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I don't get the GPS, it says 'turn' I turn, apparently I'm turning too late or too early. Despite the fact that we got lost in Altoona, we arrived, I should have seen that as a 'learn the GPS' sign.
Then we arrive. My spend thrift habits of not wanting to put out 120 a night brought us to the spookiest hotel. OMG, it was nothing like the pictures or the reviews. It was cheap. Ok, it's two nights. We pull into the lot and we're the ONLY car.
I go in, tell the lady we have a reservation. And she says, "Are you sure?"
"Um, am I sure I have a reservation?"
"No," she said. "Are you sure you want to stay here."
"You're joking right?"
She didn't respond only handed me the card key and said, "It's a handicap room."
"I don't need a handicap room, you can save it for someone who does."
"Think of it as a quick escape. It's by the door."
I was torn between wondering if she were serious or joking. The room isn't bad and yes, we checked thoroughly for bedbugs,
So we hurriedly get ready and find the restaurant, despite the fact that the GPS told us we still had a mile to go.
Wonderful dinner and company. Sat with Scott Baker an author from Permuted and Gary and Russ Striener the brothers who were responsible for Night of the Living Dead. Russ played the brother, "Johnny" in the classic film. You know, "They're coming to get you Barbara."
I had to explain that to the actor who plays TDog on Walking Dead. He said, "Whose getting
Barbara? Whose Johnny?"
"Um Night of the Living Dead, the reason you have a job right now."
Finally he got it. Of course when meeting him, he introduced himself by his 'actor name'
"I'm Iron-E," he said.
"Iron …E?" I questioned.
"Yeah, Iron-E."
"Wow, cool. I'm Cliché."
He didn't get it.
Scott engaged in more sophisticated and engaging conversation, I'm sure. My conversation with Iron ... E, was more how Jack Daniels would help him digest that Italian food he ate and, yes, how my book The Flu would make him blubber like a baby.
I did say (And he laughed) That I bet it was hard to remember all his lines for episode. Those who watch the show know he gets three lines, a serious look and nod every episode.
The highlight of my night was talking to the Striener Brothers, they are enchanting and awesome and in my mind Icons to the Zombie industry.
Although the Rapper, Zombie, comes close. He walked in with the white contact lenses and, no kidding, he brought his own paparazzi. They took pictures, probably because his pants dropped below his underwear. I didn't get it. I also didn't get to talk to him. His security team wouldn't let anyone but IronE talk to him and I guess he was too famous for us all. Even though I never heard of him.
And let's not forget poor Scott, who put his faith in me and my GPS by following me to the Bar. Yes … we got lost.

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Sunday, January 6, 2008
Some Elements of Christo-Paganism
The Golden Rule
It would be fair to say that all Christo-Pagans subscribe to some form of what is known as the 'Golden Rule' that is to treat others as you wish to be treated, otherwise known as the ethic of reciprocity. This rule emerged from a period in history called the Axial age (800 BCE – 200BCE) and can be found in the writings from many major civilisations including Greek, Hebrew, Indian, and Chinese cultures. (1) Over two hundred years after the end of this age Jesus said; 'In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets' (2). He was not saying anything new even in the culture of his time. The Hebrew Rabbi Hillel had already made a similar declaration many years before: 'That which is despicable to you, do not do to your fellow. This is the whole Torah (law), and the rest is commentary, go and learn it' (3). Pagan Wiccans also have a similar golden rule called the Wiccan Rede; 'An it harm no one, do what thou wilt'.
When you begin to reflect more deeply on the golden rule, you discover that it is pretty much impossible to live up to. We intentionally and unintentionally harm others everyday and we can't completely avoid it. The ancient Greeks had a word for our inability to live up to this maxim that was adopted by the early Christian communities, they called it 'harmarto', missing the target, a word used in the game of archery and which was translated into English as the now loaded word 'Sin'. St. Paul said, 'All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God' (4). What he was getting at was that we all fail to live by the golden rule, but as we start to become more enlightened we can begin to move towards living closer to that ideal, and as we do we become closer to our true nature which is unconditional love. This process is traditionally called Kenosis or self-emptying that in turn leads to genuine Ekstasis or self-transcendence.
Kenosis is a Greek term that means emptying the self or Ego. Followers of all spiritual traditions speak of this experience in a variety of ways yet words cannot adequately express what happens in this process. Jesus said that it was like being born again, and that we must become ego-less, similar to the way babies experience existence, before we can experience the fullness of being.
Ego is a Latin word meaning 'I myself'. In Freudian and other branches of psychology Ego has a specific technical meaning but in spiritual circles the word has come to mean 'the person we think we are', which is partly constructed by social conditioning and also by our own thoughts and feelings. What genuine spiritual paths teach us is that the self we think we are is a fiction, an illusion, and a veil that must be seen through before we can discover the reality beyond. The experience is often said to be a state beyond thought which is why it is so hard to describe in words.
Some say Kenosis can only come about through what the early Christians called 'charis' or divine grace that just happens regardless of what you do to try and make it happen. Or maybe the truth lies somewhere beyond the dichotomy of effort and grace and yet involves them both.
Ekstasis is another interesting Greek term from which we derive our word ecstasy and literally means to step outside of oneself. Human beings have devised many ingenious ways to simulate this, for example, through mind-altering herbs and drugs, dancing and various forms of bodywork, sex, overeating, fasting, consumerism, gambling, the application of pain, worship, meditation, and ascetic practices of various kinds. The experience of kenosis can also produce feelings of ecstasy but it is also far more than just a feeling, it is a state of literally stepping out of oneself, a freedom from duality, the division between 'I' and 'myself' that is sometimes described as enlightenment. Anyone who has experienced this state will tell you that the feelings produced during genuine ekstasis is of a much higher quality than the feelings produced by human ingenuity, a bit like the difference between floating in outer space and flying on a budget airline. Self-transcendence is a state of grace, as Jesus said, the wind blows where it chooses and might just appear for no apparent reason at all just that it's your time. (5)
Heaven is within - the realm of the Spirit
Jesus taught that heaven was not somewhere above the clouds he said that the kingdom of heaven is within (or among) you. (6) The concept of God being a like a king, or a king being like a god is one that is uncomfortable for most of us in the present era, but it is clear from the overall message of Jesus that the kingdom of Heaven was not meant to be a hierarchical system, as he teaches in other places that we are all sons and daughters of God, all equal, and therefore in a sense 'Royal' people.(7) The term 'Kingdom of Heaven' in the original Greek is: Basileia ton ouranon. The term 'basileia' does not mean a place, like a kingdom, but rather a realm of royal influence and power, and Jesus talks of the power of the Holy Spirit and its influence upon us. A better translation might be 'The realm of the Spirit'. The word basileia is also thought to have come from the Greek word for a base or foundation. The foundation of our spirituality is in the deepest part of our being where we find our connection with the Universe. Forget about any Idea of God being some distant deity out there somewhere. Jesus himself was called Emmanuel, 'God with us', however it's not so much that God is within us but that we are in God, this concept is sometimes called panentheism.
There are various 'theisms' in religious studies. A theist is someone who believes in God, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in God. pantheism is the belief that nature is synonymous with God, and panentheism is the belief that God is within everything, or rather that everything is in God, literally 'all in God'. It is the theological position where God is seen as imminent in the world but still transcendent. Most Christo-Pagans would probably find this theological position closest to their own, but they would also emphasise that the divine is a syzygy, with both male and female attributes.
