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Saturday, let's continue in the trail of PLANET OF ZEUS and the Tour with HONG FAUX and CLUTCH. The other support act during this tour was the Swedish heavy metal/stoner band BOMBUS, from Gothenburg. With a upcoming 3:rd album they played 3 new tunes mixed up with some classic BOMBUS rockers. That BOMBUS guys rocks both on stage and in private is great, make life so much easier if you can work together. Anyway, they delivered a kick ass performance and I really looking forward to the new/upcoming album. Here comes some cool pictures from the Soundcheck and the show, enjoy!
BOMBUS are a heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. Bombus initially signed to Mourningwood Recordings and their debut album "Bombus" before signing to Century Media on 10 April 2013; releasing another single "Apparatus", on 6 May 2013 and their second studio album "The Poet and The Parrot" on 26 September 2013. The third album "Repeat Until Death", which is scheduled for worldwide release through Century Media Records on February 26th, 2016. The album is mastered by Jens Bogren (OPETH, AMON AMARTH, ARCH ENEMY). The Artwork was created by Ulf Lundén.
Today's tune is the title track from the upcoming album "Repeat Until Death".
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
I spent the whole of yesterday morning trying to find out if having various characters in my 18th century drama thing* saying the word 'shit' was historically accurate or not. Research would seem to indicate that while it's okay to use it as a noun, using it as an exclamation is probably pushing it. Although I might change it to 'shite' and see if I can get away with it.
Anyway, one of my main references, a dictionary of "buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence" is available for download here
I did stumble across a few fun phrases I thought I might put up here, thusly:
BALUM RANCUM. A hop or dance, where the women are all prostitutes. N. B. The company dance in their birthday suits.
BEAU TRAP. A loose stone in a pavement, under which water lodges, and on being trod upon, squirts it up, to the great damage of white stockings; also a sharper neatly dressed, lying in wait for raw country squires, or ignorant fops.
DEADLY NEVERGREEN, that bears fruit all the year round - The gallows, or three-legged mare. See THREE-LEGGED MARE.
FART CATCHER. A valet or footman from his walking behind his master or mistress.
FUSTY LUGGS. A beastly, sluttish woman**.
GILLY GAUPUS. A Scotch term for a tall awkward fellow.
LOCKSMITH'S DAUGHTER. A key.
PAD BORROWERS. Horse stealers.
PISS PROPHET. A physician who judges of the diseases of his patients solely by the inspection of their urine.
WIBBLE. Bad drink.
Anyway, there are loads, go and have a look.
* I know 1811 is the nineteenth century, but it's close enough. This should in no way be seen as symbolic of my attitude to historical accuracy for the project. Although I might put robots in it, to spice it up a bit.
** Boz knows lots of these, apparently. EDIT: oops, I was thinking of Rob, sorry to besmirch your reputation Boz.
8 comments:
- Provincial Lady said...
Brilliant. Also very Georgette Heyer - lots of 'boxing cant' used by the young sprigs of fashion. But no actual swearing, as such.
- 9:56 pm
- Marsha Klein said...
Didn't Jonathin Swift use 'shit' in 'A Lady's Dressing-Room'? If you see what I mean...
- 10:01 pm
- Valerie said...
Those 'piss prophets' didn't just inspect people's urine. They tasted it. Just sayin'.
- 3:51 am
- Bowleserised said...
Was also going to suggest Heyer. Her research was so good that Sandhurst used her novel about Waterloo as a teaching aid – she was more accurate than Thackeray.
Also, she could tell when she was being plagiarised (by, I think, Barbara Cartland) because she knew that a particular slang term was ONLY used in some private papers from the period to which she was the only person who'd had access.
- 6:20 am
- james henry said...
Cor, I have unlocked a veritable treasure trove of 18th century trivia and wisdom - cheers!
Heh, I borrowed some Heyer novels off my Nan when I was a teenager, because I wanted to read something, and my Nan promptly told my mum she was 'a bit worried about me'.
Am going to look up 'shit' in Swift, hurrah!
- 8:12 am
- james henry said...
*seconds later*
Found it! http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/dressing.html
Bah, still, erm, 'descriptive' rather than exclamatory. Not read the poem before though, so thanks for that!
- 8:17 am
- Jayne said...
I was going to suggest Heyer but see that the whole world got there before me.
One of the many bizarre experiences in my life involves discussing Georgette Heyer in Jaipur with 6 Indians who'd learnt much of their English from reading her books...
- 4:00 pm
Please write 'wibble' into the script!
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Friday, November 2, 2018
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Colossians is a letter written to the church in the city of Colossae by the apostle Paul. Colossians proclaims Christ as the Head of the body. He is our life, and we are complete in Him…
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text: This year's Annual Bluegrass Festival will be jam-packed with lively and talented musicians for 3 days on August 15th-17th, 2013. The grand finale on Saturday night at The Auditorium will be Bluegrass legend Jesse McReynolds. McReynolds, one-half of the famed Jim & Jesse bluegrass duo, is a legend in the world of bluegrass music. Known as "Mr. Mandolin," and the 'Ironman of Bluegrass,' this multi-instrumental wizard has influenced generations of bluegrass musicians with his "McReynolds style" of mandolin playing, consisting of "cross-picking" and "split-string" techniques.


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|a subgenre of science fiction which has a historical setting (esp. based on industrialized, nineteenth-century society) and characteristically features steam-powered, mechanized machinery rather than electronic technology
|OED requirements
|antedating 1987
|Earliest cite
|James Blaylock in Locus
|Jeff Prucher submitted a 1987 cite from an interview with James Blaylock in Locus. Jeff Prucher submitted a 1997 cite from SF Studies. Mike Christie submitted a 1993 cite from Peter Nicholls in the Nicholls and Clute "Encyclopedia of SF". Jeff Prucher submitted a 1995 cite from Richard Gehr in "The Village Voice".
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|1987 Locus May 56/1
|What does he think about being a member of the 'steam punk' movement?
|1987 K. W. Jeter in Locus Apr. 57/2
|Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of that era; like 'steam-punks', perhaps.
|1987 J. Blaylock in Locus May 57/1
|There's railroad trains, a lot of steam-driven stuff, but that's about it. More 'steam punk', I suppose.
|1988 Locus Apr. 15/3
|If California gonzo or the reigning punks (cyber and steam) don't satisfy your taste for the unpredictable, try Jo Clayton's Blue Magic.
|1991 Locus Nov. 15/1
|Some highlights:‥'Souls in the Great Machine' by Sean McMullen, an elegant variant on a traditional sf theme, here transformed into a baroque post-industrial vision resembling 'steampunk' but even more bizarre.
|1991 Locus May 66/3
|The Difference Engine is not steampunk, because it is a work of hard sf.
|1993 P. Nicholls & J. Clute Encycl. Sci. Fiction 1161/1
|Steampunk , item of sf terminology coined in the late 1980s, on the analogy of cyberpunk , to describe the modern subgenre whose sf events take place against a 19th-century background.
|1993 Sci. Fiction Age Jan. 74/3
|Paul Di Filippo says that his newest works are taking a turn from cyberpunk to steampunk, following in the footsteps of many other s.f. writers.
|1993 P. Nicholls & J. Clute Encycl. Sci. Fiction 1161/1
|Another, rather frivolous Steampunk movie is Young Sherlock Holmes (1985).
|1993 P. Nicholls & J. Clute Encycl. Sci. Fiction 1161/1
|Books like these do not sort well with the kind of book later described as Steampunk, perhaps because in essence Steampunk is a US phenomenon, often set in a London, England, which is envisaged as at once deeply alien and intimately familiar
|1993 Sci. Fiction Stud. Nov. 455
|We wanted our cyberspace to have a 'steampunk' feel and a sense that the whole thing was held together with bailing wire and hot glue.
|1994 J. Clute Is Science Fiction Out to Lunch? in J. Morrow Nebula Awards 28 (1994) 5
|The first thing that comes to mind is a sense of the almost lubricious heterogeneity of the mix: hard SF, and vampire suckers; space opera, and steampunk; agenda SF trumpeting out a final clarion call or two, and science fantasy doing a chaste riff; dystopias and planetary romances and cyberpunk runs and juveniles and time-travel and grunge.
|1995 Interzone Oct. 59/1
|Unlike James Blaylock, whose steampunk sagas are characterized by a romantic vision of Victorian London as it should have been, a playground for eccentrics, fantastic devices and sinister occult conspiracies, Di Filippo's acidly funny tales are funhouse mirrors which warp and satirize precisely recreated conventions and prejudices of the era with deadpan wit.
|1995 Village Voice (N.Y.) 31 Jan. 74/5
|This ain't no steampunk (and, for what it's worth, it blows Gibson and Sterling's The Difference Engine out of the infosphere), but Stephenson's period, back-to-the-future wit is timeless.
|1995 Interzone Aug. 66/4
|Alas, it didn't contain the one we were most interested in seeing—the recent "Deep Space Nine" title by well-known steampunk author K.W. Jeter‥
|1997 Sci.-Fiction Studies Mar. 145
|Even though he writes passionately against the genre of alternate histories being included among sf subgenres, two of his most expansive ruminations are on steampunk books, Tim Powers's Anubis Gates and Gibson-Sterling's Difference Engine , which became occasions for passionate lectures on Dickens's contribution to urban fantasy.
|2006 Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest Summer 83
|Steampunk as a generic term seems to have originated originally in Jeter's letter to Locus Magazine in April 1987, a tongue-in-cheek euphemism for the kind of 'gonzo-historical' narratives written by the 'Powers/Blaylock/Jeter fantasy triumvirate'.
|2006 Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest Summer 83
|The term [steampunk] itself is partly an ironic nod to the Cyberpunk movement of the 80s, and indeed seems a suitable choice, exhibiting the inherent tendency of steampunk narratives towards a playful, ironic, sometimes (notably in the works of James Blaylock) whimsical bend.


