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FoxNews "Science and Technology" warns Everyone that Hackers are inside your Brain Right Now.
You can't make this crap up. The title of the article is "10 Everyday Items Hackers are Targeting Right Now." It's claimed to be "science and technology" from the news organization whose pie charts regularly add up to greater than 100%.
So let's summarize the list for the impatient few. Here's what those crazy HACKERS are targeting RIGHT NOW:
- Your Car(*) –they can start your car electronically, because that never happened with 10 minutes and a pair of wire cutters under the dash.
- Your GPS(*) — they can track you remotely, because hackers really want to know where the happening spots are and are too lame to use social networking.
- Your Cellphone — they can take over your phone, which, if you use AT&T, will do exactly nothing.
- Your Front Door(**) — they can open it remotely, because smashing a window is too low-tech for most criminals. Let's spend several hours cracking your crappy security system to steal a bunch of Hummels.
- Your Blender(**) — they can turn it on. Ooh, killer frappes. Once they can turn it on and make it fly across the room, then I'll be worried.
- Your Printer(*) — they can print stuff remotely, maybe even see your crappy photos from last vacation. Extremely creepy… and useless, unless you regularly print your credit card number, in which case you should be more concerned about shredding your physical trash.
- Your Digital Camera(*) — they can see what you snapped, maybe even photoshop the pictures and replace them before you download them. Fark contest anyone?
- Your Electricity (i.e., power outlets) — they can… wait, it needs the smart grid for anyone to hack anything? Never mind. Ten years out (but yes, let's make the smart grid smart about security. Good idea.).
- Your Body(**) — they can hack into that high tech bionic arm the US government didn't pay for when they got your real one blown off. Otherwise, you're pretty safe for at least 10 or 15 years here.
- Your Brain (**) — never mind the fact that your brain is usually considered part of your body, they can use social engineering to make you fear everything and obey. Yes, like Fox is doing it right now. OMG! Hackers!
* if it allows wireless/automatic firmware updates over insecure networks that hackers can get you to use
** if it's networked and allows remote operation that hackers can, um, hack.
Let's add a few items to their list, shall we?
- Your TV — FoxNews controls everything you watch, unless you change the channel or turn it off.
- Your Government — remember the 2000 and 2004 elections? Eight years of Bush may be due to bad software and corrupt election officials with special compact flash cards (see Al Gore's negative 16000 votes in Florida).
- Your Life — why do you even listen to these people who tell you what to buy, wear, think, and vote? They don't care about you. They don't even like you. In fact, they think you're retarded, and they like it that way.
The 3D Delusion
Nearly every single image you see selling you the magic of 3D displays is a lie.
Now, it's not the same kind of marketing lie that tells you to buy an expensive car to attract women. Conceivably there could be a sexy woman who digs you for your car. Really. It's happened. Once or twice, maybe.
But 3D Displays literally can't do what they're often depicted as doing: namely making 3D images appear in space. They just can't, outside of science fiction.


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everything i have posted to on ewrestling news be the booker section has been relativly well recived so i am going give my ideas on how to book tna.weekly iwil post impact and ppvs
please dicuss & rate out of ten
(sidenote- for the sake of story last weekbully ray attacted shannan moore last week as both brother devon and bully ray pick partners for a tag match at aao and i will use the scott steiner angle+ coming up at against all odds kurt angle chance to"regain a contract" as he chooses an opponent to face jeff jarretts opponant at (AAO) and basicly currant storylines to start with
febuary 3rd impact
open credits
brief video package hyping what happened last week including steiners return
match 1: robbie E vs Brother devon- devon has all the momentum when cookie gets involved tocost him the match at 6.00 min. after the match both robbie E & bully ray beat down devon but jesse neal makes the save
backstage immortal are still dicrediting the whole they're coming thing despite steiners return and they say crimson i just trying to make a name for himself and tonight abyss is taking crimson out plus kazarian will retain his tna x-division championship tonight against Jay lethal, Beer Money Inc will retain the tag titles in a fatal four way and Jeff hardy will regain theworld title, Hulk willreturn and all will be well
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TSTC regulations forbid gambling, the use of controlled substances and alcoholic beverages, and the appearance of anyone under the influence of any of these on the campus or when attending or participating in activities sponsored by the college. All TSTC buildings are tobacco free.
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Delia was present for every single shot of every single film you will see in our cookery school - and we think her perfectionism shines through.
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This tofu recipe works great over a bowl of brown rice or steamed broccoli too.
Make a tofu marinade with 1/4 cup soy sauce and 1/4 cup maple syrup. You can add some grated ginger or minced garlic to the marinade if you desire.
Add cut tofu pieces in a single layer to an 8 inch round or square pan. Pour marinade over top. Let marinate 30 minutes to one hour, flipping tofu pieces once.
Heat 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add tofu slices in a single layer. Flip after about 2 minutes, once the bottom of the tofu pieces have caramelized and turned golden brown. Caramelize on the other side for another 2 minutes, then remove from heat and set aside.
*Hint: If you try to flip your tofu pieces and they are sticking, don't move them. You know your tofu is ready to flip when it doesn't stick anymore.
Cook 1 package soba noodles according to package directions and drain. Set aside.
In the same large skillet you used to cook the tofu (no need to clean the skillet), add 2 additional tablespoons extra virgin olive oil and 1 chopped onion. Cook for 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Add 1 bunch of kale that you've rinsed and chopped (discarding stems). Stir until kale wilts, about 5 minutes. Add noodles to pan and stir. Add 1 tablespoon soy sauce and 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil.
Plate. Add tofu on top of soba noodles. Garnish with freshly chopped parsley if desired.
Pan Fried Teriyaki Tofu with soba noodles and kale
Posted by Carol Wasserman at 10:10 AM
Labels: kale, soba noodles, teriyaki, tofu
1 comment:
- Ekumayama said...
This looks awesome. I am def gonna try it!! Thanks Carol :)
- September 13, 2009 at 12:31 PM
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Pregnancy, birth control, and weight loss supplements
Question Posted Thursday April 4 2013, 5:06 pm
Me and my boyfriend of 2 years have sex quite often and I am on the birth control pill, plus he pulls out. For the past month I have been doing a low-carb diet in order to drop some weight for spring break. I also took a thermogenic fat burner as I am really into working out and I hit the gym pretty much every day. On spring break I ate pretty shitty, alot different than what my body is used to and my past month low carb diet. The last week before spring break I had diarrhea and stomach pains. I thought it was due to the weight loss supplement so I stopped taking it. Then the week later I had constipation (I usually always have constipation when I'm away from home, don't ask me why). But I've been home almost a week now and I am still bloated. No nausea or morning sickness or anything like that. I take my birth control pills everyday at the same time and haven't missed one. I just would like some opinions and assurance about this. Especially if anyone knows alot about weight loss thermogenic supplements. Thank you! Oh, and also I haven't gotten my period since January, however my period is usually irregular anyways due to the birth control pills.
