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Beans on Plants Not Growing...
Summer_SquashJune 25, 2014
Maybe 12 week old bush beans.
Have been flowering for several weeks. I was expecting quick growth and pods by now, minus a week or two!
Horrible hail storm took out half the blossoms and growing pods, and cut up the plants pretty well. I was expecting a slow down in growth, but it's been around 2 weeks since it looks like any pods have grown.
The longest ones, which, as I said, have been on the plant for about three weeks, are 3 inches long.
Any ideas? This variety is supposed to give me 6 inch pods, at least. I'm confused, and wondering if I should just harvest from the plants, and eat baby green beans.

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Pole dancers in Mexico have taken to the streets to celebrate their sport and show others the skills involved. The Pole Dance National Day celebration saw pole dancers gather in parks, outdoor gyms and on streets, using street lamps, sign posts and other objects to put on displays across Mexico City. Pole dancing, or Pole Fitness, is becoming an increasingly popular sport in Mexico, with many people seeing it as a means to improve their strength and fitness. The Urban Dance Pole day has now been running for four years and it aims to take away the sleazy stigma often attached to pole dancing.
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Please critique my plan (with diagrams)
Just got the SFG book from the library and I'm already planning out my garden for next spring! This will be for my bf and me and I plan to share with our neighbor.
How do these amounts look? I had some trouble figuring out how to fill in the middle rows because most of the plants I'd originally wanted to grow would've needed to be trellised. Some relevant info: I don't like tomatoes, and my bf doesn't like radishes.
Also, I'm planning on building the beds using cinderblocks so I might be able to plant some things in the holes.
1: cantaloupe - cantaloupe - tomato - tomato
2: bush bean - bush bean - eggplant - eggplant
3: lettuce - lettuce - lettuce - lettuce (various types)
4: dwarf marigold - carrot - carrot - nasturtium
1: yellow squash - zucchini - yellow squash
2: bell pepper - jalapeño - okra
3: strawberry - strawberry - spinach - spinach
4: strawberry - strawberry - radish - radish
I am so not an expert, but when I planted nasturtiums and marigolds, they got huge and took up more space than I expected. I had two marigolds in one square and they were BIG. Also that looks like a lot of lettuce and spinach to me, you might want to plant less to begin with and then have a succession crop.
Love your diagram with pics and everything!!
Cool design. Nice work! You will have tons of lettuce and spinach so I suggest succession planting them. You won't have many beans that way and it seems you all like them. Other than that, it's a fair amount of work to trellis zukes and squash I hear, but doable.
Good luck and enjoy your garden!
Here is a link that might be useful: Sinfonian's garden adventure
Love your design plan - it looks great!
If you have room in the cinderblock holes you could probably plant flowers and herb crops in those and save the bigger spots for veggies. That way you could surround your veggies with protective type plants that keep certain bugs away and with plants that help bring in beneficial bugs and still have plenty of room for your veggie stuff.
One thing I did notice when I began setting up with cinderblocks is that the extra 8" on each side is definitely something to consider since it will make your beds much wider if you are going to have 4x4 inside area. That would make a 32" reach to the middle. If you are going to have a 4x4 total outside area then you would need to readjust for having less squares inside. I ended up just using wood because I didn't have the space for those extra 8" and didn't want to give up my inside 4x4. :)
Hmmm...OK too much lettuce. How about:
1: cantaloupe - cantaloupe - tomato - tomato
2: bush bean - bush bean - eggplant - eggplant
3: bush bean - bush bean - lettuce - lettuce (various types)
4: dwarf marigold - carrot - carrot - nasturtium
I had also thought about having brussels sprouts in row 2 (then I could play around with the bush bean and lettuce amounts ) but I think it's just too hot here to grow them.
Thanks for the warning crystabel. I was a little considered about the extra space cinder blocks would take up but hadn't even thought about the fact that it might be difficult to reach the plants. I'll look into it.
very good idea to plant beneficial plants!! that's the smartest idea i've heard from anyone!! (no offense!! LOL) especially looking at my squash/blister bugs i see out there now!! they are soooo bad sometimes!! and they love my tomato's. but if you plant basil with your tomato's and marigold with your tomato's you won't have that, i did that out back and i don't have that problem, i forgot to upfront, guess who is my regular visitor???? **very pathetic sigh LOL** but i'm slowly getting back on track again!! LOL
here are some of the companion plant guides i use, or look at, LOL hope that they help you. ummmm.....i didn't use them in the front garden and as you notice, i have the problem, my back garden is a mess as far as the grass is concerned, but as far as the bugs, only dragonflies, and ladybugs. so ya, id' say it works!! LOL i planted LOTS of marigold and nicotiana and snapdragon though. LOL ~Medo
ohhhhh and by the way, your plan looks awesome!! i agree with the succession as far as the lettuce, but the spinach, man i'd just freeze what ya didn't eat, that stuff is awesome!! :')) ~Medo
On block 2, the squash may get a bit big if you plant bush squash... wait let me rephrase that, plant vining squash and make sure they are, otherwise you will not find the rest of your bed under them. I've 5 ft across per squash plant in the back now. (squash have been exiled to thier own row outside of the bed for thier bulling ways.
About that lettuce, how are you planning on picking it? If your plan is to grow them to full heads, it's too much, but if you're planning on picking leaves as baby lettuces that's about right (picking 1-2 outer leaves per plant every few days).
Those squash will be trellised. I'm following the spacing in the SFG book but if they grow too big I guess I can just have 1 plant in the back row.
I don't know too much about lettuce and haven't really thought about specific varieties but I want the loose-leaf type, or to just pick leaves as needed.
Nice plan.
I just wanted to make sure that you are aware of how fast those radish are going to come and go and let you know that you can plan to use those squares for other things after one round of radish or if you can just keep re-planting them after pulling them.
On the beans I learned my lesson this year I will plant more squares. I planted 2 squares of yellow wax bush beans and 2 squares of pole beans and have not had enough to really do anything with except snack on myself here and there. The bush beans for me did not get two pickings maybe they will for your zone. ***fingers crossed*** When I planted mine I had big dreams of using them for dinner for my little family of 2 1/2 and really only get to munch them here and there by myself while I pick the squash.
I was able to trellis my zucchini plant in one square. I used the white nylon netting and planted it really close to the trellis it wasn't really to time consuming just minor coaxing. The yellow squash probably will not trellis well or I should say mine did not they are more stout and bushy but if you trellis that one zucchini plant it will leave room for the yellow.