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Life is full of contradictions and paradoxes. Here's a personal account of Cholena. She tells us about the deep prejudices against art and artists when she was growing up. She also shares how she surmounted her problems and followed her natural inclination.
I have no clue as to when I had started taking an interest in drawing. However, I do remember getting hyped when it came to art classes in school. Art was always my favourite subject. I would doodle when lessons got boring and whenever I got caught by teachers, they would approach me with grouchy faces and looking at my work, they will encourage me to join art competitions. However, I didn't think much of it at that time and brushed it off my mind as I had never considered myself a true artist.
Back at home when I slacked, with textbooks wide open on my desk, I would hide my little drawing pads under them and sketch. I didn't believe that I had talent but if an image struck me, I had an undeniable urge to translate that image onto some piece of paper. Otherwise, I would not be able to sleep or concentrate on anything else.
When I was 8, my grandmother once visited us. I went without breakfast and lunch, drawn into my own world with canvas and paintings. In the evening, when my dad returned from work, my grandmother put an end to my precious hobby with all her nasty complaints. Every single drawing material was taken away from me and I was banned from drawing ever again. That didn't deter me from drawing and painting though.
I was so desperate that I would use anything I could get my hands on…sticks, dried stems , burnt charcoal, burnt matchsticks, old toothbrushes…You name it. When I finally became a college student, I convinced my father to sign me up for art classes. It was a whopping 25 rupees a month and I had to do it through snail mail. Who was my dad? Well, my dad was a very strict person who loved to be in control of everything. And that was exactly why he made one condition, my art materials were all sent to his shop before he handed them over to me.
Every evening, on the way home from College, my first question would always be if I was sent anything. My obsession with drawings freaked out my dad so much that he once again, stopped me from drawing. And once again, banning me from my hobby didn't work and I somehow found a way to draw. His reason was that I should concentrate on my studies. On top of that, he mentioned that very often, painters are unlucky until they die.
Years rolled by and I got my first phone with a camera feature. I started to quench my thirst for art by clicking photos that would remind me of how I would have painted them and every now and then, people would tell me that I should draw more. "You would make a great artist," they would say. To that, I would just respond with a warm smile…. Because you see, I shouldn't be called an artist.
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James Fortune
The Blood (Will Never Lose It's Power)
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REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
All eight people arrested after a lone assailant attacked the British parliament killing three people are suspected of preparing terrorist acts, London police said on Thursday.
They were still searching properties in Wales, the central city of Birmingham and east London.
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Lately I've noticed my attempts at cooking all too often end up being focussed on getting the process over
with quickly. I don't know why I'm in such a tearing hurry these days, and I have no idea when things changed. However, judging by the increasing number of half-made and ready-made dishes appearing on the shelves of local supermarkets and the success of Jamie Oliver's new whipping-up-dinner-in-15-minutes gambit, I doubt if I'm alone.
Once upon a time I didn't approach the task with the same frantic urgency. I enjoyed the actual process of cooking, without fretting about the time involved. I didn't keep telling myself there was something more important I ought to be doing. The pleasure was, of course, still in the eating, but it was also in the pottering about that led to the eating. I used to spend long intervals in the kitchen with the radio droning in the background. I chopped things and melted stuff, I stirred and pureed, I layered and smoothed and listened to the cricket or the book reading (don't axe it, you cretinous vandals) or Sunday Story (nor this, you bean-counting creeps - new Creative Audio Unit, my foot).
I don't know what's changed in my life. Somehow now I'm always chivvying myself, scurrying towards the endlessly recurring finish-line and the washing-up bowl beyond.
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the friday after i got home from the east coast, my sweet mom came to visit me. we had such a dreamy weekend together. i can't even believe how blessed i am to be this woman's daughter. she is the most amazing human being i know. to have her all to myself for nearly two and a half days!
mom came straight from the airport to my school on friday afternoon and it was so fun to give her a tour and introduce her to some of the kids. then, we set off for carmel-by-the-sea, which is just simply the darlingest and charmingest town that could possibly exist. we had such a grand time exploring!
we enjoyed outdoor dining on the most lovely patio with heat lamps and a fire (and yummmy ahi tuna salad):
we strolled down ocean avenue and admiring the enchanting christmas window displays:
we ate sea salt caramel fudge and peppermint bark while discovering hidden passageways:
we cozied into our little room at the fireplace inn and stayed up late talking:
we woke up to the garden outside our room:
we went for a walk along scenic road and marveled at the gorgeous coastline and the adorable cottages:
it rained on us a tiny bit; just enough for heaven to give us a rainbow!:
we explored more around downtown carmel, which is just the sweetest:
we popped into some galleries (and fell in love with these painted-cut-and-swirled canvas creations – tidal pool and autumn light):
and into shops selling all kinds of beautiful, unique things, like technicolored tapestry boots:
delicious sweets:
outrageous christmas decor:
and all kinds of pretty baubles and treasures:
we went to lunch at the tuck box, this super cute cottage-turned-cafe:
and made another stop at the cottage of sweets:
i mean, really, surroundings just couldn't stand to be darlinger or charminger. carmel-by-the-sea was a perfect spot for a special mother-daughter day. we loved every nook of it!


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The magical atmosphere created by their music really is something else. There were bearded men whispering about lost loves, roaring ogres, sailors in socks tapping their feet and playing the violin, wonderfully dressed musicians and girls on the accordion. Never had we seen a performance quite like this.
Beirut themselves are quite a small collective – two trumpets and a trombone, almost nothing in an average concert hall, but enormous in an apartment. And when they landed barefoot in the carpeted living room, we knew that noise would be made, and we were thankful for the absent neighbours. The night before, after their concert, Zach Condon had warned us that he would have to break the sacred rule of the Soirée de Poche, and use a microphone to avoid his voice being masked by the instruments.
This evening would be different. Not because of the microphone, not because of the number of requests to attend that we received, not because of our hosts (Pierre and Seba, aged 71 and 85). But we just weren't sure what to expect.
As usual, the band were polite and delightfully shy. As usual, the audience were too. Then, as if high on the music, things got a little carried away. An accordion strap broke, Perrin asked people to stand up, drinks were drunk faster than ever, and everything went rather crazy. The band had taken absolute control over the room, mixing with the audience, playing passionately beside wide-eyed guests.
This evening was fantastically in the spirit of the very first Soirée de Poche, during which we were very confused to the point of being eluded completely, but in the best way possible. We haven't given you everything. No Penalty, with Zach alone on the ukulele in a sea of people. No turbulent Postcards from Italy. But we had to choose. And it certainly wasn't easy.


