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Moving to Dubai?
Transportation in Dubai
The Modern Metro
Since 2009, the Roads and Transport Authority has been operating two different metro lines in Dubai, the red line and the green line. Those two lines take very different routes and stop at different destinations, offering people an alternative to the car. With special cabins for women and children, as well as a silver class and a gold class, the metro is a comfortable and modern way to commute.
Passengers pay their fares by purchasing a ticket, the Nol card. Nol cards come in 4 categories: red for tourists and visitors, blue for regular users, silver for occasional travelers and gold for individuals wanting to travel in the Metro Gold Class cabins. You can plan your journey by using RTA Wojhati (journey planner). It helps you to plan your route, taking not only the Dubai metro but also other public transport options into account.
On the Road
Aside from cars, taxis are the most popular mode of transportation in Dubai. You can catch a taxi in public places anywhere in Dubai or book in advance. An online booking and reservation service is available. Women who feel uncomfortable or unsafe with male drivers can book so-called "pink taxis" with female drivers.
An alternative to taxis are buses. Dubai's bus services connect different residential, industrial and business districts. Passengers can also make use of night buses and inter-emirates buses. Only recently, Dubai has established air-conditioned bus stops to make waiting for the bus more comfortable for commuters.
As is the case with the metro, bus fares are paid by purchasing a Nol card before entering the bus. They are available at Dubai metro stations, several bus stations as well as RTA outlets. Dubai is divided into 5 zones and fares vary, depending on the destination.
Taking the Water Route
To travel on water or to cross the creek, you can use abras, traditional wooden boats with motors. They can be chartered for cruising along the creek for 100 AED per hour. Commuters, however, often use water buses, operated by the RTA marine agency. There are five different routes for commuters at 2 AED to 5 AED per person. Payment is made via the Nol card as well.
In addition, Dubai has launched a water taxi service in July 2010. Water taxis can transport up to 11 passengers and are equipped with ramp access, LCD screens, air-conditioned cabins and other luxuries. Unlike water buses and abras, they can leave the creek and navigate the waters of the gulf.
Water taxis connect many different locations, such as Deira Old Souk or Jebel Ali Golf resort, running from 10:00 to 22:00. Passengers have to book rides with the water taxi in advance by calling RTA or via their hotel service staff. The price is agreed upon when the passenger makes the booking.
We do our best to keep this article up to date. However, we cannot guarantee that the information provided is always current or complete.


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The offshore fishing continues to attract lots of attention and the past few days have seen the bite get even more exciting with better numbers of yellowfin tuna showing up to join what have been lots of schools of bluefin tuna in waters within easy one day range of Point Loma. The bluefin are often difficult to get a bite from but the yellowfin are being better biters and are a lot more user friendly for anglers looking to go out and catch some tuna.
The yellowfin tuna started biting better during the first part of the week for boats fishing the area from the region outside of the 475 Knuckle on down to the waters outside of Ensenada. There are yellowfin biting in that sector again this morning and around the Upper Hidden Bank as well. It is also exciting that the past three days of fishing, including this morning, are also showing increasing yellowfin activity in waters further north of this zone. This morning (Friday morning July 6, 2018) there are reports of yellowfin biting a short way outside of the Coronado Islands, at the 302 Spot and in the deep water between the 9 Mile Bank and the 182 Spot.
Private boater Sam Minervini fishes a lot aboard his sailboat Sail Fish and he was out fishing the Coronado Islands this morning and reported leaving the Islands at mid-day and looking around offshore for tuna. Minervini certainly found some excitement and got a quadruple jig strike on 30-pound yellowfin tuna while fishing about half way between South Island and the 425 Bank. Minervini reported that they caught all 4 of the yellowfin tuna.
A few other private boaters are reporting having caught 3 to 4 of the 15- to 20-pound yellowfin per boat this morning while fishing the deep water between the 9 Mile Bank and the 182 Spot. One private boater caught a yellowfin on a sardine and 2 yellowfin on poppers and another reported catching 4 yellowfin on the troll.
The arrival of yellowfin is generating a lot of excitement in seeing some tuna arrive that are biting better than the bluefin have been biting but there are still lots of bluefin around to target as well. The best areas where bluefin are currently being seen and are sometimes biting are the Corner, the 43 Fathom Spot and the area between the 224 Spot and the Corner. There have also been some bluefin showing to the west of the 43 Fathom Spot to where you are fishing up toward San Clemente Island. In addition to these areas there have also been some bluefin found by the boats fishing yellowfin in the region between the 475 Knuckle and the offshore waters outside of Ensenada.
A fish count from the fishing on Thursday, July 5, 2018 comes from Point Loma Sportfishing that had the New Lo-An fishing an overnight trip with 27 anglers that caught 6 bluefin tuna, 5 yellowfin tuna and 36 yellowtail.
Bluefin have been ranging in size from 25 to 200+ pounds. Flylined sardines, sardines fished deep with a 4- to 8-ounce torpedo sinker attached with a rubber band, flat fall jigs, slow trolled mackerel, poppers and iron have been working for the bluefin tuna. There has also been some action on the bigger bluefin while kite trolling with Yummy Flyers. There has also been some action reported on kite fished live baits that are presented to spots of breezing fish.
Most of the bluefin action is found after stopping on sonar marks, meter marks or spots of breaking fish which are often found under working birds. Areas with shearwater birds and tern birds have been likely spots to find a sonar mark, meter mark or see a spot of breaking fish. There are some yellowtail and an occasional bluefin that are being caught around some of the kelp paddies as well.
The yellowfin are biting from blind trolling strikes, trolling strikes around spots of working tern birds and from stopping on spots of breaking fish and drifting around kelp paddies. Most of the yellowfin have been running from 15 to 25 pounds and have been biting on trolled feathers, cedar plugs and Rapalas. Also try casting poppers and Megabait style jigs as well as flylining sardines.
There has been excellent fishing around the Coronado Islands for a mix of yellowtail, barracuda, calico bass and bonito. Also look for a chance at yellowfin tuna while trolling deep water within a few miles outside of and above the Islands. The yellowtail have been running from 6 to 25 pounds with most falling within the 8- to 15-pound range.
Yellowtail have been found in several areas with Pukey Point at North Island, the south tip of North Island, the Middle Grounds, the lighthouse at the South tip of South Island and the South Kelp Ridge being productive spots for yellowtail in recent days.
The yellowtail at the Coronados have been biting flylined sardines, slow trolled sardines, surface iron and trolled Rapalas. Surface iron and flylined sardines have also been productive for the barracuda. Calico bass have been biting on sardines, anchovies and plastics. Try small chrome jigs, sardines and anchovies for the bonito.
Fish counts from Thursday, July 5, 2018 start with the Liberty out of Fisherman's Landing that fished a full day trip and had 57 anglers catch 2 yellowfin tuna, 149 yellowtail, 10 reds, 1 calico bass, 13 barracuda and 1 bonito.
The San Diego out of Seaforth Sportfishing had full day trip to the Coronado Islands with 51 anglers catch 171 yellowtail, 7 barracuda, 2 yellowfin tuna and 2 bonito.
Point Loma Sportfishing had the Mission Belle fishing a full day trip with 42 anglers who caught 61 yellowtail, 4 bonito, 5 barracuda and 1 sand bass.
The Grande out of H&M Landing had a full day trip with 42 anglers catch 107 yellowtail and 3 barracuda.
Private boater Mike Seymour of the Sea Section reported about fishing the Coronado Islands on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. Seymour reported excellent fishing and said they caught double limits of yellowtail and that they kept their limits and released the rest. In addition to the outstanding yellowtail action there was also very good fishing for bonito and barracuda. He said it was all you wanted to catch and release type action on the bonito and barracuda and said the barracuda were log sized 36+ inch fish.
Seymour said the yellowtail were a bit smaller grade fish than what they caught on their prior trip and he said the yellows were running 8 to 12 pounds. They found their best action while fishing slow trolled and drifted sardines at the Middle Grounds in 102 feet of water.
Seymour also fished the Coronados on Sunday, July 1, 2018 and had another outstanding catch that included limits of yellowtail. These were 14- to 20- pound fish that were caught on slow trolled and drifted sardines while fishing the Keyhole area at the south tip of North Island.
Private boater Mike Rooney of the Reel Busy reported fishing the Coronados on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 with his son Sean Rooney, his grandson Keegan Rooney and their friend Grand Jones aboard and said they found excellent yellowtail fishing. Rooney said they fished from 7 a.m. until noon and that the 4 aboard caught 15 yellowtail that were in the 10- to 18-pound range. He said it was a great day of fishing and that they left biting fish when they headed for home at noon.
Rooney reported that they had their hot yellowtail action at North Island. They also spent some time fishing around South Island and he reported finding that the bite at South Island was not as good as at North Island. After giving South Island a try they went back up to North Island and once again started catching yellowtail.
The fishing along the San Diego County coast has been good for a mix of calico bass, sand bass, sculpin and rockfish and there have been a few yellowtail, barracuda, bonito and halibut in the mix as well.
Kelp bed areas have been the best for the calico bass and have also been producing a few sand bass. Hard bottom and structure spots have been best for the sculpin and rockfish. Fishing the sandy bottom adjacent to hard bottom and structure spots has been best for a chance at a halibut.
One place where the calico bass bite in the kelp beds has slowed the past couple of days is the Point Loma Kelp Beds where some off color greenish brown water moved into the area and slowed down what had been very good calico bass fishing. Most boats fishing coastal trips out of San Diego Bay are currently fishing outside of Imperial Beach and are finding a mix of sand bass, calico bass and barracuda biting. A bit further outside, there is a chance at getting into some bonito action while fishing the lower part of the 9 Mile Bank a short way above the Mexico border.
The fishing at the La Jolla Kelp Beds has picked up with some good fishing at the upper end of La Jolla for calico bass and an occasional yellowtail. Most of the yellowtail are the 20-pound class fish and most of the action has been coming while sitting on the anchor targeting calico bass in the kelp beds. There has also been some yellowtail activity found a short way outside of the kelp beds in the way of locating meter marks or finding fish under working birds.
Areas that have produced an occasional halibut have been for boats fishing off Imperial Beach, inside of San Diego Bay, outside of Mission Beach, off Solana Beach, Leucadia the Barn and San Onofre. Fishing the sandy bottom adjacent to structure and the sandy bottom adjacent to kelp and hard bottom has been the best bet for targeting halibut.
There have been some yellowtail biting at San Clemente Island and at Catalina Island but the bite seems to have slowed some the past couple of days. Over at San Clemente Island, there have been some yellowtail biting for boats fishing off Pyramid Cove, White Rock and Purse Seine Rock. The White Rock and Purse Seine Rock areas have also been producing calico bass and a few bonito. There was a report from several days ago of a boat catching limits of white seabass while fishing at West Cove at San Clemente Island.
At Catalina Island there has been a mix of yellowtail, bonito, calico bass and barracuda biting at spots around the Isthmus and at spots around the middle part of the front side of the Island but the surface fishing has slowed some the past few days. Ship's Rock near the Isthmus has been one of the better spots for yellowtail within this zone. The other productive zone for a mix of calico bass, yellowtail and bonito along with an occasional white seabass or halibut has been for boats fishing spots along the back side of the Island from the V's over to Ben Weston.
Squid is the best bait for fishing at Catalina and San Clemente Island but squid has not been easy to catch for bait. When they have squid available, the squid boats have been offering squid for sale while anchored up outside of Avalon. Try to raise the squid boats on VHF channels 11 or 72.
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Wedding Ceremonies
As a non-denominational priest in the Order of Melchizedek, I am inclusive of each couple's beliefs, orientations and traditions.
Each wedding or re/commitment ceremony is a reflection of the couple-to-be. I honor your choice of ceremony and offer design assistance if required. You will find a sample ceremony here.
I am also available to officiate baptisms, memorial services, funerals, etc.


