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Dr. Joel E. Lavine Joins Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital as Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Apr 29, 2010
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of Joel E. Lavine, MD, PhD, as Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Dr. Lavine is also on the faculty of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Lavine has devoted his career to helping children with acute and chronic liver diseases. A noted clinician-scientist, his research focuses on fatty liver disease and viral hepatitis in children.
Dr. Lavine comes to Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital from the University of California, San Diego, where he was Professor and Vice Chairman of Pediatrics, and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Rady Children's Hospital for 15 years. He also served as Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Program.
While at the University of California, Dr. Lavine oversaw faculty development and the pediatric fellowship programs at the University of California, and was Fellowship Director for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Prior to joining the University of California, San Diego, Dr. Lavine was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and Director of Liver Research at The Children's Hospital, Boston from 1991 to 1995.
Dr. Lavine is a National Institutes of Health-funded principal investigator for studies related to treatment, natural history, etiopathogenesis and genetics of fatty liver disease. While at the University of California, he received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK) and NICHD for a national, seven-year study on fatty liver disease in children and adults. This study is renewed for an additional $4.2 million dollars for five more years. Dr. Lavine serves on the Executive Committee and Chairs the Steering and Pediatric Committees for the national multi-center network. He also serves as Chair of the NIDDK Data and Safety Monitoring Board for the Cholestatic Liver Disease Research and Education Network.
Dr. Lavine earned his doctorate in molecular biology in 1980 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his medical degree from University of California, San Diego, in 1984. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, in 1986, followed by a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology there, completed in 1989.


