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import fortranformat as ff
import numpy as np
try:
    import pandas as pd
except ImportError as err:
    _has_pandas=False
else:
    _has_pandas=True
from collections import OrderedDict

class _dummy_reader( object ):
    def __init__(self):
        pass

    def read(self, s):
        return [s.strip()]

class auric_file_reader( object ):
    def __init__(self,
        headingformat='A',
        indexformat='6F12.2',
        dataformat='6E12.3'):
        self.heading_reader = _dummy_reader()
        self.index_reader = ff.FortranRecordReader(indexformat)
        self.data_reader = ff.FortranRecordReader(dataformat)

    def read(self, filename, returnDataFrame=True):
        with open(filename) as f:
            lines = f.readlines()

        hr = self.heading_reader
        ir = self.index_reader
        dr = self.data_reader

        # store all the lines in info
        info = [line.strip('\n') for line in lines]

        data = OrderedDict()
        data_list = []
        index_mode = False
        name = ""
        # now read from the bottom up
        while not index_mode:
            line = info.pop()
            try:
                # try to interpret the line as data
                data_line = dr.read(line)
                # remove None's
                data_line = [x for x in data_line if x is not None]
                # build a list of lists
                data_list.append(data_line)
            except ValueError:
                header = hr.read(line)[0]
                if data_list==[]:
                    #two headers in a row means we have hit the top of the data section
                    name = header[:]
                    index_mode = True
                    continue
                # the lines are stored in reversed order, so reverse the list
                data_array =  np.hstack( data_list[::-1] )
                data[header] = data_array
                data_list = []

        index = OrderedDict()
        header = ''
        data_list = []
        while not header:
            line = info.pop()
            try:
                # try to interpret the line as index data
                data_line = ir.read(line)
                # remove None's
                data_line = [x for x in data_line if x is not None]
                # build a list of lists
                data_list.append(data_line)
            except ValueError:
                header = hr.read(line)[0]
                # the lines are stored in reversed order, so reverse the list
                data_array =  np.hstack( data_list[::-1] )
                index[header] = data_array

        title = "Data from {}".format(filename.split('/')[-1])
        if returnDataFrame and _has_pandas:
            idx = pd.Index(list(index.values())[0],name=list(index.keys())[0])
            df = pd.DataFrame(data,index=idx)
            df.ylabel = name
            df.filename = filename
            df.title = title
            # df.extra_info = info
            return df
        else:
            out = { 'info':info
                    , 'index':index
                    , 'data':data
                    , 'ylabel':name
                    , 'filename':filename
                    , 'title':title
            }
            return out

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Q: Seaborn Boxplot only shows lines I'm trying to use seaborn to draw a boxplot. The following is my code:
for i in ["Project","SaleType","PropertyType","Tenure","PurchaserType"]:
    fig=plt.figure(figsize=(20,6))
    ax=sns.boxplot(x=i,y="TransactionPrice",data=price,whis=np.inf)
    plt.show()

and the results only shows lines without box range like a normal boxplot.

I want to figure out why and how to fix it.

