Since its introduction, the Revised Paranormal Belief Scale (RPBS) has developed into a principal measure of belief in the paranormal. Accordingly, the RPBS regularly appears within parapsychological research. Despite common usage, academic debates continue to focus on the factorial structure of the RPBS and its psychometric integrity. Using an aggregated heterogeneous sample (N = 3764), the present study tested the fit of ten factorial models encompassing variants of the most commonly proposed solutions (seven, five, two and one-factor) plus new bifactor alternatives. A comparison of competing models revealed a seven-factor bifactor solution possessed superior data-model fit (CFI = .945, TLI = .933, IFI = .945, SRMR = .046, RMSEA = .058), containing strong factor loadings for a general factor and weaker, albeit acceptable, factor loadings for seven subfactors. A comparison of competing models found superior fit for a seven-factor bifactor solution. This indicated that belief in the paranormal, as measured by the RPBS, is best characterised as a single overarching construct, comprising several related, but conceptually independent subfactors. Furthermore, women reported significantly higher paranormal belief scores than men, and tests of invariance indicated that mean differences in gender are unlikely to reflect measurement bias. Results indicate that despite concerns about the content and psychometric integrity of the RPBS the measure functions well at both a global and seven-factor level. Indeed, the original seven-factors contaminate alternative solutions.


I don't much like doctors. In fact, I only made the appointment with Dr. Carney because I needed some medication before heading on a trip out of the country. I had no idea that this one appointment was going to change everything in my life.
Dr. Carney sat down with me, and together we came up with a plan to get me healthy again. It included a serious diet makeover, exercise, some medication, and getting to bed on time. Everyone thinks that the diet was the hard part, but I didn't think so. For me, the exercise and bedtime were the hardest. Between work and family, I'm pretty busy. I try to get to bed on time so I can get in eight to nine hours of sleep, but it's hard sometimes. However, I'm starting to do pretty good at finding ways to include exercise. For one thing, I'm able to eat lunch at my desk, so some days I go walking over my lunch break. I'm now walking three miles in about 40 minutes. I feel great about that! Before, well … I can't even say how long that would have taken me. I probably just wouldn't have done it. But now, I wake up in the morning, and I think about how I'm going to get exercise in my day. It's become almost like another meal for me. Like, we all plan to eat every day; now, I plan to exercise every day. Even on busy days, I try to do a little, even if it's not much. The truth is, it's just gotten easier. I simply find myself moving more than I used to — like I take the stairs even though I don't have to.
The biggest change in my life is something I didn't expect at all: my personality is different. I'm still me, of course. But I'm not moody. I'm not living for my next hit of caffeine. I don't get angry like I used to. My emotions are more on an even keel and even my thinking process is better.
What means the most to me is how all of these changes have affected my marriage and family life. Looking back, I feel like I deprived my wife for years; I deprived her of a good looking husband. That's kinda hard to admit, but I think it's true. I just didn't realize how much being fat affected my marriage. My wife is proud of how I've changed, and my kids are, too. It was a big day in our family when my 13-year-old daughter discovered that she could give me a hug and get her arms all the way around me. It makes me laugh because my son is looking forward to doing that now. He's only eight, so I think it's more about him growing than about my weight! I love playing with my kids, which is something I just didn't have the energy to do before. But hands-down the best thing is that I feel really proud of the way I'm providing for my family. I'm providing them a husband and a dad who's going to be there for the long haul. I now have the maximum in years. Not just physically, but in mental clarity, too. Unless there's a car accident, I've got a long life ahead of me to give to my family.
The weight loss is, of course, what most people comment on. I've lost 125 pounds in less than 11 months. I've had people at work come up to me and kinda whisper, "It's easier with the surgery, isn't it?" They think I had a gastric bypass! In general, I found that people are very supportive. One of the directors at work was shocked at the changes in me and wanted to know how it had happened. The thing is, when people see you turning your life around, they are curious. It says something about you, about your character. I've found that I get a lot of respect because people recognize the effort it takes to lose a large amount of weight.
I never thought the weight would come off so quickly. Since it had come on rather slowly, I expected it would take two or three years to lose all the excess pounds. But the change has been so dramatic that people who haven't seen me in a while sometimes don't even recognize me. My favorite story is about my aunt. This woman has known me my whole life; she used to change my diapers! A few months ago we went back to Oklahoma to visit. My wife and kids and I were sitting in the pew at church. My aunt came in and was going down the row greeting everyone by name. Then she skipped me and greeted my wife. It wasn't until my uncle came in and said, "Hey there, Nephew," that she did a double take. She just about fell over. She hadn't recognized me, and I hadn't even lost as much weight then as I've lost now.
I'm now at 219, and I can say that I've actually enjoyed the process of losing weight. It's meant a lot to me. And the best part is that I don't have cravings anymore. Food isn't an obsession like it used to be. I used to get "hangry" -- you know, hungry and angry. And now I like fruits and vegetables. A bowl of chips doesn't really tempt me; I thrill when I see a plate of crudités. I actually enjoy eating "clean." I like to look for recipes on Yummly because I can search for vegan options with fresh ingredients. And now that I know how to substitute, I've got more choices. If I want to make a cake, I know that I can substitute applesauce for oil, soy milk for cow's milk, and ground flax mixed with water for eggs. And if I want to go out, it's not really a problem. We don't do it as much as we used to, but when we do I know how to make better choices. Chinese and Indian restaurants are usually pretty good, the Chipotle franchise is always an option, and since most any restaurant has a salad, I find eating out isn't a major hurdle.
Initially, some of the diet changes were hard. I cheated a few times, especially the first month. But I have to credit God for my success. I prayed and asked God for help and wisdom. I even prayed while I exercised. I can say that God came through and worked in several areas of my life to make this change possible. I never thought this could happen for me. It's the hardest, most rewarding thing I've ever done. Weight is like a hole, a hole for a grave. I didn't think I'd ever have the willpower or strength of mind to accomplish something like this. But if I can do this, anybody can. You just have to be willing to give it a try, and if you slip up and have some meat or chips, just get up and go again.
I still don't like doctors very much, but I thank God for Dr. Carney. She is probably 100 times better than other physicians. She's not interested in just getting you in and out to collect an insurance payment. I've not met another doctor like her. She was concerned for me. She saw me as an individual and used her knowledge to help me. Because of that, I'm half the man — and twice the man — I used to be.


Baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Chris Glynn have been working together on a recording of a new English translation of Schubert's Winterreise. The CD is released on Signum in April. Earlier this month, Chris took some time away from the keyboard to answer a handful of key questions for the Thoroughly Good Blog.
Tell me about what you can see from the window nearest to you at the moment. What are you doing there? What are you doing next week?
I can see straight down the busy South Ealing road. Beyond that are the high-rise tower blocks of Brentford, and in the distance, I can see a regular stream of planes coming in to land at Heathrow.
And what did you have for breakfast this morning?
I had toast and marmalade and three cups of tea.
Tell me about your practise regime. Daily? Before breakfast? After? During? How long? How do you feel if you skip a day? Do you ever?
I have to admit that I have nothing that could really be called a regime. I probably need to play for a minimum of 2 hours each day to feel on form. Otherwise I practice between other commitments and as needed for the concerts I have coming up. It took me a long time to realise I practice better in short bursts rather than long stints. And I have recently made a point of turning my phone and computer off when I practice, so I can't be distracted by emails and phone calls too.
There are said to be well over 100 recordings of Winterreise. What persuaded you to add to the canon in addition to with the chance to work with Roderick Williams?
Well, working with Roddy is certainly always a joy, but our main impetus behind this new recording was the new translation by Jeremy Sams. I commissioned him to create it a while ago, in the hope of finding ways to share Schubert's song cycles with a wider audience. Jeremy responded with something really special – simple, beautiful, singable lyrics that fit the music like a glove. They tell the story and catch the spirit, of the original.
What impact does hearing Winterreise sung in English have on audiences do you think?
It can hit home with more directness because there is no filter of translation. The audience can engage directly with the performers, without having to look down at the programme (or CD booklet) to find out what they are singing about. The sound can echo the sense. Something is lost in every translation, of course, but perhaps things are gained too? We hope that this new version can be an alternative for English-speaking listeners and open up the piece to a wider audience.
It would be easy to overlook that translation in performance – so, what challenges does translated text bring to the collaboration? What detail did you and Roderick Williams have to discuss in preparation for the recording?
Our preparation was really a series of performances, all of which were very different. One I remember in particular took place in Sheffield, in the Crucible, which of course is a theatre in the round. So instead of standing still in front of the piano, Roddy worked his way around the theatre, singing different songs to different people. Combining that with the new translation felt like a very different experience to a 'normal' Lieder recital. At one point, Roddy sat back-to-back with me on the piano stool with me, singing to the audience behind me. It was really powerful and moving moment which I've thought of every time we performed the song since – it just one of many details that have become part of our shared journey with the piece.
I've never really heard Winterreise as a song cycle with piano accompaniment, but a musical collaboration. If I'm right about that, how do you go about deciding on a musical approach to the entire work? And how long does a recording like this take to bring together?
Yes, I agree that it is a collaboration. Singer and pianist have to work together to create the overall shape and pacing – not easy with so many slow songs and little obvious variety of mood. As for deciding on an approach, it's not something that is necessarily always verbalised but evolves gradually through listening and responding to each other in a series of rehearsals and performances. Rather than being a series of decisions, I like to imagine the singer-pianist relationship as being more like a dance. This project was unusual in being a three-way collaboration, with discussions both Roddy and I had with Jeremy about the choices he made when translating also very much in the mix.
What are you working on next week?
Next week I'm practising hard for upcoming recitals with Catriona Morison and Kathryn Rudge, as well as going to a meeting in Yorkshire about how festivals in the north (including the Ryedale Festival, where I'm Artistic Director) can work together more effectively.
Think of the musical endeavour which has brought you the most joy. What sort of joy it brought you and why? What did you learn about yourself?
It was a project with Streetwise Opera and The Sixteen. It was a staging of Bach's St Matthew Passion in Manchester, with homeless people playing and singing many of the roles alongside professionals, and also working with the composer James Macmillan to create a new final chorus. It was an incredibly moving and thought-provoking project – there's still footage of it online somewhere. The joy came from the fact that we all learnt from each other.
I'd think I'd encourage them to think about what sounds they like, and which instruments they are most drawn to. I might suggest that the sounds we like are a clue to who we are. And once the five-year-old had chosen their favourite instrument I love to take them to hear someone amazing play it.


