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Riding high on the success from making Buster a pair of cider pants from well used cider pressing cloth, I decided to make a pair for myself. I've been feeling like it would be great to have more than one pair of pants suitable to wear out of the house. The last pair of pants I made myself took about 2 years, but I am getting better and faster when it comes to making clothes. Buster's pants only took me like a month, and the process of making pants was fresh in my mind.
Becky convinced me to throw out the last pair of commercially made pants I was milking along for occasional dirty work. They were heavily patched, but when the patches started pulling out the tissue thin base fabric at their edges, I moved to duct tape. By mass I bet they had more duct tape than fabric. Problem with duct tape is that is doesn't come through the wash too well. Anyway, these went in the trash finally.
I started with a new pattern, which might have been a mistake. I felt my other pair of pants ended up being rather loose fitting, which was ok for the material and style, but I thought it would be nice to have a closer fitting option. And while using my other pants year round has awakened me to the surprising benefits of wearing wool in the heat of summer, a complementary set of trousers in flat cotton cloth was appealing. Plus, in my dream world my whole family would show up at Cider 11 (or 12?) in matching clothes made from old press cloth.
Rather than using a draft this time, I just sketched a pattern from some body measurements and first principles. Like: 95cm waist, so 2x front plus 2x back pattern must = ~97cm, and so on.
I took this approach on Buster's pants and the last few things I've made and it has been working out well. This time I must have been temporarily insane and somehow reached a decision not to make a muslin, even with a new pattern. Madness! Looking back at the pattern in my pictures now, it seems obvious that it is too small in the above crotch point area and thighs areas for my figure, just given the proportions of the leg vs. hip width on the paper. Note to self: make muslin for new pattern!
So I just thought I would breeze through to cutting the pieces for the real garment and leave some extra at the outseams and seat for fitting. Patched holes in the press cloths made it tricky to lay out the pieces in a fabric efficient arrangement while keeping them both with grain line parallel to the selvage.
After cutting, I lined the outseam edges with black hug snug binding, intending to flat fell the inseams. Flat fell is overall probably less work than binding both sides of a seam. For a double sided bound and sewn seam the way I do it, I need to do 5 separate stitch and press operations. Flat fell cuts this down to 2, with some extra work of trimming and folding. One downside, which I could appreciate keenly later on in this project, is that it is a lot more annoying to rip down and resew a flat felled seam to fix mistakes or improve fit, and part of flat felling is trimming the seam allowances in a way that limits future adjustments severely.
I made up the pieces for front pockets and a button fly and attached them. Last pair of pants taught me to use outside cloth for the outside facing piece of the button fly, even though it should ostensibly be covered after final assembly. Also used cider cloth for the entire inner side of the pocket bags, to simplify pocket construction. The bags run all the way from side seam to the fly, and finally I feel like the pocket bags are big enough. For the lining pieces of the fly, pockets, and waist band, I used silk Fuji Broadcloth. I folded down and topstitched the outer edge of the pockets, to keep the lining from showing.
While I'm not opposed in principle to back pockets, I simply don't use them much in practice so I tend to leave them out when sewing pants. My experience is that either I smoosh whatever is in there, or it uncomfortably jabs me in the bum when I sit down.
Buttonholes were made on the Singer 99, and most everything was done with Mettler 623 Silk-Finish cotton thread. I've given up on Tire brand silk thread. It is very nice stuff in some ways, but it's shortcomings have become too much for me:
- only available in tiny spools
- #50 just a bit small for my taste. They have #30, but it's cost/meter and short length on a spool are discouraging.
- It is not color fast in regular laundry. I've had two garments get horribly stained by color coming out of the thread in the wash. So annoying! Maybe it is color fast with dry cleaning, but I don't believe in dry cleaning barring exceptional circumstances.
Lately I have moved to sewing on buttons exclusively with Kevlar thread.
A 600 meter spool of Tex 160 size PVA bonded thread from the discount section of Thread Exchange should last me the rest of my life. I had tried silk thread, silk buttonhole twist, and regular weight polyester and cotton thread. Nothing seemed up to the rigors of high strain locations, especially suspender buttons with non-elasticated suspenders. The Kevlar is ridiculously strong, so provided I get it tied off well at beginning and end, 3 or 4 loops around a button will hold it successfully. If I ever bought another spool, I'd go for a little lighter thread since this one can be hard to get through the eye of a needle.
I put on the waist band, then decided the waist needed to come in some more, so I ripped it out and redid it at the center back.
I put in some bar tack type reinforcements at points like the bottom of the fly, bottom of pockets, the crack of the whale tale, and around the silk waistband curtain at seam allowances to hold it down.
This has the additional benefit of being easier to adjust (by making new leather straps longer or shorter).
Using the pattern I made for my last hat, I cut out some pieces. The inner cap is made from scraps of washed canvas I had around, stiffened with a layer of medium weight nonwoven sew in interfacing.
The outer layer is cidercloth, with both top and bottom of the brim in the same. After finishing the last hat, I felt the brim could have been stiffer, so this time I used a piece of paperboard inserted between the two brim fabric layers (cut from a Cheerios box). I topstitched around the edge of the brim; probably catching some of the paperboard.
A little handwork wrapped things up.
