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☆ November 10, 2016
This week…. this year……… who's ready for a new one????
I posted this to instagram yesterday:
The clashing and meanness – from all sides – is making me so sad. Who benefits when the hoi polloi are divided and fighting amongst themselves? Why is this not obvious to everyone?
I do have something I believe everyone can agree on, something everyone will love: CHARLIE.
Failing that, CHARLIE FOR YOUR WALL!! (Not that wall. Never that wall.)
2017 calendars are finally finished and ready to brighten your days, your weeks, your year, your cubicle, your office, your home, and those of all your friends.
I have two calendars for you this year: the 2017 CHARLIE calendar, and the 2017 WITH LOVE FROM WYOMING calendar, which showcases some of my favorite photos of the Farmily and life in the wild west.
I hope you love them as much as I love you.
Click the pics to enlarge.
Order yours HERE.
31 Responses to "CHARLIE 4 PREZ"
hello haha narf
November 10th, 2016 @ 10:28 am
they are terrific! thank you.
love to you, dear shreve.
November 10th, 2016 @ 10:47 am
Well said, Shreve! If we don't come together we can't move forward. All this fighting is useless energy! As Michael Jackson sang "If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make that Change!"
Nancy-Sue Rose
November 10th, 2016 @ 11:26 am
Here's some creatures getting along!
November 10th, 2016 @ 12:13 pm
Love you too, Shreve, for the person you are and all that you offer us. Thanks for continuing to be a voice of reason in a world that is being very unreasonable.
And the calendars are gorgeous!
November 10th, 2016 @ 12:23 pm
I couldn't agree more. We need to stop fighting and blaming and remember our common humanity to work together for the betterment of all. Be kind to yourself, be kind to others even if they are not being kind themselves. I know it's hard when we are hurt and angry but truly I believe that it's the only way forward. Thank you Shreve for always being a voice of love and reason.
November 10th, 2016 @ 1:00 pm
Lindsay in Oregon
November 10th, 2016 @ 2:17 pm
Got my Charlie calendar ordered! I can't wait! They're both beautiful but I had to choose just one.
Love will always win. We have to keep believing that.
November 10th, 2016 @ 4:55 pm
First I love the calendars! I appreciate the sentiment you expressed and believe it is true. I have lived in many different places and have always been able to find common ground. Still do. But. For me, not being a white christian person and with family members who are brown and gay it is not anger we are expressing but fear. Fear of being a target. Fear fear fear. The anger seems to be against us.
November 10th, 2016 @ 7:40 pm
Would Jimmy Kimmel be his VP?
November 10th, 2016 @ 9:09 pm
J ~ I wrote "everyone" and that was hyperbole. The fear you speak of is legit and heartbreaking and you are so right.
November 10th, 2016 @ 9:16 pm
awesome calendar photos!
November 11th, 2016 @ 4:53 am
I like the idea of Charlie for President. Who would be his VP?
While election campaigning in Canada isn't as nasty as it some times in the US, the back stabbing and name calling still happens.
Though I find dirty politics discusting, the thing that frustrates me most are people who constantly complain about how a government does things yet never goes to public meetings, never writes to their member of parliament/representative in Congress, and very seldom if ever, votes.
On a lighter note, I will be ordering both calendars.
Colleen G
November 11th, 2016 @ 6:09 am
I love your thoughts and I love your calendars! Charlie has my vote!
November 11th, 2016 @ 6:33 am
I always did love that cowboy in the green boots!
I'll probably be ordering 2 of each <3
I think no matter who would have been voted president…it would be scary.
Every time we vote for someone new or old…its scary; we never know truly how they will lead the nation, and "treat we the people". Violence gets us no where, except more hurt when we attack each other.
Prayers for our country….
Linda Lu
November 11th, 2016 @ 7:33 am
Shreve, you would have to run as the VP for Charlie, otherwise Charlie probably wouldn't run! You would make the very Best Team and First Farmily! Wouldn't that be awesome!
November 11th, 2016 @ 7:58 am
LL ~ hahahahahahaaaa! ONLY if cabinet meetings were held in the wilderness, around a campfire.
Mary GY
November 11th, 2016 @ 9:02 am
Charlie for President! A candidate I can believe in!
November 11th, 2016 @ 9:05 am
Well, I would certainly vote for Charlie if I were American. Or if he ran in Canada. I mean, We've got a couple of political parties that are going to be having leadership races soon. Send him up!
Nova Lockhart
November 11th, 2016 @ 10:01 am
Charlie would make a great president!
November 11th, 2016 @ 10:56 am
My thoughts, too. Let's hope each of us can avoid feeding nasty thoughts in our heads and hearts (from which they poison the atmosphere for all).
November 11th, 2016 @ 11:59 am
oh, thank you so much for including the pic of charlie curled up on his mattress! it says so much about the love and trust between you two. between the wild and the domestic. about how we enrich each other if we can trust and love.
November 11th, 2016 @ 12:22 pm
"I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing it's understanding of being human." -John Trudell
…and wonderful words from you Shreve, Thank you. Thank you!
Charlie has my vote also!
November 11th, 2016 @ 6:31 pm
I've admired you for a long time, Shreve, in part because you've always stated your truth eloquently and without apology. Your recent offer to help travelers on their way to Standing Rock was inspiring. However, this post feels to me like a bit of a cop-out. You don't go into detail, but decrying the "meanness" coming "from all sides" reads to me as though you're falsely equivocating the bigots who are right now out in full force gleefully committing hate crimes, and the people expressing rightful anger that our country has elected a hateful bigot to its highest office. I doubt that's what you intended, but leaving it ambiguous invites that interpretation and somewhat alienates those of us who are actively fighting for love and justice. And this fight is important! For some of us, it's the fight for our lives. And no amount of "good vibes" will solve racism and misogyny. Outcry is necessary and anger can be part of healing.
I love you Shreve, I'm just a little disappointed. You have great influence, please use it! <3
November 11th, 2016 @ 9:03 pm
beautiful! thanks for sharing your beautiful life and talents to make this corner of the world a little brighter :)
Susie Brandt
November 12th, 2016 @ 9:11 am
Hi Charlie. You calm my nerves. mrsenglishteacher has risen from the ashes on Tumblr. Might enjoy her thoughts on "As the Word Turns." Hugs to the pharmily.
November 12th, 2016 @ 11:24 am
I can see from the comments that you have sparked the sentiment in many others that I feel but at the risk of sounding repetitive, I just love you, Shreve. Deanna
November 12th, 2016 @ 12:23 pm
I agree wholeheartedly with you, Shreve.
November 13th, 2016 @ 9:26 am
Of course there is anger which is stemming from the fear and sadness of what our country has become as evidenced by the fact that we have just elected someone as our president who won on a platform of hate, bigotry, sexism, racism, etc. etc. This shock and disbelief is being felt around the world, not just here in the US.
How can this country ever hope to heal from this when we have alienated not only our own citizens but people all around the world. We can only continue in our resolve to reject hate of our fellow man just based on the color of his skin or his religious beliefs and so many other things that are not just exactly like our own. We MUST embrace each other's differences if we ever expect to be strong again.
As Katy said, we must continue to fight for love and justice…for EVERYONE!
Linda Lu
November 14th, 2016 @ 8:42 am
Hahahahaha ~ I know of a really good place for the cabinet meetings where it can be held around a "Normal" campfire or a "Huge Bonfire" ~ whichever the case of the meeting shall call for….. lol
November 14th, 2016 @ 11:54 pm
In happier news, the two cows and calf stranded by the earthquake have been rescued!! Yay!
November 15th, 2016 @ 9:54 am
I agree with you, Katy and Chris! I am still shocked and crestfallen that we could have elected such a man, and his appointment of Steve Bannon as chief strategist only confirms our worst fears. To follow the election of our nation's first black president with a president endorsed by the KKK and American Nazi party is beyond sad, and we can but hope that with work, dedication and prodigious fundraising for fair-minded candidates and anti-discrimination groups we can turn things around eventually.
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Our six answers to the same question.
How do you tell a privileged kid from a kid living in poverty?
The extra thirty-million words a privileged kid hears by age five.
How do you tell a privileged kid from a kid living in poverty?
Their birthday parties.
How do you tell a privileged kid from a kid living in poverty?
Their enrichment programs.
How do you tell a privileged kid from a kid living in poverty?
Their high school graduation rates.
Brothers and Bright and Shining Lights!
In walk four year-old Tobias and six year-old Galen, with dozens of brand new toys and books to donate.
They told us a remarkable story, that their parents had helped them celebrate their respective birthdays; Tobias with a swim party and Galen with a football party. They asked their friends to bring an unwrapped present for GiftsToGive to help local children who were not as fortunate and would not get a birthday present!
Caitlyn at 9!
