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For some reason my most vivid dreams come during afternoon naps. So it's not entirely surprising that while skipping my Electricity & Magnetism course, especially since its the first week or two back in college living in the dorms, I'd have another dream, laden with ground for analysis. To preface this one, I should mention that I'm a college student (if the whole living in the dorms thing hadn't made that obvious). Also, I'm gay, which at different times in my life plays a more or less important role. Lately, its seemed to be more important, especially since I don't feel entirely comfortable being out among certain groups of people, and since its really fucking hard to meet anyone with whom to have any kind of significant relationship at this particular institution of higher learning.
So there's this guy, named Joe in this forum, who went to my high school, who is now attending an ivy league school. Rumors have it now that he's on our (yay for random assumptions about your readers) side of the rainbow, so to speak. I've only really met Joe once, but I always thought well of him, and he was pretty cute. Which doesn't explain at all why I'm thinking of him in this dream, but I am. I'm at Harvard (a different school, weirdly, than he actually attends), and for some reason Joe is graduating from college and I'm there, but the whole scene much more resembles a high-school gym than anything else. I really need to use the bathroom, so I'm off in the bowels of Harvard University looking for a place to take a piss, which is harder than it seems, and all of a sudden Harvard has turned into a high school, which has turned into a middle school, and on down the chain like one of those Charlie and the Chocolate Factory stories about people getting smaller and smaller, the walls also coming in smaller and smaller, until I'm in a nursery, and escape through a door in the rear wall.
This next part will be familiar to those of you who've played those 3d video games, like Mario 3D the successors of platform games. I'm on a path of stones over a pit of fire, the tail of the path keeps on shifting back and forth and curling in on itself, if that makes any sense. As I walk down the path, it gets narrower and narrower until finally I come to a point where it stops, but just short of the green meadow which stands on the other side of the fire. At this point I become sickly cognizant that I am standing over Hell, and not only that but that something I have done, or something I am is condemning me to not be able to reach Heaven which lies just outside my grasp. Heat from the flames rising around me, I make the rather gutsy (if I do say so myself) decision to just jump and put my faith in God (religion is also fairly important to me, and yes, this part does sound corny). Though I can feel the flames licking up around me, when the dream cuts out in the way that only dreams can it seems as if I have jumped just far enough to make it past.
So now, for some entirely unknown reason, I'm walking down a thin pathway cut into the side of a cliff in a green meadowy place, when I come across the office of the secretary of the president of Harvard University (not that Harvard is all that important, I think). Somehow simultaneously with this, I'm at my house and receive a cell phone call from this cute guy who I'd (in real life) met the other month at some event or other, who I never really followed up with. I'm looking for privacy from my family to talk with him, and at the same time I'm in this office which is cut into the side of the cliff and is more like a home, talking on my cell phone. Suddenly, these evil bigoted guys start climbing up the side of the cliff, wielding fireplace pokers and yelling things, and at the same time I get in a fight with this guy I'm talking to on the cell phone. But now, while we still are communicating via cell phone, he's standing on the path outside the place where I am, and he's about to get hit by these guys. I yell out to him, not over the cell phone, and we both start fighting back: seemingly successfully, but then I notice that in the process of pushing the attackers off the cliff, he seems to have fallen off the cliff. I go back inside to the office, where the assistant to the President of Harvard is making me feel welcome, and I feel safe.
All of a sudden two women walk in, dark-skinned with long fake fingernails and the campiest makeup ever, so naturally I assume that they are drag queens. But it's simply not true, and they start being assholes in general towards me also, until the secretary and I get them to leave, and then with a knowing glance at each other, the curtain falls, and my roommate in real life walks into the room back from his classes.
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- Richard drives the Pagani Zonda Roadster.
- James & Richard play Caravan Conkers.
- James & Richard spend 24hours in a Smart ForFour.
- Jeremy & Steve Coogan power test a Aston Martin Vanquish S & Ferrari 575M.
- Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car: Jimmy Carr.
Episode Guide
Main review: Pagani Zonda S Roadster, which Clarkson says Hammond fell in love with and that girls who came there showing their bare midriffs there were wasting their time
Challenge: Hammond and May spend 24 hours in a Smart Forfour to see if the brochure claim 'designed like a lounge' makes the experience tolerable. They find it handles well, it's styled nicely, and it turns heads well enough to get people to buy them food, but it's simply too expensive for what it is.
Restoration Rip-Off: 1978 Range Rover previously owned by Princess Diana. The Range Rover had just 58,000 kilometres but the engine needed complete repair.
Skit: Hammond and May attempt to play conkers with 6 caravans, appearing to take great skill in their choice of caravans for the game. Hammond ends up as the winner of the game.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Jimmy Carr thinks motorways should be Autobahn at night and talks about owning a Rover 75. The Stig described him as "the worst driver we've ever had and the luckiest man alive", but Carr beats Simon Cowell to the top of board with 1:46.9.
Review: The Aston Martin Vanquish S, which Clarkson tests in a race against Steve Coogan in a Ferrari 575M GTC. The Vanquish has been improved greatly, but it is still no match for the Ferrari on the track. However, as an all-rounder, with looks and comfort taken into consideration, Clarkson and Coogan would rather have the underdog Aston than the big-headed Ferrari.
Stig Power Laps
Aston Martin Vanquish S
Ferrari 575M
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This is the third part in a three part series on the Meetup group's San Antonio Yarn Crawl. (It's about time, I know.)
Our final stop was Old Oaks Ranch in Wimberley. In addition to yarn for knitting and crochet, they have supplies and classes on weaving, spinning, dying and other fiber arts.
We arrived in the middle of spinning class. Fortunately, no one seemed to mind.
This is the spinning teacher, Carol Wyche, looking through some milk fiber roving. Yes, that's actually made from milk. (I'm not sure how.) According to the website, Carol does $25 private lessons. I think I'm going to sign up for one.
Here are some of the looms.
Here's a nice tapestry that they had on the wall.
I had to snap a picture of the angora bunny painting while I was at it.
Here's the gratuitous yarn shot. I don't thing it's in this picture, but they had Colinette Jitterbug, like the other two shops. And like at the other two shops, I didn't buy any.
I'm pretty sure the yarn on the second to bottom shelf is all Henry's Attic alpaca. That was tempting as well. Again, I was watching my budget.
I did buy a skein of this. Spun from their own alpacas (if I remember correctly.)
And they do have their own alpacas.
This is the new baby. (I couldn't get it to come any closer.)
However, this one wasn't shy. I had no problem getting him to come closer.
He (or she?) didn't mind smelling my hand, but didn't want to be pet.
Did I mention that they have a sculpture garden?
I made another friend.
You can see all my yarn crawl pictures here.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Yarn (Store) Pr0n: Old Oaks Ranch
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Franklin Court Watch will be meeting Friday, September 15, 10:30 am to noon at the Village at Franklin Station, 2100 Bloomington Ave. Parking is available in the lot south of the building and on the street. This is a secure building; go to the front entrance to get in.
We'll be getting updates on the Phillips 50 CLEAN offenders, other CLEAN offenders in 3rdPrecinct and several felony offenders. We'll also decide if we want to request community impact statements for any of these people. If you want to see the Phillips 50 and CLEAN lists, visithttp://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/precincts/police_about_3rd-precinct


