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Structural Wood Deck Tiles
No need for wood or steel supporting structures. Tiles are supported at each corner with adjustable height pedestals, or for low height applications, can also be elevated off the surface with fixed height rubber support pads.
Structural wood tiles can be used to create elevated decks over most hard surfaces – rooftops, courtyards, terraces, pool surrounds, patios etc. for both residential and commercial applications.
The prefabricated panels are constructed with 13/16″ wood slats screwed to three solid wood support battens with stainless steel screws, creating a tile with outstanding strength, durability and resistance to flexing.
We currently offer structural wood deck tiles in two wood species:
Ipe – sourced from Bolivia
Tiles are manufactured in Bolivia in sizes 24" x 24" and 24" x 48" (nom.)
Black Locust – sourced from the USA and listed by the Rainforest Alliance as one of the most preferred alternatives to tropical hardwoods for outdoor applications.
Both wood species feature excellent durability and stability. In accordance with normal industry practice, our Ipe wood tiles are supplied with waxed ends to reduce the possibility of end cracking. Under some circumstances, the wax can 'bleed' slightly, resulting in a temporary difference in wood color where the wax has bled. Over time, this color difference will normally disappear.
See our installation guidelines for further explanation of this issue.
Tile Details
Key Benefits of Ipe
Key Benefits of Black Locust
|Ipe Deck Tiles
|Black Locust Deck Tiles
|Standard tile sizes
|23 7/16" x 23 7/16" or 23 7/8″ x 23 7/8″ 23 7/16″ x 47
|23 7/8" x 23 7/8"
|Tile weight
|23 lb
|21 lb
|Tile height
|1 11/16″
|1 11/16″
|Wood thickness
|Slats per tile
|Width of slats
|2 7/8″
|2 7/8″
|Slat spacing
|3/16″ approx.
|3/16″ approx.
|Ends & sides finish
|S4S E4E (radius 1/8″)
|S4S E6E (radius 1/8″)
|End treatment
|waxed with paraffin
|no wax
|Surface finish
|not coated with oil
|coated with VOC free natural oil with UV inhibitors
|Fixing screws
|stainless steel
|stainless steel 305
|Black Locust
|Botanical name
|Tabebuia sp.
|Robinia Pseudoacacia
|Reddish brown, but can vary from olive brown to blackish
|Golden brown
|Interlocked grain, fine to medium texture
|Tight, straight grain, medium texture
|64 lb/ft3
|43 lb/ft3
|Class 1 (min. 25 years life)
|Class 1 (min. 25 years life)
|Hardness (Janka)
|3680 (very hard)
|1700 (hard)
|Decay resistance
|1 (very resistant)
|1-2 (resistant-very resistant)
|Fire resistance (ASTM E84‐16)
|Class B
|Class A
|Flame spread index
|Modulus of rupture
|22,600 psi
|19,400 psi
|Modulus of elasticity
|21,600 MPa
|14,100 MPa
|Crushing strength
|13,000 lbf/in2
|10,200 lbf/in2
|7% tangential, 6% radial
|7.2% tangential, 4.6% radial
|Tang./radial shrinkage
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Archatrak structural wood tiles are specifically designed for installation on pedestal supports for constructing elevated decks. Any installation should ensure good air circulation can be maintained under the tiles and that the tiles will not be subject to prolonged contact with water.
For installation using adjustable height pedestals, see here.
For installation using rubber support pads, see here.
As supplied, Ipe wood tiles do not have any sealer or decking oil applied to the surface. However a wax is applied at the ends of the slats to minimize any slight cracking or checking. We highly recommend coating the tiles with a good quality decking oil or sealant as soon as practical after installation.
If the tiles are not coated with any sealer or decking oil promptly after installation but left to fade naturally, slight 'bleeding' of the wax on the ends may give the appearance of water staining on the ends of the wood slats.
Archatrak Inc. warrants to the original purchaser that its structural Ipe wood pavers shall be free from material defects in workmanship and materials for a period of three (3) years from the date of original purchase, under normal use and service condition.
Defects are defined as imperfections that impair the utility of the product for its normally accepted purpose.
Download the full warranty document here.
Archatrak donates a portion of the proceeds from each Black Locust and Ipe wood deck tile sold, through our partnership with Trees for the Future. This donation facilitates the planting of 2 trees for every tile sold.
Trees for the Future (TREES) is an international development nonprofit that meets a triple bottom line by planting trees: poverty alleviation, hunger eradication, and healing the environment. Working across 6 Sub-Sahara African countries TREES has planted over 150 million trees since 1989.

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The joy that parenthood brings, is priceless! And is there anything in the world you would not give to the apple of your eyes, if he asked for it? Obviously, you will want to give him everything…even the moon!
And that's not just a saying, you can make it a reality with this crescent moon shaped crib created by a French wood designer.
The crib is very comfortable and peaceful and is sure to induce a good night's sleep. The string of lights lends a starry look to the decor and will appeal to the baby's imagination and curiosity. What we think will go fabulously well with this innovative piece is, our "Sweet Dreams" wall decal…
See more here: http://tinyurl.com/oq33f8r
So there you go…all set to transport not only your baby, but also yourself to fairyland 🙂
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This flogger has been handcrafted using 10 smooth Saddle leather tails and an easy to grip leather handle. This elegant whip has a shiny gold plated end cap with subtle 'O' ring detail that attaches the chain wrist loop, for added security. Measuring an alluring length of 87cm.
