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Carmarthenshire Archives: J'accuse, Part 2
27/09/2015 by J D Davies
In the immediately preceding post, I produced incontrovertible evidence that Carmarthenshire County Council never installed dehumidifying equipment that would have enabled environmental conditions in the archival strongrooms to meet BS5454, the national standard for such facilities, despite provision to do so being set out explicitly, and costed, in the business plan submitted to, and accepted by, the Heritage Lottery Fund in 1998-9. Further proof of this failure, and its direct connection to the outbreak of mould in 2013, is provided in this post. However, some additional thoughts before we proceed.
Of course, not installing the correct equipment was not only taking a risk with the archive material owned by, and often created by, the county council; it was also potentially endangering the survival of the archives that had been deposited at the record office in good faith by their private owners, which included a significant number of collections – perhaps more than at any other Welsh county record office – of national and, indeed, sometimes international importance. Indeed, the business plan explicitly leaned upon the impressive nature of the office's 'documents of national importance', describing the Cawdor, Dynevor, Cilcennin, Rebecca Riots, Carmarthen Borough and Carmarthen Gaol collections under that heading. (Personally, I'd add some of the contents of the two Stepney collections, too, but then, I'm biased.) The Council suddenly seems to have rediscovered this importance, albeit belatedly: the current invitation to tender for the cleaning of the bulk of the archive declares the collection to be 'UNIQUE and IRREPLACEABLE'. The council's capitals, not mine, although curiously, that precise form of words actually does appear to be mine – it's so nice to know that one has such attentive readers, and although I'm not particularly religious, I'm put in mind of Luke Chapter 15, verses 7 and 10… Some rather more substantive thoughts about this invitation to tender can be found here, the latest post on Jacqui Thompson's blog.
It's also worth noting in passing that the business plan projected for archives service staffing consisting of a county archivist, two senior archivists, two records assistants, a modern records officer and a modern records assistant. We'll return to the issue of the service's staffing in due course.
The ultimate regulatory authority for archives in England and Wales is the National Archives at Kew, formerly known as the Public Record Office, hereafter referred to as TNA. As part of its duties, this body inspects every archive service once every few years, and, since the opening of the Parc Myrddin building, it has inspected Carmarthenshire in 2001, 2005, and 2011. These reports have been released to me following a Freedom of Information request (to TNA; I'd previously requested the same material as part of my broader FoI request to the county council, but fulfilling this still seems to be causing the relevant parties some difficulty). The remainder of this post focuses on them, together with two more recent documents that have already been placed in the public domain.
Some redaction has taken place under section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act, which 'applies to information the release of which, would or would be likely to prejudice law-enforcement matters, including preventing or detecting crime, arresting or prosecuting offenders and the proper administration of justice'. In this case, it was made clear in the covering email from TNA that the material being redacted relates to the security arrangements at Parc Myrddin: 'Section 31(1) (a) is engaged when, to quote the Freedom of Information Act, 'disclosure … would, or would be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime'. In considering the public interest in this case, as to whether the benefits of releasing this security information outweigh the risks that release poses to the security of these collections, we have concluded that the security considerations are paramount in this case. Disclosure of this detailed information would be highly likely to undermine the measures designed to protect the archival and manuscript collections exposing them to a much greater risk of theft. To place this material in the public domain would undermine the Record Office's ability to maintain these security arrangements'.
I have no difficulty with any of this – after all, the safety of the documents has been the rationale behind this entire campaign – but there does seem to be rather a lot of redaction on this subject, and the unredacted comment about security in the 2001 report, below, is troubling.
The 2001 inspection report, which can be viewed in full here – R – Carmarthenshire Inspection Report 2001 – was actually commenced in July 2000, essentially while the new office was being commissioned, so inevitably, many of its conclusions are quite provisional, while others are simply descriptive of the new facilities. The salient points are as follows:
The service did not meet the Historical Manuscripts Commission's standard, and was not recommended for it, as it was felt it fell short on staffing and security (see above); it was judged too early to judge the environmental conditions. (The current version of the standard can be found here.)
The County Archivist had effectively been 'demoted'
Although not spelled out by TNA, staffing was one short of the level stipulated in the business plan; the number of archivists was rated as 'barely adequate', number of support staff as 'inadequate'
The County Council 'forgot' to install smoke detectors in the searchroom
There was a substantial cataloguing backlog
Strongroom temperatures were within BS5454, but relative humidity was higher than that standard. However, these may have been freak readings; subsequent readings put the main strong room within the standard, although readings in the other strongrooms were unreliable because the heating had been 'cut off by the builders'
Material returning from the previous out-store had to be reboxed because of 'problems with damp'
Part of the conservation budget had been diverted to other purposes, as not everything promised for the new office had been delivered
There was a lack of sympathy and interest on the part of senior council officials and councillors
The 2005 inspection report can be viewed in full here – R – Carmarthenshire Inspection Report 2005
Again, the salient points are as follows:
The county archivist was excluded from important decisions, e.g. budget setting, and the budget had been severely cut, leading to a reduction in the amount of conservation work that could be carried out
Staffing remained inadequate, and the modern records staff had been transferred to a different jurisdiction
There was still a substantial backlog of cataloguing
The originally projected expansion space had been largely eaten up by large transfers from Llanelli Library and elsewhere
The HLF grant was dependent on continued investment by the Council in the service, but this had not happened- ostensibly because of heavy spending on school buildings.
There had been several incidents of flooding following leaks from offices above and blocked drains, although no documents were damaged in these
Searchrooms 1 and 3 were too warm, and all areas had humidity levels in excess of BS5454. Variations were substantial, and exacerbated by the heating being turned off overnight, at weekends, and on holidays. All of the strongrooms contained radiators and pipes, with the largest containing a rising main. There had been water penetration from above into both strongrooms 1 and 2, while a flooding incident may have contributed to problems with the shelving in strongroom 3, the largest. The large roof area of this room heated up in the summer, the reverse in winter, with temperature difficult to control due to the lack of air conditioning. In the TNA's opinion, many of these problems were caused by the fact that the original conversion work was not thorough enough. 'The dehumidifiers are totally inadequate for the size of the strong rooms.'
Once again, the salient points are as follows:
Budget control had returned to the County Archivist, and an archives action plan was supposed to be drawn up in 2011-12; there were proposals to upgrade the service, or to move it again, but these were being affected by cuts in Welsh government funding
Staffing remained unchanged
The cataloguing backlog had grown worse, and as in 2005, very little conservation work could be carried out
New drainage seemed to have eliminated the flooding problems, although many water pipes continued to flow through the strongrooms
The comments about environmental conditions are essentially repeated from the 2005 report – i.e. too warm, humidity too high, etc. There was now clear evidence of damp damage on the walls in Strongroom 2, and of dry rot in Strongroom 1. 'Residual heat from hot water passing through heating pipes to other areas of the building also impacts detrimentally on environmental control within the strongrooms.' Once again, the dehumidifiers were said to be 'totally inadequate'. Various concrete proposals were made to improve conditions (see full document, pp.5-6).
Taken as a whole, the TNA reports, when compared with the original business plan, undoubtedly provide a clear explanation of the sequence of events that culminated in the shocking state of affairs that came to light from November 2013 onwards, described in this document and this one, released under a previous FoI request (not mine, and previously flagged here). This leads me to the following conclusions, based on the evidence contained in this and the immediately preceding post.
According to TNA, the staffing of the archive service in the period under discussion has never been more than barely adequate at best, meaning relatively little could be done to address the huge backlog of cataloguing and conservation work.
During the period to 2011, at least, the TNA reports suggest that the attitude to the archives service within the council could be regarded as dismissive, viewing it as something of at best marginal importance, with little attempt being made to understand it on the part of either officers or councillors, and with the archivists themselves being sidelined or ignored in relation to strategic decision making. Whether all of that continues to be the case today remains to be seen; but anecdotal evidence, such as the failures to appoint a new county archivist, to explain the current problems with the archives on the council's website (a situation remedied only after many months had passed), and to respond to correspondence about those problems (notably the case of the letters sent by the Friends of the Archives to every single county councillor, not one of which received a reply), does not provide much cause for optimism.
Finally, though, on the most important matter of all: From the evidence presented in this and the preceding post, the outbreak of mould in Carmarthenshire Archives would appear to be a direct consequence of the failure to install proper dehumidifying equipment in the strongrooms when the conversion of Parc Myrddin took place, relying instead on domestic-style dehumidifiers which were never adequate for the task. This was exacerbated by what TNA regarded as the inadequate nature of the conversion itself, which meant that the nature of the strongroom roofs, along with the presence of active water pipes, the frequent turning off of heating throughout the building to save money, and so forth, all contributed to an environment in which conditions were often well outside the national standard, BS5454. The council seems to have been warned about the strongroom conditions on a number of occasions, most obviously by the TNA reports of 2005 and 2011, but appears to have disregarded those warnings.
Further posts in this series are likely to follow in due course, so watch this space.
Filed Under: Heritage preservation, Historical research, Historical sources, Uncategorized, Welsh history Tagged With: archives, Carmarthenshire County Council, Carmarthenshire Record Office
Arabella Friesen says
Dear John, Please could you email me so that I can email you back? If you remember, I worked on the Cawdor archive a few years ago… and would very much like to be in touch. With best wishes, Arabella Friesen (Stackpole)
John Davies says
Hi David, Excellent posts! Re staff…Mary Ellis (CyMAL) frequently said to me the service was barely viable with five staff members. It now has three(?)
I remember reports written by Maureen Patch in c.1973 asking for an increase in staff numbers…which never occurred! I think the last real increase in staff numbers was in 1971…when c.250 researchers used the archives! In recent years the managers used to manipulate the figures by including the councils records management staff (records management itself being totally under staffed and resourced) part of the archive staff compliment even though r.m. had nothing to do with the public service.
J D Davies says
Thanks John!
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Q: Metro Get Dropped Data from Drop event I have a Control, on which I drag items from one of several other Controls (all ListViewItems).
The Control correctly raises the Drop event, as I have set all the appropriate properties.
Now, how do I get the ListViewItems that were dragged onto the control? I see a Data property, which may be useful - but I haven't a clue on how to use it to get the required info.
Any help would be appreciated.

