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Hypnosis is a state of mind enhanced by mental and physical relaxation in which our unconscious is able to communicate with our conscious mind, brought about either by oneself or with the help of a professional.
Similar to daydreaming or the focusing that occurs when we are engrossed in a book or staring at a fire, it holds the key to unleashing our potential, changing our unwanted habits and behaviours and finding solutions to our problems and concerns.
According to the American Psychological Association "hypnosis is a procedure during which a health professional or researcher suggests while treating someone that he or she experience changes in sensations, perceptions, thoughts, or behaviour".
Our unconscious minds are much larger and more powerful than we sometimes realise. However, the conscious mind (which is where we do our rational thinking) can obstruct access to the unconscious mind. The purpose of hypnosis is to persuade the conscious mind to step aside for a while and so allow access to the unconscious mind. In this very relaxed state, your subconscious mind is more open to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new ways of being. And suggestions become very powerful.
Hypnotic states are pleasant and relaxing with individuals entering into them of their own accord so that desired, beneficial suggestions may be given directly to the part of the mind known as the subconscious.
Although some hypnosis is used to make people more alert; most hypnosis includes suggestions for relaxation, calmness and improved well-being. Instructions to imagine or think about pleasant experiences are also commonly included during hypnosis.
People respond to hypnosis in different ways. Some describe hypnosis as a state of focused attention in which they feel very calm and relaxed. Most people describe the experience as pleasant.
The Origins
Healing by trance state (or an altered state of awareness) is among the oldest phenomena known to man and is found, in one form or another, in virtually every culture throughout the world. It could also be legitimately described as the original psychological therapy and somewhat more contentiously, as the basis for many of the more recent styles of psychological intervention.
Although such altered states have been known for thousands of years, the term 'hypnosis' (derived from the Greek word 'hypnos', meaning 'sleep') was only coined in 1841 by the Scottish physician and surgeon James Braid who discovered and formalised the process. It remains a somewhat less than accurate description of the experience as the hypnotic state is, in most respects, entirely dissimilar to sleep.
Hypnosis has been practiced for many years and can be traced back to documents found in ancient Egyptian temples. Its history, however, is full of contradictions, making it hard to pin down. What we can conclude is that it hasn't changed much over the millennia, our perspective of it has.
In the 21st century there are still those who see hypnosis as some form of occult power. Those who believe that hypnosis can be used to perform miracles or control minds are, of course, simply sharing the consensus view that prevailed for centuries.
Recorded history is full of tantalising glimpses of rituals and practices that look very much like hypnosis from a modern perspective. These practices tend to be for magical or religious purposes, such as divination or communicating with gods and spirits. It's important to remember, however, that what we see as occultism was the scientific establishment of its day, with exactly the same purpose as modern science – curing human ills and increasing knowledge.
From a Western point of view, the decisive moment in the history of hypnosis occurred in the 18th Century with the work of Franz Mesmer. This was then followed in the 19th Century by surgeons and physicians like John Elliotson and James Esdaille, who risked their reputation pioneering its use in the medical field. Researchers like James Braid simultaneously began to peel away the obscuring layers of mesmerism, revealing the physical and biological truths at the heart of the phenomenon. Thanks to their persistence and efforts, by the end of the century hypnosis was accepted as a valid clinical technique, studied and applied in the great universities and hospitals of the day.
This trend continued into the 20th Century with work of therapists such as Milton H. Erickson, Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell.
In its modern incarnation, hypnosis is an integrative field of study incorporating the best elements of behavioural psychology, cognitive psychology, EMDR, NLP and the most effective classical theories proposed by Freud, Jung and Adler.
The Benefits
The subconscious mind is the source of many of our problems and self images. Our beliefs, habits and behaviours are stored as information and the subconscious is a tremendous reservoir of our unrecognised strengths and knowledge as well as our mental baggage and negative behaviours.
Hypnosis is a natural and effective technique for unleashing untapped potential, changing unwanted habits and behaviours and finding solutions to problems and concerns.
Because hypnotherapy works by offering ideas for change to the subconscious mind it can be helpful with any behaviour or disorder caused by, or affected in some way by, the state of the mind, including:
- Fears and Phobias
- Stress and Anxiety
- Panic Attacks
- Depression
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Pain Control
- Cancer and Psychoneuroimmunology
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
- Psychosexual Disorders
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Addictions: Smoking, Alcohol, Food, Drugs, etc.
- Habits: Nailbiting, Thumbsucking, Blinking, Sniffing, Hair Chewing, etc.
- Eating Disorders
- Insomnia
- Allergies
- Skin Conditions
- Blushing
Hypnosis is also a highly effective tool for self-development, with benefits including:
- Building self confidence and self-esteem
- Encouraging relaxation
- Stress management
- Emotional difficulties
- Relationship problems
- Reduction of anxiety
- Exam preparation
- Assertiveness
- Life coaching and goalsetting
- Sports or artistic performance enhancement
Trust and confidence are integral to the induction of a hypnotic trance, so the first part of the client/therapist relationship is to establish rapport. This is done by encouraging the client to open up and share any difficulties they may be experiencing and to discuss their concerns. In addition, it provides a clinical record for use in subsequent sessions. Goals for therapy will also be discussed and agreed, and a full explanation of hypnosis provided. Any questions or misconceptions about hypnosis can be dealt with at this point.
Next, comes the hypnotic induction. There are many different ways of achieving trance state. You may be asked to imagine or visualise walking down a country lane, for instance. Or to stare at a fixed point or listen to the sound of your therapist's voice. To deepen the trance, the therapist may count you down from 10 to 1, or ask you to imagine walking down a flight of stairs. Throughout, you will feel very relaxed while remaining completely aware of your surroundings.
To return to full consciousness, which you can do by yourself at any time, the therapist will simply count upwards from 1 to 10, simultaneously guiding you back into the room.
The length of treatment depends on the problem or symptom presented and the individual's circumstances. With some people a problem like nail biting can be successfully treated in one session. Other problems, such as panic attacks, can take up to 5 or 6 sessions.
In the course of therapy clients are usually taught self-hypnosis as part of a number of therapeutic homework tasks. Self hypnosis, as well as being empowering, provides the means for individuals to help themselves and strengthens and speeds up work done within sessions.
The first session you undergo usually lasts one and a half hours to two hours, with subsequent sessions being between an hour and an hour and a half.
It is important to remember that nobody can ever be hypnotised against their will and even when hypnotised people still remain in complete control of any suggestions given. The whole object of clinical hypnosis is to take back control that has been lost and which has therefore resulted in the symptom or problem. At all points, power is given, not taken away.
In Summary
Hypnosis is a safe, relaxing, enjoyable and effective.
Hypnosis isn't magic, it's natural, and therefore there is nothing to be scared of. You are never under the power or control of the hypnotist or the hypnotic trance. You will never do anything you do not want to do. You will always be aware of what's happening to you.
You cannot get stuck in a hypnotic trance anymore than you can get stuck in a daydream. You will either open your eyes on the therapist's command, wake as if rising from sleep or continue to sleep peacefully, waking later naturally.
Hypnotherapy harnesses and focuses the natural abilities of your mind to help you make positive changes in your life so you can achieve your dreams and goals.
Most people find hypnotherapy very relaxing and very helpful.
N.B: For your own safety, it is suggested that you consult an experienced practitioner before attempting to confront any serious issues on your own.
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Additionally, if you would like to enquire about booking a session with me, please fill in the short form available from the booking enquiry page and email it along with your request. I will endeavour to reply to all enquiries in person at the first opportunity available.
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Perfect Strangers
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Make the mistakes of yesterday your lessons for today.Source Unknown
Perfect Strangers (1986-93) is a US comedy television show.
Balki Bartokomous
- Balki Bartokomous: Well of course not, don't be ridiculous.
- Balki: Patience is a virgin.
- Balki: Now we are so happy, we do the Dance of Joy!