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text: Baby'O, a relatively small club, with room for about 250 guests has been around for more than thirty years, and bears the stamp of the classic and classy discotheque of the 1980's. Baby'O is perhaps Acapulco's most exclusive and most famous discotheque. Here the guest can rub elbows with many well-known personalities from the world of sports and entertainment, both Mexican and international. The ambiance is one of a great party, with music that samples many different genres, though modern rhythms predominate. Management arranges for live shows and even contests during periods like Spring Break and generally on holiday weekends. The service is first class, all around. Baby'O is on the Costera Alemán in Costa Azul. Not anyone who goes there gets in. The place combines good taste with a sense of exclusivity. The club opens at 10:00.


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Of Fish And Farmers
One man's successful quest to align the needs of fish and farmers.
Of Fish And Farmers
One man's successful quest to align the needs of fish and farmers.
It took Roger Muggli 10 minutes to manually crank open the flood gates on his newly constructed upstream fish bypass at 12-mile dam on the Tongue River just north of Miles City, Montana. Alone for this initial test run, Muggli watched with deep satisfaction as the water pushed through the gates and crawled down the engineered path he constructed, circumventing the irrigation diversion dam and reconnecting with the river. As he observed the water he was astounded to watch a northern pike and two sauger make their way over the concrete apron at the top of the bypass and into the river. These were the first three fish to pass this point in the river headed upstream in 125 years.
"With all the contention we faced over if this was going to work or not, I almost forgot the reason I was there," Muggli, a fourth-generation farmer recalls. "It was just so cool. I opened the gates and the fish were there."
Critics argued after 125 years, fish would have forgotten their desire to spawn upstream. They were wrong.
Prior to Muggli's intervention, fish populations above the dam had dwindled to just four species while 46 species thrived downstream. "We've netted all but three of those 46 species using the bypass," Muggli reports.
Lasting impression. The passion that brought this project to life can be traced back to 1956 when Muggli was just a young boy helping his dad irrigate their alfalfa fields. As they opened head gates to flood their fields, fish would sweep in with the water. It bothered Muggli, who would toss as many as he could save into a bucket, hop on his bike and race them to the nearby Yellowstone River.
"We were near the end of the canal, so we saw more fish than other farmers," Muggli says. "After an experience watching a massive smallmouth bass get as close to death as you can get before I rescued him, I knew I had to do something about it."
As a youth he felt helpless, but 30 years later Muggli hadn't forgotten the lesson of the bass. When he became the third generation of his family to take the reins as Tongue and Yellowstone Irrigation District manager he finally could address the issue.
In 1989 Muggli called a meeting at the dam attracting around 11 agencies and groups. Those in attendance were excited to proactively address the issue of fish entrainment in the canal. "I was exposed to a lot of perspectives on how to fix the problem and the money just appeared. Within 6 months the groups had pledged over $700,000 to the project," Muggli says.
Farmer ingenuity. Muggli wanted to save money where possible, so he became general contractor, doing much of the work and problem solving himself—something he's used to doing as his family owns and operates the largest livestock pellet mill in Montana. He settled on a louvre system to steer fish away from the canal intake. Water comes in the head gate at the dam and swirls past 90 feet of vertical metal slats situated at an angle just an inch apart.
"They're tipped into the flow of water so it creates little vortices. This makes a sound and a feel the fish don't like so they stay to the other side of the intake and are bypassed back to the river," he says. Money ran a little short, but in true farmer fashion, Muggli reused the old head gate openers plus one from an abandoned irrigation project, saving $5,000 a pop and recycled heavy stainless steel doors from a nuclear missile silo to serve as the gates themselves.
Full circle. The louvre system was finished in 1997 and fish were safely bypassing the canal, but Muggli wasn't done. In 1998 he started the 580-foot upstream bypass to restore fish movement to the upper Tongue River. Finished in 2010, the 20-plus-year project was a smashing success as fish once again swam freely upstream and down.
"I'm not to be patted on the back. If we're taking water out of the river, we have a responsibility to that river and its ecosystem," he says. "I had no choice, it had to be done."


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Nowadays business card printing come in a great variety of sizes, colors, fonts and materials. Regular paper, single font, and single color cards can be referred to as retro style cards today. In this day and age there are business cards on stickers, magnets, CD-roms, Rolodex cards, and even metallic surfaces at your disposal.
Being a dramatic and unique way to get a company's name in the public, metallic business cards are quickly gaining prominence, for an array of reasons. First of all, they look magnificent. The gleam and gloss of the polished metallic surface catches the eyes of the most skeptic prospects. In general you can opt from several metallic looks, such as gold or silver, and the effect can be pretty dramatic. So much so that prospects hardly ever toss metal cards away. In fact, metallic cards are sold at a quite reasonable price, but the impression they give makes them seem a far more costly thing to the holders.
Alexandru is the co-owner of TopDesignMag. "If it looks easy, it's hard. If it looks hard, it's impossible. If it looks impossible, it's due tomorrow. At 8 A.M."


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This article was in the New York Times earlier this month but I wasn't able to blog it until now because things here have been nuts, I've been sick, and our internet has been really, really weird. Anyway. This is a really great article about how Secretary Clinton has used food as a tool of diplomacy during her tenure as Secretary of State. It's awesome to see someone as high up as the Secretary recognizing what a truly powerful tool food can be for diplomacy. It makes me excited to be working for the department and hopeful that in the future I can really make a difference, one cupcake at a time.