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Mornings, days and nights,
Look for moments, yet to arrive.
A day with you,
Full of joy and love, is yet to survive.
In thy arms,
I long to die.
In thy eyes,
Tears want to dry.
In thy soul,
Thirst crave to liquefy.
A day,
A time,
A point,
Where even death cannot scare me off from you.
A stage,
A season,
A juncture,
Where nothing else matters except love that is so true.
Have waited this long,
Can wait even more.
Will wait till you show,
And prove everything else wrong.


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If I remember correctly, DC Comics obtained the rights to all the Charlton Comics characters. Alan Moore then proposed a mini-series which used all these characters; superheroes such as Blue Beetle and The Question.
After reviewing Moore's proposal, DC asked him to create new characters for his story. So, Blue Beetle became Night Owl, The Question became Rorschach, and so forth...
The reasoning behind it was to allow the Charlton characters to continue to be used, instead of destroyed. Let's take a quick look at how things turned out for Blue Beetle and The Question in the DC universe...
Monday, March 9, 2009
Why Moore created the Watchmen. Hurm.
Posted by Kerry Callen at 7:31 AM
Labels: Charlton Comics, comic books, DC Comics, superhero, Watchmen
5 comments:
- Chris Grine said...
see, It all worked out in the end.
- March 9, 2009 at 7:58 AM
- Norrin2 said...
Things didn't turn out so good for Captain Atom (Dr. Manhattan) either. He's died several times, lost his mind, and last time I looked was lost somewhere between dimensions.
- March 9, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- K. Callen said...
SPOILERS, I suppose.
Dr. Manhattan actually ends up in a happy place. Night Owl lives. And Rorschach gets an easy, instantaneous death.
All better fates than their counterparts.
- March 9, 2009 at 8:26 PM
- Richard Marcej said...
Thank god I don't read mainstream comics anymore.
- March 10, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- Kevin said...
Don't fret, Kerry. They'll be back.
If Barry Allen can come back, anyone can come back.
- March 11, 2009 at 5:24 PM
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Any Man of Mine
Chinooks Hockey Team: Book #6
By Rachel Gibson
Narrated by Kathe Mazur / 7 hours 24 minutes
What happens in Vegas . . . doesn't always stay there.
Autumn Haven's Las Vegas "to-do" list said to catch a show and play the slots—not wake up married to a sexy jerk like Sam LeClaire. The first moment she saw him eyeing her like a luscious piece of the dessert buffet, her usually responsible self told her to run. And she did—right into the wildest fantasy weekend of her life. But Monday morning jolted her back to reality, and before she could say "pass the coffee," Sam was gone.
Now a successful wedding planner, Autumn hasn't clapped eyes on the heartbreaking hockey superstar for over two years . . . until she organizes his teammate's "Special Day," where Sam makes a big play to pick up where he left off! But she has vowed any man of hers plays for keeps. Is Sam the man for her or does she banish him to the sin bin forever?
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dancing with god
(Sample of Talk given by Susan Eby, November 2014)
"Walking with God is a lot more like a dance. When you walk with someone, there's not much interaction. But when you're dancing, you are moving together, each step followed by another, synchronized and balanced to create a beautiful harmony. Our life with God, should be like a dance. He embraces us, we embrace Him. He leans, we lean. He steps, we step. And this giving and receiving relationship creates a dance that leads others to see His glory." (Wayne Dillard)
Oneness… moving together in harmony. Synchronized and in touch with Spirit completely. He embraces us, we embrace him. No separation. He leans, we lean, He steps, we step. Movement and joy. A giving and receiving relationship like no other. A relationship that is complete and unconditional Love.
Integrated with God. Dancing with the Good. Synchronize means cause to occur at the same time. There's no separation. There's no imbalance. There's only perfection in our dance with God.
He reaches into our mind and body; heart and soul to teach us the dance. All we have to do is breathe it… feel it… follow it… become it… Bring it into us. Then we are dancing with God. But, like anything that's done well, it needs to be practiced.
To be balanced means the ability to move OR remain in a position, without losing control or falling. We have to ability to move. In Acts, Paul said, "In Him we live, MOVE, and have our being". We have the ability to move or remain stagnant. It is up to us. Our part of the dance to learn and to practice.
Sometimes God asks that we move… from a negative thought or action to a positive one. Are we listening? This is part of the dance. To dance through life filled with joy, abundance, gratitude, health and love and harmony and we can't do this if we're caught up in negativity.
The negative dis harmonizes (is that a word?) the dance. We have a misstep. We lean too far backward and lose our balance. Or we forget the embrace and go off dancing by ourselves; sometimes into all types of painful and unnecessary situations. Sometimes we seem to lose control of the dance, but the secret is… we're not leading. When we start to lead we lose control. There's only one leader in the dance. And that leader, for us, is God. We choose to go his way. When we don't follow His steps we get out of sync. Our life becomes unmanageable. But, there's hope, because even though we may not feel the music or the steps don't seem to come naturally, we're still capable of dancing with God because God is always dancing.
Dance has been around forever. Dance comes naturally to us. People even danced in the Bible.
In Psalms we read: Let them praise His name with dancing. Praise Him with tambourine and dance. (Gary, did you bring the tambourines? No, ok, maybe next time.) "Jesus invited us to dance." (Steve Brown) I found that quote on the web, and I do believe Jesus taught us to dance… he taught us to dance love, music, and harmony. He may have also taught us to square dance and hula, but I haven't found any evidence of that. God invited Jesus to dance, and as we all know Jesus danced beautifully. When we dance, we connect with God, even when we dance in brokenness.
Even when we are feeling separated from God we are not, because there is always the dance. It lives in our hearts. We dance from our soul. Even we are broken… sad, lonely, angry, hurting, depressed, anxious, anything that takes us away from God, we can immediately reconnect with Him through this dance.
Here's a quote from someone we all know who was very broken: "Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the Creator… I feel my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists. The Creator and creation merge into one wholeness of joy." (Michael Jackson)
Michael Jackson said this. We all know what a painful life he had, yet he also had great joy. He knew how to dance with the Creator. Part of him knew the truth about who he was, yet for some reason he couldn't hold onto it. I think like many of us, we forget how strongly we are connected to God. Our minds take over and our hearts grow quiet. Spirit speaks to the heart, the dance comes from the heart. Maybe this is how we forget. Maybe this is how Michael forgot.
It's so easy to get caught up in the world. We always seem to have so much to do! I think for Michael Jackson this was all too true and it became too much. But, in his heart, he understood the connection. He just couldn't keep hold of it. Let me read what he said one more time.
What a beautiful description of the dance. Of co-creation. When we become one with God, when we dance with God, that beautiful becoming of togetherness, that time (all the time) of completeness with our Good, we become One with everything. God expressing through us. Us expressing throughout the world. I think this is the most powerful dance of all. Maybe a tango or a salsa… co-creation. What a powerful concept. Expressing God, through us, through our uniqueness and individuality into the world. Being what God needs us to be in this world. Being God in this world.
Each of us is a unique aspect of God. Just as we are. Without any adjustments or changes we express God in the world. We need to stop saying to ourselves: I can't, I won't, I'm not good enough, I'm not smart enough, I'm not good looking enough. What we must affirm is We are children of God, and perfect in every way. Every aspect of my being comes from the Good. I am light, I am light, I am the Christ.
Jim Lee, a Unity minister in Detroit talks about a 10 second meditation. When we do this we are experiencing God, not thinking about God, but dancing with God. He says to breathe in and relax; think about something that gives you true joy, that makes you smile. Harmony is in that moment, we start to have clarity. Then, just go about your business. Renewed, refreshed and totally connected to the Source. No longer broken, no longer feeling disconnected.
"Movement is freedom of the body ; stillness of the mind." (Marty Rubin) This, I think, is what Reverend Lee is talking about. That 10 second stillness of the mind, that allows us to reconnect with God. That movement that is the dance.
I usually think about dancing with God in those ten seconds. It brings me joy and peace. It brings me to a place where dance is sacred. A prayer for the moment. Reminding me of my single most purpose: To be a conduit for God. To co-create with the Creator. To fully express the Good in my world and the world.
I say to God… "Your whispers are gentle echoes that sway winds of harmony in the symphony of life. Each word is wrapped in rhapsody… Dance with me, within my soul. Let me Love You". (Oksana Rus)
You can't dance wrong. Even if you have two left feet (Gary…) your dance with God is perfection. Even if you can't dance at all, your dance with God is perfection. We are drawn to the start of a sweet melody that stirs from within. We smile. Reminded that our hearts and souls can dance, even when our feet cannot. My point is… there are no limitations. Our body doesn't have to be perfect, because we dance with God in our heart… in our soul. We move and sway, perfectly in rhythm with the Divine. Limitation is nonexistent when we are dancing with God, and we bring unlimited joy into the world. God teaches us through the dance, and this is part of what he is teaching us here.
"You can dance in the storm. Don't wait for the rain to be over… You can do it now. Wherever you are, right now; you can start… right now in this very moment." (Isaelmore Ayivor) We don't have to wait for that "perfect" time to connect with God. We can do it RIGHT NOW! Wherever we are, God is, all is well. And, wherever we are, we are well, because God is our comforter. God is our partner. God is our dance partner.
Difficult to say to yourself. Believe me, I know. This is why the 10 second meditation is very powerful because we affirm the truth of who we really are. Perfection. Right here and right now. Like the people say, "God doesn't make junk". And like I say, God invites us to dance our perfection with Him in the world… as Him.
"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique…." (Martha Graham) You have to keep yourself open to the urges that motivate you to keep this channel open. We need to dance with God on a regular basis. Not just in meditation, but carrying the Truth always in your heart and soul. This dance has no beginning, no ending. It's a flow that has always existed and will always exist. All of us belong to this infinite dance… without time, without space, without limits.
"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. It is God's glory on earth and yours for the taking." (Friedrich Nietzsche)
You can have it now, my friends… you can dance with God… you can feel the connection. You need never be separate from it. You are never separate from it.
And, so it is… Namaste.
Meditation is similar to the dancer. You need not reach anyplace, you just have to delve deep into yourself to find the true self and become a soul searcher.
And, with that, let's take a deep breath and prepare ourselves to dance with God…
(We hope you enjoyed this talk and are ready to try some meditation; it takes practice, just like dancing... but it is well worth it.)
In Joy and Peace,
Gary and Susan Eby