- Balki: "America! Land of my dreams, home of the Whopper!" (from the debut episode)
- [Unknown to Sam, Balki has been hypnotised and thinks he is Elvis Presley]
Sam Gorphley: If you don't start acting like yourself by the time I count to three, you are out of a job! One...
Balki: For the money!
Sam: Two...
Balki: For the show! — "The King and I", Season Four
- Larry: ...We have the element of surprise.
Balki: You're right there, cousin: even we don't know what we're doing.
- Balki: Lier, lier, pants for hire.
- Balki: "Oh, give me a line of credit!"
Larry Appleton
- Larry: I'm in debt. I am a true American.
- Larry: Oh, my Lord!
- Larry: I have...a plan.
- Larry: Watch...and learn.
- Larry: Say, Chuck, do you have a blueprint for your brain? I'm building an idiot.
Balki: [confused] Cousin, you didn't tell me you were building an idiot.
Larry: It was going to be a surprise. — "The Karate Kids", Season Three
- [Larry is hanging by the neck of his jacket.]
Larry: Alright, Balki, now help me down.
Balki: [excited] Cousin, do it for me, please?
Larry: [wearily] No, no...
Balki: Oh, please! Please, Mr. Scarecrow, which way to the Emerald City?
Larry: 'Some people go that way, and some people go that way...'
Balki/Larry: '...But, of course, people do go both ways!' — "That Old Gang of Mine", Season Three
- Balki: Where are the instructions?
Larry: I threw them out.
Balki: You threw them out?
Larry: Appletons have never used instructions. My dad completely rewired the house in Denver without instructions.
Balki: Isn't that the house that burned to the ground?
Larry: [sheepishly] They never proved it was the wiring. — "Pipe Dreams", Season Three
- Balki: Well cousin, I guess when they were handing out the lips you only got one! [pause] Why aren't you laughing?
Larry: [stony-faced] It's hard to laugh with one lip. — "The Break In", Season Three
Mary-Anne Spencer
- Mary-Anne Spencer: You know, having a ghost would explain so many things. Like how when you open the refrigerator, the light goes on.
- [Larry has asked the gang to help bake 2,000 Bibbi-Bobka's to be sold to a restaurant]
Jennifer Lyons: Larry, it took us all morning to bake three dozen. Do you know how many dozen 2,000 are?
Mary-Anne: [instantly] One-hundred and sixty-six and two-thirds dozen. [off their looks] My father was a carpenter.


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|State portrait by Louis Hersent, 1836.
Marie Amélie (April 26, 1782, Caserta – March 24, 1866, Claremont), born Maria Amalia Teresa, Princess of Naples and Sicily (later "the Two Sicilies"), was Queen of the French as the consort of King Louis Philippe. One of nine children, her father was King Ferdinand IV & III of Naples and Sicily (later Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies), and her mother was Maria Carolina of Austria, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and closest sister of Marie Antoinette. (When she was a small child, her mother and aunt affianced her to her French cousin, the first son of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, but the dauphin Louis Joseph died in 1789 at the age of seven.) Her youth and early adulthood were fraught with upheaval and exile, owing to repercussions felt in Italy from the French Revolution and the rise of Napoléon. In 1809 she married Louis Philippe, duc d'Orléans. (He was no stranger to upheaval and exile himself; the previous duc d'Orléans, his father, was the infamous "Philippe Égalité", powerful early supporter of the Revolution who eventually voted for the execution of his cousin Louis XVI, but was, nonetheless, himself a victim of the Reign of Terror.) Together they had ten children, eight of whom survived to adulthood. The so-called July Revolution of 1830 marked the fall of the unpopular Bourbon Restoration and Louis Philippe was proclaimed King of the French. His pious queen showed no interest in politics and devoted herself to her husband and her children.
|One of several versions of the full-length portrait.
|Much of the jewelry that the queen is wearing in her portrait.
|La Reine Marie-Amélie et deux de ses fils, le duc d'Aumale en uniforme
de soldat de l'infanterie légère et le duc de
Montpensier en uniforme d'artilleur, devant une vue du parc du château de Neuilly, by Louis Hersent, 1835.
|Henri Eugène Philippe Louis d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale, her second youngest son.
|Antoine Marie Philippe Louis d'Orléans, duc de Montpensier, her youngest son.
|One of the variations on the above portrait.
|A copy by Louis-Édouard Rioult after Hersent's portrait of circa 1831-2, circa 1839.
|Watercolor copy of the above portrait.
|Copy on porcelain of the same painting; it wasn't unusual for copies to be reversed.
|The widowed, exiled former Queen of the French, near the time of her death.
Louis Hersent (March 10, 1777, Paris – October 2, 1860, Paris) was a French painter; a pupil of David, he won the Prix de Rome in 1797. He was successful during both the Empire and the Restoration, painting mythological and historical subjects. After the advent of the "July Monarchy", he painted the first important portraits of the new king and queen of the French, but was later superseded in their patronage by Franz Winterhalter.


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Indian Gay Sex Story: Yes I am bisexual and all my first encounters were with men though I was always interested in women but men were always easy to catch for me.
It all started with when my cousin Amit and me started with playing with our dicks in alone time, we used to play with each other's dick and masturbate. I don't remember my age that time but I am pretty sure I was around 10 or 11 years old. Amit was 1 year older to me. We used to live nearby so we used to meet very often.
We kept doing it for a long time probably around 5-6 years but it wasn't very intense. Our session slowly improved with mutual blow jobs and fully naked hugging. I was more into kissing but Amit never enjoyed it and he barely kissed me.
I always felt that Amit used to take advantage of me as he will not give me full blowjobs and never kissed me but when I used to give BJs to him he will keep me there forcefully and sometime emotionally.
After a while, there were gaps between his family and mine we couldn't meet very often and this relationship came to an end this time.
I was decent at studies and went on to a bachelors program in computers after schooling. This is where the actual story started, I used to read a lot of sex stories from books ( yes that was the only source that time ) and masturbate at least 3-4 times a week.
I had a gf but we hardly used to meet a lot often as it was kind of long distance so there was no point in having sex with her. Except occasional kissing, we never did anything.
In my college, I had a rich friend Rajat.
He wasn't very fit or hunk types but he was someone very nice to talk to. We were not the best friends but we used to spend a lot of time together. He was a more feminine type guy but he never accepted that he was gay. he always used to talk about sex stories and sex stuff in general.
After a year, Rajat started to get very close to me, he would call me at home on the landline phone and talked to me about everything under the sun. Later on, he started discussing the sex stories that he read over the internet. I keep getting inclined towards him and kept finding time to talk to him.
He used to mention stories of his family as well, where his aunt is fucked by his cousin brother and he ended up knowing everything about them. Rajat was very articulate and once he brought the discussion if I wanted to see his chachi ( aunt) who was involved with his cousin.
Rajat started inviting me to his house for his family functions and gathering, he had a luxurious house in a very upscale locality in Delhi. I was a shy guy and used to feel low at his place most of the time.
Later on, he started inviting me and some other friends alone when no was in the house, we will watch porn and talk about some other stuff.
Once while coming back from a party, in the car he told me that he sucks his brother`s dick when he sleeps, that was kind of a shock to me but somehow I knew that this is the signal that he wants to make a move with me.
Later on the day he called me on phone and told me few more stories of his cousin fucking him as well. He particularly told me that he enjoys giving a blow job. Then he asked me do you like a blow job, "who doesn't" was my answer. There was a long silence after that.
Next day after college, he invited me and other friends to watch a porn movie at his place (since his parents were not at home).
He sat on the chair between two sofas, he kept rubbing his feet on mine while watching the porn which was a clear indication that something is going to happen tonight. Once the movie was over, our other friend decided that it's late we should go, Rajat told him you go I will Ashok by car to close by bus stop by car.
He agreed to that and left. After Rajat asked me to go to his bedroom, I just followed him. We laid on the bed facing the ceiling and he started talking about his experiences sucking other man's dick. I wasn't interested in his stories, all I wanted him to make a bold move, I wanted him to take out my dick and suck it.
