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Arizona Trip, Day 10
Again here, not much to say, just on the road from Texarkana to Tye Texas. The biggest highlight today was going through Dallas Texas. We actually took the ring road but that was a distance of 55 miles, one and a half hours, with traffic and all! What an experience. Actually was better than we expected. The rest of the trip to Tye was uneventful, however, we hit a glitch again. Once we were stopped for the night, ...
Prettiest Town I've Ever Seen......
Actually, the title to the song "Abilene" is about the Kansas town, not Texas. That's okay as the song still fits here. We had a wonderful three days in Abilene and had a chance to walk around down in the old part of town. Several interesting things; Abilene is home to the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature. We found this ...
Closer to home...
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As I write this, we've been home for several weeks now. It's been hard to sit down and finish this blog once we got back home - and then had to prepare for going back to Austin again for our youngest daughter's 21 Sep wedding.
By this point in our trip, we were ready to get back to Austin to see the kids and grandkids. Abilene was just a quick overnight stop, and we were on the road again.
Stopover in Abilene (written by Corey)
Spent the last couple of days in Abilene, TX. Mostly uneventful drive, but we did have to stop a couple of times and fix a piece of weather stripping that was flapping around on the camper.
We arrived in town hungry with no food in the camper (yet again), so we thought we'd go out for dinner. We have a gift card for Olive Garden, and Dean loves ...
Land of the Windy Giants
... kayaking on the Llano River from Robinson Park.
The yellow rumped warbler, cedar waxwing, and others were beginning to
make their appearance even though the weather has made things a little
difficult for these creatures.
We were also fortunate one day to
spot a snipe on the river bank. Robert spotted it and took awhile to
find it because it was so well hidden in the vegetation along the river
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Let's say I have this situation. I have three jobs. Job number one has two manually triggered downstream jobs (deploy to test, deploy to prod for example). Something like this:
I want the deployment jobs (test-job-2, test-job-3) to require a password before they are triggered. How can I solve this with Jenkins?
The only option right now supported by the Build Pipeline Plugin is to have a manually deployed downstream job. But this job starts right after you click on it. I would like to require the user to manually enter some parameters (password for example).
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To make AMVs? I've trying to learn for some time and every where I go it seem nobody knows how
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To make AMVs? I've trying to learn for some time and every where I go it seem nobody knows how
Well first u would need some clips of stuff u going to be using, then a programe for joing them, and then music :) thats about it form my side next..
To be honest i woudln't knwo were to begine i mean it takes a whiel to get everything insince with the mucic hey, but i guess a splitting and joing program would be a good start.
hmm..i've only tried using two programs: windows movie maker and adobe premiere. you should go with premiere. if u fiddle around with it you should be able to figure it out a bit. with that...u just upload whatever video clips you want and slice different scenes to put into ur amv.
when i made my amv's...i would just listen to songs and think of any anime that could go along with it...or i would watch anime and think of songs that would go along and then start from there. i've only made three videos though and i haven't made anymore since i don't have premiere on my computer. they're not so great but i'm just starting off and learning.
it shouldn't really matter how bad or good ur amv starts off though as long as ur learning how to use the program and are getting better at it. so yea...that's how i did it. hope that helps
edit: if u ever wanna check out my videos anyway, my username is l2urouni at animemusicvideos.org
thanks btw l2urouni the pic in your sig when not edited its a really good pick :D
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premiere yes, after effects a definite.
head to animemusicvideos.org and read the tutorials. They'll tell you the do's and donts. You dont anna end up another one of the million freaks who download random clips or who cut up other peoples AMV's to make some crap vid. Otherwise you'll have no credit in the AMV community. I've been making them for awhile for kicks mine are up on my site EA.
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Like making a wallpaper, be creative. Consider it art. I've seen too many Trigun/Lain videos put to a Radiohead song. Likewise, one of my favs is a Lain video over Radiohead. Transitions help, and a matching song is a bonus. I don't expect everyone to master lipsyching (how the hell do they pull it off?!), but using scenes from the video to match tempo/lyrics/feel of the audio help acheive a solid AMV.


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MODESTO - In a lot of ways, East Union aspires to be much like the team it squared off with in the first round of the Modesto City Classic Wednesday.
RIPON - With neither team establishing any kind of offensive groove or consistency early on, Ripon High went to its pressure defense to get things going against Sierra in the 2010-11 season opener for both girls basketball teams Tuesday.
STOCKTON - The Weston Ranch High girls basketball team made its season debut with a 47-39 win Tuesday at Bear Creek.
RIPON – Sometimes all it takes is a single year to transform the entire makeup of a basketball team.
In-town rivals Ripon High and Ripon Christian are in different leagues now, but their boys basketball teams find themselves in the same boat having lost top talent.
FRESNO – The 2010 CIF State Cross Country Championships Saturday marked several firsts for the Ripon High program.
FRESNO – On this cold and gray morning, Ricky Morris was at his very best.
When the Weston Ranch girls basketball team beat Sierra High to close out the Valley Oak League a year ago, the Cougars were hoping a postseason berth would be around the corner, but that berth never came.
After a quick walkthrough of Woodward Park in Fresno, the annual site of the CIF State Cross Country Championships, Ripon High head coach Paul Calkins and his runners settled into their hotel rooms at around 5:30 Friday night for a little rest and relaxation.
Just a short time ago, the Weston Ranch boys basketball squad was the premier team in the Valley Oak League, and the Lathrop Spartans were opening the gym for the hoops program for the very first time. After failing to reach the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs, the Cougars are poised to get back to the top of the league, whereas as Lathrop will be working through the exodus of one of its better players.
To be the champs, Ripon Christian's volleyball team must go through the champs.
Manteca and Sierra believe they have what it takes to make a run at the Valley Oak League championship this year.
Earning back-to-back outright championships in the Valley Oak League didn't come easily for Manteca High, and that was with dazzling point guard Kiwi Gardner setting gym floors ablaze.
The setters of the top teams in the Trans Valley and Southern leagues were voted the Most Valuable Players of each conference.
RIPON - The Knights didn't want to be one and done in this year's CIF State Northern California Division V volleyball championship tournament.
LATHROP - It's now or never for Alex Garcia, a wrestler with a rich bloodline and one glaring omission on an otherwise sparkling resume.
Help wanted: East Union seeking suitable training partners for blossoming 220-pound wrestler.
PATTERSON - Patterson head coach Elizabeth Tolleson burned two timeouts in the first three-plus minutes of the fourth quarter to give her overtaxed players a breather.
RIPON - The Ripon Christian girls basketball team turned up the intensity against Millennium of Tracy in second-round action of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V on Thursday.
The Maryann Wallace Pangburn 7/8 Grade All-Star Classic will return to Sierra High this Saturday after a one-year hiatus.
When one of your best players is sick, gets in foul trouble and is double-teamed all night that could be trouble.
Tyler Graves-Kelso threw his body into the stands, his hands into the passing lanes, and more importantly, he threw a perfect strike to Marcus Montano with the game on the line.
CERES - Young, yes, but these Cougars from Weston Ranch are far from inexperienced.
Erik Scheive found space at the back-door, finishing a third-quarter lob with authority.
STOCKTON - Rosemont stifled Weston Ranch's guards early and fully controlled the tempo in Tuesday's Sac-Joaquin Section Division III opener.
AUBURN - Olivia Vezaldenos gave East Union High its first lead of Tuesday's Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoff basketball game by draining a 3-pointer with 56 seconds to play in the opening half.
Marcus Montano has scored bending free kicks at the final whistle to win soccer games.
Inconsistency on offense has plagued Ripon all season, and the 14th-seeded Indians battled through the shooting yips once again in their Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV opener at No. 3 West Campus.
Ripon Christian's first-round opponent?
Jim Agostini didn't recognize the number, but there was no mistaking the voice on the other end of the line.


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Easter blessings from UCAN
Dear Reader,
There is no more important week in the year for Christians than this Holy Week. We call it Holy because of the mystery we celebrate - God's gift of His son who loves us to his death on Calvary and beyond.
Because of that love, we wish each other Happy Easter even when we know there is a lot of tragedy about it - Good Friday. As Christians, we know that what we see happening with and in Jesus goes to the heart of what we know from our own experience of life.
At the Second Vatican Council, the Christian lives we all lead were described as being shares in the Paschal Mystery. We have our share in the death and resurrection of Jesus every day. Our lives are part of the Paschal Mystery.
