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Spaghetti Amatriciana
1 x 400 g can of chopped tomatoes
1 Tbsp double-concentrated tomato puree (tomato paste)
150 g chopped pancetta or smoked bacon
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp minced garlic
1 small onion - chopped
1/8 tsp dried chilli flakes (or to taste)
2 Tbsp finely minced fresh parsley or 2 tsp dried parsley
salt and pepper
grated parmesan cheese
300 g dried spaghetti
- Heat olive oil in a heavy bottomed saucepan. Fry pancetta in medium heat until brown.
- Add onion and cook until soft.
- Tip in the garlic and chilli flakes. Stir and cook for about 1 - 2 minutes.
- Add in chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, and season well with salt and pepper.
- Bring to boil and simmer for about 15 minutes.
- Stir in parsley in the sauce and cook for another minute. Taste and adjust salt and pepper if necessary.
- While the sauce is simmering, cook spaghetti in boiling water until 'al dente' (about 11-12 minutes). Drain and set aside.
- Add cooked spaghetti to the pan and mix until well covered evenly by the sauce. Serve onto serving bowls and sprinkle parmesan cheese on top.
Note: You may also serve it with the sauce on top of the pasta as seen in the photo above.


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Annual Fall Fest & Village Bonfire
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Fall Fest, hosted by Living Springs Church, features fun for the whole family. Dinner and candy for children and parents. Trunk or Treating, inflatables, pumpkin painting, and other children's games and prizes. A disc jockey will play music. Bonfire at 6:30 p.m. at Arquilla Park, 225 Park Drive.

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Susan Jane Deacy: "Trying to make sense of the Greek goddess Athena"| 14. Oktober 2010
During the winter semester 2010/11, the Käthe-Leichter visiting professorship for gender studies at the University of Vienna will be held by Susan Jane Deacy, Senior Lecturer at Roehampton University in London. On Thursday 21 October 2010, the expert in Greek history and literature will give her Käthe-Leichter-Lecture on "A traitor to her sex? Athena the trickster" in the Small Ceremonial Chamber.
What are the most important stations of your academic career?
Susan Jane Deacy: Working backwards, my current position is at Roehampton University in London, where I have the title of Senior Lecturer in Greek History and Literature. Before starting work at Roehampton in 2004, I taught at several universities in England and Wales (Manchester, Leeds, Keele, Aberystwyth and Lampeter).
What are your main research topics and interests?
Deacy: I would list my research topics as ancient Greek mythology and religion and ancient Greek gender. I do not see these topics as separate, but am exploring interlinks between them, particularly through my research on the goddess Athena. Another of my research interests, in "Disability Studies", is stimulating work both in disability in antiquity and in the potential therapeutic value of classical mythology, particularly as a tool for reaching autistic people.
Where does your personal fascination for these topics come from?
Deacy: It all started for me in research terms with Athena. As I have told the students already in my seminar here in Vienna, when I was at around the stage they are currently at, around 20 years ago in the early 1990s, I became intrigued at how the patriarchal society of the classical Athenians could have venerated a female deity, and a curiously gendered, warlike one at that. Since then, I have continued to try to make sense of Athena. The more I work on her, the more questions I find I raise: not only about religion and mythology, but more broadly about the kind of culture that generated the images of her. In researching Athena, therefore, I study diverse areas including to list a few, ancient Greek art and architecture, gender systems, sexuality, daily life, and technology.
Can you give our readers some insight into your personal life and hobbies?
Deacy: Most of my time away from work is devoted to family life in Guildford in Surrey. My pleasures include telling my little girl her bed-time story, and banter around the family dinner table. Other than this, I love gardening, and, during the spring and summer, sitting outdoors on a warm evening with a glass of wine once the kids are in bed.
You gained the Käthe-Leichter visiting professorship for gender studies at the University of Vienna for the winter semester 2010/11. What does this mean to you - both personally and professionally?
Deacy: I awaited coming to Vienna with excitement the moment I heard that I had been successful in gaining the professorship. Not only do I value the opportunity to work in a prestigious university, but I have a personal, and research, fascination for the Viennese Secession's exploration of Athena. I am hoping that some of my teaching can even be carried out in Viennese museums.
Have you been to Vienna before? What kind of relationship do you have to this city?
Deacy: No, never. But when I was asked by Professor Marion Meyer, Head of the Department of Classical Archaeology, whether I was interested in being considered for the professorship, I was eager to say yes. As mentioned earlier, my love of Klimt has led to a fascination about Vienna. I would add to this an interest in Freud, whose most highly prized object, incidentally, was his little statuette of Athena.
What is your impression of Vienna as a working place for scientists so far?
Deacy: I feel at home here. My new colleagues have been wonderfully helpful. The level of support has made a big impression. As well as perfectly equipped office, I would positively mention the library of the Department of Classical Archaeology.
The title of your Käthe-Leichter-Lecture sounds very interesting. What can we expect from this subject?
Deacy: I am on the verge of submitting the manuscript of my Oxford University Press book "A Traitor to her Sex? Athena the Trickster". I chose to give the same title as that of my book in order to give a flavour of the questions that are currently guiding me through my research into classical antiquity. In the lecture, I shall outline past tendencies in the scholarship of Athena that have had the effect of reducing her ambiguities by turning her into the image of the "traitor" whose sole goal was to oppress others of her sex. By turning to a more open framework that the cross-cultural model of the trickster supplies, I will be explaining how I have been seeking to demonstrate how the ancient goddess could be both the "dutiful daughter" of her father Zeus, and also a dangerous, even transgressive, presence among the pantheon.
What are your aims concerning the visiting professorship in Vienna especially when it comes to teaching?
Deacy: I am looking forward to teaching students who are in a different academic system from the one I am used to. I am also looking forward to sharing my research and teaching interests with the students. I would say that I am a lively lecturer: student evaluations, certainly, recurrently mention the energy and enthusiasm of my teaching. I strive to make teaching accessible to students while not shying from the complexities of any given subject. In my classes I like to blend my own outlines of particular issues with activities such as group work and brainstorming sessions. (ms)
During the winter semester 2010/11 Susan Jane Deacy, BA PhD holds the Käthe-Leichter visiting professorship for gender studies at the Department of Classical Archaeology of the University of Vienna. She holds her Käthe-Leichter-Lecture "A traitor to her sex? Athena the trickster" on Thursday, 21 October 2010, at 6 p.m. in the Small Ceremonial Chamber.


