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I have written several times about whether or not the Earth is a closed system [see for example: ‘Is Earth a closed system? Does it matter‘ on December 10th, 2014] & ‘Revisiting closed systems in Nature‘ on October 5th, 2016). The Earth is not a closed thermodynamic system because there is energy transfer between the Earth and its surroundings as illustrated by the schematic diagram. Although, the total incoming solar radiation (341 Watts/sq. metre (W/m²)) is balanced by the sum of the reflected solar radiation (102 W/m²) and the outgoing longwave radiation (239 W/m²); so, there appears to be no net inflow or outflow of energy. To put these values into perspective, the world energy use per capita in 2014 was 1919 kilograms oil equivalent, or 2550 Watts (according to World Bank data); hence, in crude terms we each require 16 m² of the Earth’s surface to generate our energy needs from the solar energy reaching the ground (161 W/m²), assuming that we have 100% efficient solar cells available. That’s a big assumption because the best efficiencies achieved in research labs are around 48% and for production solar cells it’s about 26%.
There are 7.6 billion of us, so at 16 m² each, we need 120,000 square kilometres of 100% efficient solar cells – that’s about the land area of Greece, or about 500,000 square kilometres with current solar cells, which is equivalent to the land area of Spain. I picked these countries because, compared to Liverpool, the sun always shines there; but of course it doesn’t, and we would need more than this half million square kilometres of solar cells distributed around the world to allow the hours of darkness and cloudy days.
At the moment, China has the most generating capacity from photovoltaic (PV) cells at 78.07 GigaWatts or about 25% of global PV capacity and Germany is leading in terms of per capita generating capacity at 511 Watts per capita, or 7% of their electricity demand. Photovoltaic cells have their own ecological footprint in terms of the energy and material required for their production but this is considerably lower than most of our current sources of energy [see, for example Emissions from photovoltaic life cycles by Fthenakis et al, 2008].
Trenberth KE, Fasullo JT & Kiehl J, Earth’s global energy budget, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, March 2009, 311-324, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2634.1.
World Bank Databank: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.USE.PCAP.KG.OE
Nield D, Scientists have broken the efficiency record for mass-produced solar panels, Science Alert, 24th March 2017.
2016 Snapshot of Global Photovoltaic Markets, International Energy Agency Report IEA PVPS T1-31:2017.
Fthenakis VM, Kim HC & Alsema E, Emissions from photovoltaic life cycles, Environmental Science Technology, 42:2168-2174, 2008.
Very interesting stuff. I use the diagram to make a model to explain the big difference between Earth and Moon in temperature characteristics by the same input is terms of amount of solar energy. It is not finished yet but it is doing very fine. The difference between temperatures measured and calculated is just 1 K. I hope to finish it for the end of the year. It is a lot of work.
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A few days ago I was watching a Christian TV Network during lunch and found myself watching this lady who was talking about dreaming big dreams and writing them down in order to consistently pray for them and speak truth over them. I had never thought of going that far with things before. She even goes to the point of putting pictures in her journal to give her a vision of what her dream is. (Because, without a vision the people will perish.) By the end of the show I was hooked on this idea! I loved it! So I immediately went over to my desk and pulled out my notebook and started writing down my dreams big and small for the coming year and beyond.
But then at the very end of the show she said something that really struck a spiritual chord inside my gut. You know how sometimes someone can say something and you can actually feel the words hit your spirit. This was one of those times. She said that the purpose of the journal was so that when Satan starts to attack whatever dream God has placed into your heart you can point to that journal and say, “It is written”.
Could you feel that? “It is written”. Those words have POWER! Now think of that power being directed with a fine-point straight towards the goals and dreams that God has placed on your heart. Oh yeah, that’s good stuff right there isn’t it!?!
So today, as I’ve gone through a semi-stressful day, I’ve been reaching out to God for the answers I need to just get through this week. I had read today’s Word of the Day, but I didn’t really read it with much gusto, I’ll admit. Battles, battles, battles, blah, blah, blah. I muddled through it and crossed it off my list, done. But then I hit that moment where I was too stressed about my situation to move any father forward in my day and I was done trying. And it hit me. What is it that this blog is all about anyway? The big point is to realize that no matter what we’re reading in the Bible there is at least one word in that passage that WILL speak to my personal need in my daily personal moment of breakdown. (It will either prevent it, or mend it, one or the other.) So with new resolve I snatched up my Bible determinedly and said out loud, “I KNOW there is something in here that applies to me today and I’m going to find it!” And I didn’t have to look hard either. I had already underlined it. LOL.
“And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the people of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotments, in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb, the land of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites); the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; the king of Eglon, one; the king of Geser, one; the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Schshaph, one; the king of Taanach,one; the king of Megiddo, one; the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel,one; the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee, one; the king of Tirzah, one; in all, thirty-one kings.”
Now, when I first underlined all that, I did so because we’ve been watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy lately and this made me immediately think of the battle scene when Legolas and his dwarf friend Gimli are counting their kills. It made me smile.
So when I went back to my Bible searching for my personal word of the day, that’s immediately where my eyes fell. And the Holy Spirit spoke straight to my heart, “ONE”.
In order to gain the land God had promised to them, Joshua and his men didn’t fight all those kings at one time. They fought them one, by one, by one. The last verse says it all:
“in all, thirty-ONE kings.”
And just like those kings, we can’t take more than ONE step at a time. We can’t fight more than one battle at a time; we can’t complete more than one item on our “To Do” lists. And I think that’s what Satan tries to get us to do. I think he tries to make us THINK that we have to get everything done all at once. We don’t.
God doesn’t give us a whole day at a time; we only get one second at a time. Probably because the whole day in one second would kill us most of the time!
One of my tried and true verses is Psalm 16:9
“Although man plans the way, the LORD guides his steps.”
It’s good for us to plan things out. It’s good to have a general idea of where we’re going. BUT GOD guides our steps.
God knows the grand picture and we don’t. And especially when we’re surrendered to Him, but I’ve found that even when we’re not, God still guides our steps. We may have things planned out ten years in advance, but ultimately it’s GOD who guides our steps.
According to Job 14:16 & 31:37, our steps are numbered. That means that God knows how many steps we will take and where they will fall and where they will lead us (good or bad). He knows, because He cares. And He cares because He took the time to carefully knit us together in our mother’s womb, fearfully and wonderfully in His image. Now I don’t know about you but it isn’t often that I take 9-10 months knitting something together in my womb just to cast it out and forget all about it.
Think, for a minute, about your child’s first step. There was a LOT of falling involved was there not? And yet, slowly but surely their steps became more confident and secure. God knew about those steps. As precious as they were to us and as carefully as we watched them, God watched them all the more carefully and they were all the more precious to Him. But as their steps became more secure we began to look away from their feet. Their individual steps didn’t matter so much anymore… to us. But God has kept on watching.
All throughout our lives, from the first step to the last, God has watched each and every SINGLE step of your life. From baby booties, to those wedding heels walking down the aisle and beyond, He has kept a close eye on your steps and where each and every one of them has fallen. Because He cares that much about YOU.
My friends, it is written.
God has written a dream on your heart, follow it. Allow yourself the freedom to follow your feet and find yourself venturing down a yellow brick road filled with lions, tigers and bears, and friends, and fortune and favor. God is the one who holds the keys to your future; allow Him to open those doors for you that no one can shut. And ask Him to close the doors you shouldn’t be going through.

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A hacker who stopped more than three million Spanish computer users from using the internet has been sentenced to two years in jail. Twenty-six-year-old Santiago Garrido used a computer worm to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks after he was expelled from the popular "Hispano" IRC chat room for disobeying its rules.
The attacks disrupted an estimated three million users of the Wanadoo, ONO, Lleida Net and other internet service providers - amounting to one third of all of Spain's web users at the time of the 2003 offense.
Garrido, who went by the aliases "Ronnie" and "Mike25," was sentenced at a court in La Coruña and also faces a 1.4 million Euro fine.
"Many times hackers use DDoS techniques to try and blackmail the website under attack. On this occasion, it seems the hacker was so furious about being thrown out of a chat room that he resorted to a criminal act to wreak his revenge, affecting millions of internet users in the process," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "This type of activity causes serious damage and disruption, and any hackers engaged in such behaviour must be punished accordingly. The Spanish Civil Guard should be congratulated for seeing this case through to its conclusion."
SophosLabs estimates that more than 60 percent of all spam originates from zombie computers, which can be used by criminal hackers to launch DDoS attacks, spread unwanted email messages or steal confidential information. In May 2005, the Sober-Q trojan and Sober-N worm were found to have worked in tandem to infect and hijack computers around the world, programming them to spew out German nationalistic spam during an election.

