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Jacques Moret, MD
NEURI, Brain Vascular Center
Bicêtre University Hospital
Paris, France
Giuseppe Lanzino, MD
Mayo Health System - Mayo Clinic
Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery
Rochester, MN
Michel E. Mawad, MD
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Laurent Spelle, MD
NEURI, Brain Vascular Center
Bicêtre University Hospital
Paris, France
Adam S. Arthur, MD
Semmes-Murphey Clinic and the University of Tennessee
Department of Neurosurgery
Memphis, TN
Alejandro Berenstein, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Institute for Neurology & Neurosurgery
New York, NY
Gary Duckwiler, MD
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Interventional Neuroradiology
Los Angeles, CA
Donald Frei, MD
Radiology Imaging Associates
Englewood, CO
Tudor G. Jovin, MD
Stroke Institute
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
Peter K. Nelson, MD
New York University Langone Medical Center
Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery
New York, NY
Adnan Siddiqui, MD
University at Buffalo - State University of New York
Department of Neurosurgery
Buffalo, NY
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John F. Kennedy International (JFK) is New York's largest airport and the top international air passenger gateway in the United States. Located in the Queen's borough, it is about 15 miles outside Manhattan, but traffic is often heavy and unpredicable. NYC taxis offer a flat rate to/from Manhattan. Depending on the traffic and time of day, the train is often the best option between Manhattan and JFK. AirTrain stops at every JFK terminal and connects with both the NYC Subway (Howard Beach and Jamaica stations) and Long Island Railroad (Jamaica Station).
LaGuardia (LGA) is the closest to Midtown and Upper Manhattan, and thus preferred by some travelers. LaGuardia is largely a domestic airport, with some flights to/from Canada and limited long-distance flights. It has the least convenient mass transit connections, but metered taxis are readily available and relatively cheap. The new Q70 Express Bus goes from LGA to the Jackson Heights/Roosevelt Av/74th St/Broadway subway station where there are connections to the E, F, M, R, and 7 subway lines. The bus makes one more stop at Woodside for LIRR connections, before heading back to the airport. The M60 city bus from 106th and Broadway for $2.50 goes to LGA via Broadway, 125th St. and the Triborough Bridge directly to LGA and stops at all terminals. You can also take the M60 from the airport to the Astoria Blvd station for connections to the N/Q subway lines.There are also private buslines going from LGA to midtown for about $15.00.
Newark-Liberty International (EWR) in New Jersey is the closest to lower Manhattan. International flights into this hub can be cheaper than those to JFK. The best route into Manhattan, especially at high traffic times of the day, is via New Jersey Transit trains, which runs frequently and quickly between the airport and New York's Pennsylvania station. Newark's airport rail station is serviced byNewark AirTrain, which stops at every terminal. Of the three larger NYC-area airports, taxis to/from Newark will cost the most and will often include excess fees given NYC taxis can't pick up passengers across state lines in Newark, and vice versa.
Macarthur Airport (ISP) http://www.macarthurairport.com/ Long Island;
Westchester County Airport (HPN) http://airport.westchestergov.com/ in White Plains;
Stewart Airport (SWF) http://www.panynj.gov/airports/swf-gr... in Newburgh- these are smaller suburban airports.
Travelers along the east coast corridor from Boston to Washington, D.C. usually find Amtrak the most efficient way to get to New York; reason is that you don't risk the flight delays common especially at Newark and La Guardia, or the traffic jams that make it advisable to leave ample time to get between the city and its three airports.
Amtrak, Long Island Railroad and New Jersey Transit trains run into Pennsylvania Station, directly under Madison Square Garden (at 7th or 8th Avenue between West 32nd and 33rd Streets). Popular trains fill up quickly during rush hour, so go online or call for reservations. You can grab your ticket at one of the station's electronic kiosks.
Visitors from Westchester and Connecticut can take Metro North rail lines into the beautifully restored Grand Central Terminal in Midtown at 42nd Street and Park Avenue. An architectural treasure and tourist attraction in itself, Grand Central Terminal is home to a variety of upscale eateries and shops.
Many regional bus services use the Port Authority Bus Terminal on 8th Avenue and West 41st and 42nd Streets. Visitors from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania orDelaware might consider Peter Pan, one of the terminal's oldest discount bus services. For frequent service from Boston, Buffalo, Toronto, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington, many opt for Megabus. Frugal riders can compromise comfort for a $15 (or cheaper) ticket on "Chinese Buses" that arrive and depart in Chinatown. The comfortable Hampton Jitney serves Long Island visitors and the Hampton Luxury Liner goes to and from the Hamptons.
New York's highways allow relatively easy access to the heart of Manhattan, but heavy traffic can make driving an intimidating experience. It's difficult to find parking within the city and usually expensive if you do. Getting to New York City by car is not recommended.
New York City is an important passenger seaport, and travelers can arrive in luxury on ocean liners or cruise ships, including the Luxurious British Liners like the Grand RMS Queen Mary 2.
LINNC SEMINAR is the new educative tool created and developed by the world-renowned faculty behind the LINNC courses.
Using pre-recorded cases specially chosen to illuminate the key issues in neuroradiology and neurosurgery today, LINNC SEMINAR has been designed to encourage open discussions and debates on such topics as aneurysms, AVMs, management of complications, cerebral stroke and percutaneous techniques, among others.
Designed for smaller groups than the expansive LINNC course itself, LINNC SEMINAR offers an innovative and "one-on-one" opportunity for the exchange of ideas and clinical knowledge.
Dates: March 18-19, 2016
Meeting Location: Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Accommodation: Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Address: 301 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and LINNC; NEURI, Brain Vascular Center, Bicetre University Hospital; and Cleveland Clinic - Abu Dhabi. The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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All documents used during the Seminar will be written in English.
Participants are provided free of charge with food and beverages for coffee breaks and luncheons.
Throughout the Seminar, a wifi service will be available free of charge to attendees.
Visitors can navigate from the airport to the city via public transportation, cabs, shuttle buses or car rentals. If you flew into JFK, a free and reliable service-desk can help you sort through the options and book ground transportation arrangements.
From JFK, use Airtrain ($5 per person, plus $1 if you need a new MetroCard) to get from terminals to subways or the Long Island Railroad. Airtrain's Howard Beach line connects to the A train, which runs through Queens and Brooklyn before entering lower Manhattan; its Jamaica branch goes to Jamaica station, Queens, where you can connect to either the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) or the E or J/Z subway lines into Manhattan.
From Newark, Airtrain travels to NJ Transit Northeast corridor railroad line, which goes to Penn Station. For those on a tight budget (and not in a rush), use the PATH, aka the Hudson Tubes, formally known as the Port Authority Trans Hudson Lines. You will probably have to make subway or bus transfers so this option is time consuming (up to two hours of travel), but it only costs $4.75 total.
From LGA, the least expensive way (and often the fastest) to Manhattan is via the M60 bus, or the Q70 or Q48 buses. Basic fare is $2.50 per person. You will need to use coins or buy a MetroCard in advance of getting on the bus, because city buses do not accept bills. See this MTA webpage for bus and subway details for JFK and LGA. Metrocards are sold at LaGuardia Airport. The M60 stops at all terminals and at the Astoria Blvd Station of the N and Q trains in Queens before going along 125 St in Manhattan and stopping at four different subway lines in Manhattan. The others go for shorter distances to subway stations in Queens.
