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You sit here year after year claiming to work toward solutions while around the world real human beings lose their homes, their livelihoods, and their lives in this emergency. This process benefits a greedy few and ignores the many who know how to live in harmony with this planet.
The united science shows we need deep emissions cuts starting NOW and deepening each year. We must go beyond zero and transition into a new world defined by compassion, cooperation, and equity.
Instead, the polluters propose to keep polluting and plundering in the same way they have for centuries. But now they propose to “offset” these offenses with approaches that harm indigenous communities — the very people who hold many of the solutions.
Entire communities are being wiped out. Entire countries are at risk of becoming uninhabitable. And you are talking about prolonging our dependency on fossil fuels, instead of supporting those who have done nothing to cause this crisis but who are already suffering.
People often apologize to me – for my generation having to pick up the pieces as this planet is torn apart. But a few measly, mumbled words are not enough. It is not enough to talk about the climate emergency. Only a profound and equitable transformation is enough. Only then will the apology be accepted. System change not climate change!Speech delivered by Zoe Ernst from College of the Atlantic and Earth in Brackets
At opening and closing plenaries, and on a few other rare occasions during the plethora of negotiation sessions under the UNFCCC, governments are forced to listen to the views of observer organisations. For two minutes (or in the case of the Environmental NGO constituency, 2×1 minute) civil society gets to present their views. Here is the statement of the climate justice constituency, made by Felipe Fontecilla, a Chilean student currently studying at the College of the Atlantic.
It is said that politics is the art of the possible. But these negotiations are not about what’s possible. They are about what power finds acceptable.
Is it acceptable that while the water runs out in Chennai, and while people in Mozambique struggle to rebuild their devastated communities, rich people and nations are busy reinforcing their borders and safe-houses?
Is it acceptable that poor countries must pay for the losses and damages that have been imposed on them, while also being asked to pay for technologies and plans to cut their emissions?
Is it acceptable that with one hand you sign declarations of emergency and with the other give permission for further extraction?
Is it acceptable that while our home burns to the ground, you say the very arsonists who lit the match are also the firefighters who will save us?
Even as the flames engulf us, polluting industries are literally busy pouring fuel on the fire. But you know this – many of you are helping them with subsidies! And here you tell us there’s no way conflicts of interest can be addressed…
Your broken promises and delayed action, from Kyoto to Cancun, have got us into this mess. Now, we need radical change to our economic system. But you offer dangerous distractions like offsetting and market mechanisms – trading everything under the sun and resulting in nothing. We need protection for people; you offer the persecution and criminalisation of environmental defenders.
If you truly welcomed the science of the IPCC, we would see it in your NDCs, in your laws, in the balance sheets of your budgets. Instead, you applaud a report today and ignore its implications for the rest of your tenure.
People around the world are rising up because what this process considers acceptable is fundamentally unacceptable to us.

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Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) on Monday announced that all the international flights services will remain suspended for a week over fears about the fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus. Besides, the administration has also suspended entry through its land and seaports for at least a week.
The Kingdom’s interior ministry has said the one-week flight ban may be extended “until medical information about the nature of this virus becomes clear.”
The government ordered anyone who has returned from or passed through a European country over the past three months to get tested for Covid-19 immediately.
The ministry added that the travel suspension will not affect the country’s cargo flights and supply chains.
The development comes after several European countries banned travel from Britain on Sunday as the UK government warned that a highly infectious new strain of the virus was "out of control".
Recently, Kuwait also announced a ban on Sunday on passenger flights from Britain over the new strain of the virus.

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Hypothesized conditions of total darkness and possible obstacles on the ground.
Based on specific requests, a light module was created consisting of a trolley, generator and Luminite lighting unit with metal halide light source and extension of the structure to 5 meters in height, to be eventually reduced to 2.5 meters. The generator used features diesel engine and inverter. Purposefully-designed stainless steel trolley. Total operating weight including liquids: 179 kg.
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EIL Systems field lighting products are now widely used by Italian armed forces in many contexts and operational scenarios. They have supported the Pioneers Engineers departments of the Italian Army during emergency interventions in Amatrice and are used in construction site activities, bridging the capacitive gap due to the use of inadequate and/or technically outdated lighting systems.

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I just can't stay away from the rhubarb when it's in season. Like every year, I bought a slew of it and already used up half for a Coconut Mint Rhubarb Swirl Cheesecake.
It was time to tackle the other half.
Pfannkuchen in most cases is a German version of a pancake. Hard to believe I've never made a version for this blog. This rhubarb version also includes Blood Orange Honey Creme from Honey Ridge Farms. It took the flavor of my Nectarine Lavender Tart over the top. You can use any type of honey for this recipe but I recommend a sexy, flavored version.

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Fremantle coach Ross Lyon is backing Michael Walters to keep his cool against Brisbane this Sunday but hopes the star veteran will receive some protection from the umpires.
Walters returns after serving a one-match suspension for a brain fade against the Crows in round 12.
In 10 seconds of madness, Walters punched Jake Kelly in the stomach and was reported for a headbutt on Tom Doedee.
The headbutt charge was thrown out but Walters paid for the punch.
He later admitted he was embarrassed by the indiscretion and has vowed to set a better example.
Lyon expects Walters to be targeted by Lions defenders in Sunday's clash at Optus Stadium but is backing the 27-year-old to handle the attention.
"He got targeted heavily last time against the Lions," Lyon said.
"(Nick) Robertson down back was very aggressive with him, so I expect that to occur.
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"But we expect his teammates to support him, we expect the umpires to pay what's in front of them, on both sides of the fence.
"You cop your attention. Dustin Martin gets his, Buddy gets his but that's part of the business.
"He'll know he'll get targeted but the expectation is he works hard, he gets support and he plays well."
Fremantle are buoyant following wins over Adelaide and Carlton and boosted by the returns of Walters and Alex Pearce.
Pearce, who had surgery on a broken thumb three weeks ago, will play with a stent.
Mitch Robinson is the biggest in for Brisbane after recovering from a broken toe but the Lions are without star defender Harris Andrews (concussion).
Brisbane thrashed Fremantle by 57 points at the Gabba when the teams met last year but Lyon says his outfit have improved significantly.


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Psychoanalysis is the name given to a form of treatment for psychological problems developed by Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), based on his theories of the unconscious mind, defence mechanisms and repression.
By the 1930s, significant parts of Freud's work had been translated into English and his ideas were fairly well-known amongst sections of the British public. It is not surprising that Stella Gibbons should have chosen a German name for the psychoanalyst who treats Judith Starkadder, or that she describes him as coming from Vienna; many psychoanalysts working during the 1920s and 1930s were Austrian or German and had links with the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, established in 1920 to further the practice of psychoanalysis.
One such individual, the Child Psychoanalyst Melanie Klein (who was to be responsible for major theoretical developments in the field of psychoanalysis), left Berlin in 1926 and settled in London, where the British Psychoanalytical Society had been founded in 1919 by Ernest Jones. (Its forerunner was the London Psychoanalytical Society set up by Jones in 1913.) Other psychoanalysts left Germany and Austria in the 1930s following Nazi persecution. Sigmund Freud and his daughter, Anna Freud (a Child Psychoanalyst), were forced to leave Vienna for London in 1938.
Reggie Oliver, Stella Gibbons's nephew and biographer, has noted the author's distaste for psychoanalysis - a distaste which became more marked as she grew older. She saw it as a treatment which was emotionally self-indulgent and which stirred up material best left dormant. Although the State psychoanalyst is portrayed in a fairly positive light in Cold Comfort Farm, some of Gibbons's mistrust of the field comes through when she describes Flora as feeling 'uneasy' about the success of Dr Müdel's treatment of Judith Starkadder: 'It was not the first time that she [Flora] had seen a distraught patient grow calm beneath the will of the analyst, yet she had never grown used to the spectacle. Would Judith really be happier?'

