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"I developed a phobia of Los Angeles," says David Grand.
That could have been a problem for the 45-year-old author, whose novel "Mount Terminus" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 384 pp., $26) is set in early 20th century L.A. But it was the book — which he spent more than a decade writing — that estranged Grand from the city where he grew up.
"I couldn't deal with the sensory overload I experience when I'm there," he says from the safety of his Brooklyn walk-up. "Whether it's the light or the landscape or transitioning from one dynamic neighborhood to another, I just kept thinking I'm going to see all these people trampling the sacred ground that I've been constructing for all of these years."
What Grand has constructed is a layered literary take on creativity and silence, identity and ambition, storytelling and filmmaking and solitude. In it, Bloom, a young boy, is brought by his father to Mount Terminus, which looms over the not-yet-built city of Los Angeles. For his father, Jacob, California is a place of both refuge and reckoning; he is, like many who came here, running from something and trying to start anew.
Before his history catches up to him, Jacob creates a home for his son that's idyllic and free of want but also isolated. Bloom is raised in their hilltop villa with no companions but a deaf and mute maid. He is a product of this world, perfectly suited to its solitude and quiet.
"I chose the interior space of Bloom," Grand says. "I wanted to create the feeling that he was this odd, lonely guy with a rich imagination who was very comfortable in a world of silence."
"Mount Terminus" is dense and intense. Thank Grand's process: Write several pages one day, compress them into a few lines the next. Then do that again and again for 10 years.
That's a long time for an author to stay out of circulation. And those who remember Grand for his well-reviewed earlier books — 1998's "Louse," a satire featuring a Howard Hughes-like mad billionaire, and 2002's "The Disappearing Body," a 1930s noir — won't find many similarities here. Except, of course, for a determination to create something entirely new.
He's been busy while writing: He's married, has twin sons, and teaches creative writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University. One time-sapping activity he has managed to avoid is social media. "If I had my choice I would like to lead my very simple life, not put myself out on public display when I have an interesting, idiosyncratic idea.... I kind of reserve that for my work — which is why I could sit around for 10 years and work on a book," he says, laughing.
During the course of our video interview, he cracks up when he says something weighty or serious. It's a little self-deprecating, maybe, but it's also delightful: not what you might expect from someone who has spent a decade creating a serious work of art.
In "Mount Terminus," Bloom becomes a young storyboard artist, a man who envisions how stories can come to life frame by frame. Of course, he never would have emerged from the mountain if not forced to; that impetus arrives in the form of his elder brother Simon, an ambitious film producer and real estate developer, poised to bring the whole city into being all by himself. The mogul-on-the-make is a familiar story, Grand knows, so he puts it on the periphery while history unfolds at an even further remove.
What we have instead is a bildungsroman of Bloom, a portrait of the artist growing into his creative self, and secondarily becoming a man. Will he, can he, should he learn to live in the world?
It creates a new literary hybrid: the Los Angeles Gothic. "Once you put a big house on a hill, you're entering the Gothic; there's no way of getting around it," accedes Grand. Like the latter-day noir of the film
"I had that feeling when I was growing up: My moods were a little too dark for sunny Southern California," Grand says. His parents divorced acrimoniously in New York when he was 8, and his mother, a teacher, moved David and his brother to an inexpensive apartment in Westwood.
Grand was raised "a good Jewish boy," attending Sinai Temple on Wilshire Boulevard. Some of his Jewish heritage makes it into the book, but it's the lost history that's more important. Bloom's family tree pretty much stops at Ellis Island, something he shares with Grand.
"I know very little about my family history — it's kind of a blank slate. I got a few stories out of my grandmother before she passed away. Nothing earth-shattering or groundbreaking: just people getting thrown under trains and houses being burnt down. All of the horrors one would expect from, you know, a pogrom," Grand says. "That's part of the Jewish experience that I wanted to relate in the novel, the absence of family history."
But that lack inspired self-invention. "It doesn't surprise me that a bunch of Jews wandering the desert would find themselves in a place like Los Angeles building a dream factory," Grand says.
The texture of early Hollywood comes to life in the book as Bloom apprentices under a director making silent-era audience-pleasers, then works for a visionary filmmaker.
"I wanted to create the experience of a silent film in that character; I wanted him to embody it," Grand explains. That melding of form and content is impeccable throughout "Mount Terminus." Bloom's mother's life takes some operatically dramatic turns — which Grand describes as being "the type of experience that age would have had. I didn't want to shy away from that overinflated emotion and the melodrama."
Grand learned that lesson from a Russian poet he studied with in college. "He must have been 90," he says. "He was always wagging his finger at us, saying, 'Oh, you people. I grew up in a poetic age. I grew up in an age where people were unafraid to feel. I look at you, I feel so sorry for you.'"
It doesn't matter to Grand that melodrama isn't often found in contemporary literary fiction. "I just decided I'm just going to embrace it. I'm going to go for it. Because that informs so much of the cinema that emerged in that period. That raw emotion."
