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Paying your rent should be one of your main priorities when it comes to dealing with bills or debts and non-payment can lead to you being evicted from your home. This is always a last resort for Hightown and we will work with you as much as possible to prevent this from happening. In order to help, we will need your full co-operation.
Don't suffer in silence. If your bills and debts are building up, ignoring them can only make matters worse. Contact a member of the Income Recovery Team on 01442 292280 for some friendly professional advice.
How we can help
If you have problems making your rent payments, tell us straight away. We will listen and offer advice on how to solve the problem.
- Do not ignore letters, phone calls or visits from our staff concerning arrears.
- Do contact us if you have a problem with rent payment or receive a letter about your rent account.
- Do ensure you make any claim for Housing Benefit promptly and have evidence of making a claim.
- Do seek independent advice from an organisation such as a Citizens Advice Bureau if you have debt, benefits or serious arrears problems. We can put you in touch.
Remember if you do not pay your rent you may be evicted from your home.


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FAIRMONT — Caitlin Ahrens, a Fairmont native and West Virginia University alumna, was recently honored as the Jaycees' (U.S. Junior Chamber) Outstanding Young West Virginian of 2018.
Ahrens said it felt "incredible" to learn she'd been named.
"I feel so honored to represent West Virginia women in a positive light on ambition and progress in the sciences," she said.
Ahrens graduated from WVU's Eberly College of Arts and Sciences in 2015 with Bachelor of Science degrees in geology and physics, with an emphasis in astrophysics. Ahrens went on to hold a patent in earthquake sciences and entered the graduate program in space and planetary science at the University of Arkansas in 2015.
Ahrens left a lasting effect on the departments she was a part of, said Earl Scime, the chair of the Physics and Astronomy Department at WVU.
"We are very proud of her," he said. "She is doing very well in graduate school, and we are thrilled with her continued success."
Ahrens said she first became interested in geology due to her father's love of earthquakes.
"I would observe and eventually help in calculations for fun as a hobby," she said. "I knew that I wanted to learn more about not only the formations of rocks, but the physics behind larger geologic structures (volcanoes, faults, glaciers).
"Then I figured, 'why not study geology on other planets!' I got an internship at the USGS Astrogeology Facility in Flagstaff, Arizona, and since then have been heavily involved with astrogeology."
Tom Wilson, with the Department of Geology and Geography, said Ahrens received several awards and recognitions during her time at WVU, including the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium and the Geophysical Society of Pittsburgh Scholarship. While in school, she also gave several talks to local high schools and astronomy clubs.
"She was always inspiring, and I'm sure she had a positive impact on those she met, engaging them in science talk and stimulating pursuits in STEM- related disciplines," Wilson said. "We were certainly lucky to have her around in the Department of Geology and Geography and know we will be hearing a lot more from her in the future. She is already a star."
Ahrens was chosen as the Jaycees Outstanding Young West Virginian for her role as a NASA ambassador and advocate for young women in science — a passion that stems from her own experiences.
Having experienced a variety of sexist comments about being a woman in science, "these instances give me fuel to advocate women in science and s how the public that women can be just as curious and able in the sciences," she said.
"Yes, there will unfortunately always be those kinds of people, but I strive to tell young women to keep an open mind and pursue whatever they feel curious about."
In Ahrens' time at WVU, she was able to gain support to pursue a variety of projects, which helped shape and organize her scientific abilities to conduct necessary lab work.
"Through numerous projects, I was able to stitch together skills I've learned from one project and bring that on to the next project and so on," Ahrens said. "I was also the WVU Physics Department telescope operator during planetarium shows for four years, which sharpened my public speaking and outreach skills."
Ahrens was highly motivated and an energetic learner, said Joe Lebold, with the Geology Department at WVU.
"She's a student that really made the most of her time here," he said. "We're proud of her, not just for her grad research, but she has her own radio show and really continues the public outreach she started here to advance science. We're very excited for her."
Kathleen Benison, an associate professor of geology at WVU, said she had Ahrens as a student and has since seen her at planetary geology conferences.
"As an undergraduate student, Caitlin had already discovered her passion for planetary geology and worked diligently towards establishing herself as a first-rate scientist by combining coursework and research in physics and geology," Benison said.
"The WVU Department of Geology and Geography is thrilled with the recognition of Caitlin as the 2018 Jaycee's Outstanding Young West Virginian. She has a bright future ahead of her," she said.

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Colin lives on the Gold Coast in Queensland, just three blocks from the beach, so he's a keen fisherman. He's been dreaming of a Mediterranean fishing trip for years now, and since he's just retired, he decides it's time to buy a boat and set out.
After shopping around, he finds a deal that's just too good to pass up - a 34 foot, seagoing fishing boat priced at €14,000! It's perfect, and he can just imagine sitting on the deck with a stubby and a fishing rod in hand.
The boat is in the Mediterranean Ocean, floating just off the coast of Filiatra in Greece. Colin decides to make a personal international money transfer and buy the boat before he sets off on his trip, so he knows it's there waiting for him.
Colin does some research and works out that there are a few different options to make an international money transfer to the seller of the boat. He can:
This option appeals to Colin because it's easy - he doesn't have to set up any new accounts or transfer money from his bank to a new provider. He also trusts his current bank, so it seems like a good idea to let them handle such a large transaction.
Colin's daughter has suggested looking into a provider who specialises in international money transfers. There are a couple of extra steps with this option, but the great exchange rates and low fees on offer might just make it worth the effort.
Although Colin is comfortable using cheques in his day-to-day life, he's a little worried about what will happen if this one goes missing in the mail between Queensland and Greece. Plus, there are some hefty fees to get his hands on the internationally guaranteed cheque.
Colin already has a Paypal account set up for when he makes online purchases, and he thinks this could be a safe and easy way to transfer the money. But now that he's making such a large transfer, the fees quickly start to add up, until his new boat starts looking awfully expensive.
Colin decides pretty quickly that an international cheque or using Paypal aren't the best options here. So he has a closer look at his other two options - transferring through his bank and choosing an IMT specialist.
Before Colin can decide which is the best option for transferring the money to buy his boat, he needs to know what he's looking for in an IMT deal.
There are five main things that will determine if the deal he's offered is the right one for him:
Armed with this list of things he needs, Colin compares his options.
Colin takes a look at the offer from his bank and from an IMT specialist he has found online. Here's how they stack up:
|IMT specialist
|Exchange rate
|1 AUD buys €0.6373
|1 AUD buys €0.6704
|Colin's bank will charge a set fee of $30 to make the transfer in person, or $22 if he does it himself online.
|The provider Colin chooses, like many other IMT specialists he looked at, charges no transaction fees for amounts over $10,000. Great!
|Transfer limit
|His transfer limit will be subject to the usual daily withdrawal limit from his bank, which is $2,000.
|While some IMT specialist have no limits, the one Colin has chosen has a $40,000 limit on online transactions. This is still easily a high enough limit for him to make his transfer.
|Transfer time
|1-5 days
|1-3 days
|Since he already has an account here, it's convenient for Colin to make an international money transfer. There's also the option to set the transfer up online, over the phone or in a branch.
|Colin will have to set up an account with the IMT specialist, and after that, he can make the transfer either over the phone or online.
He's not quite decided yet, so Colin fires up his calculator and does some math to work out which deal will save him more money.
After running the numbers, it's pretty clear to Colin that the IMT specialist is the better deal - a saving of over $1,000 is nothing to sneeze at - so he sets up an account and does the transfer using their service.
But it's not over yet! Setting up his account with the IMT specialist is the first step in successfully transferring the money and getting his hands on his boat. Colin also needs to provide a number of details for the transfer to go through, including:
Once he has all these details, he can go ahead and set up the transfer. Once the payment goes through, all he has left to do is book his flight, slap on some sunscreen, and he can start his Mediterranean fishing adventure!
Buying a boat overseas?
If, like Colin, you've found the perfect little fishing boat halfway around the world, then you might need to make an international money transfer as well.
First things first, head over and read our guide about buying a boat overseas so you know what you're getting yourself into. Then you can drop by our IMT hub to check out what rates are available for transferring money into a range of different currencies.
Now, what are you waiting for? All those fish aren't going to catch themselves!International money transfer case studies


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Sebastian Vettel has rubbished rumours he was set to retire after last weekend's 2019 season finale in Abu Dhabi.
The four-time world champion wobbled to fifth in the drivers' standings, 24 points down on first-year teammate Charles Leclerc. Vettel took his only win in Singapore alongside eight additional podiums, and took pole in Canada and Japan.
However, he was outpaced and out-raced by Leclerc, and admitted he must "do better" in 2020 should he mount a serious challenge for world title No. 5.
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Vettel has a contract with Ferrari through to the end of 2020, but speculation over the German's future has been rife for the balance of 2019.
The rumours were compounded by glaring errors by Vettel, including a costly spin at Monza – a day where Leclerc took all the tifosi plaudits by racing to a remarkable victory.
Vettel joked that he would "holiday" from 2021, telling reporters in Abu Dhabi he didn't know where the rumours began.
"I think I was already doing holiday next year … I heard before that I'm stopping," the 32-year-old said.
"I don't know who was the one, but seems they know more than me. Since I guess you journalists are always right, it will hit me probably in the next weeks."
Fifth in the standings marked Vettel's worst season finish since he joined Ferrari.
Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton also falls out of contract next season, and was immediately linked to a Ferrari move – a move Leclerc entertained. Reports also suggested Hamilton had met with Ferrari's chairman John Elkann across the weekend.
Vettel said his Ferrari future is "all part of the negotiations for next year, before any other negotiations" but continued to play the funny card when he referred to Hamilton owning Ferrari road cars.
"I think he's already a Ferrari driver," Vettel joked.
"No? So no change. I think he's a good customer. He owns more than one."


