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Black Bean SoupFrom freyae 13 years ago
- 400g black beans, soaked overnight shopping list
- 1 Large onion, finely chopped shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped shopping list
- 1 Stick celery, finely chopped shopping list
- 2 Teaspoons cumin shopping list
- 2 Dried chilis (small, hot ones) shopping list
- 1.5 Litres beef stock (I used cubes) shopping list
- 20g lard or equivalent vegetable oil shopping list
- 1 Teaspoon Dried oregano or Epazote shopping list
- salt shopping list
- spring onion, sour cream, grated Cheddar for garnishing shopping list
How to make it
- Drain the soaked beans and rinse well.
- In a large saucepan or stock pot, melt the lard and gently cook the onion and garlic until soft. Add the celery and cook for a couple minutes more.
- Stir in the beans, chilis, cumin and oregano. DO NOT SALT AT THIS STAGE!
- Cover with the stock and bring to the boil.
- Turn down to a gently simmer, cover and leave for about an hour and a half.
- The stock will have turned a rich, black colour when ready and the beans will be tender.
- Now you can add the salt. If you salt the beans before cooking, they will stay hard.
- Once you have seasoned it to your satisfaction, serve in deep bowls sprinkled with chopped spring onion, sour cream and grated cheese. Paul split taco shells, covered them with grated cheese and grilled them as a large 'garnish' for his soup!
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The three types of Texas Holdem games that I play the most are:
Texas Holdem – Limit
Texas Holdem – No Limit (shown usually as Holdem NL)
Omaha High/Low – (shown usually as Omaha H/L)
For those of you not familiar with Texas Holdem, each player is dealt two down cards or hole cards.
Later the dealer will deal up to five up cards (cards turned face up, that become common cards) used by all players.
In Texas Holdem, the players may use any five cards to make the best hand either from his hand and/or from the common cards.
Omaha High/Low is similar to Texas Holdem, except that each player is dealt four down cards.
In Omaha (both Omaha and Omaha High/Low), the player must use two cards from his hand with only three cards from the five common cards to make his best hand.
Other cards games that I play occasionally are:
7 Card Stud High/Low
HORSE or H.O.R.S.E – which as an alternating game of Holdem. Omaha, Razz, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud High/Low
Most of the games that I have played have been online, with the excecpion of a couple of single table tournament games played at Foxwoods in Connecticut.
This year that will change as I visit the poker rooms in Salem NH and Seabrook NH.


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Scottish Golf 1457 to 2057 - The End of Golf is Nigh!?
27 January 2018
Will Scottish golf still be around in 50 years time? There are recent reports of a sharp decline in golf club members, serious erosion of historic links courses and surveys showing that people think golf is the most boring sport in the world. Does golf here have a long term future?
Golf in Scotland should be doing well. There are growing numbers of middle-class potential golfers. Golf is suitable for all abilities and provides exercise for all ages, well into retirement. The sport has a handicap system allowing anyone to play with anyone else. (Even Presidents can play with professionals.) However, there are dark clouds on the horizon. In the last few months, reports indicate that golf in Scotland faces at least three major threats to its prosperity over the next fifty years. The first is the continued decline in the number of members in its 587 golf clubs.
Golf Club Membership in Decline
Three years ago, this website reported a drop in the membership rolls in golf clubs affiliated to the Scottish Golf Union (SGU). It resulted in two clubs in Edinburgh going bust and, at the time, the main factors were thought to be rain and recession.
Scottish golf club membership has declined by 11% from 263,395 in 2005 to 235,019 in 2012.
This decline started before the financial recession and, since 2012, it has got worse. At a recent national golf conference, the SGU reported that Scottish clubs have lost 50,000 members over the last ten years - that is 5,000 members lost every year. With only 170,000 full-time members in Scotland, there will be no golf clubs left here in 40 years time!
It is not that the number of golfers in the home of golf is dropping dramatically, just that they are no longer wanting to be members of clubs. Unfortunately, the reaction of the golf clubs is making things worse. They are putting up their membership subscriptions to secure their income and putting down their visitor green fees to attract other income. This makes it even more attractive NOT to be a club member. In 2007, golfers only had to play 20 rounds per year to justify their average subscription. That number of rounds has now doubled. In 2017, it takes 40 rounds of golf at £12 per round to justify shelling out for the average annual club fee of £480 per year and few golfers play 40 rounds per year. Only half of all golfers in clubs have valid handicaps or play in competitions. So many golfers really do not need to be club members. If membership losses and fee increases continue as now, then subscriptions will be 34% higher in five years time. That will drive more members away. The golf clubs are creating a vicious spiral for themselves.
Golf's demographic is adding to the problem. Golfers aged over 55 years (mostly male) make up the majority of golf club members, whereas those under 24 years are less than 10 per cent. Some clubs are not particularly welcoming to women, ethnic minorities or children and, without them, most experts are pessimistic about the prospects of middling clubs with average quality courses. Clubs will have to be more welcoming and provide much better value for money. Now is the time to rethink the old monthly medal competitions and attitudes to dress.
Of course, club membership numbers will stabilise at a certain point, but at what point and which clubs will be left? The bottom line is there will not be 600 independent Scottish golf clubs in 10 years' time. The BBC recently reported a similar situation of golf in England.
Erosion of Links Courses
Erosion at Montrose has eaten away tees on the third hole of the Medal Course and it will threaten other holes unless defensive work is done soon. In places, the Angus links are losing land at the rate of at least 1.5 metres a year. It could become catastrophic very quickly with the wrong combination of high winds and high tides.
So far, none of the greens at Montrose is disappearing, but the same cannot be said of Westward Ho! in south west England, where the seventh green is reportedly under threat. It is a problem that the Royal North Devon Golf Club have been battling for years, but this time they have banned from stopping it by Natural England, which controls the land. Their view is that:
"The dunes and shingle ridge are naturally dynamic coastal features and subject to constant change."
Natural England, 2017
The RNDGC will be allowed to build two new greens, but that means they will have to abandon the two existing ones.
As at Montrose, meetings are being held to discuss the problem, but action on the ground is still awaited. Whatever the cause or the solution, erosion is expected to worsen within three years, so you may want to play the course as soon as possible!
The SGU have advice on, Coastal Erosion, which is nothing new to golf. The present layout of the first and eighteenth holes on the Old Course at St Andrews owe their existence to the 'Bruce Embankment' in 1875 which has held the tide at bay ever since. Some ascribe the real problem to coastal erosion as the attitude that the authorities are taking to the issue.
Erosion may be the lesser of the two evils facing sea-side courses. There are already reports that bad weather has reduced playing time on golf courses by 20 per cent over the last ten years and it could get worse. If global temperatures climb as predicted, causing land ice to melt, then the consequential rise in sea levels will be several metres. That will flood most, if not all, links courses. Climate change is often seen as tomorrow's problem, but the early signs of what might happen are already with us.
Golf is 'Boring'
It's official. Golf is the most boring sport in the world.
In a survey of 2,000 people in the UK, 39% thought that it was 'boring', even more boring than cricket. Worse still for the commercial future of golf, 77% of people found golf boring to watch. Only 11% thought golf was an 'exciting' spectator sport. This is a sharp contrast to two other popular middle-class sports, tennis and athletics, which half of those surveyed found 'exciting' to watch and only a quarter found 'boring'.
It is little comfort that American football and cricket were also rated as boring spectator sports by almost 60% of the viewing public. Twice as many people thought they were exciting to watch, meaning golf is half as exciting to watch as the next most boring sports!
To make matters worse, the survey was widely reported at length in the national press and not just in the golf magazines. At least some of the commentators pointed out that golf was exciting to play and the problem may not be entirely due to golf. The coverage of golf on TV features stroke play competitions that drag on for days and flit from one putt to another. This is difficult to follow for the inexpert viewer. It is noticeable that the Ryder Cup which features match play between two teams is a significant commercial success and far from boring (eg 1999)!
All of this really makes you wonder why these rich old men pay so much money to build golf courses.


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Cancer screening - breast screening saves lives
Over 40% of GPs questioned by Central and Eastern Sydney PHN about Breastscreen NSW services reported that they were unaware that mammograms carried out at Breastscreen facilities were systematically checked by 2 radiologists for quality control purposes.
