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AB 818 (Blumenfield) - Renter's Right to Recycle Act
AB 818, the Renter's Right to Recycle Act, provides a residential recycling opportunity for more than 7.1 million Californians residing in more than 2.4 million multifamily dwelling units.
Position and Status.
CAW Supports.
AB 818 passed the legislature and was signed in to law by Governor Jerry Brown.
(Sample letter sent to the Governor by CAW members)
California as a whole currently diverts more than 50 percent of its generated waste, with only an estimated 15% of waste generated at multifamily dwellings being diverted.
While nearly 70 percent of Californians living in single family homes have access to curbside recycling, no more than 40 percent of those living in multifamily dwellings have access to a residential recycling opportunity-and many of those are unaware of it.
AB 818 will require that an owner of a multifamily dwelling to arrange appropriate recycling services for the dwelling. The bill is similar to AB 2206 Montañez), AB 548 (Levine), and AB 473 (Blumenfield), which were vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger.
CAW Staff Contacts.
Mark Murray and Nick Lapis (916) 443-5422
Assembly Member Bob Blumenfield
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
Californians Against Waste
California State Association of Counties
California Resource Recovery Association
City of Oakland
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One of my chuckles this week was reading the London Telegraph's food blog (yes, it's called the Slaughtered Lamb, got a problem with it?), where writer Sally Peck debates the recent decision by London mayor Boris Johnson to ban alcohol consumption on all city public transportation.
Yes, my American friends, the British are allowed to drink in public, on the Underground even. Or at least they were.
Peck is for the decision. "While our continental cousins seem to be able to handle drinking in public," she writes, "we're just not up for the job. Where they have a civilised picnic in a park, or sip (note SIP) a beer on a hot day, we insist on guzzling and then sprawling most unattractively on the pavement. It's not safe, it's not fun, and it frightens the tourists."
The long string of comments makes for some amusing reading as well. My favorite (in addition to the stunned American who wrote: "You can drink alcohol on the tube?!!!") was this one: "First smoking and now this. They'll be trying to ban sex on the underground next."
Ah, London, cheers to you. Just not on the Tube, apparently.

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New Versions of Robot Virtual Worlds!
The Robot Virtual Worlds team is very excited to announce the latest updates of several of our worlds. This release changes the process for logging in and tracking progress in Robot Virtual Worlds. Read below to find out more.
Updated worlds
- Challenge Pack for EV3
- Challenge Pack for VEX IQ
- Intermediate Challenge Pack for EV3
- Intermediate Challenge Pack for VEX IQ
- Introduction to EV3
Launching these worlds will now automatically log you in as a guest. If you want to log in with a local or CS2N account, click the "Log In" button in the upper left of the main window.
Launching these worlds will now automatically log you in as a guest. If you want to log in with a local or CS2N account, click the "Log Out" button in the main menu.
The log in window for Resolvers has been changed – the "Guest" tab is now the default tab that is opened when you launch the game.
Other worlds
- Expedition Atlantis
- Atlantis Prime
- Curriculum Companion
- All robotics competition worlds, such as Virtual VRC Starstruck
No changes have been made to the log in steps or screens for these worlds.
Let us know what you think of the new updates!
Download ROBOTC for LEGO MINDSTORMS 4.56!
The ROBOTC Development Team is excited to make our latest update available to you, ROBOTC for LEGO MINDSTORMS 4.56. This is primarily a maintenance release which contains many stability fixes. Keep reading for a full list of changes and improvements below.
Updates for all robot platforms:
- When saving a C source file, you can now opt to keep a backup of the previous version of the file. This behavior can be enabled through the preferences.
- Under certain conditions, semaphores could be given to a task that had not unlocked it. This has been corrected.
- Previously, the compiler would count both prototypes and actual function implementations separately, reducing the number of functions available to you. This has been corrected.
Updates specific to the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3:
- The way text files are saved has been changed to prevent the "65000 temp files" issue that some users were seeing.
- WiFi has been removed from the communications pane. This is unsupported and was left visible as an oversight.
- Joystick control for the EV3 has been fixed.
- The EV3 sound code was partially rewritten for stability reasons.
Updates specific to the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT:
- Operation Reset samples were not working correctly, this has been fixed.
Download ROBOTC for LEGO MINDSTORMS 4.56 today and let us know what you think of the improvements!
Summer STEM Activities and Resources
Summer is here, and it's a great time to take on some new and interesting STEM activities that are both educational and fun. There are a lot of STEM resources on the web, but here's a quick summary of a few that we think are worth checking out:
- Carnegie Mellon CS-STEM Network Summer of Learning: The CS-STEM Summer of Learning program is an online outreach research project run by the Carnegie Mellon CS-STEM Network and University of Pittsburgh Learning and Research Development Center, in partnership with Robomatter, Inc. The program seeks to improve student preparedness in areas related to Computer Science, Computational Thinking, Science, Technology, Education, and Mathematics. Sign up today!
- Makey Makey: MaKey MaKey is an invention kit for the 21st century. By allowing you to turn everyday objects into touchpads and combine them with the internet, beginners and experts to invent all sorts of things like, you know, a banana piano.
- Engineering For Kids: Engineering For Kids (EFK) brings science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), to kids ages 4 to 14 in a fun and challenging way through classes, camps, clubs, and parties. With 145 locations around the world, it's easy to find an EFK location near you!
- Squishy Circuits: The goal of Squishy Circuits is to design tools and activities which allow kids of all ages to create circuits and explore electronics using play dough. The site guides you through creating conductive dough, creating insulating dough, and building some really cool circuits.
- ROBOTC Projects on Instructables: Instructables is a website specializing in user-created and uploaded do-it-yourself projects, which other users can comment on and rate for quality. Instructables has instructions for pretty much anything, but we're sort of partial to the ROBOTC projects.
- Expedition Atlantis iPad App: Playing Expedition Atlantis is a classroom-proven method to teach kids the math that they need to program their robots. Through its virtual robotics environment, Expedition Atlantis allows students to focus on learning mathematical strategies, without having to worry about the nuances of programming, like syntax and debugging. And, it's available in an iPad App!
- If that's not enough, check out this list of 20 Super Cool Summer STEM Activities from Project Lead The Way!
If you have a cool robotics or computer science project that you're working on this summer, let us know! We'd love to feature you and your project in our Cool Projects blog. Drop us a line at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sign Up for a Summer LEGO Professional Development Course!
Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Academy has a great offering of certified technology training scheduled for LEGO this summer, both online and on-site in Pittsburgh, PA!
Register for one of their EV3 classes today!
Robotics Academy On-Site Training Includes:
- Online access to supplemental lessons from Robotics Academy materials
- Technical support for all hardware and software used in the class
- 24/7 access to class management system, forums, and message boards (monitored daily)
- Opportunities for Continuing Education credits and certificate of completion
- Tour of the National Robotics Engineering Center
Benefits of Robotics Academy Online Training Courses:
- Convenient online training gives you access from home or your school via the Internet.
- Online access to supplemental lessons from other Robotics Academy materials.
- Technical support for all hardware and software used in the class.
- At the end of the course, take the certification test to become a Robotics Academy Certified Instructor.
- Certificate of Completion upon course completion to apply for Continuing Education hours.
