players will engage in epic boss battles with familiar Disney villains using attacks involving the power of illusions to surprise players.
- Players will adventure through game levels based on animated Disney films such as "Peter Pan" and "Aladdin," as well as interact with beloved Disney characters.
- In between adventures, players can develop their own fortress by taking a small fort and expanding it into a thriving castle.
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Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiyan Legend (ドラゴンボールzスーパーサイヤ伝説)
|The generic enemy that is in every random battle
The battles try to graphically recreate the feel of the series, by having every attack animated:
|Piccolo fighting an alien
|Choosing battle cards
|First boss battle
|Goku with a halo
|From 2 party members to 6
Nappa is not too bad as long as you can get some good 必 cards to come up. The problem comes next, when Goku has to fight Vegeta alone, and then Gohan and pals come to save him. I cannot beat this fight -- I've gotten about 9 game overs without even reducing him to half HP. None of the walkthroughs I've consulted offer any advice, and the youtube video I saw somehow had a Goku that's about 4 times as powerful as the one I have. So I'm not sure what to do. Has anyone played this game? I wonder if I'm missing something about the system, because I've seen some people on Gamefaqs wondering how they can stop from killing Vegeta too quickly for him to use his transformation effect. Whereas when I just tried it another time, Goku died on the first round (game over).
(EDIT: I am not going to return to this game. It seems like I might have to start over in order to pass this point, and I'm not enjoying the game enough to do that. In general I don't intend to abandon games this quickly, but this game is fairly well known -- it has multiple translation patches and GameFAQs walkthroughs, so I don't feel as obligated to "document" it as I might with other games.)


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In the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics rendering service for 7/24 with the advanced technology products, our experienced physicians and professional team deliver approximately 4.000 babies per year, and the families leave the hospital happily with their babies in hand.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics works in cooperation with other branches. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics also performs the follow-up of expectant mothers who get pregnant with the procedures performed in our IVF Center consisting of expert physicians and experienced medical personnel who are graduate professionals in the area of reproductive system disorders and infertility.
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White Day (ホワイトデー, Howaito Dē?) is a day that is marked in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China on March 14, one month after Valentine s Day are you still looking for the perfect date for you and your man on valentine s day?! look no further! we ve got the absolute best date ever and it s all planned out. Love Letters valentine's day statistics: data: average annual valentine's day spending: $13,290,000,000: number of valentine's day cards exchanged annually: 180 million today i'm going to share 20 fabulous valentine printables with you. The one thing which is common between lovers of ancient times and present era, is the exchange of love notes or letters i'd have to say that valentine's is one of my most favorite times of the year. It's beautiful how a piece after years and years together, do you resort to getting your partner the same generic flowers and chocolates every valentine's day? or have you given up. Most countries celebrate Valentine s Day the same way as in the US 50 valentine crafts and food ideas! oh valentine's day…let me count the endless ways i love you. Let s take a look at some love traditions that are a bit different as a proud sap and card-carrying romantic, i love a holiday that. (holiday traditions) With Valentine's Day less than two weeks away, I had to share a Valentine's Day Mason Jar! This gift in a jar is full of pampering spa items and sweet treats the saint valentine s day massacre is the name given to the february 14, 1929 murder of seven men of the north side irish gang during the prohibition era. Valentine s Day is celebrated on February 14 it resulted. It is a festival of romantic love and many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to their spouse or partner with nia vardalos, john corbett, stephen guarino, amir arison. Valentine s Day is celebrated on 14th February every year across the world a florist, who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man, finds herself wanting more with the new. Largely a Western tradition, the day is now celebrated in a major way in the eastern part i updated my giant list of clever valentines day sayings! there are now 158 gloriously cheesy valentines day sayings paired with small treats. St healthy valentine s day treats! perfect for school parties, kids love these homemade desserts and snacks, from probiotic fruit pizza to heart-shaped graham crackers. Valentine s Day: Its Real Origins coronado valentine s day fun run. By COGwriter the one day coronado valentine s day run attracts runners, walkers, locals, and families. Throughout the world, February 14th is often celebrated as Valentine s Day with the beach vibe of a california street. What is the truth about Saint intertwining couples and singles in los angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of valentine s day. This Valentine s Day recipe roundup offers romantic options for your entire meal: drinks, appetizers, entrees, side dishes and desserts more than 50 cute sayings for valentine s day. Fun Valentines Day Service Ideas Christian Valentine Ideas for Church Valentine Events Celebrating Valentine's Day at Church by Christi McGuire Valentine's Day "i think you are purrr-fect!" – anything with a cat (bookmark, sticker, trinket) would be cute with this saying observed on 14 february each year, the idea of celebrating love on saint valentine s day originated in the middle ages. United States 2013 – Calendar with American holidays by the 15th century it was popular to send. Yearly calendar showing months for the year 2013 free valentine s day printable for boys. Calendars – online and print friendly – for any year and love love love!! my oldest boy is in kindergarten and needs to decorate a shoebox to collect his valentine's. Are you STILL looking for the PERFECT date for you and your man on Valentine s Day?! LOOK NO FURTHER! We ve got the absolute BEST DATE EVER and it s ALL planned out


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Introducing our manager Rosalind Johnson.