Read more about the benefits of cancer screening and the Breastscreen NSW service here:
Over 40% of GPs questioned by Central and Eastern Sydney PHN about Breastscreen NSW services reported that they were unaware that mammograms carried out at Breastscreen facilities were systematically checked by 2 radiologists for quality control purposes.
The GP responses support anecdotal reports suggesting that some practice staff may not be aware that Breastscreen NSW is a free governmental service with strict quality control systems and processes in place. Some women living in the CESPHN region have reported not being offered Breastscreen NSW as a provider option by their GP, yet they would have preferred a free service.
Bowel, Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Programs
Bowel, Breast and cervical cancer are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in Australia. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in Australia and bowel cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosis in both men and women nationally and 2nd leading cause of cancer death (Cancer Australia).
There are national population-based screening programs for these three cancers in Australia. Population-based cancer screening is the 'use of simple tests across a healthy population in order to identify individuals who have disease, but do not yet have symptoms' (WHO 2015). Screening programs such as those that exist in Australia for bowel, breast and cervical cancer can prevent cancer (by detecting pre-cancerous lesions and identifying the need to remove them) and detect cancer at an early stage when treatment is more likely to be effective.
Cancer screening saves lives
The evidence is clear that cancer screening saves lives. Recent data published illustrates that:
- People that participated in bowel cancer screening had a lower risk of dying from bowel cancer and were more likely to be diagnosed with early stage bowel cancer (AIHW 2018).
- Risk of death was 42% lower for women diagnosed with breast cancer through BreastScreen Australia than those who had never screened (AIHW 2018).
- Women in NSW who participated in regular or even irregular cervical screening had a significant decreased risk of developing cervical cancer (Yang et al 2008).
As health professionals we can play instrumental roles in increasing cancer screening participation rates and reducing the risk of people dying from cancer.
Read more about how the Breastscreen service functions and how local providers can work together to improve health outcomes for our populations:
Other information:
- Where are the Breastscreen sites? https://www.breastscreen.nsw.gov.au/your-mammogram-appointment/screening-centres
- FAQs: https://www.breastscreen.nsw.gov.au/your-mammogram-appointment/your-mammogram-appointment-faqs/
- Screening with a disability:https://www.breastscreen.nsw.gov.au/your-mammogram-appointment/screening-with-a-health-condition-or-disability/
- If your patient speaks a language other than English Breastscreen will organise interpreters and have several sites where there are bilingual workers on specific days. Group bookings can also be made. Please contact Breastscreen for arrangements (Tel: 132050).
- Breast density and mammograms; Breastscreen NSW position statement endorsed by the Royal Australian College of Radiologists: http://www.cancerscreening.gov.au/internet/screening/publishing.nsf/Content/BD289E88F9F95876CA25803E001FC4E6/$File/Position%20Statement%20on%20breast%20density%20and%20screening%20within%20the%20BreastScreen%20Australia%20Program.pdf
- Breast awareness, examination and mammogram: https://canceraustralia.gov.au/publications-and-resources/position-statements/early-detection-breast-cancer
If you require any specific information relating to cancer screening programs please do not hesitate to contact Alison Jones, Cancer Prevention Program Officer: firstname.lastname@example.com


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A Wire is one particular of the most standard, and critical components accessible. Relays are switches, that are employed to manage the circuits by employing a low energy signal. The relays comprise of a magnet, a coil, a series of electrical contacts and a spring. First relays have been employed as amplifiers in extended distance telegraph circuits. There is no electrical connection involving the two circuits inside the relay, for the reason that that is connected by way of the magnetic connection. Relays are used to execute logical operations in telephone exchanges and computer systems etc.
A transformer is an electrical device and it consists of two coils of wire that are joined by an iron core. It offers the considerably needed capability of changing the current and voltage levels merely. The main function of the transformer is that to enhance (step-up) or decrease (step-down) AC voltages. The transformer functions on the principle of Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, that is, mutual inductance amongst two circuits that is linked by a common magnetic flux. Transformer converts an electrical energy from a single circuit to yet another circuit with the assistance of mutual induction among the 2 windings without electrical connection involving them, and also converts energy from 1 circuit to one more circuit with out altering the frequency nevertheless with a unique voltage level.
An electric battery is a device consisting of two or additional electro-chemical cells that convert stored chemical power into electrical energy. Every single cell has a positive terminal, or cathode, and a negative terminal, or anode. The terminal marked constructive is at a higher electrical prospective power than is the terminal marked unfavorable. These are in particular handy when it comes to designing portable devices. Now there are several unique kinds of batteries such as lead acid or AGM batteries but i wont get into it to a lot as it does not definitely change the idea of the battery. All you want to know is that a battery(cell) can retailer a charge a release it at a later point without having deteriorating as well a lot.basic electrical and electronics components pdfElectronic Components, Parts And Their Function
Electrical Safety
Basic electrical symbols represent earth electrode, cell, battery, supply, perfect source, resister, and so forth. If you have experimented with uncomplicated electronics, you'll know that the easiest way to build a circuit is just to connect components with each other with short lengths of copper cable. But the a lot more elements you have to connect, the harder this becomes. That's why electronics designers normally opt for a much more systematic way of arranging elements on what's referred to as a circuit board. A simple circuit board is simply a rectangle of plastic with copper connecting tracks on 1 side and lots of holes drilled through it. You can very easily connect components collectively by poking them via the holes and making use of the copper to link them collectively, removing bits of copper as necessary, and adding additional wires to make more connections. This form of circuit board is typically called "breadboard".
Photo: The 2500-watt heating element inside this electric kettle operates on a current of about ten amps. By contrast, electronic elements use currents likely to be measured in fractions of milliamps (which are thousandths of amps). In other words, a standard electric appliance is most likely to be applying currents tens, hundreds, or thousands of times bigger than a standard electronic one particular.
Electrical And Electronic Elements Made use of In Projects
The main components used in electronics are of two common varieties: passive (e.g. resistors and capacitors) and active (e.g. transistors and integrated circuits). An inductor or coil or a reactor is a two-terminal passive electrical component. The most important function of an inductor is that it stores electrical energy in the form of magnetic power. Typically an inductor comprises a conductor, frequently wound into a coil, that performs on the principle of Faraday's law of inductance. When a present flows through the coil from the left side to the proper side – the coil produces a magnetic field in the clockwise direction. The inductance of the inductor is denoted by 'L'.
In electronic circuits, there are many electronic symbols that are applied to represent or identify a standard electronic or electrical device. They are mainly employed to draw a circuit diagram and are standardized internationally by the IEEE normal (IEEE Std 315) and the British Typical (BS 3939). NO alterations can be brought by the user on any electronic symbol, but the user is no cost to bring any alterations in the architectural drawings like power supply and lighting.
Simple Components And Technical Notation
A Wire is 1 of the most simple, and important elements readily available. A fuse is a material or a piece of wire which is used to shield the components from destruction due to excessive current flowing via them. When an excessive present flows by means of the circuit, the wires get heated up and get broken. As a outcome, the present stops flowing. When the fuse melts due to overflow of present then, the element of the fuse absorbs some power. The absorbed energy is provided by I2t.
A switch is an electrical device which is employed to break the circuit, interrupting the existing and to provide the present from one conductor to one more conductor. The switch operates with ON and OFF mechanism. Switches are classified into four varieties such as (SPST) single pole single throw, (SPDT) single pole double throw, (DPST) double pole single throw and (DPDT) double pole double throw.
The transformer operates on the principle of Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, that is, mutual inductance involving two circuits, that is linked by a widespread magnetic flux. Exactly where assessment of competency contains third-party evidence, people should give proof that hyperlinks them to the simple ancillary electrical systems and components that they have installed in autos or machinery, e.g. function orders.


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Newt-astic! We are on to the letter N! Did you know that is is really hard to come up with the name of an animal that begins with the letter N? Yep… Newt is about the best I have come up with. If you think of a more awesome one in newt, please let me know! We are on to the Letter N Coloring Pages! We will be working our way through the entire alphabet, of course! At the bottom of the post I will have a link to all the alphabet coloring pages, but I will only add them after they are all ready to go! I hope you enjoy these Letter N Coloring Pages!
If you are looking for a good book to do to help teach the letter N, The best Nest, The Name Jar, and Ninja Cow Boy Bear will be great to represent the letter. The books I recommend below don't show a lot of letter N in the words, but they have beautiful message for children that they should not miss.