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answered Monday April 8 2013, 6:02 pm:
I have never personally taken any weight loss supplements, but my mom is a nurse and knows all about them. They quite often mess up your stomach, which can be what is causing your issues.
If you've taken your birth control regularly and haven't missed a pill, I'd say you're more likely than not NOT pregnant. But one problem I do is, is your irregular periods. Birth control is supposed to regulate them. That's actually the reason why I was put on it. If you're irregular, you should see your doctor about it.
As for your question at hand, I do not think it's likely you are pregnant. The stomach problems you had after eating bad were probably caused by that, because your if your body isn't used to crappy food and then you load up on it, your body won't react well to it.
Overall, I think you're probably fine but you can always take a test to be absolutely sure :)
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answered Friday April 5 2013, 10:37 am:
I'm not a doctor so I cannot give you a diagnoses for your problem. The unasked question I am seeing here is: "Is it possible I am pregnant?"
To that question my response is: To put your mind at rest take a home pregnancy test. I don't think you are pregnant but there is always that possibility. If your are not pregnant your body probably is readjusting to your normal life style and if it continues for say another week see your doctor. If by chance you are pregnant, then you need to see a doctor.
When your on birth control medication other medications such as antibiotics can lessen their ability to protect you. This is one reason your partner always needs to wear a condom. The pull out method is the least effective form of birth control as during intercourse the male emits a tiny amount of fluid as a lubricant. This fluid contains enough semen to make you pregnant. He does not feel this fluid being emitted when he emits it.
Over the counter medication may effect the birth control medications as well. Over the counter medications and supplements are generally considered safe to sell without a doctors prescription. This does not mean they will not react with other medications you are taking. You should always check with the pharmacist when purchasing over the counter medications and supplements to see how they will react with any other medications you are taking.
Last but not least; condoms protect from some but not all STDS and the HIV/AIDS virus. Sex with someone who does not wear a condom exposes you to any and all partners they have had unprotected sex with.
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It's a mixopalooza! Mixology Monday and Bourbon Heritage Month! Here we impart a subtle blending of the Corpse Reviver #2 and classic, Whiskey Sour for a lavish little libation fit for the royals!
This one was a process. More a matter of attrition, actually, but I was determined! Putney Farms, a cocktail and foods blog that I follow on the daily, pointed me in the direction of Mixology Monday on the Cocktail
Virgin Slut website. Oh, happy day! I love mixing on Mondays! Like the fix I had to make to my $12 "daiquiri" this weekend at a Pasadena hotel poolside bar, it makes them palatable. "What's in a daiquiri, anyway?" She asked me as I stirred in some simple syrup and lime.
MxMo's topic is "Equal Parts," which is defined on the website as:
For this month, I have chosen the theme of equal part cocktails — those simple drinks where only one jigger is needed despite how many ingredients are added. These recipes have gained a lot of popularity as classics like the Negroni and Last Word have resurfaced, and variations of these equal part wonders have become abundant.
But what to do, what to do? Afterall, it's Bourbon Heritage Month! It's Monday, which is Bourbon posting day during this glorious of glories, this celebratory of celebrations! It must. Be. Bourbon! So, I scoured… and scoured and scoured… the Savoy, Imbibe!, MixShakeStir, Craft of the Cocktail and then I wondered, will Lillet and Bourbon work together? I had never tried it, I had no idea what to expect… could it be okay? What else would it need? Will I survive to tell the tale?
Too much thinking — more doing! And so we did and the first one was a sour monkey; a result of the bourbon selection (Old Fitzgerald Bonded). We landed on my most recent acquisition, Larceny, by those wily folk at Heaven's Hill who have provided the world with a vanilla-sweet, hotly-spiced punch of Kentucky blood. Oh yes, that worked.
House of Bourbon Sour
- 1 part Bourbon Whiskey (Heaven Hill's Larceny)
- 1 part Lillet Blanc
- 1 part brandy-based orange liqueur (Gran Gala)
- 1 part fresh lemon juice
Combine all ingredients in a shaker without ice and give it a hard dry shake. Fill the shaker with ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Double-strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
This is by no means the most complex or original cocktail I've stumbled onto, but its merit lay in simple elegance. It's a Corpse Reviver variation, or one of the most-subtly nuanced whiskey sours I've encountered. A hint of orange and wine with that whiskey and lemon? Yes please!
House of Bourbon seems fitting, given the presence of Bourbon and two french liqueurs, despite the fact that nothing of the House of Bourbon could be deemed "subtle." They did love fine things though, and while this may not be cake, it certainly is delicious.


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It's not often you experience an item in a gallery or museum through the soles of your feet, in fact most artists would probably rather you kept that bit of your anatomy well away from their creations. Right now though shoeless is the rule for anyone wanting to get inside the Beetle's House or Studio Mumbai's sliver of 'in-between architecture' at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Both structures are part of 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces, a project dreamt up by the V&A and the Architecture Foundation.
The Beetle's House, designed by Japanese architect Teronobu Fujimori, is actually a tea house on stilts with an exterior of burnt, blackened wood that does look rather like a beetle's carapace. To go inside the tea house you must take off your shoes – there's a neat little stool to sit on while removing your shoes which is an integral part of the structure – and climb a short ladder. Sitting inside, feeling the slightly grainy floor underfoot and the bottom-friendly dip in the bench that lines two of the walls you're struck by what clever tricks of perspective the tea house plays. Viewed from below it seems firmly anchored to the ground and not very high – camel's hump rather than bird's eye elevation. Yet a few steps up and through a trap door take you into a different dimension, a floating space suspended in the V&A's medieval and renaissance galleries. A glance out of the tea house's window gives the impression that you've climbed halfway up the Morlaix staircase, a towering carved wood construction from sixteenth century Brittany that stands just a stone's throw away.
All the architects involved in 1:1 were asked to design buildings "informed by ideas about retreat and refuge". Nineteen designs were submitted and seven were then selected and actually built at various locations throughout the V&A.
Fujimori's tea/tree house is a cocoon, a perfect expression of that place everyone carries in their mind where it's possible to watch the world and have the luxury of choosing just to think about it rather than react to it. In contrast to this rather abstract, dream-like concept of refuge Studio Mumbai's reconstruction of a fragment of Mumbai's "unauthorised architecture" is about refuge as an essential, practical need for shelter.