- 24/7 access to class forums and message boards (monitored daily)
Robotics Academy ROBOTC for LEGO NXT and EV3 Certified Technology Training
This course focuses on learning how to program NXT and EV3-based robots using ROBOTC, and how to use robotics as an organizer to teach STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics) concepts.
June 27th – July 1st, 2016
Sign up for an on-site course here!
Jul 11th – 15th, 2016
Monday – Friday for 1 week
3 – 5pm EST (12 – 2pm PST)
Sign up for an online course here!
Explore National Robotics Week with Robot Virtual Worlds
To help celebrate National Robotics Week, we've created a FREE, online version of our Robot Virtual Worlds software, which you can use in your classroom to teach students about robotics and introductory programming concepts.
For the week of April 4th (and the rest of April!) we've opened up a free, online version of our Ruins of Atlantis Robot Virtual World, as well as a number of other Robot Virtual World challenges.
We thought Atlantis was a myth. We were wrong.
Explore the Ruins of Atlantis, 6,000 meters below the surface of the ocean, collecting data and treasure as you do!
Ruins of Atlantis is one of our Robot Virtual Worlds, themed in a fantasy, underwater environment. It's designed to teach and reinforce behavior-based programming in a fun and meaningful way. While immersed in a scaffolded programming environment, students practice robot programming, using a full set of virtual motors and sensors on exciting new robots, 6000 meters below the surface of the ocean.
The level design of Ruins of Atlantis features a path that includes collectible objects and additional starting points, making it ideal for teaching introductory programming concepts such as path planning and encoder based movements. Even though the robots in Atlantis do not resemble the real classroom robots, students can use the same programming languages (EV3, NXT-G, ROBOTC, etc.) to control them.
Visit our National Robotics Week website to get started!
More Robotics Fun!
In addition to Ruins of Atlantis, you can also access free, online versions of the following Robot Virtual Worlds Challenges:
- Maze Challenge: This challenge features a sequence of turns that the robot must perform in order to get to the "end" of the maze. The robot must first begin at the starting point, and get to the goal area by completing turning and forward movement behaviors.
- Basic Movement 1 Programming: In this challenge, you will program your robot to pick up the three green cubes on the far side of the field and drop them into the green goal on the near side of the field, one at a time.
- Basic Movement 2 Programming: In this challenge, you will program your robot to pick up one red cube, navigate to the red goal without bumping any of the walls, and drop the cube into the goal
Visit our National Robotics Week website to learn more!
Robot Virtual Worlds + Research-Based Curriculum = Excellent STEM Education
With lots of research from the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy backing it up, Robot Virtual Worlds is a great tool to create a scaffold learning experience that teaches students important math, programming, proportional reasoning, and computational thinking skills. That's we've built Robot Virtual Worlds into our STEM Curriculum.
Our curriculum does more than simply teach students basic facts and concepts. We teach students skills they need to be successful in the real world. Here are a few highlights:
- Learner-centered instruction built on research that's been proven in the real-world
- Helps students develop 21st Century college and career readiness skills
- Teaches important skills in foundational mathematics, engineering, programming, problem-solving, creative thinking, and computational thinking
- Designed to provide structured problem-based learning that:
- Provides guidance to both students and teachers
- Scaffolds difficult concepts and complex tasks
- Schedules class time closely so that no class time is wasted
- Requires students to generalize their understanding and apply learning across contexts
To learn more about our curriculum, visit our website or send us an email at email@example.com.
Cool Project: Tumblebug
Damien Kee, a VEX IQ and EV3 Super User, has created another cool project! This time he used one of his kids toys, the Tumble Bug Ball Drop, to test out how often the ball comes out of the left foot / right foot with a 50% probability. Damien says, "My boys got this toy for Christmas one year and I thought I'd put together a little device to check the probability of how it works. I used Ultrasonic Sensors with the EV3 and Colour Sensors (Proximity mode) with the IQ to keep track every time a ball went through the toy…. This would make a great experiment to run in class, not just with the Tumble Bug but all different types of kids toys." We couldn't agree more!
Damien used the VEX IQ and LEGO EV3 programmed in ROBOTC to run his tests. The programs figure out the percentage and display them on screen. Here is a full breakdown video of how the project was done …
Not only does this project allow for the practice of programming, but it gives the opportunity to assess variables when determining the results. Damien says: "
What I love about doing these sort of extended investigations in class, is that rather than being a final conclusion, this now opens up a huge range of other questions and scenarios that you can test.
- Why was there a difference?
- Was the table level?
- Do the different balls have an impact?
- Does the placement speed in the mouth affect the results?"
Want to try it out yourself? Here are the code files Damien used:
EV3 RobotC – EV3_tumblrbug.c
VEX IQ RobotC – tumblrbug_VEX.c
To see the full hardware setup and find out the final results, check out his full blog here – Testing the Tumblebug (EV3 and VEX IQ)
Do you have a cool ROBOTC project you want to share with the world? If so, send us an email at email@example.com and we'll post it on our blog and social media pages!
Article: Robotic Competition Moves into Virtual World
The NWF Daily News in North West Florida published an article highlighting our Robot Virtual World competitions, focusing on our newest competition, the virtual Mini-Urban Challenge. The article talks about how our virtual competition is being used to help students test out their design before moving into the physical robotics competition. "Robomatter's virtual world will test and exercise the Mini-Urban Challenge robots," Steve Butler, the director of Doolittle Institute said. "The connection of our Mini-Urban 'real world' test environment to a bigger, simulated world will greatly enrich the experience of the participating students."
To read the entire article, visit here – Robotic Competition Moves into Virtual World
To find out more about the Mini-Urban Challenge, visit their website here!
PLTW Upgrade Pack – Now only $199!
The School Year is Well Under Way, But There's Still Plenty of Time to Make the Most of Your Classroom with the PLTW Upgrade Pack. Now on sale for $199!
When you purchase the PLTW Upgrade Pack, you'll get:
- Robot Virtual Worlds
- Access to the Graphical Natural Language Programming Interface
- The ability to program VEX IQ robots
- Access for 100 seats for the rest of the school year
ROBOTC Certification Courses Being Offered at this Spring's ITEEA Conference!
Robomatter and the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy are proud to offer Robotics Certification courses at the ITEEA National Harbor conference in Washington, DC on March 2nd and 3rd, 2016!
When you sign up for the training, you'll get:
- A Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy Certification course
- Membership to ITEEA
- Access to this year's the ITEEA Conference at the National Harbor in Washington, D.C.
The courses that we are offering are Certification Courses. They will consist of two trainings sessions at the conference and four online classes after the conference. The online classes are offered once per week, are recorded, provide you with 24/7 access, and include forums that are enable you to get you questions answered on your schedule. There are two courses being offered, ROBOTC for LEGO training and ROBOTC for VEX training.
Each course will consist of:
- Two (2) three-hour, on-site sessions at the ITEEA National Harbor conference
- Four (4) additional online evening training sessions following the conference (or you could attend a summer online course)
Limited spots available! To register for the training or to learn more, visit: http://www.robotc.net/iteea/
What's the Big Idea? Using your STEM Classroom to Teach What Matters
Computers are an everyday part of life. We use them constantly in our personal lives and in the workplace. According the the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, over 50% of jobs today require some level of technology skills. And, that percentage is expected to grow to almost 80% in the next ten years.