Semi-unrelated: there are rumors going around at work that there's going to be a bake-off at post later this summer. I'm already testing recipes. Pictures to come!


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The UN-REDD program in Zambia is hosting an Allometric Equation (AE) training workshop with the technical training of national technicians from Tanzania and Zambia, and the development of new AE equations for both countries. The training will be held from 10-14 December 2012. This is a South-South training with technical experts from CIRAD in France and FAO HQ, training fourteen technicians from Tanzania and Zambia. AE equations are an important quantitative element of efforts to Measure, Report and Verify (MRV) forest carbon stocks and stock changes in countries.
FAO's country office in Zambia is looking for an international consultant to conduct a joint task on "Drivers of deforestation" and the "Economic context of REDD+" in Zambia, beginning mid-August 2012. Find the Terms of Reference and application instructions here. The deadline to apply isAugust 5th.
UN-REDD Programme and PACDE, together with UNDP Zambia, organize a workshop on "Strengthening Transparency and Accountability for REDD+ in Africa" in Lusaka 24-26 April 2012. More details to come.The
The UN-REDD Programme and the Government of Zambia are organized a three-day REDD+ Orientation Workshop on REDD+ for a broad range of stakeholders, including government, NGOs, community representatives and academics. The workshop, held in Lusaka from 27-29 June, aimed to increase understanding on REDD+ as well as foster multi-stakeholder engagement and dialogue around REDD+. Read an article about the workshop to find out more details, and check out Zambia's stakeholder engagement page for more information.
These preliminary analyses are based on regional and global data. They represent a first step in exploring the potential for co-benefits of carbon management for climate change mitigation under REDD+ in Zambia. See the map here
The Climate Change & National Forestry Programme workshop will take place in Kabwe, Zambia on 27-28 April 2011. The objective is to identify priority action needs related to sustainable forest management in the context of climate change in national forest policy and practice whose implementation can be supported by the FAO Finland Programme in the period 2010-2012. Read more
As of 20 September 2010 all signatures from the Government of Zambia and UN agencies have been gathered on the Zambia UN-REDD Programme Document, signaling the beginning of the next steps for the release of funds and programme implementation.


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This is a copy of T S Eliot's second book of poetry, Poems (1919). It was published by the Hogarth Press, which had been established in 1917 by the writers Leonard and Virginia Woolf.
How did it come about?
Eliot was part of the 'Bloomsbury' circle of writers, artists and thinkers which took its name from the area of London in which it largely met. On 19 October 1918, Leonard Woolf wrote to Eliot to explain:
My wife and I have started a small private Printing Press, and we print and publish privately short works which would not otherwise find a publisher easily. We have been told by Roger Fry that you have some poems which you wish to find a publisher for. We both very much liked your book Prufrock; and I wonder whether you would care to look at the poems with a view to printing them.
The Woolfs printed 250 copies of the book in March. As the title page of the book shows, they did so at Hogarth House, Richmond. By November, 140 had sold, and Eliot received a cheque for £1.13s.10d.
What does the book contain?
It contains seven poems: 'Sweeney among the Nightingales', 'The Hippopotamus', 'Mr Eliot's Sunday Morning Service', 'Whispers of Immortality', 'Le Spectateur', 'Mélange Adultère de Tour', and 'Lune de Miel'.
The four French-titled poems are also written entirely in French. Later, Eliot explained that he had lived in Paris from October 1910 to July 1911 because 'for many years, France had represented above all, to my eyes, poetry'. Yet the subject-matter is drawn from many other cultures including the English. 'Whispers of Immortality' draws partly on Eliot's interest in the poetry of Elizabethan England. The Webster described as being 'much possessed by death, / And saw the skull beneath the skin' is the playwright John Webster (1578/80–1638?). The lectures Eliot gave on Elizabethan literature in 1918 praised 'his skill in dealing with horror; the beauty of his verse'.
'The Hippopotamus', Eliot once recorded, was 'the only poem of mine which I've any reason to suppose James Joyce ever read'.
Other than Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, this was the last book which Eliot published which consisted of separate new poems. The seven poems were subsequently republished as part of Ara Vos Prec (1920) and Poems (1920), which was Eliot's first publication in America, the country of his birth.
For more T S Eliot content explore works published by Faber & Faber.
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- 1919, The Hogarth Press, Paradise Road, Richmond, London
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- Hogarth Press
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- Pamphlet
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Introduction: Stacked Paper Jewelry
Making jewelry can involve low tech and inexpensive materials. This instructable will show you how to make jewelry using the simplest of materials: construction paper, glue, sandpaper and time.
I have done this project with elementary students as young as second grade. It CAN be done with more sophisticated equipment, but since I don't own any of these items except for a dremel tool, I won't show you that path. But hey, if you have the equipment, use it!
I'm completing this instructable as a teaching tool as I plan on showing my middle school art students this as a demo for class. (And they will be completing through low tech methods!)
Construction paper, card stock
hand drill or hand punch
jewelry findings
Step 1: Trace, Cut and Glue
Cut out the design.
Trace. Trace....trace some more.
If you had one of those fancy machines you could use it and then presto! But alas, no fancy machine...
Stack and glue.
Let dry overnight.
Step 2: Mistakes Can Be Used to Teach
I had designed and started to cut out a flower shape. The flower was a failure as far as making a jewelry piece, but I'll use this for my students to show the problem with a design that is too complicated or that cutting wasn't done carefully enough.