Built as a cast of what was an inhabited passageway between two industrial buildings this fudge coloured strip of small rooms, window niches and covered and open corridors is not much wider than the defensive walls of a medieval fortress. It's the sort of space fairly well off people in a city like London would imagine being inhabited by birds and plants and fast food litter rather than people.
The ingenuity needed to make a home in what many people would see as a void, dead space, is evident in all the buildings in this exhibition, if in very different formats. Fujimori burns wood to toughen and preserve it, Helen and Hard Architects from Norway split willow to make a kind of wood tagliatelle which loops across the top of Ratatosk, a den made of ash trees rooted literally in Old Norse mythology. Sou Fujimoto used plexiglass to make his Inside/Outside Tree (see above) which is really more three dimensional snowflake than building.
It's also interesting to see how five out of the seven 1:1 constructions make a feature of stairs and passageways, those communal, interlinking architectural elements which often get overlooked. As well as the Mumbai corridor house and the tea house's short flight of steps into another world there is a library arranged around a staircase (Rintala Eggertson Architects), a series of 'performance booths' linked by a spiral stairway (Vazio S/A) and a woodshed by Rural Studio which is like a long veranda illuminated by a tree of lights.
This emphasis on shared, semi-public spaces might seem to contradict the idea of refuge as a secure, peaceful place but it does show how transitory it is, whether as a dream or reality. Our vision of refuge changes according to circumstance – Ratatosk is a woodland fairy tale, a dream of rural retreat for comfortable city dwellers, whilst the Mumbai house represents the struggle and ingenuity of millions of people who migrate to big cities in search of a better life. Apparently the Mumbai house has already been demolished as part of some urban development plan, leaving behind only its cast in another city halfway round the world. Refuge is always of the moment as well as the place.
Architects Build Small Spaces runs until 30 August 2010 at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7
Image: Inside/Outside Tree Sou Fujimoto Architects © Victoria & Albert Museum, London


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Post Thanksgiving Roundup
I hope that you had a Happy Thanksgiving. Today, I would like to present the Buy Like Buffett post Thanksgiving roundup. This week I figured that I would feature a bunch of new blogs that I have never included in the roundup. I also mixed in a few smaller blogs with the larger blogs as well because I know what it's like being a small blog and trying to get included on a bigger blog's site.
Do Not Wait on The Importance Of Having A Plan.
Minding Your Money explains Why Compounding Is The 8th Wonder.
Accumulating Money gives The Key To Building Long Term Wealth.
Prairie Eco Thrifter talks about Investing In Your Health, Investing In Your Wealth.
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Latvian Anti-Gay Movement Spills Over to U.S.
West Coast Anti-Gay Movement on the March
By Casey Sanchez
Sacramento, Calif., editor Vlad Kusakin (from left), also known as Wade Kusak; Vadim Privedenyuk, who runs an anti-gay church in Springfield, Mass.; Kenneth Hutcherson, founder of a Seattle area megachurch; and Alexey Ledyaev of Latvia are working together to battle gays in a part of the country seen as largely sympathetic to homosexuals.
At 56, Ledyaev is still youth-oriented enough to promote his vision of global theocracy through elaborate, large-scale Christian rock operas that Ledyaev writes, directs and stars in, and which are replete with lasers, smoke machines, and spandex-clad actors in ghoulish makeup. One of the rock operas, which young Russian-speaking anti-gay activists promote on video-sharing websites, features a hero character wearing a tuxedo battling men in black tights armed with tiki torches. Over heavy-metal guitar riffs, a military-like chorus sings of "victory over the gays."
In addition to Lively and Robertson, Ledyaev has cultivated the support of Rev. Ken Hutcherson, the African-American founder of Antioch Bible Church, a Seattle-area megachurch. "Hutch," as the ex-NFL player is known, played a key role in persuading Microsoft to temporarily withdraw its support for a Washington bill that would have made it illegal to fire an employee for their sexual orientation. In 2004, his "Mayday for Marriage" rally drew 20,000 people to the Seattle Mariner's Safeco Field to oppose legalizing same-sex marriage.
One of Ledyaev's nephews saw Hutcherson speak in Seattle at a March 2006 debate on gay rights and arranged a meeting with the Latvian pastor. By the end of the year, Hutcherson, Ledyaev and Lively had teamed up with Vlad Kusakin, the editor of The Speaker, to form an international alliance to oppose what Hutcherson characterizes as "the homosexual movement saying they're a minority and that they need their equal rights."
Walking the Gauntlet
They took the name Watchmen on the Walls from the Old Testament book of Nehemiah, in which the "watchmen" guard the reconstruction of a ruined Jerusalem. The cities they guard over today, say the contemporary Watchmen, are being destroyed by homosexuality.
"Nehemiah stood by the destroyed city of Jerusalem. So are we standing these days by the ruins of our legislative walls," Ledyaev says on the Watchmen website. "Defending Christianity begins with the restoration of the walls which is where the watchmen should stand up." The group's mission is "to bring the laws of our nations in[to] full compliance with the law of God."
During the past year, the Watchmen have met twice in the United States, first in Sacramento, then in Bellevue, Wash. They gathered to strategize against same-sex marriage and build a political organization to fight "gay-straight alliances" in public schools and push for the boycott of textbooks that mention homosexuality in any context other than total condemnation.
The group has also convened outside America. In the summer of 2006, the Watchmen and their supporters gathered in Riga, Latvia, to "protect the city from a homosexual invasion." Gay rights activists in Europe counter that it's gays who need protection from the Latvian capital, not the other way around.
And, indeed, the city is a hotbed of violent homophobia. In 2005, for example, a group of 100 gay activists, most of them from Western Europe and Scandinavia, traveled to Riga to hold a gay rights march that was widely viewed as the first real test of Latvia's official commitment to freedom of assembly, a requirement for its tentative admission to the European Union in 2004. Under heavy police escort, the gay rights demonstrators walked a few blocks through a gauntlet of ultranationalists, neo-Nazi skinheads, elderly women and youths wearing "I Love New Generation" T-shirts. They were pelted with eggs, rotten tomatoes and plastic bags full of feces.
During a parliamentary debate in Riga on whether sexual orientation should be covered under a national ban on discrimination, an activist named Janis Smits, a prominent defender of Pastor Ledyaev's New Generation Church, quoted the Old Testament: "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." Last year, Smits was elevated to chair the Latvian Parliament's Human Rights Commission.
Representing the White House?
