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hmmm walk along the canals, go to NEMO, go on a boat trip, have a drink at Nieuwmarkt, see the red light district, eat in chinatown and be there on 30 April!
Fondest memory: Well my winter memory of Amsterdam is the following horror scenario:
Around midnight on New Years Eve fire was set to whole boxes full of firecrackers. After an hour or two the streets were covered with the wrapping paper of them and everything was on fire!!!
Apart from that it was -25C that night so we couldn't really walk around much, it was too cold.
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There's a $1/2 Classico coupon on coupons.com under 22222!
Silk is also on sale for $1.99 wyb5 and there was a blinkie coupon at my store, 55cents off, making it $1.49 ea.
There were $1/1 peelies on the ones at my store, making them $.99! This was a great deal!
how many times can you do a mega deal? Just one per card?
Does anyone know if you can freeze coffee creamer? My family loves the Bailey's creamers and since there free I want to stock up but only if I can freeze it. Thanks!
We freeze our baileys creamer, and it taste just the same when we use it! Last time it was free they had a discussion here and lots of people said that they froze their creamers. We tried it and works great!
I freeze all the time and the taste is the same. We love it in our house.
Does anyone know if you can freeze coffee creamer? Thanks!
I just googled it and according to the manufacturers site, no, you can not freeze it.
Sorry didn't mean to post the question twice! Thanks for all the replies! I appreciate it!
The KETTLE BRAND CHIPS are $1.99 after Mega sale for the big PARTY SIZE bag!!
The KETTLE BRAND CHIPS are $1.99 after Mega sale for the big PARTY SIZE bag
How long is this mega sale goin on?
Has anyone had any problems using the print coupons at Ralph's lately. I had my worst couponing experience to date trying to use the .30 Capri sun coupon. The cashier refused the coupon saying they no longer take internet coupons. I asked since when did that start? I told them the policy is only 2 internet coupons and I had 2. She went and got the manager on duty and they were whispering about it for like 5 minutes. The manager told me that she was told that they don't take zerox copied coupons. I told her these are printed not copies, then pointed to barcode numbers. She snatched the coupon from me and with her thumb on part of the coupon barcode tried to scan it. Then told me see it doesn't work, like I said we don't take internet or zerox copies. I told her to show me this new policy and she told me they didn't have a copy at this time. I told her that the Kroger/Ralph's policy does allow for it. She told me she need to see it in black and white. Meanwhile, there is now 8 people behind me. The cashier said we would just give me a store credit this time for the .60 for customer satisfaction and I could talk to actual store manager later. The manager then says to me you can't afford .60, all this for .60. I told her it was not about the change but her attitude. I pulled up the policy on my mom's friend's Iphone and showed her policy. She then accused me of making up the policy on the phone. (Unbelievable!!!) I point to the Ralph's logo and she told me I see a logo so what. Another customer pulled it up on his phone too and we both pointed to Ralphs website in the search menu. She then told me she was only following directions. I told her I will accept her apology, but she needs to work on her customer service skills. I'm complaining to corporate today. This woman was extremely rude.
Good for you for standing up for yourself! I want to encourage you to actually write a letter and mail it to corporate with a copy of your receipt that shows the store, the cashier, etc. I worked corporate customer service for years and can guarantee you that complaints that arrive in writing are taken more seriously than someone calling on the phone because they're mad at the moment (it takes more effort to put it into writing and mail it so they know you're rally truly upset when you make that effort.)
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Let us know if you hear back from corporate. I'm interested to know if they take complaints seriously. I've also experienced rude cashiers at Ralphs for using coupons. Unfortunately, and I hate to say it, I've noticed it's usually the older cashiers, so now I try to stick with the younger ones who quickly scan the coupons without much hassle.
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McConnell Angus Valley 3426
McConnell Final Answer 3244
McConnell Upward 3118
McConnell Angus Valley 3116
McConnell Resource 3423 This powerhouse son of Resource is loaded with muscle and power. Ranking in the top 2% in Weaning weight, Yearling Weight and $Feedlot he will boost added value to a calf crop. A 205-day weight of 790 earned him a weaning ratio of 108.
McConnell Resource 3115 Recommend for heifers, loaded with muscle and extra thick. Actual birth weight of 69 lbs and a weaning ratio of 100, weighing 727 lbs. His Bismarck dam stands out in femininity and udder quality recording 2 BWR 100, 2 WR 101. Top 5% of the breed in Milk and $Weaning, top 10% in CED, RADG, Doc, and RE with $Beef of 107.98. EPD's have been enhanced by Pfizer 50K test.
Annual Bull Sale
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McConnell Resource 3108
McConnell Angus Valley 3217
McConnell Consensus 30
McConnell Angus Valley 3234 This Angus Valley son out of a full sister to Final choice has excelled in every measure. From his birth weight of 75 lbs. to his 205 day weight of 862 he has preformed the whole way earning him a WDA of 4.06. His dam MA Pridella Answer 9205 has recorded a nursing ratio of 114 on her first 2 calves. This top calving-ease bull ranks in the top 2% of the angus breed in WW,YW, and $Weaning. The top 10% in CED, YH, SC, HP, Milk, MH, and $Feed lot. He has the EPD's and phenotype and performance to match. His EPD's have been enhanced by Pfizer 50K test.
2015 Sale Bulls
Selling February 6, 2015
McConnell Comrade 3428 The lightest BW EPD of -2.1 of the bulls in the sale. A calving ease bull that had a actual birth weight of 68 lbs. at birth and a weaning weight of 751 giving him a weaning ratio of 103. This easy-fleshing bull ranks in the top 5% in CED, BW, Docility, and $Weaning. His deep ribbed dam has had 5 calves with a birth ratio of 98, a nursing ratio of 105 with 5 calves, YR of 1 at 105, %IMF of 2 at 114,Ribeye of 2 at 113 and $Beef of $105.71
McConnell Comrade 3424 This gentle bull is a sure fire calving ease herd sire prospect. With a Calving Ease Direct of 17,top 1% in the Angus Breed, -1.3 BW EPD-top 4%, and $Weaning $65.10 top 1 % make him an exciting prospect for replacement heifers. His dam gained a nursing ratio of 104 on her first two calves. Stemming from one of the breed's most influential cow families, Everelda Entense, highlight the pedigree of this exciting bull.