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Jose Manalo Impersonates Mayor Duterte, Watch The Reaction Of The Viewers!
, an actor of GMA 7, comedian, makes the audience laugh out loud as he impersonated Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in the Kapuso Network variety show "Sunday Pinasaya".
In this show, they featured the characters of Mayor Duterte as Rodney Juterte and Leni Robredo as Simpleni. Every word and gestures of Jose Manalo were very similar to Mayor Duterte that is why the audience was very entertained.
Watch the video of the said show.
It is good to know that people who are being impersonated always showed their sense of sportsmanship.
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CalypsoMerging, migrating and moving away from manual
We were tasked with merging the eastern and western branches of a major bank and migrating all FX Option trades to Calypso for trade validation and confirmation. In order to successfully implement our custom solution, we created a real-time trade feed service from the FO system, Fenics to MO/BO system and Calypso for FX Options. We also employed auto-generated trade confirmations in Calypso for all FX Option trades to eliminate manual confirmation generation in Fenics. Finally, we also grouped confirmations in Calypso to generate single-trade confirmation for multiple FX Option trades aggregated by customer and trade date.
Implementing custom solutions and creating a real-time, trade-feed service.
We provided the following services to deliver success
Design & Development Migration Utilities
Calypso with Complex Workflows
Exposing Trade Feed as Web Service
A global team with a laser focus
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Advice from a Star Laminated Bookmark
Each bookmark says:
Bookmarks are printed on recycled paper. Size 2.25" x 8.5", laminated and will last for years! Save $.75 to $1.25 EACH when you order in quantity packs.
Advice from a Star
- Set a shining example
- Make a wish
- Keep looking up
- Have a stellar attitude
- Keep a twinkle in your eye
- Stay full of wonder
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text: Slam Charger is a 1968 Dodge Charger built by Muscle Rod Shop in San Antonio, Texas. It features a widened body, channeled suspension and other mods that sit it down in the weeds with huge wheels and tires. Quite possibly the sweetest custom Dodge Charger ever built ! Steve is a man of talent, who pursuit his dreams and opened the Muscle Rod Shop, a place with different approach towards car building and design.Namely, this 1968 Dodge Charger is his car, to which he has done many modifications. This Dodge Charger has a Chrysler 389ci big-block engine with melling pump, stock pan,Mopar Performance distributor, Weiand dual-plane intake manifold, COMP Cams lifters, stock water pump, Doug's 1.75-inch headers, dual 3-inch Magna Flow mufflers, custom X-pipe . wheels are Centerline Lazer II 18×8, 20 x 12 at the rear end and 18x 8 at the front and the tires are Nitto Invo, 315/35ZR20 rear and 245/40ZR18 front.


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As I drove to work this morning, the incessantly chatty people on the morning radio station asked what happened 30 years ago. "We'll be back in a minute to tell you," they said.
I didn't need them to tell me. I knew. Thirty years ago I was a senior in high school — no, you don't need to do the math — and we were actually out of school because there was ice on the ground. It had all melted by mid-morning, and I drove to the shoe store to look for shoes. Why I needed shoes in January in 1986, I don't know, but it is a very clear memory. On the way home, I heard on the radio about the explosion, and there was nothing on television the rest of the day except accounts of the disaster.
Yes, there was cable, but we lived out in the middle of nowhere, and we only had antenna television. My grandparents would have been horrified to pay a monthly bill for television. It comes through the air! It's free! Why on earth would you pay? Now thirty years later people are trending backwards and cutting the cable again as they choose adhoc television services. (We still give the cable company a big chunk of change primarily for live sports.)
But I digress. Thirty years ago I was buying shoes and the world changed on a dime. We were promised that regular citizens would go into space. Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher, died that morning, along with seven astronauts.
If you were of age then, you still remember. The New York Times has a great article today, and here is a quote from the husband she left behind:
"The passage of 30 years since the Challenger accident is not of great personal significance to our family," Mr. McAuliffe said in a statement to The Associated Press. "For us, Challenger will always be an event that occurred just recently. Our thoughts and memories of Christa will always be fresh and comforting." Her is a link to the article: New York Times – Remembering the Challenger
Now, the space program barely gets a mention in the media. When Howard Wolowitz on the Big Bang Theory went into space he had to go to the space station via a Russian Rocket. SpaceX deploys satellites now, and NASA has not come up with an alternative to the shuttle program. Does it feel like we are regressing? People apply to go to the first Mars colony, but allegedly we can't even get back to the moon now. See this article on whether we can get back. Can we go to the moon?
A little bit of all of us changed that day, and I'm not sure we will ever have the optimism about space that we once had. I'm starting to write in the science fiction romance genre, and I've been reading more about space travel. In my imaginary world, space travel is routine, but I'm not sure we will reach routine space travel in my lifetime. Thirty years ago I would have said we would.
Where were you when the Challenger went down? I'd love to hear your stories.


