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Nickelodeon Kart Racers Review
Racing fun for the whole family
Reviewed by A.J. Maciejewski playing a PS4 on October 26, 2018
Nickelodeon Kart Racers is also available for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
Characters from the iconic cartoons SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold!, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rugrats can now compete in a surprisingly fun new kart racer. So, gather the family and get ready to rev your engine!
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The competition gets slimy for Patrick and Arnold
Kart racers aren't as common as they were decades ago so any new entry in the genre is sure to stand out. Nickelodeon Kart Racers features a fun-filled cast of familiar characters and its gameplay is impressively solid. The basic controls allow you to accelerate, steer, deploy power-ups, boost, and drift. Although this is simple enough, there are options that allow small children to enjoy the fun including the ability to accelerate automatically, make drifting easier, and even tilt the DualShock 4 controller to steer instead of using the analog stick. It's awesome that they implemented these options as they allow the whole family to enjoy the racing fun. v1d30chumz 35-172-230-154
Aside from the basic controls, there are some enjoyable mechanics to master as well. First of all, driving over the recognizable green Nickelodeon slime will fill your boost meter. Also, your kart transforms into 3 configurations which reminded me of Midway's arcade classic Spy Hunter and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed although admittedly, not quite as cool. Basically, your kart turns into a jet ski while on water and a plane after launching off large ramps. It's additions like these that keep Nickelodeon Kart Racers fun as you play.
List of characters in Nickelodeon Kart Racers
Reptar
As you can see, the cast of characters isn't huge by any means but considering only 4 franchises are used, there's no denying that it's a tight cast of chums. By the way, whatever happened to Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, and Donatello? Their new hipper names just feel weird to say. Anyhoo, there are a ton of tracks (over 20) to race on and each one offers a unique and enjoyable environment. Some notable tracks include Toy Store Flash Sale, Birthday Bash, Bikini Bottom Boogie Nights, and Glovey Glove's Festival of Lights.
Now that SpongeBob's in first place, it's time for a quick nap!
When it comes to content, Nickelodeon Kart Racers has a variety of single player and multiplayer modes. While playing by yourself, you can try to master 9 Grand Prix championships in both solo and team race modes as well as various difficulty settings. Plus, you can challenge the tracks separately in Free Race and Time Attack modes. When playing with friends, up to 4 players can compete in the Grand Prix and Free Race modes with optional teams as well as a Battle Arena mode where you use power-ups to combat each other within small stages. The Battle Arena mode also has Capture the Flag and Tag variants to add even more variety. All of that being said, I can't help but wish there were even more modes because the selection is still quite basic and lacks longevity.
On the plus side, you'll acquire coins as you race that you can use to purchase kart parts in the shop. Equipping these before a race changes your kart's base stats so customizing your vehicle to match your play style can be quite rewarding. Driving around in your custom kart is made even more enjoyable when you factor in the selection of power-ups. Each one is inspired by the main cast's cartoons such as Tommy's ball, Patrick's pet rocks, Leo's shurikens, and Helga's bubblegum and learning how to use them effectively is great fun.
Although I had an enjoyable time with Nickelodeon Kart Racers, my biggest complaint about it is with the audio. For starters, there is no voice acting at all which is puzzling. When you consider the fact that the soundtrack is generic, it's hard not to be disappointed with the audio. On top of that, the effects aren't satisfying and it all comes together to make a flat and unmemorable soundscape. Thankfully, the cartoonish visuals are well done. Another downside is that the core gameplay doesn't really do much unique that hasn't been done already in other kart racers. I've played plenty of racing games where your vehicle transforms and you charge boost by driving over certain terrain, etc. In other words, they could have gone so much further to make the gameplay stand out from the crowd.
Tommy and Reptar duke it out in Battle Arena mode
Even though Nickelodeon Kart Racers may appear to be another cartoon cash-in, it actually offers solid racing gameplay as well as plenty of fun tracks, power-ups, and customizable karts that the entire family can enjoy together.
+ Solid kart racing gameplay with a fantastic cast of delightful characters
+ Lots of cool tracks to race on
+ Nifty power-ups and customizable karts
- Audio is rather bland with no voice acting and generic music and sound effects
- Gameplay doesn't do anything unique
- Could use more distinct modes
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Uber Backs Up to Record Low as Lockup Period Expires
Shares of ride-hailing giant Uber touch record lows as the lockup period on the company's shares held by early investors and employees expires.
M. Corey Goldman
Nov 6, 2019 12:03 PM EST
Shares of ride-hailing giant Uber (UBER) - Get Free Report touched record lows on Wednesday as the lockup period on the company's shares held by early investors and employees expired, opening the window for insiders to sell their shares.
Shares of Uber were down 4.18% on Wednesday to $26.85 after tumbling nearly 7% earlier in the session to a low of $25.58. The stock fell almost 10% on Monday after Uber posted mixed third-quarter results. It also fell on Tuesday, hitting a record low, despite U.S. stock indexes hitting fresh highs.
Indeed, with this week's losses, the ride-hailing and food-delivery-ordering stock has fallen 38% from its $45 initial public offering price. With Wednesday's lockup expiration, an additional 84% of the company's current fully diluted share count comes onto the market.
That translates into some 763 million additional shares, or $20 billion of Uber stock, hitting the market, Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives estimated in a recent research report.
The lockup expiration could "cause an avalanche of selling as early investors and insiders hit the bid, which remains a major Street worry around near-term pressure," Ives wrote.
To be sure, different stocks react differently to expired lockup periods. Beyond Meat (BYND) - Get Free Report shares plunged nearly 20% after its lockup expired at the end of October. On the flip side, and somewhat more comparable, shares of Uber rival Lyft (LYFT) - Get Free Report also fell after it announced an earlier-than-expected lockup expiration in mid-August, though not as dramatically.
Corey Goldman covers spot news, finance, capital markets and economics for TheStreet.
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Q: Mysql restart auto int primary key Hello is it possible to save the deleted auto incremented primary key in my database. For example
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If I delete primary key 4 and I insert again the primary key of I inserted should be four.
so. Name 1 2 3 4 5

I deleted primary key 5 (Name 1 2 3 4)

I added a data primary key should be 5 again not 6. THANKS!

A: Auto generated fields always have gaps in these cases.
What if you have an audit or history table that stored the rows with ID = 4, ID = 5? Then delete them again? How do you differentiate rows?
In your example, you've only deleted the last row? What is you delete ID = 1? Then what?
That is, they are just internal numbers unique to that table (and any associated tables like audit ones): no external meaning should be attached

A: As with other comments and answers here, I would not recommend this, especially if the data in the auto increment column is referenced externally, but you can set the next auto increment number to a specific value via an ALTER TABLE query
ALTER TABLE T_YourTable AUTO_INCREMENT=4

You could also drop the column and then re-add the column with the same attributes (this could be expensive if you have a lot of rows).

A: Why?
It's only intended to be a unique identifier.
You'll also get gaps with database clusters and whenever you rollback an insert transaction which overlaps a commited transaction - not just when you delete data.
A mechanism to fill-in-the-gaps would be complex, slow and difficult to maintain - and it's not needed.

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Published online on 24. July 2015 Pelagic shark fisheries of Indonesia's Eastern Indian Ocean Fisheries Management Region Fahmi & Dharmai ABSTRACT: Sharks are commonly caught in Indonesian waters both by target fisheries and as bycatch. Fishers targeting sharks mostly employ drift longlines, whereas tuna longlines and gillnets are the gear mostly responsible for shark bycatch.


