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Good Morning and Happy Monday!
There is something about long hair on a man I find sexy as hell. My muse agrees since I'm getting all kinds of wonderful stories where this particular male is my lead character.
Now that my life as calmed down a bit I'm enjoying the extra time to write. Something I have missed a great deal is being able to create without any deadline or word count needed to be met. I'm just writing for the simple joy of telling my stories. Not that I don't like having deadlines, but there are times when it's nice to go at a slower pace.
I am also setting up a Facebook event with Author Island for the anthology I have a story in. Release has yet to be announced, but it will be before Halloween so stay tuned for more information on this.
Well, time to get back to work. Have a great week and we will talk again.


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Looking Back at 2016
Throughout the past year, a lot has happened. I'm happy with the way that my confidence has grown compared to this time last year and the way that I've stepped out of my comfort zone much more often. Many times this year, I've almost said no to doing something that I was feeling anxious over - but I did it anyway and ended up enjoying it, glad that I went. One aim for 2017 is to try and keep that up and try more things.


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I heard my song on the radio!
Now I know how a music artist feels when they first hear their song on the air!
I had the pleasure of meeting in-person with David L. Hancock, CEO of Morgan James and W. Terry Whalin who signed me as they were in Nashville for a red carpet event for their authors. David mentioned that my book would start appearing on-line for pre-order. I searched while we were together and did not see it. I searched again the next evening and WooHoo!!! (I actually jumped and startled both Susan and our dog Paisley when I saw it.)
Thank you to Terry and David and the team at Morgan James!
You can now pre-order in the US and Canada! See MicrosoftSecrets.com
Many thank to many of you who have already placed your pre-order. Many fun surprises to come! Let me know what you would like to see in a private site for people who get the book. I have many archives and am deciding what to include on it. You can message me here in the blog or on social media: LinkedIn | Twitter @DaveJaworski | Facebook | Google+


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From a Thursday morning interview, the WSJ represents Plosser's views as:
"Monetary policy shouldn't be a day trader," Plosser said Thursday morning in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. "I don't think that's a healthy focus for central banks…Policy making is too focused on short-term and not long-term views."On face, it seems sensible. Of course the Federal Reserve shouldn't act in an erratic manner like a day trader, and of course it should focus on long-term views. But does one imply the other? I would say no -- to focus on long-term views, it makes sense to act like a day traders and look at real time market expectations of the long term.
Specifically, it should make sense for the Federal Reserve to worry about long-term inflation expectations, as they, by definition, represent the long-term views of the market. Given that the 5-year breakeven is barely above 2%, this means that, given what the market perceives of the economy and policy interventions, annual inflation is forecasted to be around 2% for 5 years. Given that inflation since the 2008 peak has been around 1.1%, a period of higher than average inflation should not be problematic. By the premise of efficient markets, the relatively low breakeven suggests that the Fed should take additional action. Perhaps there is some argument for why the breakeven is skewed, but traditional deviations from efficient markets, such as momentum trading, does not seems to form the basis of any of Plosser's arguments.
Plosser's comments also point out a more glaring hole: if the Federal Reserve isn't going to use indicies looking forward to guide monetary policy, what should it do instead? If we aren't allowed to forecast using the knowledge of the market, then the Fed is left to waiting for the data to come in and then to adjust economic policy many quarters after the original shock. This is actually worse for long-term views, as it opens the possibilities for downside for the financial market that isn't controlled for with policy.
To improve on the current situation, we could subsidize and construct an NGDP futures market in order to measure market expectations of future NGDP growth, and then the Federal Reserve can use those futures as a leading indicator on whether they should ease or tighten. These futures can even help in the unwinding process, as it lets the Fed know when the money supply has increased too quickly even before the actual numbers come in. Acting like a day trader is not inconsistent with an appreciation for long term fundamentals - the trick is to find a day-to-day measure and then use it to put the economy on stable, long run foundation.


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As a topic and portion of my personality that I had always wished to discuss, I deemed tonight an appropriate night to write about my saviour. That of course would be music. But this post is not for every song that has ever helped me, no. It is for the one band I could always rely on to produce a song to match my every emotion; to calm the storm of distress that was continuously stirring within me. The band members – Hayley Williams, Jeremy Davis, Taylor York. The band – Paramore.
I was introduced to the music of Paramore towards the end of my first year in secondary school. At this point, Paramore had two albums released, 'All We Know Is Falling' and 'Riot'. Not that this meant anything to me back then. They were just another band that the emo girls in my class listened to. That all changed drastically when I was obliged to open my narrow mind to the world of guitar riffs and heavy drums. All preconceived perceptions I had disintegrated on hearing the melodic, circus-like opening of "Misery Business" on the Riot album. I was dumbstruck. The strength and power of the voice of this woman was impermeable and captivating. I found myself needing to hear more. I bought Riot that night.
A few months later came the release of the first single from the album Brand New Eyes. The intro of "Ignorance" is one that gives me goose bumps to this day. Within hours I was a recluse, spending every waking hour with my newfound idols blaring through my being. Earphones became a permanent resident in my earlobes, maximising my ability to process each note that played so beautifully, over and over. There is no other way to describe it – I was hooked. I had to witness these lyrical masterpieces live. And so I bought tickets to their Brand New Eyes tour date in Dublin, on the 6th November 2010. I was ecstatic. That was until I found out the morning of the show that I would not be able to attend. I was at a soccer tournament that weekend and although we were staying a mere hour away from Dublin, my managers refused to allow me to leave. I was inconsolable. How could they be so heartless and ignorant to my childhood dreams of seeing my heroes?
I was in 3rd year of school at the time and had been going through a rather tough period, with bullying and isolation taking centre stage. In a bid to prevent any further anguish, my mom promised she would take me to Manchester a few weeks later to see them. MANCHESTER?! Did she really just say that? I continued to cry hysterically as I was unable to control so many emotions at the one time.
|My poster. Why did I photograph one side? I don't know.
Before I could say "For a Pessimist I'm Pretty Optimistic" I was at the front barrier of the MEN Arena, anticipating the arrival of Paramore. Throughout the show I sang, I screamed, I cried, I gave a poster to Hayley, I cried, I got mushed up against the barrier, and I cried. Did I mention I cried? It was the best night of my life. All the worries of my life at home were non-existent for the duration of the show. It's truly amazing the impact one band can have on a person's life and I don't think they even realise it. But that's just them – completely grounded and humble, and a great example of how far perseverance, hard work and a "spark" can get you.
Paramore have changed thousands upon thousands of peoples' lives, including my own. At times when not even hope could prevail, Paramore pulled through and saved me. They are my inspiration, my heroes, and the reason I survived the ordeals I went through. Behind closed doors you are alone. No-one can help you but yourself. But I was never alone because the music of this band never failed to impact me. Whether their lyrics made me smile or cry is irrelevant; they always made me feel something, and that is so crucial in times of complete despair. I owe these people so much, perhaps even my life, and they may never know that. Would I still be here without their music? It's debatable, but I wouldn't ever take that chance.
In just over four months I will be attending my second Paramore gig, this time in Dublin. Not only that, I will be attending it with my girlfriend who has also been impacted greatly by the music and presence of Paramore in our lives. I have never anticipated September so much in my life.
If I ever got the opportunity to meet Taylor, Hayley or Jeremy I would use that time (provided I didn't pass out) to let them know how thankful I am for producing such awe-inspiring songs and for staying strong during their toughest hours as a group.
Paramore is not just a name of a band to me anymore. It represents a group of people who have saved my sanity and changed my life completely. For that, I am ever grateful.


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Top 5 gadgets to keep cool this Summer
If the heat wave is leaving you a little hot under the collar why not turn to tech to help keep you cool?
If the heat wave is leaving you a little hot under the collar why not turn to tech to help keep you cool?
This presentation was given by Martin Bailey on 25th May 2016 and covers an overview of the sub-£30 Raspberry Pi computer.
Nearly two years later than advertised and with a significant specification change is the Lune case worth it's $39 Kickstarter cost? In short, no, and here's why.
Since a little company from Cupertino launched their own smart watch everyone is comparing any other offering to it, but the Pebble watch was initially one of the first on the market, launching on Kickstarter back in June 2014 and smashing the record for the most funded campaign. Roll forward to February 2015 and Pebble courted controversy by launching the next iteration - the Pebble Time and Time Steel - via the crowd funding site, despite being an established business. It too smashed the funding record, gaining $20m. Now that Time Steels are being delivered (albeit three months late) are they any good and can they compete with the Apple Watch?
My BBC Micro PSU went pop and billowed a load of smoke, yet was still working. It was a known issue - blown capacitor. Fortunately there are kits on ebay for around £4 with the three capacitors that often fail.


