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Welcome to a new community in the making.
Over the past 9 years Moray Estates have been developing proposals for a new town at Tornagrain, mid way between Inverness and Nairn.
This visionary new town, with the grant of planning permission by The Highland Council, is moving towards reality.
This site provides background to the proposal for the new town of Tornagrain, its genesis, the development of the vision for the community and the current status of the project.
We believe that Tornagrain can set new standards for the creation of a new community in 21st century Scotland and look forward to our vision unfolding.
The Estate is delighted that the Scottish Government shared this view of the potential of Tornagrain making it an exemplar development under the Scottish Sustainable Communities Initiative in 2009.


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Have you ever marveled at the different sizes and shapes of bird beaks or wondered just how an octopus suction pad really works? Each of these specialized adaptations in wildlife embodies a principle in engineering. Examples of engineering in nature can be found all around us whether it's the structure of a seed pod that allows it to fly or float great distances, or the way that light filters through the leaves of a tree on a sunny day.
We are excited to announce a new learning project available to educators this fall in collaboration with Iridescent, a science education nonprofit that links science professionals with under privileged youth through its innovative learning platform, the Curiosity Machine. In this three week program called the Engineering in Nature Challenge, students ages 11-14 can learn up to five different engineering concepts all from the natural world and test their skills through invention:
Learn how a bird beak is a simple machine.
Discover flight and gliding adaptations of seed pods.
Explore reflection and incidence angles through light reflection in trees.
Test aerodynamics knowledge and skills by building a gliding bird.
Engineer an octopus suction pad while discovering air pressure, vacuum and suction forces.
Teachers can choose to do any combination of activities from the list above and each activity features films from the ARKive collection that demonstrate the engineering concepts in action.
There are two aspects to this project that make it unique from any other learning experience. First, teachers will be offered continuous support from ARKive and Iridescent team members through weekly Google Hangouts including kick-off and culmination hangouts. The team will be available to introduce you to Iridescent and the Curiosity Machine platform, troubleshoot any questions from the classroom, and recommend additional wildlife imagery from ARKive. Second, each student will be paired up with a scientist working in the field that will offer advice and helpful feedback on the student's work and these aren't just any scientists! The mentors for the Engineering in Nature Challenge are practicing science at distinguished institutions such as Harvard, Stanford and more.
The Engineering in Nature Challenge is a learning experience unlike any other inspiring students to explore engineering principles while developing a greater connection to nature all with the one-on-one support of exceptional real world scientists.
If you are interested in learning more about the Engineering in Nature Challenge, sign up for a sneak peek by clicking the link below.
You will be one of the first educators to receive the Engineering in Nature Challenge info before it goes live on the ARKive site on October 24. We look forward to sharing this learning experience with you!
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Patience by W D & H O Wills (1933)
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Intelligence Amplification
Everyone's excited and/or scared about artificial intelligence but should we be excited and/or scared about Intelligence Amplification instead?
I have been interested in this dichotomy for a long time, especially in health care . Socio-culturally, there are many reasons why we don't accept fully autonomous systems, even when they are safer, faster, and more effective. The DTNS hosts use the example of elevators where a human operator was necessary for several years before we were willing to accept automation, even when they weren't really doing anything except hitting buttons. We see it now with cars and drones.


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Collaboration with the Labour Movement Archives and Library.
Since 2006, the National Library and the Labour Movement Archives and Library have been collaborating on digitizing and cataloguing the entire stock of sound and film in the collections of the Archives. A time-consuming process that has involved work with no less than ten different sound media such as wire recordings, Dictaphones, reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes. The project is now complete, and the collections are available at both institutions.A search of the sound collection on the Swedish Media database yields over 12,000 hits.
The main part of the material consists of sound recordings from congresses, meetings, and debates, but there are also interviews with volunteers from the Spanish Civil War, recordings from the Sweden-USSR Friendship Organisation, and the Swedish Committee for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
Besides the recordings of major politicians and representatives of the union movement, there is also a large amount of material based on interviews with workers from different professions. You can learn, for example, what it was like for an industrial worker, a domestic worker, or a cleaner during the early 1900s.
From a research perspective, the material is a goldmine. In combination with the other collections of the Labour Movement Archives and Library, this collection will provide new approaches to how modern Sweden developed.
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(05-02-2013, 05:11 PM)Arachne Wrote:(05-02-2013, 03:45 PM)kath3 Wrote: Arachne
You need to give ...
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Message In A Bottle (1999)
The Notebook (2004)
a go ... these all are in my Top 10 list
Hope you enjoy them!
I'm glad you enjoyed "Fried Green Tomatoes"
You gave an excellent review on SB
I will give them a look. In all honesty, the review came from IMDb, but the movie was excellent!
You would probably like...
Mr. Nobody 2009
Safety Not Guaranteed 2012
The Man From Earth 2007
Waking Life 2001
As I said, I am a cry baby.
I just picked up Safey Not Guaranteed and your Beaches last night.
Will give them a go as soon as I can.
Right Now I'm very much stuck on Game of Thrones (2011)
It's t.v series, brilliantly executed, fabulous acting and an amazing story-line.
I highly, highly recommend it for you.
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Papercutz is the only publisher exclusively dedicated to children's graphic novels. Spring highlights include the new adventure series ONLY LIVING BOY and the sports themed FUZZY BASEBALL.
NBM celebrates its 40th anniversary as America's first all graphic novel publisher. Spring highlights include biographies of Thoreau and Marie-Antoinette and Guardians of the Louvre.
Brands: Nickelodeon, Geronimo Stilton, Thea Stilton, Smurfs, Disney Fairies, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Ariol, Classics Illustrated, The Lunch Witch, Scarlett, the Red Shoes, Garfield, The Only Living Boy.
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Heat trim roster, keep Michael Beasley, Roger Mason Jr.
Forward Michael Beasley and guard Roger Mason Jr. appear to have earned spots with the Miami Heat, who reduced their roster to the regular-season limit of 15 players on Saturday by waiving forward Eric Griffin and center Justin Hamilton.
Beasley and Mason both arrived at Heat training camp with non-guaranteed contracts.
Each NBA team has until 5 p.m. Monday to set its regular-season roster, but players with non-guaranteed contracts needed to be released by 5 p.m. Saturday to not count against this season's salary cap.
Beasley, 24, played two seasons with Miami after being drafted by the Heat second overall in 2008. His past three seasons — two with Minnesota, one with Phoenix — included off-court troubles.
A proven scorer, Beasley needed to show the the Heat he was willing to work on his defense and buy into the team's overall work ethic.
Mason, 33, previously played with six different NBA teams and two others overseas after being drafted by Chicago in 2002. He can play either guard position.
The two-time defending NBA champion Heat open the regular season on Tuesday night against the Chicago Bulls at American Airlines Arena.
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CLEAR SPRING - Four years ago, three students at Clear Spring Elementary School wrote letters to Gov. Parris Glendening urging him to approve money to renovate their school.
On Tuesday, those students, now middle school students, were on hand as Glendening announced that the funding has been approved for the planning stage this year and for renovations and additions next year at the 44-year-old school.
Gereme Leazier, Ashley Keeney and Jamie Teach proudly shook the governor's hand as he arrived Tuesday morning.
"I'm so pleased with the reception by all you folks in Clear Spring," Glendening said as he got a surprise greeting from several members of the Clear Spring High School band, who four years ago were part of his honor guard at his inauguration.
"I can feel the warmth and the pride that you people have in this school," Glendening said.
Glendening announced $4.6 million in school construction money would be available for Washington County for fiscal year 1999, which starts July 1. The Clear Spring Elementary School project is on that list, although the exact amount for that project was not available.