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The main title sequence for Star Trek: Prodigy has been released and with it a look at the U.S.S. Protostar NX-76884. The opening sequence appears to be a blend of Voyager’s and Discovery’s and is accompanied by gorgeous animation and a fantastic theme. Could we be seeing a Protostar ornament in the next couple years?
Star Trek: Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001 with the episode “Broken Bow”. The Jonathan Archer Hallmark ornament came out in 2003, so any episode images or publicity photos that may have been the ornament’s inspiration would have had to come from the first season and a half of Enterprise.
I have only seen the image above twice. First, as the signed 8×10 photo (above right) and I mean this actual photo. I have not even seen this image anywhere else on the internet except as an uncropped grainy image on a Spanish website (below right). It is curious that the ornament matches so well to such a rare image.
By far, a more common image that can be found on the internet (above right) was from the premiere episode, Broken Bow, Part 1 (18:30), as the Enterprise is disembarking on its maiden voyage during the Zephram Cochrane speech. I would like to think that such a monumental moment in Trek history was the inspiration for the 2003 ornament.
‘Star Trek’ ship a hot collectible
It was introduced in July and became a $20 collector’s item. With Gene Roddenberry’s death, it can only get hotter. Hallmark Cards’ “Starship Enterprise” Christmas ornament commemorates Star Trek’s 25th anniversary. About 6 inches long, with headlights that blink, the mini-ship has sold at warp speed.
“We don’t always know how ornaments are going to sell,” said Rachel Bolton, a Hallmark spokeswoman in Kansas City. “But this one is probably our most popular one. And now with the death of the Star Trek author, I’m sure it’ll continue to be a favorite.
“Local Hallmark shops have long waiting lists.
”We sold out the first batch in a couple weeks, and we haven’t been able to reorder any more,” says Diane Wildman of Lynn’s Hallmark Cards in Countyside Mall in Clearwater. “I hear Hallmark is out of them, too.”Tampa Bay Times, 1991
Tree ornament from ‘Star Trek’ is a sellout
Newsday THE BALTIMORE EVENING SUN
NEW YORK — Two hundred people a day are calling the consumer affairs office of Hallmark Cards Inc. in Kansas City screaming for a $20 replica of the Starship Enterprise from “Star Trek” with blinking red and green lights. It is Hallmark’s most successful Christmas ornament since it launched the Hallmark Keepsake Magic Christmas Ornaments line in 1973.
At a time when it seems like nothing is selling, there doesn’t seem to be a store anywhere where the Starship hasn’t sold out.”
This is the most demand we have ever had for a single ornament,” said Betsy Helgager, spokeswoman for Hallmark cards. “There are waiting lists in some stores of as many as 300 hundred people.
“The 5-inch-long ornament was designed to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the “Star Trek” television show. It also coincided with the pre-Christmas premiere of “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.” The death of the show’s creator Gene Roddenberry apparently has also boosted interest in the already popular Star Trek paraphernalia.
Hallmark will not release production statistics, but Helgager said there are 11,000 stores in the United States that could have ordered the ornament.THE BALTIMORE EVENING SUN, December 19, 1991
Registry: Enterprise (NX-01)
Service: 2151 – 2161
Captains: Jonathan Archer
Appearances: Star Trek: Enterprise
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) *PILOT*
Captains: James T. Kirk
Appearances: Star Trek episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before”
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
Service: 2245 – 2285
Captains: Robert April, Christopher Pike, James T. Kirk
Appearances: Star Trek and Star Trek: The Animated Series
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) *REFIT*
Captains: James T. Kirk, Willard Decker, Spock
Appearances: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Registry: ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701) *MIRROR UNIVERSE*
Captains: Christopher Pike, James T. Kirk, Spock
Appearances: Star Trek episode “Mirror, Mirror”
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)
Class: Constitution-class refit
Service: 2286 – 2293
Captains: James T. Kirk
Appearances: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)
Class: Excelsior-class refit
Service: 2293 – 2329
Captains: John Harriman, Demora Sulu
Appearances: Star Trek: Generations
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)
Service: 2332 – 2344
Captains: Rachel Garrett
Appearances: Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise”
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
Service: 2363 – 2371
Captains: Jean-Luc Picard, William T. Riker, Edward Jellico
Appearances: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine episode “Emissary”, Enterprise episode “These Are the Voyages…”, Star Trek: Generations
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) *FUTURE REFIT*
Service: circa 2395
Captain: Full Admiral William T. Riker
Appearances: Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “All Good Things…”
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
Service: 2372 –
Captain: Jean-Luc Picard
Appearances: Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek Nemesis
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) *KELVIN TIMELINE*
Service: 2258 – 2263
Captains: Christopher Pike, James T. Kirk
Appearances: Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek Beyond
Starfleet’s gray uniforms, as depicted on the 2001 Sisko ornament, were introduced in Deep Space Nine’s “Rapture” (Season 5, Episode 10) on December 30, 1996.
This was the first episode of Deep Space Nine to feature the grey-on-black Starfleet uniform with the division color undershirts created for Star Trek: First Contact (November 26, 1996), which would be used for the remainder of the series. The uniforms had been held back in production so that they would not be seen until an episode that aired after the official release of the movie. Besides all the admirals’ (and Whatley’s aide’s) uniform which had not been changed yet, some officers of the lower ranking staff are still wearing the previous uniforms. Unlike the DS9 crew, the crew on Star Trek: Voyager continued to use the old DS9 Starfleet uniforms, due to being stranded in the Delta Quadrant. The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion (p. 407) notes that all of Deep Space Nine‘s stock of the older uniforms were sent to Voyager to use.Memory Alpha
Our next clue is the publicity photo (above center) and Sisko with a bald head, goatee and wearing the older red-on-black uniform.
Prior to being cast as Ben Sisko in 1993, Avery Brooks played Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff, A Man Called Hawk from 1985-1989. In both series, Brooks sported his preferred look: bald with a goatee. Paramount felt that fans would identify him as Hawk, so they had him grow his hair and shave his face for Trek (this was also done because they were worried about having two consecutively bald captains).
Fans, of course, still recognized Brooks as Hawk, because, wouldn’t you know, it was the same actor. Regardless, Avery Brooks wanted his look back and negotiated making changes over time, first growing the goatee back and then shaving his head. And—surprise, surprise—fans did not leave the series in droves.Screen Rant
So it appears that the ornament’s pose was inspired by a publicity photo for Season 4 and the uniform was changed to the gray-on-black design that viewers last saw Sisko wear when Deep Space Nine ended its run in 1999.
2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis included a scene with Picard and Data escaping in a Scorpion-class ship. In 2003, Hallmark released The Scorpion ornament and it is the only Star Trek ornament that involved both Lynn Norton (ship sculpt) and Anita Marra Rogers (character sculpts) together. Each artist was known for sculpting dozens of Star Trek ornaments during their career. Unfortunately, The Scorpion went under some last minute changes and Rogers work has gone mostly unseen for years.
Look closely beyond the smoked canopy of the Scorpion ornament, and you may discern painted figures of Captain Picard and Data in the cockpit as sculpted by Keepsake Artist Anita Marra Rogers. Original designs for the ornament included a transparent canopy on the ornament, but changed to match the studio model used for filming. The change came too late to alter photographs on the ornament’s retail box and other Hallmark publications, which clearly show the figures.Kevin Dilmore, startrek.com
I recently received an email from a reader who was following up on our conversation about the canopy’s shading in The Scorpion’s comments section two years ago.
I am the original poster who inquired about the lighter canopy Scorpion ornaments a couple years back. I see that there were some recent updates on the thread and I thought I’d comment on what I’ve found out regarding the topic. Please feel free to post any of this info to your website if you think it is useful.
While I have never found an ornament with a completely clear canopy as shown on the box, I can confirm that there are contrasting shades of canopies that differ from ornament to ornament. I’ve attached some photos of an ornament I acquired on ebay earlier this year with a lighter canopy next to an ornament with a darker canopy that I’ve had for some time. The difference looks somewhat subtle on camera, but is more apparent in person. I used to have an ornament with an even darker, almost black canopy which I sold off some time ago in favor of one with more visible figures.
So I’ve found that there are multiple variations of this ornament to suit your taste. You can own one with a very dark canopy which is more faithful to the film, or a lighter one which better shows the figures in the cockpit. Most seem to be somewhere in the middle. The good news is that this is one of the more affordable ornaments on ebay and other online marketplaces, so it is cheap to acquire the one you want or to collect multiple variations if you are so inclined.
I hope this information is helpful or at least interesting for someone.
Thank you for all of the great information on this website. Because of you, I was able to acquire an HMS Bounty ornament last week to add to my collection. So as always, thanks and keep up the good work!
There seems to be a wide range of tints available on The Scorpion which result in quite different ornaments. If you have the blackened canopy the ornament could be almost any spaceship since it isn’t one of the recognizable iconic ship designs known in the Star Trek universe. If you have a clearer canopy, the images of Picard and Data turn the ornament from a generic sci-fi spaceship to a true Star Trek ornament.
A big ‘thank you’ to Rob for the information, his photos and the very kind words.
- High-end prices from July 29-31 are a result of ended auctions that began the week prior.
- Ornaments dropped $65 overnight once they were available from the SDCC event on July 23.
- 13 ornaments were sold prior to July 23 for an average of $166.41.
- 110 ornaments were sold from July 23 – July 31 for an average of $81.45. Less than half of prerelease pricing.
- 23 ornaments were sold for unknown amounts because the seller accepted a best offer price. eBay does release accepted prices of best offers.
- Number of daily ebay listings (sold and unsold) during the month: July 1 (0), July 7 (1), July 13 (2), July 16 (6), July 23 (109), July 30 (242).
With a search through common images of Spock sitting at the controls of the Science Station we never get the match we are looking for. In all five cases (see above) Spock is never holding the control desk with his left hand as he does on the ornament. By grasping the console he appears to be steadying himself as if the Enterprise is being blasted by some sort of alien attack.
Looking to narrow down the options from the 79 original episodes the inspiration may have come from, I started with the science scope that is prominently displayed at the control board.
Constitution Class Science Scope Design
In 2254, some starships, including the Constitution-class USS Enterprise, were not equipped with a scope. (TOS: “The Cage”)
By 2265, however, a dark blue, featureless scope had been introduced at the science station of most Federation starships. This device jutted out of a console at an elevated angle, camouflaged well into the darkness of the console. Unlike the scopes of the previous century, this style of viewer was stationary and its contents could be seen from a further distance. As direct contact with an eyepiece was not necessary, two people could simultaneously view the device’s display. (TOS Season 1)
In 2267, the shaft that comprised the science viewer’s exterior was re-colorized to a light grey, consequently becoming more easily recognized within its console. Also, a circular control was added to the device’s exterior on the left side of the shaft, comparative to the user’s position. (TOS: “Catspaw”, et al.)Memory Alpha
Star Trek “Where No Man Has Gone Before” Pilot: 2265Wikipedia
Star Trek Season 1: 2266-2267
Star Trek Season 2: 2267-2268
Star Trek Season 3: 2268-2269
“The Galileo Seven” was the first episode of 2267 and the 16th entry in the first season of TOS which means there are only 64 possible episodes it could be from.
The search for Spock’s inspiration continues…
With the SDCC event less than an hour old eBay is booming with more than 75 new HMS Bounty offerings. Currently, the lowest asking price is $89.00.
NEW EVENT DATES! Ornament Debut | October 16-24
Shipping challenges are affecting Hallmark’s product availability for the holiday season. To ensure the best selection possible, they have rescheduled this event to October 16-24 (previously Oct. 2 – 10), with early KOC shopping available on Oct. 15. Holiday Open House (HOH) has moved back by one week to Nov. 12 – 21 (previously Nov. 5 – 14).
Although a number of October ornaments have been pushed back to November there is no word of either Star Trek ornaments being delayed.
A word of warning not to buy/preorder the overpriced HMS Bounty that is showing up on eBay. The event exclusive ornament will be available to buy from home on July 23, 2021 at Noon E.S.T. and October 7, 2021 at Noon E.S.T. There will be a limited amount so be sure to log in early.
HOW TO PURCHASE POPMINDED EXCLUSIVES
This year, we will offer event exclusives ONLINE ONLY in conjunction with the following events, typically attended in person: Comic-Con@Home, scheduled July 23-25, 2021, and New York Comic Con, scheduled October 7-10, 2021. Product allotments will be divided evenly between the two convention timeframes. Exclusives will be sold on a first-come basis starting at Noon Eastern Time (9 a.m. Pacific Time, 11 a.m. Central Time) on the first day of each convention.
Additionally, small quantities…will be allotted for sale to Keepsake Ornament Club Members. For more information on membership, go to hallmark.com/ornaments/keepsake-ornament-club.
For details on how to purchase exclusives, visit PopMinded.com/Events and expect the PopMinded convention shop to return in-person, to a full line-up of events in 2022.
For more information about PopMinded by Hallmark and the products offered, visit PopMinded.com.Hallmark.com
- Designed by Jake Angell, this metal Keepsake Ornament comes pre-packaged in a box for easy gift giving, preservation and storage. Dated 2021 in copyright.
- PopMinded™ event exclusive ornament and one of only 3,750 issued. Limited availability while supplies last, not available in stores.
- Originally created for 2021 San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con and select events.
- Metal Christmas tree ornament measures 4.5″ W x 0.58″ H x 2.89″ D.
Star Trek stamp illustrator, Keith Birdsong, also created the cover art for several Star Trek Pocket Books novels. Unfortunately, Birdsong passed away in 2019 at the age of 59.
It was a long journey to get the United States Postal Service to issue a Star Trek stamp. Star Trek fan, Bill Kraft, led the effort and captured it in his book, Maybe We Need a Letter from God: The Star Trek Stamp.
The drive to honor Star Trek on a U.S. postage stamp is unique. “Maybe We Need a Letter from God: The Star Trek Stamp” traces an old-fashioned grassroots movement, long before easy access to the speed of the Internet, that involved a strategy of signed petitions, endorsement letters and media exposure. Fueled by the spontaneous combustion of fan fervor, the Star Trek Stamp Committee embarked on a journey that took over a decade to complete. A dubious Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, a bureaucratic “force field,” thwarted the Star Trek Stamp Committee’s efforts for 13 years. The book includes over eighty endorsement letters from some of the most renowned individuals in the worlds of science, science fiction and government, along with documentation from some of the nation’s leading newspapers such as “USA Today,” the “Los Angeles Times,” the “Chicago Sun Times,” and “Time Magazine.”

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The modular IPP17A9-RE and IPPC19A9-RE utilizes a module that houses the system platform with a 17-inch and 19-inch display panel respectively. This standardized combination allows easy construction and affords better inventory control.
The IPP17A9-RE and IPPC19A9-RE are mainly configured with an Intel® Core™ i3-2340UE Processor with 4GB of DDR3-1333 SO-DIMM RAM, a 320GB hard disk drive and DC-input capable of operating over a 12V~24V wide range voltage. The systems support a resolution of 1280x1024 in 16.7M colors and a viewing angle of 170 degrees. It also supports iSMART, IBASE’s green technology with EuP/ErP power saving, auto power on/off scheduler and power resume functions, to improve the environmental performance.
The IP65-rated panels PCs offer a front keypad for OS adjustment and function keys. At the bottom of the chassis are interface connectors for two Gigabit LAN, four USB (2x USB3.0 and 2x USB2.0) , two RS-232/422/485 serial ports, one three-pins power terminal block, DVI-I, speaker and microphone jacks, and a 10-pins digital I/O. Two PCI slots and a 2.5-inch HDD drive bay are also available.
Supports 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors
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iSMART – for EuP/ErP power saving, auto-scheduler and power resume
12V~24V wide-range DC-in power input
Auto brightness adjustment w/ front dimming sensor
Front keypads for OSD adjustment and function keys
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We get such a kick out of design. And not just design, we’re in love with the whole creative process. And our favorite part is watching all come together. Inspiration is soo random! You never know when it’ll strike but when it does…watch out! Something incredible is about to happen.