Syzygy – God and Goddess
Most natural phenomena have a male and female aspect and so if we are made in the image of God as it states in Genesis then it makes sense that the divine also has both male and female qualities. (8). Many Pagans believe in individual Gods and Goddesses, who often personify natural objects like trees, the sun and moon, lightening, and other natural phenomena. On the other hand literalist Christians tend to view God as a single, male like deity like that perceived in the Jewish God YHWH, also known as Yahweh, or Jehovah. They claim that there is no other god but this god, but then go on to present a rather complex doctrine that this one god is actually comprised of three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Christo-Pagans hold that God is 'Ineffable' and indescribable and by reading between the lines in the Bible and alternative Christian texts we can discover that many early Christians actually pictured God as having both male and female characteristics, though they often differed in their descriptions. Interesting and informative it might be to speculate about who or what God is or isn't, it is important to have a blind notion of the ultimate mystery of the nature of the divine. God is often pictured as the divine darkness, within the clouds of unknowing and any way that we imagine God is idolatry, even the way I am describing God now. This is the real meaning behind the Islamic and also Christian Protestant iconoclasm that involves the destruction beautiful and priceless statues and images of God. What the mystics are really telling us is not to destroy all religious artwork, which was often designed to help non-literate people begin on the spiritual path, but to deconstruct our internal images so that we can experience the true reality of the divine beyond all conceptions.
Gnostic Elements
In common with mainstream Christianity the Christo-Pagan tradition contains many Gnostic elements. Gnosis is another Greek word from which the English word knowledge is derived. Gnosis however, in mystical terms is more like an experiential knowledge that is beyond the knowledge of words. In the ancient world there was no such religion as Gnosticism, this is a modern term that covers a vast body of pagan beliefs and practices many of which are of great importance to the Christo-Pagan tradition. Many leading early Christians can be described as being 'Gnostic' and many Gnostic ideas eventually found their way into orthodox Christian dogma. (9) Christo-Paganism has been influenced a great deal by Gnostic ideas but it differs in some very important respects, for example the cosmologies of Gnosticism are viewed by many as being unnecessary and over complex and can encourage a devaluing of the human body, Sexuality, and the physical world in general. Christo-Pagans are critical of the way we see the world egoistically but do not devalue creation itself for which we encourage profound wonder and respect.
Ecology and respect for the Earth
In common with many other ancient spiritual paths Christo-Paganism emphasises that creation is good in itself and we must acknowledge and accept totally our physical nature. We do not believe in original sin but in original blessing (10). Creation and our original nature is not the real problem but we do acknowledge that myths like 'the fall' speak about our inner condition and how our windows of perception have become clouded in some mysterious way. One early Christian teacher, St. Augustine, taught a literal understanding of the myth of the fall and promoted the idea of original sin; that is that all people are originally born evil. When this idea is coupled with the still more diabolical doctrine that we are somehow meant to have dominion over all the creatures of the earth (11) and also have the freedom and free will to exploit them has lead to the justification of all manner of evil in history that continues in our time. (12)
Know yourself
The ancient Greek aphorism, 'Know yourself' (gnothi seauton) has been originally attributed to many philosophers including Pythagoras and Socrates but may in fact have originated in ancient Egypt. It can be thought of as the second 'golden rule', the implication being that if you know yourself, that is, your original nature, you have discovered the key to begin to unlock the mysteries of life. As we progress on the spiritual path we begin to realise that we are essentially spiritual beings, a fact that most people don't find out until they die. Countless people have reported experiences similar to enlightenment after having what are known as 'near death experiences' where they become their true spiritual self after leaving their body. At death we may move on to other spiritual realms to continue our evolution or return again to this world to learn what we need to know before we can progress to the next level of being. This second process is known as re-incarnation a doctrine that was widely believed in the early church and traces of this doctrine can even be found in the canonical gospels. (13) Christians also believe in a similar sounding concept known as the resurrection, the idea that Jesus rose from the dead and appeared to many.
Anastasis - the resurrection
One of the central doctrines of the Christian church is that of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and one of the ancient tests of whether or not someone is a true Christian is that they confess that Jesus was literally raised from the dead and appeared again in a physical form. In the Pagan mystery religions there were many myths of a similar dying and resurrecting God-man figure and many characteristics of these myths appear in the Christian stories of Jesus. The English word 'resurrection is translated from the Greek word 'anastasis' which also means 'awakening' that is, awakening to the spiritual realm. What is clear even from the canonical accounts of Jesus' resurrection is that his resurrected body was a supernatural body of a completely different nature to a normal body and some early Christians even believed that Christ always had a supernatural body while here on earth. What is more important to Christo-Pagans than all the speculation concerning the resurrection is for us to enter with Christ into our own spiritual death and resurrection and yet again we drawn back again to the core teaching of the death of the ego and the birth of our spiritual self.
Heaven (and Hell) on Earth
Christo-Pagans have a deep awareness of the cruelty and profound injustices that exist among humans and how that injustice impinges on the rest of creation. For many people life on Earth is a living hell and suffering begets suffering and the situation often appears hopeless both for those who are suffering and for those trying to help. There is something diabolical in the heart of humankind that can be roused to perform such acts of cruelty as torture, genocide, terrorism, and war on our fellow beings. This diabolical part of our nature is an unconscious spiritual process that feeds on our fears and insecurities and only a counteracting spiritual energy, the power of unconditional love, can provide a genuine solution. When we contemplate deeply on the gospel stories of the passion of Christ we are lead to the revelation that by 'fighting fire with fire', apparent for example in phrases such as 'the war on terrorism', only adds to the problem and feeds the flames of diabolical fear and insecurity in the world. Only by discovering and nurturing our spiritually resurrected and eternally free nature can we gain the courage and wisdom to stand up to the madness of the hell that we live in and create alternative oases that can serve to quench the flames of fear that are the real root of our suffering. Some Christo-Pagans believe in a concept known as realised eschatology; that is that Heaven and Hell are not places that we go when we die but are always present in our hearts and in the world right now. As we begin to grow spiritually our lives and the people around us are transformed not through coercion and force but through a natural process that encourages egalitarian thinking that promotes the seeds of change that can develop into the production of a kind of heaven here on Earth. The potentiality for this has always been present and has been visualised by all the great mystics down the ages. Examples of egalitarian communities exist and have always existed that provide blueprints for us to follow and what we know of some of the earliest Christian communities also provides us with similar communal blueprints to emulate.
Magic and Miracles
The stories of miracles in the Bible are one of the common stumbling blocks to faith for readers so much so that many Christians attempt to explain them away and deny that they ever happened. However people embarking on a spiritual journey often discover that as they open up to the possibility of miracles and magic, magical things begin to happen in their lives. Early Christians often depicted Jesus as a Hierophant, a Pagan priest whose role was to reveal the holy and interpret the mysteries and he was often pictured using a magic wand to perform miracles (14). The Gospels and other early Christian texts are filled with miracles and magical events and if you were able to extract them all you would be left with an exceedingly dull read indeed. Science and rationalism have for the last few centuries lead us to believe that the universe is a solid mechanism that cannot be influenced by the mind and the miraculous but Christo-Pagans see the universe as a great miracle and just being part of it is the most amazing miracle of all. Science itself has more recently become less rigid in its outlook and Quantum physics reveals a universe that is fluid and mysterious that can be influenced by our presence and our emotions. Christo-Pagans practice a wide range of magical activities in their every day lives including prayer, meditation, and the use of various forms of complementary healing systems and spiritual tools to enhance their lives and the lives of others. As their practice develops they commonly experience a phenomenon known as synchronicity where coincidental events are felt to have a profound spiritual meaning. They also tend to entrain with the natural world by honouring the Pagan wheel of the year, often performing magical ceremonies to honour the cycles of the sun and Moon as well as Christian festivals many of which overlap and entwine with one another.