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Alabama Senate votes to repeal Common Core standards
(Source: WSFA 12 News)
By WSFA Staff | March 21, 2019 at 3:30 PM CDT - Updated March 21 at 7:54 PM
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - With a 23 to 7 vote Thursday afternoon, the Alabama Senate passed a bill to repeal Common Core standards.
The bill will now go to the Alabama House of Representatives to consider.
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, proposed the bill, which eliminates Common Core standards for Math and English Language Arts, also known as the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards.
Common Core is essentially national education standards, not the curriculum. The Senate made changes to the bill Thursday. Sen. Del Marsh said the bill changed to say the State Board of Education has until 2021 to create new standards. Until then, Marsh said the current Common Core standards would stay in place.
Common Core supporters say the national standard helps people know how Alabama students rank.
State Superintendent Dr. Erick Mackey said he did not hear of the bill until Wednesday morning.
"The bill being proposed has a lot of implications and could produce a host of unintended consequences. Changing teaching standards requires a lot of expert work by dedicated education professionals. It will not happen overnight. The Department of Education and State Board have been deliberating for months over revisions to Alabama's current Math and Reading curriculum standards and as well as new assessment practices that follow behind those standards. We understand and agree with the desire to realize greater academic success. However, reverting back to Alabama Course of Study standards adopted in the late 1990s and early 2000s would be a huge undertaking for standards that will only be used for a short period of time. Those documents were only published in print form and would need to be digitized. Also, many new teachers and administrators have cycled in and out since then; new assessment practices would have to be developed to follow the old standards. Not to mention the cost of new books, professional development, instructional resources – that will be very expensive. Another of the most glaring concerns are other areas that "adopt or implement" national standards, such as the workforce credentials offered through Career Technical Education, assessments such as ACT, SAT, NAEP National Board certification, and coding/computer science standards. We already have a plan to roll new assessments out in 2020, they are going to be the best in the nation. If we go back to standards that are 20 years old, we will have to do a change order in the testing. That could be several million more dollars. Adhering to the bill as it is written could have negative repercussions on all of these areas," Mackey said in a statement Wednesday.
Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a bill that supporters say will "tip the scales" and help victims not re-live a crime all over again.
Mississippi candidate for governor denies female reporter access
Robert Foster, a DeSoto County state representative and Republican candidate for governor, denied giving a female reporter access to him on the campaign trail unless she brought a male colleague with her.
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What's important to know about Alabama's new equal pay law
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Phillip Grier, architect and artist has told his students they should visit White Gables Hotel in order to understand the significance of urban and architectural planning. It is there he encounters Jenny who, seeking temporary accommodation, has taken her lecturer's advice. Their meeting is unusuaL He is drunk; on a bender to escape his inadequacies and obsessions, the result of a traumatic childhood. She is patently terrified at finding herself in such a disreputable place and clings to him for protection. Discovering that they were both abandoned at the same orphanage, children who were "not quite right", they form a deep bond of supportive friendship.
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Lawrence Livermore researchers have received $1 million from the Department of Energy (DOE) to improve the energy efficiency of copper-based catalysts to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into methane and other valuable hydrocarbon products. Led by Livermore's Juergen Biener, the project will help meet the nation's future energy needs by converting low-cost, abundant resources into commercially viable fuels. Catalysts play a key role in such efforts, converting CO2—an industrial waste product—into methane, a versatile fuel that can be readily integrated into efforts to fuel vehicles and power plants. Catalysts can also convert excess electrical energy produced by renewable energy resources, such as solar and wind, into chemical energy, making it easy to store the energy for future use.
However, current electrochemical catalyst technologies are energy intensive and costly and therefore unlikely to be competitive with traditional fuel production methods. The new work is aimed at overcoming the limitations of current approaches that use catalysts to convert CO2 into fuels.
To optimize the catalysts' performance, the team will fully integrate the Laboratory's unique expertise in the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured dilute alloy transition metal catalysts with atomically precise active sites, along with the multiscale modeling of electrochemical interfaces. This project was funded by the DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing.
Contact: Juergen Biener (925) 422-9081 (biener2@llnl.gov).
Livermore scientists are part of a national planetary defense team that designed a conceptual spacecraft to deflect Earthbound asteroids and evaluated whether the craft could nudge off course a massive asteroid that has a remote chance of hitting Earth in 2135. The design and case study are outlined in the February 2018 edition of Acta Astronautica.
Dubbed HAMMER (Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response Vehicle), the spacecraft can serve as either a kinetic battering ram or as a transport vehicle for a nuclear device. The possible target is 101955 Bennu, which has a 1-in-2,700 chance of striking Earth on September 25, 2135.
The design effort is part of a national planetary defense collaboration between NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The Livermore planetary defense team serves as technical lead for threat mitigation and also supports emergency response should mitigation fail. Unlike popular portrayals such as the movie Armageddon, the nuclear deflection approach would involve detonating a nuclear explosive some distance from the asteroid. The explosion would vaporize a layer of the surface, thereby generating rocketlike propulsion as material is ejected from the asteroid.
Because Bennu passes close enough to Earth every six years, researchers are able to estimate its orbit with enough accuracy to give a few decades' warning. However, for other objects that do not regularly pass close enough to Earth for radar observations, much more uncertainty exists. The good news is that most of these objects are much smaller than Bennu.
Contact: Megan Bruck Syal (925) 423-0435 (syal1@llnl.gov).
Lawrence Livermore has been developing a novel class of nanoparticles (see image below) for biomedical applications that are highly biocompatible and offer advantages not found in other types of nanoparticles. Termed nanolipoprotein particles (NLPs), the nanoparticles are laboratory-made versions of high-density lipoproteins—or "good cholesterol"—that are used by the body to transport triglycerides and remove harmful "bad cholesterol" in the blood.
The Livermore team recently assessed how the structure of phospholipids used to prepare the particles impacts their stability under physiologically relevant conditions. This key information has important implications for using these NLPs in vivo and would provide insight into how to tune particle stability for applications ranging from diagnostics to drug delivery. The findings appear in the April 28, 2018, edition of Nanoscale. The research was supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program.
Nanoparticles are nanoscale objects, typically 1 to 100 nanometers in size, that can be used for a variety of purposes, including formulating medicines or vaccines. As of 2016, 51 nanoparticle drugs had already been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat a range of diseases, with another 77 candidates in clinical trials.
Although preliminary studies had previously demonstrated that the type of phospholipid used to synthesize these particles can affect their stability, how specific phospholipid features impact nanoparticle stability under physiologically relevant conditions was previously unclear. Livermore's results demonstrated that the elasticity of the lipid bilayer—but not lipid surface area or thickness—is a significant indicator of particle instability in the body. These studies provide a foundation for subsequent optimization of NLP composition to tailor stability for the particular in vivo application.
Contact: Nicholas Fischer (925) 422-6144 (fischer29@llnl.gov).