Instead, he kept pushing the ball into my corner, after a while when I couldn't resist anymore I touched his hand with mine and moved my leg over his. It made him stop talking and looked towards me. I looked at him too and then it was that moment when we kissed for the first time.
He was very gentle in kissing, I licked his upper lip for and then move to the lower one. I move my hand from his hand toward his face. We took a break in between to take a deep breath, we both sat on the bed then facing each other. We looked into each other's eyes and moved forward into a deeper kiss, I was enjoying such a bold and passionate kiss with him.
Rajat used to wear some expensive perfumes which I always liked but while hugging him and kissing him like that way more fun with all beautiful smell going through my nostrils while my tongue was inside his mouth.
Read the hot and steamy Indian gay sex story of a horny and wild desi guy's experiments with his cousin and his close friend in college!
I was waiting for him to make another move as my dick was rock hard in my pants. This time he didn't delay it and moved his hand on my dick over my pants.
Sorry I had the first part very short to build up. I am hoping to write a lot more but only based on the response from the first one.
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An aspect of life that our kids have missed out on since now is the kind of socializing that we all take from granted with other members of our society. The kids, having spent most of their lives on the streets of Mysore, mostly interacted with their fellow street kids and the adults living there. The basics of interacting with others socially can be a bit foreign to them.
Now, the kids attend school with students from all socioeconomic backgrounds, which is helping them learn to socialize with their peers. We also welcome people from the community to visit with the kids on Sunday afternoons at Karunya Mane.
Several groups of young professionals from nearby IT firms have done just that. This past Sunday, a group from SOften, a socially conscious organization consisting of young, proactive employees from Infosys talked with the kids and played games with them.
The group played a version of spin the water bottle, where the recipient of the bottle stood up and sang a song to the group.


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Creating Portfolios
Records and Reports
AN A to Z RESOURCE
Your Homeschooling Guide offers a variety of ways to help you plan and track as you wend your way toward college.
Creating, Maintaining and Presenting a Homeschool Portfolio
Basically, a homeschool portfolio is a collection of materials that are used in order to showcase what your child has learned over the course of the "school year." This is important because numerous states require an annual assessment of homeschooled students either via testing or the presentation of a portfolio. While it may seem that keeping a portfolio is only good in so far as you need to comply with the law. This is not the case, however. Portfolios can also help parents and their children to record their progress and achievements. This becomes even more important once a child has reached high school and needs a diploma.
Homeschooling Essentials: The Portfolio
A portfolio is a tool that can be used to tell a story about what has been learned, what needs to be learned, the steps you have taken to master a topic, what worked for you and what didn't, and any areas of difficulty you may have. It is a form of self-assessment where you, the learner, are actively involved in discovering all that you know!
Homeschool Portfolio Evaluations Shouldn't Be Scary!
Learning about portfolio evaluations and local homeschooling laws can help eliminate some of the stress when it comes to keeping student records for your kids. It can also make the task of putting a strategy in place for keeping homeschool portfolio information much simpler.
How to Build a College Portfolio for Your Homeschooled Highschooler
While some states require the preparation of a yearly educational portfolio for their homeschooling residents, the college portfolio is a bit different. The college portfolio, along with the official high school transcript, shows potential colleges about the rigorous and unique high school experience of your child.
Recordkeeping: Portfolio & Grades
A portfolio is more relevant to homeschooling and is an excellent way of demonstrating the type of education your child has had and what resources were used in giving him or her that education. From Oklahoma Homeschool.
Student Portfolios: Classroom Uses
What is it? Portfolios are collections of student work representing a selection of performance.
Electronic Portfolios
Understanding Electronic Portfolios
Dr. Helen Barrett's Electronic Portfolios
A really great website to help you understand the metaphor of a portfolio as used to reflect a student's learning. Lots of examples and ideas.
Electronic Portfolios in the K-12 Classroom
The electronic portfolio, already a well-established tool in higher education, is beginning to appear in K-12 classrooms as well. Learn what electronic portfolios are and discover how they can help you and benefit your students. Included: Guidelines for developing personal portfolios.
ePortfolio Portal
A resource to assist you in gaining knowledge around the concepts of e-portfolios.
Portfolio by BlueSky Schooler
Designed to make homeschool accountability easy, mobile, and flexible, Portfolio by BlueSky Schooler is the dynamic new app developed by homeschool mom, Keren Green. This record management tool adapts to any Homeschooling approach and helps you meet reporting requirements, specific to your family's needs, with just a few taps on your phone.
Scrapbook or Yearbook Format
Homeschool Portfolios for Assessment Time
It's getting close to that time of year again – assessment time! In Ohio, we have the option of standardized tests or having a portfolio review of our children's work by a certified teacher. I prefer portfolio reviews. Putting together the academic portfolios actually begins at the very start of the school year.
Homeschool Portfolio as a Collection of Documents
When preparing your portfolio, carefully consider your audience. Will the portfolio primarily be viewed by friends and family members? Will it be shown to potential employers and college admissions departments? Do you plan to use it to comply with homeschool requirements in your state?
How do you put your homeschool portfolio together?
I always recommend that parents begin the school year with either an accordion file or a binder with tab dividers and even plastic sleeve protectors. Then as a student completes a project, test or other activity in a particular subject, simply insert it into the file or binder.
How to Create a Homeschool Notebook
A notebook is a perfect way to track your child's progress through the year and keep a handle on their work. Many states require parents to keep a portfolio like this, but even if your state doesn't, I would challenge you to consider the value in creating one anyway. It keeps mom and student organized and ready for the year, as well as each homeschool day. Wondering how to create a homeschool portfolio or notebook? Here is what works for us.
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On a cold and dark evening, members of the Muriel Spark Society and members of the public gathered at the National Library of Scotland to hear eminent author Alexander McCall Smith speak about Edinburgh and literature. One could sense the affection for this writer as soon as he appeared. Chairman Alan Taylor introduced him by pointing out the eerie coincidence of major Edinburgh writers having surnames beginning with S: Scott, Stevenson, Spark, Smith …
McCall Smith began by praising the acuity of Spark's observations on the city of her birth, particularly with regard to The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Spark's views are timeless, but McCall Smith would later remark on how the past disappears, how the Edinburgh of Miss Brodie had in many ways disappeared. The attenuation of the local by globalisation is something to be mourned. He spoke despairingly of how some modern buildings can detract from local identity with their sameness. However, some ugly builds can begin to seem more palatable – David Hume Tower anyone?!
In a wide detour to Africa, MS remarked how Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh and moved to Africa. He, on the other hand, was the opposite: Africa born and now permanently domiciled in Edinburgh. Speaking more generally on the literature of place, he praised the sharp, fresh eye Spark brought to colonial society in Rhodesia. He praised similarly the writings of Nadine Gordimer and Spark's friend Doris Lessing.
AMS remarked ruefully on a literary success can be a mixed blessing for a place. Savannah, Georgia is often deluged by tourists after the success of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". He also explored the "reality" of depictions of place in literature. Was his Edinburgh fiction not too idealised? – a question he was often asked. Yet he wish to present Edinburgh in a good light, this was quite deliberate. He did mention that he had darkened one of his stories in the light of such comments. He also spoke about population make-up; many of Edinburgh's residents were middle class people, involved in office work. Were his fictions so far away from that? He treated the audience to an amusing reading from a Scottish woman in Italy on the malaise of Scottish men; was football really so honestly admired?
The evening was a broad, amusing, and often affectionate exploration of literature and place. Afterwards, Society members and AMS repaired to another place: The Field Restaurant for a convivial meal, where other culinary, vinous and literary explorations occurred.
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I don't have an IR printer from HP but I want to send program listings or data from my HP 42S to a PC. Can my HP 48G be of any help as intermediate storage?
