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Isi-Ewu (goat-head) is a popular delicacy prominently associated with the Igbo tribe in the Eastern part of Nigeria. This delicacy is normally presented as mounds of succulent parts of the goat head cooked to perfection using Palm-Oil, Peppers and Delicate Spices, traditionally served in a wooded deep dish bowl and demolished using the best cutlery everyone has access to …. Your fingers!!!
This delicate dish that has become one of the most sought-after dishes in Nigeria today, it actually has its roots traced as far back as the pre-civil war era. Goat-heads were disposed of by middle class families, labelled as one of the most undesirable parts of the goat, some families would give these parts to the local indigenes or the poorer members of the communities to feed their families.
The outbreak of a severe form protein malnutrition, Kwashiorkor, which affected the young and vulnerable during and after the Biafra war prompted a large-scale feeding programme which also encouraged the local communes to source for any and all types of proteins to help fight this debilitating disease.
It was during this era that the goat-head came into its own! It made its way to the top of the culinary scale and became one of the most sought after delicacies in that region and beyond … Still is!
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RTDC offers 30% discounts to govt employees
Jaipur, Aug 13 : Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) is offering a discount of 30 percent to state, central and Public Sector Units employees to tide over the low-occupancy rate.
General tourists would be offered 20% discount while it would become 10% during peak tourist season.
RTDC hotels, motels languishing over paucity of funds, non-payment of salaries to staff are thinking over new ways to woo tourists.
The hotel occupancy rate has come down to 18% in 2017 as compared to 65% in the private hotel category.
Although RTDC had been mulling over leasing out prime property to private investors and getting staff transferred to other departments, that idea has been stopped for now. This may have something to do with elections round the corner.
RTDC is now on the lookout for innovative ideas to market its prime properties and provide good services to the tourists.
RTDC manages numerous restaurants, cafeterias, hotels, motels, bars and means of transport, and plays a vital role in promoting tourism in the state. The RTDC is known for budget lodgings for tourists.

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Chemistry of sodium lactate formation under simulated alumina refinery conditions
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The formation of sodium lactate, sodium acetate, and sodium formate under laboratory-simulated conditions for the production of alumina from organic-contaminated bauxite by dissolution in hot (145 °C) sodium hydroxide (3 M) has been studied. Not unexpectedly, sodium lactate, sodium acetate, and sodium formate are shown to arise from glucose. Studies up to 14 h show that, once formed, sodium acetate and sodium formate are stable. Sodium L-(+)-lactate, however, decomposes to sodium carbonate and ethanol under these conditions, but it reaches a constant concentration that appears to be dependent on the initial lactate and sodium hydroxide concentrations. Sodium [1-13C]L-lactate studies showed that 13C-labeled carboxylate (COO-) is scrambled among the carbonate and both of the carbons in the ethanol produced. A 1,2,3-trihydroxycyclopropane intermediate is proposed. In the presence of 2-methoxyphenol, a lignin degradation product, sodium lactate decomposition is enhanced, and the sodium acetate and formate yields are also affected.
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Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 supports regeneration of the intestinal microbiota after diarrheic dysbiosis – a review
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Margret I Moré,1 Alexander Swidsinski2
1analyze & realize GmbH, Berlin, Germany; 2Laboratory for Molecular Genetics, Polymicrobial Infections and Bacterial Biofilms, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Charité Hospital, CCM, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Abstract: The probiotic medicinal yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae HANSEN CBS 5926 (Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745) is used for the prevention and treatment of diarrhea. Its action is based on multiple mechanisms, including immunological effects, pathogen-binding and antitoxinic effects, as well as effects on digestive enzymes. Correlated with these effects, but also due to its inherent properties, S. boulardii is able to create a favorable growth environment for the beneficial intestinal microbiota, while constituting extra protection to the host mucus layer and mucosa. This review focuses on the positive influence of S. boulardii on the composition of the intestinal microbiota. In a dysbiosis, as during diarrhea, the main microbial population (especially Lachnospiraceae, Ruminococcaceae, Bacteroidaceae, and Prevotellaceae) is known to collapse by at least one order of magnitude. This gap generally leads to transient increases in pioneer-type bacteria (Enterobacteriaceae, Bifidobacteriaceae, and Clostridiaceae). Several human studies as well as animal models demonstrate that treatment with S. boulardii in dysbiosis leads to the faster reestablishment of a healthy microbiome. The most relevant effects of S. boulardii on the fecal composition include an increase of short chain fatty acid-producing bacteria (along with a rise in short chain fatty acids), especially of Lachnospiraceae and Ruminococcaceae, as well as an increase in Bacteroidaceae and Prevotellaceae. At the same time, there is a suppression of pioneer bacteria. The previously observed preventive action of S. boulardii, eg, during antibiotic therapy or regarding traveler's diarrhea, can be explained by several mechanisms, including a stabilizing effect on the healthy microbiota as well as possibly on the mucus layer. Several different dysbiotic situations could profit from the effects of S. boulardii CNCM I-745. Its additional potential lies in a general stabilization of the gut flora for at-risk populations. More studies are needed to explore the full potential of this versatile probiotic yeast.
Keywords: Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745, microbiota, diarrhea, dysbiosis, colonic bioreactor, intestinal mucus layer, mucosa, SCFA, probiotic
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Daily Fishing and Outdoor Report
Friday, September 14, 2007: waves: Choppy 2 foot south swell. Water clarity: Excellent.Water temps: Low 70s.
As expected, things have quieted along the beachfronts and near the inlets. It was "expected" only because it was pretty crazed out there, bluefish-wise. It would have been tough maintaining all that hubbub.
Things have settled into a steady bluefish bite along the beaches with significant down time between flurries. Action near the inlets remains a lot steadier with pretty much tail-to-tail blues if you toss out bait.
Kingfishing is good in Town (BH) and on some Brant Beach section but lacking on many other beaches along LBI. I know this since I had mentioned that not many folks were targeting kingfish and I had four quick emails from those who were actually heavily fishing for them but having little luck finding the tasty hookups. Hey, maybe the spearing are eating all the kingfish eggs. Uh-oh, what have I started?
Junkfish are rampant. The robins are showing in increasing numbers. The skate remain numerous. Sand dogs are everywhere. Always scary stargazers are in their usual here-and-there numbers.
The deluge of mullet fell off drastically late yesterday. The run didn't stop by any stretch but that eye-boggling nonstop push from Wednesday has backed off to the more typical now-and-again pods with some significant wait time in-between.
The spearing river has thinned but is still a steady flow. There were also the first rainfish yesterday late.
ALIKE BUT DIFFERENT: It's tough discerning rainfish (Anchoa hepsetus) and spearing (Menidia menidia) when the two species are swimming by. In the water, they are distinguishable only by the ever so slight color difference when the fish are schooled. Spearing schools are a darker, slightly brown, tint when balled up. Rainfish schools are a decidedly orange/red hue -- later in fall they get an even redder color when heavily schooling, even making the water look bloody when they are in the baitball mode.
It is very easy to tell rainfish from spearing once you've landed them. While both have an obvious silver stripe, the spearing is whiter overall and non-opaque, while rainfish are (in our area) orange-ish, highly iridescent and actually a bit see-through.
Most obvious is the mouth difference between the two. Spearing have very small mouths while rainfish have downright enormous mouths that, when pulled open, are equal to widest part of the fish's body. Ironically, a face profile of a tiny rainfish has a shark-like shape when viewed from the side.
