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No frontiers as thousands turn out for a global festival of fun
Audiences tuned in on the internet from Macedonia to New Zealand and families flocked in their thousands to picnic and soak up the atmosphere.
From Bedouin traditional folk music to Rio-style carnivals, the Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures celebrated its 10th anniversary in style, with more than 200,000 descending on the seaside town over the weekend.
Despite clashing with the Bray air spectacular a little more than 10km away, thousands thronged Dun Laoghaire again yesterday for the final day of the three-day event with the organisers confident that the festival would contribute more than €10m to the local economy.
Gardai reported no major incidents over the weekend and there wasn't a beer can or bottle in sight as a small army of stewards ensured an alcohol-free zone throughout at the festival site.
However, hundreds of people had to be evacuated from the Pavilion block on Marine Road early yesterday evening as an electrical fire broke out in a ground-floor shop in the building.
A Dublin Fire Brigade spokesman said that because of smoke, the block had to be evacuated but there were no injuries. A festival spokesperson said that a concert planned last night in the Pavilion theatre was going ahead as normal.
This was Sunday afternoon partying at its best as families with young children a big feature of the event while older revellers were entertained by the many stage acts on show.
Despite a hot and crowded journey on the Dart from their home in Raheny on Dublin's northside, the Byrne family along with their two young children were among the thousands to enjoy yesterday's festival's offerings.
"It was very relaxing and the kids had a great time getting their faces painted and enjoying the carnival rides," said Evelyn Byrne, who was there with her husband Mike and young son and daughter.
"What we really liked was that there was no trouble, no one was drinking alcohol and we were all able to have a great time," she said.
Also enjoying the fun were a group of tourists from the north of England who hadn't even realised there was a festival on until they arrived in Dun Laoghaire.
"We were on a day trip and decided to come to Dun Laoghaire but we were delighted when we realised there was a festival on," said one couple from Gateshead in England.
There was food to sample from all corners of the globe while festival-goers keen on shopping were offered everything from woolly hats from Nepal to handmade glass jewellery from Italy.
Stall holder Daisy Zambrano from Ecuador was attending her eighth Dun Laoghaire festival and declared it the best on the circuit.
"I travel around the country to places like Ballinasloe but Dun Laoghaire is the best.
"People are looking to buy crafts which they can identify from a particular country," she said.
Festival manager Olga Buckley said organisers were "over the moon" at the success of the event.
She added that with the help of the gardai, they had "reclaimed" the festival for families.
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Analytical study on the impact of industry 4.0 on the competitiveness of European manufacturing and industry (European Parliament)
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by Alex Billington
April 27, 2008
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By 2010, Guillermo del Toro is going to be a household name. Now that he's officially signed and moving forward on The Hobbit, he's become the "talk of the town." Another name that's going to be well-known by 2010 - TheOneRing.net. The all-things-Tolkien fansite has become known for its coverage of every little detail surrounding the Lord of the Rings films, and they've kicked off the upcoming four years of Hobbit coverage by landing the very first interview with Guillermo since he announced it was official. If you're a Lord of the Rings fan like myself and hungry for details, it's a great read, what I might call our very, very first introduction to the many great years of production to come.
There are so many great details in the interview, I don't know where to start. As we confirmed previously, Sir Ian McKellen is definitely in as Gandalf, which is such a huge relief to hear. Guillermo confirms that he recently had a meeting with McKellen, who is on board, and so is Andy Serkis, who provided the voice and physicality to Gollum / Smeagol. In addition to those two, he goes on to mention: composer Howard Shore, conceptual designers John Howe and Alan Lee, Weta Workshop prosthetics supervisor Gino Acevedo, and Weta Workshop armor and miniatures supervisor Richard Taylor, as people he has chatted with and will be on-board for The Hobbit yet again. "The essential elements for keeping continuity are on track," del Toro said, adding, "I'm doing this to ensure that whatever we do we keep continuity with the other films."
They're already starting work on the project this summer, but that's just because there is so much to do, including this little tidbit which makes me happy to hear: "Just the reforestation of The Shire, re-planting all those trees and plants will take months, and we're going to be as exact as possible." It sounds like they're fully tackling continuity, but what about differences? It seems the biggest concerns lie in how del Toro will change the world of Middle Earth in comparison to what Peter Jackson created in Lord of the Rings. Don't be too concerned, though, because everything is in place to make The Hobbit exactly as imagined, with as much connection to Lord of the Rings as is necessary. Guillermo goes on to talk about the actual differences in the stories and the progression within the book.