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Dr. Shorab has been practising dentistry since 1981 and undertook his specialist training at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Dr. Shorab’s background includes his work at Specialist clinics in Auckland, New Zealand and Cairns where he provided Periodontal and Dental Implant services. Dr. Shorab is a Lecturer in Periodontology at JCU. He was also a Consultant in the Oral Health Unit at Greenlane Hospital in Auckland. Dr. Shorab has a proud association with the military, having served as a Dental Officer with the Royal Fiji Military Forces and then the New Zealand Defence Force.
Dr. Mohammad AzizB.D.S.
Dr. Aziz (Az) attained his Bachelors of Dental Surgery from James Cook University in Cairns. Born in Singapore, Az spent his early years growing up all over the world including Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines, all of which has helped shaped his cultural awareness and friendly manner.
Dr. Az has a special interest in preventative dentistry, minimal intervention dentistry, restorative dentistry and endodontics. He is dedicated to promoting oral health as an integral part of general well-being while providing quality dental care tailored to the individual patients needs. Az is committed to ensuring a comfortable, stress-free experience in the dental chair.
When not in clinic, he enjoys watching soccer and mixed martial arts, playing badminton and fishing. His other hobbies include, bungee jumping, sky diving and anything that gets the adrenaline pumping!
AMBER HENDERSONOral Health Therapist
Amber trained in New Zealand as an Oral Health Therapist and is now happy to call Ingham home.
In her role as a hygienist Amber helps people keep all of the structures that support the teeth healthy. Hygiene maintenance is also an important factor in overall body health and should be a part of a holistic healthcare regime.
As a therapist Amber also sees children under 18 for all basic dental care. She has a special interest in how the airway, muscles and habits effect oral development.
She has also 2 little boys of her own that keep her very busy while not in practice!
Disclaimer: All information is kept secure and will not be shared or sold to any third party.

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Noticias de Eastern
Eastern Shipping Worldwide and Gonella Racing: A Winning Partnership for the F4 US Championship
mayo 26, 2023
Eastern Shipping Worldwide is more than just a freight forwarder and customs broker. We are also a racing team with a passion for precision and purpose (Eastern Racing). That’s why we are proud to sponsor Gonella Racing, a team that helps prepare young drivers for the F4 US Championship.
Gonella Racing was founded by Ernie Gonella, a former professional driver and engineer with over 35 years of experience in the field. Ernie’s program teaches drivers not only how to drive fast, but also how to understand the mechanics behind their cars and how to communicate efficiently and effectively with engineers to improve the car setup.
At Eastern, we share Gonella Racing’s values of excellence, innovation, and teamwork. We believe that these values are essential for success in both racing and logistics. We also share Gonella Racing’s commitment to giving back to the youth and the community. That’s why Eastern also supports the amazing charitable work of Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) and the Wounded Warrior Project.
Drivers Artie Flores, Carl Beneett and Tyke Durst
We invite you to join us in cheering for Gonella Racing and their drivers Artie Flores, Tyke Durst, and Carl Bennett as they compete in the F4 US Championship. This series offers young racing drivers around the world the opportunity to take the first step from karting into the world of single-seater racing. Currently, Gonella Racing Team's Carl Bennett ranks 5th in the 2023 F4 US Championship Standings, and Tyke Durst ranks 14th .
Don’t miss the upcoming F4 races:
PERMCO Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio, a SpeedTour Event
June 22-25, 2023
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - Lexington, OH
New Jersey Lottery SpeedTour
July 23-30, 2023
New Jersey Motorsports Park - Millville, NJ
Andy Scriven Memorial at the VIR SpeedTour
October 5-8, 2023
Virginia International Raceway (VIR) - Alton, VA
Mission Foods Austin SpeedTour
November 2-5, 2023
Circuit of the Americas - Austin, TX
We hope to see you at the track!
To learn more, visit:
Gonella Racing https://www.gonellaracing.com/
Artie Flores https://artiedrivermx.carrd.co/
Carl Bennett https://carlbennettracing.com/
Tyke Durst https://twitter.com/tykedurst
Eastern Racing https://easternracing.com/
F4 United States Championship Powered by Honda https://www.f4uschampionship.com/


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We Have Our Special Approach to Dance Techniques
Dance is about discipline, practise, agility, fitness, gracefulness, balance, posture, enjoyment, progression and fun
From the beginning
The Dance Factory has expanded over the past 14 years, teaching many children and adults to enjoy dance
What we do
The Dance Factory encourages children to express themselves through dance, gaining confidence and improving social skills. Boys and girls from the age of two and a half are given opportunities to take part in the disciplined techniques of RAD Ballet and ISTD Modern and Tap as well as Commercial Jazz , Musical Theatre and Contemporary.
As pupils improve they are given the chance to progress through exams and some children are given the opportunity of taking part in the All England Dance Festivals.
Students who come to classes just for exercise and fun are very welcome and can move up grades with their friends without any pressure of exams. We pride ourselves on being a very friendly and caring dance school.
All classes are taught by qualified teachers (all DBS approved) with most also coming from a professional dancing background; for more information please see our ‘Teachers’ page. No lessons are taught by students as we believe in providing the highest standard of teaching for you and your children.
Adult classes are also provided in Ballet – many parents being just as keen as their children to take part!
the dance factory show.
at the lighthouse theatre, are you ready.
The Dance Factory puts on a big production, every two years, to showcase all the hard work undertaken by the children (and adults). The students love the opportunity to show off all that they have learned and experience a fantastic theatre performance (along with the nerves and excitement). The shows are also loved by our ever-supportive parents who get to follow their children (and partners) glowing talents. Some of our students also perform during the year in charity events and variety shows, another wonderful experience in which our students shine!
The show will take place at the Lighthouse Theatre on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd July 2022. Make sure you book your tickets early. Our aspiring dancers are preparing to present a fabulous show where you will see our talented dancers and how they are developing their performance techniques.
dance festival lessons.
train your skills to the max.
One of the experienced Dance Factory choreographers will help you choose an exciting theme and produce a performance for you to shine at the festivals.
all england dance festivals.
for our young and promising hopefuls.
There are many dance festivals in England, including Northamptonshire and surrounding counties. Our young promising dancers are invited to dance at all festivals in various classes, from character to ballet to tap to song & dance. See our festival page for more information.

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As Seen on Fox 11: Flavorful Summer Veggie Pasta
Summer is still underway and there’s no better way to enjoy it than with seasonal veggies.
Chef Colin shares a quick and light summer vegetable pasta dish. See the segment here.
When it comes to summer meals, it’s not always about adding meat to our dishes. This vegetable pasta is easy to make and rich in flavor. Stir shaved corn, asparagus, baby tomatoes and spinach with some olive oil, salt and pepper and you’re more than halfway done.
After you have cooked your rigatoni, add it to the veggies for a few minutes and voila!
This flavorful summer pasta dish is the perfect dinner to enjoy the rest of your summer nights.

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an individual won’t actually obtain it from a person whom considers equal legal rights have now been really accomplished and feminism is simply a craze for man-haters.
Take a look at top reasons currently a feminist man, and also you might find out a thing that’s really been missing out of your preceding interaction. While some lads only claim to be a feminist, but still maintain ugly biases, you’ll understand a genuine feminist within the form the man treats all women, not only a person. Here’s the reasons you a feminist helps to make the most suitable partner.
1. He has got an Open Mind
If he is able to understand the fight that females still need to confront internationally, a result of misogyny, he’ll put an open brain for more vital troubles too. However certainly not believe’s essential in a partner, you’ll be thankful afterwards, when constructing another jointly won’t be more harder for the reason that any antiquated perspective.
2. He Will Probably Value You
Without sex equivalence, and an approval to the fact that there’s nevertheless a considerable ways going until it’s total, a person can’t count on him to truly honor one. One of the more apparent excellent reasons to meeting a feminist guy is a result of he genuinely thinks about we the same, and will never render daily life more difficult for a person or additional women though his activities or inactions.
3. He or she Won’t Press Any Gender Stereotypes
While there are several males whom don’t stay with gender stereotypes, a feminist really is aware exactly why they’re incorrect, so he’s less likely to relapse into these people within your relationship. Splitting family duties more evenly is easily the most obvious benefits, but there are a lot of ways that stereotypes can lead to a less satisfied relationship.
4. You’ll Need Finer Gender
Splitting those activities evenly mean equality, which planetromeo leads to one of many more important good reasons to date a feminist husband: you’ll have much more joy for the bedroom. Study from Cornell institution seems like it is that “egalitarian lovers are placed a little improved in every these types, stating more prevalent sex and increased joy aided by the consistency and excellent that gender than typical partners,” as indicated by a quick composed the Council of stylish people.
5. He’ll Be More Compassionate
Recognizing you must causes more sympathy within union. Men exactly who feels that catcalling is not a large condition does not really admire female or know how that all of them really feel dangerous. By online dating a feminist, you’ll learn you’ve got some body by your side who recognizes you and also won’t side with other guys over we when it comes to sensitive problems.
6. He’ll Become Your Greatest Buff
Are monetarily unbiased got difficult for women a handful of years previously. If you’ve got dreams to be independent, he will probably get them much more provide emotional assistance to help you out. Very vital great reasons to date a feminist guy would be the fact that he’ll learn can help you things he is able to.
7. The man Won’t Objectify You
Even though he really likes it while wearing a serious outfit, a feminist recognizes that he has simply no straight to demand one gown or appear a specific way mainly because that’s how the guy likes they. You can nonetheless exercise so long as you enjoyed exactly how thankful it’s, but he’s not allowed to request you to replace your beauty for their reason, just like you aren’t in the case of his beauty sometimes.
8. He Might Have a Daughter
Whether you’ve got wants to start children or you are really merely having a great time collectively awhile, just about the most crucial reasons why you should date a feminist man is always that he could get daddy to a daughter one day. Strengthening his or her feminist viewpoint tends to be of benefit to women in the long run.
9. He Knows That Feminism Furthermore Benefits Men
Gender equality can certainly be helpful for men, by aiding them let go of harmful stereotypes. The male is not likely than women to look for mental health assist, as’s clearly linked with misogynist strategies about being less of man as soon as you are in contact with your emotions.
10. You’ll Be Able to Joke Along
One won’t find out any sexist laughs from your, understanding that’s one of the recommended great reasons to evening a feminist boy. Humor that are degrading to women might stay for some time, however you don’t want to listen to them out of your guy.