At UCAN, we work to describe that mystery in the unfolding tragedies and astonishing blessings of the people we seek out and report, feature and comment on.
While at times deeply distressing work, this effort of ours gets its coherence in the same way the death of Jesus did - because of the astonishing grace of a God who never gives up on life and love.
Because of that, we can wish you Happy Easter.
Best Wishes,
Fr. Michael Kelly SJ
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President wants action on Soeharto massacre
Atrocities of 1960's purge come to lightMembers of this woman's family were among the half a million killed (Photo Ryan Dagur)
- By Ryan Dagur, Jakarta
- Indonesia
- July 26, 2012
"We must be clear, honest and objective about what happened in the past. We're not going to distort the history and facts," President Yudhoyono said yesterday.
After a four-year investigation, involving interviews with hundreds of witnesses, the commission announced its findings on the anti-communist purge earlier this week.
It said it had discovered evidence of severe violations and crimes in the purge, which was ordered in 1965-66 and accounted for the deaths of more than half a million people.
It also concluded that the now defunct Operational Command for the Restoration of Security (Kopkamtib) was largely  responsible. The force was established in October 1965 and headed by Soeharto, who succeeded Indonesia's first president Soekarno after he was overthrown.
The report said the crimes came in the form of murder, enslavement, expulsion or forcible transfer of population, deprivation of liberty or physical liberty, torture, rape and enforced disappearances.
"We want a good, just, factual, and constructive settlement," Yudhoyono said, adding that he would also consult with legislative bodies and other institutions regarding the findings.
Haris Azhar, coordinator of the Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence (KontraS), who monitored the investigation process, praised the president's immediate response but warned that it must be followed by concrete action.
"He must act progressively by urging the attorney general to immediately form a team to follow up on this report. Do not just talk," Azhar said.
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August 2014 Quilting/Sewing Goals
Where I am today, the kids are home from church camp and school starts next week. Wow, that's just crazy early but they get out earlier next year, too. I'm told it has to do with school construction as they want to have it completed by the end of next summer.
I hope you saw the picture I posted at the end of July's goal thread. For me to meet forum members/friends/cohorts is a pleasure and something I like to make happen as often as I can. :-)
My plans for August.....priority is getting back home....probably in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, I cut up a couple of plaid shirts I bought at Goodwill in Chicago and am making Bear Paw blocks with them. I had some muslin left from the backing of the Cumberland quilt, so am using that for the background. I have 2 14 1/2" blocks made of 4 paws each and want to make at least 2 more this week. Still debating if I'll leave them here to work on in the future, or take them home.
Have you started your Christmas sewing yet? heh heh heh
I'm going to put my toe in here and try this to see if a list can become a reality.
1. complete the quilting and bind my son's quilt and send it off.
2. quilt at least one other UFO
3. decide and the setting and assemble the birthday blocks from 2013.
Sharon, I saw your picture on the other thread. How fun to meet another quilter!
We'll be gone on vacation over 2 weekends, so I will have a short list for August. :)
- Quilt and bind my birthday block quilt (my birthday is this month, so I should finish it, right?)
- Quilt and bind a baby quilt for another online group (still waiting for the top)
- Quilt and bind my Christmas mosaic
That's probably all I can accomplish this month. I think I'll take my hand applique project on our trip, even though I probably won't work on it. :)
My goal is to get my new sewing room organized and to make the August row of the Quilt Doodle BOM made. I also have to make curtains for 3 windows.
I am using my green and purple DWR quilt in our new bedroom. I need to make pillow shams or cases to match it. I have never used it but our new room has a lavender accent wall that works perfectly with the quilt.
I hope to get the machine set up and all these projects finished before the month is over.
Linda OH
I walked into my sewing room this morning to look for patterns to make my g'granddaughter a sun dress with matching bloomers. No works in progress. Clean and neat. I just sat there and soaked it in. LOL. I have such cute patterns for little girls' clothing, and may take a quilting break to do a few. They don't stay toddlers long. I have some of my father's flannel shirts and some plain flannel and think I may make a quilted throw from them. It's been on my list for years now. Still busy with gardening and not in a quilty mood. Need some break from it, and an inspiration to get my groove back.
Goals for this month won't include too much quilting, but will include sewing.
1. Took my Pfaff in to be serviced today
2. Clean my sewing room!
3. Cut out 14 vests for Lions Club
4. Cut out 5 aprons for Lions Club
5. Cut binding for finished quilt and get it on
Kristene will be arriving at my house on August 11 for 3 nights and 2 days so I hope we can visit a couple quilt shops in between visiting and showing her a little of Colorado!
I did get several of my July goals accomplished, although they were completed the first weekend in August. Goals for this month are:
1) Work on my nephew's red quilt. It's all cut.
2) Finish quilting my Baby Honu quilt. Bind.
3) Make the August lotto block. I missed July. Sorry Val and Kate.
4) Check with my LAQ to see if she has returned to quilting after surgery. If so, bring my husband's quilt to her. It has a Minky backing and is quite large. I don't think my FMQ skills are up to it yet, and he's looking for his quilt.
5) Decide whether or not to FMQ my niece's quilt.
6) Decide on which of my six quilts to start on next. I will need something fun to work on in between the tedious RED quilt for my nephew.
7) Try to not start FlamingO's Wheel of Fortune rainbow quilt until I have some of the other's completed.
That's it for August.
I was busy in July and got lots done, but still have lots to do!
Not sure how much of this I'll get done because it's going to be a busy month at work too.
0. My goddaughter's engagement quilt is done! Finished the binding last night. All I have to do is mail this one.
1. Bind the wedding signature quilt
2. Finish quilting and then bind the table runner that matches the wedding quilt.
3. Quilt and bind the large lap quilt for my ailing neighbor.
4. Work on the Family Room silk wallhanging.
5. Decide if I'm going to free motion quilt the t-shirt quilt on my Juki or if I'm going to learn to use my friend's long arm set up.
6. Finish Ruby (Moda Ruby fabrics) and then decide how I'm going to quilt it.
Wow! After reading everyone's goals I'm ready for a nap!
Even if you only get half of your list done, that's good!
I'm in the process of 'mending' the edges of a king size quilt I made for DD and her DH quite a few years ago. The part that didn't hold up is red batik. I know he holds onto it and uses it every night 24/7 year round as he says he can't sleep well without it. It's completely black and red so I bought a reddish/maroonish flat sheet and am just covering the binding a few inches front and back. Reminds me of the 'beard covers' we had talked about awhile back, only this is permanent and sewn on really good! And, tell ya what, there's hardly anything left of the sheet I bought either.
I'm still in Indiana but hope to be home by the 16th.
After reviewing everyone's comments, and reading the newer posts in other threads, I think you girls have done an outstanding job of working on your list! Good for you!!!
I was able to donate my Star Struck, Bricks and Stepping Stones and String-X quilt tops this month, along with a bunch of orphan blocks. Yeaaaaaa, more out of the house and going to charity.
A couple more days of August......
Busy month!!!
1. Took my Pfaff in to be serviced today - got machine back and had to take it back in - it needs a new hook assembly ($350 more bucks which really hurts!)
2. Clean my sewing room - was done - now needs it again!
3. Cut out 14 vests for Lions Club - cut and sewn
4. Cut out 5 aprons for Lions Club - 2 finished, waiting on machine to finish rest
5. Cut binding for finished quilt - Binding sewn on, now the hand sewing
6. Made 6 potholders - DONE
7. Had Kristene visit from Australia for 3 nights/2 days - GREAT TIME!!!!
Well I got lots done, but not all my goals.
1. My sons quilt is finished, except for the hand part of the binding.
2. I made and quilted a comfort quilt for the guild, just needs the hand work on the binding.
3. Took a class called circles and curves. I finished the curves part. Now I just have to decide where to place, then inset the circles.
Sadly I also wrote up,a list of UFOs so I can work through them and the list is Waaaayyyyyy longer than I thought.


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A former deputy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday a pre-emptive military strike against Iran over its nuclear programme could embroil Israel in a "disastrous war".
Shaul Mofaz, a parliamentary opposition leader who quit Netanyahu's cabinet last month where he served as vice premier, said on Israeli television he thought Israel was "planning a hasty, irresponsible event".
The former general and defence minister said he thought Israel could not do anything to force a strategic change in Iran's nuclear programme.
As a member of Netanyahu's security cabinet for two months, Mofaz was privy to deliberations on Iran's nuclear programme.