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MP Aadil Ameer Meea asked Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth in parliament, on Tuesday 5 December, about the any update on the new regime for the declaration of assets. He was met with a stonewall response from the prime minister who started off by arguing that "the ministerial committee had completed its task and submitted its report so drafting instructions will be conveyed to the Attorney General's office once cabinet approval is obtained." He remained unwilling to give up more information than that.
MP Ameer Meea, from the Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM), wondered why it is taking more than three years to have this bill in parliament when it was touted as an immediate priority in the Alliance Lepep manifesto. "Will he agree with me that the country is crying for new laws to combat fraud and corruption and coming with a bill urgently in the house will send a strong signal?" asked Ameer Meea. Jugnauth was reluctant to indulge too much. "It is not the appropriate moment now to give information on what it would contain eventually because it has to be debated in cabinet but I can say that it is serious work," said the prime minister. "Let the bill come before the House, then people will see what changes we want to bring and what kind of declaration of assets we want."
However, Ameer Meea persisted and asked about the kind of assets that would be included mentioning the likes of bitcoins and gold. The prime minister argued that this was one of the reasons why the process is taking so long, in a bid to avoid any loopholes. "It is complex. I cannot now say what is going to be contained in the bill," said Jugnauth.
MP Alan Ganoo also intervened and asked whether the chairmen of parastatal bodies or even political advisors would have to declare their assets under the new bill. "That will also be looked into," said Jugnauth, who then welcomed suggestions from any other MPs before the report by the ministerial committee becomes a bill.


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My sister was an art major in college. The other day we were having a discussion regarding the evolution of how our culture defines physical beauty. She showed me some art that seemed to contrast what is often defined as "beautiful" in modern, American culture. One of the pieces of art was a prehistoric statue of the mythical character Venus. I have posted a picture of the art piece which does not quite fit into what Americans are taught is the picture of beauty. Interestingly enough, Venus was a mythical Roman goddess who was associated with love, beauty, and fertility.
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The Government's draft plan to tackle the UK's toxic air crisis was published on May 5th and is open to consultation until June 15th. The aim of the plan is to improve air quality by reducing nitrogen dioxide levels (NO2). The options are designed to reduce the impact of diesel vehicles and accelerate the move to cleaner transport. The responsibility for action is being placed on local authorities. According to environmental lawyers, who forced ministers to publish proposals, the options are much weaker than hoped for. Since 2010 levels of NO2 emitted mostly by diesel vehicles have been shown to be above legal limits in almost 90% of urban areas in the UK and estimated to cause 23,000 early deaths a year.
Read more: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-air-quality-plan-published-for-consultation


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I was born and raised in Zalău, a small city in the north-west of Romania, a beautiful country in the east of Europe.
Since 2015 I am an assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Basel where I head the High Performance Computing (HPC) group. My work revolves around the parallelization, mapping, scheduling, robustness, and scalability of scientific applications executing on small to large scale parallel computing systems.
In 2010 I joined the Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH) at Technische Universität Dresden (TUD) as a post-doctoral research associate and later as a senior scientist. My work involved modeling and simulation of highly-adaptive energy-efficient computing (HAEC) systems, as well as research on state-of-the-art robust and scalable scheduling and dynamic load balancing techniques for optimizing the performance of scientific applications.
In 2008 I joined the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems at Mississippi State University. My post-doctoral research involved, among others, designing and developing methodologies for the computational performance optimization of multi-scale simulation codes from Materials Science using state-of-the-art scheduling and dynamic load balancing techniques and advanced tracing and profiling tools.
Following a European student exchange program (Erasmus) upon my graduation from the University of Oradea, in the spring of 2002 I was accepted in the graduate program of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
In 2008 I was awarded the doctoral degree from National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Under the guidance of Prof. George Papakonstantinou (Head and Founder of the Computing Systems Laboratory), I conducted research in parallel and distributed computing, and made contributions to the field by designing algorithms for static and dynamic scheduling and load balancing of scientific applications.
I received my Diploma in Computer Engineering in 2001 from the Department of Electrotechnics and Informatics at the University of Oradea, Romania.
I have authored and co-authored one invited book chapter and over 50 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and workshops. I serve as technical program committee member in several international conferences and workshops (e.g. SC, IPDPS, Euro-Par, etc.). I also serve as guest editor and reviewer in several international journals (e.g., IEEE TPDS, JPDC, FGCS, etc.). I am also co-organizer of the 45th SPEEDUP workshop and the general co-chair of the PASC18 conference.
I am a professional member of IEEE and the IEEE Computer Society as well as of several IEEE Communities (e.g., Big Data, Cloud Computing, Rebooting Computing), a lifetime member of ACM and of several SIGs (e.g., SIGHPC, SIGSIM, SIGCOM, SIGACT), a member of the Swiss Informatics Society and of the Competence Center for Computational Sciences at University of Basel.
The HPC group is also representing the University of Basel in the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) Consortium, as member of the High Performance Group (HPG).
A complete curriculum vitae can be found in PDF form here (latest update January 2016). Selected open-access articles I have (co-)authored can be found on arxiv.org and on HAL - Inria.
Digital presence:
* Google Scholar profile is here.
* LinkedIn profile is here.
* HPC group's Twitter profile is @HPC_DMI_UniBas.