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The fossil fuel origins of 'gaslighting'
Merriam-Webster declared "gaslighting" the word of the year this week, if you can believe it. The term, which describes a type of lie that leaves the target doubting their perception of reality, saw a 1,740 percent increase in searches on the dictionary's site in 2022, with steady interest over the course of the year.
"In recent years, with the vast increase in channels and technologies used to mislead, gaslighting has become the favored word for the perception of deception," Merriam-Webster's editors wrote in an explanation for their selection.
Even if you remember what a "gaslight" is, it doesn't illuminate the word's meaning. The mind-manipulating connotation came from a 1938 play called Gas Light, later turned into a movie. The plot: A husband tries to trick his wife into thinking she's losing her mind — and thereby getting sent to an asylum — so he can steal the priceless jewels she's inherited. His strategy involves sneaking around the house and making the gaslights flicker and dim, while insisting that the lights look totally normal to him.
The meaning of "gaslighting" in the social-media age is broader, referring to any situation where you wildly mislead someone for personal advantage. Climate advocates have increasingly been applying the term to the actions of the oil industry, which mastered the art of misdirection long before "gaslighting" became part of the vernacular. In the 1970s, Exxon's own scientists warned executives that carbon emissions could lead to catastrophic warming — and then the oil giant proceeded to act as if climate change wasn't real, sowing doubt about the science and working to block legislation to address rising emissions.
Since then, studies have found that Big Oil's actions (drilling for more oil) don't match its public turnaround on climate change, indicating that companies are advertising an unrealistically green image. Oil companies portray themselves as problem solvers — BP's motto is "reimagining energy" — while continuing to make the problem worse. At the same time, the fossil fuel industry has tried to shift the focus to individuals. In a recently unveiled email, sent after Shell posted a widely criticized Twitter poll in 2020 asking people how they planned to address climate change, one of the company's communications executives said that accusations of Shell "gaslighting" the public were "not totally without merit."
An advertisement for the 1944 film "Gaslight."
Gaslighting doesn't just describe the oil industry's communications, though — the literal "gas lights" that the word refers to began as a fossil-fueled phenomenon. Over the 18th and 19th centuries, a fuel called "coal gas" swept through Europe and the United States, lighting up city streets as well as homes, factories, and theaters through vast networks of pipes. It left behind an important but largely forgotten legacy in our energy system, our polluted soil, and, of course, our language.
Before gaslights, people lit dark rooms with flickering candles and lanterns that burned fishy-smelling whale oil. What replaced them didn't smell much better at first. The new technology was the result of chemists messing around with burning coal, wood, peat, animal bladders, and other substances, to see what gases they'd produce. At first, they put the fruits of their labor to use setting off fireworks and flying balloons, but soon found a more practical purpose for "manufactured" gas, sometimes called "town gas" or "artificial gas." (The name "natural gas" later arose to help differentiate methane.)
Starting around 1800, the first gas lamps appeared in Paris, London, and Glasgow. They became coveted by factory owners who could now keep their employees toiling after dark, and by city planners looking to make their streets safer from crime. The technology had spread all over Britain by the end of the 1850s, when more than 1,000 gasworks plants had popped up to meet demand.
Half a century later, streets all over Europe and America were gaslit. Unlike the candles and oil lamps that preceded them, networks of gas connected homes to a larger energy system — setting the stage for the next advancement in lighting.
In the late 1880s, the inventor Thomas Edison created the first lightbulb, much to the disappointment of those who had invested in stock of gas companies. His plan to electrify cities with underground cables was sold as clean, healthy, and modern. "Edison's marketing played up an image of ancient 'evil' gaslight in contrast to a new, 'good' electric light, coming in as the knight in oh-so-gleaming amour to lift Manhattan from the dark ages," Alice Bell writes in the book Our Biggest Experiment: An Epic History of the Climate Crisis.
Gas lighting was known for making a mess. Factory owners found it hard to know what to do with coal tar, the sticky, toxic byproduct of coal gas production. They tried dumping the byproduct into rivers, but it ended up killing the fish.
People play at Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington, after a snowstorm, February 9, 2019.
David Ryder / Getty Images
The technology gradually fell out of use in the 20th century, but gasworks plants left a legacy in the landscape. In Seattle, for instance, the iconic Gas Works Park along Lake Union was home to a major coal gasification plant that opened in 1906, filling the area with smelly, bubbling char for 50 years until it closed. In the 1960s, the landscape architect Richard Haag saw some strange beauty in the abandoned gasworks and worked to convince the city to turn it into a park, keeping some of the towering industrial structures standing. The first soil remediation process took about six years, and cleanup remains ongoing today, with arsenic and other contaminants still present in the lake.
Much like the industrial structures of Gas Works Park, the term "gaslighting" is a relic of its time— and a reminder of a dirty technology that's best left in the past.
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Could EVs Be the Secret to a 100% Renewable Grid?
Published 1 year ago. About a 6 minute read.
It is possible to unlock a 100 percent renewably powered grid — without any coal, nuclear or gas storage baseload — within the next several years. And any driver or homeowner could contribute to the solution by using electric vehicles (EVs) as mobile batteries that charge at one location when there's a surge of renewable energy and deliver it back to the grid at another when it's needed.
The storage potential of EVs is striking. Aggregating energy across one million EVs amounts to 50 to 100 GWh of storage capacity, according to industry analysts Brattle Group. Putting that into perspective, Tesla's "big battery" in South Australia, currently the largest battery in the world, stores less than 1GWh.
With electric cars storing and transporting renewable power, we wouldn't need to continue building expensive storage infrastructure. For utilities, this vast mobile power source could be a savior — or their downfall.
Batteries on wheels
EVs have more capacity than they need on a daily basis: The average daily car trip in the U.S. is about 30 miles, while most EVs have a range of 124 to 310 miles. Current base model vehicles with a 186.4-mile range on a 60 kW battery pack could run a typical house, including air conditioning, for four to five days. And despite some car owners' concerns, discharging the battery won't cause noticeable wear, because a typical battery's life is longer than the lifetime of a vehicle.
Using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, which allows vehicle batteries to store surplus energy from intermittent renewable resources like solar and wind, EV owners could power their homes with energy stored in car batteries or sell it back to utilities, balancing fluctuations in energy demand. Using real-time rates, utilities could encourage EV owners to charge up during the day, when there is excess (and therefore cheap) solar energy, and sell back to the grid during times of high demand.
EV owners would charge their vehicles using a high-powered charger (already coming on the market) while at work or out shopping, and then drive home and plug the car into their home charger. As demand for energy ramped up in the evening, utilities could purchase a bit of power from the full EV battery. There would still be plenty of power left in the vehicle, which could be topped up the next day. Meanwhile, drivers would earn more from selling their battery power than they paid for it.
Two things need to happen to make this vision a reality. The first is widespread availability of bidirectional charging — technology that allows power to flow between an EV battery and the charger or power grid. Whereas EVs today only import electricity, and EV charging stations can only send electricity to the vehicle, V2G-enabled EVs could feed electricity from their batteries to the grid using bidirectional charging stations.
Japanese EVs already support bidirectional charging (Japan sees it as a disaster preparedness feature, allowing cars to provide energy if the grid goes down). Mitsubishi launched the V2G-enabled Outlander PHEV car in Denmark last year, and Honda recently invested in bidirectional charging at its European R&D site.
In the U.S., the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is experimenting with V2G car and charger capabilities. On the charger side, Tritium is engineering a bidirectional DC charger (we assume our competitors are as well), and standards are en route: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Electric Vehicle Charging Conformity Assessment Steering Committee is creating technical standards for a DC bidirectional EV fast charger.
Staying current: The utility opportunity
Second, utilities must develop grid-balancing programs that fulfill the potential of this new resource. Utilities hold the key to unlocking EV-to-grid capabilities, and there's ample reason for them to use it.
Electric vehicles can increase the energy consumption of an average home by 25 to 30 percent, according to Duke Energy, and the NREL found up to a 38 percent increase in U.S. electricity consumption due to EV adoption. Further, Bloomberg New Energy Finance projects that EV electricity consumption will increase to about 33 terawatt-hours per year by 2025 and 551 terawatt-hours by 2040.
The business opportunity is clear, but utilities will have to act fast to hold on to it. Once home batteries coupled with rooftop solar become widely accessible and discharge from EV batteries can fill in any energy shortage, a large number of EV owners may choose to leave the grid in favor of powering their homes with a combination of solar energy and battery storage.
Incentivizing EV drivers to sell power back to the grid is the way to keep them hooked up. If utilities make it financially attractive, drivers will give them access to all those big, mobile battery packs when the sun isn't shining. Most likely this means demand response using a real-time pricing signal, possibly targeted at whatever transformer the driver is connected to. If the incentives are right, drivers will be better off selling power back to the grid and charging according to grid needs than using their EV to top off their home battery.
In a 40 percent renewable energy penetration scenario, managed charging — which allows a utility or third party to control vehicle charging based on the grid's needs — could also reduce the cost of delivering electricity to an EV in California from $1,400 to less than $600 per vehicle.
Challenges to charging
Even when bidirectional charging is market-ready, we'll face a stack of interlocking regulatory barriers to deploying EVs as mobile batteries. For instance, most utilities are not allowed to operate generation assets, and presumably, a bidirectional EV would legally count as a generator. But most utility-scale generators have a minimum allowed size for power resources that can go into a regulated electricity market. A 10kW EV is too small, so EVs would have to be aggregated and operated as one large virtual device — the problem there is that many metering and utility regulations don't allow aggregation.
These barriers can be overcome, however. Once people realize they can go off-grid entirely using their EVs and a solar array, utilities will press regulatory bodies for policies that will allow them to retain customers and revenue from the EV market. Letting this opportunity slip is a major risk to utilities. If they don't create a price signal to interact with EVs during peak charging times, they won't be ready for the strain of EV uptake on the grid.
A roadmap to renewable profitability
There's an alternative future in which EVs become a grid resource, and it's on the horizon. Once bidirectional charging becomes available and utilities incentivize customers to feed energy from their vehicles back to the grid, the transition to on-demand renewable power will occur.
States across the U.S. — including California, Texas and New Jersey — are busy rolling out EV charging infrastructure. Using EVs to help balance the grid, instead of simply adding energy demand to it, should be an easy choice for utilities as well as drivers.
Published Aug 30, 2018 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT / 12am BST / 1am CEST
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Q: What is the difference beetween body and #body In my code I have this:
#body {
    background-color: #efeeef;
    clear: both;
    padding-bottom: 35px;
}

And this:
body {
    background-color: #fff;
    border-top: solid 10px #000;
    color: #333;
    font-size: .85em;
    font-family: "Segoe UI", Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

My doubt is because # is an ID selector, but body isnt an ID.