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Michael Siri Named to Lawyers of Color's Inaugural Hot List
Lawyers of Color (LOC) recently selected 100 early- to mid-career minority attorneys under 40 from the Mid-Atlantic Region to its inaugural Hot List. Bowie & Jensen is very pleased to congratulate Michael Siri on being named to this exceptional group.
Mr. Siri was selected by the Lawyers of Color based on a two-pronged process. The selection committee spent months reviewing nominations and researching bar publications and legal blogs in order to identify promising candidates. The LOC editorial staff accepted nominations from mentors, peers, fellows and colleagues.
A reception for the honorees was held on on Tuesday, June 25th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Foley & Lardner's Washington, DC office, located at 3500 K Street NW. Additionally, Michael Siri will be profiled in the July 2013 Hot List Special Issue.
More about Lawyers of Color:
Lawyers of Color was originally founded two years ago as On Being A Black Lawyer but now promotes exceptional minority lawyers of South Asian, Pacific Asian, Hispanic, Native American, African heritages, as well as others. Lawyers of Color has been recognized by the American Bar Assocaiton, National Black Law Students Association, and National Association of Black Journalists.
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Past Publications from LOC:
The Law School Diversity Special Issue
The Power 100
The Black Students Guide to Law Schools
The Congressional Black Caucus Special Edition


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As those of you who have read my stories for the last dozen years know, I enjoy photography. That simple fact is why I named my column, "Through the Lens." Years ago, those of us who spoke in terms such as, "F-stops" or "depth of field" were sometimes thought to be speaking in a foreign code. It usually meant we used cameras that we manually adjusted the speed and apertures used to take a picture.
Now to be clear, Instamatic cameras of the day were truly automatic cameras. Point and shoot, no adjustments needed. It simply averaged every shot and took the picture. The only adjustment you could make was to use a flash or not. I will admit, I used an instamatic camera, film size 126, when I first began taking pictures. Do you remember when you purchased a camera based on film size? 220, 110, 35 mm were common size formats fifty years ago. In fact, since cameras were first used, there has been nearly seventy different film size formats.
Those first pictures I took were never just the way I wanted them to look. I had some crazy idea that if I held the camera just right, I might get a picture that looked like Ansel Adams may have taken it. But no such luck. An instamatic camera was never going to take an image such as Ansel took on his manually adjusted camera. Shades of black and white that gave you depth of field and shadows that were true in imagery. I can remember looking at a photograph taken by Ansel Adams and wishing I could take such a picture.
My first good camera was an Argus Cosina, STL 1000. It was top-of-the-line for the day. It used 35 mm film, and I focused by looking directly through the lens. I was in tall cotton when it came to taking pictures, or at least I thought. I quickly began to understand, in order to take good pictures, I still had a lot to learn. Slowly, and with a lot of exposed film, I began to learn how to take a picture.
I still remember going out in the desert and sitting my camera on a tripod and trying to capture the image with the same quality Ansel Adams had done. I came close, but still it took several years until I began to understand that it was about depth of field, shutter speed, film speed, film type, lighting and being at the right location at the right time. The quality of a picture is only achieved when everything is correct. Back in those days the photographer made those choices.
Recently, I viewed the pictures of two photographers and their lifetime of work. Unless you have lived under a rock for the last forty years, you probably already know that Larry Tackett and his wife Denise spent nearly twenty five years taking pictures in places most of us only see in National Geographic. Larry gave a talk recently at the college, and he explained how he and his future wife at the time were working at the University of Arizona. An expedition to gather seas sponges, used for medical research into cancer, needed two photographers. They secured the job. That bit of luck began their adventures into underwater photography. Right place at the right time became their life's work.
As I sat there, in the darkness of the room, watching the screen display extraordinary beautiful pictures, I was reminded how a picture can be a piece of art. And when you consider they were taken below the surface of the ocean, they were even grander. The pictures were so well taken, they took on a 3-D appearance from my view point. Many of the images were of sea life so small they could have fit on the tip of your finger. Truly remarkable pictures by two highly skilled photographers.
Larry once told me that near the end of the Tacketts' time working under water in the South Pacific, they were asked by National Geographic to do some filming with a movie camera. Larry explained, if they had realized how their moving pictures would turn out, they may have spent more time with movie cameras filming life under the sea.
I can understand his fascination with moving images. After all, I have spent a life time filming through the lens of a movie camera. But, in the case of Denise and Larry's pictures, I am glad they used only still cameras. Pictures taken by them will be around helping to preserve images of species that environmental changes may someday erase. Future generations will be able to see tiny seahorses held tightly to a sea fan in the ocean's current. Movie film captures wondrous images, but Denise and Larry's pictures capture precious moments in time. You can look into the eyes of creatures only one quarter of an inch in length.
The pictures Larry and his wife took remind me why I began taking pictures. I never reached the level of quality they have, but still I enjoyed taking pictures when I calculated the f-stop and aperture speed.
Denise Tackett, a skilled photographer and diver with over sixty-five hundred dives is no longer with us. But, the thousands of underwater pictures she took in her career will forever be part of the images that shows us what's hidden below the surface of the oceans.
Today with digital cameras everyone is a photographer. Cell phones place a camera in everyone's pocket. I can't deny cells phones take remarkable pictures and video. And rather than wait days for the pictures to return from the lab, they can upload to the world in just a touch of the screen. It is truly an amazing time we live in.
I wonder, would Ansel Adams have used his cell phone to take his landscapes, or would he have still used his large format camera? I would guess he would have used his manual camera. It gave him control of the way he captured the images. Cell phones only require you to point it towards your subject and touch the screen. The phone will even simulate the sound of a shutter. Ansel, Denise and Larry had the pleasure of hearing the mechanical shutter of their cameras open and close as they captured their images.
Listening to Larry speak brought back memories of why I love taking pictures. Someone who has only taken pictures on a cell phone may not even know what we were talking about when we spoke of F-stops and film speeds.
In the not-to-distant future, words describing photography from my time will fade into history. Old photographers like me, who speak of f-stops and Ektachrome, will be thought to be a little senile. But, I grew up in a time when a light meter held in front of my subject helped me calculate my camera setting. I snapped the picture and then sent the film off to be developed. A few days later my pictures returned from the lab. I opened the envelope to discover if my calculations had been correct. Sometimes they were and sometimes they were not. I remember my first digital camera Mary purchased for me. When I returned home from shooting a ballgame she asked how I liked the camera. I explained how I could view the picture almost instantly. She responded, "It sounds like your new camera gives you instant self-satisfaction." She was right, but it will never replace taking light readings of the desert sky and calculating the settings for my next picture as I saw the image, Through the Lens.