Note that the Q33, no longer goes to LGA; that service has been replaced by the Q70 Limited bus, which stops at "61 St.-Woodside Station" on the 7 and <7> express (as well as the Long Island Railroad), and at "74th St-Bway" (Queens) on the 7 local, which is the same station as "Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights" on the E, F, M, R trains of the Queens Blvd. line. After those two station stops, the Q70 bus runs non-stop on a highway right into the Airport. Note that the Q70 does not stop at the Marine Air Terminal; but the Q47 from Jackson Hts and the Q48 from 111 St (Queens) on the 7 line still stop there.
To go from LGA to JFK, take the Q70 bus to the first stop off the airport. (Jackson Heights), take the Jamaica-bound E train to "Sutphin-JFK", and the JFK Air Train to the terminals (for a total price of $7.50).
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Official taxi lines are outside each of the terminals. From JFK or Newark to anywhere in Manhattan, taxis are fixed rates ($52.50 from JFK and $50 from Newark, plus tip and tolls). Taxis from LGA run on the meter so fares will be affected by heavy traffic; it usually costs $20-$25 to reach Upper or Mid Manhattan and $25-$30 to get to Lower Manhattan. You can find the current fare rate on the websites of NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission and Newark Airport.
If you decide to invest in a cab, only use official NYC Yellow Taxis from the taxi dispatcher or a pre-arranged car service. It is illegal for livery cars, Lincoln Town Car ("black car") services or limousine drivers to solicit you at the terminals; these drivers run scams and will ask for more money once you arrive at your destination. However, booking a car service in advance (using a service like Dial7 or Groundlink) can add some convenience to your trip. Cars can be booked and paid in advance. You can also request that the driver meet you at baggage claim to help with luggage. If traveling solo or in a small group, a new online platform, "Cab With Me" allows New Yorkers to find other people nearby with whom they can share the taxi and save money.
JFK, La Guardia and Newark all have shared van rides into the city. It's less expensive than a cab if you're traveling alone, but it takes longer because you may need to stop at other hotels or addresses before arriving at your destination. From LGA or JFK, the Airport Express bus service goes to several locations for $13-$16 one-way. The NYC Airporter also provides shuttle service to and from LGA-Manhattan and to and from JFK-Manhattan for about $13.00 one-way. Be warned, GoAirlink Shuttle gets terrible reviews.
With heavy traffic and limited parking, NYC is not an easy place to drive, and if you rent a car, you'll probably leave it parked in the lot. Unless you are planning extensive travel outside of New York City itself, renting a car is a waste of time and money.
If you do need a rental car for travel to areas that are not well served by public transit, use a general travel booking site that can compare rates from various car rental agencies.
Taking a train to a station outside of NYC and renting a car there can be more affordable and less stressful than picking up a car in NYC. The best options will depend on where you are ultimately traveling with the car, and whether you intend to return to NYC when you are through.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) operates subways and buses that can get you anywhere in the city, though you can also walk or take a cab. Note that "uptown" means north and "downtown" means south.
New York City is one of the world's best walking cities. The sidewalks pulse with energy, and you might even stroll past movie stars, television personalities, music icons or models. Twenty blocks (e.g. 40th St to 60th St) is about a mile and usually takes 20–30 minutes to walk. You can generally get anywhere in Midtown Manhattan within an hour.
If you're exploring Greenwich Village, SoHo and TriBeCa, grab a map or ask for directions. But all of Manhattan north of 14th Street is laid out on an easy-to-navigate grid, with Avenues running North-South and numbered streets running East-West.
New York's subway system is the fastest way to get around the city, and if you're traveling alone it's probably the most economical. A reloadable subway pass (called a MetroCard) costs $1 plus any fares that need to be added, and can be purchased at many stores and newsstands above ground, or at kiosks inside the subway stations. Single rides cost $2.50 if paid by MetroCard, or $2.75 if paid by a SingleRide ticket (available at subway vending machines only). Infants and children less than 44 inches tall can ride for free. MetroCards can also be used on city buses.
There are two types of MetroCards. The Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard carries a dollar balance and can be reloaded as needed. There is a 5% bonus for purchases over $5 on a Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard. It can be used on both the subway and city buses, and also on Express buses, PATH, and the Airtrain. A 7 day Unlimited Ride MetroCard may be a better value if you plan to ride the subway more than 13 times during your visit. However it can only be used on local city buses and the subway, and cannot be shared. As of September 2014 a week-long MetroCard gave an adult unlimited travel on all subways and city buses for $30, plus the $1 to purchase the card. It is a very economical way for a tourist wanting to go all over the city all day long for a few days to a week.
Most NY subway trunks are four track - there are local trains that make every stop, and expresses that only make some stops. It's important to know which you want, or you will waste a lot of time backtracking. In most stations the locals are on the outside tracks, and the expresses on the inner tracks. But there are some exceptions, so look for the signs above the platform and listen to announcements
Once you're on the subway, you can transfer as many times as you want. Plan local public transportation using the MTA Trip Planner or Hopstop.com. Both websites provide excellent online directions in and around the city.
The Lexington Avenue Lines (4, 5, 6) run north/south on the East Side and are helpful if you're going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Statue of Liberty, Yankee Stadium and Chinatown.
The Seventh Avenue Lines (1, 2, 3) run north/south along Broadway and then Seventh Avenue. It can help you reach the West Village, Chelsea, Tribeca neighborhoods and ferries to Staten Island.
The Eighth Avenue Lines (A, C, E) runs north/south on the West Side and can take you near the Natural History Museum, the west side of Central Park and JFK Airport.
The Sixth Avenue Line (B, D, F, M) runs north/south through Manhattan for access to the Museum of Modern Art, Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall and St. Patrick's Cathedral. Some lines run east to Brooklyn or Queens.
The Broadway Lines (N, Q, R) go down Broadway below 42nd Street and on Seventh Avenue above Times Square. They can help you get to Chinatown, SoHo, New York University, Union Square, the Empire State Building, Carnegie Hall and Central Park, as well as the Financial District and Brooklyn.
Bus routes thoroughly cover all major areas of the city and, while not as fast as the subway system, they provide an inexpensive alternative to cabs and another great way to encounter everyday folks. Pay with a MetroCard or change; fare boxes don't accept bills.
The route designations include a letter and number. The letter is the borough: M=Manhattan Q=Queens B=Brooklyn Bx=Bronx and S=Staten Island. Most routes stay within the borough, but there are exceptions such as the Q32 that goes to Penn Station in Manhattan. Express buses for commuters are marked with an X above the window; these cost more and most visitors won't have any use for them.
For excellent views of Lady Liberty, Ellis Island or skyscrapers, take the Staten Island Ferry, a free commuter ferry that operates year-round between St. George on Staten Island and Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan. When you get to Staten Island you must get off the boat, but if the weather is nice you might take a stroll along the waterfront promenade or watch giant cargo ships glide by. Note: the Staten Island Ferry does not actually stop at the Statue of Liberty or Ellis Island.
Statue Cruises also operate ferries to Lady Liberty and Ellis Island, but you have to buy a ticket. Advanced purchase online is highly recommended, though you can get same-day tickets at Castle Clinton.
When the weather is nice, rent a bicycle and ride along the Hudson River path or through Central Park. Popular bike tour and rentals include Central Park Bicycle Tour and Rental; Toga Bike Shop, located conveniently between the Hudson and Central Park; and Gotham Bikes Downtown, not far from the Hudson. A tour company called Bike the Apple also offers guided bicycle tours in all five boroughs.
