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Ever since I first featured my Turquoise Ombre on Instagram, Twitter and the Blog last year I've had countless ladies asking me all about it. They want to know who did it, how, what colour(s) I used, is it easy to maintain? I'll answer all these questions and more in this post!
But first, Turquoise hair is truly gorgeous. The colour itself is dreamy, mythical and enchanting. I initially Ombre'd or Dip Dyed due to an odd dream I had last year, where I was a mermaid living in Dubai! The sea had spilled over on to the streets and I was doing these weird somersaults in the water. My hair was coloured in a mixture of turquoise and blue, and as soon as I woke I thought: 'I have got to do this!' So here I am, with nymph-like hair!
So Who did it then?
Me: DIY baby!
In this post I will go through what I did and each product that was used to bleach the hair, colour it turquoise and also I'll add in a little mini FAQ. I'll mention the various dyes I have used along with photos of how they looked on my hair.
Please do not be alarmed by this long line-up of products! In a way it's a bit like cooking: it looks it's going to be so complicated because you've got loads of ingredients, but once you get into it you realise how easy it actually is! Besides, I didn't use all of the dyes at the same time!
Fortunately I do have a bit of a background in hair dressing, particularly colouring, so I drew on all of my acquired knowledge. As my hair is fairly short, I only used one packet of bleach and one bottle of the peroxide. If your hair is longer, you may want to consider using more.
Next, I popped on some old unwanted clothing (don't want bleach ruining your good clothes!), wrapped a towel around my shoulders and slipped on the gloves that came with the Bblonde. This will make sure your skin is protected from the harsh, stinging bleach. Then I sectioned my hair, starting from the back, painting the bleach/peroxide mix from the mid-lengths to the ends with the tinting brush. Once each section is complete, create another section and repeat. There's no need to be precise about where you begin from on the mid-lengths, in fact for the best results, you need the opposite of precision! A clean Ombre is a boring Ombre!
Once every section was now covered in the mix, I'd check the development every 15 minutes to see how much has lifted. What you're looking for is a pale yellowy-blonde colour dominating your hair, this is the optimum colour for applying the dyes. After 15 minutes, my hair was a murky orange colour and it wasn't until the 90 minute mark that my hair reached the desired colour (also bleach stops working after 90 minutes anyway).
So after 90 minutes, my hair was mostly a pale, yellowy-blonde but there were still some little patches of orange and canary yellow dotted around. Don't be precious about this, once the dye is applied to these patches, they will be covered and actually add a bit of extra dimension to the look!
After rinsing, I towel dried my hair before giving it a blast with the hairdryer. In my experience, applying dye onto dry hair really intensifies the colour so I want mine bone-dry!
Next, you'll need to pop the towel back over your shoulders and the gloves back on your hands. Again, take your hair in sections and begin applying the dye to the bleached ends.
Once the dye is on, you leave it on as long as possible. Some hairdressers will say you only need to leave it on for a couple of hours, but personally I like to leave mine on overnight. If you want to take a leaf out of my book, make sure you cover your pillows with a towel otherwise they'll be a different colour when you wake up! Even with a towel, some dye managed to make it's way on to the pillow, but this mermaid wannabe wasn't bothered: I was just too excited to rinse out the dye first thing!
However long you choose to leave it in for, once you're ready just jump into the shower to rinse the excess dye off and voila!
Who does she think she is? Pffft ;)
The problem is the price, it's just so expensive in comparison. I did a little experimenting though and found that mixing in a bit of blue with Directions' Turquoise really enhances the colour, making it much more blue!
To get that colour enhancement I mixed these two colours together. The end result is something resembling the Manic Panic Atomic Turquoise, but in all honesty it's not quite as awesome. As this mixture begins to fade it becomes increasingly minty but doesn't quite get to the muddy green stage that the Turquoise does on its own.
I've complied a mini FAQ of Questions I've been asked and questions some of you may have:
What colours did you use for the Turquoise?
I use either Manic Panic's Atomic Turquoise or Directions' Turquoise mixed with Crazy Color's Bubblegum Blue. I prefer Manic Panic though as the faded colour still looks pretty good, whereas Directions' looks like pondwater!
Does bleach damage your hair?
Yes, it does! Bleach opens the cuticles and strips out the pigment from your hair. Salons refused to bleach mine as my hair is quite dark. It can be done at home but you need to be extemely careful whilst applying and you need to check the progress frequently. If you are unsure of how your hair will react to bleach, do a strand test on a tiny section of your hair.
Why does your hair look lighter in some pictures?
The dyes have either faded or I've been using Manic Panic's Atomic Turquoise which is more a lighter Turquoise. On some occasions it can appear darker as I've applied the dye again whilst it's just beginning to fade. Putting dye upon dye, it all builds up thus making it look darker.
Is having Turquoise hair high maintenance?
I think it is and it isn't.
The colour will fade quickly as opposed to when you have a natural hair colour (such as chocolate brown or ash blonde).The colour will need to be topped up every few weeks. Hence why I like to use Manic Panic, I personally think the faded colour looks lovely! So in that sense, it's not high maintenance?
Also you need to start caring for your hair and it will most probably be damaged from the bleaching. Lots of conditioners and oils will need to be used!
And expect towels, floors, bed sheets & pillows to be stained! I have been as careful as possible, but this stuff really does transfer onto anything.
How do you care for the hair once it's been coloured?
With me, I struggled to get a comb through my hair. I purchased Johnsons No More Tangles Detangling Spray and a wide toothed comb which helped an awful lot. You need to be gentle with the hair, the last thing you want is major breakage!
Obviously using Hairdryers, Straighteners, Curling Tongs or any other heat-based styling tools doesn't help your hair. But I can't help but use them! After all, I've gone to all that effort to colour my hair beautifully, why shouldn't I straighten and blow dry?!
So what I find does help is slathering my hair in Coconut Oil the night before I shampoo, and leave it in over night. Then in the morning I rinse out the oil and shampoo as normal. Also, another little trick I find is to use hair oils for blow drying. It makes hair look mch healthier than it actually is! I quite like Macadamia's Healing Oil for blow drying, or Coconut Oil.
And of course, condition, condition & condition!
How can you make the colour last longer?
As much as it pains me to say it, shampooing less frequently.
However, if like me, you still want to shampoo often, mix in a bit of the dye with the shampoo and conditioner. With the deep conditioning masks, I've premixed dyes with the conditioner so every time I'm deep conditioning, the colour is already in there.
Also in terms of shampoos, I've found that using an SLS free shampoo helps an awful lot. The colour seems to fades a lot slower when using this. I quite like L'Oreal's EverPure Colour Care shampoo, because I'm worth it. *cringe*
Heat styling doesn't help much either. But with the advice above, you should be ok.
And there you have it!
Apologies for the über long post, I've received lots of e-mails regarding my hair, and wanted to cover as much of it as possible.
If I've missed anything or if you have any questions, let me know!


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Tornado rips through workers' camp in US
Amateur video shows a tornado tearing through a camp for oil field workers in North Dakota, sending nine people to hospital, including a 15-year-old girl.PT0M0S 620 349
A US oil worker has captured incredible footage of a tornado bearing down on a workers' camp in North Dakota on Monday.
The footage starts with two men laughing and joking as they look out from a mobile home near Watford City at the monstrous swirling mass approaching them.
"Oh dude that is seriously going to hit us ... I kid you not," one of the men can be heard saying. "Dude where do we go? We've got nowhere to go?"
Monstrous swirling mass: The tornado, filmed by by oil worker Dan Yorgason, comes closer. Photo: AP/Dan Yorgason
As the tornado closes in on them, the men flee from the home and take shelter in a truck.
"Everyone's f---ing running ... holy shit it's heading right for us," one of the men can be heard saying in the expletive-laden commentary.
They continue to film the tornado from almost directly underneath as the sky turns dark, debris flies past the window and people run for cover around them.
The tornado, filmed by oil worker Dan Yorgason, turns the sky dark. Photo: AP/Dan Yorgason
"Look at that dude. Look at that ... it is just sitting there," one of the men says in amazement.
While the footage is incredible, the workers were lucky to escape without serious injury.
According to reports, the tornado damaged or destroyed 15 trailers and left nine people injured, including a 15-year-old girl.
A sheriff inspects the damage. Photo: AP/Josh Wood
The man who shot the footage has been identified as oil worker Dan Yorgason and he was with his neighbour Adam Schiff.
Mr Yorgason told the New York Daily News that, when they reached their truck, they realised their only escape route was directly in the tornado's path.
"We decided to go sideways towards the side of it rather than try to outrun it," Mr Yorgason said. "We figured there was no way to outrun a tornado.
Destruction: The damage caused by the tornado. Photo: AP/Josh Wood
"I was laughing a lot, but it was not because I thought it was funny. I knew I had to get out of there. You know how trailer parks are with tornadoes."
Mr Yorgason reportedly suffered some bumps and bruises and is staying in a hotel as his trailer lost power and water.
According to the Red Cross, the safest place to be during a tornado is in an underground shelter or basement.
Cars and mobile homes are among the worst places to be caught during a tornado as they offer almost no protection.