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I've also ordered my bouquet, here is a little picture of what it will hopefully look similar to. My favours have also been ordered now - some yummy amazing fudge from the fudge kitchen, seriously if you guys have a sweet tooth then check out their website and order some up! For those of you in or around Edinburgh, the Fudge Kitchen is on the Royal Mile, pop by for a try. Other things I've finally organised are my chair covers, I have got a few swatches through the post to decide on. It's hard to know until I see the full bridesmaid dresses. I still have quite a bit to get sorted, but at least I feel like I'm a bit more organised now.
Hopefully I'll get some crafting done soon, but until then! Take Care guys and thanks for visiting me! Lyns xx


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Interview 09
Dana Leigh Raidt is producer of She Must be Having a Bad Day/The Cult of the Female Food Service Worker, USA
How would you describe your zine?
For the reader, I think it's a funny (and sometimes sad or angering) tell-all about what actually goes on in the food-service industry between servers and customers, employees and employers. For me, it's a distillation of, and outlet for, a lot of pent-up anxiety left over from working in that industry for a long time.
What can your zine do that a mainstream publications can't?
I think any zine has an advantage in that we don't have to worry about what others will think. If people like it, great. If they don't, no big deal. Zine makers are spending money out of their own pockets. Design and editorial decisions aren't influenced by worry over scaring away advertisers, like in the mainstream commercial publishing world. Those decisions are coming straight from the heart and gut of the zine maker. So readers are getting content that is unfiltered and heartfelt.
Does the look of a zine matter?
To me, yes. But if a zine has great content but flawed design, I'm willing to look past it.
Please recommend a zine for us and tell us why.
I'm not sure if it's in print anymore, but my friend Karen Olson Edwards wrote A Tenderness So Painful I thought My Heart Would Burst back in 2005 or 2006. It's a great personal zine - basically Karen's musings and memories, but it's written so well that the emotion seems universal. My copy is dog-eared and dirty from dragging it around. Karen is the one who really got me involved in zine culture, and this is the one she put out right as I was putting my first one out. Lacey Prpich Hedtke's Excitement and Adventure is also great. She studies the lives of gangsters, photocopied their fingerprints and arrest sheets, and even made gangster trading cards.


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Review: Killer Joe
PLOT: A family of particularly unintelligent rednecks hire a shady detective to kill one of their own in order to collect the insurance money. Only problem is, they can't pay the killer his fee... so he'll have to take something else in return.
REVIEW: If you like your comedies dark â that's daaaark - with some violent misogyny thrown in and a general atmosphere of evil, then you'll split your sides over KILLER JOE, William Friedkin's film of the Tracy Letts play that shows us a side of Texas so sordid and seedy that even the Leatherface clan would be compelled to avoid it.
After combining to bring BUG to the big screen (another adaptation of the playwright's stage work), Friedkin and Letts invite us to spend some time with the Smith family: there's dumb-as-a-post patriarch Ansel (Thomas Haden Church), his sultry/slutty second wife Sharla (Gina Gershon), Ansel's simple-minded daughter Dottie (Juno Temple), and Chris (Emile Hirsch), a drug-pushing loser. Situated in the world's grimiest trailer park with a dark cloud continuously hovering over their heads, the family is down on its luck and pathetic in every conceivable facet. Chris in particular has troubles; he's about to be bumped off by the local gangsters thanks to some outstanding debts. In his desperation, Chris comes up with a plan so obvious only a dumb, doomed idiot like him could think it up: He and his family will hire a killer to murder his out-of-the-picture mother and collect the insurance money, which is intended for young, innocent Dottie.
The killer in question is Joe Cooper, a Dallas police detective who moonlights as a hitman. Joe is played by Matthew McConaughey, whose natural laconic, easy-going way is mutated into something snake-like and insidious here. The Smiths don't know what they're getting with Joe, but it might not matter when they realize they can't pay his no-exceptions-allowed down payment of $25,000. Hardly competent enough to scrounge up beer money, they're fortunate to learn that Joe has seemingly taken a liking to 12-year-old Dottie, and will accept her âcompanyâ as a retainer...Yes, I wrote "fortunate,â because for the Smiths, no concept is too low, no arrangement too depraved. They're all too happy to give the child to this ruthless man if it means murder will get done.
Sickened yet? Just you wait. Obviously, we're dealing with some bottom-of-the-barrel human (white) trash here, but it's a credit to Letts' writing, Friedkin's taut, simple direction and a cast that's willing to sink down to these characters' levels that KILLER JOE turns out to be such an icky blast. Disturbing too, yes, and wholly wrong in almost each and every scene, but the film so revels in its own gleeful debauchery that it's infectious... if you've got the stomach for it. This is gallows humor of the variety only the Coen boys usually attempt and pull off successfully, although I doubt even they'd travel to the places this one does. (It's NC-17, after all.) KILLER JOE is just this side of tongue in cheek, and the writer and director openly invite you to mock these sleazy cretins, which puts the lewd material at an arm's length. (Except for Joe, who is a major league creep but about a thousand times smarter than the rest of the stooges on screen.) You won't find anybody truly sympathetic here, and more than a few of you will be thoroughly appalled at the way this situation escalates, but it's a real challenge to deny the bravado on display. It's like Friedkin and Letts are daring us to be outraged, laughing while planning their next grotesquely amusing sequence.
You couldn't ask for a better cast to wade through the muck, either. McConaughey is rather perfect; gone is his patented aw-shucks friendliness, replaced with a steely glare that hides just a hint of the maniacal. Villainy suits the actor well, and you won't soon forget what he can do with a chicken drumstick. Also working with, and against, their inherent likability are Church and Hirsch, who make for a great team of country-fried nitwits; Church in particular is as wonderful as his Ansel is drunken and idiotic. Gershon really shines as a conniving harlot who makes the mistake of thinking her intelligence sits high above the rest of the group; she has a couple of really memorable moments as well.
However, Temple is the real revelation. I've personally never seen her before this, but the young actress makes a serious impression among the veterans. It's a performance that can certainly be called bold, but it's also crafty; it lures us in effortlessly. A young Juliette Lewis â from the CAPE FEAR/KALIFORNIA years â is called to mind.
After a long career that is still defined by efforts made some 30+ years ago, William Friedkin has suddenly reemerged as a daring provocateur who we had better keep an eye on: KILLER JOE is one of the director's most accomplished films. It's also one of the best films I've seen so far this year.
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|KILLER JOE opens in select cities on JULY 27th.


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The global debut of the next generation Ford Fiesta was among the exciting headlines delivered by Ford Motor Company at a special "Go Further" event in Cologne, Germany. Ford Motor Company's executive vice president and president, Europe Middle East and Africa, Jim Farley, was joined by president and chief executive officer, Mark Fields, to unveil four new production versions of the Fiesta – Europe's favourite small car. Ford also announced that it plans to begin autonomous vehicle testing in Europe introduced new special edition Ford Mustang sports cars and Transit Custom vans, and revealed that the multi-award-winning 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine will become even more fuel efficient with the world's first cylinder deactivation system for a three-cylinder engine.
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Raptors of SeaWorld
Join the birds of prey team from SeaWorld as they introduce live birds. Suggested for families with elementary age and older children. Kid friendly activity included.
The program is presented by San Antonio Parks & Recreation and the Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy. Free and no registration is required. A donation to the PHP Conservancy of $3/ person OR $5/ family is suggested.
Event Details
|Saturday, Dec 2, 2017 10:00 am
|Saturday, Dec 2, 2017 12:00 pm
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John Brown (Martyr)
From Conservapedia
- The other Protestant John Brown was against slavery.
John Brown (1627-1685) Scottish Christian from Priesthill, a few miles from Muirkirk in Ayrshire. He was murdered by Graham of Claverhouse outside his cottage home in 1685 in the presence of his wife, Isabel, and two children. He died defending the cause of the Covenanters by refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the King of England over the Protestant Church of Scotland.
His epitaph contains an acrostic poem:
- In deaths cold bed the dusty part here lies
- Of one who did the earth as dust despise
- Here in this place from earth he took departure
- Now he has got the garland of the martyr
- Butchered by Claverse and his bloody band
- Raging most ravenously over all the land
- Only for owning Christ's supremacy
- Wickedly wronged by encroaching [Tyranny]
- Nothing how near soever he to good
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Manga comics, printed as cheap, multivolume paperbacks and sold at major bookstores, have ignited graphic-novel sales around the world. In the U.S. last year Manga racked up some $100 million, almost double 2002's sales, according to ICv2, a pop-culture trade publication. The two dominant U.S. publishers of manga, Tokyopop and Viz, will ramp up their 2004 title count to more than 300 between them. Later this year DC Comics plans to launch a manga imprint called CMX.
Shojo manga, the cute-but-cool subgenre targeted at girls, are a big part of that boom. Shojo typically feature 13-to-16-year-old female protagonists and are generally written and drawn by women but have little in common with the corny romance titles of yesteryear. Shojo plots focus on love and relationships, and often include adventures in magical worlds outside the humdrum realities of school and home. Mecca Moore, 13, of Los Angeles, buys manga every week and says she spends $1,000 a year on the stuff. "[Shojo] tell a story in art that makes a person have a special connection," Moore says. "You can actually feel what the character's feeling and see what the character's thinking."
Viz's top-selling shojo title, Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play, by Yu Watase, typifies the genre. It tells of Miaka Yuki, a lazy student with exam nightmares. A strange library book allows her to visit ancient China, where she meets a handsome but avaricious young warrior. Like most shojo, the tale features lush costumes and impossibly beautiful boys. What may surprise new readers are the author's interjections and frequent shifts into goofball humor both classic manga tropes.
Tokyopop's big release this year will be Volume I of Japanese cartoonist Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket, due this month. One of the best-selling shojo titles in Japan, it tells the story of Tohru Honda, an orphaned junior high student who discovers that the cutest boy in school morphs into a rat whenever he is hugged by a girl.
American-born shojo talent has also begun to emerge. Jill Thompson's manga-style Death: At Death's Door was one of DC Comics' best sellers last year. "You can flip through quickly, but you feel a lot of emotion without having to read words," says Thompson. "I've always liked art like that."