Last Saturday morning we met a most remarkable girl, who did a most amazing thing!
We asked her Mom for details: "Caitlyn is a third grader at Pulaski Elementary School and she recently celebrated her 9th birthday. Caitlyn decided that she wanted to ask her friends to donate toys or clothing to GiftsToGive rather than receive gifts for herself. Through volunteering at Gifts to Give with her family, Caitlyn has realized the importance of giving to others"
Caitlyn says: "There are so many needy children with no special toys. I am lucky to have more than I ever wanted. These children are very brave. I wish that these toys will give them a happy surprise on their birthday!
Listening to Five Year-old Elmire
We just met two remarkable women; Kellie, an ageless beauty and Elmore, a five year-old beauty, brainiac and philanthropist.
Elmire had a birthday party last week and in her own words, told us: " I just turned 5. I had a birthday party and I asked all of my friends to bring something to donate to GiftsToGive instead of a gift for me. It made me feel good inside."
Dominik and Konlin Turn Five – But Wait – There's More!
Turning five years-old is something very special. Especially for twins! Understanding philanthropy at five … well talk about making our day!
Saturday afternoon, two ball players arrived at the mill with a zillion brand new toys in tow. They explained to us that they wanted to help children who were not as fortunate as they were and who might not get a birthday present.
Parents Kathryn and Dennis had this to say – "Our boy's just turned five years old and had a wonderful party with family and friends. We have been truly blessed with two wonderful healthy boys, a loving family and many friends. We know that there are many in the community that are less fortunate than us, and we feel it is important to help others and give back whenever possible.
10 Year-Old Birthday Star Elizabeth
Ten year-old Elizabeth celebrated her birthday in a most amazing way!
She kept presents from her family, and asked friends to bring a birthday gift that she could give to GiftsToGive™ for their Happy Birthday Program.
Four year-old Austa taught us a thing or two about giving and sharing!
Four year-old Austa taught us several things about giving and sharing!
Paige sets a most perfect example!
Eight year-old Paige, did something amazing on her birthday.
Her parents held a party and Paige asked her friends to bring a new birthday present for a GiftsToGive child, who would not ordinarily receive a gift on their birthday.
Abby shares her birthday – again!
Nine year-old Abby is in the 4th grade and lives over an hour away from New Bedford.
For lots of children, their birthdays are just another day!
You can help change that.
Over 30,000 SouthCoast children live in poverty, for a lot of these children their birthdays go unrecognized.
Do your children or grandchildren, nieces or nephews, get more gifts on their birthday than they will ever need or use or even play with? Is there a grown-up in your life that deserves a HUGE birthday party and your guests could bring educational and scientific toys and books for children?
Nate helps others for his birthday
When Nate invited friends to his birthday party, he asked them to bring gifts of new socks and underwear for boys and girls who didn't have the things that they all had.

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KUWAIT CITY, Nov 8: Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa has affirmed that strict measures will be taken against professors who obtained degrees from unrecognized universities or those who presented fake academic certificates, reports Al- Jarida daily.
In a press statement, Al-Essa announced the formation of a committee headed by Dr Ahmad Bishara to follow up the issue. He said the committee has started working and it will present a report including details on the results of its work to determine the universities which issued unaccredited certificates. He added the committee will work for three months starting from the date of its first meeting, warning the law will be applied on everyone. Al-Essa asserted the ministry is keen on addressing the issue and there will be a meeting with the concerned authorities to identify the procedures which should be taken regarding these certificates.
Meanwhile, Dr Bader Al-Essa refuted rumors on establishing a joint Kuwaiti-Iranian university. These rumors are "utterly untrue," the minister told KUNA on Sunday. He clarified that his meeting with Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Farhadi did not discuss the establishment of a joint university.
He added that his meeting with his Iranian counterpart took place on the fringes of the UNESCO's 38th General Conference. The Ministry of Education will continue implementing the old mechanism for the evaluation of Grade One students as it has decided to postpone the application of the new mechanism until next year for further study, reports Al-Jarida daily quoting sources. Sources confirmed the new mechanism has been submitted to the World Bank to study it, so instead of delaying the evaluation process for the first term, the application of the new mechanism will be postponed until next year.
Sources said the ministry will issue a circular to all concerned schools next week to apply the old mechanism without waiting for the new one. On the other hand, sources said the ministry is preparing a big marketing plan for its educational projects, clarifying that the plan will focus on all aspects. Sources affirmed Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa recognizes the importance of media and marketing in the works of the ministry, especially within the perspective of adopting the principle of transparency regarding the improvement of the educational sector. In another development, the standard of student elections has deteriorated and is marred with tribalism, says former Coordinator of Democratic Wasat List and Secretary-General of the former students force Ali Khaja, says Al-Seyassah. In an interview recently, Khaja described the work of students' lists as tribal, not academic. He cited as an example the procedures followed by the coalition and its Islamic counterpart, claiming the two lists have adopted sectarian ideologies.


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The exhibition will take place at 13 Savile Row, the home of Richard Anderson, Savile Row's leading bespoke tailor.
The exhibition will commence on October 16th and will run until December 12th.
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Colin Self
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LANSING, Mich. — The Capitol Caucus has selected Sen. Curtis Hertel, Jr. (D–East Lansing) as Chair, and Reps. Angela Witwer (D–Delta Twp.) and Sarah Lightner (R–Springport) as Vice Chairs for its 2019-2020 leadership positions.
"Mid-Michigan is a unique region, with diverse businesses, a major university, a strong agricultural industry, home of the Capitol, and incredibly passionate people," Sen Hertel said. "I am honored to serve as the Chair of the Capitol Caucus, and I look forward to working in a bipartisan effort to advance the growth of our region."
The Capitol Caucus is a nine-member, bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers from the mid-Michigan region, who represent legislative districts in Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties.
"I'm honored to be named Vice Chair of the Capitol Caucus to help advocate for a region I've lived and worked in for years," Rep. Witwer said. "Being involved in the Lansing Chamber for more than 30 years, I've witnessed how powerful collaboration between local legislators and the business community can be when sharing a vision and having regular dialogue. I look forward to doing my part in the caucus having an effective term promoting the Greater Lansing region."
Rep. Lightner echoed a similar sentiment.
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The other members of the caucus are Sen. Tom Barrett (R-Potterville) and Reps. Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing), Julie Brixie (D-Meridian Township), Kara Hope (D-Holt), Graham Filler (R-Ovid) and Ben Frederick (R-Owosso).
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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: New Year (05/09/05)
TITLE: Absolutely Fabulous! | Previous Challenge Entry
By Sally Hanan
Is this noise in my dream??
Struggling to regain consciousness before he hit the serrated rocks below, his one eyelid that was not squished into the pillow managed to force itself open wide enough to see what was going on.
Patrick's retina began to send information to his thousands of cerebral neurons that his wife, Dorothy, was getting up!! His pupil enlarged in the darkness to zoom in on the clock in shock. Shifting his body quietly sideways until the other eyelid opened too, both waited in tandem to witness the astonishing scenario unfold.
On went the brand new size 16 sweats; back went the hair into the scrunchie. On went the motor of the walking machine; flip flap went the fat on the insides of Dorothy's thighs. Dust flew abundantly in all directions.
True to Patrick's inner predictions the gasping and wheezing began after approximately 1 minute, and it wasn't from the inhalation of the dust clouds.
"One tenth of a mile! YES!" She turned the dial and limped to the shower. Patrick rolled over to warm up her side of the bed, certain that she would fall back into bed after her quest for success. His assumptions were proven wrong, but he didn't realize it. He was asleep again, climbing back up the cliff face to Charlie's angels (clad in black leather) and ready to do some serious damage to the chasing cows that had interrupted his (ahem) spy mission.
"Rise and shine!" Dorothy stood smiling behind a breakfast tray of food she had obviously taken quite some time over. Patrick eyed her suspiciously. She was wearing his favorite cleavage-revealing blouse, and had even put some make-up on. Eternity perfume wafted through the air.
"Where did my wife go?"
"Watch it!"
"Oh, there you are." He dared not say another word to spoil whatever it was that was making her act so fabulously charming, and thus restrained himself from asking what the occasion was. He knew it wasn't anyone's birthday, and their anniversary wasn't until the summer… sometime…. so he was safe there. She sat on the bed beside him rubbing his arm affectionately. He withheld the idea of a possible rendezvous in the bed later on. Some things were just too dangerous to assume.
"I've had my quiet time; I journaled, worshipped, even did some intercession! Then I missed your company so I decided to make you some breakfast." Her suspect gooey beam returned. "I'm off to wake up the kids. You take your time, go back to sleep if you like. I'll take care of everything."
As she softly closed the door, peeking around it once more to send a seductive smile his way, he puzzled over why she hadn't given him the usual 'get ready for work' countdown, and then it hit him.
