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SNL's Trump Exploits Syria Strike: 'What a Difference 59 Tomahawk Missiles Can Make'
In the 'Saturday Night Live' cold open this week, Alec Baldwin's Trump went to Kentucky to remind voters why they love him so much.
Matt Wilstein
Updated May. 05, 2017 2:33PM ET / Published Apr. 09, 2017 1:28AM ET
Donald Trump may be a wartime president now, but that doesn't mean Saturday Night Live is taking it any easier on him.
Appearing before a crowd of his supporters in Boone County, Kentucky, Alec Baldwin's Trump was quick to remind them how good his week had been. "I had an amazing week, folks. I met with leaders from China, Egypt and Jordan. Gorsuch was confirmed, the media is saying nice things about me and no one is talking about Russia. Wow, what a difference 59 Tomahawk missiles can make."
"I know how hard it is out there for you. Things have changed so much since I was growing up. For example, a lot of poverty is white now. Is that crazy?" Trump added. But as much as he tried to keep the discussion to his bombing raid in Syria, the Kentucky voters kept wanting to talk about things like jobs and Obamacare.
"God, I love coal. You guys have suffered terribly, worse than anyone and as president I promise I am going to do everything I can to make sure you people work in coal for the rest of your lives," Trump said. "And your kids will work in coal and your grandkids and it's going to be incredible."
"In Trump's America, men work in two places: coal mines and Goldman Sachs," the president added, before blaming House Speaker Paul Ryan for failing to fix the health care system and randomly calling for Susan Rice to be jailed. "I don't know who that is," one man said in response.
One after the next, however, the Trump voters said they were sticking by their president. "That's why I came here," he told them. "You stand by me no matter what. It's like you found a finger in your chili, but you still eat the chili because you told everyone how much you love chili. It's tremendous."


Thank you to all those who attended the APPO 4th Annual Pig roast on Sunday August 26, 2012. This yearly event was well attended and we enjoyed meeting new faces and seeing old friends.
The lechon specially made by Dr. Tom Madrilejos and his crew was delicious. Tom was there bright and early at 8 am to start roasting the pig. He deserves a special thank you for providing one of the most popular Filipino dishes.
Many of the attendees brought desserts, entrees and beer which was enjoyed by all. We especially enjoyed the pancit, lumpia egg rolls and bibingka!
Of course, the main event was the activities for the kids. We had body art provided by Ana Madamba and the classic picnic games: water balloon toss, piA�ata and pin the tail on the donkey and pin the nose on the clown. The kids (and adults) were pretty tired out by the end.
A special thank you to those who helped set up: Zeny Jandi, Helly Bautista, Jorge Jandi, Fely Bangayan, Romy Tolentino and Ana Madamba and in addition to those who helped clean up: Phil Bautista, Jocelyn Butler, Salve Agliam, The Enriques. I apologize if I missed anyone.
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The Startup Campus V4 Global Tour, an initiative aimed at introducing startups to international markets, reached its second station in Berlin this April 11-13. Participating startups had meetings with representatives of the German startup ecosystem.
Following the first stop in Istanbul, startups from the V4 countries (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) were given the opportunity to test their ideas in the German capital, says a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.
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This teak coffee table measures an impressive 51 inches wide by 35 inches deep and 14 inches high. This table has other impressive dimensions as well; just over 6.5 inches wide is another such impressive measurement. That's the width of each of the 51 inch long; 1-inch thick planks of teak that make up the table surface.
W35" x L51" x H14"
This teak coffee table is a reminder of how beautiful teak is when presented in such a prolific way. It's also a perfect rendition of a teak coffee table for this collection (Soho), with it's design being directly influenced by the design of the seating pieces. The Soho collection, as you may already know, has a couple of impressive teak coffee tables within the collection. To compliment this rectangle offering is a monolithically proportioned round teak coffee table. Either table compliments the existing pieces of this collection.
Simplicity and stature are key cornerstones of this teak coffee table, with it's wide planking and flat profile. The impact of this table is clear in any setting, and the attention to detail is interesting too, with a stainless steel rod in the middle of the planks connecting them perpendicularly. This single touch hints at the bold attitude of this teak coffee table even if it seems a bit muted in pictures. This teak coffee table is such that it can also work well in a ton of other scenarios too.
The A-Grade teak planks are incredibly hard to source compared to the majority of teak on the market. They provide an excellent surface continuity to allow for graceful and consistent outdoor aging. Because the surface is so flat and broad, the silvery grey color of aged teak will be more even than a table with a more complex face.
From an indoor perspective as well, this piece is bold and interesting, because it works so well in contrast to so many other pieces. It's rare that you can find a piece of accent furniture that has such a large presence of beautiful wood in proportions like the one in this teak coffee table.