Despite being almost exactly the same as the last hat, Becky thinks it looks weird. When I finished it around 10pm one night last week, I wore it while eating a bowl of spicy ramen noodles in my underwear at our kitchen counter. For some reason, she couldn't stop laughing! Maybe she was remembering a joke someone had told her earlier in the day.... certainly couldn't be me! Possible explanations for the different look include the fact that it is closer to skin color and that it tapers at the top slightly more than the wool one.
Of course I'm going to wear it anyway. I consider myself lucky that my wife is willing to appear in public with me.
Here I am just after finishing the pants (before the hat was done), heading to our neighbors' house for dinner, bottle of cider in hand. The pants are complemented with a simple white shirt I made a while ago, and my multiply re-soled summer size wood shoes.


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Exumer - 'Fire & Damnation' (metalblade) 4/5
So was the wait, just shy of a quarter of a century worth it? Well listening to this one makes me feel like its 1986 again, and that is not a bad thing. Basically F&D is a ten track cakewalk back to those heady day. Cuts like Fallen Saint, Vermin of the Sky (my fave cut on offer) and Devil Chaser are all sweet old school thrash workouts. Not particularly fast or aggressive by modern standards, but still dripping in 1980's style brutality menace and power. Vocalist Mem V. Stein snarls and barks out his bile and anger like a good un, the guitars of HK and Ray Mensh churn, thrash and shred like a pair of Glasgow razor boys at chucking out time, and the demolition crew rhythm section of T. Schiavo and Matthias Kassner drive the whole thing on like a rogue bulldozer. Good stuff, good stuff indeed.
OK, so this album sounds like Exumer sounded back in the day. And there is nothing wrong with that, so often a classic thrash band will try to reinvent themselves for a modern audience and fuck up big time (at this point I will enter into evidence Onslaughts 'Shadows Of Violence' album). Furthermore these days sounding like a classic 1980's thrash band can be an advantage, there is a big revival in retro rock going on at the moment as the youth of today are rediscovering the classic rock and metal of the 70's and 80's; and therefore there is a whole new audience out there just waiting to be 'Exumed'.
Pretty damn good
For fans of... Slayer, Onslaught, English Dogs, Testament, Megadeth etc....
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Does anybody know the volume of a 5 gal corny filled right to the brim (e.g. for purging, or when beer reaches the gas in a closed transfer)?
Next brew day, I'd fill one up then pour/pump it out into your Boil kettle and verify the volume. Then use the water for brewing.
Why not just use a vessel your scale can handle, get the known volume, and fill the keg with it and add it up?


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After a first viewing of Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, the only response can be an ecstatic litany of the tiny, seemingly mundane moments that holistically create its world. A toddler gazing upon his infant brother for the first time, eyes full with wonder. That same older brother then angrily throwing his toy blocks, presumably in a fit of jealousy. Water purposely spilled on a brother's painting. A woman's slip stolen and sent downstream. A sudden cutaway of a burning house followed by a shot of the back of a child's raw, singed head. A childhood home glimpsed from the back of a car driving its inhabitants away from it forever. The more one catalogues what happens, however, the more it begins to feel wrong; as though it's somehow against the grain of the film to separate these images (and our memories of what we've seen onscreen) with periods. These are not staccato moments, nor are they even scenes in any traditional sense. They're also not really even impressions—they're too weighted with import.
Upon a second viewing of the film, one may feel the need to proselytize to others how those images, which initially seem as though they're placed before us as a shuffled deck of cards, do indeed fit into a clear, even concise whole—a spiritual journey with clear-cause-and-effect strategies. The most radical thing about Malick's seeming non-narrative masterwork is the profound coherence of its design. It is constructed of discrete movements—it is symphonic, sometimes held aloft on a trill, other times driven in allegro motion. We feel caught in a freeze frame—of the terror, longing, nostalgia, confusion, heartbreak, and devilry of childhood—but we're constantly being pushed forward as though to some greater understanding about this family, or ourselves, and consequently the universe. Whether we get there is in the eye of the beholder, but regardless of whether one takes Malick's earnest plunge into the Big Questions (you know, those insignificant matters like "Why are we here?") as rewardingly impenetrable or as just, well, hokum, there's no denying that the way this artist and his collaborators have evoked our world—through framing and lighting, editing, music, performance, art direction—is nothing short of miraculous: a work of almost constant rapture and simmering dread, in which every fleeting gesture seems burdened with the weight of existence. Read Michael Koresky's article on The Tree of Life.
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Hi Bernard,
I like the low angle composition, but felt it needed more Depth of Field (DoF) in foreground, however, it is shot at f/11 - and on a second look I now think it isn't so much a lack of DoF as lack of resolution, partly due to the small size posted and possibly a few blown highlights in the fluff or even the more literal "blowing" of them (in the wind?) not frozen by the SS of 1/160s.
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People are staying healthier - and therefore living longer. As a result we need more doctors. Another 1,000 medical school entrants a year is proposed, an increase that would involve upping medical school intakes by about a fifth.
The government will not want to pay pro rata for a 20 per cent expansion of medical training nor meet the capital costs of 1,000 new training places. Indeed, the risk is that it will bow to short-term pressures and put any extra money into treatment, not education, concentrating on cutting waiting lists and avoiding patients-on-trolleys crises.