New Year's Day. NO WONDER!
Patrick Dunne swung his legs over the edge of the bed and rubbed his hands together in delighted anticipation. He planned on making the absolute most of the remaining few hours of heaven…. before his wife gave up on her new resolutions, and returned to normal.
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Meet the SA Under-21 Womens Hockey Team
South African hockey enthusiasts are looking forward to watching our SA Under-21 Women's team participate in the 2016 Women's Junior World Cup, taking place from 24 November to 4 December in Santiago, Chile. Held every four years, the tournament aims to expose talented young players to the international hockey circuit. The international tournament consists of 16 teams, divided into four


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2018 Presenters
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Life in the Mulga
Learnings from the field
Next Gen : Farming in the age of Twitter
Wednesday August 08 at 7:00 am
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Chris Ferguson bought a run-down station in far north-western NSW in 2001 when urban sprawl and Sydney based hobby farmers priced her out of her home country near Bathurst. She literally sold a house and bought a station but didn't have enough money to buy livestock so began a rangeland goat enterprise.
Chris completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Rangeland Management with The University of Queensland and was selected for a Nuffield Australia Farming Scholarship in 2010. She travelled to 19 countries in 29 weeks studying grazing management in semi-arid lands.
Five years ago she started the public social media site 'Life in the Mulga' on both Instagram and Facebook. Using photographs and stories she gives followers an insight into a life lived remotely in outback NSW and has tried to lift the profile of managed goat grazing operations in the rangelands.


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BioWare Generates SWTOR's Ancient Hypergate Update
Star Wars takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, and Star Wars: The Old Republic is set an even longer time ago than that. Thus, this Hypergate – which is positively ancient, even by SWTOR's musty standards – must be older than time itself. Naturally, then, people (and blue not-people and green not-people and spiky faced not-people) must risk reducing the precious relic to ash by waging brutal, ceaseless wars over it. That's just how these things work. And now you can join in on the ill-advised carnage for absolutely no money*. No strings attached**. Nope, none ***. Seriously****!
Oh huh, apparently Hypergates run on the lifeforce of slain enemies. That's somewhat, er, totally evil of them. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to see this one fall. BUT ANYWAY. The goal of each match is to power-up your team's energy pylon – by way of flashy, spark-scattering glowstick murder, naturally – until it's ready to unleash "deadly reinforcements" and finish the job.
Six new level 50 space missions (per faction) are also part of the package, and they'll apparently "challenge the greatest pilots in the galaxy." Are you one of the greatest pilots in the galaxy? Are you sure? Oh, well OK then. But only if you're sure.
The update's flopping about like a summer trout (Sorry, the rhyming headline appears to have infected my brain) right now, so you can give it a go whenever you please. Do that, if you're feeling so inclined.
*Well, until you've played it five times, anyway.
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Town Hall funding sought
During a recent meeting of Longford Co Council, local area representative for the Granard area, Cllr PJ Reilly (FF) put forward a notice of motion in respect of the Granard Library and Town Hall building.
In his motion, Cllr Reilly suggested that it would be in the community's best interests if the local authority wrote to Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan TD seeking "an update" in relation to development proposals for the building.
"It is very important for this work to be carried out - in particular the refurbishment of our library in the town - as it is on the list of projects by the Department," the local area representative added.


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Chelsea Gallo leads performance of works composed by two Strausses, and one by Brahms arranged by Schoenberg
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The crisp early-winter air. The streets bustling with students and pre-holiday shoppers. The sounds of Strauss in a renowned concert hall.
Ann Arbor will feel a little like Vienna on Saturday, December 8 as the University of Michigan Life Sciences Orchestra takes the stage of U-M's Hill Auditorium for a free concert of works written and arranged by Vienna-based composers.
Beginning at 8 p.m., the LSO and music director Chelsea Gallo, will transport their audience to the Austrian capital through works by both Richard and Johann Strauss, and a piece by Johannes Brahms arranged by Arnold Schoenberg. The LSO brings together medical, health and science faculty, staff, students and alumni from across the university.
The concert is free and open to the public, as is a pre-concert lecture at 7:15 p.m. by Gallo in the lower level of the building.
No tickets are required, though the LSO accepts donations to support its concerts.
The concert will begin with "Macbeth," one of the first tone poems written by Richard Strauss. As it evokes the dramatic tale of the Scottish king and other famous figures in Shakespeare's play, the piece changes character multiple times — highlighting the talents of the LSO's musicians.
Johann Strauss, Jr. – a fellow Viennese but not related to Richard – will be represented on the program with his Kaiser-Walzer, much better known in English as the Emperor Waltzes. LSO assistant conductor Régulo Stabilito will conduct.
The concert's second half features a unique work: Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, but not the original written in 1861 for violin, viola, cello and piano. Rather, the LSO will play the 1937 arrangement for full orchestra, without piano.
Schoenberg, a revolutionary composer in his own right, met Brahms as a young man shortly before the older composer's death at the end of the 19th Century. He created the arrangement in tribute to Brahms' own spirit of innovation – and didn't change a note. The piece especially features the LSO's wind section.
Gallo is a doctoral student, and Stabilito a master's degree student, in the UMSMTD's nationally known orchestral conducting program. Gallo holds the Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D. Music Director position with the LSO, made possible by a gift from its namesake, the first U-M executive vice president for medical affairs and a longtime supporter of the LSO.
The orchestra is part of the Gifts of Art program, which brings the world of art and music to Michigan Medicine, the U-M academic medical center. The LSO gives members an outlet for their musical talents and a chance to interact with one another across academic disciplines and professions. The orchestra made its concert debut in January 2001 and plays two free concerts each year.
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"Let's Read," Friend, June 1971, 11
Let's Read
story and pictures by Leo Politi. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1963.
The quality and tone of this favorite are much like the kind of man my friend Leo Politi is—soft, warm, tender, and full of reverence for life.
Every day Rosa and Jose rode their horse Polomo to the village school. After school, Rosa saw an expensive doll in the store window. She longed for this doll, but she knew she could never afford it. At Christmastime her mother gave the family something better than the doll. Because of Leo Politi's touch, no one forgets Rosa or her dreams.
This book is also available in a Spanish edition.
The Summer of the Swans
by Betsy Byars. New York: Viking, 1970.
Sara, her mentally retarded brother Charlie, and her pretty older sister Wanda all live with Aunt Willie. It has been an impossible summer for Sara, but one day white swans appear on the lake near their home. Charlie is fascinated by the great white birds. That night Charlie disappears. Sara spends anguished hours searching for him the next day. Finally Charlie is found. Sara also finds that things were not as she had thought, and that this and no other summer will be the same.
This book has just won the Newbery Award for the most distinguished children's book for 1971.
Brian Wildsmith's Mother Goose;
illustrations by Brian Wildsmith. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1965.
All the familiar Mother Goose rhymes call out from these delightful, well-printed pages. Mr. Wildsmith has used brilliant color throughout, and the illustrations are appealing.
Is Somewhere Always Far Away?
by Leland B. Jacobs; pictures by John E. Johnson. New York; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.
Is somewhere always far away? Always farther still? The questions of this delightful verse introduce you to an imaginative collection of verse. The illustrations are just right. They have a feeling that they belong to each page.
Miss Hickory
by Carolyn S. Bailey; illustrated by Ruth Cannett. New York: Viking, 1946. (Also available in paperback.)
Tiny Miss Hickory is made out of an apple twig and a hickory nut. She meets her troubles with great courage, and she almost seems real. This book won the Newbery Award for the most distinguished children's book in 1947.
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean George. New York: Dutton, 1959.
Sam Gribley wanted to prove to his family and to himself that he could live all by himself off the land in the Catskill Mountains. He finds and prepares his food, lives in a hollowed-out tree, makes his own tools and clothing, and learns much about plant and animal life in these woods. If you haven't read this story of a boy who lives alone for a year in the woods, be sure to get it from your library.


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Werner Herzog tends to make movies about the heartless cruelty of nature, but for his next project, the documentary Lo And Behold, he's diving deep into the equally heartless cruelty of the internet to show how everyone being virtually connected has changed the world. It probably won't touch on Pokémon Go—a phenomenon that Herzog apparently couldn't care less about—but it will touch on the existence of soccer-playing robots that will someday usurp the love mankind feels for human athletes.
Lo And Behold will premiere on August 26, but The A.V. Club is giving people in Chicago an opportunity to see the documentary a little bit early on August 24. So, if you're especially eager to hear Herzog tell you about why computers are scary, you can win a pair of passes to an advance screening by entering your information at this link. Remember: Advance screenings are often intentionally overbooked, so be sure to arrive early if you want to secure a seat.
