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It would be great if we have 'SVG Params' in the next version of SVG. Data-driven graphics is a very important use case and one that should be easily doable using SVG. Lot of JS libraries are already providing ways of achieving it with SVG, however a powerful spec like SVG params can really help in achieving this more smoothly. We did a basic implementation of 'SVG Params' with HTML5 pack for Illustrator. Users could parameterize appearance attributes of objects in Illustrator. Won't it we nice if we can simply bind the attributes of certain objects with external XML (some other data source). This way users won't have to worry about even reading the data from some source and supplying the SVG with it in HTML document. -- Gaurav -----Original Message----- From: email@example.com [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Frost, Jon A. Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 7:12 PM To: Francis Hemsher; Andreas Neumann Cc: email@example.com Subject: RE: Status of SVG params Yes, there are already a lot of cheap/free symbols libraries which use SVG as an output format - params would make them all much more useful. Wanted to mention though that SVG is ideal for interactive animated 2D and 2.5D visualizations as well. There have been some really nice examples of this created lately using the D3-js library. I am hoping to find time to work on mixing D3-js with svg-replicate. Interactive tree map - http://bl.ocks.org/1061834 Voronoi diagram - http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/voronoi.html (could be mixed w/ n-D penrose tilings) Force-directed graph - http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/force.html Real-time bar charts - http://mbostock.github.com/d3/tutorial/bar-2.html JonReceived on Monday, 4 July 2011 06:03:52 UTC
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I just finished reading This Star Won't Go Out, a touching memoir by Esther Earl and her parents. Esther was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at age 12. She was a normal teenager, but she lived with hope and inspired thousands of people she connected with over the internet. Unfortunately, she passed away in 2010, at the age of 16. John Green has said that while The Fault in Our Stars is not Esther's story, she inspired it. This memoir is a collection of Esther's journals, fiction, letters and sketches, along with photos and writings of her family and friends. It's funny. It's sad. It's inspiring. It's a must read.
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Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (AVU:TSXV) has received conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange to extend the term of certain warrants which would otherwise expire on March 28, 2014.
4,000,000 warrants granted on March 28, 2012, with the original expiry date of March 28, 2014, are now extended to expire on December 15, 2014, with each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at $0.50 per share.
Paul W. Kuhn, President, commented, "With our recent positive drill results in Portugal, Avrupa has the opportunity to receive the funds from the exercise of these warrants and give our loyal shareholders a better opportunity to profit from the exercise the warrants. Therefore we decided to extend the expiry date of the warrants to just before year end."
Avrupa Minerals Ltd. is a growth-oriented junior exploration and development company focused on discovery, using a prospect generator model, of valuable mineral deposits in politically stable and prospective regions of Europe, including Portugal, Kosovo, and Germany.
The Company currently holds 15 exploration licenses in three European countries, including nine in Portugal covering 2,980 km2, five in Kosovo covering 153 km2, and one in Germany covering 307 km2. Avrupa operates three joint ventures in Portugal, including:
- The Alvalade JV, with Antofagasta, covering one license in the Iberian Pyrite Belt of southern Portugal, for Cu-rich massive sulfide deposits;
- The Covas JV, with Blackheath Resources, covering one license in northern Portugal, for intrusion-related W deposits; and
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Dorothy (née Coventry), Lady Pakington
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Dorothy (née Coventry), Lady Pakington
by Valentine Green, probably after George Powle
mezzotint, published 1776
9 1/2 in. x 6 1/8 in. (240 mm x 155 mm) plate size; 10 3/8 in. x 8 1/4 in. (264 mm x 210 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
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- Dorothy (née Coventry), Lady Pakington (1623-1679), Writer, reputed author of 'The Whole Duty of Man'. Sitter in 3 portraits.
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If you can knock the ball valve open fast enough, should be fine, but don't expect to be able to aim it.
I would put a union + burst disk instead of the ball valve, much better performance.
Haha yeah I gathered it's not going to be accurate, just for a bit of fun since I don't have a cannon at the moment. That's a pretty good idea though. I already had the ball valve so at a later date I might cut it out and use that setup.
Thanks Ramses.
I found a very easy way to make 6mm (airsoft bb caliber) lead balls, anybody wants a how to?
A picture of the lead bbs I made.
Wow, those are perfect by the looks of it! Any idea on how heavy they are? And how did you make them?
8g each, I made a ceramic mold to cast them.
Wow, 8g? I bet those hurt like a [female doggy] when you get hit by them.
I don't think these will be used an airsoft match somehow.
If you'd care do post a more detailed method, please do.
/sarcasm, /hyperbole
That doesn't sound right, 6mm lead balls should weigh around 1.28 grams/19.75 grains
Sorry, jack is probably right. I didn't got a chance to measure the weight, so I calculated it from mass density, witch would be +-12g/cm3, then I calculated the bbs size.
But still much heavier than airsoft bbs, I made them for my high power 6mms to get more power, and yes they won't be used in airsoft war.
So show us how to make them!!!
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Oh my friggin god stop being so awesome, that thing is pure kick ass. Most innovative and creative pneumatic that the files have ever come by!
Can't ask for a better compliment!!
I probably will make a video.
But it´s simple, I used 24h self-dry clay to make the mold, by using about 8 cm3 of clay with a bb inside, make sure it´s in the center of the cub., let it dry. when it´s almost dried, break it in half, then let it dry completely. So when you put them back to a cube, the join will be perfect. Drill a hole to the cavity, it´s done.
or you could use 2 aluminium blocks and mill it for a bullet shape
Where's my Chuck key?
If you use that method make sure you don't cut the block after making the mould. You'll end up with oval bullets!
I wonder if I could use this:
One barrel as the reservoir with a lathed valve inside and the other as the actual barrel...