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The Bibliophile Confessions
I'm Inah. 20 years old and I read books for passion.
Reading Challenge 2018
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Heart Tales
8:00 am 9 July 2014
*Copy provided by the author in exchange of honest review*
I absolutely loved this book! It's a quick read so I managed to squeeze it in my queued books. I'm so happy I had the opportunity to read this.
The book is comprised of three short stories: Audio Frequency, Legal U Turn and Heart Set on You. So I'm going to divide this review into three.
Audio Frequency
I like this one. Geraldine's character made her way into my heart easily because I love music too, as much as I love books. Although, it's a bit predictable for me because I easily figured who the mystery guy was. I loved Sam too. I may just be a real sucker for musically-inclined guys, especially if they're nice and kind. Haha
Legal U Turn
This might actually be my favorite among the three. I love stories with guy POVs. I loved Dean and Gwen's characters. It made me mushy and smile the whole time I was reading it. It's such a wonderful story with well-written characters.
Heart Set On You
This is pretty interesting. I loved the paranormal twist on this one. I loved Ellie and Heart's characters and their relationship. The concept of the story is really amazing. I have to admit I felt a little emotional when I got closer to the ending. I'm happy about Seth's role in the story. The ending was beautifully written that it concludes the story perfectly.
Celine Garcia managed to capture my heart with three short stories in a span of two days. Two thumbs-up!
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I guess receiving the same message in 3 different forms constitutes a Shareworthy Opportunity Theme for this Monday!
Here's Wishing You Enough.... bbtracie!
Msg # 1
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may
appear bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.
Msg # 2
Think thoughts of plenty. You are the sons and daughters of a King. Wish plenty for yourselves and all you care for and long to help.
-Two Listeners
Msg # 3
May you always have:
Enough happiness to keep you sweet;
Enough trials to keep you strong;
Enough success to keep you eager;
Enough faith to give you courage;
And enough determination to make each day a good day.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Opportunity for Enough...
I guess receiving the same message in 3 different forms constitutes a Shareworthy Opportunity Theme for this Monday!
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Labels: blessing, enough, happiness, opportunity monday, wish
Monday, May 12, 2008
Opportunity Monday First Post May 12, 2008
From this, I am working to create a new paradigm. If I look at Mondays as filled with opportunity instead of mayhem, at the very least, it'll be easier to get out of bed in the morning.
So, what is the Opportunity that I took hold of this Monday?? I guess writing this blog... A forum to offer inspiration and support to those who suffer from Manic Monday!
Post your Monday Opportunity, Leave your link & spread the love...
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If the term "novelistic" is a somewhat exhausted compliment in film criticism, there's been a puzzling paucity of useful comparisons between movies and short stories. Perhaps this reflects the current zeitgeist of the publishing industry: While its formal traditions are singularly fecund, short fiction has developed an undeniably unsellable stigma. It's refreshing, then, to find a film that not only exercises the temporal economy and impressionistic characterization of the short story but also invites comparisons to the mode's exemplars with allusive alacrity. One of the most effective scenes in Carlos Sorin's The Window depicts an exchange about literature between the aging writer protagonist Antonio (Antonio Larreta), who has suffered a series of humbling heart attacks, and his doctor, performing a house visit. The two discuss the wildly influential Argentine book Morel's Invention with eager appreciation, but when the bedridden patient requests that his guest withdraw a withered green volume from an overhanging shelf, it turns out to be A Universal History of Infamy, an early collection by Jorge Luis Borges that was later disowned by its author. It's as though the main character is admitting to us that he wasn't born to inhabit the space of a novel, particularly one littered with Adolfo Bioy Casares's phantasmagoric zeal. Antonio's aspirations are the stuff of sketches—of terse yet labyrinthine puzzles and vague, pocketsize allegories drawn from the pulp of real life.
Sorin also tethers the omniscient, understated camera movement of the film to a literary-like microcosm: Antonio's deathbed and its adjacent chambers, isolated by an ocean of elysian rurality. We observe peripheral characters revolving through the increasingly sepulcher-like halls as the terminally ill artist attempts to dress up his household before the arrival of his celebrated pianist son, Pablo. This scenario isn't much more than a canvas on which Sorin can illustrate the interlocking personalities in Antonio's social life, and even most of these are familiar types: there's an indigenous nurse with a heart of gold recalling the purity of the servant Anna in Bergman's Cries & Whispers; a sternly maternal head housemaid; prodigal, urbanized progeny; and so on. What's masterful, however, is the subtle manner in which these characters interact with Antonio's estate, facilitating oddly piquant moments that add depth and clarity to the film's setting. For example, a piano tuner (who distractingly resembles a Latino George Lucas) hired to perform last-minute repairs on the upright in the parlor nimbly retrieves a duo of wooden toy soldiers from the antiquarian instrument's innards. And when Pablo finally arrives with a harried po-mo girlfriend in tow, she grumblingly discovers that the only location in the entire city with cellphone reception is at Antonio's bedside—the film's most cunningly contemporary magical realist wink. Quite unexpectedly, none of these incidents are drowned in thematic significance; we sense that the symbolism is there, if we choose to read it, but more crucial is the vibrancy of the spatial experience. The Window memorably makes the enigma of domesticity its main character—and the elusive yet poetic rhythms of giving, taking, and maintaining life are at the narrative nucleus, rather than socio-political or moral assertions.
With this film, writer-director Sorin has retained the pictorial opulence of his earlier work (El Perro) but deftly metamorphosed a neorealistic ethos into the dreamy fatalism of the best Latin American modernists. Like Juan Rulfo, Sorin portrays memory as quite literally metaphysical, as the "specter" of Antonio's childhood nanny visits his room in the eerie bookending scenes. Like the aforementioned Borges, Sorin invents alternate realities, or at least pays deference to the reality that has inspired him: Most of the characters are named after their actors, and Antonio Lerreta is an accomplished writer rather than a performer, offering the story a curious reflexivity.
Finally, like Gabriel García Márquez, Sorin creates imagery with sensual exactitude, and it is here, perhaps, that The Window becomes a minor masterpiece. Dark, earthy tones overwhelm the film's first half as the camera lingers on the ebony of an out-of-tune piano or the chestnut skin of a gentle nurse. These steadily yield to the second act's golden hues—in the cropped blonde hair of Pablo's petulant lover, in the fields where Antonio solitarily strolls against his doctor's orders at magic hour, and in the urine Antonio relieves himself of before collapsing from exhaustion. The concinnity of visual elements seems to tell a concurrent story, enhancing the verbal plot in transcendently tactile ways. It's as though we're watching a man supervise his own burial, only to softly ascend to the heavens with the incandescent spirit of domestic actualization at his side.


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Jharkhand HC extends ban on cutting of trees, forms panel
The High Court said that government should make plans to carry out developmental works with minimum disturbance to the ecological balance. But, unfortunately, this is not happening.ranchi Updated: Jun 18, 2015 15:24 IST
The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday refused to vacate its earlier order on banning the cutting of trees and extended the ban across the state. The court also constituted a five person committee to find out if the government's decision to cut trees for road widening purposes and other developmental work is justified and asked it to suggest measures to save the trees.
A division bench of chief justice Virender Singh and justice PP Bhatt formed the panel comprising chief principal conservator of forest, town commissioner of Ranchi municipal corporation, advocate Delip Jerath, retired Indian forest service (IFS) officer Narendra Mishra and noted environmentalist Bulu Imam who would be a special invitee to the committee. The bench asked the committee to hold its first meeting on June 20 and submit its report.
Pulling up the authorities, the bench said the government should think seriously about saving the trees to maintain the pristine beauty of the state.
"It should sketch out effective plans to carry out developmental works with minimum disturbance to the ecological balance. But, unfortunately this has not been done resulting in mass destruction of trees," the High Court bench said. "The government should come up with exclusive plan/ project for plantation of trees for the upcoming new capital in Ranchi," the bench said, adding no tree should be cut down without prior permission of the court.
Thousands and thousands of trees had earlier been cut down along NH-75E connecting Ranchi-Chaibasa, NH-33 section connecting Ranchi-Jamshedpur, NH 23 connecting Ranchi-Gumla and NH-75 connecting Ranchi-Daltongunj to facilitate the ongoing road widening work. Trees had also been cut down for the construction of phase III, IV, V and VI of the ring road in Ranchi.
According to a Supreme Court's directive, for every one tree which is cut, the authorities concerned would have to plant double the number and care for it for five years.
In a recent episode, the court had taken suo moto cognizance of rampant cutting of trees from Doranda to Hinoo in the state capital. Justice PP Bhatt on June 9 had banned chopping of trees with immediate effect in the entire state till further orders.
First Published: Jun 18, 2015 15:15 IST