This means that if extra doctors are to be produced, as they should be, new ways of doing it will have to figure in future plans. There are plenty of ideas around that are far more sophisticated than those advanced to cure the problems of other shortage professions such as engineering.
Most popular is a three-year short-track medical degree for people with a biological sciences degree. People who decide to become doctors at 21 may make better professionals than those attracted to medicine as teenagers. However, a short track for the medical school may be a long one for the student. Three or four years of undergraduate life followed by three more years of qualifying as a medic might well look unattractive in the world of student loans and fees.
Another idea is to create a new group of health professionals who do not boast the full range of skills of today's doctors. Why does a heart or lung specialist need the full range of medical knowledge when the person you see about your teeth does not? It has long been said that a medical degree is more like 60 GCSEs in a row than a full degree in another subject, so why not reduce the number of topics to produce people faster who could still be effective?
Such medics would have problems with both the public, who would doubt their standing, and with other doctors, who might see them as presumptuous nurses or chiropodists rather than colleagues.
But creating new types of professional could help expand the social mix of doctors and the educational base from which they come. Medicine is almost entirely the preserve of old universities. A medical school is a badge of status in a way that even the best business school is not. The sooner new universities, or the Open University, get into the field to enhance educational and social diversity, the better. Such new schools might well have more feel for the needs of their students. not everyone who would make a good doctor wants to have to prove their dedication by working three times the hours that would be illegal for a lorry driver.
Plans for training more doctors should not, however, be considered in isolation. They should form part of a wider political reappraisal of the supply of medical services across the community. It has long been known that the poor get ill more often and live less long than the rich but new wrinkles are emerging in recent research (pages 22-23). Some poor communities flourish. Societies with flatter income distributions and less stress seem to be less illness-inducing. Social policies that make it easier for people to work may lead to less illness and less wear and tear on doctors. Tax changes to encourage making houses less draughty or smoking less affordable may play a role. Demand for medical services is never likely to be satisfied in the way the NHS's founders hoped but that should not excuse politicians from constantly seeking ways of providing services as even-handedly as possible.


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Monday, October 05, 2009
Career aspirations
I love how her little heart comes out in those moments. Caroline is truly one of the the most helpful children I've ever known. I know I'm biased, but she genuinely wants to serve others and gets true joy out of helping. When we are baking together or when she is helping me unload the dishwasher or sweep the floor, you would think I was treating her to an ice cream sundae. Her face is abeam with the biggest smile because she enjoys being part of helping me do something. Anything. Her sharing her dreams with me and that smile are the reminder I need to enjoy those times when she wants to help, when really it would be easier to do it alone.
Caroline is an extremely sensitive, very emotionally adept little girl, so as a result, I have to be very careful how I respond to her. I have to think before I decide whether to tell her "no" about something. The question I started asking myself when Caroline was about 18 months old is, "Is this important enough for me to say no and stick with it?"
If there is really no good reason for saying no (like when she wants to help me unload the dishwasher; she is able to help, she won't get hurt, and the only thing it costs me is a few extra minutes and a lesson in patience), then I try to be really diligent about saying yes. I want to cultivate that helping, caring spirit in this little gift God has allowed me to care for and not quench the spirit that makes her who she is and who she will be.
One of my most frequent prayers as a mother is, "God please give me wisdom to raise these girls well and the patience to let your will be done in them and not mine." I think that as adults we lose sight of the journey because we are so focused on the destination. I have my list of "to-dos" and I just want to get through it, but Caroline sees each thing on that list as something else she can be part of. No offense to the wonderful women who taught me in my school years, but Caroline is definitely the best teacher I've encountered in life thus far.
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Great post Ashley. I needed this today.
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When you visit a physician for anything other than routine reasons, it's best to take someone with you who will be able to listen with you to what the doctor says. It's even better to take notes, and if the doctor will permit it, to tape his comments upon diagnosis. The reason for this is that later, you will want to talk over and consider exactly what was said. If you have just been diagnosed with a frightening disease, you won't be able to hear much beyond the stark words of the diagnosis.
There are two main questions that you want answered:
- What's wrong with me?
- What can you do for me?
The answer to the first question has to go beyond simply naming the disease. You need to know as much as you want to hear. If you are receiving a diagnosis of ALS, for example, what you want to hear is the full name of the disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), spelled for you; its common name (Lou Gehrig's disease); and what the name of the disease means. This may be enough information for the first appointment.
The answer to the second question can under no circumstances be "nothing." Although there is still no known cure for ALS, there's plenty the medical system can do for a patient. If your doctor cannot help, ask for a referral to someone who can or contact The ALS Association.
ALWAYS GET A SECOND OPINION for a disease like ALS. It's tricky to diagnose.
Ideally, several professionals should be involved in the care of a patient with ALS: a neurologist, a pulmonologist, a physical therapist, a speech therapist, an occupational therapist, and a social worker. Consults with a nutritionist and a dentist can be helpful. The caregiver also needs some professional help: a mental health professional and/or a member of the clergy are essential. Support groups are also often very helpful. Most important is that the caregiver MUST find some way to get some respite.
The two smartest things that were said to my husband when he was first diagnosed were:
- Don't read any statistics. This disease is now your personal possession. It will take its own course with you.