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The three best apps we've seen from rental car companies are the Avis Rent a Car app, the Enterprise Rent-a-Car app, and the app of Enterprise's sister company, National. Unsurprisingly, the National Car Rental app didn't reinvent the wheel. It is effectively the same as Enterprise's.
Key Features on the National Car Rental App
The pre-rental experience on the National app is almost identical to that of the Enterprise app. Of course you can find National locations and book a rental through the app. National's app seamlessly links to the Emerald Club loyalty program. It displays both pending and past reservations.
Making a reservation
Tip: The app lets you manage your reservation, as long as you attach your National Emerald Club number. So if you have not yet signed up for this loyalty program, do it to reap the benefits of rewards and get the most out of the app.
Book your rental at the "Pay Later" rate through AutoSlash for the lowest possible price, apply your Emerald Club number, and you will see your reservation in the app.
Tip: Note that National lets you credit your reservations to Emerald Club or to its sister company's loyalty program, Enterprise Plus. We recommend keeping your points in National's Emerald Club because it has a much more generous redemption policy.
Tip:You also have the flexibility of making a mixed-payment reservation by applying as many free days as you like toward the rental. Just remember that National's free days are valid on one-way rentals where Enterprise's points are not. Free days can even be used by Executive Elites when a site is sold out.
More key features
Another nice feature is the Virtual Aisle in National's app, which lets you select a car before arrival.
Need directions? National's app provides directions from the terminal and multiple starting points. A gas-station locator is especially handy in helping find a gas station near the airport just before you return the car.
As with the Enterprise app, this app provides a listing of customer support numbers, including country-specific telephone numbers. Yet National hasn't figured out how to allow users to provide feedback or view FAQs in the app; just like with the Enterprise app, if you have a question about a company policy, you get kicked over to a web browser.
Unfortunately, messages and FAQs are listed but not integrated into the app.
Having said this, if you are renting from Enterprise or National in the United States, this app will fill almost every possible need.
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Serves 8
Preparation time: 45 minutes
Baking time: 1 hour
1 tbs. vegetable oil
½ to ¼ c. chopped onions
3 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
3 tbs. fresh basil
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. ground black pepper
1 c. chopped portabello or white mushrooms
3 c. canned tomatoes with juice, chopped (28-ounce can)
½ c. dry red wine
1 tbs. olive oil
1 c. fresh chopped basil
10 oz. Asian greens, steamed and drained
3 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
2 cakes firm tofu (12 oz. each, cubed)
1 tsp. salt
¼ tsp. ground black pepper
⅓ lb. lasagna noodles
Warm the oil in a saucepan. Add the onions, garlic, basil, salt, and pepper and sauté on medium heat for about 5 minutes.
Add the chopped mushrooms and sauté for another 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and wine, bring to a boil, and simmer for 15 minutes while preparing the filling.
Preheat the oven to 350º. Lightly oil a 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
In a blender or food processor, whirl the oil, basil, spinach, garlic, tofu, salt, and pepper to make a thick, smooth filling. Scrape down the sides with a spatula, as needed.
Spread about one fourth of the tomato sauce on the bottom of the prepared pan. Cover with a layer of noodles, then half of the filling and ladle on another fourth of the sauce. Repeat the layers of noodles, the rest of the filling, and one fourth of the sauce. Finish with a final layer of noodles and the rest of the sauce.
Cover and bake for about 45 minutes, until the noodles are soft. Uncover and return to the oven for another 15 minutes.
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Erin Zaikis
Erin is originally from Marblehead, MA, and graduated with a degree in public policy from the University of Michigan. After watching the movie Slumdog Millionaire one night, she spent the rest of her bat mitzvah savings on a one-way ticket to Mumbai, India, where she lived and worked at an orphanage for girls. The experience put her previous dream of being an astronomer permanently on hold. After graduation, she spent two years working in Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar with children who were victims of the sex trafficking industry. One day, while in a small village on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, she met 11-, 12-, and 13-year old children who didn't know what soap was and had never washed their hands. She brought them soap from a neighboring town and watched in horror as they smacked it on their faces, scratched it with their nails, and tried to eat it. It broke her heart. She couldn't believe there were children who lived every day of their lives without something she took for granted every single day of hers. Erin was inspired by this experience to start Sundara - training women in India, Myanmar, and Uganda how to become local community hygiene ambassadors by recycling hotel bar soap and distributing the new, sanitized, bars to schools and medical clinics in need, while teaching about good hand hygiene habits.


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VIDEO: Sexton targets 'five-game winning run'
WORLD CUP SPOTLIGHT: Ireland star Johnny Sexton believes a stunning World Cup defeat by Japan could yet prove to be a "blessing in disguise" because it took place during the group stages.
Flyhalf Sexton missed Saturday's shock in Shizuoka with a thigh injury and could only watch helplessly as tournament hosts Japan won 19-12 to throw Pool A wide open.
But the playmaker, who featured in Ireland's dominant opening 27-3 win over Scotland at Japan 2019, took heart from the fact that his side can still get their World Cup campaign back on track.
Sexton contrasted Ireland's current position with the past two World Cups, where they eased through the pool phase only to suffer quarter-final defeats by Wales and Argentina in 2011 and 2015 respectively.
"The only blessing in disguise is that in the last two World Cups I've been involved in, we've not cruised through the group, but we've had everything go our way in the pool stages," Sexton told reporters in Kobe on Sunday.
"And then we've had the day we had yesterday (Saturday) in the quarter-final. And we'd be going home today.
"So the great thing now is that we've got the rest of the pool to get things together.
Matters are still in Irish hands, Sexton said, if they can win their last two games against Russia and Samoa and score a healthy number of tries.
Ireland need "two big performances" to get to the knockout stages. "And we know that if we can get there, we've got a chance."
Sexton added Joe Schmidt's men had a proven ability to bounce back from defeat, noting that Ireland had been battered 57-15 by England and then beaten Wales twice before impressing in their opening World Cup win against Scotland.
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"We've responded really well in terms of the other recent setbacks," he said.
"A five-game winning run now would be great, that would do nicely."
Sexton, who expects to be fit to face a Russia side unlikely to trouble the Irish, said he understood why he had not been risked against Japan.
After suffering a strain against Scotland, he could not train fully on Monday and Tuesday, meaning "the preparation time was so short the guys made the decision for me to sit this one out."
"You want to play every game but hopefully I can pay back the squad this week and next week too."
Connacht centre Bundee Aki could be recalled in place of the concussed Chris Farrell, although veteran fullback Rob Kearney has passed a head injury assessment (HIA).
"Chris Farrell has a confirmed concussion, so he won't recover in time for Thursday," said Ireland forwards coach Simon Easterby.
"Rob Kearney passed his HIA two so he's in that process.
Meanwhile, Ireland have summoned back-row forward Jordi Murphy to Japan after Jack Conan was ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a broken foot.