By the by, rainfish are also known as bay anchovies, while spearing are commonly known as (Atlantic) silversides; spearing is a localized name we use in the Mid-Atlantic states, though it is taking over as the more common name along the entire coast. As you can tell from their scientific names, they are not that closely related.
A little known angle about both these way-small fish is their aggressiveness. Although often mistaken as mere algae-eaters (like mullet), both rainfish and spearing are ravenous feeders. While they will down some vegetable (algal) matter, they also feed intensely on the eggs or larvae of crustaceans (blueclaw crabs), grasshrimp, squid, copepods and other eel grass bed regulars. They even gang up on the eggs of tog, kingfish, seabass, blowfish and weakfish.
Although it is unlikely they could have a huge impact on gamefish eggs or larvae, they are still players. The ultra-massive showing of spearing this year can either be seen as an indicator that the food sources this summer were way up there (tons of eggs and larvae -- a good thing for the future) or these tiny fish had their evil way with the vital young-of-year crop of many other species. For upbeat sake, let's think in terms of all the bayside fisheries having a great year and spearing being an indicator that it was a feast-ful summer.
"Hey J, Fished the last Two days for weakfish again, had very good fishing, Peanut bunker is getting it done. I will say that the fish seem to be in a different pattern,not so much stacked in one particular zone, but stretched out more. Had to play a little cat and mouse to find them(longer drifts) Very good size fish to 24 in. A lot of pissed off radio chatter about fluke season from filet and release to government bashing. Hard not to agree when we caught six keepers and numerous throw back size fish way back in the bay. South end report."
Took my first ride out on Holgate today. What a mid week paradise. Hard to believe that piece of incredible beach will be gone someday in the near future. I fished the backside for a while and had some small blues on plugs in the bait showers. As you surely saw today, bait was everywhere.
Got bored so I went out front to kingfish. Nodda. Went looking in Town---nodda.
On a hunch, I went looking around some bottom structure on the BH bayside surf. With the incoming tide and sunset aproaching conditions looked good. I took fish on my first 10 or so casts. First 5 or 6 fish were really nice weakfish 12 to 24". Then the blues mixed in. Bluefish were much bigger then the ones closer to the inlets. Had some to 4lbs. Caught way over a limit on both fish but I kept only 3 of each for dinner. Super fishing. 3/8 oz leadhead and a white 4" grub was best.
Interesting note. I fish an area that has some steel wreckage on the bottom in about 10 feet of water. All of the bigger weakfish were just uptide of that piece (about the size of a car) right on the bottom. A cast with a super slow retrieve, bumped on the bottom resulted in an instant strike. Move the jig fast, bluefish city. Moved away from the structure---no fish---at all.
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Beef stew is one of those dishes that belongs in everyone's repertoire. Toss the beef in flour. Brown the beef. Add stock and veggies (if you so choose). Simmer until veggies are soft. Serve.
There is plenty that you can do to change up the flow of things. A little red wine to thin it out or some tomato paste to thicken it. Some Spanish paprika for smoke, or Hungarian paprika for heat. For this dinner, I opted to use the Smitten Kitchen's combination of Dijon mustard and cognac. Well, not quite cognac.
Cognac is more than just a type of brandy. Like Champagne and Burgundy, Cognac is strictly defined. It must be made with white grapes from the Cognac region of France, fermented with yeasts native to this region, and aged in limousin oak casks. Otherwise, you're just drinking expensive brandy. And don't worry, the French have a governing body for such matters: the Bureau National Interprofessionel du Cognac. My liquor store's cognac selection was limited and pricey, so I went with a Paul Masson V.S.O.P. brandy. I forgot how much I enjoyed drinking brandy, keeping a snifter nearby for…snifting while I cooked.
WHAT WORKED: Varying mustards. Use the smooth Dijon mustard but mix things up with a different coarse-grain mustard, like Zatarain's Creole mustard or Coleman's. I used the stone-ground Inglehoffer mustard and it complemented the tangy wine-based Dijon nicely. Also, rather than buying stew beef at the store, I cut down a chuck roast on my own.
WHAT DIDN'T: My expectations while cooking. After you add the mustard, your meat and gravy will take on a dark yellow color. Ignore it. It goes away with simmering and ends in a light shade of brown.
EASE OF PREPARATION: Medium.
BEST FOR: A make-ahead dinner for midweek or a semi-elegant weekend dinner.
SERVE WITH: A softer Italian or French bread and egg noodles.
Dijon & Brandy Beef Stew
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- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced fine
- 3 shallots, chopped finely
- 2 lbs. beef chuck, into 3/4- to 1-inch cubes
- 2 tbsp. pan searing flour (I make mine at a ratio of 1 cup all-purpose white flour, 1 tbsp. kosher salt, 1 tsp. ground white pepper)
- 1/2 cup brandy
- 3 cups unsalted beef stock
- 1/2 cup smooth Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup coarse-grain mustard
- 1/2 to 3/4 lbs. white button mushrooms, stemmed, cleaned and quartered
- 1/4 cup full-bodied red wine
- 12 to 16 oz. egg noodles (the wider and broader, the better) cooked
Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over high heat. When the oil shimmers, reduce the heat to medium and add the onions and shallot. Saute the onions until softened and translucent.
While the onions cook, add the beef cubes to a large mixing bowl and sprinkle with flour. Toss to coat. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the meat to the pan, shaking off excess flour that did not stick. Brown on all sides, cooking about 15 minutes. Remove the beef cubes from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside.
Pour brandy into the pan and use a heavy wooden spoon to deglaze the pan and scrape up any browned-on bits. Add the stock and mustards, using a flat whisk to blend. Return the meat to the pan, reduce the burner heat to low, cover pan partially and cook 1 1/2 hours.
Stir in the mushrooms and cook an additional 20 to 30 minutes, or until the mushrooms are soft. Adjust flavors with salt and pepper, and serve hot over egg noodles.


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Meet Daniel Powell, an official CAPA vlogger in Shanghai for fall 2018:
University: Ursinus College
Major: International Relations and Applied Economics
Study abroad location: Shanghai, China
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What are you most excited for during your study abroad semester?
Interacting with the people who live in one of the most global cities on earth—Shanghai. It will be super interesting to uncover all the hidden nuances of the cultures that I encounter.
What are three of your hobbies and interests?
I'm super involved in athletics! At Ursinus, I am member of the cross country, swim, and track teams, so we can count swimming and running as two hobbies. I also love music and enjoy learning songs for on my guitar or, sometimes more rarely, my French horn.
What's one personal goal you hope to achieve while abroad?
I hope to progress as a global citizen. I have never been outside of the country and have never spent more than a week away from home. I hope to make connections and friends across the world. With this attitude, I hopefully can embody the sentiment of "home is where the heart is."
What's one professional goal you hope to achieve while abroad?
I hope to establish connections with organizations that do work internationally. It is a dream of mine to work either as a Foreign Service Officer or a career in the field of international business or diplomacy. Going to one of the most diverse and globally-connected cities in the world is sure to help me start to make these dreams into a reality.
What can we look forward to seeing in your videos?
I hope to provide a firsthand look into the culture, politics and economics within Shanghai. I will be emphasizing the theme of being a global citizen and how to adapt to unfamiliar settings.
Anything else you'd like to say to people watching for the first time?
I hope you enjoy my videos! As the world continues to become globalized, we find ourselves part of a global village. The role that we play in that village depends on how we interact with our fellow human beings. Please watch with an open mind and heart!