- Don't concentrate on the big picture; it's out of your control. Take as much pleasure as you possibly can in every moment of your life. The small, sweet things will be your consolation.
The two wisest remarks that were made to me as a caregiver when my husband was first diagnosed were:
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A year ago I was asked to serve as a family history consultant in our ward. My bishop asked me to focus my attention on making family history a meaningful experience for our youth.
I started working with our 11 years olds who were about to leave Primary and go into the Young Men's and Young Women's program. I wanted to help them find their own family names that they could bring to the temple once they turned 12.
At first I thought this wouldn't be that difficult because I know how much the young people enjoy working with technology. So, I started by teaching some classes to the youth during their week night mutual activities. I quickly found that this approach did not work. It took all night to create accounts for each person in the class. I also learned that most of the parents and grandparents of these young people were still alive. In most cases, these kids couldn't remember names of their ancestors back far enough to find a deceased ancestor so they didn't have success using the FamilySearch database. Because of that, the experience was not very meaningful.
My next step was to work with the youth individually in their homes with their parents. With mom and dad present, we were able to:
- Set up an account quickly and easily for the child.
- Use the information that their parents remembered about their grandparents who had died so we were able to connect up the "dead people".
- Show them pictures and share stories if someone had added them to an ancestor's page.
- Played some fun family history oriented games with the family.
- Make and enjoy family history treats using old family recipes.
I also got permission from the bishop to create a lesson plan for a 2 week course which I taught during the Sunday School hour to the entire family of each young man and young woman. I asked their parents to bring whatever electronic devises they had to connect to the internet. If they didn't have enough I brought some "extras" that I had around my house.
I first scheduled the 11 year olds, their older siblings and their parents for 2 consecutive weeks. My goal was to help the family support their 11 year old in finding a name to take to the temple. In our ward, when a young boy or girl turns 12 they typically recited an Article of Faith in front of the congregation. I asked our bishop to give them the opportunity to instead, share a story about an ancestor they found and prepared to take to the temple.
So far, we've seen a 100% success rate with each one of our youth finding at least 1 name using descendant research techniques. The kids get so excited when they see that green temple icons on their line! In addition to names, dates and places, we often find some additional information about the person to make them real (occupation, where they lived, what was happening to them around that time, etc.) We now have regularly scheduled temple trips where our ward youth get to print out their cards and take their own family names to the temple.
During our class, we brainstorm ideas about connecting our family using social media. We go to the Relative Finder website and join a group created for our ward. This allows them to see if any of them are related to someone else in our ward. It is fun to hear the youth calling each other "Cousin!" in the hall.
The key to making family history meaningful to young people is to make it fun and engaging. There is so much you can do to expose them to the history their ancestors lived; to show them old family photos they may never have seen and to do things that helps them understand what life was like for their ancestor. It's activities like this that helps our youth have their hearts turned to their ancestors.
Below is a copy of a handout I use when I work with the young people of our ward/stake. It shows some of the alternate family history activities they can get involved with instead of or in addition to researching a family line or clearing names for the temple.
This article was submitted by Taylor H. Giles who serves as a Family History Consultant in his ward.


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Art Trek & Project Ability visual arts workshops
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Crazy old lady warning signs
This morning I caught myself having a long conversation with Angus, conducted entirely (on my part) in high-pitched baby talk. He meowed back very sweetly. I said a lot of things like, "Oh him is a pretty, pretty boy, him is!" and "Oh, who has the cutest little fuzzy tummy?"
Can unfortunate flowered blouses and tea cups full of gin be far behind?
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What concerns me more is the possibility that you'll adopt at least five more cats.ReplyDelete
You sound perfectly sane to me! But then I've had similar 'chat's with my dog and have noticed I get odd looks. What's wrong with people? It's them, not us.ReplyDelete
Our friends recently got a miniature Pinscher. It was on my lap and I stood up to leave, cuddling him and saying good-bye and then I said "I kissed him. I just kissed a dog". Small furry animals just make people crazy.ReplyDelete
- Jen's Pete5:53 PM
I'd be more concerned about the Yoda-like grammar, but hey, enjoy the teacups of gin! :-)ReplyDelete
Does this mean I have to take the unfortunate.... I mean beautiful flowered blouse back that I bought for your Christmas present?ReplyDelete
Jen - no worries on that front. The two I have are busy eating me out of house and home. I couldn't afford any more.ReplyDelete
Clippy - exactly! It's them. I hope.
Natalie - I agree.
Biblio - They do make you crazy, in the best possible way.
Pete - if you can drink a bottle of beer, or a glass of champagne, then I can drink a tea cup of gin. I'll share the gin with Yoda if he shows up.
Jilly - Yes.
Nat - Nope. At least, not yet :-) I wouldn't have adopted Angus if he hadn't literally turned up on my doorstep.
Share great information about your blog , Blog really helpful for us . We read your blog , share most useful information in blog . Thanks for share your blog here .ReplyDelete


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Since their launch by 2 leading entrepreneurs, uSamp has seen strong & profitable growth, initially in the US (Silicon Valley) and then branching out into EMEA only a couple of years ago. In the UK they're still in the 'start-up' phase and were looking for a Marketing Director to take ownership for the EMEA plan and work closely with the UK Managing Director and Sales Director to help generate sales opportunities on a limited budget. As is often the case in this set-up, the UK felt that the marketing coming across from the US was good but perhaps didn't suit the UK & European audience. So this was also seen as a hire to win back the hearts & minds of the UK team and give them a person who could represent their interests in the strategic marketing planning process.
