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From the back of the book:
The world of Dawnforge is a mythic land rich in magic and wonder where great empires clash, intrepid explorers journey beyond wild frontiers, and mighty heroes brave epic dangers. It is a land where familiar and beloved races and archetypes are reaching the pinnacle of their glory and wonder. It is a vast and rich realm where newborn nations are still islands of civilization in a dark and unexplored wilderness sea. The world of Dawnforge is a land where the greatest deeds have yet to be done and epic heroes are wrought in the crucible of legend.
This book gives the background for the Dawnforge setting, describing the history and geography of the world. In terms of rules, it defines all the (sub-)races available for character (sixteen in total). Each race has certain racial transformations, special abilities that may be selected when a character gains levels.
Four new classes are defined. These are:
- Disciple: Worshippers of powerful beings, the immortals, who draw power from these immortals. Replaces the Cleric.
- Shaman: Spellcasters who use the force of nature for their magic. Replaces the Druid.
- Shaper: Spellcasters who directly use the Spirit, the true divine essence of the world.
- Spirit Adept: People soaked in the Spirit, resulting in increases abilities.
Characters in Dawnforge are supposed to shape the world, and become characters of legend. Each important deed that helps shape the world will gain a character a Legend Point, which will make him advance along a Legendary Path, gaining more special abilities, and eventually gaining access to the legendary classes: Dawn Archer, Fleetwind, Epic General, The Icon, Master Arcanist ahd The Unsuffering.
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Troye Sivan is one of my favorite musicians ever. His new album Blue Neighborhood is amazing, and I can listen to it non-stop all day. This interview gives you a little bit of behind the scenes of his life and his projects. You can learn more about his ideas and the creative process behind his work (which I'm a big fan of). I think that because he puts so much on the internet we think we know everything about him, but this kind of interviews prove that there's still a lot more to know. And that's exciting.
The new word I discovered was nuanced. That means a subtle difference in expression. And this word is used for describing what they will be asking Troye about.
Illustration by Kati Yewell
Rookie Mag: www.rookiemag.com/2016/01/troye-sivan/2/
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Christmas presents for YamatoTamiya 1/350 Yamato battleshipPosted by xilsoe Jan 01, 2012 14:22:18
One nice thing about this hobby, one is never short of wishes for Christmas and birthday. I always put things for my hobby on the wish list. A nice way to collect stuff for future projects not started yet. This year I got some upgrades for my Yamato that I haven't started yet. A photo etch set from Eduard and a book with lots of detailed info.
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Liam Hemsworth: Birthday Party Pics!
Thor stud Chris Hemsworth comes out to celebrate the 21st birthday of his little brother, Liam Hemsworth, held at Cleo inside L.A.'s Redbury Hotel on Friday (January 14).
Liam also celebrated his birthday bash with some of his pals — actor/director Justin Baldoni and The Hard Times of RJ Berger actress Amber Lancaster.
The party then continued at The Colony, where Liam was surrounded by a gaggle of girls!
Liam's actual birthday was on Thursday (January 13). Happy Birthday, Liam!!!
Thor, co-starring Natalie Portman, opens on May 6!
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Funny to watch crazed leftist Keith Olbermann tonight and a commercial break for his show with the right wing political ad of the red-neck-sounding middle aged average americans, black and white, saying everybody should have the extension of the Bush tax cuts, as Olbermann reels at that pressure on his soul by this natural capitalist system; his bosses Comcast take the money from the rightist political groups 'cause Comcast needs the money, to pay Olbermann's salary (perhaps seventy grand?) among other items, yet Olbermann would have the system rigged that only liberal voices would be heard, so what would he make then, twenty grand a year?
Have you noticed the establishment left wing media talking heads such as Olbermann have not been mocking the young earth creationism of such as Sarah Palin? They used to jump on it, but now, they are strangely silent to mock. Could it be that they know the evidence is overwhelmingly against them when they mock and mention "crazy young earth creationists' sites" like this one? It's looking that way, and maybe with soon to be completed, our new Genesis Veracity Foundation, ads will be placed on Olbermann's show for instance, and maybe I'll be on his show to match information and wits. Check-it-out here http://genesisveracityfoundation.com.


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"CONGRATULATIONS! The jury has accepted your quilt, see attached, for further
consideration in the 2014 AQS QuiltWeek® Contest in Grand Rapids, Michigan" begins the email I received today.
It is great to be able to be in your AQS show in the area you live. For one thing, you get to go-- and they put a little ribbon indicating your participation on your name bade and then all the vendors are extra lovely to you. It is a bit like having a "please congratulate me" sign on :)
The quilt is called Arcus and is machine pieced. No applique or fusing is involved in the construction of the arcs which I free-cut. In other words, you "have at" a yard of fabric with the rotary cutter--which takes some getting used to. This one is machine quilted primarily in long arcing lines, but also some busier patterns inside the black and brown sections.


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35 000 Verizon workers could strike over contract
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35,000 Verizon workers could strike over contract
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NEW YORK (AP) - More than 35,000 unionized Verizon Communications Inc. workers from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., could go on strike after midnight Sunday if the two sides fail to reach an agreement on a new labor contract.
The Communications Workers of America said negotiations in Philadelphia and New York stalled Saturday night after Verizon continued to demand more than 100 concessions from workers.
"We're very disappointed that even at this late hour, this 11th hour, that the company continues to have concession demands on the table," said Candice Johnson, a CWA spokeswoman.
Verizon spokesman Rich Young said the company is negotiating "in good faith" to reach an agreement that "balances the needs of all parties."
The contract that expires at midnight Saturday covers 45,000 workers, including 10,000 represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, who serve as telephone and repair technicians, customer service representatives, operators and more. The workers have authorized a strike if necessary, the CWA said.
Verizon, the nation's largest wireless carrier, has 196,000 workers; 135,000 are non-union.
At the center of the contract dispute are the costs of health care, pensions and work rules.
The CWA said the concessions are unjustified and harsh, given that Verizon is highly profitable - the company's revenue rose 2.8 percent to $27.5 billion in the second quarter. Its growth was largely attributed to its wireless business.
But Verizon said its wireline business has been in decline for more than a decade, and that it is asking for changes in the contract to strengthen the unit. The company said union employees contribute nothing to their health care premiums.
Verizon said it didn't expect any interruption in its services if a strike or other job action were called.
"Tens of thousands of Verizon managers and other personnel have been trained to step in and perform emergency work assignments," Yound said.