There's no question that computer science skills are helping students succeed. But, computer science is about more than just learning to program. Students also need to learn how to think programmatically, to use programming as a problem-solving tool, and to understand the global impact of computer science and computing.
The most effective STEM programs include what are sometimes called the "Big Ideas" of computer science – foundational principles that are central to computing and help show students how computer science can change the world. Here's a quick overview of some of the big ideas we think are important, and some tips on how you can incorporate them into your STEM Robotics or Computer Science classroom:
- Abstraction – Abstraction is a key problem-solving technique that we use in our everyday lives and that can be applied across disciplines and problems. Abstraction helps students manage complexity by reducing the information and details of a problem, allowing them to focus on the main idea. But how do you teach students abstraction?
One way is to Implement a project that start with a complex problem but uses mini-challenges to break the problem into smaller pieces. Have students solve the mini-challenges, focusing on one aspect of the problem at a time, and then use those mini-challenge solutions to build a final solution to the larger, more complex problem.
2. Algorithms – Algorithms are used to develop and express computational problems and they're an important part of Computer Science. But, algorithmic thinking is a tool that students can apply across disciplines and problems. Algorithmic thinking means defining a series of ordered steps you can take to solve a problem. Therefore, it's important that students learn how to not only develop algorithms, but to also learn how to express algorithms in language, connect problems to algorithmic solutions, and evaluate algorithms effectively and analytically.
Here's one idea for introducing algorithms into your STEM Robotics or Computer Science classroom: Provide students with a list of numbers. Ask them to find the largest number and document the procedure they used. (This is also good pseudocode practice!) Next, tell students that they will be given a program that generates 10 random numbers between 0 and 30 and they will have to provide an algorithm to find the largest number from the list. Once students have generated the algorithm and seen it in action, discuss why the algorithm is valuable. While it may not be a big deal to find the largest number out of a group of 10, what if we increased the range of numbers from 0 to 10,000, and increased the amount of numbers from 10 to 1000? In a situation like that, an algorithm would be able to find the largest number much faster than a human.
To learn more about implementing computational thinking in your classroom, read our blog post from last month, "What is Computational Thinking and Why Should You Care?
4. Creativity – People often think that science and creativity are two terms that don't belong together. However, that couldn't be further from the truth. Innovation and creativity are at the heart of STEM and Computer Science. Along with programming skills, students need to learn how to think creatively and need to get comfortable with the creative process.
One great way to do this is by using structured problem-solving in your classroom. Structured problem-solving allows students to be creative, but within parameters. While students will still have opportunities to personalize their projects and justify their solutions, their creativity will still be structured. That way, teachers don't have to worry about students constantly losing focus.
5. Data – This "Big Idea" revolves around the fact that data and information facilitate the creation of knowledge. Over the past 50 years, the tasks that we perform on a routine basis have gotten more and more complex. According to an analysis done by Frank Levy and Richard J. Murane, the amount that employees are asked to solve unstructured problems and acquire and make sense of new information has increased dramatically, by more than 40% .[i] Therefore, it's important to teach students how to analyze and interpret data.
You can do this by having students use coordinate data to code precise movements. Or, ask students to design a short, school-appropriate survey to collect data and answer specific questions. Then, have students write a program to input and analyze their data and calculate basic descriptive statistics such as mean, mode, range, and frequency. You can also ask students to plot their data on a chart or graph, and identify subgroups within the dataset to explain response patterns. Finally ask students to draw conclusions or make generalizations from their data and present their results to the class.
6. Impact – Computers have had a global impact on the way we think and live. The way we work, play, collaborate, communicate, and do business has changed dramatically in recent years and will likely continue to change. It's important for students to understand the global impact of computing in everyday life, and the numerous ways computing helps enable innovation in other fields.
One way to help students understand the impact of computer science is to use activities that involve things like the internet, cybersecurity, internet searches, and the power of programming within advertising. You can also create activities that ask students to connect their programming skills to content from other classes (science, math, etc.). Or, you can ask students to think about and report on the less obvious ways they use technology every day, such as making breakfast, driving in a car, using the self-checkout line at the grocery store, etc.
7. Precision – Programming is precise. It's important for students to learn that a computer program will do exactly what they tell it to do. This is especially evident with robots. If you aren't precise about what you tell your robots to do, they probably won't do what you want. However, precision does not need to be complex. Even simple programming activities can require precise, thoughtful communication – How far should the robot move? How far should it turn?
Ultimately, we're asking students to change the way they think about giving directions. So, a great activity is to have students create a set of instructions explaining how to do a task like following a recipe, drawing a house, or making a paper airplane. Have one student provide the instructions and a second student act as a robot, doing exactly what student #1 is telling him or her to do. Most times, it quickly becomes apparent that students have not fully considered the level of detail required for programming and that they need to be more precise with how they provide instructions.
If you're looking for more ideas on how to integrate "Big Ideas" into your STEM classroom, we've embedded these "Big Ideas" into our research-based curriculum, which is available for free online, or through the purchase of a classroom edition that comes with the benefits of:
- Guaranteed Uptime – Keep your classroom up, even if your internet is down.
- Zero bandwidth requirements – 30 kids accessing the same curriculum can really slow things down.
- High Quality Support – Have a question or need help getting started? You'll have access to our best-in-class support team.
- Individual curriculum access for each student or group – With individual access to the curriculum, students can move at the instructional pace that's right for them.


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"Teach me, O Lord, Thy holy way, and give me an obedient mind; that in Thy service I may find my soul's delight from day to day!" Come join us this Sunday as we delight in the wisdom of our great God! Pastor Massey will be speaking on our duty to no longer live for human passions, but for the will of God (1 Peter 4:2). We meet for corporate worship at 10:00 am and for worship at 11:00 am at the Arthur Murray studio building in Redlands. After the service, we will meet for a wonderful time of food and fellowship at the Massey's house in nearby Loma Linda.


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Today Funko announces a plethora of new products based on the popular "Big Bang theory" TV show. Complete your cast with the new Pop Vinyl figures or start a new collection of blind box minis! Pop! Television: NEW Big Bang Theory As you know, Sheldon and Amy Farrah Fowler Pop! figures have already released….
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Shodai Soke Irie Yasuhiro - 入江 安博 初代 宗家
Irie Yasuhiro entered the Hakkoryu Ju-Jutsu Headquarters in 1969 and trained directly under Shodai Soke Okuyama Ryuho.
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There seems to be a wave of Shoegazing revival happening this year, with a few of the big names from the original era coming back and releasing albums. Original active between 1988 till 1996, over the course of four albums, Ride went from shoegazing drone to straight forward alternative rock, but they sort of ended on a sour note with 'Tarantula', which was created as the band fell apart. It always felt like the ended on the wrong album, that they had more to give the world and it was just a shame. Thankfully, the years have healed their bruised souls and they have come back with their fifth album, 'Weather Diaries'. I do not have much information about where the album was record, but I can tell you it was produced with Erol Alkan. So, might as well get on with the review….
01 – Lannoy Point
With a strange and whirling sound, the guitars start to be slowly, then an effect driven bass enters the song and they are back. It is a good opening track, one that has maturity at its side mixed in with a sense of renewed energy. It feels exciting at this point to have Ride back, it might not be their most exciting start, but it is certainly making the right sorts of noise for an opening track.