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Blocking your knitting is not always essential, but when it comes to lace knitting, blocking makes a huge difference. When you are knitting a lace project, you might be disappointed by the way it looks, all jumbled up on the needles. It's often a bit of a mess that doesn't look anything like the picture you might have seen with the pattern.
That's because lace needs to be blocked to reach its full potential. While blocking lace can be tedious, it isn't all that difficult and you'll be richly rewarded with a project that looks beautiful.
All you need to block lace is the finished lace project, a sink, some wool wash or liquid dish detergent, a place to pin out your work, a towel or several and a whole bunch of rust-proof pins. A tape measure or yard stick is also very helpful for making sure your edges are even.
You can buy blocking boards or foam pieces that lock together like a child's floor puzzle (heck, you can even buy a child's floor puzzle for this purpose) or you can use a towel for a small project or a spare bed or the floor for a large project.
The key is that it's somewhere big enough to stretch the project out that won't be harmed if it gets a little wet and where the project can stay while it dries. Even large lace projects dry pretty quickly because they're full of holes.
You can also buy fancy rust-proof pins made just for blocking, called T-pins, or even wires that you run the edges of your knitting through -- these are particularly good when you have a scalloped or saw-tooth border on your piece so you can block every point evenly. Or you can just use pins made for sewing.
Preparing the Lace
I always use a wet blocking method for blocking lace, which involves giving the project a little soak in a sink or tub of lukewarm water with a little bit of wool wash. This relaxes the fibers and gets them ready to be stretched.
I like to let a project sit for 10 or 15 minutes before blocking to make sure the water has penetrated the fiber well.
Drain the basin and rinse the project carefully, pressing the water out without wringing. Use a towel or two to lay out the project, roll it up and gently squeeze out more water.
Blocking the Lace
Lay the project out on your blocking board or whatever you are using and begin to pin. I usually start with the corners, stretching the project out to the desired size as I go (if you're working from published instructions they should tell you what the finished size ought to be).
After pinning the corners, I place a pin in the center of each edge, then in between that pin and the corner pin and so on until there are pins about every inch. Some projects won't need as many pins; some will need more.
If your lace edging has points, you will want to put a pin into every point.
As you work, check and double check that you're stretching the lace evenly and that you are maintaining a consistent width and length across the project. This is one reason a blocking board is so great: it has grids on it that make it easy to ensure your project will have straight edges.
Once you've pinned the edges straight to the size required, let the lace dry completely before removing the pins and using the project. Again, this shouldn't take more than an afternoon or so unless you've used a really heavy yarn.
When lace has been properly blocked, you'll see the pattern that you expected and the beauty of the design will shine through in a way it never could have if you'd failed to block the lace.


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"Sir, you aren't booked in this hotel until next month," the clerk said as my heart sank. My wife was already gasping for air at the check-in counter, she was laughing so hard. A crafted romantic getaway had been thwarted by my mishandling of the iPad.
No joke. True story. I had plotted to surprise my wife on her birthday last October with a weekend getaway at a hotel within walking distance of our house. Apparently, a fat finger at checkout had booked me on the same night a month later than I thought I was booking.
First, you must understand that my wife loves coming with me to hotels because, she claims, she loves separating me from my house filled with gadget distractions. "You pay closer attention…TO ME!"
So for her birthday, I book a room literally a mile from our house for the weekend. I tell her simply to pack an overnight bag and then puzzle her as I walk us both right past the car. We walk to downtown Wilmington as she is wondering, what is up? Of course I am all full of myself at how clever I have been in giving her a birthday present that is as offbeat and quirky as she is and demonstrates that I actually have been paying attention all these years and understand her wants and needs.
Until the big reveal crashes headlong into the clerk at the local Sheraton. "And we are all booked tonight," he adds. Which is why she is in hysterics as she sees the plan revealed and destroyed in seconds. She knows intuitively that I bungled something involving a gadget.
And it was all the fault of T-commerce. I got the inspiration for this scheme when iPadding one evening. I used the Safari browser to navigate to my favorite and trusted hotel booking site. Well, somewhere in the tortured process of navigating a site that was not optimized for tablets I must have advanced the calendar interface and booked for a Friday night the month after I intended.
"This is the best birthday present I ever didn't get," she quipped.
All because I had been lulled into some false comfort buying over my tablet. We have been talking all year in this industry about the new "user modes" that touchscreens seem to create for us. There is a real difference, I expect, between having a laptop open and before you in the living room and having a tablet to tap and swipe. We already well know that engagement rates on tablets dwarf those of the Web when it comes to many content properties. Magazines were among the first to discover this in their early magazine apps. But in recent months, retailers have seen metrics coming from tablet browsers that got everyone excited. People like to shop on this thing.
"One of the largest electronics retailers this past season saw their tablet traffic grow from 1.5% year-over-year of activity to 3%," says Alex Schmelkin, CEO, Alexander Interactive, who has been working with several major brands on optimizing their sites for tablets. He echoes recent preliminary metrics that show tablet users appear to be in a shopping groove in their prime-time browsing and actually spend more. "It may seem like a small segment, but the trajectory shows it is becoming important," he says.
Schmelkin has other retail clients that are already seeing up to 10% of traffic coming from a tablet browser. And the electronics retailer is getting average orders from tablets that are $50 higher than from the Web. Not only is the tablet customer more affluent, but Schmelkin is finding that "if you put them in a more immersive experience on the tablet, they will pay more."
Alexander Interactive has been running "personal analysis" in the form of interviews with users to determine that tablet shopping mode is just different. "When you sit on the couch and evaluate a bottle of wine or a rug, it is a more intimate mode of shopping -- more casual and relaxed," Schmelkin says.
For some retail categories he is working with -- like wine -- the demo, the mode of use and the time of tablet use converge perfectly. In these cases, he is looking at a tablet-first approach. For a high-end wine auctioneer, for instance, prime time for tablets is at just the point when a wine lover is thinking of cracking open that evening bottle. "It is even better than the desktop, when they are less inclined to buy that expensive bottle," he says.
Some of the emerging nomenclature of tablet retail design comes from the responsive design principles that are becoming the new buzzwords among agencies and developers these days. While apps are best for the kinds of sites a user is visiting on a daily basis, browsing in retail is more opportunistic. Schmelkin leads many of these clients away from apps and to a tablet-optimized Web solution.
When responsive design can be implemented from the bottom up from scratch, then designers can anticipate what various site elements from a common code base will do on different screen and interface configurations. The feature set gets stripped down as the screen size degrades, but basic functionality and brand identity remain. With retailers that are not ready to rebuild, the company often will create a tablet-only experience.
Some aspects of a tablet-optimized experience are obvious. You need bigger buttons and have to dispense with the hover functions. But for retailers, image zooming becomes an issue on tablets if a low-res jpeg is filling the screen. They install extra code that detects the browser and swaps in higher-res images during zoom maneuvers. Drop-down menus must be curtailed and made easier to navigate with fat fingers. And Next and Previous buttons in slide shows need to adapt to swiping maneuvers. The various screen sizes are proving especially challenging. All of the format changes that are acceptable on a 10-inch tablet suddenly become difficult to traverse on a Kindle Fire. "The smaller interfaces are feeling more like a smartphone than an iPad," Schmelkin says.
But while the average sale stats are higher for T-commerce, the conversions can still suffer, largely because the tip of the funnel is the typical choke point for willing buyers. Translating the payment process from Web to tablets needs special care. The forms and orders of elements -- limiting multi-screen Next/Previous operations, accounting for slower speeds and dodgy javascript handling -- all factor in to a point-of-sale piece that is still under construction for T-commerce.
Schmelkin is quite right, I expect, in saying that once tablet-optimized retail sites appear more broadly we will see the tablet conversions pop as many shoppers find that the tablet marries time, place and mode perfectly for tapping a buy button.
As for me? Well, my T-commerce activities have been curtailed of late.
"Can I call your daughter? Oh, please let me be the one to tell her this? Please?" my wife insists as we walk back home from downtown. "You just gave me the best present -- a story I can tell the rest of our lives."
She adds: "You have to write a column about this -- you have to. "
OK, sweetie. Here is your valentine: your husband humiliated by his iPad.
Steve a remarkable and wonderful story. I laughed, I cried, and I agreed with the whole tale from a smart blissful family plan, to exploring tablet enterprise. Including the part of the inevitable growth of T-commerce, in with your lovely marital shenanigans was a great touch. With much practice, perfection is an achievable goal. T-commerce is much too young not to cause bumps in the road of sensible usability. My compliments to you wife who clearly has a great and judicious sense of humor.


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Ruth and Abe Bornstein have come full circle. They were high school sweethearts in Chelsea, MA and bought their first home as a married couple in Randolph. Since that time, they have lived in Hull and then, for the past 27 years, in the warmth of Delray Beach, Florida. And now, they're back in Randolph.
Abe retired from his food truck catering business at 62 and then took on a second career as a tennis aide at the Boca Raton Tennis Club. Ruth enjoyed her "life of luxury and warmth" in Florida. "We always enjoyed Florida life," she says, "but knew it was time to come home."
"We picked a cold and snowy winter to come back to Massachusetts," says Ruth, "but we're very pleased with our decision." "Not only are we close to family," adds Abe, "we feel very safe and secure at Simon C. Fireman Community. Ruth and I," he continues, "don't worry about anything. The staff has the residents' best interests at heart. They are remarkable."
Today, Abe spends a lot of time in the gym and has recently started participating in Tai Chi classes. He's been invited to join "the girls" for Sunday evening poker. They don't let him win – which is just fine – he just wants to be sure he's invited back! For, Ruth, the days go by very quickly. She volunteers, plays bridge, meets friends and sees family – and appreciates the well-rounded life that she and Abe have returned to.