McConnell Final Choice 3102
McConnell Cedar Ridge 3238 Recommend for heifers. A herd sire prospect with tremendous growth and muscle. This docile son out of Cedar Ridge records a weaning weight of 829 with a ratio of 114. This easy fleshing bull ranks in the top 1% in Milk and $Weaning, in the top 15% in CED, WW, YW, $EN, CW, and $Beef of 106.23. His high maternal pedigree starts with the Pridella family with Upward, 878, Traveler, New Trend, Power Play, Schearbrook Shoshone and Rito 707 just to name a few! His EPD's have been enhanced by Pfizer 50K test.
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In Patrick Buchanan's Nov. 13 column, "Israel fearful of U.S-Iran detente," he wrote that both Israel and Saudi Arabia are concerned about Iran's nuclear research program.
This is true. Iran, a nation of 80 million - roughly the size of New Jersey, New York and California - has four times the population of Saudi Arabia. It has less oil but it still has plenty. With Egypt and Iraq unstable, Iran has become the second-most-powerful Muslim nation, after Turkey, in the Middle East.
With the sanctions poised to lift, it is set to rebound. The Saudis are worried that a nuclear Iran will further destabilize Saudi Arabia.
The 80 million Iranians outnumber the 5 million Israelis 16 to 1. Iran has tremendous reserves of oil. Iran funds Hezbollah in Lebanon which, before it involved itself in the Syrian civil war supporting Bashar Assad, had been waging a terrorist war against Israel.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's previous president, repeatedly threatened to destroy Israel. Nuclear warheads and a delivery system would enable Iran to act on those threats.
Buchanan didn't write how Israel and Saudi Arabia both have different but rational fears of a nuclear Iran. He wrote that Saudi Arabia is a pawn of Israel. This is not propaganda, it's insane.
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Penn's homeownership incentive program is highlighted for its expansion.
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Penn is featured for expanding the homeownership incentive program.
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Colin Hennessy of the Penn Fund says, "If we can do things to develop that relationship with our youngest alumni, we are going to see great returns in that long game."
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Penn's student health clinicians are included amongst area universities taking precautionary steps aligned with the guidelines set by the government's health watchdog.
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As an environmental studies major at the University of Pennsylvania, Kinsey Miller already knew about many sustainability issues.
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Word up -- I used 1/4 c sugar + 1/4 c honey instead of the full c sugar, plus I substituted blueberries for some raspberries. It was very tasty!
I halved the recipe. Used strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and an apple as my fruit. Half sugar, half honey. May use less sugar next time. We found the mint in the salad a little too leaf...
This was absolutely wonderful! Very refreshing yet sweet enough that it tastes like a desert. I did take the advise of another reviewer and used half honey. Very nice flavor and a little healthi...
Lovely. The lemon simple syrup is a delicious enhancement to these beautiful summer fruits. Thanks for sharing!
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Wonderful way to flavor simple syrup! Now I want to try lemon and mint, lemon and ginger, lemon, ginger and mint, orange and cinnamon...endless possibilities!


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929206080100120452.post1692997112846502700..comments2015-11-16T20:27:45.190-05:00Comments on Sabrina Little Ultramarathons: 3 Days at the Fair: 48-HourSabrina Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929206080100120452.post-85363426790517291332012-01-23T16:26:22.020-05:002012-01-23T16:26:22.020-05:00Sabrina - just reading this after having signed up...Sabrina - just reading this after having signed up for the 12 hour this May. This will be my first timed event and I'm going for at least 50 miles. Any suggestions you have on changing of shoes, etc I would appreciate it, or insight in general. Congrats on your 2011 accomplishment and I hope to see you at the 2012 event.teomahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929206080100120452.post-3180179035181580512011-06-15T00:19:44.150-04:002011-06-15T00:19:44.150-04:00Sivananda ashram Yoga retreat Bahamas offers yoga ...Sivananda ashram Yoga retreat Bahamas offers yoga therapy certification course. In Yoga therapy they teach Thai Yoga Massage.  Yoga therapy mvihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929206080100120452.post-91791171413887514942011-05-21T10:01:40.886-04:002011-05-21T10:01:40.886-04:00Thanks you guys!! Steve, I did meet Meredith. S...Thanks you guys!!

Steve, I did meet Meredith. She's very sweet! And I saw Deb's report. It's funny because I was a fan of her running before I met her, and now I get to hang out with her at races! This sport is cool like that. And she is hilarious and wonderful.Sabrina Moranhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929206080100120452.post-64400382081710778672011-05-20T12:33:02.989-04:002011-05-20T12:33:02.989-04:00Deb has her race report up now (she says nice thin...Deb has her race report up now (she says nice things about you) and so does Meredith Murphy, who I'm guessing you didn't meet.SteveQhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929206080100120452.post-74117578677247133552011-05-20T09:05:24.244-04:002011-05-20T09:05:24.244-04:00Way to pull off the win for the 48 hour and stepa ...Way to pull off the win for the 48 hour and stepa bit out of your 24 hour comfort zone. I can tell you loved running with Gentry and especially those last two laps. He can keep your mind off of any pain.Rick Grayhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929206080100120452.post-29466216024598899712011-05-17T13:40:59.838-04:002011-05-17T13:40:59.838-04:00Great report. I knew you would kick ass if you ev...Great report. I knew you would kick ass if you ever ran one of our races. Can't wait to see what you can do next time.Rick McNultyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929206080100120452.post-25896874746147627052011-05-16T11:22:42.307-04:002011-05-16T11:22:42.307-04:00Those last two laps were INSANE! I am SO glad we d...Those last two laps were INSANE! I am SO glad we did them together. :) You really are amazing! Great report, too.And Miles 2 Gohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929206080100120452.post-60500572924321421642011-05-16T11:18:38.533-04:002011-05-16T11:18:38.533-04:00Congrats! 131 in 24 hours should put you on the US...Congrats! 131 in 24 hours should put you on the US 24 hour team. And who can resist a race report with references to Plato and Steinbeck? Sorry if I put the idea of hallucinations in your head (my best were half rat, half stick insect). Now I'm off to see if Debbie's posted a report on her blog.SteveQhttp://email@example.com


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Last Knight is over-the-top jousting action in a beautiful brutal fantasy world! It comes with bucketloads of content and is inspired by outstanding third-person platformers like Crash Bandicoot.
The new Last Knight iOS update is now online and read the new Last Knight motion comic.