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HyLife Family Fun Days raises shocking amount for charity
Written by Judy Peters Sunday, Sep 18 2022, 1:30 PM
Michelle Peters with Safe Families Steinbach cannot hide the shock of receiving a large cheque for $40,000 from HyLife Family Fun Days.
A large cheque was presented on Saturday to Safe Families Steinbach during the HyLife Family Fun Days in La Broquerie.
"I am just... I'm so blown away," says Michelle Peters after receiving the cheque. "We were not expecting $40,000!"
HyLife Family Fun Days is an employee driven event which means the staff decide each year which charity will be supported by their fundraising efforts.
"This year, in the La Broquerie-Steinbach Region, it was Safe Families Steinbach, because of what they want to do with a transitional home, and they want to be able to build something to have even more impact than they have," says Kevin Geisheimer with HyLife. "There is some strong work that they're doing here locally over the last couple of years to be able to empower them even to think like that, so we felt like it was a good time to select them and help them get to next level."
Safe Families Steinbach is planning a new program that will provide support to young adults who are moving out of a family home to live independently. Peters says the goal is to have a transition home where participants will receive a variety of support in learning the basics, from finances and employment to daily living activities like cooking.
Many Hylife employees shared the joy of Michelle Peters from Safe Families Steinbach with a donation of $40,000 to the organization. Money raised by employees and the charity chosen by employees, Safe Families Steinbach was selected as the recipient this year.
Peters says each adult will be paired with a mentor who can offer encouragement and guidance.
"I'm looking forward to partnering with other organizations and agencies that work with youth in the Steinbach and surrounding areas so that we can do just amazing things for these kids and build a stronger community," she says.
HyLife employees are making an impact in each of their locations. The company held Family Fun Days earlier this month in Killarney and in Windom, Minnesota. This coming weekend, the fun moves to Neepawa.
"We raised more this year than ever before and we're able to break it up into more than just La Broquerie," says Geisheimer. "We felt bad that we were only able to do it in La Broquerie, what about the rest? And this year, it feels good that we're doing it here, but everyone else gets to be a part of it too. So it's been a tremendous success."
In each of the communities, the selected charity receives $40,000.
"It makes it fun as a HyLife employee to make that kind of an impact in the community," Geisheimer says.
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The City of Pickering was recognized as one of Veridian's Conservation Champions for achieving outstanding electricity conservation results in 2017. The city's various retrofit projects resulted in a total savings of 59.40 kW and 4,671,791 kWh, which is the equivalent of powering 6,229 homes a month.
The city developed a Corporate Energy Management Plan in 2014 that provides a 5-year roadmap for energy management. The plan addresses buildings, technology, streetlights and traffic signals, as well as people, processes, and information. It covers the period from 2014 to 2019.
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02/10/2013 - OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will present a major address on the Organisation's latest analysis of climate change, investment and energy policies in London on Wednesday 9 October, at 10:30am.
The lecture, co-organised with the London School of Economics and the Climate Markets & Investors Association (CMIA), will centre on the ambitious policies needed to meet the long-term objective of achieving zero net emissions from fossil fuels in the second half of this century.
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On Saturday May 12, 2012 the residents of Falmouth again stated their concerns about health impacts from the two town-owned turbines and the privately-owned commercial turbine.
FALMOUTH — Led by selectman candidate David Moriarty, 12 people gathered at the wastewater treatment facility Saturday to speak out against wind turbines.
Diane Broncaccio writes that Colrain and Heath have taken actions to evaluate industrial wind development in their towns as she continues her valuable reporting on hill town activities for the Greenfield Recorder.
In Colrain, residents approved a one-year moratorium on facilities the produce more than 35 kilowatts of power ("Colrain approves zoning revisions").
Heath's annual town meeting approved a year-long moratorium on large-scale wind (as well as photovoltaic electricity-generating systems).
…they also agreed — unanimously — to allow voting on wind- and solar bylaws at a special town meeting, should the town have laws to adopt before a year is up.
Moderator Douglas Wilkins explained that the town rarely votes on important zoning bylaws at a special town meeting, but doing so now could mean the town would have its own wind turbine and solar PV bylaws in place before the state Legislature approves a statewide siting law.
"If they (Heath's siting bylaws) are in place, we're more protected," Wilkins said. If they're not in place, he added, the state commercial siting bylaws may take precedence.
"There are entities in the state that are trying to circumvent home rule by using an energy reform act to streamline (siting) so these big, industrial wind things can be put in without the town having any input," said Bob Dane, a resident.
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Despite a landslide win for Hong Kong's pro-democracy parties, the 'root' of the problem remains
Published Mon, Nov 25 20193:35 AM EST Updated Mon, Nov 25 201911:15 AM EST
Huileng Tan@huileng_tan
Sunday's local elections have been widely viewed as a barometer of public sentiment.
According to the government, about 2.94 million registered electors cast their votes in the district council election this year — a record turnout of about 71.2%.
"The root cause of Hong Kong's problem is still there, particularly (as) Beijing is very assertive about Hong Kong's situation," said Alfred Wu, associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Pro-democracy candidates win local elections in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's pro-democracy candidates won big in local elections on Sunday, but there will be no easy solutions to the issues hanging over the territory as protesters stand up to China's growing influence, analysts told CNBC on Monday.
"It's very clear that people are not happy with the government, so they try to support the pro-democracy camp in this election," said Alfred Wu, associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.
The polls come after six months of anti-government, pro-democracy protests that have turned increasingly violent, and as Hong Kong struggles to overcome its most serious political crisis in decades. The local elections have been widely viewed as a barometer of public sentiment.
"The root cause of Hong Kong's problem is still there, particularly (as) Beijing is very assertive about Hong Kong's situation," Wu told CNBC's "Capital Connection."
"Also, lots of young people are very much politically active," he added. "They want (the) government to make a change, but unfortunately over the past few months, (the) government still adopt the previous line so it's hard to say it will have a dramatic change in the near future."
Hong Kong pro-democracy parties took 390 out of 452 district council seats — winning nearly 90% of the seats, according to Reuters which cited local broadcaster RTHK on Monday. Democratic candidates secured just 100 seats at the previous elections four years ago.
According to the office of the Chief Executive Carrie Lam, about 2.94 million registered electors cast their votes in the district council election on Sunday — a record turnout of about 71.2%. That's almost double the number in the previous election four years ago, according to Reuters.
Hong Kong, a former British colony, has been operating under the "one country, two systems" principle since its return to Chinese rule in 1997. That framework gives the international financial hub self-governing power and various freedoms, including limited election rights. Hong Kong citizens also enjoy a higher degree of autonomy compared to citizens of mainland China.
What is Hong Kong's relationship with China?
In a statement on Monday, Lam said her government "respects the election results" and "will listen" to the public's opinions.
Wu said he expected Lam to continue to "listen to Beijing" and adopt a "so-called hardline" approach to the issues in Hong Kong. "It's very difficult to see that she will try to change her stance," said Wu, citing Lam's track record.
Why district council seats matter
District councils are lower level government bodies looking after local matters — including issues pertaining to bus routes and recreation facilities. They have a four-year term, and one council is in charge of each of Hong Kong's 18 districts.
Under the current electoral system, only 94% of the district council seats and half of the seats at the legislative council are elected by general public voters. The legislative council is the Hong Kong's parliament, commonly referred to as Legco.
The chief executive of the territory, currently Lam, can only be nominated and elected by a committee that consists of 1,200 members, made up mostly of pro-Beijing elites.
Emptying a ballot box to count votes on Sunday in Hong Kong.
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Opposition members have been pushing for the Chinese government to honor a full democracy that they say was promised by Beijing in the Basic Law, which gives general public voters the rights to elect their leader. This is also one of the five demands that the anti-government protesters are advocating, and a core reason that sparked the 2014 Umbrella Movement, another wave of massive pro-democracy protests.
Without the change in political structure, the only way for the public to have a say about their leader is through the district councilors — who make up around 10% of the election committee — and Legco lawmakers, who account for about 6%.
Will China intervene?
Simon Shen, adjunct associate professor at Hong Kong University said the root cause of the protests is due to fundamental problems with the "one country, two systems" framework. He said many people in Hong Kong question if the territory is exercising the autonomy that Beijing promised over 20 years ago.
"When Beijing tries to intervene in a more systematic manner, people are just responding and resisting," so there will be no easy solution unless the fundamental issues are resolved, Shen told CNBC.
Shen said while he doesn't expect Beijing to back down explicitly. But in the wake of the resounding pro-democratic win in the local elections, he thinks the government could introduce measures addressing demands for universal suffrage and issues surrounding national security.
Wu also doesn't believe there will be a military crackdown in Hong Kong, in part due to Hong Kong's special status and trading relationships with the U.S. and the rest of the world.
"Hong Kong is still very much valuable for Beijing. Beijing will not send the PLA (People's Liberation Army) to Hong Kong in the near future," said Wu.
But the stalemate will remain for the near future, said Wu.
— CNBC's Vivian Kam contributed to this report.