As each new post goes up, we'll share the links below, so bookmark this page:
- How to Pack for a Semester Abroad in Shanghai
- My First Impressions of Shanghai
- Thoughts After 1 Week Studying in Shanghai
- Exploring Downtown Shanghai
- An Internship in Shanghai
- A Visit to the Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- How to Unwind Between Busy Days of Interning and Studying Abroad in Shanghai
- Seeing the Great Wall of China
- Views from My Lunch Break at My Internship in Shanghai
- Things to Do in Shanghai: Visit the World Expo Museum
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MANUFACTURERS are more upbeat about the UK's economic prospects this year – although the potential for a world slowdown continues to "cast a shadow" over industry, according to a new study.
A survey of more than 100 firms by employers' body the EEF showed that business leaders feared eurozone markets would offer few growth opportunities in 2013.
About a third of those polled said they expected economic conditions to improve, although one in four predicted a further deterioration.
Andy Tuscher, Yorkshire region director for the EEF, said: "The past year has been a challenging one for UK manufacturers, but as they look to 2013 there is still growth potential in their businesses.
"The increases in investment in innovation in recent years will bear fruit as companies see opportunities from new product development and, the commercialisation of new technology.
"Moreover these efforts will provide a platform for UK exporters to compete in faster growing markets and support efforts to diversify into new supply chains."


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Sometimes God does things and you don't even realize it until it's over.
Friday night I went out and had dinner with two of my favorite people ever. Evanda and I had discussed getting tattoos earlier in the week. She sent me a picture of a deer head with antlers and right away it clicked. Now let me be clear. I'm not a "country girl" nor do I hunt. But something about this picture intrigued me. It represented the scripture in Psalms 18:33 that says "He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, and sets me on high places." This entire chapter is David praising God for delivering him from his enemies.
A lot of you don't know, but my husband has been in jail since July 14th. I haven't made it public because I was shocked, embarrassed, sad, angry….you name the emotion, I experienced it. I still feel all of them on any given day. I gave birth without my husband by my side. It was one of the hardest times of my life. I cannot put into words the challenges I have faced since all of this has happened. I can't wait to share with you all the details of this trial, I just can't yet.
But God.
God has been with me every step of the way. He (even though there are many times, even daily, I feel He has left us) He has shown Himself every single day.
Ok, back to this tattoo.
I was wondering what the significance of a deer's foot was. So I did a little reading. When deer are jumping from embankment to embankment, there is no way for them to know where the best footing is, however, they rarely slip and fall. But it's the hooves that make the deer so special. Their feet consist of 2 elongated toes. Each toe is capped by a hard toenail (the hoof). These hooves absorb the shock of every stride and also provides traction on wet surfaces.
So why does this matter? I believe that God is telling us He will equip us, when our enemies are against us or are being tested in our faith, to give us traction. To absorb the shock. Even though the embankment we're walking on we are unsure of, He will keep us from slipping and falling.
This tattoo is not a coincidence. God used Evanda to show me that He has equipped me to face this, head-on and no matter what, my feet will be on solid ground, although it may be unsteady.
Did I mention she got the same tattoo? 🙂
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text: Public Sector 'Dim' idea conserves energy costs Brian Eaton @itworldca Published: November 13th, 2005This new technology – its creators claim – could dramatically change the economics, energy requirements and environmental impact of commercial lighting.And it has the feds very interested.John McCallum, minister of national revenue and natural resources, was in Toronto last week to flip the switch on this homegrown technology that is expected to reduce office lighting energy consumption by up to 60 per cent.The technology was developed by Oakville, Ont.-based Fifth Light Technology Ltd. with support from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) – a non-profit foundation created by the government of Canada. SDTC operates a $550 million fund to support the development and demonstration of clean technologies.Its creators say the technology uses a unique, patented controller system that, for the first time, enables fluorescent lighting systems using magnetic ballasts to be dimmed. The system allows for the individual, automated control of each lighting fixture in a building, in step with lighting needs and the time of day.McCallum expressed the Canadian government's "commitment" to investing in clean technology. "We will continue to invest and forge new partnerships and alliances with private industries and organizations like SDTC and other levels of government."He said Ontarians and Canadians needed some assurance that they would be able to switch on the lights, today, and five and ten years from now.Investing research dollars in environmental technology and initiatives of companies such as Fifth Light would pay off, and continue paying off years from now, the minister said.These views were echoed by Vicky Sharpe, SDTC president and CEO."There needs to be an investment in what has increasingly become a pressing condition around energy availability," she said. "Most commercial space in Toronto, and Canada, is not using the optimum technology."Sharpe said lighting represents about 20 per cent of the energy costs of running a building, and if prices go higher it is vital that Canada has a solution.Fifth Light became interested in this field several years ago, according to the company's president, Joseph Dableh. He said the key to better commercial lighting efficiency and energy savings lies in dimming and intelligent control systems and management protocols, rather than expensive electronic ballasts and light tubes.Fifth Light's technology has been tested in a smaller installation in downtown Toronto over the past three years, the partners said.Would you recommend this article?00 Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think of this article! We'd love to hear your opinion about this or any other story you read in our publication. Click this link to send me a note →Jim Love, Chief Content Officer, IT World Canada Public Sector Canada


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Call For Applications
Travelling Classroom
17th to 21st January 2019
Deadline for CFA: 5th November 2018
Delhi Contemporary (DC), in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)-TEQIP-III, invites applications for participation in a five-day "Travelling Classroom" on "Self, Techne and the Biopolitical". Designed as a classroom, DC and IIT-D will bring together a group of academics and senior graduate students and early career researchers to participate in intensive sessions on a range of topics relating to the theme outlined. The participating faculty will conduct the classroom at the IIT-Delhi campus and will be committed to engaging with questions emerging from multidisciplinary research. Early career researchers and graduate students from any discipline whose work and interests relate to the thematic of the Travelling Classroom are invited to apply.
Theme Note
Bio-politics is an influential theoretical framing as well as an empirical perspective that builds from a base where the 'knowledge' of 'human species-life' becomes the access point from which to understand how strategies of power, government, ethics and the economy influence the conduct of life in the social. Over the last four decades, the biopolitical approach has been applied and interpreted in widely diverse contexts and has been found crucial in informing issues involved in contemporary local or global governance, health and medical practices, social inclusion and exclusion, war and violence, citizenship and sovereignty, gendered living, surveillance and control, digital technologies of life management, economic or legal practices and much more.
The question of the self and techniques of the self in a biopolitical milieu is proposed as the pivot on which a five–day workshop will be conducted. Understanding what contours the notion of the self can take in a biopolitical palimpsest, and how, are questions that will guide the discussion. The intent of the classroom is to understand the critical implications that connect bio-politics and techniques of the self and use that broad framing with which to discuss a range of contexts. Illustratively, privacy and social media, big data and information, digitized citizenship, strategies of social inclusion - exclusion, identity politics, fiscal governance etc. are amenable to a "Self, Techne and Biopolitical" deliberation.
The five-day classroom lecture and discussion sessions by the participating faculty would be designed along the following interests but not limited to:
- How do we understand technology and its elemental affinity to power in relation to the presuppositions of science? What are the ramifications of using the term 'technology' while exploring the concepts of 'self' and 'biopolitics'?
- What are the various ways in which the contemporary biopolitical moment impresses upon us, for a greater rigor in conceptualizing the 'self' and its practices?
- How can the dyads of self/subject, art/techne and biopolitics/sovereignty help us interrogate the trajectories of philosophical thoughts on truth, labour and event?
- How does one think through the rubric of self, techne and biopolitics to analyze the contemporary spectrum of identity politics?
The following lists some of the areas in relation to which applicants are invited to apply. Other concerns that meet the thematic are welcome.