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Research focused on young children will be the theme of an event at the University of Wolverhampton.
The benefits of recruiting a graduate through a successful placement scheme at the University of Wolverhampton will be highlighted at a breakfast seminar.
The impact of global health scares on national security will be the subject of the first public lecture in the new series at the University of Wolverhampton.
Revolutionary technology which could transform the visitor experience at museums and art galleries will be showcased at a major event
Teachers will be able to brush up on their French as part of a training scheme at the University of Wolverhampton.
A University of Wolverhampton Film Studies lecturer has had a new book published, looking at wartime films.
A UOW scientist has received a grant worth £15,000 from leading research charity Breast Cancer Campaign to investigate improvements to chemotherapy treatment.
A free public lecture to explore the challenges facing military historians will be held at the University of Wolverhampton.
The University of Wolverhampton has appointed Roger Seifert as Professor of Human Resource Management.
Law students at the University of Wolverhampton will be given a taste of life in a real court thanks to a new purpose-built courtroom.
A new exhibition to celebrate the work of an acclaimed local medallist and sculptor is set to open at the University of Wolverhampton.
A University of Wolverhampton academic has been invited to serve as a Visiting Professor at the University of the West Indies.
An innovative company set up by a University of Wolverhampton lecturer to supply improved ballet shoes and dance products has been shortlisted for a top award.
A University of Wolverhampton student is set to perform at a prestigious jazz festival with his band, The Deputies.
Blind adventurer Miles Hilton-Barber is to visit the University of Wolverhampton as a guest speaker.
The University of Wolverhampton is joining forces with local voluntary and community groups to host an event to highlight volunteering opportunities for students.
A new version of an innovative online map detailing all the higher education institutions in the country has been launched by University of Wolverhampton experts.
A new journal focused on research into property and land has been launched by the University of Wolverhampton.
Original comedy featuring past and present University of Wolverhampton students is set to hit the stage at venues in the city.
A talented University of Wolverhampton graduate is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Lennon and McCartney after reaching the finals of a songwriting competition.
A group of Italian students have been given a taste of University life in the UK during a visit to Wolverhampton.
The University of Wolverhampton is celebrating a hat trick of successes at the prestigious Royal Television Society awards.
Estate agents involved in buying and selling property abroad will be able to brush up their language skills thanks to new courses run with the University
New ways of working during turbulent economic times will be discussed by a leading member of the TUC at an annual lecture.
The University of Wolverhampton will be welcoming future students and their families to its next Open Day on Saturday, 8 November.
The University of Wolverhampton with its Students' Union is supporting a national campaign to raise awareness of student debt.
The President of the Law Society of England and Wales, Paul Marsh, is set to visit the University of Wolverhampton to present a guest lecture.


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Monthly Archives: October 2011
TechCast Has New Friends
Yes it is true TechCast now has new freinds at Anker and they will be sending me one of their Astro Power Bank external batteires to review soon, Once the others confirm and turn up I will also compair them with the Astro Power Bank so see how they all match up.
So make sure your following everything to do with Techcast for more information.
YouTube: www.youtube.com.techcastncr
and listen to the show every Sunday 5-6 Pm at http://www.newportcityradio.org and I will once I have played with the Astro review it live on air.
So watch out for the review of the device below.
Quick News
I know the TechCast blog has been a bit slow lately, sorry fans.
But good news I will be back on here on a weekly basis with a Writen version of the weekly shows news.
So let me start by telling you what I am working on at the moment.
It's very annoying when you leave the house and you have a battery hungry smart phone, well my new group of reviews I will be doing soon should help you all out.
I will soon be receving a range of small, portable and some large but very powerfull back up batteries, do make sure you all keep tuned in to the YouTube and keep an eye on the blog.
But for now check out the YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/techcastncr.
Also listen to the show every Sunday 5-6 pm at http://www.newportcityradio.org
See you all soon.
iTwin The USB Drive Reinvented
Now I know I said on my video that I would do a short writen review of the amazing iTwin USB drive, so here we go.
What is the iTwin?
In short the iTwin is a USB based storage device that acts and looks like a flash drive, but with one big difference.
The iTwin comes in 2 half's which looks a bit weird at first but all makes sense when you start using it, once set up the iTwin acts as a very high security file sharing device that can be accessed from any computer with an internet connection.
Basically a more secure and allot cooler version of Drop Box.
How do you use the iTwin?
Setting up the iTwin is as easy and plug and play, while leaving the 2 half's connected you plug one end into the computer you want access too, a quick setup later and you're ready to go.
All that is left to do now is once the iTwin folder is open is to drag the files or folders you want to access on the move into the folder set up by the iTwin, once setup all you have to do is detach the second half and take it with you were ever you need to go.
Accessing your files is as easy as just plug the second half into the computer you want to use and start using your files, exactly like a normal flash drive.
Price: £89.99
- Very easy to set up, using the plug and play usability any one that can use a flash drive or other media storage device can use an iTwin.
- The iTwin is secured using the best AES-256 encryption, basically extremely hard to hack into.
- While the 2 half's are apart if you lose one half you can use their security service to lock the connection, meaning if you lose one half and some one finds it, they won't be able to access your files.
- The only limit to the amount you data you can store is how much hard drive space that is available on your home computer.
- The one and only drawback I can find of the iTwin is it does require and internet connection to work, which in most cases is fine due to pretty much everywhere having internet these days, but if the internet is getting pretty slow on the either end and you have a large file being shared ( For example videos), it will take a while to download the file on the remote end.
In conclusion this device is amazing, I have been using mine now for a few weeks and so far it has replaced my normal 8GB Pretec Bullet Proof drive in every way, I would highly recommend buying the iTwin even though it is priced at £89.99.
Check out the awesome photos and video below.
YouTube Fail Fixed Itwin Review
This is second attempt at uploading the Itwin review.
Now 100% working, check out the video below.
YouTube Fail!! :(
Sorry to everyone that was trying to watch the latest TechCast review video, it had to be removed due to YouTube failing.
Long story short after a very long 10 hour upload time, YouTube processed the video and corrupted the files.
So the video is now uploading again as I type this and hopefully they wont mess this version up, so keep an eye on the blogs and you will see a new version of the video shortly 🙂 .