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Summary: A new study reveals mosquitoes can learn to associate a particular odor to an unpleasant shock, much like being swatted. Researchers report the insects tend to avoid the scent following the experience.
Source: Cell Press.
Most of us surely don’t think of mosquitoes as being especially adept at learning. But researchers reporting in Current Biology on January 25 now show that mosquitoes can in fact learn to associate a particular odor with an unpleasant mechanical shock akin to being swatted. As a result, they’ll avoid that scent the next time.
“Once mosquitoes learned odors in an aversive manner, those odors caused aversive responses on the same order as responses to DEET, which is one of the most effective mosquito repellents,” says Jeffrey Riffell (@RiffellLab) at the University of Washington, Seattle. “Moreover, mosquitoes remember the trained odors for days.”
It had been clear that mosquitoes don’t decide whom to bite at random. They show obvious preferences for some people over others. They are also known to alternate hosts seasonally, feeding on birds in the summer and mammals and birds during other parts of the year, for instance. Riffell and his colleagues wanted to find out more about how learning might influence mosquitoes’ biting preferences.
As a first step, they trained mosquitoes by pairing the odor of a particular person or animal species (a rat versus a chicken) with a mechanical shock. For the mechanical shock, they used a vortexer machine to simulate the vibrations and accelerations a mosquito might experience when a person tried to swat them. The insects quickly learned the association between the host odor and the mechanical shock and used that information in deciding which direction to fly. (Interestingly, they couldn’t learn to avoid the smell of a chicken.)
Learning in many animals, from honeybees to humans, depends on dopamine in the brain. Additional study showed that dopamine is also essential in mosquito learning. Genetically modified mosquitoes lacking dopamine receptors lost the ability to learn.
The researchers also glued mosquitoes to a custom 3D-printed holder that allowed the insects to still fly in place while the activity of neurons in the olfactory center of their brains was recorded. Those experiments showed that without dopamine, those neurons were less likely to fire. As a result, mosquitoes became less able to process and learn from odor information.
The findings may have important implications for mosquito control and the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases, according to the researchers.
“By understanding how mosquitoes are making decisions on whom to bite, and how learning influences those behaviors, we can better understand the genes and neuronal bases of the behaviors,” Riffell says. “This could lead to more effective tools for mosquito control.”
With this new understanding of how mosquitos learn to avoid certain hosts, the researchers say they are now exploring mosquitoes ability learn and remember favored hosts. “In both cases, we think dopamine is a critical component,” Riffell says.
About this neuroscience research article
Funding: We acknowledge the support of the Air Force Office of Sponsored Research, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, UC Riverside, MaxMind, an Endowed Professorship for Excellence in Biology, the University of Washington Institute for Neuroengineering, and the Human Frontiers in Science Program.
Source: Joseph Caputo – Cell Press Publisher: Organized by NeuroscienceNews.com. Image Source: NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to Kiley Riffell. Original Research: Open access research in Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.015
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Modulation of Host Learning in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
Highlights •Aversive learning by mosquitoes suppresses responses to human hosts •Mosquitoes can learn the association between mechanical shock and certain odorants •CRISPR/Cas9 modification of the dopamine-1 receptor prevents learning •Dopamine causes heterogeneous modulation of antennal lobe neurons
Summary How mosquitoes determine which individuals to bite has important epidemiological consequences. This choice is not random; most mosquitoes specialize in one or a few vertebrate host species, and some individuals in a host population are preferred over others. Mosquitoes will also blood feed from other hosts when their preferred is no longer abundant, but the mechanisms mediating these shifts between hosts, and preferences for certain individuals within a host species, remain unclear. Here, we show that olfactory learning may contribute to Aedes aegypti mosquito biting preferences and host shifts. Training and testing to scents of humans and other host species showed that mosquitoes can aversively learn the scent of specific humans and single odorants and learn to avoid the scent of rats (but not chickens). Using pharmacological interventions, RNAi, and CRISPR gene editing, we found that modification of the dopamine-1 receptor suppressed their learning abilities. We further show through combined electrophysiological and behavioral recordings from tethered flying mosquitoes that these odors evoke changes in both behavior and antennal lobe (AL) neuronal responses and that dopamine strongly modulates odor-evoked responses in AL neurons. Not only do these results provide direct experimental evidence that olfactory learning in mosquitoes can play an epidemiological role, but collectively, they also provide neuroanatomical and functional demonstration of the role of dopamine in mediating this learning-induced plasticity, for the first time in a disease vector insect.