The Journey of the Watercourse
Aqua is the ancient Latin word for water, a symbol of the Spirit and also the experience of rebirth and renewal. Water was frequently employed as a ceremonial device in early Christianity, and both Christians and Pagans used baptism in water as a rite of passage.
The Christo-Pagan tradition is above all a journey into an existential knowledge of oneself and the universe in all its dimensions. That journey is eternal and the water cycle of the natural world is a potent metaphor for that process for as we feel we have reached the sea, we are taken once again up into the air to fall yet again upon the earth; all the time the earth is growing and developing like our eternal Self is being nourished by the living water of the Holy Spirit. Like Jesus said to the woman at the well: 'Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.' (15).
The above is an adapted excerpt from a book i'm writing at the present time. If any of this makes sense to you, or if you agree or disagree with some or all of what i've written please react!
1) The term 'Axial Age' was coined by The German philosopher Karl Jaspers who saw it as a pivotal time in the development of the spiritual consciousness of humanity.
2) Matthew 7:12
3) Babylonian Talmud – Shabbat 31a
4) Romans 3:23.
5) John 3:8
6) Luke 17:21
7) Matt 1:23.
8) Genesis 1:26. 'Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness'.
9) See: Pagels, E (1979) The Gnostic Gospels: Penguin. London for a comprehensive discussion on Gnosticism in the early Christian era.
10) A term first coined by Matthew Fox
11) Gen 1-26
12) Gen 28-3
13) For example in John 9:1-2 it says; As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?' The man could only have sinned in a previous life. See also John 1:19 and Mark 8:27
14) In the Roman catacombs there are several portraits of Jesus using a hierophants wand to perform miracles.
15) John 4: 13-14
8 comments:
- Esther Ahonen said...
extremely interesting! I found this after googling Christo Paganism, as it is new to me that there is such a thing. I probably am now, and perhaps always will be, tilted to the traditional Christian ideas, but I know they don't cover all truth so I'm open...perhaps being Finnish I have genetic empathy with pagan ideas, I believe the Finns were strong pagans and even today, the most fundamental Christian of them worship nature (though they wouldn't adnit it lol). At any rate, I would love to read your book!
- May 18, 2016 at 8:30 AM
Interesting that I'm finding this after all this years. I'm a Christo-Pagan myself, following the traditions of the Norse and Celtic people and their lore and praxis, while also practicing Roman Catholicism (though not perfectly obediently, obviously).
I think pretty much everything you said here is very accurate, as I've found that each of these things applies to me before stumbling here. Panentheism and the concept or reincarnation and unity with all souls (or the All-Soul) in particular have been a part of my thinking for several years now.
The only parts where I partially disagree are in saying that Christo-Pagans don't believe in original sin, and in saying that hell and heaven are here but not in the after life. I think when you said that Christo-Pagans acknowledge the fall and the human condition that that is essentially what original sin is, despite modern misinterpretations of Augustine, but that is just my interpretation. I think humanity is a paradox, much like God, if after all, we are made in His / Her image. We were created with original sin and original blessing. Both are true and one does not necessarily cancel out the other. As for heaven and hell on Earth, again, I think since the soul is eternal that it can be simultaneously true that heaven and hell exist in our corporeal phase of our lives, in addition to existing in the after life. I think that is ultimately the reason why Catholics believe that those who don't die in a state of grace "go to Hell." If you're already in hell before you die, of course that's where you are going to be when your body is dead. It's not about being sent there, it's about damning yourself in life and already being there. That's nuanced, as the soul is reincarnated as well, so perhaps for some people, you go to hell when you die, and for others, perhaps they are born in a state of hell in their new life, and have the chance to turn lead into gold (hell into heaven) by making the best of their circumstances-- for instance, the blind man in your biblical example in this article. So, the sacrament of reconciliation and last rites become important, as a sort of charitable service that helps people to die with more grace than they would have otherwise had, to enable their access to heaven, both before death and during / after it.
As for your reference to Gnosticism, I would also like to add that hermeticism and alchemy have deeply impacted Christo-Paganism. Those things are *almost* one in the same, but there are some differences. For one thing hermeticism seemed to pop up around the same time as early Christianity, which in addition to some of their shared rituals, such as the agape feast, makes an interesting case for the co-development of Christianity with these esoteric and magical traditions.
- January 3, 2017 at 2:13 AM
*these years. My bad.
- January 3, 2017 at 2:13 AM
- Lamm Family said...
Wonderful read! I look forward to your book when it's published!
- January 3, 2017 at 9:14 AM
- tinker bell said...
I disagree that the Wiccan Reed "And it harms no one, do what thou wilt." is a version of the Golden Rule. It is based on Aleister Crowley's "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." and Anton LaVey's "Do unto others as they've done unto you.", which is the opposite of the Golden Rule. Basically, the Wiccan person denies that he/she is harming anyone by doing what he/she wants, even to the point of doing to others what they have done to them.
- December 10, 2017 at 4:15 AM
- Kathleen Bosman said...
This deeply resonates with me and is the same as what I believe since I came out of fundamentalist religion. Have you completed your book? What is it called?
- March 6, 2018 at 10:03 AM
- Suburban Shaman said...
Thanks Kathleen, I've only just found this page after 10 years. No the book is still growing along with my own spirituality. This is my new page that I update fairly regularly,Cheers Sam
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Hospitality Europe
On Tuesday, 5 December, the General Curia hosted the second of the two 2017 meetings of the Hospitality Europe Office in Brussels with the reference persons of the European Provinces of the Order and the Sisters Hospitallers. More than 20 representatives of the Provincial Curias attended the meeting which was called to order by Brother Rudolf Knopp, the President of Hospitality Europe and of the Orders Europe Commission.
Dr Carlo Galasso reported on the work of the European Office over the previous six-month period and on the the main cases being dealt with in the European institutions. He illustrated the funding proposals presented by the Provinces through the Office, and the possible European scenarios opening up following the Brexit negotiations, which would also have repercussions on the future of the centres of the Order and the Sisters Hospitallers in the United Kingdom.
Dr Francesco Vallebona - in his capacity of Co-worker at the Brussels office illustrated the programme of the European Commission in the fields of international cooperation and humanitarian assistance. He was followed by Brother Moisés Boscà and Sr Suor Josefa Hernández, who explained how the two Congregations had been organising themselves to coordinate their international cooperation and development activities.
In the afternoon session, Mr Emili Bargalló (Aragon Province) explained the initiative being promoted by the Saint John of God Research Foundation to engage the active involvement of the young patients in clinical research and trials of new pharmacological treatments and therapies.