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It's the first weekend in November, which can only mean two things: 1) the Major League Baseball playoffs are finally over, and 2) it's time for the annual Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival.
Forget Telluride and Park City, folks. In case you didn't know, the RMWFF is the longest continuously running women's film festival in the world.
It started in 1988, when film connoisseurs Jere Martin and Donna Guthrie, inspired by the Telluride Film Festival and looking to "celebrate the drive, spirit and diversity of women," showed 10 films at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Twenty years later, the RMWFF has grown into a Friday-through-Sunday event attended by Academy Award-winners and Academy Award-nominees showcasing their latest works.
It's unique not only because it's in our own backyard, but also because of how organizers pick its lineup. The six-member selection committee attends eight to 10 festivals each year and whittles down the 250 films they see to roughly 20.
"We primarily solicit most of the films that we preview, as opposed to other film festivals that put out a call for entries," says RMWFF executive director Linda Broker. "With a call for entries, you're going to pick the best of what's submitted to you; we hand-pick what we think, and hope, is going to be the best possible films to be considered for the lineup."
The two-and-a-half day, two-venue format of the RMWFF also gives cinephiles the intimacy that other festivals lack. And it's hardly filled with a competitive atmosphere, which is something the filmmaker entrants say they especially appreciate.
"It's the only women's film festival I've ever been to," says director Jessica Yu, over the phone from Los Angeles where she's directing an episode of Grey's Anatomy, the lauded TV drama. "We had a great time the first time, and I just like their approach. You come out of it with friendships and see some fantastic films. Directors have to be kind of calculating about their time, but this [festival] allows you to be a festivalgoer as well."
That's another perk of the RMWFF: The filmmakers are present for the screenings.
"Often, the filmmaker is a subject in the film, or it's about a family member," Broker says. "By the conclusion of the film, everyone feels like they know that person and the journey they have been through. Having the filmmaker present allows you to hear the backstory on the making of the film. It's just great closure."
But if you're not ready for closure, the Madelyn Osur Film Library at the Fine Arts Center offers film fans the chance to check out and take home some of the festival's best showings for free.
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center,30 W. DaleSt., and Colorado College's Armstrong Theater, 14 E. Cache la Poudre St.
Friday, Nov. 2 through Sunday, Nov. 4, various times
Tickets: $25-$90; call 634-5583.
At the movies ...
20 films that will be shown at this year's Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival (source: rmwfilmfest.org)


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Sorry it took me so long to get this one out - I have been busy .... as usual.
This was my first official 3D movie I ever saw, with pretty high expectations of both the film and technical detail, and oh-blimey I was not disappointed in either.
But down to the basics.
(and yes, while I am typing this I am listening to the soundtrack - (epicness in all directions)
Bilbo Baggins the rather prosy and well-to-do Hobbit is swept off on a journey to help a gaggle of dwarves re-gain their homeland stolen my the Smaug the Dragon. Over hills and under hills, chased by wolves and carried by eagles, and almost becoming troll-fodder, Bilbo gets more than he ever bargained for, and changes far more than he ever thought he would - for the better.
The thing I enjoyed most about this movie is the changing character of Bilbo. He starts very prissy, if I may use the word, the not-want-to-get-your-hands-dirty type personality, who is rather preoccupied with thoughts of home and ease, comfort, and his far-away Hobbit hole. Through the process of the journey, he learns courage, determination, and most importantly, compassion and self sacrifice. He helps the dwarves on their quest to take back their home, since, as he puts it, they have none. He has a home, and that is where he belongs. They don't have a home, or belong anywhere, and he will help them take it back if he can.
The changing character of Bilbo, from not so noble and well-to-do, to compassion, nobility, and courage, is enjoyable, heartening, encouraging, enthralling and of course, amusing.
The main theme to the movie is summed up in one sentence, which I am sure you have heard before.
"Even the smallest person can change the course of history"
Bilbo, seemingly insignificant, through a series of events, sets in action an even bigger series of events that will leave the world forever changed.
Simple acts of kindness and love (code-read Christlikeness) are what change the world - not big powers and governments.
Simple acts of kindness and love (code-read Christlikeness) are what change the world - not big powers and governments.
This clip summarizes the entire movie perfectly.
The worldview is overall very refreshing and uplifting. On the surface it seems to be a story of revenge and recapturing of a homeland, but the real point is how even small people can make a huge difference. Love it, love it, love it.
Amazing visuals. I saw it in both 3D and 2D, and the quality of graphics was flooring in both. LOTR pales in the dust of antiquity under the splendor of this movie. Jackson left no stone un-turned in making this movie simply breathtaking.
The character development of Bilbo is quite enjoyable and most uplifting and encouraging. Love it totally.
The dwarves - oh who couldn't love the dwarves.
13 dwarves is a lot of individual characters to wrangle together, and I believe they did a fabulous job. Each has their own distinct personality, with their own quirks and oddities. The book made them to be rather stuffy, quiet and moody creatures, but the movie brings to life a people who are fun loving, rowdy, loyal, heroic, and valiant. I fell in love with the dwarves instantly.
From the right...
Bomber, Bofer, Bifer, Nori, Ori, Dori, Thorin, Balin, Dwalin, Oin, Gloin, Fili and Kili.
As far as fighting goes, I have to say I like Thorin the best, but the character of Bofer stuck out to me the most. I really like his character, and you just have to see the movie to see what I mean. Thorin is next in the line of favorite dwarves, but I won't continue or else who knows where I will stop. : )
If you are a die-hard fan of the book, you will probably be disappointed by this movie. They stick to the overall main theme, with a lot of the original details, but of course, same with LOTR, they take some liberties and change some things, re-route some things, and even add a few things. Honestly, I think some of the changes didn't really affect it, some actually made it better, and only a few were not as good as the original book. My Mom heartily disagrees, and doesn't like the changes. I don't think the changes detract from the overall effect of the film, and some even add to the effect, as I said, but if you are a die-hard originalist, you might be disappointed.
The dwarves, like any other group of non-saved guys, can have some rather un-edifying moments. Like, the scene where the dwarves all guzzle ale and let out some window shattering belches one after another. *sigh*
There is only only slightly crude line, and it was only crude in a modern context, not as it was being used.
I could go on about it, but I will cut it short and end by saying I loved it, and go see the awesome film for yourself. The good in the movie far, far out-weighs the bad, and I look forward to seeing it over and over again, as well as looking forward most expectantly to the next two, and the threesomes extended versions.
Overall rating: 4.95 out of 5. The .05 out for the one crude line.
I could go on about it, but I will cut it short and end by saying I loved it, and go see the awesome film for yourself. The good in the movie far, far out-weighs the bad, and I look forward to seeing it over and over again, as well as looking forward most expectantly to the next two, and the threesomes extended versions.
Overall rating: 4.95 out of 5. The .05 out for the one crude line.


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This work contains an enchanting book and story CD edition of the acclaimed wartime tale from the 2003-2005 Children's Laureate. Tomas hates school, hates books and hates stories. Forced to visit the library, he stops to listen to magical tales that the Unicorn Lady spins. These tales draw him in and are about to change the course of his life for ever...Set against the backdrop of war-Iorn Europe, 'I Believe in Unicorns' explores the power of stories to transform lives. The paperback now comes with a CD containing an unabridged story reading by Michael Morpurgo, specially composed music and sound effects.
'I Believe in Unicorns needs to be bought for every library, school and home... To share with as many children as we can so that they can experience its magic for themselves.' The Bookseller'"


