text:
WHEAT:NEWS MARCH 2019 Volume 10, Number 3
Solving the Missing Link
By Dee McVicker
Something is clearly missing between the IP at your studio and the IP out in the wild.
On the one end, IP is crisscrossing the globe and touching smart houses, smartphones and everything in modern life. On the other end, IP is also coursing through your studios. In its own AoIP way, it too is routing audio, switching controls, and making things happen.
And in between? A huge disconnect in terms of full, seamless studio operation between two or more locations.
We can talk all we want about virtual in a cloud or centralizing operations for several stations scattered across a region. But until we can connect up those two worlds, none of that is going to happen. It all comes down to solving that missing link, or more accurately, several missing links.
Let's start with the IP audio networked studio as we know it. Here, you can move programming around via audio drivers and control various elements throughout using software and hardware logic controllers built into the IP audio network. You can trigger mics on or off, set their levels, and in the case of WheatNet-IP, sum, split, EQ and control audio from anywhere in the network and in all the ways that are unique and important to a broadcast operation.
Control Across the Distance
That kind of intelligent studio operation currently extends only so far, however. To reach across the ether, you have had to leave some of that control behind.
Although we have a multitude of very effective ways to port audio across many different platforms using a number of standards and protocols – AES67 and MADI, for example -- we haven't found an easy way to send along all the AoIP operating logic to go with it. Without that logic, you can't do the most basic of studio functions at a distance, such as turn on a mic or press a play button from 1,000 miles away. You can't send and receive router commands, automation control, or set fader levels across two locations. You certainly can't connect two facilities from city to city. Without being able to transfer control logic, it's impossible to switch audio locally from a regional studio on the other side of the continent or even in the next town over.
AoIP manufacturers have tried to solve this problem in various ways in the past. One promising new solution is an AoIP appliance for the WheatNet-IP audio network that includes ACI control interface along with two other key technologies.
SwitchBlade is the first product of its kind to combine AoIP logic control with SIP connectivity and codec bandwidth optimization for transporting both high-quality programming and the control logic critical for full studio operation between sites. It includes WheatNet-IP's Application Control Interface (ACI) for remotely triggering events and elements in the WheatNet-IP environment, such as turning mics on or off, setting levels and adjusting EQ dynamics through software logic (SLIO) control. ACI is unique to WheatNet-IP and is used by more than 60 technology brand partners to seamlessly integrate automation, monitoring and clocking systems into the WheatNet-IP audio network environment.
With SwitchBlade, WheatNet-IP networked studios can extend full, seamless studio operation across the public Internet. Operators can remotely control a console, mic or automation system from a sister facility in the next state or from a Network Operation Center halfway across the globe.
Codecs Needed
Along with control logic, bridging the distance between locations requires being able to transfer high-quality programming. With bandwidth demand in the megabits per second range (1.4 megabits every second for typical stereo music) and available bandwidth over public and private IP links typically in the kilobits per second range (96 Kbps, 256 Kbps), we need really good codecs to give us the means to fit high-quality programming down those pipes and have it come out the other end sounding like broadcast quality.
We've been using and perfecting codecs for a number of years and for a number of purposes, such as downloading music to our phones, sending audio to the transmitter, even for HD radio. In broadcasting, different codecs serve different applications, which is why broadcast equipment manufacturers offer a number of different codecs for distribution and remote products. SwitchBlade, for example, includes 256 Kbps stereo Opus, G.711, G.722 and a half-dozen other codecs. In fact, the number of uses and types of codecs available today is staggering, which brings us to SIP. SwitchBlade uses SIP to simplify that codec selection. It has two network connections: one to connect directly into the WheatNet-IP audio network and the other for connecting to a SIP server.
SIP, Too
SIP, or Session Initiation Protocol, is a complete messaging protocol for initiating and terminating multimedia communication sessions. When two devices are made aware of each other via SIP, they are able to talk back and forth about bandwidth, whether audio is stereo or mono, how they will communicate with each other and the type of codec to be used to encode the audio in transit.
SIP is an important protocol used in VoIP communications for establishing audio connections over IP paths. As such, it can take the pain out of getting audio paths automatically hooked up at the best possible quality. For example, with multiple simultaneous connections available, one SwitchBlade appliance at the studio can send the same program content to six different transmitter sites, each using different SIP-compatible codec brands and settings and still have 18 more in reserve. In this way, it becomes possible for broadcasters to replace two, four, six or more encoders with one box at the studio and hang onto existing codec units at transmitter sites.
At its more advanced level, SIP-based connectivity makes it possible to transport high-quality programming to or from just about anywhere -- to affiliates, from stadiums, between regional studios and across the Internet to a Network Operation Center. SIP negotiates the connection as well as the method for compressing high quality streams, freeing the broadcaster to transport programming without regard to the tedious details of routing and transport mechanisms used on the other end.
In summary, to move full AoIP studio operation across the chasm to a site in a separate location, we'll need the three technologies in SwitchBlade: AoIP control logic, bandwidth optimization and interoperability with the codecs found at large.
NAB Sessions You Won't Want to Miss
Development Engineer Dominic Giambo will be talking about Components of Cloud-Based Broadcasting, from Content Creation to Delivery Sunday, April 7, from 10:40 am to 12:00 pm in N260. He will cover CSPs, the how and why of SIP connectivity, and latency, codecs and security issues.
Dominic will also discuss tips for Commissioning AES67 in Your Plant on Tuesday, April 9, from 3:40 to 4:00 pm in room N260. He will discuss mapping out an IP address plan, configuring packet structure and what to do about packet timing and sample rate incompatibilities.
Wheatstone IP audio networking will, once again, demonstrate AES67 compatibility at the IP Showcase, booth C12634 this NAB show. Be sure to catch Wheatstone's Development Engineer Dominic Giambo at the IP Showcase booth at 9:00 am on Tuesday of the show, when he will be discussing tips for Implementing AES67 and ST 2110-30 in Your Plant.
WTOP on the Phone
The telephone is talk radio's best friend, so it is most fitting that one of the first WheatNet-IP audio network SIP appliances would go to WTOP's new studios in Friendship Heights, Maryland.
The nation's top-billing news/talk station moved to a totally WheatNet-IP audio networked facility earlier this year and installed SwitchBlade to get calls in and out of six on-air and production studios, seven edit studios and 41 news and sports positions. The multi-line unit connects into WTOP's SIP PBX phone system on one end and its WheatNet-IP audio network on the other, providing studios and news/sports positions with simultaneous access to multiple lines at once.
The lines show up as sources/destinations in the WheatNet-IP NAVIGATOR software and are available to every one of the 54 WheatNet-IP surfaces and interfaces in the large facility. Indication of each line is available throughout the WheatNet-IP audio network and answer/hangup can be done by direct software logic (SLIO) control. The two on-air studios' LXE consoles, for example, have SS-8 Smart Switch panels dropped into their frames for recording, profanity delay dump, answer next, hold, busy all, and drop call functions.
The built-in bus minus functionality on every console channel returns a clean feed to the caller without the need for a telephone hybrid.
SwitchBlade is a multi-purpose appliance for the WheatNet-IP audio network that will be demonstrated at NAB booth N6806 along with PhoneBlade, a similar appliance designed specifically for talkshow applications.
From Single- to Multi-Purpose News Studio
If your television station still has a single-purpose news studio that's only used part of the day, there are a few simple things you can do to put that studio to work 24/7.
One is to change out your audio console to an IP audio routed surface.
Going from a fixed-I/O audio console to an IP audio routed console will give you the flexibility to quickly change mic feeds, configure IFB connections and reset settings going from one show or newscast to the next.
All routing and control for the console is handled by the IP audio network, which gives you many more options to setting up the console and connecting to the resources you need. If it's on the network, it's routable, programmable and accessible – often automatically. For example, when a field reporter's mic turns on, our WheatNet-IP audio network can automatically send a mix minus back to the field reporter's headset for IFB.
And because everything routing and logic related is moved to the network, IP audio consoles are extremely compact. For example, our Strata 32 IP audio console making its debut at the NAB show packs 64 channels and all that IP audio capability into a 40" frame.
Experience IT ALL @ NAB Booth N6806
We will be there with new AoIP appliances, new surfaces (both behind the glass and on the desk), and all kinds of new ways of doing radio and television broadcast – including a new FM audio processor that will definitely shake things up on the dial. Stop in to see and listen for yourself.
AoIP Around the World and Back. Check out our multinational WheatNet-IP system with part of the network in Ireland and part in North Carolina -- all controlled from the show floor through any number of control surfaces, courtesy of the SwitchBlade appliance. SwitchBlade combines AoIP control with SIP connectivity and bandwidth optimization to seamlessly share studio operation and programming between facilities, sports venues, and other sites in separate locations.
Also, be sure to ask us about PhoneBlade, a similar appliance that is designed specifically for talkshow applications. PhoneBlade connects SIP PBX phone systems directly into the WheatNet-IP audio network without the need for a telephone hybrid.
Glass Zone. Everything you can imagine under glass, from our new Glass LXE virtual console that is fully functional and studio-ready to Remote LXE UI with real-time fader tracking between the virtual interface and a physical LXE board.
Here, we'll show you how stations are building news desks in under a square foot and a wide variety of other user interfaces designed with our ScreenBuilder development tools.
EXtreme processing! Our X5 audio processor has the works. PPMport insertion loop for people meters, Unified Processing throughout all stages, FM/HD LiveLock to lock in HD time alignment, and our proprietary LIMITLESS Clipper that will take all the highs you can give it and never give you back IMD. Listen to it for yourself!
MPX SyncLink, for keeping your Wheatstone processor at the studio. MPX SyncLink delivers a multiplexed sync-locked FM/HD signal direct to the transmitter, eliminating link-induced diversity delay errors.
Also new…
Strata 32 TV audio console packs 64 channels and the latest IP audio innovation into a 40-inch frame that fits most television applications and budgets under $75,000.
StageBox for our IP audio consoles that extends console I/O, providing 32 mic/line inputs, 16 analog line outputs, and 8 AES3 inputs and 8 AES3 outputs as well as 12 logic ports and two Ethernet ports.
Interesting Links:
Finally, the cloud explained. (Thanks, John Lackness for sharing)...
NAB's Coming Right Up and Darrin's Excited...
If you are coming to the show, we look forward to seeing you. We'll be set up in booth N6806 and, as Darrin said, we'll have a ton of new stuff. One thing has even gotten nominated by the NAB for Best of Show - our SwitchBlade.
Making Sense of the Virtual Studio
Curious about how the modern studio has evolved in an IP world? Virtualization of the studio is WAY more than tossing a control surface on a touch screen. With today's tools, you can virtualize control over almost ANYTHING you want to do with your audio network. This free e-book illustrates what real-world engineers and radio studios are doing. Pretty amazing stuff.
Advancing AOIP for Broadcast
Putting together a new studio? Updating an existing studio? This collection of articles, white papers, and brand new material can help you get the most out of your venture. Best of all, it's FREE to download!
IP Audio for TV Production and Beyond
For this FREE e-book download, we've put together this e-book with fresh info and some of the articles that we've authored for our website, white papers, and news that dives into some of the cool stuff you can do with a modern AoIP network like Wheatstone's WheatNet-IP.
Got feedback or questions? Click my name below to send us an e-mail. You can also use the links at the top or bottom of the page to follow us on popular social networking sites and the tabs will take you to our most often visited pages.


