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Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Rememberance day, for who though ?
Every year about this time of year we have the poppy appeal and the time of rememberance. All this is told to us to remember those injured in war and those who lost their lives fighting for so called "freedom" we are asked remember the horrors of war first hand, but there aren't any WWI veterans alive now. The icon of this imperialist military pride is the poppy, which people attach to their coats in order to publicly display their patriotism and respect for war 'heroes' whose lives were lost on the battlefields of the first world war. But also for the other fallen war 'heroes' of the past, as well as the present and future pawns of the military. Seems innocent enough at first, to wear a poppy to 'remember' the dead from the "great war" – the so-called "war to end all wars." As this year being the 100th anniversary of the start of the first World War there has been much in our media all year on remembering the so called "great war". "The present war is not a war for the protection of national integrity, nor for the freeing of oppressed people, nor for the welfare of the masses. From the standpoint of the proletariat it signifies the most extreme concentration and extension of political oppression, economic exploitation, militaristic slaughtering of the working classes, body and soul – for the sake of capitalism and despotism…" – Karl Liebknecht "In 1917 in the US, Emma Goldman and her comrade Alexander Berkman stood trial for opposing conscription for WWI. According to J. Edgar Hoover – who made it his personal mission to get Goldman and Berkman deported – they were "beyond doubt, two of the most dangerous anarchists in this country" and along with hundreds of other foreign born radicals they were deported to the Soviet Union on December 21st 1919. "War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village, stick them into uniforms, equip them with guns, and let them loose like wild beasts against each other." – Carlyle quoted by Emma Goldman As anarchists we are committed anti-patriots, anti-militarists, anti-war, anti-imperialist and of course anti-state, we are not pacifists, we are fully aware that violence against oppressors is necessary and entirely different to violence against the oppressed. War is legalised state-sanctioned murder based upon racial and national superiority and greed. The narrative of the pro-war / pro-troops propaganda revolves around the outright lie that these soldiers are somehow fighting for 'our freedom' for 'our way of life' for 'our' benefit in some way. David Cameron himself said that servicepersons "gave their lives for our freedom" and we must ensure that "the lessons learned live with us for ever". Bullshit, we haven't learned anything about the atrocities and horrors of war, least of all them chinless toffs. "The only thing these troops fight for is the maintenance of the nauseating lifestyles of the privileged and the powerful at the expense of countless lives, both civilian and military. The troops are state agents, they don't work for us, they don't 'free' us as we are conned to believe, they certainly don't 'keep us safe'. They work for the state and are used at the state's disposal – often literally. Yet there is some indisputable honour in subscribing and fighting on behalf of the rich. To criticise this is to be branded as a national traitor, to be 'disrespectful' of war dead, purely because we dare to question what exactly is 'honourable' about the mass slaughter of people you don't even know, more than likely other working class people who are sent by their masters for the same purpose that 'our' troops are." Though it is true that many working class soldiers are desperately trying to escape unemployment and their miserable poverty stricken lives, they may even feel like they have no other choice, especially during times of harsh austerity measures implemented by the ruling class, which is where nationalism tends to gain a stronger foothold as a way to pass blame to 'Johnny foreigner' for our suffering. As much as needing to get some relief from poverty and squalor is valid enough, it still does not excuse the class treachery and complicity in hideously murderous acts committed in the interests of the state and the elite. "It's hard not to see the present poppy appeals as highly politicised. The events are organised by the British legion. The slogan this year is 'Shoulder to Shoulder with all who serve.' Now that isn't about remembering the dead. It is about supporting the armed forces." Lindsey German I'll end on this brilliant quote from a war veteran himself. Now when you hear this from someone who served in a war it does make you sit up and take note. "I will no longer allow my obligation as a veteran to remember those who died in the great wars to be co-opted by current or former politicians to justify our folly in Iraq, our morally dubious war on terror and our elimination of one's right to privacy." – Harry Leslie Smith With quotes and many thanks to the guys over at Liverpool Class action you can read the full piece including quotes at http://liverpoolclassaction.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/no-war-but-the-class-war-remembrance-day-an-anarchist-perspective/
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Labels: anti war, armed forces, capitalism, class war, imperialism, Militarism, poppy appeal, rememberance day, The great war, working class, World War one
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Brown scored the game-winning goal in consecutive road games, helping the Kings move within six points of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. He tallied the game-winner, posted a +3 rating and was named the game's first star in a 5-2 victory at Minnesota on January 20 and notched the winner, an assist and a +1 rating in a 6-5 win at Colorado on January 21.
Brown also recorded an assist for the Western Conference in his first appearance in the NHL All-Star Game on January 25 in Montreal.
Goaltender Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes was selected as the Second Star of the Week while forward Ales Hemsky of the Edmonton Oilers was named as the Third Star.
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I prepared the stuffing ahead of time and froze it as it is almost impossible for me to make everything the same day with two little kids and work. I made the dough the same day I made the böreks and the stuffing tasted as if fresh. We all enjoyed them; especially my boys. They kept wanting more and more. Even though I was in a hurry when making them and didn't take very good pictures, I think the pictures are acceptable and will explain the steps pretty well.
Caveat: You will most likely have leftover dough. I could have adjusted the proportions for the recipe, but I did not want to do that without really trying it. You can use the left over dough for any type of stuffing you like or even a small pizza.
Now it's time for the recipe.
For the Dough:
6 ¼ cups white flour
2 ½ cups warm water
1½ tsp yeast (optional)
2 tsp salt
1 tbsp red pepper paste (optional or red pepper can be substituted)
1 tbsp olive oil
1/3 cup olive oil for brushing boreks
½ cup flour for rolling
For the Stuffing:
2 bunches of chard (around 10 chard leaves)
2 leeks
2 garlic cloves
1/3 cup olive oil
1 tsp cumin
1 ½ tsp red pepper flakes
¼ tsp black pepper
1 ½ tsp salt
Prepare the Dough:
Let yeast sit in warm water for 25-30 minutes until it bubbles.
Using a Stand Mixer:
Attach the dough hook to the stand mixer. Add the flour, salt, red pepper paste and olive oil in the mixer bowl and run it on stir. Gradually add the yeasty water. Change the speed to 2 and let it knead the dough until it is soft. It should take less than five minutes. Cover with a damp cloth and let it sit for two hours.
Add the flour, salt, red pepper paste, olive oil and half of the water and start kneading. Add the rest of the yeasty water gradually and continue to knead until soft dough is attained. It should take about 15-20 minutes. Cover with a damp cloth and let it sit for two hours.
Prepare the Stuffing:
Remove stems of chard from leaves.
First steam stems of chard until soft as they will take longer to cook than the leaves. Remove and steam chard leaves until wilted. Chop both stems and leaves small.
Slit leeks in half and wash thoroughly several times to remove all the dirt between the layers.
Chop finely. Heat olive oil in a pan. Sauté leeks first for 4-5 minutes.
Add chopped chard, garlic, cumin, salt, pepper flakes and black pepper. Stir for a couple minutes and remove from heat and cool.
Prepare softball size dough balls and sit aside.
Take about 2 tbsp of flour and place on the dough rolling surface. Take one of the balls and place it on top of the flour. Add another 2 tbsp of flour on top of the dough ball.
Flatten with your fingers and start rolling.
Make the pastry 9-10 inches in diameter, smaller if smaller pastries are desired.
Add 3 tbsp of the stuffing in the middle of the rolled dough and fold the outer 1 inch from the left, right and the bottom to create a triangle.
Place on a baking sheet and brush with olive oil. Repeat until all the dough and the stuffing are used up.
Heat up oven to 375º. Bake for 15-25 minutes or until the böreks take a golden color.