It's on for the Sunday only. It's a lovely venue and the weather will hopefully be kind to us As for B&B Google accommodation in Stamford, the neighbouring town. There's probably something there.
I'm out. Cocked up the AX's registration paperwork, no number plates mean no X-Rally. Bummer.
And that's just the stuff that happened last year!
Kitch I take it the AX isn't registered and not that you just need a set of plates making as I am sure you can do that yourself?
If not we have a plate making machine and I can have a set of plates at your door tomorrow FOC.
Tim Leech wrote: Kitch I take it the AX isn't registered and not that you just need a set of plates making as I am sure you can do that yourself?
I ballsed up, didn't send it recorded or put enough postage on it. My fault, I'll live and learn. Now I need to just find the paperwork and see it through.
No big deal, I'll bring it to another one.
Weather looks quite good, cold but sunny patches. GT is ready as of this morning! Very excited, it'll be good to have a nice long drive to get used to it. Picking it up tomorrow morning. See you there!
Weather forecast says sunny but cool for Sunday but that will prob change, i will be there in the gti if the clutch holds out til then.
Sadly due to a very elderly (95) friend of ours having been admitted to hospital and us being on visiting/care duties as well as having some other comittments we won't be able to attend. Shame as the BX is working, stopping and largely continent at the moment.


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Symposium: Bridges
5–6 March, Thursday & Friday
Alumnae Lounge / Medford
BRIDGES: WALLS TURNED SIDEWAYS
5 March, Thursday
3-5 PM: Mirror/Echo/Tilt Workshop
This workshop has limited capacity, more information coming soon
6 PM Keynotes: Laurie Jo Reynolds & Shaun Leonardo
6 March, Friday
10 AM: Curator Tour with Risa Puleo
11 AM: Roundtable discussion with Kimberly Dong, Jeffrey Rafael & Reentry Think Tank (Mark Strandquist, Courtney Bowles & Faith Bartley)
12:30 PM: Lunch and Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College Info session
1:30 PM: Roundtable discussion with Mary Patten, Sherrill Roland, Hilary Binda, and Risa Puleo
Walls Turned Sideways draws its title from a quote by political activist, academic, and author, Angela Davis: "Walls turned sideways are bridges." The exhibition hopes to serve as a bridge or connecting conduit for conversation, contemplation, and change, recognizing the artist as a figure capable of changing society by bringing visibility to offenses within the justice system. This symposium, in partnership with the Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College of Civic Life, touches on issues of community impact, reentry, and the role of educational initiatives. The program will include a workshop with Shaun Leonardo and Mirror/Echo/Tilt, and participating artists from Walls Turned Sideways will be in dialogue with scholars, advocates, and activists including Hilary Binda, Kimberly Dong, Shaun Leonardo, Mary Patten, Risa Puleo, Reentry Think Tank, Laurie Jo Reynolds, Sherrill Roland, and more.
This symposium is produced in collaboration with Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College of Civic Life and it is presented with support from the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University and Tufts University School of Arts & Sciences and School of Engineering Diversity Fund.
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Laurie Jo Reynolds is an artist, policy advocate, and researcher who has dedicated two decades of work to addressing the negative representations of people in prison. Focusing on the retributive extremes of solitary confinement and public conviction registries, Reynolds collaborates with justice advocates, state officials, cultural workers, and people directly affected by violence and incarceration to encourage policies that effectively prevent victimization and that restore and rehabilitate, rather than damage, people in the justice system. Reynolds also collaborated with former and current inmates, their families, and other artists to launch Tamms Year Ten, a volunteer grassroots legislative campaign seeking to reform or close Tamms Correctional Center, a notorious Illinois state supermax prison designed for sensory deprivation. Tamms supermax was shuttered on January 4, 2013, in part the campaign's efforts. Reynolds's recent work has focused on conviction registries, housing banishment laws, and public exclusion zones, which destabilize families and lead to unemployment, incarceration, and homelessness.
Shaun Leonardo's multidisciplinary work negotiates societal expectations of manhood—namely definitions surrounding black and brown masculinities—along with its notions of achievement and collective identity and the experience of failure. His performance practice, anchored by his work in Assembly, a diversion program for court-involved youth, is participatory in nature and invested in a process of embodiment. A Brooklyn-based artist originally from Queens, Leonardo received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Creative Capital, Guggenheim Social Practice, Art for Justice, and A Blade of Grass have supported his practice, and he was recently profiled in the New York Times. His work has been featured at the Guggenheim Museum, the High Line, and Recess, with a current exhibition at the New Museum. Leonardo joined Pratt Institute as the School of Art Visiting Fellow in fall 2018.