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ESO: "Nobody believes that The Elder Scroll Online would be hurt by its business model if it had a Free2Play model with a subscription option."
Totally dude.
ESO would be just as good a game with cash shop ad loading screens, devs spending time coming up with ways to get you to buy yet another hat/wing/item (eventually of questionable power), seeing said items on people around town (nothing says ES like neon wings or a baseball cap), and finally we would get the awesome immersion effect of the guards telling us to visit the cash shop rather than about that arrow in the knee.
What a huge loss for the game that it's sub only. Total killer.
When one thinks about it, criticising a game for not going f2p given the state of some f2p games is absolutely absurd. I think it's fair enough to say that none of us like having a store/cash shop or adverts thrown in our faces all the time. But, people are actually saying this about TESO. I think the reason why is because there are some games out there that are doing f2p well such as Rift or buy-to-play games such as Guild Wars 2 and The Secret World.
Obviously Syncaine was referring to the type f2p game such as Lotro which is done poorly: the store is constantly thrown in one's face, subscriber (or VIP) status has been degraded with some things being taken away and added to the store (I'm looking at you Destiny Points and relic removal) and also gone so far as to monetise some things such as some festival quests, needing to buy an extra trait slot in order to enjoy each of the three lines per character or even having the choice of what colour warsteed you want. In my opinion, Lotro is an example of a hybrid sub/f2p payment model gone wrong as I believe a sub should open up the entire game to you aside from store cosmetics. Monetise the hell out of the rest of it for non-sub folks.
On the other hand we have games like Rift which appears to be doing f2p (and a true f2p at that) the right way. I've not gone back to Rift since they made the switch as I can't properly devote enough time to it, but from what I hear, the game is doing well and is really enjoyable. I know from the Lotro forums, many raiders have moved to Rift. I hear praise about Rift's store and no complaints about it being intrusive.
Then we have b2p games such as GW2 where you pay for the box once and that's it. There is no intrusive store. If you look at one of my recent screenshots, you can see the only icon for it. It's the little lion symbol at the top near the middle of the other icons that has a little red exclamation point on it (as I had money/items ready for pick up at the Trading Post, aka Auction House):
None of the items found within are pay to win either. GW2 is also churning out new content every two weeks for a few months now (aside from a break during the holidays.) One can argue how good it is or isn't (personally I think the game might could use a paid expansion or at least make much more of their work permanent in the game) but I think the game been an incredible value. It would seem microtransactions have been doing quite well for ArenaNet as well. There was some report out a few months ago regarding sales dropping but I believe the report was only referencing box sales. A drop in those is entirely expected.
There are more games to mention such as The Secret World, Swtor (though I hear life is difficult in that game without a sub, though I'd say it should be), League of Legends, Dota 2, Hearthstone, Path of Exile… I think enough to show that microtransactions can be done in a positive way. I think this is why the cries of TESO not being f2p are out there: because other companies are showing that you can have a profitable game without a sub. So some people are seeing better deals for their money.
To me, TESO better be damned good if it wants people to cough up money every month in addition to a box sale. Due to NDA I can't really say anything (though honestly, didn't everyone and their mother get into the recent stress test? :P), but I will say I don't think they've succeeded in that. Personally I wish it would go with the buy-to-play model, not the sub only PLUS a cash shop model they've chosen . If they'd do that, they'd have a sale from me. But after reading what people have to say about the game, I think it's only a matter of time until they'll drop their current payment model. It's going to be Swtor all over again.


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Welcome to the second edition of our International Recipe Advent Calendar.
This year also, our fellow bloggers around the world have helped us create an advent calendar that is truly international. Each day, you will discover a new yummy seasonal recipe invented by one of the participating blogs. Just click on the boxes below according to the date. One new recipe will be available each day, so make sure to check daily!
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Menu Foods Does Not Disclose Results Of Pet Food Testing, No Response To Media
On Monday, Menu Foods released a statement on their website stating that UC Davis recently tested pet food samples and found no traces of acetaminophen.
Although Menu Foods did not publicly disclose their negative test results from UC Davis. Also, the company refused to answer questions from ConsumerAffairs.com when asked about the samples of cat food they tested.
Carol, a pet owner who had Special Kitty food tested by Expertox after her cats became extremely ill and Itchmo reader, said, "I don't trust them and I think they're hiding something."
She added, "That company poisoned my animals and they have the gall to refer to my lab results as a 'recycled claim.' This company made money off my animals for years and now they've poisoned my pets. How dare they belittle them . . . it's so insulting."
ConsumerAffairs.com asked Menu Foods why the company still had samples of recalled Special Kitty Food and how it disposes of recalled products. But Menu Foods did not respond to their questions.
UPDATE: Menu Foods does eventually respond to ConsumerAffairs.com in a written statement. The company said it will not disclose its test results and that they have already provided a summary of the lab's findings on their website.
Menu Foods added in their statement, "The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory at the University of California Davis ("UC Davis") tested products with date and time codes in close proximity to those identified in the ExperTox (report) - ensuring the products tested by UC Davis were manufactured and filled from the same ingredient sources as those identified in the ExperTox report. Acetaminophen was non-detectable in all three samples."
In response to a question of why the company still has recalled food in their possession, the company stated, "Menu Foods is a defendant in ongoing litigation related to the recall, and currently cannot dispose of recalled product. Prior to the March recall, Menu has never before been involved in a food safety recall and as such, has no experience in 'doing' anything with its recalled product. At such time as Menu Foods is permitted to dispose of the product recalled this spring, it will do so in accordance with FDA guidelines."
Menu also said that they could not contact Carol in regards to the cat food she tested, the cat food the company tested, or any information related to her claim because of a federal court order. But Carol has not filed a claim or taken any legal action against the company.
Source: ConsumerAffairs.com
(Thanks menusux and Carol)


