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Over the last few months, several colleagues have ask me to help them understand why their performance metric/measurement processes failed. In reviewing their unique situations, I found these 20 common mistakes, originally identified by Raj Jain, still to be valid:
1. No Goals: Any significant endeavor without goals is bound to fail.
2. Biased Goals: Implicit/explicit bias in stating the goals. For example, trying to show that our system is better than theirs often results in biased measurements.
3. Unsystematic Approach: Inaccurate conclusions result from unsystematically selecting parameters, factors, metrics, workload, etc.
4. Analysis with Understanding the Problem: Just Google "A problem well stated is a problem have solved" to better understand why this should be an axiom of life.
5. Incorrect Performance Metrics: A common mistake in selecting metrics is that analysts often choose those that are easily computed or measured rather than the ones that are relevant.
6. Unrepresentative Workload: A vary common problem – the choice of the workload has a significant impact on the performance study results.
7. Wrong Evaluation Techniques: There are three evaluation techniques – measurement, simulation, and analytical modeling. Analysts often prefer measurements because it is easier than simulation or building analytical models (e.g. Mathematica, Mathlab, Excel, etc.).
8. Overlooking Important Parameters: Make a complete list of system and workload characteristics that affect the performance of the system, and then choose from these parameters.
9. Ignoring Significant Factors: Factors (parameters that can be changed) that are under the control of the end-user should be given preference over those that cannot be changed. Do not waste much time on comparing alternatives that the end user cannot adopt because they involve actions that are unacceptable to decision makers.
10. Inappropriate Design of Experiment (DoE): Experimental design relates to the number of measurements or required simulated runs and the parameters values used in each experiment. Most analysts are often naive in that they only vary one factor at a time. Better alternatives include the use full or fractional factorial experimental designs.
11-20: No, I am not going to rattle them off here (too many, too little space). However, drop me an email and I will send you the full list.


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This Baby Jesus ornament is very easy to make!
To make the manger just cut out the three pieces and insert the manger ends into the slits in the manger - which is folded in half. See photo.
The Baby is made out of a 3/4 wooden ball for the head. I used a gold Sharpie Paint pen. A regular Sharpie didn't make a sharp line - it was fuzzy. I used a little pink blush on a Q-Tip for the cheeks.
Cut a square of sparkly felt about the same size as the manger - 4X4. Fold it like you wrap a baby and glue it with the hot glue gun. Put a little bit of tissue into the felt to make it look full.
I put a drop of hot glue behind the head and attached the halo - (Gold rings can usually be found in the wedding supplies aisle of the craft store).
Next glue the head into the felt, make sure it is tucked in nice and cozy up to the chin.
If you want to, glue a button onto the baby blanket.
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You can glue the straw and the baby in - or just leave it loose.
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Bob's Cornbread Muffin Mix
We recently spent time as a family suffering with the flu. Not too much fun, and sometimes even more difficult with Celiac. For whatever reason, we crave certain things when sick, namely, a good bowl of warm chicken soup and some bread or toast. At least we do! So unless you can find good gluten free noodles and bread, you just cannot make it through cold and flu season easily.
Luckily, we decided to try the Bob's Cornbread mix. We picked up a mix at Kroger and figured we would give it a try. Regular cornbread tends to be dry, so we did not expect the gf version to impress us. Even so, we figured if we made 'mini-muffins' in our mini pans, maybe they would not dry out as much.
Drumroll please….success! The smaller muffins were more moist, especially when we coated them with honey. They made a GREAT complement to the gf chicken noodle soup 'Grammie' made for the girls. With a sweetish flavor, they reminded us of the Bisquick pancake mix. We definitely see some uses outside of just muffins, maybe as a coating for chicken for nuggets, or other coatings.


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Conn 48J New Wonder Phonograph CC Bass
Date: 1926. (Drawing)
What Conn said in 1926:
The CC Phonograph Model Bass as shown on this page was originally built by C.G. Conn, Ltd., at the personal request of the celebrated Tuba artist, August Helleberg. Since it was introduced the bass players of New York, Philadelphia and Chicago have found the Conn Phonograph Model indispensable for their recording. Each purchaser of one of these has been unusually high in his praise of the easy tone production, quick speaking quality abd clean recordings of the Conn Phonograph Bass.
This instrument is built one tone higher than the regular BBb bass, is of smaller bore, and is made up much more compactly than the regular BBb bass used in bands. The adjustable bell enables the performer to throw the tone in any direction desired, and the curve in the bell has a marked tendency to mellow the tone. Both of these features are extremely valuable for recording purposes.
Eminent artists declare this model to be a most remarkable instrument in every respect, and Phonograph Models are now part of the equipment of all recording orchestras using Conn instruments.


