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Lina Räftegård is a movement instructor, trained at the Performing Arts School in Gothenburg, and has worked as a freelance dancer since 1994 and since 1997 as a dancer and dance captain with David Radok and Håkan Mayer in several of The Göteborg Opera's productions: The Journey to Reims, The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni, Cinderella, La Traviata, K. Beschreibung eines Kampfes, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, The Rake's Progress and Rusalka. She has also participated in the traditional Christmas concert Jultrad-i-ton, Eugen Onegin and The Magic Flute.
Lina Räftegård was assistant choreographer at the Royal Danish Theatre for The Journey to Reims, Cinderella and La Traviata and also performed there as a dancer in Under Himlen. She has participated in dance pieces by Gun Lund, Peter Svenzon and Olof Persson. She worked as Assistant Director to Elisabeth Linton in the Vadstena Academy production of Tidsströmmar - tre operor om oss and Spring Awakening at Aalborg Teater in Denmark. At the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2005, Lina Räftegård performed both as a dancer and choreographer in David Radok's Barber of Seville. She was choreographer in Musikhuset Aarhus' Skriftestolen, Hellmans Drengar's Christmas concert and in The Göteborg Opera's production of Rusalka. In 2011 she acted in Ruben Östlund's film Play.


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Red Bull driver Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix on Sunday, overtaking Fernando Alonso late in the race to cut his rival's lead in the Formula One championship.
In dry conditions after two days of rain caused chaos on and off the Silverstone track, Webber pursued pole-sitter Alonso from the start and finally passed the Ferrari driver on lap 48 of 52.
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It was a disappointing day for the leading British drivers as both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button failed to make the podium.
Hamilton, who is fourth in the drivers' standings, finished eighth and McLaren teammate Button was 10th.
"I pushed as hard as I could but I didn't have any speed for some reason," Hamilton said.
Michael Schumacher had started from third, but failed to make the podium for the second successive race. He finished seventh.
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Featured Book: Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene
Choosing a 'favourite thing' from the Book Library is very difficult because we have such a wealth of items in our Special Collections and also on our main shelves. Since I began working here I have come across tiny, fragile exhibition catalogues from 1900 onwards, letters written by Roosevelt, a completely square book in its own box, a scrapbook of fashion plate cuttings and much more. It's hard to whittle down these items to just one, but eventually I chose our two volumes of the 1895 edition of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, edited by Thomas J. Wise, with wonderful illustrations by Walter Crane.
The Faerie Queene (1590-1596) sometimes known as Faery Queen, is the best known work of the poet Edmund Spenser (c. 1552/3 – 1599.) It is an epically long, allegorical poem that, although never actually finished, was intended to span twelve volumes. It contains many allusions to members of the Elizabethan court, and can be seen as a celebration of Elizabeth I's might and Elizabethan culture. It encompasses knights, damsels, magicians, (even Merlin!) monsters and mythical beings. In the poem, Spenser uses a unique rhyme scheme, now known as a 'Spenserian stanza,' which was later adopted by Romantic figureheads such as Byron and Keats.
But what makes these particular volumes stand out for me is the illustrations by Walter Crane, especially as I have been an admirer of his work for some time. Walter Crane (1845-1915) was an Arts and Crafts engraver and illustrator. He is best known for his whimsical, finely-executed illustrations of children's books, including Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1873) Baby's Own Aesop (1887) Arthurian Legends and Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince and Other Stories (1888).
Crane's illustrations for Faerie Queene are stylized, painstakingly detailed and vivid in colour and execution, even after all these years. The cover illustration for both volumes features a graceful woman in a stylized garden, standing next to a lion against a bold red background. Each blade of grass and each trailing leaf of the foliage behind her can clearly be seen, and the style bears strong echoes of William Morris's work. This may not be a coincidence, as Crane was involved in the Arts and Crafts movement and was also friends with Morris. (Morris even turned one of Crane's designs into a tapestry.) His illustrations also appear to be influenced by the style of medieval and illuminated manuscripts, with pensive, chivalrous figures and intertwined flowers decorating their margins.
Our volumes are from the library of the fashion designer Stella Mary Newton, and this fashion angle can arguably be seen in Crane's cover depiction of the intricate folds of the woman's gown, corresponding with the thick drapery of the lion's mane, and the fish-scale or amour-like embellishments on her sleeves. Crane himself was also interested in fashion, and designed dresses, costumes and even sandals. You can really see the imaginative quality to Crane's work, especially in the whimsical expressions and gestures of his figures and their stylized androgyny. The frontispiece for Part VIII even depicts a rather forlorn-looking unicorn!
The rarity of these volumes is suggested in its limited run of just 1000 copies, and in the use of unbleached, handmade and rather delicate paper. I think it is amazing that this work has remained in such good condition, and I hope that it will be continue to be used and appreciated by Courtauldians for many years to come.
Bibliographic Info
Spenser's Faerie Queene edited by Thomas J. Wise ; illustrations by Walter Crane. Part VII and Part XIV. Published by George Allen, 1895-97.
Classmark: CABS Z7483 SPE OVERSIZE. (Reference Only.)
Related items from our collections
- The Allegory of The Faerie Queene by M. Pauline Parker, 1960. (Z7483.SPE PAR: criticism and interpretation)
- Walter Crane: the arts and crafts, painting, and politics, 1875-1890 by Morna O'Neill, 2010. (D497 CRA SPE.)
- Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' -an exhibition on the occasion of the four-hundredth anniversary of its publication (Z5020 PRI UNI: exhibition catalogue)
- Walter Crane by Isobel Spencer, 1975.
Related Websites
Spenser Online: Cambridge University's Edmund Spenser Webpage:
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Edmund Spencer biography at The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:
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Walter Crane biography at Grove Art Online:
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October is usually the time I start worrying about making Christmas presents for my family, but a run of niecling and nephling birthdays from mid-august means that I've had plenty of gifts to make well before the dreaded December deadline. I try not to post pictures of something I've made as a gift before I've given it to its intended recipient, so it's easy for them to get overlooked on this blog in favour of projects that I can show off the second I've finished them.
So, with apologies to niecling no 2 who is still waiting for the circle skirt I promised her (shhh! I think she's forgotten!), let's start with niecling no 3. (Note: Nieclings are numbered by age, so niecling 3 is actually the youngest of my three nieces.)
Niecling no 3 fell in love with my sock monkeys when she came for a visit earlier this year. They are fairly sad examples as they are the first two I ever made and have suffered quite a lot of attention from various children over the years.
I'd made several more since then but not for a while, so I had a look online to refresh my memory and found this tutorial which was very useful and made improvements on my previous method. I had a very clear idea of what kind of socks I wanted to use, and after dragging my poor mum around the shops I found them! Pink and striped!
So here she is, niecling no 3's pink stripey sock monkey.
She is very squishy! I couldn't resist giving her a little belly button, also I made her an elasticated bead necklace which doubles as a bracelet for my niece. Niecling no 3 was delighted with her monkey and named her Ana. When asked what she wanted for her birthday her answer was always "a sock monkey and Frozen toys", so I think it's obvious what inspired the name choice!
The sock monkey was a relatively quick make, but nephling no 1's present has been an ongoing project for months. In fact, I think it's the biggest present I've ever made! Nephling no 1 is very into the Marvel universe at the moment, and especially the Avengers, so I decided to make him a blanket inspired by my favourite Avenger, the Hulk.
If you're not a movie or comic book fan you might not immediately see the Hulk connection here, but the colours are representative of classic Hulk: green for his skin and purple for the pants that are usually all that survives his transformation from Bruce Banner to the Incredible Hulk. Sometimes his hair is black, sometimes green, but the narrow black stripes on the blankets also represent the black ink outlines of the art in the original comic books.
The shape of the blanket and the way the colours radiate out from the middle remind me of the sound effects bubbles in comics. It's just begging for a giant SMASH! or BAM! written across the middle!
It also goes very nicely with my sofa!
This was the second blanket I made with this free pattern by Celeste Young (you can see my first one in this post) and I had to shop around a bit to get the right Hulky colour palette in Aran weight acrylic.
I went with King Cole Big Value Aran in Kiwi, Damson and Black, and although the colour was spot on, the yarn itself was a little thin. I added an additional band of green and black to make the blanket a decent size, which meant an extra six rounds. That doesn't sound like much but every round takes longer than the last and it soon adds up!
If only Stylecraft made their Special Aran acrylic in as many colours as their Special Double Knit. 😦
Nephling no 1 was pleased with his blanket (don't worry, we also gave him an Amazon voucher so he can choose some DVDs too!), and was impressed that I'd given him the biggest present I'd ever made. Niecling No 1 knew I was making the blanket for her brother and has requested one too, and if I manage to get it done in time for her birthday later this month there's a good chance that nieceling no 2 (their little sister) might ask for one, so as not to be left out!
Maybe I should pull my finger out and finish that circle skirt for her, it might just provide enough of a distraction to avoid complete crochet blanket overload!


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The SuperDraft will take place on Thursday, January 17, and the the first-overall selection will be broadcast live on ESPN SportsCenter at Noon ET. Fans will then be able to watch the entire draft live on ESPN3, ESPNFC, MLSsoccer.com, MLS club websites and YouTube. Additional online media outlets may be added to the list of broadcast partners in the coming days.
"We are taking a more progressive and fan-centric approach to how we're distributing and producing the 2013 MLS SuperDraft," said MLS Chief Marketing Officer Howard Handler. "We have a young, diverse, digitally active fanbase who will watch from home, from the office, from coffee shops, or just about anywhere. Soccer is a worldwide sport and this new initiative also allows us to continue catering to MLS fans across the globe."
"We looked at the numbers from last year and draft day is the busiest day of the year for MLSsoccer.com. We thought this would be the right opportunity to step out, innovate, and do something more forward-looking."
The HD broadcast will feature ESPN soccer commentators Alexi Lalas and Taylor Twellman. They will be joined by members of the MLSsoccer.com editorial team and other guests.
The 2013 MLS SuperDraft will include two rounds and 38 overall selections. The first nine selections are currently held by clubs that did not qualify for the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs, in reverse order of regular season finish. The remaining 10 positions currently belong to clubs that were eliminated in the same round of the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs, in reverse order of regular season finish.


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When I was starting to learn WPF I kept a list in OneNote of all the links that I found useful, as I assumed that one day someone else would start learning WPF. Last week I trained a group of people in WPF and shared with them all of these links, so I thought I should share them with the world, I hope it comes in handy for those that have NO idea where they should start on their WPF journey.