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A Swedish novelist joins a Scotland Yard detective to solve a crime.
Euthanasia Bondeson is that rara avis of Victorian times: a plain-speaking, independent woman who travels the world with only her beautiful young companion Agnes as chaperone. In 1851, upon their arrival in London to see the Great Exhibition, Agnes gets lost in the throng viewing the remarkable Crystal Palace. While searching for her, Euthanasia meets Professor Devindra, a native of India brought up as a proper English gentleman, and his friends, famous artist Sir Edmund Chambers, his wife Lady Margaret and her sister Ruby Holiday. After finding Agnes and returning with her to their hotel, Euthanasia receives a visit from Owain Evans, a Welsh DCI who is a great admirer of her novels. He gives the ladies a tour of the London slums, where they meet several other intriguing characters, including a clergyman who takes pornographic photos. But a visit to the British Museum with the professor and the Chambers family results in a more sinister disappearance of Agnes. Although Euthanasia is initially oblivious to the possible dangers threatening her companion, she and Evans team up to investigate when a body is found. The remains are not those of Agnes, but when several other young woman disappear, they search among her new acquaintances for a white slaver.
A slow-moving mystery packed with Victorian flavor.


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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Toronto Plaqueathon
Last weekend, I took part in an informal event intended to get Toronto talking (tweeting) about local heritage. The goal was for people to get all 230 of Heritage Toronto's plaques and panels visited and tweeted. The plaque tweets were all tagged with #TOheritage in order to track the plaqueathon. This Torontoist article provides the full explanation behind the motivation to attempt the plaqueathon (and they just happened to illustrate it with a photo of one of the plaques I drafted a few years ago).
Over two days, I visited around 30 of the plaques, spread from Christie Street to Mount Pleasant, from Dundas to Eglinton (an area of 4 km by 6 km). Some of the plaques marked conspicuous and obvious historical structures, such as Casa Loma, but others are there to commemorate lesser known events or individuals. I learned so much about this city and I find that information about the city's past becomes more meaningful when it is tied to a specific place. Knowledge about my home city's past adds another dimension to the way I think about where I live.
I set out a challenge for you! If you live in Toronto, check out this map of the Heritage Toronto panels. When you're out and about, make an effort to find one of these panels, one that you haven't read before. Those of you who live someplace else, I encourage you to stop, pause and read the next historic plaque you notice! Let me know what you learned about!
Also, and this is very important no matter where you live, if you care about local history and heritage preservation, make sure you let your elected representatives know about it.
BONUS Toronto heritage reading on greentea.tk: the Baldwin Steps and my four part series on a great escape from the Don Jail
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An order to liquidate the Jewish camp at Dzankoi [Dzankoy] was documented by the rear command of the Eleventh Army on January 1st, 1942. It is preserved as NOKW-1866 and states that due to "hunger and the imminent outbreak of epidemics", the camp "must, therefore, be liquidated." Arad quotes the document in "The Holocaust in the Soviet Union", p.208. It is yet more evidence that the Eleventh Army in Crimea was involved in the liquidation of Jews.
In the months following this liquidation, other Jews were executed in the vicinity of Dzankoy and Simferopol, in addition to other parts of the Crimea, as documented in EM 178 here.


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The North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) has announced the number of players that will represent each team at next month's NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament, presented by Easton, which will be held from February 17-19, 2014 at the Troy Sports Center in Troy, Michigan, along with the teams' coaches. 80 total players from the NA3HL will be spread amongst four teams, who will play in three games each during the event. The event will feature teams that represent the four divisions in the NA3HL: Central, East, South and West.
The number of players each NA3HL team can to send to the tournament, in which four teams from the four NA3HL divisions: Central, East, South and West is based on each team's winning percentage within their group as of January 20, 2014. Each team consists of a 20-man roster (12 forwards, 6 defensemen and 2 goalies) as chosen by the NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament Selection Committee as nominated by the league's 21 head coaches. All junior eligible NA3HL players are eligible to participate in the Top Prospects Tournament.
In the Central Division, the Peoria Mustangs (.714) will send five players, the St. Louis Jr. Blues (.639) will send four, the Chicago Jr. Bulldogs (.625), Wisconsin Whalers (.576) and Cincinnati Swords (.569) will send three players each and the Battle Creek Revolution (.031) will send two. The head coach of the Central Division team will be Steve Ortman from the Peoria Mustangs and the assistant coach will be Chris Flaugher from the St. Louis Jr. Blues.
In the East Division, the Flint Junior Generals (.892) will send five players, the Pittsburgh Vengeance (.595) will send four, the Cleveland Jr. Lumberjacks (.588), Toledo Cherokee (.576) and Metro Jets (.444) will send three players each and the Michigan Mountain Cats (.197) will send two. The head coach of the East Division team will be Steve Howard from the Flint Junior Generals and the assistant coach will be Dave Dorsey from the Pittsburgh Vengeance.
In the South Division, the Topeka Capitals (.661) and the Dallas Jr. Stars (.407) will each send four players to the event, while the Sugar Land Imperials (.404) will send three. The head coach of the South Division team will be Anthony Bohn from the Topeka Capitals and the assistant coach will be Jason Deitsch from the Dallas Jr. Stars. To round out the rest of the South Division team the head coach shall select three (3) "At Large" players from each other divisions. The At Large selections shall come from the pool of players that were nominated but not selected for their respective divisional teams.
In the West Division, the North Iowa Bulls (.938) will send five players, the Granite City Lumberjacks (.771) will send four players to the event, the Alexandria Blizzard (.629), Twin City Steel (.528) and Breezy Point North Stars (.222) will send three players each and the Minnesota Flying Aces (.191) will send two. The head coach of the West Division team will be Todd Sanden from the North Iowa Bulls and the assistant coach will be Brad Willner from the Granite City Lumberjacks.
2014 NA3HL Top Prospects schedule:
Monday, February 17th: East vs. Central, 2:45pm; West vs. South, 4:00pm
Tuesday, February 18th: South vs. Central, 10:00am; West vs. East, 12:30pm
Wednesday, February 19th: Central vs. West, 10:00am; East vs. South, 11:00am
The Head Coaches of each Top Prospect team will make final roster decisions after considering the player nominations submitted by individual teams. Top Prospects Head Coaches from the Central, East and West will finalize their rosters by Friday, January 24th. The head coach of the South Division Team shall have until Sunday, January 26th to submit his final roster. Top Prospects rosters for all teams will be formally announced on Thursday, January 30th on www.na3hl.com.
The NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament is played in conjunction with the North American Hockey League's (NAHL) Top Prospects Tournament, along with the North American Prospects Hockey League's (NAPHL) Championship Series. The event has quickly become one of the most highly-scouted events of its kind, with hundreds of junior, NCAA and NHL expected in attendance this season. Combined with the NAHL Top Prospects Tournament and NAPHL Championship series, it will make for an exciting week of hockey and provides a great opportunity for every scout and coach to get a close look the talent in the three leagues.
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Summer Blues in August
Just as summer is heading into it's second month and everyone is talking about vacation time, how wonderful the weather is, and are busy planning weekend get aways and plans you're just not into summer. And you're feeling anxious jittery and blah. What's going on? Do you have the Summer Blues in August?
Believe it or not you might have the Summer time blues. While we're all heard of Season Affect Disorder (SAD) in the winter months, you might be surprised to hear summer has it's own SAD. It's called Reverse Seasonal Affect Disorder.
1) What is Reverse Seasonal Affect Disorder
Summer SAD is when someone finds themselves feeling hopeless, unexplainably irritable or agitated as the temperature rises and the days get longer. And if you haven't heard of Reverse Seasonal Affect Disorder it's because it affects a very small percentage of the population. Less than 1% of all SAD cases are Reverse Seasonal Affect Disorder. Surprisingly Summer time blues affects people who live the closer to the equator.
2) Signs you have reverse SAD
What are the signs of summer blues? Well does your mood decrease as the days grow longer?
Do you experience
– experience insomnia
– poor appetite, and weight loss
– grow agitated
– sudden mood swings
– easily frustrated
– Low Mood until the cool fall weather returns
– Difficulty coping with the heat and humidity
– Increase sex drive
– hopeless, worthless, depressed, and uninterested in activities you previously enjoyed
– anxious
3) Potential causes of SAD
Not a lot of research has been done on the causes of Reverse Seasonal Affect Disorder. Here are some potential causes
1) Seasonal allergies – and unfortunately we see increase in suicidal ideation and suicides when the allergy season peaks
2) Lack of sleep – people might stay up later in the summer, throwing their sensitive circadian rhythms for a loop. Longer days means you wake up earlier with the early morning sun. When your sleep deprived your body releases more of the stress hormone, cortisol, which can contribute to depression and can increase your emotional sensitivity.
3) Exposure to too much sunlight, heat, or humidity – While winter SAD is linked to a lack of sunlight, it is thought that summer SAD is due to the reverse—possibly too much sunlight. Too much sunlight also lead to changes in melatonin production. If you can't sleep because of issues like stress, depression or anxiety: Melatonin may not work in those cases because the problem doesn't lie with the body's ability to make its own melatonin.
4) How to overcome SAD
Get enough sleep
– use an eye mask or blackout curtains
– keep a regular sleep schedule
– avoid staying up too late
Stay cool stay indoors
– some people really don't cope well with high humidity, high temperatures and bright sunlight
– These people see their moods and irritability decrease as the cooler fall weather approaches
– researchers have seen people's moods improve if they incorporate cool showers to lower their body temperature


