Walking into Mordor
I had no plan to climb either of the summits accessible from the Tongariro Alpine Crossing (aka the formidable Mordor from Lord of the Rings) and had not allowed any time to do so. In my perpetual penny pinching, I had booked the cheapest bus with just one drop off and pick up time. Looking back, I still wonder how I came to be sliding down the loose scree of Mt Ngauruhoe on my backside.
Our bus of six strangers, all collected from their hostels at an ungodly time in the morning, were dropped off at the start of the crossing whilst the air was still cold and crisp. The low sun shone through the cloud that crept along the earth. Spirits were high and eager.
As I approached the base of Ngauruhoe, famed for it’s role as Mt Doom, I recalled the exuberant way my hostel companion had talked the night before about the climb and found that my feet were already carrying me off the main path up the old lava flow.
The ascent, made up of loose scree, slipped and tumbled beneath me, forcing me to scramble, like Sam and Frodo, on my hands and feet. Progress was slow. Each time I stopped to rest and take in the increasingly spellbinding views, another climber would pass me, then I him. We competed in this unspoken race all the way to the top.
I can’t actually recall who won in the end, likely due to being so awestruck upon reaching the top. The views were phenomenal and well worth all the slips and scrapes we had endured, but what really filled me with joy was the affinity we climbers now shared. I sat myself down on a craggy red rock on the edge of the colossal crater and watched as strangers shared their lunch, water, and in a somewhat futile effort, their face wipes.
After revelling in the climber camaraderie and the otherworldly landscape above the clouds, I became very aware of my pick up time creeping ever closer, with most of the 19km hike still to go.
Instructed by a fellow climber, I went leaping down the scree, using gravity to my advantage - I was flying. Unfortunately this was a skill I had yet to master. My right leg folded back under me, the rocks tore at my bare legs. I flung my arms out to slow myself to no effect. I surrendered to the fall and slid to a halt. Bloodied and bruised, I’d never had more fun.
Covered head to toe in dust with blood trickling down my arms and legs, I responded to the gasps and looks of horror from the hikers at the base readying themselves for their climb with a big grin and an exclamation of, “It’s worth it, enjoy!”.


Dr. Beane is the author of the Allan L. Beane Bullying Prevention Program being used by schools around the world. One of his books is in thirteen languages. He feels passionate about bullying. I would like to tell you why. His son, Curtis Beane, was bullied in seventh grade. He came home one day and told Dr. Beane that there was this boy who hit him, pushed him, tripped him, knocked books out of his hands and made fun of his ears because they stood out. He said, “Dad, he does this to me almost everyday and my friends, people who I thought were my friends, laugh and do nothing to help me. Dad it hurts so much and I don’t know what to do.” Dr. Beane told him to ignore the bully. Well that doesn’t work, does it? It doesn’t help to try to ignore the bully. Curtis tried, but a few weeks later the school counselor called and told Dr. Beane he needed to come and get Curtis, because he was an emotional wreck. That surprised Dr. Beane because he didn’t know that Curtis was still being mistreated and was so upset. Curtis hid it from him. Curtis loved his dad too much. You see, he didn’t want his dad to worry about him. Don’t hide things from people who love you. It’s their job to worry about you. They have a right to know how you feel and what is happening to you. They want to help you. Well, Dr. Beane brought Curtis home. Curtis was so upset it concerned Dr. Beane. So, Dr. Beane told Curtis that he was not going to allow this to happen to him. He said, “The next time this kid hits you, I want you to hit him back. Now Curtis, you have got to win this fight.” So Curtis went back to school the next day. Now, I’m sure Curtis was concerned because his dad told him to go and beat up the bully, who was bigger, meaner and stronger than him. You see, bullies pick on people they know they can pick on. Bullies are mostly cowards. They pick on people they know they can overpower and hurt. Well in P.E. class, the bully hit Curtis behind the head. Curtis pushed the bully. The bully ran back at Curtis and somehow Curtis got the bully into a head lock and starting hitting his head. The teacher took Curtis and the bully to the principal’s office. They both got into trouble. You see, Dr. Beane wishes he didn’t tell his son to fight back. That was wrong for several reasons: (1) Curtis could have seriously hurt the bully, (2) the bully could have seriously hurt Curtis, (3) violence is not the way to deal with violence, (4) Curtis should not have to deal with the bully alone, Dr. Beane and the other adults should have tried to help Curtis – it is not just a student’s problem, it is also a problem that adults should deal with, and (5) most of the time bullying gets worse and lasts longer when you retaliate (fight back).
Things were pretty good for Curtis for about two weeks but then they turned really sour. The bully turned the other boys against Curtis. Curtis was a city boy with a country heart. He loved motorcycles, fishing and the outdoors. The bully was on the football team and he turned some of the other boys who were on the football team against Curtis. Boys who said they were Curtis’ friend, boys who had spent the night at his house, boys who had eaten at his house, let that one bully control their good hearts and how they treated Curtis. They isolated or rejected Curtis. Dr. Beane found out that his son was sitting in the school cafeteria all by himself for weeks because the bully made everyone afraid to be nice to Curtis. When Dr. Beane found out about this, he transferred Curtis to a different school, in a different school system in the middle of the school year. Curtis found acceptance and a sense of belonging in the new school.
Later, when Curtis was 15 years old and in high school, one night, a friend was taking Curtis home in a car. Curtis was in the front seat. The driver was 16 years old and two boys were in the back seat. Everyone had their seat belts on. The car went off the road a little on a curve and the boy driving overcorrected the car. The car went into a spin and going in reverse went off the road on the other side going backwards. The car hit an embankment and flipped. The roof of the car crushed in on Curtis and the widow on Curtis’ side of the car exploded, cutting his face. Curtis had to hold on to the car, so he grabbed the roof, which was pressing against him. The car flipped onto Curtis’ hand and then went back upon the highway, sliding upside down with Curtis’ hand under the car.
After a long period in the hospital and a stay at home, he returned to high school. There were many students, with good hearts, who did what they were supposed to. They used their words to support him, to encouraged him, to make him feel healthy, and to make him feel good about himself. Unfortunately, there were also several students, many who had good hearts, who were cruel to him. They called him pizza hand and they called him the penguin because his hand now only had three fingers – looked like the Penguin in the Batman movie.) Curtis’ girl friend had a difficult time dealing with his damaged hand and dropped him. You see, this world taught her that you don’t want to be associated with, identified with, or friends with an abnormal and ugly person. You want to be identified with, associated with, and friends with the ‘pretty’ people. This world is trying to teach your children that now. Don’t let it!
These are only a few stories Curtis told Dr. Beane. After he graduated from high school, Dr. Beane found out that Curtis was bullied a lot. A former student, now an adult, told Dr. Beane that he was sorry he mistreated Curtis. He said he mistreated him because everyone else did. Once again, Curtis loved his dad too much and didn’t tell him about the mistreatment he was receiving. Bullying destroyed Curtis’ self-esteem and self-confidence. He got depressed and developed anxiety disorders. He was so depressed, some days he didn’t feel like getting out of bed. One day he called Dr. Beane and said he found some new friends “who will give him some attention.” That sounded a little strange for a 23 year old to say. Dr. Beane knew Curtis had friends. But deep down inside of Curtis was a hurt created by the bullying. So, Curtis felt like he needed some friends who would give him special attention. He also told Dr. Beane that these new friends did “things he didn’t agree with.” You see, these people dealt with illegal drugs. Curtis stayed away from drugs, but one week he wanted to feel better, so he took METH and it killed him. He had a heart problem that he and Dr. Beane didn’t know about, so when he took METH it killed him. He didn’t kill himself. He had his car keys in his hand and was probably trying to go for help. When people tell kids that drugs will not hurt them, they are lying. Drugs killed Curtis. But he was also already dead on the inside because of what people did with their tongues.
Curtis is the reason Dr. Beane has written several anti-bullying books and developed the Allan L. Beane Bullying Prevention Program and travels the around the world with his wife speaking to students, parents, and teachers and helping schools implement his bullying prevention program.
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James Duthie Releases New Book: “Beauties: Hockey’s Greatest Untold Stories”
TORONTO, ON (October 20, 2020) – James Duthie launched his latest book today – Beauties: Hockey’s Greatest Untold Stories – featuring forty-seven incredible stories from hockey’s biggest names, greatest characters and unsung heroes.
Essential reading for every fan, Beauties is a collection of the best stories that players tell each other. Grab a seat with TSN’s James Duthie as hockey’s finest relive highs, lows and hilarious moments on and off the ice from superstars, journeymen, coaches, referees, broadcasters, agents, and hockey moms and dads.
Order yours today from Harper Collins – https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443460750/beauties/
Beauties: Hockey’s Greatest Untold Stories.
Book out: Oct 20
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If you are curious about the person behind this mask, there’s one thing I can tell you: the person behind this mask is an individual just like you. I am no special guru, no magician, and no cult-leader of any sort. I go by the alias of John Killingsworth, and I describe myself as a filmmaker, pickup-artist, spiritual seeker & self-development enthusiast. Though, those are only labels I use for practicality so do not fixate on them.
The reasons why I wear this mask are plenty: it allows me to communicate my ideas to the world encumbered neither by praise nor hate, nor by the need to inflate my self-image nor preserve it. For every idea that comes into the world, most of us become so engrossed in knowing the individual behind it, though it is only an ego thing. I guess you could call me some sort of self-help, anonymous superhero.
Do not take any idea as belonging to anyone.
Thieves wear masks, and I wear one because I am one. The culmination of everything that I know has been stolen from individuals with more wisdom and intellect than myself. In fact, thousands upon thousands of researchers, scholars, scientists, engineers, inventors, sages, artists and writers have done the exact same thing, though the difference with me is that I openly admitted it.
I never really considered myself wise, because all I did was model those around me.
There is no pride in owning materialistic or intellectual properties. There is no pride in flashing one’s success to the world in attempts to be recognized one day. There is no pride in seeking the world’s validation. The only fulfillment I found is within.
Remember to be critical of what I say, but mostly, learn to read between the lines for your own truth. I try to create my own meaning out of my own direct experience of reality, and in this quest, invite you to do the same.
If you haven’t already, I invite you on the path towards self-improvement. Consider me your friend walking alongside you, not your mom taking your hand to show you exactly where to go. If you decide to join me, then I wish you good luck on this long, arduous yet incredibly fulfilling journey we can partake in together.
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Some of the best advice I wish I had taken from my parents was to ‘Practise what you Preach’ and ‘There’s nothing worse than a hypocrite lad’ they used to always say. It was so very important to our parents that you believe in, not only what you’re saying, but also what you do in life. ‘Walk the walk and believe in yourself!’ Father would often repeat. Our parents had such a strong work ethic and nothing was ever taken for granted. They didn’t grow up with the freedoms and privileges we have grown up with having lived through so many hardships, not to mention a World War! They were always so conscious of the gifts of life and would always remind us as kids that ‘we didn’t know we were born sometimes’, which, in hindsight, we really didn’t!
Treating your neighbours well, keeping the house clean and tidy, being thankful for the food on your table and speaking with good manners were all really important to Mother and Father so they taught us well. I wish we still said ‘Grace’ at every meal time like we used to growing up. It was a ritual in our house and something I wish we had continued down the line because it was always a lovely moment of family gratitude and togetherness around the dinner table.
Our parents would always make sure we were well dressed and polite whenever we had visitors or when we went to church on a Sunday. Looking back, I remember I used to hate having to wear my Sunday best, all white and blue starched shirts, and knee length trousers, but when I look at the photos I can see how well-dressed we all looked and how that gave us all a real sense of pride as a family. We were always told to be polite and humble and I think that the great advice from our parents in those days really did give us a great sense of pride in family and went on to help us be the people we are today. The good old days.


