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Deathwatch by Steve Parker, is our next novel for The Forbidden Lore segment.
This really exciting book has recently released and available now through the Black Library web site, GW Stores and other book sellers. So pick it up before the segment and be sure to read it before we go into an in depth, spoiler filled discussion! We have really enjoyed it and it has even gotten Carl excited to start playing the Deathwatch RPG! In his words "It has everything a Space Marine novel should have!".
Not only that - we have arranged to have the author of Deathwatch himself, Steve Parker, join us for this look into one of the most secretive units of Space Marines!
This Forbidden Lore segment will air in episode in Episode 82, which is schedule for July 21st, 2013.
If you enjoy Deathwatch, Steve Parker also has a few other short stories about Talon Squad - The Deathwatch Team covered in Deathwatch. You can find them here:
When they first came together, Talon Squad were a disparate group of Space Marines from various Chapters. Under the auspice of the Deathwatch, trained in an ironclad Watch Fortress, they become a kill-team. Alien hunters, experts in xenos extermination, their first mission under the mysterious Inquisitor Sigma is a deadly one. Of all the enemies the Deathwatch face, the genestealers are amongst the fiercest, the most invidious. Led by Brother-Librarian Karras, Talon Squad must penetrate the bowels of a genestealer lair and put the abominations to the flame or face the consequences of an entire planet's extinction.
What is "Forbidden Lore"? Read on:
Once per month we pick a "Black Library Book of The Month". We announce what book it is on one show and we will also then create a thread with a big SPOILER WARNING in the title in our "The Librarium" section of the boards so people can start to discuss thoughts and ideas there.
Two episodes later (so roughly one month later), pulling from the thread and our own personal reading experience, we will then have an extremely in-depth discussion about this book. This will cover spoilers about the story, which characters live, die, change, etc.
At the beginning of the episode we will announce that we are going to be discussing this book and all the spoilers for it.
We will place the segment at the END of the podcast, after the exit music, and present ANOTHER strong warning to really call attention to the fact that spoilers are coming. Then we will have a 20-30 min discussion about the book and what our thoughts were on it.
Keep in mind this isn't a REVIEW of the book - since everyone listening or caring enough to listen to that segment will have already read it. It's a discussion about what we all collectively read.
We really enjoy the Black Library books and we think this will really bring home some of the "Feel like a part of our gaming group" approach we have taken.


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Shania Twain & Bryan White – "From This Moment On" – (1997)
This song was written by Shania Twain and perennial hit-writer "Mutt" Lange. Originally, it was going to be a duet between Twain and Elton John but they ended up recording it with country singer Bryan White instead and this has to be his biggest hit. The song was an adult contemporary #1 (duets really heat up the A/C chart). It hit #6 on the country chart and #4 on the Hot 100. Shania was the crossover queen of the 90s.

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text: For WW2 we had swing, resurgance of jazz and the Andrew Sisters. For Vietnam an incredible amount of music especially antiwar. Vietnam saw the peak of folk music, rock taking a political antiwar edge. Just watch the musical documentary Woodstock for a smattering of the best music of that era, music that reflected a sentiment about the war all negative. Seriously people should see it this movie documentary Now we have been in two wars lasting over a decade and little if any music reflecting that we were even in a war. It seemed like some musicians and especially the music industry have ignored these wars and pretended in a way these wars are not happening. Watching last night's PBS Memorial Day concert all music were old music, actually it seems any show honoring the soldiers of the Afghan/Iraq war uses standards. Or is this my imagination?


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The 'Silly Season' is well and truly under way now and we are all getting bombarded with great offers. But here is a great deal for the Square Reader that is worth checking out if you are a small business owner.
What is the Square Reader?
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We use it in our business and it is a great system because of its portability. But if you have a bricks and mortar shop you can get a dock and tablet stand to make a full POS system. There is a full list of accessories at their website.
So the Square Reader is handy, so what?
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What else is Square good for?
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Included in their free website app is a complete staff management system and customer management system. How much a month are you currently paying for software to do this? Are you starting to see why we love the app so much yet? Did I mention that 'there is an app for that'? Yes, you can take orders, view orders and change specials, etc, all from your phone or tablet.
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How to Avoid Spambots
How to Avoid Being Harvested by Spambots
Identifying Spambots
Unfortunately, while munging is effective at hiding email addresses from most spambots today, it is likely spambots will adjust and defeat most munging techniques. The next step is to identify visitors that are likely to be spambots and either not display email addresses on your site to them, or completely deny their access to your pages. Two techniques are generally useful for telling real visitors from spambots: checking the referer string, and seeing if the visitor accepts cookies.
The referer string typically indicates where a visitor to your page linked from. Robots, including most spambots, visiting your website generally do not set the referer string, or they set it to some third-party's URL. One strategy to spot robots is to look for referer strings that come from outside your website. If, for example, someone arrives at your contact page from a remote site, you should consider limiting access to any email addresses that page may contain.
Similarly, robots typically do not handle cookies. While it would be possible for spambots to deal with cookies as they traverse the web, it would add substantially to their overhead and, in turn, increase the costs to spammers stealing addresses. Again, we suggest that if a visitor to your site does not accept cookies you consider hiding the addresses displayed or restricting access to your contact page.
In considering these two techniques, it's important to note that they both work best only under certain limited circumstances. For example, there are perfectly legitimate reasons to disable cookies, and you do not want to block all access to your website because a user has turned off their cookies. However, you may want to block access to your contact page, or alternatively, hide the email addresses displayed on that page if the user does not accept cookies or comes directly to the contact page from outside your site. We suggest, wherever possible, to also include a "contact us" form, in addition to any email addresses, so real users who are accidentally caught by the anti-spambot measures can still contact you.
Finally, Project Honey Pot is gathering a list of the IP addresses of known spambots. Over time, as the list becomes more robust, we will publish this list to assist webmasters in keeping spambots off their sites. For example, you can use the list of IP addresses to direct visitors to a page containing a CAPTCHA or other instructions only readable by a human being. We believe this will help keep the addresses on your site from being stolen while minimizing the risk of legitimate users being blocked.
On the next page we will discuss measures you can put in place to increase the legal risk to spammers who harvest addresses from your site. If these risks are raised high enough, spammers may program their spambots to avoid sites protected by these measures.


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Exhalation I
Skip Cohen asked me to share one of my images and answer one question "Why?".
I gave him four answers.
1 It was a turning point in my vision.
2 It's still as strong today as it was then and it continues to take on new life through new images.
3 It's taught me so much.
4 I've learned so much from viewer's responses.
Skip recorded our conversation.
You can listen to more here.
Plus, listen to more in Skip Cohen's audio series "Why?" here.
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Exhalation I, Mosquito Point, Maine, 1996
I've collected more responses to this image than any other. While they use varied words, most people's associations share some quality of breath and/or a divine presence. However, some people's associations vary wildly.
One night, at an opening, a man reeking of scotch and smoke approached me and said, "I love your satanic icon!" Surprised I looked around the room to see which image he was referring to. He directed me to this one. Challenged by his response, it was very different than my intentions, I held to my practice of not sharing my responses to images unless I feel the viewer can maintain and possibly add to rather than replace their own.