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The Ramble Begins
By Paula Horvath June 28, 2016 ( 2 )
The low-slung mountains crowd upon one another, piled against the horizon like the rumpled blankets of an unmade bed. The darker green of the nearest mountain is transformed into various shades of turquoise as the mounded outlines fade into the distance.
No matter the degree of your turn, the mountains stretch as far as can be seen — mile upon mile of unbroken wildness and millions of emerald pines and aspens with their quivering leaves, mirrors catching the light as they twist and turn.
Occasionally, the mountains part to reveal a gray-blue expanse of water, today tipped with boiling white as the wind whips the waves. Scattered throughout the hidden harbors and bays are pine-covered islands, the crystalline waves shattering on the black rocks of their shorelines.
Here, the watery horizon is blanketed with a layer of fog, broken only by the humpbacks of more islands.
It's almost always precisely at this geographical spot in my summertime travels north that I begin to feel the transformation. The stress that weighs down my shoulders begins to melt and the tension that lies chalky in my mouth is exhaled.
While my official "vacation" began three days ago, it isn't until today that my mind is able to comprehend its start. Behind me now are 1,500 miles of driving from Florida to Maine, a time spent listening to books on tape and growing irritated with the clogged highways stretching from Washington, D.C. to Boston.
But now, as I cross into New Brunswick across the Maine border, I'm ready to celebrate.
It isn't that it's a different country but that I've finally left behind the vestiges of my everyday Jacksonville life. The work. The city. The traffic.
Here's it's pure wildness, one of the least developed of Canada's provinces and the one I've made my summer escape for the past decade, ever since I purchased a two-story cottage in a small fishing village called Alma – but more about that later.
Indeed, my holiday-initiating celebration begins this year on a ferry as I set sail for Grand Manan Island, a 53-square-mile island located just north of the of Gulf of Maine within the mouth of the Bay of Fundy. Like much of Canada north of the border, it remains authentic, a small island of fishing villages an hour and a half ferry ride from the mainland.
Aboard the ferry, I drift into daydream, watching the gulls dip and dive beside the ship. Further, lobster boats ply the waters, hauling up the traps attached to brightly colored floats on the water's surface.
A short daydream later I'm onshore and headed for the Hole-In-The-Wall campground where I've reserved a cliffside campsite, overlooking the white-washed lighthouse at one end of the island. It's a perfect site and I arrange my tent to maximize my view over the ocean far below.
The next morning I learn more about the island seated at one of its three restaurants while in conversation with my gregarious waitress Rachel Jones. She grew up on the island before life drew her away for a decade. Then the close-knit community and the sea drew her back.
It's a harder existence on the island these days, Rachel admits, then it was when she was a girl. Then, the smoke sheds on the island worked overtime to cure the fish the sea yielded in abundance. She remembers with fondness the smokey air that swam with so many fish she could almost taste them on her tongue.
Now, the smoke sheds are all gone as are most of the fish, both the victims of huge international trawlers that rake the ocean beds and deplete the fishing stock. The women on the island, who used to be employed in the local canning industry, are now often unemployed. Many families have been forced to leave the island.
The main industry today is lobster. The only remnants of the once-vibrant fishing industry are numerous heart-shaped fish weirs set up near shore to entrap herring.
It's the same story that will follow my path up the coast of New Brunswick and into Nova Scotia then finally to the east coast of Newfoundland. It's the story of disappearing cod that once swam so thickly their silvery bodies were like mats of fish that extended for miles.
Interestingly, it's also the story of my great-grandfather, Capt. Elbridge Woodbury, who fished the Grand Banks in his ship, the Charles A. Dyer, in search of cod in the early part of last century.
Perhaps – in addition to the beauty of the untouched wilderness of this region of North America – some invisible genetic connection, passed down through generations of fisher folk, also connects me to this place. I know that when the cold offshore breezes bring salt-tinged whiffs of scent to my nose, something stirs within me.
It's certainly a powerful voice, like the one that called out to Rachel, which draws me back each year to this northern coast set on the edge of a once-fish-filled sea.
Christina Kimble
This is very insightful. Feel free to email blast your blog posts to me. Keep up with it. I like the start.
Rebecca Hoart
Oooo! I'll be following! Do try to take better pics than I did while I was vacationing in Ontario. 🙂


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Los emueloideos (Emuelloidea) son una superfamilia de trilobites redlíquidos propios del Cámbrico inferior. Incluye dos familias, Emuellidae y Megapharanaspidae.

Morfología
En el céfalon, la región que comprende la glabela y la mejilla fija tiene forma subcuadrada. La glabela posee forma cilíndrica, y tiene tres pares de surcos glabelares. La zona preglabelar suele ser muy pequeña en el caso de que exista, y el borde del ojo es largo y ancho. La mejilla libre posee una gran espina genal, y el hipostoma, el cual se encuentra unido a la estrecha placa rostral, es conterminante.

El tórax se encuentra dividido en un protórax y en un gran opistotórax. El protórax contiene de tres a seis segmentos, siendo siempre macropleural el último de ellos. El opistotórax posee un número de segmentos muy elevado, llegando a alcanzar hasta 95 segmentos en el caso del género Balcoracania, lo que le convierte en el trilobites con mayor número de segmentos torácicos.

El pigidio es minúsculo y estrecho, y posee forma discoide.