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I am entering this card for 2 challenges...
Wild Orchid Challenge
Cupcake Inspirations
with this photo/colour inspiration.....
Here is my take on these challenges...
Paper: Textured cardstock and Gold Glitter paper
Paisley Pattern stamp: ?????
Sentiment stamp: Lili of the Valley
Spellbinders: Fleur de lis accents and Foliage Two
Silwer and Gold Ink: Pretty Colour
Gold Gems: KandCo
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon and charms from my stash
Pattern for the card: The Cutting Cafe
Monday, January 7, 2013
Happy 21st Birthday
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Nearly a year after Sherman Fairchild Biochemistry Building was vacated for renovations in order to accommodate newly-consolidated Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology laboratories, researchers say they are mostly settled and used to their new spaces.
The SCRB labs—which are scattered between Boston and Cambridge, including in Massachusetts General Hospital, the Longwood campus, and Fairchild—were originally supposed to come together in the Allston Science Complex. When construction on the Science Complex slowed down and then halted in 2009, plans were made to centralize SCRB in Fairchild instead.
Multiple members of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology were moved out of Fairchild into the Northwest Science Building last May to facilitate these changes.
David Jeruzalmi, associate professor of MCB, said that although work slowed down for about two weeks after the move in May, the pace picked up again in early summer.
"Moving is never easy and it was all compressed into a week and then the previous, let's say a month, was spent planning the whole thing out," he said.
Jeruzalmi's lab and three others wanted to stay together, and they were very involved in the process of designing their new lab space in Northwest. The four labs occupied separate rooms in Fairchild but work in the same open space in Northwest.
"The space looks new and bright ... Everyone has a bench and a space but there aren't any walls," Jeruzalmi said. "They essentially gave us what we wanted."
According to Jeruzalmi, the new configuration facilitates collaboration.
"Students can bounce ideas off each other and so forth," he said.
Jeruzalmi said that although the move did not seem necessary at first, the new facilities suit his lab's purposes better than expected.
"What we have is much better than what we had before," he said. "I don't think about Fairchild at all anymore."
Members of SCRB, however, eagerly look forward to moving out of their temporary accommodations and into Fairchild. Director of Translational Medicine at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute Lee Rubin's lab and office were located in Fairchild before the shift. He is now working in the Bauer Laboratory until he can return.
Rubin said he is excited about the prospect of newer, nicer labs but more than the space, he misses the interactions with other researchers.
"When Doug [Melton] and Kevin [Eggan] and I were in the same building, we'd run up and down 100 times [to confer]," Rubin said. He added that the consolidation of laboratories is a critical process for making SCRB feel like a department.
"The core of a department really is defined by the way people interact. Not just the faculty members, but the students and the post-docs—all those wonderful scientists together in one place," he said.
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Hi there, good to see the site is still going strong; I was just looking at what the band's been playing recently when I noticed a few small things.
On the Enter Sandman song info page, the 2006 plays count appears twice.
Song Counts main: (Errors are in bold)
Leper Messiah last played - 2007-11-09 Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center. Small typo, should be 2008.
Phantom Lord last played - 2003-11-18 Tulsa, OK - BOK Center. Again, you've just forgot to update it to 2008.
That Hasn't Been Played Live Since... page:
53rd & 3rd
All Within My Hands
Cretin Hop
Invisible Kid
My World
Phantom Lord
Shoot Me Again
We're A Happy Family
I know these are tiny things but it might contradict other stuff.
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Manor Cottage offers relaxed and friendly accommodation in a 17th century Tudor cottage situated in the village of Bishops Cleeve, close to several pubs serving good local food as well as Indian and Chinese restaurants.
We offer 2 double or twin bedded en-suite rooms and a twin bedded room with a private bathroom. All rooms have a TV, tea and coffee making facilities and centrally heated in a house full of period features.
For more information please feel free to contact us.
We are located in Bishops Cleeve, which is close to the towns of Cheltenham, Gloucester and Tewkesbury which all have many visitor attractions and wealth of shopping experiences. Stratford upon Avon, Oxford, Bath and Bristol are all within an hours drive. The picturesque Cotswold market towns of Stow-on-the-Wold, Moreton in Marsh and Bourton on the water are a short scenic drive away as is the Royal Forest of Dean. The Zurich Insurance headquarters and GE Aviation factory are both situated close by. We are also close to a Cotswold Way walking route.


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I thought the place was looking a little dirty, so I pulled out the vacuum. I started out with the playroom and the living room, everything seems like it's going ok, I'm getting the nice vac lines in the carpet that I love so much. Then I pull out the hose tool to vac by the front door and no suction. I looked for a clog, nothing. So, I turned off the brush and flipped the vac on it's side. Nothing!! No suck! I had just taken the vac apart about a month ago to clean and check filters and it worked great, at least for a little while.
It's been no secret that I have always hated this vacuum. We have had problems with it since about a month after we purchased it. In the two years we have owned it, I have taken it apart about four times to fix it and we have gone through about 10 belts. I just think we somehow got a lemon, but we never did fill out the warranty card and I am sure it's long since expired.
Today was the last straw. I decided to forego the vac repair shop, since it will be about $100 to fix it anyway. Why spend the money on a vac I never really liked in the first place? Not to mention, I don't even know if the repair guy will do anything different than I have done (replace filters, check hoses, clean and check the motor).
So, I went online to start my consumer search on the best suck for the buck, apologies if that sounded offensive, but we are talking vacuums people :)
Most of what I found gave reference to a bagged upright being the best for the money. Since I am more of an eco person, combined with the fact that I vacuum so frequently, it's just not very cost effective, nor good for the environment to go that route. Most of the reviews on bag-less uprights point to DYSON. I have always wanted one, but never could stomach the $400-600 price tag.
I managed to find a DYSON DC14 All Floors with washable hepa filters and telescopic wand for $211 on eCost. They had the same vac through Best Buy for $289, so I felt more confident ordering it online knowing that a major brick and mortar store also carried it for cheap. The reviews all checked out plus, I actually have a friend that owns one and loves it. So, I went for it. With shipping & tax it came to $255 and it will be here in 3-8 days!
Ha ha, notice how it has a man vacuuming. DYSON may make great vacuums, but it's no miracle worker!! Just kidding! Mark does actually vacuum one of the two times a week we vacuum the house :) Maybe he would be more willing to tackle the stairs now with the telescopic wand? It reaches up to 17ft!
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1994 Adam 3 horse trailer,We have kept it stored in winter months when not in use and washed and waxed on a regular basis in the summer. Two new tires…$2,999
Beautiful silver/grey straightload, Bumper Pull with feed mangers and walk through door to front dressing/ tack compartment. Like new,SOLD
Has huge tack room with pull out saddle rack and water tank. Lots of great lighting.SOLD


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Everybody knows by now that Madonna recently sold her Beverly Hills residence to a Wall Street tycoon but did y'all know that the buyer—at least according to Your Mama's well-connected informants—ever-so-briefly owned and recently sold Tyler Perry's former über-modern mansion at the tippy-top of the Bird Streets 'hood? As was quipped by real estate yenta Yolanda Yakketyyak: "From Madea's house to Madonna's"
In other Madonna-related real estate news, the middle-aged Material Girl is full steam ahead with the custom-construction of an 8 bedroom mansion in Da Hamptons. (New York Post)
New York City real estate honcho Howard Lorber—he's the chairman of the sprawling Douglas Elliman real estate brokerage—listed his seven-bedroom mansion in Southampton with an asking price of $18.5 million. Meanwhile, his real estate broker son, Michael, who appeared for one season on Million Dollar Listing (New York) recently unloaded his own sixth-floor condo-crib at the Grand Beekman building in Midtown Manhattan for an (as yet) undisclosed amount. The apartment had been listed for $2.79 million. (The Real Deal)
Two-time Oscar-nominated Tinseltowner Mark Wahlberg recently completed construction on a 30,000 square foot faux-chateau in the guard-gated Beverly Park community that, despite its home theater, wine cellar and double-height paneled library, its architect, mega-mansion specialist Richard Landry, described as '"a good traditional family house with no craziness to it.'" No offense, but beotch, pleeze. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Conservative pundit and blogger Matt Drudge of the eponymous and popular Drudge Report sold house on Rivo Alto Island in Miami Beach for $1.575 million a FedEx executive. Mister Drudge owns a nearly 10-acre, two-parcel spread about 35 miles from South Beach. (exMiami via The Real Deal)
The asking price of Casa de Shenandoah, Las Vegas crooner Wayne Newton's former Sin City ranch, was dramatically slashed from its original and wildly optimistic $70 million to a still sky-high $48 million. (Realtor.com)
High-tech billionaire Elon Musk—he's the co-founder of Tesla Motors and Pay Pal—paid $6.75 million for a fixer-upper ranch house perched above the Bel Air Country Club in Los Angeles. The house was once the long-time home of two-time Oscar-nominated actor Gene Wilder and happens to be right across the street from the much more grand 20,000+ square foot mansion Mister Musk purchased earlier this year for $17,000,000. (Trulia Luxe Living)
A large estate in L.A.'s rustically swank Mandeville Canyon that was leased by Gwyneth Paltrow in 2009 and later rented by media tycoon Peter Chernin while his Santa Monica residence was being remodeled recently and quietly sold for $12.9 million. The buyers, swears Yolanda Yakketyyak, are hedge fund founder Sean Fahey and wife Robin Luce. Mister Fahey and Miz Luce are well known to L.A.-oriented architecture buffs and real estate-o-philes as the couple who, in 2010, paid $6.2 million for the avant-garde Bart Prince-designed Lever/Morgenthaler House in Malibu that they hoped to raze and replace with much more conventional mock-Med mini-mansion. (After much protestation and petition signing by a number of high-profile Malibu residents the Fahey-Luces decided to remodel the house to better suit the needs of their family.) Anyways...
The seller of the Mandeville Canyon estate, we've been told by several sources, was Seattle-based billionaire John McCaw, Jr. who purchased the 5.3-ish acre, horse-friendly spread and its 1930s Monterey Colonial mansion in 2003 for, according to Our Fairy Godmother in Bel Air, about $16 million. Mister McCaw Jr. had the estate on and off the market since at least the summer of 2008 at a variety of prices that went as high as $28.5 million but, in the end, took a punishing $3+ million loss, not counting carrying costs, upkeep, improvements and real estate fees. Yolanda also swears that she has it on "unimpeachable top-notch authority" that the couple plan to "bulldoze the old beotch" and build anew.
And, finally, just for shits and giggles, The Telegraph takes a fun look at the declining desirability of The Bishops Avenue, a storied, mile-long street in North London lined with largely unoccupied mega-mansions owned by a long-list of (nouveau riche) international billionaires with insatiable taste for excessive residential luxuries.