A: Found it:
Subscribe to Drop event. And access the data through e.Data.GetView() method.

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You are getting this Error of (CrystalDecisions) because you do not have installed crystal report version 13 on your PC.
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I have already designed & coded login part.
How to update/upgrade this login to Authenticate with WebSecurity.Login()?
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I really need it, actually password is encrypted format.
I am getting this error and cannot take the Reports.It is an urgent requirement.Any help is highly appreciable.
The type initializer for 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument' threw an exception.
Finally fixed the issue.After uninstalling Crystal reports v14.0.4 and installed below one works fine.
Please update the site with this URL..
1> No way to resolve conflict between "log4net, Version=1.2.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1b44e1d426115821" and "log4net, Version=1.2.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304". Choosing "log4net, Version=1.2.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1b44e1d426115821" arbitrarily.
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The Five Highest-Paying NBA Contracts Ever
By: Jack Tien-Dana
Published Jul 22, 2022 10:00pm
Since inking a massive TV deal in 2016, the NBA has surpassed Major League Baseball as the highest-paying sport in the country. Last season, the average NBA salary was more than $8.5 million, the largest mean salary in the history of professional team sports. Beyond just the rank-and-file, the NBA's superstar class are as well-compensated as any athlete in the world, with the five biggest deals all having been signed within the last 18 months. Led by reigning MVP Nikola Jokic, these are the five players with the highest NBA contracts ever.
Nikola Jokic - $269,990,000
Coming off back to back MVP seasons, Jokic is arguably the NBA's best player and he has the contract to prove it. As soon as free agency opened this offseason, Jokic agreed to an extension with the Denver Nuggets, signing a Designated Veteran Player Exception that entitles him to a salary worth 35 percent of the total salary cap once the five-year pact kicks in starting with the 2023-2024 season.
Bradley Beal- $251,019,650
The subject of constant trade rumors, Bradley Beal reaffirmed his commitment to the Washington Wizards by agreeing to a five-year, $251 million contract to stay with the team earlier this month. In doing so, Beal now has one of the highest NBA contracts ever. Outside of representing an eye-watering amount of dough, Beal's contract contains the only complete no-trade clause in the entire NBA. At a time where superstars switch teams on what feels like a semi-annual basis, Beal has an unprecedented amount of control thanks to the power to veto any prospective trade. Although Jokic's extension is the biggest total deal in NBA history, Beal's supermax contract is the most lucrative deal that any free agent has ever signed.
Giannis Antetokounmpo - $228,200,420
Much like Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo reached an agreement on one of the highest NBA contracts ever with his current team before he even reached free agency. In December 2020, the Milwaukee Bucks lavished Antetokounmpo with a DVPE, fending off scores of suitors who thought that they could pry Antetokounmpo away from the Bucks in free agency. While Antetokounmpo and Jokic signed essentially the same deal, Jokic's is slightly bigger because the salary cap is projected to rise over the next several seasons (i.e. 35 percent of the salary cap in 2028 will be larger than 35 percent of today's salary cap).
Karl-Anthony Towns - $224,224,000
The best shooting big man of all time (according to himself, at least), Karl-Anthony Towns agreed to a massive extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves after leading them to the playoffs for only the second time since 2004. In conjunction with the Timberwolves' aggressive offseason trade to acquire Rudy Gobert, Towns' contract represents new-found ambition for a perennially downtrodden franchise. With Towns (and Gobert and Edwards) at the helm, the Timberwolves could be on the cusp of a new golden age.
Devin Booker - $224,224,000
The former college teammate of Towns at Kentucky, Booker coincidentally also signed an identical five year, $224,224,000 deal this off-season. Over the last two seasons, Booker has made the leap from a promising young player to a legitimate superstar, leading the Phoenix Suns to the Finals in 2021 and then earning a first-team All-NBA nod last season for the first time in his career. While Booker had an underwhelming postseason as the top-seeded Suns bowed out in only the second-round, he's undoubtedly one of the elite shooting guards in the NBA and deserves to be compensated as such.
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Washington DC, 5 days of adventure!
Last week I followed my son's Constitutional Law team to DC and found five days of (what I call) "adventure journal" time! Heading in the metro to un-known spots, finding perfect benches & perfect boats, perfect bakeries and a perfect paper store. Here is a two page spread of little sketches - the left side was from a boat trip on the Potomac, the right incoporated my CO name tag with a live Sting concert playing in the background. (He was on the mall for an earth day protest). All I needed was an iced coffee, a bench and a moment to capture - it was heaven!!I can't wait to organize an adventure journal trip to NY; although cancelled for this June I am hoping to get a group together to share the fun in the fall.