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The below quote often gets snipped down a key sentence – you know which one it is – and I think this is a mistake. Thomas Jefferson probably was not an atheist. However, a modern atheist can read the below quote and see how it may be applied in the very same way said atheist came about said's deeply rationalized personal atheism:
But our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. If it be said, his testimony in a court of justice cannot be relied on, reject it then, and be the stigma on him. Constraint may make him worse by making him a hypocrite, but it will never make him a truer man. It may fix him obstinately in his errors, but will not cure them. Reason and free enquiry are the only effectual agents against error. Give a loose to them, they will support the true religion, by bringing every false one to their tribunal, to the test of their investigation. They are the natural enemies of error, and of error only. Had not the Roman government permitted free enquiry, Christianity could never have been introduced. Had not free enquiry been indulged, at the aera of the reformation, the corruptions of Christianity could not have been purged away. If it be restrained now, the present corruptions will be protected, and new ones encouraged. Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now. Thus in France the emetic was once forbidden as a medicine, and the potatoe as an article of food. Government is just as infallible too when it fixes systems in physics. Galileo was sent to the inquisition for affirming that the earth was a sphere: the government had declared it to be as flat as a trencher, and Galileo was obliged to abjure his error.
Thomas Jefferson – Notes on the State of Virginia p. 285 (Query regarding Religion)
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Recently, MIIT(Ministry of industry and information technology)approved 4.8-5.0GHz, 24.75-27.5, GHz and 37-42.5GHz band for our 5G technology research and development test. In addition to the middle and low frequency 4.8-5.0GHz, which MIIT approved before, the 8.25GHz millimeter wave is approved.Which means the millimeter will take part in 5G.
Why choose the 8.25GHz millimeter wave frequency between 24.75 to 27.5GHz and 37 to 42.5GHz?
Wang Zhiqin, the vice chairman of IMT-2020(5G) promote group,said in a public speech, the 20GHz-40GHz has priority for pre-commecial in high frequency communication, in the meantime, 26GHz and 28GHz, 38GHz and 42GHz can use the same set of RF device, which can be more likely to achieve globe harmonization.
Recently, the. Canadian Ministry of innovation, science and economic development (ISED) is preparing to use the 28 GHz band, the 37-40 GHz band, and the 64-71 GHz band for the 5G system.Coincidentally, the RSPG also believe that the frequency beyond 24GHz has potential value. Because 24.25GHz to 27 GHz has large bandwidth more than 3GHz, so the 24.5GHz to 27.5GHz has priority in the early deployment of 5G. At the same time,South Korea and the United States have used the frequency beyond 28GHz in high frequency 5G development, and Japan will also take the 28 GHz as the main alternative frequency for launching 5G services.
It is worth mentioning that, in the WRC-19 1.13 issue, in the 11 candidate frequency of 5G from 24.25GHz-86GHz, 24.25GHz-27.5GHz has become more unified international opinion and research the most concentrated frequency band because it's lower frequency and wilder band.
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|At the Sign (Sound?) of Triumph
|by ggunn » Wed Dec 14, 2016 10:48 pm
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Which is it? My copy has "sign" but the release notes say "sound".
I am a huge fan of the Safehold books, and this one is great as well, but there are some issues. What has prompted me to post is the relaxed proofreading that has apparently been exercised with this installment. At nearly every sitting I find a misspelled word, or a syntax disagreement, or something like "to" when it obviously should be "too", or a name spelled differently ((transposed letters) so that I am not sure if it's the same guy or not. What's up with that?
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|Re: At the Sign (Sound?) of Triumph
|by Louis R » Fri Dec 16, 2016 5:12 pm
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The characteristic signs of a rush job. Which this was, in spades.
Himself got the manuscript turned in about 3 weeks after the drop-dead date for getting it to the typesetter.
One sometimes wonders if this hasn't become SOP in the industry.
|Re: At the Sign (Sound?) of Triumph
|by DMcCunney » Mon Jan 30, 2017 12:37 pm
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Which? Bad proofreading, or turning in the book three weeks after drop dead date?
We hope the latter isn't SOP. The former, alas, increasingly is.
Years back, a poster on a mailing list I'm on regretted the increasing trend in the industry to forgo proofreading. She was VP of an editorial production contractor that provided services like proofreading to publishers. Another list member, who was an editor at Tor, replied "But copy editing and proofreading are part of the book's budget, and always done!" "Maybe they still are in your house", was the reply, "but I'm the one at my shop dealing with publishers who used to pay us to do it and don't anymore!"
Publishing has been in trouble for years. The problem for publishing has always been "Too many books chasing too few readers". The problem for bookstores has been "Too many bookstores chasing too few customers."
The result has been wrenching rounds of consolidation, as publishers merge or go out of business, and bookstores close because they can't generate the revenue to stay in business. (If you can select it from an Amazon catalog, buy, and have it delivered, why go to a bookstore? Increasing numbers of folks don't.)
And the majority of trade books published don't earn out. They don't find an audience, and don't make enough sales to cover the cost of producing them or the author's advance. They get returned for credit. Publishers all cross appendages that enough of their titles will sell to cover the losses on the one that tank and make them enough money to stay in business. And as part of the effort to survive, they look to cut costs, and things like copy editing and proofreading are costs they see to cut. It's more likely to occur in fiction, which will be seen as disposable with doubts the reader will even notice, but it's inevitable given the changes in the market place.
Tor is one of the outfits that does still try to maintain production quality. The problems for ATSOT are consequences of beyond the last minute manuscript delivery. Things are worse elsewhere.
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|Re: At the Sign (Sound?) of Triumph
|by Louis R » Mon Jan 30, 2017 1:01 pm
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Turning the book in late. I've lost track of the number of writers admitting to that recently.
And it wouldn't surprise me at all to find that publishers are quite right about proofing being disposable - despite all the whinging going on here. In fact, the apparent success of KDP goes a long way to confirming it. Jim Baen was probably getting rather tired of pointing out that even _lurking_ on a site like this is atypical. Active participants on Baen's Bar, whatever delusions they may have on the subject, were according to him about as far from the 'normal' customer profile as you are likely to get. Which is why he would bounce ideas off us, but didn't put a lot of stock in things like enthusiastic recommendations of brilliant new authors or resounding condemnations of bestsellers who'd 'jumped the shark'
|Re: At the Sign (Sound?) of Triumph
|by DMcCunney » Mon Jan 30, 2017 2:39 pm
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It's regrettably common, and publishers expect it to happen. But there are cases where the book simply arrives too late, well after production schedules have been set, and all must do the best they can.
Disposable in fiction, at any rate. Less disposable on non-fiction. Fiction will be assumed to be "read once". Non-fiction may be "Read more than once, and keep on the shelf for reference."
Amazon is a Worst Offender. If an electronic versions of a title doesn't exist (because it was written before such things were possible) and enough folks click the "I'd like to read this in a Kindle Edition" button, a print copy of the book is sent to an operation in Hyderabad who scans and runs OCR on the title. The result of that is what gets wrapped in a Mobi container and released as a Kindle edition. Copy editing and proofreading are unlikely to occur. They cost money.
And he was right.
A long time ago, I attended an SF fanclub meeting, where Tor Editor in Chief Beth Meachum was a guest speaker. She talked about Piers Anthony's Xanth series, got a chorus of groans, and said "Don't groan people! That stuff sells!" A new Xanth novel might get a print run of 250,000 copies. A new novel by a first author might get one a tenth of that if it was lucky. She made it quite plain that we as the audience for her talk represented a tiny fraction of the total market, and if Tor published only what we liked, they'd be belly up in a heartbeat.


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Pangandaran Beach
Small mainland peninsula with a national park with beaches and stunning scenery to rival the beaches of Bali on the south coast of Java. Pangandaran is one of Java's best-kept secrets as far as international tourists are concerned, but has been extremely popular with locals for along, long time. A small fishing town, it possesses one of Java's finest beaches and Pangandaran Nature Reserve teems with wild buffalo, barking deer and monkeys. The people are very friendly, this combined with the idealize surroundings make this a great place to spend a few days relaxing island-style. Pangandaran is halfway between Bandung and Yogya, about 5 hours by bus from Bandung and 8 hours from Jakarta.