If you're traveling in a group of two or more, this is probably the best way to travel in New York City. You can easily get anywhere in Manhattan for no more than $10 - $15, less than a subway ride when split between a group. Ask your hotel concierge or a doorman to call a taxi for you, or just head to the street and raise a hand in the air. Real NYC taxis are yellow with a metal seal on the hood, a meter for billing, a divider inside the car and special taxi license plates. Look for one with a lit light on top but no "off duty" mark.
Commuter rails go between the city and its suburbs, though you can use them for intracity transit, too, since some tourist destinations are closer to their stops than the subway. The Long Island Railroad runs from Penn Station to Queens and Brooklyn, while Metro-North Railroad provides service from Grand Central Terminal to the Bronx and north suburbs. MetroCards aren't valid on these trains, so buy a separate ticket online or in the stations before you board.
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The LINNC team has upcoming events in store for you!
Come share your experience and improve your daily practice to optimise the care you give to your patients. Attend courses that build on the experience of worldwide neuroradiology and neurosurgery teams, stemming from worldwide centers at the forefront of new technological developments.
Due to work at the Carrousel du Louvre, the course will take place a month earlier - May 23-25, 2016.
Join your peers and watch live cases transmitted from centers around the globe!
Discover the LINNC Seminar in Asia, a fascinating and challenging new venue that will take place in Singapore in November 2016!
We'll see you back at the usual venue with a brand-spanking-new Carrousel du Louvre!
Save the dates: June 13-15, 2017
Friday 18 March, 2016
Saturday 19 March, 2016
To ensure that each participant leaves with the knowledge he or she needs to impact their daily practice, LINNC SEMINAR 2016 – US EDITION has been designed to be open and highly interactive. An example of this is that during each session participants will be encouraged to ask questions directly to the panel through the use of their smartphone or tablets. These questions and comments will then be projected on one of the seminar screens, becoming an integral part of the general discussion.
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These are the ramblings of Matthijs Kooijman, concerning the software he hacks on, hobbies he has and occasionally his personal life.
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My book about Arduino and XBee includes a chapter on battery power and sleeping. When I originally wrote it, it ended up over twice the number of pages originally planned for it, so I had to severely cut down the content. Among the content removed, was a large section talking about interrupts, sleeping and race conditions. Since I am not aware of any other online sources that cover this subject as thoroughly, I decided to publish this content as a blogpost separately, which is what you're looking at now.
In this blogpost, I will first explain interrupts and race conditions using a number of examples. Then sleeping is added into the mix, which again results in some interesting race conditions. All these examples have been written for Arduino boards using the AVR architecture, but the general concepts apply equally well to other platforms.
The basics of interrupts and sleeping on AVR are not covered in detail here. If you have no experience with this, I recommend these excellent articles on interrupts and on sleeping by Nick Gammon, which cover interrupts, sleeping and other powersaving in a lot of detail.
I was prompted to write this post after I got an email from another S270 user, thanking me for all the info I posted about these machines. He was also having power supply issues, with all the same resulting troubles I had (keyboard stuttering, USB issues, etc.).
He said he fixed this by simply replacing the notebook power supply and all his problems were gone. Interestingly I had already tried that and it didn't work for me, so we were having different problems.
Another reason for writing this post is that I actually fixed my power supply issues a few months ago. I can't really remember what prompted me too look into it again, but this time I didn't have anything to lose - I wasn't really using Xanthe for anything anymore. I opened up the casing completely, took out the mainboard to properly access the underside.
The power connector felt like it was fixed to the mainboard pretty tightly, but I put my soldering iron to it anyway. I just let the solder reflow nicely.
To my surprise, this actually worked. The power connector now powers the laptop properly, without any blinking. I suspect that the solder in one of the contacts had split and caused a flakey connection.
So, Xanthe is still idling around in a cabinet somewhere, but at least she's now usable as a backup or LARP prop sometime :-)
Last year, I got myself an Atmel JTAGICE3 programmer, in order to speed up programming my Pinoccio boards. This worked great, except that as can be expected of the tiny flatcable they used (1.27mm connector and even smaller flatcable), the cable broke within 6 months.
Atmel support didn't want to replace it, because it wasn't broken when I first unpacked the programmer, and told me to find and buy a new cable myself. Since finding these cables turns out to be tricky, and I didn't feel like breaking another cable in 6 months, I designed a converter board.
(This post has been lying around as a draft for a few years, thought I'd finish it up and publish it now that Tika has finally been put into production)
A few
months years back, I purchased a new server together with some friends,
which we've named "Tika" (daughter of "Tita Tovenaar", both wizards
from a Dutch television series from the 70's). This name combine's
Daenney's "wizards and magicians" naming scheme with my "Television
shows from my youth" naming schemes quite neatly. :-)
It's a Supermicro 5015A rack server sporting an Atom D510 dual core processor, 4GB ram, 500GB of HD storage and recently added 128G of SSD storage. It is intended to replace Drsnuggles, my current HP DL360G2 (which has been very robust and loyal so far, but just draws too much power) as well as Daenney's Zeratul, an Apple Xserve. Both of our current machines draw around 180W, versus just around 20-30W for Tika. :-D You've got to love the Atom processor (and it probably outperforms our current hardware anyway, just by being over 5 years newer...).
Over the past three years, I've been working together with Daenney and Bas on setting up the software stack on Tika, which proved a bit more work than expected. We wanted to have a lot of cool things, like LXC containers, privilege separation for webapplications, a custom LDAP schema and a custom web frontend for user (self-)management, etc. Me being the perfectionist I am, it took quite some effort to get things done, also producing quite a number of bug reports, patches and custom scripts in the process.
Last week, we've finally put Tika into production. My previous server, drsnuggles had a hardware breakdown, which forced me wrap up Tika's configuration into something usable (which still took me a week, since I seem to be unable to compromise on perfection...). So now my e-mail, websites and IRC are working as expected on Tika, with the stuff from Bas and Daenney still needing to be migrated.
I also still have some draft postings lying around about Maroesja, the custom LDAP schema / user management setup we are using. I'll try to wrap those up in case others are interested. The user management frontend we envisioned hasn't been written yet, but we'll soon tire of manual LDAP modification and get to that, I expect :-)
The Pinoccio Scout is a wonderful Arduino-like microcontroller board that has builtin mesh networking, a small form factor and a ton of resources (at least in Arduino terms: 32K of SRAM and 256K of flash).
However, flashing a new program into the scout happens through a serial port at 115200 baud. That's perfectly fine when you only have 32K of flash or for occasional uploads. But when you upload a 100k+ program dozens of times per day, it turns out that that's actually really slow! Uploading and verifying a 104KiB sketch takes over 30 seconds, just too long to actually wait for it (so you do something else, get distracted, and gone is the productivity).
Since ages, I've been using switched power bars to connect my computer equipment. Originally, I used a normal outlet to connect my PC and a switched bar to connect my monitor, speakers, printer, etc. This allows me to actually completely switch off everything when I'm not using it, saving a couple of Watts of leakage power and removing the need to switch all of my equipment off separately.
Since then, the amount of electrical stuff on my desk has increased a bit, now also including quite some stuff unrelated to my computer. I now count: a laptop adapter, an USB hub, speakers, a printer/scanner, an external hard disk, a battery charger, a phone charger, a charger for my shaver, some soldering equipment, a pile of wireless access points (my work for Fon).
Plugging in all this stuff in a single power bar wasn't very helpful: I would have the bar turned on most of the day when working on my laptop, so all the other devices would be leaking power as well.
It thought I found the perfect solution when I found this power bar with five individually switched outlets from Brennenstuhl. However, because both the switches and the outlets need some space, this power bar is pretty huge (±60 cm long), making it pretty impossible to give it a useful place on my desk (without taking up too much desk space), so I would have to think of something else.