- Have Solaris 11.3 installed or upgrade to it, then do "pfexec pkg install -v libreoffice4-desktop-int" and wait a moment until you get the Gnome menu entries for "LO".
- SPARC users unfortunatly wait a lot longer, as I have no suitable SPARC LDOM / NGZ in sight. Donate one?
To configure the necessary IPS publisher, go to "Quicklinks to repositories" in the top right corner of the page. Then use "pfexec pkg install libreoffice4.
Currently this set of LibreOffice4 packages is compiled and uploaded for Solaris 11.3, Solaris 11.2 should follow soon. Please drop me a note/comment, if you are waiting on a 11.1 or 11.2 version!
Any questions, comments or any other warm words for the team (!) - please register a user, approve the link in the email and then comment on this blog.
Or just blog yourself and tweet about it! The team who was working to get this nice LO package available likes you to talk about LibreOffice on Solaris!
Is it still for 11.2 only?
Summary: entire incorporation including Support Repository Update (Oracle Solaris 11.3.2.4.0).
selection depend on the presence of this incorporation.
it is called Solaris 11.3 only. To be exact, it is S11.2 SRU12 and above, naturally including S11.3.
And your pkg info entire shows S11.3, that is good.
The reason for rejecting must be in some of the other package dependencies.
Could you pastebin, email or copy into a comment the complete output of "pkg install -v libreoffice4" please?
And please add pkg publisher as well.
Usually in one or two more iterations of explicitly asking "pkg install -v *dependency*" one can see which of the other packages makes the troubles.
thanks much for the pastebin. I did a quick verify, all the files in conflict aren't needed for the programs in Solaris 11 which base on the gcc runtime built by Oracle. The files are alltogether dedicated to the compiler package gcc on Solaris.
That way you keep the Oracle built gcc runtime located in /usr/lib (no conflicts with SFE there, SFE has measures to avoid this) but remove the Oracle gcc compiler. You still can use the SFE gcc runtime or the complete SFE gcc compiler.
After that uninstall, you should see no more conflicts with SFE. If you still see ones with "gcc" and the packages starting with FMRI "pkg://solaris/....", then try uninstalling them as well. If there is *no* package requiring them, "pkg" will just uninstall them. So nothing gets broken in accident.
If there are any new questions or some error messages, just do a pastebin and I'll have a look for it.
There is conflict in files delivered by (/hipster) "developer/gcc-48" and (/localhostoih) "sfe/developer/gcc-48" and its runtime companions.
As one may see, that conflict is present in Solaris repositories to.
there is an error on the package on the OI-Hipster side. But the package is outdated.
Anyways: It delivers main files into basedir /usr/ but the include files still into an outdated basedir location /usr/gnu (libs into /usr/lib, manpages into /usr/share and include files into /usr/gnu/include/). This looks like a missed details when OI relocated the originally package (Makefile modeled after the SFE spec-file) out of /usr/gnu into /usr basedir.
Maybe the developers create a ticket and fix this as the package on the OI-Hipster side must be corrected. And the package name on the OI-Hipster side should remove the "gnu-" part, as is is no longer in basedir /usr/gnu/.
But that package is outdated anyways.
The SFE package consistently delivers /usr/gnu/ (libs, manpages, include files), so everything is right there.
You are right in only one point regarding gcc compiler. The GCC compiler package and the OS-Distro compiler package may deliver files of the same compiler version into the same location. SFE does this since ever. OS-Distros copied the path layout. But there is no need to change that, as the only important package to the end-user is the GCC-runtime and this can co-exist with the OS-Distro gcc runtime package. The decision to be made for a developer is: Use the OS-Distro compiler package without the SFE fixes *or* user the SFE compiler package *with* the fixes.
SFE recommends using the SFE compiler package and ignore the OS-Distro gcc compiler (but let dependencies install the OS-Distro GCC-runtime).
SFE covers Solaris 11, OpenIndiana OI151a8/a9, OpenIndiana Hipster, OmniOS and therefore tries to get a good compromise between identical development enviroment and avoid clushes with the packages delivered by the OS-Distro.
And in the two cases above, the only real error is, that OpenIndiana Hipster gnu-libiconv has a but with the wrong location for the include path.
Ah, coming back to the gestreamer stuff. You can't mix Packages from different OpenIndiana Hipster versions. Therefore the Package Verison in the example shows outdated "2014". That is not supported to mix with Hipster 2015. I'm wondering if there is a fresh version for gstreamer on the Hipster side? I still have no answer to this.
At least for SFE, I'm planning to update the existing SFE gstreamer packages and add what is missing, as this looks the best solution for every supported OS-Distro: Solaris 11, OpenIndiana OI151 a8/a9 and OI-Hipster - all supplied from one single source.
many thanks for detailed explanation.
I am looking forward for new gstreamer packages delivered from SFE!
It will be very nice if it was installed under /opt/foobar not to mix it with Solaris, OI repositories.
I wanted to use it some years ago, but had serious problems after installed it. So I am glad to find here much more clean and polished sfe with VLC Player. I am looking forward when Audacity is ready. I also compiled Hatari and Dosbox succesfully as they disappeared from Oracle Repository.
Yes Solaris 11 on desktop is clean and polished. And some older stuff for Solaris 10 found somewhere (e.g. Blender) runs fine.
as the conflicts are absolutely rare, SFE sees itself as an add-on to the existing packages delivered by the core OS-distro 1).
Therefore there are no plans to relocate all packages into a separate directory structure, as it is not badly needed.
I personally see it much more convenient, to have tools "just in PATH". For the rare cases where conflicts exist with OS-distro delivered file paths, we already have the path /usr/gnu and for special case G++ compiled programs /usr/g++.
That should really be sufficient for most cases.
is the project open to add the missing pieces?
I believe with only *very* few exceptions, the last point can't be fulfilled by most of the repositories found on the net.
Well that is at the same time the biggest challenge in keeping such a repository alive and evolve.
1) that means: A OS-distro repository should not really try to fill up with numerous packages just to try to be attractive to users. More the OS-distro should provide a solid foundation and recommend to users which 3rd-party repositories are recommended. The OS-distro which makes far the most stroubles is the one which duplicates work which is for instance already done in SFE.
2) I know much to far too much what massive amount of time it costs to maintain a binary repo. I have 5 of them in parallel.
Starting with Solaris11Express I upgraded over all releases.
This way I am running Solaris 11.3 now.
No service contract ==> update state about Oct 2015.
First I got some gcc conflicts.
be, or the packages must be corrected before they can be installed.
were not installed at all.
I successfully installed library/lcms2 2.2 (Build 5.11-0.0.175.0.0.0.2.0) from localhosts11 then.
cannot be installed (together with gcc-49-runtime).
But libreoffice4 seems to require just that combination.
very short interim answer as currently my time is a bit short.
gcc-runtime@4.9.3 and gcc@4.9.3 shouldn't be installed at all. These are the main packages providing symlinks in prominent filesystem places. And usually I try to avoid publishing them to the public repo.
You should " pfexec pkg uninstall gcc-runtime@4.9.3 gcc@4.9.3 ", while the the packages gcc-49 and gcc-49-runtime may be left in place, they should normally not interfere.
The LO packages and prerequisite packages should in these days all depend on gcc 4.8.5 only.
The file action conflict with lcm2 is at first view a different problem which I'll have a look at shortly. I'll post an update here or I can send you and email once I have a plan for a fix or a solution in place.
thanks for your very prompt answer.
I uninstalled all things belonging to gcc-49, i.e. sfe/developer/gcc-49 [4.9.3 (Build 5.11-0.0.175.3.1.0.5.0)], sfe/system/library/gcc-49-runtime [4.9.3 (Build 5.11-0.0.175.3.1.0.5.0)], and sfe/system/library/gcc-runtime [4.9.3 (Build 5.11-0.0.175.3.1.0.5.0)].
Then I retried to install libreoffice4.
Then I additionally removed gmp, mpc, and mpfr.
So nothing from localhost11 remained installed.
Then I installed sfe/developer/gcc-48 [4.8.5 (Build 5.11-0.0.175.3.1.0.5.0)] and sfe/system/library/gcc-48-runtime [4.8.5 (Build 5.11-0.0.175.3.1.0.5.0)], which also lead to the re-installation of gmp, mpc, and mpfr.
Then I again retried to install libreoffice4.
I always get the same action conflict as mentioned in my first post.
Looks like libreoffice demands gcc-runtime@4.9.3.
If you want to try cleaning your local cached package lists, you could remove the localhosts11 publisher and re-add it.
If this is the case, you can re-try and version 4.9 of gcc should no longer be able to slip in.
after your cleanup of the repository concerning gcc-4.9.3 all went fine now.
Then I installed gcc-48 (and gcc) .
No problems installing libreoffice4 then.
I do not know whether the installation of gcc-48 before was necessary.
This is great news, have fun with LibreOffice!
The following publishers have been installed.
has been installed before. Installing LibreOffice in other zones works well. Did I get it right that the correct way to solve the problem was to uninstall all gcc-48 packages from pkg://solaris/developer/ and to use all GCC packages provided by your repository in pkg://localhosts11/sfe/developer/ instead? In this case, I need to have a full GCC installation in the specific zone which I try to install LibreOffice 4 in.
SFE delivers runtime files only into /usr/gcc/4.8/lib.
Solaris GCC compiler delivers into /usr/gcc/4.8/lib partly unused runtime files (compiler package).
Solaris GCC runtime is in /usr/lib.
SFE gcc runtime is in /usr/gcc/4.8/.
So the current workaround is to uninstall the Solaris gcc-compiler-48 (and keep Solaris gcc-runtime!).
The SFE gcc compiler package is not necessary for LibreOffice.
There is no strict need for installing the complete compiler from the SFE repository, but it can be done. It should be a good replacement for the Solaris provided gcc compiler as we can adjust features as needed on our own. The SFE gcc package has enhancements to have the runtime loaded from a private directory. Second and more important it disables "LAZY_LOAD" for libgcc_s.so and libstdc++.so.6. To read about the reason you may google for "LINK_LIBGCC_SPEC" and "SFE").
SFE gcc also has the Java compiler added.
Given that the above workaround helps most users, there is currently no hot activity to develop a more long-term solution. So for now, just uninstall the Solaris gcc compiler packages and nothing else is to be be done.
I only know one group of developers who can't use the SFE gcc-compiler: Those people programming Solaris 11 itself and maybe an ISV who needs a fully Oracle Solaris developer environment.
I've marked the other comment as [solved] in the subject to keep the display style.
Unfortunately the already prepared automatic "renamed-true" package didn't make it uploaded to the IPS repo.
It is not fully tested now, but it should automatically uninstall the interim package "zlib.pc". The original Solaris zlib package now provides the missing pkg-config files on its own.
If you re-try the install a little bit later, then it should work.
Greate just saw that the repo has been updated.
thats great! Thank you for your feedback!
If you like, you may tweet, blog or talk about this repo and the cool software available.
New maintainers are welcome in all areas from programming/packaging to working on articles for this blog. Yes, it's open for logged in users to write articles!
PS: Building such a repo it really fueled by getting human user feedback. I mean it's interesting to see a hundred LibreOffice Downloads over the time, but that is still a non-human feedback coming from a dead log file...So thank you very much!
Do you have any plans to make LibreOffice 6.x ?
LibreOffice 5.2 is getting older bit by bit :) Plus new Solaris 11.4 is out.
And it's not possible to upgrade to 11.4 with libreoffice52 installed from localhosts11 repository.
Also, localhosts11 repository has more newer version 5.2.5.1 then localhosts12 has.
So, the Solaris update is not so straight forward as it could be.
How about to compile LibreOffice 6.x and make it available for Solaris 11.4?
I'm willing to help make it happen. Please let me know how I can help you with that.


Blobs, Dogs, Frogs, Etc., features new works by Marius Valdes featuring his usual cast of characters including animals and strange creatures in a style that he calls "Cartoon Pop Folk Art". This exhibition includes large acrylic paintings on canvas and over a hundred small ink drawings on mini canvases that will appeal to adults and kids. Valdes has been making character driven art since 2000 where he first gained notice for his artwork displayed at The Music Farm in Charleston, South Carolina. Since then, Valdes has made hundreds of paintings and sold them across the country. You can see more examples of his Fine Art in Columbia at Nest on Main, Edventure Children's Museum, The State Museum, and The Music Farm or online at www.valdesart.com. Artist Bio Marius Valdes is an artist currently based in Columbia, South Carolina. He is an Associate Professor in Studio Art at The University of South Carolina concentrating on design and illustration. Valdes received his BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Georgia in 1998 and his MFA in Visual Communication from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2005. Valdes has been recognized with awards from international and national competitions for creative professionals and has had six solo exhibitions (Ohio, Nevada, South Carolina, and Virginia) and been selected for 15 juried group exhibitions at the international, national, and regional levels including shows in Russia, South Korea, France, and England. He has won industry recognition for his graphic design and illustration work from renowned design publications such as HOW, Print, Communication Arts, Creative Quarterly, STEP, and industry competitions including The AIGA's InShow and SEED Awards, and The South Carolina Advertising Federation Addy Awards in Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville. Valdes' work has been featured in several books about contemporary graphic design and illustration.