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A nasty surprise in a sandwich,
A drawing-pin caught in your sock,
The limpest of shakes from a hand which
You'd thought would be firm as a rock,
A serious mistake in a nightie,
A grave disappointment all round
Is all that you'll get from th'Almighty,
Is all that you'll get underground.
Oh he said: 'If you lay off the crumpet
I'll see you alright in the end.
Just hang on until the last trumpet.
Have faith in me, chum-I'm your friend.'
But if you remind him, he'll tell you:
'I'm sorry, I must have been pissed-
Though your name rings a sort of a bell. You
Should have guessed that I do not exist.
'I didn't exist at Creation,
I didn't exist at the Flood,
And I won't be around for Salvation
To sort out the sheep from the cud-
'Or whatever the phrase is. The fact is
In soteriological terms
I'm a crude existential malpractice
And you are a diet of worms.
'You're a nasty surprise in a sandwich.
You're a drawing-pin caught in my sock.
You're the limpest of shakes from a hand which
I'd have thought would be firm as a rock,
'You're a serious mistake in a nightie,
You're a grave disappointment all round-
That's all you are, ' says th'Almighty,
'And that's all that you'll be underground.'
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Thinking of Caroline Herschel (1750-1848), astronomer, sister of William; and others.
A woman in the shape of a monster
a monster in the shape of a woman
the skies are full of them
a woman 'in the snow
among the Clocks and instruments
or measuring the ground with poles'
in her 98 years to discover
8 comets
She whom the moon ruled
like us
levitating into the night sky
riding the polished lenses
Galaxies of women, there
doing penance for impetuousness
ribs chilled
in those spaces of the mind
An eye,
'virile, precise and absolutely certain'
from the mad webs of Uranusborg
encountering the NOVA
every impulse of light exploding
from the core
as life flies out of us
Tycho whispering at last
'Let me not seem to have lived in vain'
What we see, we see
and seeing is changing
the light that shrivels a mountain
and leaves a man alive
Heartbeat of the pulsar
heart sweating through my body
The radio impulse
pouring in from Taurus
I am bombarded yet I stand
I have been standing all my life in the
direct path of a battery of signals
the most accurately transmitted most
untranslatable language in the universe
I am a galactic cloud so deep so invo-
luted that a light wave could take 15
years to travel through me And has
taken I am an instrument in the shape
of a woman trying to translate pulsations
into images for the relief of the body
and the reconstruction of the mind.
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FB: What can we do to make sure that American politics is Godly politics?GOD: Vote for Godly Republicans, like Tom Coburn and Alan Keyes! You will know them by Mine mark: they will be alight with the Holy Spirit, and shall speak in strange tongues - equating the estate tax with slavery, and calling for the death penalty for doctors who perform abortions on rape victims!SATAN: No, Fafnir, listen to me, and be seduced to the Dark Side by my vile policies of nuclear non-proliferation, equality of all citizens, and fiscal discipline! BLAAARRRRHHH!
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I am a poet
I am very fond of bananas.
I am bananas
I am very fond of a poet.
I am a poet of bananas
I am very fond.
A fond poet of 'I am, I am'-
Very bananas.
Fond of 'Am I bananas,
Am I?'- a very poet.
Bananas of a poet!
Am I fond?' Am I very?
Poet bananas! I am.
I am very fond a 'very'.
I am of very fond bananas.
Am I a poet?
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1. This is the most personally embarrassing reason, but it has to be said: in the aftermath of 9/11 I lost my head a bit and wanted to take some decisive action. I realize that attacking party B after being attacked by party A shouldn't be satisfying to the vengeful-minded, because it doesn't make any sense. But, having just been in the odd position of agreeing with the Bush administration on a war (vs. Afghanistan), I somehow found the next war more appealing than I should have. Somewhere in here there must also be a kernel of "let's smash something to show how powerful we are." This is really poor reasoning and reflects badly on me personally. Nothing much I can say about it in my defense.
2. I had long thought our current Iraq strategy was very bad. The sanctions were harming innocent Iraqis rather than Saddam, but there was no substantive reason to lift the sanctions from the point of view of Saddam's compliance. I supported the first Gulf War, unlike all my college friends, and I was dismayed by its denoument. I thought we had failed to finish what we started and had condemned many people to death after encouraging them to rise up against Saddam.
3. Saddam Hussein really was a particularly brutal dictator. Iraqis weren't suffering as badly as North Koreans, or southern Sudanese people, but it was pretty bad. I thought that any new government would have to be a better government. But we don't just go around deposing every dictator in the world, do we? Well...
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When he received the Adorno Prize, Derrida, for his part, gave a highly sensible speech in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, in which the spiritual affinity of these two minds was impressively manifested. This kind of thing leaves one not unmoved. Actually, over and beyond all the politics, what connects me to Derrida is the philosophical reference to an author like Kant. Admittedly -- and though we are roughly the same age, our life histories have been very different -- what separates us is the later Heidegger. Derrida's thinking has appropriated the Jewish-inspired perceptions of a Levinas. In Heidegger, I confront a philosopher who failed as a citizen -- in 1933 and especially after 1945. But even as a philosopher, he is suspect to me because, in the 1930s, he received Nietzsche precisely as a neo-pagan, as it was then the fashion to do. Unlike Derrida, whose reading of "Andenken" accords with the spirit of monotheistic tradition, I take Heidegger's botch-job "Seinsdenken" as a leveling of that epochal threshold in the history of consciousness that Jaspers had called the axial age. According to my understanding, Heidegger committed treason against that caesura which is marked, in various ways, by the prophetic-awakening Word from Mount Sinai, and by the Enlightenment of a Socrates.
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From: kerrypool
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Kerrypool] The senator left hangar 7 at 6:10p ET and saw a group of seven people waiting in the parking lot. The senator took a picture with the group and upon leaving your pooler tried yet again to get the candidate we all cover as he runs for president of the united states to answer a question from his national press corps. Your pooler asked whether saddam hussein would be in power if he were president and then when if ever he would talk to the press.
From: kerrypool
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I'm sorry, but I couldn't hear you very well. I think what you just asked was, "If you were president, would one thousand American servicemen and servicewomen still be alive? And would we be fighting the war on terror in places where actual terrorists are located, with the support of the world behind us?" Why, yes. Yes, those troops would still be alive, and we would be fighting a more effective war on terror. Very astute question.
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And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 09:31:35 -0500
From: FNAL Users Office
Subject: Fermilab Community - Three Minutes of Silence
To: email@example.com
September 7, 2004
To: The Fermilab Community
From: Michael Witherell, Director
Subject: Three Minutes of Silence at Noon Today
As children returned to classrooms around the US last week, a terrible tragedy unfolded at a school in Beslan, Russia. Violence claims lives every day, but when the victims are children we are even more deeply affected.
At Fermilab, it is both our privilege and our responsibility to carry forward the tradition of a field long known for its leadership in international collaboration. This tradition allows us to know one another as people as well as representatives of other nations. Fermilab has many close ties with Russia. Russian scientists and engineers are leading members of our staff, and many from Russian institutions participate in DZero, CDF, MINOS, BTeV, and CMS. To all of our Russian colleagues, we express our sorrow.
I ask you to observe three minutes of silence today, throughout the laboratory, beginning at 12:00 noon, in sympathy and solidarity with our Russian colleagues here at Fermilab and around the world.
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The Only Way (Hymn)
Music by Emerson; Lyrics by Lake
People are stirred
Moved by the Word
Kneel at the shrine
Deceived by the wine
How was the Earth conceived?
Infinite space
Is there such a place?
You must believe in the human race
Can you believe
God makes you breathe
Why did he lose
Six million Jews?
Touched by the wings
Fear's angel brings
Sad winter storm
Grey autumn dawn
Who looks on life itself
Who lights your way?
Only you can say
How can you just obey?
Don't need the word
Now that you've heard
Don't be afraid
Man is man-made
And when the hour comes
Don't turn away
Face the light of day
And do it your way
It's the only way
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LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - A Lowell man is facing charges after police said his 8-year-old son brought a gun to his elementary school.
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Parents said the school sent a letter home about a student bringing a weapon to school but the letter did not specify that it was a gun.
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Detached eddy simulation of turbulent flow over an open cavity with and without cover plates
Syed, Shoeb Ahmed
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The study of three-dimensional open cavity flow with and without cover plates at the edges of the cavity at freestream Mach number of 0.85 was performed. Such open cavities find their application in landing gear wells, bomb bay of an airplane and sunroof or window of an automobile. The aerodynamic noise and the flow field together in the above mentioned cavities lead to self-sustaining flow oscillations. These self-sustaining flow oscillations results in the structural failure in the surrounding of the cavity due to resonance phenomenon in the aircrafts and lead to loud and unbearable noise both in aircrafts and automobiles. Understanding this aeroacoustic phenomenon helps us in reducing the noise, increase the component stability and passenger comfort. Therefore, this problem has become an important topic of research for several decades in aerospace and automobile fields. In this thesis an effort was made to investigate the fully developed turbulent flow over an open cavity and to evaluate the effect of cover plates numerically using the detached eddy simulation (DES) formulation. For this purpose, computational fluid dynamics approach was utilized on the M219 cavity at Mach 0.85 using DES with the Spalart-Allmaras (S-A) turbulence model. Two cavity cases were modeled. The test case 1 is a three-dimensional open cavity without cover plates and the test case 2 is a three-dimensional open cavity with cover plates at the edges of the cavity. Furthermore, three variants of DES were considered for the test case 2 cavity namely Spalart- Allmaras, k-ω-SST and realizable k-ε model, whereas for the test case 1 cavity only the DES S-A model was employed.
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Rep. Flowers passionately argued the need for the legislation, saying on the House floor that the bill is about "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
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Several articles from the Articles of Association:
Article 2. (Aim)
- The Foundation aims to encourage the mutual knowledge concerning the Vreugdenhil-family and also to stimulate the mutual sense of family. It also aims to acquire, conserve and manage any business regarding the Vreugdenhil-family in any kind of way.
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Article 4. (Board of directors)
- The Foundation's board of directors consists of at least three members and is mentioned for the first time in this deed.
- The number of members will be settled by common consent, keeping to the required number mentioned in the above sentence.
- The majority of the members within the board of directors has be bearer of the Vreugdenhil-name by birth.
- Other members that are appointed to join the board of directors must be (must have been) either husband or wife or child or grandchild of a bearer of the Vreugdenhil-name.
- The board of directors appoints a chairman, a secretary and a treasurer from among them.
- The position of secretary and treasurer can be filled by one person.
- At the opening of one or more vacancies within the board of directors, the remaining member(s) should fill these vacancies within three months after the opening by common consent.
- The members of the board are to resign according to a resignment-schedule made by the board.
- Anyone who fills an interim vacancy, will take his or her predecessors place within the schedule.
- The resigning member can be re-elected immediately.
- If, for any reason, one or more members of the board are absent, the remaining members do form a legitimate board of directors, subject to the content of article 7.
- The members of the board will not receive rewards for their work.
- However, they do have a right to claim the costs arisen by the performance of their position.
Article 13. (Dissolution and settlement)
- The board of directors is authorized to dissolve the foundation.
- The decision to the dissolution is to be made according to article 12, paragraph 1.
- The foundation will be dissolved when: through insolvency she is declared bankrupt or by lifting the bancruptcy because the state of the assets; through legal interdiction in cases mentioned by the law.
- The foundation will remain existant after dissolution when needed for the settlement of her property. In case of the board itself resolving for dissolution, the board of directors handle the settlement themselves.
- The liquidators have to take responsibility for the fact that the dissolution of the foundation-registration happens in the register mentioned in article 12, paragraph 3. During the settlement the terms of these Articles of Association remain valid as much as possible.
- Any possible surplus of the dissolved foundation will be spend according to the aims of the foundation whenever possible.
- The archives and the documentation of the foundations will be transferred to an achive-depository under conditions to be determined later, according to article 9 of the Achive-Law "1962".