He told Channel 2 television in a studio interview that any Israeli military action "can at the most delay it (Iran's programme) by about a year, and it can bring upon us a disastrous war".
Naming both Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak, he said he was "very worried at what they are preparing". He added: "I hope very much we don't reach such a war because it would be a disaster."
Days after he quit the cabinet late in July in a dispute about military conscription policy, Mofaz, who heads the centrist Kadima party, cautioned he would not back any Israeli military "adventures".
His comments echoed those of other former Israeli security officials who have spoken against any unilateral attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, with some saying such an assault could spur Tehran to speed up uranium enrichment.
Israel widely believed to be the only atomic power in the Middle East, views Iran's nuclear programme as an existential threat.
There has been an upsurge in rhetoric from Israeli politicians this month suggesting Israel might attack Iran's nuclear facilities ahead of U.S. presidential elections in November.
Netanyahu is frustrated that Western diplomacy to try to force Iran to rein in its programme has so far proved fruitless.
However senior Israeli officials have said that a final decision about whether to attack Iran has not yet been taken, with ministers disagreeing over the issue and the military hierarchy unhappy about the prospect of going it alone without full U.S. backing.
Resolution calls on Assad government, Daesh and foreign fighters to halt bloodshed.
Russian finance minister says deal with Kiev 'not done on a commercial basis because of the risks it carries'.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the funds would be sent for humanitarian reasons and "Israel's interests", without saying whether the transfer would be repeated.
Sierra Leone, the country worst-affected by the disease, has reported nearly 12,000 cases and more than 3,000 deaths since the epidemic was declared a year ago.
"The Israeli occupation has agreed to extend a direct natural gas pipeline to operate Gaza's power plant," Haniyeh said in a Friday sermon delivered at a Gaza mosque.
Saad asserted that the army had sent reinforcements and was planning to send more troops to the restive area to secure the elections
An East Africa regional bloc on Friday signed two agreements with international partners to provide support for "drought resilience" activities.
Al-Shabab gunmen fought their way into a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, trapping government officials inside, police said. "Al Shabaab fighters are on the top of the building and inside the hotel," Major Ismail Olow , a police officer, told Reuters. "Some government officials are inside the hotel."
Digital magazine "Haqiqah" aims to combat Internet presence of extremist groups, such as Daesh.
"Internal and international flights heading to and from southern airports in the kingdom have gradually resumed since dawn Friday," Saudi's civil aviation authority said in a statement.
Iran and six powers demand mutual concessions in tense nuclear talks with end-March deadline for preliminary deal and full deal would follow by end of June.
Opposition forces also seize control of 15 regime security points and besiege central area of Idlib, opposition officials say.
Output rose threefold since 2010 with exports go to 60 countries, including U.S, Saudi Arabia
"We are hoping the decision would lead to more stable relations with Egypt," Abu Zuhri told The Anadolu Agency on Friday.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is opposed a two-stage agreement in the ongoing nuclear negotiation with the US and EU representatives, rejecting a US daily claim to the contrary, said an Iranian source close to the negotiation team in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The group that began in Germany who started in Montreal 3 months ago have organised a walk in Montreal this weekend. Many are against the group with an anti-PEGIDA protest set to take place at the same time and place as the PEGIDA demonstration, on Saturday at 4 p.m.


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Is there a way to bleed off pressure through a pin lock relief valve or do I have to do it through the inlet post? I wasn't sure if there was some kind of tool to do it.
if you do not have a valve in the lid you need to bleed it through the co2 post. use a screw driver or a knife and press the center of the post to put down on the spring.
They make one: http://store.brooklyn-homebrew.com/KP360.html
I've seen the product in the link, but they say it's for bleeding off on a post, not the relief valve, or am I reading it wrong?
It just presses the poppet down to release co2 from the in post.
switch the liquid-out hose to the gas-in post and bleed thru your tap, swap back and enjoy!


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On competing in the U.S.: "I've been here before in the United States, however, it was the first time I'd actually competed, in Eugene, Oregon. It was great to compete with a lot of the excellent hurdlers together. It's a way to learn and to get a lot from them. It will help me in summertime."
On racing without Allen Johnson at the Prefontaine Classic: "I believe that every single athlete sometimes will make minor mistakes. I don't really care about that kind of mistake that much. It happens sometimes. On numerous occasions, it's happened to me as well."
On admiring Johnson: "He was always my idol, forever my example right there. I never thought that it would actually happen that I could compete with him, together. In 1995, I was very young at (the time of) Goteberg, the World Championships, and he won there, and I saw him on TV. I got to know him then."
On beginning track and hurdling: "At the age of 14, I started training in high jump. At the age of 16, I switched to hurdling. At the very beginning, my technical part was rather poor. I believe I have got a good understanding of this event, and later on I improved a lot in terms of rhythm, in terms of technique, in terms of pace. I believe in the past years I'm making tremendous rapid progress. I'm very confident right now. My only concern is that I don't want to get injured."
On being perhaps China's most prominent international athlete: "No matter how people view me as a star or whatever, I still I'm a normal person. I really enjoy normal life, quiet life. I just enjoy doing my regular training. That is the true part of me. This is how I view myself.
No matter where I go, wherever I compete, I do draw a lot of attention, particularly after the triumph at the Athens Olympics. People in China are definitely looking forward to watching me again, coming out with flying colors."
On seeking to improve: "I don't think I'm perfect yet and I don't think I've reached my peak yet. For example, the first three hurdles. I do believe that I need to start even faster, and maintain my speed in the middle of the race. And also the final dash–that is also a part that I need to improve."
On kinship with Johnson: "It's great to have this kind of friendship and also competition with Allen. It makes me feel great, actually. In the very beginning, when I was in my childhood, I always viewed Allen and Colin Jackson as my two models, really. These two are my examples to follow. I didn't expect to improve that much, and so for me, Allen and also Colin were persons with ambitions for me (that were) impossible to actually complete or achieve or get to that level.... I certainly hope that Allen will continue his career for a few more years, and this way we'll really bring out the best in our competitions. That would be beautiful, and a beautiful memory, actually. As far as myself is concerned, I never, never consider myself the best hurdler in the world, and I still have a lot to improve."


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Belt.io is a central place for storing and sharing simple stuff like text or links. it gives you the convenience of quickly accessing your data from anywhere. It is sorta like a clipboard.. but more universal.. with more control.
All Devices in Sync
With a single click you can send links and text from your browser right to your device and vice versa. Anything you put in one device will instantly be available in all the others. Whether it's your phone, your tablet or your browse.
Share With Friends
Sharing with friends is as easy as sharing with yourself. Just one click. No more emailing or typing links. Anything you share with a friend is sent to their devices. You can share from your browser or directly from your phone or tablet.
Key features:
- Cross platform, cross device clipboard. Share with your iPhone, iPad, and other android devices.
- Quickly share from your browser to your devices.
- Quickly share with other friends using Belt.io
- Smart notifications giving you access to the items without opening the app.
- Automatically recognize links, emails and phone numbers in text and allow fast access to the appropriate apps.
- Automatically copy items to the clipboard on receive (must be enabled in the settings).
To download the browser extensions, please visit:
Copy Paste It
**If you are upgrading from a previous version, please UNINSTALL the app and then REINSTALL. A simple update will not work.**
Copy text from ANY screen to your clipboard. Then, paste it into any text box by long-pressing on it.
Use this to have copy paste functionality from ANY app or screen!
- Copy text to clipboard using on-board or networked OCR recognition.
- Copy to clipboard by shaking phone.
- Copy to clppboard by long-pressing on search button.
- Copy to clipboard by pressing overlay button.
- Support for many different languages.
NOTE: If this version does not work because your phone is not rooted, please download "Copy Text", which will work on your phone (also available on the Android market).
Tags: Copy Paste Clipboard
Clipper Plus with Sync
✔ Online clipping and note synchronization. Have your clippings available on all of your devices and view them online at ClipperSync.com!
✔ Unlimited collected clippings. Keep more than the 20 newest clippings or disable automatic cleanup completely.
✔ Dynamic values. Place the current date and time in your custom snippets.
✔ Clipping search. Find what you're looking for easily.
✔ New settings and options. Choose whether to collect each clipping manually, and more.
✔ No ads. Clipper Plus is completely ad free, and your purchase supports development.
And of course, all the base features of Clipper Free:
✔ Automatic & seamless clipboard history and extension. All copied text is collected and saved for later use. Don't worry about copying over anything important.