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I got mosquito bites from Maine! :P
i miss you :)
I love how you observe things :)
Although I will say America has plenty of mosquitos. I have spent the last week being discovered by most of them.
Also, one of my most distinctive memories from my trip to Germany some years back was definitely the graffiti - it's so colorful, and it's everywhere! I guess it's a rather charming break for rule-abiding Germans?ReplyDelete
Well, then Cambridge is just a particularly pleasant part of America. :D I'm not complaining. I was talking to a friend about that and she suggested we need to have mosquitos to remind us that all of this is real after all and not just a dream. You know, like when you ask somebody to pinch you to make sure you're not dreaming. I just wish there were a few less of them so eager to remind me ...
Yeah, there was an exhibition of German graffiti on one of the bridges in my hometown. Very random IMO, but apparently Berlin is the capital of graffiti. I am not sure, though - a lot of the graffiti is still very pretty and orderly, like the forests here. They are there, yes, but it feels like they have to have permission to exist. It's still, nice, though, a little bit of colour (after two semesters of seeing almost nothing but the grayness that is MIT, I'm rather happy).
Miss you, too, Sumin! Have fun in California! Oh, and by the way, I have always thought that Maine was the Estonia in the States. It is only twice the size and has an even smaller population, plus the climate is sort of similar ... And, just like I somehow know most of the people in Estonia, Shaun knows the people in Maine. :)
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A question concerning this example page.
Espruino USB HID
If you copy one of the examples into the WebIde, send it to a Pico, and save it, how can you restore the Pico to its original state?
Perhaps rig a push button on a pin and do a setwatch on that pin that does a reset()?
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Yes, if you've remembered you could do a reset in software :)
Otherwise have a look in Troubleshooting (http://www.espruino.com/Troubleshooting), under
Espruino stopped working after I typed save()- there are some instructions there.
The last-ditch option is just to reflash your board, which will wipe out any saved code :)
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Had time to try the mouse driver today. Here's the code:
//mymouse.js // 15 Nov 2017 // // Use pushbutton on pin B3 to reset // Loads mouse driver into the USB boot // Every second move mouse cursor by 20 pixels // in a square pattern // //load and save the program // unplug and replug the Pico USB // mouse cursor should be moving in square pattern // reconnect to WebIde // mouse cursor still moving // Type reset() in left pane of WebIde // Type save() in left pane of WebIde var mouse = require("USBMouse"); // A way back to normal just in case var but1=B3; setWatch(function(){ console.log("endit"); reset(); },but1, {debounce:100,repeat:true, edge:"falling"}); var i=0; setInterval(function () { //console.log(i); switch (i){ case 0: mouse.send(0, 20, mouse.BUTTONS.NONE); // X movement, Y movement, break; case 1: mouse.send(20, 0, mouse.BUTTONS.NONE); // X movement, Y movement, break; case 2: mouse.send(0, -20, mouse.BUTTONS.NONE); // X movement, Y movement, break; case 3: mouse.send(-20, 0, mouse.BUTTONS.NONE); // X movement, Y movement, break; } i++; if( i>3) i=0; }, 1000);
It's interesting that the WebIde still talks through the USB port with the mouse functions.
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It's interesting that the WebIde still talks through the USB port with the mouse functions.
Yes, that took a long time to get working right :)
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I've been searching for some Vogan poetry to further understand what is going on. Some of it gets really deep in the weeds.
Here is a link that seems to be about the right level to start with.
It covers the hardware and bus messages but importantly the Descriptors that are used in the module.
This tool looks like it could be useful for creating a descriptor
HID Descriptor Tool from USB.org
@Gordon Espruino continues to amaze!
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Annotate the report descriptor
/* Annotate the report descriptor http://www.usbmadesimple.co.uk/ums_g_an_ms_8.gif */ /* Copyright (c) 2015 Gordon Williams, Pur3 Ltd. See the file LICENSE for copying permission. */ /* var mouse = require("USBMouse"); setWatch(function() { mouse.send(20,20,mouse.BUTTONS.NONE); // X movement, Y movement, buttons pressed }, BTN, {debounce:100,repeat:true, edge:"rising"}); */ /* E.setUSBHID ⇒ (top) Call type: E.setUSBHID(opts) Description USB HID will only take effect next time you unplug and re-plug your Espruino. If you're disconnecting it from power you'll have to make sure you have save()d after calling this function. Note: This is only available in devices that support USB HID (Espruino Pico and Espruino WiFi) Parameters opts - An object containing at least reportDescriptor, an array representing the report descriptor. Pass undefined to disable HID. */ E.setUSBHID({ reportDescriptor : [ 0x05, 0x01, //Usage Page (Generic Desktop Controls) 0x09, 0x02, //Usage (Mouse) 0xA1, 0x01, //Collection (application) 0x09, 0x01, //Usage (Pointer) 0xA1, 0x00, //Collextion (Physical) 0x05, 0x09, //Usage Page (Button) 0x19, 0x01, //Usage Minimum (1) 0x29, 0x03, //Usage Maximum (5) 0x15, 0x00, //Logical Minimum (0) 0x25, 0x01, //Logical Maximum (5) 0x95, 0x03, //Report Count (3) 0x75, 0x01, //Report Size (1) 0x81, 0x02, //Input (Data, Variable,Absolute,Bit Field) 0x95, 0x01, //Report Coint (1) 0x75, 0x05, //Report Size (5) 0x81, 0x01, //Input (Constant, Array, Absolute, Bit Field) 0x05, 0x01, //Usage Page (Generic Desktop Controls) 0x09, 0x30, //Usage 00 0x09, 0x31, //Usage (X) 0x09, 0x38, //Usage (Wheel) 0x15, 0x81, //Logical Minimum(-127) 0x25, 0x7F, //Logical Maximum(127) 0x75, 0x08, //Report Size (8) 0x95, 0x03, //Report Count (3) 0x81, 0x06, // Input (Data, Variablr,Relative, Bit Field) 0xC0, //End Collection 0x09, 0x3c, // ????? 0x05, 0xff, 0x09, 0x01, 0x15, 0x00, 0x25, 0x01, 0x75, 0x01, 0x95, 0x02, 0xb1, 0x22, 0x75, 0x06, 0x95, 0x01, 0xb1, 0x01, 0xc0 //end collection ] }); exports.BUTTONS = { NONE : 0, LEFT : 1, RIGHT : 2, MIDDLE : 4 }; exports.send = function(x,y,b) { E.sendUSBHID([b&7,x,y,0]); }; /* E.sendUSBHID ⇒ (top) Call type: E.sendUSBHID(data) Parameters data - An array of bytes to send as a USB HID packet Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure */


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Gain Stage
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The 11th release on False Industries is a concise and self-sufficient release with a unique sonic pallet. Welcome to the world of Gain Stage.
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The 11th release on False Industries is a concise and self-sufficient release with a unique sonic pallet. Welcome to the world of Gain Stage.
I first met Arik Hayut (aka Aritape) over a year ago at a show by his old band RIR (a classic band from the 90s with which I hadn't been familiar). It was an excellent performance after which I felt that I had to speak with him. A couple of weeks later I was sent three mp3 files, which were named Forking Paths (a collaboration with American Artist Pierce Warnecke). I immediately fell in love with the music; it sounded so rich with sound and full of emotion. From processed drums to washing drones, it never tried to be something it isn't.
Gain Stage make economical music; they use very specific yet elaborate sounds. They actually create a vast new universe, which is natural and un-natural all at once. One may see this release as a 3 tune EP, yet at its core it's one holistic entity. Fans of artists such as: Alva Noto, Frank Brettschneider and Kevin Drumm, should seriously consider checking this out.