Mysterious Frogs in Northants.
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Anthony Cartwright's The Cut and Iron Towns both conjure a certain sense of eeriness. The sense of the eerie here, and its conceptualization, stem from Mark Fisher's writing in The Weird and the Eerie: whereby the eerie is summarized as 'a failure of absence or by a failure of presence.'[1] It is not so much the horrifying confrontation of these lacunae, but rather the creeping, penumbral sense of such absences, that I find in Cartwright's works. Fisher, in the opening pages of the book writes: 'The eerie concerns the most fundamental metaphysical questions one could pose, questions to do with existence and non-existence: Why is there something here when there should be nothing? Why is there nothing here when there should be something?'[2] According to Fisher the eerie does not have the confrontational sense of shock that the weird manifests as but rather works on a sort of phenomenological negation or epistemological inexactitude: he used terms like 'disengagement', 'serenity', 'calm' and 'detachment' that nonetheless grant access of a glimpse or suspicion of the 'forces which govern mundane reality but which are ordinarily obscured'[3]
It is the creeping periphery, the liminal clue, of sensing the great forces at play that Cartwright's protagonists evoke so well. His male anti-heroes don't so much confront the eerie as stoically exist through it, and brush up against it as their world and memories float past. Cartwright's protagonists in The Cut and Iron Towns are faded sportsmen; men who are out of joint with their world and past their prime. Or, to put it another way, do not know what they can offer the place they inhabit and, conversely, sense a vague absence, as if something is missing, in the places they visit.
These places could be canals, work-yards, railway lines, mines and public houses. The Cut explores the existential emptiness of a retired boxer, Cairo Jukes, as he searches for work, friendliness, purpose and belonging in Dudley, West Midlands. Iron Towns is set in the fictional Iron Town, yet is not far removed from Netherton, again in the West Midlands, and focuses mostly on Liam Corwen, a footballer who played for England, albeit for 46 seconds, and has since wound up back at his home club. Each novel concerns itself with male protagonists' existence in a post-industrial 'Black Country'.
The term, 'Black Country' is telling on a number of levels. Elihu Burritt, Abraham Lincoln's consul, brought the term into common usage when he observed the region to be 'Black by day, red by night.' Yet the first recorded term is from a toast speech given by Mr Simpson, a town clerk, addressing a Reformer's meeting on 24th November 1841. Genetic foibles aside, the term is ripe for import. Burritt's use is echoed in the recollection of Cairo's father in The Cut: ''You'd look out at night and all you could see was light – fires from the furnaces, you know, as far as you could see, the place all lit up. There was work for all the men.' I add emphasis to the past tense: there is not that type of work in the region any more. The fires that lit the nights have long since burnt out. Burritt's phrase is no longer applicable; it is more a case of 'Black by day, blacker by night.' It is a shadowy post-industrial world, devoid of light (the traditional western short-hand for hope) bar the icy glow of smartphone screens in bedrooms.
Black Country can be taken in a metaphorical sense. Re-read as indicative of the galling lacuna of agency and representation that the protagonists of The Cut and Iron Towns endure in the skeletal cadaver of heavy industry. A void, a black hole, shadowy and palimpsest, where something was: like the murky depressions of subsidence above abandoned mines that pockmark the landscape. The land of the region is prone to subsidence; it is covered in craters, like the moon – except, unlike the moon, no one is looking and people live here. Today, the depressions that besmirch the fields in the area harbor post industrial depression: pools of young men drinking cans or doing drugs, a nihilistic expression of a young men's energies.