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Global warming and climate change has become a global issues and concern within the regional and international levels. In the context of national scope, this issues had grew stronger after Indonesia had been selected to become host of the 13th Conference of the Party to the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 13). The venue took place in Denpasar, Bali.
Our earth has already experienced the phenomena of global warming and climate change which leads to hazardous climate events. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released numbers of research which has proved that the earth are warming and climate are changing. The IPCC is an independent scientific body under the UNFCCC.
The phenomena of hazardous climate events has an enormous impact to the environment and human livelihood. Global warming and unpattern climate changes threatened farming for food security, clean water availability, human and ecosystem health. Global warming also threatened the existence of small island nations because of the rising of sea level.
Eventhough climate changes has become global issue, but there are still many communities around the world who has not known and understand what is global warming and climate changes. Many of us living in developing countries are limited to information on global warming and climate changes. For many developing countries like Indonesia, efforts to develop public awareness on global warming and climate changes are urgently needed in order to enhance public understanding on the issues.
In the efforts of spreading awareness on global warming and climate change, Peka Indonesia collaborating with IISES and TMII conducted one day seminar on global warming and climate change. The seminar was conducted on January 22nd 2007 in Indonesian Miniature Garden, Jakarta with seminar theme "Conservation of Flora and Fauna in the middle of changing climate and global warming"
The aim of this one day seminar is to spread out informations on global warming and climate change to the public especially for the staffs of Indonesian Miniature Garden. Participants will received informations on the effect of global warming to the existence of biodiversity, how we can contribute to minimize carbon emission, and how we can actively involve in the conservation of our nature environment. Thus we can minimize the effects of global warming.
On this one day seminar, we invited Dr. Sony Keraf (former minister of environment) as a key note speaker. Dr Keraf gave presentation on the science of global warming and climate change and efforts initiate by countries in the world to adapt to climate change. We also invited 5 other speaker to give prensentation on this seminar, they are, Dr. Suryo Wiyon (Department of Agriculture, IPB), Kuswandono (Gede Pangrango National Park), Dr. Rosicon Ubaidilah (Indonesian Institute of Science), and Arif (Pelangi Foundation). These five speaker gave presentations on the topic of global warming and its effect to the earth environment, effect of global warming to flora and fauna, socializing the result of UNFCCC Bali 2007, and opportunity for public involvement to reduce the effect of global warming. The seminar was attended by 150 participant, mostly from staffs of Indonesian Miniature Garden and several from public in general. We sees that forum-forum seminar like this are still needed in order to spread out the information on global warming and climate change. We envision that through good understanding, the public will increase their awareness toward global warming and will initiate an action to contribute on reducing carbon emission, thus minimalizing the hazardous effects of global warming and climate change.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Conservation of flora and fauna in global warming
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'Kelly File' Guest: 'IRS Scandal Is a Beltway Clown Show'
The IRS admitted to Congress on Wednesday that evidence it said was destroyed may in fact exist. Tonight, The Kelly File took a look back at other reversals in the IRS targeting scandal.
In 2012, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman flat out denied there was any targeting of conservative groups by the agency. One year later, Shulman fessed up to knowing about targeting long before the scandal made news.
In March 2014, the new IRS commissioner, John Koskinen, promised to hand over all of former IRS official Lois Lerner's emails to the House committee investigating.
Then, the IRS said years of her emails were missing and that her hard drive crashed. But this week, House investigators said the hard drive was "scratched" and not irreparably damaged.
Former Justice Department attorney J Christian Adams reacted to IRS scandal tonight on The Kelly File.
"It's becoming the Beltway clown show," he said. "Lie after lie. Flip after flop. […] But perhaps the biggest flop of all, Megyn, is the president of the United States."
Adams recalled President Obama saying he was angry after reading the Inspector General report and would get to the bottom of it. Fast forward to this year, the president said there isn't a "smidgen" of corruption at the IRS.
"That's what's going on with this scandal – is complete dishonest, lying, flip-flopping, like a bunch of rogues who don't think there's any accountability," Adams said.


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The best part of the trip, however, was being able to see our son a few times as he is working in the park all summer. He left home on June 27 and moved into a residence there with all the other employees at The Portage Store on Canoe Lake. He is having a blast and regaled us with all kinds of fun stories when he came back to our campsite for a couple of days. We did drive up once in July to see him and make sure all was well, but it's a three-hour drive for us, and we couldn't do it regularly. He's 18 and doesn't seem to miss home at all (huh!), although I'm missing him terribly (this is his first long time away from home).
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Once we got settled at our site ...
|Our beautiful campsite, it was so private and overlooking the lake!
Our first stop was on the northwestern part of the lake. There once was a town, Mowat, of about 500 people living and working at a sawmill there. The town is gone now and the area has reverted to wilderness, but there are a few relics remaining. Along the shore there are a few old homes from the logging town that have been converted to cottages. Tom Thomson frequented the Mowat Lodge, which was erected on the site of the sawmill. The lodge had many of Thomson's paintings hanging on the walls, although at that time Thomson wasn't making too much money off his paintings. Now his paintings will sell for over $1 million each. The lodge was rebuilt after one fire, but a second fire destroyed it for good.
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The Ecosystems on the Cube Home Worlds are breaking down. It's up to you, "The Hand of the Elements", to go to their rescue. Solve the puzzles and reconnect the world elements to restore the Cube Galaxy to its former glory. But beware ......... there are darker forces looming ............... Connect each elemental cube to the matching cube with their unique element stream to complete the puzzle in each environ. But be careful not to cross the streams!
***** FEATURES & CONTENT ***** - 10 Different Cube Worlds - FREE! - 40 environs (levels) in every Cube World - FREE! - Collect stars to unlock new worlds - FREE! - Complete an environ with speed and accuracy to be awarded the most stars - Replay environs to improve your *** STAR RATING *** - Review your achievements / progress for each environ on every world - Additional Cube Worlds available to buy (COMING SOON!)
- Or try your luck in the Speed Rounds - Complete the most environs possible in the time allowed - Compete against your friends - Play all your favorite worlds against the clock
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Be Sure to Check Home Depot's Foundation
More saving, more doing…and more buying.
Home Depot Inc.'s share price and Wall Street's opinion of the retailer have surpassed its housing-boom heyday. It doesn't have a single "sell" recommendation from analysts, and as high a percentage endorse buying it as in the summer of 2006, according to FactSet.
Fiscal second-quarter results...


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Shot on location in Ketchikan, Alaska, the early RKO talkie The Silver Horde (1930) offers a realistic depiction of the rugged world of Alaskan salmon fishing. The adventure film stars Joel McCrea as a stalwart fisherman who fights unscrupulous businessman Gavin Gordon for control of a fishery and the hand of beautiful society belle Jean Arthur. Evelyn Brent costars as a golden-hearted dance-hall gal who proves to be McCrea's true love. The film, based on the Rex Beach novel, is a remake of a 1920 silent also entitled The Silver Horde; the title refers to the abundance of shimmering salmon that fills the fishermen's nets.
The film was a significant one for 25-year-old McCrea, who then had only one other lead to his credit. RKO soon signed him to a contract, and it was at that studio that the plainspoken actor built his reputation as a solid leading man in the Gary Cooper mold with such films as Born to Love (1931) and The Richest Girl in the World (1934).
Jean Arthur, eight years away from her breakthrough performance in The More the Merrier (1943), was still in her ingenue stage at the time of The Silver Horde. After her quicksilver presence and lovably croaky voice had made her a major star, she reteamed with McCrea for Adventure in Manhattan (1936) and, most notably, The More the Merrier (1943).
Producer: William LeBaron, William Sistrom (associate)
Director: George Archainbaud
Screenplay: Wallace Smith, from novel by Rex Beach
Cinematography: John W. Boyle, Leo Tover
Scenery/Costume Design: Max Ree
Editing: Otto Ludwig
Cast: Evelyn Brent (Cherry Malotte), Joel McCrea (Boyd Emerson), Jean Arthur (Mildred Wayland), Gavin Gordon (Frederick Marsh), Blanche Sweet (Queenie), Louis Wolheim (George Balt).
BW-75m. Letterboxed.
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A lot of people are afraid to wear color and neglect to add vibrant splashes to their wardrobes. It is possible to wear bright colors without looking over the top. Instead of opting for black day in and day out, find out which colors are most flattering on you. While black can look great, a completely dark outfit doesn't have personality. Keep black to a minimum and inject some color into your outfits. When searching for colors to wear, consider the best shades for your skin tone. Instead of simply adding outrageous colors, you'll be showing off great taste and style.
Wear white, pink, gray, baby blue and khaki if you have a dark skin tone. People who have dark skin also tend to have dark hair and eyes. The best colors for this skin tone contrast with dark features in order to brighten the look. The darker your skin, the more bright colors you can wear. Dark shades and tropical colors are not very flattering against dark skin. Keep black, brown and navy blue to a minimum while completely avoiding magenta, turquoise and mint green.
Wear black, pink, burgundy, beige, royal blue and navy blue if you have medium-toned skin. People with medium skin tones have varying hair and eye colors, from light to dark. Most colors flatter this skin tone, including earth tones. Tanned skin will also look great against an even larger number of colors. Avoid colors that blend in with your skin. For example, don't wear olive green or brown if you have an olive complexion. Stay away from pistachio green, mauve, red and dark brown as well.
Wear off-white, light blue, brown, bold blue and beige if you have fair skin. People with fair skin often have red or blonde hair and light eyes. Pastels and other subdued colors look best on this skin tone. Avoid bright or harsh colors which will contrast too severely with light skin. Try not to wear purple, red, orange or yellow.
Shop with a friend you trust will give you an honest opinion. If you prefer to shop solo, bring along a camera to snap photos that you can study later; save your hard-earned money until you're ready to buy flattering clothing!
You don't have to limit your color choices to just clothing; opt for colored accessories as well, such as jewelry, ties or scarves.
Incorporate one bold color into your outfit instead of several different colors.
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Joseph Rwagatare wrote a great opinion piece in The New Times yesterday titled ' Where is the AU in Mali'. In it, he scoffed at the African Union, wondering why France was the one helping the Malian army push back the Islamist rebels who'd overrun half the West African country.
He argues that it has become "a cherished principle of the African Union to call upon fellow Africans to come to the aid of countries in various kinds of trouble". According to him, it has worked in places like South Sudan and Somalia. And he's right. However, I depart from his central thesis, which is that African countries have a responsibility to intervene in the affairs of 'weak states'.
When one looks at the most successful countries in the world, its obvious that their citizens figured out how to live together. Compare Rwanda to say, the Central African Republic. Each had serious political problems to deal with (and in our case a genocide as well). But while Rwandans muddled along, figuring out how to live together (and introducing the term 'Gacaca' to the legal lexicon) and slowly but surely, building a country that is its citizens can be proud of, the Central African Republic has constantly called upon its allies to maintain the status quo.
While this has given the people of Bangui a semblance of 'calm', it is more like a 'calm before a storm'. If we are to count just how many times rebels have reached the capital city's outskirts in the last decade, one can only imagine how stormy it has been.
Now, imagine this scenario. What would happen if, instead of getting external assistance from the French military, the Central African government had to face up to its own weaknesses? The army would get thrashed and the rebels would either negotiate with the defeated government or take up the reins of power. Either way, the status quo would change (In the most recent case of civil unrest, President Bozize negotiated with the rebels after realizing that 'his' Gallic cavalry was not going to come to his rescue (and after evacuating his family to Kigali-if Twitter reports are to be believed).
I'm a firm believer of the 'hands off' approach to conflict resolution in Africa. Not because I'm a cruel person, who doesn't care about the lives of my fellow Africans, but because I honestly believe that unless each and every country is allowed to find its own development path whether economically, politically or socially, tit will not be able to become a stable, viable nation.
The nations that impose these status quos (such as France, the UK, the US and other single power in the world) are the same that have suffered revolutions, palace coups, civil wars and every kind of social unrest you can name. What these issues did has to improve their governance and systems of political participation. Out of conflict came solutions. But it seems that the same won't be allowed here in Africa.
Let us imagine a worst-case scenario. Imagine if the rebels reached Bamako and imposed Sharia Law. Either the citizenry would have become okay with it or a fifth column would have arisen to take on the unpopular government. Either way, Malians would have had their future in their hands.
This wouldn't have become so if the African Union had intervened by halting the rebellion and propping the present government. Let's be honest
here, even if the African Union had intervened militarily, it still would've imposed foreign diktat. Thereby stifling Malian political development.
Sometimes you need to go backwards to move forwards. But if we always intervene, how will lessons be learnt?
And while we are at it, perhaps its time we stopped giving so much credence to the artificial borders that have held us prisoner so long. Perhaps its time that we allowed certain communities to find their own way forward. I mean, so what if Mali is presently divided in two? Perhaps it should have been from the very beginning.
While I understand that the 'laissez-faire' approach will probably not become AU policy anytime soon, I'm afraid that we'll end up forever treating symptoms instead of diseases unless we embrace it.