- Social Media and Private/Public Imagination
- Big data and Socio-technologies
- Governance and Citizenship
- Security and Surveillance
- Cellular Bodies and Bio-Populations
- Affective and Emotional Politics of Life
- Economy, Labor and Human Capital
- Politics of body and identity
Confirmed participating faculty
- Timothy Campbell (Department of Italian Studies, Cornell University)
- Yasmeen Arif (Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics)
- V. Sanil (Department of Philosophy, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)
- Sundar Sarukkai (NIAS, Bangalore)
- Soumyabrata Choudhury (SAA, Jawarharlal Nehru University)
Applicants should send an 800 words note explaining the questions and conceptual discussion based on their own research work that they wish to bring to this travelling classroom session along with their CV (not more than 2 page long) latest by 5th November 2018 to email@example.com. The email sent by the applicants should be clearly marked as "DC-IITD Travelling Classroom January 2019 Application" in the subject line.
Successful applicants will be informed by 16th November 2018.
Partial funding for travel and accommodation will be available for participants travelling from non-NCR locations. For any further queries, please write to: Yasmeen Arif email@example.com or V. Sanil email@example.com.
Visit: https://delhicontemporary.org/self-techne-and-the-biopolitical


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text: This week I went on an adventure to London to work in Publishing & Marketing for a week! It was my first time getting a train on my own and the longest I'd ever spent in London so it was super scary. Back in April I shared an interview with my cousin who is… Continue reading Shannon's Adventures in Publishing


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Character Profile
Character/Costume Description
Born on the Zabrak homeworld of
Iridonia in the Year of 4 BBY. Raised
only by his farther, Ravik Ran-
Corvian never knew his mother. For
the first 14 years, all he knew of his
mother is that she died during an
anti-Imperial riot held in response to
the the Empire's dislike of non-
human species.
Growing up Ravik showed
exceptional intelligence and
determination in anything he applied
himself too, even for a Zabrak. He
was also top his martial arts class,
extremely efficient in hand-to-hand
combat. Always seeming to observe
his opponents' body language and
stance and capable of countering
with the correct defensive or
offensive move. His only drawback
was he would sometimes become
emotionally involved in his duels
making mistakes when relying on
his anger for strength. Anger fuelled
when an opponent takes a moment
to mention his dead mother.
At the age of 16, during a martial
arts demonstration attended by the
Iridonia New Republic Senator,
Ravik duelling long-time rival, Lok
Bukk, who had learned the true fate
of Ravik's mother. Lok planned to
use this knowledge to his
advantage, by enraging Ravik into
making a mistake. When Lok had
Ravik in a hold he revieled that
Ravik's mother was infact a Jedi
Knight in hiding from the Empire.
Lok then informed him that he
heard, she was hunted down and
killed, but "before she died she
begged like a starving monkey-
lizard with a meal dangled other it's
head". This enraged Ravik and
Lok's plan now backfired. Ravik
threw Lok across the arena with no
effort at all. He then reached out,
pulled and pulled Lok back to within
only a meter short of him without
any physical contact, it was now
apparent to all in the arena that
Ravik was powerful in the force.
And was quickly apparent that Lok's
life was in danger as his feet lifted
from the floor and Lok grasped at
his neck, trying to pull away at
something that wasn't there. Ravik
stood with an expression of rage on
his face and an outstretched hand to
Lok forming a fist, closing tighter
and tighter. Quickly Ravik was hit
with a blaster set to stun, knocking
him unconscious and freeing Lok
from his grasp.
The Observing senator saw that
something had to be done to ensure
Ravik would not fall to the Darkside
and had him introduced to Luke
Skywalker at the Jedi Praxium on
Yavin IV. Here Ravik eventually
learned to control his rage and
anger. But not before an accident
during a lightsaber sparing session
with another student caused him the
loss of sight in his left eye. Ravik
became enraged whilst sparing with
a blind student who sensed his
darkness and mistook him for a sith
ambusher striking at him to kill. The
session was stopped by a Jedi
Master. With this injury Ravik
eventually learnt the ability of Force
sight, allowing him to see even
more without his blind eye.
Now Ravik is a Jedi Knight serving
the Jedi Order as a Guardian,
usually deployed into the field when
negotiations with a lightsaber are


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Hummel was one of the original Bay Area blues cats, a founding father of the East Bay '70s blues revival. He's still going strong, as this generous 76-minute live CD amply demonstrates. With his current lineup -- Charles Wheal (guitar), Steve Wolf (bass), Marty Dodson (drums) and guest keyboard player Mel Brown -- he simmers through a baker's dozen tracks that feature originals and tasty covers of the classics. "100 Years," a tribute to the style of Jimmy Reed written by Huey Lewis and Roy Rogers, has Hummel alternating between Reed's minimal yelps and his usual full-bodied attack, while Wheal takes off a solo that combines jazzy licks with Reed's country-blues voicing. On "Everything," a slow, despondent original, Hummel shows off his dark sense of humor with a pathetically shaky vocal that catalogues the abuses packed into his sorry bag of woe, while Wheal's guitar weeps and moans in the background and Brown's organ supplies a funereal backdrop. The implied anger simmering beneath the surface breaks out when Hummel takes a blazing solo to close the tune. The set also includes solid rockers like "Lost a Good Man," "I'm Wise," a New Orleans cha-cha that features some sparking piano from Mel Brown. The recording is a bit muddy, and the mix isn't always the best, but it perfectly captures the smoky flavor of a late-night dive, warts and all.
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Principles of Sonic Occultism: Now Available!by Styxhexenhammer666
The end of 2015 is swiftly approaching and now it's time to announce the final title for the year: "The Principles of Sonic Occultism: Sound as Magic". I'm glad to have finally completed this work, which I first announced back in spring and had already completed by early Autumn, shelving the final proofreading as I worked at editing a pair of works that couldn't wait.
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A specific (and the most common) kind of learning disability
The most common reason for a student to need special education services is because they have some form of learning disability.[1] Within that broad term of "specific learning disability," the most common area of learning disability is reading-related. And within the reading skills, the most common breakdown occurs within basic reading skills, which strongly impacts reading fluency. Dyslexia, at its core, is this breakdown in basic reading skills, which almost always impacts reading fluency and spelling, and sometimes impacts reading comprehension.
"Dys" + "lexia"
The word dyslexia comes from two Greek roots: dus which means "hard, bad, difficult" and lexis which means "speech, word."[2] Literally, dyslexia means "difficulty with words" or, as it is often interpreted, "difficulty with reading." Dyslexia was first identified in the late 1800s, and at that point, it was also called "word blindness." That was the very early stage of realizing that some children who are average in every other way simply failed to learn to read. These children were intelligent, and some did quite well in math and in subjects that were taught orally, but they made little to no progress in reading. At times, they were dismissed from school, as no one knew how to teach them.