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This was her
Carolyn Marquardt
The penultimate episode of the series This Is Us shows Rebecca lying comatose at the end of her life. Those of us who remember Carolyn at the end of her life will see the parallel of Rebecca's loving family and friends surrounding her as she drew her last breath. We all did the same with Carolyn, though none of us imagined her observing us from a plush railway carriage in a stunning red dress as if on her way to Cinderella's ball. It still helps to think that was the case, though. It would certainly explain my passion for train travel following her passing.
Today marks five years since her passing. That's more years than the ones we had together. We'd often speculate back then on how many years we would have to be together, usually settling on a nice full number like 20 years or more. We might still get there, but in widowhood, not in marriage. No regrets though. The short time Carolyn and I had together taught me how to value every moment with Carol as precious and a gift.
Suffice it to say that as she peered into the maw of retirement, she probably sensed she needed someone in her life that she was fairly certain would help her feel like it was still work.
Growing up I believed if a girl liked me there must have been something wrong with her. Mine was the romance version of the Groucho Marx dictum of never belonging to a club that would have him as a member. I only pursued women who would reject me with extreme prejudice. Carolyn was one such victim. She was so pretty. Big blue eyes, long blonde hair… I've written that a Beach Boy song would play in my head every time I looked at her back in 1972 in Munich. I thought This will never fly, Orville when I made my big move on a dance floor one night. I tentatively pressed my hand lightly (plausible deniability) against the middle of her back (I didn't say it was a good move, did I?) Well, Help me Rhonda if she didn't press back!
I lasted about three months before Carolyn realized how below her weight class she was punching and beat a hasty escape to the West Coast, where she lived a full, happy life mostly as a single woman. The story of our reuniting after 40 years is a saga in itself. Suffice it to say that as she peered into the maw of retirement, she probably sensed she needed someone in her life that she was fairly certain would help her feel like it was still work.
I should have asked Carolyn what precisely she liked about me, so I could have stressed that quality with Carol and maybe helped flatten her learning curve with me. Perhaps enough of Carolyn's sweet goodness rubbed off, but I don't think that's it. I just think Carol didn't want to retire either.
Update: The Carolyn Kay Marquardt "Go See Stuff" Travel Award for 2022 has been awarded to two University of Puget Sound students:
Khysa Gustafson '24, Poway, California, International Political Economy major and economics minor. Khysa will be traveling to Munich next academic year.
Maya Kirsten Horten '22, Portland, Oregon, International Political Economy and German studies double major and global development studies minor. Maya will be traveling to Berlin this summer.
A most worthy pair of over-achievers if you ask me. Carolyn would be proud.
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Abraham Hicks Review (2022): Best Personal Development Guru?
This Abraham Hicks review has been thoroughly researched with information and testimonials that are available online to anyone in the public. Any conclusions drawn by myself are opinions.
The movement is well established
It's very accessible and not limited to books or publications alone
It's interesting
The origin is a mystery
The workshops are expensive
It may promote self-blame when things don't happen as one thinks or declare
for Abraham Hicks
They have no clue what it's actually like to run the type of business Abraham Hicks is teaching you to do.
I have absolutely no relationship with Abraham Hicks, so you can rest easy knowing that I'm going to give you my honest opinion
You're probably here because you want to know more about Abraham Hicks.
Who is she, and what is she offering?
And how much will it cost you?
So… let me start by being very upfront…
Alright, so Abraham Hicks doesn't exactly fit into a nice category.
At the end of the day, personal development courses is a… unique way to think about making money.
It's certainly possible to make money with off-the-wall businesses like this, but unless you're interested in taking years out of your life to experiment with an unproven business model, I would look elsewhere.
But, if you're hard-pressed to jump head-first into an off-the-wall business model, let's continue on to my full breakdown of Abraham Hicks.
Who Is Abraham Hicks?
Abraham Hicks is a very interesting figure with a huge following of both fans and critics.
She has inspired books, seminars, and even a film.
Abraham Hicks isn't just a person; it's a collection of 100 non-physical teachers.
Her last name derives from Esther and Gerry Hicks, who delivered the message of Abraham.
However, Esther Hicks chose the name of a biblical character with a first name that she thought would be immediately recognizable to ordinary males.
Don't be confused just yet; Abraham dictates his teachings and writings through Esther Hicks, which is why some articles about him use the word "she."
The transfer of "blocks of thoughts," Esther claims, happens while she is in a trance.
The main teaching of this self-help program is about being the master of your emotions and thoughts, leading you to live a meaningful life and follow your dreams.
"They are some of the best teachers on the planet today," said Louise Hay. She is the founder of the publishing company Hay House. She is also a best-selling author, speaker, and credible believer in Abraham's teachings.
Who Are Esther Hicks And Jerry Hicks?
The Law of Attraction courses were created by Esther and Jerry Hicks, a couple who co-authored several books together.
Jerry reads Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich" book daily. Esther was motivated by the book by Jane Roberts, in which Seth, a non-physical channel, was thought to be the inspiration for Abraham.
Esther continued to work on the projects after Jerry died.
She channels Abraham's inspiration into the physical realm. Esther Hicks claims that Abraham and herself co-create together where she translates pure and positive thoughts and energy into concepts of love, sexual energy, freedom, power, and joy – The Law of Attraction.
What Are The Hicks' Basic Principles?
You can do and can be who you have thought yourself to be.
The mind is very powerful; you think it will come into being.
You can create your own happiness.
Everything will be fine as you relax and be one with your natural self.
You are everlasting; you cannot perish.
You are in a physical body because it's your choice; you can leave without experiencing illness or feeling pain.
You are a representative of a non-physical entity.
You have a built-in emotional guidance system; choose your own thoughts. Negative thoughts lead to negative emotions. This is the power of positive thinking.
The universe will line up as you believe and declare. The universe trusts your intentions.
Where Can I Access Abraham Hick's Teachings?
Teachings about attraction were written in books by Abraham Hicks Publications. Most of the books Jerry and Esther Hicks wrote became New York Times bestsellers and sparked the new age positive thinking movement.
They give principles in their books and lectures that you can use to improve your life. One of their most well-received books is "Ask And It Is Given."
Esther Hicks, through this book, explained the importance of aligning oneself so that positive things will follow. This is the core belief of the Law of Attraction. It's also where Abraham Hick's teachings on the Law of Attraction's 22 proven hands-on techniques were presented.
Other New York Times Best-Sellers by Abraham Hicks are as follows:
Money and The Law of Attraction
The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent
The fictional children's series of Sara books
The Astonishing Power of Emotions
Abraham Hicks runs a successful online marketing campaign. Nearly 1 million people follow Abraham Hicks Publishing on Facebook.
They have more than 600,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel. In addition, one of their YouTube videos got 7 million views after becoming viral.
They also receive a lot of interaction on their Instagram and Twitter accounts.
They are practically everywhere online.
Law of Attraction workshops have been held for Abraham Hicks Publications annually since 1987 in about 60 cities worldwide.
The workshop was Jerry's idea, but Esther continued to hold them even when Jerry Hicks died in 2011.
Esther and Jerry Hicks both appeared in the movie "The Secret" in 2006.
Esther shared Abraham Hicks' teachings and gained attention for her self-improvement writings.
How Much Do Abraham Hicks' Materials Cost?
Abraham Hick's Workshop can cost around $400-$500, and the price varies depending on the location.
If you cannot attend the seminars, purchasing books by Abraham Hicks Publication is another way to get access to the training, each costs around $20.
CD Recordings
Recordings of their programs are also available in CDs and MP3 formats. The monthly price ranges from $15-$30 and $12.95-$25, respectively.
Will Abraham Hicks Make Me Rich?
If you think you will be rich, the heavens will align and open doors for you. This is according to the Law of Attraction.
Like any other get-rich movement, this must be backed up by hard work and character-building.
Do I Recommend It?
Positivity is always a good thing. When you declare or write your plans, it's more likely to happen than when you don't pay attention to them. It might be worth a try if you are looking for inspiration and want to improve areas of your life.
But if you are looking at ways to make money online, there are other better ways than Abraham's teachings.
Are The Alternatives To Abraham Hicks?
Are Abraham Hicks' Teachings A Scam?
Time for the $1,000,000 question: are Abrahan Hicks' Teachings actually a scam?
No one is riding off into the sunset with your money, leaving you empty-handed… technically speaking.
But the second, more important question is: is Abraham Hicks actually worth the investment?
What Is My #1 Recommendation To Make Money Online In 2022?
THAT BEING SAID: I would at least recommend you implement something that is tried and true, because I've seen TOO MANY people (including friends and family) get burned by stuff like Abraham Hicks.
I'm not saying Abraham Hicks isn't legit, I'm just saying you need to be very, very careful.
If you wanted to double your income with a personal development course, you would need to find a helpful course to help you reach your goals. And I can guarantee you that's a lot harder than a few clicks & a phone call.
4)You're Helping REAL People: My biggest gripe with personal development courses is that you're basically only helping yourself.
So, the rest is up to you. You could keep looking at other off-the-wall business models like Abraham Hicks and maybe hit it big one day.