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Fashion designer Jimmy Choo was born in Penang, Malaysia in 1961. He used the craftsmanship he learned from his father, also a cobbler, to create some of the most coveted shoes in the world. Choo opened his first shop in Hackney in 1986 in an old hospital building. Within two years of opening his shop, Choo's shoes were featured in an eight-page spread in Vogue magazine. Soon, Choo became the darling of the celebrity world, in particular Princess Diana, who donned Choo's footwear seemingly everywhere she went. Jimmy Choo rose to fame for the quality and style of his handmade women's shoes.
A designer with a notorious past, Christian Dior was also known for being in cahoots with the enemy during WWII, when he dressed Nazi wives and French collaborators in his designs. Despite this questionable choice, he still rose to prominence during the late-forties when the war was over…primarily due to his unparalleled mastery of line and shape. He gave women a desirable "flower silhouette" which always featured a nipped-in waist, a full, voluminous skirt, and a feminine, corseted bodice. Often, the hips of his suits and dresses were padded to balance the bust line and accentuate the wasp-waisted effect.
In the fashion industry, every fashion designer should follow fashion design development process to design a new dress. Fashion design mainly influenced by cultural and social attitudes, and it has varied over time, place and religion. Fashion designing knowledge is mainly comes from the theoretical background. Students are learned step by step fashion design development process from their institute. All of these information's are very important for the beginner. When developing your designs for a new collection involves many components like inspiration, drawing, color, design functionality, technical package, garment patterns and so on.
Tastes differ. And when it comes to fashion, they differ even more. However, I've managed to come up with a list of top 5 fashion designers that can't leave any woman indifferent. They are adored by fashion artists and their regular customers all over the world, and their incredible, jaw-dropping collections speak for themselves. Check out the list of the most famous fashion designers of all time:
"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury." No quote could be more appropriate from the woman who gave us the little black dress. Born August 19, 1883, in Saumur, France, Coco Chanel is famous for her timeless designs, trademark suits, and little black dresses. Chanel had a brief career as a singer before opening her first clothes shop in 1910. In the 1920s, she launched her first perfume and introduced the Chanel suit and the little black dress.
Yamamoto was born in Yokohama, Japan on October 3, 1943. He studied law at Keio University and graduated in 1966 with a law degree. He continued his studies on fashion design at the famous Bunkafukuso Gakuin, a fashion institute in Tokyo. Yamamoto blends the exotic and powerful designs of traditional Japanese dress with Western daywear, and achieves a unique, abstract style. He is an uncompromising, nontraditional designer. Yamamoto drapes and wraps the body in unstructured, loose, voluminous garments, similar in style and philosophy to those of Rei Kawakubo. Many of his clothes have additional flaps, pockets and straps.
"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury." No quote could be more appropriate from the woman who gave us the little black dress. Born August 19, 1883, in Saumur, France, Coco Chanel is famous for her timeless designs, trademark suits, and little black dresses. Chanel had a brief career as a singer before opening her first clothes shop in 1910. In the 1920s, she launched her first perfume and introduced the Chanel suit and the little black dress.
This sleek blend of an advanced robe, a conventional kimono and a legitimate coat has been a shockingly in vogue and all around acknowledged pattern since the previous summer. A fancier, single-shaded adaptation of a year ago's midriff length elegant gowns absolutely worth bringing down from the runways that it is administering this. They are slouchy, ample and lightweight. In spite of the fact that tossed in with these late spring trench coats, only for it, belts, particularly a medium-estimate obi belt, with a bunch in the side, can finish the look.
The opposite to butter yellow, yet just as popular, neon segues from summer 2019 well into autumn and winter, coming up in surprising combinations: Who knew flouro green could work so well with brown? Or that highlighter yellow was friends with dark denim? Either way, you've had more than ample time in 2019 already to get used to the idea, so don't go packing away your summer brights when the colder weather comes.
Women who enjoy the artsy style tend to stay away from the traditional 'trends' of the fashion world and love to make a statement with their clothing. Oftentimes they will be the creator of their own fashions, designing and creating their own blouses, hats, and jackets. Each artsy style will be different per woman, as everyone has their own idea of what 'art' truly is. That's what makes this particular fashion style so unconventional and interesting.


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Akan. Gold-weight (abrammuo): scorpion, 19th-20th century. Cast brass, 1 1/4 x 1/8in. (3.2 x 0.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.66. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.66_PS6.jpg)
Gold-weight (abrammuo): scorpion
Gold was extremely important in the economic and political life of the Akan kingdoms of southern Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Until the mid-nineteenth century, gold dust was the primary form of currency in the region. In order to measure precise amounts of gold, an elaborate system of weights, usually made of cast brass, developed by the seventeenth century. Gold weights took many forms: simple geometric shapes; animals, such as leopards or birds; objects, such as chairs or swords; and human figures. The figures, animals, and objects are often associated with proverbs. The sankofa bird, with head turned backward, represents the proverb "One must turn to the past to move forward."
This text refers to these objects: 88.192.66; 45.11.5; 67.25.14; 67.25.15; 74.218.23; 74.218.24; 74.218.29; 74.218.58; 74.218.62; 74.218.68; 74.218.85; 74.218.117; 81.168.1; 88.192.37; 88.192.47; 88.192.63; 88.192.70; 88.192.76; 88.192.88; 88.192.99; 88.192.127; 88.192.129; 1990.221.63
CULTURE Akan
MEDIUM Cast brass
Place Made: Ashanti Region, Ghana
DATES 19th-20th century
DIMENSIONS 1 1/4 x 1/8in. (3.2 x 0.3cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
African Innovations
Double Take: African Innovations
CREDIT LINE Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams
CAPTION Akan. Gold-weight (abrammuo): scorpion, 19th-20th century. Cast brass, 1 1/4 x 1/8in. (3.2 x 0.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.66. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.66_PS6.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 88.192.66_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Weight depicting scorpion, triangular-shaped body, top incised with intersecting vertical and horizontal lines. Pairs of narrow, joined metal strips curve up and inward, suggesting pinchers. Metal strip curves up and downward from apex of triangle, representing the tail. CONDITION: Stable; conservation has removed sticky wax from underside.


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Q: javascript - Get position between two points by given length I have two points which are p1 and p2.
How can I get the position from p1 to p2 by a given length?
var p1 = {x: 100, y: 400};
var p2 = {x: 300, y: 500};
var len = 40;

A: You can calculate the distance between the two points using Pythagoras's theorem:
var xDist = p2.x - p1.x;
var yDist = p2.y - p1.y;
var dist = Math.sqrt(xDist * xDist + yDist * yDist);

Then you calculate the fraction of the total distance covered by your length:
var fractionOfTotal = len / dist;

Finally you get the point you are looking for like this:
var p = {
   x: p1.x + xDist * fractionOfTotal,
   y: p1.y + yDist * fractionOfTotal
}

So let's say len covers 20 percent of the total distance. Then you add 20 percent of the x-distance to p1.x and 20 percent of the y-distance to p1.y.


