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The artist’s mastery of her tools and technique make these paintings emotionally and aesthetically deeply satisfying. The layering of paint on webs of enamel atop the slight luminosity lent by aluminium is strangely both ethereal and solid. The work is also wonderfully sculptural.
“I took hundreds of photographs during my research,” says Woods, who is 39. “I wanted some of the pieces to have a collaged feel and create a world within the landscape. I also wanted the pieces to work with the landscape of the gallery, and I have just for the first time seen the largest one, Tragic Head, in its entirety. I work on the pieces flat on the floor, and it wasn’t possible to see how this one had really turned out until it was in situ. I’m pleasantly surprised.
“I’ve been working on landscapes for years, I’m interested particularly in the psychological aspect – what feelings you experience as you travel through certain places. I knew something of the Yorkshire landscape through the works of Hockney, Moore and Hepworth and studied the history of these amazing places that inspired me. I found that in Georgian times some of the rocks at Brimham had been carved to make them more appealing, and felt very aware of how many centuries of visitors had, like me, seen faces in the formations. The rich layering of the rock and vegetation very strongly convey moods that change with variations of light, affecting the sense of place.” The process of creating these works involved selecting and translating shapes from photographs onto acetates then projecting these onto aluminium sheeting before cutting the outlines into the metal through masking tape and eventually applying enamel and paint, wet on wet.
Woods has a strong sense of both working within a pastoral tradition in British art, but of also trying to extend boundaries in how responses to landscape are expressed.
“Being able to work at this sort of scale, because of the gallery space available has meant I’ve really pushed these pieces to a place I could not otherwise have done.”
The Unquiet Head is at The Hepworth Wakefield from tomorrow until Jan 29, 2012. www.hepworthwakefield.org THE ancient buildings of York will once again be cast in a new light as the Illuminating festival returns to the city.
The now annual event, which has previously seen York Minster and St Mary’s Abbey turned into blank canvases for light artists, has managed to somehow outdo itself every year and it sounds like the 2011 festival may well continue that tradition.
A group of artists, currently working around the world, are coming together to execute plans to blow up the Castle Museum.
No, of course not really – but witnesses to the extraordinary light show planned for the city, might be fooled into thinking otherwise.
Ben Stern, of GaiaNova, an arts and events production company, is one of the artists behind the work which takes its inspiration from the building’s 18th-century incarnation as a prison and York’s most famous resident Guy Fawkes.
“The amazing thing that is happening in the world of digital event production is that the boundaries between the artists and the programmers who write the technology are being blurred and broken down,” he says.
“The programmers are the artists. It means we can come up with an idea and write the programme to fit it. We don’t have to go through the process of trying to explain it to someone who might not really get the vision of what we’re creating.”
For this year’s event Stern’s GaiaNova has teamed up with United VJ’s, an international group of artists, to come up with a concept for a new commission.
Envisions involves mapping the architecture of the Castle Museum with faces from the past and the projection also comes with a specially developed soundtrack which will allow the four walls to talk to visitors.
“A few years ago the technology wasn’t available and the projectors were not big enough for what we are planning,” says Stern. “But we are going to create a light installation that, yes, will make it look as though the building is being blown up and coming back together again.”
The festival grew out of an event in 2003 when the Millennium Commission awarded funding to those cities that bid to be capital of culture but failed. Bradford was one such city and used the funding to create Illuminating Yorkshire, a Yorkshire-wide event involving five key cities, York, Hull, Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford. This saw a variety of events based around lighting up the cities.
Since 2005 York has been inviting artists to come to the city and use light and sound to change the way people see the city. The first event was such a success that a number of organisations came together to make sure that it wasn’t a one-off – and it has quickly become one of the city’s four major festivals.
Stern says: “What I have really enjoyed about Illuminating York is that it is a way to make this really historic city, with these incredible buildings, really come alive with incredibly contemporary technology.
“In a way this is something the Victorians did, with magic lanterns. What we will create in York is the same idea, just with technology that is so incredibly advanced.
“I think it will look spectacular.”
Illuminating York runs in the city from October 26 to 29. For a full programme of events visit www. illuminatingyork.org.uk NAOMI CAMPBELL, Frank Bruno and Lewis Hamilton are amongst 50 prominent figures featured in a new photographic exhibition in Sheffield. The Black Britannia exhibition, which runs until November 14, is currently on display at the city’s Showroom Workstation . Part of Sheffield’s Black History Month celebrations, the images were all taken by renowned photographer John Ferguson and sit alongside two other related exhibitions. For more details call 0114 279 6511 or visit www.showroomworkstation. org.uk
LET THERE BE LIGHT: The centre of historic York will once again be spectacularly lit up in the annual Illuminating York festival next week.


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Operating principle Multi Switch ATS provides direct distribution of eight 10A IEC utilities or one 16A IEC utility in a system with two power supply lines of any type (two mains inputs, or two UPS).Multi Switch ATS is able to connect to either of the two power supply lines, while also monitoring absorption. Protection against load faults In case one of the loads fails (e.g. short circuit) the Multi Switch ATS disconnects the group of sockets where the load itself is connected, thus preventing other loads from being switched off (e.g. in case of poor protection selectivity).
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Zyggie is a motion capture platform design within the labex Cominlabs Bowi project. It consists of a set of electronic components (nodes) arranged on a part or the whole body of a person.
- The Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) embedded in these nodes can duplicate the movement on an avatar moving on an Android tablet.
- Communication between nodes is performed by radio and extensive energy optimization allows them an operating autonomy of 20 hours.
- As recharging nodes batteries also occurs wirelessly, it is therefore possible (even if this is not the case for current prototypes) to embed them in a waterproof box.
This state-of-the-art platform has enabled to thoroughly analyze BAN sensor network related challenges dedicated to motion capture. Our work focused primarily on opportunities to dispense with the energy intensive gyroscope, using radio power information received by the sensor network.
The applications are animation, functional rehabilitation, optimization of sports movements, robotics, non-verbal communication in fighting situations.
A second version of this system was developed with an UWB transceiver, a quality improvement of IMU sensing and a micro USB port. The UWB chip allows to perform ranging measurements between Zyggie systems for user localization (extra-BAN) and sensors 3D positionning in space (intra-BAN). A data fusion algorithm with IMU and UWB distances can be used for accuracy improvement of user’s movement processing.
A communication protocol based on IEEE 802.15.4 was implemented to sequence measure and communication phases with the aim of optimizing system energy consumption.