A: #body refers to an element with id body and body refers to <body .... of HTML
Example: you could give a
 and the CSS for #body would apply to the div.

A:
My doubt is because # is an ID selector, but body isnt an ID.

Is is now:

...

IDing elements after element types isn't a great idea (since it can be confusing), but it is legal.

A: #body refers to any element, not just a body element, that has the id attribute set to "body".
The second one refers to the body tag.

A: #body is selecting an id named body, so if you had a  it would make changes inside that div, while body would make change


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Spitting Chinese not welcomed here!
The Nation has a survey of Thai's and their view on tourists. Hightlights:
... 28 per cent naming mainland Chinese as the least polite visitors, followed by tourists from India (20 per cent) and the Middle East (19 per cent).
...When asked which tourist behaviour they find impolite, 29 per cent said damaging the local sights was the most offensive, 21 per cent cited cultural insensitivity and 20 per cent cited spitting.
At least they realize they have a problem, just hope we see some improvement before this:
Last year, 31 million of China's 1.3 billion people traveled abroad. By 2020, that number is expected to rise to 100 million a year.
Website: Council for Democratic Reform
The Council for Democratic Reform website is up. Looks like they specalize in Coup's. Maybe you can hire them for your party. And check out the Ban on Eavesdropping. Could this be directed at loyalists in a special room somewhere inside an AIS building listening to certain converstaion? Hmm...
In cases where the violator is also the provider of telephone or communication services, or is the concessionaire holder of such services, apart from the punishment stipulated under paragraphs 1, 2 or 3 as the case may be,the violator's license or concessionaire for such services shall also be revoked.
Award: first news source to use "Coup" and "Go-Go dancers" in the same headline
The headline writers at International Herald Tribune go for senationalist gold with the headline: "Thai soldiers take a break from the coup to watch go-go dancers " - to bad it wasn't really go-go dancing, and just a sad excuse for a headline. Hey IHT... THIS... is go-go dancing. More from Bangkok Pundit. Photos here and here.
Also, a nice editorial by formerUS Ambassador to Thailand, Darryl N. Johnson:
The U.S., Thailand's formal ally and long-time friend, should urge the early restoration of democratic institutions and call for calm. The U.S. should also express regret that the new rulers resorted to unconstitutional means to overthrow an elected leader...
...The U.S. should criticize the process, but not the results.
And finally.. is the Bangkok Post, still the worst online newspaper in the world? They still don't understand that Google will link to their story, and that they should use a Permanent Link to that story. So please, if you reference a Post story, copy the entire story, as you may never find it again.
Test: Chinese, Japanese or Korean?
Take the test at AllLookTheSame.com. I got a 10 of 18 right btw, and the average is 6.
Why the Coup happend
This story (also here) in The Nation by Thanong Khanthong offers the best insight I have read so far into the Coup. If true Sonthi Boonyaratglin could go down as one of the great Thai heros. Taksin had planed to use a bloody protest as pretext to declaring a state of emergency...
an intelligence report reached General Sonthi's camp stating that there would be bloodshed on Wednesday. The People's Alliance for Democracy had planned to hold a political rally that day at the Royal Plaza in order to force Thaksin out of politics. Had that rally taken place, there would have been clashes between the People's Alliance for Democracy and Thaksin's supporters and blood would have been spilt on Rajdamnoen Avenue.
Once the situation was under his complete control, Thaksin had planned to fly back yesterday in order to declare victory over anti-democratic elements in society. He had a military reshuffle list in hand that would have further consolidated his control over the military. With that accomplished, everything would have been easy. Virtually all institutions in the country would have been under his directive.
Let's not forget it is Taksin who bought his current seat of power.
A 1m baht bribe called "the village fund" that persuaded vilage headmen to convince those in their village to vote Taksin.
The 40baht health care plan.
Loans for farmers that they did not have to pay back.
He knew he could do the same thing again, but he just needed a tighter grip on power.
If Thaksin were to run in the next election, he would have won. With 12 million votes or so, he would have claimed a democratic majority and he also would have stayed on as prime minister. After that he could rewrite Thai history by turning Thailand into his own regime.
There is no reason suspect Taksin was planning on giving up power Getting rid of him may have given Thailand it's only hope of remaining democratic.
Some Coup action shots
Check out the Coup in action. Some good action shots from a good friend of mine:
"My first Coup!"
"B2 ready for action"
Motherfuck!n' Tanks on a Motherfuck!n' Street!
The business end of the Coup
More photos Coup Photos. Thanks John!
Fisrt bad news of the Coup - elections in one year?
Thailand's new military ruler, winning crucial royal backing for his bloodless coup, announced Wednesday that he would not call elections for another year. - Washington Post
Bangkok Post front page Sept. 20, 2006
Thai property sizes: 1 Acre = 2.5 Rai
Been looking for this for a while (thanks 1Rai) - Thai land sizes:
1 Rai = 4 Ngan = 1600 Square Meters
1 Ngan = 100 Talang Wah = 400 SqM
1 Talang Wah = 4 SqM
Common Western Conversions:
1 Acre = 2.5 Rai
1 Hectare = 6.25 Rai
Huston Cron Editorial - Wrong
Huston Cron:" Thailand would be better off with a deeply flawed leader ultimately accountable to the electorate than what it has now: a military dictator who has revoked the constitution."
You forget he is the richest man in Thailand. The only other two forces that could possible oppose him are the military and the King. He bribes the poor to his will. It was not a real democracy before and taking him out, paves the way for a real election.
Coup D'Tetat in Thailand - see ya Taxsin
This could be both good and bad. Hopefully the Baht will loose some strength against the dollar, and make a bit of a buying opportunity. Also lets hope this finally means a return to fair closing times, and if we are lucky… a repeal on the this visa situation.
Troops loyal to army chief Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin last night staged a coup d'etat to oust caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who was in New York and due to address the United Nations General Assembly.
And Taxsin is stuck in New York:
Thaksin is in New York at a hotel, where he has reportedly been watching the United Nations General Assembly and keeping abreast of developments here.
And then he sraps his UN speach, as not he is just a guy, well the richest guy in Thailand, but still:
After getting the United Nations to rearrange the schedule of its most important annual meeting, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Tuesday cancelled the talk that was to be delivered later in the day.
And the Bangkok Post fails us again, it's server unable to handle the large amount of traffic.
A Bangkok native makes this statement, which pretty much sums it up:
"Allowing Thaksin to carry on will ruin the country more than this. The reputation of the country may be somewhat damaged, but it's better than letting Thaksin stay in power."
Unfortunately, this is nothing new, there has been no fewer than 23 coup attempts in the past 74 years. But the last one in Thailand was 15 years ago.
The news also topped Goggle News. Track all the news here.
A nice rundown of Taxsin's accomplishments.
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Jeyson Alejandro Rojas Orellana (ur. 23 stycznia 2002 w San Javier) – chilijski piłkarz występujący na pozycji prawego obrońcy, reprezentant Chile, od 2020 roku zawodnik Colo-Colo.