At least that is how it worked out for me.
If it were me you should take out half of your lettuce and plant more beans. You will need more than two squares for it to be worth anything. Learned that lesson the hard way.
Your squash row should be split in two squares, one yellow and one zucchini, trust me you will still be over run with both fruits and plants. That is a lot of carrots and radishes at one time, you could succession plant those squares and make your harvest more usable. Unless you want two eggplant a day I think that one plant is enough, but that is just me, they seem to really produce when they get going. I also thought that spinach was only 4 per square you have them set up for nine per, I could be wrong though.
Lettuce and beans were 2 things that I didn't have enough of this year. I eat salads almost every day. I had hmmmm 20 leaf plants and it just wasn't enough. BUT it also got hot and that was the end of them. Holy bitter!
I currently have 40+ leaf lettuce plants growing out there for fall and am so excited to have some extra to share with friends, family, and neighbors!
Now for beans. I had 27 plants. And that gave me a bowl full every couple days for a few weeks. Now they are all gone and I have platned more. This time 5 squares worth! (45).
Strawberries, strawberries, strawberries. My lil bitty strawberry plants have taken over. And while I just moved them to a 1x10 bed, I might just move them into the middle of that bed which is 2x10 and separated by high wood to keep them contained. They really do shoot off runners and go crazy!
Just planted my first SFG today with a fall collection.
We ended up with too much lettuce this summer from our traditional garden at least in terms of too much all at once. That is the beauty of SFGing. For our fall garden we planted a variety of greens in our first row romaine/bib, red sail/arugula, mesclun/mesclun, kale/kale. The last square has two types of kale, so each square has two types of greens except for the mesclun square. The second row is empty, we plan on planting a row to match the first row 3 weeks later so the harvest is spread out over some time instead of having way too much lettuce all at once.


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Gemelos Tavern: Good food with view over Corinth
This restaurant was a great surprise! It is on the square at the site exit and it have this nice terrace with the view of the ruins. It also have a big sign with picture of the food.. all those are usually sign that put me off as I start thinking it is a tourist place, read average/bad food.
We decided to try it anyway because we were overheated, deadly tired after climbing up and the down the ruin and extemely hungry.
It turned out to be a good place!The terrace had a great view as you can see in the pic and there was a nice breeze, much appreciated after all that sweating in the boiling hot august morning.
Favorite Dish: We had greek salad, Gemista that is tomatoes and pepper stuffed with rice and a plate of pork kebab that came with tzatziky, fries and tomatoe slices.
We also had water and half a liter of win and payed around 25 euros.Related to:
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Vasilis Taverna: Great traditional food in Nafplion
This tavern have been suggested to us by our good friend Anna (vt Anpe). It is a old taverna in a pedestrian street behind Syntagma square.
It was a very hot evening and they had tables on the streets and several fan vaporizing water to keep it cooler. The dining area inside is well decorated with old photos interesting to watch.
The waiters speak a good english and the menu have a wide selection of greek specialties, vegetables meat and fish.
Favorite Dish: We ordered Tzatziky, dolmadakia, meat balls and aubergine imam that is a eggplant boat stuffed with cheese and cook in the oven.
The food was presented nicely and very good and tasty.
The meatballs (Soutzoukakia) were probably the best we had during this trip.
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I had a wander along the seafront at Kilada and had a look at various menus. As two of the restaurants were psarotavernas we opted for the third one which was a tsistaria. It was a very Greek place, with non too swift service, which made a refreshing change from being rushed in to making our choice. The girl didn't speak a word of English which was unusual in this day and age but we relished the fact. The menu board had English on it but in the hand menu, some things were added only in Greek.
Next to the restaurant was a children's play area which was useful for keeping Philip occupied as we sat and admired our surroundings.
Next door we watched the local fishmonger hang his oktopodi out to dry.
Favorite Dish: Of course, today we really fancied gigantes but it wasn't to be! In the end we opted for cheese croquets, tzadziki and plain, boiled courgettes. No, I'm not a veggie but it made a change to have plain boiled veg!!!
The rose wine was good as well.
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Courgettes: €2.5
Cheese croquets: €6.5
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O Spiros: Fresh Lamb, Chicken, Pork and Kokoretsi
If you love meat and haven't tried Kokoretsi, you haven't eaten real Greek food! Don't ask what it is, just taste! Be brave! It is wonderful in small amounts.
Favorite Dish: All the meat is good but I do prefer the lamb; something I rarely cook at home, so do try to take advantage of such an opportunity as this. So fresh you can almost hear....no, I won't go there:):)Related to:
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Pystaria O Spiros-Spiro's Rotissary: Fresher Meat found only walking through the field!
Almost every Athenian comes originally from a village. When Greeks travel from the city to their village, they will undoubtedly bring back 'local food supplies' from the village and most definitely they will eat at the local restaurant that is also a local butcher. This road-side restaurant on the road to Porto Heli and Spetsis is just one of those places where you will eat a fantastic, clean and simple meal of fresh roast lamb or pork plus all the usual trimmings...potatoes, salad and local wine. After you have eaten, don't forget to buy some of the local homemade egg noodles and sweet honey. Fresh Feta made from the local goats,is also a must for cheese lovers.
Favorite Dish: Lamb from the spit is definitely the best and should be ordered by the weight..ie. 1/2 kilo is probably good for 2 normal people...and I say normal meaning that it is not uncommon for two large people to eat 1 kilo between them because it is sooooo goooood. You can always have a doggy bag for tomorrow!Related to:
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Wonderful, tasty, not overcooked, not undercooked meat; clean, comfortable, fast service, not too expensive, not too cheap....just right!
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I'm trying to write a python web server using the socket library. I've been through several sources and can't figure out why the code I've written doesn't work. Others have run very similar code and claim it works. I'm new to python so I might be missing something simple.