Sorta like over under on it's side...
I never knew I could legally buy and own this in my country...eventhough it is decommisioned and just a collectable it's pretty cool.
You Americans probably don't know what I'm all exited about....
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OREM — Forward Brandon Costner was selected by the Utah Flash in the first round of the 2010 NBA D-League Draft on Monday.
An early entry candidate for the 2009 NBA Draft, Costner spent the 2009-10 season with Dexia Mons-Hainaut of the Belgium D1 League. He spent his college career at North Carolina State, where he averaged 12.6 points and 5.9 rebounds over the span of this college career.
"The draft went exactly the way we were hoping to," said Flash head coach Kevin Young. "I'm excited to see all of our 17 players come to training camp and compete for a roster spot."
Along with the addition of Costner, the Flash had several more additions to their roster. From the second to the eighth round, the Flash selected Nkem Ojougboh from Northeastern University, D'Andre Bell from Georgia Tech, Darren Kent from Kansas State, Richard Shields from Rutgers University and Carlos Medlock from Eastern Michigan, Amadou Mbodji from Jacksonville State, and Kent Tuttle from Brigham Young University.
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Hello helpful W3C folks: I usually upload the pages of my website from my machine to the W3C HTML Validator before uploading them to my site to make sure it validates. Today when doing so I got the following message: "Sorry, I am unable to validate this document because its content type is text/plain, which is not currently supported by this service. The Content-Type field is sent by your web server (or web browser if you use the file upload interface) and depends on its configuration. Commonly, web servers will have a mapping of filename extensions (such as ".html") to MIME Content-Type values (such as text/html)." This is happening ever since I upgraded to XP Service Pack 2. I am usinf version 6 of IE. The upgrade seems to have broken something. Is there a way to set MIME types in IE so I can validate pages from my machine like before? The following link addresses the issue but, in typical Microsoft fashion, fails to provide an answer. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/networking/monik er/overview/appendix_a.asp Thank you! Gerhard N Ade http://www.gnade.com/Received on Wednesday, 29 September 2004 16:39:48 UTC
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Here's a great article on the maintenance steps you can do to extend the life of a hot water heaters.
"Do a Mini-Flush Performing a mini-flush on your water heater is easy.
Removal of sediments from the bottom of the tank is important to prevent rust, corrosion and improve efficiency. Although a full water heater tank draining and flush is best, performing a full flush is a bit of work and requires shutting down the water heater. This mini-flush works well, takes a fraction of the time and allows you to do it while the water heater is running:
- Place a bucket under the drain valve found near the bottom of the tank.
- Some drain valves have a handle. Others like the one in the photo shown here have a short handle-less stem with a slot for a flat blade screwdriver.
- Turn the valve counter-clockwise to release a few gallons of water into the bucket.
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Latest on Gay Hollywood
The announcement of Clay Aiken that he is gay spurred a major news cycle. While he appears on a few magazine covers, other articles came out on a variety of related issues.
I mentioned the New York Times article in my last post.
Now CNN issued this piece:
Tried watching Mad Men because of all the raves it has received. Got to say that the overt sexism and homophobia were a major turnoff and I thought why am I putting myself through this?
Bravo TV and Gays in Hollywood
Spend any weekday evening in front of your television and you can watch the architects and interior decorators on Top Design dress designers on Project Runway and the assistant on Rachel Zoe Project to get your daily dose of gays in the swank worlds of Hollywood and New York. Triple your fun any weekend when the run back-to-back Project Runways or Top Design. Bravo makes a ton of money from it.
Find the queers in major movies or amongst its stars—different story. We're reminded of this in yesterday's New York Times
Stadium Advocates Don't Get It
Washington DC's government struggles to pay off the interest on its stadium bond, seemingly finding money. They still say that the new stadium was a business boon.
Meanwhile, neighborhing Maryland's Prince Georges County has talked about furloughing government employees for two weeks to save cash. Surprisingly, instead of taking a hard look at the information they can get from the first year of Nationals Stadium, they believe a study that the Maryland Stadium Authority commissioned which purports that a new professional soccer stadium in the County would be an economic winner!
Hello, anybody home? At least one newspaper columnist offers a clear-eyed perspective:
Bulldozing Yankee Stadium
I tried not to watch the last game but how could I not. Tears streamed down during Berra's, Ford's, and Williams' introductions.
What a loss to our culture and what a waste.
Check out the players' reactions at:
then read Bob Ryan at:
Gay Hollywood
Check out Dwight Frye as Mr. Easton the makeup artist in the 1937 movie Something To Sing About His desire to make Jimmy Cagney wears a widow's peak is pure camp.
Musicals: Broadway and Hollywood
Tooling around the internet for information about M-G-M's Hollywood Party one of the movies I wrote about in my book Hollywood Bohemians I came across a website devoted to lyricist Lorenz Hart.
Visit it at http://www.lorenzhart.org
Media and the Financial Disarray
The New York Times adds a valuable piece to this:
At the bus stop one of the riders asked why she hadn't heard any thing in the media about what happens after this meltdown. Made me think about what the newspapers, tv and radio have covered. There's so many stories I've created groups to cluster the coverage:
media focus started with the home foreclosures, the bad loans and the derivative security deals; subset stories were Countrywide, Bear Stearns not getting money to cover their bad assets, people losing homes, even people damaging the hell out of their homes before the banks took them over; dropping housing prices
then we heard about the dropping stock market; subsets of this story are the great drops in the values in Countrywide and Merrill Lynch stock;
there are all the federal bailout stories with Fanne Mae and Freddie Mac, tied to this is lack of federal regulation and oversight, and my fav: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/17/aig.bailout.congress/index.html
there's the stories about the millions being made from corporate salaries and benefits packages
there's the stories about how to fix the stock market
there's the stories about no new job creation during these last few years of a good economy:
How is one to get a focus and a grip?