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Game Lore for “Faet” the first game to be connected with the Faet Blockchain.
The Age of the Mists, Before the Cataclysm (Year 0)
Long ago the world of Mordavia was covered in a thick mist. This was known as the “The Age of the Mists”, a time of mythic beings and legendary deeds. Any who lived within the magic gray mist was said to be given divine powers over the world and the magi within it.
The wonder of Creation was at its zenith; there was no death from natural causes or old age and there was unlimited potential for magical discovery and progress.
So wondrous was this age, that even young children wielded incredible magics, easily casting epic rituals and spells that Grand-Masters of today would struggle to comprehend.
The most accomplished of all casters were the groups of Human Grand-Masters of each School of Magic, the self-claimed “Solomonari” or “Enlightened Ones”, who, in an incredibly short time, mastered abilities that took the ancient Elves and Demons generations to learn.
The Solominari were so powerful that the only restrictions on their accomplishments was their own imagination.
Unfortunately, their curiosity for power lead them to discover powerful death magic known as Necromancy. A great war that engulfed the whole world broke out between the Necromancer Solomonari and the rest of their brethren.
The war was fought over an ancient artifact made of magical gemstones known as “The Last Gate.” It was said to be capable of teleporting people through a network of connected gateways that could lead to distant worlds, and even the realm of the Gods themselves.
The war raged on for years, but ended in an instant with a great explosion of unfathomable power which annihilated the Solomonari, the majority of sentient life, and even most of the known world.
The once pervasive mist was transformed into a magical vortex which swirls around the center, within
which the only survivors now gathered. This vortex of mist became known as “A’Tul” and the land within it, “Mordavia.” The event itself is known as “The Cataclysm” and ended the “Age of the Mists.”
Over 2000 years later, the world is a broken shadow of it’s former glory. Over those years several city states and factions have emerged across the land and are now vying for power over limited resources. None dare enter the A’tul that surrounds the known world because anyone who enters the mist is said to never be able to return – alive. Even worse, terrible monsters are known to come from the mist and wander deep into Mordavia.
Most written record from the Age of the Mist has been lost to time but evidence of the ancient world can be still found in ancient battle fields and long lost ruins. Many powerful factions attempt to find these ancient places seeking knowledge, magic, and weapons of war but these great powers require a constant supply of fuel.
Magical gemstones are used to power the ancient magic and powerful artifacts from before the Cataclysm. Things that come in contact with these gemstones can mutate into terrible abominations or gain uncontrollable magical powers making hunting for them very dangerous.
Luckily, there are many adventurers willing to risk their lives for coin and fame as they seek to fulfill the endless demand for magical gemstones of all types. So, countless guilds accepted contracts from the nobility across the land
Now, in the center of Mordavia, the The Last Gate has been rediscovered in the center of Mordavia. The ancient prophesies state that this means another Cataclysm is inevitable. With the Mist slowly encroaching, city states ready for war, and unknown terrors to be released from the Last Gate, it seems like the end for Mordavia.
Luckily, there is hope!
A special type of adventurer known as an Heroic Souls is able to use the Last Gate to travel to distant worlds and even hidden, secret places, in between. Heroic Souls also have the power of freewill, able to defy the gods and deny the prophesies – or embrace them.


Our college has the great honor to invite Mr. Brian Fies, the Arthur of the comics book “Mom’s Cancer” and the winner of the Eisner for Best Digital Comic in 2005, to be our guest speaker in the class of Design one(class name) on Nov. 2. The Will Eisner Comic Industry award are like the Oscars of graphic novel; but humility was the only thing that we could find from the awardee. During his speaking, he showed us a lot of his work and explained how he processed his book. He gave us so many examples to demonstrate what are the elements to affect him to make his work, and he also stated that both of “words and images” are the essentials to structure a good comic book.
Fies explained that “Words and images” are able to be the complementary relationship to form a comic book, so there is very important to have a balance development to these two ways. The imbalance development of “words and images” can be the big issue to affect audiences that do not understand the story of a comic book. For the example, from the book’s cover of “Mom’s Cancer”, we can find that there are two panels to separate Fies’s mom, and the setting of this border actually can bring a lot of meaning to the picture. Fies explained that this border has created a feeling of a window pane. Through the window pane, he and his family could observe and watch his mother. However, it didn’t help them to understand what her mom was experiencing and how she was feeling. Because her mom was suffering 2 kinds of cancers at the same time, so he used the top panel to imply that she has a brain tumor, and the lower part was represented that she has a lung cancer. The two panels also suggest the mood and feeling of his mom to the audiences. Even though he has projected all ideas from the image, he still needs the words “Mom’s cancer” to tell us what is the theme of his comic book.


my summer addiction. #cherrylimerickey (at Como Lake)
Artist. Author. Poet. Philosopher. Imagineer. Sketching a new world, one syllable, brushstroke and pixel at a time, inked in blood and set in bone.
Thanks for your interest. All images copyright 2012 Artemis Sere and Seerum Studios.
"Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping
than you can understand."
William Butler Yeats "The Stolen Child"