Let’s not kid ourselves. Wifi is awesome.
No matter how big an ethernet buff you are, the convenience of wifi connectivity is hard to beat.
You can stream, talk, and check email from your laptop or tablet anywhere within the range of a wireless access point. All that being said, wired ethernet can still give WIFI a run for its money.
The benefits of Cat5e and Cat6 are palpable. Say what you will about those pesky cables, but thanks to recent advances, wired Ethernet goes places that WIFI can only dream of.
This wasn’t the case a decade ago, when many thought Ethernet had gone the way of the flip phone.
Though WIFI has begun its own data and power journey, substantial delivery is still a ways in the future. Ethernet can give you both right now, and not just for computing devices. Low power lighting, camera systems, phone systems, and manufacturing sensor installations are just some of the technologies that often rely upon Ethernet connectivity.
Wired ethernet also saves a fortune on installation fees because you only need to drop one cable to power up. No need to hire an electrician to install an extra plug in some remote location.
But let’s take a closer look at how exactly, ethernet can still outperform wifi capabilities. We’ll hone in on 4 key areas:
- Data speed
- Signal quality
- Network expandability
- Device adaptability
1. Ethernet Data Delivery Is Fast and Getting Faster
The current IEEE 802.3bz standards for Ethernet are 2.5 Gbps for 2.5GBASE-T and 5 Gbps for 5GBASE-T. It won’t be long until standard speeds will reach up to 10Gbps on a Cat6 cable. Cat5e can deliver speeds of 1 Gbps.
To be fair, WIFI has sped up as well. The IEEE 802.11ac maxes-out at speeds of 866.7 Mbps; the IEEE 802.11n manages a much humbler 150 Mbps. Nothing to scoff at certainly, but high speed and high definition formats over multiple devices around an office or home will deliver consistently better quality over Ethernet.
One of the applications where faster speeds benefit end users is video gaming. Ask any reasonably competitive gamer if they’re willing to play over a wifi connection and you’re sure to get a resounding “never.”
Another place where this difference is pronounced is with large file downloads. Both places can be highly frustrating when slow data speeds bog you down.
2. Signal Quality
It’s no mystery that interference can make it hard to get and stay on a wireless network. As more devices come online due to the exploding Internet of Things (IoT), this may even become more of a challenge in the near future.
Not so with Ethernet. Cable connections tend to be more robust. If you have the right cabling solution—Cat6 or higher—then you have all the insulation you’ll need to prevent crosstalk from interfering with your signal.
How does interference work?
Everything electrical in the cable or radio frequency that isn’t the actual signal, is noise. These waves can throw your signal out of whack. Noise can come from inside and outside the cable or radio frequency band.
Controlling noise is important because uncontrolled noise may overwhelm the data signal.
Twisted-pair cables balance signals. Signals travel essentially the same path in both directions creating a balanced electrical field. Electrical unbalance means noise. This can happen for any number of reasons, from mismatched conductors to signals bleeding over from adjacent cables.
Unbalance can also be caused externally by things like microwaves in the case of WIFI.
3. Network Expandability
In case you’re new to Ethernet, the thing that makes it so attractive to customers is how easy and inexpensive it is to install.
Let’s say you have a one-off surveillance camera or LED light installation in a remote location, Ethernet allows you to do an installation without having the cost of an additional power outlet to install.
If you do have a outlet in that area, you can keep it open for other uses because when you connect a device to the network, you’re sending both power and data over the same drop.
Of course, you can also add additional access points for WIFI networks. Ironically though, you’ll want to connect them to the network using Ethernet for the same reasons just stated.
PoE extenders allow you to extend boost signals beyond the reach of the 100m cable standard. Network extender kits allow you to add other networks with the same ease. And VDSL2 SFP Modems allow you to connect Ethernet and Coax instantly, so regardless of the types of networks you need to connect, you can have things up and running in minutes on wired ethernet networks.
WIFI definitely has expandability options, but the devices that it currently supports are narrower in range. At this time, you’re thinking more about mobile devices in public areas than hard-working LANs within a campus or even a home.
4. Device Adaptability
WIFI is great for mobile phones, tablets, laptops and even in some cases desktop computers.
You can’t deny the convenience factor.
But Ethernet is still where you really see a huge range of device demands satisfied. PoE networks can power and control:
- Access points
- LED lighting
- Monitoring systems
- Surveillance cameras
- VoIP phone systems
- VDSL and DSLAM installations
And these installations can happen in the home, across a campus or data center, and even on the floor of a manufacturing plant. Remote cameras have even round their way to the top of suspension bridges and highways.
It’s the combination of power and data delivery allows broad flexible application of Ethernet technology. It simplifies installation and keeps costs down.
For the reasons stated above, and perhaps a handful of others, ethernet cabling is still the way to go for network flexibility and stability. The good news for WIFI buffs is that it’s currently experiencing a bit of a renaissance on the wireless power delivery front.
Keep your eyes peeled for that one to hit consumer devices, it’s going to be a real game changer when engineers work out the remaining kinks.
The truth is, ethernet cables and WIFI technology have a symbiotic relationship. But their rivalry will continue to be an interesting one to watch as we make our way into 2018.
If you have any questions on how you can best deploy either technology, our analysts will be happy to answer your questions.


Purism Librem 11 is an 11.5-inch Linux tablet running the secure PureBoot bootloader and PureOS Linux distribution with a focus on privacy and respect for personal freedom.
The tablet comes with what looks to be a decent 11.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with a 2560×1600 resolution, 8GB RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD, but the Intel Celeron N5100 quad-core Jasper Lake processor would be considered entry-level in 2023. The tablet also comes with a keyboard and stylus making a 2-in1 hybrid device.
Besides shipping with a Linux distribution and a secure bootloader (no Intel IME), Purism also offers some added-value services such as a secure supply chain with Anti-Interdiction services for users that need to make sure the Librem 11 is not tampered with during shipping and malware protection when using the Librem Key to cryptographically identify tampering.
As usual with Purism hardware a lot of the cost of the device goes to software development (and profit margins?), and the Librem 11 is a pricey tablet for the specs with the company selling for $999 with shipping scheduled within 10 days. So it will not be suitable for everybody, and the company highlights the tablet is especially well suited to “individuals, organizations, government agencies, law enforcement agencies, and businesses that need security and privacy with powerful portability”. More details may also be found on the product page.


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San Juan, Puerto Rico (AP) The volcano on the tiny Caribbean Island of Montserrat has burst into action, hurling hot rocks that set buildings ablaze in the island's abandoned capital.
The director of the island's volcano observatory says no one was injured or evacuated. Roderick Stewart says the Soufriere Hills Volcano spewed material more than half a mile into the air.
He said Wednesday that buildings burned for several hours in Plymouth, the capital city that was abandoned when volcano erupted in 1997 and killed 19 people.
Stewart says the explosion was smaller than when the volcano's dome partially collapsed in late July and spewed ash some 40,000 feet into the air.
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we will soon participate at the Art Fair Context Art Miami. We will present works by four of our artists:
Inka Lindergård & Niclas Holmström
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General Admission Dates:
Wednesday Dec 4, 11 am – 7 pm
Thursday Dec 5, 11 am – 7 pm
Friday Dec 6, 11 am – 8 pm
Saturday Dec 7, 11 am – 7 pm
Sunday Dec 8, 11 am – 6 pm
The ArtMiami Pavilion Midtown, Wynwood Arts District, 3101 NE 1st Avenue Miami, FL 33137
Upcoming panel discussion at the Nordic Embassies in Berlin:
Our series of panel discussions will continue.
January 21, 2014, we will hold a panel discussion about The Gender Perspective Within Photography. It will be a co-operation with the Embassies of Sweden and Finland. Tuija Lindström was Sweden´s first female Art Professor, and as a strong feminist in a male dominant world of photographers, Lindström was roughly debated. We will discuss how the debate is today. Are there any differences between Sweden, Finland and Germany and do institutions value male and female artists equal when it comes to exhibitions and collections?
Tuija Lindström, Artist, Sweden/Finland
Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, Director of the Photo Museum in Helsinki, Finland
Power Ekroth, Swedish, International curator in Germany
Dr. Thomas Köhler, Director at Berlinische Galerie in Berlin, Germany
Moderator: Elke Buhr, Deputy editor-in-chief at Monopol Magazin, Germany
The event will be accompanied by a slide show with selected works by Tuija Lindström and a release of the second volume of two books about her work by the Publishing House Art & Theory, Stockholm. Please let us know if you would like to visit the panel discussion. Seats are limited.