Posted by Davision on Jan 25th, 2013
The new version includes the new Squire Endless mode in which the world gets assembled different, there is more space between obstacles most of the time and there are a bit less enemies. Hard elements can only appear very late and the volcano and isles environments are completely missing in that mode since those are pretty hard. There are also less gold and treasures to be found. Only when you are brave enough to ride in the Knight Endless Mode you can explore the whole world and get rewarded with more gold and treasures and also the distance gets counted with a higher multiplier for your score there.
The Squire Endless mode is really a great way to get into the challenging game. Also important in the update is the fixed memory startup crash issue that could occur on 512MB ram devices before.
Here is the Last Knight Motion Comic, read the whole comic by clicking on it:
Here is the whole change notes list of the 1.1:
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Iain's short fiction has been reprinted in Year's Best anthologies, won a Derringer Award, been voted into readers' top ten of the year, and been the basis for a novel shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers' Association's Debut Dagger award.
"During the five years that I published Hardluck Stories, One Step Closer and Moth were two of my favorite stories. I loved the nuances and true heartfelt emotion that Iain filled his stories with, and Iain quickly became a must read author for me--everything I read of Iain's had this tragic, and sometimes, horrific beauty filling it, and was guaranteed to be something special."
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ONE STEP CLOSER (winner of the Derringer Award for Best Short Story): Life jumps the rails, runs away from you and there's no catching it up. Not ever.
THE CHAIN (voted in the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's readers' top ten stories for the year): "You know what this is about, Mr Jackson," the voice said.
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Get an overview of this hotelEco-friendly hotel with free breakfast and indoor pool
Located in the heart of Kamloops, this eco-friendly hotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Aberdeen Mall, Tournament Capital Centre, and Sunmore Ginseng Factory. Thompson Rivers University is 2.1 mi (3.4 km) away.
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This hotel features an indoor pool, a health club, and a spa tub. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a business center, a meeting room, and dry cleaning are onsite.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Holiday Inn Express Kamloops provides a health club and a spa tub. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Business-related amenities consist of a business center and a meeting room. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Event facilities measure 1600 square feet (144 square meters). This eco-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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Latex, whips, boobs galore and K-Stew in a skirt! It must be Comic Con 2012 but who's your style hero and who just looks comical? Vote within
Using 140 characters or less, can somebody please tell this lot to put some clothes on? Scan down for the most naked gallery your eyes have ever seen (unless you're into rude stuff) (and that's your own business)


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Tomorrow is Christmas, and the acute anxiety you're feeling is not the anticipation of eight tiny reindeer lugging a fat man towards your house. No, it's the nausea brought on by not getting any of your holiday shopping done. But what can you do? There are only a handful of hours to go before your spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend/kid/robot dog wakes up to see that you've let them down. Again.
You can pull the covers up over your head and hope no one thinks to check on you until New Years, when the coast is clear, or you can scroll through our handy guide of last-last-minute gift ideas! Who knows, you might be able to get out of your current predicament (mostly) unharmed by family and friends.
Gift CardsYou can find a huge assortment of gift cards at any chain pharmacy or big box store these days, but maybe you don't live near a CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Brooks, Walmart, Kinney, Target, Best Buy, Rexall, Vons, Ralphs, Eckerd, Doc's, Shaw's, Kerr, Laird's, Rite Aid, Safeway, Osco, Sav-On, Kmart, or Phar-Mor.
If leaving the house is out of the question, many online retailers offer printable gift certificates and a wide variety of instant, digital gifts, too. Most notably: iTunes and Amazon are open, right now, for your last-minute gift-giving convenience. Several of these digital e-gifts can be printed out as a gift card, but many only send an immediate email. The latter option is always kind of awkward on Christmas morning; "Say, honey bunch schmoopie pie, don't you feel like logging on to your little-used Hotmail account right now?" but the alternative is even more awkward; "Say, honey bunch schmoopie pie, don't you feel like forgiving me for not buying you anything yes I understand I'll be sleeping on the couch for a while...."
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The Lottery Ticket
Yes, we all hate getting Lotto tickets for Christmas. "Thanks," we think. "This dollar you spent really shows how much you care!" Deep down, we're all hoping for a winner, if only to make the person who gave it to us feel bad that they gave it away, rather than keeping it for themselves. Then we'll roll our eyes, scratch it off, lose, and throw it out. But, if it's zero-hour, you can't afford to worry about the eye-rolling of whomever you'll be giving these hateful presents to! Better still, these little $1 lifesavers are available at almost every gas station, corner store, deli, bodega, and supermarket in the country. Sure, they might not be good gifts, but they're available gifts.
Now, to pull off giving lotto tickets, you have to remember to constantly remind the recipient that each ticket is a potential million-dollar gift. That's what makes all the difference. With enough repetition of that theme, you might just be able to convince the recipient of it, too. And always make the comment "If you win, you have to split it with me!" Because, when they lose, it's a "funny" "joke," but if they win, it's a binding contract!
They may not be as widely available as lottery tickets, but many places have flowers in stock right now! Convenience stores, grocery stores, your neighbors lawn (be sure to shake off the snow and wash off the dirt), and graveyards. If the bouquet is for your out-of-town aunt, opt for same-day delivery from 1-800-Flowers or FTD (though availability is limited by ZIP). Flowers are a great way to say, "Here! Take these! They'll die in a few days, but you'll have to look after them and water them until then."
Come to think of it, maybe you'd better save buying flowers for after Christmas when you can use them as an apology for totally screwing up the holiday.
Musings Of The Lame
This one requires you to at least have some wrapping paper (or the comics section from the Sunday paper). Just find something around your house that looks relatively new and cover it in paper. This one will only fail if: A) the person you're re-gifting to was the original gifter; B) you're so terrible at holidays that you don't even have wrapping paper around the house and you only read The New York Times (No comics section?! Not even on Sunday?!); or C) you're too selfish to part with anything you own.
If you don't have wrapping paper, you could always just slap a bow onto the item. Of course, if you're not the type to have wrapping paper, what are the chances you have a bow?
The "I swear I ordered it" Ploy
This year, we've updated our Holiday IOU to include even more hilarious reasons explaining why your soon-to-be-disappointed friend is now actually disappointed. However, after the recipient is done LOLing, you need to get serious and lay some heavy blame on UPS for "their" shipping mistake. You really gotta sell this one. Get all Stanislavski with it and say things like, "I'm writing the Better Business Bureau!" Or, better, "I'm calling my senator right now!" (But don't really call your senator, of course, because she's at home enjoying Christmas with her kids that she remembered to buy presents for and doesn't need to be disturbed by the likes of you!)