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Our daughter, Laura was born on March 5 1993 weighing 6 lbs, 11 oz. Within two weeks it was very obvious that something was very wrong with her digestive track. She could not keep anything down and vomited and screamed continuously. Our family doctor sent us immediately to a pediatrician who in turn sent us immediately to the hospital to have the baby admitted. Every medical doctor who examined her was lost as to how to help her. It was evident that the stomach muscles were not mature at her birth and therefore lacked the strength to keep food inside; but no one knew how to help this condition. She was given strong medicine that had terrible side effects and weekly crisis to both the family doctor and pediatrician, but she just continued to grow weaker as the vomiting persisted. Finally an appointment was made for her to see a specialist at the Hospital for sick kids in Toronto on June 7 1993. By this point she weighted only 8 lbs, was stiff as a board because she was in such constant pain; and her skin was grayish color.
Day before her long awaited appointment in Toronto, an acquaintance of my husbands suggested taking her to the chiropractor who had been so helpful when her own daughter had problems with colic as an infant. We had not realized chiropractors worked with small children for problems such as Laura's; but were so desperate by this point we were willing to try anything if it worked. We called a chiropractor and he agreed to meet with us immediately to see the baby. To our immense relief he assured us he had seen this condition in babies many times before and was confident he could help her (compared to the medical doctors telling us they didn't know how to help her but she would probably outgrow the condition by her first birthday 10 months away!)
He gave Laura her first treatment that day. When he handed her back to me it was the first time I had felt her little body relax since she was born. She slept for 4 straight hours after that (also the first time she had done that), she gained several pounds within the next few days.
We kept our appointment at sick kids to see what the specialist had to day, and also to explain to him about the remarkable change we saw in Laura after her very first appointment with the Chiropractor. After listening to him explain an operation that he saw as an option for her, to reroute her intestines into her stomach to prevent her from vomiting, we told him about taking her to see a chiropractor. Naively, I suppose, we felt that any doctor specializing in pediatrics would be thrilled to hear of a procedure that did not require major surgery or powerful drugs for a small infant. Our enthusiasm over what we had seen from the chiropractic treatment and what we hoped to see from more treatments in the future was met with mockery and complete disinterest from this specialist. He assured us that it would just be a coincidence if Laura happened to improve after her treatments.
We told him we needed time to think about the surgery and headed back home where I continued to take our baby to see the Chiropractor for treatments. The change in her was astonishing. She turned into a happy, attentive, healthy baby right before our eyes. There is no question in our minds, or anyone else who know her, that he saved her from having to undergo major surgery instead of having the sense and open-mindedness to admit that perhaps a chiropractor can help. No wonder our medical system is in such a disastrous condition.