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Speak and write with confidence.
To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.
To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.
Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.
In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.
Synonyms: state Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state
Hypernyms: attribute Definition: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
Synonyms: Department of State, DoS, State, State Department, United States Department of State Definition: the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies Usage: the Department of State was created in 1789
Hypernyms: executive department Definition: a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
Synonyms: res publica, state, country, commonwealth, body politic, nation, land Definition: a politically organized body of people under a single government Usage: the state has elected a new president; African nations; students who had come to the nation's capitol; the country's largest manufacturer; an industrialized land
Hypernyms: political entity, political unit Definition: a unit with political responsibilities
Synonyms: state Definition: the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state Usage: the state has lowered its income tax
Hypernyms: regime, government, authorities Definition: the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit Usage: the government reduced taxes; the matter was referred to higher authorities
Synonyms: country, state, land Definition: the territory occupied by a nation Usage: he returned to the land of his birth; he visited several European countries
Hypernyms: territorial division, administrative district, administrative division Definition: a district defined for administrative purposes
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Hypernyms: territorial division, administrative district, administrative division Definition: a district defined for administrative purposes
Synonyms: state Definition: a state of depression or agitation Usage: he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him
Hypernyms: emotional state, spirit Definition: the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) Usage: his emotional state depended on her opinion; he was in good spirits; his spirit rose
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Synonyms: posit, put forward, submit, state Definition: put before Usage: I submit to you that the accused is guilty
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I'm re-posting this poem given that Seamus' died a couple of weeks back (apparently). I remember this Mid-Term Break poem knocking the the wind out of me quite literally when I first read it in English class all those years back:
'Wearing a poppy bruise on his left temple,
He lay in the four foot box as in his cot.
No gaudy scars, the bumper knocked him clear.
A four foot box, a foot for every year.'
So I rewrote it as well, just a few small changes. It's probably not finished, might never be. I'm no Seamus Heaney, but that's ok too. The poem is about a time I was working in the hospital as a Social Worker and met a man who had a terminal diagnosis of Motor Neuron Disease. There was a real reluctance to tell him the truth about his diagnosis and also a perception that he had to be left with some hope. This whole event got me thinking about how we are all moving forward in hopeful anticipation of something better then what is but we somehow never arrive and it had me wondering if there wasn't a gift in the heart of hopelessness that could somehow set us free.
I sat with him daily.
He shared memories of
working land with horse and plough.
His hands trembled but it wasn't hard
to imagine them guiding the coulter
in a furrow he'd get lost in.
I left a copy of Heaney's poem on his bedside locker,
another memory of turning ground. Later he thanked
me and told me he liked it,
told me he had started falling over,
again and again until he had landed here
confused, on crisp white linen
while they scurried round him doing
Things like take his temperature.
He couldn't see them dance around
his diagnosis, always waiting for some results.
One morning, I was told he'd cried
all night after the doctor finally told him.
Oh he'd have no hand in harrowing,
so back again to leave him with a gentle lie:
'There's always hope.'
But Tilth is not concerned with closing broken ground.
So I sat with him for the last few days
and the feeling sat with me,
that hopes a thief when we feel tightly bound
in he that hears the sweet soft dying sound.
This kind of sums up what I was trying to say.
I enjoyed the Dreambus Live conference in Kings College in London immensely ( www.dreambuslive.com ). Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it to the second day. There was a real buzz around the event I felt and conversations sparked up so easily and freely all over the place. I heard one of the staff members say she'd never seen a group of people at a conference so enthralled by the topic.
Someone made a comment about there being an elephant in the room in relation to the contrast in approaches between two of the speakers and I'd like to make a few observations about that. The dramatic difference in communications under the heading of 'Non duality' was evidenced clearly in the contrast between Tim Frekes talk and Tony Parsons (the Open Secret message). Fundamentally there are two different communications- one that speaks to the individual and offers them something and one that offers nothing whatsoever to the individual and clearly points out that the individual is only apparently real. The world is full to the brim of the former and the latter is still quite rare (I don't mean rare in some kind of special way). Energetically I feel Tim's to be contracted and self indulgent whilst the Open Secret communication is boundless and free. The apparent individual will experience these communications in many different ways. Some are attracted to what Tim is communicating and others resonate with the Open Secret message. That's what appears to happen.
It is absolutely not about one communication being right and the other being wrong. There is no right or wrong. However, it is as clear a contrast in the two communications that you will see in the same room. One of them is within the wheel of individuality, it feeds the story of 'me' and is of no real threat to the apparent individual. The other is unknowable and boundless, it comes from nothing and belongs to no-one. It see's you are nothing other then already whole and complete and is therefor frequently threatening and confronting to the apparent individual as it does not feed into that energy. If you are in actuality searching for your own absence, which is what is already, just this, then of course the energy that feels contracted and separate to a world that's outside of it will find a clear and uncompromising message about what it is that you are really looking for to be far from safe and hopeful. Perhaps such a communication would be hopeless in nature? for if this is really it, this is already what you've always looked for, then why would there be any hope for something better? Hope is the energy of the apparent individual moving towards something better in the future.
It was obvious that one of the suggestions or communications does not need to be argued or embellished whilst the other was misrepresenting and colliding against this uncompromising message like a politician trying to affirm and strengthen his position by pitting himself against the opposition. It becomes almost comical when there is clearly no opposition to bounce off and the communication starts to put words in the mouth of an apparent opponent. Someone made the point that there is clearly two different camps. The interesting thing is that there is no- one in one of them! hence there is no argument or opposition only in the mind of one who feels him or herself to be in the opposite camp.
These are just some observations, obviously none of it is of any significance or meaning whatsoever. It doesn't matter which of them stuck a chord or didn't in the end. It was certainly a very friendly and fun bunch of people I encountered on Saturday and there was a lot of laughter, which is nice. Thanks to Boris and Charles for running the event and asking me over to speak. It was an absolute delight, a really really well run event and I would highly recommend jumping on the dreambus next time round! (or investigating how it is that there's no bus to jump off- which ever you like)
I delighted to have a slot at the Who's Driving The Dreambus Live in Kings College London on the 31st of August/ 1st September. Check it out if you're interested.
Life in Free fall website should be up in another week or so.