This little play-acting should buy you a few days after Christmas in which to actually purchase the items. (Yes, you'll actually have to buy them something, so choose the "missing" item wisely. Don't tell them they're getting, like, a hoverboard from "Back To The Future" or something.)
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The Coupon Book
You did it when you were five, now it's time to dust off this old chestnut to save your sorry skin. Grab some colored paper and some crayons and go to town. Might we suggest coupons for "One Hug" or "One Back Rub" or "One Night Where I Don't Come Home Smelling of Cheap Booze?" A warning: Pay attention to how you distribute these. A "good for one free back rub" coupon given to your girlfriend's hotter sister might be awkward.
The Donation
Find a worthy charity and donate money in the giftee's name. Print out a card that says as much and stuff that into an envelope. Now, whether or not you actually donate or just print out a fake card is completely up to you, though everyone is familiar with "The Human Fund," so you're probably going to have to really pony up some bucks for a good cause. But why not choose a real charity? Turn your slacker-ness into much-needed money to help out impoverished peoples, victims of disasters, the elderly, or cute animals.
Plus, you can donate almost any amount and still melt the heart of the receiving individual. After all, only the coldest, most consumerist recipients will dare say that a donation in their name is a terrible gift. (And if they do, then you get to play the holier-than-thou card on them!) Yes, Christmas is a time for one-upmanship and feelings of superiority!
Customer Service
This one will only work on the technologically disinclined, but it could be a lifesaver (though not a time saver) of a gift. Tell the expectant giftee that you are giving them the gift of computer maintenance! (This one is especially good to use on your parents who always need some kind of computer help.) State that you will remove all the spyware they've aggregated, update their drivers and software, run their antivirus software (most likely you'll have to buy an antivirus program for them — hey bonus gift!), and check their registry. They won't have a clue what you're saying, but just assure them that it's good for the computer and a really good gift that they need.
Hours later, you'll be sitting there wondering why opening a new browser tab causes a document to print and trying to ascertain how PDF files try to open by default in Windows Media Player. But if you start early enough, you might just finish the job by the time dessert is served. (Of course, it could also be the easiest gift you give if you offer it to a Mac user.)
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Book a Vacation
This is by far the most expensive last-minute gift option, but hey, you're the slacker who waited this long and now it's time to "pay the piper." Whip out the credit card, steel your nerves, and book a trip for you and your loved one to someplace awesome.
The beauty of giving the gift of a vacation is that you don't need anything to arrive in the mail! All you have to do is wrap up your giftee's swimsuit or a piece of luggage and put it under the tree. Upon opening something they already own, the confused (and slightly angry) look on their face will quickly melt into shrieks of joy once you explain "the sitch" (please don't actually use the term "the sitch"). Of course, once reality sinks in, mild disappointment will return when you tell your beloved that you booked the trip for six months in the future because that's when you could get a good deal on the tickets or the lowest prices on hotel rooms. Actually... it would be best to leave out any mention of "a bargain" during your explanation.
The Anti-Consumerism Ploy
Don't do anything. Do nothing. Don't scramble around. Don't fret. Just DO NOTHING. Then on Christmas morning say, "Oh? We're giving gifts? I don't really support turning the most sacred of holidays into some kind of rampant consumerist spending-spree. Whatever happened to the true meaning of Christmas?!"
Upside: Not a dollar spent on your part. Downside: Since your friends and family know that you're not the kind of person to imagine a world without presents, they will either request their gifts back or slap you. Maybe both. The worst case scenario is that none of your friends and family ever speak to you again. But, every cloud has a silver lining: you'll never again have to worry about buying gifts for anyone. Because you'll have no friends. Best of luck to you if opt for this way out!
Whatever you do, keep in mind that Christmas morn' is not the time for pride — or price — to get in the way. Just be creative. Besides, if you've procrastinated this long this year, we'll go ahead and assume that you've dropped the ball in previous years, too and any of the above suggestions will be seen by the recipients as a step-up from your past failures. And, sure, the people who receive any of these gifts will ultimately be a little disappointed on Christmas Day. But try to remind them that it's the thought that counts. With enough confidence, you might just come out of this holiday season smelling a little more like roses than you would have if you presented nothing at all on the big morning.
Well, we're off to buy some colored paper and some crayons. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays of all shapes and sizes!


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The Make Lounge
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Design Friendship's first official client in 2007. We met founder Jennifer Pirtle, who curated a wide range of craft workshops, but wanted to dispel the myth that 'Craft' was well all a bit too Crafty!
Our challenge was to shake up the craft landscape, pioneered the idea of stylish, contemporary craft workshops and sell The Make Lounge as a great way to get creative.
Over the next 6 years The Make Lounge grew from strength to strength, building a loyal community of followers while inspiring and defining the world of craft workshops in a whole new light.


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So heres what happen.
Originally had my site on jjdjentertainment.com/home I want to setup multi-sites across multiple domains i had orginally set this up to do multi-sites in subdirectories, but from my reading it couldnt be done if it wasn't in the root folder.
So I install a clean copy of wordpress in my rootfolder, brought over my post and such from my /home site and re-designed a new site. Went to install the muulti site feature today, go to the point i was adding the last bit of code to wp-config and .htaccess and i closed by browser by accident, so i have to go back into my site (i had to remove the code i just added into wp-config so it would let me back in) and went back to my network install. re-added the wp-config code and it recognized i was already in the middle of the install. did everything i needed and when i clicked the login button i got the code that my databases needed to be repaired.
I did that and this is what it told me...
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If you can watch it through legal means, please do…..ABC.com, Hulu, iTunes, do it!
LEGAL LINKS (to view outside the US you can use Hola! or TunnelBear):
it's frikkin awesome, also.
andreashettle: Watch this great video on why closed captions on…
Watch this great video on why closed captions on YouTube and other web TV videos matter!
Why do they matter to me? Without the captions, I won't understand anything in your video! And that is so frustrating! But with captions, I can watch, enjoy, hit "like", and share your videos with people I know! Bear in mind that automated captions need to be edited before use: otherwise, they are usually terrible and not helpful. And please don't forget to include a description of important sounds, tone of voice etc. Deaf people can't hear these either!
Need to know how to get your videos captioned? Visit the Caption Action 2 Facebook group, and hit the button for "File" at the top of the page. You want the file entitled "Information for Web TV Producers". Some options available to you are free, they just require a bit of time. These may be the best fit for small, unfunded web TV producers. Other options require about $2 or $3 for each minute of video. For larger producers, paying for others to caption your videos may ensure better quality captions and frees you from depending on potentially uneven or unqualified volunteer support.