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The Wilderness is a documentary from Crooked Media and Two-Up about the history and future of the Democratic Party. Pod Save America's Jon Favreau tells the story of a party finding its way out of the political wilderness through conversations with strategists, historians, policy experts, organizers, and voters. In fifteen chapters, the series explores issues like inequality, race, immigration, sexism, foreign policy, media strategy, and how Democrats can build a winning majority that lasts.
How did we get here? The history of the Democratic Party, from its birth in the 1820s through the election of Barack Obama.
What is Barack Obama's legacy? A closer look at how an historic presidency shaped the party and the country.
Why did Democrats lose the 2016 election? The candidates, campaigns, and conditions that led to America's worst person becoming president.
How do we fix what's wrong with the Democratic Party? Focus groups of Democratic voters in Texas and Michigan, along with thousands of callers, offer their views.
How do we fight for justice and equality in the face of racism? The struggle to break the cycle of progress and backlash that defines race and politics in America.
How can Democrats build a multiracial coalition that adds up to an electoral majority? A discussion about whether it's necessary or possible to win back voters we've lost.
What's the best way to fight for a humane immigration policy? Immigration advocates talk about the decisions that shaped the debate and where we go from here.
Why do we have an historic level of inequality in this country? The economic transformations and political decisions that have diminished the American Dream.
What does a bold, progressive economic agenda look like? Policy experts talk about the big ideas that can shape the Democratic Party's platform.
How can Democrats avoid conventional thinking on foreign policy? A discussion about what a new era of American leadership might look like.
How can Democrats break through in today's media environment? A strategy for rethinking the way we communicate with the public.
How democratic should the Democratic Party be? The evolving relationship between party leaders and grassroots organizers.
How can we recruit a new generation of winning candidates? Three young, recently-elected Democrats talk about what it's like to run for office.
What are the unique challenges facing women in politics? A first-time candidate who's running to be a state legislator tells her story.
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You guys know by now I cook (mostly) according to the weather. Well, this past week has been no different. From those gray cold rainy days came a craving that I have not eaten or made in a while… Chicken Chasseur!
So the idea behind classic French, Chicken Chasseur, was that game-hunters would go out and hunt (no, they weren't hunting chicken, but game fowl) and while hunting pick wild mushrooms. To home the day's catch would go, tossed in the pot, and were slowly stewed along with those glorious wild mushrooms. As time went on and the chicken was more common, the chasseurs (hunters) gave in to the poulet (chicken).
Sounds fancy but easy to prepare. The key to beginning any great recipe, and chicken chasseur, is no different is your mise en place! Prepare all of your ingredients, get them lined up and ready, and you'll have no problem (along with a great winter meal) in no time. So let's get to it!
Chicken Chasseur - Serves 4
1 4-4.5 pound roasting hen, quartered
3 tablespoons grapeseed oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter + extra for finishing the dish
Flour for dusting the chicken
2 small carrots, a stalk of celery, small onion rough chopped for mirepoix
Bouquet Garni: fresh thyme, rosemary, bay leaf wrapped in a leek leaf and tied
In The Kitchen With Scotty "Cook's Line Seasoning" or salt and pepper to taste
1 cup sliced Leek or diced yellow onion
8-10 ounces wild mushrooms cleaned stemmed, sliced (I used a combination of crimini, oyster, chanterelles)
2 ounces Cognac or Armagnac
1/4 cup dry white wine
* 1-quart unsalted chicken stock* (see step 3)
1 heaping tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon Fresh tarragon, chopped (optional)
Chopped Italian parsley for garnish
First thing is first, quarter your chicken. We're looking for two leg/thigh pieces and two de-boned breasts; save the wings for the quick stock we will be making. If you aren't sure how to quarter a chicken and want to try, see the YouTube video below. You may also ask your butcher to do this for you.
If you have quartered your own chicken, rough chop the remaining carcass. In a medium , size pot add the chopped carcass, wings, the roughly chopped mirepoix. Cover in cold water, add the Bouquet Garni and bring to a boil. Cover the pot and turn down the heat to a light simmer. Simmer away while you complete the other steps.
* If you had your butcher quarter the chicken, or you purchased chicken pieces, obviously you have no remaining carcass. Your bought (or homemade) 1 quart of unsalted chicken stock will be perfectly okay to use. Set aside until Step 9.
Begin to season your leg-thigh quarters and breasts with Cook's Line Seasoning or Salt and pepper. Give it a nice coat on all side. In a bowl add your flour for dusting about a cup maybe a little more. Dredge the seasoned chicken pieces in the flour and knock off any excess.
In a large cast iron skillet, dutch oven, whatever you have that's heavy, begin heating the grapeseed oil and butter. Once the foam from the melting butter subsides, add the floured chicken pieces skin side down. Sauté the chicken until golden brown on all sides. Remove the browned chicken from the pan.
We are going to cook the leeks and mushrooms now. If you need to add more oil and butter, then do so. Add the chopped leeks to the pan and sauté until translucent. Next, add your stemmed/sliced mushrooms and begin to brown. Season with a pinch or two of Cook's Line Seasoning. Add the tomato paste and cook into the mixture until the tomato paste is a bit dry and starts browning on the bottom of the pan.
Remove the pan away from any open flame. Add the cognac or Armagnac to the hot pan. Place the pan back on the fire and tilt slightly until the inner pan ignites. Congratulations, you just accomplished a flambé.
When the alcohol burns off, add the dry white wine. Cook into the mushroom mixture.
Pour out the quick chicken stock from the carcass pan through a strainer into a clean bowl. Discard the spent carcass and mirepoix. Pour the strained stock into the mushroom pan, scraping up all the cooked bits from the bottom of the pan and sides.
Add the browned chicken pieces back to the pan. Cover and simmer gently for 45 minutes or until your chicken is cooked and tender. If using tarragon add now and stir in.
When ready to serve, remove the chicken to a platter. Heat the mushroom sauce to a simmer and add a knob or two of butter; Stir in to richen the sauce further. Pour the chasseur sauce over the chicken, sprinkle on fresh chopped parsley and serve right away.
Serve with flat egg noodles or mashed potatoes. Enjoy!


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Tea Party and Occupy Protest Obama's Opulent SF Fundraisers
Obama has become so objectionable in his crony capitalist excesses that he can bridge the vast gulf between pro-liberty Tea Partiers and Marxist Occucommies, uniting them if only momentarily in opposition against him. When the Campaigner in Chief came to San Francisco last Thursday for a series of aristocratic fundraisers, he was greeted with contempt from both ends of the spectrum. But not even loathing of the Lightworker could make upstanding patriots and smelly communist vermin like each other. Zombie's excellent account of the visit includes the photos below.
The good:
The bad:
The ugly:
In light of Barry having received a piece of Jan Brewer's mind, the Obamunists at SF Weekly lisped,
After that insane finger-wagging Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer gave President Obama on the tarmac in Phoenix the other day, it's no wonder the president would prefer to be campaigning in San Francisco, where we don't mind gays or immigrants [et cetera ad nauseam].
Unfortunately for B. Hussein, he did not escape wagging fingers even in the heart of Moonbatlandia:
But the lowly commoners outside, patriots and moonbats alike, were unlikely to make much of an impression on Lord Obama as he munched caviar with the ultra-rich and made massive withdrawals from his West Coast ATM.
Thank you Zombie. Tips from IslandLifer and Gary A. Hat tip: Fund47.
3 Responses to "Tea Party and Occupy Protest Obama's Opulent SF Fundraisers"
pic #3: Occupy outer space, brah.
I thought Picture No. 3 was Vermin Supreme.
I hear he beat Obama in the last poll…..