text: When swing trading in the equity market (3 - 7 days), where do you set your profit target for calculating reward-to-risk ratio? When determining my entry action, I set my entry price target at .25 above previous day's resistance and stop-loss at .125 below previous day's support. I would expect to set profit target at strongest level of support within the last 1-2 weeks for a swing trade like this. However, I would like to know if this is the most optimal procedure. Your thoughts are appreciated. Thanks. Needless to say, I am a novice.


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Melges 24 European Sailing Series Great Fleet To Race At The 3rd Event In Riva Del Garda
20 May 2015
20 May, 2015 - Riva del Garda, Italy - 44 boats from 14 nations pre-registered for the third event of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series in Riva del Garda also considered as the Audi tron Sailing Series Act 3 "The King of the Lake" organized by B.Plan Sport&Events (BPSE) in cooperation with Melges Europe and International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA). The event will be hosted by Fraglia Vela Riva Yacht Club and will take place on May 21-24. This is the last event for around fifty Melges 24 boats to race together before the important World Championship taking place in Middelfart, Denmark in around a one months time.
After two well organized Melges 24 European Sailing Series events in Portoroz, Slovenia in March and in Balatonfüred, Hungary last weekend, the International Melges 24 Class Association has been given this welcoming opportunity to come and race in Riva del Garda associated with the automotive brand. This beautiful venue has always been one of the most favorite sailing venues among the monohull sailing boats produced by the Melges Performance Sailboats.
In July 2014 the 46 Melges 24 teams from eleven nations all over Europe felt the great hospitality of the Fraglia Vela Riva Yacht Club and this year the event supported by Audi tron promises to be even more enjoyable. Races will be supported by the skilled managing staff of the Fraglia Vela Riva, races will be starting off on Friday and concluding on Sunday.
Jens Altern Wathne, the Chairman of the International Melges 24 Class Association, is delighted to see 44 teams from 14 nations competing in Riva. "Italy has a long history of good Melges 24 sailors therefore Riva event is very important for IM24CA and we are looking forward to see more Italian teams. This event is also a joint sailing series with the fabulous Audi tron Sailing Series. I hope we can continue this great relationship next season. I wish a fantastic regatta to all teams!"
Among the pre-registered teams we have quite a number of big names entered from the international sailing world. Both winners of 2014 Melges 24 European Sailing Series ranking, Riccardo Simoneschi's Audi tron (ITA-840) in Pro division and Robert Bakoczy's FGF Sailing Team (HUN-728) in Pro-Am division; current leader of the series after two events Miles Quinton's Gill Race Team (GBR-694) in Pro division and Oleg Dyvinets' Marusia (UKR-819) in Pro-Am division. Also we'll see in Garda the 2014 European Champion in Corinthian division - Tõnu Tõniste's Lenny (EST-790) and Martin Trcka's Rodop/ICZ (CZE-704), 2nd best Pro team in 2014 European Sailing Series ranking. And the list is still growing. The countries represented are Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, The Netherlands, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine. See the Current List of Entries.
Melges 24 European Sailing Series Website
Melges 24 Italian Class Website
Audi Sailing Series Website
The current rankings of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2015 have been published in overall and in Pro-Am division after two events in Portoroz, Slovenia in March and in Balatonfüred, Hungary. In this ranking every race sailed counts and worst scores will be excluded after every six races completed. With two events we have 17 races sailed in the series and 2 worst results have been discarded. 27 boats from 8 nations have got their ranking points so far.
In overall (Pro) ranking the current leader with 65 points is Miles Quinton's Gill Race Team (GBR-694) with Geoff Garveth and Marshall King in helm followed by Kalman Rozsnyay's FGF Sailing Team (HUN-728) helmed by Robert Bakoczy with 86 points in total. On the third position is Peter Czegai's Jedi Business (HUN-481) with 87 points. See the Overall Ranking.
The leader of Pro-Am division with 39 points is Oleg Dyvinets' Marusia (UKR-819), with 100 points is following Miles Quinton's Gill Race Team (GBR-694) with King Marshall in helm and on the third position with 113 points is Attila Bujaky's Hod (HUN-589). See the Pro-Am Ranking.
Next ranking points will be collected from the 3rd event in Riva del Garda.
Balaton Melges 24 Spring Regatta - Miles Quinton's Gill Race Team (GBR-694) - photo Gabor Cserta
Balaton Melges 24 Spring Regatta - Oleg Dyvinets and Marusia (UKR-819) - photo Gabor Cserta


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Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) are incessantly compared to one another, and for good reason. UPDATE: Earlier today, we compared the two tech companies, and we wanted to update it with CNBC's video of the debate. It can be seen on the next page.
As we summarized here Wednesday, CNBC is conducting a March Madness-type bracket involving some of the top stocks on the market. With Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) coming out on top against Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) yesterday, the other semifinal matchup in this tournament was debated earlier Thursday, as Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) took on Research in Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) – also known as BlackBerry. Speaking about each of these stocks were analysts Tom Forte of Telsey Advisory Group and Daniel Ernst of Hudson Square.
Speaking of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Forte commented on CNBC that his firm has posted a $38 price target on the stock, which is nearly a 50 percent premium from its current price. "It's all based on that mobile monetization" he said. "We're expecting 31 percent of their ad revenue to come from mobile in the fourth quarter, versus 23 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, so we're hoping they have a good announcement today at 1 o'clock (Eastern)."
In regards to the announcement, which was believed to be Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) unveiling an Android-based Facebook smartphone, Forte said (note, we'll talk about Research in Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) in a second):
FORTE: "(A good announcement) would be anything that can get them more integrated into consumers' mobile interactions is a good thing. I'm not sure that an HTC phone would be a needle-mover in its own right, but if you look at what Amazon is doing in its hardware with the Kindle, the Kindle Fire, and we think Amazon will eventually have a smartphone, it's really about controlling your ecosystems and getting consumers to do more within your set of services on the Internet via mobile."
Aside from Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), when Ernst was asked to discuss Research in Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)/BlackBerry, he was not a huge proponent of the stock – at least in the long-term. "I say, vote Apple in the final on Monday," he deadpanned. "For BlackBerry, I can't recommend it. At 28 times earnings and significant business model risk, it's far too risky."
However, Ernst was more bullish in the short-term prospects for Research in Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), if only a little.
FORTE: "In the short-term, there are a few tailwinds. One is, they're rolling out several hundred carriers now, so just the channel-fill alone will significantly boost their top-line sales relative to what they've had. The second point is about two years ago, the average BlackBerry was about two years old; now it's over four years old, so there is a big pent-up demand of likely upgraders. […] So the question is, can Black Berry as a low-volume producer, become a hardware-margin-only company?"
What are your thoughts? If you were buying a stock now for this year, would you chose Research in Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) or Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.