Shopping for groceries during the Chinese Lunar New Year season is not easy…. Firstly, you need the sharp and attentive skills of an F1 driver to meander through super busy aisles with your own shopping cart – and everyone else’s.Then, you need legs of steel to join the gridlock at the cashier.
While this is but a ‘short term’ inconvenience, it made me think of the immense preparation required by families who are steeped in practicing Lunar New Year traditions. Thank God that my parents opted to do away with certain practices.
My grandparents were very fastidious in their annual ‘spring-cleaning’ of the house. Old furniture, clothing, newspapers had to be bundled up neatly with raffia string and left for the garbage collector to haul away. Every nook and cranny had to be thoroughly cleaned.
Then on the eve of new year, our entire household had to wake up before the crack of dawn to open the front and back door of the house. This was to welcome the kitchen god. They also prepared some goodies for him in the form of a sticky lotus cake, nian gao.
I don’t know if the real reason was that the gooey cake would cling to the roof of his mouth to make it difficult for him to give an account to the heavens on our ‘performance’, or something made up to stop me from questioning back then. Like Santa and who’s been naughty or nice!
They also decreed that floors were never to be swept on the first day of Lunar New Year lest all the luck got ‘swept away’.. And nobody was to wear even a hint of black- ever!
While I marvel at the vibrant and colourful display (especially fruit platters made up of jelly(agar agar), and new year hampers shaped like chinese junk ships), I found the best explanation for why certain foods were used specifically for the festivities here
Then there’s the hypnotic Cai Shen Dao tune that keeps ringing in my head like a certain umbrella song…!
Cai Shen with his beard, hat and pot full of gold…ingots. Hmmmm…
New year rocks – Gong Xi Fa Cai, Hong Pao Na Lai! :D


Easy sight word book for your kids to start reading. I see Robots’ emergent reader book is a great book for beginners with two versions to read, color, and count.
2 Robot Emergent Reader Books
Since starting my daycare I’ve had the pleasure of teaching all sorts of kids. Some learned more than others, but all of them knew what they needed to excel in kindergarten. Using these books your child will learn not only learn sight words, but also color words, and counting. This robot book went well with our Robot Theme Fun Friday (check that out here) that we just had. All of the kids loved our robot theme so much that they have asked for it again in the near future. Enjoy your 2 Robot Emergent Reader Books! (Free Printable Library is for Email Subscribers)
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What you will need.
- Crayons, markers, or colored pencils Like this set
- Print the I See Robots book. (located in the Free Printable Library)
- Kids Stapler
Directions for creating your book
- Print the I See Robot book you choose.
- Cut each page in half to create your book.
- Stack in correct numerical order.
- Staple and let your child color!
- Please read with your child and help them to color the robots correctly otherwise, they may get their colors confused.
I See Robots Emergent Reader Book
I See Robots is a great first book to read. Your child can count the robots on each page and read the color that their robots should be. Here is a sample page “I see two robots. They are white. ” The repetition of the sight words I and See will quickly become words that your child will read from other books.
I See & Count Robots Emergent Reader Book
This version of I See Robots has a fill in the blank, so not only is your child learning to read he or she is also counting and coloring their robots to match the text. Great for kids a little more advanced. Click the picture below for your free printable!
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I hope you enjoy your new 2 Robot Emergent Reader Books as much as my daycare kids have!
Which book did you choose?
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The Visible Men
29th October at The Place
When asked by Pete who had ‘cheated’ and opened their eyes, the vast majority of the audience admitted to this, including me. I had the desire to see the invisible but upon seeing it, much like a card trick explained, the magic disappeared. I therefore decided to revert back to ignorance, which for this game was bliss. There were moments where I opened my eyes and thought ‘how did he get there?’ Of course you assume that Pete or Tom had run across the stage while your eyes were closed, but without witnessing this, how did you know?
As ever New Art Club’s brand of dance philosophy was humorous yet thought provoking. I left the performance with aching eyelids, a smile on my face, and many questions. Another triumph for New Art Club!


It’s classic divide and conquer.”, Welsh is keen to point out that his brand of offence is “about upsetting power, punching up or at least punching sideways”, but I’m sure that the reason so many of us love his books is that he clearly revels in bad taste for the sheer fun of it. Enter the Telegraph Magazine short story competition. Irvine Welsh 20:28, 8 DEC 2020. I have looked at them and I find them offensive,” said one senior policeman in Southampton. Then there was the period in 1998 when police officers started taking it upon themselves to enter bookshops and seize the posters advertising Welsh’s novel Filth, depicting a pig in a policeman’s helmet. 85 talking about this. Buy Skagboys By Irvine Welsh. Skagboys (2012), a prequel to Welsh’s debut, traced Renton and Sick Boy’s inaugural descent into heroin addiction. Renton wants to free himself from the past by making financial reparations to the friends he betrayed years ago. Spud, the only vivid and engaging character here, simply longs for a life. Ruined years ago by an act of generosity (for which Renton bears responsibility), he is now a loveable wreck: practically destitute, addicted to drugs and alcohol, devoted to his little dog. . But these days cancel culture has become more problematic: censorship has become hip, and, as Welsh puts it, “with the power of the internet you can properly cancel someone for good now”. Books Best Sellers & more Top New Releases Deals in Books School Books Textbooks Books Outlet Children's Books Calendars & Diaries Audible Audiobooks 1-16 of 241 results Skip to main search results The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. 10 Best Science Fiction Books - December 2020 Results are Based on. Essex Book Festival and Anglia Ruskin University are delighted to invite you to this online event hosted by Tony Fisher, on Wednesday 11th November. Covid’s been great for me because it’s enabled me to keep off aeroplanes and work.”. Irvine Welsh grudgingly re-wrote a section of his novel, Filth, in more politically correct language (Photo: Getty) Especially seeing as those he interviewed, including musician MIA and … Yet it does so with almost none of the stylistic precision, or satiric distance, necessary to prevent these things proving wearisome. His novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name.His work is characterised by a raw Scots dialect and brutal depiction of Edinburgh life. But they are mesmerically inert and morally void. I’ve got a lot of people into reading, and that’s more important to me than the endorsement of the literary commissars.” The main reason he has offended so many people, from those 1993 Booker judges onwards, is that he tells the unpalatable truth about the people he knows from growing up in the housing scheme prefabs in the Muirhouse district of Edinburgh. 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I was very fortunate not to be incarcerated.” He was able to kick the habit because he had a good job with Hackney council in London, and decent prospects. Essex Book Festival and Anglia Ruskin University are delighted to invite you to this online event with all three authors, chaired by BBC Essex’s Tony Fisher. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. And in Welsh’s view the new working-from-home ethos should not be extended to debate and discussion. Today, Welsh chucklingly thanks both the snooty Booker judges and the police for the free publicity. Miami's art week takes on new look as galleries, ... by Alan Warner, Irvine Welsh and John King, London Books, £9.99. Wednesday, 18th November 2020… These are the places that improve our mental health.”, Offended by Irvine Welsh is on Sky Arts on Tuesday November 17 , Freeview Channel 11 at 10pm. 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The four new programmes also include a limited series titled A Spy Among Friends - … But the danger is that witch-hunting is not an exact science. He has also written plays and … The Books Quiz: Jonathan Franzen’s new novel shares a name with which TV ... including one of 2020’s finest books. Irvine Welsh has been cancelled more times than the premiere of the latest James Bond film. When we are not met with this kind of carelessness, we are subjected to numerous instances of overwriting (“Here’s a story that will interest you . “So many people that I saw in rehab, they’re never gonna come out of this because they’ve got no future or opportunities, there’s no incentive to come off it.”, At 62, Welsh, who is talking to me from his flat in Edinburgh, looks a bit less like a particularly terrifying bouncer these days, and is starting to resemble Victor Meldrew’s harder twin brother. Welsh has a habit of ascribing to his characters mini-political and metaphysical speeches that are often at variance with their natures, and which are almost always clumsily deployed. Trends of 2020: A year of remote living 16/12/2020 9:58 am. Available in used condition with free delivery in the UK. In a new book published by Aperture, ... 16/12/2020 11:54 am. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA Wire, First published: Sat, Mar 31, 2018, 06:14. Irvine Welsh has apologised after turning the air blue on morning television while promoting a documentary on causing offence. Like much of Welsh’s work, Dead Men’s Trousers delivers a near parodic onslaught of sexual sleaze, savage exploitation, miserable cynicism, grotesque violence and male sentimentality. Buy Reheated Cabbage by Welsh, Irvine (ISBN: 9780099506997) from Amazon's Book Store. Dead Men’s Trousers, Welsh’s latest contribution to the saga of the boys from Leith, takes place between the summers of 2015 and 2016 and sees Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie and Spud cross paths for what one hopes will be the final time. Trainspotting is the novel that first launched Irvine Welsh's spectacular career—an authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating episodic group portrait of blasted lives.. Such irritations, however, are minor in comparison to the broader concerns of the book. The comics – both of whom are long-standing critics of what is seen as ‘woke’ culture – spoke to novelist Irvine Welsh for a new documentary on the subject airing on Sky Arts tonight. ISBN-10: 0224087916 His first novel, Trainspotting (1993), a seamy portrait of Edinburgh drug and booze addicts, was widely hailed as an instant classic but was omitted from the Booker Prize shortlist, reportedly because it offended the “feminist sensibilities” of two of the judges. I think it’s because they realise in some ways my brand is about being offensive” – but in his parallel career as a screenwriter, he notes that his scripts are starting to be toned down in production. Begbie, Sick Boy, Renton, Spud – these were characters whose complex and rebarbative sensibilities were captured with an energy near impossible to escape. Except, that is, in the case of Renton, who having stiffed his friends by making off with the proceeds of a drug deal, left the book contemplating the freedom of a life in Amsterdam. The provocative author talks to Ed Cumming about skewering cancel culture for a new TV series, ... Tuesday 17 November 2020 10:04. “I think it’s very, very difficult for any artist to be honest with themselves in this environment, to be able to tell when sensitivity becomes self-censorship,” he says. And the great thing about art is that because it’s a special construct, it’s not real, it gives us a safe space to debate these issues.”. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. BOOK EXCERPT: This book explores ... #1 eBook Free in [pdf] [kindle] [epub] [tuebl] [mobi] [audiobook], #1 New Release 2020 >> Irvine Welsh. “It is good that people who put disgusting views out there that result in other people getting attacked in the street can be called out. After a frenetic two or three years since he split from his second wife, the pandemic has brought him a welcome period of calm. BritBox announces four new originals including Irvine Welsh’s Crime and Magpie Murders adaptation. It would be wise for Welsh to release them, and us, from our now far-from-exuberant miseries.