Feds Save AIG Insurance
Where are the free marketers now? What ought to be done to the heads of these companies who made their billions in personal wealth while creating this mess.
The Post notes that AIG manages the seventh largest set of assets in the world. Would this have gone under and who would have lost?
My main question is, since the federal government owns 80% of AIG, should it get that much in profit when the company is turned around? When the federal government turns around to sell its share of AIG in the future, should it get more than the $85 billion plus it has put in? After all, other lending insitutions charge for the use of their money. And, we the tax payers get stuck when there is a loss so why shouldn't we win if there is a gain!
Finanical Disarray
I do not in any way diminish the losses that we are all suffering as the stock market drops. Anyone with retirement hopes and income tied with the stock market has worries.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 14000 only one year ago. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/19/AR2007071900447.html
Prior to the election of 2000, the market peak was 11700. By November 2002 it hit 7300.
The up and down nature of the Dow value made me wonder about what the value of something, anything really is (from stocks to tickets for a football game or a Broadway show)?
Had the prices of these stocks been too high? Weren't they inflated by the ability of the seller to ask for the highest price that they could seemingly get? Isn't this what the sellers of many other products do as well. Does the cost of a ticket for a sport have to be beyond the means of most people? Yes, many players make absurd salaries but owners reap larger than healthy profits and play tax games to make more while many citizens subsidize their stadiums. Does the price of a Broadway ticket need to be so high that only a sliver of the population can afford to attend. Producers would point to the high cost of the cast, crew, and musicians as the reason. Indeed perhaps some of the salaries of this group are somewhat inflated. Indeed with stars, the salaries are often insane. But producers also do not need to make gross amounts of profit.
Should the price on something be the most that the "market" can bear? Does that really reflect its value or is that a reflection of short-term opportunism.
Arts Walk DC Great
An amazing number and variety of booths today at the Washington DC Arts Walk.
They had two stages on either end of F St. with dancing performances on one and rock and other bands on the 9th St side. Acrobats and other tumblers wrapped themselves up in cloth and dropped ten feet in the air, hanging by a cloth.
They had a lot of samples from the restaurants in the area.
DC has a ton of really good theaters and most of them were there, raffling off things.


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HMS Surprise and USS Constitution by BlaketheAdmiralApril 13, 2011 posted by Admiral Croissant
He's not a member of our forums yet, but Flickr member BlaketheAdmiral has made two very impressive and famous ships out of LEGO! HMS Surprise and USS Constitution, and both in minifig scale. They are very detailed and they both have an interior.
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I was introduced to the Classic about 10 years ago, some friend had one and was upgrading to the Legacy. He actually gave it to his kid who ended up throwing it out to the curb on the night before trash pickup. I rescued it and spent about 2 weeks cleaning it , then found out about the replacement bottom kits.I ordered up a Heritage bottom kit and BAM...I had my first Holland Grill! It still is my favorite. Since then I have acquired 5 more Hollands...2 Premier II,1 Legacy and 2 Heritage plus the Companion. Well it is time to scale back a little. I am in Southern California if anybody is interested. I will be keeping my original Classic/Heritage and the Legacy along with the Companion. Can send pics,prices will be reasonable,$200.00-$300.00. billgonz61@gmail if interested
As you have so many Holland Grills you are the perfect person to answer my question. I am considering the Companion as my RV grill. I have an old Legend which is a take off of the Holland with the same cooking principle and design. My question is will the small Companion with the 4900BTU burner get as hot as the larger models with the 20,000 BTU burners? Thanks in advance for your reply.
I've carried a Holland in my motorhome for 6 years. I've had 3 of them (Companions) and the first year in Fl my inlaws seen the grill and took it home with them. Bought a second one and was able to hold onto it for 5 years. My SIL and daughter who goes to FAU got to cooking on it and they relieved me of it. I just bought my third one and its heading south in 3 weeks and have no intention of parting with it this go around.
The Companion cooks just like my 17 year old Classic and my Legacy. You will notice a difference (not in cooking) the regulator has a light position along with a High/Med/Low setting. Holland recommends to preheat on high and cook on medium (owners manual states on medium setting the companion cooks like the patio models). Time and temps remain the same.
I've had multiple folks in Fl stop by for dinner in the campground and know I've made a few converts out of disbelivers.
Hi JC,
I have gas quick connects on my 5ver and they are after the low pressure regulator. How would you go about hooking up the line from the low pressure side to the grill? Is the regulator/volume valve all in one? I have a weberQ220 as well and was able to remove the regulator and still control the volume/gas flow? Thanks in advance. Steve
I'm not sure of the actual procedure but I have seen it done so I know its doable. However I'm not so sure they removed the regulator supplied with the grill from the equation.
I've heard of folks also of using the Weber Q regulator. They claim the grill gets hotter. Cannot confirm nor deny this. Personally I would not do that the beauty of the Holland is that it is a very forging grill and as Tom Kirkman says repeatable results everytime.
Yes the regulator and what you call volume (I'm reading this as light/hi/med/low) is all in one.
Young Buck
You have to use the Companion Regulator. You will have to run a line before the regulator on the RV.