Connecticut Longitudinal Study
A breakthrough in dyslexia research finally came in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the Connecticut Longitudinal Study. Directed by Bennet & Sally Shaywitz, the study followed 445 children from kindergarten into young adulthood. These students were carefully monitored and evaluated in various areas across their educational development. The goal of the study was to gain a better understanding of how reading develops, what separates a good reader from a poor reader, how prevalent reading disabilities are, and other related questions. This study has become the cornerstone of our current understanding of dyslexia, and it has provided a scientific basis for understanding dyslexia that is still sorely lacking in many of the other learning disabilities. Space is too limited here to do justice to this research, but the book Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz provides an excellent summary of the research, a definition of dyslexia, and guidelines for appropriate dyslexia interventions.[3]
Phonological awareness: the key to dyslexia
Phonological awareness is the awareness of the sounds within speech. When we speak, words come out as chunks or bursts of sound, with the individual sounds in words overlapping. For instance, when we say "cat," it does not come out as /c/-/a/-/t/ in distinct, separate sounds; rather, our very flexible tongues co-articulate, or overlap, the sounds, so that the word is one complete burst. For about 80% of children, sound awareness develops fairly automatically, and by the end of kindergarten, they can tell you the beginning and ending sounds of words, recognize and provide rhyming words, and even remove specific sounds or syllables from words when told to (For example: "Say cowboy. Now say it again, but don't say cow." "Boy"). But for about 20% of children, this phonological awareness fails to develop sufficiently. This phonological awareness skill is the single largest predictor of which children will learn to read fluently.
Phonological awareness, and thereby reading skills, develop on a continuum. In other words, there is no distinct gap separating students with good phonological awareness skills and those with weak skills—there are students at every point of the spectrum. In the Connecticut study, approximately 20% of students—1 in 5—failed to develop appropriate reading skills for their grade, age, or ability.[4] However, only about 1/3 of these had been identified by their school as having difficulties with reading and were receiving help.
Schools and teachers desperately need to learn how to recognize the signs of this common academic need.
[1] Prior article on prevalence of special education.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_dyslexia_research
[3] Information in this paragraph, as well as some of the information in the preceding paragraph, is taken from Overcoming Dyslexia.
[4] Shaywitz, S. (2003). Overcoming dyslexia: A new and complete science-based program for reading problems at any level. New York: Vintage Books. Page 30.
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Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will henceforth generate paper trail of the ballot cast through it, making the election process safer and tamper-proof, defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), making the EVMs said here today.
"EC has given us its requirement for EVMs and work is going on to incorporate new features", BEL Chairman and Managing Director Anil Kumar said, addding the machines would be ready for use in another six months.
"The software in the EVM will be modified and a printer will be attached to it. When you cast a vote, the serial number and some data will be generated in the form of a printout. It is to ensure that there is no malpractice in the voting system," Kumar said. The printouts will be used later to cross check the voting data stored in the EVMs.
Kumar said the proposal is still at the trial stage and next round of tests would take place in the coming months. "We have already conducted the second round of trials, we will be seeing the response and it will be further modified. It could be ready in another six months time," he said.
On whether some of the new machines would be used or tested in the coming elections, he said "these will not be used in the coming elections. We got the proposal about five months back and first time there was a malfunctioning because of the temperature."
Talking about other features in new EVMs, he said the machines will be more rugged and smaller in size but with more computing power.
Claiming that the new EVMs cannot be tampered with, he said "we can ensure every one that these EVMs are totally secure and tamper-proof. There is no possibility at all that any one can break into it."
BEL has got a contract worth USD 2 billion to supply these machines to Namibia. "Several countries had shown interest in our EVMs but they have their own political compulsions to use paper ballot," he said, adding the company is ready to take up export orders.
To ensure the efficiency of new features,the machines would be tested in various different terrain and climates. BEL has been deploying its personnel with the EC teams in the elections also to take care of problems and to ensure that the machines are used in the right manner.
So far, BEL has supplied around 8 lakh EVMs to the EC and the old machines would be phased out with the Commission certifying new models with advance technology.


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Ben Affleck steps down as director of 'The Batman'
The Batman is in need of a new director. Variety is reporting that Ben Affleck has stepped down as director of The Batman to focus primarily on the strenuous role of Batman. Affleck will also stay on as producer of the film as well.
Here's what Affleck had to say:
"There are certain characters who hold a special place in the hearts of millions. Performing this role demands focus, passion and the very best performance I can give. It has become clear that I cannot do both jobs to the level they require. Together with the studio, I have decided to find a partner in a director who will collaborate with me on this massive film. I am still in this, and we are making it, but we are currently looking for a director. I remain extremely committed to this project, and look forward to bringing this to life for fans around the world."
There were rumblings and rumors that Affleck wasn't fully locked down to direct The Batman despite Warner Bros insisting that he was going to direct it. There isn't word yet on whether the script for The Batman is completed yet either.
Ben Affleck recently finished work on Justice League and is preparing to go into prep for The Batman in the summer.
What do you think of the news? Sound off with your thoughts in the comments section below!
The Batman hits theaters sometime in 2018.


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Delve into Zhaokang in China!
Zhaokang in the region of Shanxi Sheng is a city in China - some 403 mi (or 649 km) South-West of Beijing, the country's capital.
Current time in Zhaokang is now 12:44 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named "Asia / Shanghai" with an UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Zhengzhou, Zezhang, Yueyang, Zhihe, Yonggu or Pucheng. While being here, make sure to check out Zhaokang, Qingchu, Nanshe, Nanjiagang, Fengying and Shangpingwang as well. We encountered some video in the web. Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation.
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Interesting facts about this location
Xinjiang County
Xinjiang County, formerly Jiangzhou (Chinese: 绛州), lies in the municipal region of Yuncheng in the province of Shanxi.
Located at 35.72, 111.25 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 7 mi away.
Houma, Shanxi
Houma is a city in the Shanxi province on the People's Republic of China, on the Fen River south of Linfen. It is 274 km large and has a population of 102,400. Near Houma is Xintian, the capital of the state of Jin, founded in 589 or 585 and abandoned in 376 BC. Ancient bronzeware workshops have been found here.
Located at 35.72, 111.25 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 10 mi away.
Xiangfen County
Xiangfen County is an administrative district of the Shanxi province in China. It has an area of 1,034 km and has 500,000 inhabitants.
Located at 35.72, 111.25 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 15 mi away.
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Chapter 67WATCH SOME SECRET VIDEOS OF Emilia Clarke - Daenerys Targaryen
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Maester Luwin came to him when the first scouts were seen outside the walls. "My lord prince," he said, "you must yield."
Theon stared at the platter of oakcakes, honey, and blood sausage they'd brought him to break his fast. Another sleepless night had left his nerves raw, and the very sight of food sickened him. "There has been no reply from my uncle?"
"None," the maester said. "Nor from your father on Pyke."
"Send more birds."
"It will not serve. By the time the birds reach – "
"Send them!" Knocking the platter of food aside with a swipe of his arm, he pushed off the blankets and rose from Ned Stark's bed naked and angry. "Or do you want me dead? Is that it, Luwin? The truth now."
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"Yes, but whom?"
"The realm," Maester Luwin said, "and Winterfell. Theon, once I taught you sums and letters, history and warcraft. And might have taught you more, had you wished to learn. I will not claim to bear you any great love, no, but I cannot hate you either. Even if I did, so long as you hold Winterfell I am bound by oath to give you counsel. So now I counsel you to yield."
Theon stooped to scoop a puddled cloak off the floor, shook off the rushes, and draped it over his shoulders. A fire, I'll have a fire, and clean garb. Where's Wex? I'll not go to my grave in dirty clothes.
"You have no hope of holding here," the maester went on. "If your lord father meant to send you aid, he would have done so by now. It is the Neck that concerns him. The battle for the north will be fought amidst the ruins of Moat Cailin."
"That may be so," said Theon. "And so long as I hold Winterfell, Ser Rodrik and Stark's lords bannermen cannot march south to take my uncle in the rear." I am not so innocent of warcraft as you think, old man. "I have food enough to stand a year's siege, if need be."
"There will be no siege. Perhaps they will spend a day or two fashioning ladders and tying grapnels to the ends of ropes. But soon enough they will come over your walls in a hundred places at once. You may be able to hold the keep for a time, but the castle will fall within the hour. You would do better to open your gates and ask for – "
" – mercy? I know what kind of mercy they have for me."