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Cabernet F8-3
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The F8-3 Cabernet is a beautiful fountain pen featuring a full body in etched 'vine' damascus steel, aluminum and ebonite. The German-made nib is in 18K gold, the accents on the cap are in ebonite, and the hand-forged damascus pocket clip is set with sapphire. This superlative writing instrument also features William Henry's patent-pending Wavelock™ cap closure system – a ring of chromium steel balls embedded in a titanium ring which are captured in wave-shaped grooves in titanium collars for closed and post positions.
The F8-3 is a limited worldwide edition of 25 pieces only. The exotic forged metal design confers to each of them a strong, masculine look; a distinctive personality statement to be used and enjoyed for a lifetime.
Features & Specs
- Ships with Medium nib. Fine or Broad nib available upon request
- WaveLock closing system
- Shipped in an elegant wood presentation box
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Homer, in the "Iliad" and "Odyssey," makes mention of gold as the glory of the immortals and a sign of wealth among ordinary humans.
The most noble of the noble metals, gold has been a valuable and highly sought-after precious metal for coinage, jewelry, and other arts since long before the beginning of recorded history.
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So! Better late than never, they say. So let me be late and thank 2015 for the bad and the good. Well, just for the good, for talking about the bad would take forever, and would be a bit pointless, I think. If you don't know, I'm struggling with manic depression. As a result there are times when I neither write, nor do anything, truly. But as I'm here today, willed into life by friends, I figured I'll thank for the good stuff, for there was good stuff!
First of all, my favorite last year crafts. In the pictures, currently, only the second row middle is sold, to a Boss out there, I hope you're kicking ass wearing these! Anyways, let's start from the start. I waited forever for a chance to order some bat spacers-pendants, and those cabochons. And when I received them, I found myself unsure what to do with the beauties. In the end, I painted a lovingly smiling skull that I called Beloved, for it might as well be a lover immortal. Get it? Also, it's not related to Skulduggery Pleasant on purpose, at that moment I didn't yet know of such a fantastic character. Next, top in second row is a bracelet called Alice Hearts, my tribute to Alice in Wonderland. Always wanted to make one of those. Then there's Saints Row tribute, one of my all time favorite games. I just had to give it its due therefor. And the last is Midas Gold earrings, all set in gold colors. To be honest, when I was making them, I was wondering if Varric (Dragon Age) wouldn't be willing to get a pair (matching his own chain) for Bianca. The rest can be found [here]
And don't you get me wrong. This year I have made many beautiful things. I sold a lot of them too, and people gave me kind reviews for each one. It was one of the most artistically rich and muse smile filled years for me. May this year be no less in this department.
Starting with arts, let's continue to where I started in the first place. I painted a great ton this year. I learned a lot about painting too. And putting together this little collage taught me I draw extremely similar faces, so I guess I have plenty to improve yet. Anyway, there's my own characters there, there's Grav3yardgirl, Floki from Vikings, a comic book version of me, and quite a few postcards. I learned I loved making those, for I work best when I see full picture at once. I also just now realized I didn't enter Vikings as my top hit of 2015, so letting you know right now – wow, loved it, wow! The rest of the paintings are [here]
There were a lot of small moments that got to me too, although for the lack of pictures, some couldn't end up in here. In spring I saw a woodpecker peck wood. I saw a ton of squirrels playing about. In summer my friends took me out to watch Inside Out and gave me a haircut upgrade, a very nice bleached undercut. We played Cards Against Humanity and had a blast therefor. And while my bookshelves were broken apart: this year was the year we put on a metal brace on it, and now it holds! I got a ton of presents for birthday, so many postcards from all over the world, so many tea packets, sweets, and kind words, I never ever got this much before. One of the many top hits is that Moriarty tie you see in one of the pictures. Loved how the envelope said "man's tie" and the postcard pointed out Tarquin Blackwood was a chic guy, so I should be too.
Then there's those moments I couldn't mention, forgot, or just had no pictures of. Like getting review requests from publishers (yes, that equals free books). Authors contacting me, just to talk, or even them leaving me a comment or two somewhere. I've received a phone just because, had a pleasure of trying a lot of different energy drinks, including Monster: The Doctor, which is currently my favorite Monster flavor. Then there were other wins, like Grav3yardGirl liking and reblogging my painting of hers [here], Mortisia reblogging some of my stuff, Katers17, now known as KateInRealLife replying me to actually all of my messages. I re-opened my personal art Facebook Page and became part of Crowley Emporium project for crafts and jewelry, made by me and two of my friends.
And best of all, I realized what a bunch of amazing friends I have. Some found me brooding over the darkest moments in my life and helped me back up. Others just got there for a word or two, or an exchange of music that they heard and "thought of me". I guess in this department I'm just lucky like that. I've people who go an extra mile to help if they're means to do so. I hope they know that I love them all.
Then, as this blog demands, there's the book wins. I admit, this year was indeed unyielding in time and will to read, and yet never the less I have something to rejoice about. For one it'd be me finding myself a new series to read and love, which are Skulduggery Pleasant books by Derek Landy. That skeleton mister just has the most perfect vibe about him. Got a lot of unusual, unique, and otherwise different reads this year too, those being Into the river by Ted Dawe, apparently a banned book following the story of this Maori boy in all-boys boarding school. Yakuza by Gabriel Loidolt, which I'd call "Irezumi" instead, a pretty damn nice book, very short, with very slight Murakami vibe to it. Very slight, mostly by the whole go-around. The Radleys by Matt Haig was a serious surprise. So simple, so mundane, and yet not at all, because every seen-a-hundred-times thing that family did was done by vampires, for they're all vampires! And, of course, my own pick for the book club, Neuromancer by WIlliam Gibson. I wanted to read that one for so long! This blog of mine is mainly meant for horror, suspense, fantasy, and books alike, while I do realize I don't follow the pattern. That is why I have made the Nosferatu Shelf category, to have those books put in a list. But this year I hope to fill it in a little more with Cyberpunk too. After all, we do await Cyberpunk 2077, don't we?
Speaking of games, here's my nine hits. They're not the releases of 2015 per se, but something I discovered, got to the end of, and loved last year. First was definitely Bastion. It somehow reminded me I like games, and that I should actually finish them now and then, and not just spend hundreds of hours doing anything but main quests, as so many games these days allow you to. While not the second one, still, Transistor, being a creation of same developers, is a beauty to behold. Mind you, not for the weak of mind. It's heart-breaking at more than one point.
Saints Row was in my inventory forever, and so one day I got around to playing it, on co-op non the less. Can't play first one, second one gives me motion sickness, so I started at the third one and merely read the wiki's for the first two. Must say, there's rare a game that makes me so happy inside as these games do. Definitely my favorite co-op of all times, and probably my favorite gangster games too.
Eye Divine Cybermancy fits the theme of me seeking out Cyberpunk stuff. My friend wanted a first person shooter we could play together and have fun doing so (some fps co-ops are lame, just that). She spoke of Cybermancy and I just thought I'll go see how much is it on Steam, since it was Summer Sale and there it was, for 2.49eur. We took it and we had a blast.
Shipwrecked is in a sense merely a DLC for Don't Starve, but there it is. I got it, I loved it, can't wait for it to become part of Don't Starve Together. By the way, one of the highlights was getting that game free for myself and my friend, since they took me into the beta testing group!
Payday 2 was a nice surprise, I'm still playing it and loving it. Satisfies a whole different need of bold nihilistic sense of freedom and courage (not bravado). Wicked jokes, fun characters, and caring Developers just make my dark little heart happy.
Dragon Age Inquisition… Ah well, I don't even have DLC's yet, got it for my b-day in 2014, still playing, still loving, still happy to see Dorian throw a fit over lack of books in my library…
The Wolf Among Us was a discovery of the year, I believe. I really disliked the graphics from what I saw when my friends played it. But then I watched Drive with Ryan Gosling and that vibe got me. Now I can say it's an amazing game and I am extremely sad there's no more of it. I guess I'll just have to indulge in the comics…
And, of course The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Unlike some, I've no disappointments to express over the length of it. Unlike many, I didn't grind, because I explored and leveled up naturally doing so, by sheer need to beat off a Leshen off a chest I wanted. The only disappointment I did get was the shortness of the Hearts of Stone. Truth is, CDPR gave such 'expansion packs' free back in the day, audio and all, free for all with a registered game. The quality and length seemed quite alike to me, so I'm glad I got it free as a gift, for I'd be a lot more disappointed if I paid 10 bux for it! Other than that – yes, it's very good!
And the last are the things I watched. First of all, let me just mention Vikings. Loved it so very much, it was a far better season than the previous one, and the music is just mad good. Truly a blasphemy that I forgot to include it here. And I guess I can also add I loved American Horror Story: Hotel a lot too, although I haven't finished it yet!
Let's start with the movies now then. First is the Legend, a story of brother Krays. Strange in so many senses it was a perfect little fun-drama-bang piece after such disappointment as Black Mass was. I'm a bit sad I've no books on these guys, but I'll have to fix that I guess! Any publishing houses who want to provide me with those?
I somehow rediscovered Dracula (1931) [here], and crafted my four favorite pairs of black and white gothic earrings. For once I appreciated how beautiful this movie is, and what a wonderful actor Bela Lugosi was.
Mr Holmes was a happy little piece for me too. I'm a great fan of Sherlock, and Sir Ian just fills in those shoes so well! It's just great, go watch it.
Drive and Gangster Squad were on my Ryan Gosling marathon that I required to have all of a sudden. Now I can say I really enjoy that actor and the often superbly weird things he stars in. Gangster Squad is full of those good goofy, naughty, and otherwise good jokes you might also find in Saints Row. And Drive is just an amazing original movie. Never have I watched anything like this, but I do hope to watch something like this again, someday. When first 5 minutes you spend staring at a character who doesn't even say a word (not a mute tho), and your face is glued to a screen in suspense…