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Instant Noodles are one of the most savoured dishes all over the world. The word 'instant' in respect of noodles is synonymous with the word 'ramen' which formed part of the first brand name in instant noodles i.e. 'Chikun Ramen' introduced in Japan in 1950′s. There are many types of ramen noodles and its interesting to know how different varieties are prepared and how they got their names.
Ramen refers to wheat noodles which are served in broth tastefuly flavoured with sauces or traditional seasonings such as 'miso' (ferment of rice, barley or soyabeans) and served with different toppings. The noodles are chinese-style noodles. The broth is meat based or fish based. Popular toppings include sliced pork, green onions, corn and dried ground meat. Some popular varieties of ramen based on regionality are given below.
Sapporo ramen derives its name from Sapporo, the capital city of Hokkaido in Japan. This is where Morito Omiya, the founder of Aji-no Sanpei restaurant created history by creating the world famous miso ramen. Chicken or fish broth is commonly used in Sapporo ramen. Sweetcorn, butter, bean sprouts, local seafood and fine choppings of pork are commonly used for topping Sapporo noodles.
Kitakata noodles derive their name from a place in Honshu province in Japan. These noodles are flat, thick, curly and prepared from buckwheat. These noodles are traditionally known as soba in Japanese. Their broth is prepared from pork and dried baby sardines. Ramen is so popular here that even the traditional soba here is now interchangeably known as ramen.
Tokyo ramen noodles are thin and curly. The serving compises of chicken broth which is soy flavored and has the typical touch of Japanese traditional broth called 'dashi'. Sliced pork, egg, spinach, chopped scallion, fermented bamboo shoots ('menma'), pieces of pureed white fish loaves ('kamaboko')are used as toppings. Tokyo ramen is a very popular fast food in Japan with people often queing up for hours at a stretch in front of popular restaurants.
Yokohama ramen is usually soft, straight and thick noodles, served in rich pork broth which is soy flavored. Boiled spinach, edible species of red alga or 'nori' seaweeds, shreds of Welsh onion and boiled eggs are used as toppings in Yokohama ramen.
Hakata ramen traces its name to a place in Kyushu province of Japan. They are served in rich cloudy white broth prepared from pork-bone fat and colagen. They are thin and non curly and resilent too. Pickled ginger, mustard greens, crushed garlic, sesame seeds are commonly used as toppings. Hakata ramen is very tasty. With pork bones broth they leave a long lingering taste on one's mind. A variety of ingredients can be added to generate so many different tastes and this enormous variety is the reason behind their gaining so much popularity in Japan now a days.
Korean ramen is usually spicy and various flavours of chilli peppers are used. These are served differently in different Korean cities in a similar manner as in case of Japanese varieties in Japanese cities.
Besides the regionality aspect covered in ramens above there are popular varieties based on ingredients too.
The cabbage ramen is usually prepared by having cabbage salad with fried noodles or or cabbage fried alongwith the noodles or having cabbage as a soup ingredient. It is a cheap and healthy eating choice for kids as well. Cabbage can be substituted with feta cheese, chedar cheese, kraft cheese, mozarella or cheese whiz to generate different varieties of cheese ramen. Mozarella ramen can be combined with parmesan chicken to make parmesan noodles as a superb meal.
Fried pork chops are often added to a ramen noodle soup to add protein content and with added flavour of onions, seaweed and mushrooms.
Chicken ramen is popular all over the world. Chicken soup base is packaged with popular flavours in almost all brands of popular noodles. Additions such as chopped vegetables, eggs and mushroom add variety to taste.
By and large soupy ramens in chicken flavour, remain most popular among kids.
As may be seen the variety and flavours of ramens are based on the broth or soup used. The basic stock is made from pork or chicken and mixed with different ingredients such as tuna flakes, beef bones, onions, dried sardines etc and then flavored with salt, miso or soy sauce. The resulting mix can be categorised broadly into four varieties.
'Shio' or Salt ramen is made from plenty of salt, any combination of vegetables, chicken, fish, seaweeds. The soup is clear and light since pork bones are not boiled for long even if they are used. The noodle texture and thickness vary but they are usually straight. Lean chicken meatballs, pickled plums and kamaboko are used as popular toppings.
'Tonkotsu' or pork bone broth is cloudy white. These noodles are straight, thin and served with pickled ginger. Popular toppings include sesame seeds and 'mayu', a blackish aroma rich oil made from charred garlic.
'Shoyu' or soy sauce ramen is based on vegetables, fish or chicken broth with plenty of soy stock. The resulting soup is salty, tangy, savory but light. The toppings include marinated bamboo shoots, green onions, white fish loaves, sprouts, boiled eggs.
'Miso' ramen is blended with chicken or fish broth and sometimes with pig lard to produce a thick nutty sweet and delicious soup. The noodles are thick, curly and somewhat chewy. Butter, corn, onions , bean sprouts, crushed pork, white pepper, chopped garlic are some of the popular toppings.
As most of us are aware, ramen noodles are either dried or precooked. Dried noodles need to be cooked or kept in boiling water and contents of acoompanied flavouring pouches for two to five minutes, before eating. Precooked noodles are ready for consumption straight from the pack or after reheating. These are usually packed in easy to carry bowls or cups which can be heated in the microwave owen and be ready to eat.
The popularity and varieties in ramen have proliferated exponentially so much that it may be appropriate to list them centrally as a repository of information for ramen lovers and restaurants, document their compositions, methodology of cooking, nutritional facts, sale outlets etc. in the form of ramen encyclopedias. One may search and go through these to make a choice of buying a ramen and then ensure that there is salways a new taste to experience for ramen lovers in the family especially kids.


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I was reading an article about Brand Leadership on Sustainable Brands (thanks for the link via @mgobe), and it offered three thoughts for brands to achieve Brand Leadership in the 21st century.
1. Delight Your Customers – AND Your Stakeholders
I completely agree with this point. While most companies are still struggling to obsess over creating a great customer experience (especially if it might mean a short-term loss) – even less focus on making sure they have great relationships with their suppliers. The more you work with your suppliers, the more they'll work with you.
Have great working relationships with everyone involved with your company.
2. Engage in Brand Activation Activism
"Brands can't and shouldn't take the place of civil society. But we're in a world where brands are what get noticed."
I disagree with this point. What exactly are brands, if anything, but ideas? A brand is comprised of the emotions and thoughts that are developed mostly by society … not just about products – but people, places, and ideologies. The problem arises though when brands are dishonest or a company is amoral (see all the controversy with greenwashing, pinkwashing, and Susan G Komen / Planned Parenthood PR fiasco).
Activism needs to be part of a company's value system – not a marketing ploy.
3. Think Drive – Not Demand
"We proposed that businesses start by asking how to Define, Deliver, Demonstrate and create Demand for better sustainability outcomes, (but)…"demand" is too narrow. Rob Cameron… proposed we add a fifth D to the 4Ds: Drive"
While I think Drive is important since strong leadership can develop and 'drive' an inspiring vision – I think there is another D that would trump this, and that is Devotion.
All of the recommendations in the 4D framework have been top down. This is a great for driving and controlling strategy, but it can easily miss the boat on creating a brand or experience that customers are looking for.
What is missing from most companies is the understanding of their customers.
- What is your customer's point of view?
- What are their pain points?
- What experience(s) are they missing from a product or a company?
We can see example of this all around us. Just look at the devout communities built around bikram yoga, zumba, or crossfit. These communities are thriving not because they are superior to other forms of exercise, but because they offer something more … a sense of belonging, community, and an aspiration greater than themselves. An ideal.
Drive can help to create this, but true Devotion is built from the grass roots – not just top-down, but bottom-up.
What are some unique devout communities you can think of?