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Although Halloween is a couple of weeks away, it is not too early to think about spectacular Halloween costumes. We are in luck because Louann Brown and Jason Nemeth have some very creative ideas in their book by the same name, Spectacular Halloween Costumes. This is a book that gives instructions on how you can make your own costume for Halloween which is a great creative activity for children and will instill pride and excitement about the holiday.
Age Range: 8 – 14 years
Grade Level: 3 – 4
Series: Halloween Extreme
Library Binding: 32 pages
Publisher: Capstone Press (January 1, 2011)

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Actress and soprano Audra McDonald recently starred in Broadway's revival of Porgy And Bess. Now, she's back with her first solo album in seven years, Go Back Home, which features McDonald on songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim, among others. And while the record showcases McDonald both backed by lush strings and sparer, bare-bones arrangements, it's her distinctive voice that shines throughout.
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The number-crunchers cleanly triumphed over the pundits this election. Election forecasters Nate Silver, Sam Wang, Simon Jackman, Drew Linzer — they all successfully used statistical models to predict a win for President Obama. Meanwhile, pundits like George Will and Dick Morris seemed old-fashioned in their predictions for a Romney victory, based largely on hunches, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. These days the more dependable oracle appears to be “examining the data in a systematic, rigorous fashion” rather than relying on “gut feeling and political convictions,” the Chronicle observes.
Pundits Lost the Election to Poll Quants (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
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Shas Chairman Eli Yishai said Thursday he is not ruling out the possibility of sitting in a government with Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu. Nevertheless, the leader of the ultra-Orthodox party is already trying to form a bloc of religious parties to counter Lieberman's anti-religious stance.
"We've already sat [in a coalition] with him," Yishai said of Lieberman during an address to Shas members in Jerusalem. The Shas leader stressed that should the party choose to sit in a government with Yisrael Beiteinu it would stand firmly on its desire to maintain the status quo on issues of religion and state.
He said that the results of Tuesday's general elections showed that the next Knesset would be frail. "We must form a government based on the nationalist camp," Yishai said. "The nation has chosen the right."
Shas is now trying to curb Yisrael Beiteinu's power by cobbling together an ultra-Orthodox bloc of its nine seats with the United Torah Judaism, which won five seats.
A 16 seat ultra-Orthodox bloc would be stronger than Yisrael Beiteinu's 15 and might thus stand preference in Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu's search for a coalition partner.
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Nominations for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards were announced and N5 Picture’s digital series The Runner produced with the support of the Bell Fund earned a nomination for series creator and director Ant Horasanli in the category of ‘Best Director, Web Program or Series.’ A link to the nomination can be found here: https://www.academy.ca/2021/ant-horasanli/ You […]
N5 Pictures returns to the European Film Market FEB 20-28, 2020 REV sells to several territories and The Runner locks in additional VOD sales.
N5 Pictures signed a deal with Canadian distribution upstart Mocean Releasing Inc. The deal is for a new original digital series entitled The Runner. The project is expected to go to camera late 2018 early 2019.


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Gina Lundy is a photographer who works with large and medium format cameras to create richly detailed large scale photographs. Her interest lies in exploring how the identity of individuals and communities change during a period of transition or flux. Lundy's work is usually created within a structured series, presenting contrasting portraits, landscapes and interiors enabling the viewer to explore the observed environment at length.
Concerned with observing and documenting the topographic results that external forces such as government policy, economic conditions and developer led investment have upon the landscape and society, Lundy's photographs aim to explore both on a physical and a psychological level. Employing different techniques to achieve this aim such as slower analogue film processes and multiple exposures, the viewer is presented with layers of shifting and contrasting surface tensions.
In her recent series, 'Games/2012', Lundy uses multiple exposures to create a series of highly detailed singular landscapes exploring two environments simultaneously. Walking the perimeter of the Stratford site with a field camera repeatedly throughout the site's construction, the detailed observations of the 2012 Olympic site highlight the shifting topography of the area and the tenacious relationship between the organic and synthetic landscapes.
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2009 - MFA Documentary Photography, Newport School of Art, Media and Design
2011 - The Open West, Pittville Studios, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
2010 - 158 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy , Bristol, UK
2010 - Urban Portraits, Joint show with Andrew Jackson, Knowle West Media Centre, Bristol
2009 - Across The Line, MFA group show, Ffotogallery, Turner House, Penarth
2009 - Gender, Power and Poverty, The AOP Gallery, London
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A big move by the state of Illinois promises to make your voter information safer. The State Board of Elections voted to withdraw from the crosscheck multi-state voter fraud prevention system.
At the Adam’s County Clerks office, people come to register to vote– but when they register to vote, their information also goes to inter-state systems designed to prevent voter fraud– but now Illinois is withdrawing from one of those systems, after concerns of about reliability and security.
Adams County Clerk Chuck Venvertloh said it was easy to simply stop sharing information with ‘Crosscheck’– as they’ve already been working with the new Electronic Registration Information Center or ERIC for awhile now.
“They’ve been dumping information to us to make it more up to date, anything we can do to have more up-to-date information, when someone moves, we can get that information back to us so we can take them off our voter roll,” said Venvertloh.
State Board of Elections member Charles Scholz said crosscheck has had a reputation of being vulnerable to hackers and not very sophisticated.
“The problem with crosscheck is that it’s controversial,” said Scholz, “it’s alleged that it’s been used for voter suppression not in Illinois but they could find a false positive with an Illinois voter and use that to prevent someone from voting in another state.”
And Scholz said that controversy has kept one bordering state from sharing information with Illinois.
“Indiana would not enter into an agreement with us as long as we were part of crosscheck so we’re getting out of crosscheck, we’ll share with the other states through this ERIC system and then with Indiana we’re just going to do a bi-lateral agreement,” said Scholz.
An aspect Venvertloh admits could be concerning if an agreement isn’t reached with Indiana quickly.
“Could be a little bit of a lull, as far as someone moving from Indiana to Illinois or vice versa and not being able to get that information,” said Venvertloh, adding that perspective nothing should change, “it will have absolutely no impact on a voter going to the poll on election day.”
Scholz said it seems like the last hurdle to making that bi-lateral agreement with Indiana was Illinois’ participation with crosscheck– meaning that agreement could be made in the coming weeks.
Officials said the vote to have Illinois removed from the crosscheck system on Tuesday was unanimous, and effective as soon as it was passed.


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Vietnam born artist living in Provence, South of France near Avignon. Self-learnt about abstract contemporary modern art and just follow his daily inspiration, what he see with his own eyesâ¦ He like to paint little small things.
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It has been a busy couple of months here at Union Street and we have quite a few new sites to announce.
We have three new real estate sites which have launched in the last month, including brokerage sites for Housing Solutions Real Estate of Hanover NH and Joy Tarbel Realty of North Conway NH. We also launched a new individual agent site for Kathy O’Brien, a Realtor here on Lake Champlain. These sites are wonderful examples of how an effective web design can capture the look and feel of a region.
In addition we have launched a fully redesigned website for The Grand Isle Lake House a premiere Wedding venue on Lake Champlain. One of our staff members was recently married there and is still raving about it. If you are looking to tie the knot you need to have a look at what they have to offer.
We are also proud to have launched Ken Woodhead Woodworking this month. Located in the hills above Woodstock, Vermont, and other custom handcrafted woodworks from his studio. A master craftsman, Ken’s attention to detail has produced a series of beautiful hand made wood works that you can see in his gallery.
Last but certainly not least we a happy to launch sites for two of the best senior living communities in Vermont, The Lodge at Shelburn Bay and The Lodge at Otter Creek both of these wonderful communities offer an ideal setting for maintaining an active senior lifestyle.
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I love a good steak. In fact, I'm pretty sure I could be a vegetarian if it weren't for steak (and bacon omg!) The funny thing is however, whenever Shep and I go out to dinner, we rarely ever order steak out. He swears it's because the steaks I make at home are better (and cheaper) than the ones we get out and I hate to have to say it, but he's 1,000% right.
Until I was in my 20s, I'd only ever had steaks that were grilled or from steakhouses like Ruth's Chris or Maestro's. I was dating a guy in D.C. at the time and he loved making steaks for dinner in a cast iron skillet. They were so good, I ate them as often as he cooked them. Over the years, I've perfected his technique thanks to some time spent working in professional kitchens and tricks I picked up in culinary school.
Now this is my go-to method for making restaurant quality steaks whenever I have a taste for one.
This recipe is truly simple. All you need is good quality meat--I like to use ribeyes or filet mignon--cracked black pepper, kosher salt (I love Jacobsen Salt but this brand works as well), unsalted butter, garlic and fresh herbs like rosemary and thyme. That's it.
The key to making a restaurant quality steak at home is using a hot pan and basting the meat in the herby-garlic butter. Be sure to let the steak rest for at least 10 minutes after cooking before cutting into it. This helps the meat reabsorb all it's juices and guarantees you'll have the tenderest, most flavorful steak of your life.
If you only have thyme or rosemary at home, that's fine. You don't need both to make the steak taste good. Under no circumstances can you substitute in dried herbs, it just won't work here. You'll end up burning them because of the high temperatures needed to cook the steak and end up with bitter tasting meat. No bueno.
A quick note on cook times. This recipe cooks the steaks to medium rare. If you prefer yours medium/medium well, you'll want to leave the meat cooking for an additional 2-3 minute per side. If you're unsure about doneness, a thermometer will be your best friend. A breakdown of temperatures is really helpful for you to achieve the results you want. I like this temperature guide and use it often when I can't remember the numbers off the top of my head.
Lastly, in general I cook with unsalted butter because I want to be able to control the amount of salt in my food but if you only have the pre-salted stuff at home, it's all good. Just be cognisant of how much salt you're using to season your meat so you don't come away with food that's inedible.
I hope you enjoy this recipe and that it becomes a staple at your dinner table for years to come.