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Sally and Sam
An Unlikely Dynamic Duo
By Misty RaePublished 12 days ago • 7 min read
Photo by Zunnoon Ahmed on Unsplash
Man, when irony kicks you in the teeth, it really kicks you hard!
That was Sam's first thought as she stood on the gangplank of the Caribbean Jewel cruise ship. To her front, the tropical air enveloped her like a hot wet blanket, stifling and thick. Behind her the endless noise of screaming, crying passengers and static-laden, muffled messages of reassurance being broadcast on the loudspeaker.
Attention passengers, we've run aground a small island. There is no danger to you or our crew. Please remain onboard the vessel for your safety as we restore satellite communication. A rescue ship will arrive in due course. Join the Capitan in the main dining room for complimentary drinks. We thank you for choosing Caribbean Jewel and thank you for your cooperation.
She smirked, almost laughing at herself. The situation would be hilarious if she were reading about it. A middle-aged woman, on the brink of divorce, dreaming almost every day about escaping her life on a tropical island, only to find herself stranded on a tropical island! You can't make this stuff up.
Yet here she was.
She couldn't stay on the ship. The panic, the tears, and screams, they were too much. As thick as the air was outside, it was thicker onboard.
The best she could tell, they must have miscalculated and ended up smacked up on the edge of an island somewhere off the coast of Argentina. They'd visited Peru and Chile and went around the Falklands, headed to Buenos Aries. She took a few steps off the ramp and onto the soft white sand. It wasn't like the ship was leaving anytime soon, she thought.
She looked around for signs of life. Nothing. Palm trees, sand, the ocean, and the odd patch of long grass. She could hear birds in the background, blending in with the sounds from the boat, but that was all.
She plopped herself on the hot sand, wiping her damp blonde locks from her face. In a strange way, it was just what she needed, someplace quiet, someplace with no people whatsoever so she could think.
Where did she go wrong? Why did Jasmine, her wife leave her after almost 20 years? Who was the woman in the picture on her phone? Was she really just a friend? Sam didn't think so.
She wanted to be angry. Anger is better than pain. Anger is an action emotion, pain is passive. Pain is weak. But she only felt pain. She only felt weak. She only felt lost. Lost without the one person she ever loved, the one person who ever understood her and held her up. The one person she ever trusted, until she didn't.
"It wasn't all her fault," she said aloud. And it wasn't. Jasmine, her Jazzi, begged her for years to spend less time working and more time with her, but she was trying to build something, a life. A life for both of them. A life and a future free from the struggles they both knew all too well.
Tears streamed from her green eyes. Another announcement from the ship. Same old, same old. Free drinks, no danger, working on it...whatever. Her tears melted into anger.
"Bitch!" she mumbled. All those years of work. All the sacrifice. She provided Jazzi with a beautiful home, in a nice neighbourhood a million miles away from Elegant Acres where they both grew up.
She scoffed inwardly. Elegant Acres. Funny how the worst poverty-stricken housing projects had the most opulent-sounding names as if they could fool people into thinking they weren't poor. Poor people know they're poor. The lack of food, rats, mice and violence in the area are a dead giveaway.
Jazzi supported Sam all through her years at medical school, working nights as a waitress at Buns Burger Bar. They had a plan. It was a good plan. It was working.
Sam finished school and her residency and took a position at Metro Memorial Hospital in the ER. Jazzi quit her awful job selling greasy burgers to fat guys in trucks and decided to stay home and work on her passion, art. There were plans to adopt a baby. And then came Jude and everything changed.
Sam continued to grumble to herself cathartically.
She heard a rustling. She stood up, on guard, and took a couple of steps toward the stationary ship. Whatever it was, she was pretty sure she could outrun it.
A pair of dark eyes, almost black peered out. They were soft, almost knowing. Then a body, not very tall, squat, with tiny legs that seemed structurally incompatible with the bulk of what lay above it.
Sam inhaled deeply and relaxed a bit. She reached out her hand to the visitor. Well, she couldn't really call it a visitor, she was the visitor.
"Hi," she whispered, "It's okay." She raised both hands, palms facing the newly discovered being to show she was unarmed and meant no harm.
The dark-eyed girl, she was obviously female, took a few steps, looking quizzically at Sam, her head cocked to the side.
Sam sat back down on the sand. She looked at her new friend.
"What's your name?"
"Naaaaaammmme?" Sam tried again.
She pointed to herself, "Sam," then to her.
Nothing. Obviously whoever this was didn't understand English.
But somehow, she seemed to understand something beyond language. She seemed to understand her pain. Sam couldn't quite put her finger on it, but it felt like she was listening.
"Sally," she pointed. That would be her name. At least for now.
The short, black-eyed girl blinked and moved closer, almost close enough to touch.
And Sam let loose.
"Sally," she started, "I took this cruise to make my wife mad. She always wanted to go on a cruise but I was too busy." Spite seemed like such a great idea at the time.
Sally nodded, her eyes watchful and keen.
Sam continued, "I worked my butt off for her and she cheated. She actually cheated on ME, can you believe that?"
Sally blinked, saying nothing.
"I worked day and night. I was never home I worked so much. We were going to have a family, but she went and started messing with Jade!"
Sally stepped closer, sensing the sadness. She wanted to reach out, to embrace her, but couldn't. All she could do was listen.
"Jade!" Sam wiped tears from her face as the boat boomed the same announcement. "Jade can't do a thing for Jazzi. She doesn't even work!" The very idea of her wife with a kid with no job, no prospects and nothing but time to play video games and fool around made her sick to her stomach.
Sally moved her head from left to right, three, four times, as if she was trying to say something.
"No, it's not like that at all!" Sam's green eyes blazed. "I did it all for her. I was doing what I had to do to give her the life she wanted!"
"I'm tired," Sam whimpered.
Sally took off like a shot. She was pretty fast for being so short and thick. She flew up a tree as if it took no effort at all, knocked down a couple of coconuts, and hammered a hole into each.
Sam walked over and grabbed one, grateful for the drink.
"What should I do, Sally?" she begged.
Sally pranced around the remaining coconut on the ground.
"What?
"It was me, wasn't it?" Sam sighed heavily. "It was me."
Sally blinked.
A horn sounded piercing the humid air. Then a voice over the ship's speaker,
"We've established communication with the SS Beaufort, they will be arriving in about 35 minutes to take all passengers and crew aboard and back to Miami. Please gather all personal belongings. Full refunds will be provided and again, we thank you for choosing Caribbean Jewel."
Sam sucked in the thick air. She looked at Sally. She wasn't sure she wanted to leave. Somehow, on this island in the middle of nowhere, she met someone who understood. She met someone who helped her sort out her thoughts without even a hint of judgment. She just listened. It was the most precious gift she could have ever received.
Sally's nose wrinkled into a smile. She looked toward the ship then back at Sam. She blinked. She didn't know how to say it any other way, but Sam belonged on the boat. She belonged with Jazzi. She needed to go back and try.
Sam looked at her friend and nodded. She reached out and touched her face.
"Thanks, Sally, thank you for everything." Then she grinned, "Wanna know why I called you Sally?" she asked.
"Because Toucan and Sam just sounds too weird," she laughed out loud as she kissed the bird on the head and headed back to the boat.
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Misty Rae
Retired legal eagle, nature love, wife, mother of boys and cats, chef, and trying to learn to play the guitar. I play with paint and words. Living my "middle years" like a teenager and loving every second of it!
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Donna Fox7 days ago
Wow, this was relatable, insightful and so well written. I wasn't ready for the twist ending!
Gina C.10 days ago
Congratulations on Top Story! I really enjoyed this. :)
Clyde E. Dawkins10 days ago
What a beautiful story with a nice and funny twist in the end!
Mariann Carroll11 days ago
Enjoy the read 👍
Babs Iverson11 days ago
Sweet!!! Left some love!!!
Pryor Da costa11 days ago
Great story.
Cathy holmes11 days ago
yay. Congrats on the top story.
Kelli Sheckler-Amsden11 days ago
Great job, congrats!!
Dana Stewart11 days ago
Fun and entertaining, a great read. Congratulations on Top Story!
Mike Singleton - Mikeydred11 days ago
Congratulations on your Top Story ♥
Heather Hubler11 days ago
A very emotional but sweet story :) Congratulations on Top Story!!
Melissa Ingoldsby11 days ago
Congratulations on your top story! I enjoyed this
Stephanie J. Bradberry11 days ago
A pleasure to read. And I love the ending! Congratulations on Top Story!
Keila Aartila11 days ago
I so enjoyed reading this story! Great job! :)
What a great story. I had a feeling about Sally, but guessed wrong. I was thinking dog.
Great entry for the challenge, really enjoyed it
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Augmented Reality: imagine change and make it possible
Using Augmented Reality to imagine solutions that will improve our cities. A virtual metaphor for helping us understand that each of us can be part of the change. Discover how.
Augmented reality, a partnership between the physical and the virtual
Augmented reality is a fascinating technology that allows us to add elements of virtual content to our physical space, interacting with them as if they existed with us in real life. We experience two realities side by side and in perfect harmony: the physical and the created. A kind of visual coalescence the result of which is scenarios that only previously existed in the imagination, and which now set up exciting experiences.
The most popular known example of augmented reality was the Pokemon Go application. It seemingly led to half the population walking the streets in pursuit of digital characters and which converted ordinary spaces into stages for the interactive game, a technological phenomenon that became a successful social one opening doors to all kinds of applications.
The video game was just the tip of the iceberg. Since then, augmented reality has become a tool that will improve disciplines such as architecture, medicine and education.
Building a more sustainable city with the help of Magic Leap glasses
We at ACCIONA wanted to make use of the possibilities offered by augmented reality, creating, with the help of Magic Leap glasses, a new space which can improve the future that awaits us. How? By designing a similar world to the one we live in, but enriched by virtual solutions that make it a more sustainable and habitable place.
The key is not only in these solutions, but in that, with augmented reality, it is you who can introduce them and experiment in first person with the magic of designing a better model city in which to live. Below, we explain how the augmented reality project works.
In this reality, everything is in our hands, just like in the real world.
The Magic Leap augmented reality headset is a device made up of sensors and vision glasses, a processor and battery which the user belts on and, through a control, can interact with previously designed virtual software elements. Magic Leap is interesting in that the glasses can recognize the exact dimensions of the space in which we find ourselves and place digital elements with exact definition, as if they were actually there. This is the magic of augmented reality.
The human race is facing a series of challenges such as urban concentration, water scarcity and climate change, but we can tackle these and between us all build a more sustainable city. ACCIONA's experience with Magic Leap allows us to travel through a virtual city full of all these problems and give the user the opportunity to resolve them thanks to augmented reality. In this reality, everything is in our hands, just like in the real world. A virtual metaphor that helps us understand that every one of us can and should be part of the change the planet needs. These are the problems, and these are the solutions.
Problem: water scarcity and pollution
Water scarcity is a problem that affects over 40% of the world population. In this virtual city, there is a shortage of water supply. But there are many things we can do. Shall we solve the problem?
Solution: sustainable water treatment and management
This augmented reality experience allows you to activate water treatment plants to avoid the pollution of rivers and seas, and to design a desalination plant to supply the city with water fit for human consumption. We at ACCIONA work to ensure access to clean water and sustainable management.
Problem: growing electricity demand
Cities need electricity, but its production is the cause of 60% of greenhouse gas emissions globally. In our city, the power station producing the electricity we need is polluting the air. Shall we solve the problem?
Solution: 100 % renewable and clean electricity
With our augmented reality, you can deploy renewable energy systems to generate the city's electricity without polluting the air, tackle climate change and reduce respiratory diseases. We at ACCIONA work to ensure access to clean, 100%-renewable electricity.
Problem: poor transport links between regions
Over half of the global population live in cities, so it is essential that we build sustainable infrastructure to facilitate development and communication between localities. Many rural areas do not have rapid, viable access to our virtual city. Shall we solve the problem?
Solution: transport infrastructure
With our augmented reality experience, you can build a road, bridge or tunnel to connect urban with rural areas and develop better communication links between them. We at ACCIONA work to ensure access to resilient, sustainable infrastructure that facilitates mobility and transport.
Problem: concentration in towns and cities
Over half of the world population lives in cities, for which good urban planning and mobility is fundamental. We have clear traffic congestion and pollution problems, which make living in cities difficult. Shall we solve the problem?
Solution: sustainable mobility and services for cities
In our virtual city, you can set up a more efficient and sustainable transport system, including shared electric mopeds or tramways. We at ACCIONA offer a broad range of services for guaranteeing prosperous, sustainable city living.
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I've spent the last week since Korea in Europe. The first few days in Europe I was climbing in France at a cave called L'Usine. It has one of the biggest collection of difficult dry tooling routes in the world. The cave is massive! I was here two years ago but didn't get to spent much time. On this trip I got to finish off the route "SAT" which could be one of the most difficult D8's anywhere. Originally rated D10, it was downgraded as harder routes were climbed and people became more fit. I was happy to climb it my first try this time. I'm happy to have also climbed two D10's and a D11 (L'Usine the namesake of the cliff) first try.
Over the weekend we went to Saas Fee Switzerland for the Youth World Championship. I didn't climb, but watched two young Canadians compete against others their age. After the youth competition we went back to France for two days. The plan was to climb at Usine again but I came down with the flu and was way to sick to go climbing. I have been trying to recover as quickly as possible because we are now back in Saas Fee for the World Cup which starts Friday.
The view out of my hotel window.
Castles along the highway on the way to Saas Fee.
Somewhere along the south shore of Lake Geneva.