02 – Charm Assault
It is back to basics here on 'Charm Assault', you can hear an updated take on the mindset behind 'Not Fazed' from 'Going Blank Again'. The riff on this song is brilliant, it is dominating and I think that this album needed a song such as this near the beginning of the record. I like Ride when they are releasing songs such as this, it just feels right and full of that attitude that always made them such an interest band the first time around.
03 – All I Want
With a beginning that feels like it was plucked out of a phone advert, 'All I Want' quickly changes into a slice of dream rock that is so deep into shoegazing territory, you feel your eyes are automatically drawn to your feet when it is being played. Musically, it is not the biggest leap into the dark for the band, but that is not what people will be wanting here, they will just want a great new tune from Ride and this song delivers that and then some.
04 – Home Is a Feeling
Now this is old school, but without the distortion peddle being deployed at will. It is a heavy, slow and drifting song which takes you out of your life and you can just drift in the noise of the band. It is missing that distortion peddle to be honest, but it still sounds brilliant, if a little short to be honest.
05 – Weather Diaries
The title track of the album is a beast of a number, almost seven minutes in length and it is a beautiful dream pop/shoegazing song. Everything is allowed to breath, the riffs are allowed to grow naturally, there is the glorious noise which has been missing from some of the songs and it just hits all the right buttons! When Ride get it right, boy do they get it right!
06 – Rocket Silver Symphony
The beginning of this song sounds like notes are being dropped like air raid sirens in the night skies, it is a noise enhanced number for the opening two minutes and then, boom – you are back in an indie pop number. It is somewhere between Kraftwerk, Neu, Ride themselves and Slowdive, it is a bombastic piece of ambition that is pulled off in style. Well played Ride, well played!
07 – Lateral Alice
After such dream immersed numbers, it is somewhat of a relief to have the punk driven noise of 'Lateral Alice'. With a sense of experience and attitude, the band sound as if tomorrow is their goal, if it comes or not is a different matter, but that is where they are heading. I love the noise behind this song, it is best played with the volume turned all the way up and it is another glorious number.
08 – Cali
This is the first song on the album which does not grab me in the way that other tracks have done, maybe it just has the misfortune to follow such a sterling set of songs, but it just feels a little tired compared to the rest of the songs on this album. That said, it is not a bad number either to be honest, just a little lethargic after the last seven tracks.
09 – Integration Tape
A little noise influence interlude, it acts as a natural break on the album and it does that task with ease. But you are not going to rush to play it again to be honest, no matter how good it sounds.
10 – Impermanence
'Impermanence' is a dream rock number that feels an illusion that has been given flesh and allowed to wonder the world. It allows you to drift as it gently drops those notes that stir the soul, it has such a beautiful sound that it feels like you have drifted into the spaces between worlds, as if the dreamscape is real. I like songs that can make you drift away in your own thoughts, it makes the world a more interesting place.
11 – White Sands
'White Sands' is a builder, a track which takes a while to get itself together and it is all down to those small loops that Ride try to build up which are incredibly hard to pull off. To be honest, it does not quite hit the highs I think they were aiming for, but you have to applaud the attempt and it is not an awful or bad song, just an average ending to a great record.
Overall, 'Weather Diaries' is a great return from one of the lost heroes of the early 90's UK indie scene, it has a sound of a group with something to prove, they want to make that ending right and it shows in the tone of the album. It is not desperate as they know that they have the talent, but there is a hunger behind this song that adds fire to everything on this album. It has a few duds, but to be honest, those duds are not bad in the greater scheme of things. It is another comeback album which does not sound shite, it sounds great and it is not rehashing old glories. Welcome back Ride, what took you so long!
8 out of ten – Oh, now you have my attention and maybe my time, money and heart
Top track – Weather Diaries


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Erdogan presses ahead with park plans despite protests
June 6 - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan says he will move forward with plans to develop an Istanbul park despite a week of violent clashes, and protests against his government. Deborah Gembara reports.
Unbowed by days of violent clashes and protests, Tayyip Erdogan says plans to turn an Istanbul park into a shopping center are going forward. SOUNDBITE: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Saying (Turkish) "Before the elections in 2011, I promised to achieve these projects. I stated then that 7 great projects will see the light in Istanbul." The Turkish Prime Minister's announcement, which was made during a trip to Tunisia, is already rankling Turkish citizens. SOUNDBITE: Istanbul Resident Feza, saying: "It has to be, it has to stay as a park." SOUNDBITE: Protester Elif saying: "I think he is kidding just because he can't get what he wants anymore." Plans to develop the park --- which is a popular venue for political rallies triggered protests throughout the country --- and point to mounting anger over Erdogan's leadership --- which some have described as authoritarian. SOUNDBITE: PROTESTER ELIF SAYING: "This is not about just trees. This is bout our souls." Erdogan attributed the unrest back home to "terror groups" he says manipulated what started out as an environmental campaign. SOUNDBITE: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Saying (Turkish) "There are obvious bad intentions. We will achieve this project in order to protect the environment. because, the term environment does not only mean trees but also history, culture… all these things are complementary. But protecting the environment does not mean removing pavements, throwing stones, causing fire or destroying bus stations." He returns to Turkey on Thursday and is expected to be forced to answer for a police crackdown on protesters that ended with more than 4,000 people injured across the country.


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works in progress 2: garden ready to go
It took half a truck of mixed mushroom and organic compost, two people and a couple of shovels, to load 50-odd wheel barrows full of the lovely compost to rebuild the depleted bed.
An hour or two later, nicely topped with 4 bales of lucerne, we could sit back and admire the work.
(yes I really will cover the blue board one day, I prefer to garden/cook/eat than undertake DIY projects)
Some of the strawberries went straight back in but stage two of planting will hopefully get done over easter. I have a well established cardamom that will sit in that hard to reach middle spot, atop a sadly growing cat cemetery.
Meanwhile the seed raising experiment is having some success a mere week after starting. The spring onions have sprouted and almost ready to go into the ground. Then I'll start another batch, to stagger the crop. Still waiting for the parsley and coriander to show signs of life but I have faith they'll do their job.
Has anyone grown turmeric? Some uneaten tubers have sprouted in the bowl in the kitchen. Do they grow as big as ginger? Not sure the little patch can take it but I might give it a go.
Next silverbeet ('cos it's nutritious, delicious and foolproof to grow), lettuces and the odd brassica.
Speaking of gardens. Take 12 minutes and watch this delightful video about gardening and life.
This woman is amazing. Not sure when the piece was made but considering she was born in the 1880's I'm pretty sure it was shot on film. I loved the calming muted colours and clarity of birdsong throughout.
Parts of this originally posted elsewhere.
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Right to be forgotten online still divides the world
Two years after the right to be forgotten took root in Europe, the world is deeply split over the future of digital deletion, says Meg Leta Jones
Two years ago today the European Union's highest court shook the internet when it declared that EU citizens had a right to be forgotten online. The Court of Justice ruling means EU residents can ask for search results about them to be removed by going to Google's takedown form, inputting details to verify identity and listing offending results.
Since then Google has assessed requests from over 425,000 EU citizens to have nearly 1.5 million URLs scrubbed from search results, with a removal rate of around 43 per cent.
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finding the destiny
Friday, September 16, 2011
jadikan aku hamba yg redha dgn segala ketentuan Mu,Allah..