text: Police in Turkey have arrested 85 people following more than two weeks of anti-government protests. Muammer Guler, Turkish interior minister, said on Tuesday that 62 people had been detained in Istanbul, Turkey's biggest city, while 23 others had been arrested in the capital Ankara as a result of raids in several cities. "The operations are against members of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party, who also attended the Gezi Park protests, as part of an investigation being conducted by prosecutors for more than a year," Guler said. Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra, reporting from Istanbul, said the detained people were accused of damaging public property and inciting violence. Earlier, police detained a dozen people who stood still at Istanbul's Taksim Square in a form of passive defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authority after activists were ousted from a sit-in at Gezi Park over the weekend. Erodogan brushed aside criticism of the crackdown on Tuesday and vowed to increase the police's powers to deal with the unrest. Erdogan also defended police use of pepper spray against the protesters. "Using pepper stray is natural right of the police. Have they fired a bullet, have they used guns?... The police forces have passed the democracy test," he said in an address to his Justice and Development Party's (AKP) parliamentary group at the assembly. The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu sharply criticised Erdogan for his speech. Accusing Erdogan of behaving a like a dictator, Kilicdaroglu said that Turkey's reputation had increased as a result of "youth's cry for freedom". "Our youth won. Recep Tayyip Erdogan lost," he said in an address to CHP's parliamentary group. 'Arbitrary detentions' The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated that it documented "a huge wave of arbitrary detentions and police attacks" during the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul over the weekend. In a statement published on its website on Tuesday, HRW said Erdogan government's use of force in a clampdown on protesters has "precipitated a deepening human rights and political crisis in Turkey". Facing criticisms from inside and outside Turkey, AKP will continue to organise "Respect to National Will" rallies this week to counter anti-government protests. Erdogan announced that such rallies, initally held in Ankara and Istanbul during the weekend would continue in Kayseri on Friday, in Samsun on Saturday and Erzurum on Sunday. Turkish President Abdullah Gul called on anti-government demonstrators to stop their protests. Gul warned that Turkey's image should be protected in all aspects. "You make effort to create this image in 10 years, but you can destroy it within a week," Gul said in Ankara on Tuesday. The crisis began when a sit-in to save Gezi Park's 600 trees from being razed in a redevelopment project prompted a brutal police response on May 31, escalating into countrywide demonstrations against Erdogan, seen as increasingly authoritarian. According to the Turkish Medical Association (TBB), four people have been killed and nearly 7,500 people injured during clashes between protesters and the security forces. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies Politics Europe Turkey


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WiDi was developed by Intel to stream video content from an Intel-based laptop, notebook or other external mobile device to a TV, projector or display monitor. Currently, the system requires a receiver box or dongle be connected to a TV's video input, but the agreement would enable the system to be built into LG's Cinema 3D sets.
The WiDi system uses point-to-point connectivity and features a wireless interface for instant viewing of content on the wirelessly connected display.
"Through this strategic alliance, Cinema3D Smart TV users will be able to access a wider variety of content in a more convenient manner," said Seog-ho Ro, LG Home Entertainment TV Business Unit senior VP. "Intel WiDi will be one of several features that will enhance the user convenience of our Cinema 3D Smart TVs, further differentiating our products from the competition."
"Intel is planning to expand Intel WiDi technology to various devices to provide consumers the seamless, smarter usage experience," said Hee-Sung Lee, Intel Korea country manager. "Through this collaboration with LG Electronics, LG Cinema 3D Smart TV users could also benefit from Intel WiDi without the need to purchase an ex-ternal adapter."
The system also allows the streaming of online content - such as YouTube videos and streaming TV shows from broadcast websites - that are accessible through notebooks and other mobile devices, LG said.
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LG and Intel plan to launch co-marketing activities to support the Cinema 3D feature, including demonstrations planned for next month's International CES in Las Vegas.


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the softer side of the gladiator
(from marc jacobs, dolce vita, sigerson morrison and prada )
What are your thoughts on this trend?
23 comments:
- Courtney said...
I have to agree with you: I love the way they look on others but when I tried a pair on myself I felt slightly manly.
I'm thinking I still want a pair... they look so cute with jean shorts.
These options are so lovely.
- April 8, 2009 at 7:21 PM
i do love the red and gold one. yes please!! i will have a pair for every day of the week. thanks.
- April 8, 2009 at 7:54 PM
- Jamie said...
i love the dolce vita pair! i am mentally pairing all of these with sweet summer dresses in my head.
- April 8, 2009 at 7:56 PM
- blue moss said...
i saw the dolce vita pair at a local boutique in a different color combo...and fell instantly in love
- April 8, 2009 at 8:14 PM
- alissa said...
these are cute - very delivate. i like the top right ones the best, the combination of two colors and materials
- April 8, 2009 at 9:35 PM
- Tina { Luphia Loves... } said...
these are so lovely & pretty :) love the bottom left one!
- April 9, 2009 at 4:27 AM
- K @ Blog Goggles said...
I actually managed to find a pair very similar to those Siegerson Morrison gladiators at Zara... and now I live in them :)
Awesome selection!
- April 9, 2009 at 4:49 AM
- ms. less is always more said...
I completely agree... there are some pairs that are very "tough" looking. I like the understated more feminine pairs as well...
- April 9, 2009 at 5:50 AM
- anonymously chic said...
i actually just bought some that a are a bit funky (and whitish gray) and i think i'm going to love them. i adore the dolce vita ones you posted!
- April 9, 2009 at 6:19 AM
- PS~Erin said...
I haven't fallen in love with the style as of yet either. Maybe I just need to try a pair on to make a final judgement, but so far I haven't jumped on board. I do like the top right version you found though.
- April 9, 2009 at 7:16 AM
- KRStanley said...
I like the style, but I think they work best on taller women. I am pretty short so when you have a tie around the ankle it just makes my legs look even shorter than they already are. I haven't tried a pair on yet but maybe I'd feel different when I put them on.
- April 9, 2009 at 7:43 AM
- Androides said...
I really like the turquoise one! :-)
- April 9, 2009 at 8:28 AM
I like the dolce vita's - like the mix of gold + coral.