I'm looking for some software to capture the IR output and convert it to an ASCII file.
Has anybody written code for a PC to decode the IR stream? I'm aware of the Article "IR Printer information" on this site.
Hi, Marcus;
'inprt' was first release by HP in a SW package with the HP48S connection kit (cable + disks). There is a version that runs with the G-series, and it is available through www.hpcalc.org. After a search I found
Jordi Hidalgo's version is a very good choice.
Luiz (Brazil)
Thanks for the tip, I just tried it out. It's not quite perfect yet...
1) After installation of the lib, I started the INPRT program on the HP 48.
2) I aligned the two calcs
3) I LISTed my program on the HP 42S
4) On the HP 48, I stored the resulting string in a variable
5) I transfered the variable to my PC with Transfile WIN 48
What I got is a file with an identifying tag at the beginning (added by Transfile?) and the program lines (with some garbage in between, transmission errors?). The lines are seperated by HEX(04) instead of CR/LF.
The main problem seems to be the garbage. I assume that's an alignment problem. The translation can be done with a small script (I prefer REXX but this is a personal preference.)
there is an article writen by Jordi about the translation of some codes (remapping) that occurs when the HP42S is sending data to the printer. I don't thave the link, all I know is that it is available at HPCC.
I had some 'issues' when creating the HP42S TTF mainly because of this fact, too. I also had to replace some characters for others after transfering data from the HP42S to the HP48. As an example of what I faced when creating the TTF file, both up-arrow and down-arrow characters in the HP42S LCD are sent as '^' and 'v' to the printer (82240A or B), and you see R^ for roll-up and Rv for roll-down in the hardcopy. I am not quite sure about the reasons, but I guess it is because of the two versions of the HP82240.
Maybe you already know about this, but it is harmless to mention, right? ;-) The HP82240B accepts codes to be 'interpreted' amongst two sets of characters, ROMAN8 and ECMA94. The 'ASCII' range (3210 to 12710) of them both is the same, but characters from 12810 to 25510 match in only a few cases. Codes 14410 and 14510 are, respectively, up- and down-arrow in ECMA94, but they are 'µ' (micron) and 'LF' (line-feed symbol) in ROMAN8, respectivey. So, it was wise to use '^' and 'v' instead, that works the same for both printers. There are also other characters that were remapped, but I don't recall them by heart.
About alignment: I keep the HP42S about 1/3 of an inch higher than the HP48 when transmitting. I experienced some problems wehn both were leveled.
Hope this helps a bit.
Luiz (Brazil)
3) I LISTed my program on the HP 42S
4) On the HP 48, I stored the resulting string in a variable
5) I transfered the variable to my PC with Transfile WIN 48
What I got is a file with an identifying tag at the beginning
(added by Transfile?)
What I got is a file with an identifying tag at the beginning
(added by Transfile?)
Anyway, Kermit transfers can be either "ASCII" or "Binary",
determined by system flag -35 on the 48. Xmodem transfer are
Binary only.
Kermit ASCII transfers start with a header similar to:
the T(n) parameter may be of interest to you. It records the
translation mode for non-ASCII characters, the "\" character, and
the LineFeed code. See your HP 48 manual for details.
Binary transfers from the 48 series start with a header of:
What it boils down to for a binary transfer of a character string
is: Delete the first 13 bytes in the file, and the remainder
should be the original character string.
and the program lines (with some garbage in
between, transmission errors?).
The lines are seperated by HEX(04) instead of CR/LF.
Thank you both for the information provided.
The garbage (and some missing lines) resulted from not levelling the two calcs correctly. I was keeping the 42 in my hands, lifting it slightly, but I may have shaken it too much so that data was lost (I got "1" as the result code on the 48).
Transfile seems to use Kermit-ASCII transfer with the %HP header. That (and the HEX(04) / EOT problem has obviously to be solved by some software.
["Transfile WIN 48" looks a little like good old Norton commander for Windows 3.x, with one panel showing a local directory and the other showing the calculator "file" system.]
Has anyboy written software to capture the IR output on a PC (e. g. with a sound card)?
Look for an excellent article written many years ago by "Steve (Australia)" in the MoHPC Archives, or in the Articles Forum.
I guess you mean this article:
I was hoping, someone had written a program from this info.
Capturing and decoding the Ir-Redeye format directly with a PC is quite hard, because Windows is no real time OS. The half bit time of the HP Redeye format is 427us. My decoder tables from a complete hardware solution with own CPU base on a measuring accuray of 52us. Decoding should/must be interrupt driven.
IMHO this accuracy can only achieved by a low level driver on the PC. A low level driver is platform dependent.
There were software solutions for DOS made end of 80'ties simulating a HP82240B printer (PrintHP in Germany). None of them work any more, because they are working in polling mode counting the CPU cycles. I made a similar software decoder for MS-DOS in the early 90'ties using the original beeper timer as time reference. This one still works under some "compatible" PC's but because it needs DOS it isn't in use any more.
For all solutions you need a special IR-receiver hardware, standard IrDA receivers don't work.
if you want to do all the timing "by hand", you're lost with any of the modern operating systems.
On the other hand, it should be possible to connect an IR receiver directly to the microphone or line input of a sound card and let the card capture the "sound" generated by the light pulses. If the sample frequency is right, it should be possible to decode the resulting "wave" in software.
With the power of modern CPUs this should be easily done in real time or line by line, triggering on the delays between lines. (As long as the time critical part is done in (sound) hardware.)
That's not my idea. The artikel referred to in my first post meantions such an approach. I was hoping, someone had already done it...
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Another day, another review for our fans. Today, I couldn't be happier not only that we have the opportunity to review it but also that we are going to present why this title is as cool as it sounds! But what is this game? Is it worth the hype? Should you pick it up when available? Stick around and you will find out now. Let's start by mentioning a few things about the game itself. Set against a backdrop of psychological terror, The Crow's Eye is a first-person adventure in which you control a young man trapped in the abandoned Crowswood University, once a reputed medical college.
The complex story is narrated through documents, recordings, and radio, which tell the experiences of policemen and professors who, twenty years ago, were involved in a series of mysterious disappearances. In order to escape, he will be forced to investigate his relation to obscure facts, and decipher the enigmas that his stay there implies. Along the way he will find more than one reason to remain at Crowswood. You will try to overcome all the dangers that lie there while investigating the mysterious disappearances of students and faculty 20 years earlier.
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As far as the negative aspects are concerned, judging from the pre-release version, I think that the HUD and the UI could have been designed better in order to be more stylish and fit better the atmosphere I mentioned before. Furthermore, I thought the "dangers†that occasionally appear during puzzles or investigations are poorly designed and you can kill some of them pretty easily for example by shaking the mouse button.
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1/2 Cup Protein Plus Peanut Flour
2-3 Tbsp Water
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Splash of Tamari Soy Sauce
Ground Black Pepper
Dried Chilli Flakes
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Age of Nations
of Nations
Hall of Nations: The Hall of Nations has been called the
headquarters of the Firesmyths and also the Firesmyth's Chambers. It
served as the global seat of power where the Firesmyths helped in
negotiating international treaties and policies during the first three
ages of Epi.
Location: The exact location of the Hall of Nations was
unknown, though many during the Age of Nations would visit it for reasons
of ceremony and politics. The location was kept a secret because the
only way to or from the Hall of Nations was through the Gates.
The Buildings: The Hall of Nations was really more than just
one building. It was comprised of several dozen buildings and other
structures at the center of a mountain rung valley laid out in concentric
circles. At the center of these circles was the Hall of Nations
proper, a large structure where most global meetings of significance were
held. Several other support structures surrounded it in the first
Radiating out from the Hall were transparent tubes, one for each region of
Epi. These contained semi-liquid floors that moved people faster in
their direction of travel much like people-moving conveyor
belts. The tubes would pass through the outer circles until
they came to a large dome structure, one dome for each tube and each dome
dedicated to a Firesmyth. Beyond the dome stood a guardian statue
emitting a force field that kept out those whom the Firesmyths didn't want
to enter.