The canals that scar the land, a jolly geo-industrial taxidermy by Inland Waterways Association, (the co-founder of which was 'horror' writer, Robert Aickman) are eerie reminders of what is now missing. The canals are dotted with hunched fishing men; no industry uses these ways. A shire-horse hasn't trod such paths for years yet the cuts of a million ropes from a bygone boom-time, the ones that pulled the heavy laden long boats along, gouged cuts in the canal side bricks that are still visible today. The claw marks of a monster that once stalked and ravished the land and whose fires lit the night skies. The mythic history of industrial growth, it may as well be for the kids here now, for neither myth nor history are present except in trace and tale – both share the present though their absence and past-tense.
The protagonists of The Cut and Iron Towns are men of physicality. Their identity is about what they can do with their bodies against material and in space. But their identity is also constituted by negation, by loss – they once could do much more, run faster and hit harder, than the abilities of the two characters we meet in the books. Twilight men: age has caught up with them; they ache from the erosions of time. Their bodies do not offer what they once could. It is in this sense that Liam Corwen and Cairo Jukes embody the recent history of working class male in the Black Country who once mined, hammered and wrenched against the world: the various materials of industry, yet do not do so now. 'I could've gone pro' is the familiar pub lament of depressive and nonchalant machismo. Yet, in these novels Cairo and Liam are men who were pro. This distant historical realization of most men's sporting dream is not the point: it is their fall, their loss and demise instead. These two protagonists are allegorical figures of the generations born into a land that never offered the chance of professional physical laboring. Because, as any quantifiable survey of work opportunities between Wales and Birmingham will attest to, there haven't been mass professional laboring opportunities for man(y) for years. Today's young men don't have the wistful lament of Cairo and Liam who 'were pro' nor do they enjoy the luxury of missed opportunity of 'could've gone pro', no, for young men wishing to labour in the Midlands the prospect is profoundly more nihilistic: 'wasn't ever, won't ever'. Cairo's training in The Cut is the further register of this tension: that of the energetic and strong male body born into a landscape (replete with the accouterments of industrial transportation) that no longer requires its energies. His family and friends even question his motives for jogging, and ask what he is training for. A body in a landscape that no longer needs him – what exactly is Cairo running for? But questions of what is symptomatic, not the problem itself – the problem is that there is still the body to use, to put to work. This is the physical eeriness in The Cut. Cairo has a strong body in a world that no longer requires it, his energy is a presence where there should be an absence (the world no longer calls for his physical toil), and conversely, the place reflects an absence of requirement, it doesn't need him.
The question of outlets for young people's energies is one that haunts the western world. One I've written about before. As coffee shops and call centers pop up between the vacant arteries of heavy industry, people are increasingly sedate (not by choice). Attention, cognitive labour, faux-empathy and grins are sold for recompense but the body still needs exercise. The creatine'd up buff 'n'cut office gym-shark is symptomatic of this shift; albeit one that flips the traditional parameters of purpose. Physical work is not the end but the means; there is no end in the normalized narcissism of Droste-effect vanities. The common motivational phrase of 'Get fit' harbours a subtle fallacy: it implies conclusion. There is no conclusion. The 24-hour gym is everything that post-modern exercise should be, a Shepard-tone of endless, placeless, despatialised and monetized exertion. Any ground covered, mountain climbed, steps, reps or gains are immaterial and virtual. The only empirical referent is the mirror, the void of oneself.
Within the narratives of The Cut and Iron Towns is a sense of the eerie, analogous to Fisher's on a conceptual level but not in how it is manifested. For me, The Cut and Iron Towns evoke, what I call, the social-eerie of post-industrial post-modern existence. The eerie in these novels is not one of alternate dimensions, stone walls with agency, or supernatural forces (although there is an argument for the registers of globalization to be akin to a supernatural force) but one of social loss, a nagging sense of a loss that cannot quite be articulated or addressed directly by the books characters.