As I started to stack up before gluing, I noticed that the designs weren't lining up properly. And honestly I also wasn't looking forward to sanding this later on. If I'd had a bigger flower (was making earrings), this design would have worked. But the size was too small and my cutting not accurate enough.
Step 3: Sandman
I like doing things by hand. My students will be doing this also by hand, so I needed to time it so I knew how much time it was going to take, approximately.
Step 4: Finishing
My students will NOT use their feet.
Add findings
Other finishing touches
- add drawn or cut details
- add lacquer (clear nail polish) to waterproof and also to make the colors pop
- maybe glitter nail polish (can really see my students liking that!)
Step 5: Enjoying Craft
This was a fun project for me, and I know my students will also enjoy it. It is fun to make something out of such simple materials.
There is a joy in simplicity and making things with your hands. Thanks for allowing me to share this joy with you!
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I did this with my middle school classes about 40+ years ago. They loved it. This was a great project to teach the value of the investment of time to achieve a quality outcome.
Couple suggestions:
Make your first one a simple abstract or geometric shape.
Thin the glue with water so it goes on lightly and use a brush to apply.
Glue all the shapes together, alternating colors, quickly and neatly, then immediately compress between to smooth pieces do wood in a vice or with c-clamps. (Use some wax paper on both sides of the piece to keep it from sticking to the wood). Crank it down as tight as you can get it and let it set for 24 hours. This will come out as hard a piece of plastic or Masonite,
Sand the piece using progressively finer grades of sand paper, tapering the outside edges to a sharp edge (like a thin wedge) allowing the alternating colors to become moe evident.
Finish with high gloss lacquer or nail polish.
You will be stunned at the quality, and no one will believe it's paper.
I actually did this with my elementary students about 25 years ago and all of your comments are perfectly accurate! When I do this with art classes (100+ or more students), there isn't enough clamps and etc to go around, so we just press down hard and put under a stack of books.
Thanks for your comments! I appreciate the feedback and constructive criticism.
Lol sooo cute! It kind of reminds me of shrinky dinks
What a great idea for kids and adults! Thanks for sharing and have a super weekend!
Love having a Sunshiine comment! Thanks!
I wished I had time to experiment with this. I love it!
The most time consuming part is cutting out the 20-30 shapes. If you have one of those clever machines, it doesn't take as long!(Of course I don't have one of those...) But really it doesn't take that much time if you have a simple design to cut out.
Lol so cool...I remember making a brooch like this at school, a lot of years ago ;)
Funny how things you did as a kid come back! Thanks for stopping by!


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Trumbull's Drew Thompson wins SCC title
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Fairfield Prep's Drew Thompson from Trumbull placed first and the Jesuits took second to Amity High from Woodbridge at the Southern Connecticut Conference cross country championships held at the 5K course at Hammonasset State Park in Madison on Oct. 22.
Thompson took home top honors with a time of 15:44. Jack McGowan was 6th (16:16), George Crist 7th (16:24), John O'Connor 18th (17:05), Christian Nilsson 25th (17:10), Drew Newcomb 30th (17:22) and Mackinnon Sheldon 48th (17:58).
Amity (46) repeated as SCC champs. Prep (57) was followed by Guilford (105), Cheshire (115) and Shelton (140).
Last year, Thompson won the Jingle Bell 5K and holds the record for fastest mile at Madison Middle School.


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Chanel's spring fashion show 2020, held at Grand Palais in Paris, came to a hilarious close on Tuesday after a French Youtuber hijacked the runway to join the supermodels on their finale walk.
Videos on social media show Marie Benoliel, known by her Youtube name as S'Infiltre, clad in a hound's tooth tweed suit and flat-top hat, climbing on to the catwalk — with considerable effort due to the combined constraints of her heels and pencil skirt.
Benoliel confidently strides off, hand to waist, despite almost knocking into one of the supermodels. The models remain outwardly non-plussed and continue their circuit, which was designed to look like the rooftops of Paris.
For a while, it seemed that Benoliel's infiltration of the fashion industry was successful. So much so, that when security scrambled to pull her off the circuit, they had trouble even picking her out among the supermodels on the runway.
An Instagram video shows Benoliel smoothly detouring from the main runway to walk onto another ramp where she was confronted by Gigi Hadid. Hadid puts an arm around her to prevent her from walking back and escorts her down the stairs."I loved the show," rapper Cardi B told Women's Wear Daily. "I got a little scared when homegirl flew out there." Chanel president Bruno Pavlovsky was reportedly seen chucking at the Youtuber's antics after he realized what was happening. According to a statement published by the CNN, a spokesperson for Chanel said: "This person is a comedian known for this type of prank. She had crashed another runway recently. Her presence on the catwalk was not planned. Security guards simply led her to the exit at the end of the show."
Benoliel, 28, posted a screenshot of a news story on her stunt on her Instagram page, captioning the post, "Le défilé étam c'était walou à côté," which translates to: "The Etam runway was nothing in comparison."Last week, Benoliel crashed lingerie brand's Etam fashion show, dressed in silvery lingerie and a sleeping mask.
Benoliel is known by her fans for her satirical sense of humour, which often involve poking fun at the French bourgeoise by infiltrating society events.