Gain Stage is a post human barren waste-land-scape punctuated by recurring angular concrete structures. Almost regular pulses develop or erode over a grim dystopian horizon. This defective heartbeat, comprised of glass shards, rusted iron and split cement, drives forward through dense layers of sludge which stretch out over vast expanses of desolate space that might have once been home to life, love and the pursuit of material happiness.


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When Patricia Bay Haroski, an employee at a State Farm Insurance Company office in Deerfield, Ill., registered the date of Oct. 16 as National Boss Day with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 40 years ago, she wasn�t trying to be cynical, nor was she trying to court her supervisor�s favor. Her sincere belief was that bosses aren�t shown the appreciation they deserve, and that younger employees often don�t realize the challenges bosses in all walks of life face in running a business or office.
Never mind that Haroski�s boss happened to be her father, and that Oct. 16 happened to be his birthday.
But talk about pressure - the mere existence of a National Boss Day creates awkward situations in work sites across the nation. Doing something to observe the day can be more embarrassing than ignoring it altogether. The latter option is what�s usually chosen by most workers, especially considering that candy and flowers are the usual expressions of good will for other annual celebrations.
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WILLIAM E. McKEE - The life history of William E. McKee, if written in detail, would present a clear picture of pioneer conditions in Sangamon county. He was born in Gallatin county, Kentucky, December 9, 1826, and when about two years old was brought to this county by his parents, James and Jane (Burch) McKee. The father born in 1798, was a farmer who owned a plantation and distillery in Kentucky, and in the years 1824 and 1825 he engaged in peddling the old tall clocks in use at that period. He was married in 1826 to Jane Burch. Her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Burch, transacted the first business ever done in Mechanicsburg, Illinois, conducting the tavern and stage business there, and she was noted throughout the country as a good cook. Her husband died in Kentucky and afterward, coming to Illinois, she lived at Mechanicsburg for a number of years. In 1828 James McKee brought his little family to Sangamon county. Arriving at Lick Creek, he purchased eighty acres of land and lived in the edge of the timber for a time but afterward sold that and entered one hundred and sixty acres near Mechanicsburg, where he remained until 1875, when he purchased eighty acres, on which he built a brick house and in it he died July 30, 1876. at the age of seventy-eight. The family were living here at the time of the "big snow," one of the memorable events in the history of the county. Mrs. McKee had passed away in 1850. In the family were eight children: William E., Eliza, Ann, Rebecca, Mary, Emily, Preston and John B.
William E. McKee was educated in a log building, where school was conducted on the subscription plan and was afterward a student in the Mechanicsburg Brick Seminary. His history is that of pioneer experiences. He tells that the word Sangamon comes from St. Gama and that the French and Spanish claim the discovery of thism region. The country became known as Sangamo and when a journalist established a paper he called it the Sangamon Journal, adding the final "n," which has since been retained in the county name. In his youth Mr. McKee spent much time in hunting and fishing and he frequently gathered much honey, stored by the wild bees. There were also wild hogs and the first permanent settlers all paid five dollars for an interest in these hogs. In the fall of 1830 James McKee hired Archie Ward to kill his hogs on the shares and Ward delivered five hogs to Mr. McKee, each weighing one hundred and fifty pounds. They were frozen so hard that the meat was cut with an ax. The deep snow exterminated the wild hogs, but for some years thereafter deer were plentiful and there were also many prairie wolves. In 1828 the father found in his cabin about twenty bushels of peaches which came from an orchard located on what is now known as the Thomas Morris farm southwest of Mechanicsburg. In 1829 there was again an abundance of that fruit-harvest such as Mr. McKee has not seen since. The doors of the pioneer cabins were hung with wooden hinges and there was a wooden latch for use at night, but in the day time the latch string always hung out. The floors were made of puncheons and the roofs of clapboards, and the furniture was of a primitive kind; weeds and hazel brush were used to make brooms. In 1831 there came a heavy frost, killing the corn and the settlers had to send to Tennessee and Kentucky to get seed corn, some paying as high as four dollars per bushel for this. The wheat was "tramped out." A pitchfork would be driven into the ground and served as a stake to which one end of a sheet was fastened, and on this the wheat was tramped out after which it was taken to mill and ground.
When about fifteen rears of age. William McKee was injured while tramping out some wheat with an uncle and for some years was in poor health. When about twenty-two years of age he began selling medicine for Dr. Linn of Mechanicsburg, and was thus engaged for about two years, but during the greater part of his business career he has devoted his energies in an undivided manner to his farming. At the age of thirty-eight Mr. McKee married Mrs. Allzria Collier, the widow of Cyrus Collier and a daughter of Edward and Caroline (Withrow) Shane. When Mrs. McKee was two years old her mother died and she went to live with an aunt, who reared and educated her. At the age of fifteen she was first married and became the mother of two children: William T. Collier, of Clinton, Missouri, who is married and has six children, and Annie C., the wife of Milton Etter, of Grove City, Christian county, Illinois, by whom she has two children. Mrs. Collier gave her hand in marriage to Mr. McKee February 23, 1865, and unto them were born six children: John B., of Berry, Illinois, who married Jennie Utterback and has four children, Norman B., who wedded Mary Thuett and has two children; Elizabeth H., the wife of A. C. Black, of Oklahoma, by whom she has three children: Mrs. Myrtle R. Daily, who died in July, 1902, leaving three sons; James E., who served for two years with the army in the Philippines, and Archie, at home.
For many years Mr. McKee carried on farming. He had worked with a wooden mold-board plow, and later
had a cast iron plow of thed a cast iron plow of the Kerry pattern. He cut grain with a sickle and later cradled it, and
corn was dropped by hand and covered with a hoe and jumper. Afterward Mr. McKee used the improved farming
machinery and profitably carried on his work until 1889, when he turned over the farm labor to his son, and in 1901
removed to Buckhart. In March, 1902, he came to Berry, where he is now living in retirement from labor. On various
occasions he has been called to public office. In 1863 he took the census of all able bodied men eligible for draft; for
fifteen years was a school teacher; for two years constable, and for two vicars road commissioner. His knowledge of
the county's history is that of close and intimate connection with the events which form its annals, for he has been
either a witness of or a participant in all of the progress of the county from the early pioneer times down to the
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Friday, 4 February 2011
Custom of the country (Wharton)
I've done two Edith Whartons so far on this blog, and really they did not excite me very much. A colleague who reads this blog lent me her copy of Custom of the country quite a while ago; I can't remember what she said about it but it was along the lines of "this one will make you like Edith Wharton". I'm afraid it took me a while to get to, and it was only Virago Reading Week and the mention of this title by Laura, and a link to her review, that made me finally take it home from my desk and start reading it. I'm sorry Ali, but although I enjoyed it slightly more than the last ones it just didn't really do it for me. I think the issue is that I don't particularly enjoy the setting very much, but I guess I'm going to have to learn to enjoy books about New York "society" and social climbing as there are 16 Edith Whartons in total on the VMC list.
As Laura has written such an elegant review, I think I'll direct you over there, rather than struggle to write a post about a book which I didn't enjoy very much. Wharton along with Keane is an author that I wish Virago hadn't published so much of.
My borrowed copy was a Bantam Classic edition; it looks like it has only been published once in a green italicized edition.
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Aaaw, sad you didn't enjoy it. The thing I love most is that Undine is so *awful*.ReplyDelete
Aaaw, I'm sad, too, Verity. Like Ali, it's her "awfulness" I adored. Which is weird because I usually don't like despicable characters!ReplyDelete
So you didn't like it, but that's OK. Wharton is one of my favorite authors so I can't help but foist her on others. Ah well, I respect your opinion and sometimes you just *know* when an author isn't your cup of tea.