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Gregory earned a Political Science degree from Oregon State University and a law degree from Lewis and Clark Law School. In Portland, Gregory is easily recognized as the face and voice of Portland Resistance. This 23-year-old spokesman has been a key figure in local street activism since 2014. In the fall of 2016, he appeared regularly in the media as the organizer of the resistance protests downtown.
His message is delivered as part protest and part community activism, with a healthy dose of street theatre mixed in as well with the goal of changing the nature of civil rights activism. Gregory's message is focused and sophisticated. Many of the issues he has tackled have become community talking points.
He helped raise awareness of issues related to Portland's policing, brought attention to questions related to the City's contract with the police union, and advocates with Portland Tenants United. At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, he was a representative for Bernie Sanders.
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I am an idiot. But, assuming you have not yet gone on holiday in Europe this year, I would like to help you be less of an idiot.
I ended up booking our car hire in Italy on the internet just a week before we left. By that time any of the vaguely familiar names in the car rental business were asking £400-plus for a car for the nine days we needed, before excess insurance and the like.
Goldcar Rentals was asking significantly less (£171). That seemed like a deal. The final price was £207.50, because I somehow failed to reject the offer of damage excess insurance from Rentalcars.com (this involved unticking a box).
I was irritated by the latter – I hate being duped into buying extras on websites – but not really angry. I know it is insanely overpriced, but I often buy excess insurance from car hire companies.
I know I am paying far too high a premium for the tiny risk that I might damage a car, and in my rational mode, I wouldn't advise you to buy it, but the truth is that on holiday, I'll pay an irrational amount of money for peace of mind.
When we got to Rome, the magnitude of my mistake began to dawn on me. We waited for 45 minutes; put up with a trying hard-sell for more insurance; paid a stupid amount of money for the compulsory purchase of a full tank of petrol; left our credit card details; and eventually set off.
The car itself was fine, assuming you don't mind going up all hills in first gear. But when we got back to return the car, we had to wait in another long queue. Just as I was about to get a tiny bit cross, the woman behind the desk got to us and went out to check our car.
I watched her carefully checking the wrong car. I listened to her telling me all was well. I told her she had checked the wrong car. No thanks received, but off she went, only to return and say the correct car had a flat tyre. Indeed, it did.
Concerned that the bill for this not very flat tyre would shock me into the arms of Avis forever, I asked what the cost would be. She refused to tell me. I persisted. Eventually she gave me a photocopy of a charges list with the relevant line highlighted. Tyre: €180. "You cannot be serious!" Shrug.
The flight was soon to close. The children were flagging. So, we gave up, as I (and probably the Goldcar business plan) assume most people do. When I got home, there was already an email waiting for me. Attached, it said, is "a message of interest to you". The flat tyre had been upgraded to simply "wheel rim". The new cost? €360. No explanation. No photos.
I went back to the website from which I had inadvertently bought insurance to cover myself in such an eventuality. Guess what? "Windows and glass, tyres, undercarriage, replacement locks, replacement keys and towing charges" are excluded from the insurance.
I'm waiting to hear whether "rims" comes under "tyres". But by Thursday this week, it looked like renting from Goldcar and buying my insurance from Rentalcars.com was to cost me £547.49, including £87.50 for the less-than-half a tank of petrol I used, when the real cost for a full tank would be £55. I could have had an Alfa Romeo Guilietta from a better-known agency for less.
My story has a happy ending. After I raised hell on Twitter, I got an email on Friday morning saying that "wheel rim" was the "wrong concept". It has been re-re-classified as a "puncture", the price for which has happily come in at a mere €60.
I'm pleased. But I do have to wonder if the same speedy reclassification and refund service is available to unhappy clients who aren't columnists for national papers with lots of Twitter followers.
You might say that I should have known better, given that I've been writing about opaque pricing and its effects for 15 years. Yes, I should. I know perfectly well that leaving booking too late, going on price alone and not concentrating when you book online is the kind of thing that often ends in an expensive fiasco. But I did it anyway.
The lessons here are boring, but important. Goldcar clearly has issues with clarity and customer service. But as much of a problem here is the false sense of security we get from price comparison websites.
Look at a comparison site for anything and until you have done an awful lot more work, it doesn't really tell you that much. The UK's financial regulator is already looking at last-minute add-ons such as damage insurance and legal protection, which it likens to "Creme Eggs at the till".
This week, it pointed out that most users of price comparison sites buy on price alone and don't consider the extras or whether the product is appropriate.
That review was about insurance, but the same principles apply elsewhere. With car hire companies, you need to factor in the extent to which insurance and fuel may be overpriced.
With bank accounts – now subject to yet another investigation – you need to check how much your overdraft will cost you, something that Which? says is "almost impossible".
With savings accounts you need to figure out how long the bonus lasts and how much interest you lose if you withdraw your own money.
With investment funds you have to work out how much trading costs add to the advertised costs.
With investing platforms you need to do a series of complicated calculations to figure out the potential cost of your portfolio on each site, because they all charge different amounts for different things.
It isn't in the interest of car hire companies to tell you the real cost of driving, any more than it is in the interest of fund managers to tell you the real cost of investing. I wish that would change. But the other thing that the past 15 years has taught me is that it never will.
• This article was first published in The Financial Times.