text:
After having Christmas eve at Mimi's house, we had to hurry home and get ready for Santa Clause! M.C. was sooo worried that Santa was going to come while she was awake and she wouldn't get her presents. She asked me a hundred times if Santa had flown by yet and if he had would he come back when she was asleep; LOVE IT!She couldn't' wait to put out the reindeer food that Georgia Kate gave her.She wanted to put it everywhere, but Daddy convinced her it was best to just put it right out on the front steps; wonder why daddy!!!!Then we had to put our our reindeer cookies and orange juice for Santa. Don't ask my why she wanted to leave oj instead of milk because I have idea where she got that idea from. And we had to put out our sticker report card for Santa so he could see if she had been good enough to get her toys. ( If you notice... there is one full row with NO stickers on it.... that's the "stayed out of trouble/didn't go to time out line)
Santa got her some new pj's and sippy cups and bowls in her stocking, and...... her very on Bumpy labels!!!!!!! These will come in handy when she starts to daycare next week, thanks Santa!
She looks like such a big girl in her new exersaucer. And seriously.... could this child look any more like her DADDY in this picture?!?!?!

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Chapter 6: Rebuilding
In which Carrotmob incorporates as a non-profit and is finally able to develop a master plan.
In February 2010, we had just successfully gotten One Block Off The Grid the rocket fuel it needed to thrive. However, there was no rocket fuel available for me and Carrotmob. I was completely exhausted, and coming off what was probably the most stressful few months of my life. I really needed a break and a deep breath. But we had paid ourselves zero salary during 2008 (just a $1000 holiday bonus), and $43k in 2009, so now that I was unemployed with very little savings, I didn't have the financial freedom to take a break. I just kept working non-stop. Right off the bat I recruited Sarah Zisa to join the team as Carrotmob's Director of Community. She helped me craft our plans and managed all the inquiries we would get from Carrotmob organizers around the world. On April 22, 2010 (aka Earth Day #40) we incorporated Carrotmob as a non-profit. We switched from a for-profit model to a non-profit model mainly because we had no business plan, no revenue model, and we were in no position to raise money from investors, but we did have a great story about potential social impact which would allow us to raise money from donors relatively quickly. The good people at Cooley LLP were kind enough to join as our pro-bono law firm. My phenomenal friends John and Liz were kind enough to join our board. The good people at The Rose Foundation were kind of enough to become our fiscal sponsors so we would legally be allowed to receive tax-exempt donations. Organizers around the world kept creating campaigns which kept us inspired. And we had three major donors who each gave us critical financial support, starting in the summer of 2010: Jim Sandler, Michael Dearing, and Ezra Callahan.
At last, in mid-2010, for the first time ever, I could finally focus on Carrotmob full-time. I always had a long list of things that we would "figure out later," and that summer we started figuring them out. It was me, Sarah, and our summer intern Tim from Princeton. The generosity continued as Zach and the team at Exygy gave us a really generous deal which allowed us to make progress on figuring out the technology we wanted to build. By the end of the year we really didn't have enough money to finish the job, so we weren't quite able to launch the site that we wanted to launch, but it was OK because we had learned a whole lot in the process.
As our plans came together, I did a lot of research on foundations, and started building relationships in the world of philanthropy and non-profit fundraising. That fall, I hit the streets to raise money. It was not a successful effort. Honestly, I think we were just too weird. We didn't fit into any existing funding categories. For example, a foundation that gives money to environmental causes wouldn't give us money because despite our environmental impact, our mission is much broader than environmental issues. We often couldn't get meetings, and when we did, we got rejected. However, we continued to build a pretty amazing network. Despite not funding us, people definitely liked us, universally. We were a very cool, innovative example of social entrepreneurship. I was a finalist to be an Ashoka Fellow, but didn't make the cut. I was a semi-finalist for the Echoing Green fellowship, but didn't make the cut. I was a finalist for the SVN Innovation Awards, but didn't make the cut. Part of the problem was definitely that we were weird, and our "impact" didn't fit neatly into an existing bucket. But another big part of the problem was that although we had revenue models, that piece wasn't very well fleshed out. So we honed our story, dove deep into the nitty gritty details, did research, developed plans, improved them, vetted them, and got specific.
By the end of 2010, confidence was very high. We had a killer plan. We had a lot of interested big donors who were ready to take a fresh look at the plan. We built a special microsite and prepared a fundraising blitz for January 2011. The only thing that was troubling us was that we were running out of money. I had taken my savings account and my little Calvert money market account and drained them both to zero. Meanwhile, Sarah's commitment to Carrotmob was equally unwavering. At one point, she had a medical issue, but we weren't in a position to buy ourselves high-quality health insurance yet. She headed over to the Haight St Free Clinic where she got the medical care she needed, alongside all the other patients who were mostly homeless, or struggling with addiction. This is just one example of Sarah's commitment to the Carrotmob movement.
That Thanksgiving we put out a plea on Facebook and Twitter for donations. Thanks to the kindness of a wonderful band of supporters, we got just enough money to stay alive into the new year. And the new year? Well, now that we had proven ourselves, the new year was sure to be a prosperous time when we would finally be able to pay ourselves enough to live, hire a bigger team, and make the vision a reality!
Next chapter…


text:
Welcoming and displaying a modern, cozy design, the Harutzim House benefits from a long, narrow and sloped 940 square meter lot. Having to work with a challenging site and the clientâs desire for a spacious residence with a strong connection to the outdoors, Sharon Neuman Architects struggled to find the best solutions. A huge patio connected to most of the rooms adorns the outside space, while the interiors display a strong sense of organization both in design and in the number of beautifully designed storage spaces. Organized around a central courtyard, the single family residence in Harutzim, Israel, â is based on the longitudinal axis as private area and an open square space 120 sq.m as public area. A dramatic long corridor is lighted by a âlight-fallâ â a sky light window devised to also let hot air out.Â
We dealt with the subject of an organization and order using a huge piece of furniture designed as multi â functional storage, located in the central open space, accessed from four sided. One of its sides hides the steps leading down to the basement and has a niche displaying a collection of sculptures. Concrete is one of the most common materials here, and is used in a unique way â thin fiber cement surfaces form the kitchen countertops and wrap the island, coat the window sills, the surfaces in bathrooms and garden benches.â The built structure does not exceed 300 square meters, but the indoor/outdoor connection and its carefully designed floor plan makes it look and feel a lot bigger without loosing its intimate atmosphere. Photos by Amit Gosher capture intriguing details and design lines. Enjoy!


text:
| 3.2°C Belfast
Workers on "zero hours" contracts could be given the right to request fixed term working, Business Secretary Vince Cable has said.
Mr Cable said that ministers were actively looking at measures to tackle "abuse" of the "zero hours" system.
Speaking at the Resolution Foundation think tank in London, he said that one option would be to give employees the right to request fixed contracts in the way they can currently request flexible working.
"I think that is an area in which we need to move forward and we are looking at how we can best do it," he said.
Mr Cable said that he was also looking at the issue of "exclusivity contracts" where workers were prevented from working for other employers even though they had no guaranteed paid work.
"That is intrinsically unreasonable," he said.
Mr Cable stressed that many workers found zero hours contracts useful and he rejected opposition demands for a requirement for employers to offer fixed contracts after 12 months.
"We feel this is not very wise. You would get a massive proliferation of 11-month zero hours contracts," he said.
With growth in the economy picking up and employment levels rising, Mr Cable suggested the time had come to consider whether reforms aimed at promoting labour market reforms had gone too far.
"We would argue that a lot of that (economy recovery) is due to the fact that we have a flexible labour market. That is in many ways very positive both for employers and employees," he said.
"But as we move and the recovery is sustained, the question that is worth asking is: 'Is it possible to have labour markets that are too flexible and are we indeed in that position in the UK?'"