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Calendar of Events
Cash Register Club
Cash Register History
Identifying Your National cash Register
Dating your National or NCR Cash Register
Dating other Cash Registers
Cash Register Grading System
The Gaurantee Card
Cash Register Finish Codes
Cabinet Styles
Autographic registers
Top Signs
More Top Signs
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Contact Us
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Registers for Sale
Top Signs for Sale
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Books of Interest
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Payments, Refunds, & Shipping
Place an Order
Books of Interest
These are books that you should want. They are not always available.
Rick Crandell Library (
Rick co-wrote the books "The Incoruptable Cashier Vol. 1 & Vol. 2. These are out of print. He has just put both books on a DVD for $50.
The Yellow Book
Antique Cash Registers 1880-1920
By: Bartsch and Sanchez
This book was the first collectors book. It was published in 1987. It is out of print and I do get them sometimes. Watch E-Bay. Suggested price is $75 to $100.
The Incorruptible Cashier Vol. 1:
The formation of an industry 1876-1890
By Richard L. Crandall and Sam Robins
Copyright 1988. This book is out of print. It was printed in soft and hard cover. Suggested price if you can find them: softcover $75 to $100. Hardcover $150 plus.
4 soft cover available
$100 (includes shipping in the US)
The Incorruptible Cashier Vol. 2:
The Brass Era, 1888-1915
By Richard L. Crandall and Sam Robins
Copywrite 1990. This book is out of print. It was printed in soft and hard cover. Suggested price if you can find them: softcover $75 to $100. Hard $150 plus.
Soft cover (temporarily out of stock)
$100 plus $25 shipping and insurance in the US
Hard cover (I just found 2 boxes)
$150 plus $25 shipping and insurance in the US
Saloons bars & Cigar Stores
Historical Interior Photographs
By: Roger E. Kislingbury
Waldo and Van Winkle 1999
Great pictures of bars and stores. Almost all of them have a brass cash register in the picture. The quality is very good.
Wherever Men Trade
The Romance of the Cash Register
By: Isaac F. Marcossen
This is also out of print but if you watch E-Bay or book stores, you can find it. It is the history of The National Cash Register Co. It makes interesting reading.
Colonel Deeds
Industrial Builder
By: Issac F. Marcosson
This book is about the National Cash Register but also about the Dayton, Ohio Builders. Such men as John & Frank Patterson, Orville Wright, Charles Kettering and of course Colonel Deeds. Things like the Delco self starter, the Dayton flood, the air industry and more.
2 available
Price $20 (includes shipping in the US)
Packet of 4 books printed on NCR's Centinial year. Covers NCR's history from the brass era to the modern electronic age.
2 available
Price $40 (includes shipping in the US)
All prices are quoted in USD. T
apes and books will be shipped via US priority mail. DVD's: $4.05. Books up to 2 pounds: $8.40. Keys and very light items that can be shipped in a standard envelope: $1.00. Insurance extra and by request only. Shipping and insurance for destinations outside of the continental USA extra. Pricing is subject to change without notice. Please contact us for current pricing and availability.
Sales Manuals
No one can put all of the information about every model & configuration of each series of machines in a web page. National & other companies printed sales books that showed their basic models. The following are reprints of some of the sales manuals I have acquired.
National sales book from 1911 (133 pages)
$ 35.00
National sales book from 1915 (70 pages)
$ 30.00
National sales book from the 20's (this book shows most of the flat metal machine that are not in the brass era) 102 pages.
$ 35.00
St. Louis color sales book
$ 25.00
Ideal sales booklete
$ 10.00
Murren sales booklete
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The Calla Lilly is a strange flower suitable to any occasion. From simple romance, weddings, special events, and even to the end of time celebrating a loved ones life, the callas' versatility continues to make them a star.
Did you know that the calla lily isn't even related to the lily family at all? They are members of the Zantedeschia family. The showy, colored spath is the leaf-like organ that surrounds the true flower, the thick, tubular-shaped spadix. There are standard and miniature calla lilies. Many more colors are available in the miniature callas than the standard.
When handling callas, avoid touching the flower heads because they bruise easily. To maximize the vase life of callas, re-cut the stems with a sharp blade at an angle and place in freshly made flower food every 3 days. Re-cutting the stems every 24-48 hours will help prevent the stems from splitting and curling up. Callas can maintain their beauty from four days to two weeks, depending on the variety, their treatment, and display location. Callas should not be placed in direct sun or near drafts, refrigerators, televisions, or any heat-generating appliance.
With proper care and placement these beauties will remain in the spotlight for years to come!


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Phone: 01332 830313Mobile: 07974 438575
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Phone: 0115 832 0289Mobile: 07974 438575
This is a new dwelling on the site of a former commercial nursery. The use of multiple gables and a circular room gives the house a unique character. There are also extensive garages, games rooms and substantial gymnasium buildings.


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Most news you read about rechargeable batteries being used in vehicles always comes with some disappointing caveats. Yes, we can power cars with a battery, but the range of the car is severely limited, or a recharge takes 30 minutes or more. Both mean the gas-fuelled cars we use today remain the more convenient option.
But one company seems to have made gains where others are still struggling. DBM Energy has been manufacturing batteries that allow forklift trucks to operate in warehouses for 28 hours between charges. Now the company has put that same battery system, called KOLIBRI, in a car and the results are pretty amazing.
The test they did used a standard Audi A2. The difference here is the battery used only had a 6 minute charge, but managed to travel 375 miles over the course of a seven hours averaging speeds of 55mph. When the test drive was finished the driver, also the CEO of DBM, offered to recharge the phones of the journalists there to witness it because there was still some charge left in the battery.
The experimental drive was called the Munich-Berlin project and seems to have been done out of the company's own curiosity. DBM wanted to know if its batteries would work for road cars rather than just forklifts, and it certainly looks like they not only work, but excel.
One final piece of good news about this battery is DBM believes it can manufacture it cheaper than the other lithium ion batteries being developed. That means the premium for an electric car using a DBM battery solution should be lower than the competition.
Read more at All Cars Electric and UPI
Matthew's Opinion
DBM seem to have solved both problems with using a battery for a road car. They've got the range, and the recharge time is so short you really don't mind plugging in and waiting before driving away. Too good to be true? We really hope not as this would be a big step towards a switch to electric cars.
What's just as important here is this is a standard car that's been fitted with a battery. It is not a car designed to maximise use of a battery by cutting out features like back seats, or that uses lighter materials to minimise weight.
If you put this battery system in a car for sale tomorrow with that charge time and range, I bet you'd get quite a few sales. 375 miles is more than enough for most journeys and means even long distance commuters could make it to work and back between charges every day.
Now all DBM need is investment and partnerships to get this battery mass-produced and into road vehicles. After this demonstration I don't think there will be a lack of interest.


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Chess Weekend
The Doubleroo Australia Day Weekender was conceived just a few weeks ago in a phone conversation with CAQ president Mark Stokes. I wanted to bend Mark's ear about having a nine round, one round a week on Friday's tournament. What about the Australian day he asked?
While Mark was in Sydney playing the Australian Open he secured the sponsorship of two generous gentlemen, George Lester (also a participant) and Sydney chess enthusiast Elliot Renzies, who donated $100 each towards the tournament. Hearing this, David Esmonde, former president of the Gold Coast chess association decided to throw in $100 as well. Thanks to them we will nearly break even :-)
Our tournament kicked off with twenty keen players taking advantage of the rainy day
One particularly nice surprise was the appearance of several players who had not moved a pawn in anger for a long time like former leading junior, Jakob Edwards, Ross Jempson and Don Hamilton.
The highlight of the day was when a man in his late twenties, Matt Watson, told me that I had been his Chess teacher at St Kevin's College more than a decade ago.
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Breaking news!!! Jakob Edwards (1917) just beat IM Moulthun Ly (2440) throwing the tournament wide open! I will try to bring you the game later!
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This is a documentation of day 24 of 39 (I update the morning after a day is complete)
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 – Day 24
Aikido in the evening and burned 420 calories. Super hard class, required tons of empty minded concentration – if that makes any sense at all. Got to work out with some hammers, the amount of power they generate is mind boggling to me!
I had 5 meals each in the 480 calorie range.
For the day I burned 2,893 calories.
I took in 2,391 calories.
The net deficit was 502 calories.
I slept 6:54
I drank 114 oz of water.
Bottom line – Today was a big win.
For those who asked…yes I still have a training dairy and yes you can still see it. It's here and I usually update it every few days.