Seven Dials celebrates 90 years of Agatha Christie’s iconic novel, The Seven Dials Mystery, on 24 January 2019
Lead image: The Evolution of Agatha Christie (2019) by Iona Rowland
In celebration of the famous book set within this unique London destination near Covent Garden, Seven Dials is launching a secret book trail, where shoppers are invited to discover one of the 90 books hidden around the area’s seven interconnecting streets to pick up and keep – for free. For clues on where and when the books are hidden, follow @7DialsLondon on Twitter and Instagram.
To celebrate the area’s important part in the novel, British artist Iona Rowland has been commissioned by Seven Dials to create an exclusive public work of art, currently being exhibited on a billboard on Shorts Gardens.
The dramatic large-scale artwork draws influence from and features the legendary author, while incorporating the contemporary, colourful characteristics she is renowned for. Rowlands’ exclusive print will be on display until Spring 2019 and then auctioned for a charity partner.
We are releasing the clues for our Agatha Christie book trail. You’re invited to discover one of 90 books hidden within the area to pick up and keep for free! pic.twitter.com/BdQrMlTdPr
— Seven Dials (@7DialsLondon) January 24, 2019
Tredwells, the Marcus Wareing restaurant famously named after the treasured butler in Christie’s 1929 novel, is also paying tribute by creating a three-course meal and a special cocktail for £29 (available from 24 January 2019).
Creoate, Miller Harris, Radisson and Canella are among the brands that will also be taking part in the celebration week.
‘Recount Lady Brent’s investigations into the crime that led her to the mysterious Seven Dials Club on Earlham Street’
Join CREOATE – a retail platform for female-led brands to launch global businesses – for an engaging conversation with influential women who are creating a niche for themselves through topical writing. Celebrating Women Writers – A Discussion on Modern Journalism, will address the challenges of producing content from very different perspectives (6.30pm, 24 January, tickets £10).
You can also enjoy 50% off your first round of drinks at The Escapologist when quoting ‘Agatha Christie’, indulge at Pierre Herme’s complimentary chocolate tasting, and shop till you drop at Miller Harris, Teatulia Bar and Murdock London, who are among the stores offering exclusive discounts/promotions in celebration of the iconic novel.
However you choose to celebrate, while wandering through the seven streets of Seven Dials, be sure to be sure to recount Lady Brent’s investigations into the crime that led her to the mysterious Seven Dials Club on Earlham Street.
For further details on special Agatha Christie events and promotions, see sevendials.co.uk


All I want is for things to go back to the way they used to be,
I want you here with me.
All I want is to see your face,
But Iknow your in a better place.
All I want is one more day,
When will this pain go away?
All i want is to see your beautiful eyes,
And I promise I'll try not to cry.
All I want is for you to know I love you,
All i need is for you to know I love you.


Did I have a choice, I wonder today.
A rock and a hard place… Did I want a choice?
Am I happy I didn’t have a to choose?
It is so much easier to blame Destiny or God or whoever/whatever it is that you turn to.
Blame is the wrong word, I think.
It is a weight off your shoulder to have the responsibility of the choice taken away from you.
After all, who knows how much harder a rock could have been and how much rockier the hard place could be.
Is the hardness always lesser on the other side of the choice?
Smile at night
-meant to be…
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Grounding of electrical circuits is a safety practice that is documented in various codes and standards. A typical arc welding setup may consist of several electrical circuits. Applying and maintaining proper grounding methods within the welding area is important to promote electrical safety in the workplace. Associated processes such as plasma cutting will also benefit from proper grounding. The important grounding topics in a typical welding environment are discussed.


Worried supportless people of Apprehension Jungle, entrapped in an apprehensive event, narrate today and yesterday’s conditions of the residents of the Middle East. After WWII until today the Middle East has almost had no calm period and it is pregnant every moment with events that happen to it regardless of the relationships and circumstances of its residents. It makes no difference where in this region you belong. Whether you are Iraqi or Syrian, Egyptian or Palestinian, Lebanese or Iranian, wherever you are you cannot escape from apprehension caused by a disturbed situation and a vague future. The fear and fright that awaits you before birth gradually penetrates every single part of you and accompanies you to the end.
Anytime I stopped, it was standing right by my side.
It was already there, even before I arrived.
“And at the appalling dark
There is no sound save its
Apprehension is the conqueror, everything else conquered.”1
Anywhere I stopped, without looking back;
At what keeps me chained to the past or distressed from the future.
At what I’m escaping from and what I find refuge in.
“Was it due time, we ask
And the Apprehension Jungle is still there
At night we fear, and at the day we fear.”2
“Apprehension” is standing.
As you behold it, it stares at you.
As you stop, it stands right beside you.
1. Kar e Shabpa / Nima Yushij
2. Hengam / Mehdi Akhavan Sales
Within the Spectrum of a Gaze: Tooraj Khamenehzadeh’s Inspired Tableaux Vivants by Natasha Chuk
Apprehension Jungle, Iran, 2013-14 © Tooraj Khamenehzadeh


It’s been a good run, blog, but I think it’s time to call it a day.
I’ve been writing on a blog every month for the past 9 or so years, over 5 on this wordpress blog. Sharing key moments, thoughts, TV shows I like, odd ramblings at 3am after finishing a paper. It’s a sign of the times to put my life all out on the internet.
But now I don’t want to anymore.
It could be a sign of married life, of having that person to share yourself completely with. Not that I’m comparing Stina to my WordPress page, or saying that she is a living wife-blog hybrid (which obviously was the precursor to the Borg). It could be me getting older, and valuing privacy. I see my students putting every moment of their lives on the internet, all in the vain hope of the “LMS” or the “Friend me!” or the “I hope someone notices me and gives me that slight sense of social validation so I don’t feel like a recluse and at least delude myself into thinking I have social connections, shallow as they may be.”
I also am tired of trying to be witty for the sake of being witty, for the hope of getting some recognition. It’s the diary syndrome all over again: I have to write in my diary because only I can read it….but I secretly hope it gets found and then everyone reads it and “gets me” and I can become uber-famous based on my clever writings to myself. Done with that.
I just don’t care anymore.
Not in an emo sense or anything like that. I like to share with people about my life, and spend time reflecting on what is going on. It just doesn’t need to be for the world to see. I really am an old man on the inside.
I think I’ll keep the blog open…mostly because I don’t want to take the time to figure out how to shut it down. It’s a nice touchstone on the past years, something I can revisit and look at where I’ve been. And be reminded that I’m not all that. That I made some great choices and some severely bad life choices. The ways God has continued to move and surprised and form me and the world around me. How small thoughts became big decisions, how random encounters became movements. Maybe I’ll share it with my future children and grandchildren – see, even I was flawed and infallible. But they don’t need to know that until high school, let them live with the delusion of my omnipotence. But we’ll see.
So, that’s it. OK. Goodbye. Later. Deuces. Peace out (I never say that, why would I write that?).
And, we’re done.