The only way it will work now is I send the data variable back to the client. The browser prints the original GET request. When I try to send an HTTP response, the connection times out.
import socket
##Creates several variables, including the host name, the port to use
##the size of a transmission, and how many requests can be handled at once
host = ''
port = 8080
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Cap-and-Trade Bill: The Home Invasion
One of the single most important reasons we've been railing against the push for universal health care around here is because, at bottom, it will result in a massive loss of individual freedom. Aside from the physicians who will be treated like slaves (the only possibility if their services are considered a "right"), government will have every reason to control how we live our lives since, after all, if its paying for our health care then it has a vested interest in how we live our lives. Too much sugar, Tylenol or cigarettes? Well you'll just have to quit or pay heavy fines or even go without health care altogether. Indeed, this is how virtually all bureaucracy works — i.e. once the state has responsibility for some part of your life, it starts taking over greater and greater portions thereof. As it turns out, cap-and-trade will be no different:
Let me introduce you to a little section of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill called the "Building Energy Performance Labeling Program". It's section 304 [ed. – It's actually Section 204] of the bill and it says, basically, that your house belongs to the state. See, the Federal Government really wants a country full of energy-efficient homes, so much so that the bill mandates that new homes be 30 percent more energy efficient than the current building code on the very day the law is signed. That efficiency goes up to 50 percent by 2014 and only goes higher from there, all the way to 2030. That, by the way, is not merely a target but a requirement of the law. New homes must reach those efficiency targets no matter what.
But what does that have to do with current homeowners like you? Well, I'm glad you asked. You're certainly not off the hook, no way, no how. Here's what the Democrats have planned for you. The program requires that states label their buildings so that we can all know how efficient every building (that includes residential and non-residential buildings) is and it requires that the information be made public.
First, a couple of corrections: (1) The "Building Energy Performance Labeling Program" is in Section 204 of the bill; (2) Section 304 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6833) is amended by Section 201 of this bill to mandate the efficiency standards set forth above.
Taking these in order, the labeling program essentially coerces the states into adopting the federal standards set forth in the bill for identifying and reporting the energy efficiency of each structure, whether residential or commercial. Essentially this means that Uncle Sam will get all the information it wants about your energy use in the home by strong-arming the states into gathering it for them.
That's bad enough, but it's the amendment to Section 304 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act that really inserts the feds into your life. That's where the efficiency mandates are laid out in Congress' attempt to create a national building code:
(c) State Adoption of Energy Efficiency Building Codes-
'(1) REQUIREMENT- Not later than 1 year after a national energy efficiency building code for residential or commercial buildings is established or revised under subsection (b), each State–
'(A) shall–
'(i) review and update the provisions of its building code regarding energy efficiency to meet or exceed the target met in the new national code, to achieve equivalent or greater energy savings;
'(ii) document, where local governments establish building codes, that local governments representing not less than 80 percent of the State's urban population have adopted the new national code, or have adopted local codes that meet or exceed the target met in the new national code to achieve equivalent or greater energy savings; or
'(iii) adopt the new national code; and
'(B) shall provide a certification to the Secretary demonstrating that energy efficiency building code provisions that apply throughout the State meet or exceed the target met by the new national code, to achieve equivalent or greater energy savings.
If states or localities fail to adopt measures implementing or exceeding the efficiency standards promulgated under this bill, then the federal standards simply become the law of that land:
(d) Application of National Code to State and Local Jurisdictions-
'(1) IN GENERAL- Upon the expiration of 1 year after a national energy efficiency building code is established under subsection (b), in any jurisdiction where the State has not had a certification relating to that code accepted by the Secretary under subsection (c)(2)(B), and the local government has not had a certification relating to that code accepted by the Secretary under subsection (e)(6)(B), the national code shall become the applicable energy efficiency building code for such jurisdiction.
This is a massive arrogation of power to the federal government, and an intolerable invasion of individual property rights. In order to avoid a fairly blatant exercise of unconstitutional authority, the bill essentially denies federal funds to states that do not comply. However, it also leaves wide open just how compliance will be enforced:
'(f) Federal Enforcement- Where a State fails and local governments in that State also fail to enforce the applicable State or national energy efficiency building codes, the Secretary shall enforce such codes, as follows:
'(1) The Secretary shall establish, by rule, within 2 years after the date of enactment of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, an energy efficiency building code enforcement capability.
'(2) Such enforcement capability shall be designed to achieve 90 percent compliance with such code in any State within 1 year after the date of the Secretary's determination that such State is out of compliance with this section.
'(3) The Secretary may set and collect reasonable inspection fees to cover the costs of inspections required for such enforcement. Revenue from fees collected shall be available to the Secretary to carry out the requirements of this section upon appropriation.
'(g) Enforcement Procedures- (1) The Secretary shall assess a civil penalty for violations of this section, pursuant to subsection (d)(3), in accordance with the procedures described in section 333(d) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6303). The United States district courts shall also have jurisdiction to restrain any violation of this section or rules adopted thereunder, in accordance with the procedures described in section 334 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6304).'(2) Each day of unlawful occupancy shall be considered a separate violation.'(3) In the event a building constructed out of compliance with the applicable code has been conveyed by a knowing builder or knowing seller to an unknowing purchaser, the builder or seller shall be the violator. The Secretary shall propose and, not later than three years after the date of enactment of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, shall determine and adopt by rule what shall constitute violations of the energy efficiency building codes to be enforced pursuant to this section, and the penalties that shall apply to violators. To the extent that the Secretary determines that the authority to adopt and impose such violations and penalties by rule requires further statutory authority, the Secretary shall report such determination to Congress as soon as such determination is made, but not later than one year after the enactment of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.
Subsection g above appears to empower the Secretary to assess civil penalties against individuals for noncompliance. I say "appears" because the italicized portion does not actually show up when you view the bill, only when you cut and paste it as I've done here (I never considered the idea that "transparency" in law-making meant "making the law transparent"). Of course, even without that italicized section, it's pretty easy to see where this is going. If your home isn't as efficient as the federal government wants it to be, then you will probably be facing some sort of civil penalty. How that could possibly be constitutional I have no idea.
In addition to the outrageous invasion of our homes represented by this bill, the mandates set forth are sure to drive up the costs of new homes in ways that will probably make them unaffordable for a great many people. For example, I would guess that if homes are to be 30% more efficient in just a few years, then they will likely be roughly 30% more expensive. It may be less, it may be more, but either way those prices are going up. That's not exactly the best prescription for an ailing home market.
The bottom line of all this is that you had better be sure to tidy up your home because the federal government is coming to stay awhile and it's bringing an awful lot of demands with it. It's going to make having your mother-in-law over for a spell seem like a Bahamian resort vacation.
Waxman Questions GOP's Patriotism
First Paul Krugman calls anyone who opposes climate change legislation "traitors against the planet". We then have Al Gore claiming fighting those who oppose such legislation akin to fighting Nazis. The latest to resort to ad hominem is Henry Waxman, who claims the GOP, and by implication, anyone who is against the nonsense he just pushed through the House is an unpatriotic so-and-so:
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who has had an eventful couple of weeks to say the least, believes House Republican opposition to climate change legislation and the stimulus indicates they're cheering against the good ol' US of A.