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ALL Of The Following Statements Are FALSE
See the explanations and rule references.
1. The hands are considered part of the bat.
2. The batter-runner must turn to his right after over-running first base.
3. If the batter breaks his wrists when swinging, it's a strike.
4. If a batted ball hits the plate first it's a foul ball.
5. The batter cannot be called out for interference if he is in the batter's box.
6. The ball is dead on a foul-tip.
7. The batter may not switch batter's boxes after two strikes.
8. The batter who batted out of order is the person declared out.
9. The batter may not overrun first base when he gets a base-on-balls.
10. The batter is out if he starts for the dugout before going to first after a dropped third strike.
11. If the batter does not pull the bat out of the strike zone while in the bunting position, it's an automatic strike.
12. The batter is out if a bunted ball hits the ground and bounces back up and hits the bat while the batter is holding the bat.
13. The batter is out if his foot touches the plate.
14. The batter-runner is always out if he runs outside the running lane after a bunted ball.
15. A runner is out if he slaps hands or high-fives other players, after a homerun is hit over the fence.
16. Tie goes to the runner.
17. The runner gets the base he's going to, plus one on a ball thrown out-of-play.
18. Anytime a coach touches a runner, the runner is out.
19. Runners may never run the bases in reverse order.
20. The runner must always slide when the play is close.
21. The runner is always safe when hit by a batted ball while touching a base.
22. A runner may not steal on a foul-tip.
23. It is a force out when a runner is called out for not tagging up on a fly ball.
24. An appeal on a runner who missed a base cannot be a force out.
25. A runner is out if he runs out of the baseline to avoid a fielder who is fielding a batted ball.
26. Runners may not advance when an infield fly is called.
27. No run can score when a runner is called out for the third out for not tagging up.
28. A pitch that bounces to the plate cannot be hit.
29. The batter does not get first base if hit by a pitch after it bounces.
30. If a fielder holds a fly ball for 2 seconds it's a catch.
31. You must tag the base with your foot on a force out or appeal.
32. The ball is always immediately dead on a balk.
33. If a player's feet are in fair territory when the ball is touched, it is a fair ball.
34. The ball must always be returned to the pitcher before an appeal can be made.
35. With no runners on base, it is a ball if the pitcher starts his windup and then stops.
36. The pitcher must come to a set position before a pick-off throw.
37. The pitcher must step off the rubber before a pick-off throw.
38. If a fielder catches a fly ball and then falls over the fence it is a homerun.
39. The ball is dead anytime an umpire is hit by the ball.
40. The home plate umpire can overrule the other umps at anytime.
Explanations and Rule References
1. The hands are part of a person's body. If a pitch hits the batter's hands the ball is dead; if he swung at the pitch, a strike is called (NOT a foul). If he was avoiding the pitch, he is awarded first base.
Rules: 2.00 PERSON, TOUCH, STRIKE (e) and 6.05(f)
2. The batter-runner may turn left or right, provided that if he turns left he does not make an attempt to advance. An attempt is a judgment made by the umpire. The requirement is that the runner must immediately return to first after overrunning or oversliding it.
Rule: 7.08(c and j)
3. A strike is a judgment by the umpire as to whether the batter attempted to strike the ball. Breaking the wrists, or the barrel of the bat crossing the plate are simply guides to making the judgment of an attempt, these are not rules.
Rule: 2.00 STRIKE
4. The plate is in fair territory. There is nothing special about it. If a batted ball hits it, it is treated like any other batted ball.
5. The batter's box is not a safety zone. A batter could be called out for interference if the umpire judges that interference could or should have been avoided.
Rules: 2.00 INTERFERENCE, 6.06(c)
6. There is nothing foul about a foul-tip. If the ball nicks the bat and goes sharp and direct to the catcher's hand or glove and is caught, this is a foul-tip by definition. A foul-tip is a strike and the ball is alive. It is the same as a swing-and-miss. If the ball is not caught, it is a foul ball. If the nicked pitch first hits the catcher somewhere other than the hand or glove, it is not a foul-tip, it is a foul ball.
Rules: 2.00 FOUL-TIP, STRIKE
7. The batter can switch boxes at any time, provided he does not do it after the pitcher is ready to pitch.
Rule: 6.06(b)
8. The PROPER batter is the one called out. Any hit or advance made by the batter or runners due to the hit, walk, error or other reason is nullified. The next batter is the one who follows the proper batter who was called out.
Rule: 6.07(b, 1)
9. Rule 7.08(c and j) simply state that a batter-runner must immediately return after overrunning first base. It doesn't state any exceptions as to how the player became a runner. It could be a hit, walk, error or dropped third strike.
10. A batter who does not realize his situation on a third strike not caught, and who is not in the process of running to first base, shall be declared out once he leaves the dirt circle surrounding home plate. New rule 2007
Rule: 6.05(c), 6.09(b) Casebook interpretation
11. A strike is an attempt to hit the ball. Simply holding the bat over the plate is not an attempt. This is umpire judgment.