Kids Need Books
If you haven’t read Donalyn Miller’s The Book Whisperer, move it to the top of your list right now! A conversation that I have been a part of over and over is kids don’t read enough. In all our reading instruction, whether it’s whole group, explicit teaching or guided reading groups, we often don’t allow time to just let kids read. For the past couple of years, I have made independent reading a priority. However, you can’t just say read independently and it happens instantly. Teaching kids to become independent readers takes time and practice.
The Daily 5 has some great lessons in teaching and practicing with kids. These lessons include:
*Finding a good spot
*Different ways to read
*Having a variety of books
I use these lessons at the beginning of the year without assuming “they should know this” because they are in 4th grade. In August, we can usually only make it 1 or 2 minutes without getting off task. By the end of the year, most of the class is groaning when I stop them at 30 minutes (there’s a few that are ready to be done ;).
For our daily 30 minutes of reading, no one goes to the bathroom or leaves the room for any reason. It’s strategically placed right after lunch and recess. Tummies are full, we’ve run off excess energy, and used the restroom. I would say only 5 times this year did we NOT do independent reading, we made it a priority. Some of you may be asking what does the teacher do for 30 minutes if you aren’t “teaching.” I used this time for individual conferring. It was a time where I got to sit and talk books with every student in the room. I took anecdotal notes on their accuracy, fluency, and recorded bits of our conversation. It also allowed me time to give a personal, on the spot mini lesson if needed. Most importantly, I used this time to build a relationship with my kiddos and create a safe place to be vulnerable. Every week, I was able to sit next to each student at least once.
My biggest take away from this year was the books kids were choosing to read. In August, 80% of my students were reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Now don’t get me wrong, thanks to Jeff Kinney kids are reading! However, there are so many great books that have a similar feel that can challenge kids to new characters and plot lines. I see it as my mission to expose kids to a variety of books, to find their niche, but also to explore different genres. I spend WAY too much money on books, but when I hear a kiddo excited to tell me or a peer about a book they are reading it makes my heart swell. Before a book goes on the shelf I either read the book in entirety or at least the 1st chapter to get a sense for the content and style of writing. This helps me recommend books to kiddos.
My classroom library has been an integral part of getting students to read. One of my students told me “I just check out books at the school library because I feel like I have to.” All the books she read this year were from my classroom library. I don’t share that to discredit school libraries (they have lots of needs to fill), but I tell you because I hear many teachers ask why do I need a library when we have a school library? Read, my other hero, Pernille Ripp’s thoughts on this topic here.
I could continue writing about this topic using another 2,000 characters but instead I want to get to the point of this post. Ann Braden started the movement #KidsNeedBooks by giving away a stack of books via Twitter. (You can find her @AnnBradenBoooks.) She was inspired by Donalyn’s post about kids needing books. Since then author’s have jumped on board and began donating books to teachers in order to get books into kids’ hands. I have even been a recipient of the many book giveaways, I received Louisiana’s Way Home from @CynthiaSchwind. The last 2 years I “visited” the intermediate grades and built a classroom library for my 4th graders, but I’m going back “home” to primary next year. I wanted to jump on the #KidsNeedBooks bandwagon and pass along some book sets. My books have been in my classroom library so they are not new and many have been loved dearly. I’m also passing these along on a much smaller scale as I’m not quite willing to foot the postage bill, so they will be available for Olathe teachers or other teachers in the area if they are willing to pick them up!


The Oval Office reads along during first Flanders Reading Day
6 April 2023
On Sunday 23 April (World Book Day), the Flemish government, Iedereen Leest vzw and Literatuur Vlaanderen are calling on all Flemings to grab a book and take part in one of the numerous activities during the very first edition of Vlaanderenleestdag. The Oval Office created the "ak een boek dat je pakt" ("Grab a book that grabs you") campaign, which can be followed on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok), OOH image and influencer marketing.
Flanders Reading Day is part of the Flemish government's communication campaign "Friends for Reading - Together for a Reading Offensive" that aims to tackle declining reading literacy and reading motivation.
Grab a book that grabs you
The Oval Office came up with the concept Grab a book that grabs you. Because reading is travelling. Discovering the world around you differently. Discovering other worlds. Travelling through time. Experiencing things together with the characters. Reading is feeling, losing yourself completely and waking up when you close the book. A good story, that wraps you up completely.
The campaign image is made up of several readers who are so taken by the book they are reading that their upper body turns into a character. In the campaign video, we see that transformation happen.
- Client: Vlaamse overheid (Departement Cultuur, Jeugd & Media, Departement Onderwijs & Vorming), Iedereen Leest vzw, Literatuur Vlaanderen
- Contact: Pauline D'Haene, Karen Vandenbeck
- Agency: The Oval Office:
- Account Team: Line Reynaert, Elien Van Baelen, Sofie Cole
- Strategy: Marijke Dubois
- Creation: Gino Keymeulen, Alex Skim
- Design: Flor Aguilar, Jon Troch
- Video: MediaMixer
- Media: Mindshare


“Finally! The new stable building is ready!” Excitedly, Lissi gets into the car. Her mum sets off. “Hopefully it really is as beautiful as Mr Miller, the owner, promised!” hopes Lissi. She leaps out the instant they arrive at the stables. “Wow! It’s even more beautiful than I imagined!” With its green doors and pink windows and window frames, the stable building really does look simply incredible. Lissi immediately runs over from the car to the stable building. Her beloved Arab mare, Stella, is in one of the big stalls. “I missed you so much!” she exclaims. The two days they’d had to wait before they could finally see each other again had really felt like ages. She embraces her horse and fetches the feed box with apples and carrots. She feeds Stella – and then the two of them can finally ride out. What a wonderful day! The sun is shining, a young Arab foal is prancing around the paddock, the birds are singing and Lissi is delighted by the new stable building. Later, she will brush and feed her mare again, and cover her in her special present – a brand-new blanket.