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Microsoft Previews Office 2010 to Developers
At its Worldwide Partner Conference Monday, Microsoft unveiled the next generation of one of the most popularly used pieces of software in history, Microsoft Office, delivering a "Technical Preview" to partners and developers.
Key new capabilities in Office include lightweight, Web-based versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote, co-authoring in Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote, new e-mail management and viewing capabilities in Outlook, basic image and video editing along with web publishing in PowerPoint, and "Sparkline" in-cell graphing in Excel. The Office 2010 desktop software will be made available to conference attendees, and PCMag.com has obtained an early look: Our preview of Office 2010 is already online for readers to familiarize themselves with the new features.
The Web apps will be coming later this summer as part of a different Windows Live technical preview. When they go live, users will simply need a Windows Live account to use them. Alternatively, businesses will be able to host the services on their own SharePoint servers or using Microsoft-hosted SharePoint servers.
"Office 2010 is the premier productivity solution across PCs, mobile phones and browsers," said Chris Capossela, senior vice president, Microsoft Business Division. "From broadcast and video editing in PowerPoint, new data visualization capabilities in Excel and co-authoring in Word, we are delivering technology to help people work smarter and faster from any location using any device."
The online versions of Office 2010 apps are certainly aimed squarely at Google Docs, which has long offered hosted word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation apps. Such apps not only save users from having to buy, install, and consume local resources with desktop applications, but also avail them of easy sharing and document collaboration. A key requirement of these online apps has been compatibility with Microsoft office file formats, and the company itself is in the best position to provide complete compatibility. The Web versions of Office 2010 also represent something that users have long craved: A free version of the standard document creation and editing tools.
Not only will these Office 2010 web applications provide easier ways to share documents, but so too will the installed desktop applications. Word users will be able to edit documents simultaneously in the desktop apps if their company uses SharePoint, and a "conflict resolution" mode is intended to prevent confusion. Excel users will be able to sync their offline edits with the server once back online, but only the Web version will allow simultaneous editing. OneNote will allow simultaneous editing whether the participant users are using the Web or desktop version.
Excel 2010's Sparkline feature means that visual clues such as trendlines and bar graphs can appear in cells right next to the number data, making spreadsheets more skimmable. PowerPoint 2010 includes new SmartArt graphics, animations, and 3D slide transitions. It also lets users insert videos into presentations and do basic editing. Its Backstage view replaces the file menu, a co-authoring capability streamlines collaboration, and the ability to broadcast slideshows doesn't require viewers to have PowerPoint installed.
In terms of packaging, Microsoft has cut down on the number of editions of Office from eight to five. But pricing has not yet been determined. The final versions are scheduled to be released in the first half of 2010.
Corporations are being primed for the new tools through a program called "Ignite," intended to get them up to speed with the latest versions of SharePoint Server, Office, and Exchange. More information is available at Microsoft's Partner site. More info on Office 2010 in general can be found at www.microsoft.com/Office2010.


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GREECE Irene? Rain fell on election day. "Tears," said an Athens policeman, looking up at the sky. He meant that 2,750 of the 3,000 candidates for Greece's 250-man Parliament would be disappointed.
Few, however, would be able to say that they were robbed. The election was the cleanest and most orderly in the history of modern Greece. In Athens, not a shot was fired in anger. Said a voter: "It was not like this in the old days. I remember when ambulances dashed about picking up bodies. This is like a British election."
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Naoki Urasawa is one of Japan's masters of suspense. His manga series, Monster, is one of my favorite stories, and my favorite among his works. Guillermo del Toro was planning an HBO miniseries based on the story, but that sadly seems to have fallen through.
Monster details the story of Kenzo Tenma, a Japanese surgeon living and working in Dusseldorf before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He is the top surgeon in his hospital, and the beau of the hospital director's daughter. When he fails to treat a government official in favor of saving a young boy's life, he is fired. He feels good about his decision among the backlash from his so-called friends and his fiancée -- until 10 years later, when Johan, the boy whose life he saved, grows up to be a serial killer. Dr. Tenma feels it is his duty to track down and stop the murderer Johan before anyone else dies. What follows is a thrilling chase full of intense twists and turns.
Monster isn't a gore-fest. It's a classic psychological thriller that asks the reader to think about who the real villain is. While Tenma shoulders much of the blame for saving a would-be murderer, there are plenty of other characters to question. Monster keeps the interest going throughout the 18 volume series.
The books have recently been re-released in volume collections with fancy new covers, and if you're interested, an anime series of the same name exists. The anime pretty much follows the manga shot for shot. Peraonally, I think the story works better in book form, but I'm sure if del Toro got his hands on it for real, the end result would be incredible.
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There are a number of ways that TV can be made more accessible for people who are blind or deaf, or have poor vision or hearing:
Audio description
You might have used audio description on videos or DVDs with an AD marking. It works like a commentary for people who have difficulty seeing the screen. During the programme, a voice describes what's shown and what's happening on the screen during gaps in the dialogue.
AD is available on a wide range of digital TV products for use with an aerial, as well as on Sky and Virgin services. But note that it's not currently available on TalkTalk digital TV services that are delivered through your telephone line.
BSkyB satellite and the Virgin Media cable company broadcast audio description combined with a programme's soundtrack. You just have to change the settings on the TV - no special kit is needed. Further information is available from Sky Accessibility and Virgin Media customer services. You can also get more information on AD from RNIB.
TV Help provides listings of TV programmes with audio description on its page, Freeview Audio Description TV Schedule.
Other equipment for people with poor sight
- 'Smart Talk' Goodmans set-top box - this talking set-top box announces all on-screen information, including programme guides and menus, using synthetic speech. It also delivers audio description.
- Sky Talker - this text-to-speech device is available from BSkyB's Accessibility Service for use with Sky or Sky+ boxes.
- Portset digital media centre - a box that provides all digital terrestrial TV channels, sound only, with audio description when it's broadcast, plus spoken-text services, record and playback. Contact Portset for more information.
Traditionally, with signed programmes you see a picture of a person signing in a corner of the screen. This is called 'open signing'.
Very few programmes are signed, and these are generally shown as repeats late at night. Yet over 50,000 deaf people in the UK use British Sign Language (BSL) as their first language.
Ofcom sets and monitors targets for broadcasters. The current 10-year target is for 5% of programming hours to be signed. This excludes commercial channels with less than 1% of audience share, which have a target of 30 minutes per month. Broadcasters are also required to raise awareness of this service and to identify signed programmes with 'SL' in on-screen TV guides.
Even with digital, you can only get just a few signed programmes. One of the problems is that open signing is expensive to produce, requiring a signer to be filmed separately from the programme. And, of course, non-users can find it intrusive on the screen.
Whatever TV you've got and whichever way you get a digital signal, you can get subtitles on a lot more channels than was possible with the old Teletext and Ceefax based analogue subtitles. Digital TV's new-style subtitles have a different typeface, size and positioning, chosen to be clearer and not block out key parts of the picture.
Ofcom sets and monitors targets for broadcasters. The current 10-year target is for 80% of programming hours to be subtitled. The free-to-air channels that are currently carrying the most programming with subtitles are: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, Cbeebies, CBBC and BBC News 24 - about 100%; ITV, Channel 4 and Sky News - about 89%; Channel 5 - about 80%. Broadcasters are also required to raise awareness of this service.
Things to consider
All the products we tested could display subtitles when they were broadcast and, if they could record programmes, they could record subtitles. However, the following issues are worth bearing in mind:
- Ideally, remote controls should have a 'subtitle' button; otherwise, subtitles are switched on and off via an on-screen menu, which is not so convenient.
- Once subtitles have been selected, they stay on when you change channels with all the products we tested except only a couple of digital TVs and the BT Vision+ digital TV recorder (for advice, see BT's page: Turning on BT Vision subtitles).
- Although we found no problems with pre-recorded subtitles, our testing detected problems with the smoothness of rapid live subtitles (such as those on live news reports) on several set-top boxes, digital TV recorders and TVs. This may be annoying for regular subtitle users, so you should check before buying.
Increasing the size of digital subtitles
The size of digital subtitles is largely the same whether you get your digital signal via an aerial, cable or satellite, and whatever the model of set-top box or recorder. However, for technical reasons, the new-style subtitles can't be enlarged in the same way as they used to be on some analogue TVs. This shouldn't be a problem if you're planning to buy a new TV because the key factor that affects the size of digital subtitles is the size of your TV screen, and modern flatscreen TVs can be bought in larger sizes. A bigger screen brings you a bigger picture and bigger subtitles.
If you're having trouble reading digital subtitles, you could:
- Get some glasses specifically for TV viewing. Reading glasses and driving glasses focus at the wrong distance for TV viewing. Your optician can advise.
- Buy a larger TV. Try viewing the subtitles on different size screens in a shop before buying.
- If your TV has a 'zoom' setting, you may be able to enlarge the picture and still see all the lines of subtitles, but you'll miss the picture edges. It depends on your TV though: some don't have zoom; others can't display subtitles in zoom mode, or adjust it up and down. The zoom setting is usually in the menu under 'picture settings'.
If you're missing the bottom lines of subtitles:
- Check the 'zoom' setting, usually found within the 'picture settings' menu on your TV. The zoom setting enlarges the picture beyond the size of the screen. It can mean that you'll miss the bottom of the picture and therefore one or more lines of subtitles.
Last updated: July 2013
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Stardom and its alternatives
It is unlikely that many of us will be famous, or even remembered. But not less important than the brilliant few that lead a nation or a literature to fresh achievements, are the unknown many whose patient efforts keep the world from running backward; who guard and maintain the ancient values, even if they do not conquer new; whose inconspicuous triumph it is to pass on what they inherited from their fathers, unimpaired and undiminished, to their sons. Enough, for almost all of us, if we can hand on the torch, and not let it down; content to win the affection, if it may be, of a few who know us and to be forgotten when they in their turn have vanished. The destiny of mankind is not governed wholly by its "stars."
- F. L. Lucas
Stepping around the gender exclusivity, I found in the quote above much to consider, and reassurance to be found. It seems to me that a necessary condition of the 'inconspicuous triumph' is to aspire to stardom, but it is somehow heartening to be reminded of the enormous value of cultural work, independent of fame and fortune. It would seem important to know and to value those 'few who know us', and to avoid taking them for granted. Of course, the corollary to this is to make a mark on the world - to leave a record of progress, of the process of maintaining the 'ancient values'.
This is a kind of immortality, or at least endurance beyond our short allotted span. I am drawn to this sort of thing, and I have in my possession two documents, one written in 1451 and one written in 1494. (My documents are archivally framed, and difficult to photograph; the image above is of an English document a century older, but the handwriting is similar.) I am yet to have my documents translated, but I know one to be a letter of recommendation for a young man, and the other is a passport, the documentation required to cross the feudal borders of 15th Century Italy. I love these documents, I love that they have survived intact and legible on their tough parchment, and I find them inspiring. Certainly, the handwriting - small and tight, yet flowing and lyrical - brings the presence of the scribe close to the surface of the document.
I aspire to this kind of endurance, this modest form of immortality: it seems far less fleeting, and more achievable, than 'stardom', to use Lucas' terminology. This also lies at the root of my fondness for good paper, bottles of ink and fountain pens. I will continue to write, transcribing my thoughts and aspects of my mundane, workaday world, and we shall in time see what comes of it.