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Q: WP8.1 ISETOOL.exe - connect running emulator I'm trying to browse files of my game (windows phone 8.1), but have problems with it. I tried to do it with ISETOOL.exe, but it always starting another emulator. Even with deviceindex option. WP Power Tools program also can not connect to running emulator. How can I browse files on running emulator, not starting another one?

A: OS language and language of Visual Studio must be the same. I changed language of VS and it's work.


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A late Keith Earls try ensured that Munster progressed to the Champions Cup semi-finals with a 17-13 win over Edinburgh at BT Murrayfield on Saturday afternoon.
The men in red will now face Saracens in the last four.
Edinburgh started the brighter of the two, going through the phases early and winning three penalties, each time going to the corner. However, Munster held strong to turn the ball over each time.
Ten minutes in and Tadhg Beirne was sent to the bin after preventing the home side from getting quick-ball away as they broke through the Edinburgh defence.
Munster not only managed to keep Edinburgh from scoring over the next 10 minutes but went ahead on 18 minutes when Keith Earls took a quick-tap and go inside the 22 and flew over.
Quality from Keith Earls! ?
Quick thinking and quick feet gives Munster the opening score of the Champions Cup quarter-finals ?
Joey Carbery added the extras to make it 7-0.
On 26 minutes the electric Darcy Graham broke through the Munster defence and within seconds Chris Dean was over for a try. When Jaco Van Der Walt slotted over the additional two, the teams were level again.
A penalty seven minutes on for Edinburgh put them 10-7 up and things only got worse for the visitors as Carbery went off again with what looked like his hamstring injury flaring up once more.
That was the score at half-time as Edinburgh looked the more likely to go on to win.
Munster won a penalty early in the second-half which replacement Tyler Bleyendaal knocking it over to draw things level.
That lasted a mere four minutes as Van Der Walt hit a penalty for the hosts to put them 13-10 ahead with half an hour remaining.
That was how it stayed until the final 10 minutes when Earls got over for his second try of the game.
A swift move from Munster, started by Conor Murray, was finished unbelievably well by Earls, who dived over in the corner. Bleyendaal scored a difficult touch-line kick to make it 17-13 to Munster.
Keith Earls crosses again! ?
Despite almost four minutes of time after the 80 Edinburgh could not make the vital breakthrough as it stayed 17-13 and Munster progressed.
They will now face Saracens in the Champions Cup Semi Final.
"They never cease to amaze. Red everywhere." ?
Munster captain Peter O'Mahony pays tribute to the incredible support that once again traveled in big numbers ?
Edinburgh v Munster: The 5 key match-ups and match preview.


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Cet article recense les frontières d'Allemagne.

Frontières

Frontières terrestres
L'Allemagne partage des frontières terrestres avec neuf pays voisins, pour un total de  :
 au nord, la frontière avec le Danemark est longue de seulement , séparant en deux l'isthme du Jutland ;
 à l'ouest, au sud et à l'est, la frontière forme une ligne continue de , séparant l'Allemagne successivement des Pays-Bas, de la Belgique, du Luxembourg, de la France, de la Suisse, de l'Autriche, de la Tchéquie et de la Pologne.

La frontière allemande comporte trois particularités géopolitiques :
 au niveau de la frontière belge, la ligne ferroviaire de la Vennbahn, sous souveraineté belge, sépare cinq enclaves allemandes en Belgique ;
 la ville allemande de Büsingen am Hochrhein est enclavée en Suisse ;
 la commune autrichienne de Jungholz n'est reliée au reste du pays que par un point, le sommet du Sorgschrofen, créant une quasi-enclave autrichienne en Allemagne.

Frontières maritimes
L'Allemagne possédant une façade maritime au nord du pays, sur la mer du Nord à l'ouest du Jutland et la mer Baltique à l'est, plusieurs traités de délimitation maritime ont été signés avec les 5 pays limitrophes :
 Danemark (délimitation du plateau continental, le , le  et le , limite dans la baie du Flensborg Fiord les 22 et )
 Pays-Bas (délimitation du plateau continental, le , limite côtière le 29 septembre et le 24 novembre 1975
 Pologne (délimitation du plateau continental, le , limite dans la baie de l'Oder le , confirmation des frontières le  après la réunification du pays)
 Royaume-Uni (délimitation du plateau continental, le )
 Suède (délimitation du plateau continental, le )

Récapitulatif
Le tableau suivant récapitule l'ensemble des frontières de l'Allemagne :

Annexes

Liens internes
 Liste des frontières internationales

Références

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Dreams play a major role in both this week's and last week's parashot. In this week's reading, Pharaoh says to Yosef (41:15), "I dreamed a dream, but no one can interpret it." R' Nosson Meir Wachtfogel z"l (1910-1998; mashgiach ruchani of Bet Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, N.J.) asks: What did Pharaoh mean by "no one can interpret it"? Rashi writes that Pharaoh's advisers offered him several different interpretations!
R' Wachtfogel answers: The Gemara (Berachot 55b) teaches that the meaning of a dream depends on the interpretation given to it. Some dreams are not good or bad; rather, their fulfillment depends on their interpretation. If a person interprets his dream as a good "prophecy," that good may actually come to him. On the other hand, if he interprets the dream as bad tidings, that bad may befall him.
In Pharaoh's case, his advisers did offer him several interpretations of his dreams. For example, they suggested that he would father seven daughters who would then die. However, Pharaoh didn't want to have seven daughters who would die, and he didn't like the other interpretations either; therefore, he insisted that no one was able to interpret his dreams.
R' Wachtfogel explains further: When Hashem causes a person to dream, He is giving the person raw materials with which to "build" a future. This is why there are prayers by which a person asks that a "bad" dream turn "good." One can't simply wish a dream away, just as one who has his hands full of building materials can't pretend that his hands are empty. The building materials must be used for something –whether good or bad–and so must the dream.
Midrash Rabbah comments, quoting Iyov (28:3): "He sets a limit to the darkness." Hashem decreed how many years Yosef would spend in the darkness, i.e., in prison. Once that time was up, Pharaoh was dreaming [leading to Yosef's release, as described in our parashah].
R' Hillel ben Raphael z"l (father-in-law of the Chafetz Chaim z"l; died 1899) asks: How does the midrash know that the two years were "extra"? The Torah never says how long Yosef was in prison in total; perhaps our verse means, "At the end of two years" in total that Yosef was in prison?
He explains: The midrash is explaining the Torah's seemingly superfluous use of the words "of days." Why didn't it say simply, "It happened at the end of two years"? The answer lies in that fact that "day" and "light" generally refer to redemption, while "night" and "darkness" generally refer to subjugation. From the words "of days," the midrash learns that these were two years that should have been "days," i.e., years in which Yosef should have been free. But, because he put his faith in the wine chamberlain, these years turned to "darkness," i.e., imprisonment.
R' Moshe Leib Shachor z"l (Yerushalayim; 1894-1964) asks: Why did Yosef return his brothers' money when his real goal was to falsely accuse Binyamin of stealing his goblet?
R' Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman z"l (Bnei Brak, Israel; the elder Rosh Yeshiva in Eretz Yisrael when he passed away this week at the age of 104) writes: In the introductory paragraph to Al Ha'nissim, we praise Hashem for five things. Four of them are readily understandable: (1) one must give praise when he witnesses miracles even if he does not see salvation as a result; (2) one must give praise for the actual salvation; (3) one must give praise whenever he witnesses Hashem's mighty deeds, as we do when we see lightning or hear thunder; and (4) one must give praise for the victories that Hashem orchestrates. But, why do we give praise for the wars?
R' Shteinman explains: We are obligated to praise Hashem for the fact that the Chashmona'im had the courage to wage war. After all, any rational person could see that they were sure to lose the battle! Also, we praise Hashem for giving them the strength to fight.
R' Ovadiah of Bartenura z"l (Italy; 1445-1515) explains: "Tekoa" is the name of a city, as in (Shmuel II 14:2), "Yoav sent to Tekoa . . ." "Alpha" means "the first choice, the best," just as Aleph is the first letter.
R' Moshe ben Maimon z"l (Rambam; Spain and Egypt; 1135-1204) explains differently: "Alpha" is a Hebrew word, whose root–aleph, lamed, peh–means, "to learn." Tekoa is "learned" in producing excellent oil, meaning it is the nature of that place to produce fine oil.