text:
Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback (2007) takes a couple of familiar science fiction tropes and blends them together into a well-told human story. One is the discovery of (and communication with) alien life via signals received from a distant star. The other is the concept of radical life extension, in the form of a complex (and unthinkably expensive) medical procedure, the "rollback" of the title. This is the story of two people, a husband and wife, who find themselves at the intersection of these two astonishing discoveries, and the way their lives are changed by them.
The two central characters are Don and Sarah Halifax. Sarah is a SETI researcher who decoded the first alien communication received in 2009, and led the endeavor to compose and send a response. Now, in 2048, a second alien message has arrived, but this one is mysteriously encrypted, and no one can figure out how to crack it. At this point Sarah, who is now 87 years old and nearing the end of her life, receives an unusual offer from a rich businessman with a keen interest in SETI. This man wants Sarah to work on decrypting the message, and to send another reply, but he also wants something more; he wants her to be around when the next message arrives. And since the aliens are 18-point-something lightyears away, a full round of communication takes roughly 37 years; unfortunately, Sarah will be long dead by then. So he offers to buy her a rollback — an amazing new procedure costing several billion dollars that, after cleaning and purifying the body at the cellular level and making important genetic and chromosomal changes, leaves the recipient's body in the state it was at approximately the age of 25, giving another six or seven decades of life (at which point the person could conceivable get another rollback).
Sarah will only accept if her husband Don gets a rollback as well, a condition the rich industrialist reluctantly agrees to. Sarah is eager to decrypt the message and learn more about the senders, and they both look forward to a second life, a chance to watch their grandchildren and great-grandchildren grow up, and to continue their successful 60-year marriage. However, tragedy arises when it becomes clear that, while Don's rollback went smoothly, Sarah's didn't "take." Due to some complication, it just didn't work. Much of the story concerns the very end of her life, her success with decrypting the message, and her bittersweet knowledge that her beloved husband will get another life, but that she won't get to share it with him.
This human tragedy is handled with genuine feeling, both from Sarah's perspective, and from Don's as he experiences conflicting emotions — guilt over his rollback working, grief over the impending loss of his wife, the euphoria of his new youthfulness, more guilt over the sexual urges that come with it, and feelings of uselessness as he no longer has the skills to get a job in the modern world. He also has to deal with the envy of his friends and acquaintances, and dash their desperate hopes when he explains he has no secret connections to get them a rollback as well.
Aside from the human story, it's also interesting how Sawyer handles the matter of the aliens and their communications. I especially liked his thoughts on the purpose of such a communication, and his distinction between telling and asking:
"What a ridiculous notion, that beings would send messages across the light years to talk about math! Math and physics are the same everywhere in the universe. There's no need to contact an alien race to find out if they agree that one plus three equals four, that seven is a prime number, that the value of pi is 3.14159, et cetera. None of those things are matters of local circumstances, or of opinion. No, the things worth discussing are moral issues — things that are debatable, things that an alien race might have a radically different perspective on. Ethics, morality — the big questions. And that's the other thing, the other way in which we were totally wrong about what to expect from SETI. Carl Sagan used to talk about us receiving an Encyclopedia Galactica. But no one would bother sending a message across the light-years to tell you things. Rather, they'd send a message to ask you things."
That's an interesting view on the subject, although I don't know if that's necessarily the only reason aliens would want to communicate. Nevertheless, that's what Sawyer's aliens are interested in. The first message they send turns out to be a questionnaire on moral and ethical issues, to be answered by 1000 people and sent back. The answers to the questionnaire have an impact on the second message, but I'll leave that part for you to discover on your own.
The book switches between different time frames, mostly centered around 2009 and 2048, and along the way we get numerous glimpses into the characters' lives at different points in their careers. There are many intriguing conversations between Don and Sarah and others, on topics like evolution, quantum physics, philosophy, social issues, and so on. They are also science fiction fans, and often make reference (Don especially) to various movies and tv shows, from Star Trek to Lost in Space to Contact. That last one is actually one of my few gripes with the book. At one point Sawyer has his two main characters engage in some light bashing of that movie, and by extension Sagan's book, generally calling it implausible and tainted by Hollywood. And since I'm one of the many, many SF fans who love that book and movie, well, hey, that's just not cool. It's hard to be sure whether or not this is a case of Sawyer talking through his characters, but it did seem that way.
My other gripe is that the book ends in a very naive fashion, completely ignoring the tendency of governments to sweep in and take control of anything deemed important; the way government steps aside to let a few ordinary individuals control an extremely important resource is not very realistic.
Other than that, though, the book is well written, and contains plenty of stop-and-think moments, convincing characterization, and depth of feeling. I also think Sawyer does an excellent job with the robots in the story (manufactured by the rich industrialist mentioned above) and their behavior. A satisfying read, certainly.


text:
Michael Bublé Sings in NYC Subway Station for Fans
Talk about bringing a smile to people's faces -- that's exactly what happened Thursday morning when Michael Bublé took to the New York City Subway for an impromptu performance of "Who's Lovin' You" with Naturally 7 off his new album "To Be Loved."
Dozens of fans gathered at the 66th Street Station on the Upper West Side when the group began their acapella rendition of the standard.
"That is the coolest thing I've ever done," the singer said. "That is when you know you've made it. Truly. Singing in the NYC subway? That is when you know you've made it."
And although it was a promotional appearance, it certainly didn't feel like work for the crooner.
"I feel like it's the most authentic, organic way to make music. You see some of the greatest musicians in the world come down here and play. Out of all the press I had to do - everything that I'm gonna do -- in Europe and in America -- this was the thing I was most excited about."
Bublé was indeed following in the footsteps of a long line of singers who have surprised New Yorkers in their underground train tunnels.
Check out Brit Jessie J back in 2011 doing her thing just as she was starting to hit big on U.S. shores:
And here's Alice Tan Ridley, the mother of Academy Award nominee Gabourey Sidibe who was a semifinalist on the fifth season of "America's Got Talent," singing "Proud Mary" in the NYC subway:
Finally, here's "American Idol" Season 6 finalist Sanjaya Malakar on "Inside Edition," singing for his supper in NYC (and, we should add, sounding better than he ever sounded on "Idol"):
Do you have a favorite video online of a celeb performing underground? We want to watch it!
Share it in the comments section below.
More Celebrity Features on Yahoo!:


text:
We've been getting a bit of BB spam recently. I went looking for dodgy user names, and found that the BB admin pages can list all the inactive users. We have hundreds. These are people who have registered and never logged in.
I'd say delete these if they are over a week old, or if they are clearly spam. Does that sound OK?
Inactive users
Post Reply
7 posts • Page 1 of 1
Re: Inactive users
sounds fair enough. are these fairly new users or older?
hey, if you don't like it, post on the BB (so you can ask about participating for better) | MilkMiruku
Re: Inactive users
They all date from 2007 in fact. We do have some new spammers, but the 100s on the membership list predate our current anti-spam measures, which is good.
Re: Inactive users
Nuke 'em.
- stephengoodall
- Posts: 817
- Joined: Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:29 pm
Re: Inactive users
from orbit. Only way to be sure...
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.
Re: Inactive users
Sadly, the BB control panel doesn't have a "from orbit" tickybox for deleting users. Perhaps we should file this as a bug.
Re: Inactive users
Those dicks have been smoked.
Post Reply
7 posts • Page 1 of 1


text:
Why do I want to start a chapter?
This reason will vary from person to person but often it falls into one (or more) of the following categories:
You want to help others learn more about the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques (through presentations, lectures, etc.).
You are interested in establishing connections with other professionals in your area (educators, researchers, animators, etc.).
You want to encourage a greater sense of community within your area among those working in digital media.
To continue the excitement of a SIGGRAPH conference year round
You had a great time at one of our conferences, and you don't want that feeling to end.
Starting a chapter can be a rewarding experience, but it also takes a great deal of work and commitment. Understanding "why" may help you through some of the trials and tribulations that you may encounter along the way. Outlining your reason(s) will also help you explain to others why you want to start an ACM SIGGRAPH Professional Chapter.??
Is there enough interest in my geographic area to sustain a chapter?
You may not know the answer to this question right away. However, you should have a sense of which individuals and groups you'd like to approach about being involved with the chapter. These are also the people who can help you assemble a leadership team. Some possible approaches to gauge interest include:
- Identify specific people at local institutions, companies, schools, etc. and contact them .
- Contact the ACM Local Activities Coordinator to find out about ACM SIGGRAPH and ACM members in your area. ACM can send an email on your behalf to all ACM and ACM SIGGRAPH members in your geographic area.
- Ask the ACM SIGGRAPH Chapters Committee Chair whether anyone from your area stopped by the Chapters Booth at the most recent SIGGRAPH or SIGGRAPH Asia conference and expressed interest in helping with a chapter in your area.
- Compile an email list to which you can send an introductory message.
- Contact user groups in your area to see if they'll make an announcement on your behalf to their membership (or let you do it yourself).
Will I be able to assemble a team to manage the chapter?
It is true that often you, as the founder of the chapter, will be doing a lot of work on your own. But the sooner you can get others involved, the sooner you can share the workload with others.?? You may already have people in mind to help you get started. They may be people from work, from a special-interest or hobbyist organization that you belong to, or others you know in your area. These are people that you will want to speak with as you organize your first organizational meeting. Get their ideas and suggestions and, most importantly, make sure they attend your meeting!?? Caution: Try not to get all of your leaders from one specific group. For example, if there are a number of colleges or universities in your area, try to get representatives from as many of the schools as possible. The same thing goes for companies – especially yours! If the chapter looks like a "front" for a particular company or institution, people may not be as willing to get involved with or even attend chapter functions. In the long run, this can also create problems for ACM SIGGRAPH, and the last thing any of us wants is conflict among people who are excited about starting a chapter.?? If you don't have others in mind, your first organizational meeting will be very important to help you identify possible chapter leaders. What should you look for? Knowing what you want them to do is a start; examining a copy of the chapter bylaws template will give you an idea of the positions you'll need to fill. However, knowing the type of person you want could be even more important. Keep the following questions in mind as you talk with possible leadership candidates:
- Why is this person interested in getting involved with the chapter?
- What ideas does this person have for the future of the chapter?
- How can this person help, in which areas?
- How much time can this person contribute on a regular basis?
- ?Does this person work well with others? Does this person understand the concept of working together as a team?
- Does this person have any specific skills that will benefit the chapter?
- ?How much has this person contributed to the chapter effort so far?
- What can the chapter offer this person to make the experience worthwhile?
Use your own intuition and common sense as you meet and evaluate individuals. The questions above are only intended as a starting point. ??
What role do I wish to play in the chapter?
As the founder of the chapter, you need to think about your involvement with the chapter beyond the chartering stage. Are you interested in being the president of the chapter? Or do you wish to maintain a lower profile? Maybe organizing events is really what you'd like to do or maybe it's working with the volunteers. Whatever it is, having a sense of your role in the chapter will help you move the chapter through the chartering process.