Far beyond the edge of the guardian's protection were the transport gates,
one per region. In this way, each region of Epi would have its own
access to the Hall of Nations through its Gate, its own guardian and its
own Firesmyth ... until the Fall of Nations.
Transport Gates:
A transport gate, or just gate as they were commonly referred to, provides instantaneous transportation from one gate
to another by opening up a wormhole from one gate to another.
These structures were not erected by the Arcathian state government's Transportation Services
or any other Epian state government. They were instead constructed
under the direction of Firesmyths during the Second Age, predating the maglev
towers by four millennia.
There were a limited number of Gates placed on strategic areas of the planet
by the Firesmyths who limited their use to times of emergency or great
The gates
could be activated by only by certain people placing their hand in a
certain orientation and location on the side wall. If the gate's
sensors recognized the handprint and placement, the gate would open.
The destination, determined by the hand position/location, would be seen
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I think they'll get through the semi-finals – and I don't think they'll do that badly – but I can't see them winning.
"It's not an age-related thing," he insists, "it's not a nasty thing.
which puts him off talking to the Irish media, leading to him being misquoted.
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Aussi, dimanche soir, le Premier ministre Charles Michel a annoncé que l'état d'alerte était maintenu pour lundi 23 novembre, et que les écoles et les métros resteraient fermés à Bruxelles.
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Unpermitted rat poisons used by illegal marijuana growers in California endanger owls and other wildlife, but state officials hope the recent move to legalize the drug will see more growers comply with pesticide regulations.
While legal cultivators can expect more government oversight, environmental researchers fear the increase in the number of growers will include illegal operations that won't apply for permits to use rat poisons, or rodenticides. That has led environmental advocates to call for increased enforcement on pesticide use and even a statewide ban on all rat poisons.
Seventy percent of northern spotted owls and 40 percent of barred owls tested positive for rodenticides in northwest California in a recent study conducted by the University of California, Davis and the California Academy of Sciences. Northern spotted owls are threatened species under the federal and state endangered species laws.
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The rodenticides used on illegal marijuana sites have "gone through and infiltrated the food web profusely" in addition to contributing to soil and water contamination, Mourad Gabriel, lead author of the report and research faculty member with University of California, Davis's Wildlife Health Center, told Bloomberg Environment.
Gabriel, also the executive director of Blue Lake, Calif.-based nonprofit Integral Ecology Research Center, published research in 2012 and in subsequent years that linked anticoagulant rodenticides on illegal marijuana farms to deaths of Pacific fishers, which are weasel-like mammals that live in forests in Northwest California.
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has taken steps to make the most potent rat poisons less accessible to consumers.
The agency restricted public access to some of the materials to allow only licensed exterminators to use the products in July 2014. However, environmental advocates say more can be done.
State efforts to legalize cultivation and recreational use of marijuana are part of a "larger agenda, which is to get the illegal cannabis growers into a legal licensed arena," Jesse B. Cuevas, assistant director of the department's Pesticide Programs Division, told Bloomberg Environment.
"What we anticipate is that a lot of those illegal grows will actually turn into legal grows that we can then regulate and help to clean up the environmental harm that has been caused by illegal uses of pesticides," Cuevas said.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture "has received thousands of applications for cannabis cultivation licenses and cannot speculate about the number of illegal grows in the state," a department spokesperson told Bloomberg Environment in an email.
Rat poisons are typically anticoagulants, which cause clotting problems and internal bleeding. Second-generation anticoagulants are highly potent and can kill rodents with a single feeding, while first-generation poisons still pose a risk to wildlife but don't always have an immediate effect.
"These type two anticoagulant rat poisons should probably be prohibited entirely. I don't really see this as a cannabis issue so much as a rat poison issue," Hezekiah Allen, executive director of the California Growers Association, a Sacramento-based group that represents cannabis growers, told Bloomberg Environment.
Legal growers don't typically use those rodenticides because of their toxicity, Allen said.
Legislation is pending in the California legislature to ban all anticoagulant rodenticides in the state. AB 1687 stalled in the state assembly's Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee last year. Advocacy groups, including Berkeley-based Raptors Are the Solution (RATS), are pushing for the passage of the bill to further restrict second-generation anticoagulants.
"We probably won't get all poisons banned, but it's a starting place," Lisa Owens Viani, director of RATS, told Bloomberg Environment.
Representatives of the pesticides industry could not be reached for comment.
The Pest Control Operators of California opposed the bill in the group's 2017 legislative agenda, saying the bill is "reckless and ill conceived." The group represents about 1,100 operators in the state.
"This ban would take away one of the most important management tools for this pest with no regard for the consequences," the agenda said. "PCOC has made significant efforts to improve the selection and use of these products and continues to stand ready to work with all groups to improve the education of users of rodenticides and the enforcement of established regulations."
While the state considers a ban, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, which enforces pesticides regulations, has increased staff and resources on its Marijuana Enforcement Team and its Watershed Enforcement Team to address marijuana enforcement in the past few years, Capt. Patrick Foy from the department's Law Enforcement Division, told Bloomberg Environment.
The strategy going forward will include raids on illegal grows and remediation of the land, he said.
Though state officials hope legalization will bring more growers into compliance with pesticide regulations, report author Gabriel said quick action is needed.
"Can the environment wait three, five, eight years until the black market dissipates, when we already have clear empirical evidence that we have food web contamination?" Gabriel asked.
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Upon walking in the door of Erin's Hotel Monaco wedding hotel room, I was graciously greeted by Erin and her mom (both stunning and the nicest people ever!). We actually photographed Erin's cousin's wedding previously (shout out to Colleen & Monty!) so I just knew that this group was going to be a blast. I was right, which makes sense because Lincoln tells me that I am always right 😉 – he might be humoring me…but I'll take it!
The ceremony and most of the portrait part of the day took place in Manayunk, where Ryan is from and where him and Erin reside. They put a lot of emphasis on Ryan's history in his hometown and even swung by the rec center where him and his groomsmen used to hang out on the regular. It was a fun walk down memory lane for them and we loved getting to know them better along the way!
We went back to Hotel Monaco for the wedding reception and it this group proved once again that they were a ridiculously fun crowd. After the sentimental and hilarious speeches, the dance floor was the place to be and everyone was celebrating the marriage of Erin and Ryan to the fullest. We wish you two the very best!


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The Soundtrack Of My Life
As far as I can remember, music has always been a constant companion.
Certain songs have bookmarked particular episodes in my life.
And if an autobiography could be embodied through songs, this would be my soundtrack.
Dad was a big Sinatra fan. And once in a while, he tinkered with the piano to play his rendition of Glenn Miller's In the Mood. So it goes without saying that music has been a regular fixture in our household.
Theme from a Summer Place (Percy Faith)
Though my recall of music may not go as far back as when I was two or three years old, Dad must've been spinning some of his records to put me to sleep. Not so sure, but I vaguely recall that this might be one of them. This song must have been special for me because I secretly enjoyed listening to this even throughout my teenage "rock-rebellious" years. I had to listen to it in the solitary confines of my bedroom though.
Hey, any card-carrying Zep Head couldn't be caught dead with a Percy faith record! 🙂
Wooden Heart (Elvis Presley)
Blue Star (Linda Scott)
This was my first, real recollection of music. I was four years old then when an aunt (my mom's step-sister) came to live with us to study college in the Metro.
She took care of me during my early pre-school years.
She was my first real "best friend".
If Dad had Sinatra, it was Elvis for aunt Gloria. A big fan of the "king", her preference leaned towards the love songs – Love Me Tender, Falling In Love With You etc. But for the life of me, I don't know how Wooden Heart landed to be my lullaby :D.
My aunt married a few years after college and turned out to be a successful businesswoman, being the owner of a popular appliance store chain in the 70's -80's.