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Hey kids, I'll be at ECCC this Friday selling ten dollar posters and some promotional magnets. This being my virgin year, there's not a lot, so get them before they're gone! I'll be at table H-13 with my good buddy Trevor Howell, who graciously donated table space to me.
I'll only be there on Friday though, after which my son Douglas 'Chuckleberry' Jackman The III , will take over and help sell my wares. He's a regular chip of the ol' block. Very easy on the eyes.
See you at the Con;
PLATMNB blog subscribers only!!! Sharlto Copley will be there in spirit (astral projecting from his bunker in South Africa) and handing out invisible neck rubs to the first fifty customers!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Posted by Doug Williams at 12:31 PM
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The first one is free. The next one goes in your mouth.ReplyDelete
Good luck and have fun! Wish I could go but I live in Florida, a little bit of a hike. I'm curious about these "in your mouth" rubs from the giant, though.ReplyDelete
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 08:10 AM
The Pentagon's top military officer says wresting control of the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan is a key to stopping the Taliban's growing influence.
Kandahar remains the spiritual heartland of the insurgency and a stubborn holdout in NATO's efforts to help boost the Afghan government's control of the nation. The NATO force has been gearing up for months for a major military push there.
Adm. Mike Mullen said at a news conference Wednesday in the Afghan capital that Kandahar is a "cornerstone in reversing the momentum" of the Taliban.
He says seizing control of Kandahar would help to put the Afghan government in a position of strength to pursue reconciliation talks with insurgents.
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I returned home at 8.30pm after a few drinks with Dave Bro, leaving Jo in town on a work night out. When she is out she always assures me she will be home before 12am but this never happens. Once again I was proved correct when I heard the click clack of heels coming towards the front door at around 1.30am - I am not going to go into too much detail to save Jo's blushes but Jo woke up with a shock at 7am, fully clothed and half way down the bed; we also had a duvet each!
Anyway, back to my dinner - a beef burger from Swillington Farm, cheddar cheese and gherkins with a beetroot salad from the Co-op ( which was a bit gross).
|This was actually my lunch from Town Hall Tavern - the pork pies are from Wilson's Butchers
Today we are having a greek dinner so bought these treats from a brilliant deli in Roundhay called Haley and Clifford (click here for info) in preparation.
|This bread is my by Domouchel in Garforth - I need to visit here!! We will be using this to try the olive oil that we had delivered in the week.


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The coming Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will set a number of records including live gate receipts, broadcast rights fees and pay per view purchases among others. The build-up to the fight is reminiscent of the first Ali-Frazier fight at the mecca of boxing, New York City's Madison Square Garden. And while the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in no MSG it is, for this generation, the new mecca of the sweet-science. Never in the history of boxing, Ali-Frazier I included, have so many articles and in depth journalistic pieces been written. This fight is truly "one for the ages," and if Mayweather pulls it off, an objective, dispassionate, rational, numbers-oriented case must be made for Money May's best-ever status.
The combatants in this fight are well regarded as the greatest fighters of their generation, and in one Floyd Mayweather, Jr. one has perhaps one of the top three pugilists of all time. Boxing historians and aficionados alike are quick to put Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson at the top but as Money May finishes up his stellar career, it is obvious to these self-same historians that he deserves to be, if not shoulder-to-shoulder with these luminaries, only slightly behind.
If he beats Manny Pacquiao a legitimate case can and should be made that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the best fighter to have ever laced up the gloves. While the occasional traditionalist will scoff, the current generation going forward understands that numbers do not lie and in beating Pacquiao he beats not just a great fighter, but himself one of the greats of all time.
As Mayweather threatens to have one maybe two fights left it goes without saying that this generation will never see the likes of Floyd Jr. again. As hard as it may be for some to hear, the truth is that while Mayweather has been hailed as a great fighter, his skill-set may have actually been grossly undervalued, estimated and appreciated. Great fighters of the past and present watch him fight and stand amazed at his fluid movement and balance, his without-peer defensive skills and most importantly, Money May's intellectual firepower. Indeed, Floyd Jr. is the thinking-man's fighter as he always, without exception, finds a way to win.
Say what one will about his character, his ability is breathtaking, and the manner in which Money executes and carries himself is the stuff of pure poetry. When great fighters watch and shake their heads in disbelief it becomes clear that not only is something special happening, someone special is among us.
As a case-on-point, one need only watch the seeming ease with which Mayweather utterly dominated the very gifted Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, a fighter with world-class ability. Watching Mayweather so dominate and make it look easy forced the objective observer to admit that, similar to Ali's destruction of Cleveland Williams in Houston back in 1967, one just might have been witness to a living, breathing, organic case for best-ever status. While it is true that Money is getting old as a fighter, that his hands are relatively brittle, that his legs are very much diminished and his punch has softened, the one thing that he will need to beat an aggressive and equally world-class fighter in Pacquiao is the one thing only time and tenure can give to a fighter; in-fight critical thinking skills.
Come May 2, Mayweather will, because of his age-related diminishing skill-set and tools, find that he will need to think himself through the fight. That is, as the always formidable and dangerous Pacman plies his destructive trade Money will find that the pace is fast and that he needs to stand and fight. It is here that the true intellectual greatness of the man will be tested, and if legitimate, will shine through. Mayweather has demonstrated over the many years an uncanny ability to sit back intellectually and take the big and small pictures in and process same and come up with an adjusted and appropriate game plan.
While the first Castillo fight appeared to test Mayweather in a decided fashion, it was pure intellectual firepower and the ability to adjust that got him not only the win, but helped him absolutely dominate Castillo in the second fight. While Money is not formally educated, his display of intellectual prowess is the stuff of legend, the kind that fellow pugilists and academic luminaries can only dream of. And while many see his defense-first strategy as a timid man's approach, it is the thinking man that will see that one can win in spectacular fashion while not actually get hit in return thus preserving the brain for the life after boxing.
Mayweather's relative greatness as a fighter is additionally on display in any interview one chooses to watch. That is, after an extensive amateur career and a professional career with forty seven fights, Money May is one of the more cerebral, intellectually inclined, erudite and articulate people you will find inside-or-out of the sporting world. Listen to the nuance with which he advances an argument or breaks down thoughts, facts and issues and one gets the sense that his brain works faster than others and is entirely more efficient in processing thoughts than any other fighter behind not only a micro-phone but within the squared circle.
In the end, Money is going to be sorely tested by the vicious and legitimately dangerous Manny Pacquiao whose skill-set, generationally speaking, has been second only to his own. If Mayweather can climb this unclimbable mountain, indeed, overcome the seemingly impossible task that is beating the legitimately great Manny Pacquiao, it will be high time for the gainsaying to stop and the objective case be made that, sans all politically informed nay-saying, Mayweather is not just the best of his generation, his status as "the best ever" is legitimate and well deserved. Indeed, if Mayweather ends up victorious this coming May 2, then Cinco de Mayo will truly turn into Cinco de Mayweather and all will have to admit that, like his self-styled moniker, Mayweather will truly be, "the best-ever."
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Ink Exchange
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|Melissa Marr
|Cover artist
|Mark Tucker (photography)
|United States
|Wicked Lovely
|Young adult
Urban fantasy
|HarperTeen, an imprint of Harper Collins
Publication date
|April 24, 2008
|Media type
|Print (Hardcover)
|Preceded by
|Wicked Lovely
|Followed by
|Fragile Eternity
Ink Exchange is an urban fantasy novel written by Melissa Marr. It is set in the same universe as Marr's previous novel, Wicked Lovely, but is not a sequel; rather, it is a companion novel that focuses on a different set of characters. Though only a companion novel, its plot elements connect chronologically[1] to Marr's following novel, Fragile Eternity.
Plot summary[edit]
The prologue of Ink Exchange revisits a scene from Wicked Lovely narrated by Irial, King of the Dark Court, in which he walks into a tattoo shop with Leslie, a 17-year-old human. The novel then follows Leslie as she prepares for a normal day of school. Leslie's alcoholic father and Ren, her drug-dealing brother, neglect her. Having once been drugged and raped by Ren's customers to cover one of his debts, Leslie fears her family, yet still pays the bills by working as a waitress. When Leslie reaches school, she is suspicious of how well Aislinn, the protagonist from Wicked Lovely, has adjusted to her new life as a faery. Aislinn, though once human, is the Summer Queen in the world of the fey, a world which she tries desperately to keep from Leslie.
The novel then begins to follow Irial. It is revealed that the Dark Court feeds off emotions such as anger, hate, lust and pain to stay strong. When one of his own is killed by a simple human bullet, Irial is desperate for a way to protect his kind. With the help of his "left hand" Gabriel and his pack of "Hounds," he keeps his own and other courts in check. When confronted with numerous rebellions, Irial decides to pursue an ink exchange with a mortal to provide a constant stream of emotion to feed his court. When Leslie, the chosen mortal, gets a tattoo, the traditional tattoo ink is exchanged with the Dark Court's blood and tears, thereby joining the Dark King and the mortal.
Soon, as an effect of the ink exchange, Leslie begins to feel and see as Irial would, seeing past faeries' human disguises. When she falls in love with Niall she avoids admitting her connection to his world. Her connection to the faeries deepens when she returns to the tattoo shop and begins to hear Irial's voice in her head. Irial has come to the conclusion that he loves her, and refuses to let any harm come to her. When Leslie goes to a club to celebrate her finished tattoo with Seth and Niall, Irial begins to speak through her to deflect the advances of other faeries. In the club, Irial and Leslie finally unite, connected by a shadow vine that represents the ink exchange. Niall, still in love, soon tells Leslie that he can help her break the bond with Irial, should she ever want to.
Over the next few weeks, Leslie blurs in and out of consciousness, incapable of leaving Irial's side for more than a minute. When Leslie begins to understand that Irial is feeding on her negative emotions, leaving her incapable of feeling them, she realizes he has taken away her freedom to live. In an attempt to produce in Leslie more pain to feed his court, Irial and his faeries murder several human companions at once, displaying them in scenes from plays, a gross attempt at humor. When Leslie asks Niall to help free her, he uses sunlight and frost taken from the Winter and Summer Queens to burn and freeze the link and the tattoo off Leslie.
Before restoring her human life and leaving the faerie world behind, Leslie goes to Irial one last time, asking him never to use the ink exchange on another human again. He solemnly agrees. The novel ends with Irial making Niall the new king of the dark court and them both watching Leslie and her new human friends.
- Leslie – the protagonist. She has recently been through traumatic events and is struggling to regain control of her life.She chooses to get a tattoo that ties her to Irial.This tattoo brings unexpected changes
- Irial – Faerie King of the Dark Court. He is connected to Leslie by the ink exchange in order to feed his emotion-hungry court of dark fey. He ends up falling in love with her and giving his court to Niall.
- Niall – Faerie who previously served Irial and the Dark Court, but left them after it was revealed to him that his touch left mortals hooked on his skin and instead became an adviser to the Summer king. He watches over Leslie, and comes to love her, though he knows he shouldn't. He ends up leaving the Summer Court in an attempt to save Leslie and becomes the Dark King. He is a Gancanagh.
- Gabriel – Irial's "left hand" and trusted enforcer. The father of Rabbit, Ani, and Tish, he is forever loyal to Irial and is known for his violent methods of subduing rebellions in the dark fey.He is the leader of the hounds which everyone but bananach are terrified of.
- Aislinn – The Summer Queen and a friend of Leslie's. She is concerned about Leslie's involvement with the faeries.
- Seth – Aislinn's boyfriend. He used to dislike Leslie because of her connection to her older brother Ren, but tries to guide Leslie to talk to Aislinn about her problems once he realises she has nothing in common with her brother.
- Keenan – The Summer King and Aislinn's consort.
- Rabbit – The tattoo artist that carries out the Ink Exchange between Leslie and Irial. He is Gabriel's son, and half human. Irial protects him against the wrath of the less tolerant Dark fey.
- Bananach - The embodiment of war and in Irial's court. She tries to entice Niall into overthrowing Irial and start her war.She is the twin of order. She is always giving Gabriel trouble.
- Tish - Rabbit's sister, Gabriel's daughter, and half human. Between herself and Ani, she is the responsible sister.
- Ani - The irresponsible, rebellious sister that is able to feed by tasting human blood. Irial finds her interesting and potentially helpful.
Ink Exchange was a New York Times Bestseller in 2008,[2] a 2008 Book Sense Pick,[3] and Locus Recommended Reading for 2009.[3]
- ^ Freitas, Donna. "Q & A with Melissa Marr." Publisher's Weekly. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ "Children's Best Sellers: Chapter Books." 1 June 2008. New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Melissa Marr: About the Author." Harper Collins Publishers. Retrieved 25 April 2010.