I have been thinking about building a nice cabinet to put on top of my desk to put my laptop, speakers and printer on top of and to put various paperwork and other misc items in (to replace the cardboard boxes that kept my laptop at an ergonomical height until then). In the design of that cabinet, I realized that I could just as well include some power switch panels in the cabinet.
After a few iterations of the design, I ended up with the following result:
As you can see, there's two switch panels with eight switches each in the lower corners. Each switch controls one or two outlets, most of which are hidden behind the panels. Since most of the devices don't move around much, it's perfect if the outlets and plugs are hidden inside the cabinet, since that means less cluttering of my desk.
However, I also have some devices (mostly wireless access points, settopboxes and monitors that I use for my work) that are not fixed all the time and regularly change. If I would need to get behind the switch panels everytime I wanted to change a device, I would get tired of that real quick. I could of course have used a completely separate outlet bar for those devices, but I still like to make those devices individually switched (since most of them have power adapters, which are prone to leak power, and I hardly ever use all of the devices at the same time).
So, I ended up making five of the switches in the right panel control outlets in a separate power bar, which I put on my (second) desk instead of behind the panel. To be able to do this, I had to get a length of thick power cable containing 12 separate leads (two for each outlet, plus one for the earth terminal). Also, since I didn't want the cable to be fixed onto the switch box, I got a humongous power plug, containing 10 contacts (plus chassis earth).
I designed these boxes for a current up to 10A. All components should be able to handle 16A, except for the power inlets, which contain a 10A fuse. Each switch panel contains 8 switches, for controlling 9 outlets (theres one switch in each box that controls two outlets).
I used two-pole switches, which can switch both the line and neutral terminals of each outlets. In theory, it should be sufficient to only switch the line terminals and leave the neutral terminals always connected, but since the boxes are connected to a wall socket using a normal power plug, there is no way to tell which incoming power wire is the line terminal and which is the neutral terminal, so you have to switch both of them.
One thing I had not accounted for in advance, is that the switch boxes themselves also draw a bit of power. The power inlets I used contain some filtering circuitry, which should improve the stability of the power delivered. However, these inlets also draw about 50-100mW (hard to measure since it's so little and has a low power factor) each, when there is nothing else connected. On yearly basis, this would amount to about one kWh, so that's not really a problem.
In addition, the lights in the switches also draw around 300mW, but since that only happens when a device is switched on, that power draw is negligible compared to the power usage of the connected device.
I started out building the cabinet, which took me just under a day (I just screwed all the panels together, not bothering with fine dovetail joints or other fine woodworking details, since I mostly wanted this cabinet to be functional without costing too much time. Then I started on the switch boxes, which took me three or four days in total, which seems really out of proportion :-)
I started out preparing the front panel, using an oldschool fretsaw. Fortunately, the switches have a small front panel that covers up a few milimeters of the hole, so I didn't have to get perfect cuts (though a few mm of space is still not that much room for error).
The switches are mounted in the panel by just snapping them into the holes cut out of the panel.
For the outlets, I was considering to use these power sockets or standard wall sockets, with the big downside of them being fairly expensive (± €8, I would need 20 of them). Fortunately, I found a box of old wall outlets at van Altena, local second-hand hardware store that has all kinds of old and new tools and equipment at cheap prieces. I ended up paying €0,75 per outlet, which reduced the total cost of the project quite a bit (though it still cost me around €175 in materials).
To save a bit of space and make everything fit better, I ended up cutting off the top of the outlets, so the outer mantle would come off and the outlets could be placed closer togeter. After doing the first one with a saw, I ended up doing all the others using a belt sander, fixed upside down in my vice creating an ad-hoc stationary belt sander.
Next, I created a base for the boxes and constructed the boxes on top. Apparently I didn't take any pictures of the process (I remember doing so, but perhaps I somehow lost the pictures, not sure). The base plate is thick (18mm) MDF, on which I've used my router to route out a 10mm deep "trench" in the wood through which the cabling can be put (so it can go underneath the outlets). You can see one of the trenches on the left of the right box below.
Most of the rest of the construction is 15mm plywood, except for the top plate (with holes for the outlets), I used 6mm MDF for that.
To connect the incoming power lines to each of the switches, I had a bit of a challenge. The switches have blade connectors, onto which blade receptacle connectors can be attached. These blade receptacles are "crimped" onto a cable. I tried to find some component that I could use to connect all a dozen of blade receptacles onto, but I couldn't find any of those. There are special blade connectors that allow daisy chaining each switch onto the next, but I didn't like the idea that the last switch would be connected through two dozen of crimp connections (and I did not have those daisy chaining connectors when I was working on this).
I also could not use a Twist-on wire connector, since that only works with solid cable (and the crimped blade connectors need stranded cable).
In the end, I just settled for soldering all these cables together. It's not very elegant, but I'm confident that this soldering connection should be capable of easily handling 16A of current, which is the most important in the end. I used two layers of heat-shrink tubing to insulate the big lump of soldering tin.
The last picture shows the end result: four cable octopusses that connect with one wire to the power entry point, and with eight wires to each of the switches. There's four of these in total, for both the line (with the brown marking tape) and neutral (with the white marking tape) connections in both of the boxes.
The line and neutral connections of each outlet need to be connected to a single switch. I first connected wires to all of the outlets, with a blade connector crimped onto the other side. I used wires cut from the multicable I bought, which are conveniently numbered. Since the line and neutral connections are interchangeable in the European outlet system ("Schuko"), I didn't need to add labels to distinguish both cables coming from the same outlet.
The earth terminals do not need to pass the switch, these need to be always connected. In the bigger box, I used an earthing terminal block (which is intended to be used in a breaker box) to connect the outlets in a "star" topology. For the smaller box, I couldn't find a smaller earthing terminal block, so I just daisy chained the outlets together. Since there's only a few outlets and there should never be much current through the earth terminals, this shouldn't be a problem here.
I also connected the multicable connector in the same way, but those wires are already covered by a MDF plate in the pictures.
The end result is 32 cables sticking out from each box, four cables for each switch.
Connecting the switches was a matter of connecting all the 32 wires I prepared to the switches in the panel. After connecting the switches, I glued the front panel onto the box (so there would not be any visible screws on the front panel).
Now the boxes are assembled and ready for use, time to build the external outlet bar.
Note that the outlets seem a bit randomly placed, but I've tried to leave as much room available for power adapters to stick out in different directions, without blocking other outlets.
For the external outlets, I got an old powerbar (again at van Altena), which has each outlet individually connected internally. I connected the big multicable to all of the outlets on side and to the big connector on the other side of the cable
The old powerbar also had a single powerswitch to control all of the outlets. Since I couldn't find any use for this switch, I just removed it. To cover up the hole that it left, I used two rectangles cut out of an old plastic cable conduit. The smaller rectangle exactly fits in the hole, the larger rectangle just serves to glue the smaller one in place. The result is a cleanly covered switch hole.
After installing the boxes into the cabinet, it turned out the front panels weren't glued on properly, the left one came off. Since I was already doubting if they would hold, I settled for a less elegant, but more secure solution: I just added some screws in an angle from the back, making them just long enough to not stick out at the front.
So, here's the finished thing. I really like the contrast between the green buttons and the red mahogany finish I used, it gives the thing a very classic look.
To be able to plug in devices, I can pull out the boxes towards the front. This is not very quick to do, but since I do not need to switch devices very often, that works out just fine.