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This was stated by Advisor to the Interior Minister Anton Herashchenko, Censor.NET reports citing Interfax-Ukraine.
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"I can say that our guys were in a very difficult situation: they were two weeks in the actual encirclement, they were constantly bombarded by Grad and howitzers, and they ran out of ammunition," H erashchenko said on air of the TVi channel.
Watch also: Terrorists Freely Ride in Grad Launch Vehicles Throughout Luhansk and Record Shelling of Airport. VIDEO
"As far as I know, this decision was agreed with the General Staff," he stressed. "At least it presented as such in the news media," Herashchenko added. According to him, the military prosecutor's office should conduct an investigation, and then: "I think that these guys can continue to fight for a free and independent Ukraine if they want to"
Read also: Details of Ukrainian Servicemen Being Fired at Returning From Russia
Also, the advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that during the investigation "these guys should not be to detained and hold in custody - the maximum limit is a voluntary subscription coming to an investigator."
Evacuation of Ukrainian Troops to Russia Was Compelled and Agreed with the General Staff - Advisor to the Interior Minister
Ukrainian soldiers who are now on the territory of Russia are not "traitors" - the decision to evacuate to the territory of Russia was compelled and approved by the General Staff.
This was stated by Advisor to the Interior Minister Anton Herashchenko, Censor.NET reports citing Interfax-Ukraine.


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New Halo Action Figures Now Available
This is the news you've all been waiting for, forget the unknown Halo 3 and the upcoming comic books. I am pleased to say that the new Halo barbie… I mean action dolls have been released. The excitement is just to much, I mean just look at them they look so next-gen.
The Halo 2 series 8 figurines include a nice new version of John 117 sporting the good old american shotgun. You also get a pistol and a flood sucker (see that, I took the b of blood added an f and it made flood) to play with.
Also available is Sesa Refume which in his native tongue stands for 'Giant Banana Split' (at least thats what the Bungie mole said it meant). With this mean banana you get two plasma rifles and a pretty nifty holodrone. Finally you can also purchase the cool, calm and collected Jackals. You get a pointless plasma pistol and a cowardly shield to go with the rather ugly Jackal.
The figurines are available now at Joyride Studios HERE.
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THE suppression of our report on openness in the Scottish water industry by the quango which commissioned it is one of those surreal experiences that seems to belong more in the script of an episode of Yes, Minister than the much-vaunted new, open Scotland.
The Water Customer Consultation Panels had commissioned us to evaluate the extent to which the water industry was living up to government standards on openness, transparency and consultation. Yet our report was not published, nor even shown to MSPs, despite it having been shared with both the Scottish Executive and Scottish Water.
The convener of the panels, Ian Smith, initially defended the decision by saying that the report was out of date when it was delivered. This was also the line taken by Scottish Water. Its director of customer service, Cheryl Black, noted that the research was completed in September 2003 based on data from 2002. Both of these statements were false.
In an appearance on Newsnight Scotland a few days ago, Mr Smith more or less confessed that the reason they had not published our report was that his approach to protecting customer interests was to work quietly with Scottish Water.
It is certainly arguable that a "softly, softly" approach might be a more effective way to get results with Scottish Water and the Executive. But this Sir Humphrey-like approach to democracy and accountability means that the WCCP is the watchdog that will not bark.
The result is that neither the public nor even the MSPs, to whom the WCCP is accountable, are kept in the loop of accountability. Mr Smith insists that our report was not suppressed, suggesting that it was treated in the same way as two other reports commissioned by the panels.
This is simply false. Anyone who visits the website of the panels (www.watercustomer.org) can see that the two other reports on "affordability of water charges" and "principles of charging" are available for public inspection. This highlights the twin problems we found more generally in the Scottish water industry: an antipathy towards disclosure and a tendentious approach to public information.
The very raison d'etre of the WCCP is to represent customers. Yet the convener of the panel seems much more concerned with protecting the interests of the sensitivities of the Executive and Scottish Water.
BUT when all is said and done the role of the WCCP here is a side issue. The real question which our report highlights is that the Scottish water industry, including Scottish Water, the Water Industry Commissioner and the Executive, do not run an open and transparent regime. They prefer to keep the public in the dark.
When we conducted our research we found evidence that both Scottish Water and the Executive were not providing basic documentation on the operation of the industry.
When we asked for these documents directly we were given short shrift. Cheryl Black wrote to us saying that: "We have no knowledge of the work you are doing and until it is clear what the information is likely to be used for we are not prepared to release it." Not very open and transparent.
Under Scotland's new Freedom of Information legislation, there is a presumption of openness. It is explicitly noted to be inappropriate to ask what information is to be used for in response to requests.
It is said by Scottish Water that it has learnt from our report and that all of the recommendations have been acted upon. So a few days ago we used its website search engine to try and access these documents. Out of seven key documents we tried to access in 2003, none are available.
This does rather suggest that Scottish Water is not as open and transparent as it could be. Our findings are echoed by those of the finance committee of the Scottish Parliament, which also documented problems of transparency and openness.
In our report we also highlighted some cases where Scottish Water had departed from required standards on issuing non-tendentious information.
In other words, it seemed to have adopted some spin techniques from the private sector on which it has modelled itself. This seemed to us to be at the root of the problems faced by Scottish Water's communication difficulties.
In our report we surveyed best practice on openness in the water industry across the world. Our clear finding was that public sector bodies tended to provide the best examples of consultation and openness.
Since then, Scottish Water has appointed a new director of corporate affairs, the former BBC producer Atholl Duncan. He has reportedly made significant changes to the communication effort of Scottish Water.
But if the handling of our report is anything to go by, is it the case that Scottish Water is content to issue information which it knows to be false?
IF so, this does raise difficult questions about the extent to which it is living up to the required standards on non-tendentious information in the public sector. Scottish Water remains publicly owned and it has a duty to be publicly accountable and open.
In the last year it has been the subject of a campaign of vilification by those with an agenda to privatise water. Our own research shows that the best way to defend against such campaigns is to be open and responsive to the public in order to build their trust and confidence. To adopt the opposite course of using private sector spin techniques will only damage public support for the water industry.
Our questions to Scottish Water are:
If you have changed, why not provide access to basic documentation?
Why not commit yourself to avoiding spin techniques in the future?
Why not disclose in detail the changes that have been made to improve openness and accountability?
We await the publication of its answers in a form accessible to all of its customers.
David Miller is professor of sociology at Strathclyde University
The report on openness is available at http://homepages.strath.ac.uk/~his04105/Water.html