✔ Easy clipping organization and editing. Copy a clipping back to the clipboard with a single tap. Define custom folders for storing your collected clippings. View, edit and extract contents.
✔ Quick and easy access. Open Clipper through your status bar for quick access to your collection. Predefine quick snippets for easy copying and take your notes in Clipper.
Copy and Paste 2.0 is here!
(Upgrading from Clipper Free? Clipper Plus installs as a separate application, so start it after installation to migrate your data and uninstall the free version.)
If you need help or have any suggestions or complaints, please don't hesitate to e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
Used permissions:
✔ Photos/media/files: import & export backup functionality to internal storage or SD card
Clipper - Clipboard Manager
✔ Automatic & seamless clipboard history and extension. All copied text is collected and saved for later use. Don't worry about copying over anything important.
✔ Easy clipping organization and editing. Copy a clipping back to the clipboard with a single tap. Define custom folders for storing your collected clippings. View, edit and extract contents.
✔ Quick and easy access. Open Clipper through your status bar for quick access to your collection. Predefine quick snippets for easy copying and take your notes in Clipper.
✔ And much more. Customize clipboard collection, notification functionality, the user interface and more through the settings. Clipboard management couldn't be easier.
+ Upgrade to Clipper Plus to get online clipping sync, unlimited clippings, search, dynamic values and new options.
Copy and Paste 2.0 is here!
(After installing Clipper, you will need to start it once to activate monitoring. You will see a quick start tutorial. Task killers may interfere with Clipper.)
If you need help or have any suggestions or complaints, please don't hesitate to e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
Used permissions:
✔ Photos/media/files: import & export backup functionality to internal storage or SD card
Clipboard Contents
The contents from the clipboard history can be copied into the clipboard again, they can be edited, deleted, searched, and shared too. When sharing links they can be optionally shortened if URLy is installed. Any links in the contents will be quickly picked up and extra options will be available to open or share them directly from the device. HTTP and Market links are amongst the supported types.
Clipboard Contents can be easily turned off from the settings if it is no longer needed, and its operation can be customised to match the user's needs. The clipboard collection is intelligently stopped when the device isn't being used any more, which makes it very battery-friendly.
In addition it integrates with the Android Quick Search Bar so you can directly search your clipboard history. It further integrates with Google's cloud backup and restore, so any time you wipe your device your contents and settings will be restored the next time you install the application (only works on Android 2.2+ and backup/restore must be enabled in the 'Privacy' settings for your device).
A little extra hand is at help too in case you would like to share to clipboard. The app supports this functionality as well, so just pick something to share, and select Clipboard Contents from the window. The item you just shard will now have been copied into the clipboard.
If you have a Sony device you will be able to access the Clipboard Contents Small App from the Recents menu. It will allow you to easily save something to the contents, or even to the clipboard, without closing the app that you have currently open.
* Third-party lockscreens may disable clipboard collection (email me if this happens).
* On rooted devices saving the clipboard on reboot/shutdown may not always work (please use the standard shutdown option).
* Samsung devices have known issues with setting and clearing the keyboard. Please report these to Samsung first.
* Small Apps functionality will only work for some device. Please note that I can't decide which devices have this functionality, as it is entirely up to Sony.
Permissions explained:
* Start at boot - to start the service when the device starts up and to restore clipboard (both can be disabled in settings)
* Internet - for cloud backup/restore, billing, and advertisements (yes, development is partly ad-supported)
* Billing - for in-app purchases to remove ads as a way of supporting development
* Writing to external storage - for backing up and restoring contents using XML files
Small apps extension for Sony products
Steps to use:
- Click the share menu in any application
- Choose "Clipboard"
Now the information that was shared by the application is in memory. Just paste wherever you want.
To paste just click and hold on any editable field that the paste option will appear.
*** Soon more features and languages ***
Any questions or suggestions, send to firstname.lastname@example.com
If you want to help with translation, go to page:
Tags: Clipboard, share, copy, paste.
ClipNote Clipboard Manager
ClipNote automatically saves anything that is copied into the Android clipboard and provides fast access to previous clipboard entries to re-copy them to the clipboard. It also is a full note-taking application and allows to manage clips and notes through a simple and unobtrusive user interface.
ClipNote uses a background process to capture any change to the system clipboard. This background process only uses very few resources and almost no battery power. But if it is desired it can be switched off in the app settings (from the menu). If it is disabled the symbol in the notification bar won't be shown.
A description of the features and usage can be found on our website or in the app by invoking "Info" from the menu and then pressing the "Help" button.
Clipboardr - Clipboard Manager
• Clipboard history for the last 3 days
• Edit, share and re-copy your text form your Clipboard history
• Access your Clipboard history right from the notification, it makes it easy to access your Clipboard history without having to switch to Clipboardr app (Can be turned off in settings)
• Share your copied texts from the notification tray
• Re-copy previously copied text from the notification tray
• Pin items that you want to keep from the Clipboard history
• Filter your Clipboard history to find common texts such as URLs, Emails, phone numbers and more
• Search your Clipboard
• Restore your Clipboard on boot (Can be turned off in settings)
• Optimized for phones and tablets
• Batch delete
P.S: Moving the app to sd card will cause it not start on boot, it is highly recommended you keep this app in internal storage
ClipIT - Clipboard Manager
Much like a Clipboard manager on your Mac or PC, ClipIT allows you to copy and manage an unlimited number of items to your clipboard. You can copy, search, star, manage, share, and easily switch between clips all from our easy to use clipboard console or directly through the home-screen widget.
Purchasing the ClipIT Unlock key will unlock additional features such as a beautiful Home-screen widget and more advanced settings for copying items to your clipboard.
Standard features include:
★ Save and manage unlimited items to your clipboard
★ Copy action mode when new item is copied (prompt, auto-save or disable)
★ Easily switch between items saved on your clipboard
★ Add clips to your Favorites category
★ Share your clips with other apps (Evernote, Gmail, etc.)
★ On-going notification for viewing your most current clip
Full features include: (Requires purchasing Unlock key)
★ Home-screen widget for copying your clips with a single touch
★ Widget and clip color selection (Yellow, blue, red, green and pueple)
★ Set clipboard on boot to last item copied
★ Automatic data back up and restore for devices with a backup service setup on their device (e.g. Android Backup Service)
We appreciate your feedback and encourage you to help us improve our products. Visit our website http://www.smartandroidapps.com and don't forget to check out our other apps in the market.
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BethClip: Clipboard Sync
BethClip lets you access your clipboard history later for orginize, view, copy, paste or share. This app does not require you to keep it always open to manage or sync your clipboard. After stat, app goes to work in background and monitor your clipboard (you can anytime enable or disable it) and let you can easily switch to any of your running app. Copy any text or image within any app, BethClip will sync it in background. You can just do paste on your other device (where BethClip also installed) with no matter in which application you are. Your text or image will paste immediately.
Features you can benefit from:
✔ Powerfull clipboard history manager with smart actions;
✔ To sync item, just simply copy it;
✔ Manage connected devices; even rename or delete them;
✔ Share data with other apps via Android's Share button;
✔ Multilingual interface;
✔ No Ads
+ Free subsciption for up to 3 devices;
✔ lightly works in background (using minimal resources) so, no needs to switch between apps;
✔ Sync copied text, images, numbers, URLs and etc. from any appy;
✔ Able to watch history of (each) devices separately;
✔ Re-copy, delete or share clipboard data anytime using history manager;
✔ Power saving, battery friendly, minimal system resource usage;
✔ High performance and no ANRs;
Supported Languages: English, Azerbaijani, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, German.
And please, do not hesitate to give your feedback. Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or write your feedback here in review.
EasyClip: Clipper for Evernote
Start EasyClip (enable clipboard monitoring) and switch to other apps. Copy any text, EasyClip will save the clippings in background. When finish your work, return to EasyClip and organize the clippings. Send clippings/notes to cloud service.
Try it with features:
☆ Save texts from any apps by simply copying them
☆ Make clippings from website, pdf, documents etc quick and easy
☆ Add image as clip, and support merge image and text together
☆ Work in background so that you don't need to switch between apps
☆ Merge multiple clippings into one, organize their order with ease
☆ Send clips/notes to cloud service (i.e. Evernote)
☆ Support Tags and Notebooks
☆ Battery friendly, Limited system resource usage
☆ Robust and Stable, High performance
☆ Absolutely FREE! Great support!