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"Nature made me a freak. Man made me a weapon. And God made it last too long."
On February 14th, 2016, 20th Century Fox took a big risk and did something which nobody had dared to do before – they released an R rated superhero movie. Or, more specifically; the released the R rated Deadpool movie; a movie which went on to take $785 million worldwide, proving that Ryan Reynolds does have some good ideas after all. It also revealed that you can make an R rated superhero movie and make money, even by using a fringe character who some in the comic book world view as a joke. A new question arose; what happens if you make an R rated movie with a much-beloved superhero? The answer is here.
You get Logan.
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Directed by James Mangold (Walk The Line, 3:10 To Yuma); Logan takes influence from a pivotal graphic novel in Wolverine's comic life called Old Man Logan; set in an alternate universe to the main Marvel comics timeline. The over-riding concept of the story is what writers Mangold, Scott Frank and Michael Green have ported across, but there is no alternate timeline here. Following on from the events of the main X-Men films post-Days of Future Past ret-conning, we find a broken-down Logan, now going by his given name of James Howlett, doing what he can to raise enough cash to care for a decrepit and bed-ridden Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart, Green Room). Helping him is Caliban (Stephen Merchant, The Office); an albino mutant tracker. All we know as the story begins is that Logan and Xavier are the last of the X-Men; and the three of them are the last three mutants on Earth. Or, so they think; until a woman named Gabriela (Elizabeth Rodriquez, Orange Is The New Black) suddenly brings a young girl called Laura (Dafne Keen, The Refugees) into Logan's life. The mutated genomes hit the fan from this point; and what follows is a stunning mix of western, road movie, superhero epic and emotional drama; as Logan, Xavier and Laura flee from a team of cybernetically-enhanced bounty hunters from a company called Transigen, led by Donald Pierce (Boyd Holbrook, Gone Girl), commanded by Richard E. Grant's (Jackie) Dr. Zander Rice.
The unconnected Marvel cinematic universe (or MCU) has laid some important groundwork for the makers of superhero movies by demonstrating that superpowers do not stop you from making genre movies. This is something the Logan team has taken on board, and Mangold's directorial career comes into play at every turn. This outing is equal parts western, emotional drama, road movie and sci-fi; with just a sufficient dash of comedy to keep the whole thing moving as our three protagonists (for hero is not an appropriate word here) flee across America from their pursuers. As for the R rating; Mangold sets the tone from the off, as Logan defends himself from a band of criminals near the US/Mexican border, making full use of his mutant abilities and adamantium claws in a brutal and unforgiving sequence which is unlike any on-screen depiction of Wolverine to date. That tone continues; with brutal action sequences interspersing the piece, headed up both by the intense Jackman and incredible Keen in equal measure; the latter, in particular, puts in a performance to rival the brutality of Chloe Grace Moretz as Hit Girl in Kick Ass.
While the brutality of the action certainly earned that R rating; that is not how Mangold best uses it for Logan. It is the silence between the noise where the film really speaks; in particular, the relationship between Xavier and Logan. Throughout the X-Men films, Xavier has been a mentor to Wolverine; guiding him emotionally and intellectually along his journey as a leader of the mutant team. In Logan, we see that role both continue and reverse, as Wolverine is forced to care for the aging Professor while he's still trying to guide his emotional development. The dichotomy in their relationship is fascinating, as Xavier & Logan speak bluntly with each other over how each one is choosing to look after himself, neither heeding the lessons for himself. That blunt conversation is amped up by the R rating; which is frankly worth it alone, in my opinion, for hearing the once reserved and eloquent Xavier swearing repeatedly at Logan. Laura's importance to the story cannot be under-represented either; and while she may be mute with exception of various rageful screams; her interactions with Xavier and Logan as the story progresses are poignant and powerful, driving the actions of both of these beloved characters on a path that constantly feels less and less hopeful as the film moves on, despite the numerous victories they pick up along the way. The relationship between Laura and Logan in particular is fascinating to watch develop, as every new emotion they feel for each other seems to be accompanied by a healthy serving of resentment; an emotional cocktail which both portray very differently but with equal efficiency.
While Logan, Xavier & Laura are the absolute stars of this film; the other supporting roles are used to great effect here too. Merchant is barely recognisable as Caliban until he speaks; and then the trademark sarcastic wit and delivery comes through. He channels more from Portal 2's Wheatley here for me than any other of his previous character; but the tone fits the downtrodden nature of his role within the Logan & Xavier relationship perfectly. Holbrook's Pierce is ruthless and arrogant in his hunting of the mutant fugitives; supported fully by the cold, calculating viciousness from Grant's Dr. Rice; whose all-too-few appearances are scene-stealers at every moment.