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Hello, I'm new to "Couch". I have the system installed. I also have, according to instructions, a template with which I have the about.html in about.php converted. The template is tedious to me, even the admin panel. Only the admin panel is empty. No about page is displayed. Where could the mistake lie? Thank you. seven of hearts
The reason, as invariably is always the case, could be that you are not visiting the changed template as super-admin.
Please try the following -
1. Fire up your browser and open admin-panel. Login as super-admin.
2. Open a new tab in the *same* browser window. Type the URL of your template in this tab to visit the page.
3. Come back to the admin-panel tab and refresh it - you should see the template entry in the sidebar.
In the procedure above, by opening the admin-panel and the template in (different tabs of) the same browser window you ensure that you are visiting the page as super-admin.
Please try it. If that does not work, perhaps the following would help -


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Marks of the Jesus Community
3 Purpose
Our story today begins, as the last two weeks' stories have, with another honest conversation with Jesus—this time an anguished, angry cry of grief: if only you'd come on time, this wouldn't have happened....
sometimes bad stuff happens, sometimes death happens sooner than it should
but life experience also tells us that it's not the best thing to 'fix' things, avoid bad stuff at all costs, deny the realities of life. Personally I know that new life has sometimes come to me from going through the awful stuff, not avoiding it. Both for Lazarus and his family, and maybe even for Jesus whose own faith may have been challenged by those bystanders who doubted him, a dark and tragic experience brought light and life to them.
so before we get to the JC purpose, perhaps we need to be honest as well....honest first about who we might be in this text
we meaning the congregation, the community, but if you've come with a particular weight on your soul, you might more need to listen for where you individually might be....
Let's first ask ourselves if we are the people around Jesus, alive and well, or are we like Lazarus?
In KJV Martha protests, he stinketh! I loved that when I was a kid. Leave him where he is, don't add complications to my life, Jesus! He's stiff and dead and has no more relevance. Either the body of Christ, the church is biologically dead, stiff and beginning to smell a bit—and lots of people out in the world think we have no relevance at all.....OR we are a people who've been called and and made biologically alive, unbound, unwrapped, living in light not darkness
If this Jesus community or the church universal, or you individually, is Laz, we need to hear Jesus command – come out! come out of your stiff and bound places, come out of our dark holes of inactivity and irrelevance, and LIVE—that's the good news, the best news we have to offer the world! God brings life! Abundant life!
We are still a force to be reckoned with!
So, if that's true, and I believe it's on its way to being true here, then we have purpose- in fact a threefold purpose that we take from Jesus' other instructions in the text:
1 believe, and you'll see God's glory
of course there are difficult times when it's hard to believe, when we seem to lose our faith. And then we miss out on the ways that God is at work. But in the JC, when my faith is low, you hold it for me, and when your soul is empty, I stand by with the love of God ready to pour out. God is always at work, God's glory is always there; sometimes we have to trust the sight of others when we can't see it ourselves.
Jesus came late to this awful time in Lazarus' family. In their belief system, the third day was traditionally when God came...Jesus arrives on the 4th day, the hopeless day.
2 remove the stone—the JC sets about removing obstacles to Life and wholeness for those who are stuck in dark places. Stones can be attitudes or situations or people or systems, that prevent God's grace and God's wholemaking way from happening in individuals and society.
This week as a nation votes, the JC must be concerned first and foremost about removing obstacles for the least, the last, and the lost.
Almost every week, our JC is asked to help someone financially, whether through our pastors discretionary fund or through our 50-50 outreach—we remove stones temporarily, with a grocery gift card, and this week we went one step further and helped a man start to earn money for himself with a leafblower, but there are systemic stones that need much more aggressive removal through social action. The JC is often strangely inactive in that kind of stone removal.
3 unbind those who are tentatively moving out into the light, but still bound up and wound up, still trapped in the old rags of non-life. (Lois' story)
You see, it's one thing to be brought back to the light of day, but it's quite another to be unbound so you can actually move, maybe even dance, which is probably what happened in the rest of the story! we are drawn by Jesus from the depths of human pain to the height of God's compassion. Surely that's worth celebration and joy. What would it take for you, for us, to be seen as celebrating, joyful, dancing people??
So there we have it; if we listen to the commands of Jesus, we have our purpose, and if we look at what Jesus does throughout this text, we find our calling and our purpose filled out in pretty clear ways:
Jesus enters into human mess, weeps with the hurting, challenges assumptions about how things have to be, stretches belief beyond belief, reaches into dark places, brings new life and second chances, and prays thankfully.
Can we do any less?
May God's power strengthen us, God's life flow through us, and God's grace lead us to dance unbound.


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Atlanta History Center and the Margaret Mitchell House will be hosting a lecture with bestselling author and happiness expert Gretchen Rubin. Her latest book Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life takes a closer look at how to improve areas that usually mean the most — bonding with family, creating a comfortable living space and utilizing time management.
Admission for all lectures is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers, and FREE to AHC Insiders unless otherwise noted. Reservations are required for all lectures. Please call 404.814.4150 or reserve your tickets online. All lecture ticket purchases are non-refundable.
For more info please visit: http://www.margaretmitchellhouse.com/cms/Lectures+/489.html