It's very sweet of you to give a "shout out" for my review. And to call it "elegant" ... well, that's more than it deserves. But I've had a rough week so I'll gladly accept the compliment!
I hope you enjoy your next VMC more.
At least you tried, Verity. And I know what you mean about Keane, I just can't seem to bring myself to read anything by her...yet.ReplyDelete
Sorry this didn't appeal to you, Verity. The Custom of the Country is my favorite Wharton novel (must read The Age of Innocence soon though) and Undine is one of the most memorable characters ever - she is just SO awful! Not being able to enjoy a particular setting seems like it would be a hard thing to overcome :-(ReplyDelete
That's a pity, when reading these sort of novels if I'm not enjoying them I just try and imagine how Hollywood would make the movie. Sounds weird but picturing the costumes and settings that would be done with big budget somehow makes me enjoy it more.ReplyDelete
Ali - I will be quite happy to return it to you this week!ReplyDelete
Darlene - thank goodness for someone else who avoids Keane. Except that I can't if I want to complete this challenge.
Laura - thanks for your kind comments. I found Undine nasty, but I just couldn't get into the plot in the way that I could with another nasty VMC character, Angel by Elizabeth Taylor.
LE - I quite like that tip, but not sure if it will help me get through more of Wharton.
JoAnn - I'm sorry, I know you are a Wharton-phile.
This was good, but not my favorite Wharton -- looking at your other reviews you haven't read either of my favorites -- The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome. Her short stories are really good too. I had a harder time getting into this one but it paid off.ReplyDelete
I noticed in your previous review that you really wanted to read Summer, especially because one of the characters is a librarian. I don't want to spoil anything for you but she's not exactly a librarian and that's hardly in the book at all, sadly. It's good but also not my favorite. Read Ethan Frome!! (Especially in the winter, if you have lots of snow, it's the perfect setting). Read House of Mirth. I loved it, couldn't stop reading it.


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The key to providing great client service and meeting the professional and legal requirements for third-party verification is understanding the real question and expected response from the client and third party.
Requests by third parties are usually nonfinancial, attestation service or factual. The nature of the request dictates the fees and services to be provided. Clearly defining the scope of services will help to prevent falling into a trap of providing prohibited services, especially in response to second requests made by the third party. Clear communication, written agreements, and educating clients and third parties are at the heart of providing great client service and reducing risk to the firm.
Understanding the nature of the engagement is the starting point to risk management and compliance with professional standards. Third-party requests come in many forms; the form determines the level of service that should be provided. The easiest request is a question of fact. CPAs are always permitted to confirm a fact, such as "We have prepared the following years' tax returns." But beware: The third party may put a greater reliance on the factual statement than you intend. For example, the third party may believe that a prepared tax return is a statement of accuracy, which creates risk for the firm. When making a statement of fact, be sure to narrowly limit the statement to prevent any confusion.
Requests about the accuracy of financial statements or tax returns are true attestation engagements and should be conducted as such. Third parties sometimes provide letters to be signed to "save" the client money and avoid a proper attestation engagement. Be careful of these form letters as they may not meet professional standards.
Another common request is who owns the business: This appears to be an accounting question, but, in fact, evidence of ownership is a legal question. The fact that a return includes self-employment income is insufficient proof of ownership. Be cautious when addressing such questions — the answer is not as obvious as it appears.
Another legal question that a CPA is not allowed to answer concerns the solvency of a company. There is no legal or accounting agreement on the definition of solvency, and CPAs are not permitted to opine on such matters. Nonfinancial confirmations can also cloud the third party's understanding of a CPA's attestation services, so take great care when addressing these issues.
Communicate with the client to more clearly define the scope of the request. If the request is prohibited by the professional code of conduct, the CPA can help the client modify the request. Usually, a detailed explanation of the code and suggestions regarding what is allowed result in a modified request by the third party. The danger with modifying the request is when the third party requests additional information as a follow-up. Many times the CPA does not realize that the second request is a prohibited service. Each third-party request should be separately evaluated to prevent this trap.
Many third-party verifications come on a standard form prepared by them. Be wary of these forms as they are not designed by CPAs and omit key language, creating risk and misunderstanding. Generally speaking, I recommend CPAs not fill in the third-party form but instead put "see attached" and use a firm-prepared document.
There is no prohibition against verbal communication for third-party verifications. However, as with all engagements, it is not a good idea. Verbal communication about engagement scope and third-party communications leads to confusion and increased risk for the firm. The third party can speak with the CPA, but that conversation should be followed up with a detailed letter confirming the understanding and stating clearly that only the content of the written communication can be relied upon.
The CPA and firm should have a set of procedures clearly defined to assist members of the firm plan, accept and bill for third-party verification services. Many firms do not bill for these services! These services are full of risk and, done properly, take a great deal of time. Remember to have written engagement letters and to charge appropriately for the service.
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Luminescence and Structure of Potassium Fluorooxalatozirconates
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The X-ray luminescence of potassium fluorooxalatozirconates was studied. A high emission intensity was established for KZrF3C2O4 · 3H2O. Potassium fluorooxalatozirconates and fluorine compounds with known structures were compared by their X-ray luminescence. From the maximal luminescence intensity, it was established what atoms (F* or O*) were responsible for the luminescence of fluorooxalatozirconates. The composition of their polyhedra was suggested based on IR and X-ray luminescence spectra. It was shown that water in hydrated fluorooxalatozirconates has a crystallization character.
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Taste in the Digital Age: How are Music Streaming Services Shaping the Relationship between Taste, Consumption and Class Identity?
Theorising the Web, New York City, April 27-28th. See abstract.
The Datafication of Taste: How are Music Streaming Services Shaping the Relationship between Taste, Consumption and Class Identity?
Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Southampton, May 17th 2018
Learning to Satisfy Your Musical Needs: Competitive Advantage in the Music Streaming Market
Innovation in Music, London, UK, September 6-8th. See abstract.
Cultural Intermediaries in the Digital Age: The Case of Music Streaming Services
Cultural Mediators in the Digital Age Symposium, London, UK, September 4th. See abstract.
Mass Personalisation? How Spotify Uses 'Imagined Exclusivity' to Stand Out in the Crowded Marketplace for Music Streaming
With Brian J. Hracs
The Place of Music, Loughborough University, UK, June 28-29th. See abstract.
Web Science MOOC Panel Discussion, November 2016
Interactive session with (Massive Open Online Course) learners discussing some of the challenges facing the Web, including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and net neutrality. I discuss issues relating to the ownership of music, algorithmic recommendation, and the power structures of the music industry.
Towards a Theoretical Approach for Analysing Music Recommender Systems as Sociotechnical Cultural Intermediaries
8th ACM Conference on Web Science, Hannover, Germany, May 23-25th. See abstract.
Physical Retail In The Digital Age: Why Are Indie Record Shops Still In Business? Q&A Session With Brian J. Hracs For The Disruption And Innovation Festival (DIF) 2016.
In this video, Brian J. Hracs presents on topic of how vinyl retailers are remaining competitive in the digital age. Brian's talk is followed by a Q&A session between Brian and myself. Brian is a lecturer in Geography at the University of Southampton and his research focusses upon the creative economy and he has a keen interest in the musical economy.


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Meditation is that which gives you profound rest. It is a movement in which the practitioner just sits and enables the mind to disintegrate. Truthfully meditation is not concentration. It is de-concentration.