When gay rights activists in Europe announced plans to hold a second Riga Pride march in the summer of 2006, the City Council voted to ban it. The gay rights protesters showed up anyway. Once again, they were pelted with eggs, rotten produce and feces as they attempted to attend services at an Anglican church that welcomed them. Swedish gay rights activists said that a carload of violent anti-gay protesters tried to force their taxi off the road.
Roving black jeeps with dark-tinted windows that carried anti-gay activists were a new element at the 2006 march. Decals on the jeeps bore the logo "No Pride" with a red line slashing through a circled picture of two male stick figures having sex. No Pride is a group organized and funded by New Generation Church member Igors Maslakovs.
A translator wearing a "No Pride" T-shirt bearing the same logo accompanied Lively and Hutcherson during their March 2007 Watchmen tour of Latvia. On that trip, Lively told a crowd of police officers that "the gay movement is the most dangerous political movement on earth" and repeated his claims that Riga is under siege by homosexuals, despite the fact that thousands of anti-gay demonstrators had countered the showing of just a few dozen gay rights marchers the summer before.
High on the Watchmen agenda during their March Latvia visit was expressing their anger over a $7,179 donation the U.S. embassy in Latvia made to Mozaika, a Latvian gay rights organization. The four-figure sum is pocket lint in terms of U.S. foreign aid. (According to tax records, nonprofit organizations run by Lively donated a similar amount to anti-gay groups over the last two years.) But the Watchmen didn't just protest the small donation. They did so in the name of the Bush Administration. Hutcherson claimed that the White House had appointed him a "special envoy" for "family values."
"I came to you representing the White House. In my country, people will know how Latvia responded to anti-Christian statements," Hutcherson told the Latvian parliament. "We need to stand for righteousness not only morally, but also physically and financially. It's a great battle for righteousness and no one can stop it. I promise to stand with you."
Hutcherson later said that he was designated a White House envoy during a February 2007 meeting between himself, Ledyaev and Jay Hein, the head of the White House's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Hutcherson claims he has a videotape of this meeting, but so far has refused to release it.
In a written statement, White House spokesperson Alyssa J. McLenning refuted Hutcherson's claim: "The White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives did not give Hutcherson the title, 'Special Envoy for Adoptions, Family Values, Religious Freedom, and Medical Relief.' The White House did not give Hutcherson any other titles and did not coordinate with Hutcherson on his recent trip to Latvia." Impersonating a diplomat is a felony, but the White House apparently is not pursuing the matter.
A Contagious Disease
Soon after returning from the March trip, Lively visited a Russian-language evangelical church in Salem, Ore., where he screened a video documenting the Watchmen's activities in Latvia. The 45-minute tape repeatedly refers to gays as "terrorists" alongside footage of Ledyaev leading crowds in a chant: "In the name of Jesus Christ, we curse the name of homosexuality!"
In a speech given after Riga's first gay pride parade in 2005, Ledyaev told his international congregation: "Homosexuality is a … dangerous and contagious disease. The contagious should be isolated and treated. Otherwise, an epidemic will sweep through the entire community."
Lively echoed his Latvian ally's comparison of homosexuality to disease in a 2003 letter to the editor published in The Washington Times. "The homosexual movement in a society is analogous to the AIDS virus in the human body," Lively wrote. "It is not benign but destructive; it thrives at the expense of the host, and you're most likely to get it by saying yes to sodomy."
The Watchmen portray the battle against gay rights as nothing less than a biblical clash of civilizations. "The homosexual sexual ethic" and "family-based society" are at war, Lively proclaimed in his letter to The Washington Times. "One must prevail at the expense of the other."
That sort of militant rhetoric is standard among Watchmen followers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Speaking to his American counterparts in a Watchmen video, a Latvian anti-gay activist intones: "Your generation beat the Nazis, and our country beat the Communists. Together we will defeat the homosexuals!"
Outnumbered and Fearful
Anti-immigrant sentiments already were rising among Sacramento gays and lesbians prior to Singh's murder. Slavic immigrant chants of "Repent, Sodomites!" at anti-gay demonstrations were frequently countered with shouts of "Go back to Russia!" Since the killing, anger at the local Slavic evangelical community has reached the boiling point. One typical online posting to a Craigslist Web forum was titled, "DEPORT RUSSIANS NOW!!"
"Satender Singh is just the beginning of the [P]andora's box," it read. "They come here [as] religious refugees and turn their newfound freedom on our citizenry. If they are going to [cite] evangelical religious rhetoric, then I say give some Old [Testament] eye for eye."
The situation heated up further on Aug. 7, when Sacramento authorities charged Andrey Vusik, 29, with involuntary manslaughter as a hate crime in Singh's death, saying that the evidence did not show intent to kill. Vusik, leaving a wife and children in West Sacramento, fled to Russia in July, they said, and is being sought by the FBI. A second suspect, Aleksandr Shevchenko, 21, was arrested at his home and charged with intimidation and interfering with a victim's rights, also as a hate crime. Authorities roundly dismissed the claims of Vusik's wife, who told The Sacramento Bee that her husband acted in self-defense after Singh's party became raucous and sexually provocative, shocking her "Christian" family. No independent witnesses or members of Singh's party supported that version, detectives said.
Meanwhile, Ledyaev and Lively have contributed to the tension by refusing to publicly condemn Singh's murder. Vlad Kusakin, editor of The Speaker, called the killing "tragic" but criticized The Sacramento Bee for publicizing the details of the murder, alleging that the newspaper was engaged in a Nazi-style propaganda campaign against Slavic Christians.
Between 80,000 and 100,000 Slavic immigrants live in the Sacramento region, the highest concentration in the United States, and the city is home to some 70 Russian fundamentalist congregations. A third of the Slavic population considers themselves evangelicals or "Russian Baptists," a doctrine that is unrelated ideologically or organizationally to American Baptist churches. (Ironically, many of them emigrated to the United States beginning in the late 1980s to escape religious persecution in what was then still part of the Soviet Union.) Meanwhile, nearly 10% of the actual city of Sacramento's 450,000 residents openly identify as gay or lesbian — almost 45,000 men and women. Only a small handful of cities, like Seattle and San Francisco, boast higher percentages of openly gay and lesbian residents.
The disparity in numbers has not gone unnoticed. Even though many Slavic immigrants are not homophobic, there's a new and uneasy feeling among Sacramento's gay and lesbian population of being outnumbered by people who hate homosexuals in a city that has long been considered gay-friendly.
Florin Ciuriuc, a former executive director of the Slavic Community Center of Sacramento, told The Sacramento Bee earlier this year that he stopped leading anti-gay protests among his countrymen because "I saw that people were hungry for violence, for blood." Ciuric added, "I don't want people from my community killing each other or other people because they are getting aggressive."