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You can't get up from a low couch without groaning, you've no idea where your keys are and you sure don't bounce back from a night out like you used to.
Here are eight points to keep in mind that explain why.
In your youth you might have been able to spend an evening at the pub, knocking back schooner after schooner with barely a hint of a headache the morning after, but nowadays more than one glass of wine has you clinging to the sofa with a bucket by your side. The reasons are many...
You're just not that into it anymore
As much you might want to stay up partying till the break of dawn, neither your body or your brain can handle that kind of fun anymore. Dr Chris van Tulleken, host of the ABC's How To Stay Young, says, "All things become less joyful as we age for neurological reasons but, as our lives get more complex, losing a couple of days to a bender creates a lot more self-loathing when you have bills to pay than it did when you simply missed a couple of lectures at university."
RELATED: "This is what happened when I stopped drinking."
Your body can't process the drinks
While you may have been able to down Jägerbomb after Jägerbomb back when you were a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed university student, your body just can't keep up with that kind of lifestyle anymore. And it's trying to tell you so. Van Tulleken says hangovers are the result of a complex inflammatory response: "Your body deals with all systemic insults less and less effectively once you're north of 25, so it doesn't matter if it's a car crash, a severe infection or a night on the town, you'll take longer to recover."
You've gained body fat
Weight gain is an (almost) inevitable by-product of ageing. As fat can't absorb alcohol, the more body fat you have, the lower your tolerance to booze and the greater your chance of an awful hangover the next morning. This is why women, who typically have more body fat than men, are often reported to have lower tolerance levels.
Life is way more stressful
Aaron White, senior scientific advisor to the director of the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, notes: "When the alcohol wears off, the euphoria is over and the parts of your brain that were 'off' become more active so you feel more anxious and depressed until everything returns to normal." It's short-term gain for much more pain.
RELATED: Have you experienced 'Hangxiety'?
You're on medication
The older you get, the more likely it is you'll be taking medication or supplements designed to offset those pesky ailments that come with ageing.While you shouldn't mix alcohol with medication, people inevitably do and this can alter the way your body breaks down the booze, causing your hangovers to seem worse than before. Best way to avoid a hangover if you're taking medication? Just don't drink.
You eat takeaway while you're drinking
While doner kebabs and beer seemingly go hand in hand, you should probably think twice about making a visit down to your local pide shop after a night of drinking. Kebabs, pizza, chips, burgers and pretty much anything else you're likely to find in a restaurant open past midnight and willing to cater to you and your drunken pals are ridiculously high in fat, causing your liver to work overtime and impeding it from processing the alcohol in your blood.
RELATED: The scary new binge drinking disorder sweeping Australian universities
You're over 29
You may be 'young at heart' and convinced you can handle drinking like an 18-year-old, but your body has other ideas. In fact, you might want to consider the following evidence before ordering that fourth round of cosmopolitans. A 2013 survey from Redemption – a UK group that promotes alcohol-free bars – found that 'peak hangover' age is much younger than most of us would like think: 29. They say our ability to deal with hangovers effectively begins to decrease at this age because we refuse to accept that our bodies just can't handle the bad drinking habits from our younger years. Better make it mocktails all round then.
You have less water in your system
Even if you make sure you're getting your recommended eight glasses of water a day, the fact of the matter is as we get older, our body's water content decreases. Not only does this increase the risk of dehydration, but it also means the alcohol remains in a more concentrated form in your system for longer. To further reduce the risks of a hangover as you age, it's recommended you drink water or juice between each alcoholic drink to keep you hydrated and slow down alcohol consumption.
Some signs you might have a problem with alcohol
According to Reachout.com these are some things to look out for if you think your drinking might be a problem:
• Worrying about when you'll be able to have your next drink
• Suffering from withdrawal symptoms like sweating, nausea or insomnia as a result of not drinking alcohol
• Needing to drink more and more alcohol to get drunk
• Drinking alcohol, or desiring to drink alcohol, when you wake up in the morning
• Consuming alcohol regularly on your own, or trying to hide your alcohol consumption from those around you
• Relationships with friends or family are being affected by your drinking
Need help?
Check out Counselling Online at www.counsellingonline.org.au to contact your closest Alcohol and Drug Information Centre for free alcohol and drug counselling 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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April 21st 2016
Amazon Meeting Center
2021 7th Ave, Seattle WA 98121
WebDevCon 2016
WebDevCon is Amazon's front-end conference aimed at bringing together the community to discuss the latest trends and topics in our industry. We're a bunch of passionate folks who are excited to open our new 1500 seat conference center to the public, and welcome 11 speakers from companies around the country as well as 6 Amazon.com speakers. Registration and admission is free for everyone!
We've been running WebDevCon for 7 years internally and want to contribute back to the community, being able to share this with the public is something we have been working on for a long time.
I am an optimist, a technology enthusiast, a photography lover and a design admirer. As a German I respect rules but dislike them when they stop me from progressing. I enjoy concerts and art galleries. I value brilliant ideas and competency.
Brad is the co-founder of Lightboard, providing design on-demand for hundreds of marketing departments across the country. He's also the founder of Code Fellows, and an early part of the frontend teams at Geni and Yammer. He's also pretty gosh-darned interested in the amazing things you can do with code when you're trying to make art.
Paul was born and lives in London. He has a degree in Pure Physics which instilled a belief in simplicity. He worked for the BBC which mainly consisted of building websites in muddy fields. Currently he is a Design Technologist for Amazon Video in a world where we can watch movies on a phone and talk to a TV.
Alex has been working on React Native since its early days and is obsessed with development experience and tools. He teaches React Native classes internally at Facebook, and also likes to think about user interfaces and design.
Cynthia is a Software Engineer for Amazon based in the San Francisco office. As a member of the AmazonUI team, she has mainly worked on the build system for the AmazonUI framework, and she has recently been working on more front-end focused projects.
Tracy Osborn is a designer, developer, and entreprenerd living in the Bay Area of California. She's the author of Hello Web App, teaching beginner web app development. Tracy graduated with a BFA in Art & Design with a concentration in Graphic Design from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and worked as a web designer for five years before teaching herself programming and launching her first startup, WeddingLovely. She's also an avid outdoorswoman and would love to go on a hike with you.
Clarissa Peterson is a UX designer and web developer based in Calgary, Alberta. She frequently speaks and gives workshops on responsive design and user experience, as well as teaching in the web developer program at SAIT Polytechnic. Clarissa is the author of Learning Responsive Web Design: A Beginner's Guide (O'Reilly Media). Currently she works as a UX analyst at ICE Health Systems.
Bram Stein is a web developer working on web font serving at Typekit. He cares a lot about typography and design on the web, and is happiest working at the intersection between design and technology. In his spare time he runs the stateofwebtype.com and maintains several tools for improving web typography. He writes about web typography for several magazines and is a contributing author to Smashing Book #5.
Paul Taylor is a full-stack engineer with a bias for Functional Programming at Graphistry, Inc. in Oakland, CA. Prior to Graphistry, Paul led engineering of Netflix's front-end data access library Falcor, and architected version five of the Reactive Extensions for JavaScript for both Netflix's UI teams and Google's Angular team, with a laser-focus on performance and developer friendliness.
Chris TserngSenior Software Engineer, Amazon.com/Lab126.com
Supercharged Hybrid Apps: Web Components + JS Interface
Chris Tserng is currently the technical lead and chief architect for Amazon WebView on FireOS. He has 19+ years of experience in software on embedded devices including work on computer vision, multimedia codecs, and computer graphics. In all these projects, he created frameworks in order to easily isolate the top-level developer from the intricacies of the software stack and hardware.
Betty is the founding manager for AmazonUI engineering team, responsible for the front-end platform that is modernizing Amazon.com's FE codebase across mobile, tablet and desktop. It's an opportunity to enforce front-end best practices, make Amazon's retail sites lightning fast and encapsulate the minutia of cross device/browser compatibility. Betty speaks pixel perfectness, accessibility, security and is an evangelist in Web Performance Optimization domain. At Amazon, Betty gives tech talks during university recruiting events to help excite engineers who are passionate about lightning-fast large scale applications. Externally, Betty co-chairs Velocity Beijing conference and is on the program committee for Velocity Santa Clara, New York and Europe.
Estelle is a consulting web developer, trainer, author and speaker. She speaks and leads workshops on web development all over the world. Her books have been translated into over 14 languages. She's been coding CSS, HTML, and JavaScript since 1999.
Rachel is a self-taught Front End Engineer for IBM Watson, previously at Adobe Behance. She is currently developing a dating sim game, and thinking about node powered devices she can build for her two black cats. Her other interests include glitch art, 80s horror, and indie games.
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It is the mission of the District to provide all students with the opportunity to develop academically, vocationally, and socially by providing quality educational programs that allow our students to succeed.
Dear Parents, friends & School leaders;
Thank you all for the amazing support over the past few months making the FFA Banquet a success! We are so grateful for all the support we have from parents, volunteers, and school leaders! Click here to view banquet pictures.
Nicole Taylor
La Pryor High School
Agriculture/FFA Advisor
La Pryor Elementary had a great turnout last night at the SWTJC Creative Arts Ceremony. We want to share all the participant and winner information with you. A special thanks to all the teachers who joined us in supporting our amazing and creative students.
Click to see the gallery of participants.
LPISD Junior High GT Students attended Conference at Region 20 in San Antonio on Thursday, April 18th. They attended different hands on sessions like Build a Rubik's Cube, Fracture Fairytale Escape Room, Journey through Time, Bowling with Ozobots, Tap into Creativity with role Playing Games and many others. Pictured are Armando Garza, Roy Medrano, Hayzell Vasquez and Kaitlenn Sprawls. For more pictures click on this link.
We are proud to announce that La Pryor Elementary participated in the SWTJC Creative Arts Contest. We had 25 entries in various mediums.
La Pryor High School seniors attended a college preview day at Texas A&M University in Laredo on December 11th. Students were given a campus tour and provided the opportunity to learn about TAMIU's academic programs and campus. TAMIU did a great job keeping our students entertained and showing them their beautiful campus.
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Our senior and junior students have had several presenters from varying college, career, and military representations. These representatives provide our students with information regarding their institutions, career opportunities, job requirements, and so much more. A special thank you to our following presenters: National Coastguard recruiter, John Cantu, who presented to our students on November 7th; Texas A&M International University recruiter, Gabriela Lopez, who presented on November 8th; and U.S. Border Patrol Agent, Rowdy Mack, who presented to our students on November 26th. La Pryor High School will continue to provide our students with presentations and information regarding college and career readiness throughout the year.
To view gallery click here.
We want to take this time to give a big CONGRATULATIONS to our cafeteria staff for receiving a perfect score on their review from the Texas Department of Agriculture. The following statement is from our nutritional consultant.
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La Pryor ISD PreK - 2nd graders had some special visitors today, Wednesday, November 7th. State troopers and volunteer fire fighters presented to the students.
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Saturday, 15 October, 2005 - 20:34
Today I added a folksonomy browser to the menticulture blog. That's a very posh way of saying you can click on the 'Categories' link in the menu and see a list of all the tags (or categories) used on this blog.
The clever bit I like is that (like other sites using folksonomies - or tagging) the most used tags are highlighted by big fonts and colours.
Maybe after a year or so it'll tell me what my public preoccupations really are - as of today they are podcasts, science, learning, literature, media and the endlessly self-similar universe :)
You can see folksonomies at places like del.icio.us, Flickr, Ning.com, Common Times, Technorati, and a good analysis of them at The Shifted Librarian.