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Jasper Carrott
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The career of this icon of British comedy spans five decades and reads like a history of comedy classics. Among his many accolades are BBC TV Personality of the Year, a Gold Medal at the New York TV and Film Awards, Midlander of the Year Award, his own 'Star' on Birmingham's Walk of Stars and the British Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. In recognition of his outstanding work for charity, Jasper was awarded an OBE in Her Majesty's New Year's Honours List in 2003.
Jasper currently partners with award-winning Alistair McGowan in a clever and hilarious show, An Evening Shared with Jasper Carrott & Alistair McGowan. In Jasper Carrott's Stand Up & Rock, he shares the stage with the Bev Bevan Band, bringing audiences a rollicking night of comedy and classic rock. Both shows tour the U.K.'s premier theatres and play to sell-out houses.
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Comedy legends Jasper Carrott and Alistair McGowan split the bill and your sides with a night of comedy stand up and impressions. Drawing on their wealth of experience they present a show of pure laughter and entertainment that is not to be missed.
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Every one of us has friends and family, and each day of our life we meet new people, they do different things for us and we never take a moment to appreciate their efforts. We forget that people stop doing all the things that they do if their efforts go unappreciated. Taking a moment from our everyday schedule to appreciate what they do for us can be very encouraging. Here we have a list of "appreciate someone quotes" to help you rejoice the people in your life.
Motivate people to do better things.
Let them know that you also prioritize them.
Yeah... Don't let people feel unappreciated.
People might leave you if you do not notice their efforts.
Take care of all your moons.
Give as many gifts as you can.
Those who support you in your hard times are the best.
Saying simple things like this can make others feel appreciated and can even make his/her day.
Spread the goodness in people.
Each day, each minute is important.
Appreciate them while you still have time.
Don't be the one who doesn't know how to appreciate.
Never take thing for granted.
Think what will happen if they are not there for you anymore.
Make it a habit to appreciate others.
Saying a "Thanks for being there" can matter a lot.
If you find that love.... never let it go.
The most important lesson that these appreciate someone quotes teach use? Don't wait for the time when you lose everything.


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Q: pass an file into antfile when using ANT task For example, I have two build.xml: build.xml and subbuild.xml. In the build.xml, it will use an ant task to call and run the subbuild.xml like this:
<target name="antCall1" >
    <ant antfile="${basedir}/cache/subBuildTarget/subbuild.xml" />
</target>

My question is like this: I have an "test.xml" next to the build.xml. How can I modified the codes above so that I can pass the "test.xml" into the subbuild.xml and do some operations in the subbuild.xml?
Actually, I want to pass the "test.xml" as a  of a  task in subbuild.xml. I am just confused about how to let the subbuild.xml get accessed to the "test.xml" in the build.xml. Thanks!

A: Just set a property containing the name of the file in your build.xml before calling the subbuild.xml. An Ant subproject invoked using the ant task automatically inherits all properties set in their parent unless the attribute inheritAll is set to false. Alternatively you can pass the property to the subproject with a nested property element as suggested by CAustin in the comments.
First method:
<target name="antCall1" >
    <!-- since the file is in the same directory as the build.xml -->
    <property name="input.file" value="test.xml" />
    <ant antfile="${basedir}/cache/subBuildTarget/subbuild.xml" />
</target>

Second method:
<target name="antCall1" >
    <ant antfile="${basedir}/cache/subBuildTarget/subbuild.xml">
        <property name="input.file" value="test.xml" />
    </ant>
</target>

In subbuild.xml:
<loadfile property="file.contents" srcFile="${input.file}"/>
<echo message="${file.contents}" />


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Trump EXPOSES Schiff's DARK Secret
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Bloomberg's Girlfriend Breaks Silence, Voters HORRIFIED
Published on 25 February 2020
What a disgusting act…
President Trump informed reporters while at a press conference in New Delhi, India, that Adam Schiff was the one who leaked reports involving "alleged election interference by Russia" in hopes to bolster Bernie Sanders' campaign.
Trump said that Sanders was informed about Russia's alleged interference, but he was not briefed.
"Intelligence never told me, and we have a couple people here that would know very well. They never told me anything about that, and it was sort of a strange thing that they went to Bernie."
Trump continued saying, "I think it was leaks from the intelligence committee. And I think that they leaked it. I think probably Schiff leaked it but some people leaked it — Schiff leaked it, in my opinion. And he shouldn't be leaking things like that."
The Democrats are sneaky and it's disgusting that the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is willing to take matters into his own hands so that things will go his way. Read and watch the rest of the story here.


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Why can't we name the supermarket in the hepatitis sausage scare?
Public Health England have not revealed the name of the chain, dubbed supermarket x
Ian Robson
The identity of a supermarket whose own-brand sausages are at the centre of a hepatitis scare is still unknown after health watchdogs refused to name it.
The name of the chain - dubbed supermarket x - has not been revealed by Public Health England, after fears it may have infected British shoppers with a virus that can cause liver failure and death.
It is feared thousands of people may have unintentionally infected by the UK supermarket with the Hepatitis E virus, transmitted through sausages and pork products from Europe.
Imported pork infects between 150,000 and 200,000 British people a year with the virus, the new research claims, and the products mainly come from Holland and Germany.
Hepatitis E, which is officially called HEV G3-2, can cause liver cirrhosis - scarring of the liver which prevents it working properly - and neurological damage.
Sausages and ham from leading supermarket 'may cause hepatitis E'
UK pigs do not have this particular virus strain.
The affected products have been reported as pork sausages which need cooking before being ready to eat, as well as ready-to-eat pre-packaged and sliced ham.
Thousands of people may have been infected by the virus (Image: Free editorial use)
With the increase in figures of those affected, NHS Blood and Transplant have begun screening all donated blood and will do the same for donated organs and tissues in the future, The Times reports.
The research paper was based on monitoring the shopping of 60 infected people.
Rhys Jones' dad 10 years on: I'll never forgive Sean Mercer and his gang
Most were said to suffer few symptoms however some develop serious illnesses, particularly those whose immune systems that may have been suppressed from other treatments.
It is estimated that up to two per cent of people became ill.
One person interviewed had to go to intensive care after suffering a paralysed diaphragm when he contracted the virus from Dutch salami. He told The Times he had not recovered yet.
Great British Bake Off 2017- who are the contestants, when it's on TV & what happens in episode one?
Dutch scientists claimed the virus is spread by collecting slaughtered pigs' blood before adding it back to the meat after processing it but without sterilising it.