text:
UK operator 3 is celebrating their first year of mobile broadband by launching a new data tariff of £2.50 for unlimited email use, though the price doubles to a fiver a month for suit-wearers using Exchange or Notes access.
Both tariffs include a data bundle, 10MB and 1GB respectively, but the e-mail access is completely unlimited and includes attachments and so forth. 3 isn't sharing all the details until the formal announcement on the 10th, but we understand that punters paying £2.50 will get unlimited POP3 and IMAP, while those paying £5 will also get uncapped access to their own Exchange or Notes servers.
3 reckon they've got half a million punters signed up to mobile broadband, though most of those won't be able to take advantage of the tariff, which is intended for handset users rather than those with laptops connected to a 3G dongle. Of course, the difference is increasingly blurred.
Readers with long memories might remember mail-to-web gateways, which would respond with a web page when mailed a URL. They were popular when many students were restricted to email-only access, though we couldn't find any still in operation when we had a quick look. And that's a shame.
The precedent of charging different amounts for different services is interesting - would you pay half price for a connection if you weren't allowed to stream video, or if all real-time streaming came at a different rate? Operators have only recently had the billing systems to offer such granulated services, of which this is likely the first of many, so it will be interesting to see if that's what customers want. ®


text:
After graduating as a forest engineer in his native Spain and then finding work last summer by fighting the worst wildfires in a decade, Carlos Molina decided it was time to take his education to the next level.
Global warming had been on his radar screen for a long time, he said in an interview at the University of B.C.'s Forest Sciences Centre.
"It's been one of the main drivers behind my aspirations."
This summer's fires were a tipping point for him. The driest winter in 70 years, above-average summer temperatures, and forest policies in disarray because of Spanish budget cuts were all blamed for the wildfires. Molina saw a changing environment in the forests and his country's inability to respond effectively. There's got to be a better way to do things, he told himself.
He decided to make the trip to B.C. to enrol in a new master's degree program on sustainable forest management being offered at the UBC Faculty of Forestry, where the whole focus is on finding that better way.
Molina is typical of the students being drawn to forestry today. The 14 graduate students in the new program come from Asia, Europe, other provinces and the resource towns that dot British Columbia. They all share Molina's passion to be catalysts in developing new management practices focused on sustainability. They are the new generation of foresters, and they view the world through a different lens than those who went before.
"We are the generation that has grown up with David Suzuki," said Stacey Auld, from Winnipeg. "We have been educated from a young age as viewing the earth as being a unique and beautiful place. This is one of our core values."
The program's inaugural year began in August, while Spain's fires were still raging. The mandate is to bring together students from diverse disciplines and countries and deliver a hands-on immersion in managing the long-term health of forest landscapes so they can continue to provide environmental, economic and social benefits.
The program reflects a renewed interest in forestry and a growing need for foresters with a diverse educational background. Undergraduate enrolment at the UBC Faculty of Forestry, the largest in the country, has been climbing year-over-year for a decade. After hitting a low of 441 undergraduates in the 2002/03 academic year, it has grown by more than 50 per cent to 689.
For Auld, whose interest is urban landscape design, issues like flooding in southern Manitoba hold a special interest. The inability of the urban landscape to hold water are a factor in the floods, she said. Urban forests and a more integrated decision-making approach that takes in a broader landscape could be part of the solution. Her prime focus, she said, is to see how sustainable forestry and management practices can be integrated into green building and landscape design guidelines.
"I will probably take the same information we are all learning — we are learning silviculture; we are learning policy; we have got a little bit of history and the future outlook — to influence (urban design) policies," Auld said.
Taiwanese student Judy Huang, who completed her undergraduate degree in Taiwan last June, said she hopes to gain a greater understanding of how to address some of the conflicting attitudes around sustainability. In Taiwan, she said, domestic forests are protected; there is virtually no logging, yet there is acceptance of logs that are imported from foreign tropical forests where sustainable practices may or may not be maintained.
Program director Stephen Mitchell, an associate professor in the faculty of forestry, said one of the motivations for the program was the need for people who have a solid foundation in an academic discipline and who can apply it to a broad range of career situations. Sustainable forest management, he said, means balancing the conservation and protection roles of forests with their ability to produce the goods and services that society needs.
"We need to have people who have this disciplinary background, but also — as forestry as a profession increasingly incorporates people with different types of backgrounds — we need all these people to speak a common language so they can communicate with each other.
"There are a variety of opportunities out there because there is a variety of potential employers out there. Even municipalities are interested in having foresters on staff to manage their green spaces. It's not just forest companies any more."
Randy Trerise, registrar at the Association of B.C. Forest Professionals, said the profession needs this new breed of students. It's not just the students who have developed new values. Society's values have also changed regarding forests, and forest professionals need skills to meet the challenge. The profession has recovered from the "Battle of the Woods" days in B.C., he said, when foresters were effectively portrayed as the bad guys by environmentalists. Now the forester is just as likely to be the environmentalist.
"Forestry is changing, and it is changing in a way that society is changing," he said. Timber extraction is still an important value, but the focus is now on managing for environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
"It's a much broader skill-set that's required than what we had in the past," he said. "In the old days, it used to be all about getting the wood to the mill. Now, there is much more out there."
Trerise said foresters today are just as likely to be doing inventories of carbon or wildlife instead of timber; or managing for bioenergy or a carbon sequestration program. And with greater community and first nations involvement in forestry, other values, such as water retention or cultural heritage could be the management focus, Trerise said.
"We are really broadening out the profession."


text:
Teachers, district reach tentative agreement on class sizes and calendar
Teachers, district reach tentative agreement on class sizes and calendar
Alameda school district officials and the union representing the district's teachers have reached a tentative accord on class sizes and on a calendar for the 2012-2013 school year, Superintendent Kirsten Vital announced Tuesday night, potentially heading off a threatened strike over class sizes. The deal heads to teachers for a vote Wednesday and on Thursday, students' final day of school this year.
Vital said the union had agreed to accept a proposed calendar that its leadership had previously accepted in principle, which is posted at the district's website. Under the tentative calendar, school would begin on August 27.
District officials and Alameda Education Association leadership had been engaged in a fact-finding process intended to fuel further negotiations on class sizes; a report from the fact-finding hearing held in late May has been issued and will be released publicly on Monday. Union leadership has said they could strike over class sizes if the school board opts to permanently impose larger class sizes in some grades. District officials had declared an impasse in negotiations in November.
Neither Vital nor Alameda Education Association President Gray Harris offered additional details on the tentative deal, though Harris said that it is separate from negotiations over a new, three-year contract. The union had previously reached a tentative contract accord with the district, though teachers voted that agreement down.
Class sizes in kindergarten through third grades and ninth grade were raised temporarily in 2009, but the agreement teachers signed allowing the larger class sizes is due to expire at the end of June.
District officials have sought to keep classes at or near current maximums – 25 students per teacher, up from 20, in K-3 and 35 students per teacher, up from 20, in grade 9 – saying they fear the state will stop funding its class size reduction program and that they won't have the money to maintain it.
Union leaders have argued that the district have ample reserves to pay for smaller class sizes, though Harris told parents at a community meeting that the union had conceded the class size issue. The tentative agreement rejected by teachers would have allowed the district to keep K-3 class sizes at 25 students per teacher and to raise them to 30 students per teacher under a severe fiscal emergency, while high school classes would have maxed out at 34 students per teacher.
The new accord was reached one hour before the start of the public session of Tuesday's school board meeting, where board members approved new contracts and tentative calendars for the district's non-teaching employees. Non-teaching employees received 1.5 percent raises and one-time, 1 percent bonuses. The new contracts also contain "no strike" provisions forbidding non-teaching employees from engaging in sympathy and other strikes.
The board had been slated to consider a calendar for the first three months of the coming school year, though they held off in anticipation of teachers' vote on the tentative agreement.
District officials have for months been pressing the union to sign off on a calendar for the coming school year. Union leaders had sought a broader agreement on teaching hours before assenting to a new calendar.
Relations between district leaders and teachers disintegrated over the course of the school year as district leaders released negotiation updates and bargaining proposals that union officials believed should have been kept confidential and teachers protested what they felt was a lack of progress and respect from the district in front of schools and at school board meetings. But all of that ceased after parents pleaded with both sides to take their fight back behind closed doors.
In other action, the board:
Board President Margie Sherratt said that while she supported staff's assertion that the district office needs to move out of Alameda High School for safety reasons, she thought district leaders should consider leasing a smaller, less costly space and setting up some district operations in existing facilities. But Trustee Mike McMahon supported the move, calling it "an unexpected expense that we have to deal with because of health and safety issues."


text:
Los Alamos, CA: We Try Every Pizza at Full of Life Flatbread
A year ago, San Francisco Slice'r David Kover offered a thoughtful write-up on the distinctions between flatbreads and true pizzas. Of course, the debate is nothing new, and, although sometimes more semantical than substantial, both sides of the 'flatbread as pizza' argument make some valid points. Sometimes it's easy to spot a thin, cornicione-less flatbread masquerading as a pizza; other times two round pieces of bread emerge from the same oven, laced with tomato sauce and cheese, puffy at the edges and perfectly spotted underneath.
At Full of Life Flatbread in Los Alamos, the self-styled flatbread makers don't worry too much about labels. Instead, they focus on ingredients. The organic, all natural 'pizza' makers source everything locally, with most ingredients less than an hour's drive away. That's easy to do, when you're on California's Central Coast—the rich Mediterranean climate abuts the Central Valley, one of the largest agricultural centers in the United States. And, for good measure, owner Clark Staub has set up an herb garden right next door to Full of Life. So the next time you're waiting in line at the no-reservations restaurant, peek around the corner and you might just see someone scurrying out the side door in search of more basil.
With such seasonal, regionally significant ingredients dotting the menu, Full of Life's list of available pies is apt to change with the weather. Here's a look at the ten pies that emerged most recently from the 20-ton, 900º masonry oven that hulks along one wall in the open dining room.
Full of Life Flatbread
225 Bell Street, Los Alamos, CA 93440 (map) FullOfLifeFoods.com
All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.