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KAIPA: Children of the Sounds (Inside Out 2017) CD, Gatefold 2-LP + CD
Legendary Swedish progressive rockers Kaipa have announced the release of their new studio album 'Children of the Sounds' for 22nd September 2017.
The result is as colourful musically and lyrically as KAIPA devotees will expect from the band's rich discography dating back to the debut opus released in 1975. Formed in 1973, KAIPA never shied away from experimentation, embracing fresh elements and sounds manifesting especially on the albums released in the 2000's. 'Children Of The Sounds' is no exception, the album burns with creative fervour and spirit most vividly displayed on the title track, the 17 minutes long "On The Edge Of New Horizons" or closing track "What's Behind The Fields". It embodies a powerful, positive energy and artistic brilliance that is irresistible and true to the genre's very essence.
The track-listing for the album is as follows:
1. Children of the Sounds 11:31
2. On The Edge of New Horizons 17:10
3. Like A Serpentine 12:52
4. The Shadowy Sunlight 6:57
5. What's Behind The Fields 9:31
Hans Lundin: Keyboards & vocals
Per Nilsson: Electric & acoustic guitars
Morgan Ågren: Drums
Jonas Reingold: Electric basses
Patrik Lundström: Vocals
Aleena Gibson: Vocals
Special guest:
Elin Rubinsztein: Violin
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first KAIPA album originally released 1975 all five studio albums Kaipa recorded 1975-1982 have been remastered and they will be re-released on both CD and LP during 2015/2016.
KAIPA: Sattyg (Inside Out 2014) CD, Gatefold 2-LP + CD
Legendary Swedish progressive rock band KAIPA returns in November 2014 with their 12th studio album "Sattyg".
The unique mix of Swedish folk music, rock and fusion with a tinge of medieval music has given the band a special place in many peoples heart all around the world. The magic sense of wonder that characterizes their latest albums has been taken to a new level with "Sattyg". Unpredictable paths are discovered on this new expedition and as always they take you to explore new exciting horizons but at the same time the band returns to its roots to bring you familiar classic Kaipa music.
1. A Map Of Your Secret World 15:02
2. World Of The Void 7:49
3. Screwed-upness 13:06
4. Sattyg 3:13
5. A Sky Full Of Painters 14:42
6. Unique When We Fall 5:17
7. Without Time – Beyond Time 9:49
Hans Lundin: Keyboards & vocals
Per Nilsson: Electric & acoustic guitars
Morgan Ågren: Drums
Jonas Reingold: Electric basses
Patrik Lundström: Vocals
Aleena Gibson: Vocals
Special guests:
Fredrik Lindqvist: Recorders & whistles
Elin Rubinsztein: Violin
Kaipa: Vittjar (Inside Out 2012) CD, 2-LP + CD
"Vittjar" is Kaipa's 11th studio album and it continues the musical journey that explored new grounds with the highly acclaimed album "In the wake of evolution" 2010. The addition of the eminent guest-musicians Fredrik Lindqvist (recorders & whistles) and Elin Rubinsztein (violin) further underlines the folk influences in the music.
1. First distraction 3:00
2. Lightblue And Green 11:59
3. Our Silent Ballroom Band 22:08
4. Vittjar 3:47
5. Treasure-House 7:32
6. A Universe Of Tinyness 7:22
7. The Crowned Hillsides 10:31
8. Second Distraction 2:20
Hans Lundin: Electric & acoustic keyboards, vocals
Per Nilsson: Electric & acoustic guitars
Morgan Ågren: Drums
Jonas Reingold: Electric basses
Patrik Lundström: Vocals
Aleena Gibson: Vocals
Special guests:
Fredrik Lindqvist: Recorders & whistles (track 1, 2, 3 & 7)
Elin Rubinsztein: Violin (track 2, 4, 6 & 7)
KAIPA: In the wake of evolution (Inside Out 2010) CD
"In the wake of evolution" picks up where "Angling feelings" left off and invites you to another breathtaking journey through the myriad and dazzling Kaipa landscape.The band continues the time-honoured Kaipa tradition but as always they're simultaneously looking for new challenges hiding by the roadside. The new album is an emotional and powerful blast straight into the future powered by fragile fragments from memory lane.
1. In the wake of evolution 10.57
2. In the heart of her own magic field 5:12
3. Electric power water notes 17:51
4. Folkia's first decision 2:33
5. The words are like leaves 5:36
6. Arcs of sound 8:22
7. Smoke from a secret source 9:24
8. The seven oceans of our mind 10:09