Now that Grand has completed the world he envisioned for Los Angeles in the earliest days of cinema, he's ready to return. "The second I finished, my first thought was, 'I can't wait to go back to L.A.' I miss it," he says. He reads at the Last Bookstore on Thursday, after making a run to In-N-Out.


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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2011: Analysis and Applications of Coupled Leaky-Mode, Implant-Defined Surface-Emitting Laser Arrays
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Two-dimensional coherent laser arrays are useful for sensing, optical links, laser pumps, and imaging. However, the fabrication procedures necessary for strongly coupled anti-guiding designs are typically complicated and expensive. This work explores a new and much simpler anti-guided array design using ion implantation and photonic crystal confinement in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser. The origin of anti-guiding in the laser arrays is described in detail, and
design rules for optimizing performance are discussed. A description of the means to achieve high coherence is presented through both theoretical and experimental investigations. The application of the arrays as low-divergence and steerable sources is demonstrated experimentally
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THE family of a man who died after years of exposure to asbestos have warned of a "ticking timebomb" as deaths from the disease are expected to peak over the next two years.
Grandfather Larrie Lewington, 65, of Wytham View, Eynsham, died in October last year from an incurable cancer called mesothelioma – after breathing in asbestos during his working life.
An inquest at Oxfordshire Coroner's Court on Wednesday found Mr Lewington, died from the industrial disease.
His children Rebecca, 31, Jessica, 30, and Benjamin, 21, sister Delia Russell, 68, and brother Richard, 77, described him as a funny family man who kept his humour and dignity until death.
And they say more needs to be done to educate people about the dangers of being exposed to asbestos to prevent more unnecessary deaths.
Rebecca said: "There are so many people who don't realise how dangerous asbestos is but such a small amount can cause the disease.
"It is important that if you think you have been exposed to it you should contact your doctors because by the time it is diagnosed it is too late, but if you go to your doctors in time they can detect it and there are things they can do to help.
"All the people my dad worked with have now passed away bar one."
Between 2006 until 2010 across Oxfordshire there were 106 deaths due to mesothelioma – according to the Government's Office for National Statistics.
And across 24 years in the county – from 1981 to 2005 – 893 people died from the asbestos-related cancer.
A report from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) shows that the expected number of mesothelioma cases amongst males is expected to increase to a peak of 2,038 in 2016.
Mr Lewington's daughter Rebecca said: "We are very angry that my dad lost his life at such a young age due to asbestos exposure which the Government was well aware was dangerous.
"He wanted to see his grandchildren grow up, it is not fair on them – they adored him.
"He was as fit as a fiddle otherwise and lost his life working hard for his family unaware of the dangers of the materials he was handling."
Mr Lewington, grandfather to Rebecca's children Callum, 13, Jake, 11, Louis, six, and Summer, two, and Jessica's children Charlie, seven, and Evie, three, worked for Witney-based Kidlington Insulation from 1973 to 1978. As a thermal insulation engineer he poured bags of the deadly dust-like particle asbestos into a bucket and mixed it with water using his hands.
He was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the Churchill Hospital in Headington – which is where 30 years previously his family say he had been handling asbestos to insulate boiler room pipes.
His children raised £35,000 for alternative treatment in Frankfurt Hospital in Germany after chemotherapy sessions in Oxford did not stop the cancer spreading.
His sister Mrs Russell said: "Those kids fought like mad to keep him alive."
But an inquest heard he died in October from the cancer.
Assistant coroner Peter Clark said: "A person's life is not defined by their death and what shines through all the paperwork is clearly a family man who was supported and loved."
- Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that most often starts in the covering of the lungs but can also start in the abdomen.
- Most cases of it are caused by exposure to asbestos - Cancer Research UK says that nine in 10 men with mesothelioma have been in contact with the mineral.
- In its early stages, mesothelioma does not have many symptoms but later they include pain in the lower back or chest, a persistent cough, shortness of breath, a hoarse or husky voice, weight loss, difficulty swallowing, sweating and high temperatures.


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Your Study Guides and Strategies starts here!
Mapping overview/demo
Mapping exercise 1
Mapping exercise 2
Mapping exercise 3
How do I map?
First reject the idea of an outline,
or of paragraphs using sentences.
Think in terms of key words or symbols
that represent ideas and words:
Write down the most important word or short phrase
or symbol for the center.
Think about it; circle it.
Post other important concepts
and their words outside the circle
Edit this first phase
Think about the relation of outside items to the center item
Erase, edit, and/or shorten words to key ideas
Relocate important items closer to each other for better organization
If possible, use color to organize information
Link concepts with words to clarify their relationships
Continue working outward
Freely and quickly add other key words and ideas (you can always erase!)
Think weird: combine concepts to expand your map or; break boundaries
Develop in directions the topic takes you--not limited by how you are doing the map
As you expand your map, tend to become more specific or detailed
Set the map aside
Later, continue development and revision
Stop and think about relationships you are developing
Expand the map over time (right up to an exam if necessary!)