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Happy 25th Birthday Diana =)
O Allah, in every path I take, please guide my steps everyday.
I Thank You Allah with every breath I take.
and a reminder to be pondered:
"Every soul shall have taste of death;in the end, to Us shall you be brought back."(Al-Ankabut 29:57)
So, live long enough Diana preparing yourself to face the reality which is death.Life is a test and indeed it is difficult, partly because of the real difficulties that one must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize.Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.
Believe in yourself..may Allah gives you the best in your life =)
Sunday, September 4, 2011
The Journey,,
"Kita tak tahu apa yang Allah rancangkan untuk kita, Perjalanan kita masih jauh.."
(Nur Kasih The Movie)
Forget the slander You heard.
Forget the many unkind words.
Forget the ones who made You cry.
Forget the one who passed You by.
Forget the pain You suffered inside.
Forget the ones who wouldn't stand by Your side.
If you got Allah you got everything... Alhamdulillah...
p/s: Bersabarlah wahai hati..
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Feel very down!!Things happened in last few days really made me disappointed. How weak I am to face this..Gimme strength o Allah..
* ALLAH KEEPS ME GOING * Happiness keeps me sweet, trials keep me strong, sorrows keep me human, failures keep me humble, success keep me glowing, but only Allah keeps me going!
"Kejarlah apa yang berguna untukmu, minta bantuan daripada Allah dan jangan lemah. Apabila ditimpa sesuatu, maka janganlah engkau berkata:'Kalau begini, nescaya tidak akan begitu.' Akan tetapi katakanlah:'Ini takdir Allah.' Sesungguhnya 'kalau' akan membuka pintu syaitan." (Riwayat Muslim)
"O Allah,rahmat-Mu yang sentiasa aku harapkan, kerana itu janganlah Engkau serahkan urusanku kepada diriku sendiri meskipun sekelip mata, perbaikilah urusanku, tiada Tuhan yang berhak disembah melainkan Engkau."
p/s: Help me ya Allah, to endure this journey..ALLAH..
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Mission Accomplished!! Alhamdulillah
Really proud of them!!These children of Action Song Team indeed had proved that they were capable enough to bring this challenge. So kids,after all of your hard work,you deserve to enjoy the moment,the trophy is yours..first runner up!
All the hard work finally paid off. It was a pleasure to me when the cheers of SKLB people filled the hall once our school had been announced for the second place in this competition. I was so relieved, the ton of bricks had been removed from my shoulders.
Million thanks to the teachers of SKLB, who had given their full support and effort especially in preparing the props/costumes and contributing such great ideas. Without you,I'm nothing. May the Blessings of Allah be multiplied a thousand times for your kindness.
Great thanks to Allah for this success. It is only HIM who decides every single thing,indeed He knows the best.
p/s:pic-credit to ust. mohammad
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
~one glass for u, one glass for me?nope!! both are mine~
After-school visit to this stall,it is a MUST!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Wish List
1. iPhone4
2. DSLR camera
3. losing weight,max 5 kg
4. highrope activity
5. snorkeling
6. pass the interview and induction course
7. marriage erm..
*this list may be added from time to time. =)
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Dec 19, 2010
Grilled halloumi and watermelon salad
Halloumi cheese is from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is unique salty hard cheese made of goat and sheep's milk that comes to life when grilled or pan fried. Teamed with watermelon, it is a sweet-salty treat that works as an appetizer, side dish or light and beautiful summer salad.
1/2 large seedless watermelon
handful of fresh mint
handful of salad mix (optional)
250 gr. halloumi cheese, sliced into 1/2 inch tall strips
2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
Freshly ground black pepper
Heat a non-stick grill pan over medium-high heat for 2 minutes. Pat Halloumi slices with paper towels to dry them, and brush each slice lightly with olive oil on one side.
Place cheese in grill pan, oil-side down, and heat for 1-2 minutes or until golden. Brush top side with oil, flip, and cook 1-2 minutes more.
Dice the watermelon into one-inch cubes or make a cute balls using a melon-baller. Toss cheese with watermelon, salad mix and mint. Season with freshly ground black pepper to taste.
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Late Drinking
Two married friends are out drinking one night when one turns to the other and says, "You know, I don't know what else to do.
Whenever I go home after we've been out late drinking, I turn the headlights off before I get to the driveway.
I shut off the engine and coast into the garage.
I take my shoes off before I go into the house, I sneak up the stairs, I get undressed in the bathroom.
I ease into bed and my wife STILL wakes up and yells at me for staying out so late!"
His friend looks at him and says, "Well, you're obviously taking the wrong approach.
I screech into the driveway, slam the door, storm up the steps, throw my shoes into the closet, jump into bed.
Rub my hands on my wife's butt and say, 'How about a blow job?' ....and She's ALWAYS Sound Asleep!"
More Bar Jokes
A drunk gets up from the bar and heads for the bathroom. A few minutes later, a loud, blood curdling scream is heard coming from the bathroom. A few minutes after that, another loud scream reverberates through the bar.
The bartender goes into the bathroom to investigate why the drunk is screaming. "What's all the screaming about in there? You're scaring the customers!"
"I'm just sitting here on the toilet and every time I try to flush, something comes up and squeezes the hell out of my balls."
With that, the bartender opens the door, looks in and says..........
"You idiot!" "You're sitting on the mop bucket!!!!
An Irishman named Murphy went to his doctor after a long illness. The doctor, after a lengthy examination, sighed and looked Murphy in the eye and said, "I've got some bad news for you...you have the cancer and it can't be cured. I'd give you two weeks to a month."
Murphy, shocked and saddened by the news, but of solid character, managed to compose himself and walk from the doctor's office into the waiting room.
There he saw his son who had been waiting.
Murphy said, "Son, we Irish celebrate when things are good and celebrate when things don't go so well. In this case, things aren't so well. I have cancer and I've been given a short time to live. Let's head for the pub and have a few pints."
After three or four pints the two were feeling a little less somber. There were some laughs and more beers. They were eventually approached by some of Murphy's old friends who asked what the two were celebrating.
Murphy told them that the Irish celebrate the good and the bad...He went on to tell them that they were drinking to his impending end.
He told his friends "I've only got a few weeks to live as I have been diagnosed with AIDS." The friends gave Murphy their condolences and they had a couple more beers.
After his friends left, Murphy's son leaned over and whispered his confusion, "Dad I thought you said that you were dying from cancer?
You just told your friends that you were dying from AIDS?"
Murphy said, "I am dying from cancer son, I just don't want any of them sleeping with your mother."
Phil had just joined a club after his friend had recommended it (being a member for quite some time).
They were sitting at the bar having their beers when someone yelled "21" and there was a small uproar of laughter. A few minutes later someone else yelled "34" and another roar of laughter rose up.
Phil, confused about this asked his friend "Why is everyone laughing at the numbers being called out" His friend said, well we've been telling the same jokes for so many years that we just numbered them all and if you want to tell a joke you just call out a number".
Phil nodded and said "Can I try?"
His friend nodded and Phil called out "121" and everyone in the club roared with laughter and it didn't die down for at least another 15 minutes after.
"Why did everyone laugh so hard at that joke?" Phil asked. His friend said with a small chuckle "We haven't heard that one before."