"It appears that the Republican Party leadership in the Congress has made a decision that they want to deny President Obama success, which means, in my mind, they are rooting against the country, as well," the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman told WAMU radio host Diane Rehm on Tuesday morning, promoting his new book, "The Waxman Report."
Yeah, see it couldn't at all be that they're concerned with the crippling effect it will have on the economy or that it is based in bad science that is daily being successfully challenged. Or that the stimulus was a bad idea that put us into much worse shape fiscally while doing very little to help the economy.
Nope, it's all about wanting to "deny President Obama success", and that, of course means it is OK to question their patriotism.
Because, as we've all learned, since the election of Obama and the rise of the Democrat left, dissent is no longer the highest form of patriotism, is it?
UPDATE: Oops – looks like Michael and I came to the same conclusion at about the same time. Ah well, such is blogging – read 'em both. They're just different enough (and short enough) to warrant it. And btw, Michael, it doesn't surprise me that Steve Benen, hack that he is, doesn't find the rhetoric to be "over the top" when a Democrat says it, but would be devoting a full week of outraged blogging if it had been the other way around.
G-8 Climate Change Agreement A Bust
From a story in the NY Times:
The world's major industrial nations and emerging powers failed to agree Wednesday on significant cuts in heat-trapping gases by 2050, unraveling an effort to build a global consensus to fight climate change, according to people following the talks.
As President Obama arrived for three days of meetings with other international leaders, negotiators dropped a proposal that would have committed the world to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by midcentury and industrialized countries to slashing their emissions by 80 percent.
Essentially that means that even with the House passing cap-and-trade's economy crippling taxes, the rest of the world, especially the "emerging nations" (such as China, India, South Africa, Brazil and Mexico), are refusing to do the same.
This was the most interesting part of the story:
The breakdown on climate change underscored the difficulty in bridging divisions between the most developed countries like the United States and developing nations like China and India. In the end, people close to the talks said, the emerging powers refused to agree to the limits because they wanted industrial countries to commit to midterm goals in 2020 and to follow through on promises of financial and technological help.
"They're saying, 'We just don't trust you guys,'" said Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists, an advocacy group based in the United States. "It's the same gridlock we had last year when Bush was president."
You don't say? Perhaps it is because the idea is the same stupid idea that was put forward during the Bush era and it isn't selling any better while Obama is president. The "emerging nations" have seen the opportunity here to play a little economic catch-up. They get the Western economies to hobble themselves and they get a bonus wealth transfer too boot:
Mr. Meyer estimated that the United States, Europe and other industrial nations need to come up with $150 billion a year in assistance by 2020 to help develop clean energy technology for developing countries, reduce deforestation that contributes to rising temperatures, and help vulnerable nations adapt to changes attributed to greenhouse gases.
That's $150 billion a year plus cap-and-trade. And we all know who will pick up the lion's share of that tab. We should also remember that you can safely double any government estimate and probably be closer to reality than what you read initially.
So in a recessionary period in which the rest of the world seems to be understanding the folly of economically crippling legislation to curb CO2 emissions (as witnessed by the G8's failure to agree to such curbs and the promise of further failure in Copenhagen), we choose to embrace them.
Ideology and bad science win the day in the US, while the rest of the world moves away from real emissions curbs or recognize the opportunity to exploit them for cash.
Fisking Al Gore
I really hate to use the medium he invented against him, but someone has to do this:
Al Gore invoked the spirit of Winston Churchill today by encouraging political leaders to follow the example of Britain's wartime leader and unite their nations to fight climate change.
So, skeptics are Nazis now (and no I'm not stretching it here – the original headline, now changed, had Gore comparing skeptics to Nazis)? I'm not sure if that's better than a "traitor to the planet", but it sure seems the Warmers are left with nothing but name calling as an argument.
The former US vice-president accused politicians around the world of exploiting ignorance about the dangers of global warming. He said lack of awareness among voters allowed governments to avoid taking difficult decisions.
You have got to love this one – this is said by Gore in a country in which a court ruled that his film, "An Inconvenient Truth" couldn't be shown in schools without an addendum explaining at least 9 factually incorrect points.
"The level of awareness and concern among populations has not crossed the threshhold where political leaders feel that they must change."
Perhaps that's because the level of "science" presented by Gore has been found to be wanting in several areas and the skeptics are being successful in making the point that much of Gore's data is dated or wrong.
"The only way politicians will act is if awareness raises to a level to make them feel that it's a necessity." Mr Gore, who brought the issues around climate change to a mass audience with the 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, said the great hope for the future lay in the high level of environmental awareness among young people.
Or said another way, get 'em while they're young and don't know any better and you have a fairly decent shot at getting them to do whatever you want (after all, that's what schools are for).
He said sceptics who refused to believe dramatic cuts in carbon emissions could be delivered should consider the example of the young scientists in the Nasa team which put a man on the moon on 1969.
"The average age of scientists in the space centre control room was 26, which means they were 18 when they heard President Kennedy say he wanted to put a man on the moon in 10 years. Neil Armstrong did it eight years and two months later."
Yup, and Buzz Aldrin said that AGW was a batch of cow cookies. I mean if we're going to invoke the name of astronauts let's at least keep it germane to the subject.
He said future generations would put one of two questions to today's adults.
"It will either be 'what were you thinking, didn't you see the North Pole melting before your eyes, didn't you hear what the scientists were saying?' "Or they will ask 'how is it you were able to find the moral courage to solve the crisis which so many said couldn't be solved?'.
Actually there's a third question – "How did you muster the courage to stand up against bad science and horrible politics in order to save the world as we know it from economic catastrophe when it is clear now that the AGW group was completely wrong?"
Gotta appreciate the fallacy of the false choice though, don't you? Al Gore uses all the tricks to run his nonsense by you.
I'm sure Gore gave that a lot of thought as he winged his way home on his private jet.
Speaking of Cap-and-Trade, More Inconvenient Truths
From Anthony Watts:
Given the U.S. Senate is about to vote upon the most complex and costly plan to regulate greenhouse gases, while the EPA suppresses earlier versions of the chart shown below from a senior analyst, this should give some pause to those who are rational thinkers. For those that see only dogma, I expect this will be greeted with jeers.
The chart in question is here:
What it shows is we've undergone another drop in temperature this past month (coolest June since 1958). In fact:
This latest drop in global temperatures means despite his dire warnings, the Earth has cooled .74°F since former Vice President Al Gore released "An Inconvenient Truth" in 2006.