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Developing Lisp code on a free software platform is no mean feat, and documentation, though available, is dispersed and often too concise for users new to Lisp. In the second part of an accessible guide to this flexible language, self-confessed Lisp newbie Martin Howse assesses practical issues and implementations under GNU/Linux
Lisp is as esoteric as it is powerful and coding is truly the only route to mastering the intricacies of this complex and supremely intriguing language and the rapid development model presented by its REPL (Read Eval Print Loop) or top-level. Lisp masters well earn the title of wizards, and it's no coincidence that Abelson and Sussman refer to casting spells with Lisp, a common metaphor within the community and modified title of a popular beginner's tutorial at lisperati.com.
In the first article in this series, the conceptual underpinnings of Lisp were presented, giving a flavour of the language from a cultural and theoretical perspective. As an aside, before getting down to the real action of Lisp on a free software platform, it's also worth stressing the importance of Lisp to thinkers and mathematicians on the bleeding edge of theory, working artistically in what are often considered wholly scientific fields. Douglas Hofstadter, of GEB (Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid) fame provides an excellent introduction to the playfully recursive aspects of Lisp in his rich and rewarding Metamagical Themas. And both Bruno Marchal and Gregory Chaitin, working in the fields of consciousness theory and hardcore maths and computation respectively, have expressed huge interest in the elegance of Lisp. Aside from such lofty concerns which serve to fire the thirst for Lisp, what we're concerned with here is getting down and dirty with some simple application or example code, say from Paul Graham's excellent ANSI Common Lisp, and such an enterprise demands a robust and readily navigable working environment. We'll need to select from a plethora of free software Lisp (and dialects such as Scheme) implementations, choosing one which will readily suit a beginner, whilst still remaining open to others more suited to certain more demanding users and applications. Some free software Lisps can seem brittle and over-verbose is comparison to solid, hefty common tools such as gcc, gdb and associated autobuild suite. There's a lot to get used to here, and the implementation should be well bonded with an IDE such as GNU Emacs. SLIME is a contemporary solution which really does this job, and we'll check out some integration issues, and outline further sources of Emacs enlightenment. It's all about identifying best of breed components, outlining solutions to common problems and setting the new user on the right course, so as to promote further growth. And as users do develop, further questions inevitably crop up, questions which online documentation is poorly equipped to handle. Packages and packaging from both a user and developer perspective are often badly covered if it all. And whereas, in the world of C, everyday libraries are easy to identify, under Common Lisp this is far from the case. Efforts such as key SBCL (Steel Bank Common Lisp) developer and all round good Lisp guy Dan Barlow's cirCLe project, which aimed to neatly package implementation, IDE, documentation, libraries and packaging tools, would certainly make life easier for the newbie, but unfortunately progress does seem to have slowed on this front.
Many worlds
Without even throwing Scheme, a distinct dialect of Lisp, into the mix, and scarcely scratching the surface of smaller, more embeddable custom Lisps, the terrain of free implementations is vast and few maps exist to readily guide the newbie. Free Common Lisps include the exotically titled Armed Bear Lisp, CLISP, a pleasant interactive Lisp, GCL, the official GNU Common Lisp and the two big hitters CMUCL (CMU Common Lisp) and SBCL (Steel Bank Common Lisp). Other free Lisps of note include the cool and very powerful OpenMCL, which runs on a PPC architecture under LinuxPPC or Darwin, and in the latter instance includes bindings to Cocoa and Carbon, which makes for elegant application building. Various comparative surveys have been made of these major free Lisps, with the ubiquitous cliki.net resource providing at-a-glance tables surveying the terrain as to features, ANSI compliance and performance across a good range of benchmarks. Of course compliance is important, particularly if you're interested in coding portable applications across implementations, but there are plenty for other issues which effect the choice, particularly for new users. Once Lisp experience has been gained, other flavours can be checked out as it's obvious that some Lisps are better suited to particular projects.
Alongside portability, other pressing issues include the level of integration with a suitably powerful IDE. In this instance SLIME (Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs) has been chosen as best of breed component which fits the bill here, and CMUCL, SBCL, and OpenMCL all play well here, with work in progress on CLISP. Other key issues in assessing Lisps include the availability of functional libraries, delivery of executables and the nature of compilation. The last is a tricky topic which involves some digging deep into how such Lisps work. However although such technical issues do have some bearing, choosing an appropriate Lisp is a lot more about style and flavour, with factors such as verbosity and ease of re-entering the REPL or top-level as major elements here.
Under GNU/Linux on an x86 architecture, CMUCL and SBCL really are the major players, garnering most respect from the community. It's also worth mentioning that SBCL now offers 64 bit support for the AMD64 and EM64T platforms. CLISP is well worth keeping in reserve, however, with good performance for some tasks, and readline providing an excellent level of command line interaction. It's a good, lightweight Lisp to fire up at odd moments, when you simply don't need the burden of a fully fledged IDE. CLISP can even be used as a shell for those who like to see Lisp everywhere.
Given that CMUCL and SBCL can readily be viewed as brothers, forking from the same stock or code base, the choice between these high performance Lisps is something of a tough one, boiling down to look and feel, and compatibility with various libraries or research apps such as Common Music. Indeed, SBCL derives so much code from CMUCL, created at Carnegie Mellon University, that save for the confusion such a naming would cause, CMUCL has been mooted as an equally appropriate name for this vibrant offshoot. In practise, SBCL's rather ugly expansion into Steel Bank Common Lisp is an acknowledgement of the industries where Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon, respectively, made the money. The name also well refers to the heavyweight, industry-strength qualities of this powerful Lisp, and though favoured by hardcore free software hackers on the Lisp scene, such as key developer Dan Barlow, SBCL lives up to the tough, heavy handed, somewhat ugly inspiration of its name. That said, SBCL does expose a decent feature set with native threads as a major bonus, but most differences between the two siblings lie under the bonnet and relate to the differing development models of both Lisps.
Steel pulse
SBCL stresses standards compliance and maintainability through cleaner concepts and code, and perhaps as a result does appear to be undergoing more active development with ports across a vast range of architectures. Bootstrapping has been simplified, but the major difference lies within the compiled or interpreted nature of each Lisp. On the surface both present the standard top-level interpreter which can be used interactively, but SBCL does offer a simpler more or less compiler-only model. In the case of CMUCL things are more complex, not to say arcane, though even digging around the internals with Common Lisp functions such as compiled-function-p, which tells us if a function has been compiled, in nearly all instances shows few differences. CMUCL offers two levels of so-called interpretation, alongside both byte-code, for a VM (virtual machine), and native or machine code compilation. The lowest level presents a tiny baby interpreter which handles the really basic stuff like value assignment. Next up is the fully fledged interpreter which makes use of the first stages of the byte-code compiler to convert code to a suitable internal representation. It really behaves more like a compiler, handling expansion of all macros. These interpreters are invoked from the interactive top-level, or when code is loaded as source. Compilation is explicitly commanded with functions such as compile-file. SBCL takes a similar approach, but cuts out the middleman. In both instances, the speed of a compiled language is proffered with all the development benefits of interactive interpretation. It's a win win situation. In common with CMUCL, SBCL offers a low level, basic interpreter for easy forms. More complex stuff is thrown straight at the native compiler. Of course it's all still totally interactive, and compiled-function-p is our only clue that we're not dealing strictly with an interpreter.
SBCL does present a more attractive package given its more active
development model, which means that libraries and build systems are
well packaged for it. The ASDF package management system, though now
ported to CMUCL, was originally an SBCL only affair, and packaging of
asdf-install does reflect this. Sockets are also easier to get to
grips with under SBCL, and there's a good deal of documentation
regarding the installation and configuration of most libraries under
SBCL. On the CMUCL side, graphical support is more stable, with a
stable cl-sdl library providing SDL (Simple
DirectMedia Layer) support
and excellent OpenGL bindings. CLX, the Common Lisp Xlib, is also more
mature under CMUCL. For the beginner CMUCL presents a serious option,
running in a friendlier manner out of the box and easily integrating
with SLIME. Output is less verbose and everything works well. It's
quite simply a softer landing for the newbie, and presents fewer
problems with apps such as Common Lisp Music and Common Music which
present high-level Lisp-based compositional and sound processing
environments. For the more audio inclined both apps offer exciting
opportunities for experimentation, alongside an easy platform for
learning Lisp. Installation of CMUCL and associated packages is a
simple enough affair under either Gentoo or any apt-enabled
distribution. It's worth mentioning that most Lispers do prefer a
Debian-based distro, and many online Howtos are dedicated to this
Without digging too deep into Scheme, a small and conceptually
pleasant Lisp alternative, PLT Scheme and associated
environment present a supremely usable coding platform. Other Lisps of
interest, which fulfil particular functionalities in relation to
extending or embedding code include SIOD (Scheme In One Defun) and
Guile on the Scheme side, and powerful librep, on the Lisp
case. However before considering any of these as scripting or
extension language for a large scale app, it's worth checking another
approach to embedding which would make use of Lisp's native FFI, or
Foreign Function Interface, which can be used to link to any C library
from Lisp code. That said, if you do have a hefty body of C code which
readily needs a scripting or interactive component, librep is a
powerful solution which has been successfully adopted by apps such as
the Sawfish window manager and Jade editor. And, of course, what could
be a better exercise in learning Lisp internals than rolling your own
interpreter in a language of choice. There's plenty of material out
there to assist in such a task, with the work of Abelson and Sussman
once again very much to the fore.
Lisp can well be developed following the edit-compile-test cycle of languages such as C, with, for example, an editor providing indentation, highlighting and shell access, and any of the Lisps under consideration compiling to native code for debugging. However, as we've seen in the last issue, the beauty of Lisp lies in supreme interaction, with on-the-fly bugfixes a distinct possibility. The REPL provides for this interaction in theory, but in practise an IDE which integrates with this functionality and extends it radically is very much in order for this complex language. Such an IDE should free the coder from banal concerns with syntax and numerous shortcuts should ease repetitive actions and provide for flexible, customised development models. Though offering highlighting and formatting, a good IDE is much more than a text editor, and should allow programmers to examine and engineer their code at a range of levels. And the very nadir of IDEs, not to say the greatest programming environment ever, was to be found bundled with the original Lisp Machines, an important milestone in the history of Lisp and an area well worth rewarding research for the Lisp newbie. Seasoned Lispers come over all dewy eyed at the mere mention of Genera, the OS that ran on the Symbolics Lisp Machines and which included an integrated editor, excellent GUI and a range of functionalities to examine objects and processes. Genera is hard to beat when it comes down to integration and it's tough to give an idea of the flexibility afforded by the tight bonds between editor, object oriented programming language, GUI toolkit (CLIM) and the OS itself. Genera occupies an important position both within the history of coding and Lisp itself and it's worth noting the appearance of the Emacs family in this field. With customary hacker wit, and echoing the recursion wrapped up in the GNU acronym, the original Lisp Machine's Emacs implementation was called EINE, standing for 'EINE Is Not EMACS'. And more cleverly a second version of EINE on the Lisp Machines was known as ZWEI, for 'ZWEI Was Eine Initially'. GNU Emacs, on which we'll build the contemporary IDE of choice, grew from the original Multics implementation, and though thoroughly extendible using its own dialect of Lisp, elisp, is written primarily in C. Indeed, GNU Emacs is described in part by the GNU project as an elisp interpreter with extensions to support text editing. For the sake of completeness, XEmacs, a fork of GNU Emacs which presents much of the same functionality, is worth mentioning but will not be examined in any detail.
Superior Interaction
Emacs, and particularly GNU Emacs, has spawned a rich culture, or perhaps religion, which views Emacs as a way of life. There's a fairly steep learning curve but built-in tutorials should take some of the burden and the two excellent O'Reilly works covering GNU Emacs use and customisation are invaluable for those seeking to get the most from this radical tool. Online cheat-sheets and .emacs configuration files are readily available to suit all needs, and once basic text editing has been mastered, the full IDE can readily be assembled by throwing SLIME into the mix. SLIME (reviewed in issue 45) pushes Emacs as IDE further towards the Genera model, with a good deal of low level functionality for debugging purposes, cross-referencing of function callers and variables, access to online documentation and a host of completion, indentation and parentheses functions all available with a range of Lisp REPLs. Installation is a simple enough affair and there are a good many Howtos online covering basic use. SLIME plays well with CMUCL and SBCL, with CMUCL perhaps providing a cleaner experience. Help for key bindings for the SLIME mode are readily accessible through the usual Emacs functions, and documentation touches on nearly all areas of SLIME use. With such bindings mastered, and key concepts understood, SLIME really does take care of the gnarly bits for novice coders, and can well function with code examples as a good teaching aid. Beyond the SLIME basics which are well described in both issue 45 and online, with cliki.net again serving as central resource, SLIME also features a decent Emacs-integrated debugger and offers good levels of customisation, using the standard Emacs means.
Following the continuing rise and rise of SLIME, few would choose to deal with ilisp, the rather unfortunately titled inferior Common Lisp interface which ships with GNU Emacs. Ilisp fulfils some of the basic functionality of SLIME in connecting Emacs to many Lisps, but is brittle in practise and doesn't come close to SLIME's feature set and flexibility. Emacs own Lisp mode can be used aside from extending Lisp to check out basic code, though it's worth remembering that the elisp dialect differs in major ways from Common Lisp, and newbies may well slip up on its unusual dynamic scoping. Other IDEs or editors of note include Hemlock, CMUCL's own native Emacs-alike editor, which has inspired the elegantly titled Portable Hemlock, described in the words of the developers as "An attempt to free Hemlock from its CMUCL prison." On the GUI side, Jabberwocky is a major player which supports all of our free Common Lisp implementations including CLISP and boasts a decent editor, with the usual fontification, parentheses matching and indentation at work, debugger, project explorer and self-styled interaction buffer. Only one drawback for Lisp purists though; the GUI is pure Java, necessitating the unfortunate installation of a JDK or JRE.
Best of breed
There's certainly a good many useful libraries which can be installed with supreme ease using well-built packaging tools such as ASDF or Common Lisp Controller. Again, it's all about identifying best of breed components which should see the novice Lisp programmer over most everyday hurdles. CLX and cl-sdl have already been encountered within a graphical context, and bundled examples should make clear usage. Cl-sdl is more in the order of a set of bindings or FFI (Foreign Function Interface), and in this context it's well worth mentioning UFFI, a library which provides an extra portable layer on top of FFI. McCLIM presents a more high-level GUI toolkit, and can readily be viewed as a free and portable implementation of CLIM, our elegant old friend from the days of Lisp Machines. Garnet, originally developed at Carnegie Mellon, presents high level abstractions for GUI design. Expanding the acronym gives some flavour of what to expect from this complex toolkit; Garnet stands for Generating an Amalgam of Real-time, Novel Editors and Toolkits.
The networking side of things does present more of a minefield, with some divisions as to Lisp implementation. Sb-bsd-sockets provides for a complete BSD sockets API, but runs only with SBCL, and the older db-sockets which would run with CMUCL is currently unsupported. Trivial-http and trivial-sockets can satisfy basic networking needs across most of the implementations covered, and a huge range of further libraries cover specific protocols such as LDAP, SNMP and SMTP. Though nowhere near approaching the wealth of libraries available under languages such as C, Common Lisp does have most bases covered, with support for a range of databases, regular expressions, XML, and encryption. Using UFFI or an implementation's native FFI, and following example code such as the cl-sdl library itself, it's relatively easy to access C library functionalities from Lisp code. With libraries rounding out the powerful picture of a free, practical, and complete Common Lisp environment on GNU/Linux, it's clear that Lisp really does present a brave new choice for future coders intrigued by the wizardry which can be achieved with such a concise, expressive and elegant language.
Wrapping it up
Dealing with larger projects through breaking down code into multiple modules or packages is a brutal affair in C or C++, with sacrifices to modularity in some instances, but at least it's always been clear how to achieve this partitioning and well rehearsed tools and build systems do exist. Lisp newbies may not immediately need to know how to work on large or collaborative projects, but many do feel the lack of this knowledge, and building other's projects can be a confusing business the first time round. Packaging and namespace are the watchwords when it comes to large-scale Lisp modularity, and the relevant Common Lisp expressions reflect the former with in-package, defpackage and use-package as major players here. Packages provide for decent modularity, preserving separate namespaces for symbols. A file containing a distinct package of code would commence with a defpackage which defines the new package, specifies which other packages will be used and which symbols will be exported and can thus be used without a qualifier. A subsequent in-package makes of the following code the defined package. Use-package allows us to access all of the exported symbols, or alternatively import can be used for specific symbols.
Packages are well documented as to their theoretical use, and once the namespace notion is well understood, are relatively easy to use, but as usual some practical issues are overlooked. For example, package definitions will need to be loaded or defined before they can be referred to. Load will thus be used to provide appropriate pathnames and Lisp code can easily be written to deal with things in the right order. Peter Seibel's excellent Practical Common Lisp, freely available online and soon to be published in print, provides the best tutorials on package gotchas. Larger projects may well need to make use of mk-defsystem, the Lisp equivalent of make, and ASDF (Another System Definition Facility), an excellent, if tersely documented, system which can even automate downloading of relevant source. ASDF is bundled as part of SBCL, or it can be obtained with the Common Lisp Controller, which further automates the installation of libraries and source on Debian and Gentoo systems. Again, cliki.net is probably the main provider of documentation, and indeed itself functions as a clear component within the ASDF system.
key links
Casting SPELs In Lisp: http://www.lisperati.com
Paul Graham: http://www.paulgraham.com
SBCL: http://sbcl.sourceforge.net
CMUCL: http://www.cons.org/cmucl
SLIME: http://common-lisp.net/project/slime
CLISP: http://clisp.cons.org
OpenMCL: http://openmcl.clozure.com
SIOD: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/scheme-repository/imp/siod.html
Guile: http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html
Librep: http://librep.sourceforge.net
PLT Scheme: http://www.plt-scheme.org
CLiki: http://www.cliki.net/index
Successful Lisp: http://www.psg.com/~dlamkins/sl/contents.html
Practical Common Lisp: http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book
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Ulefone Rewards Paris Users for Their Feedback
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Ulefone has announced on their official blog that users of its Paris smartphone can join a giveaway campaign wherein they can get a chance to take home a free gift just for leaving helpful feedback on the Ulefone Paris.
Ulefone, through this latest campaign, invites users to suggest ways to make their latest device, the Paris, better through software updates and optimization as well as ways to improve the Ulefone brand in general. The company will choose 10 contributors to each get a tempered-glass protector for their Ulephone Paris as a free gift.
Ulefone has shown that their focused on creating a better and more balanced experience for their Paris users. The company has already released several updates for the Paris and this latest campaign will encourage people to give more suggestions to improve the device. It looks like Ulefone is focused more on user experience rather than high specifications.
As previously mentioned, Ulefone Paris users need only leave a comment on the giveaway post on the Ulefone Official Blog. The comment should be a specific and practical suggestion to improve the Ulefone Paris. Those who join need to also share their comments on Facebook.
The company did not say when the campaign will end and when the winners will be chosen and announced so Ulefone Paris users should start leaving their comments as soon as possible.