On another occasion, a friend bought a print of this image and surprised his wife with it saying, "Look! Isn't it beautiful?" She replied, "You're not hanging that in here!" "Why not?" he responded. "Can't you see? It's dirty. It's an x-ray of someone sitting on the toilette." It took some negotiation and an extended session of sharing what they saw in the image for him to be able to hang the image, in his office.
The response I treasure most came from a four-year old boy, who stopped in his tracks and caught his breath as he crossed the threshold of the door to the room this image was displayed in. Then he raced to it, waving his arms in the air, "It's a giant sneeze!" Touched by his spontaneous outbursts, I tried to reconcile them with my desire to communicate something general if not specific. I had given the image the working title of Avra, the Sanskrit word for breath. I thought, breath … sneeze … close enough. Everyone in my studio now refers to this image as 'the giant sneeze'.
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How many ways can you stimulate viewer's association in your images?
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Lenten Reflections: St. Patrick's Day (Third Week of Lent)
Earlier this month I saw a movie entitled The Shack, based on a book published in 2007 by the same name written by William P. Young. It tells the tale of a man struggling with a family tragedy who is invited to visit a remote place where he experiences the Trinity in the Persons of three individuals who live and work together in a beautiful Relationship. The visuals of these Three Persons are jarring, but upon closer observation, the personifications are amazing and thought-provoking. God the Father is a black woman; God the Son, an energetic young man; God the Spirit, a spirited Asian woman. Each one contributes to the Relationship and to the protagonist's healing in a unique way, accomplishing this work together.
The true Relationship of the Persons of the Trinity to one another is at the Heart of our admittedly incomplete understanding of the Mystery of God. Relationship has become a touchstone for me in my spirituality and in my day-to-day life. I believe that as I experience and nurture relationships with the people I interact with, I am somehow participating in the fundamental Relationship in which we are all grounded, that of the Trinity. What a privilege to be a part of this great Mystery of the Relationship of God through our relationships with one another!
St. Patrick left a wonderful image of the Relationship of the Three Persons of the Trinity. The three leaves of the shamrock plant are part of the one entity, yet each is separate. They are together, yet individual, just as we believe the Trinity to be. They are in a relationship that symbolizes the eternal interaction of the Three Persons, the God who invites us to participate in a most amazing life-giving Relationship.
Happy St. Patrick's Day! May this great Irish Day remind us of the important relationships in our own lives, and of the most important Relationship of all!


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Rolex 16803
Submariner Date "Transitional" Gold & Steel "Box & Certificate"
Year 1987 Stock no. 12865
There are few watches as iconic as a two-tone Submariner and this reference 16803 was the very first! Only produced for around 4 years, this transitional reference was not only the first Sub in 18ct gold & steel, it was also the model that saw the introduction of sapphire crystal glass and 300m water-resistance. This example, is complete with its original box, punched warranty certificate from 1987, booklets and full Rolex service history. Fitted with the sought after blue soleil dial (with highly legible modern Luminova) and covered by our 2 year warranty.
Stock No. 12865
Year: 1987
Ref.: 16803
Material: Gold & Steel
Size: Large 40mm
Movement: Automatic Rolex Calibre 3135
Waterproof: 1000ft = 300m
Box Info: Original Box
Extras: Original Certificate
Strap: Gold & Steel
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Shape of Wind
LUCINDA NELSON DHAVAN: "The color of water, the shape of wind—if everyone thought of God in those terms and realized how far beyond human senses and ownership God must be, many of the feelings that divide us would be harmlessly blown away. Back to the basics, we should say, the true fundamentals—Earth supports us all; fire lights and warms us all; water sustains and purifies; air . . . air is the life of our life, the wind in our sails, the cool breeze on a summer day. Let's listen."
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Radial Composition in Ice and Grass
MARC RIBAUD: "Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes."
PHOTOGRAPHER'S DIARY: Impressionist painters attempted to paint light. In doing so they softened the firm outline of things and caught the dance of light playing with wind, heat and humidity. In emulating them, early photographers often blurred their images and added a romantic, "artistic" haze. My aim is exactly contrary. The painterliness that draws me to photograph exists in the illuminated subject itself. I seek to bring such subjects into sharp focus in order to better reveal the painterliness of reality. This photo should repay efforts to zoom close; see how the textures of each grass blade has been painted by light and ice.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Edenalia No.1 (alternate)
NOTE: Gary, a friend and fellow photographer, wrote to suggest this cropping. What a good idea! Unfortunately, printed at maximum size (12.5 inches high) on my printer, the resolution is 130ppi. That's low but probably not too low to get a good image.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE: "Let photography quickly enrich the traveller's album, and restore to his eyes the precision his memory may lack; let it adorn the library of the naturalist, magnify microscopic insects, even strengthen, with a few facts, the hypotheses of the astronomer; let it, in short, be the secretary and record-keeper of whomsoever needs absolute material accuracy for professional reasons. So far so good. Let it save crumbling ruins from oblivion, books, engravings, and manuscripts, the prey of time, all those precious things, vowed to dissolution, which crave a place in the archives of our memories; in all these things, photography will deserve our thanks and applause. But if once it be allowed to impinge on the sphere of the intangible and the imaginary, on anything that has value solely because man adds something to it from his soul, then woe betide us!"
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Edenalia No.1
EDVARD MUNCH: "The camera cannot compete with painting as long as it cannot be used in heaven or hell."
PHOTOGRAPHER'S DIARY: "Taking Stock of Ice Storm Lessons, resumed": The morning of the January ice storm was rare, a real light show. Only now am I getting back to what I shot. The strengths and flaws of this photo should be a reminder of the difficulties previously recorded in this journal. There was a better exposure setting available that might have let me hold the depth of focus while still stopping the wind. The difference would have been enough to make the front branch sharp. Lesson learned, I hope.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Creepers & Climbers
Wilderness returns
Brambles nibble pasture
Swallowing sod
Rocks heave
Roads rut
The hay barn sags and
Wind rips the tin roof
Purlins rot first and
The back house is last to fall.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
PHOTOGRAPHER'S DIARY: I have a special love of clear textures, especially when opened by light. Consider this photograph a sampler of farm textures. Much more than most, it benefits from extreme zooming. Viewed on my monitor at 100% (1 pixel of original, captured photo for each screen pixel on the monitor), the image is roughly three-and-a-half times as large as the monitor. If printed at this scale it would be over five feet across.
Of course on my monitor I have to take it in pieces, but zoomed at that level, the hand wrought hardware of the heifer-barn door can be seen in some detail, and in the shadow of the gutter on the cow-barn I see where the installer twisted the wire hangers. Naturally, the three, mowed fields reveal three, distinct textures, but every blade of grass in the front field is visible right to the stone wall. At this magnification the decaying roof of the old cow-barn is a tilescape of debris on which my eyes graze, and in the depths of the shadows behind the dead, curling vines, the weathered planks and iron banding of the back silo stand clear. This texture overlay creates real space rather than murk behind the vines. I wish you too could zoom in and peak through the window, but unfortunately this jpg copy, reduced as always for the internet, pixelates long before any of these features come into focus. Putting aside the aesthetics of chunk viewing, I hope it provides some pleasure anyhow.