This is the second beach resort area on the Indian Ocean after Pelabuhan Ratu. The site is 223 from Bandung and 400km from Jakarta. The trip by car or bus is recommendable because the road conditions are good. However, if we prefer to take the train, get into Bandung-Yogyakarta Express train and get off at the Banjar railroad station about 4 hours later. From here it will be another 50 km by bus to Pangandaran. The beach is called Penanjung, where most of the cottages and hotels are located, however, of modest ratings. Nothing luxurious should be expected. Pangandaran is especially of interest to nature lovers, as there is a wildlife reserve in the vicinity where wild birds and other indigenous animals live about freely to be enjoyed by visitors. In Pangandaran visitors will like fine white beaches, blue ocean and fine seafood. Twelve kilometers before arriving at Pangandaran visitors will see a huge rock on the beach, which is called Karang Nini.
Another place of special interest for nature lovers is a forest Conservation Park, close to the camping ground, which has basic facilities suitable for the younger set. Somewhat further out, west of Pangandaran, driving 23 km on the way to Parigi, lays Batu Hiu, meaning Shark's Rock, a coastal rock that has the shark shape.
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You see, Rena has been feeling ill (tired + sore throat) the past few weeks, and today, she couldn't make it to Kendo. But anyway, after practice, we went to Beni's (Chinese food) for lunch. And while I was eating, I could hear what I thought was Chinese from the kitchen (but I couldn't catch it....). And while eating my friend rice, I started thinking that if I could, I should just buy some soup for Rena. Not miso soup, but the 补身 (Chinese - bu sheng: literally, repair the body) kind full of herbs and chicken.
So after eating (and making sure the meal has been paid for, in case they charge the soup to everyone), I went up to the the lady who looked in charge. After chatting for a few minutes (on things like what are we doing, and then about kendo), I mustered up my courage to ask:
"中国語ができますか" (chuugokugo ga dekimasu ka - can you speak Chinese?)
Well, she couldn't, but the waitress and the cook came. So after explaining what was going with Rena to them, they agreed that I shouldn't give her 补身 food because she's already too heaty, and so I should give her something cooling. They didn't have soup, but they went the extra mile and gave me medicine. One that makes a sort of tea and one that's Chinese medicine:
|The packet on the left, that looks like some kind of nut, is apparently sea cucumber
(according to my mom, who is way better at Chinese than me)
I was really incredibly touched. Not only did they refuse to accept my money (they said that it's ok because we're all Chinese), what they gave me was from their personal medicine stash. And after that, the chef (he and his wife gave me the medicines) came out and explained how to take the medicines.
And I don't think I ever missed carrying a conversation in Chinese until today. The chef has also been to Singapore once (about 20 years ago), so there was quite a lot of things to chat about.
Rena (I told her what happened as soon as I got back) and I agreed we have to visit Beni's soon (to say thank you and to eat the -slightly expensive for a student- food).


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Villagers kill three women after branding them witches
Three women have been lynched by villagers in separate incidents in Gumla district. 22 persons, including 19 women, were today arrested after being accused of perpetrating the crime.india Updated: Jun 12, 2013 20:05 IST
Three women have been lynched by villagers in separate incidents in Gumla district. 22 persons, including 19 women, were on wednesday arrested after being accused of perpetrating the crime.
Superintendent of Police Rakesh Bansal said a group of women at Karonda Jore Dipatoli caught 70-year-old Brijnia Indwar and her 42-year-old daughter-in-law Ignesia Indwar, and beat them to death last night on the suspicion of practising witchcraft.
Based on the report of the village chowkidar, nineteen women were arrested in this connection, he said. Ten among those arrested have infant children.
The report alleged that earlier the women held a meeting and held the two responsible for some 'untoward happening' in their village.
Stating that the victims were branded as 'witch' and that the perpetrators would be punished under the law, the SP said it was unfortunate that even in the 21st century people were superstitious.
In a separate incident, Kishore Oraon, Sukar Oraon and Vinod Oraon were arrested on charges of killing a 58-year-old woman, Jamuna Devi, on similar suspicion of witchcraft, at Jolo village of the district last night, the SP said.
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MPAA Members Considering Major Restructuring (Report)
In the wake of the Sony hacking scandal, the studio reportedly considered dropping out of the group.
The Motion Picture Association of America, which has long represented the major Hollywood movie distributors in Washington and around the world, is facing significant changes in the wake of the Sony hacking scandal and the rapidly changing business and technology environment surrounding the industry.
Sony Pictures chairman Michael Lynton was so unhappy about the MPAA's lack of a response to the hacking surrounding the movie The Interview late last year that he seriously considered pulling Sony out of the organization completely, according to a report Thursday in The New York Times.
Lynton changed his mind last month but his complaints about the MPAA's slow response to the hacking has now opened the door to a top to bottom re-examination of the 93-year-old organization.
Former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, who has headed the MPAA since 2011, told the Times that he is open to rethinking the organization's mission and structure: "I'm for that, completely."
The MPAA member companies besides Sony are Viacom/Paramount, Warner Bros., 21st Century Fox and Disney.
One suggestion is that the MPAA needs to expand to encompass TV as well as film.
The companies are also said to be unhappy with the more than $20 million annual cost to be a member, which is expected to rise to closer to $25 million soon.
Dodd was at the helm when the hacking scandal rocked Sony and was often slow to comment or declined to comment as things developed. Dodd admitted in January that he "should have been more vocal."
Still, in The New York Times story and in background interviews with key players in Hollywood, there doesn't seem to be a movement to unseat Dodd, whose contract runs for almost two more years.
However, everything from the MPAA's mandate to whether or not to sell the building it owns in Washington, D.C. is on the table in discussion now going on. The MPAA board next meets in June, but discussions do not necessarily have to wait until then to result in changes.


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Le Mont Saint-Michel, probably France's most famous abbey, rises improbably from a small, rocky island, now connected to land by a causeway. The island is similar geologically to the Mont Dol, just in the bay rather than on land. Mont Saint-Michel's first church was built by Aubert, Bishop of Avranches in 709. Benedictine monks began living on the island in 966, and a larger church was built before the end of the millenium. This was replaced in the 11th Century by a Romanesque church, which was, over the course of subsequent centuries, extended, enlarged, and fortified, with the later additions in the Gothic style. A bustling pilgrimage point during the Middle Ages, after the French Revolution the Abbey was turned into a prison. Dilapidated and unused, the abbey was was declared a historic monument in 1874. Restored in the late 19th Century, the abbey and its island have regained their status as an icon of France.
The causeway connecting Mont Saint-Michel and the mainland serves as both road and parking lot. Over the years, the causeway has amplified the silting of the bay; the government plans to replace the causeway with a bridge, so that the bay's waters, driven by the tides, can flow more freely and return Mont Saint-Michel to being an island rather than a peninsula.
From the abbey's windows, you can look out at the coast as it encroaches on the island.
From the island's ramparts, you can look out into the bay, which divides Brittany from Normandy.
Crossing through the ramparts at the island's main gate, you soon start climbing up the main street, which has commerce and bustle that recall the street as pilgrims must have found it in the Middle Ages. Hotels, restaurants, various museums, and souvenir shops clamor for the tourist's attention.