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Normal life for kids
Paul Norfolk wears his heart on his sleeve but it's kidneys he's crazy about.
The Kidney Kids chief executive is a straight talker when it comes to challenges faced by the children and families supported by the organisation he works for.
He recalls the story of Mya Tamatea, a little girl from Whanganui with no kidneys, who spent two years "attached to a machine" at Starship children's hospital while her family stayed at Ronald McDonald House.
All Mya wanted to know after her transplant was whether her long hours of dialysis were finally over.
"What does that tell you? That machine had taken away everything from that child," Mr Norfolk says.
Kidney Kids is working alongside the Mad Butcher and Suburban Newspapers Community Trust to raise $132,000.
The money will buy four haemodialysis machines to be installed in the first-ever dedicated Paediatric Haemodialysis Unit at Starship.
It will enable children like Mya to get their treatment in the best possible way.
Kidney disease affects 1500 children across the country with one-third living in the Waikato, Auckland and Northland regions.
"I'm passionate about these kids. I want to see them develop and grow into young adults and have normal lives," Mr Norfolk says.
There were 78 people under 24 on dialysis in 2010.
Only 14 youngsters were lucky enough to receive a kidney transplant that same year.
That's a scenario Mr Norfolk sees too often and he's urging Kiwis to think about the plight of those children waiting for organs.
Figures released last year show New Zealand has the lowest organ donation rate in the Western world – except for Greece.
Health Minister Tony Ryall announced this month that $4 million will be spent boosting donor rates.
Mr Norfolk reckons that's a step in the right direction but he wants to see it taken further.
"I think one of the things that needs to be looked at is the organ donor list.
"Your family can still come along and say no – even if your driver's licence says you're a donor. We've got to change that."
Organ Donation New Zealand chief executive Janice Langlands agrees more dialogue is needed.
"People are more likely to accept organ donation if they've had a discussion around it and are aware of a family member's wishes."
Her organisation advocates providing the right information to make a decision "that people can live with for the rest of their lives".
Mr Norfolk agrees discussion is vital but wants more certainty so that kids like Mya – she's now 11 – have a shot at living normal lives. "We've got to get parents and people talking about it so that final wishes are upheld. That's my firm belief."
Mya and her family now live in Australia but she and others like her will always be part of the Kidney Kids family.
"Even after they've had a transplant we'll always look after them," Mr Norfolk says.


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Extortion call to Union Minister Ajay Mishra: Court sends five accused to judicial custody
The Delhi Police had arrested the five people in connection with the case.
A Delhi court on Monday remanded in judicial custody (JC) for two weeks the five people arrested in connection with an extortion call made to Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra.
Duty Magistrate Udbhav Kumar Jain sent the accused to JC till January 9 after the Delhi Police produced them before him on expiry of their three-day custodial interrogation granted earlier.
The police moved an application seeking judicial custody for the accused for two weeks, saying they were not required for further interrogation.
The court also allowed the police plea seeking voice samples of two accused -- Amit Kumar Manjhi and Nishant Singh Rana -- under the law.
The minister has been in the news recently after his son was arrested in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence of October 3, in which eight people, including four farmers and a journalist, were killed.


Spoilers from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ahead.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker came out one month ago and many, if not most, fans already seem to have moved on. You know who still cares? Still deeply cares about everything that happened? The Reylo fans and all others in the campaign to #BringBenSoloBack. The Force of justice is strong with these fans and they want more for Adam Driver's character than THAT ending. They're tweeting #BringBenSoloBack to the official Star Wars account and anyone else who will listen.
Everyone else seems to mostly feel numb about the end of Star Wars' Skywalker Saga. I don't want to speak for too many people here, but the declining box office tells its own story. Besides, we've picked apart as much as we can from what happened in Rise of Skywalker, discussed various cameos, and heard from The Powers That Be about Rey's heritage, the Snoke twist, that kiss, why Palpatine returned and yet not how Palpatine returned, etc.
But not Ben Solo's fans. The "Ben Solo Challenge" was a trend for a while, but wanting justice for Ben Solo/Kylo Ren after his death in Rise of Skywalker isn't a passing fad for his fans. The charge does seem to be led by so-called "Reylos," the fans who want Rey and Kylo together as a couple. John Boyega got into a fight with some Reylo fans, but overall they might be the fans with the deepest investments in these characters.
I don't really see how they'll get Ben Solo to come back -- and there are arguments for why he shouldn't come back -- but I would've said the same about Palpatine after Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Logic can be Force-choked away at the wave of a hand. Not that Adam Driver would really return, since he seems to have shut the door on that front.
But I don't even know if Ben Solo's fans really do think they can get him to return or they just want to make their points -- like the million-plus people who petitioned to re-write the Game of Thrones ending. No one actually thought that would happen, they just wanted HBO to see how many people WISHED it would happen.
So fans are making their arguments, in some cases bringing in Ben's father Han Solo:
And in other cases hitting me in the feels with both Mom Leia and dad Han:
Quite a few fans brought up the idea of Rey and Ben deserving happiness together, but -- surprisingly or not -- many fans didn't add the romance element. Not everyone came at this from the Reylo perspective. It was about Ben's journey and potential future and also Han and Leia's sacrifice.
Some fans argued Ben Solo's lifetime of pain and death let his "abuser" Palpatine win:
Other fans are arguing there are natural next steps Star Wars could take for Rey and Ben's story:
Some Star Wars fans added #BenSoloDeservesBetter along with asking for his return, arguing "redemption shouldn't equal death":
The fans even set up January 12 as a special day to tweet at Star Wars as a group. They didn't stop after that, though, since a week later they are still tweeting -- and replying to a new official Star Wars promo:
Putting Ben Solo in promos backfired on Star Wars shortly after the movie opened when a teaser basically poured salt in the wound of his death. Some fans still feel that way about the new promo calling Rise of Skywalker "the final word":
As of now, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is indeed the final word for the Skywalker Saga. Granted, there are still spinoffs, like the Obi-Wan Kenobi prequel series that was not cancelled after all. But I don't see how they can bring Ben Solo back from here. And how? Mention him in some future movie or Disney+ series set after Rise of Skywalker? I don't think Adam Driver would return himself.
But at least these fans still care. Just like the angry fans after Star Wars: The Last Jedi cared. And the fans upset after The Phantom Menace cared. And the fans who never liked the Ewoks cared! It all shows that, however you feel now, the Star Wars saga did one thing very right -- it created a galaxy that still inspires incredible passion after 40 years.
Gina grew up in Massachusetts and California in her own version of The Parent Trap. She went to three different middle schools, four high schools, and three universities -- including half a year in Perth, Western Australia. She currently lives in a small town in Maine, the kind Stephen King regularly sets terrible things in, so this may be the last you hear from her.
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"Hey Seuss" by the 3Ds from the 1993 album The Venus Trail. Video from here
"Cactus Cat" by Look Blue Go Purple from the 1986 album LBGPEP2. Video from here.
"Pink Frost" by The Chills from the 1986 album Kaleidoscope World. Video from here.
I am currently doing research for a nostalgia themed feature on the Dunedin music scene. While I am still working out the angle I want to take with the piece I stumbled across a series of Flying Nun bands' music videos which have made me excited. Not only is the music great but the bits of Dunedin captured in the videos and the styles make me feel nostalgic for a world I was never a part of. I like to imagine my dad going to gigs and watching bands (like the ones featured above) perform. My dad is a great guy but doesn't like to talk about himself much, this is another way I can get to know his background!