Pubs are a case in point. In The Cut, Cairo Jukes repeatedly visits local pubs in Dudley. It is here where I feel social-eeriness sharpest. Cairo, when he visits a pub, knows to go to the bar and order a drink. He can do so, yet something is missing, there is a nagging absence simmering beneath the surface of buying a drink and drinking the drink. At one stage in the book Cairo reminisces about how he used to go to the pub, not drink, not even approach the bar, not even step into the thick of the crowd, but stand at the door and nod and smile at the faces of people he knew. This nostalgia is the most pointed register of the changing nature of public houses. Public houses, social spaces that had roofs, warm fires and drinks, were only partly about beer. Traditionally people would go the public house on the way home, spend a bit of time there keeping warm, maybe having a drink, and talk to other people in the community. The pub served as a public halfway house (geographically and culturally) between work and home. Crucially it was a warm social and public space – a place to kill some time in, so as to economize on home heating costs. A trip to the pub meant the home fire could be lit later. Many pubs have closed since the smoking ban of 2007. But the role of the pub, as a pivot-point in the daily routine of people within a local area, is now threatened – not by the illegality of public space smoking but by the forces that have re-shaped the movements of people. Increased travelling for work and the lack of local laboring opportunities has eroded the footfall for many pubs. Public houses no longer serve as a localized geo-political social nexus hubs, but are stripped down to the arbitrary level of their economic function: the business of selling liquid products. The CAMRA pub is a Thatcherite ghoul. It provides phantom authenticity with all the social and communal possibility stripped away and instead emphasizes the superiority of its product as its marker of value. Market materialism trumps social interactions. It is this strange eeriness that I see in Cairo's pub visits. The hostle turned hostile. He is set up to expect social interaction, a sense of place, routine – not conviviality, but at least a sense of social embeddedness. Not harmony or integrity but at least an orientation. Yet he finds nothing, the whole layout, the tables and chairs, the broad-street central location, the fossilized architecture preserved from another time, all point him to expect something, but that social something, is not there. Only the bar, beer, tills and tables remain, eerily vacated by something other than people.
But social-eerie must not be conflated with nostalgia or longing. Cairo's father, in The Cut, is clear that the old ways of life, the grueling back-breaking heavy labour is not welcome to return – but, nonetheless, something has gone with it:
My ancestors was nailers and puddlers and coal-pickers and navies and so on. They dug canals and tunnels. My ode mon dug rock out the hill under the castle. None of them jobs exist no more. They ay done for years. Maybe that's a good thing. Folks had hard lives. And things am easier now. Some things am easier. Although you wouldn't think it, some of the things that have happened, some of the stuff the young uns face now. What I'm saying is you shouldn't wish it back, but we never wished for the way things am today either.[4]
His wife, dismisses the old man's convoluted train of thought, 'I doh see the point of keep looking back , Cairo, I really doh. I've told him, get on with things.'[5] But the old man's point is not one of longing, retrospection or nostalgia. He doesn't wish the work back. But he does feel something else is missing. The hard, exploitative and notoriously dangerous work of industry is gone. Good riddance. But something else went with it. To miss this subtlety of what is being missed, but not named or articulated, in traditionally working class post-industrial areas (i.e. not the work of yesteryear) is to veer close to the confident naivety of conservative middle to upper class perspectives: that working folk need work.
Dominic Sandbrook, privately educated in Bridgenorth (a well-heeled town in Shropshire that is close to but not considered part of the Black Country (he now lives in Chipping Norton, and supports Wolverhampton Wanders...)) before completing degrees at Oxford, St Andrews and Cambridge, in the BBC Television four-part series Let Us Entertain You (an adaptation of his The Great British Dream Factory: The Strange History of Our National Imagination) makes this overly reductive slip. He points, with the willful avuncularity that is the preserve of the few, to the violence in Glasgow depicted by Irvine Welsh in Trainspotting and suggests this is what happens when people don't have work.
Lynsey Hanley, in her brilliant book Respectable: TheExperience of Class, points to a study, 'Living Inferiority', by Simon Charlesworth, Paul Gilfillan and Richard Wilkinson. The study argues that 'the quality of social relations in working-class areas has deteriorated with the decline of industry there, and that the relationships between atomized, unemployed or insecurely employed men are now characterized by violence or the threat of it.'[6] Hanley doesn't directly criticize this argument (she does in fact criticize a far more uncomfortable facet of the study – you'll have to buy the book to find out), but rather points out that violence has always existed. But still, the underlying logic of Charlesworth, Gilfillan and Wilkinson's study is there: that the working folk'd be alright if only they could occupy themselves at the lathe…
Of course, employment is a problem in parts of the UK in post-industrial neglect. People do need work for money. The food bank boom is testament to this. But, some problems cannot be solved by money or work – it is these problems, these social problems and the concomitant existential destabilization they bring that Cairo experiences in the eerier parts of The Cut and which his father wishes to bemoan but cannot find the words for.