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Hyundai Getz Special Edition launched in Malaysia.New Getz Special Edition is spectacular interms of the looks and features.This Hyundai Getz SE(Special Edition) is based on Getz.14ltr platform and only 300 units are available.The company fitted body kit completely changes the looks of the Hyundai Getz 1.4 into a sports car.
Hyundai Getz SE have got all new front and rear bumpers along with alloy wheel set.The feature rich Getz SE is coming with many optional accessories as part of the standard equipment,following car accessories CD Player,Leather seats,Airbag driver,Airbag passenger,Sport rims,Alarm,Central lock,Adjustable steering are available with this company tuned Hyundai Getz.
Getz SE rear department now got a special spoiler along with new bumper and a special beautification element just above the number plate.The SE(Special Edition) badge has been added to right bottom side of the tail door.The seats of new Getz SE is black and yellow combination which looks really nice.The OVRMs are electrically operated and some nice row of LEDs have been fitted to it.All windows are power operated and will add fun to driving experience.
Specifications Of Hyundai Getz SE
-Engine 1.4ltr DOHC Engine 4 Cylinder 16V
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-15′Alloy Wheels
-5 Years Warranty or 300,000km
-Fuel tank capacity 45(litre)
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stormwench wrote:The codes should be in the order confirmation email you got when you ordered the dd of Showtime.
stormwench wrote:Make sure you are looking at the order confirmation email that came from EA and not the ship/delivery email you got from order-origin.
The only other place I know that your codes be in your origin order history. You get there through settings in your Origin Beta Client (how to - http://help.ea.com/article/viewing-your-purchase-history) and see if its listed there.
There appears to be an outage using the Origin Beta (again) so you may want to follow these instructions to get your purchase history: http://help.ea.com/article/origin-purchase-history-link. I went there and clicked the link to the order number for my showtime and it had the code for the items there
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Satellite-derived estimates of potential carbon sequestration through afforestation of agricultural lands in the United States
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Afforestation of marginal agricultural lands represents a promising option for carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems. An ecosystem carbon model was used to generate new national maps of annual net primary production (NPP), one each for continuous land covers of 'forest', 'crop', and 'rangeland' over the entire U. S. continental area. Direct inputs of satellite "greenness" data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensor into the NASA-CASA carbon model at 8-km spatial resolution were used to estimate spatial variability in monthly NPP and potential biomass accumulation rates in a uniquely detailed manner. The model predictions of regrowth forest production lead to a conservative national projection of 0.3 Pg C as potential carbon stored each year on relatively low-production crop or rangeland areas. On a regional level, the top five states for total crop afforestation potential were: Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, whereas the top five states for total rangeland afforestation potential are: Texas, California, Montana, New Mexico, and Colorado. Afforestation at this level of intensity has the capacity to offset at least one-fifth of annual fossil fuel emission of carbon in the United States. These projected afforestation carbon gains also match or exceed recent estimates of the annual sink for atmospheric CO2 in currently forested area of the country.
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Volume 80, Issue 3-4 , pp 323-336
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- 10.1007/s10584-006-9109-3
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Some new relations for the Appell function F 1 (a, b, b′; c; w, z) are obtained including differentiation and integration formulas, integral representations, series and recurrence relations. Some integrals are given which can be expressed in terms of F 1 and confluent Appell functions (Humbert fun...
The d-dimensional Schrödinger's equation is analyzed with regard to the existence of exact solutions for polynomial potentials. Under certain conditions on the interaction parameters, we show that the polynomial potentials V8(r) = ∑k = 18αkrk,α8>0 and V10(r) = ∑k = 110αkrk,α10>0 are exactly...
We analyze the polynomial solutions of the linear differential equation p2(x)y″+p1(x)y′+p0(x)y=0 where pj(x) is a jth-degree polynomial. We discuss all the possible polynomial solutions and their dependence on the parameters of the polynomials pj(x). Special cases are related to known differenti...
The asymptotic iteration method is used to find exact and approximate solutions of Schrödinger's equation for a number of one-dimensional trigonometric potentials (sine-squared, double-cosine, tangent-squared, and complex cotangent). Analytic and approximate solutions are obtained by first using ...
Shannon entropy for the position and momentum eigenstates of an asymmetric trigonometric Rosen–Morse potential for the ground and first excited states is evaluated. The position and momentum information entropies Sx and Sp are calculated numerically. Also, we find that S1 x is obtained analyticall...
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In 1990 I cycled through East Germany and Checkoslovakia. Nearly 20 years later, in 2009, I returned to see how the lives of the people I had met in 1990 had changed. This is their story.
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Who Did What, What They Did, When They Did It, and Why
©1998 Robert Arnold
(Author's Note: This is a first draft. The information contained in this history was drawn from many sources, both published and verbal - consequently there may be occasional inaccuracies in some of the facts and dates. I've posted it here for the comments, corrections and criticisms of all who read it. If you find any errors or points you dispute, please let me know.)
(Author's Note #2: While you're in the neighborhood, you might find a little amusement poking around on the rest of the Warbaby site. If so, start here. BTW - This draft is not linked from anywhere on the Warbaby site. I initially put it up and sent the URL to people I know who are into computer history for their comments and crits. It has since made its way into the links of other computer history buffs. If you go to the main Warbaby site, you can't get back here from there, so if you want to return, bookmark it before you leave.)
"It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation, which could be safely relegated to anyone else if machines were used".
- Gottfried Liebnez
We owe the invention of computers to the fact that nobody likes to do math, not even mathematicians. Don't raise your eyebrows like that - it's true. Mathematicians don't like to do math. Oh, they like to think about math and discuss it with other math weenies, but not a one of them likes to sit down and do months of endless calculations with pencil and paper. As a result of mankind's general loathing for long columns of figures, mathematicians and inventors had been trying to build mechanical calculators since the Babylonians invented the abacus 5000 years ago.
The first mechanical calculator for which we have hard evidence is the Antikythera Mechanism from around 80 BC, a bronze device with gears and wheels for calculating the motion of planets and stars. It was discovered in 1901 in a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera (Andikithira), but it was not until the 1950s that its purpose was fully understood. At first, scholars had difficulty believing that the ancient Greeks could have achieved such a level of scientific advancement, but there was no doubting the age of the Antikythera Mechanisim, and the more they studied it, the more its complexity was revealed and the less they could doubt its purpose. If you want to know the details, the June, 1959 issue of Scientific American carried an in-depth article by Derek J. deSolla Price.
A similar, but simpler mechanical calculator was described in a manuscript written by the Islamic astronomer al-Biruni about 1000 AD, and an example of this machine from the 13th century can be seen in the Museum of the History of Science at Oxford. Complex astronomical clocks were being built in China during the same period and several machines are known from descriptions written in the middle ages in Europe.
It's possible that Leonardo DaVinci could be credited with the creation of the first mechanical mathematical calculator in the 1500s. While there is no evidence that his machine was ever built, his notebooks contain drawings of a mechanical calculator, and working models have since been constructed from his designs.
In the early 17th century, Wilhelm Schickard designed a "calculating clock" (1623) which used a geared mechanism to help him multiply large numbers. No trace of his machine exists, but in a letter to his friend, the astronomer Johannes Kepler, Schickard wrote that his machine "...immediately computes the given numbers automatically; adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides". A few years later, Blaise Pascal invented a gear-driven adding machine in 1642 which he called the Arithmetic Machine, and later, the Pascaline. It worked, but it cost more than the mathematicians it replaced, and no one could make it work right but Pascal, himself. He continued to refine his machines for the next ten years, creating about fifty more of the devices. It's amusing to note that, in 1658, Pascal created a scandal in mathematical circles when, under the phony name Amos Dettonville, he challenged other mathematicians to a contest and awarded the prize to himself.
In 1666, Samuel Morland also built a mechanical calculator that would add and subtract, and in 1674, Gottfried von Leibnitz used a stepped cylindrical gear to create a machine which he called the "Stepped Reckoner". It would not only add and subtract, but would multiply, divide and calculate square roots.
Not much progress was made for the next hundred years until Phillipp-Malthus Hahn built and sold a small number of calculating machines (1774) which were accurate to 12 digits. Three years later, the third Earl of Stanhope invented a multiplying calculator, but it was not until 1820 that a mass-produced calculator, Thomas de Colmar's Arithmometer, was successfully marketed.
In the 1850s, George Boole invented a mathematical system of symbolic logic that would later become the basis for modern computer design, but the first great innovation in the development of computers was George Babbage's Difference Engine.
Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871) is generally considered the grandfather of the modern computer. Of course, Babbage didn't actually invent the computer as we know it - that would have to wait until there was a more efficient way to produce electricity other than rubbing a cat or flying a kite in a thunderstorm - but he was the originator of the basic concepts of digital computing.
Babbage was an eccentric English gentleman scientist in the grand tradition of English eccentricity. Fascinated by numbers and statistics, he compulsively counted, measured and created tables for everything and anything. from "The Proportion of Sexes Among Our Poultry" to "A Table of the Relative Frequency of the Causes of Breaking of Plate Glass Windows" and the unsuccessful handicapping of horse races.
Born in Devonshire, England in 1791, Babbage was the son of a prominent Banker and, like most gentleman scientists of the time, grew up in privileged circumstances that allowed him to pursue his numerous numerical interests. He graduated Cambridge in 1820 and immersed himself in counting things. But counting things in those days involved a lot of paperwork and Babbage began to dream of a grand mechanical calculating machine to do the dirty work. In 1822 he presented a plan for his machine to the Royal Society, and the following year the government gave him an initial grant of £1500 (about $20,000 in today's money) to begin work on what he called his Difference Engine.
Six years later, the money had run out and the machine, two tons of precision brass and steel clockwork, was still not finished. Influential friends persuaded the Duke of Wellington to pitch in another £3000 and the government hired an engineer, Joseph Clement, to build the engine. Unfortunately, Clement's ego was equal to Babbage's, and their conflicts brought work to a halt when Clement resigned after two years work on the engine. Was Babbage discouraged? Did he consider abandoning his dreams? Never crossed this proto-geek's mind. Not only was he unfazed by this setback, he began to design an even more complicated calculating machine, the Analytical Engine. In designing this steam-powered behemoth, Babbage came up with most of the basic concepts of modern computing.
This steam-powered monster was to be a true parallel decimal computer which would calculate up to 50 decimal points and could store up to 1000 such numbers. It would also feature conditional control - which means that the instructions for the Analytical Engine could be executed in a specific order rather than numerical order. This probably doesn't sound like such a big deal, but it's one of the foundations of modern computing. These instructions were to be stored on cards with holes punched in them to represent numbers. Babbage got the idea for using punched cards to store information from the Jacquard loom, invented by Joseph Jacquard in 1803, which used punched cards to store and repeat weaving patterns.
Babbage continued to pour his own money into the project while petitioning the Prime Minister for more funds, but the government was understandably reluctant to finance the new machine until the first one was finished. By 1842, the government had invested £17,000 (the equivalent of more than a million US dollars in today's money) in the Difference Engine and Babbage had spent nearly as much of his own money and still the machine was unfinished.
The fact that it was still not completed didn't deter Ada King, Lady Lovelace, the daughter of the poet, Lord Byron from writing programs for it - thereby becoming the world's first programmer. Incidentally, there seems to be some confusion about her name among historians. As you may have noticed, there's a tendency among geeks to use several different names for the same thing - like "programs", "software" and "applications" - and it may have all started with Ada. Her birth name was Augusta Ada Byron and she married a man named William King, Lord Lovelace, but various biographers have called her Augusta Ada Lovelace, Ada Byron Lovelace, Ada Byron King, and Augusta Ada King. Since no one seems to agree on anything but the Ada part of her name, you can just call her Ada - everyone will know who you mean. She was as eccentric and brilliant as Babbage, whom she met when she was 17. She was impressed with his ideas, and a few years later when an Italian named Menabrea wrote a summary of Babbages's work (in French), Ada translated it and showed it to Babbage. He suggested she add her own commentaries and when she did, they were three times as long as the original article. Ada and Charles corresponded often, and she wrote a method for the difference engine to calculate Bernoulli numbers. It was the first computer program ever written, and that's why we fondly remember Ada.
Babbage continued to work sporadically on the difference engine at his own expense, but by 1850 he finally gave up hope of ever seeing it completed. The machine demanded a degree of machining precision on a large scale that was impossible with the state of technology at the time. But don't be too distressed by the thought that Charles Babbage spent his entire life in pursuit of a hopeless cause. His work on the Difference Engine did much to advance precision techinques in the machine tool industry and he was responsible for a number of important inventions, not the least of which was the cowcatcher for railroad engines (1838).
"So what's the big deal?", you say, "The guy futzed around for twenty years and never got anything to work but a friggin' cow-catcher". True enough, Bunky, but the real significance of Babbage's contributions to computer history is the fact that he invented the basic concepts of the logical structure of modern computers. The story has a happy ending, though, for Charles Babbage's dream was finally realized in 1990, when members of the Babbage Society completed a working Difference Engine based on his original plans.
You'd think that once Babbage started the ball rolling, other scientists and inventors would have chased after it, but it doesn't always work that way. Consider this: The process of preserving foods in tin cans was invented in 1810 , but it wasn't until 1854, more that 40 years later, that someone invented the can opener. Go figure.
The concept of the difference engine wasn't totally ignored, however. In 1853, a Swedish mathematician/inventor, Georg Scheutz and his son, Edvard, built a difference engine based on the work of their friend, Charles Babbage. While Babbage continued to be distracted by thoughts of bigger and better difference engines, the Scheutz's worked doggedly on their machine until they had it completed and working. Not only did it work, but would print out the results of its calculations, making it the first printing calculator in history. It was ultimately sold to an observatory in Albany, New York, and was given to the Smithsonian Institution in 1963.
Five years after Babbage's death, an obscure American inventor named George Bernard Grant constructed a difference engine of his own design and exhibited it at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Fair. His machine was eight feet wide, five feet tall, and contained more than 15,000 moving parts.
There's been some interesting fiction written on the subject of the difference engine. The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling (Bantam, 1991), is a delightful intrigue set in an alternate 19th century. Michael J. Flynn's The Country of the Blind, is based on the idea that Babbage's engine worked and was taken over by a cabal that has used it ever since to influence the direction of society. SF author Roger Zelazny also wrote a mystery novel in collaboration with (dang, can't remember who) set in an alternate present in which Babbage's difference engine was a success and the world of technology is now based on steam-power and machinery. It's called (Damn! I can't remember the title and I can't find the book. If anybody knows, please email me).
The next milestone in the history of computing was Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine <<PIC>> which he invented for the U.S. Census Bureau in 1890. The machine he developed used punched cards to record census information about each citizen. Hollerith's inspiration for using punched cards came not from the pioneering work of Charles Babbage, as you might expect, but from watching a trolley conductor punching tickets. His machine made it easy and efficient to collect and sort data, and its success further inspired Hollerith to start his own company in 1901 to market his machines. He called his company the Tabulating Machine Company or TMC. Ten years later, TMC and two other companies merged and became the Calculating, Tabulating and Recording Company, or C-T-R. The company underwent one final name change in 1924 when it became International Business Machines, our beloved Big Blue, IBM.
Here's a trivia tidbit about punch cards - they were designed to be the same size as a US dollar bill because banks at that time filed money in drawers and there was an office furniture industry already producing dollar-size filing systems. Hollerith, like any good industrial designer, designed his punch cards so he could use off-the-shelf filing drawers.