"What I'm trying to do is keep the elements in place but allow you to feel a progression from 'The Hobbit' until 'The Return of the King'. I believe 'The Hobbit' is a very crucial volume in The Lord of the Rings, it is a narrative that starts out very much in an innocent and golden way. It is permeated from England going through World War One, so there is a loss of innocence and a darker tone as the book and the film progresses. We'll be doing that in the first film, taking you from a time of more purity to a darker reality throughout the film, but I think that is in the spirit of the book. All these guys, Alan Lee, John Howe, these guys are integral for us to map out that progress in the two movies, and allow you to completely blend in to the universe that is already in place. But this will be a progression, it should not feel at the start of the film that this is the same time (as the beginning of 'Fellowship')."
There have been recent rumblings around the web saying that Guillermo "hates Hobbits" and fantasy, but the quote is from two years ago and pulled completely out of context. In fact, in reality, it's just the opposite. In the last part of the interview, Guillermo actually mentions how much he loves this world. Beyond that, hearing his own enthusiasm has reaffirmed my confidence in him, even though I never lost any to begin with. Although Peter Jackson won't be directing, it definitely sounds like Guillermo was the next best choice - one that in 2010 we will realize was right.
"Another thing people will notice, at the beginning of the film will be the palette, that will be slightly different, the world will be the same but it will be a more 'golden' world, a more wide-eyed world. But by no means will we depart from the canon, we will take the three previous films as canon. When I become part of a world that I love, such as this, I really come with a lot of enthusiasm and hard work, and we know we are recreating and creating a world that is part of the mythos of millions of people and we will approach it as passionately and respectfully as it needs to be taken."
The last area that really concerns fans is the second film, to be released in 2011, that will be an originally written film that connects the story in the first book with the story in The Fellowship of the Ring. This was previously discovered when it was announced that The Hobbit would be two films, because the first will actually be an adaptation of the entire book while the second will span the 50 to 60 years between the end of Hobbit and beginning of Fellowship of the Rings. Guillermo addresses the issue, saying that he talked with Jackson specifically about it. "There will be certain things that we will see from the first movie but from a different point of view, but it will feel like a volume, in the 5 volumes of the entire story. It will not feel like a bridge, I've been hearing it called 'a bridge film', it's not, it's an integral chapter of the story, and I think we're all on the same page."
At this point I'm just anxious to see this project really start and see the wonderful world of Middle Earth come together again. In fact, I may throw in Lord of the Rings on DVD tonight just to get excited again. I'm confident that Guillermo del Toro was the right choice for these movies and I'm very anxious (although it won't be for two years) to see how he will recreate that same world. Return of the King is my own all-time favorite movie and I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am that J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved world is returning to the big screen under the direction of one of my all-time favorite directors. Make sure you check out the full interview over on TheOneRing.net.
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Hi Sparkers! I haven't had a lot of time to post on here lately. I am 28 now - but do I feel like 28? Most days I feel like I am 22. Other days when I feel really sore, I feel like I am 63!
My vacation was a lot of fun. I went to the Buffalo Zoo, Niagara Falls (US and Canadian sides), a Lake Ontario cabin, Chimney Bluffs, beach, and mini golfing. We walked around so much on rocks, sand, gravel, dirt, etc. Even though I drank and ate a lot, I did so much exercise! I went kayaking too around the bay. We saw turtles, frogs, and swans! The weather was perfect. It was around 80 the whole time and there was hardly any humidity. It rained a couple of nights, but I didn't mind.
When I got back, we hit the rest of the heat wave for my Birthday! It was so hot just walking from my house to my car! At least it isn't as hot this week. It rained last night, and it looks like it is going to rain again. My tomato plant leaves are a little wilty, so hopefully they perk up. My pepper plants have been growing like crazy! I picked one bell pepper so far and 10 hot peppers! Next year I want to try to grow a green bean plant & maybe a cucumber plant if I have the space for it.