When I started to work in the early 80's, I always made it a point to drop by her office whenever I was in her area. And no matter how busy her calendar was, she'd drop everything just to have a chat with me and reminisce those days of Wooden Heart.
Blue Star was the first song I remember singing as a kid. I was probably around four then. I never really got to ask the story behind how I got to sing this. The only three people who would really know the real score are my mom, dad and aunt Gloria. Alas, all three have since long been gone so the story behind this will forever be a nagging but pleasant mystery to me.
Punch and Judy (Cascades)
My passion for sixties music was largely influenced by my older cousins. We'd spend most of our summers in Baguio – all thirteen of us. Again, music was a constant.
Being the youngest of the brood, I was normally tasked to flip the records when the playing side is done. Much like their human jukebox! The difference was that no coins ever came my way! 😦
But going thru those 45s gave me that early exposure to names like The Critters, The Turtles, Peter & Gordon, Dave Clark 5, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits etc.
But alas, being the youngest hardly ever gave you the chance to play your song of choice. I had to step back and give in to the picks of the older ones. So in the rare occasions that I had that portable record player to myself, this song was played over and over and over and over. . . .
Girl (The Beatles)
It's Not Unusual (Tom Jones)
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (BJ Thomas)
Living Loving Maid (Led Zeppelin)
I was eleven. She was twelve.
My first "crush".
My first proposal. . . .
My first rejection.
But not to worry, preteen rejections are resilient. I was over it in about an hour.
All it took was a bag of chips with a bottle of Coke and I was good to go.
More than my feelings, I guess my pride took most of the blow .
Memories from that broken heart, from that broken pride.
From a broken heart, some 11 year-olds seek refuge in comic books; some to basketball, some to other conquests.
Me, I moved on to . . .
. . . Tom Jones!
Yup, the man himself!
He, with the trendy sideburns.
He, with that exquisitely tailored bell-bottoms.
That gyrating dynamo that could sweep women off their feet with just his wink or a whiff from his perspiration.
My main man!
I tried to be like him – following his footsteps . . . or rather dance steps.
Yes Virginia, much like annoying preteens who now mimick hip-hop moves of Tupac, I was that disgusting 11-year old singing and dancing to It's Not Unusual.
Just recalling it now sends embarrassing goose bumps up my spine.
I was one confused kid!
So, was I destined to sport trendy sideburns for the rest of my life?
Or forever be dressed in tailored bell-bottoms?
Or clad in huge rings, gold necklaces, and glimmering bracelets?
Two angels by the name of Burt Bacharach and Hal David saved me from such fate.
They penned Raindrops Keep falling On My Head.
Some songs turn us on to music – converting the casual listener to that music aficionado, we sometimes tag ourselves to be. In the early seventies, it could have been the complex rock classic Stairway to Heaven or that poetry-laden Bridge Over Troubled Water.
I opted for something simpler. No complicated instrumentation or thought-provoking lyrics here. Raindrops did what it was cut out to do – it made me feel good!
"But there's one thing I know
The blues they sent to meet me won't defeat me.
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me."
Up to now, decades after first hearing this song, Raindrops still manages to put that smile on my face.
Searching for this song would then lead me to the radio, switching between the different pop stations just to catch Raindrops – and in the process, eventually getting to appreciate other songs as well. Little did I know then that this simple ukelele-introed song would be the springboard to my fascination with the Temptations, Jackson 5, Tower of Power, Young-Holt Unlimited. . .
Yes, lots of R&B.
. . .and that thing called rock.
My first serious rock encounter was when my parents gave me my first portable cassette player, together with 3 cassette tapes. The first The Supremes with the Temptaions. The second one was Booker T. & the MGs. Not knowing what lind of music lay beneath the last tape, mom and dad gave me Led Zeppelin 2.
The house would never be the same again!
Mom: Did you hear that noise, disguised as music, coming out of your son's bedroom?
Dad: Don't worry. It's probably just a phase.
Yeah right! A phase that would go on for the next 40 or so years!
See Me, Feel Me (The Who )
More Today Than Yesterday (Spiral Starecase )
– Knock! Knock!
– Who's there?
– Woodstock!
– Wood who?
– Oh, you must be from Mars!
Who wouldn't have heard of Woodstock? It is probably one of the 10 most recognizable words in rock – next to the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Marijuana. Woodstock espoused a counter-culture this former wannabe Tom Jones now wanted to emulate – Long hair, faded jeans, Indian mocs, tie-dyed shirts – all the works needed to attain that hippie look! And these "threads" needed some "sounds" to go with it.
To the dismay of my parents, Hendrix, Santana, The Who and other icons of rock further disrupted what was once a serene household.
Woodstock was my baptism to Rock; its music and culture was a rite of passage, you might say.
1970 was also the year I bought my first records:
Santana – Santana
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Deja vu
Spiral Starecase – More Today Than Yesterday
Blossoms (James Taylor)
Make it With You (Bread)
Though rock continued to be a staple throughout my adolescent years, mine ears needed to have that break.
The singer/songwriter movement at the onset of the 70's was just what the doctor prescribed. Off the top, James Taylor's Sweet Baby James, Neil Young's After The Goldrush and Carol King's Tapestry were albums that attained heavy rotation in our record players.
The laid back soft rock was a respite from the heavy guitar riffs of Zep and Sabbath. Music took on a more personal experience as the poetry in lyrics invited me to be in terms with both the singer and the song.
And just like the music, my transformation to a more placid tone unfolded. From Tom Jones' tailored bell bottoms then switching to Woodstock bohemian hippie – I settled for the sedate chambray workshirt, jeans and boots.
Probably what James Taylor and Neil Young might wear? You guessed it!
This was and still is my comfort zone. Forty years after, I still wear chambray shirts just as much as I still listen to Taylor and Young.
The summer of 1971 also allowed me to discover my schmaltzy sentimental side … and peanut butter sandwiches.
I spent that whole summer over at my cousin's place.
She was my "best friend".
She made me laugh.
We'd talk for hours on end with only a break for peanut butter sandwiches. We'd talk about her big crush to Michael Cole of The Mod Squad and I to Peggy Lipton.
She made me laugh.
She made me peanut butter sandwiches …
made me laugh some more.
No money. No cable TV. No internet at that time. But amusing each other with conversations mundane – of topics about pimples or nail-biting and dissecting it into a humorous discussion that would last all night, was the magic of those gentler days.
People toast to the joy of life with a glass of Dom Perignon.
I toast to the memories of youth with a bite of that peanut butter sandwich.
Here's to you, cuz'
Betcha By Golly Wow (Stylisics)
High School sophomore year
Summer of 1972.
I was thirteen. She too was thirteen.
My second crush.
No proposals.
No rejections.
I just admired her from a distance.
I did phone her once then . . . but that awkward silence between hello and goodbye said it all.
The spirit of Tom Jones, which I fooled myself into thinking that I had, was long gone.
Fast-forward 40 or so years.
I bumped into her not so long ago. But betcha-by-golly-wow, that awkward silence between hello and goodbye once again invited itself. Yet, as I watched her walk away, I caught myself with a smile and silently thanked her for making me thirteen once again filled with memories of innocent tongue-tied youth.
Super Strut (Deodato )
Dad's record albums were my earliest recollection of Jazz. I did flirt with jazz rock courtesy of Chicago Transit Authority, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Mark-Almond, Traffic and other bands that played in a jazz-like manner, even as their rhythms maintained the basic rock structure.
But my first significant encounter with jazz fusion was by way of Hill Where the Lord Hides by Chuck Mangione. I was intrigued by how rock could be fused with my dad's Glenn Miller Big band music. The search for other artists with the same style directed me to Deodato, Bob James, Ramsey Lewis and others who were starting to plant the seeds of this genre.
Another benchmark for this year was when the first youth-oriented FM station began to hit the airwaves. Though primarily labeled as a pop station, DWKW (K101) sprinkled their pop programming with a generous amount of fusion.