Sacramento gay and lesbian rights advocate Wendy Hill, 33, said that when she came of age as a lesbian in the mid-1990s, Sacramento was a safer place. "As a college student, you pushed the envelope. You walked down the street hand-in-hand with another girl, even if you weren't dating." Now, Hill says, after a group of rowdy Russian-speaking protesters showed up outside her house one morning, "I get afraid of that now, walking hand in hand with my wife."
Hill, who has served on the board of several local gay and lesbian organizations, says that she first became aware of the city's large and increasingly militant anti-gay Slavic population in the spring of 2006 when she attended "Queer Youth Advocacy Day," a lobbying event at which around two dozen young gay rights activists were confronted by 350 anti-gay demonstrators. "I'd say about 90% to 95% were from Slavic churches," she said. "They were blocking sidewalks, physically intimidating. … We realized how complacent we had become. We weren't used to that type of behavior."
Hill and her partner of eight years have two young children, a 3-year-old and a 1-year old. They used to consider Sacramento a safe place for a lesbian couple to raise a family. Now they're not so sure. "It scares me," Hill says, "to think that's something going to happen to my daughter because of who her parents are."
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Shortlisted in the Visit Chester and Cheshire Awards 2009
Just a little note to say that we have been short listed in two Categories in the Visit Chester and Cheshire Annual Awards. Most importantly we have been short listed in the Best Bed and Breakfast category, which I am thrilled about, as the competition was very strong. We were judged on Wednesday, and I am really not sure how it went, the judge didn't give too much away! But at the end of the day, I only have to look through our Visitor Comments, and know that what we are doing is really second to none!!
Interestingly, we have also been short listed in the Best Tourism Website Category, which is a great credit to Mark Ogilvie, who has put a tremendous amount of work into our website. People seem to think that it is easy to navigate around, and it does give the potential guests all the information that they need. The judging was an interesting process, any technical questions, and I just looked to Mark to answer them! Between Mark and myself, I think we might have found the right formular to give our guests the information they require to go ahead and book at Churton Heath Farm.
The awards ceremony is on Friday 5th June. No matter what the outcome, I hope we have a great evening!!


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When It Comes to SEO, a Picture Is NOT Worth a Thousand Words
Posted By Levi Wardell On December 8, 2008 @ 8:22 am In Business of Photography | 5 Comments
As a photographer, you face unique challenges in optimizing your Web site for search engines. Fundamentally, you want your site to showcase your work; unfortunately, a picture is not worth a thousand words to Google.
Sure, Google takes hundreds of variables into consideration when building search engine result pages (SERPs). But while a human can look at your photographs and feel the expressed emotions, understand the story you're telling, and get a sense for what your expertise is, a search engine needs to be told with text.
That's why, for search engine optimization (SEO) purposes, it's important for your site to combine text-rich content with a solid visual representation of your work.
Adding Text Content to Your Web Site
Chances are, there's a lot you can say about yourself and your work on your site. For example —
Home Page. Use your home page to convey clearly what your specialty is, your passion for your work, the geographic location where you shoot, and maybe the amazing number of clients for whom you've provided quality work. Write three or four paragraphs to place on your home page, including the keywords identifying you with your specialty.
Bio Page. While a one-paragraph bio may work for your profile on Photo.net, it's not going to fly here. Believe me, I understand that writing your own bio is difficult, but you need a minimum of 350 words (again, incorporating your keywords). You'll probably show up in search engines when someone searches for your name even with a short bio, but the trick here is for your bio page to tell Google they need to associate your name with your specialty. Oh, and this bio needs to be completely different from any other bio you have on the Web — Google hates duplicate content.
Blog. If you are so inclined, start a blog (not a photoblog, that's different) where you can write about your specialty, describe techniques you use, talk about recent assignments, or anything else you'd like to write about.
Services Page. Create a page that uses your keywords to describe the services you offer and all the ways your clients can come to enjoy your work. Again, you want enough content to appropriately convey the topic you're covering. One or two paragraphs is not enough.
History of Your Specialty. Show that you're more than just a person with a camera; you're a photographer who maintains a passion for the art form. Host a page on your site with a history of your specialty.
Photographers You Respect. Contrary to popular belief, it is OK to link to other photographers, and it is possible to do so without losing business. Build a page to showcase your five favorite photographers. Talk about why you enjoy their work, how it influences you, and anything else about them you'd like to mention. And link to their sites. (If you're concerned about losing business, you can always choose photographers who are outside your region or market.)
Placing Keywords in Your Content
Remember that while you're creating content that's readable and useful to human visitors, it's critical that it be noticed by Google. These pages are designed to be a gateway to your site — helping visitors to find your portfolio and see your work. And that means they must be rich in keywords.
The use of keywords is how search engines determine the terms for which your site should rank. For example, one of your key phrases might be "Houston wedding photographer" or "Boston freelance photojournalist." There are tools available online to help you research the best keywords for your business.
The thing is, while keyword research is important, it is useless if the keywords aren't used correctly. From what I've seen out there, many photographers would be better off printing out their keyword lists, putting them in an envelope and mailing them to Google rather than continuing with their current practices.
Here are a few pointers for putting your keywords to use in a way that will actually make a difference in your search ranking —
How well you will rank depends on how many other sites are competing for the same keyword. If you have three sentences of text on a page you want Google to display when someone searches for "wedding photographers," it's simply not going to happen without a major off-page (SEO tactics applied outside your Web site) campaign. If you're looking to rank for a phrase like "amazing wedding photographers in Maryland," you can probably do so with correct keyword usage and minimal off-page efforts.
Tracking Your Results
Once your site has plenty of text-rich content with appropriately placed keywords, it's important to track your results so you can continually improve your search position.
It isn't enough to install a data-collecting feature on your Web pages like Google Analytics; you should be paying attention to what the data tells you, too. The data collected in your analytics package is your key to really understanding what your visitors are looking for and how you can fill the needs they have.
Here are a few key performance indicators you should be listening to, because they are relevant to SEO and how your Web site is doing its job —
Bounce Rate. Depending on the report you're looking at, this will either be how long visitors stay on a page, or an average of how long they have been on your site. Here's a secret that some search-engine consultants will deny, and many don't even know: your bounce rate is an important factor in how long you keep your position in the search engines. If your No. 1 rank drops down to No. 5, look at your bounce rate to see if it's gone up recently.