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Sandy of The Sea with Ocean News on the bleaching of marine species! This is an exciting yet troubling breakthrough for marine species. A new genetic study has proven that mermaids may be more closely related to fragile Branching Corals. Marine biologists have received test results carried out on Table Coral and Mermaids (Table Coral is a branching type of coral).
Music video in support of gay marriage rights
Grammy nominee and Rolling Stone cover star Sam Smith unveiled the video for his new single "Lay Me Down," the latest track off his platinum-selling debut album In the Lonely Hour. The video, filmed at the parish church of St.
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With Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place" as the soundscape, Jude Law narrates in this powerfully sad little video clip created in collaboration with Greenpeace. Please visit savethearctic.org and sign the petition.
10 Rappers Turned Social Activists-Vince Staples
Vince Staples mentioned Long Beach's Ramona Park approximately 80 times on his debut album Summertime '06 and even allotted the park two of its own tracks: "Ramona Park Legend Pt. 1" and "Ramona Park Legend Pt. 2." "The sun come down and guns come out, you know Ramona Park."
Velcrow Ripper
Join acclaimed director Velcrow Ripper (Scared Sacred, Fierce Light) on a journey deep inside the revolution of the heart that is erupting around the planet, as he asks the question, "How could the crisis we are facing become a love story?"
LezFem's Diary
LezFem
The current cultural and political context in Macedonia marginalizes lesbians and women in general, and the dominant political party forces the traditional role of the woman, where she is a mother, a housewife, and of course, heterosexual. Furthermore, the major TV stations are flooded with Turkish soap operas, where traditional values are the leitmotif of the show.
Blanke Bedenken, or Naked Qualms
German Doctors
A group of German doctors have posed naked in an attempt to draw attention to shortages of protective clothing and equipment. Calling their protest Blanke Bedenken, or Naked Qualms, members of the group said they felt at risk from coronavirus and claimed their calls for help over several months had gone unheeded.
Op-Doc A Conversation With Latinos on Race
JOE BREWSTER, BLAIR FOSTER and MICHÈLE STEPHENSON
In this short documentary, Latinos grapple with defining their ethnic and racial identities http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/opinion/a-conversation-with-latinos-on...
The project: Give cameras to people with HIV. The pictures: Joy, grief, desire, hope
David Gere, Gideon Mendel
For artist Vasilios Papapitsios, going public with his HIV status has been gradual.
Huntsville Fighting Covid
Smarter Every Day
Destin from the Youtube channel Smarter Every Day has started the "Hunstville Fighting Covid" website in order to mobilize and teach those who have 3D printers how to print Personal Protective Equipment to aid medical professionals fighting the COVID-19 epidemic.
Rise, Resist & Unite...V-Day & The Vagina Monolouges
V-Day Sedona/ Organizations Across the Globe
Back after a five year hiatus, V-Day Sedona joins with hundreds of other productions across the globe in celebrating V-Day's 20th anniversary with an act of artistic activism. For its 20th anniversary, V-Day is calling on activists around the world to Rise, Resist and Unite.
Bernie Sanders Gets His Own Video Game
Illuminator, Act.TV, NYC Light Brigade
Bernie Sanders supporters know how to bring the party! And they did it big time for the Democratic Debate in New York this week, with help from The Illuminator & the NYC Light Brigade. They installed an interactive video game featuring Bernie jumping over obstacles and WINNING!
Cheat Neutral
Christian Hunt, Alex Randall
Cheat Neutral satirizes the carbon offset model by offering people the opportunity to pay someone else not to cheat on their partner in order to neutralize their own infidelity. Cheatneutral allows you to pay £2.50 to carry on cheating while funding "monogamy-boosting offset projects".
"Deport the Statue" Campaign
It's time to deport the Statue of Liberty. That's the latest mission for Legals for the Preservation of American Culture, an organization which has begun the "Deport the Statue" campaign for the removal of Lady Liberty through four Twitter accounts and a video that hopes to prove the iconic statue is not only an undocumented French immigrant but is "taking a job away from a qualified American statue."
Foreigners out! Schlingensiefs Container
Foreigners out! Schlingensiefs Container (Ausländer raus! Schlingensiefs Container), alternately named "Wien-Aktion", "Please Love Austria—First European Coalition Week", or "Foreigners Out—Artists against Human Rights", is an art project and television show from 2000 that took place within the scope of the annual Wiener Festwochen. It was created by Christoph Schlingensief and directed by Paul Poet.
American Prison Perpestives
Christoph Gielen
With American Prison Perspectives, Gielen intends tol illustrate how prison complex designs reflect the politics, economic priorities and anxieties of society, yet there would be so much more to say with pictures inside the prisions.
Penis seats for men
Mexico City Government
In a conceptually odd but undeniably memorable PSA campaign, the Mexico City Metro has installed a "penis seat" in one of its subway cars, featuring a molded likeness of a man's torso and penis, to get male riders thinking about the sexual harassment that women endure every day. The seat is labeled "For men only."
With Red Lipstick, Indian Acid Attack Victim Makes a Bold Statement
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In her peppy and helpful online video tutorial, Reshma Bano Quereshi promises to teach her viewers "how to get perfect red lips." But unlike the more than 200,000 other online videos dedicated to the application of lipstick, this one goes beyond plumping and priming.
What he captured became one of the most influential images in history. A driving force of the environmental movement, the picture, which became known as Earthrise, showed the world as a singular, fragile, oasis.
Abercrombie and Fat
Jes Baker
Jes Baker, 26, created a campaign called Abercrombie and Fat in response to the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch. In 2006, the CEO released a statement that his target consumer is the cool, All American kid who has a lot of friends. He continues to say that his business is exclusive and a lot of people do not belong in his clothes.
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Nazi control room reopens as Topography of Terror museum in Berlin
Berlin Artist
It was once the most feared address in Berlin, a place easy to enter but very hard to leave. Now the ruins of the former engine room of Nazi terror at Prinz Albrecht Strasse in Berlin have been preserved in a new exhibition space open to the public from tomorrow.
Caitlin Stasey, Hannah Terry-Whyte, Keenan MacWilliam
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Balls Across America
The Survivaball made its first appearance in 2006, when "Halliburton representatives" attended a conference on catastrophic climate change and demonstrated the functionality of the large inflatable suits ("a gated community for one"), which keep corporate managers safe from global warming. Not long afterward, in Berlin, the Yes Men learned they also work as disruptive, arrest-resistant tools.
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Henrietta Burkin in East End of London - between the 1900's and the 1910's
from Memoirs of Henrietta Burkin, page 15:
Weddings in the family were great fun; sometimes, if they took place in the Summer, horse brakes would be hired, and after the ceremony, we would all pile into these, some inside, and some on the top, and drive down to Theydon Boise in Essex [...]. When my cousin May married (the one who was the milliner), we children had tremendous fun, as we played downstairs, in and out the shop, and through the room at the back, …	more >>
Weddings in the family were great fun; sometimes, if they took place in the Summer, horse brakes would be hired, and after the ceremony, we would all pile into these, some inside, and some on the top, and drive down to Theydon Boise in Essex [...]. When my cousin May married (the one who was the milliner), we children had tremendous fun, as we played downstairs, in and out the shop, and through the room at the back, whilst the grown-ups had a song and dance in the room above, and at one time, when the dancing was at it's [sic] height, the ceiling over the shop literally sagged with the weight, and a couple of the men were standing holding up the tall bookcase, which was swaying backwards and forwards.
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Henrietta Burkin, Memoirs of Henrietta Burkin. In Brunel University Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 2:118, p. 15. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1529664045721 accessed: 29 January, 2022
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Citroën has introduced the C4 SpaceTourer and Grand C4 SpaceTourer to its UK range. This follows the brand's announcement at the Geneva Motor Show that the SpaceTourer nomenclature would replace the Picasso name from May 2018. Citroën UK will also introduce a new BlueHDi 160 S&S Diesel engine – paired with a new EAT8 automatic gearbox – to both the C4 SpaceTourer and Grand C4 SpaceTourer from 1 June 2018. This will be the first time this new engine and gearbox combination will feature in the Citroën range, for even greater driving comfort. The C4 SpaceTourer and Grand C4 SpaceTourer BlueHDi 160 S&S EAT8 will be priced from just £27,550 OTR and £29,250 OTR respectively.
The C4 SpaceTourer and Grand C4 SpaceTourer have officially adopted the 'SpaceTourer' nomenclature to complete the Citroën MPV range. This use of the 'SpaceTourer' signature – as announced at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year – replaces the 'Picasso' name and allows the brand to present a new global offering with three MPVs – C4 SpaceTourer (5-seats), Grand C4 SpaceTourer (7-seats) and the original SpaceTourer (5 to 9-seats).
All three models also benefit from Citroën's know-how in terms of space, practicality and well-being. Built on the EMP2 platform, they all incorporate useful technologies that prioritise safety and make everyday life easier, while offering remarkable dynamic behaviour and efficiency.
From 1 May 2018, C4 SpaceTourer and Grand C4 SpaceTourer also gain new safety equipment. A new 'Safety Pack' becomes standard equipment on all Flair versions, which includes Driver Attention Alert, Speed Sign Recognition and Recommendation, and Active Safety Brake.
Prices for the Citroën C4 SpaceTourer start from just £21,125 OTR. Prices apply from 1 May 2018.
Prices for the Citroën Grand C4 SpaceTourer start from £23,425 OTR. Prices apply from 1 May 2018.
Editor's Note: Both ranges will continue to evolve in the coming months as the Citroën brand introduces new engines that conform to the latest European standards.
An important development from 1 June 2018 will be the arrival of the latest-generation EAT8 automatic gearbox in the C4 SpaceTourer and Grand C4 SpaceTourer. Initially paired with the BlueHDi 160 S&S Diesel engine, the EAT8 automatic gearbox will be paired with other engines later in the year.
Reduced fuel consumption of up to 7% compared to the EAT6, thanks to the two additional gears, better economy with the extension of the Stop & Start function up to 12mph (20 km/h), and improvements in terms of weight and compact design (up to 2kg lighter compared to the EAT6).
Improved driving comfort and smoother gearshifts made possible by the optimised exchange of torque between the engine and gearbox. The transition to eight speeds helps reduce the jump between gears at each gearshift.


The launch of iPhone 4S has not been received with exaggerated enthusiasm, and the new Apple phone keeps the same design as its predecessor. However, in addition to enhancements to the hardware level, iPhone 4S has the potential to differentiate through iOS operating system, especially through the many applications offered by leading developers.
We ave created a list of applications you definitely have to try on your iPhone as many people around the world already have voted by downloading them.
If you have a limited Internet connection, Read It Later is one of the applications that you should not miss on the iPhone 4S. This allows you to download web pages and read them later, either in its original format, without commercials or just in text, like a book. In addition, the application is ideal for long articles that you want to read in several "rounds".
In an age where increasingly using electronic devices, an application that quickly and easily synchronize files is ideal. Dropbox is a service that probably does not need any presentation, and the application for iPhone allows similar facilities with desktop one, accessing of shared files, download them or direct view.
The growing use of mobiles have paved the way for a new and exciting way to play casino games while on the go, and Spin Palace is on the forefront of this booming mobile gaming industry. Their iPhone casino app features a number of games powered by Microgaming technology that are fun to play and will keep you entertained for hours.
Wikipanion is the iPhone application for Wikipedia, online encyclopedia that gives you information about… anything. Compared to the mobile version of the site, the application has some additional functions such as saving certain pages, search the article and supply the item on Twitter, which are better integrated. In addition, there are commercials.
It's about former Tweet, Twitter application which was bought by re branding. The main change is that the application has become free, otherwise keeping the same direction: easy interface, numerous options and support for multiple accounts.
Obviously, social network Facebook has application for the iPhone, and this tends to be easier to use than desktop version. Through the homepage you quick access to the most important sections of the site (for news feed, notifications, messages, etc.), including brand pages.
The application made by Adobe allows the photo editing on the iPhone, including functions of the crop being found, exposure and effects. Obviously, you should not expect to facilities such as those offered by desktop version of Photoshop, but for basic editing of photos taken with the camera is sufficient.
An application for noting some important things is essential for any mobile user, and Evernote is the best for iPhone. This has the advantage that is available for other platforms, so that you can synchronize notes between multiple devices. The less good is that require registration, and versions are rich endowment money.
I could not finish the presentation without mention of one of the most popular mobile games, Angry Birds. As simple as a concept (throw birds after pigs), the creator so addictive, Angry Birds has been downloaded 500 million times and could become the most popular game in history. For this you need to dethrone Nokia Snake just used, according to subjective estimates, nearly 1 billion phones.
These are just some of the best iPhone applications available in the iTunes Store, which has over 500,000 applications. There is nothing left for us than to wish you a pleasant navigation through the iTunes Store and download spore!