This further established my fascination for this genre – an affair that would last thru the coming years.
Sun Godess (Ramsey Lewis )
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Allman Brothers Band)
The Hurt (Kalapana)
I got my first real stereo system as a grad gift from mom and dad.
The heart of this stereo system was a 35 watt Pioneer SX650 receiver. (for the sake of this story, let's call her Betsy.) She was to be my loyal 'friend' for the next several years as Betsy and I would spend endless days and nights playing music together.
Betsy would play rock, jazz, Motown, some oldies, back to rock, and then . . .
. . .The Hustle, Rock the Boat, Donna Summer.
Disco began to rear its "ugly head". . . well, ugly for guys like me with two left feet.
The dancers got all the girls so I nursed my dancing inadequacy thru more music, pushing my interest in jazz further with records of Less McCann and Donald Byrd leading to the realm of mainstream via Miles, Baker, Ellington, et al.
But then again, Miles Davis don't make for a good social life. – The dancers still got the girls! 😀
But wait! . . .
Freshman College
I was sixteen.
She was fifteen.
She was just past of a recent break-up and I was that proverbial shoulder to cry on.
I met her just once and phoned her. And in a whimsical moment of folly, I proposed.
She accepted.
But hey, don't bring out the marching bands just yet though. It was a silly 2-month affair wherein I never even got to see her shadow. Just phone calls. I spent that freshman year in the college dormitory so ten minute calls using the dorm payphone, with a dozen guys queued behind you, aren't exactly ingredients for an
Ali McGraw-Ryan O'Neil Love Story recipe.
Towards the end of the second month, she confessed that her former boyfriend was making a comeback.
She was confused.
I was screwed.
Thus, I did the noble thing to do – and let her go. . .
Besides, the guy was 4 inches taller and 20 pounds heavier than me.
No, thank you. I'd rather keep my face in one piece at the moment
So, no broken hearts here; Just my broken pride upon realizing that I spent the last two months as a "spare tire".
Oooh, that hurt.
Never Get Your Love Behind Me (Faragher Brothers)
Haven't We Met (Kenny Rankin)
Las Vegas Turnaround (Daryl Hall & John Oates)
After that "spare tire" affair, I realized that this "relationship thing" just wasn't cut out for me.
Hanging out with the guys was less complicated and the way to go.
Again, music and Betsy were there to tag along during those next few years of youthful abandon
DWRT introduced the Album-Oriented-Rock format in its initial airing that year.
Though I was still hooked on fusion, 99.5 RT sidetracked me to the tunes of Stephen Bishop, Faragher Brothers, Kenny Rankin, Jim Messina, early Hall and Oates, etc.
Good music. Good friends. Good times
I Don't Know Why I'm So Happy I'm Sad (Michael Franks)
1977 was the year I got my first car, a second hand 2-door Colt Galant, equipped with a Pioneer KP 500 and Jensen Triaxes. This gave Betsy some needed rest.
It was also the breakout year for jazz fusion here in Manila. Initiated by the previous years' release of George Benson's Breezin', CTI session artists such as Ronnie Laws, Harvey Mason, Joe sample, Freddie Hubbard, and many others jumped into this commercial Jazz bandwagon.
But not to be out-done, rock did come out strong with Steely Dan's Aja, Fleetwood Mac's Rumors, Kenny Loggin's Celebrate Me Home, Pablo Cruise's A Place In the Sun to name a few.
Learn to work the saxophone,
I play just what I hear.
Drink Scotch whiskey all night long . . .
Good music. Good friends. Good times
Cascade (Spyro Gyra)
Superwoman (Noel Pointer)
Mind-blowing Decisions (Heatwave)
Even if I had been buying records ever since that first Santana-CSN&Y- Spiral Starecase purchase, I was not a serious collector yet. Some records were given away. Some were borrowed, forgotten and never returned.
Also, choices in the local market here were very thin to be able to start a decent collection.
So during a trip to the US in the summer of 1978, stepping inside Tower Records for the first time, was like a spiritual experience for me. Bringing back home close to a hundred LPs, set in motion the start of my serious record collection. Betsy was ecstatic, to say the least. Most of my later travels would be devoted to increasing this collection – one that would balloon to 4000 records at its peak.
Good music. Good friends. Good times
No attachments. . .
No complications. . .
I thought I had everything until . . .
I was nineteen.
She was eighteen.
Feelings that have been on slumber mode for some time unexpectedly stirred back to life the instant I saw her.
Was it anxiety of what happened past or excitement of what could be?
The previous years didn't really hone me in the skills of courtship; and now, my comfort zone was being intruded by unusual feelings.
Then a little birdie by the name of Tom Jones whispered me something.
No, he didn't instruct me to grow sideburns or to turn on that swagger.
He simply winked and said, "It's not unusual to be loved by anyone".
I took the cue knowing that the specter of rejection was still a possibility.
Was this girl worth that risk?
To complicate matters further, she was just past of a breakup.
Here we go again!
Will I be that spare tire the second time around?
Must decide how to go,
Is she mine? I want to know . . .
. . . Mind- blowing decisions
Thirty-four years after, as I write this now, I smile as I watch her sleep beside me.
Yup, she truly was worth all the risk.
Thank you Mr. Jones.
1979 – 1982
You Know Like I Know (Ozark Mountain daredevils)
Two Cups Of Coffee (Bebu Silvetti)
We did get together this year and the following years allowed us to get to know each other better.
We did share a lot of things in common.
One of which was music!
Hey, a girl who can talk about Antonio Carlos Jobim and Ozark Mountain Daredevils in the same breath is surely a rare catch.
She also introduced me to Bebu Silvetti, Lincoln Mayorga and Willie Bobo.
Breaking Us in Two (Joe Jackson)
Woman (John Lennon)
We got married 1983.
I was listening to my records the night before the wedding and particularly remember playing this album right before sleeping – my last song as a single guy. My last night with Betsy.
Not appropriate, considering what was to happen the next day.
But in retrospect, this was the swan song to my relationship with Betsy.
Much like Andy and Woody, there is an intimate bond between a guy and his stereo. In a peculiar way, this relationship personified the recklessness of teenage years which had to step aside and give way to a new chapter unfolding.
Thank you for those years Betsy.
The morning of the wedding, I broke into a rash.
My bride, on the other hand, was a vision beyond compare.
I can still see her now walking down the aisle as the church was filled with strains of "All the Things You Are" – a long time favorite of my mom and dad.
Another song I requested to be sung during the ceremony was Woman by John Lennon.
Woman I know you understand
The little child inside the man,
Please remember my life is in your hands,
And woman hold me close to your heart,
However, distant don't keep us apart,
After all it is written in the stars,
oooh well, well,
oooh well, well,
Limehouse Blues from Jazz At The Pawnshop
My interest in audio equipment began with my affair with Betsy back in high school. I tinkered with her adjustments and connections, learning the basic rudiments of hifi stereo.
This interest moved up a higher level when I entered into the arena of High end audio. Starting with an entry level system, this hobby would take its course to different equipment upgrades for the next several years.
Bless my lovely wife for allowing me to house those humongous speakers that would occupy a major part of the bedroom and patiently endure as my listening would further aggravate the heat of those warm summer nights when I'd fire up those tube amplifiers.
My Audio Journey Pt.1
Unfortunately, "music" took a back seat during these high end audio years.
Focusing my record collection on specialized audiophile recordings that showed the potential of the stereo system, I was listening to the sound of the equipment rather that the music itself.
Just To See Her (Smokey Robinson)
Mom was diagnosed with cancer December of 1986 so I spent a good part of 1987 in the US where she was being treated.
I distinctly remember one sunny day while driving mom to one of her checkups. My hand was on the shifter and she placed her hand on mine. She then gently tapped her fingers as this song played on the car radio.
Hardly any words were spoken during that drive. But in spite of that, those few minutes are one of the most meaningful moments in my life.
She left us a few weeks after that morning drive.