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Rendering Seminar
Designer Interviews
Lexus HS 250H
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Lexus has had a good range of hybrid vehicles for quite some time now, most impressive of which to us at the time was the GS 450h. The range has recently been extended with a small car, a new size in the Lexus range, the HS 250h. Based on its Toyota Prius platform, the HS 250h has a difficult task to be both more conservative in comparison to the Prius, which it aims to achieve with a decidedly 3 box sedan shape, yet be more up-scale and high tech than the same Prius, which is clear from the interior design and its fit and finish.
That is also where it becomes the lesser solution. In going to a 3-box sedan shape, the HS 250h is less practical than the Prius, which, given the rather compact dimensions, leaves something to be desired. Would a sedan-like hatchback have been a better solution, offering the flexibility but also retaining a more conventional overall shape?
Similarly on the interior, we were very impressed by the Prius and the open space it offered in the center console below the gear shift, as well as the ease of use of the touch screen display within easy reach of your fingers. On the Lexus the center console is of a very different shape, and looses the practicality of the Prius console. On top of that, the Lexus has its info display moved way up on the IP as a retractable system, which does not allow for the usage of the touch screen as such, but requires the upgraded mouse function placed in the center console next to the gear shift, right in the spot of where the gear shift is placed in the Prius.
This leads to an unfortunate set of circumstances, which requires the need to be able to adjust the angle of the screen to prevent sun glare to interrupt vision, but also makes that the big control mouse takes up quite a lot of space on the console, where the Prius was rather more space efficient.
Of course the Lexus has a higher built quality both on the exterior and interior, although, again, the Prius is not that far off either. The Lexus uses very nice sound dampening, the closing of doors gives a perceived higher quality sound, the leather and color & trim on the interior provide an upper echelon image. It does really set the owners of the Lexus apart from the Prius owners, but one might question if this is such a good thing, since the Prius has itself carved out a niche that attracts both common Toyota buyers as well as environmental conscious Hollywood rich and famous, and the Lexus really does neither.
The power and road holding characteristics does not put this Lexus in a league with the other vehicles of this brand. It definitely is still very much a Prius balance, which might have been something worth considering adjusting for Lexus. The fuel consumption puts it out of the league of the Prius as well. Because of the engine and the extra weight, this Lexus is by far not as fuel efficient as the Prius either, and more close in fuel consumption to the GS hybrid, but it is substantially smaller than the GS.
All in all the Lexus HS 250h is a very high quality compact luxury hybrid vehicle, but in our opinion it is not good enough to be a Lexus, and not fuel efficient enough to be a Prius derivative, which makes for a sad missed opportunity. How cool would it have been if this more conservative Lexus Hybrid would have been technologically superior, in terms of fuel consumption superior, in terms of road holding superior, and in in performance and built quality superior to the Toyota Prius. The Lexus brand is positioned higher than the Toyota brand, and in lieu of the Prius becoming its own independent brand, THAT was where this Lexus should have been placed, superior to the Prius in all areas.
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Q: How to save/output data periodically in SIMULINK? I am new in SIMULINK!
I have a large SIMULINK model, possibly to be run for one-year simulation (time resolution is 1 second). So I need to save data periodically (let's say the total sum for every day). I tried to generate a custom Matlab function for that (the code given below).
For the code: I am having difficulty to write the data saved every 10 s to workspace or to mat file.
Any other approaches rather than this code are highly welcome.
Simulink Model:
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The Code (sum_in and sum_out connected with the memory block & t is from the clock block)
function [y,sum_out] = fcn(t,sum_in)

t_duration=30;              % [s] Total duration of simulation

t_resol=10;                 % [s] Save every 10 s

sum_result=zeros(t_duration/t_resol,1);

t_per = mod(t,t_resol);

index=floor(t/t_resol)+1;

if t_per==1
    sum_result(index,1)=sum_out;
    save trial.mat sum_result;
    sum_in=0;
    sum_out=sum_in+1;
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    sum_out=sum_in+1;
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Being patient is NOT my thing! I have been so anxious to get my hands on this book. We have known it was coming for a long time and of course it is by Tijan so that alone made me SUPER excited! We met briefly a couple of these characters in the Broken & Screwed Series but not enough to "know" them and who they were. Tijan books for me are HUGE, everything she writes is golden. Whether you love it or not, her writing is amazing and the stories flow so well it is always hard to put it down. Sustain was no different. I never wanted to put it down, because I just had to know what was going to happen next.
In one moment the relationship Brielle has been in for the past three years is over. It has to be. Having, her now ex-boyfriend, Elijah's house raided by police was the first sign that she had to get away. But what would she do now? Face the past? She had ran to Elijah when everything was too much, and had pushed away her friends and family to be with Eli. And now she was single, missed her band, missed her brother… and one look at Luke, her old best friend, has her realizing just how much she missed him too.
After being arrested, she never expected Luke to be the person to come pick her up from jail. But here she is staring into his eyes, knowing she doesn't have a choice but to go with him. But being near him brings back all of the old feelings that she had forgotten… or maybe hid from. Now that her brother and Luke know she 'knows' that her relationship with Eli is finally over they want to keep it that way. So putting her back in the band is the best thing for her. Keep her busy.
Being back behind her drums was a bigger rush than she even remembered. She had forgotten how the sticks felt in her hands and how well they all meshed. They played as a unit. Together. It was amazing. But those intense feelings only amplified those between her and Luke.
The tension between her and Luke is driving everyone crazy. And when they come together it is explosive and HOT! But when secrets come out everything will change. Can they ever learn to forgive? Will she ever be a permanent fixture in the band and with Luke? Or is it too late for Brielle?
Once again, Tijan has written characters you can't help but love. There are several guys in this book that will make you swoon! For me the story was a little rushed towards the end. I wanted more. More of their relationship. More questions answered. Just more. I know selfish and maybe we will get more from Luke and Bri later, but that is how Sustain made me feel. Would I recommend it though… ABSOLUTELY!


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13th Dragoons Charge of the Light Brigade Casualty Medal in 9th December Medal Auction
Private Algernon Holliday, 13th Light Dragoons was killed in action during the Charge of the Light Brigade, and his Crimea Medal and a pair to his brother are offered for sale in our 9th December medal and militaria auction with an estimate of £11,000.
Algernon Holliday was born circa 1827 in Cheltenham and he attested for the 13th Light Dragoons in Bath in 1850 and declared his age as 20. In May 1854, the regiment embarked on 5 transport ships for the Crimea. Holliday sailed aboard the Mary Anne. They arrived in Bulgaria on the 2nd June and only departed for the Crimea from there on the 1st September. The Light Brigade protected the army's left flank at the first action of the war at the Battle of Alma on the 20th September, but were not heavily involved.
It was during the Battle of Balaklava on 25th October 1854 that the Light Brigade were to be immortalised in history when they charged the Russian guns at the end of the valley. The 13th Light Dragoons numbering just over a hundred led the charge on the right with the 17th Lancers on the left. Running the gauntlet of artillery fire from in front and from the hills on both flanks, the Light Brigade, some 670 strong, reached the end of the valley and attacked the Russian gunners still manning their guns. Heavily outnumbered, the Light Brigade then had to retreat the way they had come, subjected to further heavy fire from all sides. The 13th Light Dragoons suffered heavy casualties with 12 killed, 32 wounded and 10 taken prisoner. Algernon Holliday was one of the 12 men from the regiment killed.
He is commemorated on the Cheltenham Crimea War Memorial which stands in front of the Queen's Hotel. The memorial lists the men from the town who had died in the war. It was originally mounted by 2 captured cannon, but these were melted down in WW2 to help the war effort.
The lot includes his brother, Charles Holliday's 1849 Punjab Medal and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Charles Holliday was born in Badworth, Cheltenham, enlisted in 3rd Hussars 5th June 1844 aged 20, served in India for 5 years and was discharged after 24 years service in 1868.
Are you selling a medal or militaria collection? We provide free medal and militaria valuations without obligation. Please contact medal expert [email protected] if you have medals or militaria for sale for a free valuation.