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Learn Jenna's tune "The Night We Had The Bears" (reel). Written in honor of some very bold and inquisitive bears encountered in Saskatchewan. It's the last tune on the last track of her album Woven.


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26 – 29 July 2018
The HotChillee LONDON-PARIS 2018 will be entering Paris with pro level support and rolling road closures a day ahead of the Tour de France finish. We will be staying in the TDF teams' hotel in Paris as well as celebrating with the optional HotChillee 15th Year Anniversary Party and Tour de France hospitality packages.
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Proactive release, firearms papers
Hon Stuart Nash
Minister of Police
2 August 2019
number of papers related to Cabinet decisions for the
firearms buyback and amnesty have been proactively released.
They can be found on the Police website, here: https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publication/proactive-release-papers-relating-development-buy-back-scheme
Community collection events began on 13 July. As at Thursday 1 August, 6831 firearms had been handed in. Just over 4,200 people had been processed for $12,537,611 in compensation. Sixteen collection events are planned for today and the weekend.
On 20 June 2019 the Minister of Police and the Minister of Finance announced a compensation scheme for firearms parts and magazines prohibited by the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Parts and Magazines) Amendment Act 2019.
The Government set aside $208 million for payments
and administration of the scheme. It noted that if
necessary, it will top up that figure. The objective is to
remove the most dangerous weapons from circulation to
improve public safety.
The papers released today include advice to Ministers on options for the compensation scheme and show the process that Ministers followed to reach final decisions. Most decisions were made by a group of six ministers, authorised with Powers to Act by an earlier Cabinet decision.
There are 17 papers. The first dates from 20 March. It includes the first estimate of the cost of the buy-back, which it placed in the range $55 to $170 million. However it noted significant uncertainty around the number and condition of firearms in the community, in particular rifles and shotguns.
A Police briefing dated 27 May outlines ten possible pricing options provided by KPMG. The ten options reflected variations on three models: a value determined through a single fixed price; a value based on make and model; or a value based on the condition of the firearm.
Police recommended compensation based on the
condition of the firearm, with three 'price points'.
KPMG proposed the price points at 95%, 70% and
Ministers agreed to the base price list developed by KPMG. It reflected the fair market value prior to the law change. Ministers made no changes to the base prices developed by KPMG nor the condition-adjusted prices calculated by Police.
KPMG used two statistical formulas to estimate the likely financial implications. They are based on differing assumptions of what proportion of firearms are of lower value and what proportion are higher value.
• A weighted average valuation.
Police and Treasury considered the weighted average valuation to be the most appropriate indicator of costs. This approach reflected research that indicated there are more low-value firearms than high-value firearms in the community.
KPMG estimated the cost of the buyback could
range from $75-$233 million using this approach. The
briefing noted compensation for prohibited parts and for
dealers would add to these costs, which could take the
estimated cost of the buyback to somewhere between $109 and
$341 million. However it noted that considerable uncertainty
remained about overall costings.
• A 75th percentile valuation.
A 75th percentile valuation applies a formula where there is a lack of information about the value of firearms held in the community. Without data on the volumes of different priced firearms, this valuation assumes that all firearms would be priced at 75% of the range of prices i.e. at the higher end of prices. It assumes the average value of firearms handed in is $4331. The 75th percentile valuation produced an estimate of somewhere between $170 and $526 million.
Police have subsequently added further firearms to the original KPMG list. Police may continue to add firearms to the list as additional makes and models of firearms are drawn to their attention. KPMG will advise Police on prices for these items, using the same methodology as the first price list, including consultation with industry experts.
The final KPMG report was provided to Police on 7 June. It includes estimates of the volume of certain types of firearms in the community.
The total number of all weapons, both lawful and prohibited, is estimated to be approximately 1.2-1.5 million. Police records show approximately 14,300 military style semi-automatics are registered against licence-holders. These are now all prohibited weapons.
The KPMG report
estimated a further breakdown of categories of
• It estimated there might be 760,000 rifles in the community. It estimated the vast majority (80-95%) would not be prohibited.
• It estimated there might be 380,000 shotguns in the community. It estimated the vast majority (98-99%) would not be prohibited.
The papers released today are as follows:
Cabinet papers and related documents
• Cabinet paper: Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Regulations 2019
• Cabinet Minute CAB-19-MIN-0299
• Regulatory Impact Assessment - Implementation of Arms Amnesty - Compensation for individuals and Dealers and Prohibition of certain types of ammunition
Advice to Ministers and
related documents
• Firearms buy-back cost estimation (20/03/19)
• Settings for the proposed buy-back scheme (02/04/19)
• Providing for the buy-back scheme in the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines and Parts) Bill (03/04/19)
• Proposed provisions for the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill (07/04/19)
• Buy-back information on decisions, timeframes and operational processes (09/04/19)
• Amnesty and buy-back implementation (26/04/19)
• Buy-back and amnesty implementation update (09/05/19)
• Provisional advice on compensation for dealers (15/05/2019)
• Draft timelines for the buy-back regulations and Bill 2 (22/05/2019)
• Regulatory settings for the buy-back scheme (27/05/2019)
• KPMG Report: Firearms Buy-Back Pricing (7/06/2019)
• Buy-back commencement & firearms announcements (06/06/2019)
• Points for discussion with the Minister of Finance (10/06/2019)
• Providing modification of prohibited firearms as an option (11/06/2019)


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We Need Your Votes/in Latest News /by Toby
Cornwall Blood Bikes needs your votes to receive £25,000 from the Masonic Charitable Foundation
Cornwall Blood Bikes is appealing to all its friends, supporters and service users to vote online to help them receive a £25,000 Community Award from the Freemasons.
As part of Freemasonry's 300th anniversary celebrations, the Masonic Charitable Foundation is distributing three million pounds to 300 charities across the country, and Cornwall Blood Bikes is one of those selected.
Each of the nominated charities will receive a grant, but the public vote will determine how much they receive, ranging from £4,000 to £25,000.
Those who want to vote should visit the MCF website mcf.org.uk/vote, select the Cornwall page and vote for the charity of their choice. The voting period is from Monday, 12 June until Monday, 31 July.
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Formerly known as Cornwall Freewheelers EVS
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We are an out of hours service:
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As the world mourns Jewish hero Ari Fuld, HYD, murdered by a terrorist yesterday in Israel's Gush Etzion area, Nachum welcomed Josh Hasten, International Spokesperson for Gush Etzion, to JM in the AM this morning to discuss this horrific event and remember Ari's incredible work for the Jewish people and the Land of Israel. Visit the gofundme page for The Ari Fuld Memorial Fund HERE.
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As their sensitivity increases many people that work with people can at times feel drained or affected by the energy in their environment.
In this exploratory session, Tanmaya will share more about the ancient mystery school methods that allow us to strengthen and protect our energy field to ensure we stay grounded, centred and clear at work and in your personal life.
Register for webinar here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z3S7fXjxTcuM7Bjgbv6XNQ
We will cover:
*Why we get impacted by energies of our environement and other people
*Human energies and how to keep our field clear
*Energy rituals now and in tribal societies
*The origins of the ancient teachings around this (tree of life)
There will be space to ask questions too.
Can't attend this event? You can also check out Tanmaya's online class here:
About Tanmaya George:
- Silence In Between - January 26, 2019
- On Healing - June 4, 2018
- What is True Healing? - May 22, 2018


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In the distant past, I mentioned that I was crocheting some lace edging for some pajamas. I had made a Colette Sorbetto sometime ago, even though I tried to be lazy and wear it as a shirt, which it honestly matches with nothing but itself so it was always meant to be jammies. I was going to make super wide legged comfy pants to go along with the shirt but changed my mind. I wanted shorts. I'm a bit indecisive sometimes and my projects kinda evolve.
I came across a pattern for boudoir shorts a while ago. It's a free pattern (yay free!). The legs have a crossover split so it's a really free pattern. Get it? Free money wise and free feeling thighs. Anyhoo, one of the pictures show a pom-pom edging so I figured why not lace? A thing you might not know about me, because it only randomly pops up here on the blog, is that I'm a crocheting machine. I crochet like a river runs. Knitting, not so much. When I thought of doing the lace I figured I could knock it out in a month. I don't crochet a lot much anymore so it does make my hands sore and I'm not known to work on 1 thing at a time so this seemed feasible. I mentioned the idea in another post on September 2. I finished the lace in early December. Let's just say my goal was not met and let's not calculate how long it actually took me.