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Are you sick and tired of trying every new diet program that comes out, only to feel like you have failed? Do you try to lose weight but feel so awful that you can’t help but gravitate towards foods that you know in your heart aren’t right for you, but you just have to have them?
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Yes you may want to continue taking the nutritional component of Fast Track, but you don’t have too!
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Many of these actions are to do with our HPA Axis – this is a Big topic that you can find out more about here (this is a booklet I wrote many years ago that explains how this works) . The HPA axis is the interlinking and connections between the Hypothalamus, Pituitary and Adrenals.
If the hypothalamus is out of balance all of these actions go out of balance too!
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What causes the Hypothalamus to go out of balance in the first place?
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Spanish Summer Dinner
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Last night our great friends Caitlin & Billy had us over to their charming new apartment for a little Spanish inspired summer dinner. It was a delicious, simple meal highlighting all the wonderful veggies from our local farmers markets. I wanted to share this meal, because there was nothing too complicated or fancy and was a perfect meal for a group of friends.
We started with a lovely Sparkling Rose to accompany our appetizers: heirloom tomato bruschetta & roasted padron peppers. Grilled up some bread, rubbed a little fresh garlic on top, and smothered it with delicious fresh tomatoes… easy and incredible.
Our next course was a tasty gazpacho, garnished with cucumber, bell pepper, and freshly baked croutons… perfectly light and full of flavor. And I loved how Caitlin served it on the table in jars for everyone to help themselves (that way i got to add extra croutons to mine!)
Then the best part of the meal came out of the oven and right to the table… a spanish paella filled with shrimp, mussels, squid, chicken and sausage… it was incredibly delicious. Well seasoned, simple, and had the perfect crunchy rice layer at the bottom. I couldn’t get enough… completely over served myself, but it was well worth it! Oh, and I mustn’t forget the Tempranillo that flawlessly pared with the meal.
And of course dessert… which we all had to eat practically lying down on the couch… major food coma. However, the buckwheat cake with a little fresh whip cream and peaches was a ideal ending to the meal, and totally healthy… hello, buckwheat!!
I woke up this morning still thinking about how great it was… and how fun the night was with our friends. Thanks Cate & Billy for the wonderful evening! xx

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The government has decided to raise domestic electricity prices from May 15. In an effort to ease inflationary concern, Central Bank Governor Perng Fai-nan said Thursday that the bank will definitely take necessary steps to help rein in inflation.
Perng also optimistically forecast that the annual growth rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) will not exceed 2 percent this year.
In his view, Perng said, the CPI growth rate would hover around 1.9 percent this year.
"If the inflation rate exceeds our forecast, the Central Bank will certainly adopt necessary measures to help maintain domestic price stability," he added.
The following are excerpts from local media coverage of the possible impact of fuel and electricity price hikes on domestic inflation rate and household expenditures:
Economic Daily News:
After raising domestic fuel prices by 10 percent on average April 2, the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced Thursday that electricity prices will go up across the board from May 15.
While household electricity rate will rise by an average of 16.9 percent, industrial and commercial electricity rates will be raised by 35 percent and 30 percent, respectively.
According to estimates by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), the dramatic upward adjustments of fuel and electricity prices would lead to a NT$48 billion increase in overall household expenditure a year.
The fuel and electricity price surges are also expected to drive consumer price hikes in months ahead. Market mavens said prices of daily necessities could rise in the second half of the year to reflect soaring operating costs.
The DGBAS forecast earlier this year that the 2012 CPI growth rate would be around 1.46 percent, while the Economics Ministry said that the fuel and electricity price hikes could push up the CPI growth rate by 0.83 percentage points. Should that be the case, the annual inflation rate could reach 2.29 percent.
But Central Bank Governor Perng said the ministry's estimate may be too pessimistic. "We should be able to keep the inflation rate below 2 percent," he added.
The country's top banker confirmed that the central bank has begun to tighten money supply to help maintain consumer price stability.
The new monetary policy has reflected in steady rises in interbank overnight lending rates, banking sources said. The rate hit 0.458 percent Thursday, the highest level since Jan. 6, 2009.
To keep inflation rate at bay, the central bank may even raise its key interest rates and allow appreciation of the Taiwan dollar, the sources added. (April 13, 2012).
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Fuel and electricity price hikes will drive up input costs and eventually take tolls on corporate profits, industry analysts said.
Petrochemical and auto industries are hardest hit by soaring fuel prices, while nearly all major industries and commercial service providers will be affected by an overall 30 percent rises in electricity rates, the analysts said.
Electronics contract makers, flat panel manufacturers, plastics, cement and textiles sectors will all be affected and their earnings could shrink by an estimated 10 percent, the analysts predicted. (April 13, 2012).
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Dendritic Nanotechnologies and Lumera Sign Joint Research Agreement
News Nov 11, 2005
Dendritic Nanotechnologies Inc. (DNT) and Lumera have entered into a joint research agreement to co-develop certain proprietary surface chemistries suitable for specific applications of Lumera's label-free array reader, ProteomicProcessor™.
Under the terms of this agreement, DNT will build chemistries on proprietary Lumera surfaces, focusing efforts on using their expertise and patent holdings in the area of dendrimers.
Lumera will use their proprietary instrument designs and biological systems to test and evaluate the dendrimer-based approaches.
It is expected that the combined expertise of Lumera in optically active polymers, defined surfaces and label-free detection systems, and the dendrimer expertise of Dendritic Nanotechnologies, will result in performance features and benefits for proteomic applications.
“This research agreement with Lumera is an important milestone for DNT since it represents one of the first commercial applications of our recently announced Priostar dendrimers,” said Robert Berry, DNT's chief executive officer.
DNT's dendrimer technology is called Priostar™ and is designed to offer an advantage over other precision nanostructures by reducing the complexity and duration of the synthesis process.
Computation and Chemistry Combine to Create World-First Auxetic ProteinNews
A team of chemists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has now designed a two-dimensional protein crystal that toggles between states of varying porosity and density. This is a first in biomolecular design that combined experimental studies with computation done on supercomputers. The research, published in April 2018 in Nature Chemistry, could help create new materials for renewable energy, medicine, water purification, and more.
Fructose Formula Poses Risk to Babies With Metabolic DisorderNews
Babies with inherited intolerance of fructose face a risk of acute liver failure if they are fed certain widely available formulas containing fructose, pediatricians and geneticists are warning. Baby formula manufacturers should remove fructose or sucrose, or explicitly label their products to allow parents to avoid those sweeteners if necessary, the doctors say.
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21 October 2008 @ 15:50MSI intros AMD-powered GX630 and GT735 gaming laptops
MSI added two AMD-powered gaming laptops to their lineup for those who may not be inclined to purchase MSI’s Intel-powered offerings (the GX620 and the GX720). The new AMD-powered laptops are the GX630 and the GT735. Both feature a Turion X2 Ultra dual-core processor with the ability to be overclocked by up to 15% at the touch of a button with the Turbo Drive Engine technology. The GX630 has a 15.4-inch LCD, NVIDIA 512MB GeForce 9600M GT, up to 4GB of RAM, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, optional Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, integrated stereo speakers, a 4-in-1 card reader, VGA out, a 2-megapixel webcam and a DVD writer (Blu-ray optional). Step up to the GT735 and get it equipped with a 17-inch panel, ATI 512MB Mobility Radeon HD 3850, a five speaker system with a subwoofer and most of the other features included on the GX630.