I had a potluck on Saturday. It was a lot of fun! I made chicken sausage mac & cheese, spinach artichoke dip, turkey chili, white-peach sangria, and a layered pudding/cool whip/pound cake/strawberry dessert. I used fat free cool whip & sugar free pudding & it was really tasty! My Mom's Birthday was yesterday & I made her stuffed mushrooms with a cream cheese/mushroom/parsley/garlic filler. I didn't try any, but my parent's loved them.
Now that I have been home from vacation, I have been trying to do exercise without melting. I went to cardio kickboxing last week. I am going to go on Wednesday too. I have been trying to do situps and some other at-home exercises. It is tough getting back on a stricter eating schedule once vacation is over. I still feel like I need to eat more sometimes because of how much I ate when I was away!
I don't know if I will make it to my 155 goal by my Sparkversary (Aug 17), but I am happy. Even though I still feel fat some days, I am happy more often. I try to stay positive when I can, and I am still exercising. When I can, I am tracking my food and fitness. When I look at my pictures, I don't feel as fat. I don't feel skinny, but I don't feel AS big. I am trying to be more accepting of who I am overall instead of just a number on the scale!
Hopefully everyone is doing well with their July goals! Keep pushing & keep up the great work. Even if you feel like you are slipping, don't give up! I ate so much junk food over my vacation, but I did a lot of exercise to make up it! In the end, I didn't gain any weight. Now I just need to keep exercising more often. The cooler weather will help me get outside, which is nice. I want to play tennis too! I need to take my pup for more walks too when it isn't as humid. Have a great week!
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Glad you had a good time on your vacation. Loved the pictures. Good to have you back.
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this getaway looks like it was perfect. You had lots of fun, stayed super active, relaxed, and you have amazing pics to share. =) Happy belated bday! Hugs!!
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The pics are fantastic and it looks and sounds like you had a wonderful time. I have to say my favorite is the fire picture. I LOVE fires and the flames look so beautiful. Little pyro I am, lol.... anyhow great job at staying active and getting in so much fitness while on vacation. It's can be SO hard to do and it's definetly something that I struggle with.
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Great blog and love the pictures
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Lovely blog there - thanks! Your holiday sounds brillant! I know a lot about "Feeling Fat" Days- even though I run and swim regularly my mid-riff is kind of squishy and my eyes seem to be conditioned to only see that, instead of the overall improved picture! Just keep moving onwards one step at a time!
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Sounds like you had fun. thanks for sharing the pictures they are beautiful.
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I love Niagara Falls and the Buffalo Zoo. Your vacation sounds like a perfect balance of a lot of fu things.
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It sounds like a lovely vacation with lots of sightseeing and good food.
You have a real talent for cooking. Your potluck and the birthday dinner you made for your Mom sounds great.
Happy Belated Birthday to you!
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I love everything about your blog. Pics, travel, no weight, puppy,,,it's all just so cool.
But my favorite.--The way you feel about yourself!!
The positive image is really hard. You're "Getting It" and good for you. It's taking me longer, now I go to excessive exercise for self proof. Maybe I just have to learn from you.
I've re-written that last statement about four times, just can't seem to get it right. It means "I wish I could find that happy place or peace or whatever you have.
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Sounds like you had fun.
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for your upbeat attitude, persistence, and a great blog! Thanks for dropping by mine!
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I have spent the past weekend with my friend at the Windtower in Canmore, AB. The price was right and we had a nice clean suite. Service was very friendly and accommodating. from the very start on Friday. I would recommend Windtower to all my friends - right price, excellent service and very friendly staff. Well done.
