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Seven wounded in mass stabbing at neo-Nazi rally in California
Seven people were hospitalised with at least two in critical condition after a stabbing spree during a neo-Nazi rally Saturday at California's state capitol building, officials said.
The white supremacist rally was met by counterprotesters, said Chris Harvey, Sacramento Fire Department spokesman.
Witnesses said about 40 people assembled for the protest, only to be met by about 400 in a counter-demonstration, and emergency responders received a call to the scene just before noon.
The melee erupted during a rally staged by the Traditionalist Worker Party, described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a white nationalist extremist group.
One of its leaders, Matt Parrott, said the party had called the demonstration in part to protest against violence that has broken out outside recent rallies by Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
The party's chairman, Matthew Heimbach was caught on camera in March shoving a black woman at a Trump rally.
Mr Heimbach said his group had expected violence even though it planned a peaceful rally and had a permit.
"We were there to support nationalism. We are white nationalists," Mr Heimbach told Reuters. "We were there to take a stand."
A sister organisation, the Golden State Skinheads, said online ahead of the rally that members would "stand our ground if forced to that point."
After the protest Mr Heimbach said in a statement broadcast by CNN that "the anti-fascists used knives, bottles, bricks and chunks of concrete they broke off a construction site."
"When they attacked, our men defended themselves to be able to drive the attackers off," he said.
The incident may fuel concerns about the potential for violent protests outside the major party conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia this summer and in the run-up to the Nov. 8 presidential election.
Photos on social media showed emergency officials treating a victim on the grass in the area as police officers stood guard.
The melee comes about four months after four people were stabbed during a scuffle between members of the Ku Klux Klan and counter-protesters near a KKK rally in Anaheim, California.
In recent months Trump has blamed "professional agitators" and "thugs" for violence that has broken out at many of the Republican candidate's rallies.


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Rex Tillerson Reveals Top Priority In Syria… Conservatives Are CHEERING
The world has undoubtedly been distracted in the days following the targeted, retaliatory airstrike on a Syrian airbase that was given the green light by President Donald Trump.
However, Sec. of State Rex Tillerson just reassured Americans and the rest of the civilized world that while the Trump administration has plans of eventually removing Bashar al-Assad from power, it's not the top priority in the region.
Washington Examiner reports:
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday said the Trump administration's top priority in respect to Syria is decimating the Islamic State before deciding how to dismantle Bashar Assad's regime.
"We believe that the first priority is the defeat of ISIS. That by defeating ISIS and removing their caliphate from their control, we've now eliminated at least – or minimized a particular threat not just to the United States, but to the whole stability in the region," Tillerson told CBS "Face the Nation" host John Dickerson.
"And once the ISIS threat has been reduced or eliminated, I think we can turn our attention directly to stabilizing the situation in Syria. We're hopeful that we can prevent a continuation of the civil war and that we can bring the parties to the table to begin the process of political discussions," Tillerson added.
Tillerson said the U.S. wants to remain an outside influencer in that second process, allowing the Syrian people to make their own "self-determination" of what to do with Assad, rather than leave the decision to America and its allies.
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How To Be Heard by Policymakers
The design of international development is ill-suited for our fast-paced world. It is not unusual for aid programs to take five or more years from blueprint to start-up and another five years for results to be reported, and even more time for the results to be "translated" into policy.
How Scientists Should Act
Writing in the February 10, 2017 issue of Science, Erik Stockstad summarizes the message of Paul Cairney, a political scientist at the University of Stirling in the UK, author of the book, The Politics of Evidence-Based Policy Making. Cairney's message is for those scientists who want their findings to find their way into policy:
Data does not speak for itself. Scientists should be "sifters, synthesizers, and analyzers" to make the evidence "speak." Cairney repeats the common refrain of policy-makers: "I don't have the time to consider all the information. How do I decide?"
Policymaking is disorderly. Scientists need to dispense with the notion that policymaking is an orderly process. It is anything but. This should not be a justification for scientist to avoid getting involved.
Publishing the results is not enough. I have written in these pages and elsewhere about the three development phases and requirements of effective performance measurement and management (PMM): the "right" performance measures to yield the relevant data; the "right" distribution system for the getting the results to the right people in the right way, and at the right time (preferably in real-time or near real-time); and processes that encourage the "right" use of the performance data. Similarly, Cairney says, scientists who want their evidence to influence policy must be persistent, find the right networks, and the "right moment" to get their results to policymakers.
Pick Your Battles. Scientists should realize that results that matter are likely to be controversial and disputed. PMM, like most scientific endeavors, is not just a diagnostic exercise but, more or less, an exercise of power and control. Cairney counsels scientists to avoid areas where emotions are high, think of other ways to engage using techniques of presenting technical information in accessible and persuasive language that recognizes "an audience's pre-existing concerns, values, and biases."
Be patient. I have been frustrated by the slow pace in which justice systems around the world have embraced PMM, despite what I view as sound principles and strong evidence of its merits. Cairney says that we should have patience, and lots of it. It takes two or three decades for profound changes to be made, even in areas like smoking and cancer where strong evidence of cause and effect have been developed.
New Techniques and Tools
Cairney's advice is certainly wise in terms of how scientists should behave and position themselves to influence policymaking. But what about technocratic changes and new scientific tools that scientists might use in the design and dissemination of their findings to influence policymaking?
In a talk last week on February 16 at William & Mary, Caroly Shumway, Director of Center for Development Research at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Chief Scientist for the Global Development Lab at USAID, and the Senior Science Advisor to the Administrator of USAID, discussed how USAID is using science and technology to transform international development efforts. She mentioned one such tool: rapid feedback. According to the USAID website, Rapid Feedback MERL (the acronym referring to monitoring, evaluation, research and learning) is a "collaborative approach to learning and adapting. Improved data capture and compressed feedback loops provide decision-makers with timely, actionable evidence. Design and implementation decisions can be optimized to maximize chances of impact and improve prospects for long-term success."
Why not require scientists to hew to standards of real-time or near real-time for "compressed feedback loops," standards that are de rigueur in business and much of the private sector (think of the DOW, sports reporting and emerging in PMM in the public sector)? Why should scientists who profess an interest in shaping policy adhere to rigid standards for the timing of reporting that are defined by scientific designs divorced from the demands of policymaking? Should those designs not be flexible enough to meet those standards? Why should even researchers relying on randomized controlled trials be precluded from providing rapid feedback in real-time?
Consider, for example, a researcher who is required to report in real-time his or her evidence that his or her research is producing data that might not be reproducible for various reasons. Would not such rapid feedback benefit both policymaking and good science?
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Faith in Motion Support Group
Sunday, August 11th, 2019, 11:00amIf you are fostering, would like to foster, have fostered or if you would like to support foster families because now just isn't the time for you to foster, please come to our Faith In Motion support group. We will meet the second Sunday of every month at 11am in the CrossPoint Youth Room. See you there.