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I have to admit, I stopped watching ABC's Grey's Anatomy a few years ago. It seemed to be getting more and more outrageous; the cast kept changing; and I got to a point that I don't get to very often with a TV show: I didn't want to waste my time with it anymore.
I know - you've never heard me say such a thing!
But anyway, even though I quit Grey's, it has impossible not to hear about what has been going on with Shonda Rhimes and Patrick Dempsey and his character Derek's demise on the show. Sounds like it was decided and handled rather abruptly, much to the dismay of their loyal fans. Ick.
Anyway, here's a throwback mix of songs that remind me of Grey's and of Meredith and Derek's steamy relationship. When Grey's was good, it was really really good.


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Session 22 February 2010
Reading the article posted in this thread:
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=16891.
An interesting example of wheat's addictive potential pertains to the Roman army. The Roman Empire was once known as the "Wheat Empire," with soldiers being paid in wheat rations. Rome's entire war machine, and its vast expansion, was predicated on the availability of wheat. Forts were actually granaries, holding up to a year's worth of grain in order to endure sieges from their enemies. Historians describe soldiers' punishment included being deprived of wheat rations and being given barley instead. The Roman Empire went on to facilitate the global dissemination of wheat cultivation which fostered a form of imperialism with biological as well as cultural roots.
The Roman appreciation for wheat, like our own, may have had less to do with its nutritional value as "health food" than its ability to generate a unique narcotic reaction. It may fulfill our hunger while generating a repetitive, ceaseless cycle of craving more of the same, and by doing so, enabling the surreptitious control of human behavior. Other researchers have come to similar conclusions.
gives an all new meaning to this comment by the Cs:
Q: (Perceval) Is kamut okay for us to eat? It's like "old wheat".
A: Yes. When in Rome...
Q: (L) In other words, when in 3rd density without the ability to exercise techno-spirituality, one does what one must. Is that basically it?
Al Today
Geeze... Then so far sounds to me that wheat may well possibly generate physical addiction in people? Well, that figures now. Sometimes one has "Ah-Ha" moments and sometimes have "That Figures" moments... Is there a ~sigh~ icon showing take a deep breath, release and say, That Figures...
All the hub-bub about gluten comes to my mind about gluten.
[quote author=Dictionarydotcom]Definitions of 'gluten' (noun)
The mixture of proteins, including gliadins, found in wheat grains, that are not soluble in water and that give wheat dough its elastic texture.
Any of the prolamins found in cereal grains, especially the prolamins in wheat, rye, barley, and possibly oats, that cause digestive disorders such as celiac disease.
That don't sound good... and then thar's this one:
[quote author=RandomHouseDictionarydotcom]glu·ten
1.the tough, viscid, nitrogenous substance remaining when the flour of wheat or other grain is washed to remove the starch.
2.Archaic. glue or a gluey substance.
That one just sounds down right nasty.
Sometimes it's just damn hard to retain humor...
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Laura said:
(Perceval) What's the percentage of clinical psychopaths in the whole world?
A: 6.5
What is the definition of clinical psychopaths as defined here? My take on it would be all psychopathies that are inherited deviations (including essential, histrionic, anankastic etc), which does not include characteropaths. Is this what Perceval meant or did he mean just the essential psychopath?
Nathan said:
What is the definition of clinical psychopaths as defined here? My take on it would be all psychopathies that are inherited deviations (including essential, histrionic, anankastic etc), which does not include characteropaths. Is this what Perceval meant or did he meant just the essential psychopath?
It probably means people who are genetically psychopaths and beyond any help.
b can you clarify the purpose of your post?
let me guess, they should read the PDF with the assertions you make about this session and Laura etc.
what's the reason of your registration on this forum?
b said:
What a delicious word salad.
Polonel and others, just so ya'll know, "b" is known to us IRL. He's a very sad victim of long term abuse as a child and is schizophrenic. He was removed from the cass group years ago when his illness became evident and we have tried without success to persuade him to seek medical help. He's now blocked from the forum because it clearly does him no good to read things that excite his imagination and voices.
Ohhhh
I hope he will find help
Pashalis said:
Me too. I just didn't want ya'll to be making fun of him. He is a very, very sad case. I read through his PDF and it is just incredibly sad how the voices that he talks about and relies on lead him around by the nose. If you haven't read "Operators and Things," do read it and it will give you some idea of the reality this poor guy is navigating.
Thanks for the info, Laura. That's sad indeed... :/
Polonel said:
You know, it just struck me: people like "b" and so many others simply do not grok or understand love when they see it and seek to explain bonds between people as some sort of power dynamic. Knowing how truly ill "b" is, it makes me wonder if what goes on in his head is just a sort of exaggerated version of what is in the heads of people like Vincent Bridges & Co. ???
Exaggerated version maybe, but it seems like the Vincent Crew deliberately choose to act the way they act. As you described "b"'s illness, he doesn't seems to be "in charge" of his actions.
FrankM4326754
Thank you so much for sharing and I'm sorry you had to go through all of that!
Laura and friends, I apologize for taking so long on realizing that instead of merely asking questions on the forum I should be reading all material and discover the answers that way. It has just now come to my attention that I need to find the answers and that asking is really the last viable option. I can't express how grateful I am for all of you who participate in this group! Truly changing everything as we know it for the better.
Prysm
The excert from ISOTM on knowledge and being was very fitting. Made me think about my life a lot as well and putting it into context. I was simply working on aquiring knowledge without improving my being and the understanding that comes with it. I would read material and think on what to look for in my life and environment, getting caught up in all the horrors that may be out there. Trying to work things out rationally with the material read is just a mental exercise, and dealing with the related emotional reactions from such thought processes was quite overwhelming. To think one really knows whats going on just because knowledge is aquired does seem pretty foolish in hindsight. Until one works on increasing their being in conjunction with knowledge, and by doing so shedding programs and other subjective mental/emotional perceptions, they won't truly be able to SEE with the light of understanding/wisdom which is objective.
This session reminded me how hard it can be dealing with personal relationships. I have just ended one of 2 1/2 years and am dealing with the transition, questioning if what I did was the right thing. I won't get into it here, for I feel it may be excess noise, but have been contemplating putting it up on a thread to discuss. I assume there is a propper place to do so if one intended?