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Up for auction is a $25 gift certificate to Silpada Designs Jewelry. Silpada Designs Jewelry is .925 quality sterling silver jewelry. It is "Tiffany quality without the Tiffany price!" Each piece is hand crafted so no two pieces are exactly the same. To view the catalog, go to www.mysilpada.com/christine.hoyle.
This certificate is being donated by Christine Hoyle who has been selling for Silpada Designs Jewelry since 2008. Feel free to contact her if you are interested in ordering!
Christine Hoyle
Welcome to Our Monkee Love Auction!
Who are the Monkees? We are a group of very different people with one common belief: We Belong To Each Other. You can read more about us here and here.
Who are Evy and Rocky? Evy is a very little girl fighting a very big disease called cancer. And she's winning. Read more about Evy here, here and here. Rocky is another little girl fighting a big disease called HIV. Rocky's going to win, too. But she's in Africa now, and she needs to get home to her family in Canada to start receiving the proper medical and love treatments. Evy belongs to Jill and Rocky belongs to Tova.
But really, We all Belong To Each Other.
Which is why we're here. Which is why you're here. During the next 48 hours, we plan to raise enough money to send Evy to rehabilitation camp in March and to bring Rocky home to her family in 2011. We're gonna do it. We can feel it.
Please browse the items below, which were donated with love by fellow Monkees. Decide on something wonderful, and add a comment with your bid. This auction will end on Tuesday evening at 8pm EST. On Wednesday morning, auction winners and donors will be matched up to arrange shipping, and payment will be collected via our Monkee PayPal account. All proceeds will be kept public, and I (Glennon) will write the checks to Tova and Jill on Wednesday night.
And on Thursday We Will All Be Very Thankful, Indeed. That turkey's gonna taste so good this year.
Thank you visiting, Thank you for bidding, Thank you for believing.
Love, Glennon, Andrea, and TWMF (The Whole Monkee Family)
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Silpada Designs Jewelry Gift Certificate
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Local Church Easter Services
• CrossPointe Fellowship (Baptist Church), 8605 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, 778-0719, has two services scheduled: "The Execution of God" on Good Friday, March 29, at 7 p.m.; and "The Result" on Easter Sunday, March 31, at 9 and 10:30 a.m.
• The Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, 778-1638, on Maundy Thursday, March 28. There will be a service including foot washing and stripping of the altar at 7 p.m., followed by the vigil watch in the garden. On Good Friday, March 29, there will be a service beginning at noon. Various preachers will speak on the Seven Last Words of Christ. Come and go as you can. There will be no Eucharist on Saturday, March 30. They will celebrate Easter with three services: Holy Eucharist Rite I at 7:30 a.m.; Festival Eucharist Rite II with choir and organ at 9 and 11 a.m.
• Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 6608 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 941-778-1813, will host a 7 p.m. worship on Maundy Thursday, March 28, Good Friday at noon, and 7 p.m. worship on March 29; and an 8 a.m. festival worship, a 9 a.m. fellowship brunch and a t 10:30 a.m. festival worship on Easter morning.
• Harvey Memorial Community Church, 300 Church St., Bradenton Beach, 779-1912, holds its regular Sunday service on Easter at 9:30 a.m.
• Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria, 778-04143, holds a service commemorating the Last Supper on Thursday, March 28, at 7 p.m. Services are also scheduled for Friday, March 29, from noon to 1 p.m.; and Easter Sunday Services at 9 and 11 a.m.
• St. Bernard's Catholic Church, 248 S. Harbor Drive, Holmes Beach, 778-4769, holds a Mass on Palm Sunday at 8 a.m. and Masses in the church and in the Parish Hall at 10 a.m.; Holy Week Masses at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, and a morning prayer every day this week at 9:15 a.m. On Holy Thursday, March 28, there will be a Mass of the Lord's Last Supper at 7 p.m., an Altar of Reposition in the Chapel until 10 p.m. with a night prayer at 9:45 p.m. On Good Friday, there will be no morning Mass and there will be a Passion of Our Lord Mass at 3 p.m. and Stations of the Cross at 7 p.m. There will be a 10 a.m. Blessing of the Easter Baskets and an Eastern vigil Mass at 8 a.m. There will be Easter Masses at 8 a.m. and two Masses at 10 a.m., one in the church and one in the Parish Hall. There will be an Easter Egg Hunt on the church grounds after the 10 p.m. Mass.


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Understanding their structural development
The second part of this post is about the various distinguishing characteristics of comics as a medium of expression. They are very sophisticated processes, though they might not appear to be. They have been used in many imaginative ways that have pushed the boundaries of the medium. These have grown from generation to generation with each adding something new.
The first and most important one is the Panel.
Comics are usually characterized by having the page broken up into smaller rectangles called panels, each furthering the narration. Now it may be presumed that each is like a photograph, a moment frozen in time. Yet, it is not as simple as it appears. Panels are not simply like the borders of 35mm film. Given the limitless powers of the illustrator to bend the medium, the panel becomes an expression, as vivid as colours, as important as the look on a character's face.
And though they are frozen to our eyes, their contents are not frozen at all. There can be a whole conversation in a flash, and we don't even notice the passage of time. But time has certainly passed. In fact time, is twisted into a very different progression than in the real world. It is slowed down and sped up at will by the creators.
Unlike in novels, where whole paragraphs can go towards describing a perfect moment, and time might be kept frozen while we construct imagery in our minds, here text and image are presented simultaneously to the reader. We instantly absorb the image and absorb the communication it holds, while the text takes time to be read. As a result of the immediate impact of the visual element not much need is there of descriptive text. Instead the focus is almost wholly on speech and thought.
It is to carry speech and thought that there was the birth of the speech balloon – the second most important element of comics. These balloons are the descendants of speech scrolls found in ancient and medieval art of various cultures. They are the carriers of direct thoughts and words and also point out the speaker with their tails.
Comics, like other visual arts, is heavily performative. Hence it relies on both speech and gesture. While gesture is well represented by the image, text also starts to take on a performative aspect. It is not merely words we see, but words with specific intonations, emotions, and even sounds. Indeed, sounds are also a very intimate part of the whole comic-book reading experience. Words can become an entirely different sensory trigger.
In fact, though we read them, and we attribute meaning to them, to me they seem more real than any other medium. And one of the most fascinating aspects of comics is just this – what people have called the reader's participation, inhabitation, or closure. We include our faculties in the act of reading comics, much more than in reading text or viewing paintings. We attribute meaning and qualities to them. How else can a paltry sum of words, and pictures that are not the most realistic, take us through a journey that is as encapsulating and vivid in mere hours, that others take much longer to do?
The most important application of this is in the transition between panels. As mentioned earlier, there is more to the panel than meets the eye. In fact, even between panels there is much going on.
We consistently invest the images and text with our senses and add motion, sound, maybe even smell, everything that doesn't exist on the paper, into it. Different speaking voices come up, and we find ourselves as breathless for our heroes as they would be. Yes, many of these reactions can be seen when one is reading or watching cinema as well, but the power of the reader to assign values is much greater here. The blank spaces in what is offered to us and left upto us are much more.
Books have many times more words, movies have many times more images, and yet at no stage can a sensitive reader say that the impact of comics is far lesser than these. We construct all the action between panels in our head, we can make it all seamless, what we extract is actually far greater than the sum of the parts that we are given.
One of the ways in which comics allow us to get under the skin of characters is by allowing identification. Comics creator and theorist Scott McCloud, someone from whose work a comics enthusiast can learn a lot, says that because of the basic facial structures found in comics, we actually find it easier to associate as well as inhabit the characters.
It is clearly on the plane of universals that we see the characters. We might not be able to see ourselves, or someone we know, in a realistic portrayal, because the details will overwhelmingly exclude us, but in comics we can easily 'empathise' with the character, as well as 'be' him or her.
On a personal note, I have felt that reading comics can be a very intimate experience. Firstly, in practice it is one of the most physically close visual mediums, there is hardly any space between the reader and the book, and hence there are no mediations or distractions. Secondly, the characters are not putting on a performance, they are not actors, they are real. Hence we are not spectators, we are willing participants or voyeurs. We are exactly like the Common Man in RK Laxman's cartoons, flies on the wall. Both of these together have the combined effect of making the reader step through a door and into another world.
With that I end my 2-part post. Comics studies is a wide open field with a lot of new discoveries to be made. There are many more practitioners now than ever before, and forms and platforms are ever evolving, yet our understanding of the depths of the medium are highly inadequate. The people who create them have mastered techniques more complex than we can imagine and are pure genius in a so-called juvenile art form.