I cut out the pattern for the shorts based on my measurements and then I would be able to calculate how much lace I needed. The only parts I was able to sew together was the side seam and crotch. Other than that, I needed the lace to complete piecing it together.
Please excuse the black bra throughout the pics. After "trying on" what I had, it was quickly evident that these were very soggy diaper crotch sitters. I took 2″ off the top to bring them up to the proper height and another 1- 1 1/2″ off the side seams because the panel that crossed on the front didn't sit on the front but instead was creeping ever so closely to my lady bits. Not exactly where you want flaps flying in the wind.
I crocheted my lace, which we all now know took me forever. I had Hubby save a week's worth of used coffee grounds. It's not a whole lot in the end because he's the only one that drinks it and I didn't want to waste fresh grounds. I boiled some water and threw the grounds wrapped in a coffee filter in the water. Once it looked like all the coffe had seeped out, I threw in the wet lace. I needed just a hint of color. White was too light but cream/natural thread was too dark.
With that done, I could now finish my shorts. I made pink cotton bias tape and finished the legs. I zigzagged the lace onto the shirt and shorts. I figured it would be the quickest and most secure stitch. I would have liked something decorative but all the little stitches would have jerked the fabric around too much and then the lace wouldn't look clean around the edge.
I used 1/2″ elastic and left over bias tape to create my little waistband.
As if crocheted lace, a Sorbetto top and boudoir shorts wasn't enough, I made an eye mask. I wasn't going to but I had leftovers and I saw the cute holiday pressie that Self Assembly Required was making. Sometimes you can't help yourself. The pattern is from Tilly and the Buttons. Guess what? This pattern is free too. This post is made of three free patterns!
I'm feeling fancy and me and moose are ready for bed! This fabric was meant for jammies, Jamie's jammies.


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The start of many popular waterfall hikes on the Big Island and Oahu have very structural guides. Walking to the waterfall is no longer a hike where you have to watch the terrain but rather a scenic stroll alongside the native plants and animals. It is an attempt to keep people safe to these popular destinations. In "The Real Hike to Akaka Falls" the stairs guide people to the falls. This is one of the few images where we can almost look past the stairs and imagine this place without man made structures. But the action of removing the stairs brings attention to the man made structure due to the "color" the laser gives the stairs.


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Why Economists Hate Tariffs
On the podcast: How the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930 embroiled the U.S. in a trade war and prolonged the Great Depression.
To many economists, U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs against China and other countries are reminiscent of another American trade war—one launched in 1930 that ended badly for everyone involved.
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act introduced duties on about 900 products against Canada, the United Kingdom, and other countries. The United States was already in the throes of the Great Depression; the retaliation made it worse. It took America more than a decade to recover.
On the First Person podcast, we're re-airing a version of our Aug. 3 interview with Dartmouth University economist Douglas Irwin, who wrote a book about Smoot-Hawley. Irwin talks about tariffs, trade wars, and that iconic scene in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Anyone? Anyone?


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Hi IC Parents,
I've decided a quick reference sheet about your child's curriculum may be more useful than a video. Let's give it a try! Here's what your children are learning in September with Ms. Kayla and Ms. Rachel.
Children's Curriculum for September
September Theme: Refuge: God is a place of safety and protection for his children.
Verse: "The Lord is my refuge and fortress, my God in whom I trust" Psalms 91:2
Discussion: This month our children will discuss how God is a safe place for His children. We will be reading the book "Are you my Mother" by Dr. Seuss. The story explores where a baby bird's safe place is–his nest with his mother. Specifically the first week we will be recognizing the families affected by Hurricane Harvey and sending other children cards and supplies. We will talk about how God is their refuge even when they may be displaced. The second week we will be making bird houses that talk about how God is a refuge for animals and nature as well. The last week we will be making calm down jars. We will shake up the jars and talk about how our emotions can feel unsettled or stormy. God can also be a safe place for our tough emotions and help calm us down.
Activities: As parents we are charged with helping our children learn to listen and obey God. First children learn this concept in a concrete way through learning to listen and obey their parents. We don't want to encourage simple "blind following", but a recognition of who is wise and who we can trust and should listen to.
Activities with kids: Preface activities with a short talk: God gives us parents who help protect us and give us a safe place to live. God tells parents to give children rules to learn how to listen to parents and ultimately listen to God. God uses parents to protect children from dangerous situations.
- Red Light Green Light: Play game while running or on bike. Talk about how listening helps you stay safe.
- Make a Red Light Green Light Snack: Celery Stick with almond/peanut butter then three M&Ms of red, yellow, and green.
Monthly Song: "God is my Refuge"
Extra Resources: Daniel Tiger has a great episode where they have a storm in their town and find ways to be safe. They also talk about how to find helpers after the storm is over. This could spur on great conversation about how God is our Refuge.
**In addition to this post, you will also receive a paper copy on Sunday. Ask Kayla or Rachel if you need an extra copy.


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Heraclitus Biography
Born: 535 BC
Nationality: Greek
Famous: Quotes By Heraclitus Philosophers
Died At Age: 60
Born in: Ephesus
Famous as: Philosopher
father: Blosôn / Herakôn
Died on: 475 BC
Personality: INTJ
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Heraclitus was a Greek philosopher who was an independent thinker and unlike other ancient philosophers, he is not considered to belong to any particular school of thought. Born into an aristocratic family, he described himself as self-taught and was unsparing in his criticism of his predecessors and contemporary thinkers and philosophers. He was a loner who suffered from bouts of melancholia which prevented him from completing several of his works. His personality was characterized by a general contempt for mankind which coupled with the obscure nature of his works earned him the nickname the 'Weeping Philosopher'. The ambiguous nature of his writings makes them open to several interpretations that are often of conflicting nature. He believed in the ever changing nature of the universe and the unity of opposites. His works have been influential in the development of the concept of 'Logos' which he considered a principle of order and knowledge. Regarded as one of the most important pre-Socratic philosophers, he was famous for departing from the accepted norms and traditions of his days and criticizing the generally accepted conventional wisdom of others who were deemed to be "wise" men by the society. Even though his own work was influenced by the works of his predecessors, he is regarded as a unique thinker who contributed immensely to the development of Western Philosophy.
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- Not much is known about Heraclitus's birth and early life except for the fact that he was born into an aristocratic family in Ephesus (now in Turkey). His father's name was either Bloson or Herakon.
- As a youngster, he used to play knucklebones with other youths in a temple and considered kingship duties a burden. He abdicated the throne in favour of his brother.
- Whatever is known about Heraclitus is known from the writings of Diogenes Laertius, who was a biographer of ancient Greek philosophers. According to Diogenes, Heraclitus was a hearer of Xenophanes though Heraclitus himself claimed to be self-taught.
- Heraclitus is estimated to have lived and worked during the late 6th century BCE as inferred by his writings. Heraclitus has heavily criticized Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras and Xenophanes who had flourished during the 6th century BCE or earlier, thus suggesting that he existed during the late 6th century BCE.
- He had an inherent dislike for humanity and viewed the majority of human beings as ignorant and lacking in knowledge. He believed in breaking away from the accepted conventions and traditions and developing his own views.
- He was a man of extreme views which he expressed in form of ambiguous phrases. His works are regarded as 'riddles' open to numerous interpretations.
- No complete compilations of his works exist. His works exist only in form of fragments and sentences as quoted by other authors.
- He had an unconventional approach towards wisdom and presented his works in the form of riddles and puzzles that contained hidden insights. The deeper understanding of his works depended upon the comprehension of his readers.
- He adopted a unique method of teaching wherein he would present a situation using examples of simple objects like a river, boat, road, etc. to challenge the readers' brains and allow them to derive their own conclusions.
- His contribution to the development of the concept of 'Logos' is immense. The word logos in itself is subject to different interpretations, and it is a technical term in philosophy for a principle of order and knowledge.
- He believed in the universal flux, i.e. everything is constantly changing, and in unity of opposites as suggested by his aphorism, 'The road up and the road down are the same thing'.
- Fire was the most basic element according to him. He was of the belief that all other elements originated from fire and thus it is fire that gave rise to all things. He considered the human soul to be composed of fire and water—fire being the noble part and water the ignoble.
- Some scholars consider him to a philosopher of nature while others believe he was a philosopher concerned with human condition. Heraclitus was of the view that theory of nature and human condition are intimately connected; he might have even been regarded a humanist if not for his deep contempt for mankind.