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it's a good way of empowering people to speak in public without fear and builds ones confidence
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I have been thinking about where we are going as a country and I do not like the trajectory. In spite of it I think we are not lost. There is still time for a late rescue. Examining the most recent employment data both encourages and worries me. The overall number and trajectory is good, the devil is in the details. Most of the jobs created are in sectors that have been and continue to be low paying. These jobs are low skilled and some would call them dead-end. The service sector is growing and has produced more jobs than it lost during the great recession. Job creation is great, except these are not the jobs needed to create a viable middle class. These are the types of jobs that create short-term corporate profits and shareholder value.
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A common definition of compassion is having a desire to help someone who is suffering, which includes pain, distress, and hardship. We all experience suffering at some point in our lives. When people are hurting on the inside, we may see it in their behavior. When we encounter an "unloving" or "unkind" person, our natural impulse may be to respond in kind. But if we see them as someone who is suffering in some way and we feel moved by their pain, a natural desire to help emerges. Choose to extend them compassion and love instead of adding to their suffering. The people who act the most unloving may be the ones who most need to receive love.
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When we are running low on love, peace, and joy, we sense an inner lack or emptiness and we attempt to fill it from outside.
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When instead we experience an abundance of joy, right now, we see that in fact we do deserve to be happy and that true happiness comes from within. We stop seeking approval or validation from others - not because we don't care what they think, but because we know ourselves well enough to know what we need. We trust ourselves enough to follow our own heart.
We long for peace, but through our daily actions, we choose sadness, anger, and fear instead. We make up stories about why people do the things they do to us (That driver cut me off on purpose! My doctor is always making me wait for my appointments. My child never listens - she really knows how to push my buttons!). We don't stop to consider the alternatives (The driver didn't see me there because I was in his blind spot. My doctor is very thorough and always wants to make sure he answers all of his patients' questions. I'm not listening to my daughter and what she really needs).
When we instead experience an abundance of peace, we choose it now and always; we don't let petty annoyances or frustrations ruin our day. We stay open to possibilities about why things are unfolding as they are. We stop seeing the other as the enemy who is out to get us. We pause, we breathe, and we inquire so we can better understand and see the real truth of the situation.
There are no limits to how much love, peace, and joy we can feel any given day. That which we long for is in abundant supply within us, right now and always.
This has been my journey. To stop searching for love, peace, and joy outside of myself. To see that they are already here, right now. I'm not perfect. It's not always easy. Emotional reactions happen quickly and I've got 40-some years worth of unlearning to do. But I'm tired of holding myself back. So I'm allowing small miracles to happen every day. Each time I choose love over fear, joy over misery, and peace over stress, anxiety or anger, I get one step closer to living a truly abundant life.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:24 pm
Post subject: Empty
A legitimate feeling for anyone to subdue themselves in melancholy, and anxiety of 'where did the real them go to' thoughts that can eventually drown a person in depression. Emptiness is perhaps the most relative to loneliness. A sence of hollowness. Did Motoko Kusanagi feel this was. She was engulfed into her body. Perhaps while her spiritual quest for discovery of her ghost was swayed in the roads of logic, and scientific explanation, she also began concideration of her body, and the strange distance it made within her from her own self. Even though her emotions and sensations simulated within her, felt as if though her own, her awareness of the fact that they were indeed nothing but mere simulations is what makes the 'emptiness' even more inflated in her mind. And even the mind, the ghost and sense of self she clung onto, were now beginning to be nothing but mere doubts. Confusion, loss of self-belief, doubts of one's reasons for existing - could any of this have lead to a type of depression? Even though solid and rather rigid among her comrades at work, could Kusanagi possibly have been suffering from something caused by her questioning?
All opinions welcome, and most anxiously awaited.
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:35 pm
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My opinion is that it was in her nature to have scientific doubts about her own nature. I never saw it as a kind of depression, although it was probably a bit of a downer to not be able to seriously discuss those doubts with Batou or the others. I assume that it's the Motoko in the first movie you're thinking about (as usual)? I still haven't seen Innocence.
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:58 pm
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My opinion is that it was in her nature to have scientific doubts about her own nature. I never saw it as a kind of depression, although it was probably a bit of a downer to not be able to seriously discuss those doubts with Batou or the others. I assume that it's the Motoko in the first movie you're thinking about (as usual)? I still haven't seen Innocence.
Two things for me to say before I actually reply:
1. See innocence
2. Of course movie Kusanagi!
I'm obsessive beyond recovery!
As to my reply:
I don't think that the doubts were generally the effect of depression, but I'm wondering, in her state was it possible that the doubts were the roots of depression? If not that, then what about a type of distancing, or even autism-like perception of surroundings due to the depth and intencity of her curiosity about herself. Could the doubts be the door to all those things?
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:29 am
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Movie Motoko was best :)
I always thought she was just 'bored'. The pinnacle of boredom though. 'Empty' sounds too drastic, like she couldn't feel anything when it seems she at least demonstrates she could feel a few things (curiousity, yearning, determination). The Motoko in the film has gone as far as anybody could go; the cyberbrain is the epitome of human evolution up to that point and she is one of the most highly advanced cyborgs... Where do you go from there? Where do you go from there if you're somebody who longs to keep pushing the boundaries of their existence? Her ennui- it's being stuck in a rut, like going on a personal philosophical quest and finally reaching THE answer (or getting close enough that it's a good as finding the answer), only to realise that you've got nowhere to go beyond that, and that that topic, which you poured so much of yourself into, no longer has anything to offer you. It's a metaphor for the way we live our lives now, in the modern world. Or at least, the point we may feel we are rapidly approaching. There are echoes of this throughout many things in life; everything from important stuff like love to more trivial things like collecting toys. I really loved the English dub of the 1st movie (yes I know everyone tends to hate it) because I thought she captured that phase of life that Motoko was in well (and to be honest it doesn't sound that far off what the Japanese voice actress was trying to do with her either). Motoko is left only with her thoughts to keep herself occupied playing games of philosophy and logic with them. Then the Puppetmaster thing happens as she's on the cusp of total boredom with her life, the world, and the limits of what she is; and it proves to be the event to break her out of it and thus take the whole of humanity to the next leap forward in being...