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For ladies with what is a swedish massage farthest point torment and versatility issues after chest risk helpful system, two half-hour sessions of myofascial consistently for around two months accomplished basic updates in these areas, as appeared by ceaseless appraisal.
The assessment, “Myofascial for consistent torment and diminished most distant point mobility after chest disease therapeutic approach,” included 21 ladies who were encountering torment or obliged adaptability in their chest, chest or shoulder zone three to year and a half after medical framework for chest hurt.
The appraisal was from the start distributed in the Overall Diary of Pleasing and Bodywork; Magazine got the foremost assessment from its producers for this report.
Subjects in the assessment were capriciously entrusted to either the intercession gathering or the control gathering. Those in the intercession social event got two 30-minute sessions of myofascial consistently for around two months, and every session concentrated on the chest, chest and shoulder of the affected side.
Those in the control get-together got two 30-minute sessions of Swedish extricating up every week for around two months, and every session maintained a strategic distance from the affected chest, chest and shoulder.
The show for the myofascial was “made for this appraisal and merged a gathering of systems prepared for diminishing torment, disturbance and tissue affectability while likewise broadening adaptability by isolating scar tissue,” as per the assessment’s producers.
The rule result measures in this appraisal were torment and transportability. Distress was evaluated through the McGill Torment Overview, and versatility was assessed utilizing an examination grew explicitly for patients who have experienced chest remedial framework. An assistant outcome measure was near and dear satisfaction, which was assessed utilizing three solicitation from the Short Structure Thriving Investigation. These solicitation concentrated on “social exercises, feeling down and out and all things considered thriving.”
Appraisals of each subject’s torment, transportability and individual satisfaction occurred at standard—before any of the sessions happened—and again after the eight-week intercession period had finished. Aftereffects of the examination revealed a colossal diminishing in self-detailed torment and flexibility issues and a fundamental improvement in self-uncovered all around success among the ladies who got myofascial . Subjects in the two parties proclaimed diminished finishes of distress.
“Our discoveries suggest that ladies with consistent distress or versatility confinements ought to consider a starter of myofascial ,” express the evaluation’s producers.
“Specialists ought to intimate ladies with tireless devastation or adaptability issues for medications. It is conceivable that may overhaul the adequacy of normal drugs, for example, torment prescription and exercise based recuperation, or become another treatment elective for testing shoulder and chest divider issues.”
Stood out from fake treatment intercessions, fragrance based treatment diminishes the devastation related with major dysmenorrhea, as appeared by an advancing precise examination.
The investigation, “Fragrant recovering for Directing Destruction in Essential Dysmenorrhea: An Efficient Audit of Randomized Fake treatment Controlled Starters,” concentrated on 19 takes a gander at with right around 1,800 complete people. These people were ladies of regenerative age with principal dysmenorrhea, or lower stomach torment during refined cycle.
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Each evaluation surveyed the sensibility of aroma based treatment for the diminishing of destruction related with major dysmenorrhea. Regardless, the procedure for controlling the fragrance based treatment swayed. Six of the assessments utilized interior breath smell based treatment, while 10 of the preliminaries utilized fragrant recovering . One assessment utilized both interior breath fragrance based treatment and fragrant recovering , and the staying two evaluations included oral smell based treatment.
The basic oils utilized in the assessments were rose, lavender, rosemary, Zataria multiflora, Thymus vulgaris, peppermint, ginger and fennel. The going with mixes of fundamental oils were utilized too: lavender and rosemary; cinnamon, clove, rose and lavender; lavender and peppermint; lavender, clary wise and rose; nutmeg, fennel and marjoram; and lavender, clary sage and marjoram.
Outcalls & incalls
The segment of fragrance based treatment changed from concentrate to investigate. For instance, one starter fused a solitary 10-to 30-minute session of inward breath smell based treatment, and another included 10 minutes of stomach aroma based treatment consistently all through each subject’s menstrual cycle.
In the majority of the 19 takes a gander at, the changed frameworks for fragrance based treatment were stood out from fake treatment interventions for the decay of torment related with fundamental dysmenorrhea. Notwithstanding what you look like at it, the outcomes showed an inexorably noteworthy decline in torment among the individuals who got smell based treatment showed up contrastingly in connection to the individuals who got a fake treatment intervention.
Looking three sorts of smell based treatment utilized in the evaluations, inside breath fragrant recovering was related with the best decrease in misery related with major dysmenorrhea, trailed by fragrant retouching and oral fragrant recovering.
“Our deliberate audit and meta-evaluation gives suggestive proof of the inescapability of three sorts of fragrance based treatment including interior breath, and oral use for the treatment of distress related with dysmenorrhea over fake treatment controls,” express the creators of the diagram.
Stroke patients who got five 30-minute sessions of fragrance based treatment back and five 30-minute foot showers in a singular week experienced fundamental upgrades in pressure, disposition and rest, as shown by late research.
Therapy attempt: what is a swedish massage?
The evaluation, “The impacts of smell and foot shower on psychophysiological reaction in stroke patients,” included 14 stroke patients set out to have hemiplegia, which infers loss of development on one side of the body.
A tremendous piece of the patients were chosen to get fragrance based treatment back and foot showers on various events in a lone week, while the other half filled in as the appraisal’s control gathering.
For the fragrant recovering back , a blend of juniper, lavender, orange, patchouli and rosemary essential oils was mixed with jojoba oil. The majority of the five sessions endured 30 minutes and utilized the Swedish systems of effleurage, petrissage, disintegration, tapotement and vibration.
For the foot shower, subjects drenched their feet submerged with water that was warmed to 104 degrees. The majority of the five foot showers endured 30 minutes.
The real result measure in this assessment was the patient’s psychophysiological reaction.
In particular, the scientists overviewed each subject’s what is a swedish massage physical and mental weight, disposition state, rest satisfaction and body temperature.
These results were surveyed when the one-week mediation period.
To gauge physical and mental weight, the scientists utilized a four-point scale where zero tended to “never” and three tended to “consistently.”
To gauge disposition express, the analysts utilized the Different Effect Drawing in word Inspiration.
As indicated by the appraisal’s creators, this arrangement joins 48 connecting with words “identified with strain, feel sorry for, and compromising vibe, and a higher score suggests the aura state isn’t unprecedented.”
Rest satisfaction was assessed utilizing an eight-thing visual fundamental scale, which concentrated on rest disturbance or interference, rest time, start of rest and rest importance.
For the appraisal of body temperature, the scientists utilized infrared thermography.
Deferred results of the examination uncovered all around lower scores on appraisals of physical weight, mental weight and frame of mind state among subjects who got fragrance based treatment back and foot showers when wandered from those in the control gathering.
What’s more, rest satisfaction and body temperature were essentially higher among subjects in the intervention pack when stood out from subjects in the control gathering.


Those words are so full of pain and panic. My husband has an anxiety disorder. Everyone sees him as the anxiety guy. So he never gets full attention at the hospital. Although I can't blame the hospital for not taking him seriously, because he has been to the hospital about 30 times in the last year and that's obviously excessive. Right now though he is really hurting and he says he can't breathe. He is so afraid he is going to die or something really bad is going to happen. He's been sobbing and holding our kids like he is saying goodbye. He looks at me like he wants me to help. I can't help him. I don't know what to do.
So here is is again at the hospital. Sobbing and can barely breathe. He probably wont get full attention. It's just like the boy who cried wolf. But instead of faking it in the beginning his brain made him seriously think something was wrong. He is just sobbing. I can't make him better. I can't make the obsessive thoughts go away. I wish I could take all this pain and sadness away. I miss my husband. I miss being able to go places without anxiety getting in the way. I miss cuddles without him pulling away because anxiety.
I miss my kids. They are getting neglected as far as time with us. They need their mom and dad. Right now all they get is mommy because daddy doesn't feel good. The weird thing is that they don't ask questions. Its like they just know. That makes me sad. They shouldn't be so complacent. They know too much for being so little. I miss spending time with them. Sitting with Zack at the hospital really cuts into my time with them and they are all over me because they miss me.
We need help. We need an answer. I need my family to understand his condition and not judge him for it. They think he just wants attention. When he repeatedly says "Please please...I just want to be normal!" and it breaks my heart. He doesn't want attention. He wants to feel content. He wants his mind and body to stop this obsessive compulsive disorder. He wants to be happy. He wants to be himself again.
I just want my husband back.


Spencer Harvey & Lloyd Harvey "The Poetry Series / Stanzas 1-13" @ HARVEY GALLERIES MOSMAN, 14 - 23 June 2019
“The Poetry Series is an ongoing journey – a long, winding, digressing, illusive, curious, strange, unsettling and beautiful story that has no end. It’s not unlike the childhood game where you fold a piece of paper into sections, allowing a fold for each friend to blindly write a segment of their story. The parts to that story can be read separately and would probably be more intelligible if you did. But if you unfold the paper and read the stories together, they create something a little more disjointed, a little more unexpected, a little more… like life.
We hope you enjoy stanzas 1 through 13 of The Poetry Series.
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The beach is always special for Nina because she lost her virginity there. One day her boyfriend took her there at night and under the moonlight he destroyed her cooch and showed her how to swallow cum. It was a magical night!
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Syren De Mer's son's friend, Robby, stops by to ask her for advice on girls. Syren gets him to confess that he is a virgin. Syren believes that if Robby wasn't a virgin he would be more confident and better able to pick up women. So Syren fucks Robby in order to help him out with the ladies.


If you want to receive Success you must be prepared for Success
You have decided you want to be successful and you want to create different things in your life, that’s absolutely awesome! To maximize that decision you must think and believe different things to the things you have believed in the past. This is where many people fail to achieve all the things they are capable of achieving, because they hang on to old beliefs and thoughts that have provided them with all they have up till now. There are some truly fantastic tools out there to help create success thoughts and beliefs and although it requires effort and focus, it is the most exciting journey you will ever take.
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.Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship. It's not about how much love you have in the beginning but how much love you build till the end.
for those who always stay by my side..
supporting me,advising me,encouraging me..
thanx you so much..
all of you make my life more wonderful n full wif colors.. no words can describe how much i appreciate it..
but believe me..
all of you have a very special place in my heart..
n i will always keep it that way..