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- Welcome to the Windtower Lodge & Suites Nestled in the Canadian Rockies, we are situated in Canmore, which is considered Canada's mountain playground. We offer a wide variety of adventure and leisure pursuits. The property boasts cedar, stone, and log construction. A picturesque view of the mountains can be experienced from the hotel rooms and suites. We are pleased to offer our guests the choice of staying in one of our room or suite accommodations. All accommodations are designed to provide exceptional value and optimal comfort, whether your stay is business or pleasure related. To make your stay with us that much better, we are happy to offer a variety of on-site amenities and services such as the Fitness Centre and Outdoor Whirlpool Hot Tub. It is our delight to introduce The Wandering Elk, a quaint cozy breakfast spot adjoining our main lobby. Dine with us each morning for a tasty assortment of hot and cold breakfast selections. The Wandering Elk is also open for lunch and dinner, and features a variety of fare to suit every palate! Enjoy our patio with a fabulous view of Three Sisters, Ha Ling Peak, and Rundle Range. Your Pet is Welcome Too!We wish to extend a warm welcome to you and your pet at the Windtower Lodge & Suites. As a "Pets Can Stay Certified" accommodation provider, we would like to outline our basic pet policies and services for your reference and to make your stay, and that of our other guests, comfortable and pleasant. ... more less
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Eastern garter snake; reptile symbol of Massachusetts and Virginia. Photo by Neil DeMaster/Flickr (Use Permitted with Attribution/No Derivative Works).
Official State Reptile of Virginia
The Virginia Senate designated the eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) as the official state reptile in February 2016 (also the reptile symbol of Massachusetts). All State Reptiles
It was 11-year-old Aiden Coleman who championed the garter snake as a symbol of Virginia. Aiden sought support from his representative (Del. Brenda Pogge, R-James City County, who became HB335's patron) and helped to make his case to lawmakers in Richmond. An argument was made for the timber rattlesnake, but during the debate, senators made hissing and rattling sounds, and in the end, the garter snake won by a landslide 33-6 vote. The bill now goes to Governor Terry McAuliffe to be signed into law.


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Instead of wallowing in pain and crying your heart out because you lost your boyfriend, dry your tears and get him back. Is it possible for me to get my ex boyfriend back, you might ask. Well, it very possible and there are three simple steps to on how you can go about it.
1. Apologize.
In a break-up, it cannot only be one person's fault. Apologize for your shortcomings and mistakes that may have hurt him. Your weaknesses in the relationship may have contributed to the eventual break up. Recognize these weaknesses and let him know. Send a short text message or email. For fresh break-ups, personally apologizing may not always work because the emotions are still intense and doing so can only result to both of you ending in arguments. There is advantage in writing down your apology. You will be able to carefully lay out words that best express what you want to say so there is a greater chance for the apology to truly change his mind.
2. Explain your side to his friends.
Talk to his best buddies. Explain your side of the story without forgetting to recognize your own weaknesses in the relationship. Tell them how much you still care about your him and how willing you are to give it another try so you can get him back. Friends are great influence in the decision making of any individual. Because they are your ex boyfriend's closest friends, their opinions will matter to him.
If you will be able to gain the sympathy of his closest friends, they will be your strongest ally in persuading him to get back with you. It is important, however, not to appear desperate in front of his friends. Appearing so, will only make them think that you are only talking to them because you only want to get your ex boyfriend back.
It is important that you make them feel how truly regretful you are with the break up and how important he is to you. Men usually make fond of their friend's girlfriend but when they find a woman who truly loves their friend, they also make extra effort to make sure their friend ends up with that woman.
3. Change your ways. This might not be easy but if you really want to get your ex back, you will need to overcome your weaknesses. Changes don't happen overnight but you will need to start changing your ways, otherwise, your efforts will only prove futile.
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Map making is both an art and a science. Analytical GIS packages do an excellent job with the science of the map but are a long way from producing the beautiful maps that you see in many high-quality publications. If you want those results, you will need to finish your map in Adobe Illustrator. This course teaches you to use Adobe Illustrator to create high quality, publication-ready maps.
Maps that come straight out of analytical GIS software can look very similar and even "canned". It can be frustrating to create a map with a unique look in GIS, if it is even possible at all. Illustrator will allow you to develop your own distinct and recognizable cartographic style. You should also be able to more effectively and memorably present your analytical results when they are displayed with great-looking cartography.
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Bethune-Cookman Falls 70-67 to North Carolina A&T - Recap
Lamont Middleton scored 21 points leading North Carolina A&T to a 70-67 victory over Bethune-Cookman at Moore Gymnasium on Saturday.
North Carolina A&T got 19 points from Richaud Pack and another 13 points from Jeremy Underwood. Bruce Beckford contributed 4 assists, while Bruce Beckford cleaned the glass with 11 rebounds.
