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Job opportunity for chefs in Kilkee, Ireland

Lir at Kilkee Golf Club is looking for chefs (head chefs, chefs de partie, pastry chefs). If anyone is interested, or knows anyone (maybe working in a restaurant here in Bergamo or Milan) who may want to move to Ireland for a while, please contact Sandra Quinn through Living in Bergamo ( It is a fantastic restaurant and offers an excellent opportunity for an English-spearking professional in the industry to experience life in Ireland and work in a busy and professional kitchen. At least three years’ experience would be necessary.

A Primomodo update

Primomodo have been in touch to let us know that they are offering a couple of new things for native English speakers … The first you will probably already have heard of, it’s their English spazio gioco. These are English-speaking play groups for babies and toddlers ( 3 to 30 months) and parents (they call it spazio gioco in inglese; the teacher always speaks English with the kids and English or Italian with the parent), you can find more info on their site.

They will also be doing an English breakfast,  a new project they are thinking about — breakfst for mommies/parents/relatives on Thursday mornings; in their family bar they have tables, high chairs and a big play room – the ticket is 5,50 euros per child and there is no time limit.

And in other news, they are looking for new Helen Doron teachers. If you want to know more about Helen Doron a quick google will find you loads of info, but you can also contact Primomodo about it. I intereviewed with them years ago and it seeemd like a warm, friendly, professional environment to work in. The hours really didn’t suit me though (afternoons and evenings), and the teaching style is high energy — so I wasn’t suited to it personality-wise, and with young kids of my own I don’t have that much energy to spare!

The ideal candidate would ideally be a native English speaker, have experience with babies, toddlers and children, and love working with children. If you’re interested, contact them directly.

On the English language … again

I recently read an interesting article in The Atlantic on how tricky spelling is in English, and how this hampers learning in other areas for kids. Very interesting!  I have to admit that I used to be totally mystified by why learning to read was such a lengthy process in the Anglophone world … (I started my schooling in Germany). Now I know a little more. It explains the push to start literacy instruction earlier and earlier (but a link in the article also explains why this is not necessarily a good, developmentally appropriate idea). Lots of food for thought, as always. I can’t find the link now (found it), but it seems that the Italian education minister has announced that Italian-English bilingual instruction in several subjects will become widely available in public schools in the near future, so this raises interesting questions there too. I suppose this is where you debate which language should be learned first, and through which language children should first, formally be introduced to reading and writing (not English, it would seem!). I read about a series of case studies of bilingual immersion programmes in Canada a while back that addressed some of these issues by Jim Cummins, if I’m not mistaken.

Apparently a similar project is already underway in Lombardy. And it seems that the British Council is in on it too.

Accents and pronunciation

This article in The Guardian reminded me of a story I recently heard from a fellow mom of bilingual kids. A young kid (elementary school) who is growing up bilingual with one Irish and one Italian parent, got a lower mark than expected in an English oral exam. When the child asked their teacher why they hadn’t gotten full marks, they were told that their pronunciation was ‘not correct’ — they spoke with an Irish accent, and the teacher is teaching ‘British English’. I am assuming that by ‘British English’, this teacher meant RP, as much as biscuit v cookie vocab issues.

This has always been a bit of an issue for me when teaching English — as much as I love New English File, I’ve always absolutely hated the pronunciation sections. I don’t speak like that, so why teach my students to? Surely the aim is communication, not sounding like you’re from a very particular place and class? So long as your pronunciation (note that pronunciation and accent are not the same thing) is intelligible, you’re good to go, in my opinion. All sorts of cultural and class issues going on here …

Minae Mizumura’s The Fall of Language in the Age of English

The book’s basic premise, developed in a sinuous line through seven chapters, is that every language creates and nourishes untranslatable truths. Dominant languages infuse their verities into the wider world, crowding out alternative visions from more minor tongues. Linguistic asymmetry isn’t new—over the past two centuries, Latin, classical Chinese, and French each took a turn in the sun—but never has one language so completely eclipsed the rest, Mizumura says, as today, in the age of the Internet, with English.

An interesting  book review and article about what is lost in the rise and fall of languages (particularly the English language) , from Slate.


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eco-friendly wardrobe

Sometimes you have to face reality — the art of buying clothes and staying in style is both a blessing and a curse. The look-good, feel-good mentality only takes you so far when words like sustainable, ethical and eco-friendly wardrobe come into play.

More often than not, consumers buy into the clothing industry’s take on fast fashion and become unaware of the footprint they leave on the environment. Listen to this, though: Consumers often fail to realize their ability to create a wardrobe made entirely from eco-friendly pieces. How so? By shopping with more purpose and a well-guided mindset, fashion lovers alike can team together in support of their closet and their global community.

Shopping for your wardrobe with an eco-friendly mindset no longer has to ring as cringe-worthy. Sustainable clothing is in, and fast fashion is out. Learn how to have fun with creating a trendy closet that reflects your personality and love for Mother Earth.

Declutter Your Mind & Wardrobe

How many times have you opened your closet, only to grunt something along the lines of not having anything to wear today? Chances are your wardrobe is too cluttered, or filled with garments you bought to match a season’s trend that passed a long time ago. Do yourself a favor and take a little break from shopping outings or perusing clothing sites online. Keep in mind that e-mail updates from your favorite fashion retailers will stand in your way of making this successful. If you don’t trust your own willpower, set up email filters accordingly.

Taking a shopping hiatus might sound like the opposite of creating a trendy closet, but trust the process on this one. If you keep buying to match trends, you give up your right to creativity. In doing so, you lose your own style and personality along the way.

In this period of not purchasing clothing, find a method to determine which clothes are your tried-and-true favorites. Get rid of the clothes you don’t wear by donating them to a secondhand clothing shop. Some consignment shops offer you cash or store credit for your unwanted clothing!

Giving your brain a break from fashion and clearing out your closet marks the beginning of creating an ethical, yet fashion-forward wardrobe. See the long-term process of what incorporating this tactic into the creation of your new closet can look like.

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Shop Sustainably

Think about all the times you donated clothes you once loved to the local thrift shop. Now think about all the other people who do the same thing. Have fun perusing through the aisles seeing what others gave away and how you can make it your next outfit sensation.

Shopping secondhand not only leaves your wallet a little fuller, but it has positive benefits for the environment. Rather than these clothes piling up in landfills, you give them the chance to see the light of day. Plus, less demand on manufacturers now means less clothing waste in the long run.

If you lean toward buying name-brand items, don’t worry, you’ll find yourself surprised at what people donate to the thrift shop. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at the low cost, too! These aren’t the only perks, though. Learn more benefits of shopping secondhand.

Find a Fair Tradeoff

The idea of limiting shopping or cutting it out of your routine might scare the pants off some people. Wearing used clothing might have a similar effect. Putting together a sustainable or ethical wardrobe can happen in another way, too — fair-trade clothing.

Fair-trade clothing companies work to ensure their products are produced ethically, wanting to remain socially responsible in the way their clothes get manufactured. This often means their workers receive a living wage or their clothes are made from recycled materials. Many companies have turned to fair-trade practices and market themselves as “fair-trade” companies. This guarantees each purchase you make from them has a minimal environmental impact.

You might even be amazed how cute fair-trade clothing lines are.

What’s Your Take?

Take one of these points, or combine all three, but shopping sustainability is the in-trend at the moment. And, unlike others, this season won’t pass anytime soon.

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Everyday, all day, and forever

I’m amazed each and every day by my daughter.

The way she figures out how to push her toys or pull her wagon across the room and over carpet and tile without a single issue. Less than a year ago she could barely walk! Talk about progress.

How she babbles and strings together words to try and explain herself. She’s now using her picture book to let her Dad know when she wants milk. How smart is that!?! I’m beyond impressed. Continue reading “Everyday, all day, and forever”

A Day in the Life: Toddler Edition

5:00am – 6:00am: Wake up at some point and look around confused. I fell asleep on the couch and remember waking up a few times in my bed but I cried out for Mommy so she took me out to the couch and laid with me so I wouldn’t be afraid anymore, it’s dark and lonely at night in my room. Now I’m in bed with Daddy and Mommy is missing.

6:00am – 7:00am: I’m usually grumpy from waking up too early, closer to 5:00am, or happy because I woke up closer to 6:00am. Regardless, I’ve sat with my Gigi and drank some milk and am now roaming the house. Turns out Mommy was in the bathroom playing with her hair and putting that funny stuff on her face. Continue reading “A Day in the Life: Toddler Edition”

Go be a victim somewhere else…

I really try to accept everyone for who they are, I really do. But when a person plays the role of constant victim or the perpetual martyr I’m become enraged.