Report: Development and Implementation of a Machine Learning Algorithm for Marijuana Detoxification Studies
TASCS has successfully implemented a cutting-edge machine learning (ML) algorithm project that seeks to analyze data from marijuana detoxification studies, identify patterns, and consequently improve treatment outcomes. This report provides an in-depth review of the project, discussing its implementation process, the challenges encountered, and the ultimate results and impacts of the solution.
2. Implementation Phase
2.1 Designing the Machine Learning Algorithm
We initiated the project with a comprehensive review of the requirements and objectives of the project. After understanding the kind of patterns to be identified and the desired improvements in treatment outcomes, we designed the ML algorithm. The algorithm was based on supervised learning techniques, capable of analyzing data sets and making predictions based on learned patterns.
2.2 Algorithm Training
Next, we conducted the algorithm training phase using historical detoxification data. The algorithm was iteratively refined using a vast array of data sets, ensuring that it could adequately understand and learn from complex patterns.
2.3 Algorithm Testing and Validation
Once the training phase was concluded, we carried out extensive testing and validation to ensure the ML algorithm's accuracy and reliability. This included cross-validation techniques and testing with a portion of data that the algorithm hadn't encountered during the training phase.
3. Challenges and Solutions
3.1 Handling Complex and Heterogeneous Data
One of the primary challenges was dealing with the complexity and heterogeneity of data from marijuana detoxification studies. This was resolved by employing sophisticated data preprocessing techniques, including data cleaning, normalization, and encoding.
3.2 Overfitting and Underfitting Issues
During the algorithm training phase, we encountered issues of overfitting and underfitting. To combat this, we used various techniques like regularization, early stopping, and the use of validation data sets.
3.3 Ensuring Privacy and Data Security
Ensuring privacy and data security was another significant challenge, considering the sensitivity of medical data. This was addressed by implementing advanced data security measures and adhering to relevant healthcare data protection regulations.
4. Outcomes of the Project
4.1 Improved Treatment Outcomes
The main goal of the project was to improve treatment outcomes of marijuana detoxification. The ML algorithm, through the identification of patterns in the detoxification data, facilitated a more nuanced understanding of treatment variables. This resulted in improved personalization of treatment plans and consequently, enhanced treatment outcomes.
4.2 Enhanced Data Analysis
The ML algorithm also brought significant improvements in the speed and accuracy of data analysis, enabling researchers to quickly identify patterns and derive insights from large volumes of data.
4.3 Advance in Marijuana Detoxification Research
The successful implementation of this ML algorithm represents a significant advance in the field of marijuana detoxification research. By leveraging ML, researchers can now predict treatment outcomes with greater accuracy and adjust treatment protocols accordingly.
In conclusion, the development and implementation of the ML algorithm for analyzing data from marijuana detoxification studies have not only fulfilled the initial project objectives but also paved the way for further innovation in the field. It has underscored the potential of ML in transforming scientific research and improving healthcare outcomes. TASCS continues to spearhead developments in scientific software to empower researchers and promote scientific advancements.


In today’s society and culture, everyone seems to think they know you better than you know yourself. The psychiatrists knows your mind better than you, the department of health knows your body better than you, Michelle Obama knows your diet better than you, the media knows who you should be better than you, and the politicians know which direction the country should be going better than you.
Who are these people, and where did they get their knowledge and why do we believe them.
If they have never talked to you directly how the hell could they possibly know you? Much less better than you know yourself.
We are all born into this world without knowledge; we rely solely on experience, and the experience of others who came before us. But when these people who openly express disdain religion and the history of the founding of the United States contained in the declaration of independence and the constitution describing how we overcame tyranny by trusting in God, they give new meaning to the word progressive: one who ignores the experiences and lessons of those who came before us should not be listened to.
Moreover, when we trust in God instead of man it has the power to bring us back to center in understanding the design of the world, our true inner self, and our ultimate purpose.
Genesis 1: 26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
This is who you really are, it is your original genetic makeup, Genesis meaning the beginning of the stars, heavens, and earth; and the beginning of genetics of the fish, fowl, cattle, creeping thing and humankind.
Moreover, God created humankind with two Spirits, one Spirit in the likeness of Christ as a savior, which he described in Luke 4: 18. And one Spirit in the likeness of God as Judge, to execute justice against those who offend the Spirit of Christ/Life.
John 12: 47. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. (see Matthew 25:31-46)
By the words of Christ and the testimony of our founders God is the Supreme Judge of the world.
Revelation 20:12. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Within you genetically are the powers to save, and judge: all authority is given to save in “Leviticus” in which you were given office, and power, to execute judgment to save. In addition, the authority to Judge in “Deuteronomy” in which you are given office and power to judge evil and restore those who harm the innocent. Which lays the foundation of our ultimate purpose to decide whether we will trust the wisdom of God or Man to make the world safe and equitable.
These are the genetic Spirits and corporal Powers given to humanity by God.
Then something happened… along came an inferior spirit; given no authority, office, nor power. Who devised a plan to seize all authority and power in both earth and heaven.
Isaiah 14: 12. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13. For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
You need to understand what happened in this event because what happened directly affected your genetics.
Lucifer was a cherub created by God [Ezekiel 28:14] who protected God and the throne, therefore always by his side, Lucifer knew every detail of Gods plan to create humankind and give them the Spirit of God and Christ, and to give them a kingdom with authority and powers to save and judge on earth, just as God and Christ in heaven.
All mankind were included in Gods plan, Lucifer was not, nor were the Angels, and they would receive no power, no authority, no kingdom, and no guarantee of eternal life but remain as God created them.
So before God created humankind, Lucifer secretly revolted against God in heaven, convincing one third of the Angels to rebel with him [derived from revelation 12:4]. Although it is not written exactly what happened in heaven, we can deduce from the following events what must have happened.
Genesis 1:26-27 on the sixth day God/Christ create man and woman in their image and likeness, on the seventh day he rests, on the eighth day he creates Adam [Genesis 2:7] And placed him in the garden of the sixth day man with the tree of life [Christ] beside the tree of the knowledge of good and evil [fallen Lucifer now satan] giving man the choice to trust Christ or Lucifer.
God then instructs Adam not to partake of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil Genesis 2:17.
God then makes Adam a woman from the exact genetic makeup of Adam Genesis 2: 21. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22. And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
We today can understand that this would be genetic cloning, particularly of the Spirit of Adam.
This was exactly what Lucifer was waiting for to exalt himself above God, by infusing his genetic makeup of the knowledge of good and evil. God is the good which he knew God, and evil is Lucifer to go against God the good.
Genesis 3:1. Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Lucifer was his name when he was perfect, but after his fall God gave him many names to describe what he had become.
Revelation 12: 9. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Genesis 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Many scholars know this as the “serpent seed theory” while they are correct that Lucifer now called serpent for his transgression, and that he and Eve had sex because “touch” is a primitive word [Strong’s 5060 “naga”] which means to lie with a woman.
You can also see that Lucifer is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, by his saying as soon as you do this you will “know” good and evil.
Further the word “know” primitive word [Strong’s 3045 “yada”] to lie with man. (see also Genesis 4:1, 4:17, 4:25)
Now we have been infected with the genetic disposition to go against God, even to believe there is no God. This is how he deceived the whole world and how you were born into sin.
Don’t believe it? the fallen angels who followed Lucifer were called the Nephilim: Genesis 6: 2. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
They were the sons of God until they left their habitation and infused their genetics with the daughters of men, because they were following Lucifer‘s plan to gain life eternal, seize the kingdom and establish their throne above God, and the congregation.
Jude 1: 6. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
We were created with the genetics to have the same Spirit/Likeness as God and Christ, able to receive the kingdom of God “on earth” as it is in heaven, to gain life eternal, and enter into the kingdom of “heaven” where we would have authority, office, and power even over Lucifer and the angels. Lucifer rebelled convincing one third of the angels who had no part in Gods plan to infuse mankind with their genetics so they would produce enough offspring to equal the two thirds of the angels who served God and wage a war in heaven and overthrow Gods throne and establish Lucifer’s throne above God seizing the kingdom of heaven.
Revelation 12: 7. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8. And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
It is extremely important for you to know you have three Spirits, one after Jesus to save, one after God to judge, and one after Satan which is evil. If you say you have no evil you deceive yourself, because evil can entice the spirit of evil in you, and play on your sympathies of compassion to save and help, and make it seem reasonable that their actions are just to your judgment. God did not say satan was the must subtle of his creation in vain.
It is happening right now, God predicted it perfectly in Isaiah 32:4 the heart [mind] of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly 3. The vile [evil] person shall no more be called liberal.
In this passage God predicts that in the end we will figure out that evil will call themselves liberal, because they know if they address the saving spirit in you by saying “we are for the poor” you will believe they are good and allow them to assume your powers, and office, and justify their actions to place those Christ powers into the office of government which has catastrophic evil consequences, to do the exact opposite.
Isaiah 32:6. For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7. The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
This is why I call Karl Marx the modern day antichrist, in 1848 he finalized the communist manifesto where he rebelled against Gods true world of religion and government as instruments of oppression, yet he took the powers of religions care for the poor, and the powers of governments law and fused them together in direct defiance to God, using the mantra of care for the poor to play on your Christ spirit, to justify his actions to use government to force care for the poor where his real intent was to kill the people of God, whether religious or political and destroy Gods plan and set himself above God.
This was the first time in the history of humankind that evil became fully cognizant of its genetic disposition and essentially wrote its own bible. Gods true world of religion and government probably did oppress Marx, because it was designed to hold evil at bay until we came cognizant of the true powers God has placed in our hands. Which lucky for us came in 1776 when we threw off the oppressive British government [which followed satans to pervert Gods plan] in the Declaration of independence, and solidified that discovery in 1787 with the United States Constitution declaring a separation of Church and State.
THERE ARE NO OTHER POWERS IN THIS WORLD, there are only religion and government, they do not have their own power, they were not given power, authority nor office by God, that is why they must usurp and pervert Gods powers to serve their evil genetic spirit from their father Satan.
Matthew 18:18. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Our founding fathers bound Gods Covenant of the separation of Leviticus/religion and Deuteronomy/government powers on earth, but unless we exercise those rights to the fullest extent we will surely loose them.
This will take laser focus and a full understanding of a real world plan, Ephesians 6:12. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
I thank God and Christ for revealing their Spirit and their truth to this generation, we are the generation that it is written: Acts 2: 17. And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18. And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
In times past these things were spoken in proverbs and parables but today God has opened his Spirit plainly to you, copy and paste, make a video, blog, link, it is the information age, the time to spread this prophecy is now.
When you spread the message, you are prophecying but I tell you the truth, unlike other messages this message has an exceedingly great reward.
Revelation 2:7. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:11. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Revelation 2:17. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.