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Monday, May 2, 2011
Shizuko Kuroha
Shizuko Kuroha is an extraordinary lady. She is always smiling. The exhibition of her quilts was breathtaking. You could feel the soul that she puts into her quilts.
She uses old fabrics that bear many stories in them and Shizuko Kuroha wrote another page in their lives.
I am really sorry not to have better pictures of the quilts but I was so absorbed by their beauty that I did not pay attention to the quality of the photos.
Light and sparkling stars seem to illuminate the quilts.
Below is the model of the quilt I worked on at the class I attended. It was not a class about technique but about the approach of fabric, about expressing yourself, expressing your soul...pleasing your soul.
It is not something you really learn though, as it is something you will have to discover by yourself. But Shizuko pointed us the way, showed us which paths we could take but didn't give us the map... we have to find our own way into the forest of our feelings.
Shizuko keeps every tiny single piece of fabric into rolls for future creations.
I think I have found the courage to draw my own map of my quilting world and for that I want to thank Shizuko Kuroha.
Until later,
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Je pense que vous avez passé un moment assez unique avec Shizuko Kuroha. Arrivée très tôt le premier jour de l'ouverture du salon, je suis tout de suite allée voir ses quilts.......superbes bien sûr ! Puis je suis allée la voir (assez intimidée). Une petite dame qui a assisté à son cours parlait, avec la traductrice, d'un monsieur ému pendant le cours. J'ai tout de suite pensé que c'était vous ! J'ai fait dédicacer mon livre (si jolie dédicace calligraphiée !!!), je suis en train de le lire et c'est un régal.ReplyDelete
Je pense vous avoir aperçu en famille à l'heure du déjeuner à l'espace pique-nique mais nous ne nous connaissons pas alors j'ai passé mon chemin ;-) lol!
I have been looking forward to reports from your trip! It is so wonderful to see the work of a master. Those rolls of fabric seem to me to be like rocks waiting to be made into diamonds. The quilt you were working on is so beautiful. Did she show you how she quilts? Thank you for letting us take part in your experience!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful quilt show. Your quilt is also wonderful, lucky you to have had a class from such a wonderful artist. MaryReplyDelete
David, you have such a beautiful way of taking us along with you. You are a very sensitive person, and it shows through your words. And I love it :-) Thank you for sharing your emotions - your inner feelings are our own little 'sparkling stars'.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing the pictures and tales of your trip. It sounds like a very unique experience - I don't know if I would find my way so easily afterwards, but it must be wonderful to achieve that.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 9:24 AM
Somptueux, je crois que l'on peut utiliser ce mot.ReplyDelete
Le modernisme et le raffinement définissent les ouvrages de SHIZUKA KUROHA, des œuvres d'art à elles toutes seules.
Cela a du être un vrai bonheur de partager ces moments avec elle, j'en suis heureuse pour toi.
Merci encore,
Isabelle C. (PEXIORA)
c'est juste parfait...ReplyDelete
On reste comme des dindes devant cette perfection!
Bises David!!
moi aussi je file ..il mes reste une face!!
Hi David!ReplyDelete
Fantastic photos of the quilts and other works of Shizuko Kuroha. Thanks for sharing.
I've known through Patchwork Simply Belen, and I love your photos. From now follow.
- AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 3:20 PM
Hello David, what a beautiful heartfelt post that really relayed what making a quilt means. The quilt you are working on it stunning. Wonderful pictures. AnnReplyDelete
Thanks for showing us how lovely it was in Nantes!ReplyDelete
That quilt is going to be awesome in your version, I'm sure. Do share when you have something to show.
I haven't seen her work in person, but do remember her in kimono when she appeared to one of the quilt tv show in Japan some time ago. As a Japanese person, who have been away from home country for nearly 20 years now, her works remind me of my old memories of my childhood with grandparents. Nostalgic may be the word?ReplyDelete
j'ai également été très impressionnée par cette dame et son travail : un monde emprunt de sérénité...un peu comme le tien :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 10, 2011 at 5:34 AM
David voici un beau témoignage de notre journée avec Shizuko, tu as une très belle plume et ta description de cette artiste et de sa philosophie de travail est à mon sens totalement exact. A travers ce post je retrouve toute la douceur et l'émotion de cette merveilleuse Grande Dame.ReplyDelete
Merci David pour cette page et tes conseils à Nantes... à bientôt j'espère dans un autre cours
I am in awe of Shizuko and have met her a couple of times in Tokyo. i have even been to her shop which is in her house. How I envy you being able to do a worksop with her.ReplyDelete
I love workking in those traditional fabrics.
Do you want to see my video?
- AnonymousMarch 20, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Fantastici lavori!!!!ReplyDelete
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Single-channel stop-motion video animation as HD projection, 3:35 mins, sound, colour, 2012
Vocal: Yori Papilaya, Lidyawati, Yasmina Yustiviani
Music: Hendra Budiman
Mixing: Herman Wong
Lyric: Tromarama
Commissioned for APT7
Everyone Is Everybody
everyone is everybody
don't trust me ask my buddy
maybe you're gonna think this for a while
you want to look trendy
work hard and find the money
so you can buy things bit pricey
going to italy just to buy bags
and stop in london just to look fab
he bought me in milan (Bongiorno)
but I'm from pakistan
and just used me once
he want to look sartorial
but I'm only a pedestal
na na nanana na
having the gadgets
mr. know it all
Browsing the latest
share and show - off
That images
in your mind
isn't that just an illusion?
That images
in your mind
isn't that just a fantasy?
don't know
i need sun
i need moon
i need love
not just a dust bag
The new season is coming
everything seems very tempting
and you suddenly start counting
they know which the original
but looks for the artificial
na na fake nana na na
looking the calendar just to wait for sale
having a daydream live in a fairy tale
everyone is everybody
trying hard to be somebody
with something sparkling, blinking and glossy
monday to sunday full of dress
All day long feel so glamorous
ni hao ma bonjour ciao bella


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Trial delayed for man accused of shooting at car in Ypsilanti Township in March
The court case for a man accused of shooting at another man's car after an argument at an Ypsilanti Township convenience store will have his trial delayed after more evidence was released to the defense.
Mark Hubbard is charged with conspiracy to commit assault with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying a concealed weapon. His trial was scheduled to begin Monday morning in front of Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge David Swartz.
However, Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecutor Brenda Taylor said Hubbard's attorney Michael Vincent had more lab reports released to him on Friday. There was not enough time to go over the reports and ensure the related witnesses would be ready for the trial Monday morning, so the case will be delayed.
The case was brought forward for a pretrial hearing Thursday. Swartz will hold another hearing on the case on Dec. 1. Neither Hubbard nor Vincent were in court Thursday.
Hubbard allegedly got into an argument with a man at the Dairy Mart on Textile Road on March 16 and followed the man as he drove away from the store. Police said Hubbard fired several shots at the car while they were driving on McCartney Avenue, before firing again at the man on Tyler Road. The man's car was not hit, and no one was injured, according to police.
Hubbard is not currently in custody.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at email@example.com or you can follow him on Twitter.


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Dear Faithful Friends,
"For as the rain comes down from heaven, and does not return back, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, so that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater; So will my Word be, that goes forward from my mouth, it will not return back to me void or empty, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it WILL prosper in the things I sent it to do." (Isa. 55:10,11)
God's Word, God's will, and God's gifts never return empty. As we have planted, given, and sown, so also shall we receive!! (Luke 6:38)
There is much that we are grateful for at Favor, as we come to a close of 2013 and look forward to a new year. Because of your faithfulness, God has richly provided for the transformation of thousands of lives.
Here are just a few of the areas in which we have seen God's provision and fruitfulness, increase, and expansion of His Kingdom:
|House of Hope Child Development
Developing leaders – 3 of our children won honors
|Church Planting, Training, and Follow Up
Partnering with 350 Leaders in Juba. Over 15 new churches planted, more on the way.
|Church Roofing Projects
Partnering – Finished one in Gulu, one is going up outside of Juba
|Evangelistic Crusades
Aweil, South Sudan crusade – over 800,000 people
|Discipleship Training
Staff Training – Leadership Development – Discipling the team to disciple others spiritually – 15. Teachers and Children – Ongoing
|Favor Primary School
Remains one of the top in the District both academically and spiritually
|House of Prayer- Military and Prison
Daily – Ministering to the community. Weekly – Military and prison ministry.
Outreaches – Bible distribution and discipleship
|Bibles and Resource Material Distributed
Print – Karamajong, Swahili, Acholi, English. Audio – Juba Arabic, Dinka, Acholi
|Radio Ministry – Station is on the air!!!
Training radio team/ Will be reaching over 4 million with academics, business, health, spiritual teaching, prayer, & worship programming
|Mobile Medical Clinic & Evangelistic Outreach
Partnered in ministry to three unreached villages in South Sudan.
Terekeka – Following up
|2020 Vision for S. Sudan
S. Sudan Pastor's Mobilization for 1st 50 pastors vision to see 1,000 churches planted in 5 yrs
|Self Sustaining projects
Farming, cows, and chicken projects generate income for ministry and feed our children
|Children's Village Construction
Septic completed, another house finished, fencing done
|Stop Tears Africa- South East Uganda
"Partner project" – Scholastic materials for 120 children and food for 40 elderly
|Truth and Life Ministries, Juba, S. Sudan
Partnering with pastors in rural leadership development and church planting
Looking Ahead to 2014…
- Crusades in Yambio and two more – in South Sudan, with follow-up discipleship
- Finish the Buildings of the Children's Village and Build Primary School
- Favor Primary School Growing in Number, Quality, Spiritual Impact, and Transformation of Lives
- 2020 Vision for South Sudan – Discipleship and Church Planting- 1,000 churches over the next 5 years
- Church Building and Roofing Projects- Partnering with numerous ministries in structures and wells
- Military and Prison Outreaches Expanding- Leadership Development/ Bibles and Resources
- Radio Expansion- to 24 hours a day, with Increased Biblical training, Health, Education, Family, etc.
- Bibles Distributed, Discipleship material, Audio Bibles- more languages translated
- Portable Bible Schools- Karamajong, Northern Uganda, and expanding into South Sudan
- House of Prayer in the Community- Increasing in Impact- Police, Government Leaders' services, etc.
We are eternally grateful for you, our faithful partners that have stood by us and strengthened our arms, both through your prayers and your financial support. YOU, through the love of Jesus, have made the difference in so many lives! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
There is so much more still to do! So many more souls to be won! So much more to invest in for eternity… into the only things that will last forever: the souls of men and the Word of God!! So many more ways to lay up our treasures in heaven and set our affection on things above!
We are praying for:
$20,000 to clear the financial needs for this last year
Our indigenous missionaries are serving on staff at Favor of God. They are sold-out and fruitful in the Lord's fields of harvest. The greatest asset and most valuable treasure in the Kingdom building are God's faithful leaders. These are our trained school teachers, children's workers, Bible teachers, drivers, office help and accountants, evangelists, medical workers, cooks, guards, prison workers, pastors, prayer warriors, and church planters, farmers, and so many others.
We are believing God for:
200 partners that will stand with us for $100 a month this coming year
Prayerfully consider being a part of this growing army to reach souls, nations, and governments for the Kingdom of God. This is a gift that "keeps on giving," as it multiplies into thousands of lives that are being transformed into fruitful disciples for the Kingdom of God. It is these monthly commitments that allow us to plan our outreaches, support the missionaries, plant churches, reach out into other nations, and continue ministry projects of all kinds.
Thousands of people have been brought into the Kingdom of God, loved, taught, trained, and discipled through your outstretched hands. Communities still need changing, lives are still waiting to be drawn to Jesus, and nations are still hungry for the Gospel.
You are a vital part of the Favor Team!
May God give you a wonderful Christmas season with your family and friends.
Lean hard on the Beloved!
With much love,
Carole and the Favor Family