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Advise on site use and improvements, selection of materials, building systems and equipment. Provide recommendations on construction feasibility, availability of materials, and time requirements for installation. In addition, we will advise on alternate building methods and construction factors including savings associated with value engineering.
Develop a master schedule that coordinates and integrates design efforts and owner review of the construction schedule. Update the project schedule incorporating a detailed schedule for the construction operations, sequences and durations, processing of shop drawings, samples, delivery of long lead items and owner requirements.
Recommend for purchase the procurement of long-lead items to insure their delivery by the required date. Review the drawings and specifications with the owner to eliminate areas of conflict and overlapping in the work to be performed by the various trade contractors.
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Develop subcontractor interest in the project as working drawings and specifications are completed; take competitive bids on the work of the various trade contractors. After analyzing the bids, either award contracts or recommend to the owner which contracts to be awarded.
Upon completion, an owner's representative will be oriented to mechanical equipment operations and maintenance. Various systems operations and information centers, including a project owner's manual.


This is the deadly cache of guns once owned by notorious gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, which is set to go under the hammer at auction this month.
The .45 calibre Thompson sub-machine gun - also known as a Tommy gun - and a 12-gauge Winchester shotgun dating back to 1897 could fetch thousands.
They were seized by police after a daring raid on the duo went wrong and two officers were killed in a hail of bullets.
But during their getaway, the iconic outlaws - who met in January 1930 - left behind the two powerful guns in Joplin, Missouri, in April 1933.
Yeah I'd hit that Bonnie too...she's HAWT!!!


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Future on Ciara and Custody Issues: 'This Bitch Got Problems'
Rapper Future
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Editor's note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive.
Someone must have given Future a sack of coal for Christmas and not that keepsake diary he requested, because he's back on Twitter venting about his parenting relationship with Ciara.
Future's Twitter tirade doesn't shine a positive light on him, especially if he's out here calling the mother of his child a bitch:
https://twitter.com/1future/status/684085032558944258
He also posted about how much he's paying a month in child support, which doesn't necessarily mean he gets to see his son:
https://twitter.com/1future/status/684085537339224065https://twitter.com/1future/status/684086996080455681
Someone take this man's Twitter account away from him. Last summer, Future attempted to drag Ciara's name through the mud and spoke about her relationship with Russell Wilson. Apparently he's still sucking on sour grapes.
But as they say, there are always two sides to every story.


It's been a mostly rainy and windy day, perfect for hanging out in the sewing room. I finished my Hands2Help charity quilt this afternoon.
This one will go to Quilts of Compassion.
I used the Dancing Pinwheels tutorial found at Little Miss Shabby, with some modifications for size (described here) to accommodate the use of charm squares.
The variety of fabrics came from Stephanie at Venus de Hilo. I've long admired the colorful fabrics she uses in her quilts, so when she did some destashing last year, I scooped up an awesome "Woodland" charm pack she had put together.
Quilted in an overall meander. Backed in a green and purple print and bound in a purple dot fabric.
I'm squeaking in under the wire for this week's Whoop-Whoop linky, and counting this as an April finish for A Stitch in Time.
Love it! I have so many charms packs that I don't know what to do with and this is a great idea!
Oh, I love it, P.! Such gorgeous colors - I can understand why you'd have a hard time letting it go! Whoop whoop!!
Love those pinwheels! Such bright, pretty colors! And I absolutely love the binding you picked. Whoever receives it will love it, I'm sure! Beautifully done (and thanks for linking up!)!
'Tis understandable why you would find it difficult handing over this beauty!! your pinwheel quilt is spinning with pretty colour and pattern. Love it!!
This is a lovely quilt - such a lot of movement with the pinwheels, and such pretty colours.
I like the idea of getting your fabrics from a friend who is cleaning her supplies out!
Love it! So colorful and fun.
That's one adorable quilt, and someone is going to love it.
The meander was a perfect choice and how cute is that binding!
So pretty... I just love it. Bravo, well done.
Great finish, wonderful hug. Thanks for the link to the how to.
This quilt is beautiful. I love the pinwheels. This quilt will be treasured.
I love that cute pattern!
love pinwheels. whoever gets this quilt will love it.
Those dancing pinwheels in the bright colors on white are certain to cheer up someone's day. I love the backing and the binding, great combination.
I love the bright colors against the white fabric, very whimsical!
Beautiful quilt! I love the bright colors against the crisp white.


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The Father's Heart is a Heart of Love, and it is my deepest desire to share HIS Love with you.
"Pine Straw Path of Life"
From the time I was a child, God has always been real to me. Whether sitting in a church, or along a riverbank listening to the rippling stream, I have felt His presence and been touched by His awesome power.
We all have special places we like to go, those wonderful places where we can find peace and rejuvenation of body and spirit. For me, that special place is the ocean, because in it, I can see all the facets of God's love.
My favorite vacation spot is a beach park in South Carolina and I always look forward to the quiet time of just being there and relaxing in God's presence. Several years ago I went through a really difficult time in my life. I prayed for peace, but peace couldn't be found. I felt if I could only go to the ocean, I would be able to look out upon the waves and find the calm I was searching for but it was in the middle of winter and it wasn't feasible to go. I went to bed that night remembering the times I have spent there, and as I slept peacefully through the night my mind took me back to this special spot of relaxation.
In my mind I remembered driving into the park, weaving my way through roads lined with pine trees and palm, admiring the campsites covered with pine straw. When I finally arrived at the campsite, the first thing I did was take my shoes off and walk the pine straw path to the beach. The straw beneath my feet felt prickly, and hurt, but the closer I got to the shore, my feet began to feel sand beneath them and the hurt was replaced with softness. I remember thinking how our problems are like that pine straw. They can hurt and feel prickly to our hearts, but if we trust in God and believe in Him, He can soften the pain of them and they become as sand beneath our feet.
Before I knew it, I was on the shore, watching the tides roll in, with the Lighthouse in the distance, and God was speaking to my heart. I was reminded that God is the Lighthouse and when things are the darkest in my life, if I keep my eyes on Him, He will keep me in His watchful care, and safely lead me home. As I watched the tides go in and out, I knew that even when the waves are crashing all around me and the storms of life seem like they will never end, God is there in the midst of them and He will never give me more than I can handle. And when the waves calmed, and the tide went out, it reminded me that God says "Peace be still". He assures us that if we trust in Him, and listen for His guidance, He will speak to our hearts in the still, small voice that is His alone, and He will calm our soul.
I awoke with the peace I had been searching for, and God began to speak to my heart. The thoughts came so quickly that I had to write them down, for fear that I would forget them. What followed was the words and music for my song, "Pine Straw Path of Life". Copyright 2006. Lyrics and a music CD of this song are included in my autobiography, "Sweet Song", and is available at http://www.sweetsongministries.com/id10.html.
My life is a living testimony to Him and His presence in my life. I have learned that it is not about RELIGION.... It's about RELATIONSHIP... that personal one on one relationship that God wants to have with each and every one of us. I have also learned that Satan is a great deceiver and the author of confusion. He can make bad things appear good, and at the same time convince us that the good in our lives is not what it should be. Before we even realize what is happening, Satan can turn our lives into total chaos. God is a God of Peace, and He wants to fill each of us with the peace and joy that can come only from Him. It is not about GOOD... it's about GOD, and it is only through Him and His boundless love that we can find that Sweet Song that is within each of us.
I believe God sends people into our lives to either bless us or be blessed by us, and as I have lived and grown in the knowledge of Christ, God placed just the right people in my path to help me along the way. These were not extraordinary people who, in the world's eyes were of great importance; but, people who God knew would influence my growth, and provide just the push I needed at that time in my life.
I reached adulthood and have accomplished much of what I hoped for in my childhood dreams; but as I've grown older I've realized that life is so much more than I ever thought it could be. The real accomplishment is not in things or successes, but in finding the true beauty of life which is the sweetness of God that comes from within.
As I reflect on my childhood and recall the special people who helped mold my life into what it is today, I am reminded that the Character of God is an awesome thing. These were normal, every day people; not unlike you and me, yet they were people who loved God, and wanted His will in their life. They let His light shine through them, and in doing so, allowed that light to shine upon me.
My goal is that the beauty of Christ be reflected in my daily walk and that the characteristics of compassion, humility, faith and perseverence be ever present in me. It is my belief that if we strive to instill His characteristics in us, our lives can take on a beauty and sense of peacefulness that is second only to His matchless love. We become as candles in the darkness, and only God knows the difference our lives can make.
I pray God will continue to use the ministry He has entrusted me with to bless others and that you, too, will experience the unshakeable peace that comes from knowing Him and His AWESOME presence.
God has blessed me richly, and I like to tell His story the best way I know how.... from my heart. It would be my pleasure to share God's love with you in word and in Song.