Ordinary Time: Reflection
The Season of Easter has now passed and the Church returns to what is called Ordinary Time which lasts to the last week in November. During this time the Church visits the Preaching Ministry of Jesus through the Gospel of Mark, and explores the teaching of Jesus as the Good News unfolds through this public ministry.
It is a good time on which to reflect on the nature of what it means to be a Catholic and how this impacts on our life as a Catholic School. I am grateful for the reflections of Carmody Grey writing in the Tablet (3rd June) who shares her observations on what it means to be a Catholic, which I think are pertinent for us as a Catholic school community.
She reflects on what she considers to be one of the greatest works of Theology of the 20th Century “Catholicism”: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man. The author Henri de Lubac refers to the “social nature of the Church” that is that as Catholics we are members of the same body not as is currently viewed by secular society as “individuals” This has a profound meaning for us in our Catholic schools for “we belong to everyone” this is the essence of what it means to be a Catholic.
Therefore Carmody Grey states “every single person has a claim on me” and “I have a stake in every human life…. one cannot be indifferent to the human story.”
“Like Christ, we bear in our hearts and bodies the whole of human history.” Therefore our relationship with God is not a private matter, it is through the Church that we are capable of meeting God and through the Church we are saved.
This reminder of how community is essential to our faith journey is neatly expressed when she says
“Only in assuming responsibility for the whole human family only in bearing its burdens and rejoicing in its joys, do we become capable of meeting God. We come to God carrying one another, or we do not come at all.”
In our school every spiritual and pedagogic moment is a communal opportunity to share and develop our responsibility to ourselves and to each other. This Term as we explore the Gospel message we will be able to encounter God through each other, and so develop a community rooted in God’s love and compassion which we share and give to each other and to our human family.


Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Jon Edwards Presentation On November 23rd
On Sunday, November 23, the Westfield Chess Club will be hosting a presentation by, & book signing with, Jon Edwards, author of ChessBase Complete: Chess in the Digital Age.
The event will take place from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m, in
room 109 the Kellogg Room, prior to the Westfield Quick Swiss.
Jon, a 2-time U.S. Correspondence Champion, has written many other chess books including Sacking the Citadel: The History, Theory and Practice of the Classic Bishop Sacrifice.


SHINING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST IN THE DARK TIMES OF A LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS
Are you or your loved one struggling with cancer? Perhaps the illness in your family is Alzheimer’s, ALS, COPD, or maybe heart failure. After the diagnosis becomes a reality, people feel lost and frightened. Now what? Although the medical treatment of the disease may vary, the challenges to the family have many common factors.
We are dedicated to helping individuals and families cope with the spiritual, emotional, and practical difficulties of living with a life-threatening illness, from diagnosis to death and all phases in between. Our mission is to reflect God’s love so that it shines into the dark and difficult times of a terminal illness.
After 10 years’ of teaching classes in the Portland Oregon area, we have decided to write a book and fill it with our experiences and testimonies of many we met along the way. The book is entitled “Where is God in the Turmoil of a Life-Threatening Illness?” It combines combines scriptures and personal stories, bringing a unique blend of practical, emotional, and spiritual advice geared for the family. We wanted to help people understand and prepare for the difficult journey that lay ahead. To find out more about the book, click here.


For those who don’t know much about contract research, a contract research organization which offers support to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in the form of research services got a contract from an outside provider. A CRO may offer solutions like biologic assay development, biopharmaceutical development, preclinical research, commercialization, clinical trials management, clinical research and pharmacovigilance. The contract research organization began in the early 1980s and late 1970s and developed as a part of Pharma Research & Development budgets from 4 percent in the 1990s till 50 percent in the mid-2000s.
The price of bringing about clinical trials is improving significantly. Technology involving mobile technology and analytics can decline these expenses, but the challenge is for both the research methods and the business models to adapt around them. This assumes that technologies can bring out trials well.
In an outstanding paper ‘Transforming the Economics of Clinical Trials’, the authors talk about the introduction of technology in clinical trials.
From the last 10 years, electronic data capture (EDC) done some improvement in transforming this business model. In an EDC-enabled surrounding, electronic forms replaced the paper forms in which sites enter their data into an electronic database. This scientific knowledge has produced some efficiency profits as edit-checks decrease the price of the manual data-query process. Yet the EDC platform was fixed firmly in the traditional clinical research business model, accompanied by legacy concepts across site monitoring and validation.
The new chances for the principal statistical monitoring of data in these systems were not embraced far apart. Patient screening and recruitment rates remained largely unchanged. Later on, they propose the mining of EHRs for data for the recruitment and screening of patient research subjects and mobile technologies to collect direct data. What is mainly pointed out is the prevailing absence for a technology-based business model. The report goes on to discuss the observation of trial sites. Both the FDA and the European Medicines Agency have supported the centralized observation of trials through technology on a real-time basis.
Exco Intouch is the leading provider of mobile tools for clinical trials. InVentiv Health is a contract research organization that has lately become active in the mobile side of clinical trials. Finding new patients is another side of digital technology in clinical trials. Pfizer made use of social media to recruit patients for a clinical trial of Detrol One organization holding 200000 patients in online communities which collected data on 150000 disease states.
The other benefit of mobile clinical trials involves less biased recruitment through crowd sourcing, better medication tracking through pill sensor technology, a substantial reduction in costs and faster reporting of inauspicious events which possess the capacity to save lives and cease negative studies earlier through the transmission to Data Safety Monitoring Board. Moreover, they might lend themselves to more efficient audits and will build up the assistance of caregivers who can accept and transmit data with or for the patient in the trial. The digitalization of clinical trial data proved an important step in improving the process and quality of trials.
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