Bibliografia

Reprezentanci Chile w piłce nożnej
Piłkarze CSD Colo-Colo
Ludzie urodzeni w San Javier (Chile)
Urodzeni w 2002

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Issues Perinatal Care
Ethnic Group Inequalities in Coverage with Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health Interventions: Cross-Sectional Analyses of National Surveys in 16 Latin American and Caribbean Countries (Mesenburg, 2018)
Categories: Perinatal Care, Research & Scholarship, Research & Scholarship, Prenatal Care
Mesenburg, Marilla Arndt, Maria Clara Restrepo-Mendez, Hugo Amigo et al., "Ethnic Group Inequalities in Coverage with Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health Interventions: Cross-Sectional Analyses of National Surveys in 16 Latin American and Caribbean Countries," The Lancet Global Health 6, no.8 (August 2018), doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30300-0
Background: Latin American and Caribbean populations include three main ethnic groups: indigenous people, people of African descent, and people of European descent. We investigated ethnic inequalities among these groups in population coverage with reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health interventions.
Methods: We analysed 16 standardised, nationally representative surveys carried out from 2004 to 2015 in Latin America and the Caribbean that provided information on ethnicity or a proxy indicator (household language or skin colour) and on coverage of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health interventions. We selected four outcomes: coverage with modern contraception, antenatal care coverage (defined as four or more antenatal visits), and skilled attendants at birth for women aged 15–49 years; and coverage with three doses of diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT3) vaccine among children aged 12–23 months. We classified women and children as indigenous, of African descent, or other ancestry (reference group) on the basis of their self-reported ethnicity or language. Mediating variables included wealth quintiles (based on household asset indices), woman's education, and urban-rural residence. We calculated crude and adjusted coverage ratios using Poisson regression.
Findings: Ethnic gaps in coverage varied substantially from country to country. In most countries, coverage with modern contraception (median coverage ratio 0·82, IQR 0·66–0·92), antenatal care (0·86, 0·75–0·94), and skilled birth attendants (0·75, 0·68–0·92) was lower among indigenous women than in the reference group. Only three countries (Nicaragua, Panama, and Paraguay) showed significant gaps in DPT3 coverage between the indigenous and the reference groups. The differences were attenuated but persisted after adjustment for wealth, education, and residence. Women and children of African descent showed similar coverage to the reference group in most countries.
Interpretation: The lower coverage levels for indigenous women are pervasive, and cannot be explained solely by differences in wealth, education, or residence. Interventions delivered at community level—such as vaccines—show less inequality than those requiring access to services, such as birth attendance. Regular monitoring of ethnic inequalities is essential to evaluate existing initiatives aimed at the inclusion of minorities and to plan effective multisectoral policies and programmes.
Funding: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (through the Countdown to 2030 initiative) and the Wellcome Trust.
Believed to be the largest systematic study of ethnic group inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) coverage in 16 countries of the Americas, this study looks at the challenges many women and children face in receiving the healthcare they need due to their ethnicity. (Note: Despite documented success and health benefits, the study excluded natural family planning from its definition of "modern contraception.")


Our loss happened in February 2014. We had been married only for a few months when we found we had gotten pregnant while using birth control. I went in to the doctor for some unusual symptoms and they decided that I should go on hormone therapy. Too much information? I think not. They had to run a pregnancy test and so I willingly supplied a blood sample without another thought.
I received a phone call from my nurse practitioner, Jen, who was very kind but very firm. "Your pregnancy results are positive and we need to have you in immediately to remove your IUD." If you are unfamiliar with what that is… you could look it up here but that might be too much info. Your choice, don't say I did't warn you. One IUD removal, and an ultrasound later we were on the path to parenthood. Jen warned us that there was a 60% chance of losing the baby but we were full steam ahead.
After a few days of praying for our little one's survival, I was certain that I was miscarrying. Something I learned in the process is that every miscarriage is a loss. No matter how small, no matter how long you know about it. Our lives are very fragile and very special. We are so thankful that our Lord would bless us with the experience of loving someone so small you wouldn't be able to see her with your bare eyes.
It is this loss that has completely changed our lives.
It was this loss, that challenged all of my instincts to plan and follow my own path towards security and stability.
Oh I am so sorry for your loss. It truly is a loss and as someone who's had multiple chemical pregnancies (positive test and then loss that same day), i can say it's a loss. I used to think of each one as different. As I never had an ultrasound and only had a day or hour to grapple with pregnancy (granted we've been trying for 4 years). But a friend who had a miscarriage at 11 weeks once told me that a loss is a loss. No matter how far along. And it's true. Thank you so much for seeing and understanding that. I am so sorry for your pain. I'll be praying for you guys. (Oh and Joni sent me to your blog).
Megan! Thank you so much for reaching out and sharing your story! It means so much that there is a community of women who are able to be transparent and support each other.


Irv Widders is the director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Grain Legumes at MSU. He is also a professor of vegetable crop physiology in the MSU Department of Horticulture.
Beans are a long way from my first 18 years at MSU when I researched pickling cucumbers. My program focused on improving the productivity and the "crunch" of pickling cucumbers. While Michigan is actually the second largest pickling cucumber producer and processor in the U.S., we all know that pickles are not going to overcome global hunger and malnutrition.
My career at MSU has evolved over the years, to say the least. Today I am a passionate international advocate for grain legume research (i.e., common bean, cowpea, lima bean, chickpea, pigeon pea, tepary bean, etc., all of which are "beans" from a U.S. trade perspective). I have also moved from the laboratory bench to agriculture research program administration. These changes have been gratifying to me. In many ways, I feel that I have found my niche.
What's the difference between grain legumes and regular legumes?
What courses do I teach at MSU on grain legumes?
Are lima beans and mung beans actually beans?
What about black-eyed peas (cowpeas)?
What is the difference between a bean and a pea (dry peas, cowpeas, pigeon peas)?
Why are beans so important that USAID would fund an entire global program on grain legumes?
The reality is that dedicating the better part of one's career to beans doesn't immediately engender respect from friends and peers. It requires some conversation to say the least. Many consider beans a lowly food, frequently called the "poor persons' meat," and one of the foods on our plate that our parents told us were good to eat. The truth is that beans, commonly served with rice and in tacos, are one of most underappreciated crops in the world.
That's a large reason for why the United Nations has chosen 2016 as the International Year of Pulses, a global celebration and educational initiative aimed at showcasing the importance of these crops. By all measures, grain legumes are a contemporary health food and among the most worthy of agricultural commodities to invest one's efforts into.
They are nutrient-rich foods that promote a healthy gut microbiome and reduce the risk of chronic diseases, enhance the sustainability of cropping systems through symbiotic nitrogen fixation, benefit women (the primary farmers of beans in developing countries such as Africa) worldwide and, of equal importance, provide a quality livelihood for farmers from Michigan to Africa and Latin America. Moreover, beans provide the quality protein that serves as a foundation for healthy vegetarian diets.
Agriculture research program administration provides opportunities for faculty like myself to pursue scholarship, international engagement and impact. In my role as LIL director, I am able to use my scientific expertise in plant science to define future interdisciplinary international research priorities for grain legumes that address such global challenges as climate change, increasing productivity to meet demands of future population growth, and to provide consumers access to nutritious, safe and affordable food.
As I frequently share with my staff, the challenges associated with research program administration are undeniably formidable. We must remember the worthiness of the people that we serve, rural smallholder farmers and consumers, especially undernourished children. They are what motivate us each day.
For answers to the questions commonly asked of me and listed earlier in this article, I encourage you to read the current issue of MSU AgBioResearch's magazine Futures, or visit Legume Innovation Lab.