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This month, I'm recommending some business books that will help you cut out the time-wasters, spend focused effort on the things that count and help you achieve your best life!
BOOK: Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
It's an age-old tactic for making a decision - weigh the pros and cons. This book explores why the pro/con method rarely leads you to the best decisions and offers a four-step alternative. This book is useful for making decisions in every realm of life - career, personal, families and volunteer organizations.
BOOK: Execution IS the Strategy: How Leaders Achieve Maximum Results in Minimum Time by Laura Stack
This book gives practical, actionable advice for spending less time planning and more time doing and accomplishing. Author Laura Stack shows how to plan strategic initiatives and get results from your team. Her LEAD Formula outlines the steps to successful execution: the ability to Leverage your talent and resources, design an Environment to support an agile culture, create Alignment between strategic priorities and operational activities, and Drive the organization forward quickly.
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HYDERABAD: The housing sector defines the overall social health of the population of a country. Apart from its contribution to the country's GDP, construction of housing increases the civil welfare of a society by improving the social capital of a nation. Consumption expenditure by individual and households consists of a sizeable mix of expenses incurred on rent, utilities, related taxes, etc., all of which are also contributions of the housing sector, to the GDP of an economy.
Statistics over the last five years show the increasing correlation of the GDP and real estate activity. For most countries, the correlation is over 0.9, stressing on the importance of the sector in the economic growth. The progress of the housing sector not only has direct but indirect as well as induced effects on the country's economic growth. The GDP multiplier for the housing sector in India far exceeds the direct consumption effect of nearly 0.78 estimated by LIC Housing Finance Limited, due to the indirect and induced effect on 300-plus ancillary industries.
Housing being a key sector, it becomes imperative for the governments to focus on and adopt policy measures that accelerate housing development, in turn, boosting economic activity through direct and indirect means.
There being a high correlation between the real estate activities and a country's GDP, there is clearly a need for a strong and healthy real estate sector. However, there are varied problems faced by the housing sector which are impacting the developers and the buyers and consequently, impeding the economic growth of the country.
Prolonged regulatory processes leading to project launch and completion delays:
One of the key issues faced in the real estate housing sector are the prolonged regulatory processes that lead to project launch and completion delays. Though there are a variety of factors contributing to the delays such as bottlenecks in the supply of raw materials and labour, difficulties in accessing funds, etc., it is primarily the process of complying with regulatory approvals that is contributing substantially to the delays. The construction approval process is complex, and as per the report of the committee on streamlining approval procedures for real estate projects set up by the MHUPA, there are a minimum of 34 regulatory processes to be followed by a developer for obtaining construction permits, which takes an average of 227 days.
In metro cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, NCR, etc., the current regulatory processes take an average of 18-36 months' time. The delays in approvals and adherence to regulatory processes, can raise the construction costs by up to 40 per cent, which inadvertently gets passed on to the buyers, making housing unaffordable and forcing buyers to exceed their budgets.
Having a single window clearance for all the approvals, will drastically bring down the delays and the costs related to corruption. Given the availability of technology, processes can be automated and the need for human intervention can also be reduced substantially. Some cities such as Ahmedabad, Chennai, Cochin, Kozhikode, Madurai, Trivandrum, Pune, etc., are already implementing an automated system for approving building plans. Such measures need to be implemented across the country and used in other processes too, for reducing the time and costs involved.
Land related problems:
Limited supply of developed land with basic infrastructure in place, leads to increase in land prices, which in turn, leads to high cost of housing. Unfavourable land management policies prevalent in some states, like the Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation Act (ULCRA), are some of the major roadblocks faced by this sector. Though the Act has been abolished by the central government, it is still in effect in some states. Further low utilisation of available land through low floor space index (FSI) ceilings set in different cities, leads to lesser residences getting developed on a piece of land. This translates into lower income for the developers, who instead, raise the per unit cost to cover the land costs.
Considering that developable land is limited and the urban population is ever increasing, vertical growth of cities is extremely critical. Apart from revision of FSI norms, other land reforms also need to be undertaken. Land pooling schemes which are already implemented in Delhi and Gujarat, are some innovative methods to acquire land at a fast pace but at reasonable rates and should be encouraged across the country.
Funding problems:
Gathering initial funding poses a big problem for developers, curtailing the housing supply to a large extent. Absence of longterm funding from banks, is forcing developers to look at alternative sources of funds, most of which do not offer affordable interest rates resulting in the supply being stifled.
High inflation rates have also affected the buying ability of an individual and have considerably reduced their savings. Increasing housing prices are further compounded by the high interest rates on mortgages. Housing finance corporations (HFCs), non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), micro-finance institutions (MFIs), private equity investors (PEs), etc., should be encouraged through simpler regulations and proper incentives should be given to increase the inflow of funds to the sector. Further, the RBI should expand its scope for 'priority lending,' to cover even lending to developers involved in low-cost and affordable housing as cheap funding is extremely critical for them to develop low cost housing projects.
In addition, SEBI's move to allow REITs to operate in India in the future, would be a sign of maturity of the Indian real estate markets as globally, REITs are found in mature economies. REITs would also bring in more transparency as the developers and investors would have to abide by the procedures and obligations prescribed by law. Providing tax incentives for REITs for investment in housing, especially the affordable housing sector, will give a much needed fillip in making these successful.
The tax element for the purchase price of the house varies between 30 to 37 per cent in most cities, which includes direct and indirect central taxes, state taxes like VAT, LBT, stamp duty, municipal taxes, cess, premiums and development charges, etc. In cities like Mumbai, merely a single cess like fungible premium accounts for 10 to 15 per cent of the sales value. Hence, rationalisation of taxes is one of the key 'mantras' to reduce housing prices.
Manpower and technology problems:
The housing and construction sector is the second largest employment generator after agriculture in India, and employment in the real estate sector is estimated to have a 20-30 per cent share in this. Despite being the second largest employer in the country, the construction sector as a whole faces manpower shortage. The sector is heavily dependent on manual labour and faces longer timelines for construction completions, resulting in supply getting deferred.
Hence, technologically faster and alternative methods of construction should be adopted on a large scale and special training for certain skills should be imparted. Special construction equipment, construction materials and manufacturing units, should be provided at subsidised rates and excise duty should be waived off for pre-fabricated construction elements.
The housing sector in India holds tremendous potential to have a positive impact on the economic and social development of the country. Specific measures are a must to remove the problems faced by the housing sector and incentives are necessary to aid the development of housing projects. It is imperative that the government adopts successful strategies from developed and developing nations to ensure that the basic housing need of the country is satisfied.