I have no empathy, sympathy or tolerance for it. Continue reading “Go be a victim somewhere else…”

I just had a wonderful talk with an old friend. We used to work together and I remember having the best conversations with him. We could talk politics, he leans more right, but we respected each other and I always felt that I was learning something from him.

It got me thinking though, has this country always been so divided? I know we’ve always had differing views amongst people, but has it always been so personal? Has it always been that people are unwilling to think or learn anything that differs from their current beliefs?

Are we, as a species, so afraid to grow that we intentionally create animosity toward anyone or anything that is different from us? Continue reading “Perspective”

That’s how I am going to describe myself for the rest of the month. I think between the 50-60 hour work weeks, the baby that doesn’t always believe in staying asleep all night and my own mind I’m averaging about 4-6 hours of sleep a night.

I’m dead tired each morning but by 8am I am strangely happy and slightly loopy.

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Jo does the CRO Challenge

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On Saturday May 19th I will not be watching the Royal Wedding.. but doing a 12 mile walk to raise funds for Settle Community and Business Hub.

The CRO Challenge is a big fundraiser for our local Cave Rescue team. Walkers or runners can do a 12 or 26 mile route and either raise funds for them or pay an entry fee and raise money for other good causes which is what I am doing. More info about the CRO Challenge can be found here if you want to do it yourself.

The money raised from my walk will go towards supporting two of the hub's community projects - Settle Timebank which is a skill swap scheme and their fortnightly community lunches. Both help create connections and friendships and provide a lifeline to many local residents who have become isolated for a range of reasons.

Update - it was a very hot and sunny day on Saturday but I did complete the walk..albeit slowly! Thanks to Sarah Wiltshire for walking it with me. I will post some pictures on Facebook and twitter of the fantastic views.


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love and the universe

Does the love know limits?
Does the love stop and avoid?
The lover to achieve their want
To achieve progress and get advanced?
Does the love appear as paralyzed?
Can't the love fly?
You can feel the souls in sky
Meet and know each other high
He catches the star
She follows the planet
Their souls chasing
In a play of happy
Out of any suffer
He says "you are my spirit
That I imagine"
She says "you are my star
By that I follow
There is no land for love
There no land for happy
The love ties the souls nearly
No areas there but the suggest appears
He lives in south, he gets some bad
She lives in north ,she felt with sad
When he cries ,the tears get from her eye
When he laughs, her smile shines
As the knew each other at once
As they talked only by hearts
Asking" do you love me indeed?"
Answering "of course from heart's deep"
The love needs no money
The love needs only prays
Honest, bear and faith
You can hear the stars sing a song
That is harmony does not been heard
You can see the stars dance
As the love lives in their hearts
Love is the only hope
That is the rest for all kinds
To make peace achieves on the earth
No war ,no kill, no hurt
The love is the present
The past the future act
It will be governed
All the world ,all the land


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Celebrating womanhood

I was looking into my mirror and wondered where is the feminine me. My brain was getting busy with creating new mantras and recycling old ones: “you need to do something about it. An enhancement here, a change there, more colour here, less weight here, more weight there, a different shape size here and there….what are you waiting for?!”. Wrong upper lips form, suboptimal bra size, biggest muscle getting bigger, wrong hair length, less than desirable knee appearance, short legs, small wrinkles conquering new territories – have they been on a Russian military invasion training compound?!

Good brain. Always diagnosis-focused and action-minded. But, thank you, no thank you, dear brain, you can take a break now from your usual mantras. Why? you may wonder.

10562488_325581470953216_1121616644919351082_o It is a fashion show. What?! i hear you saying. It was not just any fashion show. A one of a kind. It was a Dare Social Fashion Show in Chisinau. It was one where the beauty and love met to unleash the most feminine qualities that can ever exist.rainbow (2)

When beauty and love met on that catwalk, they procreated melting hearts, blossoming spirits, eyes beatified with tears of joy.

16 female role models, in wheel chairs, supported by male models, walking with difficulty but with an immense dignity and such a joy of life that silenced in one second my brain’s mantras. Their each step was inspiring by their genuine stories and the glory of the stage they reached. All sixteen of them embodied acceptance, gratitude and peace.rainbow (6)rainbow (4)

Each step on that catwalk remained moulded in my brain in slow motion just to attest again and again that there are no limits but our own limitations. Suddenly, my hair is fine, my knees are beautiful, my body is gorgeous, my face is just perfect. Suddenly, my annoying back pain disappeared, my complaints succumbed to acceptance, gratitude and peace.rainbow (1)rainbow (3)

The audience gave the models a long, standing ovation. To honor in a small way the womanhood and pay a small tribute to eternal queens of embodied peace and beauty, which had nothing to do with physical appearance and everything to do with hearts and souls of shining freedom from any human limitations.

We were there to help fulfill their dreams. They fulfilled ours.

Can you see the rainbow?

The event was created by Nati Vozian in Chisinau, 2014.

All photos http://dare.md/
This year the designer Carrie Hammer’s debuted in February this year with a first-ever model in a wheelchair featured at New York Fashion Week. Her name is Danielle Sheypuk. More on http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/feb/14/model-wheelchair-new-york-fashion-week

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Tag Archives: book review

“Winston Churchill” by Katie Daynes

I loved to read the book my kid picked last week from the school library. Actually, she read it. And I re-readed with her.

The author did a very good job with explaining in plain language the life of one of the most fascinating personalities of the last century. The pages with the story of Churchil’s life from age five to his last days are filled with pictures of his life’s events.

Kids and adults alike can learn lessons of resilience from the man who hold jobs which required decisions that impacted millions of lives. Next time I would get bugged by a trivial matter at work, I’ll gently remind myself about it.

We also learned that Churchil’s hobby was painting. Another take away from the book: balance your professional/school demands with something which makes you happy. Balance your brain hyperactivity with works of hand, as my grandmother would say.

“Shantaram” by Gregory David Roberts

I loved the story. It is a story of a human, filled with his life’s joys and tragedies and many in-betweens. The author tells his own story of an armed robber and fugitive who found escape in Mumbai, India. He opens his soul to judgement in a vulnerable yet self-accepting way. Lin, the name of the main character, gives his best to the city which adopted him, curing slam dwellers in a free clinique he set up and serving mafia with skill and devotion.

To me, it is story of unmet childhood needs and choices as an adult. His longing for a father’s love, he never had as a child, makes him loyal to a mafia boss, up to the point of joining him on a deadly mission to Afghanistan. His love of a woman he meets in Mumbai – Karla – is unshared, as his heart is filled by regret and broken by so many wars he fought with heroin, addiction and violence he brought and suffered.

The author’s depiction of simple Indian men and women is heartwarming. He pays tribute to their traditions and customs with a delicacy and tact of a respectful guest in a country, which adopted him without a question about his past. It is the place which baptized him Shantaram – “man of peace”. “…they saw something in me that I didn’t know was there.”, said Roberts in an interview to BBC.

The author finishes the novel with the start of a new adventure, softly inviting the reader to open the sequel ” The Mountain Shadow”.

“Stories of Dinosaurs” by Russel Punter

The Usborne Young Reader collection has some good and funny books. My kid picked the “Stories of Dinosaurs” from the School library. The book has three stories. In one, a brave Kriposaurus fights a Megalosaurus. In the second, two carnivore Raptor brothers save their restaurant opening by successfully improvising with a vegetarian dinner. And the third story…..I’ll let you discover it together with your young reader.

The Giving Tree

I was looking to upgrade our bedtime stories. With Jessica Joelle Alexander’s recommendation http://www.jessicajoellealexander.com I found “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein.

The book was first published more that 50 years ago.

The book teaches the value of nurturing relations in a mutually beneficial way. It helps to explain to children that a balanced give-and-take is a good foundation for friendships they begin to develop.

It is a heartfelt story of a relationship between boy and a tree. At first, their relationship is loving and mutually nurturing.

It is a story about faithfulness and borderless generosity: As the boy grows, so do his demands for entertainment and support. The tree is a constant supplier and satisfies all his needs with all it has until it becomes a stump. The tree demands nothing in return. It is just happy to be there for the boy.

A beautiful story for bedtime reading. For both children and adults.