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Samoa international Josh Papalii feels happy with his fitness now he's come through some gruelling workouts in Canberra's pre-season.
Raiders coach Ricky Stuart wasn't happy with Papalii and his Samoa teammates Joey Leilua and Junior Paulo when they returned from their World Cup duties.
Papalii said the Green Machine had put him on a course of early morning workouts so that he'd be ready for the start of the NRL season.
He's experienced a gruelling regime of cardio work on the treadmill and rowing machine, as part of a group of players who hadn't made their skin-fold targets.
That involved him getting up at 5am, but he conceded he'd needed to put in the work after returning from the tournament.
"I didn't come back in too good a shape and I was told by Stick [Ricky Stuart] to work my butt off in pre-season and I have done that," added the 25-year-old, who has also changed his diet during the pre-season.
"Having two kids now, you sort of get a bit carried away going to the canteen when your little one wants a lolly or a chocolate there. I'm pretty healthy at the moment," said Papalii. "My bodyweight is down and my body fat is getting there, and I am just trying to get back to 2016 form."
Canberra head to to Queensland next week for a training camp ahead of their trial match against the Bulldogs at Sunshine Coast Stadium on 17th February, in which they're likely to trial several news players, including new signings Siliva Havili and Craig Garvey.
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Waymouth Rain - acrylic on board - 30x30cm
See the youTube video
Wonderful work, Mike!
Love it!! Is this painting for sale? If so, where can I purchase it or other rain works?
Thanks Germaine
This one has sold but I Have similar paintings at Artworx and at the David Sumner Gallery..see where to buy button near the top of the page.
Thanks Mike, I checked those two websites but they only had a few paintings of yours displayed. There are so many of your rain paintings that I love and would love to own one. Is Puddles On Waymouth, Nostalgia, or Spring Showers Adelaide available anywhere? Germaine
Hi Germaine
If you would live to give me your email address I can tell you what is available - artworx have about 10 of my rainy-day paitnings but none of them are on their website.
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by Tim Kavi
with my words
that flow from
the poet's pen
I remember
your love
was on
the face
of every
I realize
that the
is you
poet's comment: YES this is the ultimate worship of goddess, the goddess or feminine form that is nearest. "There" is the goddess that is universal, that informs myths and archetypes, that becomes part of a collective unconscious, or even perhaps of urban legend. This universal goddess is captured by the following parts of this poem:
"I remember
your love
was on
the face
of every
"remembering when" acknowledges that aspects of this same goddess before you in the local manifestation of goddess existed in some past understood form in the larger sense. That is only an aspect of the local goddess however. (The local goddess always has a historical, cultural , and personal uniqueness). The outer informs the inner in a lived out sense and becomes a true mingling of subject and object. Of course all knowing of other persons is a hoped for subject to subject knowing and not mere subject-object, but in the case of the local goddess (the one we are esteeming in our vicinity and adoring) she becomes at that moment that goddess most important and extraordinaire---
for as the poem concludes:
I realize
that the
is you"
this is not a pledge of mere loyalty to only that goddess, but as the goddess that is called before me in an act of worship, adoration, and dialogue, she becomes the goddess that I have the most to do with at that historical moment (the 'now"). As such she is the goddess worshipped and adored at that moment in time and history.
In romantic love, this becomes the woman that we are adoring, pleasing, and relating to in our immediate focus of esteem. She becomes the goddess we are relating to, the goddess that we love. This is not an adoration that says the goddess is perfect, but she completely becomes more ideal in the real lived out particular.
In spirirtual love, she becomes the goddess of worship at that moment. "Now" it is possible for a local manifestation of goddess to be embodied in a woman we love in both romantic and spiritual domains.


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Tornado Season in Tornado Alley
Tornado Warning: Bullseye!
On Saturday, April 14, 2012, Wichita, Kansas, became the target of a dangerous storm system that spawned approximately one hundred tornadoes in Kansas alone! Meteorologists had warned over 24 hours in advance that Wichita was particularly susceptible to severe storms and a tornado outbreak. Sources say that this type of advance warning has only been done one other time in history...when the "Tennessee tornadoes" struck in 2006. So, whoever says the weatherman always lies is obviously telling a lie...lol.
Sure enough, around 9pm, the reports of a tornado on the ground headed straight for Wichita began to air on local and national news and then began filling the Facebook newsfeed. About that same time, the tornado sirens began wailing, and while I had been encouraging my kids to get their socks and shoes on all evening (something I always do in Kansas severe weather), they suddenly sprang into action once the threat of a tornado suddenly became very real.
What's Your "Tornado Personality"
When you hear there is a tornado you say:
I hustled our family down to the basement, and we began our checklist: Candles/matches/flashlights (in case the power goes out)...check. Fully dressed with shoes/socks/sweater (in case of surviving a direct hit and having to walk around in debris afterwards)...check. Water/Bread/PBJ/Apples (in case we would get stuck and need to eat)...check. Cell phone/laptop/IPOD (to stay in touch with concerned family and friends as well as keep tabs on the approaching storm)...check. Spicy (our cat)...check.
Will It Be Like Greensburg?
While the storm approached, hundreds of thousands of Wichitans huddled in their shelters to wait out the storm and hope for the best. Early reports indicated that the tornado was nearly one mile wide and would come through Wichita near the 135/Kellogg (US HWY 54) interchange. I did the mental math on that and realized that we lived approximately 5 miles due north from that location, and I'm not an expert on tornadoes by any means, but I know that 5 miles isn't very far from a large tornado whose path could shift unexpectedly at any time.
The first image that came to my mind was the damage and devastation from the EF5 tornado that leveled Greensburg, Kansas, in May 2007. I actually drove through Greensburg on my way to Liberal, Kansas, on that fateful friday evening for visitation exchange with my ex-husband. I remember seeing that storm from a distance as I traveled east on US Hwy 54, and I said to my kids, "Oh boy, somebody under those clouds is really getting it tonight", but at the time, I really had no idea just how bad. I headed back to Wichita around 10:00 that evening thinking that I had probably given the worst of the storm time enough to cross US Hwy 54 without us getting in its way, but when I reached Bucklin, Kansas, I was turned around by a deputy who informed me that the entire town of Greensburg, Kansas, had been destroyed by a tornado.
I quickly snapped back to reality. Although I was tempted to just succumb to full-blown panic, and I realized that I was doing everything that I possibly could in my current situation. As Rhianna, singer/songwriter/superstar, once said, "God has this thing about doing stuff His own way and there really is just nothing you can do about that." I looked at my children with a calm smile, and I told them that I loved them (and that if we died they should meet me at the red pole...but that was really just more for good measure...haha). We quickly went over once again how we would go to the bathroom, shut the door, and wrap the pillows around our heads if it appeared we would take a direct hit, but until we knew we just had to stay alert.
It wasn't much longer until we got the news that the tornado had arrived in Wichita and the southeast side of town was taking a direct hit. Even though we live on the far north side of town, it was still too close for comfort, so we remained in the basement until the storm had completely passed, and we received the "all clear". I smiled at the kids and said, "Well, I guess we are spared tonight." Exhausted, we let our loved ones know we were ok, and suddenly, it was again business as usual.
Places NOT to be During Severe Weather
While we are fortunate enough to have a basement in which to retreat during severe weather, I realize that not everyone lives in a house with a basement or a storm shelter nearby. My best advise in that case is to plan ahead to wait out the storm at a friend's or family member's basement or shelter. It is important to not wait too long to get to shelter. In case you know absolutely nobody with a basement or other type of tornado shelter (which I, quite frankly, find impossible to believe if you know ANYBODY in Kansas), I have created a small list of some places NOT to be in the event you are caught without shelter during a tornado. If you are ever going to visit "tornado alley" during spring, I recommend that you remain alert and prepared to seek shelter in the case of severe weather. There is usually plenty of notice prior to a severe tornado or thunderstorm, but many people don't heed the warning, and that is how they get hurt!
- Metal Buildings: As you can see in the picture to the right, metal buildings are easily mangled and tangled when it comes to tornadoes. This includes mobile and/or modular homes. The structure of those buildings is really not sturdy enough to sustain any type of significant wind such as in a tornado or severe storm.
- On the Fence: While I understand that indecisiveness is unavoidable sometimes, riding the fence - especially if it's chain link - is not a good idea during a tornado. The best idea is to seek shelter during severe weather!
- Near Utility or Light Poles: This is actually a good idea at all times, but this is some especially sound advice during a tornado. Much of the area that was closed to traffic after the storm was due to downed electrical wires. At one time, it was reported that 25,000 people in the metro area were without power.
- In or Around a Tree: Perhaps, you are a fan of climbing trees or playing in tree houses. Ok, fine. Just stay away from the trees near severe weather. They tend to get struck by lightning or downed by high winds.
- In a Portable Toilet: With portable toilets strewn all over the turnpike in south Wichita in piece, I am fairly certain that a portable toilet should definitely be on this list of places NOT to be during severe weather!
In case you are wondering, I don't really think that anyone would actually seek shelter from severe weather in any of the above-mentioned places (but ya really never know...just sayin'). I just chose a (hopefully at least somewhat) entertaining way of illustrating the pictures I took with my own camera while riding around and assessing damage the day after the storm. I didn't even attempt to get into the areas that were hardest hit by the storm. Instead, I chose a route that just skirted the edge of the majority of the storm devastation.
The Day After: April 15, 2012
The pristine skies and gentle breeze in Wichita, Kansas on April 15, 2012 gave absolutely no indication of the fierce storms that had pounded Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska with torrential rain, up to baseball size hail, and over 100 tornadoes less than 24 hours earlier. As I was taking the pictures to the right, it was as if the skies were looking down innocently at the path of damage they had left behind saying, "Did I do that?" - like Urkel...lol.
As I drove around taking pictures, I thanked God for the lives he had spared. I was thinking about our beautiful city, and I thanked him for sparing the downtown area as well. In my opinion, Wichita, Kansas, really is WICHITAWESOME!! If you have never visited our fair city, I invite you to come, but pay attention to the weather forecasts because we are known to have some pretty crazy weather!
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I won't travel to Arkansas during the worst months for tornados though I know they can hit at anytime. We spent one week in Arkansas running for the shelter everyday. We get tornadoes here, not as often. We do have a basement. One thing when in the basement be careful what is above your head. Many people are killed here by fireplace falling in on them or the washer. Don't wait till the last minute and run for the basement a lady in our town was killed because she was running for the basement and fell down the stairs and died from the fall. Voted up on your hub very good information.
I remember reading about this storm when it hit. How scary! These are good points to remember when caught in a storm--how good that you're so well-prepared for a storm.
I have never seen a tornado, and I don't want to! We have terrible electrical storms during the summer months, and of course we have hurricanes, too! We have had two close calls this hurricane season. Our family keeps a "disaster kit" at all times, so we try to be prepared.
I voted this Hub UP, etc.
Last 24 hour advance notice was for the mid Tennessee valley area, not for for the GReensburg incident.
A very useful hub!