Friday, February 13, 2009
PHOTOGRAPHER'S DIARY: Are the only differences between smallscape and grandscape a matter of which muscles are challenged? I wonder. Whether looking into gears or across hillsides, I really don't know what it looks like until I get there. Therefore, I must go everywhere.
Climb or crawl, the best views always seem to be the most taxing, and a first visit rarely produces the best shots. I have to go back and go back again. Some of the best sluice shots were produced on my 4th visit. It took a full year until I even got to this hillside. Whatever is taxed is repeatedly taxed.
I had this pegged as a great sunrise view and finally made it out of bed at 6 AM on a clear morning to catch it. The sun was bright and the fall leaves were glowing, but the shot had no feeling. With the fall leaves hidden in shadow, this sundown shot poses the moment like a question. I'm pretty sure I still don't know all that can be done at the sluice or all that the sun can do to it. The sun will be entirely different at both sites by mid summer. One must go everywhere at all times.
Well, at many times; without fresh snow or spring color, lately most hillsides have been inhospitable to photography. Perhaps the season favors smallscapes. Like the possum who may be wintering under my wood pile, I'm enjoying the shelter of the sluice while the cold wind blows across the hills. I need a good reason to freeze and I'm persuaded to stop chasing the possum from the cat food bowl.
In any case, it has been a while since TODAY'S stepped back for a longer view, and I know a few readers will find this broad view refreshing.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Explorations of Form No.16, Syncopation 1
PHOTOGRAPHER'S DIARY: Thursday, Feb 5 - They say that to photograph well one must be part of the thing photographed. I, a cog in the sluice? I began shooting tight in order to feel the steel's heft and age. Slowly I pulled back, trying to encompass its complexity, but as the sun declined toward three o'clock my lens was drawn down inside the gears - left, right, backward, forward - each small movement turning the wheels around me until I could see and feel all of the parts moving together with the gliding infiltrations of light and shadow, as the sun followed its arc. I was free of gravity, a fulcrum clicking the shutter, syncopating the machinery's dance and the sliding sun. Then the sun fell behind the mill, the wheels were dark, and I noticed my knees ached and my fingers were frozen and numb.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Explorations of Form No.15, Perspective
PHOTOGRAPHER'S DIARY: Thursday, Jan 29 - Photography is an art of the possible. I had more sluice to shoot, but I needed bright sunshine and the road toward Collinsville led into clouds. There would be good theater lights from an open hilltop, but shooting the sluice in the river valley left me waiting. I set up my tripod and tried to figure out how things worked.
The Farmington River bends sharply as it leaves Collinsville. The old mills are situated on the flat rocky land at the river bend, where the water level drops abruptly. I'm drawn to the Collins Factory site in part by the labyrinth of channels into which the Farmington River was divided in order to power the ancient machinery. The channels run between, around, and under the old mill buildings. They are a labyrinth of moats that move water independently of the way people move through the site. Is it my childhood love of old forts and castles at work again? I'm still trying to figure out how to photograph the mysteries of these moats.
I was shooting where the uppermost water is drawn off to supply the main canal. At the front of the oldest mill buildings a picturesque reflecting pool holds water from above the falls. This is the view most people see. When the wind is calm the pool mirrors the factory facade before the water tumbles over a grand cascade back to the river, but there is a secret channel that leads water beneath the buildings (Previous photos of pool and cascade: 1, 2, 3, 4). I was shooting at the back where the channel emerges.
The gears I was shooting serve sluice gates there. Six identical sets of gears and gates control the flow of water here. On the downstream side of the gates the channel divides. To the right two more gates control a stream that quickly plunges 15 feet to a deep moat. The moat bobs beneath various downstream shops. To the left the water flows freely to supply the main canal and its offshoots which turn the wheels of many more downstream shops. The gates I was shooting control the water that powered most of the old plant.
However other channels might have been rumbling further off beneath the mill. I've been in the basement and photographed where the last and greatest of the turbines catches the flow. Only a small leak hints that there is water that passes there, but I know which channel carries that water back to the river. As there is a maze of moats below, there is similarly a maze of bridges and access roads above. However, mapping canals and figuring out sluice mechanisms is not photography.
The sun emerged fully from behind the clouds just as the great stack that towers over all of the factory cast its shadow over my chosen subject, a colossal sundial. I waited another 15 minutes for the shadow to advance past my subject. Photography is an art of the possible; often I wait more than I shoot.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Explorations of Form No.12, Fugue
GUEST DIARIST: What is it about gear driven mechanics that fascinates and transcends the obvious? The delicate 19th century winding mechanism of a music box is as equally hypnotizing as the massive lifting device of a sluice gate. We stare, we listen, we challenge, and we stare again, each of us looking with different eyes, but transfixed and obsessed.
The pragmatist sees the engineering, the precise mathematics, the movement, and the practical application. He hears the repetitive beat and is excited by the end result.
The artist sees the delicate balance, the intertwining of shapes, the depth and perspective. He hears the fugues of Bach, and becomes alert with the anticipation of the next measure.
The poet sees the metaphor of a well set gear to marital bliss: a tightly run household, the meshing of intellect, emotions, and personality, and of course spooning. He hears the joy of laughter, and the sigh of satisfaction.
The challenger, while transfixed, cannot resist tossing debris into the sluice, and watching as it turns into dust. Likewise, in a good marriage, when challenged, the debris is churned into insignificance and tossed into the dustbin. -Jane Roth
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Explorations of Form No.11, Context
PHOTOGRAPHER'S DIARY: Just as a photo is a cross section of time, it is also a cross section of context. There is the context one sees, the given universe shown within the bounds of the image and disappearing off its edges. Then there is something else perhaps akin to negative space and negative capability; For that reason I like the term "negative context," presences to be guessed at and often more colorful in imagination than any reality?
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Explorations of Form No.10, Shadow & Substance
Thursday, Jan. 22 - Back at Collinville factories to shoot a row of wheels and gears that control the flow of canal water. On my previous visit (1/14), a week earlier, in the mid-afternoon, I had noticed that the low, winter sun articulated the forms and surfaces of this equipment clearly. I noted also that the good light ended when the sun moved behind a mill building at about 3 PM. This time I was on the spot by 1:15, and the skies were clear.
The equipment might have been 50 or even 150 years old. It had been painted, stripped, and repainted many times. In between paintings it had sometimes rusted, and it was now mostly ignored. As a result, the ancient steel castings were taking on the look of organic things.
Up close, I thought, they seemed a mystery of the stone age. I had brought a set of close-up lenses (sometimes called "diopters") as I wanted to get in closer than my macro lens permitted. At some point I need to compare the results through these lenses with results through extension tubes. Close-up lenses are far easier to manipulate.
A number of experiments suggested a single +4 diopter lens would get me in to where I thought I should be to make the most of the textures. I took a number of shots around the pin that attaches a crank handle to a heavy rod. I moved on to gears nearby but quickly concluded I wasn't feeling it and moved on.