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Journal of Food LegumesYear : 2009, Volume : 22, Issue : 1
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Genetic diversity in field bean as revealed with AFLP markers
Patil Prakash, Venkatesha S.C., Ashok T.H., Gowda T.K.S., Gowda M. Byre
Department of Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, 560 065, Karnataka, India; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Assessment of genetic diversity is a prerequisite in any crop improvement programme. In order to obtain an overview of the genetic diversity present in Indian field bean genotypes in addition to few Kenyan genotypes, 40 field bean genotypes were analyzed at DNA level using AFLP markers. Four AFLP primer combinations (E-CAT/M-GTG, E-CAG/M-GTG, E-CAT/M-GCC & E-CAA/M-GCC) were used, which amplified a total of 223 bands of which 200 bands were polymorphic (89%). The number of amplified bands ranged from 36 (E-CAA/M-GCC) to 88 (E-CAT/M-GTG). Out of four primer combinations, two primer combinations (E-CAT/M-GCC & E-CAA/M-GCC) produced good polymorphism of 97% and 94%, respectively. The dendrogram and principal component analysis (PCA) based on AFLP data showed one major cluster in which all 39 genotypes were placed and one genotype (GL 103) was placed separately. Dendrogam and principal component analysis indicated pattern of clustering was not according to location from which they were collected. The Kenyan genotypes GL 84 and GL 92 were grouped along with Indian genotypes indicating these genotypes are genetically related to Indian genotypes. The genetic distance values based on AFLP data ranged from 2 to 142 (per cent dissimilarity varies from 0.8 to 63) suggesting a higher genetic diversity among field bean genotypes used for the study.
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AFLP, Field bean, Genetic diversity, Lablab purpureus L.