Of the three stand-alone Wolverine films, Logan will go down in history as the film that finally got Wolverine right; and the reason for that is the story. As the plot unfolds and we learn more about the world in 2029; about the histories of Xavier, Logan and Laura and about the actions of Transigen; Wolverine's story builds to a crescendo of frustration and disappointment. Years of guidance from Xavier and the other X-Men have led to him taking this young, vulnerable mutant on a journey that he does not want to go on and does not believe in. Logan is the film in which Wolverine finally becomes the leader, teacher and guardian that Charles Xavier always believed that he could be; and Wolverine wants absolutely nothing to do with any of it. He wants to be literally anywhere else than he is. And that is the most compelling arc in Jackman's 17 years as Wolverine.
Make time to see this film; it is a special moment in the life of the comic book movie.


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Seriously, Nonsensical Headquarters is full of some epic works of art, I might just have to start doing weekly postings. Our fridge is covered with drawings, caricatures, trippy designs, and burned paper designs. This specific piece, which uses four tabs out of the 1,200+ "soda" tabs we've "collected" for dialysis this semester, is even more impressive in person. The photo doesn't do it justice. I have some other pieces lined up, but if you have any neat, interesting or funny pieces send them in!
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A Prediction of the B* c mass in full lattice QCD - High Energy Physics - Lattice
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Abstract: By using the Highly Improved Staggered Quark formalism to handle charm,strange and light valence quarks in full lattice QCD, and NRQCD to handlebottom valence quarks we are able to determine accurately ratios of the B mesonvector-pseudoscalar mass splittings, in particular,mB* c-mB c-mB* s-mB s. We find this ratio to be 1.1515, showingthe `light- quark mass dependence of this splitting to be very small. Hence wepredict mB c* = 6.330726 GeV where the first two errors are from thelattice calculation and the third from existing experiment. This is the mostaccurate prediction of a gold-plated hadron mass from lattice QCD to date.
Autor: E. B. Gregory, C. T. H. Davies, E. Follana, E. Gamiz, I. D. Kendall, G. P. Lepage, H. Na, J. Shigemitsu, K. Y. Wong
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The sources of Islamic Law
From [Abu Salamah]: "The Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam when asked what would happen but not in the book (Al-Qur `an) and Sunnah (what the prophet said/behave), he answered:" '(should) worship experts from the mu `minin discussed the issue' (ijma of ulama)" … Continue reading
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War Principles in Islam (2)
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Abortion in the view of Islam
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Islam and Homosexuality
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Dressing code for men in Islam
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Interview with Tulku Ngawang Lapsum
Members of the Bridges 99 team interviewed the Rinpoche Ngawang Lapsum, abbot of Beding Monastery, in November, 1999. The following are notes from those interviews.
About the Tulku
Bridges: Rinpoche, please tell us something about yourself.
Rinpoche: First I should say that I am a student at the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute in Mysore, India. At present I can only come home to Rolwaling during school vacations. After three more years of study I will return to take full responsibility for this monastery in Beding.
About my background, I have been recognized as a tulku, an avatar or reincarnate lama. In my previous life I was the lama of Thame gompa. When I was younger I could remember many details of this previous life, but as I have gotten older, these memories have faded. At the age of three, I was "discovered." A senior lama from Thame monastery came to Beding and took me with him back to Thame to see if I might be the deceased lama's reincarnation. They tested me very thoroughly, and I had to out the lama's possessions from a group of items on a table. So I was recognized as a tulku. Soon afterwards, my father died. This often happens in such cases: the occurrence of a tulku brings misfortune on the family in this life. However it is an important blessing nonetheless. My mother is 78, and my two brothers and one sister are all in good health.
Bridges: Is life at the Institute different for a tulku?
Rinpoche: Well, in fact there are many tulkus in my classes. Everybody knows who we are and who we are reincarnations of, because the application form requests information about our past lives. Is life different for us? Yes, we don't have to study history so much, since we already know it. [laughs]
History of Rolwaling
Bridges: What can you tell us about the history of Rolwaling?
Rinpoche: Not so much, unfortunately. There was a book in this monastery about the origin and history of Rolwaling Valley, but we lost it about forty years ago when it was borrowed and not returned. Perhaps it is in Paktin monastery. According to our traditions, Karmapa created Rolwaling in the 16th century. There is a book about Guru Rinpoche's life which tells how he made a "peace land" from Simigaon to Thame. The people needed such "peace valleys" because there was a lack of food. Nowadays there are many kinds of food in Rolwaling that were introduced later on. For instance, sugar was brought in 30 years ago from Barangnabat. Ramjum Dorge also visited Rolwaling, and his hand and knee prints can be found between Beding and Na.
Spiritual life in Rolwaling
Bridges: We have heard that religion is very strong in Rolwaling. Are there special deities and special beliefs?
Rinpoche: Yes, there are many special deities. On Mt. Gauri Shankar alone there are five gods: Alhao (a goddess), Maha Kala, Haia Kiua, Gauri, and Shankar. Gauri Shankar protects our people from danger. For instance, before an expedition, Rolwaling climbers pray using the Gauri Shankar prayer book. Also Gauri Shankar and Makula protect every house.
Bridges: How do the deities impact everyday life?
Rinpoche: Actually, the gods influence everything. We share our space with them, and we have to respect their wishes. For example, it is disrespectful to throw garbage into the fireplace because whatever is cooked or burnt goes directly to the gods. If it is garbage, the gods will get angry.