The abbey was built at the island's summit. Its central part is supported by the rock, and its outer parts are supported by foundations that have been built up around the rock. The whole point of the edifice is to reach toward the heavens. Of course, this means that visitors, like the pilgrims before them, have to climb a long ways to reach the abbey.
After reaching the top of the street, you climb flights of stairs outside the abbey.
Inside the abbey's walls, you climb more flights of stairs.
And then you wind between the abbot's residence and the foundations of the abbey itself, rising from the island's rock.
The abbey was built of granite brought by boat from the Chausey Islands. That must have been the easy part, compared to getting all that rock up the mountain.
When the abbey was converted to a prison, a hauling system was installed. This involved a buttress that served as a track for a heavy wooden sledge, which was raised up the track by a large wheel in which five or six prisoners would walk, as if they were in a large hampster-wheel.
The 19th-Century sledge is no longer used. To its left is a modern cable-car system, which during our visit this was being used to lift supplies for a meeting of personnel of a major French bank.
Visitors to the abbey, alas, are not hauled up on cable-cars. But when, after all that climbing, you reach the top, you get to see one of the masterpieces of religious architecture. The facade is actually more recent than the rest of the abbey. Part of the nave had been removed, and this Romanesque revival front then enclosed the remaining part of the nave. You can see the outlines of the old nave in the raised stone of the platform.
Inside the abbey, you walk through the Romanesque nave, with the Gothic choir ahead of you. In the Middle Ages, this now-sober space would have been much more colorful, with painted walls, tapestries, devotional objects, and so forth.
The choir is unusually light, especially with the morning sun streaming in from the east.
Of course, looking light doesn't make it light. On the level below, the choir is supported by massive, closely set pillars.
I mentioned that parts of the edifice other than the center of the abbey were built up on foundations surrounding the central rock. The most striking part of this is the Merveille, the marvel, which contained the living quarters for the monks. The three stories of the Merveille, which was built up on the north side of the abbey, were constructed in a mere 25 years.
At the top floor of the Merveille, alongside the nave, you find the cloister, which is itself a marvel of Gothic grace, with its twin rows of slender offset columns. In her blog posting about Mont Saint-Michel, Susie included photos of some of the wonderful spandrels above the columns' capitals.
Next to the cloister, also atop the Merveille, is the refectory, whose many tall windows, seen here from the outside, bring in a great diffuse light.
From the inside of the refectory, the windows' deep insets make it so that you see only a few of the windows directly; the rest of the windows light the room, unseen. This produces an overall effect that combines solidity, grace, warmth, and light.
The abbey also has spaces with much less grace but still with interest. Its development over the years, with different styles, designers, and needs, led to odd, left-over and service spaces, such as this little courtyard that recalls M.C. Escher.
The abbey also has elements of unexpected charm, such as this wall along the west side.
As you leave the abbey to return to the city below, you pass through the abbey's gardens, on the north side, near the foundations of the Merveille. The gardens, with their plantings and walks overlooking the bay, provide some moments of serenity before you dive back into the street and its crowds.
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In a span of four years, Jake Michaels has successfully been able to hold court.
That short time frame has seen the Laguna Beach High senior go from novice to an accomplished junior player who in May won his first Orange Coast League singles title. He also was a driving force behind the Breakers' run to a CIF Southern Section Division 4 finals appearance earlier this month at Claremont Club.
Not bad for an athlete who said he first picked up a racquet at age 10 and played only once a month until, at 15, he began to play tennis daily.
Playing national soccer, he said, took up most his sports calendar between the ages of 6 and 15.
"We had a great season this year," he said of the Breakers, who finished runner-up to the Division 4 crown to defending-champion Viewpoint. "We had high aspirations coming into the season and we were able to live up to our expectations by making it to the CIF championship."


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Definition of Liver fluke
1. Noun. Flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans.
Generic synonyms: Fluke, Trematode, Trematode Worm
Group relationships: Fasciola, Genus Fasciola
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1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1908)
"The adult liver-fluke is a Hat unsegmented worm, about an inch and a half in length, ... The liver-fluke, like many parasitic worms, is hermaphrodite, ie, ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1881)
"I.—Report of Experiments on the Development of the Liver-Fluke (Fasciola ... The eggs of the liver- fluke occur in very large numbers in the contents of the ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"The paper will be very useful to all who are engaged in researches of this kind. Life-History of the liver fluke.f—Professor E. Leuckart states that his ..."
4. A Junior Course of Practical Zoology by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1899)
"THE adult liver-fluke is a flat unsegmented worm, about an inch and a half long, ... I. THK MATURE LIVER-FLUKE. Slit open the bile-ducts in ihr. liver of an ..."
5. On diseases of the liver by George Budd (1853)
"The Liver-Fluke; its effect on Sheep and other Graminivorous Animals—Flukes found in the Gall-ducts, in the Duodenum, and in branches of the Portal Vein, ..."


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INCITE: Innovative controls for renewable sources integration into smart energy systems
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Costa Castelló, Ramon
Raveendran Nair, Unnikrishnan
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Siniscalchi, Sara
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Ananduta, Wicak
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The advances in communication and information networks and the wide availability of powerful and cheap computers have transformed many aspects of our lives. The electrical networks are not an exception. New smart meters, distributed generation, renewable energy sources and the concern about the environment are redefining electrical networks. Now, both consumers and generators are active agents that are capable of coordinating the extraction and injection of power into the electrical grid depending on the energy cost, energy availability and even the behavior of electrical variables. This new reality is a great opportunity to improve energy efficiency and reduce CO2 footprints by using clean energy sources. But it is also a big challenge. The electrical network is one of the most complex systems ever made, with this new reality the additional controllability and the great number of actors may lead to undesirable results and even to network outages.
In order to take full advantage of these new electrical networks, it is necessary a coordinated and harmonic interaction among all actors in the network. This is the role of the control algorithms, thought to act at several levels to conduct the extraction and injection of the electrical power and improve efficiency, reliability and resilience of the network. INCITE aims to this target, to propose new control algorithms with an integral view of the future electrical networks, covering aspects like energy management, stability of electrical variables, monitoring and communication implementation, energy storage, among others. The objective is to create an interdisciplinary (control, electrical and management fields), cross-sectorial (academic and industry) and international research environment in which 14 young researchers propose innovative control solution for the future energy networks.
Project Publications
Journal Publications
T. Péan, J. Salom and R. Costa Castelló. Review of control strategies for improving the energy flexibility provided by heat pump systems in buildings. Journal of Process Control, 2019, to appear.
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S. Siniscalchi, F. Bianchi, M. De Prada and C. Ocampo-Martínez. A wind farm control strategy for power reserve maximization. Renewable Energy, 131: 37-44, 2019.
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W. Ananduta, J. Barreiro, C. Ocampo-Martínez and N. Quijano. Mitigation of communication failures in distributed model predictive control strategies. IET Control Theory and Applications, 12(18): 2507-2515, 2018.
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Conference Publications
S. Siniscalchi, F. Bianchi and C. Ocampo-Martínez. Predictive control of wind farms based on lexicographic minimizers for power reserve maximization, 2018 American Control Conference, 2018, Milwaukee, USA, pp. 701-706.
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W. Ananduta, J. Barreiro, C. Ocampo-Martínez and N. Quijano. Resilient information-exchange protocol for distributed model predictive control schemes, 2018 American Control Conference, 2018, Milwaukee, USA, pp. 1286-1291.