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Cars 3 Storyline Released
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A teaser trailer for Disney/Pixar's Cars 3 was released last week and it showed Lightning McQueen crashing in slow motion on the race track. In an unusual move, fans of the franchise quickly jumped to conclusions online rather than waiting for the movie to come out to get the full story. Fans are stating that this trailer is "too dark" for audiences, citing how cars never crash in NASCAR or in real life.
"Yes, I will absolutely judge a movie based on 30 seconds out of a 90 minute movie," wrote one jaded online "journalist" Aiden Montrose. "Getting the whole story by investing 90 minutes of my day is just not my style. I'd rather speculate based on one tiny shred of evidence."
(EDITOR'S NOTE: We chose to put quotations around the word "journalist" in a mocking fashion, since writers of Disney blogs and tweets have absolutely no journalistic integrity, including this site.)
Our video forensics research team analyzed the teaser trailer for hints about what may have happened to Lightning McQueen.
"To me, the vehicle damage looks salvageable," said Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III, Vice President of Typhoid Lagoon's Animated Video Forensics Team. "I know a lot about cars: everything from the blinker fluid to the Johnson Rod and I can tell you that in my expert opinion, I think that although it looks bad, I think Lightning McQueen can recover from this, albeit in a fractured shell of what he used to be."
We reached out to our official fan club in Japan, The Typhoid Lagoon Happy For Fun Good People Outreach For Certain Club, who had an illegal copy of the film. The paragraphs below contain MAJOR SPOILERS so continue reading at your own risk.
"I can assure you that what you see in the teaser is absolutely not as dark as it gets," said Itchiro Nakamura, Vice President of the Typhoid Lagoon Happy For Fun Good People Outreach For Certain Club. "The movie opens with Lightning McQueen crashing, which leads to a downward spiral of him becoming an assassin to save his family. In the end, his family turns on him and sends what's left of his car into the vehicle compactor. It's dark as shit."
Nakamura went on to tell us that viewers should stay for the after-credits scene, which hints at a Cars 4 with the ghost of Lightning McQueen.
So there you have it. It's not as bad as you thought… it's a whole lot worse.
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Bjork and Matthew Barney gambol in a pool of hot grease.
Scratch the glittering hide of the most successful artist and you'll probably find a bruised little outcast lurking inside, still smarting from some long-ago snub. Even so great an eminence as Frank Gehry is not immune, on the evidence of Sketches of Frank Gehry, a profile of the renowned architect by his equally famous friend, the director Sydney Pollak.
The documentary depicts Gehry as a grandfatherly mensch, self-deprecating about his early setbacks and becomingly grateful for the acclaim and high-profile commissions he enjoys today. His greatness is attested to and reflectively enhanced by such high-wattage Hollywood luminaries as Michael Eisner, Bob Geldof, and Barry Diller. Yet as Gehry's story emerges, amid gorgeous shots of his amazing buildings, we see flickers of the anger and disappointment he felt in the days when he searched for his own path and endured the derision of those who dismissed his work as impractical and ugly.
One of his teachers assured him he'd never make it as an architect, Gehry recalls, and Pollak points out that soon afterwards the young man changed his last name from Goldberg to Gehry—at the insistence of his first wife, the architect says, but the implication is that an overtly Jewish last name was less than welcome in the clubby world of architecture.
Gehry describes designing an undistinguished shopping mall in order to pay the bills and reflects how frightening it was to turn his back on lucrative but soulless work to pursue his own vision. Gehry's temper and aggressiveness, though never displayed, are alluded to. His long-time therapist, Milton Wexler, is brought on camera to describe how Gehry struggled to overcome the internal and external blocks to his own creativity.
Sketches is primarily a celebration of Gehry's achievements and—at its most intriguing—an exploration of how he works. The practical details of the buildings come later; at the outset, his intuitive, physical approach to design looks very much like intensely focused but open-ended play. Futzing around with pencil and paper, scissors and tape, he makes fanciful sketches and creates crude little models with his assistants in order to discover the form of the project he's working on. "That is so stupid-looking it's great," he exclaims with satisfaction when, after many attempts, he finds an arrangement of shapes and textures he likes.
Yet to tell this story the misunderstood genius must be evoked, and not just because in Gehry's case it was no doubt true. Without that chapter, Gehry, with his museums and concert halls and big-name patrons, would look too commercial to be taken seriously. Absent his fame, he'd be beneath our notice, yet if he'd never been scorned, we would not so readily recognize him as a real artist.
Perhaps that's one reason some of us have trouble taking Matthew Barney to our bosom. Barney put himself through Yale by working as a fashion model and he's been an art-world hit since his first group show; if there's a tragic second act, it hasn't happened yet. And there's something off-puttingly bulletproof about not only his biography but also his movies, sculptures, and installations. Not to mention his art-jock physical presentation.
Drawing Restraint 9, which recently went into limited theatrical release, previews the Drawing Restraint exhibition opening this month. (Its sole American venue will be the San Francisco Museum of Art.) Like the Cremaster series and indeed all Barney' work, Drawing Restraint is based on a hermetic, claustrophobically detailed mythology that Barney pulls almost literally out of his own ass, involving as it does morphing genitalia, the mysteries of digestion, and (to quote the artist) "the anal output of the path."
DR 9 takes place on and around a huge Japanese whaling vessel, with Barney and his significant other, Bjork, appearing as the "Occidental Guests" who are invited on board to be bathed, shaved, and dressed in furs for a Shinto-esque wedding ceremony. Also brought aboard is a tankful of Barney's signature petroleum jelly, which is pumped hot into a large mold, chilled, unmolded, and melted down again. The liquefied jelly invades the couple's chamber and gradually submerges them as they take out whaling knives and cut each others' legs to shreds, eating their own flesh and transforming themselves into chimeras, half-human, half-whale.
All this is shot with the pacing we've come to expect from video art, that is, painfully slow, and neither Barney nor Bjork appear capable of even bad acting. But the tedium is leavened by the beauty of some of the images and by Bjork's score, which uses Japanese folk motifs, Noh, and Bjorkish wails to create riffs that are by turns meditative and exceedingly dramatic. And really there's no point in critiquing this as a movie, because it isn't one: it's a big, glossy, high-priced object, a sculpture being made inside our heads.
Indeed, there's something imperialistic about the domineering way Barney demands our attention. At a time when goofing around seems to dominate art practice, Barney's overweening self-seriousness is perhaps a reason he's widely admired. But the intricacies he keeps generating shove aside whatever our own associations might be. As his personal iconography goes through one elaboration after another, his engagement with his own engagement feels ever more oppressive. Watching DR9 is like being forced to listen to a brilliant but deranged dinner companion give a complete run-down on an intricate historical conspiracy—but minus the plotline.
Anyone who thought Art School Confidential was superficially broad in its depiction of art-world arrogance ought to be forced to sit through Barney's two-plus-hour-long valentine to his own thought processes. A world-famous artist who spends vast amounts of money and effort filming squads of Japanese dancers worshipfully welcoming the arrival of a tanker truck full of his hot VaselineÖwho could make this stuff up?
The posers and flaming assholes of Terry Zwigoff's underrated little movie likewise come to mind when the painter Julian Schnabel makes an unintentionally hilarious appearance in Sketches of Frank Gehry. Dressed in nothing but a terrycloth robe and dark glasses, clutching a snifter of brandy and a cigarette, Schnabel plays the Great Artist as a cross between Picasso and Hugh Hefner.
While we're on the subject of Art School Confidential, am I the only one who really, really liked it? The critical consensus was pretty unanimous: the jibes at art inanity were enjoyed by one and all, but the film's serial-killer subplot and downbeat ending were roundly condemned as de trop.
But take away the murders and you'd be left with a snotty little tale in which nothing much is really at stake. A young man goes to art school hoping to realize his naive dream of becoming the Picasso of the 21st century. Instead his careful draftsmanship is disdained by his hipper classmates; they, his teacher, and the beautiful model he adores all prefer the aggressively childish cars and trucks painted by a hunky blond who turns out to be concealing a secret identity. Will the young man's true worth ever be recognized?
It's a great plot line for "Rocky Goes to RISD," but it won't wash with most veterans of art school. The humiliation, the despair, the war of all against all, the seething hatred of those above and below on the status ladder—it's an atmosphere in which random murder might credibly seem healthily expressive.
Every creative field has this cats-fighting-in-a-bag quality—there isn't enough work and money and fame to satisfy more than a tiny fraction of all the aspiring actors, writers, dancers, and directors out there. But visual art seems to be a peculiarly harsh environment, because schooling is so costly, the work so lonely (perhaps that's why art collectives are increasingly popular), and the chances of making it as a fine artist so slim.
No wonder the characters in Art School Confidential are furious not only at their colleagues but at the wide indifferent world. The desire for vengeance against all of humanity is expressed repeatedly, and not just by the actual killer.
We tend to define a true artist as one who is in some crucial way deeply alienated from the sordid everyday. Successful artists like this notion because it makes them heroes; it helps the rest of us find solace in our decision to take the road more traveled, the one covered with strip malls and non-architected houses.
The darkness of Art School Confidential, and its power as more than a send-up, stem from the movie's embrace of the artist outsider ideal, its valorizing of alienation as the only way to achieve valid creative inspiration. Its protagonist is successful—as a man, as an artist—only to the degree he renounces, or is forced to renounce, the yearning for acceptance.
Frank Gehry knows that's a false choice, but the angry young man inside him doubtless believes in its truth. As for Matthew Barney, he's probably too busy (in his words) "joining the mouth of Situation with the anus of Production" to care.
Tessa DeCarlo
Tessa DeCarlo claims to have a few illusions remaining.
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore's Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination: An Artist's Reckoning with the South
By TK Smith
JUNE 2022 | Art Books
As a historian of the American South, Gilmore is positioned to offer a historical analysis of Bearden's life within a larger American context, expanding upon the work previously done by art historians, curators, and Bearden himself. A promising transdisciplinary endeavor, it fails to complicate what is widely known of the artist's life.
Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented, 1918–1939
By Charlotte Kent
The goal of MoMA's Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented, 1918–1939 is to showcase the ways that artists participated in spreading radical new ideas made urgent by World War I and the 1917 Russian Revolution. The exhibition largely focuses on activity in what would become the Soviet Bloc, as artists enthusiastically adopted new print and distribution technologies, and embraced a geometric, abstract aesthetic that dramatized their rejection of the decadent, bourgeois parlor.
Bob Keyes's The Isolation Artist
By Roger Conover
DEC 21-JAN 22 | Books
This book is a master lesson on how not to be an artist. It is also a fable, although the cast of characters is not made up of forest animals but island people.
Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented
By Sam Korman
Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented is a robust catalog not of paintings, but of everything else Aleksandr Rodchenko, El Lissitzky, Luibova Popova, Kurt Schwitters, Hannah Hoch, and the rest of the big central and eastern European names of the era did.