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Winter in Wartime
'Winter' a well-told WWII story
Well-mounted and expertly played, "Winter in Wartime'' is a class act that lacks only focus and originality to raise it above the ordinary. But if you're a fan of opulent WWII-era Resistance dramas told from the European side of the equation — films like "Black Book'' (2007) or "Flame and Citron'' (2009) — you'll probably want to add it to your queue.
Adapting a 1972 young adult novel by Dutch writer Jan Terlouw, director Martin Koolhoven gives us a coming-of-age story set in a pressure cooker. It's the waning days of the war and the Nazi occupiers are losing; this only makes them more dangerous, and it makes the teenage hero, Michiel (Martijn Lakemeier) desperate to get into the game. When he discovers a downed British airman named Jack (Jamie Campbell Bower) living in the woods, the kid protects him and helps plot his escape, acting as mature as he can while treating the flier rather like a large stray dog to be hidden from the grown-ups.
There's the potential for rich psychological head games here, and "Winter in Wartime'' flirts with them before giving itself over to contrivances. The script casts a tart eye on the ethical balancing acts of a small Dutch town in late wartime, as everyone has to choose up sides for the endgame. Some make their decisions quickly: Michiel's nurse sister, Erica (Melody Klaver), takes one look at handsome Jack and knows where her loyalties lie.
The older generation is harder to read, including the boy's Resistance hero Uncle Ben (Yorick van Wageningen), and his less glamorous father, Johan (Raymond Thiry). The latter, the village mayor, is detested by his son as a Nazi collaborator, even as we in the audience understand that Johan may be working to keep as many people alive as possible. Gray areas are for adults, and when "Winter in Wartime'' is cooking, it hints at the youthful tragedy of thinking in black and white.
The film overruns its obvious climax, though, and keeps going into clichéd twists and turns that weaken the impact on a scene by scene basis. By the end of "Winter in Wartime,'' we've been both caught up and let down, held by a good story reasonably well told and disappointed by a great story that got away.
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If making hot coffee was a yoga posture, I'd be in better health. Like my step-dogs.
When I was working in Savannah, Georgia, I came across an advertisement for Doggy Yoga hosted by the Save-A-Life animal welfare organization every Sunday. Strange, but it's popular, and my dogs seem pretty bendy.
The first time I ever tried yoga, I was immediately put off. We took an hour to do 5 postures that, in trying, I discovered I couldn't do and left in a huff of frustration. I think it was the tree frog position that broke me. I didn't go back for years.
When I did, I learned to love it, so much that I took up hot yoga, then challenged myself to do hot yoga for 60 days straight. I managed it for about 45, but this was in England and I had to unexpectedly fly back to California, and so my streak was broken.
45 days isn't bad though. I really got into yoga. For a while back in California, I even taught Power Yoga. To people who are hesitant or intimidated a little by the seemingly physical demands of yoga, Power Yoga was terrifying. I should have called it Empowering Yoga. The lexis of language is so important.
Anyway, since December, I have let my yoga practice fly out the window, and with it has flown my posture, my flexibility, and an over all feeling of good health.
There is a Hot Yoga studio not far from where I live, and I think I might just throw down the big bucks in exchange for a sweaty towel and healthy pores. Lord knows I need it.
Every morning when my dogs wake up they make me feel guilty. Crawford, who does the Upward-Facing Dog straight after waking from his sleep, and looks at me for his breakfast. Sewell surpasses him (and me) when she wakes by beginning with a Downward-Facing Dog, then stretches, pauses, and flows smoothly and beautifully into her Upward-Facing Dog.
"Yeah, yeah," I think as I move into my post-sleep routine and make a cup of coffee.


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Sagicor Gives Boost to Cancer Society Operations
Sagicor Life Cayman Islands has given The Cancer Society a boost that will see improved programmes and services being provided to the wider community. A donation of US$1437.50 was presented to the organisation recently to support the entity's free community cancer education programmes. Read more at the Cayman Reporter.


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MARBLETOWN -- A tree house grows in Marbletown.
It sits in the branches of a sugar maple tree and it's built out of salvaged barn material. Over the course of seven months it slowly began to appear above a slow moving stretch of the Esopus Creek off Route 209, down a grassy hill on private property.
But the builders, artists from New York City, say it's more than just four walls and a roof in a tree in which to hang out. It's art.
"We just call it A Treehouse In Marbletown," said artist Andrew H. Shirley, who helped build it. "We started building this as a sculpture gallery."
Artist Amanda Wong, who also helped build the tree house, said as soon as she arrived on the property - which belongs to a friend - she wanted to build the structure.
"I think we saw it as a way to house art projects of other people," Wong said. "It's more unconventional than the typical art gallery."
And Shirley says while it been used as an art venue, it's also a piece of art itself.
"It's like a living sculpture in a way," Shirley said.
The exhibit "seeks to challenge the conventional places and aesthetics that form contemporary art practices by recontexualizing where and how art exists," according to Wong.
Basically, get art out of the gallery.
In June, they hosted an art exhibit by Andrew Poneros of Queens. His frosted glass jug lanterns etched with sea-themed depictions of birds, fish and sea serpents hung inside the tree house and glowed a warm yellow. Last week, artist Eve H�bscher arrived from Switzerland to install a sculpture outside of the tree house, one made from Swiss clay. A similar sculpture made from Esopus Creek clay sits in Switzerland at the same time.
But for city slickers like Shirley and Wong, the tree house is also just a way to connect with nature and give people something cool to see. Passing kayakers point and smile. Blue herons fly low over the creek and black bears swim by. It's the opposite of a New York City art gallery. And that's the point.
"We're trying to keep it analog," Shirley said.
It's an art gallery ... and a treehouse
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OPEC and non-OPEC oil giant Russia have agreed to extend oil production cuts until the end of 2018, after hours of discussions in Vienna on 30 November 2017
However, OPEC has also decided to review progress based on the market fundamentals at its next meeting in June 2018.
"In view of the uncertainties associated mainly with supply and, to some extent, demand growth it is intended that in June 2018, the opportunity of further adjustment actions will be considered based on prevailing market conditions and the progress achieved towards re-balancing of the oil market at that time," said OPEC reporting to the press.
The decision to curb oil production was adopted in OPEC's meeting in November 2016 for a production adjustment of 1.2 mmbbl for six month. On 25 May 2017, OPEC further decided to extend output cut for a further nine months.
Commenting on OPEC's decision, Viktor Nossek, director of research at WisdomTree in Europe, said, "OPEC's decision to extend the production cut comes as no surprise, with markets already pricing it in earlier today."
"This highlights oil producing nations' increased willingness to tighten supply collectively to stave off the threat of shale and force oil prices higher," Nossek added.
OPEC has also decided to exempt Nigeria and Libya from the deal, mainly due to uncertainty and below-the-normal production of both the countries.
Speaking about curbing oil output, Khalid al-Falih, minister of energy in Saudi Arabia and president of OPEC, explained that it was too early to talk about exiting the cuts at least for a couple of quarters as the world was entering a season of low winter demand.
Following OPEC's meeting, Ann-Louise Hittle, vice-president of Wood Mackenzie, forecasted, "A mid-2018 review could be warranted due to several uncertainties that could shift the fundamentals for 2018. These include political risk to oil supply, level of recovery from Libya and Nigeria, and rate of growth in US oil production during 2018. Another is world oil demand growth. If it is stronger than expected, it would cause the oversupply we expect in H1 2018 to shrink."
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Child's Herbal Clinic
The herbalist and babies, infants and children
As children develop they are better able to regulate their own health, their immune systems become established, their digestion imporves, they can control their own temperature and more. During these early developmental stages over-the-counter herbal remedies are unlikey to include doses for below 2 years old. The herbalist is able to identify approprite herbs and suitable dosages for young children.
As infants grown up the herbalist is still able to provide natural healthcare for children right through to adulthood. From chronic complaints such as childhood eczema through to acute conditions such as coughs, colds and more the herbalist shoudl be able to help most conditions.