You can see a trailer for Lo And Behold (as well as its appropriately weird poster) below.


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When I signed in at the office of McKinley School in Pasadena yesterday morning and told the receptionist I was there to see Jason Roberts, the calculus teacher, she looked confused.
"I think you got it wrong," she said. "You know you're at McKinley? And we're an elementary and middle school?" Knew that. She still looked at me as you would at a loony-bin escapee.
I was rescued by the appearance at the office door of Jason and his wife Sandy, also a math teacher. It would appear they are operating on the down-low.
Which is entirely understandable. When most area folks think Pasadena Unified School District, they are not thinking college mathematics for 12-year-olds. If that happens, it's in the fancy private schools or in the rich neighboring districts, right?
Wrong, says Jason. "And if we show them we can succeed here, with two-thirds of the students on free or subsidized lunch, people in San Marino and La Canada are going to say, 'My kids are adding fractions in seventh grade and theirs are doing differential equations? Hey, I am going to Pasadena if you don't ramp it up!' Other districts will be forced to chase us, and that's how we start changing the world."
I was tipped to the story of this wild-eyed utopian vision by school board member Scott Phelps, himself a math teacher with a Caltech master's.
"Three years ago," Scott wrote me, "Jason was recruited to help his son's fourth-grade math field day team." That's a kind of all-star team for the numbers kids. "Then he approached our top staff and asked if the following year he could pull out these students from their regular math class and work with them to accelerate their math instruction and learning. The effort has been called the Math Academy, I think just to have a name, and is intended to get students so far along that math won't be a barrier at all in college or career choices. They intend this to lead to a high school program. From my point of view, our services for gifted students, the GATE program, have long been very minimal. So this is much needed and exciting."
If you want to see real excitement, sit for an hour with Jason and Sandy and the six seventh-grade students, including the couple's son, Colby, in their calculus class. These are not the shy, retiring types one might associate with math genius. There is a certain amount of yelling and fist-bumping. There is a lot of unafraid calling-out of both brilliant solutions and boneheaded wrong turns. One young man howled, in a combination of both self-deprecation and glee, "Oh, it's just U to the 5th! That's so easy!" Then he did a lap around the room.
Sandy and I were sitting in the back of the class as Jason furiously scrawled equations on the white board and the four boys and two girls called out solutions almost instantaneously. "Notice that they aren't afraid even of correcting Jason," Sandy said. "I'm surprised they haven't been out of their seats more often. We've never required them to stay put and stay quiet." She was getting ready to teach a sixth-grade algebra class later in the day.
As you've guessed, the Roberts aren't ordinary teachers. They aren't ordinary affluent Pasadenans, either — their three kids are all at McKinley. They have the time to create this Math Academy because Jason got in early on some tech startups — he and a colleague wrote the first computer code for what was originally called Uber Cab, for instance, and he wrote the software for some of the earliest programs that allowed high-frequency trading on Wall Street. Sandy was an economics major at the University of Chicago.
So that others can follow in their success, they are all in on this effort to get to the kids who have the capacity to explore the highest levels of math at the earliest ages. "Too many who could do it younger wait 'til college and then say they can't do the math and it just kills their potential," Jason says. "And in tech, to be an Elon Musk, you need the hard sciences. Otherwise you're just going to create another Tinder," the dating program. "I tell the kids, 'I am going to pound on this stuff until your weakness is your strength. I am like a shark going after you, I've got a leg off, there is already blood in the water.' "
This is the kind of talk young numbers geeks just love to hear. Showoffs with a cause, they are gearing up for a math-skills expo in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium May 13. Want to get involved in supporting the growth of this crazy scheme? Just drop me a note.
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- by aleon1220, 4 months agoRated 4 out of 5the desktop app and recent upgrade in june 2020 for linux is broken. Is affecting my system. Thanks
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I like the additional info that I get in Rescue Time as a result of using this extension, but it's not worth the massive memory leak.
- by A user, 10 months agoRated 3 out of 5Even though I sign in through the RescueTime's Firefox add-on, it constantly shows a red esclamation mark and sign-in prompt. It used to work great, if it's not fixed soon, I'll start looking for alternatives.
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Part 33 – Carrozzeria Fantuzzi
Certain coachbuilders have had a strong relationship with automotive manufactures, while others have built, or designed cars for many names in the industry. Following the Second World War, a small number of carrozzeria began to thrive, while other older firms failed. One that began after the war was Sergio Scaglietti. In 1951, he opened his shop in Maranello, across the road from Ferrari. During the war, Sergio was a bomb maker for the partisans, but he was also a genius with body manufacturing. Sergio will be covered fully later in this series. Another from this era was Medardo Fantuzzi. He was from Bologna, where he trained as an automotive engineer, but later moved to Modena. He began Carrozzeria Fantuzzi with his brother Gino before WWII, but their shop reached its pinnacle during the 1950s and 60s, initially by producing Maserati bodies, but later the coachbuilder worked with Ferrari, De Tomaso and Scuderia Serenissima.
Italy regained racing form rather quickly following the Second World War. Prewar cars were dusted off, tuned and raced. Enzo Ferrari began to compete under his own name. One of the preeminent Italian manufacturers was quiet in the very early 50s. Maserati was going through significant changes at the top levels of the organization. It was the rivalry with Ferrari which that ultimately lifted Maserati from its dormant years. A key figure in building the bodies for its competition cars was Carrozzeria Fantuzzi. The man who changed the fortunes of the racing Maseratis was Gioacchino Colombo, father of the Grand Prix 'Alfette' and designer of the first 12-cylinder Ferrari. Colombo modernized Maserati's technical department and laid the foundation for the successes enjoyed on the track by the company in the 1950s and 60s.
The first Maserati which Colombo concentrated his efforts on was the A6 GCM open-wheeled racer. He shortened the stroke of the 2 liter engine and increased its power. With a bit of work on the brakes and suspension, by the end of 1952 Colombo's revised A6 GCM was a success. It served as the inspiration for the A6GCS – a sports car, rather than an open-wheeled racer. Its name certainly lacks marketing appeal. It was the abbreviation for Ghisa (cast-iron, referring to the engine), Corsa (competition) and Sport. The first A6GCS had a coupe body, but this was quickly abandoned in a favor of a much lighter 'siluro' or cycle fender body, created for Maserati by Medardo Fantuzzi. One of the design's most recognizable features was a single headlight (monofaro) mounted in the grille. It was raced by some of the most talented drivers of the day including Luigi Villoresi and Alberto Ascari. Fantuzzi built 14 of these sport racers. The next version of the two liter car was the 200S. Twenty-eight racing cars were made by Maserati between 1952 and 1955. Fantuzzi built the final 23 cars of this model.
Maserati wanted to enter the fray in a big way when the World Championship for sports cars was introduced in 1953. It required the company to design a new larger engine. It did not initially produce a monster engine. Its first examples were three-liter engines mounted in the light and nimble 300s. It was first raced in 1955 by the Maserati works team and numerous private racers, in fact, the first three cars were shipped to the United States, where they were raced by Briggs Cunningham and his clients. Development at the Maserati and Fantuzzi factory was ongoing and the car won several prestigious races around the world.
When Maserati reentered the Formula One, it used its 6-cylinder engine in a car designated 250F. This type competed in Formula 1 beginning in 1954. It was raced through the 1957 season and was a popular car for privateers – racers who were not affiliated with a car manufacturer. Maserati and Fantuzzi produced two dozen examples in three years.
Up until 1956, Maserati focused on sports car racing with engine sizes ranging from 1.5 liter in the 150S to the 3 liter 300S. These were all fine racers, but they were never in contention to take the overall lead against the much more powerful Ferraris, Aston Martins and Jaguars. Throughout the fall and winter of 1956, the V8 car was further developed and the engine output was raised from the initial 365 hp to 400 hp. With this immense figure, the quad cam V8 450S became the most powerful front engine sports car in the world. Fantuzzi built ten of these cars for Maserati.
In 1958, Ferrari brought Fantuzzi on board to build his Formula One car. The 246 F1 Dino was the last of the front engine cars that Ferrari contested in this formula. Dino Ferrari is often credited for the actual design of the V6 engine for this Formula One racer, but most experts believe that Vittorio Jano was responsible for much of the work. What is not disputed is that Fantuzzi built the body for the exceptional car.
For the following year's sports car championship, Ferrari introduced the 250 TR59. It was had a conventional steel tubular ladder frame and a DeDion rear axle for the works racers. It used the famous Colombo V12 engine. Pininfarina designed a new enveloping body, which was constructed by Fantuzzi, relieving Scaglietti, who were pre-occupied with constructing road car bodies.