- Heraclitus was a loner and did not take any students. However, his writings have influenced several philosophers from the early to the recent times. Plato and Hegel are amongst those deeply influenced by his thinking.
- The Stoics, followers of a philosophical movement that presented philosophy as a way of life, derived their major principles from Heraclitus's teachings, particularly his treatment of fire.
- He wrote a treatise 'On Nature' which was divided into three discourses—on nature, on politics and on the universe. The book was deposited in the temple of Artemis which served as a library during the ancient times. The book became very famous and many future philosophers referred to it.
- Heraclitus was a loner and did not have any students. He suffered from bouts of melancholia.
- During his later years he suffered from dropsy. Frustrated at the physicians' inability to find a cure, he treated himself with cow manure which resulted in his death.
- This famous philosopher was also known as 'the obscure'
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Last week, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge revealed to the world that they have "discovered" not one but two statues that they believe can be attributed, fairly confidently, to Michelangelo (1475 – 1564). Each of the sculptures, which are made of bronze and are roughly a meter tall, shows a naked, muscular man riding triumphantly on the back of a ferocious-looking panther. And, if the Fitzwilliam's findings are correct, it makes the Panther Riders the only works in bronze by Michelangelo to have survived; a medium in which he is known to have worked—or intended to work—on at least three separate occasions.
The Riders have, to be sure, been associated with Michelangelo before. In the 19th century, when the Riders were in the collection of Adolphe de Rothschild (from where they get their alternative name "The Rothschild Bronzes") they were considered authentic Michelangelos (on what basis, I wonder?). However, when Rotschild's bronzes were exhibited in Paris in 1878, several connoisseurs voiced their doubts about the attribution, and over the course of the subsequent 130-or-so years the association of the bronzes to Michelangelo has been pretty well put to bed. Since then the bronzes have been given to a whole bunch of other artists, including Willem Danielsz Van Tetrode (1505 – 87), and, according to Sotheby's in 2002, the circle of Michelangelo's Florentine contemporary Benvenuto Cellini (1500 – 71).
Now experts brought together by the Fitzwilliam reckon they have gathered 'compelling evidence' in favour of attributing the Panther Riders firmly to Michelangelo once and for all, thus resolving an artistic whodunit that has limped on for over a century. The tide began to turn in favour of Michelangelo's authorship in 2002, when Prof. Paul Joannides, who has played an instrumental role in the latest re-attribution of the bronzes to Michelangelo, got the chance to study the Riders for the first time at Sotheby's. Exactly what Joannides made of them in 2002 is hard to say, but, perhaps tellingly, the statues were labeled as "circle of Michelangelo" when they were shown in the Royal Academy's bronze exhibition in 2012. What is clear is that the bronzes grabbed Joannides's attention, and last autumn he made a discovery that galvanised serious interest in the status of the bronze Riders. In Montpellier's Musée Fabre there is a sheet of studies, the largest of which is a Virgin embracing the Christ Child, which is thought to be a copy of drawings made by Michelangelo done by one of his pupils at some point in the first decade of the 1500s, more precisely, at about 1508. And the Montpellier sheet of studies is important because there is, in the lower right corner, a study for a nude riding on the back of a panther, which is to say, precisely the same subject that we encounter in the Rothschild bronzes.
If the Montpellier sheet of studies really does preserve now-lost designs by Michelangelo then we can say, on the basis of this evidence, that the subject matter, at least, of the bronze Panther Riders can be traced back to Michelangelo. The Fitzwilliam have done exactly this, with Victoria Avery going one step further, declaring in a video for the BBC (below) that the Montpellier drawing shows the composition of the Rotschild bronzes 'precisely'. And taking this as their point of departure, the Fitzwilliam has subsequently gathered a range of experts—from Joannides to Prof. Peter Abrahams, a clinical anatomist—, who have compiled a dossier of evidence to show that the Panther Riders really are the only surviving bronzes by Michelangelo.
With this in mind, I met with my supervisor David Hemsoll, whose interests lie in 15th– and 16th-century Italian art and architecture and who has published on Michelangelo, to get his thoughts on the Fitzwilliam's findings, and to consider their evidence. Here's our conversation:
First question, had you ever come across these statues before?
No [laughs].
I ask because this isn't, or so I read, the first time that the Panther Riders have been associated with Michelangelo. Apparently they were thought to be by Michelangelo in the 19th century, but were then removed from his oeuvre in the 20th, and they've since been attributed to a number of other sculptors, including Cellini. So you've never encountered them?
No . . . Well, there are a lot of things that are associated with Michelangelo. That's the trouble. I haven't come across these in the sense that I felt I should be paying them much attention . . . So, [laughing] I guess, I don't know if I've come across them.
No well I think that most people had shelved them. But the first bit of new evidence there is and that has led to the latest re-attribution to Michelangelo is this drawing in Montpellier, which, they say, is a faithful copy of lost Michelangelo drawings done by a student of his. And one of them shows a nude riding a panther. By drawing a comparison between the sculptures and the drawing on that sheet in Montpellier, they say there's conclusive evidence to establish a link between the bronzes and Michelangelo. What do you make of that comparison? Because Avery says they're exactly the same but they're not, are they?
Well, no. The drawing isn't exactly the same as the sculptures. But we'll come back to that in a bit.
The thing is the usual way people have made clamorous attributions in the past—and those include the Crucifixion in Sta. Spirito, Florence, the two panel paintings [the Entombment and the "Manchester Madonna"] in the National Gallery, the Cupid in New York, as well as the recently-acquired Torment of St. Anthony by the Kimbell Museum in Texas—well, the usual way of determining an attribution, is that you see something in the primary sources, the biographies of Vasari and Condivi, and you produce something which seems to match them, and then you build your case on the basis of that. Some people will then either agree or they'll disagree about the similarities. Now, so what you're doing here is that you are immediately highlighting the first problem with all this, and that is that these works [the Panther Riders] are not mentioned in any primary source. And this is quite surprising, given their size, their quality of execution, and their striking and unusual subject matter. So the problem is that you would have expected works like this produced by Michelangelo to have been recorded or mentioned, however inaccurately, in the literature. So that, that's the problem. So you're right that the drawing produced provides some basis for a proposed attribution . . . Are you going to ask me about the other factors . . . ?
Yes, I'm going to ask you about the other evidence.
Well perhaps we want to treat them all together. There is a drawing. And that could be said to support this attribution.
Well, on the basis of that, because it's the drawing that got them going with this, the Fitzwilliam wheeled in a clinical anatomist, who said, and this is a quote apparently, that the anatomy is "textbook Michelangelo" so, you know, the abdomens and the bellybuttons and all the rest of it. The anatomist concluded that the artist responsible for these sculptures obviously had a command of human anatomy–he even found a tendon in the arch of a foot. So this is grist to their mill, that an anatomist is impressed with the bodies of the panther riders, since everybody knows that Michelangelo was all about human anatomy, and that he dissected cadavers etc. And then there's the other bit of evidence. They've done some science and x-rayed the statues and found that the cast is thick and heavy, which is a telltale sign, they say, of 15th– or 16th-century manufacture.
Yes, well, that's their evidence. And, as evidence, it looks, well I wouldn't quite say convincing . . . but it's quite powerful.
Yes, they obviously think so. Those are their three bits of evidence.
Yes, that's it. Those are the three bits of evidence. And taken together it's quite a powerful case although you could point to slight problems with all those pieces of evidence. As far as the drawing's concerned, it's by a follower of Michelangelo and not by Michelangelo, and it doesn't show the same composition as the bronzes, insofar as the nude figure on the back of the panther is much smaller in the drawing than it is in the sculptures. Then the business about the anatomy, well that does seem to suggest that the sculptures have got something to do with Michelangelo. The other way to think about this is to compare the sculptures to other known works by Michelangelo from this period, especially the David and especially the Dying Slave, in the Louvre, and there are some apparent similarities which are quite great. Then the question about the bronze casting, well that's very interesting and the Fitzwilliam have got great expertise on this, so their conclusions that the bronze casting, and the thickness of the bronze, point to a date of around the early 1500s, is, again, powerful evidence. So I agree that the case is, in some respects, powerful . . .
So they've made a fair case.
Yes, well, it's quite powerful in some respects, and less powerful in others.
Such as?