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|Turkey's Cappadocia
The Cappadocia region has some classic differential weathering features in a volcanic ash that have been used for human uses and today supports a major tourism area in Turkey. The following picture is the common postcard depiction of the towers (fairy chimneys).
One of three volcanoes in the area responsible for the ash.
Variations in ash composition produces layering visible in the towers (different volcano sources or various in eruptive material from same volcano?).
Another resistant block on tower just too tempting to resist.
Star Wars filming site panorama
Erosional towers are not the only ones in region. These towers are used to dry animal dung for fuel supply.
Turkish coffee predicting towers in my future.
Tunnel in underground city used as defense against invaders.
Stone door to block off tunnels
Christian church paintings in underground cities or monasteries.
Christian church paintings over earlier geometric symbols
Cliff dwelling village at end of Ihlara Valley
Trail into the village (donkey and cow dung pile along trail)
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Who We Are
Faithbridge Church in Deer Park, Texas exists to bring people into a relationship with Jesus Christ. We seek to lead people to be empowered for service as one of Christ's disciples.. As a Spirit-filled fellowship we seek the leading of the Spirit and expect the operation of the gifts in our services. We desire to be a worship center for all people, a training center for believers, and a place for Christian service. We want to help believers find acceptance in the fellowship of the church, without the guilt of past entanglements, and help them grow in maturity and discipleship.
Our History -- A Brief Overview
Deer Park Assembly of God was founded in 1945. It started in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson located on Twelfth Street in Deer Park. Later that year, the church bought property located at Twelfth and Center Street. On this property was a small building that became the church. All Sunday school classes, adult to children, were all in one room. The room was divided into small parts, so each class would have a place to meet. The church had no piano, but they did have a pump organ to sing with. Bro. Weatherford was the first pastor. The congregation size was about fifteen or twenty people.
In 1956, the old building was torn down and a new church with separate Sunday school rooms was built. Bro. Leatherwood was the pastor. The congregation had grown to about thirty-five or forty people. The church officials were not called deacons, but Trustees. The name Trustee was changed to Deacon in the 70's.
In 1969, property was bought, and a new bigger church was built. This church was located at 310 W. "P" Street. Deer Park Assembly of God remained on P Street until 1999.
In 1998 the Food Lion grocery store at the intersection of Center St. and Spencer Hwy, closed its doors. The Pastor and board quickly moved to make the necessary arrangements to buy the property and begin the remodeling process. In October 1999, 36,000 square feet was dedicated to the Lord as Deer Park Assembly of God's new home.
In 2000 the church family voted to change the name of the church to Faithbridge Church.
Those who have served as Senior Pastor of the church are as follows:
1946 - Rev. Weatherford
1951- Rev. Martin M. McLamore
1953 - Rev. J.P. McGuire
1955 - Rev. Ralph Leatherwood
1958 - Rev. Bob White
1961 - Rev Bob Summers
1963 - Rev. Larry Godfrey
1967 - Rev. Olan Gower
1987 - Rev. David Way
1995 - Rev. J. Sidney Watson
2001 - Rev. Tracy Rodrique
2007 - Rev. John J. Dodd
Two years after the founding of the Assemblies of God, members adopted 16 beliefs for the Fellowship. This list, known as the Statement of Fundamental Truths, remains virtually unchanged. Four of these beliefs are considered the major tenets of the Fellowship. They are:
1. Salvation Through Jesus Christ (John 3:3, 16, 17; Romans 10:13; Ephesians 2:8, 9)
Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life.
2. Baptism in the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8; 2:4; 17, 18, 38, 39)
All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry.
3. Divine Healing for the Sick (James 5:14-16)
Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers.
4. The Second Coming of Christ (1 Thessalonians 4:14-16; 1 Corinthians 15:51, 52)
The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on earth for one thousand years.
For a complete list of the 16 Fundamental Truths of the Assemblies of God, click here.


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Photos of the Day: March 30
DANGEROUS MISSION: A firefighter entered a window of a burning home in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday. Authorities said firefighters rescued six people from the roof of the burning home. (Dave Odette/The Grand Rapids Press via Associated Press)
KINGS OF THE HILL: Impoverished children sifted through a mountain of garbage in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/Associated Press)
AFTER AN AIRSTRIKE: Palestinians mourned in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, after a suspected militant was killed by an Israeli airstrike. The Israeli military said it had 'targeted and hit a terrorist squad' that had launched rockets toward southern Israel the previous day. (Eyad Baba/Associated Press)
IN MOURNING: A man mourned Wednesday in Benghazi, Libya, for Mohamed Ibrahim Mustafa Alderessi, who was killed days earlier. (Alkis Konstantinidis/European Pressphoto Agency)
BLOOD-STAINED: Officials collected evidence after a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle struck a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Wednesday, killing 13 people, police said. The victims were in a crowd that had gathered to greet a prominent hardline Islamist politician. (Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press)