Oct 23, 2021· We are going to look into the mass air flow sensor and its other components. Overview of Mass Air Flow Sensor. The MAF is a critical part of any vehicle. It is located in the throttle body near the ignition area. It lets the required amount of air enter the engine for fuel combustion to ignite the vehicle.
Symptoms of a bad mass air flow sensor. As a result, a bad mass air flow sensor causes various driveability problems, including a nostart, stalling, lack of power and poor acceleration. In addition, a faulty mass air flow sensor might cause the Check Engine or Service Engine Soon light to come on.
Dec 16, 2017· Quick test to tell if Mass Air Flow Sensor is bad or dirty which could be causing your car or truck to run bad or keep cutting off.
Sep 12, 2021· Surprisingly, a bad mass air flow sensor can lead to running rich. This situation means the air in the combustion cylinder is not enough to ignite the fuel in the combustion chamber. A car in poor working order shows warnings such as rough idling, black smoke emitting the tailpipe, or bad fuel efficiency.
Mass air flow sensors are a bane for car owners. When your check engine light comes on, there’s a good chance that it’s alerting you to some form of an air flow issue in your vehicle. The vehicle’s air flow is very important and will take significant amounts of air into the vehicle to keep the vehicle running properly.
May 19, 2013· P0113 is air temp circuit high. The maf sensor (mass air flow) sensor just measures the amount of air entering the engine. The iat (intake air temp) sensor is the one that detects the temperature of the air. Change that sensor, and the code should disappear. It is located in the intake manifold or air plenum. Posted on Dec 31, 2009.
Aug 30, 2021· Symptoms of bad maf sensor:Commonly asked questions:Why my car looses power when I accelerate?What happens when maf sensor goes bad?Can maf sensor be cleaned...
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Oct 15, 2021· Diagnostic trouble code (DTC) P0102 isn’t in every vehicle’s code library, but whenever it appears it means “Mass Air Flow (MAF) Circuit Low.”. The code is set when the ECM/PCM perceives a problem with the mass airflow (MAF) sensor’s performance. The MAF sensor is mounted between the air filter and the throttle body.
Diagnose a foul Mass Air Flow Sensor: A wide range of problems can mimic a foul MAF (Mass Air Flow) sensor, so it’s a decent idea to check a suspected sensor before you sally out and buy a brand new one. Before getting started, however, you’ll want to possess the vehicle’s repair information handy. Manuals, like those from Chilton, are good, You’ll be able to find more …
Sep 03, 2021· The amount of current going through the wire to sustain the temperature is proportional to air flow; Signs That You Have a Bad Mass Air Flow Sensor. Since the MAF plays a critical role in managing your powertrain, any problems from it will give noticeable engine problems. Here are the most common issues to look out for.
Feb 21, 2010· 15 Posts. Discussion Starter · 1 · Feb 20, 2010. Will a bad mass air flow sensor throw a check engine code? some say yes some say no? Anyone on here Know the answer?:neutral: T.
Mar 12, 2020· Category: automotive auto parts. /5 (5,822 Views . 45 Votes) As a result, a bad mass air flow sensor causes various driveability problems, including a nostart, stalling, lack of power and poor acceleration. A problem with the air flow sensor could also alter the shifting pattern of the automatic transmission. Click to see full answer.
The mass airflow sensor is the component used for detecting the flow of air that is entering the engine of a car. The airflow sensor collects details to determine the amount of needed fuel. After collecting the information, the details will be sent to the Engine Control Unit.
Aug 08, 2019· The mass airflow sensor (commonly abbreviated to MAF) is one of the most important engine management sensors. A bad mass airflow sensor can leave your Volkswagen Tiguan’s engine running rough, or even inoperable.. A MAF sensor measures the density of the air entering the intake manifold.
Sep 16, 2020· MAF Sensor Replacement Cost. The average MAF sensor replacement cost is between 140 and 550, depending on the car model and labor costs. A Mass Air Flow Sensor costs 100 and 400 while the labor …
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Neuter Commuter Program (2009 – 2012) – Thank you!
Final number of pets spayed and neutered with this program = 1,842
Thank you! A heartfelt thank you goes out to all of the PWSPCA volunteers, the staff at the Shenandoah Valley Spay/Neuter Clinic and all the wonderful pet parents who entrusted their beloved family members in our care through the Neuter Commuter program. For three years, we have enjoyed meeting everyone and are so pleased to have been able to offer this program to our community.
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Life seems pretty bleak post-November 9, and even moreso when you consider that 2016 has been declared the “deadliest year on record” for transgender individuals in America, with 24 trans people– predominantly women of color– murdered so far.
This week, GLAAD’s Transgender Awareness Week continues, culminating on Sunday with the Transgender Day of Awareness. Founded in 1998 by a trans advocate in honor of trans woman Rita Hester’s memory, TDOR has been commemorated every year by vigils and other community-based events. Here are several goings-on this week, fun and solemn alike, that are either directly affiliated with Trans Awareness Week or serve to spotlight and lift up trans and queer individuals or groups.
The Base, Bushwick’s anarchist hub. (Photo: Karissa Gall)
It was difficult to ignore the fluttering signs at last week’s Bushwick Community Plan meeting. Sure, they were black-and-white, only about as big as two sheets of computer paper and just as flimsy, but there were tons of them. As City Council members Antonio Reynoso and Rafael Espinal touted their community-driven alternative to developer-led change, almost everyone sitting in front of them seemed to be holding a flyer reading: “EVICT THE RICH.” The rallying cry may have been more Mao Tse-tung than #BushwickBerners, but the Brooklyn Solidarity Network (BSN) couldn’t have been more serious.
Brazil’s meteoric rise as a success-story of the developing world—its shooting-star status as one of the BRIC states—imploded just before the global community turned its eyes to the country during the 2014 world cup. Rioting in the streets, vehement protest art, and police crackdowns went underreported, as the soccer frenzy kicked in. We Don’t Like Samba, which unofficially premiered recently at the Fusion Festival, tracks the protest movement that began in June 2013, after the costs for public transportation rose. That mass movement has inspired hundreds of other, smaller demonstrations: workers on wildcat strikes, women protesting the Papal visit, residents combating urbanization projects. “We are not samba dancers” say the striking garbage workers known as “Garis” in one interview. “We are rebels”.
I almost wish that we could take this one at face value, and learn in earnest how to combat the shadowy organization that is (obviously!) slowly infiltrating the upper echelons of government, business and media in order to implement a new world order through a complex system of signs and symbols. Sadly, that’s not the case. Despite what you might have heard about the nefarious Illuminati connections of Jay-Z, Beyonce, Obama, and Kim Kardashian, The Base is not here to help us take the mofos down. Instead, the leftist community organization believes that “Illuminati theory helps oppressed people to explain our experiences in the hood.” So they’ve put together a pamphlet redirecting attention to ways in which citizens can tackle the very real issues of oppression and exploitation. Come along, and channel your abundant conspiracy theory energy into thinking about social change.
Since everyone cool/loaded has left the city for a summer get-away and you’re still here, what better way to pass these lazy days than by learning to battle the Illuminati, showing off your mad fanboy language skillz or getting acquainted with Emperor Augustus.
Thursday August 21
Julie Schumacher + Ethan Rutherford Dear Committee Members, Julie Schumacher’s eighth novel, is an epistolary satire of academia that has been earning—as the title of a Slate review puts it, “Strongest possible endorsement.” Made up of letters of recommendation written by a beleaguered literature professor (whose promising career in fiction is now just a fading memory), the book is a bitingly witty portrait of a dying English department and the embittered man who dwells in its decomposing innards. More →
Learn about the rise and fall and rise of hallucinogenic mushrooms, the fight for tenant rights in Poland, and re-appreciate the street art you no longer notice, with this week’s worthy readings and talks.
Thursday, August 14
Mmmmmmmushrooms (Photo courtesy of Flickr)
Psychedelic drugs reaching a hallucination-drenched, kaleidoscopically patterned saturation point in the 1960s and 70s, during the zenith of American and European counterculture movements. Sadly, peak-mushroom was unsustainable. More →
This week’s talks and readings: some heavy stuff, ending in laughs.
Wednesday, July 30
The Gatekeepers Screening
When The Gatekeepers was first released in 2012, NY Times film critic A.O. Scott recognized the Israeli documentary’s import. “It is hard,” he wrote, “to imagine a movie about the Middle East that could be more timely, more painfully urgent, more challenging to conventional wisdom on all sides of the conflict.” Several years later, as the war in Gaza stretches into its third week with no signs of abating, that urgency has if anything only become more pronounced. More →
In 1994, with the signing of NAFTA, the Zapatistas—a revolutionary leftist group—emerged in Chiapas, under the aegis of Subcomandante Marcos. Chiapas is an impoverished agrarian region in southeastern Mexico, and the anti-capitalist movement’s base is made up of indigenous people eager to thwart the state’s military, paramilitary and corporate incursions into the mountainous region. Join activists fromLa Universidad de La Tierra en Oaxaca (University of the Earth) and the collective Veredas Autonomous (Autonomous Trails) for a discussion of the history and future of social struggles, in Mexico and across the world.
Upcoming talks and readings. Because sometimes, you just want to watch C-3P0 soliloquize in Early Modern English.
Thursday, June 26
Nathan Deuel and Friday was the Bomb
In 2008 Nathan Deuel, Village Voice and Rolling Stone editor, moved with his wife Kelly McEvers (a foreign correspondent) to Saudi Arabia. The couple’s first child had just been born when the Arab Spring erupted. McEvers was posted in Baghdad, while Deuel took his young daughter first to Istanbul and then Beirut. Friday was the Bomb: Five Years in the Middle East is Deuel’s first book, and an account of his time spent in the volatile region. Deuel will be reading from the memoir, taking questions, and signing copies. 7pm, WORD Bookstore (126 Franklin St, Greenpoint), Facebook RSVP requested but not required, FREE More →
Occupy Wall Street’s glory days of regular police spats and national front page news coverage are behind us (unless you watch The Newsroom — hello, Tompkins Square Park!), but at least some members of the movement have remained active agitators. Former Occupiers Khalil Robinson, who has primarily worked at teaching and aiding undocumented immigrants, and Elysa Lozano, an artist and political activist, have triumphed over a failed Kickstarter and months of delay in order to open The Base, which they’ve described on their website as “a sociopolitical space in Bushwick, Brooklyn, committed to the dissemination of radical-left ideas and organizing.” So far, their organizing has consisted of holding free Spanish classes and boxing lessons, but they are officially inaugurating their new space tonight with a panel called “Where Do Social Movements Go From Here?” More →