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I’ve been watching and rewatching the Tim Pawlenty “Courage to Stand” video that the Tories ripped virtually shot for shot. Every time I see it, it gives me goosebumps.
Whatever you make of the message and the U.S. presidential contender’s Tea Party ties, it is an inspiring piece of film-making. Credit here goes to a Canadian. The video was created by Lucas Baiano, a Niagara Falls, Ont.-born wunderkind who had previously worked on Hillary Clinton’s bid for the Democratic nomination in 2008.
Baiano, interestingly, includes several Canadian organizations on his list of clients for his production company, including Petro-Canada, the Ontario government and Tim Hortons.
Not only is the Pawlenty film visually beautiful, it’s also a nice piece of writing. I transcribed the text as best I could:
The United States of America is the most successful nation the world has ever known
I think that’s largely because of our freedom
Humans cannot reach their potential, cannot realize their dreams, unless they’re free
If prosperity were easy, everybody around the world would be prosperous
If freedom were easy, everybody around the world would be free
if security was easy, everybody around the world would be secure
They are not
None of this is going to be easy, but this is the United States of America
It takes an extraordinary effort
It takes extraordinary commitment
It takes extraordinary strength
Valley Forge wasn’t easy
Going to to the moon wasn’t easy
Settling the West wasn’t easy
We are the American people
We have seen difficulty before, and we’ve always overcome
This about rolling up our sleeves.
We’re going to have some differences
But (were) Americans putting our heads down and getting it done
I don’t know if Baiano was involved in the Harper ad that shameless rips the Pawlenty piece. It’s clearly the weaker of the two, yet still an effective piece of political communication.
The text, however, reads much flatter, and I’m not sure how stirring Canadians would find the jingoistic imagery — “the greatest nation in the world” — that feels at home in the Pawlenty video. The first line is virtually meaningless. Note the way the Harper ad steals the triplet structure as above:
Canada is, and always has been, our country
And we want Canada to be a true north that is as strong and as free as it can be
In every way that matters, the best country in the world
That’s why we’re here
That’s why we strive
That’s why we serve
Canada must reflect the true character of the Canadian people
Honourable in our dealings
Faithful to our commitments
Loyal to our friends
By turns, a courageous warrior and a compasionate neighbour
Our purpose, that Canada must be great
It must great for all Canadians
It must be a country of hope and an example to the world
And only when it is these things
When Canada is all that it can be
Only then can we say that our work is done
BTW: Keen-eyed readers will notice that the “courageous warrior” line is accompanied by the image of Harper walking out of the House of Commons for a press conference, following the fall of his government.