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A friend of mine is taking a course on propaganda at The Evergreen State College, Tacoma campus. Students created propaganda posters for whatever cause or idea they wanted to for one of the projects. The posters are displayed in the hallway outside the classroom for other students and faculty to see.
I recently went to the Evergreen Tacoma campus for a community group meeting, Food Not Bombs. Afterward I perused the different posters students designed and drafted. Some of them are ironic, some are artsy, all of them are creative. I think the creativity which Evergreen campuses inspire students to develop is one of the school's greatest successes. One of the posters, a very simply one, I wanted to blog on here because it made me laugh.
Look at the kid picking his nose!
The Evergreen State College, however, is in a perilous situation since Washington State began a massive budget cut that dipped severely into education funds. Evergreen, a public institution, will loose $3.5 billion in public school funding. Tacoma public schools are supposed to be hit harder than other cities in the state. Higher education will experience large budget cuts too. The administration at Evergreen has decided how it will spend its new budget, and the planners decided to eliminate the following programs, according to a budget leak which was emailed and sent to Evergreen students.
Among the programs are: the entire Evergreen Tacoma campus (which is a valuable resource to the mainly poor, inner-city African American community in Tacoma), the Olympia Labor Center (which is a center for unionization and labor justice in Olympia), some or all of the Reservation-Based Programs (which work with the indigenous populations), the NW Indian Research Center, The Longhouse (another native tribe project), and the Center for Community-Based Learning and Action. There is a larger list floating around.
There is no doubt in my mind that this school has been an incredible and valuable resource for justice movements and community-building, capacity-building, not to mention a school that provides resources and space for labor, native tribes and poor communities. Having visited the school plenty of times and attended functions, I say Evergreen is more broadly a place where students set their minds free, vigorously pursue their passions and interests, and take courses that always spark my interest. And if you want to pick your nose, it's okay because social norms were meant to be deconstructed. To see these resources disappear would hurt the communities already most effected by financial imbalances.
Evergreen aims the brunt of its budget cut at the poor and excluded. This would make matters worse. These groups obviously rank very low in the TESC administration's priorities, which does not come as a surprise. The staff have increasingly adopted a more "business model" approach to education matters in recent years. Instead of hiring educators with degrees in political science or education, Evergreen increasingly hires MBA graduates to take care of business things.
The Evergreen State College should take the advice of the propaganda poster, stop cutting community programs which are viewed as unnecessary accessories, and embrace real change: "Sustain your future - Invest in a child". Build up the communities which will be crushed by the wobbly situation, instead of sweeping the rug out from under them.