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In recent years, with the increasingly fierce competition in the consumer electronics markets, the electronic product manufacturing industry has also put forward higher requirements for products. Traditional processing methods easily lead to unstable product quality, parts melting, difficulty in forming normal nuggets, and low yield. The emergence of laser processing technology can quickly solve these problems for electronic product manufacturers. In the production process of high-end electronic products, laser processing plays an important role in the volume optimization and quality improvement if of products, making the products lighter, thinner and more stable. It is reported that about 70% of the processing and manufacturing links of electronic products are applied to laser technology ( more than 20 different processes) and related manufacturing equipment.
At present, laser precision spot welding head is mainly used the shell of electronic products, shielding case, USB interface, conductive patch, etc, with small thermal deformation, precise and controllable action area and position, high welding quality, it can realize welding of heterogeneous materials, and is easy to realize automation and other advantages, However, when welding different materials, different welding methods need to be adopted.
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Did the Tumblr community spread across the internets?
Edward Snowden on Joe Rogan
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Benjamin Netanyahu abandons PM bid
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Right wing terror in germany?
Turkey invades syria
USA abandons kurds
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Bad air pollution!? Attack VisualAir! That will fix it, right!?
Transgenders only make up to over 0.5% of population but
Can the protesters in Hong Kong take down the CCP(communost party of China)
HK protests are still going on, still protesting after the 70th anniversary of the PRC.
I don't get "neutral genders"

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Black Pearl Vineyards is an unirrigated vineyard on the slopes of Paarl Mountain. Mary Lou Nash relocated from Maine in 1995 and taught herself how to grow grapes and make wine. Mary Lou has earned quite the reputation in the SA’s industry as a renegade winemaker and a Cape Wine Master. The 3 hectares of Cabernet Sauvignon (planted 1999) are nestled between a parcel of extremely rare patch of Renosterveld (an indigenous flora) which is considered a World Heritage area. A further two sites of Cabernet were planted in 2020, consisting of 4 different clones. The vineyards are managed organically, save for the very infrequent need to spray for mildew. The fruit that they grow, produces voluptuous wines with soft tannins and black fruit notes – much like South Australia or Paso Robles. The Cabernet Sauvignon ripens easily here, and has no green/vegetal undertones. The splash of Shiraz, while it has a lot of black plum notes, also has nice peppery spiciness to complement the Cab, especially the white pepper backbone.
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The government faced a tough time in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday as opposition members raised the issue of what they called "hate and inflammatory" speeches by BJP MPs and legislators in different parts of the country.
The irresponsible speeches by elected representatives of the people were sending wrong signal among the masses and the practice should be stopped, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said.
The Congress leader was speaking on a calling attention motion regarding speeches made by union ministers and other elected representatives in violation of the Constitution and the oath of office they take.
"What message do you want to send out to the people across the country, " he asked the union government while naming BJP lawmakers like union Minister of State for Human Rresource Development Ram Shankar Katheria, Yogi Adityanath and Sakshi Maharaj who have been caught on camera making such statements.
"These are the leaders who continue to make inflammatory speeches, " the Congress leader said.
Azad said it seemed that the union government and the Bharatiya Janata Party had "two different agendas".
Asking for Home Minister Rajnath Singh's attention to his submissions, Azad said: "There is a problem. The BJP has its own agenda which is different from that of the government. "
He urged the home minister to book the culprits and send them to jail.
D. Raja of the Communist Party of India also expressed similar sentiments and said that by making such speeches the public representatives were insulting "Mother India".
Raja asked Rajnath Singh why the government had not taken action against Katheria and others.
The Left leader also expressed disappointment that people like Nathuram Godse, who killed Mahatma Gandhi, were honoured by the BJP.
Husain Dalwai of the Congress said this was happening ever since the National Democratic Alliance government came to power at the Centre.
"I have not seen such a weak prime minister who cannot control his own people, " he remarked. "Is it a government of the BJP or the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, " the Congress leader asked.
Sharad Yadav of the Janata Dal - United and Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati also expressed concern over the issue.
Yadav said the precious time of the house was being wasted by discussing such issues.
"Had the BJP controlled its members, this time could have been used to discuss important issues the country is facing, " he said.
Similarly, Mayawati said had there been a BSP government in Uttar Pradesh, she would have sent Katheria to jail.
"Katheria should have been sent to jail. Had I been in power, I would have sent him to jail - the place he belongs to, " she added.
Other opposition members also echoed the same sentiments over the issue, urging the government to pay heed to it.


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Shanghai Volkswagen’s sales in June were up 6.6% to 75, 806 units compared to the same period last year.
From January to June Shanghai Volkswagen managed to sell 480, 532 vehicles. The New Passat sold 13, 918 units in June playing an important role in the midsize segment, with its total market share around 11%. Since the beginning of the year the model sold around 100,000 units.
The old Lavida compact sold 110,577 units from January to June, continuing to perform strongly. The Polo models sold 13,664 units in June, up 45% and monthly sales of the new Polo 6 reached 8,009 units. Sales of the Tiguan urban SUV increased 37% in June, to 13,103 units and 76,312 units from January to June.
Last week Shanghai Volkswagen celebrated its 8,000,000th sedan that rolled off the assembly line. The blue New Lavida sedan marked a new milestone for the joint venture, which is one of China’s earliest auto JVs. In September 2011 Shanghai VW produced the 7,000,000th sedan. This means that it took the company only 9 months to manufacture 1,000,000 sedans. Currently Shanghai VW has four auto plants in China and plans to build new factories in Ningbo, Zhejiang and Yizheng, Jiangsu.


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Let’s Stand Up, Everyone! Iketeru Hearts Reveals Their Debut Song’s MV “Let’s stand up!”
Iketeru Hearts, who changed their group name from “Stand-Up! Hearts” to “Iketeru Hearts” just a month ago, released MV for their debut single “Let’s stand up!“. (release date : February 10th, 2016).
They used to be the younger sister group of “Afilia Saga” and didn’t have their original song, so “Let’s stand up!” is the first song and first MV for them. Suitable as their first MV, it includes close-up shots of each member with name!
The lyrics and music for the song are both composed by the legendary idol producer Tsunku♂ and you might feel his taste in the music. As the song’s title implies the lyrics is quite positive, as you can see from some phrases such as “Makenai yo Yume wo Tsukamu made”( I never give up until I make my dreams come true), or “Tobikiri Egao de Tobikiri Genki de Shoujiki ni Ikite Ikitai” (I want to spend my life with super positive mind, big smiles, and honesty”.
The coupling song for the single “Shishin Kakutei” will be composed by Chiyomaru Shikura, one of the producers of Afilia Saga. This song will be come out with more Chiyomaru taste. Only with DVD version will include another song “Happy End”, the ending theme song of “PUNCH LINE” game to be released 2016. (the game available only with PS4/PS Vita)
We visited this MV’s shooting and had a special interview with all the members, and took a lot of behind the scene photos! It will be coming soon, so stay tuned for further episodes!
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We find people, we seek them. We hold on tightly, we wonder if it will hurt to let go. The inevitability of this hurt lingers between the sheets and conversations. The bodies that wrap tightly together highlights the darkness of disappointment that is ever present within the light of joy. These opposite feelings of joy and disappointment dance together intoxicating us with their constant presence and battles for attention.
Most relationships start out the same. As our bodies and voices begin to flow we find ourselves touching and exploring each others thoughts while forgetting the outside world. Something shiny and new is standing in front of us. If only for a little longer we hold tightly to the joy of something new, knowing that what we chose to run to is the very thing that has the power to break us. We understand that as we run towards this person, we are doing so with a purpose in mind even if we haven’t taken the time to personally identify what this purpose is for.
So what is this purpose? Is it just for the satisfaction of bodies intertwined together and conversations that feel the warmth of the others power? Is it just for the mere purpose of finding another person who’s smell makes us tingle and words resonate with our truth? Or is it more than this…
What I have found is that what we are seeking for is sweet, voluptuous connection.
How we each uniquely choose to define connection with another person bares an importance often unrealized by many. This personal defining is worthy of our time and energy so that we can peel back the layers as to what connection personally means to each of us. For how can we have a relationship that is raw and powerful if we haven’t identified what we personally need from another person to feel truly connected?
Often times we end up in relationships that are not fulfilling and we don’t even realize it until we are so far into the world of partnership that we fear we’ve let it go far enough that it is just too hard to get out of. Too much hurt would be involved with leaving and so we stay. Time, experiences, friends, family… all of these aspects of our past and present weigh in on our thought process of whether we should leave or stay. Even when we know in our hearts that the person standing beside us is not the person that completes our heart or our sentences, we excuse the notion of wanting out. We make the excuse that it is just a passing desire to chase something else. Self sabotage at it’s best.
The sensitive truth is that sometimes when we dive into a relationship, we fail to hold out for the kind of connection that we truly desire.
Perhaps we didn’t even know what we truly desired when we started down that path with our partner, or perhaps we didn’t see our worth at the time. Whatever the factors were, we find ourselves in the present looking around and realizing our souls ache for something else. Aching for another person that makes us feel like we are home when we are around them. A partnership that is easy and highlights our greatest assets. A person that respects us with all they have and understands that the person standing next to them makes them a better person. A person with eyes that shine when the other talks and infectious smiles that pass easily between both.
Everyone’s reaction and emotions in relationships vary depending on so many factors. Factors we have control over and factors we don’t. Factors such as where we have been and who has taught us about love and attachment. Lessons we have learned through trial and error while previous heartbreaks often shaping our next move. We all have had past partnerships that have jaded our understanding of our worth with the ghosts of hurt lingering in the present.
With this understanding of our past, along with our personal defining of what we need out of connection, leaves us with the ability to identify what we need in order to feel truly fulfilled in our partnerships.
So where do we start?
Making decisions to let go is one of the most powerful actions we can take. Life is full of times when letting go taunts us with it’s air of freedom but our human nature seems to beg us for a little more time, if even just a few more hours of what once was.
The sooner we are able to let go and identify what our unique and authentic connection looks like, the sooner we can be present to what has already been ours from the beginning. The truth of this power is already within us waiting for us to turn our heads and tune into it’s frequency. We already innately know what we need in order to feel connected, it is our responsibility to stay true to our desires and not take the easy route.
I believe that as we progress in life we can become faster at our ability to understand what we have in front of us, both the good and the bad. With this ability we can also become faster at letting go and staying true to ourselves. When when we find ourselves running to the very thing that often seems to break our spirit, we will be quicker to recognize it’s hurt. Courage so powerful it breaks through the barrier of ambiguity.