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OT Smith enjoys official to NC State
Four-star offensive tackle Donovan Smith took his third official visit this past weekend. The 6-foot-5, 270-pounder made the trip down to Raleigh to check out NC State.
"I liked the visit," he said. "You know, between the campus and the season being successful it was good. The facilities were nice and the coaches were great guys to be around."
Smith got to Raleigh on Friday afternoon.
"When I got there I did the typical visit stuff, the academic part of it and then I went to the football facility and watched their walkthrough," he said. "Then, I went through a team offensive meeting and went to the final walkthrough that night.
"On Saturday I went to the game and the game was great. The fans were definitely into it. Being there, I definitely saw how everybody really supports the football team and how crazy they go for Russell Wilson."
The game gave Smith a chance to see the offensive line up close in person.
"You know, I really like what they do," he said. "They definitely prepare their guys for an NFL type of offense with their blocking schemes. That stood out to me from when they were at Boston College, they put a lot of linemen into the NFL."
On Saturday night, the Owings Mills, Md. prospect spent time with his host, Robert Crisp.
"It was great being around him, he told me how he really enjoyed it and felt the love there," he said. "He had some knowledge of the depth chart and basically told me the same thing the coaches were saying."
As for today, Smith spent a bit more time with the coaches before heading home.
"We ate breakfast with Coach Willis and then I went and met with Coach O'Brien in his office," he said. "He preached the same thing he always has, he just spoke on the depth chart and about how his contract has five more years left and whether I redshirt or not he'll be there my entire stay if I decide to go there."
So, with all that said where does State fit on the list now?
"It definitely puts them in the running," he said. "I went up there over the summer and got a tour of the football complex and saw the campus and it opened my eyes. I really enjoyed this visit and they are going to be in there."
Smith's next official is to UCLA in a few weeks on December 3rd. He has yet to schedule a fifth official as he is leaving that open in case of any more offers.
On the season, Smith and Owings Mills went 4-6 on the year. He posted approximately 76 tackles, 15 for loss, two forced fumbles and seven sacks on the year as he earned all-county both ways and all-metro.