This map is your personal learning document
It combines what you knew with what you are learning
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New Intel Turbo Boost Technology
The second-generation Intel Core processor family, codenamed "Sandy Bridge," introduced many improvements and optimizations to the existing Intel Turbo Boost technology. Most processors based on the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture include Intel Turbo Boost Technology version 2.0. Intel released a new version of the Intel Turbo Boost Technology Monitor gadget. This new version allows you to check the status of Turbo Boost 2.0 in real-time in Windows 7.
Intel Turbo Boost Technology 1.0 was focused on improving performance of single-threaded applications on multicore Nehalem processors. In a previous post titled "Measuring Speedup is Challenging with Intel Turbo Boost Technology," I showed an example of the important changes in the multicore microprocessors' behavior that shipped with this technology. The Sandy Bridge microarchitecture brought a new version of this technology focused on improving performance for both single and multi-threaded applications. Thus, Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 is optimized to increase the duration of Turbo modes for more cores when necessary compared to its predecessor.
The Sandy Bridge microarchitecture includes an integrated die for processor and graphics. Turbo Boost 2.0 applies Turbo modes to both cores and graphics. Turbo Boost 2.0 runs many algorithms to match performance to workloads. At the same time, these real-time complex algorithms optimize power efficiency across cores and graphics. In fact, Turbo Boost 2.0 became so complex that its decisions become really unpredictable for mere mortals. If you run Windows 7, you can download and install the newest version of the Intel Turbo Boost Technology Monitor. Unluckily, this application doesn't support previous Windows versions. If you run Windows Vista, you won't be able to install the application. In addition, if your CPU doesn't support Intel Turbo Boost Technology, the application won't run. If you have the previous version of Intel Turbo Boost Technology Monitor, the installer uninstalls the existing application version and installs the new version.
I wrote an article about the previous version of Intel's Turbo Boost Technology Monitor more than a year ago. However, the new version adds many interesting features and makes it easier to understand what's going on with the CPU.
When Turbo Boost isn't active and the CPU consumes less than rated power, the application shows a green leaf icon and an Energy Saver label, as below:
When Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology makes the CPU cores operate at a frequency lower than the base frequency, a dark blue area appears. The application doesn't show a frequency value because Turbo Boost isn't working, as below:
When Intel Turbo Boost Technology makes one or more CPU cores operate at frequencies in the Turbo range, a light blue area appears on top of the dark blue area. The application displays a label with the Turbo frequency value and the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 text when the CPU is activating the newest Turbo Boost version. In the following snapshot, an Intel Core i7 CPU with a base frequency of 2.70 GHz activates Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 to increase the frequency of one or more cores to 3.00 GHz:
When you run the application with a CPU that supports the first version of Intel Turbo Boost Technology, the application displays a label with the Turbo frequency and the Intel Turbo Boost Technology text without a version number. In the following snapshot, an Intel Core i7 CPU with a base frequency of 1.73 GHz activates Intel Turbo Boost Technology 1.0 to increase the frequency of one core to 2.93 GHz:
Intel Turbo Boost Technology Monitor shows the Turbo frequency for the most active cores. As happened with the previous version of this application, there is no detailed information for each core. If you want to know what happens on each individual core, you can use another application, such as TMonitor.


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Included in this category are static and rotary UPSs, isolation transformers, transient suppressors, and voltage regulators, along with CAD/CAM systems and draining equipment.
Computers and other sensitive electronic equipment make up a growing and extremely vulnerable portion of the load served by the electrical industry. In addition, computers have become significant tools in the design, engineering, and installation of electrical systems. Computers, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), process controls, communications equipment, and similar electronic apparatus are sensitive to fluctuations, disturbances, and interruptions in their power supply. Because malfunctions and failures in this type of equipment can be extremely costly, a wide variety of power conditioning and protection equipment has been developed to counter these problems.
Product offerings
Power conditioning devices are available in a wide variety of types, configurations, and designs, depending on the application. This variety ranges from simple transient and surge suppressors, through constant voltage and isolation transformers, voltage regulators, motor generators, and combination units, to static, rotary, and hybrid uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs).
Transient surge suppressors eliminate the effects of brief high-voltage spikes. Filters remove spurious high-frequency signals (noise), harmonics, and other electrical pollution from power and data systems. Isolation transformers prevent noise in the power supply from reaching computers and other sensitive equipment. Constant-voltage transformers or voltage regulators deliver the required rated voltage to the loads in spite of wide voltage fluctuations in the supply. Motor-generators create a new output, using the input power simply as a source of energy; they completely isolate the output from the input and can provide an output voltage the same as or different from the input voltage.
Combination units can merge several types of conditioners to provide protection against all power problems, except sustained outages. Computer power centers (CPCs) provide local power distribution panelboards and grounding provisions in a computer area, and often contain some combination of power conditioning technologies, usually with an isolation transformer, all in a self-contained floor-mounted unit.