Want to help advocate for more use of captions in YouTube and other web TV programs? Consider joining the Caption Action 2 Facebook group, and jump in with whatever tasks you think you can help with!
Looking to find captioned web TV videos? You can find a searchable collection at http://captionedwebtv.blogspot.com/!
continuinghappinesslist: Now with completed closed captions…and…
Now with completed closed captions…and 1 dislike, because it's a video about feminism on the internet, and some people don't like that.
burgerwave: Pure, unadulterated tension in filmmaking.
Pure, unadulterated tension in filmmaking.
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this is never going to not be funny
Rob Lowe says "that is fucking hilarious" with the straightest face ever
Bless you, Chris Pratt
This is the hardest I've laughed in so long
♫♫That's not something that props can fix…that's gonna be a little harder to fix.♫♫
marjoree: sweater weather
sweater weather
"Not My Pin" – the moment I was sold on…
"Not My Pin" – the moment I was sold on Tomorrowland.
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i want to force like 75% of male nerddom to watch this conversation
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The Expressionless
In June 1972, a woman appeared in Cedar Senai hospital in nothing but a white, blood-covered gown.
Now this, in itself, should not be too surprising as people often have accidents nearby and come to the nearest hospital for medical attention, but there were two things that caused people who saw her to vomit and flee in terror.
The first being that she wasn't exactly human. She resembled something close to a mannequin, but had the dexterity and fluidity of a normal human being. Her face was as flawless as a mannequins, devoid of eyebrows and smeared in make-up.
There was a kitten clamped in her jaws so unnaturally tight that no teeth could be seen, and the blood was still squirting out over her gown and onto the floor. She then pulled it out of her mouth, tossed it aside and collapsed.
From the moment she stepped through the entrance to when she was taken to a hospital room and cleaned up before being prepped for sedation, she was completely calm, expressionless and motionless. The doctors thought it best to restrain her until the authorities could arrive and she did not protest. They were unable to get any kind of response from her and most staff members felt too uncomfortable to look directly at her for more than a few seconds.
But the second the staff tried to sedate her, she fought back with extreme force. Two members of staff had to hold her down as her body rose up on the bed with that same, blank expression.
She turned her emotionless eyes towards the male doctor and did something unusual. She smiled.
As she did, the female doctor screamed and let go out of shock. In the woman's mouth were not human teeth, but long, sharp spikes. Too long for her mouth to close fully without causing any damage…
The male doctor stared back at her for a moment before asking "What in the hell are you?"
She cracked her neck down to her shoulder to observe him, still smiling.
There was a long pause, the security had been alerted and could be heard coming down the hallway.
As he heard them approach, she darted forward, sinking her teeth into the front of his throat, ripping out his jugular and letting him fall to the floor, gasping for air as he choked on his own blood.
She stood up and leaned over him, her face coming dangerously close to his as the life faded from his eyes.
She leaned closer and whispered in his ear.
"I… am… God…"
The doctor's eyes filled with fear as he watched her calmly walk away to greet the security men. His last ever sight would be watching her feast on them one by one.
The female doctor who survived the incident named her "The Expressionless".
There was never a sighting of her again.
Reads like SCP, but it's fiction.
Reminder: You are under no obligation to look pretty.
Not when you are laying around the house, not when you go to the grocery store, not when you sit in a classroom, not when you go to the gym. You are never obligated to get dressed up just so you are pretty for others.
Pretty is not the rent you pay to exist in the world as a woman.
That last line. Wow.
I understand the concept but the idea that "pretty" is one thing…well, it's your own internal conceit and I would hope (the general whole world encompassing) you could take it one step further and drop the notion that certain looks are "pretty".
Myself, I think comfort and ease of existence is pretty, regardless of the style.
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I love Sesame Street videos too much.
Unpopular opinion: The best show in the history of television is not I Love Lucy or Mad Men or The Sopranos or Breaking Bad or Seinfeld.
The best show in the history of television is Sesame Street.
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Read This: Gene Luen Yang's rousing comics speech at the 2014 National Book Festival gala
From the Washington Post, article here.
GENE LUEN YANG, Library of Congress, Jefferson Building:
Good evening. Thank you, Library of Congress and National Book Festival, for inviting me to share the stage with such esteemed authors, and to speak with all of you. I am deeply grateful for this honor.
I'm a comic-book guy, so tonight I'd like to talk about another comic book guy. Dwayne McDuffie was one of my favorite writers. When I was growing up, he was one of the few African-Americans working in American comics. Dwayne worked primarily within the superhero genre. He got his start at Marvel Comics but eventually worked for almost every comic book publisher out there. He even branched out into television and wrote for popular cartoon series like "Justice League" and "Ben 10."
Dwayne McDuffie is no longer with us, unfortunately. He passed away in 2011, at the age of 49. But within comics, his influence is still deeply felt.
I was lucky enough to have met him once. About a year before his death, we were on a panel together at Comic-Con. I had the opportunity to shake his hand and tell him how much his work meant to me.
In a column Dwayne wrote in 1999, he talked about his love of the Black Panther, a Marvel Comics character. The Black Panther's secret alias is T'Challa, the king of the fictional African nation of Wakanda. He has super senses, super strength, and super agility. He's an Avenger, though he hasn't yet made it into the movies.
The Black Panther wasn't created by African American cartoonists. He was created in July of 1966 by two Jewish Americans, Stan Lee (who was born Stanley Lieber) and Jack Kirby (who was born Jacob Kurtzberg).
By modern standards, the Black Panther is not a flawless example of a black superhero. In their first draft of the character, Lee and Kirby called him "the Coal Tiger" and gave him a goofy yellow and black costume. Even in his final form, his superhero alias includes the word "Black." This is true of many early African and African American superheroes, as if what makes them remarkable is neither their superpowers nor their heroism, but their ethnicity. Most problematic, though, was that Marvel made their most prominent black superhero the star of a series called Jungle Action.
All of these flaws were lost on Dwayne McDuffie when he first encountered the Black Panther in 1973, at the age of 11. What struck him was the character's commanding sense of dignity. The Black Panther wasn't anyone's sidekick. He wasn't an angry thug. He wasn't a victim. He was his own hero, his own man. As Dwayne describes it, "In the space of 15 pages, black people moved from invisible to inevitable."