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February 16, 2015
I am sure my daughter will love these Cinnamon Buns! I'll give it a try!
The Sin is in the bun!!! Cinna-yummmm!!!
Is there really anything negative about a cinnamon bun?? Ok maybe the calories…but we have to splurge sometimes!
I'm not much of a baker and I can't say I've ever had much drive to make these sorts of foods because most sweets don't really do it for me. But as I've mentioned in past posts cinnamon buns and cinnamon bun flavoured anything make me drool.
I'm not sure what it is exactly about the flavours but they just do it for me. Maybe because I'm a carb girl and these are the best of both worlds….bread and dessert? Or maybe it's the sweet cinnamon sugar and nut or the glaze combined with it? Who knows but anyway you slice it…I love them!
I will rarely say yes to dessert or sweets at breakfast, but even if I do say no and there are cinnamon buns out, I will pick and pick until I've eaten more than my share!!
When I came across this recipe in a Fine Cooking Bread cookbook that I have, I felt like it was the perfect recipe to wet my feet with! And I was right…super easy and tasted just amazing. It can be whipped up and be eaten within an hour which is pretty good in my books. Usually breads need lots of proofing time (which is where it loses interest for me) but this could be made and be popped in the oven with 30 min. Love that. The only suggestion I'd make is to double the glaze. everyone wanted more! Happy cravings!
February 16, 2015
I am sure my daughter will love these Cinnamon Buns! I'll give it a try!
Alexandra (Figs & Feta)
February 16, 2015
I love the filling- these are substantial cinnamon buns! They look delicious!
February 22, 2015
These are fast and fantastic. For the craving driven person like myself who hates waiting for food – this is it. Also a big fan of Fine Cooking. Amazing resemblance to yeast risen dough without the wait. Perfect.
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Product Description for the Radial JS3
The Radial JS2 and JS3 are high performance balanced mic level splitters that let you to split a signal and feed multiple destinations at the same time. Typical applications include splitting a signal in the studio to feed more than one preamp, feeding a stage mic to more than one mixing console, or even splitting the signal to a live PA during a broadcast event.
Two units are offered: The JS2 is equipped with one isolated output while the JS3 has two. The engine inside both units is a premium Jensen transformer. It features a nickel laminated core for exceptionally low harmonic distortion without the usual phase shift and limited bandwidth typically introduced by lesser designs. The JS2 and JS3 deliver better than 90dB of noise rejection, eliminating troublesome noise caused by stray DC voltage and hum & buzz caused by ground loops. The signal path is 100% discrete and incorporates RF filtering for even greater noise suppression. These 'problem-solvers' offer a simple yet highly effective interface for microphones or direct boxes, and by engaging the built-in -30dB pad, consumer and line level devices may also be connected without distortion or fear of overload due to saturation.
As with all Radial products, both mic splitters feature rugged 14-gauge steel construction for maximum durability. A unique book-end design creates a protective zone for switches and connectors against the harsh environment of concert touring while the internal I-beam frame makes it virtually impossible to torque the PC board which could otherwise compromise the sensitive solder joints. The innovative design also has the unique advantage of allowing up to 8 units to be rack-mounted using the Radial J-Rak.
The Radial JS2 and JS3... split the mic signal without compromising your sound.
- Jensen transformer-equipped for optimal signal transfer
- 3-way microphone splitter
- Compact design , up to 8 may be rack mounted in J-Rak
- Ultra rugged 14-gauge steel construction for added durability
- Audio circuit type : Passive mic/line splitter, transformer based
- Number of channels : Three-way splitter (one in/three out)
- Frequency response : 20Hz ~ 20KHz (+0dB/ -2dB)
- Dynamic range : 140dB
- Maximum input : +25dBu @ 1kHz
- Total harmonic distortion : 0.0005% @ 1kHz
- Phase deviation : 0.7° @ 100Hz; 2.8° @ 20Hz
- Common mode rejection ratio :
- Input impedance : 2.4k Ohms, unbalanced
- Output impedance : 150 Ohms, balanced
- JS2 transformer : JT-MB-CPC, 1:1 ratio
- JS3 transformer : JT-MB-DPC, 1:1:1 ratio
- Shield : Dual Faraday, MuMETAL® can
- Input pad : -30dB (allows line-level sources)
- Ground lift : Disconnects XLR pin-1 at direct-2 and isolated output
- XLR configuration : AES standard (pin-2 hot)
- Connectors : XLR-F in, XLR-M direct; direct-2; isolated outputs
- Construction : 14 gauge steel chassis & outer shell
- Finish : Durable powder coat
- Size : (W x H x D) 84 x 127 x 48mm (3.3" x 5.0" x 2")
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I cut out the paper stars and positioned them on the blue background in what I felt was a pleasing arrangement.
The next puzzle to be solved was about the central spine of the feather on the left side of the quilt. For the one on the right, I had just looked at the quilt, judged how I wanted the feather to flow, and had free motion quilted it. Ordinarily, I prefer that my quilting design maintains a certain spirit, but that when something is repeated in a different area, it needs to have some variation, just to hold the viewer's interest. (Yes, there was once a time when I thought every repeated design had to be exactly the same--and I see that carried out on a lot of my quilts from 25+ years ago.)
So, to solve the problem of how to get a nearly identical spine onto the left side of the quilt, I had to be creative. I flipped the quilt to the back and ironed on a larger piece of freezer paper, thinking that to create the pattern I'd again remove the thread from the needle of my machine and just stitch down the spine from the right side.
However, when I ironed on the freezer paper, I could see the earlier quilting design on the paper. (That was kind of surprising since I'd purposely used a thin batting.)
Then I cut the freezer paper along the right side of the line, repressed the freezer paper on the front of the quilt, lining it up as carefully as possible to create a mirror image of the the line I had quilted already. I drew along that curve with a water soluble marker (the blue kind some people are afraid to use).
The other thing I had to be careful about with this quilt was the binding. Since I'd made the binding from a fat quarter (I cut the strips 2.25 inches wide), I didn't have a lot of extra. I always want to be sure I don't have a seam on a corner, but by the time I reached the third corner, the seam was falling where I needed to miter. Therefore, I needed to take a small piece out of the binding to keep the seam on the third side above the corner. You can see below where I marked a short distance above the previous seam. I would have been wiser if I'd removed only an inch instead of two inches. If you make this quilt, you'll want to be careful about that too unless you cut from a full width of fabric instead of from a fat quarter.
I sewed the raw edges of the binding to the front of the quilt, folded the folded edge to the back, and stitched in the ditch from the front side in order to catch the binding on the back edge.
Since the greatest percentage of the quilt was red, I used red to stitch the binding. This photo and the next one shows that line of stitching is barely visible.
I did was go back and add more lines of stitching to the raw edge appliqued stars--just to give them a little more dimension.
This photo shows how I hid the date in the quilting. If you look at the first red strip you can see the 2 followed by the 014. Also, you can see that the entire lyre portion of the quilt began with a star from which the feathers sprout. For that star I used a slightly larger card stock template than the one used for the appliqued stars. I also stitched around it twice to help define it.


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Former X Factor contestant Simone Battle has died at her home in Los Angeles, California, aged 25.
Tributes have been pouring in for the singer from celebrities and friends, including from X Factor judge Cheryl Fernandez-Versini. Cheryl tweeted: "Such tragically sad news to hear of the passing of Simone Battle… My thoughts and prayers are with her loved ones #RIPSimone".
The 25-year-old G.R.L. group singer and former X Factor USA contestant was found dead around 8am, her father Anthony E Battle told MailOnline.
"She will be greatly missed and loved," Mr Battle said. "She was an exuberant person and a very loved person."
He says the death is still under investigation, but law enforcement sources told TMZ it was an apparent suicide.
Although cause of death is sill unconfirmed, Perez Hilton on his celebrity news blog also claims the star committed suicide.
Battle's friend and fellow musician Derek Butler broke the news on his Instagram account. He posted a picture of the singer with the message: "I'm still in shock and in disbelief to have confirmed the death of my childhood friend.
"Her heart was pure gold and her star power limitless."
Battle appeared on the first series of the US X Factor in 2011, performing in front of judges including Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul. She progressed to the live finals of the show.
Simone's record company and management company issues a joint statement that reads: "We are deeply saddened by the traffic loss of Simone Battle of GRL.
"Simone was an exception young talent and human being."
So far there has been no word from Battle's bandmates as to her passing.
GRL is an all-female American pop band formed by Robin Antin of The Pussycat Dolls. They are on course to enter the top five in the UK's Official Chart in the coming weeks with their single, Ugly Heart.


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Sabudana vada is one of those recipes that is made during religious fasting/vrat/upvas.
Time: 1 hour
- 1 cup sabudana/ tapioca pearls
- 4 medium potatoes/aloo
- ½ cup peanuts/mungphali
- 1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera (optional)
- 1-2 green chillies finely chopped
- 1 tsp finely chopped ginger/adrak
- 2 tsp lime juice (optional)
- few chopped coriander leaves/dhania (optional)
- 1.5 tsp sugar or as required
- 3 tbsp kuttu ka atta/buckwheat flour or amaranth flour (optional)
- rock salt or sendha namak – a kind of salt used in food made during fasts. You could use regular salt if the recipe is not being made during the fasting period.
- oil for frying
- Soak the sabudana or sago in water for 5 hours at least or overnight. I soaked the sago overnight and in the morning they had become very soft.
- Drain of all the water completely from the soaked sabudana.
- Boil the potatoes. Peel and then mash them. Mix the mashed potatoes and sabudana together.
- On a skillet or in a shallow pan, roast the groundnuts/peanuts till they become crisp. Cool and then coarsely powder in a mortar-pestle or in a dry grinder.
- Add the peanuts, rock salt, sugar, ginger, green chillies, coriander leaves and lemon juice. Mix the entire mixture well.
- Now take some portion of the mixture in your hands and shape them into flat round vadas or patties. Do this till all the mixture is utilized.
- Deep fry the sabudana vadas till golden brown. Serve sabudana vada with sweet curd/yoghurt or green chutney. You could also serve sabudana vadas with tomato sauce.