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The success of the Asterix series of comic books has been the source of much debate since the little Gaulish Warrior first hit the newsstands in Belgian weekly Pilote over fifty years ago. Nowhere more so than in the UK, where Goscinny and Uderzo’s comic book hero has sold over twenty million copies since the English translations started appearing in 1964. While by no means the only Franco-Belgian title on sale across the English Channel, Asterix titles have made up the lion’s share of the UK comic book market over the same period. Anecdotally, many have put the success of the series down to the quality of translations offered by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge. Regularly lauded by journalists, some have even gone so far as to suggest that the English translations are an improvement on the French originals. However, until very recently, it was impossible to explain precisely why readers felt this way.
In Le coq Gauloise à l’heure Anglaise : Analyse de la traduction anglaise d’Astérix published by Artois Presses Université in 2009, translation studies experts Catherine Delesse and Bertrand Richet offer us some insight as to why the Asterix series has been so successful. As the blurb explains on the back cover, they undertook a systematic analysis of the English translations in order to look, in-depth, at how the complexities of the French word play and humour, conceived in the originals books by Goscinny and then Uderzo, were handled by Bell and Hockridge. Dividing the main problems into four sizable chapters, their investigations into the treatment of proper nouns, wordplay, accents and cultural allusions offer a microscopic perspective of the mechanisms at play in the process of translation.
However, although fans of Asterix might be interested in such a book, it does not make for light reading. Written entirely in French, its scientific drawl is aimed primarily at an academic audience and, perhaps more specifically, at those with a keen interest in the translation of humour. Furthermore, there isn’t a single illustration to be found within the work’s four hundred plus pages. So even when the authors suggest that bilingual readers might find it an interesting read, it will almost certainly seem daunting to all but the hardiest of two-tongued booklovers. From an academic and professional perspective however, it should be regarded as somewhat of a seminal piece.
Considering the book encompasses Bell and Hockridge’s work on all thirty-three titles, over a fifty year period, and incorporates analyses of some of the most demanding problems a translator can face in the act of translation, it is safe to say that a study of such scope and detail may never be undertaken in this field again. What’s more, because Delesse and Richet are able to offer an explanation as to why Asterix has enjoyed such remarkable success in translation, by identifying instances of improvement vis-a-vis the originals (“les cas de bonification par rapport à l’original”), it is probable that this book will become something of a bible to translators of comic books and humour for a long time to come. However, as a long-time fan of Asterix, Bell and Goscinny, I can’t help thinking that no matter how brilliant and useful this book may be – I won’t be the only one wishing I had never picked it up; for I can’t help but agree with E.B. White who explained in Some Remarks on Humor (1941): “Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.”
It might seem surprising to publish such a weighty tome on the subject of comic books without including a single drawing, illustration or picture from the titles under scrutiny. However, as explained in the introduction, images are of marginal concern in a study which is focussed primarily upon the text. While they have not been forgotten, as there are a few exceptional examples where image retouching was deemed necessary in order to facilitate translation, one supposes that the inclusion of images would also raise questions of semiotics and text-image semantics which are areas that neither Delesse nor Richet are particularly well-known for. For readers familiar with the Asterix series, this decision does not take anything away from the effectiveness of the analysis. In fact, it enables the reader to marvel at the ingenuity of both the original and translated texts without the distraction of how they are graphically presented in their original form.
For those already acquainted with her, it might also seem surprising to dedicate an entire book to Anthea Bell’s work on Asterix – because she has already penned numerous articles elsewhere on her various translation decisions. However, as Michel Ballard points out in his foreword, this study offers a level of objective scientific analysis that one supposes Bell would be unable to offer (as a professional literary translator, it’s unlikely that she would have undertaken such a work), and as respected academics the fields of linguistics and translation studies Delesse and Richet are able to present a detailed analysis based on a rigorous analytical framework – which they launch straight into after the briefest of introductions.
It would be wrong though to suggest that Le Coq Gaulois à l’heure Anglaise targets an exclusively academic audience as there are many instances where fans of the little Gaulish Warrior will discover something new. I was certainly surprised to learn how Obelix’s dog came by his name. Idéfix, it turns out, wasn’t actually baptised by the authors until after a competition, run shortly after his first appearance in Pilote, when it was chosen from suggestions sent in by readers (p.110). Regular referrals to the five American translations of Asterix, by Robert Steven Caron, also serve to remind the reader that the translation for the UK market did not result in universal appeal across the Anglophone world. Then there are the innumerable explanations to the jokes, in both French and English, which for readers of either language make it an enjoyable read throughout.
Although they describe their work as the fruit of cooperation between the two authors, Richet and Delesse acknowledge in their introduction that they have each dealt with two different aspects of the corpus: Delesse – proper nouns and accents, dialects and foreign languages; Richet – wordplay and cultural illusions. While no doubt there has been much cross-fertilisation and discussion between the two concerning all four subjects it is not difficult to spot their different approaches to analysis.
With Richet there is a strong emphasis on statistics which he uses to uncover trends and patterns in the act of translation. Graphs and tables play a central role in his examinations – examinations which he also litters with acronyms and abbreviations in order to facilitate his analysis. At first I found this approach enlightening. Certainly, the impression that puns played a central role in Goscinny’s work is debunked early on in the second chapter when Richet reveals a sudden leap in their usage following the author’s death in 1977. However, after a time I found this a rather sterile and, frankly, confusing approach. Richet’s constant reference to tables T0-T4 meant I had to keep flicking back to his introduction, where I had made notes in the margin, in order to fully understand his observations. Throw in an acronym or six and the reader is left realising that there is much truth in the old adage that you can prove anything with statistics. Indeed, I found his insistent inclusion of a redundant “100%” at the end of every column and row in every table of figures somewhat irritating by the end of his analysis on cultural illusions. While Delesse also uses tables and figures to examine trends, she is avoids saturating her text with them – which makes consumption of her analysis far less demanding.
Thankfully Richet’s study is not comprised entirely of percentages and shorthand references. In the chapter on cultural allusion he is able to add weight to the argument that the quality of writing took a downturn when Uderzo took over script duties. His observation that Uderzo demonstrated “…une glissement vers les notes plus sérieuses, litéralement explicatives.” (p.338) suggests that certain elements of Goscinny’s approach to humour also died with him. Both of Richet’s chapters, like those of Delesse, amply highlight the mechanisms at play in Bell’s solutions to the myriad of problems presented by the source text which make for fascinating, and always amusing, reading. The only complaint might be that they have usually taken the time to explain the joke in each situation, which for the Asterix purist might be considered sacrilege of the worst kind. I did notice one incidence however where Richet neglected to explain Bell’s choice of a translation in compensation of a pun on the Latinism “pilum” (p.204). Whether this was intentional is hard to say, but the fact that there’s doubt as to whether he got the joke or not might be a “bitter pilum” for him to swallow.
Perhaps what is most impressive about this book is the amazing depth and detail to which both Delesse and Richet are able to analyse both the source and target texts, and the discipline with which they manage to undertake their separate areas without encroaching on the work of the other. For instance, the example highlighted on page 40 is placed firmly in Delesse’s arena because the humour relates directly to the names of the characters, although it could have sat just as well under Richet’s section on added cultural allusions. Both offer a drill-down approach to their chapters beginning with an introduction that defines and outlines the boundaries of their research leading the reader progressively into the deeper complexities and mechanisms of each problem. Some problems are more complex than others of course so the deeper the analysis must go. Richet, for example, identifies four key types of translations for wordplay and puns: absence, literal, reappropriation and additions. The first type, absence, occurs rarely and therefore needs little explanation and so requires little more than a single page of analysis, but the third type, reappropriation, is a persistent problem which requires a number of different solutions and therefore warrants its thorough fifty-plus page analysis. This approach ultimately makes Le Coq Gaulois à l’heure Anglaise something of a reference book for translators seeking answers to a variety of translation problems. It does however also make it somewhat exhausting to read. Halfway into Delesse’s chapter on proper nouns I started hoping she was going to avoid explaining every single instance of Goscinny’s neologisms as well as their respective translations – as I was unlikely to be able to reach the end of the chapter without another double espresso.
It is amusing to think now that when I picked up my very first Asterix book as a child I was under the impression that it was English; but I can’t have been the first child, nor adult, to be found guilty of such ignorance. To this day I still get as much pleasure out of reading the translations as I do the originals. So the question is: do Delesse and Richet ultimately offer a satisfactory explanation as to how Bell and Hockridge were able to construct this illusion of Asterix as a British invention? In short: yes. The key, it seems, lies in the successful decoding of the source text, or as Delesse and Richet put it “La richesse de l’analyse…” (p.431); which our translators have proved themselves particularly adept at. Provided every characteristic of the source text can be appreciated then a solution can be found for the target audience. However, four key characteristics are defined as being fundamental to the success of the Bell and Hockridge’s translation: respect for the form, a meticulous appreciation of the source text, an integral view of the whole piece and the ability to make numerous high-quality additions. Put more simply, it has been their ability to compensate for loss of humour found in the original, due to pictorial, cultural or lexical constraints, by introducing new, equally funny, elements elsewhere that has lead to the English versions being so universally loved. It is hard not to agree with Delesse and Richet’s final analysis that in translation “…nulle machine, ne saurait parvenir à un tel résultat…”
In their conclusion Delesse and Richet describe Asterix as “…un monument de la bande dessinée franco-belge et la traduction proposée par Anthea Bell et Derek Hockridge est elle-même monumentale, par sa durée bien sûr, par sa qualité surtout.” and who could argue? Nevertheless, fans of Asterix, French-English bilingual or not, are unlikely to want to read a book that is as hefty and graphically-naked as Le coq Gauloise à l’heure Anglaise : Analyse de la traduction anglaise d’Astérix. However, academics specialising in linguistics or translation studies, or professional translators themselves, will rightly regard it as a highly important piece of research – into the translation of humour and comics. Indeed, my own research has been greatly enriched by this book – which I am now very pleased to own. My only complaint would be that some of the magic of Asterix is lost in reading such a scientific ‘dissection.’

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By Adelina Sarkisyan
“She was bad. She was dangerous. I wouldn’t trust her any farther than I could throw her. But…she was my kind of woman.” –Tony Hunter, “The Band Wagon”
Once there was a fool who stumbled his way into the ocean and blamed it on a woman. Maybe it was the alcohol, maybe his broken heart, but he was certain—he’d bet his life on it—that he had heard her calling. And in his dreams he swears he’s met her more than once, for he wakes up every morning with a different nightmare to recall. And in his memories, she is always the same: a woman.
If I had to describe her, I would say this: she is the glow in a Vermeer painting; the smoke from a cigarette that curls up and burns your eyes; the rough tides that seem to create both chaos and harmony as they crash around you. She is “la femme fatale,” the deadly woman; a broken lighthouse for crashing ships in the night. And she is utterly dangerous, or so they say. Humbert’s Lolita all grown up. And we’ve known many Lolitas, haven’t we? We pried our eyes on her for she was beautiful and wild and free, a warped she-monster, fantastical and seductive; she was born to bring men to their knees, if only to pray for their lives.
And she is born again—reincarnated—every night he closes his eyes. He wakes up and recalls:
Monday night—she is Lilith. She is the woman meant to be Adam’s first wife before Eve, but upon demanding equality and refusing to obey her husband, she was cast out of Eden and condemned to become a succubus, forever trapped in mirrors, seducing men through sexual activity. She now appears to him in his darkest of dreams from a mirror above his head, dark-haired and naked, riding a black horse above his bed. He reaches out to her floating body as she reaches out for his.
Tuesday night—she is the Sphinx. Half woman, half lion, she guards the entrance to Thebes with a riddle which, if answered incorrectly, results in being devoured. He looks upon her face, lit up, and begs to be let inside that which she guards so closely. “Which creature has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?” she asks. He looks up at her, not knowing the answer, as she smiles upon him and opens her beautiful mouth wide.
Wednesday night—she is all three of Dracula’s brides. Young, beautiful, enchanting women experienced in the art of seduction; they ap pear to men and engage in uninhibited sexual behavior. The chaos lives in the hearts of the men who are both attracted to and repulsed by them. Tonight they tease and torment him with their burgundy lips and see-through nightgowns, sucking the blood from his neck as he cries in both pain and ecstasy.
Thursday night—she is a film noir star. A woman whose seductiveness is more than human, she is from the 40s and 50s era of film production that represented a dark and shadowy world. Like her predecessors before, she is beautiful, dangerous, greedy, corrupt and she exudes sexuality. She has intelligence, power and an ability to be an agent of her own sexuality; a trait usually reserved for men. Ambitious and carnal, she rebels against traditional female roles, victimizing men for her own benefit instead of being a victim. She is a vamp in black and white, smoking a cigarette and holding a small revolver pointed at his face. “I never wanted you,”she says. “I just wanted you to want me. And I told you not to fall in love with me, didn’t I?”
Friday night—she is a siren. A sea nymph who lures sailors to their death with her bewitching song; she is a beautiful woman, whose body, not only her voice, is seductive. She brings with her the ocean, the tides now lapping at his bare feet, her ethereal face floating just above the surface of the waters. “Come to me,” she sings, music playing in the background. And as his eyes glaze over, he deserts his bed for another one beside her at the bottom of the sea.
The “femme fatale” is always being revamped as history reincarnates her, yet she is still an agent of chaos occupying a space where the masculine and feminine coexist. A mysterious and seductive woman, her charms lure her lovers into dangerous and compromising situations. In earlier accounts, she was more supernatural in nature, with an ability to entrance and hypnotize. The “femme fatale” today is still often described as having powers like that of a supernatural temptress; something more than human. She has a power that lies not in her ability to seduce and kill men, but rather in enticing men to kill themselves; the victims of the “femme fatale” come to her willingly. She eschews traditional female roles and is a rebel in a world far too complaisant.
“Feminism has tried to dismiss the femme fatale as a misogynist libel, a hoary cliché. But the femme fatale expresses women’s ancient and eternal control of the sexual realm.” –Camille Paglia
The demise of the “femme fatale” is, however, always similar and always inevitable. She tries to achieve her purpose by using feminine wiles such as beauty, charm and sexual allure; characteristics traditionally reserved for men to take control of. Existing outside that which is acceptable for a woman, she is ultimately vilified and destroyed. Lilith is cast out of Eden and spends eternity as a succubus; the Sphinx throws herself from her rock and dies after Oedipus answers her riddle correctly and fails to love her; Dracula’s brides are killed by Van Helsing, who overcomes their spell and destroys them; film noir women are captured, outwitted or killed by the protagonist; and the sirens, fated to live only until mortals who heard their songs were able to pass by without being lured, threw themselves into the sea and drowned when Odysseus sailed by with his men without succumbing to their enchantment.
But although the fates of these “femme fatales” are imbedded in misogyny, the “femme fatale”herself is a symbol of feminine independence. She is fierce, powerful, charming and an agent of her sexuality. She is not ashamed of her charms, nor does she apologize for them; she simply knows the power she has and revels in it. She enjoys being that untamed, white sun that travels the skies—free, wild and utterly her own. There is no better example than the dialogue between Jessica Rabbit and Eddie Valiant.
Jessica Rabbit: “You don’t know how hard it is being a woman looking the way I do.”
Eddie Valiant: “You don’t know how hard it is being a man looking at a woman looking the way you do.”
Jessica Rabbit: “I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way.”
Jessica Rabbit embraces her sexuality as her own and distinguishes it from the negative connotations it once represented. Despite being beautiful and sexually bewitching, she rejects the notion that she is “bad” because of it; she rejects the idea that she is at fault for having power and for a man’s ability to give his up so easily.
A fool there once was who built a house on the cliffs on the edge of the sea and promised to kill the woman with the haunting voice from his dreams. But it is morning now, and the sirens have all gone home. There is no one here to seduce you my friend, no long-legged siren songs to tug at your heartstrings or walk into your gin joints. And I apologize, for they had such beautiful voices, didn’t they?And although he wakes up every morning, alive and gasping for breath, he secretly longs for her lustful eyes and sweet, sweet voice.
Oh, she frightens yet fascinates me fiercely, to the point of madness.
A femme fatale is not just a mythical or supernatural creature found in history, literature or film. Although she has been manifested in many forms—sirens, vampires, succubi, etc.—she is always a woman in control, always fighting for the right to draw herself. Watch her jump and float across the sky like a rebel diamond, shining and bursting in space; listen to her voice as she makes the world weep and the oceans billow with salt water; feel her body, a watercolor painting an artist cannot control or correct; catch her looking at you as you quickly walk past a mirror. Do you dare look back?
We must sleep and dream of her yet: escape from every mirror hung on every wall; tell riddles on a rock at the top of a great city; sleep in coffins in see-through nightgowns; live in the black and white film stocks of the 40s; join her in her kingdom by the ocean. We are now the artists, the rebels, and no longer the poor, poor girls named Ophelia, as Shakespeare wrote, always incapable in the face of our distress. The wise ones know that our sharp tongues turned these tides. We have since learned to undress and float, and draw ourselves