Bethune-Cookman got 18 points from Mikel Trapp in a losing cause and another 15 points from Tony Kynard. Troy Simmons contributed 4 assists for them, while Barry Smith had 8 rebounds.
North Carolina A&T hit the break leading 35-24 before taking care of business in the second half.
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The foundation of New England Wire Technologies' vertically integrated manufacturing structure is our ability to draw and plate our own conductor material. Starting with 5/16 inch blue ribbon copper rod, we have the capability to draw to 52 AWG wire (high strength copper alloy is drawn to 56 AWG), and any size in between. We also have the ability to draw other types... Read more...More Product Announcements from New England Wire Technologies Corporation
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Former South Korean president Kim Young-sam passes away
Seoul: Former South Korean President Kim Young-sam died on Sunday at the age of 88.
The portrait of the late former South Korean President Kim Young-Sam is seen at a memorial altar for Kim at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul. AFP PHOTO
Kim, who was hospitalised with fever since Thursday, died at 0.22 a.m. (local time, Xinhua quoted Seoul National University hospital as saying.
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The couple who have rescued these puppies from Mexico did so because the puppies were in danger of being culled. However, due to filling out incorrect paperwork, the puppies are now in danger of being deported back to Mexico, to most likely face death. This situation can easily be changed by filling out the correct paperwork, but the CFIA is currently unwilling to budge on the situation. Please sign this petition to try and help the puppies stay in Canada and find good homes!
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Unanswered: Intel Xeon Processor Vs. INTEL Pentium III
Hi ,
I would like to know if some have experience with upgrade INTEL CPU on SQL 2000 DB server .
I have SQL 2000 2* 1233 INTEL Pentium III CPU with 4 GB RAM .
The server main task is log processing from temporary table to Fact table.
I would like to upgrade the CPU to Intel Xeon Processor 1MB cache ~2.4 GHz .
Intel report on ~ 100 performance improvement.
Can someone let me know from his CPU experience what should I expect?
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It depends. You will have to run some performance monitors on your current box, to see if it is getting bogged down by a lack of CPU. If it is, then yes, the faster CPU could help. If you are more bogged down by disk access, you will see very little performance increase with the new CPUs.
For example, suppose a process takes 10ms of cpu time, and 100ms of disk I/O time. The whole process takes 110 ms. If you get a processor that runs twice as fast, you will end up with a process that runs in 105 ms. Just under a 5% increase in performance.
In general, if your CPU is staying up around 70 - 80%, I would go with the CPU upgrade. If it is consistently less than that, I would not bother.
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Thanks !,
Thank , I have peeks of ~ 20 minute each hour of ~ 80-100% CPU but , I am afraid that it is caused by the SQL server processing (lock management locks for example or other ) so any better CPU will not help ??


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Snowflake Installation for Kartell by Designer Tokujin YoshiokaJanuary 13, 2015 | Pirate Manu
This installation is called "Snowflake" and was created by the designer Tokujin Yoshioka who previously worked for Hermes, for their window display design. This time, Kartell has engaged him to do this amazing project for their flagship store in Milan. He was able to recreate the feeling and atmosphere of winter and snow through his installation made entirely from transparent acrylic prism rods. Read More
Street Art by L7mDecember 2, 2013 | Pirate Manu
(L7M, Lg) was born in the countryside of São Paulo, in 1988, and since very early he started his relationship with art. In his childhood, he had participated of many contests and had also won many cultural awards. When 13 years old he had his first contact with the spray, which opened his eyes for new techniques and consequently new experiences and mixtures with china ink, latex, pastel and acrylic. Read More
Illustrations by Jane-BeataOctober 21, 2013 | Pirate Manu
Jane-Beata is a Slovakian artist, living in Prague, Czech Republic. Most of her work is focused around portraying people and figure painting. She loves vivid colors and works in medias such as watercolor, ink, acrylic, oil or mixing media. Enjoy our picks from her portfolio. Read More
Incredible Body ArtSeptember 6, 2013 | Pirate Manu
Chooo-San is a Japanese artist who created incredible realistic body art using acrylic paints. Read More
Atmospheric ReentrySeptember 2, 2013 | Pirate Manu
Hundreds of colourful bristles emanate from headdresses in Maiko Takeda's millinery collection, presented at the Royal College of Art fashion show earlier this week.The adornments consist of transparent plastic spikes tinted with colour gradients at the bases and tips, which are held in place between sections of acrylic joined by small silver rings. Read More


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Problems when urinating May be an STI or UTI Please
Patient : Hi I am 19 years old and about 2 weeks ago I had protected sex with a condom. That week I experienced some unusual feelings when I peed, but ignored it because that usually happens after sex. Everyday leading to this past weekend (July 4) the pain got worse and I had to frequently urinate, along with some pressure on my bladder. This weekend (July 4th) I consumed way too much alcohol and did not make good decisions. I had protected sex again, and felt lots of pain after it, especially when I peed. Now every time I pee, it hurts and not much comes out. Today, July 6, I purchased a UTI dip test and reliever pills at the store, and leukocytes and nitrates showed up positive. Is it time to go to the doctor and check it out? If I had protected sex, how common is it to still get an STD? Please help me!!!