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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
My Soapbox
9 comments:
- Amber said...
I am with you! I just want to add; that after going thru a heart-wrenching failed adoption myself, It is ultimately in The Lord's hands - that child WILL end up where HF wants that baby to be. And after dealing with infertility, I couldn't imagine giving birth and handing that child I created over to someone else to trust that it will be raised they way I dreamed of raising my own. I don't blame any woman who has the desires to be a mother as much as I do, but My hat is off to any birthmother who could be so selfless and christlike to think above and beyond themselves to give that kind of love. (Sorry, I have been on the same soapbox MANY times myself.) I truly believe we knew that these circumstances were going to happen before we even came down to earth and we were willing to face them. Hope you Have a very merry christmas!
- Wednesday, December 23, 2009
- Deanna said...
You can stand on that soapbox all you want Amanda! Thank you for sticking up for birthmothers. Sometimes people who aren't experiencing anything but one side of adoption, and through other people, don't fully understand what a blessing it is, for the birthparents and the adoptive parents. (heck, sometimes even those people don't fully understand it! But when they do, they will see it in a positive light.)
I completely and wholehartedly agree with EVERY. WORD. you just said. :)
Merry Christmas!
- Wednesday, December 23, 2009
- The Prettiest Mess You've Ever Seen said...
Thank you for standing up for us birthmothers. Somedays it feels like we don't get enough recognition but woman like you bring a tear to my eye. Thank you thank you
- Sunday, December 27, 2009
- Melissa Howell said...
I stumbled up on your blog...after reading the r house blog and your story you posted there...I clicked a link and it brought me to yours. I thank you for your story on the r house blog and even more so this one! I am a birthmother myself and although I do not need to be recognized as any kind of hero, I do appreciate those who stand up for birthmothers, and honor them and cherish the gift they gave to them. It is an honor to be a birthmother and to be part of the process of adoption, and although I know it was the right thing, and the best thing to do I did not come to that decision lightly and it has been and IS the hardest decision I have ever made in my life...as it affects me everyday in ever way. It makes me who I am. It has been 10 years. Most days I am stronger because of this decision to place (after going through the most heart wrenching days, weeks, months of my life and leaning on my Savior and learning of His Atonement), but some days I am weak. I still miss that sweet baby boy and long to hold him in my arms, although he is not 'little' anymore. (It is a closed adoption.) I have my own family now and my own sweet little 1 year old boy. I have been blessed. This being said...my comment is not supposed to be about myself, but to say thank you, because although I realize it would be devastating to be in the shoes of a family who has a failed adoption, the birthmother needs to make a firm and sound decision that she can live with for the rest of her life, here and in the hereafter. And being in the shoes of a birthmother I know there will be a forever hole in any birthmother's heart less she clings to her Savior, and even then it is not a once decision, it is a decision she must make everyday or the hole can come back. May we all cling to our Savior as we go through life's experiences, itsn't that why we are here?
- Monday, December 28, 2009
- Ashley said...
After spending five grueling days watching helpless as our daughter's birth mother agonized over her decision, I totally agree. I find my mouth running off when people make comments, any negative comments, about birth parents because I saw that Julia's placement was done only out of love so deep I'm still in awe of it two years later.
- Thursday, December 31, 2009
- Mandy Jo said...
I totally agree!
- Saturday, January 02, 2010
- Desi said...
Thank you so much for this post...it made me cry.
I am a birthmother and I can't even begin to describe the hurt when people berate birthmothers in any way. I can't imagine what a failed adoption is like, but I do know what it feels like to walk out of a hospital without my son in my arms not just for time, but for all eternity, because he is sealed to his family. I did it for him because I loved him more than most people can possibly comprehend...but it was by far the hardest thing I have ever or could even conceive of going through in my life. If a birthmother has second thoughts she should by all means be given the respect to make the decision that is right for her and that baby. Thank you for standing up for birthmothers…we are often the forgotten piece of the triad.
- Monday, January 04, 2010
- Mike, Mary, & Maggie said...
Amanda, I am a friend of Jennifer K. I grew up in Burley but don't know if I knew you as it was a long time ago (I moved away at 16) Anyway. I believe as you. I am a nurse on the postpartum floor (new moms and babies). There aren't any bithmoms that I have taken care of that haven't loved their baby and found that once it was born that it was much harder to make the choice.
Birthmom's are a gift from heaven and deserve our love and respect for making the hardest choice in life. We all have our trials in this life. The Adoptive mother cries for years before she becomes a mother and the birthmom cries for years after. I will gladly stand before God at judgment day, arm in arm with my daughters birthmom. You were much nicer than I would have been. I would have chosen to educate my friend, though my friends know not to cross me on this topic as I will eat them alive (as I'm sure you wanted to.). :)
Don't be sorry for standing up for birthmoms. They needed us now more than ever! Great post!
- Wednesday, January 06, 2010
- Heather said...
Love that "bottom line" paragraph. Get over it, indeed!
- Sunday, January 10, 2010


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I was stuck in a time loop that saw me unable to best the mummy hand. (Translation: I was unable to get to the point where I was
But as the risk of totally jinxing myself here, today just may be the day that I finally break free of the time loop.
It might be tomorrow. Or maybe the next time. But definitely this week. Or, you know, next week at the latest.
How did this miraculous event take place, you ask? Well, I'll tell you...
I don't know.
But it did happen, so yay for that.
I mean, I still have ten chapters left to read through, but at this point, I'm just looking for any and all typo I can find in an attempt to avoid making any other accidental references to cannibalism...
So there's every chance that the mummy hand will rear its ugly head again, and once I reach the end of Chapter 49, I'll find myself returning to Page One, but it does feel different this time.
Of course, I'm pretty sure said that last time, too.
So anyway, that's what's happening here. This was supposed to have been done last week (and the week before that, and the week before that even), but I'm a little (translation: perpetually) behind, this time due to animal illnesses and house guests (unrelated).
Boy, I'd really like to wrap this thing up this week.
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Great Foreign Canucks (now with fewer meatballs)
Remarkably, the Vancouver Canucks have surprisingly had some foreign players suit up for the team that were in fact not Swedish.
Some of them were very good ones as well.
One of whom, was also the most skilled player the team has ever seen.
Igor Larionov
Had an abbreviated stay with the Canucks in his three years and was just getting started after taking time to adapt to North America, but brought a professionalism and sense of the game to Vancouver that helped move the franchise forward.
Even though he was late in his career arriving here at almost 29 years of age, the Russian centre continued to put up points and positively influenced the young players with his work habits and devotion to his craft.
Sami Salo
Has been an intermittent presence at times with the Canucks, as a result of numerous and varied unfortunate injuries, but is as dedicated a player to the team cause as anyone who has ever laced up the skates over the years.
Even at the age of 36, the Finn continues to play very well, and was a consistently valuable cog in the playoff trip to the Cup Finals.
Sami plays sound positional hockey, despite an eternal lack of foot speed, and continues to maintain that booming slap shot that puts ever loving fear into the minds of opposition players.
Jyrki Lumme
Was the steady Finn rearguard with a fondness for forays into the offensive zone who helped propel the Canucks on their `94 Stanley Cup run. He provided a steady presence on the blue line and was a fan favourite during a productive year stay in Van City.
Pavel Bure
Is the best player who has ever played for the Canucks. Period.
In a West Coast world where Trevor Linden (and Stan Smyl) played, the Russian Rocket may never have been the most well rounded, or beloved hockey player.
But, there can be no argument that he was the most skilled Canuck in team history, and one of the NHL`s finest ever performers at his position.
Linden is the greatest Canuck in team history, for several on and off ice reasons, but Bure with his speed, skill and surprising strength was a menace to every opposing defenceman and goaltender, and they were on constant alert whenever he stepped on the ice.
Long-time observers will recall the breathlessness and anticipation in the air from that very first shift he skated against the original incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets.
Bure went on to score 288 goals for Vancouver, several of highlight reel quality.