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Hello everyone! I am new here but I've had my 2 painted turtles for 2 years . They are about 5 inches and the one has a huge tumor type lesion that kept getting bigger on its neck. I live in New York State (upstate) and need to take it to a vet but I heard that if I do they can take my turtle away from me because it is a native species. Is this true? How would I go about finding out ? I guess I could just call but I didn't think they would outright tell me. Please let me know if anyone has any info about this. Thanks!!!!!!
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A Call of Composition for International Students
As a part of master-class of the Shanghai New Music Week, the call of composition aims to encourage students to compose more creative and excellent works.
Five pieces will be selected from the entries by a jury of seven composers, Unsuk Chin (Korea), Bright Sheng (USA), Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf (Germany), Nicole Lizee (Canada), Narong Prangcharoen (Thailand),YE Guohui (China) and WEN Deqing (Switzerland). The final concert will be held from 15:15 to 17:15 September 17th 2018 by Ensemble Soundstreams (Canada). The five resident composers, Unsuk Chin, Bright Sheng, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Nicole Lizee, Narong Prangcharoen will give comments on the five selected pieces in the Master-Class for International Students Works Concert.
New Music Week will provide necessary accommodations and transposition for the selected finalists who are not local, along with the festival pass during the period of 14th - 19th Sept. 2018.
Rules for Eligibility:
1. The candidates must be students at the time applying (no nationality or age limited) and only one work for each participant to submit.
2. The submitted work must be within 5-7 minutes in duration.
3. Instrumentations are as follows (Each entry should involve at least 2 musicians): two pianos, two percussions, one mezzo soprano.
4. The entry work must be composed after 2017.
6. All the selected finalists must be sure to participate the rehearsal and attend the concert.
2018 The 11th Shanghai New Music Week
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[solved] Doubts using QStringLiteral and QStringBuilder
I've been reading the Qt documentation on "QString":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qstring.html to see how to correctly use it and I am a little bit confused.
In the documentation there is a macro called "QStringLiteral":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qstring.html#QStringLiteral, For what I understood, we should use it, depending of the cases, to prevent memory allocation, copy and conversion of const char*. Also that we should only use it when does not exist an overload to use "QLatin1String":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/QLatin1String.html. But in the example for this case it is used QString::operator==, but the available overloads are:
@bool operator==(const QByteArray & other) const
bool operator==(const char * other) const@
So instead of
@if (attribute.name() == QLatin1String("http-contents-length")) //...@
should not be written
@if (attribute.name() == "http-contents-length") //... ?@
Also, what of the following best describes an optimized initialization of a QString?
@QString first = "ångström";
QString second = QLatin1String("ångström");
QString third = QStringLiteral("ångström");@
There is also another topic where I have some doubts: "More Efficient String Construction":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qstring.html#more-efficient-string-construction.
In this topic one refers that can be used QStringBuilder and gives the following example:
@QString foo;
QString type = "long";
foo->setText(QLatin1String("vector<") + type + QLatin1String(">::iterator"));
if (foo.startsWith("(" + type + ") 0x"))
But one does not shows the alternate version using the QStringBuilder. Is this the best (optimized) way to use it?
#include <QStringBuilder>
QString foo;
QString type = "long";
foo->setText("vector<" % type % ">::iterator");
if (foo.startsWith("(" % type % ") 0x"))
And finally, is this correct?
@QString testString = tempString % " minutes";
if (executeThisCondition)
testString = testString & " or seconds";@
Or should we use QString::operator+= and QString::append?
Thanks for your time and patiente ;-)
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This post is much better suited for Interest mailing list, where the developers who wrote QString are present.
I'll give you some answers, but treat them with caution, as I am far from being an expert on this.
I think in your first example, the comparison with const char is fine
I think the best is a fourth option, where you don't create any temporary value: @ QString third("ångström"); @
QStringBuilder is used automatically by QString in Qt 5.x and Qt 4.8+. AFAIK, you do not need to use any special syntax for it to work
If you want other developers to understand your code, use operator+= or ::append()
Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry for the the delay; I've been busy with other projects and hadn't the time to check out the forum.
I think there is no need to send to mailing list since you have fulfilled all my doubts.
Do I need to change the subject to close this discussion?
sierdzio Moderators
[quote author="luisborlido" date="1413201000"]Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry for the the delay; I've been busy with other projects and hadn't the time to check out the forum.
I think there is no need to send to mailing list since you have fulfilled all my doubts.
Do I need to change the subject to close this discussion?[/quote]
OK, no problem.
I've marked the thread as solved for you. Have fun :-)


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I recently saw this cape in a Calvin Klein ad, featured in current magazine issue (I have so many, that I don't remember which!), and thought, how sleek and classic! While I own a couple, this one caught my eye due to the fact that it has no collar(they can be so... annoying!), and that it's such a flattering length. I also love the ample arm slits, which provide a full range of movement.
I started shopping around for one locally, thinking that I might find something comparable, and if not, I'd track down the Calvin Klein. As I was making my usual "rounds" today, I happened into one of the Ross stores, and I couldn't believe my eyes....there was the Calvin Klein cape! I checked all the tags and the label just to make sure, and yes, it's the very same one!
I'm aware that stores such as Ross, T.J. Maxx & Marshalls, buy department store overstocks, but I had no idea that I would find something such as this after just seeing it in a magazine! That's certainly one of the reasons that I frequent those stores....I ALWAYS find such fabulous things, not to mention the prices!
Of course when I got back to my computer, I had to look it up online to see the actual retail price. Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, and Macys all have it in camel and black for $159.50, while it's on sale for $94.99 on the Calvin Klein site. I paid $75.95 including tax.
It's very soft.... it has the feel of cashmere, is lightweight, but not flimsy. The fact that it's "simply chic" leads to endless styling possibilities, such as a colorful scarf, a turtleneck sweater, or a sparkly brooch for starters. I look forward to giving it a "test run!"


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Ohio's "online checkbook" site, launched 6 months ago by State Treasurer Josh Mandel, already has gotten national notice and recently helped earn Ohio the top state ranking for transparency in the country from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 23 (2011): edited by Stephen Jones (2012) containing
Ramsey Campbell – Holding The Light
Christopher Fowler – Lantern Jack
Paul Kane – Rag And Bone
Gemma Files – Some Kind Of Light Shines From Your Face
Joel Lane – Midnight Flight
Tim Lebbon – Trick Of The Light
Gregory Nicoll – But None Shall Sing For Me
Alison Littlewood – About The Dark
Daniel Mills – The Photographer's Tale
Mark Samuels – The Tower
Peter Atkins – Dancing Like We're Dumb
Simon Strantzas – An Indelible Stain Upon The Sky
Joan Aiken – Hair
Steve Rasnic Tem – Miri
Geeta Roopnarine – Corbeaux Bay
Michael Marshall Smith – Sad, Dark Thing
Robert Silverberg – Smithers And The Ghost Of The Thar
Reggie Oliver – Quieta Non Movere
Joe R. Lansdale – The Crawling Sky
Conrad Williams – Wait
Simon Kurt Unsworth – The Ocean Grand, North West Coast
Evangeline Walton – They That Have Wings
Thana Niveau – White Roses, Bloody Silk
John Ajivide Lindqvist – The Music Of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer
Ramsey Campbell – Passing Through Peacehaven
David Buchan – Holiday Home
Enjoyable and somewhat controversial entry in Mammoth's Best New Horror series because of editor Stephen Jones' introduction, critical as it was of certain award winners in genre competitions, among other things. The anthology's lengthy Year in Horror and Necrology sections have also stirred controversy for being too…long.
Apparently, long anthologies are a problem for people reading things on e-readers, and make them want to stop reading because, um, I guess they're really stupid and lazy. When I don't want to read the introductory and framing material in an anthology, I generally just skip past it. Apparently this represents some kind of terrible burden for both e-readers and a few people using paper, as I assume their arms have atrophied to be more like a T. Rex's arms because they're all hunched over and texting all the time in between keeping their heads in their asses.
Seriously, people? I can think of a lot of major criticisms of this anthology series, but the non-fictional material isn't the source of any of them.
I don't know that there's anything surpassingly disturbing in this year's selection, but there also aren't any real stinkers. A couple of stories end with clunky twists, but that's about it. And not only do you get two Ramsey Campbell stories, you also get two posthumous publications, a nice little Joan Aiken story and a marvelous Evangeline Walton novella involving some particularly awful figures out of Greek mythology. Recommended, unless you're an idiot with little T. Rex arms.
A Clutch of Vampires by/edited by Raymond T. McNally (1970): Enjoyable anthology/commonplace book of fiction and historical accounts of vampires dating back to classical Greece. The whole thing is dominated by (most of) J. Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla," the first great work of vampire fiction. What one gathers from the various non-fiction accounts from a dozen different cultures is that vampires really have odd habits in some countries. The ones that try to kill you by lying on you are surely the most annoying; the Chinese vampires that can't make 90-degree turns are probably the easiest to thwart. Recommended.