Well some people could have said, and maybe they have but I haven't noticed, that the subject matter is comparable to sculptural ideas from the late 15th century and into the 16th, in particular the idea of the suggestive naked body of a man. That's an idea that was almost an obsession of Michelangelo's tutor, his de facto tutor in sculptor, Bertoldo di Giovanni, who produced all sorts of sculptures of this kind. And one particular point of similarity is that the possible Michelangelos show one figure who is clean-shaven, and one who is bearded, and there's a pair of sculptures by Bertoldo, which make up a kind of pair, which have again one figure that is clean-shaven and one figure that wears a beard. All this could be put into an argument that would link the bronzes to Michelangelo.
The problem, the main problem, as I see it, is the fact that they're made of bronze and they're very big. The difficulty is that it might be conceivable that Michelangelo could, almost secretly or in an unnoticed way, make a pair of sculptures out of bronze by doing it in his back garden or kitchen, with nobody else noticing that it was going on, and then perhaps giving it away to someone, but the trouble is that works made out of bronze imply a collaboration with somebody. And once that idea is brought out into the open, the nature of the collaboration needs to be qualified and Michelangelo's role in it would then have to be established. What we might be saying is that Michelangelo did some studies for a sculpture that was then made in bronze by somebody else. Or Michelangelo produced full-scale models, which were then cast in bronze by somebody else. Or Michelangelo just told a few people that you could make sculptures in such a way, and gave them some pointers, and they were duly cast in bronze by another person. What's absolutely impossible is that Michelangelo would have, as it were, gone away by himself and made these large bronze sculptures, all by himself, without any assistance—that's just not possible. So if we are going to believe that they're by Michelangelo then we have to understand better the circumstances of their making, and we need to have a better understanding of a possible context for the making of bronze figures of such scale, because they are a meter tall in height, in order to really substantiate the kind of claim that is being made, which has to have been in the form of some sort of collaboration. So that's the difficulty I have.
So it's impossible? To suppose that Michelangelo just knocked them up, by himself, in his kitchen or wherever? Is that just not how it was done?
No. You need a workshop of people to make these things. And they're very difficult to produce alone.
Is that what will have happened with, say, the over life-size Julius II sculpture, which, as Vasari and Condivi say, was made in bronze by Michelangelo and put up in Bologna in 1506?
Yeah. The Julius sculpture presumably was made by people who were good at casting in bronze, and they worked in collaboration with Michelangelo who helped them produce a sculpture, or model, which then could have been cast in bronze. I mean he could have done a lot of work on it but what he didn't do was create the molds and everything, and pour the molten bronze into the molds, and then take the bronze out of the molds and then do all the immensely laborious finishing off on the sculpture. So that has to have been a collaboration. And other, early works, done in bronze by Michelangelo—there's a documented bronze David, again described by Vasari—must likewise have involved some sort of collaboration. So if we were able to understand better how these collaborations came about then we would be in a better position to understand possible circumstances that would support the attribution of the Panther Riders to Michelangelo. So that's the problem I have . . .
Well, that seems to be a reasonable concern.
What is clear is that it's untrue to say that Michelangelo was entirely restricted to sculpting in marble because there are quite a lot of things, or references in the early sources, to Michelangelo's involvement in the design, or the making of, sculptures in bronze. The statue of Julius II, for the city of Bologna, is a conspicuous example because it must have been very big, but he did also intend, for example, to make bronze reliefs for the Julius tomb. And he wouldn't have been making all those things by himself.
In short then, at this stage the attribution seems plausible but there are unanswered questions. Perhaps answers to those questions will be forthcoming when the Fitzwilliam hosts its international conference on Monday 6 July 2015, when they will present the full findings. In the meantime, the Panther Riders, which are privately owned, are on public display at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until 9 August 2015.


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Heading into the season the Los Angeles Lakers were considered to be a near-lock to make the playoffs, but as of this writing, they currently sit two spots out of the 8th and final spot. The injury big has been the primary culprit, with essentially every key Laker having missed large chunks of time, including LeBron James, Kyle Kuzma, Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, JaVale McGee, Josh Hart, and Rajon Rondo.
Despite this, the team still has a chance to make the postseason, and on this episode of the LN Podcast host Trevor Lane is joined by ESPN's Allen Sliwa to discuss the playoff push. There are a number of things that need to go right for the Lakers, including some big, must-win games against the Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Clippers, the two teams they are chasing for a spot.
Could the team get a boost by signing a player from the buyout market? With names like Markieff Morris, Enes Kanter, and Carmelo Anthony available, it's possible that someone added now could end up being a major part of the Lakers rotation for the remainder of the season.
Additionally, now that the trade deadline has come and gone, we dig into the two deals the team made. Was the trade for Reggie Bullock a stroke of genius or was Svi Mykhailiuk and a second round pick too high of a price to pay? And what were the Lakers thinking shipping out promising young center Ivica Zubac and Michael Beasley to the Clippers in exchange for reserve big man Mike Muscala?
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Amtrak's California Zephyr to Resume Service After Flooding
Car Rental & Rail Amtrak James Ruggia September 13, 2011
Full service by the Amtrak California Zephyr between the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago will resume this week, effective with the departure of eastbound Train 6 from Emeryville, Calif., on Sept. 15, and the westbound Train 5 from Chicago on Sept. 16. Limited service between Emeryville and Denver has operated since Sept. 3 and 4, but there has been no Amtrak service between Fort Morgan, Colo., and Burlington, Iowa, since Aug. 26.
Also effective with these departures, Amtrak service is restored to the Amtrak station in Omaha. The BNSF Railway Co. has made repairs following massive flooding and damage that had led to a detour route bypassing Omaha since June 1. Passengers who have paid for travel on canceled trains can contact Amtrak to receive refunds without fee or penalty or can rebook for future travel. If tickets have not yet printed, the refund/rebook can be done on Amtrak.com or the free Amtrak iPhone app. For more information, call 800-USA-RAIL or visit www.Amtrak.com.
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Sumo wrestling. Not the first thing that might spring to mind when you think of Friday brunch at one of Dubai's biggest bars. But here at Lock, Stock & Barrel in JBR, it takes centre stage. This is a place that does things differently, and the weekends are absolutely no exception.
After paying at the door and sticking on your wristband, you'll be led through the sprawling bar to your table – past giant Connect Four and ring toss games, revellers sipping drinks out of miniature bathtubs (complete with floating rubber ducks) and that room-dominating sumo ring.
Though Lock, Stock & Barrel typically does some stellar grub (the Grand Millennium branch has won Time Out Dubai's Best Bar Food gong two years running), few are here on a Friday afternoon to feed.
Served to the table, the menu is, fittingly, divided into "rounds" rather than courses, which staff race around delivering to tables. Given the crowd and the rush, woe betide those bold enough to fuss over the ingredients or order in which dishes come out… Of the inaugural Americanas round, the Buffalo wings are the highlight – everything else is either a little undercooked or a little cold. Not that it stops us shovelling potato skins into our faces – we've got a wrestle to fuel up for.
Round 2 arrives, and though we've been keenly anticipating the battered sausage, the small nubbins that arrive (surrounded by a fairly meagre scattering of chips) are more backstreet Barsha chicken shop than British chippy.
After some tasty fried rice and a surprisingly succulent shish taouk, however, we're well and truly ready to party – as, it seems, is the rest of the room. The place is swinging and fists are flying in the ring. Clad in giant plastic suits, friends spar with one another to the strains of the Spice Girls, and once the bell rings and brunch ends, the place really kicks off.
As The Fratellis' Chelsea Dagger comes blaring through the speakers, staff bring around a short drink for everyone in the room, a video of YouTube fails beams onto the screen, and the band begin leaping around on stage. It's at this point that (what seems like) the rest of the city's brunchers pour into the bar to carry on their own festivities, and the entire room is suddenly packed.
Lock, Stock & Barrel JBR – The Walk serves up a Friday throwdown that is not for the faint-hearted. But for Dubai's weekend party crowd (sausages aside), it's pretty close to perfect.
See you in the ring.
Dhs369 (house beverages). Fri 1pm-4pm. Rixos Premium Dubai, JBR (04 520 0049).