Comments from Users
"Perfect tool for my tablet! I can use this for research, but I can also save a link for later, copy comments from Facebook, sort the order of the clipped text for the note when I create it in Evernote. Delete it if I change my mind. It is a clipboard for my tablet, with more functions." -- Sue Barron
"Superb research tool! Does exactly what I need it to. With this I can grab text from any app, then sequence and combine these and share result to evernote. Great for research." -- Paul Ripley
"Just what I was looking for!" -- Marcel Kaczala
Supported Languages:
- English
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- Korean
- Japanese
- French
Your feedback is very important to us, please email us: email@example.com, or write feedback in the app.
✓ Internet access: to connect to the cloud service and send feedback
✓ Access network state: to check internet connectivity
✓ Access WiFi state: to check wifi connectivity
✓ Receive boot completed: for automatic startup (can be disabled in settings)
✓ Read phone state: for debugging, only work when send us logs
✓ Write to external storage: for debugging, only work when send us logs
✓ Read logs: for debugging, only work when send us logs
Everywhere Clipboard Lite
Unlike other clipboard apps found in Android Market, Everywhere Clipboard quick panel can be used anywhere in any window instantly and can be hidden at any time too and that makes it superior than any other existing solution. It also reads txt file for copy and paste action too!
If you are a heavy email or note taking user, you will find Everywhere Clipboard increase your productivity to next level. Thanks to its desktop like clipboard solution.
☆ Instant on, always available clipboard panel
☆ Manage content to copy from files/folders
☆ Built in note editor for quick file creation
☆ Easy to use folder management (Pro only)
☆ Supports both clipboard history based or file based copy
☆ Save up to 20 clipboard history
☆ More to come.............
☆ WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Required for saving clip data to sdcard
☆ ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: Required for mobile ads
☆ RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: Required to start on boot
☆ READ_PHONE_STATE: Required for mobile ads
EverClip is made for gathering and processing information quickly and easily. You can share any information to EverClip and save it to Evernote.
★ Clipboard Monitor ★
Text copied to clipboard will be automatically add to EverClip. It also recognizes urls and downloads the corresponding data.
★ Text Expander ★
Do you have phrases which you write very often. With Text Expander you can create a snippet with an abbreviation. Typing this abbr. in any text box will expand it with the saved phrase. NOTE: Text Expander only works on Android with Jelly Bean.
★ Web Clipper ★
You can clip web information from urls and save the content to Evernote. It never was easier to save website content.
For example, you might read an article in RSS reader and want to share it with your buddy through chat app. But most of chat apps do not accept shared texts. Now you can share an article URL with Ctrl+C, copy it to clipboard and then paste into chat.
Other typical use-cases for this are:
* You want to tell your GTalk friend about awesome app in Play Market.
* You want to tell that friend about some place in Foursquare.
* You want to open current web page in other browser.
You can paste data into any app with text inputs, like chats, contacts, calendar, simply anywhere!
1. Copy everything. This option tells Ctrl+C to copy both description and main text as a single clipboard entry. For example, when you share current page in Browser page's title is put into description and URL into main text.
2. Do not copy description. Most of the times you won't need description, so you can only copy what's important.
3. Autocopy without openning the app. This option tells Ctrl+C to instantly copy any shared data without openning main interface.
4. Close on copy. This option enabled will close Ctrl+C UI when pressing Copy button.
Clipboard Admin - Manager
** Free version is ad supported **
Clipboard admin is a clipboard manager for Android. The application runs in the background saving all copied text into an SQL DB for later viewing and/or modification. A system tray icon is enabled for easy access while also displaying your most recent entry.
- Sort via alpha, oldest, newest, modified date
- Create and sort by favorites
- Export to SD
- Share
- Edit/delete clipping
- Copy existing clippings
- Add custom clippings
- Delete entire db in one go
- Backup/restore db
- Widget
Copas Note (Clipboard Manager)
"When I need to save anything from browser, I just do copy and it will automatically saved on Copas Note"
Copas (Copy Paste) Note is a simple but powerful clipboard manager & notes for your phone or tablet. Don't worry about losing your clipboard's contents: Copas Note automatically saves anything that is copied into the Android clipboard and provides fast access to previous clipboard entries to re-copy them to the clipboard. It also is a full note-taking application and allows to manage clips and notes through a simple user interface.
Copas Note uses a background process to capture any change to the system clipboard. This background process only uses very few resources and almost no battery power. And also it will vibrate it you successfully copy anything to clipboard.
Open Copas Note at any time from the notification bar to copy, view, edit or share old clippings. Save clippings into notes. Store repetitive pieces of text in clipboard as notes and copy them whenever you need to.
If you need help or have any suggestions or complaints, please don't hesitate to e-mail us at email@example.com. Your feedback is very important to us.
Receive boot completed - for automatic startup
Write to external storage - import/export
Internet - ads
Vibrate - vibrate if you copied anything
Never miss a call or text again while working at your computer.
See all of your phone's notifications on your computer. You can see text messages, phone calls, and more.
Send files from your computer to your phone with a click.
Getting pictures from your computer onto your phone has never been easier. Files download automatically and open from the notification. No more digging things out of your email inbox or Dropbox.
The easiest way to get links from your computer onto your phone
Links can be opened or shared right from your notifications. Never go through the hassle of emailing a link to yourself again.
Channels are notification feeds that you can follow.
Get alerted about things you care about right away.
Be sure to get Pushbullet for all of your devices:
Pushbullet has been translated into over 30 languages thanks to amazing volunteers from all over the world. If you want to help us improve our translations for your language, head here: https://crowdin.net/project/pushbullet and thank you!
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Car Performance Free
Are you interested in seeing how your car / vehicle perform ? Have you made any modifications to your car / vehicle and would like to know the real world gains in performance ?
Car Performance uses the GPS chip (Not the accelerometer) in your phone along with complex algorithms to accurately and easily determine the performance figures for your car. This requires no calibration, no adjustments and is not affected by the elevation or the movement of the phone. All you need to do is get a signal > press start > go! That simple!
Car Performance has an extremely easy to understand interface. It is so simple that anyone can use it.
Performance Figures include:
* 1/8 mile elapsed time and trap speed.
* 1/4 mile elapsed time and trap speed.
* 0 - 60 mph acceleration.
* 0 - 100 mph acceleration.
* Top Speed.
And much more.
Features are:
* Very accurate performance calculations.
* Extremely easy interface.
* Straight forward results.
* Ability to store and review every run.
* Flexible GPS behaviour to suit your preferences.
* Support for MPH and KPH.
It also includes an accurate speedometer function.
Car Performance can be used as a benchmark for before and after comparison for modifications made to your car. It can also be used to compare different vehicles performance figures.
Full version includes:
-Custom Tests.
Please read the instructions for best accuracy.
Car Performance
Are you interested in seeing how your car / vehicle perform ? Have you made any modifications to your car / vehicle and would like to know the real world gains in performance ?
Car Performance uses the GPS chip (Not the accelerometer) in your phone along with complex algorithms to accurately and easily determine the performance figures for your car. This requires no calibration, no adjustments and is not affected by the elevation or the movement of the phone. All you need to do is get a signal > press start > go! That simple!
Car Performance has an extremely easy to understand interface. It is so simple that anyone can use it.
Performance Figures include:
* Acceleration (0 - 60, 0 - 100, X - Y, etc.)
* Deceleration (0 - 60 - 0, 0 - 100 - 0, etc.)
* Elapsed Time (1/4mi, 1/8mi, etc.)
* Custom Tests.
* Top Speed.
And much more.
Features are:
* Very accurate performance calculations.
* Extremely easy interface.
* Straight forward results.
* Ability to store and review every run.
* Flexible GPS behaviour to suit your preferences.
* Support for MPH and KPH.
It also includes an accurate speedometer function.
Car Performance can be used as a benchmark for before and after comparison for modifications made to your car. It can also be used to compare different vehicles performance figures.
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** Stuff.tv best android App of the week **
** Featured as the Guardian's App of the week **
** Now Supporting Tablets **
Rethink is a revolutionary way of keeping track of your tasks. Unlike traditional task and to-do lists, Rethink introduces a new perspective of doing things by allowing you to create context-specific tasks! You are no longer bound by time alone when specifying the details of a task.
Rethink gives you the ability to set various triggers that get activated just in the right moment and only in the right context so you can be more productive! You can be reminded of a task when you arrive at a particular location, contact or get contacted by someone (phone calls and text messages included), connect to a specific Wi-Fi network or when the right time comes. This way you can take your mind off the details and focus on what is really important to you.