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W. Ananduta, J.M. Maestre, C. Ocampo-Martínez and H. Ishii. Resilient distributed energy management for systems of interconnected microgrids, 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2018, Miami, to appear.
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U. Raveendran Nair, R. Costa Castelló and A. Baños. Reset control of boost converters, 2018 American Control Conference, 2018, Milwaukee, USA, pp. 553-558.
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U. Raveendran Nair and R. Costa Castelló. An overview of micro-grid architecture with hybrid storage elements and its control, XV Simposio CEA de Ingeniería de Control, 2017, Salamanca, pp. 17-23.
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S. Siniscalchi, F. Bianchi, C. Ocampo-Martínez and M. De Prada. A wind farm operational strategy for primary frequency support optimization, 2017 Wind Europe Conference and Exhibition, 2017, Amsterdam, pp. PO.061.
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LLANELLI coach Nigel Davies has warned the top brass of the Welsh Rugby Union that Wales will continue to struggle in Europe unless there is a radical shake-up in the way the national game is financed and managed.
Davies believes the cash-strapped regions in Wales will continually struggle to match Europe's superpowers both on and off the field under the current structure and he fears the Heineken Cup is becoming a 'closed shop' for those who are virtually "buying" success.
The stark message comes as the Scarlets continue the inquest into their latest Heineken Cup heartache following their defeat at the hands of Biarritz last Friday night.
Llanelli have been the standard bearers for Wales in Europe yet, even with home advantage and all their cup experience, they were powerless to close the gap on one of the continent's big players.
And with further cuts in union funding predicted for next season, that, Davies suggests, should set alarm bells ringing across the board in Welsh rugby.
"There is a major concern regarding the funding we, and the other regions, are going to receive, especially when compared with the big teams in Europe," said Davies.
"There's no doubt that European rugby is becoming very much like football where the big teams are leaving the rest further behind and, as they do, top players will demand larger and larger sums.
"If you look at the four semi-finalists in the Heineken Cup, they all have budgets over #2m and that is hard to compete with.
"The gap is growing every year and when Frank Hadden (Edinburgh coach) said he didn't think another Scottish side will ever reach the quarter-finals again because of that, I don't think he was far off the mark. The fact is that you must have a budget of at least #2m and we don't get anything like that.
"We are more fortunate in Wales than Scotland as the development is better and I believe we have a larger talent base, but we must step up the development of players from the academies through to the regions because they are the lifeblood for the continuity of the top level in Wales.
"I honestly believe a Welsh team will one day win the Heineken Cup - I hope it's soon and I hope it's us - but what we are realising is that we, in Wales, cannot afford to leave that to chance. We can't just hope it happens.
"We have to improve structures and accelerate player development. We must have clearer objectives to get the little things right, then the bigger picture comes into place.
"The fact is that we have to be far more focused because we are competing with teams who can buy success."
However, his impassioned rallying call is likely to fall on deaf ears with the Union last week confirming a #500,000 cut in central funding to the five regions following a fall in European money.
Nevertheless, that will not stop Davies and Scarlets director of rugby Gareth Jenkins from looking to strengthen their squad in a bid to win the one trophy that has eluded the club.
Davies knocked back talk of a clear-out at Stradey and dismissed the suggestion of needing to rebuild as "inevitable" in the wake of their 27-10 defeat to Biarritz. But he admitted that Llanelli would be shopping this summer.
"It was inevitable that criticism would come our way after the loss and maybe there was some justification, but we don't agree there is a need to break up the squad," he said.
"We didn't perform particularly well by our standards and on the occasion we fell short, but our experience in the knockout stage of Europe will continue to stand us in good stead and I believe we will be competitive next year - as we were this season.
"The squad is strong but, like all regions, we will look to strengthen all the time."
Llanelli (v Leinster): B Davies; G Evans, M Taylor, T Selley, S Finau; S Jones (capt), D Peel; I Thomas, A Gravelle, J Thiel, A Jones, C Wyatt, D Hodges, S Quinnell, S Easterby.


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BEVERLY HILLS, California - Eva Longoria-Parker and Jackie Chan have just opened up a new restaurant in Beverly Hills. The $18.8 million restaurant named The El Fortune Taco is quite unique in that it it features an extensive food menu with a combination of Mexican/Chinese cuisine.
Eva was interviewed and said, "Jackie and I first met last year at a San Antonio Spurs-Houston Rockets game. He was cheering for his good friend Yao Ming and I was cheering for my husband Tony Parker, number 20. Jackie and I just started talking about his wonderful sense of humor and my amazing beauty, I was the 1998 Miss Corpus Christi you know."
Eva flashed her radiant smile and continued, "So there we were sitting in section 3, row 4, seat 5 (me) and seat 6 (him). We were talking about Mexican bullfights and Chinese fire drills. And then we started talking about my love for Mexican food and his love for Chinese food. And we both suddenly broke out laughing because the only food that was available at the game was hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn, and excuse my language but something that they call a 'Mr. Wieny-on-a-Stick.'
Eva smiled and said, "So since we both love to eat and since both of us are basically loaded with lots, and lots, and lots of money we decided to open up a restaurant together. And instead of it being just simply a Mexican restaurant or just simply a Chinese restaurant we decided to make it different and open up a combination Mexican-Chinese restaurant.
I later looked in the Greater Los Angeles phone book and I found 7,403 Mexican restaurants, everything from The Attractive Avocado All-Night Restaurant to The Zorro Zacatecas Sit & Eat Enchilada Eatery. When Jackie looked in the phonebook he came across 5,992 Chinese restaurants from The Ancestor Ang Bu Chang Happy Hot Bamboo Hut to The Zeng Zi Top of the Bird's Nest Nook Restaurant.
Eva said, "It's kind of funny because as we sat at the game talking about our new business venture, we actually began arguing, sort of quietly at first. But then Jackie really pissed me off and I called him a bad word in Spanish and he then called me a bad word in Chinese and before we knew it we were pushing and shoving each other. And this is so embarrassing, but both Jackie and I actually ended up rolling around in the aisle like a couple of WWE wrestlers."
Longoria-Parker went on, "...and, fans that were sitting nearby began yelling and hollering and one Rocket fan, a tall skinny bitch wearing a bright red 'I Slept with Bill O'Reilly' T-Shirt ran up the steps and called one of the ushers. Well the usher didn't recognize me, especially since Jackie had pulled my San Antonio Spurs cap completely down over my eyes. And so he grabs my arm and starts walking me up the steps towards one of the arena's exit doors. Well by this time my picture is now being shown throughout the entire arena on the big JumboTron screen."
"Well everybody in the arena sees my picture and they all start hollering, clapping, whistling, and cheering since I'm sure they have all seen me on 'Desperate Housewives,' which airs Sundays on ABC, 9 pm Eastern, 8 pm Central. Well by then my cute little French hubby looked up from the court and he saw my picture and he immediately called a time-out and he actually came up into the seats and he yelled at the usher in his cute little French accent." "Hey you bozo-looking punk let go of my beautiful Mexican-American actress/model wife right now before I hit you with this regulation NBA basketball!"
The usher replied, "Yes sir, Mr. Parker." "He then quickly escorted me back to my seat. He gave me a free Diet Dr. Pepper and a bag of peanuts. He offered me his sincerest apologies and then he took the handcuffs off my wrists." Eva added, "Then my Tony went back on the court and right away he shot and made a three-pointer and I heard him say, 'Eva Baby Lips sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, tres bien ensemble.' He is such a Beatles fan and a fantastic romantic. He calls me Baby Lips and I call him Tony."