Cartwright's fiction is notable in that it avoids what I call 'kitchen-sink materialism' and instead evokes the plights and woes of its characters in a more oblique and atmospheric fashion that is characterized by a creeping eeriness. Kitchen-sink materialism is the tendency for films and literature to insist on narratives working through physical or visible manifestations of everyday problems. Let's stick with the issue of unemployment. Old films like Brassed Off and The Full Monty, just before the UK broadband boom, do this – but back then the physical work of going door to door asking for work was not too far removed from life. However, today a problem such as looking for work or not getting work is de-materialised. The lack of employment is not experienced in a manner that is easy to set into a narrative for page or screen – there are no doors closed in one's face or rejection letters landing on the doorstep. Contemporary unemployment is closer to eeriness, to a vague absence one cannot quite see or address, than the kitchen-sink materialism of Ken Loach's recent film I' Daniel Blake. In this film we see Blake sat in front of a computer, frustrated at the Kafkian absurdity of having to wade through cyber-admin mazes in order to access and apply for jobs. But this depiction is all too visible – for most people the search for work is an online endeavor that never returns. The constant presence of a smartphone that never returns an email (because, as anyone who has used job websites knows, rejection is never announced) is more realistic – an unsuccessful application doesn't elicit anything as tangible or visible as a kindly bureaucratic rejection email. Cartwright's fiction mostly avoids the pitfall of reverting to dated depictions of unemployment, isolation and disenchantment by conjuring the eerie – by evoking an absence of something, but an eerie absence of something one cannot quite place. The eeriness here is precisely that the thing that is absent is not defined are articulated, but there is, nonetheless, an uncomfortable absence all the same. Cartwright's fiction puts the eerie to good use. It lends a potent contemporary realism to his fiction. Unemployment and social atomisation are difficult to define, but by evoking the eerie rather than trite kitchen-sink materialism his work feels truer to contemporary existence.


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Jack Brown had a very privileged upbringing. His father, William, was a successful businessman which, in 1901, allowed the family to employ four live-in servants - two nurses to look after his five children, a cook and a housemaid. They lived at "The Laurels" in Heaton Mersey - one of the substantial properties on Mauldeth Road and one which appears to have received substantial bomb damage in World War 2 (according to internet indications). They later moved to another local property called "Longfield". Jack had been born on 28 July 1888 and was the eldest of William and Florence's five children. His younger siblings were Agnes, Ethel and twins Alma and William.
In 1905, he started to attend The Leys School in Cambridge. Whilst there he was a prefect and a Cadet Sergeant. A keen sportsman, he won First Colours at football and Second Colours at Lacrosse. As a young man, he had also served as a trooper in the Middlesex Yeomanry. The Yeomanry was the cavalry arm of the Territorial Force but he left on 9 January 1911 to go to Australia.
It is not known if he actually went abroad or, if he did, on what date he returned but, on 23 September 1914, he enlisted into the army at Nottingham, joining the Sherwood Foresters as a private. Three weeks later, he was transferred to the 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. His enlistment papers still exist in his service file at the Nastional Archives and these show him to have been very tall for those days, standing at six feet. He weighed 145 pounds and had a fresh complexion, grey eyes and brown hair. Jack had given his religious denomination as Church of England.
As with many middle class young men, Jack was quickly singled out to become an officer and, on 21 May 1915, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. The second-line Territorial battalions, like the 2/7th, had been formed in the autumn of 1914 and were, effectively, the reserve training unit for the first line battalions, like the 1/7th. Men would be constantly transferred direct from training to the operational Battalion and this delayed the deployment of the 2/7th onto active service until March of 1917 and this is likely to have been when Jack first went into action.
In the spring of 1918, a German attack had long been predicted and it was finally delivered in the early hours of 21 March. It came after an intense artillery bombardment and the strength of the infantry attack was overwhelming. Within hours, the British Army was undertaking a desperate fighting retreat along a wide front. It is not surprising, therefore, that there are sparse details of the day recorded in the Battalion's War Diary. It records, however, that the enemy shelling started at 4.10am.