I watched quite a few series too. Orange is the new Black got me by a mention in Supernatural. Was the last drop, more or less. It's good in it's own way, really. Mad men was more or less an old recommendation. Was mentioned in Orange is the new Black, so of course it was a natural chain… Banzai was a Lithuanian show, six episodes total, of these two Lithuanian men, educated people with sense of humor, traveling. This year they went for Japan. One of them, being tall and big man, had the funniest troubles concerning shoes! And the one zombie show I liked: In The Flesh. I liked the different approach to it, to zombies. I liked the Englishness of it all. I loved the strange-fam thing of "let's pretend there's nothing wrong", and misleading prophecies everywhere. And I loved how protagonist was gay and no one bat an eye at it.
So all in all, as you see, I had a rich year spiritually, if I may say so. And I do believe many things I didn't mention here for I merely forgot about it all, having so much. Those big and small things don't let me say it was a bad year. No, it wasn't. It just wasn't good either. But that's not a bad thing.
Stay happy and survive.
Links to find me: [Instagram]; [Tumblr]; [DeviantArt]; [Twitter]; [Facebook]
I'm an addict, I admit. I replayed the third game twice, and started a third row around with a different friend. I didn't play the second one, because I have extreme motion sickness and that game is uncontrollable in the worst sense, but I watched it played on YouTube. I have finished the fourth game once, and began a second round around with the same friend, she's very patient with me. I don't yet have other games, but if luck'll be on my side – there'll be some good Steam Sales eventually.
The game is definitely a masterpiece of satire, irony, sarcasm, and a few other things I can't even spell. It mocks many pop-culture things, some – obviously, others – via references that only some will notice. And it just makes me feel so happy inside. The boss? The boss you control is a damn leader. You're never too small for him to come to your rescue personally. He's not above getting lip from you. And absolutely up for any mad adventure. And I say "he" because I play a male character as a preference, but you can choose your gender, your race, your built, your character even. You can be a chubby cracker, or a lady with literal balls, and it's GREAT.
My addictions often seep into Outernet or Afterlife too. I had a Dandy brooch from AC: Black Flag multiplayer character that I made for myself, and thus Fleur De Lis is not a strange symbol to me (I have a conspiracy theory that Boss of Saints is a descendant from that particular Dandy man), so now I'm indulging in the purple shades my good friend Medeia has once sent me, trying to make a more… Manly shade, like Purple for a brooch background. But until then I do simpler things. Like earrings. And dream of deep purple shirt. Hey, that'd fit Joker too. And yes, if you wonder, I did indeed steal a Temptress and painted it purplish pink in Joker's colors.
Both pairs are available to buy unless I update this and state otherwise. If you can't find them on either of my sites: please contact me directly via email firstname.lastname@example.com [Etsy] [Ebay] [CrowleyEmporium] [Tumblr]
P.S. [My Own Home?] is one place to help me out a little. Another is the [donation button] in my profile. And third one is sharing. Trust me, it's definitely help enough.There's of course the fourth one, my very favorite: you buying things I have made ❤ things are here: [CrowleyEmporium] ; [Ebay] ; [Etsy] – everything's available unless stated otherwise on Crowley Emporium, it has FULL gallery of things available, unlike Ebay or Etsy
And this is the finished product that you can see on my [DeviantArt], buy on [Etsy], or like on [Facebook]. Or follow me on Twitter][Tumblr
When I wake up, I usually pop the kettle to boil and go wash up. Then, with a large mug of fruity tea that smells of far away countries, with elves roaming about and merchants counting gold coins and possibly flying carpets carrying the goods they mean to sell, I sit down to read. Often I do that on the trainer bike, but on other days, I just sit on the couch I sleep in too. My goal for the day is a 100 pages. Any 20+ pages mean I can treat myself for a video game, a serie of anime or just whatever I wish to do that night. At aroud noon I stop and that's when my first meal happens. I eat twice a day, as bad as that is. I turn up my laptop at the same time too, sometimes serving myself lunch by a youtube video.
Currently I have a brand new lovely laptop meant to sate my second great love in life – video games. It's Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P with two graphics cards. Yes, I bought an external dvd-rom because of that. To someone who has Steam and all the games that I used to own in hard copy – on it, I shouldn't need a rom that much, but I did need it. Mostly because by now, after so many trips to UK without any annoying "friends" by my side, I collected a ton of Dracula dvd's and the highlight of my guilty-obsessions – Sherlock (BCC, yes). So I did need it.
So, when I turn my laptop on and am done with my lunch-breakfast (I always dreamed to be the person who goes out for brunch with a book at hand and maybe a friend), I fire up this silly browser game on facebook, just because. Reminds me of RuneScape days, altho that one was better and is fairly good now too, with all the fancy new things happening there. I go ahead then and check my DeviantArt, accept art into groups or decline, reply to some comments and leave some more on beautiful, well made art. I move on back to youtube and turn on the videos one after another while browsing Tumblr. Email is last, because usually it demands a lot of responses, questions and answers.
After I'm done with that, I move back to reading, because 100 pages usually is no where near done. I like finishing it all by 5PM, but often that's but a fancy dream that I nourish with more fancy tea's. Mostly because I prefer starting all the work at around 5PM, after my second meal. I translate texts, and if they aren't too big, I've plenty of time if I start at 5PM. I try very hard and I enjoy it plenty too. But don't get me wrong, it's not like I work a couple hours a day for my money, no, often enough it keeps me up to 5AM, but I don't complain. If you work good, people will appreciate it and pay up well, and even come back with other texts they need in the future. Naturally if you translate with Google Translate then you're probably doing one-time jobs for which people will be angry with you, earning you plenty of shitty Karma points.
If I have no translations, I try to at least come up with an idea for possible jewelry. My books, my games and my dreams lead me to the state of mind that I am in now, where I dream I lived in one of the books, where I could be an elven craftsman and my work would have no equals. So I make jewelry, there's a link to my etsy on the right. And yes, I'm not good NOW, but heck, if I won't die or suicide, then I'll get better. With practice comes perfect. And I enjoy it a plenty. That witchy-piece I made is beautiful. And earrings are strange in their own way. And new Hellsing pendants I made have so much sentimental value, that I don't even care of the fact that their making can't even be credited to me, because it's just THAT easy: take a pic, cut a pic, glue the pic, enamel the pic. Put a chain on it. The red one isn't for sale btw, only the grey ones, sorry.
I try to be done with work at either 10PM or 11PM, which is when I decide whether I've done enough work today to allow myself a bit of gaming, pleasure reading, anime or anything else I might fancy at the time. Often enough I go ahead and cut myself a slack even if I didn't do enough. Mostly because if I stop – I start thinking of things. I am a very depressed person. And I don't think you can truly escape it or get cured of it ever. You can subdue it. You can fight it. And eventually you can cage it. But it's always there. Mine got out of the cage recently, with a lot of force. Enough to break the locks. Situation got even worse when I understood that some of my friends don't exactly care about it all. They live their lives and I can't blame them now, can I? Sure, I wish them luck. I hope they'll be okay forever. But that thing that now roams loose in my gothy little mind mansion giggles every time. I can hear it and I can feel it. And I am alone to fight it or give up. And this little routine is the last thing that helps me not to think of it all. Because like all the people who are depressed – I shouldn't think of it. That's the best cure. Avoid that thought. Just avoid it like it's the devil, the hell, the lava from Mordor. Avoid it no matter what. Hold on for each other, if you can't hold on for yourself, because when one of us falls – others waver too.
Okay, this'll be purely to show my progress on being an elven craftsman. Ever since those pointy-eared peoples flew into my life, I feel motivated to make pretty things (at least I'm trying to make them pretty) happen. Let's start with digital art: DeviantArt
These are the newest at least.
And now lets roll to the crafts. Some are real old, some are brand new: Tumlbr
I got a pair of really nice creeper shoes, let me see if I can find a picture of them somewhere on the internet (can't be bothered to take a picture of my own)…
Here, these are the ones. All around the internet people say the same – it's hart to break them in, wear them out. Put on bandage, as thick sock as possible and walk, walk, walk. Today I did just that, after almost a year of not touching them after it rubbed my heels to raw meat. Well, it almost did the same today too. It's synthetic leather, how hard can it be to make it stop rubbing my heel? Either way, I did all what my mother and my grandmother told me too, just in case. First I went to the lake, I live near one, so it wasn't far, but walking that way was still rather torturing. I went to water with them, to soak the socks. Afterwards, as it got a bitsy bit dry, I spilled high-spirit type of perfume (couldn't find just spirit to buy, which is odd beyond my understanding!). And lastly, after THREE MORE HOURS OF FEET-HELL, I came back home and stuffed the shoes with as much newspapers as it fit pushing by force. When my poor little heels heal, I'll try it again, because I want to wear them badly. I'm short and these give height without being a girly-girl shoes (I know these aren't exactly 'boy-shoes' either, but bear with me), AND it's only later that people notice why are you suddenly taller, which is nice too. Damn you, lucky tall people…
As you may guess, after a little yet serious torture, I didn't feel as up as I'd like, so my last stop from this trip was to get a can of Monster Energy Drink and a chocolate muffin. Often this would be my breakfast, but whatever's good to up the mood a bit.
Yes, I am still deeply in love with Khaos. And that dark blob is the muffin. They don't look so good, but they sure taste good, tho bit too big for what I can fit to my belly. As is Monster can, but what can you do?
Later I did a bit more crafting, as idea struck me out of nowhere. I call myself an elven craftsman to add to that, heh, even thou my skill is no where near as amazing and gorgeous and amazing, but I try and it motivates me. If I could be an elf, hell, I'd be one. Now, what I did was I cut off a leather glove finger and sewed it about in metal beads, looks pretty good, but pictures will come later. It's comfortable (I'm a ring freak. I just love rings) and in a way it looks like semi-armor ring (afteral, armor was made out of leather too, thus lets say it's a ranger-armor-ring).
The earrings were made in honor of one my fav book sequence by Jonathan Stroud – Bartimaeus books. The Trilogy and Ring of Solomon. And the other piece… Heh, as you see I failed hard. I didn't glance twice to that book and this is what I got because of that. Funny little piece, gotta admit, yet not what I wished to make. I'll attempt again at some point, hopefully for once making something ancient-looking and not ridiculous-looking.