"There is a way."
"I am ironborn," Theon reminded him. "I have my own way. What choice have they left me? No, don't answer, I've heard enough of your counsel. Go and send those birds as I commanded, and tell Lorren I want to see him. And Wex as well. I'll have my mail scoured clean, and my garrison assembled in the yard."
For a moment he thought the maester was going to defy him. But finally Luwin bowed stiffly. "As you command."
They made a pitifully small assembly; the ironmen were few, the yard large. "The northmen will be on us before nightfall," he told them. "Ser Rodrik Cassel and all the lords who have come to his call. I will not run from them. I took this castle and I mean to hold it, to live or die as Prince of Winterfell. But I will not command any man to die with me. If you leave now, before Ser Rodrik's main force is upon us, there's still a chance you may win free." He unsheathed his longsword and drew a line in the dirt. "Those who would stay and fight, step forward."
No one spoke. The men stood in their mail and fur and boiled leather, as still as if they were made of stone. A few exchanged looks. Urzen shuffled his feet. Dykk Harlaw hawked and spat. A finger of wind ruffled Endehar's long fair hair.
Theon felt as though he were drowning. Why am I surprised? he thought bleakly. His father had forsaken him, his uncles, his sister, even that wretched creature Reek. Why should his men prove any more loyal? There was nothing to say, nothing to do. He could only stand there beneath the great grey walls and the hard white sky, sword in hand, waiting, waiting . . .
Wex was the first to cross the line. Three quick steps and he stood at Theon's side, slouching. Shamed by the boy, Black Lorren followed, all scowls. "Who else?" he demanded. Red Rolfe came forward. Kromm. Werlag. Tymor and his brothers. Ulf the Ill. Harrag Sheepstealer. Four Harlaws and two Botleys. Kenned the Whale was the last. Seventeen in all.
Urzen was among those who did not move, and Stygg, and every man of the ten that Asha had brought from Deepwood Motte. "Go, then," Theon told them. "Run to my sister. She'll give you all a warm welcome, I have no doubt."
Stygg had the grace at least to look ashamed. The rest moved off without a word. Theon turned to the seventeen who remained. "Back to the walls. If the gods should spare us, I shall remember every man of you."
Black Lorren stayed when the others had gone. "The castle folk will turn on us soon as the fight begins."
"I know that. What would you have me do?"
"Put them out," said Lorren. "Every one."
Theon shook his head. "Is the noose ready?"
"It is. You mean to use it?"
"Do you know a better way?"
"Aye. I'll take my axe and stand on that drawbridge, and let them come try me. One at a time, two, three, it makes no matter. None will pass the moat while I still draw breath."
He means to die, thought Theon. It's not victory he wants, it's an end worthy of a song. "We'll use the noose."
"As you say," Lorren replied, contempt in his eyes.
Wex helped garb him for battle. Beneath his black surcoat and golden mantle was a shirt of well-oiled ringmail, and under that a layer of stiff boiled leather. Once armed and armored, Theon climbed the watchtower at the angle where the eastern and southern walls came together to have a look at his doom. The northmen were spreading out to encircle the castle. It was hard to judge their numbers. A thousand at least; perhaps twice that many. Against seventeen. They'd brought catapults and scorpions. He saw no siege towers rumbling up the kingsroad, but there was timber enough in the wolfswood to build as many as were required.
Theon studied their banners through Maester Luwin's Myrish lens tube. The Cerwyn battle-axe flapped bravely wherever he looked, and there were Tallhart trees as well, and mermen from White Harbor. Less common were the sigils of Flint and Karstark. Here and there he even saw the bull moose of the Hornwoods. But no Glovers, Asha saw to them, no Boltons from the Dreadfort, no Umbers come down from the shadow of the Wall. Not that they were needed. Soon enough the boy Cley Cerwyn appeared before the gates carrying a peace banner on a tall staff, to announce that Ser Rodrik Cassel wished to parley with Theon Turncloak.WATCH SOME SECRET VIDEOS OF Emilia Clarke - Daenerys Targaryen
Turncloak. The name was bitter as bile. He had gone to Pyke to lead his father's longships against Lannisport, he remembered. "I shall be out shortly," he shouted down. "Alone."
Black Lorren disapproved. "Only blood can wash out blood," he declared. "Knights may keep their truces with other knights, but they are not so careful of their honor when dealing with those they deem outlaw."
Theon bristled. "I am the Prince of Winterfell and heir to the Iron Islands. Now go find the girl and do as I told you."
Black Lorren gave him a murderous look. "Aye, Prince."
He's turned against me too, Theon realized. Of late it seemed to him as if the very stones of Winterfell had turned against him. If I die, I die friendless and abandoned. What choice did that leave him, but to live?
He rode to the gatehouse with his crown on his head. A woman was drawing water from the well, and Gage the cook stood in the door of the kitchens. They hid their hatred behind sullen looks and faces blank as slate, yet he could feel it all the same.
When the drawbridge was lowered, a chill wind sighed across the moat. The touch of it made him shiver. It is the cold, nothing more, Theon told himself, a shiver, not a tremble. Even brave men shiver. Into the teeth of that wind he rode, under the portcullis, over the drawbridge. The outer gates swung open to let him pass. As he emerged beneath the walls, he could sense the boys watching from the empty sockets where their eyes had been.
Ser Rodrik waited in the market astride his dappled gelding. Beside him, the direwolf of Stark flapped from a staff borne by young Cley Cerwyn. They were alone in the square, though Theon could see archers on the roofs of surrounding houses, spearmen to his right, and to his left a line of mounted knights beneath the merman-and-trident of House Manderly. Every one of them wants me dead. Some were boys he'd drunk with, diced with, even wenched with, but that would not save him if he fell into their hands.
"Ser Rodrik." Theon reined to a halt. "It grieves me that we must meet as foes."
"My own grief is that I must wait a while to hang you." The old knight spat onto the muddy ground. "Theon Turncloak."
"I am a Greyjoy of Pyke," Theon reminded him. "The cloak my father swaddled me in bore a kraken, not a direwolf."
"For ten years you have been a ward of Stark."
"Hostage and prisoner, I call it."
"Then perhaps Lord Eddard should have kept you chained to a dungeon wall. Instead he raised you among his own sons, the sweet boys you have butchered, and to my undying shame I trained you in the arts of war. Would that I had thrust a sword through your belly instead of placing one in your hand."
"I came out to parley, not to suffer your insults. Say what you have to say, old man. What would you have of me?"
"Two things," the old man said. "Winterfell, and your life. Command your men to open the gates and lay down their arms. Those who murdered no children shall be free to walk away, but you shall be held for King Robb's justice. May the gods take pity on you when he returns."
"Robb will never look on Winterfell again," Theon promised. "He will break himself on Moat Cailin, as every southron army has done for ten thousand years. We hold the north now, ser."
"You hold three castles," replied Ser Rodrik, "and this one I mean to take back, Turncloak."
Theon ignored that. "Here are my terms. You have until evenfall to disperse. Those who swear fealty to Balon Greyjoy as their king and to myself as Prince of Winterfell will be confirmed in their rights and properties and suffer no harm. Those who defy us will be destroyed."
Young Cerwyn was incredulous. "Are you mad, Greyjoy?"
Ser Rodrik shook his head. "Only vain, lad. Theon has always had too lofty an opinion of himself, I fear." The old man jabbed a finger at him. "Do not imagine that I need wait for Robb to fight his way up the Neck to deal with the likes of you. I have near two thousand men with me . . . and if the tales be true, you have no more than fifty."