Ever the conservative, Enzo Ferrari rarely produced an experimental, or ground-breaking racing car. He normally followed a path of gradual evolution, which resulted in fast and reliable racing cars. It would take until 1963 before Ferrari built a sports racer with a mid-mounted V12 engine. Designated the 250 P, the chassis was sent to Fantuzzi, who clothed it in a curvaceous, slippery aluminum body penned by Pininfarina. It featured an airfoil behind the open cockpit and a cut-down rear-end to reduce drag.
One of the most famous Ferraris was the 250 GT Lusso. It represented the ultimate development of the road-going 250 series. Extraordinarily elegant, but also aggressive in a subtle, but commanding way, these cars are widely regarded as being among Pininfarina's best work. In 1964, Fantuzzi was commissioned to create a single example with a more aerodynamic front end, faired-in headlamps, and a more pronounced rear spoiler. The result was stunning then and is equally breathtaking today.
At the 1965 Turin Auto Show, a new racing car was unveiled – the de Tomaso Sport 5000. At least ten cars were to be produced with the prospect of another forty to homologate it for the GT-class. Despite all the good intentions, this was the last the world saw of the racer for many years. The prototype was retired to a corner of the factory. The car was the product of a collaboration between Carroll Shelby and Alejandro de Tomaso. Shelby provided the tuned Ford Cobra engine and de Tomaso had a Vallelunga chassis modified to accept the powerful engine. The body was the result of a collaboration between Peter Brock and Medardo Fantuzzi.
During the early 1960s Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata was one of Italy's most prominent privateers. Under the Scuderia Serenissima Republica di Venezia banner, he fielded cars for some of Italy's finest drivers. As recounted in Part 5 of this series ATS – Automobili Turismo e Sport, a number of Ferrari's finest engineers left the manufacturer after the palace revolution of 1961.The young Count was one of a number of financial backers of ATS. After that failed to prove successful, the Count had a new car designed under his racing stable – Scuderia Serenissima. The 1965 308V Jet Competitzione was an entirely new car and was built by ex-Fiat and Ferrari designer Alberto Massimino, with a body by Fantuzzi. At the center of the Jet was a new engine designed by Massimino. The car was not a successful racer. In 1966, the three liter Serenissima engine was used for a brief time by Bruce McLaren in his first year as a constructor in Formula One 1966.
The workshops of Carrozzeria Fantuzzi are still in operation. The shop is run by Merardo's son Fiorenzo. The carrozzeria now focuses on restoring to jewel-like perfection the cars so famously bodied by his father Merardo and also the Ferraris originally built by Sergio Scaglietti.
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When Free Speech Died in Canada
Monday, March 4, 2013
by Joe Carter
Truthful statements can be presented in a manner that would meet the definition of hate speech, and not all truthful statements must be free from restriction.
Jesus might have claimed that the truth will set you free but in Canada speaking the same truths proclaimed in Gods Word could potentially land you in jail.
The ruling and the reasoning [behind it] is terrible, defendant Bill Whatcott told LifeSiteNews.com. They actually used the concept that truth is not a defense.
The court ruled that making claims which could be construed as detesting or vilifying homosexual behavior is enough to classify speech as hate speech:
Courts have recognized a strong connection between sexual orientation and sexual conduct and where the conduct targeted by speech is a crucial aspect of the identity of a vulnerable group, attacks on this conduct stand as proxy for attacks on the group itself. If expression targeting certain sexual behaviour is framed in such a way as to expose persons of an identifiable sexual orientation to what is objectively viewed as detestation and vilification, it cannot be said that such speech only targets the behaviour. It quite clearly targets the vulnerable group.
The ruling also states that suppression of hate speechsuch as claiming that homosexual behavior is immoralis so important that it justifies infringing on religious freedom and provides a basis for a reasonable limit on freedom of religion and is demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
This standard is then used to justify a draconian standard of censorship:
If, despite the context of the entire publication, even one phrase or sentence is found to bring the publication, as a whole, in contravention of the Code, this precludes its publication in its current form.
The court used the preceding standard to scrutinize flyers that Mr. Whatcott distributed in 2001 and 2002. The language Whatcott uses is admittedly harsh and uncivil, but it does not rise to any reasonable standard of hate speech. In fact, the Court even considered whether a quotation of Matthew 18:6 can be characterized as hate speech. The court determined that it was not and added:
While use of the Bible as a credible authority for a hateful proposition has been considered a hallmark of hatred, it would only be unusual circumstances and context that could transform a simple reading or publication of a religions holy text into what could objectively be viewed as hate speech.
This is, of course, utter nonsense. By the courts own ruling the presence of Leviticus 18:22 (Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.) would warrant classifying the Bible as a hate speech document. The court clearly states that,
If expression targeting certain sexual behaviour is framed in such a way as to expose persons of an identifiable sexual orientation to what is objectively viewed as detestation and vilification, it cannot be said that such speech only targets the behaviour. It quite clearly targets the vulnerable group. [emphasis added]
If criticism of homosexual behavior is construed as criticism of homosexuals then a simple reading of the Lev. 18 and context clearly shows that the passage could objectively be viewed as hate speech.
Not surprisingly, many religious groups find the ruling and its implications disconcerting. According to LifeSiteNews, the Catholic Civil Rights League is concerned over the courts equating homosexual activity with homosexual persons such that it turns criticism of sexual behaviour into hate-speech of an identifiable minority.
A key teaching of Christianity is to hate the sin, but love the sinner, said CCRL president Phil Horgan, pointing out that as a society, we incarcerate convicted persons for their crimes, not out of hate for the individual.
But with Whatcott, the SCC has stated that criticism of behaviour(s) can be treated as potentially hateful speech against the minority. Will criticism of activities at gay pride parades be treated similarly? Will criticism of certain homosexual sexual activities be now conflated as an example of hate speech of an individual or minority? This conflation of behaviour with the person or group, is a proposition at odds with most religious teachings, and of concern coming from our highest court.
Where speech can be punished as hate and truth ceases to be a defense, free speech cannot exist. As Donald R. McClarey says, Canada no longer has freedom of speech. The Supreme Court of Canada killed it.


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Did you ever have a moment where time stops and you sit back and think, "wow, something big is about to happen." I remember having one on New Year's Eve 2012. We were visiting my parents in Australia. Everyone went to bed before midnight struck, but I stayed up and enjoyed the evening by myself sitting on my parents 18th floor balcony overlooking the Brisbane River thinking that something big was going to happen in 2012. Little did I know I'd soon be pregnant and by late October have a little boy in my arms.
I feel like things are in flux again. We are not expecting another child, we have no plans for a move or career changes, but it just feels like something is happening.
Perhaps it has more to do with my season of growth. I've been devouring books. Sheepishly, I'll admit that I'm finally finished (8 years later) The Entreprenuer's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing. If you have any interest in fashion you need to know Kathleen and her blog. She's a generous gold mine of information on numerous topics.
I am resonating with this quote from marcandangel.com:
The things we do right are often NOT the right things to do. – It's always better to go slowly in the right direction than quickly in the wrong direction. Ask yourself if what you're doing is moving you closer to where you want to be. Know that doing the right things is far more important than doing things right. There is nothing quite so wasteful as doing with great proficiency something that should not be done at all.
I'm re-evaluating my sewing practices which have lately seemed to be disappointment after disappointment. Instead of rushing to meet a ridiculous and unnecessary deadline, I'm embracing the entire aspect of sewing. Muslin fittings sewn well and pressed beautifully. Friends that help to fit and offer critiques and suggestions. Quality supplies.
Much inspiration goes to Claudine and her absolutely fabulous work.
Up first was going to be a muslin of this Pati Palmer shirt, redesigned into a bomber-esque styled jacket with a lining added a la this unavailable Anthropologie gem. Hat tip to Kathleen for her ideas and info on drafting the lining/facing pattern in her book. Still not sure on the fabric for this–I hope to use up my stash, but may need to purchase something. This is still percolating, for sure. I have the muslin cut and half sewn, so we'll see what comes of it, but I may go back 3 steps and re-work a
block fitting shell for me. This could be a never-ending worm hole, though in part because there are so many ways to do it and in part because aren't we all irregularly shaped with it comes to things?


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Looks like Amazon has found a new way to capture a big chunk of Indian ecommerce and rake in the big bucks. The Jeff Bezos run company has:
But, the delivery strategies don't end there. Amazon's latest logistics approach will involve the delivery of orders from rival platforms too.
The expanding logistics business under Amazon will cater to its own seller's delivery requirements on the Amazon online retail platform and also their requirements on rival platforms like Flipkart and Snapdeal. In addition to this, Amazon will also dedicate its logistics services to sellers engaging in offline distribution.
According to three industry executives with knowledge of this development, a pilot version of this logistics service has been initiated with 300 online sellers registered on Amazon's marketplace.