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Timoni West writes that the contacts page is the most important page on Flickr, but is poorly designed.
The page fails on a fundamental level—it's supposed to be where you find out what's happened on Flickr while you were away. The current design, unfortunately, encourages random clicking, not informed exploration.
West is a designer at Flickr and has proposed some ideas. I've avoided these problems by subscribing to the feed that's linked at the bottom of the page.
The problem I have is that very few of my friends use Flickr.


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Sunday Snapshot
|This kid is always doing something new to amaze me. Now he climbs up on the barstools! He is always on the go!
|He will also disappear for a little while and we all know where he is off to....he goes upstairs and finds his paci in his crib! This time it was actually helpful because while painting I didn't want anything in his mouth!
|Painting new baby cousin Evelyn some pictures
Friday was Declan's 3rd Birthday! Brent took the day off and we celebrated at Bounce-U. It was a fun weekend celebrating our birthday boy with a family night on Friday and a party with friends on Saturday. Even Spiderman made a surprise appearance! More photos on a separate post to come.
|It never fails....they always crawl under it!
Birthday pancakes:
|lunch at Joe's BBQ
|Dessert at Liberty Market
After dinner it was back to our house for cake and gifts. He loved his Spiderman cake, which was what he had requested. It was SO funny when we were all singing to him he cut us all off and said "happy birthday to me!" and blew out his candles in the middle of the song!
|Saturday afternoon we had fun at the splash pad and Spiderman showed up again, this time with pizza! Marissa said she saw him at the pizza place and brought him along!


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Danny Granger done for season
Pacers forward Danny Granger has reportedly been making progress in recent days in his recover from a lingering knee injury, but he hit a season-ending snag Thursday. The Pacers announced that Granger has been re-evaluated and will require surgery to repair the knee, ending his season for good. Granger visited with surgeon Dr. James Andrews and surgery was recommended, as less invasive treatment options have proven ineffective. Granger will be ready for the start of next season, after appearing in just five games due to the injury.
Analysis: This is a surprising turn of events, as the team has given every indication in recent days that they expected Granger to return on their current road trip. Now, they will have to fight through the playoffs without their highest-paid player. Granger did not look right in his brief return in February, and the team never really seemed confident that he would be able to play a big role this season anyways -- now we know why. The good news is this is not expected to be a long-term issue and he has an entire offseason to recover, but he obviously has no Fantasy value his season. Granger can be cut in all Fantasy formats.
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A Montana style hospitality and gateway to Glacier National Park, you will find Glacier Bed and Breakfast Log cabins.
Robert C. Johnson (Bob) opened Glacier Bed and Breakfast Log Cabins in 1980, after he had spent countless hours working in his store/café and also finishing the main house and the three log cabins. The décor is distinctly western, with the main house featuring Bob's trophies from elk to turkey, a rock fireplace, cathedral ceiling, and skylights. It has a beautiful yard that is centered between the main house and the cabins, which are separate from any other building to maintain privacy, with each having a sitting area outside to enjoy the Montana air or a wonderful piece of home made Huckleberry Pie from Carolyn's Café located on the premises. All the units also have Wi-Fi access and cable television.
Bob moved from Wisconsin to Coram in 1972, where he ran his first gas station. In 1979, he moved his gas station to this location. He opened it with just studs and the outside walls, working from 6am to 11pm either waiting on customers, putting sheetrock up or laying tile. He lived in a storage room, which now is the kitchen of the café.
Bob is usually found sitting in his chair in the general store, once in a while out in the yard doing yardwork and occasionally he will take a day and go hunting or fishing.
Glacier Bed and Breakfast Log Cabins is located within a half hour from Flathead Lake, Whitefish Mountain Resort, Hungry Horse Reservoir and Glacier National Park.


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I don't have regular Internet access at the moment. I'm dependent on the dude who lives in the building to turn his unprotected Wi-Fi on. Either than or I have to go to a cafe where they incessantly play inane and insipid jazzy house music. It's the sort of place that, I think, if you polled the patrons, none of them would say they liked the music yet the staff would just stare blankly like, "well I do."
Busy relaxing. Seeing friends. Reading. Trawling the Internet and newspaper for an apartment (any Berliners reading, if you hear of anybody searching for a nachmieter: I'm looking for something about 60-70qm in Neukölln, Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, Mitte, or Prenzlauer Berg).
And I've been hanging out with my gay lover, too:
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Yeah! Billy's back! Was it an emotional reunion or did he piss on your shoes?
You obviously know http://www.wg-gesucht.de , don't you? I found a nice room in Kreuzberg in less than a week. I don't like the other immobilien websites that much, because you usually have to register to get the contact data, or even worse the only way to contact the landlord is via the site's internal messaging system.
Welcome to Berlin by the way.
are you already in berlin?
Moosh: Well, he's not BACK. He's still gonna live with the people he's spent the last two years with, and rightly so. But I'll still see him every now and then.
Anon: Duh, I didn't know that, I've been looking on Immobilien Scout. Thanks for the tip.
Anon: Ja.
Yay! He's so dreamy!
(Glad the humour is still there.)
Aww, it's good to see Billy again, is he all better now?
what do you want to do in germany? is it work related?