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Q: Colission testing with numpy Let's say I have a cell-matrix and coordinates x, y which denote the top-left cell of a Tetronimo and a Matrix B corresponding to a Tetris well:
T = [[2,2,2],
     [2,0,0],
     [0,0,0]]

y,x = (1,0)

B = [[0,0,0,0,0],
     [0,0,0,0,0],
     [1,0,0,0,0],]

Currently I'm using simple comparison to find collision:
def testCollision(x,y, T, B):
    for dx in xrange(3):
        for dy in xrange(3):
            if T[dy][dx] == 0:
                continue
            else:
                if B[y+dy][x + dx] != 0:
                    return False
    return True

Can I speed this up with the use of numpy?

A: If I am not mistaken, something of this form should work
return (B[x:x+3,y:y+3] * T).sum() == 0

You should test it for correctness; in any case it will be algorithmically optimal, within the numpy paradigm. Note however, that operations on small arrays such as these are not terribly efficient either. Still a lot better than C-style iteration, but the overhead of the array abstraction will be noticeable. That is, insofar performance is an issue in the first place, when it comes to Tetris. ;)
return (B[x:,y:][:3,:3] * T).sum() == 0

Btw, I think this is cleaner, more readable indexing for these kind of operations; though marginally (O(1)) slower since another view is constructed.

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Q: Installing Stencil CLI/Framework - error unable to connect to github.com I'm trying to install Stencil CLI/Framework in Windows follwing these instructions https://stencil.bigcommerce.com/docs/installing-stencil-cli-1.  I have all the prerequisites installed and configured.  I configured my proxy in both npm and git bash.
Every time I run the following:
npm install -g @bigcommerce/stencil-cli

I get the following error:
npm WARN addRemoteGit Error: Command failed: git -c core.longpaths=true config --get remote.origin.url
    npm WARN addRemoteGit
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:205:12)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:194:7)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:899:16)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:342:11)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at Socket.emit (events.js:191:7)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:511:12)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit  git://github.com/bigcommerce/browser-sync.git resetting remote C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\git-github-com-bigcommerce-browser-sync-git-b8c22efb because of error: { Error: Command failed: git -c core.longpaths=true config --get remote.origin.url
    npm WARN addRemoteGit
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:205:12)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:194:7)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:899:16)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:342:11)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at Socket.emit (events.js:191:7)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit     at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:511:12)
    npm WARN addRemoteGit   killed: false,
    npm WARN addRemoteGit   code: 1,
    npm WARN addRemoteGit   signal: null,
    npm WARN addRemoteGit   cmd: 'git -c core.longpaths=true config --get remote.origin.url' }
    npm WARN deprecated github@8.2.1: 'github' has been renamed to '@octokit/rest' (https://git.io/vNB11)
    npm ERR! git clone --template=C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\_templates --mirror git://github.com/bigcommerce/browser-sync.git C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\git-github-com-bigcommerce-browser-sync-git-b8c22efb: Cloning into bare repository 'C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\git-github-com-bigcommerce-browser-sync-git-b8c22efb'...
    npm ERR! git clone --template=C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\_templates --mirror git://github.com/bigcommerce/browser-sync.git C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\git-github-com-bigcommerce-browser-sync-git-b8c22efb: fatal: unable to connect to github.com:
    npm ERR! git clone --template=C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\_templates --mirror git://github.com/bigcommerce/browser-sync.git C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\git-github-com-bigcommerce-browser-sync-git-b8c22efb: github.com[0: 192.30.253.112]: errno=No error
    npm ERR! git clone --template=C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\_templates --mirror git://github.com/bigcommerce/browser-sync.git C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\git-github-com-bigcommerce-browser-sync-git-b8c22efb: github.com[1: 192.30.253.113]: errno=No error
    npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
    npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "@bigcommerce/stencil-cli"
    npm ERR! node v7.10.0
    npm ERR! npm  v4.2.0
    npm ERR! code 128

    npm ERR! Command failed: git -c core.longpaths=true clone --template=C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\_templates --mirror git://github.com/bigcommerce/browser-sync.git C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\git-github-com-bigcommerce-browser-sync-git-b8c22efb
    npm ERR! Cloning into bare repository 'C:\Users\jeverett\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\git-github-com-bigcommerce-browser-sync-git-b8c22efb'...
    npm ERR! fatal: unable to connect to github.com:
    npm ERR! github.com[0: 192.30.253.112]: errno=No error
    npm ERR! github.com[1: 192.30.253.113]: errno=No error
    npm(Err!)
    npm(Err!)
    npm(Err!)
    npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
    npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

Any ideas?

A: This command fixed my issue:
git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://


Cultural Wormhole: Stargate Universe - "Common Descent"
Lt. Scott (Brian J. Smith) checks out a new world on the other side of the gate.
Finally, after several lukewarm episodes, 'Stargate Universe' delivers one that not only builds on material generated from within this series, but with some compelling ramifications. No communication stones. No mix bag of unrelated subplots. No ideas that would make more sense if I had watched the other two Stargate programs. This was more like it.
Still, this was an idea that had been used before, most notably for me on a 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' episode called "Children of Time". In that episode, the DS9 crew got caught up in an incident that allowed them to meet their descendants that developed on a planet several hundred years ago after the Defiant crashed. It was a really great idea and a great episode. 'SGU' does a justifiable enough treatment of this theme that it can stand on its own.
I think it's pretty obvious that the two clashing armies whose conflict led to the creation of the drone ships are the folks from Novus and Futura*. I'm sure that the reveal will be a big idea, but it will fall flat because the hint is so strong. Better to admit it and get it over with.
*I loved the gag about Brody being the one to come up with the name of colony that followed Rush's ideas and the fact that Volker and Park ribbed him about it being a font. Speaking of Brody and Volker, both Peter Kelamis and Patrick Gilmore made appearances on this week's episode of 'The Killing'. The northwest must only have thirty character actors.
I don't really have much else to write about "Common Descent" beyond the fact that I really liked it. This is the kind of episode that drew me into 'Stargate Universe' in the first place. Hopefully, this will be the story that the show can ride out for the remainder of the season as the series comes to a close.


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Alhambra Nievas: Female referee hopes to 'create a pathway' for other women
Champions Cup - European Rugby
Alhambra Nievas says she hopes to "create a pathway" for other women after becoming the first female referee to take charge of a men's rugby international in Europe.
The Spaniard officiated Finland's 15-8 victory over Norway in the Rugby Europe Championship on 14 October in Helsinki.
Ireland's Joy Neville will oversee Norway against Denmark on 28 October.
"If this is only one game, or once a season, it's not going to work," Nievas told BBC World Service.
"It must be the start of a real pathway for women's refereeing and for more and more women.
"To be the first is not the most important thing, the important thing is that appointments are by merit and not considering gender."
Read full article on bbc.com
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Xfinity $29.99 50 - 3,000 Mbps Cable 96%
Succeed.Net $39.99 12 - 100 Mbps Wireless 100%
King Street Wireless - - Wireless 81%
Stream IT Networks $75.00 25 - 100 Mbps Wireless 38%
DigitalPath $62.95 - Wireless 34%
At 98%, broadband coverage in the 95988 ZIP code is comparable to the rest of California - 93%, and comparable to broadband coverage across the U.S. - 95%.
The vast majority of those living in the 95988 ZIP will have access to DSL, which covers 96% of households. Cable internet is also an option for many, offering service to 96% of the area. Fiber-optic is less available but still a popular internet option for roughly 1.830% of those living in the 95988 ZIP code.
There are eight internet providers serving the 95988 area, and 95.68% of households will have internet options from more than one provider. Among eight internet providers in 95988, prices start at $29.99 and available download speeds reach up to 5,000 Mbps.
Average internet speeds in Willows
AT&T 10 Mbps 3 Mbps DSL
Succeed.Net 23 Mbps 5 Mbps Wireless
*Data sourced from M-LAB speed tests taken by real users in Willows.
Willows – 39 Mbps
CA – 102 Mbps
CA – 28 Mbps
DSL internet from AT&T is available to nearly all in the 95988 ZIP code, covering 96% of households. Many will also have the option of cable from Xfinity, which covers 96% of the area. Willows's third most-available internet provider, HughesNet, offers satellite to around 100% of residents in the 95988 ZIP code.
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DSL from AT&T offers broadband to nearly all households in the 95988 ZIP code, covering 96% of the area.
Internet prices for AT&T start at $55/mo.*, which is about the same as the average starting price for internet in Willows, $53.82.
AT&T customers who choose the lowest-priced plan can expect speeds up to 10 Mbps, which comes to an estimated $5.50 per Mbps, higher than the average cost per Mbps for the lowest priced plans in Willows, $2.69.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, AT&T offers download speeds up to 5,000 Mbps and upload speeds up to 0.768 Mbps in 95988 ZIP code. These download speeds are available to 96% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all Willows's providers, 155 Mbps.
Cable from Xfinity offers broadband to nearly all households in the 95988 ZIP code, covering 96% of the area.
Internet prices for Xfinity start at $29.99/mo.*, which is significantly lower than the average starting price for internet in Willows, $53.82.
Xfinity customers who choose the lowest-priced plan can expect speeds up to 50 Mbps, which comes to an estimated $0.60 per Mbps, lower than the average cost per Mbps for the lowest priced plans in Willows, $2.69.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, Xfinity offers download speeds up to 3,000 Mbps and upload speeds up to 35 Mbps in 95988 ZIP code. These download speeds are available to 96% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all Willows's providers, 155 Mbps.
Internet prices for HughesNet start at $64.99/mo.*, which is significantly higher than the average starting price for internet in Willows, $53.82.
HughesNet customers who choose the lowest-priced plan can expect speeds up to 25 Mbps, which comes to an estimated $2.60 per Mbps, about the same as the average cost per Mbps for the lowest priced plans in Willows, $2.69.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, HughesNet offers download speeds up to 25 Mbps and upload speeds up to 3 Mbps in 95988 ZIP code. These download speeds are available to 100% of the area, and are much slower than the average max speeds from all Willows's providers, 155 Mbps.
AT&T is the fastest internet provider in the 95988 ZIP code with download speeds up to 5,000 Mbps. These speeds are available to 96% of households in 95988. The next fastest internet provider in the 95988 ZIP code is Xfinity, offering download speeds up to 3,000 Mbps to 96% of the area.
Xfinity offers the cheapest internet in the 95988 ZIP with service starting at $29.99/mo. This is significantly less than the average starting price for internet in Willows, $53.82.
Do I need a phone line for broadband?
The only broadband internet type that requires a phone line is DSL and dial-up, which use phone lines to deliver service. Other internet types, such as cable, fiber-optic and satellite, require no phone line for broadband service.
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These ultimate make up lessons are suitable for those who want to learn make-up in a relatively short time period so as to acquire professional qualifications in makeup application. This program of aesthetic make-up covers most of the make-up techniques such as Evening, Day, Corrective, Bridal and Special occasions needed to enhance your client's looks. On successful completion you will attain a Level 2 – ITEC Diploma in MakeUp. Duration: 4 months – 1 day per week.
An opportunity to become professional in the specialist area of make-up for the fashion and entertainment industry. A growing demand exists for skilled make-up artists, especially those capable of creating special effects with no damage to the artistes made up. This course is suitable for the make-up artist who wishes to further their training to a higher level in the art of make up and qualify to work on film, theatre, fashion and in the media. It is a post graduate course therefore students must have completed and passed the Make-Up Diploma Course before qualifying to do this higher level diploma course exam. DURATION: 9 months – 2 times per week.
The ITEC Level 3 in nail technology course is the first step on the ladder to achieving a career as a nail technician. This type of intensive training is very fast moving designed for those wishing to obtain the highest qualifications with international accreditation as a nail technician. Techniques using Gel & Acrylic will be taught. Duration: 3 months – 1 day per week.