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U.S. Day Ahead: Goldman Q4 results could be very ugly
Jan. 17 - Thomson Reuters Senior Analyst John Kozey says StarMine shows high chances of a miss when Goldman Sach's reports fourth-quarter results before the bell.
Parents you're US day ahead fourth quarter results from Goldman Sachs could be even uglier than previously thought. Market watchers are looking for earnings of about a dollar twenty -- here before the bell a drop of about two thirds when compared to a year ago. The Reuters senior analyst for investment management John Posey says don't be surprised at the banking giant -- that estimate. Don't mind probabilities are indicating -- heavy chance of a three cent or more earnings miss. On top of that the street analysts the south side are starting to fall away from their strong buy and thereby ratings. -- that the long term growth prospects aren't even expected to exceed that but the S&P 500 in general. Those earnings Goldman Sachs worst years since the banking giant went public in 1999. To play the European debt crisis and this is from investors over recent market turmoil. C correspondent Jeff Hartwig says gold have to tread carefully in this conference call. So -- we'll be listening to see if there's any change in the business model that they in debt. And bill wondering if both say anything about ultimate management changes. Unlike competitors like -- Morgan Stanley Goldman doesn't have a retail area can depend on -- profitability. Focus also on Goldman's. Staffing and compensation levels it acts thirteen hundred employees during the third quarter but hey as a percentage of revenue remains high still consultants say. In the banking sector. Could drop by up to 40% this year some traders might see Obama is at all. That they the securities industry comes a microscope during a house hearing on Wednesday. The Volcker Rule which curbs on proprietary trading. We'll be the focus of testimony from fed governor Daniel hello. He appears before the financial services panel at 9:30 AM on the impact of the new rule. Joining him will be Mary Schapiro chairman the FCC. And Gary Gensler chairman of the CFTC. There's also more fourth quarter updates coming your earnings radar before the open we will hear from Bank of New York Mellon and fast and all. It's out after the market -- the -- just to keep pieces of data to crunch in the morning. 830 sees the release of producer prices followed by industrial output at 915. I have bars says that output should rise by half percent in December. But he's an increase but lacking the -- -- in the earlier part of the recovery and I Rhonda -- this is Reuters Insider and be sure to watch Reuters Insider coverage of the world economic harm. From dot Switzerland beginning January 24.


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Nell Brinkley was an outstanding cartoonist of the 1910's and 1920's, finally gaining recognition (above all, thanks to the work of comics scholar Trina Robbins) for her "Brinkley girls", sparklingly cheerful and active flappers that looked pretty but acted courageously and independently in Brinkley's stunning one-page compositions and serial adventure stories.
I was leafing through Trina Robbins' edited collection The Brinkley Girls and discovered an obsession with dogs of all sizes, temperaments and breeds...
Miss Prudence Prim, in spite of her name, is a great flirt, but her doggy gets to kiss the handsome gentleman this time.
During the First World War, "Golden-Eyes" couldn't stay away from blood-curdling adventures in No-Man's-Land, always with her brave collie Uncle Sam by her side. Note how Nell Brinkely's persistently pretty style renders even the terrible and spiky-helmeted Hun hunky.
"Golden-Eyes" and Uncle Sam - her lover Billy is seen in the portrait, but look who gets the cuddles.
In "The Fortunes of Flossie", a seemingly silly flapper gets her future told by various Gypsies and sideshow shamans, but somehow the predictions always come true. The jealous Billy overhears how Flossie is promised a kiss by a stranger...
More baby dogs!
About Nell Brinkley at the Ohio State University Libraries website
And at Wikipedia
Brinkley Girls & Doggies
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Colorful Christmas Concert in Colorado
Colorado Symphony Performs their 27th Colorado Christmas to a Greatful Crowd
This was not your typical stuffy orchestral concert of classical music, where the audience sat in silence with the musicians playing some masterpiece technically perfect with polite applause at the end. No, there was singing and dancing, standing ovations, audience participation and copious amounts of laughter throughout the hall. This was a typical Colorado Christmas, one of joy and holiday spirit.
Scott O'Neil conducted the concert with his flair for connecting with the audience. The Colorado Symphony is extremely fortunate to have such a talent, effusive associate conductor. It's one thing to conduct a concert of diverse pieces ranging from traditional Christmas favorite like "Joy to the World" or variations of the classics like Ellington's swing rendition of "Sugar Rum Cherry" as well as classic pieces from Handel to Vaughn-Williams. But O'Neil's real talent lies in his warm personality that radiated Christmas cheer and infected the entire concert hall, from performers to audience members.
The best moment of the concert was a new piece written, Chorale on a Medieval Melody" by Colorado Symphony's own Principal Timpanist William Hill. The ethereal opening with a Celtic violin solo performed by Claude Sim set the mood for mediation about peace. The Colorado Symphony Chorus joined in to create a sense of contemplation and reflection. I sincerely hope Colorado Symphony keeps this piece as a regular part of their Christmas concert.
Kim Robards Dance provided a dancers for selections from The Nutcracker as well as adding visual color to pieces throughout the night. Christie Hagelman's sweet, lyrical voice added warmth and affection to Flaherty's "Once Upon a December" and Berlin's "White Christmas." Colorado Children's Chorale rounded out the performance with singing (and dancing) in "My Dancing Day, On Christmas Night." Add to all this lighting effects you typically don't get in a classical music concert, audience sing-along sections and a general feeling of festive holiday cheer and you come pretty close to getting a glimpse at the what the Colorado Symphony's Colorado Christmas concert was like.
Colorado Christmas is one of the Family Series of concerts by the Colorado Symphony and a tradition here in Colorado from the past 27 years, one that only seems to grow stronger each year. If you haven't ever been, there is still one more performance on Sunday Afternoon (Dec 12th) at 2:30. Start your own tradition catching the spirit of the season with the Colorado Symphony.


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Wingsuit Grand Canyon
In April 2015 Glenn, Heather, Roger Hugelshofer, Paul Tozer and Vicente Cajiga made the first (and only) wingsuit crossing of the Grand Canyon from rim to rim.
This jump took nearly a year to plan and organise, permissions again proving the most difficult obstacle.
The team made a number of high altitude practice jumps at Skydance Davis before attempting the crossing on April 9th.
They jumped from Skydance's Cessna Grand Caravan at 28,000ft and flew over 12 kilometres to land on Hualapai Indian land.
60 Minutes, Sony and Australian Geographic were commercial partners.
Our team made the first successful wingsuit crossing of the Grand Canyon in April 2015. You can read the full account on our BLOG page, watch the 60 Minutes story on our VIDEOS page or see our edit of the footage here.
BASEClimb 3
In 2006 Glenn, Heather and their team journeyed to the Garwhal Himalaya of India. Their goal was to climb Mt Meru (6672m) and for Glenn, Heather and Jimmy Freeman to make a wingsuit BASEjump from the top.
After three weeks of climbing Glenn and Heather were able to jump (Jimmy contracted altitude sickness and had to descend). They launched their wingsuits from a tiny ledge under the summit, breaking Glenn's existing world record. It had taken them six years.
Glenn made a film - No Ceiling - the BASEClimb 3 Story - and Heather wrote a book - No Ceiling, published by Five Mile Press.
You can buy a copy of the DVD in our shop, but the book is currently out of print.
BASEClimb 2
In August and September 2001 Glenn, Heather and their team journeyed to Pakistan in an attempt to break Glenn's existing World Record for high altitude BASEjumping.