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On a Fine Morning After a Prolonged Sickness
Not many things keep me away from writing, except when I'm down with a prolonged sickness and start seeing the nine (or is it eight?) planets of the solar system rotating around my head every time I cough – which was pretty much all through the day. So over the past two weeks, whenever the planets were not eclipsing my view of the world, I spent time reading some good old classics.
This morning I took my usual seat holding a sweet smelling copy of Somerset Maugham's Collected Short Stories and turned to page 193. And when I read the line – Madame Coralie powdered her nose and gave it, a commanding organ, a brief look in her pocket mirror – I noticed two strange men hovering around me. One was an old man who wore his pants above his belly, and the other was a young one with a flashy ponytail. The former sat next to me, while I continued reading as if he were non-existent.
When you start reading alphabets instead of sentences, you know you are actually being engulfed with an irresistible urge to slip into what Freud calls an elevated mental state for disguised fulfillment of our unconscious wish. To you and me it is simply called sleeping. So, watching the morning sky fade into a premature grayscale enveloped by water-laden clouds receding down the horizon, I slowly drifted into a peachy bed of sleep. And then I didn't know anything that happened.
For example, I didn't know that the bus was stuck at a signal where there was no signal, that sunlight cracked for a second between the clouds, or that the old man who wore his pants above his belly was playing a game of solitaire in his mobile phone.
I opened my eyes, as it was the most natural thing to do after you are ejected out of the comforts of slumber. I glared at the outside world, where my little slumber didn't seem to have had any impact. The earth continued to rotate on its axis and men continued to walk on two feet. The sun was not visible, but it was there nevertheless.
The bus screeched to a halt just outside our office after going around the world in sixty minutes. "This is the office?" the old man who wore his pants above his belly asked me. I affirmed and nudged him with my eyes to get down, while I carefully closed the Somerset Maugham taking particular care that I remember the last page I read (because I don't use bookmarks).
The old man who wore his pants above his belly beckoned his counterpart who smiled a wry smile and went behind him, wagging his ponytail. And I walked away playing a random line from the archives of my memory – The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
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9 Responses to "On a Fine Morning After a Prolonged Sickness"
Viral infection is all over the place, as you rightly said. And, the worst part of it is that it drains you out. I hope you are on your way back to good health.
I couldn't attend the bloggers meet, though I read about it and told myself I must try to make it. Glad to see that Bangalore Mirror covered it. I couldn't attend for two reason: one, I had to go out of station around that time; and two, office assignments and the piled-up work kept me occupied the rest of the time. I am intersted in being part of the bloggers group; and I hope next time round I would be able to make myself available.
By the way, I have tagged you, Kishore. I hope you don't mind. Kindly pick it up, if it's okay with you. Please click here.
umm, take care. By the way, I have done one of your old tags. I am sorry for doing it late. Age is catching up with me.
Any woman who wore her pants below the belly? :-)
take good care
Nice one..:)
That was a beautiful post. How are you now?
could'nt get it man.. is it abt viral fever or abt the old man who wore his pants too high..?


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Local Pharmacist Charged With Drug Trafficking
Tuesday December 20th, 2016
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OPP have arrested and charged an area pharmacist and another man in relation to the illegal sale of narcotics.
Police say that on December 17th, 2016 pharmacist Russell Foster, age 74 of Lakeshore and a 48 year old Leamington man were arrested on Talbot Street East in Leamington.
Foster is charged with trafficking in a schedule 1 substance, and trafficking in a schedule 4 substance.
Police say their investigation is ongoing.
"The illegal sale, distribution and unlawful use of drugs remain prevalent in our communities, as does the vigilance by our members of this unlawful activity. This recent arrest further underscores the gravity of the situation and the challenges we face in keeping our communities safe. We will hold those accountable who continue to supply those elements of society with illicit drugs and equally, those users who feed their addictions through criminal acts," said Glenn Miller, OPP Detachment Commander.


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Back in April, while we were visiting California for spring break, I found the cutest little set of food cutters at an Asian market. They are meant, I think, for cutting nori to decorate bentos, but I thought they'd be great for decorating ice pops. Since then, I've just been waiting for the right time to try them out. Today was the right time.
I used plain old lemonade for the base, since I know how it freezes and because it's a very neutral color. I thought peaches and/or strawberries would be fun to use for the faces. So I started to cut out tiny little eyes and mouths, and immediately learned two things:
1. Peaches are not the best "tool" for this job, and
2. Strawberries are even worse.
Both fruits were a little too soft and a little to delicate to cut well with these tiny cutters. Just look at the carnage:
Still, I was able to get enough good pieces of peach to make one little face (the strawberries were a completely lost cause). I arranged the face on my pie server and used that to stick it to the sides of the Zoku mold.
Then, forgetting that I had already removed its top, I picked up my bottle of lemonade and gave it a good shake.
10 minutes later, I had cleaned the sticky mess off the floor and was ready to proceed. The pop turned out cute, if a little hard to photograph:
This pop was fun, if frustrating to make. The end result was cute enough that I am looking forward to trying more "funny face" ice pops in the future, but next time I'll stick with apples or another very firm fruit.


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The toughest choice with this year's two-day Virgin Festival is deciding whom to see. For the most part, every band on the festival roster is a headliner in its own right.
At any given point, there will be live music on two main stages and in a dance tent. Here is a list of performers, which should help you plot your weekend:
North Stage
Noon-12:45 p.m. -- Fountains of Wayne, tongue-in-cheek power pop group behind the hit "Stacy's Mom"
1 p.m.-1:50 p.m. -- Cheap Trick, vintage rock band that wants you to want them
2:10 p.m.-3 p.m. -- Amy Winehouse, soulful British chanteuse known for her lush voice and being a lush


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The touch of light with high quality textures triggers a combination of effects that generate strong emotion. The excitement of finding a design that is beautiful and at the same time, eco-friendly
Original interpretation of materials, combinations of sizes and unusual harmonies of colors are proof of the creativity of emotions, pioneers of the new trends.
Swimming pools, fallen down to the power of the sun with original and blinding designs, looking for the well being, pleasure and relaxation.