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Volume 11, Issue 6
August 2017
- Author(s): Ben-Jye Chang ; Bo-Han Yu ; Ying-Hsin Liang
- Source: IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Volume 11, Issue 6, p. 309 –318
- DOI: 10.1049/iet-its.2016.0181
- Type: Article
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The Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADASs) have been proposed to avoid vehicular accidents by using the inter-vehicle cooperation mechanism, the real-time-based sharing of the road and traffic information, automatic controls of braking and acceleration and so on. Several critical challenges in ADAS are seldom discussed in related studies, including unstable driving in velocity or the road lane, driving assistance without driving path prediction, suddenly happening of human abnormal driving or mechanical vehicle accident and so on. Thus, this study proposes the Adaptive vehicle Collision Defence (ACD) system to minimise the driving threat under critical driving threats. The proposed ACD consists of three phases: the adaptive time-to-collision (TTC) determination phase, the threat probability analysis with colouring phase, and the threat avoidance phase. The main objectives are to minimise the driving threat probability and to achieve active safe driving for the advanced driver assistance systems. Numerical results indicate that the proposed ACD outperforms the compared approaches in TTC probability, driving threat probability, and region boundary.
- Author(s): Bruno V. Ferreira ; Gerson Serejo ; Mylena R. Ferreira ; Danilo F. Ferreira ; Leon Cardoso ; Ewelton Yoshidome ; Helder Arruda ; Wallace Lira ; Jair Ferreira Jr ; Eduardo Carvalho ; Gustavo Pessin ; Cleidson R.B. Souza
- Source: IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Volume 11, Issue 6, p. 319 –325
- DOI: 10.1049/iet-its.2016.0187
- Type: Article
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Railways provide a transport system which is regarded as efficient but which is not immune of risks. The railway environment is also subject to extreme weather conditions including high temperatures, constant exposure to the sun, rainfall and wind. In addition, since it traverses several regions where there is no mobile phone coverage, communication is not possible between trains and people through a central system. Thus, it is worth considering if the development of technological solutions to increase the safety of employees who do maintenance work on the railways, might be a research area of potential value. This is the context in which this study has been undertaken, where an attempt is made to describe a solution based on wearable components for the safety of maintenance staff on the railways. This study outlines some of the challenges that should be taken into account for the solution put forward with regard to aspects of usability linked to people's perceptions of tactile, visual and sound alerts. In addition, there is a description of the solution set out and an assessment of communication devices that are aimed at allowing independence for the network data providers and maintaining the operating system of the whole railway network.
- Author(s): Azam Ramazani and Hamed Vahdat-Nejad
- Source: IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Volume 11, Issue 6, p. 326 –333
- DOI: 10.1049/iet-its.2016.0180
- Type: Article
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Acquiring real-time traffic information is a basic requirement for dynamic vehicular navigation systems. The majority of the current navigation systems are based on static traffic information. Building on mobile crowdsensing technology, the authors propose context-aware traffic estimation and navigation system (CANS), a context-aware system that can estimate traffic state without any requirement for expensive infrastructure. Using only available equipment, it can provide dynamic navigation service to drivers. The proposed system consists of three main components: local traffic estimation, global traffic aggregation, and navigation. In this system, vehicles estimate local traffic state using vehicular contextual information including speed and acceleration by relying on fuzzy logic, and transmit the information to the urban server. The server integrates the received local traffic information from different vehicles and estimates the global traffic state, providing the traffic-aware navigation system to drivers. CANS performance is evaluated for an urban scenario in a traffic flow in Birjand, Iran. The experiment is conducted for evaluating CANS in both traffic congestion estimation and navigation. The results show an accurate estimation of traffic states along urban roads. Compared with previous approaches, CANS overrides them for its reduced travel time.
- Author(s): Jaeyoung Jung and Keemin Sohn
- Source: IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Volume 11, Issue 6, p. 334 –339
- DOI: 10.1049/iet-its.2016.0276
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Although smart-card data secures collective travel information on public transportation users, the reality is that only a few cities are equipped with an automatic fare collection (AFC) system that can provide user information for both boarding and alighting locations. Many researchers have delved into forecasting the destinations of smart-card users. Such effort, however, have never been validated with actual data on a large scale. In the present study, a deep-learning model was developed to estimate the destinations of bus passengers based on both entry-only smart-card data and land-use characteristics. A supervised machine-learning model was trained using exact information on both boarding and alighting. That information was provided by the AFC system in Seoul, Korea. The model performance was superior to that of the most prevalent schemes developed thus far.
- Author(s): Daxin Tian ; Xiongyu Shan ; Zhengguo Sheng ; Yunpeng Wang ; Wenzhong Tang ; Jian Wang
- Source: IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Volume 11, Issue 6, p. 340 –348
- DOI: 10.1049/iet-its.2016.0195
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This study focuses on the break-taking behaviour pattern of long-distance freight vehicles, providing a new perspective on the study of behaviour patterns and simultaneously providing a reference for transport management departments and related enterprises. On the basis of global positioning system trajectory data, the authors select stopping points as break-taking sites of long-distance freight vehicles and then classify the stopping points into three different classes based on the break-taking duration. They then explore the relationship of the distribution of the break-taking frequency between the three single classifications and their combinations, on the basis of the break-taking duration distribution. They find that the combination is a Gaussian distribution when each of the three individual classes is a Gaussian distribution, contrasting with the power-law distribution of the break-taking duration. Then, they do experimental analysis to the distribution of the break-taking durations and frequencies, and find that, for the durations, the three single classifications can be fitted individually by an exponential distribution and together by a power-law distribution, for the frequencies, both the three single classifications and together can be fitted by a Gaussian distribution, so that it can validate the above theoretical analysis.
- Author(s): Saeed Ahmadi ; Ali Dastfan ; Mohsen Assili
- Source: IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Volume 11, Issue 6, p. 349 –357
- DOI: 10.1049/iet-its.2016.0256
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Energy-efficient train operation is of high importance in urban railways. It takes into account both energy saving and punctuality at the same time, which is the goal of the most operators. In this study, the effect of employing variable regenerative energy recovery rate (RERR) for each inter-station was shown in energy-efficient operation improvement. For this purpose, a two-stage optimisation was proposed. In the first stage, which is a mechanical optimisation, optimal speed profiles for a single train were determined by a bi-objective optimisation through a non-dominated sorting algorithm. In this stage, a simulation model for determination of train's performance was developed and utilised. It was shown that variable RERRs eventually led to different energy-time Pareto fronts. In the second stage, the total input energy for a multi-train system was minimised by using obtained optimal speed profiles from the first stage and distributing total travelling time among inter-stations (electrical/electromechanical optimisation). It was shown that optimisation of the net energy – with different values of RERR – instead of consumed energy, can reduce the total input energy of the network. The simulation results, which are based on actual operating data of Mashhad urban railway system, confirm the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.
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Wearable computing for railway environments: proposal and evaluation of a safety solution
CANS: context-aware traffic estimation and navigation system
Deep-learning architecture to forecast destinations of bus passengers from entry-only smart-card data
Break-taking behaviour pattern of long-distance freight vehicles based on GPS trajectory data
Improving energy-efficient train operation in urban railways: employing the variation of regenerative energy recovery rate
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Agile: Abuses, Abuses, Abuses
Agile: Abuses, Abuses, Abuses
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This is not a new topic for sure but I have to write few words about it. The main reason for this article is the abuse (wrong understanding) of agile I have noticed while talking with various project managers in the past two weeks. First, allow me to quote Wikipedia about Agile definition:
"Agile software development is a group of software development methods based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development and delivery, a time-boxed iterative approach, and encourages rapid and flexible response to change. It is a conceptual framework that promotes foreseen interactions throughout the development cycle.".
Ok, so now it should be quite clear what Agile means. Scrum is one of the most-used agile frameworks currently, at least based on my humble estimations, so here is the definition of it:
"Scrum is an iterative and incremental agile software development framework for managing software projects and product or application development. Its focus is on "a flexible, holistic product development strategy where a development team works as a unit to reach a common goal" as opposed to a "traditional, sequential approach". Scrum enables the creation of self-organizing teams by encouraging co-location of all team members, and verbal communication between all team members and disciplines in the project. A key principle of Scrum is its recognition that during a project the customers can change their minds about what they want and need (often called requirements churn), and that unpredicted challenges cannot be easily addressed in a traditional predictive or planned manner. As such, Scrum adopts an empirical approach—accepting that the problem cannot be fully understood or defined, focusing instead on maximizing the team's ability to deliver quickly and respond to emerging requirements."
After you read both definitions can you conclude that planning is useless? Why bother with it? It is a waste of time. This is why we are "agile" after all. No planning please.
Oh my! So there is no planning, but what about some business requirements or some business models? Agile has a different approach when it comes to business requirements. Many consider documentation as the worst method to communicate this information. I do not adhere to this principle.
I do agree that face to face and being at the whiteboard are invaluable communication strategies, but all the ideas and conclusions that result should be "written down on paper" to be used later on as a reference. To be honest I do not think that developers will memorize all of the details.
But all that is a waste of time, we are "agile" after all. Some very general sketches will do the job just fine. Plus, you and your team will get an email with a very short description about what has to be achieved. The following is a perfect example: "The payments module should calculate employees' salaries based on their rank and time spent in company, achievements, etc." Not enough.... don't worry, if you are lucky there might be a screenshot or mockup attached to the email, you should be able to deduce the business logic from it. That should be enough for you and your team to complete this sprint with success, anyway 60% of the logic will be changed by the client later on.
Now we reach estimations. They don't matter. The client makes the estimations. If yours fall on the same timeline, then lucky you. Otherwise... we are "agile," we have to deliver quickly and respond to emerging requirements. So what if the second sprint breaks the functionality from first sprint. You have a technical debt... c'est la vie. We are "agile," so just make it work.
Should you focus on the quality of your code also? Who has time for such things. We are "agile," so we don't care about such things. As long as the client pays and he is happy, we have to deliver. If something goes wrong, remember the golden rule "just make it work." You want to be creative, sure, just do it at home in your spare time. Here we have to deliver.
My dear so-called "agilists " the fact that you are falling from the top of a skyscraper with high speed and you are not hitting anything on your way down doesn't make you agile at all; your ultimate target is the ground, enjoy your crash.
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does anyone have directions for making a diaper bag out of old bdu's?
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This is a group for all mums who love crafting of any type whether its scrapbooking, making cards, basket weaving, flower arranging, canvases, glass painting, fabric painting, sewing, cross stitching and other haberdashery interests.
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i really want to make a patchwork quilt but i have never done anything like it before, where do i start? and has anyone got any patterns? or good web sites?
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Just thought it would be nice to have an area where we can introduce our children and a bit about them etc x
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Hi! If you read some of myother posts you'd have read that I'm about to open a cross stitch website. (www.orchid-needlecrafts.co.uk when I'm launched) I'm about to buy my...
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It would be lovely if everyone introduced themselves a little and would help us all to break the ice and make new friends!!
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Date Posted : 2015-08-19
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One side of the doorframe needs Replacement wood or Don't use the frame just the door .Not expensive . Paint would need to be stripped and repainted. Peep hole, leaded etched glass, Doorframe is 80 x 37 1/2 Roughly. Open to trades.