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Ben Cohen is a former England rugby player and activist. He began his professional career with Northampton Saints in 1996; in 2007 he moved to France to represent Brive before returning to England two years later to join Sale Sharks. In May 2011, Cohen retired from professional rugby, and focuses more on The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation he created to combat homophobia and bullying. According to its website, the foundation is "the world's first foundation dedicated to raising awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying, and funding those doing real-world work to stop it".
I think that it is amazing that an heterosexual male is doing such work, don't you agree? On top of it, he is fabulously gorgeous…which gets even more visibility! Totally my type of man…handsome face, amazing body, trimmed hair…perfection! If I could find a husband like him….
Check out some sexy shots of Ben below and let me know if he deserves to be our Hottie Of The Day?! 🙂
Dear God, YES! Husband Material Hottie!
yes Ben deserves to be hottie of the day. HE IS A HUNK
He also has an underwear line for men that helps support his foundation….. Blue Buck, which he is not wearing in these photos….lol.
In order to get someone like him you have to look like him. Good luck with that.
J: How old are you? That's a funny comment for a man…
Wouldn't kick him out of bed
An incredibly attractive guy inside and out.
Yes! As hot as they come, but the fact that he is heterosexual makes me feel as if the distinction is a moot point. I don't spend time drooling over guys that I have little chance of getting with let alone no chance at all.
He is also gay as hell!!!
Has it all! Beauty, Brains and Compassion.
Actually, William he is married to a woman. He started his Foundation because his father who was tending bar was murdered when he got in the way of some guys attacking a transgendered person. He sells calendars and apparel and the proceeds go to his charity.
Really handsome…funny thing is since he's 35 he would be ignored by half the chicken hawks on this website who don't want anyone over 30…
Hell yeah he is HOT! Should the question even be asked? You'd have to be blind to say you don't think so.
Yesss.! definitely hottie of the weekk.! I could just melt in those eyess.!
He Is Gorgeous!!!
man hes HOTT gay or not hairy and hung WOOF
He's the hottest!
He deserves to be hottie of the year 🙂
Any man gay or straight who looks like that and does the work that he does, gets my vote for sure. I could of used his foundation when I was growing up.
Idk where you get your info from but he isn't heterosexual. He's openly gay.
Nice guy. Very sexy. Most of all, I love that coffee mug. Where can I get one?
HOT HOT HOT!! He proves you don't have to have a huge cock to attract men.
What a mighty good man! Plus a great smile, hot legs and intelligence! Mmm mmm
He is a hottie. All that body hair and smile helped
That is one SEXY MAN. I get very bored seeing all the hairless young twinks. I think they look like tall 15-year-olds. But this is a MAN. I'd love to strip him naked and lick him up one side and down the other. It would only take a couple of hours!
Hottie of the day??….. Hottie of the YEAR!!
Cohen was born in Northampton. He was educated at Kingsthorpe Upper School.(Kingsthorpe College as known today) This was not a rugby playing school and at age 12 he first started playing with Northampton Old Scouts RFC
Regarding his background, Cohen has stated, "My family's not formally Jewish… but a couple of generations back they were. I think it was my great grandfather that married a non-Jewish girl and he broke with the tradition."[1]
In November 2000, Cohen's father Peter Cohen, brother of English World Cup winning football player George Cohen, was fatally injured while protecting an attack victim[2] at the Eternity nightclub in Northampton which Peter Cohen managed. He died a month later from head injuries sustained in the assault.[3] Three men were found guilty of violent conduct.
Cohen is married to Abbie Cohen (Blayney), with twin daughters Harriette and Isabelle (born 2008).[4] He is clinically deaf,[5] with about 30 to 33 percent hearing loss in each ear,[6][7] and has been involved in efforts to make rugby more accessible to the hard of hearing, especially young deaf players.[8]
While I agree with some that he's not gay, I try to reserve my fantasies for men who would return the interest… In addition to being ridiculously handsome, he does enough for the LGBT community to be worthy of the honor.
Oh Yes, that is a totally hot/fine/sexy man
sure..a hottie. and most hottie st8 men love to tease us gay men…we all get the vapors wanting him
This man is absolutely beautiful, inside and out! His wife is an extremely lucky woman. I would do my first female ever in a menage a trois with them, as long as she knew she was the side dish and he is the main attraction!
Dear Dave, No, I don't think Ben Cohen deserves to be your Hottie Of The Day. He deserves to be Hottie Of The Decade, at the very least. He's HOT, he's Handsome, he's Charming & Adorable, he's friendly, he has a Brain and an understanding, compassionate, loving Heart and Soul. If only everyone in the world had such goodness inside, or at least a lot more people, this world would be so much better. That he is such a brawny, masculine, former pro-athlete hetero who puts himself "out there", reputation and all, to champion for the LGBT community world-wide, and for people being bullied – children, teens and adults – is an amazing life of selflessness and love.
His actions are actually standing up for all ignored, neglected, misunderstood, avoided persons of any & all situations, who are suppressed, oppressed and persons of discrimination in various aspects of life. Governments, politicians, teachers, parents and all other civic leaders around the globe could learn a great deal from him, and SHOULD, if only they would bother to care & listen. He probably even deserves the Nobel Prize for Humanitarian Efforts.
Thanks Dave, for putting Ben Cohen and the causes for which he works into your corner of the media. We need to keep the light on these issues and encourage other people to help in carrying this torch.
as a koh-hanim, he could be the chief priest in my temple any day of the week.


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It's difficult to explain my love of camping as even I don't fully understand it. There's just something I love about the sounds and smells of the forest, or if I'm out in the winter, the absolute silence and stillness of it all. The freshness and newness of the world when I wake in the morning after an solid sleep makes me smile and babbling brooks and crackling fires can hypnotize me for hours. Ok, so I admit I'm a "tree hugger" but I think everyone needs to connect with nature now and then to ground them. In these modern times we like to delude ourselves into thinking we don't need the natural world but we've spent way more of our history immersed in nature than we have in the artificial electronic world that surrounds us today. But don't get me wrong, I need the modern world and the social connections just as much as the next person, but I also need nature and the forest to chill me out now and then. Science has recognized this as well and there is ample research linking access to nature and improved health.
Now back a few years ago when I had a car and no wife, I could get away on a lot of short overnight trips whenever the urge struck, but these days things are opposite as I have a wife and no car so I get out camping less often than I used to. But I have a wonderful wife who can tell when the camping urge is bubbling up inside me as I'm checking the weather websites and eyeing my camping gear. And every once in while when schedules work out, she'll take me outside the city to the edge of the woods in the CarShare car and pick me up again the next day. She knows that otherwise I'll probably be sleeping in the backyard that night.
Now I have nothing against camping with other people and try to when I can, but no one I know has the desire or energy for quick last minute trips. I know a small group of guys who like to camp and we do get out together from time to time but it's just so damn hard to organize them that I usually don't bother trying. To get the gang out camping requires picking a night at least a week ahead of time and advanced logistical planning. And inevitably someone will drop out at the last minute, usually a driver and the whole carefully orchestrated plan goes awry.
I came to the conclusion years ago that if I wait for people to do the things I want to do than I'm not going to get much done in life. So if I want to sleep in the woods then I just have to go do it by myself.
And this isn't about me playing SurvivorMan because unlike Les Stroud, I like to be warm and well-fed so I take exactly what I need to be that way. I figure being cold is a matter of personal choice as we have the clothing technology to keep a person warm if they choose to wear it. And I do, I like to be warm and I like to eat. And I like to sip on wine beside my campfire.
Generally on these quick overnight trips I don't go that far into the woods, maybe a couple of kilometers and that's it. Just far enough so that the city disappears and the forest swallows me up. My usual plan is to pick the general area for my camp and then take off my pack while I zero in on the exact spot for my tent/hammock/tarp and fire area. Then I'll spend some time collecting wood and making sure I have enough for at least a few hours of camp fire. Usually by that time I'm hungry so I'll make supper and slowly set up the camp area. After supper I pour my first mug of wine and hike around the area exploring and looking for a good sunset spot. Many of the areas around Halifax where I tend to camp have a lot of high granite outcroppings that I like to climb and watch the sunset from. And as I usually get the camping urge on sunny days, there's always a good sunset to take in.
Once the sun goes down I retreat to camp and light up the fire. I spend a lot of time picking out it's location because a big consideration is how I can sit or lay comfortably near it. Then I'll read my book, drink wine and eat munchies until I get tired. And I tend to get tired fairly early while in the woods as there's something about lugging a 35+ pound pack and cutting/collecting firewood that tuckers a person out. That and the fresh air. Sometimes I'll just sit there and listen to the sounds of the forest while taking in the night sky. I'm never lonely, bored or scared and it's all peaceful beyond description for me.
So that's why and what I do. I encourage others to get out in nature more often. One doesn't need to sleep in a hammock in mid-March like me and it could be just a simple hike on a groomed trail because whether or not you know it, you need nature too.
This video shows my campsite from last night.