The sluice gates were hidden out of site, but there must be 6 of them, each operated by a nearly identical set of wheels and gears. The sets were lined up, and, in addition to close-ups, I was interested in creating compositions that played on the repetitions. The framing possibilities seemed infinite, and I explored a number of angles, heights, and distances through my 103mm macro lens. In some of the deeper shots I explored leading the eye to indistinctness by limiting depth of field. The more I shot, the more I became aware of the shadows and opportunities to lead the eye to silhouettes. The use of these shadows in compositions is worthy of further exploration.
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The Accords
Top notes of bergamot, lemon, pear and neroli.
Mid notes of white lotus, jasminum grandiflo- rum and ylang ylang.
Base notes of blond woods, amber and musk.
The Fragrance
Obvious notes of citrus come through immediately, which is softly muted by the sweetness of the pear and carried through by the botanical notes of white lotus and ylang ylang. Woods, amber and mosses play the closing notes of this spring air-filled perfume.
The Perfumer
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A Path to Empowerment
There are many paths to personal empowerment.
Some are spiritual, others mental or emotional; yet it's the rare path that enfolds all aspects of our lives into the process. What if you could invite and engage your analytical self, or more left-brain tendencies, into the process of spiritual expansion without it hijacking each moment of inexplicable awe and wonderment? What if your openness to spirit demanded a linear dance partner so that no side of you were excluded from full participation in your path to personal empowerment?
Neuroplasticity proves that if we focus our attention towards the left-brain details of our lives we can actually begin to effect a structural and functional change in the brain that helps mold and embed new thoughts related to those details. We are in an ever-constant creation mode in which we have a choice to either reinforce and old and limiting thought, or birth a brand new relationship to the world we live in.
I wonder what would be different for you if you learned a process that broke down barriers between your spiritual and analytical selves and created communication and partnership between the compartmentalized portions of your life? Neurosculpting®, which creates whole-brain engagement in the transformation process, is at the cutting-edge of this revolutionary process. Your brain is sculpting new pathways with each passing moment. What will be different for you when you do this with intention?


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Randay Hayes
Painter Randy Hayes is known for realist paintings that display expressionist and other distortions and that draw on theatrical lighting. Randolph Alan Hayes was born in Jackson in 1944 and grew up near Clinton. At age sixteen Hayes moved to Tupelo, where he met artist Ke Francis and spent time with him drawing and painting. Hayes studied at Rhodes College in Memphis from 1962 to 1965 and received a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Memphis Academy of Art in 1968. He next studied sculpture and worked toward his master of arts at the University of Oregon before moving to Seattle in 1968 as a VISTA volunteer. Hayes had his first solo exhibition there in 1971 and spent most of the next forty-five years in the city.
In 1973 Hayes moved to Boston to work as a set designer for Boston's PBS affiliate, WGBH. This experience significantly influenced his art. He became fascinated with the possibilities of dramatic lighting, and he experimented with constructions, combining drawings, light, and three-dimensional space. With these influences, Hayes returned to Seattle in 1979 and began working with shadowboxes. According to Hayes, "There are several prevailing themes in my work: the loss of innocence, the allure of glamour, the taboos of sex and race. Perhaps I am most drawn to the struggle of the individual with the unknown. My interest in these themes can be traced, at least in part, to my having spent my early years in the South. While my subjects may be hustlers in Times Square, prostitutes in Rome, or rollerskaters on Venice Beach, this southern inheritance is at the heart of much of my work."
Hayes's figurative work, while realistic in aspect, borrows brilliantly from the repertoire of modernism, and the inherent drama of his painting bespeaks the narrative tradition. Critics have pointed out that his painting has expressionist distortion, fauve color, the motion of futurists, and the light and brushwork of impressionism. Though Hayes says, "I think of myself as a traditionalist," his techniques belie that assessment. In an early mode, he made life-size pastel drawings using high-contrast photographs of the models for gestures and patterns of light and dark. He then cut out the figures, sandwiched them between sheets of fiberboard and acrylic cut into the shapes of the figures, and mounted them directly onto a black-painted gallery wall. Under heavy theatrical lighting, the paintings glowed with the energy of his subjects: boxers, strippers, pool players, prostitutes, and other urban dwellers.
Hayes later began oil painting. A 1984 installation commissioned for the Seattle Center, The Pool, was a transitional work in both form and content. Life-size cutout figures were executed with a severely limited palette of oil paint on canvas mounted on board. The subject matter, couples by a swimming pool, focused on interactions between people. Hayes continued the use of theatrical lighting to give a heightened dramatic cast to the paintings. In more recent work, he has embraced the conventionally framed oil painting truncated by the picture edge, but his aggressive realism, concerned with social alienation and personal isolation, is thoroughly modern. Hayes's work has been called erotic, but the eroticism is more a function of the physical monumentality and motion of his figures than the sexual content.
Since the beginning of his career Hayes has used photographs as source material for his paintings, but in 1991 photographs became a part of his medium. Using a grid of snapshots to present a scene from all perspectives, Hayes covered the photographic images with new images rendered in semitranslucent washes of paint. This technique produced complex and layered surfaces with narrative content and provocative commentary. Hayes frequently uses Mississippi iconography in his work, and in 2013 he returned to the state, setting up his studio in Holly Springs.
Hayes's 1996 exhibition in Seattle, The South So Far, included Moon over Vicksburg. The series Baby Doll Suite (2006) was inspired by the film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play and the steamy work's effect on the people of Clinton. Hayes's 2008 series, Ruins of Mississippi and Other Places in the World, thematically juxtaposed the loss of the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina with iconic ruins in Rome, Athens, Mombasa, Oaxaca, and elsewhere. His art has been the subject of numerous shows as well as articles in Artweek, ARTnews, Art in America, and other prominent art magazines. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Regional Visual Arts Fellowship (1988) and the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Visual Arts Award (1990). His work is in the collections of the US Department of State, Microsoft Corporation, McDonald's Collection, the Seattle Art Museum, the Mississippi Museum of Art, and the Tacoma Art Museum, among others.
Further Reading
- Patti Carr Black, Art in Mississippi, 1720–1980 (1998)
- Patti Carr Black, The Mississippi Story (2007)
- Randy Hayes website, www.randyhayes.net


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Jeanne Travers
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Jeanne Travers is a choreographer, teacher performer, and an interdisciplinary international artist. She received her Bachelor of Arts in dance from the University of California at Santa Cruz and her Master of Fine Arts in choreography and performance from the University of Utah where she graduated with honors. She has been a member of the dance faculty at the University of South Florida for the past 18 years, where she teaches modern dance, choreography, pedagogy and improvisation. Travers was also the former director of the dance program at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah and director of the student-based dance company, Orchesis Dance Theatre.
Travers is deeply involved in collaboration and in interdisciplinary, multicultural choreographic projects. She has collaborated with poets, musicians, opera singers, videographers, ceramic artists, sculptors, actors, set designers and weavers. Her choreography has been presented nationally and internationally in Bolivia, China, Ecuador, France, Italy, Scotland and Tunisia. She has also taught masterclasses, seminars and dance workshops in North America, South America, Europe, North Africa and Asia.