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By Gregory Scruggs
SEATTLE, Jan 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - City mayors in the two U.S. states with the oldest legal cannabis industries are leading the pushback against the Trump administration's announcement of stricter enforcement of the drug, saying its regulated use is a boost to city coffers.
Cannabis is banned by federal law but it has become legal in one form or another in a number of states, most recently California.
Last week, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an Obama-era set of guidelines known as the Cole and Ogden memos, which indicated the federal government would not interfere with state cannabis regulations as long as the drug was not marketed to minors, trafficked by cartels, sold across state lines, or cultivated on federal land.
Voters made Colorado and Washington the first two states to legalise recreational marijuana in 2012 and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan were the lead authors of a Jan. 10 letter to Sessions from 10 U.S. mayors, including New York City's Bill de Blasio.
Activists say the regulated use of the drug was good for city economies and an important weapon in the fight against an epidemic of opioid abuse in the United States.
"Reversing course now is a misguided legal overreach and an attack on cities where legal, safe, and high(ly) regulated recreational sale and use occurs," wrote the mayors.
"With overdose deaths, primarily caused by opioids, at an all-time high throughout this country, the federal government should be a better partner to help combat this epidemic."
Under the Cole and Ogden memos, legal cannabis markets flourished in places like Seattle, where pot shops outnumber locations of the city's famous hometown Starbucks coffee chain, and Denver, where dispensaries out number Starbucks two to one.
Advocates for legal marijuana cite that kind of economic growth, which produces taxes for state coffers, along with evidence that access to legal cannabis reduces the risk of opioid death.
"Over the past years, over 150,000 jobs have been created in the legal cannabis market," said Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
"Regulated statewide marijuana markets have provided an economic boost to numerous cities and states – leading to increased tax revenues, tourism, and home values."
Washington expects $730 million in combined revenue from sales in 2017 and 2018. Last year, Colorado tax revenue since the first dispensaries opened in 2014 topped $500 million.
On Jan. 1, California became the largest state to legalize recreational marijuana.
(Reporting by Gregory Scruggs, Editing by Ros Russell.; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.org)
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Great interaction design is a delicious soup. You boil a variety of different ingredients and spices in the right proportion, and voila – pure bliss! Unlike other branches of design, however, it's extremely hard to write a recipe for interaction design. By its very nature, the interaction design process needs to be fluid and dynamic.
Interaction design tingles the complete experience over time. It tastes most satisfying in conditions when multifaceted flavors and ingredients are brought together. The bigger the challenges are —the more diverse and mixed the ingredients need to be. This beautiful paradox sits at the heart of the interaction design menu, very differently from other design cuisines.
During my time as a Master's degree student in Interaction Design at Umeå (Sweden), I often found our group repeatedly doing the following:
- Obsessing with finding the 'perfect' solution to a problem.
- Frequently questioning the value of having mixed, diverse groups of professionals studying Interaction Design together. Were frustrating debates stemming from disparate backgrounds and differences of opinion really the most efficient way to designing interactions?
I haven't found 'the perfect solution' yet, but I do believe the process is a lot more interesting. Having experienced the inherent value of a multifaceted approach professionally, I believe that mastery in the interaction design process lies in perfecting those moments when the room is packed with people who won't share your views and probably don't have your skills.
Mastering the science of 'We, not I'.
The quest for perfection and the myth of genius are timeless aspirations that meet with sporadic and rare success. Genius chefs (like genius designers) never seem to be able to cook the same dish twice. Some modern authors, such as Malcolm Gladwell in Outliers: The Story of Success, debunk the notion of genius altogether. According to Gladwell, even geniuses like Mozart, The Beatles and Bill Gates had more than 10,000 hours of practice at doing what they did—iteratively—constantly improving their craft while focused on process. I believe that a mastery of interaction design process does not rest in divine inspiration and confined sketching (read: genius!). The key probably rests in learning to churn together – a pool of motley professions, backgrounds, skills and interests. Interaction design is a team-sport at its most intense, meaningful climax, and we need to change the way we train for this sport. We need to rearrange our kitchen in order to cook this soup – and we need to do it often, depending on what we're cooking.
The big hurdle – we're conditioned to think and act as individuals, not as groups. Could this be the un-learning needed in order to be able to synthesize truly well-rounded experiences?
As a former architect, the process of design was inevitably intensely personal. My colleagues in architecture were all inspired by the singular genius of Corbusier, van der Rohe and Gehry. Moments of solitary and inspired sketching were thought to be the catalysts for the 'eureka' moment. Graphic and product design Masters of that era worked in much the same way. Processes in interaction design, on the other hand, seemed to work in quite stark opposites. After migrating to interaction design, students from very different backgrounds were thrown amidst multifaceted peer groups—something many struggled to cope with. A group of motley backgrounds, each with their own stubborn opinions, conflicting ideas, dissimilar skills oft resulted in frustrated groups and heated differences of opinion during projects. Many were left questioning the value and efficiency of such a process. Product and transportation design classmates seldom faced this problem. They were still relatively blissful in the peaceful confines of their work-spaces, diligently pursuing that perfect sketch.
Wouldn't too many cooks in the interaction design kitchen spoil the broth?
Craters and pinholes in the design of experiences
Our worlds of experience are riddled with commonplace examples of things that we buy and use, only to discover how miserably they perform and disappoint. Products alone seldom bring us delight by existing in isolation—we want them to link well with all other touch-points that a service/experience provide - offer us the complete experience! This is especially true of experiences that marry the behavior of people with physical and digital worlds a.k.a interaction design. In recent times, even architects and urban planners have acknowledged a need to collaborate with policy makers and service providers to create harmonious experiences at architectural, interior and urban scales.
While designing interactive experiences for tomorrow, we are all keen to create usable and desirable experiences that cause viral social innovation. Once perfect solutions are understood as mere aspiration, our goals as designers become the discovery and reiteration of newer methods that reduce 'craters into pinholes'. I use 'craters and pinholes' as metaphors for the relative measure of how well knit the fabric of a designed experience can or should be. My hunch is that craters get reduced to pinholes when you're working closely and constantly within diverse, multi-faceted teams. By encouraging creative friction – rather than avoiding it, focus is made to shift alternately between the bigger picture and the smallest details.
The interaction design community today is entrusted with creating seamless experiences that focus not just on a product or user interface, but the entire system and its surroundings. This need for holistic experience is rapidly shifting the way teams are being built. A closer look at the diverse compositions of teams at the Nokias, Microsofts and even smaller global design teams across the world and would confirm this shift in paradigm. No one product, digital experience or pretty user-interface seems to satisfy. We seem to need and delight in experiences that are complete, well-rounded.
A holistic approach to the design of experiences
A holistic approach to design is definitely not alien to us. It involves a simultaneous attention to the bigger picture and the smallest details. Any successful user experience we use today would invariably embrace this practice. Throughout history, master-builders were often architects, painters and craftsmen alike. Post 1950's, architects and designers like Charles Eames, Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Alto designed cities and chairs with the same design philosophy infused in both. Now more than ever in increasingly complex, transient times, the need for holistic experiences is vital.
Interaction designers sculpt time and data as critical materials (to quote Matt Jones), revolving primarily around understanding the needs of users/cohabitants, technology and business. To approach such design as a 'whole' – we need to understand the varying concepts of time and data through the perspectives of cohabitants, technology and business interests alike. We need to become sensitive to the different tastes involved, by bringing the right 'spices' closer into our kitchen. A holistic solution begins when we acknowledge that all parts of the triangle have something equally valuable to add to the process. We must constantly re-think our process to become melting pots of ideas, perspectives and skills that not only drill deep, but also wide.
We must constantly re-think our process to become melting pots of ideas, perspectives and skills that not only drill deep, but also wide.
Perfecting the craft of thinking and doing as a whole.
The team I now work with (at Ergonomidesign) has solved problems through design for over 40 years in a vast number of areas. Having solved design problems of various shapes, sizes and complexity, recent clients have frequently entrusted us with transcending realms of problem solving and instead design 'cultural innovation'. "Think about the bigger picture" is a common task that comes our way. We are increasingly thinking about systems, experiences and objects that might co-habit our World tomorrow.
As the profession of interaction has grown and evolved, so too have our own methods. Our recent projects involved the design of holistic experiences mostly focused around medical systems. However, the lessons learnt from them have been beneficial to us in all our projects. For the projects being discussed our process relied heavily on the Agile method, which necessitates iteration and constant 'design by doing'. We often found ourselves playing a game of calculated 'musical chairs' when it came to design discussions. Our team comprised design—strategists, product and interaction designers, cognitive scientists, communications, medical experts, programmers and a host of other professionals—an approach that proved highly fruitful in ensuring the craters were reduced to pinholes.
Here are some experiences that I'd like to share:
- Remove hierarchy, acknowledge specialization – Building multi-faceted, diverse teams bringing different skills and perspective to a project, inevitably led to more comprehensive, well-rounded solutions. This is especially valid when working on service-design or complex systems. While working on design of 'the bigger picture' for our medical portfolio, our team ensured that we had enough representation from cohabitants (users), designers, medical experts, technical experts etc. The constant participation of these interest groups was maintained throughout the design process—for creative input and feedback. This caused several disagreements and debates – but the outcome would always nudge us closer to the goal of holistic design. This way we methodically reduced metaphorical gaps and craters.
- Zoom in and out between the bigger picture and the smallest details- Visualize, visualize, visualize! Don't just talk about an idea—build, test and iterate them! Once we had a motley group of professionals working together, we combined our knowledge and skill to iterate and evolve our concepts. While developing a recent natural user interface (NUI), ideation began with 1:1 scale paper prototypes on A1 sketching blocks. We used transparent papers for UI-components. Once things made sense to everyone, our UX and programming team coded blocks out so that we could test it for real. Tests were shown to specialists within the team for feedback. Our final solution was a hi-fidelity prototype meant for commercial use as well as detailed, well-rounded scenario that showed our clients the bigger picture they so desperately craved. Working with the Agile method made iteration inevitable even when the end goal was not clear (something which is common during the design process, right?) The method also ensured that we were constantly made to zoom into details of a system's behavior.
- Alternate between individual and collective ideation sessions; create transparent channels for cross-referencing and feedback - During the project, plan enough short sessions of iteration, constantly bringing in other eyes to review and discuss parts of the idea. As a interaction designer, it is almost futile and counter-productive to spend days alone and finally showing it to someone (we tend to do this as designers sometimes).
- Bring in the perspective of inclusive design thinking (critical users) to reduce massive craters – True to our roots as Scandinavian design group, we swear by a participatory, inclusive design approach. Design groups must plan meticulously to include the creative and critical involvement of user groups throughout the process. Even though the term user research and user-tests are now commonplace, it takes great skill for interaction designers to know how and when to collaborate with users. It takes even more insight for a design manager to facilitate their ideas and feedback into the design process.
Open-source culture (among other socio-technical developments) has given the World a successful honest, democratic model where the role of the individual is invariably participatory. Accountability and transparency are the foundations in open-source systems. It is inevitable that while designing for such a World, the essence of open-source is imbibed in the design process. The multifaceted, holistic roller-coaster ride to Interaction Design is definitely an intense challenge, often catching the most experienced professionals off-guard. It requires great planning, understanding and flexibility. Like collaborative efforts in theatre and the performance arts, it involves a close feeling of synergy with those involved. It requires the individual to shed ego and become flexible role-players in diverse, dynamic groups.
In conclusion, while the perfect outcome and solution must always be an aspiration—it is a mastery of this holistic approach to interaction design that helps create the well-woven fabric of an experience. Despite initial frustration, the process inevitably enriches everyone and leads to a superior design and a more enjoyable design process.