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Tap Your Heels, dam of leading sire Tapit, dead at age 20
Tap Your Heels, dam of two-time leading sire Tapit, passed away at the age of 20 due to complications during foaling early Thursday morning her owners Barouche Stud announced via their Facebook page Friday.
Tap Your Heels foaled a colt by Super Saver, who did survive.
A daughter of Unbridled out of the Nijinsky II mare Ruby Slippers, Tap Your Heels had resided at Gerry Dilger's Dromoland Farm for the last 15 years. She was purchased by Barbara Facchino's Barouche Stud for $900,000 while in foal to Forestry at the 2002 Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale - a price that would go down as a bargain once her first foal became a on-track success and game-changer in the breeding shed.
Tapit would capture the 2004 Grade I Wood Memorial and has since developed in the most successful and expensive stallion in North America. The son of Pulpit has sat atop the general sire list the past two seasons and commands an advertised fee of $300,000 at Gainesway.
"We would like to thank Gerry Dilger and all his staff at Dromoland Farm, who have looked after her like royalty over the past 15 years," Barouche Stud posted on its Facebook page. "She will be sadly missed by her owner Mrs. Barbara Facchino and all at Barouche Stud and Dromoland Farm."
Tap Your Heels was last offered at public auction at the 2010 Fasig-Tipton November sale but failed to meet her reserve while in foal to Elusive Quality after bringing a final bid of $1.8 million. She produced 12 live foals, including a son of Malibu Moon that sold for $1 million at the 2014 Keeneland April 2-year-olds in training sale.


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How many times did it happen that your plants or pot-based vegetables are starting to wither or turn yellow? If watering and fertilization are proper, the plants don't lack sunlight, and the diseases can be excluded as well, perhaps you didn't prepare in time. Not all plants need the same pH value of the soil.
Therefore, I'll show you how to make acidic potting soil for acid-loving plants. In general, the principle is the same for container growing and the garden so that this article can be used for both.
Table of Contents
What Is Acidity In The First Place?
Every soil has its pH value. This number represents the acidity of the ground, meaning how much acid or base it contains. Some plants require more alkaline soil, others need a bit more balanced, while the third group (the one which we are talking about in this text) needs slightly or more acidic soil.
Taking a pH measuring kit and reading the results is almost trivial matter. Understanding those readings is somewhat wholly different. pH scale goes from 0 to 14. The middle value (7) represents neutral pH. This surrounding is neither acidic nor alkaline. From 0 to 7 is the acidic part of the range, while from 7 to 14 are soils which are alkaline.
Which Plants Or Vegetables Love Acidic Soil?
In general, I can separate acidic-loving plants into three groups, by the degree of acidity they need. These are as follows:
Slightly Acidic To Alkaline Soil – Most prominent from this group are cabbage and beets. Frist requires pH from 6.0 to 8.0 and peas, which will need pH from 6.0 to 7.5.
Slightly Acidic Soil – This is perhaps the most significant group. I can mention lettuce, broccoli, carrots, squashes, radishes and others. These little ones will need pH from 6.0 to 7.0.
Acidic Soil – Cucumbers, beans, eggplants and beans need pH which goes to the range of 5.5, tomatoes and pumpkins will need pH from 5.5 to 7.5, while potatoes will require the lowest level of pH, 5.0
Majority of these vegetables are suited for container growing, so if you have planned to give it a go, all it is left is to make acidic soil, and you are good to go!
Is Any Specialized Equipment Required?
Luckily, not much is needed for you to make acidic potting soil. A big container is the most crucial part because you will have to make mixture somewhere. For this purpose, you can use a bigger bucket or a wheelbarrow. The latter is quite convenient since moving around can be quite handy. Personally, I have used an old bathtub, since it has significant volume and is very stable.
The second most crucial part is pH measuring kit. If you haven't used these before, I have already covered this matter in one of my previous articles. They are not hard to use, so feel free to explore and find the one which suits you the best.
Other equipment will include gloves, a bit of goodwill and some spare time. As for the material, you will need soil which will serve as the base. Organic potting soil for tomatoes can do the trick, just leave the fertilizer out of the equation. Make it fertilizer-neutral, just in case.
Eventually, you can always buy potting soil which suits your needs, but where is fun in that? Additionally, once you learn how to adjust the pH level and to make an acidic soil, you will save a lot of money in the long run. Also, not all package labels are accurate; you may buy soil with pH of 6.5, for example, and after testing it turns out to be 7.0. Therefore, the one you make yourself is far more reliable.
So, How Should I Start?
One great thing about you making your potting soil is that it doesn't require a lot of time. Pour in ingredients the day before, mix it thoroughly, and you are good to go. The matter is different if you must include organic matter as well. This procedure requires a bit more time, so two weeks are needed.
On the other hand, applying sulfur will require more time, so make sure that you have read the labels and that you are following instructions correctly.
There are several ingredients which can be used to increase the acidity of the soil. Depending on which is available, you can make your choice. Keep in mind that not all are easy to obtain in every corner of the globe. Luckily, the Internet had made things more comfortable, so ordering a few bags of elemental sulfate from across the world is not such difficult thing to do. The bad side is that you will probably have to wait for it to be delivered.
Which Road To Take?
As I said, there are several ways to adjust the acidity of the soil. I will list each of them with their pros and cons, so you may pick the one which suits you the best. Before you begin, take that pH testing kit and measure the acidity, so that you know how much you should apply. Water in the garden should be tested as well since it influences the pH level as well.
Organic Matter
One of the easiest and more natural ways is to include bio-waste into the process. It comes to this: take the soil and work in bio residue. Of course, not all types of bio-waste will increase the acidity; for this purpose, peat moss and ground leaves (oak, if it is possible) are far the best. Also, compost and manure are used in this process. Several inches of organic matter is more than enough to reduce pH; for container soil, however, I recommend two shovels of it at one wheelbarrow.
Thorough mixing is vital, and you will have to do it once in every few days.
The downside of this approach is that you will need a lot of organic matter to bring down pH level. What overshadows this is that the soil will be well-aerated and loose. This will increase the level of nutrients as well. This approach is great if you are planning to try growing peppers or jalapenos in a pot.
Because this is a slow process, it gives you an opportunity for accurate measuring. If you measure pH once in every few days, you will see that it slowly but steadily becomes lower and lower. Stop when you reach the needed border.
There is, however, one side which I must point out. Since peat moss is gained from swampy areas, too much using of this will cause long-term damage to the ecosystem. There are better ways to adjust pH.
Coffee Grounds
If you can't imagine morning routine without a cup of strong, black coffee, this is your lucky day. Residue from making coffee will also help you increase the acidity. And since most of the plants in pots are based in the kitchen, it is near enough not to forget about it.
Of course, since comparing to how much residue remains after preparing coffee, some collecting will perhaps be needed. First, leave the grounds to dry on a paper towel. After that, collect it in a zip-lock bag and close it. This way it will remain fresh and will preserve its properties.
The most convenient way to apply coffee grounds is to put one or two teaspoons of coffee grounds at the bottom of the pot for smaller containers. For larger ones, a couple of cups of coffee residue worked into the soil is just the right thing to do. The good side of this approach is that coffee grounds will keep the slugs away, while the bad one is that it is not convenient for the large-scale appliances, such as gardens.
Sulfur And Its Varieties
If one of these two previous ways is not convenient for you, then there is no other way to reduce pH than to apply sulfur or some variety of it. Although chemical solutions are not always ideal for applying, sometimes there is no other way.
Sulfur is most commonly used for clay-rich soils. To adjust the acidity of this type of soil, it will be needed approximately 2 pounds of elemental sulfur to reduce pH from 7.0 to 4.5. Now, the trouble is that every manufacturer produces its type of sulfur, so reading package label is vital.
Also, if you wish to lower the pH of the soil where you already planted the plants or vegetables, fertilizers which contain ammonia will bring down pH as well. Those which include calcium and potassium nitrate will increase the pH instead, so read carefully what you are buying.
The disadvantage of this approach is that it is intended primarily for large-scale usage. Gardens are the best areas for the sulfur appliance, and altering pH this way will require at least one year of treatment. Sulfur has long "working time," so it will remain active for some time.
Do Not Use Vinegar
Some people will advise you to dilute two tsp of vinegar with a gallon of water, and spray the ground you intend to use for growing acid-loving plants. Although it seems reasonable, I'm firmly against this. First of all, vinegar will evaporate rather quickly, and the results with it as well. Next, to make an impact you will need a lot of vinegar, and this may cause misbalance of useful bacteria within the soil.
What If I Overdo It?
In case that you have exaggerated with the appliance of acidity-improving reagents, there is always a way to correct that. If the pH of the soil is too low, sprinkle some limestone on top of it. It is natural and the fastest way to reduce the acidity (or increase alkalinity, depending on the point of view), so it is great to keep pH under control.
So, there it is! Now you know how to make acidic potting soil for acid-loving plants without a problem. Making one on your own may require some tries and misses, but do not be discouraged. Try one more time.
As always, feel free to leave a comment, opinion or advice in the comment section below.