“Jubilee” by Margaret Walker

The novel is a true story of a girl born to a white plantation owner and his black mistress reflecting the times of the southern Civil War and the years of the promised Reconstruction. The author is the grandchild of the main character -Vyry. She heard the story in the family and researched the history of those   times for thirty years to write what is known as the “first truly historical black American novel”. New York Times called Margaret Walker “one of most memorable women of contemporary fiction”.

The  novel has 3 chapters marking the stages of Vyry’s life interlinked with historical events of the Civil War, slavery abolishment and beginning of reconstruction. Vyry is a survivor who get through pain and devastation again and again to keep her family well and to live to see her dream of having her children go to school to learn to write and read. Through hurdles and horrors she kept her faith and the love in her heart. And this to me is the main message of the book.

Her message to her son in preparation of his separation from her to go to school is worth a Nobel prize for peace, by me: “I wants you to be good and try to git along. Mind your manners and make friends with people. Friends and good manners will carry you where money won’t go. You is born lucky and it is better to be born lucky than born rich cause if you is lucky you can git rich, but if you is born rich and ain’t lucky you is liables to lose all you got. But you gotta use mother-wit long with education else you won’t be nothing but a fool. Get up in the morning early and say your prayers. Early bird catches the worm. And don’t you be mean and ugly in your heart toward nobody. Remember, sweet ways is just like sugar candy, and they catches more flies than vinegar. I wants you to be good and make a real man out of yourself”.

“Baltazar and Blimunda” by Jose Saramago

My “To read all authors on the Nobel Prize for Literature list” brought me to 18th century Portugal. Jose Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize for literarure in 1998.

“Every man follows his own path in search of grace, whatever that grace might be” is the central idea of his “Baltazar and Blimunda” book. The book narrates in details the times of King Dom Joaa and of Padre Bartolomeu Lourenco de Gusmao, a historic figure and a pioneer of aviation. It is the story of “one handed solder who ironically became a manufacturer of wings”. Phrases like this had me spellbound from the first page.

I was mesmerised by the central feminine character – not the queen, but an extraordinary ordinary women – Blimunda. Her mother was burn for witchcraft and she had a special gift of seeing what others do not see and the ability to collect the wills of dying. When the “wings” – the flying machine they built together with Padre Bartolomeu – took him away from her into the unknown she keeps looking for him, to find him in Lisbon, after nine years of continuous search throughout the entire country, in a procession leading to a fire burned by the inquisition.

The book demands patience. It took me months of reiterated reading and putting it down. The “search of grace”, as we know it, is a painful process. Or at least humans are skilful at making it painful. Due to this and very long phrases, it is a challenging reading. It was the first time i read a book written in this style, and it was worth it every single page.

“The high mountains of Portugal” by Yann Martel

25489094This magic realism novel has three parts – Homeless, Homeward, Home, which, at first, seemed unrelated. Each chapter has a main character: Tomas, Eusebio, Peter. Again, they seem at first unrelated. Page after page, feelings of surprise, sadness, compassion, wonder, despair and of a relentless quest accompanied my reading. “What is this character looking for?” kept popping up on my mind. And on their journey, each of them chose to object.

The first character – Tomas   – objected to the loss of dear ones by back walking in “Homeless”. Another character – a priest – objected to slaves’ life injustices  by having a monkey on a crucifix he donated to a church. In “Homeward” the objection is less explicit until the coroner sews a body shut with the deceased’s wife inside. In “Home”, a senator objects to his wife death by finding companionship in an ape he buys from a research center. They both object to the civilisation by taking refuge in his parents village in the high mountains of Portugal. They all object to the grief which took them away from home, as each understand it.

The multidimensional concept of home appears to me like a bridge between the seemingly unrelated parts. It made my understanding of the trilogy whole and complete. It still left many questions unanswered. But who said magic realism is about answering it all?


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GOTY Contender: Horizon Zero Dawn

Horizon Zero DawnI've had an absolute blast playing through Horizon Zero Dawn over the past month or so. I enjoyed it so much that I even went to the effort of earning the platinum PSN trophy, something which I've never before done on a Playstation game. It's probably the most I've enjoyed playing a non-Nintendo console game since Burnout: Paradise on the PS3 all those years ago.

Horizon has a few rough edges, but overall, I thought it was spectacular, and well-earned the 60+ hours I put into it. I originally borrowed the game from a friend to play, but after having … Read more →

Arsenal Win the FA Cup, Again

Arsenal-FA-Cup-winners-2017For the third time in four years, Arsenal won the FA Cup last night!

Against the in-form and Premier League-winning Chelsea, I didn't expect them to do well, especially considering almost all of the regular Arsenal defenders were either injured or suspended. That, and we're talking about an Arsenal team that have been pretty abject for a lot of this season.

Instead, Arsenal dominated the game from start to finish, and the only thing that let them down was not making the most of the many, many chances that they had against a very off-looking Chelsea side, who looked like … Read more →

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Some might remember that I loved the original Mass Effect series of games, but hated the ending of ME3 with a passion. The soft reboot of the series in the form of Mass Effect: Andromeda came out recently, and I just finished playing it.

It took me 73 hours to complete it almost 100%, and overall I enjoyed it for what it was. It wasn't 'great', and I tend to agree with most of the criticisms out there on the internet, but it's definitely not terrible.

Let's start with the bad. Yes, the facial animations (especially pre-1.05 patch) are/were … Read more →

Building Tetrarch

I managed to hold off on building a new computer until now. My now-previous computer, Executor, is at the 3.5 year mark, and I've been wanting something even more quieter than it was. I have named this new one Tetrarch, as being my fourth build it is now the fourth ruler of my computing history :). The only reused part from Executor is the recent graphics card which I brought across.

There are three main features of this build: compactness, silence, and RGB LEDs. Compactness comes from this being my first build without an optical disc drive, and I … Read more →

2016: Year In Review

For a lot of people, 2016 has been a pretty crappy year for a number of reasons: politics, celebrities dying, terrible flops of movies, etc.. 2016 has actually been pretty good to me for a number of reasons, but it has also been pretty crap for one very big reason: my health.

This year has been my roughest year health-wise since I was diagnosed with PSC in 2010. In February, it saw me experience my first serious liver infection, and following a hospital stay and some extended time off work, for the rest of the year I have been riding … Read more →

Tweets for 2016

Twitter 2016

These are my tweets for 2016 (sans replies and retweets). All the URLs are still Twitter's '' ones, as the Twitter API doesn't spit out the original URL text.

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The Best and Worst of 2016

Geez, it's already that time of year again! My personal review of 2016's media that I was exposed to, and the ones that I liked the most, and the ones that I liked the least. As a result of having a small child, and also being unwell for a lot of this year, I haven't really seen/played as much as I would have liked. There are still a lot of movies that I want to see (including most of the December releases), so take this list with a grain of salt.

This year I saw a lot of very … Read more →

Star Wars: Rogue One (spoilers!)

It's another year, and another Star Wars movie in this post-Lucas Disney era. I have to admit, when it was announced I was quite apprehensive about these 'standalone' movies. This year it is Rogue One, the story of how the Rebellion managed to get their hands on the Death Star plans.

Like last year's Force Awakens review, I don't think I can properly put my thoughts down without containing spoilers, so you have been warned: SPOILERS AHEAD!

Let's start with the good. I liked the overall story, and I loved how it explained how the rebels got the … Read more →

Graphics Update & Battlefield 1

XFX RX480 GTRI've had a pretty crappy few months with my health. I think it's a safe bet that if I don't blog in over a month, something is probably up.

Anywho, my main gaming desktop, Executor, recently hit its three year-old mark, and despite a few hiccups, it has held up really well up to this 'best before' date of tech reliability. However, one thing that has aged is the graphics card, which was brought over from the previous computer.

So it made sense to look at updating the graphics card; it's been struggling to keep up with recent … Read more →

The Lego Video Game Dimension

Lego DimensionsOver the past couple of months I played through Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Although I've liked the previous Lego Star Wars games, this is the first Lego game that I have played since my big Lego reawakening a few years ago.