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Host a Fundraiser to Benefit SHC
Host a Fundraiser for SHC
Businesses and Other Groups
If your company, club or religious group is putting on an event and would like to donate the proceeds to a worthy cause, please consider the Somerville Homeless Coalition. From seasonal celebrations to special shopping days to benefit theatre performances, businesses and organizations have set up countless enjoyable events to benefit the work our agency does. Canned food drives are also a popular way to channel the civic-mindedness of your staff, members and clients. We welcome all companies and community groups into our circle of supporters and are eager to collaborate with you on events that generate interest in your business or organization as well as support our charitable work.
Individuals can host fundraisers, too. Neighbors have held block parties and collected non-perishable food and donations, families have designated the proceeds of yard sales to the SHC, and friends have hosted parties to generate interest and support for the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
We'd love for you to have a house party in our honor. It's easy to get friends together for a movie, a cook-out, or just a low-key gathering with coffee, cocktails, or desserts, and ask if they might give to our cause about which you feel strongly. We would be happy to have a staff person attend your house party or event to describe the great ways we're helping to end homelessness in our community and the vital role everyone can play in this work.
Please let us know if you are planning an event.
We can provide literature, help promote the event among our supporters, and generate publicity for your efforts.
Please contact Peg Drisko for more information at 617-623-6111 or by e-mail at: [email protected]
Thank you!
We could not do our work without your generous support.


text: Bush, left, was seen as a political mentor to Rubio, right, but said that his inexperience was similar to that of President Obama's in 2008 [AP] Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, first-term senators on the rise in the US presidential race, faced a barrage of attacks in Saturday night's Republican TV debate ahead of the New Hampshire primary. US Presidential Race: Candidates move on to New Hampshire Rubio exceeded expectations to finish third in the Iowa caucuses and appeared to be gaining steam heading into Tuesday's primary. His rise is a threat not only to frontrunners Donald Trump and Cruz but to several other candidates, including Jeb Bush, who need a strong showing in New Hampshire to stay in the campaign. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took immediate aim at Rubio on Saturday night, saying that the Florida senator has "not been involved in a consequential decision where you need to be held accountable". Bush, in turn, said Rubio was a gifted politician but warned voters against again putting the White House in the hands of a first-term senator: "We've tried it the old way, with Barack Obama and soaring rhetoric," he said. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher, reporting from the debate hall in New Hampshire, said the big story ahead of the debate was the momentum Rubio had generated after coming third in Iowa - but that made him the focus of attacks from his rivals. "Christie attacked [Rubio] quite early on in the debate, and he never really seemed to recover," Fisher said. Rubio said he was proud of his service in the Senate and suggested that Obama's "problems" were less about experience and more about ideology. He also defended his decision to walk away from the sweeping immigration bill he originally backed in the Senate and said he would not pursue similar legislation as president. "We can't get that legislation passed," Rubio said of the bill that would have provided a pathway to citizenship for millions of people in the US illegally. 'Washington ethics' Cruz, who was the winner in Iowa, also faced criticism for messages his campaign sent to voters ahead of the caucuses, saying rival Ben Carson was dropping out and urging the retired neurosurgeon's supporters to back the Texas senator instead. READ MORE: Cruz takes down Trump to win Iowa caucuses Cruz apologised for his campaign's actions on Saturday, but not before Carson jabbed him for having "Washington ethics". Those ethics, he said, "say if it's legal, you do what you do to win". Trump was back on the debate stage after skipping the last contest before the Iowa caucuses. After finishing second in Iowa, he sought to refocus on the core messages of his campaign, including blocking Muslims from going to the US and deporting all people in the country illegally. Trump currently leads the polling in New Hampshire, but the debates have heavily shifted support for candidates in the past, Fisher reported. "Marco Rubio will spend the next 72 hours scanning the poll numbers to make sure no lasting damage was done at the debate here," Fisher added. The debate began shortly after North Korea defied international warnings and launched a long-range rocket that the UN and others call a cover for ballistic missile test. Asked how he would respond to North Korea's "provocations", Bush said he would authorise a pre-emptive strike against such rockets if it was "necessary to keep America safe". Cruz said he would not speculate about how he would handle the situation without a full briefing, whilst Trump said he would rely on China to "quickly and surgically" handle North Korea. What happened in Iowa: Bursting the US media bubble - The Listening Post SOURCE: Al Jazeera And AP Politics US & Canada United States Republican Party


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Shannon and The Clams 10/16/2015 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
If Spongebob Squarepants had a house band, Shannon and the Clams would be it. The retro-rock Oakland based power band couldn't help but make everyone dance with their surf, indie rock and du-wop inspired tunes. Their electric set even included a few furry friends on stage which was puzzling at first but after a few songs in, made complete sense.
Watch the cooky video for "Rip Van Winkle" below.
ROMP 10/18/2015 @ Palisades
Does loving every band from my hometown of Central NJ make me biased? Maybe. But the Rutgers University based punk band ROMP is really fucking good. The grunge-rock band led by Madison Klarer played a short set at the Palisades closing out CMJ this past Sunday. ROMP's lyrics perfectly encapsulate the mundanity of suburb life with an edge.
Review by Danielle.


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The Department of Canadian Heritage announced yesterday that it would not renew funding for Montreal's Etat d'Urgence, now in its 12th year, one of the largest festivals for the homeless in North America. The announcement comes less than two weeks before the festival begins prompting organizers to accuse Canadian Heritage of a politically motivated attack on Quebec culture.
ATSA co-founder Annie Roy compares the recent cuts to last summer's decision by Canadian Heritage to cut funding to Festival FrancoFolie, one of the largest French music festivals in the world. She suspects the minority Conservative government of growing hostility to Quebec arts. Says Roy, "Heritage Canada cut our funding from $43,000 to zero, and we don't know why because our funding has increased over the 12 years we have organized the event. I think it's ideological."
Compounding the mystery, Roy says that after last year's event they received only positive feedback from Heritage Canada. Most troubling is the Ministry's decision to pull funds so close to the event. Organizers are demanding to know why they were given no warning that their funding might change.
Etat d'Urgence was created by ATSA (Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable) in 1997, and every year since has provided 5 days of food, shelter, medical outreach, haircuts, clothing and counseling services for homeless Montrealers in the downtown core. The festival also brings together a 'who's who' roster of artists to provide visual, dramatic and musical entertainment not only for the homeless but for the thousands of regular Montrealers who join in the festivities each year.
ATSA acknowledges that their work can be provocative. This year's Etat d'Urgence is called "Touts Inclus" or "All included", a play on all inclusive vacation packages popular among travelers from North America to southern resorts (later this week Art Threat will have a more in-depth look at the political art of Etat d'Urgence and the festival's special brand of aesthetic activism). "Of course, we are artists," Roy explained. "Our job is to make images strong. It's provocative to make a Club Med in the downtown of Montreal where homeless people are invited to live in it. But our message is very peaceful and about making people responsible in the society where they live".
The festival, Roy says, is a way to bring the common population in contact with the homeless and for a few days have them live together as a community rather than as two separate groups.
Festival organizers are calling for public support to help fill the funding gap. Donations can be made through the ATSA website.


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General Laptop Tips
Here are some tips for using your Ubuntu Laptops:
- You can access your G drive or the school's Shareable drive by using the Filr website:
- Always place the laptop battery side down into your bag. This helps protect the edge of the screen from cracking.
- Want to access your email? Use Thunderbird! This is preinstalled on your Ubuntu laptop. Here are directions: Add a gMail account to Thunderbird Please stop by the learning commons and we'll be happy to help you get your email set up!


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Comprehensive eye exams are performed at Del Family Eyecare. Not only will you be evaluated for current eyeglass and/or contact lens prescriptions, you will also be checked for ocular disease. Retinal photos and dilation are included in the comprehensive exam.
Dilation is performed at routine visits in our office in order to get a complete look at the inside of the eyes. Only about 30% of the interior of your eyes can be seen without dilation. With the use of a few eye drops, the doctor can see the inside of the eye in its entirety.
If you do elect to be dilated, the effects of the drops last about 3-4 hours after your visit during which time near vision may be impaired as well as a significant sensitivity to light. Most people have no problem driving home afterward with the use of disposable sunglasses we provide.
Our doctors are experienced in the treatment and management of ocular disease. If allergies, conjunctivitis, or foreign bodies have made their way into your life, we're here to help!


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A "Hello World" program is acomputer program that prints out "Hello world!" on a display device. It is used in many introductory tutorials for teaching a programming language. Such a program is typically one of the simplest programs possible in a computer language. Some are surprisingly complex, especially in some graphical user interface (GUI) contexts, but most are very simple, especially those which rely heavily on a particular command line interpreter ("shell") to perform the actual output. In many embedded systems, the text may be sent to a one or two-line liquid crystal display (LCD), or some other appropriate signal, such as a LED being turned on, may substitute for the message.
|Nikki – Hello World official single version
Hello World – Belle Perez


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More about the Shaw Funeral Home
On Tuesday, we told you about Shaw Funeral Home, a funeral business in Battle Creek, Michigan that just celebrated 100 years of ownership by the same family.
Before funeral cars and hearses were even thought of, the Shaw Funeral Home was in its beginning stages. It started as the Buck, Hoyt and Co. funeral home in 1866. That was a time when funeral directors prepared bodies for viewing in homes and churches. The business went through a couple owners before Frank Shaw purchased it in 1909. He moved it to Battle Creek, making it the first residential funeral home in the town.
At the time, people were starting to have more funerals in funeral homes rather than their personal homes. Others objected to the new trends, but homes were getting smaller and could not accommodate funerals. Some other things that have changed include:
• More people are choosing cremation over traditional burials.
• Cell phones have made it possible for funeral directors to leave the office while still being available to grieving families.
• Funeral cars and hearses have revolutionized the industry as the deceased can be buried miles away from where their services are held.
After reading stories like this, it makes you wonder how much the funeral industry will change in the next 100 years!
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