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Blake Brody In-Studio Yoga Shoes Review
Wearing Shoes to Yoga? Blake Brody Footwear Says Yes
Germaphobes and fashionistas take note — Blake Brody In-Studio Footwear may be your new favorite fitness accessory. The Blake Brody eco-friendly footwear line looks like a collection of fashion ballet flats, but are so flexible — you can roll them up if you need to! — they won't inhibit the foot's natural range of motion. While it may seem counterintuitive to wear shoes for a studio workout, I like to think of them as minimalist footwear for Pilates, yoga, or barre-inspired fitness classes. Fully copping to my germaphobic tendencies, I love that they put a barrier between my feet and the studio floor. This is especially nice when things are hotter than usual or the studio doesn't have an antimicrobial floor.
Pilates- and yoga-practitioner Blake Brody developed the in-studio workout shoes after an embarrassing moment in her Pilates class: Blake's feet were so sweaty that she slipped off of the reformer and fell. Since minimalist running shoes are too thick and inhibiting for studio work, Blake set out to design her own. When I received a pair to try out, I was apprehensive (I love working out barefoot), but, a few weeks later, I don't go to the studio without them. I wear them during all of my yoga and Pilates classes, and to much success, I even wore them to a few jazz- and ballet-inspired dance classes.
See what I thought of the shoes after the break.
I tested a pair of the Robin shoes ($98), which are the most simple in design. I was immediately struck by how light, stretchy, and flexible they are; when I wear them to yoga, I still feel connected to the floor and can move my feet freely in a natural manner. Like Blake, I have a tendency to get sweaty, which can make certain poses feel a bit slippery (even on my Manduka mat). On the soles of Blake Brody shoes are thin translucent grips that help give a bit of traction (but won't scuff a studio floor) — for once in my life I felt like I wasn't going to slip and fall during a pose. If you're worried about ending up with smelly shoes that get soaked in sweat, don't be. The shoe's liner blocks the absorption of sweat because of its moisture-wicking properties that helps disperse sweat to evaporate quickly. Blake Brodys are also made with antimicrobial agents that help block odor and bacteria growth, which means no smelly feet or shoes! But what I really love is that they keep feet clean. Many studios don't have antimicrobial floors, or because they schedule back-to-back classes, it isn't always possible to clean the floor after each class. I wore my Blake Brodys to a recent ballet-inspired fitness class and was the only student who walked out of there without dust, germs, and dirt on the soles of their feet. Add to that the eco-friendly construction and materials, and I am a Blake Brody convert!


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LYNCHBURG, Va.- After starting the season with three straight road games, the Randolph men's basketball team hosted Greensboro on Tuesday night at the RAD Center. The Pride came away with a 96-82 win to even their record at 1-1. The WildCats drop to 0-4.
Randolph had an early 7-4 lead on Greensboro just over three minutes into the first half. The Pride would go on a 12-2 run to take a 16-9 lead but a three from Sammy Hooper (Richmond, Va./Midlothian HS) got the 'Cats to 16-12. Greensboro was able to up its advantage to 29-17 with 10:38 remaining on the game clock.
A dunk by Nick Goble (Charlotte, N.C./Myers Park) followed by a Ryan Fields (Edgewood, Md./Loyola Blakefield) layup got Randolph to 34-31 with 6:45 to play in the frame. Greensboro led 50-41with three ticks left on the clock but a pair of free throws from Justin Dula (Taylorsville, N.C./Alexander Central) made the score 50-43 Greensboro at the break. Despite trailing, the WildCats shot 61.5% from the floor in the period.
The Pride started the second half on a 21-9 run to take its biggest lead of the night, 71-52 with 11:10 on the clock. Randolph came roaring back with a huge 20-3 run to bring the score to 74-70 at 8:31.
Greensboro was able to recover and restore its double-digit lead but once again the mighty 'Cats came back. A Colton Lee (Raleigh, N.C./North Raleigh Christina Academy) three-point bucket and a layup from Drew Hayden (Vinton, Va./William Byrd) closed the deficit to 85-82 with 2:18 remaining to play. The Pride, however, responded with a 11-0 run to close out the game and secure the victory.
Randolph shot 31-of-57 (54.4%) overall and 7-of-18 (38.9%) from beyond the three-point arc. The WildCats were 13-of-16 (81.3%) from the free throw line. Randolph controlled the boards with a 41-26 advantage and had a 16-8 edge in second chance points.
Leading the way for the 'Cats was Fields with 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting. He also grabbed six rebounds and dished out four assists. Lee added 13 points. Goble was a perfect 6-of-6 from the floor for 12 points. Hooper tallied 11 points. Brian Smith (Dumfries, Va./C.D. Hylton) finished with nine points, three assists, and three steals. Dula chipped in six points and six rebounds.
Head coach Pete Hamilton noted the physicality during the game and how his team knew it was going to be that way. Hamilton drew positives about his team's depth and the bench play particularly what Goble, Hooper, Hayden contributed. Randolph's bench outscored Greensboro's 36-28.
The WildCats are idle for the Thanksgiving holiday and return to the court on November 29 for an ODAC game at Bridgewater. Tip off will be at 7:00 p.m.


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Three days that can change your life.
Today, Maundy Thursday, begins what the Western Church calls The Triduum – the Three Days. They lead up to the holiest day in the Christian Calendar, Easter Day, when we commemorate the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
Today we commemorate what Jesus did on the night before he was crucified. He shared the Passover meal with his disciples and instituted the rite which they came to realize was to be the Christian equivalent of the Passover, the Lord's Supper. They must have been puzzled when he passed the bread around and said "This is my body" and when he blessed the cup of wine and shared it with them, saying "This is my blood". If, as some accounts have it, he added "which will be broken for you" and "which will be shed for you", they may have begun to realize that he was going to suffer for them. But they could not have accepted yet that their Master, whom they knew to be the Messiah, the Christ, could be going to be crucified like a common criminal.This evening I will also wash twelve disciples' feet in tonight's Mass, as Jesus did, to the astonishment of them all. He was turning things on their heads: surely they should have been washing his feet? He knew they did not understand, but he comforted them by saying that soon they would know what he had done and why.
That understanding did not come immediately. Tomorrow, Friday, he was flogged, humiliated and crucified. Most of his disciples must have thought "Well, that's it. He has failed. The dream is over." The Good Friday Liturgy begins with the singing of the Passion narrative from St John's Gospel. Then we all kneel and kiss the feet of the Christ, nailed to a large wooden cross. Then we quietly receive the holy Sacrament, reserved from last night's Mass, and leave the church in silence, having stripped the altars bare of all adornment. We are actors in a powerful play, not yet allowed to show that we know the end of this story and should really be shouting for gladness.
This shouting comes on the third day when all the purple veils are removed from images in the church, flowers are placed on every altar and before every shrine, and the vestments are either cloth of gold or rich material covered with flowers. This is where it has all been leading, the vindication of the Son of God by his being raised from the dead by the Father in the power of the Spirit. We symbolize this by kindling new fire in the darkness and lighting the large Paschal Candle from it. This is then carried into the darkened church and saluted three times on its way to the altar, with the proclamation: "The Light of Christ". The Deacon then sings the Exultet, a hymn of praise to God for his gift of the light of Christ in his resurrected life. We then bless the waters of Baptism in the Font, and sprinkle the congregation as a reminder of their own baptism into the Body of Christ. Then the First Mass of Easter is celebrated, full of Alleluias and joyful hymns of praise.
There was a time which I remember from my youth, when the Easter Vigil ceremonies did not include the Mass at the end, but just ended with a joyful Easter hymn. Sometimes I think this was a good idea, since for me Easter has always been a morning experience. Whereas it seems just right to celebrate the Nativity of our Lord in the middle of the night, I am not so sure of the evening Mass for Easter. However, whenever we offer the Easter Mass, we can rejoice that what we are celebrating is Christ's victory over death and therefore our victory over death. As long as we have shared his sufferings out of love of our friends and neighbours, we can be sure that his Resurrection has changed our lives from limited and restricted periods to an eternity of everlasting love and joy.
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If I had to name one most favorite hymn, it would be the Pange Lingua, which is actually two hymns: one for the Eucharist and the other for the Passion. Whoever began the use of the same melody for both was a genius. The result is that when singing either hymn, we must think of the other as well, an experience which can easily bring tears to one's eyes.
The second practice during the sacred Triduum that I try never to miss is the Maundy Thursday watch and visiting the altars of repose at several churches. Perhaps you have heard the legend: that when Jesus took the angel's cup in the Garden of Gethsemane (per S. Luke's Gospel), He saw the faces, and drank the prayers, of all those down the ages who would watch with Him one hour.
Years ago, when a Baptist friend let me know that he was going to be in London during Holy week, I replied that if I ever had that privilege, I would go to the Triduum services at All Saints', Margaret Street. To my surprise, he did so, and came back an Anglican at heart. He was soon confirmed and later ordained. Those three days indeed changed his life.