Although I thoroughly enjoyed the game, I wouldn't say it was perfect, because it had more than a few rough edges: the 5.1 sound balancing was all wrong (the rear channels were obnoxiously loud), and there were quite a few other bugs. Overall though, it was a great game made even better by all the … Read more →


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Five Ways To Beat Depression

We have all had those days. You know….that kind of day where you wake up and feel just….not happy. There’s several degrees of this unwelcome visitor, ranging from “my mood is a little off” to “I will just stay in bed and wait for tomorrow, and try this again”.  Regardless of the severity of this depressed state, it is not permanent and you are not helpless to change it. There are several things you can do throughout your day to alleviate this state of mind, and lighten your mood. I will go into greater depth on each of these points in future blogs, but here are the basics of the top five on my list:

1. Get Moving. Physical movement is proven by science and tradition to promote positive feelings. Notice I did not use the word “exercise”. If you want to get up and go for that morning jog, more power to you. Studies have proven, however, that even moderate movement can get improve our mood by generating chemicals called endorphins. These endorphins interact with your brain’s chemical receptors to reduce the perception of pain and trigger a general feeling of wellbeing. Walking, stretching, yoga, and other very basic forms of movement  can have a great impact when incorporated into your daily life.

2. Get Outside. Exposure to sunlight is good for you. Obviously, we do not want to overdo it when it comes to exposure to the sun, especially if your skin is not used to it, and caution and common sense must be used. Being in sunlight allows your body to create vitamin D, which is proven to improve mood as well as overall body health. In addition to the benefits of sunlight, just being outside and in the world has a positive impact on one’s mental state. In climates or seasons where sunlight is in short supply, full spectrum lighting can be used in place of the sun to combat the effects of depression brought on by SAD (seasonal affective disorder).

3. Eat healthy and drink plenty of water. The old saying “You are what you eat” (and drink) applies not only to your body but to your mind as well. Healthy diet = healthy body = healthy mind. By eating healthy and staying hydrated, you are providing your mind and body with the nutrients that it needs to perform at its peak levels. An emerging area of study called gastro-biological psychiatry looks at the connection between our mood/emotions and the presence of microbiota in our bodies. New research has indicated that some probiotics may actually be able to influence a positive mood.

4. Smile More. The act of smiling is well known to promote positive feelings in our minds and bodies, and improve our overall outlook on life.  Instead of waiting to be happy and then smiling, try smiling first. It just may help you to feel a bit happier.

5. Get the right amount of quality sleep. Recent studies have found correlations between the amount of sleep we get and our emotional health. Too little sleep not only impairs our cognition during the waking hours, but it also negatively impacts our mood. At the same time, too much sleep can also have a negative effect on our health. The amount of sleep we need can vary from person to person, but on average adults need between 6 and 8 hours of sleep. Getting enough sleep is a difficult thing for many people to do these days, and people’s individual situations vary greatly.  Developing a healthy sleep routine that works for you is critical to overall health of both mind and body.

So there you have it. Five things you can begin to incorporate right now into your life, to help you move into a more positive state of mind. As I mentioned above, I will go into each of these topics in greater depth in my future blogs. For now, hopefully this has provided you with some basics to start with.


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Cape Town – Channel24’s Alex Isaacs flew to London to talk to Ezra Miller about his role as The Flash in DC’s Justice League

Miller gave us the inside details on how he got into character, became one of the members of the much-talked about team and bonded with his co-star Ray Fisher who plays Cyborg.

The Flash (whose alter-ego is uber nerd Barry Allen) is the fastest man alive in the superhero-filled flick, which will open at local cinemas on Friday, 17 November.

The interview took place in London at the Justice League experience on the Star Labs set.

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The Melodies of a Family Piano

I swear I heard a few chords of ``Ain't Misbehaving'' shake loose from my old upright piano as the movers wrestled it down two flights of stairs and out of my life.

Although the piano was a permanent fixture in my childhood home, it arrived many years before I was born - a grand gift to my parents on their wedding day in 1927. They were married in my paternal grandparents' home in St. Paul, Minn., a gracious old place with lots of dark wood molding and heavy beveled glass. It also had a big front porch, like most of the other houses on the tree-lined street.

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Mother remembers the day being unusually warm and sunny for November. Wagner's Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (I still have the sheet music) was played by a family friend on the brand new Bush and Gertz solid-walnut upright in the living room.

It was a fitting gift to the wedding couple from the groom's parents. Daddy had learned to play by ear in the honky-tonk style of Fats Waller. Mother was enchanted with his playing and had her own special requests: ``Rollie, play `Melancholy Baby,' '' she used to say.

She still recalls their first apartment. It was so tiny. They joked that they could sit on the davenport on one side of the room and play the piano on the other.

Despite the hardships of the Depression years, we girls, their three daughters, were obliged to take piano lessons. With Mother as our taskmaster, we dutifully pounded out years of lessons from Czerny and John Thompson instruction books, and endured the dreaded recitals.

It was not that unusual in those pretelevision days to have a piano in the home.

Thinking back to the string of bungalows on our block, at least half of them had a big, elaborately-carved upright in the living room. Friends stopping by after school often ended up banging ``Chopsticks'' or ``Heart and Soul'' over and over on the piano.

Daddy was a man who seemed embarrassed by displays of affection, even with his own children. But he spilled his soul in the strains we heard on the piano when he thought no one was listening. He played the old ballads with a heavy honky-tonk beat that went on and on, rocking the house with a rhythm and harmony I still remember.

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Only one of us ``girls'' has any claim to musicianship. In addition to her day job, my sister is a folk singer and has weekend gigs playing the piano for contra dances.

She once told me that she dispels any performance anxiety by imagining Mom listening to her play. I play (badly), and only for myself, hymns, old ballads, and Chopin. Nevertheless, my time at the piano still relieves the tensions of a busy workday and has provided a special solace at times of loneliness and grief.

When Daddy decided to learn to play the organ in the 1950s, I inherited the piano. It moved with my family and household goods from Minnesota to New York, to Pennsylvania, and to Arizona.

I saw to it that my children had their own introduction to the piano. We provided the piano with numerous polishings, adjustments, refinements, and replacements. When it came time to make a second move within Arizona, it was abundantly clear that the piano had to go. None of my children or the family had a place for it.

There were many phone calls in response to the ad I placed in the local paper. For days, people came to the house, inspected the piano, and professed interest.

But, I knew it had found a new home when a daddy showed up, a shy man with a couple of little kids and a wife in tow. The old piano resonated with his ragtime beat, while his wife and kids beamed in approval.

It took two years for me to replace my instrument with a smaller electronic digital version. My musician sister helped me pick it out, and it's just right for hymns, Chopin, and ``The Talk of the Town,'' or whatever music suits my mood and ability.

It fits nicely in our town house and will never need tuning. It can sound like an organ when I play hymns. It can play its own demonstration piece. I can move it all by myself. It can interface with a computer, but I'm not sure how. It even has an outlet for earphones, so my grandchildren can bang on it without being heard.

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Kriss Kross Reunites for Some Reason: A Hilarious Look at Their Last Ten Years

On February 23rd, '90s rap duo Kris Kross will reunite on an Atlanta stage to perform at a celebration honoring the 20th anniversary of So So Def Recordings. Here, we peer into several scenes in the life of Mac Daddy and Daddy Mac from their many years spent away from the spotlight.

See Also: -The Top Ten Ways to Piss Off Your Bartender at a Music Venue

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2002. Mac Daddy is no good on the phone, and he's no good at delivering bad news. Mac Daddy gets emotional.

"So when's the wedding, MD? Still time for me to get fitted for a backwards tux?"

"Listen, Daddy Mac. About that."

"Hey Mac, it's cool, it's cool. I don't need to be the best man or anything. I just can't wait to meet this lady of yours."

"You're not coming, Daddy Mac."

Mac Daddy swallows hard. That damn lump in his throat-- it always shows up when he's trying to be strong. The silent seconds feel like minutes.

"She doesn't know, does she, Mac Daddy?"

Mac Daddy speaks slowly, measuring every word so his voice doesn't break.

"She's never going to know. And I'm not Mac Daddy anymore. I'm Chris."

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2003. Atlanta, Georgia. Kris Kross and Coca-Cola: the two greatest local institutions. Daddy Mac's got storyboards under his arm. He strides to the front desk and gives it two knocks. The kid doesn't even look up.

"Here to see the president. Tell him Daddy Mac is coming up."

Now the kid looks. Who is this kid, anyway?

"Do you have an appointment?"

Daddy Mac tips his shades low and eyeballs the kid. This clown must be new here.

"You must be new here. Daddy Mac here to see the president. Got some new ideas, Sprite marketing, Sprite crossovers. Big Sprite ideas, man. He's gonna want to see these."

"I'm afraid you can't see anyone without an appointment."

Daddy Mac just has to chuckle.