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Members Only Event:
Artist Talk with Jessica Angel
Hosted by the University of New Mexico at ARTS Lab
516 ARTS' Members were invited to this special presentation by Colombia and New York-based guest artist Jessica Angel at ARTS Lab at the University of New Mexico. At the time of the presentation, Jessica was working in residence with a small team of assistants at 516 ARTS to install her project Hemispherical Immersions, a multi-media installation on a grand scale in the front gallery for Digital Latin America.
Not a Member? Join today by visiting 516ARTS.ORG/Membership
Jessica Angel is a visual artist living and working between Bogota and New York. Her recent and upcoming projects aim to foster cross-disciplinary initiatives. She was invited to represent Colombia as an artist in residence at the 2014 Vancouver Biennale, where she will develop a project enabling forms of collaboration among sciences, philosophy, music, art and new media. In 2013 she organized Pintura Abierta, a collaborative project that prompted the circulation of ideas about painting. In an attempt to consider this language through its practice, the creation andreflection laboratory gathered different proposals by Colombian painters by means of on-site paintings. The project took place in the Parqueadero space of the Museo del Banco de la República.
While living in New York City Jessica has been awarded the Teaching-Artist Residency at the Cooper Union, the BRIC Media Arts Fellowship (2012), City Walls with the Brooklyn Arts Council (2010) and the BOFFO Artist in Residence (2009). She has exhibited solo at Juan Salas Gallery (2012), The Museum of Modern Art of Bucaramanga (2008), at the Salamanca University Cultural Center in Bogotá (2008), at The Project Room of Los Andes University in Bogota and at Casas Riegner Gallery (2006 and 2009). Her work has been exhibited both locally and abroad in cities like Bogota, New York, Miami, Washington, Rosario, La Paz and Mexico. In 2007 she received an honorable mention at the 4th International Biennial SIART, Bolivia and at the 1st Drawing Biennial of the Americas, Mexico (2006).
This event was made possible by UNM College of Fine Arts.
Image: Jessica Angel, Scale model for Hemispherical Immersions, 2014