With the hectic pace and demands of modern life, many individuals feel stressed and over-worked. It frequently feels like there is no sufficient time in the day to complete everything. Our anxiety and tiredness make us troubled, anxious and baffled. It can even influence our wellbeing. We are frequently so bustling we feel there is no opportunity to stop and meditate! In any case, meditation really gives you additional time by making your mind more settled and more engaged. A simple ten or fifteen minutes breathing meditation as clarified beneath can help you to defeat your anxiety and locate some inward peace and adjust.
Meditation can likewise help us to comprehend our own mind. We can figure out how to change our mind from negative to positive, from irritated to serene, from troubled to glad. Defeating negative personalities and developing productive contemplations is the motivation behind the transforming meditations found in the Buddhist tradition. This is a significant profound spiritual practice you can enjoy for the duration of the day, not simply just while seated in meditation.
The reason for meditation is to make our mind to quiet and tranquil. if our mind is tranquil, we will be free from stresses and mental inconvenience, thus we will encounter genuine joy; however, in the event that our mind isn't peaceful, we will think that its exceptionally hard to be happy, regardless of whether we are living in the absolute best conditions. If we are trained in meditation, our mind will progressively turn out to be increasingly tranquil, and we will encounter a purer and purer type of satisfaction. In the end, we will have the capacity to remain cheerful constantly, even in the most troublesome conditions.
Normally we think that its hard to control our mind. It appears as though our mind resembles a balloon in the breeze – blown here and there by outside conditions. If things go well, our mind is cheerful, however, in the event that they go badly, it promptly ends up noticeably troubled. For instance, in the event that we get what we need, for example, another ownership or a new partner, we end up happy and stick to them firmly. however, since we can't have all that we want, and since we will unavoidably be separated from the companions and belonging we presently appreciate, this mental stickiness, or connection, serves just to cause us torment.
Then again, in the event that we don't get what we need, or in the event that we lose something that we like, we end up plainly discouraged or bothered. For instance, on the off chance that we are compelled to work with a partner whom we despise, we will most likely wind up plainly chafed and feel abused, with the outcome that we will be not able to work with him or her productively and our chance at work will end up noticeably distressing and unrewarding.
Such fluctuations of mood arise because we are too closely involved in the external situation. We are like a child making a sandcastle who is excited when it is first made, but who becomes upset when it is destroyed by the incoming tide. By training in meditation, we create an inner space and clarity that enables us to control our mind regardless of the external circumstances. Gradually we develop mental equilibrium, a balanced mind that is happy all the time, rather than an unbalanced mind that oscillates between the extremes of excitement and despondency.
If we train in meditation systematically, eventually we will be able to eradicate from our mind the delusions that are the causes of all our problems and suffering. In this way, we will come to experience a permanent inner peace, known as "liberation" or "nirvana". Then, day and night in life after life, we will experience only peace and happiness.
When we practice meditation we need to have a comfortable seat and a good posture. The most important feature of the posture is to keep our back straight. To help us do this if we are sitting on a cushion we make sure that the back of the cushion is slightly higher than the front, inclining our pelvis slightly forward. It is not necessary at first to sit cross-legged, but it is a good idea to become accustomed to sitting in the posture of Buddha Vairochana. If we cannot hold this posture we should sit in one which is as close to this as possible while remaining comfortable.
The seven features of Vairochana's posture are:
- The legs are crossed in the vajra posture. This helps to reduce the thoughts and feelings of desirous attachment.
- The right hand is placed in the left hand, palms upwards, with the tips of the thumbs, slightly raised and gently touching. The hands are held about four fingers' width below the navel. This helps us to develop good concentration. The right hand symbolizes method and the left hand symbolizes wisdom. The two together symbolize the union of method and wisdom. The two thumbs at the level of the navel symbolize the blazing of inner fire.
- The back is straight but not tense. This helps us to develop and maintain a clear mind, and it allows the subtle energy-winds to flow freely.
- The lips and teeth are held as usual, but the tongue touches against the back of the upper teeth. This prevents excessive salivation while also preventing our mouth from becoming too dry.
- The head is tipped a little forward with the chin slightly tucked in so that the eyes are cast down. This helps prevent mental excitement.
- The eyes are neither wide open nor completely closed. Yet remain half open and gaze down along the line of the nose. If the eyes are wide open. We are likely to develop mental excitement and if they are closed we are likely to develop mental sinking.
- The shoulders are level and the elbows are held slightly away from the sides to let air circulate.
A further feature of Vairochana's posture is the preliminary breathing meditation, which prepares our mind for developing a good motivation. When we sit down to meditate our mind is usually full of disturbing thoughts. We cannot immediately convert such a state of mind into the virtuous one we need as our motivation. A negative, disturbed state of mind is like pitch-black cloth. We cannot dye pitch-black cloth any other color. Unless we first remove all the black dye and make the cloth white again. In the same way, if we want to color our mind with a virtuous motivation. We need to clear away all our negative thoughts and distractions. We can accomplish this temporarily by practicing breathing meditation.
Breathing Meditation
When we have settled down comfortably on our meditation seat. We begin by becoming aware of the thoughts and distractions that are arising in our mind. Then we gently turn our attention to our breath, letting its rhythm remain normal. As we breathe out imagine, we are breathing away black smoke of all disturbing thoughts and distractions. As we breathe in we imagine that. We are breathing in all the blessings and inspiration of the holy beings in the form of white light. Which enters our body and absorbs into our heart.
We maintain the visualization single-pointedly with each inhalation and exhalation for twenty-one rounds, or until mind become peaceful and alert. If we concentrate on our breathing in this way. Negative thoughts and distractions will temporarily disappear as we cannot concentrate on more than one object at a time. At the conclusion of our breathing meditation. We should think `Now I have received the blessings and inspiration of all the holy beings'. At this stage, our mind is like a clean white cloth which we can now color with a virtuous motivation.
During Tibet travel, you will get a lot of opportunities in a quiet place to meditate, I would recommend some meditate with the view of the beautiful landscape, following water of Kyichu river, and Beautiful sunshine over Mount Everest
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Iterative Algorithms for Variational Inequalities Governed by Boundedly Lipschitzian and Strongly Monotone Operators
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Journal of Applied Mathematics - Volume 2015 2015, Article ID 175254, 7 pages -
Research Article
College of Science, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China
Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Signal Processing, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China
Received 2 August 2014; Accepted 3 September 2014
Academic Editor: Wei-Shih Du
Copyright © 2015 Caiping Yang and Songnian He. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Consider the variational inequality of finding a point satisfying the property for all , where is a level set of a convex function defined on a real Hilbert space and is a boundedly Lipschitzian i.e., Lipschitzian on bounded subsets of and strongly monotone operator. He and Xu proved that this variational inequality has a unique solution and devised iterative algorithms to approximate this solution see He and Xu, 2009. In this paper, relaxed and self-adaptive iterative algorithms are proposed for computing this unique solution. Since our algorithms avoid calculating the projection calculating by computing a sequence of projections onto half-spaces containing the original domain directly and select the stepsizes through a self-adaptive way having no need to know any information of bounded Lipschitz constants of i.e., Lipschitz constants on some bounded subsets of , the implementations of our algorithms are very easy. The algorithms in this paper improve and extend the corresponding results of He and Xu.
Autor: Caiping Yang and Songnian He
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Farmer loses wind turbine appeal
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A farmer refused permission to build a wind turbine on his land has seen his appeal dismissed by the government's planning inspectorate.
Robert Sherwen, of High Thorny, Carleton, near Egremont, had appealed to the inspectorate after previously having his planning permission for the 76.6m turbine turned down by Copeland Council.
Members of the council's planning panel had previously ruled, after visiting the site, that the development turbine would "be an isolated, prominent feature, incongruous in its surroundings, which would have a materially harmful effect on the character and appearance in the surrounding rural landscape".