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Women in Global Health: Security High Level Summit
Women in Global Health is partnering with Wagner Foundation and Foreign Policy to deliver a high-level digital summit during the UN General Assembly. The Women in Global Health Security Summit will amplify the voices of women, with a particular focus on women from low-middle income countries, that are leading the response to COVID-19. During the Digital Summit, we will announce commitments from institutions and individuals and pledges from governments that will further gender parity in global health security during COVID-19 and for the future of pandemic preparedness.
This Digital Summit will gavalvanise commitments towards gender parity in global health security from organizations, institutions, research bodies, foundations and networks, and support the reaffirmation of pledges towards Sustainable Development Goal 5 from governments. It will also offer individuals the opportunity to make personal pledges as we understand that change requires actions at the political, institutional, community, interpersonal and individual level. The commitments and pledges will be announced in the build-up to and during the Digital Summit on the 17th of September.
Please join us in confronting the power and privilege that undermine global health by preventing women from contributing equally to the ght against challenges like this pandemic.

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Beyond the Horizon: We could all probably use a little escape right now. This video provides just that thanks to a collection of aerial shots from a wide variety of locations around the planet. You’ll spot landscapes from Iceland, Kenya, France, other places, providing a nice reminder that there is a great big world out there that we’ll all get a chance to resume exploring again soon.
Things are a little weird, disjointed, and off kilter at the moment, but this to shall pass. And when it does, we’ll get back to doing what we love the most.
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"During the recent social protests, dozens of Peruvians were killed. We express our solidarity with these victims of violence," he said.
Bolivian President Luis Arce expressed dismay at Peru's political and social crisis before the start of the 7th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
"During the recent social protests, dozens of Peruvians were killed, and hundreds of people were severely injured. We express our solidarity with these victims of violence," Arce highlighted.
"Bolivia respects, like the other CELAC countries, international law and non-interference in the internal affairs of other states. However, we cannot simply ignore the situation that this brother people is going through," he insisted.
Arce urged the Peruvian state to promote dialogue to regain social and political stability in this South American country. He urged other CELAC member nations to consider possible solutions to the matter.
Among the most striking visuals of Dina Boluarte’s short presidency in Peru. A tank breaking down the gate to the oldest university in the Americas, attempting to quash protests against her that have raged for as many days as she has been president pic.twitter.com/CO2x5otMOf
"We must call for an end to violence in Peru, encourage all parties involved to take the path of understanding with full respect for this country’s sovereignty and its people’s rights," the Bolivian President stated.
In other remarks, Arce highlighted the need to contain the current food, climate, health, and economic crisis of capitalism, which he stressed endangers human existence.
"The capitalist system reproduces domination, exploits, and excludes the great majorities. As CELAC member countries, we must return to the principles of multilateralism, not to preserve this unjust international order, but to move towards a better world," he insisted.
#Peru | Thousands of citizens will carry out a new large national march demanding the resignation of President-designate Dina Boluarte, whom they hold responsible for the repression of the protests that have left at least 62 people dead. pic.twitter.com/XPYHRKe1Yb


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An online campaign called ’26 Acts of Kindness’ has gone viral over the past few days.
The idea originated when NBC’s Ann Curry tweeted: “Imagine if all of us committed 20 mitvahs/acts of kindness to honor each child lost in Newtown.” She also tweeted the hashtag #20Acts.
’20 Acts’ quickly changed to ’26 Acts’ and the idea has spread across social media. Curry posted:
“Tens of thousands of people on Twitter and Facebook not only seized the idea, they increased it to #26Acts, to include the heroic teachers, and are launching acts of kindness big and small all over America.”
Random acts of kindness include simple gestures like complimenting a stranger, scraping the ice or snow off a neighbor’s window, helping an elderly stranger cross the street, tipping your waiter additional cash or donating blood.
Beyond acts of kindness, there are several other ways to help the victims’ families.
The United Way of Western Connecticut has set up this fund to provide support services to families and the community.
The nonprofit mental health clinic Newtown Youth and Family Services will be open for grief counseling. They say all donations made at this time will go to helping those impacted.
The Newtown Parent Connection has also pledged to try and bring in extra counselors to help parents cope.
Some private funds have been set up to help victims as well. The Newtown Memorial fund is taking donations and is also actively recruiting volunteers and offers of help of all kinds.
A fund has also been set up to help the family of 6-year-old Emilie Parker, who was killed at Sandy Hook. For ways to help her family you can visit the fund’s Facebook page.
A number of other organizations, such as the National Association of School Psychologists, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, have released recommendations for parents and teachers as to how to support children if they want to talk about what happened.
Sandy Hook Elementary is located at 12 Dickenson Drive, Sandy Hook, Conn., 06482, for anyone wanting to send a card.


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TUCSON, Ariz. — A man died after he was hit by a pickup truck on Tucson's south side Thursday morning, police say.
It happened at around 7 a.m. on East Irvington Road near South Greenway Drive, which sits between Campbell and Benson Highway. Police say 62-year-old Daniel Lopez was crossing Irvington when an eastbound blue pickup truck hit him.
First responders rushed Lopez to Banner University Medical Center, but he was pronounced dead shortly after he arrived.
Police say the driver stopped immediately and is cooperating with investigators. A DUI officer determined the driver was not impaired at the time of the crash.
Traffic detectives with the Tucson Police Department are investigating the crash.


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This Bathroom Interior design project consisted of 5 different themes that the client asked for.
Colour design: in this style my idea was to create a beach like bathroom to make it more relaxing and comfortable for clients.
Classic chic: Marble is a classic and timeless choice for design.
Urban eco: The idea was to use Wood effect and concrete like ceramics to indicate the contrast between natural and artificial materials existing in a metropolitan city.
Tradition: I used patterned tiles with gray color and gold color to add to the glamour of the past thrones but still make it affordable for everyone.
Feminine: my personal theme was feminine design which is inspired by georgia o’keeffe paintings.