Sherpas are also careful about spirits in deciding where to put buildings. Before building a house, we have to determine whether a spot is auspicious. For that, we use the Tsipeh, which is a book of religious divination on many topics. There are also simple rules, such as that a house must face downhill because demons live in the caves uphill. Also, doors must be small to prevent dead bodies from coming inside... the dead body is very stiff and cannot bend down to get in. Tourists seem to have the same problem, don't they? [laughs]
When somebody dies, the body is burnt and there is a celebration for the soul of the body. But the funeral also be performed at the proper place, and for this we use the Tsi.
Bridges: What about sacred monuments and places?
Rinpoche: Like other Sherpas, we in Rolwaling believe that we can increase good karma in our world by building and maintaining stupas, mani walls, and prayer flags.
Stupas especially protect a place from natural hazards. To find a good place for a stupa, we first take mud from the area to the lama of Tushi who prays and analyzes the location using the Tsipeh. After that they go to the chosen area, make a circle on the ground and dig a hole. Again they read the Tsi and decide finally whether it is an auspicious place. If a location is bad from the gods' point of view but really good from the local people's point of view, it is possible to turn a bad place into a good one by praying.
Inside the stupa there are religious books, copper and silver containers with offerings for the goods, and bones of dead lamas.
Mani walls can be placed wherever there is enough room to walk around it. We walk around clockwise. There is a sect called Pembu [Bön] whose adherents go around mani walls counterclockwise. They also give special meaning to the swastika, which for us is just a decoration. The Pembu Lama lives in Jumla. Sherpas believe that if they walk around a mani wall, or a stupa, in the wrong direction, it will bring bad karma.
Prayer flags are also important for the propagation of good karma. The flag pole is not so important... we use different kinds of wood, and in Kathmandu, where wood is hard to find, people often use iron. The flags [tarchok] are cloths with prayers block-printed on five different color backgrounds. These have religious meaning, and also represent the five elements of the universe: green represents water, yellow is earth, red is fire, white is wind, and blue is the sky. The order in which the colors are displayed depends on the year in which a person is born.
Bridges: What objects from the natural environment have religious significance?
Rinpoche: In many rituals, Sherpas burn incense. In general, Buddhist incense is different from Hindu incense. There is a book about how to make Buddhist incense. We don't think the incense made in Kathmandu is good -- it is too commercial. Most often we burn juniper, which the gods like because of its nice smell. There are some herbs which can be used to make medicinal incense. Some of these can be burnt only in special places... if such incense is burnt in the wrong place, the gods will be offended.
Some precious stones have a special meaning, but not all. For instance, turquoise is good for the liver.
Bridges: How does the yeti fit in? Does it exist? Is it part of the natural world or part some kind of deity?
Rinpoche: The yeti is a sentient being, like other animals. Tibetan books mention tremo instead of yeti, but they are the same. Three years ago, during the winter, a yeti ate a yak and captured a woman. He released her, but 15 days after the encounter she died. Her house is empty two days later, it tried to go inside a lama's house and wasn't able, so it destroyed the stairs.
Last year, in a cave above Na, a lama saw a yeti. It was yellow, with no tail... like a monkey. It walked upright. The lama didn't die because he had spent many days praying to the gods. But there isn't any special prayer to avoid the bad luck brought by meeting a yeti.
At the same cave, may years ago, somebody cooked meat and ate it. A yeti went to the cave and knocked on the door. It couldn't get in. A week later that person died.
Bridges: What can you tell us about the other wildlife in this valley?
Rinpoche: There is a white lion, the serken [snow leopard?] in Rolwaling and Khumbu; it comes to Beding once in a while, but only attacks animals, not humans.
The place where now you find Tsho Rolpa used to be a grazing area. Sherpas believe that a god lives in the lake, but nothing exact is known about that. Personally, I don't think the lake will burst, because the far side is quite deep.
There are some medicinal herbs that grow in Rolwaling. However, people are not allowed to pick them because digging destroys soil and causes erosion.
The Future
Bridges: Do you have any special projects for Rolwaling?
Rinpoche: At the monastery in Beding there are now two or three lamas and two trawas [regular monks]. The monks are permitted to marry, but it is better if they don't. After they marry, they must live in their own homes, not at the monastery. A long time ago, there were many students, but nowadays are the students are in Kopan [in Kathmandu]. One of my main goals is to build a large monastery school in Beding, suitable for around 100 people. For that we need not just money and labor to build the school, but also sponsors to support the students and to bring good teachers.
A school for monks is not the entire solution to our cultural problems. Most people in Rolwaling can't read or write Tibetan. This is very bad. I think we should be teaching Tibetan language at school. That's how it is in Thame and Khumjung, where children can study Tibetan until fifth grade. If children only learn Nepali and English, there will be a loss of identity and unity.
Bridges: What role should tourism play in the future of your valley?
Rinpoche:The development and promotion of tourism is essential to the future of Rolwaling. I am sure that tourism will have a positive impact, by improving economic opportunities. The current requirement of a trekking peak permit is an obstacle as it prevents independent trekking.
Tourism of course will alter the local culture, but this is not a problem: everyone must recognize and distinguish his own culture and identity. Sherpa culture is a major attraction for tourists, and it is strong enough to survive the impact of tourism.