UPS systems
The only full protection against all input power disturbances, including a sustained power outage, is a true UPS. Static and most rotary UPS systems use batteries as a source of energy when the normal supply is interrupted; some rotary units, however, do not require batteries. Since battery power is costly, it is ordinarily limited to periods of from 5 min to 1 hr, and typically 15 min. This limited time period is normally used to facilitate an orderly shutdown of computers or other sensitive electronic equipment. Backup generators are commonly used to supply power before the battery time has expired.
Static UPSs consist of a rectifier (AC-to-DC converter), a DC bus with floating (continuous connected) battery, a DC-toAC inverter, and a solid-state bypass switch. The bypass switch transfers power to another source in less than 4 ms, with the output overlapping, so there is no break in the continuity of power. Static UPS units range from a few hundred VA for microcomputers to 750kVA and higher for larger installations, with larger capacity achieved by using parallel units. They are available for online, offline, and lineinteractive service.
Rotary UPS systems vary more in concept and design than static UPSs. The one thing most rotary UPS systems have in common is that the output to the load is supplied by a M-G set during normal operation and on loss of normal power. The output of an M-G set is a clean, low distortion sine wave, completely isolated from disturbances in the input power supply to the motor. Many rotary systems are quiet enough to be installed right in the computer room.


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Venezuela's Chavez says cancer back, plans surgery
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez named his vice president as his chosen successor and was heading back to Cuba on Sunday for more surgery for cancer after announcing that the illness returned despite two previous operations, chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
Chavez acknowledged the seriousness of his situation in a televised address Saturday night, saying for the first time that if he suffers complications Vice President Nicolas Maduro should take his place as Venezuela's leader and continue his socialist movement.
"There are risks. Who can deny it?" Chavez said, seated at the presidential palace beside Maduro and other aides.
"In any circumstance, we should guarantee the advance of the Bolivarian Revolution," Chavez said.
Several outside medical experts said that based on Chavez's account of his condition and his treatment so far, they doubt the cancer can be cured.
Chavez said he hasn't given up.
"I hope to give you all good news in the coming days," said Chavez, who held up a crucifix and kissed it. "With the grace of God, we'll come out victorious."
The president, who just returned from Cuba early Friday, said tests had found a return of "some malignant cells" in the same area where tumors were previously removed.
Chavez, who has yet to be sworn in for his new term after winning re-election on Oct. 7, said he would return to Havana on Sunday and would undergo the operation in the coming days.
Chavez's quick trip home appeared aimed at sending a clear directive to his inner circle that Maduro is his chosen successor. He called for his allies to pull together, saying: "Unity, unity, unity."
Chavez said his doctors had recommended he have the surgery right away, but that he had told them he wanted to return to Venezuela first.
"I want to go there. I need to go to Venezuela," Chavez recalled telling his doctors. "And what I came for was this," he said, seated below a portrait of independence hero Simon Bolivar, the inspiration of his Bolivarian Revolution movement.
Chavez had named Maduro, his longtime foreign minister, as his choice for vice president three days after winning re-election. Maduro, a burly former bus driver, has shown unflagging loyalty and become a leading spokesman for Venezuela's socialist leader in recent years.
The vice president's expression was solemn as Chavez said that Maduro should become president if any complication were to prevent him from finishing his current term, which concludes in early January. Chavez said that if new elections are held, his movement's candidate should be Maduro.
"In that scenario, which under the constitution would require presidential elections to be held again, you all elect Nicolas Maduro as president," Chavez said. "I ask that of you from my heart."
"He's one of the young leaders with the greatest ability to continue, if I'm unable to ... continue with his firm hand, with his gaze, with his heart of a man of the people," Chavez said, also saying that Maduro's leadership and "the international recognition he has earned" make him fit to become president.
Chavez held a small blue copy of the constitution in his hands and waved it. The Venezuelan constitution says that if a president-elect dies before taking office, a new election should be held within 30 days and that in the meantime the president of the National Assembly is to be in charge of the government.
While he spoke, Chavez was flanked by both Maduro and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello. He asked for lawmakers to grant permission for him to fly to Havana on Sunday. It was unclear what time he would leave.
Announcements on state television called for Chavez's supporters to gather in city plazas throughout the country on Sunday to show their solidarity.
Chavez is scheduled to be sworn in for a new six-year term Jan. 10, and he called his relapse a "new battle."
This will be his third operation to remove cancerous tissue in about a year and a half.
The 58-year-old president first underwent surgery for an unspecified type of pelvic cancer in Cuba in June 2011, after an operation for a pelvic abscess earlier in the month found the cancer. He had another cancer surgery last February after a tumor appeared in the same area. He has also undergone chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
Chavez said tests immediately after his re-election win had shown no sign of cancer. But he said he had swelling and pain, which he thought was due to "the effort of the campaign and the radiation therapy treatment."