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If you're following me in Google Reader, I'm guessing my title got your attention.
Why haven't I heard about this new collection on the zillion blogs I follow?
Amy Butler's newest collection is called Love, which makes it super annoying to google, as you just get a bunch of fabric junkies saying how much they loooooooooove AB. Anyway, I got the tip from an email from Wish Upon a Quilt, who said that Love is due out in October, and the entire first printing is already sold out. I managed to find a couple of pictures at the Quilted Castle. What do you guys think?
Also, I went on a skirt making binge this weekend-- pictures soon!


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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
'Moon Water'
by Carmel Morgan
January 29, 2010 -- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Eisenhower Theater, Washington, DC
"Moon Water," choreographed by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan's Lin Hwai-min, is many things. For example, it's a meditation as well as a dance. Whatever its nature, it is undeniably beautiful to behold. Like the moon and water of its title, the work is strong, pure, and profoundly rooted in life itself. While watching it, I couldn't help but get lost in the flow. And that was a wonderful experience.
How often does a performance completely transport you? The sacred marital art, Tai Chi, washed over me, almost literally, as the stage eventually filled with water. Sitting back, I was tempted to close my eyes for a bit just to listen to the lovely sound made by the water as it trickled into a nearly invisible trough at the edge of the stage or was flung in arcs of droplets by the swing of a dancer's arm or leg. It was like being treated to a Zen water feature, but with dance as an extra dimension.
The dancers all wore thin white wide-legged pants designed by Lin Ching-ju. The women had nude colored leotards; the men were bare-chested. You could clearly see the muscles and bones of the dancers as they moved. In Chang Tsan-tao's lighting design, the skin of the dancers positively glowed. The set design, by Austin Wang, consisted of a white foamy-looking swirl on the floor, which resembled a calligraphic swoosh of a spinning galaxy, and a wall of angled mirrors at the back of stage that reflected, like the water below, multiple images of the dancers. In addition to the fabulous sound of water, selections from J.S. Bach's "Six Suites for Solo Cello," performed by Mischa Maisky, accompanied "Moon Water."
"Moon Water" began with a single dancer, Tsai Ming-yuan, in a deep squat. Slowly, he unfurled himself, dropping in and out of the light. His knees were often bent, and his arms carved and pushed and swept at the space around him as if the air were weighted. It appeared that he was stretching upon awakening, but more than merely going through morning exercises he seemed to be headed to another world. With this introduction, he brought us along on the journey.
The solo became a duet with Huang Pei-hua. At times, they mirrored each other's movement. Each frequently balanced on one leg, the other leg arched gracefully behind. More dancers joined, and some dropped, ending with a total of fifteen. I never saw a single wobble. The dancers exhibited incredible balance and intense concentration throughout the work. They executed the sections of unison perfectly, down to the curl of their toes and the rise and fall of their chests as they breathed.
Much of the movement repeated. After all, repetition is intrinsic to both meditation and the martial arts, which inspired the creation of "Moon Water." I found that I didn't care if my mind wandered now and then during the 70-minute piece. Slipping in and out of focus seemed a fine activity for me to enjoy from the comfort of the balcony. The dancers, however, looked as if they were meditating while moving. This amazingly disciplined group of dancers never lost focus.
In some ways, life is about repetition, too. Certainly there are daily rhythms, patterns we learn to follow, natural cycles, our own pulse. "Moon Water" recalled all of this. I felt a connection to life, as well, in the relationship the dancers shared with the ground. Asian dance forms, unlike ballet, emphasize our ties to the earth, not flights into the air. With so many deeply bent knees and sunken pelvises, "Moon Water" evoked the pull of gravity and reminded me of its effect on our bodies.
In the middle of the work, perhaps to keep us awake, choreographer Lin had a couple holding hands, which was surprising, given that the dancers rarely touched. Other surprises came. Sharp, high kicks suddenly replaced the low crouches.
If Bach's music has an interior life, it seemed the dancers were dancing it. They didn't dance to the music, exactly, they danced about it and translated its mood. I felt an underlying sadness, but also a sense of hopefulness. For some reason, I was reminded of a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis, struggling to get somewhere new.
The water seeped out onto the stage so gradually that you couldn't tell when it arrived. Out of the blue, it seemed, dark puddles appeared. Almost comically, the dancers, who had been so elegant earlier, began splashing and splooshing the water around. Rather than being gimmicky, the presence of the water served an artistic purpose. With the addition of the water, the lighting and mirrors became even more magical. Unexpected images of the dancers flew up from all angles. Dancers walked atop their reflections. A new universe opened up. The audience hushed in reverence of the sounds. An occasional kick from a dancer lying in the water, like the reflexive jerk of a frog's leg from the touch of an electrode in a science lab, sent water splattering about.
In a brief question and answer session after the performance, Lin Hwai-min said that the audience is like calligraphy paper, which absorbs the dancing like ink. Of all the many things it is, "Moon Water" is definitely absorbing!
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Winkworth Arboretum is a National Trust owned arboretum located in Godalming, Surrey. Together with the National Trust, Centriforce Products Ltd installed a boardwalk and viewing platform through the newly created wetlands.
Location: Surrey
The boardwalk is made from entirely recycled plastic material and provides a tough, rot-free, durable and maintenance free solution, using materials that would otherwise end up in landfill sites.


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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
RubyConf 2007 Schedule Online
Haven't heard any announcements about this - although I've been popping painkillers and antibiotics and sleeping instead of checking e-mail - but the schedule for RubyConf 2007 is online and it's going to be awesome. Highlights include Evan Phoenix on Rubinius, Marcel Molina on code beauty, Jim Weirich on class design, Ben Bleything on controlling electronics, Jay Phillips on Adhearsion, Ryan Davis on "hurting code", and the two Daves of RSpec (Chelimsky and Astels) on RSpec and BDD. Very much looking forward to this one. (Also, I don't want to seem like a player-hater, but I'm pretty glad I didn't see the word "Rails" anywhere.)
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Shock of the new
I walked into London on the morning after the bombings, a slightly eerie experience: streets semi-deserted, few buses running, tube stations cordoned off and echoing with loud recorded announcements that no trains were running because emergency crews were still busy clearing the wreckage.
I joined the trickle of pedestrians walking across Vauxhall Bridge and, turning right on the north side, headed along Millbank, past policemen with automatic weapons guarding the unmarked entrance to the headquarters of MI6.
Into Whitehall and past Downing Street, now shuttered to strangers by three-metre-tall iron gates with posses of police behind. The sentry boxes at Horse Guards Parade were empty; no horses, no mounted troopers and no tourists.
On towards Westminster and Trafalgar Square, into Haymarket, across Piccadilly Circus and into Regent Street, where I stopped for a lonely breakfast, the sole customer in a cafe normally busy with Japanese tourists slightly mystified by the bacon and eggs of a "traditional" English breakfast.
And so to the London Apple Store. At 10 am it was close to packed, with the electronic sign over the Genius Bar saying the next available appointment to get Macintosh advice was 2pm. Four hours away! Don't these people know London is under terrorist attack? Why are they not sheltering at home? Why did I spend nearly an hour flattening my feet to walk here in the belief that the place would be - well, if not deserted, at least not crowded?
The London store is big, similar to the Soho store in New York, but about twice the size.
It has a similar, but wider glass staircase leading to an auditorium and, like the New York store, which is in a historic post office, the London store is also in a heritage building, the exterior of which is marked only by a black Apple flag. Apple has three stores in Britain so far, the Regent Street flagship, one in Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre and another, just opened, in the Bluewater centre in Kent.
Two more are planned, for Manchester and Sheffield. Apple now has 100 retail stores in the US and although Europe's biggest Apple Expo is in Paris, there are no stores yet in France.
The growth and success of Apple's retail arm has led to speculation that we may see similar stores opening here. But Australia is a somewhat different retail proposition. Where Apple dealers in the US and Europe tended, with some notable exceptions, to look like anybody else's computer shop, Australian Apple Centres, run by independent dealers, look and feel similar to the Apple-owned stores and generally provide expert advice.
Also, driven by booming iPod sales and the so-called "halo effect" by which ownership of an iPod leads to switching from PC to Mac, Australian Apple Centres have been proliferating. So, if the thing ain't broke, is there any point in trying to fix it?
Figures are difficult to get but the general belief is that with the iPod gale up its skirts, Macintosh market share has pretty much doubled over the past quarter.
And just in case you were not sure of the success of iTunes Music Store, drop in on the Apple website (apple.com) where there is a counter showing the rate at which songs are being downloaded. The total over the past two-and-a-bit years (iTunes launched in the US on April 28, 2003) is heading towards 500 million, rising at something like three or four every second.
The total hit one million inside a week, 400 million two years later and the rate of downloads continues to accelerate. Apple now sells just over 80 per cent of all legal music downloads on the planet. But we still do not have an iTunes music store in Australia.
One last note from London: word here is the iPod has received royal patronage. Though she has not been seen dancing in the streets, and while we do not know if she favours Snoop, Britney or Wolfgang Amadeus, it seems fairly certain that the Queen is an iTunes-connected person. Apparently a footman was dispatched to Regent Street the other day to buy one of the latest Pods with a colour screen. Now, does she have an iMac, a PowerBook or an iBook? Surely she could not be a PC person.
Gad, you couldn't have that in the palace.
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Music, and the new, wildly popular podcasts, continue to soothe savage breasts and drive profits to record levels for Apple. Third-quarter results, reported late last week, show an astonishing five-fold increase in net income for the company - $US320 million ($A425 million) for the three months, up from $US61 million in the previous quarter.
Sales of iPods surged to 6,160,000 - seven times greater than in the corresponding quarter of 2004 and up 75 per cent on the previous quarter. This put oeuf on the faces of some analysts, not least Bloombergs, who as late as last week were forecasting a waning in iPod popularity.
Apple's iPods now command more than 75 per cent of the world market for portable digital music players. Its iTunes Music Store sells 82 per cent of the world's legal music downloads, with songs moving out at about 1000 a minute, heading for a grand total of 500 million downloaded since iTMS first opened in the US. It is now available in 19 countries, not including Australia, where the launch planned for earlier this year was aborted, reportedly because of contractual complications with a music company, believed to be Sony, Bertelsmann.
Overall, Apple sales rose 75 per cent in the quarter to a record $US3.52 billion, beating analysts' forecasts for the seventh concurrent quarter. Apple shares now trade at $US39.31, a gain of 19 per cent this year after more than tripling last year.