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Willie Edward Cullars
Position: DE
Height: 6-5 Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: August 4, 1951 in Washington, GA
High School: Central
College: Kansas St. (school history)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 7th round (167th overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 4 (9949th overall since 1950)
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Live from Celebrity Equinox….First Impressions
September 3, 2013 | By Jamey Bergman | 7 Comments
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September 4th, 2013 @ 9:23 am
While I have never been on the Equinox, I have been on her sister ships Solstice and Silhouette. Everything you mentioned carries throughout the other Solstice class ships, except for the dancing fountains on the Silhouette (which I was kind of disappointed to not see). Service is always exceptional with Celebrity with staff seeming as though they are excited to be there and helping you! The art on these ships is always extraordinary, especially on Silhouette. Grrr…reading these makes me sad that I do not have another cruise booked yet!
September 4th, 2013 @ 9:48 am
My husband and I just returned from our third cruise on Celebrity Reflection and are missing the ship already. I concur with Jamey about all mentioned in the article a out the Eqinox. An exceptional crew, great food in all dining venues and fabulous ports. We are considering a cruise to the Azores this October.
Judy Carroll
September 4th, 2013 @ 1:13 pm
Totally agree. Sailed on the Equinox twice (total 22 days) and will be on her for 10 more days in February. The food is the best!!
September 4th, 2013 @ 7:01 pm
Sailed on her in the Mediterranean last year for my 60th. We were looked after extremely well. Would sail on her again for sure. The entertainment was the best I have seen on any cruise ship so far. The meals in the dining room were superb and the dining staff were the most friendly and attentive so far. Can't wait for our next cruise. Oh yeh, that's in 13 days time. Cruising is by far the best holiday you can have.
keith mclean
September 4th, 2013 @ 8:36 pm
Went on the Equinox in 2010 from Rome to Fort Lauderdale. It was a great ship and one of the best we have been on. Food was fantastic and could not fault a thing on this ship.
johanne jacob
September 7th, 2013 @ 5:31 pm
My parents are there right now on the same ship as you! It's there first time on a cruise. I am so hoping that they are enjoying their experience. Reading your post makes me think that they are :)
Gino beyens
December 11th, 2013 @ 12:49 pm
Was on EQUINOX 20 oct. And 1 nov.(A Back to Back cruise ).
One of my best cruises on celebrity …and i love THE mediterran. Cruises !!!!
which was very special …. The captain on The EQUINOX ? named PANOS MANTSAVINOS , very very Friendly man.
Also The off.staff was very Friendly and pleasant, nice…..
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Is it possible for someone to alter the stock Coruscant maps in JA so that they are more faithful to the prequel look for Coruscant?
I am sure that the owners are the only ones with the .map files, and decompiling maps does not work good, nor is it legal to decompile someone elses map to fix/work on it.
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Articles on The Daily Caller by keyword: brokered convention
Why are Republicans afraid of an open convention?
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A truly open convention would increase the GOP's chances of defeating Barack Obama in November.
Romney: 'We're not going to go to a brokered convention' - TheDC
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GOP presidential candidate tells Fox News the process will eventually settle who will be the nominee
Coulter on Palin, brokered convention: GOP has 'a problem with con men and charlatans' - TheDC
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Conservative author and columnist cautions Republican candidates against using process to achieve celebrity status for profit
If it ain't fixed, broker it: a brief history of long conventions
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Until recently, it was rare for candidates to win their parties' nominations without drawn-out convention fights.
Sarah Palin tips her hand
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She's hoping to walk away from a brokered convention as the GOP's nominee.


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No. 11 Texas Tech Beats Nebraska
February 21, 1999
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Rene Hanebutt scored a career-high 33 points as No. 11 Texas Tech jumped out to a 14-0 lead and defeated Nebraska 75-62 Sunday.
Texas Tech (23-3, 12-2 Big 12) never trailed. But Nebraska (17-10, 6-8) cut the lead to one on Naciska Gilmore's short jumper with 17:42 remaining that made the score 32-31.
Tech's Julie Lake responded with a jump shot. The Cornhuskers missed two more chances and saw Angie Braziel hit a short jumper and Hanebutt hit a 3-pointer to put the Lady Raiders up 39-31 with 15:55 remaining.
Nebraska cut the lead to 41-37 on Nicole Kubik's jumper with 12:23 remaining. But Tech tightened its defense and went on a 13-2 run, taking a 54-39 lead on Hanebutt's seventh 3-pointer of the game with 8:54 remaining.
A final Husker flurry cut the lead to eight at 58-50 on Brooke Schwartz's layup with 6:07 remaining. Then Braziel took over, scoring seven points in a 9-2 Tech run that put the game out of reach.
Hanebutt opened the game with two 3-pointers over Nebraska's zone defense. Lake added a 3-pointer, Braziel had a pair of free throws, then Hanebutt hit her third 3-pointer with 16:39 remaining to give Tech the 14-0 lead. Nebraska came back within five in the first half and trailed 32-23 at the half.
Texas Tech's margin of victory came at the free-throw line, where the Lady Raiders were 23 of 35, compared to 12 of 17 for Nebraska.
Braziel had 21 points and 12 rebounds for Tech and Keitha Dickerson added 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Kubik led Nebraska with 17. Schwartz had 14 for the Huskers.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Adrian Ritchie scored 18 points to lead five teammates in double figures and Wisconsin-Green Bay (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) earned a trip to the NCAA tournament with a 74-63 victory over Butler in the Horizon League tournament final Sunday.
The Phoenix's defense once again led the way early on, holding Butler to 28 percent shooting and forcing 12 first-half turnovers to take a 40-19 lead at the break.
Brittany Bowen scored 24 of her 34 points in the second half and second-seeded Butler (20-13) battled back to trim its deficit from 26 to 11, but Green Bay held on for its league record 10th tournament championship.
Sarah Eichler added 17 points for the Phoenix (32-1).


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Marquette Travels to Jack Johnson Invitational
MU looks to build on recent success at Minnesota
Track and Field Names 2014-15 Captains
Eight student-athletes, including both Koeck siblings, will lead the men's and women's teams
High Jumpers and Women's Team Honored by USTFCCCA
MacCourtney and Pashibin honored for athletics and academics
Marquette Finishes Competition at Louisville and North Central
Winter leads the way with a third-place finish
Track & Field Concludes Action at BIG EAST Outdoor Championships
MU men placed 12th, women 13th at BIG EAST
Marquette Express Delivers Christmas Cheer To Milwaukee Children
The enjoyment of the holiday season lies in both the giving and receiving of gifts. Marquette's student-athletes put giving at the forefront, as their efforts brought Christmas cheer to those less fortunate.
Pashibin and Hardin hit BIG EAST marks
At the Badger Track Classic, Tate Pashibin took the high jump title while Brett Hardin added a BIG EAST qualifying mark in the weight throw.
Track & Field Personal Bests (as of June 2015)
High School: Pashibin earned three letters in track and field at Southwest High School in Minneapolis, Minn. ... Served as team captain during her sophomore and senior seasons ... Won state title in the high jump as both a junior and senior, while also earning runner-up honors in the triple jump both seasons and in the long jump as a senior ... Four-time all-city performer ... Notched personal bests at Southwest of 5 feet, 8 inches in the high jump, 37 feet, 9 1/2 inches in the triple jump and 17 feet 8 3/4 inches in the long jump ... Height of 5-8, recorded at the state meet as a junior, was a top-40 mark in the United States in 2011 ... Also earned a pair of letters in gymnastics as a sophomore and junior, while earning All-America honors.
Personal: Pashibin was born in Minneapolis, Minn., and is the daughter of Gary and Janet Pashibin ... Has two older brothers, Erik and Aaron, and one younger sister, Madelyn ... Majors in exercise physiology.
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BIG EAST Indoor Championships
BIG EAST Outdoor Championships