"OK, my dude. But the boys upstairs won't be too happy when they found out who you turned away. I'm quadruple platinum, my dude. That's four-ex platinum. I'll be back. Maybe you won't."

Daddy Mac turns and strides. Daddy Mac's schedule is wide open. The Sprite ideas can wait till tomorrow if the kid wants to be a bigshot, but it's his ass.

"Um, sir? Sir?"

Daddy Mac turns around. Kid must have called upstairs. Good.

"Sir, your pants are on backwards."

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2004. Mac Daddy necks a Xanax. It's the toughest day of the week. It's laundry day. Any minute, this perfect life-- this charade-- could come crashing down.

"Chris, I just don't understand," his wife chides. "Why do the fronts of your pants wear out before the backs? It's like you've been wearing them b--"

"My pants are fucking fine, Deborah."

She's stunned. Chris has never raised his voice before.

Mac Daddy closes his eyes. Focus. Take control. Suppress the trembling.

She must never know.

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2006. Six rings. Seven rings. Daddy Mac isn't nervous. Sometimes Jermaine doesn't pick up if he doesn't recognize the number. Plus, he's a busy guy these days. He was always a busy guy, but he used to have a little more time for his friends. Nine rings.

"Big J! Congrats on the Grammy, dude. You know I popped a Korbel when they read your name out."

"Who is this?"

"It's the D A double D Y to the M A C, man! God, it really has been too long."

Jermaine Dupri stays up pretty late, so a phone call at 11PM isn't beyond the limits of good taste. Jermaine and Daddy Mac were always night owls.

"How did you get this number, Chris? We've talked about this, Chris."

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2008. The words Mac Daddy dreads.

"Do I know you from somewhere?"

No, you Applebees punk. You were five years old. You don't fucking know me.

"I don't think so. I'll have a Blue Moon, and my wife would like a Main Street 'Rita."

"Seriously man, like, ah, a VH1 thing? Were you on the Urkel show? Or, like, a music--"

Mac Daddy slams his menu closed. Deborah is startled.

"This guy's a racist, Deborah."

"Nononono man, I'm so sorry, I wasn't trying to say--"

"Chris, I don't think he meant anything by it."

Mac Daddy stands up and gives the teenager a hard stare.

"The guy's a racist, Deborah. We're leaving."

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2010. Daddy Mac was up all night going over the Powerpoint presentation for Kris Kross: Make My Video 2. Why is he being such a hardass? They've known each other for years.

"Look, it's a double comeback. Kris Kross and Sega CD, both back in the big time. It can't miss, Irv."

"Every month with this shit. I'm tellin' ya for the last time, Daddy Mac. Nobody wants Kris Kross anymore. The kids today, they want Justin God-Damn Beaver's Make My Video."

"But Irv," Mac protests. "Just gimme one more chance here. We're gonna do this thing together."

"Listen up, you little shit," the executive explodes. "I'm the last god-damned Sega CD executive in the business, and I don't stick my neck out for nobody."

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2012. Shit. Deborah is home early.

Mac Daddy yanks off his belt and struggles to jerk the pant legs past his boots. No time to unlace. Shit, shit, shit.

"Chris? Are you home?"

"Just a minute! I'm just--"

One pant leg is off, inside-out, but the boot has jerked free and is stuck within it. Chris shakes it like a dog snapping a rabbit's neck. The boot thumps on the wall. He flips his jeans around and yanks them up. The cuff won't slip past the remaining boot. His pants are right-way around when the door opens, but they're only up to his hips.

Deborah stands incredulous in the doorway. She looks at the TV. It's a video, on mute, of something distantly familiar. Could it be an old Sprite commercial?

"What were you doing in here, Chris?"

She would never understand. She can't know. She'd leave me, she'd take the kids.

"Chris, have you been crying?"

See also: -Crotching Whiskey at the Justin Bieber Concert and Getting Thrown Out: A Review -The 15 Most Ridiculous Band Promo Photos Ever -The Top Ten Ways to Piss Off Your Bartender at a Music Venue

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Cinema Clips: Moonwalkers

A great premise gets lost in the murk in this feature directing debut from Antoine Bardou-Jacquet. Playing off the myth that we never landed on the moon and Stanley Kubrick was hired to direct a moon landing film, Bardou-Jacquet aims for dark humor with clear nods to Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and other Kubrick classics.

There are many clever moments in the movie, but they never come together as a cohesive piece, and one of the central performances drags the film down.

Rupert Grint is good as Jonny, manager of a lame sixties rock band who is deep in debt and running out of options. Ron Perlman is a bit of a muddled mess as Kidman, a Vietnam vet suffering major PTSD and working for the CIA. When Colonel Dickford, (played by Jay Benedict with echoes of Sterling Hayden in Strangelove) comes to the conclusion there’s a good chance the moon landing might not work out (“We’re going to look like dicks!”) he sends Kidman overseas to hire Kubrick, get the moon landing fake film, and then kill everybody involved.

Bardou-Jacquet doesn’t quite have the courage of his convictions in the end, and Perlman seems lost in a role he could’ve had a lot of fun with. Grint keeps things moving okay enough, as does Robert Sheehan as his druggie roommate, but it’s not enough. There are some funny lasting images, including an art film called Bounce that is just an obese man in a diaper bouncing accompanied by bicycle horns and chickens, but the super violent tone, Perlman’s dreary work and the comedy don’t blend (Available to rent on iTunes, and On Demand during a limited theatrical release).

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All Five Members Of The Spice Girls Have Finally Reunited: See The Hot Shot

Just as another round of reunion rumors have hit the blogosphere, all five members of the Spice Girls have added major fuel to the fire by sharing a reunion photo at Geri Halliwell's London house on Friday (February 2).

At the top of the weekend, Victoria Beckham posted the shot alongside Emma Bunton, Mel B, Melanie C and Geri Halliwell on her Instagram account and it's absolutely lovely to see the ladies hanging out once again. "Love my girls!!! So many kisses!!! X Exciting x," Victoria captioned the reunion hot shot along with the hashtags #friendshipneverends#girlpower.

Apparently, all five members of the band recently came together to discuss a number of reunion projects, including a potential TV show, endorsement deals, and a greatest hits compilation. TMZ photogs even spotted the group's original manager, Simon Fuller, attending the meeting. Now, if only Calvin Harris can come through with that promise of remixing "2 Become 1" in honor of Australia's legalization of same-sex marriage.

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A Narrative of Some Passages in the History of Eenoolooapik: A Young Esquimaux, Who Was Brought to Britain in 1839, in the Ship Neptune of Aberdeen

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Published in 1841, this is the story of Eenoolooapik, a young Inuit who guided whaling captain William Penny to the mouth of Cumberland Sound - a whale-rich body of water - 250 years after it was first explored and named by John Davis. Probably the first Inuk for whom a biography was published during his lifetime, 'Eenoo' drew a map which led Penny to the whaling area. His geographical knowledge therefore resulted in a burgeoning industry that provided seasonal employment to the Inuit and dramatically changed their lives. Alexander M'Donald (1817-48) describes Eenoolooapik's life and environment, a visit to Scotland with Penny (where he endeared himself to the people he met), and the difficulties he encountered in making the transition from life in the Arctic to nineteenth-century Britain. M'Donald himself later worked as an assistant surgeon on H.M.S. Terror in Sir John Franklin's last expedition: his eventual fate is not known.


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Born in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, this anthology shares stories about what it takes to beat the odds. More than 100 writers contributed these essays, fiction and poetry to raise money for disaster relief charities in the region. Featuring writing from Orson Scott Card, Wil Wheaton, and Robin Lee Hatcher. At times tear-jerking, at times humorous, this book is guaranteed to inspire and remind readers that the human spirit knows no boundaries.


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MUSIC: WAVEDASH & QUEST – Devil Music (feat. fknsyd)

Austin, Texas based dj/producer trio WAVEDASH have been on the bass music community’s radar for quite some time thanks to a heavy cosign from Skrillex and OWSLA, official remix duty for Excision and DJ Snake and a powerful collaboration alongside Slander. After a brief hiatus from releasing music, they make their return on Mat Zo’s record label named Mad Zoowith a fire new single titled “Devil Music,” a unique collaboration alongside QUEST & fknsyd who wrote and sang the vocals.