She has taught masterclasses and conducted teaching residencies at universities, conservatories and institutions such as the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy, Beijing Normal University, Fujian Normal University and Minzu University in China; the Neiderheimer Conservatoire in Paris, France; the Mediterranean Center of Contemporary Dance: Ecole de Danse, and the Centre Culturel et Sportif in Tunis, Tunisia; Teatro el Centro de Arte in Guayaquil, Ecuador; Centro Artistica Pererya Dance Center in La Paz, Bolivia; as well as other international institutions.
In addition, Travers has had the honor of being invited for two consecutive years by the American Embassy in Tunisia to present an evening of her choreography in numerous cities and venues in Tunisia, including the very prestigious El Djem International Festival presented at the second oldest Roman colosseum in the world. Her choreography, Visions of Peace was presented at the Theatre Dejazet in Paris, France under the high patronage of the Mayor of Paris and the President of the French Red Cross. Subsequently, she received an award for this choreography through the Images and Voices of Hope summit in New York. Her work has also been presented at the Fragmentos de Juno Festival in Ecuador, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, the Celebrazione Festival in Italy, the Ties of Friendship International Dance Festival in La Paz, Bolivia and at the 2012 International Dance Seminar in Beijing, China.
Travers has also taught masterclasses or conducted choreography/residencies at colleges, universities and dance centers within the United States, such as Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., Visionary Dance Theatre in San Diego, Calif., St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, Fla., Valencia Community College in Orlando, Fla., University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., Cabrillo College in Capitola, Calif., Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif. Her work has also been presented at various venues such as the New World Dance Theatre with the Florida Dance Festival in Miami, the Here Theatre and the Joyce Soho in New York City and the Brooklyn Arts Exchange in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Travers has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards including funding through the American Embassy and the Minister of Culture in Tunisia, travel sponsorship from American Express for international projects in Ecuador, sponsorship from the Mayor of Paris for her Visions of Peace project, funding through Beijing Normal University in China, funding through the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports in Bolivia, two State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Individual Artists' Fellowships for Outstanding Choreography in the State of Florida, an Individual Artists' Grant Award through the Arts Council of Hillsborough County, two State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs International Cultural Exchange Grants, three University of South Florida Sponsored Research Grants, grants through the USF International Affairs Office, the Latin American/Caribbean Studies Program and numerous grants through the College of The Arts. She was also awarded the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, the TIP Award for outstanding teaching at USF, an Outstanding Academic Advising Award from USF, and was also nominated for the Friends of the Arts Award for outstanding teaching contributions to the arts in Pinellas County, Florida.


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Winter and Christmas time in Sidmouth
South Devon can be a relaxing place in the winter where you'll find a slower pace of life away from the crowds. Visitors can enjoy long bracing walks on the beach or exploring the beautiful countryside followed by a warming coffee or cream tea at one of the many local cafes that are open year round.
Of course the climate is typically and unpredictably English so you're just as likely to find crisp bright sunshine as mist or rain so it 's a good idea to come prepared for anything. The mild salty sea air makes snow a rare occurrence, although its not completely unheard of.
Remember that there are plenty of cosy pubs with log fires in Sidmouth and the surrounding villages where you can take refuge from inclement weather.
In the run up to Christmas, Sidmouth's unique blend of familiar high street names and individual local shops, galleries and boutiques are a rich source of gift ideas.
The town has an interesting mix of jewellery shops where you can find costume jewellery as well as loose beads and stones for creative types who will enjoy making their own designs. Treat someone special to an original hand crafted piece or find something small and precious at a traditional high end jewellers.
Half an hour away and just across the Dorset border is Lyme Regis which has a fascinating mix of unusual local shops and galleries. A walk on the Cobb can be quite exhilarating (although it's best seen from a distance in stormy weather and high winds!).
30 minutes drive in the other direction is the cathedral city of Exeter with it's cosmopolitan shopping centre, Christmas market and plenty of cafes where you can take a well earned break from a day's shopping.
Otterton Mill is a short drive from Sidmouth and has a gallery and craft shop which is ideal for gift shopping, plus a cafe with plenty of warming home baked goodies (made using flour milled on site).
Devon is well known for its farming and the many farm shops in the area are ideal places to stock up on locally made preserves, ales and cider.
Festive events
Here are some ideas of things to do in and around Sidmouth in the lead up to Christmas:
- Exeter cathedral hosts evening carol concerts as well as special Christmas services and there is usually a Christmas market on the Cathedral Green.
- The Donkey Sanctuary has special events such as a Christmas carol concert by candle light in December.
- Killerton House is owned by the National Trust and is decorated for Christmas from 1st December. There is a Christmas trail in the house and grounds and wreath making workshops. There's a gift shop as well as a cafe and restaurant and late night opening on Fridays and Saturdays in December.
- The Radway Cinema shows the current Christmas movies in very civilised surroundings. Some of the seats have tables between them for your coffee, tea and popcorn.
- On the Seaton Tramway you can visit Santa by tram on certain dates in December.
- Boxing day swim (yes – in the sea!) at 11am from the Esplanade. If you're not hardy enough to join in (or should that be foolhardy?) then go and cheer the swimmers on before you head for a warming coffee in one of the local cafes and pubs.
- The Manor Pavilion theatre has a variety of festive shows including, of course, a pantomime.


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Good News to all those Microsoft and Google Drive users, Now you can edit the MS Office files directly from your Google Drive account, same like as you we able to edit the text and other file formats in your Google Drive.
Google Yesterday announced the support of the conversion of the Office file formats into formats which are supported by Google, With this conversion support from Google, The Google Drive user are not just bounded to use only the file formats supported by Google. This conversion of file formats is very useful for those who work online and deal with some editing of files and stuff some thing like that.
Here are formats supported by Google Drive:
- dot, dotx, dotm*, docm* conversions to Google Docs
- xlt, xltx, xltm*, xlsm* conversions to Google Sheets
- pot, potx, potm*, pptm*, pps, ppsx, ppsm* conversions to Google Slides
- And Better conversion support of charts, SmartArt, and merged table cells in the Office documents.
Google also suggested a chrome plugin for those who don't want to convert the office files into Google Docs format.The plugin lets the users to edit the office files directly from chrome, Without need to install the Microsoft Office on your computer.
Google said in the blog post that they are listening to feedback from Google Drive users. I think this is not the reason for supporting the office file formats in Google Drive. May the reason is DropBox's partnership with Microsoft to edit the office files directly from DropBox.
Source Blog:http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.in/2014/12/conversion-support-for-additional.html
Chrome Plugin to Edit Office files without Installing Office


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Kitson Migration has been helping people of all races across Malaysia to migrate to Australia, the preferred migratory destination of citizens who wished to lead a better life on foreign soil. Dating back a little bit to history, the land of the kangaroo had been a favourable destination for Malaysian immigrants after the Immigration Restriction Act officially ended in 1973, spurring the increase of largely ethnic Chinese to move to Australia. There was a tendency for students to pursue their education further in Australia, thus becoming one of the treasured workforces naturally after completing their studies.