I like the film's Motoko because I think that a lot of us can relate to her. I think they intended her to be that way on purpose... She's a future everyman ahead of her time- you and me, male or female, whatever colour or race- it does not matter in the film. She could be a strapping great big fellow called Sampson, and it'd still be the same essential persona with the same issues to work through in the film. I liked the character design that they went with in the end though... Looks strangely like an old English teacher of mine (okay, I admit; how closely my English teacher resembled her in the face and eyes used to truly spook me sometimes in class).
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:11 pm
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I agree with Syphi. Motoko's state of mind is less akin to depression (which is usually caused by an imbalence in neurotransmitters) but more like the existential concept of ennui (an apathetic listlessness caused by the feeling that existance is pointless (The existentialists believed that there was no "meaning of life", in other words that it had no point)), which is more akin to an emotion dictated by external circumstances. Motoko has reached a state at which she is static, this has made existance seem pointless and invoked ennui. By joining with the puppetmaster she was able to move on to greater things, she changed in order to survive (on of the major themes of both the Movie and manga versions of GITS).
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:26 pm
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She could be a strapping great big fellow called Sampson, and it'd still be the same essential persona with the same issues to work through in the film.
A round of applause for the best commentary of the day.
Boredom... I guess that does indeed fit into her appearance of outlook on life. But I guess what I want, is for us to dwelve even
than what it 'appears' to be. Look at the upper left corner of the screen. You can't look at her staring blankly into that room, and tell me that there's nothing more than mere boredum past that.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:03 am
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Yeah I can. It's just a more complex boredom than "I'm bored and it's raining, so I'll stay in and do a jigsaw puzzle." What I don't think is that she's some poor emotionally-needing soul who's struggling to find her feelings while fighting an emptiness that we mere mortals can't even begin to know, or anything as melodramatic as that. Or perhaps you'd like to see it that way because it gives you something to romanticise about
... that poor vulnerable girl, how hard it is on her, I want to protect her, etcetera...
I'm teasing! I'm only teasing!
See, I can play the mercilessly teasing 'older sister' lol...
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:23 am
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Besides, there is nothing "not deep" about that level of ennui. As somebody who is never lacking in interesting things to think or do, to arrive at that point would be very surreal, restless and perplexing. When you've lost your purpose in any given thing, you feel very heavy (like your soul is weighty or something, like there's leaden static in the air) while you're searching for your next one (that is, purpose or thing to have purpose in); especially as the realisation that you are actually searching tends to be very gradual until you realise it, and in the meantime you feel a bit directionless (not the best word, but good enough). That Motoko's eyes in the picture have
look about them, met with a hint of "is this... perhaps?" as something she's looking at in both her reflection and the guy/puppetmaster/whoever she's urrently watching this time clicks with the problem her brain is working on.
Having a highly logical mind is great, the thing is that you don't always realise that the logic is carrying you somewhere, you get so wrapped up in using it as a tool inside and outside.
uhh... didn't mean to speak in second person- when I say 'you' I don't mean anyone in particular... maybe me, since that was where it was coming from...
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:32 pm
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cyberization and the mapping of the human-ghost results in the ideology that all the answers are within reach. however, more answers only lead to more and much deeper questions. motoko's life is an example of one who has fully been assimililated into technology and materialism charged with the hopes of some semblance of man saving himself. obviously she--as well as the rest of society--has been left wanting. sexaroids, prosthesis, materialism, internet-addiction. i think this is a case of ennui caused by disillusionment and perhaps depression. some of the great thinkers, artists, philosphers were horribly depressed--a cursed blessing because they were never satisfied with surface answers--they dug deeper to satiate the need within themelves for truth.
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:00 pm
Post subject: Excuse me...
If I may interrupt for just a brief span of time, I can guarantee this will not take long, but I just wish to clarify something. Even the greatest minds have been terribly depressed, true, but is it not also true to say that they may have also feared the need for truth, thereby creating an endless cycle of doubt of which eventually consumes their very being? I ask this since I am just wishing to clarify whether a MegaTech human-ghost such as I am capable of breaking this routine. I know for a fact that the answers within oneself is not always the answers you seek. Where else can you suggest that I can find the answers to the questions I seek? I have tried rifling through the net, but it just gave me a slight head and neckache.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:36 pm
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As per Motoko in the first movie, the reason she was in the mood she was is said in two parts.
1. on the boat with Batou after having been diving. Basically she want to get out and do something, or be something, grand, but she's limited by her current identity that makes up her existence.
2. on the elevator with Batou shortly after discussing the appearance of a ghost in the puppet master body (though they don't know it's the puppetmaster yet.) She goes on to say that by fully cyborizing her body (except the brain which is just encased and given extra memory) that with such grand technology, even her brain might be a computerized simulation, which would make her life and her thoughts, not originally of her own and thus she has no identity, and might as well not exist.