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Michigan State is a Big Ten school with more than 50,000 students, close to 39,000 of them undergraduates. Its students represent all 50 states and more than 130 countries. Recognized internationally as a major research university, MSU ranks high among U.S. universities in both international student enrollment and participation in study abroad programs, with more than 275 such programs available in some 60 countries. There are more than 900 organizations for students to join, which can help undergraduates find a place for themselves on such a vast campus. Offerings include a gospel choir, recipe-sharing club, and an e-sports student association. Friendships are often made in the dorms, where students are required to live as first-year students. The University Activities Board provides plenty of alcohol-free alternatives to the usual drinking and partying, including free bowling and open mic nights. Many students are content just hanging out by the Grand River before they head off to cheer the Spartans at the big game. MSU's graduation rate of about 80% is 8% higher, by Money's calculations, than expected for students with similar test scores and economic backgrounds. Michigan State alumni are financially successful as well: Recent graduates tell PayScale their early career earnings shake out to $53,300.
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Donald Glenn Brotzman (* 28. Juni 1922 bei Sterling, Colorado; † 15. September 2004 in Alexandria, Virginia) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1963 und 1965 sowie nochmals von 1967 bis 1975 vertrat er den zweiten Wahlbezirk des Bundesstaates Colorado im US-Repräsentantenhaus.

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Donald Brotzman wurde auf einer Farm im Logan County geboren. Er besuchte die dortigen öffentlichen Schulen und danach bis 1949 die University of Colorado School of Business in Boulder. Gleichzeitig studierte er an der University of Colorado Jura. Nach seiner im Jahr 1949 erfolgten Zulassung als Rechtsanwalt begann er in Boulder in seinem neuen Beruf zu arbeiten. In den Jahren 1945 bis 1946 unterbrach er seine Ausbildung, um in der US-Armee zu dienen. Dort war er als Oberleutnant bei einer Infanterieeinheit im südpazifischen Raum eingesetzt.

Brotzman war Mitglied der Republikanischen Partei. Zwischen 1952 und 1954 war er Abgeordneter im Repräsentantenhaus von Colorado; zwischen 1954 und 1956 gehörte er dem Staatssenat an. In den Jahren 1954 und 1956 kandidierte er jeweils erfolglos für das Amt des Gouverneurs von Colorado. In den Jahren 1959 bis 1961 war Brotzman dann Bundesstaatsanwalt für den Bezirk Colorado.

1962 wurde Brotzman in das US-Repräsentantenhaus gewählt, wo er am 3. Januar 1963 die Nachfolge von Peter H. Dominick antrat. Da er 1964 nicht bestätigt wurde, konnte er bis zum 3. Januar 1965 zunächst nur eine Legislaturperiode im Kongress absolvieren. Sein Sitz fiel zwischenzeitlich an den Demokraten Roy H. McVicker. In den Wahlen des Jahres 1966 konnte Brotzman seinen alten Sitz im Kongress zurückgewinnen, den er nach drei Wiederwahlen zwischen dem 3. Januar 1967 und dem 3. Januar 1975 in vier Legislaturperioden behalten sollte. Im Jahr 1974 unterlag er dem Demokraten Tim Wirth.

Nach dem Ende seiner Zeit im Kongress arbeitete Donald Brotzman von 1975 bis 1977 als Abteilungsleiter für das Heeresministerium in Washington. Dort war er für Personalfragen und Reservistenangelegenheiten zuständig. Später war er Präsident der Vereinigung der Gummihersteller und der National Rubber Shippers Association. Außerdem war er Vorsitzender des Industry Safety Council in Washington.

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As President, Global Channels & General Business, Rodolpho Cardenuto is responsible for driving SAP Board-sponsored initiatives through SAP partners and accelerating the company's growth through new and existing sales channels worldwide. SAP partnerships account for a significant portion of SAP's sales, innovations, and services. Under Rodolpho's leadership, Global Channels & General Business works to elevate our mutual success with partners.
Rodolpho previously was president of SAP Americas from January 2013 to May 2014, responsible for leading the business in North America and Latin America. The combined Americas region was SAP's largest, with nearly 80,000 customers and operations in 13 countries.  In October of 2014 Rodolpho was asked to again lead the Latin America region in addition to his global GPO responsibility.
During his time as leader of SAP LAC, the region became a top performing market for SAP globally and delivered double digit growth for 14 consecutive quarters. In addition, Brazil and Mexico delivered unprecedented growth during his tenure and are among the top markets for SAP globally in terms of financial performance and contribution.
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I took my first rosemaling class at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in the summer of 2010. I thought it would be a one-time thing, done primarily to gain insight into one of the characters in my Chloe Ellefson mysteries—Chloe's mom, who is a Gold Medalist in this style of folk-art painting. To my surprise, I discovered that I loved it! (Check out Rosemaling Through Time to see some examples.) I left that first class determined to do at least a little painting once I got home, just to keep my hand in.
Working on my first project, 2010.
Well, my life is crazy-busy and that didn't happen. I returned to Vesterheim last July for my second five-day class having not held a paintbrush for a year. I'd signed up for the beginners' Telemark class again, and was happy to see several students I'd met the previous year. I was also surprised to find several experienced painters in the class, including one Gold Medalist.
The experienced students' work was impressive. Although some things did come back once we started painting, I was frustrated that I hadn't been able to practice as I'd wanted to.
Beginning my first 2011 project, a bowl.
Then I had a chance to see some of the work being done by students in the other class being held at Vesterheim that week, "Freehand Halling Rosemaling." That class was taught by Tove Ness, an expert who has her own studio in the mountains of Hallingdal, Norway. Not only did Tove's students produce wonderful, unique works—they accomplished more in a day than I could imagine doing in…OK, more than I could imagine doing at all. Ever.
Several exquisite examples of the work done in the freehand class.
So for a couple of days my pleasure in being back in a class was tempered by a certain amount of intimidation. Between studying the works of old masters in the museum proper, admiring the pieces entered in the National Exhibition of Folk-Art in the Norwegian Tradition (which happened to coincide with my class), and seeing the amazing work being produced by more experienced students, I felt a bit overwhelmed.
Some of the rosemaled pieces in Vesterheim's collection.
A few of the pieces in the exhibition.
Then I happened to overhear my wonderful teacher, Joanne MacVey, talking with another student about her experiences attending a one-room schoolhouse. She mentioned something I've heard and read many times: that the younger students tended to advance quickly because they had the opportunity to listen to and observe older students working through their lessons. Although those in primary grades were focused on their own lessons, they subconsciously absorbed some of what the more advanced students were working on.
Joanne, who is also a Gold Medalist.
And that made me realize I'd been looking at my situation all wrong. Instead of being intimidated, I should be grateful I had the opportunity to learn while surrounded by talented artists and great examples, old and new.
I may be a perpetual rosemaling beginner, since the writing life seems to preclude me finding the blocks of time needed to gain any real proficiency. But that really doesn't matter. I love painting and its inherent traditions and heritage. I love the challenge of doing something visual instead of creating pictures with words. Taking classes at Vesterheim exposes me to all kinds of knowledge and expertise. It's something I do for fun, I've made some wonderful friends, and stressing about it is really a bad idea.
So for the rest of the week, I let myself enjoy the process. We painted a bowl first, and then started a box. I didn't have the box finished by the week's end, and since I knew I wouldn't have time to paint once I got home, I pulled an all-nighter in the hotel room after the final class.
Last week I gave the finished box to my mom for Christmas. Big hit.
Diane Weston, former head of educational programming at Vesterheim, said that the student/artist community there is like a family. That's why a Gold Medalist would enroll in a beginner's class. There's always something to learn, and most of all, it's fun to spend time with other painters.
I also think that the global community (or one-room school, if you will) that practices and perpetuates any type of folk-art, such as rosemaling, forms it's own family. If you're at all interested in learning more about one of these old handicrafts, see what opportunities might exist in your area, or check out Vesterheim's class offerings. Most of all, have fun!