I also added labels to the various switches, so I won't have to remember where I plugged in every device.
And just for historical reference, here are the design drawings I created during the process. If they look fuzzy to you, that's probably because I erased every part of the drawings probably at least once...
To be able to debug a bug in OpenTTD that only occured on SPARC machines, I needed an old SPARC machine so I could reproduce and hopefully fix the bug. After some inquiring at our local hackerspace, Bitlair (which had a few SPARC32 machines lying around, but I needed SPARC64), I got in touch with The_Niz from NURDSpace, the hackerspace in Wageningen. Surprisingly, it turned out I actually knew The_Niz already through work :-)
In any case, The_Niz was kind enough to lend me a SPARC Ultra1 workstation and Sun keyboard, and r3boot gave me a Sun monitor I could use (of course Sun hardware doesn't use a regular VGA connector...).
There was one caveat, though: The NVRAM battery in the Ultra1 was dead. The NVRAM chip stores the boot settings (like the BIOS settings in a regular PC), but also the serial number and MAC address of the machine (called the IDPROM info). Without those settings, you'll have to manually select the boot device on every boot (by typing commands at a prompt) and netbooting does not work, for lack of a MAC address (I presume regular networking, e.g., from within Linux, does not work either, but I haven't tested that yet).
Sun has taken an interesting approach to their NVRAM chip. Where most machines just use a piece of EEPROM (Flash) memory, which does not need power to remember its contents, Sun has used a piece of RAM memory (which needs power to remember its contents) combined with a small rechargeable battery.
This means that when the machine is not used for a
long time or is very old, the battery will eventually die, causing the
machine to spit out messages like "
The IDPROM contents are
invalid and "
Internal loopback test -- Did not receive expected
loopback packet".
I needed to install Debian on this Ultra1, so I needed some way to boot the installer. Since netbooting did not work, my first attempt was to ignore the NVRAM problem and just get the machine to boot off a Debian boot cd. This did not quite work out: the cdrom player in the Ultra1 (a 4x burner connected through SCSI) didn't like any of the CD-Rs and CD-RWs I threw at it. It spat out errors like "Illegal Instruction", "Program Terminated" or "SProgram Terminated" (where the first "S" is the start of "SILO", the SPARC bootloader).
As we all remember from a long time ago, the early generation CD-ROM players were quite picky with burnt CDs, so also this one. I found some advice online to burn my CDs at a lower speed (apparently the drive was rumoured to break on discs burned at 4x or higher), but my drive or CD-Rs didn't support writing slower than 8x... I could write my CD-RW at 4x and at one occasion I managed to boot the installer from a CD-RW and succesfully (but very, very slowly) scan the CD-RW contents, but then it broke with read errors when trying to actually load files from the CD-RW.
So, having no usable CD-ROM drive to boot from, I really had to get netboot going. Apparently it is possible (and even easy and not so expensive) to replace the NVRAM chip, but I didn't feel like waiting for one to be shipped. There is a FAQ available online with extensive documentation about the NVRAM chip and instructions on how to reprogram the IDPROM part with valid contents.
So, I reckoned that the battery was only needed when the machine was powered down, so I should be able to reprogram the IDPROM info and then just not poweroff the system, right?
Turns out that works perfectly. I reprogrammed the IDPROM using the MAC
address I read off the sticker on the NVRAM chip and made up a dummy
serial number. For some reason, the
mkpl command did not work, I had
to use the more verbose
mkp command. Afterwards, I gave the
command and the "Internal loopback test" error was gone and the machine
started netbooting, using RARP and TFTP.
By now, I've managed to install Debian, get Xorg working and reproduce the bug in OpenTTD, so time for fixing it :-D
Recently, I was having some problems with the internal speakers on my Lenovo Thinkpad X201. Three times now, the internal speakers just stopped producing sound. The headphone jack worked, it's just the speakers which were silent. Nothing helped: fiddling with volume controls, reloading alsa modules, rebooting my laptop, nothing fixed the sound...
When trying to see if the speakers weren't physically broken, I discovered that booting into Windows actually fixed the problem and restored the sound from the speakers. It's of course a bit of a defeat to accept Windows a fix for my problem, but I was busy with other things, so it sufficed for a while.
When migrating my laptop to my new Intel SSD, I broke my Windows installation, so when the problem occured again, I had no choice but to actualy investigate it.
I'll skip right to the conclusion here: I had broken my sound by pressing the mute button on my keyboard... Now, before you think I'm stupid, I had of course checked my volume controls and the device really was unmuted! But it turns out the mute button in Thinkpads combined with Linux is a bit weird...
This is how you would expect a mute button to be implemented: You press the mute button, it sends a keypress to the operating system, which then tells the audio driver to mute.
This is how it works on my Thinkpad: You press the mute button, causing
the EC (embedded controller) in the thinkpad to directly mute the
speakers. This is not visible from the normal volume
controls in the software, since it happens on a very low level (though
thinkpad_acpi kernel module can be used to expose this special
mute state through a
/proc interface and special audio device).
In addition to muting the speakers, it also sends a
MUTE acpi keypress
to the operating system. This keypress then causes the audio driver to
mute the audio stream (actually, it's pulseaudio that does that).
Now, here's the fun part: If you now unmute the audio stream through the software volume controls, everything looks like it should work, but the hardware is still muted! It never occured to me to press the mute button again, since the volume wasn't muted (or at least didn't look like it).
I originally thought that the mute button handling was even more complex, when I found some register polling code that faked keypresses, but it seems that's only for older Thinkpads (phew!).
In any case, the bottom line is: If you have a Thinkpad whose speakers suddely stop working, try pressing the mute button!
As you might have read in my previous post, I have been vastly unimpressed by MSI's warranty department. Or actually, I have been actually been quite impressed by the amount of incompetence that they have managed to concentrate in that department. But, I digress.
A few weeks back, MSI managed to take weeks to not replace my hard drive. I have been complaining about this, and they offered that I sent them the faulty drive (again) so they could replace it. Yet they could not send me a new drive, before they had received the old drive, since "the system would not allow it". They would not, however, require me to send back my entire notebook again, as a courtesy. It's not like I could use it for anything but decoration without a hard drive (it does not support booting from an USB stick, I discovered after installing debian om my stick), but well.
I was going to write a nice piece about MSI support here, as soon as I got my notebook back from MSI. About their nice service (pick up and return with UPS!) even though they are a little slow-ish. About their nice battery warranty (minimal 80% of capacity after a year) and their flexibility in applying that warranty (I was a few days too late, technically) But, I've decided not too.
There are several reasons for this. First of all, my notebook HD broke in the first place. Not a nice thing to do, though I should probably blame WD for not making HD's that can sustain repeated writes resulting from hibernation in the same area of the disk.
It could also be because it took them nearly a week to respond to my service request when I complained about a bad HD (with complete smart status and error logs to back up my case). All I got back was a UPS label, but I reckoned it took them a while to fully read through my case and decide what to do with it. As it turns out now, it seems they didn't even read it and just needed 6 days to send me a UPS label.


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Nollywood and their constant thievery...
Is this supposed to help this Naija movie sell or some graphic artist was just plumb lazy and had his imagination on a stupid hiatus? I mean... look at how everything was copied from the choice of words and arrangement to the layout and people in the design.
Where the original says 'Music, Family, Power', the imitation says 'Gold, Magic, Power' which is not surprising after all many of these low grade Nollywood movies are about weird juju and some fake elite or show of exaggerated opulence.