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Our house is located in a one street subdivision, where we own a ten acre, private estate with all types of wild life. Our property has our personal residence and two vacation homes. We own this one and our carriage house, which we also lease out for vacation, business meetings, family reunions, weddings and more. Minimum $750 night up to 10 guests(over 10 guests rates increase $50 per person per night)There is a three night minimum rental and no restriction on the length of stay.
We are located right next door to the Stone Mountain State Park and Confederate Memorial Park, which is similar to Dollywood and Branson, Missouri, only 30 minutes from the Atlanta international airport and 30 minutes from downtown Atlanta with all major sports and night life.
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This home was everything I thought it would be and more. The home owner was great,the layout plan was great, it was just great.. I had a women's retreat and the ladies loved it.
Thank You , Mr. Warren, God Bless... 6-2010
Just a mile from Stone Mountain Park and a short drive to the city made this a wonderful place for our family of 27 people to stay.
This was the first time we had a vacation as whole under one roof.
My mom was able to spend quailty time with her Grand babies and her new Great Grand baby.
The gentleman from which we rented was just as nice and a true Southern Gentleman. Very nice home with large rooms. There was even a piano where my daughter played for her Grand ma for the very first time. It was a fantastic place to stay a real home feeling about the place...
Thanks for the wonderful Memories and the use of your wonderful home our Easter could not and may never again be as good as the one we had at this Vacation Home...
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HOW MUCH TIME AM I FACING?
When charged with a crime, people often ask how the Prosecutor and Judge determine what an appropriate sentence is. While it is difficult to know exactly what the sentence will be until the discovery process is complete, when a defendant is charged with a felony, prosecutors will prepare a criminal punishment code scoresheet. This scoresheet is one of many tools that help us give you an idea of what the State plea offer will be. Every charge has a degree (1st degree, 2nd degree, etc...) as well as a level (1, 2,...10). The degree of the charge tells you what the maximum sentence can be.
Maximum Prison/Jail Sentence(s)
- Capital Felony - Life in prison
- First Degree Felony - 30 years prison
- Second Degree Felony - 15 years prison
- Third Degree Felony - 5 years prison
- First Degree Misdemeanor - 1 year county jail
- Second Degree Misdemeanor - 60 days county jail
While the degree of the charge determines the maximum permissible sentence, the level of the offense helps determine the minimum allowable sentence. Each charge carries a predetermined amount of points to be assessed on the criminal punishment code scoresheet. Obviously more points are assessed for more serious crimes. An accused will also be assessed points for any prior criminal history. If the total amount of points is 44 or less, then the minimum sentence allowable can be a time served sentence or probation. Keep in mind, just because a scoresheet does not mandate prison, does not mean that you cannot still be sentenced up to the maximum prison time allowable by law. On the other hand, if the points are greater than 44, the scoresheet will recommend a prison sentence. Understanding the scoresheet can be difficult. Call us at (407) 425-6068 to help you understand what your scoresheet will look like.
If I score prison, am I definitely doing time?
In short.....NO. As with most laws, there are exceptions that, if applicable, may help someone avoid a prison sentence, even if they are scoring prison. If one of these exceptions apply, the judge could give the defendant a "downward departure" sentence, and sentence the defendant to anything, even time served or probation. These exceptions are called Mitigating Circumstances.:
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In our cold stores we distribute fresh, green, clean and crisp, whole leaves are cleaned, blanched then frozen immediately to ensure that spinach is frozen fresh without any loss of vital nutrients.
Specialized in producing the highest quality of this raw vegetables. The fresh leaves are pulled and cut in a manner that preserves its natural shape. This product is always appreciated by the Egyptian consumer
Our Climate is perfect to grow our great coriander with the optimum nutritional value. All parts of the plant are edible but the fresh leaves and the fried seeds are the part used in cooking
Our team has 10 years’ experience in growing all kinds of lettuce (Iceberg – Btavia – Okleaf – Romain – Mix Baby Leafs). We are leading producer and distributor for the lettuce in the local and regional market. Our lettuce is hydroponically grown
Extremely fresh in nature and free from bacterial infections. Our mint leaves have rich aroma. Used to prepare different medicines and receipts. We are dominant in producing hydroponically grown mint
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Finely chopped Parsley with low number of stalks. Parsley is an aromatic, spicy herb of high nutritional value. Delivered Fresh and Frozen.
Dill Fronds have a fine aroma and are ideal for making fine salad dressings. Frozen dill is ready to cook and easy to sprinkle in its frozen state.

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Discussion in 'YouTube' started by IcEWoLF, Jul 9, 2011.
Dude Fade to black, I now love you.
Yeah, hard to top Metallica!! These guys kick ass too, though. POWER METAL! WOOT!! It gets quite heavy.
I love heavy music and guitar solos, so I'm a sucker for all this kind of stuff. Metallica has so many good songs its ridiculous.
Rock on man! Both great posts there.. here's one to make you piss your pants with laughter.
FUCK I didn't mean to repost that!!! It was supposed to be this song.,..