Sad quotes - Quotes for You!!!
1. Behind my smile is a hurting heart. Behind my laugh, I'm falling apart. Look closely at me and you will see, the girl I am...isn't me.
2.Don't say you know me, when I don't even know myself.
3.I think I'm afraid of being happy because everytime I'm happy, something bad always happens.
4.When I do something great, no one ever seems to remember, but when I do something wrong, no one can ever seem to forget.
5.There is only one rain cloud in the sky...and it's raining on me. Somehow I'm not surprised.
6.Behind my smile is everything you'll never understand.
to lie. Hide the hurt and emptiness to smile instead of cry.
8.Life doesn't hurt until you think about how much things have changed, who you've lost along the way, and how much of it was your fault.
9.Have you ever felt so alone and nothing makes sense? Well that's how I feel right now...I feel like I'm facing everything myself, with nothing but tears and a fake smile.
10.Every morning you get up and put on a fake smile...but what if one morning you didn't? Would anyone notice?


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Q: How to remove duplicate values in jquery Below code appends text in a box  how to avoid entering duplicate values..?
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 $("input:text").val(this.id);

 var toAdd = $("input[name=checkListItem]").val();
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 });

A: I'd probably do something like this below. Hope it helps
var lookupObj = {};
var toAdd = $("input[name=checkListItem]").val();
if(!lookupObj[toAdd]) {
    $(".list").append("
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    lookupObj[toAdd] = true;
}

A: Assuming your markup looks like this:
<input name="checkListItem" value=""/>
<input type="submit" class="addItem" value="Add/Remove"/>

You can add an event which filters items which match the text (exactly) of the current .val() of the checkListItem input, which lets you delete the item in the list if it is a duplicate.
$('.addItem').on('click', function() {

  var toAdd = $("input[name=checkListItem]").val(),
      exists = $('.item').filter(function() {
                 return $(this).text() == toAdd;
               });

  if (exists.length > 0) {
    exists.remove();
  } else {
    $(".list").append("
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");
  }

});

https://jsfiddle.net/milesrobinson/563h1fq6/

A: // if you don't care the performance, this is the easy way
var finded = false;
$(".list > .item").each(function(idx){
    if (toAdd === $(this).html()) {
        finded = true;
        return false;
    }
});

if (!finded) {
     $(".list").append("
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}


With January finally coming to an end, Jake Cusack's 'January Sessions' are available to listen to on his SoundCloud Channel. You can look back over the month's hottest House and Tech House releases along with some of Jake's original productions all mixed to perfection ready to kick start your day or night!
You can find music such as Franky Rizardo's 'Cartwheel', Dale Howard's 'Rogue Keys', James Dexter's 'Audio Slave' and Dusky's 'LF10'. Jake's January Sessions consist of 5 1-hour long mixes ranging from piano influenced tracks all the way to heavier club-based productions.
Specialising in a unique brand of Deep and Tech House, Cusack's sounds have garnered him support from all corners of the genre's fan base. As time has gone on, Jake Cusack has cemented his position as a heavyweight in the underground genres, and values scouting the newest and best artists out here to support in the same way he was supported. 2018 has seen his label Funkdog Records step it up a gear, and he is looking forward to helping those new artists thrive and show the world the talent in the Tech House scene.


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import msikeys
from msikeys import Color, Mode
import time

def main():
    """
    Doesn't do much....just loads the keyboard config from the ini
    """
    colors = [
        Color.YELLOW, Color.ORANGE, Color.RED, Color.PURPLE, Color.BLUE,
        Color.PURPLE, Color.RED, Color.ORANGE
    ]
    kb = msikeys.get_keyboard()
    colors_len = len(colors)
    while True:
        for i in xrange(colors_len):
            for ii, region in enumerate(kb):
                region.color = colors[(i+ii) % colors_len]
            kb.commit()
            time.sleep(.1)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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Alice Bird's inverview on Exmouth FM radio
Devon Wildlife Trust statement >>
The Human Chain >>
Could you offer a few hours a week to help with the campaign and contribute towards protecting our town and local environment?
We are currently looking for people to help with social media, website management and in a secretarial role.
There is no set time duration for the roles and they fit in easily around your other commitments. Each role can be shared and would need no more than a few hours a week.
Social media - we have an active Facebook account which need to be monitored for messages and updated with posts
Website - we have a dedicated website with a linked blog. As with the Facebook account, this needs to be monitored and updated
Secretary role - this role sounds scarier than it is! We currently have a monthly (zoom) meeting lasting between 60 - 90 mins during which the secretary takes notes and then distributes them to the other committee members as well as checking the email account. As with the other roles, it can be shared and a full handover will be arranged.
If you have any questions about the roles above, please get in touch via our email address
helpsavethebeach@gmail.com
Read the latest news >>
Save Holcombe and Teignmouth Beach Mission Statement
The association is a not for profit organisation, which has been formed by volunteers for the purpose of saving and securing the future of Holcombe and Teignmouth Beach, its access, wildlife and environment for all to enjoy.
To do this, the association will work together, where possible, with Network Rail and other stakeholders to seek and lobby for practical and sympathetic solutions to the threats posed by Network Rail's current proposals, whilst also preserving the protecting the historic coastal railway.
The association will seek to highlight and raise public awareness of the damage that Network Rail's currently proposed plan would cause to the beaches, sea, environment, wildlife, flora and fauna, including but not limited to the protected species in the area, and to work with other bodies to secure their retention and enhancement where appropriate. It will also aim to raise awareness of the disruption to residents, businesses and visitors which would result from the proposed plans.
Save Holcombe and Teignmouth Beach Association recognise and applaud Network Rail's published Environmental Policy and will seek to hold them accountable for the current, and any perceived, future failure to follow this.
Network Rail are planning to cover your beach with concrete, destroy Brunel's sea-wall and leave us with very little beach. Here is how you can help >>
We are not against the railway - there are solutions which will allow us to keep the beach and nurture the marine environment while also ensuring the railway is protected for years to come. Read about the campaign >>
HOW TO HELP SAVE YOUR SHORELINE >>
High risk cliffs?!
Network Rail have always maintained that the cliffs between Parsons Tunnel and Teignmouth Cutting are the main reason behind the resilien...
Exclusion zone for 8 - 10 years!
Network Rail Plans on HOLD!
https://www.facebook.com/saveteignmouthandholcombebeach/
Network Rail are threatening to cover over and destroy our beach and Brunel's wall with a vast swathes of concrete. We want Network Rail to come up with an environmentally sympathetic plan. We want them to do the right thing. Join us in the campaign to save Teignmouth and Holcombe beaches and save Brunel's sea wall.
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The high performing Nokia 8110 has a curved protective cover you can slide open to pick up calls and slide back to end them. The unique shape also means you can spin the phone in ways you never imagined. The long-lasting battery gives you a further advantage to experience cool gaming and media function on the go with high visual and sound effect via the speakers or via headphones. The camera quality delivers to your pictures and is the polycarbonate shell makes it really durable in nature.
The Qualcomm 205 mobile platform is optimized to bring performance without compromising on battery life, bringing up to 25 days of standby time from a single charge. You can effortlessly import contacts and sync your calendar through Gmail and Outlook. You can surf, chat and stream faster with 4G LTE. Plus, the wireless Hotspot feature lets you create your own Wi-Fi connection wherever you are.
The stylish and unique design of the Nokia 8110 makes it unique and one of a kind in the world of smartphones. The sleek bezel and the 6.22cm curved display give it the uniqueness. It boasts of a 2 MP camera with LED flash and it runs on a Smart Feature OS powered by KaiOS. The 4 GB Storage and 512 MB RAM comes really handy.