"It's a very sensitive area, so we started to pay a lot of attention to that," he said, adding that he had reduced his public appearances.
Chavez made his most recent trip to Cuba on the night of Nov. 27, saying he would receive hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Such treatment is regularly used to help heal tissues damaged by radiation treatment.
Chavez said that while he was in Cuba tests detected the recurrence of cancer.
He arrived back in Caracas on Friday after 10 days of medical treatment, but until Saturday night had not referred to his health. His unexplained decision to skip a summit of regional leaders in Brazil on Friday had raised suspicions among many Venezuelans that his health had taken a turn for the worse.
Dr. Carlos Castro, scientific director of the League Against Cancer in neighboring Colombia, told The Associated Press that he expects the operation will likely be followed by more chemotherapy.
"It's behaving like a sarcoma, and sarcoma doesn't forgive," Castro said, adding that he wouldn't be surprised if the cancer had also spread to the lungs or other areas.
"We knew this was going to happen," he said. "This isn't good."
Throughout his treatment, Chavez has kept secret various details about his illness, including the precise location of the tumors and the type of cancer. He has said he travels to Cuba for treatment because his cancer was diagnosed by doctors there.
Dr. Michael Pishvaian, an oncologist at Georgetown University's Lombardi Cancer Center in Washington, said in a phone interview that he wasn't surprised by the news.
"I think this is recurrent cancer that at this point is almost certainly not going to go away," Pishvaian said. "It's unlikely that what he's going through now is curable."
He speculated that given what Chavez has said about his cancer, it is most likely a soft-tissue sarcoma. He said those in the pelvis area have a likelihood of recurring of 50 percent to 70 percent, even with the best treatment.
Chavez said he wouldn't have run for re-election this year if tests at the time had shown signs of cancer. He also made his most specific comments yet about his movement carrying on without him if necessary.
"Fortunately, this revolution doesn't depend on one man. We've passed through periods and today we have a collective leadership," Chavez said.
Chavez also recalled a conversation with his mentor Fidel Castro in Havana before his brief trip home to Caracas, in which the Cuban leader referred to a "flame" in Latin America and Chavez's socialist movement.
"A revolution rose up here in Venezuela," Chavez said, adding that "it's been up to us, some of us... to assume responsibilities, assume vanguard roles."
As he concluded his remarks, the president said: "Chavez in truth is no longer only this human being. Chavez is a great collective."


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QuotedOriginally posted by Brockpaine
Chilean delegate Agustín Edwards addresses the Assembly:
"The Chilean government has previously understood that the Chinese Army has entered Tibet at the invitation of the Tibetan government in order to contain Chinese and Tibetan warlords there. Now we have these gentlemen who claim the Chinese Army is actively invading and occupying their country. Until today I have heard no statements before this body requesting the withdrawal of Chinese military assistance, so you will excuse my surprise at the suddenness of requesting peacekeeping help against the Chinese Army. The gentlemen from Tibet will excuse me for noting that this is not the proper chain of events necessary for requesting League of Nations intervention, and, to borrow a term from our English-speaking compatriots - 'smells fishy'.
"Chile therefore requests to table voting until such a time as the legitimacy of this request has been proven and the proper steps have been taken leading up to such a vote."
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QuotedOriginally posted by ShinRa_Inc
A point of order; Are these two monks the properly credentialed agents of the Tibetan government, with the rights to address the league on behalf of said government? Or are they private citizens who have somehow managed an audience through other means?
(It's worth remembering, that Tibet is not a member of the league from what I can tell, as well. In fact, Other than appearing seperate on the Big Map, I'm unaware of any change in the historical nonrecognition of Tibet as a sovereign state.)
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QuotedOriginally posted by parador
I am glad to see, that the majority of the present ambassadors see this thing, as a thing that it is, namely an internal affair of China.
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QuotedOriginally posted by perdedor99
Good question. Who allowed them to enter the building? Bharat feels as duped by the chain of events as all the rest of the assembly.
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The Dorothy Dunnett Society was formed to help its members enjoy, discuss and promote the works of Dorothy Dunnett and the historical periods in which they were set. The lively and companionable Society is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. We are run by volunteers, and have over 500 members in Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, South Africa, France and other countries.
We were founded in 2001 by Dorothy Dunnett just after her last book, Gemini, was published and the 2000 Gatherings were held in Edinburgh and Philadelphia. She wanted her readers to continue to be able to get in touch with each other and to communicate their enthusiasm for history and literature to others.
The Society is legally constituted as a charity under the laws of Scotland and its aims are to:
- advance the education of the public concerning the history, politics, culture and religion of the 11th, 15th and 16th centuries by promoting the study of and research into such subjects generally and into such subjects particularly as they relate to the works of Dorothy Dunnett, and to disseminate to the public the results of such research.
- foster the appreciation and recognition of the literary works of Dorothy Dunnett.