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Ohh, you're on a Diet?
Posted by 104Inc.com on August 13, 2008
I found this fascinating quote today:
So there you are, sitting at home. Hungry. Starving in fact. You leave the house looking for something to eat, only to find nothing but fast-food restaurants and supposed non-fat frozen yogurt spots. So, what's the problem? Ohh, you're on a diet? Well, let me tell you a thing or two about the trials and tribulations of diets.104inc.com, It's Simple. It's 104Inc Approved, Aug 2008
You should read the whole article.
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I need to have shell in two different serial port for two different purposes. One for debugging and other as user interface to a custom device or a customer through a PC.
I know that we can have two different structure and use different set of command for different shell.
But i don't know, How to configure to two serial port at a time.
Please share if any solution.


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Posts Tagged 'Grafik'
Introducing Up Side Up: an interview with founder Angharad Lewis
New design website Up Side Up launches this week with a handmade marquetry serving tray by A Practice for Everyday Life and a set of ceramic stacking bowls by Ben Branagan & Laura Carlin. Looks fab!
Written by Amelia Gregory
Up Side Up is a brand new design website that comes to you courtesy of the wonderful Angharad Lewis, formerly of the much missed Grafik magazine (as well as many other superb design projects). Up Side Up is an innovative platform to help graphic designers create goods beyond the standard fare: where they are helped by future buyers to develop and make interesting objects that are then sold exclusively on the website. Think Kickstarter, created exclusively for the graphic design community. The beautiful first limited editions include:
PELLICCI TRAY by A Practice for Everyday Life
Inspired by famous Bethnal Green eatery Pellicci's, Emma Thomas and Kirsty Carter of APFEL have designed a handmade serving tray,… read more


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On 19th March, 2012, the 12th China International Petroleum & Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition(CIPPE) was duly held in Beijing International Exhibition Center. On the same day, KOSUN signed the contract with Mongolian customers on solids control purification system used for 3,000-meter drilling process.
KOSUN, that is Xi'an KOSUN Machinery Co., Ltd., established in the year of 1992, is now the leading company in China' s solids control industry, the integrated drilling fluids service provider and system assembling service supplier. The production and R& D base of KOSUN is located in Xi' an, China, its Overseas Project Management Center and International Trade Center in Beijing, China. Futhermore, a drilling machine assembly factory of KOSUN, covering the land of 10, 000 squaremeters, was set up in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, thus making it easier to supply camps, to manufacture and keep up various diesel& water tanks and solids purification system for the drilling companies in Middle-Eastern and Russian regions since the factory is neighboring the Mid-Asian countries. At the same time, KOSUN is also in possession of an Oilfield Services Center in the Aktobe, providing the professional integrated drilling services, including the production of all kinds of drilling fluids, screens, solids control systems and the treatment of drilling fluids waste, etc. What is more, it has got a storehouse and service company in Djakarta, Indonesia, which is able to provide all types of solids control systems and integrated drilling mud services for Southeast Asia.


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Mental health is something which is even more important that physical health because only if you would be mentally fit then only you would be able to help all your physical problems. Nowadays people do suffer from many mental illness as well and some of them are temporary which happens due to excessive stress and goes away when the level of stress is reduced but some mental illness comes since birth or due to genetic problem which are really very dangerous and these kind of mental illness usually stays up for lifelong though situations can be fixed up the symptoms or the main problem cannot be cured completely. Histrionic personality disorder is one of them which completely change the ability of a person to think rather it completely changes the thinking of a person. This problem can be genetic and usually people develop this since childhood because of several other reasons such as abuse, loneliness etc. Here are some symptoms of histrionic personality disorder that you should know in order to recognize it properly:
Being center of attraction is what they want all the time:
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It is quite uncomfortable for them if they are not the center of attraction; they try real hard to be the center of attraction. Ignorance is something which fears them the most and just to ensure that they are not ignore they try to attempt many weird things. They stay happy till all the attention is on them and everyone is talking about them.
They have seductive as well as flirtatious behavior:
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As you know that they love to grab attention and to do so they flirt or appear seductive in front of opposite gender so that the opposite person could not move his/her attention from the person suffering from histrionic personality disorder. They might even do weird things in public which might not look appropriate but everything they do is just to be in the limelight.
Shift emotion quickly:
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As because they love attention so they might be attracted towards person whom they thing is making them the priority. Priority matters a lot for them and it they won't be satisfied with it then leaving is the only option for them. At times you would notice that they would be madly in love with you and just in another moment they can replace you with someone else and can start hating you as well.
Easily influenced:
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Dealing with them is such a task just because of the fact that anyone can influence them. Just because they get influenced by others a lot so getting work done by them is easy and it is also true that they are the one who breaks relationship too quickly just because they are influence by others to do so. This is the one of the most dangerous sign of this disorder as it can destroy life.
Selfish as well as sensitive:
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They don't have as such sensitivity but they break from inside if any of their point is not approved by others. They always ensure about approval and if they are not approved then situation can become bad and criticism is something they cannot bear at all.
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Generally people who suffer from such kind of disorder do not thing that it is even a problem because by the time this disorder becomes a part of their life and they assume it is normal. So getting into therapies or any medication is just useless for them and they generally avoid therapies. So in this situation talking help the most do what they like and as you know you can easily influence them then try to change their thinking towards world.
These were few symptoms as well as treatments of histrionic personality disorder just to help you a little bit.


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It's still possible to donate to Lost Division!
It's still possible to donate to Lost Division!
With just over a week to go before shooting the rest of Lost Division, it is time for me to ask for your help again, so that we may be able to:
- Process and transfer our Super-16mm film footage.
- Pay for sound design studio time and labor.
- Pay for the creation of the soundtrack (studio time and labor).
- Cover various legal fees, promotional costs, the output of the finished product for various screenings and releases, and start submitting to the big festivals.
My goal is to raise a minimum of $8500, which is a very modest amount considering all of the above factors.
Luckily, I have once again joined forces with Portland's Hollywood Theatre, a 501(c)3 non-profit. This means that all donations to Lost Division are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Donations can be made online by following the link, or sending a check directly to the Hollywood Theatre at:
1827 NE 44th Ave, Suite 130
Portland, OR 97213
Please make checks payable to "the Hollywood Theatre", and specify, "for Lost Division" in a note and in the memo line on the check.
Lost Division has been made possible thanks to the Oregon Media Arts Fellowship, the RACC project grant, the RACC Innovation Award, and your tax-deductible donations.
Thank you so much for your continued support!!
Edward P. Davee
Indiewire review
Opens tomorrow 1/27/2012 for a week long run at Seattle's NW Film Forum.
How the Fire Fell Opening night in Corvallis!
Tonight at 7pm kicks off a theatrical run at the Darkside Cinema. Next up Seattle.
Very nice How the Fire Fell cover article and interview from Corvallis
by Cory Frye of the Corvallis Gazette Times' Entertainer
Status update and a plea for help
I'm happy to report that editing is going well and after 6 months, finally nearing completion. Rough cuts are looking good! The next step is for the composition and recording of the soundtrack and the final sound mix. If all goes well, I hope to be finished in August. At that time we will likely have a big showing at the Hollywood theater, and send off our submission to Sundance just in time for their deadline. I will make an official trailer soon, which I will post here.
I'm also happy to report that I was the winner of the Portland STOCK dinner grant for this month. The dinner netted $605 for the project. Thanks to everyone who voted for me and to all the organizers, artists, and attendees. I'm very grateful.
I am currently seeking additional "Executive Producers" for the project. Anyone who donates over $1000 to the project can be listed in the opening credits as an Executive Producer and be invited to all parties and premiers associated with the film.
It's a great relief to have all the film finally processed and digitized. It was a big undertaking to raise the funds necessary to do that. I am eternally grateful to all my friends and family who donated their time and money to make it happen. To receive that kind of support was truly touching. I could not have come this far on this nearly impossible project without it. For this reason, I absolutely would not consider seeking another penny from those same sources. It is my sincere hope that someone out there who is in a position to help will read this and consider providing assistance. If you are a lover and supporter of independent film, or just a kindhearted person willing to help someone in a desperate situation, please consider lending your support.
As of this date, the current needs for the completion of the film are about $5500. A small amount by some standards, but an extremely daunting challenge to someone in my current position. I feel like I've exhausted all fund raising possibilities. $55oo is simply the remaining amount needed for costs associated with post production sound and soundtrack work. This does not include the final "color" correcting, Film Festival submission expenses, or the ongoing monthly payments towards the massive credit card debt already accrued. It is simply the minimum needed to finish the film. If you or someone you know are in a position to help, please consider doing so today. Donation information to the right of this page is still correct and current. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Production has begun!
We are, however, on track to run out of money soon. Please spread the word that we are still very much in need of additional donations to finish this project. A link to make a tax-deductible contribution is to the right.
Enjoy these production stills taken by Destiny Lane and Matthew King.
E.P. Davee
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The Oregon Cultural Trust:
Film Action Oregon, the fiscal sponsor of "Story of Hurt", is listed as a qualifying nonprofit with the Oregon Cultural Trust. Because of this, making a donation to "Story of Hurt" through Film Action Oregon allows you to make a matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust. 100% of that gift then counts as a tax credit on your Oregon taxes.
Additionally, you may claim both your contribution to Story of Hurt and your matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust as tax deductions on your federal tax form. The only catch to this is that, if you decide to claim both deductions and the tax credit; you must add the gift amount to your taxable income on your Oregon state tax form.
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My Rating: 71% (C++)
Pitchfork Rating: 49%
Rolling Stone Rating: N/A
Metacritic Rating: 61%
Average Rating: 60%
Tracklist (Standout songs underlined):
- Still Feel Like Your Man
- Emoji of a Wave
- Helpless
- Love On the Weekend
- In the Blood
- Changing
- Theme From 'The Search For Everything'
- Moving On and Getting Over
- Never On The Day You Leave
- Rosie
- Roll It On Home
- You're Gonna Live Forever in Me
Favourite Song on Album:
Listen to This Album When You're:
At a family gathering and they ask you to put something on.
Thoughts on Album Cover:
It's ultimately a good cover, a part of me feels like he's saying: "look how attractive I am" but that's definitely more my problem than his.
Want to Own on Vinyl?:
Final Thoughts:
John Mayer is one of those artists that is polarizing, there are strong camps on either side talking about him being the greatest (they usually point to his guitar work) and there's people who say he is the worst (they point to his radio-friendliness and personality). Somewhere in the divide are the few of us who pick and choose between albums and sometimes even just tracks. The Search For Everything is one of Mayer's albums I'll cherry-pick, it's a mix of his styles so honestly it feels more like a mixtape or playlist than an album (a trend that seems to be gaining momentum as of late). The songs that sound like they could be off Continuum are going right on shuffle, the ones that sound like they're from Paradise Valley were passed pretty quickly. Mayer isn't my favourite, but he's nice music and he's easy to put on for older folks without getting under anyone's skin.