Referrers. This is how people are getting to your site. Referrers include search engines, other Web sites, an e-mail with a link to your site, or any other way someone may find you. You can begin to review what Web sites have links to your site and pass on the most traffic, and what search engines you get your visits from.
Region. Pay attention to where your visitors are coming from geographically. If you're in Texas and the majority of your traffic is coming from Maine, you may want to review how and why you're attracting so much traffic from that region. You can usually get pretty granular in this report, down to the city. This will also help you gauge any local advertising you do that is intended to push people to your site.
Build text-rich content around your images, place keywords correctly across your site, and learn how to follow up with analytics, and you're well on your way to a search-optimized photography site.
5 Comments To "When It Comes to SEO, a Picture Is NOT Worth a Thousand Words"
#1 Comment By Colin On December 8, 2008 @ 12:14 pm
I have been searching for an explanation just like this and I now have a lot more work to do on the site particularly around the alt image, the home and bio page.
Thanks for this it has REALLY helped.
#2 Comment By Melanie Phung On December 8, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
Levi - nice intro to search considerations for photographers. I'd just caution people not to go overboard with the keywords. You mentioned the word "keyword" (or its plural) 23 times in the article, which gives the impression that it's ALL about the keywords.
Yes, *text* is critically important but the reason why text (and keyword use) is important is because it's about providing context for the site, as well as providing content that Google is going to think is relevant. (Hint: Using the word "DC photographer" 20 times doesn't make your site 20x more relevant than if you'd used it once.) In other words, the practice of "keyword stuffing" doesn't work.
You provide a great intro to SEO for photographers; I wouldn't want people glomming on to "keywords, keywords!" and missing the bigger picture. (I.e., do keyword/market research, target long-tail and attainable queries, provide context, go after the local market, write unique copy, make sure your site has multiple pages each optimized for something different, etc.)
#3 Comment By Levi Wardell On December 8, 2008 @ 11:59 pm
@Colin - I'm glad it helped out! Keep up the good work and never be afraid to ask questions.
@Melanie - Thank you for mentioning what you did. It forced me to go back and realize that I should have mentioned a something rather important regarding the use of keywords.
Do not target anymore than 3 or 4 (and that is really stretching it, I usually go for 1 or 2) keywords per page.
This was really intended to focus on what to do with the keywords rather than the research to find them and what to look for. Perhaps I should go back and write that one up too. And btw, I completely agree and want to emphasize, using your keywords too much (stuffing) will do much more harm than good.
#4 Comment By Pat On December 9, 2008 @ 10:43 am
Excellent article Levi.
I've just completed a ten week course on business blogging and SEO for websites and your analysis is spot on!
Content is king and while there may be ways to cheat your way to the top these will only be short lived. As you say text is the key in addition to building links coming into specific web pages within the site.
On our last lesson it was also pointed out that there are far more hand-held devices able to access the Internet than computers. This is certainly food for thought when as photographers we like to stick large high resolution images on-line.
#5 Comment By Ginger On April 3, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
Hi Levi, It is always nice to be searching for something and run across the site of someone you have met. I remember meeting you at SEOMoz Seattle last summer! I am going to foward your article to a photagrapher friend of mine. Good work! Thanks.
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ABC launches a cooking competition Tuesday, Jan. 22, and on paper "The Taste" sounds very much like "The Voice."
Instead of talented singers, chosen sight unseen, now the contestants are chefs presenting food in blind taste tests.
"We are trying to find teams that we can mentor," Brian Malarkey, one of the four judges, tells Zap2it. The others are Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson and Ludo Lefebvre. "We are tasting food that we don't see how it is presented or who cooked it. It is super hard.
"Your taste buds will go crazy, and you are breaking it down," he continues. "It got me to focus on flavor again."
An example of a challenge on the show would be to cook "nose to tail -- exotic cuts of animal," Malarkey says. "It could be a fish cheek or a pig's tail."
"We help our team try to win a team challenge, then they have to compete against each other individually," Malarkey says. "We could kick off someone from our own team."
Of those four judges, Malarkey may be the least known, though he's propelling himself on the fast track to celebrity chef fame. He opened seven restaurants in 2 1/2 years, has a cookbook and has been on "Top Chef."
The father of three explains the derivation of his restaurants' names: Searsucker, Burlap, Herringbone, Gabardine and Gingham.
"It came about as an accident," he says. "When I was opening the first restaurant, I wanted a playful name. I wanted a name that made you kind of laugh, and some restaurant names I loved were Village Idiot, Closed for Business."
Malarkey, who specializes in seafood, describes his food as "just playful, relaxed, unpretentious, big-bowled food."
"We are just in it to have fun," he says of the show. "It is the same approach to life as I do to running a restaurant and just a facilitator to having a good time."
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Following the amazing public and media reaction to the release of their aptly named "Never Had It So Good" EP, the subsequent headline tour of the UK & Ireland, a slot at Hard Rock Hell and featuring as special guests to The Quireboys throughout their winter tour, its safe to say that bravado rock n rollers, The Burning Crows, couldn't have asked for a better 2012. There truly is no rest for the wicked however, as after reaching 100% of their PledgeMusic target, the band set their sights on releasing their Debut Album, "Behind The Veil" in Spring 2013.
With the "Never Had it So Good" featuring Keith Weir (The Quireboys/Def Leppard) making a guest appearance on keys and the EP being Produced and Mixed by Nick Brine (The Darkness/Bruce Springsteen/Oasis) it was clear that some of Rock's biggest players were joining the ever growing queue to get behind the band from the start and is a trend that has undeniably come into it's own ever since. Following the incredible public response to their first release and overwhelming demand for more, the band have just returned from the world famous Rockfield Studios in Wales, after once again working with legendary producer Nick Brine to record their debut album "Behind The Veil".
"Behind The Veil" is set for release through iTunes on June 17th and has been funded in part by fans through PledgeMusic.com, with 100% of the monetary target being reached well ahead of schedule. People wanting to get involved and have the opportunity to get their hands on an advance copy along with exclusive updates, downloads, videos & one of kind experiences had the opportunity to pre-order or make a "pledge" on the album at
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The hotly tipped rockers showcase a sound that lands Britrock firmly back in the contemporary mainstream and bring a style & swagger to the stage that has earned them the reputation of being one of the very best live bands on the scene today. New tour dates will be released soon, so if high energy, good time rock n' roll played hard and played with gusto is your thing, be sure to catch the "future of British rock" live, pledge for your advance copy of the album and become part of a decadent feast for the senses and carnival of frivolity.
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AUSTIN, Texas—The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law at The University of Texas School of Law honored three alumni—Judge Barefoot Sanders, Elizabeth "Betsy" Julian and Frederick M. Baron—at its second annual Justice Center Awards Dinner on Thurs., Nov. 3, at the Belo Mansion in Dallas.