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Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 17022
In the summer of 1853, on August 11, inventor, Joseph Fawkes, demonstrated his patented steam plow at Christiana, Pennsylvania, to about 1,000 interested spectators.
The Philadelphia press reported 'satisfactory results,' saying that the plowing was executed 'as well as that usually done by horse power.'
Joseph Fawkes was born in Christiana, Lancaster County on September 25, 1815, the youngest son of Joseph and Elizabeth Walker Fawkes. He showed an early bent for things mechanical and as a young man turned his talents to inventing. Among his early inventions was a rotary lime spreader.
Fawkes achieved many things during his lifetime but is historically important because of his role in the development of the steam plow. He may have been the builder of the first practical steam plowing machine in the nation.
There were some efforts along this line in the 1830's but the machines proved to be too cumbersome and impractical. In the 1850's farmers were really looking for some new type of motive power. The farms of the Midwest with their black prairie soil high in organic material were a special problem. Fawkes was one of many mechanics who saw the need and tried to fill it.
He demonstrated his engine at the state fair in Centralia, Illinois on September 17, 1858 by plowing a strip of land, baked by summer drought. A Chicago press editor reported that 'The excitement of the crowd was beyond control and their shouts and wild huzzas echoed far over the prairie.'
This optimism was tempered some two months later when Fawkes attempted another plowing exhibition at Decatur, Illinois. Here the ground was soft and the huge 10-ton machine bogged down. Indeed, for several decades the main problem of all the new experimental steam plows was their huge size and weight.
In 1859 the New York State Agricultural Society offered a $250 reward to anyone who could develop a steam plow that would do the necessary job. One magazine reported that 'the whole world is waking to the importance of the successful steam plow.'
In 1861 Fawkes exhibited his invention at the 'United States Fair' in Chicago in competition with another steam plow. The engine of Fawkes' machine derived its traction steam from a big driving drum rather than from wheels and it drove a gang of six plows. The competing machine got its traction from two driving wheels some 12 feet in diameter.
Fawkes' plow proved superior in this 'prairie soil' test. His drum cylinder machine traveled on the surface of the soil with no difficulty while the big drivers on the other entry sank into the ground.
Fawkes soon became a popular figure in the west. The Ohio Farmer of 1859 reported, 'When Fawkes gives a couple of toots of his whistle and the great steam horse speeds over the ground dragging a gang of plows, almost every man, woman and child leave horses and sulkies to their fate and follow this blower-up of antiquated notions.'
Fawkes, seeing a business opportunity, moved to Illinois, with the idea of manufacturing steam plows. The Civil War intervened.
After the war interest was renewed in steam plows but these huge machines had some disadvantages. When the ground was too soft they often sank from sheer weight. They needed coal and from two to four men to operate. Mechanics were few, as were repair shops. Most farmers didn't want to spend the thousands of dollars needed to buy one 'monster.'
By this time, of course, other steam plows were on the market. The Geiser Steam Lift Plow, made in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, was considered to be one of the best. For some time steam plows were used a good bit in the western states, particularly on the San Joaquin Valley wheat ranges, but they lacked acceptance in places such as the rolling hills of Pennsylvania.
Joseph Fawkes didn't have the necessary capital to properly pursue the business of making and selling his plow. He moved to a farm at Moline, Illinois and then to Spring Lake, Iowa. Then he went back to Chicago and manufactured rotary electric goods. More ill fortune. Fire destroyed his factory. He moved to Burbank, California, and worked in fruit culture until he died on March 14, 1892 at the age of 77.
Joseph Fawkes never achieved the fame of fortune of a Thomas Edison. He remains, however, an important chapter in the pages of America's industrial and agricultural history. The collective impact of many chapters such as Joseph Fawkes' has been the driving force of our nation's progress.
After the Civil War some British cable plowing steam machines were imported. These were impractical for use in the big grain fields of the United States and Canada, as their short strings of cable were designed for smaller areas.
It was obvious to practical men that steam plowing in the U.S. did indeed depend upon someone developing a self-propelled engine which could move over a field dragging a gang of plows.
A few men with vision began working on the idea of converting portable steam threshing engines, in use since 1850, into traction engines by the addition of a self-propelling attachment. In the 187p's the big threshing machine companies, facing increasing competition and seeing an expanding market, added self-propelling attachments to their portables and a new era of power farming began.
The threshing process was revolutionized. Self-propelled units moved over roads from field to field, and the fields could be worked faster and more efficiently. This didn't all happen over night, of course, and problems of traction attachment, control and steering had to be overcome. However, by the middle of the 1880's the steam traction engine was supplying most of the belt power needs of the grain farmer.
By the 1890's Best and Holt traction engines were used on wheat farms on the Pacific Coast for plowing as well as combining. These machines cost too much for the average farmer. In the early 1900's other farm equipment firms made some adjustments to their threshing engine designs and built special plowing engines.
Axles, gears and shafting were strengthened. Coal bunkers and water tanks were enlarged. Broad drive wheels and extension rims were added, to keep from sinking when the ground was soft.
By 1912 the large threshing machine firms included in their lines, corn planters, discs, cultivators, water tanks and plows.
Steam plowing had come a long way since Fawkes' machine was described by Stewart Holbrook in 'Machines of Plenty' as follows:
'.......a true monster an upright boiler mounted on a platform with big wheels, it looked something like a fire engine. Attached to the rear of the platform was a series of plows to be raised and lowered by a maze of wheels, pulleys and rope.'
It was said that 'the Fawkes' invention actually was a steam tractor, which weighed several tons and pulled eight plows at a speed of four miles an hour. It could plow four acres or better in an hour.'
To describe a machine is fairly easy. To describe a man, to tell what makes him tick, to define his driving power, is more difficult. Joseph Fawkes was a colorful man, an inventor, a creator of machines. He was a businessman who, when he failed, tried again. He was a family man with seven children and he played an important role in the agricultural growth of the nation.
Data gathered from Steam Power on the American Farm, by Reynold M. Wik and Machines of Plenty, by Stewart Holbrook.


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The Family Outreach Support Clinic (FOSC) is a collaboration of our Primary Care clinic and the Center for the Vulnerable Child (CVC), departments within Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland (CHRCO) that serve the community of the East Bay of the greater San Francisco Bay area in California. This special clinic was created when our doctors recognized that foster children require a multi-disciplinary approach to address their vast array of needs. In the FOSC clinic, the doctors and case managers work together to provide comprehensive pediatric care and case management to foster families.