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This week European Council President Herman Van Rompuy reaffirmed the European government's commitment to the austerity measures it has required of its struggling periphery. But experts say that austerity has only worked to an extent, due to too little focus on growth and a lack of actual reforms.
Mr. Van Rompuy on Monday met with US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in Brussels. But while Mr. Lew and the US encouraged Europe to shift away from its austerity policies towards more growth-oriented ones, Van Rompuy said that Europe was committed to its austerity-centric approach.
"European economies face high levels of debt, deep structural medium-term challenges and short-term economic headwinds that we need to confront," he said. "We have made significant progress in correcting internal imbalances in the euro zone since the second half of last year. But there is no room for complacency."
But much of Europe – particularly the five eurozone countries known as the PIIGS: Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain – continues to suffer. Three years after the EU and IMF intervened by promising financial backing and long-term economic growth in exchange for the short-term pain of austerity measures, one of the countries, Greece, is in a spiral dive while three others – Spain, Portugal, and Italy – are seriously struggling.
'No concern for growth'
"For all countries, and particularly for Greece and Italy, the focus has been on the short-run increases in tax revenues and not on the long-run consequences of austerity," says Evi Pappa, an economics professor at the European University Institute in Florence.
"For economies in recession, sheltering growth is a key factor. But the Greek government, for instance, has been single-mindedly concerned with collecting taxes no matter what, and there has been no concern for growth," she says.
The Greek economy, whose malaise eventually infected neighboring Cyprus, reacted to austerity in a very different way than what the EU and IMF had anticipated. Hit by lower wages, unemployment and uncertainty, Greek businesses and citizens sharply reduced spending. That led to an overall reduction in incomes and consumption, thus causing Athens to collect lower tax revenues than expected. In turn, that prompted further tax increases and spending cuts by the government, effectively trapping the economy in a declining loop.
According to projections made by the International Monetary Fund at the beginning of the austerity policies in 2010, the Greek GDP should have been $323 billion in 2012. Instead, it was only $255 billion, 21 percent lower.
In addition, there is increasing evidence that the very main goal of austerity – setting a stable trend towards balanced budgets – has not been achieved.
Data compiled by Ugo Arrigo, a professor of government finance at the University of Milan Bicocca, show for example that the Italian government, through its austerity measures, expected to improve its net debt position by $64 billion in 2012. However, when the final 2012 data was released in February, the actual improvement turned out to be only $19 billion, less than 30 percent of the original goal.
The situation is not better elsewhere. While the IMF estimated at the beginning of austerity policies, in 2010, that the PIIGS would on average carry a debt to GDP ratio of 106 percent by 2012, the latest data put the actual figure closer to 125 percent.
Re-evaluating austerity
"The reality is that it was not easy to see it coming. Economists did not have much experience of austerity policies in developed countries," says Giles Merritt, secretary general at the Brussels-based think tank Friends of Europe. "The EU turned out to be a lot more sensitive to those policies than previously thought."
Europe's institutions have not been blind to the complaints. The IMF itself published two papers in October and January – one authored by its chief economist – in which it discussed how European economies contracted more than it had originally forecast.
And the IMF and the EU have held an ongoing re-evaluation of the policy options available. For instance, the deficit targets for several countries, including Spain, Ireland and Portugal, have been relaxed in an attempt to foster growth.
And while so far the costs of austerity have been higher and the rewards lower than expected, the policy also brought about some positive change. Although the recession meant that government finances did not improve, the bite of austerity did force governments to start cutting some of the inefficient spending.
"Government finances in the euro periphery are structurally better," agrees Uri Dadush, director of the International Economics Program at the Carnegie Endowment.
That bodes well for the PIIGS' economic health in the future, says Vincenzo Scarpetta, a political analyst at Open Europe, a London based think tank. "In the longer term, structural reforms will yield results," he says. "In Italy the pension reform was a good one, and there were other reforms that at least partially did what was needed."


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I hear what you are saying so here are some of Japser. Having three children has its challenges especially when it comes to sharing your time and getting photos and videos of them individually. Harry and Charlie are always making a noise in the background or wanting attention. There are a few occasions I get Jasper alone or the others out of shot which is far easier with a still camera than a video camera :)
|in the pool on holiday
|climbing on holiday
|a walk in the woods on holiday
We try and spend as much time with each but sometimes it's not possible for so many different reasons.
Jasper had a big day this week, he moved from his cot (a cot that has now served two generations and 7 children) to his starter bed (the same bed Harry and Charlie started out in). He has still to work out he can get out in the morning. I took a couple of photos which are lovely but it is of all three boys as we were all trying to coax Jasper into enjoying the whole experience, which seemed to work.
Last night we spent some time in the garden blowing bubbles and generally making a soapy mess.


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Hello lovely readers and a very happy Tuesday to you all!
Today I thought I'd share with you some of my adventures in Vienna. I went there yesterday on my first day off of the tour, a welcome break after an eight show week! Although the day started badly with very grey and rainy weather and delayed trains, the weather and circumstances soon picked up and the city just looked glorious in the sunshine!
I scoured the city in my search for vintage shops, but to no avail. Any shops that I had found during online searches had vanished into thin air, which was a real shame. I did come across one rather interesting shop that I thought I'd share with you though. It was called "Decennies" and it's tag line is "Vintage Style - The Special Way of Living" which made me smile :)
|The store front
This place was stuffed with reproduction vintage dresses and although at first I was totally overcome by the bright colours, the petticoats, the patterns on the fabrics (strawberries, pin up girls, cherries, all very cute indeed!), it soon began to feel a little cold to me, especially when I checked out the prices (400 euros for a dress, I don't think so!).
Now I'm in no way knocking reproduction vintage, because I myself reproduce vintage clothes all the time, but times like this make me so happy that I can sew! I can produce one of these dresses at a fraction of the cost and make it perfect for me, and I feel very lucky to have that option! I would rather spend my money on fabrics for my own creations or on genuine vintage that has real history than something more mass produced. I guess I've just become turned off from buying anything new since I start my "Make-Not-Buy" Challenge!
Although I was saddened by the lack of vintage clothes in Vienna I did find some gorgeous antiques shops, one of which was stuffed with beautiful paintings, I wanted to take most of them home!
|Isn't she beautiful?
I love how the frame of the picture below is made to feel as though you were looking through a key hole at this into a boudoir, how very naughty!
I also got rather too excited over a selection of dogs in bows, this little chap was my favourite. I can't decide whether he's adorable or hideous and I like that :) I wonder how my Sweetheart would have felt if I'd brought one of these home...!
|Dog + Bow = Awesome
I have a lot more photos of Vienna to share with you but I think I'm going to do a big bumper Austrian photos post at the end of my trip, the pictures look so pretty all together! For now I will leave you with a shot of one of my favourite perts of the day: Ice Cream time!
|Hurrah for strawberry Ice Cream!
That's it from me for today but join me again soon for some embroidery updates and other exciting new posts I've got planned. Are you intrigued? I hope so!
Bye for now!


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These past two weeks have been heavily focused on getting the W-Maze rats completed with their track sessions. Our data has to be analyzed and consolidated by the first week of May, and our results have to be final and ready to share as well. Our lab is attanding a conference where we were asked and invited to share our research. We will be sharing in the form of a poster presentation.
In addition to the stress of completing our research, I was also given a new cohort of 10 rats to train. They are now on the Linear Track. Luckily, this cohort so far learns a lot quicker than the previous one. I have a little over a week left in the lab. Next week, week 12, will be my last blog post. I will share the data that I have included in my powerpoint presentation.


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text: Rich Felker wrote: > Nothing to do with endian/byteswapping is standard except for the > swab() function in XSI, and it just always swaps. If only more people > would learn this and stop using glibc stuff as if it were standard... What's XSI and what glibc byteswapping facilities are people treating as standard? The LE_/BE_ set are just taking bytes out of a char* stream and shifting them around. -- -Mike Melanson


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The data is described in this peer reviewed article:
Karger, D.N., Conrad, O., Böhner, J., Kawohl, T., Kreft, H., Soria-Auza, R.W., Zimmermann, N.E., Linder, H.P. & Kessler, M. (2017) Climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas. Scientific Data 4, 170122.
High resolution (30 arcsec, ~1 km)
Precipitation, Temperature, Bioclimatic variables
Monthly coverage 1979 – 2013
Incorporation of topoclimate (e.g. orographic rainfall & wind fields). Downscaled ERA-interim model. Allows calculation of derived parameters based on monthly values such as length of dry periods etc.
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The dataset is in GEOtiff format. GEOtiff can be viewed using standard GIS software such as:
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All products of CHELSA are in a geographic coordinate system referenced to the WGS 84 horizontal datum, with the horizontal coordinates expressed in decimal degrees. The CHELSA layer extents (minimum and maximum latitude and longitude) are a result of the coordinate system inherited from the 1-arc-second GMTED2010 data which itself inherited the grid extent from the 1-arc-second SRTM data.
Note that because of the pixel center referencing of the input GMTED2010 data the full extent of each CHELSA grid as defined by the outside edges of the pixels differs from an integer value of latitude or longitude by 0.000138888888 degree (or 1/2 arc-second). Users of products based on the legacy GTOPO30 product should note that the coordinate referencing of CHELSA (and GMTED2010) and GTOPO30 are not the same. In GTOPO30, the integer lines of latitude and longitude fall directly on the edges of a 30-arc-second pixel. Thus, when overlaying CHELSA with products based on GTOPO30 a slight shift of 1/2 arc-second will be observed between the edges of corresponding 30-arc-second pixels.
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