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This report uses data from national health and social surveys of the Indigenous population, conducted between 2002 and 2012-13, to examine whether associations of some key social determinants with selected health and wellbeing outcomes changed over that time.
Consistently during the decade, employment status and housing tenure were significantly associated with a range of health and wellbeing outcomes for the Indigenous population.
As education levels have increased among the Indigenous population, the association of education with health and wellbeing has weakened. This suggests that at least some of the association of education with health and wellbeing is attributable to other characteristics of individuals or educational institutions not captured in our models, not just the outcome of the education process itself.
Improvements in some health and wellbeing outcomes in remote areas, despite declining employment over the decade, suggest that more detailed analysis is required to shed light on whether associations between the selected social determinants of health and wellbeing differ for Indigenous people living in remote and nonremote areas.
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Filed under: Election 2008, Multimedia, Party Politics, Technology and Politics, Youth and Politics
There’s been alot of talk these days about how Democrats are winning both the youth vote and the technology battle. I will grant that Obama is generating alot of energy amongst youth voters and are using blogs and other tech tools in a manner that Republicans had an edge with in 2004, but Republicans are starting to re-think their internet and messaging strategies. Here in the Commonwealth, Jeff Frederick’s election as state chair was seen as a call to not only refocus efforts to rebuild our technology efforts but also to find pragmatic solutions to Virginia’s issues that don’t betray our core conservative principles.
Here are some ways that Republican groups and candidates nationwide are harnessing Web 2.0 to reach out to young, professional, technologically oriented voters:
-John McCain’s campaign has launched McCain Nation, a set of tools to help McCain supporters meet and organizing locally
-The RNC has launched a toolbar that integrates directly into your web browser that will not only keep you up to date on the latest GOP news, but it will also let you raise money simply through searching the web. Very interesting.
-The CRNC has launched an effort tracking four College Republicans as they travel coast to coast traveling only through Republican Districts (although they make a few detours to neighboring competitive districts). They are tracking their journey through blog posts and twittering (a technology through which you can keep a group of friends up-to-date via cell phone texts and web posts).
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CABE chief executive Jon Rouse said: “The meeting is a sleeves-rolled-up one – we want to find out what they think of us. It’s about us being accountable.”
Other items on the agenda will be the Better Public Buildings campaign that Tony Blair launched at the 2000 Building Awards and the relationship between CABE and the government.
The invitation to contractors follows a similar meeting with architects that CABE hosted in late January.
A meeting with property investors is planned in October.


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I cheat on this blog with Tumblr. Because I’m a whore.
Go here to see my personal Tumblr which is mostly pictures but occasional text-like things:
Go here to see me indulge my insane fantasies about cute guys (you can also submit your own stuff):
I am so boring, you guys. My winter activities have included taking depression-fighting dog walks with husband, listening to Country Music (the BAD kind, not the cool kind, sorry), and reading romance novels (mostly historicals).
I’m working on another book but it’s pissing me off so the less said the better. Though it’s a YA book. With a boy narrator. IT’S MAKING ME WANT TO KICK ROCKS. Stupid fucker.
I’m teaching six classes this summer for The Youth.
Here they are in all their glory. Register online if you want.
Oh, and here are some books that aren’t romance novels that I’ve recently enjoyed:
Through The Ever Night by Veronica Rossi (of coure I loved this, because PERRY)
Stick by Andrew Smith (unbelievable. can’t get it out of my head.)
Blue Fish by Pat Schmatz (just what YA should be, in my opinion)
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma (magical…overused and not explanatory, but that’s what it is)
Purity by Jackson Pierce (theme, content, style, character – perfect blend)


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A 20-year-old man is in hospital with a broken jaw after he was attacked by a group of men near a nightclub early on Saturday morning.
The man was kicked in the face at 3am on Saturday near to Chalmers nightclub in Bathgate, West Lothian.
A group of men approached the 20-year-old who was in the lane opposite the club, then knocked him to the ground and started to kick him in the head.
Following the attack, the victim was taken to St John’s Hospital in Livingston where he is being treated.
Police are now on the hunt for four suspects described as white and in their early twenties.
The first was described as 5ft 9ins with a stocky build, wearing jeans and a dark hooded top. The second suspect was 6ft 4ins tall with a slim build and long blonde hair while the third man was stocky, 5ft 11ins with brown hair and wearing a green tracksuit top and the final suspect was wearing a white t-shirt and had a shaved head.
A police spokesman said: “While the victim’s injuries are not life threatening, he has endured a painful and frightening assault and we are treating this extremely seriously.
“Officers are keen to speak to anyone with information that can assist with our enquires or who recognises the description of the suspects.
“Similarly, anyone who was in the precinct around 3.00am on Saturday morning and saw anything suspicious is asked to contact police immediately.”


Thomas Schaller makes a strong case that Dr. Ben Carson should stick to medicine ("Carson should stick to medicine," Feb. 3). Mr. Schaller did not need to stray far for evidence: He cites Dr. Carson's own public pronouncements for curing the nation's ills, namely, his call for a flat tax which has been discredited by virtually every reputable economist and his strategy of attrition for shrinking the size of government.
These policy prescriptions reflect an alarmingly shallow grasp of complex public policy issues. A common thread in the reactions of Sun readers to Mr. Schaller's column is that President Barack Obama had no relevant experience before becoming president and thus by that analogy, Dr. Carson is qualified for that office. These critics overlook that Mr. Obama held elected office in both the Illinois State Senate and the United States Senate. Whether one likes Mr. Obama's politics or not, he did not leap directly from "community organizer" to the White House.
Further scrutiny of Dr. Carson's public comments reveal even more troubling statements, such as his comparison of the U.S. to Nazi Germany (in December of last year) and the Affordable Care Act to slavery (October of 2013). These are not words one expects to hear from a serious candidate for high elected office, they are the words of a demagogue.