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Syrian Refugees are rescued
A Tanzanian flagged ship, named 'Haj Zaher', that was carrying Syrian refugees called for SOS the pervious night with the danger of sinking and drifted to the north of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' s Tatlısu coast. The ship was brought to Kyrenia Tourism port with a successful rescue operation by the TRNC and Turkish teams. The TRNC Coast Guard Command headquarters who received the mayday call on Sunday, had sent a boat from Kyrenia and two boats from Famagusta to the rescue. Turkey's coast commander headquarters who received the same mayday call simultaneously sent a search and 2 rescue ships to the area. A trade ship that was in the area at the time was also directed to the scene.
With the presidency of Security Force Commandership, the Coast Guard Commandership, the General Police Directorate, Civil Defense Force Headquarters and Ministry of Health officials an emergency meeting was coordinated and a crises center was formed.
Initially, search and rescue operation that were carried out by coast guards and trade ships failed because of the bad weather and sea conditions, however later, the ship full of refugees was backed up by Search and Rescue ship 'TCSG UMUT' from the Republic of Turkey, and was pulled to Kyrenia Tourism port on 23 November 2014.
There were 235 refugees on the ship of which 25 were children and 19 were from Iraq. The refugees were later taken and placed to Kyrenia Ertuğrul Apakan indoor sports hall where they were given hot meals and blankets and other needs were provided by the Civil Defense authorities.
In compliance with the international rules, 19 Iraqi and 216 Syrian refugees are sent back to Mersin, where they came from.
10 people among who were pregnant or ill, and their relatives, were kept in the TRNC for further healthcare.
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Want to see your name in a Brazen romance novel?
That would be cool, right!? Five of us Brazen authors with HOT Halloween releases—Christine Bell, Katee Robert, Samanthe Beck, Tessa Bailey and Cari Quinn—are all offering a chance to name a character in their next Brazen! And we're making it super FUN and EASY to enter!
In one of the most awkward series of events ever captured on film, four of us are reading each other's sexiest scenes from their Halloween releases (LOVERS UNMASKED by Katee Robert, Cari Quinn, Samanthe Beck and Tessa Bailey and DIRTY TRICK by Christine Bell) and we even videotaped it so you can watch! And laugh. And maybe even join in on our drinking game. (Hmm, it sure seems like the word *wet* pops up a lot, huh?) Keep an eye out as the new videos are revealed and share away.
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text: sustmi wrote: > Hi, > > I was working on support for Leadtek WinFast DTV-1800H. > First I made it work with Markus Rechberger's v4l repository (there was > better XC3028-tunner code). > > Few weeks ago Markus Rechberger announced that he is no going to > support non-ex28xx cards anymore and that I have to focus on the linuxtv > linux-dvb repository. > > So I (cooperating with Paul Chubb) made a patch against linuxtv linux-dvb. > (attached file: leadtek_winfast_dtv1800h.patch) > > It enables support for DVB-T, analogue TV, radio and IR remote control. > > I have tried to use existing parts of code as much as possible. > The creation of 'cx88_xc3028_winfast1800h_callback' function was > necessary. Function 'cx88_xc3028_geniatech_tuner_callback' is similar, > but the extra GPIO code makes IR remote control not work. > > It will be great if patch is merged into the repository. > > There is one question I want to ask you in terms of this message: > http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2008-August/028117.html > Why is using of cx_write() risky? From my orig email: "Don't call cx_write() inside the gpio card setup, you're potentially destroying the other bits, it's risky." cx_write destroys the content of the GPIO direction-enablement and values bits. That's a bad thing, and can lead to unexpected behaviors if used generally in drivers. It's better to have a driver read the previous register value, and/or in the appropriate bit and write the value back to the gpio registers. This is what cx_set/clear do. That way parts of the driver can toggle GPIO's for important pieces, without having to understand GPIO usage in other disconnected/unrelated parts of the driver. Your patch uses set/clear, which is good. Incidently, you patch cannot be merged as-is, it has C99 style comments '//' are not allowed, change to /* */ etc. - Steve