Some other things I want to add to that.
1. in season one of SAC, during the last 3 or so episodes we learn that the reason Motoko keeps her watch is to have a physical object to prove that she exists and has exists, as well as a reason to keep one real arm, the one the watch is on (in the last episode the kid-laughingman states that she still hasn't switched to a completly prosthetic body, which when applied to Batou's reasoning of why Motoko has always had the same body and watch that's shown in the 3rd to last episode when they run from section 9 HQ.)
2. In the 2 to last episode we also learn Batou buys weight training equipment for the same reason Motoko keeps he watch.
3. in Innocence during the conversations (or speeches rather, geez the guy loves talking) with Kim the idea that only animals, and those with neither no concience or infinite conciousnce have sublime happyness. In trying to obtain this through science, we have learned that the body can be broken down to simple fundamental levels, like clockwork. This means of course, we could theoretically be progammed as well except by chemicals instead of digits, cogs, or porcelin.
Judging from that fact that ALL THREE point to worrying about if we really have a true identity, means there is a
highly likely chance
that this is the main issue depressing Motoko, since they all have recurring themes on other things as well.
This is especially so if we notice that during the series, Motoko isn't fully cyborized yet and has her watch, but later in the movie and the main comic she becomes fully cyborized, and no longer has a watch and tends to have a more serious, darker demeaner, and more concern about what makes her her, her identity. But by joining with the puppet master she enters a world where she quite literally has infinite conciousness, or at least a near god like one. Hence the reason for the angel in the movie, it also jives with the puppetmasters speech.
Now I know that the series was made after the comic and the movie, but that doesn't mean Shirow didn't guide the series and movies so it would lead to them, which is what I think he did, or most likely did. Since Shirow actually did the most basic outline for the series, and Oshii matched his two movies up, it wouldn't be that hard to do.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:16 pm
Post subject: Re: Excuse me...
the_shadow wrote:
I ask this since I am just wishing to clarify whether a MegaTech human-ghost such as I am capable of breaking this routine.
I hate to sound rude, but you need a serious reality check.
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Not really Spica, I treat my body as if my skin were synthetic. It will not be cut by my own hands, I have tried. A total of 8 cuts to the forearm yielded no results
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:12 pm
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but it just gave me a slight head and neckache.
Can a MegaTech human-ghost actually get head and neckache, though? Bemused
Uh, perhaps you should not be cutting up your forearms though, synthetic or not. If only because, whether it's for suicidal reasons or not, it makes others extremely uncomfortable to think that it
might be
because of suicidal tendancies. And that's no way to get ahead in life.
By the way, I think that getting trapped in destructicve "cycles of self-doubt" is like getting stuck in a rut when it comes to theories... I mean like when you fall in love with Plato, feminism, whatever way of thinking you like, and feel so certain that that's the answer to everything, so you bring everything back to that constantly. I can start to become unconstructive, which is just like self-criticism that can get out of hand- and good tool at first, but something that can suck you in too far and become your prison. You end up not moving ahead for it, and eventually destroying yourself or throwing away other things that are important... without realising it. Does that make sense? It's like, believing that your soul is the real you and that this world isn't important so badly that you discard it... Which is a misguided thing to do, because it means there are things you won't see around you that run the risk of being regrettable later.
sord, I liked the way you linked everything together even though I can't quite believe in it (I mean, without knowing what Shirow's intentions were for certain and the exact amount of input he had over the whole). But well done for making it all sound pretty logical- it is an interpretation that could very easily work to view GitS as a whole from. I did not know the things about SAC- Motoko in that series really has one original arm still? Hmm... of course, the argument about the eventual build up to full-cyborgisation in the movie does fall short a little bit due to the fact that they are stated as being different universes, but ingnoring continuity it's a good idea. It was also really easy to read (compared to the huge-paragraph way I tend to write).
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Roporak are a breed of the spider-like Rahi Visorak.