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Posted by Tiësto on Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:31pm.
What rivers flow through the Crowley's Ridge area in Arkansas?
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Thank you. :D
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But please use the same name for all of your posts.
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what are some major cities in crowley's ridge and why are they important
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New nature reserve to be designated in Church Stretton
A "treasured" woodland and community field in Church Stretton could soon be designated as a nature reserve.
At its November meeting last night, Church Stretton Town Council accepted the recommendation of its Advisory Management Committee that an application be made to Natural England for Rectory Wood and Field to be formally designated as a Local Nature Reserve.
Following a community consultation, the town council took over ownership of the area from Shropshire Council some five years ago.
A rolling management plan is implemented by the town council, Shropshire Council, the National Trust, contractors and volunteers.
Church Stretton Mayor Bob Welch said: "It was ‘Capability’ Brown who advised on the original lay-out of the wood in the 18th Century.
"Ongoing archaeology is uncovering and restoring more of the original features.
"The wood was described by a national newspaper a few years ago as 'the most tranquil place in England’. It is a setting treasured by residents and visitors alike."
Rectory Wood and Field will join Coppice Leasowes alongside the A49 as the second Local Nature Reserve in the town, the latter designated in 1998.
Yet more biodiversity can be found in the Wetlands south of the town, recently recognised as a wildlife ite itself, following the discovery of water voles and other rare species.
Councillor Welch added: “We are grateful for the volunteers who help to maintain these precious sites, with particular thanks to Dr John Box, honorary conservation adviser to the Shropshire Wildlife Trust, who is preparing the formal application to Natural England.”


The Particle has been selected to participate in Frequency, a new festival held in Lincoln (UK) dedicated to digital culture. The festival offers a comprehensive programme of digital culture, art and debate. It is defined as a platform for celebrating the pioneering spirit of digital innovation and culture through exhibition, creative collisions and debate.
The Particle will be installed in the venue Postern Gate, and the installation will run 10am to 4pm between Friday the 21st and Saturday the 29th of October, 2011.
Frequency festival showcases international and local work from artists that use digital tools and new media. The programme includes installations, projections, site-specific work and live performances.


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Jakarta: Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party hopes the next legislative and presidential elections will be held separately. The party believes the move will improve the country's electoral system.
"It will improve the security of the public and the election participants," Gerindra Party lawmaker Sodik Mudjahid said here on Tuesday, February 4, 2020.
The lawmaker also proposed a plan to separate national and local elections. He argued that the plan will promote diversity in the country.
"It will be part of our diversity. Besides separating local and national elections, we can also separate legislative and executive elections," he explained.
The government and the House of Representatives plans to revise the Law Number 7 Year 2017 on General Elections. They will evaluate the simultaneous legislative and presidential elections last year.
In 2019, Indonesia held a simultaneous legislative and presidential elections for the first time in its history. This year, Local elections will held simultaneously in nine province, 37 cities and 224 regencies.

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Flat Rock Playhouse is making every effort for the health and safety of the acting company, volunteers, staff, and
patrons during the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with following any Federal, State, and Local mandates, Flat Rock
Playhouse will be operating under the Actors Equity Association fully vaccinated guidelines.
Flat Rock Playhouse strives to create a diverse and inclusive environment. All candidates will receive
consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
national origin, disability or age. Candidates should demonstrate empathy, flexibility, and a strong commitment
to building diverse teams. BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ individuals are encouraged to apply.


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The Delhi Metro rail services are affected on the blue line stretch between the Indraprastha and Yamuna Bank stations since Tuesday morning following a suspected case of cable theft, an official said.
Notably, Yamuna Bank metro station is the junction point from where the Delhi Metro goes to either Vaishali or Noida. “The cable theft has resulted in track circuit drop (signalling issue) in this section restricting the trains to move in manual mode with limited speed of up to 25 KMPH only,” the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said in a tweet.
It further said that due to this issue, there will be minor bunching of trains between these two stations. It was officially learnt that the restoration work on this stretch will be completed only during night hours after closure of revenue services, since `access to track` will be necessary for up to 3 hours to identify the exact location of the theft and carry out necessary replacement work.
The DMRC said to inform passengers about the same, regular announcements are being made at the stations and inside the trains on Blue Line. “The information has also been shared through social media,” it said.