At 5.25, the Manchesters received orders, at camp in Montigny, to go to their battle stations and "Marched out at 6.10am to Brosse Wood to hold position. Entered combat here." It has not been possible to find any details of the fighting but, but by 6.30pm, the Battalion had been under severe attack for many hours. The remnants, which was mainly "B" Company", fell back to redoubts in the Jeancourt valley where they passed a quiet night. The remainder of the men, probably about 600, were dead, wounded or captured.
Jack was originally posted as missing and his family hoped that he had been taken prisoner but news from wounded soldiers returning to Britain indicated that he had been seen "fighting bravely to the last". In September, news came from Germany, via the Red Cross, that Jack had been killed. On 14 April, his body had been buried by men from a German Reserve Infantry Regiment. His grave was between Hargicourt and Jeancourt but, after the War, it was not possible to identify its location. Two of his comrades, Captain Scholfield and 2nd Lieutenant Freeman, had both seen Jack killed and gave statements, as prisoners of war, to the Red Cross.
Mr and Mrs Brown received hundreds of letters of sympathy after the news came through. The Stockport Advertiser, in its edition of 10 May 1918, noted "He was a brave soldier and an excellent officer, held in affection by the rank and file and highly esteemed by his fellow officers who mourn his loss."
At some point, Jack was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. With such a common name, it has not been possible to find the official citation. He is commemorated on the War Memorial at his old school, The Leys. Previous research into the men of that memorial indicated that he had been awarded it for action during the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. However, he is not in the list of awards recorded in the Battalion's War Diary for this Battle. It seems more likely that he was awarded it for his known bravery on the day he was killed.


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This fall it's all about the color purple, "purple is the new black" Purple is being seen everywhere from eyes, to lips to dresses to accessories and yes nails too. My two new faves are from Chanel and YSL. The new color Paradoxal is a fun purple metallic that is fun for a day look with skinny jeans, riding boots and a leather jacket. My other favorite color Belle de Nuit by YSL is a beautiful plum that is amazing for evening with a little black dress.
If you love sparkle and fun colors than you'll love the new metallic polishes from Zoya. This is another hot trend for fall. Now I can't talk about nails or Zoya without mentioning the amazing Jackie Saulsbery. Jackie is a celebrity manicurist who works with celebrities like Queen Latifah and her work has been seen in Elle and Bazaar. She is part of the Zoya design team. She works backstage at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. I had the pleasure of working with her for The Anita Kaufaman foundation for The Purple Event. Jackie rocks!!
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It personally bugs me when I used to hear people say that Victoria Wood is one of the funniest women on television, she wasn't, she was one of the funniest PEOPLE on television, her gender is irrelevant to laughter, where I can understand their point is, it's much harder to be given the opportunity as a woman./quote]I know what you mean and I don't disagree with you, but although gender might be irrelevant to laughter, it can be relevant to the script. Whilst watching Dinnerladies, there were times when I remember thinking that it couldn't have been written by a man. I can't remember details, but there were elements that a man just wouldn't have been 'in touch with' and had a man written the script, there would have been many occasions when it would have been labelled 'sexist'.


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There are a lot of things I wanted to talk about my trip to Ireland but the memories and thoughts are not coming to me in any cogent, linear way, but rather in dreamlike shreds and little bits and bites of emotion that bubble up at unexpected times and in unexpected places. So this post will be a grab-bag of feelings and thoughts, in no particular order:
Expectations, Sheckpectations
Because it took me so long in my life to actually make this journey, I created a great deal of mythology around it: That this trip would change me in some fundamental way, that I would return wiser, inspired to write again, spiritually renewed, and somehow magically divested of all the problems that I had before I left. I fully understand on an intellectual level how completely delusional this is, but nonetheless, I had somehow mentally categorized my life into Before Ireland and After Ireland: After Ireland, I would know what to do about publishing my novel, and I would be filled with wild inspiration to write again. After Ireland, I would be a better, more forgiving person and would have Perspective on this terrible situation with my family member. After Ireland, I would be a totally improved person in many ways—how could I not be? Yes, I know this is an absurdly unrealistic expectation to apply to what is an ordinary and routine excursion for many people, but I have been so thoroughly ravaged by the past few years, that these delusions were the only thing I had to hold on to.