*Need to buy some milk? Set a trigger to your local grocery and Rethink
will remind you whenever you get close by.
*You have some important information to mention next time you are in contact with a friend?
Rethink will remind you when you receive or send SMS messages or phone
calls to any specific contact tied to a task.
*You need to download important files next time you're on your university or company's
network? Rethink will remind you of that.
These are just simple examples of the possibilities Rethink gives for more productivity.
- Trigger based task reminding including: time and date, location,
contact and network.
- Multiple triggers for any task: you can combine more than one trigger for any task to always be on track of your tasks.
-Trigger free tasks: for when you just need to write something down.
- Synchronizing tasks with defined time and date with your default calendar
- Color coding tasks to define your own priorities
- Customizable order of the tasks
- Minimalist, easy to use interface.
- Support for multiple languages: English, العربية, Polski, 한국의, 日本人, Français


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Mala, Kerala
|Coordinates: 10°42′58″N 76°18′18″E / 10.7160099°N 76.3050726°ECoordinates: 10°42′58″N 76°18′18″E / 10.7160099°N 76.3050726°E
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|Malayalam, English, Konkani
|Time zone
|Telephone code
|Vehicle registration
|Nearest city
|North Paravur
|Lok Sabha constituency
Mala is the name of a small town in Thrissur district of Kerala, south India. There is a Jewish synagogue at Mala town [1]). At the moment it is in ruins. Mala is also famous for the parish forane church named after St. Stanislous Cosca. It's the only church in Asia named after the saint. The famous Pambu Mekkattu Mana (temple) is located here and attracts thousands of devotees every year.
Mala as a Multicultural society. Migrants from different parts of the world settled in Mala, especially noteworthy are the Jews from Palestine, Brahmins from the Konkan and Kudumbi's from Goa.
It had major inland port and people from Ambazhakad, Kuzhur, Kadukutty, and other people used to bring their goods to Mala so as to transport it to Kottapuram or Kochi. The major items of trade was beetel leaves, cut stone (vettu kall),Toddy,coconut, wood and other goods. But it now do not have such importance because of high network of roads.
In olden times, Mala used to be affected by flood in monsoon. Business were not that affected because major made of transport was through water itself.
It was attacked by Tippu Sulthan . His fort had passed through kottamuri, Vattakotta. The Fort was made by dumping up of soil to height of 15 to 16 metres. After the defeat of Tippu Sulthan, these fort was leveled gradually ,but now also as you move towards south of mala ,you will experience many ups and downs. And names also derived due to presence of fort. Kottamury And Vattakota are example of that. Literally, in malayalam Kottamury means "where fort is cut"(kotta = fort; mury=cut) and Vattakotta means "round fort"
K. Karunakaran, the former Chief Minister of Kerala, represented Mala constituency from 1965 to 1995. The famous Malayalam film actor Mala Aravindan is also a native of Mala. Mala used to be one of the pet constituency of the former Chief Minister of Kerala, Mr. K. Karunakaran and he has made his way to the State Parliament a number of times. Also, the famous Malayalam film comedy actor Mala Aravindan is from Ambazhakadu area of Mala.
Mala is a major educational hub consisting of four Higher Secondary Schools, six English and Malayalam Medium High Schools, two Engineering Colleges, a BEd College, an MBA College, a Government Industrial Training Institute, a medical college and many other professional institutions. Some of the famous Educational institutions are: Government Model LP School(ESTD:1893), St. Antony's High School, Carmel College for women,St.Joseph's College(Ph.0480-2893226), St. Theresa's College, Jesus BED college,Holy Child School, Holy Grace Academy, METS School of Engineering, St. Antony's college, Soccorso Convent School, Al-Azhar School etc.
Mala is very scenic. Its proximity to the 'back-waters' connected to Arabian sea, makes it a unique small town between Chalakkudy and Kodungallur Kodungallur, where St. Thomas, one of the Apostles of Jesus Christ, is believed to have landed in AD 52). Jewish synagogue, Jewish Cemetery, Neithakudy, Chumgam, KAMCO, Karingichira etc. are the beautiful spots worth visiting.It is also included in Musris Heritage Project as it was major inland port which had route to Kochi and other financial port. One of the oldest Carmelite Monasteries, St. Theresa's, is located near this town, in a village called Kottackal. This monastery was built by Blessed Chavara Kuriakose, founder of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, in 1867 AD. Mala is also famous for the parish forane church named after St. Stanislous Cosca. It's the only church in Asia named after the saint.
St. Stanislous Forane Church in Mala [2] is a famous landmark in this town. It is the only church in Asia named after this Polish saint. Perhaps, the Missionaries from Poland, who were residing at Ambazhekad founded this church. There is also a 'Mukunda Krishna Swami Temple' of Goud Saraswat Brahmin near Malakulam. This temple is celebrated its centenary in June, 2010(http://www.mukundakrishna.com/). "Muhyudhin juma masjid" is one of ten oldest masjids in India.
The well known Mahadeva Kshetram (Mahadeva Temple) is about 7km away from Mala town. This temple is famous for the "Panchaiswaryangal" (5 miracles) and the unique brahmani pattu - a ritual in Kerala for praying to the goddess Parvati by brahmani people. In this temple the ladies from Vadakke pushpakam, Mala Iranikkulam|vadakke pushpakam houses do the ritual everyday. Important festivals here is in Thiruvathira days. Unmarried girls from across Kerala come here to pray to the goddess Parvati for successful marriages and for long life for their families. [Website :- http://www.iranikulamtemple.com/]
Pambummekkattu Mana is the most famous Serpent worship centre in Kerala. The temple is about 3 km from Mala centre. The Pambummekattu lllam stands in Vadama village, in Mukundapuram Taluk of Thrissur District of Kerala. When we reach Mekkattu Mana, we can see a wall with Figures of Serpents painted on it. To the north is an arch-shaped entrance inscribed with Serpent figures. As one goes further, thick, tall trees and small temples (Kavu) snatch our attention. That leads to the 'Sarpakavu'. The Serpent gods Nagaraja (male god) and Naga yakshi (female god) reside in the eastern portion of Mekkattu Mana. There are no idols of these gods but daily poojas are conducted in their honour.
The People of Mala have high social and secular values. Different communities live in peace with each other in spite of very diverse beliefs. Mala panchayath population is 40% Hindus, 35% Christian and 25% Muslims.
Major families in Mala are Vadakkans, Padamadan, Athapilly, Akkarapatty, Mampilly, Srambiakkal.Vadakkans are christain converts from hindu brahmin family. They acquired their name as their "illam" was named "Vadkkel Illam". They migrated from Kodungallur in early second century. Edattukarans are Christian converts from Hindu fishermen of the Araya community who migrated from Edat, a coastal area between Guruvayur and Chavakkad.
The KSRTC BUS STAND was the brainchild of former chief minister of kerala Sri Karanakuran.It also has private bus stand which has frequent schedules to Angamaly,Chalakudy,Thrissur,Kodungaloor,Aluva. The Boat service was a traffic method before road transport was frequent.
With the redrawing of constituencies, Mala became part of the Kodungallur Assembly constituency and Chalakudi Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Needed Developments[edit]
- Construction of Parur - Mala road between Mala-Pallipuram and Manalikkad.
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mala, Kerala.
- ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies". Kerala. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-19.


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"What's in store for citizen scientists this spring," WHYY's The Pulse
By Darlene Cavalier March 20th, 2015 at 1:24 pm | Comment
As part of SciStarter's regular radio series with WHYY's The Pulse, we highlight new developments in citizen science and a few projects ripe for spring!
As the weather starts warming up and we all begin shedding our thick, winter coats, a crop of new citizen science projects are enticing us to get outdoors in the name of science.
Darlene Cavalier, founder of the citizen science website SciStarter and regular Pulse contributor, says a top project this spring involves paying attention to phenology, or the life cycle changes of plants and animals.
"This might be changes in the nesting habits of birds, certainly in the leafing cycle of plants near you and, specifically, looking at the timing that your lilacs bloom and when they die," says Cavalier.
All of that information is connected in the sense that birds tend to time their nesting habits to when insects will likely be around to feed their baby birds. And those insects are dependent on certain plants to be around to survive.
Cavalier says the information that's collected through this phenology project will eventually help inform climate assessment acts in the U.S.