- April 9, 2009 at 9:26 AM
- Rachel said...
I'm so happy to be reading this post. I am in fullll agreement of the gladiators! Love these though!
- April 9, 2009 at 10:35 AM
- Rachel Mallon said...
You found some cute ones! I feel the same way. I remember being on the Free People site and really not liking their bulky versions.
- April 9, 2009 at 1:15 PM
- Lauren K said...
Lovely find! I really like the dolce vita ones.
- April 9, 2009 at 5:44 PM
- Sasha said...
I think I can try the gladiator from Marc Jacobs..
- April 9, 2009 at 6:43 PM
- Nicole Marie said...
oh so cute! i love the top right one!
- April 9, 2009 at 9:00 PM
- Kotori said...
I completely agree with you, so many gladiator sandals are so masculine. These are all so much more feminine - I love those gold ones.
- April 10, 2009 at 12:29 PM
- Courtney said...
I love the look of gladiators on other people, but it doesn't so much flatter my legs. If I could pull this look off, I would love the bottom left or top right pair!
- April 10, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- Georgia B. said...
i love this trend. i'm glad it's still around!
- April 11, 2009 at 3:07 PM
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Peace Philosophy Salon
"Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Journey of the Heart"
This week we will learn about Iri and Toshi Maruki, two artists who produced numerous art work on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its victims. One of Toshi Maruki's well-known works is "Hiroshima No Pika," a children's book that has been translated into many languages and can be easily found in local and school libraries. We will also focus on Joe O'Donnell, this military photographer who secretly took private photos of the horrific aftermath of Nagasaki atomic-bombing, which he disclosed 43 years later.
Date and Time: 7 PM - 10 PM, Saturday March 14
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Peace Philosophy Centre, based in Vancouver, Canada (est. 2007), provides a space for dialogue and facilitates learning for creating a peaceful and sustainable world. ピース・フィロソフィー・センター(カナダ・バンクーバー 2007年設立)は平和で持続可能な世界を創るための対話と学びの場を提供します。欢迎来到和平哲学中心!我们来自加拿大温哥华,我们致力于促进对话及建立可持续发展的和平世界。欢迎您留下宝贵的评论。Follow Twitter: @PeacePhilosophy / "Like" Facebook: Peace Philosophy Centre
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Gunn Tartan & Clan
A viking horde. Vikings? Where? Fear not, your village is safe, for now... It is simply that there is a suggestion that the first of the Clan was a chap called Gunni who inherited his land from his wife's brother, the Earl of Orkney. Gunni was said to be descended from Viking raiders.
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What am I doing here? It is the Friday night of the last long weekend of the summer and I am sitting in the rain watching the carnival lights beyond the soccer stadium.
This puzzled state of mind is only enhanced when within the first minutes of the game Toronto allows New England to score. If this is going to be the football on offer, I will be in the Food Building by half-time.
To TFC's credit, they managed to calm the waters, shut the door and New England never looked as potent again all night.
Toronto wasted many a free kick and cross, but managed to score a goal from a goal mouth scramble to head into half-time with the score tied.
I was better off at the game than at the Food Building. Later I learned to avoid the Roast Beef on Weck. The picture looked great, the product was beef slices thrown onto a hamburger bun. I should sue and defend the reputation of a Buffalo delicacy.
Being of baby boomer vintage, I am able to remember when the CNE was a big deal in this province. It is looking more than a little shabby, to the point where I think the added value of CNE entrance is possibly the smallest value of the season. That is a harsh evaluation when you consider the gloom and suffering that TFC 2013 has been.
Back to the game. There were glimmers of creative play and a sense that they are becoming a team more aware of each other. Convey had a good game, it was fun watching Henry manhandle Revs, Laba was missed, Caldwell showed some bursts of surprising speed and skill on the ball and Weiderman scored the goal.
New England played the game in a state of constant whine. They were at the ref on every call. I do find them a team hard to like.
Now there was a twist in the tale, late in the game. Rather than the old goal against, TFC scored one from a corner, but had it disallowed. It must have been a foul called off the ball. I did not see it.
So it ended a draw, grabbed from the jaws of victory. Next home game is Montreal on September 11.


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'Threading Forever' Reception 2-5 p.m. Saturday
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Mesa Public Library is proud to host a new exhibit featuring artwork never before seen in Los Alamos. The opening reception is 2-5 p.m. Saturday, June 6 in the Upstairs Gallery.
Works in this exhibit include photography by Houston-based artist Theresa DiMenno; metal sculpture by Harriette Lawler, a well-known Northern New Mexico artist; photography by Jim Caffrey, who will give a gallery talk at the opening reception; and a unique set of drawings based on a photographic technique, by Libyan artist Mohammed Bin Lamin.
The exhibit will be shown throughout the month of June. The Upstairs Art Gallery at Mesa Public Library hosts shows by local and regional artists, as well as travelling exhibits, 10 to 12 times each year.
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First, I got to thank all who support my "Ghost Town" story. Inspite of all dirt that our officials pouring, story is still on and keep showing people the tragedy of Chernobyl. click here for entering a "Ghost Town", you will see Chernobyl with my eyes.
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About me
A curious and passionate of science and knowledge with a profound respect for the wildlife... Born and raised in Genoa (Italy) and seasoned in Roskilde (Denmark) for the past 6 years.
This page intends to present my ongoing research and teaching activities and aims at complementing my personal DTU webpage with other information that may be of interest also to non-technical people willing to know more about how the electrical power system is working (and evolving) and on the characteristics of distributed energy resources (not just renewable) such as wind, solar, electric vehicles.
Under the publications page you can find the list of works I have been (co)-authoring in the past 10 years. Documents are made available for personal use where possible.