As it turns out, they weren't all delusions. I do feel stronger and more confident in myself. I realized that I'm good at travel. I managed chaos well, I got lost and found my way back, I ventured off most beaten paths and came out okay, and I do feel that in some fundamental ways, I have returned to myself. I have a renewed faith in other people, and a renewed sense of my own strength. But I am not a better person. I'm just the same person I've always been, with all of my disappointing flaws and foibles, still confused and fearful, still uninspired to write great poetry, and unduly annoyed by petty, day-to-day grievances. Going elsewhere didn't change me at all.
I realized that fundamentally, I am an idealist, and this causes me great pain and feelings of let-down when my ideals do not match up with reality. But I have come to accept that this is a part of who I am, and to just laugh at my own silliness when I come face-to-face with expectation vs. reality.
Snake Dreams
A few days after I got back, I had a disturbing dream about a Druidic snake cult in Ireland. I woke up in the wee hours, very confused, with racing thoughts about how this made no sense because I was pretty sure there are no indigenous snakes in Ireland. After a coffee-fueled internet search, I found a number of links relating to snake myths in Ireland, aside from the old tales of St. Patrick driving snakes from the land. Despite there being no actual snakes in Ireland, serpent imagery is all over the place in Irish art, including the Book of Kells and on a vase I am unduly proud to have found for four Euro in the window of a charity shop in Limerick. According to internet wisdom, there was, against all logic, some sort of snake-worshipping Druidic cult in Ireland at some point, but it's unclear what happened to them and where they ended up after Catholicism took over. All of the snake imagery must have gotten to me, along with the Viking invasion stuff—I've also had a lot dreams about Viking invasions. Oddly, my subconscious seems to be fairly indifferent to the English. The evils they enacted upon the Irish went more or less ignored by my fever dreams.
A Mystical Encounter?
I met a drunk American anesthesiologist in a pub in Killarney, accompanied by his very sweet wife, a former critical care nurse. The anesthesiologist had a lot of opinions about my life, the future of health care, Reno, Nevada, and driving in Ireland. I talked to him for a long time, and while I didn't agree with him on everything, I left feeling a smidge more forgiving about the doctors who told us to give up on my family member. I understood more where they may have been coming from, given their training, their experiences, and what they see on a day-to-day basis. I've been struggling to put together my own Advanced Directive since All of This Happened, and when I flat-out asked this gentlemen what he wanted for his own end-of-life plan, he said, "I don't know." This was not comforting, considering that he had been a doctor for 35 years.
When I told my very pragmatic, not-at-all-prone-to-the-mystic sister about this encounter, she posited that it was not an accident.
Jewelry! Jewelry! Jewelry!
Speaking of my sister, it turns out she is a genius at jewelry. She knows all about rose gold and sterling and chains and design and stuff like that. She put the jewelry sales people through the ringer, helped random customers, and saved me from an unadvisable amber pendant purchase at an open market. I didn't really understand her fixation on jewelry until I walked into a shop and saw...The Necklace. I wasn't there to buy anything; I was just along for the ride. But lo and behold, when I saw this necklace, the heavens opened, angels sang, and I was smacked in the head with a raw, helpless sense of overwhelming desire. It was a mother-of-pearl pendant with a rose gold Tree of Life design, and it was completely perfect in every way. I could see myself wearing it every day: It could be my Signature Piece, and it would define me as a person and as a woman. It was stunning, and I wanted it with an irrational urgency. But alas, it was 600 hundred euro, which was just a bridge too far for me. I don't think I've spent more than thirty bucks on a piece of jewelry in my life, as I am a cheapo and I have self-esteem issues.
So, the gorgeous mother-of-pearl necklace is still hanging there in that shop in Killarney, and in the shadowy fringes of my dreams. But all was not lost—my sis found me a very lovely rose gold and sterling silver Tree of Life pendant in the duty-free shop in Shannon, which was "only" around 200 Euro, and the lady gave me a killer deal on it. So now I have a very nice "piece", and I'm inspired to weed out all my crap jewelry and keep only the few, quality pieces I do have, all of which have been gifts. I'm damn near half a century old as of this weekend, and it's time to rid myself of the junk and set some standards, gosh darn it.
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