It is also the information that the EPA tried to suppress recently despite the Obama administration's pledge that science would now take precedence over ideology.
The new information adds to an 8 year trend of dropping global temperatures. Here's another view of the same chart with a few important annotations:
The earth no more has a fever than Al Gore has a clue. But the science that continues to contest and debunk the nonsense Gore and the warmers have pushed out there is having a tough time overcoming the institutional impetus of a Congress, which is ideologically vested in the old message. And, of course, there's the massive amounts of money and power (both for the government and certain private sources which have helped foment this panic) to be derived from legislation such as cap-and-trade.
This is a massive attempt by government to take more control of the economy, based in shaky science at best, and as Anthony Watts claims, pure dogma. When warmers such as Paul Krugman are reduced to calling scientific skeptics "traitors to the planet", you know they've essentially lost the argument and now have only emotional and populist rhetoric left to defend the indefensible.
So What Could Cap-and-Trade Eventually Bring?
Well if the UK is any example, "green jackets", a sort of environmental police force with the power to enter and search (with a blanket "warrant") any company it so chooses to inspect. Is "Gestapo-like" tactics a stretch?
The boys in green are coming as the Environment Agency sets up a squad to police companies generating excessive CO2 emissions.
The agency is creating a unit of about 50 auditors and inspectors, complete with warrant cards and the power to search company premises to enforce the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), which comes into effect next year.
Decked out in green jackets, the enforcers will be able to demand access to company property, view power meters, call up electricity and gas bills and examine carbon-trading records for an estimated 6,000 British businesses. Ed Mitchell, head of business performance and regulation at the Environment Agency, said the squad would help to bring emissions under control. "Climate change and CO2 are the world's biggest issues right now. The Carbon Reduction Commitment is one of the ways in which Britain is responding."
The formation of the green police overcomes a psychological hurdle in the battle against climate change. Ministers have long recognised the need to have new categories of taxes and criminal offences for CO2 emissions, but fear a repetition of the fuel tax protests in 2000 when lorry drivers blockaded refineries.
Criminal offenses for "CO2 emissions" – Orwell saw this coming but clearly he didn't understand that it would be based in criminalizing a natural byproduct of respiration and trace atmospheric gas, did he?
Again, it's the precedent this sets which is both upsetting and dangerous. Probable cause? Green Jackets don't need no probable cause!
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Happy "Dependence" Day
I'm sorry, but the more I get into the monstrosities coming out of Washington DC, the less I see "independence" as a reality. Just a quick read through Waxman-Markey (and a quick read in anything but easy given the size of the bill) will tend to make you a bit pessimistic about "independence". Consider the mundane topic of shade trees:
(a) Findings- The Congress finds that–
(1) the utility sector is the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States today, producing approximately one-third of the country's emissions;
(2) heating and cooling homes accounts for nearly 60 percent of residential electricity usage in the United States;
(3) shade trees planted in strategic locations can reduce residential cooling costs by as much as 30 percent;
(4) shade trees have significant clean-air benefits associated with them;
(5) every 100 healthy large trees removes about 300 pounds of air pollution (including particulate matter and ozone) and about 15 tons of carbon dioxide from the air each year;
(6) tree cover on private property and on newly-developed land has declined since the 1970s, even while emissions from transportation and industry have been rising; and
(7) in over a dozen test cities across the United States, increasing urban tree cover has generated between two and five dollars in savings for every dollar invested in such tree planting.
So now the federal government will issue guidelines and hire experts to ensure you plant shade trees properly:
(4) The term 'tree-siting guidelines' means a comprehensive list of science-based measurements outlining the species and minimum distance required between trees planted pursuant to this section, in addition to the minimum required distance to be maintained between such trees and–
(A) building foundations;
(B) air conditioning units;
(C) driveways and walkways;
(D) property fences;
(E) preexisting utility infrastructure;
(F) septic systems;
(G) swimming pools; and
(H) other infrastructure as deemed appropriate
And Waxman-Markey is indeed a "green-job creator" of a bill – it creates an entirely new job category – Federal House Inspector. Yes, that's right, in order to sell your house in the future you must passed a federal housing inspection which will certify your home has the minimal energy rating necessary. And if not, you'll be required to bring it up to par by replacing appliances (water heaters, air conditioning, etc) or repairing (leaky windows, etc) whatever the inspector finds before you can put it on the market.
Have a candelabra in your dining room? Don't you dare put any more than a 60 watt bulb in there. You need to also bone up on what you'll be allowed to do with outdoor lighting, water dispensers, hot tubs and other appliances, not to mention wood burning stoves and water usage.
Yup, if this piece of legislation makes it through the Senate, we need to seriously rethink the name we give the 4th of July. "Independence" will no longer apply. And, given the level of intrusion this bill brings to our lives, you can just imagine what's in store for us in any health care legislation passed by this administration.
Happy Dependence Day, folks.
Climate Change Update – Falling Dominoes
For the American taxpayer, under the shadow of the recently passed House cap-and-trade (Waxman-Markey) bill, the news continues to be grim. However for the traitorous "deniers", aka skeptics, who believe the whole climate change hysteria to be an economy killing farce, things are looking better.
For instance India has announced it will not participate in the Western world's attempts to kill their own economies:
India said it will reject any new treaty to limit global warming that makes the country reduce greenhouse-gas emissions because that will undermine its energy consumption, transportation and food security.
Cutting back on climate-warming gases is a measure that instead must be taken by industrialized countries, and India is mobilizing developing nations to push that case, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told the media today in New Delhi.
"India will not accept any emission-reduction target — period," Ramesh said. "This is a non-negotiable stand."
Heh … fairly blunt and straight foward wouldn't you say? Of course, China took the same stand a couple of weeks ago. I call that good news because it is another country which has decided to put its economy first and this nonsense second. When two countries which are or expected to be very soon the two leading emitters of CO2 say "no", it makes it rather ridiculous for the rest of the world to say "yes" given the consequences vs. payoff, doesn't it?
And the US cap-and-trade legislation? Well India sees that as a "no-go" as well:
But last week, the US House of Representatives backed a "border adjustment tax" to equalise carbon emissions charges between domestic production and imports from states that do not cap emissions. The legislation is likely to face tough opposition in the Senate.
Mr Ramesh denounced as "pernicious" US efforts to impose "trade penalties" on countries that do not match its carbon reduction moves.