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Effects of a self-management program on antiemetic-induced constipation during chemotherapy among breast cancer patients: a randomized controlled clinical trial
Effects of a self-management program on antiemetic-induced constipation during chemotherapy among breast cancer patients: a randomized controlled clinical trial - Download this document for free, or read online. Document in PDF available to download.
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
, Volume 155, Issue 1, pp 99–107
First Online: 09 December 2015Received: 24 November 2015Accepted: 26 November 2015DOI: 10.1007-s10549-015-3652-4
Cite this article as: Hanai, A., Ishiguro, H., Sozu, T. et al. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2016 155: 99. doi:10.1007-s10549-015-3652-4
Research on patient-reported outcomes indicates that constipation is a common adverse effect of chemotherapy, and the use of 5-hydroxytryptamine serotonin; 5HT3 receptor antagonists aggravates this condition. As cancer patients take multiple drugs as a part of their clinical management, a non-pharmacological self-management SM of constipation would be recommended. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a SM program on antiemetic-induced constipation in cancer patients. Thirty patients with breast cancer, receiving 5HT3 receptor antagonists to prevent emesis during chemotherapy were randomly assigned to the intervention or control group. The SM program consisted of abdominal massage, abdominal muscle stretching, and education on proper defecation position. The intervention group started the program before the first chemotherapy cycle, whereas patients in the wait-list control group received the program on the day before their second chemotherapy cycle. The primary outcome was constipation severity, assessed by the constipation assessment scale CAS, sum of eight components. The secondary outcome included each CAS component 0–2 points and mood states. A self-reported assessment of satisfaction with the program was performed. The program produced a statistically and clinically significant alleviation of constipation severity mean difference in CAS, −3.00; P = 0.02, decrease in the likelihood of a small volume of stool P = 0.03, and decrease in depression and dejection P = 0.02. With regards to program satisfaction, 43.6 and 26.4 % patients rated the program as excellent and good, respectively. Our SM program is effective for mitigating the symptoms of antiemetic-induced constipation during chemotherapy.
KeywordsConstipation Antiemetic Breast cancer Supportive care Exercise Self-management Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article doi:10.1007-s10549-015-3652-4 contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Author: Akiko Hanai - Hiroshi Ishiguro - Takashi Sozu - Moe Tsuda - Hidenori Arai - Akira Mitani - Tadao Tsuboyama
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Grain Thresher
Pearl millet is a nutritious cereal grain that grows in some of Africa's most famine-prone regions, producing reliable yields in dry, hot climates with poor soil quality. Though pearl millet is a major source of nutrition for the rural poor, its production and market potential are limited by inefficient and labor-intensive traditional processing methods.
Our thresher was invented to help smallholder farmers—women in particular—increase their yields of pearl millet grain while minimizing their drudgery. The hand-operated tool is rugged, simple, and produces kilos of clean, high-quality grain in minutes. The thresher can be owned collectively by cooperatives, by individual households, or by businesses, who can process their grain at their convenience and use it for local consumption, store it, or sell it at local markets.
CTI's thresher strips, threshes, and winnows grain in a process that:
- Produces high-quality, clean grain free of dirt and debris
- Produces grain much faster than traditional methods
- Reduces food waste that occurs with traditional processing methods
Manufacturing: CTI is working with a manufacturer in Senegal to establish local production of high-quality threshers. In addition, local artisans across Senegal are being trained to provide troubleshooting support to clients in their regions.
Distribution: CTI is working with Senegalese farmers' networks and extension agencies to introduce the thresher and train farmers to use the technologies and generate income through the sale of high-quality grain and seed.


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More Bob Dylan
More Blonde On Blonde
- With outstanding Double Plus (A++) sound on all four sides, this was one of the better copies we heard in our most recent shootout – quiet vinyl too!
- You won't believe how big, rich and full this album can sound on a copy this good
- Includes tons of quintessential Dylan classics: Rainy Day Women, I Want You, Just Like A Woman, and more – they all sound phenomenal
- 5 stars: "Blonde on Blonde is an album of enormous depth, providing endless lyrical and musical revelations on each play. It's the culmination of Dylan's electric rock & roll period — he would never release a studio record that rocked this hard, or had such bizarre imagery, ever again."
This album is an essential addition to any Dylan collection, and we work hard to find worthy copies. It's not easy. In fact, it's tough to find great pressings of any of Dylan's 60's albums, really. It takes a well-mastered copy to get the vocals and the harmonica — key elements of course — to sound smooth, full-bodied and clear. Any pinched quality will be obvious to the listener. You lose a lot of points for that shortcoming here at Better Records. (more…)


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CALGARY, AB — Future Considerations today announced Jakub Zboril of the Saint John Sea Dogs as the Crash Conditioning draft eligible Defenseman of the Month for March.
Zboril put together a strong close to his 2014-15 campaign, his first in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, amassing four goals and seven points in seven games. He recorded points in his final five regular season games, before extending that streak to six in the first round of the playoffs. Through three postseason skates in March, Zboril recorded two assists.
" Zboril has been a welcome addition to for the Sea Dogs lineup, contributing in all zones and giving his team a real boost," Future Considerations scouting director Dan Stewart said. "Zboril plays a complete game that is reliant on his smooth skating, high-end senses and powerful shot to contribute."
The Brno, Czech Republic native finished the regular season with 13 goals and 33 points in 44 games.
Zboril is 26th in Future Considerations' ranking for the 2015 NHL Draft.
Also considered for the award was Mitchell Vande Sompel of the Oshawa Generals, who had two goals and eight points to close out his regular season and added a goal and an assist through three playoff games.
Crash Conditioning has become the biggest secret in the hockey performance world as an elite hockey player performance training center specializing in strength and conditioning, speed and power, recovery, flexibility, nutrition, injury rehabilitation, movement and motor skill as well as on ice experts in skating, goaltending and tactical play. Crash Conditioning: Not For Everyone.
MARCH — Jakub Zboril — Saint John Sea Dogs
FEBRUARY — Rasmus Andersson — Barrie Colts
JANUARY — Noah Juulsen — Everett Silvertips
DECEMBER — Ivan Provorov — Team Russia
NOVEMBER — Nicolas Meloche — Baie-Comeau Drakkar
OCTOBER — Ivan Provorov — Brandon Wheat Kings
SEPTEMBER — Ryan Pilon — Brandon Wheat Kings