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En los motores de combustión interna, la distribución es el mecanismo encargado de regular la entrada y salida de fluidos en el cilindro. Generalmente se trata de un conjunto de piezas que, accionadas por el mismo motor, abren y cierran las válvulas de entrada y salida de gases, a través del movimiento del o los ejes de levas que, de igual manera, son accionados por el cigüeñal con conjunto la correa de distribución.

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El sistema consta de una serie de piezas que pueden variar dependiendo del motor. Generalmente podemos encontrar:
 Engranaje de mando, cadena o correa: Se encuentra conectado al cigüeñal. Recibe el movimiento de este y lo transmite al árbol de levas. Los engranajes de mando solamente se encuentra en los vehículos antiguos o con grandes motores, porque son menos eficientes que las cadenas y correas, ya que pierden energía en forma de calor.

 Árbol de levas: Es un eje con protuberancias, llamadas levas, que al girar activan en su momento justo el taqué. Debido a las condiciones que debe soportar lleva un tratamiento térmico especial llamado cementación.

 Taqué o botador: Es un empujador que, movido por el árbol de levas, empuja la válvula. Pueden ser mecánicos, comunes o con un regulador de la luz de válvula o hidráulicos, que regulan la luz de válvula automáticamente.

 Válvula: Es la parte fundamental del sistema. Accionada por el botador, se abre o cierra permitiendo el paso de los gases al cilindro.

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Interview with Cricket Romania's Cristina Olaru
Cristina Olaru's sporting CV is impressive, even more so since she added cricket to it. Her sports administration skills are proving to be an important asset to the Cricket Romania team.
How important is sport to you? It's very important because all my life I've played sport.
What other sports have you played competitively? Handball, athletics (especially running - short, middle and long distance), basketball and kayaking.
Do you like playing sport, or are you more of a spectator? Obviously I prefer playing to watching, but I like watching sport too (except soccer). I go to the gym most days in a week, and to aerobics classes and kangoo classes, and I'm also an aerobics instructor.
What did you know about cricket, before you started working at Cricket Romania? Nothing, absolutely zero. I knew the difference between cricket and croquet - that's about it.
What attracted you to cricket initially? Initially, because it was presented to me as if I was attending a picnic. I thought it was nice that you don't have to sit on a chair, you can sit on the grass, and watch.
What do you like about cricket? I appreciate the qualities it promotes, including honesty, respect, competitiveness, teamwork, and decision making, and there are others. I also like the fact that it's played outdoors, on grass, in the summer.
Would you advise children to play cricket? Yes, for sure. It sets a positive example.
Would you like to play cricket? Yes, but only for fun.
I guess, being a handball player and an athlete, you would have been good in the field. Probably, and I think I would be a good bowler too.
What's the best thing about working for Cricket Romania? It's broadened my horizons, and I've met a lot of really interesting people.
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Guessing games
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by Neville Hunt
"I don't do guessing games!" snarled Tony, "You tell me what that means!"
"Look," she replied, "Hear me out. You and Terry are inseparable, almost joined at the hip, except you ain't. He has a problem now in the babymaking department and I'm guessing you don't... well there's no reason why you should."
By this point, Tony was completely disengaged from Livia, and not just because she didn't seem to need any more comforting, but also because he was starting to feel uncomfortable prickles on his neck.
"You're still not making any sense." he accused, "What exactly are you suggesting?"
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Christopher almost 3 years ago
Tony's a little thick, isn't he? :)
Neville Hunt almost 3 years ago
Thick with sharp instincts... unless it was a bluff and he was testing Livia, whom he had never liked... who knows?
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In a press conference today, administrators at NASA announced the much-anticipated results of recent research on the International Space Station into definitions of different sexual positions in space.
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – In a press conference today, administrators at NASA announced the much-anticipated results of recent research on the International Space Station into definitions of different sexual positions in space.
For decades, researchers pondered how humans will have sex in space, and what the future of sexting will be once humans are living for extended periods of time without gravity. To help investigate this, Congress allocated $5 million in the 2018 budget specifically for research into how humans will have sex in space.
"I spent a year on the thing, and you get lonely sometimes," said astronaut Kelly Scott. "So I was excited to hear that we'd finally be getting some action!"
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The results of the study were published today in the journal Nature: Astronomy.
The astronauts started off simple with their experiment, with the basic "Missionary" sexual position. But it quickly became clear that the "basic" positions were a bit different while in space.
"It was hard to decide who was on top and who was on bottom" said Kelly. "Since there's no gravity, there's no up or down, which means it's really a matter of interpretation. So we just called it 'Schrodinger's Missionary' instead."
The same issue came up when the astronauts went with more exotic positions, such as "doggystyle" and "reverse cowgirl."
"It was hard to decide what was going on. I mean, I got behind her, but we couldn't decide which position we were trying."
The astronauts completed an exhaustive list of common and uncommon sexual positions, ranging from reverse cowgirl to the Panamanian Petting Zoo, all the way to the Alabama Hot Pocket. NASA insisted to Alternative-Science.com that this was "important research," adding that it was "groundbreaking."
The International Space Station flies through space at a blistering pace of 17,000 miles per hour in order to stay in orbit just 200 miles above the Earth. On clear nights, you can see the station flying overhead.
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United Kingdom Set to Abandon Fracking
If recent rumors are to be believed, a years-long campaign to establish fracking in the United Kingdom will soon come to a grinding halt. Minor tremors at a long-embattled Lancashire drilling site may have put the final nail in the UK fracking coffin. Relentless protests and unceasing anti-fracking sentiment in the nation's media have turned the tide of public opinion against fracking in the United Kingdom.
What Is Gel Fracking?
In Binghamton, a group of irate anti-fracking protestors has voiced concern over gel fracking, an alternative to hydro-fracking that experts call a greener approach to energy extraction.
In traditional hydraulic fracturing (commonly shortened to "fracking" to make it sound nastier), a jet of water is shot down a well under extreme pressure. The highly-pressurized water slams into rock deep in the Earth, breaking it up and releasing oil and gas.
Invented in 2008 by a company called GasFrac, gel fracking works in much the same way as traditional fracking, but with one big difference. In gel fracking, propane gel replaces water.
Utilizing a combination of propane gel (which already occurs naturally in the Earth) along with other non-toxic chemicals in place of water, gel fracking produces the same result as the alternative, just without the use of fresh water required in typical fracking.
Shortly after gel fracking began trials, one consultant explained, "The main advantage of the gelled propane is that once the gel is broken the propane flashes and mixes with the gas. Since the propane becomes part of the reservoir flow, the generated fracture is completely cleaned up … In addition, a water-based fracture has an efficiency of around 20 percent, while propane has 100 percent efficiency."
The applications of this method have exciting implications for the future of oil and gas extraction.
The Situation in New York
Unfortunately, a group of anti-energy protestors in New York doesn't see it that way. The state has maintained a very public ban on fracking since 2017; the legislation, however, doesn't strictly prohibit gel fracking. As a result, a group of local landowners in Tioga County want to put the green fracking alternative into action.
In their submission to the state, the newly formed Tioga Energy Partners explained, "Waterless hydraulic fracturing was first performed in Canada in 2008 and since then has been used to successfully treat more than 2,600 zones at over 800 sites in North America."
That record of excellence isn't good enough, however, for a band of protestors opposed to the project. The anti-energy advocates argue that the state should implement a moratorium on gel fracking until a lengthy environmental study can be conducted.
The Future of Fracking
Perhaps the biggest mistake gel fracking ever made was simply relating itself to "fracking" at all. Although oil and gas continuously innovate fracking to make it more environmentally friendly, the term itself has become venomous.
Does it matter that gel fracking uses no water at all, or that it works at an astonishing 100 percent efficiency? Does it matter that gel fracking has operated without major incident for 11 years? It doesn't seem to.
Fracking Actually Had Nothing to Do With the Firing of Ken Harris in California
In mid-July, California governor Gavin Newsom surprised the state when he summarily fired the state's highest-ranked oil and gas regulator, Ken Harris. Statewide outlets were quick to connect Harris' firing with an increase in the number of fracking permits handed out to energy in recent months.
American Oil & Gas Companies Build Relations with International Governments
This week, American oil and gas businesses stepped into the role of ambassadors representing their nation's best interests abroad with deals in both Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Agreements struck with both international governments also demonstrate American dedication to bolstering economies outside of the United States, while providing jobs for hard-working oil and gas experts around the world. Continue reading→