Meanwhile in the EU:
The European Union risks driving industry out of the region if it continues to push for deeper cuts in carbon dioxide emissions than other economies, according to the chief executive of Eon, one of the world's biggest renewable energy companies.
Wulf Bernotat, Eon's chief executive, told the Financial Times that the EU was imposing higher energy costs on its industry than competing regions, and criticised the US for doing "basically nothing" to cut its carbon dioxide emissions.
He added that if there were no international deal to cut emissions agreed at the Copenhagen meeting at the end of the year, the EU would have to rethink its plans to take a lead in fighting the threat of climate change.
"It is a European political issue whether the European Union can continue to lead the policy process if the rest of the world is not joining in," he said.
"We are adding additional costs to our industries, and if other countries don't follow, then those industries will move to lower-cost regions."
Yeah, like India or China … or Mexico. That's the irony of this nonsense. We have a president and Congress who've made a cottage industry of demonizing corporations who "outsource" jobs while they pass legislation that encourages corporations to outsource jobs.
And for those who worship at the feet of Al Gore, another inconvenient truth is to be found in a recently published paper from the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics:
The Abstract states:
Daily temperature and pressure series from 55 European meteorological stations covering the 20th century are analyzed. The overall temperature mean displays a sharp minimum near 1940 and a step-like jump near 1987. We evaluate the evolution of disturbances of these series using mean squared inter-annual variations and "lifetimes". The decadal to secular evolutions of solar activity and temperature disturbances display similar signatures over the 20th century. Because of heterogeneity of the climate system response to solar forcing, regional and seasonal approaches are key to successful identification of these signatures. Most of the solar response is governed by the winter months, as best seen near the Atlantic Ocean. Intensities of disturbances vary by factors in excess of 2, underlining a role for the Sun as a significant forcing factor of European atmospheric variations. We speculate about the possible origin of these solar signatures. The last figure of the paper exemplifies its main results.
The paper concludes:
In concluding, we find increasingly strong evidence of a clear solar signature in a number of climatic indicators in Europe, strengthening the earlier conclusions of a study that included stations from the United States (Le Mouël et al., 2008). With the recent downturn of both solar activity and global temperatures, the debated correlations we suggested in Le Mouël et al. (2005), which appeared to stop in the 1980s, actually might extend to the present. The role of the Sun in global and regional climate change should be re-assessed and reasonable physical mechanisms are in sight.
Shorter conclusion?
"It's the sun, stupid".
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Paul Krugman – Climate Expert (UPDATE – Krugman Calls Skeptics "Traitors")
Bumped to the top for obvious reasons.
Here's a perfect example of why Paul Krugman should stick with writing about economics:
One of the favorite arguments of climate-change deniers is "but it was warmer in the late 90s." In fact, the odds are good that I'll get that argument from George Will on This Weak tomorrow. I basically know the answer: temperature is a noisy time series, so if you pick and choose your dates over a short time span you can usually make whatever case you want. That's why you need to look at longer trends and do some statistical analysis. But I thought that it would be a good thing to look at the data myself.
So here's the data he chose:
Anyone know what happened prior to 1850?
A little thing called the "Little Ice Age", remember? And before that? Yup, the Medieval Warm Period. So what did that look like?
So what are the two things you notice right away? Well, one is "cycles". In fact, if you go back even further you'll see the same sorts of cycles repeated through out our planet's history. Looking at data from 1850 in the context of climate change history is to use an eyeblink of data for comparison (coming out of the depths of a centuries long planetary cold spell). It is a classic misuse of limited data in an attempt to support a point of view. It certainly can't be called "science".
And secondly, our temperature now isn't much different than in the 1000's (not to mention there is much debate as to whether the temperature measurements of today are even accurate), with a very small population relative to today and with no industry, no burning of fossil fuel, and no worries about "green house gasses". How in the world can that be?
Meteorologist Augie Auer said it best:
"It is time to attack the myth of global warming," he said.
Water vapour was responsible for 95 per cent of the greenhouse effect, an effect which was vital to keep the world warm, he explained.
"If we didn't have the greenhouse effect the planet would be at minus 18 deg C but because we do have the greenhouse effect it is plus 15 deg C, all the time."
The other greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen dioxide, and various others including CFCs, contributed only five per cent of the effect, carbon dioxide being by far the greatest contributor at 3.6 per cent.
However, carbon dioxide as a result of man's activities was only 3.2 per cent of that, hence only 0.12 per cent of the greenhouse gases in total. Human-related methane, nitrogen dioxide and CFCs etc made similarly minuscule contributions to the effect: 0.066, 0.047, and 0.046 per cent respectively.
"That ought to be the end of the argument, there and then," he said.
"We couldn't do it (change the climate) even if we wanted to because water vapour dominates."
Yet the Greens continued to use phrases such as "The planet is groaning under the weight of CO2" and Government policies were about to hit industries such as farming, he warned.
"The Greens are really going to go after you because you put out 49 per cent of the countries' emissions. Does anybody ask 49 per cent of what? Does anybody know how small that number is?
"It's become a witch-hunt; a Salem witch-hunt," he said.
And Krugman seems to be trying out for head inquisitor. There are the numbers Mr. Krugman. Why not try crunching those instead of selectively picking the data that supports your point of view. You wouldn't stand for that in the economic world. Why should we put up with it from you when you talk about science?
UPDATE: Yeah, no inflammatory language here:
And as I watched the deniers make their arguments, I couldn't help thinking that I was watching a form of treason — treason against the planet.
Quite an argument, isn't it – "disagree with me and the "consensus" and you're committing "treason against the planet?"
You have to wonder, would disagreeing over economic policy be "treason against the economy" in Krugman's wacky world? How desperate are you when you have to resort to name calling like "traitor" over a policy dispute?
UPDATE II: Irony alert Ezra Klein referring to the Krugman chart above which begins at the end of the period known as the "Little Ice Age":
Paul Krugman has a nice response to the variant of global warming denialism favored by the statistically illiterate.
Who is "statistically illiterate" here, Mr. Klein?