Over two separate expeditions, both hampered by extreme bad weather, they tried to fulfill their goal.
In the end an avalanche and the September 11 attack on the Twin Towers thwarted their efforts.
Glenn made a documentary - BASEClimb 2 - Defying Gravity and Heather wrote 'Defying Gravity, Defying Fear' published by ABC Books.
In 1992 Glenn Singleman and Nic Feteris climbed and made a high altitude BASEjump from the Great Trango Tower in Pakistan. They set a new world record and pioneered the new sport of 'BASEClimbing' or as it's sometimes called, 'para-alpinism'.
The documentary film Glenn made - BASEClimb - went on to win 21 International Awards and earn a place in National Geographic's greatest adventure documentaries of all times.
Furthest Flight
In 2008 Glenn, Heather and their team journeyed to central Australia to attempt a number of records, including the Furthest Flight in a wingsuit.
The plan was for John Wallington and Sean Kavanagh to pilot a specially equipped hot air balloon to 38,000ft where Glenn and Heather would jump out and aided by the Jet Stream as a tail wind fly far enough to break the record.
They were joined by 60 Minutes, who made a story called High Drama.
Aptly named because things didn't quite go to plan.
Wingsuit Sydney Harbour
In 2010 Glenn, Heather and Vicente Cajiga made the first (and only) wingsuit crossing of Sydney Harbour, exiting Sydney Skydiving Cessna Grand Caravan at 14,000 to flying from Rosebay to Barrangaroo.
The jump took over 8 months to organise, mainly due to the complexity and number of permits required.
It went perfectly and featured on every National News program the same evening.
Wingsuit Brisbane City
In January 2015 Glenn, Heather, Roger Hugelshofer and Paul Tozer made the first (and only) wingsuit crossing of Brisbane city.
They jumped from Skydive Rambler's Cessna Caravan and flew across the city, the River and the Gabba before landing in a small park nearby.
The jump went perfectly and was featured on every News Program that evening.
Wingsuit the Outback
In 2016 Glenn, Heather, Roger Hugelshofer, Vicente Cajiga and Ash Darby made first flights across Lake Eyre, Wilpena Pound and William Creek in outback Australia.
Australian Geographic ran a story and Channel 7 and Discover Canada ran features on the project.
Our team made the first wingsuit flight over beautiful Lake Eyre in Outback Australia in April 2016. We also flew across Wilpena Pound, an iconic landmark in the Flinders Rangers of South Australia. You can read about it in our Blog or watch the current affairs report here
Lonliest Mountain Expedition
The Bicentennial Expedition to climb Mt Minto in the Admiralty Range of Antarctica's North Victoria Land began when the six Australian climbers - Greg Mortimer, Lincoln Hall, Glenn Singleman, Chris Hilton, Lyle Closs and Johnathan Chester - and and their crew of five set off from Sydney Harbour in 'The Dick Smith Explorer,' a 65-foot schooner that had seen better days. Crossing the notorious Southern Ocean they are battered by severe storms, that on several occasions, knocked the boat flat.
From the ship's anchorage in the Ross Sea, the team had to ski nearly 100 miles, hauling 100kg sleds behind them. They were hampered by extreme cold and storms.
They reached Mt Minto with little time to make it to the summit and return to the ship within the three week limit.
Deep Sea Challenger
Glenn has been a member of James Cameron's expedition team (as Doctor and Cameraman) on a number of the acclaimed Hollywood Director's projects including his most recent (and personal) – Deep Sea Challenger. James Cameron successfully piloted a Sydney built submarine to the deepest part of the ocean – the Marianas Trench. The documentary is now available on iTunes and DVD. http://www.deepseachallenge.com/
Wingsuit Melbourne
To complete their Australian Eastern cities project, Glenn and Heather organised a flight over Melbourne in January 2017.
Again permissions were difficult and the jump opportunity heavily restrictedby Melbourne Air Traffic Control.
High winds at the time the flight was scheduled meant it had to be postponed until the Australian Summer 2017.
Ballooning over Mt Everest
The first (and only) hot air balloon flight over Mount Everest was in1991. Glenn was the doctor and part of the film crew.
Chris Dewhirst and British adventure filmmaker Leo Dickinson led the expedition, with Chris piloting the lead balloon.
To this day they remain the only people to have flown over Everest in a balloon.
But Chris is offering the chance to join them. You can read about it here
Australian Story
In 2005 Glenn, Heather and Jimmy Freeman teamed up with Australian Story for some spectacular high altitude balloon jumps over country Australia.
Heather and Jimmy made a jump from 24,000ft setting a new Australian record.
Social Climbers Expedition
The Social Climbers expedition to have the world's highest black tie dinner party on the summit of Peru's highest mountain, at 6769 metres and minus 37 degrees Celsius, was the brain child of Chris Darwin, a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin.
'Nine amateur climbers, including a 62-year-old grandfather, made the attempt, and only two of them had previous mountaineering experience. They had been warned about terrorism, blizzards, avalanches, frost-bite and altitude sickness, but were unprepared for other hardships which awaited them - loss of libido, a documentary crew led by an obsessed German philosopher, a love triangle and chronic flatulence. Nor did they foresee a catalogue of other tribulations, including malaria, bronchitis, giardia, piles, ripped shoulders, cracked ribs, hypothermia, pregnancy and a frozen bottle of red wine.'
Glenn was part of the film crew.


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Andrew Napolitano at RightOnline
By Greg L | 29 July 2010 | National Politics, Patriotism | 1 Comment
I wouldn't have expected Judge Andrew Napolitano to be a huge standout at last week's RightOnline conference, be he absolutely knocked it out of the park with this speech. This has got to be one of the most powerful defenses of our Constitution and Constitutionally-guaranteed liberties I've ever heard presented.
Videos of all the speeches can be found here. I highly recommend watching Mike Pence, Michelle Bachman and Herman Cain also.
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Citizen12 said on 1 Aug 2010 at 8:51 am:
Judge Napolitano nails it. Fantastic. This should be an eye opener for all, that the problems with government are not just current but historical.
The collusion between members of the administration and congress is historical as well as detrimental to our liberty and it is up to the people of this nation to guarantee our place as the greatest nation in the history of the civilized world.
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The other day, I sent out a tip update on Twitter:
StephCalahan (Stephanie LH Calahan) Lists, notes, alarm clocks, software w/ reminder functionality all are valuable tools to help you stay on task. Use them as much as possible
Then, my Twitter buddy Nicole replied:
BizFinanceForum (Nicole Fende) @StephCalahan I do try. My question – how do I keep from wanting to strangle my reminders?
Strangle My Reminders!
Bells and alarms going off all over the place driving you nuts? Nicole is not alone in her struggle with wanting to strangle her reminders! I have heard many variations on that theme. I have also had clients tell me that their reminders don't work because they just ignore them. Usually we get frustrated with our reminders for 2 reasons:
1) We are reminder setting fools: we have set too many or
2) Our inner defiant child self is fighting our adult self: the reminders are telling us to do something that really is more important than what we are doing, but we still don't want to do it.