In this sparkling romantic comedy, twenty-somethings Kevin and Laura are both struggling to make it in Hollywood, and in love. A chance encounter in a local coffee shop sees an instant attraction between them, and the sparks fly. With neither able to put the other out of their mind, they set out on parallel searches to find each other. The result is an hilarious series of awkward misunderstandings, embarrassing personal ads, bad timing and narrowly missed chances. Aided in their quests by well-meaning friends, including Laura's irrepressible roommate Mindy (Meghan Markle, star of TV's Suits), Kevin and Laura are determined to seal their own fate and ultimately…find true love.
© 2012 IP Random Film, LLC. All Rights Reserved.


I have two new book reviews for y'all. I don't read many books outside of mystery/crime fiction BUT these two books were so good. I'm glad I stepped away from my "norm" for a little while.
Dorothy Benton Frank is from Charleston and is one of my favorite authors. She had a book signing a few weeks ago, but I was sick and couldn't make it. When I was in Barnes and Noble a couple of weeks ago and was checking out, there were signed copies of her new book at the register. Obviously I bought it, and I am thrilled I did.
By Invitation Only is the perfect summer read. The book centers around Diane Stiftel and her family as they prepare for her only son to marry into a wealthy family from Chicago. The book gives us her point of view, her future daughter in law's point of view, and the mother of the bride's point of view. There are so many issues at play in the book, and the author does an amazing job of bringing it all together. The book has everything you could want in a story: love, heartache, surprise, and surprisingly a little bit of crime. I highly recommend checking this book out, as well as her other ones, especially if you are from Charleston.
The next book is an audiobook titled, A Piece of the World, by Christina Baker Kline. It's an emotional book told from the perspective of Christina Olson, a disabled farm girl. She is destined to live her life on her family's farm, partly from her disability but also because of her pull to stay true to her family's legacy. While her world is small, she does end up having an influence on the outside world. She becomes the muse for Andrew Wyeth as she hosts him for over twenty years at the family farm. She is the subject of one of the most well known American paintings of the twentieth century. The author blends fiction and fact incredibly well, and tells a story that will make you cry for the character one minute and be angry at her the next. This book is not one I would have normally chosen, but I am glad it was available through Overdrive for me to check out and listen to!
When I was younger, my grandma "Mema" made the most amazing yeast rolls. She was an amazing cook, and she taught many people how to make her yeast rolls. I was too young to really remember anything other than kneading the dough though. I have always wanted to try to make them, but I put it off.
A few weeks ago I found her recipe book and I recreated them. I was pretty concerned they wouldn't turn out well, because a lot of people in my family have tried to make them since she passed away and have failed. Yeast is notoriously difficult, because just the slightest thing can go wrong and it can fall. If it falls, the rolls are going to be awful. I prepared the dough and I covered it with aluminum foil and put it on my balcony for it to rise. It needs to be in a warm place to rise, and outside in the South Carolina summer did the trick.
I could not believe they turned out so good. The minute I took a bite, I almost cried because it felt like I was back in her kitchen. If you can read her handwriting, I hope you will try to make them as well if you like to bake! Let me know how it goes.