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Cora McEndree
Born 1-1-1919 -- Died 5-14-2005
Cora Ithmar McEndree, 86, of Paragould, Ark., died May 14, 2005, at the Paragould Nursing Center in Paragould. Born Jan. 1, 1919, in Clairemore, Okla., she was the daughter of William Elijah and Frankie Emiline Tillson Matney.
She married Harry Leman McEndree Nov. 2, 1938, at Evening Shade, Ark. She spent her working years as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and a homemaker. She was of the Assembly of God faith.
Survivors include her daughter, Naomi McClure and husband, Ray, of Paragould; three grandchildren -- Lennis McClure of Jonesboro, Ark., Lena West of Paragould, and Lonnie McClure of Little Rock, Ark.; five great-grandchildren, and eight great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, six brothers and three sisters.
The funeral was May 17, at Barker's Funeral Home Chapel in Salem, with Carl Anders officiating. Interment was in Shiloh Cemetery at Ash Flat with arrangements under the direction of Barker Funeral Home of Salem.
Pallbearers were -- Lennis McClure, Lonnie McClure, Bill West, Harold Adams Jr., John Stone and Phil West.
Honorary pallbearers were Brandon McClure, Jerron West and Jerry West.
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Batman Begins
Ah well it was a bit of a while ago that I saw this now. I've pretty much hated all the previous Batman movies, but this was heralded as something a bit different.
It is - for about half the movie. I really enjoyed all the Bruce Wayne backstory, but the other half of the film seemed to be pretty much the same old superhero ballax.
May well be remembered as one of the last few movies featuring Katie before she went a bit mad.


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Kyle Larson to Race Eldora Speedway for Turner Scott Motorsports
It was officially announced today that Kyle Larson will drive for Turner Scott Motorsports (TSM) in the first ever NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Eldora Speedway. The 20-year-old will pilot the No. 30 Clorox Chevrolet Silverado at the series' first ever race on dirt on July 24 in Rossburg, Ohio.
Larson, who drives full time for TSM in their No. 32 NASCAR Nationwide Series entry, has one previous NCWTS start this season at Rockingham Speedway. Larson qualified the No. 30 Chevrolet Silverado in the third position before dominating the race and earning his first win in one of NASCAR's top-three series. Larson also competed in four Truck Series races for TSM in 2012, tallying one top five, three top 10s and 91 laps led.
Larson's racing background, which has been predominately on dirt tracks in open-wheel competition, is no stranger to victory at Eldora Speedway. The Elk Grove, Calif. native became one of only two drivers to ever sweep the USAC Four Crown Nationals with wins in the Midget, Sprint Car and Silver Crown divisions in 2011. Larson also captured victory in the USAC Midgets at Eldora in 2012.
"I am very excited to have Kyle [Larson] in one of our trucks for the series' first ever race on dirt," said TSM co-owner Harry Scott Jr. "We have been extremely pleased with his performance this year, both in earning Turner Scott Motorsports its first win of the season, and in the progress he has made so far in the Nationwide Series. Our team has had some very productive tests on dirt, and it would be a real achievement to bring home the first trophy ever awarded for a race on dirt in the Truck Series."
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text: Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Dick Roth <raroth7 at comcast.net> wrote: >> I've been having a problem for a while: when booting, >haldaemon will > fail, leaving me without CD/DVD and >floppy drives available. >> >> Has anyone else had this kind of problem? If so, can >anyone suggest a > solution? > > Your problem may not be with HAL. I have had similar, intermittent > problems, recently, with various symptoms, including that K3b could > not find my CD-RW drive or media in it. I just finished writing to > CD-R media with K3b with that CD-RW drive. In the case of my Desktop, > I now know that the motherboard is damaged. Since you wrote that you > have a problem with more than one piece of HW, I hope in your case it > isn't the motherboard. You can run Diagnostics on the HW, which I did > last Sunday, with the Dell Diagnostics for this box, but my HW got a > clean bill of health, since it is intermittent. GL! > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Thanks for the suggestions, Lanny. I opened my box and reseated my IDE connectors...just in case. Then I rebooted twice and came up roses each time. Let's hope this is a trend. Happy Holidays to one and all! Dick -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin 1755


text: Well, it looks like it's the season for pioneering inventors to be honored, with Chuck Thacker's recent Turing Award win now followed up by Roger L. Easton's induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Pictured at left above, Easton started working at the Naval Research Laboratory in 1943, and later helped develop MINITRACK, the very first satellite tracking system, which in turn led to the concept Easton dubbed TIMATION (short for "time navigation"). That was used to aid in the launch of four experimental satellites over the course of the 1960s and 1970s, the last of which was the first satellite to fly in the GPS 12-hour orbit and the first transmit GPS signals. In fact, the relativistic offset correction Easton applied to that satellite is still used by every GPS satellite now in orbit, and it also helped to experimentally verify Einstein's theory of relativity for good measure. Easton didn't call it quits when he left the lab, however, and eventually served two terms in the New Hampshire State Assembly, and even ran for Governor in 1986.


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Raising a child is no joke. It's something that requires years of dedication and effort. When you have a child, the first thing that's going to change are your priorities. Suddenly, it is no longer just yourself that you are working for but now your child too.
Your finances take a major hit because of all the child rearing-related expenses that arise. You need to buy them special food, clothing and baby accessories like a car-seat or cot. When they grow up a bit, you'll need to save money to enroll them in school & university. You need to pay for the clothes they wear, the laptop they need and of course the mobile that they just have to have.
Everything about a child would probably mean financial sacrifice on the part of the parent, that's why a little help from the government through Child Tax Credits is very much welcome.
The Child Tax Credits benefit can be claimed by parents on a child only if the child is under 16 years of age, or under 20 if they are enrolled in universities and training courses that have been previously approved by the HMRC.
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All of these helplines are open 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 8am-4pm Saturday (UK time), so please note that you won't be able to contact HMRC about your tax credit queries on Sunday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years' Day.


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Hello barbies!
I hope you're all enjoying this beautiful summer! In North Carolina it's been fairly mild and not near as stormy as last summer, which we've been taking full advantage of. For July 4th, we spent the weekend with my parents at their lake house on Kerr Lake, near the NC/Virginia border. It was beautiful, with the highlight being a sunset boat ride with some of our close friends to go watch fireworks. Some of my favorite shots from that boat ride are below.
My parents' lake house is on 10 acres of land and really wooded. It's so country and beautiful. I just love being up there and getting some fresh air.
Ross also traveled to New York this month to visit his mom at her amazing 100+ year old Adirondack farmhouse and snapped this photo from his plane when over Manhattan, which I thought was really cool. Stay tuned for a post in the next week or two on my mother-in-law's farmhouse, inside and out. Not only are the Adirondack Mountain views breathtaking, but she's quite the decorator - the interior will blow your mind.
As always, we've also been doing some updating to the BDH. I just bought new floor length crushed satin curtains for our dining room and sun room, which will hopefully be done in the next week or two. I'll post pics as soon as we get them up!
We also got a GREAT deal on a new black comforter, which is super comfy. With the tan walls, I thought our black and cream master needed a little more black and a little less cream. To see how we DIY'd this upholstered headboard on the cheap, click here.
We also finally bought and hung tip towel holders in our master bath. For whatever reason, we've just never gotten around to it until now.
We also bought three new matching cream bath mats and I plan on adding crystals to the master bath chandelier sometime today. I ordered a bunch online a couple months back and I've been slowly but surely stringing them and adding them to some chandeliers that need the extra pizazz.
I also bought three new tiny glass jars at a thrift shop yesterday for our guest bathrooms - they were 75 cents each! This one is my favorite:
Last but not least, here's a pic collage of hubby and I's date night earlier this week.
Thanks for reading, barbies! Between the rain, by oversized office chair and my chai tea, it's been a great day for blogging! xoxo!