Mr Sherwen's plans were the subject of a public meeting which resulted in 240 letters of objection and a 40-signature petition being sent to Copeland Council from residents concerned about a number of issues, including visual impact and noise.
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Our church has pledged to build 15 fresh-water wells in India this year. Each well costs $1,500 and forever impacts the communities that depend on them. The first Sunday of every month, we are taking a special offering for this project. Of course, you can donate whenever you'd like by marking your donation, "Wells for India".
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Building a community looks at the beginning like getting to know each other, and then slowly slowly turns into creating a team identity. Since the very first day of school we introduced ourselves in many playful ways, and welcomed our new friends with open hugs.
In the classroom we will spend lots of time together sharing experiences, thoughts, space and materials. The poem "Together" by George Ella Lyon that we read, helped us build and share the same dream as well.
"Let's put our heads together and dream the same dream" was written in the poem, and that's exactly what we did. We put our heads together on our "magic" carpet and we dreamed that we were bees flying all around in an effort to find just the right place to build our home.
Can dreams come true? Well... in our classroom they can. We proved that when all of us work together, we can make our dreams come true. Believe it or not, after we woke up from that dream, we still were bees. And we were very busy making our classroom the right place to live in. Do you want to learn how we did it? Check the next post, and you will understand.


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What is a Data Warehouse?
A data warehouse is a central repository for all or significant parts of the data that an enterprise's various business systems collect. W. H. Inmon coined this term. IBM sometimes uses the term "information warehouse." Typically, a data warehouse is housed on an enterprise mainframe server.
Data from various online transaction processing applications and other sources is selectively extracted and organized on the data warehouse database for use by analytical applications and user queries.
What is a Data Mart?
A data mart is a repository of data gathered from operational data and other sources that is designed to serve a particular community of knowledge workers. In scope, the data may derive from an enterprise-wide database or data warehouse or be more specialized.
The emphasis of a data mart is on meeting the specific demands of a particular group of knowledge users in terms of analysis, content, presentation, and ease-of-use. Users of a data mart can expect to have data presented in terms that are familiar.
How does a Data Warehouse differ from a Data Mart?
In practice, the terms datamart and data warehouse each tend to imply the presence of the other in some form. However, most writers using the term seem to agree that the design of a data mart tends to start from an analysis of user needs and that a data warehouse tends to start from an analysis of what data already exists and how it can be collected in such a way that the data can later be used.
What is an ODS?
An Operational Data store is a construct, which has been designed to overcome the need for Information (EIS) in the Operational area. It is similar to a data warehouse but differs in many respects. Sitting in between the operational, transaction processing environment and the enterprise data warehouse is this structure called the ODS. The ODS provides foundation to achieve tangible integrated operational results in a short time frame. While the data warehouse offers no relief to the organization struggling with nonintegrated operational systems, the ODS offers immediate relief.
What is a Federated Data Warehouse?
Most techniques used by organizations to build a data warehousing system employ either a top-down or bottom-up development approach. In the top-down approach, an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) is built in an iterative manner and underlying dependent data marts are created as required. In the bottom-up approach, independent data marts are created with the view to integrating them into an enterprise data warehouse at some time in the future. There are many pros and cons of the two approaches but there is a steady trend toward the use of independent data marts, especially with the move toward the use of turnkey analytic application packages.
A solution must offer low cost and rapid ROI advantages of the independent data mart approach without problems of data integration in the future. Such a solution is called the federated data warehouse. Two components of a federated data warehouse are the common business model and shared information staging areas.
When end-users access the "system of record" (the OLTP system) directly and generate "summarized data" reports and thereby given the feel of a "data warehouse", such a data warehouse is known as a "virtual data warehouse".
What is an Enterprise Data Warehouse?
The enterprise data warehouse is the heart of the DSS environment. The enterprise data warehouse is fed by the ODS and the integration and transformation layer. In turn the enterprise data warehouse feeds the rest of the DSS environment. In a very real sense the enterprise data warehouse is the crossroads of the DSS world.
What are the different process maps available for Data Marts?
Available process maps for Data Marts are;
The interaction associated with the architecture begins with an Extraction, Transformation, Migration, and Loading (ETML) process working from legacy and/or external data sources. Extraction transformation, and migration, process data from these sources and output it to a centralized Data Staging Area. Following this, data and metadata are loaded into the Enterprise Data Warehouse and the centralized metadata repository. Once these are constituted, Data Marts are created from summarized data warehouse data and metadata.
What is Bottom-up architecture of Warehouse development?
The second data warehousing systems architecture, the "Bottom-up" architecture became popular because the Top-down architecture took too long to implement, was often politically unacceptable, and was too expensive.
The central idea in Bottom-up architecture is to construct the data warehouse incrementally over time from independently developed data marts. The process begins with ETML for one or more data marts. No common data staging area is required. There is generally a separate area for each data mart. There may not even be standardization on the ETML tool.
What is Enterprise Data Mart architecture of Warehouse development?
EDMA supports an incremental approach to the data warehouse through data mart development by creating a shared framework for development. The EDMA framework includes enterprise subject areas, common dimensions, metrics, business rules, and data sources, all represented in a logically common (but not necessarily physically centralized) Global Metadata Repository (GMR).
Central to the architecture also, is a common data staging area called a Dynamic Data Store (DDS) for extraction, transformation, and migration results. A DDS stores, cleans, and transforms data extracted from operational systems, and also prepares the data for loading into DSS data stores.
What is Datastage/ Data Mart architecture of Warehouse development?
DS/DMA is the same as EDMA with the important exception that no physical enterprise-wide data warehouse is implemented. Instead, the data warehouse is viewed as the conjunction of the data marts in the context of an EDMA-like metadata repository.
What is Distributed Data Warehouse/ Data Mart architecture of Warehouse development?
It provides a logical database layer mapping a unified logical data model to physical tables in the various data marts. And second it provides transparent querying of the unified logical database across data marts and data warehouses along with caching and joining services. Thus, the distributed character of the data warehouse/data mart system is made transparent to users.
Leading tool providers supporting this architecture are Informatica, Carleton, and Sybase Adaptive Server.
What is Distributed Data Warehouse/ Data Mart architecture of Warehouse development?
DKM architecture is an evolving O-O/Component-based architecture applicable to enterprise wide systems incorporating multiple processing styles including DSS, OLTP, and Batch processing. These systems are called Distributed Knowledge Management Systems (DKMS). Here DKM architecture is applied to data warehouse/data mart -based DSS systems.
Top – Down and Bottom-Up architectures may be viewed as two-tier architectures utilizing clients and local or remote databases. EDMA, DS/DMA, and DDW/DMA may be viewed as adding middleware and tuple layers to earlier architectures to provide the capability to manage warehouse systems integration through unified logical views, monitoring, reporting, and intentional DBA maintenance activity. But tuple-layer based management still doesn't provide automatic feedback of changes in one component of a data warehousing system to others.
DKM architecture may be viewed as adding an object layer to EDMA or to DDW/DMA to provide integration through automated change capture and management. Figure Six depicts DKM architecture.
Why do we need a different schema for Data warehousing/Business Intelligence?
A data warehouse stores historical data that is collected from various sources and the data is time variant. The data warehouse is updated in a scheduled and controlled manner. An online system usually does not store historical data, however if history data is stored it would pose severe performance issues, further being an Online environment 2 users accessing the same set of information are likely to derive different results. An online system would provide data only from a single source, whereas a data warehouse usually has data being put in from various sources.
What are the various features of Enterprise Data Warehouse?