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The novella Benito Cereno has been a topic of controversy amongst several critics. In their perspectives, some differ and others coincide on themes in Benito Cereno. The theme that we are concerned with is if violence, even if it was for a worthy cause, was justified in Benito Cereno. Violence, as depicted by these analysts was used as a median to control slaves and alternate subordination in the story. Several critics, such as Joseph Schiffman, Charles Swann, Eric Sundquist, and Kermit Vanderbilt assert this issue. This paper will analyze these most relevant critics and their positions on this theme in the story.
One of the pro-justification critics for instance, Schiffman, justifies the violence by justifying Babo's position. He quotes Williams to assert his own position, Williams says, "Babo, after all, as perhaps his name suggests, is just an animal, a mutinous baboon."(32) Schiffman then, contradicting Williams, states his position by saying, "Though he was mutinous, as Williams says, he was no baboon."(32)
Coming to show that Babo's malignity was not motiveless. Schiffman builds on Melville's understanding for men's desire for freedom to portray Babo, the leader of the slave rebellion in the fight for freedom, and all Babo's violent acts of cruelty, to be sincerely dictated by his purpose, the worthy cause: freedom and stability. He plotted the murder of Alexandro Aranda, because "he and his companions could not otherwise be sure of their liberty."(30) Schiffman clearly depicts that even through the rebellious violence "Babo emerges the moral victor in "Benito Cereno."(34) According to Schiffman Babo's evil actions are justified through his desire for freedom. Schiffman explains this by stating "Babo is evil because of an evil world", justifying his violent actions due to his environment.
Sundquist, contradicting Schiffman, builds upon the "revelation of Babo's...