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With this blog post for my Understanding Video Games class, I have been given the choice to talk about any topic that I want. Thus, I have decided to focus on a certain area of video game culture that has fascinated me over the past five years, yet has seldom been thoroughly analyzed-- the growing trend of comedic video reviewers of games on the internet.
The catalyst for this trend was James Rolfe, a big fan of movies and a budding filmmaker in his own right. Way back in 2004, Rolfe did two video game reviews, and decided to humorously subvert the more professional style of traditional video reviews of games by being overly negative and tossing in some profanity for good measure. Two years later in 2006, Rolfe's friend and collaborator Mike Matei encouraged him to post his game reviews on Youtube. Soon, Rolfe, in association with Matei and musician Kyle Justin, began producing more game reviews as part of the "Angry Video Game Nerd" series. The Nerd soon took Youtube and the internet in general by storm, and many were influenced by the Nerd's foul-mouthed and quick-witted reviewing style.
A seemingly countless amount of AVGN copycats soon flooded Youtube, though many of them were of dubious quality at best. But none of them have been as controversial as Chris Bores, a.k.a. the Irate Gamer. Many of the earlier Irate Gamer episodes not only covered games previously reviewed by the Angry Nerd (like the Back to the Future and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games for the NES), but Bores also critiqued many of the same aspects of those games that Rolfe had. To add insult to injury, Bores has gone to great lengths to discredit or downplay Rolfe as an inspiration. These accusations of plagiarism, combined with many factual errors, extremely weak complaints, an abundance of flubs (in many scenes, Bores's systems are turned off or not set up properly, and he often mispronounces frustrating as "fustrating"), and an increasingly erratic release schedule have resulted in Bores appearing as a flat-out hack in the eyes of many. Despite these criticisms, Bores has had a fair amount of success as a Youtube partner, and has even been invited to the video game's premiere expo, E3.
On the other end of the popularity spectrum, as far as reviewers/internet personalities based on AVGN go, is Derek Alexander, whose web series, the Happy Video Game Nerd, is, as it title indicates, a blatant parody/homage to Rolfe's iconic character. While Rolfe's character focuses largely on tearing apart poorly-made and/or bizarre games, Alexander's Nerd sets his sights on informing viewers about the hidden gems of gaming history. Alexander's videos have become so popular, that even Rolfe has admitted to liking them.
Another notable video game reviewer is Noah Antwiler and his show the Spoony Experiment. Antwiler is one of the most popular internet comedians affiliated with Channel Awesome, the company behind the website That Guy With The Glasses, and it's video game-centric sister site Blistered Thumbs. Other notable Channel Awesome contributers include Doug Walker, whose beloved Nostalgia Critic once had a mock feud with Rolfe's AVGN, and Lewis "Linkara" Lovhaug, whose comic book review show Atop the Fourth Wall has made frequent crossovers with the Spoony Experiment. There are many other video game reviewers at Blistered Thumbs worth mentioning. Among them are the French-based Benjamin Daniel, whose character Benzaie is known for his comedically broken English; "Angry Joe" Vargas, whose reviews are meant to help video game producers improve their creations; Justin "JewWario" Carmical, who focuses on games only released in Japan; and Bennett "the Sage" White, who has reviewed everything from video games to comic books to even poorly-written fanfiction. One former member of Channel Awesome who deserves mention is Jason "LordKaT" Pullara, whose series Until We Win took viewers through some of the most challenging video games ever made.
I hope you enjoy this blog, which I've dedicated to everything I love, and occasionally updates about my own life. All original material is © John Francis Pannozzi. All other material is ™ & © Their respective owners. Blogger is ™ & © Google, Inc.
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Understanding Video Games Post 4: My Choice
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I'm looking for reliability, I've already had 2 SDs fail. As I was entering a warranty claim I tried to sign up for their forums to ask there, couldn't make their form work so far. At https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4968/ is a picture of (current?) card types. I've read good stuff about the Extreme Pro or Extreme Plus, I forget which.
But wait a minute, UHS is a different bus style internally with advantages. If a Pi can't take advantage of them it just runs in slow mode for compatibility and money is wasted. We're talking $70 and up for a 128 GB and it's already going to have to wait until after next payday. I want the best one a Pi can use without getting features it can't use.
I see Sandisk is owned by Western Digital, at least now. I'd prefer Seagate, but WD is mostly OK, in terms of hard drive failures I've had.


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FAU should be proud to call Sincere one of its own
Steve Bayer, a disaster relief volunteer for the American Red Cross, has been to many relief outposts through the years.
Still, Bayer was more than impressed as he watched the efficiency in which former FAU linebacker Cerge Sincere organized a drive for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
"He's got a good upbringing, he's got a good foundation," Bayer said. "He's going to be a success in whatever he does.
"For him to be able to organize this on the spur of the moment. … and he's very, very efficient."
FAU should be proud to call Sincere one of its own. Soon after the earthquake, the Pahokee native secured a spot in front of the Oxley Center and started contacting charitable organizations and other businesses. His mission was personal having more than 35 relatives from the region in which the quake struck, including a cousin and an aunt who were killed when their home collapsed.
Sincere got emotional as he stood by the more than 45 volunteers feverishly working to keep up with the donations.
"I don't know what to say," he said. "This shows how many people have a heart. I hope this little bit we do can help save some lives."
The volunteers helped separate clothes, box and stack non-perishables and unload cars and trucks. At one point, realizing the need for more boxes, Sincere made a phone call and got a local packaging company to donate the boxes.
FAU donated several boxes of athletic apparel, including Motor City Bowl t-shirts from the 2008 season, and provided an 18-wheeler to help transport the items to a distribution center. Several members to the current team then loaded the truck.
Sincere had rented a U-Haul but learned he would need a bigger truck.
Sincere was so overwhelmed with the support he hopes to have another drive, but after he committed to help a friend's drive on Saturday in Royal Palm Beach.
Sincere played at FAU from 2003-07 and is among the school's all-time leaders in tackles for a season and a career, something of which he should be proud.
But what he achieved on the football field, and it was great, does not compare to what he is accomplishing in his life during these very difficult times. This is a man coach Howard Schnellenberger, and FAU's athletic department, can put at the top of the list when citing success stories that have come from his program.