Seventeen, in truth. Theon made himself smile. "I have something better than men." And he raised a fist over his head, the signal Black Lorren had been told to watch for.
The walls of Winterfell were behind him, but Ser Rodrik faced them squarely and could not fail to see. Theon watched his face. When his chin quivered under those stiff white whiskers, he knew just what the old man was seeing. He is not surprised, he thought with sadness, but the fear is there.
"This is craven," Ser Rodrik said. "To use a child so . . . this is despicable."
"Oh, I know," said Theon. "It's a dish I tasted myself, or have you forgotten? I was ten when I was taken from my father's house, to make certain he would raise no more rebellions."
"It is not the same!"
Theon's face was impassive. "The noose I wore was not made of hempen rope, that's true enough, but I felt it all the same. And it chafed, Ser Rodrik. It chafed me raw." He had never quite realized that until now, but as the words came spilling out he saw the truth of them.
"No harm was ever done you."
"And no harm will be done your Beth, so long as you – "
Ser Rodrik never gave him the chance to finish. "Viper," the knight declared, his face red with rage beneath those white whiskers. "I gave you the chance to save your men and die with some small shred of honor, Turncloak. I should have known that was too much to ask of a childkiller." His hand went to the hilt of his sword. "I ought cut you down here and now and put an end to your lies and deceits. By the gods, I should."WATCH SOME SECRET VIDEOS OF Emilia Clarke - Daenerys Targaryen
Theon did not fear a doddering old man, but those watching archers and that line of knights were a different matter. If the swords came out his chances of getting back to the castle alive were small to none. "Forswear your oath and murder me, and you will watch your little Beth strangle at the end of a rope."
Ser Rodrik's knuckles had gone white, but after a moment he took his hand off the swordhilt. "Truly, I have lived too long."
"I will not disagree, ser. Will you accept my terms?"
"I have a duty to Lady Catelyn and House Stark."
"And your own House? Beth is the last of your blood."
The old knight drew himself up straight. "I offer myself in my daughter's place. Release her, and take me as your hostage. Surely the castellan of Winterfell is worth more than a child."
"Not to me." A valiant gesture, old man, but I am not that great a fool. "Not to Lord Manderly or Leobald Tallhart either, I'd wager." Your sorry old skin is worth no more to them than any other man's. "No, I'll keep the girl . . . and keep her safe, so long as you do as I've commanded you. Her life is in your hands."
"Gods be good, Theon, how can you do this? You know I must attack, have sworn . . . "
"If this host is still in arms before my gate when the sun sets, Beth will hang," said Theon. "Another hostage will follow her to the grave at first light, and another at sunset. Every dawn and every dusk will mean a death, until you are gone. I have no lack of hostages." He did not wait for a reply, but wheeled Smiler around and rode back toward the castle. He went slowly at first, but the thought of those archers at his back soon drove him to a canter. The small heads watched him come from their spikes, their tarred and flayed faces looming larger with every yard; between them stood little Beth Cassel, noosed and crying. Theon put his heel into Smiler and broke into a hard gallop. Smiler's hooves clattered on the drawbridge, like drumbeats.
In the yard he dismounted and handed his reins to Wex. "It may stay them," he told Black Lorren. "We'll know by sunset. Take the girl in till then, and keep her somewhere safe." Under the layers of leather, steel, and wool, he was slick with sweat. "I need a cup of wine. A vat of wine would do even better."
A fire had been laid in Ned Stark's bedchamber. Theon sat beside it and filled a cup with a heavy-bodied red from the castle vaults, a wine as sour as his mood. They will attack, he thought gloomily, staring at the flames. Ser Rodrik loves his daughter, but he is still castellan, and most of all a knight. Had it been Theon with a noose around his neck and Lord Balon commanding the army without, the warhorns would already have sounded the attack, he had no doubt. He should thank the gods that Ser Rodrik was not ironborn. The men of the green lands were made of softer stuff, though he was not certain they would prove soft enough.
If not, if the old man gave the command to storm the castle regardless, Winterfell would fall; Theon entertained no delusions on that count. His seventeen might kill three, four, five times their own number, but in the end they would be overwhelmed.
Theon stared at the flames over the rim of his wine goblet, brooding on the injustice of it all. "I rode beside Robb Stark in the Whispering Wood," he muttered. He had been frightened that night, but not like this. It was one thing to go into battle surrounded by friends, and another to perish alone and despised. Mercy, he thought miserably.
When the wine brought no solace, Theon sent Wex to fetch his bow and took himself to the old inner ward. There he stood, loosing shaft after shaft at the archery butts until his shoulders ached and his fingers were bloody, pausing only long enough to pull the arrows from the targets for another round. I saved Bran's life with this bow, he reminded himself. Would that I could save my own. Women came to the well, but did not linger; whatever they saw on Theon's face sent them away quickly.
Behind him the broken tower stood, its summit as jagged as a crown where fire had collapsed the upper stories long ago. As the sun moved, the shadow of the tower moved as well, gradually lengthening, a black arm reaching out for Theon Greyjoy. By the time the sun touched the wall, he was in its grasp. If I hang the girl, the northmen will attack at once, he thought as he loosed a shaft. If I do not hang her, they will know my threats are empty. He knocked another arrow to his bow. There is no way out, none.
"If you had a hundred archers as good as yourself, you might have a chance to hold the castle," a voice said softly.
When he turned, Maester Luwin was behind him. "Go away," Theon told him. "I have had enough of your counsel."
"And life? Have you had enough of that, my lord prince?"
He raised the bow. "One more word and I'll put this shaft through your heart."
"You won't."
Theon bent the bow, drawing the grey goose feathers back to his cheek. "Care to make a wager?"
"I am your last hope, Theon."
I have no hope, he thought. Yet he lowered the bow half an inch and said, "I will not run."
"I do not speak of running. Take the black."
"The Night's Watch?" Theon let the bow unbend slowly and pointed the arrow at the ground.
"Ser Rodrik has served House Stark all his life, and House Stark has always been a friend to the Watch. He will not deny you. Open your gates, lay down your arms, accept his terms, and he must let you take the black."
A brother of the Night's Watch. It meant no crown, no sons, no wife . . . but it meant life, and life with honor. Ned Stark's own brother had chosen the Watch, and Jon Snow as well.
I have black garb aplenty, once I tear the krakens off. Even my horse is black. I could rise high in the Watch – chief of rangers, likely even Lord Commander. Let Asha keep the bloody islands, they're as dreary as she is. If I served at Eastwatch, I could command my own ship, and there's fine hunting beyond the Wall. As for women, what wildling woman wouldn't want a prince in her bed? A slow smile crept across his face, A black cloak can't be turned. I'd be as good as any man . . .
"PRINCE THEON!" The sudden shout shattered his daydream. Kromm was loping across the ward. "The northmen – "
He felt a sudden sick sense of dread. "Is it the attack?"
Maester Luwin clutched his arm. "There's still time. Raise a peace banner – "
"They're fighting," Kromm said urgently. "More men came up, hundreds of them, and at first they made to join the others. But now they've fallen on them!"
"Is it Asha?" Had she come to save him after all?
But Kromm gave a shake of his head. "No. These are northmen, I tell you. With a bloody man on their banner."
The flayed man of the Dreadfort. Reek had belonged to the Bastard of Bolton before his capture, Theon recalled. It was hard to believe that a vile creature like him could sway the Boltons to change their allegiance, but nothing else made sense. "I'll see this for myself," Theon said.