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July 17, 2013 by Ellen
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Happy Wednesday Everyone! Today we have some gorgeous gorgeous creations from Designer Vivian Keh. She creates the most gorgeous rolled flowers! And then there is a layout…some Chocolate Box cardstock from the Fancy Pants Core Impressions line ….something for EVERYONE today!And a detail of that flower…SWOOOOOON!Hello Core'dinations fans! Vivian here today to share with you an elegant floral card using a muted palette of Core'dinations Cardstock. I used a warm beige from the Core'dinations Jenni Bowlin "Everyday" Collection for my card base, sanding the decorative leaf pattern already conveniently pre-embossed in this cardstock. I layered an elegant grey from the Neutral Collection that I had embossed with a great Sizzix embossing folder. For the blossom, I die-cut and sanded the pieces for nice shabby appeal, piercing with a simple brad to hold the bloom together. To finish, I added a bit of distress ink on all pieces, some bling and pretty seam binding.
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Need a wedding card? Look no further!I love the aqua/ chocolate brown color pairing in just about everything, from papercrafts to home decor – both fresh and comforting. For today's project, I used Core'dinations Fancy Pants Designs"Refreshed" Collection, which delivers that comforting chocolate embossed in a variety of designs as well as your pick of pretty pastels that are also pre-embossed. This makes for great papercrafted projects in a variety of themes.
I sanded all the layers and die-cuts and added distress ink to the edges. The sentiment was stamped using watermark ink and then heat embossed with embossing powder. Just a little bit of embellishment and this card was done.Supplies:Core'dinations – Fancy Pants Core Impressions "Refreshed" Collection, Venetian Lace (Cream Color) Cardstock, Sand-It Gadget, Dust BuddySizzix – Bigz Die "Butterflies and Labels"Hampton Art – "Happily Ever After" Clear Stamp SetTim Holtz – Distress Ink
Fiskars – Floral Punch
Stampendous – "Champagne" Embossing Powder
Versamark – Watermark Ink
Really Reasonable Ribbon – Lace~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~And nothing finishes up better than a layout, don't you agree?
I chose several bold colors from Core'dinations Darks Collection, which have great grounding colors that are perfect for masculine projects. As you can see in the detail shot, there is so much easy interest one can create with Core – die-cut it, paper-punch it, sand it, tear it, emboss it, crimp it, distress it, stamp it. All of these were used in this layout. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination!The story of how my husband and I met is really special. And both of us still can't believe how serendipitous our meeting truly was. Hence, the "when pigs fly" stamping on my background, using the great kraft side of our Tim Holtz Kraft Core Cardstock with a simple black ink. His smile, and humorous personality brought levity to the rather challenging moment in our lives captured here on film. I simply layered a bunch of Core elements on top of a piece of old book paper, topping off with a little bling and some scrunched up mulberry paper that I had misted.Supplies:Core'dinations – Darks Collection, Tim Holtz Kraft Core, Venetian Lace (Cream Color), Sand-It Gadget, Dust BuddyDarice – Dominoes Embossing Folder
Sizzix – Chip Block Alphabet Strip Die, Washer Border Strip DieFiskars – Crimper, Hexagon Punches, Floral PunchBo Bunny – GemsHampton Art – Art Warehouse "Speckle Background" Woodblock Stamp, Graphic 45 "Olde Curiousity Shoppe One" Cling Stamp SetTim Holtz – Distress InkMemento – Tuxedo Black Dye InkLindy's Stamp Gang – Mist
Old book paperMulberry Paper
Happy Friday! Altered Calendar Box with Graphic 45 in here!
July 12, 2013 by Ellen
Filed under Basic Grey, Core Blog, Graphic 45, May Arts Ribbon, Provocraft, Spellbinders
How we doing today??? I hope you are as excited as I am for today's project from Designer Ava Gavloski. She created this gorgeous Calendar box using our BasicGrey Core Impression. WOWZA is it GORGEOUS!
Loving this back detail with the Couture Creations embossing folder…
Thursday Layouts
July 11, 2013 by Ellen
Filed under Core Blog, Graphic 45, Queen & Co., Simple Stories, Sizzix, Spellbinders
Happy Thursday! Today we have some gorgeous projects for you! I mean, don't we always?
First up Designer Gail Linder and a beautiful display of our Pastel Core Essentials Collection Pack
I love fun color combinations! For this layout I had a special story to tell and a couple of photos that I converted to black and white so I could use a soft color scheme to match the overall "feel" of the layout. So of course, my first stop was the pastel cardstock collections for some soft pinks, aquas and yellow.
I used a simple grid design, adding cardstock squares the same size as my photos. I then had fun embellishing each cardstock block with – you guessed it – more cardstock! But when I added the layers on top, I embossed, sanded and distressed them to make them stand out and add dimension!
For a scrapper like me that LOVES distressed edges, Core'dinations cardstock sure makes that easy! With minimal effort (ie. just a light sand), your edges are DONE! I even sanded the tiny scallop edge and die cut letters!
My little girl started school this year and (I'm sure all Mothers would agree) that it was quite an emotional time! The night before the first day of school, I wrote her a letter that I hope she'll read and appreciate in years to come. As the journaling was quite long, I added a flap to the cardstock blocks so they lift up to reveal the journaling underneath! Fun!
Core Essentials – Pastels and Darks
Core Spotted
Martha Stewart Punch
Sand it Gadget
Dust Buddy
Sizzix and Darice Embossing folders
May Arts Ribbon
Queen & Co. Pearls and twine and washi tape
Basic Grey Button and tags
Teresa Collins tags and brads
Spellbinder's Die
Epic Park Tag (title)
Momenta sticker
Recollections wood – butterfly
Graduate Gifts and Centerpiece
June 15, 2013 by Ellen
Filed under Core Blog, May Arts Ribbon, Sizzix, Spellbinders, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz & Ranger Adirondack Collection, Tim Holtz & Ranger Collection, Tim Holtz & Ranger Distress collection
So I was going through some blog posts looking for something and found this project from Ava Gavloski that never posted! This is such a gorgeous idea for that special graduate in your life! I have a freind going to a graduation party this week so hoping we aren't too late for you.
Here's what Ava has to say about creating this awesome project:
Are you getting ready for that Graduation Party? Plan ahead and check out your Core'dinations Cardstock to see if you have some color tones that will match the school colors. Try the de-embossed look to your front card panel, sanding lightly give the card a vintage feel. To stamp a clear image on the glitter paper, ink your stamp, lay your stamp face up and then lay your paper onto the stamp and gentle rub your glitter cardstock over the inked stamp image. This technique should give you a clear impression of your image on the glitter cardstock. This card design allows you to use up small bits and pieces from your core stash with the baner and star embellishments.
Dust off that crimper, find some embossing folders that speak to you and get creative with a few layers of your favorite Core'dinations cardstock. Layers are the secret to volume and a feel good texture. So, join me and make that gift bag with layers of Core cardstock that will be a wow the gift presentation.