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Day #2 new workout schedule - Chest Day!
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Day 2 in the new job....and it's going great! It's a totally different pace than my last job. And, while I'm not necessarily "in charge" like I was in Florida, it's a whole different level of responsibility.
And I get to be pretty active....today I logged over 10K steps! So far the job's required a lot of reading to get up to speed on the ins and outs what our division does...but I long ago kept up my college speed reading skills, so I've been able to zip through the tomes nice and quick.....and so I've had time to hit the company gym!
It's a magnificent beast! Lots of free weights, tons of cardio, tons of benches, 3 squat racks, spin classes, and a decent locker room with plenty of showers...and it's clean! So today was chest day. I was all ready to go, ducked out of the ofice and speed walked over to the gym to maximize my time there....then realized I had left my sneakers in the office!!!
Speed walk back across the building, trot up the 5 sets of stairs, grab sneakers, down the stairs, and back across the building.....that added 25 minutes to my clock!!
Today was heavy chest day; bench press, incline press, and flyes. I had gotten in 3 sets of 4 at 225 lbs with Stasi guy last time we worked chest....but how the hell was I supposed to do this on my own without crushing my guts out if the bar fell?!?!?!
Well one thing being 53-years old does for you is to remove most any inhibitions or shyness. I eyeballed the biggest dude I saw within 10 feet who looked like he knew what he was doing and said, "Hey, can you spot me for a minute....I'm shooting for 4 reps"
"Sure, no problem!"
First set was tough....rep #4 was shakey. On the second set, I could only knock out 3. My spotter looked down at me and said, "You could have knocked out a 4th rep you know....you had it in you"
OUCH! That hurt! "Okay, I'll shoot for 4 on the next set, thanks"
So I got in 4 on the last set....but it wasn't easy. He spotted me and provided the barest minimum of assistance as I pushed upwards with all I had on those last 2 reps.
I think he's related to Stasi guy!
Actually, I think that's the weight training culture....success is measured by effort, not by the weight on the bar. The goal of each workout is to push the muscles to fatigue and failure. The challenge is to work through the fatigue, to keep pushing till the muscle really does fail. The trick is in recognizing the difference....to not stop just because you're tired & "fatigued"
And having a spotter does help.
Hmmmm....maybe I need to find me a workout buddy. I'm kind of a lone wolf....I like doing my own thing.....but I might need to explore the idea of lifting with someone who can push me past what i can do on my own.....that's what I liked about Stasi guy....he was a sadistic bastard, but he knew my limits better than I did.
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Yeah, I can push and torment myself at the gym at time...but at others it is nice to have someone else be responsible for kicking my a$$.
Workout buddies and sadistic trainers are nice for that reason.
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Nice! Next year when the new HQ opens up we will have a fitness center in the building; I can hardly wait!
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Actually, you're probably related to the Stasi guy too.
Nothing like having a good workout buddy to push the limits. Not exactly being complacent without one; but having one sure make me push my limits.
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That is GREAT that your new work has a gym -- and you have gotten right into it!
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LOVE that you have a great gym - and people who are willing to step in.
Hope you can find a workout partner - at least for once in awhile? Or a new trainer (hopefully related to Stasi guy)
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I do like having a workout partner to help me stay on task and not let me give up when I would normally by myself. Good luck!
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Women's Soccer Downs Bonnies On Senior Day, 2-0
Nov. 2, 2013
AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass women's soccer team celebrated Senior Day with a 2-0 win over St. Bonaventure on Saturday afternoon at Rudd Field. A pair of second half goals helped the Minutewomen improve to 7-8-3 overall, 3-3-2 in Atlantic 10 matches, while the Bonnies fall to 7-9-1 on the year and 4-4-0 in conference play.
Outshooting St. Bonaventure, 12-4 in the first half, UMass came inches from taking the lead in the 35th minute, but senior Grace Coombs' header off a corner kick rung off the crossbar.
Undeterred, the Minutewomen continued to dominate possession in the second half and put home their first of the contest in the 70th minute. Sophomore Jackie Bruno dribbled toward the middle of the field and ripped a shot from the top of the 18-yard box into the far corner of the goal for her second of the season.
Less than three minutes later, UMass doubled its advantage. Sophomore Jen Coppola fed freshman Megan Burke, who was making a run on the opposite side of the field and Burke finished the play with a low shot inside the box that found its way under goalkeeper Megan Junker 72:35 into the match.
The Minutewomen ended the day with a dominating 27-10 shot advantage and led in corner kicks, 9-2. Fouls were 8-6, against UMass.
Redshirt freshman Danielle Kriscenski recorded seven saves in her fourth shutout of the season, while Junker turned aside seven, as well, for the Bonnies.
With the Atlantic 10 regular season concluding tomorrow, UMass will await the final standings to learn whether or not the squad will earn a berth into the A-10 tournament.
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Halloween is a holiday with no limitations. This is the one day of the year where we can be absolutely anything we want. This includes adults and kids in wheelchairs. We have long been aware of some of kids with disabilities that make wheelchair Halloween costume that turn their mobility device into part of their costume but this year we are seeing more of it than ever.
Thanks to the blogosphere, wheel chair costumes are getting a lot of attention lately. The creativity we have seen is simply amazing! Therefore, we decided to search the internet and share some of the best ideas we have found. So many of them are so simple yet so awesome you will wonder why you didn't think of it.
People with special needs who require a wheelchair sometimes have a difficult time with costumes. Issues may include details of the costume not showing, the costume not fitting over adaptive equipment and more, depending on type of disability. Wheelchair costumes are another way of breaking down a barrier, making dressing up more comfortable, more entertaining and more fun.
Some of the amazing ideas we have found include the following:
- Fireman in a truck
- Jack in the Box
- DJ with two turntables
- Princess in a Castle
- Pilot in a plane, surrounded by clouds
- Cowboy on a horse
- Flower in a garden
- Astronaut in a spaceship
- Knight on a horse
- Rabbit in a Magicians hat
- Policeman in a cop car
- Pirate on a Ship
- Viking on a ship
- Construction man in a bulldozer
- Conductor on a train
- Snoopy in his doghouse
- A toy box with the child as a teddy bear
- NASCAR driver in car
- Han Solo in the Millennium Falcon
A disability should never to a reason for any child to be excluded from an activity. There is always a way to adapt. Trick-or-treating is something that every child and parent should experience. Making a do-it-yourself wheelchair costume will help a child with a disability fit right in.
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Jeremy Grantham and his bright folks at GMO, which manages billions, have just updated their 7 year return forecasts for different asset classes. They are predicting a NEGATIVE real return on stocks over the next 7 years, based on current valuations. Jim Cramer and the rest of the CNBC crowd would scoff at this outrageous prediction. Everyone knows stocks for the long run always works. Don't fight the Fed. We've reached a new permanent high.
I take you back in time to yesteryear. It is December 31,1999. The Fed has been lowering interest rates in order to alleviate all of the Y2K impacts to computers and businesses around the world. Your brother in law is day trading Dot.com stocks. The stock market is hitting new highs every day. What could possible go wrong in this new and exciting internet age? Jeremy Grantham and his bright folks at GMO come out with their 10 year return forecast and predict that stocks will provide a NEGATIVE 1.9% real return over the next decade. They are laughed at and scorned. Please see the actual results versus their predictions below.
Who are you going to trust? Jeremy Grantham or Jim Cramer and his Wall Street shyster buddies?


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The FGBC Green Home Standard is applicable to single-family homes and multi-family buildings 3 stories or under.
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|Certifying Agents and builders: Order an FGBC Certified Green Home "Application Pending" yard sign to promote your project during construction and a bronze plaque that can be permanently affixed to the home once it is certified. What a great way to promote your green building advantage!
Use the FGBC "Make Your Next Home an FGBC Certified Florida Green Home" sign at any location to promote green home certifications in your area. Download.
Download the "Florida Green Certified Home" brochure, suitable for adding your company logo and contact information.
The FGBC Certified Green Home Designation
The FGBC Green Home Standard indicates the criteria by which a Florida home, new or existing, can be designated green. Certifying Agents can guide designers, builders or homebuyers through the process of qualifying and documenting green homes.
Choosing Green
By choosing to build green, you have chosen to reduce the burden on the environment and add value to your home through a voluntary Florida green home designation as administered by the Florida Green Building Coalition. FGBC's purpose is to provide you with the tools and guidance necessary to help you please your customer, as well as reward and promote your efforts as a Florida friendly builder.
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Many homeowners are desiring and some insisting that their home be earth friendly, affordable to operate, and healthy to live in. FGBC's Green Home Standard is a tool that will guide you and your customer through the process of selecting green features that are cost effective, benefit the environment, and will fit in with your current practice. The standard has been developed such that it is achievable by everyone and will be recognized as a statewide industry standard.
Home Certification Process
The Florida Green Home Standard Checklist and Reference Guide can be downloaded using the links on this page and will help an FGBC Green Home Certifying Agent provide an evaluation of the home. The FGBC Green Home Checklist is detailed to new home and existing home requirements. The FGBC Green Home Reference Guide goes along with the Checklist and is intended for two purposes: to provide information on green home practices and provide details on how to earn points for complying with the Florida Green Home Designation Standard.
All FGBC Green Home Certification applications must be submitted to FGBC by an FGBC Certifying Agent with an" active" status. The status of Certifying Agents can be verified on the FGBC website under the SEARCH tab.
After the home has been evaluated using the checklist and reference guide, the Certifying Agent will organize a packet of all the required and suggested submittals to be sent with the application. Letters, documents, documented verbal communication, floor plans, etc. are all welcome. Included in the packet must be a copy of the standard checklist (please make sure all signatures and addresses are completed on the back page), a financial interest disclosure form and a check made payable to FGBC. All submittal packages must now be submitted in an electronic format on CDs or via an online service such as YouSendit.com or DropBox.com. Hyperlinks from the Checklist line item to the supporting documentation are preferred, but not required.
The application package will be reviewed for compliance and if there are any questions the Certifying Agent will be contacted. Reviews are usually completed within 2 to 3 weeks. Upon certification, the Certifying Agent will be mailed an FGBC Green Home Designation certificate for distribution to the project owner.
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British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber says he'll mount a reality TV search to find a new "Maria" for his London stage revival of "The Sound of Music."
Webber reportedly decided to go with an unknown in the lead after actress Scarlett Johansson turned down the role, the BBC reported Monday.
Webber is aiming for a late 2006 opening for his show.
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"Gilligan's Island" star, Russell Johnson – who played "The Professor" on the popular 1960s show – died on Thursday at the age of 89, according to a Yahoo! News report on Thursday. The Gilligan's Island actor passed away at home in Washington state due to natural causes while his wife and daughter were at his side.
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Though Johnson enjoyed his greatest success from 1964 through 1967 when he was on "Gilligan's Island," he had many other roles as a character actor. He appeared in Westerns and science fiction movies prior to his fame as Professor Roy Hinkley - "The Professor" on "Gilligan's Island."
Johnson was the last surviving male cast member of "Gilligan's Island," as Bob Denver, Jim Backus, and Alan Hale have passed.
Johnson was a decorated World War II veteran who was a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator which was shot down over the Philippines I 1945. Of his many performances, he performed in "Law and Order," a 1953 movie which starred Ronald Reagan – who became president of the United States.