Rule 2.00 STRIKE
12. The rule says the BAT cannot hit the ball a second time. When the BALL hits the bat, it is not an out.
Rules: 6.05(h) and 7.09(b)
13. To be out the batter's foot must be ENTIRELY outside the box when he contacts the pitch. There is no statement about touching the plate. The toe could be on the plate and the heel could be touching the line of the box, which means the foot is not entirely outside the box.
Rule: 6.06(a)
14. The runner must be out of the box AND cause interference. He is not out simply for being outside the lane. He could be called for interference even while in the lane. This is a judgment call.
Rules: 2.00 INTERFERENCE, 6.05(k), 7.09(k)
15. The ball is dead on a homerun over the fence. You can't be put out while the ball is dead except when you pass another runner.
Rules: 5.02, 7.05(a)
16. There is no such thing in the world of umpiring. The runner is either out or safe.
17. When a fielder other than the pitcher throws the ball into dead ball area, the award is 2 bases. The award is from where the runners were at the time of the pitch if it is the first play by an infielder before all runners have advanced or from where each runner was physically positioned at the time the ball left the throwers hand on all other plays.
Rule: 7.05(g)
18. Rule 7.09(I) says the runner is out if the coach PHYSICALLY ASSISTS the runner. Hand slaps, back pats or simple touches are not physical assists.
19. In order to correct a base running mistake, the runner MUST retrace his steps and retouch the bases in reverse order. The only time a runner is out for running in reverse, is when he is making a travesty of the game or tries to confuse the defense.
Rules: 7.08(I), 7.10(b)
20. There is no "must slide" rule. When the fielder has the ball in possession, the runner has two choices; slide OR attempt to get around the fielder. He may NOT deliberately or maliciously contact the fielder, but he is NOT required to slide.
Rule: 7.08(a, 3) this rule does not apply to professionals.
21. The bases are in fair territory. A runner is out when hit by a fair batted ball, except an infield-fly.
Rules: 5.09(f), 7.08(f)
22. There is nothing foul about a foul-tip. If the ball nicks the bat and goes to the catcher's glove and is caught, this is a foul-tip by definition. A foul-tip is a strike and the ball is alive. It is the same as a swing-and-miss. If the ball is not caught, it is a foul ball.
Rules: 2.00 FOUL-TIP, STRIKE
23. A force play is when a runner is forced to advance because the batter became a runner. When the batter is out on a caught fly, all forces are removed. An out on an a failure to tag-up, is NOT a force out. Any runs that cross the plate before this out will count.
Rules: 2.00 FORCE PLAY, 4.09
24. A runner must touch all the bases. If the runner misses a base to which he was forced because the batter became a runner and is put out before touching that base, the out is still a force play. If this is the third out, no runs may score. The base can be touched or the runner can be touched, either way it's a force out.
Rules: 2.00 FORCE PLAY, TAG, 7.08(e), 7.10(b)
25. The runner MUST avoid a fielder attempting to field a BATTED ball. A runner is out for running out of the baseline, only when attempting to avoid a tag.
Rules: 7.08(a), 7.09(L)
26. An Infield-fly is no different than any other fly ball in regard to the runners. The only difference is that they are never forced to advance because the batter is out whether the ball is caught or not.
Rules: 2.00 INFIELD-FLY, 6.05(e), 7.10(a)
27. Yes it can. This is not a force play. A force play is when a runner is forced to advance because the batter became a runner. When the batter is out on a caught fly, all forces are removed. An out on an a failure to tag-up, is NOT a force out. Any runs that cross the plate before this out will count.
Rules: 2.00 FORCE PLAY, 4.09, 7.10(a)
28. A pitch is a ball delivered to the batter by the pitcher. It doesn't matter how it gets to the batter. The batter may hit any pitch that is thrown.
Rule: 2.00 PITCH. (If the ball does not cross the foul line, it is not a pitch.)
29. A pitch is a ball delivered to the batter by the pitcher. It doesn't matter how it gets to the batter. If the batter is hit by a pitch while attempting to avoid it, he is awarded first base.
Rules: 2.00 PITCH, 6.08(b).
30. A catch is legal when the umpire judges that the fielder has COMPLETE control of the ball. The release of the ball must be voluntary and intentional.
Rule: 2.00 CATCH
31. You can tag a base with ANY part of the body.
Rules: 2.00 FORCE PLAY, PERSON, TAG, 7.08(e)
32. In Federation rules it is, not in any others. If a throw or pitch is made after the balk call, the ball is delayed dead. At the end of the play the balk may be enforced or not depending on what happened. On a throw; if ALL runners advance on the play, the balk is ignored. If not, the balk award is enforced from the time of pitch. On a pitch; if ALL runners INCLUDING the batter, advance on the play, the balk is ignored. Otherwise, it is no-pitch and the balk award is made from the time of the pitch.
Rule: 8.05 PENALTY
33. The position of the player's feet or any other part of the body is irrelevant. A ball is judged fair or foul based on the relationship between the ball and the ground at the time the ball is touched.
Rule: 2.00 FAIR, FOUL
34. An appeal may be made anytime the ball is alive. The only time the ball must go to the pitcher, is when time is out. The ball cannot be made live until the pitcher has the ball while on the rubber and the umpire says "Play." If time is not out, the appeal can be made immediately.
Rule: 2.00 APPEAL, 5.11, 7.10
35. A pitch is a ball delivered to the batter by the pitcher. If the ball is not delivered, it is not a pitch. If this happens with runners on base it is a balk.