The trend of immigration to Australia has seen its peak after 1981, where the number of Malaysia-born immigrants was the largest under the Family Reunion Program or as skilled or business migrants. Since then, Malaysia saw the mushrooming of migration agency throughout the country, capitalising on the demand for talents in Australia and the desired lifestyle of local qualified people. In 2009, Kitson Migration Advisory was born under the vision of its pioneer Dato Yong Chee Seng, passionately offering comprehensive migration services to the citizens of Malaysia. With the rise in migration activity, the number of immigrants accounts for more than 110 000 people in 2011 and the majority of 39 000 people stayed in Victoria, living around the area of Glen Waverley, Balwyn and Doncaster and inner Melbourne. Australia has benefitted much from the migration service rendered as today, most members of this community are professionals, helping to develop the economic landscape of Australia in a matured and thorough manner.
Since then, Kitson Migration has never looked back, actively supporting hundreds of families in fulfilling their migration dreams; hence bringing skilled workers, business owners and investors to Australia under the holistic guidance from Dato Yong. Born in 1965 in Selangor, Dato Yong was initially an IT guy and first ventured into the IT industry after completing high school, progressing hard to becoming managing director in 20 years for City IT Sdn Bhd. Humble and willing to learn, he became the leader who led a team of 50 staffs with national IT retail outlet in Malaysia, managed 12 retail IT superstores and became the pioneer owner of Sony IT Store and NEC Solution Partner. Sensing the rising needs for quality migration service, he dived into the industry shortly after his stint in the IT industry. He started his proper education in RMIT University in Melbourne then, achieving master in business admin in 2008. Having his vision set upon becoming the frontrunner in Australian migration, he proceeded to study Australian migration law and practice one year later in Griffith University at Brisbane before becoming the senior partner with Kitson Migration. Banking on the experience of becoming the senior licensed migration agent specializing in Australia and New Zealand migration law and practice,
After years of unrelenting contribution towards Australia, Kitson Migration, under the supervision of Dato Yong, has attracted several Australia State Governments' attention. A high rate of successful visa approvals and visa decision ready applications together with highly qualified Malaysian clients have enticed the support from Australia authorities. From then on, Kitson has successfully hosted a few joint promotion events with some of the Australia State Governments and would continue to host more in the near future. It is indeed a marvelous achievement for Kitson and Dato Yong as these events allow the interaction between potential clients and official personnel, where they can have the chance to build relationships with the state government in areas of trades and investments. Even now, Kitson has its office set up in South Australia, Adelaide to cater for local immigrants who need further support and assistance. Anyone who needs help could visit the office or visit www.kitsonalliance.com for comprehensive information regarding migration matters.
Due to the immense contribution of Dato Yong, he has been conferred the Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (D.I.M.P) which carries the title "DATO" by the Regent of Pahang, Malaysia on 18th August 2018. Besides that, he was also a member of Malaysia Institute of Management, Member of Migration Institute of Australia, Member of NZ Association of investment & migration. He was indeed the core that develops Kitson to what it is today.
Heartiest congratulations to Dato' Yong Chee Seng on his prestigious achievement!


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Another early cassette bootleg yields this very nice recording of the show in the Lyceum. There's buckets of information in the Gigography section here, including an NME review, but one interesting aspect of this show in comparison to, say, the Lancaster one, was that despite a long attempt by the audience to get an encore, nothing was forthcoming. Maybe Paddy was annoyed about something?
Once again, Virginia Astley guests on keyboards.


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The U.S. is a great place for planning new trips and adventures. Having said that, it's the perfect time to plan your next Florida Keys road trip. Follow your gut, take your car keys, and drive all the way down through the U.S. 1 – Florida Keys Overseas Highway – in search of inspiration and few enjoyable entertainment. Believe me, it is not that far!
Drive south along the route, past the southern rim of the Everglades and Florida Bay, and explore great sceneries from Key Largo to the furthest south tip of Key West. If you are a first timer or you need some guidance before hitting the road, let us help you create an itinerary so you can take full advantage of the various features that come along with the warmer climes. Once you get to explore them, you'll be craving for more!
Key Largo, FL
Start your adventure by driving through Key Largo – The Gateway to the Florida Keys – and enjoy the natural scene. Make few stops and remember that Key Largo is home to tropical hardwoods, winding creeks, two state parks, and a portion of a national marine sanctuary.
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Take a deep dive into Key's Largo's natural side at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park for moderate water activities. But if you don't want to get wet, the island hosts airboat tours along the Everglades. Don't miss out on the opportunity to walk through natural trails or visit the rehabilitation center for wild birds to get some environmental education.
Islamorada, FL
Once you complete your tour around the Everglades, try to explore Islamor ada. If you look at the map, you'll see that Islamorada is made of six islands: Plantation Key, Windley Key, Upper Matecumbe Key, Lower Matecumbe Key and the offshore islands of Indian Key and Lignumvitae Key. It may be hard to pick your favorite island, I know! But it doesn't matter where in the islands you may find peace, as the deep blue waters that surrounds them are always captivating.
For those seeking adventure, Islamorada offers outdoor fun to fill your day including boating, canoeing, jet skiing, kayaking, SUP, and other coastal activities. Don't worry, onshore visitors, there are enough shops, art galleries, and fabulous spots worth a selfie. By the way, Islamorada is also considered a great location for chasing sailfish around the Keys.
Marathon, FL
As you keep driving closer to the middle of the Keys island chains, you'll reach Marathon, the sweet home to the sea turtles and other sea animals. It is highly recommended to schedule a 90-minute, behind-the-scenes tour of the Turtle Hospital to support the facility's sea turtle rehabilitation efforts. It's not your common animal rehab, as you may be amused to see how sea turtles are treated and released for their safety.
This 10-mile-long island chain is comprised mainly of Vaca Key, Fat Deer Key, and Grassy Key. If you are looking for an opportunity to be in contact with nature, book a marine biologist-led tour to experience the magical encounters with rays, sharks, and other lovably frisky sea creatures. Always try to look up if you ever decide to go for a hike, as it is a great spot for bird-watching too.
Lower Keys, FL
So far so good. There is no need to get scared once you start driving through the Seven Mile Bridge because that iconic structure could only mean one thing: Welcome to the Lower Keys! It may give you the impression that you are leaving the U.S. for another country, but that area was considered the place where dreamers and schemers find solitude and liberty. For those drivers crossing the beach during daylight, witness the crystalline blue waters that surrounds the bridge. You won't be disappointed.
The Lower Keys are also home to two national wildlife refuges, a national marine sanctuary and a state park, and it's the best location for eco-tours. If you enjoy deer-watching, fishing, paddle-boarding, staying at local resorts, and learn more about their history, slow down as you could be reaching heaven at the end of the road bridge.
Key West, FL
Continue southwest on U.S. 1 route and you'll find the most endearing spot on the keys: Key West. It is a great tourist destination and it's the closest point to Cuba in the entire country. You cannot demand for anything better than that. Key West is best known for its heavenly climate, unique history, cultural variety, fabulous architecture, and unabashed romantic appeal.