Maester Luwin trailed after him. By the time they reached the battlements, dead men and dying horses were strewn about the market square outside the gates. He saw no battle lines, only a swirling chaos of banners and blades. Shouts and screams rang through the cold autumn air. Ser Rodrik seemed to have the numbers, but the Dreadfort men were better led, and had taken the others unawares. Theon watched them charge and wheel and charge again, chopping the larger force to bloody pieces every time they tried to form up between the houses. He could hear the crash of iron axeheads on oaken shields over the terrified trumpeting of a maimed horse. The inn was burning, he saw.
Black Lorren appeared beside him and stood silently for a time. The sun was low in the west, painting the fields and houses all a glowing red. A thin wavering cry of pain drifted over the walls, and a warhorn sounded off beyond the burning houses. Theon watched a wounded man drag himself painfully across the ground, smearing his life's blood in the dirt as he struggled to reach the well that stood at the center of the market square. He died before he got there. He wore a leather jerkin and conical halfhelm, but no badge to tell which side he'd fought on.
The crows came in the blue dust, with the evening stars. "The Dothraki believe the stars are spirits of the valiant dead," Theon said. Maester Luwin had told him that, a long time ago.
"The horselords across the narrow sea."
"Oh. Them." Black Lorren frowned through his beard. "Savages believe all manner of foolish things."
As the night grew darker and the smoke spread it was harder to make out what was happening below, but the din of steel gradually diminished to nothing, and the shouts and warhorns gave way to moans and piteous wailing. Finally a column of mounted men rode out of the drifting smoke. At their head was a knight in dark armor. His rounded helm gleamed a sullen red, and a pale pink cloak streamed from his shoulders. Outside the main gate he reined up, and one of his men shouted for the castle to open.
"Are you friend or foe?" Black Lorren bellowed down.
"Would a foe bring such fine gifts?" Red Helm waved a hand, and three corpses were dumped in front of the gates. A torch was waved above the bodies, so the defenders upon the walls might see the faces of the dead.
"The old castellan," said Black Lorren.
"With Leobald Tallhart and Cley Cerwyn." The boy lord had taken an arrow in the eye, and Ser Rodrik had lost his left arm at the elbow. Maester Luwin gave a wordless cry of dismay, turned away from the battlements, and fell to his knees sick.
"The great pig Manderly was too craven to leave White Harbor, or we would have brought him as well," shouted Red Helm.
I am saved, Theon thought. So why did he feel so empty? This was victory, sweet victory, the deliverance he had prayed for. He glanced at Maester Luwin. To think how close I came to yielding, and taking the black . . .
"Open the gates for our friends." Perhaps tonight Theon would sleep without fear of what his dreams might bring.
The Dreadfort men made their way across the moat and through the inner gates. Theon descended with Black Lorren and Maester Luwin to meet them in the yard. Pale red pennons trailed from the ends of a few lances, but many more carried battle-axes and greatswords and shields hacked half to splinters. "How many men did you lose?" Theon asked Red Helm as he dismounted.
"Twenty or thirty." The torchlight glittered off the chipped enamel of his visor. His helm and gorget were wrought in the shape of a man's face and shoulders, skinless and bloody, mouth open in a silent howl of anguish.
"Ser Rodrik had you five-to-one."
"Aye, but he thought us friends. A common mistake. When the old fool gave me his hand, I took half his arm instead. Then I let him see my face." The man put both hands to his helm and lifted it off his head, holding it in the crook of his arm.
"Reek," Theon said, disquieted. How did a serving man get such fine armor?
The man laughed. "The wretch is dead." He stepped closer. "The girl's fault. If she had not run so far, his horse would not have lamed, and we might have been able to flee. I gave him mine when I saw the riders from the ridge. I was done with her by then, and he liked to take his turn while they were still warm. I had to pull him off her and shove my clothes into his hands – calfskin boots and velvet doublet, silver-chased swordbelt, even my sable cloak. Ride for the Dreadfort, I told him, bring all the help you can. Take my horse, he's swifter, and here, wear the ring my father gave me, so they'll know you came from me. He'd learned better than to question me. By the time they put that arrow through his back, I'd smeared myself with the girl's filth and dressed in his rags. They might have hanged me anyway, but it was the only chance I saw." He rubbed the back of his hand across his mouth. "And now, my sweet prince, there was a woman promised me, if I brought two hundred men. Well, I brought three times as many, and no green boys nor fieldhands neither, but my father's own garrison."
Theon had given his word. This was not the time to flinch. Pay him his pound of flesh and deal with him later. "Harrag," he said, "go to the kennels and bring Palla out for . . . ?"
"Ramsay." There was a smile on his plump lips, but none in those pale pale eyes. "Snow, my wife called me before she ate her fingers, but I say Bolton." His smile curdled. "So you'd offer me a kennel girl for my good service, is that the way of it?"
There was a tone in his voice Theon did not like, no more than he liked the insolent way the Dreadfort men were looking at him. "She was what was promised."
"She smells of dogshit. I've had enough of bad smells, as it happens. I think I'll have your bedwarmer instead. What do you call her? Kyra?"
"Are you mad?" Theon said angrily. "I'll have you – "
The Bastard's backhand caught him square, and his cheekbone shattered with a sickening crunch beneath the lobstered steel. The world vanished in a red roar of pain.
Sometime later, Theon found himself on the ground. He rolled onto his stomach and swallowed a mouthful of blood. Close the gates! he tried to shout, but it was too late. The Dreadfort men had cut down Red Rolfe and Kenned, and more were pouring through, a river of mail and sharp swords. There was a ringing in his ears, and horror all around him. Black Lorren had his sword out, but there were already four of them pressing in on him. He saw Ulf go down with a crossbow bolt through the belly as he ran for the Great Hall. Maester Luwin was trying to reach him when a knight on a warhorse planted a spear between his shoulders, then swung back to ride over him. Another man whipped a torch round and round his head and then lofted it toward the thatched roof of the stables. "Save me the Freys," the Bastard was shouting as the flames roared upward, "and burn the rest. Burn it, burn it all."
The last thing Theon Greyjoy saw was Smiler, kicking free of the burning stables with his mane ablaze, screaming, rearing . . .


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The Roles of Axes of Symmetry in Orientation Illusions
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Cognitive Psychology | Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences
The lines of a surrounding figure can induce illusory distortion in the apparent orientation of an enclosed line. The axes of symmetry of the figure have been implicated in this distortion. A series of experiments showed generally that the effects are attributable to the axes of bilateral symmetry rather than to less restrictively defined axes of topological symmetry, although those axes may produce other illusory effects. Furthermore, the distortions affect the whole line rather than only parts of it. These results are consistent with interactions of the lines in the orientation rather than position domain. It is suggested that axes of symmetry may play an important role in pattern recognition.
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Hartley, A.A. (1982). The roles of axes of symmetry in orientation illusions. Perception & Psychophysics, 31, 367-375. doi: 10.3758/BF03202661


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Oven French Fries
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- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 162.0
- Total Fat: 2.4 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 11.1 mg
- Total Carbs: 32.2 g
- Dietary Fiber: 4.1 g
- Protein: 3.7 g
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Number of Servings: 6
3 Lg. Potatoes
1 Tbsp. Olive Oil
salt optional
Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Peel the potatoes and cut them into long strips. Toss in a bowl with oil and when strips are coated with oil, spread them on a single layer cookie sheet. Cook for 35 minutes. Turn strips periodicly to make sure all sides a browned. If crispier fries are desired put under broiler for a minute. Sprinkle with salt as desired.
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