Symptoms: Frequency of urination, burning when urinating, traces of leukocytes and nitrates in urine sample, fowl smelling urine
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A sprinkling of Duchamp, a dash of Beuys, a dusting of Kosuth and a generous dollop of talent. Witty, political, eclectic and referential, this daring and dynamic duo takes from all mediums to challenge and provoke the viewer to thought, action, outrage, despair, laugh, cry, shout. From two camel humps on an ironing board to the gorgeous and enigmatic photograph, Forecast (shown above), this show is guaranteed to turn you into a fan. My favorite piece of the evening was Petrified Petrol Pump, 2010, a futuristic artifact that appears before us calcified, encrusted and haunting.
Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla have been collborating since 1995. Allora was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1974. Calzadilla was born in 1971 in Havana, Cuba. Allora received a BA from the University of Richmond in Virginia (1996) and an MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003); Calzadilla received a BFA from Escuela de Artes Plásticas, San Juan, Puerto Rico (1996) and an MFA from Bard College (2001). Collaborating since 1995.
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Let me say right off the bat that I have a preference towards tall, muscular and toned men. Emphasis on tall! I find a man towering over me absolutely irresistible! Pint-sized, vertically challenged men don't do anything for me and I am in good company with most women on this.
Women in general have a collective bias against dating short men. In spite of that, women will scream blue murder if a man says he only dates petite, model-type women or that he is not attracted to overweight, flabby women. I mean, the nerve! What a shallow, superficial disgusting pig, right?
Wrong! You are nothing but a hypocrite. Even if you don't impose such physical standards on potential suitors like specific height requirements, but you still shame men or anyone for that matter for their physical preferences, you are a hypocrite. Why is there so much judgment towards physical preferences?
I take offense at the implication that there's something inherently morally wrong about who anyone chooses to date. A lot of men went up in arms when I stated my predilection for tall men. I couldn't help but wonder why people are threatened by other people's desires. Why do we rail against people for their physical attraction?
I consider myself smoking hot, but at the same time I know that I don't fit into every man's idea of attractive. I don't take offense when a man says he loves a woman with a huge rack (I love my little tatas) or a big derriere (I don't have a pancake butt, but I am no Vera Sidika either).
I know there are men out there who wouldn't date me despite my larger-than-life personality and my dazzling pretty face simply because I am not their type and that is perfectly okay with me. What most people consider "shallow" is not universally recognised or understood.
Full figured women should not be resentful of men who say that they can't date them. If you are overweight, would you prefer that a guy who doesn't find you attractive went out with you only for the sake of not offending you? You should not feel inferior because you are not someone's type.
It is not a reflection of your worth, but rather of that person's personal taste. Your harsh judgments stem from your own insecurities. You need to stop demonizing men for not being attracted to fat women. If the flip was switched and you were told to go out with a man whom you are not attracted to just to be polite, would you?
We are all human and we have our physical shortcomings and we need to acknowledge that personal preferences exist, and to deny that is willful ignorance. My aversion to diminutive men doesn't make me a bad person and neither does a man's aversion to fat women.
Convincing yourself to go out with a person who you know, empirically, doesn't do anything for you just to appear open minded is a waste of time for everyone involved. Being physically and sexually attracted to the other person is usually important in a relationship and people can rarely control who or what they are attracted to.