The honorees received the "Justice Awards" at the private awards ceremony in recognition of their commitment to public service and equal justice for all. Judge Sanders received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Julian and Baron each received an Outstanding Service Award.
Judge Sanders, '50, was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 1979, serving as Chief Judge between 1989 and 1995. During his judicial career, Judge Sanders has presided over the Dallas school desegregation case known as Tasby and over litigation to improve conditions for the mentally ill in state hospitals and the mentally retarded in state schools. Prior to his appointment, Judge Sanders served as a representative in the Texas Legislature, a U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, an Assistant Attorney General in D.C., and as Legislative Counsel to President Lyndon Johnson.
Julian, '73, received an award for her dedication to civil rights, fair housing, and community development. She is executive director of the Inclusive Communities Project, a non-profit organization in Dallas promoting fair housing policies. Julian filed landmark cases that challenged public housing segregation in Texas, and served as the representative for the Southwest Region of HUD. She worked previously as the executive director of Legal Services of North Texas, and helped found the Texas Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
The Justice Center also honored Baron, '71, a toxic tort law attorney and founder of Baron & Budd, one of the largest plaintiffs' firms in the country representing people exposed to toxic substances in their work and living environments. He is a life-long advocate for consumers, the environment, and working people. He was a founder and past president of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, a public interest law firm in Washington, D.C. Baron and his firm established the Baron & Budd Public Interest Scholarships at UT Law School to support students engaged in pro bono work.
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The outcry for a long term plan to the numerous sanitation challenges confronting the nation has led to the approval of a 25-year investment plan at the cost of US$940m by Cabinet towards the realization of a cleaner environment.
The plan, if approved by Parliament, would help deal extensively with the numerous sanitation issues which arise from the various dumping sites across the country, especially those in Accra.
The Acting Director, Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate, Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development, Naa Demedeme has disclosed.
He made this revelation in an interview with journalists when his outfit, together with officials of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) moved to close down the Achimota Landfill site last Thursday.
"Cabinet has approved the investment plan for sanitation over a period of 25 years at a cost of almost $1bn. Once Parliament approves it, government will look for the resources to build the infrastructure," he said.
Accra has in recent times, become the center for discussion, with regards to sanitation issues due to the lack of appropriate landfill sites for the disposal of garbage. The city is estimated to generate 2,200 tonnes of garbage daily, but faces a daunting task to accommodate those wastes.
The Weija, Oblogo, Mallam and other landfill sites managed by the city authorities have all been shut down, with the Achimota and Abokobi dump sites as the only operational ones for the disposal of the city garbage.
However, the public outcry over the distasteful stench emanating from the Achimota Landfill site which was previously a quarry site, has also led to its closure, with the AMA covering the site with laterite and fumigating it to quench the stench.
Such move was initiated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which named Thursday, January 10, 2013, as the deadline for the closure of the site. This was after residents of the area, led by their Member of Parliament (MP), had threatened to demonstrate against the AMA.
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With the closure of the Achimota Landfill site and the numerous agitation over the Abokobi Landfill site, the AMA has no where to manage the numerous waste generated in the city.
The Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development, worried about this phenomenon has directed all waste management companies to use the Accra Compost & Recycling Plant and the Tema Engineering Landfill as a short term alternative.
"We are covering up the place with laterite and also re-locating the dumping site to Accra Compost & Recycling Plant, the Tema Engineering landfill and other places as a short term measure," noted Mr. Demedeme.
All the seventeen solid waste management contractors; including J. Stanley Owusu, Asadu Royal, Zoomlion Ghana Limited and Meskworld are using the Achimota Landfill site.
The challenge to the aforementioned sites for the short term measure, Mr. Demedeme argued, was the distance, coupled with the heavy traffic in transporting the garbage from the city.
However, the sanitation expert was quick to add that his outfit was considering establishing numerous collection centers at various vantage points in the city to assist in the collection of garbage to the final disposal sites.


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Peel label from empty plastic soda bottle. Use adhesive remover and a paper towel to remove any residue.
Wash soda bottles thoroughly; let dry completely.
Using Xacto knife, carefully cut off top of bottle. Cut a half-circle out of the back, near the bottom; this will make it easier to add the sand and the candle.
Draw facial features on contact paper and cut out. Adhere features to the soda bottle, being careful to firmly seal edges with fingernail.
Cover work area with newspaper. Spray soda bottles with Krylon Fusion – one with Pumpkin Orange and the other with Sunbeam. Let dry for 3 hours.
When completely dry, carefully peel off contact paper features. (Note: Krylon Fusion will be dry to touch after 15 minutes but should be allowed to cure for at least 24 hours before the luminaries are put into service.)
- Add sand to base for weight and insert candle. Light and enjoy.
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Unusually have not been here in a while. A couple entries on the Journal, the one before last with many more Photos of "Chaco Canyon".Between playing hide and seek with some return and sending oil hoses which were wrong four times [outside vendor], picking up then Old Faithful to ride it and trust it, moving on here to the Mormon Lake area near Flagstaff, Spirit a bit under the weather with a Vet that wanted a series of expensive tests... Life on the road seems to finally lighten up for a breather before Overland Expo starting in a couple of days.
I had no idea this area is so beautiful and plentiful of unpaved but very well maintained roads. Cool weather throughout the days, cold as we [at least I !!!] like it.
I am slowly trusting this new [for us] engine, the feel is different, stronger of course with only it's 30,000 miles.
There will be a big crowd at Overland Expo, many Friends we only see once a year, some maybe twice. Lots of cooking, chatting, giving a One~Pan cooking Class for all the three days. Traveling without refrigeration as we do... simple and clean and good.
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Outnumbered 3 to 1 – Bumbleride Indie ReviewSeptember 11th, 2013
I am very excited to share this stroller review with you. Over the last 5 years I have bought and used several strollers from the cheap umbrella ones to the expensive high end ones and I was never fully satisfied with any of them. There are so many factors in deciding on a stroller that it can be overwhelming when you go to buy one for the first time. I feel like after spending a fortune on cheap ones and mediocre ones and even a high end expensive one that I can truthfully say that I wish I had just bought the Indie stroller to begin with.
It arrived in a box much smaller than I thought it would. I was expecting a massive package but it was smaller than my 4 year old. It did not have too many pieces to put together. I will admit that my husband was the one to put it together but he said it took 15 minutes to put together at the very most. He is one of those Dads that follows the directions thoroughly too and he said the directions were easy to follow.