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(I wrote this ages ago and never posted it for some reason)
I was looking on the site of an illustrator and she had attached a video of some martial arts championships she had attended.
It meant nothing to me.
Occasionally, yes, there were some things I could see were impressive - backflips and one-handed cartwheels and leaping to their feet from lying down. But most of the time, it looked random. I didn't know what I was looking at. I could hear impressed murmurs from the crowd, but I didn't know why. I couldn't see what they were seeing. I didn't understand.
It helped me realise how something that is obvious to me may genuinely not be to other people. They can't see if something is good design. They can't see that something's just a rough, not finished drawing.


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Dear Mom,/
I started this post late Tuesday night with hopes of publishing first thing Wednesday morning. And now it's Thursday.
But with my head spinning over the fact that my sweet sister, your dear daughter, became a mother, I just couldn't get my words to fall into place.
Plus it was 10:30pm and I was slowly turning into a pumpkin.
So I didn't finish these words on your birthday. But, who cares? Lets celebrate all week. You deserve it.
It's hard to sum you up Momma. It's hard to pinpoint all the many parts that make you brave and bold and loving. Because here's the thing, you're an all the time, tell it like it is, hug ya when you need it, powerful woman.
You're one of the few people who can read me. You know when I am actually completely terrified while I pretend to be cool as a cucumber.
You know full well I'm lying through my teeth on the phone when I say, "Yes Mom, I'm fine". When Lord knows I'm not.
You're always the first one to call or text or apologize when we've had conflict.
I can be so prideful. But you? You just forget about keeping score or who was right or wrong. You just love and forgive and let go.
So much of who I am is because of you. How do I know?
I struggle to arrive anywhere empty handed. Be it a plant, cookie tray, or bottle of wine, I need something, anything, to show folks I am so touched to be in their home.
Because you always insisted we bring something.
I believe a good ol' fashion thank you card never goes out of style. I can hear your voice ringing in my ear, "Maeve, did you call so and so for that sweet gift? Did you write them a card?"
I ache to be a good neighbor and friend, even when it might feel awkward or inconvenient.
You're the first person to bring a loaf of bread to a new family that moved in down the street. You call and stop by when a family has lost someone really important to them. You check up on the elderly neighbor who lives alone in case they need something. You invite the neighbors kids over for a swim in the pool. You babysit your daughters friends kids.
I believe, with all my heart and soul, that all we are and do and believe starts in the home.
You made sure we always ate dinner together as a family. Even when life was crazy. Even when you and Dad worked full-time jobs and grandma moved in and Jess played field hockey and I played..cheerleading. Our table was a sacred place. And that could never be broken.
I believe marriage is hard work. I know it's something you have to fight for, each and every day. You've shown me it's about taking a leap of faith and choosing commitment. It's about standing next to your man when he becomes choked up giving a speech. It's about always giving each other a kiss when you leave for work. It's about choosing to talk at the dinner table, not read the newspaper, when the kids go away to college.
I also know when a really good song comes on you get up and dance - immediately.
I'm constantly in awe of you mom. Constantly inspired by your love and gratitude and generosity.
I know life has changed drastically. I know it must feel strange to retire, to see your two little girls all grown up, to see your oldest daughter become a mother too.
But I am so excited for you.
I'm excited to see how you grow and dream and love, even more deeply. I'm so excited to laugh and dance and sit around the table with you.
Cheers to your life, in all it's beauty and change, in all it's grand adventure, unfolding bit by bit, moment by moment.
Happy [belated] Birthday sweet mother.
I love you dearly.
-your daughter


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Ms. Loyer,
I'm Rob's mom & Diane's future mother-in-law and I can't express the excitement I'm feeling looking at the photos. Robbie had been planning their special day for months and I'm so glad you captured the love and happiness he and Diane are sharing. The pictures are absolutely beautiful. Thank you.
Hi my name is Allie I am Robbie's daughter and I just wanted to thank you for making this moment for him and Diane such a memorable time. You did amazing on these photos and making sure everything went as planned


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Tidbits from Zachie-Boy's FBI affidavit
Affidavit viewable at The Smoking Gun
These are a couple tidbits I found interesting:
Zach's wife Umm Talhah — you thought that was weird — her real name is Proscovia Nzabanita. Origin??? Dunno.
Zach owned youtube channel AlQuranWaAlaHadith — I think YouTubeSmackdown took that puppy DOWN!
Neither Zack nor Hag in a Bag are employed – yep – so we were right. They are doing this Anti-American BS on our dime. Are you shocked? I'm not. Who else has time for this kind of activity than someone who refuses to be a productive member of society. What a spoiled brat he was. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!
There's more, and I'll add thoughts as they come to me.


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Tarp HD
The heavy duty Tarp protects your investment from wear that occurs from rubbing on the cement or asphalt and other hard surfaces. These are heavy duty commercial grade silver/black tarps. Comes in package of 3 pieces.
Cut size is 18' x 24' (finished size is a few inches smaller)
Comes in package of 3.
- 14 X 14 weave HDPE woven center layer.
- 50 micron UV resistant LDPE outer lamination on both sides.
- PE twine reinforced hems.
- Polycarbonate grommets every 18".
- Special molded plastic reinforced corner pieces.
- black underside / great for canopy applications.
Price is for 3 tarps
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