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Program Support
Are you interested in supporting others with the Program?
We have vacancies in the following teams to support others in the program.
One Program
Programming, Challenge Areas, Unit Councils, Plan>Do>Review
You'll be allocated as a Primary or Secondary support person to a Scout Group to support that group with the program. Things like programming support or helping to facilitate that group being supported more.
Special Interest Areas
Resource and Idea sharing, Sustainable Development Goals, Networking
Working as part of an SIA team across the different areas:
- Adventure & Sport
- Arts & Literature
- Creating a Better World
- Growth & Development
- Environment
- STEM & Innovation
Helping share ideas, work with Units who need support to make SIA work and develop resources and networks with external parties and organisations to help support SIA.
Outdoor Adventure Skills
Two down, connection of OAS and Adventurous Activities team, accessibility
Working as part of support teams answering queries or helping connect Units with Adventurous Activities, including
- Supporting youth led planning of OAS Activities and connection with Adventurous Activity teams where required.
- Advancing youth peering 'two down' within groups and wider networks
- Contributing to resources promoting OAS programming ideas, resources and providers for various OAS Streams and Stages
- Sharing OAS activity review insights with the Program Team
- Supporting units and groups as a Subject Mater Expert for specific OAS Streams and/or Stages
Educational Purpose
Age Ranges, Linking, events/activities, Personal Development Courses, assets and resources
You'll work in one of the teams to support the educational areas of Scouting - helping Units with age queries, Personal Development courses, linking, the underlying educational purpose of Scouting etc!
What is involved
Depending on the team you join there will be a mix of roles/responsibilities. Some will involve direct contact on a regular basis with a Unit/Group. Others may be as part of a resource development/sharing team.
The role would include things like:
- Support the program and units when the need arises and when asked
- Approve A5s for activities
- Act as a conduit for queries - pass the question on to the most relevant team to answer
- Support multiple sections in nominated Groups
- Log support requests and provide feedback to your upline on your support actions
- Accessing Unit programs
The role won't include things like:
- Get involved in issues outside of program within a Unit/Group
- Running monthly meetings i.e. Mindari, Seeonee
- Attending Group meetings unless invited
Fill in the expression of interest and one of the team leaders will then be in contact to discuss your level of involvment, areas of expertise etc.
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I bought a copy of the Journal of Music in Ireland recently. This seems like an interesting magazine, being a kind of Irish Wire, albeit one more oriented towards contemporary classical music than the popular British magazine. The record reviews (including one by a former member of Frank's APA) seem to focus exclusively on Irish acts, presumably because you can hear about the others elsewhere, but the live reviews and so on cover a broader palette.
My own musical tastes are moving in this kind of direction at the moment, so I found much of what was in the magazine fascinating. Particularly engaging was an interview with some fiddle player guy called Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. His thing is that he has discovered sampling technology and is making music that he feels is rooted in Irish traditional music but moving so far beyond it that he does not bring the CDs of this music to sell at his more straight down the line gigs, for fear of being lynched by an army of geansaí wearers. He compared the way traditional music is approached here to the more innovative practices in the Nordic countries, especially Sweden; I wondered what he would make of all those Fonal bands from Finland. His big gripe with the Irish trad scene is that it is pretending that there is still an oral folkish tradition when there is not, and that there has been no development in the genre since the 1970s, with everyone being content to re-hash Planxty. The article was endearingly provocative, and it definitely made me interested in hearing Ó Raghallaigh's more innovative music. I did wonder, however, if in pushing against traditional music's envelope he has broken with genre conventions so much as to no longer be making anything we can still consider part of the world of Irish traditional music.
There was also a fascinating but problematic article by composer Raymond Deane about the relationship between classical and popular music, triggered by some remark of John Adams' that classical music starts to die when it loses touch with the vernacular. The problem I had with the article is that Deane does not really engage with "popular" music and seems to use this term to cover everything that is not classical music. As a result, he fails to register that non-classical music has its own avant-garde and "difficult" traditions that could not be described as popular in any real sense. He also implicitly creates a false dichotomy between rock musicians (who are all rolling in cash) and impoverished classical musicians, something that the vast majority of rock musicians who never make any money whatsoever would regard with wry amusement. I was going to write a letter on this subject to the JMI, but I have not got round to it yet, because I am a slackass.
Monday, November 19, 2007
"The Journal of Music in Ireland"
3 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Please do consider writing in to JMI! Your points are good ones!
Toner Quinn
Editor, JMI
- 20/11/07 21:53
- ian said...
Cheers, I'll give it a go.
- 20/11/07 22:04
- Anonymous said...
I was going to jump in and say that you make a really important point and you articulate it well, and you'd better write your letter or else, but only the editor of JMI has got in before me. *sigh*
- 22/11/07 16:35
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The itchy, burning sensation in my nose was a mystery, nagging me for most of the afternoon. I scratched at the itch, splashed water into my nose, blew it, rubbed at it and scratched some more. The uncomfortable sensation eventually faded and I forgot about it, concentrating on the work at hand.
Not much later and on the way home, there it was again. A slight tickle and a feeling of wanting to blow my nose. On a crowded train there wasn't much to do other than rub, dab and snort. It would have to wait until I got home.
I blew my nose once more, washed my face and swabbed around in both nostrils with a Q-tip. Maybe it was an allergic reaction to the smoke bombs set off for the fire drill at work earlier in the day. The Q-tip did little good and there wasn't much more in my arsenal of home remedies. Decided to ignore it and put my mind to the student papers stacked up in my email inbox.
Late in the evening, just before turning off the television and getting up to brush my teeth, I sneezed, and like always, a second time. Looking back to the television I reached up unthinkingly and wiped a finger across my nose. Out of the corner of my eye I caught the red streak on my finger. A drop of blood splashed on my T-shirt. Another drop and I was up scrambling for a towel.
Two red-stained towels, a bowl of ice turned pink and fifteen minutes later the bleeding stopped. Clueless about the itchy nose and with no experience of nosebleeds, a visit to the doctor in the morning sounded like the thing to do.
I couldn't help recalling a movie seen recently where a man was working at his desk when suddenly, quietly, a drop of blood fell onto the paper he was reading. Unmoving he stared at the blood. Later he went to the doctor with a feeling of alarm. They ran tests and informed him he had only six months to live.
Sometime in the middle of the night I woke up, not sure why but remembering the bloody nose I put a hand to my face and knew instantly it was happening again. This time I could not stop it.
Exhausted and frightened, I sagged over the toilet while heavy plops of blood splashed into the water. There were two blood-soaked towels on the floor and my hands were painted red. I managed to dress with one hand, the other clamping a towel to my nose. Finding a taxi at 3:00 a.m. took time, but I knew the hospital wasn't far. The driver dropped me at the rear entrance, the most likely looking 'emergency' entrance.
I stood leaning on a bell beside the door through which not a soul was in sight. By then I looked like Freddy Krueger after the chase down Elm Street. A nurse finally appeared and ignoring the bloody fright told me Kugayama Hospital did not take emergency cases, that I'd better go to Sasamoto Hospital about five minutes away.
Another taxi. The driver gave me a look of horror before springing out to help me into the back seat. Not really that bad off, still the kind gesture didn't slip past me.
It was a short wait before a nurse led me back to an eye-ear-nose and throat specialist. The bleeding had stopped by then, but I was grateful to be under the emergency doctor's gaping instruments. One quick look and he told me to relax, it was nothing serious and easily repaired. "No clue to the itchy nose and the burning," he explained. "The nosebleed started with a ruptured blood vessel, likely the result of a scratching fingernail…made worse by the sneezes."
With arcs of electricity arcing off the tip, Doctor Miwa touched a small buzzing cattle prod against the scratched blood vessel, cauterizing it and my mental faculties all in one second. Over in a flash of hellfire, it felt like an old treatment from Abu Ghraib. Pulling me off the ceiling, the genial doctor said I could go home. "You'll feel much better after a shower and a change of clothes. Don't worry, the nosebleed won't come back."
Home a little before 5:00, I took off my shoes, followed the doctor's advice and got into the shower, clothes and all.