While the original says 'The Battle Begins' which sets the suspenseful anticipatory mood, the imitation yells 'The Curse Begins'. Before nko? Did I not mention 'juju things?' (No hashtags abeg!)
The positioning of the models of the original are strategic; they are designed to make a statement - Terence Howard backing us and giving a side glance of the Boss who's having thoughts and the Lady (I forget her name) starring menacingly straight at us to indicate that she has an influence on this powerful man's decisions...
The positioning of the imitation is just lame. Van Vicker stands there in a pose that looks like he was just caught on camera asking the question, 'Shey na like this I suppose stand?' And the pix of the female who looks like a hybrid between Omotola Jalade and Genevieve Nnaji, seems like a cut out from some over-tweeted and over-hyped personal photo found online.
I just hope this poster is a fake; if it is, then this was a good joke of what Low-grade Nollywood is capable of doing and if its not, then Nollywood don fall hand big time.
By the way,,,is there really a station called ANBC? 'Cause that's where my fakery suspicion came from.


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LUSH Angels on Bare Skin
935 reviews
69% would repurchase
Package Quality: 2.9
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 2.9
Price: $$$
INGREDIENTSGround Almonds Glycerine Kaolin Water (Aqua) Lavender Oil Rose Absolute Chamomile Blue Oil Tagetes Oil Benzoin Resinoid Lavender Flowers *Limonene *Linalool
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Dry, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
This stuff really screwed up my skin. I used it I think at the most 3 times. My partner at the time was around when I was complaining about my face burning. She gave me the craziest look amd told me to look in the mirror.
My skin wasn't red or patchy. But it had the texture of an orange peel. Very, very bumpy. I was really upset and honestly freaked out about it; I've never had a severe reaction to face products before, and Lush was usually good to my skin.
I returned the product, and the manager felt so bad that she actually gifted me a Full of Grace bar and and Ayesha mask to settle the odd bumps. It soothed it, but took a couple of weeks. Won't touch this or Dark Angels again.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This product was the epitome of 'ehh', It was okay at most. It had a lovely faint scent of lavender. The almond skin chunks were too few and far in between to be a good exfoliant. It didn't really give me a clean feeling and didnt do much for acne. However it did smell nice and had an interesting texture. It was not overly drying either like some cleaners can be.
Would most likely only purchase again if I was in a rush and desperate for any cleanser.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
I'm one of those people who don't necessarily believe or buy into the whole natural-is-better in terms of skincare because I believe every person's skin is different and to some, synthetic ingredients and chemicals may actually be more beneficial than natural ones. That's why my expectations of Angels was pretty low despite two of my friends who have very different skin types from each other raving about this cleanser. Friend 1 has perfect asf skin who doesn't need to do so much to it and Friend 2 has a more similar skin type to me - sensitive to the environment, weather, lifestyle and stress, sometimes oily, sometimes dry, breakout prone.
I also haven't used a cleanser in YEARS because every cleanser I've tried has either made my skin too oily, too dry or is just plain too harsh, making me break out very badly :( thus, I have a pretty big distrust of regularly cleansing my face, especially since my skin has been better off not being cleansed anyway.
So I came into using Angels with a very doubtful mind. I decided to use it once everyday in the mornings so I can really see if it's the type of cleanser I can use regularly, but only used it on the right side of my face so I can really see and compare how my skin handles Angels compared to just using good ol' lukewarm water...
- I can use this cleanser regularly! No dryness/redness/flakiness AND didn't make me too oily, hence it didn't make break me out!
- Quite moisturising on dry skin! Helps get rid of dry patches!!
- Skin feels so smooth and soft after cleansing
- Brightens overall skin tone
- The bits of kaolin, almond and lavender in Angels feel nice and soothing but not very harsh as exfoliators.
- I actually don't need very much of the cleanser to cover my face. I only have a small sample and I've only used a third of it.
- Usage - the packaging. The fact that it will spoil easily if you're careless with preserving the cleanser. Having to "make" the cleanser. I actually don't mind this so much and I can live with all this for now but when you're in a rush, using this cleanser isn't so convenient.
- Angels brightens the skin overall, but not sure if it can help with hyperpigmentation. I might need to use Angels for longer to see if it can get rid of that or not.
- I feel like Angels neither worsens nor helps prevent breakouts. It would be nice to have a cleanser that actually prevents breakouts but will work as gently as Angels does.
- Price... seems expensive at first, but honestly.. most lowish-mid range skincare products cost the same as Angels anyway.
- Doesn't remove makeup. This isn't a con for me personally, but it seems to be for many people. I never expected Angels to be a makeup remover anyway and it never claims to be one, so this shouldn't be a problem.
If only Angels can actually prove that it will help fade hyperpigmentation and maintain breakout-free skin, but am I asking for too much? Maybe. I'm very keen to look into Lush's other cleansers and see if they have one that actually actively but gently gets rid of/prevents breakouts, but I'll continue to use the small sample of Angels I've got till it runs out. If I feel like it's done all I look for in a cleanser, I will be very impressed and surprised! I've known about this cleanser for years now and refused to try it because of my cleanser phobia, so I'm still shocked that Angels has restored my trust and faith in facial cleansers and cleansing!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I use this product when my breakouts are at a minimum because it didn't do much when I used it on my cystic acne (which I get regularly on my chin) Good morning cleanser. The first solid cleanser I'd ever brought but it's not hard to use at all. A pinch of product + a few drops of water + mixing it together in your palm = a great cleanser from Lush. Only con is it can get a bit messy and my partner and parents don't like the mess I leave behind after using this product.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
such a beautiful cleanser. best for minimal make up days. smoothes skin
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I tried this product some time ago and have recently repurchased. I love lush products and this is no exception. It is a little awkward to use but I think a lot of there stuff is like that. I am use to easy pump packs and bottles products. I find this product to be work wonderfully on my skin with regard to keeping my skin lovely and fresh without feeling like I am stripping it bare. However it does nothing for acne or blemishes, which is slightly disappointing. I use it as an in between face was, when I feel the products I use for acne are a bit too much and I want to clean my skin without over drying it.
See the link for more info on this product: http://yellowlacecats.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/angels-on-bare-skin.html
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
Before I start my review, please note I am not the type of person who thinks everything that is natural is better. I am a scientist and as such I truly appreciate the killing power of many natural compounds. Cyanide, vinca alkaloids, radium! These are just three deadly examples!
Now onto this cleanser. I knew the pot was not very practical and I wasn't sure if I would enjoy having to mix the paste with water. I went ahead and bought it anyway. The first time I used it I noticed it doesn't really form 'a paste', it just so happens that big 'crumbs' of cleanser become smaller 'crumbs' when water is added. I scooped a small amount out, added some warm water to my hand, mixed and proceeded with application. On a wet face, it left a residue after rinsing. When I tried it on a dry face, it didn't leave as much of a residue but it still didn't feel completely clean.
I used it a few times but I quickly gave up on it. It feels a bit harsh yet the crushed almonds do not provide adequate exfoliation. So they are a bit pointless, really. Why would I want to rub my face with a scruby substance everyday if then I will still have to exfoliate with an actual exfoliatior? I am also not a fan of scrubby products to begin with. The cleanser also left a residue most of the time.
Overall I believe this is an overpriced cleanser and while it is an interesting concept, it was messy, ineffective and drying. It's a no from me. I would like to give it some lippies... but it doesn't do anything for my skin it doesn't even clean it properly so I will have to give it only 1 lippie.