Everyone has different tastes and likes. If a woman being in shape is one of your preferences over someone who isn't, don't feel guilty about your tastes. It's a lifestyle choice and it simply doesn't fit your lifestyle.


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I realised I didn't want to give him all of the lessons I had learned in the firestorm and ashes of my M.
Breaking your give-a-fuck is a big step towards healing. I don't care to give him a piece of my mind or any part of me anymore. He is undeserving.
But I know it would not matter--even if I did. It would not penetrate these people's sense of entitlement and justification for their misdeeds. I think we just cannot conceive of the mental gymnastics and defensive walls they have erected around themselves.
These fantasies have, however, greatly diminished. I used to be plagued by them hourly. So I guess that suggests I am on my way to indifference. But damn, that clock moves slowly.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.


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Although Assembla is one of the best ticket systems, I hate it at times. Main reason is that their team plays with fonts and colors and thus changes the site appearence, and at the same time ignores the major issues.
Here is the list that irritates me the most:
- When you create a ticket, the editor doesn't work properly. For example, if you hightlight a URL with intention to mark it as a link, they still ask you for the URL in a prompt (a month ago they would even just replaced it with a default markup text like "[[http://server.com | URL TEXT]]")
- The same is WIKI based on tinyMCE — it fails so often, that 50% of times I have to open the content HTML source and fix things manually
- Affiliate system — it pays you back only if you refered 3+ new users. I have just 2 leads, and I loose $80 every month…
- Some time ago they had an offer to blog about them and get $5 reward — I wrote a post, and their marketing guy Ryan told me that they gonna pay me only after a referal would pay a bill — which was not mentioned in the offer.
- If you want to export tickets data (for example, to count some stats regarding development performance), you will have to deal with their internal semi-JSON format with no documentation (only not-so-self-explanatory feilds names)
- Previously they had a project name in project space URL, now they use a unreadable hash — if you work with more then 1 project, you'd feel how unhandy it is
- There are 3 (three!) different SVN repositories types (SVN+Trac, External SVN, Source/SVN) in Tools which is confusing. Every one has its own set of possibilities — you have to choose what is more vital for you, you cannot have it all.
- Current filter choise is lost if you leave Assembla page for 5-10 minutes, and you have to switch to it over again. The choise is saved in a HTTP-secure cookie (it means you cannot change it by JavaScript). Damn, why?
- They don't show hours total for tickets no matter how you group them. It's one of the most important things for developers, guys.
- If you want just to get content of the project, you cannot. I mean not SVN Checkout, but kind of SVN Export — download all folders/files without SVN client. They had a button that allowed to download the project as ZIP archieve, but now it's not there. I have a few PHP projects which many people download and use, and they complain often about this missing feature.
All in all, Assembla still has a big way to go to maturity.
UPDATE [Feb 7, 2012] – previously, when you click on a milestone name on a ticket page, you go to the milestone and can see all tickets. Now you get the ugly build-in JavaScript prompt to rename the milestone. WAT?!%$??
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Andy Singleton Says:
June 17th, 2011 at 16:57
Thanks for this anaalysis. It sounds like we did a poor job of supporting you as an affilate. I have questions about some of your other observations.
1) Why are you highlighting URL's? They always get converted to links from plain text.
2) Yes, we need a better wiki editor. Does require a lot of fixing of broken HTML.
3) Maybe we should pay after 2 referrals, not three. We don't want to pay people to refer themselves. How would you solve this problem?
4) $5 reward? That was a weird offer. I need to find out more about that. Ryan last worked with us about two years ago.
5) Ticket export – why not use CSV option on top of the ticket list?
6) Which URL's are showing the space ID instead of the name? I agree that the URLS with ID's are confusing. Originally, they were all space ID's. We are moving all of them to project name. Wiki was the most recent. There are still some inconvenient URL's in the Files tool.
7) 90% of people take the normal Source/SVN repository. We offer the others for special cases. For example, we still suport a lot of Trac projects, and some people want external (self-hosted) for security reasons. but I think they are not confusing for new users.
8) I appreciate this input about handling the filter setting. The current setup will save your selected filter in your session. It should last as long as your session lasts, which is much longer than 10 minutes. However, if you login again, it goes back to the default filter that the project manager set. This is a compromise between allowing the project manager to set your view (which is good for team building) and allowing you to select your own view (which is good if you know what you are doing). Maybe it is too clever.