The song truly lives up to it’s name “Devil Music,” upon pressing play one is introduced to a creepy vocal and an eerie slow build of super saws in the background, which then path the way for a screaming Electro House style drop. The second drop is a breath of fresh air when it comes to dubstep, with WAVEDASH & Quest flexing their sound design muscles to create something that doesn’t sound like most of the riddim inspired tracks being released in the market currently.

WAVEDASH explain that “Devil Music” is a song that was started about 2 years ago.

“’Devil Music’ is an idea we started with Zander (QUEST) back in 2016. Originally, it was just a few demos inspired by some of the music we were listening to at the time. We thought the name ‘Devil Music’ encompassed the sound of these demos, as we aimed to hone the gritty, evil aspect of how things sounded sonically. However, we found that this was making the project one-dimensional. The tracks lacked identity, and our goal was to turn these songs into something more than just drops,” “This idea really stuck with us as we finished the tracks. It had become apparent that a lot of dubstep tracks being released at the time were solely focused on a drop. We could see the same in our previous work, and it bothered us.”

Mat Zo also chimes in on the release below. Enjoy.

“WAVEDASH and QUEST are already known to be brilliant young producers, but ‘Devil Music’ shows a sophisticated side to them well beyond their years,” “The WAVEDASH guys are huge fans of The M Machine (as are we), and you can definitely hear that in this song.”

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Google Maps for Android-based devices are now available in offline mode

Google has introduced maps of more than 150 countries that can be downloaded on Android and used offline. Users can use maps and chart a route even when the device is not connected to the Internet.

It is known that in some cases, GPS-navigation is not available. With Android-based device, Google Maps allow to find the right way, even down into the subway.

The developer has supplied the service with a user friendly interface. For example, if you're going on a trip, you need to open a map and select the region of interest, then go to the menu, use "Make available offline" and confirm your choice. At the bottom of the screen, just below the map, you can see the size of free memory that you will need to download maps. All the maps are placed in the folder My Places.

If Android has a digital compass function, the map will allow you to orient yourself even without Wi-Fi or 3G.

Google Inc. also announced the launch of the improved service Compass Mode for Street View on the maps for Android. Display of your mobile device turns into a box with a 360 degrees view. In order to take full advantage of the innovations you need a device with Android operating system version 3.0 and above, on which you will install Google Maps. Another precondition is the availability of Street View version 1.8.1. and the gyroscope.

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Could Gas-Fracking Fuel a NY Gas Boom?

Yesterday members of the Tioga County Landowners Coalition (NY) got an e-mail titled “We Have a Deal”. For the past 11 months, landowner group representatives have traveled to Houston, TX. By their count they’ve placed brochures of the group’s offering (135,000+ acres) in the hands of about 84 companies. They’ve had face-to-face meetings with the CEO’s of 11 companies.

But no one was interested. As they tell it, the combination of low gas prices and the movement of drilling rigs to “wet gas” areas along the OH/NY border led to a “complete lack of interest from every company we met”. However, the group managed to find one interested operator and, over the past eight weeks, has been "working creatively with a major operator to create opportunity” for the lease-hungry landowners.

That opportunity: an unconventional leasing arrangement with eCORP wherein landowners will receive a majority share of the profits earned by a “sharing company” made up of contiguous parcels with their neighbors. Details to come, but the deal will be a “very lucrative financial arrangement” with the upmost attention given to environmental responsibility.

The plan, outlined in their press release, is to fracture the shale using liquefied petroleum (LPG) developed by GASFRAC. This will be better than hydro-fracking, says the landowner group, because LPG fracking uses no water and has no waste. So that should translate into reduced truck traffic and a smaller pad footprint.

More importantly, this kind of fracking just might get around the state’s moratorium on hydro-fracking. But while the landowner coalition points to Chevron’s reports of successfully gas-fracked wells, Chevron’s own reports indicate that they are still evaluating the process.

Using gas to fracture gas wells sounds like a nifty idea, but it’s not risk free. According to Cornell professor Tony Ingraffea, who heads the “fracture” group, gas-fracking still relies on chemicals added to the gelled LPG. The process also needs compressors to re-condense propane/butane that returns from the well for reuse.

As for reduction of truck traffic, he notes that LPG has to get to the wellsite somehow, and currently that mode of transport is truck – only instead of hauling water, they’re transporting a hazardous material. And there’s still the problem of what to do with the waste fluids that return to the surface.

Fracking with gelled LPG does not eliminate many of the problems associated with hydro-fracking:
  • there is still opportunity for waste fluid to travel to the surface via faults and old open wells;
  • methane migration can still happen due to casing failures and leaks;
  • surface spills of frack waste and/or drilling waste is still an issue;
  • and there’s the added danger of propane, a heavier-than-air gas leaking and pooling in low spots near the well pad in large amounts and causing an explosion hazard.
 Not to mention that the process itself can be explosive.  Last year there were two separate explosions – or “flash fires” caused by LPG fracking in Alberta, Canada (here and here)

And fracking with gas is more expensive, initially, though propane can be recovered and used again. Still, the process needs to be “proved”, and according to the local media, that’s what the landowners hope to do – help prove that the process works, and it’s viable for extracting shale gas from the numerous layers beneath Tioga County.

Right now the question is whether gas-fracking falls within the rules of the existing environmental impact study for oil and gas drilling. Ingraffea says the science isn’t there to evaluate either the environmental impact or the safety of LPG fracks.

  1. At $2 mcf, all sorts of strange things will happen to these leasing groups

    Their attorneys have to earn their keep

    1. a good question to ask: why push for a lease when the price of gas is at an all time low? Why produce gas at $2/mcf when you can wait a couple years and sell it for more?

  2. Fracking with hydrocarbons, as the process that Gasfrac Energy Services has developed, is a) very dangerous, b) much more expensive and unaffordable to most firms with the current very cheap gas prices, c) still requires the generation of lots of air pollution, noise pollution from drilling pads and compressor stations, potential water pollution, and d) it is an industrial process disrupting our traditional local industries. Tony Ingraffea says that this is a "passing fad" and it's not going to be a big influence on shale gas development. Gasfrac was frackiing a well in Alberta this past summer when there was a large explosion that injured 5 workers, 3 of them being Gasfrac staff. I repeat, this is a comparatively VERY DANGEROUS process and we can expect to see many more great fires and explosions, coming to a field in Tioga soon?? We certainly hope not! Tom Shelley, chemical safety specialist

  3. Why don't we just put our efforts into getting off fossil fuels once and for all? Put our efforts into sustainable energy.

    1. oh, you /know/ that makes way too much sense!

  4. While there are risks to GasFrac and it is in the early stages of development, it is much more environmentally sound and presents a real opportunity to avoid the problems with water. Every new technology has risks and a learning curve, but that doesn't mean its a passing fad. They claim to have addressed many of the concerns here. The real issue is that we are facing an energy crisis and need to be willing to try new things or we will find ourselves in the same oil dependent situation 20 years from now.

    1. and that we found ourselves in 30 years ago....


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Thursday, 15 June 2017

Monochrome at I Love Promarkers

Good Morning,
Welcome to another challenge at  I Love Promarkers.
This fortnight’s theme is…
Monochrome ( shades of one colour)
Our Fabulous Sponsor is The Paper Shelter

For my DT card I chose Glamorous Girls

I only used one of the girls for my card.
She was coloured with Promarkers.
The papers are from Stamping All Day
The sentiment was made on my PC and the black gems are from my stash.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges……
 Crafty Creations - 2W, 2E - #342 Always Anything Goes (Week 2 of 2)
Inspiration Destination - 2W, F - Anything Goes (Week 1 of 2)
Sisterhood of Crafters - 2nd/4th Wed, 3E - Anything Goes
Passion For Promarkers Challenge W must use promarkers - #399 Add a Sentiment
Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F – Always Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - 1st & 3rd Monday, 5E -  ANYTHING GOES  (Week 2)

  1. Awesome card live that image great colouring

  2. Very nice card. I love everything about it! Your coloring is spot on! Great job! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations! Ciao, Lisa

  3. Fabulous coloring and design! Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood’s ‘Use Your Imagination’ challenge and please come back again soon!
    one of the 'Sistahs'
    The Sisterhood of Crafters
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS Please come for a visit!