As the presence of outside ideas and values spreads throughout the Sherpa homeland, it is important to reinforce the structures and traditions of Buddhism. For this I have three major items on my agenda:
I hope that your group [Bridges] can assist in these projects, especially by raising money. I strongly agree with your suggestion that tourists help to build the stupa at Na; we have a big shortage of manpower, and of course the participation of guests would be welcome anyway.
- strengthen the tradition of religious festivals at the monastery
- revitalize the Na monastery, and build a new stupa there
- establish a monastery school in Beding to train monks from all districts of Nepal


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The company, a joint venture between Nippon Coke & Engineering Company (formerly Mitsui Mining Co.), the largest coal-mining company in Japan, and the local St. Anthony's Consolidated, is also considering power generation as a separate business.
The firm has completed a ready mix concrete plant in northern Jaffna, which is recovering from the effects of the island's 30-year ethnic war which ended in 2009.
"The plant, which increased our total number of plants to seven, is already in operation and generating income to buoy our bottom line," the company told shareholders in its annual report for 2010-11.
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HTC has plans to build such a smart watch that will be different from all the smart watches available on the market and according to a report HTC will use its strength to design such a smart watch running Android Wear that will be different from the recently launched smart watches including LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live and Motorola Moto 360. The Android Wear used on the HTC smart watch will also be custom made by HTC and will offer different features.
HTC also has an even on 8th of October though everyone says that HTC would not launch their smart watch on this event but we can't be sure about that. Not a lot of people are using smart watches nowadays and those who do are very little in number, but companies like Samsung, LG and Sony are still coming up with a new version of smart watch every wear including Moto 360 and Apple iWatch as well that were launched just now.
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A drunken football fan who ran on to the pitch during a bad-tempered cup final and knocked the referee unconscious has been jailed for 18 months.
Scott Prew, 23, marched onto the field of play during the Scarborough & District League Trophy Trader Cup Final between rivals Eastway and Goalsports FC.
With Prew's team Eastway trailing 2-1 in the match at Pickering Town's Mill Lane ground, tempers were boiling over in the 200-strong crowd.
Prew lost the plot when referee Bill Pashby, 63, sent off one of the Eastway players about 10 minutes before full-time, after earlier showing yellow cards to three other Eastway players.
Prew ran over to Mr Pashby and struck him a "forceful" blow with his elbow.
The blow struck Mr Pashby on the shoulder and he was knocked straight to the ground, leaving him temporarily unconscious.
The stricken ref, who suffered a dislocated shoulder and severe tendon damage, was stretchered off by match officials and taken to hospital. The cup final had to be abandoned with just eight minutes remaining.
Prew, of High Garth, Eastfield, was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm but initially claimed he had slipped and accidentally caught the referee with his elbow. But he later admitted ABH and appeared for sentence on Tuesday.
Prosecutor Austin Newman said throughout the "keenly-contested" match between the local rivals, Mr Pashby had to deal with many "on-field disputes".
The atmosphere led to three Eastway players being yellow-carded in the first half for dirty tackles and dissent.
In the second half, things got even worse for Eastway when they had three players sent off.
"The dismissals were met with dismay by Eastway fans who became highly-agitated and hostile to Mr Pashby," said Mr Newman.
The barrister said heavy drink among the supporters had exacerbated the febrile atmosphere.
"The drinking started at an early stage, as soon as the turnstiles opened, and no doubt influenced the passions (of fans)," he added.
"In about the 80th minute, Mr Pashby gave a further red card to an Eastway player for abusive language and that seemed to be the immediate trigger for this defendant, whose team were losing.
"He emerged from the crowd and ran onto the field of play. He had evidently been drinking because he was seen to discard a can of beer as he ran onto the pitch."
Mr Pashby, who was noting down the name of the player he had just red-carded, had his back to Prew as he attacked him and didn't see the blow coming.
"Mr Pashby fell awkwardly to the ground, temporarily lost consciousness and dislocated his shoulder. He described the pain to his shoulder as unbearable," added Mr Newman.
A surgeon who treated Mr Pashby said it was likely that the semi-retired referee would be left with a permanent deformity around his shoulder blade and severe tendon damage.
Prew told police he had drunk about four or five pints of lager but claimed he wasn't drunk.
Mr Pashby said he was still suffering pain seven months on from the incident on March 29, which had affected his quality of life. He had refereed since the attack but said abuse of football officials was becoming commonplace.
Linesman Alan Green said he had never seen "anything like it" in 35 years of officiating at football matches.
"The more and more drink that was consumed (by supporters), the more boisterous it became," he added. "Then it turned nasty."
He said Mr Pashby was subjected to foul-mouthed abuse from supporters, with Eastway fans shouting "cheat".
Mr Newman said Prew had previous convictions for drink-related violence, threatening behaviour, criminal damage and breaching court orders.
Defence barrister Glen Parsons said Prew was "truly ashamed" of his moronic behaviour at the cup final.
Judge Paul Batty branded Prew's attack on the referee "cowardly", adding: "You attacked a man almost three times your age. Other match officials were utterly disgusted by your behaviour."
Mr Batty added: "Football referees and officials do this valuable public service because of their love of the game and, for no recompense, they are helping the local community. It is utterly intolerable that drunks, as you were on this day, feel that they can take a pot shot at a referee with impunity."
Prew will serve half of the 18-month sentence in jail before being released.


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