Little did I know then how much more meaningful those lyrics would be now – 26 years after that sunny morning drive.
Just to see her
Just to touch her
Just to hold her in my
arms again one more time
If I could feel her warm embrace
see her smiling face
Can't find anyone to take her place
I've got to see her again
I would do anything
I would go anywhere
There's nothing I wouldn't do
just to see her again
1988 -1994
An audiophile recording sounds fantastic.
But that's just about it.
Despite the quality of the recording, I missed that toe-tapping, head-bobbing music on my regular LPs and made a U-turn back towards the albums I really enjoyed listening to – back to Clapton, back to Stevie Wonder, hey even back to the Village People. That realization pushed me to further my record collection.
1988 was also the year I landed my first contract as a graphic designer.
No PC, no Photoshop. Cut and paste literally meant cutting and pasting paper on the final artwork board.
One night, while rushing for a presentation the following morning, I was pleasantly interrupted by a song on the radio. It was Basia's Miles Away – a tune that would usher in, for me, a different genre of pop jazz. Similar artists such as Matt Bianco and Workshy would be my musical flavor for the coming years. Up to now, this genre gets heavy rotation in my iPod's playlist.


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Sensitive as they are, cauliflowers can also be grown in pots and containers. It's even easier than when they are planted outdoors as pests can easily be spotted and controlled.
They can also be moved in another area if you think they are placed in too sunny a spot without having to uproot them.
So, what are the steps in growing this beautiful vegetable in a pot?
First, you will need a few things to make this happen. They are: gardening gravel, organic potting soil mixture with a pH of 6 to 7, 12-inch containers with drainage holes, biodegradable pots and plastic wrap which will both be used during the germination period, and of course, cauliflower seeds.
Since you intend to keep your cauliflowers indoors, you can start sowing seeds whenever you feel up to it. Fill your biodegradable pots with the organic soil mix and water it to make it compact. Then, put these pots into your plastic container.
Sprinkle a few seeds in each pot and cover them with ¼ inch of dry potting soil. To hasten the germination of the seeds, cover the pots with plastic wrap. You should see the beginnings of green sprouting from the soil within a few weeks. When this happens, remove the plastic wraps.
The seedlings need to be thinned when they reach a height of around two inches. In fact, it is better to leave only the strongest seedling in the pot.
Transfer your plant to a 12-inch pot so it can have enough space to grow. But before you do, make sure to cover the bottom of the container with at least two inches of garden gravel. This would ensure proper drainage in case you water your plant too much.
Next, add potting soil on top of the gravel and water it to make it compact. You can then transplant your cauliflower seedling that is planted in the biodegradable pot into the large container. When the cauliflower plant matures, its roots would grow out from the biodegradable pot and establish in the large container.
Care for your cauliflower as you would when it is outdoors and make sure you care for it consistently. Water the plant thoroughly especially during dry spells. Remember not to use a fertilizer that is high in nitrogen as this would cause the plant to grow more leaves.
You can also keep the head white if you wrap it while it is forming – a good way to protect it either from sun damage or the cold of winter.
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Critics Consensus:
A slapstick skewering of industrialized America, Modern Times is as politically incisive as it is laugh-out-loud hilarious.
Critic Consensus:
A slapstick skewering of industrialized America, Modern Times is as politically incisive as it is laugh-out-loud hilarious.
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It is a gay, impudent and sentimental pantomimic comedy in which even the anachronisms are often as becoming as Charlie Chaplin's cane.
One of the many remarkable things about Charlie Chaplin is that his films continue to hold up, to attract and delight audiences.
The picture is grand fun and sound entertainment, though silent. It's the old Chaplin at his best, looking at his best -- young, pathetic and a very funny guy.
It's the coldest of [Chaplin's] major features, though no less brilliant for it.
The opening sequence in Chaplin's second Depression masterpiece, of the Tramp on the assembly line, is possibly his greatest slapstick encounter with the 20th century.
Chaplin's political and philosophical naivety now seems as remarkable as his gift for pantomime.
What elevates Modern Times - above even its cleverness - is its sense of spectacle. It's as entertaining as it is socially and politically resonant.
The film as a whole means no more than Charlie Chaplin means. Nobody has ever been able to say what that is, but by the present showing it is something quite timeless and priceless, and more human than the best of alien words lugged in for definition.
Chaplin's hilarious comedy still is one of the most poignant critiques of modernization and mechanization of mass production.
Families will cherish Chaplin's silent slapstick.
Perhaps the highlight of Chaplin's late career
the fact that it is one of Chaplin's great masterpieces is testament to both his artistic resilience in the face of industry change and the enduring power of great silent comedy.
Chaplin writes, directs, acts and even wrote the music for this odd feature that has it's own story, yes, but is far more interesting for the underlying tale: that of a man watching time pass him by. He comments on a lot on the newfangled technology and learning to live with it, and how consumption becomes not only what we do but who we are, and that's obvious, but it's his unsaid bits that resonate. His Tramp, wrongly jailed, begs to stay when offered freedom, one of many insights offered in this complex piece that might live on longer than anything else he's famous for.
Super Reviewer
The first twenty minutes are the work of genius, but then the film loses some of its focus and becomes a usual collection of sketches - though most of them hilarious and memorable. And Chaplin's idea of using spoken voices only from mechanical devices is brilliant.
A classic, influential movie concerning the legendary "Tramp" character (Charlie Chaplin) and how he struggles to keep up in a modern day world of advances in the work force, which sadly makes going to jail seem like an appealing option. Despite mostly being a farce, this treasure of a film has a ton to say about society, and gives some different, touching looks on a few characters who are doing their best to make it in this world despite being at disadvantages financially and not having a real set of skills. The factory scenes with Chaplin are priceless, but it is the creatively constructed and moving finale that makes this film so special. This is an absolutely timeless comedy featuring one of the most iconic characters in all of film.
A factory worker and his homeless love struggle to fulfill the "American Dream" despite the advances of "progress."
This is how satire is done. Clear in its images -- The Tramp literally caught in the machinery -- and exact in what it's criticizing -- the Big Brother factory boss and the criminalization of the economically disenfranchised -- Modern Times is one of Chaplin's most precise and incisive comedies. In this film, The Tramp becomes more than an extension of vaudeville; he stands in for the poor everyman, and as a result Chaplin's work takes on a profundity and significance unique to him.
The filmmaking, or the direction, is quite strong. While this was supposed to be Chaplin's first talkie, it works better in the genre Super Reviewer Alice Shen calls a "neo-silent film" (she coins this phrase in reference to The Artist). Chaplin's use of sound occurs at strategic moments in the narrative: the corporate boss can speak as he has entered the mechanized age, but The Tramp stays mostly silent, only once singing in gibberish. Chaplin sets up the conflict between the ways of the past and the future in the film's technique as well as its theme.
I did think that the film occasionally fell into slapstick and schtick, abandoning its central concerns, but these moments were rare in the grand scheme of the film.
Overall, Modern Times ranks among Limelight and The Great Dictator as one of Chaplin's finest films.
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New Home address: 16235 E Glenbrook Blvd., Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
Finally (after 31 years) sold the old homestead in Irondequoit in 2016.
Only phone: (585) 944-6957
Still working as a lawyer. Still Admitted in both AZ and NY.
Live in AZ and commute to work in NY at office in Webster (1050 Gravel Road, Webster, NY 14580)
Three sons:
1. Bobby (BK 2000) B.A. Broadcast Journalism. Producer for national news at FOX Broadcasting, NYC. (He definitely has the best car in the family.)
2. James (Eastridge 2004; Varsity Baseball) B.S. Physics from SUNY Brockport. Now married (I performed the ceremony in 2016) and teaches Physics in San Diego, CA. (Still the cool guy that all of us guys always wanted to be when we were his age. )
3. Matt (BK 2008), M. Arch. (Univ. of Minn., 2015) now working at ESG Architects in Minneapolis. Designs the beautiful and practical.
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