  4. A lovely monochrome card. Thanks for joining Passion for Promarkers. Elaine

  5. What a great card Sheryl! Wow, she really pops off the page with her monochrome background! I love it! Natalie is sure to love it too! Thanks for sharing this with us at Passion for ProMarkers! Linda

  6. Fab card, love your colouring. Thanks for joining us at PFP

  7. Wow! Beautiful colouring - lovely card :)

  8. Adorable! Thank you for sharing with us at The Sisterhood of Crafters.

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Triple Crème Brie and Bay Shrimp Crostini

Crostini are great for easy, elegant entertaining. We love this simple, luscious topping of Triple Crème Brie and bay shrimp. Try crab meat when it’s in season or make a really fancy “tuna melt”!

Makes 15 Crostini

  • 4 ounces (1/2 wheel) Marin French Triple Crème Brie (or 1 4-ounce wheel of Marin French Petite Crème)
  • 8 ounces fresh or frozen cooked bay shrimp, defrosted if frozen
  • ¼ cup finely diced celery
  • ¼ cup finely chopped parsley
  • ¼ cup finely diced capers or cornichons
  • ⅓ cup mayonnaise
  • 2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 15 baguette slices, sliced ¼ inch
  • Smoked or regular paprika for garnish (optional)

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place the baguette slices on a rimmed baking sheet and brush with olive oil. Bake until brown and crisp, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  2. In a medium bowl add the bay shrimp, celery, parsley, capers or cornichons, mayonnaise, lemon juice and zest. Mix until combined. Taste for saltiness and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  3. Divide the mixture among the baguette toasts. Slice the cheese into 15 slices and top each crostini with one slice.
  4. Preheat the broiler to low. Place the crostini under the broiler and heat very quickly just until the cheese is melted. If the Brie is mature and very soft, you can place the cheese on top of the crostini without melting.
  5. Lightly dust the crostini with paprika if desired.

Recipe by Chef Jacquelyn Buchanan

Learn More about the cheeses in this recipe: Petite Collection, Supreme Brie


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International Literature Festival Dublin

21st International Literature Festival Dublin, Ireland

The famous arch on Dublin’s iconic Halfpenny Bridge was bedecked with books to celebrate the launch of this year’s International Literature Festival Dublin. It was breezy on the bridge but new writer Melatu Uche Okorie and I enjoyed the view. Melatu, who was in direct provision, has just published her first book- which I am dying to read. Later that night, it was great to be back in one of my favourite haunts, for the official  launch for the International Literature Festival Dublin which was held upstairs in the lovely new Bewleys.  My good friend Sarah Webb has organised all the brilliant Family and Children’s events.

The Festival runs from 19th to 27th May 2018 with a huge programme of events with both Irish and International writers at a number of venues across the city.

I am doing three events at the festival – Bold Girls- A big panel discussing the women who influenced and inspired us which is on Thursday 24th May in Smock Alley.IMG_1795.JPG

On Sunday 27th May I am very excited as I will be leading a very special tour of Coming Home- the Great Hunger Art Exhibition which is on in The Coach House in Dublin Castle at  Places are limited and will book out very quickly.

Then at,on Sunday 27th May  I am in the Gothic Room of Dublin Castle showing some of my favourite images from the art in the Great Hunger Exhibition and talking about how they relate to ‘Under the Hawthorn Tree’  and help us to understand and  tell the story of the Great Irish Famine . I am hoping that lots of readers will come along for these very special events.


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6 Day Summer Package | South Iceland with a Greenland Day Tour

A tiny figure reflects the height and width of the South Coast waterfall Skógafoss.
The Reynisdrangar sea-stacks caught in the stunning orange glow of the summer sun at night.
Greenland's fjords in summer are renowned for being filled with electric blue icebergs.
The midnight sun, pictured here over the South Coast from the Dyrhólaey cliffs, will get no lower in the sky in June.
A staircase rises beside Skógafoss to let visitors see the majestic South Coast waterfall from great new vantage points.
Hours can be whiled away marvelling over the chunks of ice washed upon the Diamond Beach.

Explore the high Arctic, from Iceland’s Golden Circle to the remote fjords of Greenland. This package takes you to Iceland’s South Coast, where you'll explore many of the countries most iconic natural attractions, and offers the rare and unique opportunity of gaining insight into the daily life of the Inuit people of Greenland.

Your tour will start with a taste of Nordic city life in Reykjavík, but soon you will be exploring Iceland's vast southern lowlands and hiking onto one of the mighty glaciers that are characteristic of the area.

Known for its raven black sand deserts, high waterfalls and its crown of glacier peaks and basalt mountains, Iceland's south is in sharp contrast to the remote Kulusuk island on Greenland’s east coast.

Located just below the Arctic Circle, the village of roughly 250 inhabitants is a mirror back in time; and visiting Kulusuk provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get to know the ways of the hunters of the far north. Icebergs float lazily on the blue arctic ocean, which is home to the seals and fish that contribute to the everyday life of the people.

For a perfect experience, you will then end by visiting Iceland's Golden Circle: Þingvellir National Parliament Park, a UNESCO heritage site of tremendous importance, situated in a massive lava field, the exploding geysers at the Haukadalur geothermal valley and Gullfoss waterfall in glacial river Hvítá.

Get a taste of all the best the Arctic has to offer and experience the high north in Iceland and Greenland this summer. Check availability by choosing a date.

Quick facts

Tour information:
  • Available: Jun. - Aug.
  • Duration: 6 days
  • Activities: Glacier Hiking, Snorkelling, Hiking, Snowmobile, Horse Riding, Sightseeing, Cultural Activity, Bird watching, Airplane
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Minimum age: 8 years.
  • Languages: English
  • Highlights: Blue Lagoon, Golden Circle, Reykjavik, Jökulsárlón, Hvítá River, Vatnajökull, Skógafoss, Seljalandsfoss, Geysir, Gullfoss, Eyjafjallajökull, Þingvellir, Strokkur, Reykjanes, Sólheimajökull, Skaftafell, Silfra, Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach, Langjökull, Vík í Mýrdal, Gljufrabui, Reykjavík Airport, Keflavik International Airport, Reynisdrangar, South Coast, Diamond Beach
Pickup information:
  • Pickup time : Flexible

  • 4 nights of accommodation in Reykjavik (different levels available; breakfast not included for Super Budget or Budget levels; breakfast included for Comfort and Quality levels; more detailed info below)

  • Airport transfer on arrival/departure

  • South Coast 2-day minibus tour with glacier hiking

  • 1 night of accommodation in a country hotel in Vatnajokull National Park during the 2-day south coast tour (breakfast included, private bathroom depending on availability)

  • Guided day tour with flights to Kulusuk, Greenland

  • Golden Circle sightseeing tour in a minibus (upgrades available with other activities)

  • Blue Lagoon comfort entrance (upgrade to premium level available) and return transfer

  • Detailed Itinerary with fun and practical information on the nature, history and culture of Iceland

  • Hands-on travel agent to oversee your itinerary

  • Taxes

  • Dinner

  • Lunch

  • Flights other than the day tour to Greenland

What to bring:
  • Hiking shoes

  • Warm clothes. Windproof and rainproof clothing

  • Swimsuit & towel

  • Camera

Good to know:

Although it is summertime, the Icelandic weather can be very unpredictable. Please bring appropriate clothing. Please be aware that your itinerary may have to be rearranged to fit your arrival date and time better.

Please note that if you need a visa to travel to Iceland, a specific visa for the Schengen area is needed to visit Greenland.

Daily itinerary

Day 1 - Arrival day

Start a holiday to Iceland in the right way, by bathing in the Blue Lagoon.

As the wheels of your plane touch down in Reykjanes peninsula, adventure is already starting. With the airport situated in the middle of a lava field, you’ll get a hint of Iceland’s harsh nature the moment you arrive.

You will hop onto your airport transfer and head to the city of Reykjavík, known for its quirky cafés and colourful houses, and have the day and the long night at your leisure.

To get rid of the aches and sore muscles after your flight, you can choose to start your journey at the Blue Lagoon. This azure blue lake, surrounded by ink black lava field only fifteen minutes away from the airport is the perfect place to immerse yourself in nature at the start of your journey.

Afterwards, you’ll spend your first evening, and first night, in the city of Reykjavík

Day 2 - The South Coast

The first major waterfall visitors who explore the South Coast will see is the serene and unique Seljalandsfoss.

Today you will head out from the city and start your exploration of Iceland. Travelling along the south coast, you will pass great glaciers and volcanoes. One of them is the Eyjafjallajökull glacier volcano, famed for putting Europe’s air traffic to a complete standstill, not so long ago.

You will visit the village of Vík, and the raven black Reynisfjara beach, where the Atlantic ocean rushes up on the shore with terrifying force, while the Reynisdrangar black rock stacks loom over the scene in solemn silence, as your guide relays local myths and tales.