Edit: One more lippie due to the excellent returns policy where Lush allows you to return used products. In the UK, where I live at the moment, it's pretty much unheard of. Estee Lauder and Clinique accept used products but they ask too many questions. Lush truly has a no quibble return policy. I wish all companies were like that.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
My daughter and I both used this cleanser. We both love it. This will remove dirt and oil, but will not remove makeup. You need to used makeup remover first. This leave our face soft and smooth. We used this twice a day. We love lush products.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This is so fun to use! I got attracted to the novelty of a facial wash in this form. Apparently the recipe is from the medieval times. Exotic :)
Don't take too much product out of the tub. All you need is just a pea size. If you take too big a lump it'd be hard to blend it into a paste.
As the paste still has little bits and pieces that make it uneven, I don't use a lot of strength when massaging the product on my skin. Gently does it.
I think the product should avoid water.. so storing it in a cool, dry place in the bathroom is important.
Your skin will look radiant and supple after wash. Enjoyable product to use.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Red, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
I bought this product upon recommendation of a friend that does my glycolic acid peels. She claimed it would be the most gentle way to deal with the initial breakout. I was put off by the price but she also claimed it would last a long time. I have used it twice now. The first time my face got a little blotchy for about 5 minutes but felt smooth and supple. I used it this morning for the second time. I got less irritation this time and my face feels fresh and smooth. My skin is very sensitive so the irritation was probably due to 1. The new product and 2. The slight abrasiveness of the ground almonds in the cleanser. Pretty happy with the initial results. No new breakouts so far. I have hard time finding good cleanser so hopefully this works for the long run.
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Madonna Performs Surprise Outdoor Set for ParisRight after her concert in Paris, she tweeted, "Im singing some songs in place de la republique. Meet me there now #Paris . #rightnow"
Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Madonna Honor Paris Attack Victims with Musical TributesPearl Jam, Madonna and Coldplay pay tribute.
Watch Katy Perry Geek Out While on Stage with MadonnaPerry yelled "I love you 'Mom!'" Awwwww.
Are Exes Madonna & Sean Penn Back Together?Entertainment Tonight reports that Penn was seen "gazing adoringly" at his ex-wife while sitting in the front row of her concert.
Prince Serenades Madonna At Private Late-Night Paisley Park PerformanceMadonna sat on the edge of the stage at his feet, "looking up at him adoringly as he sang to her".
Concert Review: Madonna's 'Rebel Heart' TourMadonna looks back, but on her own terms. And she also leans heavily, rightfully so, on her latest album, "Rebel Heart."
Madonna: 'The Pope is Stalking Me'"Either he's a copycat, or he's in love with me," Madge said. Or both!


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Gentiles. The new element in this third prediction of the Passion is the mention of the Gentiles (that is, the Romans). The scourging and mockery He predicted are details of His death prophesied in the Scriptures (Ps. 22), and were normal Roman practice.


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Today, a national committee of experts in agriculture, climate science, commerce, and disaster relief released the National Climate Assessment. The report is the nation's foremost comprehensive, peer-reviewed analysis of the impacts of climate disruption, showing us the effects of climate disruption across the country.
Already, 19 companies, including Walgreens, Whole Foods, and Columbia Sportswear have committed to take action on tar sands fuel for their vehicle fleet and shipping operations. Other companies interested in taking action on tar sands have expressed confusion over the chain of custody for petroleum.
The Climate Action Plan that President Obama announced last year is full of good ideas, and his administration has already done more to address carbon pollution than any other has. Unfortunately, a hard look at the numbers shows that all this progress could be undermined by one bad choice -- expanding fossil fuel production.
I can only imagine the fear that must grip a parent when their child suffers an asthma attack, and I can only imagine how much time and energy they spend doing everything they can to avoid triggers for these potentially deadly attacks. A major trigger is smog pollution -- also known as ground-level ozone.


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Awww looks cute
That thing he's holding...What is it?
Some bo staffs X3
what type of weapon is that hes holding its looks pretty cool and the picture awesome
Awesome as always
Very very wonderful pic and great coloring :3
The anatomy ended pretty well. The only thing that looks a bit odd to me is the right hand. But besides that its a really good job. :3
I can't figure out what he's holding
But it looks nice
But it looks nice
Hehe, staffs of doom D8
^.^ he dont look to happy to be in that fire
Would you be?
ur anoatomy is gettin much better, and ur faces still need a bit of work..
i wasnt too critisitial (lol.. my own word) was i?
i wasnt too critisitial (lol.. my own word) was i?
Good, work Raiden err I mean tempest.
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Instagram and Pinterest, have quickly become my favorite social media sites.
There has been quite a buzz this week about the mobile photo apps. Socially Sorted calls these apps the "latest publishing platforms."
Brands are leveraging IPhone app, Instagram, and virtual pin-board, Pinterest, as a way to visually represent their brand through quick content creation. Both of these programs are aesthetically appealing and different from Twitter and Facebook, which rely on written status updates. Although pictures can be added on these social media sites, it's not their main appeal.
PR Couture describes the publishing platforms as "Instablogging." Perhaps this is why it's become a hot topic among the "Gen-Y" demographic. It's instant, creative and easy. Personally, I prefer using Instagram because of the eye-catching photos that tell a story. Plus, with all the editing features you get to be an "artsy" photographer meets graphic designer. Now, many people primarily update their Twitter and Facebook though the Instagram app.
Pinterest has created buzz among "millennial" consumers. Similar to Mashable, I didn't understand the hype, until I got invited. It is addicting. Pinterest is savvy to make the site "invite only," heightening their exclusivity. Everything from recipes, fashion, products and DIY ideas can be explored. The point of difference is really the shift of focus to a tangible item: food, fashion, products — different from Facebook which thrives on personal lives.


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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Unveils Long-Awaited Model X Electric SUVElectric vehicle maker Tesla Motors has mastered the sporty two-seater and the elegant sedan. Now, it wants to conquer the family hauler.
LAPD Adds Tesla Model S To Its Fleet Of Police CarsThe department introduced the Model S sedan at a news conference September 11th in Los Angeles.
New Tesla Model 3 Will Cost $35,000Tesla Motors says it will reveal its lower-cost Model 3 electric car in March and will start taking orders then.
California Rebates For Hybrid, Electric Cars Restricted After Plan Criticized As Taxpayer Handout To The WealthyState lawmakers and air quality officials are restricting rebates on hybrid and electric cars because they have been claimed by hundreds of Californians who make $500,000 or more.
Elon Musk Says Tesla's New 'Ludicrous' Mode Is 'Faster Than Falling'Tesla Motors revealed upgrades for its Model S luxury electric car line on Friday, including a high-performance mode called "Ludicrous."
Tesla Board Member: Uber CEO Wants To Buy Half A Million Autonomous Cars From Us In 2020"I believe they are already safer than my parents," Jurvetson said of autonomous "robocars", "and I would trust my kids with them."
Apple Wants To Begin Production Of Electric Cars By 2020Bloomberg Business reports that the car team already consists of about 200 people and Apple has ramped up hiring within the past few months.
Analyst Predicts Apple To Buy Tesla For $75 BillionApple may be in the market to buy Tesla, according to the rumor mill.
Electric-Car Drivers Trading Gas For Solar PowerOwners of electric vehicles have already gone gas-free. Now, a growing number are powering their cars with sunlight.
Daimler AG Sells 4-Percent Stake In Tesla For $780-Million; Shares FallDaimler AG says it has sold its 4 percent stake in electric car maker Tesla for $780 million.