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Austin Group Psychotherapy Society
Dr. Aziza A. B. Platt
This interactive workshop will focus on using information about how our minds work to help us integrate anti-racism into our clinical work. Attendees will explore common pitfalls in our reasoning, language, behavior, and interactions, and practice leveraging social science in the service of social justice in a rapidly awakening and evolving society.
The participant will be able to:
Identify and describe cognitive and behavioral challenges that contribute to biases and inhibit anti-racist action in clinical, professional, and institutional settings
Describe and analyze the functions of these challenges in intra- and interpersonal, institutional, and systemic racism
Distinguish between pseudo and passive anti-racist actions and actual and intentional anti-racist actions
Practice strategies to become an ethical therapist including increasing cognitive flexibility and negotiating our own mental barriers around race, racism, and anti-racism
3 Ethics CEUs available for Social Workers, LPCs, LMFTs
About the presenter:
Dr. Aziza A. B. Platt is a licensed psychologist providing culturally-responsive individual and group psychotherapy, family therapy, and psychological assessment. She treats various concerns and specializes in racial-cultural issues, trauma, and grief. She was inspired to get into mental health to contribute to efforts to make therapy more acceptable, accessible, and affordable, particularly for marginalized communities.
Social justice and liberation are an indelible part of her work. For patients, she aims to eliminate barriers, structural and otherwise, to seeking and receiving quality and culturally competent mental health care, especially for underrepresented and underserved communities. As a practitioner, she strives to help the field and practitioners become increasingly more culturally aware and responsive. As a scientist, she focuses on health disparities and evidence-based research to inform culturally responsive clinical practice. As a consultant, she endeavors to help create culture shifts around cross-cultural engagement toward achieving equity.
Austin Group Psychotherapy SocietyP.O. Box 684434Austin, TX 78768-4434
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DETROIT, Feb 10- Nearly one in five vehicles on U.S. roads is in need of repair of a safety issue serious enough to be involved in a federal government recall, according to used-car history provider Carfax. The highest rates of unfixed vehicles were, in order, Texas, Mississippi, Alaska, Utah and West Virginia, Carfax said. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety...» Read More
A four-day strike over pay by hundreds of tanker drivers hit Shell fuel stations across Britain on Friday after last-ditch pay talks broke down.
A new survey today by Auto Futures Group/TechnoMetrica concludes that people would rather buy gas/electric hybrids instead of diesel powered cars. Diesel fans will roll their eyes and say that's ridiculous, but that's the way it is.
Ford Motor is assembling a plan to retool its North American truck plants to build cars in a bid to keep up with changing consumer demand in the United States, the Detroit News reported Wednesday.
The switch to 4 cylinders is picking up momentum, with the small engines powering almost half of all the vehicles sold last month. Yes, that's right, the 4 banger is doing a lot more than driving small and mid size cars. The reason? People are desperate to save money and these engines do that on two fronts.
Chrysler Chief Executive Robert Nardelli said Tuesday that the private equity buyers of auto maker Chrysler weren't second guessing their decision to buy Chrysler, and that the business was ahead of target.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC may cut production further amid a steep drop in truck sales, according to a Wall Street Journal online report citing an interview with Chief Executive Robert Nardelli on Tuesday.
Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian's investment company said Tuesday its tender offer for 20 million additional shares of Ford Motor attracted a huge response and will easily enable it to increase its stake in the automaker to about 5.5 percent.
Chrysler is not playing up the Challenger's HEMI engine as the classic muscle car returns. Who can blame them. The HEMI was a hot selling point a few years ago when gas was cheap and buyers clamored for power.
When gas prices spike, the public finally opens its eyes to alternatives. It happened in the mid '70's when compact cars became big sellers. It's happening again today with hybrids flying off of lots.
If speculation makes investing fun, then these stocks offer a wild ride.
Gushing oil prices could swamp stocks in the week ahead, and even if crude pulls back, expect volatility.
With oil surging to $138.54 and being projected by some to hit $150 by July 4, it's putting immediate pressure on automakers to adjust production and push small cars and crossovers while pulling back on trucks and SUVs. On paper, this shift seems simple enough. In reality, it's not so easy.
J.P. Morgan's strategist Thomas Lee told me this two weeks ago: "I think if oil stays at $130, equities are in big trouble...because there's so much pressure here on corporate America because of this oil price."
It's a major achievement Chrysler should rightfully be proud of. But it also highlights the next challenge for them, as well as GM and Ford: closing the "perception gap." First, here's the good news for the Big 3 on assembly plant efficiency.
This year Porsche is number 1 with an average of 67 problems per 100 made. It's followed by Infiniti (jumping from 9th to 2nd), Lexus, Mercedes and Toyota. The Porsche victory is not surprising given it historically does well in quality surveys. Infiniti's jump is impressive and will help that brand continue on the resurgence it's enjoyed in the last couple of years.
Mark it down. May is the month that finally broke the back of the Big 3's great run with trucks and SUVs. Oh sure, Detroit still dominates the truck business, but it's clear buyers want something less, that's what is hurting Detroit.
General Motors and Ford reported sharp falls in U.S. auto sales in May, with sales of trucks hit especially hard as consumers shied away from automobiles with low gas mileage. Toyota Motor, meanwhile, reported a smaller decline.
Residential Capital said Tuesday that parent GMAC and private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management agreed to inject more than $1.4 billion in cash, a move that may help the struggling mortgage lender stay solvent.
Sure, some analysts are skeptical about the relationship between oil and the dollar. The conventional wisdom, though, is that the weaker dollar has encouraged investors to buy dollar-denominated commodities to hedge inflation and has contributed in some part to rising oil prices.
It's sad that it took record high gasoline prices for GM to figure out what it takes to be a competitive global auto maker. It's sad that GM has to go through yet another wrenching restructuring, closing plants and sacking workers from lines that make trucks and big SUVs.


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These spooktacular treats are simple to make, and tons of fun to eat! There are no tricks involved, either?ust a handful of pantry ingredients and some black decorating gel. Make sure to line the baking pan with foil for easier cutting and quick cleanup.
These Chocolate Covered Strawberry Ghosts will be the hit at your Halloween party! They're cute and spooky all at the same time, and so simple to make. Who doesn't love a chocolate covered strawberry?!


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Do you think that health anxiety for only contagious diseases is actually health anxiety?
I had severe anxiety three years ago that started because of some dizzy spells, ear and jaw pain, achy armpits, then itchy skin, mostly private areas, but no visible symptoms. I assumed it was some sort of fungal infection spread to my brain due too late diagnosis of hiv.
It wasn't that. It wasn't even a fungal infection...bacterial anything. Doctor eventually gave me SSRI and symptoms disappeared within a few weeks.
I took them for a year and a half and eventually weaned off them.
the last 2 months have been tough..I started getting dizzy again not as severe..and then that itching..mild ear pain..tried to ignore it as that was why I freaked out before..but it the itching went to my armpits and I got a rash there...
so I am now a mess.
walkin doc said I prob have a fungus and prescribed me cream, it worked for armpits but not down there. I cant see my dr until tomorrow finally.. got tiny little itchy bumps on my forarms too. they are getting better...I think...
sometimes i think its scabies?? but not itchy enough and no new bumps just the same ones that wont go away
so whatever..having bad and not as bad days as I am better equipped to deal then before
so now Im freaking out I have scabies, not exactly life threatening...but I would have to tell my friends and family and work how embarrassing...I felt the same way as i did before about hiv..i feel would be shunned and given it to my husband.
fungal infections are also symptoms of diabetes.. I would be upset if I had diabetes...but I wouldn't feel this awful anxiety, Id just find a way to deal with the disease.
So could this actually be a health anxiety issue or a social one??

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Following the Wujiayuan strike, 152 teachers from another local community school, owned by the bankrupt A’gan Town Coalmine, held a five-day strike starting on 13 November. The teachers were demanding the payment of some four months’ wage arrears and protesting against the recent cancellation of a 160-Yuan per month wage increase that the teachers had been awarded in 1999.
In interviews with CLB, teachers stated that during their negotiations with the local government, officials had openly threatened to take retaliatory measures against them after the strike was concluded. Despite this intimidation, the teachers said that they were maintaining a strong sense of solidarity, and that they had formed a 12-person petitioning delegation to put their complaints before higher-level authorities. Meanwhile, their fellow teachers were taking steps to ensure that classes would not be further disrupted.
The personnel office of the Qilihe District education bureau explained to CLB that after the bankruptcy of several local enterprises, management of the latter’s schools had been transferred to the District education bureau. To continue working, the community teachers were asked to sign a re-employment contract that expressly ruled out any changes to their wage rates for a period of three years. This was despite the fact that they received some 300-400 Yuan less than public schoolteachers, alongside whom they now worked, and they are questioning the legality of this discriminatory treatment.