The difference between Parsis the book and Parsis the photography exhibition is that the first drew attention to the Zoroastrian community, while the second will direct the eye to the art of taking pictures.
"My book said everything I had to say about the Parsis," Taraporevala says. "I don't want the show to say anything. I want it to be a visual experience, I want people to go in there and look at photos."
Nawaz Kapadia, the daughter of an old friend of Taraporevala's father, with an American friend, in India from the US, 2010.
The 56-year-old writer and film-maker, whose 2009 movie, the comedy Little Zizou, also held up a mirror to her people, started shooting in the mid-1980s. The city that Taraporevala has boxed into her camera for over three decades has changed only in two respects, she says. "There was much less traffic in those days and only two kinds of cars, Fiats and Ambassadors."
Jazz musician Goody Seervai was 'an institution at navjotes and functions'. Taraporevla says —'I have grown up with his accordion music so much that I put the music in my movie'.
It took six months of poring over boxes and boxes of transparencies and choosing the ones to digitally scan and convert into prints. "I hate decision making, and selection is all about making decisions," Taraporevala says. "For the book, I chose photos that featured only Parsis in the frame, while for the show I have shown Parsis along with others. My primary thing, of course, is good photographs."
A Parsi priest at Nana Chowk, part of a set of four photographs that follow the character throught the streets.
It's also the first time the pictures will be on sale—priced at between 18,000 and 1 lakh.
Parsis will be on at Gallery Chemould, Queens Mansion, Fort, Mumbai, from 6 March-6 April.


13 January 2013: Feature in the Viennese daily, Kurier.
18 January 2013: Interview on Austrian Television on the occasion of the Austrian release of Cold a Long Time (German translation, Eiskalter Tod).
29 January 2013: The Foeger family from Tyrol invited me to give a talk about the book as part of an Information Evening on their own struggle for truth and justice. The family believes--and there is strong evidence to support their conviction--that the brutal murder of Angelika Foeger (see Andere Faelle) was not properly investigated and that key evidence was suppressed. In an attempt to obtain greater clarity about this case, I hired American forensic experts to analyze the crime scene photos, and they came to the conclusion that the crime scene does NOT correspond to the official reconstruction of murder. This indicates that the official culprit, who was convicted in 1991, made a false confession. My contribution to the discussion begins at 8:55 on the counter.
30 January 2013: Well TV International interview about Eiskalter Tod.


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In Jimmy Swaggart's latest broadside at rock 'n' roll, a new book called "Religious Rock 'n' Roll: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," the TV preacher takes aim at Christian rockers like Steve Taylor. Swaggart accuses them of promoting "religious nihilism," saying religious rock has "no basis in the Bible" and "does not offer heaven, for the music within itself produces a vacuum."
Now that Swaggart himself has admitted to sinning, how does Taylor feel about his accuser? "You hate to kick a guy when he's down," Taylor responded. "But I thought Swaggart's attacks on Christian rock were very mean-spirited and made some strange leaps of logic and rationality. When I first saw his book at my barber's, I was so distraught that I told (my barber) just to give me a quick trim."
As for Swaggart's current crisis: "He's got a lot to account for. This whole thing about repentance is well and good but I think, well, he's got a lot to repent for. I feel sorry for him and his family, but when you set yourself up, preaching one standard and living another, sooner or later it catches up to you."
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Pattonville named a Top Workplace for fifth year in row
The Pattonville School District was named to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Top Workplaces list for 2019. The district was ranked 7th among the Top 20 large employers (500 or more employees) in the St. Louis area. This is the fifth year in a row Pattonville has earned Top Workplace recognition, and no other school district in the region was ranked higher than Pattonville.
"Our Pattonville school family is committed to a critical mission - ensuring all our students are ready for life after graduation," said superintendent Dr. Tim Pecoraro. "This recognition is a tribute to the way we work together every day as colleagues to ensure learning experiences are personalized to the needs of our students. We thank each and every staff member for their unique role and contributions to our mission and purpose and for the feedback that made this recognition possible."
To create the Top Workplaces list, the Post-Dispatch teamed up with Energage, a survey firm that specializes in organizational health and employee engagement. The list recognizes great companies based solely on feedback provided by employees via written and online surveys. Last March, 74% of Pattonville staff responded to a survey and provided feedback. Employers that scored high enough based on national benchmarks are named to the Top Workplaces list. Pattonville was featured in a special Top Workplaces section of the Post-Dispatch on Sunday, June 23 and online at STLToday.com.
Nearly 1,300 metro St. Louis companies were nominated as a Top Workplace, but only 150 received recognition. Out of that number, only 20, including Pattonville, were named a Top Workplace for companies with 500 or more employees. In addition, Pecoraro was recognized as a standout among large employers as a "confidence-boosting" leader.
Interested in working for Pattonville?
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Our products were recently featured in the national home improvement magazine Extreme How-To!
We're proud to have our products featured in the April 2009 edition of a leading home improvement magazine, Extreme How-To. Extreme How To is the magazine for the serious home project engineer. Extreme How To Offers products, plans, and tips for today's most popular extreme duty projects and diy - do it yourself projects, home improvement and home decorating. In this article, the editors walk through a typical installation of our stair treads with great pictures and explanations of each step in the installation process. We've posted the entire article on our website where you can read and print a copy.


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Q: Uploading a bos file from the portal I'm following along with the getting started tutorial (Travel Requests) and I am at the part where it says to export the project from within bonita studio and then upload it as a resource in the portal. However when I go to resources in the coolbar and click add, it only allows me to upload zip files. Whats up with that?

A: Oops, it said to export the page from the UI designer, not from Bonita Studio. Exporting from the UI designer does indeed create a zip file.


Have a fine beast of a L1000 with wiring problems. It was fine when I bought it in 1992 from Coldharbour Lane in Brixton but then it's been rewired a few times to the point where I don't what is correct anymore.
The net result that the bass cut pot works as a volume cut and regardless of switch position, it sounds the same.
Comparing the diagrams with what I see when I look at the actual wiring, there are differences. I'd like to take care of it myself but I don't know what type of resistor I need on the treble pot?
mickeyziggyk wrote: Have a fine beast of a L1000 with wiring problems. It was fine when I bought it in 1992 from Coldharbour Lane in Brixton but then it's been rewired a few times to the point where I don't what is correct anymore.
I'm in SoCal, so probably can't help you with a local tech, though deltafred may know of one.
There is no resistor on the volume pot, though there should be one on the treble pot.
Note on the caps: You don't need anything fancy or mojo-filled for this. Big ol' Orange Drop caps will get you exactly nothing in a bass circuit. Maybe in a tube guitar amp, but not here. Just use the ones I've listed.
Carefully remove all the components that are currently on the pots and solder in the new ones per the diagram above. It's a pretty simple circuit, so a decent tech should be able to handle the rebuild.
Ken Baker wrote: I'm in SoCal, so probably can't help you with a local tech, though deltafred may know of one.
Sorry I can't help, Brixton might as well be SoCal to me.
I don't even know any techs local to me, well not one I would trust with a soldering iron near my guitars, I do all my own tech work. If you were a bit closer mickeyziggyk I would gladly rewire it for a beer or two.
Gentlemen and scholars, I thank you.
The wiring diagram is clearer to other ones I've seen in the past.
I feel I ought to fix it myself, but wanted a tech to get me out of jail just in case.


What's Sensory Integration Got to Do With It?
What's sensory integration got to do with it? (learning that is). My answer is simple…everything!
Proprioception is the stimulation of the muscles, joints and ligaments of the body.
What are the ingredients for a successful start to school? If you're a parent of a child beginning school next year, no doubt this is a question at the forefront of your mind.
Make Today a Sensory Play Day!
Many youngsters today are not having enough opportunities to engage in the learning that comes via their sensory system.
These 5 activities will have your little ones entertained and on a journey of discovery all at once.
When it comes to children's behaviour, there's nothing that gets under our skin more than tantrums.
A retained Moro reflex is one of the easiest to spot, as it's one of the hardest to live with.