Dwayne's love of the Black Panther eventually blossomed into a love of comics in general. Dwayne was a smart guy with a lot of options in life. He'd earned a master's degree in physics. But he chose to write comics as his career. I would argue that without the Black Panther, this flawed black character created by a writer and an artist who were not black, there would be no Dwayne McDuffie the comic book writer.
Dwayne wasn't just a writer — he was also a businessman. In the early '90s, he teamed with a group of writers and artists to found Milestone Media, the most prominent minority-owned comic book company that has ever existed. The Milestone universe have since been folded into DC Comics, so these days characters like Static Shock and Icon – characters Dwayne co-created – fight crime alongside Superman and Batman.
In the early '90s, I was finishing up my adolescence. I visited my local comic-book store on a weekly basis, and one week I found a book on the stands called Xombi, published by Milestone Media. Xombi is a scientist who became a superhero after he was injected with nanotechnology. He allied himself with a secret order of superpowered nuns. One sister was known as Nun of the Above, another Nun the Less. Together, they protected the world from all kinds of supernatural threats.
Xombi was inventive and fun, but he stood out to me because he was an Asian American male carrying in his own monthly title. And even more notable – he didn't know Kung Fu. Xombi wasn't created by Asian Americans – his writer was white and his artist black – but he did make Asian Americans a little less invisible.
We in the book community are in the middle of a sustained conversation about diversity. We talk about our need for diverse books with diverse characters written by diverse writers. I wholeheartedly agree.
But I have noticed an undercurrent of fear in many of our discussions. We're afraid of writing characters different from ourselves because we're afraid of getting it wrong. We're afraid of what the Internet might say.
This fear can be a good thing if it drives us to do our homework, to be meticulous in our cultural research. But this fear crosses the line when we become so intimidated that we quietly make choices against stepping out of our own identities.
After all, our job as writers is to step out of ourselves, and to encourage our readers to do the same.
I told you the story of Dwayne McDuffie to encourage all of us to be generous with ourselves and with one another. The Black Panther, despite his flaws, was able to inspire a young African American reader to become a writer.
We have to allow ourselves the freedom to make mistakes, including cultural mistakes, in our first drafts. I believe it's okay to get cultural details wrong in your first draft. It's okay if stereotypes emerge. It just means that your experience is limited, that you're human.
Just make sure you iron them out before the final draft. Make sure you do your homework. Make sure your early readers include people who are a part of the culture you're writing about. Make sure your editor has the insider knowledge to help you out. If they don't, consider hiring a freelance editor who does.
Also, it's okay if stereotypes emerge in the first drafts of your colleagues. Correct them – definitely correct them – but do so in a spirit of generosity. Remember how soul-wrenching the act of writing is, how much courage it took for that writer to put words down on a page.
And let's say you do your best. You put in all the effort you can. But then when your book comes out, the Internet gets angry. You slowly realize that, for once, the Internet might be right. You made a cultural misstep. If this happens, take comfort in the fact that even flawed characters can inspire. Apologize if necessary, resolve do better, and move on.
Let your fear drive you to do your homework. But no matter what, don't ever let your fear stop you.
I have long had a bit of a writer crush on Gene Yang, for he is awesome in so many ways.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The city of Knoxville has added three new hybrid electric buses to the Knoxville Area Transit (KAT) fleet. They're KAT's first hybrid electric buses.
City officials say they'll add three electric hybrid "trolleys" in the next few months.
Each vehicle cost $620,000; the cost was offset through a federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality grant.
The new buses will be in service as soon as KAT operators and maintenance staff have been fully trained on the new technology. The buses will run on busier circuits including Kingston Pike, Broadway and Magnolia Avenue.
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Urban Spatial Growth Analysis of Khulna City
Md. Rejaur Rahman
Coordinator & Urban Planner
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
House 531/4, Lane 11, Baridhara DOHS
Dhaka - 1206, Bangladesh
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Before 60s or 70s, the process of spatial growth of Khulna city was not so complicated because the industries solely, have shaped the spatial development. Now Khulna city has passed its glorious era but till now urban growth and land use change is taking place in a dynamic ways. This study dealt with the major dynamics of urban spatial growth i.e. land elevation, road accessibility, land price, location of important structures etc which were identified as the prevailing factors for urban growth in the City, to have an idea about the future spatial growth of the city. The study tried to find the answer of the question - what will be the shape of this city after 20 or 30 year from right now? This study tried to introduce a model, built by using ArcGIS Model Builder tool which is applicable for the Khulna city in any time if only the spatial factors are used. This model can be a useful tool for decision making for the concerned authorities about the expansion strategy and development control in a sustainable way.
Urbanization and urban spatial growth are the result of combination of natural increase of the urban population and net immigration to urban areas (Firoz, 2004: 27-32). Urbanization can be regarded from demographic point of view, in terms of the proportion of countryÆs population living in towns and cities. It is observed that urbanization is very closely linked with industrialization, commercialization or the overall economic growth and development; and the process of urbanization exhibits a pattern in which the rate rises steeply as the early stages of industrialization are reached, and tapers off gradually when the proportion urban beings to reach a saturation point. Finally as most of the populations become urbanized, urbanization falls to keep peace with economic development, which is a continuous process.
The urbanization processes in Khulna started in 1836 (Murtaza, 2007). After that the process is going on. After the liberation war of Bangladesh the urbanization rate was reached its higher level high (KDA, 2000: 13) but in 2001 the urban population growth rate was 1.25 (Jahan and Rouf, 2007) which was very low than last four decades. The main cause is the economic decline of the city.
It was not known whether all these different patterns together may lead to an overall pattern - spatial, functional and demographic. The horizontal dimensions of space are certainly a basic determinant of population distribution (Batty et al, 2003: 36). Everyone wants to live pretty close to the city centre. But practically the people are did not do that. The living place are depends on their social, economic and many others factors. So, the people are trying to least distance in where there cost effective and suitable area base on working place distance, house rent, land price, transport accessibility, utility services etc (Masum, 2001: 40-42)
The study tried to identify the influential factors of urban growth. There are mainly two types of urban growth influencing factors. Those are spatial and non-spatial factors.
Table 1: Category of urban growth factors
Spatial Factors
Non-spatial Factors
Land Price Surface
Road Accessibility
Land Elevation
Private Housing Scheme
Demographic factors
Social factors
Economic factors
Political factors
Source: (Hiraskar, 1989: 27-35; Akter, 1996: 19; Sadia, 2000: 35-38)
To identify urban growth influencing factors the study has conducted a pilot survey. Total respondent of pilot survey was 48. The higher percentage represents the higher priority of the influencing factors. Both non-spatial and spatial factors are picked up (table 2).