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At the Game Developers Conference in San Fransisco last week, Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer got talking to IGN about what it would take if Microsoft were to make a Halo 2 Anniversary game.
"In this fictitious world where that game existed," said Spencer, "it's an easy answer: it has to be just the multiplayer experience that we all found in that first Halo 2 game. If you think about what happened in the franchise and what were the hallmark moments – when did duel wielding come in, when did another playable character that wasn't Master Chief come in?
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High school senior Michael Sattler leads a charmed life. He's a star athlete, has great friends, and parents who love him just the way he is. What's missing from his life is a boyfriend. That's a problem because he's out only to his parents and best friend. When Michael accidentally bumps into Christy Castle at school, his life changes in ways he never imagined. Christy is Michael's dream guy: smart, pretty, and sexy. But nothing could have prepared Michael for what being Christy's boyfriend would entail.
Christy needs to heal after years of abuse and knows he needs help to do it. After the death of his notorious father, he leaves his native Greece and settles in upstate New York. Alone, afraid, and left without a voice, Christy hides the myriad scars of his abuse. He desperately wants to be loved and when he meets Michael, he dares to hope that day has arrived. When one of Michael's team-mates becomes an enemy and an abuser from Christy's past seeks to return him to a life of slavery, only Michael and Christy's combined strength and unwavering determination can save them from the violence that threatens to destroy their future together.
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Why the Title Omorphi?
I am one of those people who was fortunate enough to have traveled often and from a young age. Many people don't have this opportunity and that's why I try to bring a little bit of the outside world and other cultures to my readers through my books. One of the main characters in my stories will almost always be from a country other than the United States. In the case of Safe, Nico is Italian. In the case of Slaying Isidore's Dragons, Isidore is French and Declan is Irish. In the case of Omorphi, Christy is Greek and we have a chance to glimpse a bit of Greek culture through some of Christy's comments and cultural ways in Omorphi.
The working title of the novel was "Pretty" because Christy is, well, pretty. Also, Christy has been severely abused and has a very low opinion of himself. He believes, in spite of his good looks, he is ugly because of what heartless others have done to him. So, Christy likes to wear pretty things like lace and silk and, for him, it isn't only cross-dressing, but a way to feel free of the ugliness he believes he is. Because Christy is Greek, I chose to change the title of the book to Omorphi, which means pretty in Greek. There you have it. That's the story behind the title Omorphi!
About Cody
Raised on the mean streets and back lots of Hollywood by a Yoda-look-alike grandfather, Cody Kennedy doesn't conform, doesn't fit in, is epic awkward and lives to perfect a deep-seated oppositional defiance disorder. In a constant state of fascination with the trivial, Cody contemplates such weighty questions as: If time and space are curved, then where do all the straight people come from? When not writing, Cody can be found taming waves on western shores, pondering the nutritional value of sunsets, appreciating the much maligned dandelion, unhooking guide ropes from stanchions, and marveling at all things ordinary.
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Follow Omorphi's blog tour for three chances to win an ebook copy of Omorphi!
September 9th – Pre-kickoff post – Cody is a Featured Author on True Colorz and answers questions about penning Omoprhi Review by True Colorz
September 15th – The Novel Approach – Pre-release Q&A with Cody and a chance to win an ebook copy of Omorphi Review by The Novel Approach
September 18th – Author Will Parkinson – Will holds nervous Cody's hand the day before Omorphi's release because he promised to and Cody talks about Omorphi's Cover and Bringing Omorphi to Life
September 19th – Mrs. Condit & Friends Read Books – Cody writes Perils and Pitfalls of Post Production Public Relations and a SECOND chance to win an ebook copy of Omorphi! Review by Mrs. Condit & Friends
September 19th – Smile, Somebody Loves You – Announcement post and Cody shares Omorphi Trivia with Beverly and Tamara
September 20th – Author Shira Anthony – Why I write the kind of stories that I do by Cody
September 21st – Author Jamie Mayfield – Why Omorphi and A Broken Kind of Life are Same but Different
Also on September 21st – Harmony Ink Press on Facebook: Meet Cody Kennedy and Jamie Mayfield
September 22nd – Cody's Blog – Tony Edmondson, Fan Extraordinaire, interviews Cody
September 27th – Author Wade Kelly – Character Interview with Christy Castle
September 28th – Author Iyana Jenna, Fairy Fan Extraordinaire, Q&A with Christy Castle
September 29th – Author Zoe Lynne – The Notes Behind Omorphi's Play List
October 4th – Sid Love's Blog – Why the title Omorphi? Review by Sid Love
October 5th – Author Madison Parker – What makes Omorphi unique?
October 6th – Author John Ames – Q&A with Michael Sattler
October 11th – Boys on the Brink – Omorphi: Writing Sex and Violence in Young Adult works
October 12th – Author Jamie Fessenden – Cody shares Omorphi Trivia with Jamie
October 15th – Granny Irene – A week in the Life of Christy Castle before Michael
October 18th – Author Sara Alva – A week in the life of Michael Sattler before Christy
October 19th – Author Sam Kadence – Cody Talks About Writing Action and the Suspension of Disbelief
October 20th – Cody's Blog – Omorphi's One Month Anniversary Trivia Contest and a THIRD chance to win an ebook copy of Omorphi – In order to enter this contest you must:
1) have visited and commented on each stop on Omorphi's Blog Tour – please be sure to leave your name and email address in your blog comment. "Anonymous" comments won't qualify; and
2) you must correctly answer the trivia questions posted on Cody's Blog by placing your answers in the comments section beneath the questions; and
3) along with your answers to the trivia questions, you must leave a comment about Omorphi's Blog Tour.
The winner will be selected by Kismet, Cody's greenwing macaw.
To make things even more exciting, a new contest will begin on October 21st on The Novel Approach Reviews Blog to win an ebook copy of Cody's novella, Safe, due out October 24th from Harmony Ink Press!
Get ready to read and win!


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Thanks to everyone who voted. The tune of the month for August is "the
peacock followed the hen."
I didn't find a video on youtube of a NSPiper playing this tune, which
means we will remedy a sore deficiency on youtube. There is this
video, however:
There are numerous recordings of the tune, but if you need help finding
one please let me know. This tune is appropriate for Border pipes,
otherwise known as Northumbrian Half-long pipes, so hopefully a few
Border pipers will participate.
Please post links to your video or sound files here, and on the news group.
Have fun!


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There was no real boundary line between the Colorado and the Mojave Deserts, just a gradual change in elevation and new plants began to dominate the landscape as I drove on. Joshua Trees were just everywhere and the place reminded me a little of Saguaro National Park except the dominate tree was Joshua instead of Saguaro. There were also a lot of Mojave yuccas. Actually Joshua Trees aren't trees at all but a species of yucca. When they are small they look similar except Mojave yucca always had splinter-like threads on the edges of its spine-tipped leaves as seen below.
See how a Joshua Tree doesn't have those. It has a cleaner look.
I found one beginning to bloom.
Boulders also were everywhere in this part of the part and became the dominate feature.
Split rock was the name of one of the picnic areas;
besides the split rock it also had a rock that reminded me of a Henry Moore sculpture.
As I was leaving that group of rocks a coyote crossed the road and I slammed on my breaks to take a photo.
Another popular rock was Skull Rock.
I was surprised to see a female Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) at one of the oasis.


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June is Cold
Future Classic DJs – June is Cold
Future Classic DJs – June is Cold
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Roxanne Mesquida
Quentin Dupieux
RUBBER is the story of Robert, an inanimate tire that has been abandoned in the desert, and suddenly and inexplicably comes to life. As Robert roams the bleak landscape, he discovers that he possesses terrifying telepathic powers that give him the ability to destroy anything he wishes without having to move. At first content to prey on small desert creatures and various discarded objects, his attention soon turns to humans, especially a beautiful and mysterious woman who crosses his path. Leaving a swath of destruction across the desert landscape, Robert becomes a chaotic force to be reckoned with, and truly a movie villain for the ages. Directed by legendary electro musician Quentin Dupieux (Steak, Nonfilm), aka Mr. Oizo, RUBBER is a smart, funny and wholly original tribute to the cinematic concept of "no reason."
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Kito – Triple J Radio Mix
The Muzak project: #4 (TIEDYE), #5 (Alex from Tokyo), #6 (Dj Kaos), #7 (Tomboy), #8 (Rollerboys), «a charming (mixtape) series» by Wood Wood.
someone was lost, here we go again…
lost in music recommendation
november 23th september & october
Baths | Cerulean
Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer
Chromeo | Business Casual
Clara Luzia | The Ground Below
Delphic | Acolyte
Dusty Springfield | Dusty in Memphis
Eldorado FM | EFM3: Summernachtstroum
Gonjasufi | A Sufi And A Killer
Magnetic Man | Magnetic Man
Mark Ronson And The Business Intl | Record Collection
Marteria | Zum Glück in die Zukunft
One Night Only | One Night Only
Parov Stelar | Coco
Parov Stelar | Daylight
Parov Stelar | That Swing
The Sonics | Boom
Guards | Guards EP
James Blake | The Bells Sketch
Parov Stelar | The Phantom
Tensnake | In The End (I Want You to Cry)
10th Record Makers: 2000 – 2010
Apparat | DJ-Kicks
Kitsuné Maison Compilation 10: The Fireworks Issue
Stellas and dutches | Contemporary Music
Tensnake In The House
#spoken word
Thomas Bernhard
Parov Stelar – The Phantom (Original Radio Version) | thnx Isa
Black Strobe – Me & Madonna (The Twelves Remix)
The Muzak project, a charming (mixtape) series by Wood Wood.
Eldorado FM – Summernachtstroum
«click to download contemporary music»
Use radio as record crate..pretty ill..let em know,, rhyme on it remix it whateva.spread the word!!!!