Roporak, like all the other Visorak, were created by the Makuta Chirox on an island south of Nynrah that was soon renamed "Visorak", after the spider-like creatures. Their first victims were the indigenous population of the island.[1]
The Roporak were made part of the Brotherhood of Makuta's armies by Gorast[citation needed], and were led by Sidorak and Roodaka, king and viceroy of the Visorak hordes. The hordes conquered a number of islands, mutating native Rahi beasts in the process. At one point, when the Visorak were under the command of Sidorak and Roodaka, several Roporak attempted to rebel against the horde rulers. According to Whenua, their fate made death seem merciful by comparison.[2]
When the Toa Metru returned to Metru Nui, the Roporak waited at the far end of the Moto-Hub when the Keelerak trapped them inside. Onewa locked some Roporak inside a stone dome with his Rhotuka spinners. It was a Roporak that told the other Visorak of Matau and Iruini's location, allowing the spider creatures to trap the two.[3] Roodaka commanded a Roporak to keep watch over Krahka after instructing the Rahi to reveal to the Toa Hordika the identities of the Matoran intended by the stars to become Toa Metru. The same Roporak told Roodaka of Krahka's betrayal.[2]
Later, Vakama, Onewa, and Norik defeated a horde of Roporak when they were trying to save Turaga Dume. At one point, Vakama, Onewa, Norik, and Pouks saw several Roporak web up some Kikanalo and mutate them into fearsome creatures. Angered at the Visorak, Vakama proceeded to attack them all, making the others concerned about Vakama embracing his Hordika side. The Toa also defeated the Roporak and other Visorak in a battle for a tower from which Sidorak was giving commands, imprisoning them in the tower long enough for most to be killed.[2] While the Toa were searching for the Makoki Stone, Nokama had to force her way through several Roporak. The Roporak later participated in the Battle of Metru Nui. After Vakama disbanded the horde, most of the Roporak left Metru Nui for good.[4]
During the war for control of the universe, all the Roporak and the other Visorak were summoned to the island of Artidax by the Heart of the Visorak. As part of a plan by the Order of Mata Nui, a volcanic explosion was triggered after the entire species arrived on the island, killing them.[5]
Teridax recreated the Roporak after gaining control of the Matoran Universe, and they became enforcers of his laws.[6] When the Great Spirit Robot was destroyed and Teridax was killed, the Roporak, along with the rest of the Visorak horde, became wild and immigrated to Spherus Magna.[7]
Abilities and Traits
Roporak are the master spies of the Visorak horde, using their chameleon power to blend in with their surroundings and become virtually invisible. They are also able to stay completely still for hours as they watch their prey. In battle they usually attack over long distances, since their spinners can fly the furthest, using Rhotuka with a disruptor power that drains energy from the target. They also possess Rhotuka which can paralyze its victims, as do all Visorak. Roporak are extremely cautious fighters, preferring to wait until a foe has been weakened by others before striking.
Set Information
8745 Roporak was released along with the other five Visorak in the spring of 2005 for European countries, and in the fall for North America. It contained 47 pieces, including a Rhotuka and Rhotuka launcher. Parts from the set could be combined with parts from the Keelerak set to make a Chute Lurker, with Suukorak and Boggarak to make a Venom Flyer, and the other five Visorak sets to make the Zivon.
A mini Roporak figure was included in the Battle of Metru Nui, Visorak Battle Ram, Tower of Toa, and Visorak's Gate playsets of 2005, all canon except the last. Blended from black and glow-in-the-dark plastic, it featured mandibles distinct from those of the other mini Visorak pieces. A clip between the mandibles allowed it to attach to Visorak webbing pieces included in all four sets.
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If you use the Twitter or Periscope app on iOS, you might enjoy the new audio-only Periscope broadcast ability. You will find that this new audio ability is available right now. The ability to broadcast audio-only Periscopes is rolling out in the new update that was just release. It was released on both the main Twitter app and the Periscope app.
If you have been paying attention, you might have noticed Twitter testing out the audio-only broadcast ability for Periscope the past few weeks. It appears that the testing is over since the feature is now rolling out to everyone on iOS. We have all of the latest details about this new audio-only ability, so keep reading to learn more.
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If you have either the Twitter app for iOS or the Periscope app for iOS, you should see the update now. You will notice the new audio-only feature rolling out across all iOS devices. After you have updated your Twitter app on iOS, you will be able to go to the "Compose" section. From there, click on "Go Live" to bring up the regular live-streaming screen. If you look over you will see a microphone icon. The microphone is able to be toggled to be an audio-only broadcast or not.
Just like you can with the live video streaming, you will be able to view all of your statistics with an audio-only broadcast. This includes various metrics like how many replay viewers you had and how many live viewers you had. You will also see how much time people spent watching your audio-only broadcast. These metrics are very useful for broadcasters across all mediums. It is nice to see the audio-only broadcasts will get the same useful information. There are many possibilities with the audio-only broadcasts for Periscope, and we will talk a little more about those possibilities below.
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The biggest possibility that exists with the audio format is the ability to podcast. Podcasting is a very big medium these days with several thousand of people choosing to podcast. With the ability for your viewers you hear you but not see you, it opens up the door for you to begin podcasting.
These also could be shorter podcasts and they are easily shared across Twitter or other platforms. If you are trying to explain something to your followers, you now have an option to upload an audio-only broadcast. This could come in very handy in those situations where you know explaining will take more than the 280 character limit on Twitter.
The live-streaming with video is still thought to be a highly useful feature for those on Twitter and Periscope. Sporting moments and the gaming moments work best with the live-streaming videos, because people want to see the action. Breaking news is not quite as popular as it used to be, since more people are moving towards the gaming content and professional media.
About two years ago, Twitter did integrate broadcasting into the main app, although almost no one uses it on the platform. Live podcasting and other types of audio content are going to hopefully increase with the new audio-only Periscope broadcasting feature.
Is Podcasting the Reason for the Audio-Only Periscope Broadcasting Feature?
A lot of people seem to think that podcasting is the biggest reason why this new audio-only feature was added. Twitter likely wants to get in on the popularity of podcasting. That is especially true since the business is growing more and more every day.
It is not likely an entire broadcast would be put up through Twitter or Periscope though. A podcaster could use the option to record highlights of things being discussed or highlights of part of what the podcast itself was about. It could help generate more people to click on the full podcast through another site in order to listen.
We want to know in the comments below what you think of the new audio-only broadcasting option now live in Twitter and Periscope on iOS. Are you a broadcaster that will be using the new audio-only option through Periscope? Do you think that this option will get more people into making short podcasts for their viewers? Are you more comfortable doing a live-streaming video option or is the only audio option more viable for you personally? Tell us if you have seen this new update roll out and what you think the future of Periscope will be all about.