Rule: 2.00 PITCH.
36. The pitcher is required to come to a complete stop in the Set position before delivering the pitch, not before making a throw.
Rule: 8.05(m)
37. If the pitcher steps off the rubber he is no longer the pitcher, he is a fielder. He can throw to a base from the rubber, provided he does not break any of the rules under rule 8.05
38. As long as the fielder is not touching the ground in dead ball territory when he catches the ball, it is a legal catch if he holds onto the ball and meets the definition of a catch. If the catch is not the third out and the fielder falls down in dead ball territory, all runners are awarded one base. If the fielder remains on his feet in dead ball territory after the catch, the ball is alive and he may make a play.
Rules: 2.00 CATCH, 6.05(a), 7.04(c)
39. If an umpire is hit by a batted ball before it passes a fielder, the ball is dead. On any other batted or thrown ball, the ball is alive when the umpire is hit with the ball. Umpire interference also occurs when the plate umpire interferes with the catcher's attempt to prevent a stolen base.
Rules: 2.00 INTERFERENCE, 5.09(b), 5.09(f)
40. The umpire who made a call or ruling may ask for help if he wishes. No umpire may overrule another umpire's call.
Rules: 9.02(b, c)


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Donald Dixon
- BS Chemical Engineering 1969
Mr. Donald Dixon, a native of Michigan, was awarded a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1969. Following graduation, he worked as a Product Engineer and then a Sales Engineer for the Shell Chemical Company in Torrence, California. In 1971 he joined Gage Products in Ferndale, Michigan as Sales Engineer. He later held positions as Executive Account Manager and Vice President before being named President in 1991. In this latter capacity, he oversees all manufacturing and sales activity at the 175-employee company, which supplies solvents and chemicals to the automotive industry. Gage Products has international operations in the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Brazil.
Mr. Dixon is also President of Dell Marking Systems, an affiliated company of 18 employees, which produces automated color identification processes and equipment. He is the Co-Inventor of the Cobra Paint Line Cleaner, which won the 1992 Michigan New Product Award. Mr. Dixon serves on the boards of Community Services of Oakland County and the Executive Committee for the Oakland County Workforce Development. He is a member of the National Association of Chemical Recyclers and is a member of the International Trade Committee of the Oakland County Business Round Table. Mr. Dixon was named "Business Person of the Year 1993" by the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce. Under his leadership, Gage Products received the PACE Award in 1996, and the Franklin Award for "The Best in Family Run Businesses" in 1997.
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text: Ben Heckendorn concocted the first Wii Laptop of note way back in 2007, but ever since, the modding community at large has been toiling away on ways to improve it. ShockSlayer, a member over at Mod Retro, has accomplished just that, with his predictably titled Wii Laptop relying on a 7-inch LCD, an integrated sensor bar, a couple of polycases and inbuilt speakers. There's hardly anything here that couldn't be found at your local Radio Shack, save for the SunDriver -- that particular product has enabled him to ditch the DVD drive and install a SATA HDD within. From there, he burned his Wii game discs and loaded 'em all inside, making the whole thing extra mobile. Oh, and did we mention that it's powered by rechargeable batteries? Because it is. Marvel at the completed device in the video after the break.


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In the 1989, Greg LeMond overcame a 50 second deficit in the final stage to win the Tour de France by 8 seconds. He clocked the second fastest time trial ever recorded in the Tour de France. So how did LeMond secure a stunning victor after 3 weeks and 2025 miles?
Optimization. The optimization of his equipment, including aerodynamic handle bars and helmet, allowed LeMond to shave crucial seconds from his time and ride to victory in front of his less well optimized competitors.
Optimization results had a big impact on this race and they can have a big impact on business as well. I recently attended a session by Mikel Chertudi, Senior Director of Marketing of Adobe on Conversion Optimization: From Strategy to Execution. He offered strategies for businesses to optimize their digital marketing, in order to move ahead of the pack and secure a victory.


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Patricia Krentcil, who is accused of allegedly bringing her 5-year-old into a tanning booth, pleaded not guilty, saying her daughter suffered a sunburn. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports on the court appearance, and attorney Star Jones and Dr. Jennifer Ashton comment on the charges and the dangers of tanning.
That's was the reaction of many of our readers after seeing burnt-to-a-crisp New Jersey mom Patricia Krentcil, who made news after authorities arrested her for taking her 5-year-old daughter to a tanning salon to tan, a claim she denies.
Krentcil does admit that she enjoys tanning -- perhaps a bit too much -- but all those hours in UV light have likely damaged the collagen in Krentcil's skin, causing her leathery, brown visage.
"That's a result of chronic exposure, which causes darkening of the skin," says Dr. Shannon Campbell, clinical assistant professor of general dermatology and cutaneous oncology at The Ohio State University James Cancer Center.
While many people just desire a bronze color, a tan is actually the body's way of protecting itself. "Why is she so dark? Tanning is a protective mechanism that the body has and it is sign of skin damage if the body tans. That explains why her skin is so dark," says Campbell.
New Jersey mom Patricia Krentcil is denying charges of child endangerment after taking her 5-year-old daughter to a tanning salon. But what many msnbc.com readers couldn't help but focus on was her leathery visage.