text:
Until a week ago we still used DPMA for our D70 phones (D40 and D50 sets had already been moved to Endpoint Manager). When we moved our five D70s to Endpoint Manager, all paging stopped working.
I cannot figure out how to get paging working for these phones. There seems to be a lot of info about how paging has been a problem for non-DPMA Digium phones but I also see posts that indicate those problems should be gone now. Haven't seen any recent posts on the subject and am hoping someone can help.
We are on FreePBX 18.104.22.168 and Asterisk 13.5.0. Phones are on firmware 1_4_2.
The alerts mentioned as needing to be in the phones for paging to work are in the basefile for the phones in EPM:
<alert alert_info="answer" ringtone_id="Digium" ring_type="answer" />
<alert alert_info="normal" ringtone_id="Digium" ring_type="normal" />
<alert alert_info="visual" ringtone_id="" ring_type="visual" />
<alert alert_info="intercom" ringtone_id="" ring_type="answer" />
Hoping someone has paging working with these phones and can tell me where I'm going wrong.


text:
Lecture to focus on justification for war, Nov. 29
A lecture on "Jihad, Just War, Holy War" is set for 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, in McCosh 10.
Carl Brown, the Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs Emeritus and professor of Near Eastern studies emeritus, will trace the justification for going to war and the proper conduct in warfare found in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious traditions. He is the author of the book, "Religion and State: The Muslim Approach to Politics."
The lecture is designed as a preview for an Alumni Studies Program to be offered during the winter. Space is limited. For guaranteed seating, contact Christine Hollendonner in the Alumni Council at firstname.lastname@example.com or 258-5854. The lecture will be available on tape following this session.
For more information on the Alumni Studies Program, click here .


text:
Difference between revisions of "Messiah"
|Line 12:
|Line 12:
Messiah had come into being at the request of Dublin's Charitable Infirmary to compose a work to encourage contributions to the "Dublin sick." At the time hospitals were used more to separate the sick from the rest of society than to treat their maladies.
Messiah had come into being at the request of Dublin's Charitable Infirmary to compose a work to encourage contributions to the "Dublin sick." At the time hospitals were used more to separate the sick from the rest of society than to treat their maladies.
==The Messiah Phenomenon==
==The Messiah Phenomenon==
Revision as of 00:23, 30 November 2011
Messiah (HWV 56)
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Handel's most famous and most often performed work is the oratorio Messiah, composed in 1741 and first performed in Dublin in 1742. Many individual numbers within the work have become independently familiar.
As it comes to us in the twenty-first century, Messiah is unusual in several respects. Its text suggest that it is a sacred work, but it has enjoyed a substantial life as concert fare. A north German in the service of the British crown, Handel's oratorios were symbols of the (protestant) Church of England and its stature in British society. Dublin, which we know today as the capital of Eire (Ireland), was heavily dominated in Handel's time by English gentlemen.
The First Messiah
Because the response the Handel's first series of subscription concerts in Dublin had been so substantial, a second series was launched on February 17, 1742 with the performance of Alexander's Feast. The series continued on Wednesdays through April 7, when the featured work was a revised version of Esther. Dublin was by now well primed for the open rehearsal of Messiah that took place the following day.
The work's fame was instant, for on the basis of this one rehearsal Messiah was deemed "the finest Composition of Musick that ever was heard." The official premiere, on April 13 (a Tuesday) at noon, sustained its lofty reputation. (Because of the anticipated crowds, women were advised not to wear hoops to the performance.) Charles Jennens' libretto for the work was sold in Dublin for sixpence. When Messiah had its final Dublin performance, on June 3, there were some changes of cast and organ concertos were performed with it. Other concerts filled the intervening weeks. Among them were a benefit for the Dublin music publishers William and Bartholomew Mainwaring, and Handel's oratorio Saul. Its Dead March became an instant favorite that is still often performed.
Messiah had come into being at the request of Dublin's Charitable Infirmary to compose a work to encourage contributions to the "Dublin sick." At the time hospitals were used more to separate the sick from the rest of society than to treat their maladies.
It was structured in three parts: (1) music narrating highpoints from the prophecy of Isaiah to the early life of Jesus; (2) his death and resurrection; and (3) the sins and judgment of mankind. Each of these can be parsed into several scenes.
The best-known and most widely performed numbers come from particular passages: the first, fourth, and fifth scenes of Part One (the tenor aria "Every valley shall be exalted" from the first; the Pifa (pastoral symphony) introducing the angel and shepherds in the fourth; and the duet "He shall feed his flock" in the fifth, with its sequel and final chorus, "His yoke is easy."
The Messiah Phenomenon
Because of the immediate popularity of individual choral and vocal numbers in Messiah, the work was rapidly circulated and adapted to varying circumstances. The rise of choral societies in the third quarter of the century had a symbiotic relationship with Handel's masterpiece. The more the work was performed, the greater the number of groups performing it. Inevitably, each new venue created its own opportunities and limitations. Soloists and sometimes keys of particular pieces could be altered. Orchestration accommodated the resources available. On the whole, the size both increased.
These trends continued in the nineteenth century such that by the time of the Crystal Palace Exposition (in London in xx) the proportions reached what seems to have been their maximum extent: xx.
Two of the most durable milestones of eighteenth-century dissemination were the Foundling Hospital parts (xx) and the Samuel Arnold edition (178xx).
The Foundling Hospital Parts
London's Foundling Hospital, established on Bloomsbury Fields in 1739, mirrored in its aims the well established institutions for orphans in Italy and France. The famous of these was the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, where all the orphans were female and where a select group reached the stature of musical professionals under the tuition of such maestri as Antonio Vivaldi.
Such institutions fostered strong musical allegiances because the noble families who supported them believed that music bettered the soul. They cherished music made well by children. The Foundling Hospital's benefactors include such noted painters as Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, and Handel himself. The composer provided an organ and gave benefit performances at the Hospital. At his death, a valuable set of performance parts fell became the possession of the institution. Today the park known as "Coram's Fields" marks the spot where the original Hospital stood.


text:
Product 1099/1175
The PUMA Suede is definitely the most well-known and popular of all PUMA shoes and rightly deserves its place in every Hall of Fame. In cultural terms, the Suede can be credited as the first shoe of B-Boyism. This great version of the Suede Classic+ comes in fresh colours that will round off your sport-infused lifestyle.
The PUMA Suede classics may have an irregular fit. Please consider to purchase half a size smaller than your usual footwear size


text:
I created a GSP called showTomorrowsReservations.gsp that was a copy of my index.gsp but with an additional section that called an action in the reservation controller to show reservations I had that started tomorrow. I got that working fine when accessing via reservation/showTomorrowsReseravations url. So I decided to try take the code I wanted to show (that was additional to the original index.gsp) and put it in a template called _showTomorrowsReservations.gsp and call this from the index with the line
(ive also tried a few variation of the model with quotes, etcto see if that was the issue)Code:<g:render template="/reservation/showTomorrowsReservations" model="[reservationsList:reservationsList]" />
but I always get the error:
org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.exceptions. UrlMappingException
Unable to create URL for mapping [/(*)/(*)?/(*)?(.(*))?] and parameters [{sort=id, order=desc, action=list}]. Parameter [controller] is required, but was not specified!
The code works when using the /reservation/showTomorrowsReservations url so I know teh controller code is correct but I will port here also to give the whole picture
Reservation Controller Action Code:
_showTomorrowsReservations.gsp Code:Code:def showTomorrowsReservations(){ def today = new Date() def tomorrow = today +1 List<Reservation> reservationsList = Reservation.findAllByStartDateBetween(today, tomorrow, [max:50, offset:0]) [reservationsList:reservationsList] }
Im trying to work out why it is not working and am hoping someone can tell me why. I should also mention that I am using spring security which could be causing the issue? I have addedCode:<%@ page import="net.XXXXXtours.Reservation" %>

 TOMORROWS RESERVATIONS

 Customer	 Product	 <g:sortableColumn property="id" defaultOrder="desc" title="PO Code" /> <g:sortableColumn property="wocode" title="WO Code" /> <g:sortableColumn property="startDate" title="Start Date" /> <g:sortableColumn property="endDate" title="End Date" /> <g:sortableColumn property="issueDate" title="Issue Date" /> <g:each in="${reservationsList}" status="i" var="reservation" controller="reservation">
 <g:link action="show" id="${reservation.id}">${reservation.customer}</g:link>	 ${reservation.product}	 KT0${reservation.id} 	 ${reservation.wocode} 	 <g:formatDate format=" dd/MM/yy" date="${reservation.startDate}" />	 <g:formatDate format=" dd/MM/yy" date="${reservation.endDate}" />	 <g:formatDate format=" dd/MM/yy" date="${reservation.issueDate}" />
 </g:each>

into the grails.plugin.springsecurity.controllerAnnotations .staticRules in Config.groovy to see if that helps and also have grails.plugin.springsecurity.rejectIfNoRule = false set , but still have errors.Code:'/**/reservation/**': ['permitAll']