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It's finally here!!!!! After many long hours of filming, editing, and appearances at countless film festivals (including our debut at SXSW this past March) Brooklyn Castle IS NOW COMING TO THEATERS nationwide starting this October 19th!!
It has been an absolutely incredible journey so far, and we owe a huge debt of gratitude to the Kickstarter community for helping fund our early creative vision and then turning it into reality. That's why we're turning to you again! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT more than ever now that we're coming to theaters.
Brooklyn Castle is a film that has sparked discussions about the important role after school programs play in the lives and development of school kids across the country.
While the film is coming to theaters, we also need ensure our film reaches the audiences that have the most at stake in this issue: the communities, schools, teachers and of course, the kids who have the most to gain (and lose) from after school programs. Towards that end we intend to use your funding to help us realize additional community screenings of Brooklyn Castle. This includes:
- Rental of movie theaters/screening locations for special community screening events in cities across the U.S.
- Transportation to get viewers to the screening, shipping costs for prints and travel costs so the filmmakers and Brooklyn Castle's subjects can attend
In addition to helping fund a larger rollout of the film to communities across the U.S. that might not otherwise see it, your funding support also plays another role - spreading the word.
Through regular campaign updates we plan to distribute to Kickstarter supporters, we hope to find partners and supporters across the U.S. who not only care about the critical issues of after school programs in their communities, but who can help us spread the word so as many people see Brooklyn Castle as possible.
Join us! Go see Brooklyn Castle on 10/19 and, in the meantime, donate whatever you can afford to make sure the film gets seen by as many people as possible. Whatever the amount, please know that your support will play a critical role in helping us spread the word about this amazing film to the people that need to see it.
Thanks so much!
Katie and Nelson Dellamaggiore + Brian Schulz
To learn more about the project and join our update list please visit www.brooklyncastle.com
In theaters October 19th, 2012.
JUSTUS - 6th Grader
Possessing a natural gift for chess, Justus is a rising star in the scholastic chess world. At just 11 years old, he is already rated 2100 and has been selected to join the United States Chess Federation's esteemed All-American team — one of the highest national honors attainable by a young chess player. Justus struggles with the unwanted attention his immense talent commands, as well as the sky-high expectations it raises.
ALEXIS - 7th Grader
A meditative, thoughtful chess player, Alexis is one of the highest rated members of the I.S. 318 team. He sees chess, and entrance to one to New York City's top tier public high schools, as the first step on the road to a promising career that will allow him to support his immigrant parents. But getting into a great school is based on the result of a single exam, and Alexis suffers under the strain of pressure from both outside and within.
ROCHELLE - 8th Grader
Having found chess at I.S. 318 to be a boy's club, Rochelle was driven to prove she could not only be a formidable opponent against her male peers, she could outdo them. Three years later, her name sits atop the list of I.S. 318′s best players. Now Rochelle has her sights set even higher: She's determined to become the first African-American female master in the history of chess.
POBO - 7th Grader
A charismatic student and natural politician, Pobo emerges as a big brother figure and leader to the other chess team members. Dubbing himself "Pobama," the ambitious 12-year-old mounts a campaign to become president of the school, with the goal of restoring budget cuts that threaten I.S. 318′s afterschool programs, including chess.
Patrick - 6th Grader
For Patrick, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, chess is more than a game, it's a way to learn focus, concentration and patience. Although he has difficulty with some of the more complex strategies, he displays an endurance and commitment that promise to lead him not just to a higher rating, but to newfound confidence in his strengths – in both chess and life.
Elizabeth Vicary - I.S. 318 Chess Teacher and Chess Coach
A chess champion and the guiding force behind I.S. 318′s blue-ribbon chess team, Ms. Vicary has helped hundreds of kids go from not knowing how to move the pieces on the board to winning national titles. When she arrived at the school, the chess team was only 10 members strong and had never competed in a tournament. By the end of her first year, they'd won a national title. A tireless coach and mentor for her students, she instills I.S. 318′s kids with skills and confidence that will serve them long after they've graduated – and led the school to more national chess titles than any other junior high in the country.
John Galvin - I.S. 318 Assistant Principal and Chess Coach
Now in his 17th year at I.S. 318, Mr. Galvin is a veteran educator, dedicated chess coach and firm adherent of the notion that talent and hard work lead to success – an idea he impresses on the members of the chess team. He's tough – but supportive – and his high expectations have led to the culture of success that pervades I.S. 318. When the Wall Street financial crisis begins to impact the school, he helps to mount a community-wide campaign to push against funding cuts and save the programs that make I.S. 318 great.
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We like to eat outdoors as often as possible in the summer, and even though I don't own a barbecue (I'm possibly the only person in the UK who doesn't) there's something about eating outdoors that improves the enjoyment of any food, no matter how simple the meal.
We loved the very tasty, very juicy Big Eat Rump Steak burgers with a dollop of the tangy Asda Burger Relish on top. Eaten with my daughters' favourite homemade potato salad, they're bound to become a favourite.
I'm not sure what it is about the hotter weather that makes us all want to drink rosé wine, but my goodness this Blossom Hill White Zinfandel (currently reduced to £5) is gorgeous!
We were spoilt for choice for pudding so went for a punnet of cherries (Tall Daughter's choice), Asda's own vanilla ice cream (The Teenager's) and my choice of Asda's milk chocolate Almond Moments which, in my opinion, are every bit as good as the more pricey Magnums. You heard it here first.


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As most of you know (because I have been shouting it from the rooftops) that I recently released my first novel. I have a current copy sitting on my coffee table. It's very pretty where it is sitting. And I got some great news today, my book is finally up on Amazon and now all the Kindle readers - wait, no, it's says paperback -. HM.
So it's not offered in e-book. I did further investigating and if I want to do it myself, I have to give Amazon exclusive rights for 90 days. Well, hindsight is only 50 50. More research and I may have done Amazon first and then Barnes and Noble. But I didn't so....
Now what? Anyone have any ideas?
Also there is this funky little button that people can request a paperback in kindle format. Has anyone had any success with that? Well, as a long shot, I am asking that you please click the button and request my book in Kindle format. Here is the link. It's right below the cover.
Thanks everyone!