For GIS analysis, spatial factors have been separated. Others influencing factors such as Migration, Social security, Community services facilities, Economic activities were excluded as the study dealt with only the spatial factors. The short listed spatial factors are:
Influencing Factors
Level of influence according to respondent (%)
Land Price
Road accessibility
Height of Land
Social security
Private Housing
Community services facilities
Economic activities
Source: Field Survey, 2007
For GIS analysis, spatial factors have been separated. Others influencing factors such as Migration, Social security, Community services facilities, Economic activities were excluded as the study dealt with only the spatial factors. The short listed spatial factors are:
Land Price
Road accessibility
Land Elevation
Private Housing
Weightage of spatial factors by Analytical Hierarchical Process
For spatial analysis by GIS Model Builder needed the weightage of spatial influencing factors. The Weightage are calculated by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Weightage has been done by using AHP which considered not only the popular responses but also the relationship and affection between themselves (Alessio, 2004: 9-16; Vishv, 2003: 5).
First, we need to build a raw matrix from the table 3 and survey updates, where only variables considering the second option are selected. From the frequencies averaged value the considerations below are calculated.
If, Variable frequency average > = 0.5, particular raw position matrix value will be 2
Variable frequency average < 0.5, particular raw position matrix value will be 0
Coding the influencing factors
For analysis using AHP needed priority base multiple answers. In this study, 4 is high priority, 3 is medium priority, 2 is normal priority and 1 is low priority. Those priority base data were inputted in MS Excel sheet. Then compare each data with the other to make the raw matrix.
Table 3: Sample Priority base raw data
Table 4: Raw Matrix
The table 4 shows the average value of the 142 samples. If we name the column as i and the row as j and r is the cell value of matrix rij then there will be an equation to be followed to get the judgment matrix.
rij = [(Ki ¢ Kj) / (Kmax - Kmin)] ū (bm - 1) + 1 --------------------------(i) when, Ki>=Kj
rij = 1 / {[(Ki- Kj) / (Kmax - Kmin)] ū (bm - 1) + 1} ------------------------(ii) when Ki<=Kj bm = Kmax + Kmin
ōiö and ōjö of rij are the correspondent to the ōiö and ōjö from Ki and Kj. ōiö and ōjö respectively represent the coding of row and volume in the judgment matrix in the table 4 Ki and Kj mean the cumulative value of every row of table 4 In this example, Kmax is 7 and Kmin is 1 from the table 4. So we can plot the table 5 from the table 4 as the judgment matrix of the field survey. After summarizing the information, we have got the following 4 by 4 array judgment matrix.
Table 5: Judgment Matrix
This judgment matrix shows the relation in between two pair of criteria. For example, the relation in between Land price and Land price is simply 1 as their values are equal. However, the relation in between Land price and land elevation is 3.33. In the same way, the relation could be found in between other criteria.
Normalized Matrix
To understand the judgment matrix, there need to normalize of the value. This matrix is the final output of the AHP. In this matrix each row represents the influence level of the influencing factors out of 1. [Average values are acceptable]
If we multiply the total value of each criterion, then we will get the total weight of the influencing factors of urban spatial growth of Khulna city, which is equal to 1. So, we can draw the table 6 from this normalized value.
Final Weightage of spatial factors (Using AHP)
Using the AHP process, the spatial factors has given a weightage which tells us about the level of influence of individual factors over the urban growth process. It was seen from the table 6 that the factor rood accessibility have the higher and private housing scheme have the lower level of influence.
Table 6: Level of influence of urban spatial growth
Spatial Factors
Level of Influence According AHP (%)
Private Housing Scheme
Land Price
Land Elevation
Road Accessibility
Land Price
Land price is an important influencing spatial factor to analyze the growth factor. Land price signifies how housing structures can be easily produced and, thus, should be supplied elastically to the market. Land price of a property is tightly linked with the land, location and the amenities which are associated with the property. Land refers not only to the square footage of the property, but also to intangible attributes (such as the length of the commute to work, quality as a production factor etc.). Location is also an important factor. Generally the price of land near the metropolitan areas is higher than the rural one.
he amenities refer to the different services (e.g. water supply system, gas, electricity etc.), shopping facilities, transportation & communication facilities, educational facilities etc. The land price in the metropolitan areas of Khulna is increasing day by day. Available land is scarce compare to the increasing population rate. So, the primary reason for the increasing of land price is the increased demand. If the supply of land, skilled building workers, materials and so on were perfectly elastic, higher demand would not increase prices. But supply is never perfectly elastic. Land price of an area is also dependent on the local property taxes, operating costs, interest on capital invested in present and future, depreciation allowances for these improvements etc. Demand is exceed too much when people get a suitable land with optimum resources in a minimum price. So, land price is an important factor to evaluate the growth pattern of an area. Figure 1 represents the land price surface. White color represent high price and black color represent lower land price. White and nearly white surface are more potential area for future urban spatial growth.
Road Accessibility
Road accessibility is another important influencing spatial factor to analyze the growth factor. Accessibility is highly linked with the transportation network. Transportation is essentially a service which enables people, firms, and various other entities to carry on activities at sites selected for these purposes in separated locations. Concentrations of people, firms, and other human institutions can be located in an area if the condition of accessibility of that area is excellent. Some supporting activities are needed for any kind of large activity (e.g. industrial, commercial activities etc.) and these human activities can be assured by the higher degree of accessibility. A better design of circulation systems can maximized accessibility for essential movements between linked activities, giving due consideration to safety, comfort, amenity as well as cost. For the further development of an area accessibility is needed to be assured first. So, road accessibility to the potential growth area needed to explore first to see the further growth pattern or development in the Khulna city.
Fig 2: Road Accessibility
Figure 2 represents the road accessibility. White color represents high accessibility and black color represents lower accessibility. White and nearly white surface are more potential area for future urban spatial growth. Fig 2: Road Accessibility
Land Elevation
The spatial growth of Khulna city is explained by its topography. There existing natural levee on either side of the Bhairab-Rupsha River. Height of the levee varies from 7 to 14 feet above MSL and offer excellent opportunities for human settlement development. This levee extends about 0.5 km to 4 km inside from the river on both side. After the construction of Khulna-Jessore road and development of economic activities, the city started to take shape along Khulna-Jessore corridor.