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Friday, March 21, 2008
As the sun sets on the first day of this holy six week fast, our efforts to share the vision of the Flying Spaghetti Monster have so far resulted in over 600 votes, and over 50 comments on this blog alone. Across the nation others rejoice over the good work happening in Crossville. Thank you for supporting our freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
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- OBx2 said...
Hats off again to a breakthrough I didn't think we would ever see here in Crossville. You don't know how much it is appreciated.
- March 22, 2008 at 5:33 AM
- Juviana said...
I hope you join us today (3/22/08) at 3:00 PM on the courthouse lawn. I am gathering all local pirates to pay homage to his noodleyness.
If you have pirate garb, please come join us!
- March 22, 2008 at 6:46 AM
This is fun and creative and ambitious.... nice work.
- March 22, 2008 at 7:37 AM
I would love to join, but alas, I have no pirate garb. :(
- March 22, 2008 at 8:12 AM
Excellent work on both message and display. It's quite an "intelligent design." ;-)
- March 22, 2008 at 8:19 AM
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I am testing with VNCViewer FT5 beta... When working with multimonitors (on both ends)... Connecting to a remote PC with dual monitors and I double click the "Select Full Desktop/Switch Monitor" button, I found the limit that the VNCViewer window will only display the pixels that will fit on my primary monitor (even if I have dual monitors on my side. I can change the remote resolution or chance the Size % to see more or less of the remote dual monitors, however I can't find a way get past the pixel limitation. If I size the VNCViewer window to not show any black edges, I get a srollbar. The scrollbar will let me scroll the view to where I can see the full remote dual monitor contents. What would be very nice would be if the VNCViewer could use both my monitors (on the VNCViewer end) where I can stretch the VNCViewer window across both monitors and see the remote dual monitors as if I was setting in front of the remote dual monitors. (which is the objective of any remote control software). At work, dual monitors has become the 'thing' that everyone wants. BTW, is there any command line switch that I can use to open the VNCViewer session with it open for dual monitors, where I don't have to double tap the "Select Full Desktop" button?


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One of my favorite personal finance tactics is "snowflaking." For those unaware, "snowflaking" refers to the idea that if you make little frugal steps throughout the month, you simply add the amount you saved with that method and include the total as an extra payment at the end of the month. So, for example, if you used coupons to save $5 on your normal purchases, you would then add $5 to an extra debt payment at the end of the month. This knocks $5 off of the total amount you owe, reducing your interest owed in future months and getting rid of the total debt that much faster.
"Snowflaking" is almost always used in a debt-related context – the name itself comes from the popular "debt snowball" – but I've actually found that snowflaking is incredibly powerful for almost any goal in life. In fact, I use snowflaking all the time in my own life for bigger goals.
Here are some examples for how I use snowflaking for some of my personal goals.
Bigger savings goals The biggest savings goal that Sarah and I have right now is for our next home. We intend to buy a piece of land in the country with some wooded area on it (expensive) and then build a house to spec on that land (even more expensive), along with a barn (whew!).
That's an expensive goal.
So I keep that big goal in my mind as often as I can. I have a picture of a home with a barn and some woods in the back that I look at all the time to keep myself reminded of it. When I make a choice to save a few bucks – buying something in bulk or some similar little effect – I log onto my online banking and transfer that amount to a separate savings account, never to be touched until we're ready.
With every little choice, that account grows and we move a little closer to our dreams.
Motivational goals I'd like to get a better pair of walking shoes. Instead of just going out and buying a new pair, I simply pledge that if I reach the 250 mile mark with my walking this spring and summer, I'll allow myself to buy the shoes.
Again, this is snowflaking, just in a little bit different form. If I don't have the motivation to go on a really long walk, I'll just talk myself into a short walk around the park near our house. I'll kick out a mile and a half or two miles and be back at the house in less than a half an hour, but that little bit contributes to my larger goal.
Cash snowflaking can work well alongside this non-cash goal. If I talk myself into walking for an hour instead of renting a pay-per-view movie or something like that, I can contribute the savings to an account for that goal.
Splurges Let's say, hypothetically, that I wanted an iPad. I might want that in the short term, but still want to save for the bigger goal in the long term. What do I do?
I could simply split the snowflakes, putting half of the money into the big goal account and the other half into the iPad account. I could also just go for the short term goal now, putting all of it towards the iPad and moving back to the other goal once I have my gadget.
My preferred way, though, is to snowflake in certain ways for one goal and snowflake in other ways for other goals. So, for example, if I save money by choosing free entertainment instead of something with a price tag (like I might normally do), I'd save that money for an entertainment splurge (like an iPad). On the other hand, if I save money with smart food buying, that would go towards the house instead.
Of course, this is a hypothetical assumption that I want an iPad instead of, say, a good paperback.
To put it all simply, snowflaking is a great tactic for any financial goal. It creates a powerful connection between big goals and the little choices we make each day, often in a very tangible fashion.