Vehicle importers in the country posted a 17-percent drop in sales in 2018 selling only 88,700 units compared to 106,285 units during the previous year.
On Wednesday, the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) reported that sales of both passenger car and light commercial vehicle segments were down last year by 22 percent and 14 percent, respectively.
AVID members sold a total of 30,960 units of passenger cars last year, markedly lower than the 39,721 units they sold in the local market in 2017.
Light commercial vehicle sales also slowed down to 57,027 units last year from 66,564 units in 2017.
"Full year 2018 AVID sales recorded 88,700 units sold amidst unfavorable economic conditions," said AVID President Ma. Fe Perez-Agudo.
AVID cited headwinds that challenged the market last year such as the high inflation rate, rising borrowing costs, increasing oil prices, and the new excise tax on automobiles.
Despite the decline last year, the vehicle importers' group is optimistic about its outlook for 2019, as the economy is expected to grow above 6 percent, inflation is seen to slow down, and the central bank is projected to loosen its monetary policy.
With this, AVID forecasts the industry to grow by 10 percent this year.
"With new product launches and economic pressures seen abating moving forward, AVID expects that the industry will recover from the sales slump in 2019," Perez-Agudo added.


We'd like to invite you for an interview bactrim 400 mg dosage Compounding this Tory problem is the rise of Ukip. In effect British elections are decided not by a mass popular vote, but by a handful of swing voters in swing seats. Lord Ashcroft last weekend released a poll of these marginal constituencies which said that Labour's lead has widened to an almighty 17 points. This was not because Labour has become more popular, but because so many Tory supporters have defected to Ukip. Miliband is also buoyed by the fact that the British left, which split in the 1980s with the creation of the SDP, has reunited. When Clegg jumped into bed with Cameron, just under half of his erstwhile supporters leapt into Labour's arms.


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Thomas Marshall  ( – 1866) was a Tyneside songwriter of popular songs in the early and middle 19th century. His most well-known song is probably "Euphys Coronation".

Early life
Thomas Marshall was born in  in Newcastle, it is thought in Silver Street (long since demolished).

He started work as an apprentice brush-maker with a Mr Laidler (or Laidlaw) of Laidlaw & Nicholson, whose business at the time was located in Carpenter's Tower (site unknown), later moved to Pilgrim Street and then became Byer's & Co.
He continued working for the same company for many years at his trade as a journeyman, becoming a foreman brush-maker.

He would only be in his early twenties when in 1829 he published a collection of his songs, amounting to 24 pages filled with humour. The Chapbook was called A Collection of original local songs; it was "Printed for the author by Wm Fordyce, Dean Street, Newcastle 1829"

In the early 19th century, Newcastle had quite a collection of local eccentrics (also referred to as "worthies", and John Marshall mentioned them, and their peculiarities, in many of the songs.

Marriage
The name of his wife is unknown, but according to the 1872 edition of "Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs" he had just one son, who predeceased him.

Later life
According to the comments in this 1972 edition of Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs – "In appearance he was slight, dark, and a little under the middle height. At his work he would often break out with William Watson's "Thumping Luck to yon Town," a favourite song of his".

He appeared to write very little as he got older, but he must have retained his interest in music, as for years he was one of the Guild of Bell-ringers of All Saints' Church.

He died suddenly (he had been working two days before) on 30 December 1866, at the age of a little over 60. At his home in Shield Street (an area now completely re-developed), Shieldfield, Newcastle from a paralytic attack.

He was buried at All Saints' cemetery on 2 January 1867 in an unmarked grave.

Legacy
Thomas Marshall was a Geordie born and bred; he wrote using the local Geordie dialect.

Works
These include:

Blind Willie, versus Billy Scott – A song about a fight between these two local "eccentrics"
Blind Willie's jubilee – To the tune of "Bold Dragoon" – A song top celebrate Blind Willy's 50th birthday and ensuing party
Heeltap's disaster – A song about a greedy shoemaker
Markie's grandie; or, Richie's mistake – This is a comic song about mistaking the name of a public house
Ralphey and the broker – This is a song about a defective chest ordered from a broker ( or joiner)
Ralphey's views fra the spire – This song describes the amazing view from the spire of St. Nicholas Church in Newcastle claiming he could see all the way to London. The entry fee of half a crown (or 12½ pence) is nearly £8.00 by today's value)
Tars and skippers – A song written after tales of "body snatcher" like Burke & Hare, tells of a group of people guarding a corpse
Visit to Swalwell – Song about a group of folk led by a band setting out from Newcastle to go to Swalwell for a 'merry night
Euphys Coronation

See also
Geordie dialect words

References

External links
 FARNE--Marshall, Thomas (d.1866) Collection of original local songs by Thomas Marshall (1829)
 Photographs of Newcastle
 Bards of Newcastle
 Wor Geordie songwriters
Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings

English singers
English songwriters
People from Newcastle upon Tyne (district)
Musicians from Tyne and Wear
1866 deaths
1806 births
Geordie songwriters
19th-century English singers

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The majority of mineral vitamin supplements are made from chemicals rather than natural substances. However, there is a steady growth in the demand for natural mineral vitamin supplements. This is due to the amount of debate that there is as to whether chemical mineral vitamins can be more harmful than beneficial in the long term.
The fact is that chemical mineral vitamin supplements are not as easily absorbed as normal food particles are. The mineral vitamin industry is constantly striving to create products that are more easily processed by the body and therefore more beneficial.
Every now and then the industry comes up with a new 'more bio-available' form of a vitamin or mineral. To overcome this, a large number of mineral vitamins have been developed that combine other elements with the vitamins and minerals to enable them to be more easily absorbed by the body. Iron is commonly combined to form iron gluconate which enable the mineral vitamin supplement to be more absorbable.
The amount of a nutrient in a mineral vitamin supplement needs to be far greater than it would be in a more natural form for the body to be able to absorb the amount that is required. This can obviously lead to problem where a toxic level of the particular nutrient is being consumed by the large doses of the mineral vitamin supplement that are needed. It is therefore extremely important that a person does not simply take vast quantities of all of the mineral vitamin supplements that are advertised on television and should seek advice from a health professional. It is also worth being aware of the developments in the mineral vitamin supplement industry as there are constantly new and better combinations being developed.
One method that mineral vitamin manufacturers have developed to help aid absorption is through culturing the raw materials with yeast cells. This form of mineral vitamins are known as 'food state' and are up to four times easier for the body to absorb the required nutrients as the yeast is completely digested.
Of course, the need for mineral vitamin supplements depends on the diet that a person has. There is no doubt that it is far more preferable for a person to obtain the nutrients that they require from their food rather than by taking mineral vitamin supplements wherever possible. During certain periods it may be necessary for a person to take mineral vitamin supplements on a temporary basis but their long term use is not recommended for a number of the supplements that are available.


OK, after the full on week last week where I think combined I may have had 10 hours of sleep. Bali was the perfect place for me.
85 plus degrees (30ish Celsius) and a tropical climate was just what the doctor ordered. Relax, walk, shop, read and relax some more is basically what we did all week. Lay by the pool, lie on the beach, have some wonderful food…and then do it all over again the next day.
It's good to disconnect once in awhile even when I really don't want too. But I'm finding that disconnected for me means something completely different than before.
Disconnected use to mean no Internet access what so ever, but more and more it means disconnecting from my network of reading, writing, watching, chatting, skyping, and listening.
I wasn't connected to my network, but was connected for reasons of survival. I had to check my e-mail to stay in contact with the person watching our cats, I did a live chat session with my bank because our Visa card got blocked (happens quit often actually) and e-mailed friends of ours that went with up but to a different part of the Island. We stayed in contact via e-mail and made sure we knew where each other was in case something was to happen.
The Internet and the ease in which it allows us to communicate are changing my definition of being connected. I don't call this being connected any more than I would having a phone in my room. It just 'is' and we need it and rely on it just like we do did the telephone in the 20th century.
Do we have to use these new ways to communicate? No, but we use them and incorporate them into our lives without thinking about it. When we left Shanghai we didn't give our friend the number of the hotel we were staying at in case there was an emergency, instead we said "e-mail us". When we couldn't get money from the ATM machine I didn't make an expensive long distance phone call to my bank. I did a live chat session. When we needed information on a stomach bug I got, we didn't go to the local doctor, we went to the web and wikipedia for answers.
Being disconnected is brining on a whole new meaning for me. It no longer means not having access, it just means not accessing my personal network. Not checked all 6 e-mails and blogs, but only my personal e-mail. Not interacting with information but rather just reading and gathering when needed the information I want. I guess this is what happens when we have ubiquitous access.
As for Bali….please enjoy my "100 pictures of Bali" Flickr slideshow!
Last Day with Warlick and off to Bali!
could you and i live the lifes that we do without it?
In my first overseas placement (Bahrain) i had a once a week phone call with my parents that cost a small fortune. Now they can have multiple video conferences every week. They can watch their grandson grow. If they couldn't do this i don't know if i could live this life that i love so much.