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San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2016. Chagoya, Enrique. Hardcover. 12 by 8-1/4 inches, 152 numbered pages (by coincidence the same number of pages as the first edition) for the text and ten unnumbered signatures for the prints, consisting of a sheet folded at the fore-edge, with die-cut windows and a folded tab to tip into the sewing section and an inserted sheet of Japanese handmade paper, making three leaves, which adds six "pages" for a total of 212 pages. The paper is Italian mouldmade Magnani Ingres laid. The Japanese paper for the prints is handmade Arokaji koso washi. The type, printed by letterpress, is Kennerley Old Style, designed by Frederic W. Goudy, composed and cast in Monotype, with handset type for display. The binding is Smyth-sewn with handsewn silk endbands, with a three-piece cloth cover, green on the sides and blue on the spine, foil stamped on the sides with roundels designed by Enrique Chagoya and stamped on the spine with titling. The book is presented in a slipcase, in an edition of 300 copies for sale. Each book is signed by the artist. The extra print is entitled "Nahvi Olin", the name of the Mexican painter and poet whose head is depicted in the print. The paper is handmade Japanese Yamekoozo Hadaura It is a nine-color relief print, printed from photopolymer plates in black, blue, green, and white inks. The image size is 20-1/2 by 14 inches; the sheet size is 24 by 18 inches. Each print is signed by the artist. This edition, with the extra print, was issued in an edition of thirty copies. New. Item #CNAP107b
Juan Rulfo’s "Pedro Páramo" is a monument of Mexican literature and one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. Juan Rulfo was a photographer and a fiction writer known for his two books, "El Llano en Llamas", a collection of short stories published in 1953, and the 1955 novel "Pedro Páramo". He was born in Apulco, in the Mexican state of Jalisco, in 1918 and died in Mexico City in 1986.
Gabriel García Márquez said he felt blocked as a novelist after his first four books and that it was only his life-changing discovery of "Pedro Páramo" in 1961 that allowed the composition of his masterpiece, "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Marquez noted that all of Rulfo's published writing, put together, "add up to no more than 300 pages; but that is almost as many and I believe they are as durable, as the pages that have come down to us from Sophocles".
Enrique Chagoya has made ten color prints for the book. They are highly unusual in that they are printed on both sides of thin, translucent handmade Japanese paper of a tan-brown color. On the front (recto) are portraits of Mexicans from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries, printed in a dark blue, with background imagery printed in green on the other side. As Chagoya has written in his artist statement for the book, "The drawings are not an illustration of 'Pedro Páramo' because the story does not need illustrations. It is more like a visual duet, and instrument playing a counterpoint parallel to the novel."
The extra print is presented in a tube with documentation on the outside. It was issued in an edition of thirty copies for sale, plus five artist proofs and five publisher proofs, all signed by the artist.
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Sorry to everyone who follows my blog. I have been away on holiday and scheduled some posts for whilst I was away and for some reason (my inability probably) they have not shown up.
For now though I am just going to put the two from Tuesday Taggers. This should have been the first one you should have seen and it was for Fathers Day.
This was made using the papers from Jessie Edwards at Docrafts. I have folded the tie using an origami fold that can be found here. I have then used some selfadhesive gems and added some bling to the atc with Macho Man in doodlebug rubons.
Then this is the middle one that you should have seen. It came under the heading Stamp It!! it was to use as many of your stamps as you can. I am sure many of you are like me and have hundreds of stamps and to use them all would just leave a messy splodge in the middle of your project.
So I opted to use one stamp set and as many of them as I could on my project. I used the Secret Garden stamps by docrafts. I have used the background stamp to stamp the background which is very vanilla from Stampin Up. I have used pro markers to colour in the images and then I have accented them using smooches from docrafts.
Sorry for failing to have these up whilst I was on holiday but user error prevented me.
Now to post the one from this week.


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I started this Christmas tree cake by making a rectangle chocolate sponge cake. For the tree I used a sharp knife to cut out the shape. For the tree’s tub I used some of the excess cake and using jam to stick it to the bottom of the tree.
Using pre rolled icing I coloured it green and covered the whole cake. For the tree’s tub I used brown butter icing. For the star I used yellow icing and molded into a star shape. I then placed it at the tip of the tree.
For the parcels I cut 3 small squares from the remaining leftover cake. I used pre rolled icing and coloured it in red, blue and purple colouring. I covered each parcel with jam to hold the icing on. For the parcel ribbon I used white pre rolled icing and cut two lines for each parcel. I then placed the two lines into a cross.
For the Christmas tree decorations I used a fudge icing pen to draw the string and then Smarties and jelly tots on top. I then used a red icing pen to draw 3 hearts.


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Action Comics 2022 Annual #1
Is Phillip Kennedy Johnson’s Action Comics run the best underappreciated stint of any DC comic the last five years? Superman stuck in exile on Warworld isn’t the most exciting premise, but month after month, Johnson keeps making it engaging and better than it probably should be.
Teaming with Si Spurrier for this annual, Johnson explores both sides of the Warworld conflict with different looks at Superman and Mongul’s upbringing. Johnson and Spurrier show young Clark Kent navigating a bullying classmate and young Mongul becoming a hardened warrior. It’s a great contrast and comic example of nature vs. nurture.
The Kents raise Clark to be compassionate, which proves to have a lasting impact beyond even what X-Ray vision would show. And predictably, Mongul’s mother raises him to be cruel and dispassionate. Ian Churchill illustrates the Clark storyline while Dale Eaglesham handles the Mongul story.
This is the best execution of two artists working on a book when they each have their own subplot. Churchill’s art is lighter with multiple instances of Clark looking up at others — a smart flip on the norm for Superman. Eaglesham crafts a more violent, bloody quest for survival for Mongul and his mother. Colorist Lee Loughridge’s creates a firm distinction between the two subplots with dark, orange and reds for Mongul and golden yellows and greens to simulate Clark’s growth.
Basically, every issue I’m ready for Superman to return to Earth yet Johnson continues to find a way to make this arc work with a sharp focus on making an inspiring and uplifting Superman story. This annual is no different and shouldn’t be missed by any Superman fan.
Rating: 9 out of 10