Hastings Miniature Railway is a 10.25″ (260 mm) gauge miniature railway located on the seafront of Hastings Old Town, East Sussex.
The railway opened on 5th June 1948 and still remains a popular tourist attraction to the present day.
The railway operates all year round (limited service through the winter).
We now offer a reduced rate travel pass, free of charge to people living in the Hastings and Rother area. Upon presentation of this pass , passengers may ride at the current group rates (£1.50 Single or £2.50 Return). Please apply in person with proof of residency.


Young people want and need to know about dementia. Schools provide an ideal learning environment so an online unit has been developed for secondary education.
Author: Karim Saad is Department of Health clinical adviser and executive board member on ALzheimer's COoperative Valuation in Europe (ALCOVE), regional clinical lead for dementia, NHS West Midlands, and consultant psychiatrist Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust. Twitter: @KarimS3D.
People with dementia and their carers face a lack of understanding from public services and society as a whole. Given that half of all people with dementia in the UK do not know they have the condition, they cannot get the help that they and their families need to support them with this progressive condition.
Those fortunate enough to receive a diagnosis suffer isolation and report that their friends cross the street to avoid them, and that they struggle to access local services.
Nothing can be done to improve people's lives once they have a diagnosis.
The West Midlands Regional Dementia Strategy takes the view that tackling stigma effectively starts in school (Department of Health, 2012). The reasons why are listed in Box 1.
We designed an online dementia awareness teaching unit aimed at year 8 pupils, which included input from a senior nurse. The films, lesson plans and PowerPoint presentations are freely accessible on NHS Local (pictured), our award-winning digital platform, which can be found at tinyurl.com/dementia-in-schools.
Understand assistive technologies and their applications.
Public health: it provides an opportunity to explore the interaction between a young person's lifestyle - for example diet, exercise and alcohol - and the brain.
Following his Challenge on Dementia launched in March 2012, David Cameron prioritised dementia-friendly communities as one of three national champion groups. Angela Rippon, the group co-chair, selected our online module to begin dementia education in English schools.
We enlisted the help of teachers and educationalists to develop modules, resources and tools for primary and secondary schools. Each module includes a theoretical component, followed by a practical intergenerational exchange, bringing together pupils and people with dementia. Projects include visits and exchanges, and incorporate art, music, drama and theatre.
For the next stage of the initiative, we engaged 21 schools (eight primary and 13 secondary/colleges) across the country to be our "pioneer group". As each school implements its preferred modules in the 2012-13 academic year, they will share approaches, experiences and learning via a web-based network.
Finally, to harness local variation but ensure end-point uniformity, we designed an evaluation framework to measure the impact of this groundbreaking work, the results of which will be available next summer.
Department of Health (2012) Karim Saad Talks About Work on Dementia in the West Midlands. London: DH.
YouGov (2012) Are you worried about dementia? London: YouGov.