Collagen, which is in the dermis, the second layer of the skin, gives the skin its elasticity. Collagen keeps skin strong and elastic, but as it lessens due to age or UV damage, the skin sustains cracks or wrinkles. It's what makes skin pliable and the less one has, the more wrinkles occur. That's what's causing Krentcil to look prematurely aged and leathery (she's 44, but could easily pass as a Golden Girl).
And tanning — especially indoor tanning — causes more than just hideous looks. Campbell says that people who use tanning beds are 2.5 times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) and 1.5 times more likely to develop basal cell carcinomas (BCC). Someone with such a tanning history would also suffer from a weakened immune system (people often develop cold sores after tanning) and an increased chance of getting cataracts and ocular melanoma, a rare and often overlooked eye cancer caused by overexposure to UV light.
Krentcil's excessive tanning has focused attention on "tanorexia," a habit that research indicates can be as addictive as alcohol or smoking. A small study from 2006 found that when people who compulsively sunbathe -- whether in a tanning booth or outdoors -- stop, they can feel withdrawal symptoms from their UV high. And an earlier msnbc.com story reported that many teen girls hit the tanning salon for the first time with mom. Researchers from East Tennessee state University found that nearly 40 percent of young women, ages 18 to 30, who participated in a small study said their first experience with indoor tanning was with their mother.
Whether someone is hooked on rays -- artificial or real -- the World Health Organization classifies ultraviolet radiation as a known carcinogen, Dr. Jennifer Ashton, author of "Your Body Beautiful," told TODAY Thursday. "They put it on the same level as cigarettes, on the same level as plutonium. So it's dangerous."
But there is hope for Krentcil. If she stops tanning her skin might lighten and different treatments could repair her collagen, leading to a more youthful appearance. Yet, Krentcil will probably always be at higher risk for cancer:
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Casual Friday
Happy Friday!
Would you like some disturbing facts?
(Of course you would!)
*There is only one more Friday standing between you and Thanksgiving.
*Black Friday is two weeks from today. (Do you Black Friday shop? Got your eye on anything in particular this year?)
*6 more Fridays and then it is Christmas Week! (Yes, it should be a week. Just like your birthday should be celebrated for a week. Duh.)
*7 more Fridays and then 2012 IS OVER. (whaaaaat?)
So that is sort of sobering. Not that I was drinking. It's still morning guys! And I am NOT in New Orleans — unlike many of my favorite internet friends who are enjoying a fun weekend at The Blathering in NOLA. Can someone tell me if NOLA is an acceptable reference term? Or is it kind of like when people call San Francisco "Frisco" and then everyone rolls their eyes and dies. (Please PLEASE don't ever say Frisco.)
Anyway, if you are there in New Orleans and reading this: GET OFF YOUR PHONE AND GO EAT BEIGNETS AND DRINK HURRICANES YOU SILLY GOOSE!
If you are not in New Orleans, stick around. I have many unimportant things to discuss excitedly!
(By the way, if you haven't caught on by now this post is going to be all over the place. I'm full of too much Friday happy energy to stay focused.)
Ok maybe there are only two other things I wanted to discuss with you excitedly and then I will let you go enjoy your weekend:
1. Thank you for all of your questions yesterday. My inbox is a gold mine. And all of your comments were AWESOME! So much food for thought I want to answer them all at once. But if I did that, this blog would turn into many other weird stream of consciousness posts like this one, and well — one can only take so much of that. I'm trying to do YOU a favor. But I will answer them all. So if you emailed me or left a comment, rest assured it will be answered. And if you still have a question…shoot!
2. Lately I have been in a bit of a CrossFit funk. Not that I'm not enjoying myself — I am and, of course, I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. But with all the running I was doing for the half marathon, and all the Halloween candy I was consuming LIKE IT WAS MY JOB, the PRs were few and far between, you know? Shocker.
I think this is sort of normal — well, I mean, obviously I'm not going to be hitting PRs if I'm eating garbage and not showing up to the gym as much as usual — but I guess what I'm saying is plateaus are normal. But just because something is normal doesn't mean it wasn't still getting me down a bit. You see, after 2 years of CrossFitting I was kind of hitting that plateau where strengths stay strengths and weaknesses stay weaknesses. The stuff I still struggle with (pull ups, toes to bar, hand stand push ups, basically anything that involves the proportional relationship between your body weight and HANGING IT FROM A BAR OR PUSHING IT OFF THE GROUND UPSIDE DOWN) was just *not* getting better. So I would sort of dread those things when they showed up in workouts.
This week especially I've just been feeling really bummed about it. LOTS of pull ups and toes to bar lately, so every single workout was like my own personal gift of 10-20 minutes to think about how much I suck at hanging body weight exercises. YAY! But then…THEN! (This story has a happy ending, can you feel it?) Then, last night out of nowhere I just decided I was going to practice my toes to bar (which usually just means practicing knees to elbows as a progression– WHICH I ALSO HATE) and despite the fact that I have been trying and failing REPEATEDLY for the last two years to touch my god damn toes to the god damn bar: LAST NIGHT I DID IT.
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And I did it like I've been doing it my whole entire life! With ease. And I did it more than once! So it wasn't just a fluke. How weird is it when that happens? Improvement of physical skills by osmosis. Well, except you know I don't really think it is by osmosis.