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Imbler running back Joe Griffin, middle, has followed his blockers for 1,137 yards and 30 touchdowns this season while leading the Panthers to a 5-1 overall record. (Casey Kellas/The Observer)
Imbler’s Joe Griffin is tearing apart opposing defenses this season
Imbler’s Joe Griffin is quickly proving himself to be a man among boys on the football field this season.
After rushing for 1,669 yards in 10 games as a sophomore last season, Griffin already has 1,137 yards through six games this season, the majority of which he hasn’t played the second half because the Panthers have been well in control.
He’s carried the ball only 91 times, which comes out to 12.5 yards per carry.
“I run fast, hard and a lot of the credit goes to the blockers,” Griffin said. “There’s always holes open and somewhere to go.”
Most of the time those holes lead Griffin to the end zone.
Griffin has scored 30 touchdowns this season, including 22 rushing, seven receiving and an interception returned for six points just for kicks.
Twice this season, Griffin found the end zone eight times in a game, and another time he visited pay dirt seven times.
He’s also developed as a receiver out of the backfield. After catching seven passes for 69 yards last season, Griffin has 17 catches for 391 yards already this year.
“Joe works hard, and he follows his blockers so well,” Imbler head coach Lee Lowe said. “He has that sixth sense of knowing where the hole is at or where it’s going to be at.”
Lowe said that Griffin’s natural ability helps him shine on the field.
“Sometimes he makes the coach look good with his athletic ability out there,” Lowe said. “He’s one of those kids. But the guys up front have done a good job as far as getting more aggressive and staying on people.”
The Panthers are ranked No. 2 at the 1A level and are 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the Old Oregon League. Imbler had an early-season setback at Dufur, where the Panthers lost 56-28.
Griffin said that loss was a motivating factor for his teammates and himself.
“It was good for us because we knew what we were getting into,” Griffin said. “We knew what we needed to do the rest of the season. It was an eye-opener for us.”
Lowe said that while he is proud of what Griffin is accomplishing this season, the coach wants to make sure the Panthers aren’t a one-trick pony.
“Hopefully it’s not one-man show sort of a deal,” Lowe said. “We’re trying to be as balanced as we can. But (Joe) just makes things happen. He’s one of those kids who can hurt you in a hurry given the right chance.”
Imbler has three games remaining on the regular-season schedule. The Panthers are at Joseph Friday before hosting Cove and traveling to Halfway to play Pine Eagle.
Last season Imbler put together an undefeated regular season before losing to Camas Valley in the state semifinals.
If the Panthers are to get further this season, they will need a heavy dose of Griffin to do it.
So far, he’s delivered.
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A public meeting on issues relating to the agriculture and equine industry will be held on March 22 next in Kilgowan at 7pm and is open to members of the public.
It has been organised by Kildare South TD Fiona O’Loughlin and will be addressed by Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Agriculture and Food Charlie McConalogue. The Chairman of the Kildare branch of the IFA Brian Rushe will also address the meeting.
According to Deputy O’Loughlin farmers across Kildare face an uncertain future as a result of volatility in the agriculture sector due to Brexit.
“Poor weather conditions in recent years have also impacted on farmers, particularly those involved in the tillage sector. 2016 was a difficult year for tillage farmers who suffered an income reduction of up to €80m. Individual growers experienced crop losses running from 25% - 50%. Tillage farmers have been battling low grain prices, increased input costs and poor margins.
“It is vital that we support tillage farmers and the communities that rely on this sector. The challenge for the Government is to come forward with new policy measures to help tackle volatility in the agriculture sector. The Aid Scheme for Potato and Vegetable Crops was introduced in 2010 and was successful in providing vital assistance to farmers struggling to deal with price volatility. The Government should look to replicate this scheme to meet the current challenges. The €86m underspend in the Department of Agriculture’s 2016 budget shows that there is leeway to achieve this.
“We are also looking to hear from people involved in the Equine Industry given its importance to the local economy in Kildare. Ireland needs to secure its place as a global leader in the equine industry. The industry employs thousands directly and indirectly, drawing tourists from across the globe and contributing up to €6bn to the Irish economy. We must maximise the economic impact and job potential of this enormous resource and consolidate its position as a first in class leader in the global industry.
“The public meeting we are hosting is an opportunity for farmers to come forward and highlight the challenges they are currently facing. There will be an in-depth questions and answers session and farmers will have an opportunity to have an input into Fianna Fáil’s agriculture policy,” concluded Deputy O’Loughlin.
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Results of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) National Simulation Survey: Part II
The purpose of this article is to report additional data gathered during the NCSBN 2010 nationwide simulation survey of 1,729 nursing programs in the US. It serves as a companion article to the initial survey data reported by Hayden in 2010.
- Suzan Kardong-Edgren, PhD, RN, Janet Willhaus, MSN, RN, Deborah Bennett, MN, RN, & Jennifer Hayden, MSN, RN
- Kardong-Edgren, S., Willhaus, J., Bennett, D., & Hayden, J. (2012). Results of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) national simulation survey: Part II. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 8(4), e117-e123.
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Jane Bond: Infiltrating the Market
Agent Jane Bond is on the case, cracking the code on bonds.
Have A Question About This Topic?
In the face of divorce, making changes to insurance coverage may be overlooked.
This helpful infographic will define bull and bear markets, as well as give a historical overview.
Understanding some basic concepts may help you assess whether zero-coupon bonds have a place in your portfolio.

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People are often conscious of their body image especially in this era when wellness and a healthy lifestyle is a concern.
Fitness centers, spas, dance clubs and diets are popular since men and women alike search for various ways to be physically fit. Having a lean body is an indication of a discipline and good eating habits.
Unfortunately, many young women go into extreme by being so conscious of their body.
The media projects the body of models as the benchmark for all people which is unreasonable since people have inherited body types. The wrong attitude towards controlling weight can lead to an eating disorder known as Anorexia Nervosa.
Excessive Exercise Or Dieting Can Be Seen As Anorexia Symptoms
Anorexia Nervosa is classified as an eating disorder that results to unhealthy compulsions such as excessive exercising and dieting. Episodes of self-starvation are undergone by a person with Anorexia Nervosa. This disorder usually affects young girls and women ages 13-30 years old.
Teenagers are usually preoccupied with how they look since peer pressure matters at this age. When too much attention is drawn to losing weight , the person with anorexia avoids eating foods that are considered “fatty”. The person just eats popcorn, lettuce, soup and other food types that do not provide correct nourishment for the body.
Anorexia Nervosa Symptoms Can Be Detected
First thing that would be observed as anorexia symptoms is that the person thinks that he/she is too fat despite a thin appearance. Because of a twisted perception if one’s body image, the person may even embark on an exercise program that can lead to more weight loss.
The person with anorexia entertains people by cooking for them but dislikes eating and often complains of being full after taking a small amount of food. Due to the excessive fat loss, an anorexic often feels “cold” thereby making him/her wear layered clothing most of the time.
Fat is necessary to the body as an insulation against cold.Physical symptoms of anorexia are also obvious since the person is unusually thin, has dry skin ( caused by dehydration), brittle hair and discolored nails. These symptoms also indicate malnutrition since the body is being deprived of nutrients.
Anorexia Nervosa also causes a person to feel irritable and cranky, sleepless, lethargic and dizzy due to hunger. Anorexic women often miss out their monthly period and have low-blood pressure. Eventually, symptoms of anorexia become very apparent as the person seeks medical attention due to depression.


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An all-day symposium held at the Outlook Civic Centre on Wednesday, November 28 spearheaded the movement to get the community out and about and specifically, getting Outlook ‘in motion’.
Saskatchewan in Motion hosted the event, which was entitled ‘Moving Together: Building a Physical Literacy Enriched Community’.
Julia Frigault, a Community Action Specialist with Saskatchewan in Motion says the symposium was all about looking at what Outlook currently has to offer from a health/wellness/physical activity standpoint and exploring the potential for bigger opportunities down the road.
Roughly a dozen local leaders from town attended the symposium, coming together with a decent-sized audience to hear about physical literacy, including the benefits of it and how important it is to provide opportunities for it to enrich the lives of kids and youth in the community, with a presentation by Dr. Nick Forsberg from the University of Regina.
As well, Outlook’s community profile was looked at, such as the strong foundation that Outlook already has, including its strengths related to pre-existing physical activity programs, policies, awareness and environments.
From there, the symposium looked at potential “Calls to Action” for Outlook, which can mean opportunities offered by the Partners for Physical Literacy to Outlook as options toward increasing physical literacy in the community.
After the presentations concluded, a workshop-type activity commenced with Outlook’s local leaders in order to help identify practical actions that can be done to get kids moving more and to increase physical literacy.
As a result of these findings from the symposium, Saskatchewan in Motion is currently compiling that information.
The weather that decided not to cooperate that day saw a number of people unable to make the symposium event, and Frigault says there are plans to reschedule another session in order to obtain further views and points to help formulate Outlook’s action plan.
“As a result of the weather on the 28th, some key stakeholders, including teachers and students, weren’t able to join us at the Symposium,” she said. “We’re currently working with Jordy Jones, local coordinator, to set-up follow-up sessions in January to ensure that we include their views. Once that’s done, we’ll finalize Outlook’s action plan.”
To those who may be interested in keeping tabs on Outlook’s Saskatchewan in Motion partnership, you can visit the online portal that has been established to track progress and obtain a wealth of info related to physical literacy and related programs. Visit the portal at saskatchewaninmotion.ca/outlook for more information.