The end of the day will bring you to Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon. Situated under the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, the lagoon is home to birds and seals that swim among the massive icebergs that crumbled down from the glacier above.

In the evening you’ll stay in a country hotel on the south coast.

Day 3 - Glaciers and Waterfalls

Jökulsárlón is a glacier lagoon that attracts tens of thousands of visitors to Iceland, and provides a taste of what exists in Greenland.

The day will start with a glacier hike on one of the south coast glaciers. The guide will choose your location based on weather and conditions, and the hike will give you a unique opportunity to experience the ice up close and personal.

Armed with crampons and ice axes, you will be lead through a wonderland of white and blue, learning the basics of ice climbing from your guide as you go.

After returning to the lowlands, you will visit the waterfalls Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss, and the less known Gljúfrabúi, but all three fall from what once was the coastline of south Iceland in prehistoric times. Vastly different from one another, they all offer incredible beauty and certainly great photo opportunities!

You’ll return to Reykjavík late in the evening, and stay there on this night.

Day 4 - Greenland Awaits

Kulusuk is a serene village in the east of Greenland.

Today you’ll head out even further than before. You’ll board a plane at Reykjavík Domestic Airport and fly to the remote village of Kulusuk, on an island on the east coast of Greenland.

Your guide will await you at the airport in Kulusuk, and accompany you on a four-hour hike around the village and its surroundings. Icebergs floating in the blue ocean make a sharp contrast with the brightly coloured houses of the village and the majestic mountains towering over the land.

Small, private museums of the Inuit people who inhabit the island and explanations of the way of life in this harsh terrain will be the highlights of the tour. If you’re lucky, you might see a local performing a drum dance.

In the late afternoon, you will board your plane at Kulusuk Airport, and return to the now seemingly huge city of Reykjavík.

Day 5 - The Golden Circle

The Golden Circle is the most popular and beloved tourist route in Iceland throughout the year, and culminates at Gullfoss waterfall.

The Golden Circle is undoubtedly the most famous attraction in Iceland. Located in the southwestern lowlands, it includes three of the most famous natural landmarks of Iceland: Þingvellir National Parliament Park, Geysir hot spring and geothermal area and Gullfoss waterfall.

You’ll start your journey early in the morning, heading to Þingvellir. This UNESCO world heritage site offers vast lava fields filled with history, as this is where Icelanders formed their democratic parliament in the year 930.

Next stop is then Haukadalur valley. Home to the great Geysir, which lends its name to all others, the site has numerous hot springs. The most active one, Strokkur, blows every five minutes or so, hurling water up to 30-metre height.

The final stop of the day is the Gullfoss waterfall. This tiered waterfall is situated in the glacier river Hvítá, and the sheer force of the water plummeting 32 meters into the canyon below causes water to spray over the banks and cliffs.

If you’d like to add some adventure to your day, there is plenty to choose from. You could opt to go snorkelling in the Silfra fissure at Þingvellir, known for its crystal clear waters. You could go snowmobiling on the white glacier caps on the nearby Langjökull glacier, or, if you prefer a more natural steed, go horseback riding in the countryside as a part of your tour.

Whatever you choose, the day will be sure to be amazing. You will then return to Reykjavík for your last night in Iceland

Day 6 - Departure

Many of Reykjavík's great buildings are internationally known; Harpa is the most recent addition.

Your journey has now come to an end. You will be picked up at your hotel in a timely manner to get to the airport before your flight.

If your flight leaves in the afternoon, you could opt to visit the Blue Lagoon on this day, or maybe join a whale watching tour down at Reykjavík harbour, as one last adventure.

Accommodation in Reykjavik

See our accommodation levels below and our preferred accommodation partners under each day in the daily itinerary. Super budget level accommodations will be arranged in hostel dorm beds. For budget and comfort levels, bookings for one person will be arranged in single rooms, and bookings for two or more people will share a twin/double or triple room(s). For quality level, odd number groups will always be allocated a single room. If you are travelling in a group, but prefer a single room, please make separate bookings. Teenagers and children will be arranged in the same room with parents. If additional room(s) is needed, additional costs will incur. For multi-day guided tours, accommodation cannot be upgraded and the levels below do not apply. Guide to Iceland will provide you with the best available accommodation at the time of your booking from our preferred partners. If our preferred partners are fully booked at the time of your booking, we will find another suitable accommodation for you of similar level. We always do our best to accommodate special requests, which may incur additional costs. Press choose a date to find availability.

Super Budget

Dormitory beds with shared bathrooms in guesthouses or hostels, such as HI Hostels. Located in the capital region. Breakfast is not included.

Private rooms with shared bathroom in guesthouses or hostels such as Capital Inn Guesthouse. Located in the capital region. Breakfast is not included.

Rooms with a private bathroom at three-star hotels such as Hótel Klettur, or quality guesthouses. Located in the city center or in close vicinity. Breakfast is included.

Rooms at four-star design hotels in the city center with a private bathroom at the absolute best locations downtown such as Hotel Alda. Breakfast is included.

Cancellation Insurance

This insurance guarantees that you can cancel the booking of this package and receive a full refund, minus the insurance cost of 5,000 ISK per person. The cancellation must be made within a minimum of 48-hours before the listed starting time. To cancel your booking and claim your refund, simply contact our service desk by writing to info@guidetoiceland.is no later than 48-hours before departure and declare the cancellation. Please note that this insurance only covers the full cancellation of this entire package. It does not cover cancellations of individual activities and services within the package. The cost of the Cancellation Insurance is neither refundable nor transferable.

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Consider this Contemporary Nightstand as a unique addition to your bedroom space. Its Base is crafted from high quality Solid Walnut wood and Oak with unique carvings and leg details.  The Nightstand features four drawers—two large and two small—all having cast brass knob handles.  The most stand-out feature of this Nightstand is its mirrored finish with eglomise silver leaf and tempered glass—making the nightstand look like an antiqued mirror.  This gorgeous Nightstand ships free within the continental United States.

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    This cool and casual dining chair set is perfect for evoking an adventurous atmosphere in your home.  The frame of the chair is crafted from a high quality metal in a grey finish—fashioned into a twisting shape that makes the seat of the chair appear as if it is floating mid-air.  The seat of the chair itself is crafted from a gorgeous Stonewashed Canvas fabric in a Sand color.  This neutral and unassuming yet timelessly stylish dining chair set ships free within the continental United States.  This dining chair comes in a set of 2.

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'The Maze Runner' Trailer Will Give You a Touch of Griever Fever

Dylan O'Brien stars in Fox's "The Maze Runner."
Dylan O'Brien stars in Fox's "The Maze Runner."
Image: Yahoo Movies

It's not from Marvel or DC, its Hall H panel did not include Jennifer Lawrence or Kristen Stewart, and yet The Maze Runner was one of the most talked-about films to come out of Comic-Con on social media.

That speaks to the strength of the following that James Dashner's dystopian young-adult fiction has as Fox prepares to launch its film adaptation in September. It also helps that the footage Fox showed in Hall H gave us a first good, long look at the Grievers, the maze's half-mechanical slug monsters that chase boys at night.

SEE ALSO: Why Was Comic-Con So Stingy With Movie News? Here's the Deal

Fox released a second trailer on Tuesday, the first to show us a tiiiiny glimpse of the nasty, overgrown robugs. Have a look — if you can see through your fingers:

It's not much — at Comic-Con, Fox showed us the Grievers in full form. They have the toothy face that kind of resembles the Kraken from 2010's Clash of the Titans, with a fat, gooey, slug-like body borne on chunky mechanical spider-legs. They are fast, loud and look like they'd make lousy housepets.

The trailer doesn't show us a Griever's ... face? ... but we do see a flash of those creepy-crawly legs:

A screenshot from Fox's "Maze Runner" trailer.

Image: Yahoo Movies

And a harrowing glimpse of what they're capable of doing to a teen boy who should've stayed in the Glade.

A screenshot from Fox's "The Maze Runner" trailer.

Image: Fox

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The artists behind the striking Obama portraits

Former POTUS and FLOTUS Barack and Michelle Obamas' official portraits for the Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery were revealed yesterday. Barack selected New York-based artist Kehinde Wiley, and Michelle selected Baltimore-based artist Amy Sherald. Both Kehinde and Amy made history as the first African-American painters to receive a presidential portrait commission from the museum.

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