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The game is simple, imagine that you are the driver ... shopping cart and your main and only goal is to survive the descent to the end of the street, simple? Score as many points as you can, oh, and one last thing: watch out for cars!
what be on next update?
- i decide to delate cubes when player crash, before i tested gibs from player but its simple not god.
- very quiet trolololo sound in background
- better ragdoll
- simpler menu
- splash screen
- when player start game it shows keyboard with controls.
this all i do tonight but i want also add better driving controler and changing cameras, and its no sense add update in every 2days.

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In its earliest practice, before even alchemy was conceived as a discipline, approaches to medicine heavily depended on the humanities. Medical theories rested on a primeval kind of empiricism, with direct observation and patient’s narratives as key diagnostic tools. The philosopher Hippocrates, for example, used direct observation of patients to theorize about the body’s workings and the ethics of medicine. He coined many of the medical terms still in use today – “acute,” “chronic,” “epidemic” – and developed treatments based on the idea that the body’s function depended on the balance of four “humors” – black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood. His philosophy extended beyond the body, however, as Hippocrates also produced a seminal body of literature, known as the “Hippocratic Corpus,” which contains some of the first writing on medical ethics, the Hippocratic Oath. For Hippocrates, as well as other physicians of both his time and time beyond, medical practice was inextricably linked to philosophy, literature, and the social sciences.
The introduction of Aristotelian empiricism marks the beginning of a long shift in the medicine away from the humanities toward “evidenced-based” theories of diagnosis and treatment. By the twentieth century, medicine was essentially void of any discipline save for the hard sciences and technology. In “Writing at the Margin: Discourse Between Anthropology and Medicine,” Kleinman calls this kind of medicine “biomedicine,” reflecting “the overall trend . . . for the patient narrative gradually to disappear in favor of technical investigation, for symptom to give way to disease entity, and for treatment to become non-negotiable . . . [in response to] the humanities gradually retreat[ing] from medicine” (Ilora et al., 11).
Beginning in the 1960s, a “perception” of a “crisis” rose in western medicine, which questioned the “underlying authority of modern scientific medicine” (13). Specifically,
. . . the emergence of the anti-psychiatry movement; the inability of science and technology to deal effectively with many chronic and disabling conditions, despite escalating levels of public expenditure on healthcare; and an awareness of the personal insensitivity of much of modern medicine and its failure to take account of the patient’s perspective (13)
all contributed to a growing movement toward reform of medical practice, which catalyzed the development of the medical humanities. David Greaves, in his chapter entitled, “The Nature and Role of the Medical Humanities,” defines the field as “a humanistic perspective . . . [that] embodies a mode of enquiry which is typical of philosophy in particular, but can also be discerned in every subject in its relationship with medicine” (16). Though there is no one agreed-upon definition of the medical humanities (7), Greaves’ definition encompasses both the narrower and broader views of the field, situating the narrow conception within the broader. The first (and narrower) view of the medical humanities “equates [the field] with the medical arts” (18), defined as a view that “subordinates” science and technology to the “art of medicine” by naming science and technology “arts” in and of themselves (14). This narrower view depicts the medical arts as being a counterbalance to biomedicine, allowing neither art nor traditional science to dominate medical practice (18). The second broader view
focuses on the human as relevant to the whole of medicine and so cuts across the traditional formulation of western medicine as comprising separate realms of art and science, with the human aspects restricted mainly, if not exclusively, to the former (18).
Greaves’ definition defies the binary between the sciences and the arts, thus allowing for “and innovative and unified approach” (19) to medicine, which allows both for a reconsideration of medical theory and for “practitioners to develop a more rounded and humane attitude to their practice” (19). For the purposes of this paper, I will use Greaves’ definition of the medical humanities to inform the work I will do on Hornbacher’s memoir.
In “The Humanities’ Role in Improving Health and Clinical Care,” Richard Edwards describes the goals of the medical humanities, calling the field a response to theories of medicine that are generalized and impersonal. He states that the “study of the humanities . . . may provide valuable opportunities to bridge the ‘organism – mechanisms’ divide” (238). Greaves presents four possible definition of the humanities, but in my discussion of Edwards’ implications for the field of the medical humanities in medicine, I will use Greaves’ fourth definition of the humanities: “[s]ubjects concerned with the uniqueness of individuals rather than generalization” (15) . Edwards points out that evidence-based medicine leads to generalizations that do not necessarily match the needs or situation of the individual, and that “even in ideal circumstances” (238) where the individual does meet a generalized clinical picture of an illness, “it remains imperative to address and respond sympathetically to the emotional consequences of diagnosis and treatment” (238). Medical humanities, then, sets as its ultimate goal the remedying of these two probable situations that arise from clinical generalization.
Edwards discusses a variety of ways by which the medical humanities works to reform medicine from within its existing structures. First, he argues, the medical humanities provides a language by which patients and physicians may communicate (241). This language allows patients to verbalize their emotions concerning diagnosis and treatment, and the creation of fictional narratives allows for possible courses of action to be explored (241). This discourse provides a frame in which evidence-based theory may situate itself – within fictional narratives and emotive depictions of disease is the decision to apply a particular evidence-based theory. In addition to providing a means of discourse, Edwards points out that, in “[e]stablishing a valid language for communication of issues of emotions” (241), the medical humanities creates space for physicians to express warmth and “human values” (241), thereby allowing them to reassure patients and to explore the benefits and drawbacks of a treatment from both theoretical and emotional perspectives. Edwards continues that the ability to entirely evaluate a given treatment is conducive to the exploration of alternative and complementary therapies for illness, thus creating the opportunity for western medicine to consider treatments not empirically validated, such as those associated with eastern medicine (242). Expanding on his argument that the medical humanities allows medical professionals to consider complementary therapies, Edwards states that the medical humanities builds upon the “problem-based learning” (245) associated with western medicine in that the humanities beg for a “questioning” (242), critical approach that “promote[s] reflective practice and learning” (242).
In returning to Edwards’ basic argument – that the discourse created by the medical humanities ultimately combats clinical generalization by establishing an empathetic, critical approach to treatment and diagnosis –, I will now discuss Edwards’ implications for narrative representations of illness. Edwards states:
It is [useful] . . . to employ published narratives or artistic representations of ill health as qualitative input alongside actual patients’ narrative, to widen perspective and facilitate a more sympathetic understanding of the ‘human condition’ (237).
Thus, published narratives of illness work, on a grader scale than oral, unpublished patients’ narratives, to promote the aforementioned ways by which the medical humanities influences change within western medicine. In publishing such a narrative, a patients develops a voice apart from medical generalization, fitting his or her own story into the framework already in place to create the space for a dialogue between reader and text that allows for clinical language to expand beyond the textbook. It is through this combination of clinical and personal narrative, interwoven so as to be inseparable, that the medical humanities is apparent in published personal discourses of illness, and it is in this space that I situate my own analysis of such a narrative.