text:
Maholm heads to Atlanta for full exam on left wrist
Braves southpaw not ruled out of next start Thursday against Mets
CHICAGO -- The Braves are headed to New York for a four-game series against the Mets that starts Monday, but starter Paul Maholm went back to Atlanta on Sunday to get his sprained left wrist checked out.
Maholm will visit with Dr. Gary Lourie, the Braves' associate physician and hand specialist, after leaving his start on Saturday in the fourth inning because of the wrist -- which he first aggravated hitting against the Marlins in his final start before the All-Star break.
A White Sox physician took a look at it Saturday and X-rays came back negative, but Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said the team wants to have a full workup done to make sure it's nothing more serious than a sprain.
"X-rays were negative, but he's not going to pitch for the next four days -- why not send him down and have our guy, our hand specialist, look at him?" Gonzalez said before series finale against the White Sox on Sunday at U.S. Cellular Field. "He saw their doctor, but … I think all they did was an X-ray here, so he'll go home and get a study. We'll call it a study. That kind of covers everything -- MRI, X-ray, bone scan, bone graph, whatever."
Before leaving for Atlanta, Maholm was at the ballpark with his left wrist wrapped in ice. Gonzalez didn't rule him out of his next start, which is scheduled for Thursday at Citi Field against Zack Wheeler.
After getting through the first two innings unscathed, Maholm gave up five runs in the third and had two more tacked on in Chicago's four-run fourth -- after the Braves had built a 4-0 lead. Maholm said the wrist only bothered him during the fourth, when it flared up during his warmup throws.
"I didn't do a whole lot over the break and I aggravated it and it's just one of those things that, as a pitcher, if you have anything in your wrist or anything … you're not able to let it loose or let it go and make your pitches," he said after the game. "I tried to get through the warmups and get through the first few hitters and see if I could do it, and it was just something that obviously wasn't going away."
Maholm took the loss, his third in as many outings. He also saw his record drop to 4-7 in 13 road starts and his road ERA balloon to 6.03, as compared to 5-2 with 1.93 ERA in seven home starts.


text:
When College Freshmen Cook: The Hearth Brings Underground Dining to The University of Chicago
GalleryWhen College Freshmen Cook: The Hearth Brings Underground Dining to The University of Chicago
Editor's Note: I first heard about The Hearth from our New York editor and University of Chicago alum, Max Falkowitz, but I still had a hard time believing that a college freshman was hosting epic underground dinners, especially ones featuring dishes gleamed from the cookbooks of some of the most acclaimed restaurants on earth. There was only one way to find out. I sent Eric, our intern and fellow University of Chicago student, to check out The Hearth's five-course dessert menu. Here is his tale.
A few weeks ago I was sitting in a study room in University of Chicago's library, a building normally associated with a sinking feeling of despair and rising mountains of problem sets. Luckily, I was not there for any of that; I was there to take part in The Hearth, first-year Robert Lipman's underground restaurant.
About once a month Robert sets up shop somewhere on campus to cook a restaurant quality, multi-course meal. Each dinner has a theme. He's done angry birds, The French Laundry, and, most recently, Just Desserts, a dessert from five of the world's best restaurants.
He figured that on a college budget, most University of Chicago students won't have an opportunity any time soon to eat food from the world's best restaurants, so why not bring it to them? Students joke that with his random lottery that selects the diners, it's harder to get a spot at one of his dinners than it is to get into the school.
Check out the full menu by clicking on the slideshow.
All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.


text:
A Catholic priest in the Irish Republic has been forced to apologise for comparing the country's prime minister to Adolf Hitler because the taoiseach had dared to criticise the Vatican.
Father Thomas Daly issued the apology on Thursday after he likened Enda Kenny's denunciation of the Vatican's handling of clerical child sex abuse scandals in the republic to one of Hitler's speeches.
In a leaflet titled Heil Herr Kenny given to members of the Togher parish in Drogheda, County Louth, the priest wrote that the last European leader to issue such a blistering attack on the pope "was the ruthless German dictator Adolf Hitler".
Daly said, like Hitler, the taoiseach "had to face reality. A cautionary tale."
The parish priest also drew a comparison between the Irish prime minister's remarks to those of anti-Catholic loyalists in Northern Ireland.
"Perhaps we might try and find a way to build new with bridges with the Shankill Road people. A 'No Pope Here' sign would definitely be a draw for Shankill Road people and marchers from Portadown," he wrote.
Parliamentarians from Kenny's Fine Gael party complained over the priest's leaflet. Daly said: "I regret the headline and for the misunderstandings that might have arisen out of it. I am not comparing Enda Kenny to Hitler."
In an unprecedented attack on the Vatican last week, Kenny accused the Holy See of "downplaying the rape and torture of children". He told the Dáil that the recent Cloyne report "revealed an attempt by the Holy See to frustrate an inquiry into child sex abuse just three years ago".


text:
We offer many product selection and configuration tools that can help you choose and configure the right industrial products. These tools are available online so you can access information while in the office or on the plant floor.
Use these product selection tools to help you select the right products and develop a bill of materials for your application:
Design and develop your industrial control system with a variety of configuration tools:
Our Safety Systems Configuration Tools provide guidance for a specific safety function based on functional requirement, equipment selection, and performance level requirement.
Use this free software tool to help simplify machinery safety design. This tool guides you through the development of your safety system including safety system layout, product selection, and safety analysis.
Simplify the design and development of your power and motion systems with a variety of tools and resources.
Design your CENTERLINE? MCC line up and generate a layout drawing, single-line diagram and typical schematic drawings customized to your project requirements. Log in required.
Use our IntelliCENTER? Savings Calculator to display the cost savings of using intelligent integrated power and automation solutions for your application needs.
Size and select your motion control system with this web-based tool to help design and validate new machine concepts without purchasing or installing physical equipment.
MCS? Star is a powerful digital design tool and configurator for our 141A busbar product portfolio. MCS Star helps design power distribution systems up to 65kA SCCR for breakers, starters, fuses, SMCs, and drives.


text:
If you enjoyed the content or found it helpful…
Please choose the donation payment system
What I use…
Subscribe to see Videos!
Tag Archives: cleaning checklist
Make a fresh start in April
April is a great time to make a fresh start! March was a crazy whirlwind. Birthdays, meetings, school, appointments and friends visiting from out of town. I am so glad that I can relax for a bit. Well, physically. I … Continue reading


text:
For a small percentage of patients, a painful lump in their breast will be diagnosed as breast cancer. Anyone who notices a new lump in her (or his) breast should contact a doctor.
Medically reviewed by Beth Overmoyer, MD, FACP
Many women who discover a breast lump confide in a friend or family member before talking to their doctor. They may be told that if a breast lump hurts or is sore, it probably isn't cancer. To find out whether this urban legend holds any truth, we checked with Beth Overmoyer, MD, FACP, of the Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers.
If a lump in the breast does not feel sore or tender, does that mean it isn't cancer?
Between 2 and 7 percent of patients with a painful lump in their breast will be diagnosed with breast cancer. A lump is usually hard or firm compared with surrounding breast tissue. The presence of pain should not be reassuring — anyone who notices a new lump in her (or his) breast should contact a doctor.
Does breast cancer hurt?
It's unclear why some breast cancers are painful and others aren't, but pain is not an indication of cancer being more or less aggressive. The most likely reason is that the cancer is irritating the nerves within the breast, but the true cause isn't known.
If you can move the lump around, does that mean it isn't cancer?
Early detected breast cancer is often "mobile," meaning that it can be moved within the breast tissue. This is actually a good sign, because cancerous lumps that are "fixed" to the skin of the breast or the chest wall are often associated with a more advanced cancer that has involved other parts of the breast, not just the fatty tissue. Mobile breast lumps have a greater chance of being surgically removed, and you should bring them to your doctor's attention immediately.
How often should I perform a self-exam?
Dana-Farber does not recommend relying solely on self-exams to find early-stage cancer. Your doctor should perform breast exams at your annual physical. It's important to discuss your risk for breast cancer with your doctor and make a plan for prevention – and mammograms – together.
For more information about breast cancer research and treatment, visit the Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers website.