9) You can get ticket time totals from the Time tool in Space or Portfolio. However, we are also going to add total estimated time, and total recorded time, as an option in the ticket filter views. It is a good suggestion. It wil be part of the estimating upgrade that we are working on.
10) Yes, we did have a download button that downloaded a Zip file. It's a good feature, and it is still available in many cases, but I believe that we removed the Download button in projects bigger than 10 megabytes because the zip process was causing performance problems. We are planning on raising this limit when we move to our new high speed storage later in the summer.
Carl Says:
July 30th, 2011 at 01:12
I actually use Assembla a lot, and was Google-ing for a reason as to why their latest Support tool has a delay from the time I e-mail a ticket to the time it posts on the pages. So I was already in Grr@Assembla mode and thus this struck me at the right time to get me to reeeally get ready to bash them…
That said, I feel like your article, while with valid points, really missed the whole point of what Assembla's about. It's managing your projects, users, and tickets. It has great tools for doing all those things and APIs to get data in and out as you please. As a Git user (SVN has seen its days, sorry), I haven't had any issues and there's many different views to suit anybody needed to use the system for ticketing and workflow management.
As a developer, don't care about a Wiki editor. But I've had to use a few in software I've written, and I know it's not a trivial task to make work. From that and some of your other comments (highlighting URLs??), I think just getting to know the system will make life so much easier for you.
So, ironically, your article kind of brought me back to being happy with Assembla again, it does do many things, does them right and well, and while not totally mature, it's always coming out with new features and they do a pretty good job of listening to their user base & community.
All in all, decent article on a couple points, but overall you're complaining about micro-features and forgetting that it does what it set out to do and does it well.
Skakunov Alexander Says:
December 11th, 2011 at 02:13
+ one more: you cannot edit wiki from a mobile – a cursor and keybord don't appear. (Android – HTC Desire S).


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When it came to defining new liberties after the Revolution, Americans were ready to put their politics where their mouths were. Laura Thatcher Ulrich notes in her book, The Age of Homespun, page 301:
The late introduction of table forks added to the awkwardness of the American performance [at formal dinners]. As late as 1827, European visitors still observed people shoveling food into their mouths from the round end of knives. An etiquette book of the 1830s still defended the practice, advising young ladies that if they wished to imitate the French or the English, they could "put every mouthful into your mouth with your fork; but if you think, as I do, that Americans have as good a right to their own fashions as the inhabitants of any other country, you may choose the convenience of feeding yourself with your right hand armed with a steel blade; and provided you do it neatly and do not put in large mouthfuls, or close your lips tight over the blade, you ought not be considered as eating ungenteely."
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Rebel groups in eastern Congo are illegally imposing taxes on trucks and pedestrians and receiving local, regional and international support in violation of U.N. sanctions, U.N. experts said Thursday.
In an interim report circulated to the Security Council, the five-member panel said it also obtained documented evidence of fraudulent "United Nations certificates" being forged to facilitate the sale of Congolese gold to buyers in Africa. The panel said it referred the matter to the U.N.'s internal investigation body.
The experts also cited credible information suggesting that new political and military organizations may soon emerge from the shifting alliances in volatile eastern Congo, "creating renewed risk of regional political interference from armed groups."
Their report was issued ahead of a council vote Friday that will extend the 20,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year but withdraw up to 2,000 troops by the end of June, far fewer than Congo's government wanted. Protecting civilians will remain the force's primary mandate followed by strengthening and reforming Congo's security and judicial institutions.
Congo's President Joseph Kabila called for the U.N. force - the largest in the world - to leave before September 2011 so the country could "fly with its own wings."
But U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said last month he wanted to ensure that military operations against rebels in eastern Congo are successfully completed, that well-trained and equipped Congolese army units can take over the U.N. force's security role and protect the population, and that the government extends its authority in areas freed from armed groups before the U.N. peacekeepers depart.
Ban recommended in his report to the council that the withdrawal start with up to 2,000 troops leaving peaceful areas of the central African nation by June 30, the 50th anniversary of Congo's independence.
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