Everyone enjoys the vibrant events and tours around the city, as Key West is home to great celebrities including Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Frost and Jimmy Buffett, just to name a few. To give proof that you are 90 miles away from Cuba, take a picture at the Southernmost Point Buoy, and enjoy the best views from different cultural buildings in town.
Once you realize that you made the best out of your road trip, get back to your car and head back home. Soon enough you'll find out that dreams die hard in the keys.
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There is current speculation around whether Meghan Markle will return to Suits for season eight next year, or move to London to be with her boyfriend, Prince Harry.
This comes after rumours about the couple heading towards engagement.
According to The Sun, Meghan has yet to confirm whether she will return to Suits for season eight.
The actress, 36, has played her character Rachel Zane for seven years on Suits, which is filmed in Toronto, Canada.
A source told The Sun, "Meghan loved playing Rachel and feels she owes so much to Suits."
"But Harry can't move to Toronto, so she'll have to move eventually if they want to be together."
"Her decision to give up the biggest role of her career would mean a lot."
London's calling Meghan!


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Corks or Screw Tops – The Great Debate
Now I'll just say this now 'I am a traditionalist when it comes to wine'. Over the last few years I've been hearing ridiculous rumors that soon all wines will have a screw top rather than a corks. To me that just sounds sacrilege! Why would anybody want to do that?
I equate wines with screw tops to drinking lighter fluid, homeless people, and people who just don't know anything about wine. So why would anyone want to replace my wine corks with something with such a bad image? I decided to look into this ludicrous debate and see what everyone has to say about it.
It seems that the debate revolves around several factors. The main one being that a screw top supposedly protects the wine better and preserves it more to the liking of the winemaker. Apparently wines with corks can be ruined by a tainted cork that lets in too much oxygen. Some corks get tainted by something called 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA) and it can cause the wine to smell like a damp basement. It's harmless to humans but can spoil a bottle of wine regardless of how expensive it is.
The other smaller debate among some people is that it is causing the deforestation of cork trees. I don't really know if this is a huge issue compared to other environmental issues that need to be addressed but it is an issue none the less.
Now don't get me wrong I am a pretty good environmentalist and I don't want my wine to go bad but when it comes to my wine I still have a really hard time giving up my bottles with corks in them especially since I can probably only name two times in my wine drinking life that I've gotten a bottle of wine that had gone bad from a cork that was tainted. Both times I returned them to the store where I got them and they replaced the bottle without question.
You see, with some things in life I am a big non-conformist but with other basic things I am the most traditional person you'll meet. Roses are my favorite flower. I like romantic dinners. I think that every woman should have a classic black dress in their closet just in case and when it comes to wine I want my corks please.
The corks to me represent how wine is supposed to be made. It's primal to some extent but it's really romantic in my opinion. There's something about the thought of some Roman a long time ago opening his bottle of wine the same way I do (minus the modern cork screw…but I think you get the gist none the less). There's also that beautiful popping sound the cork makes when you open that bottle and the slightly musky cork smell. It's just the way it should be in my opinion.
I've been told that all wine will eventually turn to screw tops but I find that really hard to believe because I know I am not the only one out there that prefers good old corks. If, by chance, that should be true I'll deal with it then but for right now I will be honest and forthright and tell you that I won't be buying any wine with a screw top. I just can't! It goes against all that I believe in (well maybe not ALL…I might be being a bit melodramatic…but I digress…).
So I ask you all, what is your position in the great wine cork versus screw top debate? Give me your comments and input on the whole thing.
Posted on January 6, 2011, in Education, Wine Terms and tagged antioxidants, biodynamic wine, controversy, corks, good wine, rumors, screw tops, white wine, wine terminology. Bookmark the permalink. 5 Comments.
Great article Veronica. It raised some really interesting points, and was well written.
I see your point about corks being the way wine was 'meant to be made' but my own view is that just because it started that way doesn't mean it should necessarily continue that way. I know some prefer vinyl to CD's for a similar reason; I suspect though if we'd started on CD's and moved to vinyl, there would be an outcry about the quality of the sound and convenience, amongst many other things. Many prefer the way cars used to be; big noisy gas guzzlers that they could cruise around in with no seatbelt; they don't want a quiet modern safe fuel efficient car. Food used to be creamy and fatty (and I love it like that) but I choose healthy food even though I miss the fatty versions.
I'm no traditionalist so to me I'll choose whatever is best for me. I do miss the pop of a cork, but I can give that up for the convenience of a screw top. I can reseal it very easily; no problem if I don't have a cork screw; I've never had a screwtop wine that has gone off.
If we had started with screwtops and moved to corks, you (and many others) would probably still prefers corks for the 'experience', but it wouldn't be about how it was supposed to be made.
Will be interesting to see others' views.
Thanks for starting this discussion.
It's been a long time since I've found a wine with a cork, but that's maybe because I don't tend to drink fancy (expensive) wines. Wouldn't surprise me if the 90% figure is correct.
You'll just have to 'pop' your finger out of your mouth to replicate the sound, while you unscrew 🙂
If corks were really superior, Circle K would have been using them decades ago for their finest wine – Boones Farm Country Kwencher. Twist off cap, less than 3 dollars a bottle and came with it's own paper bag to enhance flavor.
Sadly I read that it is no longer available, a great loss.


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First off I'd like to say I LOVE the title! What book junkie wouldn't? Anyhow, the cover sets the tone for the story, I think. From what I gather about the story, Jasper is a young boy who has a bird's eye view of his surrounding and sees things a person as young as he shouldn't see or experience. Or anyone for that matter. I take it from the focal point of the farm on the cover is his Uncles. One can just imagine his life there from what the book description reads. I am totally digging the tinted, dark, and subtle tones of the cover. The title and premise makes for an interesting book. Looking forward to diving in soon and can't wait to see how the title plays into the story.
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After the shocking Season 3 finale, a lot of members of the #CloneClub were looking forward to get some information out of the cast and crew of Orphan Black. The panelists included John Fawcett, Graeme Manson, Ari Millen, Kristian Bruun, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris and Tatiana Maslany (who got a standing ovation).
Maslany referred to the common (and totally justified) complaints from fans and media that the wonderful actress hasn't won an Emmy yet: "I just think that we're at a point where television is extremely exciting. I just feel really lucky to be at this point in television history making a show like this, and in the company of shows like that. The Emmys is lovely and wonderful, but to me it's more about hearing the response from the fans… Being in this room — that's why we do it". As a matter of fact, a fan said that the Facebook Clone Club presents her as "the greatest actress in the world award", which made Maslany come down from the stage to hug her. "That was way better than an Emmy," she said. Aww.
This season, Millen had to face a challenge that only Maslany had faced so far: playing multiple characters. Millen said: "Tat's one of the most generous actors you'll ever work with, and I know if I ever do have any questions, she'll be there to answer them". He called creating the clones "a personal journey" that he looks forward to. On a side-note, Paul was supposed to kill Millen's character off in episode 6 but the creators changed their minds.