Be Realistic About What You Can Accomplish
There are a slew of different strategies around how to identify the priorities for your day. (If you are not sure about the right one for you, let me know and I'll help you figure it out.) One of the biggest mistakes you can make in your day is to have one master to-do list with thousands of items on it that you use that tracks huge critical items along with mundane tiny items. A master list is great, but I suggest also working off of a more pared down version for your specific day — especially if you get overwhelmed with the growing mountain of to-dos.
Brian Buffini, noted that people significantly underestimate what they can do in a year and drastically overestimate what they can do in a week. Be realistic about what you can accomplish.
Understanding Reminders
Let's start by getting a good understanding of how to effectively use reminders. If you set an alarm for every tiny detail in your life, you will easily either 1) go nuts or 2) just ignore the alarms rendering them useless.
Reminders are only as good as you allow them to be. Your response is crucial to the success of the system, so set up a system that you will actually use! There are a few different strategies for setting reminders.
1 – Only set reminders for the really important stuff
Client meetings, assignments due, appointments you cannot forget are all examples of what you might decide to designate as important.
2 – Only set reminders for activities that you want to turn into habits
For example, last November I started my podcast. I decided that I wanted to record a tip every business day and syndicate that audio cast to my various social networks. The whole concept of recording a tip almost daily was new to me, but I knew that consistency would be important to getting new subscribers. So, I set a checklist reminder on my iPhone. The alarm goes off at the same time every morning with the checklist of what I need to do to make my goal a reality. I am committed to my goal, so I complete the task and check it off the list. As this process becomes a habit, I will remove the alarm and just have it on my daily ongoing task list.
3 – Only set reminders for activities that are time-specific
If you have 30 activities on your to do list for a day, but only 5 of them are tied to a specific time, only set the alarm reminder on those activities. Fit the other 25 tasks into the open spaces.
Remember the Reminders Really are Your Friend
If you are strategic about setting reminders to only those things that are truly priority in your life and work, then you can look at those reminder systems as a good friend keeping you on track. When your best friend reminds you of an accountability that is important, say "thank you!", turn off the social networking, angry birds game or what ever you were doing instead of the important item and take action.
What do you think? I'd love to hear your strategies. Share them below in the comments section!
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Penngrove – small town country. Fourth of July Parade, one street downtown. Country roads, amazing views, 5 minutes from everything.
Pioneering families began farming in what was then known as Penn's Grove in the mid-1800s. Today, many descendants of these original settlers still call Penngrove home. Longtime residents are fiercely proud of Penngrove's community identity which revolves around the Penngrove Community Church, the 4-H Club, the Penngrove Social Fireman and its Women's Auxiliary. In 1946, "The Farmer's Daughter" was filmed in Penngrove and won an Academy Award for its star Loretta Young.
Today the unincorporated town of Penngrove boasts million dollar homes as well as ranch land which is still used for horses, cattle, sheep, some organic farming and grapes. With its rolling hills offering million dollar views, horse pastures, large plots of land (most parcels in Penngrove have a five acre minimum) and close proximity to Marin, San Francisco and other parts of Sonoma County, historic Penngrove offers the requisite country cachet without the inconvenience of more distant country vistas. The beauty of Penngrove is that it seems so country and so remote yet it's a mere 5 minutes from the highway 101, shopping and restaurants.
Every fourth of July, the Social Fireman host a pancake breakfast at the local fire station. This is followed by the biggest event in Penngrove, the annual Fourth of July Penngrove Parade. The charm of this parade is in the fact that anyone who wants to be in it can just show up and register on the morning of the parade. Quintessentially small-town country, it starts with the National Anthem, continues with tractors, horses, small marching bands, caballeros dancing on their horses, boy scout troops, vintage cars and homemade floats. It ends with a big BBQ and old-fashioned American Pie Contest at the Penngrove Park
Penngrove's downtown is so small that you might miss it if you blink. Even so, it houses the best pre-school in the county (Redwood Montessori – both my kids attended – hello Mayor Jeff and Ms. Kim!), an award-winning bread bakery (Full Circle Baking) and the best sausages (Yanni's – my favorite is chicken limoncello) in the North Bay. You'll also find wonderful Italian food at Caprara's.


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I don't think I have done very well in this area myself, I used to be one of Those People who thought librarians stamped books all day and came into librarianship quite unexpectedly. I think possibly my first (vague) brush with advocacy was writing about this for the Library Routes project in 2009.
Currently I have 2 sets of opportunities for this kind of activity:
1. The Day Job
My job, now I think about it, does involve advocacy in many forms, but this wouldn't have especially occurred to me if hadn't been for this Thing. I work in an academic setting, so it;s a bit different to the kind of advocacy described for public libraries in the CPD23 blog post. But it is still advocacy and it takes many forms, probably the top 4 are:
- Reporting on stats and management information to demonstrate the work of my team to senior management
- Working with our Marketing Advisory Group: I am currently working on a specific marketing campaign to improve the customer perception of my team (and other customer services teams) and increase awareness of the breadth of skills these staff have
- I work with school 6th forms (teachers and students), managing induction sessions to support their studies and help to increase understanding about academic libraries and the importance of our work
- Working with a committee to plan and manage library orientation and basic information provision for new customers throughout the academic year
2. The CILIP stuff
Outside of my day job I also work with the CILIP West Midlands committee as the Newsletter editor in my "spare time". And it is in that capacity that I hope to be more involved in wider advocacy.
Bits of work including organising and staffing a careers stand and representing CILIP WM at the last ever LIS show in Birmingham have been great and reasonably productive. But
sadly my biggest idea so far was scuppered by several life-events intervening and resulting in me having to abandon most of my CILIP involvement for the last 4 months or so. But the plan WAS to use CILIP WM capacity to help libraries in the region to publicise events for National Libraries Day back in February. The idea was to gather info from libraries running events, write press releases and get the info out to various places - free newspapers - not free newspapers - local TV and Radio stations - etc. to increase general awareness of the day and also of specific local events.
I suppose there is always next year. Anyone want to help out ready for Feb 2013?


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The One Word That Makes You Sound Stupid
'There's a Yoplait commercial playing right now with Lisa Kudrow's voice in the background. It goes something like this. "You were like, hey Yoplait, we don't want high fructose corn syrup in our yogurt. And then we were like, you're right, we'll remove it. And then we were like, but what about Yoplait lights? And you were like, yeah, that too." And the commercial goes on and on.
And while this very funny Yoplait commercial is making fun of the use of the word "like" in our current vernacular, the truth of the matter is, it's not something to laugh at. In fact, somehow our society has entirely forgotten how to describe the act of having a conversation. I'm not going to berate you for using the word "like" in every instance. It's become such a strong part of our vocabulary, I can't expect you to stop it all together. But today, I'm asking you eliminate it in a very specific area of your life – describing a conversation.
The words "I was like," and then "he was like," and then "we were like." Makes any conversation sound banal and unintelligent. Instead, I'd like to give you a list of words to replace "like" with in just this one instance:
- Said (the easiest really. Why would you use "I was like" instead of saying "I said" at all?)
- Exlaimed
- Cursed
- Proclaimed
- Conveyed
- Spoke
- Yelled
- Whispered
- Laughed
- Joked
- Sobbed
- Responded
- Replied
The list goes on. Again, I'm not asking you to remove the word "like" from your entire vocabulary. That would be, like, impossible. But if you do one great thing for your grammar and vocabulary this week, let it be this. Reinstate some of the words above when describing a conversation. You won't be sorry!