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A New Way for Couples to Disagree
"I feel resentful when you don't do some of the chores around the house even though you are not working right now and I'm working sixty hours a week." Chris complains to Alex in their conscious coupling session.On the surface, anyone hearing this comment would agree with Chris. If Alex is not working outside the house right now and she is staying home while Chris works a sixty hour shift, she could help with the house chores. Makes sense, right? Chris's resentment is justified. But I suspend my judgement and turn to Alex to give her a chance to share what this statement brings up for her. As a conscious couple practicing non-violent communication, Chris and Alex delay reacting, defending or retaliating. Instead, they know to first check in with themselves to see and observe the feelings that are being brought up to the surface.
Alex responds, "I am feeling my resentment surface when I hear Chris talk to me this way." I reply, "Sounds like both of you are holding feelings of resentment. Why don't we sit with that feeling for a minute and see what else surfaces for you both." All of us sit in silence for what seems like hours. Feeling of discomfort and anxiety is palpable in the room. I am reminded as to why couples often get into such patterns of resentment. This is often where relationships begin to unravel. But as a conscious couple, Chris and Alex have learned how to argue productively. They've been practicing non-violent communication for years now and they seem to have a hang of it.
Ellie Zarrabian, Ph.D.
Founder and Spiritual Director
#1 Don't Hold it in...
When something bothers you about your partner, or you disagree about a situation and your conversation doesn't go well the first time around, don't just drop the subject, ignore, dismiss or diminish its importance. What you are feeling is valid and needs to be heard and addressed in order to smooth things out. Otherwise, unfinished disagreements quickly turn into resentments and harboring resentments long enough lead to relationship trouble.
#2 Address the problem right away...
As soon as you feel frustrated about what your partner has done or not, or a situation that occurred, bring it up and address it in a timely way. If you don't feel comfortable or safe one on one, bring it into your couples session and share it with your partner in the presence of your therapist. This is a great practice in the beginning of your relationship to build trust and learn the basic skills for constructive problem solving. Your coach or therapist will model the proper way to communicate, teach you how to listen actively, validate each other, paraphrase and ask open ended questions. Finally, you will learn about constructive versus destructive criticism and how to problem solve together as a unit.
#3 Use "I" statements..."I feel hurt when you....."
Couples too quickly point the finger at each other and get into a blame cycle. This pattern of behavior creates hostility rather than safety in the relationship and either sets your partner up to fight or flee. Learning to take responsibility and ownership for your own feelings or how you may be viewing the situation is an important step towards managing conflicts successfully. This part takes quite a bit of practice to master, and is always good to work on this early on in your relationship in the presence of a coach or therapist.
#4 Learn to actively listen to your partner...
Take a look at my sample video on Active Listening https://youtu.be/BMAQjV97S6U)
These simple tools are sure to help you become a better listener, while encouraging your partner to share and communicate more with you. Again, the safer you both feel in the relationship, the more likely you are to work together as a unit to tackle even the most difficult situations.
#5 Ask for what you need or want from your partner...
As part of constructive communication, it is important for both partners to not only listen well to each other, validate, paraphrase and problem solve, but to also ask for what is needed or wanted from the other. Letting your partner know what you need or want in the moment and/ or in the future, gives you a framework and a goal to achieve next time there is a heated argument. This way, your arguing is actually leading towards a desired goal. Otherwise, you are just rehashing the same argument over and over again with no solution in sight.
These are the five basic rules of engagement when dealing with conflict in your relationships. The key is to have both partners learn these skills together so that they can be implemented in the relationship early on. Needless to say, the more you practice, the easier it becomes and the better you both become at managing conflicts constructively. Also, know that it's OK that initially you both may need some coaching on how to engage in non-violent communication. There is also a ton of information you can read about this topic online.
There is no shame in asking and learning about a new skill.
What is important is to know that there is always light at the end of the tunnel. With some effort and due diligence, you CAN turn your communication style around and create healthier and more loving ways to communicate with your loved ones. People are not born knowing how to communicate constructively. It is a learned skill. Be patient, keep practicing and eventually you will witness the positive results of your hard work.


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Tennis courts at Lions Park to get a little love this summer
Ken McCarty has high hopes for what are unquestionably some of the worst tennis courts in Alaska.
"Trees are growing in it, the whole bit," McCarty said during a recent interview about the four-court enclosure at Eagle River Lions Park. "It's pretty trashed."
An avid tennis player, McCarty said that up until about a decade ago the courts were still widely used.
"It was an active place," said McCarty, who took on the project on behalf of the local Lions Club, which owns the property.
The run-down area is a notable blight on an area that includes otherwise well-kept baseball fields and batting cages run by the Knik Little League.
The now neglected courts have been seized by Mother Nature and skateboarders in recent years, but lately even the skaters don't seem to have much use for its badly cracked surface, which is spiderwebbed with weeds, moss and in one case a 6-foot bush that's draped over one of two sagging nets that remain.
That's all soon to change, thanks to a group led by McCarty that's raising funds to resurface the courts. He said they've already raised about half of the $50,000 needed for the project and will soon start a Gofundme.com page to try and raise the rest.
"That's for the first phase," he said.
In the long run, McCarty wants to build a covered facility similar to an aircraft hangar that would give players a semi-enclosed space for playing in inclement weather.
But first things first, he said. This spring and summer, he said the plan is to tear up the old courts, establish a base and resurface the courts for both tennis and pickleball.
"We're just waiting for the weather to improve so we can rip up the courts," he said.
McCarty said he's planning an informational meeting and hopes to set up a croudfunding page in the near future. Anyone seeking more information or wishing to donate the the project can donate to the Lions Club or contact McCarty at [email protected].
Email Star editor Matt Tunseth at [email protected] or call 257-4274


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Thomas won't be alone for much longer. That's not the last reward though.
In April as Zero Escape: Virtues Last Reward joining the growing list of great Vita titles, Sony announced that from March 20th until April 10th if you take out a one year plus subscription you will automatically get an additional 90 days FREE! It makes me wish I'd taken advantage of GAME's great offers last week…
Anyway, Zero Escape will join plus on April 10th and will replace Metal Gear Solid HD (so hurry up and get that before it goes, it's rather good!) and then on April 24th we will see Thomas was Alone enter the fray, which will replace Puddle.
The PS3 will also gain Okami HD, LOTR: War in the North and the Cave, and the full list of happenings is:
Leaving PS Plus in April:
3rd April: Mass Effect 3
3rd April: Mortal Kombat
3rd April: Guardians of Middle Earth
10th April: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
24th April: Puddle
Entering PS Plus in April:
3rd April: Okami HD
3rd April: Lord of the Rings: War in the North
3rd April: The Cave
10th April: Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
24th April: Thomas Was Alone