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Saturday, 14 February 2009
West Kennet Long Barrow & A Ghost Caught on Film?
The walk up to West Kennet Long Barrow is one of my favourites. It is only half a mile but it is a lovely walk, it crosses the river Kennet then passes a "dressed tree" which has been decorated with ribbons and other things (people decorated trees in the past to honour the spirits in the tree)
Then you walk up a gentle slope and see the top of one of the stones of the barrow come into view, as if it is an organic thing growing out of the earth. When you get to the top you can sit there, have a flask of tea and enjoy the views of Silbury Hill and the Marlborough Downs.
West Kennet Long Barrow is said to be haunted by a figure with a white dog, that appears on Midsummer Day. It has been speculated that this could be a folk memory of a ritual that took place here a long time ago, and if so this could be Britain's oldest ghost.
Sonia Smith also says in her book about haunted Wiltshire, that a lady who visited the barrow near dusk went inside and was apparently touched by a large number of invisibly hands.
I took some photos inside the barrow, and was surprised to find this strange white mist turn up on one of my pictures:
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Think you will find the white mist in your photograph is from pagan incense burners...the smoke lingers and is captured by flash. I see you too have managed to photograph more 'ritual tat' adorning the gentle proud oak at Swallow Springs.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 March 2010 at 18:12
The mist isnt from incense.I caught this mist in a photo aswell and there hadnt been anyone at the barrow for a whole day..We know this as the Parks guy was up there, he had been cleaning rubbish up around the area and said we were the first people there that day...and by then it was late afternoon..feb 2 2010ReplyDelete
We took many shots inside the barrow and only one has the mist..if it was incence then most of the shots would have had the fog..
Interesting Benjamin. I too have a similar photograph (please cut and paste the link below)that was most definately from some kind of pagan ritual. Incence burners are in evidence at WKLB all year round.ReplyDelete
I'm a paranormal investigator. The mist is water vapour. It's often invisble to the naked eye, but shows up on film. The interior is always quite damp and warm, perfect conditions for mists.ReplyDelete
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West Kennett is well known, with the pronounced dip in it, where workmen started to cut a road through it(!). I also believe, that a lot of bones were removed by one Dr Toope, a quack physician, in the 18th century. Overgrown by trees, not far off, is the East Kennett Long barrow. Not many people visit that.ReplyDelete


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Jack Isenbarger's 28 points were in vain as the Leeds Force fell to the Surrey Scorchers by just three points, 80-77, writes ARIF AHMED.
The American was the game's top scorer running the show for the Yorkshire side with an impeccable performance. Unfortunately for the guard, the Scorchers had enough overall to level the series at 1-1. Leeds kept up with the Surrey Scorchers early on in the first quarter as the teams cancelled each other out. Then Surrey went on a 10-0 run, Will Neighbour contributed four points in one play as he was fouled during his three-point attempt, which found the basket. He also sank his free throw.
Leeds halted the run but were not finding the basket often enough. Jermaine Sanders scored six points towards the end of the quarter to reduce the deficit to 14 going into the second. The second became the Isenbarger show as the American went on a solo 8-0 run for the Force to bring them right back into the game.
He added another six baskets in the quarter to bring the score to within a basket.
Leeds were down by a single point with seconds left on the clock when Eddie Matthew found Isenbarger unmarked in the Scorchers half to lay up unopposed to give the Force the lead at the halfway stage.
Disraeli Lufadeju got the Force a three-point lead but Omotayo Ogedengbe threw down a triple from the corner to level. The score stayed level until the final minutes of the third when Neighbour sank a triple.
Rob Sandoval quickly levelled the game after the restart at 66 apiece. He was fouled in the build-up to his basket but made no mistake putting away his pressure-free throw. Two quick-fire baskets by the hosts opened a four-point lead, the biggest lead in the second half with five minutes left in the game. Leeds found their second wind with just over a minute left to play. Armand Anebo tipped the ball into the basket Sandoval followed up with a deep triple to make it a one-point game.
In the final seconds Sandoval drove to the basket to win the game for the Force but his attempt failed to nestle in the basket. And Neighbour ensured victory as the Scorchers held on for the win.


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It is 1926, and Harry Houdini is the most famous performer in the world. Audiences flock to watch him perform his amazing stunts. But the man behind the legend is a tortured soul, having been unable to hear his mother's dying words. He offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can contact his mother from beyond the grave.
When a beautiful but deceptive psychic, Mary McGregor, and her sidekick daughter, Benji, take the challenge, Harry is initially skeptical, but is soon captivated by her charms. The more time he spends with the mysterious woman, the more attracted he is, and what began as a con soon evolves into a passionate and complicated love affair, as Houdini attempts the most dangerous stunt of his career.
Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan, Jack Bailey
Directed by Gillian Armstrong
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Genre - Drama
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The censor board certifications have become an intensely debated topic in the recent past and the entire film industry has been expressing its displeasure over the issue. The latest information doing the rounds is that some major changes are set to take place with respect to Censor certificates soon.
In addition to the existing ratings of U/A, U and A, officials are proposing new certifications like A+, 12+ and 15+. With these new certifications in place, officials say that film makers will have the freedom to portray violence, profanity and sleaze if they are ok with an A+ rating.
Similarly, movies which are not sleazy, but have crude language only will be able to escape the A rating and get a 15+ rating. While these proposals are still far from being signed into law, things are moving quite fast and we can expect to see some changes soon. Will this make a difference in the way the Telugu Film Industry make and distribute films? We will have to wait and watch.
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That said, I once kicked a man in Hallmark because he took a Holiday Barbie ornament away from a little old lady.
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Countdown to 2010
It's been a year has it not? Well, quite frankly, it's been a year that has set me on notice what with the new teenager in the house and the economy lauging at my attempt to have investments and my addiction to the DVR… it's just all over the place and as I watch and read the endless "Top Whatever" lists of '09, I am moved to bring my own hoarse voice to the fold.
So, without further ado or run on sentances, I give you my top 10 of 2009.
Top New TV Show – Glee… my entire family loves it and that alone makes it worthy.
Top Reality TV – Project Runway, what a sad sad letdown you were this year… I'm going to have to go with The Real Housewives of New Jersey… "Prostitution Whore" would fall under favorite new insult.
Top Movie – I only saw about 5 and it's a tie between The 500 Days of Summer and The Hangover. I know, I make no sense.
Top Scandal – Tiger Woods. You expect to read tabloid fodder about Charlie Sheen choking his wife of Christmas Day, you don't expect the Golfer of the World to have a mistress list in the double digits.
Top Fashion Trend – I am still working on bringing back the poncho… maybe by the end of '10, the rest of the world will be on board.
Top Schmuck – While Jon Gosselin gave Bernie Madoff a serious run for his money with all those Ed Hardy tees and tiger jeans, Madoff's sociopathic criminal behavior really makes this a no contest situation.
Top Blog – this was the year of Stephanie Nielson and, by proxy in some ways, her sister, Cjane. If you're not reading, you should be.
Top Blog for Trashy Fun... well, hell, a lot of you are reading Mamarazzi, so surely you agree with me!
How about you? What were your favorites this year?
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TV – True Blood
Reality TV – Top Chef
Movie – Avatar
Scandal – Tiger Woods
Fashion Trend – Booties!
Schmuck – real person: Sarah Palin. Celebrity: Tiger Woods
Blog – The Pioneer Woman
Trashy Blog – Mamarazzi '-)
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mmmmmmm yum yum!
i made heart pies the other day in lieu of valentine's day! every year, i try to think of something fun to make/bake in celebration of valentine's day. thank goodness for pinterest!!! i definitely need it to be easy and fun, stress the easy part…'cause this mama ain't got time for that. bahhhahaha!
i found this idea and thought, perfect! easy and fun! just what i wanted. i bought the ingredients and waited for a good moment in time {maybe ellie's nap?} to execute this cute recipe!
you could either make your own pie crust or buy the store bought kind. it depends on how much time you have carved out for this type of activity. i was stressed for that so i did the latter but i highly recommend making your own pie crust…it's more delicious that way {my favorite pie crust recipe is here}. i felt the store bought pie crust was a bit too bland, good but homemade is always better!
anyhoo, time was the factor so pre made pie crust it was! i rolled out the dough, cut out the hearts, filled each heart with cherry filling, buttered the edges, fluted the edges with a fork, then brushed the tops with egg, and then sprinkled it with sugar! phew! that was a mouthful!
the best part when i was making these pies? olive! she wanted to help and i was over the moon! it made my heart so happy to see her interested and so eager to help me put together the pies! she rolled out the dough, she cut out the hearts, she helped scoop out the pie filling, flute the edges, and she even cut the x's onto the pies! yes, i gave her a sharp knife and she x'd all the pies! she did a great job handling the knife {with my guidance of course!} and i was so proud at how well she cut into the dough and made the x's! such a big girl!
she was so excited that she had helped out with making the pies and was even more excited to watch the pies bake! i told her that once the pies were done, she could eat one and that just made her eyes sparkle! my heart was so full seeing her eyes light up when i gave her a sweet little cherry heart pie pop! she devoured every morsel! yum!
i definitely want to make these again…maybe round pie shapes instead? we had so much fun baking together, i can't wait to conjure up some more creative treat ideas so olive and i can have more mommy and me time! yay!
[ellie chillin' while olive and i make pies]
[mama's little helper]
[rolling the dough]
[she loved pressing the dough into a heart shape]
[she was so excited to see the heart shape she pressed!]
[the sweetest face]
[my favorite jelly jam]
[spooning on the filling]
[buttering the edges so the pie seals together]
[sealing the heart]
[the finished product!]
[devouring her pie pop]
[she's the cutest]