An entire year after bitching about how close I was and still not being able to do it, I DID IT. And I felt REALLY FUCKING TRIUMPHANT. So of course that lit a little fire under me to keep working on the weaknesses. And despite the fact that working on weaknesses sounds like a total downer, excitement around it is actually a nice way to head into the weekend.
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January 15, 2012
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Congressman Ron Paul's (R-TX) son, promoted his father's "South Carolina" money bomb in an email to campaign supporters Saturday. Mr. Paul's "South Carolina" money bomb is the latest in a series of successful money bombs that have allowed the Texas congressman to make major ad buys in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. As of 8am EST, the Paul campaign has raised more than $1 million.
Senator Paul has supported his father's quest for the Republican presidential nomination by hitting the campaign trail alongside the elder Paul and by authoring various emails to the Texas congressman's supporters. While the other Republican candidates have utilized members of their family for campaign events and messages, Congressman Paul is the only Republican candidate to be joined by a federal lawmaker, who is also a member of his family, on the campaign trail.
In the days leading up to the Iowa Caucuses, Senator Paul campaigned for his father in the Hawkeye State by asking voters to throw their support behind the former Air Force surgeon. "You've got conservative Republican, so-called Republican candidates for president traipsing around Iowa who have voted for foreign aid," Senator Paul said during one of several appearances for Congressman Paul in Iowa.
"After incredible finishes in New Hampshire and Iowa, the Palmetto State could be the place where my dad's campaign issues a knock-out blow to several establishment candidates," Senator Paul wrote. "Ron Paul's establishment opponents know this could be their final stand. I expect their mudslinging to reach record heights," Senator Paul added.
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Federal prosecutors said Friday that they received a series of threating, bigoted and obscene voicemail messages from one of two suspects in an insider trading case, and he should be kept behind bars.
John Kinnucan appeared in federal court in Portland after he was arrested Thursday on conspiracy and securities fraud charges.
He didn't enter a plea. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Acosta said Kinnucan would remain jailed, and a detention hearing was scheduled for Wednesday.
The government alleges that Kinnucan, as president of Broadband Research LLC, used inducements to pump information out of public company insiders. Then, the government said, he would sell the information to clients such as hedge funds and money managers as if it were the product of legitimate research.
In New York, a former employee of a California high-tech company pleaded guilty in the case Friday and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
Kinnucan has been under investigation since 2010.
The government said in court papers that even though the charges are "nonviolent, white-collar offenses," Kinnucan should be kept in custody until he stands trial because of the "ominous tirades" that began in December and ended Sunday.
Six assistant U.S. attorneys got the abusive messages, prosecutors said in the court documents. Kinnucan also made threats to one cooperating witness and attempted to contact another, the filing said.
The filing contained excerpts from the voicemails consisting largely of obscenities and racial and ethnic epithets.
"Yeah, too bad Hitler's not here. He'd know what to do with you," it quoted a Dec. 5 message as saying.
Kinnucan was represented by a public defender, T.J. Hester, and Acosta said that could continue until Kinnucan files an affidavit about his finances.
Hester said in court that he had just received the case and hadn't fully reviewed the allegations. He asked for copies of the voicemails. Calls to him later for comment about the government filing were not immediately returned.
Prosecutors want to transfer Kinnucan to New York for trial.
In Manhattan on Friday, Donald Barnetson, a former employee of California memory card maker SanDisk Corp., pleaded guilty in federal court to a conspiracy charge, agreeing to cooperate with federal authorities investigating insider trading.
Barnetson entered the plea to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud. Authorities said he fed tips about SanDisk to Kinnucan's company.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Kinnucan used financial incentives and fancy meals among other inducements to obtain company secrets.
"He allegedly made a business model out of passing off those secrets to his hedge fund clients was legitimate research," Bharara said.
Janice K. Fedarcyk, assistant director-in-charge of the FBI's New York field office, criticized Kinnucan, saying: "That kind of information beats research every time. The only problem is it isn't legal."
Kinnucan is accused of obtaining inside information about earnings reports from companies such as F5 Networks Inc., Sandisk and Flextronics International Ltd. between 2008 and 2010 and relaying the numbers to his clients.
Kinnucan faces separate civil charges that were announced simultaneously by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC says he was tipped off in July 2010 that a Seattle-based technology company was poised to report strong quarterly earnings. He passed the information to clients, who profited $1.6 million from illegal trades, the SEC's complaint alleges.
"Obtaining important and unreported financial results from company insiders and selling that information to hedge funds is not legitimate expert networking services — it's old-fashioned insider trading," SEC enforcement chief Robert Khuzami said in a statement.
Kinnucan's tipsters included employees of at least five publicly traded companies, the SEC said. It said he compensated them with cash, meals, ski trips and other vacations.
The SEC wants Kinnucan to return money it alleges he was paid for illegal tips, as well as any insider-trading profits generated by him or his clients. It also is seeking unspecified civil monetary penalties.