As part of the Philadelphia Science Festival in April, the SciStarter crew will be at the Schuylkill Nature Center in Roxborough to get people involved in the Zombee Watch project.
"We have zombie flies that actually infect honeybees and we'll tell you how to look for that," says Cavalier. "It's pretty disgusting and it's also eerily attractive for some reason."
But Cavalier says not all scientific research has to happen outdoors.
Read the rest of this post and listen to the radio segment.
Reports from the Hackfest at the Citizen Science Association conference
By Darlene Cavalier February 18th, 2015 at 1:58 pm | Comment 1
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Citizen Science Hackfest on 2/11 at the Citizen Science Association's conference in San Jose, CA! This hands-on and discussion-driven meet-up was a wonderful opportunity for participants to dream up AND build creative tools to improve the field of citizen science! .
Once we settled into our digs (conveniently situated between the bar and food!) and after our ears adjusted to the noise around us, Arvind Suresh (SciStarter's managing editor) kicked things off with introductions and each project owner pitched their ideas.
Steve Gano, our director of product development at SciStarter, organized the pitches into themes.
We divided the projects into four groups:
1) Platform Interoperability. This team worked on what is needed to better support online data management for citizen science projects . There's so much work to be explored here. Contact Greg Newman (Gregory.Newman at ColoState dot Edu) if you'd like to join the ongoing dialogue.
2) Participant experience: finding projects, submitting and sharing individual points of data. We brainstormed ways to help researchers (biologists, in particular) subscribe to fresh data alerts for their species and regions of interest from many (wildlife observation) citizen science platforms, and enable observers on those platforms to be notified if their observation was sent to someone. We also discussed the development of a simple, accurate representation of a project's geographic area of interest which is important not only for validating the contributed data, but also for finding and recruiting potential participants who live or visit the area of interest and may be able to contribute. We've decided to continue these discussions and if you'd like to join us, email email@example.com to indicate your interest.
3) Prototyping a data collection app. S. Andrew Sheppard and Teal Wyckoff worked on Species Tracker, a concept for a mobile app for biodiversity monitoring, inspired by the WyoBio project. They used the wq framework to create a simple prototype that allows anyone to upload photos and GPS coordinates together with species information. The prototype and source code are available online at species.wq.io.
4) Updating Wikipedia definition of Citizen Science: Between 80-90% of Wikipedia editors are male, so Dr. Caren Cooper, particularly wanted to encourage women to participate. One concern raised at the hackfest was that there's not much oversight on who can edit someone else's contribution so it's a frustrating experience when someone puts time and energy into a thoughtful definition only to have it wiped out and replaced by more self-serving definitions. Contact Caren Cooper at Caren.Cooper at naturalsciences dot org to get involved in this effort.
As these projects progress, we'll post updates here.
Special thanks to @MarDixon for providing early guidance and support! She's a pro at this…and she's my sister!
Capacity Crowd for Citizen Science 2015 Conference
By Darlene Cavalier February 10th, 2015 at 1:00 pm | Comment
SAN JOSE, CA – A global audience is gathering this week, intent on changing the way science is done. Over 600 people from 25 countries will convene February 11 and 12, 2015, at the San Jose Convention Center for "Citizen Science 2015," the inaugural conference of the Citizen Science Association (CSA).
In citizen science, members of the public participate in real scientific research. To date, participants in this rapidly expanding field have made significant contributions to the study of neurobiology, astronomy, ornithology, genetics, psychology, linguistics, and many other disciplines. At the same time, public knowledge and insights have helped bridge research and action in arenas such as environmental justice, public health, conservation, and engineering.
Dr. Alan Leshner, CEO of AAAS, comments: "AAAS is pleased that the Citizen Science Association is hosting their first conference near the 2015 AAAS Annual Meeting in San Jose. Our meeting offers scientist-citizens many ways to engage with public audiences; the Citizen Science Association offers additional strategies for scientist-citizens and citizen-scientists to connect in meaningful ways."
In brief, citizen science stands to transform scientific research. To ensure integrity as it does, Citizen Science 2015 brings together scientists, volunteers, data managers, educators, and many others to addresses the frontiers, innovations, and challenges that are common across the diverse disciplines using this research approach. Over 350 talks and posters will address, among other things, data management and visualization, STEM education, novel technologies, industry partnerships, and strategies for addressing issues of ethics and inclusivity in participation. Sessions include:
KEYNOTE: A Place in the World–Science, Society, and Reframing the Questions We Ask. (Dr. Chris Filardi – Director, Pacific Programs, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History)
KEYNOTE: EyeWire: Why Do Gamers Enjoy Mapping the Brain? (Amy Robinson – Executive Director, EyeWire)
WORKSHOP AND OPEN SESSION: Developing a Framework for Citizen Science in STEM Education (Citizen Science Association Education Working Group, supported by the National Science Foundation; Session Chair Sarah Kirn, Gulf of Maine Research Institute)
PANEL: Biomedical Citizen Science: Emerging Opportunities and Unique Challenges (National Institutes of Health Citizen Science Working Group; Session Chair Dr. Jennifer Couch, National Cancer Institute)
SYMPOSIUM: Using a Citizen Science Approach to Change the Face of Environmental Public Health Research (Session Chair: Dr. Monica Ramirez-Andreotta, University of Arizona)
PANEL: Creating a Welcoming, Inclusive, Diverse, and Just Citizen Science Association (Session Chair: Tim Vargo, Urban Ecology Center)
SYMPOSIUM: Supporting Multi-Scale Citizen Science: Leveraging the Local, Addressing the Global (Session Chair: Mark Chandler, Earthwatch Institute)
Additional conference activities include a poster session and reception, a hackfest, and a BioBlitz of downtown San Jose.
This event is an official pre-conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting. Conference supporters include the National Science Foundation, National Geographic, and others.
For more information: please visit http://www.citizenscienceassociation.org/conference/
Conference blog: http://citizenscienceassociation.org/category/conference/citsci2015/
Follow us on Twitter: @CitSciAssoc and #CitSci2015
Additional contacts from the CSA Board of Directors:
Rick Bonney, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, firstname.lastname@example.com
Darlene Cavalier, Arizona State University, firstname.lastname@example.com
Mary Ford, National Geographic, email@example.com
Muki Haklay, University College London, email@example.com
Greg Newman, Colorado State University, firstname.lastname@example.com
Contact: Jennifer Shirk, CSA Communications Coordinator (additional contacts below)
Phone: 607-342-0995
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Propose or Join a Citizen Science Hackfest Project!
By Darlene Cavalier February 10th, 2015 at 11:20 am | Comment
Propose or join a project or activity for the SciStarter Hackfest at the Citizen Science Association Conference!
What: A hands-on and discussion-driven meet-up where everyone participates in dreaming up AND building creative tools to improve the field of citizen science!
Where: Citizen Science 2015 Conference, San Jose, CA
Who: The SciStarter team and YOU!
Why: To capitalize on the collective wisdom (and desire to act!) at the Citizen Science Association Conference
The inaugural conference of the Citizen Science Association will take place February 11-12 in San Jose, California and the SciStarter team is looking forward to soaking up new information during the scheduled sessions and talks!
We'll also contribute to these conversations through a few presentations and an interactive, "roll-up-your-sleeves!" hackfest designed for everyone.
Will you join us? Learn more about SciStarter's past Hackfests here.
First, make sure you have registered for the Citizen Science 2015 Conference if you want to participate in person. You can join us remotely, too. Just let us know how you plan to participate when you sign up.
Then, fill out this form to let us know you're coming so we know how many people to expect. Remember, ALL contributions are valuable, and some projects may be discussion-based (no programming skills required). All projects should spark the start of something great! Just bring your creativity, enthusiasm and talents and we'll make sure you'll have fun!
Do you have a Hackfest idea or project you'd like people to know about or join at the event? Great!
Use this form to propose a project for the Hackfest at the Citizen Science Association meeting, February 11, 2015, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm at the San Jose Convention Center!
Here's the running list of proposed projects! Just click on the image to learn more about the proposed project.
1. Agile Citizen Science
Join this group to participate in a brainstorm session to generate ideas and examples of possible agile citizen science projects and of the design features for a digital platform that would support those projects. Click to learn more.
2. Locating Citizen Science Activity
Having a simple, accurate representation of a project's geographic area of interest is important not only for validating the contributed data, but also for finding and recruiting potential participants who live or visit the area of interest and may be able to contribute. Click to learn more.