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desert, loneliness, poem, poetry, wasteland
Just Forgotten
And in a thousand years
when the dust of bones,
blown across the sandy plains,
the mighty struggle,
a ripple on a dry pond,
the why never answered,
the what if never revealed,
Forgotten.
© Jay Magidson, 2017
For More Poems, please click here or the link above, poetry.
Posted by Jay Magidson in art
art, auction, Elitist, emerging art, expensive art, goya, museum
In the last few decades, art has been perceived, and is to many, an elitist endeavor. The artist does work for money after all. With the rise in value for some paintings in the hundreds of millions, it is no wonder many collectors buy with the goal of increasing their wealth. Museums need visitors, so they follow the trend as well, buying and displaying such works as Munch's the Scream, purchased at auction for nearly $120 million. The Mona Lisa, for example, brings about 6 million viewers to the Louvre every year. Its value based on this alone puts it in the $100s of millions if not billions. These are commodities, marketing icons. One might ask one's self, is that so bad, exposing millions to important works of art?
Edvard Munch's "The Scream" sells for $119.9 million at Sotheby's in 2012
Marketing Creates the Illusion of Value
The effect is not limited to museums. Contemporary works sell for millions regularly at auction houses and galleries. Many of these works are important, many of questionable long term worth. The auction house and gallery have a vested interest in promoting and maintaining these upward prices. The buyer expects increasing returns, critics and experts influence and perpetuate these expectations. A very small range of works continue to rise to stratospheric levels while tens of thousands of artists languish in obscurity. Fair? Life isn't fair, right. Play the game or don't cry about it passing you by.
"Interchange" by Willem de Kooning sold to Kenneth C. Griffin for $300 million in 2015
What is Art For
But step back and remind yourself of the true purpose of art, its intrinsic value. Art is created to communicate ideas, concepts and emotion. When it succeeds it is good, when it touches your soul, it is great. Is a $100 million work touching some one's soul? Sometimes, but often not. The price has nothing to do with its connection to the viewer. Its measure as a commodity makes it inaccessible, available only to those who can afford to be touched. Do these wealthy few have a special or unique type of soul that money has given them? Hardly.
"The Card Players" by Cezanne sold to the State of Qatar for between $250 and $300 million in 2011
Can You Put a Price on Your Soul
Our value driven culture has pushed aside so many potential art enthusiasts, given them them the illusion that if they can't afford it, they can't appreciate it. It has created an elitist view of art in general, that somehow the wealthiest have some kind of special ability or gift that you do not posses.
Working Gold Toilet by Maurizio Cattalan in the Gugenheim Museum bathroom in 2016 valued at $2 to $3 million
A King's Ransom for a Painting
This is hardly a new concept. Kings, noblemen and the religious institutions paid great artists to create works for their palaces and churches for centuries. The 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries made art far more accessible to more people. Prints, portfolios, illustrated books and drawings were "affordable" for many. We are going backwards in a way, returning to the times of kings teaching us that art is out of reach because we can't afford it.
"le Massacre des innocents" by Peter Paul Rubens sold at Sotheby's London in 2002 for $76.7 million
But It's all a Lie
Art is a uniquely human experience available to all. You can go to many museums for free or a modest cost and be touched by great works. You can visit galleries and artist studios to see unknown masterpieces. You can even buy them if you choose. But money is not the measure of art's worth, your experience is. Ignore the money circus and search for yourself, decide for yourself what is great art. It takes education, experience and effort. The rewards are manifold. You feed that infinite spark inside you called the soul, you are richer for the experience, more human, more you. Art is important to all of us.
Goya's "Grande hanzaña con muertos" sold at auction for $500
Goethe said in his beautiful way:
Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.
Posted by Jay Magidson in art, discovery, writing
art, creativity, Inspiraton, Muse, Writing
Writing is a lonely sport. The cursor blinks menacingly on the empty background, angry photons burning trails onto doubt-filled retinas. What will appear is unknown, something between garbage and genius, or worse…nothing. When all seems lost, inspiration flutters down like a timorous butterfly. And like magic, writing begins, timid at first, then braver, growing into a furious boldness that seems uncontainable, unstoppable, but then finally peters out to a whisper. It is a type of alchemy, lead into gold and ultimately – sweet torture.
"The Dream of Reason Creates Monsters" by Goya
Inspiration is Courageous
Where does inspiration come from, and with it – courage. What is brave about banging on a keyboard? Fear permeates the creative process, scratching roughshod into a reluctant spirit, stealing jewels from the claws of a sleeping dragon. It is not the fear of a known physical force, injury, pain or death; it is far worse. Physical wounds heal. It is the fear of having nothing to say, of having an empty soul. That is truly awful.
"The Empty Chair" by Eva Cellini
Creativity is a Job
I lost a dear friend recently. She was an artist. She inspired me to write, encouraged me when things seemed at their most difficult. "Touch it every day." She would say. "No one knows where creativity lives. It is a job, and if you don't show up, you cannot succeed. You must set the table if you expect your guests to arrive." She was right, it is a job, the most difficult one possible. To be honest all the time, to never accept compromise, cowardice or timidity, to stare into blinding infinity and pull something from nothing. To never give up, knowing that there is no end to your journey.
"The Red Leaf" by Eva Cellini
The Muse is Selfish
The muses of creativity care nothing for our pain, discomfort or insecurities. They kick at our heads when we are sleeping, driving or eating dinner with friends. Like selfish children they demand our attention RIGHT NOW, not when it is convenient or expedient. Ignore them and they will dart away like frightened deer. Maybe they'll come back in a day, a week, maybe never. Obey their cruel reason and be rewarded with something new, the blissful loss of time, but also with more insanity. Because the muses are insane, exquisitely beautiful crazies.
Science would have us believe we are bundles of chemical reactions, an accident of evolution that created consciousness. All that we call beauty is just a hormonal reaction to certain frequencies of light and sound. But that doesn't explain Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Beethoven; where did they get their inspiration to bring such sublimity to the Earth. Science stumbles at the gates of art and we have to look beyond the mundane explanations of logic, through the iron bars of rationality into the swirling mist of creativity – where the muses dance.
"Memories of Cornell's Lost Muse"by Ingrid Dee Magidson
Inspiration is the Paint, We Are The Canvas
Polyhymnia, sacred muse of poetry, and her eight sisters live beyond the limited mind. They kiss our eyes when we sleep, pulling us into the soul-ripping abyss. They temp us with words, shapes and colors, impossible ideas that would make others scoff or shrug. Inspiration is their paint and we are their canvas. One only needs to step aside, lower one's head in humility and accept their gifts. Gifts that must be passed on or fester like rotting fruit.
On August 9, 2017, my dear friend, Eva Cellini passed away. My heart is broken.
Eva in her studio 2001, photo credit: Gabriella Fabian
Eva and I are friends for almost 30 years (I use the present tense because love cannot die). We would speak of the word friend as sacred, that too many threw the word around without meaning. And indeed it has a deep, spiritual meaning for both of us. It is love for another's soul. I have that for Eva and will miss our talks desperately.
Swan by Eva Cellini, oil on board
We met in New York in 1991 when her husband Joseph was showing his artwork at my father's gallery. She was in her early 60s and me in my early 30s. Almost my age now, what a circle. She sent photos of her paintings to my gallery in Aspen. I liked them, but hesitated to show them, not sure they were a fit. Ingrid (my soon to be wife) saw the photos and fell in love instantly, insisting we show her work. She called Eva that day and made it happen. This began a long and amazing relationship for the three of us – Ingrid, Eva and me. There was an instant connection, like people meeting again after many years apart. Between Ingrid and me, I think we have spoken almost every week to Eva since then. About art, science, literature, spirituality, the universe, the infinite and the finite. Eva was insatiably curious, almost like a child about everything. Our talks would continue for hours.
Homage to Eva, by Ingrid Dee Magidson, 2007
Ingrid, now my wife, became instant friends with Eva, like sisters, though Eva was decades older. When Ingrid began to explore her artistic nature, Eva inspired her, and there is much in Ingrid's work that comes from Eva's influence and support. It makes me marvel at the nature of the universe, placing the right person in our path at the right time. I believe Ingrid inspired Eva late in her artistic career as well, to reach into new and unknown territory. They fed each other like only artists can do.
Eva in her studio, ca. 1993
Eva was born in Hungary in 1925. Her mother was a dancer and never married her father a writer. Eva loved her mother dearly but would say how ill prepared she was to have a child. So Eva was mostly raised by her stern, humorless grandparents who tried to stifle her artistic bent. In 1939 World War II came to Hungary with all the violence and tragedy it could muster. She told me of one horrific experience that seared itself onto my heart. One day walking to school, she saw the dead body of her best friend lying on the street. She was not allowed to stop, or even linger over her fallen friend, a fleeting glance was all she was allowed to say goodbye.
Eva in her studio ca. 2000