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2011 Nissan Qashqai 1.5 dci (facelift model) only 74000 miles full history motd nov 2019, , Alloy wheels, cd player, electric windows, 2 keys, remote locking, multi function steering wheel, cruise control, front fog lights, , This we jeep is in very good condition through out, serviced 3k ago, 1st to view will buy, , All cards welcome, finance available , Black, 1 owner, £5,695
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|60000 miles
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|3 years
|Standard paintwork guarantee
|3 years
Performance & economy
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Before anyone asks... no. There's a reason the Jets let him walk.
Brodney Pool released by Dallas Cowboys after week in camp
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Published: Aug. 6, 2012 at 12:18 p.m. Updated: Aug. 6, 2012 at 12:48 p.m.
OXNARD, Calif. -- The Dallas Cowboys have released veteran safety Brodney Pool, one of their free-agent pickups earlier this year.
The coaches of the NFL weigh in on a number of hot-button topics in the league, including Andrew Luck vs. RG3, Tim Tebow, challenge flag etiquette, the Packers' QB tree and the 2012 Hall of Fame class.
Pool was released Monday along with cornerback Isaac Madison when the Cowboys cleared roster space to sign receiver David Little and running back Javarris Williams.
Before playing the last two years for the New York Jets, Pool began his career with five seasons with the Cleveland Browns. His defensive coordinator his final year with the Browns was Rob Ryan, who is now with the Cowboys.
Pool signed a one-year contract in March. He was one of three Cowboys players who at the start of camp failed the initial conditioning test, a series of timed sprints. He had to do several days of remedial running before passing the second test and starting practice Friday.
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Before anyone asks... no. There's a reason the Jets let him walk.
I forget, was he on the team last year?
sign this beast!
Call me Crazy, but I always liked Pool.
I said it at the time. Getting trucked like that could be a career-ender.
Pool was a decent player for us but unfortunately whenever I hear his name I will think of that play.
dont need him.. Landry,Bell,Smith, Allen (who is having a great camp),Bush... we have a solid group..
You have to hit in the NFCE, not good for concussions.
I'm curious why some folks think we haven't addressed any of the problems from last year.
Behind the RT and the lack of pass rush, the safety play was our biggest pfail.
Getting rid of Pool, finally realizing Leonard wasn't the answer, finding someone--anyone to get Eric Smith off the field--we got faster and more athletic and more physical with Landry, Bell, Allen and Bush.
And considering how well Lankster is playing in camp, I think our secondary is going to be one of our strengths this year.
Not after he let Bradshaw walk in the end zone last Christmas eve. I can still see that play.
Pool failed the Cowboys conditioning test first day of camp, that is ridiculous for a safety...that put the writing on the wall.
They saw something in Bush a while ago, this guy could become a significant producer soon.
Allen has shown incredible flashes--we got him in the 7th and he was universally projected as a 3rd or 4th.
Landry, if healthy is a Pro-bowl caliber player. Big, fast, mean, lays the wood.
Bell is still better than any safety we've had since Rhodes.
The Jets secondary is going to be a huge strength of this defense.


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Did you know that all thunderstorms produce lightning and lightning can strike as far as 10 miles away from any rainfall?
Did you know that all thunderstorms produce lightning and lightning can strike as far as 10 miles away from any rainfall?
Many deaths from lightning occur ahead of the storm because people wait to the last minute before seeking shelter.
According to the National Weather Service, 28 people were killed by lightning last year. Hundreds more were struck and survived, suffering life-long injury and or permanent disability.
If you are outdoors and see lightning, move indoors to a completely enclosed building or into a hard-topped vehicle and close the windows.
Avoid being in or near high places and open fields, isolated trees, unprotected gazebos, car ports, pavilions, tents, shelters, baseball dugouts, flagpoles, light poles, metal or wood bleachers, metal fences, and water.
Don't hold on to metal items such as golf clubs, umbrellas or tools.
To determine how far a thunderstorm is from you, use the "30-30 Rule."
When you see lightning, count the number of seconds that pass until you hear thunder. If you hear thunder within 30 seconds of seeing lightning, the storm is within six miles.
Seek shelter immediately.
Wait at least 30 minutes after the last clap of thunder before leaving shelter.
If you are at home when a storm is expected, unplug major or unnecessary appliances such as televisions and air-conditioners, because power surges can damage appliances beyond repair. Avoid using corded phones or any electrical appliances.
Lightning can enter your home as a direct strike, through wires or pipes that extend outside your home (such as water and gas pipes), or through the ground.
Once it makes it into your home, the current generated by the lightning strike can travel through electrical lines, plumbing, phone lines, radio or television reception systems.
Flexible gas line is more susceptible to lightning damage than iron pipe.
Look, listen and smell for gas leaks and any evidence of a fire.
If the fire is small (smoldering) and in a remote location such as the crawl space, basement, or attic, you might not be able to see flames but you can often smell or see smoke.