The various features of an EDW are:


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- Business class is definitely the way to go if it takes 16 hours flying time to get to your destination
- We got upgraded to really spectacular lodgings in the middle of our trip -- thanks Odyssey Safaris!
- We arrived late in the Great Migration, but did get to see one of the river crossings.
- I inadvertantly got a few x-rated nature videos this time around.
- Gnu puns abound.
Your cast for this trip are:
- Stepmonster (your humble narratrix)
- The World's Greatest Husband (her devoted mate)
- Jane (Stepmonster's friend and fellow traveller)
- Angi (Stepmonster's friend and fellow traveller)
Who we travelled with:
Odyssey Safaris -- I contacted them about a year ago with an itinerary proposal, and they arranged everything.
Swiss Air -- Flights were booked through them - actual carriers were Air Canada, Swiss Air, and Lufthansa.
Safari Park Hotel -- Nairobi
Ashnil Hotels -- Buffalo Springs Reserve and the Maasai Mara.
Serena Hotels -- Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Sarova Hotels -- Lake Nakuru and the Maasai Mara.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Bristol Palin BRISTOL STOMP - Len Barry
Bob Dylan said, "We live in a political world," and Brother Theodore said, "In this best of all possible worlds, everything is in a hell of a mess." And these points of view are combined in the Palins. Sarah. Bristol. Willow. It's a never-ending nightmare. For those who thought political stupidity and messy incompetence ended with Dubya leaving office…the sad fact is that Dubya's 8 years are over, but it looks like the Palins will be around for a lifetime.
It's now reached the point of gunfire. A few days ago, a 66 year-old man in Wisconsin lost his mind while watching Bristol Palin on "Dancing with the Stars." He grabbed a shotgun and blew out his TV set. People magazine's website explained: "Palin has been a polarizing figure on the show, having advanced in the competition despite consistently receiving the lowest scores from the judges…"
Sarah Pain has advanced from a cinder in the public eye to just about blinding it, despite having been a loser in the last election, and showing her contempt for her constituents by walking out on her governorship in order to make more money via lecture tours, books, teasing threats to run for the Presidency, and polarizing quips that call attention to herself while antagonizing millions.
She was never shy about bringing her idiot spawn into it…from having unwed mother Bristol cradle her bastard on national television during the election, to knowingly starting a publicity-grabbing fake feud with David Letterman by being the only person in the world to think that a Dave joke about Bristol's inane sluttiness was aimed at Willow (not of legal age). Well, we now see that Willow is hardly anyone's idea of pure.
Shortly before Bristol reached the "Dancing with the Stars" finals (huge ratings every time the controversy ratcheted up a notch), celebutard Willow made the news by sending out obnoxious twitters about a classmate: "Haha your so gay…what I've seen pictures of, your disgusting…my sister had a kid and is still hot...You such a faggot." Bristol read this piss from little Sis, and joined in: ""You're running your mouth just to talk shit...You'll be as successful as my baby daddy." The latter was a shot at her ex-boyfriend, who was trying to run for mayor of Wassila, and doing the talk show circuit, taking humiliating mocks from Jay Leno and Bill Maher.
And so it goes. To quote Kander, or was it Ebb, "Whatever happened to class?"
"Whatever Happened to Class," the best song in the musical "Chicago," could've been your download, but the painfully over-publicized (to the point of gunfire) Bristol Palin romp to the finals of a moronic show that shouldn't even be on the air, leads to "Bristol Stomp" by Len Barry. Len Barry (nee Leonard Borisoff), was the lead singer for The Dovells, the group that made "Bristol Stomp" a hit. On his own, he scored a blue-eyed soul smash with "1-2-3," but didn't have 4 or 5 more. Two years ago he co-wrote a novel, "Black-Like-Me" from the indie Bank House books company. For more info on it you can check Amazon.com BUT…for Len's imagined soundtrack to a film version of the book, go to http://www.lenbarry.com/ and click the link to the free download/listening page.
Illfolks already posted Jackie Kannon's song "Sarah," which had the nice line, "all day long she sits and shits." I'll skip Groucho Marx's version of "Tit Willow," so here's "Bristol Stomp." In England a "pair of Bristols" is a euphemism that was used in probably every other episode of "The Benny Hill Show," but Bristol is just a place in Philadelphia (as it is in England). And while the moon-faced young Palin continues to annoy, as does her smirky mom, let's say that we don't mean "Bristol Stomp" literally. Although millions are feeling very flattened by the three P's infecting America's pod: Willow Palin, Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin…and there are plenty more where they came from.
BRISTOL STOMP -- Len Barry version Listen on line or download. No wait time, capcha codes, porn ads, or demands to pay a premium to the download service that hasn't licensed the music and laughs all the way to the bank about it.
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Sir David Gonson was a member of an English naval family who was received into the Order at the English Auberge in Malta on 20 October 1533. He served on the ships of the Order in the Mediterranean until 1540 when he returned to England. Henry VIII had suppressed the Order in his kingdom by an Act of Parliament of 10 May 1540. David Gunston was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1540 and was condemned to death by an Act of Parliament in 1541 for denying the authority of the King in spiritual matters. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at St. Thomas' Waterings, Southwark on 12 July 1541. Pius XI declared him Blessed on 15 December 1929.
O God, who made of blessed David a notable champion of the Catholic faith whose martyrdom shed glory on our Order, grant that he may stimulate us to defend the unity of your holy Church. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(From: The Missal with readings of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes, & of Malta, London 1997)
"Per signum S. Crucis de inimicis nostris libera nos Deus noster Jesus, Crux, et Maria sint nihi salus, custodia ex via".
11 July 2011
Memorial of Blessed David Gonson - Martyr of the Order of Malta
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I would like to purchase a copy of the book: The Missal with readings of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes, & of Malta, London 1997. I am unable to find a copy on the internet. Perhaps you can direct me to the correct site where I might purchase the book. With thanks,
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Lying in bed listening to the sound of the rain pummeling against the windows. It's been like this all day. Sunny, then dark, then bucketing down, then suddenly dry then sunny again. Instant downpour, like in the movies.
I can hardly believe that the week is almost over. As I get older the days go by in a blink and the weeks meld into one another. Highly frustrating at times and yet at other times I'm impatient to see what the future holds.
Just some random thoughts tonight. I hope this isn't turning into a weather journal!
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I primarily follow the NeuroLeadership approach pioneered by David Rock, with whom I've trained. I find that this science-based, structured, and transparent approach builds trust with clients, focuses on quick results, and unlike many forms of talk therapy, is designed to keep both sides of the relationship free from dependency.
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She had a great time! She was eager to get ready and go this morning, and wasn't as shy as I thought she might be. When I picked her up, she told me all about her day-and absolutely loved it! =]
Here's a pic of my big girl-just before we left for preschool. :love:
I can hardly believe it's been a little over 4 years since my sweet Jacey was born. Now she's going to preschool! Time goes by so quickly-and I am cherishing every moment. I am so happy to see Jacey so excited about going to school!


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This 'Sweet' Couple is Looking for a Forever Home for the Holidays
From Humboldt Animal Rescue Team:
Age: 6 months old
Breed: Tortoiseshell/Calico
Purr-sonality: Eudora is as sweet as can be and adores snuggle time with her brother Linus. Eudora can be a bit reserved at first but once she warms up to you, she is very loving. She loves to play and is very friendly.
Age: 6 months old
Breed: Tuxedo
Purr-sonality: Linus is as sweet as can be and adores snuggle time with his sister Eudora. Linus is extremely friendly and is also very curious. He loves to be next to you and strives to know what you're up to. He might even help you with whatever you are doing! He is very loving and LOVES to play.