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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This is an easy and delicious version of a Cajun etouffee. An etouffee is main course dish that's popular in Louisianna and other areas of the Southern United States. It is prepared with shellfish and cooked in a sauce that is thickened with a roux. A roux is a gravy-like paste made from equal parts of flour and fat which are combined and cooked until the flour taste disappears and the mixture begins to color. The roux used to make an etouffee is cooked until it is reddish-brown and when that color is reached, it is thinned with water and tomato puree to make the sauce in which the shellfish cook. This version of the dish is really easy to prepare and it is possible to have it on the table in a less than an hour. It is delicious and you'll be rewarded for your efforts with smiles and empty plates. I do have two cautions to share with you. It is important to keep the roux in motion as it browns. It can burn in the blink of an eye and if that happens you'll have to throw it out. Overcooking the shrimp is also a potential problem. Few things are worse than tough shrimp. If you keep them in the sauce too long, they will overcook and toughen and you will speak ill of me. This makes a wonderful meal for family and friends. The recipe comes from Family Circle magazine and this is the kind of dish they do really really well. Here's how the etouffee is made.
Easy Shrimp Etouffee...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Family Circle Magazine
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 large green pepper, seeds removed, chopped
1 cup chopped celery
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 (8-ounce) can no-salt-added tomato sauce
3 tablespoons reduced-sodium Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning (such as McCormick)
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1/2 cup parsley, chopped
3 cups cooked brown rice
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2) Add onion, green pepper, celery and garlic. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in tomato sauce, 1 cup water, Worcestershire sauce and Cajun seasoning; simmer 15 minutes.
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Many people are waiting for expected upcoming smartwatches from Apple and Google to take the wearable category to the next level. Or at least as much of a next-level as you can expect from a first-generation product. "It seems as though the whole product category has moved on to Activity Tracking 1.1, but hasn't quite graduated to Wearables 2.0," AllThingsD's Lauren Goode astutely observed.
Until that next level arrives, today's wearable gadgets offer limited activity-tracking accuracy and somewhat forced integration with phones. Trying out the notifier watch Pebble or the often-buggy Jawbone Up can feel like beta-testing prerelease prototype products. At best, the products provide the user with a little push to be more active.
In an attempt to compete with what's available today, and to carve out space before the biggies hit the market, a couple of new bands are currently raising money via crowdfunding by trying to be excellent by being more specific.
The Memi is kind of like the Pebble watch, but specifically for women. It's based around notifications, not fitness. The big appeal is the simplicity of the design: A simple metal bangle that vibrates to indicate incoming calls and texts from people on a preapproved list. There's no display.
Based in Atlanta and New York City, Memi launched on Kickstarter three days ago, and has raised just over $20,000, with a goal of $100,000.
"A lot of these smartwatches are trying to do more. You're getting pinging and dinging, vibrating and lights. We're taking a different approach, for women who want to unplug a little more," said Memi co-founder and president Margaux Guerard, who formerly worked in luxury marketing with brands like Bobbi Brown and Diane von Furstenberg.
Guerard's pitch is that Memi will allow women to leave their phones in their pockets or bags, and only pull them out when they know that a call or message is important. Memi is also meant to be pretty.
"Timeless jewelry is metal," Guerard said. "And really nothing else in this space is metal."
Kickstarter pledgers can currently get Memi bands for $125.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the spectrum is Push, a new wearable band for bodybuilders.
Made by a startup from Toronto, Push is worn on the forearm, so the wrists can be left free for weight-lifting. An onboard accelerometer and gyroscope detect the force, power and velocity of each exercise.
Why couldn't this just be done with a smartphone and a strap? The accelerometer is higher-quality than those found in smartphones, and the device needs to be worn with the band right up against the skin to get the best measurements, according to Michael Lovas, Push's chief design officer.
Push will also offer a belt to measure exercises that don't involve the arms, though Lovas said the forearm should cover most of the big lifts, including squats, deadlifts, bench press, military press, clean and jerk. The default size should be small enough to fit women, he said.
Indiegogo backers can buy the device for $149. Push is also planning to sell through coaches, who will pay a monthly fee to set up a fitness portal for their athletes and observe their progress.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The city of Jacksonville's chief financial officer admitted Thursday his staff miscalculated the city's proposed budget by more than $5 million, leaving City Council a slightly bigger hole to fill.
"It was an error, and we are going to have to make an adjustment for that," CFO Ronnie Belton said. "We didn't know that until very recently, and it was just mathematical computation done wrong. An error is an error, so it amounts to about $5-plus million, and council recognizes that and wants to deal with it."
Belton announced the budget blunder at a finance committee meeting, the first in which City Council members began crunching the numbers and asking questions about line items left in limbo.
"What are the items, in your mind, that are still out there?" asked councilman Greg Anderson.
"The very first one, of course, is the budget for the sheriff," budget director Glenn Hansen said. "At this particular time, we've asked (the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office) for $26.5 million, which is the amount of their increase in terms of their pension."
City staff directed focus to the debt obligation created by the city's pension programs, making it clear more cuts must be made to the nearly $1 billion budget.
"Right now when you add it up, we talked about the $120 million, $22 million for the police and fire. But when we look at all three pension funds, we're talking about $150.3 million," Belton said. "That's real. That's a check we've got to write."
Belton indicated more jobs could be on the chopping block. There is a list of more than 400 positions that may be cut. The city says the people who will be out of work if this budget passes have not been told.
"They will be made aware well in advance of the end of September that their job potentially could be going away," said city administrator Jessica Deal.
Belton said more cuts will likely be made, but it's up to City Council to finalize the budget.


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