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1/4 cup korean soy sacue (I just use regular)
3 TBSP sugar
1 TBSP Vegetable oil
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
3 medium garlic cloves (crushed)
3 green onions, chopped
2 lbs sirloin, sliced paper thin (I use any type of steak)
Dipping sauce
6 TBSP korean soy sauce
2 TBSP rice vinegar
1 tsp fresh ginger (grated)
2 tsp crushed toasted sesame seeds
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp sweet paprika
1 pinch sugar
Mix marinade ingredients. Add sliced steak.**
Marinade for at least 30 minutes.
Mix ingredients for dipping sauce and refrigerate until ready for use.
Grill or pan fry the steak.
**When we cook this I marinade everything in a ziplock back for a few hours.
I then throw everything into a pan and stirfry it.
We serve it over rice and broccoli.
We don't like the dippng sauce so we don't use it, but I decided to include it just in case someone might like it!


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Two for simplicity today, after a break of nearly a week. It started with having nothing for one photo and then feeling bad about having nothing and then not taking another picture because hell is already skipped a day, what's one more followed by oh I'm really looking for this but I can't find what I want and what I have isn't nearly cool enough.
There's ALL that AND there's the fact that I've been unwell (for those who are new in the crowd, "unwell" is my code word for that whole awkward thing that's wrong with me so I don't have to explain that whole awkward thing that's wrong with me). Pretty much all week. Still not 100 percent, probably because in traveling into a storm. I haven't given my head a chance to get used to stable barometric pressure…& that really does a number on me.
So yeah. That's the long of it. So I have two pictures today. There would be more because there were a ton of pictures I wanted to stop and take – Mississippi is just now hitting peak fall leaf season – but the trip today was already too long. Maybe driving back.
Anyway. Two pictures of simplicity. Taken at Mammoth Springs State Park, Mammoth Springs, AR, at what used to be a small hydro-electric plant on the Spring River.


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The Best Ionic Fresh Air Purifiers Review
Facts and Fiction
There has been a great deal of controversy related to air ionizer technology and products. The main advantage claimed by this form of air purifier is its ability to improve living standards. A report by the New Scientist as early as 2003 discovered that ionic breeze air purifiers drastically reduced hospital infections.
In the recent years, the emergence of several high profile air-borne diseases has helped popularize negative ion air cleansers, and I invite readers to learn more about the efficacy of these appliances before acquiring one.
With that in mind, I am going to review some of the best ionic air purifiers on the market in terms of effectiveness and value.
Ionic Breeze® Quadra® Silent Air Purifier
I usually begin with one of my favorites, but I had to mention the Quadra first, because -- well -- I had to. Frankly, I'm not a fan. By all reports and accounts it fails at ridding even small rooms of dust, and at this price, you should be able to expect quite a punch in terms of performance.
Viewers who seek solace from allergens will find the Quadra efficient and silent, however. In this, I find no fault whatsoever and many of the positive reviews I have read focus on this. What makes my teeth grind together though, is that you can expert this one-dimensional result from many cheaper models.
My other qualms are ethical in nature. Slandering reports ultimately led this producer out of business, principally revolving around false advertising and exploitation. Despite this, the Quadra remains popular.
P.S: Bear in mind that I have heard conflicting tales about power consumption. Some U.S models are shipped with 220w to 110w converters. I leave the decision up to you.
Ionic Pro CABR1
The Ionic Pro is what is known as a "Mini air purifier", the comparatively miniscule price-tag leads us to expect little. However, I'm certain some readers are not looking for powerful all-in-one solutions, and may simply wish to "neutralize" one room. In an effort to cut-costs, I've added the Ionic Pro in my selection.
So what can we expect from a product that is 16 times less expensive than the Quadra? This model functions exceptionally well in small areas. If you need to clean out the air in a specific area then the Ionic pro fits the bill.
This model promises the following features:
- Neutralizes smoke and unpleasant odors
- Low power consumption
- Energy efficient
- Soothing nightlight
- Fits in small spaces
There is one potential problem with reference to the last bullet point. Specifically, that the pro needs to plug directly into the power grid in order to work. So the fact that it "fits in small spaces" comes with a catch.
Miallegro 1760 Air Ionizer
The Miallegro 1760 is a triumph of style and features at a great price. The first thing that catches the eye, before you've even turned it on, is that it is both graceful and elegant and will blend-in well in most homes.
Despite the power and relative size of the product, it can be placed inconspicuously just about anywhere. Internal oscillation and sleek, quiet fans ensure that you can sleep at night without having to wear earplugs.
Other aspects which I like are the ability to program the device for automatic shut-off, reducing power expenditure and the ability to change settings from a distance with its remote control. A procrastinator's dream!
The Product Featurelist:
- Elegant ionizing tower fan purifies air while cooling the home or office.
- Slim internal oscillating design takes up minimal space for wide range of air circulation.
- 3 quiet speed settings.
- Stylish remote control with compact ergonomic design.
- Programmable shut-off timer of up to 8 hours to help save energy.
Honeywell Fresh Breeze
I guess I'm hooked to Aesthetics! I adore the dark, alienesque design of the Honeywell Fresh Breeze. This product is a direct competitor of the aforementioned Miallegro and must aim high in order to outdo its worthy adversary. Predictably then, it offers similar features.
- 3 speeds with a 12 hour programmable shut-off (beating the Miallegro's 8 hour time-frame)
- An LCD display with a touch button control system
- An internal thermostat which can also be programmed
- Oscillation
- Remote control with flashlight (seems a bit over the top to me, but it definitely caters to the midnight sugar craver crowd -- myself included).
Reviews herald the product for its performance, which see the Fresh Breeze able to move large amounts of air silently. I have to say, the product is very reminiscent of the Miallegro, in just about every aspect, the one difference being its more geeky looks which may suit different people better. Given the affordable price-range, I can only recommend these models whole-heartedly. Unless you are looking for a smaller and more specific product, in which case the cheap Ionic Pro may be what you're looking for.
It's really aaminzg. I'm a paraplegic, multi disabled and mute.Yet your post was most timely. It didn't initiate any change in me; but reinforced changes I've been going through the past week.You see Ben, I'm also a technophobe reliant on my roommate/partner to do all the computerized work necessary for business.Also I might add, having bought all your WSO's, I'm addicted to the necessity for mobile marketing for local businesses.But I always found obstacles. Namely my disabilities. Well now they're challenges.Before I couldn't think of doing live videos. I just never found the fancy graphic kind on YouTube motivating.Well today I found a solution. Doing a visual email video explaining briefly my disability and then casually texting my message looking them straight in the eye.Getting a simple blog setup with a portfolio not claiming I did them, but what I can do for them.Like a visit to my site will reward them with a free e book on how mobile marketing can benefit them .a free QR code and what it means in revolutionary technology for offline marketing in ad spend, simplicity in getting their message off to prospective customers/clients. and amassing unbelievable profits.The bottom line is my disabilities can work for me than against me. Trustworthiness.You can help, Ben by assisting me with an intro pitch. Your marketing prowess has helped this struggling warrior to dream again.Thank you, Ben. Everyone needs a life makeover no matter how small or big.God Bless.
i find your info useful but i would also like to see the cleaning of the unit talked about----filters ??? ---cleaning with damp cloth ???? - having to replace filters ???---this info would also have a bearing on purchasing.....thanks
Thank you for this helpful information and product recommendations. Honeywell makes a great product and very affordable.