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A continuum solvent model of the partial molar volumes and entropies of ionic solvation
Duignan, T.T., Parsons, D.F. and Ninham, B.W. (2014) A continuum solvent model of the partial molar volumes and entropies of ionic solvation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118 (11). pp. 3122-3132.
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Continuum solvent models of electrolyte solutions are extremely useful. However, before we can use them with confidence, it is important to test them by comparison with a range of experimental properties. Here, we have adapted our recently developed1,2 simple continuum solvent model of ionic solvation free energies to calculate the solvation entropies and partial molar volumes of a group of monovalent and monatomic ions. This procedure gives good quantitative agreement for larger ions, and reproduces key qualitative features, such as the shift to positive entropies of solvation for iodide and the shift to negative partial molar volumes for small cations. Small ions require a correction to account for dielectric saturation effects, which brings them also into good agreement with experiment. We argue that this model does not require ad hoc corrections, and uses parameters that have good external physical justification. This work therefore establishes that our continuum solvent model can provide a satisfactory understanding of ionic solvation. It can thus serve as a foundation for improved models that explain and predict more complex ion specific effects.
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Take the middle chain up from the Warp Zone and wander till you spy this chest
Post Game: Heart of Ronka
At first glance, the Heart of Ronka looks like paradise. There are chests everywhere. Everything comes with a price. This area contains one of the most obnoxious enemies around—Tied perhaps with the Dark Elementals. Before you run off and start grabbing the treasures you need to make sure you can handle the monsters you will meet. The most frequent dweller of the halls is the Exoray. These cute little flowers look just like the Dragon Flowers back in Drakenvale. If you remember the Dragon Flowers, they were fairly non-threatening, they just cast a lot of status spells. The Exoray are like the Dragon Flowers on steroids. These little carnivores cast all manner of nasty status effects. Confuse Powder charms; Darkness Powder blinds; Paralyze Powder paralyzes; Poison Powder poisons; Silver Powder ages; and Zombie Powder zombifies. None of these should come as a shock to you. However, when the Dragon Flowers cast the spells they did hardly any damage. The Exorays inflict their status ailment and inflict almost 1,000 points of damage on top of that. 1,000 points of damage isn’t too bad, but take into account that Exorays travel in groups of five and suddenly that’s a lot of pain. So what do I propose to quash these foul flowers? First, everybody needs a Ribbon. Even Bartz who doesn’t like to cross-dress. The Ribbon is not perfect protection. It will only defend against blindness, poison, and aging. You can protect yourself from confusion, paralysis, and zombification, but it takes a bit more effort. Don either the Rainbow Dress, Genji Armor, Bone Mail or Red Slippers to negate the confusion status. Paralysis can be negated by equipping the Genji Shield, Genji Glove, or Hermes Sandals. The only thing that is going to save you from being turned into a zombie is the Angel Ring. I haven’t mentioned your other must-have item. Well, you have a choice really. If you have a free arm, you want a Flame Shield on it. That failing, an Aegis Shield is a good choice. Aside from all of the status effects, the Exorays cast Firaga. Firaga inflicts almost 2,500 points of damage. Wouldn’t it be refreshing if you could turn that pain into pleasure? Equip Flame Shields or Flame Rings and at least get some extra healing out of the battle. Killing them, once you are protected, is fairly straightforward. Cast Firaga a couple times. They are quite weak to it. Increase its power with a Flame Rod, or Magus Rod and roast them.
You may also run into your friends from the Rift, Iron Giants. Killing them while you’re geared up to kill the Exorays might be a bit of a challenge. Try and keep a couple mêlée characters to dish out heavy damage to them. Very rarely you may encounter a cousin to the Iron Giant, the Ironclad.
Since you’re on the right anyway, continue down that hallway to a room holding two more treasure chests. The top one contains a Holy Water, and surprise! The one on the right contains Holy Water as well. Ok, so the treasure room is a little disappointing. It gets better. Continue your journey south. Tromp down the stairs and out the door.
There is not a lot to see here, aside from a chasm preventing you from going anywhere in the room. But wait! Next to the chasm is a chest. Run over and gleefully whoop over your shiny new Kagenui. This little ninja knife is the strongest in the game. It boasts a 126 atk and casts Stop on a whim. I think it was worth the detour. That being said, run all the way back to the treasure room until you get to the central crossroads.
Treasure Room— South Fork
As the title implies, it is time to walk to the south. You’ve waited long enough for a good treasure, so run straight south and skid to a stop in front of the southernmost treasure chest. Open it for another Advance only trinket, the Sorcerer’s Mantle. This accessory nullifies all elemental attacks. Where was that while you were fighting the Grand Aevis? In addition to nullifying elemental attacks it also boasts a 10% evd and a 20% mevd for all of those pesky non-elemental spells. That was your big treasure for this section. The rest of the treasures in this room are from left to right: a Cottage and a Blitzshot. Head back north and this time head west at the crossroads.
Travel west until you reach another tiny room hiding a couple chests. Grab a Blitzshot from the northern chest and a handy Phoenix Down from the western chest. That is all there is to pluck from the Treasure Room. Follow the southern path to the room’s exit.
There is nothing to the east. Follow the hallway south and through the door. The room contains five chests, four of which are open and one that is shut. Before you get your hopes up thinking you’ve stumbled upon something as wondrous as the Sorcerer’s Mantle, allow me to burst your bubble. All that is in that central box is a big heavy stone which controls the doors in the room. Granted, there are a few more chests to be had, but these are not them. So, when you’ve mustered the strength, heft the stone (remembering to lift with your legs and keep your back straight) and place it in the bottom right chest. This will open the far left door. Wander gingerly through the hall and then run once you spy the chest. Open it for the Advance only Hyper Wrist. I don’t think this one is quite as nifty as the Sorcerer’s Mantle. The Hyper Wrist enhances your physical fighter by increasing his atk by 10, def by 3 and str by 5. Run up to the northern chest for a somewhat disappointing Buckshot. Having taken all of the treasure you can reach, go back to the chest puzzle .
To get to the tempting chest next to the hyper wrist, heave the stone and place it in the top left chest. Run through the doors which have opened just west of the center and take a Blastshot from the chest. You have cleaned out all of the treasure this room holds.
In order to exit the room groan as you heave the stone again and place it in the bottom left chest. This opens the doors just right of center. Follow the hallway to the next area.
Head south from the entrance, and then east to pluck a Cottage from the chest. Grumble about the fact that there is no place to use a stinking Cottage. Wander west along the hallway. Raise your eyebrow when you come to the chain pulley. You can slide down it to the Warp Zone.
B2—from the Pulley
If you don’t have the Find Passages ability, it will appear that you have hit a dead end. Equip Find Passages and then follow the left passage. The passage leads you to a small room containing a chest. Pick the lock and raise your new Advance only Apocalypse to the light. The Apocalypse is a dangerous gladiator/knight sword. It has an atk of 145. If you didn’t get a perfect Brave Blade, this will be your strongest sword thus far. It also raises its bearer’s str by five. Wield it well. Even though you can wander off to explore east of the room, there is nothing new there. Head back the way you came and hop back on the pulley. Ride it back down to the Warp Zone.
The leftmost pulley takes you to another dinky room. There’s only one exit, and that’s through a hidden passage to the west. Take it and prepare for a long run north down the hallway. Ignore the fork in the path, that leads back to the entrance. Keep going north. At the end of the hallway turn left, and take the stairs all the way south to the exit of the room, Abyssal Falls.
User Submitted Strategies
to defeat exoray's just use zeninage
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Steal: Iron Armor
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Most well-read cities: Three Virginia cities on Amazon top 20 list
Most well-read cities included Alexandria, Va., which came out ahead of Cambridge, Mass., and Berkeley, Calif., in the Amazon list. The top 5 most-well read cities also included Ann Arbor, Mich., and Boulder, Colorado.
Alexandria was one of three Virginia cities on the Amazon.com list of the 20 most well-read cities. It topped Cambridge, Massachusetts, the home of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Berkeley, California to take the top spot.

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Stephen Huetz, Jesuit — The junior midfielder picked up a goal and an assist in Tuesday’s 4-0 win against Robinson.
Miguel Ridruejo, Carrollwood Day — The forward has four goals in the past three matches and leads the way for CDS (10-3-1) with 17 goals.
Ellis Shaw, Lennard — The senior had a hat trick in last week’s 7-2 win against Tampa Bay Tech and has eight goals on the season.
Casey Ferguson, Wharton — The senior sweeper has been a big leader for the defense and has two goals, including one in the Wildcats’ loss to Plant last week.
Stephanie Galloway, Plant City — Scoring a pair of goals and adding a pair of assists in Tuesday’s 8-0 win against Lennard, the senior midfielder moved her mark to nine in each category for the season.
Abby Sanchez, Plant — The senior forward notched a hat trick in Plant’s 5-0 win against Alonso and has 11 goals this season.