If you detect any unusual odors or see any smoke, call 9-1-1 immediately.
National Lightning Safety Awareness Week is June 23-29.
Take a few minutes this week to make sure your family members know what to do when they are outside or at home and hear thunder.
Don't wait for the rain to begin to take shelter.
A comprehensive list of safety tips and other lightning resources are available at http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov.
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Organic Maple Syrup Basics
As children, many of us grew up with pancake-syrup brands like Log Cabin and Aunt Jemima. More accurately, these pantry staples should have been called maple-tasting syrups, as manufacturers created them from high-fructose corn syrup and artificial flavoring.
Today, Log Cabin boasts that it has substituted "real sugar" for the high-fructose corn syrup, while touting "authentic maple taste." The label on a bottle of Aunt Jemima Original Syrup reads like a science-fair project: corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, water, cellulose gum, caramel color, salt, sodium benzoate and sorbic acid (preservatives), artificial and natural flavors, and sodium hexametaphosphate. The only thing missing: maple syrup.
Pure maple syrup comes from the sap of honest-to-goodness maple trees, and it's been indigenous to North America for centuries. It's 100% natural and free of any coloring or additives.
Pure maple syrup also has fewer calories than corn syrup or honey, and it most assuredly does not contain any high-fructose corn syrup. What is does contain are essential nutrients like iron, calcium and zinc.
While states like Vermont, Maine and New York are known for their maple syrup, Canada produces 80% of the world's supply, 91% of which is produced in Quebec. There are 8,600 Canadian producers, according to the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, and the harvest season lasts for only about 12 to 20 days, usually in early March to late April. It takes 40 liters of maple sap to make 1 liter of maple syrup.
Be sure to read labels when purchasing maple syrup to ensure you're buying the real thing. U.S. maple syrup is graded by its color and flavor. I recommend buying Grade A syrup, which is available in light, medium and dark amber colors. The lighter the color, the more delicate the flavor. Medium amber is ideal for pancakes and tabletop dishes.
Grade B syrup is often called "cooking syrup," according to the Massachusetts Maple Producers Association, and it's very dark and strong. While some connoisseurs may prefer Grade B on their waffles, it's usually used for cooking, baking and flavoring foods.
You should find a variety of pure, organic maple syrups at your local natural and organic food store. If availability is a problem, you may order an online brand like Coombs Family Farms 100% Pure Organic Grade A Medium Amber Maple Syrup.
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Based on recent research from the Everest Group, the offshore services market continued to grow with 46 new offshore delivery centers established in Q4 2010, a 12-month high. Q4 also witnessed a revival of activity in emerging locations. South Africa announced a financial incentives and skills development program to further attract the IT-BPO industry. During 2011, Everest predicts we are likely to witness activity in emerging locations across both captives and third-party service providers.
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Canyon officials are working on a $30,000 project to add medians at two city railroad crossings, including one where a West Texas A&M University cheerleader died last week.
The move, which has been in the works for months, would add an
island-style concrete median or barrier between the lanes on both sides of the Canyon crossings on Fourth and Fifteenth streets, making it impossible for drivers to steer their cars around lowered gates and onto the tracks, officials said.
WT sophomore Shelbi McClure, 21, died Tuesday when she drove her car around the closing Fourth Street crossing gates and into the path of a train traveling 40 mph, officials said.
Driven by "dozens, if not hundreds, of complaints" from residents, the addition of the medians is part of an effort to silence the whistles on the 80 to 100 trains that rumble through town each day, City Manager Randy Criswell said.
City officials are working with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the Texas Department of Transportation to establish what's known as "quiet zones," places where train whistles are prohibited, Criswell said.
"Those who live along the tracks and typically those who live north of the tracks … they hate the train whistles and they're the ones that called me," he said.
Federal railroad regulations require local governments to work with the railroad company that owns the track and state transportation authorities to determine what safety requirements are needed to reduce the risk that comes with silencing train horns, the Federal Railroad Administration website said.
"There's some paperwork that's got to be filed with the railroad," Criswell said. "It's not like this is going to happen overnight. I would like to hope that by maybe next summer or this time next year this process will be complete and the trains won't be whistling."
BNSF spokesman Joe Faust said quiet zones and the requirements they come with provide a compromise between the interests of safety and marketability in growing communities.
"I won't say that (quiet zones) are common because they are relatively expensive to establish and it's a process to establish them, but for cities who are growing, it's an option," he said.
Criswell said the city's engineering department is working on plans to construct the medians or barriers.
Accidents at the Fourth Street crossing where McClure died have been rare, according to Federal Railroad Administration records. No fatal crashes were recorded there before Tuesday. No one was hurt in three previous accidents in 1983, 1990 and 1991. One person was hurt in a 1976 motorcycle crash.
Texas ranked third nationwide with 15 crossing fatalities last year. California recorded 23 fatalities and Illinois, 19.


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