"Amazon wants to build ATS (Amazon Transportation Services) into an independent logistic service which competes against Flipkart's Ekart and other independent logistic services like Blue Dart and FedEx. It has started with its own sellers, but eventually will even look at offering logistic services to brands and other businesses. ATS has recently hired a lot of executives from leading courier companies," said one of the industry executives.
Amazon's logistic services are carried out by ATS, which mostly fulfilled FBA seller orders with their products stored in Amazon warehouses. Now, the etailer will be using this logistics arm to control a major section of Indian ecommerce. It has priced ATS competitively for sellers, (that is lower than courier services from third-parties), mentioned another executive
He said, "Amazon wants to control each and every segment of the e-commerce value chain, since they also sell packaging materials for online shipments."
When it comes to logistics in Indian online retail, this sector was valued at $0.46 billion in 2016. But in the next five years, it is expected to see a CAGR of around 48% which will take its worth to $2.2 billion by 2020, a KPMG and CII report stated.
ExclusiveLane co-founder, Dhruv Goyal believes that given its large and extensive sellers portfolio, Amazon would want to make money off of the opportunity logistics services for sellers on multiple marketplaces bring.
"They would also be extending these services to sellers to send their FBA and Cloudtail shipments which are currently fulfilled by logistic companies such as BlueDart, DTDC and FedEx. These companies are going to have a hard time competing with Amazon," Goyal stated.
Flipkart's logistics arm, Ekart partnered with third-parties to ensure it focuses on its core business. This is working well in Ekart's favour. Currently, Flipkart group companies utilize 90% of its services while the rest are provided to external clients and businesses. The logistics division is looking to tap into offline networks to help its business scale up further.


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Leke Lee is back with another smash single, Anu, featuring, Zlatan Ibile and Gbafun, produced by Olumix.
ANU is a feel good music, inspirational, addictive and a commercial street vibes that talks about asking for Grace and Mercy which sees each act display their lyrical prowess, produced/Mixed by ARR (9ice) in-house producer OLUMIX.
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Why isn't the gerbil moving anymore?" Have you ever had to answer this question? It has been known to strike terror into the heart of even the most experienced first grade teacher when the death of a classroom pet is discovered by a curious 6-year-old according to research done by psychologists.
The issues raised are more distressing when a classmate or a classmate's parent dies and questions are asked. The simplest path is that of silence, or of trying to dispose of the questions as swiftly and painlessly as possible, but often that may solve only the teacher's problem.
By the age of five virtually every child has had some contact with death and some curiosity about it. Perhaps it was the death of a pet, a dead bird found on the street, a "squished bug," or the death of a family member. In any case, it is only logical that this curiosity will be carried over to the school setting, and it is important that the teacher -- as well as parents -- be prepared to cope with questions that come up.
What happens when questions go unanswered or are only partially answered? The best example I can think of is a boy named Mark. I first met him about five years ago at a university-affiliated psychological clinic. Pete, who was then five years old, had been brought in by his parents who were concerned about his refusal to go to bed at night. Although he had no history of bedtime problems previously, Pete had begun to throw bedtime tantrums two weeks earlier. He would cry and refuse to go near the bedroom, and, when finally overcome with sleep, he would often awaken with nightmares. His behavior and emotional development were all within normal limits aside from his rather phobic reaction to bedtime preparations. Neither parent was able to offer any insight into the possible precipitants of this behavior.
During one of the counseling sessions I had with Pete, he told me the story of a man who ". . . got a heart attack, fell out of bed, and died." He explained that he had overheard his mother telling this story to someone over the telephone. Putting events together with the help of his parents, I learned that a family friend had recently died of a heart attack, and Pete did indeed hear his mother describe the event to a friend over the telephone. Pete had no idea what a heart attack was or where one came from. He certainly knew what falling out of bed was, though, and if doing that could make you get a heart attack and die" then no one was going to get him into a bed.
With this information I was able to help ease Pete's concerns in short order, but the concreteness of his concerns remains an impressive example of the misconceptions children can develop about death. Pete also provides a prime example of the harm that can result from not talking about death when children have questions, although in this case Pete had not asked any.
Strategies suggested-
1. Be honest and don't try to soften the issue too much- they know much more than what you think.
2. Listen an be present
3. Reassure them that you and they are going to be okay
4. Play with them, get them to think about something else
5. Include them in the formalities
With that said, "Put a little MaxPower into your life!"
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Five years ago, I moved out of my first apartment and gave my parents an aging desktop that I hadn't used in quite a while. The only part I took out of it was an internal HDD that I used for back up purposes. Somewhere during the move, however, the drive got damaged and became inaccessible. It turned out, too, that all the information on it that I stored as back ups became the only copies I had, as my normal hard drive became lost at some point.
For five years, I tried to get it working again. Well, "tried" is a bit much. Mostly, I'd just plug it back in to my computer about once a year and hope for the best, but that never worked. But I held on to the drive nonetheless, hoping that one day I'd be able to find a (cheap) solution to get it fixed. As my knowledge of computers grew over the years, I kept looking out for any information that might help with the hard drive, but nothing really stood out. The only option I had found was sending it in to a professional data recovery service for thousands of dollars; I was desperate to get the information from it, but not that desperate.
Then, about a year ago, I stumbled onto DeadHardDrive.com and felt that glimmer of hope. I had read all sorts of quick-fix guides over the years, but none of them worked. But when I read the story on the main page, I realized how similar the circumstances were: my hard drive just wouldn't power up at all; no clicking, no whirring, no obvious signs of life. So when I saw that a PCB replacement might make a difference, I figured I'd give it a shot.
Unfortunately, at the time, I was dead broke, so I had to put the idea on the back burner. Then, about two weeks ago, the thought suddenly popped into my head again and I started searching for a replacement PCB. Sure enough, I found an exact match for only $25 and ordered it immediately.
I was actually surprised by how easy it was to replace the board. Here I was thinking it was going to be an arduous, slow task, but all it entailed was taking out four Torx screws, swapping the boards, and replacing the screws.
The moment of truth came. I installed the drive, powered up the computer, and entered the BIOS. To my immense shock, the BIOS actually recognized...something. It was displaying a hard drive, but it had the incorrect firmware version. While this wasn't a success, I felt encouraged considering I never got this far in the past.
I took the hard drive back out and double-checked the connections. I noticed that the PCB wasn't seated all the way on one connection and I pressed down hard enough to ensure that it was. I put the hard drive back in, went back in to the BIOS, and there it was: the hard drive was once again recognized (correctly) by the BIOS.
I loaded up Windows, looked under My Computer, and felt my heart leap. Not one single byte of data was corrupted. It was as if I had opened a time capsule of perfectly-preserved information. I was able to move all the data off of the old hard drive on to my new one and once again, all is well in the world.
I just wanted to say thanks to you, Neville, for the information you provided. I never would have thought to give this option a try were it not for finding your story through Google. So thank you!
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Hey way to go. One part I left out of my more recent post is the first time I put my rebuilt drive into an external case and plugged it in via USB, I got that beep-click, beep-click, beep-click, that indicates a drive head just kinda banging around uselessly.....and I was totally prepared to bum out but that little geek light in the back of my head said "try another USB cable", you know that geek-freak moment where you want to panic but your mind says "try the obvious". And it worked.
I figured my story had enough drama in it without this little detail but there you go.
And like you, I backshelved this recovery because like you, I was reasonably backed up to begin with. My real story was when this drive crashed it happened in the context of my whole working machine failing so my getting through the chaos was more about ressurecting old Windows machines and reassembling backups and porting them from Linux while I got another serious Linux deck up and running and that was way more grief than the actual HD ressurection.
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Guys, I dont know where to ask my question. So I am posting it here. I have a SSD (solid state hard drive). It is almost fried. I just cannot get it fixed. The memory looks as if it is just 8 Mb total.
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(WBIR-Great Smoky Mountains National Park) James York's recent trip to the North Carolina side of the Smokies has now been seen by more than 290,000 viewers, and counting.
You can thank a watchful eye and YouTube for that.
"I was waiting in line with other photographers who set up along side the road," York said Thursday, "Designated for where people would be to be safe."
While he was shooting still pictures at the Cataloochee Trail in the Smokies in October, a bull elk, York estimated was 500 pounds, walked through the public area, and toward the man.
York stayed still, protecting his head and sitting down as the animal head butted him.
"He just kind of looked up at me," York added. "I just paused and waited for him to move on, but he decided to take more interest in me."
The seven-minute plus encounter was captured by Vince Camiolo, who held the footage for weeks before posting it to YouTube on Tuesday.
"Definitely got pretty nervous for the photographer -- pretty quickly," Camiolo told 10News via Skype. "I was following the lead of the other photographers who were there because I thought they were experienced, maybe this was common?"