It seems like there's still things about Beth that we don't know yet. Will we ever get a Beth flashback. Manson said that "nothing is off the table" and Fawcett added that the writers have talked about Beth's story since the beginning of the show and that they are both fascinated by it. Manson also suggested that there is a "twist" to Beth's story that we haven't seen it.
Same goes for Tony. Maslany said that she "loves" him and that she would love to explore him further. I think we got the very littlest bit of him. He just offers so much as far as identity and gender identification exploration and expression, and our show is all about that. But at the same time, he's singular in the sense of his mullet". She also added that "telling trans stories and having trans actors in those parts is part of getting those stories out there". Kennedy thinks Mrs. S would understand Tony's rebelliousness but that she would also have to have a conversation with him about "table manners".
A Mrs. S cosplayer thanks the crew for giving the audience such a great female character of a certain age. Kennedy explained that she's mostly interested in strong women in film and television; "I'm never really attracted to parts where I'm just gonna be the set dressing for somebody's actions". Apparently, Manson told her that his original inspiration was Patti Smith.
Orphan Black is also known for being a show that represents LGBTA members without reducing them to just their sexual orientation/identity. In that sense, a queer fan thanked the show for Cosima and for treating her as an important characters who's more than her sexuality. It was a very touching moment that made many shed a tear. Gavaris said: "We like to be reductive in life sometimes. I don't know why. It's a social construct, whatever you want to call it, we reduce people down to sexuality, or their diseases, or their race, or their sex, or their gender, or whether or not they like Game of Thrones. But that is not who people are. People are complex, people are diverse, and there are much more interesting things to you than your sexuality". A round of applause for this amazing cast.
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Is Your Love My iIlusion?
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Poem by: Rafael
"Is Your Love My Illusion"
By: Rafael F. Castro
Is your love my Illusion?
Day by Day goes by
There seems to be more confusion
Held your head up high
When I know you feel low
Screaming for my rescue
When I was forced not to do so
My love we have no obsession
The world led us to Depression
Throughout life,
I learned that Love is so strong
But now I completely see,
I loved you all along
Everyday when I see you
With heartache in your soul
Thinking you should take your own
Hoping someone would care enough to know.
But please sweetheart have no fear
'Cuase I'm here to show.
I really loved you with my full might,
For you to clearly see I care for you so
Even on sunny days if you're not here
It rains so hard as if God was in tears.
Please cheer up my love
You're not alone.
Even if the world is falling apart
Your my constant, my touchstone
Everyday I wait for the Sun to fall
Just to look for a shooting star
Thinking about you
even from afar
What can I say
I Love you
Making my day like heaven
Even when I feel blue
But the question is,
Do you love me?
So I can come,
And set you free.
I prayed to God every day,
Wishing you'd be mine
Every single day;
Even till the end of time.
But then one night,
A dream came to me
It was very different
No, it couldn't be...........
I had a dream;
That you were loving me
What's strange is,
Ir was like it was meant to be
But later on you've start to have an eye for me
Time was passing by
And I couldn't see.
Now I'm wondering,
Did life bring you to me
Is this reality
Is it a Fantasy
If you loved me,
Would that be my destiny
Or would you deny;
Make it a tragedy
Just by staring at your eyes,
feeling like ecstasy.
It feels like a dream, just you and me.
Forget the world,
This is our destination.
Day by Day goes by
The only who's falling is our generation.
Or is it something else:
A realization
A distraction;
from our creation?
Then come the first of April
Where I thought we found love
Sent by our loving God;
From the heavens above.
I saw you across from a distance,
As it is plain to see
I now hear your soul;
Yelling me you love me.
Now it's time,
Even with no makeup, beauty at its finest
Glow on your smile
Seeming the brightest
Just like peaceful Oceans;
In the California Shore.
Now I make the first step,
Suddenly here comes confusion
Distraction came in the way
As we were finding a romantic resolution
You hear lies;
Gave you confusion
Left out the door with your blessing Love
With horrific emotion
Now I'm feeling an unnecessary rejection
Sent me to an Institution
As I see now it is a real confusion.
The real question must be answered,
and im wondering………..
Is Your Love my Illusion.
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All three horses have worked hard this week and it shows. We will be ready for Burbank show…with bells on…
William and Fred will show Prix St George and Intermediare 1 level.
Lance will show his first Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special.
We are very lucky to have 3 very special horses here in training with Shannon. This year there is a lot of pressure on Lindsey and Lance with the Olympics in August. Having the other 2 horses going well, working hard and progressing, has diffused some of the pressure but not any of the hard work with Lance and Lindsey. We are very fortunate and very grateful.
Today is the horses day off. We'll head to the stable feed them, put them each on the treadmill and make sure they are toasty warm and happy. Before heading to the barn, Lindsey is going to start the day at the gym and I'm going to head to the beach for a short run. We were expecting rain and wind last night but haven't seen a drop so far. Good. When they predict rain around here, it normally pours! Good thing we have the truck for transport in the rain…the little car might drown.
Ivars will fly into LA Tuesday afternoon, Curtis leaves Camrose on Wednesday to drive south, Barb flies into Burbank Friday afternoon. We'll have lots of help for the Burbank show!
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Summer dryland training for Comp Team junior Nordic skiers age 14-19 will begin on the first week of May. Practices typically begin at 8:00am and vary in duration depending on the workout, but often in total last 2 to 4 hours. Dryland training will be held each day at various training sites in the Salt Lake/Park City areas and will include running, rollerskiing, biking, strength, hiking, and other training exercises. Athletes will work with coaches to develop an appropriate training schedule tailored to fit each athlete's needs. The program is designed to develop aerobic fitness, ski technique, and prepare skiers for the upcoming race season. A detailed schedule of training with practice times and locations can be found on our website under Comp->Training Calendar.
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The Home prides itself on providing holistic, resident-centered compassionate care for its 288 residents.
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You want to send your marketing emails out to as many people as possible so that you can generate more leads, drive more engagement and make more sales. The problem is that collecting emails from people takes a lot of time and effort. So, why not just buy a whole bunch of email addresses from the internet? Well, this blog is going to tell you why you definitely shouldn't be doing this, and why permission-based emails are the way to go.
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While in Illinois, you might enjoy a visit to:
Niles, Illinois: Leaning Tower of Niles
A half-size replica of Italy's famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, perfectly executed, right down to the lean. Restoration work scheduled 2014-2015; see it before the scaffolding arrives.
Munster, Indiana: Ultraviolet Apocalypse
Jesus raises the dead, in groovy black light colors, in the Memorial Chapel of The Grotto of the Holy Mother -- one of many memorable shrines at a Carmelite monastery.
Joliet, Illinois: Old Joliet Prison Park
Perhaps best known from the 1980 Blue Brothers movie as the prison Jake Blues was released from. The old prison is closed, but an adjacent parking lot and park offers an up close vantage point, and signs provide information on history and Hollywood infamy.
LaPorte, Indiana: Belle "Black Widow" Gunness Exhibit
Infamous local lady who was known -- too late -- for murdering her husbands (and dozens of other people, too). The exhibit includes the wheelbarrow she used to haul their bodies to her pig pen.
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