Next to levee follows flood plain, about 4kms inside (western side) from the river, following the river alignment. The height of the plains, on average, is about 4ft. to 5ft. above MSL Beyond the flood plains. Land elevation is an important factor to see the growth pattern in an area. The low land can not stimulate the growth of an area. The water logged area is not suitable for the housing structures. Again the flood plain land stimulates the growth very quickly. Figure 3 represents the land elevation of Khulna city. More suitable elevation for future urban expansion is not less than 5 ft, because the areas having elevation less than 5 ft will be water logged.
Private Housing Developments
Khulna city is strategically located in an important hub so far its development potentialities are concerned. The Khulna Bypass that is under construction has become the main influencing factor of residential development in this area. Khulna University is built up on agricultural land with an area of more than 101 acre. This infrastructure has patronized substantial residential development around the same causing massive land use change.
Fig 4: Private Housing Development and potential zones of future development
However, the main characteristics of the private housing projects of Khulna are as follows: Housing demand is sharply increasing
The market is highly localized
The business is durable but not area specific within the local jurisdiction
Non orderly growth of private housing projects due to the lack of legal bindings
Surrounding area of the private housing is highly potential for future urban expansion of Khulna city (figure 4).
Flow Diagram of Model Builder
All the spatial factors were put down in the model building process to obtain the most potential zones for future development. Slope analysis, gradient analysis and Euclidean Distance analysis were done to reclassify them (figure 5 and 6).
Euclidean Distance and Slope Operation
The Euclidean distance functions describe each cell's relationship to a source or a set of sources. Euclidean used to indentify nearest distance of any feature. For road feature in the analysis used Euclidean distance for identify nearest distance from the roads. Slope identifies the steepest downhill slope for a location on a surface. Slope is calculated for each triangle in TINs and for each cell in rasters. For a TIN, this is the maximum rate of change in elevation across each triangle. For rasters, it is the maximum rate of change in elevation over each cell and its eight neighbors.
Fig 5: Euclidean Distance and Slope Operation in Model builder interface
Reclassify Operation in Model Builder
The reclassification functions reclassify or change cell values to alternative values using a variety of methods. The functions are designed to allow you to easily change many values on an input raster to desired, specified, or alternative values. Reclassify tools used in this analysis for matching the suitability analysis.
Fig 6: Reclassify Operation in Model Builder
Final Output Model
This model can be used at any time for Khulna City to predict the potential areas for future urban growth if these four spatial influencing factors are used (Fig 7).
Fig 7: Spatial factors and weighted overlay map in the model builder
Total model building process was explored in figure 8.
Fig 8: Growth Model in GIS Model Builder
Potential Areas for Future Urban Growth
The figure shows the final potential areas where white and nearly white surface is more potential areas for future urban spatial growth of Khulna city. It is clearly seen that the city will take major shape in the western and north-western side.
Fig 9: Potential Areas for future urban growth of Khulna City
Metropolitan cities of Bangladesh are expanding fast. But until now there have low level urban spatial growth control and management. As a result the spatial growths of cities are uncontrolled and haphazard. It is observed that the city is expanding fast towards the fringe areas, getting the backup strength from the activities in the city periphery. Khulna-jessore by-pass and Khulna University areas are the main attraction point for housing development in the western side of Khulna city. In recent Khulna city Corporation has agreed to extent its boundary. This will leave an impact in further urban growth. Business activities are flourishing in the north and north western part and Rupsha bridge connects the eastern part of Khulna city experiencing frequent urban growth. Zoning and subdivision regulation are most frequently used to prevent or control haphazard growth and sprawl, but it is so difficult to maintain properly because of high urbanization rate, political factors, lack of authorized institutions involvement and rural urban migration is the major cause of population growth which results the haphazard growth and development. There is urgent need to formulate a comprehensive plan for controlled those uneven and unbalanced growth. Otherwise the future management of the city and expansion of the utility service network must be critical.
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For the insurance industry, which has increasingly turned its attention to the topic since the record hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005, these realities all present an ominous level of unpredictability. In an ever-changing climate, how can models and loss data based on historic events be relevant to the future?
To actually slow climate change in the near-term, carbon dioxide emissions will have to be curbed and most experts believe this can only be done legislatively. Insurers have already conducted reports and joined coalitions to lobby for public policy solutions, but given the industry's general standing in Washington--not to mention among voters--it seems unlikely it will be a major factor in that debate.
Until true solutions surface, however, there are things the insurance industry can do to effect change. Thus far, insurers main reaction to the rising weather-related claims costs has been increasing rates and deductibles, adding exclusions to policies and, in extreme cases, avoiding writing risks in areas exposed to catastrophic losses. But the industry also has the power to influence societal behavior and, in its own way, mitigate the risks of climate change.
1) Manage and price property risks related to extreme weather events
2) Focus on underwriting third party liability claims against heavy greenhouse gas emitting industries for the climate change-related exposures they create
3) Continue to create and implement new products offering solutions for climate change-related risks
Weather and Property Risks
Since Hurricane Andrew caused an unprecedented $26.5 billion of damages in 1992, the insurance industry has been closely watching exposures and losses resulting from tropical storms. The industry's concern was confirmed in 2004 when Hurricanes Charley, Ivan, Frances and Jeanne hit, causing more than $40 billion dollars of damages across Florida, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and parts of the Northeast.
After these storms, insurers increased rates for homeowners and commercial insurance policies, replaced fixed-dollar deductibles with percentage-based amounts and, in some cases, simply ceased doing business in coastal states. These states responded by creating insurance pools and tightening building codes to make newly constructed homes more resistant to hurricane exposures.
More recently, just as the final tolls from the 2004 storms were being calculated, the most devastating storm in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina, slammed into the Gulf Coast, only to be followed by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma weeks later. The collective losses exceeded $100 billion dollars.
Insurers reacted swiftly to reduce their exposures to future storms and to reconsider the models they had been using to predict weather-related losses. As a result, a number of states are now experiencing an insurance crisis. Rate increases over a five-year period range anywhere from 50% to more than 500% in states subject to severe windstorm losses, making homeowners policies in some coastal areas nearly as expensive as mortgage payments.
While property insurers have attempted to match premiums with losses in areas subject to wind damage, their efforts have often been frustrated by state regulators who refuse to allow adequate rates for fear of pricing residents and businesses out of the market. …