All put together and one gorgeous looking stroller to look at. The fabric seems high quality and long lasting and the whole thing still feels lightweight. This is a picture of it assembled with the bumper bar. It comes with a universal car seat adapter but my youngest is way out of the bucket seat stage.
Not gonna lie this Mama needs that cup holder!!! How else would I tote around my beloved iced coffees in the afternoon!
Here is a picture of it all folded up. Not the smallest fold for a stroller I have ever seen but still plenty small to fit into a trunk of a car.
It has three wheels so I would call it a jogging stroller although you don't need to be a jogger to use it. The three wheel design just makes it incredibly easy to maneuver. This is a go anywhere kind of stroller! For a majority of the time I set the front wheel to swirl and turn for easy pushing. When I want the front wheel to be stationary for jogging then all you have to do is turn the pin on the front wheel.
I am a jogger that while pushing a stroller I normally go at about a 12 minute mile. I had no problem pushing this stroller and it did not feel like a 22 pound toddler was in the buggy. The front wheel stayed stationary and Lil Sis sat back and enjoyed the ride.
To gauge the size of the stroller here is a picture of my 22 month old and my almost 5 year old sitting in it. It is a perfect fit for Lil Sis and will work for her for a long time. If Big Sis got tired and wanted to ride she definitely could but she is at the high end height wise of using it. I had no problem pushing Big Sis in it off the main road and she is almost 42 pounds. It still turned and pushed so very easily!
If you are wondering if a tall person can use this stroller comfortably I can tell you that my husband at 6'9″ uses this stroller with no problem. He does not have to lean over to use it and we can not say that about most strollers! The push bar lowers and raises to the height you want.
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I plan on purchasing the snack pack for it soon. I went to my local baby boutique to get it and they were all sold out of the color I needed to match my stroller. I love the looks of it. For younger babies you can buy the carrycot so even a newborn can stroll in comfort.
My favorite thing about the Bumbleride Indie is that it is just so easy to push. We have maneuvered this stroller through theme parks, science centers, my neighborhood and walking trails. It turns so easily and feels so light to move. It really does go everywhere and is perfect for a family on the move. I also am in love with the color I received but they also offer several more colors over on their website that are great neutral colors for boys or girls. I know when I am using this stroller that I am using a quality brand because it feels like high quality. Maybe one day in the future I will have a reason to buy an indie twin so that I can push a new baby around with Lil Sis!
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Among many of the improvements you can enjoy in MySQL 5.6, there is one that addresses a huge operational problem that most DBAs and System Administrators encounter in their life: schema changes. While it is usually not a problem for small tables or those in early stages of product life cycle, schema changes become a […]
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The PBXT Storage Engine (http://www.primebase.com/xt/) is getting stable and we decided to benchmark it in different workloads. This time I tested only READ queries, similar to ones in benchmark InnoDB vs MyISAM vs Falcon (https://www.percona.com/blog/2007/01/08/innodb-vs-myisam-vs-falcon-benchmarks-part-1) The difference is I used new sysbench with Lua scripting language, so all queries were scripted for sysbench.


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Build a wooden shed over the weekend with these simple steps.
Date: May 4, 2011
1. Lay out the dimensions of the shed (10 x 12).
2. Build the 2 side walls at 12' long, using a pressure-treated 2x4 for the bottom plate. Wall should be 8' high (wall studs are "pre-cuts" at 92 5/8"). Space studs every 16".
3. Build the back wall (again pressure-treated 2x4 for bottom plate). These top and and bottom plates will be 9' 5" and will sit between the side walls to give it a true dimension of 10' wide. Studs are still spaced on 16" centers.
4. Build the front wall. First, center a door off the top and bottom plates for a 36" opening. Use studs to frame the opening (king studs) and continue on 16" centers to sides of wall. (top and bottom plates should be 9' 5" long with a pressure-treated plate for the bottom).
5. Build a header by cutting a piece of 1/2" plywood and putting it in between 2x4's, creating a width of 3-1/2". Nail this under the top plate of the front wall in between the king studs.
6. Nail 2 studs to the king studs which run from the floor to the bottom of the header (cripples, or cripple studs).
7. Screw sheathing to exterior of all walls, breaking any seams on a stud.
8. Prop up walls and attach another top plate on the existing one, covering the seams.
9. Run ceiling joists in between the top plates, width wide. Keeps joists just off the side of the wall studs.
10. Cut a ridge board at 12' long.
11. Figure out the pitch of the roof and cut rafters accordingly (the 6-12 pitch uses rafters cut at 5' 7-7/8" long to the flush tail cut).
12. Cut rafters and attach to ridge every 16", lining up rafters with the wall studs for a more stable load bearing structure.
13. Cover the tail cut and the siding of the walls by running the 1x6 fascia board along and nailing it in.
14. Use 1/2" CDX to cover roof. Screw into rafters.
15. Start shingles at the bottom of the roof with a very slight overhang. (use a row of upside down shingles as a starter strip). Come back and shingle towards top, covering the seams of the start strip.
16. For the ridge cap - cut shingles into thirds and lay them across the ridge, from the front to the back (cut back the thirds slightly, creating an "A" shape).
17. Install the door. Square up the door in between the cripples, using shims and nails or screw in to the sides.


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There are two kinds of people in a zombie apocalypse: the quick and the undead. Therefore, zombie preppers who are more likely to be found sedentary watching horror films than exercising will want step up their game. "The keys to surviving Z-day are simple," reads the website for the Chicago-based program ZombieFit. "Be able to lift and throw heavy things, run fast and for long distances, be situationally aware and be able to navigate obstacles and urban environments in an efficient manner." ZombieFit's parkour workouts promise the answer to these requirements.
Part zombie game, part fitness training program, the Zombies, Run! app (pictured at left) is another option to get fit with a zombie twist. It can be used to inspire, entertain and train on a treadmill, or while walking or running in the great outdoors.


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Ticket #4717 (closed Bug: fixed)
Remove Link and Outdent buttons should be disabled before editor gets focus
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When an editor instance gets created the Remove Link and Outdent buttons are enabled. When the editor first gets focus these buttons are disabled if they do not apply to the current text. The buttons should be initially disabled by default, and then, when the editor gets focus, only enabled if they apply to the current text.
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comment:2 Changed 5 years ago by damo
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What is that status of this issue?
comment:3 Changed 5 years ago by fredck
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#4989 has been marked as DUP.
comment:4 Changed 5 years ago by garry.yao
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We will need some doc explaining the list of properties that can be used on the command objects because people won't know how to get this same feature in their plugins unless they happen to focus on that magic line
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