Here are some detail shots on the gift bag:
And the fun centerpiece! Love how that Core Couture shines!
Spring has almost Sprung!
April 4, 2013 by Ellen
Filed under Core Blog, May Arts Ribbon, Spellbinders
As you may have noticed…we, okay me, LOL….have been really ready for Spring around here. My daffodils are almost ready to bloom which means it won't be long now.
Today we have Designer Andrea Amu with an "Upcycled Spring Basket" using Core Pastels collection. This project also features product from our friends over at May Arts ribbon and Spellbinders.
And nothing screams Spring like birds! This monogram door hanger was featured in August 2012 Cricut Magazine…isn't it gorgeous??!?!?!?!? Andrea works that Cricut for sure!
On here you will see some Vintage Core and Core Essentials and May Arts ribbon.
Love love all the glittery accents!
Wednesday WOW…Embossing… A LOT!
March 20, 2013 by Ellen
Filed under Core Blog, Sizzix, Spellbinders
Happy Wednesday!
Don't forget about our Design Team call going on now. You don not want to miss out on being a part of this awesome team! And you could find yourself wearing this badge.
We have a WOW of a Wednesday for you today from Design Team Member Debbie Standard. How many diffferent embossed patterns can you get on a layout?
Now I count SIX on this layout. Now actually it could be SEVEN because Debbie's flowers are embossed, too! Oh no, EIGHT because she has two different kinds of embossed flowers from her Spellbinder's dies. Now..here is the catch?!?!?! Think you can do more?!?! Well, let's see if you can!
WE CHALLENGE YOU TO GET AS MANY EMBOSSED PATTERNS ON LAYOUT AS YOU CAN! You have until the end of this month, March 31st, to link your layout to THIS blog post or on our Facebook page. You must use Core'dinations cardstock on your project. It can be any kind…you can emboss it yourself or use our Core Impression lines so the sky is the limit!
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Looking for Datura various species. Also if any one might have some brugmansia seeds, I might give them a try
I have lots of Datura seeds, but are you sure you want Datura? They have a white flower with some purple stripes & very prolific, but I found that they re-seed like crazy & I had to use Roundup the following year to control them.
We also have Brugs. I have had no luck starting Brugs from seeds, but can ship you cuttings later when they are growing more. They are easy to root. Let me know what you have to trade. Where are you located?
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Every year in spring people have signed up for the forum just for the purpose of asking for seeds. I've noticed your first post asking for seeds is the same day you signed up onto the forum. Don't mean to pick on you...I seriously do feel that our generous members are taken advantage of. I've personally sent lots of seeds to our newer member, and once they've got the seeds, I've never seen them back again. It makes me wonder, why don't they just go out and spend a few dollars for a packet of seeds? To use your example, walmart has some pretty unusual seeds for a few dollars. They have double purple datura seeds for $3.99 from a rack from Thompson and Morgan seeds.


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Jaime King in Valentino, Lorde in Narcisco Rodriguez, and Taylor Swift in Jenny Packham
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On Golden Globe night, I had a very difficult decision to make. I could either watch the award show or grab dinner with some friends and watch Selma. In the end, I chose to let the show go, but only because I was able to watch the red carpet and felt like I got what I needed. Within the first 30 minutes of the E! Live Red Carpet show, I wasn't impressed with any of the looks, but as the program went on, I felt like I had something positive to say about nearly every look. This morning, we're kicking things off with Dakota Johnson. I never read 50 Shades of Grey, but now that I've been seeing more ads, I'm becoming much more curious about the film. I love that she chose this gown because she looks fantastic in it, but if I could change anything about this look, I would've wanted her to go completely sleek with her hair just to make it look like she didn't walk straight out of the movie trailer we've been seeing for the past month.
Kendall Jenner is front and center closing out the Dolce & Gabbana show at Milan fashion week. I'll admit that at the beginning I had my doubts and I was a little bit worried that maybe she WOULD get special treatment because of her family, but there's no denying that she looks phenomenal on the runway. Earlier this week, reports came out that other models were bullying her and acting like true "mean girls" putting out their ciggs into her drinks and almost immediately, my face scrunched up into a frown and I just wanted to like…I don't know – give her a hug? I think she's been showing everyone just how much potential she has at Fashion Week and I'm totally rooting for her success. Go get em' Ken!
Kerry Washington in Prada
I may have missed the entire show from being at work and out to dinner, but we'd never miss a chance of covering the red carpet.
Who: Nicola Peltz
Wearing: Stella McCartney bodysuit w/ a Dolce & Gabbana lace skirt.
Where: "Transformers: Age of Extinction" press tour in Berlin, Germany
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Who: Rosie Huntington-Whitely
Wearing: Emilio Pucci
Where: amfAR annual gala in Cannes
Lupita Nyong'o, in Prada
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Jennifer Lawrence in Dior Haute Couture
YES, this is the dress that I would have loved to see Jennifer in at the Golden Globes, but better late than never. We all know that Jennifer is partial to Dior so it's a no-brainer, but the slim fit and dark color is doing wonders for her on the red carpet. We're pretty happy with this pick.
Tina Fey in Carolina Herrera and Amy Poehler in custom Stella McCartney
Happy Monday readers! Yesterday brought out some of the best in red carpet wear and along with that…some of the worse. We're kicking off this red carpet post, however, with the best hosts this show has ever seen. Luckily for us, we get them for another year!
Who: Nicole Richie
Wearing: Dolce & Gabbana
Where: Opening night for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Rose Byrne in Custom Calvin Klein Collection
I wasn't that into the Emmy's this year for some reason and that could've been for a few reasons:
Typically when we cover award shows, we generally just stick to the fashion and that's exactly what we're going to do again. But here are the winners in case you are wondering – – via Refinery29
Rose Byrne's gown was easily one of my favorites from the entire evening!
Miley Cyrus in vintage Dolce & Gabbana
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Researchers show that network coding can greatly improve the quality of service in P2P live streaming systems (e.g., IPTV). However, network coding is vulnerable to pollution attacks where malicious nodes inject into the network bogus data blocks that will be combined with other legitimate blocks at downstream nodes, leading to incapability of decoding the original blocks and degradation of network performance. In this paper, the authors propose a novel approach to limiting pollution attacks by identifying malicious nodes. In their scheme, the malicious nodes can be rapidly identified and isolated, so that the system can quickly recover from pollution attacks.
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