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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Letterpress- Tests and Postcards.
So for the next few weeks there will be a disruption in my normal posting habits because I am taking a Letterpress class with Kyle van Horn! It's really really interesting and I have learned a ton in only four days. It's a three week long course, with each class starting at 9:30 am and ending at 4:30 pm. We have three assignments we have to finish before class ends- a set of postcards, a few sets of business cards, and a calendar. Because the process can be so time consuming it is recommended that we either come to class early (around 8:45) or stay late (yesterday I stayed there printing till 7). It's tough on my feet- for the last two days I have been standing almost consistently for around 15 hours total. Ouch! But I am starting to get the hang of putting my sets together/setting them up on the press and luckily Kyle is a really patient teacher and helps me along the way.
The first image is the Vandercook letterpresses we are using. They are pretty old but beautiful and do their job fantastically. Next up are the lock ups that Kyle designed/set up for our syllabus covers. After that is a collection of the first letterpresses that I pulled- some syllabus covers and some text (everyone was asked to use the fonts available to them to make a 2+ line phrase- I did "This too shall pass)!
The following image is the mixing station, where I was mid way through mixing my final ink colors. Last but not least are some examples of my first assignment, a postcard. I have two different versions- one is on off-white/warm white paper, while the other is on "white-white"/cool white paper. I have about 60 of them in total. Apologies for the low quality pictures of the final versions of my piece- I used my iPhone camera as these are going to stay in the classroom till my class ends, and the lighting is terrible in the room I took the photographs in. Once my class is over I will re-shoot everything with my Nikon with good lighting.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
"Rory" the Microraptor.
Summer is here, so now I can touch up some of the pieces I've wanted to post but were not finished to my liking. This is one of the last things I will be posting from my Junior year, and coincidentally one of the last things I did for my Book Illustration class. We were asked to create a character based on three words we were given at random and give them a back story of our own invention. I ended up with "tiny", "extinct", and "blissful", which I used to create Rory the Microraptor. And yes, this type of dinosaur actually exists! She somehow survived extinction and lives in a museum, playing "dead" as a display during the day and exploring at night. We were then asked to then make an illustration with a classmate's character interacting with ours- I still am not happy with how mine currently looks so I will probably post that a bit later after I tweak it.
As I did last summer, I have come up with art-related goals I want to reach over the break:
-Solidify a drawing style
-Make a lot of patterns because heck, they are really fun to do
-Get committed to using sketchbooks!
-Keep drawing- whether you are doing quick doodles or finished pieces- do not get comfortable with not making artwork
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Monday, July 4, 2011
Less is More Week 22 I Got the Blues!
Here is my entry for this week's "Less is More" challenge. The challenge is to make a card using only shades of blue and it needs to be clean and simple. I used the baby wipe reinker technique on this card (tutorial to come). :) Happy Independence day, and happy stamping!
4 comments:
- Theresa said...
Lovely card. I love birds and this is very lovely.
- July 4, 2011 at 11:21 PM
- Mynnette said...
Thanks, Theresa! :)
- July 4, 2011 at 11:23 PM
- Debgem said...
This is lovely - I really like the pretty image and simple sentiment.
- July 5, 2011 at 12:52 AM
- Kathyk said...
Adorable! Lovely image too
- July 5, 2011 at 3:37 AM
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1. Talking about your bowel movements creates an instant connection with fellow travellers.
2. Get used to kids and often men, yelling "Mzungu!" (white person) at you.
3. The fine balance between drinking enough to not faint and not drinking too much when you're stuck in traffic on a taxi ride that can range from 1 hour to over 4 hours on a hot, sweaty, crowded bus ride.
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5. Don't be hungry when you arrive at a restaurant. Meals, or just fries, often take over two hours to arrive at your table.
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Boring Magic . . .
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Frater RO has written several times about his desire to shoot fireballs out of his fingers. If anyone ever manages it, it'd be Fr. RO. Seriously, the man has some chops. I imagine the words of power wouldn't be safe for work, though, but then again, fireballs tend not to be . . . .
Aaaanyway, my point is this: fireballs are awesome. But most magic is really kind of boring. I mean, not really. It's actually awesome, but in a way that doesn't look all that fancy. Back when I was in grad school, my magician friends and I used to hang out, and we'd joke that we should write a roleplaying game about grad school. It'd have a magic system, and you'd have real spells, like the kinds we actually used in our day-to-day lives: Find Book in Poorly Cataloged Library. Summon Time to Sleep. Create Cheap Food. That sort of thing.
Truth be told, that's the kind of magic I still mostly do. I'm riding high off of a success right now: it's a magical technique I learned to make it more likely that I'll get my To Do list done. I learned it from a spirit. It is, on the face of it, pretty boring. In fact, it's almost just psychology. I would hesitate to even call it magic if I had learned it in a book. But it works. The items on my to-do list have a tangible sort of gravity. So instead of walking past the piano, going, "I should practice later," and not getting around to it, early today I walked by the piano and felt it tug at me. That isn't a metaphor. It pulled me, very gently. So I sat down and practiced.
The best part is, it has a side effect that's quite nice. Even things not on my to-do list get done. They don't have the same gravity, but doing something tends to lead to doing something else. So in addition to completing my entire to-do list (including items that usually take a week!) in two days, I also mopped the kitchen, updated my blog, and did several other chores I don't much care for.
I'm still way too damned busy but instead of overwhelmed, the magic keeps me focused.
Fireballs — still very cool. Getting everything you need to do done in time — priceless.
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Finally! Now, when someone asks me what "path" I follow or what type I magic I practice, I have a succinct answer, rather than flailing for examples and descriptions.
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Most magic is never boring. If anything it is subtle. If you are performing it right you should get an electric feel or buzz from the spirits that are activated.


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The City Council gave a nod of approval to Mayor Jeannette McCarthy Monday night, permitting her to sign off on terms set by the state for the acquisition of the Fernald land. Next stop: the state legislature.
WALTHAM - The City Council gave a nod of approval to Mayor Jeannette McCarthy Monday night, permitting her to sign off on terms set by the state for the acquisition of the Fernald land. Next stop: the state legislature.
The state is offering the land, at 200 Trapelo Road, and most of its amenities to the city for $3.7 million. The council voted in favor of giving McCarthy permission to accept the terms 12-0.
Waltham's state delegation – Reps. Thomas Stanley, D-Waltham, and John Lawn, D-Watertown, and Sen. Mike Barrett, D-Lexington – will now be tasked with convincing the legislature that this deal is in the state's best interest. Lawn last week was optimistic the deal would successfully make its way through the legislature and said they were already working on a plan with the state.
The Fernald land is home to the oldest state-run institution in the country for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. In 2001, it was home to more than 300 people, but there are now six residents living at the center, which is down from 13 in 2013.
Stanley on Monday said he didn't think there was any opposition on the state level, but thought timing was crucial because legislatures often push for the approval of personal projects as the session winds down.
"There are no guarantees, but it's obviously a priority," said Stanley, also a councilor-at-large. "It's just about time. Once again we're under the gun."
The last day of the session is July 31. If approved by the legislature, the state and city must "use reasonable efforts to close the transaction" within 60 days.
Ward 1 Councilor Daniel Romard abstained from voting, saying he wasn't given an appropriate amount of time to thoroughly review the materials presented by the mayor last week to the council.
"I haven't finished my review. The documentation came to us very late," Romard said. "At this point I think it's my fiduciary duty … to be proactive and read the documentation."
Ward 9 Councilor Robert Logan, who abstained from voting approval in committee last week for similar reasons as Romard, changed his vote to the affirmative on Monday after making several requests for more information.
Logan's requests were mostly about cost, specifically as it pertains to the demolition of current buildings, restoration of wetlands, remediation of contamination and appraisal of land under its current zoning.
"Not finding out what it's going to cost is like sticking your head in the sand," Logan said. "We're early in the process, so I do feel comfortable that we've gotten some answers and the answers we haven't gotten are forthcoming."
The state is offering similar deals to Westborough and Medfield for institutional land, which will be worked through the legislature collaboratively. The 95-acre Westborough State Hospital property will be purchased for about $2.2 million and Medfield will pay about $3.1 million for 120 acres, pending legislature approval.
Councilor-at-large Kathleen McMenimen recused herself from the vote because of the proximity of her home to the land and Councilor-at-large Paul Brasco was absent.
The Community Preservation Committee is slated to discuss an application from McCarthy on Tuesday in which she's requested Community Preservation Act funds to purchase the Fernald land, according to its agenda.
Ward 4 Councilor John McLaughlin, who represents much of the Fernald land, echoed his sentiment from last week on the importance of this deal.
"The story of the Fernald property took a very positive turn last week," McLaughlin said. "I think we all agree that this is about control of the future of the property and the city of Waltham being able to decide what happens."


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