Teaching and supervision activities including Ph.D. and Master thesis can be found in the associated page.
Synthetic information and links on running and concluded research projects can be found in the projects page.
News are posted here.
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I was born in Genoa, Italy, in March 1983. I received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Genoa, in February 2005 and November 2007, respectively and the European Ph.D. degree in power systems, from the same university in March 2011 with a dissertation related to wind and storage modeling and integrated control.
Since September 2012, I have been with the Technical University of Denmark, where I currently work as associate professor in distributed energy resources driven electric power systems in the Center for Electric Power and Energy of the Department of Electrical Engineering. My research interests include power system integration studies, wind and solar data analysis, demand-side and electric vehicles management, and distributed energy resources modeling.
The following mind map highlights the different scientific areas I have been working in the past 10 years.
Ever since my PhD studies I have been dealing with various aspects of power systems. Well, to be frank, I have been interested in electrical systems ever since I was a kid and wrote (with my father support) my first essay for the primary school final exam (long time ago...) on the different typologies of power plants.
During my PhD studies I focused mostly on power components modeling, deepening the knowledge of wind power as well as other sources, such as photovoltaic systems and stationary batteries. Due to the involvement in research projects with ENEL and other Italian universities, I have strengthened my understanding of distribution grid operation and thanks to the external stay at the Irish TSO, Eirgrid, I have extended my knowledge on high voltage power systems and large scale wind integration issues. During the visiting periods at the Risø Campus of DTU in 2011 and 2012, some of the power components models studied during the Ph.D. were validated by using the SYSLAB experimental facility.
In the last 6 years at the Technical University of Denmark, I increased the "smart" perspective in grid operation and extended my competences to other energy domains such as domestic side management and electric vehicles technologies. By managing tasks and WPs in various national and European projects, some of which I have contributed to attract, I have refined my leading skills. I have been able to deliver concrete results and establish successful collaboration with my PhD students and colleagues: in the last three years alone, I have been able to consolidate scientific results in 28 journals and 23 international peer-reviewed conferences as well as a number of technical reports. Three of my PhD students (as co-supervisor) graduated between 2017 and 2018 and one more (as main supervisor) will in July.
Beside the research side, I have been actively contributing to the education of younger students, by graudating 14 master and bachelor students in the last couple of years and giving lectures in energy related courses and summer schools. I am course responsible and main teacher of the master course on wind integration in the power system, redesigned from scratch in 2014, counting more than 60 students in the current edition, with a high level of engagement and commitment. I am also course co-responsible and teacher for another master course on distributed energy technologies.
As final consideration, I can state that dealing with various aspects of the power systems and related energy domains contributed to build up a 360 degrees knowledge and a cross disciplinary approach, that, in my opinion, is necessary to fully embrace the increasing complexity of future power systems with a share of converter driven distributed resources.
My ORCID (researcher digital identifier) is 0000-0001-5184-7269.
Google scholar page here.


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I have a very small collection of watercolor paint. However, with this trick, I can create a full set of watercolors, simply by using brush pens.
What you'll need
- A paintbrush
- A container with water
- Brush pens
- Ziplock bag or other plastic surface.
Turn Ink into Watercolor
1. Color with your brush pen onto the ziplock bag.
2. Dunk your paintbrush in the water, and mix the wet brush onto the ink on the ziplock bag.
3. You now have watercolor paint, made from the brush pen ink!
Brush Pen Watercolor Effect
1. Dunk a paintbrush in the water. Paint the water onto your ziplock bag.
2. Take your brush pen and color on top of the water on the ziplock.
3. Your brush pen tip now contains water. If you write, it will look like watercolor.
I've tried these tricks on Sakura Koi pens and Tombow ABT Dual Brush pens, and both worked great.
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|David Evans was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and at an early age showed a strong interest in art and sports. His family often took trips to Yellowstone and other mountainous regions in the western United States. These surroundings left an indelible impact on his mind and would eventually find their influence in his paintings.
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Since completing his training, David has worked in commercial art and currently shows his work in galleries in the western United States. His paintings are held in private and corporate collections.
David comes from a family of well known artists which includes his grandfather Edwin Evans, a Utah artist and former head of the art department at the University of Utah and Avard Fairbanks (sculptor). David currently resides in Sandy, Utah with his wife Kari, and their six children.


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A MOOC focus; How to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of particular TEL approaches
#ocTEL Week 6 'If you only do one thing...' activity
Education offered on a massive scale is available, but it is currently more facilitative, and option-providing, rather than the disruptive all sector changing thing that it was (not long ago) celebrated/feared to be.
I watched both the ocTEL suggested videos listed below. Both videos are promotional in style, and so extol benefits clearly, however, some issues can still be drawn out from the presentations.
- The Saylor Foundation: Connecting the Dots (13mins): "developed 241 degree-level courses, available free of cost, free of accreditation and largely free of professors"
- Online Education, Udacity, MOOC, Open Ed (9mins): Udacity as an example of the xMOOC model.
The table below identifies a range of elements of the Saylor and xMOOC approaches aligned with that of my academic college (faculty), within a large Melbourne university.
My context:
College of Science, Engineering and Health
Saylor Foundation
xMOOC model
(e.g. Udacity)
Learning mode
Primarily blended learning.
We have a substantial reliance on on-campus laboratories (medical, health, pharmaceutical, computer, engineering, experimental)
Primarily exclusive application via Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre, reliant on proven school academic ability (ATAR score) or equivalent experience
Anyone with internet access can learn
Udacity only partly free now; cheaper than Stanford
Learning design
Value good learning design, but it is not mandated or routinely
evaluated on a broad scale; small number of courses each year can apply for learning design projects for their courses
Learning design is critical for all courses, "design [is] the
transformative marriage of form and content"
A 'professor consultant' designs a course, and it is peer reviewed by other prof., sometimes from various universities.