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|"Multigrid Method for Fluid-Structure Interfaction"
|Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Examination
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|Fluid-Structure Interactions (FSI) is a common physical phenomemon. It requires complicated models and introduces numerical difficulties. Numerous studies have been done on the partitioned approach and the monolithic approach. In our work, the coupling of heat equations and wave equations is considered. And we keep interface conditions of FSI in this model in order to show the monolithic approach we are considering. Geometric multigrid method is applied to solve the discretized problem on each time step and the performance is shown. We also present some future works about multigrid method for FSI.
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
I recently dug up this photo of me in Dublin in September or October 1997. I'm wearing a vintage Lillie Rubin coat that I got at Allan & Suzi on the Upper West Side.
Check out the red-jacket-wearing photobomber in this one, staring at me as if he'd never seen a woman in a great vintage coat preparing to traipse around Dublin for Guinness and Oscar Wilde quotes. Sheesh.
I just so happened to wear the same coat to a meeting in midtown this Monday.
What Wendy Wore
Coat: Lillie Rubin (purchased between 1992 – 1995. Previously seen here.)
Turtleneck: Dsquared (2012)
Skirt: Versace (pre-2005)
Boots: Jil Sander (pre-2005)
Purse: Saint Laurent (2013)
Jewelry: My own designs
I also wore that Versace skirt to dinner on Sunday night. I'm shameless about wearing a skirt or a jacket two days in a row. I figure the people I'm seeing are different, so the clothes can be the same! For dinner, I didn't have to be so covered up, so I wore a Versace top that I've worn with the skirt many times. In fact, I have pictures of that top and skirt combo from 2004 and 2012. Those pictures are straight-on, so I decided to get a side view of the skirt on Sunday.
What Wendy Wore on Sunday
Top: Versace (pre-2005)
Skirt: Versace (pre-2005)
Shoes: Miu Miu (2010)
I've always loved the straps around the skirt. I got this when I was working at Lehman Brothers. I believe I wore it to work once, during a holiday week when I knew no one would be around. Between the straps and the slit, it was much too wild for that buttoned-up, corporate environment on a typical day. I thought I was being sooooo outrageous when I wore it. Now that I regularly wear a necklace that says IDGAF, I look at this skirt and think, "Is it too stuffy?"
Anyway, back to the photo of the coat that started this post. I made that trip to Dublin with my gorgeous sister, Terri Berry. We really enjoyed the Guinness factory! After Dublin, we moved on to London. This was not long after Princess Diana died in a car accident. The sea of flowers left outside Kensington Palace immediately after her death was gone, but small crowds still gathered …
… and left tributes.
From this photo, it appears that I brought along the Betsey Johnson leopard jacket that I also still own.
And from this photo, it appears that Terri Berry suffered an enormous disappointment at the Tower of London.
Terri Berry takes instruments of torture very seriously.
8 Responses to "Throwback Thursday: Wearing Vintage in Dublin in 1997"
Great coat! I really like the way it looks with the skirt too; fabulous combination.
I don't think I own anything from 1995 except my wedding rings! Nope. But you look as fabulous now as then, proving once again that you and your wardrobe are timeless. TIMELESS, I tell you!
L.O.V.E. your entire Monday meeting outfit, Wendy!! Coat, skirt, boots…and, as always, that amazing smile!!
You look so cute next to that Pub Crawl sign, but you look even better today! And don't EVER get rid of that booty accentuating skirt.


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How often do you take stock of your life? I don't mean that fleeting thought when you have a little win or moment of good luck. I don't mean the guilt you feel when you walk past someone collecting for charity without donating. I mean sitting your ass down and saturating yourself in gratitude and reflection.
I'm going to go ahead and suggest that it may not be as often as you'd like or need.
We have become a society obsessed with other people's lives. Why concentrate on our own when we can feel superior to Miley Cyrus (post VMAs) or wallow in self pity after seeing Miranda Kerr turn herself into a human pretzel without breaking a sweat? It is much easier to judge the lives of others than take a good hard look at our own.
My question to you is: How is that serving you? What do you really get out of putting down the black sheep of the family or throwing jealous barbs at your girlfriend? Not much more than a whole heap of negative energy I'll bet.
Social media slams us with images and ideal lifestyles each and every day (and for some, every hour). We like to tell ourselves that the whole experience is positive; reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones (and sometimes it can be), but often it's a breeding ground for comparison and competition. The nagging question of "Why don't I have that?" is a destructive one and, above all, paralysing. When we're spending our time and energy bitching about not having a holiday/wedding/baby/new car, we're not able to take any positive action in our own lives.
Theodore Roosevelt said "Comparison is the thief of joy" and what do y'know, he's right. The problem is that it's highly addictive. I spent almost an hour flicking through Beyoncé's Tumblr site this morning and felt completely inferior (and lazy) when I left. I could feel this happening, I could feel my energy shifting but I couldn't tear my eyeballs away. It's the same as getting lost in the time-warp bubbles that are Pinterest or Instagram. Once we're deep in comparison mode, it's hard to smack ourselves out of it. We feel that we need to know just how much our lives suck/are much better than (insert almost anyone's name here)'s. It's curiosity on steroids.
So what's the solution? Aside from becoming a recloose, can we do anything about our cultural addiction to comparison? I've been playing around with this for a little while now and three key ideas have helped me stay relatively sane.
Comparison thrives in the past. Why didn't I have that growing up? Why didn't I book a retreat for this month? Why did I skip the gym every day last week? Past You is responsible for all those things, but why berate them for it now? It changes nothing. Live in the present (the offline present) as much as you can. Drink your coffee, go on your walk, talk to the person opposite you at the table without checking your phone. Switch off that niggly little competitive voice and simply enjoy the moment more often.
I'm not going to force you to buy a gratitude journal, cover it with glitter and write in it four times a day (although it would be a really great idea despite being a bit messy). I will however, urge you to take 5 minutes out of your evening to mentally run through any lovely comments you received, luck that came your way and joyful moments you noticed in your day. It makes more of a difference than you know AND helps you to sleep better (insert scientific proof here).
Hate your job? Quit. Need a holiday? Book. Want glutes like peaches? Squat. Commit to the change you want to see in your own life. Stop complaining and comparing yourself to those that have taken the risk, the leap, the action. Spend that energy getting more of what you want and deserve.
Kimberley is the editor of Dream.Delight.Inspire. You can follow her on twitter here and Facebook here.
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true that <3
Kimberley's stuff always resonates doesn't it?
I think you should set appropriate time to use social media on daily basis.


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