Palo Alto Electric Car Maker— Tesla, May Be Unable To Have Showrooms In Michigan Under New LawGov. Rick Snyder has signed into law tighter restrictions to prohibit electric car maker Tesla Motors from selling vehicles in Michigan.
Tesla's Elon Musk Unveils Self-Driving Features & Dual Engine All-Wheel Drive In Model 'D'The Tesla 'D' will feature dual motors, and all wheel drive, which links the wheels electronically, as opposed to a shaft that connects most all wheel drive systems.


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I recently joined former Attorney General Ed Meese and a number of leaders of conservative think tanks and other groups in signing the Mount Vernon Statement. When I watched the press coverage that evening, I saw the event through the media's prism: a bunch of white guys reaffirming what some dead white guys said. Never mind that all types of people were in the room. Never mind that thousands had signed the conservative declaration online, overnight. Never mind that the Mount Vernon Statement was a reaffirmation, not just of constitutional values, but also of a tendency in the very air of the country right now. It's a mood that has inspired tea parties and sold books like Mark Levin's "Liberty and Tyranny." There's a sense -- and not just among trusted Reagan Cabinet secretaries -- that we may be on the brink of losing something integral to America.
This sense was palpable at an annual gathering of conservatives the next day. The Conservative Political Action Conference had not been underway in Washington, D.C., for an hour when Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban refugees, took the stage and blew away the older-white-guy lie. Rubio, who is running for U.S. Senate in Florida, is challenging the current Republican governor of that state for the seat. Rubio gets across by talking with a sense of urgency about what America could be on the verge of forfeiting. His words could have been ripped from the Mount Vernon Statement, which in a very fundamental way simply reaffirmed constitutional principles.
The statement reads, in part: "We recommit ourselves to the ideas of the American Founding. Through the Constitution, the Founders created an enduring framework of limited government based on the rule of law. They sought to secure national independence, provide for economic opportunity, establish true religious liberty and maintain a flourishing society of republican self-government. ... Each one of these founding ideas is presently under sustained attack. In recent decades, America's principles have been undermined and redefined in our culture, our universities and our politics. The self-evident truths of 1776 have been supplanted by the notion that no such truths exist. The federal government today ignores the limits of the Constitution, which is increasingly dismissed as obsolete and irrelevant."
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Justin Wilson -Autographed by Kalmek182Watch
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Justin Wilson, Indy Car driver and Winner of the GP of Watkins Glen.
Both the driver and the artist are gone. . .
Looking at this really hurts now
R.I.P Kyle and now Justin. . .
Looking at this really hurts now
R.I.P Kyle and now Justin. . .
So sad....
This looks very awesome
So sad....
This looks very awesome
epically crazy
love it
love it
Amazing, Kyle. I can't find a single thing wrong with it. Probably because there isn't anything wrong with it.
Very nice! What did all the drivers say when they saw your work???
Well unfortunatly i didnt get to see Wilson sign my art...I was really sick and in the hosptial my mom had him sign it...But according to my mom graham walked by and said "hey, wheres mine at!" and a few other drivers were really impressed- i've got some photos from the when wilson and power signed them im gonna upload them here in a sec-
Wow! Love the value changes in this and the way the planes and contours of the car are so clear! That's a great piece of work!


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I'm Not Going To Forget About It (Jan 5)
How sad must you be
to write all those things?
And how unloved can you be
if it made you abandon me?
I would like to see it from your eyes
the way I treated you, how unkind
but you wouldn't even let me see
since all I did was make you cry.
And we both know how that led to our demise.
Even so, that hasn't stopped us
from being stuck throughout
these past couple of years
unmoving, and undoing
the mistakes we did back then.
Oh, but that weight will follow us
until we forget about it.
Except, we're not going to forget about it.
At least, I'm not going to forget about it.
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Look around you. I'm sure you'll see your share of "Susie Sunshines" and "Donald Downers" out there. And those who fall in the middle.
Are some folks just born more cranky? Or more perky? Or, are they conditioned through life experiences?
By John Nelson
Before the onslaught of Western culture in the Southeast, there existed stunning forests of a particular pine, a pine that towered well more than 100 feet high, with trunks seven feet in diameter, true Southern giants. Try as you might now, you will not happen upon such a scene now: groves of these, thick within the Sandhills, as far as the eye can see.
Many of our comfort foods once considered "ethnic" have actually become mainstream and are now accepted as American fare. Some of my favorite ethnic comfort foods are lox and bagels, matzah ball soup, Polish dill pickle soup and Hungarian beef goulash.
Comfort food is typically inexpensive, uncomplicated and easy to prepare.
Many people turn to comfort food for familiarity, emotional security or as a special reward. Most of us adults eat comfort food for a sense of continuity.
Some call it Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, but for local pet aficionados it's known as Mardi Gras for Paws.
The annual event to celebrate and raise funds for animal causes in Brunswick County is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Pogies Waterfront Bar & Grill, 14 Causeway Drive in Ocean Isle Beach.
Little girls and their male role models are royally highlighted at the upcoming Little Princess Ball scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at two sites this year — the South Brunswick Islands Center at 9400 Ocean Hwy. W. in Carolina Shores and at the Brunswick Center at 1513 N. Howe St. in Southport.
Location-specific tickets are $10 per person and on sale through Feb. 5.
The event is a special afternoon filled with dancing, face painting, games and more.
A Superior Court grand jury indicted three people Jan. 19 charged in Operation You're Next, a Brunswick County Sheriff's Office campaign targeting heroin dealers.
Sheriff's office Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) agents arrested 81-year-old Harry Lee Ballard Sr. and his son, 55-year-old Harry Lee Ballard Jr., on Nov. 6, 2015.
A Brunswick County Superior Court grand jury indicted three people Jan. 19 accused of committing sex crimes against children, including a Leland man who is charged with 40 counts of first-degree sex offense against a child.
Navassa police arrested 54-year-old Owen William Ludlow Jr., of Cedar Hill Road, on Sept. 1, 2015, and charged him with statutory rape of a 13-year-old child and indecent liberties with a child younger than 13 in incidents that happened between Aug. 1, 2013, and Aug. 1, 2014, warrants show.
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Don't expect this to be a hardcore, realistic war film. The filmmakers are making a movie that'll be fun and probably over-the-top, featuring all our favorite Joes and Cobras.
Recent photos surfaced showing actors Channing Tatum as Duke and Sienna Miller as a pre-Baroness Baroness. Us fans were a little worried about Miller's appearance, since she had blonde hair in the photo. So are we getting a blonde Baroness?
No! According to Miller, she wears a black wig, along with the Baroness' usual leather outfit and guns. Nice! (Hint to the filmmakers: official photos!)
After the images of Snake-Eyes showed up, I couldn't help but get more pumped for the film. I'd love to see a film that's nothing but fun, that'll make me happy that I spent too much time in front of the TV watching G.I. Joe as a kid.
One more thing, the producers may even slip in the famous line that would show up in the then-mandatory, post-show PSAs (public service announcements): "Now you know, and knowing's half the battle." G.I. JOE! (A real American Hero, fighting Cobra and Destro!) Whoops, sorry I couldn't resist. The movie opens next year from Paramount Pictures.
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COMMISSION - Lakin and Lynx by mujuWatch
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astonishing .. <3 +fav
Sweet! (=
I loved it before and I still love it now. Especially the detail on whatsherface's awesome dahlia headpiece and that super leafy outfit. Thank you so much!
i'm a big fan of black an white artworks..i love the detailed work
Such a lovely bow you got there.
Beautiful work. I really like your use of textures too
Wow, I don;t even know. D:
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Fokkn baws
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