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I am using Microsoft's cool new blog-editing tool named Windows Live Writer to post this entry.
I downloaded Windows Live Writer a few moments ago and configured it to connect to all 4 of my Blogger.com accounts, including this one.
The user interface of Windows Live Writer is quite slick, and some screenshots of it that I saw online prompted me to try it out. Here's how the user interface of the tool looks like on my Windows XP Professional box:
This is my first post using this tool, and going by the kind of publicity Microsoft is giving to this tool, I was expecting it to be really bubbling with features.
As of now, I have already tried performing a few basic tasks with this tool, which are:
- Setting up my blogs hosted at Blogger.com
- Creating a new blog post
- Inserting images in my new blog post
Let me discuss how well this tool has fared with respect to doing the above three tasks.
Setting up my blogs
Microsoft claims that besides supporting Windows Live Spaces and SharePoint weblog, which are Microsoft's own blogging services, Windows Live Writer is very well integrated with a number of other third-party blogging services providers, including (but not limited to) WordPress, Blogger, Atom, TypePad, LiveJournal and Movable Type.
The screenshot below shows the full list of providers supported by Windows Live Writer:
However, going by my experience, the support for third-party blogging service providers is only half baked, and incomplete, to say the least.
The first time I realized this when I tried setting up my Blogger.com account inside Windows Live Writer.
Here's what happened:
The first dialog gives you a choice to setup either a Windows Live Spaces account, or a SharePoint weblog account, or a third-party account:
I wanted to setup my Blogger.com account, so I chose the third radio button, named Another weblog service and clicked Next.
Then I was presented with this confusing screen:
I was thoroughly confused with this screen, since I was expecting to see a drop-down of all supported blogging service providers.
However, since that list was not available, I typed in http://www.blogger.com/ in the URL field and also provided my username and password:
And then I clicked Next:
Cool. I was expecting Windows Live Writer to connect to my Blogger.com account, and retrieve a listing of all the (multiple) blogs that host on their website, and then enable me to select the blogs that would like to manage using the software.
However, to my dismay, this is what followed:
Alright. No problem. Let me choose my weblog service provider. Perhaps this should have been the first dialog to be shown anyways. I selected Blogger in the drop-down, and saw that the text field below got populated automatically:
The <feed-id> field looked cryptic. I connected to the Blogger website and went over their help and FAQ to try and understand what I should set my feed-id to. When I found nothing, I decided to go ahead and try my luck anyways, and pressed Next. Sure enough, I was immediately presented with a dialog asking me to set <feed-id> to something.
Alright, I clicked the Back button, and replaced <feed-id> with the ID of my blog: etechland (my blog can be accessed at http://etechland.blogspot.com/):
Then I pressed Next again. Then something nice happened:
So I was actually getting onto something now. Hopes raised, I typed in the characters "tocon" into the text field and clicked OK. I was immediately rewarded with this:
This dialog looked quite similar to one of the early dialogs that I had presented with, before meeting with failure. This made me suspicious. However this time I started seeing further progress than I had made with my first attempt:
And then finally this:
Hurray. So finally Windows Live Writer was able to detect all my blogs hosted on Blogger. That's simply amazing. But why the hell does it want me to choose only one of these blogs? I would have liked to bring in all 4 blogs to be managed with Live Writer. Anyways, I selected the first one (e-Tech Land) and clicked Next again. Here's what I saw:
All right. At least I have one of my blogs inside of Windows Live Writer now. How about others? As I soon discovered, to my utter disappointment, there was no way I could re-use all the effort that I had already put in to import the remaining blogs that I own. For each of my remaining blogs, I was forced to repeat the entire damn process. What a waste of time...
Creating a new Blog Post
Anyways, I finally decided to try and post a new entry to my primary blog (e-Tech Land) to see how my editing experience with Windows Live Writer turned out.
This is what I did. I clicked on the button named Weblog on the toolbar, and chose e-Tech Land from the list of blogs shown:
I was immediately presented with a new blank document where I could start typing my fresh blog entry. Wait a minute. I want to check the previous blog entries that I had made on my blog using the Blogger.com website's lousy, buggy WYSIWYG editor. Also, I want to see if I am able to edit and/or publish any of my draft posts that are saved online. Alas! Windows Live Writer fails me. There is absolutely no way that Live Writer would let me manage my previous entries that have already been published, or are saved as drafts. Thus, in my very first moments working with Live Writer, I have discovered a very important functionality that is missing, that will force me to visit the Blogger.com website periodically instead of enjoying my Live Writer software. That's sad. Really sad.
Anyways, I start typing out into my new blog entry inside the ravishing Windows Live application. Since I chose to share my experiences with all my readers, I am obliged to start taking screenshots and embed them in my blog entry as and when required.
Inserting images in my new blog post
To capture the screenshot in the Windows clipboard, I select my Windows Live Writer application main window and press Alt+Print Screen keys. Now I click on the Insert Picture link on the toolbox shown in the right hand side of the application:
And this is the dialog that I am presented with:
Hmm... so either I can choose an image that is already saved on the dsik, or I can insert a URL of an image that is already hosted online:
That's all right dude, but how about the clipboard? What do I need to do to insert an image that exists in the Windows clipboard? A screenshot that I captured just a moment back using Alt+Print Screen?
Nothing. Another major disappointment. I know while writing this port, I will be taking hundreds of screenshots and embedding them in my blog, however it looks like each time I have to embed a screenshot in my post, I would need to first use MS Paint to save the screenshot to disk, and then import it into Live Writer. What a shame!
Anyways, if that is the case, then so be it. I am prepared to give this cool-looking application a chance.
So I launch MS Paint, paste the contents of my clipboard in it, save the result as a PNG file to My Pictures, switch back to Live Writer, click on the Insert Picture link again, choose the same image that I just saved to My Pictures, and get it in my blog entry:
There are several nice things that I immediately notice about this feature. The first is the presence of image resizing handles on the image preview. These handles let me resize the image exactly the way I want it to, maintaining the aspect ratio.
Then if you notice the toolbax, it has now started showing image properties, letting me choose how I want to wrap text around the image, apply margins or borders (like a drop shadow) to the image. There is even a drop-down that lets me specify if my image preview icon should link to the original image, a custom URL, or nothing. Nice. One thumbs up.
Next, I switch tabs in the Image toolbox and switch to the Effects tab.
Here I am shown a list of special effects that I can apply to the image, and see it being transformed in real time. Effects include Black and White, Sepia, Gaussian Blur and several more.
Nice. I immediately try out the Black and White transformation, followed by the Gaussian Blur effect and here's what I get:
Cool. Next, I try removing some effects selectively but leaving in some others. I try removing the Black and White effect. The Gaussian Blur now appears on the colored image. Great! Another thumbs up.
Hey, it has been quite a while since I have been typing, so I should save my work. I see a button labeled Save Draft on the toolbar.
Clicking on the button saves my draft post locally on my system. Hmm... I would have wanted to save my draft online, so that I could have continued working on it from my office machine tomorrow. Is there a way? As it turns out, there is. Clicking on the small down arrow next to the Save Draft button reveals my choices:
Besides the Post Draft to Weblog, I also see a third choice, labeled Post Draft and Edit Online. Since it is disabled, I am guessing that it only works for Windows Live Spaces, but not for third-party (i.e. non-Microsoft) weblog service providers.
Anyways, whatever I have seen of Windows Live Writer still makes me feel that this is a tool that is nice to have. My overall experience of creating this blog posting, editing it locally on my laptop in offline mode, and then publishing it online after making a lot of formatting corrections and other changes using Windows Live Writer was much better than just typing this blog entry online using Blogger.com's online WYSIWYDG (what-you-see-is-what-you-don't-get) editor.
Hats off to Microsoft for making this tool available freely (you can download it from http://get.live.com/) and I am looking forward to drastic improvements in the next few versions of this tool. Meanwhile, let me click the Publish button to enable all of you to start reading this entry online:


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General Assembly creates Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations General Assembly took an important step towards implementing a key Rio+20 recommendation on 22 January 2013 by establishing an "open working group" that will develop a set of sustainable development goals.
Countries agreed at Rio+20 that a set of "action-oriented, concise and easy to communicate" goals could help drive the implementation of sustainable development and called on the General Assembly to establish a group to help develop the goals.
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Featured action network: Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI)
Higher Education Institutions play a key role in building more sustainable societies. On the occasion of Rio+20, leaders of the international academic community were therefore asked to commit to the development of sustainable practices. An impressive 325 institutions have signed up to a
by which they agree to teach sustainable development concepts, encourage research on sustainable development issues, green their campuses, support sustainability efforts in their local communities, as well as engage with and share results through international frameworks.
The implementation of the plans will be monitored through reporting to the various higher education networks of UNEP, UNESCO, UN Global Compact, UN-PRME and UNU.
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I have a box of Mason Jars sitting in my spare room just waiting to be a craft, but I can't decide what to do with them! I think because the Pinterest market is SATURATED with mason jars! There are thousands upon thousands of pictures of the versatility of a glass jar.
First of all, I was curious as to what the origins of a Mason Jar really was. Because let's be honest, Masons are people who basically lay brick work for a living, or you are a Free Mason…which is a whole different story. But the truth is it has nothing to do with actual masons, instead it's about a man named Mason who invented and patented the handy screw cap and seal for the jar. He has made all of our fruit-canning lives so much easier. I'll bet he didn't know that many years later we would be putting candles in them and hanging them from trees.
So now how do I put these jars to wedding use? Well darlings, let me count the ways!
1) Luminaries. It's the new trend to help set the mood lighting for your wedding. They seem to be way cheaper than most other forms of lighting, and they really do create a nice setting
The book pages especially intrigue me because of the book theme to our wedding, perhaps that's what I'll do with all the mason jars…
2) Drinks! Even though they are primarily used for storage of jams and jellies, many people drink out of their mason jars as well. If you are having an outdoor wedding, it might be great to have everyone drink out of a small mason jar. What you do with the mason jars afterwards…well I guess you have to make A LOT of jam, or you have a whole new set of rustic glassware.
I LOVE the idea of making lemonade drinks beforehand! A lemonade bar would cost way more money than buying aluminum tubs and more mason jars and pre-mixing lemonade for your guests.
3) Food and Favors! Do you want a creative dessert without cupcakes? Or maybe a yummy favor for your guests to take home? Try putting delicious food in your mason jars! YUM!
4) And lastly, decor! Mason Jars have to be the easiest form of decor, pretty much ready made decor actually. Put a bunch of flowers in them and you're done! 🙂
I hope you enjoyed your mason jar eye candy! I think my favorite uses of the jar are the pre-prepared lemonade drinks, and the book votives! What are you using your mason jars for? What's your favorite way to use mason jars?


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I've had some emails lately from folks who are hesitant to use chia because they either don't know what to do with it or struggle with the taste/texture of having it with just water and aren't sure what else to do with it. This afternoon I was about to put together one of my favourite chia combinations and decided I'd share it with you :-)
Here's my chia seed in a bowl. When I make something with chia, I usually use about 3 Tablespoons.
Then I add water, usually about a cup.
It only takes a minute or so before it starts to gel.
After a few minutes its consistency is similar to oatmeal, though the texture is very different. It can also be left to soak overnight.
For one of my all-time favourite chia dishes, I add in hemp hearts and milled flaxseed.
Then I add in tomato juice, and tadaa! (Sometimes I soak the chia seeds in the tomato juice instead of water, but I often do the water for the added hydration.) Mmmm, healthy tomatoey goodness that hits the spot and packs a great nutritional whallop: calcium, protein, magnesium, copper, iron, zinc, fibre, omegas, hydration, amino acids, phytonutrients, antioxidants, vitamins, etc., etc., etc. No cooking, takes moments to prepare. Pretty cool, huh?
Chia is also great for smoothies, in a variety of dishes either dry or soaked, and in drinks such as Chia Fresca. The seeds are small so they're easily swallowed and offer so many nutritional benefits that I won't go into here but are easily found online. All the best!