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- "Ever since the first chimp picked up a bone off the prehistoric floor and used it to bash open the skull of a wildebeest, men have been obsessed with their tools. Millions of years on, and our homes are full of labour saving devices: toasters, refrigerators, microwaves and that thing you bought of the Shopping Channel with the free introductory spoon. But lately, my toaster's been giving me the eye, imploring about being tumble-dried to death, and my food blender is now officially a lethal weapon. We live in dangerous times, and to prove it, six lifeless objects are about to be bought dangerously to life to fight for a place in our series semi-finals."
- — Craig Charles' introduction
Heat B of Robot Wars: The Second Wars was the second of twelve heats which determined the Semi-Finalists of Robot Wars: The Second Wars. The episode featuring Heat B was originally broadcast on November 13, 1998 on BBC Two. The broadcast managed to attract 5.8 million viewers, an increase of eight hundred thousand viewers when compared with the previous episode. According to BARB, this meant it ranked third in the top thirty highest rated BBC 2 broadcasts during 9-15 November, behind only Have I Got News For You and The Simpsons.
Competing RobotsEdit
|Death Trak
|1.2 x 0.6 x 0.3m
|Turning Circle
|Ground Clearance
|2 x 12V batteries
|Detachable wedge shape
|Wheels acquired from local go-kart firm
|From: Huddersfield
|Team Members: Nick Murphy & Arthur Cobill
|1.3 x 0.8 x 0.4m
|Turning Circle
|Ground Clearance
|2 x 12V batteries
|2000rpm flail and lifting arm
|Can lift over 115kg
|From: St. Leonards-on-Sea
|Team Members: Shane Howard & Brian Fountain
|0.6 x 0.75 x 0.32m
|Turning Circle
|Ground Clearance
|3 x 12V batteries
|Spiked flail turning at 1000rpm
|Design/construction cost over £500 and took 200 hours
|From: Worthing
|Team Members: Rupert Weeks & Chris Weeks
|1.3 x 1.0 x 0.65m
|Turning Circle
|Ground Clearance
|2 x 12V batteries
|Armoured spikes
|Victorian pram wheels and a helicopter gyro stabiliser
|From: Guildford
|Team Members: Peter Gibson
|Chaos (Seeded 6th)
|0.9 x 0.8 x 0.5m
|Turning Circle
|Ground Clearance
|2 x 12V batteries
|Ram and titanium blade
|Modified phantom jet nose gear retract cylinder
|From: Ipswich
|Team Members: George Francis & Mick Cutter
|1.4 x 0.8 x 0.6m
|Turning Circle
|Ground Clearance
|2 x 12V batteries
|Petrol driven chainsaw
|Geared wheelchair motors with four wheel drive
|From: Leigh City Technical College in Dartford
|Team Members: Robin Williams, Tony Scofield & Chris Malyon
|Left Route
|Centre Route
|Right Route
|Sir Killalot and two pits.
|Barrier of barrels, ramp and Sergeant Bash.
|Ramrig, flame pit and Dead Metal.
Mace moved down the middle route to knock the barrels out of the way, but was caught on the spike trap as it rose. Mace backed up and had a second go, passing the spikes and bashing through the line of barrels. Mace wobbled its way up the ramp, where Sergeant Bash waited. Mace drove off at an angle to avoid the house robot but got caught on a block. Sergeant Bash blocked Mace from continuing forwards and attacked with the flamethrower, so Mace reversed under the ramp and started pushing Sergeant Bash forwards. Dead Metal managed to grab the back of Mace, but Mace was too strong and made it to the end zone.
Wheelosaurus aimed down the middle route, smashing through the barrels, but getting caught on the toppled ones as it tried to pass. Wheelosaurus backed up and moved forwards, managing to use the wheel spikes to lift itself over the barrels. Wheelosaurus cautiously climbed the ramp and dropped down, to find the rear of Sergeant Bash in the way. Wheelosaurus reversed and reared up as it turned and moved forwards, bouncing off the side of Sergeant Bash. Wheelosaurus lifted its mace up as it moved forwards and was blocked by Dead Metal. The spiked head of Wheelosaurus landed on Sergeant Bash's flamethrower, puncturing the gas canister and ripping the whole flamethrower off. Dead Metal held on to Wheelosaurus as Cease was called.
- "Sergeant Bash is in real trouble here! He's been immobilised, by Wheelosaurus! Who'd have thought that Victorian Pramwheels could disable Sergeant Bash?"
- — Jonathan Pearce
Death TrakEdit
Death Trak, without its long spikes, spun around upon leaving the start zone and headed down the right route. It slowly angled itself into the ramrig and started inching forwards. As it passed the first rig, it drove headfirst into the second, open rig. Death Trak backed up, clipping the saws and sending out a shower of sparks. Death Trak turned and drove back towards the start area, and struggled to reorient itself in the first ramrig, which pinned it in place as time ended.
The Leighviathan team was forced to endure last minute repairs after the radio receivers caught fire before their run.
- Derek Foxwell: "They've got the same frequency as the next competitor, if they're not ready when it's their turn to go, we have to take the radio away from them and they cannot repair their machine."
- Philippa Forrester: "So how long have they got?"
- Derek Foxwell: "Three minutes."
- — Leightviathan is given a deadline.
The robot was fixed in time, allowing Leighviathan to take part in the gauntlet. Leighviathan tentatively moved out of the start zone, and after enduring a floor spike, drove into the barrels. One barrel got caught on the ramp, blocking Leighviathan's path, forcing it to spin on the spot to try and clear it. This moved more barrels but didn't clear a path. Leighviathan tried to climb the ramp, but Sir Killalot spiked one of Leighviathan's wheels with his lance and lifted it up. Perched on its side, Leighviathan managed to creep forward with the two wheels still touching the ground, but fell over further, before being fully toppled by Sir Killalot.
Tantrum aimed for the middle route, slamming through the barrels and climbing the ramp. Sergeant Bash blocked one side of the route through, so Tantrum avoided the house robot, getting momentarily caught on a block, but it reversed out and drove unobstructed to the end zone.
Chaos moved wildly out of the start, getting temporarily caught on a fence, but aimed for the middle route. Chaos used the raised flipper to move the barrels out of the way, but an awkward hit off one made it turn and miss the ramp. Chaos backed up, knocking more barrels over, and eventually climbed the ramp. Chaos got stuck as Sergeant Bash blocked well, so Chaos backed up to get a run up. Chaos pushed Sergeant Bash out of the way, and despite being deflected by Dead Metal's pincers, completed the run.
- "I think I was a bit too overenthusiastic on the controls."
- — George Francis
|Death Trak
Trial (Tug of War)Edit
- "Its got a heck of a lot [of traction]. Up until about 5 weeks ago, it was an old wheelchair, so it's used to carting around old dears."
- — Confidence from Tantrum
Tantrum pulled, but to no avail as Dead Metal moved forwards, stopping Tantrum's advance. Tantrum skidded backwards, slowly overbalancing before falling into the pit.
- "No grip on the wheels, can it survive, tantalising, teetering, tottering, toppling, toppling...Tantrum! Totalled!"
- — Jonathan Pearce as Tantrum is pulled towards and into oblivion
Leighviathan inched forwards at the start, managing to place itself on the down ramp, aiding it against Dead Metal. Leighviathan stood its ground, slowly managing to pull Dead Metal towards the pit. As they reached a stalemate, Cease was called.
- Philippa Forrester: "I'm worried about these Victorian Pramwheels. In Tug of War, they ain't going to have much traction."
- Peter Gibson: "Well they're about a hundred years old now, and I think the goodness has gone out of the rubber, but it might be enough for just one more go."
- — Before the Trial
Wheelosaurus spun its wheels, managing to hold still at full stretch. However, Dead Metal rotated, using that force to yank Wheelosaurus forwards, where the chain went loose and Wheelosaurus seemed to stop. With one more pull, Dead Metal dragged Wheelosaurus into the pit.
- "Mace, nearly eighty kilos in weight. This could be tough for Dead Metal."
- — Jonathan Pearce
Both Mace and Dead Metal pulled at each other, barely moving one way or the other. Mace cancelled out Dead Metal's pulling power, slightly going further than the House Robot, but both stayed on top at the end.
- Philippa Forrester: "What we want to see is Dead Metal in the Pit of Oblivion. I'm not meant to say that. Can you do it?"
- Team Chaos: "So do I. I hope so. We'll give it a good go."
- — Prior to Chaos' run
Chaos moved forwards, pulling Dead Metal with it. Chaos made it onto the down ramp, and dragged Dead Metal further. The house robot held on briefly at the top of the pit, but after one final tug from Chaos, was toppled into the pit and defeated.