Park rangers told 10News that by the looks of the video, York did nearly everything correct. He did not approach the animal, and did not interact with it by touch him. However, they said York should've walked slowly away immediately when the bull came up to him.
He said at the time, he did not know what to do.
"Because I'm standing up, I couldn't be able to protect myself as easily as I could, down on the ground by curling up into a ball," York said.
He was still able to get some photos during the run in with the wild animal. He said while there are skeptics who would've said he should have not taken the photos that close, he said he was still within his rights to do just that.
"For people to say I was in his space, I was sitting on the road," he said. "The rangers go up and down to make sure people are where they're supposed to be."
Neither the elk nor York were hurt.
Biologists said elk normally mate during the September to October time-frame, and may have thought York was competition for a lady-elk.
For more information on elk at the Smokies, the National Park Service website has information on mannerisms and how to interact with them.


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Whether it's wood, wax or even snow - a variety of materials are available to build homes. The important thing is that they're eco-friendly. Here's a look at some innovative ideas for creating low carbon houses.
Private households account for around half of the world's energy consumption, so it's no wonder that constructing eco-friendly homes has become one of the most important steps in slowing climate change's rapid pace.
Around 90 percent of the energy consumed in private households is used for heating and cooling – especially in homes where poorly isolated windows and roofs and aging heaters waste massive amounts of energy.
But another insidious climate killer is the use of energy-intensive building materials like cement. Using alternative, ecological materials could greatly improve construction's carbon footprint.
Wonders of wood
Wood remains a poster child for eco-friendly building. It's one of the few traditional building materials that doesn't just have terrific thermal insulation properties, but trees are also natural carbon sinks. With their unique ability to absorb carbon dioxide during the process of photosynthesis and store it as carbon, it's estimated that every cubic meter of wood captures around a ton of CO2.
As long as a wooden house continues to stand, the carbon remains stored away safely. According to the pro-wood initiative HolzProKlima, a simple, small pre-fabricated wooden home can save up to 80 tons of CO2.
Another classic building material is cement. According to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), it's the most commonly used material in the world after water. Today, modern cement consists of three parts calcium and one part silicate, a mineral compound that makes up most of the earth's crust.
Still, limestone must be burned at around 1400 degrees in order to extract calcium, a process that consumes massive amounts of fossil fuels and releases waves of CO2 emissions into the air. That is one of the reasons why the cement industry alone accounts for five percent of global CO2 emissions.
To change that researchers first needed to study hardened cement at its most basic atomic level, says Franz-Josef Ulm, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is a leading scientist in the field of cement research.
"Now that we know the molecular structure, it is possible to replace calcium with other materials, thereby cutting down on huge amounts of greenhouse gases," he says. Cement producers have been slow to react, but Ulm remains hopeful. "As soon as policymakers make big polluters pay for the emissions they generate, we will have very different products on the market in a very short period of time."
Melting wax to keep cool
But alternatives are already out there. A host of new, modern materials have found ways to reduce CO2 emissions, some of which keep rooms cool and have rendered air conditioners irrelevant. It's also makes financial sense, especially for big office complexes made of glass and steel. They usually consume large amounts of energy trying to keep offices cool in the summer heat.
Microscopic wax beads melt at a certain temperature, and when mixed with other building materials, they help keep temperatures under control
A team of researchers from the German chemical giant BASF and the Fraunhofer Institute have now developed an insulation material that captures heat instead of allowing it to pass through. "At the heart of the idea was the ability of wax to store heat," says BASF product manager Kresimir Cule. The researchers ended up developing a product called Micronal PCM, which consists of tiny wax balls covered in an acrylic glass shell.
When temperatures hit 26 degrees Celsius, the wax melts, capturing heat and lowering room temperature by up to four degrees. At night, as temperatures sink rapidly, the PCM wax beads harden once again.
Using snow to keep warm?
But what about constructing buildings in far-flung locations? That calls for unusual building materials, and that is certainly the case in the Arctic. Since the 1950s, traditional igloos have become obsolete there. But they are now experiencing a renaissance of sorts.
Austrian architect Benno Reitbauer learned the art of building igloos in northern Finland, and today he is using those skills to construct an entire village made of snow, high up in the mountains of Tyrol at an altitude of 1,400 meters. "The interior temperature remains constant between minus two and zero degrees," he says. "That doesn't sound very warm, but when it is minus 20 degrees outside, it actually feels really good."
Reitbauer says he is fascinated by snow's malleability: "Because the walls are as hard as cement, we can construct igloos that reach 6 meters high inside, as well as construct furniture and fine decorative elements," he says.
Constructing with cow dung
One reason recycling materials are becoming increasingly popular is that building materials are growing increasingly expensive, especially in developing countries where resources are scarce. Manure is a case in point. In many parts of Africa, walls and entire homes are constructed with camel dung that is mixed with straw and mud and applied to a scaffold.
That trend has caught on in industrialized countries like Germany, too, where wooden beams in timber houses are filled with a combination of manure, limestone and loam. "Building with loam is a tradition that dates back nine thousands years," says Robert Kehl, a mason with decades of experience working on traditional German houses.
He even recommends applying clay plaster mixed with manure inside rooms – especially in the bathroom, where the plaster can help prevent mold. "The cows' stomachs have enzymes that destroy mildew ," he says. "Of course, applying a layer of manure will smell for five to seven hours, but when it dries you don't smell it anymore."
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Katie Couric: Engaged to John Molner!by Hilton Hater at . Updated at .
She typically reports the news, but now Katie Couric is the news:
This former CBS anchor and current talk show host is engaged!
The journalist's rep confirms to People that Couric accepted the romantic proposal of boyfriend John Molner over the weekend, as he popped life's most pressing question in East Hampton during sunset.
Molner - the head of mergers and acquisitions at Brown Brothers Harriman - and Couric went public with their relationship in April of last year.
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Quantum entanglement lies at the very heart of quantum mechanics, and it is what makes quantum physics different from classical physics. It is clear, as a consequence, that I won't be able to make you understand quantum entanglement if you have never studied quantum mechanics. If this is truly your first exposure, you should probably consult the Wiki page about quantum entanglement, which is quite good in my view.
Whether or not Bob can do this depends on whether the quantum channel capacity of the black hole is finite, or whether it vanishes. If the capacity is zero, then Bob is out of luck. The best he can do is to attempt to reconstruct Alice's quantum state using classical state estimation techniques. That's not nothing by the way, but the "fidelity" of the state reconstruction is at most 2/3. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Let's first take a look at this channel. I'll picture this in a schematic manner where the outside of the black hole is at the bottom, and the inside of the black hole is at the top, separated by the event horizon. Imagine Alice sending her quantum state in from below. Now, black holes (as all realistic black bodies) don't just absorb stuff: they reflect stuff too. How much is reflected depends on the momentum and angular momentum of the particle, but in general we can say that a black hole has an absorption coefficient 0≤α≤1, so that α2 is just the probability that a particle that is incident on the black hole is absorbed.
But I can tell you that if this were the whole story, then physics would be in deep deep trouble. This is because you cannot recover even classical information from this channel if α=1. Never mind quantum. In fact, you could not recover quantum information even in the limit α=0, a perfectly reflecting black hole! (I have not shown you this yet, but I will).
This is not the whole story, because a certain gentleman in 1917 wrote a paper about what happens when radiation is incident on a quantum mechanical black body. Here is a picture of this gentleman, along with the first paragraph of the 1917 paper:
|Albert Einstein in 1921 Einstein's 1917 article
(source: Wikimedia) "On the quantum theory of radiation"
Here's the figure from the Wiki page that shows how stimulated emission makes "two out of one":
|Quantum "copying" during stimulated emission from an atom (source: Wikimedia)
Actually, now that you mention it, yes it is, and the law is much more stringent than the law against classical copying (of copy-righted information, that is). The law (called the no-cloning theorem) is such that it cannot–ever–be broken, by anyone or anything.
Note that the clone behind the horizon has a bar over it, which denotes "anti". Indeed, the stimulated stuff beyond the horizon consists of anti-particles, and they are referred to in the literature as anti-clones, because the relationship between ρout and ρ¯out is a quantum mechanical NOT operation. (Or, to be technically accurate, the best NOT you can do without breaking quantum mechanics.) That the stimulated stuff inside and outside the horizon must be particles and anti-particles is clear, because the process must conserve particle number. We should keep in mind that the Hawking radiation also conserves particle number. The total number of particles going in is n, which is also the total number of particles going out (adding up stuff inside and outside the horizon). I checked.
[Note: Kamil informed me that for channels that are sufficiently "depolarizing", the capacity can in fact be calculated, and then it is zero. I will comment on this below.]