text:
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — An teenager who was savagely beaten after he left a birthday party in Queens died at Jamaica Hospital Monday night.
Carol D'Auria talks to the victim's cousin
Anthony Collao, 18, attended a birthday party in an abandoned home for two friends in Woodhaven that had been advertised on Facebook. According to police, there was a $7 cover-charge for party attendees. Later in the evening, five uninvited gang members crashed the party and refused to pay the $7.
The party crashers then started trashing the home — breaking windows, writing anti-gay slurs on the walls of the home and also started yelling anti-gay slurs to Collao, 1010 WINS' Carol D'Auria reported.
Callao's cousin said he sensed trouble and decided to leave the party. That is when he was chased, slammed against a car, and beaten, stomped and kicked, police said. His friends told the gang members that Callao was not gay and had a girlfriend, D'Auria reported. It is unclear why Callao was targeted.
Four suspects — Alex Velez, 16, of the Bronx, and Nolis Ogando, Christopher Lozada and Luis Tabales, all 17 and from Queens – were arrested soon after the Saturday incident. A fifth suspect remains at large.
They suspects were arraigned Monday on charges of manslaughter and assault in Queens Criminal Court and were each held on bail of $100,000 to $200,000.
Collao was on life support following the beating until his death. Callao lived with his family in Bethpage. The family runs an ice cream shop in Queens and moved to Long Island three years ago.
A recent high school graduate, Callao was going to follow in his father's footsteps and work in an ice cream shop.
Hi my name is Alfredo Cordero and I live In South Florida. I am so shocked and full of sadness. I just found out today August 28, 2011 about Anthony's death, while searching for his Father over the Internet. I am a friend of his Father " Mr John Collao And Mother Sandra.Can someone here tell me if they know any of Anthony's relatives and if anyone does ,can you please give them my email address? firstname.lastname@example.com I can't even explain the sadness that I feel. I'm in shock. I knew Anthony since he was a kid OMG. I can not believe this. Please anybody let Mr John Collao know that I want to talk to him. We lost contact many years ago and never heard from him again . Please once again can someone let him know? Thanks. And may God Bless Anthony and his Family
Death penalty anyone ??? Now lets say this poor kid had a gun, feared for his life and, killed those 3 clowns, What do you think would happen? Of all places not a cop in Jamaica Queens. Look how this sounds- a high crime ares with ghetto trash.
My boyfriend is the cousin of the victim…he had to be there to watch his cousin die after being beaten for being in the wrong place in the wrong time…this is absolutely ridiculous. Each and everyone of these kids should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, i see personally how the family is affected
May God punish these young men to the fullest for killing an innocent person.
My prayer goes out to the family of this young men, that was killed for no reason.May God bless You Anthony.
These four and their lawyer will try to claim that, even though they shouted gay slurs, their attack still isn't a "hate crime" because the victim wasn't really gay,
You don't sound any better.
Our legal system does not work for crimes such as this. They should immediately be executed. End of story. They have no right to exists on this earth and may they all rot in hell for what they did to this innocent young man.
Damn, we are all at risk just for existing. What do you say to this-they just beat him -I really want to have hope but when I read sh@# like this, it's very hard…
Yeah they are kids themselves who may never have had a chance-I get that-but they deserve to be punished and you know what, it still won't bring this young man back
Why did they even get bail? Rhetorical, of course
i think Mr. Armenia is the one who is clueles….a dummy….and never gets out i mean other than answering your front door and getting the morning newspaper thats not going out…lol
next time keep your heartless dumm senceless comments to your self you…ignoranus!! lol. and so what if they were first time offenders or not. (people what he meant to say is thay they are first time violent offenders that killed an innocent kid just becuse they thought he was gay) i think "Mr. Armenia" should be locked up with those 5 indivituals and let them have their way with you and while your in there with them i think you should attend some college courses so your thought can brighten up and maybe you'll see life different way.
the truth is that these guys are still youngsters compared to those serving a life sentence's, they are babys so the system might be able to rehab them(at our expence) and turn their life around. depending on the indivitual every one deserves a second chance. just like Mr.Armandina there….lol
your name should be HaLyTosis…
You utter nonesense, killers and thieves do not deserve a second chance, they are wasting our tax dollars, i deserve a second chance at getting health care, but instead our tax dollars go to criminals..immigrants from an ugly carribean island.
the 5th suspects mother should go to jail for kicking him out in the street. it was just a matter of time before calvin went to big time crime he was in and out of trouble and his mother chose a crackhead man over her son. what did she expect to happen to him
thats true
They do need to serve some time in jail.
Also are they first time offernders?
no there not they have offences maybe one kid who was clean in that group not too long ago a few of them were arrested for rape.and got away with it as well stealing cars and stuff they done and never got caught for.there loser who hang out on Jamaica ave in woodhaven and sell drugs.
I was at the court house Monday night when they were arraigned four hispanic kids who lost they souls to be in prison for they entire life!! I was so heart broken to see teenagers with that much anger!! Trust me when I say they look like harmful teens!! This was definintly an eye opener!! I want home and talk to my sons!! I wanted to cry cause I couldn't believe it!!! To hear one of them had on the victims hat when the cops found him was a slap in the face!!
1608 I go out alot.
Very sad.
its a shame there is so much hate in this world ! its horrible ~
"Are the organizers of the party gonna be issued summonses for charging admission to party and having a party without a permit?"
dummy, this was a house party. you wouldnt know about that.
"Did Mr. Collao make remarks towards the gang?"
so if he did, he deserves to die Mr. Armenia? tell us.
"Also why did he attend an illegal party."
a dumm question again…because thats what we do in the hood. we go to party's but once again you dont know about that.
so people please….this young man did not deserve to die this way. i believe that when it comes down to it MR. ARMENIA agrees with me right? right…am pretty sure you wouldnt like to be stomped and kicked to death just because you attended a party that charged a $7.00 fee or served liquor……its just not right.
HaDRoMsisS you are the dummy. I never said he deserved to die. Its common sense that if you open your mouth to people in a gang that you can expect trouble.
It is illegal to charge admission to a house party you need a permit plus a liquor license to serve alcohol.
Wow…never been to college before, Mr. Armenia? Sure, it may be illegal to charge for a house party, but it's also an EXTREMELY COMMON event on this nation's college campuses.
Stay classy, heteros. ALWAYS stay classy.
And peaceful, too. Always stay peaceful.
Give em all 100 years, then a life sentence!
why 100 years?
Well make it 200 years!then!
They should have been indicted for first degree murder instead of a manslaughter charge!
This is a case of self defense so murder charges are not apprpriate.
Why self defense? Please elaborate. If you have evidence that exonerates these thugs I'm sure the police would love to see it.
They crashed the party Michael H and maybe they were attacked.
If this isnt a HATE CRIME, i dont what is! !! God bless his family.
Get these animals off the street.
your very right sir.. or maybe ask the gang inside the prison to to beat them all to death to…
Are the organizers of the party gonna be issued summonses for charging admission to party and having a party without a permit?
Did Mr. Collao make remarks towards the gang?
Also why did he attend an illegal party.
If there was alcohol served summonses should be issued to those at the party under 21.
Blaming the victim and going off on a completely irrelevant tangent. That's the spirit.
jImmy aint blaming the victim just proving a point.
What point is that, Mr. Armenia? That you're a bit of a prick?
Your proved a point almighty. You're freaking clueless.
No you are clueless.
Why did he attend the party?
Why did he attend the party? He's a teenager. Teenagers go to parties. I'm guessing from your attitude that when you were a teenager you never got invited to the parties which is why you're such a miserable person.
Mr. Armenia I can deal with the comments u make, but talk about DUMB. You should get out more a LOT more.


text:
These letters were just the cardboard cheapies that you get from the craft store. When we hung them we used the plastic retail clips because any nails used to attach metal hangers would show through. Well, they started falling off the wall, which is a hazard since they were hanging over the crib. So they have actually had a home in the closet for months now. I don't remember who posted the tutorial on the yarn letters, but please let me know if you know who it was so I can give them credit. Anywho, I had letters, I happened to have yarn, and we were stuck inside!
I still need to print some photos for little man's picture frames. He's starting to think he knows those people ;)!
A place to hang his hats. I'm hoping as he gets more, the wall will just get filled with them!


text:
About Us:
Ohio State ATI proudly presents Hawk's Nest Golf Course, a beautiful 18-hole, par 72 championship course that's the favorite of golfers in the Creston-Wooster area. We're also not far from Akron and Canton, and easy to reach near the junction of I-71 and I-76. On any given day golfers from all over Ohio will be here enjoying our beautiful conditions and fun to play golf course.
Why are conditions so consistently good? The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) in Wooster has long had a reputation for one of the best turfgrass management programs in the country, with graduates working at country clubs and professional sports arenas all over the world to prove it. Having our own course is an excellent complement to the school's internship program and provides the turfgrass, landscape, environmental sciences, and business students many more opportunities to gain real-world experience.
The course offers a great variety of holes with multiple tees that make the course fun for any golfer, and challenging for those looking to test their game. All of our bunkers were renovated in the last couple years, and others removed if they were not in play. We have an all-grass practice tee with seven target greens, electric golf cars, and the best meatloaf sandwiches in golf.
Tuesday, Nov 24, 2020 at 9:00am Eastern Time
Virtual Webinar
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2020 at 9:00am Eastern Time
Virtual Webinar
Tuesday, Dec 8, 2020 at 9:00am Eastern Time
Virtual Webinar
You can find CDC's latest coronavirus information at cdc.gov/coronavirus; AARP information and resources are at aarp.org/coronavirus. En español, visite aarp.org/elcoronavirus.


text:
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former Obama administration official has a book coming about how government might work in the future.
Cass Sunstein, President Barack Obama's regulatory chief for three years, has a deal with Simon & Schuster for "Simpler: The Future of Government." The publisher announced Wednesday that the book is scheduled for release in June.
According to Simon & Schuster, "Simpler" will offer an accessible look past the debate of big and small government and outline simple and democratic regulations.
Sunstein has written or co-written numerous books, including "Nudge," "On Rumors" and "The Second Bill of Rights."


text:
Ubuntu 10.10 starts to have mini freezes every 2 seconds. If I am typing in any sort of input (for example the terminal or a text field in Firefox or a text editor), I can type a few letters and then the entire OS will freeze for about half a second and I will lose focus. I can then (if I'm quick) click back into the input and continuing typing before it freezes again.
This will continue until I try and do something like close Firefox, kill/start a process from the terminal or save my work from a text editor. At that point the entire system locks up and I have to force the virtual machine to close.
I only experience this if Ubuntu has been running for some time with a minimum of roughly 1 hour. I am running Ubuntu as a guest on Virtual box (version 4.0.4) from inside a Windows 7 host. Windows itself does not freeze or become inoperable at all during this time.
The only thing I can do is to restart Ubuntu and get as much work done before it decides to freeze again. Very frustrating.
What steps can I take to solve or further troubleshoot this problem?
Following Takkat's instructions, I was already doing the following:
- Had VT-x/AMD-V enabled
- Latest version of virtual box
- Guest additions installed
- Disabled 3D acceleration
- Enabled nested paging
- RAM set to under half of total system RAM (3GB out of 8GB)
In addition, I did the following:
- Disabled screensaver in Ubuntu
- Reduced cores from 2 to 1
- Increased Video memory
This seems to have completely fixed the problem. Thanks!