A simple but clearly structured design based on navigation through OER readings and recorded lectures, doing assignments that have answer guides, sitting a final exam online. All is presented ready for the learner upon commencement.
Intended to equal the quality level of a 15 HE course.
Learning design appears in this presentation to be OK in quality, albeit
probably fairly rudimentary and consistent.
Navigation through a xMOOC^ is "linear and based on the absorption and understanding of fixed competencies", "centre of the course is the instructor-guided lesson"
Learning design features
Extremely varied across the blended modes, from standard, traditional
features, through to high-end interactive contemporary models of engagement
Standardised approach.
OER readings and recorded lectures (using (CC) or if required seeking permissions), "vetted, assembled, and found as trustworthy by experts"
If any gaps, original readings or recorded lectures (presentation media with Paint tools to annotate as discussing) by Prof. (CC) BY
xMOOCs typically:
· concise, targeted video content
· automated testing to check understanding as working through content
· discussion forums to "bounce ideas around and discuss learning together", but has to be loud noise to get tutor input
· learning is seen as something that can be tested and certified
Educational technology/Learning resources
Wide range of institute SOE for educators to choose from, e.g.: LMS (Blackboard 9.1) and all its
features, web conferencing (Bb Collaborate), Google suite, Virtual labs and iLabs, WebLearn (sophisticated purpose-built mathematical enabling quiz and assessment tool); plus a range of 'non-sanctioned' technologies.
LMS: Moodle
Anticipated soon:
· ePortfolio to allow tracking progress and receipt of badges
· media library for robust searchable repository open to world
· focus on quizzes
· solve problem (e.g. coding problem; answer question); if correct: advance, if not go to:
· video explanations
· student discussion / collaboration forums (can post anonymously)
· final exam (online)
Learning support
On-campus and online teacher:student, student:student interaction.
Services, e.g. Study and Learning Centre, physical and online library services, student union support, admin support, etc.
It seems that after design and development, educators are no longer required for a teaching role.
No teaching role mentioned beyond course creation.
Not really. We put © on nearly everything we produce.
From a 'create-hold-on-tight' position, we are moving to using OER, and then hopefully contributing back.
Not just a consumer of OER, but contributing back OER as well, using (CC) BY licence.
Limited courseware accessible for free but no reference to sharing back to
OER community.
Problems anticipated with a MOOC-like approach
A problem anticipated with both the Saylor and Udacity approaches, is the potential lack of support for students. They are both relying on quite 'step-wise' designed learning; not all students can successfully navigate steps with the same efficiency or effectiveness. Some will experience hiccups and require guidance and/or support to get back on track.
Additionally, I expect the designs talked of in the videos are not engaging enough to connect with a very wide range of students (which might contribute toward low retention rates in xMOOCs..?) While cMOOCs are potentially more engaging (as this ocTEL one is!), each has its drawbacks, as noted in ocTEL listed ref: What is a MOOC? What are the different types of MOOC? xMOOCs and cMOOCs.
There has been a lot of discussion about MOOCs not being the answer to everything, including—it would seem—one of the founders of Udacity (see Jason Lodge's blog post, Nov 2013, ^The failure of Udacity: lessons on quality for future MOOCs). It is also instructional to read the comments to this blog.
Various situations in which to consider efficiencies
1. Reaching more people or providing a richer experience for the same cost?
- Reaching out to provide education to a global market.
- Potential tensions between: providing education effectively for a range of different learners, with different contextual, cultural and learning expectations. Is there time to adequately conduct a full international LNA (learning needs analysis) and adapt the course, or, better still, to properly internationalise the curriculum and train academics how to teach in an international context?
2. Reducing tutor costs by encouraging more elements of the learning experience to be peer-based or self-organised by learners?
- Computer science students each record a video of their specific learning evidence (programming problem analysis and arrival at potential solutions), via explanation and presentation of coding, and other artefacts, etc. Then, within groups of three or four, they need to each review all other's videos in their team, against criteria aligned to the course learning outcomes, to collectively contribute to arriving at individual marks. If results vary greatly, the tutor can moderate. Each student also needs to include in their review at least one thing new that they learnt from each video reviewed.
- Educators will need to make sure the students clearly understand the benefits of this intervention so that it is not treated lightly; effectiveness might be hampered if the students do not understand the 'why'. Perhaps a visit, or recording of a visit, from an industry representative speaking to the benefits of undertaking such learning activities, e.g. regarding the employability skills it might enhance.
3. Reducing production and infrastructure costs by using free resources and technology?
- Using a flipped classroom model where content is provided in the form of OER video lectures or content explanations, made available online for student viewing prior to on-campus tutorial sessions.
- The conflict in this is that it is potentially shifting mediocre delivery-styled teaching methods from on-campus to online. Very bright students tend to cope despite whatever is dished up, but most students will require structured learning designs to properly engage them with the video content. Simple things like chunking the videos into smaller bites of content (if (CC) licence allows), interspersed with meaningful reflection and engagement activities to better facilitate adequate preparation before on-campus tutorials.
4. Taking the learners' perspective in getting a sound, rounded, education with minimum financial outlay?
- Traditional but often effective on-campus SCCs (student consultative committees), could be replicated with web conferencing tools like Bb Collaborate.
- Definite conflict! I don't know how the welcoming gesture of tea, coffee, biscuits, could be replicated through the www! Doh!


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Have you ever heard someone say, "there's no such thing as a stupid question?" They've never met me, have they? I am the king of stupid questions. I mostly do it on purpose, but sometimes a real doozy slips through, mostly because I'm not listening.