Eva's birth father was Jewish, a death sentence in those days. When he was arrested by the Nazi occupiers, it was only by her mother's fierce loyalty and bravery that she was able to free him. Towards the end of the war, things became so dangerous for anyone with a drop of Jewish blood that the teenage Eva was hidden by friends in their apartment. One day one side of their building was destroyed by a bomb. They continued to live in the shattered apartment. They survived somehow, as did her parents.
My daughter, Isabella in Eva's Studio, ca. 2005
Unfortunately, the cruelty did not end after the war. The Soviet occupation of Hungary brought new and different horrors. Eva began working in an art factory, a propaganda arm of the government where posters and fliers were created. Images of rising officials would one day be plastered on every wall, only to disappear the next, never allowed to be spoken of again. Her coworkers would sometimes disappear and no one was allowed to speak of them or even acknowledge that they had ever existed.
Knight of the Cabbage by Eva Cellini, How she felt arriving in NYC without speaking English.
Eva met her beloved Joseph at this art factory, an extraordinary talent. He was trained to paint like the old masters and was sought out for his skill. The two became lovers and created a secure life. That all changed in 1956. The revolution was triggered with the death of a child by authorities at a soccer match. The tensions had been boiling for years and this small event erupted into a spontaneous uprising throughout the country. The Soviet occupation moved tanks and soldiers into Budapest to quell the rebellion. Thousands fled their homeland, Eva and Joseph among them.
Drawing of Nude by Joseph Cellini
With the clothes on their back, a few friends and infinite courage, they made their way through Austria, Italy and ultimately to New York City. Eva spoke no English at the time, Joseph only a little. She once described her experience to me upon arriving in New York.
Monkey in Armor by Eva Cellini
"Everyone was so beautifully dressed and they looked so open, ready to speak to each other about anything. The many beautiful stores had everything imaginable for sale and everyone was so well fed. Their eyes shined with ideas and excitement and there was an optimism that was contagious, that anything was possible. I didn't believe it was authentic at first, where were the police, the soldiers that would take everything away. I was so guarded for so long, I didn't know how to accept this new freedom."
Bug by Eva Cellini, oil on board
But accept it she did. Eva, through all her horrible experiences had an undying optimism that permeated her being to the last. She believed in people, always surprised and saddened when they disappointed her.
The Red Leaf by Eva Cellini, based on an O'Henry story
Eva and Joseph thrived in New York City. It was the golden age of illustration, a time when artists like Norman Rockwell and others would be paid thousands for their cover art. They made enough to move out of the city and buy a home on a hill in Leonia, New Jersey, an artist enclave just on the other side of the George Washington Bridge. Eva and Joseph transformed the attic of their home into a beautiful studio, windows and skylights bringing in the precious light. They worked side by side until Joseph's death in the mid-1990s.
The Empty Chair by Eva Cellini, an homage to Joseph and the first painting Eva finished after his death
It was Joseph who encouraged Eva to turn to fine art in the 1980s, to break free of the deadlines, commissions and rules of illustration, to paint what she loved for herself. Again Eva thrived, garnering a one-person show at the prestigious Auberbach art gallery on Madison Avenue. She loved surrealism and that is what she painted for 40 years. Work that has found its way to collections across the world, including Saudi Arabian princesses, the Woman's Museum in Washington and my humble home.
Eva resting after we installed her last show in my Aspen Gallery in 2008
Eva never took down Joseph's easel in their studio, nor did she move his bed that remained opposite hers for 60 years. Eva dreamed of one day meeting Joseph again and now she has. I will miss our talks, but I only have to look into my own heart to feel her again. I can hear her voice at the end of a three hour conversation."Sleep well my dear friend."
Requiem by Eva Cellini. Eva loved the drama of clouds and gray was her favorite color
The Light Shines Brightest in the Dark
Posted by Jay Magidson in books, discovery, distopia
dark fiction, edgar allan poe, heart of darkness, lovecraft, overcoming fear
My friends are sometimes surprised by the darkness of my writing. I guess I seem reasonably happy and modestly well-adjusted in person (which seems very strange to me). But I love the darkness, gloom, and sometimes hopelessness, of the best fiction and poetry. As a child, I loved reading Edgar Allan Poe. I was often disappointed by the happy Hollywood endings of the movies my parents took me to. The characters in the Tale Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado didn't have happy endings. They died miserably and got what they deserved. Dark, I know, but oh so satisfying.
So I asked myself, why is that. Certainly, I can't be alone. Dante, Poe, Lovecraft, King, etc. have been writing tales that millions of people love and keep loving. Many, like Poe and Lovecraft don't give much, if any hope in their stories. The darkness overwhelms the reader, yet he plods on through the dim corridors, deeper and deeper into the impenetrable mist. Perhaps it's like a roller coaster, the controlled fear, knowing we are basically safe, but scared into gratitude that we are alive, heart pounding in our chest, but alive. Maybe it's schadenfreude, sharing someone else's misery, but happy that they have it worse. Or maybe it's something deeper, something fundamental.
Why we Fear and Love the Dark
It is primal to fear the unknown, the darkness that shrouds the dense forest. Do you have a pet, a cat or dog? Why do they put their noses into dark holes in the ground? They might smell an animal down there, but could just as easily get an eye poked or worse. They're curious. And so are we. It's built into our DNA; we have to know what's under that log (rattle snake, probably), in that cave (rabid wolf, most definitely), or in the abandoned mental institution (vindictive ghosts, of course).
We go into the dark to shine our light into it, to expand our lives by testing our fear, pushing our own boundaries a tiny bit. The worst thing God did for Adam and Eve was to make life too easy. So he gave them a talking snake, pretty scary, right.
The Gift of Darkness
All decent stories have a problem, a challenge for the protagonist to overcome. The darkest stories make that challenge insurmountable, tearing the fool's eyes out for sticking his face into the fox hole. One of my favorite books of all time is Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. It's written with such mastery that the reader is drawn inexorably into the deepest gloom imaginable, unable to pull free until its black conclusion and Kurtz's dying words: "The horror, the horror."
Is it hopeless? I don't think so, at least that's not the message I get from these stories or the ones I think of in my own writing. We need the dark so we have a place to put the light. Shine your flashlight on a summer day – nothing. Then do it in a subterranean cave. Fear is a limitation, a doorway into the unknown, and the only way to expand is to cross the threshold. Otherwise, we stay on this side of the Garden of Eden, naked and stupid.
The Case for Anarchy
Posted by Jay Magidson in discovery
Most people scoff at the virtues of anarchy. We have no problem shouting to the heavens about the importance of freedom. But complete freedom is the complete absence of control after all, and that can turn to chaos, horror like the final scene in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," (or the movie "The Purge" if the classics aren't your thing). Few of us want that, and it certainly isn't the way to a civil society.
Like all political extremes, way too far and everyone loses. Take Socialism: A measured amount gives us weekends, child labor laws, unemployment insurance, Social Security; too much and we get limited production, unmotivated workers, endless strikes and ultimately…tyranny. What about Capitalism: a certain amount gives us easy access to capital to expand business, entrepreneurship, class mobility, opportunity for personal wealth; a lot gives us the robber barons of the 19th Century, low wages, severe income inequality, class warfare, and of course…tyranny.
Anarchy is not Synonymous with Chaos
So why has anarchy become such a loaded word? Let's go back to the original meaning of the political idea and not the misunderstood concept that it is today. The word itself comes from the ancient Greek word, anarchia, which loosely translates to "without leaders." In the mid-19th Century, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon codified the word into the political and philosophical concept of Anarchism, a leaderless state, or more simply, one without government. The idealized version of Anarchism is simply that the individual is free to do whatever he wants as long as he doesn't interfere in another's right to do the same.
But it's not so simple. Unfortunately, a society without government, rules, property or laws likely devolves into chaos, as we've seen so many times around the world. And anarchy at its extreme becomes synonymous with chaos, horror and ultimately…tyranny. But what happens if we introduce a bit of anarchy into our lives? Let's call it personal anarchy.
Personal Anarchy
Let's say you quit that shitty job, start your own business, home school your kids, throw away your smart phone, grow some lettuce on the windowsill, write those memoirs in the dead of night or just get a nose ring? Personal change and expression occur and perhaps if you're lucky, comes with a little spark of happiness.
This is an ancient idea, one which many people have discovered on their own. For the creative spirit, society's rules suck and its narrow vision of what's right for the individual sucks too. So many have decided to do things slightly, or completely different. Where do you think art comes from? Certainly not from robot-like abeyance to the rules. Nature teaches us that life is change, exploration and curiosity the norm; that stability and predictability bring about stagnation and death.
We call it many things, personal exploration, introspection, individual liberty, creative expression, but all of this is really letting go of just a little personal control and introducing a bit of uncertainty into our ordered lives. A little bit of the unknown, like fairy dust shakes things up. I call it personal anarchy; you can call it anything you like. But the goal is the same, personal growth, and hopefully, a moment or two of freedom, even happiness.