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For the past few weeks I’ve been enjoying my newly received Axis 1 single channel wireless focus system from Hocus Products. I talked with Peter Hoare at good length at the 2013 Stabilizer Expo and was in the market for a remote focus. After testing out a few different units currently on the market, I decided to scratch my original plans of getting a trusted and loved Digital Bartech and give the Axis 1 a shot.Three weeks later, I’m glad I did!
Most of the Axis 1‘s stats can be found on their website but just a few quick notes: The hand unit is slightly larger than the widely used Bartech with a notably larger focus knob and the Axis 1 receiver is roughly 30% larger than the bartech receiver. Both the hand unit and the receiver feel well constructed, durable and seem like if they were dropped, they’d survive and wouldn’t break into a bunch of pieces. The Axis unit is designed to integrate into existing kits easily. It’s a digital system and will work with any digital motors, 7 pin lemo motor cables and 2 pin power cables (same as bartech). The motor is also constructed very solidly and seems like the toughest piece of equipment in the package.
In all I paid just under $7,200 for the who package.
The entire kit was ordered from Hot Rod Cameras in Hollywood and I ended up with the Hand unit, receiver, motor, all the different gears for the motor, six conical marking rings, 15 and 19mm iris rod adapters for the motor, 2x motor cables, 2x P-tap power cables, 2x Arri run/stop, 2x Epic run/stop cables, 2x antennas and the case with cut foam.
The feel of the hand unit as you turn the focus knob is great. It’s got good resistance to be precise but not feel overly tight. The Bartech has a very light, almost resistance free feel compared to the Axis.
The buttons on the transmitter and receiver and solid, won’t be accidentally pushed and only have one function each; there’s no “push and hold” extra features within the system. It’s very “what you see is what you get” which makes for fast setup and fast changes while working. From calibration to manually setting lens stops, the minimal buttons allow you fly through any set up and get to work fast. Having a calibration button on the transmitter and receiver that you can actually push (unlike the tiny recessed button on the digital Bartech that you have to get at with a pen) is very convenient. The simplicity and ease of use is wonderful!
The motor that Hocus has put together is fast and absolutely silent. Also, when I say that this motor is silent.... I mean COMPLETELY SILENT, even when doing very fast racks. As far as the torque goes, it’s adjusted automatically just before the motor finds the limits of the lens during initial calibration. I haven’t had the motor on notably stiff lenses so I can’t make comment yet about the motor’s heavy duty torque capabilities. I'm a little nervous not having the articulating motor cable port like on the M-One but so far I haven't missed it.
The hand unit runs on Canon style LP-E6 rechargeable batteries. They aren’t supplied by Hocus so I picked up a Wasabi two battery and charger bundle on Amazon for $28 and found that I can get three full days on one battery. The indicator light on the front and the top warns when the battery is getting low. Also, if the hand unit is left untouched for five or ten minutes, it will automatically go into sleep mode to conserve power.
It’s also nice that there is a read out on the top of the hand unit that tells you information like channel, battery level, and signal strength to and from the receiver.
The rosette on the back of the hand unit makes me excited to see a three channel upgrade/ addition whenever Hocus gets around to developing it. Ergo hand grips, TV logic monitors, and a host of other things are just waiting to be screwed into here!
The interchangeable focus marking rings are much better than the Bartech’s annoyingly flimsy focus strips. They quickly and securely pop on and off and feel very durable. You can get them in cylindrical and conical, I chose six conical and love them.
All of the cables I ordered from Hocus (P-tap power, Arri and Red run stop) are all made very well and function without issue.
Finally, Peter at Hocus has been very accessible and open for comments and questions from myself in a very direct manner. He’s been very quick to respond to emails and questions and the reps at Hot Rod Cameras (the US dealer of the Axis) have been the same!
Not sure if this is quite a negative, gut the hand unit is notably heavier than a Bartech. It’s heavier because it’s well built and robust, but an AC that used it a few days ago told me that he kept wanting to set it down a lot just because of the added weight. After the day he said his hand was tired and a little achy. It’s definitely not as heavy as a Preston FIZ. I think this could be combatted with altering and improving the ergonomics of the hand unit itself.
One thing that I really like about the ergonomics of the Bartech hand units are the channels along the long sides of the hand unit. I find that they are the perfect place to rest my palm in and wrap my fingers around the transmitter and get a good grip on it. The Axis is built inside a rectangular housing and lacks these channels to firmly grip the transmitter which makes it not quite as comfortable as the Bartech for long term operating. I imagine some kind of ergo hand grip that screws into the rosette in the back of the hand unit would make holding it more comfortable.
Also, one thing that I think Hocus is lacking for the Axis is a firm iris rod mounting bracket or a 1/4” 20 thread somewhere on it so it can be firmly mounted to a camera. Velcro works fine at the moment because the receiver is fairly light weight, but I am the type of person who wants all accessories firmly screwed down and locked into place. I’m told by Peter that a bracket is in the works.
All in all, when I arrive on set I feel proud to break open the Axis 1 case and show it off to anyone who will listen to me! As both a focus puller and a steadicam op, I love using it and showing others how to use it. I recommend it hand over fist over the Bartech and would definitely recommend anyone in the market or looking to upgrade. I can’t wait to see what all comes out of Hocus next!
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I wanted to make a healthy pasta so I went with my usual chicken broccoli pasta and I got the idea to give the “cauliflower” Alfredo sauce I found on Pinterest a go.
For the broccoli it is very simple:
Cut up your heads of broccoli rinse them. Season them with salt pepper and garlic powder. Lay them on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and bake them in the oven at 350 degrees for 8 minutes viola!
For the pasta:
Cook as directed on the package- viola!
For the chicken:
I got 5 chicken breasts cut them into small cubes
Season with one tablespoon each of garlic powder, thyme, chives, oregano viola!
Cook in a saute pan until internal temperature is 165 degrees, season with salt and pepper to taste!
Now for the sauce:
9 large cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons butter
5-6 cups cauliflower florets
6-7 cups vegetable broth or water
1.5 teaspoon salt (more to taste)
- Garlic: Saute the minced garlic with the butter in a large nonstick skillet over low heat. Cook for several minutes or until the garlic is soft and fragrant but not browned (browned or burnt garlic will taste bitter). Remove from heat and set aside.
- Cauliflower: Bring the water or vegetable broth to a boil in a large pot. Add the cauliflower and cook, covered, for 7-10 minutes or until cauliflower is fork tender. Do not drain.
- Puree: Transfer the cauliflower pieces to the blender. Add 1.5 cup vegetable broth or cooking liquid, sauteed garlic/butter, salt, pepper, and milk. Blend or puree for several minutes until the sauce is very smooth, adding more broth or milk depending on how thick you want the sauce.
- I then added some Parmesan cheese for a little more Alfredo sauce flavor.
Side note: The sauce is a great alternative to Alfredo sauce but I will say that the taste is not much the same. It is creamy without all the calories, which we all enjoyed and it still has a great flavor in my opinion!

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In The Desert
11 / 20 / 2017
Hiking Utah's Back Country
Take a Hike!
Several friends of ours just took a hike into one of the more popular scenic areas in the desert in Southwest Utah. This is one of the best times of the year to take a hike. "Utah Wandering" Scott, his wife Teresa, along with their guide Teresa D. and friend Sandy went to Yant Flat. It's really not so flat and has some of the best, strange, rock formations in this part of the country. Join Utah Wandering as he shows us this area.
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Over the years we've heard about this area, but have not been able to take this trip. Many people hike this area. And after watching Utah Wandering's video you'll see why.
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Yant Flat Topography Map
Located between St. George, Utah and Leeds (the silver mining town) and just to the west of I-15 is Yant Flat.
You can drive up to the western edge of Yant Flat then it's a hike into this region. If you watched the video then you'll know why it's worth the effort! Thanks to Utah Wandering for sharing this video. NOW, take a hike!