When I was in college, there was a store at the mall, a wonderful, glorious store called Everything's $1. I would go and grab an ice cube tray and take it to the front (sometimes I would even stand in line) and then ask them to scan it since there was no bar code – "How much is this?" "It's $1." Take them a corkscrew "How much?" "$1." I did that for a whole afternoon once, and kept getting the same answer.
In high school, my 10th grade history teacher was going on and on about the War of 1812. He talked for a good 40 minutes, then I raised my hand and asked, "When was this?"
Stupid questions. We like to think there aren't any, and we tend to ask them anyway.
I asked God a question recently. A very specific question, and I got a very specific answer. I've been asking this same question for about 5 years now and have never gotten an answer before. This time I did, and I did not like the answer, so I became angry and whiney. It was kind of a stupid question anyway.
We want to know so much from God, and a lot of how he operates is not going to be revealed to us this side of eternity. Sometimes though, God will surprise us, and if your experience is anything like mine, we generally don't like the answer we get.
God is not a Magic 8 Ball. In fact, there's a whole segment of the population that thinks they are from the devil. Same with astrology, palm reading, tarot cards. We have questions but very little in the way of answers. Many times we just make it up as we go along since the answers aren't forthcoming and end up in worse shape than we started.
As for me, I basically asked for a timeline on a certain thing, and instead of weeks or months the answer was years. YEARS. Can I fast track this? Can we skip some steps? How do I bypass some of that and still get to where I need to be?
I can't. You can't either. God has a timeline for you, a process for getting you from point "A" to point "Whatever." It's called "sanctification" and it's all about your (and my) character. The very fact that I got mad at God's answer is an indication that I am not ready to step into my destiny just yet. Instead of whining and complaining about the answer, I should have been thankful that there's light at the end of this particular tunnel. I'm not ready.
The other part of the answer that should have encouraged me is that I'm on the right track. I need to keep doing the things I'm doing and I'll get there – and again, my response to God's encouragement was not consistent with someone of character.
Why do you need to know this? Well, part of my path is one of transparency, and part of it is of writing it down. I am instructed by God to share all this and I don't know why. Well, I kinda know why. Many of you are struggling with the same thing – How long? What's next? How do I do this? How do I get where I need to be? And every time I write something, several people let me know it's just what they needed to hear.
I write what God puts in my heart and mind, and he blesses people. That's where I'm at right now, and honestly, there's nothing to complain about there.
I'm going to keep asking these stupid questions, because "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!" (Matthew 7:7-11)
God loves it when we ask him things, when we seek him. He loves it when we depend on him for the answers. And he loves to give us what we need.
I needed an answer, one was given, and after much belly-aching, soul searching, sour attitudes and crying, I can live with it. Which gets me one step closer to his promise for me.
What about you? What are you seeking? What kinds of questions are you asking? What answers are you getting? With God, there is no stupid question. You might not like the answer, but that's between you and him. And you better learn to love the answer because it is what is best for you.


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Much like seatbelts, airbag concept of a soft pillow that's triggered when an effect has been, it had been present because the Second World War, once the aircraft, was optimized for the first time an inflatable device. Until today, statistics have proven that airbags have decreased the possibility of loss of life in a direct frontal crash by 30%.
After a time came to the side and curtain airbags. Nowadays cars can have from two to eight airbags active. Like safety belts, the airbags are subjected over time to examining that has made the business's principal research.
Experts have warned since the start that the airbags should be used in tandem with seat belts. Automobile Manufacturers point out that an airbag isn't and can't be an option to seatbelts. Airbags can impact the passengers, and in most instances that seatbelts weren't worn severe injuries or death was due to airbags.
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Been plotting and planning today, as I hang out clothes on the new line. The field nearby is my idea of a grand spot to begin a new living area. I have in mind, a wonderful Cottage; two-story with sleeping upstairs. Placed on a large deck, which is accessible on three sides of the structure. So, I have been raking and pulling out any brush that is starting to come up, and planting a few bulbs under the trees that the clothes line is connected to.
Now, this has been going on for the past two weeks, on my days off. Just today though, I thought, I best get a general idea of how much distance there is between where I am presently parked in the Vee, and how far I am going to go with my new setup needs. Seems I have way under estimated the distance from the present water and electric connections. Way not a good thing for many reasons.
First, I am needing to re-locate the current burn pit. The current pit is right in the way for the new road I have in mind. Must have water access wherever the pit will be. Everything is good where it is, yet, when I move it to a new area… more hose is needed, or, a need hydrant connection. New hose will be least expensive, and I can do that soon. New Hydrant will mean digging a ditch, laying in pipes… Yikes!
Then, there is the issue of the Cottage I have in mind. To get the current company I am dealing with, to build it, the site must be within 150 ft of an electric hookup, OR, they will charge me an additional 80 buckaroos a day, so they can use a generator for power tools.. ..Yikes!!
So, to get a rough estimate, I stretched out my current hose to the full length, and it just made it to the Persimmon Patch, which is, the edge of the field PRIOR to where the building site is located and the new pit area is to be. I think the two lengths of hose I have are equivalent to 200 ft, which means I AM over my limit, for plumbing AND electric.
What to do now?… Guess I am back into planning stage, or, assume there are going to be additional costs I would prefer to NOT have. Of course, nothing has begun yet, it is all chatter with electricians, plumbers, and builders; nothing set in stone. Sure have my heart motivated by the Cottage plans though. Almost had the furniture in place; mentally anyway.
Ponder- While I was walking the area, seeking the spot for the new pit, I spied "another" tree that has uprooted itself. This makes two in the same area of land. What the heck?? By the way, same area is where I am looking at replacing the pit. Wonder if that has any significance. ……… "curiouser and curiouser…" says Alice.


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