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Morbid? I think not, as death is part of life. If we all talked about it a little more, maybe we'd cope with it better.
No 1: featuring "Land Of Hope & Dreams" by Bruce Springsteen here
No 2: featuring "Look On Down From The Bridge" by Mazzy Star here
With that said here's my next choice.
No 3: Gonna Be A Darkness - The Jayhawks
From their superb collection of songs that main man Gary Louris wrote with other artists, (full review here), comes this gem co-written with Jakob Dylan.
I love the extended musical introduction, starting with the mandolin, building with the bass and piano.It sets a lovely relaxed groove that hints at the sadness to come.
Louris and drummer Tim O'Reagan blend their voices beautifully before the organ comes in for the chorus.
There is no ambiguity about the subject of this song. It is explicitly about death, dying and the afterlife. There is, however, ambiguity as to what that might mean.
These lines for example:
"Oh heaven may not get you, the devil may see you first,
he's hidden himself in both the beast and the bird"
"There's gonna be a darkness, maybe colder than you guessed,
there may not be music, there may not be stairs, there may not be angels filling the air.
Your mother may be there, your father may be there,
there may not be voices sent from a throne to carry you home."
There are no easy answers or certainties here. There is a potential of hope, there is a lot of 'may be', but the angst of disappointment and faith unrewarded undercuts everything.
The implication of younger death, perhaps suicide, adds an additional layer of pathos.
Not a comforting choice but a very fine song that directly addresses the doubts and fears that many have about death.


Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, June 22: Players showed promise and displayed skill in the ongoing District Level JKCA Premier Cricket Championships, being played at various district venues in Jammu province.
The Championships are being organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), under the overall supervision of retired Judge Jang Bahadur Singh Jamwal and Sham Saroop Kalsotra, Members, JKCA Committee of Members.
At Subash Stadium Udhampur, Spartan drubbed Latti Cricket Club by 4 wickets.
Latti scored 154 in 28.4 overs. Niaz Malik top scored with 53 runs. Suresh Jamwal took 3 wickets for Spartans.
In reply, Saprtans chased the target in 19.5 overs by losing 6 wickets, thus won the match by 4 wickets. Rajat Singh top scored with 58 runs. Rashid Kanth took 3 wickets.
Suresh Jamwal took 3 wickets.
At Sports Stadium Kathua, Youngster XI defeated Kathua Balounce Junior by 48 runs.
Youngster XI scored 205 runs in 30 overs. Himanshu played a brilliant innings of 86 runs.
In reply, Kathua Balounce Junior bundled out for 157 runs in 25.1 overs. Sethu top scored with 27 runs. Shittal took 3 wickets from Youngster XI Kathua. Himanshu was declared as the man of the match.
At Police Lines Rajouri, Young Star XI Rajouri beat Super King Dhangri by 34 runs. Young Star scored a big total of 275 runs. Vikas Singh scored a magnificent century, while Randeep Singh contributed 72 runs to the total. Sukaran Sharma took 2 wickets from Super King Dhangri.
Super King, in reply scored 241 runs in 28.2 overs to lose the match by 34 runs. Yogesh Shrma and Ankit Kesar scored 69 and 65 runs, while Shashi Pal took 3 wickets for Young Star. Vikas Singh of Young Star took 3 wickets.
At Sports Stadium Reasi, Bhawani Katra Cricket Club defeated Pouni Cricket Club by a huge margin of 113 runs.
Bhawani Katra Cricket Club scored 227 runs in 25 overs, losing 5 wickets in the process. Arjun and Shiva scored 57 and 55 runs to the total respectively. Mohit and Opinder took 2 wickets each.
In reply, Pouni Cricket Club bundled out for 114 runs in 24.1 overs. Jugal top scored with 39 runs. For Bhawani Katra, Rinku and Anshuman bagged 3 wickets each.
At Police Lines Ramban, Kabbi XI defeated Rajput Brothers by a narrow margin of 12 runs.
Batting first, Kabbi XI scored a modest total of 139 runs in 19.3 overs. Adnan top scored with 51 runs. Ravinder and Mashqoor took 4 and 3 wickets for Rajput Brothers respectively.
In reply, Rajput Brothers scored 127 runs to lose the match by 12 runs. Sandeep scored 78 runs. Adnan and Mousib captured 3 wickets each for Kabbi XI. Adnan was adjudged as the man of the match.
At Sports Stadium Poonch, Kuniyian and YCC defeated their rivals in easy contests.
In the first match, Kuniyan Viper defeated Amjad Cricket Club by 60 runs.
Batting first, Kuniyan Viper scored 211 runs in 25 overs. Zaffar top scored with 62 runs, while Nishu contributed 52 runs to the total. Touqeer and Kumal took 3 wickets each from Amjad Cricket Club.
Amjad Cricket Club managed to score 151 runs in 21.1 overs, thus lost the match by 60 runs. Abhimanyu scored 29 runs. Sunny took 4 wickets from Kuniyan Viper.
In another match at Sports Stadium Poonch, YCC defeated Bedi Cricket Club by 4 wickets.
Batting first, Bedi Cricket Club scored 106 runs in 20.3 overs. Inderpal top scored with 41 runs. Abid bagged 3 wickets from YCC.
In reply, YCC chased the target in 16.3 overs by losing 6 wickets, thus won the match by 4 wickets. Amandeep was the top scorer with unbeaten 45 runs. Dhawan took 2 wickets from Bedi Cricket Club.
The Championships are being held under the patron age of JKCA Administrators namely Justice C K Prasad and Justice Rifat Alam while the Championships are being held under the chairmanship of Chief Exeutive Officer (CEO) of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association, Aashaq Hussain Bukhari.
Excelsior Sports Correspondent


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These are the basic materials to make this calling card (ATC) focussed card.
The base card was a hammered white card cut down to 6" by 6" size, with the edges coloured with Faded Mahogany distress ink. On this occasion, as I wanted a heavier colour, I used a cut and dry foam pad. If I had wantedthe colour to be lighter, I would have used an ink duster (from Inkylicious) as I find they give me a more delicate effect.
I used plain card distressed around the edges with Aged mahogany distress ink for the calling card. Onto the centre I stamped a daisy flower, which was coloured with a combination of distress inks and water color pens, and around the edges of the card I used one of Clarity stamps (the swirl pattern).
The sentiment came (I think) from a Hero Arts stamp set. In the centre of the daisy I put a gem. (It started as a crystal, but ended up a pearl!).
The other background layer was cut by a nestie, and using a paper from a Crafty Individuals background papers pad, Book 1. The edges were distressed with the same coloured stamp pad as the base card. I also used a strip of the cool stick on paper lace from Kars.
TOP TIP - if you use the same paper for punching out flowers as the backing paper, you can ensure that the colours match.
First, distress the edges of the base card, which has been cut to be 6" by 6". I have used Aged Mahogany distress ink by Tim Holtz. Then put down the first layer. I have used a deep red textured paper with a shiny finish. This colour toned in with the faded mahogany distress ink, and provided a striking contrast.
The next step is to layer on top of the red card the decorative paper.
For this, I chose a sheet from Life's Journey paper pad from K&Company. I've had the pad a fair while, so it might not be available any more...
I like to round the edges on my papers with the corner punch - to me it looks nicer than square.
I put the layer to the left hand side, so that my lace strip could go down the right hand side, showing the red through it. Finally, I put the nestie shape onto the backing paper at a jaunty angle, using foam tape to raise it from the backing.