Eva, aka Gabrielle Solis remarked, "Well by now it was the third quarter and damn if Jackie doesn't start arguing with me again. He told me that he wanted to name our restaurant The Jackie Chan & Eva Longoria-Parker Chinese-Mexican Restaurtant and I told him, No way in hell chop stick breath and that it would be named The Eva Longoria-Parker & Jackie Chan Mexican-Chinese Restaurant. He then stood up and yelled," "That's not gonna happen tamale breath."
"He then left to go to the men's room. When he returned he looked at me, smiled, and said," "Eva Longoria-Parker girl you are one crazy Mexican-muchacha." I smiled and said "And Jackie Chan man you are one crazy Chinese checker. We both laughed and I gave him a sip of my Diet Dr. Pepper."
Eva said proudly, "My Spurs won in overtime, with my Tony making the winning basket at the buzzer." She said that her and Jackie finally agreed that the restaurant's name would be 'The El Fortune Taco'. And it has already become a very popular eating establishement with many well-known entertainment celebrities such as Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, Salma Hayek, Kim Kardashian, and the three Kevin's (Costner, Bacon, and Kline)."
When Eva was interviewed by Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart, she said, "Mary I do not want people to just look at me as this sexy, sultry, sensuously delicious actress slash model, but I want them to also see me as a smooth, slick, shrewed, sophisticated, serpentine entrepreneur." Mary smiled and softly asked, "Say Eva what's with all of the S's?" And Eva replied, "Oh just ignore them and they'll go away after a while."
Jackie Chan and Eva Longoria spared no expense as evidenced by their fantastically fabulous grand opening festivities, which was televised live on CNN, MTV, VH-1, and on Mexicali, Mexico's Channel Uno. The event featured live performances by The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, and Willie Nelson. Mariah Carey was originally scheduled to perform, but Eva said that she had to back out because she is allergic to Roasted Suckling Pig and Huevos Rancheros. The El Fortune Taco accepts Visa, Master Card, American Express, US Dollars, Mexican Pesos, Chinese Renminbi's, and French Francs*
*Because Tony insisted.
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How to survive and thrive teaching those *wonderful* middle years of school.
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Ashley I have stumbled across your blog and it appears to be a great example of learning and teaching!ReplyDelete
I am interested more about your flipped classroom. How are things going? I am curious to know what videos you are using, and are you having students watch videos at home or just in class?
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Things are going pretty well. I am a state tested subject so we haven't been online much this quarter. I have been using mostly videos found on YouTube. I have made my own videos using programs like iMovie and PowToon. I have found, however, that if someone else has taken the time make something awesome then, why invent the wheel?
This school year I tried to for a more self-paced classroom which made it so students were watching more videos in class than out. At first I was like, meh, at least they are watching them. Now, looking at pacing I really need them to watch them at home for "homework". I feel I might start giving them video quizzes as warm-ups to try and get students to watch them at home.
As for suggestions, if you go with youtube videos, you need to make sure there are no firewalls up at your school that will prevent the students from getting the videos. I was finding videos and using clip converter websites, then posting the MP4s.
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My fantastic mother-in-law flew out last Wednesday when my mom had surgery
so that she could take care of the Peanut while mom was recuperating.
We're so lucky to have family that loves Peanut (and us) so much that they'll do things like that.
She stayed Wednesday through Sunday and proved that it is indeed possible to:
watch the baby
and keep the apartment clean
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She also nearly finished 2 books.
Did I mention that she watched Peanut and made dinner and
the place was cleaner then when she got here?
I'm pretty sure she blew my cover because it's taken me
17 months to convince B that none of that was possible.
But can she do all that AND browse Pinterest and Facebook?
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The outlook isn't good, my friends.
We're running out of leftovers from her visit
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After a cool, wet spring, the gardens have filled in and are growing rapidly. I got a very late start this year, planting my annuals out a full month later than usual, due to the incessant rain and flooding in our area. We are more than 20 inches above normal rainfall for the year! We also had a very rainy and warm winter here, apparently equal to a Zone 10 or 11 — I had a fuchsia in a hanging basket that came back from the roots this spring (after hanging outside all winter), all my "annual" begonias sprouted back from the roots in the patio bed, and an Angel's Trumpet Datura in a container on the back deck overwintered and sprouted back and is now huge again. Anyway, the weather seems to be getting back to "normal" here (hot and humid) and here are some photos taken over the past month or so, in between rain showers, click to enlarge. (Much more to come, soon!)
Zinnias, 'Caramel' Heuchera, purple Shamrocks (Oxalis)
Annuals including Sunpatiens, Zinnias, Vinca around patio near creekside borders
Annual Phlox 'Intensia', Dianthus, Zinnias, Heuchera and more
Heuchera, Vinca, Zinnias, colored glass pebbles and blue bottles stepping stones at patio


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Friday's A.M. Hot Clicks feature the lovely Jillian Murray and the $250 pile of feces sent to the Rams owner.
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It's Friday. The weekend is nearly here and Tiffany Oshinsky and her amazing hair bun are back for another round of useless trivia. Enjoy.
Rams Fan Sends Owner Pile of Crap
This is true. She literally sent Stan Kroenke $250 worth of crap. Gross and awesome.
Most Awkward Coach Dances of 2015
College coaches dancing has become one of my favorite trends in sports. Athlon Sports compiled the best from 2015 and Frank Beamer is my favorite (even though he only landed the No. 7 spot). Since we're in the mood, here are the 25 best sports dance moments of 2015.
Lovely Lady of the Day
Dave from Denver writes: "Had an opportunity to watch the last couple of episodes of Code Black and took notice of an actress I hadn't seen before. Finally got her name after Thursday night's episode. If you haven't already, check her out. You won't be disappointed. Her name is Jillian Murray." I did check her out and I was not disappointed. Jillian is today's LLOD (click for full-size gallery).
NFL Hoodie Alert
Packers receiver James Jones has fully embraced his hoodie as a good luck charm and will wear it during Sunday's playoff game. Speaking of hoodies, Bill "Black Eye" Belichick was in quite the mood Thursday.
Petition of the Day
Put Barack Obama in the 2017 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.
Extreme Haircuts
This barber cuts hair while skydiving, underwater and more. I am not sure why he does so, but it makes a great link.
Dirk Digs Into the SI Vault
#tbt What the.... pic.twitter.com/VTF6eV7J5T— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) January 14, 2016
Two players in this photo celebrate a birthday today. Happy 40th Steve Nash and Happy 41st Juwan Howard: pic.twitter.com/D8OyC6u4A5— SI Vault (@si_vault) February 7, 2014
Chip Kelly Effect
FWIW the 49ers have taken just about all of the Colin Kaepernick merchandise off clearance pic.twitter.com/bkzJYtdn4n— Mike Rosenberg (@ByRosenberg) January 14, 2016
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Best Interview in Sports
These guys 😂https://t.co/3BKE2QsxzJ— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 15, 2016
I Love Donovan Smith's Grandma
My Grandmother was turnt #RanOffOnThePlugTwice while cooking breakfast lmao @plies pic.twitter.com/D540jbdJ9s— Donovan Smith (@DSmith_76) January 14, 2016
Peyton Manning's Funniest Commercials
We collected Peyton's funniest ads. The Manning Brothers rap video remains my favorite.
Today in Sports
A look ahead to Friday's top attractions, including the Cavaliers trip to Houston, the Stars showdown with the Ducks and George Washington's battle with Dayton.
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