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Liadne pulled the covers over her head, just like she had when the trumpets sounded last night.
The thump, thump, thump of her heart was the only sound in her room. In the moments of silence between each beat she listened for the sounds that should have been—trash trucks dropping dumpsters, rattling mufflers on passing cars, the gurgle of the coffee maker, the whiz of a bicycle as it sped down the hill, voices of the village awakening outside her shuttered windows. She listened for the rapping fall of footsteps of a marching army, or the heavy tread of slippered feet on wooden floorboards. But she only found the silence that had lurked in falling clouds before last night. If not for the relentless beat in her chest Liadne may have thought she had awoken this morning to find herself deaf. It was the thump, thump, thump over the labored hrummph, hrummph, hrummph of her breath that let her know it was not her ears that had failed.
Liadne pushed the covers from her, and slipped one foot to the cold wooden floor. Chills ran from her toes to her neck, and she forced her other leg from beneath the warmth of the thick down comforter. She reached for the plush robe that lay across the foot of her bed, wrapped the velvety garment about her shoulders, and crossed to her shuttered window. Beneath each of Liadne’s reluctant steps, sun fell in slanting lines across the wood, warming the floor. Her heart told her to stop, leave the blinds as they were and go no further, but her brain urged her to reach for the latch on her window casing. The metal hook pricked her finger as she loosed it from its clasp. The pain was sharp but fleeting, and in that brief agony Liadne knew it was not her touch that had failed.
The opening shutters spilled sunbeams across the room, forcing Liadne to shade her eyes. For a few moments she stood, hand toward the bright sun above, eyes squinting upon the street she had lived on her entire life. Flowers bloomed pink in Miss Vionette’s window box across the lane, but Miss V. was not there to water them. Cobblestones all purple and grey, shone with no people to cast long shadows onto them. The untended street cart brimming with wares, the bakery display filled with the morning’s still-cooling bread, but no flour-dusted baker was there to hand out the loaves. Beyond the roofs of the town, resplendent against the clear blue sky stood her mountain—white topped and magnificent. It was in that lonely beautiful scene Liadne knew it was not her sight that had failed.
Liadne pulled her robe close and saw the drop of crimson dripping down her finger. She raised her hand to her mouth and sucked on the nuisance of a wound. Her salty metallic blood twisted on her tongue with the cotton-mouthed first breaths of the morning. Each breath flung tastes of spring, carried on the morning breeze, to her, but it was the quick life of her blood that overpowered all other flavors. Nursing her wound in the silence between the thumps of her heart Liadne knew it was not her taste that had failed.
She leaned out the window, and breathed deep to stifle her impending sobs. The bakery sent smells of flour and sugar as the bread browned to caramel coated crusts. The scent of snow from her mountain, crisp with the freshness of ice-cooled streams and tenacious plants fighting toward the sun, wove through her as they had every morning before. When her tears left her breathing in gasps and her nose was stuffed with the absence that lay below, Liadne knew it was not her scent that had failed.
She stood at her window hearing the silence of desertion, feeling the emptiness, seeing nothing but loneliness, tasting her inadequacy, and smelling only fear. It was in this moment Liadne was sure of what she had feared at the first call of God’s trumpets. It was not her senses that had failed her—it was her faith.
First published in the Enter the Apocalypse Anthology edited by Thomas Gondolfi spring of 2017.

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It’s never easy to say goodbye to a valued employee so in early June, when I heard an ominous knock at my office door and looked up to see both Corey Campbell and Daniel Sanchez standing there, my first instinct was to run screaming from the room. Despite the allure of the two oversized chocolate bars they carried with them to help soften the blow, I was deeply saddened to hear that these two staff members and friends were leaving the Writers’ Program and moving to New Orleans in search of fame, fortune, and affordable rent.
Corey Campbell, Program Representative for Creative Writing (Online) and Events, started working for the Writers’ Program in 2004 and since then, has been admired by her peers for her knowledge of all things literary, her strong work ethic, and her ability to juggle the two components of her job with grace and precision. Her compassion, sensitivity, and willingness to lend a hand wherever needed have made her a Writers’ Program stand out. Corey is an exceptional writer, having contributed many excellent articles to the website, and creating the first-ever Writers’ Program Blog where she gathered more than 600 readers since its inception in 2007. Corey has completed more than 20 Writers’ Program courses, and two years ago she was accepted into a low residency MFA Program at prestigious Warren Wilson College.
For those of you who don’t already know, Daniel Sanchez is “the man” that Corey frequently referred to in the pages of the Blog. Corey and Daniel met at the Writers’ Program when Daniel joined the staff in 2007 as the Program Assistant for Creative Writing (Onsite). Not long afterwards, the two discovered a mutual penchant for traveling, taco trucks, karaoke, used book stores, and bad sci fi movies, and they’ve been a happy couple ever since.
Daniel will be remembered at the Writers’ Program for his charming self-deprecation and for his clever and cryptic Twitter posts as WriterDaniel. His 1,100 followers were fond of hearing about the books he read, the movies he saw, and the deadlines he wasn’t always confident he’d meet for his own low-residency MFA Program at Warren Wilson. Over the past three years, Daniel honed his writing in almost a dozen Writers’ Program courses. He advised students and filled instructors’ needs capably, and I’m personally grateful for the innumerable hours he spent helping me keep the Writers’ Program web and Facebook pages up-to-date and properly formatted.
As Linda Venis, Director of the Department of the Arts and Program Director of the Writers’ Program, is fond of saying, “When one door closes, another one opens.” I know that many doors will open up for both Corey and Daniel in the days to come and all of us at the Writers’ Program wish them the very best of luck in whatever their futures hold.
The upside to all of this, of course, is that once the door closes on Corey and Daniel, it will open up on two new employees whom we will be delighted to welcome into the fold. We’ll tell you all about them and about the rest of the fabulous Writers’ Program staff in an upcoming article, so be sure to stay tuned.
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Lumberyard Arts Center theatre class to perform ‘Wizard of Oz’
During an improvisation session at the end of Tuesday’s Lumberyard Arts Center’s summer theatre class, Jennifer Glenn reminded her young students the “default” emotion for their characters in the exercise was anger.
Few of the young actors brought that to their off-the-cuff skits, although they did fully emote grief over a lost donut hole, the joy of being a rock star and smug satisfaction with their awesome flexibility.
The improvisational session wrapped up a three-hour rehearsal for a performance of “The Wizard of Oz,” the 19 youngsters will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Baldwin Junior High School Performing Arts Center. That performance has been the focus of the class since the participants ages 8 years through junior high first met June 13 to audition for parts in the play. It’s importance was evidenced by Glenn’s parting words to the youngsters Tuesday to study their lines hard that night.
“They are doing great for a bunch of lazy actors who aren’t studying their lines,” Glenn said near a group of her students to reinforce her point. “Really, they’ve done everything I’ve asked of them. They’re doing great.”
Despite the play’s importance to the class, the two-week experience was also something of a theater camp in which Glenn brought teaching tools such as the improv sessions.
“We do that at 11:30 (a.m.) to give them a break before they leave,” Glenn said. “But also because they need that experience, vocabulary and other acting experience.”
Glenn’s students said her methods work.
Zoe Ortiz, 12, who revealed she gets a melt-down death scene as the Wicked Witch of the West, said she’s learned a lot from Glenn through the play rehearsals and improv sessions.
“I learned acting isn’t play acting,” she said. “It’s serious. You need to become and know your character.”
Zoe Thomas, 12, said she’s learned to “project” as she rehearsed for her role as Dorothy. That means making sure her voice is heard but also revealing her character through speech and actions.
“I’ve learned to move like Dorothy and how to add lines that my character would say,” she said.
Glenn and Wendy Conover, Lumberyard Arts Center programing director, said the play the children will present is closer to the L. Frank Baum’s book than the 1939 classic movie. The biggest difference is it’s not a musical.
“Maybe someday we’ll get to do a musical” Conover said. “But it’s wonderful the school district is letting us be in this place (the Performing Arts Center) and using it for such a good educational experience.”