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Mondays are a winner around the Alleyway. WE have some swag and book winners to announce. But that will come at the end of this post. So without further delay, read on my dear Alleywalkers and enjoy.
Title: Darkest Mercy
Author: Melissa Marr
Genre: YA
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: 336
Favorite line or passage: "She couldn't stop herself; she reached up and ran her fingers through Keenan's hair. It felt different, not sharp enough to hurt, but soft. There was no pain, no steam, no clash--so Donia continued trailing her fingers over his changed body."
Description: The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey.
Aislinn tends to the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. Torn between his new queen and his old love, Keenan works from afar to strengthen his court against the coming war. Donia longs for fiery passion even as she coolly readies the Winter Court for battle. And Seth, sworn brother of the Dark King and heir to the High Queen, is about to make a mistake that could cost his life.
Love, despair, and betrayal ignite the Faery Courts, and in the final conflict, some will win . . . and some will lose everything.
The thrilling conclusion to Melissa Marr's New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave readers breathless.
I am a huge Wicked Lovely fan. As the series has progressed, I've been in the minority of approval when it came to the direction Melissa Marr chose to take the books at times. I loved how she explored different characters from altered angles and views. She gave them background voices, when they weren't playing front-and-center as main characters. I found that very interesting.
Wicked Lovely was a beautifully written introduction into this world hidden among mortals. Ink Exchange veered from the main characters, Aislinn and Keenan, focusing on another character and important avenue, broadening this amazing world. Fragile Eternity turned back to Aislinn and Keenan, and their internal struggles to be who they are meant to be. And of course, love and all its balance, sacrifice, and effort plays a huge roll in those decisions.
Radiant Shadows was another drift from the main characters, but, in my opinion, it did the story justice. As a reader, I was able to see more of the world-building Marr is so gifted at creating. Focusing on two different characters, allowed me to watch others at a distance and how they reacted to being background characters.
The climactic ending to the Wicked Lovely saga is strong, enticing, and yes--fulfilling. Darkest Mercy threads together the first four books and their diversity. The main plot, which remained intact throughout the series, grows in strength and angst with the flip of each page. Despite personal gripes or past misgivings between characters of each Court, the fact remains that their beloved Faerie and their futures are in trouble. Will they rise above their differences to have a future?
The voices are as bold as ever, even with a few twists that could have made reading complicated. But Marr does a marvelous and clear job in communicating the character's needs and desires. I also found some of their self-examinations to be deeper - two in particular, but I won't name them not wanting to give any of the story away. The action scenes are poetically descriptive and plausible. I really enjoyed watching certain characters dig deep within themselves, while others sadly faded. As one would say, "It's all in the script, for the love of the story."
The threat War creates builds consistently throughout the story until the climatic ending moves every character--those we've grown to love, be annoyed with, or hate--beyond his/her self to invest in something more. Something real. True internal growth. It was a thing of beauty to watch characters sacrifice more than they thought they were capable of. And it was an enchanting contradiction to menace that had been lurking through each book.
In the end, the story is a journey of love. Whether it be love of another faery, love of home and a place to belong, or love of honor and dedication to one's responsibility, love and what it takes is the ultimate message. It's at the forefront of every character thread and motivation.
Before I announce the winners, I have a special surprise for you. Over on Oasis for YA, we're giving away an ARC of DARKEST MERCY. For details, head over and ENTER. The winner will be announced this Friday. I'm also exploring the Ugly Doubt Monster and the Sanctuary of Self-Belief in my post over on Oasis, today!
NOW for the WINNERS of both my giveaways.
You are the WINNERS of the Elana Johnson signed bookmarks!
You are the WINNERS of Elana Johnson signed book plates!
You are the WINNERS of Elana Johnson signed book plates!
In random order, here are the WINNERS of my 4 book giveaway.
Llehn - Specials
Sarah Bibi Setar - The Lonely Bones
SiNn - The Van Alen Legacy
Christine - Betrayed
CONGRATS to all the winners. I'll be in contact soon.
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August 22, 2017
JICA Tonga Office
Alfred Vaka
Program Officer
(From L-R front row; JICA Resident Representative Mr. Shinji Yoshiura, His Excellency Mr. Yukio Numata, Ambassador of Japan to Tonga, Mr. Vainga Palu-President for JICA Alumni Association)
(From L-R back row; Mr. Shoichi Iwata - JICA Assistant Representative & Project Formulation Advisor, Ms. Malia Hola, Ms. Tracy 'Aisea, Mr. Saimone Manu, Ms. Tilisa Tohi and Mr. Yasuhiko Kamada - Counsellor of Japanese Embassy)
JICA has officially accepted another four participants from Tonga to participate in the 2nd Batch for the Pacific Leader's Educational Assistance for Development of State (Pacific-LEADS Program) as part of Japan's commitment from the 7th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM 7) in May 2015.
The successful participants are as follows;
The main objective of this Educational Program is to foster young leaders who are expected to play vital roles towards the resolution of development challenges in Pacific Islands Countries. Furthermore, each participant has proposed research topics anticipated to contribute solve the development agendas of Pacific Island countries such as Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change; the Environment; Sustainable Development, Oceans, Maritime issues, and Fisheries; Trade, Investment, Tourism; and the Economic Policy.
During the official function for welcoming the Pacific LEADS Participants, His Excellency Mr. Numata congratulated all participants and expressed his gratitude for the continuous collaboration amongst others which indicated another excellent result of four young Tongans selected to participate in the P-LEADS 2nd batch.
The President of JICA Alumni Association Mr. Vainga Palu conveyed his sincere thanks and appreciation to his Excellency Mr. Numata, for the on-going opportunity being awarded to these four young stars, to be able to learn from the rich experiences and technology in Japan. He also urged the participants to study hard and behave themselves and be a good young ambassador on behalf of the people of Tonga.
Mr. Yoshiura, JICA Resident Representative, acknowledged the participants and believed that these selected participants would be a great benefit for both countries as well as further promoting the closer friendship between people of Tonga and the people of Japan.
Comments from the 2nd Batch Participants;
Ms. Malia Hola - Why did you choose the Pacific LEADS program?
The Pacific LEADS program marks another milestone in Japan's growing partnership with Tonga and the Pacific Islands. This program offers a great opportunity for Pacific countries to strengthen our human capacity in different areas of development, so that we as developing states can be in a better position to resolve challenges and support the development efforts undertaken towards the achievement of our country's national vision and goals.
I am truly grateful to the Government and the people of Japan for granting this opportunity to enhance our knowledge. I know that the understanding I will gain from my program of study will allow me to contribute in a meaningful and effective way to the performance of my duties for the Government of Tonga, for the benefit of our people. I look forward to actively engaging in Japan's rich culture and diverse environment as well as learning from the traditional values and founding principles that make Japan unique.
Ms. Tilisa Tohi - What do you want to contribute from your experience after studying in Japan for the future of Tonga?
Having successfully completed this Masters program, I would be able to help improve the current Food Safety and Quality in Tonga. Vital knowledge and skill obtained will be applied to protect human and animal health from risks arising from residues, contaminants, toxins or disease-causing organisms in food or feedstuffs and protect our country from other damages caused by the entry, establishment or spread of pests. It will also provide a basis for technical dialogues with exporters, importers and stakeholders in Tonga.
Ms. Tracy Aisea – What do you expect in Japan?
The opportunity to gain international experience by studying in Japan is a great way to obtain first-hand knowledge of the country of Japan, its people, culture and expertise. It will also help strengthen Tonga and Japan's good relationship. I will be able to help increase the production, growth and survival of commodities species in Tonga. It will help Tonga develop its small scale aquaculture farming into a commercial scale of production.
Working together with lab technicians and Professors in Japan will also provide me the opportunity to learn how to make use of the specialized equipment currently in Tonga, donated by JICA.
Learning from Professors in Japan's University will be a good opportunity for me to learn how to improve and sustain marine invertebrate production in Tonga. By improving the production of marine species in Tonga we can create a sustainable aquaculture industry that can provide food security, economic growth, help re-stock natural populations and support coastal livelihoods.
Mr. Saimone Manu - What do you want to study in Japan?
With these educational programs I would like to learn and expose to the latest advance sciences in the field of biological control with natural insect predator, sterile insect technology, and the field of biological insecticides in terms of crop protection.
I believe my study and research in Japan will enhance my knowledge and skill on the integrated pest management. Therefore, I'm thankful for the Japanese government and the leaders of the Pacific islands who created the Pacific Leads Programme for the opportunity as it aims to foster young leaders who play important role towards the Pacific island countries. This programme will also provide me with a great opportunity to experience the Japanese cultures as well as learning the language for future enhancing the relationship between Japanese people and the people of Tonga.
All participants have left Tonga to Japan on 14th August for their 3 weeks orientation program in Okinawa Island, before dispatching to each respective University for the commencement of their Masters Program next month until March 2020. JICA has once again congratulated the participants on their new journey and wished them all a very successful study.
Good Luck!
Participant's farewell meetings at the airport with Mr. Iwata, JICA Project Formulation Advisor before depart to Japan.