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More Scrubs Season 8 SpoilersEric Hochberger at . Comments
In case you wanted any more Scrubs season eight spoilers, we have a couple more from the second episode for you guys. Turns out Dr. Maddox (Courteney Cox) will quickly be making enemies with a lot of Scrubs fans when she fires the janitor in the second episode.
Oh and it turns out someone is dying too.
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Posts for January, 2010
BPA Firers
The BPA organise the Firework Firers training scheme in the UK. For more details please visit the BPA website
Planning a Large Firework Display – Information from the DTI
These notes are intended for those organisers who are mounting firework displays for the general public. It contains important information about your responsibilities to the public and your staff.It will only take 10 minutes to read but could make the difference between a successful event and a tragedy.
The Firework Code
Before they explode read the code! 1 Light sparklers one at atime and wear gloves 2 Never give sparklers to a child under 5 3 Buy faireworks marked BS 7114 4 Keep fireworks in a closed box 5 Follow the instructions on each firework 6 Light them at arm's length using a taper 7 Stand […]
Safety Check List
KEEP SPARKLERS IN SAFE HANDS. SPARKLERS INJURED MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER FIREWORKS IN 1997. MANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE CHILDREN UNDER FIVE. Follow our easy checklist to keep your child safe this year
Planning a Back Garden Firework Display
you're going to be in charge of fireworks at home this year, please take a few minutes to read through the following guidelines. Your planning and your actions could help prevent an injury.
BPA/EIG Firework Safety Handbook
The British Pyrotechnists' Association and the EIG have jointly prepared and circulated a fact sheet, with advice on firework types, storage, firework displays and containing useful contact details. The guide is available as follows A printed copy is available to Local Authorities FREE of CHARGE on application to either BPA or EIG A text only […]
Copies of all Fireworks safety Campaign literature
BERR have made available all the publicity material, teachers notes and leaflets for free download from their site.
Firework Regulations – Guidance for Enforcers, Operators and Commerce – September 2004
Click here to access the article
Explosives Industry Group
The Explosive Industry Group of the CBI, which represents over 70 companies with an interest in explosives in the UK, has launched a new website. This website now contains the data from the old "Explosive Safety Management" CD.The site is an essential source of information for any Health and Safety professional with an interest in […]


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Everybody has dreams or wants in life, so the question I pose today is what are your dreams or wants?
Do you want time to party?
Do you want to help others?
Do you dream of a european vacation?
Do you dream of a nice new car?
What is it that motivates you in your life? What is it that makes you want to be your best to try and achieve a new level in your life? I know for me, travel is high up on the list. In fact this year Shaklee has announced the Top Achievers Trip, and it is to Paris! Do I want and dream of that trip…..YES I DO! Not only is it a trip to Paris, but it includes something that I don't think I'd ever be able to have without Shaklee. One night, only the Top Achievers from Shaklee will be in the Louvre! Can you imagine being in the Louvre with people that you know or have something in common with? That will be EPIC!
So I challenge you all to find something that makes you dream or something that you want, and make that a motivation in your life. It's amazing what kind of power you can get from a want or dream.
If you want to join me in the dream of Paris, let's get this party started and get you on a road to success, wealth, health, and freedom! And if you aren't quite ready for that step yet, follow my blog and maybe I can be a help to motivate you in whatever you are trying to achieve! Carpe Diem!!


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Slow Cooker Chocolate Fondue – EASY, velvety chocolate is the perfect make ahead party or special occasion appetizer or dessert. Think Valentine's Day, baby/bridal showers, movie night or just because!
Carlsbad Cravings just turned 2 – wahoo! It is hard to believe that a little over two years ago I was waiting for a kidney transplant and was so anemic I didn't have energy to walk Kiwi around the block. Fast forward a couple months after my kidney transplant to walking on the beach with my sister-in-law who encouraged me to start a food blog because "[she] would read it," then flash forward two years to today, where over 2 million people "read it" every month! THANK YOU!
Thank you for reading my posts, or at least scrolling past the too many pictures.
Thank you for trying my recipes.
Thank you for your sweet comments.
Thank you for your thoughtful emails.
Thank you for following me all over on social media. (I love it when you make my recipes and tag me on IG! – my fav!)
Thank you for allowing me to make a living working from home so I can stay healthy so I don't die – literally! 🙂 (life VIDEO HERE)
Life truly is unpredictable, crazy, wonderful, hard, heart wrenching and beautiful. Thank you for being part of the beautiful.
So to celebrate an incredible two years and THANK YOU, I bring you easy, decadent, delicious, velvety CHOCOLATE! Because, really, does it get any better than silky, creamy chocolate? What about easy slow cooker chocolate? even better….
This Easy Slow Cooker Chocolate fondue is rich, intoxicatingly drool worthy, and lick your fingers delish and it takes less than 5 minutes to prep! Simply toss your few ingredients into your slow cooker (and make sure you use quality chocolate because this is fondue!), and let your slow cooker cruise on low until the chocolate and butter are melted and whisks together into…
…this gloriously creamy, guzzle worthy chocolate.
And just because we don't want to look like complete animals, devouring the chocolate by the spoonfuls, the chocolate becomes fondue by dipping anything you can imagine in its decadence. Chocolate vehicles I find pair particularly nicely are strawberries, bananas, pound cake, angel food cake, granola bars, waffles, pretzels, potato chips, marshmallows, brownies, donuts, graham crackers and Oreos…I could go on and on and on.
What are your favorite dippers? I am sure I am missing something brilliant…
I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day, full of love, loved ones, and lots of chocolate…
Slow Cooker Chocolate Fondue to be exact…
Want to try this Slow Cooker Chocolate Fondue?
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©Carlsbad Cravings by CarlsbadCravings.com
|Prep Time
|5 minutes
|Cook Time
|60 minutes
- nonstick cooking spray
- 12 ounces quality semisweet chocolate chips or coarsely chopped bakers chocolate
- 4 ounces quality bittersweet chocolate chips or coarsely chopped bakers chocolate
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup (optional but recommended)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- strawberries
- bananas
- pound cake
- angel food cake
- pretzels
- marshmallows
- brownies
- potato chips
- donuts
- graham crackers
- oreos
Chocolate Fondue
Dipper Ideas
- Lightly grease slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.
- Add all of the Chocolate Fondue ingredients and gently stir. Cover and cook on LOW for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
- Fondue is ready when chocolate is completely melted and smooth after whisking. Mine took exactly one hour.
- Turn slow cooker to warm and serve with assorted dippers.
The fondue can be kept for several hours on the warm setting, stirring occasionally.
The fondue heats up beautifully in the microwave if you happen to have leftovers.
Recipe adapted from Food Network
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Formerly known as Kemaman View.
NEEM TREE is a Freehold condominium located at 30 Jalan Kemaman in District 12 (Central - Balestier / Toa Payoh / Serangoon) - Rest of Central Region in Singapore, NEEM TREE comprises of 84 units the highest block in NEEM TREE has 17 floors. It has a land size of approximately 17383 sqft.
The nearest MRT/LRT station for NEEM TREE is NS19 Toa Payoh which is about 0.75 km away. There are 19 bus stops near NEEM TREE. There are 1 taxi stands near NEEM TREE. The nearest expressway exits for NEEM TREE are PIE Exit 16A - 0.46 km away.
There are 3 supermarkets near NEEM TREE, the nearest is at 360 , balestier road, #b1-01, shaw plaza, singapore 329783 by Fair Price, around 0.28 km away. 1 convinence stores are around the corner.
There are 5 private institutes near NEEM TREE.
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