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How the Leeds situation proves that Halsey's attack on Riley is right: PGMO has gone wrong
Posted on 23 March 2022 23 March 2022 by Tony Attwood
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There was an article in the Sun recently (yes I know) which had the headline
Premier League referees struggling because chief Mike Riley and those in charge NOT giving proper coaching or education
It was written by Mark Halsey who was on thePremier league's list of Select Group Referees from its creation in 2001 until his retirement in 2013. In the article, the ex-ref says, "Ever since Riley took over in 2009, the refereeing standards have gone backwards. I don't blame the referees on the pitch or at Stockley Park, because they aren't being given the proper education from those in charge. The coaching our officials are receiving is not good enough.
"We've got personnel in place that have never refereed at the top level trying to coach officials on how to manage Prem games.
"The training of VAR needs to be seriously improved as well because we are seeing huge inconsistencies in reviewing incidents."
Later in the piece, he says, "The PGMOL does not know how to manage their dressing room and I know that because I am still in contact with some officials. They don't have assessors at games monitoring the officials anymore, there is just an evaluation system so they don't get that face-to-face feedback in the dressing room like we used to…
"It comes back to leadership from Riley and his management team because referee standards have declined since Keith Hackett's exit."
So the argument is that the management of PGMO is simply not very good, referees are not being trained properly, and the correct procedures are not being introduced.
It is a viable argument, and indeed it is excellent to see a newspaper taking on the issue of the quality of refereeing in the Premier League, rather than just parroting the old line about the Premier League being the best league in the world and so having the best referees in the world.
But there is a problem because there are other issues besides the training of referees which need to be taken into account. Let me try and outline a few of them.
1: Lack of oversight of PGMO
As we have so often said, no one oversees PGMO to make sure it is running itself in a fair and reasonable way. Arsenal can get the same referee over and over again – when self-evidently if each club never had any single referee more than twice in a season, even if there were any rotten apples in the refereeing barrel their effect on individual teams would be limited.
Very few organisations in Britain have this sort of freedom to do what they want without supervision, but referees can do. The only thing international football can do to express its disapproval of English referees is to refuse to appoint them to big events, as with the last World Cup.
2: Unwillingness of the media in general to consider that there might be anything wrong
The piece in the Sun noted above is special because it is so unusual. But unfortunately, it didn't take us any further forward in terms of having an independent regulator of refereeing in the Premier League. That won't happen until the whole of Premier League and Championship football stands up to PGMO and says, "someone needs to be monitoring what you do".
3. The media deliberately ignore the issues that plague football.
Uefa's revelations about the growth of match fixing and its statement that the Association does not have the resources to counter it, was ignored by the English media – although it was not ignored in the rest of Europe.
There are of course two possible reasons for this. One is that the editors believe no one is interested in refereeing (which is hard to sustain as an argument when players and fans so regularly argue with refereeing decisions). The other is that the media has agreed formally or informally not to take on refereeing stories.
This is not to suggest a conspiracy but rather to reflect the common agreement that there is between much of the media over what is, and what is not, a story. A rich white man's house in Berkshire is broken into and robbed and his wife is assaulted – story. A poor black family in Greenwich has their house broken into and robbed, and the family assaulted – no story.
4. Examination of the psychological bias issue
All decision making is prone to psychological bias. The word goes around that Leeds are a dirty team and need to be shown who's boss from kickoff by the referee, and so they are penalised at every turn. Liverpool and West Ham are said to be managed by gentlemen who ensure their teams don't engage in nasty underhand tactics. They get different treatment.
But just look at this table, which is derived from the official figures.
Club Tackles per foul Tackles per yellow Fouls per yellow
Leeds 1.65 6.67 4.03
West Ham 1.72 12.36 7.17
So although West Ham and Leeds tackle about the same amount before committing a foul, West Ham can deliver just on twice as many tackles as Leeds before getting a yellow. OK, you might say, that is because when Leeds players tackle they are butchers. And Leeds fouls are almost twice as likely to get a yellow as West Ham fouls. Ah well, you say, that proves it.
Now I am not a Leeds fan as you surely must know, but I've watched Leeds in person twice this season, specifically looking at the fouls, and I sure didn't see that their tackles were twice as nasty as West Ham's (who I have also watched). Nor did I find this when I watched them on TV, doing nothing but specifically looking at the tackles and fouls.
I cannot say "this is ref bias pure and simple" nor can I say it is "subconscious bias". But that looks to me like bias is the most likely explanation. If there is another explanation, why doesn't someone come forth and make it?
But because we have no independent regulator of refereeing, nothing is investigated. Maybe I am wrong and Leeds are twice as dirty as West Ham – at least if there was a regulator it could be examined. If you are a regular reader you'll know I have no axe to grind on behalf of Leeds, and maybe these figures are somehow justified, but we never even have them justified because the media will not recognise that there is an issue.
And when the whole of the media – newspapers, radio, TV – all move in one direction by refusing to recognise an issue: I smell a revolting rat.
So thank you Mark Halsey for opening this can of worms. But please please please don't stop there. Let's go forward and work out what is going on and why. Given that clubs are not being treated equally, it can't just be a lack of referee education. So please keep going, for if anyone can explain things, it is probably you.
7 Replies to "How the Leeds situation proves that Halsey's attack on Riley is right: PGMO has gone wrong"
Podgygooner says:
Great article – and it doesn't help that the vast majority of refs are from up north.
Nice to see someone from the inside who shares my opinion that PGMOL are IAM Incompetent Arrogant Morons.
Thanks to seismic for having highlighted that piece a few days ago.
It is surprising that the Sun of all outlets would carry that piece.
And that none other has kept on with it.
Well it does probably mean some are reading Untold and find inspiration there !
HT Arsenal 0 Wolfsburg 1
the first 30 minutes were very disappointing; then we pressed them a little but we can do so much better … we miss iwabuchi a lot i think
these german frauen are up for grabs imo, they only do very well the very simple things, but somehow that's been enough for them to be ahead (nice header, that goal, btw)
if anyone could snap mediema out of her nap, things might get turned around but this nap of hers actually looks like a deep, ecstatic slumber
expecting andrew's insight live from ashburton grove …
come on girls, rebellion time !!
Zedsaunt says:
Another article in an impressive long line of quality articles.
Halsey's input gets you thinking.
On one hand, a shambolic training/educational culture which brings the quality of PGMO refereeing down, and has kept it down the past few years, hasn't made it any better for the present, will not improve it for the foreseeable future, on the other hand, a standard of operational professionalism which gets PGMO operatives in place and, in operation, functioning as the most important people on the pitch whatever the TV scheduling demands, and whatever the quality of football being presented on the pitch. They decide, whatever.
You have to wonder whether the overall media silence about PGMO is precisely because if the media examine PGMO the refs will no longer be the most important person on the pitch.
The spectacle of the EPL requires the drama of the PGMO ref as the most important person.
The PGMO referee has to be capricious.
Into this drama is written advertising revenues, viewing numbers, gambling patters, club finances, merchandising strategies, transfer fees, individual status, and, at the end of the day, above all, for the media journalist, the PGMO referee keeps the platform floating and the need for the journalist to be present.
Take away the PGMO, let it be two teams playing, the ref just a facilitator, the journalist is just a fan, no different from anyone else.
With PGMO and their never-ending individual capriciousness, football is elevated, requires the expert voice in the babble.
Nitram says:
24 March 2022 at 10:45 AM
It's not rocket science. The media run the referees. I've been saying it for years. You even say so yourself:
"The word goes around that Leeds are a dirty team and need to be shown who's boss from kickoff by the referee, and so they are penalised at every turn. Liverpool and West Ham are said to be managed by gentlemen who ensure their teams don't engage in nasty underhand tactics. They get different treatment".
'The word goes around'
And who exactly puts that word around? The media of course. And what is the consequence of that 'word' from the media?
"They get different treatment".
'They' being the team of course. And the 'different treatment' is by the referees of course.
This is what I have been saying for years. What the media wants, the media say they want. And what the media says they want, the referees deliver.
For years the media insisted Jack wilshere injured himself. On the back of that he was kicked off the park without an ounce of protection. In fact the media narrative is, and has always been that Arsenal players in general are a bunch of 'softies' and need to be shown it's a mans game. Players don't assault Arsenal players they just 'get in their faces'.
We now seem to be going down the same route with Saka. I fear for the lad.
Why would the media want the referees trained to follow the Laws of the game when they clearly want them to referee as per their agenda?
"…They (PGMOL) don't have assessors at games monitoring the officials anymore.
I beg to differ. They are called SKY Sports, BT Sports, TalkSport, MOTD, The SUN, The Mirror, The Mail etc. etc.
Why The Sun has suddenly decided to throw Riley under the bus I have no idea. Given how long he's been in charge and how bad he has been from the outset it all seems very odd.
In my opinion, given this particular rags rather tenuous relationship with truth, honesty and integrity, I would doubt it had anything what so ever to do with making the game any fairer.
As for the mess we are in with refereeing in this Country, make no mistake, it's the media that lie at the heart of it.
They have the same compliant, inconstant, biased group of officials they have had for years. Now all of a sudden it's a problem ???
Nope, I'm not having it. It's all smoke and mirrors.
24 March 2022 at 12:49 PM
Karl Henry (remember him?) has waded into the debate surrounding Tyrone Mings' foul on Saka, claiming that it wasn't a foul because Mings is heavy and is more likely to lose control of his own body. Dermot Gallagher seems to be in agreement with Henry.
#spotthestooge
But this is where the bias media agenda rears it's head.
I have no doubt they could find 100 ex players, referees etc. that don't think it's a foul.Fine.That's their opinion.
But equally they could probably find a similar amount that do think it's a foul.Which is also fine.That's their opinion.
The bias comes in when it's only the one's that say it isn't a foul that they tell us about.
This is what they do all the time, because it doesn't matter what we do they will always find someone prepared to criticise it.
Very often it's our very own Ian Wright sticking the knife in.
Still, not to worry some people still like him.
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Faber launches poetry podcast
Published April 20, 2018 by Natasha Onwuemezi
Faber is launching a new poetry podcast, hosted by poets Rachael Allen and Jack Underwood.
The twice-monthly Faber Poetry Podcast, which launched on Thursday (19th April), will bring together "some of the most exciting voices from the world of poetry".
In the first episode, Allen and Underwood discuss talismans, teenage crushes and gateways to poetry with their studio guests Emily Berry and Momtaza Mehri.
Forthcoming guests in series one include Sophie Collins, Emily Critchley, Ishion Hutchinson, Richard Scott and Jane Yeh.
Audio postcards – home-recorded poems – will come from Nuar Alsadir, Vahni Capildeo, Mary Jean Chan, Peter Gizzi and Ocean Vuong, among others.
Hannah Marshall, arts marketing campaigns manager at Faber and co-producer of the podcast, said: "It's been thrilling to see this podcast evolve under the curatorial direction of Rachael Allen and Jack Underwood, whose passion for and knowledge of contemporary poetry is evident in the show they have produced. Together, we're excited to be creating a vibrant new space for people to encounter and celebrate poetry."
Allen is the poetry editor at Granta magazine, co-editor at the poetry press clinic and of online journal tender. A pamphlet of her poems was published as part of the Faber New Poets scheme, and her first collection will be published by Faber in 2019.
Underwood is a poet who also writes short fiction and non-fiction. A recipient of an Eric Gregory Award in 2007, he published his debut pamphlet in 2009 as part of the Faber New Poets scheme. His first collection, Happiness, was published by Faber in 2015 and was winner of the 2016 Somerset Maugham Award. Two pamphlets, Solo for Mascha Voice and Tenuous Rooms, will be published by Test Centre in 2018.
It was recently revealed that Faber is bringing its audio arm in house, having partnered with Canongate for the past five years. It will publish 18 to 20 audio titles a year, with audio editor Catherine Daly overseeing the list. Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page said it was time to "go it alone", adding: "We've been looking carefully at our opportunity to connect with readers who are clearly finding the new technologies around listening exciting."
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I am born in year of tiger.
I am a 'tiger wood' with Yang element...whoa!!!
Last night! I spending my time reading this over few 'masters' website on the prediction for 'Tiger' in year of snakes!
* In year of snake, please be more careful in making decision.
Due to tiger nature, recklessness and impulsiveness could lead to bad decision. Your bad decision will cost you dearly! OMG!!!!
Don't want make decision , can or not??? sure cannot right!!!!
* Be aware on negative traits and manage them.
- build on the positive and manage the negative! aiya!!!! advice like this I also know la.... but to manage the negative is the challenging task..wei!
* Tiger could suffers from their rashness.
- tiger are impulsive and most the time they act first and think later.
- it is better for them to give a better thought and act later!
seriously! this is so 'me'!
mmmmmm...... total challenge for me...since I am one person unconciously act first and become concious later....so bad...hhuhuhu...still learning that deep thought before act!
Tiger will have the setback if act without thinking...but overall if they are intelligent and skilled if they have that 2 seconds thoughts before charged out!
- do not think wealth will follow just because tiger is powerful and grand!
- whoa!!!! show me the money!!!!
- but again...it says...do not make reckless decision.
- again!!! reckless decision making is a setbacks!!!!
- need to temper their temper!
OMO!!!! its been years i am tempering my temper....still no success..... future seems so 'bleak' for romance for me..... huhuhuhuhuh...WTH!


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See, when Marco comes to a week of free reading clubs in his neighborhood this summer, not only is he going to have a great time, and not only is he going to read and learn while he's there, we're going to send him home with a stack of kids' books that he gets to pick himself.
2) Head up a small book drive with your church, small group, or at your job.
3) Keep an eye out at garage sales, and pick up children's books whenever you see them.
4) Stop over at Clark County Public Library's annual book sale June 13-14 for some book bargains.
Let's get the "book train" rolling for Marco and hundreds of other kids like him this summer! Your help can make a huge difference!
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