- "This is a battle of pride here, because Chaos, surely doing enough to go through anyway- it wants Dead Metal in the Pit, it wants Dead Metal submerged in the smoke! Can he pull Dead Metal in? Humiliation for the House Robot!"
- — Jonathan Pearce, as Dead Metal falls.
Semi FinalEdit
Leighviathan vs. MaceEdit
- Philippa Forrester: "Who's going to win, do you reckon?"
- Robin Williams: "It's a shame that we have to go in there and fight each other now. Once you're through the walls, you get out and fight."
- Philippa Forrester: "No, no, no, this isn't the attitude we're looking for! Robot Wars is about fighting and battle!"
- Robin Williams: "Well, we'll get them while we're in there"
- — Philippa laughs at Leighviathan's attitude
As the two met in the middle of the arena, Leighviathan rode straight up Mace's lifter and was pushed back. Mace kept going, as Leighviathan adjusted itself a few times, but Mace eventually made it to the PPZ, where Dead Metal resided. Leighviathan backed off Mace and landed on Dead Metal's pincers. Dead Metal pushed Leighviathan into Shunt, which hit the competitor with his axe. Matilda moved into the boxed-in robot, slicing into the top armour with her chainsaw.
Mace continued to bully Leighviathan in and around the PPZ, as Dead Metal started chasing Mace around Leighviathan. A rear spike on Dead Metal became caught on the chainsaw of Leighviathan, bending it. Matilda came in and started lifting Leighviathan with the tusks, as the top armour started falling off.
- "They've been scalped, Leighviathan!"
- — Jonathan Pearce
Leighviathan managed to avoid Sir Killalot and drove into the centre of the arena while Mace was held and sawed by Dead Metal. Once free, Mace slammed into the side of Leighviathan, backing up and causing light damage with its flail. Mace tried to push Leighviathan around and lift with the flipper, but Cease was called before it could.
The judges were called, and the decision went in favour of Mace.
Winner: Mace
Chaos (6) vs. WheelosaurusEdit
- Philippa Forrester: "Now, Peter's described the battle as Beauty and the Beast. What do you think?"
- Mick Cutter: "We're definitely the beast when it comes to performance, but we think the robot looks quite good. It's just a matter of finding the weak point on his robot and doing business"
- — Pre-match talk
Chaos drove into Wheelosaurus, levering it over, but the wheel spikes stopped it turning over. Chaos tried to flip Wheelosaurus, but to no avail. Chaos backed up, letting Wheelosaurus recover, but eventually pushed Wheelosaurus into the PPZ and Sergeant Bash, which threw a large volley of flames on Wheelosaurus. Wheelosaurus wasn't moving, so Matilda started cutting into the wheels with her chainsaw. Matilda then shoved Wheelosaurus into the ramrig saws, as Shunt joined in, both repeatedly slamming Wheelosaurus into the saws. Holding it there, Shunt started bashing Wheelosaurus with his axe. Matilda continued the demolition, cutting into the bin lid wheels with her chainsaw.
- "One blow - two blows. They're after Wheelosaurus, aren't they? There's the Shunt Cam. They're trying to get to the very brains of the beast. I think they're after revenge! Don't forget, Wheelosaurus caused major damage to Sergeant Bash! This is carnage! They're after blood and oil!"
- — Jonathan Pearce
Away in the centre of the arena, Chaos was boiling for a fight with Dead Metal. Chaos tried to get around the side to flip the house robot, but was unable to do so. After turning around, Chaos was grabbed by Dead Metal's pincers and driven into the wall. They continued the feud, Chaos once backing into the wall before bouncing out of the pincers to get another run up. Chaos escaped the house robots grip again just as cease was called. After the battle, a large chunk of Dead Metal's armour fell off.
- Craig Charles: "At one stage, though, it looked like Dead Metal was about to give you a full lobotomy, didn't it?"
- George Francis: "I think he's got it in for me after we pulled him into a pit."
- Craig Charles: "But hey, one more fight and you're through to the series semi-finals. Are you feeling confident about the next one"
- Mick Cutter: "We are now yes, that one was a bit - we didn't know where to hit him. But now it's out of the way, we'll give it a good go."
- — After the battle
Winner: Chaos
Mace vs. Chaos (6)Edit
As the two met in the middle of the arena, Chaos wiggled enough for Mace to miss the first attack. Chaos spun around to avoid meeting flippers, but both ended up pointing towards each other. Chaos attempted to flip Mace, but only succeeded in bouncing itself away from the opponent. Chaos reversed to get away while the flipper was reset. Chaos managed to get trapped by Mace and pushed into the PPZ and Matilda. Matilda drove forwards, tusks up, and toppled Chaos over and it rested upside-down.
- "Trying to get back to life, but they know they're in trouble! And that was because of the intervention of Mace in the first place!"
- — Jonathan Pearce
While inverted, Chaos's flipper was reset, so it was fired to act as a srimech. However, the robot merely lifted up and came to rest on its back. Mace reversed in and started shredding Chaos's armour with its rear flail. The House Robots intervened as Shunt eventually righted Chaos. Chaos managed to escape, but was eventually returned to its back after a flip from Matilda. After the battle, Sir Killalot dropped Chaos into the pit.
Heat Winner: Mace
- "When the Terminator sits down after finishing his chores, he has a "hasta la pizza", and he watches Robot Wars!"
- — Craig Charles' sign-off
- The appearance of Chaos as the sixth seed made Heat B the first time that a seeded machine was placed in the heats.
- Heat B was the first time that a robot attempted to use a self-righting mechanism to save itself from defeat, although it (Chaos) was not successful. It was later revealed that George Francis had forgotten to attach some "ears" to the back of the robot to stop it from getting stuck on its back.
- Heat B was the first time a robot fell into the Pit of Oblivion, although it was not in a fight, nor was it by a competitor robot. Sir Killalot also pitted Chaos in the final, but it was after the cease, so it did not count.
- This heat was the first time a House Robot was successfully attacked by means other than by a flipper. Wheelosaurus attacked Sergeant Bash in the Trial, crippling the gas canisters.
- This heat also marked the first appearance of an Axlebot in the UK series, as well as being one of the few that was not a Torque-Reaction Axlebot (Wheelosaurus).


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International Mobility Fund (IMF)The International Mobility Fund (IMF) provides international opportunities to BCIT regular faculty, specialized faculty, and BCGEU faculty in furthering their knowledge and skills to participate in international research and/or teaching activities overseas.
These activities promote global competitiveness, recognition, and experiential growth for individuals and the institute, to keep our educational offerings current.
Individual applicants from any of BCIT's six schools, Applied Research, and the Learning and Teaching Center (LTC) are eligible for funding up to a maximum of $5000 per application, including submissions for collaborative projects and/or initiatives. An equitable allocation of funding of $10,000 each fiscal year will be disbursed to each BCIT School, Applied Research, and LTC.
Distribution of these funds is determined semi-annually by an adjudication committee consisting of representatives from each school, Applied Research, and LTC, and the Division of Student Services. Candidates will be notified of the outcomes within two weeks of the committee meeting.
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James Cai - Associate Dean, School of Construction & the Environment
Aaron Hunter - Faculty, School of Computing & Academic Studies
Joe Boyd - Faculty, Applied Research
Lawrence Gu - Dean, International (non-voting member)
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Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9, Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Mendelssohn: Fantasie op. 28
Liszt: Liebeslied
Lilian Akopova, Piano
From the beginning of the Schumann Carnaval sunny and grim at the same time to its dreamy Dedication (the arrangement of Widmung by Liszt): on every track of this wonderful Genuin CD, young pianist Lilian Akopova transports us into a Romantic world of fantasy. The pianist makes her mark with distinct tempos, an infinitely differentiated pianistic touch and a sure sense of dramatic suspense. After winning First Prize at the Vianna Da Motta International Piano Competition, Anne-Sophie Mutter said her virtuoso and pianistic capabilities are very impressive. This Schumann and Mendelssohn disc clearly demonstrates that her artistry goes far beyond these possibilities!
"The quality of the recording and its presentation are commensurate with the high musicianship of this release."
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"Insomma, l´artigianato musicale d´alta classe indispensabile per fare bella figura davanti alle giurie, con il valore aggiunto di una musicalità piacevole e raffinata."
Review in the italian magazine Musica, issue 224, March 2011.