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Grobkeramik steht sowohl in der Art der Herstellung, als auch im allgemein unverzierten Aussehen, qualitativ im Kontrast zur speziellen Ausführung von zeremoniellen Gefäßen. Die Hauptbestandteile sind Illit, Montmorillonit und Kaolinit. Je nach Verwendungszweck unterteilt man diese Rohstoffe in Steinzeugtone, Steinguttone, Irdenwaretone und -lehme.
Additionally, this practice, interestingly enough, may deter senders of the less-than-accurate information from migrating an online relationship to a real relationship because then they would be discovered to be imposters.
Entweder findet der kontaktfreudige Single die angezeigte Person "hot" oder eben "not".
The bride-to-be threw herself into wedding planning and admits that she "paid more attention to the rock on her left hand than to readying her heart for the journey ahead." A year after they met, the picture-perfect couple said, "I do." Kristin quit her job, rented her house, sold her car, and moved to France with Lance so he could focus on cycling.


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"Elevation" was the third single relased to promote "All That You Can't Leave Behind" and it was also doing double duty as the lead single to promote the soundtrack to the "Tomb Raider" movie. It was also being used to promote U2's tour of the same name. The song was remixed for the movie soundtrack, and it was that remix that was used for the single, and additional remixes were completed and the single was highly marketed towards DJs as well as traditional routes.
In the UK, two different 12-inch vinyl promotional singles were issued each in a unique sleeve. The red version of the single contained "Elevation (Escalation Mix)" and "Elevation (Influx Remix)" while the blue version of the single contained "Elevation (Paul Van Dyk Remix)" and "Elevation (The Vandit Club Mix)". In Germany a 12-inch single was released in a generic white sleeve, containing the same tracks that the blue-covered UK promotional single had. And in the US a 12-inch single was released in a generic black die cut sleeve, which had been stickered with the contents of the vinyl – this release contained three tracks, "Elevation (Escalation Mix)", "Elevation (Influx Remix)" as well as "Elevation (Quincey and Sonance Remix)".
A number of 5-inch promotional CDs were issued around the world as well. In the UK, there were two pressings of the CD for use, the first contained an image of "Lara Croft" on both the CD and the front cover. There were some issues with use of that image, so a second CD was issued with the same exact art, but used images of U2 in the same spots that had previously held images of "Lara Croft". Both of the CDs contained one track, "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)". In the USA there didn't seem to be any problem with using images from the movie and a three track promotional single featured an image of "Lara Croft" on the cover. The tracks contained on this three-track promotional single were "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)", "Elevation (Biffco Mix)" and "Elevation (Album Version)". A second promotional single in the US came in a regular jewel case but only with a plain back insert. That version contained just the "Album Version" of the title track. And in Mexico a 5-inch CD was also released in a generic sleeve, featuring a number of mixes of the title track including the "Album Version", "Tomb Raider Mix", "The Biffco Mix", "Escalation Mix" (Wrongly labeled as the "Escalator Mix"), "Quincey and sonance Remix" and the "Influx Remix".
A number of fairly generic looking CDR promotional CDs were released as well with the CD being housed in a plastic wallet with a paper insert. Most of these were produced for the UK. One, contained a number of remixes by Paul Van Dyk, some of these mixes not appearing on other releases. That particular release was dated June 25, 2001, and contained the "P.V.D. – Radio Mix", "P.V.D. – Remix", "Vandit – Club Mix" and "P.V.D. Non Vox Remix". Another of these generic promos, dated May 16, 2001 featured mixes including the "Tomb Raider Mix", "Biffco Mix", "Escalatory Mix", "QUincey and Sonance Remix" and the "Influx Mix". In Germany there were also a number of promotional releases on CDR, and these were released in a slimline jewel with a white paper sleeve with information about the release. The first of these included the "Biffco Mix" and the "Influx Mix" and was labeled "Broadcast Quality" on the front in silver emboss. The second disc contained "Paul Van Dyk Remix" and the "Vandit Club Mix", and two versions of this circulated, one with the embossed "Broadcast Quality" on the front of the sleeve, and one without.
Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Synthesizers by Brian Eno and the Edge. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Original mix by Tim Palmer. Assisted by Alvin Sweeney. Additional production by Chris Vrenna. Mixed by Paul Leary at Enterprise Studios, Burbank, CA.
Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Synthesizers by Brian Eno and the Edge. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Original mix by Tim Palmer. Assisted by Alvin Sweeney. Remix and additional production by Jon Carter for David Dorell Management.
Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Synthesizers by Brian Eno and the Edge. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Original mix by Tim Palmer. Assisted by Alvin Sweeney. Remixed by Quincey and Sonance. Scratching by Kato. Additonal production by Phil Johnson.
Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Synthesizers by Brian Eno and the Edge. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Original mix by Tim Palmer. Assisted by Alvin Sweeney. Additional production by Richard "Biff" Stannard and Julian Gallagher. Mixed by Ash Howes at Biffco Studios, Dublin. Scratching by Ben Chapman.


The Big Give is a charity project crowdfunding 'supermarket' site established by Alec Reed, founder of the Reed employment agency, apparently (according to an interview in Intelligent Life magazine) following a brainstorm that led to the idea of creating a 'virtual charity' using the existing architecture beneath the successful Reed job-seekers site.
Originally launched in October 2007 to encourage high-wealth philanthropy by simplifying the process of matching a corporate or major donor to a specific project of interest, the site is also used by more everyday folks wanting to give the odd £25 or so.
What is interesting from the individual donor point of view is that, as well as the usual project search functionality, The Big Give also offers 'matched funding' on certain projects. This works by the Reed Foundation, or others, pledging to match the value of donations for specific projects up to a certain amount. Basically meaning that your donation is worth double to the charity you choose.
The latest matched funding campaign is in support of the Whitechapel Gallery in East London that re-opens this weekend.
Matched funding is an approach that I have seen work very well in traditional direct mail fundraising appeals, but this is the first time that I can recall seeing it on such a charity project 'supermarket' site. It would certainly be interesting to know how much more quickly the Big Give projects selected for matched funding achieve their donation targets than the others.