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Tag: bisexual
Bisexuality is not a fiction
October 25, 2013 October 25, 2013 StarSpider
I'm bisexual.
I've known it since I was a teenager and it's been fun. It's also been a bit confusing. Nobody ever told me to make a choice, but I remember telling my parents and they just sort of laughed it off. I think the words they used were 'it's a phase'. That's pretty much the only time anyone has really challenged my sexuality, and it was a pretty weak challenge at that, but everywhere you turn in the media people seem to have some interesting stereotypes about us bi folks. There's the idea that we are all big slut cakes (and some of us are, but so are some gay and straight people), there's the idea that we are cheaters and there's the thought that we ought to just make up our mind, that it's just a phase. It's not. It's just who I am. I am sexually attracted to both men and women and it's pretty equal. I chose to marry a man, because I fell in love with a man, but that doesn't make me straight, it just makes me a married bi chick.
I've recently finished a writing book called 'What it means to be a man' in which Ben and I have discussions about our sexuality, gender and other issues around those topics. Our conversations are mixed with a story of another couple (closely resembling us) who are forced to deal with issues of sexuality, love and gender in their relationship. There's a whole section in the book in which I discuss my thoughts on my bisexuality, so I won't get into that too much here, but what I do want to talk about is bisexuality in fiction, especially in TV (as I don't have much of a frame of reference for books with bi characters – if you know of any let me know).
I had plans to write this post awhile back and was even more inspired after reading this article, which gives a pretty comprehensive look at bisexuality in TV and how it's progressing.
Warning: Spoilers for Orange is the New Black & Buffy ahead!
Ben and I recently started watching 'Orange is the New Black' (great show) and the main character (Piper Chapman), it seems, is bisexual. Although, the sad fact is, as bi as she clearly is (sexually attracted to both men and women), they just won't say the word. They call her a former lesbian (even though she still fucks women) and in one episode they vaguely alluded to a 'sliding scale' of sexuality, but not once have we heard the word 'bisexual'. I suppose it might have something to do with the image of bisexuality in a lot of people's minds, it seems as though it's a bit tainted. When bisexuality is mentioned I suspect a lot of people think of those chicks in clubs making out with each other to please the men-folk (I was one of those chicks once upon a time and let me tell you it wasn't just about the men). It seems as though bisexuality is either taken lightly (it's just a phase) or heavily (all bi folks are cheaters and sluts) and there is no happy medium, no place in the general population's mind where the bi-folk of the world can live and have meaningful, deep, even monogamous relationships with both men and women. So in light of all that I guess it's not hard to imagine that the word itself holds a stigma that writers might be afraid of bringing to their story. Maybe they feel labeling Piper bisexual would make her less legitimate? Maybe it would make people less likely to sympathize with her?
Unfortunately for them, I think the exact opposite is true. I think this struggle with sexual identity (her having to choose to be either gay or straight) cheapens the actual struggle of the deeper issue, love.
By not allowing for her to embrace her bisexuality, the writers are keeping her character's sexuality front and centre and distracting from the actual issue, her choice between two loves. The gender is irrelevant, but what they offer to her, who they are and what they mean to her is not. By keeping the audience in the land of the polarized, black or white sexuality, we are not quite allowed to get over the gender/sexuality issue and dive deep into the actual relationships. Now I'd like to think that most people are educated on different types of sexuality and that most people believe bisexuality is really a thing and not just a crazy unicorn dragon sexuality that is mythical and unreal, but I think it's unlikely that's true. So instead of making a statement that bisexuality is real and that Piper's feelings for both her potential mates are equality legitimate, the general population has to wade through the distracting question of 'is she gay or not?' before they get to the actual reality of her situation, the actual issue, being in love with two people at the same time.
I've seen this issue arise before. Recently, Ben and I watched all of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' (another fantastic show) and there was a character on it named Willow. Willow was a witch who fell in love with a dude named Oz and then later a woman named Tara. As soon as Willow fell in love with Tara, she started calling herself a lesbian. When Oz came back for an episode or two after he and Willow had broken up, it was clear that Willow still had feelings for Oz, but she was in the 'lesbian' camp now, so what's a girl gonna do? To me, it felt as though this label of lesbianism that Willow stuck to herself took away from all the history between her and Oz and it made me mad. It made me feel as though Willow was trying to delete her past, push aside her feelings and forget that she had experienced real love with a man. It made her relationship with Oz feel trivial when I thought it was quite powerful. I found it disturbing that she locked herself so firmly into the role of lesbian that she didn't leave room for the part of herself that was clearly open to loving men. I think that this is perhaps an illustration of a symptom of the problem of not really understanding, or embracing bisexuality. The idea that people are being forced to choose one side or another without being allowed the possibility that they could have both is really just sad.
These are just two examples of poor representations of bisexual characters, but I suspect there's more out there. In this world of boxes, I think people are so obsessed with choosing one or the other that they might repress the idea of both.
So how do we combat this misunderstanding of bisexuality? Same as any other misunderstandings are fought. Exposure and education. Bisexual isn't a bad word, it's okay to say and actually pretty fun to be. Most of the time my protagonists in my novels are bisexual and I tend to try to make my fictional relationships more about the relationship itself than the sexuality, because I think that's the thing that matters most. I want the love to be the thing that matters most. Even if it's unconventional, love is love.
I'd love to see more examples of well represented bisexual characters in books and on TV.
Any suggestions on where I can find some?
Tagged bisexual, bisexuality, books, buffy the vampire slayer, fiction, gay, gender, lesbian, orange is the new black, piper chapmen, Sex, sexuality, straight, TV, Willow, writing2 Comments
How I got into writing
This is the first post for www.writesofluid.com's blog writing challenge. One blog post a day for all of June! Check it out at the website or on twitter: @sofluid or #wpad!
When I was younger I used to write a lot. Journals mostly, whining about boys (and later girls too), unrequited love, rituals (during my witchy phase) and other teenage stuff that I was sure was insanely important. I've looked back over old journals before, but I find the process of ploughing through years of bad poetry kind of painful.
Next I got into writing plays. I still have one sitting around about a girl who discovered she was gay and made out with her best friend. Ah the ponderings of a seventh grade bi-girl. Then there were stories. I even wrote a story about a girl on a journey to enlightenment for philosophy class in high school and scored myself an A+ (I went to an alternative school of course).
Then it was world travels. Long nights were spent scribbling in notebooks on buses, traveling through the desert in Egypt or up and down crazy mountains in Peru, in dirty old hotel rooms or tucked away in sleeping bags on the beach watching the stunning Italian sunset and hoping I wouldn't wake up after high tide.
I wrote a lot. But still, through all of that, I didn't call myself a writer.
I wrote little articles about my adventures with my friends, replacing us with anthropomorphized animals and calling it: The Starry Web Press. I wrote stories and poems as gifts. I sent out poems as solstice greetings to friends and family. Still, I refused to call myself a writer.
No no, I was a traveler, a server, a bartender, a go-go dancer, a shaman, a tarot card reader, an event planner, a video producer, but never…NEVER a writer.
The real turning point came maybe a year ago, after I finished my first novel. A honking, slow moving, boring laborious thing (150,000 words). I finished it, looked at Ben and said:
"I think I'm a writer."
Since then I've been on fire, I've written multiple short stories, another novel, made a giant list of agents, magazines and contests to submit my work to, started this blog, gathered almost 250 followers on twitter, joined two writing groups (and quit one), and I've even been hired to write professionally from video scripts to event proposals to websites.
So although it took me 29 years to admit it, I'm a writer dammit, and just like everything else I've been before, I've thrown myself into it, heart and soul.
Now it's your turn…how did you get into writing?
Tagged #wpad, bisexual, copywriting, egypt, italy, journals, novel, peru, Philosophy, poetry, story, traveling, twitter, writer, writing, writing challengeLeave a comment