HART(Humboldt Animal Rescue Team) has no room at the inn this holiday season. In order to help the many more cats and kittens that need our help we need to find homes for those already sheltered with us. There are many different ages of cats, personalities and we even have pairs who must be adopted as a bonded. Are you ready for the awesome responsibility of having a new family member? Can you help HART free up space for us to help other homeless cats in Humboldt?
All adoptable cats are spayed/neutered, test negative for FIV/FeLV, have received the first FVRCP vaccine, and have been treated for worms and fleas. During the Month of December Bring Home a New Cat and Enjoy Lowered Adoption Fees at HART!
From December 1st until the 31st these are the lowered fees:
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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he could beat media mogul Oprah Winfrey in a presidential contest but said he did not think the actress and talk show host would run.
Trump, speaking to reporters during a meeting with lawmakers at the White House, said he liked Winfrey, whose rousing speech at the Golden Globe awards show on Sunday night sparked speculation that she would run for president as a Democrat in 2020.
Trump as far back as 1999 when he considered running as the Reform Party candidate told Larry King he would consider Winfrey as a running mate. In 2015, he reiterated this position on ABC News in the U.S., saying she was "talented, a friend of mine, a good person... I like Oprah... I think we'd win easily actually".
In June 2015, Donald Trump reiterated to @GStephanopoulos that he'd consider Oprah Winfrey as a running mate: "I'd love to have Oprah. I think we'd win easily, actually." https://t.co/diAM1V3dAGpic.twitter.com/Nu1la6lMxD— ABC News (@ABC) January 9, 2018
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When new gadgets are made, almost everyone wants to see what's inside, including myself. The case is made of anodized aluminum with those 2 plastic rivets holding the PCB in place. Well after getting my fingernail under the rivet top, I found out that I could remove both of them, so I took out the PCB. Take a look at the rivet and some shots of the PCB.
I'm not an electrical engineer so I really can't explain this any further than to say, the design is based on a PIC Micro Controller 12C508A. Hooking up the Power Down Protector is really straight forward. The first thing you need to do is make sure WOL is enabled in your BIOS. I had it disabled and the P.D.P would not function properly. Once that is turned on, the minimal installation is to connect to your WOL header on your motherboard (Asus Cusl2-C used), then connect to your fan header (I'm using my front intake fan's header for this test), and then connect the fan cable to the Power Down Protector. I am using a Sunon 92mm (49.5cfm @ 34.5db/a @ 2.8 watts) fan for the test as it was handy and not installed. Note: Based on Amperage requirements, I was unable to test with 2 92mm fans. Here are the images in order:
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Join guests hosts spins & needles for a late night out at the National Gallery of Canada!
In conjunction with the Gallery's evening program Artsparks, spins & needles presents a night of creative exploration of the contemporary collection. Fine art meets funky beats and hands-on art/craft workshops in the Gallery space.
The night will feature late-night access to the Gallery's contemporary collection, interactive DIY art/craft projects, music by DJs Jason Pelletier and Clifford Brown and guided tours. Interpret the Gallery – its collection and its space – in a new light!
When: Thursday September 17th @ 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Where: National Gallery of Canada (380 Sussex Dr. @ St. Patrick) >Map and Directions
Cover: $12 (Members: $10). Tickets for purchase at the ticket counter. Includes all project materials and instructions. Also includes guided tours of the contemporary collection from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Cash bar @ the event. 19+
DJ Set with Jason Pelletier and Clifford Brown (Montreal)
Water Court Foyer
7:00-11:00 p.m.
DJs Jason Pelletier and Clifford Brown mix up some funky beats.
Interactive DIY Art + Craft Projects
Water Court Foyer + Gallery Studio
7:00-11:00 p.m.
Work on a variety of projects inspired by the exhibitions and collections on view to make and take home with you. All materials + instructions provided.
Guided Tours: Contemporary Exhibit – Thomas Nozkowski and other exhibitions on view
Meeting point: Near coat check area
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Gallery interpreters will host guided tours of contemporary artist Thomas Nozkowski, the first exhibition organized by new director Marc Mayer at the National Gallery of Canada. Tour times to be announced at the event. Also on view: The Art of the Celebrity Portrait and other exhibitions.
Spins & Needles @ National Gallery | September 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
7:00pm - 19+
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It snowed yesterday, leaving me a little unclear what to say to people — Happy Halloween? Happy Thanksgiving? Merry Christmas? Happy President's Day? Regardless, I'm sure record snow for such an early date is somehow a sign of global warming and that the end-times are upon us.
In my part of New Jersey had about 2 inches of ice/snow, which was just enough to leave plenty of people without power, ruin lots of Halloween party plans, and brought out the crazy drivers about a month early.
I like snow, just not this much in October. I think seasons should stick to their own turf — I want a White Christmas, not a White Halloween.


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'Bare Bones' is a unique domino set created by 'The Principals' for lifestyle brand Billy Reid. The collaboration between the two teams of designers takes inspiration from their varied backgrounds in architecture and industrial design to bring a twist to the classic domino.
The set of double-six dominoes retains the iconic black-and-white coloring, but re-imagines other aspects like materiality, shape and numbering. Bare Bones takes its name from the primitive appearance of the set. Some elements that reinforce this rawness include casting the dominoes in concrete in unexpected angular shapes and using lines in the place of dots to indicate numbers.
To celebrate the release of the boxed sets, Billy Reid is hosting a tournament at its New York location on May 18th, 2013: be sure to bring your competitive side.
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A recent email from a long time reader, Deborah, asked me the following:
1. Now that makeup has changed a bit in formulations the last 5 years or so ... what is the order I should put it on? I don't usually wear moisturizer or I get enough moisture from the other products, so I skip that. Should I go 1. sunscreen 2. primer 3. whatever's next -- bb or foundation or skin illustrator gels ... i.e., the color products? or does primer go first? I think it does.
When I read this, I thought to myself, "How complex makeup has become!" In fact, Olivia Sr. has asked me the same questions many times over. Each time I have given her a different answer because she will start with, "Well, the last time you told me..."
There has never been a time in my life when makeup has become a burden rather than a fun ritual of contentment. I don't remember ever questioning myself of any makeup application order in my youth. It was simple; moisturize, concealer, foundation when necessary, powder face, apply eyeshadow, mascara, and a bit of color on the lips. That was all.
Nowadays, I look at the pile of similar makeup products from primers, mascaras, to foundations and hang my head in shame!
I know how to wear makeup, but the cosmetic brands have turned me into a complete IDIOT because of all the steps I have to take to achieve photoshopped perfection! And, why am I trying to achieve some fantasy perfection when I live in REAL LIFE.
I walk in the sunlight or artificial light. I don't have perfect lighting to follow me around. I don't walk the red carpet and I certainly don't have the paparazzi following me around. So, why should I care about what a celeb uses to get the great looks when they have a makeup artist applying the stuff and I only have me and my life for makeup?
And, I shouldn't! Like I mentioned in my last post, inner beauty should be enhanced for it has been bred without the help of makeup. I should listen to what my skin feels comfortable with.
The less I have on my skin, the more it looks better and the longer it actually lasts. Piling up layers and layers of pre-makeup products doesn't guarantee long lasting makeup. A simple application of just powdering and nowadays a good makeup sealant spray (like Blue Marble Selr) will set the makeup for the rest of the day and even night!
So, Deborah, to answer your question, the best answer I have is, if your skin feels good enough with the moisturizer or the moisture you naturally have, then your next step is just to enhance your complexion with color!
I do have more to say about this and will continue in a future posting with some tips on good makeup application.
Tell me what you think? Are you fed up too? Do you actually have time to do your makeup anymore? What the hell has happened to makeup?