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‘A powerful work of witness and memorial’ – Zadie Smith
Celebrating a new partnership between ILFDublin and the Centre for Resistance Studies in Trinity College Dublin, Scholastique Mukasonga illustrates the power of the memoir to recover individual stories out of the tragedy of national history.
In her new book, The Barefoot Woman, Mukasonga recovers her lost family’s story out of the Rwandan genocide, offering it to her readers with an extraordinary tenderness. Memories of exile, violence, death, and displacement are part of a song of the human spirit, and of the inherent drive to endure, to survive, and to remember. Her memoir charts a recovery out of trauma of a family’s personal and precious reality.
Born in Rwanda in 1956, Scholastique Mukasonga settled in France in 1992, a mere two years before the genocide of the Tutsi tore through her birthplace. She was awarded the Ahamadou Kourouma, the Renaudot, and the Océans France Ô Prizes, as well as the French Voices Award for her first novel, Our Lady of the Nile. Scholastique is also a short story writer.
The event will be chaired by Théophile Munyangeyo, Assistant Professor in Francophone African Studies at Trinity College Dublin.
Presented in association with The Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute and with the Embassy of France in Ireland.


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People visiting hospitals in Hull will have to continue to observe social distancing measures and wear a mask after the mandate is lifted on July 19.
All patients, visitors and staff will have to wear a face covering and keep two meters apart from each other when inside the hospital buildings.
Chief Executive Chris Long said: “We thank the public who have followed our restrictions since the start of the pandemic and we thank them again for their cooperation now.
“Our priority remains the safety of our staff and patients and the need to stop the spread of Covid-19 throughout our hospitals.
“The virus is still circulating in our community and we are once again seeing a rise in hospital admissions, reflecting increasing infection rates in Hull and surrounding towns and villages.
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“Restrictions will remain in force for now although we’ll be keeping them under constant review to make changes as soon as it’s safe to do so.”
The guidance from the hospitals came after England’s Chief Nurse Ruth May reiterated that members of the public must continue to observe Covid guidelines inside hospitals for the safety of patients who are at higher risk.
She said: “Face coverings and social distancing measures will remain in place across healthcare settings so that the most vulnerable people can continue to safely attend hospital, their GP surgery, pharmacy or any other healthcare settings for advice, care and treatment.
“And it is important for the public to continue to play their part when visiting NHS and care settings to help protect our staff and patients, particularly those who may be more vulnerable to infections.
“As restrictions are lifted in many places on Monday, everyone has a part to play in helping to control Covid by getting vaccinated and acting responsibly.
“It is vital that in healthcare settings, we do all we can to reduce the risk of infection for those working in our services and those who need our care.”
Visiting restrictions will also be retained, with only one named visitor being allowed to visit an unwell relative or friend after booking a slot at least an hour prior to arriving.

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A mob of young teenagers on bikes attacked a vulnerable homeless man as he slept in a doorway.
Richard Parker, 46, was targeted by the gang on Thursday night as they mounted an anti-social rampage across a town centre.
They verbally abused him for 30 minutes as he lay in his makeshift bed outside a gym.
‘One kid threw an apple at the back of my head,’ he said. ‘Then his mate threw an apple at my jaw.
‘He shouted “bag head” at me.
‘It lasted about half an hour. They kept coming back three or four times throwing apples into where I was sleeping and that.’
The youths, aged around 13 or 14, also attacked a nearby takeaway and shouted racist abuse at its owner.
Richard said the attack has left him wondering: ‘Where are the parents?’
The incident is the latest in a long line of taunts and attacks he’s had to endure while sleeping rough in Grimsby.
‘It’s been tough on the streets,’ he said. ‘In daytime it’s alright but on a night people take stuff from your bed. I don’t carry a lot anymore.
‘They call you a “bag head”, “smack head”, “spice head”. They associate homelessness with drug use and that’s just wrong. Other factors are there too.’
Richard has schizophrenia and became homeless in August 2017 when he was kicked out by his landlord after his flat was smashed up by youths.
He’s endured a series of thefts so now only carries around his blue sleeping bag. He says he constantly fears for his safety.
‘I’m on edge about sleeping out tonight, but I just have to get on with it,’ he said.
‘They throw things at us because they seem to be cowards. They don’t seem to want to actually have a fight with us. They just want to cycle around and throw things.’
He added: ‘If I moved on, they would probably find me again. There’s not many places to sleep. It’s supposed to be safe in the town centre, but it’s not.’
Richard used to live in a tent but it was stolen by thieves, meaning he is completely exposed to the elements.
He occasionally sees his mum while his 22-year-old daughter and baby grandson live in Lincoln.


The Ministry of Health has recorded 198 new cases of COVID-19 for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says 52 cases are from the Western Division and 146 cases are from the Central Division.
Doctor Fong says there has been 516 new recoveries reported since the last update, which means that there are now 20,271 active cases.
He says 11,684 active cases are in the Central Division, 8,540 in the Western Division, one in the Northern Division (Nabouwalu) and 46 active cases in the Eastern Division (Kadavu).
The Ministry is currently reviewing and reconciling the active case database with recoveries and as a result they expect the recovery numbers to increase in the coming weeks.
There have been 43,224 cases during the outbreak that started in April .
The Ministry has recorded one COVID-19 death for August 16th.
He adds this death which was previously under investigation in the Eastern Division has now been classified as a COVID-19 death.
A detailed investigation by the ministry’s clinical team has determined that the death was caused by COVID-19.
She was a 63-year-old woman from Rakiraki Village, in Yale, Kadavu.
She was declared dead on arrival by the attending medical officer at the Vunisea Hospital in Kadavu.
The Permanent Secretary says this means that she died at home or on her way to the hospital.
She was not vaccinated.
There have been 2 more deaths of COVID-19 positive patients.
However, these deaths have been classified as non-COVID deaths by their doctors.
Dr Fong adds there are currently 322 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital.
118 patients are admitted at the Lautoka Hospital, 38 patients are admitted at the FEMAT field hospital, and 166 admitted at CWM hospital, St Giles, and Makoi.
37 patients are considered to be in severe condition, and 14 are in critical condition.


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Patmos Book Tree
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Patmos Library is currently looking for volunteers to be part of the new 2017 Friends of the Library organization!
If you are interested, please contact us! We would really appreciate your help!


The 2023 MotoGP World Championship will begin in Europe for the first time since 2006 with the Portuguese Grand Prix in late March.
The venue takes over from Losail in Qatar, which has hosted the opening round of the MotoGP season since 2007, although the premier-class did not compete at the event in 2020 due to Covid restrictions.
Qatar has stepped down from the coveted season-opening spot due to ‘extensive renovation and remodeling to the paddock area and circuit facilities’ so the track can host F1 in 2023 for 9 years, which has forced MotoGP’s only night race to be held later in the 2023 campaign.
Next year’s Portuguese GP will be only the third Grand Prix season-opener held in Europe in more than three decades. It will also be the first time Portugal has hosted the first race of the year.