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    private final String statusReasonArg;

    private ClusterStatusResult(ClusterStatus clusterStatus) {
        this(clusterStatus, null);
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Shakuhachi
Music Production, Reviews, Software
Ventus Series: Shakuhachi (Review)
September 28, 2016 | Michael Hoffmann | 1 Comment Share this Ventus Series: Shakuhachi (Review)
When creating music with virtual instruments, there are plenty of tools out there for getting authentic acoustic instrument sounds. There's an almost endless list of software for emulating strings, brass, woodwinds, and other western instruments. However, it can get a little trickier when looking for a specific instruments from other parts of the world. There are ethnic instrument sets out out there, but the libraries rarely allow for the same amount of precise performance control as their western instrument sample library counterparts.
Impact Soundworks is taking a shot at filling this need with their new Ventus: Ethnic Winds series of instruments, the first of which is a sample library of the Shakuhachi. For this review, I'll be taking a look at the software's different patches (or default load-outs), the various controls and functions available, and how intuitive the software is for the average user. So without further delay, let's take a look at the Ventus Series: Shakuhachi. (more…)
Back When Ninja Gaiden Was Good: Ninja Gaiden Steel Dragon / Beat Blade (Review)
February 16, 2011 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this Back When Ninja Gaiden Was Good: Ninja Gaiden Steel Dragon / Beat Blade (Review)
Yeah, I said it. I'm not very fond of the Ninja Gaiden reboots that have hit the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles, and am still in love with the original trilogy that was released on the NES. Not only did the originals have frustratingly difficult level designs that were a lot of fun to master (with the horrible camera issues plaguing the recent releases not being a factor), but the music was absolutely stellar.
As it turns out, Japanese doujin circle earth Japan SOFT feels the same way, as they've decided to pay homage to the first game in the series with a fantastically produced arrange album covering some of the game's most memorable themes. I thought it was time we finally get around to reviewing the album after it's nomination for best doujin album of 2010 in our OSVOSTOTY 2010 Awards, so if you had no idea what this was before, you're about to find out!
Hit the jump for a return to the "good stuff" in our review of Ninja Gaiden Steel Dragon / Beat Blade. (more…)
Soundtrack of the Month 08/2009: BlazBlue -Calamity Trigger-
August 1, 2009 | Patrick Gann | 7 Comments Share this Soundtrack of the Month 08/2009: BlazBlue -Calamity Trigger-
Aksys Games made some big waves with their recent Limited Edition run of BlazBlue -Calamity Trigger-, a fantastic 2D fighter for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. For the same price as the regular edition release, they included 3 bonus discs: a two-disc soundtrack, and a tutorial DVD. The hype around the game is well-warranted, and the love most people are showing for the music is also entirely justified.
After all, BlazBlue is the most recent game from Arc System Works, creators of the Guilty Gear series. And that series' same music composer, Daisuke Ishiwatari, makes a fantastic return with this new soundtrack.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of published music floating around for BlazBlue, and there are some duplicate tracks between the different albums available. It's hard to figure out "which is which" with these albums. The earliest soundtrack dates back to the end of 2008, when the arcade version of BlazBlue was released. For August's Soundtrack of the Month, we won't just delve into the music–we'll let you know what you'll find on each of the albums available, and help you decide where your best bet is in terms of finding good music.
If you're ready to be smacked in the face with some of the greatest electric guitar licks in VGM today, you'll get exactly what you're begging for…after the jump. (more…)


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Dodi Day è il secondo dvd di Dodi Battaglia registrato a Bellaria Igea Marina (RN) il 1 giugno 2018 giorno del suo compleanno e dei 50 anni di carriera davanti a 25.000 persone.

Il disco

Ha proposto i successi dei Pooh (24 canzoni) e della sua carriera solista (2 strumentali) ai quali hanno partecipato diversi artisti: Fio Zanotti, Enrico Ruggeri, Mario Biondi, Maurizio Solieri, Mietta, Gigi D'Alessio, Luca Carboni, Silvia Mezzanotte, Marco Masini.

Tracce
CD 1

 Intro Band Dodi - 0'52"
 Canterò per te - 2'06"
 Noi due nel mondo e nell'anima - 3'15"
 Amici per sempre - 2'25"
 Giorni infiniti - 3'35"
 Dammi solo un minuto, cantata con Enrico Ruggeri - 3'26"
 L'altra donna, cantata con Enrico Ruggeri - 2'49"
 L'ultima notte di caccia - 2'26"
 Viva - 3'21"
 Parsifal - 7'01"
 Ci penserò domani, cantata con Mario Biondi - 3'30"
 Pronto, buongiorno è la sveglia, cantata con Mario Biondi - 3'32"
 Primavera a New York, cantata con Maurizio Solieri - 3'52"

CD 2
 Incredibilmente giù, cantata con Mietta - 1'15"
 Stagione di vento, cantata con Mietta - 2'06"
 Notte a sorpresa, cantata con Mietta - 1'33"
 Quando una lei va via, cantata con Mietta - 1'20"
 Nascerò con te, cantata con Mietta - 1'48"
 Vale - 4'55"
 Tanta voglia di lei, cantata con Gigi D'Alessio - 3'58"
 Piccola Katy, cantata con Luca Carboni - 1'54"
 Che vuoi che sia, cantata con Luca Carboni - 2'45"
 Non siamo in pericolo, cantata con Silvia Mezzanotte - 2'56"
 Cercami, cantata con Silvia Mezzanotte - 2'53"
 Chi fermerà la musica, cantata con Marco Masini - 3'33"
 Pensiero, cantata con Marco Masini - 3'15"


I recieved my 1099 from F&G back at my NAA days and they are claiming that I made $13,547.00 in commissions last year from them. But I have had most of those policies lapse and charged back. So Im thinking I really didnt make that much. I dont keep very good records as you can tell, and F&G wont send me any statements since I left NAA for the lapses. I think they are sending them to NAA and my upline. How does that work with chargebacks on your taxes?
If you wrote $13,000 in advanced commissions then F&G is gonna have to show you what lapsed. If they refuse to send you a statement showing the business that lapsed you can pay almost any attorney about $300 and they'd be glad to send them a letter either demanding the statements or threatening to take them to court. Then they can show the judge the records.
But you need to have your ducks in a row. Obviously you have records of how much your received in advances last year.
Do agents w/ Mega receive a 1099-MISC? I have yet to receive anything pertaining to the commission I wrote with them.
Yes, if you earned commissions last years you'll get a 1099. I had to fight mine the year after I left since if you're with UGA less than a year you forfeit all bonuses and renewals - they go to management. However, they had no problem hitting me with a 1099 the following year after I quit and I never received a nickle. They actually corrected it. Go figure.
Ok, so it is safe to say I should receive something from them for 2006.
They are supposed to have it postmarked to you by January 31st. If you don't see it within a couple of weeks, I'd start to make some noise.
Remember though, even if you never get one, you're still required by the IRS to claim the income. You just have to use your stubs to figure it out.
I AM NOT A TAX ADVISOR. I'm just stating what I understand to be true.
And if you owe money, just make you check out to Halliburton. Why mess with the middleman.
I didn't realize you are a liberal.
Wrong. Former Marine and as Republican as they come. But I also hate getting played and right now we're all getting played.
But I re-registered as an independent (in CA it is called "decline to state") because as John said... "we're getting played."
Anyway, liberal or conservative, this is an exciting time to be in the health insurance industry. I think we will get Hillary-Care and we'll all be out of work... but I honestly thought that AuH2O would win in '64 as well!!


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Microsoft Dynamics NAV started its being as Navision, in about year 1985. It has changed names many times, after being bought by Microsoft. "Navision Financials", "Navision Attain", "Microsoft Business Solutions Navision Edition" were one of those names. Now it is called "Microsoft Dynamics NAV".
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MS rebranded those products and released them as Microsoft Dynamics NAV in autumn of 2004. Microsoft will probably release Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 in 2007.