|Publication number||US4850120 A|
|Application number||US 07/133,754|
|Publication date||Jul 25, 1989|
|Filing date||Dec 16, 1987|
|Priority date||Dec 16, 1987|
|Also published as||CA1299625C, WO1989005945A1|
|Publication number||07133754, 133754, US 4850120 A, US 4850120A, US-A-4850120, US4850120 A, US4850120A|
|Inventors||Andrew M. Stein|
|Original Assignee||Six Corners Development Company|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (39), Classifications (7), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to an apparatus for storing bulk food, such as popcorn, as well as a plurality of serving portions of such food at a predetermined temperature until the portions are served to a customer.
Prior to the present invention there were available various apparatus for attempting to keep food, such as popcorn, warm, such apparatus generally consisting of a bin enclosed in a housing which was provided with heat, a glass front panel so that the customers could view the food, and a door for accessing the food in the bin. After popping, the popcorn remained in the bin until a customer requested an order, whereupon the counter attendant would open the bin door, fill a container with popcorn and serve the popcorn to the customer.
Many disadvantages of such prior art apparatus have been tolerated for years. For example, it was very time consuming for the attendant to open the bin and fill a container of popcorn for a customer. When a large number of customers are waiting to be served, this time delay would result in a loss of sales.
Popcorn warming apparatus are generally used at entertainment arenas, such as movie theaters and sports stadiums. At such entertainment arenas there are intermissions or other pauses between events during which a large crowd forms at the food counter. If the attendant wished to prefill the popcorn containers he encountered several problems. If the attendant left the filled containers on the counter top the popcorn became cold. If the attendant placed the filled containers in the bin on top of the bulk popcorn it was very unsightly for the prospective customers, the containers were susceptible to spillage as they were not a flat surface, the outside of the container usually is printed upon and thus should not contact the food directly, there was a limited amount of space in the bin for such filled containers, and it prevented a second attendant from filling more containers until the filled containers were all served.
Another disadvantage of opening and closing the bin door for each container of popcorn was that a great amount of heat was allowed to escape from the bin, thereby cooling off the popcorn and resulting in cold popcorn as well as in higher energy costs to try to maintain the desired temperature.
Further, as the attendant was hurriedly filling each container, the amounts served to each customer varied greatly. This problem leads to customer dissatisfaction and difficulty in keeping inventory at a proper level.
Yet another disadvantage of the prior art apparatus was that the warm popcorn was served in cold containers, thus causing the popcorn to rapidly cool to a less palatable state than if it would be kept at or near its popping temperature.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a simple solution to these problems in a heretofore unknown manner, so as to improve the efficiency of serving popcorn as well as to improve palatability of the popped corn itself.
The present invention relates to an improved apparatus for storing food, such as popcorn, and keeping the food warm prior to being served to a customer. The popcorn warming apparatus of the present invention includes a housing means, a popcorn bin inside the housing means, heating means, a popcorn bin door, all somewhat similar to the aforementioned prior art apparatus, and further includes a perforated bin top panel on top of which is disposed a filled popcorn container bin which includes one or more flat trays and one or more doors. The front and rear panels of the popcorn container bin are preferably made of transparent plastic or glass, and the flat trays are preferably either less wide or deep than the popcorn container bin or are perforated, so as to allow hot air to circulate. The heating means of the present invention may either be located in the housing means outside the popcorn bin, inside the popcorn bin, inside the popcorn container bin or in any combination of the aforementioned, and may include an air circulating means.
It is an object of the present invention to greatly facilitate the fast, efficient serving of warm food, such as popcorn, by a food counter attendant, particularly during busy periods.
Another object of the invention is to effectively enable a food counter attendant to serve popcorn which is warmer than the popcorn served from the prior art apparatus in that the popcorn container is also warm and less heat escapes from the popcorn bin during the serving of the popcorn.
A further object of the present invention is to eliminate the need for a food counter attendant to store filled popcorn containers on top of the bulk popcorn in the popcorn bin.
Another object of the present invention is to reduce to energy consumption used for heating popcorn in that the popcorn bin need not be opened as frequently and the total time which the popcorn bin is open is reduced.
Yet another object of the present invention is to allow a food counter attendant to fill large numbers of popcorn containers during periods when there are no customers, thereby allowing the attendant to be less hurried and more methodical resulting in evenly filled popcorn containers.
Preferred embodiment of the invention are described hereinbelow with reference to the drawing figures, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a popcorn warming apparatus according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 taken along lines 2--2; and
FIGS. 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views of alternate embodiments of the invention taken along lines 2--2 of FIG. 1.
Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2, there is illustrated a popcorn warming apparatus 10 according to the invention. This apparatus houses three separate sections in a single unit: a bulk food holding section 25, a section for holding individualized serving portions of food 35; and a utility storage section for housing the electrical components 45. For convenience of manufacture, the bulk food storage section 25 and utility storage section 45 are combined to form a lower compartment of the apparatus 10, while the serving portion section 35 forms a separate upper compartment of the apparatus 10. To facilitate serving of the food from the bulk storage into the individualized portions, sections 25, 45 are situated for ease of access by the counter person or operator.
A food such as popped corn is maintained at a predetermined temperature in the bulk food storage section 25. When popcorn is utilized as the bulk food, the apparatus 10 may include popping means within the bulk food storage section 25. Preferably, however, the popping means is located in an adjacent apparatus, whereby the corn is popped before being introduced into the bulk food storage section 25 such as by a chute or filling hole 20 indicated in phantom in FIG. 1.
The bulk food storage section 25 is warmed by introducing heated air from a pipe 30, the end of which includes a diffuser or other air distributing means. For example, a pipe or tube running the length of the cabinet and having a plurality of holes can be used to introduce the warm air into the bulk food storage section 25. The air is warmed by an inline heater 40 located upstream of the diffuser, the heater including a plurality of wires or heating coils through which electrical current passes, thus causing the wires to heat and warm the air in a manner well known to those skilled in the art. Air is forced through heater 40 and pipe 30 by blower 50. The blower 50 and heater 40 are conveniently located in the utility storage section 45, a lower portion of which includes vent 55 for cooling of the electrical components.
For convenience in tailoring the operation of the unit to the demands of food service, the heater 40 may be of the type that can provide different levels of heat, such levels being selectable by control means 60 located on the exterior of the apparatus. Thus, when initially turning on the unit, a higher heat level can be used to quickly warm the bulk food storage section 25. After, the desired temperature is reached, the heating level can be automatically or manually reduced to a lower value.
This heating control can also be utilized with a thermostat 5 for intermittently operating the blower 50. This enables energy conservation in that the blower 50 does not have to be continuously operated, and the heating control can be designed to automatically achieve the higher heating level when the blower is operating so as to further reduce the time of operation of the blower 50.
An upper portion of the bulk food storage section 25 forms a lower portion of the serving section 35. As shown in the FIGS., a common wall 70 is provided between these sections. In order to allow heated air in section 25 to be introduced into section 35, a plurality of vents 75 in the form of holes are provided in wall 70. Preferably, this wall may be a perforated metal plate or screen. Warm air thus enters section 35 for warming the individual food containers. Although the FIGS. show each container filled with popcorn, it is possible to use part of section 35 to hold empty popcorn containers, thus also heating them to the desired temperature. By this procedure, an operator can then fill the warmed empty containers with the warmed popcorn and thereafter place the filled containers back into the storage section 35. Thus, a number of containers can be filled in this manner and maintained heated and ready for dispensing to a customer. Also, as one operator dispenses filled containers, another operator can be filling empty containers with the heated popped corn, so that a large number of customers can be rapidly and efficiently served.
The filled containers are preferably maintained on shelves 80. Heated air is allowed to circulate in upper section 35 by providing space between the end of the shelves 80 and the walls. Alternately, as shown in FIG. 3, shelves of a perforated material, such as wire shelving, or shelves having vents 15 to allow air circulation therethrough can also be used.
As the heated air circulates throughout the apparatus, it generally tends to rise. Thus, heated air collects at the upper portion of upper section 35. For optimum efficiency in utilizing the heated air, a return line 90 is installed. This return line 90 enables heated air from the upper section 35 to be recirculated either to blower 50 and through heater 40 back into section 25 or if desired, the air can be directly circulated from section 35 to section 25.
In the embodiments of the invention, shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, components which are the same as those of FIGS. 1 and 2 have the same numerical designation. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the heating unit may be an electric heater 95 mounted on an inner wall of the bulk food storage section 25. There is no need for an inline heater, and the blower 50 can force air through pipe 30 directly into section 25. Again, a return line 90 is used to return heated air from section 35 to section 25, thus reducing the demand on the time of use of the electric heater.
In FIG. 4, blower 50 directs air past heater 40, through perforated cover plate 42 and thereafter through chamber 44 and the perforated section 46 of floor 48. The air then passes upward past the popcorn in compartment 25 and into the individualized serving portion compartment 35. Thereafter, chimney 52 allows return of hot air to the blower 50. If desired, two chimneys can be used, one on each interior sidewall of the unit. The chimney is provided with a perforated return line 54 which serves two functions: it allows excess air to escape into compartment 45 and thereafter out of the unit through vent 55, and it allows particulate matter to fall into lower clean-out drawer 56. Similarly, an upper clean-out drawer 58 is provided for the removal of unpopped kernels and the like.
Access to bulk food storage 25 is provided by doors 65, shown as having a bottom hinge for easy opening for filling with popped corn. Other door designs are possible to reduce or minimize heat loss when opening and closing. Upper section 35 also includes access doors 85, preferably of the side-sliding type for quick access with minimum heat loss. If desired, both compartments can utilize side sliding doors made of glass, metal, wood or other suitable material. Upper section access doors 85 are preferably made of glass or transparent plastic so the operator can easily view how many serving portions are on hand for distribution to customers.
The appropriate electronic wiring and controls are not shown since they are well known to one skilled in the art. The apparatus may be adapted for connection to an AC outlet, or it may be hard wired for more permanent installations.
While it is apparent that the invention herein disclosed is well calculated to fulfill the objects above stated, it will be appreciated that numerous modifications and embodiments may be devised by those skilled in the art, and it is intended that the appended claims cover all such modifications and embodiments as fall within the true spirit and scope of the present invention.
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|Dec 16, 1987||AS||Assignment|
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P reviously we had posted about Huawei Mate 9, the upcoming flagship of Huawei. Some features and specifications were leaked. Evan Blass has leaked the image of Huawei Mate 9 once again. The Internet is full of rumors but this one could be formally accepted. The phone is set to unveil officially at an event on November 3 in Munich.
The leaked information shows that Huawei Mate 9 will have dual-lens Leica Summarit H 1:2.2/27 ASPH camera array. One lens will be capturing RGB and other will be capturing grayscale.
In the top, Huawei Mate 9 will have a 3.5mm headphone port and IR blaster and UST Type-C at the bottom. There may be speakers in the bottom as the leaked photo does not reveal the down-part of the smartphone. As per specs are concerned, Mate 9 will have 5.9-inch QHD or Full HD display, 64-bit,octa-core Kirin 60 chipset and memory options including a 6GB RAM variant with 256 GB internal storage and 4 GB RAM with 128 GB internal storage.