3. Update Wikipedia Entry for Citizen Science
You'll learn how to add content to Wikipedia! Between 80-90% of Wikipedia editors are male, so I, Dr. Caren Cooper, particularly want to encourage women to participate. Click to learn more.
4. Fresh Data/Notify Me!
We want to help biologists subscribe to fresh data alerts for their species and regions of interest from many (wildlife observation) citizen science platforms, and enable observers on those platforms to be notified if their observation was sent to someone. Click to learn more.
5. Hackfest for the world's biggest fish!
6. Citizen Science Web Platform Needs Activity
Help those who develop citizen science web platforms / websites design and create better solutions for your needs. Come to this brainstorm session to offer your insights into what is needed to better support online data management for citizen science projects. Click to learn more.
San Jose, we're comin' at ya with a TON of #citizenscience !
By Darlene Cavalier February 6th, 2015 at 4:22 pm | Comment
Are you planning to attend the Citizen Science Association's Conference and/or the American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference and Family Science Days in San Jose, CA?
Let's meet up!
Here's where you will find SciStarter: All events are at the San Jose Convention Center.
Citizen Science Association Conference
2/11 11:50am The Crowd & The Cloud – Using Broadcast and Social Media to Advance and Support Citizen Science
Abstract: A November 2013 workshop on "New Visions in Citizen Science" at the Wilson Center concluded with a series of recommendations as to next steps, including (1) raising the visibility and impact of citizen science (CS); (2) broadening participation and lowering barriers to entry; and (3) developing and deploying training materials, including "success stories." THE CROWD & THE CLOUD project (C&C), supported by NSF, is an ambitious transmedia initiative addressing each of those challenges. C&C includes 4 hour-long public television programs to air in Fall 2016, innovative social media resources, including a custom-designed 2nd screen app to help turn "viewers into do-ers," and external evaluation to address the questions, "How, where, when, why and with whom can media, both broadcast and online, generate greater and deeper involvement in citizen science?" This session addresses conference Themes 1, 2 and 4 and invites creative collaboration by attendees in C&C's work relatively early in project development.
Panelists will include C&C PI, Geoff Haines-Stiles (moderator), former NASA Chief Scientist, Waleed Abdalati, now director of CIRES, UC Boulder and host of the TV specials (on Big Science and the democratization of research), Darlene Cavalier, founder, Science Cheerleader and SciStarter (on maximizing awareness of innovative CS projects), Raj Pandya, Program Director of AGU's Thriving Earth Exchange (on engaging underserved communities in CS) and Alexis de Belloy, Entrepreneur in Residence, Skoll Global Threats Fund, on SGTF's support of participatory surveillance and "crowd-sourcing" for public health initiatives such as "Flu Near You." This diverse panel will discuss C&C's assumptions about how media—old and new—can mobilize broader awareness of, and greater participation in, CS by the public, and acceptance by professional researchers. It will present planned program content and invite feedback and new ideas, and the audience will even have a chance to boo or cheer episode working titles!
4:10 pm Aligning Next Generation Science Standards to Citizen Science
Abstract: The proposed session will feature several citizen science projects that have taken steps to bring their projects into the K-12 classrooms by aligning with the Next Generation Science Standards to make use of data that students can use to construct explanations and design solutions, engage in argument from evidence, and obtain, evaluate and communicate information.
Presenter/Panelists include (1) Andrew Collins with School of Ants, a citizen-scientist driven study of the ants that live in urban areas, (2) Leanora Shell with Your Wild Life and the Students Discover Project from North Carolina (NC) State University and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, (3) Kristian Breton from the New York Academy of Sciences who is working with the Education team to design and build an online platform where youth can share and explore Citizen Science projects, (4) Sandra Henderson with NEON's Project Budburst, a climate change focused citizen science program for educators, and (5) Jennifer Fee, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's BirdSleuth K-12 program, which engages students in schoolyard investigations and citizen-science projects. Moderated by Darlene Cavalier, Founder of SciStarter.
After a series of short talks, the speaker/panelists will solicit input from the community on how to use citizen science data in the classroom and gather citizen science from classrooms. Questions could focus on data mining, suitable research questions, available data sets, and analysis tools, as well as how best to engage teachers and students in the research. The feedback from participants in this session could help determine the direction and emphasis for the next phase of citizen science in education with respect to NGSS, including how to scale this for the 850 projects in SciStarter's project finder.
2/11 5:30 pm Poster Session
Leveraging SciStarter to grow and sustain your citizen science project. Case Study: Project MERCCURI
Abstract: SciStarter is more than a searchable index of over 900 citizen science projects worldwide. Project leaders can work with SciStarter to promote their projects and recruit participants. In the workshop, we'll cover the basics of SciStarter's multi-media campaigns with Discover Magazine, Public Library of Science, WHYY and the National Science Teachers Association; highlight partnerships with broad and diverse audiences including national sports, culture, and hacker communities; and lead a brief "how to" session to implement free, open SciStarter APIs and other tools designed to make it easier for project owners to recruit, retain, and learn about participants, find and partner up with complementary projects, align NGSS with projects, and capitalize on opportunities to share and leverage existing citizen science data and participants, worldwide.
David Coil, coPI on Project MERCCURI, from the Eisen Lab at UC Davis, will kick off the workshop with a talk about this citizen science project to compare microbes on Earth and in space (citizen-collected samples are currently orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station!). He'll provide updates on the findings, share successes and challenges, illuminate how working together with complementary communities (including SciStarter and Science Cheerleader) helped advance the field of microbiome research and share a glimpse into the future of citizen microbiome research.
2/11 5:30 – 8:30 pm Hackfest: Creating Interoperability Between Projects, Communities, and Data
(There's still time to sign up for this event!)
Abstract: This hackfest will build upon lessons learned during a similar event at the Citizen Cyber Science conference in London in February, 2014 (organized by SciStarter, and NYU with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation). This hands-on hackfest is designed to be a collaborative working session to explore and design ways to create helpful connections between citizen science communities.
Participants and project owners face barriers: Multiple types of logins for many different projects or platforms coupled with an inability to track contributions across projects/platforms, are two examples.
This hackfest aims to tap the collective wisdom of San Jose's programmers, designers, artists, program managers and others to design and create new or repurposed tools to help more people get involved in and track their contributions to citizen science projects AND to explore ways projects can share data, volunteers, tools and other resources to rise the tide of citizen science and enable better cross-platform analytics for project leaders while improving the experience for participants.
Daniel Arbuckle (lead developer, SciStarter); Steve Gano (director of product development, SciStarter); Arvind Suresh (managing editor, SciStarter) Greg Newman (CitSci.org); Russell Neches (UC Davis/Eisen Lab); Caren Cooper (North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences)
2/14 and 2/15 Join SciStarter, Discover Magazine, Astronomy Magazine and the Science Cheerleaders at Family Science Days (a free event presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science):
Read more about this event, here.
2/15 10 am – 11:30 Room LL21D (San Jose Convention Center) at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference (paid registration required)
Citizen Science: Advancing Innovations for Science, Information, and Engagement
Abstract: Citizen science is now an established practice for scientific research and public engagement. However, the field is still maturing and ripe with innovation in areas such as image analysis, gaming, do-it-yourself science, large-scale data collection, visualizations, communications, and applications in public health, disaster response, and conservation. Moreover, the ability to engage directly with the public in research is changing the way we think about information — how we gather and work with it, who has access to and ownership of it, and how to collaborate to address social and scientific problems. A two-day pre-conference event at the 2015 AAAS Annual Meeting will gather practitioners from across scientific disciplines and from around the world to share innovations in citizen science practice and theory. The event also marks the first meeting of the Citizen Science Association, a new organization that unites and serves this rapidly growing community of practice. In this session, representatives of the Citizen Science Association and architects of the field of citizen science will share major themes from the citizen science pre-conference, highlight exciting innovations that have impacts across disciplines, and provide a vision for citizen science as a growing field of research and practice.
Jennifer Shirk, Cornell University
Meg Domroese, Citizen Science Association/Schoodic Institute
Jennifer Shirk, Cornell University
Meg Domroese, Citizen Science Association/Schoodic Institute
Abraham J. Miller-Rushing, Acadia National Park and Schoodic Education and Research Center
Facilitating Growth, Innovation, and Positive Outcomes in Citizen Science
Richard Bonney, Cornell University
Citizen Science: Organizing Information and Inquiries for Impact
Darlene Cavalier, SciStarter
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