Mary A. PARKER b. 195914 m. d.
Thomas MATTHEWS b. 187420 m. d.
unknown b. m. none d.
Michael McMAHON21 b. m. none d.
unknown DUKE22 b. m. none d.
William J. D. PARKER b. 188229 m. d.
The stepfather and mother of the girl Margaret Parker are persons of good character. They occupy a small cottage of two rooms, cleanly kept, the stepfather earns about 35s/- a week, and has two young children to support.
There is little doubt that after her discharge, Margaret's life became difficult and deteriorated until at least the turn of the century. It is considered almost certain that she was the woman who appeared before the courts off and on after her release from Newcastle even though CLARKE's letter of 1870 doesn't indicate that by that date she had been responsible for any crimes.49 The only other girl with the same name and who had been born at about the same time, almost certainly died as an infant shortly after her birth.50 While it is possible that another Catholic woman had been born in Parramatta in about 1855, this is considered unlikely and strong indications, but no absolute confirmations, have been found that link Margaret to locations and addresses known for her mother, Catherine MATTHEWS, formerly PARKER née KEOGH.
The births of four illegitimate children between 1874 and 1882 have been attributed to Margaret. Certainly one and probably at least two others of these children were the sons of Michael McMAHON. The deaths of two of these children occurred shortly after their birth. One other, William Caldridge PARKER aka McMAHON, survived infancy. The fate of the final child is unknown. Only the birth registrations will record the age and birthplace of their mother and none of these registrations have been viewed. While the woman appearing in court in April 1882 brought with her a child51 and was described as a married woman in the newspapers, gaol records identify this appearance and another trial for the same woman who had almost certainly registered the four illegitimate births.
The mother [Margaret PARKER] is now in gaol and has frequently been there.
Margaret was the 25-year-old woman appearing in court on 26 June 1880, accused of stealing a watch.53 She was the same age as the Newcastle admission. A report of the crime appeared in Sydney newspapers in July.54 Gaol records indicated that Margaret's trial had been scheduled for the August Quarter Sessions but it was subsequently held over to the following Quarter Sessions so she was imprisoned during this time.
Again as DUKE alias PARKER, Margaret was sentenced to two months for vagrancy in June 1885.64 By 1886 she was probably reported in newspapers as earning a living as a prostitute as she appeared for indecent behaviour in September.65 The 39-year-old Margaret PARKER charged with assault in December 1896 was also an appropriate age to be the Newcastle girl66 and this is considered likely to be a further reference for her. No further appearances for Margaret have been found after this date.
A gaol photograph from Wagga Wagga Gaol remains for Margaret and permission has been sought from SRNSW to use that photo on this page.
Margaret died in the State Hospital at Newington, on 29 November 1927. She had formerly lived at 29 Raglan Street, Waterloo, in the Municipality of Mascot. Her parents were confirmed on her death registration as William PARKER and Catherine KEOGH. No record of any children was made and it was stated that she had never married. Margaret was buried in the Catholic Cemetery, Rookwood, on 1 December. No location of her burial has been found in the Rookwood Cemetery Transcriptions CD so there is no headstone.
It is considered unlikely that Margaret was the servant who spent time in Armidale gaol for the murder of her newborn child in 187167 as it was confirmed that she was discharged from Newcastle to her mother in Sydney and this child had been born in December 1870 so must have been conceived at about the beginning of 1870. CLARKE only identified that she had been sent to her mother in Sydney but this incident had occurred in August 1869 and it is considered unlikely that Margaret had been apprenticed by her mother and step-father to Armidale.
Margaret was the daughter of William PARKER and Catherine KEOGH who had been married by John KAVANAGH in St Mary's Catholic Church, Sydney, on 16 June 1851. The witnesses were Thomas (X) THOMPSON and Sarah (X) MORTON. Catherine was recorded as a widow in the Entrance Book and no father was named on Margaret's admission entry, confirming the likelihood of his death. Both KING68 and CLARKE recorded in their correspondence that Catherine was a washerwoman in Sydney. Margaret's baptism was a Catholic baptism in the parish of Parramatta. Her father was recorded on the baptism as a farmer at the Field of Mars. She had been born on 2 May 1855, and was baptised nearly a fortnight later on 13 May by J. T. McCLENNAN. Margaret's mother's name, her age and religion recorded in the Entrance Book, were confirmed on this baptism record.
Catherine identified herself on Mary Ann's birth registration as a 30-year-old who had been born in Kilkenny, Ireland. She had arrived as an assisted immigrant in December 1849 and was recorded on the Lismoyne indent as Catherine KEHOE, an 18-year-old farm servant from County Kilkenny, Ireland. Her parents were identified as Thomas and Margaret who were both dead.69 By 1859, Catherine and William had three sons and one daughter who were still alive and one daughter who had died. They had moved from the Field of Mars to Chippendale.
After William's death Catherine maintained her respectability by taking in washing and was quite successful in having her children placed in the care of the government. These attempts to have her children put either in situations of safety or alternatively have them removed from her responsibility, commenced with the likely admission of her children William and Thomas to the Randwick Asylum on 25 October 1861. The notation beneath William's name read: 'Mother is in distressed circumstances.' The brothers were discharged to the care of their parents on 9 April 1862.70 The admission of her children continued with Margaret's admission to Newcastle and two of Margaret's brothers to the Vernon.
whether a lad of that age, living with his mother, is bound to give account of his means of support, or whether he is bound to support himself at all. It is a matter of very grave importance not to stretch the law in these cases, it would open the floodgate to a large amount of imposition, and throw a burden upon the public they have no right to bear.
It was argued that because Catherine's residence wasn't alleged to be a house of ill-fame, it was questioned whether the constable had a right to take William so it was considered that the boy had been illegally arrested. William said he would be happy to work if he could get employment. He was discharged but was warned that if he associated with persons of bad repute, or was found from home at an unseasonable hour, he would probably be taken into custody.71 It was reported at Margaret's trial that one of her brothers was in gaol for larceny but the identity of this imprisoned brother is unknown. Neither William not Thomas has been found in gaol at the time of her arrest. It must be considered that Margaret's father had had an earlier family and the Catherine KEOGH was a second marriage and that it was one of these earlier half-brothers who was in gaol although no appropriate admission has been found.
Catherine remarried John MATTHEWS in 1867. The marriage was almost certainly registered as Catherine PARK and John MATHEWS. The two children referred to in the CSIL were almost certainly two further sons named Richard and Thomas. This remarriage was confirmed in the letters relating to Margaret in the CSIL and also in the court case of John PARKER in February 1877. Catherine and John were living at 64 Kensington Street, Sydney, in February 1877.77 Sands Directory recorded that the man at this address in 1877 worked as a coachpainter. By 1879 he was located at Yeend's Place, George Street West, Sydney. He has not been confirmed in 1883.78 No confirmation of Catherine has yet been verified after February 1877.
Making an identification of William PARKER is ongoing. He had been born in about 1819 as he was recorded on Mary Ann's birth record in 1859 as 40 years of age so he was at least ten years older than Catherine. Mary Ann's birth registration only indicated that he had been born in Ireland but no specific location was recorded by the informant, his wife, Catherine. William was a farmer at the Field of Mars when Margaret was baptised in 1855 but four years later he was a labourer in Chippendale. At the time of Margaret's death he was recorded as a stonemason.
It may be that he had been transported or, his 1855 location of the Field of Mars may suggest a land grant to a former soldier.79 No convict permission to marry for a man of this name and approximate age occurred in areas where William was thought to live. One assisted immigrant from Bovine, Kings County, Ireland, arrived aboard the Pearl on 16 August 1841. He was unmarried and his parents, who were both dead, were Robert and Susan PARKER. William's death was perhaps registered in Redfern in 1864 but this registration has not been viewed so this cannot be verified. His parents on the NSW BDM Index were identified as Christopher and Hesther and these are unusual parents in that no children received these names. William's age has only been recorded on one record so is also uncertain.
A thorough investigation of the William and Sarah PARKER who arrived on the United Kingdom with their four children in 1844 had been born in about 1806 in Newry, County Down, Ireland. This family has not yet been traced but they were Presbyterian so are very unlikely to be connected. The unmarried man who had arrived on the Sir Edward Paget was also a Protestant and was from Worcester. No other assisted immigrants from Ireland have been found arriving in NSW or Victoria before a marriage date of 1851. No convict arrivals born between 1805 and 1825 were tried in Ireland.
The convict from Tasmania who had arrived on the Constant had not left Van Diemen's Land by the time this William was married in Sydney.
37. NSW PG1868: p. 216 – The newspapers do not identify the girls.


Shaky hands hug a warm mug of my favorite French press coffee. Heart racing; breath shallow.
Centering my focus on the mug, it's warmth, and the sweet smell of black coffee. I fill my lungs completely, so that they press and stretch out my upper ribs, bringing that delicious space into my upper back. Holding for a moment, sipping a bit more air into my chest, then sighing. Sighing out all the tense&sticky bits&pieces the Moon has been bringing me.
They're like little gifts, little reminders of how to breathe, move, relax, contemplate, inquire, discover.
The past week, with big cosmic movements: the full moon, Mercury in retrograde in Scorpio, and a lunar eclipse, have left me jittery and scattered, yet contemplative and introspective.
I often feel the Moon lifting me up and pulling me closer to her heart. It's these moments that I begin to lose footing, walk on tippy-toes, and move quickly, almost rabbit-like. These waves are refreshing as I relish in bubbly excitement, which, as usual, is traveling alongside it's twin brother, energetic anxiety.
So as sleep eludes me, coffee ignites me, and the moon holds me, I have been discovering, accomplishing, creating.
I set my alarm for 5:10 on Wednesday morning. I set up my beloved camera on the rooftop of my yoga studio to witness and attempt to capture La Luna in all her glory. The lunar eclipse and the moonset occurred just before sunrise. A trinity of celestial magnificence.
I wanted to capture it, to somehow possess it on film. There is something so ethereal and elusive about photography. It's a moment, a piece of the past, never to occur again, forever embodied into a still image. It's spectacular.
As I bundled up and hurried to the car, spilling coffee on my chilly, purple-nailed fingers, and nearly forgetting my shoes, I was caught off guard, nearly winded by the brightness the sky possessed at such an unexposed hour. No clouds to interrupt my view, it was as if the stars intrinsically knew that this was a special moment so they shined all the brighter so that they too could bask and celebrate the awesomeness of the moon.
So I watched. Bore witness to astral awesomeness. Attempted to capture the moment on film. The Sun brightened the sky in the East, while La Luna slowly, gracefully, purposefully hid in her shadows and descended from vision.


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    class DataCollector {
    private:
        DataCollector() {}
        ~DataCollector() {}

    public:
        static void collect(
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            const scene& scene,
            std::vector<aten::GeomParameter>& shapeparams,
            std::vector<aten::PrimitiveParamter>& primparams,
            std::vector<aten::LightParameter>& lightparams,
            std::vector<aten::MaterialParameter>& mtrlparms,
            std::vector<aten::vertex>& vtxparams);

        static void collectTriangles(
            const context& ctxt,
            std::vector<std::vector<aten::PrimitiveParamter>>& triangles,
            std::vector<int>& triIdOffsets);
    };
}