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Dark Spots and Hyperpigmentation
Dark areas... freckles... uneven skin tone... dull complexion... sun spots... liver spots... discoloration... these are all ways to describe something that most of us deal with at one time or another — hyperpigmentation. But what exactly is hyperpigmentation, how did we end up with it, and how can we get rid of it, so we can get our beautiful even complexion back, and move on with our lives? Let’s dive in and find out!
What is hyperpigmentation?
Hyperpigmentation is most simply described as an uneven discoloration of the skin. Excess pigmentation in the skin causes skin cells to become darker than the ones around them, creating dark patches of skin that stand out from the rest.
Melanin is the pigment that gives color to our skin, and when excess melanin is produced, areas of the skin become darker, causing hyperpigmentation to occur.
What Causes Hyperpigmentation?
Medications: Some medications can cause skin to be ultra sensitive to sun exposure, making it more likely that dark spots will occur. Cancer treatments, some antibiotics, acne drugs, and anti-seizure medications are among some of the most likely culprits to watch out for.
Hormones: If you’ve ever been pregnant, you’ve likely heard of (or been a victim of) the “mask of pregnancy.” Otherwise known as Melasma, this hormone induced darkening of the skin, usually on the forehead, cheeks, upper lip, belly, and hands, gets worse with sun exposure, and is due to an increase in hormones coursing through the body.
Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation: Sometimes after an injury, the skin at the site of the injury will be dark for at time. This is commonly seen with acne scarring and is the body’s natural reaction to inflammation.
Too much sun: Overexposure to the sun can give you a nice glow, but over time it can also leave behind sun spots, age spots, and discoloration on the hands and face.
Getting Rid of Hyperpigmentation
Now for the big question? Can we get rid of our hyperpigmentation and have the bright, clear complexion we want?
The answer is yes, according to Jennifer Linder, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and fellowship-trained Mohs skin cancer surgeon. “The good news,” says Dr. Linder, who herself struggled with hyperpigmentation as an adult, “is that with the right combination of professional treatments and daily care products, we can lift existing hyperpigmentation and inhibit its continual formation.”
Steps to Treat Hyperpigmentation
Prevention - The first step in treating hyperpigmentation is to begin the process of prevention. While in some cases there is little you can do about hormone levels, we can control the amount of UV light we expose our skin to. Protect your skin from the sun by applying sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30, and remember to reapply every two hours.
Meet with a professional - Next, make an appointment with your favorite licensed esthetician and put a game plan together. Depending on the severity of the pigmentation problem, and how much it bothers you, there are many options available to you:
Skin brightening and lightening products - Products designed to lessen the effects of hyperpigmentation can be incorporated into your daily routine to gradually diminish dark spots and dull skin. Typical ingredients effective in reducing hyperpigmentation, and typically found in reputable products include hydroquinone, arbutin, kojic acid, and azelaic acid. PCA skin has an excellent line of products to treat varying degrees of hyperpigmentation, such as the Pigment Bar and the Pigment Gel. A trip to visit your licensed esthetician will help you determine which products would be best for your particular type and severity of pigmentation.
Chemical peels - To increase cell turnover and help lighten pigmentation, a professional can administer a chemical peel which can help minimize nearly all types of hyperpigmentation. These typically include higher levels of ingredients found in your over-the-counter skin lightening products, and usually work faster. Always employ the expertise of a licensed professional who can help you determine which treatments will best help your particular situation.
Microdermabrasion - Another option is Microdermabrasion, which is another way of removing darkened skin and improving cell turnover. The procedure also boosts collagen production, which can result in a more even looking skin tone.
Micro-needling or Dermarolling - Using a procedure where tiny needles are injected at a rapid rate into the skin, either with an electric pen or a roller device, the deep layers of skin that cannot be reached with chemical peels, Microdermabrasion, or lightening treatments are targeted. A very small amount of damage is caused beneath the skin...just enough to inspire the body to dissolve old tissue and produce new collagen and cells at a rapid rate, turning over younger healthier skin with a bright clear tone. Micro-needling and dermarolling is essentially painless, as the needles are very small and short. It feels very similar to microdermabrasion actually, and the depth of the needles are adjustable. If a more aggressive approach is required, a numbing cream is used to make the process comfortable for all involved.
If dark patches or an uneven complexion are troubling you, don’t waste another moment. You can take control of your beauty and the health of your skin today. Call us (530-305-3908) at the Stonehouse Spa and Boutique.

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This Day In U2 History
- New Year’s Eve
U2 Shows on This Day
- Home of The Edge, Dublin, Ireland (1986) [The Edge and Larry Mullen]
The Edge and Larry join other musicians at a New Year’s Eve party at the home of The Edge for a song.
- Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland (1989) [U2]
- Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA (1999) [Bono]
Bono performs “One” at “America’s Millennium Gala”


A couple days ago, my mom and I went to see Ed Sheeran live in concert. We have been eagerly looking forward to this show for months, and he absolutely did not disappoint.
I have adored Ed Sheeran’s music since the very first time I heard “the a Team” probably three or so years ago. There is something about his voice, his words and the way it all comes together with his guitar strumming that has always really resonated with me. Growing up surrounded in music, I can really appreciate the talent and insane skill that it takes to put his work together, but until I saw him live, I had no actual idea just how insanely talented he really was.
When I bought the tickets months ago, it was through the Amex presale, and I knew the they would be in high demand. I was ready and waiting with multiple tablets all geared up for the second that the clock struck 10. I took the first pair of tickets that I got, and although I wasn’t really thrilled with how high up they were, there was no way in heck I was giving them up and taking my chances on something different. As it turns out, the presale tickets were all sold out by the time I finished my transaction, and if I had let them go, we probably wouldn’t have been able to get any at all.
As luck would have it, after we climbed the approximately 8700 stairs to get to our seats, we discovered that they were pretty much dead straight on to the stage. Score! Sure, we were only about 15 rows from the too of the arena, but we were facing the stage so we could “see” ( and trust me, I use that term lightly) what was going on.
The show started with the opening act, Rixton. You may know these guys from their hit “Me and my broken heart”. I happen to love that song, so was quite excited to see them. I hadn’t heard any of their other songs, but everything I heard I really liked, and I will be buying the album soon. The band was completely adorable and awesome, engaging with the audience, calling out a dude near the front who was paying no attention to them because he was glued to his phone screen, taking a selfie with a girl and her friend, and generally holding everyone’s attention despite the knowledge that most people probably hadn’t even heard of them before. Sometimes chatter during a concert can annoy me, but the guys from Rixton seemed to know how much they could get away with before it became too much. One of my favourite parts was when the lead singer broke out his Beyoncé dance moves and covered “Crazy in Love.” Really. How could you not enjoy that? They had everything from super choreographed moves to some kind of dorky looking ones, but they were perfect and funny and an amazing opener to the show. As an added bonus, for all you social media or music geeks, they followed me on Twitter after the show. That makes me cool, right?
Then it was time for Ed. You could pretty much feel the whole stadium vibrating in anticipation, all 20,000 people there for different reasons, from different ages and stages of life, all united in their love of the music of Ed Sheeran. He opened with “I’m a mess” and every single person in that stadium fell in love. It was literally just him on the stage, with his guitars, microphones and loop pedal system that he made a point of pointing out. He noted that he had had his first complaint ever, from a couple in Winnipeg who felt like they got ripped off because he played to a backing track and with a band that you couldn’t see. As he explained this the camera panned to his feet to show the loop pedals, and he noted that every single note, very sound came from him – no band, no singers, no back-up tracks, just him. He told us all that his job was to sing, and that no one was looking around them, so to sing and dance and have the time of your life.
How anyone could complain about that show is beyond me. I sat there in amazement as he played song after song, watching and listening as he literally laid down track after track to give depth and layers to the songs. This is the kind of thing that would normally be done in the studio, but nope, he did it live in front of 20,000 fans. At one point, during “Bloodstream”, I almost felt as though I couldn’t breathe, that I was being swallowed by the music. It was probably one of the most intense musical experiences of my life. It swelled and built and thumped and pulsed through me until it felt like there was nothing but the music and me, this crazy void filled with sound. I know it sounds insane, but it kind of was, one guy producing that kind of intensity with just him and a guitar. It was unreal.
For those of you who don’t know, I have a bit of a backstory when it comes to his music. As I mentioned before, I have loved loved it for years, but when my dad was dying, it took on a whole new level for me. One day, just before the end, dad was no longer able to talk. My sister and I were sitting with him, talking, remembering, holding his hands. My dad always loved music and was a talented musician, and so I thought about what he might want and started to play music off my phone for him. I went through all of his favourites, and then I came to a song I had heard in my car on the drive to the hospital that day. It was “All of the stars” and as I listened to the words, I knew they were something special. I didn’t know if Dad had ever heard that one before, but I played it anyways. For the first time in hours, Dad turned his head a tiny bit to look at me, and tried to squeeze my hand. He liked it. We played that song for him a few times that day and after he died, I knew we had to include it somehow. The day after he died, once again I was driving in my car when “Photograph” came on my iPod. I don’t know what it was that made me listen so carefully to the words, but I did, and I actually had to pull the car over because I was crying so hard. We included both songs in the slideshow my brother-in-law out together for his memorial service, and they couldn’t have been more perfect. I will forever be grateful that I was able to share that song with my dad in his last days and, I hope, give him some comfort with it.
So even though he won’t ever see it, thank you Ed. Your songs brought a whole lot of comfort to me and a lot of other people during the worst time in my life.
As you might expect, I cried throughout “Photograph”, singing the words through the tears streaming down my face. I am going to guess that I wasn’t alone in those tears, though. It’s a pretty powerful song. “Thinking out loud” nearly brought the house down, and there were some pretty incredible covers in there, including my personal favourite, “No diggity”, which has been one of my favourite songs for a long, long time, and Stevie Wonder’s “I was made to love her” . I swear, during “I see fire”, there were at least a half dozen vocal parts singing in harmony and my mind was blown. Again. There were times when he asked the audience to sing and he sang harmony, which was the coolest thing I have ever heard, I think it made pretty much everyone in the stadium feel like they were singing a duet with him, despite the other 19,999 people who felt the same way.
Ed Sheeran really can do it all and do it well. Rarely does someone come along that has that much raw and real talent packed into one body. He is the real deal. I could totally keep talking about this for ages, but since this is a post, it does need to end at some point, haha. If you ever have the chance to see him live in concert DO IT! I know I will be seeing him again.