It's quiet in my corner of Salt Lake City today. A soft blanket of snow from the first real storm of the winter paints my whole neighborhood in the perfect picture of the season. I've missed it. Don't get me wrong, I've had my fair share of fresh snow up in the mountains, but to have it weighing down the prayer flags and tree branches in my backyard is a special kind of gift. My bedroom is cool and bright, and I'm watching incense smoke curl gently around the feathers of the dreamcatcher hanging on my window.
Today, I feel the love.
Last night, we filled my house with people that we like and blanketed them in pink and blue light and groovy sounds from our friend's first live set as a DJ. As the night wound down, and the stragglers lay lazy, sleepy, laughing, and eating homemade cookies, I leaned on a strong leg and felt warmth like I haven't felt in a long time.
I feel the love. Soft, quiet, gentle, and bright.
There is a lesson in this.
Since moving to Utah, I've reflected many times over what enough looks like for me. Over the last few weeks especially, I've felt myself raising my sword and screaming battle cries at the open sky - but the slow breeze just raises its eyebrows at me, because there's no war to wage. Living isn't a fight. Loving isn't a fight.
I've claimed for some years now to be a warrior of love. I have known myself to be a revolutionary, but of what? For what am I fighting?
Today, in the calm of the blizzard and the watercolor stains on my hands, my higher self smiles patiently at me as I pause wide-eyed in understanding.
Love is not a battlefield. Love is not like a war. I am not a soldier.
I don't have to paint my face and arm myself for love. I don't have to give or receive orders for love. I've imagined myself becoming a general, leading an army of warriors of love like myself, pictured myself standing before them with a fist in the air and howling at the sky as they join me in my fight - but the metaphor doesn't actually make any sense.
Relax back into the arms of the present moment, and find that love is there. Gently step deeper into the darkest corners of your Self, and use love as the candle to illuminate all of your truths. Rub your eyes and blink at the light of love that is blindingly brilliant and radiating from every atom of your being. Imagine what could be possible if you allow for the possibility that love is who you are at your core?
I offer this to you because in this moment, I am realizing that I've had it all wrong. I have a fire spirit, and so I imagined that there must be ferocity in all that I do and in all that I am. I think now that this has been a belief that's been holding me back. I am always geared up and ready for a fight. I always have a flash in my eyes, and my tongue is sharp, and I've prided myself on that. But I've been playing tug of war with the universe. The universe doesn't care, of course. It just keeps dragging me along as I dig my heels in deeper and snarl, thinking I'm so powerful for resisting the pull. The universe says to me, "come this way, there's love here," and I cackle and stubbornly resist, thinking that I know better. I'm a fighter, after all, and I won't be dragged anywhere against my will.
But loving isn't a fight.
Dear one, you are worthy of love - of every kind. It is already everywhere in your life. You need not fight it, nor fight for it. Relax into it. Open your eyes and your heart to it. Fear not.
P.S. If you're wondering what kind of love I'm talking about, it's the limitless kind. Don't box it. Let it be broad, all-encompassing. You'll thank me later.
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The Criminally Dull
Match Point - dir. Woody Allen - 2005 - UK/USA
At times, you often have to remind yourself that Match Point is a Woody Allen movie, for better or worse. Most noticably, Allen gives us a change of scenery. The backdrop of Manhattan is replaced with London. Never in the film does he show his face, even for a cameo, and nowhere in the film do we find the Woody Allen character. Even in other Allen films where he doesn't show up, it's not terribly difficult to find him within the picture. In his last film, the severely lifeless Melinda & Melinda, he shows up played by Will Ferrell (you'd think an actor who got his start doing impersonations on Saturday Night Live could do a better job of impersonating Woody Allen). Match Point works outside of our general understanding of a Woody Allen film, a lot like Bullets Over Broadway and Sweet and Lowdown do, two of his recent films that most Allen haters can tolerate. We're not treated to the wonderful comtemporary Manhattan scenery (or, in the case of Sleeper, a futuristic Manhattan)... and with the exception of September and Another Woman, we have a Woody Allen "drama." But, here, we have a Woody Allen "thriller," which is as dull as you might expect.
For all intensive purposes, Match Point is one of Allen's better written films in the past few years (if you have to ask, I think Deconstructing Harry was his final masterpiece). I want to say that somewhere in Match Point, Allen goes completely wrong... but really, it gets better as it goes on. So maybe the verb "to go" isn't what I'm fishing for. So, we've all heard the story about Annie Hall. The film was intended to be this spralling, over-two hour film about Woody Allen's anxieties... only his editor, Ralph Rosenblum, told him to focus on the relationship with Diane Keaton... and the rest is history. This helps us to understand why Allen has failed so many times. He makes movies cheap, attracts big stars, and churns them out lately at the rate of one a year. No one can tell this man "no." Woody, you're film's too long. Woody, your actors blow. Woody, this isn't funny. No one tells him these things, and this is why we get duds like The Curse of the Jade Scorpion or Small Time Crooks.
One of the real killers about Match Point is that he gives his two lead characters to two untalented actors. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (still trying to convince us he's a heterosexual) never captivates or allows us to "relate" with him. On paper, he sounds rather fetching. A young man from a modest background who likes opera and the arts who wants big things to happen in his life (Keep in mind, the empathetic Woody Allen character doesn't ever reach Mr. Joe Moviegoer). First of all, he's too fucking pretty. One of the things I never realized about an audience members relationship with the onscreen Allen was that, despite his shortcomings, he was easy to like... and he was easy to like partially because of his average looks. Upon a closer look, though, perhaps it isn't important that we relate with the Jonathan Rhys-Meyers character, as Match Point eventually reveals itself to be a morality tale. But that doesn't mean Rhys-Meyers' prettiness and tendancy to appear as if he's simply "reading lines" doesn't distance us from the film itself. On to Scarlett Johansson. I kept feeling as though she was the understudy of a much better actress, only to find out that Allen cast her after Kate Winslet (undeniably a much better actress) dropped out of the production. For some reason, Hollywood has been fooled into thinking this 21-year-old "actress" has the capacity to play adults. We saw this flaw in Lost in Translation, and we see it here. She's quite stunning to look at, and this works just fine when her character merely functions as the sexy mysterious woman. But when we're forced to see her as a human being, Johansson just doesn't cut it.
The final nail-in-the-coffin ends up being Allen himself, as it always seems to. I can look past our near-fatal casting blunders. But I can hardly look past the fact that Match Point takes about an hour and forty minutes for anything to really happen. Allen is a good enough screenwriter that, when we look back, the core of the film is set up long in advance. So, I don't understand why it took us so long to get where we needed to be. Perhaps, Allen had incorrect faith in his uncharismatic and chemistry-free leads (I should mention that Brian Cox and Emily Mortimer are quite good in the supporting roles) to carry the film through its dullest moments. And, maybe, Match Point is only dull because of them. It's truly hard to say. Either way, it's hard to cheer on a film whose end (as lovely as it may be) never truly justifies the means. Allen has another film ready for this year (starring Johansson, unfortunately) and another for 2007, just so a bunch of critics can disagree, some calling it his "best since Crimes and Misdemeaners," others falling asleep in their seat.
Labels: Film Review, Woody Allen
There's really only one scene in this film that I consider to be Allen-like and that's the bit where the dead people visit our protagonist at night -- which come to think of it was totally stolen by John Landis in American Warewolf. Isn't it interesting that aside from that the rest of the film is pretty much a disguise. This may not be why I liked the film, but it's what kept me interested during the admittedly slow first act. I will say that even for Allen, the film's ending is one of his best -- even if it's not as Thriller-like as I had heard it was. (Or was it Thriller-like? I seem to be on a quest to squeeze in as many Landis references as possible.)