First: α=0. In that case the black hole isn't really a black hole at all, because it swallows nothing. Check the figure up there, and you'll see that in the absorption/reflection column, you have nothing in black behind the horizon. Everything will be in front. How much is reflected and how much is absorbed doesn't affect anything in the other two columns, though. So this black hole really looks more like a "white hole", which in itself is still a very interesting quantum object. Objects like that have been discussed in the literature (but it is generally believed that they cannot actually form from gravitational collapse). But this is immaterial for our purposes: we are just investigating here the quantum capacity of such an object in some extreme cases. For the white hole, you now have two clones outside, and a single anticlone inside (if you would send in one particle).
A quick caveat: Even though I write that there are two clones and a single anti-clone after I send in one particle, this does not mean that this is the actual number of particles that I will measure if I stick out my particle detector, dangling out there off of the horizon. This number is the mean expected number of particles. Because of vacuum fluctuations, there is a non-zero probability of measuring a hundred million particles. Or any other number. The quantum channel is really a superposition of infinitely many cloning machines, with the 1-> 2 cloner the most important. This fundamental and far-reaching result is due to Kamil.
|Quantum capacity of the white hole channel as a function of z
Actually, it is a somewhat big deal, because I can tell you that if it wasn't for that blue stimulated bit of radiation in that figure above, you couldn't do the reconstruction at all!
Now let's come to the arguably more interesting bit: a perfectly absorbing black hole (α=1). By inspecting the figure, you see that now I have a clone and an anti-clone behind the horizon, and a single clone outside (if I send in one particle). Nothing changes in the blue and red lines. But everything changes for the quantum channel. Now I can perfectly reconstruct the quantum state behind the horizon (as calculating the quantum capacity will reveal), but the capacity in front vanishes! Zero bits, nada, zilch. If α=1, the channel from Alice to Bob is entanglement breaking.
Now let's calm down and ponder what this means. First: Bob is out of luck. Try as he might, he cannot have what Alice had: the same entanglement with R that she enjoyed. Quantum entanglement is lost when the black hole is perfectly absorbing. We have to face this truth. I'll try to convince you later that this isn't really terrible. In fact it is all for the good. But right now you may not feel so good about it.
But there is some really good news. To really appreciate this good news, I have to introduce you to a celebrated law of gravity, the equivalence principle.
The principle, due to the fellow whose pic I have a little higher up in this post, is actually fairly profound. The general idea is that an observer should not be able to figure out whether she is, say, on Earth being glued to the surface by 1g, or whether she is really in a spaceship that accelerates at the rate of 1g (g being the constant of gravitational acceleration on Earth, you know: 9.81 m/sec2). The equivalence principle has far reaching consequences. It also implies that an observer (called, say, Alice), who falls towards (and ultimately into) a black hole, should not be able to figure out when and where she passed the point of no return.
The horizon, in other words, should not appear as a special place to Alice at all. But if something dramatic would happen to quantum states that cross this boundary, Alice would have a sure-fire way to notice this change: she could just keep the quantum state in a protected manner at her disposition, and constantly probe this state to find out if anything happened to it. That's actually possible using so-called "non-demolition" experiments. So, unless you feel like violating another one of Einstein's edicts (and, frankly, the odds are against you if you do), you better hope nothing happens to a quantum state that crosses from the outside to the inside of a black hole in the perfect absorption case (α=1).
Fortunately, we proved (result No. 3) that you can perfectly reconstruct the state behind the horizon when α=1, that this capacity is non-zero. And that as a consequence, the equivalence principle is upheld.
This may not appear to you as much of a big deal when you read this, but many many researchers have been worried sick about this, that the dynamics they expect in black holes would spell curtains for the equivalence principle. I'll get back to this point, I promise. But before I do so, I should address a more pressing question.
|Adventurous Alice encounters a firewall? Credit: Nature.com
Of course we would like to know the quantum capacity for an arbitrary α, which we are working on. One result is already clear: if the transmission coefficient α is high enough that not enough of the second clone is left outside of the horizon, then the capacity abruptly vanishes. Because the black hole channel is a particular case of a "quantum depolarizing channel", discovering what this critical α is only requires mapping the channel's error rate p to α.
This becomes even more amusing if you keep in mind that (eternal) black holes have white holes in their past, and white holes have black holes in their future.
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Recently, I stumped upon the CBC Marketplace series on Youtube. What has become evident in watching the series is how gullible the average consumer is to marketing tactics of big business. I recently watched a great piece on sports drinks and energy bars and whether they are required when you ride or train. I think you'd be surprised by the results.
First, a bit of background. I gave up on sports drinks a long time ago. I bought into the marketing hype from Dr. Phil Lim from scratch labs that one should eat our calories rather than drink it. Yea, I bought into the marketing but Lin seemed to make a good case scientifically for his notions. Lastly, I hated attempting clean the mold out of the bottles that eventually builds up when using sugary drinks in the bottles anyways. This last item actually is more why I stopped: just being lazy. So, I don't even bother with Skratch Labs drink mixes anymore. Realistically speaking, a can of coke as less calories than a bottle of sports drink so why not just buy a can a coke on a long ride if you think you need to be consume the candy in drink form anyways?
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Years ago, when I moved to drop some 80lbs or more, I ended up doing something mostly by accident: reducing my sugar intake. By swearing off processed foods, eating in instead of out more of the time, and following most if not all of Michael Pollin's Food Rules, I ended up eating less sugar. However, most recently I discovered the ill effects of sugar and I have been more actively trying to cut it out of my diet (save the odd ice cream cone or danish in a bike ride).
Last night, I tried out a new recipe for energy bars from the Global Cycling Network. They used banana's instead of dextrose and other non-sugar type sweeters....and it worked. Check out that recipe on the GCN Youtube Channel.
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First, I would like to say the information I am about to present is largely anecdotal. I have no scientific evidence to suggest that the claim I am making is true, but it does explain an issue I have encountered. I postulate that excess coffee consumption negatively affects athletic endurance.
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Over the last few months, I have been having difficulty finishing bike races I would otherwise do well in. This includes races at the Forest City Velodrome in London, ON, the Midweek Crit in Mississauga, ON, and the Larkenville Challenge in Buffalo, NY. Nevermind, a poor performance down in Georgia at Speedweek. I was getting spit out the back in races I should have finished with the pack. Part of the issue has been mental: I've not really wanted to race this season, so there have been times I just dropped out of a race. However, when I wanted to finish, I found that I could not. Two weeks ago, in Buffalo, I lasted 30 mins in the 65min race because I had nothing left: literally. The following Tuesday at the Midweek Crit, the same thing happened. Around the 30 min mark, I was blasted. Both races averaged 43km/h but I've done Midweek last year when it averaged 45km/h. This should not have been hard, but for some reason it was. With Midweek, I used to be able ride to work, ride to the race, do the A and B races, and ride home without issue. 100km in a day with a race in the middle. For some reason, this year, something changed. It is the "what" that changed I could not figure out. All this sudden inability also played havoc on my will to race. I was losing interest. Then, I a friend ask me: what changed? And, I got to thinking.


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Galax, VA -- Two stellar groups that do their regions proud take the stage on Saturday, July 30, at the Blue Ridge Music Center, milepost 213 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The South Carolina Broadcasters open the performance at 7 p.m., followed by Bill and the Belles.
With striking three-part harmonies and masterful instrumentation, Bill and the Belles, hailing from Johnson City, Tennessee, breathe new life into the sounds of early country music. At the foothills of the Blue Ridge and the forefront of old-time music, the group continues to further music traditions of their region. From sentimental Southern ballads to the popular songs of Tin Pan Alley to fiddle breakdowns, the group's shows are a celebration of country music's former diversity.
Stars of the Lowe Vintage Radio Show on WPAQ and masters of primitive bluegrass, the South Carolina Broadcasters bring Southern music at its finest to the stage. Featuring former members of The Smokey Valley Boys and Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, the trio comprised of David and Ivy Sheppard and Andy Edmonds puts its own spin on the music of the foothills, whether performing new songs or rare tunes from the archives of music.
Concertgoers are invited to arrive early for a performance presentation by Bob Carlin titled, History of the Banjo in Song, from 2 to 4 p.m. Carlin is well-known in the music world as a talented clawhammer style banjo player, producer, teacher, and author. His latest book, Banjo: An Illustrated History, explores the instrument's role in music history. Visitors can also check out the exhibit Banjos: From Africa to the New World from noon to 4 p.m. The exhibit features two dozen reproduction/replica banjos representing the instrument's roots in Africa and the New World, and its evolution in the pre-Civil War, Minstrel, and pre-factory eras. The banjos, crafted by expert instrument maker Bob Thornburg, will be on display July 25 through September 5.
The concert is sponsored by The Old-Time Herald. During the show, The Galax Smokehouse will be on site serving its signature barbecue, down-home sides, drinks, and desserts.
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