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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African Super Rugby team the Stormers and European champions Saracens will play each other at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London next year, it was announced on Thursday.
“Saracens, the Stormers, Tottenham Hotspur and the Rugby Football Union are currently working closely together with other stakeholders to confirm the details in line with evolving COVID-19 safety protocols,” a Stormers statement said.
The match will be a rare trip to the northern hemisphere for a Super Rugby team.
"Saracens are one of the top club teams in the world and renowned for their innovation and forward-thinking on and off the pitch, which this match is another good example of," Stormers coach John Dobson said.
"This trip would give our players the chance to test themselves against a quality team in a world-class venue, so we are very much looking forward to being a part of this."
Saracens will be relegated from the English Premiership at the end of this season after being docked points and fined for breaching salary cap regulations.
(Reporting by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Ed Osmond)

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Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has reacted after getting hailed over his ‘bedmatic’ skills.
Recall, his former personal assistant, Oye Kyme, had talked about his personal life, stating that Bobrisky is very good in bed.
She claimed that he possessed a strong manhood which made her miss him in bed with her.
“I miss him touching my b**bs. You are so good in bed I don’t know why you are still doing like a girl your duck everything is still stronganyway,” Oye Kyme claimed.
Reacting to the post on Instagram, Bobrisky took to his verified Instagram page to share a hot photo of himself with a shading caption for his haters.
He wrote: “She’s a baddie 😘.”

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Liverpool came from behind to beat Preston North End 2-1 at Deepdale, with young star Jordan Ibe impressing for the Reds.
Josh Brownhill’s 45th minute goal gave the League 1 side a half time lead, but a flurry of substitutes disrupted their play and allowed the Premier League side back into the game.
Ibe’s fantastic runs allowed Suso and Kristoffer Petersen to get goals and send Liverpool off on their pre-season tour of USA with a win in this Shankly Shield match.
Preston made the better start and Joe Garner tested the fingers of Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Jones after turning Andre Wisdom and firing in a right-footed shot. Then, Neil Kilkenny went close with a deflected shot that flew inches wide of the goal.
The pressure kept coming and Allan Browne’s long range effort was well saved by Jones, before Brownhill should have put Preston ahead when his free header went wide from six yards out.
New signing Emre Can went off with a calf strain for Liverpool, which is a worry for Brendan Rodgers.
Liverpool came back into the game and new signing Rickie Lambert’s first time effort was brilliantly saved by Jamie Jones, after a deflection from David Buchanen.
Garner came close again when Phillipe Coutinho slips in the midfield, but Jones stood tall to keep him out again. A minute later, Lambert layed a pass off to substitute Ibe, but the youngster blazed over from 8 yards out.
It was right before the half-time whistle that the opening goal came. A Preston corner was accidently flicked on by Martin Skrtel, and Garner spectacularly hit an overhead kick from 4 yards out. That was well saved by Jones, but the ball fell to Brownhill, and the tap-in gave Preston the lead.
Preston made eleven changes at half time and it really affected the game. Liverpool started brightly and Suso, a Reds’ substitute, sliced a shot wide from 20 yards out. On the hour mark, the game really picked up.
Firstly, Suso tested substitute goalkeeper Thomas Stuckmann before Ibe’s shot was deflected inches wide, after a great turn. Ibe kept impressing, and his run through the middle of the park allowed the ball to fall to Suso, who cut inside on his left foot and bent the ball into the far corner to equalise with a fantastic goal.
Three minutes after that goal, Liverpool took the lead. Ibe, again, made the goal as his clever dribble on the left took him to the byline, before his pull back was swept into the net by Peterson.
Ibe nearly scored himself when his cross seemed destined to land in the back of the net, but Stuckmann pulled out a fantastic save. It was an important game for Liverpool, and their journey to the start of season picked up pace.
Preston starting XI: Jones; Woods, Clarke, Wright, Buchanan; Kilkenny, Browne; Gallagher, Brownhill, Hayhurst; Garner
Preston second half: Stuckmann, Wiseman, king, Huntington, B Davies, Humphrey, Welsh (C), Keane, Laird, K Davies, Little
Subs: James, Anderton, Byrom, Hugill
Liverpool starting XI: Jones; Wisdom, Kelly, Skrtel, Flanagan; Lucas, Allen, Can, Coutinho; Lambert, Borini
Subs: Ward, Smith, Enrique, Coady, Coates, Phillips, Robinson, Stewart, L Jones, Peterson, Suso, Rossiter, Ibe, Adorjan
Referee: J Simpson


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we found parking and then followed the signs to innovation hangar, located right behind the theater.
tickets for this thing aren't cheap, but we really wanted to check it out and didn't have anything else to do. plus, we had a ton of time on our hands, so there you go.
entrance to the exhibit was staggered a bit, to allow the group ahead of us to get through the various displays and give everyone plenty of time to wander through. as we waited, the tour guide cracked a bunch of corny jokes, did the whole "so, where are you all from?" schtick and pointed out that the lighting fixture that hung over our heads had been used in the movie somewhere.
when it was time, we walked into the next room to watch a quick intro video narrated by elizabeth banks - first as her character in the series, effie trinket, and then as herself in fangirl mode.
at the end of the video, the "door" to the hall of justice opened for us to enter the exhibit at last. first up - the hob, to begin the story of the first hunger games movie.
there were tidbits about the making of the movie posted everywhere, intertwined with props and costumes and book club-style talking points.
the costumes and sets became more elaborate as we continued on through. here, parts of the set for the train to the capitol.
i totally look like i was on the train, right? right?
somehow, this conjures up an image of "make america great again." no? just me?
rather fitting that the more sinister characters/costumes made an appearance right afterwards.
it was fun to see the fancy ensembles up close that jennifer lawrence, josh hutcherson, stanley tucci & co. wore in the movies.
look! the "girl on fire" dress - one of several, i'm sure. but still...way cool.
and cinna's outfit. rowwwwwr, lenny kravitz.
there weren't a ton of photo ops throughout the exhibit, so you know i had to ham it up for at least one or two.
more costumes and props.
why hello there, hologram finnick.
ooooh, liam hemsworth actually wore these pieces. well, at least i liked to think so.
lastly, a handful of katniss' most iconic outfits. the tour guide moved out of my way and excitedly said "oooh, now you have the perfect facebook cover photo!" his face fell a little when i said "only if i get to wear the dresses in the picture."
some final inspirational words as we exited:
...right into the gift shop. of course.
mockingjay doormat, anyone?
some promo items for peeta's bakery, perhaps?
i actually really liked this handmade knit shrug and would totally have scooped one up...except for the $139 price tag. yup. one HUNDRED and thirty-nine dollars, plus tax. yeah, it was cute and i'd totally rock it in the fall/winter months, but i'm not made of money, people. plus, i thought maybe i might find something similar on etsy. or perhaps someone who knits would make me one. if you want to volunteer, i haz photos of this thing from every angle.
bye bye, panem.
in the restroom, i noticed a note left by someone who was obviously very moved by the exhibit.
we admired the grounds a little more on our way back to the car.
and see, i just saved you $27.50 per person. you're welcome.