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How nations can build influence and power amid the pandemic
Nations and entities which have acted innovatively and effectively in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic will see their global soft power increase as cooperation is playing a fundamental role in mitigating the crisis, Professor Gabriela Salinas explains.
By Gabriela Salinas, IE Business School Professor
Since the onset of what the UN has coined the “defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge we have faced since World War Two” caused by the coronavirus pandemic, we have found ourselves in an uncertain and complex situation as citizens. This has been exacerbated by the diverse reactions from our governments and corporations. Many of these actions and initiatives, which have generated criticism in some cases and praise in others, will contribute to, once the crisis is over, the reputation – brand, if you will – of those nations and companies.
Entities that have acted in a quick, honest, and compelling fashion, whose decisions have not only contributed to protecting their citizens and employees, but also their larger ecosystem, will see their influence increase in their community and in the world. In the case of nations, this goes far beyond military or economic power. It is “soft power,” and this is what we consider, at Brand Finance, where I am Global Managing Director of the education division, Brand Finance Institute, to be the key in the positive construction of the nation brand. This concept has acquired particular relevancy in the 21st century. By understanding what drives soft power and a nation’s prosperity in general, it is possible to effectively allocate resources that can slowly yet productively change perceptions. To do this, countries (and corporations alike) must identify the levers of influence to delineate long-term strategies consistent with national goals of public and economic diplomacy. These include:
- Awareness and Familiarity: nation brands which people know, and have mental availability of, have greater soft power
- Overall Influence: the degree to which a nation is seen to have influence in the respondent’s country as well as on the world’s stage
- Overall Reputation: is this nation deemed to have a strong and positive reputation globally?
- Performance on the 7 Soft Power Pillars (Business & Trade, Governance, International Relations, Culture & Heritage, Media & Communication, Education & Science, People & Values)
Brand Finance released the Global Soft Power Index in February 2020 in an effort to measure a nation’s ability to influence the preferences and behaviors of various actors through soft power rather than coercion. The study included 55,000 respondents, including specialists and the general public in 100 countries, and incorporates a broad range of measures, which in combination provide a balanced and holistic assessment of nations’ presence, reputation, and impact on the world stage. The survey measured the soft power of nations by their performance of the seven pillars. The following graph details each pillar and the variables measured in each one of them.
Source: “Global Soft Power Index 2020”, Brand Finance
Among the public diplomacy tools and techniques that positively impact soft power and strengthen the country’s brand, “gastrodiplomacy” and “sports diplomacy” play a fundamental role within one of the fundamental pillars: “Culture & Heritage.” But now at this moment in which we find ourselves grappling with a global pandemic, health diplomacy has acquired renewed relevance.
For example, with the United States hit hard by the pandemic, China leveraged its experience and production capacity of medical equipment as a “soft power” tool: in mid-March, it announced that it would help 82 countries, and since then, it has sent medical staff and equipment to Italy, and donated equipment to Pakistan, Japan, Argentina and other Latin American countries. India, which has been coined as “the pharmacy of the world” for its production of generic drugs, has demonstrated its leadership fulfilling the increasing global demand for drugs used to treat COVID-19. The Indian government, recognizing the importance of this activity in terms of building soft power, launched a health diplomacy program, sending medical aid to more than 154 countries. Lastly, and more recently, the race to develop an effective vaccine has been coined by some political analysts a “geopolitical battle.” Witnessing how the different public health agencies are funding private initiatives to develop a COVID-19 vaccines, it has become apparent that “vaccine diplomacy,” which falls under the pillar of International Relations, will play a key role in foreign policy furthering diplomatic national interests.
Pandemic, Leadership, and Soft Power
The United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, and China are the top five countries, respectively, in terms of soft power, according to the Global Soft Power Index 2020, and their examples help us understand that soft power goes far beyond public policy. For example, the United States, which led overall in the survey, scored first in culture and entertainment, sports, and brands and products. Thus we see the symbiotic relationship between the strength of a country’s commercial brands, which act as ambassadors for the business ecosystem from which they originate, and a country’s global influence.
Yet, what happens in a crisis of the magnitude that we are currently experiencing?
We have recently witnessed how public-private collaboration is key to mitigate the effects of the health, social, and economic crisis in which we are living. The French luxury group, LVMH, has dedicated its production plants for perfume and cosmetic brands in France to the manufacturing of hand sanitizer for hospitals. Armani converted part of its production capacity to the creation of personal protection equipment for medical staff. In fact, in an industry that has been among the hardest hit by the crisis, many Italian fashion brands have stepped up by, for example, producing millions of masks. And, in Spain, Santander Bank and BBVA have donated financial resources to acquire medical equipment and the fashion giant Inditex has dedicated assets and logistic network to facilitate the creation and acquisition of medical supplies.
Many of the leading brands have endeavored to protect the health or employees above economic consideration long before governments introduced home confinement. Twitter was among the first to react and implemented home office or “smart working” in an effort to protect the health of their employees. Patagonia voluntarily closed all its stores while continuing to pay employee wages despite incurred losses. More recently, Google announced that its employees would work from home until at least July 2021 in order to offer employees the necessary flexibility to balance work and taking care of their families’ needs. These are just a few examples of the brave brands that have understood that leadership in the 21st century exceeds economic power and revolves around the ability to make a positive impact on the world.
Modern day leadership and influence are about cooperation. In his work “The Diary of the Year of the Plague,” Daniel Defoe wrote: “Another year of the plague (…) would end with animosities, and would make us see with other eyes the same things that we have seen before.” Back then, with the plague hitting an already divided nation, Defoe understood that the way out of a long, deep crisis was working together and not furthering division.
Similarly, and in the midst of our current crisis, some countries have embraced this new concept of leadership and influence. They have understood that leadership today depends more on collaboration than on unilateral decisions based on short-termism and a thin concept of “value creation” that does not consider the impact of their decisions on the larger ecosystem of nations.
Reacting to what has been coined as “vaccine nationalism,” the WHO announced that more than 150 countries engaged in a global initiative to grant fair access for the COVID-19 vaccine, COVAX. This is yet, another example of the increased importance of multilateralism, cooperation, and international relations post-pandemic. This example illustrates the great opportunity that the pandemic presents to nations: to generate soft power through proactive collaboration and cooperation with other nations, which will probably have a positive effect on their familiarity and reputation, as well as on the international relations pillar. And not only will it positively increase their influence in the world but it will simultaneously make a positive impact on the world.
While the Global Soft Power Index was released just at the start of the pandemic and thus does not include the coronavirus response, it is more than likely that next year’s data will reflect the impact of decisions and actions taken during the pandemic. And we know what to expect. In light of initiatives such as the Chinese Government’s support of Europe in the donation of protective equipment and medical expertise, the words of Ban Ki-moon, eighth General Secretary of the United Nations, spoken during the Global Soft Power Summit, take on a new meaning: “Soft power is key to creating a more sustainable world through cooperation, collaboration, and mutual understanding.” This is the true meaning of leadership and power in the 21st century.


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