text:
The UC College of Medicine, founded in 1819 by medical pioneer Daniel Drake, MD, is one of the oldest medical schools in the nation.
From graduate degrees to continuing education, the college offers a broad spectrum of educational opportunities.
The UC College of Medicine is continuing its upward path in cutting-edge research to enhance discovery sciences and facilitate translation of these discoveries to improve health and clinical care while recruiting new faculty. The new undergraduate program fosters scientific curiosity and investigation for our students. We are creating an environment of advanced clinical care that surpasses any in the region.
The College of Medicine features 26 academic departments, offering clinical, education and research opportunities.
The UC Cancer Center focuses on disease-based centers of excellence to offer a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care, education and research.
The UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute provides advanced evidence-based treatment and active research of complex neurological conditions.
The UC Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute builds upon its nationally known cardiovascular diseases discoveries to make significant contributions to research, education and patient care.
The Center for Integrative Health and Wellness promotes the value of treating the whole person and works to provide evidence-based wellness initiatives across the Academic Health Center and into the community through education, research and clinical care.
Hoxworth Blood Center was founded in 1938 and serves over 30 hospitals and medical facilities in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Hoxworth Blood Center also is a leader in the coordination of research projects developed for the advancement of transfusion medicine, including clinical trials for transfusion medicine-related products.
The College of Medicine has identified four institutes in which we have outstanding quality, a track record of success, opportunities for funding and ability to advance translational research and deliver high-quality personalized care.
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is known for its strong educational programs. From medical degrees to summer research programs, the College of Medicine offers some of the most innovative and captivating science and research opportunities in the nation.
Today is
Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020
The Office of Student Financial Services provides students with information about the cost of attending the College of Medicine as well as the federal, state, institutional and private programs available to help students meet their educational expenses.
If they need it, all medical students qualify for some form of financial aid. On these pages you will find information about the financial aid process, the required applications and deadlines.
Most financial aid for medical students is in the form of loans. Because you will sign the promissory notes for these loans and will be legally responsible for their repayment, you should be fully informed about the terms and conditions of your loans. Several repayment options are available to borrowers of federal student loans, and we will assist you in exploring these options prior to graduation.
Because medical school is very expensive, we encourage our students to budget their funds carefully and to anticipate expenses as they progress through the curriculum. Our Cost of Attendance figures are intended as a guideline to help students create their own budgets.
We look forward to working with you. Feel free to contact us if you do not find the information you are seeking on these pages.


text:
Ateneo de Manila University
"Okay, before we go any further, could I just check those diplomas? I would just like to make sure they're not just from some med school in the Philippines."
|Ateneo de Manila University
|I Have 1/128 Spanish Blood in My Veins
|School type
|Prophylactic University
|Olsen Twins
|Manila, Philippines
|Huge Landfill
|12,207 undergraduate,
31,334 graduate
|9 (7 liches)
|Bow, She-Ra's Token Gay Man
The Ateneo de Manila University (Ateneo for short) is the longest running Filipino sitcom-cum-so-called "educational institution" located at Loyola Heights, a disturbingly upscale subdivision located smack in the heart of Manila's festive Catholic ghetto district. It is also known as the nation's most prestigious parking lot. Founded in 1859 by a lost and drunken bunch of Jesuits who accidentally lost their map en route to propagate grapes in California, this overly pretentious university has been known to produce some of the most educated Filipino call center employees on graveyard shift, who use their spare time playing Minesweeper and Defense of the Ancients.
As a predominantly Catholic institution, Ateneo's so-called "educational system" (ha ha!) is guided mostly by nuns with wooden rulers, who wander like those strange guys in the "Dark City" movie, waiting to devour easy prey who attempt to run in the hallways. Legend among students, however, states that the true power behind the institution's fiendish operations is the mummified body of Ignatius of Loyola, who has his very own air-conditioned crypt underneath the campus. Other rumors state Loyola had been known to once upon a time help finance the founding of Ateneo by stealing more than half of De La Salle University's basketball scholarship funds.
The name "ATENEO" is basically short for Asses That Embrace N00bs Especially Onions. This unique and special name came about when R-Dizzle-Fo-Shizzle-My-Nizzle-Off-Da-Hizzle Drizzle, the emo founder of the school, embraced a n00b, who was an onion. Well the onion was actually a horse. We later on found out that the horse was apparently a broom. Then he killed himself later after.
Although records credit the Jesuits as the founders of the Ateneo in 1859, it was actually through the collective efforts of seven Magical Girls, lusty for power, that the University has prospered through the years. With the combined efforts of the Vatican and the cosmic finesse of hentai porn, the Ateneo quickly grew from a sorry-ass landfill to the even bigger landfill that it is today.
It could not be stated enough that Ateneo de Manila's first students were all originally male preteen sluts who, prior to admission, had nothing better to do than wander around and whore themselves in Manila's first Spanish colonial-inspired shopping malls. Due to changing times, however, the University's administration eventually decided at the turn of the century to freely open up admission to everyone who they could pirate out of De La Salle University. This dignified culture of academic exchange is of course still being practiced today, but only after 9:00 PM when the Department of Communication Building shuts down.
Academic Culture[edit]
One cannot simply become an Atenean: he or she must first and foremost show vehement hatred towards De La Salle University; even then, the Atenean must declare an oath to pray like a Jesuit and rabidly support all of the school's basketball pursuits, of which the rest of the world doesn't give a shit about.
The pedophile Jesuits who run Ateneo usually take charge of the aforementioned floating nuns, although people are more inclined to believe that these floating nuns are actually victims of the Jesuits themselves, created through demonic midnight rites at their pretentiously named "Church of the Gesu."
Many Ateneans are known to stay as undergraduates even if they're well into their middle ages; it seems pretty normal, for example, to randomly call out "Hoy paaaaa-re!" and have at least three balding fogeys in campus jackets looking back at you. Guided by hallucinatory dreams of basketball games past, these old men have been known to hit on the young socialite girls in campus, preferably the ones with long, dark, curly teeth. Such is the case of a non-coed institution made manifest.
Although enrollment figures remain steady each semester, Ateneo de Manila strictly regulates its studentry through the use of "Coño English" - a horrid distortion of Spanish, English and whatever dialect college kids use nowadays. Two Atenean males can actually understand the phrase "Uy, Ruel pinga-ed up his girlfriend, paaaa-re!" without wincing in confusion or disgust. What's more, this bastard language becomes even more confusing when the girls use it: "Kadiri ha, I'm not touching that!". Atenean males, who for some reason only have half a brain, usually reply "SSSSEXXX!!!". The girls, who have even less gray matter than the guys, usually reply back "what the fuck?!"
See Also[edit]


text:
Is this a mid-century building or an older one with a remodeled facade?
Type: Posts; User: stache
Is this a mid-century building or an older one with a remodeled facade?
Pretty nifty Vday present -
^ Agree. In my case, it was the seller's broker that kept demanding more and more documentation before he submitted the package to the board, even though I was paying cash. I think the previous owner...
^ $$$.
^ That last photo speaks volumes.
All of this juxtaposed with a baby face.
High filler.
I was always a fan of her. :(
tower, the mentality of the area does not support extensive loft conversion.
432 Park dressed up for Halloween.
We have a thread on this somewhere. They have great views.
Kind of a narrow footprint -
All the renderings are from the same angle.
Big difference from the Village structure going up, where the neighbors put up enough of a fuss about appearance.
This property has had more groundbreaking than the San Andreas fault!
I'm wondering if I will be able to see this one from my apartment.
This brick color looks better.
Bamboo is soft.
I have to say, these buildings are in the middle of nowhere.
This building makes an impact from the east.
Filling in the East Side waterfront -
SO nice!
Say that fast three times!


text:
is a zip code in ,
Get familiar with the real estate market so you can decide whether buying a rent to own home in , is right for you. Find information on demographics, population, economy, and more!
Homes in Nearby Cities:
No nearby cities found
Homes in Nearby Zip Codes
No nearby zip codes found
Homes in Nearby States
No nearby states found


text:
Fashion Tips for Pear Shaped Body
Every woman belongs to a different body type: pear shape, hourglass, apple or ruler. Finding those clothes that are the most flattering for each body type is key to having a stunning, feminine look. The appropriate style of clothing can make a huge difference in your appearance. If you are lacking inspiration for choosing the most suitable clothes for your pear shaped body, look at our ideas below and create your own style!
A pear shaped body is generally characterized by a thin and slender neck, narrow shoulders, small bust, and a larger lower body with a shapely waist, generous, rounded hips and tights. Your lines are very feminine and your small waistline is worth of envy. Therefore, you should embrace the opportunity to emphasize your assets and learn how to properly address your trouble spots. If you learn these small tricks, your confidence will increase, letting your beauty to shine through. Check out our tips and dress your pear curves to perfection!
Tops Wide necklines, such as boat neck or cowl neck style blouses can broaden your shoulders, nicely counterbalancing your bottom half. Look for semi-fitted tops and shirts with detailing or belts that define your waist. Shirts with fuller sleeves are also a perfect choice for your body type. You can also shop for blouses that are gathered under your bust, such as the empire-waist tops. You can opt for bright colored, patterned or striped tops as well and match them with dark bottoms to accentuate the upper half of your body.
Blazers Blazers with puffed sleeves can be an ideal option to balance out your shoulders. In order to focus the attention higher, on your upper body and your face, another great idea is to find blazers with buttons starting under your chest. Avoid those that have a single button at the waist or those that have the widest point on your hips.
Pants Low rise, boot-cut jeans or wide-leg pants look amazing on your silhouette and accentuate your delicate lines. Look for stretchy jeans because they can fit very well both on your hips and your tights and hug your curves perfectly. Do not buy tapered pants with side pockets, instead choose flowing fabrics and stick to darker colors that deaccentuate your hips.
Skirts Look for skirts that hit slightly below your waistline, close to the smallest point of your waist. A-line skirts can look fabulous on a pear shaped body, these optically trim the hip and the tights. Try to avoid short, tight skirts and extra layers, they draw attention to the problem areas. Opt for simple, sleek style, knee-length skirts that do a great job for a perfect pear shape.
Shoes Heels are one of the most advantageous clothing accessories. They nicely elongate your figure and slim your legs. If you aren't used to wearing stilettos, opt for some that are more comfortable. A perfect pair of heavier style, chunky heels will balance out your calves and give you a stylish look.
Accessories Chic and sexy accessories like belts, scarves, necklaces and earrings will draw eyes upwards and turn the attention to your beautiful face. Highlight your face with these eye-catching accessories and feel well in your clothes every day.